Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the other British provinces in North America. With a plan of national colonization

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.yi/r/Ay/// //y /y///:y/A \ d'A/ // //a rry. J^mmzs. CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND THE OTHER BRITISH PROVINCES IN NORTH AMERICA, WITH A PLAN OF NATIONAL COLONIZATION. BY JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM. FISHER, SON, & CO. NEWGATE STREET, LONDON; RUE ST. HONORS, PARIS. DEDICATION. TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR CHARLES T. METCALFE, BART, Governor- General of Canada, as a SINCERE TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM FOR HIS MANY PRIVATE VIRTUES, and of admiration for tbe LIBERALITY OF SENTIMENT INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY — AND HIGH MORAL COURAGE, Which has marked his successive Administrations in the EASTERN AND WESTERN WORLDS, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, (with his kind permission,) BY ONE, WHO, HAVING ENJOYED THE ADVANTAGE OF HIS EARLY FRIENDSHIP IN HINDOOSTAN, A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO, Has seen with unalloyed satisfaction HIS HIGH AND HONOURABLE APPOINTMENTS AS A GOVERNOR IN BENGAL, JAMAICA, AND CANADA ; And who gladly avails himself of this opportunity TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THOSE SENTIMENTS OF PRIVATE REGARD AND ESTEEM, AND PUBLIC RESPECT AND HOMAGE, ■which a uniform career of FIRMNESS OF PURPOSE, UNITED WITH MILDNESS OF MANNERS, JUSTNESS OF OBJECT, PURSUED WITH MODERATION OF MEANS, AND TRUE DIGNITY' OF OFFICE, BLENDED WITH ACCESSIBILITY, FRANKNESS, AND COURTESY TO ALL, Are so well calculated to inspire.

MAY HIS ADMINISTRATION BE AS HONOURABLE TO HIS WELL-EARNED RENOWN, AS ACCEPTABLE TO HIS BELOVED SOVEREIGN ; aud, above all, AS FAVOURABLE TO THE PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS OF THE COLONISTS UNDER HIS RULE, AS THE MOST FERVENT PATRIOT OR PHILANTHROPIST COULD DESIRE ! J. S. BUCKINGHAM. London, Mai 1, 1S43. SIR CHARLES METCALFE TO MR. BUCKINGHAM. Liverpool, 3d of March, 1843, 2 a.m. My Dear Sir, I write a hurried line, at this unusual hour, to acknowledge the receipt of your obliging letter of the __8th ultimo, to say that I rejoice to see that you propose to publish on Canada, and that I accept, with pride and pleasure, the honour of the Dedication of your forthcoming Work. I could not rely on any opportunity of writing during the present day, and early to-morrow I shall be on the sea, away from the means of communication -with you.

With many thanks for the kind sentiments expressed in your letter, I remain, my dear Sir, your's very truly, C. T. METCALFE. To J. S. Buckingham, Esq.