suaded that he will recognise in this provision that anxious affection by which it is dictated, I affix this codicil to my last will and testament.

"And I hereby give and bequeath to Joseph Henry Green, Esquire, to Henry Nelson Coleridge, Esquire, and to James Gillman, Esquire, and the survivor of them, and the executor and assigns of such survivor, the sum, whatever it may be, which in the will aforesaid I bequeathed to my son, Hartley Coleridge, after the decease of his mother, Sarah Coleridge, upon trust. And I hereby request them, the said Joseph Henry Green, Henry Nelson Coleridge, and James Gillman, . Esquires, to hold the sum accruing to Hartley Coleridge, from the equal division of my total bequest between him, his brother Derwent, and his sister, Sara Coleridge, after their mother's decease, to dispose of the interest or proceeds of the same portion to or for the use of my dear son, Hartley Coleridge, at such time or times, in such manner, and under such conditions, as they, the trustees above named, know to be my wish, and shall deem conducive to the attainment of my object in adding this codicil; namely, the anxious wish to insure for my son the continued means of a home, in which I comprise board, lodging, and raiment; providing that nothing in this codicil shall be so interpreted as to interfere with my son Hartley Coleridge's freedom of choice respecting his place of residence, or with his power of disposing of his portion by will after his decease, according as his own judgment and affections may decide.

"S. T. COLEridge.

"2d July, 1830.

"Witnesses,-Ann Gillman,

"James Gillman, jun.”

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No. XXVIII.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

PRINCE WILLIAM FREDERICK,

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND EDINBURGH,

AND EARL OF CONNAUGHT; K.G., G.C.B., F.R.S., AND D.C.L.; CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; A FIELDMARSHAL IN THE ARMY; COLONEL OF THE THIRD REGIMENT OF FOOT-GUARDS, OR ROYAL SCOTS FUSILEERS ; LORD HIGH STEWARD OF GLOUCESTER ; GOVERNOR OF PORTSMOUTH; RANGER OF BAGSHOT PARK; PRESIDENT of THE AFRICAN INSTITUTION, ETC.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS was the son of Prince William Henry, third son of his Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, and brother of his Majesty, King George the Third, (created, by patent, dated 19th of November, 1764, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in Great Britain, and Earl of Connaught, in Ireland,) by Maria, Countess-Dowager of Waldegrave, daughter of the Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B., and granddaughter of Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford, K.G.

His Royal Highness was born at Rome, January 15th, 1776. He received the early part of his education under Dr. Walsby. Afterwards, when he was entered at Cambridge, Dr. Beadon was his tutor. Like his father, he was destined to the profession of arms;

and he had scarcely

completed his studies before he entered the army.

His Royal Highness's first commission was that of Captain in the 1st Foot Guards, with the rank of Colonel, and dated the 11th of March, 1789. In March, 1794, his Royal Highness, then Prince William, went to Flanders to join his

company in the 1st battalion, and on the 16th of April was appointed to the command of a brigade, consisting of the 14th, 37th, and 53d regiments of the line. On the 17th he was employed in the columns under Sir W. Erskine, who ordered his Royal Highness to attack the village of Premont, and the wood on its left, in which he succeeded, and received the General's thanks on the field. His Royal Highness was immediately afterwards appointed to the command of the 115th regiment, (3d May, 1794,) and had a letter of service as Colonel upon the Staff, (21st February, 1794,) and to do the duty of a general officer in the army, in which quality he served the whole of that campaign. The 26th February, 1795, he received the rank of Major-General, and the 8th November, 1795, he was appointed Colonel of the 6th foot; and from the time he received the rank of Major-General he was constantly employed upon the Staff in Great Britain, in the north-eastern, the eastern, and the southern districts, till he went to Holland in 1799, in command of a brigade, comprising two battalions of the 5th and two of the 35th regiments, forming part of the Duke of York's army in the expedition to the Helder.

On the 19th of September this brigade was attached to the column commanded by Lieut.-General D. Dundas. In the course of the morning the whole of it was, by degrees, detached, excepting the 1st battalion of the 35th, with which, only 600 strong, his Royal Highness was called upon to support the Russians. Finding that Lieut.-General Hermann was made prisoner, and Lieut.-General Gerebzoff killed, and that the command had, consequently, devolved upon himself, his Royal Highness determined to attack the village of Schorel, from which he found Major-General Manners's brigade (two battalions of the 9th and one of the 56th regiments) was retreating, closely pursued by the enemy in great force.

Prince William, covering the Major-General's retreat, ordered him to form in his rear; and with this reinforcement to his own single battalion his Royal Highness advanced to

the projected attack, carried the village, the wood skirting it, and, pursuing the enemy up the sand hills, drove him back upon Bergen. The rest of the army having been ordered to fall back, his Royal Highness made his retreat good, bringing off his guns, ammunition, and wounded men, in the face of the enemy. Prince William, on the 24th, relieved the reserve, occupying the advanced posts of the army upon the left, and having a detachment of about 150 of the 18th Light Dragoons, under the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel C. Stewart, now Marquis of Londonderry, from that period added to his command. His Royal Highness fixed his headquarters at Winckel, having his left to the Zuyder-Zee, and his right to Riendorper Verlaat. On the 4th of October he made a rapid advance to Schermerhorn, General Daendels having retired to Purmerent with the main Dutch army, 8000 strong, abandoning three guns, which were consequently taken by his Royal Highness's brigade.

On the 6th of October his Royal Highness received orders to retreat; and falling back, under very critical circumstances, took up his former position, in which, having one howitzer, two 6-pounders, and a force in the whole amounting to 1050 men, he was attacked, on the 10th of October, by Generals Dumonceau and Daendels, with a force (as stated by the latter General) consisting of 15 pieces of artillery and 6000 men. General Dumonceau, supporting General Bonhomme, who personally (about eleven a. M.) led on at least four battalions to force the Verlaat, was repulsed with a loss of 13 prisoners, and 100 rank and file killed and wounded, by six companies of the second battalion 35th, under Lieut.-Colonel Massey, directed by his Royal Highness, drawn up in some fields to the right of the bridge, and about one o'clock, towards the close of the action, supported by a single 6-pounder, detached from Winckel. At this moment, General Daendels, with not less than 5000 men, advanced against his Royal Highness's left, towards a small work constructed in front of Winckel, upon the dyke, which had been cut across to the depth of nine feet, magnified by the enemy, in his subsequent report, to nineteen.

His Royal Highness had scarcely 600 men to oppose to this corps, and being ordered to retire, effected his retreat without the loss of a single man; carrying off his guns, ammunition, baggage, cattle, &c.

The 13th of November, 1799, his Royal Highness received the rank of Lieutenant-General, and was subsequently appointed to the command of the North-west District, which he held till the peace of Amiens, and was re-appointed to the command of that district on the commencement of the war in 1803. The 25th of April, 1808, he received the rank of General; the 26th of May, 1806, he was appointed to the Colonelcy of the 3d Foot Guards, since named Scots Fusileer Guards; and the 24th of May, 1816, Field-Marshal.

On the demise of his father, Aug. 25. 1805, the Prince succeeded to the peerage, and on the motion of Lord Henry Petty (the present Marquis of Lansdowne), who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, his allowance was increased to 14,000l. a year; and, greatly to his credit, his Royal Highness always kept within the bounds of his income. The Duchess of Gloucester, his mother, died August 23. 1807. On the 22d of July, 1816, the Duke married his first cousin, the Princess Mary, the fourth daughter of George III., and is said to have stipulated that it should by no means be expected to influence his political conduct. His late Majesty then conferred on him, by especial warrant, the title of Royal Highness, borne of right only by the King's sons, daughters, brothers, and uncles.

In politics, until within these few years, the Duke generally voted with the Whigs. While the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the late Queen Caroline was pending, he uniformly voted in her Majesty's favour. His principles were soundly constitutional. Not long since, his spirited conduct, and his able speech in defence of the rights and privileges of the Universities, proved highly beneficial to those learned bodies. Eminently distinguished by his warmth of heart, and frankness and amiability of manners, as well as beloved and reverenced by the poor for his extensive