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the respect entertained for his memory, both by natives of 
every rank, and Europeans at the capital. His majesty 
sent persons to prepare the grave, and the senior judge 
furnished the stones which he had prepared for the erection 
of his own tomb. 
On the 20th the corpse was taken to the Missionary 
chapel, where the funeral service was conducted by the 
Rev. D. Griffiths. The king, the royal family, the judges, 
and the officers attended, with a vast concourse of people. 
The body was then conveyed for interment to the Mission¬ 
ary burial-ground, where the assembled multitude were 
suitably addressed by the Rev. David Jones. 
The character of Mr. Hastie, and his judicious and 
upright conduct as British agent in Madagascar, are so 
intimately associated with the most important era in the 
history of that country, so honourable to the nation which 
he represented, so worthy of the imitation of all who may 
occupy similar situations, that some notice of this truly 
honourable man may be appropriately introduced. 
Mr. Hastie’s parents were members of the society of 
Friends. He was born in Cork, 1786, and received from 
his earliest years the most assiduous attentions, in bestow¬ 
ing upon him the advantages of a respectable and religious 
education. The restraints of religion, however, and the 
peculiar manners of the respectable society with which his 
parents wished him to associate, proved uncongenial to his 
taste; and although occasionally checked by the admo¬ 
nitions of conscience, and the force of early impressions, 
he entered with ardour into the gaieties and pleasures of 
worldly society. 
Many incidents occurred during his youth, indicative of 
a bold and adventurous disposition. On one occasion, he 
and his sister entered a kiln on his father’s premises, for 
