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The Quebec mercury
Tout au long du XIXe siècle, le Quebec Mercury soutient les intérêts de la bourgeoisie anglophone conservatrice de Québec. [...]

Le Quebec Mercury est un journal en langue anglaise qui paraît pour la première fois à Québec le 5 janvier 1805. Il est fondé par Thomas Cary, marchand et bibliophile anglophone de Québec. D'abord hebdomadaire, il devient bihebdomadaire en 1816, trihebdomadaire en 1832, puis quotidien en 1863.

Rival du journal francophone Le Canadien, dont il a stimulé la naissance, et pourfendeur de l'ordre traditionnel du Québec francophone, le Quebec Mercury soutient les intérêts de la bourgeoisie anglophone conservatrice de Québec. Le journal appuie les décisions du gouvernement britannique et prend position dans les débats politiques du Canada, ce qui l'amène dans les premières décennies de son existence à s¿opposer régulièrement aux élus du Bas-Canada.

De facture étonnamment moderne, le Quebec Mercury présente les nouvelles locales accompagnées de nouvelles étrangères pigées dans les journaux anglais et américains. Le journal réserve dans ses pages une large place à la publicité.

Thomas Cary fils prend les rênes du journal à la retraite de son père en 1823.

Le ton francophobe des débuts s'adoucira avec les années. Thomas Cary partagera d'ailleurs la propriété du journal avec George-Paschal Desbarats de 1828 à 1848. George Thomas Cary, fils de Thomas, dirigera la publication à partir de 1855.

John Henry Willan, avocat, devient éditorialiste en 1850. Le Quebec Mercury prend alors des positions favorables à l'annexionnisme avec les États-Unis. Willan restera au journal jusqu'en 1862. En août 1862, la famille Cary met le journal en location, ce qui permet à Josiah Blackburn et à George Sheppard de prendre les postes d'éditeur et de rédacteur, dans le but d'appuyer l'homme politique réformiste John Sandfield MacDonald, qui devient premier ministre du Canada-Uni.

Le retour au pouvoir du conservateur John A. MacDonald en mars 1864 entraîne la réapparition de Willan au Quebec Mercury afin d'appuyer le projet de confédération, mais avec moins d'enthousiasme que le Morning Chronicle.

Le tirage du Quebec Mercury atteint 1000 exemplaires en 1870 et 3000 en 1898, année où George Stewart, auteur et critique littéraire, en fait l'acquisition. Le journal était demeuré la propriété de la famille Cary jusqu'en février 1890. L'homme politique libéral Joseph-Israël Tarte, proche de Wilfrid Laurier, achète le Mercury en 1902, mais la surabondance de journaux anglophones à Québec ne permet pas au journal de survivre au-delà d'octobre 1903.

BEAULIEU, André et Jean HAMELIN, La presse québécoise des origines à nos jours, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 1973, vol. I, p. 14-15.

GAUVIN, Daniel, « Cary, Thomas [père] », Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, en ligne.

JONES, Elwood H., « Blackburn, Josiah », Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, en ligne.

LA TERREUR, Marc « Cary, Thomas [fils] », Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, en ligne.

WATERSTON, Elizabeth, « Willan, John Henry », Dictionnaire biographique du Canada, en ligne.

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[" , arrivrd nt iliiu port (rom Livcr-ptiol, nl 4 o\u2019clock, this morning, bringing four days Inter news from Europe.Her news i* of tbo Ingbost iiri[)ortnnco.' Tito mutiny in tin- h .linn nrmy had u««unu\u2018d that extent which those acquaiuttHl with the 1 eountry had antioipaUsi.It had become no longer a (]iiestion of mere mutiny.When we heard of whole Regiment* marcliino olffrom distant «talion* with drum-* beating and j colork (tying ! to join the Delhi Insurgent mence the *iego m once.The enPmv had .i.\t.taken up a strong position at Badulla ^erai, !\t87i||\tfSthlr Th .7^ d,Sf,eTn\u2018\"a,e t,h,! P»\"'* which was carried, with tho capture of ill\t,i\t!¦ 'LT',\t/f ,\t^memor-General and the the guns.The juirsuit was so Xm.hat the ' ?\tM\tand tfuimers threw liicmselves off their horses and\ttonfident terms as to the result.Tho left the field piws standing iS SS '\tTrr?* \u2018S\tf°W\t^ heavy gun* remain in position.Twenty-sit I\t, !\tJru no\tf®nr\"\tforRenernl safety of gun* in all have Iteen captured to-dav and i , °u,r\t, ^le nnitineers who of.I j* The M(*enit force, under Brigadier Wil- î'Ta\u2019\t«'me partial success, son, at lihnzoe-nnd-doen-niigger, seems to t; i i e* \u2019 in*,°\tHeneral Anson have fallen back to Rhagput, to have cro*M*d 7, J* o \"rM'\u2018\" ' on1,'.ls/oa\u2018!,r\"1!1 Urnballah, the Jumna by the bridge at that town, and ' v\u2014,l,1°1c0,ri,nnrjd before Delhi.Sir Colin joined the main army at Alipore, ono march from Delhi.( ampbell leaves London for Marseilles this morning, to take the command.Tim (fOVernment receivtsl the news from tho 1 ort-Admiral at Malta, on tho arrival of the India mail.A sjier-ial steamer was sent Malta to Cagliarn, and thence by telegraph.\t1 On Saturday the Cabinet Council met at Ovo, instead id three, as originally lixed.Sir « olm ( arnphel I at once consented to go out without twenty-four hours\u2019 notice.He said he would not wait to Hike anything out with Tho lo«* of the carobiniers \\7ns sevenlrTlIeti wp* ,\u201e\u201eler order* lor India are gone nr going immediately, other reinforcement* (European Hoops) will l*1 sent us soon a* -hips and store» can bo \"ot renily.\t0 Moore, of the carabineer-.' was \"uiorUtllÿ I grJat7Sirvi,tnv ,o\u2018l*0\t(,rea,ear,nienl*' «aine regiment, lost three linger* of hi* right\tDKA 1H Oh OKNKKAL ANSON, hand ; and Napier, of the rilles, his leg., \u201e May 'J7, of cholera, General the Him* l.ioutenaul 1'erkius, of the horse artillery, i Jmorge Anson, comiiinnder-in-chicf ot thn was killed.\t' j British army in India.Dr THE INDI AN NEWS.IIOI'SK OK COMMONS, JUI.Y 13.Mr.Dikrxem, in consct)iieiico of the vari- and when wo hear of those Insurgents offer- I li .mow.Vi' ,\"fC0\";,0T'fi\"C0 «f 'be vari- present at the battle of Waterloo and many ing battle out*ide tho wall* ot Delhi\u2014we j asked the Government to give some anthentie may augur that though defeated they will | mformalion a* to the intelligence they had form a formidable obstacle to the restoration !\t'b*-* 'oibjeet.He wished also to of tranquillity in India.Lord Eilenborou«h I '^k\tj1 \u2018b» i\"i\u2018lntion of the Go- .I .1 \u201e c, , , !\tnMU'1 vernment to lay the paper* relating to tho staled m the House of Lord* his opinion that : transaction* in India upon the table of the the insurrection would not bo put down till house.Lord Palmerston was not surprised that the report* which had recently been made public should lead to the question the right bon.gentleman had put to him ; but lie was only able Jo say that all the information winch the Government had received was that of a telegraph message.That information was a* well known to the public as to her Majesty\u2019s Government, and nothing further would be known till the arrival of the mails fmm Marseille», which we.o cvjiectcd lo-morrow.The general outline of the telegraphic information was that they had had .\t.y .'eased was son of ol the !ir-t Viscount Anson, and uncle of the present Earl of Lichlield.Bom in 1797, ho entered the army at an early ago, and was present at the battle of Waterloo and many April next.Will it bo put down l Who can «ay ?We think it noteworthy that the present Governor General Canniiigf& his predecessor l/ord Dnlhousio are both ol the Peel section of politicians\u2014Lord Aberdeen lieing their preceptor and guide.It will bo observed that the Fund* have talion\u2014wo shall hear something more on this head by and by.The acquittal of M,«s Madeline Smith, or.mi-l.rt,me to lose the eommamler-in-tho charge of poi»oniiig her lover.Mr.1/An- chief; that in the next placo thodiwdlection, gober, is an event which could hardly »ur-j \"bhdi had existed only in a few regiments, prise those who had attentively read the !',a 1\t10 a\t!\"'ianieg of Arlillery^and rjappers aud Miners, hnvo maii-nied.I tie iorco at Delhi hits oot been driven within the wulle after on* defeat only ; they tiavo repeatedly ventured out to gne battle to tho assailants.At Murdnun, the 5.'>th, dcstrted their coiourj ; they were assailed by leiroi^eaiia aud , Irregulars, cut to pieces, tukeu, .uid disjairsed.N A ELKS.A boy 13 ymra ol age, a non-commissioned officer, and two other persons have diid :u prison of lortuiu ; they were charged with ta'iug concerned in Milano's attempt on the King\u2019s life.The IjiKcn's health ti very bad , slie is not I likely to recover.Goaerul the Mon.George Anson, commander in chief of tho ilmisb Army :u ludu, died .May J7 of cholera, ogvd oO.FRANGE Pai.is, Monday Kvcniug.\u2014 It is othcially uq.uounce in i'.iris liiat the Queen of England will visit Foniftiru'bhnu fer ion days in Se|ittmber.Sir Colin (.\u2019ampbell nud stuif jiassetl throiigb : Pans on ihe.r »«y t0 ludia.Hie Fn 'icli ministerial organ Pays learns from London that orders avo been sent to Admiral lirons to ; end several fhig ships to Gbiua.Tito IJranswivk, i o>v ut Leghorn, is to go to Calcutta.I'tvsh apt o.ils iiro to bo made to England by -Visir \u2022>, I'lUijia, and France.Pin ;te letters from Damascus state that French cou&iils have aguiu been meddling in roligtous tnatters in the East.Tho nctual result of this n Irigne â to benelit Russia indirectly.The French .Marshal Kaudon is to finish Ills eampnigu in Algeria hy an nttaik on iho Ritf pirates.Cruisers were already stationed on the coast.MARKETS.Flour was not much inquired for.and is quoted U.per harrel aud sack lower, (tats mid oatmeal were a slow talo and the turn in favour of buyers.Indian corn was not in such active request hot was held futuly at .!,*s.Od.for mixed American, making tho improvement on the week J*.per quuiter.The sugar market has again opened with a very dull appearance, and the public sales aro progressing beavily.Consols opened lower on details of Indian news, and cosed without recovery, Cloiuig prices\u2014Consols for money, ol, j , ditto lor account, IHf, MU8ICHALL.MONDAY EVENING, JULY 27tb.F1RST~N1GHT, OF THE 6REAT ENGLISH VOCALIST, Delineator and Imitator, I'at DAT, Ji\u2019ni: 12.\u2014Two tolograpluo ttti's-aagos from tbo Liuiittuitiiit-fnivomor of \\gra roaoltud the (iovommunt vusttlnlay, and \\vnro trnmecliatoly mudu public.Thu first ran thus :\u2014 -4,,I)itira *iai' I\u2019u^u «uccesson tltu Sib ™ ,'1,H month outside tin, walls of Delhi.Iwonty-stf tins capturod, and tho rebel* driven dinpiritod into the town.All tho neights in our posBosMott.\u2019\u2019 Itilollioencc (savs iho Globe) has boon rv-coivotl trout India that tbo miilinoor* had boon doloatod, with tho loss of twenty-six i \u201cini*, uiitsido tlm walls ol Delhi.They had 1 rutirnd into Delhi, which was ubont to tn> tlie assattllod iinuiodiatuly.Largo number* of tho native tnxqi* in Bongal aud tho ttortli-wostorti province» hud desortod.General Anson died of eitolora on Ihe 27th till.Tho Marsoilles paper, I\u2019resso Onontalo, says that 2,(HKI men had been killed in India by tho exeossivo heat, and that tho insurrection had made further progress.Tho Observer, of yesterday, *ay* the new* trnm India i» certainly *oriou*, but will jiro- \u2019nto second .I mid !0\"'\t,\t.\t1 ,rnm\t^ °«m i-.iwiS^.,^jr^irr,,i!swr .-'r-rr ¦?\u2022 \" «*»\u2022 \"Mr Grnathfwl .V \u2022\t'\tI hero is no toasoii to doubt the desertion of GovJSSrhav-\u2019!,mv- havo made (rood (\u201eir .J.'ll Lt\ti
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