The National Register. — London, England, 1814-06-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 412 less to explain the secret motives of the mo:A illustrious breasts , " The ruptttre of the negociations for the marriage of the Prin cess Charlotte of Wales with the Prince of Orange, is now consi dered certain, 'The cense is generally statedto have been the aver sion of the Pri: , zees Charlotte to quit her native laud. The Prince of Orange, in order to parry the Royal fair one's objection, is said to have engagsai only to take her over for a tl n time to Holland, With a view tashew her to the Dtiteli, pledging his word of honour as a Prilfee and a gentleman, that he woald himself return with her Si a fortnight, and never ask her to go again. In this the Princess appeared at fiat to acquiesce, and the marriage settlements were nearly drawn. A large sum of money, it is said, was on the way from Holland in order to purchase jewels : the carriages also were "ordered, and the day feed for the Ist of August. Suddenly, how ever. she Priticess is said to have expressed doubts as to the secu rity tends-red to her tint sha should not be obliged to reside longer than she wished in .Holland, and to have demanded that a clause ahoold be inserted iu the marriage contract, prohibiting her ever quitting this kingdom on any account, or for any time, however short. To this condition the Prinrely suitor had not the power to consent, as he was already engaged to the Dutch to take the Prin ctss aniong !I t em for a short time ; but still ofFring to pledge him eelf as a tneo it honour to return to England with her, after her first introduction to his nation. This net being thought sufficient, the contract was broken off.--The Prince of Oratize, it is said, reined at first to spew the letter containing the Princess's demands to her Resal rather, from a hope that the Lady might change her :Hind: hut, in the mean time, the letter was transmitted to the Print? Regent, and to the Queen also, by the writer herself; and the rejected lover left London on Tuesday night full of grief: his baggage, horses, &c. went ott yesterday. Some people infer, that the political consequences of this rupture will be of an unpleasant complexion to the Dutch ; as the inhabitants of the Belgic pro vinces, ceded to them by the late treaties, acquiesced in the arrangement, from the hope that they should be protected by the power of Ettgland.—(7'imes of Thursday.) " The unfortunate breach that has taken place in the ttegocia- Con for the marriage of the Princess Charlotte with the Hereditary Prince of Orange, has greatly affected the public mind, as the union met with universal approbatton ; but the cause of the rupture has been inaccurately stated in a paper of yesterday. It is certainly true that the negotiation had proceedA a considerable length ; but her Royal Highness addressed a letter to the Earl of Liverpool. as prime itliaister, expressing to him her reluctance. to being carried out of the kingdom at this time, when the situation 'and circum stances of the Princess of Wales so imperiensty demanded the come fenance and consolations of a daughter. And alsa stating that she had not as yet enjoyed, in ally competent degree, the tame; of seeing her own country, or of becoming acquainted with the people towards whom sbe might hereafter be ca!kd upon to discharge the most invort.int duties. And it is aaid, that she also wrote a letter to the Prince of Orange himself, assuring hint that no personal objections to the union had i n fluenced her in the determination site had come to. And it is also said, the letter contained expressions Islghly Mattering to his Serene Highness. " We need scarcely add, that we state this upon rumour, as the substance of the letters written by her Royal Highness, and not upon authority from any quarter: nor should we have said so much on a matter of such delicacy, but to correct the mis-stateineut pub lishesd yesterday. (Morning Chronicle of Friday.) JUNE 2G. in Parliament-street, and hut for the speed of his horses, who outstripped the gathering crowd, he would have been diawn by the people with shouts of joy. He was set down at his house, in Hamilton-place; staying about half an hour, he repaired on foot to Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, and walked arm in arm with another gentleman down Oxford street, and up Duke-street, at the top of which the Marquis Wellesley's carriage was accidentally crossing from Lower to Upper Brook-street. The shouts of the populace voci ferating " Lord Wellington for ever," the carriage instantly stopped when the Marquis alighting, they most cordially embraced, and the Noble Iklarquis then conducted him in his carriage to Lady Culling Smith's, the Duke's Sister, where the meeting was reciprocally affectionate ; from whence they proceeded to the Marquis Wellesley's Apsley House, and retiring through the gardens into his own house, in Ilamiltoti-place. his Grace condescended to appear twice at the windows, and was loudly cheered by the spec tators. He was dressed in a blue frock coat and lles•iatt boots. Ills Lordship, after all the fatigues of war, looks remarkably well, but is much tanned in his complexion, and thinner than before he went abroad. Ile has since joined the illustrious party at Portsmouth. DUKE OF WELLINGTON Thursday afternoon about six o'clock, our incomparable illtro, the Duke of Wellington, arrived in his open carriage, with six horses, accompanied by his Aid-de-camp, in a post chaise and four, with 6everal out-riders. He was recognized AMERICA. The entrance of the Allies into Paris is at last known by our good friends across the Atlantic. They have received the intelligence, as it might be expected —the fi rends of \lr. Madison with sorrow and alarm, and those of independence and justice with exultation. A witty writer, in the Ameri can papers received - last night, to the 22d ult. thus describes the anticipations of the former, who, like our wise prophel.s at home, could foresee nothing but the ruin of the Allies " NEW HAMPTON, SIAY 21.—• The profound politician who en lightens the good people of this Stile, by his weakly hietibratiors, and warms them by his flaming patriotism, had lately gut the Allies into a most 6 critical situation,' and gave it as his (17.1iherate opi nion, that if they ever again reached their native region , , they would owe their escape to superior good fortune.' Yet these same fool-hardy Allies, notwithstanding the opinion of their enemies this side the ocean, and the wishes of the enemies on the other, instead of attempting an escape, bad the presumption to wish forward direct to Paris, and take up their quarters in that City of paintings and politeness, of to-pions and folly. The SJve reign3, with a courtly civility becoming gallant cavaliers, hive now returned the visits which they heretofore received from the Emperor of Franse. He has visited them in Vienna, in Berlin, and in Moscow. 6' In return they hate made a party, and called upon him at Paris. Like a Iqw horn upstart he refuses to receive them, sends his wife one way, takes himself another, and leaves his visitants to atoll e themselves as they can. His friends on both sides the Atlantic regret his inability to entertain his Royal Guests in the manner he would wish. It is conjectured by sonic that his conduct has so much disgusted the visiting party that they will close all cot respou. dence, with him, and as a parting present, bestow upon him the Order of the Carter. " It would be highly edifyintr to the friends of the eminent poli tician who foresaw so much difficulty in the escape of the Allieq • to Le correctly informed of the ways and means by which they ex tricated themselves from the great difficulties in which he had in volved Viem, and particularly whether their successes have been owing to their good fortune, or their good swords, or both:" A postcript to a letter from Burlington of the 15th ult. mentions some atack to have been made by our squadron, wlki:-11 failed. The Proclamation for the blockade of the whole Ameri, ! can coast, has used great alarm. The National 114c1/igen I