The National Register.
London, England, 1813-03-28 00:00:00

SUNDAY. MARCH (2S, ISI3.

N 274.

POLI D/S2U/SIT/ON.

PETROSFECT OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

The BOOK p.repared by lolit. PE itc Ev n t. and the other dist in- I
guished advisers of the Princess of \V ALES, to viedicat,' her
innocence, it 'low laid belbre the tribunal of mankind. Ren-
dered useless by the reception of her Royal Highness at
Court, and her restoration to all the privi.eges of her tank
dining the menial exist( tire of his :‘,! ‘J EST 1, this Book had 1
for some years been wisely suooressed. For nothing but ab-
solute necessity could justify A 3 appeal, in family concerns,
from the ruling [louse to tt.c people. Yet its suppression
had been attended with an unavoidable evil. The knowledge
that such a Book existed, together with an iiidi‘tinet notion
of its-substance, had spread too fir, not to arm the mal-in-
tentioned.with the roost powetful weapons of attack against
elevated persons, clink insinuations and tnenaces.:rhe BOOK*
it was artfully rutnoured, contained statements, charges, and
proofs, which, if published, would expose some of the highest
characters in the State to a prosecution for conspiracy. Like i
Pandora's box, it held every evil that could afflict mankind,
and once opened, their overflow would sweep away all the
tranquillity at:d happiness of the empire. Hence, otLers, for
the vile propose of extortion, or to create and keep alive
alarm and division, repeated!), threatened to publish copies
of this mysterious work,. which they pretended to possess.
To defeat their attempts. no method could have keen
found more effective thatv the publication of the Boot: by
authority. But a- just sentiment of delicacy,- and a well
founded reluctance to seem to appeal to the judgment of the
people in matters were it had no right to intrude, delayed its
appearance until the injudikimui re-tricti .ns lacely laid on the
intercourse of the Prince-s of Wales with her chtughter, and
the measures consequently adopted by both partins occasioned
an imperfect disclosure of its contents, which made an exposi-
tion of the whole neeesary This has now taken place, and the
alarm excited i,t various times by the threatened publication
of this Book, has not survived its appearance. The seal
once broken, adisgusting load of e:idence has been Hung be-
fore the woitil, but no discovery tending to endanger the
peace of the nation leis beets made. The infamy of individuals
leagued agaiest 'the life of a Pa INcE,s and supporting their
charges by evident perjtu'v, Las, indeed, become appal. nt ;
the itolocence of the accused has been rum e firmly establish-
ed, and the talents and zeal of her murdered advocate have
been displayed in their brighest lustre, and these are beriefi-
cial consequences instead of all the predicted. mischief
that was to ensue. The discussions in Parliament, to wh:ch
Vie production of these documents his give!) birth, have
served to' clear away misrepresenta! ions. The restrictions
imposed on the :lite' course of the two Princesses, pubtkly
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deciareU to he have been the effect of local inconveniency-
seem at last to have been' removed. The mother and daugh-
ter have once more been te-united, and nbt ably has the
cause of justice been benefited by the publication, and le*
newed examinwiou of the evidence of the secret investigs-
tiou, hut the pleasift hope seems to dawn, that the Cause
of conjugal affection will have been equally well served, and
that what had been intended to eff.!et a final quarrel between
an elevated couple, whose welfaie and union are of so
•much importance to the State, will terminate in theft re-
conciliation and mutual happiness. This would, indeed,
fill Britain with exultation, and blast at once the enemies of
her peace, and the perjured accusers of innocence.

But whilst events so momentous to our internal interesti b
have occurred. what course h.ts fortune followed on the •
Continent. Far and wide have the Russian armies spread
the. light of tising independence. Uncheckel by the se-
verity of a severe winter, or the streng!h of garrisoned for-
tresce,, they have masked and besiege the latter, whilst
other divisions of their indefatigable warriors, have coml•
nued to drive the wrecks of the French legions before them,
and neatly at the same time rescued.three capitals C. om the
yo!.e of NAPOLEOIL Matching. as deliverers, not con-
querbrs, instead of resistance they meet with almost general
co-operation. Their most bitter enemies, the Poles, awed
by their successes, and gained by their unexpected modera-
Con, invite their brothers still in arms under the banners of
France, to return attd submit. The Prussiaq., and their
litto, spurn the cause for which they lately fought, and
bound by an otlensive and defensive treaty with the Russian
Autocret, once more contetul for the recovery of their
fortner tertitory and independeece. Sweden sends forth
iter warriors to re-occupy her re.cued provinces. Denmark,
still newt al towards Fiance, offers peace to England: the
;lame towns a!e treed; Saxony mourns, both the blindness
of her Sovereol end the occupation of her capital by au
enemy, whom ,he would fain we:come as a friend.Zthe ilavit-
rian and Wi,teinburgh Kings cling to the Power who gave
them the diadem; whilst the States of the Confederation of
the Rhine wait another deciding stroke, to send the troops
they ate raising to assist either in breaking or riveting
anew Onr chains of the Continent. Austria, to whom events
Iptve restoised fur a moment all her pristine:digniv and im-
portan:e, apparently faithful to the interests of her former
conqueror, leaves her subsidiary array at his disposal, and
offers to mediate with his enemies. The fate of the 'wo.ld
is in her hands. The French have fal:en back so far, that
they have met at last the re;nforcements which could be
spared from the interior, and a part of the new levies.
These have ed'ected their junction at Magdeburg, and form
1 ouce more, under ;be, !rails of that flue, a eeesiderakk