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!'

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

army, as a mere volunteer; but on the arrival of Rochambeau, with the French troops and auxiliaries, he was promoted to the command of a volunteer corps, and by his activity and ardour, contributed essentially to the success of the American revolution. He gained the friendship of Washington, and behaved in so gallant and unexceptionable a manner, as to conciliate the esteem of the natives in general. When the independence of the United States was recognised, he returned to France with the rank of field-marshal, and with his heart full of those noble sentiments, which the gallant struggle for American freedom must have naturally inspired. The name of La Fayette resounded in every quarter; his praises were trumpeted forth, and his picture met the eye in every direction. When the states general were convoked, he was nominated, without opposition, as deputy to that body, from the noblesse of Auvergne, and he took his seat amidst the plaudits of the public. When the states general were afterwards merged into the National Assembly, he proposed, on the 11th of July, 1789, the famous declaration of the rights of man; and on this occasion, he asserted, that under the oppression

of despotism, insurrection was the most sacred of all duties; words which were afterwards frequently quoted to his prejudice. But these expressions were not originally his own, having been previously uttered by Count d' Entraigues, an intriguer, who subsequently distinguished himself in favor of ancient institutions. The influence of La Fayette was boundless at this period, and procured him an ascendency and a degree of power seldom possessed by a private citizen. The measures of the court indicating a disposition to dissolve the Assembly by force of arms, and to quell the spirit of the people of Paris by military execution, Messrs. Lally-Tollendal and Mounier carried a decree, by which the public debt of France was guaranteed by the honor and integrity of the French nation. In addition to this decree, La Fayette proposed a resolution, which was adopted, that the new ministers of the king, as well as all civil and military agents, should be held responsible for every attempt against the rights of the nation, and the decrees of the Assembly. During this discussion, which was prolonged through the whole night, La Fayette was chosen president in the room of M. Le

franc-de-Pompignan, the archbishop of Vienne, whose advanced age rendered him incapable of the fatigues of that office. On the 15th of July he was appointed, by the commune of Paris, commandant of the Parisian militia, which was afterwards distinguished by the name of the National Guard. The young general accepted this appointment with gratitude and respect, and, drawing his sword, he swore to sacrifice his life for the preservation of that liberty, the defence of which was confided to his care. On the 5th of October following a new insurrection broke out; the French guards took the lead in it, and summoned him to conduct them to Versailles, in order to inflict vengeance on the Body Guards, for an insult offered by them to the three-coloured flag and the national cockade. In vain did La Fayette endeavour to divert them from their resolution: he harangued the multitude several times without any effect, but at last declared that he must be authorized by the representatives of the commune before he could venture to proceed on such a business. Being sanctioned, and even ordered by that body to comply, he set out for Versailles, at the head of the national guards, and ordered