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From the Prince at St. James's, to the Queen at Hampton-court, by Lord North, August 30, 1737. Madam,—I think it my duty to thank you once more most humbly for the honour you have done the princess and me in being god-mother to our daughter. I am extremely mortified that the king's prohibition hinders me from doing it by word of mouth; nothing else should stop me. I flatter myself that the continuation of your good offices, joined to the letter I have done myself the honour to write to the king upon that subject, will procure me that permission; and that I shall soon have the satisfaction to appear before you again.

I am, with all imaginable respect, madam, your most humble, and most obedient son and servant,

FREDERICK.

Message from the king at Hampton-court, to the prince at St. James's, by the duke of Grafton, duke of Richmond, and Lord Pembroke, Saturday, September 10, 1737.

GEORGE R.

The professions you, have lately made in your letters, of your peculiar regard to me, are so contradictory to all your actions, that I cannot suffer myself to be imposed upon by them,

You know very well you did not give the least intimation to me or to the queen, that the princess was with child or breeding, until within less than a month of the birth of the young princess: you removed the princess twice in the week immediately preceding the day of her delivery, from the place of my residence, in expectation, as you have voluntarily declared, of her labour; and both times upon your return, you industriously concealed from the knowledge of me and the queen, every circumstance relating to this important affair: and you at last, without giving any notice to me, or to the queen, precipitately hurried the princess from Hampton-court, in a condition not to be named. After having thus, in execution of your own determined measures, exposed both the princess and her child to the greatest perils, you now plead surprise and tenderness for the princess, as the only motives that occasioned these repeated indignities offered to me and to the queen your mother.

This extravagant and undutiful behaviour, in so essential a point as the birth of an heir to my crown, is such an evidence of your premeditated defiance of me, and such a contempt of my authority, and of the natural right belonging to your parents, as cannot be excused by the pretended innocence of your intentions, nor palliated or disguised by specious words only.

But the whole tenour of your conduct for a considerable time has been so entirely void of all real duty to me, that I have long had reason to be highly offended with you.

And until you withdraw your regard and confidence from those by whose instigation and advice you are directed and encouraged in your unwarrantable behaviour to me and to the queen, and until you return to your duty, you shall not reside my palace: which I will not suffer to be made the resort of them, who, under the appearance of an attachment to you, foment the division which you have made in my family, and thereby weaken the common interest of the whole.

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In this situation I will receive no reply: but when your actions manifest a just sense of your duty and submission, that may induce me to pardon what at present I most justly resent.

In the mean time, it is my pleasure that you leave St. James's with all your family, when it can be done without prejudice or inconvenience to the princess. I shall for the present leave to the princess the care of my grand-daughter, until a proper time calls upon me to consider of her education.

Lord Baltimore to Lord Grantham.

(Signed) G. R.

London, September 13, 1737.

My Lord,—I have in my hands a letter from his royal highness to the queen, which I am commanded to give or transmit to your lordship and as I am afraid it might be improper for me to wait on you at Hampton-court, I beg you will be so good as to let me know how, and in what manner I may deliver, or send it to you. If I may presume to judge of my royal master's sentiments, he does not conceive himself precluded by the king's message from taking this, the only means, of endeavouring, as far as he is able, to remove his majesty's displeasure. I am, your lordship's very

humble servant,

Lord Grantham to Lord Baltimore.

September 15, 1737. My Lord, I have laid your lordship's letter before the queen, who has commanded me to return your lordship the following answer.

The queen is very sorry that the prince's behaviour has given the king such just cause of offence: but thinks herself restrained by the king's last message to the prince, from receiving any application from the prince upon that subject. GRANTHAM.

I am, my lord, your lordship's, &c.

The Princess from Kew, to the King at Hampton-court. Sent by Sir William Irby to Lord Pembroke, and by Lord
Pembroke, delivered to the King, September 15, 1737.
Sir, It is with all possible respect that I take the liberty to thank your majesty most humbly for the honour you were
pleased to do me in being godfather to my daughter. I should not have failed to come myself and pay my duty to you at
Hampton-court, to thank you by word of mouth; but as I have at present the misfortune to be debarred that honour, I hope
your majesty will not be displeased that I take the liberty of doing it in writing. It is a great aggravation of my sorrow
upon this occasion, to find, that by the prince's tenderness for, me, I am the innocent cause of his disgrace; and I flatter
myself, if I had had leave to throw myself at your majesty's feet, I could have explained the prince's conduct in a manner
that would have softened your majesty's resentment. How much am I to be pitied, Sir, that an incident so grateful to me,
and at the same time so agreeable to the public, should unfortunately become the unhappy cause of a division in the family!
I shall trouble your majesty no farther than to assure you, that as it is to you I owe all my happiness, so to you, I flatter
myself, I shall likewise soon owe the quiet of my life.

I am, with all the respect imaginable, sir, your majesty's most humble, and most obedient daughter,
subject and servant,

AUGUSTA.

From the King at Hampton-court to the Princess at Kew. September 18, 1737. Sent by Lord Pembroke to Sir William Irby, for the Princess.

I am sorry, madam, that any thing should happen to give you the least uneasiness. It is a misfortuue to you, but not owing to me, that you are involved in the consequences of your husband's inexcusable conduct; I pity you, to see you first exposed to the utmost danger, in the execution of his designs, and then made the plea for a series of repeated indignities offered to me. I wish some insinuations in your letter had been omitted, which however I do not impute to you, as I am convinced it is not from you they proceed. G. R.

From the Princess at Kew to the Queen at Hampton-court, September 17, 1737. Madam,—I take the liberty most humbly to thank your majesty for the honour you did me in coming twice to see me, and and also for having been pleased to be godinother to my daughter. I am extremely mortified that I could not do it in person, as I certainly should have done, if the king's orders had not put it out of my power. I am extremely concerned at the manner in which the conduct of the prince has been represented to your majesties, and especially in the article relating to our two journeys from Hampton-court to London the week before I was brought to bed. I can venture to assure your majesty, that the physicians and the midwife were then of opinion, that I should not lie in before the month of September, and that the pain I complained of was only the cholick; and indeed, madam, is it credible, that if I had gone twice to London, with the design and expectation of being brought to bed, I should have returned to Hampton-court? I flatter myself, that time and your majesty's good offices will procure a happy change to the present situation of affairs, which must affect me so much more sensibly, as I look upon myself to be the innocent cause of it.

I am, with all imaginable respect, madam, your most humble, and most obedient daughter and servant,
AUGUSTA.

From the Queen at Hampton-court to the Princess at Kew, September 20, 1737.

I am very glad, my dear princess, to hear you are perfectly recovered of your lying-in; you may assure yourself, as you have never offended either the king or me, I shall never fail to give you every mark of my regard and affection. I think it would be unbecoming either of us to enter into a discussion of the unhappy division between the king and my son; and when you are truly informed of the several declarations that have been made relating to your journeys from Hamptoncourt, by whom, and to whom, they were made, you will be convinced, that the conduct of your husband has no way been misrepresented. I hope time and due consideration will bring my son to a just sense of his duty to his father; which will be the only means of procuring that happy change, which you cannot more sincerely wish than I do.

CAROLINE.

ful surgical operation was performed upon her, but few hopes were entertained of her recovery. Although her illness was severe and afflicting beyond measure, and attended with the most excruciating pain, it was the means of giving those who had immediate access to her, the most exalted idea of her virtues, which enabled her to endure so severe a trial, not only with

The close of this extraordinary affair, was the exile of the prince from the court of George II.; he then retired with his family to Leicesterhouse, Leicester-square, (the site now occupied by Leicester-place), and there he received the more pleasing homage of men of letters and taste, amongst whom was Thomson*, the celebrated poet of the Seasons. His majesty, on this occasion, carried his re-submission to the divine will, but with a composentment to that pitch, that he issued an order prohibiting all persons from paying their court to their royal highnesses the prince and princess of Wales, which order was however daily infringed. Information of it being conveyed to his majesty, the following was issued from the lord Chamberlain.

His majesty having been informed that due regard has not been paid to his order of the 11th of September, 1737, has thought fit to declare that no person whatsoever, who shall go to pay their court to their royal highnesses the prince and princess of Wales, shall be admitted into his majesty's presence, at any of his royal palaces.

(Signed) GRAFTON.

sure of temper and magnanimity of spirit which amazed all who surrounded her. Every interval of ease from her sufferings was employed in acts of devotion, in giving new proofs of her tender love to those who were most dear to her, in shewing her tenderest regards to her servants, and manifesting her zeal for the welfare of the public.

The stubborn and unforgiving temper of the royal father displayed itself in this instance, in the most unfavourable colours. The queen expressed her wish, on her death-bed, that a reconciliation should take place between the king and the prince of Wales, and that she might be allowed to take her leave of the latter-this last request of the dying mother was refused, nor was the son even allowed to follow the sainted remains of his parent to their last

This sweeping excommunication from that circle of society in which they had hitherto moved, determined the prince to leave Leicester-house, and the duke of Norfolk offered him his mansion in St. James's-square as a tempo-earthly dwelling. Heinous indeed must have rary residence.

been the guilt of the son, to warrant such exTo add to the family afflictions which at this cessive severity on the part of the parent. It period bore with an such oppressive weight upon was not even compatible with his dignity as a the father of our late monarch, he was now sovereign--it sullied his character as a man— doomed to experience an accumulation of suf- it belied all his pretensions to the character of fering in the death of his mother. She expired on the 20th of November, 1737. Her majesty was taken ill on the 9th, after she had breakThe body of her late majesty was interred in a new fasted at her library in the park. A most pain-vault, in king Henry VII's chapel. The procession was

a christian.

SATURDAY 17.

The anecdote of this exquisite bard should never be forgotten. Being called upon to recite a piece of his poetry before the family, he performed it with so little credit to his own powers, that George Bubb Doddington snatched the MS. from his hands, and continued it himself. It appears, said Thomson to his royal highness, that an author cannot always read his own works. It matters not, replied the prince, if others can read them and enjoy their beauties.

from the prince's chamber, adjoining to the house of lords. Her pall was supported by six dukes, viz., the dukes of Richmond, Montagu, Argyll, Buccleugh, St. Albans, and Kent; and her royal highness the princess Amelia was chief mourner, supported by two dukes, and her train borne by two duchesses, assisted by the lord Robert Montagu, the queen's vice-chamberlain, and six duchesses and ten countesses were assistants to the chief mourner. The burial service was read by the right Rev. Dr. Wilcox, Bishop of Rochester, and Dean of Westminster. After the burial service was over, an anthem, set to music by Mr. Handel, was performed by upwards of 140 hands, from the choirs of St. James's, Westminster, St. Paul's, and Windsor; and then John Anstis, Garter King at Arms, proclaimed her late majesty's style and titles, viz. :

Thus it has pleased Almighty God, to take out of this transitory life, to his divine mercy, the late most high, most mighty, and most excellent princess Caroline, by the grace of God, queen consort of the most high, most mighty, and most excellent monarch George II., by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith; whom God bless and preserve with long life, health, and honour, and all worldly happiness.

The great bell at St. Paul's, Bow, St. Bride's, and several others, tolled from six in the evening till ten, it being during the time of the procession.

The following is the inscription on her majesty's coffin.

Depositum

Serenissima Principissæ CAROLINÆ, Dei Gratia Regina Consortis Augustis. & Potentis. GEORGII Secundi, Dei Gratia

Magna Britannia, Francia, & Hibernia Regis, Fidei Defensoris, Ducis Brunsvici & Lunebergs,

S. R. I.

Archi Thesaurarii & Principis Electoris,
Quæ vixit Annos LIV, Menses VIII, Dies XIX, &
Diem obiit Supremum xx Novembris,
MDCCXXXVII.

The anthem performed at her majesty's interment was as

follows.

The ways of Zion do mourn, and she is in bitterness; all her people sigh, and hang down their heads to the ground. Lam. i. 4, 11, 10.

How are the mighty fallen! she that was great among the nations, and princess of the provinces. 2 Sam. i. 19. Lam. i. 1.

She put on righteousness, and it clothed her; her judgment was a robe and a diadem. Job xxix. 14. When the ear heard her then it blessed her, and when the eye saw her it gave witness to her. Ver. 11. She delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. Ver. 12. Kindness, meekness, and comfort, were on her tongue. Ecclus. xxxvi. 23.

If there was any virtue, and if there was any praise, she thought on these things. Phil. iv. 8.

The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance; and the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament. Psal. cxii. 6. Dan. xii. 3.

Their bodies are buried in piece, but their name liveth Ecclus. xliv. 14.

evermore.

The people tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise. Ver. 15.

Their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most high. Wisd. v. 15.

They shall receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hands. Ver. 16.

The merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever on them that fear him, and his righteousness to their children's children.

The following most beautiful Epitaph on her majesty, was written by one of the most celebrated poets of the day.

Here lie the remains of CAROLINE,
Queen Consort of Great Britain.
Whose Virtues

Her Friends when living knew and enjoyed;
Now dead, Her Foes confess and admire.
Her Ambition aspir'd to Wisdom,
And attained it :

To Knowledge,

And it filled Her Mind.

Patroness of the Wise,

And Friend of the Good:

She look'd, and modest Merit rais'd its head: She smil'd, and weeping Woe grew glad.

Religion, plain and simple,

Dignified Her Mind,

Despising Shew and useless Pageantry,

Morals clear and refined

Dwelt in Her Heart,

And guided all Her Actions.
Virtue She loved, beneath Her Smiles it
flourished;

She frown'd on Vice, and it was put to shame.
In fine,

Her life was a Publick Blessing,

Her Death is an universal Loss.

O Reader! if thou doubtest of these things,
Ask the cries of the Fatherless, they shall tell thee;
And the tears of the Widow shall confirm
their Truth;

The Sons of Wisdom, shall testify of Her,
And the Daughters of Virtue bear Her
Witness;

The Voice of the Nation shall applaud Her,
And the heart of the King shall sigh Her

Praise.

to congratulate your majesty on the safe delivery of her royal highness the princess of Wales, and the birth of a prince.

These your majesty's most faithful and dutiful subjects, have a great satisfaction on every opportunity of paying their personal duty to your majesty; and it gives them the highest joy, when the occasion proceeds from any good attending your royal family.

They esteem this addition to it as a very happy event, and one of the many good effects of an alliance formed by your majesty's prudence for strengthening the Protestant interest, and for the welfare and prosperity of this

nation.

Your majesty's constant vigilance in promoting these good ends, claims the most dutiful acknowledgments from all your majesty's subjects and your late most gracious assurances of your majesty's particular care for, the protection of your trading subjects, and the security of their commerce, demand, in a more especial manner,

In a short time after the decease of the queen, the princess of Wales was declared pregnant, and on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th of the most grateful return from the citizens of London;

May, 1738, between the hours of seven and eight, her royal highness was happily delivered of a prince, at Norfolk-house, who was immediately christened by the name of George, our late most gracious sovereign.

On the birth of the prince, the heir presumptive to the crown, addresses to the king were voted from every town and county of the king-a dom, but as they were all couched in the same terms of congratulation, mixed with rather an exuberant proportion of adulation, it will be merely necessary as a specimen, to give the addresses of the city of London on such an im'portant event as the birth of an heir to the

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and I have the honour to assure your majesty, that you may always depend on their most affectionate regard to your royal person, on their utmost endeavours, in their sphere, for the support of your majesty's government upon all occasions, and on their hearty wishes to your majesty, of a long, an easy, and a happy reign.

His Majesty's most gracious Answer.

I take very kindly your congratulation on the birth of prince, and look upon it as a fresh instance of your duty and affection to me and my family.

To the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
The humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons of the City of London, in Common-Council
assembled.

May it please your Majesty,`

We your majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council

assembled, do with hearts full of joy approach your throne, and humbly beg leave to offer our congratulations on the happy increase of your royal family by the birth of a prince, and therein the strengthening and establishing the religious and civil rights of this country, and the liberties of Europe.

We are so sensible of the many blessings of your majesty's reign, that from interest as well as duty, we

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