[[55]] Poulett Scrope, p. 233.

[[56]] District Municipal Council Act (1841), Cl. IV.

[[57]] Sydenham to Russell, 28 August, 1841.

[[58]] Journals of the House of Assembly, 3 September, 1841.

[[59]] I have used as my chief authority here the reports in The Quebec Gazette, more especially the issue of Friday, 10 September, 1841.

[[60]] Elgin-Grey Correspondence: Elgin to Grey, 26 April, 1847.