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Smith, Sydney, the humorous Canon of St Paul's, and one of the founders of the Edinburgh Review, held from 1829 till his death in 1845 the living of Combe Florey. Wolsey, Thomas, the famous cardinal, held for a time the living of Limington. Whilst here he is said to have been put in the stocks by Sir Amyas Poulett of Hinton St George for drinking too much cider.
Later in the same year, I went myself to Le Puy, having the same object in view, and had the good fortune to meet there my friend Mr. Poulett Scrope, with whom I examined the Montagne de Denise, where a peasant related to us how he had dug out the specimen with his own hands and in his own vineyard, not far from the summit of the volcano.
Poulett Thompson had arrived in the St. Lawrence on the 16th, but the Colonist was only able to announce the fact on the 23rd of the month. New York papers took four days to reach Toronto a decided improvement, however, on old times and these afforded Canadian editors the most convenient means of culling foreign news. Only five lawyers advertised their places of business; Mr. and Mrs.
Said he hoped we'd win." "We! Why, is he backing out, then?" "Well, we've waited for him half an hour, and there's no sign of him yet look's like it." "What is up with him, I wonder?" said Poulett. "Seemed rather mysterious this morning rather stand-offish to my idea. Perhaps, though, he's only guzzling buns or swilling coffee somewhere. Let's see."
It was necessary to issue a new commission for the governor of the new province, and, to mark the importance of his achievement, Charles Poulett Thomson was created a peer, Baron Sydenham of Sydenham in Kent and Toronto in Canada. One advantage of a monarchy is its ability to reward service to the state in a splendid way.
In June, 1839, Lord John Russell introduced a bill to reunite the two provinces, but it was allowed, after its second reading, to lie over for that session of parliament, in order that the matter might be fully considered in Canada. Mr. Poulett Thomson was appointed governor-general with the avowed object of carrying out the policy of the imperial government.
In Canada Lord Metcalfe, who succeeded Baron Sydenham the title of Mr. Poulett Thomson on his sudden death at Kingston in 1841, brought about a political crisis in consequence of his contention for the privilege utterly inconsistent with the principles of responsible government of making appointments to office without the advice of his council.
Thus, Mr Poulett Scrope exclaims, "What! are 130 work-houses, capable of containing 100,000 people, to be considered sufficient to supply accommodation for 2,800,000 destitute paupers?" If the honourable gentleman took the trouble of consulting documentary evidence, he would have found that they were much more than sufficient.
The italics are my own. Poulett Scrope, p. 205. The Kingston Chronicle and Gazette, 12 February, 1841. "A powerful struggle will be made at the next election to secure the return of representatives, who will coincide with the views of the French party in the Lower Province." Sydenham to Russell, 26 February, 1841. Ibid., 1 June, 1841. Poulett Scrope, p. 217.
Greville, A Journal of the Reigns of George IV. and William IV., iii. p. 330. Quoted from The Kingston Chronicle and Gazette, 19 October, 1839. Poulett Scrope, Life of Lord Sydenham, p. 148. Poulett Scrope, p. 168. Journals of the Special Council of Lower Canada, 13 November, 1839. The Right Hon. C. P. Thomson to Lord John Russell, 18 November, 1839.
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