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Mr. Duchesnay, from the Select Committee ap- Cornwall
pointed (during the last Session) to try the merits of Election.
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and
Return for the Town of Cornwall, reported, That
pursuant to the directions of the Statute of Upper
Canada, 4 Geo. 4, c. 4, regulating the trial of
Controverted Elections, the Committee met at twelve
o'clock, noon, this day, and owing to the absence of
Mr. Chauveau, Mr. Marquis, Mr. Egan, and Mr.
Dumas, Members of the Committee, they were un-
able to proceed to business.

Ordered, That Mr. Chauveau, Mr. Marquis, Mr.
Egan and Mr. Dumas, do severally attend in
their places, in this House, on Monday next.

The following Petitions were severally brought up Petitions brought up. and laid on the table:

By Mr. Cauchon,-The Petition of William H.
Le Moine, Esquire, and others, of Côte de Beaupré,
County of Montmorency.

By the Honorable Mr. Cameron, of Kent,-The
Petition of William Goodem and others, of the nor-
thern Townships of the County of Kent; and the
Petition of Froome Talfourd, Esquire, and others, of
the northern Townships of the County of Kent.

By Mr. Scott, of Two Mountains,-The Petition of
James Bowie, of the City of Montreal, Physician;
and the Petition of Joseph Ouimette and others, of
St. Eustache and other Parishes, in the County of

Two Mountains.

By the Honorable Mr. Badgley,-The Petition of the Reverend James Jones and others, of the Township of Stanbridge, District of Montreal.

By Mr. Notman,-The Petition of William Benson and others, of the Township of Dunwich, District of London; and the Petition of Benjamin Paine and others, of the Township of Delaware, District of

London.

By Mr. Taché,-The Petition of the Reverend
Charles Begin and others, of the Parish of Rivière
Quelle and vicinity.

By Mr. Méthot,-The Petition of Thomas C. Lee Québec (en Allemand.) 8vo. Frankfort, 1776. and others, of the City of Quebec, and others inteWanderings and Fortunes of some German Emi-rested in the Shipping frequenting the Port of grants. 8vo. New York, 1848.

Quebec.

3

Joint Stock
Road Com-
panies (U. C.)
Bill.

Limitation of
Actions Bill.

Oxford Election.

THE Honorable Marc Paschal de Sales La Terrière, Mr. Laterrière
Member for the County of Saguenay, having pre- takes his sent.
viously taken the Oath, according to Law, and sub-
scribed before the Commissioners the Roll containing
the same, took his seat in the House.

By Mr. Price, The Petition of Joseph Richard
Thompson, of the Township of Brock, Home District.
By Mr. McFarland,-The Petition of Archibald
Thompson and others, of the Township of Stamford,
District of Niagara; the Petition of Robert Hobson
and others, District Councillors and Magistrates of
By Mr. Thompson,-The Petition of Abraham
the District of Niagara; the Petition of Charles Nash and others, of the Township of Cayuga, Dis-
Park and others, of the District of Niagara; and the trict of Niagara; the Petition of the President, Di-
Petition of Solomon Doan and others, of the Town-rectors, and Company of the Gore Bank; and the
Petition of John Jones and others, of the Township
ship of Crowland, District of Niagara.
of Walpole.

The following Petitions were severally brought up, Petitions and laid on the Table:

Petitions read.

and others, subscribers to the Toronto General Dis- Townships of the said Owen's Sound Tract, were pensary Fund.

By Mr. Jobin, The Petition of the Sisters of the
Holy Cross of the Parish of St. Laurent, County of

Montreal.

Petitions were read:

assaulted, threatened, and ill-treated by the supporters of the said James Webster, in order to prevent them from doing their duty as such agents: That the Deputy Returning Officers in all the said Townships of the Owen's Sound Tract admitted persons to vote for the said James Webster indiscriminately, and without regard to their property qualification: That Of Adam J. Fergusson, Esquire, and others, Elec- said Townships as the agents of the said Adam the said Deputy Returning Officers, at such of the tors of the County of Waterloo; setting forth:- Johnston Fergusson were permitted to attend, generThat at the late Election in and for the County ally refused to make the voters of the said James of Waterloo, of a Member to represent the said Webster swear to their freehold qualification, as reCounty in this Parliament, James Webster, Esquire, quired by law, though the same was expressly demandand the Petitioner, Adam Johnston Fergusson, ed by the agents of the said Adam Johnston Ferwere the candidates; and that the other Petitioners are, and at the time of the said Election were Elec-gusson: That the said Deputy Returning Officers also tors of the said County, having a right to vote at of the said Adam Johnston Fergusson even to ask the refused, in many instances, to permit the said agents the Election to which this Petition relates, and that voters of the said James Webster whether they had they voted for the said Adam Johnston Fergusson at deeds or not; and that many of the said voters the said Election: That at the said Election the said James Webster was declared and returned as duly openly admitted, at the time of voting, that they had elected by the Returning Officer, on which occasion recorded by the said Deputy Returning Officers: no deeds; notwithstanding which, their votes were the said Adam Johnston Fergusson tendered to the That during the polling in the said Townships of the said Returning Officer a written protest against the said Owen's Sound Tract, refreshments and intoxireturn of the said James Webster, which protest the cating liquors were openly and profusely supplied to said Returning Officer refused to receive: That the the voters at the polling places and elsewhere, by the Petitioners have good reason to believe, and verily agents and supporters of the said James Webster, for do believe, that a large majority of legal votes was the purpose of promoting his Election; and that party recorded at the said Election in favor of the said flags and colors were also exhibited and used by the Adam Johnston Fergusson, and that the majority of the said James Webster is only a colorable one, said Townships, at the said Election, contrary to the supporters of the said James Webster, in certain of the being composed of persons not entitled to the fran- statute in that behalf: That in the Township of chise: That Polls were held at the said Election in Waterloo, at the said Election, the Poll was not kept the Townships of Arthur, Normanby, Egremont, Bentinck, Glenelg, Sullivan, Holland, Derby, and open a sufficient length of time to permit of all the Sydenham, which are situated in the extensive and number of the Electors in the said Township of Electors recording their votes, whereby a very great newly settled territory commonly known as the Waterloo, who were desirous of voting for the said Adam Owen's Sound Tract, and that vast numbers of votes Johnston Fergusson, were deprived of an opportunity were recorded in these Townships for the said James to record their suffrages; and that, from the absence Webster, whereby the large majority obtained by of proper arrangements for the taking of the votes the said Adam Johnston Fergusson in the old-settled there, much crowding, confusion, and unnecessary portion of the County, was overborne and out-num- delay occurred, to the prejudice of the said Adam bered: That the Petitioners have reason to believe, Johnston Fergusson, and that much time was unneand verily do believe, that great numbers of patents cessarily wasted there on the said occasion, from the from the Crown were issued to inhabitants of these want of due despatch in going through the business Townships immediately before the said Election, of the Election, and more especially from the putting and for the express purpose of influencing the said of unnecessary questions to the Electors, and the Election in favor of the said James Webster: That inserting of unnecessary entries in the Poll book, to the Petitioners have also reason to believe, and the like prejudice of the said Adam Johnston Ferverily do believe, that a very great proportion of the persons who voted for the said James Webster, in those the said Election and Return of the said James gusson; and praying for the above causes, that Townships, at the said Election, were not freeholders Webster for the County of Waterloo, may be deat the time of voting, and that the lands in right of clared void, or amended, and that the said Adam which they were allowed to vote, were at the Johnston Fergusson may be declared elected and time vested in the Crown, no patents having returned in his place and stead, as the Member to ever issued therefor: That in the said Townships,

no free, orderly, or peaceable Election was held represent the said County of Waterloo in this Parlia-
on the said occasion; but, on the contrary, a generalment, or if the same shall not be granted, then that
scene of outrage, intimidation and violence prevailed: for holding an Election for the said County of
a new Writ may be issued by the proper authority,
That the most fearful threats, attended in some cases Waterloo, or that the Petitioners may have such
by actual violence, were offered to the supporters of other relief in the premises. as the nature of the
the said Adam Johnston Fergusson in the said Town-
ships, by the supporters of the said James Webster,
case requires and deserves.
whereby the former were, almost without exception,
Of William K. Mackenzie, of L'Orignal, in the
deterred and prevented from voting for the said County of Prescott, Esquire; setting forth:-That
Adam Johnston Fergusson, as they would otherwise the Petitioner is, and, at the last General Elec-
have done: That the agents of the said Adam tion of a Representative to represent the County of
Johnston Fergusson in four of the said Townships,
were seized, at the said Election, by the supporters of
the said James Webster, and forcibly carried off and
imprisoned by them; so that the said agents were
unable to be present at the respective Polls which
they had been appointed to attend, and the said
Adam Johnston Fergusson was in consequence entirely
unrepresented thereat: That others of the agents of

by a majority of one over the said Neil Stewart:
That some of the voters, who voted for the said
Thomas Hall Johnson, voted without the Township
wherein the property in right of which they voted
at the said Election was situated, as may be seen by
a reference to the Poll Books kept at the said Elec-
tion: That several of the voters who voted for the
said Thomas Hall Johnson at the said Election, were
not, at the time of such voting, possessed of the
necessary property qualification to entitle them to
vote at the said Election, in consequence of which
several illegal votes were polled for the said Thomas
Hall Johnson: That, in the Township of West
Hawkesbury, in the said County of Prescott, where
votes were polled for the said Thomas Hall Johnson,
Donald McDonald and Neil Stewart, the property in
right of which such votes were given, were not (but
with very few exceptions) entered in the Poll Book
kept for the said Township, at the said Election;
thus rendering it impossible, on a scrutiny of votes,
to determine who had the majority of legal votes
at the Election so holden in the said Township:
That an open house was kept in the said Town-
ship of West Hawkesbury on the days of the said
Election, within a few acres of the hustings, where
many of the voters of the said Thomas Hall John-
son were entertained with liquor, food, and beds,
at (the Petitioner believes) the expense of the said
Thomas Hall Johnson: That bribery, corruption,
and intimidation were resorted to by the said Thomas
Hall Johnson at the said Election, and that promises
of place were made by the said Thomas Hall John-
son to persons who voted for him at the said Elec-
tion; and praying that the House will enquire into
the allegations of the Petitioner, and act in the
premises in such a manner as may appear to the
House consonant with law and justice; that the Re-shall warrant such division.
turn made by the Returning Officer at the said Gene-
ral Election be cancelled, and that a new Writ of
Election be issued for the said County of Prescott.
Of T. M. Daly and others, of North Easthope
and other Townships, in the County of Huron, and
of the Government Lands north of the eastern section

Of J. C. Bachand and others, of the District of Montreal, Notarial Students; praying that the Act 10 & 11 Vic. c. 21, be so amended as to authorize the " Montreal Board of Notaries" to admit them to practise the Notarial Profession.

Of the Reverend Messire St. Germain, Curé of the Parish of St. Laurent, County of Montreal; praying that he and others be incorporated as "La Corpora"tion de l'Académie Industrielle de Saint Laurent."

Of the Reverend David Gibbs, and others, of Granby and vicinity; praying aid for an Academy recently established in the village of Granby.

Of J. Bte. Cadieux de Courville, of the Township of Orford; praying compensation for certain losses sustained by him in consequence of the making of a Turnpike Road through his property.

Of John Burwell, of Port Burwell, Esquire; praying a grant for the improvement of Port Burwell Harbour, on Lake Erie.

of the District of Huron; praying that the said Townships and Lands may be set apart and erected into a new District.

Of James Dougall and others, of Amherstburg and its vicinity, in the Western District; praying the adoption of Legislative measures for the suppression of Intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors.

Of John Ireton and others, of the Township of Verulam; praying a grant of money to improve the main Road through the said Township.

Of Thomas Horner and others, of the Township of Anderdon, in the Western District; praying certain amendments to the Common School Act.

Of William Ketchum and others, of the Township of Bosanquet; praying that the said Township, with nine others therein mentioned, may be set apart and erected into a separate District, with Eniskillen as the District Town.

Of John Sloan and others, of the Township of Anderdon, Western District; praying for the incorporation of Townships, Towns, Counties, and Cities of Upper Canada, according to the provisions of a Bill introduced in the third Session of the first Parliament of this Province.

Of Thomas Boyle and others, Members of the Total Abstinence Society of Malden; praying the adoption of Legislative measures for the suppression of Intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors.

Of William H. LeMoine, Esquire, and others, of Côte de Beaupré, County of Montmorency; praying that the Commissioners of the Quebec Turnpike Trust may be authorized to borrow a sum of money for the improvement of the Beauport Road.

Of William Goodem and others, of the northern Townships of the County of Kent; praying that the said Townships may be set apart and erected into a new District, and that they may continue annexed to the Western District until their population shall warrant such division.

Of Froome Talfourd, Esquire, and others, of the northern Townships of the County of Kent; praying that the said Townships may be set apart and erected into a new District, and that they may continue annexed to the Western District until their population

Of James Bowie, of the City of Montreal, Physician; praying remuneration for extraordinary services rendered, and property lost by him at the Emigrant Sheds, during the season of 1847.

Of Joseph Ouimette and others, of St. Eustache and other Parishes, in the County of Two Mountains; praying for the passing of an Act to authorize them to appoint a certain number of Commissioners or Trustees for the purpose of causing to be made a Canal or Water-course for draining the lands flooded by the River du Chêne.

Of the Reverend James Jones and others, of the Township of Stanbridge, District of Montreal; praying aid in support of an Academical School established in the Village of Bedford.

Of William Benson and others, of the Township of Dunwich, District of London; praying that a certain sum due to the said William Benson, for his services as a Common School Teacher, may be paid him.

Of Benjamin Paine and others, of the Township of Delaware, District of London; praying for the passing of an Act to establish the Boundary Line between the second and third Concessions of the said Township.

Of the Reverend Charles Begin and others, of the Parish of Rivière Ouelle and vicinity; praying a grant to enable them to enlarge the Building erected in the said Parish as a School for the education of young ladies.

Of Thomas C. Lee and others, of the City of Quebec, and others interested in the Shipping frequenting the port of Quebec; praying for the repeal of the Provincial Act for regulating the shipping of Of Messieurs J. G. Mackenzie and Company, and Seamen,-and that measures be adopted for obtainothers, of Montreal; praying the repeal of the presenting the amendment of the Imperial Statute 7 & 8 Bankrupt Law, and also of the Ordinance of Lower Canada which would be revived by its expiration; and that the Common Law be left in force as to Insolvent Debtors.

Vic. c. 112.

Of the Reverend T. Smith and others, Roman Catholics of Upper Canada; praying that provision be made for the College of Regiopolis at Kingston,