cultivation of flowers, and, whenever she visited the garden, she always took a little pruning-knife with her, wherewith to cut off the decayed branches of the trees or plants. She was on this morning busily employed in this occupation, and stooping very low, when one of the under-gardeners seeing a female dressed as he afterwards said, very unlike a princess, cutting at one of the plants, he exclaimed, "Hollo! what are you slashing at there?" The Princess started, not being aware of any one being near to her; but collecting herself immediately, she rose, and with great meekness answered, "I am only cutting some dead branches off." A colour rose into the gardener's face, deeper than that of any rose in his garden, on discovering that it was the Princess whom he had accosted so un courteously; and he took off his hat, and bowed, and began to stammer an apology, but his confusion prevented him from uttering it. On which, the Princess Charlotte, seeing his embarrassment, said, “Here, my good man, cut off this branch, it is too large for me to attempt it."

At another time, the Princess was walking in the Park, when she was accosted by a poor woman, who implored a little money to buy some bread for her family; and added, that she was going to the palace to get her case laid before her Royal Highness, who, she had been told, was always ready to assist the poor. "I am afraid that you will not succeed there," said her Royal Highness. "I know better," said the woman; "it is her great folk about her, that prevent the complaints of the poor reaching her, but I know a good lady

there, who will do me some service with the Princess Charlotte." "And who is that lady?" asked her Royal Highness. "Why, ma'am, it be Miss Coates." "Then go to the house in about half an hour," said her Royal Highness, "and ask for Miss Coates, and see what benefit you will derive from it." The woman kept her appointment, and a pound note was given to her as being presented to her by the Princess Charlotte, she being the lady with whom she had conversed in the Park.

An address of congratulation on the royal nuptials was moved by the Earl of Liverpool, in the House of Lords, on the 8th of May. His lordship briefly stated, that he should not take up much of their lordships' time in what he had to say. There was, he knew, a common and uniform feeling on the subject. He meant the occasion of addressing the Royal Family on the recent auspicious nuptials, which presented every prospect of solid happiness to the country as well as to the illustrious personages immediately concerned. His lordship then moved,

That an address of congratulation on the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales with his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg, be presented severally to the Prince Regent, her Majesty, and to the Princess Charlotte, and the Prince Coburg.

The motions, distinctly put, were agreed to, unanimously.

The following is an extract from the Lords' Journals:

Die Jovis, 9° Mai, 1816.

The Lord Steward reported, that the lords with white staves had, according to order, waited on his Royal Highness the Prince Regent with their lordships' address of Tuesday last; and that his Royal Highness was pleased to return the following most gracious answer :

"I receive with great satisfaction this loyal and dutiful address, and I return my thanks to the House of Lords for their congratulations on the present happy occasion."

On the same day, Lord George Beresford informed the House of Commons, that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent had received the address of the House on the marriage of the Princess Charlotte, and thanked the House for its zealous congratulations.

Although, for obvious reasons, the addresses of the Houses of Lords and Commons could not at this time be presented to the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, yet a private court was held by her Majesty on the 9th, for the purpose of receiving the address of the House of Commons, on the marriage of her royal grand-daughter. On this occasion her Majesty was attended, besides the Princesses, by the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Sussex. The deputation from the House of Commons, consisting of Lords Lascelles, Binning, and Beresford, were introduced into the presence of her Majesty by Earl Morton, when her Majesty received the address, and returned a most gracious answer.

Her Majesty also appointed the following Monday to receive the address of the corporation of London at Buckingham-House.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte and his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld attended divine service, for the second time, at Weybridge church, which attracted a very crowded congregation. The church-yard, through which they had to walk to the church, was crowded with spectators, who received the royal pair with marked attention and rejoicings, which the Prince and Princess very condescendingly acknowledged. At the conclusion of the afternoon service they left that place for London, in their new travelling carriage, drawn by four beautiful greys, with three outriders in their new liveries. They were preceded by another royal carriage, in which were their attendants. They arrived at ten minutes before six o'clock at Camelford-House. The Prince and Princess followed about five minutes after. A crowd surrounded the gate in Oxford-street, and, received them with loud huzzas. Hereford-street, which is open to Camelford-House, was also crowded at the iron railing which separates the court-yard from Hereford-street, to see the Prince and Princess get out of their carriage. They were received in the hall by Baron Hardenbroke, Sir Robert Gardiner, the pages in waiting, and other attendants *.

• The following was the marriage establishment of their Royal and Serene Highnesses the Princess Charlotte Augusta, and Field-Marshal the Prince of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld :

Ladies

Soon after their arrival dinner was served up. The return of their Highnesses to London being known to the higher circles, Hyde-Park was crowded

Ladies of the Bed-chamber, Lady Emily Murray, Lady John
Thynne*.

Bed-chamber women, Mrs. Campbell and Miss C. Coates.
Privy Purse, Mrs. Campbell.

Aid-de-camps and Equerries to Prince Leopold, Baron de
Hardenbroke, and Sir Robert Gardiner.

Equerries to Princess Charlotte Augusta, Colonel Addenbroke, and Honorable Percy.

Treasurer, H. N. Willis, Esq.

Chaplains, Rev. Dr. Short, Rev. N. N. Short, Rev. F. Ricketts, Rev. Dr. Moorhead.

Physicians in Ordinary, C. Stockman, M.D., M. Baillie, M.D., and N. N. Rodham, M.D.

Physician Extraordinary, N. N. Morrison, M.D.

Physician Accoucheur, Sir Richard Crofts, Bart. M.D.

Surgeon in Ordinary, Robert Keate, Esq.

Surgeon Extraordinary, Thomas Harding, Esq.

Surgeon and Apothecary, W. H. Neville, Esq.

Apothecaries, Mr. R. Walker, and Mr. E. Brande.

Household Secretary, Mr. Ammerschaber.

Pages, Messrs. James Sims, Thomas Poole, Henry Florshutz,

and Pan Mechin.

Valet-de-chambre, M. H. Florshutz.-Dresser, Mrs. L. Prior.

House

The following jeu d'esprit was written in consequence of the numerous applications from respectable ladies to wait upon the Princess Charlotte :

Five hundred and seventy-four maidens fair,

To wait on the Princess, their wishes declare;

Say, what other court throughout Europe can boast,

Of virgins so noble, and num'rous a host;

If all in a body, they should wait upon her,

No doubt they'll be styled the Fair Legion of Honour.