nia of all future first-born sons of English kings, or they may
have tilted with lance and pennon on the Field of the Cloth of Gold; but
here de Levis, with his petition sternly denied, was forced to retire in
anger, filled with humiliation at the failure of his intercession.

It may be imagined with what conflicting emotions he entered the
following words in his journal:--

"The British sent a detachment to _Place d'Armes_ with artillery,
whither our battalions marched one after another, to lay down their
arms, and the enemy took possession of the posts and watches of the
city." As they filed past the Chateau, which was on their line of march,
many a heavy heart beat beneath the blue coats, and when a few days
later they embarked with their chief for France, even valour need not
have been ashamed if tears dimmed the sight of the English colours
flying from their flag staffs, and the fair land fading from their sight
forever.

The Chateau de Vaudreuil was then dismantled of its treasures of fine
china and specimens of the arts revived in what is known as the
_Renaissance_, when everything that was exquisite in painting,
sculpture, working in metals, and art in all its forms had received such
an impetus from the Italian artists whom Louis the Fourteenth gathered
around his court, as well as from the influence of Madame de Pompadour,
whose taste, unhappily, far exceeded her morals. It was purchased by
Chartier de Lotbiniere, and it is pleasant to chronicle that a few years
ago his direct descendant, M. de Lery Macdonald, while visiting France,
had the honour of meeting la Comtesse de Clairemont-Tonnerre, the last
living representative of the De Vaudreuil family, who graciously
presented to him the "_Croix St. Louis_," which had been bestowed upon
the first Vaudreuil who held an official position in Canada, which relic
is now to be seen in the Chateau de Ramezay.

The old fortifications of Ville Marie were planned by a de Lery; he, and
the military engineer who traced out his campaigns with Bonaparte, and
whom he called the "_Immortel General_," were members of this family, in
the possession of which are priceless old tapestries, which were gifts
from royalty as rewards of diplomatic or personal services.

About a year after the evacuation of Quebec, Murray was sitting in the
chilliness of an October evening by the chimney meditating. As he gazed
at the glowing fire of maple logs, he may have fancied that he saw again