Princess of Wales, on the 14th January, to the Prince Regent, conveyed in his lordship's reply to her Royal Highness, is as void of foundation, and as false, as all the former accusations of the traducers of her Royal Highness's honor, in the year 1806.

Lady Anne Hamilton is further commanded to say, that dignified silence would have been preserved upon such insinuation, (more than unbecoming Lord Liverpool,) did not the effect arising from it operate to deprive her Royal Highness of the sole real happiness she can possess in this world, that of seeing her only child. And the confidential servants of the Prince Regent ought to feel ashamed of their conduct towards the Princess, in avowing to her Royal Highness their advice to the Prince Regent, that, upon unauthorized and unfounded suppositions, a mother and daughter should be prevented from meeting;-a prohibition positively against the laws of nature. Lady Anne Hamilton is commanded further to desire Lord Liverpool to lay this paper before the Prince Regent, that his Royal Highness may be aware into what error his confidential servants are leading him, by counselling and signifying such commands.

The public attention had been drawn to the grand drawing-room, which was holden by her Majesty in celebration of her birth-day, when it was expected that the Princess Charlotte would have been presented by her mother. In consequence of this anticipated event, the drawingroom was crowded beyond any former parallel ;— but disappointment ensued, for her Royal Highness was not presented to the Queen. Previously, however, to entering the drawing-room, the Princess Charlotte partook of some refreshment with the Royal Family, and was in readiness to be presented, had her mother been allowed to undertake the office; and, although very urgent solici

tations were employed to induce her to be presented by some other branch of the Royal Family, especially by the Duchess of York, she steadily refused; declaring, that by her mother, and her mother only, would she be presented.

The Prince Regent and the Princess of Wales were both present, but a slight acknowledgment was all that passed between them.

It having been determined that Warwick-House should be the future residence of the Princess Charlotte, her baggage, saddle-horses, &c., were, in the latter end of February, removed from Windsor; and her Royal Highness was often heard to express her satisfaction at the change of her residence; her health was by no means established; and the cold which she caught at the fête at Carlton-House, tended to increase her malady.

The difference between her parents was, however, doomed to be the rock on which her happiness was to be wrecked. Her mother, with more impetuosity than prudence, determined to bring her case before Parliament; and accordingly transmitted a letter to Lord Eldon, and to the Speaker of the House of Commons; in which she acknowledges to have received from Lord Viscount Sidmouth, a copy of a Report made to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, by a certain number of the members of his Majesty's privy council; to whom it appears that her Royal Highness had been advised to refer the consideration of documents and other evidence respecting her character and con

duct; and, in consequence of that Report, her Royal Highness throws herself upon the wisdom of Parliament. This letter was delivered to the Speaker in such a slovenly, unofficial manner, that the Speaker doubted its authenticity, and would not read it until such time as it had been properly authenticated. The letter was accordingly read in Parliament, and produced nothing. From the Lord Chancellor, however, the answer, as it respected the intercourse of the Princess of Wales with her daughter, was of the highest consequence. The letter of his lordship, returning the one her Royal Highness had sent him to lay before the House of Lords, was to the following effect:

That his lordship found himself under the necessity of returning the letter of her Royal Highness, which he thought it his duty to advise the Princess, from considerations of propriety, as well as safety, not to make public. The letter concluded with an intimation, that, by command of the Prince Regent, the visits of her Royal Highness to Warwick-House were in future to be discontinued.

To the above an answer was returned by the Princess of Wales, expressing her surprise at the manner, as well as the matter, of his lordship's communication; and particularly at his care for the safety of her Royal Highness; but intimating that his lordship need be under no apprehension on that ground, as the constitution and laws of England were her safeguard.

Thus was every immediate prospect cut off of a more unrestricted intercourse taking place between the Princess of Wales and her daughter; and it is not, therefore, surprising that every opportunity should be gladly seized on, by which they could interchange the expressions of their mutual affection. A few days after the Princess of Wales had received the intimation from the Lord Chancellor, that her visits must be discontinued at Warwick-House, she was returning in her carriage down Constitution-Hill, when her Royal Highness observed the Princess Charlotte in her carriage, passing along Piccadilly towards Hyde-Park. The Princess of Wales immediately ordered her coachman to turn about, and, the horses proceeding nearly at a gallop, overtook the Princess Charlotte's carriage in Hyde-Park, near the bridge. Their Royal Highnesses projected themselves through the windows of their carriages, embraced each other in the most affectionate manner, and continued in earnest conversation for about ten minutes. A considerable number of spectators were very soon collected to the spot, and several ladies who were present shed tears at the affecting nature of the interview. When their Royal Highnesses had separated, the Princess Charlotte was observed, in continuing her ride, to be in high spirits, and apparently highly gratified at the opportunity she had enjoyed of an affectionate interchange of endearments with her royal mother.

The mind of the Princess of Wales had been long drooping under every species of affliction, and it was now doomed to experience an additional weight in the death of her mother, the Duchess of Brunswick, which took place on the 23d of March, 1813. A hope was at that time. excited, that the event of the death of the Duchess of Brunswick might be the means of disposing the illustrious parties, most nearly allied to the deceased, to come to an understanding, which would reflect honour on themselves, and give the most lively satisfaction to the country. A calamity, falling suddenly upon any particular circle of society, often disposes the individuals which compose it, to quell their personal resentments, and, in one general effusion of sorrow, to drown the recollection of private animosities.

Highly did it redound to the credit and to the honor of the Prince Regent, that he was no sooner apprized of the death of the Duchess of Brunswick, than he immediately hinted to his daughter, the propriety of a visit to her mother, but, at the same time, left it to her own judgment, whether it would not be more decorous, were the visit to be postponed until after the funeral. The tender and affectionate feelings of the Princess Charlotte would not, however, permit her to defer her visit until the time mentioned by her august father, and the intimation had not been received many hours before her Royal Highness, attended by the Duchess of Leeds, and the sub-governess,