[corny] é' THE TALBOT PAPERS 107 
Colonel Talbot to S. Z. Watson. 
Westminster 2nd March 1811. 
Dear Sir, 
In consequence of its having been understood at York, that several 
families were about to place themselves on the Road Lots in Westminster, 
whom you had engaged in this Province, and further that you required 
that each settler should bind himself to pay to you the difference 
between the established fees and $100, for your permission to locate— 
His Excellency the Lieut. Governor has commanded me to inform you, 
that no recommendation for a grant of Land on the tract surveyed for 
the accommodation of the families which you reported to The Council, 
were disposed to move into this Province, will be attended to but for 
such applicants as shall actually have moved direct from Lower Canada, 
adding that I must explain to such persons that no extraordinary 
charges are to be imposed upon them, as His Majesty will in every 
instance prevent al] manner of speculation upon the Crown Lands. I 
had hoped to have found you in Westminster but on my passing thro’ 
Oxford I was informed that you had stoped at the Head of the Lake. 
I have therefore felt it particularly my duty to make known to all con- 
cerned the intentions of the Government with respect to the Lands: in 
Westminster so that ignorance may not be offered hereafter as a plea, 
and at the same time to state positively for your information, that I will 
not recommend any of your followers but such as come under the 
description that His Excellency in Council has thought fit to receive. 
You no doubt will perceive the necessity of a strict compliance 
on your part with the wishes of His Majesty’s Government in this 
Province. 
I am Sir 
Yr. very obt. St. 
THomas TALBOT. 
S. Z. Watson Esqre. 
Colonel Talbot to S. Z. Watson. 
Port Talbot 12th March 1811. 
Your extraordinary letter dated the 8th int. would have much sur- 
prised me, had not your violent manner on the preceding day in a great 
measure prepared me for its reception. In answer, you are assured 
from me, that I have not any intention of complying with your desire 
of going to Westminster, to retract the orders entrusted to me, by 
Government, to promulgate—you are likewise equally in error if you 
