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** r>> %«l iM b* wo»cc<|n«bl« w Uw pMMe hi Uw fitmA wowiiiKi—
' ^ » _" WauAM BaowN ft TliUMt Oiuwm, botk Mttm IT

t V Vr«M Britain, Im iiitraduor4llM«torprictiag into ^inriii

X ^ ^MlaijMfogMiikvimkiyfraMtntiMor TaaqeuwOA.

"v^ \ «■»«. Uttn coinpriaed In • ifieet of Crown iMptr, ia th« Ftnnwll
««d IbaglMi langutge*. conUlniDg Um niOTt matcrkl puMio o«*

^ «M«ncMlil Eurapt mkI Amrica?'

"^ /*i«th«AntOiintt<w««annp«iUonortiMprlocipl«uponwMtb

ftWM to b« conducted, In which, afttr tutiof tb« aeculvfir Am*
4oni aim impartiality it wa* meuittoattMiiptln tit* <x>ni|WhMwi
H iifclar«ri to have notiing M rnucb at Hmi t aatha aupooM oTfiTb
«••• murality ami tlw noble omim of Liborty, and thflt it WM ta«
l««dtd to bland <>hiloMptiy, tfinarf, FOlitica&c.in MtiMbite*
«un, at tb« Mm« time pl«d|^a« vm/kt to tha public tMI pjrty pi**
jMdiOM •» privato wandal thoald wnvt itain lu pin. '

« Th« erigiittt n«mbm orMtb^iribt^itappoanto havabMn abM
100 •fwhlvlia^it half were Eoglifh aiid Iwtr Fntnch. TImO**
Mttt continued, with iliti* fluctuation in iho numbar ofnurclMt.
vn, UU a aumii, dui* impotM bv Orvat Britain on h«r <^ni||
Dul a itep lu the imbHcation in Octobw 1 765. TiM diuy bataf
vtptaU <l tb« Uaaatie was again nnowad in ITW, with aMut m
mm» numb^ of iub«rlbcra.(!)

•• it wa4af{ainint«rrupt«d in November 1775bTtb« AaglfiA-
Qicricant laying (ioga to Quabec on Mparating tbamwIvM AtMB
VrMt i)nll«ln.(2)

i>' Ou the siege being raiwd in Muy m«, WilM^n Biowfl,
Thomas CJilniore having dia* In 1 778} andwivouivdlo rt %M
hsh th« QoMtte, bat wOt, at Nrat, prevented bjr the then OoTtr.
nor (juy Curleion, who was apital-enlly averae t« the publiealion
«ta newtpaptfin the Provwice .roin what motivM It Is unknowii |
but it could proce^'d iVom no Uis^ofaUy on tbe pM of Mr. maim
Who remained in the I'own du<rlbg tlK f^iege and defendal ll
•WngwlHi his fellow CitiaenH. UowavfTaftet miKb low Md
courtly condencen^on In AiiguM 1776, Mr. Blown wnMlQMU
tad to maice a second rewuireition of iha QdalMB OMiM>) but
underthe most servile prot'eiaiona to tha public. Bi|br«tlM»liaM
tn hndobtniued a commission ol' King'a Printer, and Ua Satorr
•f iSm wa» aiuim-iitvd t* oo Stg.
-, " During the whole of lUo American War 1775 to ItSS, Um
•« On/eite kept silenre on the most liiiMilant fiNU, and HJM AIM
With misn-preseiitattonu. Uuring Oenaral BouTgogna'a opaii^
^ tioDA on the frontiers of this province, not a word waa pubUah rea>
d SectiPK them ; and Hlihough hladafwt WM pubUckly known at
(Quebec, a lew weeks alter it happened, not tiia l«(t aoeount «f
wne|published till nearly two yean aftarvrank.

'• 'Aft. r the return of peace the intuenca of habitual aervlUty
«nd perhaps the i^iog Salary, rendered Che Oaaattoifaotaafiillp
at least uv insipid as before. A jftnul of I^MMa alio aafwdto ra*
tain the culm.

» WlMium Iftowndlorlin MatthlTSft, at which time tha nlw
«rlbefs to the Oaa.'ite were not mora thwi 290^ what ia 1Mb AM
two thirds of the iire>ent nu«lMr (in 17W.)

" The Gaaettc was cuntimicd by hia Nephew and 8uocM||lv
the aalary and coinmisAion witMrnm, and he waatharaby la
without a motive to publish falsehNll or conceal tlbth ; berideahh
•nJv retnined the printing for GofVernaient, bacauaa none could
be found to do it cheaper or ao well, although there wara thaa
.J^ other Printers esiabliabed at Quebbe."

* It will belong to • future succeMMr to aiy whether the Qu*.
hi^ Oaratle, iVom 1781» was dedicated tvapmicular cr general
iBtere^t, whether not cooducted with freedom, truth, iBl);iai1|M9
and juaiice to tlie conMuunity in which ii circolaML
•• Quebec, 1st Jatiy. l7iB<"

IThe writer died in January 1793. In his If ^ will or teit*>
ment he bequeathed the Quebec Gazette to hi* Brother John
Neilsou, then a minor, afUr which it waa conducted till be waa
■^ of age by the late Rev. Dr. Spark, his Oualdtaa.]

(1)^ this oecaikn the firrt Mier [May fi9th 176S] emtaliMd the ibOev

" A vepoft having been r«l»ed, and indiistrlouily propsnted, that our
Ctaierte was eadln' tXe h,intkm of the SsefetaMr, Iberefore, In Older to nw.
vCntant Detriment It might beof to us, we think itnecessary lDdcolaie,|tat
evar sinre the EAaMiihinsnt of Civil Ooremeianl^eur JPape* hat i

emshail be, is free 'rora the laapectlon «r RestrietiiMis ef any fSnsa
Whatwavai^ as It !• of t'le late SUm'jt, and that 9» mf^ Beport was pieMli
Wre and highly ungenerous. We profemM at wr *« setting out, our avoWM
Xasoluticn against making our PubUcatioD the (^wveyance of private Sean,
dd, or the Tooi and Stimulator to poliUGal Factkm : we trust that from
Kmciple we ibouM keep to iMl though Rtgard to our own M^dU not
Oblige us to It. At the lame TuaeVe never meal to reAue, nor have raAuad.
aPfcce in our V^et to any Thing which might or has been oflbiod tous,
Wbtch.UreefhiB: these Tendencies, might contribute toaniase,to entatlriB.

o^y, to have the liberty of thinUng for th«nselvas on all SutrfacbL to I
wiiat tney thloK, and to pubUuli, such Thoughts at uav Mcai Imoxio
tedivkUwls, and undittPJMng to the Pubkc. It Is tbeieiate fi«n tha „.
fi5f^'*?*t?"*7' "*■* Publications ean oome wldunit an impHmttm / a
<M«t valuable Uiwrty In lt*etf , aad by (be wisest of our PdKH&ns and the

^^ *l1tUthat«mmen(Mftentarthe War between Great Mtataaadtbe
f?^Jft l". jn^ OaKcue had bees a fUUiAil narrator of the dicntiiilaa
■ aet which Md to the unfortunate crlsii, but all eommunteatlon bebif bis
^VP and thtauifa other more p«ivcr(blcautN the sanMMoa changed."