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devising p lan s for h e r liberation.

Am ong th ese ’

g a lla n t gentlem en S ir N athaniel W rax a ll w as, p ro

b a b ly , the m ost distinguished for his zeal and

enterprise.

H e m ain tain ed , w ith g re at diplom atic

caution, c om m u n ica tio n , not only w ith the Queen,

b u t also w ith h e r son the yo u n g C row n P rin ce of

D e n m a rk , afterw ard s F re d e rik

V I.,

and likew ise

w ith such p ersons a t the E nglish court as he judged

to have the g reatest influence w ith G eorge III. H is

plan s seem to h av e been alm o st ripe for carrying

off the q u e e n , and conveying h er to h e r son at

C o p e n h ag e n , w hen this u n fo rtu n ate P rincess w as

tak en suddenly and severely ill, and in a few days

died of, as is supposed, m alignant typhus.

W e w ill n o t, h o w e v e r, w ithhold a D ocum ent

w h ich ap p ea red in th e

C openhagen "B erlingske

T idende” of Ja n u a ry 1 7 , 1 8 5 2 , bu t w ithout any

E d ito rial r e m a rk s , and w ith out nam e of place or

date. T h is do cum en t, tran sla ted into English, w as

inserted som e d ays afte r in the L ondon N ew spapers

w ith a few p re fa to ry rem ark s, representing th a t the

O riginal w as in the P riv y A rchives o f D enm ark at

C openhagen.

B ut th is statem ent we are able on

high official au th o rity to controvert.

In d e e d , it is

m ore n a tu ra l to suppose th a t the O rig in a l, the

authenticity of w hich th ere seem s no reason to

d o u b t, m u st be looked for in the State P a p e r

O ffice, or in the B ritish M useum , L ondon.

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