of those objects which are pleasing to their patron, and which, were they properly examined, would bear a very repulsive aspect.

The subsisting difference between certain members of the royal family became at last the topic of conversation at the public libraries of the town. It was the delightful subject of argument at the evening coterie of the ladies; and the grey-headed politician, when he met his brother in the street, took him by the button of his coat, and detained him, until the cause of the royal disagreement was fully investigated, and then parted, each maintaining his own opinion on the subject.

It was at length generally credited, from particular circumstances which transpired, that this numerous meeting of the severa branches of the Royal Family had been suggested by an illustrious individual, for the express purpose of effecting a reconciliation between the offended parties, and the intention alone bespeaks the native goodness of his heart; but when the sore has been long rankling, increased rather than assuaged by time, its cure is not the work of a moment; and notwithstanding the most lenient balsams may be applied, which affection or ingenuity can devise, a trivial but unintentional act may in a moment open it afresh, and impart to it a virulence, which no after skill can remedy.

Whatever may have been the exterior display

of returning affection and esteem between the parties, it is certain that on the one part no alteration whatever took place in her sentiments, and not a single step was gained towards a full and complete reconciliation.

The evenings of the royal party at the Pavilion were usually spent in the rational entertainment of music, and the Princess Charlotte being a proficient in that science, often delighted the company with her performance. On one of these occasions her Royal Highness, in an apparently careless manner, played the masquerade song in the farce of My Grandmother;" then turning, with a great degree of archness to one of the company, she asked, "What do you think of My Grandmother?" "I think there is some humour in the piece," answered General C—. “I think there is some very bad humour in her," said the Princess Charlotte, "I don't like the piece at all."

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With great satisfaction the Princess Charlotte saw the day arrive which was fixed for her departure from Brighton, as she was anxious to return to the tranquil and rational pursuits of her favorite home, and to be released from the tiresome and insipid ceremonies of a court life. The birth-day of Prince Leopold was also near at hand, and it being the first since his residence in England, and union with the Princess Charlotte, it was resolved that it should be celebrated with an uncommon degree of splendor. On the evening previous to the departure of

the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, Mr. Thewencti, an ingenious foreigner, at the express desire of the former, had the honor of exhibiting his extraordinary piece of clockwork mechanism, called a microcosm, at the palace, with which her Majesty, the Regent, and the whole of the royal party and suite, expressed themselves to be both surprised and delighted. The extraordinary construction and movements of this curious piece of workmanship cannot be described, it must be seen to be adequately comprehended.

On the 15th the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold took their leave of the royal party at Brighton, and arrived at Claremont the same evening.

Monday, the following day, was the birth-day of Prince Leopold, and the most splendid arrangements were made for its celebration. In the morning Prince Leopold received the congratulations of several of the nobility and other distinguished characters; and scarcely had the gentlemen departed, who had been anxiously waiting to offer their congratulations, which he received most gratefully, than he approached Colonel Addenbroke, and said, Let the poor of the village of Esher have meat and bread distributed to them to day;" and accordingly, arrangements were made for every poor person and child to have a joint of meat, and a quartern loaf. Each female had sufficient flannel given to her to make

a petticoat. This benevolence on the part of, Prince Leopold is indeed worthy of example.

The birth-day dinner was graced by the presence of some of the most distinguished characters of the day. The Prince and Princess Esterhazy, and the Count and Countess Lieven were of the party. The evening concluded with a diversity of entertainments which the taste and ingenuity of the Princess had devised; and the party did not break up till a late hour, highly delighted with the hospitable reception with which they had been honored by the illustrious couple. On the following day a grand entertainment was given to the domestics and their friends, which concluded with a ball and supper.

The Princess Charlotte was a short time afterwards again attacked with a slight indisposition, for which various causes were assigned; it was, however, generally believed to be connected with the fulfilment of those hopes, to which the nation looked forward with so much anxiety. This indisposition was, however, of short duration, for she was enabled to attend to the preparations which were then making for the celebration of her own birth-day, which was to be kept with a degree of splendor, corresponding with that which was observed on the birth-day of Prince Leopold.

It was at first arranged, that the 21st anniversary-day of the Princess Charlotte's birth should

be celebrated by the Royal Family at the Pavilion at Brighton, and that the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold should be invited to join the royal party. A decided negative to this plan was, however, given by the Princess Charlotte, who determined that her birth-day should be celebrated at Claremont.

The Prince Regent, nevertheless, resolved that the birth-day of his beloved daughter should be celebrated at Brighton, with a proportionate degree of splendor, and invitations were accordingly sent to a great number of the nobility, for the concert, ball, and supper, independently of those noble personages who were to dine with the Prince Regent and the Royal Family on that day. As the period for court mourning had expired, th company were recommended to countenance dress only of English manufacture.

On the 6th, the day previous to the fête, the nobility flocked into the town of Brighton from all quarters, which contributed to its bustle, and more particularly to the advantage of numerous tradesmen, whose industry received a corresponding activity in consequence of the preparations which were then going on at the Pavilion. Owing to the indisposition of her Majesty, a temporary suspension of the invitations occurred; and if the bulletin, which arrived on the preceding Sunday to the Prince Regent, had not been so flattering, his Royal Highness intended to proceed to Windsor on a visit to his mother.