366 DEFENCE OF QUEEN CAROLINE. [1820. 



tiation; and I beg leave to add that I shall at all 

 times be ready to lend my aid in case it is renewed, 

 being deeply convinced that the best interests, both 

 of the country and of the parties, require an amicable 

 arrangement on the basis of mutual sacrifices; nor 

 does it follow that the Queen, when in England, will 

 reject the advice I may then offer, as she has before 

 her arrival. I have the honour to be your Lordship's 

 very faithful and obedient servant, 



" H. BROUGHAM." 



On her arrival in London she gave extreme offence 

 to the King by allowing Alderman Wood to sit in the 

 carriage with her, as she drove through the town to 

 his house in South Audley Street, where she remained 

 till a house in Portman Square was got ready for her. 

 She afterwards occupied the house at Hammersmith, 

 with a house in St James's Square when she had 

 y occasion to come to town. It is impossible to describe 

 the universal, and strong, even violent, feelings of the 

 people, not only in London but all over the country, 



^ < upon the subject of the Queen. Of course, in London 

 / the multitude were as unreflecting as they usually 

 are when their feelings are excited. I recollect one 

 instance among many others. The crowd collected 

 wherever they knew her to be, and called her to appear 

 at the windows of whatever house she was in. The 

 cheers and noise were excessive, and exposed her to 

 great annoyance and fatigue. They called for cheers 

 to individuals by name, and sometimes the cry was 



s v Three cheers for Mr Austin, the Queen's son ;" there- 

 by assuming her to have been convicted of the high 

 treason of which the inquiry in 1806 had acquitted her. 



