AT THE MEETING of the Quesec Literary anv Hts- 
Toricau Society, holden at the Castle of Saint Lewis, in the 
city of Quebec, on Monday, the 31st day of May, 1824— 
The following inaugural Address and Essay respecting the 
early civil and ecclesiastical juridical History of France, 
written by the Honorable J. Sewrtr, Chief Justice of Lower 
Canada, was read before the Society, by the Author. 
Certified, 
Wm. GREEN, 
Secretary, 
