 In 1822, it was sold to businessman Thomas Andrew Turner who converted into an English-only paper in 1822.Under Turner, "The Gazette" identified with the interests of anglophone business leaders in their fight with the Patriote movement.On April 25, 1849, "The Gazette" published a special edition in which its editor-in-chief, James Moir Ferres, called the "Anglo-Saxon" residents to arms after Royal Assent of a compensation law for Lower Canada.