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 Tni deep f)»e1ing of sorrow which the death of Mr. Gatrh ^.^ 
 haH produced in thin city ; Iho eympathy lor hii^ Nurvivitif^ 
 relativeit, who Imvo been colled unoxiioctodly \o moiim under 
 one of the most nfllictihg beroavomoutH; and the important 
 station in which h^ stood as resi>oois tlio commorcial intoroHtH, 
 of this country, call upon us to dwell lor a few moments on tlxf 
 loss wo have sustained. The removal of a member of society 
 diHtinguishod for his powers of usefulnemt and benoficenoo; f^is 
 sound political prinQiplesi his wealth end extended dealingn, in 
 an event Jj^k)' common magnitude in a Colony just emerging 
 fi-om its cM^orcial and political infancy. When a country is 
 beginning to put forth Hs tii-st energies tO' tread on the path of 
 experiment and enterprise, to open channolH and establish re* 
 sources for extensive commercial, and agricultural pursuitH, i\n 
 onorgetio and comprehensive mind, wliich can sustain an elevat- 
 ed position, is absolutely requisite in order to unsure ultimate 
 and speedy success. In Uobatio Gatbs, Canada powossed an 
 individual capable of these high and valuable {"espohsibililies, 
 and we flatter oui^elves that none of his brother merchants who 
 Kurvive him, will consider it as intended to derogate from their 
 influential and useful standimg, when we say that the place of 
 the deceased cannot at present be filled by his survivors. He 
 not only conducted the business of {jin extensive and onerous 
 mercantile establishment in which ho was individually interest- 
 ed; but, giving full Ecope to the energies of an active and 
 intelligent mind, be ficcmed to soar beyond the limits of indi^ 
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 oniinHry elMticity of oxortion, ho Neoinacl to llvo Ihr iho t)«neHl 
 ttnd inturraatlon of nil who )Mirttci{Mit(Kl in tho cnroN niul i-om)m>ii 
 libiliUeM of commeixw. I)iHtiiigui<«lKNl im hin nnno wnn wb«i(n'«i- 
 the trtde of Bkitimii Nottii AmbhioA hnd Hprond, fbr honnrnhlt! 
 denling, for onndQiir nnd n high ttonMo or moriil rot^tittulo, Ibi* 
 vigilance, netivity, dincriminntion nnd dociHion, ho wrh no I«nm ' 
 eminent tor the viiluoblo nntnro ofhiM coritMpondoncu. To thu 
 ^ review of the pro«fieotH of tho raorvhiutt, the Aiictimtioiiir or 
 : mnrkots, the onneen nnd oflbctH o|Mrnting u|)on tmdo j>nd ngri- 
 culture, he brought a coroprohonMivo mind and M)und Judgmont 
 which wore rendered tho mora valuable by n prudoiit nn.l 
 oanliouii conduct, xupporled nnd enhanced by a (irmnooH and 
 equanimity, which prevoutod him Drom being too much nlTooted 
 by doprewod mnrlcetH, or too much olovntod by Hudden ndvnncoH 
 in price or demand. Thin moral Htubility gonornlly onul>li'd 
 him to manage hi8 oxtenHivo buMinoHH ho nH to avoid thoiio oX' 
 tremoH which too often (end' to unprofitable npoonlationM. HIh 
 largo capital nnti oxtonHivo roHourtOH onnblod him to nuntain bin 
 conttignorH in tho deprotwcd ninrkot and to nwnit tho return of 
 an improved demand and ndvanoing pricoH, whilst bin well 
 known promptitude, bin l|onorablo treatment of cuntomors and 
 corroApondontM, nnd lii8 libbrnlity townrdH all concornod In h\n 
 oxtonMive buninosw, pecDurod him genoiitf confidence. All will 
 romlily admit that thtrtoHH of such a man tCt^y timo would be 
 gonoratly regrotted ; how much moro then nhould it bo foil at n 
 period like tho pro()ont,^wheii commorco haH l>een embarrniWKxl^ 
 contidenco affected, nnd ohnngen in our trndo oi' the m(^t mo- 
 mentoiw nnturo, are talked of and expected with more than 
 oi^inary apprehensions. Perhaps no individual hoM been called 
 away fhjm among iw, iilnco Canada became ft Hii!TI8H Co]ony, 
 whoHedemioe involves Huch important con8equonco««. 
 
 J[is politioal career was bi-iof, but honorable and conMHtent.- 
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 ho wmt (Hithful to • Coimtitutlon, of tho happy "»ul<*^ whioh^. . 
 ho liad uo iong an opportunity of (orminn a oorroot^tlmato, 
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 (h a sincoro and poworlUi con»uro on tl»o Utopian tliooriort and 
 pornonul invectives df tho ©Romiosol our Inntltutlons. , Uit» lifo 
 haH oHtftbliHiiod tho fhct, that whili»i a groat mind can over loolc 
 with vonoratlon on ,^l>o iuHtitutions (jftlie land in whieli it iirst 
 coimo into action, it can appreclnto those oi tixo land of Its adop- 
 tion, and hold thorn in on estimation proportionate to their od- 
 viintugOH and utility. To «very Bbitwii subjoct, who looks 
 vvilh oHtoom And i-osiwcfc on tho doiondors of tho votierablo 
 structuro of our political rights and prlvilogoa, and Who respects ' 
 loyalty and ttdolity, his memory wMl long bo cherished with 
 foolingM ot no ordinary dosqription. 
 
 Mr, Gams was a riativo ot Uabrr, in the State ol Mahsaohu- 
 HETTs! lie was born in ms.and has boon a resident ol Canada 
 ior tlio lost thirty years. Descended Irom u highly Yospootablo 
 (Umily, his whole course of lifo hos slied a luHtre on their ftlr 
 iiimo. IIo poHHOssod all the nobler traits of American character 
 in an eminent ilogroo. LHwrollty of Hontimonl, munittcerico, 
 hospitality, urbanity and benevoloncowero prominent in hi» 
 ] (ft-Honal character. Oui^-charltabto Institutions shal^ largely 
 jn his liberal support. His houso was over open to such ol his 
 respootablo countrymen as visited this city. His example was 
 
 ^ looliod up to with no ordinary degree of deference by bis lollow 
 cUlwjns; and In nil works ot bonollconce In which he lent a 
 helping hond, his eixumplo secured the sanctlon-ol general sup- 
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 what it gave, and that he has been oalied from ns In cireum- 
 Htances of ajjjparent ease and affluence. Towards his employes, 
 who shared with htm in the toboru of bis business and merited 
 his confidence, he manifested an unshaken fVeindship and at- 
 taofamemt, and did not lose sight of the interests of a faithful 
 clerk ordoraestio, when disengaged fiwm his service, or embark- 
 ed in business on his own account.. Among his fellpw citizens 
 and brother-mei-chants he was beloved and respected in an 
 eminent degree. ' The most convincing proof ol which was given 
 In thofiftct that his remains werrt followed to the grave by, the 
 lafgebt concourse ol persons ol all rank*), that has perhaps^ever 
 been assembled in Canada on a similar occasion^ 
 
 With men absorbed in the monientous concerns of- extensive 
 businea^jit sometimes happens that in the domestic circle, their 
 virtues are not seen and lelt in a ratio proportionate, to their 
 wealth and influence in public life. Such was qot the case wiUi 
 the subject of this notice. The responsibilities of his public 
 station never derogated lh)m his v^ilue as a kind and indulgent 
 husband and parent, an afibclionate relative, and a fim friend. 
 It was in this point of view that his momorj* has bjteome en- 
 deared, to all who shared in the aftections ol his heart, and this 
 bright trkit in his character will leave a lasting and deep sorrow 
 to cloud the melancholy reti-ospect which love and freindship 
 will Ipng (K)ntinue to pay to bis respected memor^, through a 
 very nnmerons circle of highly respectable relative's and fHenda. 
 
 To the minute observer ol the workings of the /buman mind, 
 Mr G. presented an intereJiting subject. His /me|[ital effiirts 
 were marked with elasticity and quickness, peculiarly rapid, 
 clear and correct. He grasped within the comi«ss ol his per- 
 ceptions, a fbll view of his subject, and with extraordinary 
 judiciouspess, spoke or wrote on it without hesitation. Hi* 
 consistency and correctness were supported and preserved by 
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 titude and honor. This left the faculties of his mind unembar- 
 rassed by the tortuosities of reservation or a double burthen on 
 his memory The path of honor was the only one in which he 
 trod, and In the mUltitarious transactions which lay in hie way, 
 he bronglit as hisJi|kCon, moral rectitude, and fbllowed its guld- 
 ing way 4lth unlHicen firmness. HI* life was a eontlnuod 
 series of ntental efTort, over on the spring- of action, ever calling 
 into requii ttion the judgment and the memory. Yet such were 
 the poweii of his fhotiltios, tha:t few errowj in decision or in act- 
 ing, obHtrfcd his course. The activity of the mind induced 
 asanaluraUbnsequenCe, acUvityoithebody,and in this re- 
 spect it may truly bo said, he was one of the most industrious 
 business-men in this city. The whole current pf his effor|| 
 tteeriiod to flow in the channels of business with unceaalog ve- 
 locity, and it was only when turned aside by the calls bfihe 
 public good, of benovolencp or charity, that he appealed tb lay 
 aside for a moment his arduous duties. To such oaliii he" Was 
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 ^mohg the commercial community the deceased was esteemed 
 and respected in an eminent degree. The length to which this 
 notice has already extended will oblige us to be brief on this 
 ^wint, and perhaps we should not better embody it in a length- 
 ened detail, than by merely noticing, that all the stores, offices 
 nnd shops, (with a very feW insignificant exceptions) in the city, 
 were closed during the time of the funeral ceremonies. The 
 concourse of citizens assembled on this occasion, was large be- 
 yond all precedent ; and the sympathy, the wgret for his loss 
 which prevoiled almost universally on every lip, bespoke how 
 <lceply his death was felt and lamented. We doilbt not that the 
 publjc will join with us most cordially in wishing, that many 
 years may pass before they are called to pay the last tribute of 
 respect to the remains of a feVlow-citiaen so beloved, so respected 
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 HoRAtio Gatis is no more. He is gone to liis iong borne. 
 There is o blanlc, a void in our society, that will never be filled 
 but the memory of him who once occapied the niche, will go 
 down to genoratlonB. ;. 
 
 Whoever has hoard of Canada, it has been lately remarked, 
 has hoard of Horatio Gates, and wherevoi* his name has been 
 heard, whether ink the distant cities of Europe, or through the 
 varlousStates ana Provinces of America, it has been connected 
 with every thing; honorable and upright, enterprising and genor. 
 oils, that can dignify or ennoble the name of merchant.- 
 
 We are not of those who merely to gratify the vanity of 
 mourning friends, would indulge in idle encomiums upon an 
 ordinaiy individual at the moment of his translation from the 
 works (^'life, but wo speak because we feel that a mighty spirit 
 has departed — such a one as seldom moves in the ranks of com- 
 mercial men, and such a one as wo fear we shall not again see 
 adorning our commercial order. 
 
 Horatio Gates was not a common man,— not one of those mere' 
 forms of animated clay that fill unmarked a little place in creu-. 
 tion during life, and die unhonorod and unwept to be immediately 
 fqp'l^otten ; but he was of the chosen and distinguished of eattli's 
 chiidreii, who dwell among men like beings of superior intoliir 
 gence, and who be it their lot to rule the destinies of nations, com- 
 mand armies or control the afiUirs of commerce, appear always 
 to move above and in ah atmosphere superior to their brethren 
 of' kindred mould. 
 
 Wo are not attenipting circumstantial biography, for we write 
 under the feelings that must agitate every man in this commer 
 cial city, upon losing the brightcHt ornament, the most widely 
 known, the most higfhly appreciated of the commercial body. 
 There may arise men of wealth or men of integrity, men 
 of enterprise or men of talent, but we fear never again to 
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 or poH9e«iing tbo renown, the generalty diffuMd, the exalted ^ 
 the unimpeaohnble renown that waa enjoyed by Hokatio Gatih. 
 
 Commercial men will most deeply deplore his loai), ior with 
 it oiu* trade may suffer more than imagin&ry evite. Most of 
 those in aotivo business in the community found him an estab- 
 lished morcbant at the time of their commencement; and he 
 bos always proved himself, whatever were the chanoeaoi time 
 or tbo fluctuations of circumstances, whatever were the smiles , 
 of pnwiierous dnys or the frowns of adverse ^peasons, the same 
 bold, nervous, unflinching man o* business, Undismayed by 
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 If there over was a merchant 'ftam peur ei aan* reptodte" It 
 was Horatio Gatks; for what naimo is there that through the 
 varied tronwiotlons of a long and intricate course of business, Ka* 
 continued so entirely nnsuUied with the charge of one single 
 flishonorable action. His wai» a mind too powerful to be terri- 
 tic<i with the idea of any trifling advantage thit another might 
 gain in a transaction, and too noble to profit by another's ' 
 inadTortonco. Free from the paltry chicanery of grovelling 
 spirits, and Bti-ong in thecon^dence of his own mental refwurces, 
 he wielded the mightiest affair* of commerce, with such generous 
 deference to the convenience Of Others, that no man ever left 
 him with a dissatisflod voice. Not wrapt in the single idea of 
 adding woalth 4q his own coffers, hw operations . tended to facili- 
 tato and advance J;he general interfests of the country. How 
 often did ho appear disinterestedly to enternpon transaotionf^ 
 i-ftther from n desire to pustain the 'tnarket, than from a prospect 
 ofpecuniary gain. He adored commerce for her own sake. 
 
 VVTho was more free from the despicable state assumed by 
 many that fortune has for the moment elevated a mere degree 
 above their follows; who more easy of approach, more affable 
 or more condescending in all thedaily relatiMs Of society . But 
 this amenity of disposition was always attended by that dignity 
 of character, which reminded every one in his company, that he 
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 of great men belong it the whole hitman ftnaily, and not to any 
 narrowly presoribed boundH of territoi^ If the oounje of event* 
 paused him to pans a life of honor and AMetWneas in a city far 
 removed fVoto the scones of hfs youth, tta^ the sympathjos of 
 early acftuuintances, we, among whoml thisMlfe of honor and 
 usefblnesB iios been spent, ai-e more imperatively bound to 
 reverence his memory. The little differencea of a nation and 
 oouutry vanish, when we are regarding a mind itself too expan- 
 Hive to be fettered by such arbitrary distinctionB. 
 
 We speak not of the kind father, the tender husband, we 
 speak not of the unbounded hwpitallty, the open purse ever 
 )-eady to give, and th^ generous hand ever ready to assist, for 
 those are ^mmon attributes, while In HoRiiTio Gates, distin- 
 gifithed as "he was for them all, they wenf but foeble lights 
 outshone amid thedazzllng characteristics of superior excellence. 
 
 Were we living in days of renown when the virtues or the 
 vices of an age become embodied In, and were transmitted with 
 the names of celebrated ludlviduals, we should here have a naime 
 to bo carried forever onwards by the pen of history and^tho von^ 
 of song ; and we tpist, however selfish may be the gbhius of our 
 own times, that he who has so long stood foremost In om* minds, 
 may never be lost to our recollections. , 
 
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 were too oon^i^uous to be unknown tu our feMow cltisens ; and 
 it would be improper in us to '^appear to invite' respect, where 
 the Hon. individual himself commanded It. But we may bo 
 permitted to sympathize with the sorrows of his berMVisd family, ^ 
 and in the public loss whlc^ the Province has sustalniod. 
 
 ItwasoiUy lately that Mb. Gates appeared on our political 
 stage, where, as in eveify other situation, his leading character- * 
 Istlcs were mlldnesi^ urbanity, combined vrith a remarkable 
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 Montreal has sustained a severe loss in th? death of |Cb. Oatk. 
 No man was ever more highly or more^'deservedly popular 
 among all classoa; and Mb. Gams's bereaved relatives will at 
 least enjoy the blended pain aijd pleasure of universal sympathy 
 and universal mourning. In writing of such a man, one spuma 
 the hackneyed ciution to speak only good «f the departed; for 
 of Ma. Gatks, even when alive, none but two individuals ever 
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 At present it may not be proper to say much; but we would 
 «ugge8t tosome one ot Ma. Gatis's numberless and afBactionato 
 friOTds the molanclioly task of preparing a short memoir of his 
 useful and honorable life, as at once a tribute to bis memory, 
 und a model to the public of industry, Integrity, Ilberal«!y,kind- 
 iM»8 and putriotlHm. Itshould be engraven In the heart of every 
 clerk, every merchant, every legislator, and every father In the 
 country. Sinco;wriiing the foregoing remarka, we have been 
 much gratified to learn that the members of the Committee 
 ot trade, and thedirectow of the bank are t«? go into mourning 
 for Ma. Gatis during thirty days.— 5f«<«far. . . 
 
 Yesterday afternoon M the hour appointed for consigning to/ 
 the tomb the mortal remains of our deservedly esteemed and 
 venerated fellow citizen, theHoM.HoaATioGAT««, every avenue 
 to his residence was dosed by a multitude of persons, ^ho, 
 without distibction of creed or politics, hastened to testify their 
 respect for the memory of him, whose vhrtuea will be long 
 recorded in the rwjollection of those whd witnessed that bewrtifU 
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 Ills partialUies for the land of his QiHgin. An Aiubioan by 
 birth, he was equally the f^iond of bi8\own and tho/country of 
 his adoption. Liberality, cM^ity, bond^ty and independence 
 fbrmed the chief foatures ot bis public and domestic virtuei*, and 
 if tbo universal syiApathy for \hia Iohs tjould bo rogolatod by^ the 
 multitude who followed his renliains ^ the olyirabers of the dead, 
 we might fearlessly say, that such a funeral was never,' upon 
 any occasion, witnessed in BitiTisH Ambrio^. His pall was 
 ilwrno by six of his fbllow Councillors, and the train of moumM's, 
 embracing ten of the minlBtorOof tfaeoily, theViemborsof the 
 bar, the direotorn of the Bank, the Board of Tntdo, and muny 
 eminent merchants, illustrated the fact, that pub^lo worth and 
 private virtues, even \yhero these characteristics haVe ceased to 
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 9t. Qeorire's Society. New York. 
 Mr. Presiddnt, I beg leave to aclcnowledgo for myself, and 
 for the society tfvhich I represent, the honor conferred by your 
 toast, and 1 rejoid<^ in the opportunity which is aftorded m^ to 
 congratulate this company on another return of the ahniversary 
 of the patron saint oT'PId Engli^nd, and the auspicious statoyf 
 things which enables ^Ehgli^h^en and Americans to unite i 
 \the bonds of good fellowship, wkh a confident truth that those 
 >ndi^wv in no danger of beira; severed. 
 
 Lt was my intention to avail myself of the present, or some 
 himilar occasion, to discharge >ita part, a debt of. gratitude for 
 kindness and hospitality extended to me by the citizens of Mon- 
 treal, a^^ if the occasion had occurred ^ a few days earlier, 'the 
 remarks I am fibotit to make would ha\-^ been more, m accord, 
 iinco with the jovial and cheerful feelings of this assemblage, 
 but it is impoifsible to allude to the prosperous City of Montreal 
 at thia time, without a deep and solemn sonfio of her recent 
 
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 which sho hns suBtainod, in the decease of one of her n^ost di»< 
 tinguishod citizens. 
 
 I Hhonid hesitate to mingle the accents of grief, with th 
 sounds of hilarity ; or call upon you in the midst of your fee 
 tivity to shed a tear for departed worth, did I not know that 
 both are equally characteristic of England, with whom the en- 
 joyment of rational mirth, is not ihconniHtent with the sensibility 
 which prompts Its " to weep with those who weep." 
 
 We have just received the melancholy tidings of the decease 
 of Horatio Gates ol Montreal, well known to many in this com- 
 pany, who like myself have enjoyed his friendship, and had 
 frequent occasions to bear testimony to his private worth and 
 pilblic Hervices. 
 
 Mr. dates was a native of the United States, born In the state 
 
 Moesaehusetts ; he removed in early life to Montreal, where 
 ho soon became^ distingnisbed as an eminent and prosperous 
 merchant and a liberar and public-spirited citizen. He was at 
 different times appointed to oflBices of high trust and responsi- 
 bility, and at the titae of his death, was a member of the Exe- 
 cutive (Council of the Province.* His zeal, activity, and 
 enterprise rendering him a prominent man in the party which* 
 adva|oated, and promoted all measures of publio improvement, 
 it wiH not be' considered inviduous, to place him in the first 
 rank among the beiicifoetors of his adopted country, and the 
 deep expressions of regret for his los^, and of respect for his 
 memory evinced by his fellow citizens^ prove their aoknowledg- 
 mont of hiH^laims to that distinctibbi 
 
 As an American he never ceased to entertain an affection for 
 his native land, and his countrymen derived important advan- 
 tages fVom t»» taciUties wbiqh bis high mercantile station 
 afforded them in their intercourse with Canada, and will long 
 ramember with gratitude his liberality and hospitality. 
 
 IVusting that this very imperfect tribute to tne memory of a 
 lamented friend may be kindly received us a substitute fbr the 
 i^marks which I had intended to make, I beg leave to pro- 
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 M5ntreal, April 15, 1834. 
 
 At a Aitl Meeting of the Board, held at the Bank thi« day, 
 the following Betioiutions wer« proposed and aoanimously 
 adopted :<— 
 
 . Rmhtdy That the late Honorable Hokatio Gatbr, BMinfre, 
 
 whoee prematare and meli.noholy death the members of this 
 
 iBoard deeply lament, was one of the original promoters of the 
 
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 estabUfthm^t of this Bank— was an attentive and zealons IH 
 rector of it since its commencement,, and acted as its President 
 tor nearly the last two yeairs with credit to himself and advan- 
 tage to the institution. 
 
 Jie$olved, That the Members of this Board therefore, as a mark 
 of i-ospeot to bis memory, and to evince the opinion they enter- 
 tained of his usefblnees as, a Director and President of this 
 Bank ; oi his distinguighed liberality and pablio spirit at^i Mer- 
 chant, and of his integrity and social qualities as a mAn; will 
 wear tnowHtng /or, and during the tpae* of thirty day$. 
 
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 B. HOLMES, CV»»A»«r. 
 
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 1 Quebec, October 26tb, 1832. 
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 I have much satisfaction in being enabled to inform you, 
 
 that His Majesty has beei) graciously pleased to approve of your 
 
 appointment as Legislative Counsellor of tho Province of XoWer 
 
 Canada; and that I am in daily expectation of receiving His 
 
 Majesty's mandamus, calling you to a seat in that br«Doh of the 
 
 Frovim)ial Legislature. 
 
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 Your very obedient servant, 
 
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