Picturesque Quebec, By James Macpherson Le Moine










































































































































 -  The prosecution of Smollett, Cave, Wilkes and others
    were still fresh in the minds of printers and writers.

    Another despatch - Page 44
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The Prosecution Of Smollett, Cave, Wilkes And Others Were Still Fresh In The Minds Of Printers And Writers.

"Another despatch informs the readers of the Gazette of an arret lately issued for the banishment of the Jesuits

From France, and another of a deputation of journeymen silk weavers who waited on the King at St. James with a petition setting forth their grievances from the clandestine importation of French silk, to which His Majesty graciously replied, promising to have the matter properly laid before Parliament.

"An extract from a letter from Virginia gives an account of some Indian outrages, and there is some other intelligence of a similar nature. The other news is of a like temporary interest.

"I have already mentioned a masonic advertisement. I now give it in full:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,

That on Sunday, the 24th, being the Festival of St. Jhon (sic), such strange BRETHREN who may have a desire of joining the Merchants Lodge, No. 1, Quebec, may obtain Liberty, by applying to Miles Prenties, at the Sun, in St. John Street, who has Tickets, Price Five Shillings, for that Day.

"One thing is evident, that a printing establishment of 1764 had to be supplied with abundance of italics and capitals to meet the exigencies of the typographic fashion of the time.

"Of the two remaining advertisements, one is an order of the Collector of Customs for the prevention of composition for duties and the other gives a list of 'an assortment of goods,' 'just imported from London, and to be sold at the lowest prices by John Baird, in the upper part of Mr. Henry Morin's house at the entry of the Cul de Sac' - an assortment which is very comprehensive, ranging from leather breeches to frying-pans.

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