North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-10-21

VINO ordered trial exparfc, without even
consulting the House Of Assembly or re-
qnesling it to subs,suiiare its charges and
ACCUSATIONS against Judges Sewel and
/ Monk.
/ The House OF Assembly, suspeetinv thar
The Judges who had been eliminated, had
taken very active part in the rejection
81 the bin 10 render the Judges inf, aud
incapable % holding sea, 10 tie Legisla
tive Council, called upon this body 10 ex-
anime lheir@Tecords IL was ascerianed
thai this blll had been rejected by The votes
Of the two individuals accused, and also by
those OF the Honorables Messrs. Hale,
Baby, Caldwell and Ryland, all ofEicehold-
efs under the government. These gem
tlemen had been supported ia this vote BIZ
| the Protestant Bishop OF Qrcbec aad by
some lew other members--it was also
proved by this examination of their re-
cords, that these same individuals had been
The cause OF rejecting The bill for granting
educsiion TO the people. When among
those who oppose themselves to the difu-
sion Of intelligence among the masses, we
see the head Of the established Church
OF England in Lower Canada" have we
no, reason for saying that the deeds OF
these men were Of such a character, that
they dreaded the general instruction OF
the mass, MS they would then be better
enabled to put the right construction ON
the iniquitous acts Of that mischievous
body? Another circumstances which proves
beyond all doubt how corrupt were the |
men who composed the Upper branch Of
the Lower Canadian Legislature, is the
fact that they refused TO the committee OF
the House of Assembly appointed for that
purpose, an examination Of their records I
to ascertain their proceedings on the re-
quest Of the Lower Branch to concur in
the address 10 the Prince Regent concern
ing the accusations brought forward a
gainst Judges Sewell and Monk. Why
refuse this examination OF their records,
if il were not that they dreaded that truth
should be divulged, and thereby expose
some new machiapelism on their part TO
screen their own members from The Just
punishment TO which they had exposed
themselves by their illegal and unconslitu-
Iional conduct.
This session Of the Parliament was clos
I'd on the 18th OF March when Governor
Prevos: gave the royal assent TO 10 bills g.
made speech, which was neither so gra-
;ious nor so complimentary as those Of the
preceding sessions. This session ended
he seventh Provincial Parliament of which
We give synoptical table.
Before giving this table to our readers,
We beg leave TO be allowed to make some
,eneral remarks on this seventh Provinci-
/ Parliament. Their ,imid and crouch
ne conduct before Sir James Henry Craig
Who had so shamefully abused the MEM
'ers of the former House. is certainly not
cry creditable. But their culpable pro-
ceilings towards the iiusirious captive,a
Who was then incareerated 10 the dungeons
{ The Quebec Jail, for no other crime than
is attachuent 10 liberal sentiments, with
he gross infraction Of tho privileges Of the
louise both in the imprisonment Of one
I its members, and the non-fuIGlImenI
its mandates by some OF its members.
re subjects highly censurabe in Parlia-
lent, which has the honor Of having car
ed the bill which gave the final death
low to Judicial Intrigues in the popular IL
ranch Of the Legislature, and in Parlia-
ent which also dared for the frat time TO D
Itaek that nonstrous innovation in the n
PIPER branch, and which will ever be hon. -
red as having literally come forward :,
,onte sud 10 educate their fellow-beings. D
Fe wish that stain in their proceedings to- r.
ards Mr.. Bedard might be blotted for AZ
Ter from the Journals of the House OF in
ssembly, hu, If the bold assertion OF the m
aims Of Human tights against the avsri- Il,
Gus and grasping power Of blosted mon be