LXXX VIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
during the period of disquietude and alarm in Canada consequent on the 
extraordinary triumphs of French arms in Europe. 
One incident alluded to in his correspondence increased very much 
ut dislike the French Canadians felt for the governor—the seizure, on 
his orders, by a military force, in 1808, of the printing press of Le 
Canadien newspaper and its forced sale at auction (Sir James became 
himself the highest bidder), the arrest and incarceration of three distin- 
guished members of parliament, Messrs. Taschereau, Bédard and Blanchet, 
one M. Borgia, an advocate, and Mr. Planté, all connected with Le 
Canadien as owners, printers or contributors, 
But there were other topics less exciting than rumours of an impend- 
ing war to engage the attention of Sir James. 
Government had determined, among other projects, to encourage the 
growth of flax and hemp by subsidies. In connection with this industry, 
Louis Foy, storekeeper-general for the Quebec district, Mr. Green, for 
Montreal, and Mr. Campbell, for Three Rivers, had been appointed to 
contro! it. The experiment, however, met with indifferent success. 
Amongst the documents collected occur several letters as to the best 
means to secure the good-will of the Indians near Detroit, Caughnawaga, 
the Two Mountains, etc., in the event of war ; ne concerning 
remittances to the Nova Scotia treasury and to Quebec touching fortifica- 
tions in the latter place; increased barrack accommodation for soldiers, 
land grants to court favourites ; pensions to the widows of distinguished 
colonists ; the appointment of Chief Justice Sewell as successor of Chief 
Justice Allcock, deceased ; the raising of the Glengarry fencibles and other 
provincial corps ; the selection of new members for the legislative couneil ; 
preparations for naval operations on the western lakes; the help that 
might be expected from the militia in case of war; the necessity for new 
regulations for this arm of the service ; demands for ordnance stores, land 
grants to U. E. loyalists. 
The Lower Canada documents occasionally exhibit a mass of subjects 
submitted for adjudication to the highest officers of the crown in Eng- 
land, now dealt with by parish councils, such as roads, bridges, markets, 
police, apprentices, constables, etc. 
Lieutenant-Governor Gore’s correspondence, 1807-10, with Lord 
Castlereagh discloses many minor incidents hitherto unknown anent the 
early times in Upper Canada—land grants, Indian stores, public ‘appoint- 
ments. 
One lights again on “ Observations on the Culture of Hemp and Pro- 
pagation of the Warren Rabbit, ete., by a member of the Upper Canada 
Agricultural and Commercial Society ;’ a request for a pension by the 
widow of Capt. Joseph Brant, principal chief of the Mohawks, who died 
27th November, 1807; the deserter Underhill shot, inquiry into the cir. 
cumstances of the case ; Col. Claus, an Upper Canada worthy. 
