HON. CHARLES WILSON

Hon. Charles Wilson was the sixth son of thé late Alexander Wilson, Esq., Collector of Customs at Coteau du Lac. His mother was a daughter of Captain Alonteith d'Aillebout, a gentleman who held a commission in the French Arni}^, and who, after the capitulation of Canada to General Amherst, after the death of Wolfe, in 1759, entered the English service instead of returning to France, according to the ternis of the capitulation. The honorable gentleman was born at Coteau du Lac, April, 1808. In 1838, lie married the sister of the late Dr. Tracy of Montréal. He was the head of one of the largest firms in the city engaged in the hardware