standing, he received a pension from the British 

 Government until the time of his death. On his 

 withdrawal from public service, he retired to his 

 country mansion, near Hartford, Conn., where he 

 died March 17th, 1877, in the 85th year of his age, 

 deeply lamented by all his friends and associates, and 

 was buried in St. Mark's Church, corner of Second 

 Avenue and Ninth Street, New York City. 



CHARLES EDWARDS. 



Mr. Charles Edwards, the eleventh President of 

 the St. George's Society from 1840 to 1841, was 

 born in England on May 30th, 1797, and came to 

 the City of New York in 1825. He was a lawyer 

 of pre-eminent ability and author of " The Chancery 

 Reports," issued in 1833, four volumes, octavo, a 

 work of such high merit as to call for a second edi- 

 tion in 1844. His second literary production was a 

 monogram entitled " The History and Poetry of 

 Finger Rings." Then came his " Feathers from 

 my Wing," " Pleasantries about Courts and Law- 

 yers," published in 1867. The amusing context of 

 this last work demonstrates most keen acumen in 

 collation and shows clearly the scholarly acquire- 

 ments of the learned author. Its dedication reads 

 thus : " I dedicate this book to Pierrepont Edwards, 

 Esq., Her Brittannic Majesty's Vice-Consul at the 



