hundred and twenty-two years, as can be compiled under existing cir- 

 cumstances. Should anything have been omitted, however, that pro- 

 perly belongs to the subject, and ought, consequently, to have found a 

 place in the following pages, the reader, it is expected, will bear in 

 mind how difficult was the task of the writer, to glean information from 

 old files of newspapers, and less accessible documents, to serve as a link 

 of connection between the last and the present century, and will, with 

 becoming indulgence, echo the generous sentiment of Horace : 



" Ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis 

 OfFendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit, 

 Aut humana parum cavit natura." 



E. P. MILLIKEN, Sec. S. C.J.C., ) 



J. C. COCHRAN, Treasr. " [ Com. 



HENRY C. KING, Solicitor " ) 



