The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian

POETRY. THE HEIR OF ENGLAND. As merrily the tidings flew I On rapid pinion o'er the land. With loyalty did every heart At once expand. The peer, beneath his gorgeous roof, fiU'd up the rubied wine-cup high Then gave "The Prince!" and standing, drain'd The goblet dry. The peasant, in his lowly cot, Lifting his darling" to his knee, In humbler beverage drank the toast With equal glee. A chain of eager cherished hope Had bound all England man to man, And joy's electric current swift Along it ran.

CHINESE VERSION OF THE ATTACK UPON CANTON. The following verses accompany a wood-cut, repre- senting a steamer and a ship of war, which was hawked about the streets of Canton soon after the attack upon it, and was eagerly purchased by the Chinese at four cash (about one farthing) per copy. It is amusing to see the efforts made by the Chinese to represent the affair at Canton as favourable to them, although we can hardly think that any of the inhabitants of that city will soon forget what did really happen. blodel of a Fire Ship and of a War Ship. Thr y are lonsr iipwirdo of 30 chang (120 vards) Thp\ 11"- hiI LI ann hroad upwards of thiOP chanir (12yds) he arr ho.,iiu abont ith iron to make them strong \nd ihpi. hole hull is painted black. They come and go like a weaver s shuttle To their two sides are fixed two wheels They use coal to make a fire Then she turns abont like a race horse Thev have sails of white clo h for sun and shade They sail whether the wind be fair or adverse On the ship's bow is a figure of the god of the waves On both stem and stern are guns which traverse all round Truly her appearance is enough to frighten people The jade-stone void (i.e. Heaven) displayed its spiritual efficacy (in sending bad weather). The stone dragon (i.e. earth) got the steamer on a shoal (alluding probably to the Atalanta) By this may be seen the truth of Heaven's justice The foreigners were unable to do anything Which greatly delighted the heart of all men The Attack of the Barbarians. The English barbarians raised disturbances, and rebelled against the reason of H ea, on On the 3rd day of the 4th moon (23rd May) the rebels offended (attacked) the city of Rams (Canton) But the jade stonf void displayed its spiritual ffficacy and the stone drajjon got a ship on the shoals They also ascended the river to Neisheng, but their war ships tot agTound on the sand*! And the devil's soldiers got a great defeat So matters went on till the 6th of the moon (26th Vai,) When fire arrows (i e rockets) were tfcoi into the city One gun gave three cracks, and it looked as if the Heavens were sending down red rain Our guns and powder were quite exhausted, when the country p- ople to the north of the city Suddenl- and valorously pressed forward to fight From the top of Pakwunshan (the mountain behind Canton city) The master of Heaven ssnt down a shower of rain Several h ndred of the devil foreigners were killed The head of their chief man was cut off and shirk upon a pole L His name was called Bremer! The hearts and livers of the foreigners grew cold fiom fear and they cast off their clothe- and fled Oar country peo- Ic drummed up their courage, and cut them off and massacred them at all points, Until the "hole of them were slain The foreign ships retired and have now sailed far b, yond the Bocca Tigris The providence of Heaven could not bear their wick- edness At that season the climate was most unhealthy Aud numbers died of the plagus, all of which was caused by the anger of the gods Peace followed from this, and every one enjoys a lif" of glorv To the great delight of the people of this district.

O K I G I N A L CHARADES. No. XIII. TIs night. Heaven's azure is with stars array'd, Aud crawls my humble First beneath thwr beam, In molten silver flows the soft cascade And moves in liquid light the valley stream. In shadows dark, my verdant Second lies. Yet there the nightingale's sweet plaint is heard Alas! thev speak to listless ears »nd eye*. Those beauteous stars! that stream! that fall! that bird Such,(lights and sounds no raptur. hive for him, No solace to his sleepless wounds impart. Whosecup my lpho-le lise poisoned to the bnm. And left its bitterness within his hem.

THE PRINCE OF WALES. As some interest may attach to a perusal of what took p'ace on the birth of the last Prince of Wales (George IV.), we extract the followinar account from the Annual Hegister, for the year 1762 The episode of the captured treasure, though not properly be- longing to the subj,-ct, was too prominent a feature to be omitted:- cC Thill morning (Aug 12, 1762), at half an hour past seven, the Queen was happily delivered of a prinre, her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wa!es, several Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present. This great and important news was immediately made known to the town by firing of the Tower guns and the Piivy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, it was ordered that a form of thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a prince should be prepared by his Grace the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. to be used within the bills of mortality on Sunday next, and throughout the King's dominions, the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the satno. It was likewise ordered, that in every part of the public service where the royal family is appointed 10 be particularly prayed for, the following form shall be ot,Prved o Our gracious Queen Chailolte, his R ynl Highness the Prince, her Royal Highness the Princess Dow- ager of Wales, and all the royal family. "The Queen was brought to bed at 24 minutes after seven, after being in labour some what above two houra. Her Majesty found herself not well at two o'clock, and abcut three notice was sent to the Priucesa of Wales that the Queen was not well, upon which her royal highness hastened to St. James's, and was there by four o'clock. About five, orders were sent to the gieat officers of state to attend; and there were present the Archb:shop of Canterbury, the Duke of Devonshire, he Duke of Rutland, the Lords Hardwicke, Huntingdon, Talbot, Ha ifax, Bute, Masham, and C intilupe, and all the ladiea of the bedchamber and the maids of honour. The Qneen was delivered by Mrs. Draper; Dt. Hunter wa. in waiting, in calle o' his help being wanted. The archbishop was m the room, and the lords in a room adjoining, with a door open into the Queen's apartment The person that waited on the King with the news of her Majesty's being delivered of a prince received a present of a 6t500 bank bill" A few days after the birth of George IV. he was exhibited publicly at the palace for several days in auccession, all respectably-dressed persons being freely admitted. Thousands of persons of both sexes availed themselves of the privilege, for the two-fold purpose of showi ig their attachment to the reigning Monarch and of seeing him whom they expected would one day sway the sceptre of this great empire. The public were admitted into the state apartment where the royal inlant was to he seen, from whom they were separa-ed by a network, similar in form to what is used in aviaries, but being composed of fine gold wire. I, The following anthem, composed by Dr.. Na, er., was performed before his Majesty at the Chapel Royal, in thanksgiving for her Majesty's sale de'ivery of a priDCP Ie '0 clap your hand-, together, all ye people. 0 sing with the voice of melody. "c 0 sing praises, sing praises, unto our Got) I 0 sing praises unto our King. Lo, children, and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the LORD. "'Like as the arrows in the hand ot t he iaDI, even so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. He shall not be ashamed when he speaketh with his enemies in the gate. .1. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that fearetb the LORD. Hallelujah.' On the 17th, the King was pleased to order letters patent to be passed under the aeal of Great B itain for creating his Royal Highness the Prince of Great Britain (Electoral Prince of Brunswick- Lunenburg. Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Great Steward of Scotland), Prince of Wales and Earl of Cheater. And "On the 18'h of September the ceremony of the christeuing his royal highness was performed in the Great Council Chamber of bis Majesty's palace by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, his Most Sereoe Highness the reigning Duke of Mecklen- burg-Strelitz (represented by the Duko of Devon- shire, lord chamberlain of his Majesty's household) being godfathers; and her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales being godmother* "The young Prince was named George Augustus Frederick. Attendants on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales :— "Goveroes*—Lady Charlotte Finch. II Deputy-Governess Mrs. Henrietta Coults- worth. Wet-Nurse—Mrs. Scott. "Dry-Nurse—Mrs. Chapman. "Necessary-Woman — Mrs. Dodson. CI Rockers-Jane Simpson and Catherine John. son." From the statement we have jo-t given, it will be seen that the'title of p, inee of Wales ()e" not pTtain to the royal heir-apparent at his birth, but his conferred by lettei-,4 patent usually within a fe-, days after the event. This was file I'll"" with George IV and that ihe Hon or i* not c usidere hereditary may also be f < ;♦<* fac: 1 !P", on I he death <»» Frederick Pi"- Li *• (atterwar s George HI ) did -><■« u f" a f of course, but va- ciea'ert by i..r'f>r;. tj;it-, f. Au, apart from any inference to be deduced tioin these instances, we have the authority of Seatieit on the subject. In his Tides of Honour" — we print from the quarto of 1614-he thus vvrite- After the Conquest, no ap ciall title more then Primogeni- tusjMus Regis was for the prince, vnti I the nam of PRINCE OF WALES came to hillt. Yet Poly- dere, tpeakiuc of Henry the First his making his aonne William Duke of Normandie, addea, kmc mos nerpsit, vi Regi* deinceps Filium majvrem natu quern sibi succtssorem optassent, Normandie, prin- cipata ilonarent. Hut the time which interceded Hello y the Fir.t ood IL iotvi. Yllde whov, Norman- die ft" 10", will not iuatifie txy such thing at an h',no, at ie Dutv to the Friglisn Ht-wea. He afte, arard in Heorf III. itit iitxii vet-r, ttics. tht in Par ia- itifnt Edumrdus fi its (h. which w, »Mer- .or,i Edward t.) rf mafttriut ad res yrt)>clas jit-amiores eTperienn rediieretur fit »i> ae ineeps ti'mu/que Aquit&nia ac Hybem>& preefectus — Vnds natum vt deinceps vnusqutxrpie, tiez hoc Mcntus institutum Filium maioreo natu Wal ija Ptincipem facore consucueril. it i. I r ue bal W.-les, with G Ireland, and »<»oiiie t)iher terri'ori*- ill Ei>g!»od, Wf* giueti t- itli- Prince Eiw -'Ci hia carriage "iih t'eanor daughter tll A'pho.iao, ILI- g of si-dill. Y I the Principality ot Wale* w t- not in that liff, -0 speciall to thio pmpos". For, after the other, it cornea in the Patent in tll.e • orda only Una eum conquestti nostra Walli<z. Wh,-ii this F,,ied,d Wd- King, he made hie »otine, fcdwartf of Caernaruan, Prince of Walea (a more particular course in poltcie vsd about it, ia in eo. ot our atoriea, whithar I reterre yon), and by that name and Erle of Chester ouniitioued him to Par- liament. But all iheoe made nothing to insest the Title perpetually ill tlMl H ir* apparent, although tomw tiaue delisted otherwi-a. For thi* Edward of Caernoruati (at'fer»ar<ie Edward II.) aotnitioned hio vide-I sonne, Princ- Edward, 1 y the name oil Eaite ot Chester and Fliut owly. But when this Prince w.. Kityg (Edward III.) he in P rliament firti cieates hia aonne the Black F-ifice Dnlioe ot Co and quod prlmojten it as filiiis lift/is Any.- qui foret herettibilis Regno Angliee Joret Uux Cornobie, 4- quo • Ducutu* Cornw iae foret temper ertunc primogenitus ftiiti hegum Anglian qui foret proximus haeies predicto Megno, *"d .,Iue. him Iiut-fe p<)«»e»siona at ( the Ducbie. Tenedum eidum Ituci ipsiut 4' hoeredum sttorvm Regum Anglite, fU jt prun yenitis et dicti loci Ducibus. Since when, the eideat sonnes of our Soueraigu* baue been, by law, accounted Dukes ot Cornwall, ill the fir-t instant of their birth. Nether only, the afdeat in reopee- ofebooluteprim, Cc-iiituoe, but alao the eecot'd or other after the dft )) of the first or toriaer, oil whom thi-4 Title was so cost a* it wao I ttaly resolued tpon ipt,i,d and mature reason, grounded by diuers autorities and presidents, to. he now most tioblepritice C- a,teo. Not I -nsj ait r the some Black Prn-ce "all itnieaied in P'incipa- Illy of Wales, tenendum sibi t heredibus Ttegibus Angliae, since when (neither i* the true beginning of this tifle, of any other tin e) the lieira apparent haue been hoouur d with PRINCE OF WALES; some having been created in liko for ue, others oiti) so. The last creation was in \h: moal hopet';ll "I08"0Ifl, vntime'y cropt out of Bri ain'a Ga den Prince Henry whose title .0 wax often Prt. ce ot Great Britain. In Scotland, the eldest and heire is born PRINCE OF SCOTLAND, Duke 01 Hothgay and Stewart of the Kingdom. The title ot Duke of Rotbaay, has so been, sinee R .ben III. first honoured hia eldest aoune Prince Dnuiit wilti it Yet Henry Lord Darnlay had i al. before his marriage with Queen Vlary. Äni." Rotbaay to the ti. so the Earledo« •! &0. ï. ia Scot: d In the second aonne. TU" "ako the Act of P&4 ti,, ment ander Jti*oo Ill. :()-ir Soutte».ii^o« Lot'.1 with euaaent of hte Thre» fi.t <ii<« of t'te auueaia till hi* (;n. Ito #.&. led-o of with the Portiset-te, is fo**i* i*eia< foi »••». !t". that it itall not fe; letflul to his beiueaaa or his aires, nor his succes-ourcs, to make ag nation of the saide Erledome, or ony part thereof, fra his Crowne in ony %vise: gaifand ih,-tt it sa!i be leiti'ul to him aiid them to giue the sair! Erledome at iheit pleasaunce till any of his or their !onde t;OUlle lauollfu¡ly begotten twixt him and the Queene.

THE ARMS OF WALES. It is generally considered that the Principalilyof NVales has no arms, an opinion founded doubtless oil Wales having no College of Arms, and conse- quently, possessing no heraldry like either England, Scotland, or Ireland. On reference, however, to the best authorities, it will he found that the ensign of Cad-A-alla(It-r, the la,t King ot the B,itoi-,s, wa- a Red Dragon. Henry the Seventh wore it as the dexter supporter to his arms He likewise adopted as the Badge of Wales a Dragon passant, wings elcrated, gules upon a nioitnt reit. It is f,ni it-.(. device of the Red Dragon this Monarch created the Pursuivant of Arms, Rouge Dragon Upon the Great S al of James the First appeared the banner of the Arms of Cadw^lUder, viz: Az. a cross pattee fitchee or, to show the descent from the Welsh blood royal. Another authority asserts that that the ancient armorial bearing-s of the Principality are quarterly yules and or. ill eticit quarter a lion passant guardant countercharged. It is stated in Berry's Encyclopaedia Heruldica, that the follow, ing badge also appertains 'o Wales, v;z :-Upon a mount vert a dragon passant, wings elevated gules. It is evident that armorial bearings were known to the Cymrtf or natives of Wales at a very earlv period, which is proved trom the office of Arwijdd- vardd, or herald bard, which existed under the Di-uidical institutions. Originally this officer per- formed the part of a herald at arms by bearing a flag of truce between contending armies, on which occa- sion he generally were a white dress to denote the sacrednesaor purity of his character. In after ages his duties were to pourtray arms, to draw not pedi- greea, and lo register all family occurrence" "f importance. Hence the toccus-tivy Aith whit-h the Welsh genealogies and other domestic records have been preserved from the earliest time". It is also certain that coat armour was common in Wales many centuries ago. The founders of the five royal tribes of North Wales had their peculiar armoiial bearings, and some of these personages lived as I"lIrly all th" ninth century It is, however, pretty evident that there never were any arms peculiar to North Wales as a nation, and this may be attributed to the turbulent aud divided state of the country, which was seldom if ever united und r out- dominion for ten years together. The English Princes of Wales have adopted as their crest the Bohemian feathers, which were generally styled when hi" Majesty Goo!ge the Fourth was Prince of Wales, I the Prince of Wales's Feathers."

THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S" REVENUES &c. The revenues of Ihp Duchy of Cornwall, which instanter attach to ''the Prince of Wales," are subject to distinct and peculiar jurisdiction. This duchy was created in 1337, in fauur of Edward the Black Prince, and settled by act ot Pa'liament n the elde..4i son of the Sovereign. Judging from the average of the three years after the dea I h of Edward the Back Pi hire, ill" annual revenue amounted to upwards of X2,400 and in the 15 h Henry VIII., the clear revenue was < £ "10.000. In the 44'h Elizabeth it had fallen to about 4.500 but in 1<14 the gross amount was estimated at £ 22.000, .tt,500 of which aroe from the tin duty, and £ 3.00 from the rents of manors, fines, &c., in the county of Cornwa I. The tin duly, previously to the war of 1793, amounted to < £ 14,000. The immediate goverumcnt ot Ihe county was vetited in the Duke of Cornwall, who s ill has his Chancellor, Attorney- General, Solicitor.General, and his Court of Ex- chequer, besides the privilege of appointing the aheriffs. The staiinary courts have separate juris- diciion over the mining trade, the lord warden and the vice warden beingat the head of that jurisdiction. Th-ie are four stannaries or mining districts. In the 6th and 7th William IV. an act was passed for the better and more expeditions administration of justice in the stannaries in Cornwall, and for en- Urging the jurisdiction and improving the practice and proceeditil-a in the courts of the stannaries. The foarth section of thaf act extends the equitable jurisdiction of the vice warden to all matters con- nected with the working of lead, copper, or other metal or metallic mineral wilnin the county of Corn- wall. The vice-warden's court, by section 21, is made a court of record, and is held at Truro. The stannaries prison is now at Bodmin, previously to that act it was at Lostwithiel. The ancient record- of the stannaries were burnt in 1614 by the par- liam ntary army in the civil war.

THE PRINCES OF WALES. The birth of an heir to the throne of these realms is an event whioh, from tini" immemorial, has excited the hopes of the people of this country, and perhaps the only drawback 'o the festivities on the occasion ,f the safe delivery of our beloved Queen of a son and heir, is the very alarming, and, it is with deep regi-et we add, in all probability, fatal iline-9 of the exemplary Queen Dowa er, whose pious aud charitable act* during her widowhood have been thejust admiration of million-. In our last ivin,, re,lo,, we noticed at some length ,II. origin of the ci ea tons of Prinre of Wales. D'-ke <;f Cornwall, & a d ala • .v ,I lv •:Mf«ture of the • ii of Jarm-i f., He rj Pri .ce r>< Wale«, TH« pn<1- "")p :VIH NATION at in# period; bat to t!>e huriy mid shortness of time bet*e«n the htrth "I the infant Duke ol Corn- wall, and our publication, many interecniug parli- eu'cr connected with the Pritices of Wales were nroc,rilyomitted. We no. •uhjoin » clear and chronological notxe, avoiding a repetition of that ehieh haa al>ead> appeared. The atr^tagem which first led to the creation of Edwam of Caernarvon Prince of Wales, by his father Edward I., proves the consumipate know ledge ha had of the nature of mankind, for by the trick he pacified < hardy, warlike, and tio,iii-bar- baroua pe«»pl». Edward, short I after the birth of the ,riu.. in honour of tha event, gave lordships to aav»*!a! F^'g'tah nobl- s, a<-> ong hOIll were, to Henry l.'ey, IK i, I of Lincoln, that of D"lIhh; the lo, d- hi p of Rut'ie-O'o the Lord R< gin-rid Gr-'y. aecond will of Job Gr,-y. ofWilw»» ♦ 4c In 1306, Edward I. conferred the honour ol knighthood on the Prince of when by proclamation .o.wo f the ciii ( Mohtlit, aod gentry, lio h id all very fin* »pp'«rel furnished them by 'he King, r,,tived the h,,t-otif of The young prince vrxa grat knighted by the his la her, which gava him 'he right to confer the asme, »a lie did to all the other candidates. The tiiatorian of that period »iv« af the conclua<oo of the ceremony — The prince put hisase't at the head ,f a gallant train, and, on leaving the Abbey Charch of West- minster, they a l repaired to trie royal pa'ace, where the King received them with gt eat cOlI>pla HIIl"e Thja prince, born at C arna von Ca-ile, 25 h Apri 1284, was fourth alI of leti-w-i t., his sons John and lleury I)oviu. died when infama, and Alph"). hie third «ou. d>iu; in hjs |gih year. He succeeded to the CT<>-H ou ihedea h of hi* father on the 7ih July, J3{;1, and ea-i i.ilititsitily murdered al j Berkeley Ca-tle, Gloucestershire! 21st September, 1327. The aecond Prince of Wales (afterward* Edward IJ f.), aou nf the ill-fated monarch, was bom at Windsor Caaile, the 13ih November, 1312. History ia ailent as to his creation, owing probably to the diatwrbad #>ate of the country at his tiirth. The third Prmce of Wales and first Duae of Cornwall "a. Edward .0 ilb^atiious undei the nawe of the B ack Pi ince, born ei W odoi.ick, June 15ih, 13S0. aad on the I2ih Alay, 1343, he was created Prince of Wales, the inveature of the dignity being performed with great apleudour and liberality in the presence of the Pirlia(nei.t. To the eaireme regret or the nation ittio gallant prince. the g'ory of »\ie EnIi." name and nation," died in 1376, when is ehlest surviving son Riihaid became Tiie fourth Prince of Wales, having been create" ihp aame year a# his father died, by Iii. grandla her, Edward III., whom he succ;.e(t,,t Kl..L" I,v ii.e name of iliclr«jd II. He wits born at B-urde ius, ».,id o*»t"g 10 the recent death ol hi* lather, the pomp and ceremony attendant on ihose occasions ,.a. die, ase,i with The fi'1 h Prince f Wales was the SOD of Henry IV., born at M -ii'iinuth He waa creatcd Pi ince of Wales alter hiv lathe''# coronation, in 1399, u '<>n the motion ot the Archbishop ot Canterbury. The ILi,.#, Iiis fdllier, i(i,e,ied Iiiis with a cro%vil of gold, and put ihe golden ring on his finger, giving 11 ,,im the ct,*It(-r of ti;s creaiion," and at the same time introduced him, by the Duka ot Yoik, to Par. Ij.i'.iient. He afterwards came to the throne as Heury V. The sixth Prince of Walea was the only "on of Henry V. On the birth ot it>N p: i c«, at Windsor Caatle, 142"2, hia afther was at ;\leaui. H,.Il in his It Chroniclea," ,i.t' the following curious passage relati" !ha birth of the prince ■ — "Duriig the iiee of ibis atrge (M-on,) was bi.rne a' Wyudsore the Ei' g'a sonu. c,.p.d Hft"J, oh,)-c *Ili&;Ijera -& J(,t-.i D,,iso of Li, ;t,,rd *it,; ur, fiiahop 01 Winchester, and JKjnet D^chra of tf.'laud mm gottmo'hmr, wh-reof tna 084 certefyedjlying m this siege of mt which he was much rfj.yse,j i but vi hen he beard 01 the place of his nativity, whether he fantayss-d o'd bliuda propV'-ecie, or ehe judged of his sonne s fortune, he sayed to Lorde Fitz Hugh, his chamher- ley"c. thf's" ,\ordt'!I: :\1)" lord. I; H\ury. !,()I!!I" at M-n.-fl uth, sha'l snull time reigne attd uet much; and iieniy. borne at Wynd-ore, ,,11.I!! long r>'igup a -d loi>>-e all. Bi»r as fio.) wyll, so he it. 'J Tho ntisforlunes of this prim e, when Henry VI., are \11 known. His son. The evPllfh Prhce (If \y.pR was taken pri-oii,-r. with his mother Queen Margaret, a' the bat'le of Te w keshu i v, by Edwrd IV (llemy VI. being still alive), and was .,ti,(ie,ed by the Duke o! Gl'-ucester and L<-rd Ha«ti'.t;s and others, bu' ied 'heir daggers in his i>eart. Tho eighth Prince of Wales so of El^aid IV. was bora in the Saticutry at We-tmiuster, wbe c that Monarch's unl'ortunate Qoeen had fled tor safety, ou Henry VI. he.i g looted to I be throve, bot alter his dt ath the youi g prince quwil> enjoyd his title, anfl iu 1473 short:j a'ter the violent death of the Duke oi a, IV, Tioxpr. It" iuve*!ed with the priucipa i y of Wales, by b'" father, now in pos»e-simt of tile c. T tie revelo of the cuuit on that occasion were very c magnificent, and many creations were made of public honours. Among others the famou- judge [,ytil,,Ioti thf-it received the honour of k.,igiothoo He became King (Edward V.) on the dea h of his father, iq 1483 The niii, Prince of Wales was Edward, son 01 Richard III., who appealed -it his fat!ipt » c ron itiou, at York, as Prince of Wales. He died ill 1484. The tenth Prince of Wales, who was second son of Henry VII., was born "t Greenwich, 20'h Sep- tember, 1486, aud succeeded his i roihei Arthur, who died in 1502. He wa» afterwards ilie famous Herity Vill. His son Edward was The eleventh Prince ot Wales, who was born at Ha>npton Court Palace, 12 li October, 1537, whose tiirth is reported to have diffused great joy over thp kingdonl but e-pecially to the reformers (Pro- testants)." The ittir-i (lisy after hi* birth the joui g prince w. s baptised wilh extiaordinary pomp and magnificfeicp, by the name of Edward, and three day* after that ceremony he was declared Prince of W,-Ie-, Do ki! .f Corti, al', &e. To distinguish thai happy event the mure, Sir Seymour, brother 10 the Queen, who had lately been mad'' Lo.d fjeauchamp, was created Earl of Hertford ;§ Sir \V Fi zwidiams, Lord Admiial of England, was cieate Eii, I of Southampton; and subsequently Sir W Paulet, treasurer of the household, was made Lord St. John, and Sir J. Itussell, comptroller, was created Lord Russell. We now come to the accession of the House of Stuart, when the eldest son of James I. Prince Henry, was created 'I'lie twelfth Pi-iiiep of IVa)e- Of that p-ince we gave a copious notice of the ceremony of hi- invest lure, it) our last. 'I'lie revels oil I lial "C(,dKioll et,e fioin piess of matter omiited, but a* they i lustrat" the court munurr* and amusements vt that period, we subjoin th masque and ba l ai Whitehall, which succeeded the banquet ou the day of the priuce's investure.- Nejtt day (June 5th) was graced with a magni- ficent ma-k, which was double. In the first act came in first the young Duke of Yoik (afterwaids Prince of Wales and Charles I.) between two great sea slaves, the chiefest of Neptune's servants, at- tended upon by 12 little 1 -dies, all daugtili rsof earls or baroiis. One of these men made a speech to King and prince, expressing the design of the mask, and another put it sword. worth at least 20,OIK) crowns, into the Duke of York's hands, who presented it to (he prince his brother, from 'he firsi of those ladies, who were to follow in the next mask. This done, the duke returned to his former place in the midst of the stage, and the liule ladies performed their dance to the surprise of every person who saw them, considering the tenderness of iheii years, and the many intricate changes in the dance, which was so disposed, that which way soever they moved the duke was still in the centre. After ihis came in the Queen, the Lady Elizabeth, her daughter and the Lady Arabella Stewart, wrh the Countesses ofartilidel, Derby. Esse*, Dorset, and Montgomery, the Viscountess Haddington, Lady Elizabeth Grey, Lady Windsor, Lady Katherine Petre, Lady Eliza- beth Guildford, and Ihe Ldy Mary Wintoun. After theee had performed their parts, there fo lu-cd a banquet." "The third and last day, Wednesday, was not inferior to any of the (ormer, either in show or per- formance. in the afternoon, in the Tilt-yard, several noblemen and other personages of di-titie- tion, in rich armour aud caparisons, embroidered with pearls, gold, and silver, and splendid habili ments, on their borsea, piesented several devices and trophies before the King and Prince, and then ran at tilt. These tilters were, the Dukeof Lennox, the Earls "^of Arundel Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomerv, and Lords Walden, Cowpion, Norris, North. Hay. and Disigeall Sir rtlOlft" Somerset. Sir Thomas Howard, Sir Henry Carey, Sir S'g muud Alexander, and Mr. Heurs Alexander The Earl of Pembroke blougbt iu two comparisons of peach-coloured velvet, richly entbmideied all over with oriental pearls; but the Lord Waldeu carl ied otf the reputation of bravery f r that day. At night were elhihited naval triumphs oil the liver (the Thames), opposite to the court, with ships ot war and jallien fighting against each other, a' d airaitist a co-tie built n the aster. These battles were followed for the spade ot an hour wilh fire- woru i« that caotle, and in all the ahip* and gaMies, -ittion, the lea-t ace deut to Any pt-r-oti oiigh the Thames was covered in a manner wilh boats, and the banks with «pect«tors. It appears that several difficulties were started against creaiiikg Prince Henry Prince of Wa'es, and shot by the profusion of late rt'bn.. the re\l('IIUt'H of that principality were greatly diminished. Tit" debts of the Crown were urged as, on many reasons, why the expenses of the iltll ought not to be increased; and it sraB strongly insinuated lo James that, by creating his son Prince of ale8, and put- ling him ia possession of a great independent state. the glory of the Crow,) would he eclipsed. It was further ur4ged that the jurisdiciion of a Prince of Walea, when exercised by him in person, would el.sh with that of the Crown of England. What effect these objections had upon the mind of J ime* doel not appear, but i< is certain he created hi- e,)ti Prince of Wales, &o., and that the sum of his revenue* arising from thcnce, beeideu the v ot pri- vileges anotfed to his dignhie#, attainted to £ bI,4i5 17s. lOti, besides 22,000 a year allowed li)se for collection "t the revenue migut < owe clear t. his. Ou <h« death of this p ince, on the 6 h November, 1613 Prince Chailea became heir- apparen*. and in 1615 he w«s cieated The thirteenth Prince of Wales.—On the occasion <>1 bis creation the <»o*t extravagant honours were distributed hy James I.) kuifiits 01 tlie Bath •ere iriMtle. and Henry Montague Was made Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, in the room of Coke, whom the court party had overcome, and the Lord Chancellor was created a viscount, and the favourite" was made Viscount Villiers. vii, before tiie end of the year, was created Earl ot Buckingham. To enumerate all the other promoti >ns that were made at this time would he as etidleas as needless At the prince's creation the benchers ol Lincoln's Inn agreed uj>ou a taxation of 40s. every barrister 30s., under S veil years 20s. and every gentleman 1;3". 4tL towards detraying ,the eipenat s of the performance ;it t6e b,rri,-ro iii litmi,,ur of tli;kt gri,,it Die end of this ill-fated prhcc, as Cbarle- I., is familiarly known to our readers. His Sol Cliii-I was The fourteenth Prince of Wales.-—He was bom Nii "v 119, IW, at %t. Jtti)es' The King of France and Prince £ iector Palatine, represented by the Duke of Lentiot, and \Iarquie :talllilloll, were godfather*, and the Queen-Mother ol France, represented by the Duchess of Richmond, his godmother, at his baptism. 4 chronicler 01 that day ,bii,-rv(-s that at his nativity a star w;ia seeu at noon day wnich might portend some extraordinary passage*" of that princes lile. There was s gold inedal struck by Charles I on the creatitnt of tilt- prince. Upon the obverae, it gives the bust of Charles L, representing that monarch crowded, with a ruff and a military scarf over his arit)(tur. It is inscribed, c(irolits D. G. Mag. Brit. Fra. et Hib. Rex." The reverse shows the rovitl iiifiiit in a sulm-rh chair, with Mars and Mer- cury holding a wreath over iiim-tile "'Otto is Reddat Jvos" In the ex era in- tile date (if lli,4 birth, \1aii 29 1630. The silver inedal commemo- rative of tnis prince's nativity is common enough, but the medal described as above, is extremely rare, "lid 1'5ci'('d c(lllsidl'rabh tiicu,illll ¡¡IIIOII th.. m..m- bers of the Society of Antiquaries, and is engraved in the the An iifflologia. Tots prince, the last ol the house of SHuart, Was afterwards Cli.nleS II. Of ttit, creation ,.f George, Prince of Wj-les, after- wards George II. there is nothing oil record deserving of notice. The late Prince of Wales, George IV., born at St. James's, was elected a knight cotrp'tiioti of the order of the Garter, 1765, but bis installation did not take place until 1 7? i. creation, as Prince of Wales, has been given previously.

Ancestor of the present Marchioness of West- minster and Karl ot Wi ton. t Seat of the present arl Fitfharrhnge. t We cannot sav whether an opinion exiots in the royal fan.il, »> to a fatality extending to princes horn at '.v iudso/, but it is notorious that her Majesty has alwa. s filter ailleci a prejudice against her accouchinent taking place at Win Nor I § Ancestor of lha present Marquis of Hertford,

LINEAL DISCENT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND ORDER OF SUCCES- SION. At this moment ri)e folloi, ii,g go-.ip.ngical state- ment, shoninj; the descenl of his Il-nal Highness •he Piince of Wales from the Nouiiiin Conq ueror, and the order of succession, IIWY not b,' uninter- esting 1066 William 1. 110 llenty I. ——- Matilda, Empress nt Germany. 1154 Henry II 1190 John. 1 -16. Hetny 111. 127 2 Ed a rd I. 13 7. Edward II. 1327. Edward IIK -—- 1) k,, Philiippo, Cotinte>« i»t »1atfb. ——- Uoger. Ear of Wa'cb -——- Ann. C'ooiitn-so ('auibridgp. Isichard, i )nke of York. 1161. E-ivvtrd |V. Elizabeth. Queen of Hen v VII. Margaret, Queen of James IV., of Scotland. Ja,i,ei V., of S(,ol'and. Mary, Queen of Scots. 1603. J unes I. -——- Elizabeth. Queen of Bohemia. -— Sophia. Eleciress of Hanover. 1714. George I 1727 George II Frederick, Prince of Wales. 17G0. George 111. Edward, Duke of Kent. 1837. Victoria. 1840. The Princess lioyal. 1841. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. ORDPR OF SU('CESSIO% His Royal nihlles the Prince of Wales, born November 9, 1841. The Princess Hoyal, November 21, 1841. • KSC F. N DA NTS OF GtOHGli HI. Ernest- King of Hanover, born June 5, 1771. George Frederick, Crown P, ince of Hanover. May 21, 18 9 A'tgostus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, January 27. 1773 Ad lplius Frederick, Duke of Cambi idge, Feb. 24, 1774. George William, March Q6, 1819 1 Angnstri Caroline. Jul v 19 l82-2> His issue. Mary Adelaide, Nov. 27, 1833 Mary Duchess of Gloucester, April 25, 1776. Sophia, Nov. 3, 1777. DESCENDANTS OF FREIIFRJCK I. K WIS. PRINCE OF WALKS, FATHER <»■? G FORGE III. Snpnia Matilda, of Gloucester, \1 <iy 29, 1773 Ctiarles Fiederick, of Ur,,n-,ick, Octobc 30. 1804 Cha Ip Maximilian, reigning Duke of Bruns- «iek Ocober 25. IS06. Th<> Doke of Wiiriemburg and other progeny of Cliarlotte, Duche«s 01 Wuriemburg. the daughter of the Duchess ot Brunsu jek, sister to Geo-ge III. King; of Denmark [Frederick VII, September 18, 17S6] and other progeny of (Caroline, Queen of Denmark, sister to Geor c III. DESCENDANTS OF GKORfiK It. The es-King 01 Holland and other progeny of Ann p. inces Hoyal, Princess of Orange, and daughter ol George II. Landgrave ot Hesse Ci-qqef and other p ogeny of Mary Landgravine ol Hesse Cassel, another daughter of George II. Other members of the royal family of Denmark being descendants of Louisa, queen consort of Frederick V., and daughter of George II. DEsCENDA NTS OF GEORGE I. King of Prussia (Frederick William IV., Octo- ber 15, 1795), and oilier progeny of the Princess Koyai Sophia Dorothy, Queen of Prussia, and daughter ot George J.

The following additional verse to the National Anthem has been added on the birth of the Prince of Wales, by a well known vocalist In lofty strains rejoice— Let us with heart and voice Our love evince. Lord, bless the royal pair, And, with parental care, Guard England's rightful beir- Long live the Prince."

S>.week" Charade-IRE-LAND, :t,j,

HEIRS APPARENT AND PRINCE OF WALES. The birth of heir to the sovereignty of these realms, in the person of the infant Prince of Wales, is an event so interesting io the nation, that a succinct and accurate not ice of the ci rCtltnsta nces connected with that special tit e assigned to the heir apparent to the British crown, may not be uninteresiing. The second in dignity to the King is his eldest son, who, as among the Romans, is the heir appa- rent. Our Saxon ancestors named Aethling, thai is noble but after the Norman conquest no certain or special tiile of honour was assigned to the heir apparent further than Ihe King's son. The following heirs apparent to the Crown of England since the Nonnan conquest have died naiura' deaths, or by violence, during 'he life of their ancestors, so that they have not attained the Crown William, the only son of Henry I.. was drowned on his passage from Normandy, his father reign- ing. Eustace, King Stephen's only son, died mad, to the great grief of the King his father. William, the eldest son of King Henry II., died in the fourth year of his age, and in the third year of his 'al her's reign. King Henry the Second's son, Henry called Curt- mantel, was in his father's lifetime crowned King, hy the name of King Henry the Younger, but died in the 1 i'e ime ol his father. Ceff-ey, file fourth son of the same King, died the reign of Richard Cmur de Lion, his third bro- tber, which King liichard had no son. and Geffrey was heir apparent to the Crown. The title of Prince of Wales was conferred upon P'ince Edward, the s n of Edward I In 1276, Edward summoned Llewelyn ap Gryfliih, Prince of Wales, to do him homage, and on the refusril of that Prince, a war was commenced by Ed., ard, ,tieti flip Prince lost his lile and dominions. W,,It,s being now entirely sub- jected to file (,ro-n of Eili,.ni, ti,,tliitlg "as omitted by Edward io secure his conquest, and to reconcile ihe Welsh to a foieign yoke. However, the desire* of thai uarlike monarch were not ap piecia'ed hy the disaffected Britons, who were r.?adv on all o-casions to revolt and had even ilie bddne»« to declare 'o t'n ir conqo- ior. that ihey iiii,l i,i,pi.y till fl,ey %ler- again under ill'' gmern oe1' of a prince of I liei, OttO. Edward, to comply with their wishes, with- out !es«eninj the power of he King of England in that country. ^»nt tor tiis Qi^e", the 'ai'hful Mesunr, >< heri f<ir advanced in be> pregnancy, to Cauirirvon Castle in Wale«, "here she was de- livered of a son on Ap i) 23, 12S4 one year after 'he annexation of tllil p.it)eip,,Illy to file Englisli Cro > ri. The King then smnm all the barons of Wales to join in a coil e •||Cf upon -pecial affairs, and when they weie assembled at limhlau, he lold them as they h >d often enpressed a desire that lie would appoint tipivi a prince, and as lie was going to depart out ol ihe country, he was ready to comply, provided they would acquiesce in his nomination. They unanimously promised obe- dience. with Ibis restriction, that the appointment shou d be to one -,f itieir own country. Edwaid ihen declai ed that he would name one who was born in Wales, and could not speak a word of En,Iioli, whose life and conversation no man was able to stain. A general consent ensued on the part of the barons, and the King named hi* own sou Edward, (''en but a few days old. Since that period the Priivipaliiy has remained under the government of the English Crown, though the title of Prince o Wales has been several times merged in the Crow n. Atiothei special title, enjoyed by the eldest son of the Sovereign immediate y on his birili, is that ol Duke of Coi n a 11. II was the Mrat creation of a duke in this country, and was conle»red by charier, dated March 13. 2nd Edward 111- by Edwaid HI. in favour of hischival- ric eon Edward the Black Prince, wherein he was dnclared Duke of Cornwall, and to iliei, first-born sons; by virtue of which charier the eldest son of the King of England is by la*v acknowledged Duke of Cornwall the instant heisborn. At fit, saine time by paten', a provision was made for the better support of this dignity and honour; and although souiw of the lands granted oil this oc- casion lay in other counties, yet they were to be deemed a part of the duchy ol Cornwall. More- over a "ranI was made to him by patent, the samp dav, of the Stannaries in Cornwall, together with ii-e coinage of tin, and all the issues and profits that m gilt arise fro in ihence, as also of the profits and perquisites of the Court ol Stannaries, except only 1,000 marks, or merks, payable to William Monia'jfue (then Karl of Sali-bury) and his heir-, out ot the revenue thereof, till a proper compensa tion was made to the said earl, by the assignment offreeli land-,tof the same yearly value and,again, of all the castles, honours, minors, lands, and tenements, belonging 10 'be dukedom, or earldom of Cornwall, which were held in dower, or for term ol life or ye.ns(the reversions of which were in ihe Crown) as they fell in. These several grant* were made to that prince as D .ke of Cornwall, and con- tirmsd to him nnd to the eldest 80ns 01 him and his heirs, being Kings ol England The earldom of Chester, another title enjoyed b) (lis eldest son of the reigning Sovereign, was a creation of an earlier date, and annexed to the rown for ever by letters patent in 3lst of Henry III., when Prince Edward, his eldest ton (Edward I.), was immediately created earl thereof. Tbis honour WitS also conferred upon Edwaid the Black Prince when he was but three years old, regions to his accession to the duchy ol Corn- TV «e honoirs and title-i were enjoyed by the especiive eldest sons ol the Kings ot England !.zilii ?it,- acce,i,,n of the bouse ot Stnart to the British C own, h hen t' e title- of Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Canick, and Baron and Kniubt oflienfrew, ueu' perpeUiaiiy appropriated to the eldest son of the King. Those titles were so't'c.l iu 1309 by Hob rt II' King of on )]is eldest soil and sine" J.tote 1. they h ve been given io ih • heir to the Prince Henry o' Wales, eldeM son of Janiei I., was con ■ et] ue n i i y ihe first Prince ot Wales, who t) with the i,ii,l ik, -,ill i,of b.- of of h'S CNifio • -i Stilling, iit'er !■ s b'li ism iri l.)4, t.ike-i b om ihr> I'ot: oir.au in'ioosrr ip s A !ler de- tailing ih»' ma. nific- nee ol 'he coi i.s'eoing of the infant prince in ihe presei.ee ol a gram) assembly of foreign princes and ambassadors cxr* aordinary, it stales they «en' back from the chapel to ihe pi ince's Clinmber, where iu their presence he wa» crooned an,1 creafed Prince and G eat Steward of Scotland, Duke ol Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Lord of the Isles, and Baron and Knight ot Renfrew. A con,i(],-rai)le ni)inb,-r ol' knigiit, were tliet) inade, and gold and silver coins dispersed among the ciot,;d t)f lieople froin tl)e %t iiidow. Having given a biiel notice of the honours enjoyed, and about to be the portion of Ihe infanr son ot our beloved Queen, it will nest become our duty 10 draw attention to the Prince of Wales. Il will be seen from the above, ibat the eldest son of Edward I. was the firg- llrince of Wales, aflerwarùs Edward II, whose IIeluncholy murder a Berkeley Castle is well known by every school- boy. Edward III. was created Prince of Wales by his unfortunate father in 13-12, and at the age of 15 accompanied his father in his invasion ol France, and received houi him file tionotir of kiiiglittvoi)d, and the victory short-y afterwards of Cressy, in ihe languagp of thai kirg, si;o%d that he merited his spurs." It was en that occasion lhat he as- sumed the moito Ich dim" (I serve) used by all succeeding princes ot Wales, and derived, it is said, from the ciest of the King of Bohemia slain in Ihal battle, which tradition, however, later an- tiquaries seem disposed to discredit. The successive Princes of Wales were Henry, afterwaids Henry V.; Henry (Henry VI.); Edward it i d V. ) Henry (t I e n, v IV 11,.). Edward VI., son o> the lasi-meirioned King, "as not created Piince of Wales, in consequence of itie death of his father. The next Prince of Wales was Henry, eldest son of James I., Alary having died without issue, and Elizabeth not having been That prince, whose invesHne of the Scottish titles o the Duke of H. tit,jy. & -e have pre- vioi.siy iiiei),itintt), %.is al)proi,eiiiilg Iii,; 16tl% year when we are informed tie I proposed tviti, great modest v lii- claiin to the of file I)riiici- pal it) of Wales anil duchy ol Cornwall." His father (James I ) appointed the 4ih ot June, 1810 for the solemnity. The pai tic lars attendant on Ihat occasion are highly interesting, and we subjoin them lor the perusal of our leaders, compiled from 4> Rviner." "in\ood's and the General Chronicle of England "His Majesty (James I) having, on Sunday. June 3rd. made 25 knighis of 'he Bath, proceeded next day to the creation of the Prince of Walee, the patent for which was passed thai very day. The place provided for tlii, soleiiinity was within the great white chamber in the p.ilace of Westmin- ster, where both the houses ot Pari iameni being for that time assembled, together with the Lord Mayor and aldermen, and ambassadors of Spain, Venice, and the States General, the King entering in his toyal robes, and with his crown upon his head, first took his place of state, his train being supported by the Lord Viscount Cranboine* and the Lord Bur;Tliley,t son ot the Earl ol Exeter After a good space of time the prince entered at the lower end of ihe great chamber, having a s'ircoat of purple vphet, close girt. Ihe order of his entrance was this:—The trumpets sounding. In the first place came ihe Earls of Wincester and Suffolk, the former lord chamberlain and the other earl marshal. In the next place followed the 25 knights of the Bath, tiie Earl of Oxford, the Lords Gordon, Clifford, Filzwalter, Fpzwarren, Hay, Er-kine, and Wentworih, Sir Charles and Sir Edward Somerset, Sir Fram-is and Sir William Stewart, Sir Robert Sydney, Sir tienry Carey, Sir Oliver St. John, Sir Ferdinando Toucher, Sir Henrv Rich. Sir Edlllllnd Shellipld, Sir Ferdinando Dudley, sir Gilbert Gt rrard, Sir Peregiine Bertie, Sir Edward Biuce all in their robes of purple satin. Next these followed Garter king at arms, bearing 111e letters patent; the Earl of Sussex, the prince's r"bes "t purple velvet; the Earl of Hon inidon, the train; the Ea. I of Cumherlanrl, the sword; ihe Earl of Rutland, Ihe ring; the Earl of Dei by. rhe roll of gold; and the Earl of Shrews bury, tbe cap and crown. The Earls of Notting haul and NOI supported the prince, who, pre-enling hi before Ih, King, with very sub missive reverence kneeled upon the uppermost step leading 10 (lie At.,te, bile his patent was re.,d by the Earl of Sal isburv, till it came to I he pu ting on of his robes, s"Otd and the rest, by the lords who carried (hem but the cro-in, >od, ring, and paient weie delivered to hilll by the King's own hands. His highness then to k his place on the left hand of his Majesty, sitting there in his lopl robes, with the crown upon iiis head. ",ie red in one hand, and the paient in the o-er, white a I)ijblic act was read, testifying his having been declared Prince of Great Biiiain and Wales. At'er this they returned do *n through Westminster Hall to the Palace btidge in this manner-first the masters in the Chancery, the King's counsel, &c., and then tin? officers at arms, then lie knights ot the Rail), af er them ihe judges, who were followed by ibe whole Parliament, barons, viscounts, earls, and marquisse-, having their coronets oil their heads Norroy and C.'a encienj; going next before the Lord Treasurer and the Lord Chamberlain, and (iarter king a' arms ne-r before the sword. Thus thev proceeded 'o ihe slabs, where all took water tn several baijjes, the heralds and irompets going in the row-barge n x' before 'he knights, and landed al Whii-hall bridge, where i he ollicers of amis, the knights ot ihe Bat h and lotds being firs landed, attended i be King, and w hen his Majesty and 'he piince ell" landed 'hey went all before hitu into ihe hill and so into the greai chamber, « tie nee the prince came to di mier in t ne great hall His Majesty dined privately in his privy chamber; but his highness was served in such s'ate tliial greater could not have been done to the King himself. The table being very long was served with two messes of meat, aud lie who sat nearest the pl inee was at the lull distance ot the board tr,,iii •' The Eail of Pembroke performed the office of sewer; the Earl of Southampton w,.s carver; lie Earl of Montgomery was cup-bearer, and Lord Walden, the eldest son ot the Earl ol Suilolk, brought (tie glass with water. The nob omen who sat at Ibis t.ib e, all in their robes, as well as the prince, were the Marquis of Winchester, the Fails of Sa I isbnry. Not thamplon, Nottingham, Shrews- bury, Derby, Cumberland, Hunlingdon, and Sussex. At it li)t),m, iii(Jeboii-d (iiiied ail life k,)ilztiis ot' file Bath, and no other person. During the whole time of dinner, t tie hall resounded with al kinds of exquisite music." The quaint historians or that peuod gi\p a lengthened account of the ma«que. a double one, on the next day, in which the Duke of York, after- wards Charles I., performed a prominent character, and all Ihe youttiiu1 daughters ot the head nobility, by them described as little ladies, and the ban- quet which followed. The festivities concluded the next day "ith a tournament in 'h** '1 ilr-vard, at Westminster, and a sbain iV'val figtit and fire- works IIn the Thames, ai Whitehall, the liver being covered in a manner with boats, and the bauks with spectators. The above prince, whose abi ities are said to have been of sreat promise, died belote his father, the Duke of York succeeding him as Prince ot Wales. Charles II. was the only other member of the hotiseofsltiarig and wtio, at tire ageof eiglit yearq, was created Prince ot Wales. The next Prince of Wales was George, the only son of I., and his son Frederick Lewis, Prince ol Wales, born at Hanover,January 20th, 1706 7, received his patent, January Sib, 1728-9; but dying duiing the liteiime of his father, "is eldest son George William Frederick (George Hi.) ] succeeded on bis death, in March, 1751, the letters paient lor bis crea ion issuing April 20ili. 1/51, The next and last Prince of Wales (George IV.) "as born August l'2ib, 1702, at St. James's Palace, and on the 17th ot the same month letters paient neieoidered, creating him Prince of Wales and Earl ot Chester, wilh ihe usual limitations. the Ni.irqiiis of Salisbury. t Ancestor ol the prescut Marquis of Exeter,

THE ORDER OF ST. DAVID. It is highly gratifying to find that the birth of an in fa ni p; ince, the heii-apparent t> the throue of Great Britain, is au event wldch has elicited the liveliest expressions of satisfaciion, and of attach* ment to the person and government cf her Majesty's subjects. They have vied with ench other in a manlv but touching- matiifesUtio >, hitherto,—rather t than in any formal expression — of this deep and: pervading- sentimpnl. Not to disparage others, vto a tist. ye;, p,¡: ¡¡cularl) di".in¡ruish, ill Loudon, those re-ideois who are either Caiubiinns hy birth, or,- In family connections aud other tie«, — c'osely Con- nected with I ho "rillc ipality. (lie most cordial and energetic h. rsis of devoted aud sympa- ihising loyalty. Her M ijesty most assuredly recog- nise the warmth and spirit with which the eompatr io's 1'1 Saint D it have ha'led in III" royal a faticce-r to it, t'-e the other It, r f th. ir romm.t'c history. Welshmen, indeed, haw a fUi,d r,f ,u„ite ov:iit,, i!i tll(lil- itiL,(-tt c)f' hereditary uttachni' ii' to the honourable term* <•( ihe iucorpo. ration of their countsy with the empire, ihat thev seem to iuc.eutify themselves, at all times, with- the petsona! fortunes and political position of the Prince of Wales." Yet it must be allowed thaC the dutiful and ever-ardent homage which this com- munity of our fellow-subjects have ever paid to the Sovereigns of B, itaii,, and especially 10 those of the house of Hanover, has been somewhat sparingly, if not uuiiraciously requiied, as to the institution* of liouoraiy distinctions inJcniified with that section of the British isles. Can there b- an event more ap- propriate than that ou which all of us ai e fclicitaiinif her Majeg'y—can there be a moment more auspici- OU" (hail that iu which we are thus gratefully oc- cupied, to remedy this past omission, and to do a bpcolllillg courtesy to the ancient importance and dignity of Ihe Principality ? In this United King- dom,(owiiig, partly, to the unostentatious genius of the peop!e,-parily, perhaps, to the ill-founded jealousies of au uiieiiii.hteue(i aristocracy in formej ages of its history, and partly again to jealousies among both nobles and conn,oners of the prerogative of the Crown in the reigns of the Plantagenets and the Tudors.) theie has ever been great parsimony exhibited in the creation of distinctions purely hono- rary, such as oiders of inert. riie ol-lest of our existing ot ders of knighthood would seem to have been framed with a view to niiiiiary distinction williin the limired rane ofa chapler the most illus. trious by birth, descent, aud territorial possessions, as well as by prowess in the field, which could be convened in all Europe. The order of the filth which soon fell into a comparative desuetude after its original intention, became, at its restoration in (lie beginning of the 19th century, a military order, with a small infusion of diplomatic or official emi- nence. In the regency of George IV. it was vasily enla ged on the somewhat objectionable model of some of the "nilitai y commandaries of Spain, France. and Pùrtllal; ai d its sub-divisions into classes of grand crosses, knights commanders, and champions. But though this extension was chiefly adopted in oid,-r to accommodate the rallge of application to the piodigiousily increased number of tho-e who at the close of a protracted war had rendered themselves hy distinguished military or naval service,candidates most eligible for its honours a few additions were subsequently engrafiedeveii on this enlarged scheme, in order to recompense dip omatic success aud civil talent The order of the "Thistle" provided for Scotland, and the order of "Saint Patrick" for Ireland, sources of flat teriug distinction and eminence to thoiie Sc tch and Iri h peers, officers of slate ministers of the Crown, &c., whose career has se-9 cureti for tht-ni sticti a de ignaiiou of the especial approval and favour of the C own. The royal Ha- noverian Guelphic order has, of course, reverted, with the independent sceptre, to the independent Sovereign of Hanover, 110 lonller indentified with ihe person of the Sovereign of Great Britain. And it would be at once absurd and unreasonable to ohjrct to the appropriation by his Majesty, the present King of Hauover, of the investiture and decorations of that order to other than Hanoverian service. But it cannot be doubled that the traits-f, r of, he Guelphic honour has inconvoniently contracted the sparkling fountains from which Ihe hands of our Sovereign can dispense to the most meritorious of her subjects those badges of the royal recognition of their su- perior capacity, actions, &c., which are found its other stales lo work so certainly and so efficiently uuder judicious resirnints upon their distribution. If, then, England, Scotland, Ireland, and even Hanover, have each its respective order, why should the poweiful claims of the Principality to the like distinction be any longer overlooked 1 Why should not her Majesty commemorale to the latest posterity of her own royal house, and of her people, the birth of this prince, by instiiuting in honour of vohat may he termed his hereditary princedom, all «• Order of Sai?jt David' It woulrl be competent, too, to her M ajesty hy a generous ex (en si on of the scheme of its appropriation to render it at once a mere diffusive distinction, such as appears to be demanded by the enoi mouldy-increasing aggregate of the nations, (not to say it vaiinilully,) who own her sway, as com- pared with ihose which the British Crown could reckon at the original institution of any of the tuar existing orders and an object of emulation lo which nil. might be entitled to aspire wlto hollld approve themselves competent to render distinguished ser- vices to their country, whether in military or in eivil service; in the ranks of diplomacy and states- manship, or the ex tension of ihe sciencies; in the march of mechanical it,ventious adop ed lo Ihe im- provement of navigation, uianufttcimes, and con- merce, or the progress ot mat i'.in>e discovery, and geographical research, or in processes eminently aiding the advancement of agricultuieand husbandry Why should not such au order, whil-t it ever iitilti. plied the existing avenues to honourable distinction* for mi'itary, and civil and ( fficia1 i-ervice, shed it* cnc .uraging lustre, ilso, on such Bri isli subjects as may serve ihehest interests of their common country — present and to coine — and deepen, and widen, and consolidate the foundations of her permanent grandeur tlnough yet uncounted centuries, by Com- municating to the world the new lights it may be their fortune to kindle in the various branches of a soutid prictical p!ii'o-opliy, in physics, in morat. in tii- fiiit- arts; i i the loftiest exercises of human intellect, and its disciplined application to ihose exercises; in the more humble but haplvmore essential pursuits which have for ihcir purpose and given ends, to protect the health, multiply the com- forts, and diminish the physical wants of a people; whilst, insensibly, but certainly, ihey awaken .,i,l,.tary %anis for objects of a higher moral order. and aspirations of a more intellectual character?

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