The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-28 00:00:00

•• THE NATIONAL Cur Bin, Constitution, ano Labs. PUBLISHED AT NO. 11. NEWCASTLL-STIIELT, STBANEL SUNDAY. MARCH (2S, ISI3. N 274. POLI D/S2U/SIT/ON. PETROSFECT OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD. The BOOK p . repared by lolit. PE itc Ev n t. and the other dist in- I guished advisers of the Princess of \V ALES, to viedicat,' her innocence, it 'low laid belbre the tribunal of mankind. Ren dered useless by the reception of her Royal Highness at Court, and her restoration to all the privi.eges of her tank dining the menial exist( tire of his :‘,! ‘J EST 1, this Book had 1 for some years been wisely suooressed. For nothing but ab solute necessity could justify A 3 appeal, in family concerns, from the ruling [louse to tt.c people. Yet its suppression had been attended with an unavoidable evil. The knowledge that such a Book existed, together with an iiidi‘tinet notion of its-substance, had spread too fir, not to arm the mal-in tentioned.with the roost powetful weapons of attack against elevated persons, clink insinuations and tnenaces.:rhe BOOK* it was artfully rutnoured, contained statements, charges, and proofs, which, if published, would expose some of the highest characters in the State to a prosecution for conspiracy. Like i Pandora's box, it held every evil that could afflict mankind, and once opened, their overflow would sweep away all the tranquillity at:d happiness of the empire. Hence, otLers, for the vile propose of extortion, or to create and keep alive alarm and division, repeated!) , threatened to publish copies of this mysterious work,. which they pretended to possess. To defeat their attempts. no method could have keen found more effective thatv the publication of the Boot: by authority. But a- just sentiment of delicacy, - and a well founded reluctance to seem to appeal to the judgment of the people in matters were it had no right to intrude, delayed its appearance until the injudikimui re-tricti .ns lacely laid on the intercourse of the Prince-s of Wales with her chtughter, and the measures consequently adopted by both partins occasioned an imperfect disclosure of its contents, which made an exposi tion of the whole neeesary This has now taken place, and the alarm excited i , t various times by the threatened publication of this Book, has not survived its appearance. The seal once broken, adisgusting load of e:idence has been Hung be fore the woitil, but no discovery tending to endanger the peace of the nation leis beets made. The infamy of individuals leagued agaiest 'the life of a Pa INcE , s and supporting their charges by evident perjtu'v, Las, indeed, become appal. nt ; the itolocence of the accused has been rum e firmly establish ed, and the talents and zeal of her murdered advocate have been displayed in their brighest lustre, and these are beriefi cial consequences instead of all the predicted. mischief that was to ensue. The discussions in Parliament, to wh:ch Vie production of these documents his give!) birth, have served to' clear away misrepresenta! ions. The restrictions imposed on the :lite' course of the two Princesses, pubtkly Vol. VI. No CCLX-VIY: p r r. ;. _ deciareU to he have been the effect of local inconveniency- seem at last to have been' removed. The mother and daugh ter have once more been te-united, and nbt ably has the cause of justice been benefited by the publication, and le* newed examinwiou of the evidence of the secret investigs tiou, hut the pleasift hope seems to dawn, that the Cause of conjugal affection will have been equally well served, and that what had been intended to eff.!et a final quarrel between an elevated couple, whose welfaie and union are of so •much importance to the State, will terminate in theft re conciliation and mutual happiness. This would, indeed, fill Britain with exultation, and blast at once the enemies of her peace, and the perjured accusers of innocence. But whilst events so momentous to our internal interesti b have occurred. what course h.ts fortune followed on the • Continent. Far and wide have the Russian armies spread the. light of tising independence. Uncheckel by the se verity of a severe winter, or the streng!h of garrisoned for tresce,, they have masked and besiege the latter, whilst other divisions of their indefatigable warriors, have coml• nued to drive the wrecks of the French legions before them, and neatly at the same time rescued.three capitals C. om the yo!.e of NAPOLEOIL Matching. as deliverers, not con querbrs, instead of resistance they meet with almost general co-operation. Their most bitter enemies, the Poles, awed by their successes, and gained by their unexpected modera- Con, invite their brothers still in arms under the banners of France, to return attd submit. The Prussiaq., and their litto, spurn the cause for which they lately fought, and bound by an otlensive and defensive treaty with the Russian Autocret, once more contetul for the recovery of their fortner tertitory and independeece. Sweden sends forth iter warriors to re-occupy her re.cued provinces. Denmark, still newt al towards Fiance, offers peace to England: the ;lame towns a!e treed; Saxony mourns, both the blindness of her Sovereol end the occupation of her capital by au enemy, whom ,he would fain we:come as a friend . Zthe ilavit rian and Wi , teinburgh Kings cling to the Power who gave them the diadem; whilst the States of the Confederation of the Rhine wait another deciding stroke, to send the troops they ate raising to assist either in breaking or riveting anew Onr chains of the Continent. Austria, to whom events Iptve restoised fur a moment all her pristine:digniv and im portan:e, apparently faithful to the interests of her former conqueror, leaves her subsidiary array at his disposal, and offers to mediate with his enemies. The fate of the 'wo.ld is in her hands. The French have fal:en back so far, that they have met at last the re;nforcements which could be spared from the interior, and a part of the new levies. These have ed'ected their junction at Magdeburg, and form 1 ouce more, under ;be, !rails of that flue, a eeesiderakk ;'‘ REGISTOIt