Don Juan de Langara, on the 16th of January, 1780, when Rodney captured the Spanish Admiral and six of his ships. On this occasion Don Juan was invited to visit Admiral Digby's vessel, and was introduced to his royal highness. When the Spaniard was about to leave the vessel the young prince appeared in the dress of a midshipman and informed him that the boat was ready, upon which Don Juan emphatically observed to Admiral Digby-"Well does Britain merit the empire of the seas, when humble stations in her navy are filled by princes of the blood."

His royal highness was always remarkable for his attention to his duties. In 1782, when Lord Nelson was off Quebec, in the Albemarle, a friendship sprang up between the two; and some years after, the prince, then captain of the Pegasus, was placed under his command. In a private letter, written by Nelson to Captain Locker about that period, he says: "You must have heard long before this reaches you, that Prince William is under my command. I shall endeavour to take care that he is not a loser by the circumstance. He has his foibles as well as private men, but they are far overbalanced by his virtues. In his prefessional line he is superior to near two-thirds of the list, I am sure; and in attention to orders, and respect to his superior officers, I hardly know his equal. His royal highness keeps up strict discipline in his ship, and without paying him any compliment, she is one of the finest ordered vessels I have seen."

Having served his full time as a midshipman, Prince William was promoted in the ordinary manner, first as lieutenant of the Hebe, in 1785, and for several years successively commanded the frigates Pegasus, Andromeda, and Valiant. In 1790 he was RearAdmiral of the Blue, and afterwards was created Lord High Admiral; and on the death of George IV., in 1830, as already stated, he became King of England, and died on the 20th of June, 1837.

As a king, his noble and generous feelings prevailed on all occasions, and these prompted him to be a father to his people. There were few cases of suffering borne by the working classes, that he did not inquire into and endeavour to alleviate, and he did everything in his power to assist the naval service; while his name will go down to posterity associated with the Reform Bill, one of the greatest boons conferred upon this country since the passing of the Bill of Rights by William III.

On July 11, 1818, the Duke of Clarence was married at Kew to the Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, and the domestic life of the royal couple was one of true happiness. It was in his last painful illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, that his life passed away in a gentle slumber while resting his head on the shoulder of the queen, who had watched and nursed him during the whole of that illness with the most unremitting care and attention.

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man has had a brilliant boyhood, or that he exhibits in early days those talents which are so essential to his character and celebrity; but we may be equally certain that no truly great man ever appeared who did not, in some way or other, indicate the superior quality of his nature during his early youth. Arthur Wellesley, who was the fourth son of the Earl of Mornington, was born towards the close of April, 1769, at Morn