The sun., 1903-12-27

| you know. Is with w Welingt on. IL IN coIlstaH'
! correspondence with both Grey and WHIT
bread, and that his accounts are OF the most
desponding cast. He considers our ulti-
mate discontinue as question purely
| of time. and that II may happen on any
day, however early; that our pecuniary
resources are utterly exhausted, and that
| the illepiblel Of the French In recovering
from their difficulties is inexhaustible;
that Wellington himself considers thie
resurrecio ion Of Marmont's broken troops
as an absolute miracle in war; and, In short
Gordon considers that Wellington is in
very considerable danger"
After the general election of 1912, when
the Tories came back triumphant, 1t was
obvious that the Whg opposition had no
| further grounds for hope from their ancient
| friendship with the Prince Regent. he
| had thrown them overheard, as he never
| hesitated to do to anybody who had ceased
| to be useful or amusing to him. mas
much, moreover, as Castlereagh's conduct
Of Engand's foreign policy, coupled with
| the favorable progress of the Peninsula
| campaign, impressed men at last with the
| conviction that Napoleon had oveTshot MS
mark and that the will Of England was 10
be enforced. the old Wings were inclined
| to withdraw from active hostiities IN
| Parliament On the other hand. the Radi-
| calls. "the Mountain" as they delighted TO
| call themselves, cast about for some weapon
Of offence against the hated Liverpool
admnistratio and found one ready to
their hand in the alleged wrongs of the
Princess Of Wales. 1t was Brougham who
most distinctly saw the value of this weapon
| o,,l ho, ; 20 lSa wi
remembered that, in order to please his
| father. George Ill. and to induce him to
| pay his debts. the Prince of Wales had
| married Princess Caroline Of Brunswick
in 1895 There never was the slightest
! affection between the married pair. and
| after the birth Of their only child. Princess
Cha rlotte, they separated. The Prince re-
turned to Mrs. Fitzherbert, whom he had
| married in l7S5 or in 1885. and for whom'
az these papers testify, he maintained re-
markable establishments at Brighton and
in London. Meanwhile the Princess OF
Wales resided at Blackheath. and her
husbands profigate life attracted to her
good deal of popular comrniseratlon.
But for the fact. indeed, that news Uttered
slowly to the provinces in those days OF
tardy communication. the public scandal
must have reused the nation to dangerous
manifest a ions In 1908, owing TO mani
fold indiscretions on the part of the un-
fortunate Princess, a commission Of twenty
three Privy Councillors was appointed at
her husbands instance to inquire into her
conduct She was acquitted OF the charge
of having borne an illegitimate child,
though cens,lre was passed upon her mode
OF life. George III. refused to allow Prin-
cess Charlotte to be taken out OF her moth
er's Gust ody, but when the kindly old King
became hopelessly mad the power passed
into the hands of his son, the Regent, who
forbade the daughter to see her mother
more than once fortnight. Thereupon,
in January. 1913, the Princess of Wales
addressed letter OF remonst rance to her
husband,
As no attention was paid to il she followed
the advice of Brougham, who had proffered
his legal services and caused the letter to
be published in the Morning Chronicle
The result was the appointment of another
commission OF three-and- twenty Privy
Councillors. who by 2l votes to supported
the Princes contention about the inter-
course that should be permitted between
his wife and daughter
ceiving the means of avenging the treat
ment of the Wings by the Prince Regent
and, at the same time. making political
capital out OF the Princess's wrongs, be-
came interchangeable in her cause. He wrote
incessa ntly to Creevey about the varying
phases of the case and some extracts deal
ing with the subject are printed in these
volumes In the following letter from
Brougham to Creevey the Pr nee Regent is
referred to as -Prinney.' or as 1P.'; the
Princess of Wales as Mrs. p, or Mother
P.," and Princess Charlotte as Young P.'
81 have nothing to tell you, except that
Mot her p. certainly goes to the Tea Garden
Jvauxhalll tomorrow night to meet her
husband [the Prince Regent, II was her
| own idea but highly approve of ii on his
account and. as the D-ss of York goes,
it is fit Mrs P. should go. too. il it were only
I for Ave minutes The const ernation of
Prinney is wonderful. I'll bet little money
| he don't go himself 80 that the whole thing
! will have gone OF as well as possible Young
| p. and her father have had frequent rows
OF late, but one pretty serious one. He was
angry at her for flirting with the D. OF
| Devonshire, and suspected she was talking
! politics This began it, II signifies moth
ing how they go on this day or that in the
long run quarrel they muet, He has not
| equality of temper, or any other kind Of
sense TO keep well with her, and she has a
spice OF her mothers spirit; SO interfere they
must at every turn. ! suspect
thew will befool the above Duke. He is
giving in to it, hear, and P. will turn short
about, in all likelihood, after making him
dance and dangle about, and, perhaps,
break with his friends, and put on his dig
nified air on which he piques himself,
and then say: Your Grace will be pleased
to recollect the difference between you and
nv daughter Brougham adds that he
had lately seen Lord Thanet, who was
particularly abusive of Prinney whom he
| objects to on account of his vulgarity, and
compares to the Bourgeois Genilhomme in
! Molare-a name which has got about,
and must inevitably annoy P. more than
| even our fat friend"
| v.
After the first abdication of Napoleon
| in 1914 the Emperor Of Russia, the King of
Prussia and other royalties came to London.
Among the French ladies who visited the
British capital at the time was Nine. de
Stael. Lady Holland writes about her TO
Mrs. Creevey: The great wonder OF the
| time ia Nine de Stael. She is surrounded