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CHAPTER III. OF THE LIFE OF LORD BROUGHAM.

August, 1857.-Since writing the above account of Queen Caroline's proceedings on her return to England, I have been favoured by the Dowager Lady Truro with a perusal of the originals of the following correspondence between the Queen and George IV. respecting her Majesty's name being inserted in the Liturgy, and her presence at the King's Drawing-room and at his Coronation. The original letters came into the possession of Lord Truro as one of her Majesty's Executors. The draughts of the Queen's letters are in the Queen's own handwriting, and seem to be her own composition from the bad spelling and ungrammatical English, but they were no doubt afterwards corrected by her counsel or other advisers.

The Queen to Lord Liverpool.

Brandenburgh House, 18th of March, 1821. "The Queen Communicates to Lord Liverpool that in Consequence that Queen has not Received any answer relatif to her last letter, which she wrote on the 3th of March, the Queen Requests Lord Liverpool to informe his Majesty the King that the Queens intentions is to present herself in Person at the Kings Drawing room to have the opportunity of Presenting a Petition of obtaining her Rights that the Queens Name should be Restored to the Liturgy as her Predecessors.

Lord Liverpool to the Queen.

"CAROLINE R."

"Fife House, 19th March, 1821.

"Lord Liverpool has the honour to inform the Queen that the letter which he received on the 3rd inst. was immediately laid before the King; but as His Majesty saw no reason for altering his determination upon the principal question of the Liturgy 2 Q

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referred to in it, and as the Queen concluded Her letter by saying that She submitted Herself entirely to His Majesty's decision,' the King did not consider any answer to be requisite.

"Lord Liverpool is now commanded to state that the King must decline receiving the Queen at His Drawing-room; but he will be ready to receive any Petition or Representation the Queen may be desirous of bringing before Him, through Lord Liverpool, or through the Secretary of State."

The Queen to Lord Liverpool.

Brandenburgh House, the 19th of March, 1821. "The Queen is much Surprised at the Contents of Lord Liverpool letter and is anxious to know from Lord Liverpool if his Majesty has Commanded him to forbid the Queen from appearing at his Drawing Room, or merely to prevent her Majesty presenting Her Petition in Person to the King.

"The Restoration of the Queens name to the Liturgy being first and only favor the Queen had ever Solicited from his Majesty, she trusts he will be graciously pleased to acquiesce in, and she most Ernestly Prays his Majesty to grant.

Lord Liverpool to the Queen.

"Fife House, 20th March, 1821.

"Lord Liverpool has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the Queen's letter of the 19th inst., and as the Queen puts to him the questionWhether His Majesty has commanded Lord Liverpool to forbid the Queen from appearing at His Drawing Room, or merely to prevent Her Majesty from presenting her Petition in person to the King'-Lord Liverpool is under the necessity of stating that, the King having the clear and undoubted right to regulate his own Drawing Room in such manner as He may think proper, His Majesty feels it impossible, under all the circumstances, to permit the Queen to be present at it; and Lord Liverpool begs farther to add that the King will be ready to receive any communications the Queen may have to lay before Him, as heretofore, through the channel of His Government.

"Lord Liverpool will feel it his duty to lay the Queen's letter of yesterday before the King; but after the determination of His Majesty, so repeatedly and recently announced, on the question of the Liturgy, Lord Liverpool cannot hold out any expectations to the Queen that His Majesty's decision on this subject will undergo any alteration."

Lord Liverpool to the Queen.

"Fife House, March 21st, 1821.

"Lord Liverpool has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the Queen's note of this day, together with a sealed Petition addressed to the King.

"Lord Liverpool has obeyed the Queen's commands in forwarding the Petition immediately to the King."

Lord Liverpool to the Queen.

"Fife House, March 23rd, 1821.

"Lord Liverpool has received the King's commands to acknowledge the receipt of the Queen's Petition.

"His Majesty has commanded Lord Liverpool to inform the Queen, in answer to it, that the decision of the question of the Liturgy in the month of February of last year was not taken by His Majesty without the fullest consideration; and the King regrets to be under the necessity of adding that nothing has since occurred which can induce His Majesty to depart from the decision then adopted."

The Queen to the King.

"Sunday, 29th April, 1821.

"The Queen from Circumstances being obliged to remain in England, Her Majesty requests the King will be pleased to Command those ladies of the first Rank His Majesty may think the most proper in this Realms to attend the Queen on the day of the Coronation, which Her Majesty is informed is now fixed, and also to Name those Ladies which will be required to bear Her Majesty's train on that day.

"The Queen being particularly anxious to submitt to the good Taste of His Majesty most earnestly entreats the King to informe the Queen in what dress His Majesty wishes the Queen to appear in on that day of the coronation.

The Queen to Lord Liverpool.

"CAROLINE R."

"Brandenburgh House, May 5th, 1821. "The Queen is much Surprised at Lord Liverpool's answer, and assures the Earle that the Queen is determined to attend at the Coronation, Her Majesty considering it as one of Her Rights and Priveledges which the Queen is resolved ever to Maintain. "The Queen requests Lord Liverpool to Communicate the above to His Majesty."

"Whitehall, July 13th. 'MADAM,—I have laid before the King your Majesty's letter to me of the 11th of this month, which states that your Majesty considers it necessary to inform me that it is your Majesty's intention to be present at the 19th, the day fixed for His Majesty's Coronation, and you therefore demand that a suitable place may be appropriated for your Majesty; and I am commanded by the King to refer your Majesty to the Earl of Liverpool's letter of the 7th of May last, and to acquaint your Majesty that it is not His Majesty's pleasure to comply with the application contained in your Majesty's letter."*

* Lord Liverpool's letters are all in his own handwriting; but this, which I presume is from the Lord Chamberlain, is a copy in the handwriting of Queen Caroline, and the signature is omitted.

ERRATUM.

Page 475, 1. 14 from bottom, for "Solicitor-General," read "Master of the Rolls."

INDEX TO THE EIGHT VOLUMES.

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