Article XXX: “If by the treaty of peace Canada shall remain in
the power of His Britannic Majesty, His Most Christian Majesty
shall continue to name the bishop of the colony, who shall always
be of the Roman communion and under whose authority the people
shall exercise the Roman religion: ‘Refused.’”
Article XXXI: “The bishop shall, in case of need, establish new
parishes and provide for the building of his cathedral and his
Episcopal palace; and in the meantime he shall have the liberty
to dwell in towns or parishes as he shall judge proper. He shall
be at liberty to visit his diocese with the ordinary ceremonies
and exercise also the jurisdiction which his predecessor
exercised under the French dominion, save that an oath of
fidelity or a promise to do nothing contrary to His Britannic
Majesty’s service, may be required of him: ‘This article is
comprised under the foregoing.’”
The reason for this was signalized in the instructions later to
Murray, Carleton and Haldimand in the clause beginning:
“And to the end that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the
lord bishop of London may take place in our province under your
government as conveniently as possible,” etc.
Section XXXII reads: “You are not to admit of any ecclesiastical
jurisdiction of the See of Rome or of any other foreign
jurisdiction whatsoever in the province under your government.”
Section XXXIII: “And to the end that the Church of England may
be established both in principle and practice and that the said
inhabitants may by degrees be induced to embrace the Protestant
religion and their children be brought up in the principles of
it, we do hereby declare it to be our intention when the said
province shall have been accurately surveyed and divided into
townships, districts, precincts or parishes in such manner as
shall be hereinafter directed, all possible encouragement shall
be given to the erecting of Protestant schools in the same
districts, townships and precincts by settling, appointing and
allotting proper quantities of land for that purpose and also for
a glebe and maintenance for a Protestant minister and Protestant
schoolmaster, and you are to consider and report to us by our
Commissions for Trade and Plantation by what other means the
Protestant religion may be promoted, established and encouraged
in our province under your government.”
This instruction to Murray is repeated in those to Governor
Carleton, 1768, and to Governor Haldimand, 1778.
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