^ET. 36.] AND THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. 259 



lotte Lindsay confirming it) shows my former belief, 

 which I some time ago stated to you in Portman 

 Square, to be well founded that they were selling 

 her. You see the price is now paid. If they had 

 given the same advice ive did, she durst not have gone. 

 But surely if ever a base and dirty piece of service 

 was done by man, this is that service. Ever yours, 



" H. BROUGHAM." 



TO EARL GREY. 

 " HOUSE OP COMMONS, August 13, 1814. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, I enclose in another cover a 

 letter from the Princess of Wales to me, which she 

 authorises me to communicate to Princess Charlotte, 

 to contradict the reports and lies of the Prince Eegent. 

 Pray send it through Miss Mercer. 



"I return your copy of the other letter, which 

 does not strike me as so bad. Princess Charlotte has 

 written strongly, as you say, to her, and she has sent a 

 soothing and explanatory answer, pledging herself not 

 to stay long away. 



" I shall be with you at dinner on Tuesday, or at 

 farthest in the evening. Yours truly, 



" H. BROUGHAM." 



In September 1814 there appeared a pamphlet, pub- 

 lished by Bidgway, on the then important question 

 of the constitutional character of the Queen-Consort. 

 It was evidently written, if not by a lawyer, certainly 

 by some one well versed in the constitutional history 

 of our country, and with a very accurate knowledge 

 of the important subject, which he discussed with 

 great calmness and propriety. This pamphlet gave 



