Keeper
of my Privy Purse, to give notice to our several tradesmen that
they are not to receive orders or to furnish any articles of
furniture, &c. &c. &c., or to incur any expense whatsoever from
their different trades, where such expense is to be provided for by
my said Privy Purse, without receiving a specific order in writing
for that purpose from the said Sir William Knighton Bart.; and I do
also give my authority to the said Sir William Knighton, Bart., and
order and direct him, during our will and pleasure, to undertake
the entire management of my private affairs, with a view to the
observance of the most strict and rigid economy, that we may have
the opportunity of relieving ourselves from certain embarrassments
which it is not necessary to mention further in detail. We do
therefore rely with confidence on the said Sir William Knighton for
the strict performance and fulfilment of all our wishes on this
head.[86]

GEORGE R.

[86] "Memoirs of Sir William Knighton, Bart."

It is but justice to add that Sir William's management worked a reform,
the beneficial effects of which were acknowledged and appreciated. "I
see with pleasure," writes the Duke of Clarence, "and hear with equal
satisfaction how well the Privy Purse is carried on under your able
management."[87] The King was not only freed from large accumulations of
pecuniary liabilities, but was enabled considerably to increase his
donations to public and private charities.

[87] Ibid.

The new members of the Board of Control were not quite pleased with
their position on their first taking office, and it is clear from their
representations of the unsatisfactory state of the Government, that
some of them at least were not indisposed to break the tie that
connected them with it. It becomes more and more evident that the
dissatisfaction of the President was leading him into a desire for
change, but it does not appear that the Duke of Buckingham encouraged
such speculations--indeed, the interest taken by the Duke in politics
had so greatly subsided, that he was sailing about the coast
preparatory to quitting the country for an absence of considerable
duration. He followed the advice given by Mr. Fremantle in a subsequent
letter.

THE RIGHT HON. CHARLES W. WYNN TO THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

July 15, 1822.

As far as I can judge from my conversations with Canning, he