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Royal Highnefs, that, “ the King had referred 
Mr. Addington to the orders he had before 
given him, with the addition, that, the King’s 
opinion being fixed, he defired that no further 
mention fhould be made to him upon the fub- 
yekt.”’ I have the honour to be, 
With every fentiment of refpect & deference, 
Sir, your Royal Highnefs’ moft humble, &c- 
(Signed ) H. ADDINGTON. 
No. Vil 
_ (Copy.)—Letter to the King. 
it, 
A correfpondence has taken place between 
Mr. Addington and myfelf, on a fubject which 
deeply involves. my honour and character ; the 
anfwers which I have received from that gen- 
tleman, the communication which he has made 
to the Houte of Commons, leave me no hope, 
but inan appeal tothe juftice of your Majetty. 
i make that appeal with confidence, becaufe I 
feel that you are my natural advocate, and with 
the fangvine hope, that the ears of an affection- 
ate Father may fill be opened to the fupplica- 
tions of a dutiful Son. 
I atk te be allowed to difplay the beft ener. 
gies of my character; to thed the laft drop of 
my blood in fupport of your Majefty’s Perfon, 
Crown, and Dignity ; tor this is not a war for 
empire, glory, or dominion, but for exiftence. 
En this contett, the loweft and humbletft of your 
Majefty’s fubjects have been called on: It 
would therefore little become me, who am the 
Grft, and who ftand at the very footftool of the 
‘Fhrone, to remain a tame, an idle, a lifelefs 
fpeCtator of the mifchiefs which threaten us, 
tuuncon{cious of the dangers which furround, and 
indifferent to the confequences which may fol- 
low. Hanover is lott; England is menaced 
with invation; freland is ia rebellion; Europe 
is at the foot of France: At fucha moment, 
the Prince of Wales, yielding to none of your 
fervants in zeal aad afteCion, to none of your 
fubjects in duty, 'o none of your children in 
tenderne{s and affection, prefumes te approach 
you, and again to repeat thofe offers which he 
already made through your Majefty’s Minifters. 
A feeling of honeft ambition, a fenfe of what I 
ewe to myfelf and to myfamily, and above all, 
the tear of fuking in the eftimation of that 
gallant army, which may be the fupport of your 
Crown, and my bett hope hereafter, command 
me to perfevere, and to affure your Majefty with 
all humility and relpeat, that, confcious of the 
juftice of my claim, no human power can ever 
induce me to relinguilh it. 
Allow me to fay, Sir, that I am bound to 
adopt this line of conduct by every motive dear 
to me asa Man, and facredto me as 2 Prince, 
Wught I not to come forward in a moment of 
unexampled difficulty and danger ? Ought I not 
to fhare in the glory and victory, when I have 
every thing to lofe by defeat? The highett 
places in your Majefty’s fervice are filled by the 
younger branches of the Royal Family ; to me 
alone no place is affigned ; 1 am not thought 
worthy tobe even the Junior Major General of 
yourarmy. If I could fubmic in filent tubmif- 
fion to fuch indignities, I fhould indeed deferve 
fuch treatment, and prove to the fatisfaction of 
your enemies and my own, that I am entirely 
micapable of thofe exertions which my birth, and 
Royal Corre/pondence. 575 
the circumftances of the times, peculiarly cali 
for, Standing fo near the Throne, when I am 
debafed, the caufe of Royalty is wounded, [I 
cannot fink in the public. opinion, without the 
participation of your Majefty in my degradation ; 
therefore every motive of private feeling and 
of public duty induce me to implore your Majetty 
to raview your decifion, and to place me in that 
fituation which my birth, the duties of my fta- 
tion, the example of my predeceffors, and the 
expectations of the People of England entitle me 
to claim. 
Should I be difappointed in the hope whicl 
I have formed; fhould this laft appeal to the 
juftice of my Sovereign, and the affection of my 
Father, fail of fuccets, I fhall lament in filene 
fubmiffion, his determination ; but Europe, the 
world, and pofterity, muft judge between us. 
1 have done my duty ; my confeience acqnits 
me; my reafon tells me that I was perfectly 
juttified in the requeft which I have made, 
becaufe no reafonable arguments have ever been 
adduced in anfwer to my pretenfions; the pre- 
cedents in our hiftory are in my favour; but if 
they are not, the times in which we live, and 
efpecially the exigencies of the prefent moment, 
require us to become an example toour pofterity. 
No other caufe of refufal hasy or can be 
alligned, except that it was the will of your 
Majefty ; to that will andpleafure 1 bow with 
every degree of humility and refignation ; but I 
can never ceafe to complain of the feveritywhich 
has beenexercifed againft me, and the injuftice 
which I have fuffered, till I ceafe to exiit.. 
I] have the honour to fub{cribe myfelf, 
With all poffible devotion, 
Your Majefty’s moft dutiful and affectionate 
Son, and Subject, 
(Signed) ‘ 
Brighthelmffone, Auguff 6, 1803. 
i Ne VII 
G. P. 
(Copy.)—Letter from the King, 
My dear Son, 
Though I applaud your zeal and fpirit, of 
which, I truft, no one can fuppofe any of my 
family wanting, yet confidering the repeated 
declarations I have made of my determination 
on your former apptications to the fame purpofe, 
I had flattered myfelf to have heard no further 
on the fubject. 
Should the implacable Enemy fo far fucceed 
as to land, you will have an opportunity of 
fhowing your zeal at the head of your regiment; 
it will be the duty of every man to ftand torw ard 
on fuch an occafion, and E fhall certainly think 
it mine to fet an example, in defence o: every 
thing that isdear to me, and to my People. 
I ever remain, my dear Son, 
Your mott affectionate Father, 
_ (Signed) GEORGE Rz 
Windfor, Auguf 7, 1803- 
- No, [X 
(Copy.)—Letrer to the King. 
; Brighthelnficne, Augnf? 23, 1803, 
Sir, 
I have delayed thus long an anfwer to the 
letter which your Majefty did me the honour to 
write, ftom a with to refer to a former corre!- 
pondence which took place between us in the 
year 1798- ‘Thofe letters were miflaid, and 
fome dayselapled before ] coulddifcoverthem. 
Th cD 
