_Items selected from the Report of the Commissioners appointed
to ascertain the Amount of Rebellion Losses in Lower Canada,
and their observations thereon_:--
"No. 1109. Wolfred Nelson, Montreal. Property destroyed,
£23,109, 19s. 5d.; but Dr Nelson deducts the amount of his
liabilities (_for which his creditors have claimed, or may
claim_) and claims the balance only, say £12,379, 12s. 7d.
1089. Pierre Beauchere, St Ours. £69, 10s., quartering
insurgents under the command of 'General Mathiot,' and £131,
6s. 3d. for imprisonment five months and nine days.
1107. Jos. Guimond, Chateauguay, conviction recorded. The wife
claims £8, 10s. for the purchase of the confiscated estate
bought by her.
P. N. Pacaud, Three Rivers. Claims £400 for false imprisonment,
and £25 for expenses there, and £500 for absence from the
Province, to avoid arrest, &c.
27. J. Dorion, M.D., St Ours. Claims £300 as due from Dr
Nelson's estate; £175 for three months' imprisonment, &c.
32. Theophile Robert, Montreal. Conviction recorded. Claims
£215 for loss of time whilst in exile.
34. Cyrille Beaudriault, Sault au Recollet. Claims £268, 16s.
for interest, and £200 profit, on the goods destroyed and
pillaged.
77. Church of St Cyprien, Napierville. The sum of £327, 12s.
6d. was taken from the treasury of the Church, forcibly, by Dr
Cote, against the will and remonstrance of the churchwardens.
398. Jos. Dumouchel, Ste. Martine. Conviction recorded. Claims
£1878, 13s. 9d., including £525 for compensation for seven
years' imprisonment and exile.
564. Etienne Langlois, Blairfindie. Conviction recorded. Claims
£345 for loss of time while in exile, and £34 passage from
Sidney to Canada.
565. Louis Pinsonneau, St Remi. Conviction recorded. Claims
£2275, 10s. 9d., including £855, 15s. for imprisonment and
exile.
634. David Blanchette, St Cyprien. Conviction recorded. Claims
£520, 16s. 8d. for imprisonment and exile.
654. Pierre Lavois, St Cyprien. Conviction recorded. Claims
£300 for being exiled six years, at £50 per annum.
656. Louis Laurelin, St Cyprien, claims £50 for imprisonment
and expenses, having been acquitted.
789. Luc H. Masson, St Benoit, claims £450 for the interruption
of his business during three years.
Euph. Lamard, St Réme. Conviction recorded. Claims £519,
including £150, six years' rent of property destroyed.
838. Archelaus Welch, West Farnham, claims £80, 7s. 6d. loss on
sale of timber, on account of the troubles in 1837.
850. Théodore Béchard, Blairfrudie. Conviction recorded. Claims
£670, 6s. 8d., value of his estate confiscated and purchased by
his wife.
931. Edouard Major, Ste. Scholastique, claims £921, 4s. 7d.,
including £250 for interest, and £150 for the loss of profit,
in discontinuing business.
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