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1802, he resided at Alnwick, where he was princi2:)al agent to the 

 Duke of Northumberland. He was created a Baronet in 1821. In 

 1837 he died. He is spoken of as "a high-minded English gentle- 

 man, universally beloved for the kindness and warm-hearted gener- 

 osity of his character." In Burke's General Armory, Sir David is 

 described as being " of Upper Canada ;" and in allusion doubtless to 

 his services in that Province, his shield, Burke informs us, bore a 

 beaver " on a chief j" and over the crest appeared the word "Canada.' 

 The whole article in Burke reads as follows : — " Smith (as borne by 

 the late Sir David William Smith, of Upper Canada, and of Preston, 

 County of Northumberland, Baronet.) Sir David left four daughters ; 

 the eldest married to Charles Tylee, Esq., and the youngest to Edward 

 Tylee, Esq. Per pale, gu. and az. : on a chevron, or, between three 

 cinquefoils, ar. as many leopard's faces sa. ; on a chief of the third, 

 a beaver passant proper. Crest : A sinister hand erect apaume, 

 couped at the wrist, gu., the wrist encircled with a wreath of oak, oi-, 

 the palm charged with a trefoil slipped, ar. ; on an escroll above — 

 Canada. Motto : Pro rege et patria. Sir David left no heirs male. 

 His only son was killed at Quiberon, in 1811, on board His Majesty's 

 frigate, Spartan.'" 



The Instructions issued to the early surveyors by Sir David, 

 while acting officially in Upper Canada, are still preserved. They 

 are full of interest to the present inhabitants of the localities 

 named. We give the letter addressed by him to Mr. Augustus 

 Jones, at York, dated Niagara, 15th June, 1796, from which we 

 gather that in 1796 an extension of the limits of York (Toronto) 

 was already in contemplation. (The Governor referred to is still 

 Gen. Simcoe.) " Sir : I enclose to you a plan of the County of York, 

 shewing what has been surveyed, that in case His Excellency may 

 be pleased to order it to be enlarged, you will be able to comply with 

 His Excellency's instructions, either by laying out another range of 

 blocks to the northward, or by continuing them to the eastward. I 

 .am, Sir, &c., D. W. Smith, Acting Surveyor General." 



The Notes and Gazetteer of Upper Canada about to be reproduced, 

 ^re said above to have been drawn up on the plan of those of the 

 late Capt. Hutchins for the Piver Ohio and countries adjacent. Of 

 this Capt. Plutchins and his productions we have the following notice 

 in Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature : Hutchins? 

 'Thomas, 1730-1789. Captain P[oyal] Army. Subsequently Geo- 



