The National Register.
London, England, 1814-06-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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less to explain the secret motives of the mo:A illustrious

breasts ,
" The ruptttre of the negociations for the marriage of the Prin-
cess Charlotte of Wales with the Prince of Orange, is now consi-
dered certain, 'The cense is generally statedto have been the aver-
sion of the Pri:,zees Charlotte to quit her native laud. The Prince
of Orange, in order to parry the Royal fair one's objection, is said
to have engagsai only to take her over for a tln time to Holland,
With a view tashew her to the Dtiteli, pledging his word of honour
as a Prilfee and a gentleman, that he woald himself return with her
Si a fortnight, and never ask her to go again. In this the Princess
appeared at fiat to acquiesce, and the marriage settlements were
nearly drawn. A large sum of money, it is said, was on the way
from Holland in order to purchase jewels : the carriages also were
"ordered, and the day feed for the Ist of August. Suddenly, how-
ever. she Priticess is said to have expressed doubts as to the secu-
rity tends-red to her tint sha should not be obliged to reside longer
than she wished in .Holland, and to have demanded that a clause
ahoold be inserted iu the marriage contract, prohibiting her ever
quitting this kingdom on any account, or for any time, however
short. To this condition the Prinrely suitor had not the power to
consent, as he was already engaged to the Dutch to take the Prin
ctss aniong !Item for a short time ; but still ofFring to pledge him-
eelf as a tneo it honour to return to England with her, after her
first introduction to his nation. This net being thought sufficient,
the contract was broken off.--The Prince of Oratize, it is said,
reined at first to spew the letter containing the Princess's demands
to her Resal rather, from a hope that the Lady might change her
:Hind: hut, in the mean time, the letter was transmitted to the
Print? Regent, and to the Queen also, by the writer herself; and
the rejected lover left London on Tuesday night full of grief: his
baggage, horses, &c. went ott yesterday. Some people infer, that
the political consequences of this rupture will be of an unpleasant
complexion to the Dutch ; as the inhabitants of the Belgic pro-
vinces, ceded to them by the late treaties, acquiesced in the
arrangement, from the hope that they should be protected by the
power of Ettgland.—(7'imes of Thursday.)
" The unfortunate breach that has taken place in the ttegocia-
Con for the marriage of the Princess Charlotte with the Hereditary
Prince of Orange, has greatly affected the public mind, as the
union met with universal approbatton ; but the cause of the rupture
has been inaccurately stated in a paper of yesterday. It is certainly
true that the negotiation had proceedA a considerable length ; but
her Royal Highness addressed a letter to the Earl of Liverpool. as
prime itliaister, expressing to him her reluctance. to being carried
out of the kingdom at this time, when the situation 'and circum-
stances of the Princess of Wales so imperiensty demanded the come
fenance and consolations of a daughter. And alsa stating that she
had not as yet enjoyed, in ally competent degree, the tame; of
seeing her own country, or of becoming acquainted with the people
towards whom sbe might hereafter be ca!kd upon to discharge the
most invort.int duties. And it is aaid, that she also wrote a letter
to the Prince of Orange himself, assuring hint that no personal
objections to the union had influenced her in the determination site
had come to. And it is also said, the letter contained expressions
Islghly Mattering to his Serene Highness.
" We need scarcely add, that we state this upon rumour, as the
substance of the letters written by her Royal Highness, and not
upon authority from any quarter: nor should we have said so much
on a matter of such delicacy, but to correct the mis-stateineut pub-
lishesd yesterday. (Morning Chronicle of Friday.)

JUNE 2G.

in Parliament-street, and hut for the speed of his horses, who
outstripped the gathering crowd, he would have been diawn
by the people with shouts of joy. He was set down at his
house, in Hamilton-place; staying about half an hour, he
repaired on foot to Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, and
walked arm in arm with another gentleman down Oxford-
street, and up Duke-street, at the top of which the Marquis
Wellesley's carriage was accidentally crossing from Lower
to Upper Brook-street. The shouts of the populace voci-
ferating " Lord Wellington for ever," the carriage instantly
stopped when the Marquis alighting, they most cordially
embraced, and the Noble Iklarquis then conducted him in
his carriage to Lady Culling Smith's, the Duke's Sister,
where the meeting was reciprocally affectionate ; from
whence they proceeded to the Marquis Wellesley's Apsley
House, and retiring through the gardens into his own house,
in Ilamiltoti-place. his Grace condescended to appear
twice at the windows, and was loudly cheered by the spec-
tators. He was dressed in a blue frock coat and lles•iatt
boots. Ills Lordship, after all the fatigues of war, looks
remarkably well, but is much tanned in his complexion, and
thinner than before he went abroad. Ile has since joined
the illustrious party at Portsmouth.