ers written to Dr. Ryerson after he had left for England. His
brother John said:--

While you are travelling in England making collections for the
Academy, there are, I can assure you, a great many heartfelt
prayers and fervent supplications being offered in this country for
your success. The whole concern is in an extremely embarrassed
state. If Rev. William Lord had not urged us to expenditure, it
would have been at least L1,000 better for us, although what he did
at the time, he doubtless did for the best. Mr. Lord was the means
of inducing the building committee to make an unnecessarily
expensive fence, out-houses, furniture, &c., saying at the time
that money would be forthcoming, and that John Bull never failed to
respond to such calls. We have applied to the Legislature for
assistance, but I think with but little prospect of success. Should
we not get anything there, and you raise no more than L2,000, we
must go down, and the concern be sold. It will require L4,000 or
L5,000 to get us out of debt. If you should collect no more than
L2,000 before you return home, don't fail to make some arrangements
for borrowing two or three thousand more.

Rev. Mr. Lord, writing to Dr. Ryerson, said:--

By the delay in finishing the buildings, and the excitement caused
by the falsehood of the ultra-Radicals, confidence was gone, money
could not be raised, either by begging or borrowing; and if
something had not been done, the consequence would have been
ruinous. I expect that you will have me greatly blamed for not
considering before I drew bills on England for the debt, but there
was no time. The mischief would have been done before we could have
heard. The man would have been arrested immediately,--our character
ruined,--societies divided,--and subscriptions would have been
withheld. Our difficulties are great, and we must make a desperate
effort to extricate ourselves. Everything depends upon your making
a good case, which you can do.

In another letter to Dr. Ryerson, from Canada, Mr. Lord said:--

Let me urge you to lose no time in obtaining a Charter and grant
from Government. I expect our Radical friends will be using their
influence through their friends to prevent your success. Be
diligent in procuring subscriptions. You possess great advantages
no