CHAPTER XV

1663-1664

THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL AND THE SEIGNEURS OF THE ISLAND

GREAT CHANGES, PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL

MILITIA SQUADS ESTABLISHED--THE FORMATION OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE HOLY FAMILY--THE EARTHQUAKE AT MONTREAL--POLITICAL CHANGES--THE RESIGNATION OF THE COMPANY OF ONE HUNDRED ASSOCIATES--CANADA BECOMES A CROWN COLONY--THE TRANSFER OF THE SEIGNEURY OF THE ISLAND FROM THE COMPANY OF MONTREAL TO THE "GENTLEMEN OF THE SEMINARY"--ROYAL GOVERNMENT--THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL--CHANGE IN THE MONTREAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM--FORMER HOME RULE PRIVILEGES RESCINDED--MONTREAL UNDER QUEBEC--PIERRE BOUCHER'S DESCRIPTION OF CANADA AND MONTREAL--SOCIAL LIFE OF THE PERIOD--MONTREAL SOLDIERY--THE ELECTION OF POLICE JUDGES--ATTEMPT TO SUPPLANT MAISONNEUVE AS LOCAL GOVERNOR--DISCORD IN THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL 181