'Mrs. FITZHERBERT has no intention of retiring into Switzerland, as has been reported. She is looking out for a house at, or near, Margate, where she means to reside for six months, in the society of the Duchess of CUMBERLAND, Lady E. LUTTRELL, Mrs. CONCANNON,[73] and others of her old acquaintance.' _August 5._--'Mrs. FITZHERBERT, we learn, wished to have a title and £4,000 annuity settled on her, but this was peremptorily refused.' _August 7._--'Much has been said respecting the jointure settled on Mrs. FITZHERBERT, in consequence of a late separation; but the precise fact has never been hitherto stated.--The truth is this:--When the incumbrances of a certain GREAT PERSONAGE were put in a state of settlement, two, or three years since, £3,000 a year was allotted out of his revenues, for Mrs. FITZHERBERT, which has been punctually paid by Mr. COUTTS, the banker. This sum has been lately settled on the lady for life; which, with her own private fortune of £1,800 annually, will make her present income £4,800 a year. Unincumbered as she now is, the lady will, probably, be a happier woman than she has ever been.' [Illustration: Decorative motif] FOOTNOTES: [68] She was disguised in male attire. [69] Lady Archer and Mrs. Hobart, both notorious keepers of high-class faro-tables. [70] _Gentleman's Magazine_, vol. lxiii., part ii., p. 785. [71] 'Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury;' London, 1844, vol. ii., p. 450, etc. [72] Anna Maria Crouch, actress and famous singer; born 1763, died 1805. Separated from her husband in 1791. [73] All notorious gamblers and keepers of faro-tables. [Illustration: Decorative panel] CHAPTER XIV. Another camp at Brighton--The Prince's second marriage--His debts--Parliamentary debate thereon--Prince and Princess at Brighton--'Moral Epistle from the Pavilion at Brighton to Carlton House'--Manners at Brighton, 1796--Description of the town. Early in the summer of 1794 another encampment took place at Brighton, about a mile and a half to the west of the town, as it then was. It consisted of about 7,000 men, and did not break up until the second week in November. The Prince was at the Pavilion in May, but not much afterwards. Mrs. Fitzherbert did not go there this year. The King, in his speech in opening the session of Parliament, on December 30, 1794, said: 'I have the greatest satisfaction in announcing to you the happy event of the conclusion of a treaty for the marriage of my son, the Prince of Wales, with the Princess Caroline, daughter of the Duke of Brunswick; the constant proofs of your affection for my person and family persuade me that you will participate in the sentiments I feel on an occasion so interesting to my domestic happiness, and that you will enable me to make provision for such an establishment, as you may think suitable to the rank and dignity of the Heir apparent to the crown of these kingdoms.'