APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
of the severity which has been exer- 
cised against me, and the injustice 
which | have suffered, till I cease to 
exist. I have the honour to sub- 
scribe myself, 
| With all possible devotion, 
Your majesty’s 
Most dutiful and affectionate 
Son and subject, 
(Signed) G. se 
Brighthelmstore, Aug. 6, 1803. 
Answer, from the King. 
. Windsor, 7th August. 
My dear son, 
Though Tf applaud your zeal and 
spirit, of which, I trust, no one can 
suppose any of my family wanting, 
yet, considering the repeated decla- 
rations I have made of my determi- 
nation on your former applications 
to the same purpose, I had flattered 
myself to have heard no farther on. 
the subject. Should the implacable 
_ enemy so far succeed as to land, 
you will haye an opportunity of 
Shewing your zeal at the head of 
your regiment. - It will be the duty 
-of every man to stand forward on, 
such an‘occasion; and [I shall- cer- 
tainly think it mine to set an exam- 
ple in defence of every thing that is 
~ dear to me and to my people. I 
ever remain, my dear son, 
— Your most affectionate father, 
(Signed) G.R. 
From the Prince to the King. 
Brighthelmstone, 
Sir, 23d Aug. 1803. 
I have delayed thus long an an- 
swer to the letter which your ma- 
jesty did me the honour to write, 
from a wish to refer to a former 
correspondence which took place 
between us in the year 1798. These 
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letters were mislaid, and some days 
elapsed before I ‘could discover 
them: they have since been found. 
Allow me, then, sir, to recal to your 
recollection ' the expressions you 
were graciously pleased to use, and ° 
which I once before took the liberty 
of reminding you of, when I soli- 
cited foreign service, upon my first 
coming into thearmy. They were, 
sir, that your majesty did not then 
see the opportunity for it; but if 
any thing was to arise at home, I 
ought to be ‘ first and foremost.’? 
There cannot be a stronger expres- 
sion in the English Janguage, or one 
more consonant to the feelings - 
which animate my heart. In this I 
agree most perfectly with your ma- 
jesty—** I ought to be the first and 
foremost.” It is the place which 
my birth assigns me—which Europe 
—which the English nation expect 
me to fill—and which the former as- 
surances of your majesty might na- 
turally have led me to hope I should 
occupy. After such a declaration, 
I> could hardly expect to be told, 
that my place was at the head of a 
regiment of dragoons. 
J understand from your majesty, 
that it is your intention, sir, in pur- 
suance of that noble example which 
you have ever shewn during the 
course of your reign, to place ydur- 
self at the head of the people of En- 
gland. My next brother, the duke 
of York, commands the army ; the 
younger branches of my family are 
either generals or lieutenant-gene- 
rals ; and I, who am the prince of 
Wales, am to remain a colonel of 
dragoons. There is something so 
humiliating in the contrast, that 
those who are at a distance would 
either doubt the reality, or suppose 
that to be my fault, which is only 
iny misfortune. | 
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