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. 3 < ""anunt " han in interestin«x I _' _ 3 [ ; { tovk in it, and from the cireametance of th-- ' ;:'":' because it is a very intercsting > ' Committee frequently committing to you * i -- | and Mr King matters of detail, since you *By casb, remuneration of Monsrs MoKe « t «s -- were in the neignnourhood of the m..{.,,. lar and King for noble services in bohalf o+ uy --_] «ad could more eanveniently attend to them coloured freedmen of Buxton in Euglaad V than any other member of the Commuttco ; | Ireland, Scotiand,and Canada; also j for past o . nut these matters of detail were never 0' age; likewise ntationnerv, frewvord, and in + ow | cuch a nature as to give you control over any cidental expenses; eke mileage to aud from ~M9 portion of the funds, so that their misappro-- Buxton and Uharinaw; lnuewise, prayers on Ki« : priativn on your part was impossible. aecount of Soushern Rebellion; atso, other With 5 itain-- in Bd minor expenses, which need nci be detailed yA fth" Bfl" mopey raised in Britain in ai | in connection with a work so glorious as that e 1 © bnxton Mission you had no responsi of Emancipation, but which were legitimato % ~y3 | "le copnection. . While Mr King was en-- ly incurrus» inasmnch as Ur. King is a Cler-- y »g: d in ho?ioitl:g m:stnnoe l:h«m. you, it gyman, and Mr. McKellar a member of the | app:ara, ned to be in the country oo ' o a J ur owa prp:;)nul dbnninm, aad My Kii'l':"' great Reform Party foifi_«_g a* was natural an uite proper, ava © % 9 4 niwself of your mtimgoy in pregp;(i to the s $81,250 00 coloured people at Buiton, So it seem-- In this we are charged with having ob-- f ot a, pesred on the platform at his mestia« tained a large amount of money from one o in Fdimmbergh and gave a short address * Mr Millar, of 49 Renchu roh--street, London : Whether vou were with him on any othe Now 1 am free to aoknowledgo I never | nccasion l am not aware. But Mr. King denied that the money was got. The monsy : alone occupied the position of agent of th: was raised, and I will satate how it was *4 ' Bnxton Mission .mf" !:eputy of the Presby: raieed. Some years before Mr, King weat .; rerian Church of a. _ The motion to England, a gentleman named Christle, a f of Synod which authorized this applica J man of wealth, not as the term is understoo1 tion to the friends in Britain in behalf o' here, but as it is nred in Lnndon --a man a' a the Missicn is in the "Minutes" of 1859, erormouns wealth--a gentleman belonging to I and is in the followimg terms:--* That th-- the Society of Frienie, & uiase of pgople whs Sy nod receive the Report, delay tho cousid-- have of '_"_ Oth.fl'fl been known for thair fore-- +»ation of the other matters sahmittod in it most position in advancing haman frsedom. and in the meantime approve of that part of and encouraging the hands of those attempt A it which refoers to Mr, King's visit to th-- ing to liberate the slaves, visited the colony \ wother country, authorize that geotleman to at Buxton, , remained there a couple proceed forthwith to Great B:itain and Irc-- of daye ; visited the people at the» i apd. with the view of diffasing information cwn homes, eaw what was doing, and ip regard to an experiment in behalf of the when he was leaving eaid to Mr. Kiag, " Ti * colcured gnpuhtion of Canads, the suoses: ever you come to London call usoa my,and I «# which bas been so gratifying,and em on wo-- will rawe you money to aid you in your ef. him to receivo subscriptions for rebaildiog forts. , A year or two latar the preosent . tbe chureh and school--hou«e, and for ths | Lord. Lieutenant of lmhnd,EArlSp»noer. also ~ | «eperal ohbjects of the Mission. | vi«ited the colony and was delighted with e In looking over the article in Th« Mail, 1 ';lh"t he saw. When 1 was going home in Pss * #ee that con'usion has been occasioned by not l tH° ail I went to Londoa. _ T aaw Mosara i wlearly distinguishing between the Buxtoo "";nd and Routh on my wayv, and told U . Mission and the Elgin Association By this ! them I was going to Britain on a visit to my | 1. confusion ground has been found for th: vativeland,and that I aleo was anxious to see | , charge of ten thousand dollars having been > what I cou'!d do in lumber, I was then lum. | mirappropriated, or at least not accounte! | bering, and had sent a g001 deal ot lumaes i | for. Mr. King, in his public addresses in | home to Broadwood & Co , and others engay | Britsin, perhaps, Gid not alwaya sufliciontly d in piano makiog in Lond in. I "ga-- | distirgni--h between the Mission, which had a letter of introduction from them : for its object the religious instruction of the to Mr.. Millar, and I went thore and 3 c--loured people, and the A--soviation, which preseoted my lstter to Mr. Miliar wao \-- & hd for its object the providing of suitable very kindly gave--me letters to some Jumber o + romes for thei ;sor the reporterof hi« address» men there Mr King also came to Lond»n, $ way bave misunderstood himn _ When }e and he went and raw his friend Mr Christie, P . p* wk» in one place of abaut * 18,000 dollars wbom_}o l}td met here, and ho was preparad L € ktaving been raised." and in another place of to fu'tiil his engagement.and not ounly to raise " between £3,000 and £1%" having boen ; the mouney by way of loan, but to raise it ay B : J """I 1," he is ovidently Nfe:fing to } a gift, He was propostug to raiss it am mog J &] _ fl' r-- +f the Elgin Associs:ion, a:thoug : the Frienda or Quakors, but Mr. King obj=cs-- ' he is appoaling on bohalf of the Mi«sion, ant ed to that mode of dealing with the maiter, h stating that a eimilar amount would be re-- seying that he had never taken mney ag a «+ worea for it _ Wheon this correstion <-- m ds g 1t for hrmself, ard would not do so now, | there is no $10 000 to bs accounted for, nor nor fer his coloured charge 1 gave & receipt any other sumber of dollars, tor the money whi--h was thus ratsed, and 1 s s I will read to the Housomy authority for ao | To the last part of your question, which doing:-- _A asks we to state how the fancs which cam-- j \ into the hands of the Buxton l&dminn Uo u> Toronto, 24th Aug., 1839, | ) f mittee have b--on di.-goood of, I cannot wito We certify that Arc e i propriety comply, The Commutteo is ras » !~ Esa., is a Di l tzh tf fi ('IE:".M McKellar, 8 | sible only to the Church which appolated it, TV OX o GtgOr of the Elgin Associstion | udt: L A on in n (?ulurl it + and is entitled to transact any business for | | #f tln'no s ho ;)'l'i'"tl.:) :'w':nl i ro't.luiufy 6y that institution. ' | 10t, & Ct * O & \\' ::de u?:h:.Su':'rvma Uourt of the Charch _ Mr. McKellar is a member of the Cana-- ) § | And the source from which the demaud io dian Parhament, and is highly esteems1 as | n information comea is not one that has an} an hon'ourablo and excellent man ' : right to make it : mean the no wepaper which (Signed) Persr Ba ows, | | t bas undertaken a volnuntary jnvestigati n 1w President this matter, True, the parties who coatri K ' + | buted tbhe funds, or the congregation o . Gatcarur, | coloured peopte on :{bnlu heh.l: H:l'm_v wore Sacrehry. riven, expressing a daubt as to their proper e shi s ces PR f %p;flicsm*:l, it m:ght be proper for the satis-- x'r e:\ :usg :m;::::d fl:i.t. :h" mouey should be faction of guch to givcla lfxuuk aod p\rtioul:r Sbould be distriogg uedllnt:..f ;'_:l';:':r::\:nl'l 3 t, but not, I think, to meet ths t 1 4 _ an ;)t';tfemmen 'euspicions . of desigaing persoas ';.';:'P" :;' 1 'Ew'n for the 17 moy raissd. & dowovcr I m.y '"'o. in bfifif, f q"*' on en came up' p hflntholl" br' that the funds have --been dispaged Nernt ?h Tho gentlemen vontributing never of in the way intended by the con:-- b"} I'd any tggmmemal transaction» tributors--in _ paying the | salaries -- of ssoulg . po uit | that . Mr. 0 Miliar | miesionary and tcachers, and in erecting a i" ;peq 69. hen', , and. _ be -- himaeit church as Buxton. The Suprems Court of uo wins N0 gurkl and I think two of his | the Churcb, to which an aunual statoment irit 1)4,'.u4 .fso'}:.x ,a_\;rxwd. When ho saw th. "th4 bas been rendered, has expressed its vatislas-- list of the aubscribers he knew thaey ware unt | tion with the way in which tbo fuads barv« in the babit of making transastions of that | . been disbursed. I hope enough has b==n kind, and bo remarked to me : " No#w, I am | atated to shew that no fault can he brought R"ilfshmm this as a commercial transsstion," | | against you in rogard to the management c T1 alf o.f, 't'!:r e aware that the others were not J q the Buxton Mission fuads, and that you «Bd we 0 !::nnoy was paid to Mr. Kinyg, I pever bad it in your power to misappropriate legi-- lati:'r:m(:nt? e MI wont to attend to my | any portion of them. hige h ('lntd.e..lnd l'fl:('n% remained sanma I am, yours truly, Britain to finish his collecting. 1 gee, CK ** os » is collecting. I have showa f | Joux Scort. t'!!he authority I had for granting a receip:, , Now, sir, that is a brief history of my coau-- tfli)btbo next} question comes up, Why had f | nectiona with the mission. | "he papers show not the money been handed over to the Elzin the vileness of the accusation that has boen | _';\'m'"""' Before 1 explain this I may made agaiost me I am asquitted by those »I °':' more clenyly that the money was not who were in the best positim to know bost !'W"'I'" Mr. King as a loan by the subssrih. my action in the matter, Now, sir, I come @;lé have here a letter from Rarl Speucer | to the last accusation, I will read the last »nd others, which I will read : -- .____ Arteore, Jan, 17, 1860,, j