2/2 CORRESPONDENCE. [1814. 



do no harm ; and what little passed last night did 

 certainly good, so far as it went. It turns attention 

 to the Princess Charlotte, and sets the ministers by 

 the ears. It only took the turn of a money question, 

 and shows, by the way, that she has the same estab- 

 lishment when she is nineteen that she had when only 

 ten. 



" The ministers are greatly damaged ; and I should 

 suppose if the Prince and you could agree about minor 

 matters, he would be very glad to give you up all the 

 measures, even economy and peace. One does not 

 know, however, the effects of the vacation ; and for 

 one I care not. The letter you wrote to Miss Mercer 

 quite satisfied her ; indeed she seems to me very much 

 to see things through your eyes. As for the Princess 

 Charlotte, she may not so well like being quiet ; but 

 her good, and not what pleases in the mean time, 

 should be consulted. I presume the observations you 

 made did not apply to the jpress, and that comments 

 in that quarter may be tried, though Perry is too 

 bad. I have some curious things respecting the new 

 Scotch Baron, who retains his Caiiton House jobbing 

 place ! ! Yours ever, H. B." 



TO EAEL GREY. 



" COCKPIT, December 8, 1814. 



" DEAR LORD GREY, I am much annoyed to hear 

 of your having been taking laudanum, for it looks 

 like a spasm. Pray say if it has prevented it. 



"liomilly is, I hope, out of danger; but if so, it is 

 by dint of bleeding, and that is no joke to a man of 

 fifty-eight. We have had a terrible alarm about him. 

 Baillie has no fear, unless there is a relapse ; but that 



