Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897 · Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin & Co. · leaf 181
, carried the Losses Bill. Then ensued a scene of wild disorder.Lord Elginscarriage was beset by ruffians as he was returning from assent-ing to the biil. That evening the parliament-house was sacked, the speak-ers chair was occupied by one of the rabble, and in the end the public build-ings were… … |i)>i-,iii imwE.- A serious land question next agitated the parliament of United Canada.The settlement of Lower Canada had taken place on the basis of a modifiedfeudal system. A noblesse descended from the old I^rench nobility, or ina few cases ennobled in Canada, owned the land, which was…
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