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

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.. on the other—a termination might be put to this most unpleasant bu mess ; lie had, however, been informed by Sir John Douglas, that from the 13th of February to the sth of March, that persun and his wife, whom the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) characterized as perjured and degraded witnesses, had been examined as witnesses against that Personage, on whose credit there was no serious imputation ; he had likewise touud that i nvest igation was at the present time carrryine nit by the Lbrd Chancellor, under the directions of the Solicitor fur the Treasury ; that in every paltry quarter, where the 'ost trifling and insignificanttransaction of private life had passed, the strictest search was making to try what could by these means be picked tip ; • and that every grovelling corner of the metropolis, and other places, fad been ransacked, in order to discover and bring f orward t hose who would stare, what they might—or might not know. He wished to know if all these proceedings were going on without thu N aDit Loid's knowledge. Mr. Whitbread then adverted to the d!):.usting dep. si tions which had been plblished by twoMinistetialP , per ;, the Morning Herald and the Morning Post, with a view of traducing Princess, notwithstanding her declared innocence, and argued that it had been published with the saiction of Glvernnier.t ;he then w - ant over at great length the grounds of accusation against her Rov.i. Highness ; condemned the harsh and unjust way in which she lL d been ttea•ed ; and reprobated the unfair manner in which Mis. Lisle ha been exa mined by the tour Nohle Commissioners, in 1806. The Holt. Gent snail reverted to the proceedings in that House (on Mr. C. johnstonc's motion), and Said that he was so delighted with the result of them, that with a v!es.v of bringing this unhappy aff:tir to a crisis, he had recommended to the Princess a dignified act of submission to the R:..- gc-nt, I!er hustymd, submitting to such restrictions as his Royal High ness t&ght think it necessary to impose, but throwing herself upon his compassion, not to impose any restraints which tended to abridge the greatest, and the olVy pleasure she could enjoy, the society of her daughter. A- later to this effect, Mr. W. acknowledged he had sketched and ad4ised, and he had learned that her Royal Highness had tonally o o;iied it"; when being informed that Sir John Douglas was again examined. the idea was necessarily abantiobed. .Mr. Whitbread • The following is a copy of the letter a:luded to. " once more approach your Royal. Highness, and can venture to a,sure you, Sir, that if you will deign to read my letter volt w ill not be dissatisfied with its contents. _ _ ." The report made by certain Members of his Majesty's Privy Council, was communicated to me by Lord Sidmouth, and its con tents appeart.d to those, upon whose advice I rely, to be such a 4 to require on my part a public assertion of my innocence, and a de mand of investigation. It cannot he unknown to your Royal High ness that I addressed a letter to the Lord Chancellor, anda duplicate of that letter to the Speaker. of the House of Commons, for the pur pose of its !whip: communicate&to the Houses of Parliament. " The Lord Chancellor twice returned my letter, and did not com municate its contents to the Howie of Lords. 4 1 The Speaker of the House of' Commons thought it his duty to announce the receipt of my letter, and it was read from the Chair. To my inexpressible gratification I have been informed, that, ai *hough no proceeding was institnted according to my request, cer tain discussions which. took place in that Honourable House, have resulted in the completP, and unequivocal, and universal acknowledg ment of my entire. innocency, to the ratisfiction of the world. . 1 Allow me, Sir, to flay to your R..yal Highne-; , , th;.: I address 7..0u now. relieved from a load of distress which has pressed upon Luc foi many years. • " I was always conscious that I was free from reproach. lam now known to be so, and worthy to bear the exalted title of Princess of Wales. " On the subject of the confirmation of the Princess Charlotte, I bow, as brComes me, and with implicit deference to the opinicn expressed by his Majesty, now that I have been made acqulnited with it. His Majesty's decision I must always regard as saried. " To such restrictions as your Royal Highness shall think proper to impose upon tl:c intercourse between the Prince-s Cilarlotte and ai :Irish'. ' out Of L the eknowled,Ted exercise nlyour Pa rental and Voyal , Authority, I submit without observation ;.but throw myself upon the compassion of your Royal Higlmess, not to abridge more !non may be necessary my greatest, indeed, my only pleasure. " Your Royal llighmss may be assured, that if the selection of "snciety for the Prince:4s Charlotte, when on her visits to roc, were Irft to my dis.cretion, it would be, as it always has been, uneNeep tionalAe fur rank and character. If your 1t02.-al Highness y..euld condescend, Sir, to name the society yourself, your injunctions should be strictly adhered to. " I will not detain your Royal. Highness--T throw niycelf again on your Royal jnstice and compassion, and I subscribe myself, pciftet sincerity, and in the happy It clings of ktstitied roar Royal &c.". • •• • then compared the situation of her Rovai Highness to th ,1 of her il. lustrious, but unfortunate aunt, Caroline Matilda, Queen of Den mark, who tell ultimately a sacrifice to a faction in that cottntry, aid desired the enemies of the Princess to take warning by that event. After using many other arguments, the Hon. Gentleman concluded with stating, that as the original object of the prosecution of the Douglasses could not be attained for want of legal proof, he should move— Toat an humble Address be presented to his Royal Highness the Ptinee Repent, expressive of the sleep ccncern and indignation with whiLli the House wai penetrated, at reading publications so insulting t ,, the lonour and dignity of his Illustrious Family. and offensive to the public ; and that t h e. House should litinthly request his Rtyal Highness to , girder 'he ;.raper measures to he taken, tor di.cn verhi,: and bringing to justice the persons concerned publishing I.e same. _ Lord Casrt.r.REAGH said, the Hon. Gentleman appeared to him. under the in.,sk of defeEding the Princess, to have nude a most he thought; tinpaliany•nary alltaLk uputt the per sorall character of his Raval Highness the Prince Regent. A warm altercation ensued on this ex prcs , ion of Lord Castlereagh. which ended in Mr. Whitbread declaring that he WAS entirely inno— cent of any design of atr: , cking the Suveteign of the Country. or tite private eharixter of the Regent. I.ord C ASTI. ER LING H then replied to the arguments of Mr. White bread, an:! salt!, •4s a Nlin;ster the Crown, he. should not 211614'i questions ot what he me.ott to do ti a Ministtr, or what Ministers were doing. He ctlincided racist entirely with d limner Cabinet. that it was not expedient that tl - ,ere bhould be any further procertlit.gs against tl.e Princess of Wales ; and it' she was not to be proceeded against, he thought that she had a right to be received at Court. and kept no longer in suspense. After some further debate, Mr. Wn I Tillt F. A D withdrew his motion, to !rake room for one proposed by Mr. TlEbti:EY the obje, tof was to call the Proprietors of the Morning Post an d the Morning Herald • to the Bar of the Holve, for the purpose of asking from whom they received the documents in question.—This motion wi* negatived without a division. THURSDAY ' MARCH 18. Two Committees were balloted for, to try the Seaford and Heisted Elect icn Petitions. Mr. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE gave notice, that on Wednesday next he should call the attention of the House to the Petiticit of Sir John and Lady Douglas. FRIDAY, MAECII 19. The Election• Committee reported that Lord Viscount Kirkwall was duly elected for Denbiyh, and that the Petition wis not frivolous or vexatious. After some routine business which did nut ►ast an hour. the House adjourned to Monday next. TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 16. A dispatch, of which the follo*iieg is a copy, has been received by Viscount Castlereagh, his Principal Scerctaty of Stare for Foreign Altairs, from his Excellency Gen. Viscount C.ltlicart, K. r. his Majesty's Arnbas;sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of Rtiz:ia, dated St. peterslSurgli, Fcb. 6,1813. M 1.0 R D—Ry the continuation attic journal of ioilirary operations from the to the 23tli of ' utuary, it appears, that 0:4 the Itlth of lantc.ry Prince S hwaitzen. g's head-quarters weec at P tiltusk, and his advanced posts, which had !leen drawn in from Snyacloti and No vogrodc t..ere established in 0 ,troleiika. I have n o d e t a ils of the movements of Gen. Sachcrds column on the lett, hut I Inve reason to believe that it advanced near the lice Of the Bug upon Warhaw, observing Regnier's corps on tho ktr bank of that river, which corps in a former repor, W is ,twee! to have fortrcd a sup. port to the r . :Alit of the Aust.-ian ati%iliary force. Gun. Millurad-.witch's column has continued to move from Augns tollby Radzilvirind Plo;k, in tin:direction of Hack, a small. village west of Novogrodek, meeting 'ICU Lomsa, with Gen. Vat. sizchikoif's corps, whicli had continued to tollow the Austrian ad. vanced posts, anti this turavement obliged the latter to retire to Ost rolen k a. The Field Nlarshal's c-lutnn, with which th , .• Fmper-r was present iu person, moved from Ligne to johan:sherg, and !tom thence to Wil. lennourg, 4outhininl. its movements, sl as to reach the last-named place by the tithe t;eneral Milloradowitch's corps ct.uld arrive near Pyatir tz on the 27th of January. Gen. 'Xinzingt.a , :de, with a strong corps of light troops, firmed an advam. e I gua,...d to Ira' h tnese columns:, mar:thin?: by NI hMit z upon Corch.:l!, an.l cove:nog country roun , l that place. Thcsc nnoc. tnent•; haw: driven in the advanced posts of the A ust tans. As th•• Russian army wss expectcd again to wove on the flfhlt,, ap ta the directinn of the Vistula, is scents pic:bable that the Austrian corps will cons inue iti unarch, and osss that river. Gen. ftegni..r wa; on tile 1911 i :it Okinitetf, to the eastward of War saw. Tltc.French liew.l.quarters being est4lisheil at Posen, it is pos.' tlmtC, tto*it the Vis- .11;e ' l l iv . ...c . 'it*:;;lii; Ati!" 64ll corps ‘y4ll comi . flue it. raiircti,aoc . t . ).!•?is mar river• Gen. fteglit..r waion ine 1911 1 :it Okinom, to the ea,twJril of War- itied i'ilto••, • - •• 4 " • I. saw. lite French quarters being estat.,lloteti at l'o!.en, it is pos. t!‘, ' since :hat ti..tc, way heavt do*st the Vis- . . . MARCH 21.