Chapter IV

Caroline of Brunswick.--Levity of her Character.--Result of the
Commission to Inquire into her Conduct in 1806.--Her Letter to the
Regent.--Result of the Commission of 1813.--Caroline rebels.--Wrath of
Lord Ellenborough.-"A Key to the Investigation, or Iago distanced by
odds."--Refusal of the Regent to meet her in 1814.--Her
Protest.--Applies for Permission to Travel Abroad.--Rumours
prejudicial to her Moral Conduct.--"Paving the way for a Royal
Divorce."--The Milan Commission.--Ministers averse to the Prosecution
of the Queen.--Their False Step.--Arrival of Caroline in
London.--Opening of the "Green Bag."--Arrival of the
Witnesses.--Strange Appearance of Caroline at the Trial.--Satire upon
Her and her Supporters.--"City Scavengers Cleansing the London Streets
of Impurities."--Practical Failure of the Prosecution.--"The Queen
Caroline running down the Royal George."--"The Steward's Court of the
Manor of Torre Devon."--Popularity of the King.--"Grand Entrance to
Bamboozlem."--Public Events of 1822-1825.--Greek War of
Independence.--Battle of Navarino.--"Russian Bear's Grease, or a Peep
into Futurity."--"The Descent of the Great Bear, or the Mussulmans in
a Quandary."--"The Nest in Danger."--"The Porte presenting a Bill of
Indemnification."--"Burking old Mrs. Constitution, aged
141."--Caricature Declines after 1830, and why.--William Heath and
other Caricaturists of the Period.--Theodore Lane.
_pp._ 62-88.