The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B.: Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic TupperBrock, Isaac, Sir
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The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B.: Interspersed with notices of the celebrated Indian chief, Tecumseh, and comprising brief memoirs of Daniel De Lisle Brock, Esq., Lieutenant E.W. Tupper, R.N., and Colonel W. De Vic Tupper
At the commencement of the American war, Mr. B. observed, an
arduous command devolved upon his brother; he had to protect
an extensive frontier with very limited means, and those
means, feeble as they were, shackled by the trammels of
superior authority; the advance of an hostile army, however,
upon our provincial territory, developed the resources of his
military genius, and afforded him a glorious opportunity of
proving to his country what he _might_ have achieved under
different circumstances. Mr. Brock apologized to the company
for detaining them a few minutes longer, in reading some
extracts of letters he had received from the late general, at
different times, previous to the battle of Queenstown. These
extracts corroborated what Mr. B. had previously stated; and
it is remarkable that in one of them, with a spirit almost
prophetic, the hero foretold the issue of that eventful day,
when the hand of victory was destined to mingle the cypress
and the laurel over his grave. Mr. Brock's feelings were a
good deal affected in addressing so numerous an assemblage of
his late brother's personal friends; and we may venture to
add, that never were feelings of the same description more
sacredly participated than those of Mr. B. on this occasion.
Mr. B. concluded his speech by drinking the health of the
company, and "success and prosperity to the city of Montreal."
At eleven o'clock the president retired, and was succeeded in
the chair by the Hon. W. M'Gillivray, who immediately proposed
the health of the worthy baronet, with three times three.
The band of the 99th regiment attended and played a variety of
beautiful airs, which, in addition to a number of excellent
songs given in the coarse of the evening, seduced the party to
remain until the "little hours" stole upon them.
We regret that want of room prevents us from noticing as we
could wish the neat and soldierlike address of thanks from
Lieut.-Colonel M'Bean, on behalf of the garrison of Montreal,
or of recording a translation of the figurative speeches,
delivered in the Indian language by Lieut.-Colonel M'Kay[137]
and A. Shaw, Esq., excited from those gentlemen by a
recurrence to the co-operation of the gallant warrior,
Tecumseh, with the lamented chief whose immortal memory forms
the subject of this article.
_Irving Brock, Esq., to his niece, Miss Caroline Tupper._[138]
LONDON, April 12, 1825.
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