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On the 8th March, in consequence of a a of the Assembly, at the expenreof the just immons having I'levioiisly been served on fl aulbmity and iiilbinncc; of the Crown, and of ..... ™. .. . .1- /-t_ .f. . . ,,|,(5 ;,,n| |iiivj|ri.(.s oiilie 105 summons I Mr. Justice •Fouibor, (Member for Three Ri- vers) by John ■lohnson, one of the Bailill-i of the Court of Kind's Bench, in the Wardrobe, during the >Htin|» of the House, it was resolv- td, " That to send for a Member of that House when in his place, , , , . • thereof, and on his wuiidrawnig in ^ tnne tb.it, wiili the most 'ubile mah;;nity, it Consquence into an apartment thereof, ^ attempted to vihfv and bring into contempt or appendage thereto appertaining, to 1 HisMnjesty's Representati\p, (op-Msinide ilie serve upon him a suinino.is, or other civil V mass o( the people tli,.t the Assemhiy was sn- Drocess. "abreachofihe privileges of this (Q perior to and indcpemhnlol ilw other brnmh- House- ""iJi' *as further resolved, "That f. e' ol the Legislature, and to exnle iii the John Johnson, a Baililfof the Conit of King's V nundsof the French Canadians the bitlnest Heiicli for such breach of the privileges, of ^ enmity against the English part of the corn- he Conslitulioiial ri Y upper house of the Provincial Hiirliuint-r.f. (f) This paptr, which was published weekly in A French, anil circulaleil wiili great iiiiliislry throughout the Lower I'rovnice, ahounOed in (J) priifcssiDnsoriiiyaliy and devotion to His Ma- attendaiit on the duties A, jesty's person and Cioverniiienl, at ilie same wuiidrawing in ^ tune that, wiih the most 'ublle mali;;ii this House, he taken iHto custody by the Ser- A nuiniti ,, r ^., .y. er„.i Leant at Arms, and that Mr. Speaker do is- V The new Assembly, [which was the J>flk,] » . . . ; ,i:.-_i.. tt) met oi sue his warrant accordingly. met on the lOlh of April, 1B09, and was pro- 'o^he (lav foTlowiig, on a petition from John- A rogued on the *$th of May. wnbein''presen;edtotliehouse,it wasire>olv- ^ It manifested iio-hing of the modcratio.i. »on 66101; presen.euiuiiic iii>ur.<-,i. "o.-.--.. « .■ ■. , 'j ' .' " Y- i i i ' ed that no further proceedings shouli W Had ^ (i'finity and decorum by which h prerr ding ■ him (ft Assemblies had been distinguished. \> ith a '^OnVhiirsdav 24th March, upon a mo- V view of tr) ^ how far they would be permit- .ion ofMr. Bediird, seconded by Mr. Tasche- ^ te'i.lo go, motions were repeatedly made im^ 'That this House will A " ■" ' " ' "" nit- V reau, it was resolved on Monday next resolve itself into a coinm tee of the whole House, to take into conside- (y ration ihc alt-.r^itions it may be expedient to ^ establish ton hiiigthe nature and consequen- ^ cesofgri'nts in free and sommon soccage, e^sio^ to be carried by a simple resolve of the House; and such was the nature of their proceedings that firs It is dese'rvioE of remark, that this is the () the Governor judged it expedient suddenly lo I attempt on the part of the Assembly to A prorogue, and immediately afterwards to ois- puen the Royal Prerogative with respect to V unpug. . _ the wastelands of the Crown, and to dictate to the Sovereign by what means, and by what ^ description of people, those lands shall be ^ ..i„,i I ty settled ! solve the Assembly. In his speech from tho Throne on this occasion His Excellency ad- dressed the House in the following words. " (lentlemen of the House of Assembly, "When I met you at the eoinnieiiceineiit On Monday,March the 8Cth, sixteen mem- A of the present Session, I bad no reason to beis onlv being present, it was losohed ^>eas ^ doubt your moderation or ymn prndence, and 11 naysS 1 "That for the remaiiulrr ol this (Q 1 iberelore willingly relied upon bo'li. Lii- Session, eleven members, Mr. Speaker in- J) der ilie guidance of these principles, I cxpeit- cluded shall be a compeieni quorum to pro- J ed from you a manly sacniice wf all peisiinal ceed to' the dispatch of public business," after ^ animosities and individual dissalisfaciioo, which the House formed its«U' into a com- A a watchful solicitude for tlie concerns of your mittee of the whole for the purpose of taking J country, and a steady pci severance in the ex- into considiration the resolve made on the %) ecuting of your public duty with zeal and Thursday pieceding relative to the waste A, dispatch. 1 looked for earnest endeavoni Wo lands of the Crown. X prom.uc the general hirioony of the Pro- On the /?r«t u/ «*/)n7 the consideration of (^ vince, and a careful abstinence from wliate- the same subject was renewed, but no further ^ ver might have a tendency to disturb it ; tor resolutions weremade respecting it during the T due, and therefore indispensable attention to lemainder of the Session. In this Session nssc>s ; and be- cause it was particularly callcJ for by the cri- tical conjunciuie ofthe times, and especially by the precarious siliiaiiou in which_ we thin sU)od with respect to t!ie Aiucricau States. I am sorrv to add, that I have bueii disappoint- ed in all these expectations, and in every hope on whieli I nlied. " Yon have waslecl in fruitless dcDatei, ex- cited by private and personal aniiuoMtie';, or bv I'rivoloiis contests upon trivial mattcis of foiin, that lime and those talents to which thirty four Bills were passed, including a Bill A for prompt and cheerful co-ope of aid for repairing and ameliorating the Cas- "r sistancb in whatever mig.it c( tie of St. Lewis," and one, viz. "a Bdl for y happiness and welfare ofthe " "■" •reeling two cmunion Gaols, with Court Halls, in the inferior District of Gaspe," was resei ved for the signitication of His Majesty's pleasure. We have now arrived at a period v» hich may be considered as a new era in the history of Canadian politics. The prudence, mode- ration and good sense by which tlic several llouses of Assembly had hitlicrlo been disliu- Euished, siiddeiilv disappeaicd.aud it becomes (h of importance to observe tlie inferior sclcc- j; tion, in point of character and rcspvriability, ■which from this time generally tooU place throughout the Province in the choice of Re- presentatives, and to trace and la', open the latent causes of those scenes of violence, eoii- teiilinn and disorder which have since been exhibited'.y the \ssemblv ofLower Canada. Whhthi " " - ^ -•••■■■"■-•■ •'■" drudgery "sv'icw, instead oi' going through the A within y»ur walls, the public have an exclu y of making lengthy extracts from the ^ sue title ; this abuse of your functions, you Jomnais, we shall give a rapid sketch of the (Q ' political events in that Provinc* subsequent A (f) iotbe year 1807, combining therein a briet review' of the proceedings of the Executive authority, as well as of those of the Legisla- tive Bodies. And here we are compelled to recal the recoUcciionofour leade.s to the estabhsh- liient of a Canadian Picssat Quebec towaids the close of the vear VM, from which was Issued H pappr -M.tiiled " Le Comdten. It it notorious that this paiicr was under the in, - nagement of certain leading characters inilie Asscniblv. who evideiulv wished to render it subservient to their views in that House, and thereby to increase the weighi »nd tnUueace have preferred lo the high and iinporlaiit du- nes which >ou owe to your Sovi reiio i.nd to )our constituents -, and you have tliercby been forced to neglect the (•oiisideratioii of uiallor! of nioniiMit .ind necessity which were beloro you, tt hde von have at the same tini.' virlnally prevenled the introdiietion of such .iihers as m.iv hue been in contemplalioii. If any liiii'lier proof of this misuse of your time wcro necess.ov, I have jost presented it. in having he ailed oil, after a sessiim of live weeks, to exercise His .Majesty's prerogative of as- sent 10 tiie s.ime minibcr of Bills, three of which woietho mere renewal of annual acts to which you stood pledged, and whieli r«qui- leU no discns'ioii. To be continued.