The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-21 00:00:00

• • • • •• • • • • .; P • REGISTEtt . Our lung, Coistituflon, an talus. PUBLISHED AT NO. 11, NEWC ASTI. r-STIILET. STRAND. - N. 273. SUNDAY. MARCH Yl, 1813. PRICE 91 FURTHER STATEMENT OF LADY DOUGLAS: " The Book," (which has been published,) contains a state 7 meta in detail by Lady: I2ouglas, of all the circumstances c•innec ted with her acquaintance w:th the Princess of Wales. This appears to have been made by order of the Prince in Iso 5, before the Delicate Inveitigation took place. Its extreme length makes it impossible to give it entire in a newspaper, hut in order, as far .as possible, to gratify the curiosity of our readers, we shall extract the most important Passages, if any thing can be important which comes from a witness who has been declared to be perjured, and whose testimony is admirably calcula'cd to keep such a declaration in countenance. The grand object of this statement, seems to be, to prove the Princess insane, and cei tainly if the allegatiiths it con tains .were true, that she is so, might he very fairly assumed; this will be seen in the following extract. After the history of the manner in which Lady Doughs would have it believed the Princess scraped an acquaintance with her, she goes on to say— " In a short time, the Priucess.becanre so extravagantly fund of me, that, however flattering it mightbe, it cectuinly was very troublesome. Leaving her attendants helow, site would push past my servant, and ran up stairs intainy tired-chamber, kiss.me, take me in her arms, and tell me I was beautiful, saying she. had never loved any woman so much ; that she would regulate. my dress, fur she delighted in setting off a pretty woman j and such hi ; ;li•flown compliments that women are• re , t used to fiuy to each other. I used to• beg her Royal Highness not to iced my self-love, as we had all enough of that, without encouraging one another. She would then stop me, and • enumerate all my good points I had, saying, site was determined to teach me to set thenroff. She would exclaim, Oh ! believe me, you are quite beautiful, different from almost any Englidi woman ; your KUL, arc fine beyond imagina• thin, your bust is very pod, and you' eyes, Oh, I never saw such eves—all other women who have dark eyes look fierce, but yours (my dear Lady Dough 4s) are nothing but softness and sweetness, and yet quite dark. In this manner she went on perpetually, even before strangers. I remember when I was one morning at her house, with her Royal Highness, Mrs. Harcourt and her Ladies, the Duke of Kent Caine to tilke leave before his Royal thilmess sem to Gibraltar 'When ae were sitting at table the Princess introduced use, and said— Your Royal Ilighness uatut look at her eyes ; but now she has dis guised herself in a large, hat, you cannot see how handsome she is. The Duke of Kent was very polite and obliging, fur he continued to talk with Mrs: Harcourt, and took little notice; for which l felt much obliged ; but she persisted, and said—Take off your hat. I did not do it, and she took it off; but his Royal Highness, I suppose, conceiving it could not be very pleasant to me, took little notice, and talked af sinnething else." • We are next treated with the particulars of an invitation given by the Princess to Sir John and Lady Douglas, to spend a fortnight with her at Montague House, and with a minute' account of a visit to :Mr. Windbam's during which.". (Lady Douglas`,. " was greatly. surprised at the. whole style of the Prince.is of Wale's conversation, which wa , constantly very loose, and such as I had nut been accost 'rued to hear ; such tig, is rnany.instapce:, haye not beets al)le - to rereet, even to Sir Jcl►n, .and site!' as made me hope I should cease Vo.f. Y.I. N.) ccr.x,rm. to know her, before my daughter might be old enough to be corrupted by her." .Aler this, we are told of a mad tlick played off on Prirce William of Gloucester. To this succeeds a nonseir-ical converation about Sir Sidney, Smith which brings us down to the 29th Marc!), when on Lady Douglas waiting on the Princess kith Vansittart's note, annowlci.lg the news of re:xe, the Princess is made to go. on iu the follmsing incoherent manner:— " Upon the Uth ( t March, I left Month vie House, ar d the Prin cess comm a nded me so be sent up to her bed-chamber. I went Lind found her in bed, and I took Mrs. Vansittatt's note in my hand, an nouncing the news of Pent. She desired nee to sit down close to the bed, and then, taking me by the lrana, she said, You see, my dear friend, I have the must complaisant husbaud in the world—l have no one to controul me—l see whom I like, Igo where I I spend what I please, and his !loyal highness pays' v all—Other English husbands plague their wives, but he never plagues me at all, which lc . certainly I dug very p o lit e a nd c o mpl a i san t, an d I am better off than . my sister, who was heartily beat ever . y day. How much happier ,am, I than the Duchess of York. She and the Duke hate each other, and yet they will be two hypocrites, and live together—that I would Dever do.--Now I wi!l spew you a letter wherein the Prince ot Wales, gives me full leave to follow my own plans.' She then put the:hater into my bands, the particulars of which I have mentioned, 'Whitt) i had finished, I appeared aCfecPtd, lead she said, Y. u tit mu to think tlia ! a floe. thing; now I see nothing in it ; but I d a re to say that when my beloved s had finished it,' he fancied it one of the Gest pieces ut: peninanship in the world. I should have bee. * tn the mt.a, anclhe the •woryau. .1 am a real Brunswick, mind do nut know what the sensatiun of 'Feat' is ; but us to him, he lives in eternal warm water, aid delights it, if he can but hav e hi s s lipp ers u nd e r any old Dowager's table, and, sit there scriholi: g emelt; that's his whole Might.' She then told „tale every circumventer relative: to her marriage, and that she vioteld be aeparated, and that she had invitedethe Chancellor very often Well -to try and acconiplisb it, but they 'were stupid, and told tier it could • not be done. It appeared to me that, at this time, her Royal . High • 'ness.'s mind was lifitt• upon the accomplishment of this purpose.; and it: would be footle!, I thitik, from Ldrd Eldon and !tie others, that'. site, . • pressed this subject close upon them, whenever they were at A.P.li!ague Ifon'e ;. for she told me more'than once she had'"., ller . Royql If igh Ile‘s, before: she put the letter by, said, I always keep this, fot it ic, ever necessary, I will go into the House of Lords w i th it myself. The , niece of Wales desires me in that lead-, to choose my own plan pf life, and amuse myself as I like, and also when A lived iu Carlton, lieu , e, he often asked me why I did net select some particular gen-, denim) for my friend, and was surprised I did not.' 7 -She then anded, ; am not treated at 'all as a Princess ot Wales ought to be. A to the friendship of the Duke 'of Glouester's Featily, I understand that Prince William w( uld like to marry either my daughter, or me, if lie. couid. I now, therefore, am desirous of forming a society of my own choosing, and I.bl-g yoti always to remember, all your life, that I shall always be happy to set you. I think you very discreet, and the best womzui in the w(Ald, and I beg you to consider the Tower always as. , your own ; there are Aka, and you might almost live there, and it Sir Jahn is ever called away, do nut go home to your famiiy ; it is not pleaaant after, people have children, therefore always come to my 'rawer. .1 hope to see you there very wen agaW. The Prince has en-. . . ~. . '4 - ' 0-: qh-••• - • . t •• • . • The . Chancellor nuty now, perhaps, be able to genitt heryeqdest.. Y . .. /4. 7'hi passage contained in this Vote is, in. the authenticated Calk' ttansmitted to the Princes., of Wake, placed in the Illar4in. . •