PRINCE ALBERT.—Public interest being partially allayed by th e marriage and
grant of honours and military rank (though not as yet of precedency) to Prince Albert, the question now generally asked is whether Queen Victoria's husband will be prayed for in the Liturgy? If the precedent of Prince George of Denmark's case be followed, Prince Albert will not have the benefit of the public aspirations for his welfare and happiness ; lie must rest satisfied with the private devo. tions of his wife's lieges. It appears that after the accession of William and Mary, the King, Queen, "Princess Anne of Denmark, and all the Royal Family," were ordered to be prayed for, and that Prince George's name was not men. Honed. After Queen Anne's accession, an Order in Council, dated2d May 1702, commanded that the name of the Princess Sophia, the heiress presumptive, should be inserted in the Liturgy ; but no notice whatever was taken ql the Queen's husband. On the death of the Prin- cess Sophia, the name of her son the Elector of Brunswick was inserted instead.
These facts show how much greater importance was attached to the heir presumptive than to the consort of the Queen, though he was the son of a Monarch, and " his Royal Highness " by birth.
A correspondent inquires what Prince Albert's emoluments as Field- Marshal will be ? Somewhere between 1,5001. and 2,0001. a year, Veer recollection is right. Of course the Prince will have a Regiment, and probably of household Troops ; for which, as Colonel, he will receive upwards of 1,0001. more. By a Parliamentary paper just delivered, we find that his uncle Leopold's Colonelcy of the Fifth Regiment of Dragoon Guards was worth between 1,4001. and 1,5001. per annum.
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