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most earnest and particular entreaties, to relax the severity with which she watched over the moral character of the country. Vice, however exalted in rink, however robed in the gaiety of fashion, or the splendour of titles, wini rebuked by the firm mess of ber determination, pad was never suffered to paste her Court by its presence. The strict. MN of Ills rule has, it is feared, in one instance of peculiar delicacy, been most unjustly applied, and operated to the onions injury of s highly-distin guished and interesting female, whose peace cf mind sunk beneath the blow. The impression created upon the public by the QueEs's preposses sion, was, in the first instance, such as might have been expected ; nor was Parliament itself free from its influence. Time, however, has dispelled the prejudice, and in a recent debate in the House of Commons, such justice was done to the injured been anticipated from an en- virtues are not slyer successful sad it was her MAJESTY'S many yews of her life, not to Raining that fettering, though merit. It wield, perhaps, be • this circumstance, and must to a misapprehension of her character. Her charity was unos are numberless proofs of its We are unwilling et the pre pursue this subject farther. succeeding death which should to sorrow and reflection, appropriated its rights, or iu its impartial balance the the court Circular : „; change in the state of the Manley afternoon. It was of such _ Sir Hunt Ha LFOII.O to write Rimini., to hasten leis departure . Pounce Reoen:r, in cons,- Doke of Yost to accompany Their Royal Highnesses re near one o'clock, when her recoveled from her serious attack there being no appearance of thtelr Royal Higionesies left for the night. The Queen night, bit only similar to .e had frequently experienced for some past ; and the Physicians sent off an sc. emit to the PRIMO' RIOZIT, k little before eight o'clock, to that effect. In two !Mum after weeds a 'crises change foe the worse took place, 4 Sir Henna , HAL/roan mad off an express to the Ince REOZNY, which arrived soon after elevkla ..`dock st Carlton.hoose. The statemhott of Sir Ilatvoan was so slamming, that the Palace Kluane mut for the Duke of You again to at: him Matsuily, to accompany him toitel. 4 , Their Royal Highnesses atrived at Kew Pa lace before half-past twelve, and instantly went to the chamber of their expiring Parent, Who, we are kippy to say, was perfectly senkible : the scene wu most truly distressing with the Panics Mt& GUT, who had the trying task of supporting het in her last breathings, and who has been to islets; seat in his attendance day and night, contriving and ordering every thing that could possibly be devised for her relief and comfort, iu her long and 'acting illness of six mouths. His Royal High ness was misted by the Duke of Yost and his Royal Sisters. The expiring scene of the venerable and amiable Queen, the heart-sending feelings of the REGeNT, and all present, it is impos.thle to attempt to describe. They were tap. ,tortrit with much difficulty to a private room, where the REtienx continued several hours, affording every poasible comfort to his greatly afflicted Royal Sitters, and alto left for town. " The first intelligence which arrived in town of the melancholy tidings, was about half: past two o'clock, at Carlton-House, by a communi cation sested with black, to Viscount SIDAIOIIIII, se Secretary of State for the home Department ; sls o to Sir HENZY TOUREN', from the Duke of Yuetwo postpone his Royal Highness'. Levee. 'The niehanchuly tidings were soon circulated, and very numerous inquiries were sum& at Carlton -11,,a se. At three o'clock the following notification was issued to the Nobility and others, who were anxiously iuquiring " earlton-howse, Noremier 17. " Her Majesty expired at owe o'clock this day, without pain." " The Bulletin of the morning continued to be demo at the Queen's Palace till past four o'clock, no official account of the decease of tier MAJE! , ry brew received there till it V81:11 scut from Uarltun-house, when the Palace win closed, um] Colonel STIPNENIoN, who hail been in attendance 'luring the morning, left for Kew with all paw sible speed. Letters *ere MA Of by the Go" terninent Lags, which prevented the necessity of messengers to sll the [loyal Dukes, She 'l'inice slid Prince., of HEM Fluainuau, and to the Duke of ULoucErres. willo is bl iPP"r d to be 'at Stutgard. " Ms. Vick, the King's Mrvenger, was the only person sent Omani with the melancholy Lle was di. p atchrd to " Mows,. mow ..'cluck last nixlst Mr. {\lA bO. Dr lady as might have bee lightened Senate. Aiknowledgeti virtue • in ensuring popularity, inisfortoue. during nsau tunrenssekeeded is wain oneektirlit MOW or ow diffieuit to ocioliat foe e he attributed soleTy to .VGJIITY'S real clisratt tentatimie, but there ar active beuevolence.--14 scot moment to pun There is a moment SUN be considered sacred before history has yet can venture to weigh it , uteri ts of the (lead. The 'following is the " The hest ►hanging Quinn was ou Monday a nature as to cause Sir to the Plttecn Riau* from Loudon. The P (puke, sent for the Da him to Kew Palace. unlined at Kew till Manner hiving recover in the afternoon, and th immediate danger, tlat their afflicted Parent f pasted a disturbed ail 1 1 the Royal UndeAaker, arrived at Kew Pallet, to make arrangement's for the funeral of the Quaint ." We have reedited Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday last. The Duke of Almon:Aims orris , . ed at Aix.ls-Clispelle on the gth, where he was treated by the Sovereigns with ►he most marked distinction. The evacuation of France is nearly completed. The French funds have not improved since the last arrivals. They were 011 Thursday, five per Cents. 70 fr. 60 c.—Bank Stock 1,575 fr. Oa Friday, five per Cents. 70 fr. 10 c.—Bank Stock 1,375 fr. Letters from Trinidad to the 25th Sept. have been received, with a series of Orinoko Gazettes. The former state that an American schooner, with 500 kegs of gunpowder, had arrived at Angostura from the United States, having Dr. Roasto, an long con fined by the Spaniard, in Ceuta, on board. Gene nil BRRMUDIZ had collected /00 soldiers, who were iu the mountains of Guiria, and was soon to occupy all the coast to Cantons. MARillo was at Maturin, with from 1,300 to 2,000 men; and MONTRII at Cumimacoa, with 300. Adm. BRION was at Granada, victualling his ships. Margarita was full of prizes. The ships of war now remaining at Plymouth are— in Hannover. the Ineprepuble, l'onnasit, Spexcer, Superb, Revolutionaire, Mersey, Pheasant, Myr midon, Cyrus, Stoney, Maine, Britoasart, Anna, Dwarf and Active revenue cutters. The Lielsterv, SCHMIDT, from Liverpool to Gibrslts... put into Waterford on the Bth instant very leaky. and with two feet water in her hold, the crew being unable to beep her free: she is gone up for repair.. The Misserva, —, from Liverpool to Belfast, ran oa shore in Duodrum Bay on Thursday. LORD GASVAGH.—The vacancy in the Peerage of Ireland, occasioned by the extinction of three noble families, has been filled up by the promo- tion Of GEOILGE CANNING. Esq. to the title and dignity of Baron Garvagh. This Nobleman is brother-in-law to Viscount CASTLEREAGH, having Married, in 1803. the Lady Gioacitd• STEWA&T, third daughter of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, by FRANCE*. sister of .the Marquis or CAMDEN. The family of CANNING are of English origin, but have been long seated at Garvagh. in the county of Londonderry. The Right Hon. GEonGE CAR- Nino, M.P. lot Liverpool. &c. &c. descends from 'younger branch of the Garvagh family. The unexpected departure of the principal per. nonage in a family of great opulence and distinction, which has been followed by all the other branches Of that Noble House, has excited not a little sur prise, particularly as one of the party (a Noble Lord), bus so uniformly expressed his dislike to France and French Manners--and at such a season of the year too! It was with great concern we heard some time since of the accident which happened to Colonel CHitHurea. A favourite dog went mad, and bit the Colonel severely in the left baud. The usual remedy of cauterising the part was resorted to with out delay, and we are happy to add, that he is re turned to town in a state of perfect health. On Wednesday, the I ith instant, a serious affray threatened to ensue at Linlithgow, between the Highlanders and Irishmen, some hundredi of whom are employed there in the Union Canal. The par:- ties assembled, armed with picks, spadei, and other utensils of a like initure, in i park at Winchburgh, in order to have the difference decided; but the Sheriff with a party of military appearing, seized live of the Irishmen, who have been lodged in gaol, and the otheni severally dispersed. A party of dragoons from Hamilton has been stationed in Linlithgow, to prebent further tumult. It is re ported that fifteen or sixteen of the Highlanders have been very mileh hurt, several of them severely. ---IC/itigOto Heratd.) The chew of horned cattle at Leeds fair was not large, but we understand that they fetched tolera bly good prices. The horses were neither nume• rous nor valuable, and the sale was heavy. The light-fingered gentry were uncommonly active ; one Gentleman had his pocket picked of upwards of one hundred pounds in bills and provincial notes. The officers of the police took a number of suspi cious characters into rustody ; but there being nd evidence of their being actually concerned in the robbery, most of them have been since discharged. On the 30th ult. the workmen of Collingwood4. malls Colliery. in cutting through pert of the londb of Chirton, near North Shields, for a water level, came to the remains of a human body. enclosed in flag stones, set upon their edge., about four feet be low the surface, and covered over by others of • si milar description. Only • skull, and two or three mutilated bones, were found. which almost mote. diately, on being exposed to the air. crumbled iuto dust : time bottom of the enclosure contai oo o ig no thing else, except some white .and. The place where found is particularly interesting to the anti quary ; it is in the mouth-west angle of • large Ro meo elicamintient or entrenchment, in the field of liast Ciiii ton, called " Blake Chesty tr." now ,ally d Crawley. This extensive camp, on • range from Segeiluouni (Wallsend eugiue) to Tyneinmith, was a cnntiuuabou of the line of defence of the Emperor SLventiii's Wall, to the East Sea, and 111111 rather north-eastwards from Chirton watering-trough (where it may still be traced over the lands of JOHN (•431.1.11NGW000, JoHN FENWtdx, JOHN SCOTT. Esquires, and *them), to a place called Cutthroat Loaning, leading to the gallows of Roadatone Moor (a mane given by the Christians) and Tyormouth, into the lands of the Duke of NoRTHUHINALAND. The wall of Stexeus was finished in or µbout the year of the Christian era, 107 ; therefore this fortress tempt probably was in its complete state upwards of sidled', hundred years ago. The lines of the breast. works and fosses are easily traced out by the utreviti bevy of the ground.. arid it i• not difficult to 11ei ceive wrmething like where the lire° 00000 n has been. • This mushy, which is about 120 miles in kiigth, sad 30 in breadth, is hounded on the worth by the Baltic sea, by Brandeuburgh on the east; by Lwantbergli sad Dresden. burgh on the south, Sod by Holstein oa the West. Its ancient inhabitants were the fathoms Vasa* who formerly made so great a bustle in Ede*, and,, at length, had their kiegdoni reduced to this Duchy, by the Buights of the Teutonic Order, the Puks, lad the arsadeoberghers. The Vasdals were a rude, barbarous people, who had settled in this coun try at kast 1,200 years before the birth of Christ. They formed it into a powerful kingdom, and preserved its title and dignity till 1163, when its filooarch, ' , Mahlon, 11. was compelled to embrace the Christian religion, by Henry Lyon, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria; and one of our Ring's suers. tors, assisted by the Duke of Pomerania. At this time the title of Kiug of the Vandals was extinguished, and that of the Prince of ilfeekleaborgh substituted in its stead, who became a vassal to the Doke of Bavaria. However, in 1349 . lb. Prilif 41 . 4 hlecklenhurght as he was called, was created a Duke, and nude a Prince of the Empire. The remnant o f the Vandals united with the Blecklettbarghers abuse the year 1449: alter that time they sere divided into three branches, of Gestrow, Swerin, and Sheltie t but the extinction of that of Goshen, iii 1600, occasioned • lawsuit between the descendants of the two other breaches, shoat the succession ; which dispute continued till 1901, when a treaty of partition was made at Ilamhorgh, and ratified by the Einperor is the following massiser:—That Ike Duchy of thrstrow should go to the Doke of Sento, and that the Duke of &mitts should hare the C:shopric of Raitellistrg seeolatireil, and 40,000 erowlia a year from the lulls of Boilscuburstg, and i voice is the Diet of the empire. linlinff, in his NoWM !Worm* Germania, gives • kite account of the gem of shill family, which, he sae•, is lineally deerrndcJ from the Kings wr leaders sit the Vainlalw. .._ ._.t of tiseaties. The Courts of Versailles, Warsaw, Vienne, and St. Petersburgh, were leagued against him. The King of Sweden, Frederick's , brother in-lair, thought this was a favourable opportunity to invade his dominions—mad, the Russians har ing obtained a footing in Pomerania, hr raised au army, the command of which was given to Count Hrebilton, in order to ers.nperate aith than. Fre. derick succeeded in driviiig both Swedes and Has. sians I his territories—but, as he lisd been in formed, that the Duke of Aleckleiiiiiirgh w.is to have assisted tl.e Swedes, with all the troops he could raise, in case they had beta joined by the French or Russians, .and that seventh magazines had been formed in his country fur that purpose, the moment he had driven them into Stralsund. he sent • detachment of Prussian troops items the Duchy of Mecklenburgh, who not only seized the magazines, but raised contributions as if they bed been in an enemy's country, the Duke himself having, upon their approach, retired to Lubeck. The Princess Charlotte, afflicted by the distresses of her country, is stated to have written in these terms to the King of Prussia : u Nay U please your Majeity, " I am it • loss whether 1 should congratulate, or con. dole with you on your late victory; since the same success which has covered you wit► laurels, has overspread the country of Meekleaburgh with desolation. 1 know, Sire, that it seems unbecoming my sex, iu this age of vicious re finement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horrors of war, or wish for the return of peace. 1 know you may think it more properly my province to study the arts of pleasing, or to inspect subjects of • more domestic nowt ; but, however unbecoming it may be in me, 1 maim resist the desire of interceding for this unhappy people. " It was but a very few years ago, that this territory wore'the most pleasing appearance. The country was col- Heated, the peasant looked cheerful, and the towns abound. ed with riches and festivity ! What an alteration, at pre sent, from such a charming scene! I am not expert at description—nor can my fancy add any horrors to the pic ture; but sure even conquerors themselves would weep at t►e hideous prospects now before me. The whole country, my dear country, lies one frightful waste, piesenting only objects to excite terror, pity, and despair! The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite dii.contioncd; the husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers them selves, and help to ravage the soil they formerly cultivated. The towns are inhabited only by old men, women, and chit. elven; perhaps here and there a warrior, by sounds, or los s of limbs, rendered unfit for service, left at his door ; his little children Meg round him, ask an history of every wound. and grow themselves soldiers before they find strength for the field. But this were nothing, did we nut feel the alternate {animus of either army, as it happens to advance or retreat, in pursuing the operations of tie campaign :—lt is impos sible to express the confusion, even those, who can them selves our friends, create. Even those from whom we expect redress, oppress us with new calamities. From your justice, therefore, it Is, that we hope relief; In you, even &Wren watt imam may misuptais, whose humanity 'mops to the meanest petition, sod whose power is capable of re prtasiag the greatest injustice. " I am, Sire," S:c. This appeal, which soon found its way to every Court in Europe, created a great sensation at the lime. It was justly viewed as a very extraordinary production, coming from one so young and so in.. tXperietived. Rumour says, that, on his Majesty, it matte a deep impresiititi. The delicacy of senti ment, the good sense, and, above all, the warm love of country which it breathed, pointed out the Illustrious Writer as every way worthy of sharing the British throne. Ou the Bth of July, 1'761. his Majesty, having just then turned the three-and twentieth year of his age, caused his Privy Council to be specially summoned. The Council was a t:. tended by all the Great Othcers of State—and to them hie Majesty declared his iotentions in the fol lowing words " Having nothing,o much at heart, as to procure the wel fare sod happiness of my people, and to render the same stable, and permanent to posterity, I have, ever since my accession to the Throne, turned my thoughts towards the eissiee of a Princess for my coined; and I now, with great satisfaction, acquaint you, that, after the fullest informa. tier, mid matere deliberation, I am come to a resolution to deemed in marriage the Princess Charlotte of Meckkn bargh•Strelits—a Prince* distinguished by every eminent Simi', sod amiable endowment, whose illustrious line has misistantly sheen the Anneal seal for the Protestaat Reli gion, and a particular attachment to my family. I have judged proper to communicate to you these my intentions, in order that you may be fully apprized of a matter so highly important tonic, and to my kingdoms—sad which, I Persia& snyaelfs will be most acceptable to all say luring subjects:* This declaration was immediately made public, and was received with great pleasure by all ranks of people. The Earl of Harcourt boon after left England, as his Majesty's Plenipotentiary to the Court of Meckleuburgh, and arrived at Strelits, nu the 14th of August. The next morning, be performed the ceremony of making, in form, her Serene Highness the Prindess Sophia Charlotte in maniere for the King, Ins Master. The contract of marriage was immediately signed, and the Prin cess was afterwards complimented by the States of the country, and the Deputies of the towns. On the 17111, the Princess, .accompanied by the niggl ing Duke, her brother, art out fur Slide, where she arsivril on the 42d, Ind embarked on board his Majesty's yacht, accompanied by the Duche%ses of Ancaster and Hamilton, the Earl of Ilaseoutt, and Lord Anson. Falling (loam the Elbe, she prim-tied to Cuxhaven, whence she sailed for England, on the itith. After a voyage of ten dab., during which the fleet endured three violent storms, the P • •ass arrived its the port of Har wich, nil Sunday, die 6th of September. Site landed on Monday, nt Harwich, and was received .•-.,1,4,01.110•-•••• by lb* 41Infor irr 'hr' Pr ,, crerliug us bar journey about five o'ulork she mune to Colchesi , like stopped, and took refreshments at ' ir Mr. Eriew. While slie remained Great, of Colchester, being irstrodin Earl of Ilurcourt, presented her wit[ candied Eringo.root, a product of which the Royal Family always receive, travel that way. Cuedissuing her journey rived at the Alarepirs of A bercorn's, %nen, where a . 11011,11100111 enterldiuMel rioted rui the Prioress and her suite. (maned, that night, at the Mcritair of —rod, at noon, on the following the II ford, 'here the King's coach met her. ['Aviv refreshed lier Stir ai of Mr. Dutton, wine -merchant, she Royal - coach—and proceeded to Lund/ her arrival at the garden•gate of the Pril:CcISS was handed out of the the Duke of Devonshire, us Lord CI to the gate, where she was received by York. As she alighted from the coach, descended the steps from the Palace den, and they lint each other half-wa; Pinter's was going in pay her obeisance took hold of her raised her it, 11111 then led her up stair.: At air the evening; the marsilge ceremony wits in the Chapel Royal by the Arclibi , terbury, in the presence of all she Boy& the Duke of Cumberland giving the hand to the King. On the SFI.I of Sept. Alajesty's Coronation was performed splendour in Wekisriniter Abbey. ' nation Sermon was preached lay the Sarum, who took fur his text, I Ku —" Because the Lord hired 1.4 . 4..1 therefore made lie flue King to do and justice." From ihr:se words " two important trutb•—trt, That and good Rings reign, they are the nieuns God blesses a people. It is not said , ' Lord loved Solomon, but, because he r therefore made he Solomou King. et% duty and end of Royalty is to do jt jimice.—The rejoieingir throughout the this occa-ion, almost exceeded any Benue dent. Addiesees of 'culigratirlation l one all quarters—and the Onion of ilieti scented to be viewed, not wick as a Me: liiical importance, by which the regult to the Caown was likely to be preserved. species of national blessing, from a Moral connequenees were likely so proceed. dressiug the Parliament, *Lech imscrisloled Ilth of November, Lis Mejtaty . thus al' recent noion::— " My I.erds and anntirmelf, " At the opening of the first Parliament, elected uuder my authority, I will' pleartire an evens, which has made me completely fis h universal joy to lay loving sohjerig. My matriage Odom's, eminently distingnithrd by every tilt ble endowment, shad it affords use all pur.ii comfort.cauttot but highly cosalrihule to the my kingdom, which has bean, and alas), Pint object in every aetiou of my life. • • • • • • " I dare uy, your affectionate regard fur Queen, Make you go before me in what I am lion—the makingau adequate and hunourabie her support, in case she idouttlil survive me. wet only her royal dignity, hut bet own merit I earnestly recommend It to your consideratio This recontmeudution was liberally by Parliament, and, at the conclusion of on the 2.1 of June, 1162, his Majesty faithful Commons in these words :- 4 . I return you my particular thanks for the you have gives of your regard to me, and to the ample provisium you have made for the virtues and affection Mai, country *ill, I am found to deserve it." Such i* a brief •ketch of that *mall her Majesty's life which cull he fair!, the province of hi►tory. In our le.ailsiig we have endeavoured to complete it, by general outline of her habits and character. The Bishop of GLOUCESTER arli Palace, in that city, on Saturday. Miss WAXSTEIN IS perform's% at the Theatre. On Monday last a basket of ripe was served up, with the dessert, at the JOHN HERON MAXWELL, erinciiseew of Kirouclitie, N. 11. and in the open being forced in any manner whatever. On Saturday selotuight * woodcocks by the gamekeeper of his Grace the Dul FORT, between Blarkpill and hilly L Swonnes. a distance of only one time mad Recollect I HAZARD HMI CO. Sold Thirty riothosiol Pound Prises in the Ivry—Mere were boa Tito, lOW iIAILAR 0 and k BOA in Shares HAZARD snot Co.'s Office., &amp- Grie-26, eurnbill—eieg 3E4, Oxford eery no begin NEXT TUE• 4 DAY. curtains . Thirty Thunsaind Three per Cent. Consids—, Thousastl—Five oft hie Thussimsd. 4e. he. in sterling First shams Prize NEXT TUESDAY entitled ,- Consols. It has been observed by iihilo.opb: that the passion ri.r play iwt wad-% countries, and exists as 'tropic in the intlittured in the refined European. This is out son pt consider the universal Metre lite power I\llll easily tbt y may be unpaired by the sunk of every person rho NOM buts n Ticks' or Shur, Into inatepentlasire N I it. vets Prix will a emir, taste of the roar Ptim sat Tl.t , Numb, in adihnau So whansser laze it may I . r -- . , .ell' 11.1141 11/i• y to Loh , foot, i 'heat. , r, When. i 1 the house of '4 ;,: : .d herr. Mr, •,„„ . luctd I.y the f tio it box Of t r Colchester. re. when they .: t it ' unary, she air- 4, 141011 ullar sent was pro- i te. She re- uf A ben:ones • hay. come to I rod seivants • • a Ir at the house .1 ... 4 0 e entered the ' ..: ...motto'. (lia 4 ' the Palace, he coach, by .• Chainhed din, I ' the I)aake of It, his Majesty i • into the gar- ~ 'way. As the ...i lace, the li.og v . up, sainted :- Me o'clock in ' (is performed 4 .i.hop of Can. , rya! Family.— : f ' he Princess's 'ember. their I with great The Curo. he ilishop of Kings, n ,, 9 i el, for ever, • do jiidgenent ' he deslbi:rd I when glint leans I*.yeliieh I, because the e loved laurel, • ‘2(l, Thit 11., judgment and .:.• 'Sr COUlltry, ell 4 forma- r pa ere- 4 na me d in Both 1 !wit IJan:sty's 4 4 : Reasaire of 110. •, dor sucet anima ved—but ass .. Lich the best .1 ertd. ill lad. *gilded on the alluded to his .' , summoned sod • e lake notice of ' :1 lamps, will R ine 1 metric:am laid, a hi aite anti antis. i .ao.ild hhl e da, alie • I I :he laapoiaors of.; . ' I )• shall be, is ..- i . A • • • •• • . 'ale me and lb. • ans oast to MM.!, pie provision 111 •. This is %ion ; ' it calls for—and , 1 ibu." . r y attended to , of the Session, . . . r thanked hit 1 I .'t the proof *Web ':, 1 I my family; it : 1 Queen—taboo, a ins eonfidetit, be L . , 1 111 portion of ly considered ''. e.adain; article 2 1 by thawing a racier. • • . , , i lived At the • . , he Wateiford ' .. ! strawberrie, - \,` r table of Sir . *to tile 'orates, it air, .without Its were killed lake of BEA/. •,: ‘ ... ybrialue, facer It , a and a hull! 4: uld Boih the • .14 hr Last Lot- ',, 1 id Cu. maid m in - . .•, p .1 . 4 . 4, Royal FA. or.l,llreell. Lot- " - 4 1 Foote Prize, of • .—Two of FiPll 'steeling Mitlery. • itled to Cd 0,0410 . ‘ li . :e traysllene. • i 01l ages oitil 'i lured 1 , 161111(•, no ; 3 1101111, ab. Is Ur , 1 ....Atli. 05t.1.1,..w . Id F..rtn..e; .644. ihAsr, %nay Iry ' * wrn Ova dr , wo • . • ~ Maly 1 lo.osaild ~.. . a ....1, • . ' . . ~.. _ • The Biogripher. who, a stranger to the small talk of Coon, xits down for the purpose of sketch ing the Memoir of a Qseen-Constirt, undertakes a task more, difficult than may, at first view, he imagined. His ground-worjt upsst necessarily be confined—Zinc; bot few of show fire-side anecdotes which give the best and clearest Insight into private character, arc likely to reach him ;—yet his readers will, perhapi, attribute the want of copiosisness and variety in his narrative, rather to the absence of diligence and research on his part, than to its true cause, the paucity of materials. The case is very different, when the life of a Monarch—pa•ticu lady of an English Monarch—is to be written. The measures of the Ministry whom he r voU ri— his approbation of particular proceedings, affect ing either his own subject., or those of neighbour ing Statea—mark, with perfect decision. his political bias; Whilst the character of bie individuals whom he collects around him, at periods of relaxation, or of those whom he occasionally honours by be coming their guest, afflands a tolerably fair criterion by which his moral fetlings may be estimated. He is, indeed, ais completely before the public—his actions are so much exposed to observation and discussion—that little can escape popular notice. even where concealment may be thought advisable. The same remark is no less applicable to Queens-Regnant. Our Mary, Eliza beth, and Anne—the second Catharine of Russia— Maria Theresa, of Hungary, and many others, have left behind them ample materials for the biographer and the historian—but, of the Queen-Consort. un less indeed where sloe usurps authority, or misfor tune pursues her—(instances of which are not very numerous in our history)—comparatively little can be known. Her late Majesty was remarkable, almost to a proverb, from her first arrival in England, for her attachment to the pleasures of domestic retire ment. A character so constituted, like the author, whose history is to be sought for in his works, pre. sents no grand and imposing feature, on which the moralist might speculate, or to whose influence the politician might trace certain events. the cause of which he had before vainly attempted to discover. Her Majesty the PrinceasSophis-Charlotte-Caroline, of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, the youngest daughter of Charles-Lewis, brother to Adolphus Frederick, third Duke of Mecklenbtargh-Strelitt, by Alber tine-Elizabeth, daughter of Ernest-Frederick, Duke of Satre-Hilbourghaumen, was born on the 16th of May, 1744. Her father, however, though in the immediate line of inheritance, as his brother the reigning Doke bad no isswt, and was un usarvied, did net soceeed to , tliPqreincipality he died before his brother, and thus, upon the death of Frederick, the succession devolved upon his nephew, Adolphus Frederick the Fourth, brother to her Majesty. We are not very accurately in formed of the reasons which induced the union be tween our venerable and afflicted Sovereign, and the Princess of Mect lenburgh-Strelite. it hard- ly could have been with any political view— with any hope of strengthening the English in fluence on the Continent—since the territory of the Dukes of Mecklenburgh was extremely confined— and, indeed, they had little else to boast of than an ancient mimes. It is, however, said. that his Ma. jedy first formed the ides of demanding the hand of the Pdocess in marriage, in consequence of a leiter which was generally supposed to have been addressed by her, about the year 1758, to the King of Prussia, who had caused contributions to be levied on her father's territories. We subjoin the letter— which does infinite credit to the feelings that die. tated it, and to the taste that was consulted in iti composition—leaving it to our 'residers to judge whe ther it is not more like the production of a matured understanding, than the offspring of the mind of ti female, who, at the time, was scarcely fourteen years of age. The Cause of the appeal was this : In the latter end of 1757, the King of Prusvais, 6