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The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851: Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the LatterWellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

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The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851: Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the Latter

Name: The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851: Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the Latter
Author: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 -- Correspondence

"'It is impossible for me to be at all instrumental in transmitting
    a letter to the Queen Dowager. Her Majesty has Chamberlains and
    Ladies in attendance upon Her Whose duty it is to receive and lay
    before H. M. the letters addressed to Her. I could not interfere in
    the performance of their Duties. I could not be instrumental in
    forwarding an anonymous Letter however proper, respectful and
    dictated by the Highest Motives. I could not say that I did not
    know that the Letter was sent; or the Writer thereof if enquiry
    should be made; and I should make myself liable to the Imputation
    of being instrumental in the forwarding to the Queen Dowager an
    anonymous letter! I hope therefore that you will excuse me for
    declining to forward this Letter and for returning it to you.

    "'You are mistaken give me leave to observe in respect to the
    Subject to which this Letter relates. The House in which the Queen
    resides is Royal property; if not a Royal Palace! It is Her
    Majesty's Jointure House. The Royal Palaces used as such are not
    liable to the payment of Rates and Taxes. Her Majesty would not
    have been justified in making the payment on demand without
    reservation of the Right to Exemption. But she pays the money as a
    Gift which was improperly and illegally demanded as a Right. You
    will see it is the Parish and not the Queen which has contravened
    the Lord.'

    "Having thus introduced so much of the Duke's letter it will be
    necessary to quote some passages from that referred to by him,
    which as implied still remains in the same position and will
    continue to do so among my papers for further investigation should
    such be resorted to after my decease; with the six cards that
    accompanied it, upon which are written in full: Matt. ii. 28, 29;
    Luke xvi. 15; Romans xii. 2; Isaiah xliii. 21; Acts xiv. 22;
    Hebrews xii. 6; John iii. 3; 2 Cor. v. 17; Rev. iii. 12; 1 John v.
    3, 4; and James iv. 4.

    "After addressing Her Majesty _at length_ on the subject alluded to
    by the Duke with every desire to render 'honour to whom honour,' I
    next refer to the necessity of reverencing the Sabbath, adding; 'I
    recollect on one occasion seeing in a Newspaper that the Duke of
    Wellington quitted Your Majesty at Hastings for Dover on The Lord's
    Day and slept at the Ship Inn, on his way home.

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The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851: Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the Latter — John Shaqi

The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851: Edited, with Extracts from the Diary of the Latter

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