The National Register. — London, England, 1814-06-05 00:00:00

1 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. er►'r 3i►ing,.o-bnztitution, and Labio. PUBLISUED AT NO. 11, NEWCASTI;E-STREET ) STRAND. No. 532. SUNDAY, JUNE 3. 1814 PRICF:9I ROYAL COIiKESPO.,tiDESGE. Give me no cotmi 1 : DIE 3 grid) cry liottdc r than advertisement. It is impossible to read •the Correspondence, inserted in lour Paper of to-dar, without the deepest tv-gret ; and we should carefuliv have abstained from all comment, if an attempt had not been made by the Gurier, and other Journots, to throw the onus of these di - graceful tran sactions en the innocont, and, by Waking the real question between the Parties, endeavour to strengthen the suspie:ons - which it is the evidunt tendency of these latter lel.ters to renew, and which certainly leaves t 114! Princess of-Wales no alternative—but public trial, or disgraceful submission. We hear so much of advisers of one sort or another, that we fear those, who may be presumed to he concerned, aro more anxious to drive things to extremity than to con ciliate or soften the causes which ha(ve given rise to these nif..lancholy disagreements,—disagreements which have inow assumed the boldness and front of open accusation— and Is hich are, no doubt, intended, or ought to be, to lead to measure?; of deeper moment than any that have yet met the eye of the Public. Supposing the Princes -of Wales guilty, we should see nothing iu the recent Correspondence that might not hare been disclosed in the first instance, and which would have been more generous and manly ; and, consequently, the new disclosures so much complained of, are attributable to the Prince :Ilene ;—but, believing the Princess innocent, was it possihle she could receive such fresh_ proofs of insult and insinuation without communicating the matter to the public ? it is here that the case differs from the one Insisted upon by the Courier,—and, assuming the most important public interest, can neither be concealed or compromised in delicacy to any one. The retrospect of the past is too fruitful of surmise—the consequences 4.,f the future too dangerous to discuss. Upon this the Public will make their stand—the charge is too remarkable to excite no enquiry. Naturally humane, the English people have al ways taken the most lively concern in every thing that-re f-Teets-the Family on the Throne ; and those lips, which .are scarcely closed since the " Delicate Enquiry"—the voices of innumerable crowds, not yet lost in the distance, still echo to the ear and unite in sympathy with our vir tuous old King, and still cling to the record that first inspired their enthusiasm, and recalled a defenceless woman from proscription and exile. The task undertaken by the Queeu.has •al. VII. N. C.CCIX.I/L L444V;5101 • a k t,, I 4 .1. : i 'IN- .;•.* `,:-.* g t( 5,.,......._ v.4. -t —,.., . :„!:I,:t !' i N x ‘ . f , ..,,,0 \ -.4:17`t--77,_-47Zt3*/ do-btful po:icy, and of painful character. If imposed upon her, there is a total want of filial solicitode—if vo 'untested, Qf tendernems for the sex and situation of her daug:lter. We know that in private life the worst ene mies of domestic repose are the feuds and quarrels of re lations. The world is no '' friend, or woman's either." If we grow careless of the reputation of those near and dear to us ; disgrace may follow, but which, if not lost to all feeling, cannot fail to recoil upon ourselves in thi: end. Without grounds of some new or unexpected discoveries the question stands where it did ; and, if nothing fresh can be broughtforward, the time and occa sion chosen, and medium resorted to, exclude for ever the verdict of acquittal.—ls this intended ? if so, we can only say, NV ith the most dutiful submission, that those who hale: given as well as those who have followed this advice have incurred a most fearful responsibility.. To condemn any one wiout a trial is equally contrary to justice and the mod spirit of British jurisprudence, and which the public spirit of Englishmen will neither approve nor endure. We must confess when we saw the aetrice given to the Princess, we were much inclined to dispute its prophets% Wo thought she ought to have insisted upon her rights, but reflection has since satisfied us that she had no oth,;r conduct wisely to pursue : it is in happy consonance with the moral dignity of her rank and the purity of her pfinci plos, and must add to those claims upon the protection and generosity of the country which, we are persua4led, she knows how to appreciate, as the nation to bestow. We are not among the number of those who see nothipq but purity in rustic manners, or virtue in a cottage'. Du:- jug the long reign of our august King, the best principles of morality- and religion have found their asylum in a Palace, --and we by no means wish to insinuate that they. want a place at the Prince Regent's table,—but the wisest of is are the dupes of our passions, and the most prudent likely to be deceived. Conviction frequently comes too late,--nor will the voice of sycophancy retrtrd or console that inevitable destiny which clouds the career of all, but which is rendered refreshing or exemplary by the charac ter and principles of our lives. But if we should be mistaken in our d'onclusior we are doomed to mourn instead of rejoicing,— proceedings be adopted that sintil meet the solemn of the case : the feelings of individuals are of c, tively no value compared with the repose and dig the nation,—and we shall need no guarder proo" superiority of our Laws and the glorious principle 7onstitution, than the conderunation or acquittal lcEss of Wales. -let some iiature !orripaia. gnity , f of titsi 05 of ()Ur ►1 of the • •, • ,' ft