There is no reason to infer that this is misquoted in a single letter. In fact current testimony will bear out all that Miller says, and the reading of this court scene will give us a very true insight into life in Canada in 1838, and will be quite new to the present generation of Canadians. The author gets this court scene from “Notes of an Exile, on Canada, England and Van Diemen’s Land,” by Linus Wilson Miller, and it is probable that the copy of Miller’s book that I possess is the only one in Canada to-day. “On August 5th, 1838, Linus Wilson Miller was again tried at Niagara, and here follows the scene in court when the jury brought in a verdict of ‘Guilty, with an earnest recommendation of the prisoner to the extreme mercy of the court.’ “CHIEF JUSTICE (in a great rage)--Gentlemen of the jury, do you know that your verdict is virtually an acquittal? How dare you bring in such a verdict in this case?... “THE FOREMAN--My Lord, the jury regard him as having been partially deranged some months since, but of sane mind when he invaded this province. “CHIEF JUSTICE--Then retire, gentlemen, and reconsider your verdict. You cannot recommend him to mercy. “In a few minutes they returned with a verdict of ‘guilty, with a recommendation of the prisoner to the mercy of the court.’ “CHIEF JUSTICE--Gentlemen of the jury, I’ll teach you your duty, how dare you return such a verdict?... “A JURYMAN--My Lord, we recommend him on account of his youth. “CHIEF JUSTICE--That is no excuse for his crimes, ... “ANOTHER JURYMAN--My Lord, we believe him to be an enthusiast in the cause in which he was engaged; that his motives are good, and his conduct honorable and humane. “CHIEF JUSTICE--Your duty is to pronounce the prisoner guilty or not guilty. “After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict of guilty only, and the infamous Chief Justice--a second Jeffreys--with a countenance beaming with hellish smiles, bowed to the jury.” Miller was in due course sentenced to be hanged, but this sentence was commuted to transportation. We find him and twelve others, all Canadians, chained and sent by steamer _Cobourg_ to Kingston. From Kingston the party were sent by another steamer to Montreal. After being changed again they reached Quebec. Here the thirteen Canadian prisoners were put on board a timber ship and sent to England. From the fact that so very few Canadians know that Canadians were transported to the other side of the world, the author makes special mention of this matter. To-day we would not think of doing such things, and very many Canadians will be inclined to question the truthfulness of the statement. But, in all, ninety-one Canadian state prisoners were sent to that distant penal colony. A few lines of verse may be inserted as very apt and striking. They are by T. R. Harvey: