assigned for such refusal. In the 
_ first instance, I was referred to his 
_tmajesty’s will and pleasure; and 
now I am informed, by your letter, 
; that before ‘‘ he had appointed me 
to the command of the 10th light 
dragoons, he had caused it to be 
_ fully explained to me, what his sen- 
timents were with respeét to a 
Fs prince of Wales entering into the 
~ army.” 
_. It is impossible, my dear brother, 
that I should know all that passed 
: between the king and you; but, I 
perfectly recollect the statement you 
made of the conversation you had 
_ had with his majesty, and which 
_ Strictly corresponds with that in 
_ your letter now before me. But 
_ I must, at the same time, recal to 
_ your memory, my positive denial, 
_ at that time, of any condition or 
stipulation having been made, upon 
' my first coming into the army ; and 
Lam in possession of full and com- 
| plete documents, which prove that 
no terms whatever were then pro- 
_ might have been the intention: and 
_ the communications which I have 
_ found it necessary subsequently to 
make, have ever disclaimed the ex- 
istence of such a compromise at any 
_ period, as nothing could be more 
_ averse to my nature, or more re- 
_ mote from my mind.- 
_ As to the conversation you quote 
_ in 1796 (when the king was pleased 
_ to appoint me to succeed sir Wil- 
‘liam Pitt), I have not the most 
slight recolleétion of its having taken 
place between us. My dear bro- 
ther, if you date it right, you must 
_ be mistaken in your exact terms, 
_ or, at least, in the conclusion you 
_ draw from it; for, in the intimacy 
and familiarity of private conversa- 
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should have remembered the coms 
munication you made me the year 
before ; but, that_I should have ac- 
quiesced in, or referred to a com- 
promise, which | never made, is ut- 
terly impossible. 
Neither in his majesty’s letter to 
me, nor in his correspondence with 
Mr. Addington (of which you may 
not be fully informed), is there one 
word, or the most distant allusion 
to the condition stated in your let- 
ter ; and even if I had accepted the 
command of a regiment on such 
terms, my acquiescence could only. 
have relation to the ordinary situa- 
tion of the country, and not toa 
case so completely out of all con- 
templation at that time, as the pro- 
bable or projeéted invasion of this 
kingdom by a foreign force, suffi- 
cient to bring its safety into ques- 
tion. When the king is pleased to 
tell. me, ‘ that should the enemy 
land, he shall think it his duty to 
set an example in defence of. the 
country ;” that is, to expose the 
only life which, for the public wel- 
fare, ought not to be hazarded, I 
respeét and admire the principles 
which dié¢tate that resolution ; and 
as my heart glows with the same 
sentiments, I wish to partake in the . 
same danger, that is, with dignity 
and effect. Wherever his majesty 
appears as king, he a¢ts and com-. 
mands ; you are commander in chief 5 
others of my family are high in mi- 
litary station ; and even by the last 
brevet a considerable number of ju- 
nior officers are, put over me. in 
all these arrangements, the prince of 
Wales alone, whose interest in the 
event yields to none but that of the 
king, is disregarded; omitted; his 
services rejected. So that, in faét, 
he has no post or station whatsoever, 
in a contest, on which the fate of 
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