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collège; quelle somme sera requise pour l'amortissement de toutes les
charges." Lorsqu'il srra parfaitement renseig-né sur tous ces points, il liii
sera facile "de considérer et de peser sérieusement ce que le bien de la
religion demande d'e lui au sujet 'u collège de Sainte-Anne." (Regish.8
dcs lettres, v. 17 p. 421.)
Le secritaire civil Walcott à I'évèque catholique romain de Québt:~
(CXateau Saint-Louis, le' août 1636). Il lui envoie une copie de la ni-
ponse que Son Excellence vient de recevoir du gouvernement impérial ri:-
lativement à l'érection du district de Montréal en un diocèse séparé de CI:-
lui de Québec ; il Iiii donne, en même temps, un résumé de cette dépéche.
Inclus: Lord Glenelg à lord Gosforrl (Downing Street. 26 mai 1836). co-
pie). II a requ sa lettre du 19 février 1836, au sujet de l'établissement d'un
nouveau siège épiscopal catholique dans le di,strict de Montréal, aussi un
mémoire contenant la correspondance qiii a eii lieu entre lord Aylmer et
le d'épatement des Colonies à ce sujet. Cette question a Pté aussi sou-
mise à son attention par Mg' Bramston. "1 need not assure Your Lordahip
of the anxicty which is felt by 1-1. M. Government to take al1 necessa.ry
measures for suppiying the wants and for meeting the mishes of H. M.
Roman Catholic subjects in Lourer Canada in regard to their rdigious
instn~ction. Ei~t at the same ti'nie the le.qal ohjeciions to the recoflitii>ii
by any formal Instrument of a Roman Catholic Bishop within the Britiqh
Dominions are insuperable ; and Your Lordship will readily understand that
the course pursued in the case of M. du Plessis, in the year 1817, for
avoiding those objt~tions, is no longer admissible. 1 am happy, however,
to fr~l tint siich reco~nition is not essential. Neither M. Panet, who
immediately succeedcd M. du Ples,sis, nor the present Roman Catholic
Bishop of Quebec have ever been recognized under that title by any more
forma1 Document than a Despatch heari,ng the signature of the Secretary
of State; and altlio' Dr MacDoiiell, the R. Catholic Rishop of IJpper
Canada! has a jeat in the hgislative Council of that Provin,ce, he did riot
receive that distinction until some years af'ter his investment with inde-
pendent Eyiscopal Authority; nor w2.s he described in the hian.damiu uncler
the Sian Manual by his local Title. In regard to Sova Scoiia and Pririce
Hdward Island, a similar course appears to have been pursued ; the Roman
Catholic Rishops of these Colonies having been merely sanctioned by let-
ters from t.his Department. His Majesty's Government are unwillina to
pursue any course in this rnatter which might appear to be unprecedented or
unusual. Ilut tliey, at the same timc, dcsire to accede to the wishes of the
Roman Catholic population on this subject, supported as they are hy Ycnir
Lordship's recommandation, and enfo~ced by the application of Dr Bram-
ston. 1 shall be ready, therefore, to sanction in the same manner which
was adoptrd in the case of Upper Canada and of Nova ,Scatia, the :~p-
pointment of a separate Roman Catholic Bishop for the district of Mont-
real, whenercr the necessary arrangement shall have been cornpleted hy
the Ecclesiastical Authorities, and provid'ed that Your Lordship shall si-
gn?fy to ine th,$ the person to be named to that 1)ignity is of
stnctly moral conduct, of adeqliate Iearning, and 06 unquestionable