Lord SYDENHAM has not waited for the resignation of his
party : ill-health had driven him from his post, whether the Ministry which appointed him resigned or not. The fact was made known in a correspondence which has been published, between himself and Lord JOHN RUSSELL. It comprises an account by the Governor of the progress of his task towards a final completion— the union of the Canadas and the restoration of free institutions to smooth working. The account is favourable. Difficulties, says —Lord SYDENHAM, at first impeded the business of the United Par- liament, who had to frame new rules and plans of action in accord- ance with their novel position ; but now they have got seriously to work, and are passing important measures to his heart's content. Lord SYDENHAM perhaps paints rather in coletlr de rose ; the Ca- nadian papers describe their Parliamentarians as neither such apt, such harmonious, nor such tractable legislators as Lord SYDENHAM represents ; but his testimony bears the official prestige of a Governor-General, and he regards the work of reunion as success- fully accomplished. Great care will be needed lest all be undone, however, in the hurlyburly of the change here, to be followed by greater disasters than ever.
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