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

14Q istence may be acknowledged. It was natural, from all the misrepresentations which had been circulated through the country, to anticipate allusions and statements, which, although they might be necessary as illustrations in debate, it would be improper should fall under the public eye. Such a motive must have influenced Mr. LYGON when he moved a second time the exclusion of strangers. But we have no doubt that, after what passed in Parliament on Fri day night, he sincerely laments that he should have contri buted to withhold from the nation that full and satisfactory vindication of the Princess of which, uttered by every person who, from his station and office, has had the means of investigating her character and conduct, must, when universally known, dispel every doubt that might still 'have been entertained respecting her complete innocence. He must now conceive, what could not, however, have been anticipated, that want of publicity in such a case as the pre sent would be injustice both to the PRINCE and his Royal Consort ; and that if, as it is confidently asserted, Members had not been found, who favoured particular Papers with a detailed report of the proceedings of the !louse, this affair, which is now decided, and, we trust, set at rest for ever, as far as it relates to the Royal Couple, would remain wrapped up in as much obscurity, and as liable to misrepre sentation as ever. From the animated and eloquent debate of Friday night, it distinctly appears, that the restrictions laid on the intercourse between the Princess of Wales and her Daughter, do not proceed from any criminality or impropriety of conduct on the part of the . former, but spri i from the Pc cevity of preventing too great a loss (f lime a ,t 1 interruption of h er studies. The additional restrictions (if restrictions they can rightly be called) by which the interviews between the Royal Parent and her Daughter were reduced to one a forth 41t, instead of arising from the motive to which her Royal Highness or her advisers chose to attribute them, were the c msequence, we arc now officially told by Lord CXST L EREA CH, of the Prin cess CHARLOTTE'S stay at Windsor, and like it were merely ' temporary. It is to be lamented that this fact was not ex plained to her Royal Highness on her first private applica tion to the Pa iNce, as it would have prevented the publica tion of her letter, and the discussion of family differences, which at a time like the present are particularly to be deprecated, as they turn aside the attention of Govern ment from the affairs of the Continent, when every thought ought to dwell on the means of profiting by the present distress of the FRENCH EMPEROR, and every ex ert•on ought to be made to conulete hi.: overthrow. We shall now refer our t vade... , to Ft idav's debate, in which they still see the accusers of the PR INC 17.;c of W AI. Es repre sented by 1..0rd C ASTL FIREA as " gulty and degtaded beings." We shall close with the following pa 7 tic.JLlrs from The :Mot nine. Chrnnicle The Pe iNcEss of WA Les had long been sei/nrated from the PRINCE, before the forinid3hle charges I..>re made against her by Sir Jr) *-,N and lady Doucit.As; charges which made it indisprnsible for the PRINCE, in the opinion of Lord Tit utt Low, to sohmit them to His MAi Es'r v. Itl tire couise Of her Royal Highness%) defence on the co:!atc:•a! ci;-cum stantes which came mot on the inquiry, she het forth a letter which she had received from the PRINCE RLO EN T, which, though certainly not gk-ing sanctum to any t . :•eedom of he, )laviour, incoasistent with the duties and decorum of domes_ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MARCH tic life, is highly worthy the attention of the public iu the consideration .of the case. It is by no means a letter of licence, though it received that denomination from Mr. PER. CEV A L and his coadjutors. The letter is as follows: LETTER FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES TO THE PRINCESS OF WALES. " MADAM—AS Lord CHOLMONDELF. Y informs me that you wish 1 would define in writing the terms upon which we arc to live, I shalt endeavour to explain myself upon that head with as much clearness and as much propriety as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations arc not in our power, nor should either of us be held an swerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to cult other. Tranquil and comfortable society, however, is in our power. Let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that ; and 1 will dis tinctly subscribe to the condition which you required through Lady CHOLMONDELEY, that even in the event of any accident happening to my daughter, which I trust Providence will in its mercy avert, I shall not infringe the terms of the restriction, by proposing at any period a connection of a more particular nature. 1 shall now finally close this disagreeable correspondence, trusting that as we have completely ex plained to each other, the rest of our lives will be past in uninterrupted tranquillity. " With great truth and sincerity, your's, " Windsor Castle, April ! . 30, 1796." " GEORGE P." " We shall conclude the present article with a short expla- nation of the words so particularly alluded to in the Report— we mean the word 3 " Suborned Traducers."—lf the PRINCESS alludes to new circumstances, we can take upon ourselves to state distinctly, that in the Delicate Investigation this had no reference to the PRINCE himself. The imputation was thrown by the Advocates of the PRINCESS on a Noble Earl, distinguished by his chivalrous gallantry in behalf of his PRINCE, but whose activity in his service has rarely been of advantage to either. It alluded to certain jaunts to Belvidere house and grounds, which lay near the residence of the PRINCESS; and it occurred to the Noble Earl, that by an examination of some of the domestics evidence might be ob. , Wined. Nothing, howeiet, came of the interference, and the Noble Earl, in consequence of the charge, entered a mi tin te of explanation on the Council Book, vindicating him self from all irregularity in the inquiries he had made." MOST IMPORTANT DEBATE ON THE PRINCESS OF WALE. The proceedings in the House of Commons on Friday night, from which strangers were again excluded, appear from the intelligence which we have been able to obtain, to have been of the highest im portance, since they amount to a complete vindication and acquittal of the Princess of Wales, not only from all the charges, but from alt the aspersions, that have been thrown out against her Royal Highness. -- (Morning Chronicle.) Mr. LYGON moved that strangers should not be admitted after the division on the Brecon Canal Bill, and Mr. BENNETT moved an ad journment, to establish his right of meeting the clearing of the gallery un such ground. He did nut, however, persist in dividing upon the question. Mr. COCHR AXE JOHNSTONE then rose in pursuance of his notice and said, that it was the undoubted right of the Honourable Member (Mr. Lygon) to act as he had done, in clearing the House of strangers ; if, however, this precaution had been taken under the impression that any thing he had to say should be unbecoming the respect he owed to that House, or inconsistent with what was due to the feelino of every branch of the Royal Family, such apprehensions were ut terly unfounded. HI thought it a duty he owed, in the first instance, to . the Princess of Wales, to declare, that for the motion he was about to submit, he had no authority hum her ; that he had no communi cation with any person or persons whatsoever, and that the ptoceed , oriAinated entirely and exclusively with himself. The lionourabh: Member proceeded to observe, that it vas well known that a Commission bad been granted by the King in 4!efi, to four Noble Lords, Grenville, Spencer, Ero;inti, and Elienboreugh, to examine into certain allegations that had been preferred against the Princess of WEties. He then whole tie; Itt-pott tic. by M