Page:Statement of facts relating to the trespass on the printing press in the possession of Mr. William Lyon Mackenzie, in June, 1826.djvu/36

 John Lyons, sworn to the aforesaid Affadavit before me, the 10th day of January, 1828.

JAMES CUNNINGHAM, J. P.

Sworn before me, at Niagara, Charles Richardson, to the said Affidavit, this 10th day of January, 1828. J. MUIRHEAD, J. P.

Since writing this Statement, I have read in the Montreal Gazette of a late date (13th December, 1827) the following paragraph:—

"The Colonial Advocate of the 6th instant, has embellished his paper with a curious Diagram, purporting to illustrate the destruction of the Printing materials employed in the publication of this Journal, and giving the relative positions of the individuals whom he asserts to have been engaged in the affair. We would advise Mr. Mackenzie to let this matter drop, as we have it in our power to throw some light on the subject. Does he recollect declaring to an individual in Montreal, that his real loss amounted to Forty-five Dollars only, and that he had cleared Two thousand Four hundred and Fifty Dollars by this business? If Mr. Mackenzie denies this, we beg leave to remind him of the time and place where, and the person to whom such declaration was made, when the Editor and Proprietor of the Colonial Advocate was last in Montreal, at a public house, not a hundred miles from our Establishment, and to a person then in our employ."

It is not a bad comment upon the opinion I have expressed, and I dare say, if Mr. Mackenzie, or any of his witnesses or friends desire to know more, they can be satisfied by a reference to the conductor of that paper, of whose name I am ignorant.