seeing my legal advisers, and that was the sole object of my travelling into France. I am so uncomfortable here under such a government, that I intend leaving Marseilles on the 20th of this month, and shall return into Italy.-In case my presence should be necessary in England, I will come by sea, and not expose myself to the possibility of being badly received by the family of the Bourbons. The present king, when in a distressed situation, was well received by my late father's Court at Brunswick Palace, and every comfort was offered to him; but such great personages have the talent to forget where they have received civilities. In a strange country I think the daughter should at least have been kindly received, without pomp or parade, but in a friendly way; that was all I expected, as I travelled incognito.

CAROLINE,

"Princess of Wales."

Mr. Sicard, Her Majesty's steward, on the death of the late King, proceeded to Leghorn to inform ber of that event. He arrived before

Her Majesty, and when she reached that place, he executed his mission. He was then sent back by Her Majesty to this country with instructions to her legal advisers, and still remains here. The next intelligence received from Her Majesty was communicated in the following article, published in a journal known to be in Her Majesty's interest, and under the influence of her friends:

"Letters have been received in Town from Her Majesty the Queen of England, dated Rome, the 16th ult. Her Majesty complains of not having received any messenger from government, announcing the demise of our late lamented Sovereign. Her Majesty states, that the Hanoverian Minister and British Consul, and all 'persons connected with the British government, treat her with great indignity. They continue to call her Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Her Majesty also expresses great dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Roman government; she had always a guard allowed her as Princess of Wales, but that has been refused her since she became Queen, because the British government has not acknowledged her under that title. Her Majesty expresses a great wish to have Buckingham House for her palace; she desires that the discharged servants of the late Duke of Kent, or those in the service of His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold, may be employed for her in preference to any others; and Her Majesty also desires, in the event of the refusal of the government to find her a palace, that a house may be taken for her near Dover."

This was followed soon afterwards by the publication of an abstract of a letter received from Her Majesty, dated Rome, the 16th of March, containing a statement of grievances

experienced during her residence on the Continent. The abstract in question was as follows:

"During my residence at Milan, in consequence of the infamous behaviour of Mr. Ompteda (he having bribed my servants to become the traducers of my character,) one of my English gentlemen challenged him. The Austrian government sent off Mr. Ompteda. I wrote myself to the Emperor of Austria, requesting his protection against spies, who employed persons to introduce themselves into my house, and particularly into my kitchen, to poison the dishes prepared for my table. I never received any answer to this letter. After this, I was obliged to go into Germany, to visit my relative the Margravine of Baden, and the Margravine of Bareüth; the shortest road for my return to Italy was through Vienna, and I took that road, with the flattering hope that the Emperor would protect me. Arrived at Vienna, I demanded public satisfaction for the public insult I had received in Lombardy; this was refused me, and a new insult was offered. The Emperor refused to meet me, or to accept my visit. Lord Stewart, the English Ambassador, having received a letter from me, informing him of my intention of returning by Vienna, and of taking possession of his house there (as it is the custom of foreign Ambassadors to receive their Princesses into their houses, when travelling,) absolutely refused me his house, left the town, and retired into the country. Lord Stewart afterwards wrote a very

impertinent letter to me, which is now in Mr. Canning's hands, as I sent it to England. Finding the Austrian government so much influenced by the English ministers, I sold my villa on the Lake of Como, and settled myself quietly in the Roman States. I there met with great civility for some time, and protection against the spy, Mr. Ompteda; but from the moment I became Queen of England, all civility ceased. Cardinal Gonsalvi has been much influenced since that period by the Baron de Rydan, the Hanoverian minister, who succeeded Mr. Ompteda, deceased. The Baron de Rydan has taken an oath never to acknowledge me as Queen of England, and persuades every person to call me Caroline of Brunswick. A guard has been refused me as Queen, which was granted to me ás Princess of Wales, because no communication has been received from the British government announcing me as Queen. My messenger was refused a passport for England. I also experienced much insult form the Court of Turin. Last year, in the month of September (I was then travelling incognito, under the name of the Countess Oldi,) I went to the confines of the Austrian estates, to the first small town belonging to the King of Sardinia, on my way to meet Mr. Brougham, at Lyons, as the direct road laid through Turin. I wrote myself to the Queen of Sardinia, informing her that I could not remain at Turin, being anxious to reach Lyons as soon as possible, and also that I was travelling incognito. I received no answer to this letter. The post

master at Bronio, the small post town near the country villa, where I then resided, absolutely refused me post horses: in consequence of this refusal, I wrote to Mr. Hill, the English minister at Turin, demanding immediate satisfaction, and the reason for such an insult. Mr. Hill excused himself upon the plea of its being a misunderstanding, and told me that post horses would be in readiness whenever I should require them. I accordingly set out, and arranged to go through the town of Turin at night, and only to stop tochange horses, but I received positive orders not to go through the town, but to proceed by a very circuitous road, which obliged me to travel almost the whole night, in very dangerous roads, and prevented me from reaching the post town (where I should have passed the night) till 5 in the morning; when, by going through Turin, I might have reached it by ten o'clock at night. Finding so much difficulty attending my travelling, I thought the most proper mode for me to pursue, would be to acquaint the high personages of my intention of passing the winter at Lyons, or in the neighbourhood of Lyons, previous to my intended return to England in the spring. I addressed a note to the French minister for Foreign Affairs, informing him of my intentions, and also that I wished to preserve the strictest incognito. No notice was taken of this letter; and one addressed to the Prefect of Lyons, met with a like contempt: in fact, from the 7th of October to the 26th of January, the day I embarked from Toulon for Leghorn, I received so much insult from the