P.S.--There is a gratuitous and invidious remark by Mr. Allan at the close of his Report, by which he rather commits himself; for after stating that there is no mill in McNab he says I am preventing other mills being built by not getting boards from my mill. Now, the truth is, I never had my mills in my own hands, having always let them for a rent, as they now are. I, of course, never interfere, nor can do so, only in getting my rent, no restrictions being put upon the tenants. A. McN. CHAPTER XII. (1838.) THE TRIALS--PETITION TO THE EARL OF DURHAM. The rebellion of 1837 had been completely suppressed. To rush to arms against the constituted authorities is sinful, unless the people are ground down by repeated oppression, and even then the morality of a revolt is questionable, unless repeated applications for redress had been refused. Such was the case, then, in Upper Canada. Their petitions to the throne were unheeded, their remembrances ridiculed, their grievances unredressed. Driven to frenzy, they rebelled--not against their amiable and youthful sovereign, but in opposition to the tyranny of Sir Francis Head and the mal-administration of the Family Compact--of the Jones, the Sherwoods, the Macaulays, and the Hagermans--all closely connected by marriage or consanguinity. The insurgents had now been put down; peace and tranquility reigned over the land. Court-martials were being held in Lower Canada, while two of the leading rebels in the Upper Province, Lount and Matthews, were condemned and executed. Executions were of daily occurrence in Montreal. The drama of political vengeance was acted out _a l'outrance_. Mercy was not dreamt of. The law of High Treason was carried out in all its horror. Lieut. Weir's cruel and treacherous murder by Jalbert and his ruffian companions had steeled the hearts of the military judges and of the Executive against the common feelings of humanity. Montreal was baptized in a sea of blood. The minority had triumphed in both provinces. In both, the grievances of the people were overlooked, and their wrongs unredressed. The petty oligarchies in each looked forward for many years to a reign of supremacy, without question or molestation. But they were, fortunately for the country, disappointed. Statesmen at home came to the conclusion that something was wrong. Lord Glenelg roused himself from his sleepy apathy, and Viscount Glenelg from his luxurious ease and voluptuous excesses, and in alarm stayed the effusion of blood--stopped all further executions, sent out a special commission composed of the Earl of Durham, as Governor-General, Sir George Grey, and Sir Charles Gibbs. They recalled Sir Francis Head, and superseded Lord Gosford. Sir George Arthur was appointed Lieut.-Governor of the Province, instead of the notorious Bond Head. The Chief had now lost his best and most accommodating friend.