The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-23 00:00:00

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

Hannay and Dietrichsen's Almanack for 1839 contains
the following statement, from which it will he seen that there
are-oulpfiee grandchildren of George theThild in existence,
altheulth' he had fifteen sons and daughters. George the
ThiFdlima Queen Charlotte (says the Almanack) were the
parents of fifteen children, nine sons and six daughters; in
theefotlowing order of birth, viz.:—
Born. Died.
1 George, Prince of Wales (George IV.) 1762 1830
2 Frederick, Duke of York . 1763 1827
3 William, Duke of Clarence (William I V.) 1765 1837
4 Charlotte, 'Princess Royal (Queen of Wir-
iemberg)
5 Eldirard. Duke of Kent . 1767 1820
6 Augusta Sophia
7 Elizabeth, Princess of Hesse-Homburg
8 Erne!, Duke of Cumberland
9 Augustus, Duke of Sussex
10 Kdotplins, Duke of Cambridge
11 Mary, Duchess of Gloucester
12 Sophia 1777
13 Octavius
14 Alfred
15 Amelia 1783 1810
From the above it will be seen that the five eldest and three
youngest offspring of George the Third are dead. Again,
of the seven survivors it may be remarked, that three are
unmarried, and two are widows without issue; leaving only
the Duke of Cumberland with one child, and the Duke of
Cambridge with three children. Thus there are, at this time,
only five grand-children of George the Third living, viz.:—
Aged now, 19, Queen Victoria.
19, Prince George of Cumberland.
19, Prince George of Cambridge.
15, Princess Augusta Caroline of Cambridge.
4, Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.
The seven surviving children of George the Third, according
to seniority of birth, are—
Aged now, 69, Princess Augusta Sophia.
68, Princess Elizabeth (of Hesse-Homburg).
67, Duke of Cumberland (King of Hanover).
65, Duke of Sussex.
64, Duke of Cambridge.
61, Princess Mary (Duchess of Gloucester).
60, Princess Sophia.

ANOTHER GRISI.—A new star in the musical firmament
has appeared in the perso❑ of Ernesta Grisi, a cousin of
la diva Guilietta. Th►s young person made her debut the
other day at Paris, in the character of Adalyisa, in the opera
of Nornia, and met with a most flattering reception, which
must partly however, be set down to the desire of the audi-
ence to gratify their favourite by applauding her youthful
relative_ Ernesta Grisi is a very pretty girl, rather short in
stature, but round and firmly formed, with a sweet counten-
ance, fine eyes, and a beautiful mouth. Her voice is good,
though its lower tones are apparently deficient in fullness;
and she sang out with a degree of simplicity and feeling
which made a strong impressio❑ on the audience. She pro-
mises, on the whole, to be a great acquisition to the musical
stage. At the end of the opera, the Grisi was called for as
usual; and she wishing to give her cousin a share of her
triumph, brought her upon the stage, seemingly almost by
force, half undressed, wrapped in a brown dressing-gown,
and with her hair about her ears. The same little bit of
stage trick was played by Grisi when Mademoiselle Assandri
made her dibut in Paris two years ago; but the inanceuvre,
though palpable enough, was well received, in consideration
of ttrgood-natared motive.