much frequented. At the entrance of this park is the _Queen's Lodge_,
a modern erection. This building stands on an easy ascent opposite the
upper court, on the south side, and commands a beautiful view of the
surrounding country. The gardens are elegant, and have been much
enlarged by the addition of the gardens and house of the duke of St.
Albans, purchased by his late majesty. The beautiful _Cottage Ornee_, an
engraving of which graces one of our early volumes, is also in the park,
and to which place of retirement his present Majesty resorts, and passes
much of his time in preference to the bustle and splendour of a royal
town life.

Having now given as much description of the engraving as the subject
requires, we shall proceed to lay before our readers some further
anecdotes connected with the life of his Majesty; for our present
purpose, the following interesting article being adapted to our limits,
we shall introduce an

_Original Letter of his present Majesty, when Prince of Wales, to
Alexander Davison, Esq., on the death of Lord Nelson._

I am extremely obliged to you, my dear sir, for your confidential
letter, which I received this morning. You may be well assured,
that, did it depend upon me, there would not be a wish, a desire of
our-ever-to-be-lamented and much-loved friend, as well as adored
hero, that I should not consider as a solemn obligation upon his
friends and his country to fulfil; it is a duty they owe his memory,
and his matchless and unrivalled excellence: such are my sentiments,
and I should hope that there is still in this country sufficient
honour, virtue, and gratitude to prompt us to ratify and to carry
into effect the last dying request of our Nelson, and by that means