Indisposition of the Queen--Her anxiety to conceal the cause --Walpole closeted with her--Her illness assumes a grave character--Obliged to retire from the Drawing-room-- Affectionate attentions of Princess Caroline--Continued bitter feeling towards the Prince--Discussions of the physicians--The Queen takes leave of the Duke of Cumberland --Parting scene with the King--Interview with Walpole-- The Prince denied the palace--Great patience of the Queen --The Archbishop summoned to the palace--Eulogy on the Queen pronounced by the King--His oddities--The Queen’s exemplary conduct--Her death--Terror of Dr. Hulse-- Singular conduct of the King--Opposition to Sir R. Walpole --Lord Chesterfield pays court to the Prince’s favourite 339 CHAPTER IX. CAROLINE, HER TIMES AND CONTEMPORARIES. Whiston patronised by Queen Caroline--His boldness and reproof of the Queen--Vanity of the poet Young punished --Dr. Potter, a high churchman--A benefice missed-- Masquerades denounced by the clergy--Anger of the Court-- Warburton, a favourite of the Queen--Butler’s ‘Analogy,’ her ordinary companion--Rise of Secker--The Queen’s regard for Dr. Berkeley--Her fondness for witnessing intellectual struggles between Clarke and Leibnitz-- Character of Queen Caroline by Lord Chesterfield--The King encouraged in his wickedness by the Queen--General grossness of manners--The King managed by the Queen-- Feeling exhibited by the King on sight of her portrait--The Duchess of Brunswick’s daughters--Standard of morality low --Ridicule of Marlborough by Peterborough--Morality of General Cadogan--Anecdote of General Webb--Lord Cobham --Dishonourable conduct of Lord Stair--General Hawley and his singular will--Disgraceful state of the prisons, and cruelty to prisoners--Roads bad and ill-lighted--Brutal punishment--Insolent treatment of a British naval officer by the Sultan--Brutality of a mob--Encroachment on Hyde Park by Queen Caroline--Ambitious projects of Princess Anne --Eulogy on the Queen--The children of King George and Queen Caroline---Verses on the Queen’s death 359 CHAPTER X. THE REIGN OF THE WIDOWER.