strongest feelings of her heart. She wished to present that royal parent with a token of her filial duty and affection, and she had the satisfaction of placing on his finger a ring, made by her own directions, for the express purpose, containing a small lock of her hair, inclosed under a crystal tablet, set round with a few diamonds. The effect of that present on his majesty's heart, after so many trials during the progress of her illness, the public had too soon cause to lament; for the circumstance of an amiable and beloved daughter, in the prime of life, passing rapidly on to her dissolution, in the midst of the most acute sufferings, naturally affected the good old king. Indeed, it seemed that his whole soul became absorbed in the fate of his daughter, and he dwelt on it with harassing and weakening grief and despair. On some occasions he kept the physicians, when they made their reports, two or three hours in minute inquiries. Indeed, so restless was his anxiety, that he was accustomed to receive a report every morning at 7 o'clock, and afterwards every two hours of the day. At 3 o'clock regularly he went to her lodge to visit her, and the effect of these visits upon his heart was visible in his tears. When informed that the life of his beloved child was not certain an hour, but that yet she might languish many days, his agitation became most manifest, as he passed some days in excessive grief, while at intervals his gleams of hope seemed to be equally elevated by flattering expectation,

But the best picture we can give of the venerable monarch and his daughter at that moment was drawn by a worthy divine: after having asked a gentleman who was in the habit of close and official attendance on the Princess Amelia, during her whole protracted illness, of what nature were the interviews and conversations held between her and his majesty, and who replied" they are of the most interesting kind,” the divine enquired, " are they of a religious tendency?" "Yes," said the gentleman, " decidedly so; and the religion is exactly of that sort which you, as a serious Christian, would approve. His majesty speaks to his daughter of the only hope of a sinner being in the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ. He examines her as to the integrity and strength of that hope in her own soul. The princess listens with calmness and delight to the conversation of her venerable parent, and replies to his questions in a very affectionate and serious manner. If you were present at one of these interviews, you would acknowledge with joy that the Gospel is preached in a palace, and that under highly affecting circumstances. Nothing," added he, "can be more striking than the sight of the king, aged and nearly blind, bending over the couch on which the princess lies, and speaking to her about salvation through Christ, as a matter far more interesting to both than the highest privileges and most magnificent pomp of royalty."

The effect which such conversations must have had upon the expiring princess, is fully illustrated by

the following stanzas, which, upon incontestible evidence, are known to have been the effusions of her parting spirit.

Unthinking, idle, wild, and young,

I laugh'd and danc'd, and talk'd and sung;
And proud of health, of freedom vain,
Dream'd not of sorrow, care, or pain;
Concluding, in those hours of glee,
That all the world was made for me.
But when the hour of trial came,
When sickness shook this trembling frame,
When folly's gay pursuits were o'er,
And I could dance and sing no more,
It then occurr'd how sad 'twould be
Were this world only made for me

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES.

Died November 6, 1817, aged 22.

Patience in tribulation, and a resigned will, are so much and so essentially a part of the character of a Christian, that no performance of our duty, and of God's commands, on our part, can be a security and assurance of his blessing upon us without it. CLARENDON'S TRACTS.

DAUGHTER of King George the Fourth, and heiress apparent to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. Throughout the whole of her painful illness, Her Royal Highness evinced the greatest firmness. There

George the Third, his Court and Family.

is, indeed, scarcely an instance of any female who had suffered such severe and protracted pain, enduring it with an equal degree of fortitude. She was perfectly calm and composed, manifesting no agitation respecting herself; ejaculating, "Blessed be God, for the sake of my prince!" and faintly but piously observing, when informed of the state of the child, "It is the will of God! praise to him in all things!" adding, when a little more composed, “I regret extremely this circumstance. I feel it as a mother naturally should; I feel it also for the people of the country; but, above all, Oh! I feel it for my husband. Tell it to him with caution and tenderness, and be sure to tell him from me, that I am the happiest wife in England."

A shortness of breathing soon came on, attended with spasms, followed by a coldness of the extremities, too often the precursor of death. About this time she asked Dr. if he thought she was in danger? He assured her that he did not anticipate actual danger, but wished her Royal Highness to compose herself; to which the Princess calmly replied, She perfectly understood what that signified. She added, that she had one request to make, and also begged that it might be put in writing it was, that she hoped the customary etiquette would, at some future day, be dispensed with; and that her husband, when his time should arrive, might be laid by her side.

For the last half hour her spasms are said to have

subsided. She then sunk into calm composure; silent, but still apparently not insensible. Her consort did not quit the corpse, until obliged by the arrangements which were necessary

GEORGE THE THIRD.

Died January 29, 1820, aged 81-2.

The days of our age are threescore years and ten, and if by reason of strength we come to fourscore years, then is our strength but labour and sorrow, so soon passeth it away and it is gone.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

THE last time that this venerable and truly pious sovereign was publicly seen, with some few exceptions, was on the day when his people, with one accord, devoted themselves to rejoicing in honour of his completion of a period of his reign far beyond the common term of dominion. He was blind: but as he rode through the assembled thousands of his subjects, his countenance was dilated by the goodness and the rapture of his heart; he was, indeed, the object of every one's veneration and love.

It has been stated that the king, when old and blind, preserved the taste of his youth for music, and made himself be led to his piano-forte, or ordered a violin to be brought.

. • Biographical Memoir of Princess Charlotte of Wales.