Documents of the Canadian Constitution

William Paul McClure Kennedy

Oxford University Press, 1918 - Political Science - 707 pages

Articles of the Capitulation of Quebec 1759	5

Treaty of Paris February 10 1763	14

Petition for a House of Assembly 1784	25

Instructions to Governor Murray Dec 7 1763	27

Ordinance Establishing Civil Courts 1764	37

Masères Considerations on the Expediency of an	49

Commission to Chief Justice William Hey 1766	55

Case of the British Merchants Trading to Quebec 1774	72

Petition in favour of the Union of the Provinces from	324

Minority Resolutions Lower Canada Legislative Council	330

Dalhousies Speech proroguing the Legislature of Lower	338

Dalhousies Speech proroguing the Legislature of Lower	341

Neilsons Resolutions House of Assembly Lower Can	351

Petition from Lower Canadian Assembly 1833	358

The NinetyTwo Resolutions of 1834	366

41	375

Lord Mansfields Judgment in Campbell v Hall 1774	79

Debates in the British Parliament on the Quebec Act	86

Objections to a House of Assembly c 1784	147

The Quebec Act 14 George III c 83 1774	150

223	158

Ordinance to Regulate Procedure in Civil Courts Feb	160

Address from Roman Catholic Subjects to the King 1784	178

Ordinance re Proceedings in Civil Courts April 30 1787	186

27	189

Dorchester to Sydney November 8 1788	193

Dorchester to Grenville February 8 1790	201

The Constitutional Act 31 George III c 31 1791	207

Introductory Note to the Period	223

Extracts from Rules of House of Assembly Lower	232

the growing arrogance of La Nation Canadienne	233

Milnes to Portland November 1 1800	238

37	241

Portland to Milnes January 6 1801	244

Observations on the Government of Lower Canada	246

Castlereagh to Craig September 7 1809	254

Observations of Chief Justice Sewell on the Union	267

40	272

Memorial from British Merchants to Liverpool 1810	275

An Act disqualifying Judges from Sitting in the House	281

Chief Justice Monks Remarks on Mémoire	287

Legal Opinion on the Privileges Claimed by the House	297

Right of the House of Assembly to initiate all Money	301

Colonial Tax Repeal Act 18 George III c 12 1778	306

Proposed Act of Union 1822	307

Papineau to R J Wilmot December 16 1822	317

Resolutions of the Assembly of Lower Canada 1826 340	320

Declaration of the Constitutional Association of Quebec	388

Aberdeen to Aylmer February 11 1835	396

Glenelg to Head December 5 1835	412

Petitions from House of Assembly Lower Canada 1836	421

Resolutions of Lower Canadian Assembly 1836	425

Glenelg to Gosford June 7 1836	431

Address of Lower Canadian Assembly August 1837	438

Durham to Glenelg October 20 1838	442

166	463

Durham to Glenelg November 10 1838	466

Joseph Howe to Lord John Russell September 1839	487

Joseph Howe to Lord John Russell September 1839	497

Joseph Howe to Lord John Russell September 1839	503

Lord John Russell to Poulett Thomson September	517

Lord John Russell to Poulett Thomson October 14 1839	522

Poulett Thomson to a Friend November 20 and Decem	528

Poulett Thomson to a Friend December 12 1839	532

The Act of Union 3 4 Victoria c 35 1840	551

Introductory Note to the Period	559

only be reestablished by an elective Council and	565

Earl Grey to Lieut Gov Harvey March 31 1847	573

Elgin to Lady Elgin 1847	579

Elgin to Earl Grey March 23 1850	583

Elgin to Cumming Bruce September 1852	589

The Union Act Amendment Act 22 23 Victoria	594

British North America Act 30 31 Victoria c 3 1867	665

Introductory Note to the Period	687

The British North America Act 34 35 Victoria	693

Instructions to the Governor General of the Dominion	698

Makes further provision with respect to the sums	704

Copyright

Title	Documents of the Canadian Constitution
Editor	William Paul McClure Kennedy
Publisher	Oxford University Press, 1918
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	20 Nov 2008
ISBN	0722267320, 9780722267325
Length	707 pages
Subjects	Political Science › General Political Science / Constitutions Political Science / General

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