. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . son(afterwards Lord Sydenham) as Governor General. * The Right Houourable John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, wasborn in 1792. In 1813 he was elected to rarliament, and waa Her Majestys Lord High Commissioner to Canada, in May,18*8, to inquire into its political grievances. His report upon the poUticalstate of the Trovinces {which ultimately led to the union of the Canadas,and the introduction of parliamentary, or responsible, government intoBritish America) was published in 1839. He died in 1840, aged 48.
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . son(afterwards Lord Sydenham) as Governor General. * The Right Houourable John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, wasborn in 1792. In 1813 he was elected to rarliament, and waa Her Majestys Lord High Commissioner to Canada, in May,18*8, to inquire into its political grievances. His report upon the poUticalstate of the Trovinces {which ultimately led to the union of the Canadas,and the introduction of parliamentary, or responsible, government intoBritish America) was published in 1839. He died in 1840, aged 48. * Sir George Arthur was born in 1784. Having been governor of Hon-duras and of Van Diemans Land (Tasmania), he was appointed Lieuten-ant-Governor of Upper Canada at a critical time, in 1838. The effortimade during his administration against the rebellion were successful. QXTESTIONS.—Give a sketch of the Eail of Durham. Give a sketch ofSir George Arthur. What was done by the Earl of Durhamf Why didhe 80 soon leave the country ? What efforts were made by the insurgents f. 188 EISTORT OF CANADA* [Paet Ill-lSfid 16. Final Efforts of the Insurgents.—-Yserious hostile attempts were made, during the year 1838, to invade theProvince. The most eerious of these took place simulta-neously in iSTovember, at Napierville, in Lower Canada, andat the Windmill Point, Prescott, on the St. Lawrence, inUpper Canada. That at Napierville was promptly put down by Sir John Col-]f>- • • ^.^z ^y. borne in person. ^ ,^^^-:^- ? At Prescott, the insurgents, un-d e r Von5 Shoultz, a refu% ^ gee Pole, main^^ tained them-.^^ selves for three^^^^ days in a stoneWindmill Poini, iiear i^rcM^utt. windmill: but they were at length defeated and captured. The windmilland adjacent buildings still remain blackened and batteredruins, as monuments of the misguided efforts of these mer/.The principal prisoners taken at both places were tried an 1executed j others were transported or banished^ Further un-succes
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