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Tbird and SroAMtiK (s^, If ««. /^ mMmmv/t>sv»tm ;;^MMMiMMteM» \\ 7/ Mi )VmVAAl-M n: '1 <\ H. ;: ,7 ■: 51. & ..j-:^ J> ,f5.'.o: .n. o j:.,{, Z •r- 111 ici;! Jill jii li'ifiiiHiiin-'lJ ■)• ,Z-/..Uny..lll';'./.if .JAiSij : / y 1 > « « ' I ^ ' HOW PARTIOTIC SERVICES ARE REVAKDEP,,, . ! 'if. ' . i:tC'CANAI>A':", 7 SJXEMPUFIE0 IN THE. €ASB OF MAJOR LACHLAN, ,i! t,! LiATE OF MONTllEAL- . ^ A^j a ipeeef^made by His Exeelltncif,the OsvernorGaneral, at thedin^ ner Jately^ giv6n by ^he Monireal Mihtiit, in. kU honor, he is reported to Imve said : '.'All the appointments and arrangements {connetted with the, ''miitia)hai.been carefully canvassed and deliberated uponji&TW^^fi ma- *^iELF AND Colonel De 'R6tteni!URG ai.6ne J andtke^ had allowed n6 '"(raestionofpoliticsHomay them in a single instance. Be (tli« l^olonel) '^Letonot polities in the discharge of his dulyj , and hejvouldsay far^ "therit had been his own determination to keep the Force Jree Jron ''pontics, altogether. And: this is not always easy to bfdoM. i'l^y attention having been lately called to the above «;^r^ /e^<7'4ragr.'lph, in a Canadian JdHitnal, as having fermed part of a latfe' speech by Sir Edmund Head, I have felt im- tifelled, in' justice to myself and the cii\isfef of ^^•uth gfene^ ally- t'6 gi^e iuWicity tb fdtir letters, conne^tted with Hiy'haVirt^i be'eh a Candidate for the officfe ol mpeding Fiddmc&orMlifiti,^nd^m failure having forced me^ to bidii rfel^iitaSt'tafeWeittb Odnada; and to add thereto a few dbs^rVatiohs introductory to a long list 6f documents which Will 'b6 -fbiiiia to follow, as not only bearing strong testimony to ■cdhiidei'^ble geViferkl services rendered by me to the coti'ntT^y; aAd t6 *ny b6ing tolerably well' qualified for the' discharge of various public duties, had I been deemed worthy of reward, but also proving,- fr^" reliable antecedents, my peculiar fitness for the particular office in question, and at the same time showing h©w little the words put into the mouth of the Governor General are in the instance r^v ferred to, borne out by facts. Add to which, it'may be stated, without fear of contradiction, that far from appoint- ments being made "free from political bias, the nomuml list of officers will prove the very reverse j and, by con- auUing. the official Gd;zettes since the late reorganizatioa of that Force, it will be found that no great change has taken place, unless it be in past services^ nnA fitness for office being little taken into consideration. This, however, I am far from attributing to the present Governor General or Colonel De Rottenburg personally, as intentional. — But facts are facts, whether resulting from advisers^ acci- dent, or design. It may also be proper to state that the whole of the documents enumerated are ready to be produ- ced when necessary. Suffice it to add, at present, that far from my expatriation having arisen from sudden whim or caprice, as erroneously supposed by some friends, who are unacquainted with circumstances pointed at in these pages, it was a well considered step, adopted from dire necessity, my long continued devotion to the discharge of unpaid local public duties, coupled with my disinterested advocacy of various important objects for the benefit of the country generally, having gradually encroached so much upon my slender means, as, in the event of my re- maining unemployed, rendered it more than expedienty that I should "hide my diminished head" where I should be less conspicuously known, and where, having no longer any thing to hope for, my long harrassed mind would be left more at ease. And hence, combined with pardonable feel- ings of indignation at finding myself so unworthily treated, am I now an exile in a foreign land, instead of occupying that respectable congenial position to which I had become justly entitled by twenty years unwearied public services and patriotic exertions in behalf of a British Colony, which had been the birth place of several of my children, and been fondly regarded by me as my own adopted country. No. 1. To Ha Exctlleney, Sir E. Tf. Head, Bart., Governor General, &c., dee., die. MoNTRBAi., S6th March, 1858. May it PtEisE You* ExcctLRNcr : — Having observed in the Report of the Commisaioners for the re-or* faniMtioR of the Militia* that two Inapecting Ftald Officara ara to : form part of the improved system, and taking it for granted that ow officfirs will be seleCtfed for that duty, I humbly trust that yoar ExceU lency will pardon my respectfully taking an early opportunity of of- fcring myself as a Candidate for one of these offices. To enable your Excellency to judge of the grounds on whichi ven- ture to address you, 1 beg to state that I have the satisfaction of be- ing permitted to refer your Excellency, to General Rowan, and that I can readily appeal to many other individuals of high standing, in the Province; that I am an old British Officer; and that after 26 years service in the nth Regiment, sinister circumstances, arising out of the simultaneous failure of my Bankers !« London, and India, led to my emigrating aa a retired officer, to this country, with s large family, m 1886, and to settle in the Wejtem District, where I resided ten years, and successively occupied tV e prominent public position of Sheriff, Magistrate, Chairman of the Quarter Sessions and Colonel of Militia, and was actively engaged on that exposed Frontier, during the troubles of 1837-8; that finding the labors of Farming unsuited to my state of health, I was, in 1845, induced to come to Montreal, aa convenient- ly situated for benefiting by the repeatedly expressed kind desive of the late Lord Metcalfe to serve me,— but, unfortunately, too late ; and that though I had been honored with private introductions to Lord and Lady C^,thcart, and his Lordship evinced a friendly disposition to- wards me, he had no opportunity of doing more than mentioning my name in favorable terms to his successor, the Earl of Elgin, durmg whose administration I was therefore more than once in hopes that my humble claims upon the country, would be found worthy of some con- sideration ; but that owing, I presume, tooonflicting political influences, 1 have unfortunately continued overlooked and unemployed to this hour, surrounded by a large family, depending on very slender means for support. . r . , I trust I may also be permitted to add that I have the satisfaction of knowing that during ray ten years sojourn in the West, I had the char, acter of discharging my various public duties with exemplary zeal and integrity, and of identifying myself with whatever was conducive to the welfare of the country at large, and of my own District in particu- lar,— as vouched by numerous Official and other Testimoniali, which I am ready to submit to your Excellency, if desired. As to my fitness for the duties of Inspecting Field Officer, I trust it ^ill be sufficient to point to «6 years service as a British Officer— to my knowledge, from actual experience, as a Militia Colonel, of the defeeU in th« present organUation of that powerful engine, on wht«h «nU8t eventually UeiJeiiii tlit mifbly oi' lliii gieav Britiith Coluny ; and ioadd Uiat to keenly sensible have J felt of th^ urgent ne(3«asity of a change for the better, that 1 have more than once ventured to sug- gest various reforms in the Militia system, besides having, in 1847-8, bean a Caadidate for Olfice in the Department of the Adjutant Geu' "eral,— as vouched by various documents in my possession ; and finally, that though advanced in years I proudly feel that I have still sufficient mental and bodily energy to be, if permitted, of considerable service to the noble land of my adoption. _ i.!.-. : ^ I i have the honor to be , ,,, i,; .^^-mv , Vour ExceUency'fl very humble I And Obedient Servant. ; '' . R. Lachlan, I ;.v-'ri, ;,,, '.h Late Major 17th Reg't ! u'l.Un ]f> '[,:.: And Ex Col. 1st Essex Militia. il ■P '■■ • ' No. 2;' ' ■ ■ ■ '1,1 t.':^ ;:- . ,. • -, 'To Hia Exteltency, -ut .u. ,(.(. ; f,i .■,;,7/ | , j;,.,,; \■^ Sir Edmund. W. IJtad, Bar l,^\: vr! ' i,i;il.:,n: ■! -..A i.rwiiir'v /I i, . ; . „ , Oovernor General, ^c„.^c.^ (J-c. ^•,|„.,i.,j/ ,.,„ ( ,„, ,, •, Montreal, l2th, IVTay, 1856. May IT Please Your Excellency :•;— " 1 take the liberty of enclosing', for .your Excellency's Information, copy of a farewell letter which I have this day addressed to' Sir Allan McNab, as Head of the Executive (jrovemment. Considering the well founded and urgent appeals which I had the honor of making to your Excellency direct, and the various Testimonials which accompanied tliem, and also the ample personal and Document- ary knowledge which Sir Allan McNab possessed of my aiilecedents, as well as of the patriotic services which I had rendered to the country, I conceived 1 had just reason to hope that my strong though humble claims to consideration would have in some degree been favorably ap-« preciated by the government ; — but I have been wofully disappointed. I am willing, notwithstanding, to make allowances for your Excellency as a stranger in the land, occupying the anomalous position in which a Governor General \s placed in connection with what is/aZse/y termed Responsible Government. But it is hard to be thus driven to quit the country of my adoption, and seek an asylum in a foreign State, rather than be subjected to the many mortifications incident to being conspic- uously known as an old British Officer, md run the risk of being re- duced by an ungrateful country to the same dilemma as the unfortu- « ' ^n^^/ \ « ' .pact for your Excellency, ' ' c , ^''Your%ellency'8veryObedieo»S^ervan^^^^^^^ . .'■,(.,• . , , nl Late Maior l7tK RegU •;"' . And Ex Col. I9t Essex Miht.8. . , .No. 3. •■' ■ ; J'o Major Lachlan, Montreal q„kbcc, lUh ApmL, 1865'. " T)r.n Sia- 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters o Dear Sir. \3 '. 3^1 j„,t. Your official application for the of- U,e 311st. "l^7';"4\';(J^^^^^^^^^^^^ Militia. I shall have great pleasure fice of \-P-^; e„.^'^^^',^^^^^^^^^ ,ho Governor General, by whom I am confident, It will receive uio n/r ;„,,„', irmv' The c rcumstancB rank, ...a you, long »e,.i« ,n her M»,es. , Army. 11.= ^ of .he re.i8n»Uon of your c6mm,.»,on, '.^C^^^"' ^^ji'^ i, ^,,,,4 before the p.e.en. governmen., nor do j ^»'«™ V";^ ,^;. -^.^4.- to or have any influence, or beaimj .on.^^oi,r^,cIaMn,lor ine yj ij '^'t^ZlM^t -. »>»<■ 'o Pre,i\,t, io iren^tit|JV|| Excellency, when it is his pleasure to jreceiN^ f^e same.^^^,,^^^ 1^„, iVieaniime, I am, ., . ■, ^ ; .,:M •!.,?> ^M , , >' Deal- StT, , , ' Your FfiUhlbl Servant, .: '■• ■ , .,,Hi:.Hn ALtAN N. McNab. •! To the Sonar nhJe, . i_ , i ■ av ji>i*' Sir— MosTMAt, Uih May, 185». As Ibid adieu .o'ci..i.tolmo;row.Icpneid.r "j"*;^^! yon ehould enjoy .he Ml credit of being .he causa of my expa.r. ation. ^ . . It may be pr^r to remind th4^««-'i«-J';,{;i'?;"^^i:!L5"^r:^- the celebrlted oldl^oman General B«»«"'"^-°i:^''run try. he fell a victim to long life of dielinguishea Be"'««; !° J'^ andaSy forced to beg his bread .- falee accusation*, was %''"«=tl,I° Fm ?'" Glv a farthing t* Belisarius." ••ying, " Date obolnm BeliBftrio : !>«• """ • • Tou art well aware, from paraenal knowladga of mai M wall aa froBi vnriona documents aubmitted to you. of my having dona oonaiderabla aervioe to the country, in very critical timea, — during which I waa aa actively, though, rrom circumBtances, not ao prominently employed aa yourself. You are also equally aware of my having, as a leading local magistrate and influential member of society, been indefatigable in the promotion of every object tending to advance the prosperity of what I was fondly led lo regurd as ray adopted country. And yet, notwith- atanding these well-founded claims to consideration, when I became • Candidate for an office in the gift of the Governor General, for which, from your personal knowledge of my antecedents, you knew me to be peculiarly fitted, and which the reduced state of my pecuniary oircum* stances rendered particularly desirable by me as the head of a family, you not only heartlessly refrained from doing an act of justice, which as an upright minister you were bound to have done, but you even stooped to pander to vile political party purposes, by bestowing the office so ur- gently solicited by me, on one, who, though a good old British Officer, had no special claima upon this country, that I can learn, except the merit of re$iding in the City of Hamilton and being thereby likely to influence a feto votet in your favor. I may hereafter be induced to lay before the public a short narrative of "the doings " during tho troublous times to which I have above al- luded, which may probably tend to show that while Colonel McNab, at the head of a considerable force, waa content to be looking quietly on upon Navy Island, at a distance, and was destined to be reaping Laurela and Honors therefor, — I was more than once closely engaged with Re- bels and *• Patriots," at the risk of my life, and lo the lasting injury of my private means,— and yet, fated to be so little rewarded, as, at last, to be forced to bid adieu to a country to which I had become much at* tached, independent of its having been the birthplace of several of my children, and to seek an obscure asylum in a foreign land,-r-where, having nothing to hope for or expect, I shall of coursej suffer no disap- pointments, and where I may, at the least, hope to be quite as much respected, without being subjected to the many mortifications incident to being conspicuously known as on old British Officer. I am Sir, Your very Obedient Servant, R. Lacblait, Late Major l^th Reg't And Ex Col. ls( £saez MiliUa. \ 9 It now bocomes necessary to add 1o the foregoing, that among th(! general chiirns to consideration on which. I had relied, on former occasions, as w«dl as indicative of my fitness for the {)articular ollicc of lnsj)ecling Field Officer of Militia, were; 1. And in few words, Ttoentij-fioc years honorable ser- vice, as a F^ritish OlFicer. 2. Twenty years' residence in Canada, with a large family to provide for, and during ten of these occupying ^ prominent position in the Western District, wliere I was well known as a stanchly loyal Uritlsh Whig, and unswerv- ing practical Reformer, — and as having from the day of my arrival taken a pride in idcniifving myscdf with every ob- ject tending to advance the prosperity of the land of my adoption, as exemplified, 1. In my having been in suc- cession the direct founder of a District Agricultural and Horticultural Society, of an Emigration Association, and of a limited Literary and Philosophical Society; besides advocating in various other ways, the revision of the then utterly defective Militia system, the advancCi.K'nt of education, the adoption of a better course of Agricul- ture ; improvements in the public roads, the introduction of a suitable class settlers, the establishment of free villag- es and village harbors, the drainage of vast tracts of land, &3. 2. In having shortly after, on l)eing, unsolicited by me, appointed Sherilfof the Western District in 1837, — been in various ways actively engaged in assisting to counter- act internal rebellion as well as foreign invasion, — in the iirst instance, as a humble volunteer, and subsctpiently, on all communication with the Seat of Government being cut oti'by the rebels, in tilling the responsible office of chair- man of an emergent Executive Committee of Magistrates at Amherstburg, entrusted with the regulation of all local matters connected with the defence of the country, em- bracing the organization. of a Commissariat and barrack departments, so as to provide for the accommodation and' subsistence of the Militia and volunteers who speedily came pouring in to our assistance. 3. In shortly afterwards, as acting Lieutenant Col. of Militia, personally siiperintendT . ing the capture of the noted Rebel . Schooner ^4n», and having in consequence to proceed to Toronto, to giv« 10 evidence against the redoubted Generals Thellcr, Suther- land, and others. 4. In being afterwards present, as a volunteer, with Col.Maitland's force on Point Pelee Island, assisting to dislodge the Rebel force therefrom. 5. When subsequentlv appointed Colonel of the 1st. Essex Militia, in being busily engaged ia completing the organization of my Reg't, and being soon after called upon to take the com- mand of four companies of it, which were suddenly order- ed to be embodied foi actual service. 7. In, as an active local magistrate, and more particularly as Chairman ot the Quarter Sessions, earnestly devoting myself to the sup- pression and prevention rather than the punishment ot crime,— the improvement of the interior of the District Jail, so as to favor the introduction of some degree of Prison Discipline, the amendment of the law of evidence in behalf of the poor Indians ;->-and the advocacy of reform^ in the public expenses, as well as in the appointnient of efficient local m.agistrates,&c.,&c.— allat the sacrifice of much time, labor, and expense, to the great and lasting injury of my private concerns as a practical farmer. And 8. In having, on the state of my health, arising from a severe accident, obliging me to relinquish an active agricultural life, been encouraged to take up my residence in Montreal in 1845, in the well founded expectation of being ere long appointed to some less laborious, yet congenial of- fice, u.^der the Government, instead of being doomed to remain ten years inactiAie -nd uniioticed, notwithstanding the occurrence of various opportunities for employing me advantageously in the public service, but more particu- larly ir either the immigrant department, or, still more congenially, in that of the Adjutant General of Militia. It being foreign to the usual habits ana feelings of an old officer, T cannot, in justice to myself, refrain from here enlarging somewhat on circumstances connected with the former of these departments, as a subject in which I had for many years taken a deep interest. I therefore venture to add to what will be found briefly stated in the subjoined list of testimonials, that the first of the three let- ters numbered 24, 25, and 2o, was addressed to the late Governor (General, I.ord Elgin, in timely warning of the certainty of a vastly increased influx of pauper emigrants from Ireland, at a time when the Government seemed al- * 5 ' ♦ 1 < Suther- it, as a Island, , When Militia, ation of [le com- y order- n active n of the the sup- ment of District egree of ividence f reform merit of rifice of 1 lasting And 8. a severe cultural Montreal leing ere enial of- lomed 10 standing )ying me particu- ill more Militia. )f an old om here with the ch I had therefore sd in the three let- ) the late ig of the imigrants emed al- > ■• I # ^ 11 together unprepared for such an event, and suggesting various arrangements to meet tht coming emergency, based on ten years attention to the subject in the Western Dis- trict,— that the2d.letteradverted to theastoundingproposal about that time made to the British Minister, by a number cf Irish noblemen and gentlemen, to transfer between one and two millions of the redundant population of that dis- tressed country to Canada, at a cost to the British Gov't of from 7 to 9 m'illions sterling ; and that the memorandum which accompanied it suggested a material remodeling of the Emigrant Agency and Land Granting Departments; and that the 3d. letter and its accompanying memorandum related solely to the more circumscribed sphere ot my exertions in the Western District, while aiming at the introduction of a wholesome class of industrious British laborers, in preference to the rapidly increasing influx ot runaway negroes of the worst description from the neigh- boring "United States; but concluded with earnestly en- treating that the whole question might be brought before a special commission— parliamentary or otherwise, before which I was willing to appear. Nothing however was done. And as regards myself, near ten years ol unwilling idleness had elapsed, when, as a final effort, I last year became a Canadate for the congenial office of Inspecting Field Officer of Militia, and (it is painful to add) as the father of a family,found myself even compelled, by my re- duced circumstances, to make an urgent private appeal to the feelings of the Governor General. But all, alas, in vain ! Among the multitude of documents— for there are many more— bearing evidence of the truths stated in the fore- going letters and desultory statement, were the following numerous official communications, from Government Secre- taries and other Public Functionaries, drafts of onginiil letters, and other papers, pointing either directly or indi- rectly to my exertions in the public service, independent of various anonymous distinterested published writings in behalf of Education, Emigration, Agriculture, the Goo- logical survey of the Province, and other important patriotic objects, and my being actively connected with the different Literary and Philosophical Societies in both Provinces.— The documents referring particularly, to my qualihcauons 12 for the office of Inspecting Field Officer of Militia, will be found distinguibhed by Italics. 1. Letter from Mr Secretary Joseph, cldted lltli Jflnuary,1838, con- veying to ine the ihanlo of ihe Lieutt-nanl Governor, (Sir Francis Bond Head, for the zeal and nJaciity manife.'-ied by me during that di&turbed period; repeated in a letter dated 1 1 h. February, 1838. 2. Do , from Cul. Foster, Commanding the Provincial Militia, dated 27th Jan. 1838, thanking me for my zealous exertions during the " Pa> triot Outbreak." 3. Do., dated 11th Feb. 1838, highly complimentary, addressed to rae as Cliairman of Emergent Executive Connnitlee of Maf.istiates, on my reporting the spontaneous dissolution of that Board, on the arrival of regular troops under Col. Townsend. 4. Letter to Lieutenant Governor Sir George Aurthur, on the improve- tncvt of the then dr/ertive Mdiiia system, dited 2nd Nov. 1838 N. B. this follows the subject of repeated correspondence with Col. (now General) Wetherall in 1846-7 and 8, — and favorably regarded by that distinguished ollicer. 5. Sketch of a plan Jor raising in Britain an adive adjunct to the Sedentary MU I tia of Canada ; submitted to the Lieut, governor Ist Dee. 1837; and of which a copy was afterwards forwarded to ihe Secretary at War, in London. {S-e No. lO ) 6. Letter from Mr. Sec. Maeaulay, of 31st Jan., 1839, (on circum- stances derogatory to an o'd officer having compelled me to tender my simultaneous resignation of the Sheriffship and Colonelcy of Militia,) — expressing the Lieut. Governor's regret at i:ny having come to such a de- termination, and wishing me to recall it, and assuring me that the governor was quite satisfied thit I had throughout bi en governed by a proper public spirit, and a steadfast desire to serve the Queen at a very critical period. 7. Letter from Mr. Sec. Harrison, dated 27th Sept., 1840, thankinj^ rae, by desire of the Lieut. Governor, for a letter suggesting improve- ments in the District Grammar School arrangements. 8. and 9. Two do., do., dated 23rd Oct., 1839, and,— 1840, convey- ing Lieut. Governor's thanks for letters and interesting documents on the establishment of free villages, with assurances that they had engaged his very particular consideration. 10. Letter to the Right Honorable J. B. McAulay, Secretary at War, dated 1st May, 1840, transmitting copy of sketch of plan for raising an active .Adjunct to the Sedentary Militia, as worthy of consideration, in connection with his proposal in the British Parliament for raising a Veteran Battalion for service in Canada : with reply, dated 24th July, 1840, thanleing me for the same. 11. Letter from Assistant Secretary Hopkirk, dated 8th Feb., 1843» addressed to me as President Emigration Association, conveying to me 13 the Lieut. Governor's thanks for interesting documents connected therewith. 12, Letter from Mr. Sec. Harrison, dated 23rd Feb., 1841, con- veying Governor's thanks for published proceedings ai public meeting eslablishiug W. D. Emigration Association. 13. do., do., do., dated 14lh Jan., 1842, acknowledging with thanks receipt of an extended Report of the existing state of the Colored settlers in the W. District, prepared by desire of Government. 14. Do., from do., dated 8th Dec, 1842, simply acknowledging re- ceipt of long letter addressed to the Governor General, (Sir Charles Bagot) on various matters vitally connected with the welfare ant! in- terests of the Wer.tern District,— His Excellency declining any corres- pondence with me on the subject, as considered of a political character. 15, and 16. Two letters from Mr. Sec. Higginson, dated 27th Dec, 1843, and llth Jan., 1844, acknowledging, in the name of the Governor General (Sir Charles Metcalfe,) receipt of letters covering copy of the foregoing document, and referring to efforts lately made by me in correspondence, as well as at a late personal interview wiih the Governor General at Kingston, in behalf of ameliorations in the law of evidence for the benefit of the poor Indians,— and tendering His Excel- lency's sincere thanks, for the zeal evinced by me for the welfare of the Colony generally and the Western District in particular, andexpicss- ing a desire to hear further from me on similar subjects. ' \1. N. B. Unfortunately all the original correspondence, and oth- er documents, 9 in number, connected with that important suhject. the amendment of the Law of Evidence for the benefit of the Indians, w6re lost, having been handed over to the late Doctor Dunlop, M. P. P. for Huron to be referred to on ijringing the matter forward in Parliament; but some how, mislaid, before he had an opporturiity for making use of them, and this the more to be regretted, the object bein? known to have been favorably regarded by the Governor General, notwithstand- ing the adverse opinion by the then Law Officers of the Crown. 18. Letter from Mr. Sec. Higginson, dated 23rd Feb., 1844, ac- knowledging with Governor's thanks receipt of additional papers strong- ly testifying to my public spirited exertions for the prosperity of the Western District. 19. Letter from Mr. Sec. Higginson, dated 20th June, 1844, thank- ing me, from the Governor General, for suggestions contained mi letters dated 1st. and 10th of June, and ass^uring me that they would engage the Governor General's, ami Government's attention. 20. and 21. Do., do., dated 16ih Feb.. and Ibth Aug., 1845, in re- ply to /f Iters exprexsmg mif d aire for employnipnt under Government, — iniormini( ine that my wish had been duly noted, and regretting that the facility of gratifying it was not equal to His Excellency's inclina- tion ; but that 1 was fully aware of the will. 22. Copy of letter to Lord Cathrart (Governor General) dated July 1846, reiternti.Kj m_i/ lohh for public emploi/meHt, accompanied by a long list of Testimonials of various kinds added to an unsolicited par- ticular personal introduction to His Excellency by a mutual friend in England. 14 23. Two letters, from Mr. Sec. Daley, dated 27th Aug., 1846, and 20th Feby. 1847, (the latter during ihe Government of Lord Elgin) twice informing me that mif name had been noted, aa a Candidate for public employment. 24, 25, and 26. Three strong letters,— -with an appropriate mem- orandum appended to each,— addressed by me to Lord Elgin (besides various others to Mr. Secretary Campbell) dated 2d. April, 2d. May, and 24th May 1847, on the then moaienious subject of Immigration, written before and during the visitation of the awfully fatal epidemic among the emigrants during that season, followed up by my expressing my wiiliugness to take charge of the Montreal Emigrant Agency atthe very moment that the desolating pestilence had numbered the late worthy holder of the office among its victims. 27. Two notes from the Honorable W. Morris (Receiver General) dated 12lh Feby. and 30th July 1847. stating that he had (twice) men- doned my natue favorably to Lord Elgin, and in the latter instance, as a proper person to take charge of the Montreal Emigrant Agency, vice Mr. Yarwood, deceased. 28, 29, and 30. Three letters addressed to Lord Elgin and Mr. Sec. Campbell (besides other corr^-spondence with the latter) dated 17th July, and 18ih Aug., 1847, adverting to rumors of the intended completion of department of Adjutant General of Militia, — reiterating my desire for public employment, and offering myself as a Candidate for office in a Branch of the public service, so congenial to an old officer^ and referring to the many Testimonials in my favor. 31. Letter to the Gov. General, dated 1 1th March, 1848, advert- ing to renewed rumors regarding completion of Staff of Militia De- partment and (as strengthening former appeals to His Excellency fdr employment in that Department,) referring to a flattering spontaneota memorial in my favor, unexpectedly transmitted to the Governor in my favor by the leading inhabitants of the Western District. 32. Letter from the Hon. Mr. Sullivan, Provincial Secretary, dated 14th April 1848, acknowledging letter apprizing him of my being a Candidate for office in the Department of Adj't Gen'l of Militia. 33. Memorial addressed to the Governor General, in Council, dat- ed 28th July, 1851, praying to be appointed to one of the newly cre- ated offices of Inspector of Prisons, referring to various documents on public record, indicating my fitness for such an office ; besides, 34. Copy of a Digested Code of Prison Regulations, for adoption in the Jail at Sandwich, framed by me so far back as 1842, when Chair- man of the Quarter Sessions, after being at the trouble and expense of visiting the prisons at Toronto and Kingston for the purpose of ac- quiring the best information on the subject. 35. Letter to His Excellency, the present Governor General, (pre- fixed at length to this List,) dated 26th March, 1855, n/ermi^r to former vain appeals for employment, and offering my»clf ^ as a^ candi- date for the congenial office of Inspecting Field Officer of Militia. 36. Do,, to Sir Allan McNab, (to whom I am well known,) of same date, privately informing him of my having done so, and trens- 15 mitting a copy of ray letter to the Governor General for hia private information. 37. Do., to Sir Allan McNab, dated Slst March, written at liis particular suggestion, annoMnci?i^ myse^/ to him officially, asacandi' date for the office in question. 38. Letter to Sir Allan McNab, dated 3d April, adverting to letter from Gen. Roioan in my favor, and guarding him against malicious leports regarding the spirit in which I resigned the Sheriffship, and Colonelcy of Militia. 89. Sir Allan McNab's reply, dated 11th April, (given above in full,) promising to do all for me in his power, and suggesting the transmission to him of whatever documents I mi^ht tliinit likely to strengthen my application, to be appended to my OflBcial Letter. 41. Letter to Sir A. McNab, dated SIsl April, 1855, transmitting various Testimonials, and among them a small MSS. volume, consist- ing of a Sketch of various improvement* in the published Ihstkvotioss FOR THE Light Infantry Drill, of the British Army, submitted by me to the Adjutant General as far back as 1829,— and much approved of by Sir Herbert Taylor, (then Adjutant General,) as vouched by an Autograph Letter appended thereto. 42. Letter to Sir Allen M'Nab, dated llth May, 1855, reminding him of my readiness to furnish other testimonials, if required, particu- larly relative to my services during the "Troubles" in 1837-8, and con- gratulating him on the passing of the General Drainage Association Bill, as singularly coinciding with my patriotic efforts in behalf of the ■ame object' in the Western District, aiming at the redemption of about a million of acres of land in that district atone. 43. Letter to Lord Sec. Bury, dated 23d May , 1855, referring to a late proposition to the Canadian Government by the Rt. Hon., the Secretary at War, for conferring grants of fifty acres of land on officers and soldiers of the Foreign Legion;— and taking the opportunity of sub- mitting for the Governor General's perusal, copy of my plan for rais- ing an active adjunct to the Sedentary Militia, (a copy of which was forwarded to the Secretary at War in 1839,) as holding out the same provision for members of that force, but with this marked distinction, Uiat my plan aimed at a local patriotic object, combined with a benefit to our own countrymen, instead of to foreigners, as now proposed. 44. Two letters to Lord Bury, dated 16th June, and 3d July, in- quiring whether various, to me important and valued, doi uments, in- trusted to the care of Sir Allen M'Nab, (he having gone to England) were so situated as to be readily referred to by the Governor General ; and adding extract of a late letter from Col. Prince, who had been a witness of my patriotic exertions in very critical times. 45. Letter to Col. Baron De Rottenburg, dated 15th August, 1855, (in consequence of no reply being received to the two foregoing, and It having been notified by circular that all future correspondence con- nected with Militia matters was to take place through the Adjutant General) begging information regarding the documents above alluded to,— and adding my belief (hat I had been strongly recommended to the Governor General by .-.■> 't. General Rowan. I 1 \\\ M 16 46. Letter from do., dated 29th. August, apprising me of his hav- inj^ received from Lord Bury, all the papers belonging to me in his pes- Bessioii, but that the only oriffimtl documents in the list was a letter to His Exellency from General Kowan. 47. Letter from Baron De Rottenburg, dated I8th September, 1855, acknowledging letters of 8th and Hth Sept., and inclosures ; and expressing his Excellency's thanks for the perusal of the MSS. Drill Book, assuring me that he would give my claims and services due consideration. 48 Letter to Baron Rottenburg, dated 16fh Oct. 1855, expressing an anxious desire, if not then too late, to add to the documents in my favor a reference to various leading individuals in Toronto, who had been long aware of my exertions in behalf of the country. 49. Memorandum rec'd from Col. De Rottenburg.transmitling part of my missmg documents, as having, strange to say, turned up in the HvRUKV OF Agriculture ! instead of the Office of the fata Fninicr ! a/?T^ Private letter to His Excellency, the Governor General, dated 24th Dec, 1855. makmg, as a last effort, an nrgent appeal to His ±.xccUcncij s fchnys as a parent, prompted by the very reduced state of my pecuniary circumstances ; and confessing, thnt should my claims upon the Government be. now passed over, I should be reluctantly compelled to seek an asylum in a foreign land. 61. Letter from His Excellency, the Governor General, dated 2Yth Dec, 1855, statmg, that though regretting the po.sition of my private aJtairs, the dii.posal of the appointment sought by me, would not, con- sistent with his duty, be affected by such considerations ! 62. Letter from Col. De Rottenburg, dated 20th Feb, 1858 tranemittinff copy ofa communication just received from Warden of the County of Essex, alluding in hiphly complimentary terms to my pa- tnotic exertions during my ten years residence in the Western Dis- trict, being the last public Testimonial that had been received by me. 53 Letter from Sir Allan Mc Nab, dated 18ih Jan., 1856, assuring me that the correspondence to which 1 had referred, and which hf had not forgotten, had all been laid before the Governor General, previous to his departure for Europe. '1: It IS only necessary to add, in conclusion, that the larewell Letter to His Excellency, the Governor Gen^ eral, given at length in this Paper, was promptly ac- knowledged through Mr. Secretary Pennefather; but that that to the late Premier still remains unanswered. Cincinnat!, Ohio, Octohtr, 1858. R. Lachlaic. I