i02 LEAVES THl!Y HAVE TOUCHED. 



not only by the Army, but by every class." The rumonr respecting 

 the appointment of Major Darling did not prove to be well- 

 grounded. Col. Grivins himself became Col. Clans' successor in 

 the Chief Superintendency of Indian Affairs. A little later, 

 Mr. Gore communicates to Mr. Justice Powell at York an on dit of 

 the moment in London, which he evidently thought farcical, and 

 which also did not prove true. " Many thanks for your letter," he 

 says, " and I was about wiiting to you to tell you that Sir Peregrine 

 Maitland has asked for a twelve month's leave of absence, which is 

 granted : and that Sir Francis Burton has received the appointment 

 of Governor General of British North America ! ! ! I beg you not 

 to mention this latter appointm.ent," Mr. Gore adds, "because Six* 

 Francis begged me not to mention it ; and yet it has transpired, 

 although many do not believe it." He closes with a hint which 

 probably had much latent significance : "I should recommend you,", 

 he says, " to abstain from making any applications to the Colonial 

 Ofiice at present, but wait till Mr. W. Horton abdicates, which I 

 understand will be about Christmas." 



Tne name of Sir John Harvey, otherwise so greatly distinguished 

 has an especial interest with Upper Canadians, inasmuch as it was he 

 —at the time Lieut.-Col. Harvey — who planned and so successfully 

 carried out the daring night attack on tlie enemy's Camp at Stoney 

 Creek on the 5th of June, 1813, by which a most efiectual check 

 was given to the progress of invasion. My autograph memorial of 

 Sir John Harvey is the following letter, addressed to Col. Givins : 

 it refers, like another document, already given, to the death of Col. 

 Claus, a,nd to a movement* which was set on foot to secui-e for Col. 

 Givins the succession to the General Superintendency of Indian 

 Affairs — a post for which his long experience with the native tribes, 

 and his knowledge of their languages, peculiarly fitted him. The 

 movement was-, as we have already been apprized, successful. " I 

 had not heard" he says, London^ 1st Dec, 1826, " of poor Col. Claus' 

 death, nor do I at all know whether it be intended to keep up the 

 appointment he has so long held. If such should be the intention, 

 much attention would doubtless be paid to the recommendations of 

 the authorities in Canada, particularly, 1 sliould imagine, as regards 

 Upper Canada, to that of your excellent Lieut.-Governor, [in 1826, 

 this would be Sir John Colborne,] whose support you will, I doubt 

 not, have, and you can require nothing beyond that." Previously, 



