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Majesty, who directed me to write to Lord Hutchin- 

 son as follows : 



"Mr Brougham is commanded by the Queen to 

 express to Lord Hutchinson her Majesty's surprise 

 at his Lordship not being ready to state the terms of 

 the proposition of which he is the bearer; but as 

 Lord Hutchinson is desirous of a few hours' delay, 

 her Majesty will wait until five o'clock, in the ex- 

 pectation of receiving a communication from his Lord- 

 ship at that hour. 



" 2 o'clock June 4, 1820." 



In a couple of hours I received from Lord Hutchin- 

 son the following letter : 



FKOM LOED HUTCHINSOK 



" June. 4, 18204 o'clock. 



" SIR, In obedience to the commands of the Queen, 

 I have to inform you that I am not in possession of 

 any proposition or propositions, detailed in a specific 

 form of words, which I could lay before her Majesty ; 

 but I can detail to you, for her information, the sub- 

 stance of many conversations held with Lord Liver- 

 pool. His Majesty's ministers propose that 50,000 

 per annum should be settled on the Queen for life, 

 subject to such conditions as the King may impose. 

 I have also reason to know that the conditions likely 

 to be imposed by his Majesty are, that the Queen is 

 not to assume the style and title of Queen of England, 

 or any title attached to the royal family of England. 

 A condition is also to be attached to this grant, that 



