SIR,—It may interest your readers to know that the sole
surviving descendant of Sir Hudson Lowe has lately passed away. Miss Clara Lowe, who was born at St. Helena in 1819, has lived a very quiet life for many years at Upper Tooting, kept within doors by failing health; but until the last few weeks her memory was extremely good concerning the events of her father's career. It was my privilege to have many con- versations with her on that topic, and to see copies of the letters which referred to the services that he had rendered to his country. Among these were extracts from letters of the Czar Alexander I., Field-Marshal Bliicher, and General Gneisenau. The Czar, in a letter referring to Lowe's conduct as British Commissioner at the Russian and Prussian head- quarters in the campaigns of 1813-14, used these memorable words :—" Je l'estime beaucoup : je l'ai connu dans lee temps critiques." She also recalled the marks of esteem shown to her father by the Prince Regent in 1814 when he brought to this country the news of Napoleon's first abdication; and the not less remarkable reception accorded to him by George IV. after his return from St. Helena. Miss Lowe cherished the quiet confidence that the slanders uttered so malignantly and so persistently against her father's memory would be cleared away ; and she rejoiced to know that the investigations of Mr. Seaton, Professor Meyer, of Berlin, and others tended
A LODGE IN THE WILDERNESS.
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