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 GREENWOOD TRAGEDY. 
 
 THREE ADDRESSES 
 
 DELIVERED TO THE 
 
 PRISONERS IN TORONTO GAOL, 
 
 SOON AFTER THE SUICIDE OF WILLIAM GREENWOOD, 
 AND HAVING REFBRENCf: TO THAT EVENT; 
 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED 
 
 AN APPEAL TO THE LADIES OF CANADA. 
 
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 ooLoiNEL k:iivci^sm:ii^l. 
 
 In prison and ye came unto me. — Matt. xxv. 36. 
 
 aUELPH ; 
 
 PRINTED AT THE " HERALD " BOOK AND JOB OFFICE, WYNDHAMST. 
 
 1H64. 
 
TO ALL WHOxM IT MAY CONOEIIN 
 
 THIS HUMBLE EFFORT IN TIIK CAUSE OF HDMANITV 
 iS DEDICATED BV 
 
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 In liiviu^ to the public tli:! f'ullowin^j ;i(.lhus.sus to the pridoners in 
 Toronto fiaol, I havo yi klu 1 ■ -loi- I !iad prjviously no such intention— to 
 the roqucst of a few fVienils. The publio itioii may tako others by surprise, 
 From such 1 solicit tho (jxlubitioa of tliat charity which " thinketh no evil," 
 •■ beareth all things." 
 
 Havinji; boon led to tako this step by oocurnnicos altogether unforseen, I 
 confess to Ibeling thankful that I have bciju oniblod to make an attempt 
 at least ti» supply a '• mi'sin.;' link," by whicli tho unfortunates in tho aovoral 
 prisons in this country, may bo brou^rht into closer communion with persons 
 anxious for their reformation and future welfare. 
 
 " T can't see," says thn author of '' :rchool Days at Rugby," " that a 
 man has any business to write a book, unless ho has something which he 
 thorou|:bly believes, and \va:if;, to preach about." In publishing these 
 addresses I most tlio/oughly believe, tliat if it were the fashion — a fashion 
 which, by the way, is daily ji;aiiiin;^ ground in England,— for the educated 
 and enlightened to visit our [irisons and penitentiaries, to feel for " those 
 who arc in bonds, as if bound v/ith them," a great moral revolution might 
 bo effected, ai:d u large expenditure of money saved to the nation : for, in 
 exact proportion to the diminution of crime, must Le the reduction of 
 expense in uiAintaining and punishing offenders. 
 
 My appeal to tho ladies of the Province demands a few words of explana- 
 tion. My arology for the liberty I h;ivo taken, will be found in the melan- 
 choly fact, rhat on one of tie d;:ys I visited Torcnto prii-on, I beheld, 
 while passing through the hall, fi ur ycaing culj.rit?, who had just been 
 
IV. 
 
 PRErACB. 
 
 arrested, charged with a well-planned robbery, as I was informed, of several 
 stores in the city. I addressed myself to the youngest, (about eleven years 
 of age,) he wept and sobbed bitterly, attributing the blame to his companions, 
 who had led him into crime. All the four, of whom the oldest might have 
 been about fifteen years of age, appeared much affected by their awful position. 
 In the remembrance of this affecting incident, may I not respectfully and 
 affectionately ask the ladies of the land, are not such scenes, — and they are 
 of continuous occurrence— enough to make " the angels weep ?" " Little 
 children" perishing for lack of knowledge, "no man," apparently, ''caring for 
 their souls." And may I not pray, mothers and daughter's who are •' rich 
 in this world — that they bo rich in good works." That coveting to walk 
 in the footsteps of Him who went about doing good, they would care for 
 the hapless orphan-like children, of careless and Godless parents ; and care 
 also for those female Pariahs of society, who appear lost to all sense of 
 decency, or of shame, and endeavor to lead them to Him who came to seek 
 and to save that which was lost. 
 
 GUKLPH, March 25, 1864. 
 
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 FIIUT ADDRESS. 
 
 P/isoncrs, Male and Female : 
 
 WiiiLK oa my way from Guelph to Toronto, last Tuesday, I was accom- 
 panied by a lady friend; and tlao public mind being at the time much 
 excited by the Greoiwood Tragedy, our conversation naturally took that 
 dirocUon. The lady to whom I allude possesses a charitable, christian 
 spiiit — ever dvrellin;.j; upon what may bo effected for the good of other.?. 
 She said to mo, as if half in jest, *' Don't you think, Colonel, that it would 
 be a nice opportunity, as you have noxf leisure, to say a few kind words, 
 ill the way of advice, to the prisoners in Toronto Jail ? — it might do good, 
 and could do no harm.'' I was so much pleased with the benevolence of 
 the remark, that I at onco made u;» my mind, and promised to carry out 
 her suggestion. A promise should be made with caution ; but when onco 
 made, I hold that it ought, as fav as in us lies, to bo strictly observed. 
 Accordingly, the d:iy after my arrival in Toronto, I waited, with this 
 object in vic^v, upon my friend, Mr. Sheriif JarviSj who at once responded 
 to my wishes, applauding the undertaking. 
 
 It is thus I find niy.solf amou'St you this day, having prayed to the 
 Giver of " every good and perfect gift" that He would vouchsafe a blessing 
 upon my words. It is a subject of deep regret to see so many prisoners 
 within these wails, and especially so niany females. Tho order that pre- 
 vails, however, considering the limited accommodations, is highly credita- 
 ble to the Governor, the Matron, and the keepers, who seem to do all in 
 their power, as fiv as consistent with their duty, to alleviate your bondage. 
 
 I hold that, under scripture direction, wo are bound to " do good 
 unto all men as wo have opportunity," and not to " hide our light under a 
 bush:!," — bo that light shod upon us, in the way of experience through 
 length of years, superior attainments, chanty, example, or any other charac- 
 foristic with which it has pleased (lod to endow us. With this conviction 
 iiuprcs.6cd on my mind, I resolved, before '•going hence and being no more 
 
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 80011,' to aiUross a few practicil romirks to liiu inmates ct" this iii-i-s;;-! 
 upon tlic suhjuc't of tli3 lato Greenivand Tragcdi/, perfoni oil, nr r.iii"!.' 
 properly spoukiii^, pcrpotrnteil witliiii tlioso w.ills, lilliiii;;- llic iniblio niiiul 
 ^ith unprecodeiitc I horror, and which, doubtlosn, has boi,!ii the theme of 
 melancholy di.scu:!i.i!on throu^^'h tlio loiij^tli and breadth of tho land. 
 
 During; a sorvico of 25 years as an officer in the IJrifisli army, 21 years 
 as Sheriff of t!ie lato Niagara District — now divided into tlire(! counties — 
 and some years experience in the militia on that frontier dining troublous 
 times, I have had various opportunities of beliolding death in every con- 
 ceivabla form. I hive 3o:n mon struck dow.i on the field of battle, 
 guillotined, strangled, drowned, anl suddonly cut o'V. In the txerciso of 
 my official duty, I have witnerfsol the penitent — and alas! tho impenitent 
 also — jxpiate their crinioi upon the sca'l'yld. I have road Byron's loscrip- 
 tion of a pirate 
 
 •• Linked wi'h oao virtue and a thousand crimes,"' 
 
 but, strange to say ! it was reserved for rao, when I tliouglit my "chamber 
 of horrors" full, to witness a " lower depth" of sin in the contemplation of 
 a criminal, not only stained with a " thousand crimes,'' but without even 
 the bare shadow of one redooming virtue, capping tho climax of his atroci. 
 ties with the additional and un iccountable crime of suicide — rushing, with 
 all his sins upon his head, into the presence of his insulted Maker, in 
 whose hands only are the " issues of life." God, no doubt, ^orks through 
 the instrument ility of means, for a wise purpose hidden from our view ; 
 but blind indeed, lost to the feelings of a reflecting mind, must that man 
 be who does not discover in this " intensity of wickedness" a solemn warn- 
 ing to all men, " while they think that they stand, to take heed lest they 
 fall ; to flee in time from the " wrath to come"' ere the night comes upon 
 them, and their " feet stumble upon the daik mountains." 
 
 In my intercourse with criminals, while attending the gaol in Niagara, 
 each Sunday, I have invariably found the most proliiiiJ sources of sin to 
 consist in the neglect of parental advice, sabbath-breaAing, and bad com- 
 panionship. And here 1 would remark, that amidst all my attempts to 
 reform the thoughtless and tho wicked, I have never given up a young 
 man to his own devices till such time as I have ascertained that he obsti. 
 rately refused to attend tlie " house of prayer" on Sundays ; and for this 
 obvious reason, that ho who thu^ wilfully neglects tho appointed means of 
 grace, and deprives himself of the advantage of hearing the Truth explained 
 by the accredited ministers of God's most holy word, excludes himself from 
 the opj^ortunitics God graciously affi)r<ls for bringing sinners to repentance. 
 By the way of partially illustrating this !acl, T will give you an anecdote of 
 
one itf tiiC Chanoeilora of !'iti.;lanJ, (Sir M;itUew II iIl- ) lli.i LonUliij), 
 iilludiii^; to liii early life while a young mui practicing at (lie bur, nion- 
 tionuJ, i.i thu cour^o ol' cf>nver3,itiou amongst his IVientls, that he was 
 occasion illy, wlien pressed for time, in the habit of winding up the busincs.^ 
 of the week (juietly in his chamber on Sunday. This, he stated, was an 
 ('Xce[ition to hi.5 usuul practice of attending divine worship, for he was 
 brou<.',iit up in the "nurture and admonition of tho Lord," but being a 
 man of close ob-?ervalion, ha remarked, that during the woeks succeeding 
 the S ibb iths thus devoted to worldly business, every thing appeared to go 
 wrong ; whereas, on the other hand, those weeks succeeding the Sabbaths 
 oiiiployed in the service of God, were characterized not only by devout 
 feeling:^, but also by invariable success in his business. 
 
 As a proof of the blessing attending the reading of God's word, I will 
 relate a most gratifying incident that occurred to myself some years ago. 
 Being on a visit to CJuclph with the present Sheriff of Wellington, while 
 passing along the ptrecls, I was accosted by a farmer-looking man, who 
 shook me warmly by tho hand, and enquired anxiously about my health 
 and that of my family. Perceiving that I did not recognize him, he 
 said, " Ah ! Sheriff, you don't recollect me now ; but I have good reason 
 to remember yoit, since I went into ^Niagara jail a drunkard and an idler, 
 leaving my poor wife and family without any means of support. After 
 being in prison for some time, and listening to the Word of God frequently 
 read there by you, as well as to the repeated good advice which you kindly 
 gave all the prisoners, J began to reflect and to be sorry for the wicked life 
 I had led, and then and there I resolved, on regaining my liberty, to drink 
 no more whiMkoy, but to lead a steady, sober, and iadustrions life, and, by 
 God's grace, T have been enabled to keep my resolution. I have tykcn a 
 farm iu this neighbor. lool, on which my wife and family are living — well 
 .clothed and well fed, and iu every respect comfortable I go with thorn 
 when we have a " ehancj" to church on :r^uiid:iy, and we are well to do — 
 and for all this"— shaking me again by the hand — •' I luivo you to thniik." 
 
 This story is not told you in tlie spirit ul' boasting; far I'mni it. Jlav- 
 i'.ig passed tbrough the fiery ordeals of tins world, and had a taste of all 
 the " ills that flesh is heii to," I have to confess— not to boast — tiiat I am, 
 after all, but au " unprofitable servant,'' deeply iinprossed with the convic- 
 tion arrived at by the wisest of men, who expresL-ed his experience of the 
 vanity of the world in these remarkable words, " 'I'hcn I looked on all the 
 works that my hands had wrought, nnd on the labor that I had labortd to 
 do; t>nd, behold, all was v:uiity and vexation of spirit, and there was no 
 proflt under the sun." 
 
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 Now, from this ami similar instauces Avliicli J have known, T liave wo 
 doubt ill iny iiiintl but that tli<j heart of every erring man may be rcache 1, 
 l)rovide(l tlio right mode is adopted. 
 
 If then, from my manner and disinterested nppearancn amongst you this 
 ^]ay — for no other intercBt can I possibly have than that uf inducing you 
 1o turn from your fins and seek God in the way of his appointment — }ou 
 think that I come in a right npiril, attend, I beseech you, as that man of 
 whom I Iiuve spoken did to his profit, lo tlic counsel offered you. If you 
 are desirous of avoiding a repetition of your pins, and to be found walking 
 in sobriety and decency, earning an honest livelihood in this highly favored 
 Country, where industry never fails to prorper, listen to the voice which 
 ad'cctionately appeals to you to search the tcriptures, to believe the gospel 
 lacssagc, the glad tidings of '' peace on earth, good will to men." *' Eehold, 
 now is the accepted time ; beiiold, now is the day of salvation/' Believe that 
 1 here i^ no other name under Heaven given among men by wliich you can bo 
 havcd but the name of Jesus, who graciously said, " 1 am not sent but to tho 
 lost iheep of the House of Israel." Head, mark, learn, and inwardly digest 
 the truths the scriptures teach. They tell you oi" tho Cross of Calvary ; 
 th3y bring vividly befoie you the sull'eiings of IJim who laid down his 
 life, the just for the unjust, that sinners might be saved. Oli ! it is com- 
 forting for the poor, seircondemned sinner to knoAV, that while he stands 
 afar o'ii and smites upon his breast, and says, " God bo merciful to me,- a sin- 
 ner !' he may go down justified, rath;r than the s( If-righteous riiariscG, who 
 boasts that he gives tithes of all he possesse>). "Would that I could make 
 you, my fallow sinners, sensible of the great value of the precious gifts of 
 your Creator ; would that I could make you feel within you that you were 
 formed after his own image ; would that I could persuade you properly to 
 estimate the ability, the talents, v.i:h which you are endowed; Vv'oulJ 
 that I could remove from your eyes the sciiles that dim the liy.ht of 
 Heaven — would that I could open them to tiie deep conviction that you 
 have immortal touls to bo saved, or — oh ! dread consideration ! ! — to be 
 lost forever ! 
 
 When you again freely breathe tlic breath of liberty, think of my words ; 
 take up your rightful ]>osiliou r.mcngst men, and lot the beautiful senti- 
 ment of the poet be ever foremo.st in youi.- thoughts — 
 
 " A. man's a man fur a' that," 
 y.\<=', and let it be confirmed by tlic aJviee of the immortal bard — 
 
 ' lUit uliove 111! unto j-oiir.-'olf Lo true," 
 'I'Lou cai;;i't, not tljcii bv t'-xU^ lo aiiv man.' 
 
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 i.iie ^:peuLing to i.ion. 
 
 alii!v.lly uuJorj'ate a. id wiifully abuse 
 
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 tlio talentrt conimitteJ to their cliarge, laJ make light of the heavenlj gift 
 
 ol' reason, I caiiiiut avoiil tliinking of the graves of the humble and the 
 
 poor, so beautifully described la that poeio of our early years : 
 
 <* PcrliAps in tbis negleotcd spot is laid 
 
 Some heart once piegtmnt with celestial fire — 
 Ildnils thiit the rod of oinpire might have sirayed, 
 Or wak'd to ecstacy the liriug lyre.'' 
 
 Arc you then, any of you, with such warning sounded in your cars, pre- 
 pared to go down to the grave dishonored, unmourned, and unremembered, 
 except, like Greenwood, for your crimes ? Heaven forbid. 
 
 Iluuicmbcr that the Lord is everywhere present, aa you will find in the 
 reading of that sublime Psalm, the 139th : 
 
 " ^V hither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither ihall I flee from thy 
 presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ; if I make my bed 
 in hell, bohold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and 
 dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead met 
 and thy right hand shall hold me." 
 
 In the knowledge then, that God is everywhere present, in the untrodden 
 desert as in the ci'owdcd city, in the prison as in the palace, " Seek ye the 
 JiOrd while He may be found, call upon llim while He is near; let the 
 wicked forsake his wickedness, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and 
 let hiin rotiiru unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto 
 our (jod, for he will abundantly pardori." 
 
 I would aiTcctionatcly remind you, that from those " to whom much is 
 given, much ^Yill be required,'' and, therefore, as you live in a land where 
 happily the " true light shinoth," and men boar the word of God preached 
 by the iiiiii inters of the gosp«l, you will have a more fearful account to 
 render, if you neglect this " great salvation," than the poor heathen living 
 ill darkness — aye, or those of your fellow-countrymen, who were once in 
 the habit of hearing the sweet sound of the sabbath-bell in the old country, 
 but who now, alas 1 hear it no longer in the far-oflf woods, and are seldom 
 chcoieJ by the welcome voice of the messenger of God. 
 
 I have boon informed, by Mr. Boomer, Police Magistrate, as well as b^ 
 Mr. Allan, the Governor of the Jail, that a large majority of the men, and, 
 shame to say, of the women also now before me, have been committed 
 for drunkenness, and on being reeiised will, in all likelihood, return, 
 '' as the dog to his vomit," to those haunts where the " deep damnation" 
 of inlcniporance awaits thera. 
 
 May God grant, that tiie appeal whicli I make to you this day, may 
 be the ':.oans of causing you to pause and reflect upon the folly, thu mad- 
 ui!,js, of pursuing those ways that lead down to hell. 
 
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 With tlie hope of uior« ilwiply impressing your minds, I will relate to 
 you a " plain unvarnished tale" of two individuals, once most respectable, 
 but who, alus ! contrary to all their early antecedents, yielded to temptation, 
 and now together till a drunkanVs grave. 
 
 Several years since, T had a color-sergeant in my company who was dis- 
 tinguished for his soldier-like appearance and indomitable courage. The 
 latter quality he on one occasion displayed in a very conspicuous manner. 
 Three soldiers of iie regiment deserted while quartered in Quebec. The 
 sergeant, having learned the direction they had taken, resolved to follow, 
 and, if possible, to capture them. In pursuance of this resolution, he 
 araied himself with a loaded pistol in addition to his side arms, went in pur- 
 suit, and overtook them in a barn about three miles distant in the country, 
 lie rushed in, shouting in a loud voice, as if to a party outside, made them 
 believe they were surrounded, uiarched them out one by one, and placing 
 them on the road in front of him, said, " I'll give yon the word * march,' 
 and it any one of you dares to turn his head to the right or left, that mo- 
 ment he will have a bullet through his brains." He succeeded by this strat- 
 agem in marching them safely to the barracks, and, for his gallant conduct, 
 received the thanks of his commanding officer in regimental orders. 
 
 Soon after my retirement from the service, this sergeant also retired, 
 took a farm in the vicinity of Niagara, and married a very handsome girl, 
 whoso beaut" as such that she was termed *' The Hose in June.'* 'Ihey 
 lived on their larm some time, but finally, for the sake of their children's 
 education, they moved into town, and established themselves in a provision 
 store, where their circumstances improved so much, that I remember seeing 
 the eldest daughter learning the piano. But how often do we find pros- 
 perity more difficult to bear than adversity. Tiiey felt elated by their 
 success, and foolishly commenced a style of living beyond their income, 
 which, ere long, exhausted their well-earned means, and finally, sun): them 
 into poverty. Uuth the hu,^bund and the once lovely wife, having pre- 
 viously ucipiired the accursed Iiabit of drinking, were often subsequently to 
 to be seen " st;iggeriiig drunk" in the streets of NiagTira— he having; lost 
 liis once distiii,;;iii,slicd characU-r, she her beauty and her virtue. Dur- 
 ing the l.ist prevalence of the ch'dera, the authorities of (he Town of 
 Niagara thou;4ht lit to prepare a tompurary hor^pital for tne reception 
 of cao'era ))iii^.Mits, ami knowing the destitution of my old "brother 
 ill anus," 1 u-'j.l \n\ iiitL'rost in his ln-'lialf, under proir.iscs of aiut-U'l- 
 m^iit, ;i|ip.;rL'iil!y si:ie»'r(.', iVoiu b(/lh litiiisoll' and wife, and SMecCcded 
 in getting them appointed to the cliargc of the builJing. One patient, ami 
 one only, entered the hospital with chdora, of which he died; but such 
 
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 wad the ungoverniiblo love of those uiiroi-tim»ites for li.iuor, that after the 
 patient wms biirlcd, they returned to the hospittil, got horribly drunk oa 
 the brandy intended as medicine, lay down on tlie be<l lately occupied by 
 the dead man, and, as a matter of course, were seized with that frightful 
 disease, to which they both fell victims, and departing this lile in fearful 
 agony, now fill a dishonored grave. It is not for us to pronounce their 
 doom or to say how they can answer in the day (>f (iod's wrath, when all 
 shall be called to give an " account of the deeds done in the body ;" but 
 surely, this incident, a unit among the thousands continually occurring 
 instances of the fatal consequences of inebriety, should warn us to shun the 
 intoxicating cup— to account it, in very deed, " the dark beverage of hell !" 
 Remember— oh ! remember !— that drunkenness is a crinv emphatically 
 denounced in this holy book from which T have been reading, and which, 
 if not repented of and forsaken, will bring you misery in this world and 
 eternal misery iii the world to come. Ah, how shall the murderer and the 
 suicidestandbefore the Judgment Seat -the drunkard doubly a suicide, 
 for he murders both body and soul— how shall he abide the day of God's 
 wrath ? Let me conclude my exhortatio.- by reading to you a most bcauti- 
 tiful canticle composed about 600 years ago, in latin, by on Italian monk, 
 but which, to this day, has lost none of its sweetness or power to affect the 
 
 heart : 
 
 " Day of wrath and consternation, 
 Day of fiery consummation, 
 Prop'iesied in Revelation ! 
 
 Oh! what horror on a'.I faces, 
 VVlien the romiii:,' Jud^'e each traces, 
 rUiinin.,', dreadful, iu all places! 
 
 Trump shall sound, and every si:i,^';o 
 Mortal shimherer's ears shall tingle, 
 
 Aiul the d-ad shall rise and mhig.e : 
 
 All of every tribe and nation 
 That have lived .since the creation, 
 Answeiing that dread citation. 
 
 Volume, from which nothing's blotted, 
 
 Evil done nor evil plotted, 
 
 Shall be brought, and duoirs allotted. 
 
 Judje, who sits at that assizes, 
 iShall, deceived by no di3,:,'uises, 
 Tiy each work that man cevi^Je!r'. 
 
 How shall I, a wretch polluted, 
 
 An,-,v,er thi'n to sins ia( ufed, 
 
 V.'hen the hist nuin'.s cusv i^ mooted ? 
 
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 Awful Monarch of Creation ! 
 Saving without compensulion, 
 Save me, Fountain of Salvation I 
 
 Lose mo not than, Jesus, seeing 
 I am Thine by gift of being, — 
 Doubly Thine by price of freeing ! 
 
 Thou, the Lord of Life nnd Glory, 
 Hung'st a victim, geshed and gory : 
 Let not all be nugatory ! 
 
 Pardon, Thou whose vengeance smiletb, 
 But whom mercy most delighteth, 
 Ere that reck'ning day afifrigbteth I 
 
 As a culprit, stand I groaning, 
 Elushing, my demerit owning, — 
 Sprinkle me with blood atoning I 
 
 Thou, who Mary's sins remittedsf. 
 And the softened Thief acquittedst, 
 Likewise hope to me permittedst. 
 
 Weak these prayers Thy Throns assailing ; 
 But let grace, o'er guilt prevailing, 
 Save me from eternal wailing I 
 
 While the goats afar are driven, 
 'Mid Thy sheep me place be given, — 
 Blood-wash'd favorites of Heaven I 
 
 While '* Depart I" shall doom and gather 
 Those to f'amo, address me rather — 
 *'Uomo thou blessed of my Father T' 
 
 In my final hour, when faileth 
 
 Heart and Uesh, and njy cheek p.ilotb, 
 
 Grant that succor which availelh. 
 
 Day unutterably solemn : 
 Crypt, and pyramid, and column, 
 Isle, and continent, and ocoan, 
 Hocking with a fearful motion, 
 Shall give up a countless number 
 Starting from their long, long slumber, 
 Horror stamping every feature, 
 While is jud^^ed each sinful creature, 
 End of jiendin^f controversy — 
 Spare Thou then, O God of Morcy ! 
 
 Having road this Hymn with as much solemnity as I could, tho desircil 
 effect was produced upon tho prisoners, and I concludod by repeating the 
 Lord's Prayer, in which 1 was joined by all the prisoners — about 160 — 
 kneeling. 
 
 Before retiring, I was requested by sovoral male and female prisoners 
 to again visit them, which I promised to do. 
 
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 *' Venienti occurrite morboy 
 
 P/iiiOiicrs, Male and Female: 
 
 Wiicn I addressed you a week ago, endeavoring to impress your minds 
 v.ith sober tlioughts, in reference to the sad tragedy lately enacted within 
 thcss? walls, bringing to an awful close the long caialogue of crimes commit- 
 ted by the wretched Greenwood, I omitted to notice in detail, his special 
 sins and wickednesses, which were both numerous and heinous. When we 
 attempt to enumerate them, the heart sickens, and tne soul shudders, while 
 t!ie ton2,uo refuses to describe them. This callous-minded man appears to 
 have possessed a morbid desire to do deeds that must needs place him upon 
 a " bad eminence," causing him to be distinguished as the very champion 
 of crime. His early abandonment of the paternal roof, his profanation of 
 the Sabbath, his utter disregard of the matrimonial vow, his desertion of 
 her whom he' was bound to love and protect, added to adultery, infanticide, 
 murder, and arson, all committed within the short space of two years, fill 
 up such a revolting picture, that the mind's eye turns away, refusing to 
 behold it. 
 
 It appears— and while addressing the public schools of this city upon tho 
 same subject, I have laid great stress upon the fact — that from the moment 
 Greenwood undutlEuUy cast off parental authority, he at the same time cast 
 oiV all fear of God ; and from that hour, not one bright spot can be discov- 
 ered in his gloomy history. As we come to the closing scene of his career 
 — picture to ourselves the condemned felon, when about to " shuffle off this 
 mortal coil," de'.ibcrately putting on " the dark cloak of deceit," and pre- 
 tJiiding to pi-ay fur divine morc^, with the minister of God's word, when 
 ill fact, he had his eye iixcd upon the very mcanri by which ho had made 
 
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 up his uiiud, to rush unbidden, upon his eternal doo\n, one cannot help 
 comparing him to the maddened Malay " running a muck" — the sword 
 drawn, the scabbard thrown away, dealing death and destruction to all 
 within his reach, madly rushing into the jaws of hell. 
 
 There is such an evident lesson in the late appalling tragedy, that I for 
 one, cannot allow it to pass as " a nine days' wonder," an occasion increly 
 " to point a moral, or adorn a tale;" for I do believe, that under Provi- 
 dence, an awful series of crimes has been permitted to appear on the thea- 
 tre of this Province, for some wise purpose — a signal warning. We surely 
 cannot fail to recognize in it, a beacon to warn us of the dangers of taking 
 the first step in the path of sin, a finger post pointing out the fatal whirl- 
 pool, a monumental tablet bearing this inscription — 
 " The way of the transgreasor is bard^'' 
 
 " It is the duty of society, not only to punish crime, but, also, carefully 
 to seek out its cause, and, so far as it is in human power, to correct it." 
 This is not only a kingly sentiment, but it was a king who uttered it. 
 
 I have always felt, and greatly fear, that the duty of punishing has been 
 made to assume an undue prominence over the equally necessary but more 
 difficult task of instructing and reforming the culprit. There may b3 
 intelligent and, perhaps, well-disposed persons before me — some of whom 
 probably have never yet searched their hearts with the view of ascer- 
 taining how " desperately wicked" they are. No " chastening, for the 
 present, ecemeth joyous, but grievous ;" still it may have occurred to ycu, 
 as it now does to me, that the privation of your liberty for a season may, 
 after all, prove a blessing in disguise. While madly engaged in the rush- 
 ing business, the pleasures, and the sins of the world, you may have spared 
 little time for the all-important question put by the jailor of Phillippi, 
 " What shall I do to bo saved ?'* " To every thing there is a^ season, and 
 a time to every purpose." Here you are thrown back, as it were, upon 
 yourselves — compelled to reflect on your past lives — a fearful retrospect for 
 any of us, for " all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" — 
 and rising from this retrospect yon may, in humble dependence en the aid 
 of Divine grace, make wise resolutions and form judicious plans for tho 
 future. The ministers of God's word, uj»on whom many of you, no doubt, 
 turned jour backs when at liberty, may now be gladly listened to ; the " still 
 small voice" of conscience, that makes " cowards of us all," whispering 
 through the stilly night, and entreating you to become reconciled to Iliin 
 whose tender luercy was extended even to the thief upon the cross — " To- 
 day shiilfc thou be with me in paradise" — may be gladly hoard. Looking 
 at the future in connection with ita blcsfjings and its ourocs, what matters 
 
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 it where the body is, if the mind continue unenlightened, the heart un- 
 changed ? 
 
 " What matter's where, if I be still tlio snmc, 
 The mind is its own place; and of itself 
 Can make of Heaven a Hell— a Hell of Hearcn." 
 
 Whatever may be your present condition, your crimes or their conse- 
 quences, I would not, by any means, have you yield to despair. " The 
 Lord is nigh unto them that arc of a broken heart, and eavcth such as be 
 of a contrite spirit." Despair is that state of mind which, as it were, 
 refuses to look to God for relief, and consequently fails to receive the heal- 
 ing influence of religion which inspires with hope, not fear, and encourages 
 the penitent to approach " boldly the Throne of Grace." I need scarcely 
 tell you, that, in order to attain and preserve this most desirable state of 
 mind, you must place a high value upon the command, " Be sober, be 
 vigilant," for so soon as you are oii your guard, the enemy is ready to 
 pounce upon you and break down your resolutions, however good and 
 many they may have been. 
 
 1 have frequently said to the prisoners in Niagara jail, and I now repeat 
 it to you, that were T a cold, unfeeling, calculating hypocrite, and without 
 a belief in a future state of rewards and punishments, but merely anxious 
 to procure the so-called good things of this life, I would, from prudential 
 motives, pursue a course of determined sobriety and industry, for without 
 these virtues men invariably sink into poverty, dis2;race, and ultimate ruin. 
 In looking either to the perishing things of this world, or the more enduring 
 blessings of " another and a better," every day's experience points out that 
 men of idle and intemperate habits are defeating their own ends, and literally 
 achieving their own destruction. *' Search the scriptures ;" read, mark, learn 
 and inwardly digest the truths therein revealed for your instruction and sal- 
 vation ; meditate upon them, line upon line, precept upon precept, until they 
 ate, as it were, written in your mind and affections, and you are enabled 
 to say with the Psalmist, " How love I thy law, Lord ; it is my medita- 
 tion all the day." Be instant in ])rayer; pray without ceasing; pray for 
 gv.ice to pray, and especially to be enabled to resist that most odious 
 vice — the besetting sin of a large najority of those to whom I am now 
 .speaking— the sin of intemperance. The soul-destroying vice of drunk- 
 enness is not only continually condeuinod in the bible, bi't has called forth 
 the talent, the oratory, and the exer'dous or some of the best men on earth, 
 to prevent, or, at all evicts, to arrest a plague which IVom lime to time 
 has swept off thousands of infatuated victims. The immortal Shakspearc, 
 to whom every man, woman, and cliild, wherever the English language is 
 
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 sjToken, arc indebted for his writings, liis noble sentiments, and his^ advice, 
 uses the language of deep regret, when alluding to this degrading sin : 
 
 "Oh! that men will put into fheir mouths 
 Aa enemy to steal away their biains." 
 
 And again ; the celebrated lecturer, Gcniigh, to whom I have listened with 
 profound admiration, overwhelmed with an agonizing sense of his own sins 
 of inebriety, closed one of his lectures with a burst of remorse, which evi- 
 dently affected the whole audience : 
 
 "Oh! the deep damnation of Intemperance!" 
 
 I cannot conclude these remarks in a more effectual manner than by 
 relating to you an incident with which I was fearfully identified, and which 
 has scarcely a parallel in the dark records of intemperance : 
 
 STORY OF KELLY AND HIS WIFE. 
 
 When 1 was quartered, upwards of 30 years ago, in I^Iontreal, with my 
 regiment, the f)6th, I had a servant, named Michael Kelly , who hiid lived 
 with me for some years. He had always proved himself a good soldier, as 
 well as a faithful, honest, upright man, with as kind and t;cntle a disposi- 
 tion as I have ever Ftnown. He was a married man at the tinio I speak 
 of, and had five children. His wife also bore an excellent eiiaracter, and 
 was much thought of by the ladicft of the regiment, who emnioyed her in 
 various ways — being a good washerwoman, and an excellent nurse during 
 sickness. 
 
 The custom of paying soldiers only once a month prevailed at that time 
 in the army ; now a better system is in practice, for they art settled with 
 daily. The 24th, which was pay-day, became what was called a " set-day," 
 and a great deal of drunkenness in consequence took place, in despite of 
 every effort to prevent it. Notwithstanding Kelly's good conduct on all 
 other occasions, he would yield to the temptation of liquor on the 2'4th of 
 each month ; and more mrfortunate still, that gentle nature of his, when 
 under the influence of intoxication, underwent so great a change, that ho 
 conducted himself always in a very violent manner, and treacherous withal. 
 Hearing that he had, while in this state, struck a non-comnii^^^ioncd ofhccr, 
 I was resolved, if possible, to alarm him, and with this view, I took an 
 opportunity, while inspecting the men's "kits" in the barrack-room, to say, 
 in presence of the whole company, ** I do believe, Kelly, that unless you 
 give up this abominable habit of drinking, you will, in an evil hour, conmiit 
 an offence for which you will have to answer with your lii'e on the scaffold." 
 His wife heard the remark, and expressed herself very indi^-iuautly at my 
 speaking so severely to her husb;ind. I must mention here, that the color- 
 sergeant of the oonq^any liad a great regard for Kelly, his wile and family, 
 and was in the habit of doing many little kiiHlnesscs for them. Some few 
 Hionths elapsed, and I went lor a i'ortnight on a visit to a IVicnd living on 
 the Ottawa, and, mcl.' ncholy to ixlatc, 1 ibumi, on my rctuni, that Kelly 
 
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 had been handed over to the civil Jxuthoritics charged with mo. i.tlly 
 wounding his best IVicnd, color-sergeant O'Neil. In consequence of beitif; 
 Ibund drunk, he had been ordered into confinement in tlic guard-hoiisc. 
 Ilis buyonet having been taken from liim and laid on a table, ho, in" a 
 pfiroxysin of revenge, seized the weapon and plunged it into O'Ncil's 
 bosom. The wretched man was very soon after tried, found guilty 
 of murder, and i=entenccd to bo executed. On the day preceding his 
 execution, I visited him in his cell. 1 remember he was chained to the 
 llonr. lie appeared submissive and resigned, and looking up most pite- 
 ously in my face, said, " Oh ! captain, if I only took your warning ahd 
 advice that day" — I rather interrupted vhe poor fellow, and reminded hiin 
 tliat, as his period of life was so limited, he had better devote it to earnest 
 prayer and supplication, than to useless regrets for the past, I thcH 
 joii.ed hi'n in prayer, and on leaving hi.^ coll, I perceived that his eyes 
 anxi usly lullowcd luc till the door closed between him and mo forever. 
 j>nt the worst has yet to bo told. Jiofore visiting the bereaved wife in her 
 deop distres.-), I thought it better to allow a ni-:lit to pass, in the hope that 
 the great burst of giief would have by that time subsided, and that she 
 would be able to mi^ot me more calmly. The morrow cumc, and I repairecV 
 to the " house of mourning." Oh ! if I were to live for a thousand years, 
 never could I forget the asliey, stony look, the broken-hearted expression of 
 that onco joyous face. 8he sat swaying herself backward and forward, 
 wiih her head bowed to her knees, uttering the simple words, " gone I gone ! 
 gone !"' and refusing all comfort. No argument or remonstrance on my part 
 could arouse her. 1 fspoke of the duty she owed to lier children ; but all in 
 vain ; her only answer was — " I'm lost forever !" The ladies of the regi- 
 ment oftered her temporal as well as spiritual comfort ; but all to no 
 purpose — she refused to be comforted. She sank into hopeless despair 
 and recklessness ; m fact, she gave herself up as "lost," and abandoaed 
 herself to the dov/nward course of drunkenness and vice, refusing to 
 be saved. The children were taken care of; but her melancholy history 
 soon came to an end ; the tale was told in a few short months. She was 
 rakcn from the streets by direction of the surgeon, who, in compassioi f<^r 
 her sntVerings, admitted her into the hospital, in a most forlorn and ciu- 
 ciated condition — reduced by disease to a very skeleton — where sIhs died. 
 Dr. Henry ai'terwards informed me, that he could not pl'.cc a pin's point 
 anywhere ou her person without coming in contact with corruptipn. 
 
 This sad episode in my military life I liave not colored in the slightest 
 degree — the reality could not be exaggerated. Who can hope that mercy 
 was exiondcd to ouo so ini})enitent ? AVho can hope that the " re- 
 cording angel dropped a tear upon her sins, and blotted them out for- 
 ever?" True, her reason tottered ;• her mind was clouded by dark 
 despair ; sshe had lost, by an ignominious death, a husband that she 
 loved as dearly — yea, mure dearly — than her own life ; her children 
 were left uii[iroteeteil ; her pour ignorant niiinl had not light enough 
 io bohui;! (j.id in this her ai:oiiy, but all, all was the fruit of her own 
 
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 ti-an!)grc3sion. Yet, oh! women, bo mcrcifuJ to her memory; and, oli ! 
 men, lot it be deeply cngrfivcn on your hearts, that it was ano of your 
 8GX who, through the deep, deep, damnation of intemperance, maddened 
 and destroyed as good and faithful a wife as over existed on the face of 
 this earth. Alns ! poor Mary Kelly ! 
 
 During the recital of this aifecting story, both men and women shed 
 tcars-ncarly all the latter sobbed audibly. We closed by repeating tho 
 Lord's Prayer ; and after some desultory conversation with the prisoners, 
 I withdrew ; one woman having first recorded a solemn promise that she 
 would work for one dollar a month rather than be found again on tho 
 f-trcets. 
 
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 ADDRESS TO THE FEMALE PRISONERS. 
 
 " God tem2)ers the icini to the sliorn lamh?^ — Sterne. 
 
 Female Prisoners: 
 
 The evident effect produced upon your fecHnga a few <'j.ys ago by the 
 relation of the sad story of the ill-fated Mary Kelly, hat, iatisfied my mind 
 that I have not come hither in vain ; but, on the contrary, that I have 
 been listened to with serious attention and lively gratitude. I irust you 
 will give me credit for sincerity when I assure you that you have ever 
 since occupied a large portion of my tlioughts — anxiety for your reforma- 
 tion mingling with the hope which cheers me on in the attempt of attain- 
 ing some measure of success in the good cause I have undertaken. Yes 
 I have thought of you by day, and have thought of you in the stillness of 
 the night. I have seen you in your prison, deplored your many trans- 
 gressions, and prayed that, through the grace of a loving Saviour, you 
 might be enabled not only to see the errors of your past ways, but be 
 enabled, also, when again mixing with the world, to avoid its temptations 
 and its sins. I again present myself amongst you to speak of " the things 
 that belong to your peace" — of " the peace of God, which passeth all un- 
 derstanding" — and to implore you not to neglect directing your serious 
 thoughtd to repentance for the past, and to form such plans for your future 
 conduct as are best calculated to shield you against the loss of reputation, and 
 too frequently also of that liberty which might be employed in the perform- 
 ance of duties to yourselves and others, which hitherto you appear to have 
 sadly neglected. With so high an object in view, it apj^ears to rue that I 
 cannot adopt any more powerful means for its accomplishment than in try- 
 ing to persuade you to reflect upon the sovereignly as well as (he mercy of 
 Him, without whose permission a sparrow cannot fill to the ground, and 
 who numbers the very hairs of our head. Believe, that lie in v,'liosc hand 
 ai'c the hearts of all men, can turn them as the rivers of water; that lie vs 
 
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 " oiniiipotent to suvj ," tuul in this belief come to Iliui, .sinful, poor, ami 
 helpless, for the .supply of all your wants, liiin^ with you words, and siiy 
 
 unto Him — 
 
 "A guilty, weak, mid helpless worm. 
 On iliy kind aiiud 1 full ; 
 Ce thou my 8trtMi;,'tli, and rightcousuess, 
 My Jesud, and my all." 
 
 May we not hopo, that now, while I address you, llis Spirit is present 
 with us, for He haa promised, that whore two or three arc leathered toirethcr 
 in His name. He will be in the midst of them. To be convinced tliat 
 tJod " docs all things well," we need only look at the starry firmament of 
 heaven, the order of the universe, and the beauty of the earth on which 
 wo dwell — all proving the correctness of the remark, that *' an infidel 
 astronomer must of necessity be a madman." 
 
 No doubt it is expected of me on this occasion, having volunteered — 
 not, I trust a forlorn hope — to suggest some of the means by which your 
 confinement here may be rendered less irksome, and your time profitably 
 employed, so that when you regain your liberty you will be disposed to use 
 it lor better aud wiser purposes than you seem hitherto to have done. The 
 way I recommend will not be found nearly so difilcuit or unpleasant as 
 some of you may think, for it passes through the refreshing fields of read- 
 ing, meditation, and useful employment. Those who cannot read them- 
 telves, may profitably listen to others, and thus a mutual good feeling will 
 spring up, and in after life — for most of you are still young, and from this 
 fact I derive much encouragement — you may probubly meet under happier 
 circumstances, and ififer to this, the so considered, " winter of your discon- 
 tent," as being also the season of those lessons which taught you to eon- 
 dact yourselves respectably in this life, and prepare for another and a better 
 world hereafter. Exercise yourselves in this manner now, and believe me, 
 you will thus be letter able to resist the temptations of the "world, 
 and the flesh" when battling abroad with the great enemy of your salvation. 
 
 This world is spoken of fre(|uently as cold, harsh, and unfeeling ; you 
 may, therefore, be under the false impression that no sympathy is felt for 
 your unfortunate condition, but on the contrary, that you arc looked upon 
 as hopeless outcasts. Dismiss, I beg of you, this uncharitable idea from 
 your thoughts, and believe better things of those in a higher position ; for 
 I feci warranted in assuring you, that there are many of the *' excellent of 
 the earth" — men as well as women — not only in Toronto, but in many other 
 partj) of this Province, who are not only willing, but anxious, to stretch 
 forth a helping hand to draw you from the dark abodes of misery and 
 restore you, if you will, to tlioijc habits of sobriety , industry auJ. usel'Lilncha 
 
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 iliiig will 
 
 in which, no uoult, many whom I nm addicsriing once rejoiced. May 
 your freicnt e:^porioiico oi'tho bitter fruits of sin, lead you to " watch and 
 pray" against t<!niptation. Abandon, then, as the first step to amendment, 
 those " damned .yjirits,''^ that lead to rags and wretchedness iu thia world, 
 and the ruin of your immortal souls in that which i* to come. 
 
 I am happy, while on this subject, to inform you — it ia stated on the best 
 autliority — that in one year, in England, no less than 9000 criminals, who 
 had suffered legal punishment, have abandoned their evil ways ; and amongst 
 that number are several hundreds of females, who being determined to go and 
 " sin no more," have e'ther found their way back to their friends, or sought 
 refuge in asylums, where all proper means are employed to prepare their 
 minds and bodies for a better state of existence. Many of you, I trust, 
 will go and do likewise. But remember that you will have to " brace up 
 yr .;• oourage to the sticking point," so as faithfully to perform your part of 
 the contract, which is to lead a new life, and thus, once more become 
 respectable members of society. As the poet sweetly sings : 
 
 " THE AVORLD IS WHAT WE MAKE IT." 
 
 *' Ob, call not this a vale of tears, 
 
 A world of gluorn aiid sorrow; 
 Olio half the f^rief that o'er U3 comes 
 
 From solf we often borrow. 
 Tiie earth is beautiful and good : 
 
 How long will n.an mistake it? 
 The folly is within ourselves — 
 ' The world is what wo make it. 
 
 Did we but strive to make the best 
 
 Of troubles that befall ua. 
 Instead of meeting cares half-way, 
 
 They would not so appal us. 
 Earth has a spell for loving hearts — 
 
 Wliy should we seek to break it? 
 Let's scatter flowers instead of tborus— 
 
 Thu world is what we make it. 
 
 If truth and love and gentle words 
 
 \Ye took the pains to nourish, 
 The seeds of discontent would die, 
 
 And peace and concoid flourish. 
 Oh, has not each some kindly thought ? 
 
 Then let's at once awake it ; 
 Believing that, for good or ill, 
 
 The world is what we make it. 
 
 1 liavc always held, that the deliberate seducer of female innocence, how- 
 evc'r high his social position, and the higher the more wicked, should be 
 branded, and expelled from society, as a liar and a robber of the worst kind. 
 
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 Cursed, I say, bo that man, who would rub woiuuu of the biij^htcst jewel in 
 her heavenly crown ; cursed bo he, who would snap the silver cord of l'e?Dalo 
 modesty, and thrice cursed the demon in human shape, who would sacrifiou 
 u pure being, (the gift of Qod for man's soluco and comfort,) on the altar 
 of his unbridled passion. But while I thus express myself, I am bound to 
 remind you, that however great the sin of the seducer, there can bo no 
 excuse for his victim, no refuge for the fallen, in imputing her sin to her 
 destroyer. An inward spirit, the still small voice, is ever present, to warn, 
 to guard, and to suggest the awakening (Question, " IIow can I do this groat 
 wickedness, and sin against God ? " 
 
 When these safeguards have been madly contemned, and shaino and 
 confusion of face, embitter the poor victim's existence, there is one, and 
 only one refuge, but that is as " the shelter of a great rock in a weary 
 land"— that rock is Christ, the same compasaionato Saviour, who, when the 
 woman taken in adultery was brought to him, to le condemned and punish- 
 ed, replied, " He that is without sin amongst you, let him throw the first 
 stone," and who said to the self-oondemned, ** Go and sin no more." Sup- 
 pose that your more fortunate follow sinners possessed no bowels of com- 
 passion, but were destitute of that sweet mercy \/hich is " twice blessed," 
 you can still throw yourselves at the foot of His throne, who said of tho 
 mourning Magdalene, *' She has washed my feet with tears, and wiped 
 tiiem with tht hair of her head, wherefore, her sins, which are many, are 
 forgiven, for she loved much ; but to whom little is forgiven, the samo 
 loveth little. And He said unto her, thy sins are forgiven.'* 
 
 Again, suppose for a moment that the sentiments of men were represented 
 in the lines composed upon the unhappy condition of Jane Shore — 
 
 " lu vain with tpars ber loss she inuy deplore, 
 In Tuiii look back to what she was before, 
 She sets like stars that lail to rise do more," 
 
 I stand here to tell you, that your star is not set ; but high in the ascen- 
 dant — if you only penitently return, and say, " Father, I have sinned 
 against heaven, and in Thy sight," He will see you a great way off, have 
 compassion, run and fall upon your neck, and kiss you, and say to his ser- 
 vants, "Bring forth the best robe, and put it on her" — the same Father 
 who has said, " Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden, and 
 I will give you rest," is still stretching forth his arms to receive every 
 sin burdened, sin-hating penitent. Depend then upon His promises ; make 
 up your minds, dear friends, thai *' now is the appointed time, now is the 
 day of salvation; " and place your reliance solely on Him, who has said, 
 '' Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it 
 shall be opened unto you." 
 
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 Tn my two former addreefles I endeavored to bring before you mo!)t 
 ninrming examples of the danger of yielding to the power of strong drink — 
 the awful ond of those women of whom I ipoke, is enough to warn you 
 to flee the demon of intemperance, no matter in what shape he may present 
 himself. I have now a more pleasing task in speaking to ynu of a woman, 
 who, though of very humble origin, was an example of sobriety, temperance 
 and chastity, and whose many bright deeds and excellent qualities would 
 have done honor to a person of far morn exalted rank. 
 
 Tho heroine of my story was tho wife of a private soldier — a G;renadier 
 in the 66th regiment, to which I belonged. You must know, that during 
 the period I served in the peninsula, under the immortal Wellington, it was 
 quite the rngc for each regiment to have a favorite animal to accompany 
 them on the line of march. A dog was generally chosen, for its sagacity, 
 friendship and attachment to soldiers. We had our dog, and named him 
 Fox, on account of his extraordinary cunning and dexterity in sacrificing 
 to his appetite many victims of the feathered tribe. The 23rd regiment, 
 or Welsh Fusiliers, had a remarkably large goat, which was always to be 
 seen on the line of march at the head of the regiment. This extraordinary 
 animal was such a favorite with the oiBcers and men, that he was taken 
 after tbo close of the war, to England, and there exhibited to many 
 delighted spectators as though he had been the " hero of a hundred fights." 
 I have heard it said — I don't know how truly — that the death of this 
 favorite animal was written in the records of the regiment. But the " two 
 sixes" were not satisfied with one pet — they had marching at tho head of 
 the regiment another and a more noble animal— no less than a very con- 
 spicuous woman. Nancy Cunningham — for that was her name — was nearly 
 six feet high, and very muscular withal — most peculiar in her cast of coun- 
 tenance, peculiar in manner, and above all, peculiar in the excellency of 
 her conduct. Wlien the regiment was on the march, she was always first 
 on the parade, passing her jokes with all around her. She always appeared 
 with a knapsack on her back ; if not her husband's, to whom she was 
 warmly attached, belonging to some lad who found it quite enough to hold 
 on unincumbered. She was generally to bo seen walking near some poor 
 fellow broken down with fatigue, and presently " big Nancy" (the name 
 by which she was called) would be seen with the firelock transferred from 
 the shoulder of the wearied man to her own. II the object of her favor 
 hesitated, from a fear of being quizzed, to let her have his " Brown Bess,*' 
 'her peremptory conimand, " Let it go, you spalpeen," made him yield at 
 discretion. 
 
 It was a remarkable and beautiful trait in her character, that in the face 
 
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 of every temptation, by the officers as well as the men, she never on any 
 occasion, however gioat her hardships or i'atigucs, could be prevailed on to 
 touch either wine or spirits, indulging only in that beverage " which cheers 
 bul not inebriates." Nancy was always on hand wherever sickness or dis- 
 tress required her services, r-nd liberal beyond measure in supplving those 
 in need with biscuit, bread, and other nourislimcnt. The officers kept her 
 supplied with money, for they found her an excellent forager, and were glail 
 to make use of her to look out for su^.h comforts as she could procure for 
 their respective messes. I remember on one occasion when strolling a short 
 distance from the encampment, I saw Nancy striding along towards me, 
 and when within hailing distance, she called to me to " halt." On coming 
 up, she said in her own peculiar Irish brogue, " Troth, an' I thought, 
 inaister Kingsmill, ye'd be taking a bite out of a stone wall with hunger 
 this morning, and sure enough I brought you this bit for your comfort," 
 holding up at the same time a "tommy," which I was right glad to accept. 
 Parting the uread, I took half and returned her the remainder. Before 
 departing, however, I was determined to chaff her a little, so I said, 
 " Now suppose, Nancy, that the provost-marshal happened to come along 
 this way, and wao to see you and me dividing the spoils in this manner, 
 which of us, do you think, would come under his lash?" She looked at 
 me rather knowingly, and replied, •' What do I care for the spalpeen ; 
 didn't I pay ten viJitims for the ' yellow boy ?' " Nancy, however, quickly 
 moved off, looking around her rather suspieinufcly, evidently fearing that if 
 the provost made his appearance he might be apt to make " a mistake." Tn 
 honor of this good woman's memory, I must record my belief, that had it 
 been permitted for women to bo in the front when we had fighting 
 to do, she would have shou'dered her musket (not her " crutch,") and 
 shown how fields were won. She did tlie next best thing — nay, a bettor 
 thing — for so soon as the fi-^ht was over, there was Nancy in the midst of 
 the wounded and the dying, comlbrting, sustaining, dressing wounds, and 
 assif ting the surgeons in every way they could suggest. She was never 
 '• weary in well doing" and toiling in the cause of humanity, and when called 
 to give an account of her stewardship, I doubt not but she will hear thoso 
 blessed words, " Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into 
 the joy of thy Lorr ." 
 
 After the battle of Toulouse, peace was proclaimed, and the army was 
 ordered heme ; but before embarking for England, we were directed to 
 take up our quarters, for a season, in the city of Bordeaux. While 
 there, poor Nancy was taken ill of fever — no doubt iho result of previous 
 hurdhhips and fatigue — and she dicil a few d ^y- before we sailed for Eng- 
 
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 lanJ. She was the lest soldier in tho grmrrtlicr company, and by tlieiu 
 v/as cirricd o the grave. No volley was fired over lier icnjiains, for that 
 would have been contrary to regulations; but honors of a higher order were 
 hivished upon her in the tears of the war-worn veterans who stood around 
 her last resting place, and tears noc a few were shed by the nflicovs as well 
 as the men. Had there been time to place a ^tonc over her grave, it 
 would have been done. In anticipation of such a 'inemoria, I reniember 
 writing the following lines by way ol' epitaph : 
 
 Here rests a soluicr-woman, wlio in life 
 
 Ne'er felt a \n\ng of eivy ur of strife ; 
 
 Siie " uiarclieil" iinseilinh tiiro' tliis vale of Icars — 
 
 ilealinff tiic sick, clismis-irig useless fears, — 
 
 She won tlio [)rai?o of men oii eartli full well — 
 
 Jl.'iy ilio sing iirais-) to Gol, where angels dwell. 
 
 It wotJid be well lor you all to cherish the memory, and endeavor to fol- 
 low the example, of that " most womanly of w^omen." She, like iuost of 
 you, was of hurxiblc origin and poor parent/^, and knew neither how to read 
 hor write ; she possessed no opportunities such as you fiave of hearing the 
 preached word of the gospel, and listening to good advice. She, poor 
 thing, living in camps, amidst the " din of war," could scarcely be expect- 
 ed to steer clear of dangerous impressions ; and yet, through her short but 
 eventful life, her whole conduct proved that she hiul a " right mind" and 
 a right spirit within hor. Pray, T implore you, for tho Ilciy Spirit ; which 
 will only be given in answer to prayer. I can see no reason why, by God's 
 grace, any one of you should not walk in " liig IS'ancy's'' footsteps, aad, 
 with God's assistance, become a blessing to yourselves and to society, in 
 place of dragging out a miserable cxistenv;e, fraught with any tiling but 
 *' sweet memories." " Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness," and live 
 no longer in " the gall of bitterness, the bond of iniquity." 
 
 I concluded by repeating the Lord's Prayer, in which, to all appearance, 
 T was fervently joined by the prisoners, male and female. In tho course of 
 tho adilross, I road, by way of improvement and illustration, the 25th 
 chapter of INIatthcw and the 7th chapter of Luke. It is most gratifyir.g 
 to be enabled to state, that the reading of the Word of God appeared, on 
 every occasion, to rivet the attention of the prisoners. I may well adopt 
 the sentiment which I extract from that valuable book, " The Mi^^sin"- 
 Link,'' I should never despair, after what I have seen in St. Giles (or the 
 jail of Toi ato.) " Tho lowest poor Lave come to be what they are by the 
 mistake of supposing (hey arc too had to he mended. They diiidc to 
 f'tupify their misery; and their money will ije kept out of the gin (whiskey) 
 hliop':', if other things iire not only Udurd aMut, hut. put h']forc tlrmP 
 
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A^ APPEAL TO THE LADIES OF CANADA. 
 
 Tu seek aiul to save that uhkh teas /oa^— Luke xix. 10. 
 
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 To the Ladies if Toronto and of Canada generally : 
 
 Having now reached the close, at least for the present, of what I call 
 not a task, but rather a " labor of love" in my visits to the unfortunate, and 
 recording for the benefit of others similarly circumstanced the advice and 
 consolation given them, the plans for future conduct set before them, and 
 the things concerning their we'1-being here and hereafter pressed on their 
 uttentiou, I feel that I should be wanting in duty to the cause I have 
 espoused — a cause upon which the light has as yet descended, at leafit in 
 Canada, with only glimmering rays — I moan that cause which has for ita 
 object the arrest of vice in the remedy of the * social evil" — I feel that I 
 should lose sight of a beautiful element of success did I fail to make a most 
 earnest appeal, for countenance and patronage, to that sex who were found 
 " last at the cross, and first at the sepulchre." I appeal to those who, hav- 
 ing the will, lack not the pecuniary means requisite to help onward labors of 
 love, for *' silver and gold have I none ;" and though I fully agree with Shak- 
 speare, the great inheritor of fame, that he who " steals my purse steals 
 trash " — that is, when compared with the filching " my good name" — I 
 nevertheless hold, with the Irishman, who said, " It's very true, poverty 
 is no disgrace ; but it's mighty unhandy." And, 1 assure you, that I find 
 the res angustce domi, that is to say, the lack of means, " mighty unhan- 
 dy" when I discover that the " filcher" has deprived me of the source of 
 those means I was wont to devote to charitable purposes. 
 
 During the French Revolution, it was said, that more was done in one 
 day by the formation of the National Assembly, for the benefit of France, 
 Uian hcid been effected in gOO years previously. Comparing small things 
 
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 v:h\\ groat — •' s/f patvh voynponnc hntgiu: wlci-anC — it is not oasy to cal- 
 Ciilato tho imiiii'tisc amoniit of boticlit in a moral and religious aciiso, which 
 \vuuKl be c )iiliM rod upon this c luntry by tlio I'oruiation of societies for the 
 .«iHi[)ri,'!ision ol' (irinic and tho rcfurniafion of crlininaK; uioro cspcciilly 
 wore a dooj) iiitorost in llioir boliaH'riractically manitostod by the iii;j;hor class 
 <jf woinmi thiou,i;!iout the i'rovineo. Tlio i)rtvoiition of crime, then, and the 
 roformalion of criminals, arc objects, in thi.s young country, worthy our 
 most serious coiisiderafion. Tluy can oidy bo reached by those who will 
 diligently search thcni out, Allowing the example of our blessed Lord and 
 JSaviour. It bccoin(!Si then, all who desire to follow in the Ibotstcps of llini 
 who wont about doing good, to givo christian iustruction and examjtlo to 
 tlie young and to search out the wanderer and point him to tho way iu 
 which he should go. In relbronco to the large amount of property lo:st by 
 tiiol't, I make the following extract from " Kingsmill on i'risons": 
 
 '' Now in one! yoir, T ascertained that 500 prisoners of this class, taken 
 as tlioy shiod in order on the register- book, had stolen properly to tho value 
 oi" .t!lO,()00, as estimated upoa iheir trial, liat, as t'uese men had, on an 
 average, boL^n convicted once before, this sum may ho safely doubled on 
 tliat score, wliieh will give jC120,0U0 as the aggregate discovered amount 
 Kiolen by tiie total number of convicts. ^\jw, to this may be added, at 
 the most m.iderato calculation, as much more, on account of depredations 
 committed by the same parties when they escaped detection, making in all 
 about one <piarter of a millioii's worth of property taken from its rightful 
 owners by IJ.OOO convicts — i. e., by about one-thirtietli part of t!io total of 
 individual criminals wlio aninially pass through our prisons ; so that it doea 
 not appear unreasonable to suppose — making very large allowance for tho 
 more advanced stiigo of ciime in the convict or trans, orted class — that tho 
 entire loss to the conununity, in annual depredations, docs not fall short of 
 two millions slerlimr." 
 
 His account is paini'ully interesting, but, at tlio same time, it is most 
 encouraging to be assured, by the same excellent authority, of the " willing- 
 ness'' — a fact too little credited — " of the great majority of criminals to 
 turn fiom their evil courses." 
 
 Xinetv thousand criminals in one year, in England, whether deterred by 
 punishment or intiucnced by liigher motives, arc stated to have returned 
 to a better course of life after legal punishment Should wo not, then, one 
 aad all, put forth our most anxious cnerj'ies to stem the rushing flood of 
 immorality and vice that wo see ravaging tho land. If we uro desirous — 
 and how can it be otherwise — of beholding ri^jhteousnoss and truth in 
 our midst, in jilace of depravity and falsehood, then let us at once awake and 
 be alive to the g'.cit necessity of teaching the ycung, not only by precept 
 
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 I lilt b)' oxaniplo, the only lessons l>y \yliicli they enn secure real peace of 
 mind hens and etornal happinef^s hereafter. Had the habitations of those 
 unfortunates been visited l)y " niinistorinp; angels" sucli as I have nlhuled 
 to, who Wf uld liave offered a word of timely advice and encouragement to 
 tlu'lr youn;j; hearts .-ind sliill plastic minds ; whispered in their ears the truth 
 as it is in ilesns, and exercipod littin^- influences to improve their unhappy 
 ron(iition, agfjrav;(,t(!d probably by roekless and drunken parents, we might 
 now see them honestly and industriously employed for their own as well as 
 tlicir country's good, in place of dolnjj; the work of degraded culprits, or 
 occupying a felon's cell in the Provincial Penitentiary. 
 
 How beautifully impressive is the language and the lesson of the author 
 r>f " School j>ays at Rugby."— (.S<?r note 1.) "It is only," he says, 
 '' througli our mystei ions human relationship; through the love and ten- 
 diirness, and imrity of mothers, and sisters, and wives ; through the strength 
 and courage, and wisdom of fathers, and brothers, and teachers, that we 
 can come to the knowledge of Him in whom alone the love, and the ten- 
 di^niess, and the purity, and the strength, and the courage, and the wisdom 
 of all these, dwell together forever and ever in perfect fulness.'' 
 
 Let me now go on affectionately to entreat those who have not suflS- 
 ciently reflected upon the great, the powerful influence of eximjdc, to set 
 their minds more earnestly on this great mean of elevating or deteriora- 
 ting the hearts and conduct of those with whom they come in contact. For 
 myself, I can say, that my feeble attempts to do good are to be attributed 
 to the example of great and good men. I can never forget, for T have ever 
 treasured it in my heart, the remark made to me by that good, great, and 
 highly distinguished officer, Lord Seaton, on whose staff I had the honor 
 of serving while he was Governor of Upper Canada. " I never/' said he, 
 '• omit, in my morning prayers, to implore the Deity that during the day I 
 may be enabled to do some good for the benefit of this country, which 
 I look upon as committed to my charge," Again ; if during my long 
 shrievalty I have imparted one good thought, or performed one good deed 
 to a pri<;oner in jail, 1 owe it, under Providence, to the example of the 
 world-wide known philantliropist, Howard, whose " life '' I happened to 
 read just about the time that I entered upon my official duties as sheriff. 
 At the commencement of his eventful and most usoful career, he occupied 
 the position of high sheriff of the county of J3edford, and there came iu 
 contact with the sins and the sufferings of men which drew forth his 
 sympathy and commiseration, and induced him to work patiently and 
 ardently for their mitigation. Ilis success in this and other fields of charity 
 
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 is be^t cominentc<l upon by the fact, that his statue stands amidst those 
 of the iUiistrious dead in St. Paul's Cathedral. 
 
 The following story, taken from '' Prisons and Prisoners," shows so 
 forcibly the consequences of bad example, that I cannot refrain from 
 inserting it here : 
 
 " It is that of a woman, now a convict at Sydney, sentenced to transpor- 
 tation for life upon the chari>o of robbing, to a considerable extent, the lady 
 with whom she had lived for many years, in tltc high and respect ible capa- 
 city of lady's-maid. Her history, too, is replete with tiie lamentable results 
 arising from an irreligious mistress ; but we will not detail more than a 
 brief outline of her story. She was most respectably connected, entered 
 service in her nineteenth year, and became exceedingly attached to her 
 mistress, who deemed her worthy of unbounded confidence. But she 
 totally neglected all her religious duties, was persuaded to believe it no 
 liarm to work on Jfundays, which her mistress frc(iuently required her to 
 tlo ; she rarely went to cliurch ; she never prayed; nor did she even read 
 lier Bible. On returning to England, after an absence of some months on 
 the Continent, whither she had accompanied her mistress, she passed a 
 short time with a sister who lived as upper servant in a pious family ; and 
 who, grieving to see the total indifference of p' or Maria to all that con- 
 corned a future state, ventured seriously to expostulate with her upon the 
 sin of remaining longer in a family whose ungodly habits had so fatally 
 influenced her own mind ; earnestly reminding her, that no blessing could 
 rest upon such an engagement, however lucrative it might be. But it was 
 all in vain. She was happy and prosperous in a worldly sense, and, scorn- 
 ing the affectionate, and, as she thought, the ' puritanical' counsel of her 
 sister, she returned to where she feared neither (jod nor man, in her 
 thoughtless course of impiety. Soon did that sister, whose warning she 
 despised, see her again — but it was in a ptistm ! She wept over her, 
 prayed for her, and, without a reproach, now patiently endeavored to urge 
 her to * repent and believe ;' and it was then, as she told me herself, that 
 she would have given all she possessed, could she have begun life again as 
 the poorest and meanest of creatures — to be the humble, honest, happy 
 Christian, which she was whose religion she had so often ridiculed and 
 denied. Vain was now alike the wish and the regret ! Alluiod by a bad 
 man to commit a deed of the most aggravated dishonesty, and that, too, 
 against a mistress who, with all her faults, had loved and trusted her — she 
 was about to suffer for life the just but dreadful sentence of perpetual 
 exile. Yet, it is a striking fact, that, softened and self-condemned as she 
 was, in inany respects, she expressed a bitterness cf remembrance towards 
 her mistress^ tracing all her own wickedness to the ungodliness in which, 
 under her guardianship and example, she had been trained — both painful 
 to hear, and unprincipbd in her to admit, against one who had been, to her 
 at least, a kind and generous benefactress. True, it manifested the worst 
 soil of human natuie, untouched by Divine grace ; but would it liavc thus 
 sprung up in weeds of such deadly and unhallowed passion, had it been 
 cultured, watered, and planted with seeds of heavenly instruction by the 
 
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 liJiml of a Chiidtiiiii guanliau ? No; bad and ungrateful as the reproach 
 was, uttered uuder such circumstances, what was it but the reaction of 
 j)iinciples ; — evil falling back upon evil ; * the grain reproduced, but with 
 thorns around the ear ?' — for, * Whatsoever a man soweth, that also shall 
 he reap.' " 
 
 Let us learn from this too-true tale the sad consequences of evil example, 
 and the fearful result of the neglect of the means of grace. The lesson of 
 retributive justice, in reference to the sin of slavery and its concomitant 
 crimes, is now being written in letters of blood on the American Continent, 
 but which, alas ! seems to be without effect in arresting the progress of 
 covetousiiess, dishonesty, extravagance and wickedness of every description. 
 In private life, the friend who kindly tells us our faults— though not 
 always received iu a corresponding spirit — is our best friend. I hold, also, 
 that the journalist who fearlessly exposes the backslidinss of his country- 
 men , is the best friend to the state. The National Litelligencer, pub- 
 lished at Washington, discourses as follows : 
 
 " Amid all these evils which call for humiliation, or at least for sober- 
 ness and recollection of thought, what do we witness ? The increase and 
 !«pi-ead of luxury and extravagance on every hand. A spirit of speculation 
 pervades all classes of people. The inflation of the currency lends itself 
 10 the delusion of those who make haste to get rich. Our great cities, if 
 we may trust the representations which reach us, arc filled with the 
 ' booths of Vanity Fair.' All forms of popular amusement are patronized 
 beyond precedent. Tlie very winter (quarters of our armies are invaded by 
 the train of pleasure, and ' the sound of revelry by night' in ball and dance 
 l)reludes the opening of the spring campaign ! While England was en- 
 gaged in the war of the Crimea, we read that such was the solemnity 
 inspired by public calamity, and so keenly felt were the private griefs that 
 durkcned the hearthstones of English homes, that there was a general sus- 
 pension of the ordinary forms in which social gayety finds expression. 
 Are we living in a less soleum time, or are we less sensible to the proprie- 
 tit's, not to say the duties enjoined by the judgments of God, when they 
 take the most awful shape in which they can visit any people ? If frivolity 
 and thoughtJessncss, if greed and luxury, are at all times the reproach of 
 a people, what shall we think of dissipation and extravagance and corrup- 
 tion holding high carnival in a time of civil war? If no higher motives 
 can arrest the progress of this degeneracy than such an appeal to the 
 passions of war, it is sufficient to say that no war can be successfully 
 waged which does not beget in its prosecution the hardy virtues of sacii- 
 lice and devotion, while Heaven must frown on a cause which identifies 
 itself with social and political dissolution." 
 
 Never was a compliment to old England better deserved ; it is worthy 
 the head and heart of a bold and generous man ; and certainly it comes 
 ho.rje to my heart, as I happened to be in England during the Crimeao 
 
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 war, ami wilnesscJ to the very letter, the truth of this tributo to iior honor* 
 I can best doacribe the nation at that pcriotl as one vast '* house of ninurn- 
 ing." There was sadness in every face ; slio appeared like ** Rachel weep- 
 ing for her children, and would not be comforted, because tliey are not." 
 The Lord graciously permitted many of tiie war-worn veterans to return to 
 their loved native land, to that land of which our sweet poetess has said — 
 
 " Where sleep not England's deud." 
 
 And now, ladies, I fearlessly ask your verdict, for it will have a most 
 telling effect upon the interests of society. It has been said that he who 
 caases two blades of grass to grow, where only ono grew before, is a bene- 
 factor to his country. Now, it is for you to decide what those men deserve 
 .at the hands of their country who not by any theory of their own, lut by 
 plain statements, of the rule laid down for our guidance, have pointed out 
 the mode by which two dollars may, with your co-operation, be saved, where 
 only one was saved before ; how two criminals may be reclaimed, where 
 but one or none werr reclaimed before. What do these men n erit who 
 have renewed and refreshed sweet memories of duties and '* labors of love,' 
 that mvj;ht otherwise have slumbered all too long. And, finally, what do 
 those men deserve at your hands, and the hands of their country, who have 
 succeeded in awakening, in the gloomy waste of impHsoned ignorance, 
 germs of feeling and reflection, that else had slept " the sleep that knows 
 no waking." 1 pause for a reply ; the character of which will influence mc 
 largely as lo whether I shall come forward again, in this connection, at least 
 through the medium of the press. For my part, I am ready to work on — 
 to do or die ; my motto is, '* up guards, and 'at them." Unless timely 
 reinforcements come up, the victory will belong to the ** arch enemy." 
 
 Ladies, permit me in conclusion, to remind you, that to your influence 
 we chiefly look for the promotion of this great cause. It is the cause of 
 Him who was " wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our 
 iniquities;" it is the cause which Mary chose— even "that good part, 
 which shall not be taken away from her." Let us bind up the wounds of 
 those who are without help in their distress ; let us pour in oil and 
 wine and take care of them. Never let it be said of the women of Canada 
 that they "passed by on the other side," with the fact before tkcir eyes 
 that in England the ''missing link" has been found, which draws the 
 wretched from their desolate places, and illumines their path with the 
 blessed light oi the Gospel. 
 
V A I. E i:> I C T O II Y 
 
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 To solicit for tliis brochure the patronage of any high personage or boJj 
 of men, would bn pretentious in the extreme. As an old soldier, however, 
 who knew the 9oth Regiment more than half a century ago, distinguished 
 then on the Peninsula, as they have since been in the Crimea and other well- 
 fought fields, the author feels no hesitation in seeking, on the score of 
 old acquaintanceship, the patronage of the otBcers of the Rifle Brigade. 
 To them, and to the officers generally, of regiments serving in Canada, 
 whose countenance of this " movement"— he trusts in the right direction 
 —would be most gratefully felt, be may be permitted to remark, in the 
 spirit of love for his old profession, that as it is the acknowledged right of 
 every good rifleman, " or any other man,'' to protect himself, by all pro- 
 per means, against the shot and shell of a daring enemy, it is a no less 
 blessed privilege to be enabled to assist others to seek the ** shelter of a 
 great rock in a weary land," and the.'c to drink the refreshing waters of 
 Eternal Life. 
 
NOTES 
 
 {Kdhj Exeadion.) — The (JGlli Regiment was ordered to be under arms 
 on the Champ de Mars, to wittiess the execution. Before Kelly was 
 brought out, he asked permission onco more to see me. H is last words 
 were — " Oh I Captain, take care of Mary and the children !" 
 
 {Pane 20, line 33.) — My old brothers of the " sword of justice " will 
 no doubt remember the splendid entertainment given to the fraternity, by 
 our friend, Mr. Sheriff Jarvis, in Toronto, and the many valuable remarks 
 that were called forth in connection with prisoners and their treatment. 
 True, we cannot all be Howards ; but there is not one but may oast his 
 mile into the treasury of philanthropy. 
 
 (Page 24, line 22.) — The soldiers' bread rations, during the Peninsula 
 war, was for the most part made from Indian Corn, and were, conse- 
 quently, of a deep jeliow hue. 
 
 (Page 26, at etui.) — When leaving the prison, after my address to the 
 females, I met my old acquaintance, Mr. O'Neil, one of the Inspectors. I 
 held an interesting conversation with him about the " unfortunates," and 
 hope, at an early day, to renew it. 
 
 (Page 27, line 19.) — The introduction of foreign languages and classic 
 allusions when addressing ladies may at <arst view appear to bo pedantic. 
 1 heartily eschew pedantry, in any shape, as well is vanity, and, there- 
 fore, I give my reasons for so doing. The first is, I am acquainted with 
 several ladies who have expressed a determination to learn latin, as a great 
 help not only to a better knowledge of their own language, but a valuable 
 assistance in studying either Italian or French. When lighting on my 
 <|Uotation, they will be reminded that " tempus est niinc^^ or now is tho 
 appointed time. Again ; when mothers and sisters are reading this pam- 
 phlet, and stumble upon a Latin phrase, it will afford a good opportunity of 
 coining in closer contact with sons and brothers upon the all important sub- 
 ject of education, while testing their prowess in learning, by asking them 
 to translate the Latin words into English. My last reason is, that many 
 young men will thus be awakened to the fact, which has frequently come un- 
 der niy observation , that on leaving; school or their " alma mater, ^^ they have 
 unthinkingly cast off with their loga, as no longer useful, their Latin and 
 Greek as well as other classic associations, forgetting, for the nonce, that a 
 classical education is a ''sine qua non' in the formation of a polished 
 
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 ^cntlonian and a ripe scholar. They have only to read the dcbatoa in both 
 Houses of Parliament in Kngland — our great ensainple of crrrect taste — 
 to be satisfied that appropriate quotations from the classics are frequently 
 used, in order to add ornanent to oratory and force to argument, and 
 thereby " listening senates to command." Now, for this new light so 
 I'rt'oly imparted upon a subject dosorving our deepest attention, I am san- 
 guine enough to believe, that 1 shall be honored with a great reward 
 {ijuul rides ?) from the ladies who repudiate the " auri sacra fames^^ the 
 cursed love of gold; I fully expect a rich piece of workmanship (cloth of 
 gold), elaborated with their own hands, and having a suitable classic device 
 — such as their own good titste may dictate. From the young men who 
 re(|uire only a hint from their '•'■ fidus achatva^ to indulge more freely in 
 clas.-if lore and less IVoeiy in the clotidij weed, 1 look, at least, for a splen- 
 did edition of t^hakespeare — 
 
 Thai nionunicnt of grcfttness, and nlone ! — 
 An inti-Ucctuul nionur'^li, with u niina hia own. 
 
 INTy expectations are even not hero satisfied, for from a grateful country I 
 anticipate a gift of a library, at least, for having awakened an honorable 
 emulation among young men, and a virtuous desire *^ didicisse Jideleler 
 ortes,^^ as the best means of becoming the true magnates of the land — 
 '' let que, quaterque beati' — ready not only to pursue that righteousness 
 by which this our Canada is to be exalted, but to destroy the germs of 
 fierce democracy, which at this moment seem to threaten the very exist- 
 ence of that great Republic, whose father was Washington. But where, 
 in the name of generosity, am I to find room for all these gifts of men, for 
 noiv I am reduced to " a second floor on the shady side of Oxford street.'* 
 
 (Note 1, jiage 29.) — This excellent English book ought to be in every 
 family where boys are being educated. 
 
 Page 35, line 3.) — I well remember the old 95th in the Peninsula. 
 A short time before the retreat from Burgos, in 1812, many of the officers 
 of various regiments were indulged with a short leave of absence, for the 
 purpose of visitmg the city of Madrid. At a public ball, I met several 
 officers of that corps, and amongst them, the late General Cox — better 
 known in Canada, and more especially in Hamilton, where he was employed 
 on " particular service,'' as Colonel Cox. Some few years ago I met him 
 figain at the Falls of Niagara, where we talked over the festive evening we 
 had many years before passed together in the Spanish Capital, but with 
 the saii remembrance, that all (save ourselves) who there *' tripped it on 
 the light fantastic toe," had gone to '' that land from whose bourne no 
 traveller returns."