276 THE PRINCESS OF WALES. [1814. 



we, the counsel, had communicated with the paper 

 through Barnes, the chief editor, whom Denman and 

 Williams had known well at Cambridge; and I one 

 day begged them to ask him what the history was of 

 the sudden change in 1814. 



He said it was owing to the chief proprietor mak- 

 ing inquiry, as he did regularly, about the state of the 

 sale; and finding it was falling off in an alarming 

 degree, he directed the other side to be taken. This 

 might be an inference of Barnes, and not a fact stated 

 on his knowledge ; for I cannot say that he filled the 

 same situation in 1814 which he did in 1820. He 

 was also a malignant person, and might have had a 

 quarrel at the time with Mr Walter, the chief pro- 

 prietor. But the fact of the sudden change is un- 

 questionable ; and it could only arise from finding the 

 former course to have been contrary to the general 

 opinion and feeling. I had occasion many years after 

 to appoint Barnes's brother to a place of emolument, 

 which he had begged me to do. I received a letter 

 saying I had made him my debtor for life. He paid 

 off the debt by instalments of abuse I won't say daily, 

 but almost weekly. His usual threat during the 

 Queen's trial was, " We'll write him down." When any 

 one took a part against the Princess, or indeed when 

 he had objections of any kind against a public man, 

 we often saw him try this, but in no instance what- 

 ever did we observe that he succeeded. 



The Princess of Wales, after paying a visit to her 

 brother at the Court of Brunswick, went on to Italy, 

 and established herself at Naples, where she proposed 

 to pass the winter ; and while there Lady Charlotte 

 Lindsay received from her the following letter : 



