"I, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, being of sound mind, do make my will in manner following: And first, I do nominate, constitute, and appoint my beloved wife, Victoire, Duchess of Kent, to be sole guardian of our dear child, the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, to all intents and for all purposes whatever; and under a confident hope that my just claim on Government will be yet considered, for the purpose of liquidating my debts, I give, devise, and bequeath unto Frederick Augustus Wetherall, Esq., Lieut.-General in the Army, all and every my real and personal estates of every sort and nature and wherever situate, upon trust, and for the entire use and benefit of my said beloved wife, and dear child, in such manner, on such occasions, and at such times, as my said dear wife shall direct. And I do vest the said Frederick Augustus Wetherall and John Conroy, with all and every necessary power and authority, with the consent and approval of my said wife, to dispose of all and every or any part of my said estate and effects, real and personal, for the purpose before mentioned. And I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Frederick Augustus Wetherall and John Conroy, executors in trust, of this my last will and testament.

"In witness whereof, I have subscribed my name and set my seal, the 22nd day of January, 1820.

EDWARD."

We pass over the of the funeral paand pomp ceremony geant, merely stating that in every town through which the cavalcade passed, the utmost respect was evinced by the inhabitants; the shops were closed, the church bells tolled, and every respect paid which was due to the rank and virtues of the deceased. Both Houses of Parliament passed addresses of condolence, and the deep and sincere regret of all classes showed that the nation had at length begun to appreciate his character, and were fully alive to their loss.

Every letter produced, every speech he delivered, every fact we have cited, furnish texts in abundance from which morals might be drawn, as a conclusion to this biography; but it was stated in the Preface, that it was our intention simply to hold the mirror up to nature, to become a mere amanuensis. To this resolution we propose to adhere. It was wisely considered that the Bible would be more highly appreciated, if it were circulated without note or comment; we shall adopt the same course, and leave the reader in absolute freedom to draw his own conclusions from what has been placed before him, and we do not think that we depart from this resolution when we give from Neale the opinion published at

the time of his death, by one who was in no wise distinguished for partiality towards Royalty :

"His person was tall and athletic; his appearance dignified; his understanding strong; his deportment affable, and his bravery chivalrous. The course which he pursued in politics, appears to have been invariably tolerant, liberal, and conciliatory. Towards the latter part of his life he had become exceedingly popular, and his death was greatly regretted by the nation.”

We shall conclude by a quotation from Shakspeare, slightly altered:

"This Duke

Sprung from a royal stock, undoubtedly

Was fashioned to much honor. From his cradle
He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;
Exceeding wise, fair spoken and persuading;
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not,

But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Easily satisfied in getting, but in bestowing

He was most princely;

His overthrow heaped happiness upon him ;

For then and not till then he felt himself,

And found the blessedness of being little;

And to add greater honors to his age than man could give him.
HE DIED FEARING GOD.

THE END.

POSTSCRIPT.

"This will not do, Mr. Patterson, you have, as I may say, basted up your first story very hastily, and clumsily at the conclusion; and in my trade, I would have cuffed the youngest apprentice, who had put such a horrid and bungled spot of work out of her hand. And if you do not redeem this gross error, by telling us all about the marriage of Morton and Edith, and what became of the other personages of the story, from Lady Margaret down to Goose Gibbie, I apprize you, you will not be held to have accomplished your task handsomely."-Old Mortality.

BELIEVING that there are many who, like Miss Martha Buskbody, take an interest in the minor persons of the story, and having been frequently asked if I could tell the fate of the amiable lady who for upwards of a quarter of a century presided over the domestic arrangements of the Duke of Kent, possessing to the fullest extent his confidence, esteem, and affection, and sharing his joys and sorrows, I searched carefully all the papers in my possession, but could find no mention made of her after the Duke's last letter of 15th June, 1814.

On applying to Col. de Salaberry, he told me that the late Chief Justice O'Sullivan had intended to write a biography of his grandfather, and that his father had placed in his hands a number of family papers, and the later letters of the Duke of Kent, but that Judge O'Sullivan's intention had been unexpectedly set aside by the occurrence of a duel, in which he was severely wounded, and had been thereby compelled to abandon all idea of finishing his contemplated work -that seeking to recover health, he had gone to Europe, and had not returned the papers, which after his death could not be discovered.

Col. de Salaberry further told me that the last letter which was received by his father from the Duke, and which he recollected his mother reading to him, was written shortly before the birth of the Queen. It dwelt on the anticipated happiness in store for him, but also expressed a natural anxiety as to the issue of the expected event.

Col. de Salaberry, at my request, again looked over his

remaining papers and discovered a letter addressed to his father by the late General Baron de Rottenburg, of date 3rd March, 1819, in which a very interesting fact is incidentally stated in connection with Madame de St. Laurent. This letter I now propose to give, together with other information. as to the fate of several who were brought into connection with the Duke, and who have been prominently mentioned in the preceding narrative.

The reader is already aware of the premature death of the three younger de Salaberrys, Maurice, Louis, and Edward, and how sincerely and deeply their fate was lamented by the Duke. The news of the death of Maurice and Louis produced so serious a shock on both their parents, that the intelligence of the fall of Edward was for a long time withheld, and when at length it was communicated, the effect was overpowering on Madame de Salaberry, and little less so on her husband. To use the language of Scripture, their lives had "been bound up in the lad," and they felt that if anything happened him, that their grey hairs would be brought down in sorrow to the grave. In fact he had almost used to his son the language of Jacob:-"Ye know that my wife bare me two sons, and the one went out from me, and I said surely he is torn in pieces, and I saw him not since; and if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. We have seen that the Duke, aware of this, had been making arrangements for transferring his godson at once to Canada, but cruel fate again interfered, and when the news was imparted to Colonel de Salaberry and his wife, the latter nearly sunk under it; the grief of the father, though profound, was fortunately more under control, but to his friends he replied: "If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.'

Time, the great consoler, aided by a proper religious sense, at last brought healing on his wings, and Col. Louis de Salaberry, after a long life of private worth and public usefulness, died at Beauport in 1828, in the 76th year of his age.

Madame de Salaberry bad preceded her husband some four years. Her health had never recovered the shock occasioned by the death of her sons, but in July, 1824, the last blow was given to her shattered system, by the death of Madame Juchereau Duchesnay, (her daughter Hermine). She immediately succumbed, and mother and daughter were buried

on the same day in the family vault at Beauport. The Quebec Gazette of 14th February gives an interesting obituary, describing the funeral cortege as the most numerous, the most respectable, and most imposing that had ever been witnessed in Quebec.

Col. Charles de Salaberry only survived his father one short year; he died of apoplexy at Chambly, in 1829, in the 51st year of his age. No public monument marks the grave of the hero of Chateauguay, the saviour of his country; and the great services which were fully admitted by the Prince Regent, by H. R. H. the Commander in Chief, and by both branches of the Canadian Legislature, as yet remain unrewarded. He left a widow and large family.

Madame de Salaberry survived her husband many years, and strange to say, was buried on the same day with her daughter-in-law, Madame Charles de Salaberry.

Amelia, the special favorite of the Duke of Kent, never married, and lived at the family mansion at Beauport to an advanced age, having died there on the 2nd October, 1861, in the 74th year of her age. We copy from M. Langevin's "Notes sur les archives de Notre Dame de Beauport," a notice which appeared in the public press at the time of her decease:

"Descended from one of the most distinguished French Canadian families, Miss de Salaberry had never absent from her thought the device-noblesse oblige. And she knew how to enhance her illustrious birth by a personal dignity which was felt by all. Her numerous friends were fascinated with the grace with which she received them, the interest and polish of her conversation, and with the simplicity of her manners. Full of complaisance for these, she redoubled her kindness for the distressed. Her hand and heart were open as the day. The kind words, the prudent advice and the assistance always readily accorded, rendered her especially dear to the poor. How often in the time of sickness were the sufferers touched to tears on seeing her approach their sick-bed to bring them kind words, so precious in the midst of suffering. That religion which she always honored and practised in a manner so edifying, was her consolation in her last moments, and the terrors of that awful hour were mitigated by her faith and piety. The parishioners of Beauport who during many long years respected and venerated Miss de Salaberry, were accustomed to talk of her under the simple name of Mademoiselle, and felt that by her death they had suffered a serious loss, which it would be impossible for them to supply. She was one of those persons whose death makes an epoch in the parish."