come through all the way from Kingston. You would not be safe in
visiting this wretched part of the country at the present. You know
the feelings that are entertained against you. Your life would
doubtless be industriously sought. My dear brother, farewell. May
God mercifully bless and keep you from all the difficulties and
dangers we are in!

Rev. William Ryerson further writes, on the 8th December:

About 10 o'clock to-day about 2,000 men, headed by the
Lieut.-Governor, with Judge Jones, the Attorney-General and Capt.
Halkett, as his aides-de-camp, and commanded by Cols. Fitzgibbon
and Allan N. Macnab, Speaker of the House, left the city to attack
the rebels at Montgomery's. After a little skirmishing in which we
had three men wounded but none killed, the main body commenced a
very spirited attack on their headquarters at Montgomery's large
house. After a few shots from two six-pounders, and a few volleys
of musketry, the most of the party fled and made their escape. The
rest of them were taken prisoners. There were also three or four
killed and several wounded. After which His Excellency ordered the
buildings to be burnt to the ground, and the whole force returned
to the city. All the leaders succeeded in making their escape. A
royal proclamation has just been issued offering L1,000 for the
apprehension of Mackenzie, and L500 for that of Samuel Lount, David
Gibson, Silas Fletcher, and Jesse Lloyd; so that now, through the
mercy of God, we have peace, and feel safe again, for which we
desire to feel sincerely thankful.

Dr. Ryerson, having reached Toronto safely, and knowing how anxious his
parents would be to know something definite as to the state of affairs,
wrote a letter to his Father on the 18th December, as follows:--

I have been trying to get time to make you and Mother a visit of at
least one night; but I find it quite out of my power to secure the
enjoyment of so precious a privilege.

It is remarkable that every man, with very few exceptions, who has left
our Church and joined in the unprincipled crusade which has been made
against us, has either been an active promoter of this plot, or so far
connected with it as to be ruined in his character and prospects by the
timely discovery and defeat of it! I have been deeply affected at
hearing of some unhappy examples, among old acquaintances, of