The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-10 00:00:00

SUI 4. LO O_ WIMI.4.IESDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 18411

cal attendants (Sir James Clark, Dr. Ferguson,
and Mr. Blagden) were her Royal Highness
the Duchess of gent, the Lady in Waiting,
on the Queen, and the following Officers of State

and Lords of the Privy Council :—The Lord

Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of
the Horse, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord
Chancellor, the Bishop of London, Sir Robert
Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, Duke of Buckingham,
Sir James Graham, and the Marquis of Exeter
(Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert).-

On the arrival of the " illustrious stranger" the
following historical account of the " state and
service" which await his Royal Highness will be

acceptable to our readers :

The Prince of Wales is the eldest son of Eng-
land. He is born Duke of Cornwall ; and im-
mediately entitled to all the rights, revenues,
&c., belonging thereto, as being deemed in
law at full age on his birth-day. His re-
venues, as Duke of Cornwall, have been com-
puted at 14,000/. per annum. The revenues of the
principality were estimated, three hundred and
fifty years ago, at 4,6801. per annum. This re-
venue is considerable now compared with what
appertained to it at the time of its first institu-
tion, for in the time of King Edward 111. the
total revenue of the principality, with the Duchy
of Cornwall and the Earldom of Chester, was
9,982/. 12s. 7d.
" Prince of Wales" and " Earl of Chester"
are titles which are bestowed upon the King's
son in after years, being thus widely unlike the
title of "Duke of Cornwall," with which he is
'born. On his creation as Prince of Wales and
Earl of Chester, the investiture is performed by
imposition of a cap of state, and a coronet, a
verge of gold, and a ring. He holds the Princi-
pality by patent granted him and his heirs by
the Kings of England.
Till the time of the creation of this title, the
eldest son of England was called Lord Prince.
Whilt Normandy remained to the King of
England, the eldest son was always styled Duke
of Normandy ; since the Union his title is
Magnce Britannice Princeps.

One great reason for the creation of Princes
of Wales appears to have been, because the
Princes, getting experience by governing their
own estates, as well in time of war as in peace,
might be the fitter to govern the greater king-
dom upon the decease of their fathers. This is
very evident from the answer King Henry 111.
gave to Prince Edward, his son, when he be-
sought his father's help and assistance against
Llewellyn the last Welsh Prince. The King
made answer—" Quid ad me ? Terra tua est ex
dono meo, excita vires primitivas, Tama, excita
Juveniles, ut de ccetero timeant initnici !"

From what source the title of Prince of Wales

was first transferred to the sons and heirs appa-
rent of England is well known, but when it be-
gan in them not so clearly. The Princes of
Wales—of North Wales especially—being in
the earlier times Welshmen, held the country
under the Kings of England, and their usual
title under this seignorage, was PrincepslVallice
and Dominus Snowdonie.

Others place the beginning of this title in
Edward, son and heir to Edward 1., from the
commonly accredited story of the King's sending
for Queen Eleanor, who was then with child, to
he delivered at Carnarvon Castle. After she
was delivered, he summoned around him the re-
fractory chiefs of Wales, and asked them if he
brought them a Prince who was most free from
all kind of blemish upon his honour, and could
not speak one word of English, whether they
would accept him as Prince. Their answer was
in the affirmative. The baby Prince was pro-
duced, and manhood gave him the spurs, plumes,
and arms of a veritable Prince of Wales. The
words of the original Charter referring to the
creation, investiture by symbol, and the territo-
ries appurtenant to the title, runs :
" De consilio et concensu Prtelatorum, Comi-
tum, Baronum, et Communitatutn Regni nostri
Anglire, in generali Parliamento nostro apud
Westtnonasterium convocato ipsum Edward=
Principem Wallite fecirnus et creavimus et dic-
tum Principatum sibi dedimus et concessimus et
per• cartam nostram confirmavimus ac ipsum de
dicto Principatu, per Sertum in capite, et annu-
l= in digito aureum, ac Virgam argenteam in-
vestivimus juxta morem, habendum et tenendum
de nobis sibi et hwiedibus suis Regibus Anglite
in perpetuum, cum omnibus Dominiis et terris
nostril orthwalliae, Westwallite, Southwallite,
ac Dominio Castro, Villa et Comitatu de Caer-

narvan," &c. &c. &c.

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

The arms of the Prince of Wales are the
Royal arms, with the addition of a crest of
ostrich feathers, and the motto " Ich dien" (I
serve), said to have been adopted by the Black
Prince, from a Prince of Bohemia, whom he
slew at Cressy. But all hands are not agreed
upon this account, and a very considerable party
in the antiquarian world say that the motto arose
upon Edward the First's presenting his infant
son to the Welsh, as related above, who have
agreed to accept a native Prince from him, with
the words " Eieh dyn" (This is your man).
The Prince of Wales is reputed in law the
same person with the King; to imagine his
death, or to violate his wife, and also the Prin-
cess Royal, or eldest daughter of the King, is
high treason by stat. 25 Edw. 111., as much as
to conspire the death of the King, or violate the
hastity of the Queen ; the reason of whfch is
that the Prince of Wales is next in succession
to the Crown, and to violate his wife might taint
the blood royal with bastardy. On failure of
male issue, the eldest daughter of the King is.
Heiress Presumptive to the Crown, and therefore
more respected by the laws than any of her
younger sisters, insomuch that upon this, united
with other (feodal) principles while our military
tenures were in force, the King might levy an
aid for marrying his eldest daughter, and her

only.
Her,Majesty is the first Queen Regnant who
has given birth to a Prince of Wales
PRINCES OF WALES OF THE ROYAL HOUSES
OF PLANTAGENET, TUDOR, STUART, AND
GUELPH.

Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God who is our home."—WORDSWORTIL

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The subsequent list, affording a view of all our
English Princes, from the time of the creation
of this dignity down to the present Infant Prince,
who has just entered the world at Buckingham
Palace, not only clears up this fact, but furnishes
data, which show the destinies and fates of all
those who, in former days, have borne the rank,
enjoyed the estate, and been invested with the
crown, ring, and verge of the Princedom.
HOUSE OF PLANTAGENET.
The son of Edward T. (afterwards Edward II.),
was the first Prince of Wales, holding in virtue
thereof the Principality of Wales and Earldom
of Chester,
and governance of Guienne. He also
had the dominion of the realm of Ireland, by
which the Princess his wife had the duties and
sum of money called "Queen-gold."
King Edward 111., Prince Edward of Wind-
, sor, was created Prince of Wales by a Parlia-

111Clit holden at York in the 15th year of his
reign, this Prince being then ten years old. In
later times the practice has been to create the
eldest son of the reigning sovereign Prince of
Wales a few days after his birth.

Edward the Black Prince, so called from the
colour of his armour, was created Prince of Wales;
he was the hero of Cressy and Poictiers, and mar-
ried Joan, commonly called the " Fair Maid of
Kent." .

The son of Henry IV., afterwards Henry V.,
was Prince of Wales in 1388. He was the re-
nowned hero of Agincourt.
Henry VI. was created Prince of Wales at the
time of his birth, 1421. Married the celebrated
Margaret of Anjou.

Edward IV. was created a Prince of Wales by
his fatlter at the time of his birth, 1441. He fell
in the battle of St. Alban's. He was succeeded
by the Prince of Wales, who became
Edward V., born Nov. 4, 1470. This Prince
was murdered in the Tower by order of the Pro-
tector Gloucester, afterwards Richard the Third,
who married Lady Anne Neville, daughter of
the Earl of Warwick, by whom he had a son,
Edward, Prince of Wales, who died before his
father.

of Morton, Earl and Countess of Beverley,
Lady L. Percy, Earl and Countess of Rad-
nor, Lady Jane Bouverie, Viscount
bourne, Countess Morley, Viscount and
.Viscountess Hawarden, Viscount and Viscountess
Sidmouth, Bishop of Norwich, the Ladies Gore,
Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord and Lady Radstock,
Lord and Lady Colville, Lord W. Lennox, Lord.
C. Wellesley,-Lady Delazouche, Lord and Lady
Kinnaird, Lord. Covington, Lord Hill,•Lord and
Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Alicia Gordon,
Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Gordon,
, Lady Willoughby de . Eresby, Miss Wil-
longhby, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord
and Lady Denman, Lord and Lady F. So-
merset, the Vice-Chancellor of England, Lady
Wheatley,- Misses Wheatley, Hon. Mrs. E.
Goulburn, Lady Coltman, Mr. and Mrs: Ashley,
Hon. Major Murray, Miss Murray, Hon. Capt.
I Dtmcombe, Hon. and Rev. E. and Lady Maria
Keppel, Hon. Miss Addington, Mrs. George E.
Anson, Mr. Justice Williams, Colonel Sir George
and Lady Couper, Sir John and Lady Macdonald,
Miss Macdonald, Lieut.-General Sir G. and Lady
Quentin, Miss Quentin, Sir Robert Gordon,
Sir Charles Bagot, Admiral Sir G. Cockburn,
Sir R. and Lady Otway, Sir Samuel G. Higgins,
Sir Frederick Stovin, Sir Robert Wilson, Lieut.-
General Sir George Murray, Sir Charles and
Lady Aldis, Mrs. Howley, Mrs. Thesiger, Mr.
George Hayter, Mr.. Nicholas Carlisle, K.H.
Rev. Dr. Kuper, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley,
Miss Stanley, Mr. Lister Parker, Mr. Keate, Mr.
and Lady C. Egerton, -Mr: and Mrs. Newnham,
Major and Mrs.Waymouth, Miss Burdett Coutts,
Mr. and Mrs. George` Hope, &c.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent re-
turned to Buckingham Palace last evening.
The Earl of Hardwicke and the Hon. Captain
Meynell have succeeded the Earl of Morton
and the Hon. Captain Duncombe, as the Lord
and
.Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.

Mr. Fergusson of Woodhill, and Majot
M'Arthur, had interviews with Lord Stanley
yesterday at the Colonial-office.

Last night many of the tradesmen of the
metropolis testified their loyalty and their
joy upon the auspicious event of the birth
of a Prince by illuminating their houses.
Although the time for preparing the lamps, erect-
ing the apparatus, &c., was short, some of the
illuminations were tasteful, if not magnificent.

Amongst the most conspicuous at the West-
end for their beauty, were the following:—
The Carlton Club-house, Pall-mall—P. W.,
and a splendid star in gas.
Percival, Musical Instrument-maker to the
Queen, St. James's-street--A large star in va-
riegated
Swain and Isaacs, 185, Piccadilly—P. W., and
a star in gas.
Wyld, Map-maker to her Majesty, West
Strand—A star in coloured lamps.
And the Adelaide Gallery, West Strand; dis-
played on the roof a powerful light, called the
" Drummond Light."