[Footnote 133:  While these remarks-were in type, we heard accidentally
of a large monument, in the cathedral at Winchester, to the memory of
Sir George Prevost, with a laudatory inscription, for a copy of which we
immediately wrote to a friend, and which we now transcribe without
comment, as we respect the feelings of conjugal affection by which the
epitaph was evidently dictated. 
    “Sacred to the memory of Lieut.-General Sir George Prevost,
    Baronet, of Belmont, in this County, Governor-General and
    Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America; in
    which command, by his wise and energetic measures, and with a
    very inferior force, he preserved the Canadas to the British
    Crown from the repeated invasions of a powerful enemy.  His
    constitution at length sank under incessant mental and bodily
    exertion, in discharging the duties of that arduous station;
    and having returned to England, he died shortly afterwards in
    London, on the 5th of January, 1816, aged 48, thirty-four
    years of which had been devoted to the service of his Country. 
    He was intered near the remains of his father, Major-General
    Augustus Prevost, at East Barnet, in Hertfordshire.  His Royal
    Highness the Prince Regent, to evince in an especial manner
    the sense he entertained of his distinguished conduct and
    services during a long period of constant active employment,
    in stations of great trust, both Military and Civil, was
    pleased to ordain, as a lasting Memorial of His Majesty’s
    Royal Favor, that the names of the Countries where his Courage
    and Abilities had been most signally displayed—­the West
    Indies and Canada—­should be inscribed on the Banners of the
    Supporters, granted to be borne by his Family and Descendants. 
    In testimony of his Private Worth, his Piety, Integrity and
    Benevolence, and all those tender, domestic virtues, which
    endeared him to his Family, his Children, his Friends, and his
    Dependants, as well as to prove her unfeigned Love, Gratitude,
    and Respect, Catherine Anne Prevost, his afflicted Widow,
    caused this Monument to be Erected.  Anno Domini 1819.”
]

[Footnote 134:  Including the editor, ten; viz. two died young, of scarlet fever, and were buried in the same coffin; two drowned at different times; two slain; two died at sea, while passengers on board his majesty’s packets from Rio de Janeiro to Falmouth, on the same day of the same month (15th August) in different years, 1833 and 1837! and only two still survive.]

[Footnote 135:  See pages 222, 223, 227, 238, 307, 339, 360, 364 and 366.]

CHAPTER XVI.

Thomas Porter, a faithful servant of Sir Isaac Brock, was sent to England with his effects, and at the request of the family, was discharged from the 49th regiment, in which he was borne as a soldier, and in which he had an only brother, their father having been killed, while also in the regiment, on board the Monarch, at Copenhagen.  The Commander-in-chief readily sanctioned the discharge of Porter, “as a small tribute to the memory of a most gallant and valuable officer.”