A letter on the necessity of a public inquiry into the cause of the death of ... the Princess Charlotte and her infant / [Jesse Foot].

  • Jesse Foot
Date:
1817
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Credit: A letter on the necessity of a public inquiry into the cause of the death of ... the Princess Charlotte and her infant / [Jesse Foot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    has been publicly printed upon the subject), embraces nothing but what is about this un¬ common and fatal catastrophe. The newspapers are perused with the most eager and close attention, in order to discover the figure of Truth, to lead the reader through the labyrinth of contradiction, yet notwith¬ standing, we cannot discern, from a combina¬ tion of all the relations, the true cause which produced so sudden and so fatal an effect—all that we really know is—that we lost the con¬ centrated hopes of England on Thursday morn¬ ing at half-past two o’clock. In the Times newspaper of Thursday we were prepared, by the following paragraph, to .understand, that on the Monday the labour had scarcely commenced. It runs thus: ‘‘We hope that her Royal Highness’s labour may appear in some degree longer, because recourse was had to professional skill earlier than is the case with persons in an bumbler situation.”— On Friday morning there appeared, in all the papers, one only authenticated letter, shewing that it was drawm up at Claremont by one hand, with an intention of informing the public at once of all the circumstances that had oc¬ curred during this eventful process; so that if we were to sit down contented with that rela¬ tion, and had no other resource left us, we must surrender ourselves up to that knowledge only. Two out of the three bulletins (as they
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