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Original aeplaa In printad papar oovart afa fllmad baflinning with tha front oovar and andintf on^ tha laat paga with o #lntad or lliuatratad Imprat- alon/or tha baek oovar whan appropriata. All othar^orif Inal ooplaa ara fllntad baginning on tha Jirat pago wtth a printad or lliuatratad imprat- alon, and andlng on tha laat paga with a printad or Uliiatratad Impraaaion. Tho laat rooordad frama on aaoh mierofloha ahall aontain tha aymbol -^ (moaning "CON- TINUIO''). or tha aymbol 7 <maaning "END"). whiehavar appilaa. •% Mapa^plataa. eharta. ato., may ba iiimad at diffarant raduetlon ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba ontlraly Ineliidad In ona axpoaura ara fiimad boglnning In tho ikppar laft hand eornar. iaft to right and top to bottom, aa many framaa m * roqulrad. Tha following diagrama iliuttrata tha mathod: ■ '■■-■ ■ ■■ ■.,.■■.■,..--.. ^»- ■'-. ■ ■ ^ i'oMamplalra fUm* fut raproduH griWija g*nOrOaltidO:/ Not ropol I tan Toronto liafaranea L I brary BaldMlfl IUkm* Laa imagaa aulvantaa^ont 4i roprddultaa avao la piua grand aoln. aompfo tahu da la oondition ot da lb nanat* d* I'aiiamplaia fllm4. at w eonformlto avOo laa oondftlona du aontrat d9 fllmaga. %. _tia ajiampta^aa driglh4ux ddnt la aouvortura an ^<^ papiar aatflnprimAa aom fllmOa an oommanoant par la pfmt9r plat at/tn tarmlnant aolt par la darnMra paga qui ooniporto uno amprilnta d'Impraaalbn ou dmatratlon. aolt par la aaoond plat, aalon la oaa. Tbua laa autraa axamiMairoa : originaux aont fllnjia^ oommonoant piar ia pramlAra paga qufooniporta una ampralnta d'impraaalon ou fllluatratlon ot an 'tarmlnant par la darrfMra paga Oul oompOrto una tallo amprainto. ;^ '..■■■ " •■; * 1 1 m 2 • 3 ^ lln daa aynbollaauhrantiappafattra aur la darnlAra Imago da ehaqua microficha. aa ion la bat: la tymbola -^ algnlfla "A iUIVRi'Ma tymboia ▼ alghlfla "f IN*'. . Laa eartaa/plahohaa. tablaaux^ Oto.. paCivant Atra fiimit A dOa tai(x da rfduotion dIffAranta. Loraquo la dooumont Oat trap grand pour Atra raprodult an un aaul AltehA. H aat f HmlA partir da I'anglOaupAriaur gaiieha. da gaucha A droita, at da halit an bat; An pranqnt la nombro dWag/t nAcaataira. Laa diagrammaa auivanta llhittrdnt la mAthodo. f- ^ * 1 \ / 2 - - • •^ 3 • • 1 6 (ANSI and ISO TIST CHAW No. ») -<-'?>-*. y^PPUED IVHGE Ine 4U3 Com Moin SIrMi N(w Yoili 14408 USA (7IC)4«-(U00-PhaM (71«) t-SMS-r* -a' ,:*f . rr OBITUARY NOTICES OF THE LATE HON.^ HORATIO GATES, EKtraoted from the Newspapers of the Day. lU-printttl at the $olieilaU9n ^ tevtrgl friend* for prieate eireulatioii. \ \ ■,-/ *#" J aJ «^ / OBITUARY NOTICES OF run I AT B HON. HORATIO TES, Extracted from the Newspapers of thf day- St-prinltd at iht iolMl&imttf Mveral. friend* /or pHwiA emulatiom. \ * \ V ■ ' .'" ■^v- ■■.v"\ * ' \ ■■ ■ -r ■ 1 ' . '; ■ .."s-; , ■'■■■ .' .V i^'-4«;4E- ^?#^H '-4.- ■ ^i^.j^^JL^ -^.^^dH^B iuiiik^.. «^4^-^ . Jt^ 'iut:Lik.ili.jil^^ y^y ' '' * ^j'^iillH > '■ff ^■% «tt . \' :-:^--- At lContr«nl, on (he lllh ApHI, 18S4, Mfter » •hart bnl severe lllneM, the Honorable Horatio Gates, JNTeniber of the JLeKtolallve Council of the ProTlnce of liower Canada, In the 87th year of his » « » • * - • ■ •/ / *, ^.* ^ ' ' ",4— ■^-'- <mmft ■ « iT*pT^,.' '.4-/ '# r * , K ■ % 4 \' Ai*... * • » « » • » • 4 . . • ' • f • ' • l^'l^e Soi). Soi^ktio 0ktef<. •«■ " I • " » 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^ vidnulity, and by a very extensive correspondence, of itself/^ *'^f^ t|l^ »<^H^^ :. ■ -I WS'-SK. •^^w^ •tmoiit enough to Abnorb Iho •ll'oi-tM oi lUi inilividunl of inoi-o Ihnn 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.- Ifonored by his Sovereign with one of tho most dislinguishod __nMrks of Boyal Avor, by being called to n neat in (he Legislftr^i • i JL^ .♦»<■' r ^^bt" • i *)>, ? (I r tivo OiunoU ol tho O«)lony, his atUlty m • mprenenUitlvo of tha ooinmorolollmoroMliiol thooountry WttMlWlly appnxiloted. On th« lomlluK •ubjoota which at prouoiit ttKlUto <mr |M>iiUcfti olroiM, ho wmt (Hithful to • Coimtitutlon, of tho happy "»ul<*^ whioh^. . ho liad uo iong an opportunity of (orminn a oorroot^tlmato, ana ho opp<iMO«l tlio wiltl llioorion of Hovoiutlonary visionariou with a flrmnom* ami o»fo<!t which wan folt U> hucIi an o«tonl tliut he had Iwoomo tho object of unsparing rancour to tho ononiloa -Jit OKlor ond Bocurity, and ol which bin last Hpooeli on tho fl<K>ip - of tho Upper ^I()u^M^ romuini nn lioiiourablo proot ; wiiiiHt ot tii« Mino timu It OHtabliHiioH for liim a lUir claim as a siMMilior. It (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- port and approbation. F» w. in his sphere of lilo, ha ve lUlow ed " -I -■» ";■ _ ^ -^ f y> ■ 9 :: ■ ■: their mdnlfidence to draW so largely on their means, and It is with pleasure we Btato, that the liberal hand was ^blessed In 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 the- tital absence of duplicity or equivoonlion. He had marked t ■ V • *-'' • i.:t / •V* <p;'mlm^,plmm • ♦-'' (i ""■■ . . A • ,. jr -.^ '""'"■■ 1- ■""■\* ■t'- / • ■ ■ • • • '» ■ . :•■ ;»■ • > • •v-' ■-■'■■'■■■■ * . ■" , ■ ■ ' out ior hfrnseK but one course, and Ihftt lay In the path of rec- 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 oiror prompt, active and munificent. ' . /^ ^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 nnd so upeful as the la<e Hobatio Gates. V Afontreul Oattttt. -^ • VV, 8 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 behold in Montreal, a merchant of such untiring pei'severancc " Bankrnpi of life, and prodigal of case," 'X ■ • ;#• .'rUi. ^. • 'T^- ■ 1 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 jJisappointment and unchanged by succees. jj^ 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 stood in the presence of a superior man.. -I *v. \&&Sii& Ithei HoKATio Gatm wayt native of Maaflaohuaett^ ; bat\the namm 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. , > -''—Montreal AdBerti^. ■ • ■■ \ . ■.4..- v|t /. : % » Vr • ■'• '< « •» . • It Is neodless to detidl the private. virtues of the decoasod. they 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 activity, and Intelligence. And a sufficient earnest had already -■»■-■ ,^*-. .» ■; ., ■ • ;:.\< ^ii^T^TAT- 4ri ■ » ■■ \ . ■ i ,A^- ■•/ % » «.>■ • ■•• -i •* 1|- T^' " .^- u J glv«n of tW va)ae ol If a. GaIm «b a public man, to prodaoa iSst estimate of his talents, and to put every houMt heart In Canada I^to mourning, on the present melancholy occasion. . ,•■ • ■■'.'■ ; •- ■ 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 dared to breathe anything butgood. /y^.-'-^-.:--'..::- 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 but rare combination of private worth, witii public enterprise, which distinguished hi» character. -- ^wX ■ ...V . » . ■ / IV ff .\ i Thi^nntiveiof a oountry\that may nroudlj' boastof «u«h a ttoinn^ liiH indoDtity wRh Britici^ feeling ntovor for a moment aflCected 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 uxi^t,\;an be appreciated by a ditHwrning community. .\'.:. ...;■:.■—■ ;,. ,;.,:,■ Speech of the Hbn^ Philip Hone, at the Dinnei 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 ■■•i . t I 13 ^ ■ [I "".- ••■■■. ^ > .. B . ^ 1 U B ••. *<.* ^:-^--: \'.:^^>f^ >-"■.-.■ ;"w ■'■• ■;^ > ■■' ':■■%' V ■.:■■■■ ••■■^: molAncliol}' boreavemoiit and a profound nympathy in the Iosh 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- pose the follovung toast : - I , A . / r • '■ Tho City of Montreal We sym|>athiKO dooply in the Iom of . one of her nuMt omAiI and eMtimable oitixone. {Bank o/Montnut, 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 X ■f **k % 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$. A true, extract fVom the minutes of the Board. B. HOLMES, CV»»A»«r. % -J Caitle 0/ St. Louii, 1 Quebec, October 26tb, 1832. DiarSib.— ■ 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. I Bemain, J)e8r Sir, Your very obedient servant, (Signed) ALYMBR. 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