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MRS. KING. economical be bad been at cbarges for educating bis ebildren. Lord Castlereagb supported ber prayer, on the ground of King's " unremitting zeal and integrity'* durinoj
- more tban twenty years' ser%dee in forming subordinate
eettlements in tbat remote quarter of the globe, or in conducting the government of the wbole," Tbe pension recommended by Lord Castlereagb, £200 a-year, was at once awarded. Sbe retmnied, after many years, to the land of the Soutb, and lived and died beloved by ber children and grand- cbildren. Her son rose to the rank of Admiral, and was called by various Governors to assist in the councils of the colony. Tbe writer of these lines can recall to bis memory her intelligence, lier matronly dignity, and ber piety.
