North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-01-09

Dslhessss had really Dedicated thn msfole
10 the nsnsty Of CsHsrsl Asnisslr
AID had not fsitsFsd his ewa vsaiiy OF
ssbitisa BY smssglinx 10 his own rsnsgsr-
10 instead oil prsisias The departed here for
whsm il VAS Intended.
The House Of Assembly in its lssi SEES
sioa had begged Of IAs Governor Gene
raj that the Provincial Lsgislsisrs shsuId
hereafter be convened in the month oil
Ssvsnbsr ne being q season mere CEN
,snisns for travelling aaa mere proper TO
b. absent from home. Lord Aylmsr had
.sesdsd to their request and the Paris
meat was called tsgsthsr On the l4th Nov j.
1881, whea iihy four msnbsrs OF the
House were present. His ExcslleAsy in
his opening speech urged the improve
nsnt Of several public rosds mere par'lss-
larry those leading from abe Eastern Town
ships 10 the si,ies OF q aebec and Montreal
He spoke OF the ehOlera as making fright
full ravsgss in Europe AID to prevent tho
intred uetios Of which in the Province be
,old than he had taken soinc neeessa-
nv precautions. He also said word akou,
a despatch OF Lord Goderch which he had
received and which was "a answer TO the
series Of ssnplsints which the House had
made during the las, session and he finish
cd his speech by the following pathetic
words " Each time that begin the daily
task Of my duties, ii his attachment to the
Canadian peeple) teaches me TO ask TO
myself 'whsl can / DO to-day for the sceI-
fare and property Of Can~ds."'
Ths next day when the members had
taken their seat, Louis Bourdages, ESQ.,,
moved that the different entries OF the
Journals Of the House of Assembly resa-
,iag to the expulsion of Robert Christie,
ESQ.,, sheula be read and after some oppos-
i.ion the motion was carried, After which
Mr.. Boardages moved that ihasmuch as
the same Robert Christie, ESQ. had again
been reelected by the county Of Gaspe,
he could neither sit nor vote in that As
sembiy and that his seat be declared a
fourth time 10 be vacant. This motion
was supported by 80 votes and fosnd but
l6 opponents and consequently it took ef-
fset
This session was one oil the greatest ac-
sivity that ever had yet taken place in
Lower Canada. Bills Of the most important
nature were passed by the Lower branch
and very few indeed escaped the vetesng
power of ths Upper Branch. ifPsrchance
the Legislative Council gave ito consent to
ssms useful measure, the Governor would
thea by special instruction from the Col
oaial Secretary in England, reserve them
for the further Specification Of His Regal
masters pleasure aad consign them 10 a
lingering death on the dusty shelves of the
Colonial ofiies in Downing street. Among
the measures which the Legislative Coun-
Gil smothsrea, was the bill to regulate the
temporal concerns Of the Roman church in
the Province. Numerous complaints had
bees brough. before the House Of Assem-
bly, and the Legislative Council, of the
manner in which the temporal concerns
Of the different parish churches belonging
10 the Roman creed were minis,ersd.
These complaints were so numerous tina,
he courts Of justice in the Provines had
ssea frequently called upen TO decide be-
wesa the claims OF the parish priests, whs
10 regulate The whole fiscal cen
'erns with the assistance of a very few
men, and the parish psesle, who thought
hat they had q right TO deliberate and
reseribs tbs manner in which the monies .
hey were giving Tor the support OF their i
hareh. should be spsat. The tsnaeity Of
he Catholic diocesan Bishop and of course .
ftAe very great msjoriiy Of the priests
ndsr him, was 90 great that the people
ppsaled to the great national tribunal. q
II. Louis Bourdsges in the House Of As
,mbly introduced q bill waish determined o
he qualification Of those who, uadsr the u
Inc OF notablss," were to have the n
ghi Of vosing on money matters connsc- n