IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) m 11.25 2.0 us Kl U. il 1.6 '/. HiDtographic ..Sciences CnrpnrRtion 23 WEST MAIN STREiT WIBSTER,N.Y. USSO (7t6)«72-4S03 '^ y k^ CI H M Microfiche Séries (l\/lonographs) ICMH Collection de microfiches (monographies) / Canadian Inatituta for Historical Microraproductionà / Inatitut canadian da microraproductiona iiiatoriquaa r": f» Ttchnical and Bibliographie Notes / Note» techniques et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy availablc for f ilming. 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Caption of issue/ Titre de départ de la livraison Masthead/ ^ Générique (périodiques) de la livraison 22X ^ 26 X XX ^ 12X IfiX 20X 24X 26 X 32 X TlM eopy film«d h«r« has b««n raproduccd thanka to tha ganaroaity ol: ■ Manuscript Division, National -Archives of Canada L'axamplaira filmé fut raproiduit grica à la Oénéroaité da: Division des manuscrits. Archives, nationales du Canada^ quailty iagibility tha Tha Imagaa appaaring h'âra ara tfia posaibla contidaring tha eondition of tha original eopy and in kaaplng filmlng contract apaciftcatlona. Original eoplaa in printad papar covara af»9lmad tiaginnkig with tha front covar md andlng on ttia laat paga «vHh a printad or iiuatratad Impraa- slon. or tlia baçk coyar «whan appropriata. AN othar original^eoplaa ara fUmad bagftming on tlw firat pago wfth a printad or ilfuatratad Impraa- •lon. and anding on tlia laat paga wMi a printad or illuatratad impraaaion. laa imagaa suivantaa ont été raproduitaa avac la plua grand soin, compta tanu da la eondition at da la nattaté da l'axamplaira filmé, at w conformité avac laa eondMona du contrit do filmaga. Laa aRamplairaa origiiÉMix dont la couvartura an paplar aat Impriméa aont filméa an commençant par la pramiar plat at an terminant eoit par la da mi éra paga qui comporta une empreinte d^mpreeaion a^ dUluatradon. eoit par la secolid plat, salon la cae. Toua-iee autree exemplair^ originaux eont fHméa en commençant par la première paga qui comporta une empreinte dimpreeaion ou dlHuatradon at en terminant par la dernière paga qui comporta une telle empreinte. The laat racorded frama on eech microficho •haN contain tha tymbd «^ (meening "CON< TINUEO"). or the sypibol ▼ (meening "ENO"). whichever eppliee. Un dee aymbolee sulvanta apparaître «ur le dernière image de chaque microfiche, leion le cae: la symbole -^^ signifie "A SUiVRe". le symbole ▼ signifie "FIN". ,Mapa. pletee. charta. etc.. may ba filmed at différent réduction retioe. Thoaa toq lerge to be entireiy included in one expœure ara filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right end top to bottom. aa many fremee aa required. Th^following diagrame illustrate the method: Lee cartèe. plenchee. tableeux, etc.. peuvent être filmée è dee taux da réduction différents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour être reproduit en un seul cliché, il eet filmé é partir da l'angle supérieur gauche, de gauche è droite. et de haut en bea, en prenent le nombre d'Imagée nécessaire. Lée diagrammee suivants illustrent la méthode. 1 2 a" ''" 3 V 6 RJ.VP s,„ . SBÈMBROOMÉ, Jfmtui 93, 1834. r .i ' n '^**® foUowing mémorial to Mr Stanlet, has bèen prepared for the signatures of theCIercy «f Uns Diocèse. . An^ as it » désirable that there should be no ne^less dehiv, in the transmission of thi; mémorial, I beg you to inform tbe Archdeacon of Québec, whether you «viU autlioriSe him to altacli your name to it. ^Make your letter single, and direct it.to "the Vetj^rable, the Archdeacon of Québec Civil Secretary's Office, Québec." T , ^ v«^v,. • , " Your faithful Servant, C. J. QUEBEC. IIÂ r,^. l:- To the Ri(^lit Honorable E. G. STAWLEY, His Majesty's Principal l§cerelary of State for the Colonies, &c. &c, &c. The mémorial of the undersignedLMinisters of the Church of England in the Canadas, and Itfissionaries of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts^Aiost respectfully shewetli : '«...«•P"^ towards the close of the month of Septembeinast, your nicmorialists received from the Lord •*Blsfcop of Québec a Circular bearirig the date of the Ist of July, 1833, signed by the Secretary of the Society abovementioned, in which Cirtularbis Lordship was requested to inform your memoriaiists, ihat from and after the date of the said letter, the salaries paid to them up to that date, should undemo a re duction of thirty per cent., and that a faHher diminution should periodically take place until Julv 1*^5 at which4ime their salaries are to be reduced to one half of the amount driginally stipulated : "^ That although in Ihe Province of Upper Canada arrangements hâve becn madc for payine from th.- Clergy Reserves, which are nowavailable therein to that e3rte»it,th»sumofi: 100 yearly tosuchofvour me morialists as are résident within that Province, their allowonèc from the Society is to be altoirether with dravvn, leavmg them upon thé same reduced footing with their l)rel!iren in Uie Lower Province: is réduction istlie conséquence of the diminution aiready cflected, nnd the cessation which is take place of the Parliamentary Grant hcretoforc niade aiinually in nid of the designs of tint e Society? J ; & "• "■"'*» ^ That from the wliole ténor of thej>rt5ceedira|iV Government since tiie conqucst of the Countrv • from the allotment of lands under the 31st Geo. IIT. c. 31 st for the emlo\Mnent of Rectories or ParsônaTes according to the establishment of the Church of Englan.i, which may bc expected ultimatcly to alTord ï considérable revenue; from the érection of the Provinces intoa Diocèse, and tHe appoinment of a Bisho in 1793; rom the réservation to itself on the part of the Crown, of the présentation toècclesrasS Preferments; from the establishment of a Cathedral Church at Québec, the formation of Archdea- conries and Panshes, and the constitution of Corporations of the Clergy of llie Church of Enajand in oach Province for the nianagement of the Réserves, the impression wns createi: anJ maintained of a mtention on the part of His Maje.ty's Goverftnjent to provI.Je in a permanent manner for the insfitutio of the Church of England thus for.ned witb.n the country, and the Society and ils Missionaries ùere T. - r f^TfT^"""/,'"^" e"g°gcn>cnts from which they niust havcabstained, if they could hâ ■ anticipated'thefailureof thcexpectations soraised: "«cjr toma imu That in the faith of continucd countcnance, and support from Ilis MajéSty's Government the Bishon. of Québec, m concert with the Society, hâve from time to time, donc thefr utmost to provTdê for the nro grcssiv demands of a ft.ll increasmg population of the Church of England, (wh di of laîe ^ea s | a-, received Vast accessions from the influx of émigration,) by p^omoting the érection of ChuSerand Z forma ion of laissions, and by encouraging respectable and zealous Clergymen to forego thei vi'cws ad cvpectationS"at home, and to remove themselves and their familles to Canada : That your memoriaiists entered accordingly upon the charges respectively assigncd to them with a f.ill conviction that their services were engaged for life, at tha stipulated salary whicl. was theT'a ottcd to them and specified upon the face of the forms which g2fe them authority^o execut^theirsacred office^ That , the removal of many of your memoriaHsts from their own country was atiended with sacrifier, which they will not now regret, because th.y trust that their ministry has not becn whoU y wif Ufr»; m the field where they hâve been called to labour by the Providence ofGodi ha^JibeiZli^Jh^^ |,acnfices,as now madeto^ppear, they were totalfy u„awar« at the timTand whSi ha^S ll^^^ ';;d^nc7t:';;;le7"'' '"' '"" "^"'^'' "'^'' "'"^"^« '^ ^^^'^'^ -^--^.- ^he very ^dghîon- "^ im- „„o Imlf to be no mpre than «»«^^^;*"V ^ ^'^^^o^^^ «ociety, a.(d M mue .uitablc maintenance ^«^^^^^f '"?|,Vrà ffte v^ thc sdvori.y -f thc relation to their P«^P'''^ «^P'^,""^^ f.J", Jv^^^ bardâhip to tl^> poor ; tl.at evcn beforc t1iey wére diminished by and management, to aflbrd ihem a Sn^lS, «Uhough U,oy «w i. 7'';- ;;;PS^;„'i; u IK^ cipc„ri.c cducUon, h.d „.e„ |o ,. .TOilar original prospects aad P" X fu mita t«> il.». »ill. thc .,lcnde, allo.vance4.ow •»'g"«d <»■ li,, a,nplcr mean. of providing for thc^ fo u .ÇS , ^^ abridgcd; iheir cred.t ,n.po.rcd ,l,e,n, Ly feel tbei, 'Xr«e;è''in tl'^ .Xt o ' recrivin, tl.eir supplie, and the fleld of the.r exerfon. ;;USS[; nro^Jeron'aruroï^expc». at.c,.ding ,1.0,. Circ.^ T„at other c-,rc„n.s.nce., »hic,, ^^^'^f^l^;!!:: ^T:::^':^ rSjr'wMçî ,n dilTerent part, of thcD,oce.e, '1»P''7<' 7"',°' C e„„,|,ired «itl. the réduction «l.ich the Soc et) consiituted an addition tp the.r '"?°";';^v"Ker«lve" "«'« ' '»'»^ to make, (o bring ihc"» ."">.» »''"«- nSal offices of the house: • \ That it U impossible, under the ci--tanc. f th^ ^^^^'^^i^^^ v.nless to a very incon.iderab e cxtcn , bX 'n^» J« pf^^^^^J^^f 2£^^ towardstheChurch or i best, apt to croate an «bj^f «"J^Je «u^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ been long habituated to con- ,>crsonally towards their "''"'«t^,^"^ ^^^^ ^^^S^^^^^^ for front other and permanent sourcej^but be- ' ■„■ «u.-^^nin ...nnort of thcirClergy as a ^h ng p ?v' .^^^^ ^ ^^.^^.^^ ^f settlementÇ^re ac- cuse h I ' . '" ■'''•; J J„ ' y and the struggles which tKey arc making to esUblish the.r own ''"tL „ith référence particularly^othS las. obieçl^whlçhft^^^^^ ,„rmLoriali.tsc.nnotforbe.rfron«t.k,ngtoopportunrt^^^^^^ Lnt the importance of ^..«"'"8 »"do"' «"'•J_° '^^^^^^ i„ „ain for maW a permanent and ;r.'lX:""W c'oÏS'^n ôf her e.trf.U.hn,ent in the country. \ And jour memoiialiiu as In duty bound, dtc. ic. ^. l O- ^^ \' ^ ■ ^ \. / ■.3m. / ' ' ' / / ' - ■■ . r',1