but he hoped he should be honoured with their attention to some remarks he had to offer, as, in Such An Awful Crisis as the present, he thought it the peculiar duty of every general officer to deliver his sentiments, it might, perhaps, happen, that, in the particular situation in which he was then placed, some, obloquy might be thrown on him.

In Such An Awful Crisis, which threatens such destruction of human life, memorialists, anxious to preserve the souls of their flocks from crime, and society from the danger of disorganisation, beg respectfully, by imploring your Excellency to use your influence with Her Majesty's Government, to procure measures of relief commensurate with the magnitude of the calamity.