The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-07


ais debts" Much and long opposition was,
however, made to The proposed payment 10y
the country, and those VINO made this op
position, commended, that, after paying his
debts to great amount, III 1857, upon a
clear understanding, that no more debts
shouid be contracted on his account, the
naucn ought not TO be called ON again, and
thatthe king ought to pay the debts out OF
his annual ALLOW ance, winch we here call
the cfI,ii list, and which amounts to nearly
half as much as Your whul" American reve-
nue., though there eight millions of you
on whom to raise tha, revenue. See how
rich nation we must be.
The proposition was, however, at last
agreed TO ; bu,, i ough. to be borne in
mind, that through the whole os the dis
cussions, the ground upon which this new
call upon the public purse rested, was the
princes marriage. Tho deb's were not
paid Of in ready sum /; hut, we're to
be lquidated by certain yearly deductions
to come out OF AN additional yearly allow
arcc to be made to the prince and, in
case of the dea h Of the kim or of the
prince before the tltbts were all paid, the
payment OF the remainder was to fall upon
the public revenue. So that itJamouuted 10
exactly the sans thing in fleet as if a SIM
pie vote had been given for the payment Of
the debts, at once, out of the years taxes.
III about twenty days after the marriage
took place, asked for an establishment
to be settled upon the prince and his
august ShduSe,' and at the same time, told
| them, that the benefit of such settlement
could not be etfec,unliy secured to the
prince, till he was rti,VCd from his fire
senf incIM6rcnSes 10 u large amoKnt."-
Upon this ground the prnce's annual al
iowance from the nation was augnruted.-
I 4
TO i25 ,000G year i; &, of ,h,s sum. S5, 000G
year were set apart for the discharge
OF his debts. rs this was added sum NJ
| II ,oO0E tor preparations Tor the marriage-
% .OO0G FOR jewels and piate-and 26.0OnE
tor finishing Carleton house, the residence
of the prince.
1t was necessary to enter into this state
tncnt IN order TO show you what were the
circumstances under which the prince and
the princess came together. and To make
you acquainted with the fact, that her roy
al nishness did really bring to her royal
spouse one of the greatest blessings On
earth namely, relief from heavy pecu-
mary membranes, which encuinbrances
would, it is manifest. have continued to
weigh upon his royal highness had his mar
riage not taken place.
| But, her roy al highness also brought with
her other Claims to love and gratitude
She was represented at the tiwe, and with
truth believe, as person IF great beauty
but not greater than her sweetness of man
ners, her acquired accomplishments, and
her strength ard greatness OF mind She
was received in England with transports #
ij"y-addresses of admiration and gratitude
poured in upon her from all quarters, and
her husband was congratulated as the hap
| pest OF men. a similar torrent of addresses
came in upon the birth of the princess
| Charlotte of Wales. In short, no events
J seem ever tn have caused such unmXed
Joy In this country the marriage of this
! illustrious lady and the birth of her child.
| What contrast, alas is presented in
| the occurrences of the present day What
shor ;ghted mortals we are Who, though
the most far seeing of men, could, in 1896.
while addresses of congratulation were sue
ceeding each other to the prince and prip
cess upon the birth of their child-who at
that day could have anticipated that the
time was to come, when the mother would
have TO complain Of being declared from
communicates: 7vilh thar child
This ads us to a consideration of the
lprincess's letter-but, ought, in the first
c,acS, &c remind yo;;, t6a. * was not, as
WAS stated at the time in print, many
months after the princess Charlotte was
born, before her royal mother had place
Of residence separate from that of the
prince. NOW tnlS MlpHt happen without
ground of blame on either side. There
are SO many ways in which misunderstand-
nss in families are Created-there are so
many causes from which the society of man
and wife become disagreeable--and these
, causes may be founded in so many Incl
, dents having nothing Of crime or blame be-
longing to them, that when separations o.
this sort take place, it is a harsh judgmen
that will insist upon affixiDg blame TO enc
party or the other. Therefore, |, tor my
!. part, have always been willing To Content
myself with expressing merely regret upon
this subject, in which respect am satisfied
tiat did nomore than follow the example ct
the great mass IF the community. Had things
: continued in This state---had the parties,
! though living at distance from each
: ther, suffered the world to hear nothing
, from them in the way of complaint against
, each other, all would yet have been well.
Uahappily this has not been the case--ac-
ouSatons Of very serious nature are, in
the public prints, now stated tohave taken
pace in private, and at last the consequence
has been the writing and publication of that
letter Of the princess, which / am now a
bout 10 make subject of most respectful
consideration and remark.
This, however, ] shall defer Till nv nes:t
nunber, for reasons, which, when that
number shall appear, will l imagine, be
obvious to all my readers.
WEN. COBBETT.
London, oath Feb 1913.
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