234 THE PRINCESS OF WALES [1814. 



are the scandal of the whole town. Your new estab- 

 lishment is all ready at Carlton House, and consists of 

 Lady Ilchester, Lady Rosslyn, two Miss Coates's, and 

 Mrs Campbell' (whom he had turned off for Nott's 

 affair, and abused bitterly). ' You shall see no one, 

 especially Lady Jersey and Miss Kawdon/ She was 

 greatly alarmed, ran into Miss Mercer's room (who 

 was dressing), and while there a knock came : she 

 said, ' I have but a moment ; I will go to my mo- 

 ther's/ She rushed out of the house alone, got into 

 a hackney-coach, promised a large reward if driven so 

 as to escape, and arrived at Connaught House. The 

 Princess was out of town airing ; she sent after her 

 and brought her back. 



" After she left Warwick House the Prince came to 

 Miss Mercer, and learned she was gone ordered his 

 Cabinet, with Adam and Ellenborough, to be called ; 

 spoke to Miss Mercer, saying he would say nothing 

 till they came (you know his cowardice, and always 

 throwing his bad cards on them), but asked Miss 

 Mercer to go with the Bishop of Salisbury. She said, 

 ' Do you give me authority to ask her to come back?' 

 He said, ' No ; I say nothing till the ministers come.' 

 However, she got at last authority to demand uncondi- 

 tional submission. The Bishop, after considering, said, 

 'I will venture to go with you;' so they arrived. 

 They had sent a proposal through him to the Prince 

 before I came ; and soon after my arrival the Bishop 

 returned with an answer, 'That Eldon and Ellen- 

 borough having shown the ministers the Prince's 

 rights, they were all stout, and demanded unconditional 

 surrender and no terms/ I then said (the Bishop was 

 kept in another room) that as they knew their rights, 



