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acting upon, he would in time recover his strength of 

 mind as well as that of his body ; and there also was a 

 chance — as his old friend and neighbour in his own 

 county, Colonel Proctor, then at Boulogne, observed — 

 of his altering his former course of life, from the expe- 

 rience he micrht have of the benefits arising- from tem- 

 perance and exercise. But alas, poor man ! this chance 

 was denied him. At the end of the second month he 

 was, by false representations made to his mother, once 

 more let loose ; and from that hour to the last of his 

 life, his poor shattered bark was never out of a sea of 

 troubles. He had nearly been suffocated with brandy 

 on his voyage to London by the steamer, the day after 

 he left the chateau ; and, as was evident to all parties, 

 so soon as he was cauo-ht in En^^land he would be in 

 a gaol ! Why, then, was he taken to England "^ and 

 why was his life thus suffered to be sacrificed .-* Why, 

 merely to enable him to sign deeds conveying away 

 the last remaining acre of his unentailed property, 

 which he could not do when in the situation from 

 which he was taken, and which, it appears, when done, 

 did not secure his person from the griping fangs of 

 the law. He did sign them, however, and his own 

 death-warrant by the same act and deed. There 

 might be other reasons for getting him to England, 



