CHAPTER II

THE INTERREGNUM

1760-1763

MILITARY GOVERNMENT

BRIGADIER GAGE, GOVERNOR OF MONTREAL--THE ADDRESS OF THE MILITIA AND MERCHANTS--GOVERNMENT BY THE MILITARY BUT NOT “MARTIAL LAW”--THE CUSTOM OF PARIS STILL PREVAILS--COURTS ESTABLISHED--THE EMPLOYMENT OF FRENCH-CANADIAN MILITIA CAPTAINS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE--SENTENCES FROM THE REGISTERS OF THE MONTREAL COURTS--GOVERNOR GAGE’S ORDINANCES--TRADE--THE PORT--GAGE’S REPORT TO PITT ON THE STATE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTREAL--THE PROMULGATION OF THE DECLARATION OF THE DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PARIS--REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE LIQUIDATION OF THE PAPER MONEY--LEAVE TO THE FRENCH TO DEPART--LAST ORDINANCES OF GAGE--HIS DEPARTURE 13