though some of them, as No. 6 for instance, seem hardly flattering either to the bride or bridegroom. They are shewn on Plate VI. in the following order :

1. Persévérance gagne. Cupid, with expanded wings, running; before him a tortoise pro- . gressing, behind, a hare asleep; thus illustrating the classical fable.

2. L'Amour triomphe sur tout. Cupid riding on a lion subdued, insomuch that he treads along with his tail between his legs.

3. Deur corps une ame. Two Cupids, or more likely Cupid and Psyche, embracing.

4. L'Amour requiert la sincerité. Cupid holds a small mirror (?) and tramples on a mask.

5. L'Amour trouve de moyen. Cupid, seated on his quiver, adroitly rows himself over the smooth waters with his bow by way of oar.

6. L'Amour change la nature. Cupid-fixing a pair of wings upon a patient ass.

7. L'Amour est sans peur. Cupid flourishes a palm-branch, and treads upon a hare, the emblem of timidity; yet raising its head as if in reproach.

8. Nulle rose sans épine. Cupid hastening to gather roses, apparently without caution.

9. Pour un plaisir mille de peines. Cupid dozing, or asleep; half a dozen moths fluttering about a lighted candle: a wholesome warning.

10. L'Amour hait la vanité. Cupid treading on the tail of a peacock, the emblem of vanity. 11. L'Absence tue. Cupid, pierced in the breast by an arrow, points with both hands to a lily: thus appealing to helpless innocence.

12. Nul labour fatigue. Cupid carrying away a column, with its capital, on his left shoulder.

Fulsome panegyric is at best a rank bubble, which either bursts from excess of malignity, or evaporates before the torch of Truth. Thus, notwithstanding the aforesaid compliments, the Princess was afterwards bombarded in a disreputable manner by bitter enemies, from Lord Chatham down to London's dregs; and malevolence rushed to such an extreme, in alluding to her intercourse with the hated Lord Bute, as to doubt the paternity of her son. This it was which provoked Julius Mickle, in his elegy on her death :

Aspers'd by malice and unmanly rage,
Disgraceful stamp on this flagitious age,
In conscious innocence, secur'd from blame,

She sigh'd-but only sigh'd o'er Britain's shame.

Now in contradiction of that brutal inuendo-were it wanted-the Hartwell portraits alone stamp the father's likeness in the son. The equestrian statue in Hartwell Park (Edes, page 71,) of which I here submit a faithful resemblance,

as drawn by Mrs. Smyth in August 1862, affords pretty substantial points in evidence-even to satisfy Mrs. Candour herself.

By a comparison of phrenological bumps with the "ominations of physiognomie" so cleverly paraded by Lavater, Spurzheim, and Co., we may insist that, although every child does not resemble its true parent, it would be difficult

to find an instance of an illegitimate son resembling his mother's husband. Moreover, the features of Prince Frederick, mentioned in the Edes (page 117), collate admirably with a large print in Dr. Lee's collection, representing George, Prince of Wales, in 1755, engraved by Bernard Baron, from a painting by Adolphe. In this production the burin-artist shows more taste than the limner does, for there is the bare-headed prince in an embroidered coat, as stiff as a marline-spike, mounted on a saltatory charger, and prancing along a sea-beach, with ships and boats in shoal water, canopied by a marble sky.

I mentioned in the same work (page 71) that a statue of Prince Frederick's father, perhaps by way of burying the hatchet, was placed on the opposite Park Hill; and, in a spirit of strict neutrality, shall here also present the gallant little choleric King, belaurelled and accoutred like a very Roman Emperor.

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It is not my intention while trying to ward off the coarser blows which were aimed at the Princess, to assert that she never meddled with cabinet affairs, nor am I of that leaven which would hunt down a political woman as a bagged fox. The following jotting proves that she was not unmindful of her important charge in rearing the Heir Apparent; or in looking to the end. The original manuscript of this paper is indorsed, in Sir George Lee's handwriting, "Memorandum of what passed between the Princess, St George, Mr. Pitt, and La Bute, upon the Coalition, 1755:".

HEADS OF WHAT PAST WITH MR. PITT.

On Monday 5th May, 1755, the Princess of Wales gave Mr. Pitt (pursuant to his desire) an audience at the Earl of Bute's house in South Audley Street, in consequence of a conversation which had past between the s Earl and him a few days before. At that audience, as the Princess told me, Mr. Pitt declared the great duty of himself & his friends to her & their desire to support her & preserve the independence of the Prince whenever he should come to the Crown; that great numbers were in the same opinion, but were deterred from declaring themselves from an apprehension that she & the Prince were under influence from Mr. Stone, & that she was quite connected with & was the support of the D. of Newcastle, that this gave the true constitutional Whigs who acted upon Revolution principles great alarm, for as to the D. of Newcastle he had deceived all mankind, & it was impossible to act with him if he was to be continued minister in a future reign. Her R. H. replied that she was not in any sort influenced by Mr. Stone, and she was sure he had never attempted to inculcate any Tory principles into the Prince; and as to the Duke of Newcastle she had no other connection with him than as the King's minister; that she should always countenance those the King employed, & should never oppose the King's measures; in the conversation she was pleased to say she confided in me, whereupon Mr. Pitt desired he might have a conference with me the next night, & concluded with assurances of his duty, & that he would endeavour to bring as many persons to her interest as he could.

Accordingly, by Her R. H's command, on Tuesday evening 6th May, I met Mr. Pitt at the Earl of Bute's, where, after mutual compliments, we declared a desire of cementing friendship; he declared his attachment & his friendship to the Princess and her family, and that upon her honouring him with her countenance he would do all he could to connect people to her, that she might have a strong party if any thing should happen; talk'd of the apprehensions of Mr. Stone's influence, for which I assured him there was not the least foundation; said he had had great offers from the D. of Newcastle, but he would have nothing to do with him; commended me for refusing the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared agst the D. of N. & La Granville as ministers; spoke much in honor of La Chancellor, & wished him to be the minister; pressed much to know whether Her R. H. had any connection with the D. of N., for unless he could be authorised to assure people she had not he could not do her any service, tho' as to himself he was satisfied from what she had been pleased to say to him, which I had confirm'd; I ventured to assure him she had no other connection with him than as the King's minister, & one whose interest appear'd to be the same with her, tho' this winter he had done every thing in contradiction to her interest, for he had thrown the game into Mr. Fox's hand, who was in a plan opposite to the Princess's; he would