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Isaac Buchanan's conduct to me is the cause of this letter in my defence. I make no apology for its publication. My friends I know will carefully peruse it; from those who are not my friends, j-et not my enemies, I simply ask a like perusal of it; and my enemies may act as ihey see fit, I care not for them — cowardly slander and brute force, sustained by bribery and corruption, are their weapons. Owinu; to Isaac Buchanan's brutal and abominable conduct to me, in my own house, in respect of the action at law I brought against the Rev. David Inglisand his infamous Elders and Deacons for their assault of me in May, 1861, and his threatening me, that if I did not give up the same, that my " life would not be worth two months' purchase," (more brute force) I did on the 4th October, 1861, cast him olfF, as also his firm of Buchanan, Harris &i Co., as my clients, as ' could not thereafter meet such a creature as a client. Those of you who know the man, know how fearful his wrath must h(< en at being thus cast off, and how he would cast about to j: )w he could vent it. I thereupon stnt him all the papers and documents belonging to him or his firm in my possession, and arranged to the utmost of my ;r)i!Ity all their affairs then in my hands, with which I had considerable trouble ; and from a feeling of pride that I would not accept a fee from any man whom I had to cast off as a client on account of his baseness, I did not make any charge for these and o'her services rendend subsequently in the further closing of their affairs, and 1 have not been paid or even offered a farthing for such my services. Having thus arranged as far as I could their affairs in my hands, in accordance with my liberal promise made to them in my letter casting them off, and also after having given to their Solicitor, James Daniell, all the information he wanted, in accordance with 2 my said promise, and at their request contained in tiie following letter to me, in Isaac Buchanan's hand-writing, namely : » 16th Nov., '01. " Colin D. Reid, Esq., "Dear Sin. — We give this to James Daniell, Esq., to shew that he has been appointed as our Solicitor to attend to the unfinished matters in your hands ; and we have to request for him *.he assistance which you were so kind as promise to the person ap- pointed our Solicitor in these matters." " Yours respectfully, " Buchanan, Harris & Co." I did on the 2nd of December, 1861, (two montiis having then passed) send to Buchanan, Harris & Co., my account for business done by me for them from 1st January, 1861, until tlio day on which I thus cast them off, and also my account against the estate of Mr. Harris. I waited until December lOth and then wrote them for payment, and on the same day, Isiac Buchanan, in the name of his firm sent nie their cheque fi>r |600 on account, saying, that he would have my accounts more carefully examined and settled within a day or two. On 26th December, 1 again wrote them for payment of the balance, and the following is the corres- pondence thereupon : 26 Deer, 1861. Messrs. Buchanan, Harris & Co., Gbntlemkn, — You have now had abundant time to examine my Account for this year's business, and I therefore must again request payment thereof. That Account should have been paid to me early in October last, but 1 did not ask for payment thereof by not rendering it, until that you would feel assured that I would fulfil my promise to give you any information 1 oould about your affairs, notwith- standing I was not bound to do so. That promise 1 have hitherto with much trouble to myself carried out; many a tinif has Mr. Watson come to my office and house for information, and got it ; I have given Mr. Daniells all for which he has applied, (except answering his last letter which I cannot du until 1 go to my office) and I have repeatedly sent to your ofKce for you and Mr. Buchanan, papers ; for all which gratuitous services, most cour- teously performed, I have not even had the civility shewn me of an acknowledgment of the receipt of the papers thus sent. I might also have retained your papers, deeds, tfec, until that my Account was paid, but here again I manifested my courtesy by ^ A Co." *"8» and A 3 offering same to you, and giving up same to you the moment you sent for same. The bearer hereof will wait for your answer. Yours, &o., Colin D. Kkid. 26 Deer, 1861. Isaac Buchanan, Esq., Executor of B. W, Harris. Sir, — I will thank you for payment of my Account against the Estate of Mr. Harris, rendered to you, as from my long illness and continued inability to attend to business, owing to the injuries I received last May, in the Macnab Street Church, I am in want of the money. Yours, &o., Colin D. Reid. 26 Deer, 1861. Colin D. Reid, Esq., Dear Sir, — In reply to your notes tons, and the writer, of this date, we beg to say that we hope immediately to attend to your Accounts. The one for 1800 which you sent to the writer got covered up among his private papers, and has been a-raissing. This moining however it has been found, and no time will now be lost in geiting matters understood. Yours truly, Buchanan, Harris & Co. We can assure you that no disrespect was intended for you in the writer's omission to acknowledge your enclosures. It arose only from his h.wing had much on hand at the time, and he was only aware of the oiuission when you complained. B. H. & Co. (Note. — At this time I published my address to the citizens of Hiiiiiilton, intituled: "Our City Government, and our City Mem- ber." Our City Men>ber of Parliament being then as most of you are aware, this same Isaac Buchanan.) 27 Dec, 1861. C. D. RiED, Esq., Dear Sir, — The writer received yesterday the Chancery Notice in the matter of Week's land, which you sent him. In looking over your accounts of 1860 and 1861, we find the charges very arbitrary ; though the writer is anxious to take the most liberal views of the former account which you agreed when you settled about the Mortgage with Mr, Muste.rton t(» leave to his decision, still as anxious to avoid t/isputhiQ your charyes to the extent we possibly can, and to give you the full benefit of all the circumstances, you will oblige us, by oxpresaing to us in writing, that the Accounts which you have rendered includi^s every claim you have on us, and on every member of our h.te and present firms. Waiting your reply, Yours truly, Buchanan, Harris & Co. 28 Deo., 1861. Messrs. Buchanan, Harris & Co., Gentlemen: — Boforcl reply to your extraordinary, incorrect, and unjustly insinuative letter of yesterday, I desire to be informed what you mean by the word "arbitrary" used therein. Yours (Sic, Colin D. Ueid. 30 Dec, 1801. Colin D. Ried, Esq., Dear Sir : — In answer to your note of date Saturday, just received, we beg to say that by the word "arbitrary" we mean "wioa/ unusuaV^ charges. Yours truly, Buchanan, Harris & Co. 30th December, 1801. Messrs. Buchanan, Harris & Co., Gentlemen, — Your letter of this day's date, I received this evening. You say therein that by the word "arbitrary," you mean "most unusual" charges. It may be that I am obtuse, but I cannot grasp such generalities. ^Vili you therefore condescend upon informing me, in what respect my charges are " most unusual," and then do me the justice of pointing out to me what charges are so. I will then reply to your letter of 27th instant. Yours &c., Colin D. Ebid. take the •eed when live to his les to the f aJI the II vvritinj^, \ry claitn present ts & Co. 1861. icorrect, nloniied ). Kkid. 1801. ly, jiist e mean & Co. SOI. d this ' most grasp rilling ten do Rbid. 3l8t December, 1861. C. D. Reid, Esq., Dear Sir, — We have your letter of yesterday's date. On reflection it will, we think, be obvious to you that thu friendly object ot our respects of 27th, was to ho. put in the most favorable position to judge of your charges ; and we therefore hope that by answering it, you will enable us to do ho. Yours truly, UucHAKAN, Harris 6ii Co. 1st January, 1862. Messrs. Buchanan, Harris & Co., Gentlemen, — Your letter of yesterday I received this morning, and you certainly manifest thereby stninge conduct. You retuse to pay my account because you say it is " arbitrary." I ask you to ex[)lain that word, you reply, yii\i mean thereby "most unusual." I ask you civilly in what ros|it.ct my charges are " most unusual," and also in justice to me, that you point out to me what charges you think are so ; these very pri)per requests civilly made, you, by your letter of yesterday, in eflict refuse to answer. Assuredly, common honesty and justice demand that you should either pay me the balance due by you to me, or else, that you point out such of my charges as you cunsider wrong, and clearly and pointedly inform me wherein you consider same to be so ; so that I may be able to satisfy you (if thuL can be done so far as you are concerned, as I know in respect of the reasonableness and rightfulness of my charges, I will have no difficulty in relation thereto,) that you are in error, so that 1 may be paid forthwith those monies I am righteously entitled to. In the settlement of my charges. 1 do not want one penny to be allowed me upon any ground whatever, than upon the just and v.uiy just ground of the rightfulness — in every aspect — of the charges, x.i respect of the respective matters, for which the same are respec- tively made. Any other settlement upon any other grounds would be dishonest. 1 mi'st therefore insist upon an immediate, plain and full answer to n ^ last letter to you, in order that I may take proper measures to have the charges you may object to, properly adjusted, or else, that you pay me the amount due to me by you ; and what I thus ask is simply what justice and reason demand. Yours &c., Colin D. Reid. 3r(l January, 1802. C. D. Rkid, Es{[,, Sir, — We have your letter of Ist instant, and ref»rct that yonr self-respect, if nut yiuir respect for us, should not havo prevented you writing such a letter. We have nothing further to say to you than that it is necessary before giving the writer's decision regarding your accoinit of last year, and our opinion as to the account of both this aiid last year, to have an answer to our respects of 27th ult. Your obedient sorv'ts, BUCUANAN, IIaRKIS & Co. Messrs. Buchanan, Harris & Co., 3rd January, 1802. Gentlemen, — Your letter of to-day's date was delivered to me by your messenger this evening. As you refuse to pay me the balance due on my account against you, on the ground that the charges arc " arbitrary," subso(|uently explained by you to mean " most unusual," and as you refuse to point out those charges which you thus say are " most unusual," and in what respect tlie same are so, there is now but two courses to pursue, namely : first, a reference of that account to a Banister to decide j or secondly, an action at law by me against you lor the recovery of same. I now propose to refer my said account to a Barrister, and if you will place the same in the hands of your Solicitor wiih in>.truc- tions to him so to arrange, I will call upon liiiii, atul I have no doubt but that he and 1 can agree upon a Barrister to adjust the same. If you will not concur in this mode of the settlement of said account, I must just sue you, as no other course will be left me. I shall then have to place these your letters, shewing very clearly your very unjust conduct, and the recent letters of Mr. Isaac Buchanan to me as acctumting for same, before the jury, and as I have (foolishly I must now say,) given up all your papers to you, thereby losing my ])roiit — i( jio more, I must in any case, whether under a reference or by trial by a jury, si bmit to take whatever of my said just account I can wring out ol you, upon your oaths, and the oaths of your clerks. If you could have pointed out any wrong charges in my accounts, Mr. Isaac Buchanan — who is the writer of all these your letters to "•y, 1862. 't that your prevented ^ iit'ccssftry ""'t of Jast J lust year, Kis 6e Co. , 18G2. ed to mo t ngainst L'(|nently ■ i''ii.sc! to iiHisiial," ^'■n-rister ' years of ago knows that " arbi- trary" docs not mean "unusual,") to refuse to inform mo wherein the same were so ; and when I properly and courteously wr j. . him on 3d of .lanuary, 1H(U, that I was willing to refer those at counts to a Barrister capable of judging of same, whom his So- licitor and 1 could ajfiee upon, or else, that I must sue; he, for such my courtesy, and tor asserting that I did not wish one penny to be allowed to me n[iiin any ground whatever than u[)()n the only just ground of the rightfulness of the charges ; calls me " a madman, or a most dishonorable scoundrel." I leave you to judge whether such appflations — especially the latter of the two — arc not peculiarly suitable to himself, and most truthfully des- criptivo of his own conduct in the matter. On Cth January, 1802, .lames Daniell called upon mo at my house, and informed me that he came to sec me about thtse ac- couiits. He read to nu' a letter written to him by Isaac liuchanan, acknowledging that 1 liid gratuitously performed for him many services which ha/earcd that now I would charge for, and desired Daniell to ascertain from me all he coidd of these matters, and closed with the significitive caution to Daniell : «' Do not commit us," That letter discloses his object and Jesuitism in his said let- ters; he feared — not from anything in me, but from his own in- herent nature — that 1 would dishonestly charge him with the many and great services I had gratuitously performed for him, hence his desire to ol)tain from me a declaration that 1 had no ac- counts against himself, and then he could safely carry out his threat of "disputing my accounts to the utmost extent he possibly could." I at once said to Daniell that it was quite true, that I had done many acts of grace for Isaac Buchanan, but that I had no account of a pecuniary nature against him for these. I merely claimed to V)e entitled to his gratitude therefor. Daniell then said — his eyes glistening with delight, no doubt at having thus far so well succeeded in accomplishing Isaac Buchanan's instructions to him in said letter — that Isaac Buchanan would pay me my ac- counts in full, provided that I would give his various Firms a Re- lease under seal, and also, himself a Release under seal from all claims and demands whatsoever. I at once declined to do so in respect of Isaac Buchanan, as such a release from its very nature would evidence that he had paid me for services which I had gra- I I lo, ftnd my ^ Co., aro L'lmnun, and » honorable Hid quibble "most tin- Llmt " flrbl- no whorein sly WToT. , ' tlicso a< m his So- li ; ht', f;»r one penny upon the Us nu! '• a yoii to tlio two — fully des- 10 (It my these nc- 3uc'h(inan, lin) nniny i desired ters, and T fOMMIT said let- own in- with the f'»r hitn, d no ac- lis threat possibly N that F It I had merely ell then thus far ructions my ac- is a lie- rorn all :> so in nature lad gra- tuitous!/ pertbrmed, whioh would make nic appear in a di$honor- aide posii'on, but that I would give the release he required in re- spe«t of lbicI.:."'H»>, Harris &i Co., and that 1 would give to Isaao lluchanan a declaration in writing under my hand and seal that 1 had pi'rlbrnied many serviceH for him j/nituitouHly, that I would mention as many of uame as I could recollect, and as many more which Isaac Ibichanan could reooUect, and that I had not any account of a pecuniary nature for these or other like Hcivioes against him ; which declaration thus under seal would be as ellectual a release aH if a money consideration was stated therein,and that it would place both Isaac Uuchanan and myself In our true position. That /jmposal JJaniell declared to he quite fair, and that under all the circumntances I could not do otherwige^ and that he would advise Isaac Buchanan to accept of it, and would inform me of the result. On })th .lanuary, 18(52, not having heard from Daniell of such result, 1 wrote him to inform mo of same, he sent his clerk to my house, who verbally informed rue, that 1,-iiae Buchanan w(»uld pay my iK'counts in full if 1 would give to \m firm, and also to him- selt', a nU'ase uiult-r seal fn»m all claims and demands whatsoever. I askt'd him to n-quest Panic^ll to put that offer in writing for me, but hf never did ho. You thus see that Isaac Buchanan refused tnv just proposal, and would only pay iin', provided I would give him siicii a document as would make me appear what he had called me in his letter of 4th January. Fet'ling it a nu'iv waste of time to wait longer, I proceeded as I was able to make up bills of costs in detail in the few suits in which (u»st8 wt;re charged in these accounts, anil to servo sanu', in order th.it at the end of a month thereafter I ((nild sue him ; and being in a position to sue the executors of Mr Harris for such my account .'igain»t his estate, I wrote Buchanan the following letter: 16th January, 1H(W. IbAAC Buchanan, Esq., Silt, — As I must now sue the executors of R. W. Harris, Esq., for the amount of my account against them rendered to you, will you naiiKi an attorney on behalf of yourself and the other e.xecu- tors residing in Canada to accept service of a summons, or shall I send a Bailill'to you and them, with same? I will wait your answer. Although you may and justly so have considered yourself quite filthy enough by your conduct to me, set forth in my Address to the Citizens, I think you ought not to have placed your firm in the vfry (/tsZ/oncs/ position of refusing to pay my said Account, and my Account against your firm, on the ground of the same being 10 I I " arbitrary," " most unusual," and thereafter offering to pay same if I would give you individually a release under seal of all *' claims " 1 have against you, otherwise they would not ; that is certainly an attempt to make Mr. Harris' estate and your firm pay your individual debts ; involving also the dishonesty of paying accounts — provided you thereby got your own discharge — which you have refused to pay for the reasons aforesaid, as you have not withdrawn the.se reasons of refusal. My Account against Mr. Harris' estate, as well as my Account against your firm, should be settled upon their respective merits, and I feel that every honest man will so say. Mr. Daniell read to me your letter to him, written in the name of your firm, and I will not forget that you therein say to him, that I have done for you many acts of grace which you now feared I would charge you for, desiring him to ascertain from me about same, and giving him the significative caution ; " Do not commit us. Yours, &c.. Colin D. Rkid. That letter places the conduct of Isaac Buchanan in its true character. In February 1862, Isaac Buchanan made an affidavit ihat my Accounts of 1860 an*l 1861, and Mr. Harris' account, confained "overcharges," (a different ground from either "arbitrary" or " most unusual,") and moved the Court to have tht- saiiK- taxed. I filed an affidavit in reply, showing tlitit my account for 1860 was paid by Masterton, on behalf of Buchanan, Harris &i Co., in April, 1861,andalso the thorough reasonableness of said aceo\nits, and other matters, which settlement Isaac Buchanan l)y a .suhsequeiitafiidavit denied, although he was in Scotland at the time. 1 instructed my Agtnt to oppose the application, in respect of the l!^<»0 account, upon the ground that it was so paid, and as to the others that I was willing to refer all charges in suits to the taxing ollieer of the Court to decide, as he had a Tariff of fees ap[)oiiited by the Court to guide him, but that all charges for advising, exammation into titles to real estate, conveyancins:, «Sje., for wliich there was not a tariff of fees established, should not be referred to the taxing officer, but that I should be allowed to try same by a jury, like every other creditor seeking the recovery of a debt. Me did so, but we have a recent Statute of our Parliament giving most extra- ordinary and oppressive powers to the .ludges, in respect of the legal Profession, and Judge Burns who decided the matter would not look at my accounts, declaring that " he had seen enough of the Hamilton lawyers' bills to satisfy him that every l>ill from that city should be taxed, and that the taxing officer must decide upon all matters for which there was not a taritTas he best ', .mid," and made an order accordingly. So that you see 1 was not 11 pay same " claims " Jrtainly an pay your |g accounts you have Iwithdrawn rris' estate, ;tled upon vill so say. the name t> him, that feared I me about ot commit • Rkid. I" its true t that my contained trary" ,,r "If taxed. 1800 was 1 ill April, i.and other it affidavit noted \\\y ) account, 'IS that I ■«'• of the 'he t'oiirt tion into as not a e taxirifr nry, iiko e did so, 'St extra- t of the ■r w(.iij,l lollfrji ,,f >ill troiii 'V must he best was uf ditTer- en I at- 2, and I 15 was somewhat horrified (notwithstanding that my agent had prior thereto informed me of the fact ) at seeing it in the following state, namely : Total ^502 12 6 Cr. By contra acct, for Linen . — £ 1861 April By cash from R. K. Masterton X500 By reading Isaac Buchanan's oath, you will observe that he does not positively and directly deny my oath that the £2 12 6 piece of linen, was creditod in my account for 1S60, but he onli/ swears — as I have already pointed out — that my account for 1860, as then produced shows that I was mistaken. I reattached that account for 1801, to one of his affidavits, and also my account for 1860 to it, and placed both before the Judge. He was careful not to make any reference to my account for 1860, as shewing that jt was not credited therein, which, in the state in which it theti was, would have been his best proof, but he refers lo my account for 1861, and is content to draw the inference from the language therein used, that it was not so credited ; but hv took good care through his Solicitor to draw the careful attention of the Judge to my account for 1860, as it then appeared, narnely, in the state in which it lastly hereinbefore appears, and triumphantly urged, that both accKunts taken together conclusively [noved, that I was mistaken in niy oath ; and that the account for iStJO condimvely proved^ by its simple appearance, that it was not settled and discharged. I was iiot pre.seiit. My Agent was ignorant ot the aforesaid mutilation of same by the erasures aforesaid, and could only rely upon my adidavit, as certainly both these grouini.s of objection were estab- lished by these accounts as they then appeared, and without any explanation thereof. I have not seen the books of Buchanan, Harris & Co., to know whether both these accounts are entereil therein or not ; but I do know, that when I was so present in the taxing-officer's office, on the 16th day of May, 1862, that Isaac Buchanan and his solicitor were there, that the taxing-officer desired us to settle the amount of credits he was to give to Buchanan, Harris & Co., that I.saao Buchanan and his solicitor, James Daniell, and myself talked about and settled these credits, that I then and there again gave them credit for both pieces of linen, at £3 and £2 12s. 6d., and that Isaac Buchanan — notwithstandiny his said oath^ made on the 20th of February previous — accepted of the same ; and I have further to state, that in all my prior accounts and dealings with that firm, they never omitted to charge me with any article of goods purchased by me from them, even to the value of a penny. 16 1 cannot say who lo mutilated my said account foi* 1800, or who caused it to be done. I have simply stated /acia. Deductions from these facts I make not. I do however know, hence I plainly state it, that by these false swearings, that account for 1800 so produced in said state, and all the other appliances used against me in relation to these matters, I have been defrauded most grossly out of £200, of my hard earned charges, and put to about £75 of costs in the attempt to sustain my rights. I pass over a few more " spokes of the wheel " of less mag- nitude, and I come now to the taxation. I was only able to attend for about an hour at the first meeting in the taxing master's ollice in Toronto, his brother was dangerously ill, and being sent for, thetaxation was adjourned for some days. A few charges were taxed before the adjournment. Mr. Daniell insisted that yni/ accounts should be taxed as they were, and that no inference of any service having been performed as of necessity from the nature of the work should be allowed, but only such services as were mentioned in the accounts. I objected most strongly to that doctrine, as my accounts were very carelessly made out, only a leading feature or so in the matter being stated, so as to intlinate to Buchanan, Harris & Co., what the charge was for, they knowing well the details of the matter, and hence if taxed as same stood, 1 necessarily must lose heavily. The tpxing officer agreed with Mr. Daniell, saying that his duty was to tax what was before him. lie allowed me $4 for drawing a common Deed, Men)orial, and affidavit of the execution of same ; and when we came to another charge of a like nature, because that the "affidavit" was not mentioned, although it was drawn by me, James Daniell objected to the same amount of $4 being allowed me, and that $1 uhouid be struck off for the affidavit, and the taxing officer struck it off. He also preposterously refused to allow for any attendance not mentioned, as if business could be done without attendance, and almost none were mentioned. I was unable owing to said assault to attend the taxation further, so I had to retain Mr. Alexander Macnab, Barrister, Toronto, to attend to same for me, hut as 1 had made only these short entries in my Day Book of these charges in my accounts, and as il was utterly impossible for me to recall to memory the particular fact of each matter, sonie of which I might have been able had 1 seen the papers and documents drawn and examined by me, I could not as must be obvious to you instruct Mr. Macnabb to any extent, so that he had to grope his way as he best could in almost darkness. Daniell appeared, strenously objected to every charge, and fully verified the threat of Isaac Buchanan in the hereinbefore copied letter of 27th Dec, 1801, nan)ely : he " disputed my charges to the extent he possibly could." The following are a few extracts from these accounts, shewing 1 the X 'A- iiai 1 Ian an( 1 rcc 1 hr J y 1 15 •■i or i pi' tel m ni 'is sa -u 1)1- 1800, or Deductions ce I plainly >r 1800 so against me )st grossly out £75 of less mag- e to attend tor's oflice ? sent for, 'rges were d that viij ice of nny nature of as Were 'y t(» that L:t, only rt > intimate J knowing e stood, 1 with Mr. ihim, ila Jrial, and f> another was not objected 1 Hh»»uld lek it ofK ance not ice, and I assault ovander as 1 had arges in ecall to f might ■vn and •uct Mr. he best bjected I'hanan > : he lewing il 1? the way in which the charges were made and how same were taxed, iiamtly : " Hxatnining abstracts of title to four different parcels of hmd in Vienna and Kay ham, conveyed by to Isaac Buchanan, and advising y(^\^. that titles very defective, £5." This charge was reduced trc^'ive thii^ " atten lance " is not mentioned. My charge; of 15 for the care and legal skill required to decide upon the goodness or badness (if the title, with the eonsfrjuent liability of the pro- pertii's being worth at least £500, and liow much more I cannot tell, is certainly but small, but the pittance of half that sum is miserable. I nunt'oned this case to Judge Richards in the argu njcnf. as to the taxation, and he placed of his own accord (and he said he le various notices; matters which went to the Very root of all of these firms. " E.xamining into title to lands mortgaged by t(» £1 5 0." From this 12,00 was taken, 'Writing Kegistrar for certificate of title to property, examining same, and advi>.ing as to title, £2 10 0." From this £112 <) wa'< taken, thus allowing me $3,r)0,the 50 cents being I sup- pi se fiir wiiting the letter to the Registrar, nothing allowed for at- t'lulaiiees, as mme were not mentioned. " Examining Deeds from to Isaac Buchanan, (the securities and other Deeds were usually latterly taken in his name) of lands in Toronto, Brantford, and Soinerville ; also Reuistrar's certificates of the titles to these lands and advising you, £0 5 0." From this was deducted £3 15, thus le.iving me f 10 for examining as many Deeds for four differ- ent parcels of land, as to whether the same were legally drawn or not ; and also exanuDing into and advising upon, the titles to these 3 * 1 'V 11 'T 18 lands; that is 11,25 for examining each Deed, and the liability incurred in so doinj;; and $1,25 for examininrj Into each title, and the liability thereof; these lands and properties were worth several thousand pounds ! A charge of $5 for dia wing a Deed, Memorial, djc, was wholly disullowed ; Dnniell produced it, snid it was wholly useless, admiltod however that it was lojially drawn, and either would not or could not tell why it was not used, and as Mr. Maonabb could notplveany reason why it was not iiscd, it was struck off. " Procuriiif? from Rt-gistrar of ()\f .id cfriifioates of title to lots No's. 11, 13, 30, 32 and 92 in Boeclivilie b.longlng to ———, examining same as to title, and advising you, £0 5 0." From this was taken £'i 15 0, leaving tno §10 or $2 for rach tiilc, as (ill the titles to these lots were d ffl'iont hiiving pa'^sod thr'Migh different persons. Evamining into title to land fif £1 5 0." This was reduced to ^2. " Arranginu with Mr. Muirfor sale to Mrs, Muir of the houschcKi effects of the late Mr. llanis, tn be tnktm by her as part paynicut of her legacy under the Will of Mr. Ilarris, procuring Mr. Booker to value the samp, giving him instructions as to same, settling with him his charges, drawing Mrs. Muir's receipt for same, drawing mem. of sale to her, &c., £5." This was reduced to $0, for which in addition to what is mentioned, 1 had to read over the whofe Will of Mr. Harris — which is very long — to determine whether it could be done and how it should be done, so as to draw properly the necessary docu- ments, including many attendances upon Isaac Buchanan as execu- tor of Mr. Harris. " Costs of defence of Oliver's suit against Mr. Harris, £2 10 0." Daniell objected to me being allowed a retaining fee in this matter, upon the ground that I did not have a "written Retainer" from Mr. Harris, he did not object to the reasonableness of the charge, but because I had not debused either Mr. Harris or myself, by obtaining from him a letter asking mo to defend the suit, thereby expressing distrust of him, he — Daniell took advantage thereof, and upon that technical objection he succeeded, and got the $10 reduced to $2,90, being the mere cost of entering an appearance, with the officers fees ; and that in a special action, witli which I had much trouble. What an admir- able specimen of honesty that is ! How finely illustrative of Isaac Buchanan's threat — that he would dispute my account to tlie extent he possibly could ! ! I drew six very long and very special articles of co-partnership requiring great care and legal skill, and mnch time in the preparation thereof, as these partnerships involved hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of pounds, one for thft London firm, one for the Montreal firm, one for the firm here, in the lifetime of Peter Buchanan, one for the firm in Glasgow, Scotland, one for the firm here, after the death of Peter Buchanan, and when Isaac Buchanan changed his views, another one embracing the whole of these. All these were in very many respects widely different, embracing differ- en foi on all ve bu cai *i: 10 the liability icii title, and k'orth several 1, ISfemorial, -^nid it was drawn, niid and as ^^r. •si'd, it was rtifioates of Jiloiii»iii(T (o I, £(5 50." r each tillc, sod ifllMllfrh — £1 f) 0." salc> to Mis. to lie tjilr Buchanan even ')efnre he left for Scotlatui for £200, he would have paid me it with pleasure, as I hold his lettiT to me expressiv*' of his very j^reat satisfaction with the way and manner I had acted it) these matters, but unfortunately forme, he died within t,wo months after he so left this city. I pass over anothfr " spoke or two in the wheel," and j,'i\'e another excellent illustration of how Isa'ur Buch.uian " disputed toy accounts to the extent he possibly conUy 1 hud in one i»f the>e accounts made a char;,'e of $30 for somn services, but like the rest of my accounts, I had only mentioned a leadinj^ feature or so of the matter. On the sdd 10th day of May, 1802, in ini/ prenence, the taxing officer examined Isaac Buchanan upon oath as to this eharfrc* After one or two queslions put by that ()fficer,I)aniell interfcred,and put the following question to Isaac Buchanan, namely : •'•Lookiiu/ /iat is stated therein as to this charge of $30, what do you think of it? " Isaac Buchanan. — '" Well ! looking at this account and what is stated therein, the charge for that work is most monstrous.''^ James Daniell, — "Do you think $2 enough for ill" Isaac Buchanan. — '' Well ! looking — as I said — at the account and w/nit is stated therein, I think $2 or 13 enough." The t;ixing officer then read that portion of an affidavit which I had made explaining what I could recollect of the. charges in these accounts, which related to this charge, and asked Isaac Buchanan if it was true or false. James Daniell, looking at the taxing officer. — " That, is not fair. You are taxing the account as it is ; and you must not look beyond the account."' The taxing officer. — " Mr. Buchanan, is Mr. Reid's affidavit true or false ? Isaac Buchanan, rubbing his head with his hand, and his face becoming blue white. — "Well! if J am to look at all tvhich Mr. Reid did in this mailer, he had a great deal of trouble from first to last, and if he has made no other charge in these accounts for same than this of |30, Imvst say it is a low charged The taxing officer, looking at Isaac Buchanan. — "There is no other charge in those accounts, and I will allow it in full, on these your own statements." I reed not comment ihereon. ITnd I not hcfn thus present, that charge would have been reduced to $2. Had I Iccn allowed 4 I dl oi ofor, and my 'd to several 'Mod mo for 11 i^ 1 00. Th«> jisked IV'tor f would liiivo '^prcfisive of liad noted it) twoijionths i" nnd giv« disputed my 1110 of these il<<.' the rest |J'"0 or 8o of >?•-om first uunis for re is rio on these aiiowed 91 to have examined Isaac Buchanan up(ni every charge in these acconnte, I would have proved by his own statements that every one of these charges was quite as reaBoimble or " low " as this one, but the taxing oflicer refused to allow tne to do so, and I had to Mubinit. This taxing OlHoer struck off about £250. Tliis is the first and only account of mine which has been taxed, during the eighteen years I have been in practice — the magnitude of which is well known to you. 1 pasH over a few more spokes in the wheel, as to Mr. Macnabb having obtained in June, 1862, an order for revision, but which revision Judge Richards directed to 1)m before Mr. Ileyden, the taxing ofVii-er of the other superior court, Isaac Buchanan's hurried revisu)n in September of that year, (wht n it was generally known that I would not stay — as I expected when I left — in the South of Franco all winter owing to being too diiinp, but would return to Canada in the end of September,) notwithstanding Mr. Macnabb's Htrong opposition thereto, and his desirt'i to have the revision post- poned fur another two or three weeks uptil that 1 would return, simply stating, that by Judge Richards' order I had to render a bill of the items ot a charge of £03 for extra costs, and costs not allowed of the first trial of an action l»rotight by Mr. Coloman against Buchanan and other Stockholders of the Steamer Kuropa, the case having been carried through the Court of Appeals, and virtually involved about £10,000, which I defended fur IJuchfinan, Harris ^ Co., and was successful, which charge, Daniell in presence t)f Isaac Buchanan, insisted that the first taxing officer should wholly disallow, because I had not given a bill of the various items of the charge, which I.saac Buchanan supported him in, but I sh»'wcd that the order referring these (iccounls prevented me, and hence the taxing officer examined Isaac Buchanan thereon, and on his own statement made in my presence declared it to be a reason- able charge, and that when Mr. Macnabb could not get the revision postponed until my return, he made up a bill of the items as best he could, as he knew little of the matter, but properly thinking that he had belter get something for me than lose the whole £03, which I would have lust under Judge Richards' order had he not made up the I ill before the revision was closed i^and 1 thus lost $103 out of that £<'»3, thus declared by the first taxing Officer, on L-aao Buchanan's oath, to be reasonable ; and when he declared it to be reasonable, it must indeed have been so. Mr. lleyden's taxation was very similar to the taxation of the fir.-t officer, only on the whole he allowed me £50 more, thereby making iny loss £'200. He very strangely allowed of the £100 charge precisely thesameas the first taxing Officer, thus — with other features — shewing a mere following of him. On my return 1 called ^ NT s ^ upon Mr. Ileyden in October, and usked hitn torun explanation of one or two items of his taxation, which he refusctl to give ; but he declared^ that he teas wholly incapable from want o' knowledije to tax such accuiints. I replied, that when ho ho knew his own ignorance, he ought nut to have proceeded with saine. Isaac Buchanan llnTcafter moved Judge Richards lor an order to compel me to pay buck to him i|l200 of the monies he had paid me upon these accoiint'<, and to compel me to loose i)ir)0, which was not paid me, according to said taxation of Haydcn. In answer to their summons to me thereon, I filed an affidavit made by Mr. Macnabb, and one miiiif by myself. Judge Uichards allowed them to file aftidavits in reply ; which! again met, and finally the whole case came on for ariiuinent before Judge Kichardst in December, 1862. I went to Toronto to argue it and did so. I pointed out the aforesaid gross taxation, Mr. Heyden's admitted incapacity, the non-production to ,the taxing OtVicer by Isaac Buchanan of many of the pa[icrs, and his production of only such as suited his purpose, so as to prevent a fair taxation, the grossly contradictory aflidavits thus filed by Buchanan (and which 1 will fully show hereinafter) and urged that justice had not been done to me, and that I should be allowed to go down and try by a jury, all charges for which the court had not provided a Tariff, which would be over three fourths of these accounts. I also pointed out to him the miserable pittance of ^1,25 for exam ination into a title to real estate, which would scarcely pay for the attendances, not to speak of the legal skill required, and the res- ponsibility thereof, in being liable for all losses sustained to the value of the land, if 1 pronounced the Mtle to be good, and it should prove to be bad. Judge Richiuds at once denied that I had any liability of any kind. We disputed over this for some time. Judge Richards thereafter put a case of a Barrister advising upon a short agreement to build a house of small value say £200 or £300, and asked uw what I would charge therefor. 1 replied |5, that 1 had never charged less for any advice, if not worth that sum I did not make nry charge ; but that such a matter was very different from the examination into and the advising upon titles to re.'^.' estate where it was shown in the case we were argueing that Cw land was worth at least £1000, and much more, lie replied, that he could see no difference, that the one was jvs res- ponsible as the other, and that he had g'ven many auch aivh's ilr a DOLLAR, and considered himself well puid. I replied, ill ■ ! ' 'u no doubt of the latter part of his remarks, but that although he only valued his brains and legal skill at such a low rate, that was no reason why 1 should place mine at such a low fitiure. lie waxed somewhat warm, and replied, looking at me, " You live in high quarters .ip there." I answered yes ! my clitnls valued my brains at a far i.!i>her rctO tnac. a dollar lor au advice, that the nil d 1 ilanatlon of vc ; 6ut fie nowledi;e to w liis own m order to had naid 50, wliich In ftiiswor 1» by Mr. wed them tho whole )ecenil)er, iiited out icupacity, [Buchanan such as > grossly d which not been and try ovided a ints. I >r exam ' 00 replied th that IS very titles gueing !. JJe > rcH- cs f'cr I l^'U ^h he t was He ive in 3 my .t the 23 poorest man who had over entered my nfTice had never no degra. dt'd me ; if ho was too poor to pny '. i rospeclahlo foe, he stated his povpi-ty, which was enough for nu . Alfop about two hours of such I work I loft him, feelinp I hvl wa>«t^■d much tiine, yet jlliid Ihiit, 1 had tu)t left him in igm ice, wh.»'P\ 'T hf tnij^ht dt'iidc. Ou tho 8lh day of Febnuii\. 1803, Juuiit to al)out £73, but ho diti not, f;ivo anv j/roinids or reasofis for such, Ilia decision. 1 am unable to nsceriain the same, hi d hence, 1 am in l(»tal ignorance of the ^Tnunds upon whifh ho «o d'.cidvd against me, contrary to tlu; umi il prflctice of th» Judges in inaltefN so important as this id, as ilusc are by far the larj^est a'-co' u"-: >f. like nature, which have Ltiu taxed in this prtivince, ..nd thiiy K.i'm a precedent for future taxations of accounts of a like iialure, having been thus suppoittJ. This Juug-^ — you see — because when he was in (he practice of the law could not get more than a dollar for his advice, and was saiisl'eu therewith, — which evidences that i-ither he had a very low opinion of his own leg.d skill, or else that his clients were of a very low order, or it may be both of these. — when he obtains a seat upon the Bench — not on account of his legal talents, but solely by political agency, he thus strivis to re(iuce the members of a Profession — which should be respectable — to degradation, by supporting such taxation. True it is that money will not make a man respectable ; but it is equally as true, that the want of it has made many a man a scoundrel. 1 como now to the aflidavits hereinbis made incorrect and untrue statements as to the papers, deeds ami abstracts produced ; I say that a very large number of deeds, abstracts and other documents, and all th« partnership deeds of tho different firms of Buchanan, Harris de Co., 14 both new and old, and now charged for by said Held, were pro- duced EXCEPT ONE, which was not in my possession, being a partnership deed never executed; and I say, that every paper i/ia< covld be found by me and my clerk, referred to in said bills, and required upon said taxation, were produced before said Heyden." James Watson, one of Isaac Buchanan's clerks, did on the same lOlh day of December, 18G2, make an affidavit in respect of these matters in the words following, namely: " I did procure for said Daniell every paper and document and abstract in the possession or under the coiitnil of said Isaac Buchanan, except one oh more (fthe Partnership Deeds^ relating to said charges, and delivered them to him to be produced al said taxation." James Daniell o:^. s;ud 19lh day of December, 1803, also made an affidavit rcs[iccliiii]f said matters in the words following, namely : " The several documents, being deeds and other papers tvliich had iern SELECTED /or production be/ore said Heyden, were produced and sliewa to him." Again he^swears in same affidavit: "That a larne package of deeds, abstracts and other paper.swere produced before snid Miister, and said Buchanan produced A numbek of the Partnership Deeds.'''' All these three affidavits were drawn by said Daniell and sworn to on the same dav, as an answer to Mr. Macnabb's said affidavit that only one of said Partnership Deeds was produced to the master upon said taxation, and doubtless the greatest care was exercised by them in the drawing of same, to make out the best case they could to meet it. Isaac Buchanan does not deny Mr. Mac- nabb's affidavit, although he wishes it to be so understood. He does not swear that he produced every paper in his possession to Mr. Ileyden upon the taxation ; he cautiously swears that he produced same at the taxation ; but he does not say to whom, hence he might have done so, and Mr. Heyden never see same, as the word at simply means whilst or during the time the taxation w^ns going on. lie is equally c.iutious in not staling to whom the Partner- ship Deeds were produced. He is equally as cautious when he speaks of the "every paper that could be found by him or his clerk," not to sa) that same were produced to Heyden, hwibefore Heyden. The word before simply means " in the presence of," and does not even imply that Mr. Heyden saw same. liut the chief point is, that he swears that he produced all the Partner- ship Deeds except one ; and we have undoubtedly the moral if nut the legal right to draw the inference that such production was to the master or Mr. Heyden. James Watson swore that ho pro- cured and gave to Daniell, all the papers which were in Isaac Buchanan's possession or control, except one or more of the partner ship deeds. The words " except one or more," do not contra- dict Mr. Macnabb's affidavit, as the words ^'or more" may include al si 0| al dl M ej s\ 25 were pro- beinj; a paper that hills, and ileyden." I the same it of these ." for said )ossession OR MORE delivered ilso made namely : vhich had produced " That a produced KU of the liell and 3l)'s said duced to care was best case Ir. Mac- lie does to Mr. rod need ipiice he he word IS fToing 'arincr- vhen he or his t before ice of," Uit the ' 'artner- d if iiut was to |)o pro- I Isaac urtiier contra- include ;. ■I all the Deeds but the one that was produced. James Daniell swore "that said Buchanan produced a number of the Partnership Df-ed.s," hut he dt)es not say to whom or where, and you will observe that in the first cited portion nf his affidavit he clearly and boldly swore that all the papers which were selected for pro- duction, were produced and shewn to the Master; thus showing that when he drew these affidavits he fully knew the broad differ- ence between papers being produced, and papers produced and shewn to the INlaster. The word nximhcr used by him although in the general usii thereof implies more than one, yet it does not state how manv, and in law it only means one. The word selected brings dut precisely what Mr. Macnahl) swore to, namely that only a few papers were produced, such as a short abstract of title, &c., and here Daniel! broadly asserts that certain papers were selected, and only those so selected were produced and shewn to Hcyden. What miserable inifjuity is here brought out, and 1 pointed this out to .Judge Richards. Does it not appear evident that each of these three persons seemed only anxious as to how he might best save himself, each having his own object to gain ! Isaac Buclianan swears — " all except one." James Watson swears — ''all except one or more." .lanus Daniell swears — "a number." What siid work I They had at the very time they made these affidavits all the pa[)ers which were siiewn to Ileyden, and it was uf the higiie>t ituportance to them that all their allidavits should be (ertaiii. and pirleetly agree with each mher, so as to support each other, and hence one would naturally su[)pose that they would have counted the number (»f these Deeds, ami sworn positively to the same number, if ihcy did not recollect how many there were. — These three affidavits tell too clearly their sad tale, a/jrf abundantly prove the truth of the aljidavitof Mr. Macnabh. « )n the Dth day of February, 1863, i moved in full Court to have leave to try my ca.se before a jury, in respect of those charges li>r which the Court had not fixed any *eos, and i explained to the .liitiges the said taxation as to the charjjes for examining into and advising upon mU^s. (Jliief Justice McLean said that I nmst move ill the Practice Court, but at the .same time he declared *' such t.ixatuiii is nonsensical, quite ridiculous." Judge Hugarty said '•it !s iiionstrou-," Judge Connor said "perfectly absurd." I went t. and asked him for a Rule Nisi, calling upon Isaac liiu haiiuii to .show cause why 1 should not be allowed to try the-^e charges by a jury, which he granted.declaring my request very reasonable. A few days thereafter Buchanan by his Counsel argued % 1. 20 i It ii the case, relying almost wholly upon it being too late for me so to apply. Judge Morrison gave his decision in the end of May last, simply discharging the rule ^e so granted me.and ordered me to pay the costs thereof, but did not give any reasons for such his decision, so that I am in pcvfect darkness as to the grounds upon which he so upheld Judge Richards' decision. I ask, is that fair ? Is it just ? " Is it not arbitrary," " most unusual ?" On the 12th day of December, 1802, (the day afier that Isaac Buchanan had applied to Judge Richards' for the order to make me repay the X50 &c., but before I had heard of it,) Mr. James Mc- Intyre, a Wholesale Merchant in this City, stojiped mc on King Street, near the Bank of Montrenl, and atier a few remarks as lo the weather, &c., he said, that a friend of Isaac Buchanan had called upon him about the matters between us, and had asked him to see me about the same, as probably having more intlueiice wiih me than any one else, and to offer to me that Isaac Buchanan would pay my accounts in full, I simply receipting same, if I would shake hands iciili kim, befriends ayain, go on as fokmerly, and let hyegones be hycgones, and pressed me to accept of it, adding that kaao Buchanan had said that ! had done many kind acts f )r him which I had not charged for, and that he felt tliat I had not got justice in my church atfairs with the Rev. David Inglis atid his office-bearers, and that I was verv harshly treated in them, and much more stuff of a like nature. I heard him to an end, and then indignantly declared that after the dish^noraljle conduct of Isaac Buchanan to me, I never would allow him to i)olhitc my office as a client, and to speak of him as a friend was heartless mockery ; that I woi'M not debase myself by shaking hands with such a fellow, even should it be to get payment of the ii20() he was de- frauding nie out of; and that as soon as the matter was finally settled in Court, I would publish the whole case to the world. I then left him. On 17th day of December, 1802, Mr. Molntvrt! met me on James Street, near the Post Office, and after stopping me and asking if I was in any better humour that morninji, said, that if I would lei matters drop, and say nothing more ulnnit it, that Isaac Buchanan would pay my accounts in full. 1 also iiKJignantly rejected that offer, because that I would not rehnqiiisri 'he defence of my character from the gross falsehoods n-speeting me, which were sworn to by Isaac Buchanan, and toM i>y iiis hireil meniah. I told him likewise, that he had better uoi iu'erfere fiirtlier with my business at the request of Isaac Buelianan, or nii his lnhalt. On December 19th, 1802, (the evi-nnig li. fore said matters were to be argued before Judge Richards in Toronto.) Mr. Mclntyre called upon my brother, and asked him if he thought ih it he — Mr. Mclntyre — could presume to go up to my house to see me about 27 e on and if r Isaac inlly I'Mce .vhich liiil-'. with f. these matters. My brother replied that he would not advise him to go, that he knew I lelt very indignant at such interference (my brother knew that 1 felt it to be very improper interference,) and that Mr. Mclntyre had better mind his own business, and let Isaac Buchanan take care of himself. Mr. Mclntyre, notwithstanding, did come up to my house that evening about 6 o'clock, and sat for about an hour in my Library, urging me to take the £200, which Isaac Buchanan would pay mo, and als;) the costs I had been put to, if J loould only promise to say nothing further about it. I promptlysrefiised, upon the simple gidiind, that my character was of more importance to nie than £275 or thereabouts. When he found his mission thus fruitless, he left my house, and loent straight to Isaac Buchanan''s ojfice^ and saw Isaac Buchanan there, doubt- less by appointment between them. The matters were not argued on the following day, but were postponed until 7ih of January, 18G3. On January 2nd, 18G3, Mr. Mclntyre called upon me at my office, solely to sec me about these matters, he spent about an hour, in firat making the same proposal to pay me in full, if I would only promise not to say more about the matters, but just let them rest, and Isaac Buchanan would take any kind of a receipt I liked to give him, and in trying to persuade me to accept of same, which I declined acceding to, for the reasons aforesaid ; and he then drew a receipt and asked me if I would sign it, if I was paid in full, which I declined, as being the same offer and receipt which Isaac Buchanan had offered to Mr. D. B. Reid — my agent in Toronto, and refused by me, and which I explained to Mr. Mclntyre, but told him, that if Isaac Buchanan desired to act as an honest man, he would pay my accounts in full, I simply receipting same, but that in addition thereto I would give him all which I had already offered to Daniell as hereinbefore stated. — He drew at least two other receipts slightly altering the verbiage, but all to the same effect as the first one he drew, which I declined. He then asked me to alter one of the receipts which he thus had drawn, to suit my views. I at first refused, but finally did so, stating therein, the sum to be in full of all demands against Buchanan, Hiirris &i Co., and that I had not any account ngainst Isaac Buchanan of a pecuniary nature, although I had done for him many and great services gratuitously. Mr. Mclntyre read it care- fully, thought for a minute or two,and then said,// suid taxatioti, but his own individual obligations to me, arising from the services which he thus admits 1 had rendered to him individually, which he says that he desired to pay. How the payment of the £200 to me in that way, could prevent the ii-jury which less or more was of necessity to arise to me from the taxation of said accounts, I cannot see. If I was injured to the amount of the £200, as all these his offers clearly show that he knew that I was, certainly that £200 tooF mine, and 8t an injury to me could only be prevented by Isaac Buchanan paying that sum to me, upon these my said accounts so taxed ; and if he thought it was consistent with hia honor (I hold it to be dishonor- able) to offer to pay me for other services which 1 had pratiiitously rendered to him individually, and which he had accepted as such at my hands, then, offer me the value of these services out of his own money, but do not take mine, as he thus was doing. Although several years have elapsed since very many of these gratuitous services of mine were performed, including his Great (Southern Railway matters, that is the first and only time Isaac Buchaiiun has expressed to me a desire to pay me for the same ; nnd it whs only after he had thus succeeded in keeping my X'20(), thereby enabling him to accomplish such his desire, as he hoped at no expense to himself, and to obtain "a simple discharge in lull " — the same old offer, for the same object. Of the old business of Buchanan, Harris 6i Co., Isaac Buchanan by being a partner, and by succeeding to his brother's estate, who was another partner, y,ained two thirds of the £200 he has thus succeeded in defrauding me out of, the other one third belonging to the estate of Mr. Harris. Secondly. His assertion : "considering that, though I had served you at least as much as you had served me in the past." By such his offer of the £200 to me, he plainly admits that these my services were worth that sum. Allof Isaac Buchanan's services to iTie in the past of every nature, and description, consisted in his sending me some years since, when 1 was not very well, a few bottles of claret and sherry wine, and a bottle of brandy ; at another time when I was going to the sea coast lor u few weeks, four ur five bottles of a pretty fair claret, and a case of claret, containing a dozen of bottles, of very inferior quality, in all bet.\veen two and three dozen of bottles ; also a piece (a few yards) of un bleached silk, for a summer suit,which he had received, he said, from his brother-in-law in China; also six bottles of wine (at two difi'erent times) and two small 2 or 3 lb. tin cases of Glasgow rusk, which Mrs. liuehanan sent to me, when she called at my house under pretence of seeing me when I was ill with Influenza, but so as to ascertain when I would be able to go to church, in order that Inglis and his christian brethren might be able to carry out tlieir said assault, and also two volumes of statutes. These are all the services, acts and deeds of every nature, kind, or description which Isaac Buchanan either directly or induectly, did, performed or bestowed upon me, or to, or for ine, except it was the giving to me the Soiicitorship of his firm,a8 some of his hired supporters keip con- stantly crying out about, as having been " a very great thing for mi-." which is proof that Isaac Buchanan had nothing else he could tell them to harp upon. True it is that Isaac Buchanan asked me to accept of the soiicitorship of his firm, but was it for my benefit ? 3 32 No ! when I bppan business about six years prior thereto, a friend of mine, unknown to me, (and of which I was not aware until after that I had become the solicitor of Buchanan, Harris & Co., when the person toM me of it) asked Isaac Buchanan for ihoir busines for me, which he declined, saying that their business was of great iniporfanoe, and that "I was &n untried young man," when the public had tried me for about six years, and had well supported me, he then saw fit to nsk me to accept of their solicitorship for their own interest; and he knows well, that during the ten years that I was the solicitor of his firm, that any supposed or fancied favor thus done to me, was most amply repaid by rcrr/ gratuitous services to his firm, wliolly irrespective of the aforesaid services which I had performed for him individually. Their business during the flistfive of the ten years, yielded me only £403, namely: 1852, £30; 185.3, £00; 185 I, £30; 1855, £142, and 1850, £135. The last five of the ten years yielded me about £1000 ; owing to the wild speculations of 1857 and 1858, when every one was going mad, and the merchants seemed anxious to get rid of their goods to the first follow who came along. The year 1801 only amounted to £152, showing a return to old figures. When I deduct from that £1000 the £200 which Isaac Buchanan has thus defrauded me oiit of, and the £75 of e>;[)enses he has thus put me to, there will bo only £1325 loft ; so llir.t, in round numbers, the whole amount I have made out of their business for the 10 years, is about £1700; a sum which you will readily admit would not enrich me much. The disbursements in carrying on their business were very heavy ; and owing to the often aiid long absence of Isa!i>' Buchanan, the presumption of Pluminei Dewar, and the peculiar mixture of con- ceit and stupidity t^xisting in the head of James Watson, their solicitorship was latterly a very troublesome one. Isaac Buchanan well knows that my services to him in the Great Southern Railway matter alone, were worth much more than the £200 he thus offered me. When he begged of me to assist him in getting him nut of th<' very serious — yea ruijious — difiiculties he was involved in by 'hat matter, I would not take it up as a matter of business, Imt only as a matter of commiseration for him as he knew, I not expecting one tenth part of the labor I have had ; but oiur entered thereon, I went through with same, and finally accomplished his relief, the whole lime I s[)ent therein, if added together, wnnld amount to some months Judge Burns desired ti» know why 1 could not take it up as a matter of business '? Some of you may liave a like desire. I reply, simply a-; 1 ro[)lied to Judge Burns, tliat although when pressed by Isaac Buchanan, I did all I could properly do for him in the matter, from a fooling of commiseration for him, yet, that 1 could not take up as a nwitter of business, a matter so notoriously bad as it was, and in respect of Isaac Buchanan's conduct in his obtaining the control thereof, the i 88 11 J ¥ Committee of Parliameut of the Mouse of Assembly, who were specially appointed by the House to exumiiio iiuo the inuuxT unci report to them, did unaiuiuously report (after a most careful and minute exaiuinatiou ot Isaau Buuhauaii, hts wituussus and otht with papers and docuraeiiis,) to the House, amongst other matte, (their report contained 17 pages,) in i.lit! vvorda following, tiamely ; " His mode of obtaining this control, though singularly successful in the instanct! r«derrcd lo, is, your Cominittee trust tljr the honour of public men and the sake ot morality, one seldom resorted to m this country, and oiu; which will not snou again ho repealed, it simply consisted in the giving of u ilirect iikidk of ^100,000 to obtain the lemoval of three of the J>in;ctors, and the substitution in their stead of three of his own nominees." 1 pass over the other portions of" this letter of Isaac IJuchanan, as unworthy of my notice, simply slating in passing, his expression therein — " to save any delicacy " — it iu'.ing so richly savoury. I forbear at present pointing out any more of the many and great acts of grace which I perfurmod for Isaac IJuchanan. 1 wrote him on lUth of April, ISO'i, a letter ot seven foolscap pages, re- minding him of some of the same, winch I may at some future time publish, if his conduct necessitates it, and which his present conduct would fully justify me in doing. 8uttice it for me to say at present, that by these gratuitous semues of mine, Isaac Buchanan owes to me his present position in the Mercantile world. I have now in conclusion to cull y(;iii attention to his subscrip- tion to his said letter, ' Your obed. ilble. svt," that is, " your obedient, AM»i6/e servant." VVtiat ultjeciness ! ! But when you recall to mind that in his said letter to me of date 4 January, 1802, he calls me " a most dishonorable scoundrel," and in his said affidavit of 20 February, 1802, be swore to the same, and has not since retracted the same, what degradation and debasement does he thus cover himself with, in thus declaring himself^ — the obedient humble servant of (according to his said letter) a most DisuoNOHABLE scouNDKEL ! llow IS tlu; mighty fiiUeu ! The Head of " Our House" thus declaring himself^ the " obedient /iW7Hi/8 servant " of him, whom ho had itius so shortly before, declared to be " a most didhouorablc scoundrel ! ! ' ! tempora. O ! mores. Yours faithfully, CULIN D. REID. Note. — In order that Isaac Buchanan, James Mclntyre, James Dauiell and Jaiues Watson, may kin/W what I have thus said in respect of them, and take such measures as they may see fit thereuu, 1 will seud to each of them, furihwith, a copy hereof. C. D. R.