to it, in which answer he charged Mr. Dent and myself, the only members of the Committee, with injustice with the farschood and and hostility to himself. The stake, it is reported, that through some management of appointed hostile to him we were M. Anstey's because (D. Bridges). the proceedings of the Committee that we conducted and under Mr Anstey's influence, that the Report which properly 8 drawn up was not so, but really by Mr. Anstey.
The Council knows that some of these statements are untrue, and I denounce the whole of them as untrue but very opposite of true: Slanderous they clearly are.
Had I been allowed to speak in favor of my motion I could have given facts in evidence of their untruth - I shall now state that I believe that the Honorable Mr. Lyall would if called upon, without any prompting on my part, relate circumstances, which manifestly contradict the notion that I was actuated by any hostility to D. Bridges. I say I could have given facts in evidence,