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F Alviil Y RECORDS. T '-R -- '!~~ ':'L , 1 ,I,:: ' I 'Tiftl II! D:Llj,Rim I F AlVIIL Y RECORDS. T '-r -- '!~~ ':'l , 1 ,I,:: ' I 'TifTl II! d:llj,rIm I , BROCKS MONUMENT, ON QUEENSTON HEICHTS, UPPER CANADA. J'6::t,l!. I· .Ioql''£ L{'nu)~ -' -IliA,,,,.:!" 7~. Cor1'l/ul1... .-;0174<:>", FAMILY RECORDS~ CO!':T.\INING 1\1 E 1\1 0 IRS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK, K. B. LIEUTENANT E. "-. TUPPER, R. l\". , AND COLONEL WILLIAM DE VIC TUPPER, "'lTH NOTICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL TUPPER AXD LIEUT. C. TUPPER, R. N. TO WHICH ARE ADDED THE LIFE OF TE-CUM-SEH, A IIIEMOIR OF COLONEL HAVILLAND LE l\IESURIER. &c. &c. &c. BY FERDINAND BROCK TUPPER, ESU •. I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me ... GUERNSEY: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY STEPHEN BARBET. NEW·STREE". :lIA Y ALSO BE HAD OF BALDWIN AND CRADOCK, LONDON. 1835. TU LADY DE HA\'lLLAND. THIS YULUME IS l:-:sCI{IIIIm. AS A SLIGHT MARK OF AFFECTIONATE REGARD, BY HER SINCERELY ATTACHED NEPHEW. F. B. T. PREF ACE. THE following Memoir::; were chiefly written at sea, in February, 1832, during a passage of nineteen days from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia, and the Editor has at length been induced to submit them to publication, from an anxious wish of collecting in one volume the many detached fragments contained in the Appendix. The greater part of these fragments, not generally accessible even now, would in a few years otherwise have been lost, and, as interesting at least to the family and friends of the deceased, they have been thought worthy of being preserved. To others the collection may appear too diffuse, but, as it either confirms or elucidates the previous narratives, the Editor was unwilling to curtail it. In composing the Memoir of Sir Isaac Brock, the Editor deeply regrets having laboured under the dis­ advantage of being unable to consult any of the general's private papers, although he perfectly re­ members, and is otherwise assured, that the few letters written by him to his family, during the nu PltEFACE. American war in which he tell, were interspersed with comments and strictures on his being limited to defensive operations, and deprived of those reinforce­ ments which he thought should have been sent from the Lower to the Upper Province. In consequence, this Memoir must be considered only as a brief sum­ mary of his life and services, and as a conClse introduction to the extracts in Appendix A. * Of Lieutenant Tupper's Memoir, the Editor has merely to observe that he transmitted a copy (omitting the observations at page 39, on the present system of naval promotion,) of the description of the attack on the pirates at Candia to Sir John Pechell, who returned it with an assurance of its being so substan­ tially correct, that he had no alteration to make. Sir John, who at the time (December, 1832) was one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and M.P. for "Vindsor, also wrote: "You might add that Mr. Tupper went to the Mediterranean in the Sybille, when I was so * Since the Memoir of Sir Isaac Brock was printed, the Editor has heard another trait in his character, the mention of which may serve as a guide to other young officers, similarly circumstanced. 'Vhen he joined the 49th as a captain, the regiment was disturbed by one of those pests of society-a confirmed duellist. Captain Brock soon proved to his brother captain, who took advantage of being a dead shot, that he was neither to be bullied nor intimidated, and the consequence was a challenge from the latter, which was promptly accepted. On the ground, Captain Brock, who was uncom­ monly tall and athletic, observed that to stand at twelve paces was not to meet his antagonist on any thing like equal terms, and, producing a hand­ kerchi~f, insisted on firing across it. This the duellist positively declined, and bemg soon after compelled to leave the regiment, the officers were thus relieved, by th~ firm and resolute conduct of a very young man, of the pre­ sence of one, With whom all social intercourse had previously been difficult and dangerous. PREFACE. IX satisfied with his conduct that, upon his promotion and appointment to the Seringapatam, I prevailed upon the admiral to transfer him to the Sybille." The Memoir of Colonel Tupper is compiled partly from his letters and partly from data gleaned during a residence of upwards of five years (from 1826 to 1832) in Rio de Janeiro, where the Editor became acquainted with many individuals, English, French, and Chileno, on their passage from Chile to Europe, two or three of whom had known Colonel Tupper very intimately. And although, owing to the difficulty of procuring information at so great a distance, this Memoir may contain a few trivial inaccuracies, yet the reader may rely on the general correctness of the narrative.-Of the unprincipled faction still holding the reins of government in Chile, the Editor has not attempted to conceal his abhorrence; but he can safely assert that while he has withheld nothing which his fraternal feelings prompted him to relate, neither has he written one word which he had not good grounds for believing to be strictly true. The life of the indefatigable and undaunted Te-cum­ seh cannot fail to add to the interest of this volume; it is drawn from various and apparently authentic sources, and the Editor believes that the sketch is more copious. and connected than any which has yet been pllblished of this distinguished Indian Chief. A perusal will probably awaken the sympathy of the x PREF.\CE. reader in behalf of a much injured people,-it may also tend to remove the films of national prejudice, and convince him that virtue and courage are not confined to any particular station or country, but that they may exist as well in the wilds of the forest, as III the cultivated regions of civilization. Gucrnsey, June, 1R:3.1. ""olr.-.\.[tcI the l'lf'ccdlllC; Preface was in type, the Editor learnt by the nc\\·sp're,." that. 011 the 20th F"hmal') last, the southern parts of Chile were "bl!!-'] by an earthquake, which was attended with almost lInpre~~· dented dnastation. Several of the towns mentioned in Colonel Tupper'., ~Jclll"'r were destroyed ;-,,! Conception only one hnn",- csc~p"" the ··h"ck; of its port, Talcahnana, not a v",tige remaincd.-Chillan suffered nearly in equal dl'~n'('; and Talca, wllo~e liall(bolllt' and regular edifict?:o" ranked it as the third !"WIl "I' the republic, wa- transformed into a Ill"-- of ruins. CONTENTS. Pag<" , l\Jemoir of Sir Isaac Brock ................................ I ---- Lieutenant E. 'Yo Tupper....................... 31 ---- Colonel Tupper ............................... ·ji ~ otice of Major- General Tupper ......................... 109 ---- Lieutenant Carre Tupper....................... 113 Visit of Indian Chiefs to George IV .............. _ ........ 115 Appendix A.-Sir Isaac Brock. Section I.-British Authors. I ..Military Execution at Quebec ................. _ I ~:l ., Extract from Sir G. Prevost's General Order ..... 124 3. Extracts of a letter from Major Glegg ........... 125 4. Extract from Quebec Gazette ....... _ ........... 126 5. Indian Council of Condolence at Fort George ..... 1~:-; 6. Verses on the Death of Sir Isaac Brock .......... I ~!) 7. Extracts from James's Military Occurrences ....... 130 8. ------ Quarterly Review ..... _ .......... 1-10 9. ------ Lieutenant F. Hall's Travels ....... 14-1 10. ------ Howison's Upper Canada ......... _ ].15 II. ----- De Roos' Travels ............ _ .... 150 12. ------ various Authors .................. ib. 13. ------ New Monthly Magazine .......... _ l.i:! 14. ------ Talbot's Canada .................. ib. 15. Description of Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral.. 153 16. Re-interment of ~ir Isaac Brock ....•........... ib. Section n.-American Authors. 1. Extracts from Niles' Weekly Register ........... _ 158 2. Revolutionary Services of General Hull .......... 162 3. Letter from Captain 'Voo!. .. _ ................. 164 1. Extract from Jefferson's Correspondence ......... 167 XII CONTENTS. Appendix B.-Lieutenant E. W. Tupper. I. Postscript 'of the Courier ....................... 168 2. -------- Guernsey Star ................. ib. 3. Extract from Whychcotte of St. John's ........... 169 4. --- relative to Captain Edward Gordon ........ 171 J. --- from a Portsmouth Newspaper ........... ib. 6. Transcript of a Letter from G. B. Hamilton, Esq ... 172 Appendix C.-Colonel Tupper. I. Certificate relating to a Fire at Barcelona ......... 173 2. Extracts from Lieut. Bower's Naval Adventures .... ib. 3. ------- Kotzebue's Voyage ............... 175 4. Manifesto (in Spanish) "del Batallon Pudeto" .... 176 5. Extracts from General Miller's Memoirs........... ib. 6. ---. relative to Colonel Tupper .............. 177 7. ---- (in French) from "Le Semeur" .......... 178 8 ..--- (in Spanish) from General Freire's pamphlet, with translation ........................... ) 79 9. Attack on brig Achilles by Colonel Tupper ........ 180 Appendix D.-Coincidences relative to Sir Isaac Brock, &c ... 182 Appendix E.-Speech of Sir John Doyle, &c ................ 185 Appendix F.-Life of Te-cum-seh, with various extracts ...... 188 Supplement.-Memoir of Colonel H. Le Mesurier........... 211 - --- ---~- - -- --~-- --~---~~~----- DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER. Brock's Monument .............. to front ................ Title Page. Good Harbour... .... .... .... .. " .................. Page 33. Meda1.., .... 0".' ••••• ,. ................. Page 48, CORRIGENDA. Page I03.-Notc ".-For No. g, read NO.7. Page 128.-Line 3.-For Potawatimics, "ead Potawatimies. Pare 191.-Line 9.-(ln some copies.) For hosom, Teat! bosom. MEMOIR OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK, K.
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