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Rh  throne of his ancestors, immediately returned to the English coast.

H.R.H. soon after removed his flag into the Impregnable, of 98 guns, on board which ship the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and their respective suites, embarked June 6th following, and were landed in the evening at Dover. The fêtes that followed upon the arrival of these distinguished visitors are too well known to require a recital here; it is sufficient to observe, that the grand naval review at Spithead took place under the able management of the Duke of Clarence, assisted by the talents of Sir Richard Bickerton,the Port Admiral, and the Hon. Henry Blackwood, Captain of the Fleet, whose indefatigable zeal and exertion in arranging and reducing into form these proceedings, H.R.H. was pleased to acknowledge in general orders.

The Royal Duke married July 11, 1818, her Serene Highness Adelaide-Amelia-Louisa-Theresa-Caroline, Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, eldest daughter of the late reigning Duke.

Country seat.– Bushy Park, Middlesex. Town residence.– Clarence-house, Stable-Yard, St. James’s.

