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would come, which he did in the course of an hour. 

 There came while we were at table various persons 

 sent by the Eegent : the Chancellor Eldon, Bishop of 

 Salisbury (the tutor), Ellenborough, Adam" Chancellor 

 of the Duchy of Cornwall, and Leach. All arrived 

 one after another, and as they were announced the 

 Princess or her daughter said what was to be done 

 with each. Eldon being named, they said, " Oh no ; 

 let him wait in his carriage/' which was, like that of 

 the Princess Charlotte and all the others, a hackney- 

 coach. I said a word for Ellenborough as my chief, 

 but in vain. They said he may remain as well as Old 

 Baggs. When Leach was named, they called him 

 "Eidicule," " Eeticule," or Little Baggs. But the 

 Bishop was ordered to be shown into the dining-room 

 below we having dined in the drawing-room above 

 stairs ; and so was the Duke of York, who came much 

 later. The Duke of Sussex, not having been sent by 

 the Eegent, was brought up-stairs ; and none of the 

 others had any communication with our party except 

 the Duke of York, whom the Princess of Wales saw 

 for a few minutes in the room below. It happened, 

 unfortunately, that the Duke of Sussex for the last 

 nine years had not seen the Princess of Wales, or had 

 any communication with her, in consequence of the 

 charge against her which led to the proceedings in 

 1806 having been made as a communication to him 

 by Lady Douglas, wife of his equerry, and conveyed 

 by the Duke to the Eegent. However, no one could 

 have supposed there was the least dryness between 

 them, to see how warmly they embraced. Indeed the 

 Duke had taken no further part in the proceeding 

 than communicating Lady Douglas's story, which he 



