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26 in the Chair with greater difficulty than the day before, and required more aid and support in every movement. The expression of his countenance however, was perhaps more satisfactory. He transacted some business with Sir H. Taylor, and affixed his signature to four documents- - two appointments of Colonial judges, and a free pardon to a Condemned Criminal. This was His Majesty's last act of sovereignty. Increasing debility prevented the repetition of a similar exertion, and thus, in the closing scene of his life, was beautifully and practically exemplified by an act of mercy, that spirit of benevolence and forgiveness which shone with such peculiar lustre in His Majesty's character,
