The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. a public paper, which letter refits to the .proceedings that - took place In an inquiry instituted hy command of his Majesty, in the year 1806, and contains, among other metiers, certain anitnadversions upon the manner in which tie Prince Regent has exercisid his undoubted tight of regulating the conduct and • dilution of his daughter the Princess Charlottes and his Royal Wellness !mein./ taken into his considera tion the said letter so published, and adverting to the directioits here tofore ii;ven by his M•ijesty, that the documents relating to the laid Inquiry should be sealed tip, and deposited in the &Mc of his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State ; in order that his Majesty's Government should possess the means of resorting to theta if necessary ; his Royal Highness has been p;eased to &rev, that the said letter of the Princess of Wales, and the whole of the said documents, together with the copies of 'Alter letters and papers, of which a schedule is an nexed, should be e. It tied to your Lordships, being [gophers of his Majesty's most HOW Affable Privy Council, for your consideration ; and thin you should repott to his Royal Mg! ness your opinion, whe ther, under all the circutnstancos of the case, it be fit and proper that the intercourse between the Princess of Wales and her daughter, the Princess Charlotte, should coetittue to be subject to regulations and restrictions." ['heir Lordships adjourned their meetiugs till ruesdey the 23c1 of February ; and the intermediate days having been employed in pe rnsitig the documents referred to them, by command of your Royal Highness, they proceeded on that and the folic lug day to the futtlier consideration of the said documents, and have agreed to teport to your Royal Highness as follows : In obedience to the commands of your royal highness, we have ltelen into our must s-rtous corr,icioration the letter from her Royal Highness the Prin. ess of Wales to your Royal Highness, which has appeared In the public papers, and has been referred to us by your yal Highness, ut which lett r the Princess of Wales, amongst other - tuatters, complains that Ote ietercourse between her Royal Highness and her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, has been subjected to certain restrictions. • We have also taken into our most serious consideration, together with the other papers referred to us by your Roy-1 Highness, all th,. documents relative to the Inquiry instituted in 1806. by coinnaind of , his Majesty, iron the truth of certifin represetrtations, respecting the conduct of her Royal lirgliness the Princess of Wales, which appear to have been pressi.cl upon the attentn , n of yeur Royal Highness, in consequence of the advice of Lord Thuri.rw, and up o n grou itd s of public duty, by whom they were transmitted to His !Majesty's consi deration. And your Royal flightless having been gracioully pleased tg command us to report our opinions to your Royal Highness, whether, tinder all the circurustsuces of the case, it be tit and proper, that the intercourse between the Princes:, of Wales and her daueliter, the Princess Charlotte, should continue to be subject to regulation and restraint— We beg I. ave humbly to report to your Royal Highness, that after a full examination of all the documents before us, we ate of ' , pinion, that under all the circumstances of the c , !se, it is highly fit and proper, with a view to the welfare of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, in which are equally iirvulsezd the happiness of your Royal Ilieleress in your p,!rentat arid Royal character, and the most important lidere‘ts of the State. the t the intercourse between her Ro:fal Highness the Prin-• cess of Wales ;IA her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte, should continue to be subject to reg .latici and restraint We humbly trust that we way be permitted, without being thought to exceed the limits of the duty imposed en us, respectfnlly to express the juit sew we entertain of the motives by which your Royal Highness has been•actuated in the postponement of the confirmation of her Royal Highness time Princess Charlotte, as it appears, by a statement tinder the hand of her Majesty the Queen. that your Royal Highness bus con firmed in this respect to the declared will of His Majesty who had been pleased to direct, that such ceremony should not take place till her Royal Rigliness should have completed her eighteenth year. We also humbly trust, that we may he further permitted to notice some expressions m•the letter her Royal highness the Princess of !Wales, which may pussibly be construed as implying a charge of too se rious a nature to passed over without observation. We refer to words sub gned traducers " As this expression, from the manner in which it is introdue , d, may, perhaps, be liable to imscoustruction ( however mp...sible a ni..y be to suppose th .t. it can have been su intended ) to have reference to some part of the - conduct of your Royal Highness; we fee! it our bounden they not to omit this opportunity of declaring, acrd the Inmost ample proof, that aspersion. . imon Plea C. CANTUAR, , ELDON, E. EBOR, W. ARMAGH, ILI.RROWBY, P. C. WESTMORELAN I), C.P.S. TirCK I.N G AMSHIRE, EAII-IURST, I,tVERI't)NL, DIUI,GRAVE, MELVILLE, • tbat the nocusucu before is laid us, affurd the m ost ample proof, that shere is s l ut tile • . , 'it. ...iok for.such an aspersion. 14 . . • • illatlke. ‘ A "fir ' ' •T , C fir r . .lr''' . ~. ,f,z%ommon Pleas vies prevented by incl . .. rt ., ' , 7 . '.;':." , i •-,?:•* ' s '.. • . by part of these proccedin&s. . t 111; - •.'.., , 1 tf,::, 1 .1„1:i • \ - ... .? 7 J .. 1 . . . , , \--. t i _e a& •: 0. •:: !.. AO. \ ' '... iti.ici . ift ChlV • MARCH• 7, (Signed) STDMOUTH, J LONDON. ELLENBOROUGH. CASTLEREAGH. CHAS. kBBOTr. N. VANSTITART, C. BATHURS r, W. GRANT. A. MACDONALD, W. SCOTT, J. NICHOL!. A true copy, SIDMOUTH. 130 41 - ar - IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. MoNnAy, Mallen 1. Several Petitions were pre sented against the Catholic Claims, and the I °cal Tokens Bill *int through a Committee, without any amet.dinent. TUESDAY, MARCH 2. T' e Local Tokens Bill was read a third time and passed. Various Petitions were presented for and against the renewal of the East India Charter, and against the Claims of the Catholics. Adjourn. ed to Thursday. THURSDAY. MARCH 4. ne Marquis Wr.u.est.cv, in a kw words, postponed his motionon the War in he Ptliinsula, to the ieth of this month. Some further Petitions were presented relative to the East India Ch,•rter and Catholic claims. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. No business of importance occurred this day, and their Lordships adjourned till Monday. 110UE OF CO:IMONS. MONDAY, MARCH I. The Insolvent Debtors' Bill was brought down from the Lords, awl read a first time. Mr. Serjeant ONsLow presented a Petition from several Tanners an :I Shoemakers, of Guildford, praying the repeal of the Tax on Lea.: titer.—Ordercd to lie on the table. tvr. A Merman ATKINS brought up the Minutes of Evidence taken bef re the Weymouth Election Committee.—Ordered to be printed. CATHOLIC QUESTION. The debate was resumed on the Catly.lie Question. Sir J. NFW?OIIT spoke in favour of going into a Commttee ; de. ni , •ci that any danger would arise from removing the restrictions on the Catholics ; in the kingdom of Hungary, he said, Catholics, Luthe. rai.s, and Calvinists, ail equally enjoyed civil and political rights. I t was a;ainst every principle of reason to suppose, that ► hose who,. under restrictions, hid been proved Iv) al, should cease to be so when those restrictions were taken oft: . ..... _ Mr. WELLESLEY PoLE was an earnest advocate for going into a Committee on the subject, as a mild and proper course, breathing universal good will, without pledging any human being to a singlc grant which his conscience might . disapprove. It was impossible things could remain as they were at present: Mr. R. PEELE. combated at great length the arguments which had been advanced to prove the Catholics might safely be entrmted with po'itical power ; and was totally adverse to the concessions demanded: Mr. R . WARD said, that t.r the last fifty tears the Catholics had shewn themselves amongst the most hyal of his Majesty's subjects. Tins fact, this practical result, was all that, as a Statesman, they had to look to. It was an old adage, that the blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church ; and so every kind of persecution (and all religious disabilities cam:- under this head) had a tendency to rivet opposition, and strengthen attachment to a sect. It was not ijieir religion, but our law ; it was a common grievance, not their common faith, which bound them together, and widened the separation between them arid us. Mr. Carew, of Vt'exfpri, followed on the same side.—From long residence in Ireland he cculd assure the Honse. that the gto‘eral dis position of the people was devotion to the Government mid Constitu tion of Great Britain. Mr. KYoLR said, that for himself, while the Cathol:c rel;gir.n remained what it .was, he should always oppose the claims of .the Iris! Cathelics.- • . . Mr, Maasli spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Wit ['MEAD addressed the House at great length, and spoke with mu , :h severity on the arts practised to obtain signatures to the PctitiJns presented against the Catlioligh and of tht; manner in vfkich 4