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

THE NATIONAL ItECISTER.

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most atiOrions, wicked, and inhuman, she reached her it
would seem, and the result was, she made two drawings with a pen
and ink, and sent them to Us by the twopenny post, representing
tne as having disgraced myself with his old friend Sir Sidney Smith.
Tle..y ate of the most indecent nature, dr:lwn with her own hand,
and words upon them in her own hand-writintr. Sir John, Sir Shi-
rley, and myself, NM a!l swear point blank without a moment's liesi-
tatieo ; and if her Royal Highness is a sitbjict, and amenable to the
laws of this country (and I conceive her to be so) she ought to be
tried and jurLed by those laws fi►r doing thus, to throw firebrands
into the bosom of a quiet firmilv.- My husband, with that cool
good sense which has ever marked character, and with a belief
in my innocence, which nothing but . facts can stagger (for it is
founded upon my liavit; been taitlifid to him nine years before we
vete married, and seven years sluice,) as well as his long aequaint•
;ince with Sir Sidney Smith's character and dispoAtion, and having
seen the Princess of WaLcz,':i loose anJ vicious character, put the let.
tees in his poc:- et, and went imstantly to Sir Sidney Smith. Sa:
;ley %vas as much astonished as .%%-e had been. Sir John then told
Mtn, he put the question to him, and expected an answer such as
all officer and gentleman ought to give to his friend: Sir Sidney.
knitit gave- Sir John his hand, as his old h lend mtl companion, and
ac,sared him in the most solemn manner, as Oust-Reel. and gentleman,
that the whole was the !nag aMiacions and wicked calumny ; and
lie would swear to its being the hand-writing of the Prinees Of
Wales; and that he believed Lady Douglas to he the same virtuous
domestic woman he thought her, when Sir John first made him
known to her. Sir Sidney added, '' I never said a word to you.
wife, but what you might have heard; and hail I beta so base as to
attempt any thing of the kind under your roof, I should deserve for
on to shoot me like a mad dug. 1 run ready to go with Lady
Douglas and yourself, and Jet us ask her what she means by it ; con-
front her." Accordingly, Sir John wrote a note to the Lady
Waitieg, which
.was to this itket : " Sir John and Lady Douglas,
and Sir S;dney Smith, presents their compliments to the Lady in
Waiting, and request she will have the goodness to say to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales, that they are desirous of having
an audience of her Royal Highness immediate7y." We received no
answer to 64 note; but, in a few days, an answer was :;ent to Sir
Sidney Smith, stating, that her Royal Highnes the Princess of
Wales was much indisposed, and cold not see any one at present.
This was directed to Sir Sidney Smith, at our house, although he
did not live there. This was an acknowledgment of her guilt : she
could not face us ;it was satisfactory to us all, for it said—l am
the author, let me oft ; but to make one's satisfaction upon this the
snore perfect, and to warn her of the danger she runs of discovery,
when she did such flagrant things, I wrote the under written note,
and put it into the Post Office, directed to herself:

" MADAM,
" I received your former anonymous letter safe; also your two
last with drawings.
" I am, Madam, your obedient servant,
(Signed) " CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS,"

It appears evident that her Royal Highness received this safe,
and felt how she bad committed herself, for, instead of returning it
in trio old style, she sent for his Royal Highness the I)nke of Kent,
and requested him to send for Sir Sidney, and by the post Sir Sid.
mey received an anonymous letter, saying the writer of that wished
for no ciril diasentions, and that there seldom was a difference,
where, if the parties wished it, they could not arrange matters.
Sir Sidney Smith brought this curious letter to show Sir John, and
‘ve were all satisfied it was from her It gal Highness, who, thinking
Sir Sidney and Sir John might, by this time, try cutting each other's
throats, ?ent very graciously to stop them ; in short, she: called them
civil disseuGons. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being cm-
employed to negociate, sent for Sir Sidney Smith. and aequainted
him, that he was desired by her Royal Highness to say, that she
%%Mild Sir Sidney Smith in the course of a few days, provided,
when he e.:.ne to her, be avoided all disagreeable discussion; what:

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scever. His Royal Highne.e the Duke of Kent then soutit
from Sir Sidney an explanation of the matter ; Sir Sidney
Smith then gave the Duke of Kent a fall detail of eircumstanees,
and ended by saying, " We all could and would, swear
tire draviingA and words contained in those covers, were writ-
ten by the Princess of Waters ; for, as if she were fully
to convict herself, the had scaled one of the covers with the ii!enticAl
seal she had used upon the cover, when she sittnmonei! John to
luncheon it Aiontatzue Ih,use. llis Hopi it; u)eps toe Duke of it rt!.
!Indiomt whit a scrape she had entanitied Levi& in, eitelaTmers
minable ! ! to be sate; but Sir Sidney Smith, as this nitdldt, ff
it m!l;es a roue, may disness his Majesty, and be injtiriotit to his hsall h.
I wish So. John and Lady Douglas would (at least for the I;resen.) try
t.) f •rgct it ; and if try making them a visit would be agree 'tar, and
soc,the their minds, I will tto with all my heart, thou am not .st
with them, I will speak to l% to the Princess of ‘Vairs.
and point out to her the danger of doing such things b .t, at all events,
it %could he very injurious to his Majesty's health, if it came to his
eats just now."
Upon this Sir John Douglas is represented to have suspend-
ed for the present, making the disclosures which he wished
to make, and here this ridiculous statement ends. The
minute details which it contains, and which we have passed
over, are for the most part as irrelevant and insipid, as the
extracts we have given are malevalent andabsurd. On such
a production further comment were folly.