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Strange to say, as if they thought that this un- fortunate country was not sufficiently harassed and oppressed by the blithing and remorseless enemy which has been so Ions preying upon its vitals, the Protestant editors and proprietors of the several newspapers published in the english language, in this city, have thought fit, without taking the trou- ble to ascertain the truth of what they were disse-^ B I .^-m ■^■*n**mf«i: *■ - - f-wmfn- --* "—tmiimf*- ■•"--* "mmmmmmsr-' r ift ik^' .*; — 4 — minating, to copy into their columns this Jesuitical sample of Episcopal veracity and charity — although they would not publish the statement or petition which called it forth, or even a synopsis of their contents, in order that their readers might see what each party had to say. But, alas, the interests of society and of individuals have been sacrificed to the advantages foolishly expected to be realized by pandering to the policy and voracity of the most ex- acting and insatiable of all earthly tyrants — and the Protestants of Quebec have had the painful mortifi- cation of beholding men, whom they had hitherto looked upon as themselves, lending tbeir assistance to oppress the injured—to strengthen their deadliest foe and to circulate amongst their families the ab- surd, superstitious and priest-enriching doctrine that a **Curse^^ ^^ pursues those families enriched with *' the revenues of the Church*^ I / / It is true that in the english version inserted in these papers, the words ** la malediction " which appear in the french one and which mean " the curse " have been artfully and dishonestly translated into " mis- " fortunes " (plurel) in order, of course, not to shock Protestant ears. However, if, as it is stated, the translation was got up in the " Palace " a- mongst " the Holy confraternity " — all surprise va- nishes and it is but another sample of the low truck- ling and dishonorable cunning which is invariably stamped upon priestly transactions. No one but a confirmed impostor would be guilty of conduct so dishonest and deceptive. A man must, indeed, in- wardly feel himself to be an impostor when he shews' that he is afraid to let one class of men know what he teaches as truth, to another class. If he feels that what he states is true, why disguise k and why be^ashamed to publish it openly ? Where can there be found a dictionary which will give the A^M^-jam — 5 — itical lough jlition their i^hat jsts of ced to zed by osi ex- ind the [noriifi- litherto HStance eadliest the ab- ine that led with true that lers, the in the " have ) "mis- not to is stated y ace" a- prise va- )W truck- ivariably one but a onduct Bo ideed, in- -when he nen know ss. Uhe lisguise H ? Where U give the translation, into english, of the french word <' ma- lediction " into ** misfortune " or " misfortunes" ? la not, on the contrarv, the proper and real signifi- cation of the word ''malediction^ — curse — anathe- '' ma, excommunication in church affairs" ? Pret- ty doctrine, this, for a Protestant to lend his aid in circulating. Another reflection siiggests itself here. Is not the use of this, subsequently repudiated, word, when addressing Catholics, as much as to tell them, we know that you have unlimited confi- dence in every thing we tell you and we do not therefore fear to gull you with trash which we would be laughed at if we attempted to ram down Protestant throats ? With the view of making the public better ac- (^uainted with the doings of ''the Holy Corpora- tion," it may not be improper, in quoting, hereun- der some parts of Mr. Baillargeon's defence, to of- fer a few remarks in reply. " The author^ 8 chief aim seems to be a pull at the purse strings of the well disposed.^' How those " purse strings" are always upper- most in your thous[hts. Holy Bishop ! It would take a scientific puller at " purse strings" to build a nest as well feathered as your*s is. " We have no Intention to annoy the author " Less humane conduct could not be reas r^ably expected from a member of a Body, which, v hen it could do so with safety to themselves, used to flay and burn up human beings, by the million, with less remorse than if they we^e so many rats. " but for the sake of an honorable body " Rather modest, dear Bishop, to call yourself " an honorable body," you might have waited till somebody besides yourself bestowed upon you the fond appelation. Whenever you hear a fellow roar- ing out that he is an *' honorable" man, look to your " purse strings." i, 1 ^t - r*i^-m»- 'A,.w,iMmm — 6 — i ^* toe mmit give a truthfuU expositkm of the facts'' What a pity you did not peneTere in this good intention and that you so soon deriated from it. *' he has disfigured.'^ In what particular, dear ^^ Lordship" ? yon do not state. ^' His abuswe expressions we cannot stop to notice. " You must be goin^^ at a great speed. But what is rather mysterious^ is, how you came to find out that there were any " abusiye expressions" if you did not '* notice " them. *' The first charge is this .'—Some time since died in one of owr country parishes an unde of Mr, J, P, M. Lecourt, leaving a large fortune^ part of which he had for a long time previous, VERY NATURALLY expcctcd he wotud have come in for." Full stop. The words '^ having always been on terms of the warmest friendship with his uncle," which are to be found in the circular from which this purijorts to be a true extract, with inverted com- mas, omitted — aocidentally, no doubt — a little Pon- tifical oversight — but let us proceed. ^' His surprise and astonishment may be bet' ter conceived than described, when on hearing of his death, and proceeding to his residence, he there finds tvfo priests," ' '' encamped»" if you please, dear me, what are you about ? you cannot nave, on your episcopal nose, the pair of solid gold-mounted spectacles, about which one of the late Revd. Mr. Parent's brothers was in such a rage, when he found they had ^^ mizzled" after his aeath, and which he thinks he afterwards saw on a holy couch soiTie time after—or, surely, you would be able to see better than that. — 7 — rfihe J good t. yOQ do stop to at -what ind out if yoitt nednce %nde of fortune^ carme in been on uncle,'* n ^hich ted com- ittle Pon- ly be het' \aring of J, he there ne, what episcopal spectacles, . Parent's found they which he )uch soffiC ble to see " who, very coolly " Now, dearest of Bishops^ you will be the death of me ; what hare you done with the little sen* tence, ^* with a sang froid and aasunmoe quite pe- '* culiar to the confhitemity,'' which is to oe (bund in the circular between the wordi '^ who " and " very" ? << inform him that his nndt has left his whole property, with a fern trifiing exceptions, to the Archbishop of QtceoDc" There jm are off at the same fearful speed, you were driving at when you oould not ^* notice " the '' abusive expressiona." Do halt a little and tell us what has become of all the words in the cir- cular which are to be therein found after the first '' his" in the above last quoted sentence ? *^ The affair ends by the corporation^^ ** The Holy Corporation," if you please, v^hat in the name of goodness is the reason yon have such an aversion to the word '^ Holy," when ap*- plied to yourselves ? Is it that you Usl you do not deserve It? ^^teaJking off with gold, siher coin, bank notes and other tfoiuabies, exceeding in value the sum of £40,000." I)ead halt again. Not a word about the '' pro- ** test which they treat with perfect contempt," nor the sentence " to say nothing of the plate worth '* hundreds of pounds which these despisere of ^* earthly goods had tak<^ii the precaution of carry- ** ing off from the house, several months before the " old gentleman died, lest it should fall into other, ^' than ecclesiastical clutches." Hitherto we have indulged somewhat in the omic ; it is now time to come to the serious part of he business. Here we have no less important a ersonagfc. than a christian bishop pretending to give ! i jg^Msieu '>.) '■•mmf^**f^-' ff i j I — 8 — ** a truthful exposition of the facts" — facts which, he asserts, have been '' disfigured " — purposely, — himself disfiguring the very charges he is pretend-, ing ** to give a truthful exposition of " which he does by falsely quoting them. It is to be taken for granted that, as no allusion has been made to the plate, what has been asserted respecting it cannot be contradicted, and it is a feature in the affair which it was hoped by believers in Episcopal hon- esty would have been explamed. What has been given as " the second charge" contained in the circular in relation to the late Re- verend Mr. McMahon is equally mutilated. The pseudo-editorial next goes on to say that : " In every religious society there are numerous wants ;" No doubt there are in religious, as well as in other societies '' numerous wants." But if the mere existence of those '^ wants " were to be con- sidered as a justification of the means to be resort- ed to, to supply them — it would certainly be a han- dy doctrine for such societies. The question is not whether such wants exist, but whether proper and honest means have been had recourse to, in satisfy- ing them. " According to a principle received amongst CotholicSf a priest has not the right to enrich his relations mth the revenues accruing from his be- nefice.^^ Two facts are here asserted both of which are totally false — the first is that no such " principle " is " received amongst Catholics," if, by " Catho- lics" is meant a majority of the body — and the se- cond that a priest's revenues accrue " from his be- nefice." These ^' revenues" as they are impro- perly called, come from out of the " purses," not of the priests or of our Holy mother the Church, but i\ — 9— out of the purses of the laity and the parishioners. Really, it is attempting to humbug people to tbair faces to try and make them belieive tnat th? monies earned by a priest in the discharge of his ministry are paid to him by the Clergy-^-when it is notorious that the very contrary is the case. " Ht 18 the steward of wch prortrty,''^ He is no such thinff. He is the only and real owner of his tythes and other emoluments, and ean do with them as to him may seem most meet. If the object of the writer of the paper herein com* mented upon, be to establish that Mr. Lecourt'e late uncle made, or laid the foundation of his large for- tune througn the means solely of '' his benehce" — he is trying to establish what he himself well knows to be false — as the late Reverend Mr. Parent inherited a considerable amount of property from his late father and mother who both lived and died with him, — to the amount it is said of £1000 or £1200 in moveable and immoveable property — whereof the greater part of the plate carried oft to the Archiepiscopal Palace, before his death, forms a portion and upon which the initials of the late reverend gentleman's father may still be seen, and have often enough been seen by the very writer of the article in question. Surely it will not be pre- tended that that plate was earned ** par I'autel." The late Cure of Repentigny traded in wheat dur- ing the late war with the United States, with the government at Quebec, at an enormous profit, and Mr. Lecourt's late grand father commanded the schooner in which it used to be mostly shipped for this city, and was the bearer to Mr. Parent of pro- bably tne greatest part of the specie received by him from the government — ^whicn it is now preten- ded came from " PAutel " which the Holy Archi- episcopal Corporation is enjoying in the face of his almost destitute relatives. 1 I t i^ ^uuims^^' JI I' - ' W I I rrr^rr- I 1 i i • — 10 — << Deeply impressed vnth these feeiingi. many years previous to his death, Mr. J, P. M. Le- Courtis undSj the Revd, Mr, Parent, had/requetU- ly declared to his friends his firm determination never to raise the fortunes of hia family upon the inheritance of the sanctuary." This dodge of making dead men pronounce speeches they never dreamt o^without naming the persons to whom they were delivered and when> they cannot be contradicted, is an old one and will not answer in these enlighteneti days. If people are to be gulled, it must te done more ingeniously than that. ** When tJi,e Archbishop^s Palace was erected it became necessary," necessary for whom or for what ? for the con- servation of the christian faith ? or perhaps to teach the laity humility and self denial 7 ** to support this establishmjent in which were to reside the clerical gentlemen employed in the adr ministration of the diocese," Not so bad. Exceedingly modest. So nothing less will answer *^ clerical gentlemen" now a days ^^ to reside " in, than '^ Palaces. " That is to say, in plam vernacular english, that a set of men who pretend to despise all earthly things~~to wish to imi* tate, more especially in self denial and humility, the apostles, and who are continually bellowing and roaring out in the pulpits that their kmgdom is not of this world and that all who wish to imitate our Saviour and his apostles should and must not hoard up riches nor live in luxury — have the barefaced audacity to make use of all the influence they are possessed of to gather uj) and walk off with all the wealth they can lay their holy paws upon, and fi- nish the comedy by eschewing themselves in '^ Pa« '* laces," there to wallow in luxury and idleness un* — u— der the titles of '•' Graces "— << Lordships " and ** Reverends." and that too, at the expense of hun- dreds and thousands of poor deluded souls who have not enough of brains left them to see threugh such a system of impudent jugglery — all under ** the false pretence" of doing their utmost to fol- low the example of men who had not a home to themselves nor any thing they could or would, oall their own. The fact is, *hat had we at the head of afiairs and in our legislative halls, men endowed with sufficient intellect to see through such a sys* tern of fraud and imposition^ — so far from passing a quantity of statutes for the purpose of encouraging and furthering such a gang of swindlers — their first aim would be to enact some severe measure strictly prohibiting such practices. There are hundreds of unfortunate wretches pining away in penitentiaries and prisons for the commission of crimes and ofien- ces not one thousandth part as injurious to society — or as offensive to honesty and virtne. *^ Mr. Parent, although living in the diocese of Montreal, thought proper to favor the institU' tion recently fouwled in his native city," All of course of his own free will and without any instigation. Where are all ** Monseigneur" Signay's Tetters addressed from time to time to the late Mr. Parent, by " his grace," and which were so cautiously pounced upon by the '' reverend" executors, in accordance with archiepiscopal ins- tructions ? What would you take to publish them 2 The ** thought proper" would then be visible in its true liffht. "7« 1847, three years before his deaths he tnade a will, written with his own hand, and by one of the clauses of which, he bequeaths the greats est part of his property to the Bishop of Quebec.^^ This time you are in a humour to enter into de« I ^:^^mm- — 12— tails : '^ with his own hand." But why do yoa not push jrour details a little further? For instance, supposin^r you had condescended to let us know where this *' will" was first composed — ^whether it had not been originally made out and written in Quebec by certain '* clerical gentlemen"«~whether it had not been shewn to '* counsel learned in the law" before its transmission to Repentigny, to see that it was all right ? You might even hare ex- tended your information to the public, to a narration of some very curious facts connected with a certain petition got up in the parish of Repentigny by the habitants complaining of the late Mr. Parent and in consequence whereof, he was prevented, by the Bishop ot Montreal, on the ground of insanity, from acting as CuTi of the Parish prior to 1847, and to the date of your " will." But, probably, you did not think that would answer your mode of giving '^ a truthful exposition of the facts." " No codicile haa been added to this wilV^ That is what you say and we have only your word for it. The heirs Parent pretend otherwise. They say that, in proper time and place, they will produce certain facts to shew that there are ^ood grounds to suspect that he made other wills since the one of 1817. You no doubt trust that the precau- tions taken in seizing till the late reverend gentle- man's papers and doing with them as you 'thought *' proper" are sufficient and that nothing can come to light. But beware ! *' Dreading the visits of some officious indvoi' duaW^ i. e. of " individuals " who might have come in between your victim and yourselves — his rela- tions — " ht took care''' or you " took care," which ? ^oa not stance, kno"W ether it itten in jehether I in the r, to see are ex- larration 1 certain ^ by the rent and d, by the lity, from 7, and to ^ you did of giving tviliy only your 3therwise. they wiU are ^ood irills Since e precau- d genlle- "thought can come laws indioi- Ihave come -his rela- — 13 — " to deposit Ms document with the Revd. Mr, Gagne one of his friends," ^ To whom was he a greater " friend," to you or to Mr. Parent ? From such " friends," Lord pre- serve us ? " The nephew, who now complains so bitterly, was treated more liberally than others" Including yourselves of course — " having received the discharge of a sum of £500 due to the estate," which there was not the least chance of recover- ing and which was owing by an ancestor dead and gone long ago — and one farthing whereof " the ne- phew " never saw. Another sample of a sacerdo- tal liberality. ^' After numerous bequests for the poor of the Parishes in which he had officiated, and in l^ehalf of charitable and collegiate institutions." In the proportion of one farthing to the former ' for every thousand pounds to the latter. ** The whole estate of the testator did not reach the fabulous sum of more than £40,000, but that of £18,000," This, the heirs Parent, notwithstanding such flat assertion to the contrary, declare to be false and persist in stating that the estate exceeded £40,000, and one of them alleges, that before the old gentle- man's burial, an opportunity having presented it- jseif, he and another person counted over several parcels of bank notes wrapped up separately, and llying in a desk or bureau, to the amount of nearly Iten thousand pounds, not a farthing of which is to [be found mentioned in the inventory. " By deducting from this amount the preceding be- fuests, the portion reverting to the Archbishop of Quebec, m worth £\2,U0," Better than nothing, don't you think so ? You fppear to give it as a grievance that it was not more, accustomed are you getting to fat hauls. li ' . ;i I ,.. at>.»^'^«r'-\-<^'** tVt — 14 — *' For out cf thit mm'' the £18,000 the Archbishop has settled a pension of £63, per unnum, on two brothers of Mr. Parent" ' take care, gentle reader, that you do not fall into the hole and imagine that it is £63 each — as it 18 rather ingenioasly stated. This is not the case. One, an old man, incapable of working, gets £45 and the other £18. That is how the £o3 are made up. This episcopal generosity is exercised on the condition that these poor people renounce to their share of the property of meir late brother now in the claws of '^ tbe holy corporation" to the extent of upwards of £13,000 each, the interest alone, upon which would yield them a revenue of more than £700 a year, a piece. " and has come to the aid qf some of his nephev3s" to what amount ? It must be very small or you would not have failed to trumpet it forth as you have done with the £63. << whose circumstances were not as prosperous as thou of Mr, Lecourt*** Here again episcopal tact peeps out. The ob- ject is evidently to induce the public to believe that! M. Lecourt's circumstances are ** prosperous," and that consequently, he cannot be in want of the means necessary to enable him to combat his *' gold] ** gutted" enemy. In order to remove such im- pression, it is necessary here to state that, through! means of the priestly influence, Mr. Lecourt has! been clandestinely, and in an underhand manneri by the circulation of the most infamous and falsel reports, injured in his standing, profession and repu-f tation. Proposals were some time since made m him on the part of " the Holy Corporation" to set( tie with them for a few pounds, which he declineii doing, and, ever since, m order to drive him to poj verty and thus compel him to accept their oflfersj -16 ^t. The ob- believe tha^ )erous,"and xtoxii of the at his " goW ve such lift- hat, througui Lecourt has and manjier, ,UB and falsel ioaandrepu lince made w .tion" to set ^ he decline ve him to po ,t their otters they have caused ruinous lawsuits to be instituted against his mother who is one of the heirs — ^her property to be seized — sums of money they found oat to be due to her, attached by writs of '' saisie ** arr^t," and *' the faithfuP' have been worked upon to degrade and beggar him if possible. Even the pulpits nave been made use of to prejudice and inflame the public mind against him and those who take his part. " In bequetUhing for charitiei and ecclmasttcal pur' vowBt the samngs of f^ty yearSf Mr, Parent htufulfiUed a 'comdmtious duty" Whether at the time he made the will, Mr. Pa- rent was in a state of mind to fulfil '< a conscientious *^ duty," is a question to be hereafter decided. In the mean time, it is as well to observe, that, if re- port speaks the truth, he did certain things, at that epoch, which incontestibly establish his insanity. " ha* aided in founding inttitutUms useful to the country" their utility td the country is very question- able. ** and has averted from his relations the misfortunes '' Oh sensitive and honest translator ! ** which seem to pursue those families enriched with he revenues of the church," With this charming sentence ends that portion f this uniquely pontifical production which relates M. Lecourt. ** Jtstothe Reverend Mr, McMahon^s estate which it pretended has been engulphed by the Archi-episcopal eor* ration, to the detriment of his two nephews, it is one of se unfounded tales which may produce some effect at a ance, but which could not obtain credit in Q^ebec." It is left to be conjectured by the writer in what rtioular the circular contains any '^ unfounded tales." At the end of this statement are appen- ' the codicil made by the late reverend gentle « i.i! '■ . » I .u '^f'^I-^^^lii^-**" ' I — 16 — man on the 4th of april last when he was possessed of all those remarkaole mental faculties with which he was endowed. Let that document be compared with the one dated the first of October, here also given, a few hours before his death — (for it was signed by him in the afternoon of Wednesday the first and he expired at five o'clock in the morning of Friday the third of that month) and it will be very soon perceived that sinister influences have been at work. Why omit all mention of those boys' names in the last codicil, if it were not inten- ded to disinherit them ? Is it not a fact that during the whole time this last codicil was being signed — a certain ** very reverend " occupant of the " Pa- ** lace " was present and acted aafac totum in the matter ? Is it not the case that, for weeks previous to Mr. McMahon's decease, the " very reverend " personage in question — a man whom, at one time^ I Mr. McMahon looked upon as one of the most dan- gerous enemies he ever had, was continually hov-| ering about him like a " vulture " over a dead car- case ? If It could be established that Mr. McMa- hon's feelings towards these boys had changed be- tween the 4th of April and the 1st of October last— I then might it be made appear there was some cause] for leaving them destitute. But such is not the case. On the contrary, a very few minutes befora he expired, seeing one of them crossing the room) he beckoned to him and kissed him affectionately! for the last time. " Mr, McMaJion bequeathed to the corporation a trt so oneroits^^ If you considered it ^' so onerous" what mad you give yourself so much trouble to get hold of it] '< that the^Archhuhop of Quebec has not consented accept it,** To be sure he has not^ because the old gentij "■MiWimw^^i..^ QBBesBed oinpared ^ere also jr it was jsday the rnorning it WiW te nces have 1 of those , tiot inten- ihat daring ig signed— "the "Va- otwn in the 3k8 previous r revereiid atone time, le most dan-' inually hov- r a dead car- Mr. McMa- changed be-l )ctober last— J IS some causa jh is not th« iinutes befor«^'.- . — ^8 — '' Archeyeche de Queoec^ 27 decembre 1851. " Monsieur, «J'ai soumis ^ Monseigneur I'Archevequel votre lettre du 12 du courant, demandant que la Corporation Archiepiscopale de Qri^bec se charge de payer d. mSme le capital qui lui a 6te 16gud par le testament de feu le Revd. monsieur McMahonl une partie des frais de pension et d'entretien du ne-l veu du d^funt, Mte. Joan McMahon, votre pupiilej pendant qu'il fera son cours de droit. " A ce sujet je suis charge de vous informerj que Sa Grandeur, ne vouiant pas s'exposer aux dif- ncultSs qui pourraient etre suscitSes a la Corpora- tion, si eile acceptait ce legs, a difinitivement r6so- lu d'y renoncer, et ne pent agr6er par cons^quenti I'arrangement que vous lui proposez. Elle se croitl d'autant mieux fond6e a prendre ce parti que, j^bA certaines demarches faites k son ins^u, on Pa mise" dans I'impossibilite de remplir les intentions biei connues du regrett6 defunt. " J'ai Phonneur d'etre *' Monsieur, " Votre tres humble serviteur, ■ (Sign6) C.-F. Cazeau, Ptre. V. G." How the interests of the two young nephews and oj the St. Patrick's coligregation have been benefitted by the conduct of '^ Sa Grandeur" in this matter, ij not shewn or preyed, — ^beyond the mere assertion the fact. " The reinainder of Mr» McMahon^s estate^ after tk debts and bequests shall have been paid, wUl probably w^ exceed d£700." Not at all wonderful when it is considere that, in order to keep them quiet and induce then to hold their tongues about wnat they saw going oj — 19 — in Mr. McMahon's house during the last illness^ t property to the value of at lea^t £300 was allowed to be taken away by the servants and others, before , the sale. " If the ArchhUhop^s non-acceptance had been signi- \jied" but it was ** signified^" as the above letter I shews. " before arrangements had been made'' What "arrangements"? this is all priestly Ibunkuin. " instead of obtaining funds necessary for their edit!' . cation, the children, in consequence of the division of the property amongst their relatives would not have received re than £40 each," ** Had " the Holy Corporation" not meddled nth. the matter, by getting the codicil of the 1st )f October passed, " no division of the property ; ^' amoujvst their relatives " could have been made. The codicil of the 4th of April last had amply pro- , nded " for their education," and " their r siatives" ;ould have had nothing to say to it. " After this plain statement of facts'' Just fancy the modesty of some people 1 ft it is very easy to discover the spint which has prompted the authors of the publication soliciting dona- 7ns in favor of Mr. LecourU" You might have induced persons who do not Luow you to suppose that you were what you are lot, had you been allowed to say what you pleased without comment ; but it is very certain that " the spirit which has prompted the authors of the publication" " in favor of Mr. Lecourt " is '* a \ spirit " which has on its side, truth aud honesty, Ind it would be lucky for you if you could shew a imilar " spirit." Good bye, for the present; dear Bishop, and let le advise you not to scribble any more on this sub- It \\ f '1 I ( il \ j \' • \ 1 11 ii!! — 20 — jeot, or yo ) might remember it. There is some- thicg yet ia store which you may avoid by keeping yourself very quiet. The following are tnre copies of the two codi- cils of the late Revd. Mr. McMahon, referred to in the preceding statement : " No. 3960." ' " Le quatrieme jour du mois d'avril de Van- n^e mil huit cent oinquante-et-un, est comparu de nouveau par devant les Notaires Publics pour la Province du Bas-Canada r6sidens d Quebec, Soussi- 1 sn^s, le Reverend Patrick McMahon, pretre, le Tes- lateur nomm6 et qualifie au Testament des autres parts, 6tant en bonne sant6 de corps, sain d'espritJ m§moire, jugement et entendement ainsi qu'il est apparu a nous dits notaires par ses discours et son maintien lequel apres que par Mtre Sirois, I'un des dits notaires^ l^autre son confrere etant present^ lec- ture lui a ete faite de son dit Testament qu'il a ditl bien entendre et comprendre a fait dicte et nommej par forme de codicile ce qui suit." ** lo. — ^Je r^voque le legs que j'ai fait par lei deuxieme article de mon dit Testament par lequell j'avais ordonn6 qu'aussitot que convenable apresl mon deces tons mes meubles de menage, argenteriej ustensiles de cuisine et generalement tons autresf articles et effets mobiliers m'appartenant au jour del mon deces d I'exception neanmoins de ceux leguesj par les troisieme, quatrieme, cinquidme et sixiemel articles de mon dit Testament, fussent vendus etl (^ue le produit provenant de la dite vente fut ajoutef a la somme d'environ sept cents livres couraotl m'appartenant et qui se trouverait entre les mains! du comite diiement nomm€ de I'Eglis de St. Patrice| --21 ere is some- d by keeping the two codi- i, referred to 'avril del^ati- , est comparu Publics pour la iu6bec, Soussi- , pretre, le Tes- ent des autres , sain d'esprit, ainsi qu'il est discours et son Sirois, I'un des nt present^ lec- nent qu'il a dit dicte et nomme r. et a celle qui pourrait se trouver entre mes mains au jour de mon deces jusqu'^ la concurrence de milie livres courant, pour etre la dite somme em- loyee par le dit comite ainsi qu'il est exprime par e dit deuxieme article de mon dit Testament main- tenant revoque et annuel le par mon present codicile, laquelle dite somme de mille livres courant qui devra se composer comme susdit tant du produit de a vente de mes meubles de menage, argenterie, stensiles de cuisine et generalement tous autres rticles et effets mobiliers, ceux leges par les troi- iemes, quatrieme, cinquieme et sixieme articles e mon dit Testament except^s, que la somme ntre les mains du susdit comitS et de celle qui ourra se trouver entre mes mains au jour de mon eces, je la donne et legue ^ la Corporation Arohi- piscopale Catholique Romaine de Quebec dikment ncorporee et constituee par acte de la Legislature rovinciale de ladouzieme Victoria chapitre trente " mtitule act9 pour incorporer I'Arcneveque et •4 * j'ai fait par le iient par lequel| nvenable apres age, argenterie, Lent tous autres veques Catholiques Remains dans chaque Dio- * cese dans le Bas-Canada " pour la dite Corpora- ion employer la dite somme au soutien de jeunes lies Irlandaises Catholiques qui se trouveraient ans place, que j'aimerais et desirerais voir dans la aison des SoBurs de la Charit6, maintenant en con- truction dans le faubourg St. -Jean de la cite de uebec, oil elles seraient employees d. travailler uivant leur force et capacite jusqu'd ce qu'elles snant au jour deBussent placees, je veux neanmoins que sur le le^s , de ceux le^uesBuse^tY nne somme convenable soit prise pour etre dme et sixiememmployee a faire terminer les etudes de College de issent vendus eW'ohn McMahon et James McMahon mes deux vente fut ajouteftevetu? qui demeurent mmntenant avec moi ainsi \ livres courantfce leurs etudes EccUsiastiques sHls entraient dans entre les mainsBp Clerge^ ou d leur procurer un etat dans le m/on- lis de St. Patricefe, priant les representants de la dite Corporation e vouloir bien s'occuper des objets ci-dessns." .11 lit — 22 — " 2o. — Je confirme et approuve mon dit Testa- ment dans toutes ses parties quant & ce qui n'est pas change ni revbque par mon present codicile Toulant que I'un et I'autre soient ex§cut6s selon leur forme et teneur par les Executeurs Testamen- teurs de moi) dit Testament et sous les charges^ clauses et conditions y mentionnees." " Ce fut ainsi fait, dict6 et nomme mot & mot par le dit Reverend Patrick McMahon, le Testaleur et Codiciliant, a Mte. Alexandre Benjamin Sirois, Pun des dits Notaires, I'autre son confrere 6tant present; en I'^tude du dit Mtre. Sirois et apres que le present codicile a ete lu et relu au long lu dit R^virend Patrick McMahon par Pun des dits No- taires, I'autre etant present, il a dit icelui bien en- tendre et comprendre et y a persiste les jour et an susdits, sous le num6ro trois mille neuf cent cinquante. £t a le dit Testateur sign6 avec nous dits Notaires, lecture faite et refaite." " (Signed) " P. McMahon, Ptre." « (Signed) " Chs. Cinq-Mars, N. P." " A. B. Sirois, Not." « No. 667." " L'an mil huit cent cinquante et un, le pre- mier jour du mois d'octobre apres midi, au mande- ment du Reverend Messire Patrick McMahon, Pre- tre Chapelain de PEglise Catholique de St. -Patrice de Quebec, soussignes, nous sommes expres trans- portes en la maison presbyterale appartenant d la dite Eglise de St.-Patrice, situ6e en la Haute-Ville ■de Quebec, rue St.-Stanislas, ou demeure le dit Messire Patrick McMahon, et ou etant, nous Pa- vons trouvS dans une chambre dans le premier «tage du dit Presbylere, malade de corps mais sain •d'esprit, memoire, jugement et enlendement, ainsi — 23 — qu'il est apparu a nous dits Notaires par ses (lis- cours et on roaintien, lequel apres que Mtre Chs. Cinq Mars, I'un des dits notaires, I'autro son con- frere 6tant present, lecture lui a ete faite de I'ex- p^dition de son Testament re9u par Mte. A. B. Si- Tois et tSmoins le vingt sept novembre mil huit cent quarante sept, et d'un codicile au pied d'icelui, passe devant le dit Mtre. Sirois et son confrere, Notaires^ le quatre avril mil huit cent cinquante et un, qu'il a dit le tout bien entendre et comprendre, a fait^ dicte et nomme par forme de codicile ce qui suit : — " " Premierement, je continue de revoquer le se- cond article de men dit Testament comme je I'ai fait par mon dit Codicile du quatre avril mil huit cent cinquante et un." *' Secondement, je revoque pareillement en tout son contenu moa dit Codicile du quatre avril mil huit cent cinquante et un." " Troisiemement, je veux et ordonne qu'aussi- tot que convenable apres mon dtoes, tous mes meu- bles de manage, argenterie, ustensiles de cuisine et g§neralement tous autres articles et effets mobiliers m'appartenant au jour de mon deces, ^ Pexception neanmoins de ceux legues par les troisiemes, qua- trieme, cinquieme et sixieme articles de mon dit Testament, et ceux ci-apres legues dans mon pre- sent Codicile, soient vendus et que le produit pro- venant de la dite vente, soit ajoute a 1 'argent mon- noy6, que je pourrai avoir entre mes mains le jour de mon dScds, et aux sommes d'argent qui pour- Tont m'Stre dues par diverses personnes, au dit jour de mon dSces, soit en vertu d'obiigations, billets promissoires ou autrement, le tout jusqu'^ la con- currence de mille livres courant, que je donne et Idgue d la Corporation Archiepiscopale Romaine de Quebec, duement incorporee et constituee pa^r acte de la Legislature Provlnciale de la 12e Victoria^ I- '{ » • —24 — Chap. 1836— intitul6 : " Acte pour ineorporer I'Ar- ** chevdque et les Eveques Catholiques Remains '* dans chaque Diocese dans le Bas-Canada," pour | par ladite Corporation placer et preter la dite somme de mille livres courant i interet a six par cent, s'ill est possible, et employer les interets provenant de la dite somme en bonnes oeuvres en favour de la I Congregation des Irlandais Catholiques de la dite ville de Quebec, le tout d la discretion 3t de la ma-\ niere que le rtpresentant de la dite Corporation U\ jugera le plus avantageua:,^' *' Quatriemement, je donne et legue a Sieurl John IVIcMahon, mon neveu, ma montre d'or pour par lui en jouir et disposer ^ compter du jour de| mon deces.*' " Cinquiemement, je donae et legue £i, Patrick I Moran, mon serviteur, mon cheval actuellement d mon usage, ou celuiqui pourra m'appartenir, le jourj de mon deces, avec en outre, tons les harnais ^ I'u- sase da dit cheval, le plus neuf de mes gigs oul oaleches, et ma carriole ou sleigh ; pour par le dit Patrick Moran jouir, faire et disposer des articles ^inlessus legu6s en pleine propriete di compter du[ 4it jour de mon d^es.'' ** Sixiemement, je donne et legue a Margaret! Dunn, ma servante, en sus des articles mentionnesi et ddcrits dans le cinquieme article de mon dit Tes- tament, deux cuillers a table et une demi douzainel de cuillers d th6 et une paire de pincette a eucrej le tout d'argent, et une douzaine de couteaux de ta- ble et une douzaine de fourchettes au ehoix de mes| £x§cuteurs Testamentaires \ pour par ma dite ser- yante jouir et disposer des eSfets ci-dessus legu6s al compter du jour de mon deces." I *' Septidmement, je confirme et approuve mon dit Testament dans toutes ses parties quant ^ ce •^ui n'est pas chsnge ni revoque par mon present leorporer I'Ar- ques Romains Canada," pour r la dite somme K par cent, s'ill I provenant de n faveur de la ques de la dite on 2t de la ma- Corporation le\ legue d Sieut lontre d'or pour Iter du jour de legue d^ Patrick actueliement dl partenir, le jourj IS harnais ^ I'u- e mes gigs oui pour par le diti ser des articles i a compter du ue a Margaret es mentionnesi e mon dit Tes-I demi douzainel icette a eucre,. couteaux de ta-l u ehoix de mes| ar ma dite ser- essus legu6s i\ — 25 — Codicile, voulant que Pun et I'autre soient executes Iselon leurs formes et teneurs par les Executeurs ITestamentaires denommes en mon dit Testament et [sous les charges, clauses et conditions y mention- |n6es." " Ce fut ainsi fait, dicte et nomme mot pour lot par le dit Messire Patrick McMahon le Codi- jiliant A Mte. Chs. Cinq-Mars, Notaire, en presen- 50 de Mte. Jh. Petitclerc, son confrere speciale- lent mande pour et ^ I'effet des presentes, et son )resent Codicile lui ayant ete lu et relu par le dit Itre. Cinq-Mars, en presence de son dit confrere [1 a dit et declare le bien entendre et comprendre et a persiste en tout son contenu en la dite Haute ^ille de Quebec, demeure susdite, les jour et an susdits, sous le numero six cent soixante et sept, et le dit Messire McMahon signe avec nous dits No- taires^ apres lecture faite et refaite." (Sign6> " P. McMahon, Ptre." " Jh. Petitclerc, N. P. " Chs. Cinq-Mars, N. P. m imt. c-i approuve mon ies quant d eel armon present ^« l/l^K .li M