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its and the Recoliets agree as ill as the Molinifts 

 and the Janfenifts. The former pretend that the 

 latter have no right to confefs. Do but look back 

 to my eighth Letter, and there you'll fee fome in- 

 ftances of the indifcreet zeal of the Ecclefiafticks. 



The Governour General has the difpofal of all 

 Military Pofts ; He beftows Companies, / Lieute- 

 nancies, and Under- Lieutenancies, upon who he 

 pleafes, with his Majefty's gracious Approbation j 

 but he is not aliow'd to difpofe of particular Gover- 

 nourfhips, or of the place of a Lord Lieutenant of 

 a Province, or of the Major of any Town. He is 

 impower'd to grant to the Gentry and the other In- 

 habitants^, Lands and Settlements all over Canada ; 

 but thefe Grants muft be given in concert with the 

 Intendant. He is likewife authoris'd to give five and 

 twenty Licences a year to whom he thinks fit, for 

 trading with the Savage Nations of that vaft Con- 

 tinent. He is invefted with the power of fufpend- 

 ing the execution of Sentences againft Criminals j 

 and by vertue of this Reprieve, can eafily pro- 

 cure ? em a Pardon, if he has a mind to favour 'em. 

 But hecan't difpofe of the King's Money, without 

 tie confent of the Intendant, who is the only Man 

 that can call it out of the hands of the Treafurer of 

 the Navy. 



The Governour General can't be without the fer- 

 vice of the Jefuits, in making Treaties with the Go- 

 vernour s of New-England^ and New- York, as well as 

 with the Ircjuefe. I am at a lofs to know, whether 

 thefe good Fathers are imploy'd in fuch Services, 

 upon thefcore of their judicious Counfels, and their 

 being perfediy well acquainted with the Country, 

 and the King's true incerefts; or upon the confi? 

 deration of their fpeaking to a Miracle, the Lan- 

 guages of fo many different Nations, whofe ince- 

 reft are quite oppofite ; or out of a fenfe of that con- 

 defcenfion and fubrniffion, that is due to thefe worthy 

 Companions of our Saviour, The 



