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late King William IV., where I met a party of twelve or fifteen people of the first rank, and passed a very pleasant evening, break ing up at twelve o'clock. The Duke is a very intelligent, agreeable man. He asked me when coming away to come and see him whenever I should find it convenient; and offered me any letters I might wish to use either in England or on the Continent. I

had before been at the prorogation of Parliament by Queen Victoria, his niece, in person, and was, afterwards, presented to her at St. James Palace at her first levee. In reply to some questions she asked me, I had ven tured to offer her a little compliment, which appeared to be well received, and was responded to in a very modest manner, and in a somewhat lower tone of voice than she had before spoken in, accompan ied by a smile and bow. Her manner STEVENSON was such that I was disposed to say more, but was restrained by the occasion, and the many handsome eyes that I perceived to be upon me; for the apartment was filled with all the high officers of court, and foreign ambassadors waiting to be pre sented, to few, if any, of whom did she say a word. Immediately after leaving the Queen, the Duke of Sussex called out : ' Mr. Buchanan, you must shake hands with me' (at the same time holding out his hand), and when he had mine said : ' When all this bustle is over, in which I take an inter est, for this young Queen is my niece, you

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must come and see me; I want to have a long and close talk with you.' " When pre sented to the Queen at the time of her coro nation, Judge Buchanan ventured to say: "Madam, may your reign be as happy as its beginning is auspicious! " The Queen received the remark most graciously, smiling instead of frowning, which he had almost a right to expect, as it is against court eti quette to address a remark to royalty, unless spoken to first. After a delightful and interesting visit of nine months to England, Judge Buchanan returned home, and resumed his place as Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals of Mary land. At that time the constitutional limitation of seventy years was not in ex istence in Maryland, and Judge Buchanan continued to fill the office for seven years longer, with honor to himself, and to the entire satisfaction of archer. the Bar and people of Maryland. His death took place at his home in Washington County, Maryland, in 1845. Ezekikl F. Chambers, one of the most distinguished associate justices of the Mary land Court of Appeals, was born in Kent County, Md., on the 28th of February, 1788. After passing the Bar, he entered at once into a large practice, which in the course of a few years extended over the whole of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. For fifty years from 18 17, he was one of the leading lawyers of the State. In 1826 he was.elected