blished forces of this kingdom may be applied to the maintenance of its thority; and the national militia, planned and regulated with equal regard to the rights, fafety, and protection of my crown and people, may give a farther extent and activity to our military operations. When the unhappy and deluded multitude, against whom this force will be directed, fhall become fenfible of their error, I shall be ready to receive the milled with tender nefs and mercy; and, in order to prevent the inconveniences which may arife from the great diftance of their fituation, and to remove, as foon as poffible, the calamities which they fuffer, I fhall give authority to certain perfons upon the fpot to grant general or particular pardons and indemnities, in fuch manner, and to fuch perfons, as they shall think fit, and to receive the fubmiffion of any province or colony which fhall be difpofed to return to its allegiance. It may be alfo proper to authorife the perfons fo commiffioned to reftore fuch province or colony, fo returning to its allegiance, to the free exercife of its trade and commerce, and to the fame protection and fecurity as if fach province or colony had never revolted. Gentlemen of the House of I have ordered the proper eftimates for the enfuing year to be laid before you; and I rely on your affection to me, and your refo lution to maintain the juft rights of this country, for fuch fupplies as the prefent circumstances of our affairs require. Among the many unavoidable ill confequences of this rebellion, none affects me more To the King's Moft Excellent Moft Gracious Sovereign, In this great work, be affured Sire, that under your majesty's direction we will, with the greatest chearfulnefs, exert ourfelves to the utmost of our abilities, in fupport of those Fduty to your Majesty, and love laws which are our protection, and of our country, we, your Majesty's loyal fubjects, liverymen of the city of London, whofe names are hereup to fubfcribed, with the freedom we ever mean to affert as Englishmen, and with that deference which we owe, as good fubjects, to your Majesty, prefume to approach your royal prefence, and to entreat your attention to the genuine fentiments of a loyal and dutiful people. It is with the deepest concern we obferve, that our fellow-fubjects in your Majesty's American colonies are now in open rebellion. A malignant fpirit of refiftance to law and government has gone forth amongst them, which we firmly believe has been excited and encouraged by felfish men, who hope to derive private emolument from public calamities: from the counfels, the perfuafions, the influence of fuch men, God protect your Majefty. The intereft, the honour, the fovereignty of your kingdom of Great Britain, are now at ftake; as the guardian of thofe, we trust you will ever affert and preferve them. of that government which is our bleffing. Whilft we presume to approach your Majetty, with hopes you will exert the conflitutional power you poffefs, to fubdue fuch of your deluded people as are now acting in open defiance of the laws, permit us, gracious Sire, to implore your clemency towards those whofe eyes may be opened to a full conviction of their offences; and who, hereafter, when reafon and reflection fhall prevail over paffion and prejudice, may be restored to the allegiance which they owe to the mother-country and their fovereign. That your Majefty and your pofterity may long reign over a people, happy in enjoying thofe bleffings which the acceffion of your ancestors to the throne of thefe kingdoms has hitherto infured to us, is the unfeigned and ardent with of your Majefty's moft dutiful, faithful, and devoted fubjects. [The above addrefs was figned by 1029 livery men.] CHARACTERS. OXEN CHARACTER S. Sketch of their Majefties domeftic TH HEIR majefties rife at fix in the morning, and enjoy the two fucceeding hours, which they call their own: at eight the prince of Wales, the bishop of Ofnaburgh, the princefs royal, and princes William and Henry, are brought from their feveral houfes, to Kew houfe to breakfast with their illuftrious relations. At nine, their younger children attend to lifp or fmile their good-morrows, and whilft the five eldeft are clofely applying to their tasks, the little ones and their nurfes pafs the whole morning in Richmond-gardens. The king and queen frequently amufe themselves with fitting in the room while the children dine, and once a week, attended by the whole offspring in pairs, make the little delightful tour of Richmond Gardens. In the afternoon the queen works, and the king reads to her, and whatever charms ambition or folly may conceive as attendant on fo exalted a fituation, it is neither on the throne, nor in the drawing-room, in the fplendor or the toys of fovereignty, that they place their felicity; it is, next to the fulfilling of the duties of their ftation, in focial and domeftic gratifications, in breathing the free air, admiring the works of nature, tafting and encouraging the elegancies of art, and in living to their own hearts. In the evening, all the VOL. XVIII. 1775. children again pay their duty at Kew houfe, before they retire to bed; and the fame order is obferved through each returning day. The fovereign is the father of his family; not a grievance reaches his knowledge that remains unredreffed; nor is a fingle character of merit, or ingenuity, ever difregarded; fo that his private conduct must be allowed to be no less exemplary, than it is truly amiable. Though naturally a lover of peace, his perfonal courage cannot in the fmallest degree be impeached; he exercifes his troops himfelf, understands every martial manœuvre as well as any private centinel in his fervice, and has the articles of war at his fingers ends. Topography is one of his favourite ftudies; be copies every capital chart, takes the models of all the celebrated fortifications, knows the foundings of the chief harbours in Europe, and the ftrong and weak fides of moft fortified towns. He can name every fhip in his navy, and he keeps lifts of the commanders. And all thefe are private acquifitions, and of his own chufing. The prince of Wales and the bishop of Ofnaburgh bid fair, however, for excelling the generality of mankind in learning, as much as they are their fuperiors in rank: eight hours clofe application to the languages and the liberal fciences is daily enjoined them, and their industry is unremitting: all the ten are indeed fine children, and ic B does does not yet appear that parental partiality is known at court. Exercife, air, and light diet, are the grand fundamental in the king's idea of health and fprightlinefs; his majefty feeds chiefly on vegetables, and drinks little wine; the queen is what many private gentlewomen would call whimsically abstemious, for at a table covered with dainties, the culls the plaineft and the fimpleft dish, and feldom eats of more than two things at a meal. Her wardrobe is changed every three months; and, while the nobility are eager to fupply themfelves with foreign trifles, her care is that nothing but what is English fhall be provided for her wear. The tradefmens bills are regularly paid once a quarter for what comes under the childrens department, and the whole is judicioully and happily conducted. Character of the late Queen Matilda, T of Denmark. HE writer of the following lines, conscious of his incapacity to draw, in the mafterly manner it deferves, fo amiable a character as that of the late Queen Matilda of Denmark, waited in expectation that fome more able and eloquent pen would have attempted it. But few perfons in this kingdom were in any degree acquainted with her life or actions, while the refided at Copenhagen; perhaps ill fewer had the honour to know that exalted fufferer, during the latter years which fhe fpent in her retreat at Zell. To this unacquaintance with her Majefty may, he doubts not, be imputed the almost univerfal filence refpecting her; and it is from the appearance of no other writer qualified to do juftice to fo noble a caufe, that the prefent attempt to prefent her real character to the English people muft derive its excufe. Sacrificed in the bloom of life, being born the 22d of July, 1751, and married the firft of October, 1766, he was first fent an inexperienced victim to a court, in which, furrounded with fpies and emiffaries, who interpreted the most trifling levities of youth into enormous crimes, the young and unfufpecting Queen could not long remain without giving her enemies too favourable an opportunity to effect her fall. They fucceeded, and induced the wretched King to become the engine of their malevolence, by figning the order for her imprifonment. The interpofition of the British court faved her from farther violence, and conducted her to an afylum in the electoral dominions of Hanover. Here the appeared in her true and native character. Divested of the retinue and pomp which, on the throne of Denmark, veiled her in a great degree from the inspection of nice obfervers, the qualities of her heart difplayed them felves in her little court at Zell, and gained her univerfal love. Her perfon was dignified and graceful; the excelled in all the exercifes befitting her fex, birth, and ftation. She danced the finest minuet in the Danish court, and managed the horfe with uncommon addrefs and fpirit. She had a tafte in mufic, and devoted much of her time, while at Zell, to the harpfichord. The characteristic ftile of her drefs was fimplicity, not magnificence; that of her deportment, an affability, which in a perfonage of fuch high rank might be termed extreme condefcenfion. Her talents were were liberal and diffufive; and death, fhe fhewed, with transports of joy, to Madam d'O, her first lady of the bed-chamber, a little portrait of the prince royal her fon, which he had just received. It happened that this lady fome few days after, entered the Queen's apartment at an un ufual hour. She was furprized at hearing her Majefty talk, though quite alone. While fhe stood in this attitude of aftonishment, unable to retire, the Queen turned fuddenly round, and addref fing herfelf to her with that charming fmile which he alone could preferve at a moment, when her heart was torn with the most acute and agonizing fenfation," What must you think (faid fhe) of a circumftance fo extraordinary as that of hearing me talk, though you find me perfectly alone? But it was to this dear and cherished image I addreffed my converfation; and what do you imagine I faid to it? nearly the fame verfes which you fent not long ago to a child, fenfible to the happinefs of having found her father; verfes (added fhe) which I changed after the manner following: cultivated by reading, difplayed themselves on all occafions, She converfed with the moit perfect facility in French, English, German, and Danish; and to thofe extraordinary attainments he added a thorough knowledge of the Italian, which he ftudied and admired for its beauty and delicacy. Her manners were the most polifhed, foft, and ingratiating; and even the contracted ftate of her finances could not retrain that princely munificence of temper, which made her purfe ever open to diftrefs or mifery. Naturally chearful and happy in her difpofition, adored and beloved to the highest degree by the circle of her court, even the dark cloud of adverfity could not alter the fweetnefs and ferenity of her temper. Banished, with every circumstance of indignity from the throne of Denmark, the yet retained no fentiment of revenge or refentment against the authors of her fall, or against the Danish peopie. Her heart was not tinctured with ambition, and he looked back to the diadem which had been torn from her brow, with a calmnefs and fu- « Eb! qui donc, comme moi, gouteroit la periority of foul, which might have made a Philip the Fifth, or a Victor De t'appeller mon fils d'etre chere a ton Amadeus, blush. It was not the Toi qu'on arrache aux tras d'une mere jincrown the regretted; her children fible, only employed her care; the feelings of the fovereign were abforbed in thofe of the mother; and, if the wept the day when the quitted the island of Zealand, it was becaufe the was then bereft of thofe dear bbjects of her maternal fondness. Two or three months before her douceur Qui ne plure que toi, dans ce deftin terrible.” Madam d'Ocould not fpeak; the burst into tears, and, overcome with her own emotion, retired haftily from the royal prefence. When he was first apprehended to be in danger from the diforder which feized her, anxiety and con TRANSLATION attempted, Ah! who, like me, could tafte the joy divine, B 2 fernation |