SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 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 said Twentieth Day of December at our said City of Quebec, personally you be and appear, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things, which in our said Provincial Parliament, by the Common Council of our said Province, by the favor of God, may 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 Robert Prescott, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of our said Province of Lower-Canada, General and Commander in Chief of all Our Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland, at the Castle of St. Lewis, in Our City of Quebec, in Our said Province, of Lower Canada, the Twenty eighth day of October in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and of our Reign the thirty seventh. FINLAY C.C. in Ch. Quebec Gazette, November 3, 1796. R. P. Province of To Wit. Lower Canada At His Majesty's Executive Council of and for the said Province of Lower Canada, held at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the City of Quebec, in the said Province, on Sunday the Thirtieth day of October, in the Thirty seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. PRESENT HIS EXCELLENCY THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Whereas by an Act of the Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada, made and passed in the thirty fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for establishing Regulations respecting Aliens and certain Subjects of His. Majesty who have resided in France, coming into this Province, or residing therein; and for empowering His Majesty to secure and detain Persons charged with or suspected of High Treason; and for the arrest and commitment of all persons who may individually by seditious Practices attempt to disturb the Government of this Province," it is enacted, that the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government of the said Province, during the continuance of the said Act, shall and may by his Proclamation or his Order made in the Executive Council of this Province, direct that any Alien shall depart this Province within a Time to be limited in such Proclamation or Order respectively-And whereas divers Aliens and other evil disposed Persons have lately manifested seditious and wicked Attempts to alienate the Affections of His Majesty's Loyal Subjects, by false Representations of the Cause and Conduct of the Persons at present exercising the Supreme Authority in France, and particularly certain Frenchmen being Alien Enemies who are lurking and lie concealed in various Parts of this Province, acting in concert with Persons in foreign Dominions with a View to forward the criminal Purposes of such Persone, Enemies of the Peace and Happiness of the Inhabitants of this Province, and of all Religion, Government and social Order; Now therefore His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor by this his Order, made in the said Executive Council, according to the said Act, Doth order and direct all Persons whosoever, being Subjects of France, who have arrived in this Province since the first Day of May which was in 12 GEORGE V, A. 1922 the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety four to depart this Province, within the space of twenty Days from the Date hereof, and they and each and every of such Persons, being Subjects of France, as aforesaid, are hereby ordered to depart accordingly, under the Pains and Penalties in the aforesaid Act contained. HERMAN WITSIUS RYLAND. Quebec Gazette, November 3, 1796. By His Excellency ROBERT PRESCOTT, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of Lower Canada, General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas divers evil disposed Persons, have lately manifested seditious and wicked Attempts, to alienate the Affections of His Majesty's loyal Subjects, and have also excited them by false representations to a disobedience of the Laws, and particularly certain Foreigners, being Alien Enemies who are lurking and lie concealed in various parts of this Province, acting in concert with Persons in foreign Dominions with a view to forward the Criminal Purposes of such Persons Enemies of the Peace and Happiness of the Inhabitants of this Province, and of all Religion, Government and Social Order. And whereas it is highly expedient to repress the wicked Designs and seditious Practices aforesaid, and to guard against all Attempts to disturb the Tranquility, Order and good Government of this Colony, I have therefore thought fit, with the Advice of his Majesty's Executive Council, to issue this Proclamation, strictly charging and requiring all Magistrates, in and throughout this Province, Captains of Militia, Peace Officers, and other his Majesty's good Subjects, that they do use their utmost diligence to discover all and every Person, who may hold seditious Discourses, or utter Treasonable Words, spread false News, publish or distribute Libellous Papers written or printed, tending to excite Discontent in the Minds or lessens the Affections of his Majesty's said Subjects, or in any manner disturb the Peace and Happiness enjoyed under his Majesty's Government in this Colony. And I do Command the said Magistrate, Captains of Militia, Peace Officers, and other his Majesty's Subjects, that they severally do seize and apprehend, or cause to be seized and apprehended, all and every Person so illegally and perniciously acting as aforesaid, and more particularly all and every such Foreigners, being alien Enemies as aforesaid, and who now are or shall be found within the Limits of this Province, to the end that by a vigorous execution of the Laws, all Offenders may be brought to such Punishment, as may deter all Persons from the Practice of like wicked and seditious Purposes, perpetrated against the order and Tranquility of his Majesty's Government, and the Safety, Peace and Prosperity of his loyal and faithful Subjects. 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, the Thirtieth Day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and in the thirty seventh Year of his Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, GEO: POWNALL, Secy. ROBt. PRESCOTT. GOD Save the KING. Quebec Gazette, November 3, 1796. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 By His Excellency ROBERT PRESCOTT, Esquire. Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Lower Canada, General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland, &c. &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the most indubitable Proofs of the hostile Intentions of the Court of Spain against Great Britain, have determined His Majesty to order His Naval Forces in every Quarter of the World, not to neglect any favorable opportunity that may offer, of attacking the Fleets of Spain either singly or united with those of France or Holland, or of striking any other Blow at the possessions of the Spanish Crown; And whereas I am Commanded by His Majesty to cause this His Royal Determination, to be made known in the most public manner possible, to all His Subjects within this Province; I have therefore thought fit by and with the Advice of the Executive Council, to publish this Proclamation, and I do hereby accordingly make known His Majesty's said Determination to all His Subjects within this Province, In His Majesty's Name strictly forbidding them to hold any Correspondence or Communication with the King of Spain, his Vassals or Subjects, and requiring them in their several Stations to do and execute all Acts of Hostility in their Power, against the said King of Spain his Vassals and Subjects, and to prepare themselves to oppose their Attempts to distress and injure them, by Sea and Land. 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, the Eleventh day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and in the thirty seventh Year of His Majesty's Reign. By His Excellency's Command, GEO: POWNALL, Secy. ROBT. PRESCOTT. GOD Save the KING. Quebec Gazette, November 17, 1796. ROBT. PRESCOTT, Lieut. Govr. George the Third by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth. To our much beloved and faithful the Legislative Councillors of Our Province of Lower Canada, and to our faithful and well beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of our said Province, Greeting; Whereas the meeting of the Provincial Parliament stands prorogued to the twentieth day of December inst. Nevertheless for certain causes and considerations, We have thought fit to prorogue the Same to Tuesday the Twenty fourth day of January next, So that you, nor any of you, on the said Twentieth Day of December at Our City of Quebec, to appear, are to be held or constrained, for We do Will, that you and each of you, be as to Us, in this Matter, entirely exonerated, and being willing that you should actually meet and proceed to the dispatch of business; We command, and by the Tenor of these Presents, firmly enjoin you and every of you, and all others in this behalf interested, that on the said Twenty fourth day of January at our City of Quebec, personally you be and appear, to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things, which in our said Provincial Parliament, by the Common Council of our said Province, by the favor of God, may be ordained. In Testimony Whereof these Our Letters 12 GEORGE V, A. 1922 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 Robert Prescott, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of all Our Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland, at the Castle of St. Lewis, in Our City of Quebec, in Our said Province, of Lower Canada, the sixth Day of December in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and of our Reign the thirty seventh. R. P. FINLAY C. C. in Ch. Quebec Gazette, December 8, 1796. PROCLAMATION FOR PARDONING DESERTERS. HEAD-QUARTERS QUEBEC, 31ST DECEMBER 1796. Whereas it has been represented to the Commander in Chief that there are at this time several Deserters from the different Corps in His Majesty's Service, who might be induced to return to their duty by an offer of His Majesty's Gracious Pardon, and that such an instance of His Royal Clemency would have a due influence upon their future behaviour. His Excellency General Prescott, is pleased to grant His Majesty's free Pardon to all Deserters from his Land Forces, who shall surrender themselves on or before the first day of August next, to any Officer Commanding a Regiment, Post, Party or Detachment in either of the Provinces of Upper or Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and their several Dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland. Such Deserters, if able bodied men and fit for the Service, shall be appointed to such Regiment as His Excellency may be pleased to direct; and shall not be liable to be claimed by any other corps to which they may formerly have belonged. Any Soldier who may desert after these His Excellency's intentions are made public, shall not be included in the above Pardon, but be proceeded against with the utmost Severity. By Order of the Commander in Chief, Quebec Gazette, January 5, 1797. JAMES GREEN, Mily. Secy. By His Excellency ROBERT PRESCOTT, Esquire. Captain General and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, Vice Admiral of the same; General and Commander in Chief of all His Majesty's Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and their several Dependencies, and in the Island of New Foundland, &c. &c. &c. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas His Majesty has been graciously pleased, by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the fifteenth day of December last, to constitute and appoint me to be His Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. And Whereas it is necessary for the Peace and good Government of this Province, that all His Majesty's Officers within the same, should continue in their severa] SESSIONAL PAPER No. 30 offices and employments, I have thought fit, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Executive Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby authorising the said Officers to continue in their said offices and employments, of which all persons concerned are required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Given under my hand and Seal at Arms, at the Castle of St. Lewis in the City of Quebec, the twenty seventh day of April in the thirty seventh year of His Majesty's Reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven. ROBt. PRESCOTT. By His Excellency's Command, GEO: POWNALL, Sec. GOD SAVE THE KING. Quebec Gazette, May 4, 1797. ROBT. PRESCOTT GOVR. ROBt. PRESCOTT GOVr. King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To our much beloved and faithful Legislative Councillors 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 fifteenth day of June, instant, to have been commenced and held, called and elected, and to every of you greeting. Whereas we 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 held, did ordain, and you by our writ at the city and day aforesaid, to be present; We did command to treat, consent and conclude upon these 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 fifteenth day of June, instant, 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 that 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 sixth day of July next, at our said City of Quebec personally you be and appear, and every of 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, may 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 Robert Prescott, Esquire, Captain General and Governor in Chief of our Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, Vice Admiral of the same, General and Commander in Chief of all our Forces in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and their several dependencies and in the Island of Newfoundland, at the Castle of St. Lewis in our City of Quebec in our said Province of Lower Canada the fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven and of our Reign the thirty seventh. FINLAY, C.C. in Ch. Quebec Gazette, June 15, 1797. ROBt. PRESCOTT, GOVr. R. P. GEORGE the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, to our much beloved and faithful Legislative Councillors of our Province of Lower Canada, and to our faithful and well beloved the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses of our said Province, greeting: Whereas |