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municate be he finally, and delivered over to the devil as a perpetual malefactor and schismatic. Accursed be he, and given soul and body to the devil, to be buffeted. Cursed be he in all holy cities and towns, in fields and ways, in houses and out of houses, and in all other places, standing, lying, or rising, walking, running, waking, sleeping, eating, drinking, and whatsoever he does besides. We separate him from the threshold; from all the good prayers of the church; from the participation of holy mass; from all sacraments, chapels, and altars; from holy bread and holy water; from all the merits of our holy priests and religious men, and from all their cloisters; from all their pardons, privile ges, grants, and immunities, all the holy fathers (popes of Rome) have granted to them; and we give him over utterly to the pow er of the devil; and we pray to our Lady, and St. Peter and Paul, and all holy saints, that all the senses of his body may fail him, and that he may have no feeling, except he come openly to our beloved priest at Stapehill, in time of mass, within thirty days from the third time of pronouncing hereof by our dear priest there, and confess his heinous, heretical, and blasphemous crimes, and by true repentance make satisfaction to our Lady, St. Peter, and the worshipful company of our holy church of Rome, and suffer himself to be buffeted, scourged, and spit upon, as our said dear priest, in his goodness, holiness, and sanctity shall direct and prescribe.

"Given under the seal of our holy church at Rome, the tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, and in the first year of our pontificate. "C. R. †” "8th of October, 1758, pronounced the first time.

"15th of ditto, pronounced the second time. 22d of ditto, pronounced the third time."

FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

PRIVATE LIFE OF QUEEN ANNE AND HER FAVOURITES.

"Here, thou great Anna! whom three realms obey,
Dost sometimes council take! and sometimes tea!"

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ANNE STEWART, the second daughter of James II. by Lady Anne Hyde, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon, was born in 1675.

This princess, descended from an ancient race of kings on one side, and from the dregs of the people on the other, is described

At Stapshill there is still a chapel, and a female convent of the order of La Trappe.

† C. R., I suppose, must mean Church of Rome.

as comely while young, and considered to have become majestic as she approached old age; her voice too was harmonious; her disposition easy and gentle; she was taciturn to a singular degree: but her capacity always appeared to be very limited: notwithstanding which, she was respected on account of her prudence, while yet a subject, and became extremely popular as a sovereign. The appellation of the good Queen Anne expresses more than a volume on this head. But, on the other hand, she was jealous of her prerogative; and, in addition to this, exhibited another peculiarity, common to all her family: she was regulated, in respect to public affairs, by the minions of her own choice; and these in their turn were sometimes the dupes of those very ministers whom they had either supported or created.

During the reign of her father, she married Prince George of Denmark, by whom she had several children, none of which survived her. He happily possessed none of that ambition which has been termed 'the infirmity of noble minds;' and, after being treated with great contempt during the life of the preceding monarch, on the accession of his own consort, was content with the office of Lord High Admiral, and the reversion of 100,000l. per annum, settled by a parliamentary provision, in case he should survive her, an event which did not occur.

Her majesty, while Princess of Denmark, was influenced by Lady Churchill, afterwards Duchess of Marlborough, exactly in the same manner as Mary de Medicis had been governed about half a century before, by her Italian favourite the Marechale Concini. They had been playfellows when young, and it must be owned that Lady C. from her superior talents, was capable of managing a weak female, of exalted rank and pretensions, with a considerable degree of ability. There are few whigs too but will be inclined to think, that the wars and services of the Duke of Marlborough tended not a little to the glory and stability, even if they detracted from the wealth and resources, of the nation. Her power and ascendency, however, were but too apparent; for her temper was haughty, violent and perhaps insolent, in the extreme; yet, it is not to be credited, that she conducted herself so very offensively as has been asserted; for it cannot possibly be supposed, that favorite would make her majesty carry her gloves, or affect to feel disagreeable smells, on the approach of her royal mistress!

King James II. never attempted violence in respect to his daughter's religion. It was obvious, even in her youth, that the princess entertained no common liking for the church of Eng

It appears from Lord Bolingbroke's "Letters on History," vol. 2, that she was accustomed to impose silence on her ministers, at the Council Board, by holding up her fan to her mouth; this signal precluded all debate!

land; it was actually a passion, and this was so well known to Mr. Harley, afterwards Earl of Oxford, that he and Mrs. Masham are accused of having recourse to the successful artifice of representing the church in danger,' with a view of undermining the power of their enemies. But, although His Majesty did not recur to force, he was obliged by his conscience to have recourse to persuasion; he accordingly put certain books and papers into his daughter's hands, and employed Lady Tyrconnel to induce Lady Churchill to aid and assist on the occasion.

As a child, the conduct of Queen Anne is not very likely ever to be the subject of eulogium; for, in the critical hour of difficulty and danger, she abandoned her kind father, fied in the night to the West, and together with her husband, joined her brother-in-law, the Prince of Orange, now become his rival and his enemy. But she doubtless saw every thing through the eyes of her female adviser, and like her, perhaps, having never read, nor employed her time in any thing but playing at cards, was so simple a creature, as never once dreamt of his being king.* William and his consort appear at first to have been grateful, and indeed the accession of the daughter and son-in-law of the reigning sovereign to their party, must have doubtless been attended with the most beneficial consequences. The measure of resigning her birthright to the Prince of Orange, and assenting to his being king for life, must also have been pleasing, although this was not effected without a previous secret opposition, too weak to be successful, and yet too obvious not to prove offensive.

At length a coolness first, and then an open rupture, ensued, and the Duchess of Marlborough, afterwards alluding to this in the reign of George I. observes, that, whatever good qualities Queen Mary had to make her popular, it is evident, by many instances, that she wanted bowels. Of this,' it is added, she seemed to give an unquestionable proof the first day she came to White-hall. I was one of those who had the honour to wait on her apartment. She ran about it, looking into every closet and conveniency; and, turning up the quilt upon the bed, as people do when they come to an inn, and with no other sort of concern in her appearance, but such as they express: a behaviour which, though at that time I was extremely caressed by her, I thought very strange and unbecoming. For, whatever necessity there was of exposing King James, he was still her father, who had been so lately driven from that chamber and that bed; and, if she felt no tenderness, I thought she should at least have looked grave, or even pensively sad, at so melancholy a reverse of fortune.'

* Letter from the Duchess of Malborough to Lord

Her royal highness obtained the Duchess of Portsmouth's lodgings at White-hall, but was unable to procure apartments adjoining these for her domestics, although she offered to give the whole of the Cockpit in exchange. The queen, her sister, wishing to gratify the Duke of Devonshire with the option, the prin cess answered she would stay where she was, for she would not have my Lord Devonshire's leavings! On expressing a wish, soon after, for the house at Richmond for her children, her highness experienced a broad refusal, although unoccupied by any other persons than Madame Possaire, a sister of Lady Orkney, and Mr. Hill.

On the disgrace of Lord Churchill, afterwards Duke of Marlborough, in the time of King William, the queen insisted on the princess parting with his lady; but this was refused, and on the confidante's being forbidden by the Lord Chamberlain, to 'continue any longer at the Cockpit,' her royal highness withdrew from court, and borrowed Sion of the Duke of Somerset.

On the prospect of a parliamentary provision, moved for by the princess's friends, the queen, after receiving this communication from her royal highness, replied with a very imperious air, What friends have you but the queen and me?' The annual revenue of 50,000l. was however settled by both houses, and at length assented to by the king. On this occasion, Lord and Lady Churchill interested themselves openly, which conduct produced an offer of 1000l. a year; this they nobly declined, but many years after meanly recollected, and accepted with a very bad grace.

As the princess, at this period, corresponded with her favorite, whom she called Freeman under the assumed name of Morley, it may not be amiss here to introduce a note written on this occasion, in consequence of some little delay, on the part of her highness's treasurer:

"'Tis long since I mentioned this thing to dear Mrs. Freeman. She has all the reason in the world to believe I did not mean what I said, or that I have changed my mind, which are both so ill qualities, that I cannot bear you should have cause to think your faithful Morley incapable of being guilty of either."

The next difference that occurred between the royal sisters, proceeded from a wish on the part of the Prince of Denmark, to serve at sea. On his majesty's (King William) expedition to Flanders, he asked and obtained, as he imagined, his majesty's permission to repair on board-ship as a volunteer; but this was not allowed; for, after his baggage had been actually sent down, the queen dispatched Lord Nottingham, in form, to forbid this step.

Notwithstanding all this, the breach might have been healed, had not a new event occurred. The princess being near her time, sent Sir Benjamin Bathurst to present her humble duty to the queen, and acquaint her that she was much worse than she used to be.' The royal sister, however, did not think fit either to see the messenger, or return any answer; notwithstanding which, when delivered of a child, that died some minutes after, Lady Charlotte Beverwaret was dispatched with the intelligence, and her majesty, attended by the Ladies Derby and Scarborough, repaired to Sion. But the queen never asked how she did, and, even in that condition, insisted on the removal of Lady Marlborough; while Lady Derby, although recommended by the sick princess as groom of the stable, on her majesty's accession, never went to the bedside, or made the least inquiry after the health of her patroness.

The following letter to a nobleman, who was supposed to possess Queen Mary's entire confidence, and aspired to govern both sisters, will at least serve to prove that Queen Anne, when only princess of Denmark, knew how to express herself with a certain degree of dignity, if not of haughtiness.

"I give you many thanks for the compliments and expressions of service which you make me in your letter, which I should be much better pleased with than I am, if I had any reason to think them sincere. It is a great mortification to me. to find that I still continue under the misfortune of the queen's displeasure. I had hopes, in time, the occasion of it would have appeared as little reasonable to the queen, as it has always done to me. And, if you would have persuaded me of the sincerity of your intentions, as you seemed to desire, you must give me leave to say, I cannot think it very hard to convince me of it, by the effects. And, till then, I must beg leave to be excused, if L am apt to think this great mortification which has been given me, cannot have proceeded from the queen's own temper, who, I am persuaded, is both more just in herself than that comes to, as well as more kind to

To the Earl of Rochester.

"Your very affectionate friend,

"ANNE."

Immediately after this, the queen sent to Lady Grace Pierpont, to desire that she would not go to the princess, adding, that if she did, she should not come to her, for she would see nobody that went to her sister.' The answer, which is as follows, was deemed very uncourtly: that she thought she owed a respect to the princess; that she had been civilly treated by her; and that if her majesty would not allow her to pay her duty to her, she would go no more to the queen, and the oftener to the

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