City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ccruing has prevented my soonerdischarging an obHgation so long due, and now asthings are a little more settled and the times bear amore lively aspect, with the return of spring, a seasonwhich brings with it cheerfulness, I will attempt to giveyou a faint sketch of the times upon which we havefallen. London since December last has been one con-tinual scene of confusion, crowded with soldiers, andlarge nvmihers were billeted on each house for want ofbarracks, and it has been but recently since we gotrid of them; and arr
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . ccruing has prevented my soonerdischarging an obHgation so long due, and now asthings are a little more settled and the times bear amore lively aspect, with the return of spring, a seasonwhich brings with it cheerfulness, I will attempt to giveyou a faint sketch of the times upon which we havefallen. London since December last has been one con-tinual scene of confusion, crowded with soldiers, andlarge nvmihers were billeted on each house for want ofbarracks, and it has been but recently since we gotrid of them; and arrests of persons suspected of beingimplicated in the outbreak were going on through thewinter, and among the number w;is m\ Ladd, and I am sorry to inform you he has beenconvicted by a packed and partial jurv, and is now ingaol, but the Judge did not think proper to pass sen-tence on him and we daily expect his release, but it hasbeen most ruinous to him and his family, and all of ushave been in extreme trouble about him. I expect as ONTARIO, CANADA. 47. GRAND TRUNK R. R. BRIDGE AND SOUTH-WEST RIVER SECTION.
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