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PROC E E DINGS

OF riiK

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PROCEEDINGS

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LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC SOCIETY

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TORONTO.

R. STANTON, PRINTER, ICl, KING -STREET.

1841.

were

EXTLANATION,

The surviving members of the Loyaf. and Patri-
otic Society of Upper Canada, who have recently
taken such measures as they thought to be proper
and necessary, for closing the only arrangement of the
Society remaining unfinished, have, in conseqnence of
mistatements which have been circulated in certain
newspapers, drawn up the following explanation of
their proceedings, in the hope that it may be consi-
dered satisfactory by persons who are disposed to
judge with candour.

It must be well known to those who
were inhabitants of Upper Canada, during the last
war with the United States of America, that the Loyal
and Patriotic Society originated in the Town of York,
now Toronto, and that it was strictly a voluntary
private Association, of a number of Gentlemen who
united together, for the humane purpose of alleviating
the distress which the invasions of the enemy had al-
ready occasioned, and which the war must inevitably
continue to bring^in its train. Some of the chief pro-
moters of this benevolent design are no longer living;

but otiicrs still survive. Many of them contributed
largely to the funds of the Society, at a time when
the extravagant price oC the commonest necessaries
of life made it diflicult for all persons to su[)])ort their
families. Their good example was followed in some
other districts of the Province, where considerable
subscriptions were made ; very liberal contributions
to the fund were sent from the Provinces of Lower
Canada and Nova Scotia, and from the Island of Ja-
maica ; and an appeal which was made by the So-
ciety to their fellow subjects in England, through our
late Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Gore, was attended
with the most gratifying success.

The Administrators of the Government, during
the period, consented to act as Patrons of the Society;
and munificent donations were made by Sir Roger
Sheaffe, and Sir Gordon Drummond ; not, however,
from any public fund, but wholly as individual sub-
scribers.

From the money thus generously contributed,
the Society was enabled to dispense many thousands
of pounds, to those upon whom the miseries occasioned
by the war pressed most severely. Militiamen who
were wounded in defence of the country, the wives
and families of those who were killed or disabled, or
who were reduced to distress by any of the casualties
of war, partook largely of the Society's bounty ,which
in several Districts was dispensed personally by the
directors, who went through the Province for that
purpose.

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for that

Whatever services were rendered by tlie 01-
ficers of the Society, were rendered gratuitously
throughout the vvlioK; j)eriod. The ruiids were not
diiiiiiiislied to the iirnount of ti shilHng by niiy cliarge
for remuneration. No deduction was made from
them, but for actual disbursements.

While the Society was in the full ex-
ercise of its benevolence, peace was uncx[)ectedly
proclaimed. A large sum, not less than i^SOOO, re-
mained then at their dis))osa1, which was ex])cnded
in affording continued relief to the wounded, and to
those whom the loss of relatives, and the desolation
committed by the enem}'-, had reduced for the time
to indigence. On the 17th of October, 1817, nearly
three years after the war had ceased, the Society
having closed its benevolent labours, there remained
in the hands of their Treasurer an unex[)ended ba-
lance of £445 2s. 1 Jd. By a vote of the Society,
.£200 of this balance was authorised to be paid to a
charitable institution, which had been formed " fo/'
the relief of sf raft gers in distress'' of which most of the
principal inhabitants of this town were then members.

It was at the same time ordered, that a full and
detailed account of the proceedings of the Loyal and
Patriotic Society, from the beginning, should bo
drawn up and printed, showing in the most minute
particulars, to whom and in what manner its funds
had been distributed, in order that those who had so
liberally contributed to its resources, might have the

satisfaction of seeing upon what principles, and with
what effect, their bounty had been appHed. The
operations of the Society had been so extensive, that
this Report composed an octavo volume of 419 pages;
and, in order to give it an ade(|uate circulation both
here and in those countries wliere funds had been
subscribed, a thousand copies were printed, for which
the charge made, in Montreal, where the work was
■executed, was =£218 4s, 4Jd. including the expense of
binding a £ew of the copies. This expenditure, with
an allowance made to the Treasurer for an Army-
bill which had accidentally been mislaid, until the
period was past when payment could be obtained at
Quebec, left a small balance of XI 2 2s. which, with
the sanction of the Society, was transferred to the
same benevolent institution which has been already
mentioned.

The account from which these items are stated,
is printed in the Appendix, No. 1 ; and this explana-
tion has been given here, in consequence of some
ungenerous slanders, which have lately appeared in
a newspaper of this town.

The transactions of the Society, however, were
in fact not finally closed in 1817, so far as regarded
the dispensation of its bounty, for it became necessary
to resort again to those who had the direction of its
affairs, in consequence of a communication from
Montreal, announcing the receipt, from London, of
the sum of .£4000, which, during the war, had been
collected there, in furtherance of the objects of the
Society.

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;

The concspunelctjc) respecting lliis additional
fund has been ah-eady published, and it is now again
jmnted in the Appendix, (No. 2.)

It never had been the purpose of the Society, to
afford indemnity to the inhabitants of the Province,
for loss of property destroyed during the war; — no
funds which they could ever have hoped to raise
could have enabled them to undertake it. The British
Government had adopted measures for having the
whole amount of losses ascertained, with the view of
affording compensation from the public treasury ; and
the sum which would be required for that purpose
was found to be such, that a ratable dividend of the
balance in the Society's hands would have been but
a drop in the ocean, and could have yielded percep-
tible relief to none.

It will be seen from the correspondence, that the
Society proposed, as the means of making this sum
productive of the greatest good, to aid with it in
founding three Hospitals — one at York, and two in
other Districts of the Province, in which those who
had been wounded, or had contracted disease in the
service, might obtain relief, and which would, in odier
respects, serve the cause of humanity, in a manner
suitable to the feelinos of the oenerous contributors.

It was thought proper, however, not to make
this application of the fund, without first submitting
the proposition for the sanction of those by whom the
money had been transmitted ; and the result of the
reference which was made, shewed that it received

their full approbation, except that they were disin-
clined to concur in the attempt to endow tlwee Hos-
pitals, as the Society proposed — preferring rather, to
see an effectual effort made for the establishment of
one. A general meeting of the Society was called,
to deliberate upon the answer which had been given
to their suggestion ; and after full discussion, their
measures were modified, in accordance with the wish
that had been expressed.

With the sum of ^4000 sent from England, the
Hospital was built in Toronto, which has for many
years past extended, and is at this moment extending
inestimable benefits to the poor and afflicted, and
especially to the destitute Emigrants from the Mother
Country-^the source from whence the fund was
derived*

The balance above the cost of the building, was
paid into the Hospital fund, and has been invested
in Bank Stock, for the use of the institution ; and the
prudent foresight which led to the objection against
attempting the foundation of three Hospitals at so
early a da}', has been proved by the difficulties against
which this single establishment has had constantly to
struggle, and by the perplexity which those engaged
in its management are at this moment under, from
the want of funds adequate to its support.

When this last sum placed at the dis-
posal of the Loyal and Patriotic Society, had been
thus appropriated, its affairs might have been con-

disin-
Hos-

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ent of
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given
their
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sidered as finally closed, if it had not been that one
matter still stood open, which had occasioned a good
deal of perplexity to the Society, and which it is the
principal object of this statement to explain.

In the original Constitution of the Society, it was
proposed that the Association should bestow Medals,
as a reward for gallant services rendered in defence
of the Province ; and in the disposal of the funds, a
sum not to exceed £1000, was set apart for that object.

At the conclusion of the war, measures were
taken for carrying this purpose of the Society into
effect, and a limited number of gold and silver Medals
were procured — as many as could be furnished for
the sum of j£750. The}?- were received from England
in 1817. Before they arrived, and afterwards, the
Society applied themselves to considering upon what
principle they should be distributed, and they found
the subject attended with various difficultieb.

Though nothing could have been better intended
than this plan of the Society, for bestowing medals as
a reward for meritorious service, it was unfortunate
that they did not at first sufficiently consider, that it
belongs to the Sovereign to confer that mark of honor,
for public services rendered to the Crown, in a miU-
tary or civil capacity. For useful inventions, or dis-
tinguished attainments in the arts or sciences, or for
humane actions of extraordinary merit, private asso-
ciations do frequently confer such distinctions ; but
for services rendered to the State, in obedience to

civil or military authority derived from the Crown,
it seems to be rather an assumption for private indi-
viduals or bodies to take upon themselves the office
of conferring medals, — though it may not be absolutely
without example.

Although this seemed to have been lost sight of in
framing the Constitution of the Society, it occurred
upon more deliberate reflection ; and it added to the
other difficulties which were felt upon attempting to
make arrangements for the distribution. But the main
difficulty consisted in the making a selection.

The militia were not soldiers by profession ; the
war found them occupied in the pursuits of peace ;
and those who, in the hour of danger, when their
country was invaded, oifered themselves freely for
any service that might be required of them, seemed
to be all entitled to be rcQ-arded with honour, and to
deserve the gratitude of their fellow-subjects. The
accidental circumstance of being wounded, though it
might give a claim to pecuniary assistance, on account
of the disability, could not be taken as a proof of greoter
merit in the individual, than was due to others who
shared the same danger, and conducted themselves
with equal bravery in the same field. For instance,
all those men who volunteered from the Home District,
to accompany General Brock to Detroit, and who
discharged their duty faithfully on the expedition,
would seem entitled to be honourably distinguished,
and no doubt they felt that they were. But their
claim could not justly be ranked higher than that of

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the volunteers from the Districts of Nia<?ara and
London, who formed part of the same expedition ;
and this force alone would have required, unless
invidious distinctions were to be made, a larger number
of Medals than had been procured. Then again, it
would have seemed unfair to say that the militia of
the Western District, who being upon the spot, readily
joined this force when it arrived, and marched with
it to the attack, should be excluded from the same
honourable distinction, merely because they had not
had occasion to travel through a part of the Province,
in order to reach the scene ot action. Then there
were the volunteers serving in the Flank Companies
throughout the Province, and with great credit, on
various occasions. And besides these, the battalion
of Incorporated Militia, which, during a very arduous
campaign on the Niagara frontier, suffered severely
in action with the enemy, and behaved with acknow-
ledged gallantry ; — not to mention the regiment of
Glengarry Fencibles, which ought rather to be classed
with the regular forces, though it was raised in the
Province, and, from Its excellent conduct throughout
the war, had established the highest character. —
Neither could the Society justly draw a line between
those militia-men who volunteered their services, and
those who were drafted, since there were, no doubt,
many individuals so situated that tlicy could not be
expected to volunteer — and yet, if when they were
ordered on service, they did their duty meritoriously,
it would have been hard to deny them the honour
which they had earned.

In reviewing the events of the war, the
Society felt, that to make distinctions which were not
founded in justice, would be injurious and offensive,
while, on the other hand, to comply with all the
claims which might be fairly advanced for the con-
templated distinction (supposing that any soldier
could properly receive a distinction of the kind not
awarded by the Sovereign) would require a vast
number more medals than the funds which had been
set apart for that purpose would enable the Society
to furnish.

When the matter came to be consi-
dered in relation to the regular military and naval
service, both the difficulties stated were increased ;
as any one reflecting candidly upon the subject, and
with the view of carrying the purpose of the Society
into practical effect, would soon be satisfied. The
Society, on the one hand, had reason to apprehend
that what they desired to bestow as an honour, could
not be worn as such, consistently with the principles
which govern the regular service ; and if, on the other
hand, it could be properly received and worn as an
honorary mark of distinction, then the difficulty of
selection occurred in a greater degree, on account of
the numbers engaged, and the variety of service ren-
dered, and on account of the apparent assumption of
forming a different estimate of the comparative me-
rit of the King's officers, from that which had been
formed bv the Government.

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ad been

Embarrassed by these considerations, and de-
terred by the conviction that the distributing the
medals upon any principle, and according to any
scale to which it was in their power to conform,
would occasion much more disappointment and heart
burning than satisfaction ; and perplexed also by the
discordant views taken of the subject by the different
Commanding Officers of militia to whom they applied
for recommendations, the Society delayed acting
finally in the matter, from time to time, till several
years had elapsed. In consequence of this delay, the
medals were deposited in the Bank of Upper Canada
for safe keeping.

Several of those members who took an
active part in the affairs of the Society have since
died. The Secretary, Mr. Wood, who kept a minute
record of all its proceedings from the beginning, went
to Europe in 1817, and was absent for several years.
In this interval, a general meeting of the Society was
held on the 22nd Februarv, 1820, at which a series
of resolutions was passed in respect to such affairs of
the Society as were then undisposed of. These re-
solutions were framed and proposed by the late Chief
Justice, Sir William Campbell, one of the Vice-Pre-
sidents, in whose hand-writing the proceedings of this
meeting are drawn up ; and who, it is worthy of
remark, composed the original Constitution of the
Society in 1812, including that very proposition for
bestowing medals, which, it is evident, he afterwards
thought it desirable to rescind.

The resolution proposed by Sir William Camp-
bell, in relation to the Medals, is in the following
words : —

" Resolved — That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that
" as the gold and silver Medals cannot now be dis-
" tributed in any manner to answer the original
" purpose for which they were designed, it is ex-
" pedient that the same be sold as bullion, and the
" net proceeds thereof be put to interest, for the
" purposes above stated." — (See Ajipendix, No. 2.)

Notwithstanding this Resolution, how-
ever, there seems to have been a continuing disincli-
nation to deal finally with the question. The Medals
were not sold as bullion, nor was any subsequent pro-
position made for distributing them. The subject
frequently engaged the thoughts of individual Mem-
bers, and was among many of them, from time to
time, a matter of discussion ; but the Medals were
still suffered to lie in the vaults of the Bank untouched.

In the last Session of the Provincial
Legislature, the delay in distributing the Medals was
taken up as a public grievance. A committee was
appointed to inquire into the cause of it, before whom
the officers and several members of the Society were
summoned, and an inquisition instituted ; as if the
funds of the Society, by which so much misery had
been relieved, had been wholly, or in part, contributed
from the revenues of the Province, whereas the Le-

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whom
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if the
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gislature had never, at any time, or in an^^ shape,
granted a shilling in aid of the fund ; nor had mani-
fested, while it was in the iMo«t active ojicration, the
slightest interest in its afUiii-.s.

Upon this inquiry, the members of the Society
afforded readily all the infornialion desired of them,
though they could not sec, and did not acknowledge,
the propriety of the interference. It hud the efl'ectj
however, of impressing u[)oii those surviving members
of the Society who were willing to take a part in its
affairs, the necessity of putting an end to all further
agitation of the question, l)y acting linally in regard to
this only remaining object of tlie kM)cicty's care. A
meeting was accordingly summoned, to be held in
Toronto, on the 7tli day of July last. Every surviv-
ing subscriber, who had been a director of the Society,
was summoned to attend the meeting, by a written
notice, sent to him individually. Apjocndix, No. 2,
will shew to whom this notice was sent ; what mem-
bers attended in consequence of the summons ; and
what resolution w^as come to upon the occasion.

The Hon. Mr. Allan and J\Ir. Wood, to whom
the execution of the resolution was committed, pro-
ceeded, without any further direction from the other
members of the Society, to carry the measure into
effect, according to the best of their judgment.
There can be no doubt of the propriety of defacing
the Medals before they were disposed of, because that
alone could ensure their not falling into unworthy
hands, while they retained their impression, which;
for obvious reasons was not desirable.

In the Aj3pendix, No. 3, are inserted papers
which will give particular information of what has
been done in pursuance of the resolution.

It remains only to add, that when the
resolution of 7th July, 1840, was passed, none of the
members of the Society who concurred in it had seen
the Report of the Committee of the House of Assem-
bly, or were aware of the result of their consideration
of the subject. The first knowledge any of them ac-
quired of this was on the sixth day of August follow-
ing, when a printed copy of their Report was inclosed
to their Secretary, Mr. Wood. It is not meant to
intimate by this remark, that a knowledge of the par-
ticulars of this Report would have led to the passing
a different resolution from that which was in fact
passed, though, out of deference to the Assembly, the
gentlemen who concurred in it would certainly not
have omitted to refer to the Report, and to the sug-
gestion which it contained, although they were sin-
cerely impressed with the opinion, that the manner in
which the question had been brought forward was
inconsiderate and injudicious.

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Upper Canada,
Toronto, 7th July, 1840.

At a meeting of Members of the Loyal and
Patriotic Society, convened by notice sent to the
following Gentlemen, being all the Members of the
said Society known to be surviving and remaining in
Toronto, namely : —

His Lordship the BISHOP OF TORONTO.

The Honourable CHIEF JUST/CL ROBINSON.

The Honourable WILLIAM ALLAN.

The Honourable GEORGE CROOKSHANX.

WILLIAM CHEWETT, Esquire.

DOCTOR BALDWIN.

D'ARCY BOULTON, Sen'r. Esquire

Mr. JOHN MURCHISON.

EDWARD McMAHON, Esquire.

JESSE KETCHUM, Esquire.

COLONEL GIVINS.

Mr. ALEXANDER LEGG.

COLONEL LORING.

ANDREW MERCER, Esquire.

ALEXANDER WOOD, Esquire.

The following Members attended in consequence
of the said notice, viz : —

His Lordship the BISHOP OF TORONTO.

The Honourable CHIEF JUSTICE ROBINSON.

The Honourable WILLIAM ALLAN.

The Honourable GEORGE CROOKSHANK.

COLONEL, GIVINS.

ALEXANDER WOOD, Esquire.

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And the Chief Justice being requested to take
the Chair —

It was submitted to the meeting, ' y the Honourable
William Allan, that a disposition had been recently
shewn, to interfere in tlie disposnl of the Medals which
had been procured many years agn, and which, for
reasons stated at former meetings of the Society, have
not been distributed ; and that it is therefore necessary,
that the surviving members of the Society should, in
execution of the trust committed to them, take
measures for carrying into effect, the resolution
respecting this subject, which was deliberately entered
into at a former meeting.

Whereupon, afler recurring to the proceedings
of a general meeting of the directors and members of
the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada,
convened by public advertisement, at York, the 22nd
day of February, 1820, for the purpose of a final
adjustment of the accounts and other business of the
Society ; and recurring also to the proceedings of
another meeting of the Society, in which certain
resolutions of the 6th November, 1819, were adverted
to ; and referring to a communication from the late
Honourable William McGillivray ; the late Honourable
John Richardson ; and Samuel Gerrard, Esquire, dated
the 14th June, 1820, copies of all which are appended
to the Minutes of this day's proceedings. It is, —

Resolved — That the members of the Society now-
present, do unanimously concur in the propriety of
carrying into effect the resolution of the meeting of

the 22nd February, 1820, it being clear, in their
opinion, that it belongs to the surviving members of
the Loyal and Patriotic Society, and to no other body,
or individuals, to direct the appropriation of the re-
maining funds and property of the Society ; and that
at this late period, after the death of many of the most
active members of the Society, vi'ho concurred in the
resolution referred to, it would not become the survi-
ving members to contravene that disposition of the
Medals, which was carefully and deliberately resolved
upon, at a full meeting, convened for that particular
purpose ; and that neither would it be proper in them
to permit the right of varying that disposition, to be
assumed by others : And therefore it is —

Resolved, secondly — That measures be now taken
for carrying into effect the resolution of the meeting
of the 22nd February, 1S20, and that Messrs. the
Honourable William Allan, and Alexander Wood,
Esquire, do accordingly, without delay, dispose of the
Medals, for the best price that can be obtained for
them, and vest the amount in the Bank of Upper Ca-
nada, for the use of the General Hospital, in the same
manner, and upon the same terms, as the residue of
the funds of the Society were paid over for the like
purpose, under the resolution proposed at the same
meeting.

their
ers of
' body,
the re-
id that
le most
in the
I survi-
of the
esolved
rticular
in them
, to be

r taken
neeting
srs. the

Wood,
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ned for
per Ca-
le same
sidue of

he like
le same

Copy of the Correspondence and Proceedings referred to

in the above Resolutions.

York, 29th October, 1819.
Sir,

The Treasurer of the Loval and Patriotic
Society of Upper Canada, has reported to the Direc-
tors the recent receipt of £4000 sterling from your
house in London ; upon which a meeting of the Direc-
tors was called, and, it appearing that the accounts of
the Society were closed, and that no application had
been recently made for more pecuniary relief, it was
proposed to apply this sum towards a general fund
for the erection of a Provincial Hospital, in which
such objects of the original charity as may remain to
claim the benefit, may find an asylum.

The meeting, however, did not think proper to

come to any resolution on the subject, until it should

receive your opinion, that such an application of this

remittance would fully meet the inclinations of the

subscribers in England.

Signed, THOMAS SCOTT,

President.
To the Honourable

William McGillivray.

York, 30th October, 1819.

Sir,

1 have the honour to acknowledge receipt
of your letter of yesterday, by which it appears that
the Directors of the Loyal and Patriotic Society have

taken under their consideration, the best mode of dis-
posing of the four thousand pounds lately received
from London, being the remainder of the subscription
made in England, for the relief of sufferers by the late
war in Canada; and that they are prevented from
coming to any resolution till they are acquainted with
my sentiments on the subject.

In answer, I beg leave to state, that from my
knowledge of the views of the Committee who di-
rected and procured the said subscriptions, I am of
opinion that if any permanent institution could be
devised that would afford aid to such sufferers, and
|idmit those that are totally disabled and destitute to
certain privileges, it would meet the views of the
subscribers and the above-mentioned Committee
equally well, if not better, than the m.ode of distribu-
tion hitherto adopted, considering the lapse of time
since the war.

I have the honour to be,
With great respect,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,

Signed, W. McGILLIVRAY.

The Honourable

Thomas Scott, &c. &c. &c.

of dis-
ceived
ription
he late
i from
;d with

Dm my
I'ho di-
I am of
mid be
rs, and
;itute to

of the
nmittee

istribu-
of time

nt,
RAY.

i23

At a meeting of the Committee for managing the
subscription, collected in London, for the relief of the
inhabitants of the British North American Colonies,
who were involved in distress by the invasion of those
Provinces by the American army, during the late
war, held at Great Winchester-street, London, on the
23rd March, 1820, at which were present — '

Mr. INGLIS, in the CHAiti.

Mr. McGILLIVRAY,

Mr. S. McGILLIVRAY.

Mr. veneres.

Mr. YEOWARD, for Mr. W. PARKER.

Mr. ATCHISON.

Mr. McGillivray produced a letter, which he
had received from the Hon. and Rev. John Strachan,
D.D., of York, in Upper Canada, transmitting certain
Resolutions of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of
Upper Canada, of the 6th November, 1819, which
Resolutions, as well as an extract from the said letter,
were read to the Committee, and are as follows, viz. :

At a general Meeting of the Loyal and Patriotic
Society of Upper Canada, held at York, in the
said Province, on the 6th of November, 1819, at
which were present —

His Excelllency Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B.
Lieutenant-Governor, &c. &c. &c. ; the Hon. Thomas
Scott, President of the Society; the Hon. Chief-
Justice Powell ; the Hon. and Rev. John Strachan,
D. D., and a large assemblage of the members of the
Society,

It was Resolved unanimously — 1st, That oi' the re-
maining funds of the Loyal and Patriotic Society,
s£2000, be appropriated to the erection of an Hospital
at York, in the Home District, and two several sums
of £1000 to such other two or more Districts of this
Province as shall, within a year, raise the largest sum
in aid of such appropriation, for the erection of two
other Hospitals.

2nd, That the Directors of the said Hospitals
thus erected shall, at all times be prepared to answer
the orders of the Treasurer of the Loyal and Patri-
otic Society, to the amount of the interest of the sums
thus given them.

Extract of a Letter from the Hon, and Rev. Doctor
Strachan to William McGillivray, Esq., trans"

mitting the said Resolutions, viz. :

" You will perceive that these Resolutions in fact
fund the money and insure the interest of it, either
to be expended in relieving actual distress of suf-
ferers by the war, or finding them an asylum within
the Hospitals ; and, in order to make the benefit
general as well as permanent, other two Hospitals
are contemplated ; one, w^e presume, at Niagara,
and one at Kingston ; but we did not designate the
places in our resolution, for fear of giving offence
to the other districts ; as to these two places, as well
as here, the Lieutenant-Governor intends giving
great assistance ; but the buildings could not be

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erected for many years but for this money. I am
persuaded that the subscribers, if the matter was
explained to them, would highly approve the plan
adopted by the Directors, as it gives a permanency
to their benevolence inlinitely more useful than to
give it out to promiscuous claimants, by whom we
would be deceived. During the war, it was easy to
ascertain proper objects ; but, after five years of
peace, this is impossible, except those who have
been severely wounded, and for such the hospitals
afford an asylum ; or if they have families, a small
pension can be given them out of the interest."

It was thereupon Resolved unanimously — That it
is the opinion of this Committee, that the consideration
of the above subject be referred to the survivors of
the Committee, at Montreal, at whose disposal the
money remitted to Canada was placed, and who are
requested to concur with the Committee at York, in
Upper Canada, in the appropriation of the residue of
funds raised here for the relief of those inhabitants of
the British North American Colonies, who are in-
volved in distress by the invasion of those Provinces,
by the American army, during the late war.

Signed, NAT. ATCHISON,

Secretary.

giving
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Great Winchester-street,

March 28, 1820.
Gentlemen,

I am requested, by the Committee for
managing the subscriptions collected in London for
the relief of the inhabitants of the British North Ame-
rican Colonies, who were involved in distress by the
invasion of those Provinces, by the American army, to
transmit to you a copy of their Resolutions, dated the
23rd instant, on the subject of the appropriation of
the residue of the subscriptions raised here for the
above purpose.

I am, Gentlemen,
With respect.
Your obedient servant.

Signed,
To the Hon. William McGhlivrat,
The Hon John Richardsox, and
Samuel Gerrard, Esq.

Merchants, Lower Canada.

NAT. ATCHISON.

Montreal, June 4, 1820.
Hon. and Rev. Sir,

We have received a letter, dated, in Lon-
don, the 23rd of March, 1820, from Nathaniel Atchi-
son, Esq., Secretary to the Committee for managing
the subscri^^tions, collected there, for the relief of the
inhabitants of the British North American Colonies,
who were involved in distress by the invasion of those
Provinces by the American army.

ee for
Ion for
1 Ame-
by the
rmy, to
ted the
ition of
for the

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in Lon-

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lanaging

ef of the

Jolonies,

of those

In that letter he transmits a resolution of the
said Committee, respecting the appropriation of the
residue of the funds raised in London for that object,
and which resolution refers the consideration of the
same to us, as survivors of the Committee at Montreal,
at whose disposal the money remitted to Canada was
placed.

We, therefore, having taken the subject into con-
sideration, are of opinion that, under all the circum-
stances of the case, the four thousand pounds last
received from London and sent to Upper Canada, yet
unexpended, will be now most usefully and benevo-
lently applied, as resolved upon at a general mealing
of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada
held at York, in that Province, on the 6th of Novem-
ber, 1819.

And, accordingly, we do Resolve that the said
four thousand pounds be so applied, under the di-
rection of the said Society ; but, at the same time,
we recommend to them a re-consideration of their
resolutions at the said meeting, in so far as to enquire
and determine, whether the application thereof to one
hospital at York would not be a better measure than
dividing the sum into three different places ; whereby
probably neither could be placed upon an establish-
ment conducive of general utility. And this re-con-
sideration we are the more especially induced to re-
commend, having understood that if an hospital upon
a proper and permanent plan be erected at York, the
Lieutenant-Governor of your Province is disposed to

grant something handsome towards its endowment ;
whereas, if" subdivided, the inducement to such a
grant may be done away, and so desirable an aid be
thereby lost.

Herewith we transmit Mr. Atchison's letter, with
the minute of the proceedings and resolution above
referred to, of the Committee in London, of the 23rd
March last, signed by him as Secretary.

We have the honour to be,
Hon. and Rev. Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,

Signed, WILLIAM McGILLIVRAY,

JOHN RICHARDSON,
S. GERRARD.

The Han. and Rev. John Stkachan, D.D.

Treasurer, &.c. &c.

At a general meeting of the Directors and Members
of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper
Canada, convened by public advertisement at
York, this 22nd day of February, 1820, for the
purpose of a final adjustment of the Accounts
and other business of the Society, the following
Resolutions were adopted, as expressive of the
sentiments of the meeting, viz : —

Resolved — That although the said Society has,
(by the termination of the late war with the United
States of America) ceased to exist, as an operative

/ment ;

such a

aid be

er, with
1 above
be 23rd

LAY,

[embers
Upper
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, for the
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United
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Society, for all the purposes of its original institution,
yet, as responsible Accountants, and Trustees of its
pecuniary means, it must necessarily continue its
functions, to the completion of the trust it has under-
taken, by a final ap])roj)riatiun of its remaining funds,
in such manner, and to such use, as the Rules of the
Society will warrant.

Resolved — That by the original Rules of the said
Society, its funds could only be applied to the following
purposes : First — To reward merit, excite emulation,
and commemorate glorious exploits, by bestowing
Medals, or other honorary marks of public approba-
tion and distinction, for extraordinary instances of
personal courage or fidelity, in defence of the Pro-
vince, during the said war. Secondly — To afford aid
and relief to such families of the militia in all parts of
the Province, as appeared to experience particular
distress, by the death or absence of their relatives,
employed on service in defence of the Province ; and
Thirdly — To afford like aid and relief to such militia-
men as might be disabled from labour, by wounds or
otherwise, in course of the said service.

Resolved — That it is the opinion of this meeting,
that the first of the above stated uses or appropriations,
so far as it has not already been carried into effect,
remains for further consideration; that the second
intended appropriation was merely temporary, and
has ceased with the war ; and consequently, that the
third appropriation above stated, is the only one thai
now remains as the legitimate object of application of
the remaining funds of the Society.

•'^..

Resolved — That it is the opinion of this meeting,
that all persons in this Province who are disabled, or
become less able to perform their usual labour, in
consequence of wounds or personal disabilities, occa-
sioned by actual service in the militia during the late
war, have a just claim, if not a legal right, to aid and
relief from the remaining funds of the Loyal and
Patriotic Society, in proportion to the amount of those
remaining funds, and to the number and necessities
of the claimants.

Resolved — That we, as Directors and Guardians
of the Charitable Institution or Society aforesaid, and
Trustees for the proper application of its funds, have
no power to apply the same to any use or purpose
whatever, than such as are warranted by the rules
of the Institution ; but that we have, as a necessary
consequence of the trust reposed in us, a power to
direct the application of the said remaining funds, in
such manner as, in our judgment, will best answer the
benevolent intentions of the donors and subscribers
to the Society, consistent with the said rules.

Resolved — That upon inspection of the Treasu-
rer's accounts, it appears to us, that a balance of
£4000 now remains in his hands, besides some gold
and silver medals, to a considerable amount, subject
to our appropriation, in such manner as in our opinion
may be most beneficial, to persons having a right to
claim aid therefrom, as above described.

Resolved — That we consider it most eligible, that
the said sum of £4000 be placed at interest, in order

meeting,
ibled, or
bour, iti
es, occa-

the late
I aid and
)yal and

of those
3cessitie3

ruardians
said, and
nds, have

purpose
the rules
lecessary
power to
unds, in
swer the

scriber*?

Treasu-
llance of

»me gold
subject
opinion
right to

ible, that
in order

to afford an annual pension to such persons through-
out the Province as may be disposed to claim the
same, and will sufficiently prove their right thereto,
under the rules of the Society — the amount of such
pensions to be regulated yearly, by the amount of
interest accruing, and the number of admitted
claimants.

Resolved — That in conformity to the principles
above stated, this meeting do approve of the loan of
X2000, part of the said balance of ^4000, to the
Trustees of a General Hospital or Asylum, intended
to be erected at York, as voted by a meeting of
Directors of the Loyal and Patriotic Society, held at
York, on the 6th day of November last: Provided^
hnreve?; that the Trustees to be appointed for the said
Hospital shall, by an Instrument under their hands
and seals, sufficiently secure the regular payment of
the interest of the said .£2000, to the Directors or
Trustees of the Loyal and Patriotic Society, if the
same shall be demanded ; and upon like security, we
approve of the disposal, by loan, of the remaining
part of the said balance of X4000, to the other Districts,
for the purpose of an Hospital, always giving prefer-
ence to charitable Institutions, paying interest for the
same as aforesaid, and for the purposes aforesaid.

Resolved — That it is the opinion of this Meeting
that, as the said gold and silver Medals cannot now
be distributed in any manner to answer the original
purpose for which they were designed, it has become
expedient that the same be sold as bullion, and the

3'J

net proceeds tliereoi' bo put to interest, for the pur-
poses above stated.

At a subsequent meeting of the Society, the proceed-
ings of the Committee iu London, on the 23rd
March, 1820, and the letter from Montreal of
the 4th of June, 1820, were submitted to the
Society, and it was Resolved as follows: —

" The Resolution adopted on the Gth November,
" 1819, at a meeting of the Directors of the Loyal and
Patriotic Society, as to the disposal of a sum of
.£4000, then recently received, has been rescinded,
inasmuch as authorised a division of the money and
appropriation of it unto any District ; in conformity
to the will of the subscribers to that sum, in London,
communicated to the Loyal and Patriotic Society,
by the managing Committee of the said subscribers,
at Montreal, that the whole sum should be applied to
" a Provincial Hospital."

The above Resolution is copied from a manu-
script in the hand-writing of the late Mr. Chief Justice
Powell.

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APPJBIVDIX No. 3.

We, the undersigned, certify, that we have this
day opened and examined a certain box, containing
gold and silver Medals, which was lodged in the Bank
of Upper Canada, for safe keeping, in the year 1822,
and find the same to contain as follows : —

Gold Medals — small, Sixty-one.

Silver Medals — large, Five hundred.

Having signed duplicate certificates.

W. ALLAN.
ALEXANDER WOOD.
THOS. G. RIDOUT,

Cashier.
j Bank of Upper Canada,

Toronto, 21st July, 1840.

Received from the custody of the Bank of Upper
Canada, the aboved Medals, into my own charge.

ALEXANDER WOOD.
Toronto, 21st July, 1840.

J (In addition to the above, a small box placed in my

j)ossession by the Honourable William Allan, found

! among the effects of the late Chief Justice Scott,
containing 48 Silver Medals.

A. W.

Gold and Silver Medals sold by order of a Committee
of the Members of the Loyal and Patriotic
Society of Upper Canada, at a Meeting held at
Toronto, the 7th July, 1&40.

PRESENT:

His Lordship the BISHOP OF TORONTO.

Thb Honourable CHIEF JUSTICL ROBINSON.

The Honourable WILLIAM ALLAN.

The Honourable GEORGE CROOKSHANK.

COLONEL GIVINS.

ALEXANDER WOOD, Esquire.

1840.

Aug. 17. — 58 gold medals sold to Cha s.
Sewell, Watch-maker,
Toronto, 33oz. 15dvvt.
20grs. a lis. Id <£ 130

2S, — 60 silver medals sold to Wm.
Stennett, Watch-maker,
Toronto, lOO/oOZ.« 5s.6d

24. 121 silver medals to Cha's.

Sewell, 200/oOZ.flj5s.6d.

■^^y 6.-3 gold medals to the same.

2oz.5dvvt.l2grs.fl77s.ld.

7.^367 silver ditto to W. Sten-
nett, C32nVoz- *' ^s. 6d..

4 9

27 11 lOj
55 6i

8 15 ]J

173 17 1

£ 395 9 4J

imittee
atriotic
held at

Broufibt forward.

,i:a95 9 4h

4 9

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5 15 IJ

3 17 1
5 9 4i

Charges.

Paid by Mr Allan-
Man giving notice of
meeting to the Mem-
bers of the Society, .£0 10

Ditto two letters from Mon-
treal — postage .... 2

Ditto P. Bisho}^ «& two men,
preparing medals for
sale, per receipt, ... 1 5

1 17 4

£ 393 12 OJ

CI Gold Medals sold to Charles Sewell.
548 Silver do Charles Sewell and

William Stennett.
11th November, 1840.

Lank of Upper Canada,
Toronto, 11th Novemher, 1840.

c£393 : 12 : 1 Cy.

Received from the Honourable William Allan,
and Alexander Wood, Esquire, the sum o{ three
hundred and ninety-three pounds, twelve shillings
and one penny, Currency, for account of the Trustees
of the Provincial Hospital,

Having signed Duplicate Receipts.

THOS. G. RIDOUT,

Cashier.