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80 THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL REVIEW Notesof a Convict of 1838. By FRANc•OIS XAVIER PRIEUR. Translatedfrom the originalby GEORGE MACKANESS. With sixillustrations.Sydney,Australia. 1949. Pp. 142. ($6.50) OFa very limitededitionof thispaper-bound bookletof 142pagesCanadareceived only one hundred copies. The English-speaking expatriatesof 1838 were more voluble. The presentvolumeis the second of but two accounts left by FrenchCanadian prisonerstransported to New South Wales. A FrenchCanadianoffourthandfifth generation parents,theyouthFrangois, but five-footfourin heightandof frail build, wasunableto followhisfather'strade asloggerandwoodsman.He tooka positionin the principalstorein Soulanges, andin 1835graduatedto hisownbusiness in the villageof SaintTimoth.•e,where he becameacquaintedwith Papineau. In 1838 he wasswornin as "castor" and became a leaderin hiscommunity, wherehefoundhimselfultimatelyin themidst of self-seekers, revengers, apostates, traitors to the cause,"Gallic vipers," and cowards. Finally he and other membersof the movement were arrestedwhile attending a meetingat the homeof StephenMay, a miller. They were tried in January, 1839. Prieur, fifth on the list, was sentenced to death. Twelvewereexecuted but Prieur'ssentence wascommuted to transportation for life to Botany Bay. In his NotesPrieur hasgivena completeaccount of thesufferings enduredby thetransportees, bothonboardtheBuffaloandduring the yearsof their residence in New SouthWales. Thanks to the activitiesof the Associationde la Delivrance, a full pardon was ultimately granted to all the patriotsof 1838. Two haddied; onehadmarriedanddecided to live in Australia; andfifty-five,includingPrieur,returnedto Canada. His voyagefromSydneyto London lasted four and a half months,and from London to Montreal two months. He purchased a business in Montrealandbecame anintimatefriendofGeorge Cartier. His many business trips to England brought him in constanttouchwith the radical John Roebuck,M.P. After ConfederationPrieur was appointed superintendentof Canadian prisons. In the courseof his duties he travelled throughCanada and the United Statesand severaltimescrossed the Atlantic to investigate British and European administration of prison systems. When he died in 1891 it was found that he had left provisionin his will that two of his companions in exileshouldact aspallbearers,and this wascarriedout. The Notesbeginwith the campaignof the autumn of 1838, and end with his return from exilein 1846,and form an important addition to the narrativesof the rebellionyears. They had beenpublishedin Frenchin Quebecin 1864and in Montreal in 1884. Dr. Mackaness has contributed a valuable introduction and explanatorynotesto the presentedition. Louis BLAKE DUFF Welland, Ont. Glimpses of Halifax, 1867-1900. By PHYLLIS R. BLAKELEY.Under the direction of D.C. HARVEY. (Publication no. 9.) Halifax: Public Archives of Nova Scotia. 1949. Pp. 213,xii. ($2.00) The Churchof Saint Paul in Halifax, NovaScotia,1749-1949. By REGINALD V. HARRIS. Foreword by the Most Rev. GEORGEFREDERICKKINGSTON. Toronto: RyersonPress. 1949. Pp. xii, 310. ($4.00) THESEtwo volumes,appearingtogetherduringthe bicentenarycelebrations of the city of Halifax areexcellent products of extensive research into thelocalhistoryof ...

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