to find an instance of an illegitimate son resembling his mother's husband. Moreover, the features of Prince Frederick, mentioned in the Edes (page 117), collate admirably with a large print in Dr. Lee's collection, representing George, Prince of Wales, in 1755, engraved by Bernard Baron, from a painting by Adolphe. In this production the burin-artist shows more taste than the limner does, for there is the bare-headed prince in an embroidered coat, as stiff as a marline-spike, mounted on a saltatory charger, and prancing along a sea-beach, with ships and boats in shoal water, canopied by a marble sky.

I mentioned in the same work (page 71) that a statue of Prince Frederick's father, perhaps by way of burying the hatchet, was placed on the opposite Park Hill; and, in a spirit of strict neutrality, shall here also present the gallant little choleric King, belaurelled and accoutred like a very Roman Emperor.—

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It is not my intention while trying to ward off the coarser blows which were aimed at the Princess, to assert that she never meddled with cabinet affairs, nor am I of that leaven which would hunt down a political woman as a bagged fox. The following The following jotting proves that she was not unmindful of her important charge in rearing the Heir Apparent; or in looking to the end. The original manuscript of this paper is indorsed, in Sir George Lee's handwriting, "Memorandum of what passed between the Princess, Sr George, Mr. Pitt, and Ld Bute, upon the Coalition, 1755 :”

HEADS OF WHAT PAST WITH MR. PITT.

On Monday 5th May, 1755, the Princess of Wales gave Mr. Pitt (pursuant to his desire) an audience at the Earl of Bute's house in South Audley Street, in consequence of a conversation which had past between the s Earl and him a few days before. At that audience, as the Princess told me, Mr. Pitt declared the great duty of himself & his friends to her & their desire to support her & preserve the independence of the Prince whenever he should come to the Crown; that great numbers were in the same opinion, but were deterred from declaring themselves from an apprehension that she & the Prince were under influence from Mr. Stone, & that she was quite connected with & was the support of the D. of Newcastle, that this gave the true constitutional Whigs who acted upon Revolution principles great alarm, for as to the D. of Newcastle he had deceived all mankind, & it was impossible to act with him if he was to be continued minister in a future reign. Her R. H. replied that she was not in any sort influenced by Mr. Stone, and she was sure he had never attempted to inculcate any Tory principles into the Prince; and as to the Duke of Newcastle she had no other connection with him than as the King's minister; that she should always countenance those the King employed, & should never oppose the King's measures; in the conversation she was pleased to say she confided in me, whereupon Mr. Pitt desired he might have a conference with me the next night, & concluded with assurances of his duty, & that he would endeavour to bring as many persons to her interest as he could.

Accordingly, by Her R. H's command, on Tuesday evening 6th May, I met Mr. Pitt at the Earl of Bute's, where, after mutual compliments, we declared a desire of cementing friendship; he declared his attachment & his friendship to the Princess and her family, and that upon her honouring him with her countenance he would do all he could to connect people to her, that she might have a strong party if any thing should happen; talk'd of the apprehensions of Mr. Stone's influence, for which I assured him there was not the least foundation; said he had had great offers from the D. of Newcastle, but he would have nothing to do with him; commended me for refusing the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared agst the D. of N. & La Granville as ministers; spoke much in honor of La Chancellor, & wished him to be the minister; pressed much to know whether Her R. H. had any connection with the D. of N., for unless he could be authorised to assure people she had not he could not do her any service, tho' as to himself he was satisfied from what she had been pleased to say to him, which I had confirm'd; I ventured to assure him she had no other connection with him than as the King's minister, & one whose interest appear'd to be the same with her, tho' this winter he had done every thing in contradiction to her interest, for he had thrown the game into Mr. Fox's hand, who was in a plan opposite to the Princess's; he would

make no explicit declaration about Fox, further than that he would never do any thing for or consent to putting the House of Commons into Fox's hands; he pressed again to be empowered to declare that the Princess would not recommend the D. of N. to the Prince for his minister, & said it was too much to expect from me a declaration in the Princess's name without her authority; upon which he begged I would see the Princess & know her sentiments, for such a declaration would be of great use, which I promised; we both declared this was a defensive treaty only to connect people together, but did not bind us to hostilitys agst any person, or to opposition to the King's measures.

On Wednesday, 7th May, I waited on the Princess, acquainted her with the substance of our conference, & by her command the same day made the following declaration to Lord Bute, to be by him delivered to Mr. Pitt: vizt. that Her R. H. had no partiality for the D. of N., that she had no private or particular connection with him otherwise than as the King's minister, & that she had no thoughts of recommending him to the Prince as his minister, but she did not think it proper for her to declare agst having to do with any body, and as to La Ch', she had a great esteem & regard for him.

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Lord Bute ask'd me how far I thought Mr. Pitt & I were engaged by what had past between us. replied that I thought we were bound to enter into no concert with the D. of N. without communicating to each other, and he said he was of the same opinion; it was agreed that Lord Temple, Lord Egmont, & Mr. Geo. Grenville should be informed of what had passed.

Before quitting this section, two documents may be added about the conferring of Knighthood, first on Sir George Lee in 1752, and secondly on Sir George Everest, of Indian scientific renown, in 1862; by which a notable advance of common sense and propriety in a century will be manifested. The official papers on this count could command a serious comment :-

A BILL OF FEES DUE TO THE KING'S SERVANTS FROM ALL PERSONS THAT RECEIVE
THE HON OF KNIGHTHOOD, VIZT:—

Received of St Geo. Lee, Kt, the Sum of Ninety-five Pounds one Shilling and Six Pence. the Contents of this Bill, for the Use of His Majesty's Servants.

P. M.

R. GRIFFIN, Receiver of y fees of Honour.

£95 18. 6d.

While I was examining these strange gratuities to authorities and pampered menials, it so befel that Sir George Everest consented to accept this equivocal honour, though he had established a full claim to better distinction. I therefore begged the items of the fees which he paid on the occasion, and here they are:

DEAR SIR,

3 July, 1862.

The Items of the Knighthood Fees are very simple, and they are almost entirely divided amongst the Colleges of Arms in England and Scotland:

§ 5. THE LEES OF COLWORTH, &c.

In the Edes Hartwelliana (pages 63-66) is a brief sketch of the successful career achieved by the Right Hon. Sir William Lee, Lord Chief Justice; he, dying in 1754, left the manor of Totteridge, with other estates, to his only son William, who married Philadelphia, daughter of Sir Thomas Dyke, of Lullingstone Castle in Kent; and, having a scientific bias, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on the 26th of May, 1748. At his death, in 1778, he left a son aged 14 years, also called William, who succeeded to Totteridge Park, with its dependencies; and, in pursuance of the will of Richard Antonie, Esq. of Colworth, in the parish of Sharnbrook and county of Bedford, took the surname of Antonie in addition to his patronymic. The Colworth property, with its elegant mansion and well-wooded grounds, was devised to him accordingly; the same having belonged to the Antonie family since the year 1700.*

In 1781, the guardians of young Lee Antonie purchased for him the fair estate of Medmenham, Little Marlow, from the late distinguished Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren. This place had acquired considerable obloquy from its phalanx of ardent spirits, stigmatized as the "Hell-Fire Club,"-Churchill,

* It is said that Colworth formerly belonged to the Cornish family, ancestors of the well-known Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish; who, when goaded about General Draper and the Manilla ransom, humourously exclaimed that he "never would again accept of a command where his colleague spoke Latin."