240 THE PRINCESS OF WALES [1814. 



it would be a tie of friendship with Tier never to be 

 broken or forgotten, and it would be most material to 

 the proceeding. 



" I now tell you what this is and I take the whole 

 responsibility, neither Whitbread nor any other being 

 having interfered, and the Duke of Sussex only con- 

 sulting Romilly after it was begun and in progress, 

 who fully concurred. The Duke of Sussex was evi- 

 dently the man for the service, and the Lords the 

 place. 



" He instantly assented, and on Sunday sent a letter 

 to Lord Liverpool, asking to see her ; and if not, say- 

 ing he should move in the House yesterday or to-day. 



"Answer, 'The Eegent has read the letter, and 

 gives no commands/ To-day the Duke is gone down 

 to the House to put five questions which I have just 

 given him viz. : 



" 1. Does she see her friends as usual \ 



" 2. Does she write and receive letters, and has she 

 pen, ink, and paper ? 



" 3. Is she under the restraints generally of actual 

 imprisonment ? 



" 4. Did not the physicians last year, as this, advise 

 the sea as necessary for recovery of her complaints, by 

 writing under their hands ? 



"And, 5. She being much above the age when the law 

 has repeatedly recognised her as fit to govern, has any 

 step been taken towards an establishment necessary for 

 her rank, and the part she will soon have to perform ? 



" Lord Jersey could not go to him, for luckily one 

 part of our case is, that Lord Jersey has Adam's letter, 

 saying nothing particular towards her is intended, but 

 that all correspondence is interdicted. 



