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Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 COPY OF A LETTER FIIOM JAMES STUART, ESQ. TO TIIF. RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT GODERICH, RELATING TO ANIMADVERSIONS AND IMPUTATIONS ON HIS CONDUCT AND CllARACTIIR, IN CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF LOWER CANADA. COPIE DTNE LETTRE Uli JAMES STUART, ECR. AU TRES-IIONOR/VBLE LORD VICOMTE GODERTCH, AU SUJET DES ACCUSATIONS ET IMPUTATIONS CONTENUES CONTRE SA CONDUITE ET SON CARACTERE DANS CERTAINS PROCE'DE'S DE L' ASSEMBLER DU BAS-CANADA. COPY OF A LETTER rnoM JAMES STUART, ESQUIRK, TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT CIODEHICII, &c. &c. &c. Mv LonD, London, B, Dover-Streef, 'iilil Octolwr, \m\. In a Memorial addresscil to your Lordship, from Qi'pbcc, and also in a Memoir in support of my humble Petition to His Majesty, 1 have liad tiio honour of l)riiiging under your Lordship's consideration, a satisfactory, and, I apprehend, conclusi\-e answer to tiie charges of the Assembly of Lower Canada, u])on which, by their address to His Majesty, they have prayed for my dismissal from the office of Attorney-General for that province. Besides these charges, however, I find that various aniniad\'ersions on my conduct, and misrepresenta- tions of it, are interspersed in certain proceedings of the Assembly, transmitted iiithcr for your Lordship's consideration, which might produce impressions injurioi - to my character, it not repelled and refuted. I liope, therefore, your Lordsliip will permit me to use this mode of pointing out these animadversions and misrepresentations, and of establishing, that my conduct, in all the particulars referred to, has been unexceptionable and j)roi)er. — In proceeding to acquit myself of this ejisy task, I may perhai)s be allowed to observe, that the course thus pursued by the Assembly is, I believe, without precedent, and is certainly of a nature, (how- ever unintentional it may have been on the part of the Assembly,) to operate great injustice to the Officers of His Majesty's Government, who may be the objects of such a course of pro- ceeding, as well as extensive injury to the public service. — Tiie House of Assembly having adopted the resolution of preferring charges against me, it would seem to have been reiusonable, i'ust, and proper, that whatever wits deemed criminal or culpai)le, in my conduct, should have leen embodied in these charges. — AH the grounds of imputed offence would thus have been made known to the party inculpated; — an opportiniity would have been afforded to him to defend himself, and a fit determiimtion on them might easily have been obtained. Instead of adopting this course, which reason and justice wouhl proscribe, the Assenil)ly, at the same time that they prefer and convict me of certain charges, bring under the notice of His 'lajesty's Government, it would appear, ex parte i)roceetlings, unconnected witli these charges, in which are to be found animadversions, untrue allegations, and misrepresentations, injurious to my cha- racter. .Hence cause for impressions to my disadvantage, and probably permanent injury, is afforded; while an opportunity for self-defence and justification, or even for explanation of any kind, is withheld. This course of proceeding, I beg leave in all humility to state, appears to me to be most unjust towards the person against whom it is adopted, as being calculated indirect- ly, on the false, unfounded, and malicious statements of irresponsible individuals, to injure him in credit and character, without caitse, without hearing or trial, and without means of redress on his part; and to be highly injurious to His Majesty's service, as having the effect of bringing a public officer, and, through him, the Government itself, in scmie degree, i!ito disjjaragement and discredit; thus impairing the usefulness and efficiency !>f both, while *\\c gratification of private malignity, a purpose not intended by the Assembly, is alone accomplished. — Either the state- ments of facts contained in the proceedings now referred to, did or did not, in the opinion of the Assembly, i COPIE DUNE LETTRE UF. JAMES STUART, ECUYER, AU EC. &C. TRES-IIONORABLE LORD VICOMTE GODERICll, &c., &c., &c. f>; laoi. Memoir in iiging uiulor ^Her to the ajesty, tliey ■0. Besides srepresciita- lier for your Jcter, if not liis mode of my conduct, oceeding to course tlius iture, (hou-- ; injustice to urse of pro- My liaving reasonable, iliould liave have been to him to Instead of ' same time i -Alajesty's s, in wliich to my cha- : injury, is tion of any appears to (I indirect- lire Jiim in rpss on J lis )ringing a ■ment and of private the state- ion of the Assembly, Loiif/res, 8, Dover-Street, 22 Octobre, \QSi\. MoN Seignei'ii, ■ Dans un Memoire adresse A voire Seigneurie, de Quebec, de mcmc que dans un Me- moire li I'appui de mon humble Petition a Sa Majoste, j'ai eu I'lionncur d'amener sous la con- sideration de votre Seigneurie, une reponso satisfaisante, et (comme je Ic suppose) conclusive, aux accusations de la Ciiambrc d'Assemblee dii Bas-Canada, sur lesquelles, par son adresse li Sa Majeste, elle a demande ma destitution de I'Officc de Procureur-General pour cette Pro- vince. Outre ces accusations, cepeadant, je vols que diverses imputations contre ma conduitc et fausses representations d'icelle se trouve repaadues dans certains procedes de I'Assemblee, transmis icipour la consideration de votre Seigneurie, lesquelles pourraient produire des impres- sions injurieuses a mon caractere, si je leslaissfiis passer sans les repousser et refuter. J'espere done, que votre Seigneurie me permettra d'user de cette voie pour faire ressortir ces injustes imputations (animadversions) et fausses representations, et de demontrer que ma conduite a ete irreprochablc et convcnable, dans tons les points mentionnes. Kn procedant a m'acquitter de cette facile tiicho, il me sera peut-ctre permis de remarquer, que la marclie ainsi suivie par la Chambre d'Assemblee est, je crois, sans exemple, et est certainement de nature (quelque pea d'intention qu'ait eu TAssemblce de ce faire,) a opurer d'une maniere trcs-iajuste contre les OflSciers du Gouvernement de Sa Majeste, qui peuveat etre I'objet de tels procedes, comme aussi de nature a etre tres-dommageable au service public. La Chambre d'Assemblee ayant adopte la resolution de porter des accusations contre moi, il semblerait qu'il eut ete raison- nable, juste et convenable, que tout ce qu'on regardait comme criminel ou reprehensible, dans ma conduite, eut ete incorpore dans ces accusations. De cette maniere, la partie inculpce aurait connu tons les sujets d'offense imputee ; on lui aurait donnc une occasion de se defendre, et I'on aurait pu en venir a une determination facile et convenable il cet egard. Au lieu d'adopter cette voie, que prescriraient la raison et la justice, rAsseml)lce en meme temps qu'elle profere certaines accusations ct m'en convainc, amcne sous la consideration du Gouvernement de Sa Majeste, comme il paraitrait, des ))rocedes cxparte, n'ayant aucune liaison avec ces accusations, dans lesquelles on trouve des imputations injustes (animadversions,) des allegations et represen- tations fausses, injurieuses a mon caractere. De la decouleat des impressions li mon desavan- tage, et probablement un tort permanent ; tandisqu'on me refuse I'occasion de me defendre et de me justifier, ou meme de m'expliquer en aucune maniere quelconque. Cette maniere de proceder, je demande a le representer en toute humilite, me parait etre de la dernicre injustice envers la personnc contre laquelle elle est adoptee, en taut qu'elle est calculee, sur les temoi- gnages faux, non fondcs et malicieux de personnes tenues a aucune responsabilite, a lui faire indirectement tort dons son credit et son caractere, sans cause, sans audition ou proces, et sans moyens de redressenicnt de sa part ; et a faire un dommage tres-serieux au service de Sa Ma- jeste, en ce qu'elle a I'efFct de faire tomber \in Officier Public, et, par son moyen, le Gouverne- ment lui-meme, jusqu'a un certain point, dans le discredit, eta lui faire perdre de la considera- tion ; IV Assembly, affonl suffitiont cause lor imputin£i; oflkial miscoiuluct to me : if tliey dii). iliargos aguiiist me, grouiuled on them, ought to luive been exiiibited : it' they did not, the-^e atutemeiits, it appears to me, ouglit not to have been extracted from the Journals of the Assembly, to be oubiiiittcd tu tlis Majesty's Government, or to be put into public circulation, to my injury. At the same time that I have deemed it a duty, therefore, respectfully to solicit your Lordship's attention to the manner in which the aninuulversions and misrepresentations, us to my conduct, have been brought under pour LoriUhip's notice, I most readily and willingly proceed to point out and refute them. — They are to be found in the Report of u Committee of Grievances, on the Petition of Kdward Glackmeyer, in u lle))ort and Kesolntions of the same Committee, on the Petition of William Lumpson, in which Itesolntions the Asscinbly has con- curred, and in 2d. In having introduced alterations in the Commissions of Notaries, by which these Commissions arc assimilated, it is said, to the Commissions of Public Officers, whose ap]>ointment depends on His Majesty. That these animadversions of the Committee of Grievances may be duly appreciated, it is necessary briefly to state what was done by the Government of Lower Canada, witli respect to the issuing of new Commissiims, after the demise of His late Majesty, and what acts of official duty were performed by me, in relation to this matter. — On the 7tli December, 18!30, a circular letter * was addressed by Lieutenant Colonel Glegg, the Goverm)r's Secretary, to the .Iiulges and Law Officers of the Crown, requiring them " to report, with all practicable des- " patch, for his Lordship's informixtion, what effect (in their o])inion) the demise of iiis late " Majesty George the Fourth would have on the Commissions of Public Officers in this " Province, after the lapse of six months from that event, and whether a renewal of such Com- " missions would be of iiulispensable necessity, before the expiration of the said period of six •' months." Upon this reference, the Chief Justice of the Province, the Chief Justice for the district of Montreal, and all the Judges, with the exception of two, and all the Law Officers of the Crown, concnrrelaint, either of the Colonial Government, or myself, as one of its Officers, could have been fomid in these facts. — The measure of issuing new Commissions was adopted on the highest authority within the Colony, and was grounded on the best legal advice that could be obtained, that of the Judges and Law Servants * Vide Appendix, \o. I. t Vide Append. No. .J. + Vide three of tliese opiuidis in Append. No-. j Vide Append. No. i>. ■!, 4. dill. c)jui'g;r■ Tan et de I'liiitre. fandis qu'on no purvieiit qu'ii )j;ratifier la iimli^nifi' indlviduello, objet que I'Asseinblce n'a pas "u eu vue, Les exposes do ithits contfiiiis dans h's procLch'-s en (juestiou offraientou n'oftraient pas, dans I'opinion de I'As- seniblee uiic cause suffisante poin- ni'iniputtr de rincondiiite dans mon Office : duns le premier cas, on aurait di'i produire contre moi des accusations fondc'ses sur ces exposes : dans I'autre ca», il me senible que ces exposes n'auruient pus dii etre tires des Journuux de I'Assendih'e, pour etre souniis an Gouvernement de Sa Majeste, ou ctrc mis en circulation dans le public, a mon grand doinmage. Kn nui>u> temjis d(nu' que j'ai cru devoir solliciter respectueusement I'atttention de votre Seiiifneurie sur la maniere dont les imputations injustes et les representations fansses faites contre moi, ont etc amenees a la coniiaissauce de votre Seigneurie, je procede volontiers et de bon cu'ur a les faire ressordr et a les refuttT. On les trouve (hms le Ua]ti)ort d'un Comite de Griefs, sur la TVtition d'Ldouard Glackemeyer, dans un l{a|)port et les Kcsolutions dii meme Comite, sur la Petition de William Lam])son, dans lesquelles Resolutions I'Assemblee a coneouru, et dans les temoignages detaches d'individus, n'ayant aucun rapport avecaucun sujet qui itait de- vant le Comite. C'est danscet ordre je denianderai a les |)resenter. Dans le i)remier de ees Hapports, ma conduitc est livree li riniprobation sous deux rapports : !o. Pour avoir re(,'u des hoiioraires sur de nouvelles Commissions now les Avocats et Notuires, a I'oceasion du deees de Sa feue Majeste ; "Jo. Pour avoir introduit des cliangemens dans les Coininissionsdes Notaires, par lescpu-ls ces Coinmissioiis sont assiinilees, dit-oii, aux Commis- sions des Offieiers Pul)lies, dont la noniinatioii depend de Sa Majeste. Ponrbion juger de ees imputations du Comite des Ciriefs, il est necessaire de rajjporter en j)eu de mots ce (ju'a fait le (iouvernement du IJas-Canada, a I'egard de remanatidn des nou- velles Coinmissioiis, iipres le deces de .Sa feue Majeste, et ce (pie j'ai fait en ma eapacite offi- cielle, a I'egard de cette matiere. — Le 7 Decembre 18:U), le Coloiu-l Glegg, .Secretaire du Ciou- veriieiir, adressa uue cireulaire * aux .Tiiges et Offieiers en Loi de la Couronne, les requerant '• de rapjiorter, avee toiite la depielie possii)le, pour I'information de Sa .Seigneurie, quel effet " aiirait (I'l leiiravis) ledeeesde .Sa feue Majeste George Quatresur les Commissions des Offi- " ciers PLii)lies en cette Province, apres le lapse de six inois I'l compter de eet eveiieinent, et si " le renoiivelleineiit de telles Commissions serait de lu'cessite indisjiensable, avant I'expiration " de la (lite jx^'i-iode de six mois."— Sur ce renvoi, le .Iiige-en-Chef de la Province, le Jiige-en-Chef du District de Montri^'al, et tons les .luges, a rexeeption de deux, et tons les Offieiers en Loi de la Couronne, fiireiit tons d'avis dans ces opinions f don- iiees st-pan'ment, (pie les Commissicnis des Offieiers Publics dans la Colonic cesseraient a rexpiratioii de six mois a compter du di'ces de .Si feue .Majeste, et qii'il serait indis- pensablemeiit necessaire do les reiioiiveler, avant I'expirarion de cette pt-riode de temps. En consequence de ees opinions, le Gouverneur de la Province, par un ordre en Con- seil, ordoiina an .Seer(!'taire Provincial de iiublier, dans les .lournaux, un avis J par lequel les personiies tenant des Commissions sous bon ]>laisii', sons le Gouvernement Provincial de Sa Ma- jestt'-, lesquelles (.''taient en force lors du dC'ws de .Sa feue Majesti-, et qui contiiiueraient de I'etre, i)ar le .Statut, jiisqii'au2H Decembre, jiusseiit etre notifiees, que leurs nouvelles Commis- sions rendues necessaire s apres ce temps par le deces de .Sa feue Majeste'', leur seraient remises, en s'adressaiit ii son Bureau. — Kn ineme temps le Gouverneur transmit da;is uiie lettre de son .Secr(3taire an ordre § adresse an Procureur lui enjoignant de doiiner s( n assistance au .Secre- taire de la Province dans Tifmanation des nouvelles Commissions, en en o •s'.'.v.t tons les jirojets iiecessaires. — Le Gouvernement Colonial n'a exeree aiicune autorit(5 dans I' inanation des nou- velles Commissions, si ce ii'est dans les jioints niaintenant iiieiiti(HiiK's. Dans la marclie ainsi jirise jiar le Gouvernement, je deviiis son liumble instrument, eu ext'Ciitioii de ses ordres expr(!'s, en remplissaiit trois actes de devoir offieiel; — .le donnai uue opinion, coiiformement a I'ordre du Gouverneur du 7 Decembre 1S:)0, dans laqiielle coiicoiiriirent les Jiiges-en-Chef et les Jiigcsdu Pays, et les aiitres Offieiers en Loi de la Couronne: je ])reparai un l)rojet d'avis, qui fut ap- jirouvi- ])ar le Clouverneiir en Conseil, qui ordoiiiia an Secretaire Provincial de le publier; et je l)r(>parai les projets de Coinniissions que eet Offieier iiie demanda. On lie pouvait s'lmawiner qu'on cut ))u fonder sur i-es faits un sujet de plainte, soit contre le Gouvernement Colonial, soit contre moi, comme un de ses Offieiers. — La mesiire de I't'-manation des nouvelles Commissions fut adoptee sur la plus haute autoritc- de la Colonic, et foiidee sur les opinions lijgales les plus respectables (]u'oii pouvait se procurer, eelles des .luges et des .Servitenrs en Loi de la Cou- ronne. L'avis (pii fut ])nblii'-, s(uis cette aiitorite et d'apres ces opinions, chose qu'on doit aussi observer. :< * Voir A|)|iunilirc No. I. t \'oii' A[»|)rii.tii.c No. 0. t Voir ti'oisdo cp* opiiiinus dans V) N'oir AinuMidiix' No. U, IJ Wppoiiiliri' No.s. •?, 3, 4. )l! I: i I I ' ' vi Sfivuiit'i ui ilif I'i'ouii. 'I'lie iiiiiii'f wli'uli was |iul)lisliril, under tliis iiiitlioritv aiul lulvici', ic is also ti» bo ol)St'ivi'il, was f.xpn-sHly ami t'XcliisiM'ly adilri'.ssiMl (o tliiwc jiublic oHicors only, wlioie coiiiiiiiwioiis l>y law would t'.x])iii', at tlii' t'lid of six nuiiitlis from I lis late Majesty'-* (It- iniie. At tlio saino time, no ol)lif(atioii was imposed ou any nuldie otiicer to renew Ids com- laissiun, it Iteini^ left to Ids discretion to do so or not, lut lie nu^lit he advised, and on his own res|ionsil>ility. In this, as in other eases, depending on a ride of law, or an eiiaetiiieiit of the lejfislature, it was not eoinpetent to the (lovernnient to preserihe an interpretation of it. A N]ieeitication of the oiKcers on whom it mi^'ht he iueunilient to renew their eoinniissions could not, therefore, proceed from the Ciovernor of the Colony : the law itself was to lie referred to by the individuals themselves, as governing this point ; and the eases in which a renewal of commissions might or might not he necessary, coidd ultimately he determined liy the King's Courts alone ; though on this, as on simie other recent occasimis, in Lower Cuiuuhi, their au- thority, if nut superseded, was certainly encroached upon in an extraordinary manner liy pub- lic meetings, called for the purpose of determining and settling the hiw on this suliject, at which resolutions to that efl'ect were piwsed. The decisions of these meetings are even referred to ill the Iteport of the Committee of (irievances, with approbation, and, it would a|)pear, us constituting some authority. No reference, however, was ever made to me by the Colonial do- vernmont, on the point now adverted to, and I was neither retpiired to give, nor did ever give, any opinion as to the description of public olticers, wliosi> eoinniissions would or would not re- (piire renewal. In what respects Public Notaries, in ]iarticular, 1 was never called upon to e.x- jiresM, nor have I ever given, any o])iiiioii, as to the necessity of the renewal of their c«miinis- sioiis. 'J'hese being the general facts connected with the animadversions of the committee, on my conduct, in the issuing of new Comnpssions, 1 now beg leave to answer, speciHcally, the two animadversions above nientiuiied. M'ith respect tc) I'ees on the new Commissions of Attornies and Notaries, I have to ob- serve, that Fees on I'ublic Commissions are received, not by tin- Attmney (leneral, but by the Secretary of the i'rovince, who demands and receives fees, at his peril, on Public Commissions, and afterwards account!^ to the Attorney (ieneral, from time to time, for his |)ro{iortioii of them. The Fees on the new Commissions of Attornies and Notaries, who solicited them, in coiifor- ndty with this usage, was received by the Secretary of the I'rovince for himself, and the other officer, whose services verc rctpiired, in preparing them. If, therefore, fees had been impro- perly taken on these r.ew Commissions (which is not the fact), the culpable officer would not liave been the Attoriu^y (ieneral, but ^iie Secretary of the Province. In this, as in other in- stances of the proceediiigu of tlie Assembly against me, I cannot but remark, as evincing u singular proneness to fasten the inipiitation of offence (mi me, that I am made cliargable for the su|i]iosed misconduct of other public officers, which is ini])uted to me, and ine only, as if it ■Were mine ; and in this particular instance, that which is deemed innocent in another, is dechir- ed to be culpable in me. The effect of such a spirit in leading to the erroneous conclusions which have been adopted by the Committee of (Irievances, your Lordship cannot fail to ap- |)reciate. Hut, in truth, the secretary of the I'rovince only tlischarged his duty, in taking fees on the new Commissions of such attornies anil notaries as required them : these Commissions were prepared at their exjircss desire, and they were of course etpially bound to pay for tliein, according to the established tariff, as for the former Commissions which they liehl. What ren- ders this animadversion of the Committee the more extraordinary is, that the attornies suid no- taries, who solicited and obtained new Commissions, have not com]>lained of the payment of fees on them ; and no reference appears ever to have been made to the Committee on this head. Mr. (ilaekineyer, a notary, who alone petitioned the House, and whose Petition was referred to the Committee, was not one of the number of notaries who solicited and obtained new Commissions, and could not therefore complain of the payment of fees. The Committee has, therefore, it woidd u)ipear, directed its attention to a n«itter not brought under its cogni- sance ; and, in doing so, has evidently misapprehended the subject, and mistaken its object, in iniputing blame to me, on the score of fees taken by the secretary of the Province, on the now Commissions of Attornies and Notaries, who applied for them. In the second of the animadversions above-mentioned, alterations, it is said, have been made in the Conuiiissions of notaries, by which " these Coininissions are assiinihited to tlie " Commissions of Public Officers whose appointment depends on His Majesty." ^^'llar is meant by these latter words, I do not distinctly understand. — Notaries are public officers, vested with coiisidiTitblp powers, and diarged witii very iin])ortant duties, among wiiich are tlio pic- paring, auihenticating, and safe custody of all titles to lauds held under the French tenures. — Tue and uilvii'c, ic oHil'l'lH Olll', , Majosly'-t (li- I'lll'tt IiIh CDlll- iiil (III Ills own aitnifiit (if till- itidii tii' it. A iiis.siuiiH coulil III' rt'tiTivil t(» a roiu'wal (it" liy tlic Kiii}('s liula, tlicir aii- iiiiiicr liy |Mil). liis sulin't't, at iild appi-ar, m • Colonial (io- did I'vcr jfivi.', would not le- 'd upon to I'x- tlu'ir I'oiiiini.s- eoiiiinittce, on ifC'ifiialiy, the I liavo to ol)- lal, but liy the Coiiiniissioiis, irtioii of tlieni, ni, in foiifor- and tlie oflier (I lioeii iiiipru- eer would not iis in other iii- as evinciii)^ ti thaiffalile for only, as if it tlier, In deelar- lUM conelusions not fail to ap- in taking fees ' Coinniissiuiis Jiay for tJiem, 1. What reii- iiriiies iuul no- le |)aynieiit of initt(>e on this > Petition was and ohtained he Committee ider its cojrni- 1 its object, ill e, on the new id, have been lihited to tlie I-." What is irticers, vested 1 are tlie pic- leh tenures. — Tue observer, rlail expresneinelil el exelu^ivemenl ailreiM' iui\ < )lli^■il•r^ I'liMjo si'iiiiinelif, dont ]<>» C'oininiMsioiis e\[iiiciaieiit scion la l.oi I'l rexpiralioii de six niois I'l euiiiplrr dii diei's de Su fine Majeste. — \',i\ iiieine tem|is, on n'iinposait I'l aueiiii Ollieier I'nlilie dc reiioini'li.i- sa Comiiiission, elant laissi' il sa diserelioii de le faire on di' lie le pas faire, selon (pi'll le jiineruit I'l propos, el siir sa propre responsaliiliu'. — Dans i-e eus eoiiiiiie dans tons les aulr('s,(pii dependent d'lin point de Loi, uu d'une dispusilion de la lA'f^islatnre, il n'apparteiiait iias an (iinivernement d'eii preserire I'in- tei'pretalion. — C'est ponripuii le (ionveriieur de hi t olonie ne ponvait donner nne speeiHeuiion (les OtHeierspoiir lesipielsil etait olili^atoire de reuoiiveler h'lirs Conl!nis^ions : e'etait I'l la l.oi iiieme (Jiie les partieiiliers devaieiit reeoiirir, pour avoir la solution de ee point; et u'elait aiix Cours (iu l{ele a donner, ni n'ai (hiiiiie d'opiiiion sur la lu'ee.ssite de renoiiveler leiirs CoinmisNions. — Tels elant les faits ^eiiereiix lies avte les imputations du Comite snr ma eoiidnite, ilaus reiuanation des iioiivelles C'tiiniiiissions, je demande mainlenaiit (pi'il me suit |iermis de repoadre speciule- inent aiix deux im|iulatious (animadversions) ei-dessiis meiitioniu'es. (juant aiix hoiioraires sur les nouvelles Commissions d'Avoeats et de Notaires, j'ai a re- iuar(pier, (piece n'esi pas le I'rocurenr-Cu'Ueral, mais le Secretaire de la IVoviiiee (pii re(,-oit les hoiioraires sur les Coinmissions l'ubli(pies, letpiel demande et re(,'oit les hoiioraires, a son , peril, sur les Commissions l'ubli(|ues, et ensiiite rend compte de temps a autre au Proeiireiir- ^ Cieiieral de la jiart qui lui en revient. — Les lionorairis sur les nouvelles Commissions des A\o- ' cats et des Notaires cpii les out demandees, out ete, coiiformi5ment a cet usa^;e rei,-us par le Se- cretaire de la Province jioiir liii-meme et pour I'autre Officier, doiit les services out ete reipiis )iour les preparer. — Si done il avait C'tv ineonveiiablemeiil jnis di's hoiioraires sur ces nouvelles Commissions (ee (]ui n'est pas le eas,) TOIhcier coupable ii'aiirait pas ete le Procureiir-Cteiieral, mais le Secretaire de la Province. — Dans ce eas, conime dans les aiitres procedi's de I'Assemblee coiitre moi, je ne jiuis m'empeelier de remarcpier, comme preiive du siniriilier penchant a m'im- jiuter de I'inconduite, (jue je siiis rendu sujet ii etre accuse de rincoiidiiite snp]iosee des aiilres Olliciers Publics, (pii m'est im]iiitee et a moi .seulemeiit, comme si elle t^tait la mieime; et dans i ce eas jiarticiilier, ce (pi'on rejiarde comme innocent dans un autre, est declare criiiiinel chez * moi. — \'otre Seif^neinie ne pout mainpier de jiij^er de I'efl'et d'une telle disposition sur les coii- clu-iioiis erroiiees ou en est venil le Coiniti- des Clriefs. — Mais, en veriti-, le Secretaire de la Province n'a fait que remplir son devoir, en prenant des hoiioraires sur les nouvelles Comrnis- fiioiis des Avocats et XoUiires qui en out demandi/. — Ces Commissions fiirent iir(.''pari''es a leiir desir expri's, et ils C-taient comme de raisoii, d'apres le t;irif d'tabli, tout aiissi oblij>es de payer j)oiir ces Commissions, (jiie jwiir les anciennes C'ommissions qu'ils teiiaient. — Ce «pii rend cette ini|)utatioii du Comite d'autant ]iliis extraordinaire, c'est que les ,\vocats et les Notaires qui out sollicite ef obteiiu de nouvelles Coinmissions, ne se sont pas jilaints du paiement des hoiio- raires qu'ils out doniKJs pour les avoir: et il ne jiaiait pas (pi'il ait jamais dtc fait aiicune refe- rence au, Comite snr ce point. — M. Cilackemeyer, Nolaire, ipii seal pi'titioniia la Cliambre, et doiit la Petition fut reiivoyc^e au Comite-, ne fut pas un des Notaires (pii solliciterent et obtiii- reiit de nouvelles Conimissions, et ne pouvait jiar consequent se plaiudre du jiaiemeiit des ho- noraires. — II paraitrait done (pie le Coiniti? a porte .son attention sur uiie matiil're qui n'etait pa« ameiiee a .sa connaissaiiee ; et en le faisaut, il s'est evidemmeiit mepris sur le sujet, et a man- que son objet, eii m'impntant du bliiine a ral.son des hoiioraires (' ot liriovanci's to ho improper. Hut, in reality, no alterations win tever nave Deeii in the Cominissions of Notaries, liy which the nature, diiratiy olivions reasons, luit hy reference to hij^h authorities. Deeminj; it proper, therefoif. to prejiare my Draft t in tiie furinof an In- dtrument, to he passed under the (ireat Seal, it iircame necessary that His Mnji's|\'s name, iii- Ntead of that of the (iovernor, should lie used, and with it, the usual style in which griinis of office, or other tliiii){s, liy His Majesty, are madi-. As part of this stjie, it is . . cd, in my Draft, that His Majesty, " of his espeeiiil ({race, certain kiiowledjrc, and mere motion," con- fers the ai)pointinent ; and the Draft terminates with the usual conclnsion of an Instrument un- der tiie Cireat Seal, viz.: " In testimony whereof wi- have caused these our letters to he miule jmtent," Ikv, These words of mere form, if must excite siirprisi' wlu'ii it is mentioned, are iho " alterations" in the Commissions of Notaries, to wiiicli the Committee of (■rie^'ances applies its Cttusiire, "as heiny; coutrarv to the spirit of the Ordinance of the 'Ji'i Cieo. HI. c. 4., and " as having the eft'ect of assimilatini; these coiumissitnis to those of piildic oflicers. ivhose i j'- " pointment depends upon His Majesty." 'l"he notions of the Commitiee of (irievances on this head, I inav he |>erinitted to mention, are somewhat sinixiilaikand peculiar, to which it will not he c.\|iccte till' Coiii- ivf hi'cii inudi- > (.'oinmiNKidiH lici'ii ri'(|iiire(l [irrt'ifiu'Ms and r Notiirii'M WU8 ililii' otHc-tTs, it i|iiiiioii (III this It liy ri't'iTi'iu'c t'linn (it'an In- 't\'s iiiiiiic, ill- llU'll ^rrilllts lit' .'>'r 'II IISIMJ to oli- (I inui'li stress. 'fii |)icvpiiti'd, li'inisi- (if His lit luiVl' ilCC'll oniiil L('v an act of eniliers of the lie rejrretteil, a eause, has (•(iiivcnienees, have licen in <(', tiiat attor- linitted to the His Majesty's to it, olitains t of the C'oin- fjislatiire, re- itntinjr otlier the Assembly Inier, on the limits of my Your lei fi'iiiir«»« fraM\aise*. — Dan* le Ma*-('iiMaihi In noniinalion de eri* OlHcieis iinurde de l.i Coii- idiiiie et a loiijoms ('te faite jtar elle : elle ees Offieiers, comme des aiilres OlKeiers I'lililies, on devait (aire nsaire dn se(>an de la I'rovinee, et s'il etait lu'ct'ssaire, je |ionn-ais jnstiHer nion opinion siir ee point noii seiilement par des raisons (''viilenteH, niais en eitaiit de hantes antorites.— Aiiisi jiijreant ii propos de )ii'eparer mon ino- d(''le I dans |a forme d'uii instriimeiit I'l passer sons le (irand .S(.'eaii, il devint lU'eessaire de faire nsiiiredn noni de Sa Majeste, an lien de eelni dn (ionverneiir, et a\-ee eela, dn style ordi- naire dans le(piel sont fails les oetrois d'otfiee on antres elioses, par Sa Majest('. — Comnie partie de ee style, 11 est (lit, dans mon modele, (pie Sa Majeste " of ids espeeial (^raee, certain know- *• ledjre and mere motion" (de sa (rrace speeiale, science eeitaine et propre monvement) eoii- f('-re la nomination; et lemodi'le tinit par la eoneliision ordinaire d'liii iiisirumeiit sons le (irand Scean, savoir : " V.w fois de (pioi nmisavons fait faire les presentes leltres I'ateiites" etc. Ces mots de jiure forme, chose (pi'oii apprendra a\ec surprise, sont les '• ehaiiireinens " dans les Commissions des N'otaires aii.\(piels le Coiiiiu'' appli(piesa censure, " comiiie ('tiiiit eontraire a " resjirif de rOrdonnaiicede la -Tie (leo. Ill, C, 4, et eomine ayant I'ert'et d'assimiler ces Ciini- '* missions 11 celles des Otficiers I'ulilies, dont la nomination depend de Su Majesti''." — I.es no- lionsdii Coinitc'des (iriefs sur ce point, (pi'il me suit permisde le dire, sont nil pen siiifi;iili('res, et on ne s'atteiidra pas, j'espi-re, a ee (pie je leiir oppose anciiii raisonnement on oliservation ; attendu (pi'il est trop evident |)oiii ipiicoiupie eiitend la lanjjue Anylaise, (pie ees mots (pii mal- henreusemeut out offense le Coniite, sont tont-a-fait sans cinise(pience (harmless) et s!m|)le- meiit des mots de suite, dans rendroit on ils se tronvent, — I,ors(pie de jiareils mots i^n fait le snjet d'une censure fjrave, on iranra pas de )ieine a eoneevoir (pi'cMi pent eiiconrir pour liien ])eude chose rimproliatioii dii Comite des C, sans I'omhre de raison, comme ayant contriliiu' li amener des inconvenient, (pi'il eut etc si facile a I'Assemlilee elle-meine de prevenir, mais auxqnels je n'ai nnllement contribni''. — Hors du Canada, on jieut I'tre surpris, (pie les Procureurs soient nommes par des Commisfdons sons lion plaisir, an lien d'etre admis a exercer leur Profession par les Cours de .lustice de Sa Majeste, comme c'est le cas dans d'autres parties des Domaines de Sa Majeste. Cette singularitt-, avec les ineonvt^-nieus qui en rt-snltent, decoule de la Loi de la Province ; et encore quant a ce snjet de plainte, de la part du Coniite, on uurait trouvi- le remede constitu- tionnel dans nn Acte de la I^e!>islatiire qui anrait revoque la I.,oi sous laquelle sont emanees les Commissions de Procnrenrs, et qui y anrait snbstitui- d'autres dispositions. — -t'ayant pas I'hon- neur d'etre Mcmhre de rAssemlilee du B.is-Canada, et n'ayant jamais eti- consnlte par Son Ex- eeilenee Lord Ay liner, sur le sujet en question, luni jilus meme (pie snr autiin autre sujet, ii n'est pas tomhe dans le cercle de mes devoirs de sug));erer, on d'avaucer I'adontion d'aucun des remedes dont je viens do parler. J'appelle * Voir Appendice No. 7. c f Voir App«?nssion of them with- in the same limits, within wiiich Goudie and M'Dowall had previously possessed them. Under these circumstances, the right of the Proprietors of Mil/e-J'ac/ics to retain the undisturbed pos- session of the Post of Portneuf, till evicted l)y the judgment of a competent Court of Justice, could not be questioned. — It does not appear that their continued possession of Portneuf was in fact interrupted or materially infringed, till the spring of 18;J0, when, in open violation of that possession,Mr. Lampson commenced a series of acts of aggression, upon the servants and pro- perty of the Hudson's Bay Comjiany, the lessees of Mille-Vaches, which he has since attempted to justify, by a renewal of the claim to Portneuf, as being comprised within the King's Posts; although he could not be ignorant, that no excuse for them could be derived from sucli a naked claim, whether just or unjust, opposed to legal possession. The acts of iiggression thus commit- ted, gave occasion to the adoption of cTv.ninalaiid civil remedies, at the instance of the agent of the Hudson's Bay Company. — The part which it became my duty to take in tiie prosecution of these remedies having been most untruly misrepresented, it is proper I should here state in what particulars I was called upon to act, and have acted, in the differences between the ser- vants of the Hudson's Bay Company and Mr. Lampson, now referred to. The first call on me for official duty, in these matters, was an order of reference made to me by His Excellency Sir James Kempt, then administering the Government, dated the .5th August, 18;30. The circum- stances which gave occasion to this onler were these: — A complaint on oath had been made to Mr. Christie, the Police Magistrate at Quebec, by Mv. Cowie, the chief factor of the Hud- son's Bay Company aX Milk-Vaches, that he and other of the servtmts of the Com])any, while engaged in their lawful ])ursuits, had been, within the limits of that seigniory, feloniously assault- ed by Peter M'Leod the elder, the chief clerk of Mi. Lampson, and a number of hired men in his employment, and had been robbed of provision^ and various effects, of which they were possessed. Upon this complaint, Mr. Christie issued a warrant for the apprehension of M'Leod, directed to Charles Prevost, who proceeded to a trading post called Islet a Jeremie, for the purpose of executing it. He there found M'Leod, who was apprised of his approach, at the head of an armed party of men, to the number of one hundred and more, consisting of Indians and white men, collected together for the avowed purpose of resisting and ])reventing the exe- cution of the Magistrate's warrant, and was compelled by M'Leod and his party, re t'lifecta, to return to Quebec, without being able to execute the warrant. The Police Magistrate was then applied to, for a warrant against M'Leod and his principal co-delinquents, in this outra- geous resistance to public authority ; and on his rcfasal to grant it, ap]>lication was made, by the ment above- nely, the re- Lampson. — !xplaiiations, rainst me, in cial Govern- in tliat Pro- ns for a long id to the Go- session of the Mille-Vaches, joudie, to be matter, wliicli udie had been Cieneral, the and, among \T Portneuf as iwfuUy in pos- be disturbed f Mr. Goudie, enl of bounda- cquiescod, and ortneuf, which ?rwards assign- ritliin the same 'ssees of Mille- y assigned by 1 of them with- tiiom. Under idisturlied pos- 'ourt of Justice, Portneuf was in violation of tliat prvants and pro- since attempted e King's Posts ; 9m such a naked on thus commit- e of the agent of le prosecution of lUl liere state in l)ctween tiie ser- a first call on nie ! Excellency Sir 10. The circum- lad been made to ctor of the Hud- Company, while 'loniously assault- )er of hired men which they were nsion of M'Leod, Jeremie, for the approach, at the sisting of Indians eventing the exc- party, re iiifiicta, a Magistr.ite was nts, in this outra- ion was made, by the xi J'appelle maintenant respectueusement I'attentlon de votre Seigneurie sur la seconde piece ci-desaus mentionnee, contenant des improbations et reuresentations fausses contre moi, savoir, le ItapiJort et les Resolutions du Comite des Griefs, sur la Petition de William I^mpson. Au sujet de eette piece, je dois demander qu'il me soit permis de soumettre a votre Seigneurie quelques explications, sur des matieres de fait, pour rendre plus complete la refutation que je vais entreprendre de ce qui a etc allegue contre moi sous cette forme. En Juillet 18"2"i, le Gouvernement Provincial du Bas-Cadada fit un bail de vingt annees, a un Monsieur John Goudie, d'une vaste ctendiie de pays dans cette Province, connue sous le nom de Postes du Hoi, ou Ton fait depuis bien long-tonips le trafic avec les Sauvages. — L'annce suivante, M. Goudie reclama du Gouvernemeitt le Poste de Portneuf, alors en possession de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, comme locatjure des Proprietaires d'une Seigneurie appelee Mille-Vaches, joignant les Postes du Roi. — Apres I'investigiition qui eut lieu sur cette matiere, quoique M. Uniacke, Procureiir General, et M. Vanfelson, Avocat General, eussent donne une opinion fiivorable aux pretentions de M. Goudie, le Gouvernement Provincial, apres la pro- duction des titres de la partie adverse, et entre aiitres d'un ancien Proces-^'erbal d'Arpentage de Mille-Vaches fait en 1675, renfermant Portneuf dans les limites de cette Seigneurie, nit d'avis que les Proprietaires de Mille-Vaches etaient en jjossession legale du Poste de Portneuf, comme faisant partie de leur Seigneurie, et qu'ils ne devaient i)as y etre troubles. — La decision du Gouvernement Provincial etant contraire a la reclamation de M. Goudie, on pensa qu'il n'etait pas nocessaire d'intenter aucune action pour etablir les limites entre les Postes du Roi et Mille-V'aches, — M. Goudie acquies(,'a a cette decision, et continua de posseder les Postes du Roi dans les homes qui ne coniprenaient pas le Poste de Portneuf, qui acite oflRcielle, a ete en consequence d'un ordre de reference de la ])art f the Magistrates warrant ; but it was not executed, as they had, in the mean time, withdrawn themselves into the interior of the country, and could not be reached. — Various depositions were afterwards put into my hands by the clerks of the Crown, for the districts of Quebec and Three llivers, charging the agents and servants of Mr. Lampson, with offences committed on the servants and j)roperty of the Hudson's liuy Ccmipany ; and with these, there were also delivered to me dejiositions, charging the servants of the latter with offences against persons in the service of the former, in the district of Quebec. According to the ])riictice which has always prevailed in Lower Canada, the Attorney General is charged with the iluty of carrying (l for m'j; till' exceii- flie irn-aii tiiiu-, c'lii'd. — Various the! (listrietti of I, witli offencL'M illi theso, there i>ffoiifcs atraiiiKt practice which uty of carrying- f the Province : ts, lie iirepares "ourtiissenibh's. lay hefore the heon delivered ion's Hay C'oin- larties concern- for the district attention. IJy with a j)arty of ■d men, in "the had made them or of the conii- le convenience ', several liiin- ndictment wiis rned a true hill lame of Miiise the others, who (iviiice, ])rocess leiied there, in L'tmeiits as well mjisoii II, n|ioii <. The iiulict- I by the (Jrand Ill's Hay ("om- mer was a bill ry, in ignoring' , misdemeanor, md eight other lert Cowie and •t Cowie divers t was returned 'Leod and four preventing the I ft. It would ive occasion to Hut the Ue- lifficulty to be ■rm of IVIarch, wing — that is, for teiir (III Goiivernement, demanilant son intervention, a la fin que ces gens fiisscnt amenes a justice. — Sur cette deinande. Son Kxcellence ayaiit bien voulu donner I'ordre de reference ci- dessus mentionne, demandant mon opinion, savoir si Ton devait cmaner un warrant pour lu re- sistance li lajustice publique dont on se plaignait, j'ens I'honneur de taire a Son E.xcellence, sur ce sujet, le rajiport dont je demaiide a aiine.xer uiio copie an present memoire. * En consequence de ce rapjiort il fut emane nn warrant pour rapprehension de M'Leod et autres principau.\ complices dans la resistance offerte u I'execution du mandat dii Magistral ; mais il iie fut pas execute, atteiidu que dans I'intervalle ils s'ctaient retires dans I'interieur du pays, et qu'on ne pouvait les atteindre. — II fut par aprcs mis diverscs depositions entre les mains des Greftiers de la Cou- ronne pour les Districts de Quebec et des Trois- Rivieres, accusant les ageiis et serviteurs de M. Lampson, d'ofTenses commises sur les serviteurs et contre les biens de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson ; et avec ces depositions, me furcnt aussi remises d'autres depositions accusant les serviteurs de cette derniere d'offeiises contre les personne.s an service du premier, dans le District de Quebec. — D'apres la pratifpie qui a toujours regne dans le Has-C'anada, le Procu- reur-fieneral est charge du devoir de poursiiivre les causes criininelles dans les (.'ours du Hanc du Hoi, dans les divers Districts de la Province ; et sur les dejiositions mises eiitre ses mains, avant I'ouverture de ces Cours, il jirepare les Actes d'accusation necessaires, qui sont prets a etre produits aussitot que la Cour s'assemble. — Ce deviiit done pour moi, et comme inutiere de suite, line obligation de prei)arer et de mettre devant le Grand Jury, les Actes d'accusation que justifiaient les depositions qui m'avaient ete remises, taut contre les serviteurs de M. Lampson que contre ceux de la Com])agnie de la Haie d'Hudson. — Cest un devoir que je remplis avec une piirfaite impartialite entre les parties conceniees. — La Cour Criminclle du District des Trois-Rivieres etant venue a se teiiir avant celle du District de Quebec, les depositions sur les- quelles on devait agir dans le premier District fnrent les premieres a attirer I'attention. — Par ces depositions il etait etabli qu'nn nommii Charles M'Carthy, commis de M. Lampson, avec un jiarti d'liommcs sous ses ordrcs, avail assailli un nomme Antoine Hamel, commis, et trois hommes a gages aii service de la Compagnie de la Haie d'Hudson, pendant qu'ils vaquaient a leiir.s occui>alioiis de trafic, les avail fail prisonniers el les avail emmenes a divers Portes de commerce de M. Lampson, dans I'interieur du Pays, et, apres les avoir forces comme prison- niers, a aller d'un lieu a un autre seloii la commoditt' de ceux qui les avaienl pris, les avail a la fin rcmis en liberie, dans une partie rcculee de la Province, a plusicnrs centaines de milles de I'endroil ou ils les avail pris. — Pour eette oflFense je mis un Acte d'accusation devant le Grand Jury du District des Trois-Rivieres, lequel Jury rapporta vrai bill conlre toules les parties y dcnommees. f ITn senl d'entre eux senlement, nn nomine Mo'ise Villeneuve, etait sous arres- tation, et il |)laida coupable a 1' Acte d'accusation ; % quanl aiix autres qui n'etaienl pas encore revcnus des Pays Sauvages dans les parties civilisees de la Province, il y cut un ordre pour I'e- manation d'un mandat contre eux. — A Quebec, aussitol (jue la Cour du l^nc du Roi s'y ouvrlt, en Septembre dernier, je mis dgvant le Grand Jury comme il etait demon devoir de le taire, des Actes d'accusation aussi bien contre les serviteurs de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, § que contif- ceux de M. T^ampson II sur les accusations contenues dans les depositions qui m'avaient ete mises enlre les mains. — Les Actes d'accusation aiiisi portes al'instance des servi- teurs de M. Lampson fiirent tons ifftiores par le Grand Jury. % Des Actes d'accusation pro- duits a I'instance des serviteurs de la Compagnie de la Haie d'Hudson, deux furent ignores, el deux rapporles vrais bills, ff Un des premiers etait nn bill pour le vol ci-dessus mentionn^, dont s'etail plaint M. Cowie. — Le Grand Jury en ignorant, ce bill pour la fclonie dont les pre- veniis y elaienl accuses, me pria de meltre devant lui un Acte d'accusation pour (misdemeanor,) sur les memes fails ; el je mis done devant lui un bill accusant M'Leod el hull autres individus, serviteurs de M. Lampson, di • riot, d'avoir assailli el battu Robert Cowie et autres, etde leur " avoir pris forcinient et enleve a la garde legale du (lit Robert Cowie divers articles el effets, " el de les avoir convertis li leur propre usage." — .Sur eel Acte d'accusation le Grand Jury rap- porta vrai bill ; \\ et il troina aussi matiere li mise en accusation conlre le meme M'Leod et quatre autres individus, serviteurs de M. Laiiqisoii, jiour riot et resistance violente et opposi- tion a I'execulioi) d'un Warrant de M. Christie, le Magistral de Police ci-dessus menlioune. * II eul ete fortoment a desirer pour refreiiidro erticacenieiit les desordres qui donnerent lieu a ces Actes d'accusation, que le proces s'eii fut fait sans delai. — Mais les defendeiirs insistereiit surle droit * Voir ApptMidirc Xo. !». X Voir A|)|)i!ii(lire No. III. II Voir A|i|)i>iiilii'<^ No. II. tt ^'oii' AppeiKliie No, II. * Voir .Ap|ieniiice No. II. t \mv .\|»|ipiii1Iio No. 10. V> Voir A(i|iPiiclii'c No. 1'^ * N'oir .\|ipfiiiliit' .No. \{. ■ft V.iir Apji-'iiilire >'o. II. 1) w 'i M \IV for one wlioli' yi'ai'. As afl()r(liiit>- some srtiirity a^iiiii^t a renewal, in this interval, oillie ont- rap^es wliieli liad i>een made the snlijects o( indietnient, the Defendants, at iny instance, were }mt nnder reeojynizances, with snreties, to keep the peace dm'injy tiie time to elapse previons to their trials. With these j)roet'edinfrs my olticial ministry terminated, as to the criminal reme- dies which had been resorted to, by the jturties respectively. — The next official duty recjnired from mu was un opinion, in relation to certain t/iti tarn actions which had been brought, un u provincial statute, against the servants of Mr. Lamjison, for havinir, as trespassers, cut down trees within the limits of Mi/k-l'm/iis. Upon the reference * made to me on this sid»ject, at the instance of Mr. Davidson, the Justice of the I'eace before whom the acticnis were ])end- ing, 1 was of o])iiiion that the plea of prescrii)tion set u\) by Mr. l.ampson's servants was well founded, and reported accordingly f. This opinion was acted upon by Mr. Davidson, wlio dismissed the actions. Soon after a Petition of the Hudson's Hay Com])any, throngh their agent at Quebec, was jjresented to Mis Ivxcelleney Lord Aylnier, aur|)oses, had, by the means of one George Linton, laid informations '' against Jlobert Cowie, William Davis, and Llie IJoucher, three of die agents and servants of " the Hudson's Hay Company, (founded upon the ordinance 17 Geo. JIL c. 7. made to i)re- " Vent the selling of strong liquors to the Indians, without license from the Ciovernor of the " Province of Quebec, &c.) for selling and distributing liquors to Iiidhtns at Portneuf afore- " said." It was further represented in the same Petition, " that although the Petitioners " were fully convinced that the said ordinance was never intended to ajiply to trading conipa- " nies having a right to traffic with the Indians, and although it was apparent that these pro- " ceedings were vexatious, and carried on for the pur])ose of private gain, without any view to " the interests of the public ; yet the Petitioners, for greater security in ])reventiiig the " vexations and oppressive ap])lieatioii of this ordinance for the [last, and guarding against the " same misapplication of it to their future dealings and intercourse with the Indians, were de- " sirous of obtaining, for themselves and their agents and servants, a pardon for any acts of " this nature (h)iie in jiast time, and full authority to them, for the future, to distribute li- " qnors to the Indians, without which they could not carry on their lawfid tradv." On these grounds, the Petitioners prayed for a jiardon for past oifences of this nature, and a license to distribute spirituous licpiors, in future, to the Indians. — 'J'his Petition, by order of His Ex- cellency the Administrator of the Government f, was referred to me, and I was required " to " stJite, for His Excellency's information, whether he was empowered by the laws in force to " grant the licence prayed for, and whether it was expedient that the jirayer of the Petition " should be granted." Being perfectly aware that the Indian trade, with the sale and distribu- tion of spirituous liquors incident to it, had been carried on in both the Canadas for a hnig pe- riod of time, without iiny licence whatever, and in the same unrestrained manner as any other description of trade, and having besides, during a personal experience oV nearly forty years in legal jiroceedings in Lower Canada, ne\-er heard of any such (/iii tarn actions as those in ques- tion having been brought, I was led tosu])pose, that the ])rovision of the ordinance 17 Geo. IIL c. 7. referred to in the I'etition of the HikIsoh's IJay Company, must have been repealed by a subsequent law. Upon examining the subject, I found my impression on this head verified, and that by an ordinance of the .'Jl Geo. HI. e. 1. the provision oil which the qui. tarn actions of Linton were grounded liiul been, in the jilainest and most unequivocal terms, repealed ; from the period of which repeal, no licence whatever had been granted for trade with the Indians, or for the sale or distribution of sj)irituous li(piors to them. 1 therefore reported to His Excellency my opinion §, that this repeal had taken place, and that neither the pardon nor the licence ap- plied for, was necessary. I'poii my rejiort. His Excellency, it would aj)pear, declined compli- ance with the prayer of the Petition, and a copy of the re])ort was delivered by his secretary to the agent of the Hudson's Hay Company, as eoiitaiiiing the reasmi of his determination. The qui ttoti actions referred to in the Petition, were afterwards brought to a hearing before Messrs. Neilson, Wilson, and Duchesnav, tliree Justices of the Peace for the District of Quebec, the latter ■i • Vide Append. No. 13, X Vide Append, No. li. fl), 1^ Vide Append. No. I+, 5) Vide Append, No. I J (3)i XV ill, of lllP Ollt- iiistaiifc, ui're sc |)r(!vi()us tt» •liiiiinal loiiii'- (liity rocyiired )l'Ollgllt, uii u H'l's, cut (louii II tliis suhji-i't, IIS wero j)eiKl- S('r\aiits WHS Jr. Duvitboii, lit at Qiichof, It, ill u'liii'li, of tlic Kiiiff's IIikIsoh's Hay llv-l'aclws, for iitonnatioiis iiul servants of . made to pre- )vc'riior of the ortiiuiif afore- I'otitloiicrs radiii^ conipii- 'lat tlit'se pro- lit any view to reventiiifj; the 1^ against the iaiis, were de- For any acts of ) distribute li- e." On these d u license to •r of His Ex- reciuired " to iws in force to )f the Petition e and distrihu- for a h)iig pe- ■r as any other forty years in tliose in ques- e 17 (.eo. III. repealed hy u head verified, ini tarn actions •epealed ; from he Indians, or lis Excellency lie licence ap- 'dined coin])li- is secretary to liiiatioii. The ix'fore Messrs. r Quebec, the latter tlroit fpi'ils avaient de Irai'rrsrr : ot en consideration de la difficulte pretcndiio qii'ii y atirait a voyager des Posies dn lloi a Quebec, dans le terine de Marssuivant, ils demaiiderent pt ohtiii- reiit hi remise de leurs proces an terine de Septembro suivant, c'est-ii-dire, un delai resenta une Petition a S(mi Excellence Lord Aylmer, Administrateur du Gouverne- meiit dans laquelle, on representait eiitre autres choses : " Que M. Lampson, le present loca- " taire des Postes du lloi, ayant deriiieremcnt essaye, par tons les moyeiis en son pouvoir, de *' de|)osseder la Compagnie de la Uaie d'Hiidscui du Poste de Portneiif et Seignourie do Millo- " V'aches, pour ses pro])res fins ])rivees, avait, ])ar le moyen d'un riomme Cleorgo Linton, pro- " duit des informations contre Robert Cowie, William Davis et Elic Boucher, trois des agens " et serviteurs do la Compagnie de la IJaie d'Hudson (fondees sur I'Ordonnance 17e Geo. " III. C. 7, passee pour empecher de vendre des liqueurs fortes aux Sauvages, sans licence du " Goiiverneur de la Province de Quehoc, etc.) pour avoir vendu ct distrihue des liqueurs " fortes aux Sauvages a Portneuf siisdit." — On representait en outre dans la dite Petition, " Que qiioique les Petitioniiaires fussont pleiuemeiit convaiiiciis qii'on n'avait jamais eu I'inten- " tioii isipeude restriction que toute autre ospece de Commer- ce, ot n'ayant, on outre, dans le coins (('une experience personnelle do pros de quarante ans dans les procedures legales du Has-Canada, jamais ontendii parler des actions gui tarn telles que colics en question eussent ete iutentees, jo fiis porte a siipposer, quo la disposition de I'Ordon- nancc l7eGeo. III. C. 7, mentioiinee dans hi Petition de la Bale d'Hudson, diit avoir etc rc- voqueo par une Loi subsequente. — En examinant le sujet, jo verifiai I'impression que j'avais cue sur ce point, et je trouvai quo piirune Ordoiin.ince de la .31e Geo. Ill C. 1, la disposition sur laquelle les actions tjiil fain de Linton avaient ete fondees, etait revoquee dans les termes les ])lus clairs et les mollis equivoques ; depuis le temps de cette evocation, il n'a'.-ait ete accor- de aucune licence quelcoiupie pour commercer avec les Sauvages, on pour leur vendre ot dis- tribuer des liqueurs spiritueuses. — Je fis done rapport a Stui Excellence de mon opinion § que ce rappel avait eu lieu, et que iii le pardon, ni la licence demandes n'etaient necessaires. — Sur mon rapport, il paraitrait que Son Excellence s'al)stint de remplir hi priere contenue dans la Petition, et une copie du rapport fut remise parson Secretaire a I'agont de hi Compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson, comme contenant les raison de -;i determination. — Les actions qui (am men- tionnees » Voir Ap|icii(licc No. \.i. I Voir AppoiKlicu No, !.">. (1 ) J- Voir Appcmlicc No. I -I-. § Voir .\ppi'iulicc No. 1.5. (,3) XVI latter being also one of the Provincial Aidos-ilp-Cump of His Excellency. Althougli tlie re- peal of the ordinance on wliicli these actions were foniided, it appears, was insisted upon hy the Honourahle Mr. I'riuu'ose, the attorney and counsel of tiie defendants, uiul althoup^h the Ma- gistrates were by him made acquainted with the report on which the pardon and licence liad been refused, they, nevertheless, convicted the defendants of the alleged offences for which these actions were brought, and, besides imposing on them a penalty of five pounds, sentenced them to an imprisonment of twenty-four hours, in tlie Common .lail for the District of Quebec. Boucher, one of the defendants, being on the spot, was immediately imprisoned under this con- viction : against the two others, Messrs. Cowie and Davis, who were at Mi III'- 1 'aches, distant about one hundred and fifty miles from Quebec, warrants were forthwith issued for their appre- hension and commitment, to undergo at Quebec an imprisonment of twenty-four hours. After Boucher was lodged in jail, uiuler an order of Mr. Sewell *, the sheriff of the District of Que- bec, who, it would appear, took upon himself to execute the Magistrate';-! sentence of imprison- ment, without any warrant in writing frcun them to that effect, a Petition f for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to relieve him from liis imprisonment, was presented by the Honourable Mr. Primrose on his behalf, to the Chief .Fustice of tlie I'rovince, and, on his refusal to grant the Writ, a similar Petition J was presented to the Honourable Mr. .lustice Kerr, one of the Jus- tices of the Court of King's Bench, who ordered a Writ of Hai)eas Corpus to issue, as prayed for. — Under this Writ, Boucher was brought i)efore Mr. .Justice Kerr, but before the hearing of his case was concluded, the ])eriod of his ini|>risonment e.\])ired, so that lie was discliargea on this ground, as a matter of course. — Similar Petitions § were afterwards presented to Mr. Justice Kerr on behalf of Messrs. Cowie and Davis, to be liberated friuii their imprisonment, and, upon the return of the Writs which he granted, they were discharged. The defendants having afterwards obtained Writs of rrrtioniri, to bring into the Court of King's Bench the convictions which they had uiulergone before the Magistrates, applications were made by the latter to His Excellency the Administrator of the Government ||, that he would be pleased to direct Mr. Vanfelson, the Advocate (Jeneral, who had adviseil and assisted in prosecuting the qui torn actions, to a])pear on their behalf, on the return of the Writs, and sustain the convictions, at the public expense. These a])i)lications were referred to me by His Excel- lency f , who required me to state " my o,)inion as to the courfie it would be advisable to " adopt, in regard to these appliciitions for the assistance of the Advocate-Cieneral, instead of " mine, on the ground of my having already delivered an opinion, in ojiposition to the doci- " siona given by the applicanls, in'the eases in question." I'pon this reference, I had the ho- nour of reporting my opinion **, with reasons in detail, in support of it, that the Magis- trates had no claim to, nor was it fit or expedient they should receive, the assistance for which they had a]>])lied, from any of His Miijesty's hiw servants, at the public expense. — Notwith- standing this opinion, (9), X Vide Appendix, No. 16 (.'i), II Vide Appendix, No. 1.5 (r,), l.j (6), •• Vide Appendix, .No. 15 (7), \ Vide Apppiidi.\, No. Ifi (1), § Vide Appendix. No. Hi (fi), 16 (!)j, il Vide Appendix, No. \:> (4), \\ Vide Api lis, Nii. I j (H), I j (9), mid No. 1+. loiigh tlio re- iipon hy the )ugh the Ma- I licence had CCS for which nls, sentenced ct of Quebec, nder this con- mhes, distant r their appre- hours. After strict of Que- of im])risoii- or a V\'rit of nourable Mr. I to ^raiit tlie no of the Jus- uc, as prayed re the hearing ras discharged ieiited to Mr. imprisonment, lie defendants f's l^ench the ■ere made by uld be pleased n prosecuting d sustain tlie y His Excel- • advisable to ral, instead of m to the dcci- I had the lic- it the Magis- mce for which se. — Notwith- ■ subject, His directing Mr. prosecutor, as t". Here ter- icial duty was pauy and Mr. rs, it remains, large, in civil F Detinue, or VIr. Lampson, itter the chief mpson sought hich he stated d, on his affi- ower Canada, k'claration in e defendants, sitate to com- )ccome crimi- la, for an act which and No. 1+. floniu'c's daiii la IVririoii, furent oiisuiu' pluidces devant MM. N'oilson, Wilson et Duchesuay; tiois Jiiges (U- I'ai.x |)oiir li- ]3istrict de Quebec, le deriiier ctaiit aussi un des A>des-de-Camp» I'roviiiiiiiiix (If Son Ivxcelleiice. — Quoiqu'il paraisse ([n'oii ait insiste sur la revocation de I'Or- doniiaiico sur hi(]uelle tcs actions ttaient fondces, la defense etant contluite par I'Honorable M. Primrose, I'rocuveiir i-t Conseil des Uefeudeurs, et ((uoiqu'il donm'it eonnaissance du rap- port sur ii-(pu'l on avait refuse le |iardon ct la licence, ils convainqiurent neaiunoins les defen- deurs des otfeiiscH aiiegoecs sur Icsquelles ues actions etaient fondces, et outre unc amende de viiigt livres qui fiit imposes aux defendeurs, ils furent condamnes a un emprisoiniement de vingt-quatre lieures dans la i'rison commune du District ; Doucher, un des defendeurs, etant sur les lieiix, fiit iminediatement emprisonne d'apres cette conviction : quant aux deux autrcs, MM. Cowie et Davis, tpii etaient li Mille-Vaches, eloignces d'environ cent-ciuquante mil'js de Que- bec, il fut sur le eiiam]) euianc iiiion sur lamarclie qu'il conviendrait d'ado])ter a I'egard de ces appli- " cations pour rassistanee de I'Avocat-CJencral, au lieu dc la inieniie, sur ce que j'avais deja " doiiiie line ojiinioii, en o|)positioii aux decisions (hinnees par les requcrans, dans les causes en " question." — Sur cette reference, j'eus riionneurde presenter men opinion •* avec les raisons eii detail, ([ue je pouvais doiiner a son ajipui, allaiit a dire que les Magistrats n'avaient aucun droit d'avoir, et qu'il n'etait iioii plus coiivenable ni expedient qu'ils re(jUSSent I'assistance qu'ils demandaieiit d'aucun des serviteurs en Loi de Sa Majeste, aux depeiis du public. — Malgre cette opinion, et a ce qu'il |)araitrait, sans aiicune autr reference sur le siijet, il plut li Son Ex- cellence de se rendre a la demaiide des Magistrats, ff en ordoiinant a M. Vanfelson, I'Avocat- Oeiieral, qui etait I'avoue du poursiiivant jirive, comme je I'ai dejii mciitionne, de soutenir les convictions en question, aux depeiis du public. — Ici se terminent mes devoirs officiels a I'egard des actions ipii fnm ; ct je ii'ai rempli aucun autre devoir officiel a I'egaid des differends entre la Compagnie de la Bale d'Hiidsoii et M. Lampson. Ayant aiiisi expliqiie les occasions dans lesquellcs j'ai agi officiellement dans ces maticres, il me reste a ex[)liqiier les devoirs jirofessionnels que j'ai etc apjiele a remplir dans des pour- suites clvils entre les mciiies parties. — Dans le printemps dc 18.')0, M. Lam])Son intenta une action de deteiiue ou de " revendication," comme elle est appelce dans le droit du Bas-Cana- da, coiitre William Davis et llobert Cowie, le premier commis, et Ic dernier piincipal facteur de la Compagnie de la Bale d'Hiidson, a Mille-N'aches. — Par cette action, M. Lampson clier- cliait a recouvrer treize j)aquets de Pelleteries. de la valeur allugiiee de mille livres, qu'il disait lui appartenir, et que les defendeurs lui avaient enlevees injustement ; et sur son affidavit de ces faits, il ohtiiit un mandat de saisie, coniin»Je jtermettont les Lois du Bas-Canada, en vertu duqiicl il tit saisir et arreter les Pelleteries aiiiM^jlemaiidees. — La declaration dans cette action me fut, dans le cours de ma juatique professionnelle, mis entre les mains par les defendeuis, avec la demande que je me cliargeasse de leur defense. — .le n'licsitai nuUement a me rendre a leur * Voir Appcudicc No. l(i. (I), 16(2), X Voir Appciidicc No. IG. (j) II Voir Anpeudice No. 15. (5) 1.5. (0) ** Voir Appvudicc No. 1.5. (7) Voir Appeudice No. IC. (i) Voir Appendico No. 16 (Oj 10 (9), 5 Voir Appendicp No. 1.5. (+) tt Voir Appeudice No. 15. (8), 15 (9), *i No. 14, wliicli I then coiisulort'd, ninl must still !)• porinitttMl lo coiisldor, as oiio of »lic most iimocont of my life. The next cull on mo for jirofessional ' services occurred in the course of the last Autumn. The a^ent of the Hudson's Hay Company then applied to me for my advice, as to the civil remedy to be taken, on behalf of that Comjiany, in order to cause them to he rein- stated in the possession of part of the Seigniory oi MiUv.-l'nchrs, of which Mr. Lampson then recently before, by force and violence, had dispossessed them, and recover damages for the in- jury thus sustained by the Company. The facts of this case, as stated to me, were, that after the postponement of the criminal trials, and the giving of security by the defendants to keep the peace, as above-mentioned, one of the defendants, Peter M'Leod, under the orders of Mr. Lampson, had proceeded with a party of men to the number of twenty-five or thirty, supplied with arms and stores, to the Seigniory of Mille-yuclus, and had there forcibly taken possi'ssion of a tract of land of which the Company had been (pdetly possessed, as making j)art of that Seigniory, from the period of the lease of it ; — thut this party of men had, under the same or- ders, and by force and against the will of the servants of the Hudson's Hay Company, proceed- ed to erect, and had erected a house, buildings, fences, &c. &c. on the sanu- tract ot land, of which they continued to retain ])ossession. — I could have no ditKculty in pointing out to the agent of the Company the civil remedy provided for such a wrong, namely, the French Action of " Biintfijrawie," which singly and alone affords the redress, that, »nider the English Law would be obtained by an Action of Trespass, and an indictment for a forcible entry and detainer, and in which, as in the latter remedy, thetitle to the land claimed cannot be brought in ques- tion ; the whole litigation in such ciises turinng exclusively on two facts, possession and forcible disseisin. — At the recpiest of the agent of the Company, I consented to institute, and did insti- tute, this action of " Jtii/itct/rani/e," to obtain the legal redress which was sought ; and I did .so, with as little consciousness of guilt, as in charging myself with the defence of the action of detinue above-mentioned. At this stage of his differences with the Hudson's Hay Company, Mr. Lampson seems to have deemed it prudent and necessary, to transfer the cognizance of them, from His Majesty's Courts of Justice, in which the jmrties might and ought to expect justice, toother branches of the Government. His first object ajtpears to have been to implicate the Crown in the liti- gation in which he had involved himself; and, under the false pretence that its rights and interests were concerned, to induce the Colonial Ciovernmeiit to countenance, and assume the defence of his illegal acts. — Incidentally to this course of proceeding, it was found expedient to assail me personally, by false allegations afiectiiig my character, and, as in some other pro- ceedings which have recently occurred in Lower Caiuidii, to nullify the office of Attorney- General, by giving to that officer the character of an accused, or suspected person. A con- venient diversion is thus made in favour of the guilty who are under accusation, and the prose- cutions against them, which it is the duty of the Attorney-General to carry on, are thereby either defeated, o"- injuriously delayed ; while private resentments are gratified, at the expense of public justice. With these views, it would appear, Mr. Lnmpson, on the '21st December, 18.30, presented a Petition to His Excellency Lord Aylmer, Administrator of the Government, to which some attention is due, as having been the precursor of that which he afterwards presented, with arn» plification, to the House of Assembly, and as having, by its success, it is probable, given ocr.i- sion to the latter. In this Petition, Mr. Lampson, among various unfounded statements, calls the attention of His Excellency, in an es|)ecial manner, to the action of " Jtciiifet/randu" above-mentioned, as being " a subject of vant iniportancv to the just rights of the ('n.wii, and " tcurthy of His Ei-cfllencifs most serious consideration. An action" he j)roceeds to state, " has lately been iiistitute viTc, timt uftiT nduiits to kvop ' ordiTs of Mr. liirty, supplied iiki'ii poissi-SNioii iig purt of that r the Muine or- ijmny, proceed- t luiid, of whicli to the iifyent of Mich Action of English Law •y and detainer, rought in qnes- on and forcible ', and did insti- ^ht ; and I did of tiie action of mpson seems to His Majesty's otiier branches own in the liti- ; its rijifhts and and assume the Dund expedient ionie other pro- •e of Attorney- L'rson. A con- and the prose- in, are thereby at the expense 1830, prcsente " any such insintuitions, and had they heen conviyed to him, he W4>uld have imparted "them to mef." — It is fit that your Lordship should he informed, that not ludy were the contents of this I'etition withheld from me, at the time it was acted upim hy his Ivxcel- lenuy; hut, in fact, 1 did not become informed of them, till f' Petition was published iii the month of Ai)ril htst, among other papers laid before the House of Assembly, by His Excellency. Omitting to recpiire the rejiort of the Attorney-Cu-neral, or of any other of the law servants of the Crown, on the Petiti(m of Mr. Lampson, His Excellency was |)lease(l to adopt the statements rinitained in that I'etition, as the grouiul of his determiiuition f, by which the Attorney-Cieneral was peremptorily ordered to institute an action for the establishment of boundaries between the King's Posts ami Milh'-raclics, without having been afforded any opportunity for ascertaining the sufficieiu-y of the gnunuls on which such an action was to be instituted, and without having been ])rpviously required to give any opinion respecting them, or in any manner consulted on the suliject. § In compliance with His Excellency's peremp- tory order, excluding the exi cise of any judgment or discretion on my l)art, this action was instituted by me, (Ui the Ifltli of February last. And I beg leave to refer your Lordship to tlie correspondei'ce || hereunto ainiexed, which preceded the institution of it, by which your Lordship will become accurately informed of the peculiar and unusual circumstaiices under which that measure was adopted. It appears that subsequently, on the 1st March, a I'etiti(ui was presented by Mr. Lamp- son, to the House of Assembly. Of the proceedings had on this Petition, as well as of the transmission of them to this country, for your Lordship's consideration, I remained ignorant, until I observed in the Newspapers of the colony, an answer of His Excellency Lord Aylmer, to an address of the Assend)ly, by which His Excellency assured the House he woidd trans- mit them; but His Excellency did not make me aecpiainted with the address or his answer to it, till after a letter was written by me to His Excellency's Secretary, requesting to be informed, whether such jiroceedings had, or had not, come under His Excellency's notice f. In his Petition ** to the Assembly, Mr. Lampson, after a ])artial amluntrue statement of facts, re])resenting him to be an unoifending and much injured party, ascribes the j)rosccii- tions which he states to be pending on the criminal and civil side of the Court of King's Bench, being those ab. t Vide Append. No. 17 (5), § Vido Append. No. 17 (13>, 5 Vide Append, No. 'iO, Uii.nfii-Ciiiif- t: tniv iiitirtuls tintt lliiil i/oiir ftf njiiriil, to n'/iinjlin; il ted, tliat His |iiivutc' iiitr- ' iiiJiirioiM iiii- II lilt' C'tiloiiy, iiicliuliiig tlif IVtitidiuT. — in the upiniuii propiT. Tlmt >in Lioiiti-iiiiiit )<>ii till' suhjt'C't ny imputution sti^utidii, Ills I'ioiis insiiiiiu- ri- ritraiif^iT t« liavo imparted "Illy were the l>y liis K.xct'U iN pubiislu'd ill •mbly, by His lior of tlie law leasfd to adopt , by which the stablisjiineiit of 11 aflonli'tl any L'tioii was to be 'spectiiifr them, eiiey's jiereinp- tliis action was iiir Lordship to l)y which your instntices under by Mr. Lamp- well as of the allied ignornnt, t' Lord Aylmer, le would trnns- r his answer to to be informed, II. ue statement of es the j)rosecu- Lourt of Kiiipf's servjiiitfj of the iinplaint against inisrepresenta- 'ined by me, as This " th'rnUmi, w /jeiit jinnnfr smi.i si/turr, main U iloit liii I'trc permin (rrrprimer .ton regret, que le «' liriiniiml Ojliriir dv In Ctinfotiin: (fr J'idviiriiii-Gi'm'to/,) sr fruiin: itif/aijv uvec'zi'/u t) non- " tcnir nil iiili'nl tiii.ssi o/i/mse fiii.i: rrnis inli'n'ls di: In Cuunmiiv, t/ne la pri'knUon nvauce par " ten J'roprii'Inins ile Milli-ynvlus it Iviirn loialiiins, il i/it'eii cun.mpteiici: ^otre Excellence " %-eHilk liien rtmsiiluir mlini/uiil, rl i/iii ivtk PititUm doit tin: rcHVi>i/ee, jmur procurer Ic mu- " laiiiiiieid et III Justice iiiiparlidU; iiuxi/iulu voire Pilitionmtire i) taut dc droit, — C'est ftour' " Qiioi, etc. !•: sait I rieiise Cjuellcconteiuiit coiifre le caraetire el inomieiir it iin Utticier p diuis hi C'olonie, cut renvoye sans lu'siter cette IVtition uiix serviteurs en Loi ile Sa Mujcste, cnmprenant le Procureiir-Cn'neial, I'Ollicier inculpe, avee instruction de faire rapport siir les allegiies du IVtitionnaire. — On auraitpii csperer (pie le dernier paragraphe de la Petition, aurait, aux yeux de Son Kxcellenee, rendu cette mesiire raisonnuble di- conveimnce et de neccssitu urgento. — II parait d'aiitaiit plus extraordinaire que cette marche n'ait pas ete adoptee, que dans une lettre a moi udressee ])ar le Lieutenant Colonel (ilegg, Secretaire de Son Excellence, en date du .'JO Decemlire 1H;K), an sujet de hi IVtition de IVI. LaTn])soii, etul'egard de ma demande, * que s'il avait ete fait ou iiisliiiie qiiel([ue imputation coiitre inoi, elle siibit une investigation immediate, il pint 11 Sou I^xccllenecMle donuer les assurances les plus ]>ositives que " aucunc " insinuatioii malicieiise touehant inon caructere n'etait parveniie ti ses oreilles; qu'elle etait " |)arfaitement etrangere u de telles insinuations, et (pie si ou liii en eut fait, il me I'aurait fuit connaltre. f II est a pro|i(is que votre Soigneurie soil inforinee que non seulement le coiitcnu lie cette Petition in'a ete smistrait,au temps ipie Sou Lxeelleiiee agissait sur icelle, mai.s que fait, je ii'eii ai ete iiifonne que lors(pie la IVtition dans le mois d'Avril dernier, avec d'aiit papiers mis devaiit la Chamlire d'Assemblee, par son Lxcellence. dc aiitrcs Omettantderequerir le Procureur-deiieral, iii iliini |{c|ioi't of tlmt ('oiiiiuinri', to uliich \oiir l.oi'iiH|iiii\ „to tciltioii U now Nolii'ili'd. 'I'iu' Ui'port wiii ini'i'i'tlfd liy an iini ^li;^lltioM, in wliii'li Mr, l,iini|)- ■on, his fonHNcI and allorni'v, witc llic.only witncsscH cxaniinid, to Mdistanliali- llic allc^jiMl ri((lits of Mr. Lampoon, and jnslify llic foinlnit of Idinsidf and of his Hcrvants (these heinjf ■ubjects which were then nnder tlie eoirnizaiu'e of His Majesty's Courts of ,lii>tiee), and also to provi- his uliet^ed u;r(nnids of i'oin|diiint ai^ainsi nn>. 'I'wo other witnesses, tlie lion. Mr. Prim- rose, ami Captain Hayfiidil, were, indeed, exaiinned hefoic tin' Committie, hnt as to iinmnte- rinl iioiiit«; the former, as to his professional en^fai-cnients to the llndnon's liay Cmnpiniy, and the inst.mees in whieh 1 aeteil professionalK to lii.it I om|iany, and tin- latter, as to the i;eo- graphical sitnation and I'Xteiit of tlie Hay ot Milh-l iti Ins. I pon the infnrmatitni liiiis olitaiu- ed, the Committee has tahen a wide rant>'e in its Uepin't, enihraeiii!;' all the sniijeets of liiiiru. tioti between the Hudson's May Compaii) and Mr. l-ainiison, and their servants ri'speetividy, UN well in criminal as civil Conrts of ,)ii-.tiee. ,\s was to he e\peeted from the sonrees of infor- tnutioii exclusively referred to, tho Coinmittee has fonnd no ditlieidty in deci'nK>iit of the Com- mittee, beinjf well founded, while the action of Iti'iii/ri/rinnfi , a;;'ainst Mr. Lainpson, has re- ceived their marked disa|)probatiim. Inuw(uesde M. I.ampson, it pour justifier s.i i onduite et ci'M.' (!.• ses serviteurs (etant des suj"*- di! lafomiaissanee desipiels etaieiii alors saisieN li's C'ours de .liistice de Sii Majeste, et a'ussi pour prouver ses sujets preli'udus lU ulainte coiili. nioi. — Deux autres teinoiiis, l'IIoiu>r»l)U> M. I'rinirose, et le Capit. Ilayfield, fun ul I'l la verite iuierroj^rs devant le dit Coniite, iiuiis mir des points de pea d'iinportauee, le premier siir ses i'n'j;a;jemeiis pfofessionnels iivee III C'ompu- l^niede hi llaie d'llildsoii, el sur les eireolistalKci duns lescpielles j'avais 't^i profes»ioniiellt>- inunt pour eette Coiupairnie; et le dernier siirhi position ^ro^^ra|)lii(pie et IV'teiiiliU' do la liuie •lit Millo-N'aehes. — Siir les renseiKiiemeiis ainsi olitenns, lo C'oinite I'l ihunie nne larjjo portee a ffdii rap|)(U't, eiiilirassant toiites les inatieres en litiKo entre la C'onipa^nle de la llaiu il'IIudsun I't M. I.ampson, et lenrs serviteurs respeetivement, tant dans les Coins Civiles que dans loi C'rinunelles. — Commeon devait rattendre des stniroes d'information auxipielleson avuitete ox- fUisivoment, leComite n'a troiive aiioune diltieidte I'l deeider, sominairoment, sur tons les stijotfi, en favour de M. I.anipsoii, et cola dans les termes les plus prononees.— Lo C'omite, sans avoir auciuio |)reuve devant liii, lient pour frivoles el vexatoires les piuirsuites erimimdios intonteeii fontre les serviteurs do M. i.ampson, dans rune destpielles on aolitenu nne oonvielioii oucuii- fossioii, dans d'autres desipudles un (Irand Jury a trouve matiero li inise on accusation, taudiit- qn'oii declare avoir ete le mieux foudeos cellos ipio M. I.ampson avail intcnteos, et dans los- qnollos la memo autorite coustitui'o a iijnovi' les ados d'accusation, toujoiirsavoc la ini'ino fuvilite a souscriro a ses exposes et sans cpio le C'oinite cut la inoiiuiro prouvo pour lo mottro on (-tut do fornuT nne opinimi snr le sujot. — Avoc hi mt'im' facilito a declare ipio los reclaniutiunH et droits civils do M. Lamnson etaionl tons liions fondes, et jiarait n'uvoir rion tronvii a rojircndro dans lu jnaniero do les faire valoir, on |)ronaut hi Loi entre sos mains; rcntreo ot dctpiition forcues c'onnnisc par lai sur la Seijruourio du Mille-N'achos, lo (.'omite, li ce qu'il puruitrait, los u rcgar- dees coindne lui acto innocent ; il a aiissi, d'apres ro|union dn C'uinite, claircinont droit d tout los terrains dont il a depossede avoc violence les I'roprietaires do Millo-Vachos, ot hi Compngiuc do la Baio d'lludson, ot a tons coux ijn'il a reelaines ; ot a tni droit ej^alomcnt juste, a I'uvis du C'omite, uux I'ellotories qu'il denuindo danssiui action do rovondication, encore pondiinte, cottc deridero actiim, solon le jufromont dn C'omite, etant bion fondco, tandisqn'il marque do (i«n imj)utation Taction on reintofrrando intontco contro M. Lampson. — Kn nn mot, le Comite ayuiit adopte les aileiifues et los opinions lefi;ales do M. Lanqison, ot de son C'onseil ot I'roeureur, eommo lo foudomont do sos decisions, .sans aucuno onqueto nlteriour, et uyant virtuellemcnt rendu M. Lampson juf;o dans sa jiropro cause, a prononce, sur tons les sujets on dispute entre lid el sos parties advorses, |u-eciseineiit eommo M. Lampson raiirait fait lui-nieme, ot ipi'il me doit etre uiissi porinis d'ajoutor, d'niio maniereaussi pen ineiia^foe. — 11 no m'appartient pas de faire aucuno romaripie sur un tel exorcico do pouvoir par nn CJomitc do rAssombloe du Bas- C'anada, et I'effet qu'il doit avoir conlrc rindependonco et la liherte de I'Admiinstrution de la justice, — (pliant a co qui mo re}>ardo, on a inontre h» memo faciiitu a me trouvor coupable sur tons los cliefs de phiiiite quo "SI. Lampson, ot son Conseil et I'roeureur, out trouve a propos d'olover contro moi ; ot cola a ete fait dans des tonnes (pi'on no trouve pus ordinuirement rm])loyes dans les riqiports ]iarlomontaires, inais - it, but, as ho had a ri^ht to do, made ciioico, tor that purjiose, of a professional u;cntlenian, in whom, it is to bo jiresumed, he rejioscd confidence ; and with him he associated, as counseF, Mr. Vanfelson, who holds the office of Advocate General in the I'rcvince. 1 am, tlierefore, charged as beiufj culpable, in a hiirh de(rree, by the Committee of Grievances, for haviii<>- withhtld from Mr. Lamjison professional services which he never solicited, and which, by the employment of other advocates, he prechuleil me from alVordint;-. 15ut it is also ])er- fectly plain that the defendants 'lad the same rii;lit to choose their advocate, which Mr. Lampsoii )nd liimself exorcised, and that tlieir choice iidL,ht fail on me, as well as on any other indiMdual, not retained by him. I have, tiuM'efore, incurrod the animadversion of the Committee on tliis head, expressed in terms highly iujin'ious to n y character, witlunit the sligiito"t reason. Secondly, I am e]iarIu)ul(l liave bi'eii adopted, and applie.' ■> me, can- not but excite great surprise, when the alleged cause for it is explained. The action of *' lieintegraiHlc" referred to by the C nmiittee, as havl.ig been iustitui'd by me against iMr. Lampson, is the same action of iiri/itn/tmiiii w hereof mention is above mad ■. Tlio action know n in Lower Canada, under this I'rench name, is the Inh rillrtiiiii iniilc ri of the lloniaTi hiw. It is a possessory action, by which persons, forcibly dispo-sesMd of lands or houses, arecnal'led to obtain restitution of them, and receiver damages for tin' injury tiius sustained, on ijie gronni of possession alone, without any reference whaloer to liile: ihe niiixim applicable to this action being " spoliatiis mile omiiiti rcsliliiiiKln.i isl." In the l](igli',h hiw, iw ci.nes|iondIng civil ac- tion is to be found. The violence complained of in s;!_li cases, by that law, is dealt with as a breach of the peace, as a crime; and an e(pi:!!l\' elficaciotis, and more prompt remedy is allord- ed by indictment for a forcilde entry and de;,, .,er, w by resort to the power of .fustices of the Peace, who are authorized, on couijdaint of the party ag^:rie\ed, lo go upon the s[-.seis(.'(l, couhl not be brought in (nu'sli(Mi, nor could any ground of defence be derivi'd to Mr. Lanipscui from a right of properly in the Crown, if such right had existed : nor even from an idisolute and unepiestiouable right of projierty in him- self. The decision, therefore, to be given in this action, could ruit, in the smallest degree, alfect the rights of the Crown, which, if they existed, could not have been pleaded oj- urged in it, and, after a decision against Mr. I.ampstm, miyht ha\e been enforced in the smue manner, and to the same extent, as if no such decision had been given. Il is ]ilain, tluri'fore, that the Crown liud no interest whate\er in the action in (jnesliou; and that, in bringing it, I did cot, as erroneously and injuriouslv alleged by the Connuiltee, " cul]ii!ldy (iliitiidtm its intcicsts." But it is alleged by the Committee, that the snpp(ul of ihe (lo\ernnu'nt was due to Mr. I.ani])- son, as lessee of the Crown, '•which" it is said, "was ennncntl) interested in the success of " its lessee, in his disputes with his adversaries, the ]iartiUMsand servants of the Iludscui's I'ay *' Company." It ^vas certainly incumbent - and wliicli, by it is also ])L'r- iti\ wliii'h Mr. Well as on any idvorsioii of the r, without tlio niiscoiiducl, in ■■sefs of Milli- ks of tlip JJivcr lositivc violation Ipaliiy ai)an(loii- s had,) a stronu^ cli," it is said, is •sarii's, the part- ^lii'.' ^ inc, can- 'I'iio action of me ai;aiiist ]\Ir. Iio action icnowii luiina* hnv. It K are eiial'led to Im the n'ronn;! of le to this action londini;- civil ac- dcalt with as a •eniedy is aH'ord- if .fnstices of the 10 s|iot, and ini- J.anipson was, ind of whidi tiie estion, nor conld n the Crown, if ]iro])erty in liini- st (h'i^Mce, alVect or nri;i'd in it, lie maimer, and ■refore, thai the in' it. 1 did rot, M its iiileiols." e to Mr. Lani])- 11 the success of .' Iliidson's I'ay , to prol''ct Mr. 'rowii, lie eoidd iiiM ihe C'rewii, iiheard ol' deid- dislintes'' occa- ;hl)c!iii', as heiiii"' hey Wdiild, witli •ievaiices should the eirciiin-laii- ty of the Attor- I. Lanipson and the lui et los (lefendeurs, do la decision do laqucllc il iie pouvait resulter pour la Couvonne, ni profit III perte, ni avantajje ni desavantjijiO. — II faut aussi reinarcpifr (jue M, Lampson iie s'adressa pas il nioi pour iiiteiiter ruction, ni ne ine consiilta a I'eg'ard d'icello, inais, coinme il avait droit -re, jiour avoir refuse a M. Lam]ison des services professioiniels qu'il ne m'a jamais demandes, et ;ago bien fort : lors(]iie la cause alU'giu'e en aura etc expli- quee, on ne poiirra s'ein])eclier d'etre fjrandenient surpii'^, ((ii'ou I'ait employe contrc moi, et me I'ait a])]diqiu!. — L'actiou de ri''integrande incntioniu''e par le Comite'', conime ayant etc in- tenti^^'e par nuii contre M. Lampson, est la memo action de riiintejrrande dont il est parlti ci- dessus. — L'actiou eonnuc dans le Has-Canada sous ce uom fruii(,'ais est Vlnferdictiini. mule vi du droit romain. — C'est une action )M)ssessoire par hupielle les personnes dc^possi^dd'cs j)ar la vio- lence de terres ou maisons, soiit mises en etat d'eii obtenir la restitution, et de rccouvrer des dommaf^es jiour le tort qu'elles out ainsi soiiffert, sur la ruison de la jiossession seule, sans aiiciin Cfr;m\ an titre ; la maxime ap])licable a cette action etant " upoliatiiH mite omnia restitiiemfux est," — Dans le droit anglais on ne trouve aneiine action qui con espoude a celle-l;i. — La Loi traite la violence dont on se plaint en parcil cas comme une infraction de la jjaix, comme un crime ; et on pent avoir un remede egulement officace ct plus prompt par un acte d'acciisatioii jioiir entree et detention forcee, on en reeourant a I'uutorite des .luges de Paix, qui sout uuto- risi''*, siir la itluinte de la partie lezee de se transporter sur les lieiix, et de hi remettrc immi^'- diatouu'uten possession. — L'actiou ainsi iiitent(.''e contre ^I. Lanipsor. etait done f(md(5c sur un acte alli'gue illegal, criminel : dans cette action on ne pom-iiit mettre en question le titre de la terre dont la Cnin|)agnio de la Huie d'Hudson avait c'-te (U|ioss(3dt''e par force, non plus que M. Lampson ne ]iouvait tirer aucun moyeii de dt'^feiise d'lin droit de propriete dans la Couronne, si ce droit avait existi3 ; ni nieme d'un droit irrecusable et absoln de iirojirit^te- cliez lui-meme. La decision done (pii dovait etre doiim'-e dans cette action, ne pouvait aifecter le moins du monde les droits de la Couronne, qui, s'ils existaient, n'uiiraient ])U etre mis en plaidoyer ui servir do moyen de defense, et a])r(;'s qu'il aiiiait et(j doiuu- une decision contre M. Lampson, la Couronne auruit pu les faire valoir de hi meme mani()re et dans la meme etendue, que s'il u'eut etc donne aucunc decision. — II est clair coiise(pieniment que la C(uironiie n'etait auciiuement int(:''ress('e dans la question ; et (pi'en intentant Taction, je n'ai pas, comme le Comite I'avance erroni'ment etiujurieuseuiput " eoiqiablement r//jf/;/(/o««(' ses interets." — Mais le Comiti'' alK-guo que I'up- piudo hi Couronne etuit (In a M. Lum])soii, comme locutaire de la Couronne, " qui," est-il dit, " i-taiteminemment interessee an succes de son locataire, dans ses difterends uvoc ses adversaires, " les associ(!'S et serviteurs de la Compagiiie de la Haie d'Huds(Ui." — C'etu't assuri^'Uient une obligation pour le (iouvcrnemeut et ses Officiers, de jiroteger M. Lampson duns tons los droits legitimes qii'il tirait de son bail: — inais, conime locataire de la Couronne, il ne pouvait recia- mer sa protection et son appiii dans aucun acte illegal : ct la Couronne, qui doit et I'tciid ii tons ses sujets une egale justice, on ne pent, sans ikroger d'uuo maniiTe inouie ii son caract(jre, la siipposer '• interessee an succi's de son locatiiire dans des difterends" oecasibnncs pur quel- que ucte de cette nature. — Si M. Lam|)soii uvuit di^posst'de'' son voisin par la force de terrein qu'il pivfeiuhiit I'tre incliisdans son bail, il i''t!iit » propos (pie les Lois re(,iissent leur execution il son egard, comme tj'aiirait etc le ciis pour toiite iiutre personne ; et il est singiilier. en vi5rite, quo le Comite des Oriels aitiieiise quo dans un tel cus on lis: devait une protection et un appui (i xx\n the twenty-five or thirty men in liis service, l)y wliom the dispossession of the Hudson's Bay Company v,-as effected ri et annis, for a riot and forcible entry and detainer; and it is certainly rather unreasonable, that he should be held in a high degree culpable by tiie Coniniluce of Grievances, for having adopted, professionally, the more lenient remedy of a civil action. — But it is palpably manifest, that inasmuch as the ground of the action, of which tlie institution by me is complained of, was a criminal breach of the peace, and even an indictable offence of consi- derable magnitude, protection and supjiorl, in relation to it, were due from His Majesty's Go- vernor, his "Courts of Justice, and Law .Servants, within their respective spheres of duty, and in execution of the laws — not to Mr. Lainpson (though a lessee of the Crown), to afford him impmiity, for a criminal aggression on his neighbour — bat to tlie parties complaining of injury, from his unlawful violence, to enable them to obtain justice. — In the iii.slitution of this action, therefore, I have not acted inconsistently with my official duty, as erroneously and injuriously represented by the Committee of Grievances, but in perfect conformity with it ; and I may con- fidently conclude, that I have incurred this, as other of the animadversions of the Committee, without the slightest reason. It has been immaterial to my justification, under this head of charge, I beg leave to state, to inquire whether the laiul claimed by Mr. Lampson, as being witliin his lease, belongs to the Crown, or to the Seigniors of Mi/le-rar/iis. The Committee of Grievances has decided very positively, that it belongs to the Crowi;. — Without professing to have any formed opinion on this point, I would only observe, that the Committee, in coming to this conclusion, has by no means been put in possession of the whole ease, and has laboured under a disadvantiige pecu- liarly unfavourable to the investigation of trutli, in liaving heard only o!ie of the parties con- cerned. — In their Petition * to His Excellency Lord Aylmerj representing the iiistitution of an action for the establishment cf boundaries to be unnecessary, tiie .Seigni(»rs of Millc-Vaches brought under His Excellency's notice, f> Prnctt Verbal of survey, dated in l()7ij, by which, as they allege, the land in question was included within the limits of Mille-J'nrhcx, as making part of that Seigniory : they also produced an " arte dc soiiffrduri'" of the Intendant of Canada, dated in 1676, referring to this survey as having determined the limits of tuat Seigniory, and they likewise alleged a continued, unintorrupled possession in themselves and their ancestors, in conformity with iiic said Proves J'crbnl of survey, from the date of it, down to the present time, that is, during one hundred and fifty years. 'I'liese grounds of alleged right in the Seig- niors of Mille-Vache.i, it would of course be most necessary to investigate, before adoj)tiiig any opinion on the point which has been decided by the Committee. — I would also beg leave to observe, that t'e Committee appears to have attached an undue weight, to the condition of cultivation or settlement, in the original grant of Mi/k-l'ftc/i<'s. This condition is found in all grants of land, in Canada, both before and since the conquest : but it does imt abridge the r:,ht of ])roperty conferred by the grant; and hitherto no nu'asure has been taken for the revocation of such grants, on the ground of the non-fulfilment of the eoinlition. Until such revocation shall have taken place, all rights incident to ownership, including the right of iruding with Indians or other persons, may, tlu'refore, be exercised within the limits of Mille-VachcK, as freely and al)solutely, as in any other part of the province, and in the same plenitude, as in the city of Quebec itself. Thirdly — I am charg-d i)y the Committee of Grievances with having delayed, " for a •' long time," the institution of the action for the establishment of boundaries between tlie King's Posts iin 1 the seigniory of Mi/fe-l'nr/irs, '* from a desire to shield the parties in possession of " the encroachments on the King's Po.its " The direction of his Excellency Lor. including the lin the limits of nd in the same ehiyed, " for a veen tlip King's n possession of stublis'; nt of as criiveyed to was instituted eferable to nie, iiflord cause for ];rutuitously us- he feelings and views (3), I special. — Sous les circonstances dans lesquelles se plaignait la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, ilauraitpu etre , renvoyant a cet Arpentage comme avant determine les bornes de cette .Seigneurie, et ils alleguent en outre une possession suivie et non interrom])ue ])ar eiix et leurs ancetres, conformement au dit Proces-Verbal d'Arpentage, depuis la date d'ieelui, jus(|u'au tem])s |)resent, e'est-a-dire pendant cent-cinquante ans. — II serait assu- rement necessaire de s'enquerir sur la validite de ce droit allegue par les.Seigneurs de Mille-Vaches, avant de former one o])inion sur le point que le Coniite a decide. — Je demanderais aussi qu'il me fut ])ermis de remarquer, qu'il parait que le Comite a attache |)lus de jjoids qu'il no fallait a la condition de culture ou etablissement, (pii se trouve dans r,\cte primitif de concession de Mille-Vaches. — C'est une condition ([ui se trouve (huis tons les Actes de concession de terres, en Canada, avant et depuis la conquete ; mais il n'invalide pas le droit de proprictc confere par I'Acte; et jus(|u'iei il n'a etc ])ris a\ieuue mesure ])our revocpier tels ,\ctes de concession, par la raison de la non-execution de hi ci)niidirs Nu. 17. (.3) X N'oir Appcndirft No. IT. ('H a) f \i views of Mr. Lampsoii, any cause for the extreme haste, wliicli tlie Committee seems to liave deemed necessary. Hut, in reality, a very small jiart of tliis delay is ascribalde to me ; and, however unimportant in itself the retrospect of the causes of the delay may he, 1 hope I may be allowed to state them, in order to my complete justification. — To enable me to carry into exe- cution the direction of His Ivxcellency to institute an action, it was obvioiisly necessary that I should he put in possession of, and I expected to receive, the titles and (Joeuments relating to the subject to be brought into liti<;ation. 1 remained, daring part of the month of .laniiary, in expectation that His Excellency would cause them to be transmitted to nie, or refer me to some public office where they were to be found. Hut not receiving any communication on this head, I resolved on addressing a letter to His Kxeellency's secretary, to reiiiion, t iiaving rei"'h- )rocess on tnat lis statement of e lt>th Febru- he loth, till I (1 that the ac- it the Hrst pos- lys, after 1 was , by tlie C'om- i-e is arbitrarily lus imputed to ■ated and posi- Such a charge, It be thought, last, givei'. an I's Bay Com- •' pany eomj chant I'institution do raction, il etait evidemment necessaire que je fusse mis en possession des titres et pieces relatifsau sujet qui devait etre amene en litige, et je m'attendais ales recevoir. Je restai une partie du mois de Janvier, dans I'attente que Son Excellence me les feraifc transmettre, ou me renvcrrait a quelque Bureau Public oii je pourrais les trouvcr. — Mais ne rccevant aucune communication a cet egard, je resolus d'adresser une lettre au Secretaire de Son Excellence, pour demanderque I'lnspecteur du Domainc du Roi et le Greffier du Papier Ter- rier re9ussent ordrc de me faire connaitre les titres ou pieces que pouvait fournir leurs Bureaux a I'egard des limites entre les Postes du Roi et Mille-Vaches. — La transmission de cette lettre fut retardee de quelques jours par la maladie severe de Son Excellence Lord Aylmer, vers la fin de Janvier, de sorte qu'elle ne fut pas reellement envoyee avant le 31 Janvier. * Je ne re9us aucune reponse a cette lettre avant le 12 Fovrier; quoiqu'il me fut transmis une nouvelle injonction d'intenter Taction, dans une lettre du Secretaire de Son Excellence, le 10 Fcvrier, f laquelle doit avoir etc ecrite sans avoir egard a la circonstance suivante, savoir : quo ma lettre du 31 Janvier demeurait sans reponse. f Le 12 Fevrier, TOfficier a qui il appartenait § me mit en possession des titres et pieces que j'avais demandes. — Immediatement apres et sans per- dre un moment, je me mis a rassembler les renseignemens necessaires pour baser Taction pro- posee; et pendant que j'etais ainsi occupe, je re9usdu Secretaire do Son Excellence une lettre II, transmettant parTordrc do Son Excellence, une Petition des Proprietaires de Mille-Vaches, en date du 5 Fevrier, f se plaignant do I'institution proposeo d'une action en bornago, comme n'etant pas necessaire, et ;iou;; to (/iii tarn actions, such as those brought by Linton, at the instigation of Lampson. If tSe opinion of the Comniitti'e and not mine, were correct, and had been acted upon, these diffrront traders, or persons desirous of siqiplantim-- them in their trade, from rival: y. eonfiicting interests, personal resentments, or other sueli n.. . es, following the example of Mr. Lampson. could not have tailed to harass and annoy each other, by vexa- tio'is (/iti him actions, similar to those ih)w referred to. Mr. Lanqison not having a licence to sell and distribute s|)iiituoiis licpuirs to Iiuliaiis, as recpiired by the Ordinance, must himself, as well as his servants, have been liable to such actions : and it is not U\ \h\ sup|)osed, that the servants rif tlie llndxui's Hay Conqiany, sinartinn' under the actions of Linton, aiul with the ruin of their trade in pros])ect, would have oaiitti'd to retaliate on him the same means of an- noyance and vexation, ^vhich he had directed againsi, the trade of that Conqiany. Hence ac- tions of this vexatious description must have been multipheil without number; an-' «!' narties must at last, to avoid a common ruin, have resorted to the Governor, for that j. •I'^eetion ami support in their trade, which were solicited by the Hudson's Bay Comjiany, from His Excel- lency Lord Aylmer. It cannot be imagined, that His Ext eilency, in the discreet exercise of his i I XXXI ;nlic'itin^ par- it is uUej/ed, were oppos- :; to tLusu of iciul opinion. destitute of I'd to my con- niniittec, thut s uii offence, iny justificu- lie censure of nentioned, to r a licence to to have been a question of ncerned in it, viction of its tiie Commit- 1 the parties to me, of tlie sily l)e formed patience, by 'uve to solicit ivliicli will be to my Report id under No. e opinion that e, so far from s trovernnient, to arrest and itioii will suf- lie Committee ' and distribu- r that purpose ler-in-Chief of Ifairs, or from li other person ivision of the vv long ceased )ower, iiivolv- e at which my different parts I spirituous li- vhatever. All ■rvants of the liy IJnton, at re correct, and ' them in their ,es, following rlier, by vexa- ig a licence to ust himself, as losed, that the , and with the i- means of an- y. Hence ac- an>: ■•.V narties ."'I'cc'.ion and m His Excel- jet exercise of his i " demandant a etre autoriseo a vendre et distribuer des licpieurs aux Suuvages, ot demandant " pardon pour ceux de ses si-rviteiirs qui ravuient fait;" et il e>(t allegue qu'en doiinant cette opinion que je fus " mii par le dcsir de servir mes clieiis, doiit les interi'ts etaieut opposes u " ceux du locataire des Postes du lloi, et par une consequence necessaire a ceux de la Cou- " ronne." Cette accusation renferme deux imputations, lo. Krreur en donnant une opinion offi- cielle. '2o. Motif corrompu pour avoir doiiiie cette opinion. — L'une et I'autre de ces imputa- tions sont denuees de tout foiulement ; et la dcrniere, coniine duns les autres cas, a (tv f/rntuift- mejit nppliqimi: i\ ma roniluUe. — Sans admettre, commc semble I'impliquer cette accusation du Comite, que I'erreur d,in» les opinions d'un Avocat, ou Officier en Loi de la (.'ouronne constitue une offense, je eoiisens volontiers, en cette occasion, qu'elle soit consideree aiiisi, et li baser mu justification sur la validite et rexactitnde de ropinion, (pii m'a rendu I'objet de la censure du Comite. — L'opinion en question est eelle qui est couteiiue dans inon rapjiort ei-dessus meii- tionne, adresse a Son Excellence Lord Ayliner, sur la Petition de la Comjiagnie de la Haie d'Hudson, demandant une licence pour vendre et distribuer des liqueurs aux Sauvag-s, et le pardon pour offenses passees, supposees avoir etc commises, faute d'une telle licence. — Cette opinion fut pfir inoi donnee sur une question de droit public, n'affi'ctant pas seulement les in- terets des iiidividus immediateinent concernes dans cette question, mais ceux de toute la Pro- vince en general, et fut foimee sous la plus parfaite conviction de sa legalite et de son exacti- tude ; conviction dans laquelle je suis encore. — La difference d'opinion sur ee point entre le Comite et moi, ne deiieiid pas lieureiiseinent de fails, Mir lesquels les parties ]>ourraient diffe- rer, mais de rinterpretation d'une Loi Proviiieiale doiit le sens me parait etre le plus clair et le moins e(pii\oque, et a I'egard de laquelle on pent aussi aiscment former une opinion a Lon- dres quVi Quebec. — Sans abuser done de la patience de votre Seigneurie en off'rant des raisons a ra])pui de riuter])retation que je donne li la Loi, je ine bornerai a appeler I'attentioii de votre Seigneurie a deux Ordonnances auxquelles mon opinion se rapporte, qu'oii trouvera sous le No. 15 (10) et le No. 15 (11) dans rAppendice ci-anuexe, et aussi a mon rapport a Son Excel- lence Lord Ayliner, en date du '29 Janvier dernier, qu'oii trouvera sous le No. 15 (7) du nuine Appendice ; dans lequel rajtport sont conteiines les raisons de I'oijinion que je suis tenn pour coupable d'avoir donnee. — L'o))iiiion dont on ine fait un crime, l)ien loin d'etre censurable, merite, comme je le pense, I'approbation du (iouvernement de Sa Alajesfe, non seulement en ce qu'est legalement correcte, mais comme ayant etc calculee, lorsqu'elle fut donnee, a arreter etprevenir beaucouq de nial, d'injustice et de d(.'s(n-dre dans la Colonic. — L'ne courte explica- tion suffira pour etablir le dernier point. — Par une disposition de rOrdomiance que le Comite tient pour etre en force, et qui, a mon avis, a eto revoquee, il est defendude vendre et de dis- tribuer des liqueurs spiritueusesaux Sauvages " sans avoir eu et obtenu d'abord une licence a " cct elfet, du Gouveriieur, Lieutenant Gouverneur, ou Commandant en Chof de la Province, ou " des Ageiis ou Surintendans de Sa Majeste jionr les affaires des Sauvages, ou des Commandans " de Sa Majeste des diffcrens forts de cette Province, ou de telle autre personiie ou personnes " que le Ciouverneur, etc. autorisera ii cet fin." — Cette disposition de rOrdoniianee, qui etait applicable a un etat et » une condition de la Colonic qui a depuis long-tem])s cesse d'exister, revet le Gouverneur et les Officiers subordonnes qu'elle specific, d'un j)ouvoir qui renferme en lui- meme le monopole dn Commerce avec les Sauvages, dans toute la Province. — Au temps auquel je donnai mon opinion sur la Petition de la Conipagnie de la Paie d'Hudson, des trafiqueurs dans les differentes parties de la Province faisaient Commerce avec les Sauvages, leur vendaient et distribuaient des liqueurs spiritueuses (comme on I'avait fait depuis quarante ans auparavant,) sansaucune licence (pielconque. — Tons ces triiti(pu'urs, avec leurs uoinbreux Commis et servi- teurs, etaient aussi sujets que les serviteurs d la Com])agnie de la Uaie d'Hudson. aux actions qui tarn, de la nature de celles intentees par Linton, a I'instigation de Lainpson.— Si I'ojjinion du Comite, etnon lamienne, eutete correcte, et qu'ou cutin-ocede d'apres icelle, ces divers tra- fiqueurs ou les personnes desireuses de les supplanter dans leur commerce, par i?s])rit de rivalite, par diversite d'interets. par rcssentiaieiis personnels, ou par d'autres motifs, siiivant rexemple de M. Lam])soii, n'auraient pas manque de se harrasser les uns les autres, ])ar des actions f/H; tarn, scmblables i'l celles dont il est ])rcsentement (pu'stion. — M. Lampson n'ayaut pasde licence pour vendre et distribuer des liqueurs spiritueuses aux Sauvages, selon que le recpiiert rOrdouiuince, aurait du lui-meme, aussi bien cpie ses serviteurs, etre sujet a de telles actions ; et il n'est pas a supposer que les serviteurs de la Compagnie de la Haie d'Hudson, soutfrjuit des actions de Linton, et ayant en perspective la mine de leur Commerce, auraient manque, par rei)resailles, d'employer contre lui les meme moyens de traeasserie et de vexation, qu'il avait diriges centre le Commerce de cette Conipagnie. — De la on aurait vu se multi])lier a I'infiiii des actions de cette nature vexatoire; et toutcs les parties a la fin, pour eviter aiic ruine commune, auraient ete f !• 1 . .\XX1I Ill's autliority« could have granted licences to some persons, and have refused them to otliorersuasioii que I'opinion dont on se plaint est legale et correcte, et ctaiit calculeo d t'tre tres-utile lorsqii'elle fut douiK'e, et ayant la conscience qu'elle ii'a viv dictee par aucune autre c(nisid('-ration qii'uii sentiment de devoir, je me soumets avec confiance au jiigement de votre Seigneurie, siir cette accusation du Comiti"' des Griefs de I'Assembk'e du Uus-Canada. Ciiiquiuineinent. — Lc Coinitc des Chiefs m'accuse " de m'etre, dans des poursuites dans *' lesquelles iiii associe et deux des Ageiis de la Compagnic de la Bail d'Hudson avaient ete " comdainnes ii dos ameiides et A viiigt-quatre lieures d'einprisonnement, pour avoir a plusieurs " reprises veiidu des liqueurs fortes aux Sauvages et les avoir eiiivr»'s, constitut" leur Avoeat, et " m'etre ein])l()ye !i les faire excinpter du paienieiit des aincndes imposc-es ; quoique je susse " bieii quo la nioitie de ces ameiides tomberait au profit du Gouvernemcnt, et serait vers(5e dans " la eaisse." Les ))oursuites mentionnees dans cette accusation soiit les actions ipd tam Ac Linton; qiioicpie dans la description qu'on eiiadouiKje on se soit laisse aller a quelque inexactitude etd quel([iic .amplification. — Ma rt'p(Mise a cette accusation sera trcs-courte. — Lors du retour du Writ d' Habeas Corpus einane jiar les defendeurs, comme il est dit ci-dessus, je comparus comme Conseil |)oureux, et insistai sur le droit qii'ils avaient d'etre elargis. — Cet exercice d'un devoir professionnel de ma part, en faveiir de la liberte du siijet, je le regarde comme ayant (Ste toiit-ii-fait irreprocliable. — Je ne ine coiistitiiai pas, comme I'avance erronement le Comite, I'A- vocatdes defendeurs, ni lu'emjiloyai ii les faire exenipter du paiemeiit des ameiides a ciix impo- si5es. — Loisque les Writs de Cfr^o/'rtr/, qui aviiieiit i^'tij (5miinespar le Procurenr des defendeurs, fiirent rapportt^s, il comparut poureuxen Cour. — Ensiiite, sur les motions qui furent faites pour biffer les convocations, et au moment oii les motions allaieiit etre plaidees, j'intimai, ii la Cour, dans le cours de raudition, riiiteiition oii j'l^tais de doiiner les raisons de I'opinion que j'avais, comme rrocureur-CiuiK-rid, ii I'egard de ces convictions ; mais I'auditioii fut remise ii nn autre terme et eehi in'(\ta I'occasioii do remplir cette intention ; ct je n'ai rieii fait .autre chose li Y6- gard de cette matiijre. — Uegardant la (piestion embriiss(5e dans ces convictions comme d'une grande importance pour le Gouveriicment, et pour toute hv Province en gC'ueral, je sentais qu'ili-tait de moii devoir, comme Procurcur-Gc>iieral, de ne pas garder le silence lorsquc la dis- cussion eut lieu ; et si j'cii eusse en Toccasion, j'cii auniis profite, pour cxposer il la Cour les raisons qui me fiiisaient considt-rer les convictions comme ill(3gales. — Dans la derniere partie de I'accusation du Comite, celui-ci semble emettrc I'opinion, qu'il (5tait du devoir impcratif du Procureur-Geiiend, sur uiio question piiblique, afFectiuit les inti^Tets du Gouvernemcnt et du peuple, de maiuteuir comme iitaiit Loi, ce (pi'il teiiait et coiiniussait pour ii'etre pas Loi, parce qu'en le faisant Loi, le Gouvernement aurait eu uiie part des iimendes, au montant de sept livrcsdix schelings! ,Ie suis en liberti? de dik'larer, que cette eonsid(5ratioii pecuniaire ii'aifecta en rieii le sentiment que j'iivais de moii devoir, qui sur ce point diiferait euticrement de I'opi- nion du Cmnite. .Sixi(!'meiiieiit. — Je suis iiccus(5 d'avoir, dans le cours de men argumentation sur les Writs d'Habeas Corpus, " fait usage d'expressions trijs-inconvenantes et tres-oflfensautes envers les " Magistrats qui avaient proiiouci3 les sentences." I Je XXXIV This cliarge I must deny lo be trup. — I used no expressions that were indecorous, or per- sonally offensivi- to the Mitgistrutcs. Tiie eonvietioiis iiiicliT tliiir authority 1 inaiMtuined, as 1 still consider lieui, to be illejral ; and I represented in stron^r terms, sueii as the ease seemed to require, tiit vi'xatious and oppressive eharaeter of the wiiole proeeedinjr. In this I merely exercised, and I think diseharged, the duty of an advocate. ilh hi vIm iif the Ki Seventhly, — I am charged with navnig, " wnen in contempt ot tiie Knigs peace, •' without any sufficient cause, the servants of the lessee of the Kuig's I'osts were ' torn' from " tlieir residence at their I'osis, and ' dragged' to (Quebec as prisoners, brought bills of indict- " ment against them which were frivolous, and not justiKable by tho circumstances attending "them; while, by a still more culpable neglect of duty, and of the impartiality which ought •' at all times to be my guide, 1 favoured my clients, anil granted to them impunity." The Committee of Clrievances in this, as in other of its animadversions, has fallen into great error, as to matters of fact, being deceived, it is to be |)resunied, by the false statements of interested individuals; but, in none of them, has it been betrayed into errors more incon- sistent with truth, than in this. The servants of the lessee of the King's I'osts were not •' torn," or '• dragged," or otherwise removed from their residence, as prisoners, though some of them, without a '• contempt of the King's peace," and tor very " snilieient cause," might have been subject to the inconvenience of arrest, if they had not eluded the search of a peace oflicer. 'I'lie mendurs of the C"(nnniittee cannot have been aware of the resistance to the execu- tion of Mr. Christie's warrant above-mentioned : if they had, it is impossible they could have expressed themselves in the languiige of (liis animadversion. In reality, Mr. l,air.|)soii's ser- vants, after setting at defiance tlie pid)lie authority of the province, as above stated, esci ped ar- rest altogether. — 'i'hev afterwards, and at their own convenience, found their way to (.Jnebec, about the time at which the Crinnnal Court was(>])ene(l, and tluTc ei'icred into rec.ignizances, without having, 1 believe, been sid)jeet to any arrest or ini|)risoniiu'nt whatever. — V.'ith the measures adopted for enforcing the magistrate's warrant against M'l.eod and his associates, I had nothing to do, except in having given the opiinon re(piired from me by His Kxcellency Sir .Tames Kempt, as above-mentioned, Unt, it is very certain that tlie vigorous exercise of authority, suggested in that opinion, in execution of the laws, was urgent!}- neeessury; and I can entertain no doubt that serious outrage:', and probably bloodshed, were pre\ eu, .1 by it. — The indictments, which it was my duly to prefer against these indi\ idiials, art- stated by tho Committee, to have been ^^frimloiis ami iint juslifiiililr." 'I'his decision, as in other instances, lias been ])ronouneed by the Conunittee, without anv evidence wh-I'ver before it, as to the nature or grounds of these indictments. — The Conunittee was, ther^lore, absolutely, without any means of forming any opinion on the subject; and the weight due to decisions thus given cannot be dubicnis. Hut to dis|)rove lliis allegation of tlu' Conunittee, it is sulHeient for me to refer to tlu- bills of indietinent laiace and good order of society, ciuild be maintained. To ground a charge of partiality on my |i;irt, in favour, iis it is said, of my clients, a falsehood has bei'ii imposed on the Ccuninittee, the jiarticn- lars of which it is necessary to explain. It is said, ■• that the attornies of Mr. I.anipson, who " were employed by the lessee of the King's I'osts, to maintain his riirhts, with res])ret ttt the •' charges brought against a number of the servants or agents of tiie Hiulsou's Hay Coni]);uiy, *' for having robbed the Indians of the interior, and having fired, with guns and pieces of ar- " tillery, upon the servants and clerks of William J^ainpsou, being di'siroiis of ascertaining " whether the said Attorney-Ciencral intended to proceed against them, in the criminal term *' of September last, wrote uffiriully to him, in order that in case he had (Iclermineil to proceed, " they might send for the witnesses required from the Indian country. That gentleman, how- " ever, not having tliought fit to give them any answer, tlie\', as they ought to do, consider- " ed his silence to indicate his intention of not proceeding in tiiose suits; but how much were " they not surprised, when they found that the said Attorney-General, as soon as he knew " that there were no witnesses, eaine forward with Hills of Indictment, which he submitted " to the Grand Jury, w-jio threw them out, as was naturally to be expected. To the remon- " strances which the attornies of the lessee of die King's I'osts made to him on this subject, " who maintained that they were not bound to send for witnesses from such a distance, witli- " out being sure of the cases being brought on, he answered, ' It is not my fault — I have done " ' my duty — here are the Bills.' " This statement is entirely ujitrue, and without any the slight- est 4 I MXT !orous, or pcr- inuiiituiiifd, us le case Hcfincd tliis 1 meifly ^'s peace, uiid •f ' torn' from liills of iiuliet- uic'c's atteiuliii^ y wliifli ought iity." liiis fallen into I'also statenientg s iiioru incon- 'osts were not •», though some cause," miglit arch of u peace to the execu- icy c(uili| have air.]isoti',s scr- ;>iehcc, rec'.guizaiices, vcr.— V.'ith the s associates, I liis Kxcellency •(MIS exercise of •ccssiiry; and I '\eu, ,1 by it. — ■e staled by the other instances, ire it, as to tiie )lutely, without "ions thus given ulKcieut for me 1 to those found illences charged Cirand Jury to fra^•e character, r the |ii>ace and on my part, in ti'c, tiie particu- I,ain|ison, who h ros])(i't to the May ('onipany, id pieces of ar- of ascertaining L" criminal term ned to ])rocoed, L'lith'inaii, how- to do, censider- low much were in as he know h he submitted To the remon- un this subject, distance, with- t — I have done any the slight- est I Je dois nior la verite dc cette accusation, — Je ne fis usage d'aucune expression inconve- nante ou personnellomeiit offensantc envers les Magiitrats. — Je maintiiH cjue les convictions qui avuieiit eu lieu sous leur autorite etaient illcgales, et je les regurde comme encore telles ; et je represented en termes fortM, tels que le eas sendilait le deinaiuler, le caractcre vexatoire et op- pressif de toute ia iiroccdure. — Ku cela, jc ne Hs qu'exercer, et remplir li ce que je pcnse, le devoir d'un Avocat. Se|)tiemement. — Je suis accuse d'avoir, *' lorsqu'au mepris de la Pais du Hoi, ot sans " aucune cause suttisante, les serviteurs du locataire dcs I'ostes du Hoi, furent arruches de leur " residence a leurs I'ostes, et traines li Quebec comme |iris(Hniiers, jiorte contre eiix des actes " d'uccusatioiis frivoles, et que ne justitiaient pas les circoiistances (pd les accompagnaient ; tan- " (lis que, par une negligence encore plus eoiipable de nam devoir, et de rimpartialitii qui devrait " me gidder dans tons les temjis, je favorisai mes clieiis, et leur accordai rimpunlti''," Duns cette accusation, comme dans toutes les aiitres (pi'il a jxirtcies contre mol, le C'omite des Griefs est tomix'' dans une graiuL' erreur,(piant aux matieres de fait, ctant trompe, il est li presumer, par les faux ex|)oses d'lndividiis interessi!'s ; inais dans aucune, 11 ii'a M ludult dans des erreurs plus opposees a la verite, cpu' dans celle-ci. — Les serviteurs du locataire des I'ostes du Hoi ne furent ni arraches, nl traines, nl enleves en aucune autre niaiilere de leur residence, comme jirlsonniers, quolque quelques-uns d'entre euv, sans" m(''i)rls de la I'alx du Hol,"et pour " cause bleu suffi- saute," eussent pu etre siijets aux liic(nivi''iileiis d'uiie arrestatlon, s'lls n'avalcnt pas i-lude les reclierchesd'un Offieier de I'aix. — !,es Memhres du Comite n'oiit pu avoir etc liiformi's dc lu resistance li rexi''cutioii du Warrant dc M. l.'hrlstle, iloiit il est fait nuMitlon ci-dessiis : s'ils eussent connii cette circoiistance, II est impossible (pi'ils eussent pu se servlr du laiigage qu'on troiive dans cet article (raeciisatlon. — En realile, les serviteurs de iM. Lam|)son, apri-s avoir defie I'autorlte publi(]ue de la Province, comme il estdlt ei-dessus, il'chappi'rent cntlc'rement li I'arres- tatlon. — I'ar apres, et a leur proprc convenance, llsse rendlrent a Qiu-bec, vers Touvcrture de la Cour Crimliielle, et la doniii'rcnt caution, sans avoir, je crols, C-ti sujets a aucune arrestatlon ni emprisonncmeiit quelcoiupie. — Je n'ai eu affaire en rieii (huis les mesures adopti^cs pour mettre en force le Warrant du Magistrat contre M'Leod et scs associcls, si ce n'est en ce que j'al donne roiiinlon que m'a demaiulee Son Kxcellence Sir James Kempt, dont 11 est fait men- tion cl-dessiis. — Mais, 11 est tr("'s-certain que I'exercice rigoiireiix de rautorltc', suggt/re dans cette opiiiioii, en execution des Lois, etalt d'unc n(.''cessite in-gentc ; et je ii'ai jias le moindre doiitc (|ue cela n'alt ])reveiiu de serleiix outrages, et n'alt prubablement em])eclic' le sang d'c'tre r(5- paiidu. — Les actes d'acciisatlon (pi'll fut de mon devoir de ]ireseiiter contre ces Indlvldus, le Comite les represento comme ayant ete " frivolis et mm Jiistifiiihks." — Le Comiti- dans ce cas, comme dans tons les autres, a jiroiionei'' cette dc-cision, sans avoir jiar devers Iiii aucune preuve qtielconque siir la nature ou le foiidement de ces actes d'accusation. — Le C'omite etalt done ab- solument saiisaiicun moyen de former une opinion sur le sujet; et 11 n'y a jias a lu^siter sur le polds (pi'on doit doiiner a une telle d(;clsi(iii. — Mais pour faire tomber cette allegation du Co- miti?, il me siiffira de renvoyer aux actes d'accusation nus devaiit le (Jrand Jury, et a ceux qu'll a declart'S vrals, dont 11 est fait mention ci-dessus, et par lesquels 11 est i^tcibll, H : if not, tlie accn>r bail, wcro (•ntitled to be di>iohar)(- ci\, — 'I'jie practice in conformity with this principle lias always been, to prepare and lay before the Clrand .Inry, at the openin'j of the Court, tlii; indiclmentu on the char(fcs of the private prosecutors, wIumi sustained liy sufficient depositimis. Mr. I.ainpson and his attornies were, tiierefore, perfectly aware of tlie oblij^atitui under wliich in- was, to bo ready with evidence to support the indictments to be preferred, at the instance of his servants. No etunmunicatitiii from the Aftorney-(ieiu!ral on this head was necessary, or couhl be e.\|)ected; nor was any HoVw'iti'd f) J fettrr or otherwise; and it is absolutely ami entirely initrne, that the attornies of Mr. Lampson, wt above stated, ■• wnitc la me offitinllji" for informatiini, whethi-r I meant to procee;y desires to know, " whether it was my intention to trif them at the " next ensuinjj term." The object, therefore, of this letter was not, as untruly stated in the report of the Committee, to learn whether the charges brcui^rht apiinst the servants of the Ilud- soh'h Bay Company would be proceeded upon, Mr. Vtujiy recpurinjf no information on this i)oint, and bein^r perfectly aware that these charges must be proceeded upon \i "lictment, or )e abandoned; but to learn, whether I would consent to try the indictments, whith it was ex- pected would be fouiul, afjainst the ser\ants of Mr. Lampson, in the tlicn next term; it beiufj implied by Mr. Ouji^y's letter that, in that rase, the l)efendants would waive their ri)^ht to traw.rse. This letter from Mr. {iu|u;y I did not answer, ami my reasons were these. — The j)ri- vate prosecutor, to be consulted on the charj^es ajrainst Mr. Lampson's servants, was the afrdit of the Hudson's Hay Company, who resides at Quebec. I had left that place, to attend the criminal Court at Montreal, about, ten days before the receipt of the letter of Mr. (iufj'y, who was perfectly aware of the time of my (le|)arture, and miirfit most readily have obtained the desired information from me, while on the same spot with the private |irosecutor and himself. If he had cmnnuniicated with me personally, (U* in writiiijr, while I was still at (Quebec, I should immediately have sent for the private pro» ,or, and have ascertained, whether he would bo ready for trial in the ccuirse of the term, or not, and have informed Mr. Ciujfy accordinjfly : bui, beinjf at the distance of two huiulred miles from the private j)rosecutor, I couhl hohl no such communication with him, and therefore could give no answer to Mr. Ciuy^y, in the uttir- mativc or lU'j^ative, on the subject of his letter. I was imh-ed e(pially ignorant, whether the witnessess of the one or the other of the j)arties ctmcernt'd in these prosecutions would or would not be forthcoming, having no other information whatever, than what wu.s furnished by the written depositions in my hands. Lender the circumsbtnces to whkli 1 have adverted, I thought my inability to give the desired information might be sufficiently inferred from facts within the knowledge of Mr. Ougy, and from my silence, and did not, therefore, answer Mr. Gugy's letter. Subsequently, at the opening of the criminal court at Quebec, Mr. Ctugy in- quired of me, whether 1 had received his letter. I told him 1 had, and had not answred it, for reasons of which he must have been sufficiently av.are ; and nothing further was said res- pecting the letter. No injury was, or could be, sustained by Mr. Lampson, from the circum- stance of no answer having been given to tlijs letter, as his servants were not ready to take their trial, and insisted on their right to traverse, which was permitted by the court. Having, as my duty required, prepared iiulietments on the depositions in my hands, against the ser- vants of the Hudson's Hay Company, as well as against those of Mr. Lampson, 1 laid both before the gnind jury. When, in the act of ])referring the former, it is |)erfectly true, that Mr. Lampson's counsel remarked, that some of his witnesses were not in attendance ; and it is also true, that I answered, that it was not my fault, and that I had prepared imlictments, as it was ray duty to do; referring, by these words, to the practice above explained, which made it incumbent on me, to prepare indictments on the depositions which had been put into my hands. If I had not laid indictments before the grand jury, at the instance of Mr. Lampson's servants, the omission to do so would, no doubt, have been urged us evidence of partiality. 4 I'ory {inrticii- rivat« |iroM<>- iiimcity. they })rrti.'rr»'«l uii b«! (lisclmr^- id luy Ix'forn f the private roriiit'H v/vTi', fvuU'iiw to tiniiiunicatiori nor WW* any attoriiit-s of ' I meant to vatc j)r<)HiTn- y, on*' of Mr. mate tor nu>, ity enost con- >{ Mr. Ciiiay sinly to tlio for " certain Y Company," ' tlieni at the! statwl ill till! M of tiie I [u(l- latioii on tliis liftmi'iit, or tli it was ox- rm ; it bfinff tin'ir rii^lit to sc. — Till' pri- was till' agent to attend till! r. (inf>-y, wlio ! olitained tlii» lid liiinxelf. If •lief, I should lie would 1)0 at'i'ordinfrly : could hold no y, in the attir- , whether the ions would or I furnished by fd adverted, I red from facts .', answer Mr. Mr. Cuif/y in- t answered it, was said res- m the circuni- ready to take irt. Haviiiff, aiiist the ser- I, I laid both ■tly true, that dance ; and it 1 indictments, lained, which lad been put stance of Mr. s evidence of partiality. xixvii •' irncpu^atioii." — Cet eipo^i*' est entierement faux, et «aiis h' moindre fundeinent : il rit n\%6 d'l'litblir eoiniiien il est eoiilruiri' et en oppoiitiou iivee la verite dans tout tes pointi. — Let ser- viteiirsde M. Lampsoii i tiiieiit les parliet plainuanlet oii pourtuivaiiH itrives siir <|Uel(pies accu- matidin, et siir d'.iutres iU . tuieiit parliei aceiisees. — Dans Ilk premiere eiipaeite, iU elaient teiiun d'etre prepares avec leiir preiive, ponr soiiteiiir les aeti-s il'aiTUsation a etre jiortes siir leurs ac- cusations,-— Si noil, IcH aeeiises, soit tpi'ils fiissenr, en prisiui ou sous caution, avaieiit droit d'etre dechar((es. — La jiratiipie, eoiiforiuiuieiit I'l ee prineipe, a toiijours I'te do pre|iarer et de luettnt (levant le (Jrand .Fury, i'l Touvertiire de la I'oiir, les actes d'accusation uortisi a riiistaiice des jiarlies privees, iurscpi'lis soiit appiiyes par des dispositions siilfisantes. — M. Lampsoii et scs I'rociireurs irij^noraieut done pas I'oblijriition dans laipielle il rlait d'etre pret avec sa preuvo pour apjiiiyer les acfe- iI'mTUsatioii I'l etre portes, a rinstunee de ses servitenrs. — On n'avait iKwoin, III on iieili'v.ni .ittendre aiuiiiie eoiniiiunieatlon du Proeiireur-Cieiieral a cet cj^ard ; il li'eii a I'te lion plus ileiiiande aucnne /iiir Irttn: ni autremeiit ; et il est alisidiiinent et eiltiere- meiit faux (pie les i'rociireurs de M. I.aiiipsoii, comnie il est dit ei-dessus, " iii'i'iriri,.iifiif/i- rii/l(iiiiii/" pour lire iiiformessi je me pro|iosaiM de prociderou non siir les accusations des ser- vitenrs de M. Liiiiipson, comiiK' parties pliiiirnantes ou privees, — M. (liii^v, nil des Ciuiseils de iM. Laiiipsoii, iii'ecrivit a la verity line lei I re peiiilaiit 'pie j'etais a Moiitri'iil, niiiis /iniir nil iin/ir (>l>i>t ; et c'esl iin bonheiir iiarticiilirr pour moi, ipi'ayaiit conserve eette leltre, je snis en I'taf, ell la i)roduisaiit, de faire \oir de la iiiiiiiiire la pins eoiielnsive la faiissete de eette impu- tation eonlre iiioii earacti're el iiinii liiiniieiir. — On Iroiivera eette leltre de M. (liiLfy d:ins I'Ap- peudiee ei-aiine\e, sous le No. 'J.'l, pay;e--: elle a rapport e\elusi\emeiit aiix iiceiisalions por- tees, lUMi pas /iiir liiais iiiiiln' '• li's a^ens et M'r\ileurs dii locataire des I'osles du lloi," pour " certaiiies voies di' tail eoiilre les pcisiumes et les liieiis des a;^i'Us de la Coiiipan'iiie de lit " Haie d' Hudson," et (piaiit ii celles-ii M. (liiijy desire suvoir " si j'avais iiiieiitioii de les '• lair(! filiiiihr an teriiie Mii\aiit." — l/ubjet de cetle lettre n'etait done pas, coniiiie il est faiisse- liieiit alleiiiie dans le rappiu't du C'oniite, de eoiiiiailre si les aeeusations portees centre les ser- vitenrs de la C'dinpaffiiii' de la Haie d'Hudsoii seraieiit poursiiivies, M. (iiiny ne dematiihiiit aueuiie iiitornialiiMi siir ce point, et sailiaiit bien (pi'il fallait. |proei(ler sur ees aceiisatior.s jiar ini/idiiiiiif, ou les abaiidoiiner ; iiiais d'appre'idre si je coiiseiitirais a faire ])laider les actes d'aiV- cusation, (pi'oii s'atleiidail :'i voiriUe mis en Cinir, eonlre les servitenrs de Nl. Lam|isoii, dans lo teriiie alors siiivant ; M. (iu;iy dniiMant a entendre par eette lettre (pie, dans ee cas, les di>fen- deiiis reiioiieeraient an droit ipi'iU a\aieiit de Iftin isti; • -,le ne lis aueniie repoiisc' li eette lettre de M. Oiiii;\', et viiiei iiies niisoiis. -Li poiu'siiivaut prive ii etre coiisiiitr' siir K's accnsations centre les si-rvilenrs de M. Lanipson, etait Talent de la t'ompau;iiie de la IJaie d'llndsim, (pii reside a Quebec. — .J'avais laisse eette jdace pinir assister a la ('our Criniiiielle de Montreal, environ dix jours avant la reception (1(> la lettre de M, (iuii'v, ipii eininaisait parraitemeiit bieii le moment de iiion di part, et si ipii j'aiirais v(>lonti<'rs doniie les infnrniatioiis di-irees, pendant ipie j'etais sur les lieiix a\('e le poursiii\aiit piive et lui-iiieiiie. — S'il avail coniiuniiiipie avec moi en persinine ou par eerit, pendant (pie j'etais encore a (Quebec, j'auiais iiinnedialeiiieiit eiivoyir clierelier le ponrsuivant pii\e, et je me serais assure s'il serait piit on non pom le ju'oees dans le cours (hi tiTiiie, et j'lii ainais iiifoniie M, (lii;;y : inais me tidiivaiit ;"i line distance de deiix cents milles (In ]ioiirsuivanl privi', je ne pmiv.iis tenir line t(dle commiiniiation avec lui, et en coiiseipieiice je ne pouvai>*(loiiner de re|ioiise a M. Clnuy, ni anirniatlvemeiil ni lu'f^ativement, siir le siijet de sa lettre, — A la virile, j'ijriiorais t'ualemeiit si les temoiiis des uiies ou des autres parties coneerui'es dans ces |poiirsiiiles seraieiit on ne seraieiit pas sur les lieiix, ii'ayant en d'au- tres informatioMs (jue celles (pie je ])oiivais tirer des dejiositioiis (pi'on m'avait mises entre les mains, — Dans Ks cireoiistanees (pie je \ieiis de rajipiU'ler, je peiisai (pie ^f, ('uny, d'apres ce (pi'il en eoniiai^sail, poiiriait \()ir et seiitir I'ineapaeile on je me trouvais de lui doniie" les infor- mations de^irees, ce (jii'il jionvait coiieliire aiissi de inou silence, c'est p(Mn(|iioi je ne fis pas de repouse a la letlie de M. ('iii;y, Subse(pieniment a I'ouverturede la C'our t'rimiuelle a Qiubec, M. ('U•-■ 7 ■ : v- sur les de)ii)siiious (pie j'a\ais entre les mains, centre les servitenrs do la Compagnie de la Baie d'llii(is(iii, aiissi bieii (jue coutie teux de M, I aiiipson, je mis les uns et les autres devant le (Iraiul .iury. — IVndant (pie je ]ir('parais les pviiiiiers, il est parfaitement \Tai que le Coii.seil do M. Lampsoii remariina (pie qiiel(pies-uii'< de ses temoins n'l'taieiit pas j)resens; et il est vrai aussi que je rtjpoudis que ec u'iitait pas nia faute, et que j'avais prepare les actes d'uccusation K cumme f I- ^ 1 1 xxxviii partiality. Havinjar dlsfharjjoil my lUity in this respect, I liavo, nevertheless, not escaped that imputation ; ami, indeed, fioin this as well as otlier parts of the proceedings of the C'onnuittee, it nuist be sufficiently evident, that no purity of intention, no correctness of conduct, could shield me against accusation. On the (grounds which I have now stated, I am justified, I a])- prehend, in concludiuiif that the seventh animadversion, contained in the IJeport of the Coni- mittee, is entirely without foundation. Eighthly »■ ' lastly, — I am charged by the Committee of ririevanccs with culpable conduct in having " witii the view of ])rejudieing the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, " against Mr. Lampson, plaintift' in the action ' en irnmlicotioH' above-mentioned, caused " hnn, by my advice and direction, to i)e arrested ior perjury, and //lat upon the sole accusation " of the same individuals who had forcibly carried olf his ])eltries;" and wiu), it is said " solely " escaped from being overtaken by puiilic vengeance, because their ]irotector, the Attorney- " General, had recourse to ex])edients, which were repugnant to honour, to iluty, and to the " due administration of justice." Divested of a colouring which does not belong to them, but which is found throughout the report, the facts, referred to in this charge are of ordinary occmrenee, involving no cause for imputation of any kind, and art'ording not the slightest, retisou for the injurious terms of which a prodigal use, I may be ]iermitte(l to state, has been niiule by the Conimittei?. These facts are few and simple. — In the institution of an action of dutinue, Mr. Lampson resorted to an extraordinary leniedy, that of attachment before judgment, which is not jiermitted in Lower Canada except on iillidavit, t!iat the goods denuuided in such an action i)elong to, aiul are the property of, the plaintifi". l'!\erv man, who makes such an allidavit, Iiei'onu's responsii)le for its truth, ami is liable to a prosecution for ]U'rjiny, if he be guilty of wiirul i'aUiliood, in making it. — The defendants in tlie action, it wouUI appear, deemed thetnseives warranted in charging Mr. I^ampson with perjury, in ha\ing made tliis alliilavit, and proceeded against him accord- ingly, with the assistance of a professional gentlemtm, employed for that jtnrpose. 'i'lieir alfichi- vits before a magistrate, drawn by that ]irol'essional gentleman, it would ap|ii>ar, were held suf- ficient to hold Mr. Lampson to bail, on a cliarge of ])eijin-y, wliicli is still jiending against him ; and it is this proceeding that, wiiiiout any evidence wiiatever, is ascribed to me, ami that is called an " expedient whieli is repuguiuU to honour, to duty, and to tiie due administration " of justice." Such terms were certainly ne\-er before ap]iiied to tiie exercise of a strictly legal remedy, already uiider the cognizance of a Court of .Justice, and in the course of judicial in- vestigatioTi. If the charge adverted to l:;!d been improperly made, it was obviously, by the re- jection of a bill of indictment by a diand .Jury, or by a verdict of accpiittal by a Petty Jury, that the party was to be exonerated froni it; and his ulterior ri'conrse for damages, for a mali- cious jirosecution is well known. The whole eoin-se of justice, by this proceeding of the Com- mittee, is virtually obstructed, and the arbitrary deterniination of a Connnittee of the Assem- bly, upon the mere statements of the party accused, substituted for the decisions of grand and petty juries. In thus absolving Mr. Lampson from the charge of ]ierjiiry, thi> Connnittee also seems to convey, by inii>licatioii, a siir.ihir chargt', ))roct ediiig tV(mi itsell', ;igainst the private prosecutors, i'ur if he was giiililess. they could not be innoeeut, in swearing that he committed that offence. Hut, whatever may be liie uu'rils or demerits of tlie parties respec- tively, in tlie transactions referred toby lli(> Connnittee, on wliieli it was competent to llis Majesty's courts of justice alone to detiMuiine, and respecting which the Committee had no means of forming tniy opinion ; it is nmst strange that I shoidd be held criminal or culpable, for a remedy notadopteil by me, but by other perscnis, over which I coidd exercise no ciuilrol, and for which I am in no respect responsible. I can, therefore, only express surprise, that I should have been implicated, by tin; Committee of Grievances, in such a ehiu'ge, conveyed in such terms. I have thus, not without trespassing largely, but iniavoidably, on your Lordship's attention, extracted from liie Third Report of the Connnittee of Grie\ancesof l^ower Canada, all the ani- madversions and imputations to be found in that docnnieut, to my ])reju- of the Com- > (if the A»em- •iioiis of [•rand the Committee ^If, aiiaiiist the icarino- that he parties respec- iipcleiit to riis ninittee had no fial or ciilpalile, 'ise no toiKrol, iirprise, that I I', conveyed in Jiip's attention, «ia, all the ani- to each succes- esolutions miIj- id, for support, •i ->: comme il ('tait de moii devoir de ie faire; faisant allusion par cos pandes a la pratique cl-dessus e.\l>li(|uee, qui mc faisait line oi)liiratioii de preparer les actes d'accusatioiis sur les depositions nc ;i riKniiienr, au devoir et a la due administration " de la justice."— De tels termes iic fiirent assurc'inent jamais a])pliqiies a I'excrcico d'un re- mede strietemeiit li'syal, deja sons la connaissaiice d'liiie ('our de Justici^ et en train d'investi- gatioii jiidiciaire. — Si racciisation mentioiin(.''e cut I'ti- faite d'uiie niani(!'re inconvcnablc, c'(:tait clairemeut par ie rejet d'un acte d'accu-ation jiar nil Grand Jury, on par un verdict de d(J'cliarge jiar un Petit .Fury, ((ue lapartie en devait etre exoiU'rijc ; et son reeours iiltericur en dommagcs, jioiir ]ioursiiite malicieuse est bien connu. — Ce proci;de du ComitC' obstrue virtiicUcment tout le coins de la justice, et la (k'terniination arbitraire d'un Coinittj de r,\sscmblee d'apr()s les simples exposi's de la paitie aeensi'e, est substitue anx decisions d'lin Grand ct d'un Petit Jury, Kn al)s(dvant aiiisi ^L Lampson de raeeusal ion de ]iarjiire, le Comiti; parait aussi porter, par iin]>licalioii, une aecusation semldalilc contre les poursuivaus privi's, car s'il ctait innocent, ils ne ]>oiivaieiit i'l'tre eux en jiirant (pi'il a\ait eommis cette olTense. — Mais quels (pi'aient (jtc les meriles on di'nieri'es dis parties respectivoineiit dans les transactions mentioniiijcs par le Comite, sur lesquelles il n'a|)parteiiait qu'aux C'oiirs de Justice de Sa Majeste de prononccr et a I'eirard desqiielies le Comite n'.ivait aiiciin moyen de former une o]niiioii, il est tri!:'s-(jtrange qu?je sois teiiu ]iour crimiiiel (ni eoiipable pouruii ninede lii'ffal qui n'a pas etc adopte par inoi, mais ])ar d'autres pei'soniies, sur lesipielles je nepoinais exercer aucuii controle etpoiir lesquel- les je lie siiis res|)(nisal)ie a auciin ijianL — Je ne jinis done (prexprimer nia surprise osition to Mr. Lampson's interests, I placed myself, " by a massarif conseqnei\ce," in opposition to tiiose i)f the crown, a nun scijuilur has evidently been adopted, as being a " necessary consecjuence ;" and it is plain that, on this fallacy, suggested by Mr. Lampson, the whole ifeport of the Committee, and the resolutions appended to it, have been constructed. By the sixth resolution it is stated, " That my conduct on the occasion of the disputes " pending between the Hudson's May Company and the lessee of the Crown for the King's " Posts, has been exceedingly unjust, vexatious, and equally injurious to the rights and interests " of the Crown, and those of its lessee, in the enjoyment of the I'osts known by the name of the " King's Posts." — By the word " disputes" are to be understood, no doubt, the criminal and civil remedies, of which an account has been given. In the former, my conduct consisted in acts of official duty, by which the laws, in a strictly legal course, were enforced, against persons charged with crimes; in the latter, in whici' the rights and interests of the Crown were not in the smallest degree involved, my conduct consisted iu lending my professional assistance, in the administration of justice, between private individuals : — In neither, therefore, have 1 been guilty of the misconduct imputed to me by this resolution. By the seventh res(dution, His ^Majesty's Government, for the misconduct imputed to mo by the sixth, is solicited to dismiss me from the olfice of Attorney-General. 'I'his resolution, being predicated on the jireeeding resolution, and on the statemenis contained in the rej)ort of the Committee of Grievances, both of wliieh have been sliown to be wholly groundless, is de- prived of the foundation on which it was adopted, and amounts, therefore, to a prayer of pun- ishment, where there has been no ort'enco. It only remains, that I should briefly notice some misioprescniations of my conduct, con- tained in detached slatcmcnts of individuals, unc(uniected wilhuny subject before the Commit- tee, which are too triviid to be adverted to, if not fouiul incorpc d iu the evidence tninsniit- ted, through the Governor of the Colony, for the considenition s Majesty's Ciovernmeiit. Of this description is ;i statement to be found, among otiier Calseii , in the evidence of one Pierre Deligalle, a bailiff, in the second report of the Conunittee oi Grievances, by which he represented to the Committee, tliiit I had not jiaid him for arresting three of the persons who were a])prehended on charges of perjury at .Sorel, and hareserved among other papers relating to disbursements at the Sorel election ; and 1 beg leave to refer to both these receipts iu If tion of unques. lit not to place on of his salary of individuals." now the same leriod; and, in ompatiblo witli ■edecessor, was assistance waa leen discharged Uy, it is to i)e ined for private of, that would n which it has hts of the office seems to have [ittorney of Air. ir dlsinterested- in certain mat- theruhy placed leci'ssuiy coiise- (ly shown, most Lad, and that I iition, two very statinir that, by ' by a ntceiisan/ y been adopted, iu;ii;este' (lie ( fTect of the Heinisi! of Ills late MaJ"vfy, up'Mi (lie Cl)Illllli^ .inns of OIKcers in the Coloiiief, and in iiMswer, beij leave to state, for hi^ Lm'. -hiji's i.iformation, thai', in n;y ojdnioM, every Commission issued in t.his I'rDvincc, in the name of the late Kin;;', will be di'termined at, the expiration of six irionths from his deatii, and that tin; same !ul" must obtain, in the instances of Commissions issued in tlu- name of His Koyal lVe common law, all Commissions were determined by the death of the Kiufr; and to remedy the inconvenience, which this principle iiroduced in practice, it was enacted, by the eifrhth section of the statute (illi Anne, c.ip. 7, that every person and persons in any office, place, or employment, in any of Her .Majesty". Pianta*i.tns, sh;il! Ci>ntinue in their respective offices, pfaees ami employments, '• iuv tiie s]iace of six months, next iifter the deatii or demise " of Her Majesty, her heirs or successors, unless sooner removed or discharged ;" and this is tiio i the Admini- I'li in Lower It, ti> ro(|iiost liat cfli-ct, (ill 1 tlio C'oinmis- ■oiit, and wlii!- tliu I'xpiiiitioH APPENDICE No. 1. Circulaire du Likutenant-Coi.onk.l Oleoo, Secretaire dc Son Excellence. F Adminiatraltur du Gouvcrnemciit aux Juges et Officiers en JmI dc la Couroune dam le lias-Canada. MONSIKI'R, Chdteau Saint Louis, Quebec, 7 Decembre, 1830. du our 11 in'ost oiijoint jiar Son Excclleiicf I'Admiiiistratoiir du (JouviTiiemont, de vous prier cr votre opinion avi-i; toiite la dllifronce j)ossii)k', ))our rinformation dc sa Seigneiirie I'offot (pi'aura (a votre avis) k- di'cos dc Sa fiMii- Majt-sti- ru'orjrc Qiiatre, sur li's Coininissious dcs Officiers publics en cette Province, aj)rts le lapse de six niois a compter de cet evcncineiit, et si le renouvellemeiit de telles C'oniniissions est de uccessite indispensable uvant I't'xpirution de la dite Periode de six mois. J'ai riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-liuinbie ct obeissant servitcur, (Signc) J. H. GLEGG, Secretaire. Au Jvgrs ft Officiers en Iaii de la Couronne en Canada Vraie Copic. (Signe) .). 13. GLEGG, Seeretuirc. No. 2. Rapport de P Honorable .Tonathan Si;wiiM,, Eer. Jiif/c-cn-Chef du Bas-Canada, d Son Excel- lence I' Administrateiir du Gouvernement, dans une Icttre a son Secretaire. Monsieur, (Quebec, 7 Dieevidire, 1830. cesseur George Trois. Par Ic droit commun toutcs les Commissions ccssaient par la mort du Roi, et pour renie- dicr aux iiiconveniens que ce principc jiroduisait dans la ))ratique, il fut declare par la 8c. Seotion du Stutut 6 Anno, chap. 7, que toutes ])ersonnes en (]uelque office, place ou cmploi dans quelqu'une dos Plantations de Sa Mnjeste, continueront de roster dans lours offices, places ct emplois rcspcctifs " respaee dc six mois a compter du dcoes de Sa Maji'Ste, ses lloirs uu Succcsseiirs, a moins qucllcs iic soicnt plus tot deplacocs ou dcstituccs," et till*; est la Loi du Canudu m pt 4 APPKN'DJX. the law of Cunaf Mtmfnn/ in Loircr Coimila, to His Excrlh nrji the Ad' ministralur of thf (lovrniiiiritf, in a ktttr to /tis Sccrtlary. SiK, Montreal, Wth December, 18;J(). In obedience to thii leferrnce made to me by your letter of the 7th instant, requesting that I would report for the information of his lordsiiip, what effect, in my opinion, the demise of His late Majesty Cleorge the Fourth, will have on the Commissions of public officers in this Province, jifter the lapse of six months from that event, aiul whether a renewal of such Commissions will bo necessary from and after the expiration of that i>eriod of six months, I have the honour to ii|tort, as my opinion, in tiiis respect, that, by the common law of Eng- land, all Commissions issu.d in the name of the King, ceased and determined by iiis death, and all writs and processes in the Courts of .(ustice, abated or discontinued. To remedy this* inconvenience, the statute 7 and 8 >\'. III. c. '11, was passed, by which these Commissions, writs and processes, were contiinu>iI for six months after the death of the King. The provi- sions of tills statute were afterwards extended to the colonies, by the statute 1 Anne, e. 8; rendering it thereby a general law throughout the several dominions of the lOmpire. These Commissions, being from matter of convenience extended and continued for six months after the demise of tlie King, must therefore necessarily cease and determine from and after the expiration of that jieriod, as the common law principle will then take effect. If any exception could be made to tliis jirineiple, it would be in legard of the Commissions of the jule in England only, but also from tlie simihtr necessity there appears, that to give effect to this statute in the Colo- nies it ought to have been expressly extended thereto, on the same princi])le that it was found necessary to extend the above statute of the 7 and 8 W. III., to the Colonies, by the statute I Anne, e. 8. I am, therefore, ofojiinion, that six months after the demise of His late Majesty, King George the Fourth, all the Commissions of the public officers in this Province will cease to have effect, and ought to be renewed. All , IJ: i i APPMNDICr.. ft Cuniuiu on coiist'«|ueiici' ile In iliTiiiiTc CIuiimi- tU- lii I4i'. (Jfo. 0, tliti|i. K!. ci dc I;i 3.'Jo .Section du la .'3lu. (loo., c-liup. :)l 11 tut IUI.W' uii .Statut (fi? Cifo. .'), tliiip. 45) en i'unnt'-e 1817, pour i-oiifimioi' duns le« ColoiiicH toutes li's pcrsoiines duiw los otKcos re.spoctits b inoiim (lu'i'lles no t'lissont doplacces ou dcstitiioes par Sa Majosti' (leo. 4, et cct Acte lors de son avoncment au Trone arreta I'opcra- tion dii Statiit de la Heino Anne ; inais la 57o. Geo. 3, chap. 4.'>, ne contient nucune disposition, pour !(' cas de ravi'ncmcnt d'aucun autro Nouvernin suboequent, et il n'a cte passe non plus sous le l{c|fi\t' de (ii'orjji" 4, aucun Statut n cot offot. IVapri's Ics faits citos, il doit paraitru ovitlont quo le Statut de la Heine Anne aura offot A IVxpiratioM de six niois ii compter du deces de .Su foue Majeste, et coinmc il faiit neccssairenicnt qu'il soit execute, de nouvelius Coniinissioiis au nuin de Su presente Mujeste seront dc necessity iiidispensuble. J'ai riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre trcs-liumble et obeissant serviteur, Colonel GLKGCj, .Secretaire, &c. &c. Vraie t'opie. J. B. GLKCKi. (%'io-) .1. SEWELL. No. a. liappoHtk r Haw ir able .IvstEs Heid, Kanjer, Juijt-m-Chef de la Cour du Banc du Roide Sa Mujestf. ptmr li' liistrictde Montmd, dunste liii.i-(.'anada, a Son EjccelUnce F Admihiatra- teur du Gouverneiiumt dans unc lettrc () son Secrelaire. All MoNsiEin, Montreal, II JJecembre, 1830. En obeissance au renvoi qui in'est fait par votre lottre du 7 courant, me priant ces9ai- rement cesser et devenir nulles dopuis et apres I'expiration de cette periode, apres laquelle le principe du droit commun re])rendra son offot. S'il j)ouvait etre fait (|UolquF> exception a. ce principe co serait a I'efrard des Commissions dos Jugos, vu que le Statut 1, Goo. ;3, chap. 23, declare que leurs Commissions contiuuoront et rosteront en pleino force, nonobstant le dec^S de Sa Majeste ou de quehpi'un do sos Iloirs ou Succossours, mais a mon avis ce Statut ne s'etend pu.saux Colonies non setilemont par los dispositions particulieres qu'il contient qui ne peuvent s'ajipliquerqu'en Angletorre, mais aussi parce que pour que le Statut put s'etendre aux Colo- nies, il faudrait, a ce qu'il semble, qu'il renferm.it une disposition speciale .d cet offet, sur le memo principe qu'on a cru qu'il etait necessaire d'etendre aux Colonies le Statut ci-deaaus do la 7e. et 8e. William 3, par le Statut 1, Anne chap. 8 •Te suis done d'opinion que six mois apres le deces de Sa feue Majeste le Roi George Quatre, toutes los Commissions des Offieiers publics en cette Province cesseront d'avoir effet, et devront t'tre reiiouvelecs. Le 'innr ^i .; v APPENDIX. All which U| howcv(>r, humbly submitted to the coiiNiilorHtiun of Ilia ICxcellrncy T^ird Aylmcr, ^y, Sir, your moot olinlieiit Morvuiit, (Si)fiu'(l) Lieutcuuiit Colonel OLl'XKt, .Secretary, &c. Quebec. True Copy, J. H. OLECUJ. J. IIKII), C. J. K. I). MoiitreaU No. 4. •n '. Jieport qf J Mir.s SrvAUr, F.sqiiirr, Ilia Mojisfi/'s Attoniiii'Oi nernl for the Province nf Urnvr ■'" .Ulministralor nf f/ir CtunriniKiit 11/ l/ial J'roriiicc, in « Canada, to His E.mllimij the httcr to his Sarelary. Sin. (^111 Imt, H/h Diiriiihrr, ISJJO. I liuvo l>i'Pn lioiioiircd with the coinmands of His Ivxt'oHi'iicy flio Administrator of ilu- GovcniiiU'iit, .sij^nificd in yonr It'ltcr of tiio 7lli instant, ri'(|niiinf^ mo t»i rtjiort, witli all Itrai'ticablu despatcli, for Ids l.ordsliiji's information, what clVci't, in my opinion, tiio domist' of lis late Maji'sty (icorfri' iho Fourth, will liavt- on ("onnnissions of public otficors in this ProvincT, after the lapsi' of six months from that e\ent, and wlu'tlu'r a ri-ncwal of such ConnuLssions will be of imlisi)ensablo necessity, before the expiration of the said jieriud of six months. In obedience to Ilis Kxcellenev's commands, I have the honour tutitate, that, accordin)^ to the strict rule of the conniion law, tlie Commissions of Public Officers in this Province, wliicli were in force at the time of the demise of Ilis late Majesty (teorj^e the I'ourtli, woidd havi been delerndned by that event. Mat this rule of the common law has been modilied by the ^•tatule, (i Anne, c. 7, according to the |irovisions I't, witli all [> demise of [•ers ill llii* ^val of MiK'li )erio(l of six iu'coriliiif^ iiv iiiee. wjiieli would liiivi liRed by the rill eoiitiiiiio ration of this he Comiiiis- ' tilt' loffislu- [i]iiiii(iii thut, le «)f tifficcr* ,' the that eveiihi necessity to rcise of tbelt UART, y General. No. 5- APPKNDICE. 7 \.c tout Aydiier, pur iieanmoiim hiimlilomoiit HouniiK il lu coiHldcrntlon do votro tri^-obii< Jit Hcrviteur, Son F Ixeclloncc L orJ (%„.-.) J. 11 KID, .1. C. n. R. Montreiil, I-ieiiteiiant-Coloiu'l (iLl'XUJ, Soeretulrc civil, &c. Qncb L'C. Vrnif Copl««. J. R GLECUJ. - No. 4. Itapj)(>rt lie Jamks Stitaht, Erm/er, PriHurinr-dnifrnl ilncetfii Hrnt' Ciimiiiii, ui' I'iiifoiiiialioii de Son Kxeelleiiee, siii- I'effet que doit avoir, a luoii uvis, le doees de Su feiie Majeste (ieori^e (iiiuire siii- les C'oiniiii.isioiH dos OIReier^ piihlies eii eelte I'roviiici* ai)i'es le lapse de six iiiois apres eet eveiieiiieiit, et si lo rcnouvelle- niont (le telles C'oininissioiis serud'une necessite indispeiisiihle avaiit I'expirution do la dito pc- riode de six iiiois. En olieissaiice aiix ordre'i di; Son Excellence, j'ai riioiinear de dire, ioiis eiiiitiiiiieiont li eti'e en force six iiiois apres IV'poqiio du (L'Ccs de Sa feue Majeste. A revpiratiini de clie in'riode, le droit coniniini anvalenienio efl'et, i' I'egard des Coniiiiissions des Oliiiiers piiMics, fpi'il aiirait en an dee'S de Sa feiie Majesty, fi 1.1 dis- position l.i'iyislative doiit il est ici jiarle ii'ent pas eti- faite. C'est ponrquoi je suis hnmblcmont d'avis (pie dans raliseiiee (h- toiife disposition Eei;isiativc pour In coiiliiumtioii ultcrionre ou pernianente des OlViciers d.iiis lenrs ottices respectifs, les C'oiiiiiiis.ions des Orticicrs publics en eette l'r(>viiice cesseront, par le d(''ees de Sa feue Majestij, a IVxpiration do six mois aprdn cet <.''veiieineiil et (pie le reiKMivelleinent d'icelles, avr.it (jiie eette ])erio(Ie s'ecoulp, scra d'une iiecessifi' indlsiieiisable, pour einptcher toiite intcrrii|)tion on interuiption suppoBco dfins I'cx- orcieo de leiu';) foiictioiis par iipfi^s. J'ai riioinieiir d'etre, Monsieur, votro trcs-huinblo ct obeissant Hcrviteur, Ueutonant-Cidonel (iEECUi, Secretaire, &c. &»;, Qu(;boc. Vraie Coi>ie. .1. H. GLECiG. (Sigm:>) J. STUART, Procui'e ur-GcucraL No. 5. l-h. APPENDIX. No. Copy of a. Notice puhlixhed by the Secretary of the Province, renpecting the renewal of the CoinmisnioHs of Public Officers, inpumuance of an Order in Council of Hin Excellency the Mminixtrator of the Government. XOTICE. Secretary's (]ffice, Quebec, \5th December, ia']0. I'crsons in tliis Province lioiding C( ■iiissions during pleasure, under His Majesty's Pro- vincial Government, wiiicii at the time t ilie demise of His late Majesty George the Fourth, were in force, and will continue to be so, under the statute in this behalf provii:tlrr dii I/ieutrnant-Colonel Gi.rc.r,, Secretaire dc Son Excellence V Administrateur du Gouver- vement a James .Stuaut, Eeiti/ir, rrocureur-General deSn Majesle. MoNSIEU'l, Chateau Saint Louis, Qiifbcc, !) Deeembre, 1830. 11 m'est enjnint par Son Excellence 1' Administrateur du GoTivcrnement dc vons i)rier de preparer uveo toute la (lilii>;ence possii)le, Ics jirojets necessaircs des Commissions qui cesscront d'uvoir uu cfi'et legale ;i rexjjii.ition de six mois, d compter du dcces de Sa feue Majeste George Qua(.T(! en commanCj-ant parceJles qui, dans votro haute sagcsse, vous paraitront les plus esseu- tiellcs pour rexigence du service public. J'ai I'lionncur d'etre. Ilonblc. T. STUART, Procureiir-Gcneral. Pour Copie conforme. J. STUART. votrc ubeissant scrvitenr, (Signe) J. 15. GLI:GG, Secretaire. Copie d'une formulc d'unc Commission dc Nolaire Public dans le Bas-Canada en usage avant led Deeembre, 18:30. SON EXCELLENCE, &c. &c. &c. A tons qiu Ics prcsentcs verront on qui y seront conccrnus en manicrc quclconque, Salut ; Attendu que A. B. (dc h Cite ou Paroisse) dans Ic District de B dans la Pro- vince I 1. I 10 APPENDIX. Canada, gentleman, liatli preferred a Petition to obtain a Commission of Notarv Public, and the same liaving been referred to tho Honourable ^ Jastiu of, &c. for the district of in the said province, and they having in coniequencc certified to nie by their certificate, bearing date the day of that the said A. B. underwent the necessary examination in tlicir (or his) presence, and that they (or he) fonnd him capable of exercising the aforesaid trust and cliurge : Now Icnow ye, that having taken into consideration the loyalty and integrity of the said A. 13. and his learning and capa- city so certified, I have nominated and appointed, and by these presents do nominate and appoint the said A. B. to execute and perfor the trust and duties of a Public Notary, for the province aforesaid, and the same offico and the duties thereof to fulfil and per- form, according to law; to have and to hold, exercise and enjoy, the said office of Public Notary during pleasure. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of St. Lewis, &c. True Copy, J. STUART. No. 8. Dra»(jhf. of a Commission of a Public Notary in the Province of Loxver Canada, prepared by Ja.mks STi-Ai;r, Esq. His Majesty's Attorney-General for that Province., under the orders of his Excelleney the Administrator of the Governiiicnt. WILLIAINI the FOrilTFI, l)y the grace of God, of t!ie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of tlio Faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, or whom th(F same may concern, greeting : Whereas it hath been duly certified unto «s, as required by the ordinance or law in this behalf made and provided, that our beloved and. faithful A. B. of in our district of gentleman, hathi served a regular and continued clerkship, 'for and during the space of five years, under a contraTtfin writing for that purpose made and entered into witli-a Notary duly eoniniissioned and ajipointcd, and practising as such, to entitle him the said A. J5. to be eoniniissioned and a])p()iiited a Notary in and for the ))rovinee of Lower Canada; and tliat the said A. 13. hath Iieen examined by some of the oldest Notaries and Praetitioners, in the science of a Notary, in the presence of the Honourable of our Court of King's Bench in and for our district of being the district \vlieroin tlie said A. !>. sor\e(l lils clerkship as aforesaid, and hath by the said been approved as being a pei-^ou of fit capacity aiul '.liaracter to be commissioned and ap- pointed to act and practise as a Notary in oar said province of Lower Canada : Now know ye that, rep'osiiig trust and confidence in the loyalty, integrity, skill, and knowledge of tiie said A. B., and at his especial instance, We, of our espet.'.il grace, certain knowli>f|ge, and mere motion, have constituted and appointed, and by these jiresents do eoiistitiite and a])point the said A. B. to be a public notary in and for our said j'rovinee of Lower Canada; to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said otiiee of ]iublic iiotai'V as aforesaid, together v>itli all and evOry the powers, rights, ])rivil(gi's. lees, profits, emolur.ients, and advantages to the saidolHce apper- taining, and wliieli of rigl.t ouglit to iipjiertaiii to tiie same, unto him the said A. B., for and during our royal pleasure. In testinmay whereof, we iiave caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said ]iroviuce of Lower C'anada to be horeiuito ufuxcd. Wit- ness, our trusty and well-beloved Matthew Lord Aylmer, &c. &c. No. 9 :i In J APPENDICE. 11 vince du Bas-Canada, Gentleman, a prcsente une Petition pour obtenir iine Commission de Notaire Public, et iccUu ayant etc rcnvoyee aux Ilonorablcs Jug;es de pour lo District de dans la dite Province, et ceux-ci m'ayant cu consequence certifie par leur certificat en date du jour de que le dit A. IJ. a subi I'cxamen necessaire en leur (ou sa) presence et qu'ils I'ont (ou qu'il I'a) trouve capable de remplir la charge susdite. Sachez maiiitenant qu'ayant pris en consideration la loyaute et I'integrito du dit A. B. et ses connaissances et sa capacite aiiisi certiliees, j'ai nommc et je nomme par les pre- sentes Ic dit A. B. pour executor et remplir la charge et les devoirs de Notaire Public pour la Province susdite et pour remplir et executor le dit office et les devoirs d'icelui conformoment d la Loi pour avoir et tenir et cxecuter le dit office de Notaire Public et en jouir durant bon plaisir. Donue sous mon seing ef; sceau dc mes armes au Chateau 8uint Louis, &c. Ike, &e. Pour Copie conforrae. J. STUART. No. 8. Moddle (Tune Comw.imon d'lm Notaire Puhllc dans la Province du Bas-Canada, prepare par James SruArir, Eciq/er, Proeureur-General de Sa Majeste pour cette Provinee d'apres lea ordres de Son Excellence VAdmiaistratenr du, Gouvernement. GUILLAUME QUATRE.par la Grace dc Dion, Roi du Royaume-Uni, de la Grandc-Bre- tagno et d'Irlande, defonseur de la Foi : — A tous ceux que ces preseutcs vcrront, ou qu'elles , iirront conceruer, — Salut : .J, .1 nr>us a etc dument certifie ainsi qu'il estrequispar rOrdounancc ou Loi faite et poi, > i' ■ .?eniblal)le cas, que notre bien ainio et fidclo A. B. de la dans notrc District (le geiitilliomnio a sorvi el n'guliti'eiiient contiiuu' comine clere pendant le tenis et cipace de cinq aiinec', ])ar nn coiitrat jiar c'crit, avec uii Notaiic diimciit comiaissinnm'' et jiratiquaut en cette r ualite pour se doniar droit ;t lui le dit A. 15. d'Jtre nonini6 et connni'-- sionno Notaire, dans ei, pour notre Province du Bas-Canada: ot que lo dit A. B. a subi iin ex- anien devant quek]uos-\ins des plus anciens Notaiies et pratieiens dans la seioiu e dos Notaircs 4M1 la presence de I'llonorable de notre Cour du Banc du Uoi, de et pour notre District ou le dit A. B. a etudic comnie subilil, etcpi'll a ite par les dits approuve conime ayant la capacite iiecessiilre ct possalaiit de l)onnes mneurs, aux fins d'etre coinniissioiuie ct nomme pour agir et pratiquer connne Notaire dans notre dite Province -anccs du dit A. B. et ii sa doinande spJeiale, nous de notre grj'ice speclale, certaine science, ])ropre mouvenicnt, avons constitue, nonnne et ])ar ces presentes constituons et noni- mons le dit A. ]5. j)our etre Notair ■ Pul)lic, daiiset pour notre Province du I^as-Canada ; jiour avoir, teuir, cxercer et jouir de l,i dite eliarge de Notaire Public connne susdit, ensemble avec tous pouvoirs, droits, privilege*, ju'ofits et emolunieus et avantages qui ap]iartieunent au (lit office ou qui de droit devaient ;■; ;iartenir audit A. B. et eo jiour et durant notre Plaisir Royal. En foi de (juoi nous avons i !t reiulre cos prc^sentes Icttres pateiites ct y avons fait ap- poser le grand seeau de notre Provi..ce du Bas-Canada. Temoin notre fidele et bien aime ^lathew Lord iVylmer, &c. &c. &c. No. 9. J , I ; n ''! 12 Seporl of James His Ex APPENDIX. No. J). Stuaut, Enquire, Ilia Majeah/'s Attortwy-Gmernl for Lower Crmniia, to •celhncy Sir JaiMes Kempt, in u letter to His Excellency's Secretary. Sin, Qiiebec, 5?A Avi/ ia'30. I have been lionoured witli tlie commands of His Kxcellency Sir James Kempt signified in your letter of this day, transmitting' it letter, with its inclosurc;, from tlic assent of the Hudson's l?ay Company, requestinty the interference of His Majesty's (iovcrn- ment to procnre the arrest of certain )>orsoiis cliar require that warrants should be issued against them. In obedience to His Kxcellency's conimaiuls, I have iierused the pajters which I lis Excel- lency has beeii pleased to refer to me, and among these the affidavits of Charles Prevost, Jy- , seph Parras, iuid John Schilling. From these it aj)])ears, that Charles Prevost was specially charged with the execution of a warrant, und(?r the haiul and Seal of a justice of the peace, for the arrest of one Peter M'Eeod on a charge of felony ; — that, with his assistants he proceeded to a trading post, called Islet a Jeremie for the purpose of executing liis warrant; — that ho there found M'Eeod with a drawn sword in liis liaiul, at the head of a hundred men, or more, corsisting of Iiulians and white men, supplied with arms, and, it is sufficiently evident, as- sembled for the purpose of preventing the execution of the warrant with which Prevost was charged; — that M'Lcod aiul the persons with him were made acquainted with tlie autliority under which Prevost acted, and the purpose for which he came; — that, in defiance of this au- thority, M'Lcod at the head of his parly, forbade the officer, at tlie peril of his life, to advance towards him for the pin-poso of arresting him, declar'ng " iju'il se Inisseroit conper in innnvaux *' plutot que fl'i'/rc />ris, t/ne hii ct fses nxsisfrnitx flnimt arnth de fusils, de luichcs, et ih Mfons, et " prt'ts d se defendrc ;" — that immediately after Peter M'Leod, the younger, son of the person accused, forcibly took possession of the canoe in which Prevost, the constable, liad reached the shore ; — thus preventing him from returning, except oil the terms which they might prescribe ; — That, by these means, the constable was prevented from executing the warrant against M'Leod, and was compelled to return to Quebec. I cannot but express my extreme surprise that Mr. Christie, the police magistrate, on such facts, substantiated by affidavit, should have refused, or even hesitated an instant, to issue his warrant for the arrest of the two M'Leods and the principal ringleaders in this outrageous and presumptnous resistance of pulilic authority, which must C(uistitntca grave ofl'ence under every system of hiw, by which the rights and security of individuals are protected. Under the law of this province it is a well settled principle, that the obstruction of lawful process is an indict- able offence ; and stronger circumstances than in this case to aggravate such an oflFcnce have seldom occurred. A hundred men assembled with arms, for the avowed purpose of preventing: the execution of a legal warrant on an accusation of felony, and actually accoiuplisliing this purpose by intimidation and violence, is such a defiance "and contempt of public authority, such an alarming f)bstrnction of public justice, as can but rarely occur under any established, well administered government. When such an outi-.geous ofTencc is committed, it is most im- portant in all cases, for the security of men's lives and property, that it should be visited with exemplary punishment. Ikit, in this particular case, there are peculiar considerations, arising from the remoteness of the ccunitry in which the oftence was committed, the absence of all local authority, and the coiise(puMit facility of infringing and evading the laws witli impunity, which enhance the serious character of the offiMice, and render it urgent that elfectual steps shoidd be taken to render amenable to justice the persons wiio have been guilty of it, and inspire, in tin' remote parts of the ]irovintes, where these transactions have occurred, a proper respect for the laws and for public authority. I will only beg leave furtlier to add, that by the Affidavits taken before Mr. Christie, and above referred to, the persons therein named stand legally charged with tlie ofence of a riot, and obstructing, by force and violence, the execution of the wiurant of a Justice of tlie Peace in APPEKDICE. No. 0. 13 Cmiada, to I- les Kempt 1 tlic ilgOIlt 's (lovcrn- :iitiou of it iiio, on the ri^port my ! iitfidavits, issL'ssL'd for led against His Excol- I'rovost, Jy- . ,as spofiidly pcaci", for 2 ])rot'ceded It ;— that ho III, or moro, cvicU'iit, as- I'rcvost was lie autheod avec iin sabre tire a la main, ,: la tete d'uiie ceiitaiiie d'hommes on plus, consistant de Sauvages et d'hommes blaiics, munis d'crmes, et assembles, comme il paraitassez evident, a la fin d'empccher rexecution dii warrant i'.nt I'revost etait charge ; — (pie M'Leod et les person- nesqui etaient aver lui furent informers de Tautorite sous lacpielle Prevost agissait et de I'objet pour lequel il etait \ 'nu ; — qu'au mejiris de cette autorite, M'Leod a la tete de son parti, Hefeiidit ii I'Officiei', au peril de sa vie, d'ajiprocher de lui pour I'arreter, declarant " qn'il fa " iaisserait roiipe en morcenu.v plutot tjiif. d'etre pris, f/iie lui ct srs assistans etaient armcs dc " fusils, de hnches, et de batons, ct prets a. sa di'fmdre ;" — qu'immediatement apres, Peter M'Fa'oiI, le jeune, filsde la personne accnsee, s'emjiara de force du canot dans lequel Prevost lo constable avait atteint le rivage ; — I'empechant aiiisi de s'eii retoiirner, si ce n'est aux conditions y opposiiijr tlie exeeution of tlie warrant of tiie Justice of the Peace, tiiese same persons may have bceoiue ptirtid/ns crimiiiis with IVI'Leod, the elder, and have incurred the guilt of accessaries after the facf. I have the honour to bo, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) True Copy, J. STUART. J. STUAIIT, Attorney-General. ; ( No. 10. Copy of the Record of Conviction of Mm'af. Vii.i.knf.i've, a hired man in the service of Mr. William Lami'son, of a riot, ftusrin/f, and fatsc iinprisounicnt f>/" Antoim; IIamkl, a Clerk, and others, hired men in the service of the Hudson's Hay Company, and cmphijed in their trade. PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA. s'raicT OF 1 lEU RiVEItS. / DisraicT oi- TiiuEi; Be it remcnil)cre(l, that at the Court of Ki IJeiieh, of( Sov( I. tlie Ki v-erpiojii begun and lioldon in tl'.o town of Three Kivirs, in the county of Siiiiit Maurice, in the said district of Tiiree llivers, on Mondiiy tiio fourteenth (hiv of March, in the firt-t year of tii« rilgri of our .Sovercifrn Lord Williani the l''ourlh, Kini; of the United Kiuirtloni of (^ueat liritain and Ireland, before tiie IIon()uiaI)le .lames Held, l>(|uiri', Chief .lusliee of the C-ourt of King's iJench, ofoursiiid Lord the Kin;;-, in ;unl for the di-triet of Montreal, .James Kerr, Lsquire, one of the Jusdces of our said Lord the Kini>- fur the district of (,)uebec, Jean lioea Holland, Ksquire, one of the .Fustices of the Court of Kind's ]5ench of our said Lord the V.i\\% in and for the district of .Moiitreid, and Joseph Wwn \'alliJres de St. Ural, l:'.s(iuire, resid'Ut Judge for the s;'id district of Threi lu\irs, as:.i^•ll( il to iiuiuire nmre fully, tlie truth by the oaiii of good and lawfid men of the sai'I district of 'I'hree liive:-s, the truth of all crimes and criminal oflenees witliin the district of Three liivers aforesaid, by whomsoever, and in what manner soever done, committetl, or pornetrated, and the said crimes and criminal oft'eiices to hear and determine u])on the oalh of Hi'nedict V. \\'au:ner, fon'man, Keneliii C. Chandler, Jean 1'!. Dumoulin, Krastus Wo(>l'.\>orth, I'raueois Dc-ii's, Josepli iiouchcr d(^ Xiverville, Antoini! 1'. de Courval, .Senior, Ktionnc Ma\ rami,' Cliarl.'s lAiriicr, Louis (iuillet, Jean Haptiste Herbert, Josejili Dionne, and I'ierrc IVIosms, o-o place, labourer, Pierre Perrier, late of the same place, labourer, Moise \illeiieiive, late of the same ]ilace, labourer, and I'raneois, an Indian of tlio tribe of Indians commonly called I'l'lis de lloidc, late of the same place, labourer, anil Pierre, an Indian, of the tribe of Indians commonly called Mi)nfiifjiioi.i,lAt.c of the siune place, labourer, being wicked, nialici(uis, and evil disposeil jhtsc us, on the tweiitj-eighth day of August, in the first year of the reign of our .Sovereign Lord William the I''ourtli, by the grace «)f (lod, of the United Kingdom of Great Hritain and Ireland King, Defender of the laitli, with force and arms, at the said extra-parochial place, in the county aforesaid, in the district aforesaid, un- law; ally, riotously, routously, and injurioiuily did assemble and gather together to disturb the jieace I i APPENDICE. 15 I and it is , to issue ii ic Justice M'Luod, ncral. ftlonip ; ct sur ccttc accusation, il ctait ilu devoir tie M. Ciiristie d't-mancr, et il est maintcnant du (Icvuir do tout autre ;\Ia!i;istrat, a qui k-s mi-uics aliidavits pourront ctre sourais, d'emaner un "Warrant |)our I'arrestatioii dcs ditc-s [icrsount's. II est a pi'opos ({'observer qu'eu s'oiiposaut il Toxecution d'un Warrant de Juge de Faix, CCS nieines persouiics peuveiit etre devenues purtkipes criminis avcc M'Lcod, pcrc, et sent cou- pables de "offense dcs accessoires aprcs Ic fait. J'ui riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre trcs-liuniblc ct obeisant serviteur, Copie conforme. J. STUART. (Signc) J. STUART, Procurcur-Gendral. vVe (/Mn. IIam:.i., It employed in No. 10. Copie du record de la eonrktion de MoVse V'ii.i.f.nf.uvf., cngarie. au servke de William Lamp- son, de riot, assfiiU, et faux em/irisoiitiement f/'ANToiNi; IIA^rI••.L, eowmis et autrcs, cngagei au service de la Compagnie de la liuic d' Hudson, et employes dans so?i Commerce. PROVINCE DU BAS-CANADA, 1 the Kinff, ill the said of tli« n Ign veat l?ritaiii It of Kiii|r's rr, I'.squirc, Mill Kulland, \u:'X '" '""^ sid.'ut .liul^c y- llic Ollill (it and eriinliud what liianiier to hear and er, .lean 1"'. , Anfoiut! P. ste Herbert, 'hiee llivers, loily of the I wit : 'I'lire.e that C liarles Kai)s-kis-ka- , gentleman, same place, iidiau of the , and Pierre, ice, hibourer, August, in e of Clod, of i< witii force ifoicsaid, un- dislurb tlio peace DlSTUKT DF.S 1 Tkois-Rivif.kes. / Qii'il soil un menioiro, qii'a la Cour du Raiic du Roi de notre Souvorain Seijrneur le Roi, commerieeo et teniie dans la \'ille dos Trois-Uivieres, le luiuli qiiatorzieme jour de Mars, dans la jirriniere anneo du rei',iie de notro Snuverain Selsj'neur Guiilaunie Qtiatre, Iioi du Royaume- Uni dela Grande Bretai>ne et d'Irlande, devaut los llniioraliles James Reid, Eeuj'er, Juge-en- Clief de la Cour du Haiic du Roi, de notre dit .Seiji^iipur le Roi, dans et jiour le District de Montreal. James Kerr, Ecuyer. un des Jiiiros de notre dit Seigii'Ur le Roi pour le District de Quebec, .lean Roch Rnlland, Eciiyor, lui des Juo-es (K- la Coar du Banc du R.ii de noire dit Seiu;nour la Roi, dans et jioiir le District de Montreal, et Joseph Remi \'iillieres do >St. Real, Ecuyer, .lui^e resulant du District des Trois-Rivieres, a'^siirues pour s'enqiu'rir plus pleincment, jiar le sermer.t d'Jiomines bons et qualifies du dit District des Trois-Rivieres, do la VLiitc dc tons les crimes et ofiVnscs criminclles dans le District des Trois-Rivieres siisdit, par qui que ce soit, et de quelijue maniere (pic ce soit fait, et comiuis, et jiour entendre et determiner los dits crimes ct offenses crimiuelles sur lo sormoht de Benedict P. Waj^ner, Prijsidcnt, Kenelni C. Chandler, Jtaii E. Duinoiilin, Erastu^ Woolsworth, Eranc'ois Dessins, Jose])h Boucher de Ni- vervillo, Antoino P. do Coiirval, ptTo, Eilonno Majrand, Charles I'ortin, Louis Guillct, Jean Baptisto Ilebert, Joseph Dionno et Pierre Desfosses, hommes bons et comjietens du dit District dos Trois-iliviiTos, hi et alors asscrmcnti^'s et cliargi^s de s'enquerir pour notre dit Seigneur le Roi pcmr le corps dudit District des Trois-Rivieres; il est presentij de la manid'rc et dans la forme qui snivent, savoir: Trois-Rivid'res, savoir: — Les Jur(js de notre Seigneur le Roi, expo- sent sous leur serment, que Charles M'Carthy, ci-devant d'une certaine place extra-paroissiale, savoir, d'une place appelije Lac Kaos-kis-!iiti'iiry to t!io liw>< of this ». /(H-iiici', wiilioiit any lo.u'al waniiiil, authority, or ju-itiHahli' or judlialili' {j::.\M' \vliat«ii,\i>,-, did iir.prisoii. and detain in iivJMin tiiL've, lor ii linijr «[)a(.i iit'l'ino, towir, i'.iv tl.c s| iuv ol' tucnty-jDur dav-^, then next lollow- iiiy:, and (itiicr wimi-s id tbo said Antoiiif llaimd thu M)Uii:;('r. Jii^i'iui Laplanto, (lahriid Hciti'iL', and l',..-ciial {-"loiiiiiM'd, iiu':i and th'.'Vi', nnhiwl'nliy, viulcully, niidk'ii)n>ly, rlotoiisly, ronlou^ly, and iiijurimi^ly did, lo rlif i,-riat daniai;-c or' tho saiil Anioinc liauii. 1 the yoinii;or, Joioidi T.ajil.iati', (li.Ur'id Huaic, and I'u'-i'lsal (. hoin;iaid, in conti'niipr ol' onr ^aid 1-ord llio Kini'. and hi-< la\ss. ,o t..c (■vil ixannili' of all othi'is, and aii'ainst thoin'aix' of onr said Lord lh(; K- 1 • 1 •■ • ^ '1-1 1 niii', Ins criiwn and !lii,!iit\. And till' jm'ors aiorosaid, njinn iheir oath aforesaid, lio furtlicr prosont, tliat the >;cid Charles M'C'arthy, Ainlu'iiso TravLUsIe. I'ierro Terrier, iMoVse \ illenenve, I'raneois, an linlian. and Pierre, an Indiaa, iieie.;- wieked, niaiieion-^, and evil-dis[iosed (lersons, on liie said twenty-eiirhih day of An^.ist, in I'n; first j ear al'.iresaid. uiih foree and arms, at a ei rlain place called [,a'laiite, (iahriel Ilonle et Paschal C'honinard, la et alors illi^iralcineiit, 'ioli'iiunent, inaliciensemeiit, tiimiiltiieiisement et iiijnrienseinent tireiit d'antrcs nianvals traitenieiis, an grand doifimaije des dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Josejih T.aplante, (laliriel Ilonle et Paschal Clioui- nard, an inepris de notre dit Sei;riicnr le Hoi, et de ses Lois, an }i;rand Kcaiidale de tons autres, et eontre la paix dc notre dit Seigneur le Hoi, saConronne et sadignite. Et les Jiires susdits sous leur serment siisdit, exjiosent en outre quo les dits Charles M'Carthy, Ainlmnse Traversie, Pierre Perrier, Mo'i'se \'illeneuve, PraiKj'ois, Smi',\, jj-o, ct Pierre, Sauvage, etant des pi-rsonnes nu'chaiites, inalicieiises et inal dispos'.'es, le dit . Mgt-hiiiticme jour d'Aoi'it, dans la premiere aiinee susdite, avec force et amies, a line certaiiie place extia-pa- roissiale, savoir, ii line place appelce Lac Kaos-kis-ka-ganiac, sitae dans ic District des Trois- Itivicres, illegalenient, tiiiniiltiieiiseinent et iiijnrieiiseinent so soiit a'senihles tMiseinble, pour trouliler la paix de notre dit Seisriieiir le Hoi, ct etant ainsi hi et alors assembles, tirent eontre et sur le dit Antoine Ilamel, tils, Josej)!! Laplaiite, Ciabriel Ilonle et Pasciial Cliouinard, la et alors dans la |)aix de Dieii et de notre dit Seigne.ir le Hoi, illegalement, tiiinnltiieiiscineiit et injiirieusement, un assaiit violent, et les dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Joseph T^aplaiite, (iabriel Hoiile et Paschal Cliouinard, hi et alors tiimultiieusemeiit et violeiinnent battirent, blessc'reiit et maltraiterent, et les dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Jose]ih Laplaiite, (iabriel Ilonle et Pasciial Choni- iiard, hi et alors avec force et amies, illegalenient, tninnltueusemeiit et iiijnriensement, eontre la volonte des dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Josejih Laplaiite, (iabriel Iloule et Paschal Cliouinard, et centre les Lois tie cette Province, sans anciiii warrant legal ni antorite, iii cause jiistitiaiile ou jirobable qnelconque, emprisoniiercnt et hi retiiirent en jirisoii, pour im long espace dc temps, savoir : pour I'espace de vingt-ipiatre jmirs, alors suivans, ct tirent d'aiit res torts aux dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Joseph Laplaiite, (iabriel Ilonle et Pascal Cliouinard, la et alors, ille- galement, violeinment, inaliciensenient, tiiiiiultueusemeiit et injiirieusement, an ,;• :iiid doin- mage des dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, Joseph Laplaiite, (Iabriel Iloule et Paschal Choiiinaid, an inepris de notre dit Seigneur le Hoi, et de ses Lois, an grand scaiidalc de tons autres, et eontre la paixde notre dit Seignenr Ic Hoi, sa Couroiine et sa (lignite. Et les Jurt-s snsdlts, sons leur serment susdit, exposent en outre, que les dits Charles M'Carthy, Antoine Traversie, Pierre Perrier, Moi'se Villeneuve, Fran(:ois, Saiivage, ct Pierre, fSauvage, etant des personnes niechaiites, nialicieuses ct mal (lispos(?es, le vingt-haitieine jour d'Aoiit, dans la premiere aniii''e snsdite, avec force et armes, a une certaine ])lace noiiinu'e Lac Kaos-ki-ka-ganiac, noii comprise dans aiiciine Paroisse, Comte on District, etant sitiu'e dans les territoires Sanvages, on parlies de rAnieri(|ue non reiifermees dans les liinitcs de rune ni de rautredes Province du I laiit on dii Pas-Canada, ni d'ancun Cionvernement civil des Etats-l'nis d'Ami^riqiie, et i!'tant dans la jurisdiction de la Cour du Haiic du Hoi de notre dit Seigneur le Hoi, de et pour le dit District des Trois-Hivieres, s'asseniblijreiit illegalemeiit, tuniiiltucuse- iTi(!nt, et injnriensenient pour tronbler la ]iaix de notre dit Seigneur le Hoi, et (.''taut ainsi assein- Mi-s, tirent hi et alors un assaiit violent, sur et eontre les dits Antoine Hamel, tils, Joseph La- plaiite, (iabriel Ilonle et Paschal Cliouinard, la et alors etant dans la paix de Dieii ct de notre dit Seigneur le Hoi, illi/galcinent, tnmnltnensenient et injurieusement, et les dits Antoine Ila- jncl, tils, Joseph Laplaiite, (iabriel Iloule et Paschal Cliouinard, hi et alors, tnrbnlcinincnt ct violemment battirent, blesserent et maltraiterent, et les dits Antoine Ilamel, tils, .loseph La- plaiite, (iabriel Ilonle et Paschal Cliouinard, la et alors, avec force et armes, illtgalement, tu- multueusemeiit et injuriensemeiit, eontre la volonte des dits Antoine Hamel, tils, Joseph La- plaiite, Gabriel Iloule ct Paschal Cliouinard, et eontre les Lois de cette Province, sans aiicuii C warrant ?■• 16 APPKNDIX. I j saifl Aiitoiiii" Hnmel the younger, Josopli Laplanto, Clabrli-l Iloulo, uiid I'lisclml Clioiiiimrd, uiul ciinfniry to tlio Laws ot'tliis I'roviiitr, witlioiit any k'f^al warrant, mitliority, or justitialtle or prolrildi' cause whatsoovor, did ini|)iison, and ili tain in prison tiieri', for a lon^ spuco of tinii', to wit< for tlie spuce of twonty-four day>^, tlicn noxt following, and otlicr wron)j;H to till' said Anioine Hainol tiio yonnj^i-r, .losi-jdi l.a])lanlo, (iabrit-i Ilouk', and I'anclial C'!ioninard, tlii-ii and tliero nnlawt'ully, violently, nialiciouMly, riotously, routously, and injii- riiin^ly did, to tlio groat dmnaicc of tiio said Aiitoine Ilaincd tlio yonngiT, Josopli Laplanto, (■al)i'ii'l lliiulc, and I'uscluil C'iiouinard, in lontonipl of onr said Lord tlio Kinir and Ids LawH, to (he o\ il txiuiipli! of all others, and against the pciicc of onr said Lord the King, his crown anil diiriury. And the jurors aforesaid, ajjon their oath aforesaid, do further present, tliat the said Charles M'C'nrthy, Ainhroise 'I'raversie, I'ierrc I'errier, Moise N'illeneuve, IVanc^ois, an Indian, and I'ierre, an Indian, heing wicked, uiaiieioiis, and evil-dis|iosed persons, on the said twi'nty-eigitli day of August, in the first year afonsaid, with force and arms, at u certain |ilaee called Lake Kaos-ki»-ki-ganiac, not comprehended within any |)arish, county, or district, heinii situated in the territories heretofore granted to the (iovernor and Company of Adventu- rers of England, trading into Iliulson's Hay, and heiiig within the jurisdiction of the Cmirt of King's Ik'Ucii of our said Lord the ][ai;ii)le of all others, aiiil against tiie peace of our said Lord the King, his crown ant! dignii', , \\ Iierewpon Miuse Villeneuve, one of the pcrs(Mii charged with the oft'ence specified in the said iudictmeiit on Wednesday, the sivteenth day of the said month of March, in the said first (,'ar of l:l;i' reign of our sovereign Lord the King, before the said Chief Justice ami Jus- tices of our sail Lord the King last above-nanu'd, here cometl. ;;> tlu' bar in his projier person, aii'l forthwitfi beinj; deniamled concerning the premises in the said indiclnuMit above specified, an I charged u]ion liim, how he will ae(put himself tlu'reof : he saith that he is not guilty therec f; and thereof for good and I'vil he j)uts himself upon the country, and will be ready f(a- hi-, tri.d on 'Thursday the seventeenth day of the said mcmth of March and year last aforesaid, and James Stuart, Kscpure, Atlorney-Cleneral of the said Province ()f Lower Ca- nada, vm'ui jirosecutes for our said Lord the King in this behalf does tlie like. — And on the said ^e^•enteenth day of March and year last aforesaid, on the motion of the said Moise N'iileneuve, he is I'V the said Justices allowed to withdraw his plea of iH)t guilty, and to plead guilty: whereupo!. the siiid Moise Villeneuve saith that he is guilty of the oft'ence aforesaid oi; hi.n above char!:;\'d in the form aforesaid, as by the iudictineiit aforesaid, is above supposed against him. Wliereupon all and siiig«Br the premises being seen, and by the said Justices here fully understood, it is on the said seventeenth day of March and year hist above-mentioned, consider..(l hy the Court here, and adjudged that the said Moise N'iileneuve be confined in the I'omnion j^aol of the said district of Three Rivers for the space of one month, and that in.' give security for his good behaviour for one year, himself in the sum of one liun- dred |ioumIs currency, and two securities in the simi of fifty |)ounds currency each ; ami fl:ut after the cxpuatiou of the said imprisonmeiif, and after the ^aid security be given, be discharged. W. F. H. COFFIN, Clk. Cr. No. 11. ; I APPENDICK. 19 warrant ni niitoritc li'galo, ni cmi«c JustiHuldi' iii pr()l)al)l«', cmprisonni^rpnt cl la rctinn iit en prison, pctidunt iin Ikiij^ cspaco (U> ti-nips, savoir, pendant l'i'S|iaff dc vin^t-ipiatr:' joiirn idors siiivans, {'t, tirontd'aiitros torts aiix diln Antoino Ilaimd, His, Joseph I^plantv, liahiii 1 IIouIlmI I'asclial t'houinard, la ct alors, ilii'^alemcnt, violcmment, ?naiii'ion»pinent, turlniii'mniint I't in- juripiiscmpnt, an (jrand dominate (lis dits Antoinp llanu-l, tils, .Joseph Laplantp, (Jalni.'l Holder et I'aseiial Clioninard, an mepris do iiotn; tlit Souveriiin S( i ; ipur le Koi et do scs Lois, an grand scandale dc tons antrcs, pt contre la paix de notrc dii ; tigneur le Koi, mi Couronne ct sa (lignitLs Et les Jim's susdits, sons lonr serment wnsdit, exposent en outre, qno Km diti Cliarlos M'Cartliy, Anihroise Traversie, Pierre Pcrrit ■, Moise X'illeiicuve, Fran(,'ois, Is'anvauc, Piiire, Sanva>jp, etaiit dps personnes nipchantes, nialieipiisps pt inal dinposues, lo (lit \'iMift-iiuitiiiin> jour d'Aoiit, dans la j)remi(:re annpp susdite, avpc forpp et arines, a une certaiiie place a^ii'tlce I.ac.Kii(is-kis-ka-}(amac, non poni|)risp dans anpune Paritiss(», Comtu ou Distiiet, l^'jL situee «lans les territoirps ei-dpvant ponpt'des an Clonvernpur pt a la Compaguie d'AiPuturier d'Aii- glcterrp, faisant C'oinmerop a la Haic d'Hudson, Pt etant dans la jurisdiction dp la t'onr du Hanc du Hoi de notrp (lit Seigneur le Koi ponr le District des Trois-llivieres, s'.i. .enilderent illpjjaleinpnt, tnmultupnspnicnt pt injiiripusompnt pour trouMpr la paix de notrc di S .iN'i'pur le Iloi, pt I'tant ainsi la pt alors asspnd)lps fireiit ill(''f;alenu'iit, tumultueuseinent et in'urii-ii^enii at, nn assaiit violent pontrc et sur Ipsdits Antoine Ifainel, fils, Joseph La|)lantp, (l.ibrie' HouIp et Pasplial C'iiouinard, et les dits Antoinp HampI, tils, Joseph Laplantp, Gabriel Honl, ■ Pasclml Clioninard. la pt alors, hattirpiit, Idesserent et inaltraitereiit tumultueuseinent et vl i inineiii, et les dits .^••.toinp Ilaniel, fils, Joseph Laplantp, Guliripl llonle et Paschal ( h'luiii.'rd, lii pt alors, avec force pt arnun, ille'raleinent, tuinnltupuseiiieiit et iiijurieuseinont, pontrc la volonte dps dits Antoine llamel, fils, .Fospjili T^aplantp, daln-iel Iloult! et Pa-schal Cliotiiiiiird, et contre les Lois de cette Province, sans aueuii warrant ni antoritv- lej^ale, ni cause justilia' lo ni probahle qiiolcoiiqiie, ein])rison!R'ront pt la rptinrpiit en prison, pendant un loiijif ospace do t.'iiijis, savoir : pendant I'cspape de vinfi;f-()uatre jonrs, alors snivans, et firent d'autres torts aux dits .Uituine Hanipl, fils, Joseph Laplantp, Cialiriel llonle Pt Pascal Clioninard, la ct idor«, 'llcfiuicnRnt, violeininent, inalicieuseincnt, tnninltupuspnient, luilinlpininent et injurieusenipi-.t, ini grand ininas Lois, an grand scaiuLIe do tons aiitro.s, ^t coute la paix do iiotro dit Seigneur le Iloi, sa Courouiie et sa digniti;. 10 Kill"-, his La-dessns ^I(>Vse V'illenfiive, uno des personnes accusdes dc roflTenac spetifi 'e dar • ie dit acte d'accusation, niprcrcdi, lp dprniorjour du dit mois de Mais, dans la ditc premiere ai : i'e du rpgne do notro dit Souvprain Seigiipur le Hoi, dcvaiit les dits Juge-en-Chct' et Jiiges (' notvo dit Seigiiour lo Ixoi ci-dessns iKnnnu's, so pri'senta li la bane eii sa propre por.soniio, 1 1 ! I avisiit etc deniande ii I'egard des allegations conteiuies dans le dit aeto d'accusation et de I';k'i;is;i i(ui portee contre li.i, de quelle nianiiTe il s'eii aoqiiitfera, il dit qu'il n'en est pas conpal)le ; et poni' le bien et le m.d a cet egard ils'en ri'posesur li? ]'ays, et s-eia pret pour son proccs jeudi le dix- septiome jour dii dit inois de Mars pt anniip niontionnee on dernier lieu, et James St:' t, iu'iiyor, I'rocurpur-tu'iiL'riil de ladite Province du Pas-Canada, loiinel poursiiit pour notre <.\t Sii;;iieni le Iloi danspotip cause fait do nieine. Ltledit dix-soptit'me jour de Mars et aiinco iner'iii^iiien en dernip!' lie:i, sur la motion dn dit ]Moise Villeneuve, il lui est perinis par les dits .Jnges de retirersoM i)laitlo\or de non-couiiable, et do plaidprconpable : sur qiioi le dit jNIoVsp Vil'eiuiive dit qn'il pst coupiiblp dp roHonse susdite dont il est iiccusc daiisja forme susdito, etcoaiii h :j.:p- pose le dit acte d'accusatioii contre lui. Cost ]>onrquoi les dit-? Jiigcs ayant vn et pleiiiement eiifendu tout ce que ci-dossus, li Coiir ici, ledit (lix-spptiemo jour de ^lars et anneo inentioniK-e en dernier lieu, consid(^'i''- et ;; !jut;'e que lo dit MoV'.e \'illoneuvo soil oontiiKl' dans la Prison commune du dit District des 'i'lils-Hi- vi(!'res, resjiaco d'un mois, ptipi'il donno caution do bonne conduitc pour une annpo. j i.-.mnel- leme.'.t de la soinnie do cent Itvres co'irant, et par deux cautions pour la sommc do ciiuj:iinto livros couraiit c! acuno ; et I'l'ii rexpinuioii du dit cmprisoiinement, ct apres que le Jit caiition- iiemcntauru vt6 doina', ilsoitdccliargt. W. F. H. COFFIN, G. C. No. 11. I ;■! ■'*; \t I I ■ i i go APPENDIX. No. 11. Ccrtifiratf o/" Wii.i.i.vM Orkkn, Enquire, Clirk of the Crown, /or the. District of Qtiihec, confiiiiiiiii/ (I .s/irriJlroHon (f Im/iitiiicnts /infrrrfd in llif I'onrt of Kimfn Iknr/t at (-liteber, in St/ttimfiir '/'inn, Ih;)0, nt tlic iiistnnit of Sermiits of the Iliulnon's liuy Company^ against Servgntu of ll'illiani Liinipson. PROVINCE OF LOWEll CANADA. DisTiticr OF 1 I ci'itiCy tluit at His Miijcsty'»< Court of Kiiijr's IJcncli for tho District of Qiiebci-, lii-iriiii aiitl lii> lien at tlio Court House, in llu> City of (jut'l)i-f, for tliu co^nizuiice of all oriinos anil I'riininiil ntl'cni'i's, on Tuesday tlu- twiMity-first day of Septonibor, in tlie year of our Lord one tlidusiind ein'lit hundred and tidrty, and in the hrst year of tiio lleif^ii of our Sovereign r.ord William the I'ourth, hy the Cnaee of (lod, of the United Kingdom of Great Hritain aiul Ireland, KtMli Martiiioau. ludiotorncut pour avoir tiru inalioiouscinont ot fVoniciiscincJit " sur uii noniino Marc, Sauvagc. TLinoiiis, ^Iarc, Sauvagc, I'ldlip, Siuuagc. — I'-o Bill. (Signu) « W. G. oHEPPAUl), i'rosident.'' Et fut rapporte No Bill. Et dans Ic mCme tornio iiii actc d'accusation eiidosso comiiie suit : — " Cour du lianc du lloi, Quol)oc, Torino do .Sc]itoinl)ro, 18:10. — Lo iloi contre Peter " M'Lood, poro, Potor M-I.ood, f'ls, .Tacol) Truhsliaw, Miohol Siiuai'o(l, fils, ?IitlicI Siniard, Joso])li Plamondon, " Aloxandor Schmidt, Oxihio 'Jorgoron ot Jaoquos Sylvo-ti'r. — liiliotoinont pour vol. — Tc- " moins, Rol)er Cowio, Noil Marcoux, Joan llaptistc Rouild.id, William Davis. — No Bill. (Sigpo) W. G. SIIEPPABD, President." Fut mis dovant lo Grand Jury ot rapporto — No BilL / Et dans le mome Terme, un acto d'accusation cndos j con ;'io snit : — " Cour du Banc du Roi, Qno'.oc, Torino do Soptomliro, 1830, — Lo Roi contre Peter " M'Lood, poro, R ibort Martin Rrownson, Potor M'Lood. tils, IMicliol Simard, .Jacques Syl- " vestor, Oxibio Rorgoron, Joan Raptisto Solii.iidt, Aloxandor Schmidt ct Joseph Plamondon. " Indictoniont pour un riot, avoir assailli ot battu un noinnitj Robert Cow'o, ot autros, et avoir " enlevc dc force de la garde et ]iossc>ssiou legale du dit Robert Cowic, divors mcubles ct effots, " ct I' 1^ I- .. i 59 APPENDIX. " Robert Cowio, divers goods and chattels, and eoiivertiiiff the same to their own use. — Wit- " nesses, Robert Cowie, Elie Bouchard, J. Etc. Rouillard, Elie Boucher. — True Bill. (Signed) » W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was preferred before ilie Grand Jury and returned and found a True Bill. And that at the same Term a Bill of Indictment indorsed as follows : — " Court of King's Bench, Quebec, September Term, 18;30. — The King against Michel " Simard. — Indictment for Assault and Buttery, — Witness, Wm. Davis — True Bill. (Signed) " W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was preferred before the Grand Jury, and found and returned True Bill . 1 W. GREEN, Clerk of the Crown. No. 12. Ccrfificnte o/* William Grefa'. V.»q., Chrk of the Cron-n for the District of Qitehec, containing a sprcificatirn of Imlicfments prefirred in the Court of Kinifs Ihnch at (^ud)ec, in Sep- tembrr Trrm, 11^:30, at the in.ita7ice (f Servants of iViUiam Lampson, against Servants of the Hudson's Bag Compang. PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA. DisTitiiT or QiEisnc. } I certify, that at His M.ijesty's Court of King's Bench for the District of Quebec, begun mid lioUren at tlie Court House in the City of Quebec, for tiie cognizance of all crimen and criminal ofFcnccs, on Tuesday tlie twenty-first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and in the first year of the Reign of our Sovoreigii Lord M'illiam tlie Foui'th, by the Grace of i.iod of the Ignited Kingdom of Cireiit Britain and Ireland, King, Defeiulor of the Faith, belore the Ilonouralilo Jonathan Sewell, Esquire, Chief Justice of t'.c i'roviiice of Lower Csinada, and the Ilouonrable .lames Kerr, Edward Bowcn, and Jean Thomas Tiischereau, Es(|uires, Justices of His Majesty's said Court of King's Bencii ; — A Bill of Indictment was preferred before the Grand Jury, indorsed as follows, that is to say : — " Court of King's Bencli, Quebec, Septembn- Term, 18.')0, the King against William '' Davis. — Iiulictmoiir, for maliciously and felonioasly shooting at one Robert Martin Brown- " son. — Witiies!;e>, U. M. Brownsoii, John Savard. — Ignoramus. (Signed) « W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was rcturued Ignoramus. And at the same Term a Bill of Indictment indorsed as follows : — " Court of King's Bench, Quebec, Sc]- ember Term, lA'W.— The King a:;ainst William " Davis, Francois Deloricr, and John I'eiison. — Ir.dictment for maliciously and feloniously " shooting at one Robert Martin Brownsoii. — Witness, R. M. Brownsoii. — No Bill. (Signed) « W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was returned no Bill. And lu ir- APPENDICE. 23 oreman." " et avoir convcrti iceux ii lour usage. — Temoins, Robert Cowic, Elic Boucliard, J. Bte. " RooiUard, Elie Boucher. — Vrai Bill. (Signc) " W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Fut presente au Grand Jury et rapporte Vrai Bill. Et au meme Terme un acte d'accusation endossu comme suit : — " Cour du Banc du Roi, Quebec, Terme de Scptembrc, 1830.-^Le Roi contre Michel " Simard. — Indictemcnt pour assaut et batterie. — Temoins, Wm. Davis. — Vrai Bill. (Signe) " W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Fut mis di'vant le Grand Jurj', et trouve et rapporte Vrai Bill. W. GREEN, Grefficr dc la Couronne. No. 12. Certificat (k Wilijaji Green, Ecuyer, Greffier de la Coi:i,)inc pour Ic District de Quebec, conlcnant une specification des actes d'accusation presrntes dans la Cour du Banc du Roi, a Quebec, dans le Terme de Septembre, 1830, d r instance des servitcurs dc William Lampson, contre les servileurs de la Compagnie de la Bale d'Hndson. PROVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. DiSTllICT deI QUEUEC. J Je certifie, que dans la Cour du Banc du Roi de Sa Majoste pour le District do Quebec, commencee et tenue ii la Cour de Justice dans la Cite do Qm-bec, pour la connaissance do tous les crimes et offenses eviminellos, le mardi vingt-ct-unieme jour tie Se])tembre, dans Tannee de notre Seigneur mil-liuit-cent-trente, et dans la premiere anncc du regno de notrc souveraiii Seigneur Guillaume Quatre, par la grace de Dieu, Roi du Royaume-Uni de la Grande Brc- tiigne, et (Flrlande, defenseur de la Foi, devant I'Honorablc Jonathan Sewell, Ecuyer, Juge- cn-Chef de la Province du Bas-Canada, et l.»s Honorablcs James Kerr, Edward Bowen et Jean Thomas Tascliereau, Ecuyer, Juges de la dite Cour du Banc Roi de Sa Majeste ; un acte d'ac- cusation fut porte devant le Grand Jury, endosse comme suit, c'cst-a-savoir : " Cour du Banc du Roi, Quebec, Terme de Septembre, 1 830, le Roi contre William " Davis. — Indictemcnt pour avoir tire malicieusement et fclonieusement sur un nomme Robert '• Martin Brownson. — Temoins R. M. Brownson, John Savard. — Ignoramus. (Signe) » W, G. SHEPPARD, President." Lequel fut lapporto Ignoramus. Et qu'au meme Terme un acte d'accusation endosse comme suit : — *' Courdu Banc du Roi, Quebec, Terme de Septembre, 1830. — Le Roi contre William " Davis, Fran(,-ois Delorier, et John Benson. — Indictemcnt pour avoir tire malicieusement et *' felonieusemcnt sur un certain Robert Martin Brownson. — Temoins, R. M. Brownson.— No Bill. (Signe) « W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Fut rapporte No Bill. Et ,r I, 94 "APPENDIX. And that at the same Tenn a Bill of Indictment indorsed as follows : — « Court of King's Bench, Quebec, September Term, laSO, the King iiTjainst Phillip, an " Indian, Franci-ois, an Tiulian, Andreole, an Indian, and Laurent Denis, an Indian. — hi- •' dictment for malieiou ! y and feloniously shooting at one Louis Houpe. — Witnesses, Louis " Iloupe and Joseph Martineau. — Ignoramus. (Signed) « W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was preferred before the Grand Jury, and was retuined Ignoramux. And that at the same Term a Bill of Indictment indorsed as follows : — " Court of King's Bench, Quebec, Se])tember Term, 1830. — The King against Philip " an Indian, Franc^-ois, an Indian, Andreole, an Indian, luid Laurent Denis, an Indian. — " Indictment fcr maliciously and feloniously shooting at one Joseph Martineau and Louis " Hupe. — Ignoraimis. (Signed) «' W^ G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." Was preferred before the Grand Jury and roturned Ignoramus. And that, at the same Term, a Bill of Indictment, indorsed as follows : — " Court of King's Bench, Quebec, September Term, ISSJO, — The King against Elie " Boucher, — Indictment for Robbery, — W ituesscti, Pecotlegun, an Indian. — Ignoramus. (Signed) «W. G. SHEPPARD, Foreman." W^as preferred before the Grand Jury and returned Ignoramus. W. GREEN, Clerk of the Crown. *> I: ■ft' ' ■ i ' f ii V \ No. 13. « Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Gi.rot;, Secretary to His ExceUeney the Administrator of the Government, fu Ja.mes Stlakt, Esquire, His Majesty's Attorney-General. Sir, Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, &h December, 1830. I am commanded by His Excellency the Administrator of the Govennnent to transmit the accompanying letter from Mr. Davidson, with a case connected therewith, and to request you will give an opinion and report on the latter, for his Lordship's information, and for the guidance of Mr. Davidson. I have the honour to be. Sir, ^'our most obedient humble servant, (Signed) J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. The Hon. J, STUART, Attorney-Gcncral. No. 14. )reman.' oreman. APPENDICE. Et qu'au mi-mc Terme iin actc (raccusation cndossd comme suit : 25 " Coiir du Banc du Roi, Quebec, Terme do Septembre, 1830.— Le Roi coiitrc Philippe, Sauvage, Francois, Sauvago, Andrealc, Sauvage, et Laurent Denis, Sauvage.— ^Indictenient pour avoir malicieusenient et feloiiieuseinent tire sur un nomine Louis Hupe.— Temoins Louis Hupe ct Joseph Martineau. — lijnnramns. ' (Signe) « W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Put presente an Grand Jury et fut rupporte Ignoramus. Et qu'au meme Terme un acte d'aceusation endosse comme suit : — " Courdu Banc du Roi, Quebec, Terme de Septembre, 1830.— Le Roi contre Philippe, Sauvage, Francois, Sauvage, Andreole, Sauvage, et Laurent Denis, Sauvage.— Indicte- ment pour avoir malicieusement et felonieusement tire sur les nommes Joseph Martineau ct LouLs Hupe. — Ignoramus, (Signe) « W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Ftit portii devant le Grand Jury ct rapporte Ignoramus. Et qu'au meme Terme un acte d'aceusation endosse comme suit : — " Cour du Banc du Roi, Quibcc, Terme de Septembre, 1830.— Le Roi contre Elie Boucher. — Indictement pour vol. — Temoins, Pecotlegun, Sauvage. — Ignoramus. (Signe) « W. G. SHEPPARD, President." Fut port6 devant le Grand Jury et rapporte Ignoramus. (Signe) W. GREEN, Greffierde la Couronne. No. 13. Lcttre du Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretaire de Son Excellence FAdministrateur du Gouver- mment, a James Stuakt, Ecuyer, Procureur-General dc Sa Majestv. Monsieur, Chateau St. Louis, QiiBec, 8 Deccmbrc, 1830. J ai re<;u ordre de Son Excellence rAdministratour d\i Gouvorncmcnt de vous transmettre la lettre ci-jointe de M. J3avidson, avec un cas y rolatif, et de vous prier de donner une opi- '1'"'^/''^'^ ^'"™ '■appoft SI"' le dernier, pour I'information de sa Seigneurie, et pour la conduite de M. Davidson, n > i J'ai I'honneur d'i tip, Monsieur, votre tres-hiimble et trcs-obeissant scrviteur, * i,TT T . r.,., (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. A I'Hon. J. STUART, Procureur-General. D No. 14. i26 r U APPENDIX. No. 14. Report from James Stuaht, Esquire, His Majesty's Attorney-General, to His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, containimj his opinion reroseeutions should be commenced, but that convictions also should be obtained within a prescribed time. Uy the clause above recited the Provincial Legislature, having a .it No. 15. \ i APPENDICE. No. 14. 27 Itapportde James Stuart, Ecuyer, Procureur-Gcneral de Sa Majeste, A Son Excellence PAd- ministruteur du Gmivernement, contenant son opinion requise par la lettre precedente. MoNsiEun, Quebec, 10 Decembre, 1830. J'ai oil riionneur de rccevoir Icsordrcs de Son Excellence I'Administrateur dii Gourerne- mcnt, sigiiifii^s dims votre lettro du 7 couraiit, transmettaiit 'uu.' lettre de M. Davidson, avee un cos y mentionne, et demandant inon opinion sur iceiui, nour riufonnation de sa Seigneurie et pour la conduito do M. Davidson. Ea obc'issaiice aux ordres de sa Seigneurie, j'ai lu la lettre do M. Davidson, et le cas qn'il a plu 11 sa Sei^p.eurie de me renvoj'er. Par ee cas, une seule question est souniise, savoir : i^i par la 5'2e Seetion du Statut Provincial 10 ct 11 Geo. IV, chap. 1, les penalites impo- sees par co Statut peuvcnt etre recouvrces. a|)res le lapse d'un mois a compter du temps oii out etc commises les offenses par lesquelles oUes ont etc cncourues. La 5'2e Section du Statut " Que toutos les amendcs, penalites et confiscations cncourues '' sous cet acte jiourront etre poursuivics ct recouvrces sous un mois aprcs I'offcnse commise, " et non aprcs." 11 est dit dans I'exposition de cette affaire, que les poursuites pour amendes ct penalites I'ucourues sous ce Statut, ont cte intentees dans le mois ii compter de la commission de certaines offenses, et restent indccises de])uis le lapse de cette jieriode do temps. Les limitations dc temps qui affectent les poursuites pour ])eiialitcs s'appliquent g^nerale- ment a leur cciiiiiienccment, et non a leur conclusion. Dans quelqiies cas cepeiidant, la L^-gisla- ture a voillii, que non seulem<«nt les poursuites fussent commencces, mais que les convictions fussent aussi obtenuos dans un temps prescrit. Par la derniere clause ci-dessus rccitee, la L6- gislaturc Pro, inciale, ayant adopte cette derniere limitation, a exijije non seulcment que les ])(>tirsuites soui le Statut en question seront commencces, mais qu'clles seront termin^es par le recouvrement des penalites, c'est-a-dirc, par les convictions, sous uu mois a compter de la com- mission des offenses. II faut se conformer a cette injonction de la Legislature ; et ce n'est que dans la pcriode de temps ainsi limitee que les Juges de Paix peuvcnt cxercer jurisdiction sur les offenses ])ar lesquelles, d'aprcsle Statut, des penalites sont cncourues. Je suis done d'avis, que les penalites mentiomiees par M. Davidson ne peuvcnt etre recouvrecs, aprcs le lapse d'lm inois a compter du temps auquel ont etc commises les offenses par lesquelles elles ont et6 en- courues. II pourra etre satisfaisant pour M. Davidson d'ttre informe, que s'il desirait d'autre autorite que les termes du Statut, a I'appui de cette opinion, on la trouvera dans la cause du Roi fs. Toliey, lapportoe dans 3 East, p. 400, dans laquelle on a interprete de la meme manidre des paroles d'uua teneur scmblable, dans un Statut anglais. J'ai riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-humble et trcs-obeissant serviteur, Lieutenant-Colonel GLEGG, Secretaire, &c. &c. J. STUART, Procureur-GencraL No. 15 ' i 28 APPENDIX. No. 15. Correspondence between Lieutenant Colonel Gleoo, Secretary to His Excellency Lord Aylmer, Governor in Chiif o/ Lower Canada, and J \>n.n SruMvr, Esquire, His Majes- ty's Attorney General for the said Province, relating to rrrtain qui tiim actions broiiylu against Mr. Itoltert Cowie, Chief Factor, UHliam Davis, and Elie Boucher, Clerks, in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. No. 13. (1.) Letter from Lieut. Col. GLECiii, Secretary to His E.rcellenry Lonn Aylmeu, Administrator of the Government of Lower Canada, to Jajies Stuart, Esq. Attorney General. Sir, Castle of St. Lewis, Qjiicbec, lid Novend)er, 18:30. I am directed l)y His Excelloiicy Lord Aylmor, to transmit to you the enclosed copy of .1 petition from tlio Iliidson's Hay Comi)any, prayiiifr that a licence may l)e granted to them, their Arcnts and Servants, to distribute Spirituous Liquors to Indians within the seij^niory of Millc I\ic/i(S, and at all other posts and ])lates occupied l)y the said Company, for the purpose of trade, within this Province, and 1 am to request that you will he pleased to state to me, for His Excellency's informatiun, whether he is empowered, l)y the laws now in force, to grant tiie licence prayed for, and whether it is expedient that the said prayer siiould be granted. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. Hon. JAMES STUART, Attorney General. True Copy, J. STUART. ; i 1-i No. 15. (2.) Petition from (he Hudson's Ray Company to His E.rcellency the Administrator of the Government, referred to in the foregoing Letter. To His Excellency Lord Avlmor, Kinght Commander of the Most Honoural)le Mi- litary Order iif the Bath, &c. &c. &c. The Humble Petition of the Hudson's Buy Company Rr.SI'ECTFULLV REPRESENTS, That your Petitioners are Lessees of the Seigniory of " Mille Vaches" in the District of Quei)ec, uiuler a lease from the proprietors tluMcof. granted in the year IH-J-J, witli an exclu- .sive right of trading with the Iiulians within its limits; and carry on their trade with the In- dian, tliere, at t!i(^ Post of Porliu'uf, situated within the said siigiiiory. That \()ur I'etitioners as a comnieicial c()ni]iany, more ])artiiiilaily engaged in the fur trade, and having establislnnents at Porti'.euf and other plai'i's nil Inn this Province, for the pur- jjuse of carrying it on, in the coin'se of tiieir tra?isactions and intercoin'sc with the Indians, have by their agents aud .ser\aMts necessarily been the chainiel by whicji rum and other spirituous li(liiiir> lia\o conic into tlieir hands. That il, never entered into the conti'inplation of y<)ur Petitioners, that such a circumstance could be ciinsiiler<'(l as ill<"g;il. noi do they conceive that they have in any mamu'r offended the laws in ihis particular. Hut Mr. Lanipsd:), the present I.c^^ee of the King's Posts, having lately attempted by every means in his power to drive the Hudson's Bay Company from the possession \ '4 APPENDICE. No. 15. Correspondance entre le LiEUTF.NANT-Coi.oNEt, GLECrO, Secretaire de Son Excrllenre Lord Ayl- mer, Gouvernenr-en-Chef dii lias-Cnnada, et Jaaies .Stuart, Eaiyer, Promreur-Ginernl de Sa Mojeste pour In dite Province, relativenioU a certainex nctionn qtii tarn iutcntecs contre M. Robert Cowie, principal I'ncteur, William Davis et Elic Boucher, commis, an ser- vice de la Compagnie de la Bate d' Hudson. No. 15. (1) Lettre du Lieut.-Col. Gi.eoo, Secretaire de Son Excellence I.oud AvL.'NrEn, Administrateur du Gouvernement du Bas-Canada, a Jajies Stuaut, Ecr. Procitreur-General. MoKsiEun, Chateau St, Louis, Qitebec, 22 Novembre, 1830, J'ai re<;u ordrc de Son Excellence T.ord Aylmer, de vous transmettrc la copio ci-inclusc d'une Petition de la Compagnie de la V. ic d'Hudson, demandant qn'il liii soit accorde a ellc et a ses agens et servitenrs, une licence ]• ar distribucr des li(iueurs spirituenses anx Sauvages dans les liinitesde la Seignenrie de Millo-Vaclies, et a tons les autres Postes et places occnpes par la dite Compagnie, pour les fins du commerce, dans cette Province, et j'ai a vous prier de vouloir bien rappoit^r, pour I'inforination de Son Excellonce, si elle est autorisee, i)ar les Lois mainfeaant en force, d'accorder la licence denmndce, et et s'il est expedient que la dite deman- de soit octroyee, J'ai riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-humblo et obeissant serviteur, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secrt-taire. L'Hon. JAMES STUART, Procureur-General. Copie confonne. J. STUART. No. 15. (2) Petition de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson a Son Excellence PAdministrateur du Goiiverne- nient, mendon^'ee dans la lettre precedente. A Son Excellence Lord Aylmcr, Chevalier Commandcur du Trcs-Honorable Ordre Militaire du Bain, &c. kc. I/Humblc Petition de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, Represente humblement, Que vos Petitionnaires sont locataires de la Seignonrle de Mille-Vachos, dans le District dc Quebec, en veitu d'un bail des jiropric'tiaros d'ieclle aecorde en Tanneo 18'22, avec le droit exclusif du Commerce avee les Sam ages dans IV'tendne de ses limites, et y font le Commerce iivec les Sauvages an Poste de Portueuf s\iw dans la dite Seigncurie. Que vos Petitionnaires connne Conii)agnie Coinniereiale plus particulierement engagee dans le Commerce des Pelleteries, et iiyant des c'tablisscmeiis a Portneuf, et autres places en cette Province a la fin de faire leur Commerce, dan ; le cours de leurs transactions et relations avec les Sauvages, out ete necessairemcnt par leurs agens ct employes le canal par lequel lo rum et autres liqueurs fortes sont veiuis entre leurs mains. Qu'il n'est jamais venu dans ridt''e de vos Petitionnaires qu'une pareille circonstance piit ctre regardee comme illegale, non ))lus qu'ils peiisent avoir en ancune maniere agi contre les Lois a cet egard. Mais M. William Lar.ipson, le I'ermier aetuel des Postes du Uoi, ayant dtriiierement essaye par tous les moyciis eii son pouvoir de cliasscr hi Compagnie de la Jiaio d'Hudson, 1 30 APPENDIX. possession of tlio Post of Portncuf and the J^eijjnioiy of MiHr Varhes, for \\\n own private pur- poses, Iiiis hy till' mciins of one (ieorjre Linton laid informations aj^ainst Uobert C'owie, Wiilinni Davis, and Klie Houclier, tliri-c of tlie a}^eiits and servants of your Petitioners (founded upon the Ordinance 17 Geo. lll.c. 7, made to priVent tlie selling of strong liqiu)rs to the Indians without License from the (lovernor, ka. of the I'rovinee of Quebec,) for sell- jng and distributing liquors to Iiuliansat Portneuf aforesaid ; and although your Petitioners arc fully convinced that the said ordinance was never intended to ajiply to trading companies hitving a right to tratlie with flic Indians, and although it is apparent that these proceedings are vexa- tious, and carried on for the purpose of private gain, without any view to the interests of the public; — yet your Petitioners, for greater security in preventing the vexatious and oppressive a|)plieation of the said ordinance for the past, and guarding against the same misapplication of it to their future dealiiif. and intercourse with the Indians, ari' desirous of obtaining tor them- selves and their aforeviiid agents and servants, a pardon for any acts of this nature- done in jiast time, and full authority to them for the future, tu distribute liquors to the Indians, without wliicli they couhl not carry on their lawful trade. Wiu>refore your Petitioners humbly pray, that your Kxcellency will !>e graciously pleased to grant la your IVtitioners, their agents and sciwuits, and particidarly to the said Uobert Cowie, William Davis, and Elie Poucher, His Majesty's free pardon for all ot^ences of like nature for the past (always excepting any right that nuiy be found to have accrued to the said Cieorge Linton, in the penalties sued for.) and that ycur Kxcellency will also be graciously pleased to grant the said Hudson's Pay Conijijiny, their agents aiul servants, a licence to distribute sjiirituuus liqnors to the Indians within the Seigniory of JVIillo \'aches, and at all other posts and places occupied by the said Company for the pnrj)oses of trade, within this province. And your Petitioners sJ!,'! cAcr Jiray, S;c. S;c. (Signed) .lAMKS M'KINZIE, Agent lor the Hudson's Pay Company. (iiuhcc, -mh November, 1830. A True Copy, (Signed) .1. B. GLEGG, Secretary. i ^ : I ■ If''- L ( i No. 1.5. (:}.) Litter /mm J. SrrAUT, Ef/j, Attorney-General to Lieut.-Col. Glehk, Secretary, l'jc. Quebec, '2!il/t November, 18;30. Siu, I have been honoured v.ltli the commands of His Excellency Lord Aylmer, transmitting a copy of a Petition from tin.' Hudson's Pay Comjiany, in which they pray that a Licence may be granted to them, their agents and servants, to distribute spirituous li(piors to Iiulians, within tlie .Seigniory of " Mille V'aclies," and at all other posts and places occupied by the sairenset si-rviteiirssusdits, lu riar- don pour tout aete de ci'tte nature pour le pass^-, et pleine autoriti- pour eiix a ra\'euir ilc dis- tribuer des liqueurs aux Sauva}j;es, sans quoi il ne i)ourraient faire aller leur Coiniueree Ic- f(itinie. A ees causes, vos IVtitioiinaires deniandent liiimbleineiit qu'il plaisef>Tacieuscmeiit a Vofre Kxeellcnee d'aeeordcr a ve 1 Pi'titioniiaires, a Iciirs ay;eiis ct scrv'' Mrs, ct sur tout aux dits Itobcrt t'owic, \Villiani Davis ct Klie nouehe/, le pleiii pardon do Ki Majestc |)oiir toute of- fense il'iine seinblabic nature pour le passe (excepte tiiiijonrs tout droit qui pent ctrc rt'sultc au dit (leori^e Linton surles pcnalitcs deinaiidves) et (pi'il piaise irracieusement aussi a Votre Lx- cellence d'aeeorder a hi dite societe de )a l!a;e (I'ljiKUon, a leurs aj^'ens et scrviteurs. iiiie li- cence ])our distribuer des licpieiirs fortes aux Sauvajjes dans les liniites ^\l} la Seiifiieurie de Mille-N'aclies et aux autres Pastes et places occiipes par la dite Conipagiiie pour des tins de t'oniinerce dans la dite I'rovince. Et vos Pctitlonnaires ne cesseront do prier. (Signe) .lAMES M'KENZIE, Agent de la Compagnie de la Eaie d'lludson. •, Quebec, '20 Novcmbrc, 1830. Pour vraie copie. J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. fry, 4-c. iber, 1830. transmitting Licence may idians, within by the said state, for His to grant the ited. liich His Ex- I petition has t of tiie Hiid- 1. c. 7 *, pro- ud applicable a subsequent except those No. 1.5. (3) Letl.re de J. Stuaut, Procureur-General, au Lieut.-Col. Glegg, Secretaire, 4c Monsieur, Quebec, 2."> Nuvembre, 1830. J'ai etc lionore des ordres de Son Excellence Lord Aylmc , tran iraettant une Petition de la Compagnie de la Ilaie d'Hiidson dans laquelle ils demandeiii; qu'il leur soit accordc a eux et ii leurs ageim ct servitcurs line licence pour distribuer des liqueurs fortes aux Sauvages dans les limites de la Seigncurie de Mille-\'aclie8 et aux autres Postes et Places occupes par la dite Compagnie, pour faire le Commerce dans la dite Province, et me demandant de rapporter pour rinformation de Son Excellence si elle a autorite par les Lois maintenant en force d'aeeorder la licence demandee et s'il est expedient que la dite demaude soit accordee. En obcissauce aux ordres de Son Excellence j'ai hi la Petition qu'il a plu a Son Excel- lence de nie renvoycr, ot j'ai I'houneur de soumettre, que cette Petition est evidemmeut pre- sentee en consequence de I'opiiiion qu'a la Compagnie de la Uaie ' the District of Qiu'bei'. Wf arc, tlu'ri-rnro, di'sirouH to noi-uro tin* iioiNtann' of one of tlie i.. <• Offlrera of the Crown on our lielialf, (mm i'(iMvi«.'tin<^ Mugir>lrut(')<,) not only to Mi|i|)ort the jiiili;- nieiit l>y us rcmli'riMl, hut nWo tu alTonl us the neeeHMury U'ffA UMNistiiiice, to nmke out xueh conviction in due form of law ; -and as we ;ire aware, from an oiiinion j(iven hy the Attorney- (lennral, that he ditfers materially with un, in the matter in <|uestuiii, we, therefore, reMpeelfulljf Bolieit the professional assistaneu of the Advocate Cieneral, whoHo njiinion on the question at- curdH perfectly with our own. We have the honour to Ix*, &i'. ^ic. kv. (Signed) J. NEIKSON, J. P. J. H. DllIIKSNAY, J. V. 'I'ilOS. WILSON, J. P. Licut.-CoI. OLEGG, Civil Secretary. True Copy, (Signeil) J. H. (il.EGG, Secretary. No. 15. (fl.) Sin, QiipIkc, Wth January, IKSl. Wf hej^ leave to ncquaint you that we have lieen ser>ed, some weeks ntjo, with two!iev<'- Tjd notices, informing; us that two certain eonvietioiis, the one at the suit of Cleorge Linton. l, are al>out beiujr ri-inoved in llie (.'oiirt of Kin r's Heneh hy virtue of two Writs of ('fiiiornri prayed fir on behalf of tlie l)efen(hints. These convictions took place on information iiled aj^iiiiist the Defendants, for distributing Liquors to Indians, without Li- cence, ut a place called I'ortneuf, in the County of .'■^i \ <'* No. 15. (7.) APPENDICK. ti •litttrihiiu di'n liniu'iirs mix Saiivnp;o« «nm« liioiuc, li iiii lii'u nppfli- I'ortiiciif, •liuw lo ('omt Distrii't vajifos, sans licence, a uii lien ap))ele Portneuf, dans le C'ointc de Sajruenay, dans le District da Quehec ; — c'est pourquoi nous desirons nous jissarer I'assistancc d'lin des Ollieiers cii Loi de la (.'ouronne de notre cote, comini! etant les Ma^istrats (jui avoiis convalncu, iion seuleinent pour ap- puyer les jugemeii'i par nous rendus, niais aussi |iour nous donner I'assistance lej^ale rieccssairo pour incttrc tclles convictions en due forme de Loi. Et conime il est a notre connaissoncc, tl'aprcs une opinion donnce par le Procureur-Geiieral, qu'il dilTere essentiellempnt ftvec nous liur la matiere on question, nous sollicitons en consequence respectucusemciit I'assistance pro- fcssiunnelle dc rAvocjit-Gcnenil, dont I'opinion b'uccordc sur la question uvcc la notro Nous avons I'honneur d'etre, &c. &c. (Signe) Lieut Col, GLEGG, Secretaire CiviL Pour copic conformc. J. B. GLEGG, SQcr^'taire. J. NEILSON, J. P. .T. B. DUCHESNAV.J. P. THOfi. WILSON, J. P. No. 15. (7) fW APPENDIX. No. 15. (7.) letter from 5 AyfRS Stuaut, Esquire, Hin Mojisti/'s Atlorhry-General, to I.iEiJT.-Coi-oNF.t. Glkug, Secrvtary, Sfi'- a-iv.. Qiuhic, '■29th Jmuary, !»)!. 1 liuve boon honoured witli tlio cnmmcaiids of Ilis Excellciicy tlio Administrator of tlio (TOViTiiinoiit, si.ijnifii'd in your lottor of tlic lOtli iiist., trinisniittintr two a|i]ilii'iitions frmii Mi'ssrs. Nolisoii, Dui'lu'snay, aud Wilson, solii-itiufr tlio profossioual assistance of tin- Advocate (icnoral, in certain suits or action.^ tried before them, the decisions in whicb are •ibout to bo rcmovep':iion in oppositioi! to the decisinns given by the apjilicants in the cases in ipu'stion. In order that His Kxcellency may be made accpiainted witli the nature of the applica- tions referred to in your letter, and the iisiderations on which they rest, it seems necessiiry to explain some particulars, for the infornia'ion of His Kxcellency. I5y the Provincial Ordinance 17 (ieo. III. c. 7, four distiiu't legislative provisions nere enacted, restrictive ( f trade ami intercourse with llii' Indians. I5y the first a special liceine in writing was recpiiied, I'roni the d'overnor, or from Ilis Majesty's agents or superinfendants for Indian afl'airs, or from the commandants of the dilVerent forts, or from such ])erson as the (mi- vr might empower to grant it, to aulhori/e the sale of spirituous licpiors to Indians, jiud the sale of liquors to them, without a licence, was |)rohil)ited, under a penalty, for the firs:, of- fence, of .5/., iniprisoiimcMt for a period not exceeding a month, and the forfeiture of his li- rence to keep a tavern, if the li(|ui..s should be sold by an iiMikee]ier ; for a secoiul and suli- se(]iunt ofTence the jieiialty and imipr'-^;uiinent were doubled: by the secoiul of the said eiiactniiMits, the jiurchase of clothes or ;irnis frotn Indians was jirohibited, inuler like penalfies: i>y the third a'l jiersons were prohibited from st'tlling in any Indian N'illage ox in any Indi.'in Country, within the Pro iiice, without a licence fnun the (ioveriior, inider a penalty of ]((/. for the first, and '20/. for 'nery subsetpient oll'ence : I5y the f uirth all ]iersons were prohibited IVom carrying goods, for the ]iurpose of trade, b(>yoiut certain limits on the Ilivi'rs Ottawa and iro- i]Uois, or into any oilier parts of the Province upon lan<|s not granted l)v His Majesty, with- vritiiig, from the (ioverinir, uiuler !i ]ienalty of ,)()/. Thc,idated under the Irench (iovernnient, jirevious to the coiu]iiest, ami might, perhaps, be juslitied Iiy (he then --tii'e of the country, aud of thi' neii;liboiiring Provinces, which were al tha', time in ojieii rebellion. — by the expediency of preventing foreign influence and treasonabU- practices ainong the Indian tribes. —ami by considerations of public policy, which some yars after ceased to exist. In fiu" altered circumstances of the countrv, in I7!)I. verv dillereiit vi'ws ■■■Uggestod theipselves to l!ii> (iovi rnnieMt. and instead of sliaekling trade, by the inetmvenietit ii-strjctioiis above-nieiitioneil. it was deeiiu'd wise and proper to free it from such rcstiaints, ami llirow it open (o the Kiu'^^V sulijt els, wilhout distinelioii. This was ellected bv the l*roviiui;d O-dinaiice tJl (!eo. III. e. I, in (he imanddi' to which it was slated to be ex]'ciirt(if Ilis Miijistyn " /ii/aU'l Dnmihioifi >!/:■/ 't'vrrilinii s ii'/i(i/.-iinri /•. 15e it eiiaetef thi-; .\e', it shall not be le cessary. I'or any of Ilis Maji'viy's subjects carrying on " trade, or oti.cr s!;ii"d re-ideiits of this P.-oviiiee, fi> trii':r out any ir/u ir, or from any |erson "or persons, (^nji linnir. pa^s, pern.it, or other willing wliaNoever, /<"(/• '/o/m/ iiitiu m\ Kxccllonce dc roqncrir nn)n opinion, snr la niarctic lications mcntioniicps dans votrc Icttrc, ct dcs considerations snr lesquellrs dies rcposcnt, il scnd)le iijcessairc d'cntrer dans qiiciqnes details, pcnir I'int'orniation de Son Excellence. I^'Ordonnance proviiiciale 17 (es. La pn niierc rcqniert une li- cence spcciale par ccrit. dn (ioiivcrneur, on dcs aL'.cns on snrintcndans dc Sa Majeste |)(nH' les aflai- rcs Sa\iva>^es, on des conintandans dcs dittVrcns turt.v, on de tclles antres jiersiioucs que le Cioii- verncnr pourra antorisera en doinier, jiour antoriser a vcndre des licpn ars spiritneiis< s an\ San- vaLjes, ct la ventc de lii]Heui>' a icenx, sans liciMice, fnt dcl'ciiduc, sons peine, ]ionr la jireniierc oll'ense, de £ .") d'anicnde, d'cni])risonnenicnt ])onr \nic periode n'escedaiit jias un niois, et dc la pcrte dc sa licence pour tenir \nw aui)en;e, si Ics litjneurs ctaient wndncs ])ar un aubcririste : ]>onr unc sceonde et snbsecpicutc offeniv hinicudc et IVinprisonnenient ctaient donWi's : la se- coiulc desdites dispositions proliiUait I'acluit de liardes et arnics des Sauva'j^es, sous les nicines })cna!ites: par la troisieinc, il ctait def'eiidue de s'ctaUlir dans auciin village Si;nvai>'e on ])ava lSanvau;e, dans la Province, saus nne liceiice du (iou\erneur, sons une pcnalife de t! 10 ponr la Jireniierc ort'cnse, et dc £'2(), ]iour tiiite otVeuse snbseiiucnle. l.a (juatriente detendait a foutes ]iersoiMies dt' ])ortcr dcs elVets, p(>ur les tniiie entre les niaiiis du (MUivernei>ieii<^ C'idonial, t't uicnie de ses OHiciers subordouncs, pour n'etre exeree cpie sous Icur bi>n plaisir, ctaient \nic suite de la politi(|ue par laijuelle Ic C'onnnerce avee les Sanvasfcs ctait re^le -ous ie douv erneuu'iit Irani ais. avant la ciniquetc, ct jionvaieut pent-itrc se Irouvcr justiKi'^ j '■ I'etat dii ]>a\s alors, et dcs Proviiuvs voisincs, qui ftaicut dans cc temps en rebellion t cc (jiie fit I't^rdornuiucc Prtivincialo .'51 (ico. Ill, c. I, da!;s le preandiule Ac liHiuelle il est deilarc (in'il est expi'dient luuir la pros- peritcdn CNuuniercc. (]u'il soit delivre di- t^al euipi cbeuieut iniuile. Dans ecttiM ne. la l,ii>is- iature dans la .'5c. Section de cctte demierc Ordonnance, declare ses intentions ct sa volonte «lans les teriMcs snivans ; " Vx alin cpie !e ('(iliMr.erce dans Ics Distiicts d'oiicst et les [ays Sau- ■" va^'cs |)nissc etrc libre et ouvert a Iciis Ks liileles snjits de Sa Majeste dans toufes it cluiqne *' ])artie des Doniaincs ct 'I'erritoires qiic;i<;'K;in.s. (pi'il soit sfufue par la dite aut(;:ire pcin- aiuiin siiict tV' Sa *' Majeste t|ui fait le tonuncrce et pour tiiinvs n'siileus dans ict;e Province dc pntalre nullc " port, ni d'ancune |iersoiuu> ou lUMsci.ncs-, aocune licence, pcrn'iisieu. ou iiUlrcKrif (jiudcon- " que j-oin- allcr et ciunmcrcer a\cc les I'a .;■;!;>■( .s ou iiulrcs laliitans dcs l',i\>, iJisliicton *' Conn '• d'Ouest de celte Provii.ce ' u 'i'l .lif^ ires qiicl(( i (jU( s, t ii | ( nr |i(itcr ( n liai'spf^rter ♦* :\^\. and a Licence for the future, in order to obviate tiie aliuse whieh had be<'ii and was likely in ftiture to be made, of the provisions of the Ordinance. This application having been refeired U\ me, by order of His Excellency, ( had the honour, in ni\' report of the 'Ihth NoviMuber la>t. of stating, for His Kxeellency's in- formation, that the provision of the Ordinance, on whieli these actions had been grounded, was repealed, by the aliiive-nuMitioned Ordinance of the .'51st Cieo. HI. c. 1. and that neither par- don, nor license, as pravid for, on ihe imrt of the Hudson's Hay Company, was necessary. — These actions, it would appear, were afterwards briuight under the cogni/ance of .John Neil- son, .1. 15. Duchesnay, and 'i'honias '\\'il-.luce. It I I \:i APPENDICE. 80 (.«, except at itcrfniiiiiieiit. Reign," &c. Hide penal to to sueli per- place, where take the oalli hicli licences in the most ipensed with, of iillegianee. Indian trade Mice for trad- 1 issued ; nor [ions referred ni, without a King's posts. While Mr. ars carried on lous unsettled possession of phiee, at tlie .' of harassing to he l)r(night, Factor of the 1 tiie seigniory 1 Servant, act- li hy tliein, by ovisions of tlie Hudson's Ray the provisions tious and niali- tlie future, in ■ tin? j)rovisiourt lis Excellency, xcelleney's in- grounded, was at neither par- s necessary. — ' of .John NeiU before whom it d, it wi>iii,l also ed and uad to heir own legal jrdinance to be on each of the were fully dis- don, they, not- avis, who were lobec, to bring ncnt of twenty- It •' discs ou provisions on autres effets qui ne sont pa.s speeialement proliihes, on pour revenir •■ avee tels effets ou uueune partie d'iceux, &c. ni assujettir les ComHier(,-ans u prendre des li- " cences pour vendre des liqueurs 'ortes aux Sauvages, excepte lorsqu'ils out une residence " fixe daris une ])artie etablie de la Province pour tenir une auberge, eomme il est requis par " un Acte du Parlement passe dans la quatorzieme annee du Regne de tSa Majeste." La (ie. .Section revoque la troisieme disposition ei-dessus mentionnee, par laquelle on n'en- courait uiu' peiialite en s'etablissant dans les villages ou jiays Sauvages, sans une licence, si ce n'est a I'egard des pcrsonnes seulement qui ii'etant ])as siijets de Sa Majeste, arriveraient a un fort, poste ou place ou pourrait resider quelque Magistrat, et qui sous vingt-q\uitre heures apres, ne preterait pas le sennent d'allegeance a la Couronne Hritannique. Les deux Sections maintenant citces revoquent dans les termes les nioins equivoques, les reglemens ci-dessus rajiportes, par lesquels il fallait preiulre des liqueurs pour Coinmereer avee les Sauvages et leur vendre des liqui-urs ; et on a dispense de la necessite de jireiulre uiU' licence pour s'etablir parnii eux, non seulement pour les sujets du Uoi, mais nieme pour les aubains, qui pourraient preter le serment d'allegeance. A la passatioii de cettc derniere Ordonnanee, les restrictions incommodes qui avaient existe aui)aravant cesscrent ; et a compter de cette periode jusqu'au temps actuel, il n'a etc emane an- eune licence pour commercer avee les Sauvages, ni ])our s'etablir parnii eux, dans les limitesde cette Province; et jamais non plus n'a-t-on essaye, a maconnaissanee, jusqu'ii Tiustitution des actions qui tarn mentionnees dans votre lettre, me etant nudieieuses el vex- atoires, s'adressa li Son Excellence, jiour denuuider jiardon juinr ''■■■.■ ) ..>se, et licence pour I'ave- nir, afiii de |irevenir rai)us cpi'on aurait fait et coiitre MM. Cowie et Davis, (]uiiiaieiit alors a Mille-Vaches, eloigne de ]dus de centeinqnante milles de Quebec, pour l"s faireanieiier, ii cette saison rigoiu'cusc dc runnee, pour subir uti einprisonne- luciitdu viagt-quatrelienrey a cette derniere place. C'cst ■^1 ';; 40 APPENDrX. It is to induce the Government of tliis Province to sustain these proceedinjjs, as heiii^ Ip- gal jind justifial)le, tliat ^Icssrs. Neilson, Ducliesnay, and Wilson liavo addressed to His Kxcel- leiicv (lie applications nientioned in your letter. On these applications I have, in the first place, to ohserve, that after the report and opinion above referred to, which I have {riven on the subject of these actions, I cannot, of course, contrary to the conviction of my nnderstandiu"-, and my sense of ofiicial duty, afl'ord to the Magistrates the assistance they desire. Hut I deem it also to he my duty, res]iectfully to submit, for the consideration of His Ivxci Honey, that the ^laj^istrates above-named in mv humble opinion, have no claim, nor is it fit or exiiedieut that they should receive, the assistunco lor which they apply, from any of His Majesty's hiw servants, at the public expense. • The reasons for tliis opinion, I beg leave respectfully to state, are the following:— 1st. — Magistrates have not, and cannot be sn])poscd to have, any interest in sustaining the validity of their judgments, when carried before a superior tribunal, by a writ of certio- rari. The person interested in this object is the ])rivate j)rosecutor, or informer, by whom the>e judgments have been solicited, aniuion, no grounds of pid)lic pcdicy or interest, to make it fit or expedient, that tlie Magistrates should Jiave the sup])ori of the Crown Otficers, at the puiilic expense ; on the contrary, considerations of this nature mili- tate', conclusively, against any such supjwrt. In tlie cases referred to, t'le Magistrates have taken upon themselves to e' :.cv: n ■ |iro\'s causes en ([uostiou, los Man'istrats (iMt pris sur oux-inemos do nu-ttro ou toroe los dis])ositions d'uiR' F.oi qui, il est tres-evidont, avaiont ete revoquees il y avait 'islaturo do revoquor, sails delai ; ot cos dispositions ont etc ainsi iniscs on force, a I'instanoo d'uno partio, niuo par .aucun motif do justice, sous dos circonstancos ]iarticulieii>uuMit diu-os aux porsonnos qu'elles afleetaioiit, ot v\\ opjiosition dirocto a I'opinion du i)romior Otfioior on Loi do la Courouue. Tollos elant los raisons sin- losqucUos est fondi",' mon o])iiiion. il no me rosto plus qu'ii re- marqiior maintonant, quo si olles no satisfont pas, le sujot est do nature ;1 pouvoir otro ren- voye aux autros serviteurs o)i Loi do Sa ]Majosto. J'ai riionnenr d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-liumble ct tros-obeissant scrviteur, (%nc) Lioiit.-Col. GLECiG, Socn'tain^, &c. Sic. &c. i'our copio conforme, J. STL^ART. J. .STUART, Procureur-Gencral. I ' I No. 15. (8) 3 , 42 APPENDIX. No. 15. (8.) ' Letter from Lieut.-Col. Glegg, Secretary, S)X. to J. Stuaiit, Esq., Attorney-GcncraL Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, l'2th February, 1891, SiK, With reference to the concluding r;iragTaj)U of your official communication of the Sntlt ultimo, I am commanded hy His Excellency the Governor in Cliietli to tnnisniit for your in- formation, a copy of an instruction I have this day written, by llis Lorilship's orders, to tlui Advocate-General. 1 have the lionour to be, sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) J. 13. GLEGG, Secretary. HoiiMe. JAMES STUAIIT, Attorney-General. True Copy, J. STUAIIT. No. 15. (9.) Ldfir /r',,: Lieiit.-Col. Glzc.c, Secretary, S/T. /u GKoiici'. \'anfei,son, Esq , Adi'ocate-Gene~ ral, referred to in t/ieforri/t.ny Letter. .Sin, Castle of St. Lewis, Ciueijcc, I2th February, 1831. lam comniai'ded by His Excellency the Governor in Chief, to desire you will afford your professional assistance in defeiuling the .Mu'ristratis, Messrs. Wilson, Neilson, and Du- «liosnay, in an action renu)ved from the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at Quebec, to the^ Court of King's Heneh, which will be brought before that court in the i)reseut term. [ have to reipii'st, you will immediatuly put yonrsclt in communication with the saiil Magistrates on the subject of this instruction. I have the iionour to be, sir. Your most obedient, liumble servant, (Signed) J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. The Advocato-G'.ueral. True Copy, J. B. GLEGCi, Secretary. i li- ! ■ <' No. 15. (10.) eneraC, ry, 18aiv Df the *29tb for your in- iltTs, to tha Secretary . rocatc-Gme- anj, 1831. Ill will affor(! on, and Dn- obec, to the in. i'itli tiie saiiJ Secretary. n APPENDICE. 4a No. 15. (8) JLeltre du Lieut.-Col. Glegg, Secretaire, 4'c- d James Stuart, Ecnyer, Promratr-Gencral, Chateau Saint Louis, Quebec, 12 I'evrier, 1831. MoN'siEun, En reference aii paraajraplic qui conclut votro communication oflRcielle du 29 expire, j'ai ordre de Son Excellence li' Gouvcrneur-en-Ciief, do vous transmettre pour votre information, copie d'une instruction que j'ai ecrite aujouid'liui, par I'ordre de sa Scigneuric a I'Avocat- Gencral. J'ai riionucur d'etre, Monsieur, votrc tres-lmmble et tres-obelssant servitcur, (Signe) J. 13. GLEGG, Secretaire, L'Hoiiorable JAMES STUART, Procurcur-Genural. I'our copie conformc. J. STUART. No. 13. (9) Lcttre (In Lieut.-Col. Glegg, Secretaire, i^c. ii Geoiuje Vanfei.son, Ecwjer, Avocat-Giniral mcntiunnic dans la lettrc precedetite. MoNsiEii:, Chateau Saint Louis, (Quebec, 12 Fevrier, 1831. J'lil ordre do Son Excellence le Gouverneur-en-Clicf, de vous prior de donncr votre assis- tiuice professioiinelle pov.r defeiidre les Magistnits MM. Wilson, Neilson et Ducliesnay, dans line action portee des Sessions de Trimestre de la I'aix, a Quebec, a la Cour du Banc du Roi, laquelle sera anienue devant celte Cour dans le luesent Terine. J'ai 11 vous jirier de voub mettre immediatcmeiit en relation avec Ics dits Magistrals sur le fiujet de cctte Institution, J'ai riionnour d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-humble et o'ueissant serviteur, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. L'Avocat-General. Pour copie conforme, J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. No. 15. (10) No. I',. (10.) \ < t- n n 44 APPENDIX. No. 15. (10.) Anuo Decimo Septimo Geo, III CIIAI". VII, AN OllDINANCE To prevent the selling of strong ligiiors to the ImUans in thr. Province of Qiiehc", fix also to detrr /icr.ionsj'rom buying their arms or clothing, and for other purposes relalire to the tiuilc and intercourse ivith the said Indians. WIktous niiiiiy misi'liiet's may l)i> occasioiicil l)y tliu practU'C of si'lliiiir rum and otliir stroiiif li(|ii(irs to the Indians, and of biiyinfr tlicir clotlics and arms, and also liy tradinj^ wirli llic "-aid Indians, or setlliniif amongst liu'm, witliout a liccnir. It is orda'ncd and cnaeti'd i)v His ExiH'ilont'y the C'a])tain Cienoral and Governor in C'liii-f of tins Province, by anil with the ad\iee and eonsent of the Lejrislali -o Council of the same, That I. {''rom and after the |)nhlication of this Ordinance, no person or ])ersons whatsoever shall si'll, ('istrihute, or otherwise dispose of, to any Indiiui or Indians witlii this I'nivince, or to anv other person or ]ierscins for their use, any rum or clhiT strong- li(piors, iif what kind or (piality soever, or shall knowinijl} or willinirly sutler the sanu', in any manner, to come to the hands of any Indian or Indians, without a special lic.'uee in writiuif, for that pur- pose first had and onuient i\ir any time not exceedini;' two month-. If th II ilie person so olVeudiii^' he a pnhlican, innkeeper, or relnilcr of strom;- liijuors, he sliall over aod ahove the said ]ienaltv' and imiu'isonnient, he i; mhied iiuu]ial)!e, from the day of his eonvicii.)n, of selliuij; or retailiiii;' liipiors to any jier.-iai v, li;uMie\ er, notwith- standinn- any licence that lie may h.ive for that pin|iose, which licence is herehy declared to l)i' mill anil miuI. friun the da\ ot' hi-- eonvii'lion. II. I rem and after llu' |miilieaii\'er shall purchase or receive in pledii^e. or in e\elian";e, any cluthe-, lilaiikt ts, lire-arni>;, or aniniiil: 'u he- hinninii' Io.miv Indian or Indians within this l'ro\ince, under a penalty of li\e pound-, and iiii- ])ris(nimenl lor any time iHit pxceediuij one month, for the fust olteiice, and tin pounds and iiii- prisonnient for any time not exceediiii;' two iiioii!!:-, tor the si'eoml, and every oilier siilise(]iu'nl olleiice. ill. I'roni and afti'r the ]inl'lieat;.iii of this ()rdinaiic(>, it shall no; he lawful for any ]iei'->oii to scllle in aiiv Indian villai;e, or in anv Indian eouiilr\' within this Pnninei', wilh(uit a licence in wrilintr from the CioviTiior, Liiateiiant (ioveriKU', or C nmmandir in Chief of till- l'r,i\ince for the time lieiiiLr, under a penally of ten piuiiids for the hist oifence, and tweiiiy pound> for the seconil, and every other sulise jiieiit oifence. l\. Ir shall and may lie lawiid tor anv person or persons uhalMU'xer, to site fi^r tiie peiial- tie- and forleitnres aforesaid, liy information before one or more of the Conn \issioners of the Peace of the District iti whieii an\ oll'i'Uee ;i;i;uin-t any of the iihove articles of this Ordinanci' shall hiive been committed: who is, and iue hereby autliori/.id anl reipiired to hear and deter- niiiie such inf in. aiioti, in a sinumiiry manner, and upon the oatli of on(> cri'dible wifnes-;, (belli;;- smiie other than the iiitoir.ier himself.) and to iiillici the ■■aid i!njMi,--oiin,ent, and to levy the i-aid pi iialtiesor foiieitiires. to;i('!ii'r v.itii the costs of siiiiin- for the same, hv a warniut to si i/e and svll the !;dods or lands of the olleuders. lVo\iiled iilwa\s that such information s| dl be broKi;!it, uitliin si\ cah'uihir months I'.oai li e lime that the (ill'eiice shall ha'.e In en eomiuiired. ,\nd not, al'ii'i'. \. I'rom iind afrer the ]nibliciition of this Ordiiiiiiee, no person shiili, under anv pretence wiiati'Vi r, semi or carry any ;^oo(ls, wares, meichandi/ie, or provisions, tor tiie juirpose of tiiid- in«f, itbose the foot of the Lon^ Palls on the Uivcr Otta va, or than St. Iietris iii the Inxjtiois Uiver, It f APPENDICE. No. 15. (10) Anno Domino Septbno Geo, III. lUAF. VII. OHDONNANCE. , (ix also lo to tilt fitiilr II iliul ofliil- liy tiinlirii; .Tiid ciiaitcil iCL', l)y iiiiil vlllltS()('\('V 1 I'roviiK'i', rs, of wliiit IIIIIIIIUM', to lor iliiit |iiir- i!i'r ill C liii't' Iciiilciils For iiiv iii({", (ir >iiiiiiiiii(k'i' ill i'lVl" iHJiuuis, Ni't'oiid, ill 111 II' iiiiy tiiuf ;■ liijiuirs, 1,0 I',', tVlllll tlio or, iioiwitli- )■ (li't-Iaioil to iits(i(>V('rsliiil! muuil; '11 lif- iiiil-, :iii(l iiii- iiikIn ami iin- V SllllM.>(JllL'!ll. wfiil Ini- ail\' lu-c, wiilxjiil, ill ( liii't' of oll'oi.i'i', ami "(■r till' pi'iial- ir.llii'- of till' is Oidiiiaiici' ar and dotoi'- t;n's-i, (liciiu>- levy till' :aiil : to sti/i' iiiul 11 lie l>iv»|i;!il, trod. jNiid iioi, any [irotfni'o •pose of tiiid- tl.c Iroi|iiois Uivor, Qui (Iffiml ile vemhe. ties liipirfirs fortes mix Sonraf/fn f/ans la Province de Quthec, qui ciiipev/ie missi il'mhi'tir liurs aniics it halii/leiiwiiK, (f pour uutres o/ijcts concernanl la traite ct le Comiiwrrc ttrec ks (liti> Snui-iii/tx, Potivant nrriver pliisiours malliciir^ do la pratique do vciidn' aiix Sauvajyes de rpnu-dc- vic ot aiitri's li(]U(>iii's fortes, d'acliitcr Iciirs anr.i's ct Icnrs lialiillcmi'iis coinme aussi dc Com- uierc'or avi'c ios dits Sauva;ft."s ou lU' s'l'lalilir avcf cux sans niic j)i'rniissloii ; il est statiiL" et. ordoniu'' ]iar Son Kxcolli'iice Ic C'apitaiiu'-("ii'iu''ral ct Cionvcriicur-cii-C'liL'f de cettc Province, de I'avis et eonsenteineiit dii C'oiiscil I,cjrislatif d'icclle ce qui suit, quo I. l)u jour et apres la jjuiilicalion de oettc Ordoiinance, que s, ils seroiit en oiitri' et ])ar-iles>,iis la dite aiiiende et dit eiiipri-.oniieim'iit. jinxes inea[ial)los, dii jour ct apri's qii'ils en anrolir ete eoma'iKiis, de vciidre on detailler lies liqueuis fortes ii (iiii (jiie CO |)uisse etre, noiiolisraiit leiirs permissions li cot cgard, (pii soiit, par cos pri^'sentes, declarees dn jour de leur coiniclion niilles et sans cffets. II. J)u jonr et apies la piililication de celfe Onloniiaiice, (pii (pie ce soit iracliotera, no recevi'a en n'lii^cs, ni n'ecliaii^i'm aiieuns Iiabilleincns, coiivertes, fusils ou niunitioiis de ton-? Saiivai;-es en eette Pnninee, sols peine d'lino ami inle do eiiiij livros, et d'etre einpiisoiiiie pour nil teius qui n'oxc'dera point col,ii d'liii iii.'is, jioiir la premiere contravention, it d'liiie amende de dix livros ot dVtro eiiiiirisoiiiK'' pmu' un terns (pai n'oxcedera point eelui ilo ilou.\ mois on ci;s ilv reeidivo et de toiile autre eonrraveiilion suliseipieiile. HI. Dii jour et ajires la pulilicalioii de eette Ordonnauce, il no sera j)erniis ii qui ipio ce Miit de s'l'taiilir dans awcniis Pays on Xilla^es Saiivaj^'cs dans eette Province, sans iiiie ))ermis- siou par ecrit (111 (iouveriienr, (111 I.ieutenant-Ciouverneur ou du C'oniniandant in Chef de hi Province, .'•■oiis ]ieiiie iruiie amende do dix livres pour la premiere coiitraveiuion, et de viiigt livros en cas de reeidivo it do toiile autre eentraveiifion vnli>e(iiiente. I\'. II SL'raet ]iimrra etn IcisiMe li (iiii i|no ce s: it do poinNiiivro les dites jieiius et ,'ii;ieii- ues sur iiifiirination (levant iin oil plii^ieius ("oinmis^airos de la I'aix du l)i> Proviiici' upon lands not grmitod Iiy Ilis Majostv, without a pass or pcriiiit in writinir lor tlie same, to Ik- >i)riu'(l !>y ll"' (iovi'mor, l.li'iitcnant (iotcnior, or (.'oniMi,iii(U'r iii C'liicf of i!h' Province for tiic tinu- l)t'in;ij, under a |iiMiiilty of Hfty pounds; whifii f.ludi and nia_\ lie snod for, at any time witliin tlie spaee of twelve calendar inontii^ from tlie lime of coninilttinir the oiVence, lint not after, i»y inl'orniati(Hi hefore any t«o or more t'onnnisHioners of tlie IV.ice, who are hereby anthori/ed and recpiired to liear and determine such infoinntion, in a summary manner, and upon the oatli oftnii' crediijje witni • -^ (heinj; sonu" other tJLan tlie informer himself) and to levy the said penalty, and the costs oi suiny; for the sunie. by a warrant to seize and s»dl the ^oods and laiuls of the otfenders, and for v,.uit of goods or laniiis Pntviucc, at present established, oi mreafter to be est ddish 'd, who are hereby autliori/ed ami recpiired to issue such warrant or warrants, to seize all such jroods, wares, merehandi/e, i ' provisions as mav be carried beyond the said li- mits, contrary to the directions of this Ordioanee, and all ami e-- ery the boats, batte; , canoes, or other ctirria^e^ whatsoever made use of in the transportini;' or conveyiuici' of such floods, wans, inerchaiuli/ . or pr(*\'i>ioiis, toirether with the apparel and furniture of such boats, bat- teaux, or canoes, :ind t!ie horses or cattle belon^iiifr to such carriajjes ; and to |iroceed ajj^ainst the same by information, within the sjiiiee of six months, in manner liereinbetore mentioin d, before a'.i\- two or more Comnnssioliers of the J'e.ice, who iire hereby authorized ami re([uife(l to dete' iiic the same in manner iiforesaid : and in ease of condemnation, where no iijipeal shall b( ! ide from the saiiu-, or where no security shall be given for prosecntinti; any appeal in the mat; u r iiereinafier directed, or where, on such a|>peal, the said sentence of cmidemnatioii shall be •ontirmed, to cause the whole of the saiil seizure to be sold, and the monies arisini;- therein ii, after deductinsr all reasonable charges, to be divided as hereinafter to say, after deducting the charge's of prosecution from 1 H i i ty, witlioiit ClovcniDr, ty |itpimils; loiitlis trum or mitio tk-tcrinino nv'.- (lu'iiii; it su.mi; lor tor v..iiit oi lit' I'oiiimoii liitll 1)1' I'aiil lilt (lurposc H Miijf!*ty's or iirrciil'ter warriiiits, to 1 tlie said li- Dii.i., canois, Sllcll ^OOll):!, l)oats, bat- I'ood aj^aiiist ' lIU'lltlolK d, iiid rotiiiiri'd f 110 ii|i))fal iiy aji|K.'a! in iiuii'innatiou oiiii's arisiiijj; t;ted. ins so SL'izt'd, ; security tor tiuli'iniiatioii, possession of f required to uri', and tor ts, liat:i-'unx, izuro, to till' ' madi', wlio lie judu,nuia wfiil tor such tiiiii' of giv- aiiy five or fill or detcr- ce, shall fou- i>xa..iine into said t'oininis- irt of thu said estori'd to all liargus as tlie von good and ley and costs, n of the coni- goods, wares, ulud, an.: hi; all be divided jf prosecution froui APPFA'DICE. 47 ■Msporter oi vniturer tels effetst, ■iix do tel> liati'aiix, chaloupeH, ii.rMS a telles voiture'^, et de les iiiaiiiei'c ci-dessiis ])riscrit(', jmr- niitaoimls oil dc Saint Ilegis sur la Uivii'rc dcs Irocpiois, on dans tnute autre ]iarti(> de la I'ro- NJiu'esiir les 'I'erres iion concede.'H ))ar Sa Majeste, sans iin ]iasse-pf amende et les frais cle ponrsiiiti' ])ar iiii ordre de -.aisie et de veiite de bieiis, nieiibles et iinnieiibles d'ieeux, d'eiivoyer tons tels eoiitreveiiaiis dans les Prisons ordinairi -, ou ils si rout (hteiius, sans repon- Hans ou cautionnemeiis, JnsipiVi ee Si Majeste des diffcreiis I'ostes ou forts en cette Province, ])rt'scnteiiient I'tablis on (iiii le se- ront a ra\enir, as iiiterjete appel, ou (ju'il n'aura point etc doniie de cauti(ms de jioiirsuivre ra|)])cl, dans la forme ci-aprts ordonnce, ou que dans tel appel la dite sentence de condamnation aura I'te cou- lirmce, d'ordoniier la vente cut '-e de toute la saisie, et d'en prelever Targent, aprd's d(5(luctioii faite de tons frais raisonnables, , our ctrejiartagc aiirsi (pi'il est ci-apres ordoniu'. Si les Proprietaires de tels effets, denrees, inarchandises et provisions aiiisi saisis, ou tons antres qui en sunt charges, donnent lionncs et snllisantes cautions de les represeiiter, ou d'en payer on compter la valeur dans le cas de condamnation, tels Proprietaires ou tons autres re- coiivrcront la possession de tons tels effets saisis. Tons Coininandaiis dcs Postes qui ne sont jioiiit Commissaires dc la Paix, sont rcqiiis par ce's presentes, d'eiivoyer tels cautionnemeiis avec toutes les informations et papiers conccrnant telles saisies, et an defaiit d( tels cautionnemeiis d'eiivoyer les etVcts, denrees, marchandise.s, provisions, bateaux, chalonpes, eanots ou autres voitnres ainsi saisis, avec un eertitieat des rai- Nons de la saisie, aux ('ominissaires de la Paix residans les plus voisins du lieu ou telle saisie aura etc faite, qui en (W'cideront dans la forme ci-dessiis mentiiMiui'e. \'l. Si quclqii'un se trouve h'/e, par telle sentence ou decision des Commissaircs i\c la I'aix, il leur sera et pourra etre loisible d'eii interjeter appel en tout tems dans I'espaee d'une aiiiice du tems aiiqiiel telle sentence ou decision aura t'te doniiee, an Ginivcrneur et Conseil de cette Province, dontcinqou jdiis des Membres (except(5 seulemeiit les (.'ominissaires de la Paix qui auroul proiionc(5 telle sentence ou jngement) avec le (Miuvenieur, le Licutenant-(iouver- jieur ou le .Juge-en-Chef, cnnstituer.int line Cour d'Apel li ect effet (pii sont, par ces jirescntes, iiiitorisc-. a (wamiiier le fond et la nature du (lit appel, et d'inforiner ou confirnier la sentence on decision des dits Commissaircs de la Paix, a hipluralite des voix de hi dite C'oiir d'Appei. Kt dans le cas on die sera intirmcc, ra]ipelaiit sera rcstitu(j dc tout ee ipi'il aura ])erdii par telle saisie et cundumnation, ainsi que des frais et dci»ens que la Cour lui uUouera et adjiigera. Mais qui que ce soit no sera rei^-u a I'appel, a moiiis qu'il u'ait proniid-rcment dniuK' bonnes ot suffisantes cautions de le poiirsiiivrc, dc payer le montant de la condainnation, et les frais qui seroiit alloiK'S par la Cour d'Appei dans le cas ou la sentence et decision dcs Coinmissaires de la Paix flit coiifirmi'e. Imi coiisi'qiieiice de telles cautions, rexi^ciition dcs amended etde la vente des effets, den- rees, niarchaiidises, jirovisions, bateaux, chaluupcs ct eanots ser;i suspenduc, jusqu'a la dijcision ditiiiitive de la ("our d'Appei. 'J'oiites peincset aineiides pri/levt'es on vertu do cctto Ordonnance seroiit jiartagccs et ap- pliqiiccs dans la maniC're suivante ; savoir : aprcs deduction faite des frais dc poursuite sur lo prodtiit IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1^ ■10 I 2.8 2.5 2.2 I.I " li£ IIIIIM 1.25 1.4 1.6 6" Photographic Sciences Corporation 6/ ./a ids 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. MS80 (716) 873-4503 luittl '■ vmrnam ^OMsmMimmtM I? I- ^ APPENDIX. from the gross produce thereof, one moiety of the net proceeds shall be paid into the hands of the receiver general of this province, for tlie use of the king's majesty, and the other moiety to the person or persons who shall seize, inform, and sue for tlie same. GUY CARLETON. Ordained and enacted by the authority aforesaid, and passed in council under the Great Seal of the Province, at the Council Chamber in the Castle of St. Lewis, in the City of Quebec, the twenty-ninth day of March, in the seventeenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by tlie grace of God of Groat Britam, France, and lioland, King, defender of the faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven lumdrcd and seventy-seven. By His Excellency's Command, J. WILLIAMS, C. L. C. %'i-^ M li.i No. 15. (11.) Anno tricesimo prima Geo. III. CHAP. I. An Act to explain and amend the Act intituled " An Act or Ordinance for promoting Inland " Navigation" and to promote the Trade to the Western Cotintry. Whereas it is expedient to the prosperity of the comincrce which it was the intention of the said Ordinance to encourage, that it be nncloggcd with any unnecessary inipcdinicnts, be it therefore enacted by His ExcePency the Governor and the Legislative Council, and it i« Jiereby enacted by the authority of tiie same, that the oath to the manifest of tlic cargo of such vessels, trading to the Western Countries, which by the said Act are required to have registers shall suffice as to such articles as are not shipped upon the private account of the chief navigator, if he shall swear that tlie quantities and qualities are in his manifest stated according to his bills of lading, and that the manifest doth ex])reRs the whole thereof, according to tin- best of his I:nowledge and belief, and likewise every article of trade on his private account or on account of any person whatsoever. II. And be it further enacted by the same authority, that, as often as the vessel may be seized for not being documented as by the Act is required, it shall not expose to confiscation either the vessel or her apparel and furniture, or the property therein, of any of the shippers not being privy thereto or concerned therein, provided they shall respectively be His ]\Iajes- ty's good and faithful subjects residing within his dominions ; but for the prevention of frauds in the navigation and commerce aforesaid, be it further enacted by the same authority, that, as often as any vessel shall be found sailing on the interior lakes or rivers, from any part of His Majesty's territories, not documented as by law directed, the captain or chief navigator shall not only be answerable to all and every person and persons wlio may receive loss and damage thereby, but shall incur a penalty of two hundred pounds to His Majesty, to be sued for and recovered in any court of justice within this Province, one third ot which forfeiture shall belong to the person or persons suing for the same ; and for the more secure recovery there- of, such captain or chief navigator shall be detained and imprisoned until he shall have entered into recognizance in double the sfiid penalty, with two sufficient sureties in the judgment of one of the judges of the Common Pleas of the District of the port, post, or place to which he may be brought, personally to appear in the Court of King's Bench, within one year of the date of such recognizance, there to answer to any suit to be Drought against him for the said penal- ty, and to abide the judgment of the said court. III. And be it also enacted by the same authority, that whenever the Court, before which any proceedings may be had for any such seizure or penalty, shall give judgment for the acquittal I . APPENDICE. 4i» produit tohtl, une moitie iiette dii prwluit sera paycp entre les mains dii Receveur-Gencrnl de cette Province au profit de Sa Majesty, et I'autre moitio au profit de tous et chucun particu- iiers qui Ics auront saisis, dcnoneds et poiirsuivis. GUY CARLETON. Statue- et ordonnc par la susdite autorite et passe en Conseil sous le Grand Seean de la Province, en la Cliambre du Conseil au Chutwiu St. Louis, en la Ville de Quebec, Ic vingt-neuvienie jour du niois de Mars, dans i:i dix-septieme annee du regne de notre souverain Seigneur George Trois, par la giAee de Dieu, Roi de la Grande-Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, Defenseur de la Foi, t-te, etc. etc. et de I'annee de notre Sei- gneur mil sept-cent-soixante-et-dix-sept. Par ordrede Son Excellence, J. WILLIAMS, C. L. C. ■( ■ No. 15. (11.) Anno Triccsimo Prirno Geo. III. CUAP. I. mating Inland Jcte qui explique et amende FActc intitule, " Acte ou Ordonnance qui encourage la Navigation " interieure et le Commerce dans le Pays d' Quest." Etant expedient a la prosperite du Commrrce, que I'intention de la dite Ordonnance etait d'encourager, de lever tous empocliemens et entraves inutiles, qu'il soit a ces causes statue par Son Excellence le Gouverneur et le Conseil Legislatif, et il esit par ces presentes statue par la dite autorite, que le serment sur I'etat de la eargaison de tels raisseaux, destines au Commerce flans le Pays d'Ouest, qui sont ordonnes par le dit Acte d'avoir des feuilles d'cnregistrement, suffira quant a tels articles qui iie seront poi.it mis a bord sur le compte particulier du con- ducteur, s'il afiirme que les quantites et qjuditcs sont dans son etat de carg;iison constates con- formement a ses connaissemens, et que I'etat de eargaison exprime tous ces articles au meilleur do sa connaissance, et de ce qu'il croit, et pareillement cliaque article de commerce a son compte particulier, ou au compte d'aucune personne quclconque. II. Et qu'il soit de plus statue par la dite autorite, qu'autant de fois que le vaisseau pouna ctre saisi pour ne s'etre pas munis des papicrs ordoinios par I'acte, le vaisseau, ni ses greemens ct apparaux, ni ce qui appartient dans le dit vaisseaux a aucuns des chargeurs qui n'auront point connaissance, ou qui n'y seront point conecrncs, ne seront point confisques, pourvu qu'ils seront respectivement bons et fidcles sujets de Sa Majeste, residans dans ses Domaines. Mais afiii d'empecher les fraudes dans la Navigation et le Commerce ci-dessus mentionncs, qu'il soit de j)lus statue par la dite autorite, qu'autant de fois qu'aucun vaisseau sera trouvu faire voile suf les Lacs ou Rivieres interieures, d'aucune partic des Territoires de Sa Majeste, qui ne sera pa.s muni des papiers ordonnes par la Loi, le Capitaine ou le conducteur, sera iion seulement res- ponsablc envers toutes et chaquc personne qui pourront supporter des pertcs et dominages par cette contravention, mais encourra line amende de deux cens livres envers Sa Majeste, qui sera poursuivie et recouvree dans aucune Coui de Justice dans cette Province, dont un tiers appartiendra a celui ou ceux qui auront poursiiivi jiour icelle ; et afin de la rccouvrer plus siire- racnt, tel Capitaine ou conducteur sera detenu et cmprisonne, jusqu'a ce qu'il ait cbnsenti une reconnaissance ou obligation du double de la dite amende, conjointement avec deux cautions huffisantes, au jugement d'un des .luges des Plaidoyers communs du District, Port, Poste ou Place, auxquels il aura dte conduit, de paraitre tii personne dans la Cour du Banc du Roi dans I'espace et terme d'une annee, a compter de la date de telle reconnaissance et obligation, pour y repondre a aucune poursuite qui sera faite c(nitre lui pour la dite amende, et attendre le jugement de la dite Cour. III. Et qu'il soit aussi statue par la dite autorite, que toute fois que la Cour, devant qui telle procedure sera faite, quant a telle saisie ou amende, reudra son jugement. pour la de- G charge so APPENDIX. rr I I; I i- il: '\m acquittal of the property seized, or the discluirgc of tlie party prosecuted, but shall at th? Oitine time cause to be entered in the minutes of the Court, tiutt the prosecutor had reasonable Ciiuse for making tlie seizure or commencing the same suit, the owner or defendant shall not recover any damages or costs iigsiinst any persons concerned in such seizure or prosecution ; and to tlie end that the trade to the M'estern Districts and Indian Countries may be free and open to all His Majesty's faithful subjects in every part of His Majesty's inland dominions and territories whatsoever, be it enacted by the same authority, tliat from and after the publica- tion of this Act, it shall not be necessary for any of His jNIajesty's subjects, carrying on trade or other stated residents of tliis Province, to tiike out any where or from any jierson or j)er- sons any licence, pass, permit, or otiier writing whatsoever, for going into or trading with tlie Indians or other inhabitants of the Western Countries, Districts or Counties of this Province, or territories whatsoever, or for the carrying or conveying thither or elsewhere, in boats, bat- teaux, or canoes, any goods, wares, or merchandize, or provisions or other eftects not si)ecifi- cally prohibited, or for returning with the same or any part thereof, or with the i)ro. personnes coneernees dans telles saisies ou poursuites. Et afin que le Commerce dans les Districts d'Ouest et les Pays Sauvages, puisse etre libre et ouvert li twis fideles sujets de Sa Majeste dans toutes et chaque partie des Domaines et Territoires quelcon- ques, qu'il soit statue i)ar la dite autorite, que dej)ui8 et aprcs la publication de eet acte, il ne sera i)oint necessaire pour aucuns sujets de Sa Majeste qui font le Commerce et pour autres residaiis dans cette Province, de prendre nuUe part, ni d'aucune personne ou personnes auciine licence, permission ou autre ecrit quelconque, pour aller et commereer avec les Sauvages ou autres habitans des Pays, Districts ou Comte d'Ouest de cette Province ou Territoires quel- conques, ou pour porter ou transporter dans ces endroits ou autres parts en chaloupes, bateaux ou cunots, aucuns eifets ou inarchandises ou provisions ou autres eifets qui nc sont pas specialc- ment prohibes, et pour revenir avec tels eifets ou aucune ]>artie d'iceu.v, ou avec le produi*' en Castor, fourrures ou peaux, ou tels autres eifets qui peuvent etre legalement j>ortes, transpor- ou importes, ni assnjettir les Commer(,'aiis a prendre des licences pour vendre des liqueurs fortes aux Sauvages, excej)te lorsqu'ils auront une residence fixe dans une partie etablie de la Province pour tenir une Auberge, comme il est reqiiis par ini acte du Parlement passe dans la quatorzieme annee du llegne de Sa Majeste, intitule, " Acte qui etablit un fonds pour de- " frayer plus amplement les charges de radmiiiistration de la Justice et le soutien du Gouver- " nement Civil tlans la Province de Quebec en Amerique," nonubstant aucune Loi, Ordon- niince ou Ileglcment de cette Province, a ce eontraire. IV. Pourvu toujours neanmoins, et (ju'il soit statue par la dite autorite, qu'il sera et pourra I'trc legal pour Son Excellence le Gouverneur ou Connnandant en Chef pour le terns d'alors, de I'avis et consentement de Sa Majeste, de restreindre le Commerce a aueiine partie ou place des dits Pays d'Ouest, et des Territoires interieurs et de le regler avec aucune des Tribus ou nations Sauvages ou autres hiibitans d'icoux, ei de regler egalement et de restreindre la vente et la distribution des liqueurs fortes dans tons forts et garnisons et autres places on les Sauvages se rendent ; et d'armes, ou mimition et autres effets de guerre ou de marine, lorsque et aussi souvent que la siirete et la paix publiques pourront I'exiger, en declarant les dits rcglemens de teras a autres par proclamation sous le grand sceau. V. Et afin d'empecher les accidens qui arrivent aux canots, aux eifets qui y sont et aux Navigateurs d'ieeux dans le dangereux ])assage en descendant les rapides de la Riviere des Outaonais on la grande Riviere, entre le Portage d'enbas de la Chaiidiere et les alliimettes, rapport aux gens qui, en vendant des liquonrs fortes aux hommes des canots, les enivrent et les rendent par cela incapables de conduire et quider les canots dans les dits rapides, an grand tort du Connnerco et au risque de la vie des voj'ageurs, qu'il soit statue par I'aiitorite ci-n under the sif^rnature of such person as shall be au- thorized to grant the same, by any instrument to be issued by the governor or commnndcr- in-chit^f for the time being, under his hand and seal at arms, such person conforming to the conditions, regulations and terms in his permission prescribed or expressed. VIII. Provided also, that nothing in this or the aforementioned Act shall be construed ti> extend to any vessel navigating without a manifest, pass, or clearance, from the head of t)i<* Bay of Qninty, or any other part of tlie District of Luneberg, and not passing beyond tlie islands called the Grande Isle, and Isle of Tonty, to the southward and eastward. DORCHESTER. Ordained and enacted by the authority aforesaid, and passed in council, under the great seal of the Province, at the Council-chamber in the Castle of 8t. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, the eleventh day of April, in the thirty-first year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. By His Excellency's command, J. WILLIAMS, C. L. C. No. 16. Copies of the Petmrmt of 'Elie Bolciier, Robeut Cowie, atid M'illiam Davis, ^or tt'rifit of Ilabean Corpus ; and the Affitlmlts in siipjmrt thereof, Sfc. Also of the Writs of Ha- beas Corpus, issued at their instance, and of the lieturns to the same. No. 16. (1.) PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA. To the Honourable .Jonathan Sewell, Esquire, His Majesty's Chief Justice for the Province of Lower Canada. TTie Petition of Elie Boucher, of the City of Quebec, in the Province of Lower Canada, Mariner, Respectfully represents, That your Petitioner is now confined, as a prisoner, in the Common Gaol of the Dis- trict of Quebec, under a certain paper wiitiMjj, whereof tlie following is a true copy, viz. : — ♦' To the Gaoler. " Take cliarge of Mr. Boucher, and keep him twenty-four hours from this date. (Signed) « W. S. SEWELL, Sheriff. 1 o'clock, 30th November, laW." That your Petitioner conceives tliat lie has been, and continues to be illegally, unwar- Tantably, and oppressively deprived of his liberty, under the said paper writing. Wherefore ;^1 APPENDICE. M VII. Poiirvu toujours neanmoins, qii'il sera legal d toute personne de passer et repassi'r riiins aiicune partie de la Province, avec une permission sous le seing de tel qui sera autorise de I'aecordcr, par aucun acte qui sera ^mane par le Gouvenieur ou le Commandant en Chef |i<)ur lu terns d'alors, sous son seing et sceau, telles personnes se conformant nux conditions, rej» lemens et "termes prescrits et exprimes dans sa permission. VIII. Pourvu aussi que rien dans cot acte et dans celui ci-devant mentionne, ne sera en- tendu s'etendre a aucun vaisseau qui naviguera sans feuillc d'enr^gistrement, permission ou acquis, du fond de la Bale de Quinty ou d'aucune autre partie du District de Luneburg, et qui lie pusseru pas par-dela les lies appelues la Grande lie, et I'lle de Tonty, au cote Sud ♦■t Est. DORCHESTER. Statue et ordonnu par la susditc autoritu ct passe en Conseil sous le sceau public de lu Province, en la Chambre du Conseil, au Chateau St. Louis, en la Ville de Quebec, le onziome jour d'Avril, dans la trente-ct-unieme annce du Regne de Sa Majeste George Trois, par la grace de Dien, Roi de la Grande-Bretagne, de France et d'Irlande, De- fcnseur de la Foi, etc. etc. etc. et dans I'annee de Notre Seigneur mil-sept-cent-quatre- vingt-onze. Par ordre de Son Excellence, J. WILLIAMS, C. L. C. f: No. 16. Copie des Petitions rf'ELiE Boucher, RoBEnT Cowie ct William Davis, demandant dea writs d'Habeas Corpus ; et Affidavits a Pappui d'icelles, etc. aussi des ivrits d'Habeas Corpus, emanes , rctournable devaiit votre konneur immediatement ; et que la-dessus, et par I'ordre et sous I'autorite de votre honneur, il soit sur le cliamp lib^re de I'risoii et mis en libertc. Quebec, ;)0 Novcmbre 1800. Signe et declare en presence de (Signe) ELIE BOUCHER. (Siffne) JAMES M'KENZIE. \rr, . (Signe) FRANCIS WARD PRIMROSE, f A*^™"'"*' Le Petitionnairc ci-dcssus, avant annexe a cette Petition et mis devant moi, un Affidavit de James M'Kenzie, et un certificat des Greffiers dc la Paix, par lequel il appert que le 30e. jour de Novembro dernier, lui le Petitionnairc, fut par et devant John Neilson, Ecuyer, Jean Uaptiste Duchesnay, Ecuyer, et autres Juges de Paix pour le District, a etc convaincu d'avoir distribne a divers Sauvages, dans cette Province, du rum et des liqueurs, sans une licence, et sens ct en petitcs quantities, d la dite Scigneurie de Millo-Vaehes. Quo vers la nn du niois d'Octobre maintenant dernier, on signifia au diiposnnt un certain exploit de sommatiun ci-an- iiex<', marqud A. Et ie ddposant dit en outre, que la place extra-paroissiale mentionnie dans le oNO firNt had and ohtuincd from the Ciovernor, Lieutenant-Ciovertior, ur Comniandcr-in-Chii-f of tliii Province, for the time being, or from Iliit Majesty's Agents or Superintendantx of lixlian afTiiirft, or from any of IIii« Maiesty't) ConimandantN of any Port!* in thix Province, or from any other |ier»on or porNons authorized for that |>ur|>oi4e by the (iovurnor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander-in-Chief of the Province for the time being. M'horeby you liavr become liable to the forfeiture of a penalty of five pounds, of which the !taid (teorge Linton prays that he may have one half, and to imprisonmunt for any time not exceeding one month. Wherefore fail not at your peril. Given under my hand and seal, at the City of Quebec, in the said Dintrict, thiit twenty- iipcond day of October, 18.")(). THOS. WILSOX, J. P. (U .S.) (Signed) True Copy, W. GREEN, Clerk of the Crown. A. This is the summons or paper writing marked A, referred to in the afRchivit of Elle Boucher Quebec, 30th November, 1831. (Signed) (Signed) ELIE BOUCHER. JAME.S M'KENZIE. True Copy, W. GREEN, Clerk of the Crown. K il Certificate marked B, referred to in the foregoing Affidavit. Quebec (S. S.) We cortifv tluit before John Ncilson, .lean [?nptistc Duchesnay, Esquires, .Tustiees of the Peace for the l)istrict of Quebec, and otiiers tlicir fellow Justices of the Peace for the said District, Elie Houchcr, ofacertiiin extra-paroelmd place called Portneuf, in the County of Saguenay, in the District of Quebec, was on this ;)()th day of November, 1K3(), convicted of having, at the said extra-parochial i)lace called Portneuf, distributed to divers Indians, within this Province, certain rum and strong licpiors, without a special licence in writing for that purpose first had and obtained fnnn the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Commander-in- Chief of this Province for the time being, or from his Majesty's Agents or Superintendents of Indian affairs, or from any of His Majesty's Commamhints of any Forts in this Province, or from any other person or ])ersons authorized for that purpose by the Governor, Lieutenant- Governor, or Commander-in-Chief of the Province for the time being ; — and that it was there- npon considered and adjudged that the said Elie Boucher do j)ay a fine of five pounds, where- of one-half to our Lord the King and one-half to the Informer, and be imprisoned for and during the space of twenty-four hours next ensuing. Quebec, .30th November, ISJIO. True Copy, (Signed) GREEN and PERRAULT, Clerks of the Peace. W. GREEN, Clerk of the Crown. B. thu IiuiuIk of that |iur|>(>Mi< r-iii-Cliii't' ot iitM (if Indian or friiin tiny ■Ciovi>rnor, ur iidn, of whiili uiiy tiini: not , this twenty- 1'. (U S.) uluvit of I'UIe JCIIER. KENZIi: Jiwtifps of the ,co for the said the County of ), eonvicted of ndians, within riting for tiiat Jommunder-in- upcrintendent.H tills Province, ir, Lieutenant- Bt it was therc- lounds, wliere- 'isoncd for and )f the Peace. B. APPENDICE. W diver* mitres SniivnKO*, dnns cette Province, tuu\* avoir d'aliord eu et ohtenii a cette fin une 11- ceiKr par t'crit du Uouvernenr, Lteuteiiant-Ctouverncur, ou du C'otninan(huit en Chef de eette Province, pour le tenipx d'alors, on dew ogcnii ou surintendan** de Su Majeste pour lew afliiirc* Siiiva<{eM, uu de qiieltpieH-uiii* den CoininandanN de Sa Majeste de qiielnue fortx en cette Pro> vinee, ou de (piehpie autre perxonne ou perwonnes autoriHee)4 a cette hn par le (loiiverneur, Li('Utenant-(i(iuverneur, ou Coinniandatit en Chef de la Province pour le tenipw d'alorN, P susdites, et resi- dait APPENDIX. territory and seijfniories aforesaiil, and during the winter seasons resided at Tadousac. That, during all the period aforesaid, the said North West Company, as lessees as aibressiid, as well oi the said territory called the King's Posts, as of the said seigniories, carried on trade wiih the Indians of the said te>rTriting, and was illegally, unwarrantably, and oppressively deprived of his liberty under (ht I I f APPENDICE. 60 ilait pendant I'liivcr a Tadousac. Qiip pendant toutc la peiiode de temps susdite, la ditc Com- uiicune ace()rd<' pjijfnie (lu Nord-Oucst, eoniinc loeataires comnie susdit, fit le commerce avee les Sauvages (lits Territoires ct Heigneiiries, ctdistribiia dcs liqueurs spiritueuses iV et permi eux, sans auc iiutoritc, droit outitro, autres que ceux qu'elle tirait du bail des Postes du lloi il elle acc( par la Couronne, et du bail des dites Seignouries a elle accorde par les Proprietaires d'icelles. Que le dit commerce se faisait sans aucune licence de veudrc ou distribuer des liqueurs spiri- tueuses, ii et ))armi les Sauvages, et Ton n'a jamais cru qu'il etait necessaire de prendre, ni pense a se pouvoir d'une licence a cet effet. Qu'aj)res la dissolution dc la dite societe de la Compa- gnie (111 Nord-Oucst, le deposant entra a\i service de la Compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson, comme son agent u Quebec, et a ete et continue d'etre tres an fait de la conduitc de son com- nieree et de ses affaires A la Seigneuriede Mille-Vaclies. Que le commerce de la dite Compa- gnie (ie la Haic d'Hudson, ii la Seigneurie de Mille-Vaclies, et a ete et continue d'etre conduit par »'lle, comme il I'etait ci-devant par la Comj)agnic du Nord-Ouest comme ci-dessus men- tionne, comme locataire de la dite Seigneurie, sans aucune licence de la Couronne, ni d'aucun Orticier du Ciouverneinent ile Sa Majeste, j)our commercer avec les Sauvages, ou leur vendre et distribuer des liqueurs spiritueuses, et aucune telle licence n'a jamais ete cru necessaire. (Signe) JAMES M'KENZIE. Affinne devnnt tnoi a la Cite de Quebec, ce Icr.jour de Decvmbre, IKJO. (Signe) J. SEWELL, Juge-en-Chef. Pour copie conforme, W. GllEEX, Greffier de la Couronne. m No. 16. (4) Affidavit de FHotiorahle Francis Wahu Piiimrose et de James M'Kenzie, Ecuyer. PROVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. ^lf"'^^"'-lC'est-a-savoir: QUKBEC. j I^'IIotiorable Francis Ward Primrose, de la Cite de Quebec, dans la Province du Bas- C'anada, Avocat, et James M'Ken/ie, de la Cite de Quei)ec, Ecuyer, agent de la Compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson dans la dite Cite, jurent suparenient et respeetivement, que le premier jour de Deeembre niaintenant dernier, vers Iniit lieiires du matin, en la dite Cite de Quebec, eux les dits Francis Ward Primrose et James M'Ken/ie, se sont reudus ensemble a la maison de J'Honoraliie Jonathan Sewell, Feuyer, Jiige-en-Clief de la Province du Bas-Canada, a la fin resents, and in moderate cpiantities, to and anwtug the Indians, as occasion nmy reipiire. — -T! at the said seigniory of Mille N'aehes is an unsettled part of the i'rovinee of Lower Canada, where in> white persons reside, except such as are in the service of the said Hudson's Bay Company, and employed in carrying on trade there. — -That this De- ])0Ment, !is one of the chief traders, and one of the agents of tlie said Hudson's Bay Company, resided at I'ortiieiif, within the said seigniory, during part of the spring, sunnner, and autumn of this present year, for the purpose of superintending the said Hiulson's Bay Company's es- tablishments, at the said seigniorv tn' Mille N'aeliev, and of carrying on their trade there, and has, by himself, or by the servan s of the said Hudson's Bay Company, at different times, in tlie course of tlieir intercourse with the said Indians, at the said seigniory of iSIille Vaehes, unnnons contained ; and, as this Deponent has been inforin- «'d, which iplormation he, this De|)oneiit, verily believes to be true, after hearing the said charge jud',nient was given by two of His Majesty's .Instices of the Peace for the iMstrict of Quebec against liim, this Deponent. — And this Deponent furthcv saith, that he, this Depo- nent, halli been taken into custody upon process, ])urporfing to be founded u])ou tin; said judgment and ctniveyed to the common gaol of this District, where he lias since been, and continues to be, contiiied as a prisoner. — And this Dejionent further saith, that having demand- ed a copy of the said judgment, the ]iaper writing hereunto annexed, marked B, was deli- vered to iiiiu by Messrs. (Jrecn and Pcrrault, Clerks of the Peace for this District, as being sucli APPENDICE. «9 honour ho may 'IE. *■ .ifnjcrt** 8oit t1man<-, adrcM^ nii gardirn de ladite prison communp, rptoiimahlfl d<>\Tint votr? hu'dioiir iminttliatement ; et que lii-ue la dite Seigneurie de Mille-\'uelies est une partie inculte de la Province du Bas-Canada, on il ne reside aucun blanc, A I'exceptiofi de ceux qui sont an serviee de la dite Compagnie de la Baie d'Hinlson, et enq)l()yes a y faire son commerce. Que le dit de|)osant, connne un des prineipaux trafiquans et un des agens de la dite Com|)agnie de la Baie d'Hud- sue vers la tin du nu)is (r()etoi)re, maintenstrit dernier, on signi- fia an dit deposant, une certaine so'nsnation, ei-annexee, marquee A ; — Kt le (lit deposant dit en outre, que la i)laee extra-i)aroissiiil •, mentioinire dans la dite sommation, et qu'on y dit etre appelee Portnenf, dans le Conite de Saguenay, dans le District de (■inehec. est un Poste de eonunerce de la dite Com])agnie de la Baie d'lludson, par elle tenu, occupe et pos .'ilo, commo etant inelus dans la dite Seigneurie de ^lille-N'aehes et en faisant jiartie, et n'est juis une par- tie etablie de la Province du Bas-Canada, luais qu'on ne s'eii sort et qu'on n'y va que faire le connnerce avec les Sauvages. Et le dit deposant dit en outre, que liii le dit dejiosant, en obe- issanee a la dite sommation, cbargea son C'onseil de coin])araitre eii Conr, a la Cite de Quebec, le vingt-septienie jour de Novembre, nuiiiitenaiit dernier, ]iour ri'|>oinlre ii I'aecusation y por- tee; et, connne le deposant en a etc inforniee, laquelle information lui le dit deposant croit sineeremcMt etre vraie, apres atulition sur la dite aecusatiini, il a ete donne jiigemcnt contre lui le deposant jjardeux des .luges de Paix de Sa Majeste ])our le District de Quebec. Et le dit deposant dit en outre, (pi'ayant demande une copie du dit jugenu'nt, le papier ecrit ci-annexee, nuirqne B, lui fut deiivre I'ar MM. (ireen et Perrault, Orefliers de la Paix pour ee District, connne etant telle copie, on un certificat de teljngement. Et le de]iosant dit en outre, qu'ayant demande an g-ardien de la prisoJi eonnninu> une co|>ie du warrant, on autre antorite ecrite, en vortu de laquelle il etait et est confine duns lu dite prison, ii recnt du gardien de la dite jiri- sun «' 70 APl'KNniX. micli copy, or n certiriiate of such Jiidgmuiit. — And tliis Dcponoiit further suith, that linviiijf (k'lnuiKlud rioiu thu kcopor of tlu> etiiiiinon (fiiol a lopy of tlie wurrunt, or other written au- thority, uiuUr whieli he was, aiul is, eoiilined in tiie said (^aid, lie received from tlie laper writing hereunto aniu'.xed, marked C. — And this Depo- nent furtlu'r saitli, fiiat lu' is not conscious of haviufr been >{"'''>' «•' ""y offence, or hreaeii ot the laws, for wliieh he could, or ou(;ht to he, confined an a prisoner, in tlie said common ffHol, as lie liiis ))een as aforesai C. Et lo di'pomnt ilit cii oiitrr, qii'il i^^noro s'ctrc ri'iulii coiipabln bvc. We certify, timt at tho City of Qiu-ltpc-, in tlic OiHtrict of Qiu'l)i»c, on tlio tliirtii'tli day of \uvenil)er, oiit> tlioiisanil ciKlit liiindrcil and thirty, hiar ono thoiiHand ci^lit iiiindri'd and thirty, and tiic twcntictli day of Octid^cr in tho year aforcMaid, at a certain oxtra-iiaroi'hial plucc cullod i'ortnriif, in tin- County of SajfuiMiay, in tht- District of (^noboc, in the ProviniT of I.owt-r Canada, diNtrihutrd certain rum and otiii'r Ntronj; liipiorN to divors Indians witliin tliis I'rovincc, without a Npcciai licence in writin^jr for that purpoNp first had nn ! olttaincd, from tlie (iovcrinir, Lieutenant (io- vernor, or Coinnmnder-in-Cliief for tins Province for the time l)einjf, or from His Majesty's* u|ronts or superintendents of Indian aflairs, or from any of Ilis Majesty's commainlants of any forts in this Province, or from any otln-r person or persons, authori/i-d for tliat purpose by tin- (invernor. Lieutenant (iovernor, or Coinmander-in-Ciiief of tlie Province for tlie time bein^ ; und tiuit upon the conviction it was considered and adjudged that the said Robert Cowie do pay a fine of five pounds, wlicreof one iialf to the use of our Sovereijijn Lord tlie King, and one half to tlie informer, and that the Miid Hubert Cowie be imprisoned in the Commun Gaol during the space of twenty-four hours. (Signed) GUEEN & PEIIUAULT, Clerks of the Peace. B. This is the paper writing marked B, in the Affidavit of Hubert Cowie hereunto annexed mentioned. (Signed) JAMES M'KENZIE, (Signed) H. COWIE. I, ;* :U c. Ptiper writing C, nferred to in thefaregoiny /{ffidavit. District of |^ Qu EHEC. j To JOHN M'ALLEY, Constable of Quebec. Fontsmuch as Hubert Cowie, of a certain cxtra-jiarochial place called Portncuf, in the County of Saguenay, in the District of Quebec, Gentioman, stands convicted before us John Neilson and Jean Bajjtiste Duchesnay, Esijuires, two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the District of Quebec, and others urpose, by the Governor, Lieutenant (iovernor, or Comman- der-in-Chief of this Province for the time being : forasiiuich also as upon the said conviction, it hath been considered and adjudged by w the suid Justices, und others our fellow Justices, that, /I' APPEXDICE. II. 7.) Papier icrit marque D, mentionne dam t.iffiJavU primhnt. Qiiil)cc. Noiw cortifioim, quVn In Citt' 4le Qiu Iht, daim lo Dwtrict do Qiiehrc, lo trontivmc jour do Novoiiiliri' inil-liuit-wiit-triMiti', |)lai'o ('.\trn-|iaroiHNiulf a| jioiic I'ortin f. dans lo C'oiiiU- du Sa^'uelluy, dans lo district An (iiiiUi'V, i/rnftiiiian, fiit convaiiu . d'avnir, ciiti'f Ic |ii'i'niu>r joar du Mui, daim la |iri'ftcnt(> aiiiit'C liul-liiiit-i'ciit-trontt', rt lu viiijjtii'nic jour d'{ )ctol»re do raiince Nimditt*, li line ccrUuiic piuec cxtra-paniiHNmlt' ap|ii>lc'(> I'urtniMd', duns Ir C'ointo du Sa|(ui'n(iy, dans Ic dJHtrii't do Qiii-i)cc, «lans la I'rovinco dn llan-Canada, diHtrilini' certain ruin ot nutrcs liqui'iirx i'urtoM t\ diviTH Sau- va((i's daui ti'ttt; I'rovini'o, »nns avoir «'U ot obtonu d'aliord uno lioonco par ocrit a cot ofl'ot du (iouvoi'Mour, l^ioutonant-Ciouvornour, ou C'onirnandant-rn-Cliot' do cotto Province |)our lo tonii)s tl'aiorN, ou doN am'x\H ou HUrintondans do Sa MajoHtc poor Ioh ntfairox Sauvnf^os, ou do quolt|uos C'oninmudans do Sa MajoNto do (pudquos fortH ou cotto I'rovinco, ou do (|uol*pio per- Sonne ou porsonnos a co uutorisooH ]>ar lo (Miuvorncur, Lioutonant-CiC'liof do la I'rovinco ]ioiir lo temps d'alors; ot qiu< Nur In conviction il tut couNidoro ot udjuffo (pu- lo (lit llolu'rt Cowio paio uno amende ilo cincj livres, diuit moitio pour l'u.sa|;o do notro Souvornin Seijfuour lo Hoi, »'t moitio pour lo dononciatour, ct (pu- lo dit Hobort Cowio soit om|)ri«inino dans la prison commune ])eiulant I'ospace do vin^t-tpiatro lioiuos. (Si^rIu:•) CiUKKN ct PEUllAULT, Grttficr do lu Paix. B, C'oi'i e«t lo pnpior ccrit marque D, mcutiuniiu duns l'afliuelu.'C, innnediatcly after the receipt of this writ, the body »i Roliert Cowie, in ymu ciistod) (a-- il is said), togelher with the ilay and cause of the taking and (Ktaiidiig idtlie siiid Rtiiicrt Cowie, by whatsoever name the said Robert Cowie may bo lulled ill tiie Slime, to iiudergci and receive all .'ind siiiijular such things as the honourable .buui's Kerr, one of the Justices of our Court (d" King's Meneh for the district of Quebec, in oui' province of Lower Canada, shall then and there consider of him in that behalf — and that \ou have then and there this writ. W itncss the Honorable Jonathan Scwell, our Chief Justice, of and for our said jjrovince ot APPENDICE. 7.5 trouvc convaincu comme susdit, il pai? \ino amende de cinq livrcs, dont inuitiu pour I'lisaije do notie Sciijiieur le lloi, ct I'autro moitie an diiiionciateur, que le dit Hubert Cowie suit einpri- somie dans la prison commune pendant I'espaee de viii(j;t-qiiativ lieurcs : Attcndu aussi que le dit Uoliert Cowie, tie comparait pas en personne pour s\d)ir reinprisoniiement aucpiel il est ainsi adjujife et condainne ; ces prcsentes sont adrcssees en consequence, a tons Officiers (!(■ Milice, Constables, et tous autres Officiers et jMjnistrcs de tin Majeste dans le dit district, ou tels d'entre vous cntro les mains dcscjuels ce warrant parvicndra, i)()ur vous cliarirer et comman- der, ail nom de Sa Majeste d'ap|)reliendor sur le champ le dit l{obert Cowie et de le ineni'r .i la ])rison commune dti dit district de Quebec, jxnir l;i subir rem])risonnoment ainsi porte eontrt' lui ; et ces presentes sont aussi adressees an f>;ardien de la prison commune du dit district de Quebec, pour vous commander, au nom de ISa Majeste, de recevoir sous votre u^ardc, dans In jirison coiumune du dit district, le dit Holiert Cowie, et de I'y {^ardcr on siirete, en execution do la dite sentence, jiendant I'ospacc de viiis;t-quatre licurcs ; et a cc ne manqucz a votre peril. Donne en la cite dc Quebec, dans Ic dit district, ce trentiemc jour do Novembre, IK'}(). (Sione) THOMAS WILSON, .1. P. (L. S.) (Stgiie) .1. B. DUCHKSNAY, .T. P. (L. S.) Pour copic conforme, — Ccrtifie .TOIIN JEFFEKY, Gcolicr. Ccci est le papier marque C, incntioniie dans I'affidavit de Robert Cowie, ci-annc\e. (Si^nun H. COWIE. (Signe) .lAMES M'KEXZIE. -•fci No. 10. (7.) Affidavit (Ic Jame.s iM'Kr.xziF., Eciiijei: [Cet affidavit est precisement semblal)lc ;i celui qui se trouvc ci-do«sus, sous le No. (■"))- it e-' en consequence omis.] No. U). (S.) I'KOVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. DisTiiuT deI QiKi)i;(.. J GUILLAUME QUATllE. par la ^rAco de Dieu, lloi du Uoyaumo-Uni de la Grande- Brctau^ne ct d'lrlande, Det'eiisenr dc la Foi. Au tfardicn de la ])rison commune du district de Quebec, Salut : Nous vous commandons . (!).) Petition o/" William Davis. I'llOVlNCE OF LOWEU CANADA. Di'^riiKT Witue sses. Let ;i writ of Habeas Corpus issue as prayed fcU', returnable iiumcdiuti before me at thi- Judges' ehamliers in the Court House in tjie city of {Quebec. Quebec, 1 itli December, ls.')(l. True copy, W. GIIEEN, clerk of the crown. (Signed) J. KEIIII, J. P,. 11. No. 10. (lu.) APPENDICE. "!) maiuler au nom do Sa Majestc, dc roccvoir soiis votre garde dans la prison rommunc di; dii. District, le (lit llohert Cowie, et de I'y garder en ssurctc, on oxt'cution de la dito .scnteiav, ])cndant i'espacc dc vingt-quatre heures. N'y manqucz pas a voire puril. Donne ca la cite dc Quebec, dans lo dit District, ce trcizicme jour do Novcmbrc, 18;i<). (Signe) TIIOS. WILSON, J. P. (L. S.) (Signc) J. B. DUCHESNAY, J. P. (L. S.) Copic conforme, — Certifiu, JOHN JEFFERY, Gcolier. W- No. 16. (9.) Petition de William Davis. PROVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. DisrnicT de de) Quebec A rHonorable James Kerr, Ecnyor, nn des Jiiges de la Cour dii Banc du Roi do ,Sa Majcste pour le district de Quebec. La Petition de William Davis, des cite, comto et district do Quebec, commis au service do la Compagnie dc la Baic d'Hudson. Expose rcspectueuscment, Que votrc Potionnaire est maintenant confine commc prisoiinier dans la pvlsoii commune du district de Quel)ec, sous I'autorite d'un certain warrant ouordre. Ducliesnay, dont une vraie copic, etant le papier marque C, aniu'Xe A I'affidavit do votre Peti- tionnaire, accompaftue cctte Petition. Quo votrc Petitionnairo conceit qu'il a ete et continue d'etre illegalement, iiijustifial>K^- mcnt et opprcssivemcnt prive de sa liberte, sous I'autorite du dit warrant ou ordre. C'est pourquoi votre Petitionnairo dcmande liumblemcnt, que le writ d'Hahcas Corpus dc Sa Majoste soit emane, adrcsse au gardien do la dito ]n-ison eonmiune, retourniilile iinnu'- deponent verily believes to be true) after hearing the said charge judgment was gi\en Ijy two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the district of Quebec .against him, this deponent, and this deponent further saith that he, this deponent, lias been taken inio custody in virtue of process, purporting to be founded upon the said judgment, and con- veyed to the common gaol of tiiis district, where he has since been, and continues to be, con- iiueil as a ]irisoner. And this deponent further saith that, having demanded a copy of the said judgment, the paper writing hereunto annexed, marked B, was delivered to iiim by Messrs. Green and Perrault, Clerks of the Peace for this district, as being such copy, or a certificate of such judgment ; — and this dejionent further saith, that having demanded from the keeper of the common gaol a copy of the warrant, or other written authority, under which he was or is confined in the said gaol, he received from the said Keejicr of the said eoinnion gaol the jiaper wr'ting hereunto annexed, marked C ; and this deponent further saith that he is not conscious of having iieen guilty of any offence or breach of the hvws, for whieii he eoiild or ought to lie eoiitiiied as a pri>i(iner in the common gaol, as he has been as LifiU'esaid, and continues to lie. (Signed) WM. DAVLS Sworn at the city of Quebec, in the common gaol there, this 14th December, IS-OO, be- K»r.> me, (Signed) JAMES M-KEXZIE, J. P. iruc Copy, W. GREEN, clerk of tiu crown. APPENDJCE, 81 No. 16. (10,) j{ffidavit de William Davis. PROVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. Quebec, suvoir: Wrt^LI AM DAVIS, de In cite <\e Quebec, du comti? ot district do Qu6boc, commis ;ui sorvice de la Compaf^nie de la Hale d'Hudsoii, upres serincnt dueinent preto sur les .Saints Evangiles, depose et dit, que lu dite Compa^nie de la Haie d'Hiidson, lou^-temps avaiit Ic premier jour de Mai mil-huit-cent-trente, etaitet depuis lors jusqu'u present a etc locataire do lit Seigiieuric de Mille-Vaches, dans Ic district de Quebec, dans laquelle est sltiie le poste do i'urtnouf, laquelle Seigncurie a ete et est par ellc tenue pour y fairc le commorce avec les yuuvages. Qu'en faisant Ic commerce avec les Sauvagcs de la dite Compagnie de la Baie d'lludson, conime tous ceux qui sunt engages dans ce commorce, distribuo necessairement des liqueurs spiritueuses en presens ct en petites quantites, a et ptu-mi les iSauvages, scion que I'oc- casion peut le requerir. Que la Scigneurio de Mille-\'aclic8 est une partie inculte de lu pro- vince du Bas-Canada, ou il ne reside aucuii blauc, u I'exception de ceux qui sont au service do la dite Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, ct sont employes a y faire son commerce ; et le dit elee Portneuf, dans le comte de Saguenay, dans le district de Quebec, dans la province du Uas- Canada, vendii, distribue et dispose antrement a divers Sauvagos dans cette province, certain rum et liqueurs fortes et d'avoir la et alors souffert seiemment et volontairement que d'autre rum et autres liqueurs fortes tombassent entre les mains de divers autres Saiivages dans cette j)rnviiice, sans avoir en et obtenu d'abord une licence par ecrit a cet cffet du Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Gouverneur, ou commandant-en-clief dc cette province pour le temps d'alors, ou (los agcns ou surintendans de Sa Majeste pour les affaires Sauvagos, ou dc quelques-uns des eommandans de Sa Majeste des forts en cette province, ou de quelque autre personne ou per- somics a ce autorisees par le Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Gouverneur, ou commandant-cn-clief pour le temps d'alors. Par quoi vous avez encouru inie amende de cinq livres, dont le dit George Linton dc- mande a avoir la nioitie, et remprisonnement pour un temps n'excedant pas un mois. Et n'y manqucz a votre peril. Donne sous men seing et sceau en la cite de Quebec, dans le dit district, ce vingt-dcuxieme jour d'Oetobre, 1830. (SJgne) TH0:MAS WILSON. Pour copie confprmc. W. GREEN, Greffier de la couronnc. A. Ceei est le papier ecrit marque A, meutlonne dans I'aiBdavit de William Davis cl-anncxe. W. DAVIS. JAMES M'KENZIE. B. Papier ecrit marque B, mcntionne dans Vaffidavit precedent, Quebec, S. S. Nous ccrtifions que, en la cite de Quebec, dans le district dc Quebec, le trentiemc jour (k Novembre, mil-huit-cent-trentc, dcvaut Thomas W'ilson et Jean Baptistc Duchcsnay, Ecuycrs, deux h ■■i%f ■r m a* APPENDIX. DiiclicsiiaV) Esquires, two of lils Majesty's Justices of tlio Peace for tlie district of Quebec, \\'illiuni Oiivis of ti certuiu i'xtru-i)arocliial place called l'ortneuf, in the county of Saguenay, in tlic district uf Quebec, gentleman, was convicted of having, between the first day of May, in tiic |)rcs> nt year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, and tiie twentieth day of October, in the yea* aforesaid, at a certain e.xtra-parochial place called Portncuf, in the county of 8a- jriicuay, in the district of Quebec, in the province o( Lower Canada, distributed certain rum and oilier strong liquors, to divers Indians within this province, without a special licence, in writing, for that purpose, first had and obtained, from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or commandcr-iu-chief of the province for the time being, and that upon the said conviction it was considered and adjudged that the said William Davis do pay a fine of five pounds, whereof one half to the use of our Lord the King, and one half to the informer, and that the said Wil- liam Davis be imprisoned in the common gaol of this district, during the space of twenty-four hours. (Signed) GREEN & PERRAULT, clerks of the peace. True copy, W. GREEN, clerk of the crown. 'i I . C. Paper writing marked C, referred to in the foregoing ^^ffidavit. District orl Qlebec. j To JOHN WALLEY, constable, at Quebec. Forasmuch as William Davis, of a certain extra-parochial place called Portncuf, in tin? county of Saguenay, in the district of Quebec, gentleman, sUiiids convicted before us John Neil- son and Jean Baptiste Duchesnay, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the district of Quebec, and others our fellow Justices of the Peace for the said district of Quebec, having between the first day of May in the present year, one thoustmd eight hundred and thirt}', and the twentieth day of October, in the year aforesaid, atacen !'n extra-parochial place cjiUed Portncuf, in the county of J«aguenay, in the district of Quebec, in the province of Lower Canada, distributed certain rum and other strong liquors, to divers Indians within tliis province, without a special licence in writing for that purpose, first had and obtained from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or commander-in-chief of the province for the time being. Fonismuch also as, ui)on the said conviction, it hath been considered and adjudged by us the said Justices and others out fellow Justices, that for the offence vrhcreof the said Wil- liam Davis stands convicted as aforesaid, lie do pay a fine of five pounds, whereof one-half to the use of our Lord the King, and one-half to the informer, and that the said Williai.i Davis be imjjrisoncd in the common gaol of this district during the space of twenty-four hours, forasmuch also as the said William Davis doth not personally appear to undergo the im- ])risonment to which he is so adjudged and condemned. These are therefore to all Officers of Militia, constJibles, and others his Majesty's Offi- cers and Ministers in the said district, or such of you into whose hands this warrant may come, in his Majesty's name, to charge and command you forthwith to apprehend the said William Davis, and conxey him to the common gaol of the said district, there to undergo the imprisonment so adjudged against him, and these are also to the keeper of the common gaol, in the said district of Quebec, in his Majesty's name, to command you into your custody in J 1 1 1 ! n APPENDICE. 83 (Icux dcK JugoR do Pnlx do Sa Mnjostc pour le district de Quebec, W iiw Da^is, •' c ccr. taiiic place extra-paroissialc nppcluc Portiioiif, dans Ic coint6 dc Saeucnay, diiXH lo ihM.irt. xi'cuti(in (lu hi ditu Hcntencv, piMidaiit I'l'Hpacc dc vingt-quutro lionri'M; ft li CO nt- iiiaii(|ii(>/ li vofro peril. Donne 111 la cite de Quiltcc, duns Ic dit district, cc trcnti*}mo jour dc Novembro, Itl-'JO. (Si^ni-) THOMAS WILSON, J. P. (L. S.) (Sixnt) J. H. DUCUKSNAY, J. P. (L. S.) Pour oopic confurmo, — Ccrtifii', JOHN JKFI'EllY, Gcolicr. Pour copio coiiformo, W. OllEKN, Circffier dc la couroniic. ' II No. 1(1. (II.) Cvpic du writ (I'lluhcas Corpus. I'UOVINCE DU BAS-CANADA. DisiuicT nr, ( Qri:uK(. J GUILEArME QUATIIE, par la gn'.co do Diou, Iloi du Royaumc-Uui dc la Grande ISrctagnc et d'lrlaiidc, Dcfcuscur do la I'oi. Au gardicn de lu prison commune dc la cite dc QuCbcc, Saint : Nous vous commandons d'amcncr devant nous, aux cliumbrcs des Jurgc dans la Cour do .Iiistiee, dans la cite de Quebec, immediatement apres la recej)tion de ce writ, le eorjis de W'illiiiin Davis sous votre garde (est-il dit,) avcc ensemble le jour ct la eanso de I'arrcstatioit «'t detention du dit William Davis, par quclque autre nom que le dit William Davis jniisso t'f re nomme, i)our subir et reecvoir tuutes et eliacunc \e\ clioscs (jiie I'llonorabic James Kerr, uii des .luges de notrc Cour du Banc du Banc du Hoi pour le district de Quebec, dans notrc province du Bas-Caiuida, jugera a propos lii et alors a son egard — et vous ne manquez pas do r»'])reseiitcr la ct alors le present writ. Temoin I'llonorabic Jonathan Scwell, notrc Jugc-"n-Chef, do ct pour notro ditc province du Biis-Canada, et un des Juges dc notrc ditc Cour du Bi.nc du Iloi, en notro cite de Quebec, le quatorzieme jour dc Deccmbrc, dans I'an de notrc Seigneur Ic Clirist, mil-liuit-ccnt-trcnte, ft do notrc regno le premier. (Signe) J. KERR, J. B. R. (L. S.) W. GREEN, Grefficr dc la couionne. Pour copie conformo, W. GREEN, Grefficr dc la couronnc. Ell vertu d'un ordonnance passee dans la vingt-quatriemc annee du -egnc dc Sa feuo Ma- jestc George Trois. (Signe) J. KERR. William t! ,: iP?i| rifi f 89 APPENDIX. Tbc witliin named William Davis was committed into my custodjr on this fourteenth tlay of December instant, at lialf-past 8 o'clock, a. m. for distributing certain rum and other strong liquors to divers Indians, at an extra-])arochial place called Portnenf, as will appear by the schedule hereunto annexed, and I further answer that I have the body of the within named William Davis here present, as by this writ I am commanded. Quebec, 14th December, 1830. Filed 14th Decemlier, 1830. Certified, W. GREEN, clerk of the crown. (Signed) JOHN JEFFERY, Gaoler. Schedule referred to in the foregoing return. District of\ QuEliKO. J To JOHN WALLEY, constable of Quebec. Forasmuch as William Davis, of a certain extra-parocliial place called Portneuf, in the county of Saguenay, in the district of Quebec, gentleman, stands convicted before us, John Ncilson and Jean Raptiste Duchesnay, Esquires, two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the district of Quebec, and others our fellow Justices of the Peace for the said district, of having, between the first day of May in the present year one thousand eight hundred and tiiirty, and the twentieth day of October in the year aforesaid, at a certain extra-parochial place ciilled Portneuf, in the county of Saguenay, in the district of Quebec, in tlie province of Lower Canada, distributed certain rum and other strong liquors, to divers Indians within the province, without a special licence in writing for that purpose first liad and obtained from the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or commander-in-chief of the province, for the time being ; Forasmuch also as upon the said conviction it hath been considered and adjudgetl by us, the said Justices and others our fellow Justices, that, for the offence whereof the said William Davis stands convicted as aforesaid, he do pay a fine of five pounds, whereof one half to the use of our Lord the King, and one half to the informer, and that tlie said Wil- liam Davis be imprisoned in the common gaol, of this district during the space of twenty- four hours ; forasmuch also as the said William Davis doth not personally appear, to under- go the imprisonment to wiiich he is so adjudged and condemned; These are, therefore, to all officers of militia, constables, and all others His Majesty's officers, and ministers in the said district, or such of you into whose hands this warrant may come, in his Majesty's name, to charge and command you forthwith to apprehend the said ^^'illiaIn Davis, and convey him to the common gaol of the said district, there to undergo tiie imprisoninent so adjudged against him ; and these are also to the Keeper of the com- mon gaol in the said district of Quebec, in his Majesty's name, to command you, into your custody, in the common gaol of the said district, to receive the said William Davis, and- him there safely to keep, in execution of the said ujudication, during the space of twenty-four hours. Hereof fail not at your peril. Given at the city of Quebec, in the said district, this thirtictli day of November, 1830. Truo copy, (Signed) (Signed) W. GREEN, clerk of the crown. THOMAS WILSON, .1. P. (L. S.) J. B. DUCHESNAY, J. P. (L. S.) No. 17. APPENDICE. 89 William Davis ci-denomme a etc commis it ma pjarde le quatorzieme jour Ac Decembre courant, a liuit heures et demie, A. M. pour avoir distribue certain rum et autres liqueurs fortes a divers Sauvages, il une place extra-paroissiale appelee Portneuf, comme il apparaitra par la Cfklule ci-annexee, et je rcponds en outre, que j'ai le corps du dit William Davis ci-di-nom- me ici present, selon qu'il m'a et^ ordomiu par le present writ, Quubec, 14 Decembre 1830. File 14 Decembre ia30. (Signe) JOHN JEFFERY, Geolior. Certifie W. GREEN, Greffier de la couronne. 4 Cedule mentionnee dans le rapport precedent. '&l' DlSTIlICT DE 1 Quebec. J A JOHN W ALLEY, Constable de Quebec. Attendu que William Davis, d'lme ccrtaine place cxtra-paroissiale appelee Portneiif, dans le Comte de Saguenay, dans le district de Quebec, gentleman, se trouve convaincu devant nous John Neilson et Jean Baptists Duchesnay, Ecuyers, deux des Juges de Paix de Sa Majeste pour le district de Quebec, et autres Juges de PaLx pour le dit district de Quebec, d'avoir, eutre le premier jour de Mai de la presente annee mil-huit-cent-trente, et le vingtieme jour d'Octobre de rannee susdite, a une certaine place extra-paroissiale appelee Portneuf, dans le Comte de Saguenay, dans le district de Quebec, dans la Province du Bas-Caiiadiv distribue certjiin rum et autres liqueurs fortes, a divers Sauvages dans cette Province, sans avoir eu et obtenu d'abord une licence par ccrit a cet effet du Gouverneur, Lieutenant-Gouvcrneur, ou Commandant-en-Chef decctte Province, pour le temps d'alors. Attendu aussi que par la dite conviction, il a ete considero ct adjuge par nous dits Juges de Paix, et autres Juges de Paix, que pour I'offense dont le dit William Davis se trouve convaincu comme susdit, il paie une amende de cinq livres, dont moitie pour I'usage de notre Seigneur le Roi, et moitie pour le denonciateur, que le dit William Davis soit emprisonne dans la prison commune de ce district pendant I'espace de vingt-quatre heures : Attendu aussi que le dit William Davis ne comparait pas en personnc pour subir I'emprisonncment auquel il a ete condiunne: Ces presentes sont adressees tl tous Oificiers de Milicc, Constables, et autres Officiers ct Ministres de Sa Majeste dans le dit district, ou a tel d'entre vous entrc les mains de qui tombera ce warrant, pour vous enjoindre et commander, au nom de Sa Majeste d'arretcr le dit William Davis immediatement, et de le conduire a la prison commune du dit district, pour lu subir I'emprisonnement ainsi decrete contre lui ; et ces presentes sont aussi adressees au gar- dien de la prison commune du dit district de Quebec, pour vous commander, au nom de Sa Majeste, de retenir sous votre garde, dans la prison commune du dit district, le dit William Davis, et de I'y garder en surete, en execution de la dite sentence, pendant I'espace de vingt- quatre heures ; et a ce ne manquez a votre peril. Donn^ en la cite de Qu6bec, dans le dit district, ce treizicme jour de Novembre, 1830. (Signe) THOMAS WILSON, J. P. (L. S.) (Signe) J. 13. DUCHESNAY, J. P. (L. S.) Pour copic confonne, W. GREEN, Greffier de la couronne. M No. 17. m >>4 '*i,l 90 APPENDIX. No. 17. Correspondence btlween Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretary of hit Excellency Lord Aylmer, Governor hi Chief of Lower Canada, and James Stuart, Esquire, his Majesty's At- torney-General for that province, respecting the establishment of boundaries between the territory called the Kinfs Posts and tlie seigniory of Mille-Vaches. No. 17. (1.) Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Glego, Secretary to his Excellency Lord AvLSiEn, Administra- tor of the Government, to James Stuaht, Esquire, his Majesty's Attorney-General. Sir, Castle of St. Lewis, Qitebec, 23d December, 1830. I have received the commands of his Excellency the Administrator of the Government, to acquaint you, that he has received n petition from William Lampson, Esquire, in which it is stilted, he is engaged in a law suit respecting the boundary of the seigniory of Mille-Vaches, adjoining the territory of the King's Posts, of which he is tlie lessee, in which law-suit, as he states, the interests of the Crown are identified with his own. His Lordship desires me to observe, that he would naturally have referred this petition to you for your opinion, in regard to certain questions of law, which it involves ; but Mr. Lamp- son having stated, that you are retained as Counsel to the party opposed to him in this cause, his Lordship, before referring to you the petition in question, requests to be informed, whether the fissertion of Mr. L.impson, of your being retained by the opposite party is correct, and whether in your opinion the interests of the Crown are identified with those of Mr. Lampson, ns stated by him in his petition. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient, humble servant, (Signed) J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. Honourable JAMES STUART, Attorney-General. True copy, J. STUART. i No. 17. (2.) Letter from Ja.mes Stuaut, Esquire, His Mqjesty's Attorney-General, to Lieutenant-Colonel Gleug, Secretary, S(c. Sin, Qwbec, 2Ath December, 1831. I have been honoured with the commands of his Excellency the Administrator of the Government, signified in your letter of the '2.')d instant, in which his Lordsh'p refers to a petition from Mr. Lampson, wherein it is stated, that he ' 'ngaged in a law-suit respecting the boundary of the seigniory of Mille-Vaches, in which ) it, iis he stfites, the interests of the Crown are identified with his own, and wherein it is stated, that I am retJiined as Counsel by the party opposed to him ; whereupon his Lordsii.,; has been pleased to require me to report, for his information, whether the assertion of Mr. Lampson, of my being retitincd by the opposite party is correct, and whether, in my opinion, the interests of the Crown are identified with those of Mr. Lampson, as stated by him in his petition. In obedience to his Lordship's commands, 1 have the honour to state, that the duty of the office of Attorney-General, which I have the honour of holding, necessarily prechulcs me APPENDICE. No. 17. •1 Comspondance entre le Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretaire de Son Excellence Lord Aylmeu, Gouverneur-en-Chef du Bas-Canada, et James Stuart, Ecuyer, Procureur-Gemral pour cetle Province, touchant retablimement des homes entre le territoire appeli les Postts du Hoi et la Seigneurie de Mille-Vaches. No. 17. (1.) Lettre du Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretaire de Son Excellence Lord Aylmer, Administra- teur du Gouvernement, d James Stuaut, Ecuyer, Procureur-General de Sa Majeste. Monsieur, Chdteau St. Louis, Quebec, 23 Decembre 1830. J'ai recfu ordre de Son Excellence I'Administrateur du Gouvernement, de vous informer qu'elle a re<;u une petition de William Lampson, Ecuyer, dans laquelle il est dit qu'il est en- gage dans une poursuite judiciaire, a I'egard des homes de la Seigneurie de Mille-Vaches, joignant le territoire des Postes du Roi dont 11 est le fermier, dans laquelle poursuite, selon qu'il le dit, les interuts de la couronne sont identifies avec les siens. Sa seigneurie desire que je fasse observer qu'elle vous avait tout naturellement renvoye cette petition, pour avoir votre avis sur certaines questions de droit qu'elle embrasse, mais M. Lampson ayant dit que vous etes retenu comme conseil pour la partie adverse dans cette cause, sa seigneurie avant de vous renvoyer la petition en question, demandc d etre inforraee si cet avance de M. Lampson, savoir, que vous etes retenu par la partie adverse, est correct, et si a votre avis les inturets de la couronne sont identifies avec ceux de M. Lampson, selon qu'il le dit dans sa petition. J'ai I'Lonneur d'etre. Monsieur, votre tres-humble serviteur, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. L'Honorable JAMES STUART, Procureur-General. Pour copie conforme, J. STUART. No. 17. (2.) Lettre de James Stuart, Ecuyer, Procureur-General de Sa Majeste au Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretaire, etc. Monsieur, Quebec, 24 Decembre 1830. J'ai eu I'honneur de recevoir les ordres de Son Excellence I'Administrateur du Gouver- nement signifies dans votre lettre du 23 courant, dans laquelle sa seigneurie fait allusion a la petition de M. Lampson, dans laquelle il est dit, qu'il est engage dans une poursuite judiciaire a I'egard des homes de la seigneurie de Mille-Vaches, dans laquelle poursuite, selon qu'il le dU, les interets de la couronne sont identifies avec les siens, et dans laquelle il est dit aussi que je suis retenu comme conseil de sa partie adverse. Sur quoi il a plu a sa seigneurie d'ordonner que je fisse rapport pour son information si I'avance de M. Lampson, savoir, que je suis retenu par la partie adverse, est correct, et si les interets de la couronne sont identifies avec ccux de M. Lampson, selon qu'il le dit dans sa petition. En obeissance aux ordres de sa seigneurie, j'ai I'honneur de rapporter que les devoirs de I'office de Frocureur-G^nC'ral que j'ai I'honneur de tenir m'eoipechent necessairement d'occuper pour * ;. ¥M \mi la M APPENDIX. mc from taking: any retainer to support the interests of individuals, in opposition to, or inconsistent witli tliosc of the Crown ; and I liave not therefore become, nor could be, retained by any party adverse to Mr. Lampson, to oppose, or question interests in him, which are identified with those of the Crown. The case to which Mr. Lampson, I presume, refers, and which it has been erroneously supposed by hiin furnishes ground for his assertion, is a possessory action, called in the French law an action " do reintegrande" (being the " Interdictum unde vi" of the Roman law) re- cently brought by me for the Hudson's Bay Company against Mr. Lampson and his servants, for having with force and arms entered upon a piece of land which then was, and during a long period previously had been, in the peaceable possession of the Hudson's Bay Company, as lessees of the seigniory of " Mille-Vaches," — for having expelled therefrom the servants of that Company, — for having commenced the erection of, and erected a house, buildings, and fence thereon, — and for having since forcibly retained possession thereof, &c. This action turns exclusively on the alleged fact of possession in the Hudson's Bay Company, at the time of the trespass comjilained of, without reference to boundaries, or right of property. In this action, the boundaries between " Mille-V'aches" and the adjoining waste lands of the Crown, of which Mr. Lampson is lessee, cannot come in question, or be litigated ; nor can any right, or interest, of the crown be, in the smallest degree, promoted, injured, or affected, by the proceedings to be had, or the decision to be given, in this action. The ground on which this action rests is that of unjust spoliation by force and violence, and the rule of law applicable to it is — SpoUatus ante omnia restituendus est. If, as alleged by the Hudson's Bay Company, they have been by force dispossessed by Mr. Lampson, of land which was in tlicir peaceable possession, they must recover judgment against him in this action, even though he were the lawful proprietor of the land. The law in such case requires that the despoiled party be re-instated in possession, before the question of right can be litigated ; and this can only be done, in a petitory action, to be brought by tlie i)arty which claims the right of property. It is manifest, therefore, that Mr. Lampson could derive nv, benefit in this action from a right of property in his Majesty, even if such right existed ; and it is equally manifest, therefore, that the interests of the crown are in no respect identified with those of Mr. Lampson, in this matter. He has chosen to incur the high responsibility of taking the law into his own hands, and he must abide the result : — Tlie crown is a stranger to the illegal acts complained of by the Hudson's Bay Company, and cannot, and ought not, to be implicated in the consequences of them. I will only beg leave further to add, that if it be supposed that any part of the waste lands of the crown are included within limits improperly ascribed to the seigniory of Mille-\'aches, the remedy for the recovery of it would be found, not in any interference on the part of the crown in the differences between Mr. Lampson and the Huilson's Bay Company, (as Mr. Lamp- son would seem to desire,) nor in any action against that company, but in an action against the lessors of the Hudson's Bay Company, proprietors of the seigniory of Mille-Vaches, for the establishment of boundaries between that seigniory and the adjoining lands of the crown. |:|i:l. % I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant. (Signed) J. STUART, Attorney-General. Lieut.-Col. GLEGG, Secretary, &c. &c. True copy, J. STUART. No. 17. (3.) ii|:^f 'fwmt, APPENDICE. 93 pour qui que cc soit, d I'appui d'intureta opposes u ceux de la couronne ou qui sont incompa- til)les avec ces deruiers intertts, en const-quence je n'ai cte n! pu etre retenu par aucune partic adverse li M. Lampson, pour opposer ou mettre en question des droits a lui appartenants, qui soiit identifies avec ceux de la couronne. La cause a luquelle je presume que M. Lampson fait allusion et dans laquelle il a errone- ment vu une raison de f'aire ravaiice en question, est une action possessoire (appelee dans le droit fran^ais action en reintegrande qui est le " interdictum wide vi" du droit romain) re- cemment par moi intentee pour la compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson centre M. Lampson et ses employes, pour avoir avec force et armes, entre sur un terrein qui etP-it alors et qui avait 6t6 a.iterieurement pendant une longue suite d'annees en la possession paisiblc de la compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, comme locataires de la Seigneurie de Mille-Vaches pour en avoir chasse les serviteurs de cette compagnie pour y avoir commence a ^riger et y avoir 6rig6 une mnison, des butimcns et des clotures et pour en avoir depuis forcement retenu la possession, etc., cette action tourne exclusivement sur Tallegation de possession par la compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson au temps de la voie de fait dont elle se plaint, sans aucun rapport aux limites ni aux droits de propri^te. Dans cette action les limites entre " Mille-Vaches," et les terres incultes de la couronne avoisinantes, dont M. Lampson o t fermier, ne peuvent venir en question ni en litige ; non plus qu'aucun droit ni interet de la couronne ne peut le moins du monde etre avance, diminue ni aftecte par les procedures qui auront lieu, ni par la decision qui sera donnee dans cette action. Le fondement de cette action est celui d'une spoliation injuste par la force et par la violence, et la regie de droit applicable en pareil cas est, spoliatus ante omnia restituen- dus est. Si selon qu'il est allegue par la compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, M. Lampson les a de- posscdes par force d'un terrein qui 6tait en leur possession paisible, ils doivent obtenir juge- ment contre lui dans cette action, quand mcmc il serait le proprietaire legitime du terrein. La loi en pareil cas requiert que la partie deposscdee soit remise en possession, avant qu'on puisse plaider sur la question de droit ; ct c'est ce qui ne peut se faire que par une action petitoire que doit intenter la partie qui reclame le droit de propri<'tc. II est done evident que M. Lampson ne pourrait retirer aucun avantage dans cette action du droit de propriete que pourrait avoir Sa Majeste, suppose meme que ce droit existut, et il est egalement evident, en consequence, que les interets de la couronne ne Sont en aucune maniere identifies avec ceux de M. Lampson dans cette affaire. ' II a voulu prendre la responsabilite de se faire justice de ses propres mains et il faut qu'il en subisse les cimsequences. La couronne est tout-a-fait etrangcre aux actes il- legaux dont se plaint la compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson, et ne peut ni ne doit-etre impliquee . Vu la nature »lc cotto eommunication aiissi hicn que de cello qui I'a precc'di', siir ' mi'im; sujet, il parait i'tre indispensaMe (pie je soumettc respuctueuscment il la eonsidiTation de Son Excellence, (pi'il appartu^nt ii I'dHice du IVocurenr-tieMi'Tal d'aviser, d'intenter, de defendie et, de conduire toutes les poiirsuites de la co'ironni; u do Sa Majesti' dans lescpielles cet OlHcicr a;rif proffssionnellcineiit. Ces devoirs sont par la loi, inlu'ri'tis a rotlice, et tie peuveiit en I'tre si''parc's; I'olHcier ropoiid qu'ils sont rem))lis avec fide- lili', liahilite et inte^ritt' : et ectte responsaMllti' eonstitue la i^arantie qn'ont Ic piihlic et les iiidividns, en aiitaut (pie leurs intovc'ts resjicctits y sont cnncerni's. No nu' eonnaissant aueuni! inca|)aeile a reniplir lt!s devoirs de rollicc ort de natun; a atl'ecter la coiitiance du (louvcrncment de Sa Majesto dans I'exccution intefriu de mes devoirs, au lieu desoulVrir aueune restricfion des droits dont il vient d'etre fait mention, je dois solliciter de la justice de Son I'^xcellence uue investiijation imm(';diate sur telle imputation, (pudle quVlle soit, atin (pi'aiicuu deslionneur ne s'attaciie au service jiouoralile dans le(piel je suis enifagi's ])ar des insinuations maliy-nes ou par des soup(,'oMs ni;d fonties. Mais dans I'ahsence de toute telle cause propre ;i detruire la coiitiance (pii est due ii I'otKce dcuit sa Majeste in'a luuiorc^ et taut (jiu; je coutliiiierai li tenir cet otfice je ne puis consentir ii ce que les devoirs qui y appartiemieiit, letraleineiit soieiit traiisferes ii aueune autre personnnc, et je ne puis noii |)lus nie souinettri; it .) J,)t/rc ifii Liinl.-Ciil. Gi.Kci;, S,t. &t, a J. SriAifr, Enii/ci; Pmooiiir-Gincml. CIial,(in Sdliil Louis, (Im'/jir, -.V) J^'cntihre 18:30. MoNHir.i:!!. I/Adininistrateur du 1,'ouveriieiiieiit dc'sire (pie, sans i)er(lre iin seal iiistfuit, ju vou* assure; en reponse il votre Icttre de cette date (que son l^xcelleiice vient de lire) (pie sii determination ii I'e^ard du mode iia(l(>pter dims I'afl'iiire de M. l.ainitsoii, ne deciMilecn qiioi (piece soit d'au- cun doute (pii se seraif elcvediiiis sou esprit au sujet de votre iiitei)rite, de votre lionneur (Hide votre capacite lirofi'ssioiiiielJe, son Excellence est disposee ii doinier line foi pleiiie it entiere Ti I'exisience de ces iputlites eliez vows, et sii deteriniiiation ne decoiilc non pins d'aueniie insinua- tion malijjnc centre votre caractere (pii soit parvenu jusqu'ii ses m-eilles, elle est tmit-ii-fait etrani>ereiiauciines insinimtions de cette iiiiture, et s'il lui en fi'it parvenu, elle n'aiirait pas lie- •-ite iin seul nioineiil ii voiis les eoniinuniipier avec franchise et lionneur. Ce qu'ille doit ;i votre caractere otKciel aussi hieii (pi'iiii sien propre, aurait rendu une telle cominniiicatioii un devoir imporieux de sa p:irt, et on pent avoir ipielque droit d'ajoutcr (pie sou silence ;! cet egard aurait pu etre pris comme une preuve qu'il u'y avait sur sou esprit iiueunc impression de cette espcce. N Ayant ■ l, ! i . m i)a APPENDIX. |)oin)? entirely free from any such imiircssion.— Having flispnsod of tliis part of tlio siilijcit, wliiili liis Kxcolloncy has most at lioart to do, in a way tliat may be entirely Natisfnctor'y to your feeling's, lie has direeted me to add, that unless he has formed very erroneous notions of the finietitnw of the office which he has tiie honour of tillintc as administrator of this jirovinee, he may hi' permitted to jud^e for himself, whether he shall associate one or more of tlie hiw offirers of the crown, in the conduct and management ot" any i)arficular i)roceedinfr. ilis lord»lii|) still thinks, that he is invested with such ve the lionour to lie, Sir, Your obedient, liumblc servant, (Signed) J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. Honhle. J. STUART, Attorney-General. True copy, J. STUART. n No. 17. (G.) Xote/rom His Excilkncij Lord Ayi.mku, to J. Stuaiit, Esq, Altnnnj-Cuneral {Pri\ate) Castle of St. Lewis, Qiichtc, OOt/i Dciemhir, 18:](». IVIv DKAIl Slli, An official correspondence is now goinjj- forward between us through the medium of Lleul. Col. Cth'gg. which I do assure you is very ]iainfnl to me; but I hope aiul trust, it will not have the etTect of producing any cliauge in the social intercourse, and those personal feeling't of rcirard between us, which it is very much my desire to cherish and cultivate to tbe utmost. An assurance, on your part, that you participate in these feelings, would be highly gratifying to, my dear Sir, Your very faithful servant, True copy, , J. STUART. (Signed) AYLMER. No. 17. (7.) Letter from J. Stuart, Esq. Attorney-Gentrnl, to Lieut, Col. Gleoo, Secretary, Sfc. Quebec, Qlst Dectmhcr, IHJJO. Sill, I have been honoured with your letter of the .'iOtli inst., and beg leave to state, that I have derived the greatest satisfaction from the Jissurances his E.M'cllency the administrator of the government has been pleased to convey to me, that, in his directions respecting the suit to settle the bouiularies of " Mille-Vaches," he was not influenced by any doubt of my inte- grity or honour, and my most respectful acknowledgements are due for the terms in which these !i.ssurances have been conveyed. In stating, in my last letter, the rights which I ajipre- liead to be inherent in the office of Attorney-General, it was not iny intention to call in ques- tion APPENDICE. ro IIH Aynnt dispose do cetto pnrtic du sujct ot ce quo sa sciffiieurie il forteincnt ii cceiir do fui d'liiio nuiiiiero u sut'wfiiire ciitiorument votro soiwihiliti-, I'lle m'li eiijoint d'lijouter (lu'ii inoi qu'i'lUi so Hoit forino uiio idoo bii'ii twiHSo des foiietioiis du I'oHil'i! qu'ollo a riiomiiiir do loniplir, cdiiiinc nflmiiiistrutourdiiffouveriiemont, do cottc; proviuoo, olio ii droit dojiif(or pour oUo-iiiiiiU! do hi eonvouitnuo d'as.sooior un ou plusiours utficioitt on loi do lu cuuronno dtuiM lit coiuluitu of. poursuitc d'ituouno procuduro purticulioro. Ellu pcnso oncoro otro rovotuo d'uii tol pouvoir discrotionnairo, ot aj^issant d'apros cottu opinion, olio in'a onjoiut do vous prior d'avoir la l)onto do mo fuiro savoir, pour sou infiirinatioii, si vons avo/, intontion do porsistor dans votro rot'iis d'atrir conjointoinoiit avoc 1' Avoeat-Cionoral dans i'atfaire du i)orna)i;o de la soiguourie do Millo-Vaolios, solon rinstructioii contenuo dans ma lottro du '2i) courant. J'ai riiunncur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-liumblo ct tres-oheissant servitenr, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. L'llonorable J. STUART, Procureur-Goneral. Pour copio conformc, J, STUART. No. 17. (0.) Note de Soti Excellence Lord Aylmeii, d, J. Stuaut, Ecuyer, Procureur-General. (Prive.) Chdleau Saint Louis, Quebec, 30 Decembre 1830. MUN CIIER MONSIEUR, 11 so passe maiiitcnant entre vous, pitr la voie du Liout>Collonel Glegg, une correspoii- (lauco ofliciello, qui, jo vous I'assuro, est tros-penible pour moi, raais j'espore, ot je me flatte, qu'eile ii'aura pas I'effot de produire aucun oliaugomcnt dans les relations sociales et cos sen- timous personnels d'cgards entre nous, quo jo desire entretonir et cultiver avec tout le soins ]H)ssil)lc. II serait tres-flutteur pour moi d'etre assure par vous, mou cker Monsieur, que vous partagcz ccs sentimcns. votro tros-fidele servitenr. Pour copie conformc, J. STUART. (Signo) AYLMER. No. 17. (7.) Leltre de J. Stuaut, Ecr. Procureur-General au Lieut-Col. Glegg. ! I Monsieur, Quebec, 31 Decembre 1830. J'ai eu riionueur do recevoir votre lettrc du 30 courant, et je dcmunde .1 dire que j'ai eprouve la plus grando satisfaction des assurances ([uo son Excellence i'atlministratenr du gou- verncmcnt, a bien voulu me fairo doniicr, que dans ses ordros relatifs il la poursuite pour reglor les limites do Mille-Vaclios, elle n'a et«3 influence par aueun doute sur mou hoiinour et moii integrite, et jo dois temoiguor la plus respectuouse reconnaissance des termes dans lesquels ces assurances m'out etc faites. En rapportant dans ina derniero lettre, les droits que je crois etre iiilicrcus a Totficc dc Procurcur>Gt;iiural, ce u'u ctu uucuiiomoiit mon intoutiun de mettrc eu question 100 APPKNDIX. tinii till' iliKiTctiuiiiiry power of Ills Kxivlli-iicy, to autliorino uiiy iiunibiT of cuiuincI Iu- may tliiiik fit, to j(ivo tlu'ir iMKiMtancu in tin? I'oiuliu'iin^ of tin* Huils of tlio orowii, Imi i'c>N|K'('tfiilly to assiTt, that tlii'y caimot act as iiiiiicipals, or diioct, or toiitrol tliu Attoriu-y-di'iU'ral, in ilu' niana^ciiii'iit of ttui'li siiitN ; the ri's|)oii>e aulhori/eil to ael as counsel, in eonjntietion with me, in the lej^al measures whieli it may hu jiroper to ailo|it, for ilrterminin^ tiie metes ami lionmlaries of the sei^rniory of Mille-\'ai'hos : and, (Hi this head, there is the most ready and uilling uiupiiescciicc on my part in whatever may be the pleasure of his lordship. 1 Imvc the honour tu lie, iSir, Your must obedient, humble servant, (Signed) Lieut. Col. CiLEGO, Secretary, &e. True copy, J. STUART. J. STUART, Attoriiey-deneral. No. 17. (A) Note from J. Stuaht, E»q. Atlormy-Generul, to His Excellency Lord Aylmeh. (Private.) My Loiii), Frklaij Morning, 31«< Dvccmber. It was with extreme satisfiiction that I perused yoin- lordship's very friendly and eomle- sccndin^ note of last evening;-, by wiiieh the painfid feelinirs necessarily produced by the re- cent correspondence to which your lor.idt from the extent, more or less, of the l)ouiidaries of the Kintc's Posts: for, it is a (piestion in which the good faith of the iTown is concerned, as i<'gai(ls Mr. Lanipscni, the les>ee of that propi'ity, under the crown. — Such being the view taken of thi- aflair i)y the go\erii(ir-iu-cliiel', he hopes it is inini>eessarv for him to say more, in order to induce yon and tiie advoeatc-general to use your utmost diligence in bringing it to a -pci.d^ eoiiebisioii : and in order that his Mxetdleuey mav be kept dnlv informed, from time to tiuu'. on a Mibjeet in wliieh he takes so deep iin interest, he desires that ytni will (jointl) ) rijiori weekly, that is to s^y, one-very Saturday. (Iiegiiniiiig with .Saturday the l"_'th inst..) whether aM_\. and what ]irogress has been made in the business duriiiir the past week. 1 have the liiMiour to lie. Sir, Your most obedient, huinlile servant. (Sinned) J. 15. OEIXKi, Secretar\. H.uioraide ,JA^^■;s STl/AUT, Attorney-Cienerai. True cojiy, J. STTAKT. No. 17. (I:!.) I I i| APPENDICE. No. 17. (11.) Lettre rs are jiersuaded that such Instructions have been given by your Ex- celk'Tiey, un(h'r tlie inii)ressi(in of ct parte statements made by Mr. W. Lampson, the present leasee otilie King's I'osts, and which your petitioners liave had no opportunity of answering or »'.\j)laiiiing. That your petitioners are confident that when your Excellency shall be informed of the true stiite of the ease, your Pxeelleney will not put your petitioners to the trouble and expense incident to an aitiini of tliis nature; iiiid it is, theretiiro, with a view of enabling your Excel- lency to judge ini]iartiilly n]ion this sidijeet, that your petitioners are induced to make the following starenu'nt: fully relying on tin.' justice of your Excellency, and that if your Excel- leiKV shall be convinced that you have been d( eeived, by the false ami imjierfect statements of those iiiti've^led ou the other side of this question, that you will be graciously pleased to recall the instnictidii-i wliieh may have been given. 'I'lie seigniory of Mille-\ aeln's was originally granted on the 15th Nov. Ifi58, to Robert GiiTavd, i;s(|uiie, iuuUt the description of" Trois lieuesdc front stir le fleuve St. Laurent, du " cole (hi nord, audes-^ons de Tadii-iise, et des graiides et petites Bergerons, au lieu dit IMilk- " A'aches, avee (jUitre lii'ues de ]n()foiidein-, tenant jiardevaiit sur le dit fleuve, et des autres " cotes aux tern'H iioii concedees ;" and by a proces verbal of Houeher, surveyor, dated the l!»th .Iur:e, l(i75, (of which a eo])y is herewith tran S;iult au Moutoi)." According to this title and survey, recog- iii/ed l)V sueees-ive governnieiits bi'fore and since tlie coiujuest, the ])rescnt jiroprietors and their predcei-sois lia\e enjoyed tlii' said seigniory, and have made establishments on the river Port- iieaf ealhil the Post of Portnetif, which river and ])ost are indisputably within the limits of the said seigniinv. Their property and right was never called in question till 18'2.'), when the kite Mr. (joudie, thou a new lessee of the King's Posts, first put forth a claim to the possession of I'ortneuf. This matter was llieii thoroughly investigated by the Government, andaltliough the report of the Officers of the Crown was at the outset uufavourable, htiviiig been made without having APPENDICE. tLut it l>c pro- log ric de Mille-Vaclics, avcc 'c ensemble k copio y jointe d'un procus-vcrbal de cettc seigneurie, dcinandaiit que la poursuito tl inteiitpr centre eux soil amtco, on que los frais en soient paves par la couroiiiic ; ct je suis cliarge de vous la renvoyer, pour votre information, et pour que voiLsfassiez suriccllo telles observations que vousjugercz a propos, pour guidersou Excellence dans tous procedus ulterieurs dans cetto aftairc. J'ai I'honneur d'etre, Monsieur, Votre trcs-obeissant et bumble serviteur, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. L'Honorable JAS. STUAIll', Procureur-General. Pour cople conforme, STUART. No. 17. (15.) A Son Excellence Matthew Lord Aylmcr, Clievalicr Commandant du tres-bonorable Ordre Militairedu 15ain, Capitaine-gencral et Gouverueur-en-ebef dans etsurles Provinces du Bus ct Iluut-Caiiada, &c., &c., &c. Lc memoirc des soussignus proprietaircs de la seigneurie de Mille Vacbes, dans Ic Dis- ti'ict de Quebec. Kxjiose respectucusement, <^c par une communication que lo procureur-goneral de Sa !Majcstc a derniurcment f'aits a vos petitioniiaires, ila cut apjiris avec surprise, qu'il a rec^u instruction de votre Excellence d'intenter eontre vos jxjtitioiinaires une action pour I'tablir les limites de la dite seigneurie de Mille-Vaelies ct des Fostes du Roi. Que vos pctitionnaires sont pcrsuadc's que votre Excellence a donne ces instructions, sous rimpression des exposes cxparlc fails par M. Lanipson, le locataire actuel des Postes du Roi, et auxqucls vos petitionnaircs n'ont uucuiic occasion de repondre. Que vos pL'titionnaircs se flattent avec confiance que lorsque votre Excellence sera informee (lu vriii etut de Taffaire, votre Excellence ne mettra i)as vos petitionnaires au trouble et aux fi-ais que doit leur causer nno action de cette nature ; et en consequcnre c'est pour mettre votre Ex- eolleneeen etat de juger avec impartiaiite sur le sujet quo vos pctitiounaircs sont induit a faire rexjiosu qui suit ; sc reposant pleinement sur la justice de votre Excellence, ct assures que si voire Exeellenco so eonvint que vous avi^z etc; trompe, par les exposes faux ct imparfaits des parties intcressues de I'autre cote de cette question, 11 vous plaira graeieusement de revoquer les instruetioiis qui j)euveut avoir cite donnc'es. La seigneurie df JNlille- Vacbes fut concvdee dans I'origine, le ISnovembre 165;), a Ro- bert Gillard, ceuycr, sous la di'sigiiation de " Trois lieues de front sur le fleuve Saint- Laurent, " du cute dii nord, au-dessous do' Tadousae, et des Grandes et Petites Bergerons, au lieu dit ■' Mille- Vuclies, avec quatre lii'ues dc profondeur, tenant par-devant sur le dit ileuve, et des " autres cotes aux terres nnii-coiidedoes ;" et par un proeus-verval de Boucher, arpenteur, en date du IS) juin l(i75 (dont eopic est ei-transniise.) Indite seigneurie fut regulierement arpentee et bornee. Par cct nriieTit.-ige, il ajipert (pie la borne au nord-est est " deniie lieue au-dessons " de la riviere Portiunif," et celle du sud-ouest " au-dessus de la bale de Mille- Vacbes au caj) " prociie Ic Sault-au-Mduton." D'ajHis ce titre et cet arpentage, reconnus par les gouvenie- mcnt successifs avant et deptils la conquete, les proprietaires actuels et leurs predecesseurs out jouit de la dite seigneurie, et out fait des etabli^senieiis sur hi riviere Portneuf, laquelle riviere et le j)ostc de ce nom sont ineontestablemeut dans les limites de la dite seigneurie. Leur i)ropri- etc et leur droit ne fut jamais mis en question avant 18l'3, alors que feu I\L Goudie, devenu locataire des Postes du Roi, pretendit le premier a la possession de Portneuf. Cette matiere fut par le gouvernement soumisc a uue eutiere investigation, ct que le rapport des officiers et mache fer, nne du costc du nord est dcmi /iiuf (III lie snidis la Jfirierr de Purtneiiftx inie ])otite ])ointc bien un quart de lieue on pen ])Iusaii dessus de rislet de Roches quy est a la mer, la quelle borne est bien unc ])erciie et dcmi dn montant dans la costc, ct avons marque ])res d'iceile m\ i>etit boulleaii en forme do croix, et nn peu au dessus placque un autre bonlleau sec et un sapin, I'autrc du coste uiidaries of the said seigniory, and which might bo useful iu support of such legal nu-asures ;is might be adopted in execution of your Excellency's directions ; of which letter a co])y is sent herewith. We have also the honour to report, that, on the same day, tlie Attorney-General WTOt^* a letter to the Honourable John Stewart, attorney for several of the proprietors of the seiginory of Mille-Vaehes, iidorming him of the instructions he had received to institute an action against them as above-mentimied, and exjjressing a desire to know wiiether, uj)oii the instituljon of such an action, an aj)pearance would be entered for all the proiirit;t(trs, as well tiiosc absent from this district, as those resident elsewhere, or win'tlier the formality of electing curators to the absent proprietors would be rendered necessary and insisted upon, for the valid scrviei; of proces in the action. Of this letter a copy is also sent herewith. Me J ' ArPENDICE. 11.) avtyiis mnrqii^ dcnx trembles ft plnnti' iiii pied do clinciinnc dps dltos boriips iin piquet, et nil au- tre an dessiiH au nord nuest jxtur servir de marques et separassjon, et coiifiuuer quant hesoiu sera dout et de cc que dessus jay liresse le presant proces verlial pour valloir et servir en temps et lieu le qu(! de raisou le dit Siear Hazire, le rerpu-rraut fait ee legir du •_>!) Deceudire dernier or(h)nuc d'inteiitor de la part de lacouroune ; UDus avous rhonneur de rapporter pour riuforniatiou de Sou Excellence, (pie le procin-cur- gi^'iuTal I'crivil le MIe joar de Janvier inie lettre a ^L Ic secretaire Glegg, suggeraut qu'il etait expedient que I'iuspeetear-gvui'ral du domaiuo du Iloi et grelher du papier-terrier cut ordre de Sou Excellence de lui faire eoiuuiitre tous les litres et documeus ouregistn's ou qui se trou- vent dans son bureau, ayant rapport aux liuiites de la dite seigueurie, et (pii [jeuveut servir X I'appiu (les nic^iures legales (pii peuveiit (tre adoptees eu execution desordres de siui Excellence, de laquelle lettre copie est transniise ei-joiute. Nous avous atissi rhonneur dc faire rapport ([ue le procurcur-gL'Ui'ral I'crivit une lettre ;i riionorable John Stewart, i)rocurcur de plusieurs des proprietaires de lascigucurie de " i\lille- Vaches," riuformaut des instructions (pi'il avait re(,'iu'S d'iutenter une action contre eux, selou que meutiouue ci-apres, et lui teiiuiignaut le desir de coiuiaitre si, lorsque cette action serair, intentee, on entrerait into comparution jjoiu* tous les propriiJtaires, taut pour ceux qui soiit ab- seus du district que ccux qui ri;sid;ut ailleurs, ou si la formaliti; d'tdire des curateurs pour les ftroprietaires absens serait reiulue neeessaire, et si Ton insisterait, a ce (pi'elle fut remplie pour hi \!(li(lite dc la signifieatiou de rcxploit d'ajouruemcnt. Copic de cette lettre est aussi ci-Joiute. P Nous I 114 APPENDIX. Wo Imvc nlso (lie lionour to report that in answer to the liwt letter, the Attornpy.rioneriil received from Mr. .Stewiirt n letter dateii .5tii IVliriiary instant, in wliicli he iiitinmte^ tin- aeiiuii'teence of tiie i)roi)riutorH of Millu Vaehcs in tiiu Attorney (Jenerul's proposal. All which, nevertheless, is respectfully submitted to your Excellency's wisdom, I>y Your Excelkncy's most obedient, humble servant. Quebec, Saturday, l'2th Febrtmry, 1831. True Copy, J. STUAUT. (Signed,) J. STUART, Attorney-Genera I. t-Kfl « !; No. 17. (la) Letter from J. Sti-aiit, Esq. Attorniiz-Gnurat, to Geouge Vanvelson, Est/. Aiii'wate-(Ji mraf. Sir, (iiitbec, l-2t/i Ftbniitri/, 18.)1. I send herewith, a Report to Ilis Excellency the pjovernor-in-chief, on the subject of tlu' boundaries of Mille V'aelies, for your sit(nature, if you concur in it : if not, I have to re([iu'it you will write your dissent at the bottom of it ; and in either case, have the goodness to return it to me without delay, in order that I may transmit it to His Excellency. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed,) J. STUART, Attorney-General.. GEORGE VANl'ELSON, Esq. His Majesty's Advocate-General. True Copy, J. STUART. ) \-'-i I ^j^' No. 17. (19.) Letter from Lieut. Col. Glego, Secretary, Sfc. to J. Sti'art, Esq. Attorney-General. Sin, Castle of St Lewis, I2tli February, \m\. With reference to your letter of the 1 1th instant, I have been directed by His Excellency the governor in chief to desire that you will require from the head of any public department in this Province to which you may have occasion to refer, such documents aa you may conceive to be necessary for the due prosecution of the contemplated suit en bornage of tho scigueuric of Mille Vaches, producing this letter us your authority for sucli requisition. ArpF.xnicE. II) Nous ftvnns ninsi I'hftnncur do fairo ropport, qii'on r<^pon«c il ccttc dorniiro Icttro, Ic pro- eMiioiir-tr. - — Copy of the ordinance of the Inteudant, for changing the tenure of the said seigniory from the C'outnme of XCxin lc> Frauiais to that of Paris, and the deehiration of Charles Ha/in, in the name of iVanrois AuliiTt (le la C'henaie, fils, made before the said Intendant, for the said seigniory, and acle of stnill'raniv, ilated the 'J.Jlh Sept. Ifl7(!. N. B. — In this act the seigiuory is stated to have been surveyed by Boucher on tin 19th .June, lOT.j. •1 — Copy of an act of fealty and homage for the said seigniory, rendered by Messrs. Dmiu and Stuart, 14th June, I'^d. The APPENDICE. 117 J'ai rc(;\i oidrc cii outre de vous informer, attendu que les iiistrurtioiis preeedentes qui vows ont I'te siarnifiues dans ma lettrc du t>9 Ducerobrc dernier, cxigeaicnt que I'avoeat-general «^it conjoiiitcnuMit avec vous dans la poursuite do Taction proposue, que le desir de son Exel- lencc est que le rapport liebdomaduire des i)ro|^res de cette artaire, requis par ma lettre du U) courant, soit un rapjiort fait conjointcinent ct siirnu ])ar vous et par I'avocat-general. En referant :i la dernicre partie de votre lettre du 1 1 courant, j'ai eu ordre de faire rc- marqtu'r que le gouverneur-cn-Chef ne s'arri't;- pas a considerer s'il y a ou non des foiidemens iegaiLX surtisans pour la mcsure proposee selon le point de vue sous lequel son Excellence con- siderc le siijct, M. Lnmpson est fonde a demander an gouvernement dii Uoi, comine son fer- mier des Postes du Uoi, de fixer pour lui les limitcs de la scigneurie de " Mille-Vaches," et son Excellence ponse qu'elle se rendrait bien pen dignc de la confiance de son souvcrain, si olle epargnait auciui cft'ort, quelle que soit la perspective du succes, lorsque la bonne foi du gouver- nement de sa Majeste se trouve conccrnee. J'ai riidnneur d'etre. Monsieur, votre tres-liumble et obeissant scrviteur, (Signc) J. IJ. GLEGG, Secretaire. P. S. — Unc copie de cette lettre sera commuuiquec a I'avocat-general pour son informa- tion et direction. (Signc) J. B. G. L'llonorable JAMES STUART, Procureur-General. Pour copie conforme, J. STUAllT. No. 17. {20.) Ldtrcilc Vllonorable F. W. Puimiiosk, Inspvrtcur General du Domainc du Itoi, etc., a 5. Stuaut, Ecuyer, rrocureur-Generat. Monsieur, Quebec, 12 Feiricr ia31. En obcissance aux ordres de son Excellence Lord Aylmer, »lc vous faire conn.iitrc tons les titres et pieces qui peuvent i-tre de record, ou se trouver dans niou bureau, a I'egard des liniites de hi seigneurie de Mille-Vaehes, j'ai I'lionneur devous transmettre avec la presente : — 1. — Co[)ie d'un arpentage de la seigneurie de Mille-\'aches, fait par Martin Boucher, le 19 Juin 1075. 2. — Copie de I'ordoniiauce de I'lntendant, pour changer la tenure de la dite seigneurie de la Coutunie de Vexin le I'Vaiieuis a celle de Paris, et la declaration de Charles Bazin, au noni de Fraii(,'ois Aul)ert de la Clienaic, fils, faite devant le dit Intendant, pour la dite seigneurie, et acte de souffrance en diite du 25 Septenibre 167G. N. B. — Dans cot acte la seigneurie est dite avoir etc arpentte par Boucher, le 10 Juin 1075. .1. — Coiiie d'un aetc do foi et honunage pour la dite seigneurie, rendu par Messieurs Dunn ot Stuart, U Juin 1780. i Les 118 APPENDIX. The two former documents are copied from the originals belonging to the representatives of the late Honble. Thomas Dunn. — The last is copied from the original register in my office. I believe the above to be all that I can furnish you from my office on this subject. I have tlie honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful servant, Honble. J. STUART, Attorney-General. True copy, J. STUART. F. W. PRIMROSE, I. G. D. R. and C. L. R. No. 17. (21.) Letter from J. Stuaut, Esquire^ Attorney-General, to Lieut.-Col. Glegg, Secretary, S(c. Sir, Qtiehec, Mth February, 1831. Adverting to the renewed injunction of his Excellency the governor-in-cliief, contained in your letter of the I'Jth instant, by which his ExcuUeney is pleased to desire, that the ■irceklij rejiort of progress in tlie affair of Miile-Vaches, required by your letter of the 10th inst. may be a joint report, to be signed by myself, and the advocate-general ; it would seem to be necessary, to prevent any misconstruction, that I should respectfullj', for his Excellen- cy's information, account for the absence of the signature of the advocate-general, to the re- port of tlie I'itli instant, bearing my signature only. This report, together with the documents referred to in it, was sent to the advocate-gciifral, accomjjanied by a letter from me, of which a copy is herewith sent, recpiesting him, if he concurred in the report, to sign it ; if not, to note his dissent at the bottom of it ; and, in either case, to return the report to me, that 1 might transmit it to his Excellency. Tlie report and documents were returned to me, by the advocate-general, with a somewhat singular letter addressed to myself, intimating his dissent from the report, and his refiLsal to sign it. Upon these circumstauces, the report was necessarily transmitted by me to his Excellency, with my signature only. I lit'g leave to stjite, that I am unaware of any better course than that above adopted, for satislying his Excellency's particular desire, to have a joint report; and, with his Excel- lency's iterniission, 1 shall pursue the same course in future, unless 1 receive his E.xceUency'i» orders to the contrary. I have the honour to be. Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) Licut.-Col. GLEGG, Secretary, &c. &c. True copy, J. STUART. .T. STUART, Attorney-General. No. 17. (22.) APPENDICE. 11& Les deux premiers documens sont copies des originaux appartcnans aux ropresentans do riionorable Tliomas Dunn. Le dernier est copic du registre original qui est dans men bureau. Je crois que c'est lu toutce que je puis fournir de men bureau sur ce sujet. J'ai riionncur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-humble et obeissant serviteur, F. W. PRIMROSE, I. G..D. R. et C. L. R. L'Honorable J. STUART, Procureur-General. Pour copie conforme, J. STUART. No. 17. ('21.) Lettre de 3. Stuaiit, Ecuyer, Procureiir-General, cti Lieutenant-Colonel Glegg, Secretaire, etc. Quebec, 14 Fevricr 1831. MoNsiEun, A I'cgard de I'injonction reiteriie de son Exeellcnee lo gouverneur-en-chef contenue dans Totre lettre du 12 courant, par laquelle il plait u son Exeellence de desirer que le rapport lu'bdomadaire des progrcs de I'affaire do " Mille-Vaclies," requi dans votre lettre du 10 cou- rant soit fait conjointeinent et signe par moi et par ravocat-gencral, il semblerait neeessaire, pour empeeher toute ineprise, que je rendisse eompte pour I'information de son Excellence des raisons qui font que la signature de ravocat-general ne se trouve pas apposee au rapport du \'2 courant, lequel ne porte que ma signature seule. Ce rapport, ainsi que Ics documens qui y sont mentionnes, fut envoye a I'avocat-gencral aecompagnu d'une lettre de ma part, dont copie est ci-jointe, le priant de signer le rapport, s'il y eoiicourait ; si non de declarer sa desapproba- tion au bas d'icelui, et dans I'uu et dans I'autrc cas de me renvoyer le rapport, jiour que je le transmisse tl son Excellence. Le rapport et les documens y mentionnes m'ont etu remis par I'avoeat-general avec uue lettre uu i)eu singuliere a moi adressee, donnant a entendre qu'il n'approuvait pas le rapport et qu'il refusait de le signer. Dans ces circonstances, j'ai nuces- sairemcnt transmis le rapport a son Exeellence avec ma signature seulement. Je demande ii remarquer que je ne connais aucune meiileure voie a suivre que celle ci-de- vant adoptee pour satisfaire au desir particulier de son Excellence d'avoir un rapport fait con- jointement, et avec la permission de sou Excellence, je suivrai la memo marclie a I'avenir, .1 moins que je ne receive les ordres de sou Excellence au contraire. J'ai riionneur d'etre, Monsieur, votre tres-humble et obeissant serviteur, (Signe) J. STUART, Procureur-Gcneral Lieutenant-Colonel GLEGG, Secretaire, etc., etc., etc. Pour copic conforme, J.STUART. No. 17. (22.) 120 APPENDIX. No. 17. (2-2.) Letter from James Stuaut, Esquire, His Majesty's Attorney-General, to Lieut.-Col Glec.g, Secretary, ^c. (iuebcc, \Ath February, 1801. J>n;, I have been honoured with your letter of the l'2th inst., transmitting a petition of the ])roi)rietors of tlie seigniory of Mille-Vaches, togetiier with a proces verbal of survey of tliat seigniory, in wliieh petition tlicy pray, that the prosecution against tliem be stojipeJ, or that tiie expense of it be paid by the crown, whicli documents his Execllcney has been pleased to refer tome, for my information, and for such observations thereon, as I may judge necessary, to guide his Excellency in any furtlier j)roceedings in this business. Upon these commands of hiu Excellency, I bele me to report for His Excellency's consideration, my humble opinion on the merits of the application of the proprietors of Milk Vachcs, contained in their said petition. I have the lionour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) Lieut. Col. GLEGG, Secretary, &c. True Copy, J. STUART. J. STUART, Attorney-General. M ..v No. 18. Copy of a Petition of Mr. William Lampson, to His Excellency the Administrator of the GoverHiHeiit. To His Excellency Matthew, Lord Aylmer, Knifrht Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Hath, Lieutenant General and Commander of His Majesty's Forces in the Province of Lower Caiiae. Tliat. owinif to the want of motes and bounds betweei; Mille-Vaches, and the domain lands, your petitioner's airents and servants, and those of the lessees of Mille-\'aches, residinjr at I'ortneuf, have had frequent disputes and aitereatiinis on the subject of the limits of Millc A'aclies, which have ever led to breaches of the peace, and this eircumstanee alone inaives it important to all concerned, that the lines should be drawn and boundaries set, to ])rcveiit similar occurrences in future,- in a place so ri'inofe. That no Justice of the l*eace or other I'eace Officer can be resorted to (next to the (piestions of iJornaije) ; your jietitioner presumes to call your Excellency's attention to another matter also of importance, for the le<^al exer- cise of the riifhts of the lessee of the King's Posts. Previ(Mis to (he lease fjranted by the late irovernor-in-chief to .1. (ioudie in IH'2'J, such leases were made and granted by letters patent under the Clreat Seal, as your petitioner is advised, oui;ht to have been done in the jircsent instance. However, for some reason for which your ])etitioner cannot account, the Icii exe- cuted in favour of the late John Goudie. instead of being by letters patent under the (ireat ►Seal, is a simple notarial act, which althouirh sufficient of itself to ])le(lge the faith and honor of His Majesty's Government, is not in law a document of such authenticity or validity as would ensure success to your petitioner, were he to institute legal proceedings against these jiersons who might molest hiin or intrude on liis rights as the lessee of the crown. It is, therefore, a matter of moment to him, that letters patent sliould without delay is- sue under the Great Seal, for the rest and residue of the term of his lease, on the same condi- tions as those stipulated in the lease recorded by the King's Notary, and to this subject your IVtitioner most respectfully solicits your Excellency's immediate orders aiul directions. That at the same time, your I'etitioner brings uiuler the consideration of your Excellen- cy's notice, the necessity of ordering letters })atent to issue as above, he also fakes the liberty of prayiii^'- that a |irochiniation in the usual and ordinary form, may issue, strictly enjoining aiul loriiidding all persons, (those authorised by the lessee of the King's Posts only excepted,) from trading with the Indians of the King's Posts; such ii proclamation issued by the late (!<>- vernor-in-Chief, in March, lH-j:i, and another by the administrator of the government of the j)rovince in August, it*] 5. From the disturbances that have lately taken phico, within the King's domain lands, be- tween the servants of the lessee, and the people of Portiieuf, and others who have at various tiiiu's made incursions into the interior, this proelaiiiation would be calculated to aft'ord your Petitioner that support from the crown which he has a right to expect, and prevent a recur- rence of excesses which have taken place. " That the subject which your petitioner craves lastly to bring under the notice of your "■ Excellency is one of vast ini|)ortaiicc to the just rights of the crown, and worthy of the " most serious consideration. An action has hitely been instituted by the Hudson's Hay Coin- " pariy, as lessees of ]Mille-Vaches, by the ministry of the Attorney-General, against your " petitioner and his servants, for supposed trespasses near the river Portiieuf (the site in dis- '• piitc.) to which both the Hudson's Bay Company and your petitioner, as lessee of the King's " Posts ^;iil:; ) APPENDICE. 127 Lc prpmior point que votro pi-titionunire soutnot ii la conHulerntinn do votro Excdlpiice est lu iiect'MHitc ubsoliio ut iinini'diate MillL'-Vachos. Cotte Tioi^iuMirie tut i-ouciMlue duus I'aniioe lU'i;), d uii purticuliur noinine (iiifiird, comiiic il apport par iiiif fopiu ciTtitiiie do Tactc L'titionnairo prond la liberie d'appoler rattention do votre Kxcellenco u un autre point aussi tres-important, pour rexorcice legal des droits du formier des Postes du Hoi. Avant I'octroi du bail pur lo ci-devant gouvernour-ou-chef li John CJoudio, en lrt'2'J, tols baux otaiojif fails ot oclroycs jiar des letfres-patentes sous lo grand-sceau, co qui, solon los informa- tions (ju'a re(,'ues votro |)etitionnairos, anrait du otre fait dans lo ciw actuel, mais pour certainos niisons (lout votro pelilionnairc no poiit rendre eomple, lo bail fait en favour do fou .lohu (loudio au lieu d'elro dans ia forme do lollros-patentes sous lo grand-sceau est un simple acle notario, qui quoi(iuo sutlisant par lui-nionio pour garunlir la foi ot riiouneur du gouvorneniont de sa Majesk', n'est pas on loi uu document d'une authenlicito ou validite telle a Jissuror it voire potitidunaire lo succ(!'S des proci-durcs legalos qu'il pournut intonter conlre les persouncs our le temps que son biiil a encore ii courir, aux memos condi- tions que cellos stij)uir'es dans le bail (W'posd- cliez le nutaire du Hoi, et ii cot (5gard votre i)oti- ti(mnaire sullicite tri;s-rospectuousemont les injoiictions et los ordres immediuts de votre Ex- cellence. Qu'en meme temps que votre p(jtitionnaire soumct il la considiJration de votro Excellence la nt'cessito de fuire iimaner des lettros-patentes comme ci-dessus, il prond aussi la liberie de dcmander qu'il soil timan(j une proihiniiition dans la forme ordinaire et usiti'O, onjoignant et pruhibant strictomont il toulcs personnos tpielconques (il I'exception seulement de cellos qui auront iiutoriu' du fermier des Postes du Koi) de faire la tnuto ou lo commerce avec les Sau- vagos des Postes du Hoi. line proclanuuion semblablo il colle oinauiio par le ci-devant gou- vernour-on-chefou Mars 18"i3, et il uno autre omaueo par radniinislrateur du gouvcrnement do cetle province on Aoiit 1H15. D'apr(!'S los troubles qui out eu lieu derni(;-rement dans les terres domaniales du Roi entrc los employ(;'s du formier et les iigens do Portneuf et autres, qui en diff(irons temps ont fait dcs incursions dans rintorieur, cetto proclamation tendrait il doinier il votro piUitiounaire cet appui, de la part de la couronno, qu'il a droit d'attendre, et ti prtivenir le rotour des exc(;s qui ont eu lieu. " Que le dernier sujet quo votre politionnaire demande instammcnt il amener il la con- " niiissanco de votre Excellence estun point de la plus grande importance pour les justes droits " de la couronno et qui merite lu coiisidiiratiou la plus sorieuse. II a Otc iulento derui(>re- ■* mout une action par la compagnie do la Haie d'Hudson comme locatairos do Iii Seigneuric " do AIillo-\'aclios par le ministere du procureur-gi^noral, coutre votre ptititionnaire et ses em- " ploycs, pour voles de fait suppos(3es prd's du la Riviere Portneuf (le site eu disjiute) ti la pos- " session 126 APrENDIX, «' I'rtnts, liiv claim; n copy of the writ and (leilunition (icrvod on your potifioiii'i • '.rc\,.Ji •' Jtiihmittcd, iiiul your pi-titioiifr, iit tiii- huiiu- tiiru', |iriiyH most liiiiniiiy for tin- inti- -•roiitu ot •' of till* rrowii, to afford liiin tlio lU'ccHxary assistaiui- to di't'i'iid tin> tiaid aetioii." " Tlio result of tliiH at'tioii must he of tlie ulinost iinportatiii' to tlu! t-rctwii in tliis pur- •• ticniar, tliat an oxfcnsive tract of valualdo land will l)c wn-sted from tiie irowu without titU- »' siiouhl (lie ii'ssoi's of Milli!-\aihi'N, countonantrd l>y tiio Attonii-y-Cu-nfral, succufjl in tiic " said action." A)j;aiii, if tlu-y retain possossinn of tlic rivi-r I'ortnt'uf, and the iiost cstaliiiHlimt'nt on tin- hank of tiiat rivor, there is an end to the exclusive trade witli tlie Indians of tlie Kinij's I'osts tiie river I'lU'lneuf heinijf an inlet into the interior, thr(Mifrh wiiieli all the Indians of tiie Kinir's domain ran he entieed away from the lessee, without any i)ossihility of preveriiinjf the evil, the country rtuind lieinjra e(nnplele wilderness, over whieh it is iinjiossihle at all times to wateh ; under these tireumstanees the lariro sum received hy His Majesty's (/overnment annually, ami the advances aiul comforts to the Indians, for whom the It'ssou ot the King's I'osts in houml to provide, can no loiiKer he expected. " That your I'elitioner, in layin;r his claims hefore your Kxcellency for mature cimside- «• ration, cannot pass over in silence, hut must he permitted to express his regret, that the '• leadin(r crown ollicer (the Att(uney-remises in ymir immediate and must serious consideration, and thereupun grant your petitiuner the relief prayed for. And us ill duty bound your petitioner will ever pray. Quebec, Slst December, la'lO. (.Signed) WM. LAMPSON. True copy, J. H. GLIXIG, .Secretary. I Jl IN: J; : u- No. 1!). Cop)/ of a Petition o/Mr. William Lampsox, to the House of .Usemhly of Lower Canada. To the Honourable Kniirjits, Citizens and Burgesses of Lower Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled. WILLIAM LAMP.SON, of Quebec, Ksquire, Merchant, by this his Petition, !Most humbly represents, That your ])etitioiH'r is h'ssco of that |)art of the domain lands of the crown, c!dleitiU of about 4(t,(KMt/. in that brancii of commerce. Tiiat of late years, a rich and powerful association, under the name of the Merchants Adventurers of Knjjlaiid, trading to Hudson's 15ay, havi; for the avowed purpose of trading in jielletries, secured tiie lease of a small strip of land called Mille-\'aclics, of three leagues in front on the river St. Lawrence, by four in depth, conceded en Fief and Seigneurie by His Most Cliristian Majesty, iu the year Ki.W. That this Fief and Seigneurie is bounded on all sides, except the front, by the said King's Posts. That \ AIM'FA'DICE. 1S9 «• ws^ioii (Ic liif|iiclli> prrtpiulcnt ct lii I'nrniiujfiiii' di- In Hiiio d'Hiulson rt votro |)('tit!ontmire oil •♦ Nil «|imliti' (If fiTiiiiiT (Ifs INisti's (la ll(>i. I 'iic copii' du »/•/•(/ ct dc hi dicluiatidii hiiriiitii>« il " votic |u tirioiiiiairc est ri-aiiMt'.xi'c, ct voire iK'tilioiiiiairc di'iiiaiidc rii nu'inc ti'iii|>s Irit-liiiin- " l)l('rn('iif (|Ui' la t'liiiidiiiH' iiitiTvicmu' jiitar lui ddiiiii'i' ras«(i>,taiiio lucL'ssairc |Hiur di ri'iidii- li " la (life ai'tidii." " 1a' ivHultiit dc ivt(f action Hcra ik't'cMsaircincnt dc la plus ifrandc im|iortaiiL'i' pour la *♦ pouroiiiii' I'll ft- (iii'iiiii' uraiidt' I'ti'iidui" df tcrrc d'nii (rraiid prlx -ifni (')ti'i' li la roiiroiiiii' sans •• titrc, si Ics localairi'H di- Millc-\'ailii's miiiiii' dc I'appid dii procuri'iir-jjciu lul rc'UssiN.tciit daim " la diic action." Dcpliis, M'iJM rcticiiiu'iit la possession du la Hivi('rc Portiienf ct, dn I'oste eialiji snr scm bonis, c'l'ii est fait da coiniilcrcc excliisit' avec Ics Sanvaijes dcs I'ostes, la Kiviere I'lntncnt' dor- mant line V(ue dc coiniminicafion dans riiitt'ricnr par laipiclle Ics Saiivaiji's dn Dotnainc dii |(oi ])eiivcnt ctrc atlin's, sans ancMinc possihiliti' dc |)ivvcnir li; inal, Ic pays etaiii Knit li I'eiiKnir an piirl'ail desert sar lc(picl il est iinpossildi; dc veiller on l(Mit temps. ,S(mis ccs circoiistances 11 n'y II plus lieu ilo s'sittendre a lu siniiine considerable (pie Ic jjouveriicineiit de su Majcst,' fctjOir, annnclleinent, et aiix aviiiices ct an Ideii i''tre di's Saiivaijjcs anx(piels Ic t'erinier s'est (ildij;e. '• Que votre pctitionnaire en S(aiinettaiit ses reclamations a v((tre Kxccllenee pian' (pi'clle:< " soient nim-emciit eonsid(?recs, in; pent s'empecluT, ct ildoit lui etrc ])ernus (1(> teinoif;ncr Ic rij •' jrret avcc le(|uel il voit lu premier oHieicr do la couronne (Ic procnreur-irciicnd.) cnLcau;c li "' s(Hitcnir avee taut, du /(Me dcs inti'rets aussi C(nitraircs aux vrais intcri'ts dc hi c(Miroinie, (pa; *' Ics jirrtenlioiis (''inises par Ics proprii'laircs de Mille-V'aclics ct Icurs localaires ; ct (pi'on c(MI- " scipicnce il |)laise ii votrc Kxfcdlence de considcrer innremcnt a (pii ccltc jietiiion doit ciru " reiivovi'i', l">ur (pi'il re(,'oive le mnilui^cmcnt et la justice (pio votrc i)ctitioimaire est si hien *• f(nidc 11 deinander." A cos causes, votrc pctitionnaire demande liiimlilement (pi'il plaise a votrc Kxccllenee (K* prondre I'cxpose ei-dessus en votre immediate ct tres-scrieusc consiiU'Tatiun, ct d'accordcr a votro ))etilioniiairo Ic soalajifcinent (pi'il demande. Et votre pijtitionnairc nc ccsscra dc prior. Quebec, '21 D(:ccml»rc 18-10. Pour vraie copic, J. R. GLKGG, Sccn^tulre. (Sijrnc) W. LAMPSON. No. 1!). Copie (I'ltnc ptUlion de M. William Lampson, (\ la Chamhre (VAsscmhlh du Bas-Cannda. Aux Ilonorablcs Chevaliers, Citoyciis ct Bourgeois du Bus-Canada, assemblies en Parlemcnt Provincial. WILLIAM LAMPSON do Qu(;bce, Ecuyer, Marcliaiid, par la presentc Petition, Expose trcs-liumblcmcnt. Que votrc pC'tltionnairo est loeatairo dc cette jmrtic dcs terrcs du domainc dc la couronne. appelce Postcs du lloi et du commerce cxclusit' avcc les Sauvagcs en vcrtu d'uii bail dc la couroiuip. (^u'cn considi;ration du dit bail votrc pi'-titionnairc paye unc somme dc £1,200 et rpic sur la foi dps promcsses y coiitcnues, votre piJtitionnairc a vurs(5 un capital de X'40,000 environ dans pettc branclic dc commerce. Que dc!>uis (piclqnes anncies, une association rielic ct puissante, sous le nom de marcliaiids nvantiiricrs (i'Aiifrlctcrre, faisant Ic trafic li la Baio d'lludson, a pour la fin avoui/c de faire le trafic dcs ])clletories, obtcnu le bail d'uiie petite lansrue de terre appelce Millc-Vaclies, n'ayant que trois licues de front sur le Fleuve Saint- Laurent, sur quatre dc profoiuleur, conc(r"dce en fief ct seii;neurie par sa Majestc tr(js-cliri''tieiine dans raniu'c 1G53. Que ce fief ct sciyucuric est boriKj de tous cotCs, exceptii par le front, par les lUts I'ostes du Roi. R Que ■i \A m APPENDIX. /f Tlmt tlio said Fief and Seignourie was so irrantcd, for tlic purpose, not of trade, l»iit of sottloinent only, and that there is not a single settler on the said Fief aud Seigneiuie nor any habitation. That tlio said Fief and Scigneurie is generally understood and believed not to contiiiit uniinal: of the chase, and that even if it did, furs, the bond Jide produce of so small a space of grcunid, could not, considering the outlays and exjienses of the said Company, heconie any source 'if j)rotit. Yet that your petitioner is informed the said Hudson's Hay Comi)anv have consented to pay a rent ei about .'}00/. for the lease of the said Fief aud Seigneurie, "in as much as tliey have thus obtained the nu'aiis of trespas'-ing upon the linuts of the King's Posts, and of tradinu" with the Indians, although the tenure u|>on which tlie said Seigneurie was granted ciinters no riglit so to do, and that the proprietors aud iidiabitants tiieroof, if any there were, are excluded thercfvtni, in common with all the King's subjects. That the said Hudson's Hay Company, relying on the incapacity of any single indivi- dual to cope with theiii, and with the intention of ruining your ])etitioner, in order to engross the whole trade, have openly violated the rights and privileges of your petitioner, guaranteed to your petitioner by the said lease, aud have seduced and demoralized the Indians, by the distribution (among other means), of immoderate quantities of strong licpiors ; and that the said Hudson's Bay Couipany have possessed tliemselves of furs, 'he ^ima Jide. property of y(iur petifionc;, to an immense amouut. That they have also committed actual violence on the agents and servants of your petitioner, aiul threatened to take their lives. That, with the view of occupying thu ' ver Portneuf, as being calculated to facilitate their incursions into the interior of tlie King's Posts, the said Hudson's ]3ay Company have exceed- ed the limits cf the said Fief rnd Seigneurie, and have uidawfully appro])riate(l to themselves a large and valuable tract of J-ud, the i)ropcrty of the crown, to which trust your petitioner, under his said lease, is justly entilled. That it is of inc;ileulal)li' ir,.j ortancc to your petitioner, that lie should enjoy the said tract, and that the said Hudson's Day Company shouhl be ejected, your ])eiitioner having found i'.'-i profits diniiiiisiied one-lialf, by the nu-ans of injiu'ing him, which tiie occupation of the said tract an;', river have atl'orded the said Hudson's Hay Company. That it i> the right of the crown, as well as tlie interest of your ])etitioner, to resume the said tract of land, and a right which yotn- iH'titioner humbly submits the crown is bound to exercise, and which it is the duty of the Attorney-Cieneral to assert by supporting the lessee ot the crown. 'J'luit as a consetpienee of the aggressions of the agents and servants of the Hudson's l?ay Company, collisions have taken place between the servants of your petitioner and those of the Hudson's IJay Comjiany, which have led to several jirosccutions, as well (Ui the ciiminal as on the elTil side of the Court of King's Hench for the district of Quebec, in which your petitiinier is interested. That, under ;in impartial administration of justice, it v.-oidd not be difficult to prove that tli"se breaches of the ])eace and other injuries were connnitted and excited by the arts aud iw the benelit of the said Hudson's Hay Company, and by the instrumentidity of their agents and ver\ants. Tl'.at your petitioner, having set forth the premises to enable your honourable house fully to comprehend the causes which have led to this |)etiti(ni, presumes to inform yo\n- honourable house, that the i)rivate Counsel and Attorney of the said Hudson's Hay Company is the ho- nourable .Tames Stuart, His Majesty's Attorney-General for this province, aiul an Fxecutive Councilli.T. That, in an action of Reveiuliciition brought by yom- petitioner in the Court of King's Bench under the No. \'2V2, against a partner and an agent of the said Com])any, who took and converted to their own use a lot of furs of the vabu' of 15(t((/. belonging to your petitioner, the said .Janujs Stuart hits appeared as the ])rivate Attorney for the Defemhints. That ill an other action " eii reintegrandc" under the No. 04"J, brought before the said Court by the said Hudson's Hay Company against your petitioner, the said Attorney-Cieneral ap- pears as Attorney for the said lludscm's Hay Company, the plaintiffs, and that inasmuch as the said action " en reintegrandc" relates to the above-named valuable tract of land helonging to the crown, the said Attorney-General has there lent his ministry to persons whose interests were and are adverse to the King's GoverumcJit. 'I'Jiat, APPENDICE. laii Que le (lit fief ct seigneurio fut ainsi coiicode iioii pas pour y fairo le commerce, mais seuleiiieiit \m\iT qu'il y fi'it fait des ctablissomons ct qu'il ii'y u pas uii seiil colon sur lo (lit ficf et seiijneurie, iioii plus (pi'uiie seule liahitatlou, a rcxception d'uii Poste de commerce ai)pai'teiuiut a 111 dite com)iaji;iiie de la 15aie d'lludsou. Que le die fief et seij^ueurle jiasse geiu'ialoinent pour ne pas reiifernior d'aiiiiiuuix de cliasse et que meme s'il s'y en trouvait, les pelleteries qiu servaient le ]iroduit de honiie foi, d'uti aussi )u'tlt espace de terrein no ])ouvaieiit, vh les dehoursus et les depenses de la dite compa- ijnie, devenir une source de |irofit. (jup cependant votrc petitionnaire est iiifornu- que la dite compiipjiiie do hi naie d'Hudsoii, a consenti li payer une rente d'environ X;}()0, ])our le hail du dit fief et seif>iieurie, en autant qu'elle a ohtenn par hi le moyen d'enipieter sur les limites des Postes dn Hoi et de faire le com- merce avec les Sauvajri-s, qiioique la tenure s(Uis laqiielle la dite seiffiieurie a ete concedec, ne confere jias un tel droit et cpie les proprietaires et les habitans d'icellcs, s'il y en avait, en soient exclns de meme que tons les sujets du Hoi. Q\w la diie comj)airnie de la Haie dThidson se fiant a Tincapacito d'nn seal individu de pouvoir souteidr la concurrence avec elle, et dans rinteiition de rniiu'r votre petitionnaire, pour acca- ))arer ensuite tout le coimnerce, a ouvertement viole les droits et les privilcffes de votre peti- tionnaire a lui jrarantis par le dit hail et a eorrompu ct den)oralise tons les 8auvages par la dis- trihntiou (entre autres moycns) de quautites excessives de hoissons fortes, et (pie la dite com- pai^iiie de la Uaie d' Hudson s'est mise en possession de pelleteries, a])pavteiiant de bonne foi a votre |)etItionnaire, jusquVi un montant eiiorme ; qu'elle a aussi eomuiis des actes de violence contre les ajfeiis et les coinmis de votre petitionnaire et les a menaces de leiir »">ter la vie. Que (hms la viie de se fixer li la llinere Portneuf comme i''tant ])ro])re a faciliter S(!s in- cursions dans riiiterieur des Postes du lloi, la dite comi)a<^iiio de la Haie d' Hudson a outre- |)iissL' les limites du dit fief et seijfiieurie, et s'est approprie une jjjrande eteiidue de torre, (I'une grande valeur, a))parteiiaiit li la coiironne, a hupielle ctendue de terre a justemeat droit votre. piititioniiaire en vertii de son dit bail. Qu'il est d'liue iinportaiice incaleulahle ])our votre petitionnaire (pi'il jouisse de la dite etendiie de terre et (pie la dite eomjmu;iiie de la Baie d' Hudson en soit t'viiieee, votre petition- naire ayaut trouve (pie Bes jirofits out diniiime de uioitii'' ]iar le moyen (pie I'oceupatioH du dit terrein de hi dite Riviere a foiinii a la dite conipat>iii(' de la Uaie d'lliiilsoii,(le lui faire tort. Que la couroiine a droit, et;enural de faire va'oir en appuyant le locMtaire de la couroune. (^iie comme eonsi'qiienee des asrirressions des a!;eiis ct des emploves de la e(iini)an;nie de la Baie d'Hudson, il s': st eleve des (pierelles efitre les employes de votre jietitiomiaire et eeux de la compafjnie de la Baie d'Hudson, lesquelles out doiiiu- lieu a plusieurs pouisiiites, tant civiles que criniiiielles dans la ('our du liane du Koi pour le s<)eii; et un ai;ent de la dite eompairnie (pii avait pris et eoiiverti a son iisau;e un lot de pelleteries de la vateiir de L'l. .")()(), np))arteiiant a votre petitionnaire, le dit hononihle .lames Stuart a comparu comme le ]iroeuii'iir prive des dcfendeiirs. Que dans une autre action en reinte<>rande sous le n - (i4"J, portee devant la dite compa- frnie de la Baie d'Hiulsou, contre voire petitionnaire, le dit proeureiir-geiu'ral eomparnt comme jirocurciir de la dite conii)agnie de la dite Baie d'Hudson, demanderesse, ct comme la dite ac- tion en reiiite^niide a rap[iort ii rt'tendiie de terre de grande valeur, ci-devant uienti(miie'e, ap- ])artciiaut ii la eoiiroiine, le dit procureur-geia'ral a en eette cireoustance prite son minist(:re, a des individus doiit les interets militeiit et sont en opposition a eeux du gouverncment du Uoi. Que P I I 132 APPENDIX. That, actuated by a natural bias in favour of his clients, the said Attorney-General has perverted the adniiuistratiou of justice, by preferring numerous frivolous indictments against the ago. ts and servants of your petitioner, by repeatedly causing them to be hurried away in custody from the several places at which they were stationed, and by lending himself to facilitate the escape of his clients, (the aggressors,) when complaints were preferred against them, on whicli he, as Attorney-General, ought to have prosecuted them criminally with effect. That tlie said Attorney-General has even gone the length of uppenring for the defendants, a partner and two agents of tlic Hudson's 15ay Company, in tln-ee several cases in whidi our Sovereign Lord tlie King is plaintiff, wherein the said ])artncr and two agents or servants had been condemned to pay tliree several fines for distriiiiiting liquors to Indians, and that he so a])])eareil. knowing that the crown was interested in recovering a moiety of the said several jienalties which the said several jjarties were condemned to pay. That the Attoniey-(iencral liius al)used his power as Attorney-General to favour tlie said Hudson's Bay Company Ids clients, tlie commercial rivals of your petitioner, to the great damage of your petitioner, and lias deprived your jietitioner of that sujiport from the crown wjiich your petitioner had a rinht to expect, and that the Attoriii'y-General has acted in direct opposition to the interests of Ctoveniineiit. That your jietitioner, having found it necessary to ajiply for relief on certain sulijeets growing out of tlie contests between your petitioner and the said Hudson's Hay Comiianv, to his Exeelleiiey the govenior-in-eliief, your petithiiier has found his Exeelleiiey (h'sposed to do jiini justice to the full extent of his Ivvceileney's power, a disposition of whieli your petitioner has had frequent experience, and in which lie feels the most unbounded confidence. But that the matters submitted to his Kxeellency were of a nature requiring tlic .idviee and interfereiue of tlie Law Otlieers of the crown, and that your petitioner has lieen deprived of the lienefit whieli he must have derived fnun the unluassed ojiinion and authority of His ^lajesty's Att(U'iiey-(ieneral. from the circumstances above rehited. 'I'liat your petitioner has the more reason to complain of the position in whieli the said Attorney-tieiieial lias |)liieed himself with resjiect to the crown, in so much as of the li(uiour- atile Members of tin- Lxeeiitive Couneil, (the constitutional advisers of his Kxcelleucv.) one is a partner of the .-aid Hudson's Bay Conijianv, and another the agent of the proprietors of Mille-\aelies. ^\'h^'ref(pr(! your ]iefiti(Mier eoinidaiiis of the eoiiduet of the said A^torlley-Genel■al, ami prays that it may plea>e lliis llonorabli' House to grant to your petitio ler the benefit of ;in investigation, that justice may be done in the premises, as tlie wisdom of this Honoralile House may jirescribe. And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray. (Signed) WM. LAMPSON. No. '20. Letter from J.a.mes Sti-art, Esfjnire, Attornaj-denerdl, to Lieutenant Colonel Glegc, Secrttanj, M: «IR, Qitebcc, im April, 18.'J1. h\ the course of a cursory poriLSji! of N'ewspapers piibiislied in this Province, I have ol»- served tliat, among the reported proceedings of the House of Assembly, is the adoption by that House, on the 'J:!!! March last, ofcerlain resolutions criminating me, for alleged misconduct as Attorney-Cii'iieral, in relation to certain disputes iietween the Hudson's IJay Company and William Lampsmi, lessee of the King's Posts. I have also observed, that it "is therein stated, that acopy of these residutions, by or(ler of the House, was to be presented to His Excellency the Ciovernor-iii-Chief, with a request that he would bc plciisud to transmit the same to Ijc laid at the foot of the lliroue. Not 1 i I APPENDICE. 133 Que mil par un penchant naturel en favour de scs cliens, le rlit procnrcur-general a per- vcrti I'administratioii de la justice en portant de nombrcuses accusations (indictments) d'un ca- ractere frivole centre los aj^ens ct servitcurs de votrc petitionnaire, en les trainant i)recii)itam- inent comme prisonniers u divorses reprises des diffurcns lieux ou ils etaient stationncs et en se pri'tant d faciliter I'uvasion do ses cliens (les a<);gresseurs), lorsqu'il etiiit porte des plaintes con- tre eiix, taiuiis qu'il aurait dii comme procurour-genural, les poursuivre comme criminols d'lnio maniere effective. Que le dit procureur-gencTal a etc jusqn'au point de compariiitrc pour los dufendeurs, un as- socie ct deuxaijens de la compagnio do la Haio d'Hudson, dans trois differcntcs causes ou no- tre souvorain Seigneur le lloi etait demandeur, et dans lesquelles lo dit associo et deux agens ou serviteurs avaient etc condamnes a ])ayer trois diffcrentes amendcs pour avoir distriluu'; des liqueurs fortes a des sauvagcs, et qu'il aainsi comparu saeiiant bion quo la couronno etait iutu- rcssee d reeevoir la moitie do cos divorses ponalites au paiement dosqiicUes cos divers parties furent condamnces. Que lo dit procureur-general s'est servi de son autoritd, commo proc'.ireur-gjncral, pour favorisor la dite eompagnie de la IJaio d'Hudson, ses cliens, la rivalo en fait de commerce (K; votro j)c'titioinuiire, au grand dommage do votre petitionuairo, et a privo votre j)otitionnairo do t-et appui do la jiart do la couronno auquel votrc })etitionuaire avait droit do s'attendre, et (pui l(>dit ]>roeurour-gi'nc'ral aagi directeuiont ii rencontre des interets du gouvernement. Quo votrc ])etitionnaire ayant trouvo nocossairo de fairo application a son Excellence io goiivorneur-on-cliof, demandant un remodc ii I'egard de certains objets provonant de la eontes- tati(ui entre votre petitionnaire et la ditc oompagnio do la Ilaie d'Hudson, votro jjctitionnaire a trouvt' <|ue son Excollencc etait disposeo d lui reiidro justice de touto retcndue do son jjouvoir, disposition (juo votre petitionnaire a souvent ou occasion d'oprouvcr, ct il rossent d cot ogard une confianeo sans borne. Mais les matieros soumises d son Excellence etant do nature a exiger I'av's et rintervon- tion des officiers en loi de la couronno, lo ])(jtitionnaire s'est trouvo frustre de ccs avantagos qu'il ei'it obteiMis par les avis et I'autorito impartiale du proourcur-gencral do Sa Majeste, si cc n'ctait que des eire(Uistaiioes (pii out etc ci-devant ra])porteos. Quo lo petitioniuuro a d'autant jilus raisiin de so plaindro de la position dans laquclle lo dit procureur-general s'est lui-menio ])laee d I'egard do la couronne, que parmi los lioiU)rables inem- bres du couseil executil' (los eonseillers constitutionnels do son Excellence,) il s'en trouvo un {'ayaut I* l 134 APPENDIX. Not having received from His Excellency the ()overnor-in-cLicf any information or in- timation, that any such criminatory resolutions liad heen laid before His Excellency, or that any Address liad l)een presented to His Excellency, to transmit any such resolutions to His Ma- jesty's SccretJiry of State, or any communication whatever from His Excellency, in relation to any such resolutions, 1 am led to suppose, that the statements now referred to, in tlie newspapers must necessarily be erroneous. That I may bo relieved from all uncertainty on this liead, I request you will submit to His Excellency my respectful ap])lication to be informed, whether any resolutions, of the nature of those above mentioned, have been laid before His Excellonev ; and, if they have that I may be made acquainted with the nature of them, as well us with the proceedintrs which have been had on them, in so far as the authority of His Excellency may have been referred to or interposed. I have the honour to l)e, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, '>"'! Lieutenant-Colonel GLEGG, Secretary, &e. ice. J. STUART, Attorney-General. No. -21. Letter from Lkut.-Cul. Gi.r.iir,, Secretary/, ^c. to J. Stlaut, Esq. Attorney-General. Quebec, I9th Aprit, 18!) I. Sin, of f -? 18th inst. to His Kxeeileney the Governor-in-C'hiel, ■ py of the Hcsoiutions of the House of Asionibly, dated Having submittc ' vtii.: ''"-I. I am eoninianded ti ! ■ .it \ ,_ _ the '2Htli Mareli, wi ' iiis Excellency's answer tlieiet'.», dated the day following. I have also '• iveil directions to inclose you a copy of His I'lxcelleney's Message to tlie House of A>' -inlilv, dated the tweutj-eighih Mai'cli, in which you will see that His Kx- eeileney relies c. the justice of that House, to furnish you with copies of the various Doeu- inents upon which the Charges against you are founded. Having l)v direction of his Kxcelleucy made applieatiou to tlie Clerk of the House of ,\sseml)ly for copies of the documents in relation to eertain isi()ii, et vous seront transniis aussitot qu'ils seront prets, ce qui sera, a ce tpi'on espcre, dans line dizainc de jours. J'ai I'honneur tl'ctre, Moiisicur, votre tres-humble et tres-obcissant scrviteur. (yigne) J. IJ. CLEGG, Secretaire. L' Honorable Procureur-General. Pour copie coiif'orme, J. STUART. Ko. Q2. % 136 APPENDIX. No. 2-2. i1 ■; ^'"/'y of the Uesoliitlona of the Aumnhh/ of Lower Canada of the 2B/A March, lail, and of the ytn.sivcr (f His Exvellcurij the Governor in Chief referred to in the foregoing Letter. House of Asseinbh/, Monday, '2Sth March, 1831. Ilosolvcd — Tliat the Attonicy-Cioiioral of this Province is, liotli by law aiul custom, tlic officer who is spocialiy tliaixt"'' "ith the (hity of imiiiitaiiiiiitr the rijj^lits of the Crown, as well a>i tliose of the i)iil)lie, as the jircsent Attoriiey-Cleneral, .lames Stuart, Esquire, ex])resses himself in his letter addressed to tlie Civil .Secretary, and dated on the 24th day of Detemher, K<-}0. Keseived — That the Attorney-General of tliis Pnn'inco ouiyht not to practise as a private attorney, in any ease where he nii!>ht lie placed in opposition to the interest of the crown and of the piililie, who are exclusively entitled to Ids services. Hesolwd — That the said .Tames .Stuart, Escpiiro, Attorney-General as aforcs,iid, did, in the n!:irrer< relafinir to the eonii)laints made by the Petitioner, ^^'illianl Lamjison, hcponic Counsel and Attorney for the partners, servants, or ai^ents ot the Hudson's Hay ('oni|>any. iu'oM'ed — Tliat by thus becominsj Counsel and Attorney for the abovo-montinned individuals, • 111' said .hinies .Stuart. Ksquire, placed himself in opposition to the interests of the lps--ee '.fthe Crown, and by a necessary consccpiencc .ilso in opposition to the interests of the Cvown itself. llcsolvrd — Tliat the conduct of the said James Stuj'vt, Esquire, on the occasion of the disputes jKudinuf between tlie Hudson's Bay Companv, and the lesse.' of tlie Crown for the Kintr's Posts, ha i been exceedinirly unjust, vexiidons, and equally injurious to the rifrhts and interests of the Crowti and tiiose of its lessee, in the c.ijoymentof the Posts known by the I'ame of the King's Posts. Resolved — Tliat tlie House jierceive, in this conduct of the said .Tjimes .Stuart, a new motive to solicit His Majesty's Government to dismiss him from his sitiuition of Attorney-Gene- ral of this Province. Resolved — Tliat a copy of the said Resolutions be jiresented to His Excellency tlie Governor in Chief, as well as a copv of the rejiort and evhlence upon wiiich the said resolutions are founded, with a request that he will be pleased to transmit the same to be laid at the foot of the throne. AXSUEn. Gentlf.mf.n, I 'p^firePpi^'i'iS ^''^ *''*'^""'<'"ts adverted to in this address, the same shall l)e transmitted by nu' to ;];i' Secri'tary of .State fur i! • Co' i.'il Dejiaitment, for the purpose of being hiid at the foot of the throne, in complianc .th tlie desire of the House of Assembly. (Signed) AYL^HiIR, Govcrnor-in-Cliicf. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, 2f)tli March, ISHl. I'riic Copy, (Signedj J. B. GLEGG, Secretary. 'I I No. 2;J. APPENDICE. No. 22. 137 Copk des Resolutiont de FAssemblee du Ba»-Canada, du 28 Mars 1831| et de la ripmse de Son Excellence It goiivemeur-en-chef, mentionnees dans la lellre precedents. Chambre'd'Assetrdilee, Lundi, 28 Mars 1831. Rusolu, — Que le procureur-goneral en cette province est par la loi et par I'usage, I'officier sp^- cialement charge de soutenir les droits de la couronne, ainsi que ceux du public, suivant que re.xprirae le procureur actuel James Stuart, Ecuyer, dans sa iettre adrei8<;e au secre« taire-civil suns date du 24 de Dcccmbre 1830. Ildsolu, — Que le procureur-general en cette province ne dcvrait pas s'immiscer dans la pratique privcc, de nianicre ii se mcttre en opposition aux iuteruts de la couronne et du public qui out un droit exclusif « ses services. llesolu, — Que dans les aifuircs relatives aux plaintes du petitionnaire William Lampsun, le dit James Stuart, Ecuyer, procureur-general, comme susdit, s'est rendu conseil et procureur dos associees, scrviteurs ou agens de la compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson. llesolu, — Qu'en se rendant ainsi le conseil et le procureur des individus sus-mentionn^s, le dit James Stuart s'est mis en opposition aux iuterets du fcrmier de la couronne, et par une suite niiccssairc en opposition aux interets de la couronne elle-meme. llusolu, — Que la conduite du dit James Stuart, ecuyer, a, I'occasion des demclcs pendans en- trc la compagnie de la Bale d'Hudson et le fermier de la couronne pour les Postes du lloi, a etc extiemement injuste, vexatoire et egalement destructive des droits et interets de la couronne et de ceux de son representant il la jouissance des postes dcnommes Postes du lloi. llusolu, — Que cette conduite du dit James Stuart offre a cette Chambre un nouveau motif de demander au gouverncmcnt de sa Majeste qu'il soit prive de sa charge de procureur-gene- ral en cette province. llesolu,— 'Qu'unc copie dites resolutions soit presentee .a son Excellence le gouverneur-en-chef, aiusi que copie du rapport des Teraoignages sur lesquels les dites resolutions sent fondees, lui demandant qu'il lui plaisc transmcttre le tout, afin qu'ils soient mis au pied du trone. liEPONSES. Messieurs, Aussitot que j'aurai re^u les documcns auxquels il est fait allusion dans cette adresse, je les trausmettrai au secretaire-d'etat pour le departement coloniid, pour qu'ils goient deposes au j)icd du trone, conforraement au desir de la Chambre d'Assemblee. (Signe) AYLMER, Gouverneur-en-chef. Chateau Saint-Louis, Quebec, 29Marsia'n. Pour copie conforme, (Signe) J. B. GLEGG, Secretaire. I No. 23. 138 APPENDIX. No. 23. Letlerfiom B. C. A Cuoy, Esquire^ to James Stuart, Esquire, Ilia Majesttfg Attorneys General. Quebec, SOth August. 1800. Sir. I am retained to defend the agents and servants of the lessees of the King's Posts, wlio are aceiised of certain trespiwses upon the persons and property of the agents of tiic liudsons's Bay Company ; and I therefore hope it will not prove offensive to you, that I should inquire whether or not it be your Intention to try tiiose cases the next ensuing Term. — I beg you will have the goodness to make me acquainted with your determination, as not only the accused, but their witnesses and others interested, would govern themselves accordingly, and thus abide by the result with the least possible expense and vexation. I have the honour to be. Sir, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) B. C. A. GUGY, Honourable the Attorney-General. True Copy, J. STUART. Lettre Je sont ace la Bale mande prie d'a\ seuleiuc et s'en t L'hono V I H No. 24. Affidavit of k^iTHoms Von Iffland, Esquire, Doctor of Physic, residing at Sorel, in Lower Canada, PROVINCE OF LOWER CANADA. District of trktofI r,. Q ANTHONY VON IFFLAND, of tlio Borough of William Henry, in the Province of Lower Canada, Esquire, Doctor of Piiysic. niakcth oath, that he hiis known upwards of eight years, one Pierre Louis Deligalle, of tin.' said Borough, being the same person who was examined as a witness before a Committee of Grievances of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, on the first day of March now last past. — And the Deponent further saith, that the said Pierre Louis Deligalle has been, for a considerable time, and continues to be, a confirmed drunkard, in indigent circumstances, antatationa, and misrepresentations of my conduct without having it in iny poWet io t«Aite thrai there.— This opportunity I am hi^py is now afibrded to ne here ; ithd I ihitil most sladly aVail lAyself of it n«t only to aiiswer whatever imputations ire to be foiiild ili the twb Reports referred to by Mr. Vltfer, but also any and every complaint, or fanpoi^oti, whidi he may tbiric. im>p«r, if so mstructe^ to add to them.— In the mean time, aiiid la order to avoid nnneceitiry'^elay. whieh U persv&i^y injurious to me, I hope Mr. Viger will find it convenient, witI0i ash mage personnel, je me flatte que M. Vigor trouvera commode de me fournir, sous un court espace de temps, sa r^plique sur le seul sujet auquel son attention est maintenant appel6e, sa- voir, mar^ponseaux accusations et al'adresse de I'Assembl^e. J'ai llionneur d'etre. Monsieur, TOtre tr^s-humble et tres-oblissant serviteur, J. STUART. ROBERT W. HAY, Ecuyer, Sous-seci^taire d'etat, etc., etc., etc. 'ih :. j i ftfci i) iti> ' ^'n uM .y