The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-17

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tempt to enquire of your majesty the reasons
OF his Royal Highness the Prince Regent tor
this harsh proceeding, of which ms Royai
ElShneSs Can alCae be the jud G. ain uncon-
scious o. offence; and In that reflection,
must endeavor to find consolation for all the
moreihcationS / experience even for tins,
the last, the mos. unexpected and the most
severe (; the prohi )iticn gwen 10 me alone,
not To appear before your Mujes,y, to Offer
any congratulations upon the happy terniina-
ton or those cal;.nltieS with which Europe
mas been so long afflicted, ia the presence Of
the Illustrous rersonages vino Mi, IN ali
probability, BE assembled at your MAJESTY S
Court, with whom am 90 closely cohiccted
Dy birth and marriage.
" beseech your Majesty to 10 me an act
OF justice, to which, in the present cncunl-
stances, Your majesty is the only person COM
Petent, by acquanuiig those IiIustrCus Stran-
gers with the motives OF personal cOnsicera
ton towards your Majesty walGh alone Iii
duce me to abstain from the exercise OF my
right to appear before your majesty !; and
that do now, as have done at ali tines,
defy the malice of my enemies to fix upon me
the shadow of any one iniputatioa which
could render NE unworthy OF their society on
regard.
:. Your Majesty will, am sure, not be dis
pleased that should relieve myself from
suspicion OF disrespcct towards your Majesty,
by making public the cause OF my absence
from Court, at time when the duties OF my
station would otherwise particularly demand
my attendance.
{" have the honor to be, your Nfajesty's
:" Most obedicnt Daugbter-in-l4 Jaw and
g Servant, CAROLINE, F."
4" Connaught-House, May II, 1914.
Letter o. the Princess Qf Haies 10 fhe Prince
Recent,
SIR am once more reluctantly COM
PEELED to address your Royal Highness, and
to enclose for your inspection copies of note
which have had the honor to receive from
the Queen, and of the answer which / have
thought 1t my duty to return to her majesty
IL would be ln-vain Tor me to enquire INTO the
reasons OF the alarming declaration made by
your Royal liighness, that you have taken the
liked and unalterable determination never to
meet me, upon any occasion, either in public
or private. Ofthese your ROYAL Highness is
pleased to state yourself to be the only Judge.
You will perceive by ny answer to her ma
Jesty, that have only been restrained by mo-
yves OF personal consideration towards her
naJesty, from exercising my right of appear
ing before her Majesty, at the public Drawing
Rooms TO be held the ensuing month.
But, Sir, lestit should be by possibility
supposed that the words of your Royal High
ness can convey any insinuation from which /
SHRINK, am bound to demand of your ROYAL
I1l6hness-what circumstances can Justify
the proceeding you have thus thought fit to a.
dept
6 owe it to myself, to my Daughter, and
to the Nation, to which am deeply indebted
Tor the vindication OF my honor. to remind
your Royal Highness of what you know, that
after open persecution and mysterious inqui-
RES, upon underlined charges, the malice of
my enemies fell entirely upon themselves !;
and that was restored by the King, with the
advice OF his Ministers to the fun enjoyment
OF my rank IN the Court, upon my complete
acquittal. Since his Majesty's lamented i'll
ness, have demanded, in the face of parlia-
ment and the Country, to be proved guilty. or
to be treated as innocent j have been de-
clared innocent--I will not submit to be trea-
ted as guilty.
Sir, your Royal HighnesS may possibly
refuse to read this letter But the world must
Know that have written it and they will
see my real motives for foregoing, in this in
stance, the rights of my rank Occasions.
however, may arise, Zone, trust is far dis
tant) when must appear in pubic, and your
Royal hlShness must be present also. Can
your Royal Highness have contemplated the
full extent OF your declaration Has your
Royal ttlghness forgotten the approaching
marriage Of our daughter, & the possibility Of
our coronations
:" wave my rights in case where / am
not absolutely bound to assert them, in order
to relieve the Queen, as far as can, from the
painful situation in which she is placed by
your Royal Highness not from any consci-
business OF blame not from any doubt Of the
existence OF those rights, or OF my own wor-
thiness to enjoy them.
Dir, the time you have selected for this
proceeding Is calculated 10 make it peculiarly
CALLING. Many illust1ious strangers have all
ready arrived in England amongst the rest,
as am informed, the ilustrous heir of the
House OF Orange, who has announced himself
to me as my future son-in-law. From their.
society am unjusily excluded. Others arc
expected, OF rank equal to your own, to re-
joice with your Royal Highness in the peace
OF Europe. My Daughter win, for the first
tune, appear in the plendor and publicity
becoming The approaching nuptials Of the pre-
sumptye Heiress of this Empire This sea-
son your Royal Highness has chosen for trea-
TING me with fresh and unproyoked iDdignity {;
and Of all his Majesty's subjects, alone am
prevented by your Royal Highness from an
peariug in my place, to partake Of the gene
ralJoy, and am deprived Of the indulgence il
those feelings of pride and affection permit ed
to every Mother but me.
a. ] am, Sir,
Your Roy H ghness' faithful wf.,
CAROLINE, P.''
" Connaught HouSe, Mn %, 1914.