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ind - ginioralPir - behavionr tricalEpat — Trrrry I::iti not the happiness to live in the,society and confi eence of her husband; but certainly Mrs. Lisle would nut have continued to reside with the Princess, if cir cioimances of an unseemly sort hadpresciited them. selves t bcr eye. Look rmund the world, and to the coniluet..of Ladies of the most unimpeached charac ter,, an d sa y, it they were subjected to .the same se , yea torn of mind. whether there mit*. not be ad. clueed instances of gaiety and /mink* iilayfulness, which might be misinterpretectinto leirity t This was use part “t the case that hung the heaviest on the Princess's min.,. For as to Bidgood's evidence, his saying that he saw Captain Matiby salute the Princess in the "refiec lion of a glass, this was totally destroyed by the oath of Captain Mariby that there was no glasi in the room. As to the charge of driving out with a luncheon io Longregch only with the coachman and helPer— %chy did not the Commissioners examine the coach an and helper? They might have told the destina tion of the drives, and the object of them. The davit of S. Gilpin Mills, annexed, would shew the insidious pains that were taken to discover something ppoii Which to found a charge: ' The. truth was, that upon two occasions of her driving to Belsidere, ac- CoMpanied by Mrs. ritagerald, Captain Manby was of the party ;.and they did take some refreshment at Lord Eardley's ; and it was equally true, that she • walked with him at Ingress ; that she was on board the Africaine ; but she never went with him into any room, or into any house either at Belvidere or else where. At Southend there are more circumstances—aed she enumerates the points of the evidence. The three houses, Nos. 7,8, 9—Captain Manby sleeping often hi the house—sseen next morning at ten o'clock— putting the candles out—not waiting—water jug, bason, and towels, &c. the Princess could not recol lect accurately. She remembers there was a dispute among the servants as to the perquisite of candles. Her's were to belong to her maid—and she told Bid= good to leave them—but as to the water jugs, bason, and towels, she could not treat with gravity. What ! have these things in an open passage, where all her people were passing, to announce to them all that he was there; and thus to promulgate a secret which was no less than high treason, and which was td cost her her life ! The Commissioners could not, surely, believe any story so gross. Mrs. Sander and Mary Wilson both justified her from this slander. Frances Lloyd said she wa, aroused out of bed, to make breakfast for Captain Islanby, at six o'clock.— This might here happened ; beause it was twice agreed that they should go out upon water-parties, one of which only took place : and she remembers to have walked down the lawn early on one of the mor nings fixed for such an excursion ; and might, at such time, have been seen by F. Lloyd. It will hardly be credible, that Earl Moira sent for Mr. Vlil.s the day a:ter Fanny Lloyd's declaration ; but it will be seen by his and . Mr. Edm,'srdes' deposition, what pains were taker? to tamper with witnesses. The next person was Mr. Hood, now Lord Hood, who married Miss Hammond, one of the Ladies in the Princess's household. It is perfectly true, she rode out wits him twice in his whiskey without having her own servants. This was immediately after the death of the Duke of Gloucester, and while he lay • ir.l dried. She went out in the whiskey for air ;-e-but vished not to be seen with a retinue of servants, while hs Royal Highness lay unburied. The next persons imputed to her were Mr. Chester find Captain Moore. By Mts. Lisle's evidence, it is said, that Mr. John Chester was invited by her spe cial order. Now, instead of thus, he WAS only one of several invited. She begged of Lady Sheffield that eves y thing of the name of North; all the Legges, all the Ciresters, and Mr. Elliott, should be invited. All about the candle, and being found in the gallery, would have been explained, if Lady Sheffield bad been examined. It is most likely that she might have walked with Mr. John Chester; but what was there in all this that she ought to be called on to answer ? As to Captain Moore, Mrs. Lisle had borrowed a book nom him. Her mother, the Duchess of Bruns kick, was fond of the late Dr. Moore's writings, and the Captain lent them a MS. of his late father, in re turn for which she made him a trifling present. As to the anonymous papers marked A. B. C. she solemnly denied all knowledge of them. They were submitted to Mrs. Fitzgerald, together with the seal— she denied that they were the hand-writing of the Ptincess, or that the seal was her's 1 and yet this snap not contained in her examination. The Princess concludes her defence with some few euservations on the Report of the Commissioners. There were great omissions in it. She wai desirous that it should be opened up again; but she deprecated secret tribunals. Against talse charges of friends, turned enemi.a--cf servants, who seemed traitors and spies, and the foul conspiracy of social and domestic treas,:n, she could look *to no security for her honour, but to the principle of justice which actuated the conduct of his Majesty. For a Princess of Wales to have been placed in a situation, in which it eras essential to her honour to request a Gentleman to swear that he was not locked up in a room with her alone ; and another, that he did not give her a lascivious salute, and never slept in her house, is to have been actually degraded and disgraced! ~ I have " been, Sire, (said the Princess) placed in this situa " dial. Could I forbear to announce a conspiracy " against my hoteaur and station in the country ? At " all events, I trust you will restore me to the bless ing of your gracious presence, and confirm to me, by your gracious words, your satisfactory convic " teen of my innocence. 44 CAILOLINE. " 3d Oc:uber, 18QC" DEPOSITION OF THOMAS MANGY, ESQ. A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. Having had read to me the following passage from copy of a deposition of Robert l3igwood, sworn 6ch day of July last, before Lords Spencer and Grenville, viz. " I was waiting one day in the anti-rcom, Capt. " Manby had his hat in his hand, and appeared to be " going away ; he was a long time with this Prin " cess, and as I stood on the steps waiting, I looked " into the room in which they were, and in the le " flection of the looking•glass, I saw them salute '• each aher—l mean that they kissed each other's " lips. Captain Manby then went away. I then " observed the Princess have her handkerchief in her 1 , Mind, ad wipe tier eyes3s"Wil7W &VI; ia 4. Went into the drawing-room," I do solemnly, and upon any oath dmlare, that the said passage is a vile and wicked ini4entinff ; that it is Wholly and absolutely false; that it . is impossible he eversould have seen in the reflection of Any glass any such thing, as I never upon any occasion, 'or in any situation, bad the presumption to sahtte her Royal Highness in any such manner, or to tale any such liberty, or offer any such insult to her person. Afid having had read to the another passage horn the same copy of the same deposition, in which the said Ro bert Bidgood says—. 44 I suspected that Captain Manbt slept frequently 44 in the house; it was a•Subject of enniersation in the 44 house : hints were giiven to the serviints : and I be " lieve that others sitkpegied it as well as myself :" I solemnly swear that such suspicion is wholly un founded, and that I never did at Montague-house, :i.mthend, Ramsgate, East Cliff, or any where else, ever sleep in any house occupied by„ or belonging to 'rer Royal Highness the Princess of Wales ; and that there never did any thing pass between her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and myself, tb,at I should be in any degree unwilling that all the world should have seen. (Signed) THOMAS MANBY. Sworn at the Public Office, Hatton-Garden, London, the 22d day of Sept. lbo6, before me, (Signed) THOMAS LEACH. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1819. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Cons. 591—for ac. S9-if-5 per Cent. 88H—Bonds 3s. 4s. dis. Exch. Bills 4a. ss. pr.—Oannium, 7} Having laid before our Readers g complete al% stract of the series of charges against Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALES, we have, in justice to her Royal Highness, also given an abstract of her Defence. To notice all the virulence, detraction, and malice, which have disgraced the columns of some of our contemporaries, in the course of this discus sion, would answer no good purpose ; but every thing that may tend to throw light oti the influence which this investigation may have had, directly or indi rectly, upon the affairs of the nation, is deserving of notice; and we have, therefore, felt ourselves called upon to lay before our Readers the following obser. vations, which appeared this day in the Morning Chronicle, relative to the enquiry into the conduct of her Royal Highness : " We have hitherto (says the Editor) withheld all opinion on the case, because the matter was not be fore the Public : but the same reason does not now• exist; and we have no hesitation in saying, that on a careful perusal of the documents, long ago, we per fectly coincided with the tour Commissioners and the Cabinet of 180 G, in the Judgment ciey gave on the evidence, and on their humble recommendation to his Majesty to close the whole by a gracious and pa ternal aJmoniiion of the Princess. There, in our mind, the whole affair should have rested; and there it would have rested, but that Mr. PERCEV AL and hi coadjutors rook it up, as an engine of persoltal !mei. lity to Ministers, and as a ladder to power. Thi may hereafter become more apparent than it now is; but we request oil- Readers to refer To a letter whic' the legal advisers of the Princess penned for her, ant which was addreased to the King, on the 4th o, March, l8(7, just at the moment when Mr. PEACE ' VAL had his Book ready for publication. " The letter itself was inserted in this, and all th: I other papers of yesterday. It was a threatening lam to the KING, in which the PutNcEss was advised 0 tell him, that if her demand was not instantly com plied with, she would publish the whole to the work. .. 44 Your Majesty, therefore, will not be surprised try find that the publication of the proceedings alludeo to will not be withheld beyond Monday next." I• • there any thing in the publication of the Pauccess's • recent letter to the PRINVE REGENT, to be compared to this ? But this was not all—just at this time Lord ELDON intimated to the L-IRD CHANCELLOR ( ERSKINE) ' his desire to have an audience of the KING, on the PRINCESS'S affairs ; and he went to Windsor accord ! ingly. What argument the Noble and Learned Lord used on the occasion may hereafter transpire; but it is believed, that at that conference the change of Mi nistry was determined on. " On the notice of Mr. WHITBREAD we presume to say a few words. We suspect that a prosecution for perjury against Sir JOHN and Lady DOUGLAS could nc: be maintained. A person cannot be prose cuted for perjury on account of an oath taken before a Grand Jury, appointed to find a bill ; nor before Privy Councillors, inquiring into charges of treason. Issue must be joined, and the oath taken pending the cause. We believe that was the opinion of the AT TORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERAL at the time. They might be tried for a filt/, by indictment or information ; but what would this produce ? Cer tainly no benefit to the PRINCESS ; for no prosecutor c.in derive benefit from a criminal prosecution for libel, as now conducted, since the Defendant is not allowed to justify, and malice may be found in stating the truth. 4 , There is a third course, and that is a prosecution for a conspiracy. Lady DOUGLAS brought forward her servants, LAMPERT and his wife, to corroborate what she said respecting the proceedings at the Round Tower. Against this kind of prosecution we do not know that any objection can be started." We agree in opinion with the Morning Chronicle re specting,the mode of prosecution which seems best suited to the case of Lady DOLMAS f but this is the' reama TP tii to a .. gtve the abOve extract: • If we undeiitand the drift of the the Editor means to say, that the dismissal of the Giusti vttLx administration is to be isciibetKriothing con nected directly with the question of Catholic Emanci pation, whatever influence that question might indi rectly have had in recommending the measure ! We may have mistaken the intention and scope of the ar ticle btit our Readers can determine this point for themselves; having the statement before diem. But curious as this fact may be in itself, we have a more powerful motive for haviiis given die above extract. The Editor , says -" We have no hesitation s , in saying, that on a careful perusal of the Docu: ments, long ago, we perfectly coincided with the " four Commissioners, and the Cabinet of 1806, in " the Judgment they gave on the evidence, and in their humble recommendation to his Mgjesty to dote the " *thole by a gracious and paternal admonition of the " Princes: !! !" We should fail in the duty we owe to sound mo rals, to Justice, to our Country, were we to disguise our sentiments respecting this humble recommenda tion to his Majesty." To this gi humble," this wise advice to his Majesty, are we indebted for the foul inundation that has overwhelmed the country, and which in its consequences will be productive of incal culable evil. The documents are now before the public. Can any person of a sound mind, of inflexible integrity of principle, discover in it, " on a careful perusal," any evidence, we shall not say of guilt as to the main charges, but of indiscretion or even of levity, in the conduct of the Princess of WALES? Is there a woman in England who could 'nave passed SUCH an ordeal with' a more unsullied reputation ? On what prin ciple then was it recommended to his MAJESTY to admonish her ROYAL HIGHNESS! The common adage. that " admonition can never be unseasonable" is here proved to be founded in error. An admonition to a person accused of crime, without a shadow of evidence, amounts to an insult ; and in such circum stances to advise such an admonition ' is to recom mend slander, and the infliction of a stigma upon Innocence! What man, what woman, in England, would bear with such an indignity ? An admonition, itid no evidence on which to ground it: What inferedce could the public draw from it ? a foul cne ! a false one—highly injuridus to the character of a high in dividual, which can►ibt beat a stain without an injury to the whole community. To our weak intellects there appears to baie been a lamentable want of energy, firmticss, and dignity, in the advice that was given to his MansTv. The PERCEVAL Administration is accused of having made the investigation a ladder to step into power. Perhaps they did i—this we shall not enquire into at present. —But this we do affirm, that if Lord ELDON and Mr. PERCEVAL succeeded in sbewing to the KING that the advice on which his MAJESTY acted in giving in admonition to OA! Plum= -under such circum. Lances, was iniproper, they concurred in opinion with the great majority of the people of England. Whether their own conduct was Iree_from blame, re ,pecting this business, after they got into power, is a question un which there may be a diversity of opi nions ; but our own conviction is, that they failed in rendering that prompt justice which was due to her Royal Highne,s. Why was a character so dear to the country, suffered to lie so long under a shade Many teasons.might be allegedand many will be ,uggested to the mind of every unprejudiced persorr who reads the evidence with care, and cautiously weighs all the circumstances connectcd with the case. Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE took an airing in her chariot in Hyde Park. At five o'clock her Royal Highness returned to Warwick House to dinner. Yesterday morning the PRINCE REortur gave an audience to the Earl of LIVERPOOL. Sdon after one o'clock the Noble Earl left Carlton House, to attend a Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office, in bowl ing -street, which sat till past six o'clock. After the breaking-up of the Council, the Earl of LIVERPOOL had a long conference with Viscount CASTLEREAGH. Soon after, Viscount CASTLEREAGH went to Carlton House, to communicate to the PRINCE the result of the deliberations of the Cabinet Ministers. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE re turned to town yesterday from Bushy (where he went on Saturday), after dining with his Highness the Duke Of GLOUCESTER. Mrs. JORDAN last 'night s at Covent-Garden Thea tre, repeated her favourite character of Mils Peggy, in The Country Girl, with her wonted vivacity and spirit, and drew peals of the most rapturous applause, from a brilliant and crowded audience. The Opera•house, from a variety of causes, was not opened last night. We understand that Captain LEUTKINS, of the Danish Navy, whose arrival in London from Copen hagen with Proposals for Peace is already known to our Readers, is now on his return to Denmark, with assurances, on the part of the British Government, of the most amicable dispositions on the part of Great Britain ; at the same time, declining to nego ciate except in concert with our Allies, the Russians and Swedes. The precise day on which the Russiars occupied Berlin is not known. It seems likely, however, that they came op in such force, on or about the 24 th ult. AS to compel the French to maEe a precipitate retreat. Indeed it is stated, in letters trom Gottenburgh, that they were pursued through the Lowit towards the Elbe ou that day. It is reported aiat the German Legion . will Fe . ' again , employed in H anov e r , an d t h at t h e Duke of Casimir= is about to proceed to that.countrfat their head. We hiie reason to believe that an expedition, of it similar description, will be undertaken by the Duke of BRUNSWICK and the gallant body of men Which goes by his name. When our letters left Lisbon and the army, nothing was heard but the din and busy preparation for the en suing campaign.. The Grande Lorde, as Lord Wet LINOToN is used in Portugal, alas straining every' nerve to bring up guns, get the cavalry in order, and the infantry clothed; so as to be able to get imme. diitely into the geld: The report of deserters stated, that the enemy are committing horrible depredations on their friends as well as foes, and every thing so much indicated their departure, that it was said Sir ROWLAND Hu.,. had received orders to advance with the second divis;on. Those two excellent regiments, the two German Hussars, who are in 'order, and on the advance, w ere lik ewise to move. A few days ago, a party of French, who cams down marauding and ventured as f:r as St. Felices, were scattered by a party of the Spanish' corps, for. merly Don CaaLos's, now commanded by en ner4l O'Crkaaota.. Don JuLIAN's corps is in the moun , . tams, and communicates between Sir ROWLAND HILL'S army and the two German Hussar regiments who are in adv.-nice. The lull, Hussars have landed at Lisbon, and shared in the gaee and applause of the populace there, as well as the other fine regiment, of that noble bri gade: They were all preparing for service, and to follow up the country the brigade of Household troops: it was commanded f,r the time by Sir ROBERT HILL, the brother of Sir RusetAtto ; hut it was sup posed that the command would be confided to that excellent Officer Colonel ELLaY, who is senior to Sir ROBERT. NATAL ONELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH 14. Arrived the Eliza packet froin Surinam in thirty. six days ; Wirsuo sloop of war from Portsmouth, to give instructions to the 'ships bound to Portugal and the Mediterranean. Sailed the EARL SPENCER cutter for Portsmouth, with ten sait of vessels under convoy. Wind S. W. fresh breeze. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 1.5. Arrived the BARIIAM, of 74 guns, horn Basque Roads ; American brig Star, from New. York, prize to the SurEea man of war; SAN JOSEF man of war, and the Ross sloop of war, from Portsmouth ; BIT TER* sloop of war, from Liverpool; and the GROWLER. gun-brig, from Falmouth. Saile,l t'.z IxscattNT, of 16 guns, for Portsmouth; and the A LPIINA, of 8 guns, for Falmouth. The ROYALIST, of 18 guns, went from Hamoazt: to the Sound:—Wind W. DEAL, MARCH Is. Sailed the whole outward bound merchantmen and transports, under convoy of the BEAGLE sloop of war ; the TIGRESS gun brig for Portsmouth ; and the John POPPLEWELL, for Madeira.—Wind N. E. HARWICH, MARCH The Lady Nepean, Captain LIVING, has this day arrived from Gortenbureh. The Prune!) aye said tti have collected a large force in the neighbourhood of Magdeburgh, and the Russians have !mired in order to concentrate their forces and attack them with every pi,;spect 01 success. The Lord lrebon,Capt. DEAN; and Diana, Captain MiDoNot.ou, sailed yesterday with their respective Mails to Heligoland and Got. tznburgh ; the latter carries out the Hon. Captain ' RODNEY, on his way to Lord CATHCART. The MEK. cuatus and STARLING gun brigs also sailed yesterdat with a convoy to Gottenburgh.—Wind S. W. The Ramoncita, VENABLES, from London, has at. rived at Demerara, atter an engagement for finis' hours and a half, within pistol shot, with an Ameri can privateer, of 22 guns and 250 men. The Ra moncita had two men killed and 12 wounded. A Biographical List of the present House of Corn. rates has just appeared, the object of which is merely to furnish in a convenient Manual a short Account of thd Members of that Assembly, and t.) assist in forming an Opinion in Times so momentous of the probable Progress and Wisdom of their future Mea sures. The Publishers request any Corrections or Additions for a future Impression. FINSBURY RIPOSITORT, FINSBURT•SeUA Ia.•TO be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Hutt, To-woaaow, March IS, several well bred seasoned Hoorzas. masters of. high weigivs; also some strong Hackneys, in good condition, and fast trotter,' ; several V pairs of Coach, Barouebe, Chariot, and Curricle Geldings, of different colours; some single ditto; several good Gig Horses, I perfectly quiet in harness, and fast trotters; some very clever Horses, which have' been rode with troops; and I adles' Hones; + a great many strong Geldings and Mares, fit for machines, mail coaches, post-chaises, &c. also several handsome Galk;ways, Ponies, &c. CORN-MARK/TT, MARL-LANE, MARCH 17. There arc a few fresh **rivals of Wheat to-day, and a tolerable reinairing supply : very little business doing in this trade. and no , alteration from Monday's prices. Rye kw had a reduction of 2s. per quarter. Barley and Malt support the last quotation. In Peas, Beans, and Oats, there is little fluctuation; of the latter we have several arriva ls to-day. Rapt and Linsee d may be con • &red nearly nominal. Canary-seed is ou the advance.—Flour at late prices. 1 1 English Wheat 725. 104 s. IC6s. Rape Seed ASS, J€6o per last. 1 ; Fine ditto, 1225. 1345. . Linseed, 60s. 84$. per qr. I Ditto, for Seed, 100 s. 190 s. Fore,gts do. 644 112 a , Rye 725. 78s. Coriander do. per cwt. 38a. 46a. Earley 50s. 725. Caraway, ditto, We. 86$. Malt, 965. 1031. Canary do. 853. 105 s. per qr. t Ditto tine Ware 110 s. White Mustard Seed, 14s. tza. per bushel. Brown do. 20s. 28s. Clover Seed, white, per cert. 905.1405. Ditto, red, 80s. 1265. 'fares, per b►bhel, 14s. 208. White Peas (boilers) 045. 106 s. Grey, ditto, 80.3. 86s. Beans, 78s. 82s. 'Pict ditto 66, 7Gs. Oats (feed) Y 6,. S•zs. 405. Poland du to, 40s. 461. Potatoe ditto, 6::5 555. Nis Boor 1055 t6llOl. Seism!' 1005. So 1055. per sOlki