Letter signed : "Kensington Palace", to Frederick Wetherall , 1813 Aug. 13.

Saying he has been working on behalf of his son Frederick to have him assigned to the ship Arrogant and hoping that he gets a favorable answer from Lord Melville before the letter must go in the packet; saying he is less optimistic about helping his son Charles find a position; reporting on the academic progress of his sons; commenting on Wetherall's suggestion that he [Duke of Kent] speak "personally to the Prince Regent on behalf of your Son Frederick, I am truly sorry to say that such a step is not practicable by me as so far from my engaging any favor or countenance in that quarter his conduct towards me has been such as not to warrant any interviews between us beyond what is required as a Compliment to his high Station and in no one instance has he shown the smallest [illegible] to fulfill any one of those spontaneous promises which you know he was formerly in the habit of making me; But I will not dwell upon this painful & unpleasant subject--;" informing him that the Government has passed the India bill "without waiting for any advice from India...."