nature. The dull formality of morning visits from a select few, or a two-hours' ride in Windsor Great Park, or a game at cards in the evening, would have filled up the measure of her time, had not her mind been of that superior cast, and its bent and inclinations of that elevated nature, that she always found those resources within herself, by which her heart and mind became improved, and which ultimately gave that high finish to her character, which rendered her so much the object of universal admiration. Being naturally of a deep and reflecting habit, she here had ample means wherewith to gratify it; and glancing over the superficies of things, she penetrated to their interior, discovered their relations to each other, and formed by her own powers of ratiocination, those nice and distinct associations, which are the invariable index to a strong and vigorous mind. When the dispositions and inclinations are good, and when a proper direction has been given at an early age to the energies of the mind, seclusion from the world may be considered as highly conducive to the formation of a great and excellent character; inasmuch as the mind. becomes diverted from trivial objects, and attaches itself to those from which a more substantial profit is to be acquired. In the culture of her flowers, in the study of her favourite authors, in the practice of her charitable dispositions, and, more than all, in her frequent and holy conversations with her God, she filled up the hours of her

day; and when she closed her eyes at night, she could look up to that God with confidence, and implore his strengthening aid to support and animate her through the ways which she had chosen, and to protect her from every temptation which might lead her from the track of virtue and religion.

In the meantime, the public opinion of the coercive measures, which had been adopted towards the Princess Charlotte, was expressed in the most open and undisguised manner. The party which had so perseveringly espoused the cause of the Princess of Wales, was most clamorous in their expressions of indignation at what they were pleased to call the incarceration of the presumptive heiress to the throne; and every epithet of opprobrium and of obloquy was vociferated against that illustrious individual who was considered the sole author of the unconstitutional treatment of the Princess Charlotte. The Duke of Sussex, in the House of Lords, on the 25th of July, again adverted to the situation of the Princess Charlotte; and, addresing himself to the first Lord of the Treasury, stated, that this was the day, when from courtesy alone, he had proposed to come down to the House, with the view of stating the tenor of his motion relative to her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, which had stood fixed for the following week that, having found, by the newspapers, that her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte

of Wales had been seen on horseback in Windsor Great Park, and had likewise learned that she had been in town for a few hours on Saturday last, all of which intelligence he had collected from the public prints; he was inclined to hope that more lenient measures were intended to be observed towards her Royal Highness. That the noble lord well knew it was upon receiving an unfavorable answer to a request which he had made to him, of seeing her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, that he had conceived himself obliged to bring this weighty matter forward from most conscientious motives, and for which purpose he had put five questions to that noble lord on a previous occasion. He trusted that her Royal Highness would get to the sea-side, as had been recommended by her medical and professional attendants, for the re-establishment of her health, which was so interesting to the country at large, and which had been so greatly impaired by agitation of mind. He also flattered himself that measures would be adopted to soothe her mind, and not to distress her spirits by pressing certain points which had given rise to this agitation, and upon which he knew her mind was completely made up. He begged, therefore, to address a few words to the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, who was so forward in stating responsibility on his Majesty's servants for the advice they might have given upon this occasion: that he would quote the words, he believed, of

lord Bacon, "That reading made a learned man, writing a correct man, and conversation a ready man." He would farther add, that retirement, coercion, and seclusion, were not the means calculated to impress her Royal Highness with the most favourable idea of the beauty and advantages of the glorious constitution of her country, over which she was one day, please God, to rule; and with this remark he should conclude.

Lord Liverpool approved of the resolution. adopted by the illustrious Duke; he was by no means anxious to prolong discussion upon such a subject, but he would not feel acquitted of his duty, if he did not say, that neither at the time to which he had alluded in his notice, nor at any other time, had any intention been entertained to subject her Royal Highness to any restraint unsuited to her sex, her age, or her situation; no, nor unsuited to the interest which the country must take in her circumstances, nor to the feelings of the illustrious person to whose care she was first entitled.

Thus ended all parliamentary discussion respecting the situation of the Princess Charlotte, and the public attention was now drawn to a report, proceeding from good authority, which was in general circulation,-of an intention, on the part of the Princess of Wales, to leave the country, and to retire to the continent, where her future abode was to be fixed.--This report was at first so little credited, that it was considered as a

mere firebrand, thrown by the party of the Princess of Wales, to inflame afresh the public mind, and to drag her situation again before the bar of the people. It was regarded, on a prima facie view, as highly repulsive to the principles of the constitution, that the future queen of the country should select a foreign residence, and thereby lose all knowledge of the interests and national rights of that people, over whom she was one day destined to hold the sceptre. Besides, a liberal augmentation to the income of her Royal Highness had been lately granted by Parliament; and was she, therefore, immediately to exile herself from the country, and expend that income amongst foreigners, which ought to circulate in the land which gave it to her? Her friends, unwilling to attach the right motive to the intended expatriation of her Royal Highness, ascribed it to compulsion and obligation from a certain quarter, and viewed it as a positive condition that a legal separation, which was then talked of, should not take place. These reports were, however, merely circulated with a view of exonerating the Princess of Wales from any charge of disrespect towards the nation, and of throwing the opprobrium of the measure entirely upon an illustrious individual, who had no other share in the affair than the mere grant of his consent. The departure of the Princess of Wales was also looked upon as the signal for the renewal of the negotiation with the Prince of Orange; as it was