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been extended to a circuit of three or four 

 miles. From this and other circumstances he 

 mentiored, Sir Allan argues that by and by 

 improvements will proceed rapidly, although 

 he admits that in the meantime things are at 

 a stand-still. 



Sir Allan was President of the late Legisla- 

 tive Council, but by the Whig government his 

 merits have not been duly requited. Their 

 influence was used against him at the late elec- 

 tion, and it was their policy to raise to power 

 individuals whom he had found it necessary to 

 put in gaol as rebels. Sir Allan is enthusias- 

 tic in his partiality to Upper Canada, and if 

 the observations I have made regarding it 

 shall ever meet his eye, they will not probably 

 receive his concurrence ; but I have no doubt 

 the liberality of his own opinions will give me 

 credit for the sincerity of mine, as well as for 

 the assurance that I should feel extreme regret 

 if the expression of them were to prove un- 

 pleasant to any of my countrymen, and more 

 particularly to any of my valued friends. 



With reference to the opinion I have form- 

 ed of Upper Canada, I may mention that the 



