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My Dear Sir, For some time past I have been extremely desirous of seeing you in a situa- tion to take a more prominent part than you have hitherto done in the Public Affairs of Lower Canada ; and I gladly take advantage of an opportunity which now presents itself of giving the Legislative Council the advantage of reckon- ing you amongst its members, provided it be not inconsistent with your views to belong to that branch of the Legislature. In a List which I am about to transmit to the r. '- t LETTERS TO THE Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, of Gentlemen recommended by me to be ap- pointed Members of the Legislative Council, your name is included, with a remark that this has been done without previously consulting your wishes on the subject, but that being awere of your being in England, it was my intention to write to you, requesting you would be so good as to communicate with Lord Goderich, and make his Lordship acquainted with your decision. This I now request of you to do at your earliest convenience ; and I shall only add, that it will be highly gratifying to me to find that that decision is in accordance with my wishes. I remain, my dear sir, With great esteem. Your very faithful servant, (Signed) AY-LMER. Peter McGill, Esq., &c., &c. • No. n. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, June 6, 1832. Private. Dear Sir, I return you many thanks for your obliging Letter which accompanied the wiipwitu HON. P. M'OILL. Despatches, of which yor were the bearer, from the Colonial Office. Allow me to offer you con- gratulations on your safe return to Canada, &c. Should circumstances bring Mrs. McGill and yourself to Quebec, I hope we shall have the pleasure of seeing you both at the Chateau. The Emigrants are pouring in upon us in vast numbers daily, and from the reports which have reached me, as to the wealth and respectability of a large proportion of them, I am led to think that the Emigration, or rather Immigration, of the present year will be attended with the most important results, in regard to the prosperity of the two Canadas. , , , Believe me to be, my dear sir, With great regard, i ' Yours very sincerely, (Signed) AYLMER. The Honble. Peter McGill. No. III. Castle St. Lewis, Quebec, July 28, 1832. Private. My Dkar Sir, I received yesterday your letter of the 25th instant, which should have been LETTKR8 TO THE aiidwerod without a moment's delay, had It been post day. The information you arc desirous of obtaining in regard to my o|)inion on the subject of the British American Land Company, under the restriction of secrecy, would perhaps be of little value, if communicated on such conditions. I request, therefore, that you will consider your- self at liberty to state, without reserve, that neither officially or privately, to the Colonial Depart- ment, or to any individual, either here or on the other side of the Atlantic, have I expressed any opinion unfavorable to the formation or objects of that Company. This, I trust, will be sufficient to meet your views on the subject. I should fain hope that the inflammatory speeches reported in the news- papers, as having been delivered at certain meet- ings, in different parts of the country, will fail of producing any effect at Home. Here, where we are behind the scenes, and are acquainted with all the miserable machinery by means of which these things are brought about, they are only cal- culated to excite contempt. I remain, my dear sir, Yours very sincerely, (Signed) AYLMER. The Honorable Peter McGill. , HON. P. m'gILL. No. IV. "' ■ ' , .- ■ '.. . Castle St. Lewis, Quebec, May 1 1, 1833. Private. My Dear Sir, The Surveyor-General and the Commissioner of Crown Lands are both engaged ill preparing the necessar}' documents to enable me to furnish His Majesty's Government with the inr;;rmation required of me regarding the Negociations with the Lower Canada Land Company ; and matters are so advanced as to make it desirable that I should be furnished, with as little delay as possible, with such observations as you may think it necessary to offer on the part of the Company. I write, therefore, to apprise you that I am now ready to receive from you, either personally or by letter, any communica- tion on the subject which you may think proper. (Signed) AYLMER. To the Honble. P. McGill. No. V. Castle of St. Lewis, Quebec, May 22, 1833. Private. My Dear Sir, I have received your Letter, marked private, of the 18th inst., with your i ! it 8 LICTTURS TO THB General and .ho Comm— ' ™ ^^^ble mo to aU the necessary mfonnaUon io ^ „ake my «fP»:J;,-,2vJlust completed, and if Government. 1 nis i i J ^ ^^ both parties are »'»«-'";'',:\;t price and other .„ understanding .nrega^to^;;';^^,,^^ are, the particulars, as 1 ""'".^.-.p^jy-s Government :lt S-o a f— te.^^^^^^^^^ sincerely wish '"at B»oh may^^e *e ^^^^„, „f | thoroughly persuaded '"« *e e^ .^ ^^^^ the driUsh American Land ^ V J ^.^^^^ r e'" r^h rJery'opinion^- the degree. §"<=» "* . „egociation, although 1 oommencer»ent of the gv ^^ ^^^^^^^ have not until '^'' '*""L„_.„ for Sorel, where U. We leave Q""^" *'^"^„rt of the sum- ::;■. . ho^you will let u, have the pleasure of , seeing yon. ' .. I remain, my dear sir, Your very faithful servant, (Signed) The Honorable Peter McGill. AYLMER. h ■^■^KT^OFTiw HON. P. M^OILL. No. VI. Chriatmas-day, 1833. Mt Dear Sir, It gives me much concern to learn that you have botui 8ulH;ring from severe indisposition. When you answer the Letter which accompanies these few lines, pray let me have a Bulletin of your health. With our best regards to Mrs. McGill, who I dare 8a> is a very good nurse in a sick room, Pray, believe me. Yours very sincerely, (Signed) AYLMEll. Pray accept for yourself and Mrs. McGill the complimenta of the season. No. VII. SoREL, Aug. 10, 1834. Private. Dear Mr. McGill. I must undertake answering your letter of yesterday to Captain Dyle, by assur- ing you that I shall regret your absence during my projected tour in the Townships, and gladly accept the offer of Mr. Thomson's company as f^ '', u t s 10 LETTERS TO THE a locum tenens. It is my present intentiou to regulate my journey so as to reach Sherbrooke on or about the 1st of next month, and from thence to follow the route discovered by Mr. Russell last year, by the River St. Francis, and the Lakes and Waters in Ireland, &c., to Quebec. I hope and trust that the malady with which it has pleased the Almighty again to visit this Province is now abating in malignity. From your silence on the subject of health, I infer that Mrs. McGill and you are both well. Sincerely wishing that you may so'bontinue. f^ I i ' 1 f l,M ii :' ,!ir^r I remain, dear Mr. McGill, Your very faithful servant, , (Signed) ,,.„;, ^^.YLMER.^ .11 V .t'/. ..V, '.■t:\ri \ J liJVjL'; .51!/'. :!/.;•!(! -•i"'-!i; ,'j\ ,'ji/(l (ii.;t!j);'J oi y;);fnMt .nv'!t>'t'>'i»['!rK)7 ; iiiiu!) M")!!'!-:!!); 'itKiy .rni.;'/f JI.'iiiK I fr.tii i!t>7; j'lii v'l»r!'" (mii' •-.I'fi-fr.'/o'P n»lr c.i -fsu.)! h'lt-rji'j-j'j Via ' •». 11 HON. P. M*GILL. 11 I I / 'liSlv .i 'i ••:n',:;;i::; : . '(• /■•. /I. (*■,■/•! v'Av« si;.. ' " •■ i .'..•■ ; ' 't. .! No. VII!. t' ^.1 1 1 i^Vom =SB3Bf9i 12 LETTERS TO THE "Blackwood's Magazine" for June, (I think in May.) The King thinks and speaks forcibly on the subject, but His Majesty's present ministers are made of inferior stuff. You in Canada must be firm and vigilant to weather this stomi, which threatens to uproot the Constitution of England and Scotland ; but I have undoubted confidence that this storm will be resisted firmly, and in lime will subside in the mercy of Providence. I rejoice to hear of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson's safe arrival in Montreal. I beg my kind compts. to both. I am happy to say that Lady D. has benefitted greatly by a visit to Dr. Jephson, the Physician at Leamington. She is again able to walk pretty stoutly, and I trust will yet grow in strength. I am as usual, well enough to creep about my farm, and content withal, though I do not look for good health now. I get regularly the Montreal papers. I rejoice to observe the excellent feeling of patriotism in the British Population, and have no doubt that the great majority of the French classes are still loyal to the King and Constitution, though they have yielded to the Radical Shout of the present times ; they little know the blessings they enjoy, comparatively with their fellow-men of other nations. The hour of post hurries me to close, but I HON. P. M^OILL. 13 cannot stop short without assuring you and all my friends near you, of my undiminished sincere regard for the Canadas and all its concerns. Pray present my kindest remembrances to Chief Justice and Mrs. Reid, and all my friends near you ; they are, I know well, far too numerous to name ; but I have also too many reasons to re- member them individually ever to let them slip from my recollection. Believe me, always with great truth, Yours very sincerely, (Signed) DALHOUSIE. No. 1 ■■ 1 \-vv. T(,:"J ,!■;■ Dalhousie Castle, 10th April, 1836. Dear Sir, ^ I take leave to express to you and the Society of Montreal the thanks and acknowledgments I owe to them for having en- rolled me as an honorary member of the Sons of St. Andrew in that city. I lament the circum- stances of the times most deeply, but I admire heartily the union and loyalty which have been expressed by this Association. fll !i.. If! I 14 LETtERS TO THE I beg to be further permitted to add my contri- bution, £100, to the fund in support of any unfor- tunate emigrants who may come under the notice of the Society ; and with every kind wish for the prosperity of the object it has in view, ; , . ;■ I am, my dear sir, i ' Yours most truly and sincerely, (Signed) DALHOUSIE. Honble. P. McGill, Esq., • , -. ) ;)..<'» Montreal. ) / M:ri' .,n;:ijr!i.!//! No. X. Private and Confidential. ■XI Castle St. Lewis, 29th April, 1837. :'.! .^.llif 'J ; DearI^ir, ' Connected as this quarter of the world is in Commercial concerns with Eng- land, it is impossible for us to observe what is passing in that country and the United States without considerable anxiety. As you remark, Canada has happily not as yet felt the pressure on the money market; at the same time there is sufficient cause to call forth every exertion that can be made to meet such an evil, should it unfortunately reach us. Under this impression. HON. P. M'OILL. 15 and circumstanced as you arc as President of the Montreal Bank, I cannot feel any surprise at the application you have made. It was indeed a natnral course for you to ttxile ; and my only regret is, that I am unable to return such a defi- nate answer to it as might lead to your imme- diate convenience. That the Public Servants will be paid, there cannot now be any doubt j but I do not expect that any positive instructions will be sent to me on this head until the mea- sures under the consideration of the Imperial Parliament have further advanced. In this state of uncertainty I could not venture to hazard an opinion, which might have the effect of leaving you unprepared for any contingency. ... ci ) i; fi : !. .^ I remain, dear sir, ' , , . . , Yours, very faithfully. r-' ' -''^ ' ' (Signed) The Honble. P. McGUl, &c. GOSFORD. ^g^mm^ I II , W II I * I M mil II ^ '{ ' I I : . ^ k 16 LETTERS TO THE No. XI. r'M'/i: ) lif..; From His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head, ■• , : Baronet,^c. , ;,j;' ,j'j,;,;;,". Private. Dear Sir, ' Kingston, 24th March, 1838. It was my intention to have requested permission to dine with you on the day I arrived at Montreal, as I wa- very desirous to have had some conversation with you, but I have been so long detained at Toronto, and am so anxious to reach England, that I have deter- mined to t||ke my chance of going through the States; and I accordingly drop from hence to Waterloo to-morrow morning. I left Toronto yesterday evening, at six o'clock, on board the Transit steamer, and landed at Bath to-day at 2 o'clock. I remam, dear sir. In great haste. Yours respectfully, (Signed) - :F. B. HEAD. at HON. P. M^OILL. 17 No. XII. FYom Hia Excellency the Right Hon. C. Poulkt Thompson, Governor- General^ ^c, fyc. Govt. House, I7th August, 1840. Private. My Dear Sir, . / : 1. I am very unwilling to press you, more especially after the very handsome manner in which you met my proposal this morn' ing ; but if, upon reHection, you can undertake the duties of Mayor, I should be certainly obliged to you, as I think that it would give any Corpo- ntion a start which would insure its 8uccer~ I could always let you out at the end of i mntha if vrtn fniinri thn InHrtra inn mnnh. to you, as I think that it would give any Corpo- ration a start which would insure its success. I could always let you out at the end of a few months, if you found the labors too much. ' ' . Believe me, , , , , Very truly yours. lr>!t ■i.tvi • ) ' • ; (Signed) C. POULET THOMPSON. ■( 1! l(( 11,1.1 .\n.\\y]u\"!^ ■.:>) rK^ fui'i "fi .i-jIikom I therefore heard nothing about his views, and those I stated to you were his Son's. I hear that he has lately had some communication with Debartch. Be cautious therefore. , Yours very truly, (Signed) SYDENHAM. Why will you not come in yourself and be Speaker ? It is better than being in the Council ten times over. HON. P. M^OILL. 19 No. XIV. Steam Boat in the Rioeau, 22(1 Sept., 1840. My Dear Sir, Major Hall has just put into my hands your letter of the 19lh Sept., in which you communicate to me the kind intentions of the Citizens of Montreal to afford me a public reception, on my return to their City. , ^ I feel greatly flattered and gratified by this proposal, and it is therefore with deep regret that I am compelled to decline availing myself of their kindness ; but I have been seized with a severe fit of illness, which confines me to my couch ; and it is very uncertain whether I may be able to quit it, except to be carried on shore. At all events I have no hope of being able to appear in a public ceremony for some days. I shall be very much obliged to you, therefore, if you will take some means of publicly inform- ing the inhabitants, who are disposed to confer this honor upon me, of my inability to accept it, and of assuring them at the same time of the gratitude I feel for their intentions. a 'j^ , i ». ^ i- Immediately on my return to Montreal, I will t'T m I ;•'! ;*./ i 20 LETTERS TO THE appoint a time when I may have the pleasure of receiving the Corporation Address. Believe me, my dear sir, Yours very sincerely, (Signed) SYDENHAM. The Honble. P. McGill, Mayor of the City of Montreal. , , . ' i No. XV. Confidential. " ' • ' - i .'i ; GoVBRNMENT House, ^. Montreal, 27th April, 1841. Sir, / '.: yi'-' : I have the honor to inform you that I ani prepared to recommend your appoint- ment to a seat in the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada, if you are willing to under- take the duties of that situation) of which I beg you to apprise me. It is my duty also, in making the proposal, to state to you frankly, that I do so with the under- standing that if you accept it, as I shall have great pleasure in hearing that you will, you will give your regular attendance in Parliament, and not permit the office to lapse into a merely HON. P. m'oILL. 21 •it honorary distinction, imposing no duties on the possessor. I am happy to have this opportunity of testify- ing my sense of your character and station in the Province, and I beg you to believe me, Yours faithfully, . .■ ,. ' ' ' (Signed) SYDENHAM. Honorable Peter McGill. i , (■ ',1 ;i;! i, J Private. j.ii.i DM! No. XVI. Govt. House, Kingston, 16th July, 1841. Mt Dbar Sir, '" : i ; '" I must ask your indulgence for not having acknowledged your letter before, but it has been partly owing to my desire to see how matters looked before I gave you my opi- nion on one or two points which it refers to. Mr. Moifatt, however, having communicated to me a letter which he has received from you, in which you press very strongly, and apparently upon per- sonal grounds, one of them, namely, the Intro- duction of a change in the mode of levying the auction duty, I can no longer delay. My opinion, from what I have seen during the session, is rather confirmed in the main, of its being very desirable, if possible, to avoid intro- r mmimmmmmmm I ¥ : r III 22 LETTBRB TO THB ducing the subject of the Muiitroul Incorporation this year in the Legislature. 1 think that advan- tage would be taken of our doing so, to press alterations which are inadmissable, and to raise questions which it is far safer to avoid. If, however, it is necessary, in order to enable you to raise the requisite funds for your improve- ments, that power should be obtained, authorizing you to borrow at a higher rate than 6 per cent., a Bill to that effect, and confined strictly to that, mighty when brought in at the end of the session, perhaps avoid much debate, and not be liable to the objections I have stated. Still it would be better to avoid the risk, and I think, if you wait a little till the financial measures which I shall have to prepare are fairly before the public, the necessity for the measure will be obviated. Bui the extension of such a Bill to an alteration in the mode of levying the Auc- tion Duty, would unquestionably raise all sorts of questions with regard to taxation, &c., and open the door to a vast deal of harassing discus- sion ; and therefore, whatever it might have been necessary to do on the other point, I should cer- tainly have most strongly dissuaded you from at- tempting to meddle with that part of the sub- ject at present, if it were not for the strong man- ner in which in your letter to Mr. Moffatt you put the case. If, as you there say, your continu- ance in your OfRce as Mayor depends on its HON. P. M*OILL. 23 being done, of course it must be ; however, I look on YOUR continuing to fill that situation as essen- tial to the well working, or indeed to the working at ail, of the Montreal Act. So I shall of neces- sity be ready to give all the assistance in my power to such a measure, if you ask for it ; and will have a Bill p.csented by one of the City Mem- bers ; but, at the same time, I cannot but request you to reconsider your intention, and to weigh well the assurance which I give you of my opinion as to the danger of mooting the question this year. I will do what I can for Mr. Rodier, when I have to add any new members to the Legislative Covn- cil, which is my intention at the end of the ses- sion. At present, in spite of the few iiiembers, it seems to me to work well enough, and I do not wish to increase it until then. Hitherto, in- deed, that body has had little to do ; and for this reason 1 beg you to consult your own con- venience about attending. Probably another fortnight will tire out the talkers in the As- sembly, and then, when real business goes up to the Council, it will be well for you to be here. I will write to you, however, or make some one do so. ; ; ',,,•••••; I am delighted to hear so good an account of my Godson, of \vhom I am very fond, as I beg you will assure Mrs. M'Gill, with my best regards. , Yours very sincerely, .. !.- (Signed) i . SYDENHAM. tl . , nit. n ..... ., ! ! Give my best regards to Mrs. McGill, whom I depute to give a kiss to my godson, and believe ..irH-,.. uiV My Dear Sir, i' ;,:•, ,.,..;„, ..ilv/ ! ! ii •'-.;•-.;! .,, t. Yours very sincerely, ■'•'•■'_ "■ T'-^'i •'•'•(Signed) ' "'^SYDENHAM. ■*, '-l ; ^. ■! 1 1 •., J .■V< ■(»' ..! ; : 1 r » 'io );>■■. !l n 'i^'. m 26 LETTERS TO THE f", ■. .1 -/ i:M(i ,'i > V i\ ; I \ No. XVIII. i I.! I'l "/!'.? u! , :i;i ■ ■; ' ■ /'i Ml ij! ') /i^om £/t3 Excellency Lieutenant- General^ Sir R. D. Jackson, AdministrcUoTy ^c, 4^c. Private, ■•■■•'■^:!--' -^-i •"-^' ,.:'-.^ ■''•- Kingston, 14th December, 1841. My Dear Sir, ■! ,■•• ' ' ■' I received this morning, only, your letter of the 10th, and will not delay one post in replying to it, although I cannot do so in a manner satisfactory either to your -wishes or my own. m;i -J;- r- i;;:/ u.ry .•/:; „;n«'>u:v The appointment to which it refers was dis- posed of by Lord Sydenham's promise, ana his death-bed injunction related to its fulfilment. In my situation, this promise was imperative with me, so far as I can permit myself to act up- on it ; and I should not be doing justice to his memory, if I failed in recommending to Sir Charles Bagot, the confirmation of an appoint- ment made under such circumstances. 1 have had cast upon me a most invidious of- fice ; and uprightness of intention will scarcely HON. P. M'OlLIi. 27 be allowed me, by many who may fairly disap- prove of the selection made from the Candidates for Office. I have, however, endeavored to act under advice, for the benefit of the Province, and it will give me satisfaction to have any errors of judgment corrected by the future Governor-Gen- eral. •■■ /'^:r-' ^'-'z- I am, my dear sir, ' ' Yours, very faithfully, (Signed) R. D. JACKSON. Honorable P. McGill. No. XIX. From RoBT. McKay, Esq., Secretary St Andrew's Society SfC. MoNTHEAL, Nov. 11, 1842. -U>t.L ,/ Sir, I have great pleasure in trans- mitting herewith a copy of the vote in your favor, unanimously passed at the meeting of the St An- drew's Society, held last evening. . . <; I am commanded to expiess, on behalf of the Society, their deep regret that circumstances \w I i 28 LETTERS TO THE should induce you to resign the office which you have so long and so worthily filled in the Soc.»ety. It may be presumptuous in me to add that I con* cur most heartily in the opinion expressed by the Society, and that I hope that, at a future day^ you may be induced again to accept the office, which I know the Society will at any time be proud that you should accept. ^ j. , ' I have the honor to be, .;•' <■ .. ' Sir, 't !■ ' ■ Vour obedient Servant, •' I (Signed) ROBT. McKAY, Secretary St. Andrew's Society. Honble. P. McGill, President St. Andrew's Society. Extract from the Journals of the St. AndrevPs Society^ MontreaJt^ Nov, 10, 1842. The November Quarterly Meeting was held this evening. • • * * On motion of Rev. Dr. Mathibson, seconded by H. Allan, Esq. it was resolved, unanimously, — That the warmest thanks of the Society be voted to the Honorable Peter McGill, for the val- uable services rendered by him to the Society, as I I HON. P. AfOILL. 29 its President, since its formation, and that the Secretary communicate this vote to Mr McGill, expressing, at the same time, the regret of the Society on his determination to resign that office. (A True Extract.) (Signed) ROBT. McKAY, Secretary St Andw. Society. ' ij; > V)- ., 7 'i ill ^ . 1 ^(i ;?!'?;;■-') -1 ^ ■ , ji- .. ,' ; .'y ■ ;i.v ■ 'i'-; ■ '•■■, // • No. XX. '.' 1 „:.:.■/ From J. M, Hiooinson, Esq. Secretary^ S^c, S^c. "' ''" Govt. House, Nov. 6, 1843. Dear Sir, , . ., . ' , I am desired to say that the Governor-General is desirous of seeing you as soon as you can conveniently wait upon him. ■ .;u;'l/:-uu-.--. iam,dearsir, '■ '^^^ '•'■;;■ i-' . uT.i M/,.! .•...;/:• . Yours, faithfully, .^.,^^,„: •' -^^ ' • (Signed) Honble. P. McGilL ' J. M. HIGGINSON. [N.B.— The object of the above communica- tion was to o|fer me the appointment of Speaker of the Legislative Council.— P. McGili..] f ''i 30 LETTERS TO THE HON. P. M*OILL. No. XXI. .1. ■> r: ComplimenUiry Resointion by the Corporation of Montreal. Extract from the Minvtea of the proceedinr;8 in CouncUy at the CUy HaU, in the City oj Afon. treal^ ^i^»^i#«»»»»oi- t^i^;' /LU^i>i>^ ^^ i