JET. 37.] EARL GREY. 2? I 



Government expect something to be said."* I must 

 say, a more infamous conduct than Carlton House 

 spreading such aspersions on Miss Mercer never was 

 seen. I can bear witness to her entire fidelity and 

 good conduct nay, absolute boldness and self-devo- 

 tion, as far as I have seen or known. 



" I only object to her carrying her friendly zeal for 

 the Princess beyond what is due to her own comfort 

 and for which, if she is not one day ill requited, 

 Princess Charlotte is very different from her two 

 worthy parents. But you know Miss Mercer, and can 

 join in this eulogium. I am sure I owe you much 

 gratitude for your hint about Ellenborough, though I 

 was on my guard ; accordingly, to-day I have been 

 pouring out some more oil (of vitriol) in a case where 

 I had burning ploughshares to walk over, and it 

 answered perfectly. Yours ever, H. B." 



TO EAEL GEEY. 



"December 2, 1814. 



"MY DEAR LORD GREY, Your letter would of 

 course have stopt any measures respecting Princess 

 Charlotte had any such formal proceedings been thought 

 of. But Martin merely pursuing his question t could 



* On the llth of November, Mr H. Martin asked the Chancellor of 

 the Exchequer whether it was his intention ,to submit to the House any 

 plan for an establishment for her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte 

 of Wales. The answer was that no commands from his Royal Highness 

 had been received upon the subject. Hansard's Debates, vol. xxix. p. 112. 



f " Whether the sum allowed for the establishment of the Princess 

 Charlotte of Wales, which had been fixed when she was ten years of age, 

 had been augmented since that period 1 " 



The answer of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was that the allowance 

 had not been continued since the Princess had been taken into the 

 family of her royal father. Hansard's Debates, December 1, 1814, vol. 

 xxix. p. 638. 



