200 THE PRINCESS OF WALES [1814. 



Charlotte was placed, I received from him the follow- 

 ing letter, to which he shortly afterwards added a 

 second, supplying an omission he had made in the 

 first : 



FEOM LOED GEEY. 



" HOWICK, March 7, 1814 



" MY DEAR BROUGHAM, The subject of your letter, 

 which I received last night, is involved, I fear, in a good 

 deal of difficulty. I do not mean that what is right is 

 in any degree doubtful. There can be no question, I 

 think, as to the propriety of stipulating that the Prin- 

 cess's chief residence should be in England ; and this, 

 if necessary, I shall not hesitate to state as my opinion 

 in the House of Lords. But if it comes to that, though 

 I may acquit my conscience, and have, as I think I 

 shall have, the best of the argument, I am afraid we 

 shall do little as to the object itself. You know the 

 general servility of Parliament the timidity, to give it 

 the softest name, of many of our friends, even after all 

 their experience, with respect to any question which 

 may be deemed personal to the Prince and the motives 

 which would not fail to be ascribed to me personally 

 if I were to appear very forward and eager in such a 

 question. You know me too well to suppose that 

 either the fear of failure, or of the obloquy which 

 might attend it, would deter me from doing what I 

 thought essentially right and necessary; and ultimately 

 it may come to this. But where the interest of an- 

 other person, and particularly such an interest, is at 

 stake, every previous measure of conciliation should 

 be tried to obtain that which, I fear, cannot be obtained 

 in any other way. In all events, such a course must 

 be useful, either to improve the chances of success, if 



