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 A Bepor^ wa^jtid before yoji hy the Directors, 
 '\^% ypur W ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ uUimo, which must, f 
 (think, have called Lorth aome AstbnisUmehi, as so fVr 
 "from itf beioK a re|K)rt of the proclpcdit^gi* of the Com- 
 |ipiay during Uie last three mouths, their jprescmt posi- 
 . lioo, pr future prOWHx;t8, it resolves ittwliiuto a pam- 
 j jphlet, by Wr, .ftuKb Allau„ President pf the Board, in, 
 il^hicht a(W mentioning in a few linep^lhat everything'^ 
 > .s4tChei|iinpsi8goingon satisfactorily^ that th^pile^ of 
 skimpings, under the daily ,accun>ulationB now added 
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 •* on lM»artl ili«> wlnKiMrr Swhttd,** IwHidi'M cither piir- 
 culn, uniountinK to 540 Umn, of w jiii li 2A0 were then on 
 bonfti Uui Hc'hmiiior Hiirel, tmi am now, 1 b«lU)ve in 
 ttor« tl KingMton, giving, howotrer, to Mr. AtUin, if 
 pretitlf ni next vear, the op^Mirtunity of twoHing his 
 •hipimrnU "tlurliig th« (lh«n) prcaenl y«!ir," by 
 
 "250 toim, which ¥ivm hrtniKht Jown by the 
 «* If hooiier Sorel, aiul wiiiti^red at KinK^toit,'* an nc haa 
 now <h)iic with th« SutlMtd'M targo; that th« fathom of 
 grouml roatajCm lOa. to maWb ready for marlu^t, 
 ami laatly. that part of th« Lolcitioii had been let, 
 but upon what terma he doca not condea<«nd to make 
 kno^n.he fiUii up the remaindor of hiaao-calkd K(>|M)rt, 
 with all attack of the inoit bitter, iiiahciouA, and jM^r- 
 Monal nature, and of which he has made me the object. 
 This attack I would have replied to by •d<lnia»ing 
 Mr* Allan direct, had not lU tenor provetl that 
 his object waa neither to enlighten nor benefit 
 you, the Shareholdora of the Mining Company, nor 
 yet to defend himaelf, but If poaaibks 4o Injure me ; 
 whilst the mitrepreaentation, mutilated ektraeta, and 
 false and maHcioua statements, clothed in a garb of 
 coarse invcctlre, Of mlgar Jocularity, which, form so 
 large a pihrt of the production, display a feckless dis- 
 regard of truth, which renders it imDoaslble for me to 
 have any f\irther communication witn him on personal 
 matters. I am, therefore, obliged to throw myself 
 upon your consideration, ia the firiD titiucance ui 
 $nagna Veritas et prewUelni. / ' • - ,; j. r r 
 
 ' Mr. Allan seems to think that because 1 conMdered 
 Ills previous report to be a Censure upon me, that I 
 must find »* the cap to Ht prettv cToaely.*' or, in other 
 words, that because having been Manager at the 
 Mines for a long period, and having; contrKdicted and 
 (Kspioved certain statements of his concemmg that 
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 lift thtm r«lifi m^ tter«inG« Quixolir, mtd I hrNtUti) not 
 to Arc<i|it the tiiitntisiitional com|ilim<^n(, for th« woni 
 ctmrej* to ftll inl«llig;«tnt mimi« th« i«lr* of, at all 
 e^-cntii, tn hotumihl©, truthful, mul w«^ll-int«<ntUm«l, 
 aUh<)ii((h, pt'rhapii, an imnrrrNKnry drfrtu*««. I only 
 rcgn't that I ciinnot ftppl v the iwinii toriii to ihc ftJimrt 
 in (|u«iiti<m, «o ainKtiUrly if it clrftriunt In th« lhr«« 
 firat tbove-montioued very Important characteriatica 
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 I will not dwell upon the malice prf![K?nae which 
 dicUiti'il hla n'inarka on my prwaitnt (Mwition, Mitiafifd 
 that lh« |M)iaon rarrira wKh it its tiwn anlidnti*, and 
 that hia moat ini|iertinout and irrcilcvunt ulluaiona will 
 rvcoil upon himanlf. I will only aay that I do not 
 imagine that what I have written aboat Mr. Allan or 
 hia rcporta will have any more effect upon the confi- 
 dence of the public or the Stork holders in the inatitu- 
 tion wiUi which I am ronm-cti'd, than hia own lucu- 
 bratiotta will hav« on thclumition and InialncfM of th« 
 flank of Montreal. True, he ia not ( whale vfcr hia 
 aapirationa may lie) a paid officer, aa I «m, bnt he may 
 rest asaured that hia attempt to mix up thia matter 
 with the Bank will deaervedly fail in ita (ibjert with all 
 ri|^t* thinking men. Indeed, I underataod that the 
 public opinion on the auhiect ia one of unanimous re- 
 probation of 80 onjuatifiable a raeaaure. 
 
 It would be a uaelciia diacuasion to go into a quea- 
 tion of the amount of information ftirniahed by rte to 
 Mr. AJIan. Suffice it to aay, that upon numerous oc- 
 casions, and almost invariably on the arrival of the 
 letters from the Mines, did he come to conault me 
 upon their comtents, and the mode of procedure which 
 he should adopt That relative to the mode of work- 
 ing, cleaning, etc., aa well as regarding the materials 
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 it would he IB •JiiniDrtlinjirjr thing imUmi if, dOcr ao 
 prtilunitifl ■ rftiiidenco at (h« Miiim, I had not bt^cn 
 •bit to rurniidi « great deal of iufiirm^Hi inoiit valu- 
 aUtn to him in Ihf iionition hr orrupirM, irid for fh« |»*ir- . 
 foruiamc! uf lh« UtiliuM MtUdMtl to whuh hr> hud hail \ 
 W o|»|Mirtiiuity (d itcquiritig Ihd riuuimU' kiKiwkdKo. ^ 
 .Mr. AtiMi'«atiiU'tii«iit,thiit(hi! only Inftirnmlion I gave 
 him waa tJii) pbn of an atUclMiicnt for immping th«i 
 Mine, ia untrucf, although (hat itii^ht be (lie only caae 
 Auacoplibltt of proD^ i^nk i\» hvioc the only anl{|e€t 
 coitiniittrd U) tiapcr,and I can icarrtTv b€!lirie hiai(ate- 
 ntont, that he Imd "(hough( it. undi>r (li<^ t ircuniktiinceat 
 *' tlie aaf«it plan (o pauae U'ron) puUing (he Compuny 
 *'toany further eipenae in carrying out" thia pUu, 
 incoiiBfqueitctofhiky'mfi, while ** ac<-id4tt)t«lly looking 
 "over one of my U^ttura, written (othn l)irt;c(ora from 
 ** the Mine, noticed (hat Mr. Vivian, the l<jiKin«^er, who 
 ** came from Knglam) with (he f<ngin«^ and (lurnpa, htui 
 ** declared they could not be KUcccaMlully worked iu 
 ** the manner propoaeii.^* 1 cannot faocr. that Mr* 
 Allan read thia correaiiondcnce prior jto the bublica- 
 tion of my letter of iQth Auguat laat ; cerlainly notat 
 the time he wiahea it (o be undoratood that he had 
 done ao, for he had given the ^>hiti to Mr. llorron, for 
 the pur|)<>ao of rouorting upon it, whiU) Mr. Dorron waa 
 in Mon(n!ui in Nlay laat, and, (bo latter having Ictl id 
 at the hotel there, reoueated ne to give him an expla* 
 nation of it, which I uid, whik) travelling with him to 
 OgdenaUirgh. The quotation of Mr. Vivian*a opinion 
 ia quite an adcr-thou^ht, for had Mr. Allan acea it 
 before May, he would moat certainly have uakcxl me 
 for an explanation, were it not that the letters them- 
 aelvea prove that thia waa an o{)inion cx^reaaed upon a 
 different aubject from pumping the Mine, and an ap- 
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 Owi ■lia«'m«'nt will tril 111 hit l*v«»r, mm!, r«iiiiiwiw«mll¥» 
 flofw not hifnltodt •InmiI utrBlrhing « |H)iiH. Hii Wi 
 Milt, iti»»rf>f>vi»r, b 400 y«ril«i . » . , 
 
 Mr. AlliiM concUidwi • |i*n|fr«ph ol Ud n^«min« 
 Mid tiiggttrttffd •Utumtint, by ■•yin« t>»at. »<" »»« li*«l 
 ■ppllMl to m« f«r infonimdon, It wouUl hnYn liwjit in 
 orifcf to ivoia till) I'oufiM* I Ima followfil. Now M 
 »Mr. AlUn (lilt tiifly (or inftmittioii, IIm Infflwnc* it 
 unKvoltUhlf! I ami howefcr fliWillitifj w« may tot <• 
 batlevo that t IMA would ict to tMU • |>trt, M^ 
 ttmkirth«mMk of (riondlmi^i, to ©xtmcl inforiniitwm 
 for IN eipfi'w imrpomi of Mng i^nmli^d t<» rrn«i»r« 
 ■ntJ rond«inn th«i vrry jwrnui wIm», hclH^vinj^mn nin- 
 ccru, h»d no hrmtrtlion in giving it to him; v«t 
 wit h«¥« Mr. AlUn'8 own nutiwirlty for •tiling 
 thli M tim principle on which he ^^UstU Sach 
 conduet mtf UMj with Mr. AlUn'« ld«M of honor 
 •nd ctndoar, and he m«y viMmUier it within th« hound* 
 of fklr-dcaling. undot fh«» Judiii* kiiw of Irirndahip, to 
 ohtoln nccciMi to thcmn whom h« npprfiachet liut to 
 betray ; but I do not thin^ that tha enunciation ol anch. 
 •n opinion will raiae hiM in the eatimatjon ol the pub- ) 
 Ik, aa, although it may iipeak voluniea for hia acutt- 
 nen, It MTi very little for hia how»irtr. . 
 
 Mr. Allan rcgr«ta my lamentable Ignortnwj rni ttit 
 •ubiect of th« riac aiul fell of the watera of the Uke,, 
 •nd I hone<lthathe had l)rcn about to eluckiate a mib- 
 ject which haa puf.«led the fowin* lioth of Canada 
 and the United SUtea. I ara not aahamed to confeai 
 fny4gtiorance of" the nature of the Lakes,** but I be^ 
 lleve I know aomething of tohat ia $aid about thia rke 
 and fall of the watera br the Inhabitanta of that part 
 of the world,— having alwayt taken cooaiderable In- 
 tereat in no extraordinary a phenomenon. The com- 
 mon atatement waa that the Lake roae aiid felt every 
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 at iMMid «iiabl» Ihmi to gi«« • ttataaieiil of faota o%; 
 
 tlwaaMect fivaa Kba peofOe raaid^ in tke aaiflipi. 
 
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 provitt tbat tbiro «•• any fagubritjr i».tk« r«t«f« ^ 
 
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 naahed, tha kfwer one beang the le?el to whioh it waa 
 
 HmdpBitood loriae whitn At tbe 4oodi. Down at French 
 
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 f>^4hnftlhifftlia aiirh whieh ia probab^ high«r 
 
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 in 1840. Tke great otMctiim to the above theory i%{ 
 tiMd we have Mri AUailV authoritj for aUtiog, •* thai 
 «< the rise and fall of the water* of the Lake iapertodi*^ 
 •«eal, and to iome eJit^t regnkr.** UfMiD what 
 nouiida he nakea this atatement I know not, and f 
 Slink that he haa acoidenUlly transpoaed the adjec-^ 
 titea. and that the aentenoe ihoald read, •*thac the 
 *« riaa and AOl of the waters efthe Lake is r«|pilar» and 
 ••lo #ome eaitent periodical.*^ tif, in ether worda« that 
 H A infMinhijr anetfeeds a lilK or vies verta, and that 
 •lien riw and fall alwava oocnr at some period of 
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 Beipe qnitthiff this talNect, I may add ii ifeHlct from 
 m letter raceived twma tM agb from a gentlenian who 
 waa at the Mine at the time Mr. Albli made his frrM re*' 
 pert^ He says^*' There ¥^u only dne spot, and that 
 **€Dposite thehonse youonc;6 lived'^in, where carts 
 *« could not have passed each oth^r withont wetting a 
 *< wheel. In this one place fhefi isa natural dip in the 
 « road, and ^on will remember that Urn stoie foundation 
 <'of thehottseisconsequeiftly higher than the rest. 
 *< Owing to the rise of the Lake this year, and with 
 It rough weather from the S.E., the water occasionally 
 «< washed up to about two feet from the fduhdation and 
 *< lodged there, even after the weather had calmed* 
 ^ This was &e case when Mr. Allan was here» but lat* 
 *f tariff and after any continuation of fine weather, the 
 Uroad ia ft^m 18 toSO iiset wideiti that place, and last 
 '^^taawtiM &rw 90/^ So that in fUet it is the S JS. 
 *WMids th«t oeeaskMi the trouble^ ev^nittpreJIhanHii 
 «|M ofthe I^ke, Mid Mr. Allan tnight to hare equally 
 ponied i»rth his tamdntationsoverniy ignoraneeofthe 
 naAnre of the winds. Mr. AUan olegakitly remarks 
 upon my <• inordintite TMiity,^ and t itiight eaiily reply 
 
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 OT thfoVing itoAetJ: '^ >- tp'^' «y't« ?,i tf r1 »»#n '^h ^Ai- 
 'In the nett pamgrmph Mr. Allan** aitertion that I 
 gtatcd " the diatance between the pireaent rkm ef 
 «' homes iind the next to thiim in reigr behind the 
 <• itore,*' (and which he mentioos probaUy eorrectljr^ 
 ts 83 feO to be idenUcal with ** the diataiice between* 
 *• M'GUl St. and the Place d'Armem" and which he 
 
 KM dtmn at ♦• about 1400 feet»" ^ ««*P*y ^' »?<" 
 r. Allan knowa it. Whil^il^ltatM tMI^^4kii«HllM 
 t#6 fowi of houset^ mentioned in Mr. AlTan's first . 
 report, octoupied a ipaee " nearly eqnal in axtent to 
 M diat part of Montreal encloaed between M'Oill St 
 « and the Place d' Artnes, and between Great St lamei 
 « Stand St Paul St." The honsea apoken of by him 
 id hvi firat report, could only be understood to be the 
 row on the beach and the row in rear of It; qt which 
 latter th« It C; Chapel fortna a prominent object in the 
 drawing in the office. The house to which he^ mea- 
 anrea his 88 feet Is not behind the front row, and con- 
 aequeritly cannot be sr« close as tb exclude back prc- 
 ntises^but accotvliug to hirowti Bhowioi( i» hi rear of 
 the store. The tWa tows of houses originally referred ' 
 tiv run in an eaiterlfdirectlon from the road lehdiniflo 
 the Mine, anr parJlel to e4ch other and to the trend 
 of the* cdnstt The lenc^h of the back' row is, at near 
 as 1! can inkk* H, laio ftet, (^ot wry far short of 
 14eo>, and the distance fr6m the betch about 580 . 
 inland as the IfKmt row iQ ao close to the" water* 
 jisd«» the 1ioiit$ of the bafck WW TO^ 600 
 
 fditrdislMit from ihe rear of the ffoat row, and i den^ 
 Ihlnk H cab he T*erT ndWch more from 'Giek ». Jaiiiea 
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 desired to roldM^r Quote hu owa wordf, and aay thatpi 
 
 "^irom thia (act the Stockhokieni will be able tojudga 
 
 *<«wbat cop^entie cm be placed, io the aeoeral cor*,^ 
 
 •* rpcif eaf of ills iiasertioiu, whiqh ara j ^ ki^ ff f t ^ f mif 
 
 <^[|ratbaif by boldneii than accuracy.fr m *. j h i}^ 
 
 .,)ilr. Allan quite mistakes if he thinkn that I denied, 
 
 thi4 many of tha articlea mentioned by hiui, in hia da-» 
 
 scr^ption of the fUHi ojf tha boaob, w«ra to bo found, 
 
 there. iVhat 1 denied was, that they ware in the, 
 
 atate deacribed by him. Mr. Falconer ingeniously; 
 
 get^ hipiaelf oi^ of an awkward position, by teatifTing 
 
 to (h«| ** general oorrectnew" oi the report, a« ii hoi 
 
 had said--" Tho liat oC articles is tolerably* correct,- 
 
 •« .Jmti as to the staVB or position of each Or any of theai^ 
 
 « the descrii^tion depends very mnch upon tha opiniona 
 
 *<^and views of ^e writer, but 1 believe thai aU, ot, 
 
 " nearly all, M^e articles enumerated wei^ to be foun4: 
 
 *.*, aomewher^ between the wharf and the Si)[^l|Ung^ 
 
 fUoi^** True, and so they were, and In very safe- 
 
 and prc^per i^ajces. The coaU recovered out of the 
 
 J^e tli^ summer wore, I suppose, partly inundated 
 
 d^ri;»g^«w SiEi gal«»» «vl left, high and dry when, Wia 
 
 v^ei^tl^r mod^ra^. In opposition to the qu^t^ If^k 
 
 ie^ of Mir. ti*alconer and Mr. Bofroo, I extract agsin« 
 
 from the letter, beftiJre referred to, and the original o^ 
 
 wWcii> at l*ia service of any one who washes tojper- 
 
 uf|6.it A^r giving A UflA of the articles on the bfMichi 
 
 fhowing that 4 haq omitted from mine a stttmp.headi 
 
 and a shaft for the spnr geer, witl^coui4in|;s, the writepf 
 
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 - fring wry trrniinetion," to what he calli • w^*"' 
 •* it 5f hooitt.*' The tyatem in qucaiioo. while it em- 
 hncM " wiruUr eete of hookii/* ie certainly not what 
 MfTAJIan tneens hy that term, aa it ■impliftea f ery much 
 th^ method of keeping them, and redncee the amount 
 of hbor required to the loweBt|k)Ǥihleaiitpunt irwr. 
 
 Allan knew anything whatefer of the iy«tem wlopted 
 
 in Scotch and fertgltoh. *«<* " '"•T, •?7' •" i^^l^ll^Tt 
 conld not but aee the very doee timilantt between It 
 
 and that formerty pnrtued at the Mines. *? I;-***/'^: 
 
 iagiin almost exact g^py of the former. /heh*«^ 
 
 ^fe^»8en»nts," "Sundry Inroicea," «f •» "J' ^ 
 
 M^n reaembknce to the •"•^•y>«l*f "^ V w!.^«i- 
 LedjreroflJepoaH Accounta.'^ - Deposit Receipta. 
 ••BWt <tf Exchange,- ate., while in both cases 
 separate Ledgers are kept in which the items 
 Srtpicified. and the Zlance. of thesejubei. 
 4iAry. but moet necessary, books, agree %vith the bal- 
 ' sncM in the General Ledger. Into which only dally, 
 weekly, or monthly totads, as the ease may be. are 
 Lrtei Mr. Allin-s statement that no "personal 
 SiMjcount^ were kept, and hence that any matt in the 
 « Company's employ might have *»«« rf*^*3r ow 
 - paid an/the bJoki not show it.** is titteriy untroe. 
 The men's accounts were balanced every tvro months. 
 «ttd statements sent to Montreal showwg the precwe 
 state of every man's account -the amount of his wag(W, 
 
 If the cash paid hhn. (he goods soM to huji, snd^e 
 bslanee due to him at the dato of the sccount. The 
 (brm ot ttie sccowit is shown on the ««** ^» ^ 
 te impossibility of sn over draft being «w»<*»«;-Jj2»- 
 ficient^wed. In additiott to this, if at any tiniif * 
 mtt^*hidd^ tolhestore ina gr^^ 
 than his wmges csmeto. his name was inscribed te a 
 irt^ t^e store, and forwarded 
 
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 iorTSd mttcE k-tthe yfeW ofjt »f^2»JP«*d *»{f 
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 'fhdr ^eradtj[> I <;dme to what Mr. AJba doubt- 
 
 IbM eontid^ra the itrong point of hi« eiae. The.: 
 "tt-tHat 1 atid not Mr. Vfyiatf #ig renponaible ft|r 
 
 Hie engine bouae erected in 1848, and fVom which it 
 '^•deeiiied pradent to rennove the machinery for ibtr 
 jpf icctdenta; and betib I may ati^ that Ihia remoynl 
 ^w«i cOlitiictorBd b^Mr. Virian wholly unnecenaary, he 
 
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 mitr tbit the bdnae waa a good houae, atrong and well 
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 io *ffff**l.>nh .^fer .Ji(^ ifK*^ !.nn .?^^'r.un^ -f.j 
 
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 km if lb« ttow krrMgoiiMm worhi •mdothl/, and /ou tblok It don** 
 et taarj to rraialB kiafar, ymi may loavo In Maion. to bo boM for th§ 
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 iikiMd rhtm tko Minct for tkf A««val R«porf. 
 
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 addiUonal nAobanka^ yoa will ondaavor to proeuro tkom. Tho 
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 allMi In jMkoa to prapara a laife <|«amltyorore for maikai by tka 
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 tka Boaid.aiid «{lko«wli«o oidor wat made on tko oocaaion tkat it 
 waa th« for iof o( tko Oirvolora tkat tka atopiog ayatom akould not 
 barollnqultbrd witkoot tka aaadWI oTa poraon ofaolni«t#lii Alll 
 aadosporitMn; km iklo la aoliaprrdude tko sinking ot onaor t«« 
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 Such if (he leiturofSiitb Oct., 1H48. It rontains 
 not even the remotest hint of auiieriKKlinff Mr. Vi?ian 
 in hit diitiei of Engineer, which included the erection 
 Of the engine houne, •mi whi<:h wia, I think specially 
 mentioned in hin irticleflofaicreement. buch a (hoa|pht 
 never entered the niinda either of the Directora or 
 mjaelt Imfeed, I wan at flrat rather favorably iaor 
 
 fireaaed by Mr Vivian, and gave him credit for know- 
 ng a good deal more than afterwtrda turned out (obe 
 the caae. But Mr. Vivian waa a headatrong man, 
 threatening to give trouble, and it waa thought probt* 
 ble that I might be able to prevent any outbreak on 
 hii part, before, at all eventa, the machinery waa in 
 
 r ration, and he aub^iequentlv admitted, when quer- 
 ied on the mibject by the Preatdent, that I had nev- 
 er interfered with him in the building or erection of^ 
 the engine, and indeed acouted the idea of hia being 
 interfered with by any one except the Board of Di- 
 rectora, to whom he stated heconaidered himaelf alone 
 re^poliaible. ^ . . „>^ , . 
 
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 hia extracts, (for there are two, although printed to- 
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 Tlk« MMir* I rrll#rt nn whM I tittarlf MW ftlMl !•▼• lIlIM lasfd 
 •f Mr Vjrvttn, iIi«I«>m I mm (1i«|mi«««<J nmonAti*' in b«« ni«n«||»tn«iit 
 •I AM/tlktiig iMjfMMl Ma MWii 4i»|i«rtiii«ii) i •«! I wmiM cimiiIm bit 
 •«ilb«irtijr «f ih«i wurliinK ••fill* vngin* mn4 itt ff^ntUn^t. •! t^lt 
 fir«»ii|«» unltl |<»a art MUtllrfl frofn y«iur own ol<«#r««iMMi thul U inif 
 k« ptMtlwnliy «NUrc#d. JHft Ofmf^d $kamU «iiit*ff« or ^IWI IA« 
 M#tl n^virtd for ik ■ orfMnarf wurk about tkt niithit»Hm»ni of thm 
 m§im$mmi*dpi99itk tha fmtl ond oiAtr wtuitrml r qutrt^, ail w4icA 
 U rtwl l ^ ^mw^ Mttr tmm ^% imdd ht mptmd of Mr, 
 VfiMsn, 'l%» Uu«r in«) tspntUlmr llil« «n inicrf«rii(iflM wiin bim. 
 •nd It* dl«po««(l lo r«»U* if. Tmj( h* mutt b« m«nii(»<i unil r(>nlroll««l 
 Mniil h« U b«u«r acquainud with iko rllm«i<t «u<l ib« manner of 
 doing tliingt in lliic coMniry, or hi« Kagliah notion* will •nlnil upon 
 u« moch unn«>«««Mry »lp«nM. 
 
 You m«v rrquirn nia naaiatnne« in m«naur4ng And aalimaiing tb« 
 B«r|aini, but h«»/«nd ih|« I rMo«nm«nd tbnt lin abnit not ini«rf«r« 
 In Ibo Mining l>«p«nm«nl, whidi i hav« liiila <fo«iht you will l^r 
 |h« pr»a«nl And it moat ndvianbla to conlklo to i^imonda, undur Mr. 
 Qr««>nfl«ld. I aneloM tbia to Moflaitt, MurNy 4i Co.. mha will 
 forward tt, il 70U ahould hnvo laft Toronto, hut I think it will Oftr- 
 lako jou thnro. 
 
 I ftiiit dtar tir, /our ob«di«nt Mrvtiit« 
 
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 1 have printed in italics the words omitted hy Mr. 
 AlUn, which, while they explain the sentence lol- 
 lowing, give an entirely drflerent signification to the 
 whole letter. The extract given by Mr. Allan wan 
 intended, and would lead to the belief, that Mr. Vivi- 
 an*s authority was to be confined " to the mere work 
 (ngof the engine," and that to this Mr. Vivian would 
 probab^ object ; whereas ihe letter shows that it wss 
 i|o the part to be performed by Mr. Greenfield, in en- 
 gaging men, providing fuel, &c., th*t he was expected 
 tt9t reoftanee. But Mr« Allan does not even 
 
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 j|icf of fuch iin|MifiAnef , He inl«r|KiUUf« i liUl^ word 
 nCich, boiir«¥«r, leUt •iriMigtv. Tl>« word mtr# » ^ ^ 
 
 «|«»uM conAtM lilt MlH^ty to Mm iiofkmK of ti«t 
 ** «n(ine ftud ita K|)|ieo<l«g:«f.'* Plow. (h# «^Vti|> 
 <" OMirt** HffiflciiUy put lo to kwd to t|« jBttf Oial 
 Mr. Vlfttt WM^ to b« p«rtiiitt«d to mltfWbiity ^ 
 ingt, byt that thu «u||)»rtiit4iiidiHiCii of tkk mH oC IHI 
 wofil Wifl to he imd«rt«k«)fi by m«. Mr. Vlvbin*! autho 
 fkjr Miing coodiii«d ** to the intf i iMribfif d tM mi* 
 |piSlA«r U WM •rvGtad, but i j^wmi oCwt Iftlltr 
 flMlf, wbiob k pwen iiiitipt, wilt tnUflitca tkr iilock- 
 holderf m to Its true mettnkif . Tmjt will thai ••« 
 tb«t it wM opaitd«r«<l AdvtMbir that Mr. Vifisu, wlio« 
 •pMMred dpiniai of tiUiitig charge of tbe whoU uUh* 
 Uflnitient, anould be confined to hit own depertairnl, 
 ^1k., the erection of the macbinerr and the buildioga 
 
 fcr.t9M^f for itf reception. Berndds, the buildinpa 
 re far advanced when t arriTcd at the ipinca ; aiidl 
 find in the draft of nay kettar of Slat N'oveinber, to 
 Mr. MofTatt, written teri days after my arrtml, the 
 following pa^aage:—** The engine-houMi ii proceed^ 
 "ing rapidly. The bfiiler-toate ii nearly finished 
 •* and the b<M|bfa put tog()the4lttlhj0gine-houae wf^a 
 >*tm up to V ^erring toJ|HBk all tlMitcma] 
 ^ maaonrr* ia nnished, and W^VmCi expecta to have 
 '•^the walla up the whole height, rtady for the roof in 
 i^S' fortnight The crushing-houao, which adjoina, 
 «llM \m done at Iho lama time.*' Thia, certainly, 
 
 ' ■^:ii^^'*^ 9 '"^ ^^T '^^ ^ ^^^ ^*^ either benn aent up 
 
 gl^Pio bgttd or aupenntend the building of tlia bouae, or 
 
 Y had^p^ltta that reapoDaibilit|r npon aae of my gwn 
 
 moaii. After raaJing tbeee Mien a^ exlncta. I 
 
 need acaroely peini out how comipletaljr the quotation 
 
 llrooi my lettai' of 1 Ufa ^im^ codfirmMpg lif. Bobia- 
 
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 mi4iir«a hy Mr. Vltinll for ikm (ittf||«}M ti| i,^, 
 
 Jl,AO& I WM ftdHafd hf tlw MdiiiiKC'MKtein 4if^h«r 
 niwW ofgvttinK IK* nN)utrf#Mipplj, and twirii«(t%i^ 
 oofiunaitiratMt willi Mr. V(*lin on thn rat^wiet. wl^ 
 gftvn htfl r« MOfM for th«f iixNlt of pfoiNHliifi« h# lngi 
 ■ilt|AKi } Mni (lin*, dtliough tlm cost «!•■•• •fBfc 
 
 to i«t ih«m go wr TiI«t htpt* ftilMPqtiantty mf^i^ 
 ka tli0 wititur, with m^ Viviin's cofi«urrf»iHm 
 te^MM rafuaing u> taNt at ^VA ptr hihitm f»M 
 lln Vivian «illlb«t«cl wmiltl be doiMi for i?<H 
 Bumif, th#rfl wte itothtfig in (Hm whirh pnoted tNil 
 1 MmitiiDd <ir ei«ffHiiid miiirr ^*mitrol ov^r the build 
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 iiimtiif I)ac., iMMt natonilly ••gg«at«d the idea of 
 ft-Aitiing and boarding the up^r yari ; and after cott- 
 laltatfoii with Wr. Viriap upib the auhject, Mr. ^ 
 €^ea«4•id and I wdivI over the tlnber, Imt ft)and that ^ 
 thtfi wa4 npt avfBeieiitk I wa* mvM^ir qiiHe tiaable 
 \omm ^ ^>>«t would he reqairtif, and Mr. VWian 
 wmw fli little ahout wooden bnildhiga and the tinabar 
 ieccMary, aa I then did about hkiiMiog in Mone, and^ 
 iMMMtt^aefitlf, Mf CSr^enfieltf w^ applied to Ibr tii 
 iNK^aatry Myraifttiod. Beaii^ liTi Greenfield hehig 
 tm^kmif of the eMabllAhineiif, eveii it he had decided 
 •ny oilng, I r«iUj do not aee thai there woold have 
 mm any gt^M inn(iropVietT hi the mMter ; hot l«iiat 
 ^0 Mk OfMnQM tttejuitlce 16 aay, that hi hia idler- 
 Mmm wHh Mf. ^iHiH (wlio wii hia inferbr in 
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 the foce of much provocatkiii ind aonoyaiice fttaB> 
 'Mr. Vifiin. i^i'^-i^wmi " s.;,i->".«i<; » |ui';i/ito^,'*|r/!.ift>' 
 
 Mr. AtUn*f quoUtion fttno my letter raganitiig the 
 leeervoir, it eoarc^ly • fair one* Had he gifts the 
 whole paaMge, the Stockholdeni would hive eeco 
 that 1 tWuld have heen aadli wantinff in mv duty> in 
 ftet, raalljF oulpabk, had { peimitled Mr. ViviaA to 
 carry out hit icheoie of making a rraerToir, at a coat| 
 of atiieait, X900, (o perfonn ^ duty which wai ei^l- 
 ed int twenty -eight ihillinga* Here ia the entire 
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 ** AlUir the deptrturi^ of my MM letter, I had a viilt 
 « fWim Mr.' Vivian on the aubject of allowancea, when 
 *Vhf told me, inttr alia, that theJpary was not the 
 ^* inducement to come her«; mui Sal he woald htfe 
 '^.Wi^am whether be had been engagped or not, as he* 
 ''intended to try hia chance in thia country aa an 
 ** engineer, and wished to have a perfect engine made 
 ** under his own superintendence to refer to ; that he 
 ** would not have engnoed for nxire than a year, had 
 •< Mr. Gillespie not ^olined to make the contract 
 <* contrni^ to instructions.- 1 told bun that if after 
 <* the engine waa fiiirly at work, i)t was found that 
 *f a lees experienced person could work the engine* A, 
 ** had no d^ubt the Pirectora woukl agree to his leav^ 
 V ing, ^o long aa the interests of the Company were 
 - not affilctiBd. lie is evidently TCiy much disap* 
 ** pointed «t the position he holds here. He expected 
 **. to have the control of etvjsrything and everybody, 
 *<4od hmted gently that the mine would not auc- 
 <^;.oe^4; until hehaj. tlpia, Imwever, liear, woidd be 
 •f no ip^prpv^mimt, He seeps to work very much 
 t'jpegfrdifns q(frm^f»P^^f FOi ioflance, how«i 
 *' M^f^tolki^l&a iioservoir on tti^hfll* about hatfrivay 
 •• b^tiwe^thf Bogine-Jliouae aidwl the mine, lor the piir- 
 ^^poee oir ftlUng the MIeni *t ^^ wd ""^keii H wila 
 *• r^Misite, to clean them.. I .dou^ beliefe it eouM 
 
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 «« work the engine with one boiler, while the other, 
 
 « irii imptWd; cletne^, and re61fed by the feed-pump. , 
 
 •^TO iWo boUen were filled by four mea in tif«>t 
 
 >^'llayi, at a coil of one iiound eight ■bilUnga 1*^^,1 >«, * 
 
 , I may add, that the engine wai nefer during my itay 
 
 at the aiinet, worled With more than one >oller, ei- 
 
 cent for a few deyi aa an experiment, to ascertain. 
 
 iHiethiBr bhe or tn^o boilera cqpsumed moat fuel, and 
 
 that nj^r of them h^wjijlfed cU?anin| up to thia 
 
 time I left. , , - ,: './..I irjMt/.. iiti:rH^iii'.i:^ 
 
 * And yet <*yoor Mr. Vivian," criea Mr. A"»n.-^ 
 
 '^ tnubbed ^n every hand— not allowed to manage 
 
 *^^6 engineerii^ de^rtment, mu^h leas permitted ta 
 
 <^ interfere with theHbiiildiagi-'' Kow, what, in the 
 
 Bpline of common lense, haj; the knaking a reservoir 
 
 , to do with building the engine^houM 1 The boilers 
 
 twere filled, and that was all that was wanted, and yet 
 
 Mr^ Allan argues that, bepause Mr. Vivian vms not 
 
 all^^ed to throw away a couple of hundred poupds 
 
 6n the former, thai be was iUterfeted with in the 
 
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 be sm# jiideed, ifth^ d«^Ct|oii of th»i will damage 
 his' professional' if%lata^b^,."'^,^ \^. "i^v.y^ ^ j4 
 It appears almoM Me>^(ni^%^ fioti^e'Mr. Alfan's 
 (BXtract from my letter of 19th February, where he 
 eyidentiy iiitendil the words, "when the men vrent to 
 wiUdb tkis^enung^'^ to b<* understood as alluding to 
 the masons buildii^^ihe hotis^, Instead 6T 1^(^ rntueirs 
 j^tMg i^ work jift^^ Diuring that se^'ero 
 
 lleatber, no out*door work of any description waa 
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 ■i prov^ig i{Ht> w^ the p«rfO|i uiHi^int 
 "rMtitig th6 buiMhi|^ and maehinery, on 
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 9f •••b>iMili»,lMl*p»iNi««« boiiM. I AmhmI ■ mm or •Iim«i 4»« 
 
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 ^ Aft^i* dibeiriii^^^ pOMibilitT of mairink tlie 
 bouse* uid giiring tiM reMont a|^ (t, 4he Ifeport 
 
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 taJTlo look fof ««ry 4»fcwolit.«li* ^ .^tffil 
 
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 truly fty with Mr. AlWh, tht^ ••comment on the alK>te 
 
 teems ttonece(ii|tfy^!tiiA4'»tH4V-'#ytftmKf^ •• '"'l^ "■■ 
 
 lianf nwie pMMgee might doMMleM be quoted' 
 from ihe corre«Mwdeoce ami r«portt of the period, 
 confirming the itiitewMnta I hete made, were I illowedf, 
 a6c0M to the aoenOM^ jui iliie CH&ce of the Compeoy, 
 but thif baa been denied me, except mi cendiaon thatr 
 I wiM* ill the wot^ of the Sljcfetary^ letter, - state in 
 ** direct terms that I wUI nU adopt any legal proceed- 
 " inn " in leipeet oC the report lately pubiiahed. In 
 
 <4er wordf, V*"- AWap'S"^*' ^^"8^ ransaohed thei 
 whole papers in the O^ce^ and made eitiaota and, 
 quotations, which, by a peculiar system of legerdemain, 
 lU baa omkwced into eridence of the tfHth of hia 
 aecmatiohs, ttJftwes me^acc^to theje rertr Wpi^rju, 
 knowing well what would be the result, unless 1 wUl 
 IccaUy releaie him Arom the punishment, to which h»/ 
 M^Seiitiy ibeia he baaJakI himself open, in hjj tecettt 
 poblicatMin--^ao attempt at cttercioo to whil* I 'a&mi 
 M alt all incttneij toaibmiu lam, therefore confin^ 
 in my, piwfii taiheiwifinal lettew from thie rresident*. 
 andsomedraltadreopiea of letters and reports whfch^ 
 
 I I b r tu rtiiitey him rttiwed. ^ ^. .^.,.n.,«ii:y.i.»Mi» 
 ^ need hardly point out to the Stockholders the un- 
 inaalinesaiif Mr. Ailing eomkielttt this >mall^r,fln^- 
 cularly j»a K tead Wlitden to tbe.8fec*eUfy, plaitily and. 
 
 4iaiinetly:atattisg^ '*^»»^ ■^^*!'^ 'f I^T^tfiS^^ 
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 *^ birectort, and not oonnected with the adoption of 
 **'my legal proceedingi, aa you wuy it reported.** To 
 iiae a common but aM)ft expr^iiiire phraaei it ia all of 
 a pie«e with hia other proceedinga. 
 
 But I moat haalen to a concloaion. This letl«i^ fi 
 already too lont, but aa Mr. Allan promiaea that it ie 
 to be the laat of the feriea, I hare endetf ored to give 
 aa full particnlara aa poaaible, in order to prevent the 
 neceaaity for further publication, which, aa I hate not 
 the advantage of a 0oard of Directora to endorse, and 
 a jmMie conipany to print my atatemenCa, is nith«r m, 
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 bfe«ka eut into auch a paroxysm of fhcetiousneat^' 
 a few woida am all that are required to ahow 
 that he haa committed a al%ht mistake in giving me 
 the credit of the production. The veasel was origin* 
 ated, planned, modelled, contracted for, and superin- 
 tended by Mr. Qreenfllld, and was mofe than half built 
 befi^ra I even aaw her. j.-'v-,.?* 'h-;- lu'i r* 
 
 ^ The simple iaet is, that daring the winter of 1849, the 
 n^ceflsityof barinra veasel of some sort for bringing 
 stone, lime, vegetables, hay, &c., mtm fbit, and as there 
 waa no place nearer than Detroit, where oiie could be 
 batlt, ffuch vestelaiire not boilt at Mackinao»} Mr. 
 Qreenfield, who continued to oc^upr the situation of 
 Siiperintendenl, and had charge of all connected with 
 thetooition and inpplies of every descrlpfion, proposed 
 to have a Seow biiik on the spot, ati^ting that he fbit 
 quite confident of lincoesB, and tbet tlnere was a man 
 then at the'MiwM, who waa p«i>feetly^ competent 
 lor the woHt, having been brcmglit' n{i as a bdat« 
 MIder it Sorel. I long opj»oaed the plan, donbt^^ 
 ing its sttocesa^ b»| waa at last oV«r-per^u«ded 
 bf Mr. Gre^nflehlj who offered tO" ; build the veasel 
 ^jilii ;f0#it»ui^9pdiaibility, nod blr«' Mr io the 
 
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 k»«aUMiviiod him to makn ft oontmct Hitb ibe boat* 
 Mlliler, whioh b« dMU ftod «• 1 wift weil mwnrn thai I 
 km^w •othinc sboui the tatMmr, aad had enlnuted it 
 entirelj to Mr. O r eti i ltold, I » urcely •?« Viaiied the 
 l^tnuMtthi where th« men were workings «nd Ilid 
 mm^f ftnr ide« of what the wonld bn IiIdb, ttntil^ 
 
 t«ly iaidbed. Mr. Qti>mMA, whM tdud wlbst) 
 P9^k9 profoaed building it, atatad that H wmM be 
 Ofi thii tnodmi of thoae uaed at Detroit; ai^d I iiMnt do> 
 Mr. O. the Jiiatioe to Mjr, theft I hare ae«rfeaMhiai 
 Detaiiiof a aioaikr build, aHhoiigb tbej aaenow uMdIjr 
 built looser and ahallower in proportion. I waa nel> 
 anveveofthe teadeeey of the aeow to tipaeti Her 
 fbiiU; on the only oeoaiioe when I waa on board ot^her^ 
 e»4Jiaden opportunity of Jodglig, and dnrMir which 
 i4 wae> blewuig a gale, waa maiing toe muehleew^, 
 
 I eaaeot believe thai the Beoka do not ahew the coal 
 of the Scow ; and| L an aati86ed, thet had Mr. AUa» 
 deaiied Mr* Fili^rini to give hiii the accomit,^ ha wouM 
 have done ao ; but if he expected to ftnd a aeperat^ 
 aooount in, the Letlger^ an^epplied to tlie iedeot, endeff 
 the lettcra W U, \al li pfohable be Woeld be diaap^ 
 peiMled' iii,hif laearc^li. ,i .^.;*h«t.4'»^; •■< .'>.^i ■ ^■■,-^'htWi^^ 
 
 Mr. AlkaV leal ato4e«ent» tkellievinrMMi^^ 
 bifAding eiealil, I ^ ordered a wheleoboat, oeppereil 
 feed eopper^aateiie^jlt with all her tfppurteoaMea; 
 <fr0rona BoetMr" ii ^ u|iniiti«it<!d faiaebeedi Ite 
 whalo'beatiiiit qeealioi^ and wUoh I have bees told 
 didi ooatt aeiD^ eeormoi^ suoa^ waa iaken to Leke Sur* 
 pupiof by aDenrforar^ [Mr, WlutMig I thinltl^aed aor^ 
 qiiim4 Q^theJiopitieai yiniig C foai p iei y) efong witir 
 at|p0etieii|rbieh»|M>Jkad taheft npi^ Mid lAlmaltireid 
 bfi^iina«it»y«aM\t 1111846^ /iW partMfmr»iMd4tit$ 
 ^§tlf90^$tfH^-t$itmt tkti ■ > CveipofiM, |m fiiet^ •engagefitentf 
 liPHMr blie%|iifapiing^.i817 lit Itfi^eelie^baclhredil 
 thpt Mr. Alla»i4aetiietBar th«iM«* Cookkom^ elated 
 
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 . jMof^^n f««iUo* In t«4e, iiii which iipraMlr 
 
 • And n<m, hiifing «h»oit «oii«1mM» ff wmOA Mh. 
 
 M«d OM irlhihU M atUMl I* prove, UmI the movC 
 
 •ow oedMr diMUiitoii, ItaeMwerthgr ^ the PreHdM 
 
 2L*S/?5!!S^ imMIc CoiiipwijF, ee it it hMMlitii( to 
 
 4heteclihQMe«e,toe0ertelhiiime « eliiieaieiit of 
 
 iprU, etioh a nmm oimimnpfnmmtt^Uom, Mpporled hv 
 
 '•Ut«neol» devoid oftnilh« end extraoto fiilfted to 
 
 ■uit the porpoiea of the writerl I think not I end I 
 
 ^H^t^ii 3?«r heiid^ ittidled thet my «mple 
 
 Jtetewent^ ferifled ee they eve by inoontetllMe eri- 
 
 Pence. wdi heve mote elleot then if I hed piled niodh- 
 
 ^iM of infective end ebuee^imoii Mr Allen'e heed, 
 
 J^thoueh. hed 1 done pi, I ooeld eoerooly heve been 
 
 '•'!5r*V*^****??« ^ proTocetion he hea giren me. 
 
 The hrick-meinng epeonletion, et Mr. Allen ^leH. 
 
 mind hhn (o£ whet he ie onTte well ewere hy the per- 
 
 Tl^.^^. ^I^hi^^ **'' GneenMd. whored ^ 
 to Detroit, hed fluled in eetting hrieke, end cmc 
 juently thet the mekin«lnek ^t the Mine w3| 
 to*Uw of neoemlty, end elio to point oat, thet he hif^ 
 (acoidentdly ofcourM), oroittecf to gire credit for the 
 Telue of the machine, field, hakes, eorera, kiln, and 
 stock of clay on hand, and which lattor is .rery con- 
 eiderable. Mr. Allan will no doubt, howerer, be quite 
 willing, when the fpportonity offera. to use up this 
 material, and pnde himself upon the excellence of his 
 m«;i^rMMnA. m mAhp brirks for ten shillings per 
 ^»?2!^J^J>«ch former^ co(rt seven dollars. ' 
 
 ». AM ;eWses his report with a string of qnaU- 
 noetions, which he stfUes lae ito poMM jwtriy 
 
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 !!• wax«lb axcMiling wiilj, nioitover, u|Mm 
 whal k* «<ait my tkghu oihocyt in liolding out Om 
 protMOl 10 Ih0 Bmrd iMl faAi of a clear profit 
 of jC8 a-mofith tor avary mao eniplojred undar ground 
 dttriug lliia auiiiiii«r» Alft UmI I oaad tar on tKat 
 pNH^^MKlil do ao with laal peaaur«)» ^ that if. I 
 i«i««d, il «vaa in plaoittg tha amooiit ao low, aa the pro* 
 At now nnada OMiat, at thapraaaot pHca of eoppar, \m ' 
 nearar i€ 1)1 par OKittth fbr avary mioer uiid<Mrcrooit4'' 
 itlid M fiiraa thai protpaoiia concernadt I think 1 wt^' 
 
 ,m^ ll»t tha plaaauraa of jiopahave merged in tboaa of 
 ifhtition* ^ , ''>,t;<' -a.,'?'.' 
 
 ~ifU]¥w. ii4Uia*» taat aanlence iato mynterioua that I aaftr— 
 
 ' Mt undaratand ita amact meauioic* It ia lilia the 
 llelphio Oracle, to ha liateoed to and baliaved, but 
 llbi.Mirpt^^^ton l«ft until Uie fuUUnieot ahali.ahow 
 timmm^f it ought to be read. I thinlt, howefer» 
 llMit tbO uncertainty of t^e exact quarter of tho 
 IU«¥aBa» where thia woodroua luminary ia to appear, 
 JTAtbaravguea that Mr. AOian, under the figure ol tho ' 
 aun borattng thiongh the dark clouda, intenda poeti-r 
 oally and unoal^ntatioutly, to typifir hiaown aplandid 
 ami varied UkUniM and achie.venient8, he being the peraan 
 
 ^.connected with the Company, to whom the Fat 
 Knigbt*a Account of Dama Quickly aeems beat to ap- ; 
 ply, for coiiainly "a roan never knows where to: 
 
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