Note 3 — Gallows Hill.

This banner, a remnant of an old election, with date changed, was taken possession of by Sir Francis and carried to England as a personal trophy. His grandson, Sir Robert Head, ignorant of the flag’s true history, exhibited it, as apropos, on the occasion of the lunch given by the National Liberal Club to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, K.C.M.G., July 9, 1897. The Canadian statesman followed the spirit of Lord Sydenham’s life and utterances in the comment that “in 1837 Canadians were fighting for constitutional rights, not against the British Crown.” Query: By what right was the banner left in the possession of Sir Francis?