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in which prudent idea I have no
doubt that many of his friends
would agree with me. As I take
the Times I pore over its masterly
reports with intense interest
and my heart has been in my
mouth in anxiety lest before
Sir R Buller and his men could
arrive in force, some horrible
disaster should occur. The
position of Col. Baden Powell is
in every one's thoughts.

The wave of sympathy which
has spread through all the
Colonies is of good omen, not
least in Lower Canada.

Since I received your letter
I have seen one of Mrs Arthur
King's sons, and heard from
him that Mrs Philip King has passed
away from earthly trouble.