[Footnote 3: Ibid.]

[Footnote 4: Beatson, in his _Political Index_, designates the Lord
High Admiral as the _ninth_ great officer of the state; but in ancient
times this office was usually given to some of the king's sons, and
which, in twelve different instances, has been filled by the king in
person.--The present patent to his royal highness the Duke of Clarence
was stated by the Lord Chancellor, in parliament, June 15, 1827, to
be "similar to that of Prince George of Denmark, with this difference,
that the _Droits_ of the Admiralty were reserved from Prince George
by an express covenant, while in the present circumstances they are
excepted in the commission."]

[Footnote 5: Naval and Military Magazine.]

[Footnote 6: Prince William Henry, the present Duke of Clarence, when
a midshipman.]

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By way of a _tail-piece_ to this already extended memoir, we present
our readers with an accurate engraving of

THE ROYAL CLARENCE CUP,

[Illustration]

given by the gentlemen of the Thames Yacht Club, in honour of his
royal highness the Lord High Admiral having condescended to become the
patron of the club, on Thursday September 27, 1827. A steam packet was