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safe to pursue this policy. Upon an appeal against two convictions 

 made against individuals for selling liquor "contrary to the statute 

 and by-laws of the village," it was discovered that the by-law in ques- 

 tion contained no prohibition against selling liquor without a license. 

 Mr. J. J. Burrows, County Crown Attorney and afterwards Judge of 

 the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, administered 

 a rather severe reproof to the convicting justices in a letter from 

 which the following is taken: "Surely, when a man is convicted and 

 punished for an act done contrary to the provisions of a by-law, it is 

 expedient to inquire whether there is any such by-law, and not to take 

 it for granted." 



Among the Stevenson correspondence is one letter which may 

 throw some light upon an incident in the history of the Limestone 

 City that most Kingstonians would like to have forgotten. Mr. 

 Stevenson was a member of the Committee of the Council of the 

 united counties appointed to render such services as they could in 

 tendering a suitable reception to the Prince of Wales upon the occasion 

 of his visit to Kingston. The letter reads as follows: 



"Kingston, Aug. 11th, 1860." 

 "Sir. 



"I am directed by the Prince of Wales Reception Committee to 

 send the following copy of a resolution adopted at its meeting this 

 day. 



"On motion of D. D. Calvin, Esq., seconded by Col. Cameron: 

 "Resolved, that this committee deeply regrets that any differ- 

 ences or antagonism should arise between it and the committee of the 

 Counties Council ; that it is the wish of this committee to co-operate 

 fully with the committee of the Counties Council believing that the 

 reception of His Royal Highness would be defective were the Agri- 

 culturists represented by the counties council not represented therein 

 and that as many bodies corporate or otherwise as possible unite in 

 presenting their addresses to His Royal Highness in this City." 

 "I have the honor to be, Sir, 



"Your obt. servant, 



"M. FLANAGAN, 



"for David Shaw, 



"Secy. P. W. R. C." 

 "John Stevenson, Esq., Napanee." 



It would appear from the foregoing that the want of harmony, 

 to use a mild expression, among those providing for the reception of 

 His Royal Highness on the 5th of September was not a condition that 



