Sir,

The Globe and Traveller newspaper of 25th instant is now before
me, whereby I observe that Mr. Hume had spoken in Parliament of
the treatment I received in Upper Canada, and from which paper
I extract the fbllowiug paragraph : —

" Mr. Wilmot said, that with respect to what the Honourable



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'^ Meiliber had advanced regaining the ill-tisage of Mr/G outlay, h^
would repeal what he had formerly said : viz. that if the Honours-
able Mean her would state distinctly to the House any one case of
allegfed grievance, or any thing like a grievance, which that indi-
** vidtial could complain of, he (Air. Wilmot) pledged hiiqself to the
*^ House to give it a satisfactory refutation." (Hear, hear.)

Having seen no newspaper, but that froni «(rhich this extract is
taken, respecting any thing, said by Mr. Hume of me« 1 am ignorant
as to the ffth'n of proceedings in the business before Parliament, and
know very little of what he had said. I hasten, however, to re Have
him of responsibility, atid for myself, as an injured British subject^
do now gladly accept the challenge you throw out. I now say that I
shall be hai>py to have a fair opportunity to lay before the House of
Commons, not only a statement of grievances experienced by uie in
Upper Canada ; but an (ixpos6 of the weakness and wickedness of
the Provincial Government, defying^ sir, your '* refutation J'

It is not probable that you are ignorant of my having, during the
three last sessions of Parliament, laid before the House petition after
petition, praying for inquiry into the state of Upper Canada, and
into my grievances experienced there. You will recollect, too, that
I wrote a letter to yourself, last summer, strongly remoustratiii|Jc
against the passing of the Canada Government and Trade Bill. A few
days after addressing myself to you, I attended in the House of Com-
mons during a debate on that Biil^ and heard you say that you bail
consulted with those best acquainted with the affairs of Canada, and
found that they approved of it.. I now submit to you an extract of a
letter, which 1 received nearly two months ago from a Member of the
Upper Canada Parliament, dated 3d November, 1822.
