▁language , ▁our ▁rights ). ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁every ▁Saturday ▁and ▁the ▁year ly ▁subscription ▁was ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁ch el ins ▁or ▁sh ill ings . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁newspaper ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁Quebec ▁City ▁by ▁lawyer ▁Pierre - St an is las ▁B éd ard ▁and ▁associ ates ▁François ▁Bl anch et , ▁Jean - An to ine ▁Pan et , ▁Jean - Th omas ▁Tas ch ere au ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Le ▁V asse ur ▁Borg ia . ▁All ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Parliament ▁of ▁Lower ▁Canada ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁The ▁editor ▁was ▁Jean - An to ine ▁B outh ill ier . ▁The ▁newspaper ▁quickly ▁became ▁the ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁Parti ▁canad ien ▁in ▁their ▁battle ▁against ▁the ▁English ▁party ▁and ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁governor ▁James ▁Craig . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 8 1 0 , ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁the ▁papers ▁of ▁the ▁editor ial ▁office ▁on ▁rue ▁Saint - Fran çois ▁were ▁seized ▁by ▁the ▁government . ▁The ▁printer ▁Charles ▁Le fran çois ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁and ▁a ▁pat rol ▁searched ▁the ▁city ▁for ▁consp ir ators . ▁The ▁Quebec ▁Mercur y ▁had ▁previously ▁ins inu ated ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁Canad ians ▁and ▁the ▁Americans ▁were ▁plot ting ▁against ▁England . ▁Two ▁days ▁later , ▁no ▁consp ir ators ▁had ▁been ▁found . ▁ ▁B éd ard , ▁Bl anch et ▁and ▁Tas ch ere au ▁were ▁arrested ▁and ▁also ▁ja iled . ▁ ▁The ▁prisoners ▁were ▁refused ▁habe as ▁cor