4. Augustus Fitzclarence, in Holy Orders, Rector of Maple Durham, Oxfordshire.

5. Sophia Fitzclarence, married to Sir Philip Sidney, eldest son of Sir John Sidney, Bart. of Penshurst Place, Kent.

6. Mary Fitzclarence, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Fox, of the Grenadier Guards.

7. Elizabeth Fitzclarence, married to William George, Earl of Errol, hereditary Lord High Constable of Scotland, who has issue.

8. Augusta Fitzclarence, married to the Honorable John Kennedy Erskine, second son of the present Marquis of Ailsa, (who died the 16th of March, 1832,) by whom her ladyship has issue.

9. Amelia Fitzclarence, married 27th of December, 1832, to Lucius, Viscount Falkland, and has issue.

His late Majesty, William the Fourth, was pleased on the 24th of May, 1831, to grant to all the above mentioned ladies and gentlemen, with the exception of the Countess of Errol, and Viscountess Falkland, (who, through their marriages had already attained higher rank), the title and precedency of the younger issue of a Marquess. We are neither so fastidious nor strait laced as to quarrel with, and look contemptuously on persons born out of the pale of matrimony; on the contrary, where splendid talents are elicited, we care little whether the parents of such persons ever received the hymeneal blessing at the altar. It is only when illegitimates, gifted with no brilliant qualifications, think fit to aspire to high posts and honours, and seek to subvert the just rights of an injured people, that we conceive it equitable to remind them of their origin;—for not all the officers of the College of Heralds can raze from their escutcheon, the Bar of Bastardy.

The Earl of Munster once thought fit to render himself conspicuous in the upper House of Parliament, to which he had been recently elevated, and that, too, in a manner hostile to public feeling, which very justly entailed upon him the anathemas of the public press.

The sentiments delivered so strongly in the diurnal publicatious, led to the following explanation, delivered in the House of Peers by the noble Earl, which we quote from the 'Times,' newspaper.

66 EXPLANATION OF THE EARL OF MUNSTER."

"THE EARL OF MUNSTER then rose and addressed their lordships from the opposition side of the house. He said that he wished to take that opportunity of explaining to the house and to the country, the course which he had felt it his duty to take with respect to the measure of reform now before their lordships; and also to correct certain misrepresentations which had been published respecting his conduct on the occasion of the resignation of His Majesty's ministers. He was fully aware of the difficulties of the task he was about to enter upon, but he trusted that he should not ask in vain for their lordships' indulgent consideration. He assured them that he would not have trespassed on their attention at all, were it not that hist conduct had been made the subject of the grossest misrepresentations, the injustice of which he hoped to be able to prove to their lordships. He must premise what he had to say to their lordships, by declaring that his opinions, however valueless they might be, had always been what is called liberal; and it was well known that he had always considered reform

a moderate reform-to be just and necessary. Indeed, many individuals were aware that in October, 1830, he had advocated, in a quarter where his opinion was attended to, a moderate reform, which if it had been adopted, would he believed, have relieved the country from the difficulties in which it was now placed. But he confessed that the extent of the present measure of reform did alarm him; and he stated his opinion. openly, for it was not his habit to hide his sentiments. Holding as he did, these opinions, yet, when called to their lordships' house, he considered it was impossible for him to do otherwise than to support the ministerial measure of reform; because he felt that if he opposed the clauses of the bill to which he objected, he might have created a false impression respecting

the opinion of one to whom he owed everything. Under these circumstances, he did not hesitate what course to pursue; and he determinded to avoid, as far as in him lay, producing those results in the country, which of late their lordships had witnessed, and of which, God forbid, that they should see the like again. He trusted that he had vindicated this part of his conduct to their lordships' satisfaction; but being upon his legs, he would take the opportunity of alluding to certain aspersions, which had been cast upon his character out of doors. -He was at first inclined to consider these calumnies hardly worthy of notice, being convinced that those who knew his character would need no other proof of their falsehood; but as they had been very generally disseminated, he thought, upon consideration, that it would be as well publicly to refute them. It had been stated that he had unhandsomely intrigued against Earl Grey's Government, and endeavoured to undermine that noble lord's Administration. This was a very serious charge; but he would convince their lordships, by a short and simple statement, that it could not, with any justice be imputed to him. The truth was, that for six months before, and for fourand-twenty hours after the resignation of his Majesty's ministers had been accepted, it was, from certain circumstances, out of his power to act in the manner imputed to him, even if he had been so unworthily inclined. The noble Earl, after apologizing for having occupied the time of the house so long, concluded by stating that he felt it to be his duty to make these few observations, for the purpose of setting himself right with their lordships and the country."

In reference to the above lame and wholly insufficient palliatives of his lordship's conduct, we beg leave to quote the following samples of the comments issued in the daily prints, being sufficiently explanatory of all we desire to say on the subject of his lordship's mediocre talents, and new fangled honours.

"It would be the most threatning symptom attending the permanence of the monarchy, if it were understood that persons in Lord Munster's situation were allowed to sway the

councils of state, or in any way affect the movements of Government. A century at least should be suffered to elapse before it should be made known by any public speech or act, that there was such a person as Lord Munster in existence. Then, when something of antiquity was added to the title, and the obscurity of years cast over its origin, the possessor, if otherwise unobjectionable, might take his place and station in society, without remark; this cannot be the case at present."

Times, May 31st, 1832

From the Chronicle of June 2nd, the following letter signed Vinder, is extracted, pretty clearly demonstrating the ambitious views entertained by that newly fledged lordling. We have, however, one piece of information to add to the accompanying --- namely, that it was the wish of this illegitimate to have his earldom converted into the ducal title, which, coupled with the Governorship of India, would have made him continue staunch to the cause of Reform.

.. MY LORD,

"After having been so lately engaged in unveiling the character of one political adventurer, I little thought that you were next to step forward and provoke and enquiry into your conduct. I was content to give you that place in my estimation which the public assigned you; and, indeed, I know not whether I am more moved to indignation by your effrontery, or to derision by your unutterble folly.

"Under the inspiration of what God were you emboldened to offer to the House of Lords that thing which you call an explanation? Whether sober or not, your sudden emergency from the shade in which you have hitherto concealed yourself, would be surprising, if you possessed more capacity for the business of a plotter, to which you have vowed yourself; but what can or ought to surprise us in a man who, without substantial merit of any kind, and having no public services to boast of, has preferred claims to rank on the ground of a shameful birth alone, and who, on following up his suit, has not hesitated to set aside his duty to his Sovereign, and forget his gratitude to his parent, of which he now makes theatrical exhibition ?

"6 But, my Lord, to the point of your speech. Did you, or did you not, serve the Duke of Wellington in his intrigue to overthrow the Government of Earl Grey? To my mind, no better answer to this question is wanting than your own speech. Your bitterest enemy could not have desired a stronger

proof that every thing which is said of you is true, than the evidence you have afforded against yourself. A speech more clearly betraying the embarrassment of him who made it, more palpably evincing the confusion of ideas and reproachful feelings which proceed from a mind ill at ease, could not have been put into your mouth by the imagination of a poet. You say that for six months before the resignation of Earl Grey, you were so situated as not to be able to intrigue against the Government. You had better, my Lord, have spoken out more clearly, for the benefit of those persons, the great mass of your countrymen, who are unacquainted with the secret History of the Court. You should have told them that Lord Grey had refused you the office of Governor General of India, that, not satisfied with the efforts made by a high personage for the attainment of this object of your mortified vanity, you had conducted yourself in such a manner as to make your presence at Court extremely undesirable.

"From the moment, my Lord, though you voted for the Bill, you were heard in all societies to inveigh in bitter terms against it and the Government, You were again received into the favour and intimacy of certain illustrious dames, and when you had matured yours and their plot, by the success of Lord Lyndhurst's motion, you returned to favour at St. James' with the ease of an expected guest.

"Is not all this true, my Lord? Who was it that was seen to drive from Belgrave Place to Hyde Park Corner at an early hour in a close hackneycabriolet, several mornings together, previously to the memorable division on Lord Lyndhurst's motion? How was the arrival of that cabriolet so easily known to the porter of Apsley House? By what magic did the gates fly open to receive the unwonted visitor without the necesstity of the career of the horse being in the least checked? Why were they closed again with such speedy and mysterious precaution?

"My Lord, we have the greatest obligations to your illustrious father, and for his sake we are willing to overlook the errors of his children, when those errors are confined to the impertinences of the Court. But do not forget your maternal origin. Forbear to provoke enquiries, lest we should discover in you rather the manners and the designs of a soubrette than the lofty bearing of a Prince. Write bad books, and borrow the unacknowledged assistance of others, as you have done before.-Think no more of India. That country cannot be made the plaything of a child. Renounce Court intrigues, in which you alone can injure us; and remembering that your understanding does not keep pace with your ambition, we shall in future allow you to follow what course in politics you will, without complaint."

Respecting the circumstances which led to the separation of the Duke of Clarence, and Mrs. Jordan, the latter in the following letter to a confidential friend, gives a slight allusion to them, but can it be credited, that MONEY was the cause which induced the Duke of Clarence to break off the connection