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country. The criminal code of the united 

 kingdom extends to Canada, and is carried 

 into effect without the shghtest variation. For 

 the administration of civil justice there is a 

 court of appeal, in which the governor presides, 

 assisted by the lieutenant governor, not less 

 than five members of the executive council, 

 and such of the principal law officers as have 

 not had cognizance of the previous trial ; 

 against the decisions of this court, as a final re- 

 source, an appeal may be made to the king in 

 council. A court of king^s bench, a court of 

 common pleas, with each a chief justice and 

 three puisne judges. Quarter sessions of the 

 peace held four times a year, besides a police 

 and subordinate magistrature for determining 

 affairs of minor importance. 



From its having been already mentioned 

 that by far the largest portion of inhabitants 

 are descended from French ancestors, the 

 reader will readily surmise that the prevailing 

 religion is Roman Catholic ; of this persuasion 

 there is a Bishop of Quebec, a co-adjutor with 

 the title of Bishop of Salde, nine vicars general, 

 and about 200 curates and missionaries spread 

 over the different districts of the province, by 

 whom the tenets of their religion are inculcated 

 with assiduity and devotion, but little tinc- 

 tured with bigotry or intolerance, unhappily 



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