516 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTORY! 



"Not Guilty." The seconds were— Mr. Sheriff McDonell for Mr. Small, and^tlie Barou DeHayne 

 for Mr. White. 



Mr. White's i)arlc-lot became afterwards the property of Mr. Samuel Eidout, sometime 

 Sheriff of the County, of whom we have had occasion to speak, several times, already. Mr. 

 Small's lot was occupied and built on by Mr. Edward McMahon, an Irish gentleman, long well- 

 known and greatly respected as Chief Clerk in the Attorney General's office. His name is 

 preserved in that of the street which now runs north and south through the property that had 

 been Mr. Small's. *■ 



XXVIII.— QUEEN STREET, FROM PARLIAMENT TO GEORGE STREET. 



Sherburn Street which at present divides the White park-lot from Moss Park commemorates 

 happily the name of bhe old Dorsetshire home of the main stem of the Canadian Ridouts. The 

 original stock of tliis family still flourishes in the very ancient and most interesting town of 

 Sherburn, famous as having been in the Saxon days the see of a bishop ; and possessing still a 

 spacious and beautiful minster, familiarly known to architects as a fine study. Like some 

 other English names, transplanted to the American continent, that of this Dorsetshire family 

 has assumed here a pronunciation slightly different from that given to it by its ancient owners. 

 What in Canada is Ri-dout, at Sherburn and its neighbourhood, is Rid-out. 



On the park-lot that constituted the Moss-Park Estate, the name of D. W. Smith appears in 

 tlie original plan. Mr. D. W. Smith was acting Surves^or General in 1794. He was the author 

 of "A Short Topographical Description of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada in North 

 America, to which is annexed a Provincial Gazetteer :" — a work of considerable antiquarian 

 interest now, preserving as it does, the early names, native, French and English, of many 

 places now known by different appellations. A second edition was published in London in 

 1813, and was designed to accompany the new map published in that year by W. Paden. 

 Geographer to the King and Prince Regent. The original work was compiled at the desire of 

 Governor Simcoe, to illustrate an earlier map of Upper Canada. 



We have spoken already in our progress through Front Street of the subsequent possessor of 

 Jlr. Smith's lot. Col. Allan. The residence at Moss Park was put up by him in comparatively 

 recent times. The homestead previously had been, as we have already seen, at the foot of 

 Frederic Street, on the south-east corner. To the articles of capitulation on the 27th April, 

 1813, surrendering the town of York to Dearborn and Chauncy, the commanders of the United 

 States force, the name of Col. Allan, at the time Major Allan, is appended, following that of 

 Lieut. Col. Chewett. 



Besides the many capacities in which Col. Allan did good service to the community, as 

 detailed during our survey of Front Street, he was also we find in 1801, Returning Officer on the 

 occasion of a public election. In the Oracle of the 20th of June, 1801, we have an advertisement 

 signed by him as Returning Officer for the "County of Durham, the East Riding of the County 

 of York, and tlie County of Simcoe "—which territories are to conjointly elect; one member. 

 Mr. Allan announces that he will be in attendance " on Thursday the 2nd day of July^next at 

 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Hustings under the Colonnade of the Government Buildings 

 in the town of York— and proceed to the election of one Knight to represent^the said county, 

 riding and county in the House of Assembly, whereof all freeholders of the said county, riding 

 and county are to take notice and attend accordingly." The writ, issuing from " His Excellency, 

 Peter Hunter, Esq.," directs the returning officer "to cause one Knight, girt with a sword, 

 the most fit and discreet, to be freely and indilferently chosen to represent the aforesaid county, 

 riding and county, in Assembly, by those who shall be present on the day of election." 



Two candidates presented themselves, Mr. A. Macdouell and Mr. J. Small. Mr. Macdonell 

 was duly elected, "there appearing for him," we are briefly informed in a subsequent number 

 of the Orach, "112 unquestionable votes ; and for J. Small, Esq., 32 r^majority, 80." 



In 1804 there was another election, when the candidates were Mr. A.'Macdonell again, Mr. 

 D. W. Smith, of whom we spoke above, and Mr. Weekes. The address of the last-named 

 gentleman is in the Orach of May 24th. It is addressed to the Free and Independent Electors 

 of the East Riding of York. He says : " I stand unconnected with any party, unsupported by 



