North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-09-23

not cit nor vote ia the House o: Assembly
This motion was carried hy'a msjoriiy o
IS 10 II. Oa the e5,h OF the same month
committee composed Of Messrs. Bnur.
cages. l.. Roy Por,elance, Bedard, Bor-
ala and Meunier, was appointed to report
II any ineonvrnienees hac arisen from the
presence Of the Judges a, the polls during
the elections in the Provinces where
they were candidates. The committee
alter having made a full investigation OF
the matter submitted to us consideration
reported that real Inconvenience had arisen
from the Judges being candidates at the
elections. Bill for disabling the Judges
from being elected, was forthwith intro
duced, and when on the 18th Of May, this
bill was TO be read for the third time, the
members OF the House Of Assembly were
suddenly and Unexpectedly disturbed from
their legislative occupations By the report
Of cannon. Sir James Craig in his wrath
at seeing the members Of the House deter
mined upon curtaiIng Executive influence
over their body, by declaring the Judges
unable and unfit to be elected, had thought
proper to bring this session to a sudden
close. The Speaker and the members Of
the House were ordered TO meet the Gov
srnor in the Chamber Of the Legislative
Council, when His ExcelIercy gave The
Assembly very severe reprmand, in
which he told them that they had spent
their time in uniruitful and undgnifed dis
eussions, and that party spirit and private
luminosity were their only counseIlors.-
The Governor announced to them his in
ten,ion of dissolving tha. Parliament. Aft
er having paid aatlering compliment TO
the minority OF the House, who was op-
posed to any reform, and also to the men,
bers of the Legislative Council, he dis
missed the members OF the Provincial
Legislature, the majority of whom were
eladdened BY approving consciences, whilst
the minority, composed OF preiudieed men
and othce-holders, returned to their home,
with the full determination to obtain ma
1o'lty oil parasites at the ensuing general
elections, whose conduct would accord
with the views of those who held the reins
oil the Colonial administration.
AS the next Provincial Parliament also
met the fate inflicted by Sir James Henry
Craig upon the fifth, we shall give our
readers a synoptcal table of both at the
same time.
The appeal of the Governor to the good
sense and will of the Canadians, resulted
IN the general reelection Of those members
he had SO cowardly censured when thew
could not defend themselves, or in the
nomination of new members who enter
tanned favorable views of the proceedings
OF The House Of Assembly on the exclu-
sion fthe Judges. Among the new men,
bers we find the names of DR.. BlancheI
ana Mr.. Iaschereau, two Of the gentle
men who had been arbitrarily dismissed
BY the Governor General from the Provin-
'ial Militia. The name of the notorious
Mr.. Debartzch is also found in the list oil
he new members Of that Parliament.
la the interim the Governor had written I
o England, and had receivedinstructions
o give the roya! assent to a bill for the
exclusion Of the Judges from the Assem- ]
'ly, if such bill was offered for his sane
ion. II
The FIRST session of the sixth Provincial il
Parliament was holden on the 29lh of JAN d
airy 1910. Mr.. j. A. Panet was unani- d
'ously chosen as Speaker of the House. v
he Governor in his opening speech al +
ided to the peace Of Europe, which was p
hen so much disturbed, and said a word CT
bout the pending negotiations between a,
.ngland and the United States, which. he N
AIRED, would be long time before they
'uld be brought to final settlement. After VI
hich ne mentioned that he was ordered OF
the Imperial Government; to give the a
oval assent TO bill, If passed, to exclude gi
10 Judges from ho,dino q ssof in tho ri