Chapter X: Lengthening Shadows

The Prince of Wales’s marriage to the Princess Caroline of
Brunswick--Her character--The Prince’s behaviour at
the marriage ceremony--Lord Holland’s two accounts of
the Princess irreconcileable--The Prince’s hatred of the
Princess--Propriety of the Queen’s Court--Unpopularity
of the King--Pelted by the mob--Birth of the Princess
Charlotte--Strict observance of Court etiquette--
Marriage of the Princess Royal to the Prince of Wurtemburg
--First book stereotyped in England--The Volunteer
mania--Attempted assassination of the King--Archbishop
Cornwallis’s drums, and Lady Huntingdon’s efforts to induce
him to discontinue--Her hot reception by Mrs. Cornwallis
--Lady Huntingdon induces the King to aid her--The King’s
letter to the archbishop--Conduct of the clergy--Incident
of the Drawing-room--The Prince a Radical--The King’s
illness--His excitement--Feeling exhibited by the Duke of
York--The Prince of Wales incredulous of the recovery of
the King--Conversation between the King and Dr. Willis--
The Queen’s anxiety--Particulars of the King’s Illness--
Recovery of the King--Home scene at Windsor Castle 128