leading characters of the day, and a special intimacy with the subjects of paramount interest in these bustling times. His remarkable aptitude for foreign languages made his conversation as pleasing, and his society as much sought after by foreigners as by his countrymen. Few men were more generally popular in the circle in which he moved, and this was ever the highest and most intellectual of whatever place he inhabited. He was a sincere Christian, and the account given of his last hours, by the reverend gentleman who fulfilled the last painful duties towards him, as his chaplain, is at once affecting and consolatory to his intimate friends and connections, among whom his loss created a void which can never be supplied.

"It is not, however, in his private capacity, but rather as a public benefactor, that it has been the object of this memoir to record him, and, it may safely be concluded, by the expression of an opinion, that the annals of no country can produce an instance of one, who, in a spirit of truer patriotism, during the brief period permitted to his earthly career, more nobly, ardently, devotedly pursued, in defiance of ridicule, obloquy, and the most odious misrepresentation, through good repute and through bad, and at the sacrifice of his own ease, health, and even life itself, the one great object which was ever uppermost in his thoughts, to the last moment of his existence, namely: the increase of the happiness of his fellowcreatures, by all such means as are within the reach of those gifted statesman who wield the supreme power of Imperial Britain.

"None knew better than he the amount of that power,-the influence which Great Britain, at the head of the advancing energies of the civilised world, exercises over the destinies of mankind. And the task which he laid down for himself, on arriving at manhood, and assiduously labored through the remainder of his life to accomplish, was, in truth, the highest, the noblest, the most god-like, which is given to man upon earth to undertake. Time and power were not afforded him to give full effect to his exertions, or bring them to maturity. Nevertheless, those, who hereafter. review the events of the age he lived in, will, it is believed, see reason to assign to their impulse no inconsiderable share of the beneficial progress which is now generally making towards a right understanding, and a practical exemplification in this country, (followed as she is sure to be at a distance by other states) of the great problem how human institutions can best secure, and least interfere with, the spontaneous development of man's ingenuity and industry, in the production and just distribution of all the material comforts and enjoyments of existence, which a gracious Providence has abundantly placed within his reach.

"This, and the impress of his influence on the future history of our North American colonies, will form Lord Sydenham's most enduring and appropriate monument."

HON. AUSTIN CUVILLIER

For many years occupied a conspicuous position amongst our public men. In 1815 he was returned to Parliament as member for the county of Huntingdon : there his eminent financial abilities displayed themselves, and he became one of the leading members on all matters relating to the finances of the country. In the difficulties between the House of Assembly and the oligarchy which, under the name of the governor-general, administered the affairs of the country, he was found at all times arrayed in the ranks of the advocates of the rights of the people, and the privileges of their representatives. In 1828 he was delegated, along with the Hon. D. B. Viger and the late Hon. John Neilson, to lay before the Imperial Parliament the petition of 87,000 inhabitants of Lower Canada, complaining of the privation of their political rights to which they were subjected. He was examined before the select committee of the House of Commons, and his answers evinced a high degree of ability, and a thorough knowledge of the defects of the then system. The report of the committee, it is well known, admitted the well-founded nature of the complaints of the people of Canada, and promised reparation of the abuses.

Mr. Cuvillier continued to sit as a member for Huntingdon until 1834; when he lost his seat in consequence of his differing in opinion with the majority of the House of Assembly on the celebrated "92 resolutions."

At the first elections of members of Parliament for united Canada in 1841, Mr. Cuvillier was again returned for Huntingdon, and he had the high honor of being elected speaker of the Legislative Assembly. This office he filled with great dignity and impartiality during the first Parliament.

In the second Parliament after the union Mr. Cuvillier was not reelected, in consequence of his being considered not to concur in the view taken by the Lafontaine-Baldwin administration in the rupture with Lord Metcalfe, which led to their resignation. Since that time he took no part in public affairs.

As a merchant, Mr. Cuvillier conducted the most extensive commercial establishment, we believe, in Canada. His business talent was certainly unsurpassed by that of any of his rivals or contemporaries.

Altogether, whether as a public man, or as a merchant, Mr. Cuvillier evinced talent very rarely to be met with. He was one of those instances which may, with propriety, be adduced in refutation of the absurd and unfounded prejudice which underrates

Canadian talent and enterprise. In whatever country Mr. Cuvillier might have been born-or in whatever sphere he might have moved his talents would have been appreciated, and he could scarcely have failed to rise to eminence.

He died at Montreal on the 18th of July, 1849.

JOHN WAUDBY, Esq.,

A CANADIAN journalist. Mr. Waudby was a native of England, though the last thirty years of his life were spent in Canada, during a portion of which time he was connected with the newspaper press of this country. He was editor of the Kingston Herald, when that journal was under the proprietorship of Mrs. Thompson, from whom subsequently he purchased the proprietorship. He was also selected by Lord Sydenham, when governor-general of the province, to edit a newspaper at Toronto, with a view to forward his lordship's views respecting the union of Upper and Lower Canada. But sometime previous to his death (which occurred in August, 1861,) vacated the editorial chair for the responsible office of clerk of the peace for the united counties of Frontenac, Lennox, and Addington. Mr. Waudby not only possessed literary talent, but was also a mechanician and inventor. In his lifetime he laid claim to the invention of" angle-sided mail-clad ships and floating batteries."

HON. MR. JUSTICE SULLIVAN.

THIS was truly one of the greatest statesmen, politicians and lawyers that Canada could reckon among her indigenous sons.

We understand that Mr. Sullivan was born in Toronto, but we have not the date of his birth. Let it suffice, however, to record that he was brought up and educated, that he lived and died there, and that he was one of the illustrious men whom the "Queen City has produced to do honor to her name, and to be a credit to the country.

He studied the profession of the law under his uncle, the late Dr. Baldwin, father of the Canadian statesman of that name. Whilst engaged in his legal studies, he was appointed librarian of the House of Assembly, from which situation he probably derived some advantages from access to the books at a time when public libraries were scarce and most private ones meagre. At this period of his life, we are told in an article in the Leader recording his death, that he was noted for what afterwards was more conspicuous in him, brilliancy of wit, sobriety of conduct, and severe application. He was admitted to the bar in 1824, or 1825, and, not thinking himself competent as yet for a professional life in town, he removed to the county of Middlesex, where he for a time practised until his services were called into requisition in various cases in Toronto, first as counsel for Dr. Morrison before the House of Assembly, in the contested case of member of Parliament for York, between that gentleman and the present Chief-Justice Robinson. He also appeared in the celebrated prosecution case of Collins, for libel, and after the trial he industriously got up a petition to the government in the prisoner's favor. In consequence of his conduct in the latter case, a requisition was presented to him from the citizens of Toronto, praying him to reside in that city, a prayer with which he complied, and ever afterwards lived amongst them. This was in 1828, and not until 1834, we believe, did he enter public life, and then only as mayor of the city. The advent of his entre into the grand arena, however, was not long delayed. On the resignation of Sir F. B. Head's council, he accepted a vacant seat. Till then he had never had one in either branch of the legislature, and had never contested a constituency, nor did he now look out for one, although there is no doubt he could have been easily returned for several places. He preferred the higher branch of the legislature, and accepted a seat in it from the governor. On the death of the Honorable Peter Robinson, Mr. Sullivan became commissioner of crown lands, in which situation it was his misfortune to have thrown on him the responsibility of a subortinate defalcation, the amount of which he made good out of his own pocket. He subsequently became a member of Sir George Arthur's government, which position he held during the troubles of 1837, and took an active and judicious part in suppressing it, to the satisfaction of all that had at heart the good name of their country. In the government of Lord Sydenham, Mr Sullivan also held a place. The administration of that great nobleman and statesman was distinguished chiefly by the union of the provinces, which was mainly effected by his exertions. This was the dawn of responsible government. During the government of Sir Charles Bagot, Mr Sullivan was also a member of the executive, as in that of Sir Charles Metcalfe, but resigned with his liberal colleagues on the famous antagonism between that governor and his ministry. This was one of the most

critical conjunctures that had ever arisen in Canada between two parties, and two great party cries, constitutionalism and reform. In the former the subject of this notice took a determined stand, and his letters under the signature of Legion," did good service to the cause which he espoused, so much so, that, combined with his activeness and energy, they in a great measure achieved the triumph of his party.

In the Baldwin-Lafontaine ministry of Lord Elgin, Mr. Sullivan held the office of provincial-secretary, until raised to the bench in September, 1848, a position which he maintained with great honor and advantage to the country, and credit to himself and family, until his death, on the 14th April, 1853.

HON. ROBERT BALDWIN, C.B.

MR. BALDWIN was born in the city of Toronto in 1804. His family, father and grandfather, came to this country in 1798. His father, the Honorable William Warren Baldwin, was the son of Robert Baldwin, Esquire, of Summer Hill, otherwise Knockmole, near Corregoline, in the county of Cork, Ireland. When the family came to this country, they originally settled in the township of Clarke, on lake Ontario, where they were among the earliest settlers. They afterwards removed to Toronto-then the town of York-where they took up their residence in Spadina; and there the family resided till the death of the father of the subject of this notice, which took place on the 8th January, 1844. The Honorable W. W. Baldwin, was a medical man; having taken his degree of M.D. at Edinburgh. After removing to York, however, Dr Baldwin betook himself to the profession of law, which he practised with success for a number of years. He (father of the Honorable R. Baldwin) had represented the county of Norfolk in the Parliament of Upper Canada; and been called to the Legislative Council about six months before his death. On the occasion of the death of Dr. Baldwin, Mr. Hincks wrote:-“ Our country has lost a friend; and the country, it may be said, will follow him as mourners to the grave. By the removal of one so worthy, so disinterested, so excellent, we have sustained a loss, the magnitude of which it is difficult to appreciate, much more in this community to repair. It is not Toronto only that will feel the privation, or drop tears of submissive sorrow over his honored tomb.

The sad tidings, like an electric shock, the less convulsive