York, Upper Canada, Sept. 21, 1832.
NOTHING as yet has been determined respecting myself. The bishop was
absent on a long tour of visitation, but I obtained a letter of
introduction to Archdeacon Strachan, through Captain Fitzgibbon; and His
Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir John Colborne, having heard of my
arrival, expressed a wish that I do wait upon him. Both he and the
archdeacon behaved with great kindness, and mentioned places which they
thought desirable; but I wait for the advice of the bishop, to whom I
have written on the subject. I am disposed, however, to fix on Hamilton,
a rising village near Ancaster, beautifully situated, and bidding fair to
become the third town in the province, York and Kingston only taking
precedence. No church, indeed, is as yet built—service is performed, in
the Court House—but one is fixed on. My salary will be £100 sterling, a
rectory house, forty acres of cleared land, besides some—I forget the
quantity—uncleared, and the sum I may obtain by letting the pews. The
Governor and his lady are both truly pious. I dined with them on Tuesday
and spent a most pleasant evening. The archdeacon is uncommonly
friendly; our whole party took tea with him on Saturday evening, and I
have called on him since.