Miss Knight, was in her carriage on her way to Blackheath. On her arrival there, the inhabitants of that neighbourhood had assembled on the hill and heath in great crowds, and received her Royal Highness with loud huzzas.

A circumstance occurred at this visit, which exhibited the Princess of Wales not in the most amiable light; and proved that neither the presence of her daughter, whose feelings on the subject of the quarrel between her parents should have been held sacred, nor the rules of common decorum and politeness, had any influence over her actions, whenever an opportunity presented itself of her exposing the resentment which she fostered, and which was also fostered by others, against the illustrious father of her child. Her discourse in the presence of her daughter's attendants was of the most sarcastic nature, replete with pointed allusions to some late circumstances, and exposing the foibles of every individual, who, either from a sense of duty, or by positive authority, had acted in a manner contrary, as she termed it, to her dignity, and her personal interests. The Princess Charlotte, with a look and gesture which would have quelled almost the most stubborn spirit, and softened the asperities of the keenest resentment, solicited her mother to desist, and expressed a hope, that a short time would see her restored to happiness. There," said the Princess of Wales, throwing a glass of wine over the table," you may as well attempt to make that

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wine flow back into the bottle, as to check my resentment towards those individuals who have so grossly and infamously traduced me."

At this meeting, the two illustrious females passed two hours alone; and, on the re-appearance of the Princess Charlotte in the drawing-room, it was evident that she had been weeping; and notwithstanding all the attempts of the Princess of Wales to conceal it, it was evident that her eyes had been suffused in tears. It was construed by those present, that the cause of those tears was the loss of her mother; and certainly that loss might have its share in the grief which she displayed; but she had a deeper wound rankling at her heart, which had called forth many a tear before the decease of her mother was known to her.

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Well, my dear mother," said the Princess Charlotte, as they were preparing to part, "I have ever yet found consolation in the pure exercises of religion; and, in all my affliction, I have supplicated God for support ;-never yet has it been denied to me; and I will constantly pray to Him, that He will so dispose our hearts, that we, at. last, may all meet together in concord and in love." "God grant it," replied the Princess of Wales; and they parted.

Notwithstanding the line of conduct which the Prince Regent had judged it necessary to adopt in regard to the Princess of Wales, it is highly creditable to his feelings, that no opportunity escaped him, by which the personal happiness of

her Royal Highness would be increased. At this time the information was conveyed to him, that her Royal Highness was considerably in debt;at the same time, that her establishment was not of that magnitude which her exalted rank in society demanded. On the 30th March, the following communication was made to her Royal Highness.

A demi-official notice was that day communicated to the Princess of Wales, that, at the express wish and desire of the Prince Regent, an application would be made in the ensuing Parliament for an increase to her Royal Highness's income, and the consequent enlargement of her establishment, consistently with the exalted station which her Royal Highness held in the country.

A few months now passed over the head of the Princess Charlotte, marked by no particular occurrence worthy of record. It must not, however, be omitted to mention, that, in proportion as her Royal Highness advanced in life, her attention to the performance of her religious duties increased; and never did she allow a sabbath to pass by, except in cases of indisposition, on which she did not attend divine worship. She declared her intention of constantly attending the Chapel Royal, St. James's, during her stay in London: and she ordered that the admired quartetto anthem, by Dr. Green, "God be our hope," should be sung every sabbath.

What a pattern of religious virtue did this illustrious female exhibit to her cotemporaries!

Whilst they were wasting their time in riot and dissipation, forming new schemes of pleasure, and running the destructive round of fashionable pursuits, and haunting those purlieus of immorality, where religion and virtue are scoffed at, she was on her knees before her God, and enjoyed, in his presence, those blessed feelings which always accompany the faithful Christian.

The charges against her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales having been quashed, the public feeling was gradually subsiding; and an important circumstance, connected with the future destiny of the Princess Charlotte, now began to attract the attention of the public.

The Princess Charlotte, having nearly attained her eighteenth year, presented to the nation one of the most interesting objects. She appeared like the rose, surcharged with dew, bending its head in loveliness, in after hours to bless the circle of its existence with its fragrance. Under proper cultivation, her mind and heart had received those durable impressions, which adorn and exalt the female character; and to her the nation looked as the only object, by which the sway of her illustrious house over the British realms could be perpetuated.

It had been for a long time considered as a decided point, that the Prince of Orange, at this time serving in Spain as aid-de-camp to Lord Wellington, was the individual selected to receive the hand of the Princess Charlotte; and, in many

respects, but especially in a political one, not a more appropriate consort could have been selected for her. With a view, however, to divert the public attention from the actual purport of the recal of the Prince of Orange from Spain, it was stated, that owing to the change of affairs in Holland, his presence in that country was imperiously required. He lost no time in obeying the summons; and, on the 14th December, he was first introduced to the Princess Charlotte, at Warwick-House, by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.

The Prince of Orange was already identified with British feeling by his residence and education amongst us, and by being a participator in British glory under the illustrious Wellington. The similarity of religion and of ages spoke strongly in favour of the union; and, as personal attachments are, in general, in questions of this sort, scarcely ever taken into the account, no obstacle appeared to present itself to the intended marriage. The introduction passed off with the usual formalities; and it is certain, that the impression which the young suitor made upon the heart of his intended illustrious consort, was by no means unfavourable.

As the birth-day of her Royal Highness was fast approaching, when, according to the express commands of his Majesty, she was to be considered of age; it was arranged that, in order to act in strict conformity to those commands, which he had expressed at an early period of the life of her