YEAR 88. 243 



of the battle of Qulloden, the order for no quarter to be given 

 upon the back of a nine of diamonds, there not happening to 

 be a piece of paper at hand. The story is related in different 

 ways, but it is too unimportant to merit attention. 



ESTHER. 



Then there is the year 88, which is remarkable as having 

 been fatal to the Stuart family. 



HENRIETTA. 



How, Esther] 



f ' ' 



ESTHER. 



In 1488, James III lost a battle against his subjects, by 

 whom he was pursued and assassinated. 



In 1588, Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded. 



In 1688, James II abdicated the British crown; and 



In 1788, died Prince Charles James Stuart, the last of the 

 race who made any attempt to recover the English crown. 



FREDERICK. 



Are there any of the house of Stuart still alive? 



MRS. F. 



None. Cardinal York, who styled himself Henry the 

 Ninth, and who was brother to Prince Charles, died at Rome 

 in 1808, aged 82. 



HENRIETTA. 



Who was the Countess of Albany, of whom I have heard 

 speak 1 ? , 



MRS. v. 



She was the widow of the young Pretender, who was 

 called in his childhood by that title, which he afterwards re- 

 sumed on his retirement into Tuscany. The Countess of 

 Albany always bore the arms of England upon her carriage, 

 and assumed the royal liveries. She died in 1824, at Rome, 

 where she had resided the greater part of her life. In St. 

 Peter's repose the mortal remains of the last of this unfortu- 



