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draw, prorogued Parliament on the 20th April, and a month later dis- 
solved the House and issued writs for a new election. 
Public opinion was evidently opposed to the extreme measures advo- 
cated by the reform leaders, for in the ensuing contest the party, which 
in the last house had a large majority, was overwhelmingly defeated, 
and most of the leading men were beaten. 
The joy with which this news was received by ardent loyalists through- 
out the country may be inferred from the words of Col. Coffin. Writ- 
ing from Montreal, he says :— 
‘Hurrah for the Hero of the Pampas !* His jockeyship has stood him in good 
stead, and most sincerely do I rejoice at his victory. I only hope that he will know 
how to use it in moderation and wisdom. I am not infidel enough to doubt of such a 
man, but rest assured the most trying part of his task is yet to come. Everything is 
expected from him, and one false step may provoke a radical reaction which will make 
the Upper Provinces a territorial appendage to the United States in the course of a 
year. But—deuce take the clever fellow-—he soars above misgiving. The people here 
and at Quebec are about to sacrifice whole hecatombs in his honor in the guise of 
public dinners.” 
Mr. Coffin himself, however, kept aloof from these demonstrations “ being 
determined neither to eat, drink, or speak politically for a long time to 
come.” 
In Lower Canada the Legislature again met on the 22nd September. 
Lord Gosford announced in a dignified manner that the Home Govern- 
ment desired to give the members another opportunity of reconsidering 
their action, and he trusted they would vote the supplies in the proper 
manner. In the address in reply the Assembly did not refer to the ques- 
tion of supplies, but simply demanded that the Council should be made 
elective. Shortly afterwards a despatch from Lord Glenelg, Colonial 
Secretary, informed the House that this principle could not be admitted, 
but notwithstanding, the Assembly resolved to transact no business 
until the Council had been made elective. The result was a deadlock, 
and Parliament was ‘prorogued. 
In accordance with the report made by the Royal Commission, resolu- 
tions were proposed in the British House of Commons on the 6th March, 
1837, to the effect “that it was unadvisable to make the Legislative 
Council of the Province elective ; but that it was expedient that measures 
be adopted for securing to that branch of the Legislature a greater 
degree of public confidence.” The Executive of the Province was 
authorized to use the public money of the Province for necessary expenses. 
* That is, Sir Francis, who was known as ‘‘ Galloping Head” from the ‘‘ Rough Notes ” 
he published in 1826 describing several journeys across the Pampas and the Andes. 
