should be that of Her native land, and proving thereby my
devotion to duty by rejecting all those feelings of home and
kindred that divided my heart.

"'When the Princess approached her fifth year I considered it
the proper time to begin in a moderate way her education--an
education that was to fit Her to be either the Sovereign of
these realms, or to fill a junior station in the Royal Family,
until the Will of Providence should shew at a later period
what Her destiny was to be.

"'A revision of the papers I send you herewith will best shew
your Lordships the system pursued, the progress made, etc. I
attend almost always myself every lesson, or a part; and as
the Lady about the Princess is a competent person, she assists
Her in preparing Her lessons for the various masters, as
I resolved to act in that manner so as to be Her Governess
myself. I naturally hope that I have pursued that course most
beneficial to all the great interests at stake. At the present
moment no concern can be more momentous, or in which the
consequences, the interests of the Country, can be more at
stake, than the education of its future Sovereign.

"'I feel the time to be now come that what has been done
should be put to some test, that if anything has been done in
error of judgment it may be corrected, and that the plan for
the future should be open to consideration and revision. I do
not presume to have an over-confidence in what I have done; on
the contrary, as a female, as a stranger (but only in birth,
as I feel that this is my country by the duties I fulfil, and
the support I receive), I naturally desire to have a candid
opinion from authorities competent to give one. In that view I
address your Lordships; I would propose to you that you advert
to all I have stated, to the papers I lay before you, and that
then you should personally examine the Princess with a view of
telling me--

"'1. If the course hitherto pursued in Her education has
been the best; if not, where it was erroneous.

"'2. If the Princess has made all the Progress she should
have made.

"'3. And if the course I am to follow is that you would
recommend, and if not in what respect you would
desire a change, and on what grounds.

"'Mr Davys[4] will explain to you the nature of the Princess's
religious education, which I have confided to him, that
she shoul