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 THAT THE LATE 
 
 
 Metropolitan " told him that he (Bishop Fulford) had 
 " never anything to do with bringing Br. Balch to 
 ■' Montreal further than that he had not opposed the 
 " scheme.^^ ' . 
 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED A3 AN 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 The recent production of the Hon. John Hamilton. 
 
 The friends of the Rev. Canon Balch have carefully 
 abstained hitherto from taking part in the newspaper and 
 pamphleteering controversies which his enemies have seen fit to 
 inflict upon the pubhc. They have admired the spirit of chiistian 
 forbearance which has induced the reverend gentleman him- 
 self to endure in silence many vexatious and slanderous accu- 
 sations, feeling assured that his best defence is the quiet and 
 blameless life of a faithful and laborious christian minister.. 
 They do not attempt here to account for the persistent vindic- 
 tiveness of Dr. Balch's assailants, many of whom, perhaps, 
 are themselves deceived by a fev/ crafty and designing men.. 
 Their confidence in him results partly from the knowledge of 
 his excellent personal qualities and his great power and use- 
 
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 fulness as a Canon of the Cathedral, but chiefly because they 
 regard him as a representative man of sound Protestant 
 views, around whom moderate Churchmen may rally with 
 confidence in these days of the Church's great peril. 
 
 Not wishing to drag his name into mere personal contro- 
 versies, they have not undertaken his defence when assailed 
 by acrimonious scribblers. 
 
 A recent pamphlet by the Hon. John Hamilton would have 
 merited also the contempt of silence but for the dexter hand 
 which appears to be Mr. Hamilton's manipulator. The Hon. 
 John Hamilton was the brother-in-law of the Bishop of Onta- ' 
 rio. In our Cathedral difficulties there art many who believe 
 the latter to have been the secret adviser of a dissatisfied mino- 
 rity. His lordship does not love peace. He sees our troubles 
 subsiding and he hurls among us another apple of discord. 
 
 On the 6th of December last Mr. Chancellor Bethune 
 stated at the Cathedral Vestry Meeting, in effect, that the late 
 lamented Metropolitan had been instrumental in bringing Dr. 
 Biilch to this country. His lordship of Ontario at once 
 authorizes Mr. Hamilton to contradict the Chancellor's 
 statement, or in other words, states " That the late lamented 
 Bishop of Montreal and Metropolitan, when on board the 
 stdamer going to England to attend the Pan- Anglican Con- 
 ference, told the Bishops of Ontario and Quebec, as well as 
 an American Bishop, (whose name I do not at this moment 
 recall,) that he had never anything to do with bringing Dr. 
 Balch to Montreal further than that he had not opposed the 
 
 What follows will shew that the Chancellor was quite cor- 
 rect. The question of veracity rests between the revered 
 dead and the living Bishop. Did wc call it a question ? Why 
 did his lordship of Ontario thrust himself into this unhappy 
 controversy and ask us to believe him instead of the written 
 testimony of the great and good man whom he presumes to 
 contradict. 
 
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 Montreal, February 5, 1870. 
 Rev. Canon Balcii, D.D., 
 
 Senior Canon Christ Church Cathedral. 
 Rev. and Dear Sir, — The undersigned members of the 
 Cathedral Congregation having seen a statement of his Lord- 
 ship the Bishop oi Ontario as pubUshed in a pamphlet bearing 
 the name of the Hon. John Hamilton, and circulated in this 
 diocese, to the effect that the late lamented Metropolitan had 
 declared on an occasion specified " that he (Bishop Fulford) 
 " had nover anything to do with bringing Dr. Balch to Mon- 
 *' treal," feel compelled to meet that statement with such 
 proofs as will settle the controversy. 
 
 They therefore beg that you will kindly place at their dis- 
 posal the letters alluded toby Mr. Chancellor Bethune, at the 
 late Vestry Meeting held on the 6th of December last, with a 
 view to their publication. 
 
 They regret to feel that this course is necessary, especially 
 as they are informed that some of the letters are marked 
 " private," and if only the reputation of the living were com- 
 promised they might refrain, but surely these slanders of the 
 illustrious dead should be silenced. 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 (Signed,) George Smith, 
 
 Robert Evans, 
 M. H. Gault, 
 Thos. Howard, 
 John James Browne, 
 D. Russ Wood, 
 G. Macrae, 
 L. S Huntington, 
 T. S. Brown, 
 George Baknston, 
 A. R. Bethune, 
 John M. Jones, 
 Thomas Simpson, ) Church 
 
 John Swanston) t W^"**^^"*- 
 
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 MojJTREAL, February 5, 1870. 
 To Messrs. Smith, Evans and others, 
 
 Gentlemen, — I have to acknowledge your favor cf this 
 day asking permission to pTiblish the letters of the late 
 lamented Metropohtan, alluded to by Mr. Chancellor Bcthune, 
 at the Vestry Meeting held on the Gth December last. 
 
 I regret to believe that the pubhcation of these letters has 
 become necessary, but for the reasons you have stated, I feel 
 it my duty to place them at your disposal. 
 
 Perhaps you may reach your object by publishing only such 
 portions as relate to the point in dispute, but I am willing to 
 leave the whole matter to the discretion of my friends. 
 
 I hand you also a letter from Bishop Talbot, of Indiana, 
 bearing upon the same subject. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 (Signed,) LEWIS P. W. BALCH. 
 
 See House, Montreal, Oct. 20, 1865. 
 My dear Dr. Balcii, 
 
 Your letter of the 18th reached me this afternoon, and I 
 lose no time in replying to it by return of post, as y« u desire. 
 You ask my opinion as to Nebraska. I certainly do not see 
 that the offer of Bishop Talbot at all alters the question as 
 affecting you. It is, of course, a serious thing to advise a per- 
 son how to act in such a matter, and specially as you arc now 
 unsettled, with the world before you, where to seek your rest- 
 nig place, and Providence your guide ; still I must adhere to 
 my opinion, as expressed to you before, that I do not think it 
 fair to expect you, at your time of life, though still fit for 
 many years of good service, yet with such a family, to go 
 out and settle in the far West. I cannot see that it is neces- 
 sarily a duty to accept such an appointment, as there may be 
 others, well fitted for it, willing to go, and without your, if I 
 may use the term in a technical sonse, " incumbrances." 
 
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And if you feel this in any t-:rong measure. I certainly 
 ^voulJ not go out and look at it, as it would be holding out 
 expectations and be more difficult to refuse. But if you do 
 not take this, what then ? As I told you, I wish Ave could 
 secure you here, but we have, at best, little to offer, and I am 
 
 not able positively to offer even that little. If Canon Avere 
 
 to leave I have little hesitation in saying T think you might 
 become one of our Cathedral Clergy, but the present salary 
 is only 81400 of our money. I think the post would be 
 agreeable to you, and you acceptable and useful to us.*** 
 
 With affectionate greetings from all of us to you and yours, 
 Ever, believe me, yours very sincerely, 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
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 See House, 22nd Dec, 1865. 
 
 My dear Dr. Balcii, 
 
 I lose no time in replying to your letter. I venture from 
 the permission kindly given in your letter to consider it as a 
 settled thing that you will be with us about the 12th of 
 January. When I mentioned that there was some chance of 
 your being here, there was sucK satisfaction expressed that I 
 feel sure I shall do best in being satisfied with that arrange- 
 ment. And if you have any Avish, hereafter, to carry out the 
 plan Ave have talked of it Avill be Avell to keep you in the minds 
 of th^ people Avho are so Avell disposed to appreciate you.**** 
 I remain, yours very sincerely, 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
 See House, Montreal, 26th Jan., 1866. 
 My dear Dr. Balch, 
 
 I had a telegram sent off to you this morning, briefly 
 stating that all was arranged satisfactorily, and that the offer 
 
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 of the appointment from the Bean would bo sent to you by 
 post. I now enclose a copy of the Dean's letter to me from 
 which you will see that his wife is dead since you left, and 
 also a copy of the letter of the Church-wardens to the Dean 
 and an official letter from myself. In this I shall enter more 
 into particulars. First I may say that the Church-wardens 
 inform me that they had no difficulty at all in getting the list 
 filled up, and some of the subscribers expressed their readiness 
 to double their subscription. They mean to go on through 
 the whole congregation and raise a few hundreds more, as 
 caution money, in case of any deaths, removals, or other 
 causes of failure amongst the subscribers, which, in any 
 number of persons, is always to be reckoned on * * * 
 so that you may fairly expect a cordial welcome from the 
 clergy. Of course those in the country could have no reason 
 but to be glad at any accession of strength to our body, 
 which I hope you would bring to us, and the matter having 
 proceeded, thus far, so successfully, I trust nothing will occur 
 to hinder the consummation. I think you may be happy and 
 comfortable here with your family, with ample opportunities 
 for educating them, and certainly a very wide and important 
 field of usefulness for yourself, and 1 may add that the matter 
 having progressed so far, and the people having taken it up 
 so warmly^ I fear, if not carried, there will be an injurious 
 reaction of disappointment in the congregation, and that some 
 of them, who have not been over satisfied hitherto, may leave. 
 
 It would be very desirable that you should come heie the 
 beginning of June. Our Diocesan Synod meets the third 
 Wednesday, and you should be regularly appointed befor'e 
 that and take your place. I told you we talked of going for 
 a visit to England, about the middle of August, and I should 
 wish to see you well at work and incorporated with us before 
 I leave. * # * » * 
 
 
Our very kindest regards to Mrs. Baich, whom I look upon 
 as our firm friend in this matter. 
 
 Ever yours sincerely, 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
 See House, Montreal, Jan. 26, 1866. 
 My dear Dr. Balcii, 
 
 I herewith forward to you copies of two letters, one from 
 the Church-wardens of the Cathedral to the Dean and the 
 other from the Dean to me ; and according to the request of 
 the Dean, I now write to you in his name to propose that 
 you should come and join the staff of clergy connected with 
 Christ's Church Cathedral in this city. The nomination 
 rests solely and absolutely with the Dean ; the stipend is 
 guaranteed by the Church-wardens on behalf of a large body 
 of the congregation. I need not enlarge upon the very 
 important and extensive field of usefulness that will be opened 
 up to you, should you be able to come amongst us, nor how 
 gladly you will be welcomed by myself and the general voice 
 of the clergy, with many of whom you have already become 
 intimatv5. I will only further add that, upon your appoint- 
 ment by the Dean, as one of the officiating clergy of the 
 Cathedral, it will afford me much satisfaction to mark my own 
 appreciation of your worth, by nominating you as one of the 
 Canons, and, if you will accept the position, place your name 
 in the list of my Chaplains, in addition to Archdeacon Leach 
 and Canon Loosemore. I sincerely pray that you may be 
 directed to a right decision, by the gracious guidance of the 
 Holy Spirit ; and that, whetl-.er here or elsewhere, you may 
 be blessed and made a blessing through Jesus Christ. 
 Believe me, my dear Dr. Balch, 
 Yours very sincerely, 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
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 '' Telegram. 
 
 Montreal, January 20, 180G. 
 
 Rev. Dr. Balcu, 
 
 Newport. 
 All fully arranged. Dean's offer goes to-day. Sno^y stops 
 
 trains. 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
 See House, Montreal, 2nd February, 18G6. 
 
 My dear Dr. Balcii, 
 
 * * * I am glad you think it possible, if you do 
 
 come, that you may be able to be in Montreal by April ; the 
 sooner the better. I shall be very anxious to know your 
 final decision. * * * * 
 
 With very kindest regards, 
 
 I remain, yours very sincerely, 
 
 (Signed,) F. MONTREAL. 
 
 See House, Montreal, February 13, 1866. 
 
 My dear Dr. Balcii, 
 
 ****** 
 
 Thft Church-wardens were with me yesterday, speaking 
 about reports you had heard, as to some opposition made hero 
 to your coming. Neither I, nor the Dean, nor the Church- 
 wardens, are cognizant of anything the least worth noticing 
 — quite the contrary. And I feel confident, when once you are 
 settled here, you will find that you are welcomed by the con- 
 gregation at the Cathedral, as well as by the Clergy and 
 Church in general. * * * * 
 
 With our very kindest regards, 
 
 I remain, yours very sincerely, ' 
 
 (Signed,) , i J F. MONTREAL. 
 
 
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 The letter from Bishop Talbot, referred to by Dr. Balch, 
 is dated Indianapolis, December 1st, 18G8, and contains the 
 following passage, v.hich is singularly corroborative of what 
 is stated in Bishop Fulf'ord's first letter : — " You vUl remem- 
 ber how earnestly I desired, during the general convention 
 of 1805, to sec you elected Bishop of Nebraska, to which, 
 at that time, you were averse. I spoke, indeed, to Bishop 
 Fulford about it, and asked him to use his influence to get 
 your consent to the use of your name. So, I think, did 
 another of our Bishops, 'l)ut his reply was, ' that you were 
 too useful in Canada to be spared, and he was unA\illing to 
 lose you, even to have you a Bishop in the States.' " 
 
 In the exercise of the discretion permitted to us by Dr. 
 Balch, we have extracted such portions only of the letters 
 referred to, as bear directly upon the point in question. All 
 words itahcised are thus in the original lr'':rs. Wo add to 
 this statement, as an appendix, the pamphlet of the Hon. 
 John Hamilton. We should be sorry that such strong 
 evidence of the christian feeling which its concoctors shew, 
 should not receive wide circulation. Such of the above 
 letters and extracts as purport to be from the late Metro- 
 politan, are entirely in his handwriting and are signed by 
 him. 
 
 G. SMITH, 
 M. H. GAULT, 
 THOS. HOWARD, 
 JNO. M. JONES, 
 D. RUSS WOOD, 
 L. S. HUNTINGTON, 
 
 F. MACCULLOCH, 
 
 G. E. FENWICK, M.D., 
 JOHN LOVELL, 
 
 W. B LAMBE, 
 
 THOMAL SIMPSON, 
 JOHN S^vANSTON, 
 
 Church 
 Wardens. 
 
APrENDIX. 
 
 Which shall we believe: thz late Me.trcpoliian or the Junior Canon 
 and ISenior Curate of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal? A 
 letter addressed to the Rev. Rural Dean Lonsdell, by Hon. John 
 Ilnmilton, together with a correspondence between Mr. Chancellor 
 Bethune and the Hon. John Hamilton, on the same subject. 
 
 Letter from the Hon. John Hamillon to the Rural Dean of St. Jnitrews, 
 
 TYRELLi. House, 
 
 Montreal, 25th January, 1870, 
 To the Reverend R. Lonsjdell, 
 Rural Dean, 
 
 Deanery op St. Andrev^s, P.Q. 
 
 Reverend and Dear Sir, — I trust you will excuse the liberty I take in 
 addressing the following letter to you, without having first obtained 
 your consent. I do so, however, as you are the Rural Dean of the 
 Deanery of which I have the honour to be one of the Lay representatives 
 in the Synod of the Diocese of Montreal. I do so because of your long 
 service in the Diocese, and I do so because you are an old (riend of my 
 own. 
 
 1 shorld much rather thai some other purty had taken up the subject, 
 to which this ccrrespf^jdence refers ; but as no one has done so. and as I 
 feel that it is e.rtremely desirable that the attention of the menibers'of 
 car communion, in the Diocese of Montreal, should be called to the points 
 raised in it, I have felt it my duty to bring the subject under their notice 
 in this way. 
 
 I remain, &c., 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 JOHN HAMILTON. 
 
 Letter frrm the Hon. John Hamilton to the Rural Dean of St. Jlndrews, 
 
 Montreal, 25th January, 1870. 
 Reverend R. Lonsdell, 
 
 Rural Dean, 
 
 St. Andrews. 
 Reverend Sih,— When I first read the account of the proceedings at 
 the never to be forgotten meeting of the Vestry of Christ Church 
 Cathedral, held on the 6th December last, my first feeling one of 
 
 astonishment, that as far as the majority of that Vestry wa^- concerned, the 
 Rev. Canon Locsemore should have be^n dismissed from his position, but 
 it was one of regret and amazement that our grave and sober Cbancellor 
 had attended such a meeting, and had not only done so, but had made a 
 strongly partisan speech in ;avour of the Rev. Dr. Balch. This speech 
 wa? all the more effective at the moment, coming as it did from on& 
 
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 hitherto so much respected, nnd, besides tbat, the " Dean's son ; " but 
 that such a man should have forgotten the respect due to his position is, 
 indeed, n.arvellou3. I felt very much surprised at some of the statements 
 he is reported to have then made, but more especially as regards the 
 following, i'l which, speaking of Dr. Balch, he says : — He had seen the 
 "late Bishop's letters urging bim to come here instead of accepting the 
 Bishopric of Nebraska, wliich Dr. Balch had then the Oifc;r of, and about 
 his acceptance of which Dr. B:ilch had written to the Bishop." 
 
 Having frequently heard from private and personal friends of the late 
 Bishop that he had done nothing to induce Dr. Balch to come here, 
 I naturally felt very much astonished at this, and on the first occasion 
 that I had the pleasure of meeting the Chancellor, in the course of con- 
 versation I referred to his speech, and the result of our conversation is 
 possibly more plainly than pleasantly described in the subjoined corres- 
 pondence. 
 
 There is an old story of a Mayor of Hull, who, on the occasion of 
 a visit her Majesty paid to that ancient town, neglected to fire a Royal 
 salute, and on being asked to account for his neglect, replied that he bad 
 uineteen reasons to give for it. The first being that he had no powder, the 
 other eighteen were therefore dispensed \\ith. So, though I have several 
 parties to whom I might refer, to verify what I am about to write, yet, for 
 the present, I siiall only name one, and shall be surprised if he is not an 
 authority as (.-ffective as was the reason of the absence of powder in the 
 <;ase of the salute : 
 
 The Lord Bishop of Onl.':rio has specially authorized me to make the 
 following statement, viz. : '■ That the late lamented Bishop of Montreal and 
 Metropolitan, when on board the steamer going to England, to attend the 
 Pan-Anglican Conference, told the Bishops of Ontario and Quebec, as 
 ■well as an American Bishop (whose name 1 do not at this moment recall), 
 that he had never anything to do with bringing Dr. Balch to Montreal, 
 further than that he had not opposed the scheme.'' 
 
 This must, I think, be quite sufficient to satisfy all who respect our 
 late Bisliop's memory, that the Chancellor spoke " unadvisedly with his 
 lips" at the meeting referred to, unless, indeed, he or his guidt^ counsellor 
 and frieml, produce letters in the late Bishop's handwriting^ confirmatory 
 of the Chancellor's statemehts : and this I feel satisfied they oanuot do ; — 
 if they can, let them. 
 
 It may be asked, perhaps, why I assume, in my letter to Mr. Bethune, 
 of the 22p.d instant, that the Rev. Dr. Balrh knew I would not " enter 
 his house under any circumstances." In reply, I would say, that had any 
 person told me that I had " stated the reverse of what was true, and that 
 " any sophistry of wliich I was capable, could not alter the facts," I 
 certainly could not imagine that such a man would come under ray roof, 
 unless, inc^eed, he had apologized in the interval. Such, I imagine, were 
 the sentiments of the Rev. Dr. Balch. He made a bold stroke of apparent 
 readiness to meet ine, provided he had the protection of his friend (the 
 Chancellor) to shield him from my hands. But it is only fair to give the 
 Reverend Doctor and his followers credit in this one respect at least, tliat 
 they are consistent ;— for since his advent amongst us, nothing that cool 
 effrontery or intrigue has enabled them to demand or assert has ever been 
 lost to them, trusting to that torpid slumber, la which, until quite 
 recently, all matters appertaining to the Anglican communion in thi" 
 Diocese were wrapt up. I feci conscious, however, that in taking the 
 course I am now doing, I must be prepared to meet a perfect avalancLe 
 
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 of abuse, to say nothinjf of all tlie " wise saws and modern instances " of 
 which the members of the " Select Vestry ' of the " so-calleJ Parish 
 Church" (but really Cathedral) v.'i\\ be delivered at my expense. How- 
 ever, as my shoulders are broad, and my digestion good, I shall survive 
 them much more readily than many other things I have encountered in 
 the journey through life. 
 
 All those who recollect the Synod of November, 1868, and the adjourned 
 Synod in May, 1869. will bear in mind the kind of consideration and fair 
 play shown by the Reverend Doctor and his supporters in the selection of 
 ccvnmittees, and in everything that was done ; but, after.a.U, thank God, 
 they were disappointed then ; and though they have recently taken an 
 apparently new lease of life, and succeeded in inducing Canon Loose- 
 more to resiyn his position as Senior Curate in the Cathedral, yet they 
 have done it at an expense that none but the most insensate among them 
 ever could have contemplated, for they have driven from the Cathedral 
 congregation, without lemorso, some of its oldest and most respected 
 members, as well as bronght down on them the contempt of men of all 
 churches and parties, outside, of course, of" their very Select ^''estry." 
 
 Though, no doubt, the Bishopric of Nebraska was, at the time the Chan- 
 cellor refers to, a very remote and out-cf-the-way portion of creation, yet 
 now it certainly must be a position — looking at it in a mere worldly 
 sense, — vastly superior to that of " Junior Canon " of our Cathedral ami 
 "Senior Curate" of the "Anglican Parish Church of our Cathedral of 
 Montreal," as its Vestry apparently wish us to consider it, whether wo 
 will or not, and, seeing that a" Race for a Bishopric ' is like other races — 
 a very uncertain one — I fancy the Rev. Doctor mus iecl that he flayed 
 away a chance in not taking the ball at the hop, and becoming Hishop of 
 Nebraska, in place of vegetating in a position where, after all, his admiiers 
 are pretty much comprised within the limits of a very Select Vestry. 
 
 My letter has already stretched out to an unpardonable length. This 
 has been, however, unavoidable. Repeating my challenge to the Rev. 
 Dr. Balch, and his faithful friend, the Chancellor, to produce the letters, 
 I beg to subscribe myself, 
 
 My dear Mr. Lonsdell, 
 
 Yours faithfully, 
 
 JOHN HAMILTON. 
 
 Letter from Hon John Hamilton to Strachan Bcthune, Fsq., Q. ('., C/iitP.' 
 cellar of the Diocese of Montreal. 
 
 [Copy.] 
 
 Tyrella House, 15th Jan., 1870. 
 
 My dear Sir, — A few days, or rather some two or three weeks, since, 
 when we met at Judge McKay's at dinner, you promised to let me have 
 the perusal of the three letters (so curiously found by Mrs. Balch), in 
 which the late Metropolitan urged the Rev. Dr. Balch to come to Montreal 
 to occupy the post he now holds in the Cathedral stnfF. In fact, if I did 
 not misunderstand you, you stated, both at the Vestry Meeting and to 
 myself, that it wafi these letters which brought Dr. Balch here. I had 
 hoped to have heard from you, in the interval, as to when I could see these 
 letterb, but suppose it has been overlooked in the press of business. 
 Circumstances have li»tely, however, come to my knowledge which make 
 me more than ever curious to see these letters. May I therefore remind 
 
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 you of your promise, and request its fulfilment at your earliest conve- 
 nience. A reply will oblige. 
 
 Yours iruly, 
 
 JOHN HAMILTOJJ. 
 S. Bethdnh, Esq. 
 
 Letter from Strachan Bethune, Esq., to Hon. John Hamilton, 
 
 [Copy. 2 
 
 , ' Montreal, 17th Jan., 1870. 
 
 My dear StR, — I am this moment only in receipt of yours of the 15th 
 inst. You misunderstood what I reall/ said. I certainly never intended 
 to promise to let you have tlie perusal of the late Bishop Fulford's letters 
 to Dr. Balch on the subject of his removal to Montreal, as the letters were 
 not in my possession. What f thought I said, and what I really intended 
 to say, was that I had no doubt, if you wished to see the letters, that I 
 could secure you a perusal of them. As you did not ask me (so far as I 
 understood) to try and arrange for your seeing them, I of course naturally 
 dismissed the matter from my mind. I shall now, however, endeavour 
 to have your curiosity gratiiii.d. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 STRACHAN BETHUNE. 
 Hon. John Hamilton, 
 
 Tyrella House, Montreal. 
 
 * From, the same to the same 
 
 [Copy.] 
 
 17th January, 1870. 
 
 Mt dear Sir, — Since writing to you this morning ( through the post ), 
 I have received the enclosed from Dr. Balch, which I send by amessuu- 
 ger. I sbiU of course be in attendance at the time and place named. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 STRACHAN BETHUNE. 
 Hon. John Hamilton. 
 
 Letter Jrom Rev. Canon Balch to Strachan Bethune, Esq. 
 
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 Montreal, Jan. I7tb, 1870. 
 
 Dear Mr. Bethune, — I have just received your note of this morning, 
 enclosing one from the Hon. John Hamilton. Were it notfor my personal 
 regard for you, I should repel the base insinuation contained in Mr. 
 Hamilton's lett'.'r by refusing him any communication whatever of the 
 letters he affects to be so curious of seeing, but as I cannot allow you to 
 be placed in a false position, I have to state that Mr. Hamilton can see the 
 letters ( provided you are present ) at my house, at half-past nine to- 
 morrow morning. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 LEWIS P. W. BALCH. 
 S. BBTHrrNB, Es4- 
 
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 Letter from Hori. John Hamilton to Strachan Bethune, Esq. 
 
 iCopy.] 
 
 Ttrblla House, iTth Jan., 1870. 
 
 My dear Sib, — I am just in receipt of your second note of this day's 
 date ; the first, however, through soma inadvertence in the Post-Office, 
 lias not reached me. 
 
 Though desirous of ocular demonstration of the asserted fact that the 
 late Bishop of Montreal invited Dr. Balch to come to the CatheJral, yet 
 if I cannot ba gratified without undergoing the nuinance of an interview 
 with the Rev. Dr. Balch, I must forego the wished-for proof. 
 
 If you, however, will Itindly inspect the letters, and give me the 
 extracts bearing upon the subject, it will answer my purpose. I may add 
 that I would not thus trouble you were it not that I have it on the 
 authority of several gentlemen of undoubted respectabilit; that the late 
 Metropolitan most positively assured them that he never had anything to 
 do with bringing tue Rev. Dr. Balch to Montreal, further than that he had 
 not opposed the scheme. 
 
 I am, yours faithfully, 
 
 JOHxV HAMILTON. 
 
 S. Bethunb, Esq. 
 iCopy.] 
 
 From the same to the same. 
 
 TyRELLA HoosB, 22nd Jan., I8T0. 
 
 Dear Sir, — Herewith find copy of a letter which I addressed to you 
 last Monday, and which my servant left at your residence that evening, 
 but to which you have not yet deigned the courtesy of a reply. I am, 
 therefore, compelled to ask whether you intend to complv with the 
 request made in it or not? For in any case you must see that the question 
 referred to can scarcely be left where it is, touching as it does the personal 
 honour and veracity of the late Metropolitan, as well as that of others. 
 
 It seems to me that had your friend, the Rev. Dr. Dalch, been really 
 desirous that you should not be placed in a false position, he would have 
 named a place of meeting other than his own house, which he knew 
 perfectly well I would not enter under any circumstances, and where, 
 too, he so blandly insinuates that your presence was absolutely necessary 
 for his protection. 
 
 Waiting your reply. 
 
 I am, yours faithfully, 
 
 JOHN HAMILTON. 
 
 S. Betuune, Esq. 
 
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 Letter from Strachan B tkune, Esq., to John Hamilton. 
 
 iCopi/.] 
 
 Montreal, 22nd Jan., 1870. 
 
 Dear Sir, — When j'our servant left the note of the 17th inst., and 
 Asked for an answer, I said, " Say there is no answer."' I presumed you 
 t(vould understand by that, that I did not intend to request Dr. Balcb's 
 
 
 
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 permission, under the circumstances, to make the extracts you desired 
 from the letters in question As you seem, however, not so to have under- 
 stood the matter, I write to say that it was quite impossible for me, in 
 view of the terms of your note, to asli any such favour as you|sought, and 
 that the threat, in your note of the 22nd inst., just received, as to my 
 own position, prohibits my entertaining your project for a single moment, 
 
 I am, yours faithfully, 
 
 STRACHAN BETHUNE. 
 Hon. JmiN Hamilton. 
 
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 Letter from Hon. -John JJamilton to S. Bethune, Esq. 
 
 [Copy.] 
 
 Tybella House, 24th Jan., 1870. 
 
 Dear Sir,— In reply to yours of the 22nd, permit me to say that, having^ 
 no expectation, or desire either, fi)r an immediate reply to mine of the 
 17th inst., I did not direct my servant to ask for one, nor did he give me 
 your message. 
 
 Not being gifted with that profound legal acumen, for which Pennsyl- 
 vania lawyers get the credit of being famous, I entirely fail to see wfieti 
 or where I have ever asked you to obtain any favour for me, at the hands 
 of the Rev. Dr, Balch. I certainly suggested to you, as politely as I 
 could, a method in which you might fulfil a promise you voluntarily made. 
 In the following words, taken froui your own letter, you say : " You had 
 no doubt, if I wished to see the letters, you could secure me the perusal of 
 them,' to which, tiiough you seem to forget it, I replied, "I would very 
 much like to see them." 
 
 It might have been as well, before you remarked on my style of writing, 
 had you recalled to mind that of your reverend fdend, the Doctor, who, 
 in a letter to you, which you were injudicious enough to enclose to me, 
 thus ;)Zeflsan/Zi/ expresses himself:—-" Were it not for my personal regard 
 " for you, I should repel the base insinuation contained in Mr. Han. ..ton's 
 " letter, by refusing him any communication whatever of the letters he 
 " affects to be so desirous of seeing." As regards any threat, as far as 
 you are concerned, I am wholly unconscious of having made any ; my 
 worst opinion, as far as you are concerned, might be expressed pretty 
 much as follows : — That you had, perhaps, willingly allowed youself to 
 be misleil into believing that such letters really existed ; or supposing 
 them to exist, in any shape, they can only bear the interpretation you put 
 upon them in your speech at the Vestry Meeting, after the skilful mani- 
 pulation of one more astute than yourself. 
 
 As you, however, decline to entertain the project you say I made, even 
 for a single moment, I shall now endeavour to arraign you and your 
 Reverend friend at the Bar of Public Opinion, where, very possibly, these 
 wonderful letters will be produced ; and if they do not justify all you 
 have said of them, then I pity you. 
 
 I am, faithfully yours, >' . : 
 
 S, BETnuNE, Esq. 
 
 JOHN HAMILTOiV. 
 
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