Prince Regent himself, who expressed uncommon delight at the occurrence.

Another part of the Queen's property consisted of pieces of silk and satin, gold and silver, figured and plain, not made up, which were measured at the Queen's House, St. James's Park, amounting to 2,140 yards. They were presents to her Majesty, or purchases made by her, for the encouragement of the manufacturers. They are of various prices, from one guinea to five guineas per yard, and many of them of the most beautiful workmanship; one of them, a piece of green silk shot with gold, is of the most exquisite beauty. This valuable collection the Princesses have, with their characteristic kindness and generosity, presented to Madame Beckendorff, as a mark of their esteem for the favourite of their deceased Royal parent. In another apartment was a large store of the most superb shawls, Oriental presents to her Majesty, but many of them nearly consumed by moths.

Such are the treasures of Royalty; but fond as her Majesty has been said to be of jewellery and diamonds, these were not her dearest treasures. Like the Roman Matron, her children were always the choicest of her jewels; we cannot therefore conclude this inventory better than by an enumeration of

THE ROYAL PROGENY.

The following are the issue of the Royal Pair:

1. George Prince of Wales, born Aug. 12, 1762; appointed Regent, Feb. 6, 1811; married, April 8, 1795, to the Princess Caroline of Brunswick (born May 17, 1768), by whom he had issue Charlotte Augusta, born Jan. 7, 1796; married, May 2, 1816, to Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg; died Nov. 5, 1817.

2. Frederick Duke of York, born Aug. 16, 1763; elected Bishop of Osnaburgh, Feb. 27, 1764; married, Sept. 29th, 1791, to the Princess Frederica, Princess Royal of Prussia, (born May 7, 1767).

3. William Henry Duke of Clarence, born Aug. 21, 1765; married, July 11, 1818, to the Princess of Saxe Meiningen.

4. Charlotte Augustus Matilda, Princess Royal of England, born Sept. 29, 1766; married, May 18, 1797, to the late King of Wurtemburg.

5. Edward Duke of Kent, born Nov. 2, 1767; married, July 11, 1818, to the Princess Leiningen, sister of Prince Leopold.

6. Princess Augusta Sophia, born Nov. 2, 1767. 7. Princess Elizabeth, born May 22, 1770; married, April 7, 1818, to the Prince of Hesse Homburg.

8. Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, born June 5, 1771; married, May 29, 1815, to Frederica, Princess Salm, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, (born March 2, 1778.)

9. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, born Jan. 27, 1773.

10. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, born Feb. 24, 1774; married, April 7, 1818, to the Princess of Hesse Cassel.

11. Princess Mary, born April 25, 1776; married, July 22, 1816, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester.

12. Princess Sophia, born Nov. 3, 1777.

13. Octavius, born Feb. 23, 1779; died in infancy, May 3, 1783.

14. Alfred, born Sept. 22, 1780; died also in infancy, Aug. 20, 1782.

15. Amelia, born Aug. 8, 1783; died Nov. 3, 1810, in the prime of life; a circumstance which so deeply affected her Royal Father, as to prove fatal to his health and happiness.

Poetical Appendix.

TO HER MAJESTY ON HER MARRIAGE.

By the Rev. THOMAS WARTON, A. M.
(Afterwards Poet Laureate.)

WHEN first the kingdom to thy virtues due
Rose from the billowy deep in distant view;
When Albion's isle, old Ocean's peerless pride,
Tower'd in imperial state above the tide;
What bright ideas of the new domain

Form'd the fair prospect of thy promis'd reign!

"

And well with conscious joy thy breast might beat, That Albion was ordain'd thy regal seat; Lo! this the land, where Freedom's sacred rage Has glow'd untam'd, through many a martial age. Here patriot Alfred, stain'd with Danish blood, Rear'd on one base, the king's, the people's good

Here Henry's archers fram'd the stubborn bow,
That laid Alanzon's haughty helmet low:

Here wak'd the flame, that still superior braves
The proudest threats of Gaul's ambitious slaves:
Here Chivalry, stern school of valour old,
Her noblest feats of knightly fame enroll❜d:
Heroic champions caught the clarion's call,

And throng'd the feast in Edward's banner'd hall:
While chiefs, like GEORGE, approv'd in worth alone,
Unlock'd chaste Beauty's adamantine zone.

Lo! the fam'd isle, which hails thy chosen sway, What fertile fields her temperate suns display! Where Property secures the conscious swain, And guards, while Plenty gives, the golden grain; Hence, with ripe stores her villages abound, Her airy downs with scatter'd sheep resound.

Fresh are her pastures with unceasing rills, And future navies crown her darksome hills. To bear her formidable glory far,

Behold her opulence of hoarded war!

See, from her ports a thousand banners stream,
On every coast her vengeful lightnings gleam!
Meantime, remote from ruin's armed hand,
In peaceful majesty her cities stand;

Whose splendid domes and busy streets declare
Their firmest fort, a King's parental care.

And, O! blest Queen, if e'er the magic powers
Of warbled truth have won thy musing hours;