order. The alarming bulletin of Friday was then published. From that time the state of the Prince was one of the greatest danger. On Friday evening it was thought probable that he would not survive the night; and the Prince of Wales who had been telegraphed for to Cambridge, arrived at the Castle by special train about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. All night the Prince continued very ill, but in the forenoon of Saturday a change for the better took place. Unhappily, it was only the rally which so often precedes dissolution; but it gave great hopes to the eminent physicians in attendance, and was communicated to the public as soon as possible. The ray of hope was fated soon to be quenched. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon a relapse took place, and the Prince, who from the time of his severe seizure on Friday had been sustained by stimulants, began gradually to sink. It was half-past 4 o'clock when the last bulletin was issued, announcing that the patient was in a critical state. From that time there was no hope. When the improvement took place on Saturday, it was agreed by the medical men that if the patient could be carried over one more night his life would, in all probability, be saved. But the sudden failure of vital power which occurred in the afternoon frustrated these hopes. Congestion of the lungs, the result of complete exhaustion, set in, the Prince's breathing became continually shorter and feebler, and he expired, without pain, at a few minutes before eleven o'clock. He was sensible, and knew the Queen to the last. The Duke of Cambridge and the following gentlemen connected with the Court were present-General Bruce, Sir Charles Phipps, General Grey, General Bentinck, Lord Alfred Paget, Major Du Plat, General Seymour, Colonel Elphinstone, and the Dean of Windsor.

FURTHER DETAILS.

A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says:-"On Saturday night, about half-past eight o'clock, when no hope remained, her Majesty and her children were admitted into the chamber of death to take a last earthly farewell of the Prince. All were present save the Crown Princess of Prussia, Prince Alfred, and Prince Leopold. At ten o'clock General Biddulph, Master of the Household, entered the Prince's chamber. The Prince did not know him. A state of coma had supervened, which continued until death; and in about an hour the sufferer ceased to breathe.

"The Prince's sufferings during the last day or two of his life are said to have been agonizing. When an attempt was made to lift him, or move his position, his groans were distressing to hear. During the latter part of Saturday his weakness was so great, he could not raise his head from his pillow.

"The Queen's attention to her Royal consort has been most exemplary and unceasing. As his disorder approached its crisis, the Prince could not bear her to leave the room, and was impatient for her return. The Queen and the Princess Alice sat up with him the whole of Friday night. About three o'clock they were joined by the Prince of Wales, who remained with them during the rest of their mournful vigil. A gentleman who has seen the corpse, informs methat the features have more than the usual pallor of death. The face, always composed and statuesque in expression, is wonderfully calm, placid, and peaceful in death. It is as if the figure had been suddenly transmuted into the whitest alabaster. "It appears that Prince Albert has not been in a good state of health since his return from Scotland.

His illness dates, however, from his visit to the Prince of Wales at Cambridge, about a month ago, when he went out shooting, got wet through, and, it is said, was imprudent enough to sit in his wet clothes. The private apartments and corridors at Windsor Castle, are, I hear, kept at a temperature of about 60, and hence the Prince took with him to Cambridge a susceptibility to cold, which rendered any long exposure imprudent, if not dangerous. About a fortnight since, the Queen and Prince Consort reviewed the Eton School Volunteer Rifle Corps. The rain fell fast during the ceremony, and the Prince was seized on the ground with pains in the back, resembling an attack of lumbago. became feverish and complained of pains in his limbs. Confinement to his room was ordered. Gastric fever supervened, and wasted his strength. Typhoid fever followed, and his five physicians were unable to make head against this combination of maladies. I hear that Sir James Clark, a week ago, prophesied that Saturday night would be the crisis of the patient's disorder. Sir James and Dr. Jenner remain at the Castle, as a matter of caution. Dr. Jenner is an eminent authority in cases of fever, but it is consolatory to know that there is nothing infectious in the disease which carried off the Prince."

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This fact will, we are sure, give the greatest satisfaction to the country, and we may add that, after the death of the Prince, the Queen, when the first passionate burst of grief was over, called her children around her, and, with a calmness which gives proof of her great natural energy, addressed them in solemn and affectionate terms, which may be considered as indicating the intentions of a sovereign who feels that the interests of a great nation depend on her firmness. Her Majesty declared to her family that, though she

felt crushed by the loss of one who had been her companion through life, she knew how much was expected of her, and she accordingly called on her children to give her their assistance, in order that she might do her duty to them and to the country. That her Majesty may have health and strength to fulfil these noble intentions, that she may live many years and possess that gift of grace that shall insure a heavenly after an earthly throne, is the ardent desire and prayer of THE EDITOR OF THE GLEANER.

OUR NATIONAL LOSS.

Mysterious are the ways of God!

Man cannot fathom them; nor know
Wherefore He now inflicts the rod,
Or suffers sorrow here below.

Nations before Him rise and fall:
He overturneth whom He will.

The lowly rise up at His call,

And some the highest places fill.
He taketh whom He will away;

No hand can stay His mighty power,
The wisest, noblest, here to-day

May sink and die in one short hour.
Our nation mourns! Long will it mourn
For ALBERT, Consort of our Queen!
Death has been here—and, ruthless, torn
Away an oak-all fresh and green.
Millions of hearts in sadness bow;

Millions of knees all humbly bend;
A nation mourns; and men feel now
Our Queen has lost her dearest friend.

A nation mourns! with her they mourn,
Now widowed Queen of Queens the best!
God comfort her! all lone, forlorn!

God give her comfort, sweetest, best!
Almighty hear us! whilst we pray!
Look down upon this mournful scene!
Our widowed Queen's deep sorrow stay!
A nation prays, "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!"'
ANON.

THE FIRST THEFT.

(TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.)

EMILY DUPONT was about ten years old. Her mamma was very ill, and had been confined to her bed for several months. She was a good little girl, and had received a reward for attention at the Sunday-school. Every morning she made her papa's tea, took charge of the store-room, and took the keys into her mamma's room before going to school. Alas! Emily liked sweetmeats too much. It cannot be said that it is a fault to have a taste for them; but I have often thought that it might lead to much unhappiness, if not reproved in time, and by judicious

means.

Emily, who had had care of the keys for some time, had shown the strictest honesty and faithfulness; but one morning, while filling the sugar-basin, a piece fell on the ground. She looked for it, but was unable to find it; so she took the keys to her mamma. Scarcely had she returned into the room, than she perceived the sugar under a chair; but not thinking it worth while to fetch the keys again, she ate it.