and the Printer thrown into prison. But in this country things are not managed with such energy, and hence Colonel Picton has no opportunity of exercising what he was so fond of terming the "wholesome severity of the law."
You declare, that the Colonel has not seen the advertisement of my intended publication. The declaration of Mr. Marryat is, in this instance, sufficient; I should otherwise hardly believe, that out of the great number of the Colonel's friends, no one was induced to inform him of a production, which, from the steps you have taken, appears to be not altogether unworthy of notice. But he may, by accident, read this letter, and I wish him to know that my Travels are in a state of great forwardness, and are now delayed being published only for the reasons already given to the Public, and not from any menace of your's-that the advertisement was inserted from a full conviction of the importance of the subject, and not through inadvertency-not from malevolence, but a love of truth and justice, which have influenced me in the design of that publication, and will, I trust, conduct me to its conclusion. I wish him to know that I feel thankful for the moderation which restrained his vengeance when I was in his power, thereby enabling me to appeal to the public of a free country. Alas! some who felt the weight of his displeasure, have not lived to tell their tale. I wish him to know-but, I beg your pardon, Sir, for this digression-my mind has been irre