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CHAPTER XIV. 



rincess of HHales antr tfje Princess Cfjarlotte. 

 (Continued.) 



THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE HER CHARACTER, CAPACITY, AND 

 PURSUITS - ANECDOTES - QUEEN CHARLOTTE AND THE PRIN- 

 CESS CAROLINE - THE QUESTION OF THE PRINCESS CAROLINE 

 GOING ABROAD IMPRUDENCE OF THE STEP - LETTER OF RE- 

 MONSTRANCE AGAINST IT RECEPTION OF THE REMONSTRANCE 

 CARLTON HOUSE POLITICS CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD 

 GREY CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF A QUEEN-CONSORT 

 JURY TRIAL IN SCOTLAND THE PRINCE AND GOVERNMENT 

 PATRONAGE AT THE SCOTCH BAR THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE 

 AND HER HOUSEHOLD - DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCESS CARO- 

 LINE THE PRESS ON HER AFFAIRS POLICY OF THE * TIMES.' 



THE Princess Charlotte was a person of great abili- 

 ties, tolerably well cultivated. She had her mother's 

 quickness, but with more habitual reflection and more 

 deliberate judgment ; and she inherited her resolute 

 courage and determination of character. Her temper 

 was somewhat violent and irascible, and her precep- 

 tors had failed in taming it. When a mere child she 

 was desired by one of them (I think the Bishop) to 

 pause before she spoke when anything irritated her, 

 and it was recommended that she should say the 

 Lord's Prayer. It used to be said that she was some- 



