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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. trrata to pelure, n A 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 Messages received from His Excellency the Governor in Chief, on the ^.5th November and 5th December, 1831, relating to the Judges in this Province. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 25th November, 1831. AYLMER, Governor in Chief, In obedience to the commands of the King, conveyed in t^e ^espatch from Viscount Goderich, His Majesty's Principal Secietary of State for the ColSnllDepartment, dated 8th of February, 1831,-to wh.ch reference is made in Hi Lordship's Despatch of the 7th of July 1831, recently commumcateil o the House Ef Assembly ; The Governor in Chief desires to draw the at- tentionof the House to the following important communication, copied trora Viscount Goderich's Despatch of the 8th February above referred to, the ob- iect of which is to render the Judges independent ot the pleasure of the Crown, and to remove them from the Executive, and (with the exception of the Chief Justice of Quebec,) from the Legislative Council of this Province :— EXTRACT. " I now proceed to convey to your Lordship the commands, which it is His Majesty's pleasure to issue upon a full review of the general question of judiciary independence in His Canadian Provinces. " The connection which happily subsists between the Canadas and this Kingdom, suggests the propriety of transferring to those Provinces every in- stitution which the more ample experience of Great Britain recommends, as calculated to promote at once the stability of Government and the welfare of society at large. , , , n ,, " There is no branch of our Civil Policy which has been more fully prov- ed to be conducive to these great ends, than the establishment of Judges, independent at once of the Royal Authority, and of the popular branch ot the Legislature. . , , , , , , " There was not I apprehend any legal or constitutional reason which would have prevented the King from granting the offices of the Judges of England during their good behaviour ; but to render that principle immutable, it was necessary that Parliament should prescribe the form of commission to be used on such occasions.— Accordingly the Statutes passed in the ISrii year ot the Reian of William the Third, have deprived the Crown of all discretion on the subject. „,, , «' In conformity with these precedents, and in pursuance ot the great ge- neral principle on which they were founded, the King is graciously pleased to command that you do avail yourself of the earliest opportunity of pro- posiuff to the Legislative Council and Assembly of Lower Canada, the c- nactment of a Bill declaring that the Commissions of all the Judges of the Supreme Courts, shall be granted to endure during their good behaviour, and nnt during the Roval pleasure, and you will in the name, and in the behalf of His Majesty, assent to a Bill for carrying that object into ef- fect. o ■'' fe> \'* / Messages requs de Son Excellence le Gouverneur en Chef, — ^le ^5 Novembre et 5 Decembre 1831, relativement aux Juges en cette Province. Chateau St. Louis, Quebec, 25 Novembre 1831. AYLMER, Gouverneur en Chef. En obt'issance aiix Ordrcs du Roi, transmis dans la Dep^che du Viconite Goderich, principal Secretaire d'Etat de Sa Majeste pour le Departement Colo- nial, en date du 8 Fevrier 1831, dont il est fait mention dans la Depeche de Sa Seigneurie du 7 Juillet 1831, communiquee recemment i\ la Chambre d'Assembl<5e j le Gouverneur en Chef desire attirer lattention de la Chambre d' Assemblce a la Communication importante qui suit, copice de la Dept'che du Vicomte Goderich du 8 Fevrier, ci-dessus mentionnce, dont lobjet est de rendie les .Juges indepen- dans du bon plaisir dejia Couronne, et de les retirer du Conseil Executif et (:\ exception du Juge en Chef de Quebec) du Conseil Legislatif de la Province. EXlliAIT. *• Je vais maintenant communiquer a votre Seigneurie les Ordres qu'il plait a Sa Majeste d'emaner,apres plein examen de la question genirale de I'indcpen- dance judiciairc de s . 3 Provinces Canadiennes. •' La connexion qui subsiste heurcusemententre les Canadaset ce Royaume, suggerc la convenance d'introduire dans ces Provinces toute institution que Tex- perience plus consommce de la Grande-lJretagne.recommande commc etant propre a assurer a la fois la st; ilitc du Gouvernement et le bien-ctre de la Societc en- titre. •• Aucune branche de r.otrc politique civile n'aprouve plus pleinement com- bien elle contribuait a Tobtontion de ces giandes fins, que I'ctablissemont de nos Juges, qui se trouvent a la fois iudependans de I'autoritc royale, etde la branche populaire de la Legislature. •• 11 n'existe pas, que je saclic, de raisons ligales ou constitutionnclles, qui oussent cmpeche le Roi d'accoider les oliices des Juges en Anglettrre durant leur bonne conduitc ; mais pour donner a ce principe de rimmutabilitC', ii a ete ue- cessairc que lo Pailcment prescrivit la forme de la Commission dont ou ferait usage en ces occasions. En consequence \es Statuts passes dans hi 13e. annee du lloi Guillaumc Trois, ct dans la Icro aniice dc George Trois, out dcpouille hi Couronne de tout pouvoir discretionnaire a cot egard. " Conformcmont a ces precedens, et au grand principe generale qui cnTut hi base, il a gracicuscmcnt plu au Roi dordonncr que vous saisissiez la prtMnicro oc- easion qui se prt'sentera pour proposer au Conseil Legislatif et a I'Asscmblee du Bas-Canada, la passiition d'un bill d.'clarant que les Commissions de tous les Juges dcs Cours suprcmcs scront accordces pour durer durant leur bonne conduitc et nun durant le bon Plaisir Royal, et au nom et de la part de Sa Mnjestc vous sanctio- iierez un bill pour eftcctuer cct objet. Cette It IS of course an essential condition of tiiis arrangement that an adequate and permanent provision should be made for the Judgel. and I am happy o find ha the repeated assurances of the House of^Assemblv p ecludfthe po..s.b.hty of any objection being made by that body to this parf of the plo- ^«, liV^^ t^^''!^''''''''^^^ to the Cana. das the benefit of this important principle of the Britisi Constitution, I am to signify to your Lordship His Majesty's commands to communicate to Z Legislative Council and Assembly His Majesty's settled purpose ?o nominate on no future occasion any Judges either as a Member of the Executive oLcX lativetounc.l of the Province-Whatever reUance might be paced on "he persona integrity of the Ju.lge, it is desirable that tl.^y should be exempted from all temptation to interfe.e in political controversies, and even from aC picionof any such interference. ''Tlie single exception to this general rule, will be that the Chief Jus. ticeof Qu.bec, w.l be a. Member of the Legislative Council, in older that tL"'Lt'His M.^^l''1/'^"t^;""^ '" ^'•^'^'"S '-- »f a ,e.manent cha. racter, but His Majesty will not fail to recommend even to that high officer a cautious abstmence from all proceedings by which he might be involve many contention of a party nature.-Your Lordship will perce ve thatTese rules are framed with reference to the correspondent practice in this Kingdom where, a though u has not been unusual to elevate the Chief Justice^ a^d HoLofl^S^t"^'^^'^^^^^^' ''^ ^"-^ '^'^- -""- vo.^ir either " I am persuaded that the Council and Assembly of Lower Canada will perceive. ,n the measures, which I have thus had the honor of explahlinff an additional proof of the desire, by which the King is. at all times actS ated, to promote the best interest of that important par of the Briti'sh Em- pire, over the Government of which your Lordship presides." '^^'^'^'^ ^'" I have the honor to be, My Lord. &c. &c. &c. (Signed.) GODERICH. AYLMER, Governor in Chief, .1 « 7''^- P"'''^''""'' '" 9'"^^ having-, in the several communications made to the Legislature since the opening of the present Session, put the House of Assembly m possession of the liberal and paternal views of His Majesty's GoveniMient regarding the affairs of tlie Province, it becomes now his duty in obedumce to the ajmmands of the King for giving effect to those views. h.vP ^r'S- /' '" "i'^"-'' the adoption of some specific measure which shal have he efiect of rendering the Judges equally independent of the Cn.wn and of the popular branch of the Legislature; and he is fully confident that n taking this important subject into consideration, the House'in iis liberality will be disposed to make suitable and permanent provision, chargeable upon a secure and adequate Fund, as well for the salaries of the Judges as for the estabhshnien of a scale of retired allowances, in the event of thdr retirement from the Bench after some prescribed term of faithful services, or in the event " C'estcomme ic raison, unc condition essentielle de cct arrangement au'il soit fait pour Ics Juges unc allocation suffisante et permanente. et ie suis flittrde voir que les assurances rep^tees d. la Chambre dissemblee .Hent la possiS de toute objection de la part de ce corps a cette partie de la proposition. ^ ^'"''' '^^ ^ " Pour remplir ulterieiirement le plan g^-nc^ral de faire participer les Canadas a ! avantage de ce pnnope important de la Constitution Britannique, il me reste I s.gn.fier a votre Seigneurie lesOrdres de SaMajeste, qui sontque vous ^ommuni- quez au Conseil U-gislatif et h I'Assembl^e sa ferme determination de ne nommer iirp.n'"'""'^n^'', '"''"'''■'."' ''"Conseil Ex.xutif. n. du Conseil Lcgislatif dela Province. Quclque confiance qu'on place dans I'intc-grite personnelle du Juge.iicstadi;sirerqu'ilssoientmisi\ labri de toute tentation dinterveair dans les dispute^ pohtiques etmeme du soup? on d'une telle intervention. " L'exception unique A cette rt^gle g6n6-ale sera que le Juge en Chef de Que- bec, sera membre du Conseil Ugislatif. afin que ce cur^s puisse avoir son assrstance dans la redaction des lois dune nature generale et permanente ; mais Sa mS ne manquera pas de recommander mc^me k ce haut Officier. de se garder avecS !t r ? ^T'^^v 'I"' P°"'-''^'^".t ''«"g»g«'- d^ns aucune contention qui senfrait Ipspntde parti. Votre Seigneurie vena que ces r^gles sont dressoes d'apres la ri'4|e2;'rir; ^''''' \^!=\^f'^ dans ce Royaume. ou, quoiqu'il n'ait pas ete insiste d elever le Juge en Chef et autres Juges superieurs a la Pairie, les Juges puisnes ne peuvent voter dans I'une ni I'autre Chambre du Parlement. " Je suis persuade que le Conseil et I'Assemblde du Bas-Canada verront dans les mesures que je viens d avoir I'honneur dexpliquer, una nouvelle preuve du de- sir dont le Roi est sans cesse anim^ d'avancer les meilleurs inttrets de cette partie importante del empire britannique, au gouvernement de laquelle votre Seigneu- J'ai I'honneur d'etre, Milord, &c. &c. (Sigtie.) GODERICH. AYLMER, GouvERNEUR en Chef. Le Gouverneur en Chef ayant, dans les diverses communications faites A la Legis aturc depuis 1-ouverture de la presente Session, mis la Chambre d'Assem. bl eon possession des vuesliberales et paternelles du Gouvernement de Sa Ma- jesty sur les affaires do la Province, il devient maintenant de son devoir en oS- ITr 'V'^^'''''^''" ^°' PO'"-donnereffetacesvues, de recommanderA la Cham- bre I adoption de qiielques mesure particuliere qui aura I'effet de rendre les Juges egalcM^e.a independans et de la Couronne et de 'la branche populnire de la lS latuie;etilcstdansla pleine confip.nce que la Chambre, en prenant en consi- daat on ce sujet important, sera disposee dans sa jiberalite a faire une allocation JO 1 lesappointemcnsdesJugesque pour IVtablissement d'une cchelle de pen- sions de rctraite, dans le cas qu'ils se retireraient du Banc apres un terme fix^de sei vices klcles, ou qu ds tombcraient dans quelque incapacitc physique ou men- tale : s 6 event of bodily or mental incapacity :— And he trusts, moreover, that an ade- quate provision will in like manner be made for the unavoidable expenses of travelling and other duties performed in the public service, to which the Judges are liable in the discharge of their public duties." " The Governor in Chief takes this opportunity to apprize the House, that it will become his duty in conformity with the instructions he has received from His Majesty's Government, to recommend to the House in the course of die present Session, to make provision, not subject to an annual vote, for certain other expenses of the Civil Governmeut ; but he is most anxious to see the question of the independence of the Judges, and of a perma- nent provision for their Salaries, retired allowances and incidental expenses, nnally disposed of by a distinct and substantive enactment, before bringing the other, and comparatively less important, measure specifically under then- consideration. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 5th December, 1831. t tale : pour poses 1 qu'il ( Gouv prcf'ser ccrtaii voir h leurs s une lo I'autrc C Quebe ;r, that an ade* jle expenses of 'hich the Judges the House, that ;ie has received 3 in the course nnual vote, for most anxious to of a perma- ental expenses, before bringing lily under then- tale : etil se flatte aussi qu'il sera fait dela m/:me maniC'reuno allocation suffisantc pour les frais inevitables do voyages et autres devoirs auxquels les Juges sont ex^ posts dans I'ex^cution de leurs devoirs publics." ^ LeGouverneuren Chef profile de cette occasion pour informer la Chambre, qu il deviendra do son devoir, conlbrm^ment aux instructions nu'il a recues du Gouvernement de Sa Mnjest6, de recommander A la Chambre dans le cours de i" pr^sente Session, de pourvoir pai;une affectation non sujette ;\ un vote annuel, \ ccrtaines autres depenses du Gouvernement Civil j mais il a vivement h ccEur de voir la question de 1 independance des Juges, et d'une allocation permanente pour leurs salaires,pensions de retraite et d^penses incidentes regl.'es d^finitivemcnt par line loi precise et efllective, avant d'amener sp^cialement sous sa consideration J autre mesure, qui comparativement est d'une moindre importance. ChAteau St. Louis, Quebec, 5 Ddcembre 1831.