North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-07

melancholy scheme Of throwing Into thos'
very cells, the doors Of which he had open
ed in virtue Of the royal pferogaiive vested
in him, and filed with men Of vile and
lost character. men Of integrity who were
honestly con,ending for what they sincere
~ considered as the invaded rights OF thai
peoplc they were faithfully representing
in the Commons Of Lower Canada. Can
human wre,chedness and depraviiy &c
further,
On the iath of April, the Governor is
sued another Proclamation announcing that
His Majesty had been pleased to sanction
the bill for the erection OF Court Houses
and Jais in the inferior District of Gaspe,
which bill our readers will remember had
been passed by both branches Of the Can
adam Legislature and presented to the
Governor for his assent on the Sd Of April
1908.
The year 1910 was very extraordinary
for such climate as that oil Lower Can
ada. 1t appears that in the winter of that
year there had been bat very little snow
and the cold had been more intense and
severe than usual. To this circumstance
has been ascribed the hardness in the We
getation 10 the spring and summer follow
ing. Indeed SO tardv and backward was
the vegetation that on the l4th OF June,
the trees were yet without leaves whilst
that part of the tree which had been buri-
ed in the snow was covered with leaves
and was even in many instances in bios
som, This languid and sicky vegetation
received a deadly blow on the 18th OF Ju-
ly, when very heavy frost killed all kinds
OF plants, even those growing wild in the
woods. Such calamitous occurrence for
tunately seldom occurs in that climate, or
else the country would soon become de-
ISOLATE.
After all the intimidation made use Of by
the local government to frighten the people
& force them thereby to send delegates en-
tertaining opinions accommodated to those
OF the Governor end the place-hunters,
theGeneral Elections brought in return Of
thirty two OLD members and of some new
ones, who were known 10 be in favor of
the great measure Of expellng the Judges
Of the Court Of Kings Bench from the
Lower Branch Of the Legislature. The
supporters of Sir James Henry Craig in
the House were thinly numbered and could
be found only among the officehoders and
some few parasites who were counting the
executive Of the day for the "spois" of
office.
The first session of the seventh Provin-
cial Parliament met on the 10Th of De-
cember, 1910, when Mr., j. A. Panet was
again elected to the highest charge within
the gift OF the members Of the House of
Assembly. The choice OF the Speaker Of
the House having been approved by the
Governor, speech full Of confidence in
the loyalty and good dispositions of the
members Of the House of Assembly, was
delivered from the throne.
The first business Of importance which
came before the House, was the imprison-
ment OF one of it's members, Mr.. Pierre
Bedard who had nobiy refused to. accept
his liberation at the hands of the Governor,
but had insisted on trial by jury on the
charges which had been SO falsely brought
against him. Sir James Henry Craig had
had time to reflect upon the harsh and ty-
rannical proceedings against that gentle
man, and was of course quite unwilling
that regular trial should take place, for
the iniluties of the Executive depart
ment would be thereby exposed, and he
ordered that the prisoner
should be forthwith discharged, which
however Mr.. Bedard declined to accept.
until long time afterwards, and when
satisfied that he could not obtain his trial. |
He was forced TO accep, his liberty as the
necessities OF a helpless wife and children
mperously demanded his labor as the
1nly means 10 afford them a sustenance.
The House passed on the 18th Dec.