matter, and the report of the _Select Committee_ upon it; you will find the report of the _Committee_ in the _Notes and Proceedings_ of the 15th of May. It seemed to me, that you might like to have these documents, as you took such a degree of interest in Galt and myself. Do me the kindness to present my best regards to Mrs. Watkin, and to remember me kindly to your daughter when you write her. "We are threatened with a _Fenian_ invasion in the course of _June next_. We are preparing to meet it. It is too bad that the _Imperial Government_ should allow such an hostile organization to be formed in the United States without a _word of remonstrance_. In the hope of hearing from you at your earliest convenience, "Believe me, my dear Mr. Watkin, "Your sincere and grateful friend, "GEO. ET. CARTIER. "E. W. WATKIN, Esq., M.P. London." PERMITTED INVASION. Sir George Cartier's allusion to the neglect by our Government in permitting, without remonstrance, the repeated invasion of Canada, makes one shiver with shame. As President Johnson said to me in 1865, "Why don't your people remonstrate?" My countrymen may feel assured that if remonstrances, firm and dignified, had anticipated each known intended outrage--English and Irish-American conspiracies would have not been as now. "ROSE HILL, NORTHENDEN, near MANCHESTER, "12th August, 1868. "MY DEAR SIR, "I, gladly, enclose a copy of the Gazette notice of your Baronetcy. "I have had the fees at the Heralds' College, and also the stamps and expenses, through the Home Office, duly paid, and I will send you the papers and receipts as soon as I receive them. "The completion of this matter will close the somewhat intimate connection which now for some years has given me, if trouble and anxiety, still deep pleasure and satisfaction,--in reference to your now united Provinces. "With best wishes allow me to remain, "Yours very faithfully, "EDW. W. WATKIN. "To the Hon. Sir G. E. CARTIER, Bart., "Montreal, Canada." "OTTAWA, "_18th September, 1868._ "MY DEAR SIR EDWARD, "The last English mail has brought us the happy news that the honor of knighthood has been conferred on you by the Queen.