From 1813 to 1860, seven and forty. Five is, however, used as a division of equality.
NOTE 11, [page 83].
| And when from o'er the parting seas, A royal letter came. |
"When, in 1860, the Prince of Wales was at Niagara, he went to see the aged lady, and from her own lips heard the tale; and, learning that her fortune did not equal her fame, he sent her, most delicately and most gracefully, the sum of one hundred guineas. God bless him for that, is the aspiration of every true Canadian heart. He is his mother's true son."—Col. Coffin's Chronicles of the War of 1812.
JUBILEE POEM.
NOTE 1, [page 84].
Mercy, whose message bore thy first command.
The first act of the Crown which Her Majesty was called upon to perform was the signing of the death-warrant of a soldier who had been sentenced to be shot for desertion. The Queen took it keenly, and asked the Duke of Wellington if there was no possible plea on which the man could be respited: had he no good quality?
"Your Majesty, he is a very bad soldier, having deserted three times; but I believe he is a good husband."