that they were compelled to return to the palace. In a short time afterwards, however, they returned to the Steyne, where they promenaded for some time.

The royal party was at this time further augmented by the arrival of the Princess Sophia of Gloucester.

On the 11th, the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold again set forward on their pedestrian excursion through several parts of the town; but being again recognised near the market, the populace continued to augment until they increased to a prodigious crowd. The Princess Charlotte, unfortunately, could not avoid feeling alarm at the multitude that was gathered, never having before been so much exposed to such personal inconvenience, although every look and expression from the gratified throng manifested loyalty and affectionate attachment, in consequence of so unexpectedly beholding her Royal and his Serene Highness. Popular feeling operating in an impetuous manner will, however, on such occasions, exhibit itself, and the only circumstance to be regretted is, that the anxiety of many to behold her should have subjected her Royal Highness to the slightest degree of inconvenience. The appearance of Townsend, the police officer, at last cleared the way for the royal pair to return to the Pavilion. In his zeal and anxiety to extricate her Royal Highness from her unpleasant dilemma, Townsend struck several forward boys with his cane, on which Prince

Leopold, who read aright what was passing in every heart, desired him to desist entirely from such severity of treatment; and the popular exclamations of " God bless you both," " Long live the Princess Charlotte and the Prince of Coburg," increased until the royal pair entered the gates of the palace.

Having reached the Pavilion grounds by the south entrance, the Prince and Princess soon afterwards passed out at the north gate, took a walk beyond Richmond-place, and returned by the Steyne to the palace, after an absence of nearly two hours.

Being aware that the excessive anxiety manifested by the inhabitants of Brighton to behold two such illustrious characters was the usual effect of an unbridled curiosity, and that it would gradually subside, as the novelty of the circumstance decreased, the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, even on the day subsequent to that on which they had experienced so much inconvenience from the congratulations of a hearty, generous, but perhaps not very polished community, extended their walk to the northward of the town; but at the same time, they provided, by having a carriage closely following them, that they might be enabled to extricate themselves from any inconvenience which the impetuosity of the crowd might occasion. They shaped their course to the East Cliff and Royal Crescent; where, to avoid the gaze of the multitude which

was then collecting, they entered their carriage, and arrived at the Pavilion highly pleased with their promenade.

The Princess had not long arrived at the palace, when an eminent dress-maker, residing at Brighton, exhibited to her Royal Highness a beautiful cap, formed of Brussels point lace, and other costly foreign materials. Her Royal Highness appeared much struck with the form and elegance of the article; but at length ordered it to be returned, observing, that had the materials with which it was composed been solely of British manufacture instead of foreign, she would have been the purchaser, as the taste which the tout ensemble of the cap displayed excited her admiration. This was a trait truly worthy of a British Princess, and exhibited in the most striking manner, that every pulse of her heart beat in unison with the true interests of the nation.

When the task of the impartial historian is duly considered and examined in all its bearings, it must be confessed, that difficulties of a very delicate nature attend him, immediately that he enters upon the delineation of the private actions of a distinguished individual, which imposes upon him the ungrateful task of bringing the actions of others into contrast, by which the different shades: of character are more distinctly ascertained, and the plus or minus of moral excellence, which that character maintains, completely established. The historian is the chronicler of events, not the.

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creator of them; and he commits a flagrant breach of his duty, if he averts his view from the actual truth, in order to foster or conceal the prevailing foibles or the distinguished vice of those characters which come under his immediate examination. The impartial historian is a true patriot, and genuine patriotism is one of those virtues which confer the highest honor on man, and is one of the principal securities of a state. It does, in fact, embrace within itself every excellence which can give a grace to human nature in society; for in exact proportion as a man fails in any public or private duty, by so much is his patriotic character lessened. To be a patriot indeed, necessarily implies great private integrity and disinterestedness, an unbiassed judgment, and the nicest sense of moral and social obligation. If he wilfully averts his view from a flagrant dereliction of those separate and important duties, the performance of which is attached to particular stations in life, he forgets his allegiance to the majesty of truth, and becomes amenable at its bar for the crime which he has committed. The propriety of the measure of keeping the veil closely drawn over the actions, of exalted individuals, in those cases in which the actions themselves have no immediate relation to the public interests of the nation, but which form a particular link in the chain of their private life, cannot, in the slightest degree, be questioned, when considered under a certain

modification of circumstances; but, on the other hand, when in the tissue of events in the private life of any individual, some of a mingled yarn appear in which the cark predominates, it becomes the duty of the historian to investigate the real cause from which hat dark tincture originated; and, unbiassed by prejudice or party spirit, and uninfluenced by personal advantages, boldly to declare that cause, though the anathemas of the opposite party may be poured in triplefold vengeance upon his head.

These reflections have been necessarily excited by the recollection of that report which at this juncture" crept out through the dark cranny of the night," and was most industriously circulated during this visit of the several branches of the royal family to Brighton, of a total want of concord, actually allied to positive coolness and indifference, which displayed itself in the intercourse between particular members of the illustrious family. If one drove east, the other drove west, and they never appeared in public together. Though etiquette prevented the one party from assuming the humble character of the pedestrian, to which the other appeared to entertain a particular predilection, still there was that distance shewn, under other circumstances, which was too plainly indicative of a private disagreement, and which could not escape even the observation of those whose powers of vision are of a very convenient nature, and which are solely directed to the contemplation