The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-24
Miscellaneous,
Death ofcharles II.

l.UNlAlNt kiffH - W rfFlf'f'H lf.fff' ~ wv
lat moments Of the merry Monaren, We
make the following eNlrneE
dis uance had seldom presented gayer
or more scnudnlOus Appearance ninn on
p dine evening u Sunday, Feb. |, 1895. Some
cr,ye persons who lad gone lhhher, aller
Gr GsLon oflhat nge, topny their duly 10
,br sovereign, aud who had expected That on
such dhi,hls court would wenr decent rs
,ecl,Wcre struck win AsIonisllmrut aud hor.
ise, The great cutlery NJ Whitehall, an I'D,
nillIe relic Of lle mngnlfcenco of the 1u-
'1ft, wbH crowded Wthf eVellrrH mud phru-
bIrp, The King sat there chatting aud toy
ing with lhrcr wuitIru whose chRrms were
Ic boast, aud nhu-c ices were llig disgrace
friree naiiuns Barbara Palmer, Duchess
cleveland, WINS there 90 f1Ugcr Young, hut
100 rriuiuirr- -f'trr--'rlccs Of That superb aud
ioluWuouf lUvclincs, which twenty years he-
6lc oyctcarup The heuTls of ull men, Ihore
l55 WIS tho Duchess Of Portsmouth, whose
I'D mad iuGutile features were lighted up
with thr yivarily Of France, lloUonsi Ma
fnl Duchcss of MH2hru, aud niece Of the
C,rNual. completed the group. She had
t,.n eery removed Gom her nntivc Italy 10
Jc Conn whore Ter uncle was suprenlc.llis
uover and her own nurnctionS Ind drawn u
erovd of nlus,naus sui,ors nronnd her
CIuIcs, himself during his exile, had
souglIihN hnnd ~ Vniu No gin Of nature or
ofoHunr seemed to he wanting 10 her. Her
fcd WIS beautiful with the rich beauty Of
TO- South, her understanding quick her man
rrr, grrcrln, hrf rank eNall-d, l,er posses
,ops Immense; hr her ungovnrHnbio pas
90, had lurued all these blessings into cur
&c. she had found The MISERY of M IN az.
,foi m0rrmgc ihiolcrnlc lad fed from
ifmshand, mud abandoned her ynst wealth
arUt M.
cont 10y h1r adventures, had fixed her abode
England. Her house was tbs laSor;,r re-
M ofincn of VII md pleasure, who, fur the
akc Of her smiles nud hrr table, cudurcd her
,a'y frequent dtA Of iusolcncu nud ill htnior.
Rochester and Gudolpln sometimes forgot
the cares ol stats in her compnny. BnrriI-
lon anti eair, Epremond found ia her draw
ing room consolation for thoir long bnuish,
ucnl from Paris. Tho learning of Vosciur,
tic WU Of Waiter were daily omploycd u
naiIcr aud amusc her. jnl hor diseased
mind required stronger sinulHnts s. sought
them IN g,lHury, IA ltNr~ct mud in usuue-
Nrch, While Charles ilirtod with his three
..huls llorrnsuS F.onch page, "A lIand.
,ano hos, whose t0ral pcriormpuccs were
me delight OF Whitehall, ami Wet1 rcNaid.
~ D., humorous presents Of ririi cloilcs, 20.
dls', .ud guuWne, warhlcd some nmorous
verses, \ party of twenty cgurlirrs were
-ssa:ei4 cards mound large Table. on Which
gold rn. hcnpcd l.. mountains. Even then
'ht N'Hg lad complained ,hd' hs ~ go
eri lultc we'll. lie Ind no appetite FOR his
Supper his rest tliHt hight was broken; hut
W iiu following day he rusr. ms usual, early,
The inlroduclion Of the Rumun Catholic
wir.t hy llir Duke pfNork, aud tie last mo-
mrul. ofiho KING ARE thus described;
The DJhr's Orlcr- were ohcycd: aud oven
The physicians withdrew. The back door
wasibou opened, aud Father lIuddlcstou en-.
tered 4 cloak had been thrown over his sn-
ced vcSmeuis, aud his siinvcn crown was
concealed by a flowing wig.
"Slr - snid the Duke, "this good man once
saved your liic. lie uuw'comes 10 sitve Your
a-souL" Charles ininty answered, "He il wei
come" iluddleslon went through. his parN
batter than had -hncn expected. lie kueh 10y
The bed, listened TO the conversations, aii-
nouncnhihe ahsotuIion, aud administered OK.
rene mcunu Tie asked II the King wish
ed to receive thu Lords Supper "SurrIy,n
SAid Charles, al | am not unworthy" The
host was brought in. Chs5los feebly sirove
10 rse aud kneel hnturo II. The priest babe (
MN lie sii aaA A--',se. hii,, that COED ,s,.,I,
nn' require The humiliation olNthc huhy. Tho I
Ming found so much difficulty IN swallowing
VIC We'd ihai II was necessary 10 open the
uoor ara 10 procure n glass OF winter This
mo ended, held up cruciiN before tine pen
Hen,, charged him to fix his Inst uouglns up
on The suiferiUgS ofthc Redoemcr, aud with.
urew' The whole cernmnny had uccupied
ABOUT lhroe quarters of an hour; aud during
mat time, the courtiers who filled the outer
fonhlHd communicated their suspicious to
e"oh Other by whispers aud significant CLAN
oes The donr was ut length thrown ourI,
Snd he crowd NgOin filed Iho chamber of
death.
II WINS now late ~ the evening. The King
seemed muclLrGleved 10y what had u,sssT
ms ciiluren were brought to his bed side the
duke Of Grafton, Southnmpt6n anA Nj
unberland,sons Of the Duchess of Il.y.in',,I
The Duke of 81. Alhau's son of Flrn,o,
Gwynn, and the Duke Of Richmond son of
The duchess Of Portsmouth. Charles bIess.
Ell them all, but spoke with peculiar tender
nessj9 Richmond. One face which shouid
have been there wns wanting The old
Nt aud best beloved child was an exile and
Wnnderer tiisn name was not once named
by his father.
= Daring the piRh, Charles earnestly rec
ommehded the Duchess of Portsmouth and
yer boy 10 The care OF James, 'And do moi -
ne good nnturedly added, "icl poor Nelly
Har'e.' Tho queen sent excuses for her all
senSe 10y tinlllnx. She said that she was too
much dsordered to resume her post .-hY-ihc
.Tucn' aud inpored pardon for any ofiesce
. Which she might unwiltingIy hive given.
que que asks pardon, poor woman" cried
NilrTT'eS; 81 nsk hers with all my heart"
II inc morning light began to peep through
10, .,e WIHdows whitehall; aud Charles de-
u 'e" The attendants to pull inside the crirtains,
~ t"' ne might have one more look at ne day
uetematked ttNt it WIS time 20 wind M a
luck winch stood near his bed These llile
oo,"'.eun'S'anceF were long remembered, he.
t""se uhey proved beyond dispute thai .whcn
~ declared himselfa Roman Catholic, lie