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WHICH SHALL WE BELIEVE :

THE LATE METRyPOLITAN

OB THK

JUNIOR CANON AND SENIOR CURATE

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL,

MONTREAL ?

A LETTER ADDRESSED TO TBE REV. RURAL DEAN LONSDELL, BY

HON. JOHN HAMILTON, TOGETHER WITH A CORRESPONDENCE

BETWEEN MR. CHANCELLOR BETHUNE AND THE HON.

JOHN HAMILTON, ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

MONTREAL :

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1870.

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Letter from the Hon. John Hamilton to the Rural Dean of

St, Andrews.

Tyrella House,

Montreal, 2oth Jan., 1870.
To the Reverend R. Lonsdell,
Rural Dean,

Deanery of St. Andrews, P. Q.
Reverend and Dear Sir,— I trust you will excuse the liberty
I take in addressing the following letter to you, without
having firsjfc obtained your consent. I do so, however, as you are
the Rural Dean of ihe Deanery of which I have the honour to be
one of the Lay representatives in the Synod of the Diocese of
Montreal. I do so because of your long service in the Diocese,
and I do so because you are an old friend of my own.

I should much rather that some other party had taken up the
subject, to which this correspondence refers ; but as no one has
done 80, and as I feel that it is extremely desirable, that the
attention of the members of our communion, in the Diocese of
Montreal, should 1 3 called to the points raised in it, I have felt
it my duty to bring the subject under their notice in this way.

I remain, &c.,

Yours very truly,

JOHN HAMILTON.

Letter from the Hon. John Hamilton to the Rural Bean of

St. Andrews.

Montreal, 25th Jan., 1870.
Reeerend R. Lonsdell,

Rural Dean^

St. Andrews.
Reverend Sir,— When I first read the account of the
proceedings at the never-to-te-forgotten meeting of the vestry of

Christ Church Cathedral, held on the 6th December last, my
first feeling was not one of astonishment, that as far as the
majority of that vestry was concerned, the Rev. Canon Loosemore
should have been dismissed from his position, but it was one of
regret and amazement that our grave and sober Chancellor had
attended such a meeting, and had not only done so, but had made
a strongly partisan speech in favour of the Rev. Dr. Balch.
This speech was all the more effective at the moment, coming as
it did from one hitherto so much respected, and, besides that, the
" Dean's son ;" but that such a man should have forgotten the
respect due to his position is, indeed, marvellous. I felt very
much surprised at some of the statements he is reported to
have then made, but more especially, as regards the following,
in which, speaking of Dr. Balch, he says : — " He had seen the
" late Bishop's letters urging him to come here instead of
" accepting the Bishopric of Nebraska, which Dr. Balch had
" then the oifer of, and about his acceptance of which Dr. Balch
" had written to the Bishop."

Having frequently heard from private and personal friends
of the late Bishop, that he had done nothing to induce Dr. Balch
to come here, I naturally felt very much astonished at this, and
on the iirst occasion that I had the pleasure of meeting the
Chancellor, in the course of conversation I referred to his speech,
and the result of our conversation is possibly more plainly than
pleasantly described in the subjoined correspondence.

There is an old story told of a Mayor of Hull, who, on the
occasion of a visit her Majesty paid to that ancient city,
neglected to fire a Royal salute, and on being asked to account
for his neglect, replied that he had nineteen reasons to give for
it. The first being that he had no powder, the other eighteen
were therefore dispensed with. So, though I have several
parties to whom I might refer, to verify what I am about to
write, yet, for the present, I shall only name one, and shall be
surprised if he is not an authority as effective as was the reason
of the absence of powder in the case of the salute : —

The Lord Bishop of Ontario has specially authorized me tc

make the following statement, viz. : " That the late lamented
" Bishop of Montreal and Metropolitan, when on hoard the
" steamer goinj^ to England, to attend the Pan-Anglican Con-
" ference, told the Bishops of Ontario and Quebec, as well fis an
" American Bishop (whose name I do not at this moment recall),
" that he had never anything to do with bringing Dr. Balch to
" Montreal, further than that he had not opposed the scheme."

This must, I think, be quite sufficient to satisfy all who respect
our late Bishop's memory, that the Chancellor spoke " unad-
visedly with his lips " at the meeting referred to, unless, indeed,
he or hi8 guide, counsellor and friend, produce letters in the late
Bishop's handwriting, confirmatory of the Chancellor's state-
ments ; and this I feel satisfied they cannot do ; — if they can,
let them.

It may be asked, perhaps, why I assume, in my letter to Mr.
Bethune, of the 22nd instant, that the Rev. Dr. Balch
knew J would not " enter his house under any circumstances."
In reply, I would say, that had any person told me that I had
" stated the reverse of what Avas true, and that any sophistry of
*' which I was capable, could not alter the facts," I certainly
could not imagine that such a man would come under my roof,
unless, indeed, he had apologized in the interval. Such, I
imagine, were the sentiments of the Rev. Dr. Balch. He
made a bold stroke of apparent readiness to meet me, pro-
vided he had the protection of his friend (the Chancellor)
to shield him from my hands. But it is only fair to give
the Reverend Doctor and his followers credit in this one
respect at least, that they are consistent ; — for since his advent
amongst us, nothing that cool effrontery or intrigue has
enabled them to demand or assert has ever been lost to them,
trusting to that torpid slumber, in which, until quite recently,
all matters appertaining to the Anglican communion in this
Diocese were wrapt up. I feel conscious, however, that in taking
the course I am now doing, I must be prepared to meet a perfect
avalanche of abuse, to say nothing of all the " wise saws and
modern instances" of which the members of the " Select Vestry"

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of the " 80-callod Parish Church" (but really Cathedral) will be
delivered at my expense. However, as my shoulders are broad,
and my digestion good, I shall survive them much more readily
thau many other things I have encountered in the journey
through life.

All those who recollect the Synod of November, 1868, and
the adjourned Synod in May, 18()9, will bear in mind the
kind of consideration »nd fair play shown by the Reverend
Doctor and his supporters in the selection of committees, and
in everything that was done ; bnt, after all, thank God, they were
disappointed then ; and though they have recently taken an
apparently new lease of life, and succeeded in inducing Canon
Loosemore to resign his position as senior curate in the
Cathedral, yet they have done it at an expense that none but
the most insensate among them ever could have contemplated,
for they have driven from the Cathedral congregation, without
remorse, some of its oldest and most respected members,
as well as brought down on them the contempt of men of all
churches and parties, outside, of course, of " their very Select.

Vestry."

Though, no doubt, the Bishopric of Nebraska was at the time
the Chancellor refers to, a very remote and out-of-the-way por-
tion of creation, yet now it certainly must be a position — looking
at it in a mere worldly sense, — vastly superior to that of
" Junior Canon " of our Cathedral and " Senior Curate " of
the " Anglican Parish Church of our Cathedral of Montreal,"
as its Vestry apparently wish us to consider it, whether we will
or not, and, seeing that a " Race for a Bishopric " is like other
races — a very uncertain one — I fancy the Reverend Doctor
must feel that he played away a chance in not taking
the ball at the hop, and becoming Bishop of Nebraska, in
place of vegetating in a position where, after all, his admirers
are pretty much comprised within the limits of a very select
vestry.

My letter has already stretched out to an unpardonable length.
This has been, however, unavoidable. Repeating my challenge

to the Rev. Dr. Balch, and his faithful friend, the Chancellor, to
produce the letters, I beg to subscribe m^rsolf,

My dear Mr. Lonsdell,

Yours faithfully,

JOHN HAMILTON.

Letter from Hon. John Hamilton to Strachan Bethune, E»q.^
Q. C, Chancellor of the Diocese of Montreal.

iCopy.-]

Tyrella House, 15th Jan., 1870.

My Dear Sir, — A few days, or rather some two or three
weeks, since, when we met at Judge McKay's at dinner, you
promised to let rae have the perusal of the three letters (so
curiously found by Mrs. Balch), in which the late Metropolitan
urged the Rev. Dr. Balch to come to Montreal to occupy the
post he now holds in the Cathedral staff. In fact, if I did not
misnnderotand you, you stated, both at the Vestry meet'ng and
to myself, that it was th^jse letters which brought Dr. Balch
here, I had hoped to have heard from you, in the interval, as
to when I could see these letters, but suppose it has been
overlooked in the press of business. Circumstances have lately,
however, come to my knowledge which make me more than ever
curious to see these letters. May I therefore remind you of
your promise, and request its fulfilment at your earliest con-
venience. A reply will oblige.

Yours truly,

JOHN HAMILTON.

S. Bethune, Esq.

Letter from Strachan Bethune^ Mq., to Hon. John Hamilton.

[Copy.-]

Montreal, 17th Jan., x870.

My Dear Sir, — I am this moment only in receipt of yours of
the 15th inst. You misunderstood what I really said. I

certainly never intended to promifie to let you have the perusal
of the late Bishop Ftilford'a letters to Dr. Balch on the subject
of his removal to Montreal, as the letters were not in my
possession. What I thought I said, and what I really intended
to say, was that I had no doubt, if you wished to see the letters,
that I could secure you a perusal of them. As you did not ask
me (so far as I understood) tc try and arrange for your seeing
them, I ot course naturally dismissed the matter from my mind.
I shall now, however, endeavour to have your curiosity gratified.

Yours truly,

STRACHAN BETHUNE.
Hon. John Hamilton,

Tyrella House, Montreal.

From the same to thz same.
[Oopi/.j

17th January, 1870.

My Dear Sir, — Since w-Hing to you this morning (through
the post), I have received the enclosed from Dr. Balch, which I
send by a messenger. I shall of course be hi attendance at the
time and place named.

Yours truly,

STRACHAN BETHUNE.
Hon. John Hamilton.

Letter from Rev. Canon Balch to Straehan Bethune, .Esq.

[Copi/.]

Montreal, Jan. 17th, 1870.

Dear Mr. Bethdne, — I have just received your note of this
morning, enclosing one from the Hon. John Hamilton. Were it
not for my personal regard for you, I should repel the base
insinuation contained in Mr. Hamilton's letter by refusing him
any communication whatever of the letters he affects to be so

r!urioud of seeing, but as I cannot allow you to be placed in
a fa^se position, I have to state that Mr. Hamilton can soe
the letters (provided you are present) at my house, at half-past
nine to-morrow morning.

Very sincerely yours,

LEWIS P. W. BALCII.

S. Bbtuune, Esq.

Letter from Hon. John Hamilton to Strachan Bethune^ JEsq.

[Copi/.]

Tyrella House, 17th Jan., 1870.

My Dear Sir, — I am just in receipt cf your second note
of this day's date ; the first, however, through some inadvertence
in the Post-Office, has not reached me.

Though desirous of ocular demonstration of the asserted fact
that the late Bishop of Montreal invited Dr. Balch to come to
the Cathedj K yet if I cannot be gratified without undergoing
the nuisance of an interview with the Rev. Dr. Balch, I must
forego the wished-for proof.

If you, however, will kindly inspect the letters, and give
me the e.x tracts bearing upon the subjecl, it will answer my
purpose. I may add that I would not thus trouble you were it
not that I have it on the authority of several gentlemen of
undoubted respectability that the late Metropolitan most posi-
tively assured them that he neve had anything to do with
bringing the Rev. Dr. Balch to Mcutreal, further than that he
had not opposed the scheme.

I am, yours faithfully,

JOHN HAMILTON.

S. Bbthune, Esq.

[Copt/.j

From the same to the same.

Tyrella House, 22nd J?.n., 1870.

Dear Sir, — Herewith find copy of a letter which I addressed
to you last Monday, and whi<-h ^\y servant left at your residence
that evening, but to which you have not yet deigned the courtesy
of a reply. I am, therefore, compelled to ask wh-^ther you intend
to comply with the request made in it or not ? For in any case
you must see that the question referred to can scarcely be left
where it is, touching as it does the personal honor and veracity
of the late Metropolitan, as well as that of others.

It seems to me that had your friend, the Rev. Dr. Balch,
been really desirous that you should not be placed in a false
position, he would ha-e named a place of meeting other than his
own house, which he knew perfectly well I would not enter under
any circumstances, and where, too, he so blandly insinuates that
your presence was absolutely necessary for his protecuion.

Waiting your reply,

I am, yours faithfully,

JOHN HAMILTON.

S. Bethune, Esq.

Letter from Strachan Bethune, Esq., to Hon. John Hamilton.

{Copy.']

Montreal, 22nd Jan., 1870.

Dear oIR, — When your servant left the note of the .1 7th inst,
and asked for an answer, I said, " IJay there is no answer." I
presumed yon would understand by that, that I did not mtend
to request Dr. Balch's permission, under the circumstpnces,
to make the extracts you desired from the letters in question.
As you seem, however, not so to have understood the matter, I
write to say, that it was quite impossible for me, in view of the

terms of your note, to ask any such favor as you sought, and
that the threat, in your note of the 22nd inst., just received, as
to my own position, prohibits my entertaining your project for a
single moment.

I am, yours faithfully,

STRV^CHAN BETHUNE.
Hon. JouN Hamilton.

Letter from Hon. John Hamilton to S. Bethune, Esq.

iCopy,']

Tyrella House, 24th Jan., 1870.

Dear Sir, — In reply to yours of the 22nd, permit me to say,
that, having no expectation, or desire either, for an immediate
reply to mine of the 17tL inst., I did not direct my servaiii to
ask for one, nor did he give me your message.

Not being gifted with that profound legal acumen, for which
Pennsylvania lawyers get the credit of being famous, I
entirely fail to see when or where I have ever asked you to
obtain any favour for me^ at the hands of the Rev. Dr. Balch. I
certainly suggested to you, as politely as I couid, a method in
which you might fulfil a promise you voluntarily made. In the
following words, taken from your own letter, you say : " You
had no doubt, if I wished to see the letters, you could secure me
the perusal of them," to which, though you seem to forget it, I
replied : " I would very much like to see them."

It might have been as well, before you remarked on my style
of writing, had you recalled to mind that of your reverend friend,
the Doctor, who, in a letter to you, which you were injudicious
eiiough to enclose to me, thus /??ea8aw% expresses himself: —
" Were it not for my personal regard for you, I should repel the
" base insinuation contained in Mr. Hamilton's letter, by refusing
" him any communication whatever of the letters he affects to be
" so desirous of seeing." As regards any threat, as far as you
are concerned, I am wholly unconscious of having made any ;

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my worst opinion, as far as you are concerned, might be
expressed pretty much as follows : — That you had, perhaps,
willingly allowed yourself to be misled into believing that such
letters really existed : or supposing them to exist, in any shape,
they can only bear the interpretation you put upon them in
your speech at the Vestry Meeting, after the skilful manipulation
of one more astute than yourself

As you, however, decline to entertain the project you say I
made, even for a single moment, I shall now endeavour to arraign
you and your Reverend friend at the Bar of Public Opinion,
whore, very possibly, these wonderful letters will be produced ;
and if they do not justify all you have said of them, then I pity
you.

I am, faithfully yours,

JOHN HAMILTON.

S. Bethune, Esq.