Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . mployed to moder-ate the unnatural hatred of the royal parents against theirfirst-born. After the rejection of Pulteneys motion for anaddress to his Majesty, that he would be pleased to settle;^ioo,ooo a year on the Prince of Wales, an open rupturebetween the Prince and the Minister was declared ; the sup-porters of each took sides without any pretence of conceal-ment, and a protest moved by Lord Carteret and enteredin the House of Lords against the reject
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . mployed to moder-ate the unnatural hatred of the royal parents against theirfirst-born. After the rejection of Pulteneys motion for anaddress to his Majesty, that he would be pleased to settle;^ioo,ooo a year on the Prince of Wales, an open rupturebetween the Prince and the Minister was declared ; the sup-porters of each took sides without any pretence of conceal-ment, and a protest moved by Lord Carteret and enteredin the House of Lords against the rejection of the pro-posed allowance was signed, if not, as some say, actuallywritten, by the Earl of Chesterfield.^ Considering theterms upon which the latter had for long been with thePrime Minister, this act of defiance did not make muchdifference in their relations; but it may easily be under-stood that it enhanced the dislike of the King and Queento their sons adherent. The King was too much engagedin abusing his rascally puppy of a son to bestow muchattention on his satellite; but the Queen was less forgetful. ^ Maty, vol. I, p. y/.u.^//^-:A //?>.;:.,.:,/y,,/(}yr/. /;Sr !.^//,,/:,,,., CONTEST WITH WALPOLE 167 Alluding to the alleged close connection between the two,she observed that, Let the appearance of confidence beever so strong, she would answer for it that each of themknew the other too well to know or trust one another. ^Both the august parents were for turning the Prince at onceout of St. Jamess Palace; but Sir Robert dissuaded themfrom such an extreme step by representing that it wouldhave the effect of putting their son more out of theirpower, increase his party, give him the ^clat of a separatecourt, and furnish many people with arguments to inveighagainst their rigour ; and his wisdom prevailed. But for allthis, the public agitation raised by the occurrence did notabate. People could talk or think apparently of nothingelse. Even the crucial and burning ques
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