oic and devoted band of militiamen and regulars,
his attention was drawn by Colonel Nichol to the dangerous nature of the
expedition, and to the wish of his gallant comrades in arms that he
would not go to the front, and endanger a life they could not spare--to
these suggestions he replied: 'I will never desire the humblest
individual to go where I cannot lead.'"--_Toronto Herald_, June 15,
1843.]

[Footnote 107: For council of condolence, see Appendix A, Section 1, No.
6.]

[Footnote 108: The officers of the 49th, after his death, instructed the
regimental agent in London to procure them a likeness of Sir Isaac
Brock, that it might be placed in their mess-room, and allotted a
handsome sum for this purpose. The agent applied to the family for a
copy, but unfortunately they possessed no good likeness of the general.]

[Footnote 109: The salary attached to the civil government of Upper
Canada was increased, we believe, shortly before his death to L3,000 a
year.]

[Footnote 110: By an official return, it appears that this monument cost
L1,575 sterling. For inscription, &c, see Appendix A, Section 1, No. 7.]

[Footnote 111: See Appendix A, Section 1, No. 8.]

[Footnote 112: For the address, see Appendix A, Section 1, No. 9.]

[Footnote 113: This column cost nearly L3,000.]

[Footnote 114: For the details of the re-interment, see Appendix A,
Section 1, No. 10.]

[Footnote 115: It was a Tuscan column on a rustic pedestal, with a
pedestal for a statue; the diameter of the base of the column was
seventeen feet six inches, and the abacus of the capital was surrounded
with an iron railing. The centre shaft, containing the spiral wooden
staircase, was ten feet in diameter.]

[Footnote 116: We speak in the past tense, because the column, as will
be seen in the sequel, was so much injured in 1840 as to require its
reconstruction.]

[Footnote 117: Howison's Sketches of Upper Canada. London, 1821.]

CHAPTER XV.

Sir Isaac Brock was succeeded in his civil and military commands in
Upper Canada by Major-General Sheaffe, who was created a baronet for the
dearly bought victory of Queenstown. After the battle, he paroled
General Wadsworth and some of the principal American officers, the
remainder proceeding to Quebec. Among the prisoners, 23 were found to be
deserters from English regiments, and British born subjects; and they
were sent to England for trial as traitors. This caused a retaliation
upon British prisone