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The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre film^s d des taux de rdduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul clichd, il est film6 d partir de I'angle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images ndcessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. i errata d to It le pelure, pon d n 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 32X MEMORIAL^ —or— Lt.Col.Barwis IN SUPPORT OF HIS PETITION AS STIPEN- DIARY MAGISTRATE IN THE NORTH- WEST TERRITORIES, WITH PETITION OF INTENDING SETTLERS. La Concorde " Printing Offices THKEE III VERS 1884 5 , w MEAIORIAI v t -OF — Lt. Col. Barwis IN SUPPORT OF HIS PETITION AS STIPFN PIARV MAGISTRATE IN THE NoIth WEST TERRITORIES, WITH PETITION OF INTENDING SETTLERS. " ^^ t^^ONCORDE " PRfNTlX,; OKPICte, TflliBK KIVEKS 1884 *5 MEMORIAL The Memorial of Lt. Col. Barwis, joint Prothc notary of the Superior Court for the district of Arthabaska, iii the Province of Quebec, in support of his petition for the appointment as a stipendiary Magistrate in the North West Territories and for an apportionment of lands for settleriaj Respectfully represents that in the year 1809 the memorialist addressed a letter to tlie Right Honorable Sir John A. Macdonald the following of which is a copy : St. Ferdinand, County of Megantic, Quebec, September 3rd, 18G9. Sir,— I have the honor to inform you that, as I do not know who are the proper authorities to make the following proposal and ofter, I therefore address myself to you, as the head of our Dominion Government. No doubt you are well aware, that a perfect mania exists in these townships lately to emigrate to the United States. It is not, I am sure, for any love for the stars and stripes; or any wish to leave the old flag, but for the mere purpose of bettering their conditiop by seeking a new field, and under the supposition that they will do so. \ think (lie epidemic! (if I may ho term it) inay be tirrned to uiir own wentei'n posj.-e.-'.sion.s. Tlie (ioverninent Iniving lately aecjnired tlie Hudson 15ty Territory and haviji^ held out indueernents lor ijiettliny,' that (Jonntry. I have lately taken every oppor- tunity (>r mentioning those i'ncAn itt all my friends and men who have served under me ; lirmly believinpj that the Territory in qneslion is the best plaee ior our young men to emigrate to.and that ihey would be the best adapted lor settlers, on account ot* the siiailarity of the climates, and if a i;ommencement is once made, those in future who leave these t()\ynshi[)s would natin'ally follow after. Moved by these iacts, as well as my own desire and .S(.'ttled intention to proceed to the Red River Territory under any [)y of the petition : 7b His Excellenci/ tlw. Riffld Ilotiorahh Sir John Sathffland DoiKjlas'i Cdiiiphell Miirifnis of Lome, kc, Sec, (ro- verjior General of (he Dominion of Canada. The mernorial and petition of Thomas S. Barwis, joint Prothoiiotary, Clcick of the Crown, Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Circuit Court for the District of Artha- baska, in the Province of Quebec and Lieut.-Coloiujl in the militia. Most respectfully sheweth that your memorialist and petitioner's father and grand father were naval officers in the British service and settled in upper Canada previous to the last American war as naval volunteers, the one in command of a war vessel, the other as a midshipman, ren- dering important service as may be :uscertained oa refe- rence to the public records That your memorialist and petitioner has been six years afloat, two years at sea, and foiir years (in the St. Lawrence commanding a large steamer at the age of twenty-three. That subsequently he settled in the Eastern Town- ships of the Province of Quebec, and acquired a great deal of experience in a back woods Hie in the county of Megantic, where he held several public offices of impor- tance and trust aad having been culled to the Bar he practiced tor a number of years befor«» his appointment, as Prqthonotary of the Distrisct of Artb ibaska, since which he has continued and kept up his knowledge of the criminal law in his capacity as clerck of the Peace by conducting all actions before tke Sherif and District I — 8 — Magistrate, as well as by the exercise of the judicial func- tions imposed upon him by law, in the absence of a judge from the District out of terms, which functions in the District of Arthaba«ka, are of great itoportance and require considerable knowledge and experience as all the judgescoming to the District have certified. That your memorialist and petitioner raised the 55th Battalion of Volunteer Militia in the County of Megantic, he commanded for a number of years and was called out several times on active service. That he holds first clasH infantry and cavalry certificates, the latter containing very special remarks, as to qnalification and efficiency, by the officer commaiiuir.g Her Majesty's 13th Huss irs. That your memorialist speaks and writes both the english and french languages. That seeing the experience your memorialist and petitioner has acquired in new settlements, his knowledge ot the rearers arid customs of different nationalities, together, with his naval, military and legal knowledge, he deems himself fully competent to fill the position of Stipendiary Magistrate in the North West Territories. (Signed,) THOS. S. BAR WIS Arthabaskaville, April 188$i This last meraoricl and petition was supported by certificates of Judges of the Superior Court for the Pro- vince of Quebec, who have on various occasions held the courts at Arthabasyille, as well as from those who were personally acquainted with the memorialist. The follow- ing are copies of some of them : Irom the Hon. II. E. Taschereau, Judge of the Supreme Courts ** I have been in a position, on various occasions, as a judge of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec, before I came to the Supreme Court of Canada, to notice ciiil func- f a judge n« in the nice and i.s all the the 55th Jegiintio, ailed out (irst class ling very y, by the 30th the ilist and lowledge jnalities, owledge, j.sition of :orie.s. >rted by the Pro- held the ho were e foUow- ihe LSions, as Quebec, :o notice — 9 — the efficiency, intelligence and integrity, which charact- erize Mr. Thomas Barwi.s of Arthabaska in tlie discharge of* his duties as a high public officer connected with the administration of Justice in that Province, and 1 have therefore no hesitation to certify that 'he would in my opinion, most effectually fill the position ©fa Stipendiary Magistrate in any part of the Dominion." Ottawa, xMarch 30th 18S3. I know Thomas Barwis, Esquire, and have known him for many years as a Barrister, Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown and Peace, and I consider him well qua- lified in every way to perform the duties of stipendiary Magistrate. (Signed,) E. T. BROOKS, J. S. C. Dear Sir,— From the knowledge I have had of your ability as a lawyer, and also as a public officer in the res- ponsible positions you have held such as Prothonotary, Clerk of the Crown and Peace, I have no hesitation iii expressing my belief, that you would with credit toyour- ,self and lionor to your country, fill the position of Stipen- diary magistrate in the North West Territories, if appointed to that .office. You can use letter as you deem fit. I am. IJear Sir, Yours very truly (Signed) HENRI T. TASCIIEREAU, Mr Barwis, In answer to your note of the 28th ult. I have no hesitation in saying that I consider you competent to fill efficiently the positioa of Stipendiary magistrate to which you aspire and refer. Very truly, etc (Signed) M. DOIIERTY, J.S.C. 2 — 10 — My Dear Sir. — I received on the 3r(l inst your iavor informing me that you were on applicant for an appoint- ment a.s Stipendiary Mngiwtrate iji the Not/h West. \ have known you lor many yeara both as a practising lawyer and as Prothonotary of the Superior Court dis- pensing justice in the Judicial District of Arthabaska, 'ind it gives me great pleasnre to say from my know- 1 ^dge of you that I am of opinion you would discharge the office you seek with advantage to the public and credit to yourself, hoping you may succeed in your desire and have many years of enjoyment before you. Believe me yours faithfully. (Signed) A. STUART, J. S. C. DfAtr Sir. — In compliance with your request contain- ed in your letter of the 28th March, I willingly certify that I have known you now for several years as a Bar- rister, Prothonotarv, and Clerk of the Crown and of the Peace, and that I believe you fully competent to fill the position of Stipendiary Magistrate in the North West Territories, with best wishes of your success. I remain. Yours truly, r Signed) W. McCORD, J. S. C. Quebec, 4 April ISSS. My Dear Sir. — 1 have your letter of the 29th of last month. It has been my good fortune to have known you for a long time as a soldier, when we both served in the Tolunteer militia. And also a,s Prothonotary and clerk of the Crown and Peace and I have much pleasure in stating that in my opinion you are competant and the right style of man to make a good Stependiary Magis- trate in the North West Territories. Yours truly, (Signed) R. ALLEYN. J. S. C. 0. ast he I 1 — 11 — The above nietnorial was presented by D. 0. Bonr- beau, Esquire, meuiber of the House of Commons for Drumraond and Arthabaska and received an olFicial acknowledgment; at the same time I was informed that there was only one vaneanoy arid that arrangem nts had ' been made to fill it prior to the presentation of my memorial. I fully expected that the appointment the Govern- ment was about to make would have been settled before my memorial was sent in, my object was to be in time for any appointment hereafter to be made in the District of Alberta, Last summer a nJftniber of the British Canadian in- habitants of the County of Megantic informed me that they were determined to leave and some of them were decided to abandon their larm« if they could not sell rather than rem.iin, for several reasons, and one of the ohiefest now bricoming apparent tu them that their clergy would have to leave, as the different denominations were becoming too few to support them, that therefore, they appealed to me to make another attiMnpt to get a block of land for a settlement iu the North West. I therefore forwarded th ^ following petition together with a petition signed by a large number of the inhabi- tants of the said county, the following of which is a copy : To His KxcelleiK-ji the lU'tst Hoiiorahle The Marquis of Lr)t(lHd(ytD)te^ Goi'-)')ior General of Gamt'Ia. The Petition of Thomas 8. Barwis, respecfuUy she wet h : That your petitioner has recently made an applic- ation fof an appointment as iStipendiary Magistrate in the North West Territories. That your petitioner several years ago made an ap- pliciition for a land grant in the North West for himself and a number of others who were desirous of establishing a settlement in that region and that such application vvas then favoiably looked upon by the Government headed by the Kight Honorable Sir John A. MacDonald, but that the troubles at Ked River prevented tlie execution of the proposed plan. ■J! --12 11 That now your petitioner and a large number of others from the County of Megantic and elsewhere are desirous of removing from the Province of Quebec and intend to do so shortly. That the majority of these persons would have gone to the United States had they not been deterred by your petitioner who held out hopes to them of an arrangment with the Government for settlement in the North West, which has prevented a great number from leaving before this time, but these people are now decided to leave before lonj; and will undoubtedly go to the United States, unless the Government grant them an advantageous arrangement for settlement in the Canadian North West Territories more especially in the vicinity of Calgary. That these people dtfsire to form a settlement together in the same vicinity and that if the Govern- ment were disposed to grant them lands in one block, as near as possible, your petitioner is convinced that a great number would accompany him who would otherwise go to the United States. A great number of the proposed settlers served under your petitioner when Lt. Col. commanding the 55th Bataillon of V. M. and having known and had dealinge with your petitioner for a number of years as wn advocate and otherwise as may be seen by their petition forwarded herewith. Your ^ etitioner therefore prays that you may be pleased to take into your favourable consideration this application and select land granta for them, at some con- venient locality in the vicinity of Fort Calgary in the District of Alberta. And your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray. (Signed) THOMAS BARWIS, Lt. Col. and Prothonotary of the District of Arthabaska Prov. of Quebec. 1<^ o g^ 1 'To His Excelhncy the wost Hovorahle the Marquis of Lamhdoicne, Govermfr-Genend of Ciniodu. The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the County of Megantic, Province of Quebec, rea^pecfully sheweth. Tliat your petitioners have heen informed that Lt. Col. Barwis is making an application for a position and land grant in the North West in the vicinity of Fort Calgar3^ That your petitioners are desirous of leaving the Province of Quebec and intend to do so shortly to go to the United btates or elsewhere. That if Lt. Col. Barwis could make satisfactory ar- langements with the Government for land grants in the same vicinity as much as possible, your petitioners would be prepared to fulHU all the settlement duties requirtd and would prucet d, as soon as convenient, to settle in t)ie JNorth-West. (Signed) James Reed, Jeremiah Rickaby Albert Rickaby, William Rickab}'', Robert Rickabv R. W. Rickaby" John Henry Rickabv' William I. Rick^bv, William T. Rickaby, Thorar's Rickaby Andrew Patterson, Mathew Patterson Andrew T. Patterson, Thomas Alexander James Miles, Peter Duft' James Gunston, J. H. Rickaby George Abbott, C J. Messenger Richard Messenger, Richard Watts Jonathan Watts, James Sharpe Richard Sharpe, Robert Frizzeli William R. Sharpe, W^illiam Larmouth William Thompson, George Murray William Alexander, Andrew Cochrane John Murray, Ernest Rickaby Joseph Cochrjine, James Wark George Wilson. _-. (4 _- Province of Qaehev ^ DisTUicT or Arthabaska. S ROBERT RICKABV, fiirmer of the Township o4 rnveriiesv-', bein^' duly Hworn upon the Holy Evangelists Hoili (Jepose and .swear that he was personally present and did Hee the above petition signed by tlie persons named therein and further depcMient saitli n»)t and hath signed. Sworn before me at In- ^ verness this lUh day > (Signed) Robert Riceabv. of July 18^3. > (Signed) James Reed, J. P. Signatures from the Township of Ireland in the County of Megantic to the same petition. A. Kennedy, W. J. Bytne, AVilliain Lynaugh Tho- mas Mitehel, James Lynaugh, Chs. S. Peniwton, J. S. Larockelle, J. R. Paradis, Thomas Audet, Antoine Gou- lette, Joseph Patry, Janus Burns Sr, James Burns, Jr, Patriek McCaffrey, Miehael Burns, (.!. II. Latleur, Fatric'' (Irifhn, James Murphy, Joshua Ilougli, John T. Ilouiih, James Mve total ()t'7o41, it wouhl leave 244(> that have left the county in the hiHt twenty yearn, chiefly for the United StatJH, a {^i eat many of whom have com- municatee] with the memorialist, who, would be ready to join a settletuoiit from Megantic in the North Went Ter- ries. After having a conversation with the reverend E. C Parkin, a minister of the Church of P]nglan 1, Rector of Nicolet and Secretary of the Young Mens' Emigration Association of London, England, I wrote to him to obtain their cooperation in inducing emigrants to join us in the North West, and received the following answer. TuRHK-RiVPnis, Quebec, Canada, August 1st 1883. Lt. Col. Bdrwls, ArfhdhdshtrUlf, P. Q. Mr DEAR Sir, Accept my thanks for your favour of the 3 1st ultimo. I shall be glad to help you all 1 can, especially in using my influence to enduce respectable families from the "' old country" to join in your enterprise. I think when it is explained to them many well to do persons who wish to emigrate will appreciate the advantages which it otfers in being associated with pioneers of colonial experience, and they on their part will add to its success by bringing into it a respectable and intelligent element with some pecuniary means which can be employed in so many ways to their own advantage. I am my dear Sir, Faithfully yours, p:. cullin parkin, Secretary Youg Mens' Emigration Association. — TO — The Reverend Mr Parkin as Secretary of the Young Mens' Krnigration AHsociation of London, Ih in direct communication with all CurateH, Rectors etc, of the rural Parishes in Knghind and who informs the memorialist that there are thousands of respectable and well educated young men whom their parents and clergy do not know what to do with and that this association has been started, by the clergy of England to enable them to find occupation and homes for these young men in the colonies. The fi)l lowing appeared in the Montreal Gazette of the 19th March instant : " Captain C," who has a son settled at Calgary, writes to the Ganadiiui Gazet'e in terms of high commen- dation of the climate, resources and projjpects of that region, and praises it especially as an excellent place for H young man of some means, willing to work and learn and persevering. The captain's son is at present staying with a gentleman who teaches farming at a reasonable premium. He tliinks it folly for fathers to give any large sums to their sons on emigrating, as it lessens the value of their work in their own eyes and those of others, and makes them think that they have nothing to do but enjoy themselves. But at the same time he evi> dently thinks it better that a young man should at some cost learn something ot his intended business, from a person of experience, than to trust entirely to his own chances of picking up information. Such training is well worth the money expended on it. The correspondent, who has given his name to the editor, invites inquiry, and will be glad to answer any questions that may be addressed to him. The memorialist is confident that the Government of Canada will take into favourable consideration his petition as well as those of the inhabitants of the County ot Megan tic by giving him the appointment applied for, with the advantage to the other petitioners and those who may join them of a choice of a favourable location in the vicinity of Calgary in the District of Alberta. — 20 — And tlie memorialist truHtn that you \ri!l kiiHlly lend your influence in fiivoiir of Win propoHfd in connec- tion with Hevenil pronjinent and intiuential pernons who have already promised to do so in view of the great advantage thin proposition would have to the settlement of the new Province of Alberta. T1I08. lURVVrS, Lt. Col, Joint Prothonotary District of Arthabaska. Arthabuska, 4tU April 1884. I ,. — ««» ._ I