CHAPTER VIII.

Arrival of the Prince of Wales--His Reception--The British Colonial Secretary expresses satisfaction with the Assembly's proceedings in regard to the Land Commission--The Report of the Commissioners--Its cardinal points presented--Their views with regard to Escheat and other subjects--The case of the Loyalists and Indians. Remarks on the Commissioners' Report: its merits and its defects. The evils incident to the Land Question fundamentally attributable to the Home Government--The Immigrants deceived--The misery consequent on such deception--The burden of correction laid on the wrong shoulders--Volunteer Companies--General Census--Death of Prince Albert--The Duke of Newcastle and the Commissioners' Report