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regularly every day four or five hours in perambulating or driving about the grounds; and this regular enjoyment of exercise contributed in a very essential degree to the re-establishment of her health.

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Her Royal Highness was always particularly solicitous for the regular occupation of her time; and it may be justly said, that each hour brought with it its appropriate employment. Immediately after breakfast, she first adjusted her epistolary correspondence of the preceding day; and then proceeded either to answer the letters herself, or to dictate answers to one of her ladies. Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold each filled their own respective department in the management of their pecuniary concerns; and, to the honor of their Royal and Serene Highnesses it must be recorded, it was their pride to say, that they were out of debt. With a benevolent consideration for the interests of the trades-people of Esher, a regulation was made, at the express desire of the Princess, that their accounts should be liquidated every quarter, and that the same tradesmen should not be employed two successive quarters. By which plan not only emulation was excited, but a more regular and proportionate circulation was given to that large expenditure which must be incurred in the maintenance of a royal establishment, and especially of one on so liberal a scale as that of Claremont.

After the completion of her morning avocations,

her poney-cart was usually ordered to be brought to the door; and having visited the garden, and marked the growth of her favorite plants, her Royal Highness generally took a circuit of the park, and inspected all the improvements which were carrying into execution. In one of these excursions, she was overtaken by a heavy shower of rain, which obliged her to seek shelter amidst a clump of trees; and this occurrence gave rise to a plan, which her Royal Highness resolved to put in immediate execution, of erecting a small building, which, in cases of bad weather might serve as a place of refuge. The spot fixed upon for this building was between four stately trees, two birches, one oak, and one elm, and is to be seen from the road leading from Esher to the Lodge. The cast-iron perpendicu lar poles, eight in number, are yet standing; and the rods and bars with which it was to have been constructed, still lie dispersed upon the ground. A contemplative mind might here find full scope the exercise of its powers; and in the mementos of this virtuous princess, now entombed, behold the transitory happiness of human life. The plans of a comprehensive mind, left in their halffinished state, convey a moral and important lesson to the spectator, as the evanescence of human actions stands apparent before him, and the fragile props on which the life of man depends are seen in all their real weakness.

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The first visit which her Royal Highness made from Claremont was to the Duke and Duchess of

Gloucester at Bagshot Park; but it was not of long duration, for although her Royal Highness felt particular pleasure in the society of her royal relatives, yet her heart seemed to be so deeply interested in her own immediate concerns, and in the objects which she had then in view, relative to the embellishment and improvement of her own beautiful residence, that her happiness seemed to be complete no where, but within its circuit, and in the full enjoyment of those pursuits, which her highly cultivated taste had designed for her.

The enjoyment of her Royal Highness was, however, at this time in some degree interrupted by the information which had been received of the dangerous state of her mother's health, arising from a bilious fever. The Princess of Wales was at this time at Naples, and her malady was supposed to originate from the sudden change of climate and of food, to which she had been exposed.

On the 24th of October, the Queen, and the Princesses Augusta and Elizabeth, attended by the Countess of Ilchester, departed from Windsor in a coach and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse-Guards, to visit the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, for the first time since their removal into the country. They arrived at Claremont about two o'clock, where they were received by the Prince and Princess with their suites. After the Queen had been conducted over the splendid mansion, and the

grounds and gardens, the royal party dined with the Prince and Princess. After which they left Claremont and returned to Windsor in the evening.

On the following day, the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold drove to town from Claremont, the latter having received an invitation to dine with the Fishmonger's Company, which his Serene Highness, with his customary condescension, most graciously accepted.

A grand meeting of several branches of the Royal Family, at the Pavilion at Brighton, became at this time the general subject of conversation in the circles of fashion; and all who had any pretension to fashionable distinction, and many who had no pretension at all, hurried to Brighton, to be included in the same sphere which was to be irradiated by so many stars of royalty.

The first arrival of any of the members of the Royal Family at the Pavilion, took place on the 3d of December. As early as three o'clock in the afternoon, the 10th Royal Hussars, with the exception of the troop sent up the road to meet the royal cavalcade, were drawn up at the north gate of the palace, faced by the detachment of the 51st Infantry, for the purpose of receiving her Majesty. The assemblage on this occasion was great, including many elegantly dressed individuals, and various of the most respectable families in the town. About twenty minutes

after four, the Duke of Clarence arrived in his travelling chariot, the trumpets of the military announcing his Royal Highness's approach; and, in less than twenty minutes afterwards, her Majesty's carriage was perceived, under the escort of the military. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Princess Augusta, and the Countess of Macclesfield, the lady in waiting. Ten minutes had scarcely elapsed, before the signal trumpets announced the approach of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent's carriage, who was unaccompanied.

On the 3d of December, the royal party was augmented by the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; and expectation was now upon the tiptoe for the arrival of the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.

On the 8th, the Princess Elizabeth arrived at the Pavilion, accompanied by the dowager Lady Melville; and, in less than twenty minutes afterwards, the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold also reached the palace from Claremont; a second carriage followed, containing their attendants.

At every place, the Princess Charlotte appeared anxious to divest herself of all the forms of etiquette and ceremony; and accordingly, on the following morning, her Royal Highness set out, arm-in-arm with Prince Leopold, on a perambulation through various parts of the town. They were, however, soon recognised, and the crowd that followed them became at last so troublesome,

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