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OBITU ARIES, CANADIAN. . 



He was the author of a -work entitled " Divine 

 Faith and Natural Reason," published in 1861, 

 and at the time of his death had nearly com- 

 pleted a volume entitled the " Relations of Hu- 

 man Liberty to Natural, Moral, and Divine 

 Law." 



Dec. 22. CORCORAN, Brig.-Gen. MICHAEL. 

 (See CORCORAN, MICHAEL.) 



Dee. 22. SMITH, Rev. L. WARD, died at Ger- 

 mantown, Penn. He was born in Rochester, 

 N. Y., from which place he was sent to the As- 

 sembly in 1849. In 1851, he was appointed 

 adjutant-general of the State, serving until 

 1863, when he assumed orders in the Episcopal 

 Church. At the time of his death he was rec- 

 tor of the Episcopal church at Germantown, 

 Penn. 



Dec. 23. TAPPAN, BENJAMIN, D. D. died at 

 Augusta, Maine. 



Dec. 25. CHEW, Prof. SAMUEL, of the Mary. 

 land University, died at his residence in Balti- 

 more. 



Dec. 31. VANDERBILT, Oapt. GEORGE W., 

 son of Commodore C. Vanderbilt, died at Nice, 

 in the 25th year of his age. He graduated at 

 "West Point in the spring of 1860, and immedi- 

 ately entered the regular army with the rank 

 of 2d lieutenant. He was first stationed at Fort 

 "Walla- Walla, in "Washington Territory, where 

 he remained until the war broke out, when he 

 was ordered to Boston to take charge of the 

 recruiting service at -that place. In the spring 

 of 1862 he received an appointment on the 

 staff of Brig.-Gen. Tyler as assistant adjutant- 

 general, with the rank of captain. He was 

 regarded by his superiors as an officer of great 

 promise. "While in the discharge of his duties 

 ne contracted a disease incident to exposure in 

 an unhealthy region, and resisting the impor- 

 tunities of his superior to accept a furlough for 

 the recovery of his health, he was soon beyond 

 the reach of medical skill. In the spring of 

 1863, finding himself seriously ill, he obtained a 

 furlough, and left for Europe, where he secured 

 the best medical advice, but too late ; he con- 

 tinued to sink, and died the last day of the year, 

 lamented by a large circle of relations and 

 friends. 



OBITUARIES, CANADIAN. Jan. , 1863. 

 MOVK A i, M, GOZON, Marquis de, the grand- 

 son of the commander-in-chief of the French 

 forces at the conquest of Canada by the Brit- 

 ish. He had watched with much interest the 

 honor rendered in Canada to the memory of 

 his illustrious ancestor on the occasion of the 

 inauguration of a cenotaph in the church of the 

 Ursulines. The intelligence of the erection of 

 another monument, to commemorate the sec- 

 ond battle of the Plains of Abraham, he had 

 received with feelings of deep emotion ; and 

 in a letter written to a friend says : " "Were I 

 not so much advanced in years, it should be 

 my wish to live and die in a country which pre- 

 serves with so much veneration the memory of 

 the heroes of France." 



Jan, . KENNEDY, REED J. S., secretary 



to the Church Society at Toronto, 0. "W. Died 

 at Toronto in January, 1863. 



Jan. . NELSON, HORACE, M. D., a son 

 of Dr. Wplfred Nelson, of Montreal. Was a 

 professor in McGill University. 



Feb. 11. EVANS, THOMAS 0. B. This deceas- 

 ed general officer had served an active military 

 career in the four quarters of the globe in 

 the East and West Indies, France, South and 

 North America, Spain, Malta, and Egypt. He 

 was military secretary to Sir Gordon Drum- 

 mond during the war of 1812, and was pres- 

 ent at many of the engagements between the 

 British and American forces. Removing to 

 Canada some years previous to his death, he 

 contributed largely to some of the educational 

 and charitable institutions of that province, and 

 took a deep interest in the founding of Huron 

 College, C. W. 



Feb. 19. MONDELET, Hon. DOMINIQUE, Pres- 

 ident Judge of Three Rivers, C. E. Died at 

 Three Rivers on 19th February, 1863, at the 

 age of 64 years. 



Feb. 28. SMITH, Hon. HOLLIS, member of 

 the Legislative Council of Canada for the elec- 

 toral division of Wellington. He was a native 

 of New Hampshire, but resided in the Eastern 

 Township of Canada from boyhood, and en- 

 joyed the general respect and confidence of 

 the community. He was one of the trustees 

 of the University of Bishop's College, Lennox- 

 ville, 0. E., and was returned to Parliament in 

 1856 at the first elections which took place af- 

 ter the passing of the bill, in the Canadian 

 Legislature, making the Legislative Council an 

 elective body. Died at Sherbrooke, 28th Feb- 

 ruary, 1863. 



March . KNOWLTON, Hon. PAUL HOW- 

 ARD, a life member of the Legislative Council 

 of Canada. Col. Knowlton was born in the 

 year 1787, and was for upward of 35 years 

 engaged in political life. He was appointed a 

 member of the Special Council by Sir John Col- 

 borne (afterward Lord Seaton), and in 1841, 

 on the union of the provinces, was called by 

 Royal Mandamus to the Legislative Council. 

 He was colonel commanding Militia District 

 No. 10. He resided in the Eastern Township, 

 where he took a 'lively interest in all questions 

 affecting the public welfare. He had been 

 mayor of Knowlton (a village named after 

 him), and warden of the county of Brome. 



April . HARWOOD, Hon. ROBERT UNWIN, 

 was born at Sheffield, England, on the 22d of 

 January, 1798. He came to Canada in 1821. 

 Entering political life, he was called to the 

 Legislative Council of Lower Canada, by Lord 

 Aylmer, the then governor general. During 

 the administration of Lord Sydenham, at the 

 Union, he was appointed a member of the Spe- 

 cial Council. He married the eldest daughter 

 of the late Hon. M. de Lotbiniere, Seignior 

 of Vaudreuil, Rigaud and Lotbiniere ; and for 

 some years retired from the arena of politics. 

 At the general election of 1857 he was return- 

 ed to the Legislative Assembly for the county 





