History of Canada: From Its First Discovery, to the Year 1791, المجلد 2author, 1815 |
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... Point Levy for some days , and had suddenly disappeared : these matters greatly alarmed some people , though the greatest part of the town looked on an expedition of that nature as chimerical , yet a guard was posted at Satigan to give ...
... Point Levy for some days , and had suddenly disappeared : these matters greatly alarmed some people , though the greatest part of the town looked on an expedition of that nature as chimerical , yet a guard was posted at Satigan to give ...
الصفحة 83
... Point Levy ; next day the Hunter battered the mill ; where a great body of rebels was lodged . Colonel Maclean arrived on the 12th from Sorel . On the 13th , in the night , Arnold crossed the ri- ver St. Lawrence , and landed at Wolfe's ...
... Point Levy ; next day the Hunter battered the mill ; where a great body of rebels was lodged . Colonel Maclean arrived on the 12th from Sorel . On the 13th , in the night , Arnold crossed the ri- ver St. Lawrence , and landed at Wolfe's ...
الصفحة 88
... Point Levy , to play on the town from that quarter , and that a body of men is lodged in a house on the opposite beach . We fired a nine - pounder from the King's wharf ; the ball went through the house ; a number of men ran out , and ...
... Point Levy , to play on the town from that quarter , and that a body of men is lodged in a house on the opposite beach . We fired a nine - pounder from the King's wharf ; the ball went through the house ; a number of men ran out , and ...
الصفحة 97
... Point Levy some Canadians who had found means to get into town after the 31st December . They were let loose to tell their own story concerning our strength , and the good condition of our works . 12th . Wind S. W. fine morning ...
... Point Levy some Canadians who had found means to get into town after the 31st December . They were let loose to tell their own story concerning our strength , and the good condition of our works . 12th . Wind S. W. fine morning ...
الصفحة 98
... Point Levy had got to the rebels camp . 18th . Wind S. W. but cold . In honour of her Majesty , our gracious Queen , a royal salute was fired round the ramparts . Palace - gate was opened , and much wood was got in from St. Roc . A mill ...
... Point Levy had got to the rebels camp . 18th . Wind S. W. but cold . In honour of her Majesty , our gracious Queen , a royal salute was fired round the ramparts . Palace - gate was opened , and much wood was got in from St. Roc . A mill ...
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Americans appointed arms army attack batteaux battery Beauport Bishop of Quebec British Burgoyne Canada Canadians Cape Diamond Captain Carleton cause CHAP Chief Justice cold Colony command Committee Court Crown Cul de Sac district end of St England English laws established fire French law garrison gentlemen Governor Haldimand guard guard-house guns honor houses hundred and sixty-four inhabitants John's suburbs Judges King King's Lake Champlain lands last night laws of England letter letters patent Lieutenant Lord Lordship Lower Town Majesty Majesty's ment Menut's mild militia Montgomery Montreal morning musquets neral o'clock officers Ordinance Parish Parliament party Peace persons petition picquet Point Levy Port Louis pounders present prisoners Proclamation Province of Quebec Quebec Act rebels regiment river Royal Seigniors sent sentries shells shot snow thousand seven hundred tion to-day Trois Rivières troops Walker walls weather Wind S. W. Wolfe's Cove wounded
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الصفحة 63 - Representatives of the people so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, 'and ordain laws, statutes, and ordinances for the public peace, welfare, and good government of our said colonies, and of the people and inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the laws of England...
الصفحة 22 - HIS MAJESTY having taken into consideration the said Report, and the Draft Charter accompanying it, was pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered, that the...
الصفحة 2 - ... respectively, courts of judicature and public justice within our said colonies, for the hearing and determining all causes, as well criminal as civil, according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, with liberty to all persons who may think themselves aggrieved by the sentence of such courts, in all civil cases, to appeal, under the usual limitations and restrictions, to us in our privy council...
الصفحة 70 - But, when upon the assassination of Villiers, duke of Buckingham, by Felton, it was proposed in the privy council to put the assassin to the rack, in order to discover his accomplices; the judges, being consulted, declared unanimously, to their own honour and the honour of the English law, that no such proceeding was allowable by the laws of England.
الصفحة 68 - Authority to make Constitute and ordain Laws Statutes and ordinances for the Publick Peace welfare and good Government...
الصفحة 66 - SIR, YOUR most obedient and faithful new subjects in the province of Canada take the liberty to prostrate themselves at the foot of your throne, in order to lay before you the sentiments of respect, affection, and obedience towards your august person, with which their hearts overflow, and to return to your Majesty their most humble thanks for your paternal care of their welfare.
الصفحة 35 - There is not, they observe, a maxim of the common law more certain, than that a conquered people retain their ancient customs till the conqueror shall declare new laws. To change at once, the laws and manners of a settled country, must be attended with hardships and violence. And, therefore, wise conquerors having provided for the security of their...
الصفحة 63 - ... so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call general assemblies, within the said governments respectively, in such manner and form as is used and directed in those colonies and provinces in America, which are under our immediate government...
الصفحة 159 - This article is inadmissible in every extremity ; sooner than this army will consent to ground their arms in their encampment, they will rush on the enemy, determined to take no quarter.
الصفحة 29 - This must cause the Real Mischiefs of Ignorance, oppression and Corruption, or else what is almost equal in Government to the mischiefs themselves, the suspicion and Imputation of them. The second and great source of disorders was the Alarm taken at the Construction put upon His Majesty's Proclamation of October 7th, 1763.