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In the year 1750, commissioners met at Paris to adjust the various boundaries of the North American territories, M. de Galissoniere and M. de Silhouette on the part of France, and Messrs. Shirley and Mildmay on the part of Great Britain. The English commissioners, however, soon perceived that there was little chance of arriving at a friendly arrangement. The more they advanced in their offers, the more the French demanded; futile objections were started, and unnecessary delays continued; at length Mr. Shirley[1] and his colleague broke up the conference, and returned to England. [1752.] It now became evident that a decisive struggle was at han. | Conquest of Canada Vol. 2 of 2 by George Warburton 1 Conquest of Canada Vol. 2 of 2 by George Warburton Project Gutenberg s The Conquest of Canada Vol. 2 of 2 by George Warburton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Conquest of Canada Vol. 2 of 2 Author George Warburton Release Date January 6 2011 EBook 34862 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONQUEST OF CANADA VOL 2 OF 2 Produced by Dianna Adair Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by the Digital Multimedia Center Michigan State University Libraries. THE Conquest of Canada Vol. 2 of 2 by George Warburton CONQUEST OF CANADA. 2 BY THE AUTHOR OF HOCHELAGA. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. NEW YORK HARPER BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 82 CLIFF STREET. 1850. THE CONQUEST OF CANADA. CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER I In the year 1750 commissioners met at Paris to adjust the various boundaries of the North American territories M. de Galissoniere and M. de Silhouette on the part of France and Messrs. Shirley and Mildmay on the part of Great Britain. The English commissioners however soon perceived that there was little chance of arriving at a friendly arrangement. The more they advanced in their offers the more the French demanded futile objections were started and unnecessary delays continued at length Mr. Shirley 1 and his colleague broke up the conference and returned to England. 1752. It now became evident that a decisive struggle was at hand. Under the rule of M. de la Jonquiere a great and growing evil cankered the spirit of Canada. The scanty salaries 2 allowed to the government officers afforded a great inducement to peculation especially as the .