der of animadverting on the prodigality which had occasioned them.

On the 1st of June, Mr. Anstruther was autho rized on the part of his royal highness to express his utmost alacrity and readiness to acquiesce in any limitations or restrictions which the wisdom of the house might think it proper to lay down for appropriating a part of his income to the liquida tion of his debts. The prince of Wales's Establishment Bill having passed, the commissioners appointed for discharging the debts were, the speaker of the house of commons for the time be ing, the chancellor of the exchequer, the master of the rolls, the master of his majesty's household, the accomptant-general of the high court of chancery, and the surveyor-general of the crown lands.

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The following remarks on this bill were made in the house of peers by his royal highness the duke of Clarence.

"It naturally and properly becomes an object to grant a suitable establishment to the prince on account of his marriage. In granting this esta blishment, it may be supposed that the prince has now come at an age at which he is fully capable of acting for himself, and will, of his own accord, disposed to take measures to free himself from any incumbrances which he might have contracted. But instead of this, instead of allowing him the merit, and taking measures of his own accord, to

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pay his creditors, the authors of the bill had taken the popularity of such a step out of his hands. The other provision, which makes the different officers of his royal highness's household responsible for the expenses incurred under their several departments, I highly approve. I conceive it to be a measure extremely necessary for the dignity and comfort of every prince of Wales. A prince of Wales, by a particular law, became of age at eighteen, while every other subject was not of age till twenty-one: A young man at that age, when the passions were at the height, and in his situation, may be led into expenses beyond his income, and which perhaps may border on extravagance; but such a circum stance I cannot consider as a serious reflection on a young man of eighteen.

"It was a matter of public notoriety, that when the prince of Wales's marriage was agreed upon, there was a stipulation that he should, in the event of that union, be exonerated from his debts. What could his royal highness understand by this stipu lation, but that measures should be taken for the immediate exoneration of those debts-not, as by the provisions of the bill, be left hanging over for of nine years and a half, and perhaps even a longer period."

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After further remarks his royal highness alluded to the situation of the princess of Wales" a lovely and AMIABLE Woman, torn from her family, for

though her mother was the king's sister, she may still be said to be torn from her family, by being removed from all her early connections. What must be her feelings from such circumstances attendant on her reception in a country where she had a right to expect every thing befitting her high rank, and the exalted station to which she was called."

The prince of Wales now resolved on adopting an economical plan, for the purpose of retrieving his affairs. Lord Cholmondeley sent a circular letter to all the ladies and gentlemen on the establishment of the prince and princess of Wales, that there would be no further occasion for their services. To this, however, there were these exceptions, viz. to the four ladies of the bed-chamber, the marchioness of Townshend, the countesses of Caernarvon, Cholmondeley, and Jersey; to the earl of Jersey, and to generals Hulse and Lake. The attendants were all paid their salaries up to the date of the letter, July the 5th. The only persons that remained on the establishment of their royal highnesses were the above-mentioned ladies, generals Hulse and Lake, as attendant officers, earl of Jersey, as master of the horse, with a salary of £1,200 a year, and the earl of Cholmondeley, as master of the household. The salary of the latter. was fixed at £2,000 a year, but his lordship wrote to the prince, that he should be proud to serve his

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royal highness without emolument, and that in fact be could not think of accepting any salary. A very noble example this of affection to the prince, and of the most disinterested motives!

As her royal highness the princess of Wales was seldom seen in public, for she only visited the winter theatres a second time, and now and then appeared in the Opera House, it was reported that the economical plan of the prince of Wales was by no means agreeable to her. Certainly, as the duke of Clarence remarked, this amiable woman, torn from her family, had a right to expect every thing befitting her high rank-befitting the consort of the heir apparent! But the fallacy of this report was proved by her own voluntary economy and retirement, when this amiable woman was afterwards torn from all that was dear to her!!! Her non-appearance in public at this time must be ascribed to her pregnancy; for though her royal highness was not accustomed to the punctilios of an English court, though she was naturally of a gay disposition, yet, according to the fashion of her own country, she deemed it indecent to appear often in public at such a time, and set an example worthy of English matrons. It was insinuated by the tongue of scandal, that the debts of her royal consort gave her some uneasiness, particularly as Mr. Jefferys, the jeweller, whose demand was disputed by the commissioners, published a severe

pamphlet, asserting that part of his demand was, cash lent for the use of Mrs. Fitzherbert, after the royal nuptials had taken place. Some characters, particularly ladies in high life, are very industrious in meddling with the domestic affairs of others, and exaggerating every little foible; this probably is owing to their having so much leisure time on their hands, and for the purpose of preventing the spleen. By ladies of this description, her royal highness was often surrounded, and improper inuendos continually dropped. Her royal highness's natural vivacity and familiarity prevented her from being on her guard, and whatever responses she made to the tittle-tattle of the day, were frequently misrepresented, for the purpose of reporting vexation and dissatisfaction, which were far from being the characteristics of this-AMIABLE WOMAN.

Soon after the royal nuptials, the prayer for the royal family was altered by authority, and the public prayed for “ their royal highnesses George prince of Wales, the princess of Wales, and all the royal family." As the title "Royal Highness," was not meant to be referred to, all the family, for that would render the second royal a tautology, but to the two first only, the prince and princess of Wales, there was a manifest inaccuracy in the form. Before the alteration, the prayer was for "his royal highness George prince of Wales, and all the royal family," confining the title to the