crisis of 1843 he broke with the governor and voted with the moderate reformers, supporting the principle of responsible government. Derbishire did not stand for election in the general election of 1844, having been appointed Queen's Printer for the Province of Canada. However, in a letter to Robert Baldwin, the leader of the Reform campaign for responsible government in Canada West, he worried that the strong passions being raised over the issue would lead to a civil war. Queen's Printer Although Derbishire was a consistent supporter of Sydenham, he was not considered a very effective member in the Legislative Assembly. In the fall of 1841, Sydenham appointed Derbishire as Queen's Printer, in a joint appointment with George-Paschal Desbarats. His appointment was published in the first edition of the Canada Gazette, on October 2, 1841. He held the position from 1841 until his death in 1863. Wolfe's sword In 1849, a monument was being erected to General James Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham, to replace an older monument which could not be repaired. The monument was erected on the spot where General Wolfe was traditionally thought to have died. In the process, the workers came across an ornate sword buried in the ground. Although there was nothing directly linking it to Wolfe, the combination of the high quality of the sword, and its location, led to the belief that it was Wolfe's sword, left behind when his body was removed. Derbishire eventually bought the sword, and in turn gave it to Major Alexander Roberts Dunn, VC, of Toronto, whose father, John Henry Dunn, had served with Derbishire in the Legislative Assembly. Major Dunn had assisted in raising a new regiment for the British Army in Canada in 1858, the 100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot. Derbishire gave the Wolfe sword to Major Dunn when he left with the regiment for Britain. Family and personal life Derbishire was considered very generous to his friends and was often in financial straits, in part because of his generosity towards the poor and his strong hospitality for his friends. He was declared an outlaw in Britain in 1841 for failing to pay his debts. His appointment as Queen's Printer that year gave him a steady income, but his finances were still somewhat shaky. Derbishire was married twice. His first wife was wealthy, but by 1841 they were estranged, and she never