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This document is archival in nature and is intended Le présent document a une valeur archivistique et for those who wish to consult archival documents fait partie des documents d’archives rendus made available from the collection of Public Safety disponibles par Sécurité publique Canada à ceux Canada. qui souhaitent consulter ces documents issus de sa collection. Some of these documents are available in only one official language. Translation, to be provided Certains de ces documents ne sont disponibles by Public Safety Canada, is available upon que dans une langue officielle. Sécurité publique request. Canada fournira une traduction sur demande. QNADA NATIONAL LIBRARY BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE <>> H STORY I OF THK MONTREAL PRISON KROM A. D. 1784 TO A.D. 1556 CUMAIN1N<; A Complete Recofil ofIheTroublesof1fl3/-li3B, SurningofllieParllamenl Boiliiings, in1849. THE ST. ALBAN'S RAIDERS, 1864. THE TWO FENIAN RAIDSOF1866AND1870. AND A Chronolo'^ical Digest ofalltheprincipaleventsforthepasthundred years. Valuable statisticaltablesfrom the Police andRecorders Courts. Cu ionsProclamations,Warrants andotherdocu- ments ncier beforeprinted, relatingto the Patriots of '37, andthe administration ofjusticefrom the commenccvtentofthe Courts in 1784. WillidescriptionsofBrasdmsioiitbehand,standingontbePillory,tlieStocks, wmpping,&c. REV'D DOUGLAS BORTHWICK J. IWi'.NIV YKAK> (11Al'l AIN tliilliotv-ij '*v?i)ctopa6ui -^f."Vijtoiil^ini''v:^,v-o.j:viplii|, 'vHi-l.^:ij..-^fJ>v.otli,>l'i *v<ii.j. MONJKEAL A, FERIARO, BcoAseller, Publisher i\(h lipporler, 23 l\ James Street «• 40500 f<54*5 60^ 1 ^ c^ ?oaTv(u\cK,^^^P Entered according to Act of rr.rliament of Canada l)y John Douglas BORTHWICK,inthe office ofthe MinisterofAgriculture. DEDICATION TO THE HONBLE SIR A. A. DORION Chiefyuitice, CourtofQueen'sBench,ProvinceofQuebec, Canada. SIR, I have very nuichpleasure in beingable to dedicate THE HISTORY OF THE MONTREAI this xvork PRISON, toyou. * The highposition towhichyon liaveattainedbyyouro^cn sterling worth andperseverance, commends itself to every right minded man in the Province of Quebec, of whatever religious denomination or politicalsect, and shouldbe an in- centive to tlieyounger members of the Bar tofollow inyour illustriousfootsteps. TJw events of that part of tJie volume ivhich relates the stirringhistory of 1837-38, must be dear to many t/wusands of French Canadian hearts, and in dedicating this ivork to — you youhavepermittedme,anOldCountry-man by birth,but now a resident of Canadaforfive and thirty years, to hope sincerely tJiat in the nearfuture, the Natioftal Spirit zvill so prevailthat allparty feeling will be obliterated in the ofie grand name CANADA. Wishingyou long life inyour judiciary career, I remain. Sir, Your obedient servant, DOUGLAS HORTHWiCK. J. .Monlrfdl, 1styit/tuiirj; 1886. F^RBFACE HAVE often been asked to write the history of the Montreal Graol. The prese^it building came into existence at a very important period of the his- tory of Canada, and especially of our own prov- ince of Quebec and City of Montreal. Almost as soon as it was built, the troubles of 1837 and 1838 took place, and among the first oijwlitual ajfenders were — those w^ho being prisoners^ taken with arms in their hands and in rebellion against the constituted author- — ities were incarcerated therein, and as in the case of several ofthem, suffered the extreme pejialty ofthe law by public execution. Several chapters will be devoted — to this interesting period as the names of many ofour — great rnen, and some only lately dead weie connected with that event and now We can calmly look back on ; this troubled period and say that these men wereindeed the Tieans oi" gaining for us, what we now so much prize, our present system of parliamentary representa- tion and reform, and all the benefits which the country has since derived. As Ijemoine, the Canadian writerjustly says : " If one rellects how fully England- has granted the demands asked for, bv the Patriots of 1837. as set forth PREFACE in their Declaration of Independence, viz abolition of : seigniorial dues secularization of the Clergy Reserves ; ; abolition of imprisonment for debt, except in extreme cases freedom ofthe press trial by jury, in anextended ; ; form the use of both languages in public affairs the ; ; control of-the Provincial Revenue and Tariff; abolition of sentence of death,exceptincases ofmurder ; it seems strange, that it should have specially fallen to the lot ofFrench Canadians to fight to the death, for the poss- ession of reforms and changes, many of them so pecu- liarly British in their ring, and to achieve which they incurred such a liberal allow^ancc of hanging and out- lawry. Was the real issue ever before the eyes of the British Canadian in 1837?" Other events in the history of our city and country will be treated of, notably the Burning of the Parlia- ment buildings, in 1849, where-now stands 8t. Ann's Market, the St. Alban's Raid, in 1864. and the two Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870, together with such minor and interesting, yet TRUE events as go to make up a Repertoire of readable matter from the descriptions of history to the records of crime. Ifan experience of twenty years among the criminal classes and in that long period the sight of many phases of human character can add to the interest of thiswork orthetruthfulness of the author'sdelineations then these sketches should be more acceptable to the public than those which might bewritten from imagin- — niEJ-ACh 111 ation only, besides a large portion of the volume will be devoted to periods ofpolitical upheaving, which are intimately connected with thehistory andadvanr;ement ofthis " Canada of ours." For all these reasons therefor** the author launches — his work on'the sea ofpublic ojnnion knowing well like The. olfl man amihis Ass that it isimpossibletoplease everybody, for, while some will say that he has done right in his publication of these sketches, others, and perhaps some ofthe more interested parties, will reply that he has no right to make again public what, in the period ofnearly halfa century^ and down to latertimes, has been once the nin^. (lajfs vonder, and now has fallen into obscurity or has been forgotten. He feels that certain may thus reason, but those who cavil so, must remember that, what is public, belongs to the public, and therefore the "vox pftjmli'^ must prevail, and he doubts not but that in the case ot p<»litical offenders, confined in this institution, the history of whi<h in the object of this volume, the descendantsofsuchmen, now at this period ofCanadian history[and enjoyingtht* be- nefits of their demonstrations, will rather pride them- selves on the sayings and doings of those of their own household, their kith and kin. who may appear in the pages of this work as political oflenders during that period of 1837-38. Byron, the great poet. says, in his •• English Bards and Scotch Reviewers." PREFACE IV "Tispleasant sure,to seeone'sname inprint A ]K>ok'sabook, altliough there'snothingin't." However the Author hopes there may be something in this bock to amuse as well as to instruct, to sj^eak faithfully as well as historically and there^re he now makes his Editorial bow and retires from the prefatory stage and brings on his panorama of faces and of facts and of deeds, almost, and in a number ol' instances completely forirotten. DOUGLAS BORTIIWICK. J. Hcjchelaga, January, iS86, W S.—A great amount of the iniornuition which is here given ofthose persons who figured cons])icuously in the Troubles ol' 1837-H, has been taken from the Author's o\\\\ publication of " Montreal its History and Biographi<'a» Sl'-Uches '", and the items were either fur- nished directly to him, by the individuals themselves, or their immediate family, in manuscrii>t for the same ]>ook, orculled from Biograj^hiesby Mr. L.O. David. He ther«;fore feels that many items in this interesting j)eriod will see the puldic light for the first time, as the above volum«^ had a select and limited edition, of only 200 copies, and is n<nv out of \rc\\\\ also very many ; items of information relative to ^7-38, ^c, &c.. have liecn taken by him from old documents in the Court House and Jaii. liberty to do so, lieinu' freely iriveii bv those who have poWer,