Health and happiness be with thee, thou prince of constables—thou guardian of innocence-thou terror of evil-doers and little boys! May thy years be many and thy sorrows few-may thy life be like a long and cloudless summer's day, and may thy salary be increased! And when at last the summons comes from which there is no escaping-when the warrant arrives upon which no bail can be put in-when thou thyself, that hast 'wanted' many, art in turn 'wanted, and must go,' 'may'st thou fall Into the grave as softly as the leaves Of the sweet roses on an autumn eve, Beneath the small sighs of the western wind, QUEEN CAROLINE. HER late Majesty, Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, Queen of England, and Consort of his present Majesty King George IV. was born on the 17th of May, 1768. She was a descendant of the illustrious House of Brunswick, which, in the reign of James, became connected with the royal family of England. Her father, Ferdinand, espoused, January 16th, 1764, the Princess Augusta, eldest sister of the late King George III. Of this marriage Caroline was the offspring. In 1780, her father succeeded to the dukedom; and, in 1787, was placed at the head of a Prussian army. The Duke of Brunswick on various subsequent occasions, gave eminent proofs of great military talents. At the battle of Auerstadt, after the most strenuous and heroic exertions, he received a wound by a cannon-ball in his forehead, through which he was deprived of sight and sense. The Princesses of Brunswick received their education almost entirely under the inspection G of their mother, the Duchess. Their father's court was the seat of hospitality, the resort of military officers, the asylum of unfortunate foreigners. The Princesses were early introduced into society, and had opportunities of observing the variety of national manners and characters. These circumstances led to a more easy and familiar mode of social enjoyment than was consistent with the formality and etiquette usually prevailing in courts, The Princess Caroline was of a gay and lively temper; pride certainly was not among her faults. For the English, 'the good and brave English,' as she was accustomed to style them, she manifested a peculiar partiality. Some months after the French Revolution, she had a personal interview with her cousin the. Duke of York; from that period the family alliance appears to have been in contemplation. In such a measure the Duchess of Brunswick, of course, took a lively interest. The marriage of the heir-apparent to the British empire was considered as a subject of high national importance, Negotiations between his present Majesty, and the Princess were accordingly entered in to; and Caroline, accompanied by her mother and a numerous retinue, departed from Brunswick, her native city, amidst the acclamations and regrets of the people, for the Palace of St James. Great preparations had been made for her reception with a magnificence suited to the British name and character, and on the 8th of April the marriage was celebrated between George, Prince of Wales, and Caroline of Brunswick, to the apparent satisfaction of the royal family, the court, and the nation. She died August 7th, 1821. Her remains were privately removed from Brandenburgh House in a hearse decorated with ten escutcheons, drawn by eight horses, and preceded by the Knights-marshal's men on horseback with black staves, and followed by the carriages of her late Majesty, conveying her chamberlain, the ladies of the bed-chamber and others of her establishment. The whole was escorted by a squadron of Horse-guards, to Harwich, and there the body was embarked on board the Glasgow frigate, to be conveyed to Brunswick, where the remains of the unfortunate Queen sleep in peace the 'sleep of death!' G2 LA FAYETTE. THIS illustrious friend of liberty was born in Auvergne, in the year 1757, and is descended from one of the most ancient families in that province. He made his first appearance in the world when the principles of liberty began to be understood, and, in spite of the monarchical and even arbitrary government of France, a spirit of free inquiry had pervaded that country. At this time the celebrated Dr Franklin resided at Paris, in quality of agent for the Americans, and solicited the aid of the French court in favor of the revolted colonists. Young La Fayette felt all that ardour in the cause of freedom, which has not deserted him in his maturer years. He waited not for the tardy operations of the government, but being master of an independent fortune, he fitted out a vessel at his own expense, -in which he shipped a quantity of arms and ammunition; and having escaped the vigilance of the English cruisers, he landed safely in America. He served, at first, in the American |