They reached the platform and mounted it.

It was the Regimental Surgeon and two British soldiers.

The Regimental Surgeon held a paper in his hand.
"I have here," he said to the crowd, "a proclamation by Sir John Colborne.

The rebels have been defeated at three points, and half of the men from Bonaventure who joined Papineau have been killed.

The ringleader, Nicolas Lavilette, when found, will be put on trial for his life.