70 HISTORY OF CANADA, [omAP. 
large business carried on in the lumber trade, but the 
practice of smuggling robbed the Government of much of 
its revenue from that source. In the operations of farm- 
ing there were none of the time-saving machines of the 
present day, and some of the implements used were of a 
very rude kind, Schools sprung up all over the land, and 
although surrounded by many disadvantages, they per- 
formed a noble work in the young country. The Province 
was not without several newspapers, but their circulation 
was very limited. 
14, The year 1827 was marked by the founding of 
King’s College at York. Its name has since been changed 
to that of the University of Toronto. In this year Sir P. 
Maitland was removed to Nova Scotia, and Sir John Col- 
borne took his place in Upper®Canada. Sir John wasa 
veteran soldier, and had made himself an honorable name, 
by his unswerving adherence to whatever he thought to be 
his duty. He was a man of few words, and had a curt 
way of replying to the many addresses or petitions pre- 
sented to him. At one time, making a tour through the 
province, his uniform answer to addresses of congratula- 
tion was, ‘I receive your address with much satisfaction, 
and I thank you for your congratulations.” And in 1830, 
when the House of Assembly presented him with & 
petition. full of grievances, he simply replied, ‘ (Jentle- 
men of the House of Assembly, I thank you for your 
address,” "The Governor was, however, the right man in 
the right place during these early days of Canada. Party 
spirit was very high at this time in both provinces, and 
sharp words were said which often threatened to lead to 
riot ; but both parties feared the cool, stern man of few 
words, who was at the head of the government. 
1. "7. 1824, the capital ‚f Upper Canada was known 
7 5 name 6‘ V-=- but in *Lis year the town was made