The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4)

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Dent John Charles. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volume 3 (of 4)

THE EARL OF DUFFERIN

THE REV. ROBERT FERRIER BURNS

THE HON. ALBERT NORTON RICHARDS,

THE RIGHT REV. JOHN TRAVERS LEWIS, LL.D.,

CHARLES, LORD METCALFE

THE HON. ALEXANDER MORRIS

THE HON. THOMAS TALBOT

THE HON. DAVID LAIRD,

THE HON. CHARLES E. B. DE BOUCHERVILLE

THE REV. SAMUEL NELLES, D.D., LL.D.,

THE HON. WILLIAM HUME BLAKE

THE REV. ALEXANDER TOPP, D.D

THE HON. HENRI GUSTAVE JOLY

THE HON. MACKENZIE BOWELL,

THE REV. JAMES RICHARDSON, D.D.,

LORD SEATON

THE HON. SIR DOMINICK DALY

THE HON. WILLIAM McMASTER

THE HON. WILFRID LAURIER

THE RIGHT HON. SIR CHARLES BAGOT

LA SALLE

THE RIGHT REV. JAMES W. WILLIAMS, D.D.,

LIEUT. — COL. CASIMIR STANISLAUS GZOWSKI,

THEODORE HARDING RAND, A.M., D.C.L

THE HON. MATTHEW CROOKS CAMERON

THE HON. SIR LOUIS H. LAFONTAINE, BART

JOHN CHRISTIAN SCHULTZ, M.D

THE HON. GEORGE WILLIAM BURTON

LORD DORCHESTER

THE HON. WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND,

THE MOST REV. MICHAEL HANNAN, D.D.,

GEORGE PAXTON YOUNG, M.A

THE HON. TELESPHORE FOURNIER

THE HON. WILLIAM OSGOODE

THE HON. WILLIAM MORRIS

THE HON. THOMAS D'ARCY McGEE

DAVID ALLISON, M.A., LL.D.,

THE HON. THOMAS GALT

THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM BENNETT BOND,

THE HON. LEMUEL ALLAN WILMOT, D.C.L

THE HON. HENRY ELZÉAR TASCHEREAU

THE HON. ALFRED GILPIN JONES

THE HON. JOHN NORQUAY,

THE HON. SIR RICHARD JOHN CARTWRIGHT

THE HON. THEODORE ROBITAILLE,

THE HON. SAMUEL HUME BLAKE

THE MOST REV. ALEXANDRE ANTONIN TACHÉ,

THE HON. JAMES COX AIKINS

THE HON. FELIX GEOFFRION, N.P., P.C

THE HON. JOHN YOUNG

THE RIGHT REV. HIBBERT BINNEY, D.D.,

THE HON. CHRISTOPHER FINLAY FRASER

SANDFORD FLEMING, C.E., C.M.G

THE HON. DAVID LEWIS MACPHERSON,

JAMES YOUNG

THE HON. PETER PERRY

THE HON. ADAM WILSON

THE HON. SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL

THE HON. LEVI RUGGLES CHURCH

CHARLES, FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND,

THE HON. CHARLES A. P. PELLETIER, C.M.G

THE HON. WILLIAM PROUDFOOT

THE HON. JOHN JOSEPH CALDWELL ABBOTT,

THE HON. JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON,

HIS GRACE F. X. DE LAVAL-MONTMORENCY

JAMES ROBERT GOWAN,

ROBERT FLEMING GOURLAY,

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Dr. Burns was born at Paisley, Scotland, on the 23rd of December, 1826. After spending a term of four years at the Public Grammar School of that town, he was entered as a student at the University of Glasgow in the month of November, 1840, before he had quite completed his fourteenth year. He remained at that seat of learning four sessions, during which he achieved high standing in his classes, and carried off several prizes, including two in Latin. He stood third in Greek, second in Logic, and first in Moral Philosophy. While attending the University he had for associates Principal McKnight, of Halifax, the Rev. William Maclaren, of Blairlogie, and the late Rev. John Maclaren, of Glasgow. In 1844-5 he attended New College, Edinburgh, during the second session of its existence, and sat at the feet of Drs. Chalmers, Cunningham and Duncan. He had meanwhile resolved on emigrating to Canada, and on the 29th of March, 1845, he sailed from Greenock for Quebec. He made his way to Toronto, where he attended two sessions at Knox College, having for his contemporaries there Dr. Black, of Manitoba, and the late Rev. James Nisbet, of the Prince Albert Mission. During his collegiate career he acted as Student Catechist, and preached as a volunteer at Proudfoot's Mills, and also at Oakville. During the summer of 1846 he laboured to good purpose at Niagara. In April, 1847, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Toronto, and on the first of July following he was ordained as first pastor of Chalmers Church, Kingston. During his residence at Kingston he officiated for a year as Chaplain to the Forty-first Regiment of Highland Infantry.

On the 1st of July, 1852, he married Miss Elizabeth Holden, a daughter of Dr. Rufus Holden, of Belleville, and a sister of the wife of Professor Gregg, of Toronto. By this lady he now has a family of eight children, consisting of four sons and four daughters. After a pastorate of exactly eight years he left Kingston on the 5th of July, 1855, and settled at St. Catharines as first pastor of the United Church. He remained there nearly twelve years, during eight of which he also had charge of a congregation at Port Dalhousie, four miles distant. During his ministry at St. Catharines the new church now known as Knox Church was erected, and his congregation subsequently worshipped there. In 1862 he took a conspicuous part in starting Sabbath School Conventions in this country, which have since been attended by many blessings to the young. In the month of July, 1866, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Hamilton College, near Utica, in the State of New York, the leading literary institution of the New School of Presbyterians in that State. On the 20th of March, 1867, he became first pastor of the First Scotch Presbyterian Church in Chicago, which then and for some years thereafter belonged to the Canadian Church. During his incumbency of this charge he received several calls from various churches, all of which were declined. His Chicago pastorate lasted three years, during which the membership of his church trebled in number, and a fine new church was erected by the congregation on the corner of Adams and Sagamore Streets. In October, 1867, he accompanied the Rev. D. L. Moody, the Evangelist, from Chicago to Toronto, on the occasion of the first sitting of the Young Men's Christian Association Convention in the latter city. In the beginning of May, 1870, he returned to Canada, and was inducted into the pastorate of Cote Street Church, Montreal, where Dr. Fraser and the present Principal McVicar had previously ministered. Here he remained five years.

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During the American invasion of 1812-'13 and '14, Colonel Talbot commanded the militia of the district, and was present at the battles of Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie. Marauding parties sometimes found their way to Castle Malahide during this troubled period, and what few people there were in the settlement suffered a good deal of annoyance. Within a day or two after the battle of the Thames, where the brave Tecumseh met his doom, a party of these marauders, consisting of Indians and scouts from the American army, presented themselves at Fort Talbot, and summoned the garrison to surrender. The place was not fortified, and the garrison consisted merely of a few farmers who had enrolled themselves in the militia under the temporary command of a Captain Patterson. A successful defence was out of the question and Colonel Talbot, who would probably have been deemed an important capture, quietly walked out of the back door as the invaders entered at the front. Some of the Indians saw the Colonel, who was dressed in homely, everyday garb, walking off through the woods, and were about to fire on him, when they were restrained by Captain Patterson, who begged them not to hurt the poor old fellow, who, he said, was the person who tended the sheep. This white lie probably saved the Colonel's life. The marauders, however, rifled the place, and carried off everything they could lay hands on, including some valuable horses and cattle. Colonel Talbot's gold, consisting of about two quart pots full, and some valuable plate, concealed under the front wing of the house, escaped notice. The invaders set fire to the grist mill, which was totally consumed, and this was a serious loss to the settlement generally.

It was not till the year 1817 that anything like a regular store or shop was established in the settlement. Previous to that time the wants of the settlers were frequently supplied from the stores of Colonel Talbot, who provided necessaries for his own use, and for the men whom he employed. The Colonel was punctual in all his engagements, and scrupulously exact in all monetary transactions. The large sums he received for many years from the settlers were duly and properly accounted for to the Government. He would accept payment of his claims only in the form of notes on the Bank of Upper Canada, and persons having any money to pay him were always compelled to provide themselves accordingly. His accumulations were carefully stored in the place of concealment above referred to; and once a year he carried his wealth to Little York, and made his returns. This annual trip to Little York was made in the depth of winter, and was almost the only event that took him away from home, except on the two or three occasions when he visited the old country. He was accustomed to make the journey to the Provincial capital in a high box sleigh, clad in a sheepskin greatcoat which was known to pretty nearly every man in the settlement.

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