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OTTAWA PRINTED BY S. E. DAWSON, PRINTER TO THE KING'S MOST
EXCELLENT MAJESTY
1907 (No. 18—1907.)
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6-7 EDWARD VII.
SESSIONAL PAPER No. 18
A. 1907
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
11
PAGE.
INTRODUCTION
ix
Articles of Capitulation, Quebec, Sept. 18, 1759, French Text...,
English Translation.
6
Articles of Capitulation, Montreal, Sept. 8, 1760, French Text .
21
Commission as Judge to Jacques Allior, January 6, 1760, French Text
29
English Translation
30
Placard from His Excellency, Gen. Amherst, Sept. 22, 1760, French Text....
31
English Translation...
32
Proclamation of Governor Murray, Establishing Military Courts, Oct. 31, 1760, French Text. 33
English Translation 35
General Murray's Report on the State of the Government of Quebec, June 5, 1762..
37
Col. Burton's Report on the State of Government of Three Rivers, April, 1762.
61
General Gage's Report on the State of Government of Montreal, March 20, 1762..
69
Treaty of Paris, Feb. 10, 1763, French Text....
73
81
Papers relating to the Establishment of Civil Government in the Territories ceded to Britain by
the Treaty of 1763-
Egremont to Lords of Trade, May 5, 1763.....
93
Lords of Trade to Egremont, with Report, June 8, 1763.
97
Egremont to Lords of Trade, July 14, 1763
108
Lords of Trade to Egremont, with Representation, Aug. 5, 1763...
110
Halifax to Lords of Trade, Sept. 19, 1763.
112
Lords of Trade to Halifax, Oct. 4, 1:63
114
Proceedings in Privy Council, Oct. 5, 1763..
115
Report on Commissions for Governors, Oct. 6, 1763
116
Halifax to Lords of Trade, Oct. 8, 1763.
119
Proclamation of Oct. 7th., 1763..
Earl of Egremont to Governor Murray, Aug. 13, 1763..
123
Passing Governors' Commissions, Oct. 7, 1763
121
Additional clauses in new Commissions, Nov. 4, 1763
124
Commission appointing James Murray, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province
of Quebec, Nov. 21, 1763..
126
Instructions to Governor Murray, Dec. 7, 1763..
132
Ordinance of Sept. 17, 1764, establishing Civil Courts
149
Governor Murray to Earl of Halifax, Oct. 15, 1764..
152
Presentments of the Grand Jury of Quebec, Oct. 16, 1764.
153
Statement by French Jurors in reference to the foregoing Presentments, Oct. 26, 1764, French Text 156
English Translation 159
Address of French Citizens to the King regarding the Legal System, Jan. 7, 1765, French Text
161
Ordinance of Nov. 6, 1764.
166
Governor Murray to Lords of Trade, Oct. 29, 1764..
167
Petition of the Quebec Traders to the King..
168
Petition of the London Merchants to the King..
170
Report of Attorney and Solicitor General re Status of Roman Catholic Subjects, June 10, 1765.. 171
Representation of the Board of Trade to the King, Sept. 2, 1765...
171
Ordinance of July 1, 1766, to Alter and Amend Ordinance of Sept. 17, 1764.
172
Ordinance of July 26, 1766, in addition to Ordinance of Sept. 17, 1764....
17+
Report of Attorney and Solicitor General (Yorku and DeGrey) regarding the Civil Government
of Quebec, April 4, 1766..
174
Considerations on the Expediency of Procuring an Act of Parliament for the Settlement of the
Province of Quebec, by Francis Maseres, 1766...
179
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227
Irving to the Lords of Trade, Aug. 20, 1766.....
187
Petition of Seigneurs of Montreal to the King, Feb. 3, 1707, French Text..
188
English Translation,
189
Commission of Chief Justice William Hey, Sept. 25, 1766..
190
Lieut. Governor Carleton to Earl of Shelburne, Oct. 25, 1766..
192
Remonstrance of Members of Council to Lieut. Gov. Carleton, Oct 13, 1766...
193
Lieut. Gov. Carleton's reply to remonstrance Members of Council...
194
Lieut. Gov. Carleton to General Gage, Feb. 15, 1767.
195
Earl of Shelburne to Lieut. Gov. Carleton, June 20, 1767.
196
Lient. Gov, Carleton to Earl of Shelburne, Nov. 25, 1767..
Resolution of Privy Council as to Information Required Concerning the Province of Quebec,
Aug. 27, 1767
199
Earl of Shelburne to Lieut. Gov. Carleton, Dec. 17, 1767.
201
Lieut. Gov. Carleton to Earl of Shelburne, Dec. 24, 1767 ,
20!
Draught of an Ordinance Relating to French Land Tenures.
204
Lieut. Gov. Carleton to Earl of Shelburne, Jan. 20, 1768
205
Earl of Hillsborough to Lieut.-Gov. Carleton, March 6, 1768
207
Lieut.-Gov. Carleton to Earl of Shelburne, April 12, 1768.
208
Instructions to Governor Carleton, 1768.
210
Earl of Hillsborough to Governor Carleton, Oct. 12, 1768.
Governor Carleton to Earl of Hiilsborough, Nov. 20, 1768.
A Draught of an Intended Report of the Honourable the Governor in Chief and the Council of
the Province of Quebec, to the King concerning the State of the Laws and the Administra.
tion of Justice in that Province, by Francis Maseres....
228
Attorney General Maseres' Criticism of Governor Carleton's Report on the Laws of the Province,
1769.
258
Report of Lords Comunissioners for Trade and Plantations Relative to the State of the Province
of Quebec, June 10, 1769
263
Appendix to Report of Lords ('ommissioners for Trade and Plantations...
274
Report of Committee of the Council on Administration of Law by Justices of the Peace, Sept. 11, 1769,
276
An Ordinance for the more Effectual Administration of Justice, and for Regulating the Courts
of Law in the Province, Feb. 1, 1770..
280
Petition for a General Assembly
291
Petition for the Restoration of French Law and Custom, French Text
292
293
Additional Instruction to Governor Carleton, 1771...
295
Earl of Hillsborough to Lieut. Gov. Cramahé, July 3, 1771..
275
Report of Solicitor General Alex. Wedderburn, Dec. 6, 1772...
296
Abstract of such Regulations in Solicitor General's Report as inay be established by Act of Par.
liament, Dec. 6, 1772. .
302
Report of Attorney General Edward Thurlow, Jan. 22, 1773..
305
Plan of a Code of Laws for the Province of Quebec, Reporte i by the Advocate General, James
Marriott, 1774..
310
Lieut. Gov. Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, June 22, 1773..
338
Earl of Dartmouth to Lieut. Gov. Cramahé, Dec. 1, 1773..
Francis Maseres to Earl of Dartmouth, Jan. 4, 1774, with Proceedings of Quebec Committee... 310
Letter of Committee of English Inhabitants to Maseres.
343
Lieut. Gov. Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, Dec. 13, 1773
313
Petition to Lient. Gov, Cramahé for an Aswembly, Nov. 29, 1773.
Lt.-Governor's Reply, Dec. 11, 1773.
346
Petition to the king, for an Assembly, Dec. 31, 1773.
347
Memorial from Quebec to Earl of Dartmouth, Dec. 31, 1773.
349
Memorial from Montreal to Earl of Dartmouth, Jan. 15, 1774
351
Earl of Dartinouth to Lieut. Gov. Cramahé, May 4, 1774.,
352
Lieut. Gov Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, July 15, 1774.
353
Petition of French Subjects to the King, French Text, Dec., 1773.
354
English Translation ..
355
Memorial of French Subjects in support of their Petition, French Text
357
358
345
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359
366
373
374
376
377
381
382
385
386
388
390
3.90
395
397
400
401
106
a
403
Case of the British Merchants Trading to Quebec, May, 1774...
Lord Mansfield's Judgment in Campbell vs. Hall, 1774..
Maserus to the Lord Chancellor, April 30, 1771..
Memoranda and Draughts of Bills Relating to the Subject of the Quebec Act, 1774–
Memorandum on Government of Quebec
First Draught of the Quebec Bill
Second
Proposed Extension of Provincial Limits.
Third Draught of the Quebec Bill .
Notes on Third Draught of Quebec Bill..
The Clause Concerning Religion in the Third Draught
Lord Hillsborough’s Objections to Third Draught Quebec Bill
Earl of Dartmouth's Reply to Lord Hillsborough..
The Quebec Bill, as Returned from the Commons.
Things which must of necessity be considered and Definitely Settled if the Bill is passed,
French Text.....
Things which must of necessity be Considered and Definitely Settled if the Bill is passed,
Queries re Government of Quebec.
The Quebec Act, 14, Geo. III cap. 83..
Quebec Revenue Act, 14, Geo. III, cap. 88...
An Act for amending and explaining an Act to establish a fund towards further defraying the
charges of the Administration of Justice, and support of the Civil Government within the
Province of Quebec......
Governor Carleton to Earl of Dartmouth, Sept. 23, 1774..
General Gage to Governor Carleton, Sept. 4, 1774...
Governor Carleton's to General Gage, Sept. 20, 1774...
Earl of Dartmouth to Governor Carleton, Dec. 10, 1774
Governor Carleton to Earl of Dartmouth, Nov. 11, 1774.
Petition for the repeal of the Quebec Act, Nov. 12, 1774-
To the King...
To the Lords
To the Commons...
Instructions to Governor Carleton, 1775.
Plan for the future management of Indian Affairs, referred to in the 32nd article of the
foregoing Instructions
Instructions relating to Trade and Navigation...
Additional Instructions, March 13, 1775
Additional Instructions, Nov. 14, 1775..
Governor Carleton to General Gage, Feb. 4, 1775...
Earl of Dartmouth to Governor Carleton, June 7, 1775.
Governor Carleton to Earl of Dartmouth, June 7, 1775.
Lieut. Gov. Cramahé to Earl of Dartmouth, Sept. 21, 1775..
Chief Justice Hey to the Lord Chancellor, Aug. 28, 1775..
Governor Carleton to Lord Germain, Sept. 28, 1776..
May 9, 1777...
Plan for the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce for the City and District of Quebec,
April 3, 1777. ..
Ordinances passed in the Session of the Legislative Council of Quebec, held in January, February,
March and April, 1777.
An Ordinance for establishing Courts of Civil Judicature in the Province of Quebec, Feb. 25,
1777.
An Ordinance to regulate the proceedings in the Courts of Civil Judicature in the Province of
Quebec, Feb. 25, 1777
An Ordinance for establishing Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction in the Province of Quebec, March
410
411
412
414
417
433
438
450
452
453
455
456
159
460
462
463
464
466
4, 1777 ...
Petition of Verchants for Repeal of Quebec Act, April 2, 1778.
471
173