. The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada. ected by the people in the countiesand towns of each. The Legislature of Upper Canada held itsfirst session at Newark (now Xiagara-on-the-Lake) in 1792, summoned, as said G-overnorSimcoe in his opening speech, Under theauthority of an Act of Parliament of GreatBritain, passed in the last year, which hasestablished the British Constitution in thisdistant country. To this he added : The wisdom and beneficence of our MostGracious Sovereign and the British parlia-ment have been emi
. The story of the Union Jack; how it grew and what it is, particularly in its connection with the history of Canada. ected by the people in the countiesand towns of each. The Legislature of Upper Canada held itsfirst session at Newark (now Xiagara-on-the-Lake) in 1792, summoned, as said G-overnorSimcoe in his opening speech, Under theauthority of an Act of Parliament of GreatBritain, passed in the last year, which hasestablished the British Constitution in thisdistant country. To this he added : The wisdom and beneficence of our MostGracious Sovereign and the British parlia-ment have been eminently proved not only inimparting to us the same form of government,but in securing the benefit of the many pro-visions which guard this memorable Act, sothat the blessings of our invulnerable Con-stitution, we hope, will be extended to theremotest posterity. As a sign of this self-government under theCrown, the King issued his warrant from theCourt of St. James on March 4th, 1792, author-izing a ^^ Great Seal for the Province of UpperCanada (29), to be used in sealing all public 138 The Story of the Uxiox Jack. 29. The Great Seal of Upper Canada, 1792. instruments. The plate shows the detailsof the parts being, as described in the Eoj^alwarrant, an anchor and a sword crossed ona calumet of peace, encircled by a wreath of AND Parliamentary Union in Canada. 139 olives, surmounted by an Imperial crown andthe Union of G-reat Britain. This Union, which will be seen in theupper right-hand corner of the seal, was theUnion Jack of Queen Anne. In drawings ofthe arms of the Province of Ontario (thenew^ name given to the Province of UpperCanada at the time of Confederation, in 18G7),the Jack is frequently shown as containingthree crosses. A reference to the impres-sions made#by the seal itself upon the hugepieces of white wax, four and a half inchesbroad b}^ three-quarters of an inch in thick-ness, which have been attached by bandsof parchment or of red tape to official docu-ments, show
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