. The life and times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie. With an account of the Canadian rebellion of 1837, and the subsequent frontier disturbances, chiefly from unpublished documents . her. About the 18th of November another plan of opera-tion was decided upon. There were about a dozenpersons present when the decision was come to. Theorganized bands, distributed over the country, wereto collect together, and march upon Toronto by YongeStreet, the main northern entrance to the city, onThursday, the 7th of The management * Dr. Morrison, I learn, from a reliable source, had no real objection to t
. The life and times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie. With an account of the Canadian rebellion of 1837, and the subsequent frontier disturbances, chiefly from unpublished documents . her. About the 18th of November another plan of opera-tion was decided upon. There were about a dozenpersons present when the decision was come to. Theorganized bands, distributed over the country, wereto collect together, and march upon Toronto by YongeStreet, the main northern entrance to the city, onThursday, the 7th of The management * Dr. Morrison, I learn, from a reliable source, had no real objection to thescheme; but he distrusted some one in the room, and was afraid to commithimself. This he told to my informant; but who it was that was the objectof his suspicion ho did not state. The circumstance of his afterwards agree-ing to a far more dangerous project for eflecting the same object, is sufficientguarantee of the correctness of this information. f. In a public dispatch to Lord Glennlg, dated Toronto, December 19th,1837, Sir F. Head allects to have known that the outbreak was to have takenplace on the 19th ; and in The Emigrant, he states that Mackenzie had fixed. THE CANADIAN REBELLION, 57 of the enterprise was to be confided to Dr. Rolpli, assole executive; and the details were to be worked outby Mr. Mackenzie. The correspondence with Papi-neau and the other popular leaders in Lower Canada,was to be conducted by the executive; and he was tocommunicate intelligence of their intended move-ments to his associates. It was understood that theday named for the rising should not be altered byany less authority than that by which it had beenfixed. The insurgent forces were to be brought assecretly as possible to Montgomerys hotel, on YongeStreet, about four miles north of the city of Toronto,between six and ten oclock, at night, when they wereto march upon the city. A force of between four andfive thousand was expected. The four thousandstand of arms in the City Hall were to be s
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