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

TIT" NATIONAL REGIcTER. M %Dm!' PI. Vt • 4 1 %Altai all y Of 1.4-111 V . •to ot pit tint, 1b r4.4rj• accordingly did. 'fills at Least may serve to shew that there was no alarm on her part, arising troll aay c nseit usbess of wilt, t.t that she had any need of putting her servai,t4 tri their gt.ard. much Ic sof giving limn in%ttuerions. Tim quirt' went on For two month.: from this time, without her reeelvittg the least commit rication on the subject, or ktiow ing w hat (lai: fatal inactiiha. Lions might be going on. At long It, the Report, though dated the 14th July, did not II acts h. r tiii the 1 th August She could not, in a satiation of slit% petll to her We and honour, trust to to r jitdgmeot, therefore she eon-tilted legal men in forming her defence. They advi ed her that the hotly of the cl,rg,es was tot complete, as the, DtHar4tiolig %%Lie!) the Kim,'s Warrant ori• r,inated had not accompanied he Examinatiens and Report, and that the whole had not beta otEvially authenticated. By a repre sentation to his Nlajesty these omissions were rectified. On the '29th August 4ite received the Declarations (ii.clading the Duke of Kent's), and on the :,;(1 September the papers were authenticated. Alter this introduction. followed by the technical objections t. the warrant, tribunal, and form of proceeding,she was ready to ac. knowledge that hor honour was of more importance to the State than that of any other woman; that her conduct there Ore might be fitly subjected, when Ilecill , ary, to a severer scrutiny than toat of o' heat, Mit it could not follow, because her character might be Of Titre importemee, that it might be attacked with mule impunity. Far two yews sae had been slandered in the most ignominitins tats :v . —insinuations thrown out agaiost her in the neighhonrhood • spies placed on her con !net.—the servants in tae neighbourinz fa milies tampered with. and that by the Eail of :%ioira, as woulit ap• pear by the deposition of Joinitliao Partri&e, porter to F.!rllev. She humbly trte•ted,, that before anv otlity proceet:imr sh,altlbe gone into, it wout.i be m1 , 41(9141 fit that it shouid by another more 1.;.0wn and re.:idai tribunal, and in a manner in re COWOrniTa with the forms of British jinlicature. Sire naw precve:lcd to observe on the evidwoce adduced : lust, of the testintoity to: -. Lady I) u-tus The first 0 ,,,er,.,,11,1 that mutt strike (very one, was the folly tit gratintiawy aiul It sslv ro:ifeszing to a per , rn, aluotst a stranger, a sr cret of Sit sital in Lo - ve as ;hat of pregillltleS, it . it Irni bt en ready go. Ilsact , Douglas; had, in fact, courted her arquaintanee, by thc most lota. b e sort sat' was not a person who eitliv;* ny her nt..ine: or aetpin.eineots could engage any part of her cot:tidet!ce. Tt.e Pri. c .e.s proceeds to examiee her declaration, made on the fl'i Dec. thrtarzb it was not :atituutotieatcil to his A!ajesty till the month of May. anti though she did not feel ber , rift ailed urn' 10-C liter ttl!y tefittation of an evidettee that was totally discredited, vet, in F juritire to her own feelings, she must shew how inceusioent• va""er ' and fet:le it was lit every part, and accordingly the Princess gaes through it passage by passage. The other dectar.!timis w t l e mad e b, ; per, o r a c:!ar a et e r a nd de.criprion, as one would have thought . mill of itself have deprived them of all credit. Such informit- exa - oiii:i:ti•;os, were of themselves %Oil( ient to Inv e the (:onitiiisslinters liesitiite.—but to report upon to nii!l ;di the v: eight and swim' ity of then 1:1411 TUttliCS, %Sit.; pet feet!v at a loi3 to are , unit fur. videnee was cc ser.ool containing matter.s of" tTe . t.a impropriety indeeettey i of beio,vionr, and as other particulars its th(lllsclves t xitchlitly siis. pleion , , and still mote so when connected with the a sertimisaiready mentioned." And they go on to ssy, 6, that partici:lolly what had pas:— betwetigi her it.:yal llicintess ;tad Clot. Marhy tnn , t Dc eredit( until tin y .eceiv e some ,tecl•ive row rain! tion ; and, if true, are ;no: t jit,tly entitled to the ni st serious c Now, whAt di • tie win)* est upon? Ifearsayie—rt.ni iitEA—slisillel(lll.—.tod the re ports a vely d persons. Ail the e% tne, ev, except 'lis Lisle, were witnesses the informers. For Mrs Li4le she bad great tespo.t ; but all the rest ke-e!e placed by the Privet ahout her ; au,d what is it that they say? Tilcy speak only to such :eisetalities masc.: it dilhe.ilt, at such a distiwee of time, to iecol e s L L at et tuffivient accuracy to contradict them. Colt., for i:! , thice, aft.er , eatiogsatali‘iel.es with Sir Sitiney Sarni': that he sonyetiiiie.: came to tiiiita•r, alai to st.pptr, aim staid t!'i tkve iv.- or oar, or tater. -ese , !ere as•t'rtioits ...ch she coul , i uot cootradiei, because they were true. Hi , eotiversa::oll amd the history of hi 4 aeitievement , , a , tisf..l IV•r. S'te tta titti;o.; up 4 . . Turkish teat, a...(1 he 4 , si,tc her tie gave her the phut of Murat Key's. He taiallit l ier how to , fraw Araarstotes, 4 1 / 4 e. an'i t-.is oceasiotteit his frepte• t v atalson.e,proa.iiiiy,a:, rally at toe moraing as Bitigoc.tl lOt minus• luidit also have iiiet tip a. 'i'l!ikiii.. ill the p:irk al-ite tar the Lathes it.ight have ;41:11(! to tat ke off the it cloaks, aial el: c.• tier %quit• they' it weaned allow. At same. or these times Cole mai Bolgootl might have eta Sir Sid ney, ‘v lieu lie hagd not eiitered through the waiting-teout: but bl.e 183 to. ve:• knew that lit toil a kt •' t!_, the perk; and an to - ;dote itil him, it must have Irippe.ed with many others as well as hint; _ •nd si,e did not conceive it to be ioton-istent with the manners of society. It was only in the drawiog-inout—in other_ room did .•lie ever see Gentlt nice; a...A as to eating sit idles, she her se!: ordered them to he brought in, according to daily ( "IF IIIIII 9 and he undoubtedly 'Milt have been nitting on the same sofa. She :oight have often been milting on the same sot. tititi, other Gentle ...en, as well as Sic Sidney Smith; b.tt it was impossible foi tier to ay what corner of a sofa Ii iniAt have occupied (Mir yearsago. Tier conscience perfectly acquitted her of any improper freedom; and, unless it should he considered, tint a Princes; of IV:glen could !lever 'descend to the fanaliaritil r and interceurse Ot privnte lit'', it ;mint be under any circumstances extiemely hard ; bat under hers, it could hardly be exjrce mil from :let. There were fonr different declarltions from different from the depositinn which he toter sards made, and materially dir teriog ;tom otie warm!: It was her misfortune that Cole and Bid good had not beet' sifted a,.d qm:stionett as they plight to he. The Law Lords were nut always, el ftven often. preeni : and theexa minations writ left to Eai I Speorer and Lord Grenvide. Cole waa t puhishable, be;!an -e the two Lords could not ailmininter an oath ; and yet. mark Vat condo: . tof this man. He had observed a on.w in elt coat of nii(h:h:lit, without l'erting or giving any a:at ; and yet thin mail hail his nerves >o shocLi d as to .tart at s tit g a aedlenvoi sitting on a sofa at niiikalay. Ile could suffer approaeli of n man at Itittllijilht to hi: inastees lied , hocaose tin i I not licheve him to he a thief—awl yet hi could have his suspici ns roused at 4 . ‘eiiig. a friend with his mistress in an open room l It a , no (1 milt the watchman whom ho saw at midnight, whose duty it • s ,24 , his within tic honsc—and it was .i • ditty to have aseertaioel ivho it was, if he hail dosiuts on the bji et. •.s Tines his removal to his starting. It was not so-- 01e ‘t- a•a 11 at cc able ma+ , ;he had hcei: educated above Ida sta o•:; French, .hilt pne4 4 d on the violin, &c. lie would fre. • e..tiv pin n:: Larrielo!rd, and read tier books. Ile shelved a ,‘,..''l ;e‘s 10 - (1 intpertnieoce which were disgusting. He had lived t I)vvons;lire•house, i was reeni.inetilled from thence to the "Once. He Parried thitlwr ail the observations which h: matte nu .e Pi ii:ees.,'• fladly, which her to rennive him ; and for •ii y p o op .. s e she (ic-ireti the ot Rent to ocTutiiit him that she wished him to wait on rat C triton House, and the arrangt ment wank, !: ;t v e b e en made desirable to turn, it he had conducted him :•lf with propriety. The lAmperts, servants ef Lirly Douglas, the Cot minnionets had oot thou:lit proper ti exaniiiic. no a..u!,t from their sense tit the ignominy into which Lady Douglas lies plunged herself; but it was unfortunate that by the c.b•eitee of Sir Sidney Smith she was tinaltle to call on I:1111 to ATM(' the Dt c!arat ion of the Laiopei ts. The nest person imputed to the Prioress was Mr. La NICHCe thtl !1:111' ter. Airs. Lisle said, that she at to 113tH in London, and at Blackheath ; and Colo said, '' lie slept two or three night* at Mot. '' tague noose. Tkat one night site was with tutu alone in the blue a room, after the I:ttlies bad retii ; and that afterwards When he that Lawrence goof. to Ord lie % rut to see 4 g whether all %va.4 skfc, mid lie found the blue room (Icor locked, and " heard a ‘yhisperii.t: it, upon m loch he %vent away." In his first I).elaratioo he. maid, that ninth sultirion was " entertained of 3lr. L•Airr: nee," but he (lots not nientiou the nor the linked :1001% T 14 VoOtriTiction is wilttily 111 remark. It is per:eci.y trllc f l oat 13) lor ILOI, Mr. Lawrence lo,ii,tr i Lis large pictlre alive and lier, 4'ati2ittcr, and he ;eked to he pc rnollA to swell ;t few ti• Nl,oitortte if .tl-P. '!tat ht . Op it .1 ‘l, 014. On tie pietore ill the 11.11'1111;4. Sig lleucky li-el (lone Pie same. de eordingly, an aortoten; was le s4;neil to lam at tite other etc; of tl.c. house. Tic did rot. dine with the P , in!•e•-, hot he cam: dow a some- In du s neisic it- the v Ile son:eh:nes re.o;, as he reads Si;•:l,, , ii,care with tti e at ecg a tice. and he sometimes I)111 ed at chess with tit- Pri,eenn. It frequentiy r'ig'ht' have happeoeil that i.e stayed sill ow. 0: two o'clock. The Ladies and he tNeitt togin her, — but it wield hio. c happened that once iir sv.is left with her, itN be recollects that it dill happen for a !ninon! or two after the Lillie , had retired. He livid in the glea!rq intino.cv with Nr. I.e.ck and itlr. Angerstein, am! Pri• tes• ask 4 it him to dine em. 100 (IOW)t she often sat ;look' t.: Ilun, and (Alto eon ti .tictt conversation with him after ti:e s itii;g fur the thy was over —but it never 4 - weurred to her that it wit! n. eessary to her ;10- tioor to have a witness upoo all sneli oecasions. Mrs. Li•le nay-, that she left the Princess at Mr. Lawrence's, but thinks Mrs. Fita eiald was with tier. As to Captain Mantis', the evidence of Ilid;:oad, Fraoces Lloyd. ant: Mrs. Lisle arc to be colisitlered tint a to Mts. Lisk's