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The affectionate regard ami esteem felt by a great majority of 
 the intelligent people of this Province for the person and cha- 
 racter of Sir CuARMcs Metcalfe, as evinced on every occasion, 
 has induced tlie writer of the following Biogruphical Sketch to 
 place before the public a brief but authentic record of the ser- 
 vices which that illustrious individual has rendered to his 
 country. 
 
 Comment or eulogy upon those services has been studiously 
 avoiuw'd as alike uncalled for, and many incidents illustrative of 
 the kindness and urbanity which distinguish Sir Ciias. Met- 
 calfe's personal character have been withheld, as not being en- 
 tirely relevant to the object of this publication, which is to place 
 u simple narrative of facts in the hands of all who may feel 
 interested in the subject. 
 
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 T-ii. iuDJcot of Aid tV'lowirgr brief Memoir, Sir Charles T. 
 Metcalfe, was born on *iie COth of January, 1785 ; he succeeded 
 his elder brother, Sir Thcopbilus Metcalfe, in the Ileraditary Ba- 
 ronetcy in 1822, was created Knight Grand Cross of the Bath by 
 '-'s late Majesty William IV. in 1835, and was called to the Privy 
 Council by our present Gracious Sovereign, in 1839. 
 
 It would be foreign to the purpose of this biographical sketch 
 to enter at length into the earlier incidents of his life. It may 
 suffice to state that he was educated at Eton, where he gave 
 early indications of a thirst for knowledge, and that love of lite- 
 rature which has ever been his favorite pursuit. . 
 
 Sir Cii.VELES Metcalfe received his first appointment in the 
 Civil Service of the East India Company, from his father, Sir 
 Theophilus Metcalfe, Bart. M. P., who was also a member of 
 the Court of Directors, in 1800 ; he sailed for India in the June 
 of that year, and arrived in Calcutta in January, 1801. 
 
 After studying the oriental languages for some time in the 
 
 College at Fort William, then recently founded by the Marquis of 
 
 Wellesley, at that time Governor-General, he was, towards the 
 
 close of 1801, appointed Assistant to the Envoy to the Arab 
 
 States, and subsequently Assistant to the Resident at the Court 
 
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 vernment ; in 1803 Assistant in tho Office of tho Governor-Gen- 
 eral, tho IMarquis of Wellesley. In 1804 he was permitted, at 
 bis own request, to join the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Lake, 
 in tho field, and attended him as Assistant in Diplomatic Affairs 
 during the campaigns of 1804, 5 and 6. 
 
 During the time that lio was attached to Lord Lake's array 
 Sir Charles JMetcalfe invariably accompanied the Commander- 
 in-Chief into action; his cool gallantry under fire was always 
 conspicuous, and ho was amongst tho first who entered the breach, 
 at the storming of the strong Citadel of Deeg, where the enemy 
 made a most gallant resistance. 
 
 In U06 he was deputed by Lord Lake as Envoy to the Mah- 
 ratta Chief, Jos want Eao Ilolkar, then at Amritscr, in the 
 Punjaub, who, di'ivcn to that position, had previously been forced 
 to conclude the peace which put an end to the Mahratta War of 
 1803, 4, 5 and G. In the course of the latter year he was appointed 
 First Assistant to tho Resident at Delhi. 
 
 In 1808 ho was selected by the Governor-General, Lord 
 Minto, and deputed as Envoy to the Court of Ilunjcet Singh, tho 
 Ruler of Lahore and the Punjaub, and as such he negotiated a 
 treaty with that Prince which established those amicable rela- 
 tions between the British Government and him, that lasted 
 without interruption during the whole of his long and eventful 
 
 reign. 
 
 In 1809 ho was selected by the same Governor-General to 
 accompany His Lordship as Deputy Secretary on an important 
 mission to Madras. 
 
 In 1810 ho was appointed Resident at the Court of the Mah- 
 ratta Chief, Dowlut Rao Sindheea, and in 1811 Resident at Delhi, 
 at that time the highest 'diplomatic office in India, including the 
 Government of tho Deini Territories, and all the relations with 
 the Affghan, Seikb, Rajpoot, and Jaut Chiefs, and also the 
 celebrated and powerful Chief Ilolkar. 
 
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In 1818 ho was called to the capital to assume the duties of 
 Secretary to the Supreme Government in the Secret and Po- 
 litical Departments, and Private Secretary to the Governor- 
 General, the Marquis of Hastings. 
 
 In 1820 he was appointed Pesidtnt at the Court of the Nizam 
 of the Dekkan, where he remained till called upon again in 1823 
 to proceed to his former post at Delhi, in consequence of difficulties 
 then existing in that quarter. He accompanied the army, under 
 the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Combermere, to the siege of 
 Bhurtpour, which was taken by assault, and tranquillity again 
 restored to that part of India. 
 
 In 1827 he was summoned by appointment from the Court of 
 Directors to a seat in the Supreme Council at Calcutta, and on 
 the termination of five years, the usual period of service in that 
 office, he was re-appointed thereto for two years mure. 
 
 In 1834 ho was appointed by the Imperial Government and 
 the Court of Directors to be the first Governor of the New Pre- 
 sidency of Agra, and in 1835 succeeded Lord William 13ontinck, 
 as Governor-General of India and Governor of Bengal, under 
 the provisional appointment usually made, which will be more 
 fully explained hereafter. 
 
 From those arduous duties he was relieved in 1836 by the 
 arrival of Lord Auckland, at whose desire and that of the Court 
 of Directors, he resumed the Government of the Territories in- 
 cluded in the Presidency of Agra, and the political relations in 
 the North West f India, under the new title of Lieutenant-Go- 
 vernor of the North Western Provinces of India, the Presidency 
 ot Agra having been discontinued. 
 
 Sir CuAS. Metcalfe continued in this highly important office 
 until 1838, when he ultimately resigned it, retiring at the same 
 time from the service of the East India Company, and returning 
 to his native country, after an absence of thirty-eight years. 
 
 The causes which led to the voluntary retirement of Sir Chas. 
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had been so long and so honorably distiuguitihed, are but imper- 
 fectly understood by many of the people of Canada, and aa they 
 are such as reflect the highest honour upon his character as a 
 statesman of liberal and enlarged viows, it is but justice ihat 
 they should be more fully explained here. 
 
 When Acting Governor- General he had in Council passed a 
 law granting full and unrestricted liberty to the press through- 
 out India ; this measure, which ho considered imperatively culled 
 for, in consequence of the many restrictive, irroconcilable, and 
 inconsistent rules and enactments which existed in various parts 
 of * lie country, v/as not approved of by either the Imperial Go- 
 vernment or the Court of Directors, tind although its justice and 
 wisdom have since been abundantly proved, yet Sir Ciias. 
 Metcalfe was in 1837 made aware that it was considered a bar 
 to his farther promotion. 
 
 Although perfectly satisfied with the important office which he 
 then held, he did not think it consistent with the duty and self- 
 respect which was due to himself to remain in the public service 
 with the impression alluded to ; he therefore requested of the 
 Court of Directors to intimate to him whether he had been cor- 
 rectly informed as to their feelings and views towards him. 
 
 The answer of the Court of Directors, although extremely 
 courteous, neither admitted noi denied the correctness of the in- 
 formation which had been previously received, and being conse- 
 quently unsatisfactory, Sir Ciias. Metcalfe resigned office, and 
 retired from the service of the Company, as before sialed. 
 
 It is customary on the part of the Imperial Government and the 
 East India Company to name, as Provisional Governor-General, 
 one of their most approved Public Servants, who, in case of sick- 
 ness, death, or any other casualty, preventing the Governor-Gene- 
 ral's acting, is duly autl. orised to assume the functions and exercise 
 the authority which belongs to that high station ; and it re- 
 dounds highly to the honor both of Sir Charles etcalfe and 
 the Court of Directors that on three several occasions he was 
 
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 the party selected by them to occupy that distinguished positbn. 
 
 It was long the fashion .vitb the detractors of the Dukt of 
 Wellington to -lali hiin the " Sepoy General," in nllusio!* to his 
 first great successes as u military leadei* having been obtuinei* 
 in India by and over armies composed of natives of the country. 
 
 The brilliuni victories, however, which that grr-*. warrior 
 afterwards achieved over the armies of France, wher t. i.imanded 
 by some of her ablest Generals, and finally on the field of Wa- 
 terloo, over Napoleon himself, have long since silenc ^ the tongue 
 of slander, so far as regards his military character. 
 
 The detractors of Sir Ciias, Metcalfk. actuated by similar 
 motives, have endeavoured to designate him reproachfully 
 as the " Indian Governor ;" but, as in the former case, the laurel* 
 which he first gathered on the same fields, where many of Bri- 
 tain's noblest and bravest sons have earned an iniperishable 
 name, have been but confirmed and increased by every subse- 
 querjt act of his puWio life. 
 
 On returning to England in 1838, Sii CiiAS. Metc vlfe lived 
 in retirement at his country seat in Berkshire, and had no :n- 
 tention of again entering public life. But the eye of the illus- 
 trious statesman who then presided over the national councils 
 was not slow in perceiving the great advantages which the pub- 
 lie service would derive from securing the aid of his profound 
 judgment and long experience. 
 
 Accordingly the Government of Jamaiqii (then in a state of 
 all but open insurrection) was tendered to him in we most flat- 
 tering manner, and he, acting upon the principle that duty to 
 his country was paramount to all ether considerations, frankly, 
 but not unfearingly as to the result, accepted it. 
 
 When Sir CnAS. Metcalfe amved in Jamaica in September 
 1839, the state of that fine Island was truly deplorable. Torn 
 intestine faction and domestic dissensions of all kinds, lab ^'* by 
 had been neglected, trade languished, and both individual and 
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 One of ihe earliest ar j of his administration was to convene 
 the Colonial Parliament and lay before that body a review cf 
 the existing state of affairs in the Island. He pointed out t> 
 them, kindly but forcibly, the causes which had conduced to 
 create and continue the evils under which they suffered, and 
 urged upon their immediate consideration such measures as 
 would tend to allay excitement and remove discontent. 
 
 He assured them of his most cordial co-operation in every 
 means calculated to effect such a salutary change in public sen- 
 timent. He informed them that he hud authority from the Iio« 
 perial Government to suspend tl.e constitution of the colony if 
 he deemed such a measure necessary or advisable, but at th« 
 same time declared his intention to consider such authority as 
 non-existent, and ended with the assurance that he placed his 
 hopes of re-establishing the happiness and prosperity of tha 
 Island upon the wisdom, patriotism, and loyalty which he truste<l 
 wouia govern their deliberations. 
 
 The noble simplicity and manly frankness nhich prevaded 
 this address, and marked his subsequent intercourse with the 
 colonists, could hardly fail to have the desired effect ; and it will 
 be an enduring monument to h's fame, that all classes of a 
 community, where hopeless discord had hitherto prevailed, 
 were so thoroughly convinced of the entire honesty of purpose 
 and singleness of heart by which he was actuated, that every 
 measure of importance which he recommended to the considera- 
 tion of the Legislature was passed with a previously unheard-of 
 unanimity. 
 
 The happ}'^ effects resulting from this wise confidence in the 
 advice of the Governor were soon eminently conspicuous, and it 
 is now a matter of history that the preservation of the peace, 
 happiness, and constitutional liberty of Jamaica, was mainly, if 
 not entirely, owing to the kind and lil)eral policy which distin- 
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 Sir CnAs. Mktcalfk resigned the Government of Jamaica, and 
 returned to England in July, 1842. 
 
 Such a scene as took place upon his departure from the Island 
 had seldom, if ever, been witnessed there. The population, 
 without distinction, turned out to bid an aHectionate farewell to 
 »heir beloved Governor, and he was accompanied into his retiz'e- 
 i.ient by the prayers and blessings of a people whose beautiful 
 inmntry ho had, under Providence, been mainly instrumental in 
 ) escuing from so many threatened calamities. 
 
 It speaks volumes in favor both of the people of Jamaica and 
 of the permanent, good effects of Sir Chas. Metcalfe's adminis- 
 tratidn, that long after he had left the colony the Legislature 
 voted the munificent sum of £5000 to erect a statue to him, and 
 ;i private subscription to a still greater amount was raised for 
 the purpose of founding a charitable institution, to be called the 
 Metcalfe Dispensary (which is now in operation) ; so that las 
 name, and the memory of ine blessings confer/ed by his govern- 
 ment, shoul 1 bo perpetuated to all succeeding generations. 
 
 It is one of the strongest indioati(ms of a high and noble* nature 
 'Ahen a great minister, intent alone upon the advancement of his 
 country's interests, can, in pursuance of this abject, (and over- 
 looking tlie claims which political supporters may be supposed 
 to have upon him) select to carry out the raeasur'es of Govern- 
 ment one who, personally unknown to him, has a reputation as 
 extended as the limits of the Great Empire which he has so long 
 and so faithfully served. 
 
 Such was the relative pttsition of Sir IlonERT Peel and Sir 
 ('has. Metcalfe when the Government of British North Anie- 
 i-ica was tendered to the latter. The same sense of duty which 
 actuated him on former occasions prevailed also on this, and he 
 iiccepted the high trust, with the determination to discharge its 
 duties fully, faithfully, and impartially. 
 
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 dian administration are so well known and of such recent occur- 
 rence, that any particular notice of them here would perhaps be 
 superfluous. It may not, however, be out of place to advert to 
 his hrm and noble refusal to sacrifice the just Prerogativj of the 
 Crown, ar.d the rights and liberties of a large portion of the 
 people of Canada, to the demands of a presumptuous and tyran- 
 nical faction ; to his reply to the Gore Address, which should 
 be printed in letters of gold, and its sentiments treasured in the 
 heart of every loyal man in Canada ; to his unbounded liberality 
 and charity, which know no distinction of race or creed ; and 
 finally to the stern integrity, impartially, and love of justice 
 which so pre-eminently distinguish both his public aud private 
 character. 
 
 It is stated upon the best authority that our Gracious Sove- 
 reign has declared her intention of raising Sir Chas. Metcalfi; 
 to the Peerage, in token of Her high approbation of his long and 
 meritorious services. This mark of approval, coming from so 
 high a source, must of cou.-se be extremely gratifying to him ; 
 and it is equally certain that the response from every truly Bri- 
 tish heart in Ca. Ja, when informed that the conferring of the 
 proposed honors has been consum-^iated. will be — 
 
 "He won them well, 
 And may he wear them long." 
 
 Note. — In person Sir Charles Metcalfe is about the mid- 
 dle size, strongly and compactly built, and apparently capable 
 of enduring great bodily fatigue. The usual expression of his 
 countenance, when in repose, is that of mild and benevolent 
 gravity; phrenologically speaking, his head exhibits benevolence, 
 conscientiousness, and firmness, in a very remarkable Q?grec, as 
 may be sein on referring to the excellent likeness lately published 
 from Mr. Bradish's portrait of hira. 
 
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