SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 THOMS. DUNN, President. GEORGE the THIRD, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; To our much beloved and faithful the Legislative Counsellors of our Province of Lower Canada, and to our faithful and well beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of our said Province, to an Assembly at our City of Quebec, on the Eighteenth day of July inst. to have been commenced and held, called and elected, and to every of you, GREETING: Whereas for divers urgent and arduous affairs, us, the state and defence of our said Province, concerning, our Assembly at the said day and place aforesaid to be present, we did command, to treat, consent and conclude upon, those things which in our Assembly should then and there be proposed and deliberated upon; and for certain causes and considerations, us, to this especially moving, we have thought fit further to prorogue our said Assembly; so that you, nor any of you, on the said Eighteenth day of July, at our said City to appear, are to be held or constrained, for we do will, therefore, that you, and each of you, be as to us in this matter entirely exonerated:Commanding, and by the tenor of these presents, firmly enjoining you, and every of you, and all others in this behalf interested, that on the Twenty-seventh day of August next, at our said City of Quebec, personally you be and appear, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things, which in our said Assembly, by the Common Council of our said Province, by the favour of God, shall be ordained.-In Testimony Whereof, these our Letters we have caused to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province to be thereunto affixed: Witness, our Trusty and Well Beloved Thomas Dunn, Esquire, President of and over our said Province of Lower Canada, &c. &c. &c. at our Castle of Saint Lewis, in our City of Quebec, and the Province aforesaid, the Tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the fifty-first year of our reign. Ls. MONTIZAMBERT, Acting C.C. in Ch. Quebec Gazette, July 11, 1811. T. D. By The Honorable THOMAS DUNN, Esquire, President of the Province of Lower Canada, and Administrator of the Government of the said Province, &c. &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, made and passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the further preventing His Majesty's Subjects from Trading to the East Indies under Foreign Commissions, and for encouraging and further securing the lawful Trade thereto; and for further regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal and the Isle of Thanet," It is amongst other things enacted: "That from and after the Four and Twentieth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one, no Commodity of the growth, product or manufacture of the East Indies, shall be imported or carried into the Kingdom of Ireland, the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, or Man, or into any Land, Island, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place to His Majesty or to the Crown of Great Britain belonging, or which shall hereafter belong to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Africa or America, but such only as shall be bona fide, and without fraud, loaden and shipt in Great Britain, in Ships navigated according to the several and respective Laws now in being, as to the several places to which the said Goods shall be imported, or carried, under the penalty of forfeiting all such Goods or the value thereof, together with the 12 GEORGE V, A. 1922 Ship or Vessel in which they shall be imported, with all her Guns, Tackle, Furniture, Ammunition and Apparel." And whereas, I am commanded by His Majesty to take the necessary measures to enforce the provisions of the said Statute, I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of His Majesty's Executive Council, to publish this Proclamation; and I do hereby require and enjoin all Persons whomsoever, to conform to the provisions of the said Statute; and all and every His Majesty's Officers and Servants, in all things, and to the utmost of their power, to be aiding and assisting, in the due execution thereof:-Of all which they and each of them, are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the City of Quebec, in the said Province of Lower Canada, this Ninth Day of August, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred end eleven, and in the Fifty-first year of His Majesty's Reign. At His Majesty's Executive Council of and for the said Province of Lower-Canada, held at the Castle of St. Lewis, in the City of Quebec, in the said Province, on Friday the Ninth day of August, in the Fifty-First year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the year of Our Lord 1811. Present, HIS HONOR THE PRESIDENT IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, made and passed in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty, King George the First, intituled, "An Act for the further preventing His Majesty's Subjects, from trading to the East Indies under foreign Commissions, and for encouraging and further securing the Lawful Trade thereto; and for further regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal and the Isle of Thanet." It is amongst other things enacted: "That from and after the Four and Twentieth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one, no Commodity of the growth, product or manufacture of the East Indies, shall be imported or carried into the Kingdom of Ireland, the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark or Man, or into any Land, Island, Plantation, Colony, Territory or Place to His Majesty or to the Crown of Great Britain belonging, or which shall hereafter belong to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, in Africa or America, but such only as shall be bona fide, and without fraud, loaden and shipt in Great Britain, in ships navigated according to the several and respective Laws now in being, as to the several places to which the said Goods shall be imported, or carried, under the penalty of forfeiting all such goods or the value thereof, together with the ship or vessel in which they shall be imported; with all her guns, tackle, furniture, ammunition and apparel." SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 And whereas, by the order of His Excellency The Right Honorable GUY LORD DORCHESTER, late Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over this Province of Lower Canada, made at His Majesty's Executive Council of and for the said Province of Lower Canada held at the Castle of St. Lewis, in the City of Quebec, in the said Province, on Thursday the seventh day of July, in the 36th year of His Majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord 1796, it was amongst other things, by and with the advice and consent of the said Executive Council, ordered and directed: "That all goods and merchandize whose importation into this Province, is not or shall not be entirely prohibited, may freely for the purposes of Commerce, be carried, brought, and imported into the same, from the said United States," (by land or inland navigation) "by His Majesty's Subjects, and by the Citizens of the United States of America, upon payment of the several and respective Duties due and payable by His Majesty's Subjects, on the importation of the like goods and merchandize from Europe into the said Province." And whereas, doubts as to the effect and construction of the said Order may be entertained, His Honor THOMAS DUNN, President of the said Province of Lower Canada, and Administrator of the Government thereof, by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's said Executive Council, doth therefore hereby order, direct and declare, that the aforesaid order of His Excellency the Governor in Council, doth not extend, and shall not be construed to extend, to prevent or in any way or manner whatsoever to impede, the legal execution of the aforesaid Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, or any part thereof. Quebec Gazette, August 15, 1811. THOMS. DUNN, President. Ls. MONTIZAMBERT, A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE the THIRD by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith: To all to whom these Presents shall come, or may in any wise concern:-Greeting. WHEREAS the Exportation of Salt Petre, Gun Powder, Ammunition, Arms, and Warlike Stores of any denomination or description whatsoever from our Province of Lower Canada may, at this time, prove injurious and prejudicial to the interests of our Empire, inasmuch as such Exportation will not only deprive Us and our Subjects of a resource which, in the course of future events may be required, but by re-exportation from foreign Ports, may become a source of Supply to our Enemies. We have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of our Executive Council of our said Province of Lower Canada, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, and for the safety and benefit of our Subjects to order, and we do hereby order that an Embargo be forthwith laid upon all Ships, Vessels, Boats, Canoes, Rafts and Carriage of what kind or nature soever, wholly or partly laden, or to be laden, in the Ports of our said Province of Lower Canada, or in any part thereof, with Salt Petre, Gun Powder, Ammunition, Arms and Warlike Stores of any denomination or description. whatsoever, or with either or any of the said Articles to be exported without licence, as hereinafter is expressed. And we do hereby further strictly prohibit and forbid the Exportation of Salt Petre, Gun Powder, Ammunition, Arms, and Warlike Stores of any and every denomination or description whatsoever, from our said Province, and from every and any part thereof, to every and any other Port, Place, and Country whatsoever, save and except our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, without a licence for 12 GEORGE V, A. 1922 that purpose, under the Hand Seal at Arms of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of our said Province of Lower Canada for the time being, first had and obtained; and it is our Will and Pleasure, and we do hereby Order, that the said Embargo and Prohibition do continue and remain in force from the date of these Presents, until the First Day of January next ensuing the date of this Proclamation. Of all which, our loving Subjects, and all others concerned, are to take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. We by the tenor of these Presents firmly Enjoining and Commanding them, and every of them, and all and every our Officers and Ministers whatsoever, to be in all things, and to the utmost of their power aiding and assisting in the due execution of this our Royal Proclamation. In Testimony whereof, we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province of Lower Canada to be thereunto affixed. Witness our Trusty and well beloved the Honorable Thomas Dunn, Esquire, President of our said Province of Lower Canada, and Administrator of the Government of our said Province, at our Castle of Saint Lewis, in our City of Quebec, in our said Province, the Twelfth Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eleven, and of our Reign the Fifty-first. Jno. TAYLOR, Dep. Secy. Quebec Gazette, August 15, 1811. THOMS. DUNN, President. T.D. GEORGE the THIRD, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; To our much beloved and faithful the Legislative Counsellors of our Province of Lower Canada, and to our faithful and well beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of our said Province, to an Assembly at our City of Quebec, on the Twenty Seventh day of August, inst. to have been commenced and held, called and elected, and to every of you, Greeting: Whereas for divers urgent and arduous affairs, us, the state and defence of our said Province, concerning, our Assembly at the day and place aforesaid to be present, we did command, to treat, consent and conclude upon, those things which in our Assembly should then and there be proposed and deliberated upon; and for certain causes and considerations, us to this specially moving, we have thought fit further to prorogue our said Assembly; so that you, nor any of you, on the said Twenty-Seventh day of August, at our said City to appear, are to be held or constrained, for we do will, therefore, that you, and each of you, be as to us in this matter entirely exonerated:- Commanding, and by the tenor of these presents, firmly enjoining you, and every of you, and all others in this behalf interested, that on the Fifth day of October, next, at our said City of Quebec, personally you be and appear, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things, which in our said Assembly, by the Common Council of our said Province, by the favour of God, shall be ordained. In testimony whereof, these our Letters we have caused to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province to be thereunto affixed: Witness, our Trusty and Well Beloved Thomas Dunn, Esquire, President of and over our said Province of Lower Canada, &c. &c. &c. at our Castle of Saint Lewis, in our City of Quebec, and the Province, aforesaid, the Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the fifty-first year of our reign. LS. MONTIZAMBERT, Acting C. C. in Ch. T. D. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 Province of Lower Canada, to wit: By His Excellency Sir GEORGE PREVOST, Baronet, President of the Province of Lower Canada, and Administrator of the Government of the said Province, Lieutenant General and Commander of all His Majesty's Forces in the Provinces of Lower Canada, and Upper Canada, Nova-Scotia and New-Brunswick, and their several Dependencies, and in the Island of Newfoundland, &c. &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name, and on behalf of His Majesty, hath commanded me to assume the Government of this Province of Lower Canada, and to enable me so to do, and thereon to act, until a regular Commission shall be forwarded, hath been most graciously pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to constitute and appoint me to be the Eldest Member of His Majesty's Executive Council of and for the said Province, whereby the Government of the said Province hath devolved upon me, the said Sir George Prevost:-And whereas it is necessary for the Peace and good Government of the said Province, that all His Majesty's Officers within the same should continue in their several offices and Employments; I have thought fit, by and with the advice of His Majesty's said Executive Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby authorising the said Officers and each and every of them, to continue in their said Offices and employments; of which all persons are required to take notice, and to govern themselves accordingly. Given under my Hand and Seal, at Arms, at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the City of Quebec, in the said Province, the 25th day of September, in the Fifty-first year of His Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, Jno. TAYLOR, Dy. Secy. Quebec Gazette, September 26, 1811. GEORGE PREVOST. GEORGE PREVOST. GEORGE the THIRD by the Grace of GOD of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. To our much beloved and faithful the Legislative Counsellors of our Province of Lower Canada and to our faithful and well beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of our said Province to an Assembly at our City of Quebec, on the Fifth day of October next, to have been commenced and held, called and elected, and to every of you, Greeting: Whereas for divers urgent and arduous affairs, US the State and defence of our said Province concerning, our Assembly at the said day and place aforesaid, to be present, We did command to treat, consent and conclude upon those things which in our Assembly should then and there be proposed and deliberated upon, and for certain causes and considerations, Us to this especially moving, we have thought fit further to prorogue our said Assembly, so that you nor any of you on the said Fifth day of October, at our said City to appear are to be held or constrained, for we do will therefore, that you, and each of you be as to Us in this matter entirely exonerated, commanding and by the tenor of these Presents firmly enjoining you, and every of you, and all others in this behalf interested, that on the Fourteenth day of November next, at our said City of Quebec, personally you be and appear, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things which in our said Assembly by the common Council of our said Province by the favor of God shall be ordained. In Testimony whereof these our Letters we have caused to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province to be thereunto affixed. Witness, our Trusty and well beloved Sir George Prevost, Baronet, President in and over, our |