its destinies have ever been committed. No man has been more
beloved and respected in his life, and none more regretted at
his death. _Peace to his manes!_"

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 161: There are some of the public papers written by Mr. Brock
which may be profitably studied as models of this kind of
composition.--_Guernsey Star, September 26, 1842._]

[Footnote 162: Mr. Brock was no doubt ambitious, but his ambition was
gratified in beholding the advancement of his country. Personal
advantage--individual distinction--were things that never occurred to
his imagination, or occurred only to be contemned. He might have had an
augmentation of salary--he might have received the honor of
knighthood--he might have had the sources of fortune opened to him--but
these would have brought no advantages to Guernsey, and he rejected
them.--_Guernsey Star, September 26, 1842._]

[Footnote 163: The extracts in inverted commas are from the Guernsey
_Star_ of Thursday, 29th September, 1842.]

APPENDIX C.

The common ancestor of the Guernsey family of this name was John Tupper,
who settled in the island about the year 1592. He was an English
gentleman, of German, extraction, his forefather, it appears, having,
about the year 1525, fled from Cassel during the religious persecution
in the reign of Charles the Fifth. The elder son of this John Tupper
married Elizabeth, daughter of Hilary Gosselin,[164] procureur du roi,
or attorney-general--the younger removed to England.

In the memorable year of 1692, John Tupper, Esq., (the grandson of the
said John Tupper and Elizabeth Gosselin,) at some expense and risk of
capture, conveyed to Admiral Russell, who commanded the combined English
and Dutch fleets lying at St. Helen's, the intelligence that the French
fleet, under Admiral Tourville, was in the channel. This intelligence
led to the battle of La Hogue; and as a reward for this patriotic
service, Mr. Tupper was presented by his sovereigns, William and Mary,
with a massive gold chain and medal, which are now in possession of his
heir male; his descendants being permitted to bear them as an honorable
augmentation to their arms and crest.

The elder son of John Tupper, who acquired the medal, by his wife,
Elizabeth Dobree, of Beauregard, had three sons, of whom the eldest died
without issue; the second was Elisha, a much-respected jurat of the
Royal Court, who died in 1802, leaving five surviving children;[165]
and the yo