all the talents in office*; when that line of policy which has saved the world would probably have been abandoned, and Lord Lauderdale might now have been soliciting for peace at Paris, for the second timet.

* When Hercules subdued the seven-headed Lernæan hydra, he had a club to do it withal, and the Earl of Moira had three sticks. He may now be more proud than ever of his appropriate mottoEt nos quoque tela sparsimus.

↑ It has taken the united efforts of all the continental powers to subdue Buonaparte, with England assisting; it is therefore a ne cessary conclusion, that had England withdrawn, he would not have been subdued. What a mighty event has arisen from so small a cause!!

While these Portraits have been printing, which

has accidentally taken longer time than was

intended, several Characters have come on the Political Stage, that could not be inserted in alphabetical order.

ADDENDÀ.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES.

THIS young princess is now of age; and though we hope many years may elapse before she is called to the throne of these kingdoms, yet, from this time she must be a very important, as she is now, a very interesting personage.

As yet her Royal Highness has not acted in any public capacity; but we believe our information is correct, and that she has much innate goodness of disposition, accompanied with that high spirit which is the best earnest of her wearing a brilliant diadem with splendour, firmness, and dignity*.

* Unless a queen has spirit and determination, she will be made

The number of female sovereigns who have reigned in the world have been very few, but amongst them the proportion of the good and great has far exceeded that of kings; and therefore there is no reason for any apprehension that England will suffer from the sceptre being intrusted to female hands.

It was under a queen that England first became a great and important nation. It had been great and warlike under the Edwards and Henries, but it was reserved for Elizabeth to support the oppressed, and resist the oppressors in other countries. This was an honour of a higher class than that of conquests, however brilliant; and her contemporaries as well as posterity, have all admired that noble-minded queen who seemed to be seated on the British throne, for the grand purpose of giving refuge to the victims of oppression in other countries, and at the same time giving happiness to her people in her own. nek

In the most ancient times great empires have owed their power and prosperity to queens. Europe

the tool of others; and unless she has a good heart and disposition, she will be dangerous to herself and her people. The queens of whom we speak in a future note, were all women of spirit and determination, but they all sought the good of their people.

has furnished three great examples within the last century; so that, judging from the past, there is not any reason to fear the consequences of a female being seated on the British throne.

There have been many inquiries into the causes that have contributed to render the female sway so beneficial to the people over whom it has been extended; but we shall not enter into that subject, further than by observing, that in all ranks of life women appear to be more attentive to doing their duty, to those who depend on them, than men are; which accounts for their care of their subjects: and as to their capacities, though in arts, science, and abstruse studies, they may be inferior to men; yet where penetration, sagacity, and knowledge of character are requisite, they are equal, if not superior, when they have the same occasion for exertion*.

We have the best hopes, from what we have

* From history we find that all great monarchs are so chiefly by the wisdom in chusing their counsellors and servants. The sovereign can, in his or her own person, do little, therefore it is on making a proper selection of those who are to act, that success depends. The ready and penetrating sagacity of a female well educated, and deeply interested in what is doing, renders her peculiarly fit for making a good selection of servants.