25TH. It is ordered by the Magistrates in sessions that the following sums be paid by the Treasurer of the District: Constables chosen for the Townships for the ensuing year. [List follows.] THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS, HELD AT ADOLPHUS TOWN, THE 9TH JULY, 1799. Present:-Alex. Fisher, B. Crawford, J. Miller, T. Dorland, J. Peters, J. W. Myers. [At this session one of the Magistrates, J. W. Myers, defendant in a case, apparently of assault and battery, is found guilty and fined five pounds.] It is ordered by the Magistrates in sessions that the sum of Fifteen Pounds be levied from the County of Frontenac for member's wages for the year 1797. [The same sum is levied for 1798, and twenty pounds for 1799, from the County of Frontenac for member's wages.] COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS, HELD AT KINGSTON, 8th Oct. 1799. Magistrates Present :-R. Cartwright, A. Fisher, T. Markhis appearance and hearing of the matter before the said justices, or the said mayor or other head officer, if it be thought meet unto them to discharge the said apprentice of his apprenticehood, that then the said justices, or four of them at the least, whereof one to be of the quorum; or the said mayor or other head officer, with the assent of three of his brethren, or men of best reputation within the said city, town corporate or market-town, shall have power by authority hereof, in writing under their hands and seals, to pronounce and declare, That they have discharged the said apprentice of his apprenticehood, and the cause thereof." It will be observed that the decision given strictly follows the requirements of this act. land, T. Thomson, W. Atkinson. The Magistrates fine James Jackson for non-attendance as a Constable, Twenty Shillings. COURT HELD AT ADOLPHUS TOWN, 28TH JANUARY, 1800. SPECIAL SESSIONS, 24TH MARCH, 1800. [KINGSTON.] Present:-R. Cartwright, Thos. Markland, Wm. Atkinson. [Receiving accounts of Road Overseers and assigning work.] COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS, HELD AT KINGSTON, 22ND APRIL, 1800 Magistrates present :-R. Cartwright, T. Dorland, W. Atkinson, T. Markland, D. Wright, Alex. Clarke. D. Fraser, J. Miller, T. Thomson, J. Booth. 23rd. It is ordered by the Magistrates in Sessions that threefourths of a rate be levied from the Midland District for the year 1800. It is ordered by the Magistrates in Sessions that a sum not exceeding forty-pounds, be paid by the Treasurer of the Midland District to M. Dorland, M. Fisher, and Peter Van Alstine, Esquires for the use of the Court House in Adolphus Town. 24th. It is ordered that the following sums be paid to the undermentioned persons : Mr. John Cannon, high Constable for the year ensuing. [List of township Constables follows.] COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE FOR THE MIDLAND DISTRICT, HELD AT ADOLPHUS TOWN ON TUESDAY, THE 8TH OF JULY, 1800. Present:-Alex. Fisher, T. Dorland, C. Gilbert, A. Clarke, J. Miller, D. Wright, A. Spencer, J. Embury. [Long list of cases of assault and battery disposed of.] JULY IOTH. On application of Mr. Robert McDowall, a Presbyterian minister, a certificate was given him agreeably to the act of the Province.1 COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE FOR THE MIDLAND DISTRICT, HELD AT KINGSTON ON 14TH OCT. 1800. Present:-Richd Cartwright Esq Chairman, Alex. Fisher, Alex. Clarke, J. Cumming, Arch. McDonell, T. Markland, P. Smith. 15th. It is ordered by the Magistrates in sessions that the sum of twenty-three pounds ten shillings be levied from the 1 The question as to the form of a legal marriage was one which agitated the Province of Upper Canada from its first settlement. There being no clergymen in the western districts in the earlier days of their history, marriages commonly took place before one or another of the military officers at the various posts. But among the poorer settlers, or those at a considerable distance from the posts, the parties to the marriage sometimes dispensed with any ceremony, and simply "took each other's word for it," as one of them put it. Where, however, any question arose as to the inheriting of property by the children of the early settlers, no marriages but those solemnized by clergymen of the English and Roman Catholic Churchs were regarded as legal. (See a Report on the Marriage Law in Upper Canada by Richard Cartwright, Jr., given in full in the Canadian Archives Report for 1891, p. 85.) In order to remedy this hardship, there was introduced in the first session of the first parliament of Upper Canada, a bill to legalize past marriages and make more liberal provision for the future. But Simcoe, regarding the English Church establishment as indispensable in securing the dependence of the colonies on the mother country, strongly opposed the measure. The result was that a compromise act was passed in the following session, 33rd Geo. III Cap. V. This rendered legal all marriages solemnized, according to the forms of the Church of England, by Justices of the Peace, where no clergyman of the Church of England was available within eighteen miles. All dissenting ministers, however, were denied the right to perform legal marriages until 1798, when the act, 38th Geo. III Cap. IV, was passed. In virtue of this act, ministers of the Church of Scotland and Lutheran and Calvinist ministers were allowed to solemnize legal marriages on certain conditions. They were required to appear before at least six Justices in Quarter Sessions, take the oath of allegiance, be vouched for by at least seven respectable persons of their congregations, and pay a fee of 5s. to the Clerk of the Peace, when they received a prescribed certificate or licence giving them the necessary authority. The act also rendered valid all previous marriages performed by such ministers. The Rev. Robert McDowall, here referred to, was the first Presbyterian minister in the district. His marriage register is preserved in the Library of Queen's University. Counties of Lenox, Hastings and Northumberland for members wages for the year 1800. AT THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE, HELD AT ADOLPHUS TOWN ON THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1801. Present:-Alex. Fisher Esq Chairman, Thos. Dorland, A. Clark, J. Stinson, J. Cumming, J. Miller, J. Peters, B. Crawford, P. Smith. A Licence from the Sessions was given to Mr. John G. Wigant, authorizing him to be a Lutheran Minister at the recommendation of William Beuniher, Martin Fraleigh, Michael Smith, Jonas Amy, Ludovick Hartman, Conrad Borgand, Charles Keller.1 28th Jan. It is ordered by the Magistrates in Sessions that the sum of fifteen pounds ten shillings be levied from the inhabitants of the County of Frontenac for Edward Jessup, Esq for Member's wages for the year 1800. [Eleven pounds levied from same County for same member for year 1799.] It is ordered by the Magistrates in Sessions that the sum of Twenty-three pounds ten shillings be allowed to William Fairfield Esq for the County of Addington and Ontario for the year 1800. [Twenty-two pounds from same Counties for same member, apparently for 1799.] SPECIAL SESSIONS HELD AT KINGSTON, 30TH MARCH, 1801. Magistrates Present :-R. Cartwright, T. Markland, P. Smith, Esqs. The Road Masters were called upon to produce their accounts for the year 1800. [Accounts follow and sections are assigned for following year.] COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE, HELD AT KINGSTON THe 28th of april, 1801. Magistrates Present :-Richard Cartwright, Esq., Chairman, Alex. Fisher, Thos. Markland, Wm. Atkinson, Thos. Dorland, Caleb Gilbert, Bryan Crawford, Joshua Booth, John Cumming, Dan'l Wright, John W. Myers. 1 See previous note. The names of seven persons required to testify to the minister's position are here given. ALUMNI CONFERENCE-FEBRUARY 1901. MONDAY. 3 p.m.-Interpretation of Modern Life by Tennyson. Rev. Armstrong Black. 4 p.m.-The Age of St Augustine. Prof. Glover. 8 p.m.-The Relation of Legislation and Morality. Professor Shortt, W. S. Morden, LL.B., J. R. Lavell, B.A., Rev. M. Macgillivray, M.A. TUESDAY. 10 a.m.-The Chancellor's Lectureship. Dr. Watson. Subject, St. Augustine. II-I-Persian Influence on Judaism. Rev. R. J. Hutcheon, Discussion opened by N. R. Carmichael, M.A., and Rev. M. Macgillivray, M.A. M.A. 3. p.m.-The Method of St. Paul's teaching. Discussion opened by Rev. R. Laird, M.A., W. N. Anderson, B.A., and Rev. Dr. Eby. 8 p.m.-The Function of Journalism in a democracy. J. G. Willison, J. G. Elliott, Rev. J. A. McDonald, John Marshall and the Principal. WEDNESDAY. 10 a.m.-The Chancellor's Lectureship. II-I-The Book of Ecclesiastes. Rev. Dr. Milligan. Discussion opened by Rev. J. A. Grant, B.A, 3 p.m.-Interpretation of Modern Life by Tennyson. Rev. Armstrong Black. 4 p.m.-The Book of Jonah. Rev. N. McPherson, B.D., and J. Young, M.A. 8 p.m.-Life, Organism, Environment. Rev. Dr. Lyle. Discussion opened by Prof. Knight, Dr. Clarke and Rev. J. Millar, M.A. THURSDAY. 10 a.m.-The Chancellor's Lectureship. II-I-The Maccabean Epoch and its Literature. Cosgrove, B.A. The Book of Daniel. T. A. 3-5 p.m.-The Substance of St. Paul's Teaching. Discussion by Prof. McNaughton, Revs. S. G. Bland, J. Binnie, M.A., E. Thomas, B.A., and D. Strachan, B.A. 8 p.m.-Amos, the Desert Prophet. Discussion opened by Prof. Jordan. FRIDAY. 10 a.m.-The Chancellor's Lectureship. Prof. McFayden, B.A. III-The Literature of the 1st Century B.C. By Revs. J. Turnbull, M.A., and John Hay, B.D. 3 p.m.-What does the Documentary theory of the Pentateuch Prof. Jordan. mean. 4 p.m.-Students Meeting. 8 p.m.-Lecture on "The National Outlook." By Dr. Parkin, C.M.G. SATURDAY. II a.m, Meeting of the Alumni. Arrangement for the year following, etc. |