were malignity and malice to sally forth from the pestiferous dungeons of their retreat, and, from their mildewed lips, attempt to blow the pestilential blast of discord on the Royal Family, at a moment when the recollection of former sufferings was to be hushed on the bosom of love, and personal differences quelled in the prospect of future happiness?-The venomed shaft, however, reached not its destination; it fell hurtless to the ground, and the fiends who aimed it, slunk to their native darkness, to brood over the failure of their plots.

On the 10th of March, a privy-council was held at Brighton, which was attended by all the cabinet ministers, and it was specially summoned for the purpose of taking into consideration the arrangements necessary to be made for the nuptials of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte; and the Lord Chancellor affixed the great seal to the royal consent, authorizing the marriage.

On the 13th of March, the Earl of Liverpool, in his place in the House of Lords, intimated the probability of his being authorized by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to bring a message to the House on the following day, relative to the marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales. He made that communication to their lordships so early, because it was usual, on similar occasions, to move an address on the same day as that on which the message was delivered. Lord Castle

reagh gave notice of a similar message on the same day in the House of Commons.

Accordingly, on the following day, the Earl of Liverpool delivered a message from the Prince Regent, relative to the intended marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales with his Serene Highness the Prince of SaxeCoburg *, which was read by the Lord Chancellor, and afterwards by the Clerk, in substance · as follows:

"GEORGE P. R.

"His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting

* In direct opposition to my own judgment, I here give the title of Prince Leopold as it is given to him in the preamble of the Earl of Liverpool, and in the message of the Prince Regent. In the official documents, and especially in the treaty of marriage, he is throughout designated as Prince of Cobourg of Saalfeld. How such gross errors could have been admitted into our official documents is not for me to question: but it certainly exposes the party who had the framing of those documents, to an imputation of gross ignorance. His titles in the German are as follow: Herzog von Saxe, Margraf von Meissen, Landgraf von Thuringuen, und Fürst von Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld. How the latter title could have been rendered Prince of Saxe-Cobourg of Saalfeld, must puzzle even a tyro in the German language. To be thus translated, it ought to have stood, Fürst von Saxe-Coburg von Saalfeld; but the truth is, that Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld is one territory; the possessions of the House of Coburg having been ceded to the House of Saalfeld in the year 1735. Coburg is also spelt erroneously in our official papers, it being spelt Cobourg, whereas it should be Coburg. Burg signifying a city in the German language, as Hamburg, Nuremburg, Limburg, Strasburg, cum multis ahis.

in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, having given the royal consent to the marriage of his daughter the Princess Charlotte Augusta with his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick Prince of Cobourg, has thought fit to communicate his intentions to the House. His Royal Highness hopes, that it cannot but be gratifying to all his faithful subjects; and the many proofs he has had of the attachment of this House, leave him no doubt that they will enable him to make such a provision for her Royal Highness as may be suitable to the honor and dignity of these realms."

The Earl of Liverpool then spoke. He had found upon investigation that it had been the invariable practice, on all occasions of delivering messages of this nature from the crown, to move an address upon it on the same day on which it was delivered in; and he was sure their lordships would not be disposed now to pay less respect to the royal message than had been paid at former periods, and would be, therefore, anxious to follow that course which had been uniformly pursued on similar occasions. The object of the message was of the highest importance, and must be deeply interesting to their lordships, and to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. Whatever difference of opinion there might be among them on political matters, they must all feel disposed to concur in such measures as might be best calculated to promote the comfort and happiness of the Royal Family. He was persuaded, therefore, that

he should be acting contrary to the feelings of the House, if he were to detain their lordships from coming to a vote on the address which he was about to propose, by entering into any detail of the subject at present. But he felt it proper and due to say, and he said so, not as using the words of course, and expressions of mere compliment, but as having had an opportunity of ascertaining the fact from the best sources of information, that with respect to the illustrious Prince upon whom his Royal Highness the Prince Regent had thought proper to bestow his daughter in marriage, he believed there was on the continent of Europe but one sentiment and opinion as to his personal merits and respectability. He was not now speaking of the opinion merely of the members of that illustrious person's own house. and family, but of the general opinion and sentiment of all the courts of Europe; of the opinion of his equals and his inferiors, all of whom agreed in bearing testimony to the propriety of his conduct and the goodness of his character. This was not the time to say any thing as to the provision which it might be fitting to make for these illustrious persons on the occasion of their marriage; this question would come regularly before their lordships at another time. He would now only say, in reference to that point, that he had paid the utmost attention to the subject, and considered it both with a view to what was due to the illustrious parties themselves, and also

with a view to what would be creditable to the country without any improper extravagance. But he would not let this part of the subject pass without this observation; that when their lordships came to consider what provision it would be proper to make for this occasion, he trusted their lordships would take care that it should be made in such a manner, that the illustrious persons, of whom he had been speaking, might have the free enjoyment in the first instance of their own income. He said so, because he had observed, that when a provision had been made, though it was sufficient for its purpose, yet, from the want of such a regulation as he had mentioned on the part of parliament, it had become altogether insufficient. Their lordships, therefore, he was persuaded, would be disposed to place the illustrious persons in a situation where they would have the free use of their own income. It was their wish, he was authorized to say, to confine their expenses strictly within their income; and, in saying this, he relied confidently on the liberality of parliament, that with every proper attention to economy, it would give that income and assistance which would be worthy of a great nation, on the occasion of a marriage of such importance. He should therefore move

That a humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, returning the thanks of the House for his gracious communication, and to express their entire satisfaction