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DU PLICATE o',
"Montague House, Blackheath, .arch
" The Princess of Wales I.,forins Mr. Speaker that she has received
from Lord Viscount Sidninuth a copy of a Report, made in pursuance
of the orders of his Royal Highness the Wince Regent, by certain
Members of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, to %violin
it anears, that his Royal Highness had been advised to refer certain
documents and other evidence respecting the character and conduct ut

her Royal Highness.
" The Report is of such a nature, that her Royal lli?hness feels per-
suaded no person can read it without tieing sensible ot the aspersions
which it casts upon her ; and although it is so vague as to render it
impossible to discover the tenour of the charge, yet us her Royel Hieh-
[loss IS conscious of no offence, she feels it due to herself to the illustrious
Houses with which she is connected by blood and mai risge. and to the
people among whom she holds so distinguished a renk, nut to acquiesce
for a single moment in any imputation affecting her honour.
"The Princess of Wales has not I,een permitted to know on wiiat
evidence the Members of the Privy Ceuecil proceeded le their investi-
gation ; nor has her Royal Highness beer allowed to he heard in her
own defence. She knew only by common rumour that such an inquiry
had been instituted, until the result was comiuunicated to her in the
form of the Report. She knows not whether she is to consider the 'Mem-
bers of the Privy Comic 1 by whom her conduct has been inquired iuto,
as a body, to whom she would be anthoriaed to apply for redress, or
in their individual capacity, as persons selected to make the Report en
her conduct.
" The Pi ineees of Wales is. therefore, compe:led to throw herself
en the wisdom anti justice of Parliament, and she earntetly desires a
full investigation oilier conduct during the whole period of her residence
in this comely. Her Royal I,lighness fears no scrutiny, however strict,
provided it he conducted by impartial Judges, and in a fair and open
manner ; accoidin7 to law.
" It is her Royal Highness's wish either to be treated us innocent, or
to he proved guilts,.
" 11er Royal llighness desires that this letter mey be communicated
to the iheise of Commons."
During the reading of this Letter, the fall of a pin could he heard in
the remotest part of the House, and its close was tollowed by a total,
deep, solemn, and awful silence, broken, after a pause, by Mr.
Wit tT tsaEAZ, who observed, that the letter v hich had just been read
by the Slietker, could not fail, not only to interest every person who
lied heard it, but to anew to all to be of such importance as tole-
quire the immediate attention of the House. He apprehended
impossible that such a communication could be made front so high a
quarter, and suffered to pass with being simply read, in silence. He
had waitee until a Noble Lord opposite, a Minister of State, one of the
confidential servants of the Crown when her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales's conduct was taken into consideration, by that part
ot his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, particularly and po-
pularly designated teeter the name of the Cabiaet, and who must have
been one of that betty of Privy Councillors, to whom the considere ioo
of her Royal Highness', conduct had recentlybeen submitted
—he
had waited until lie saw that NI ble Lord take his piece (an entit
led
Lion, as he presuni d, that it was not that Noble Lord's intention et/
make any proie.sitien on the subject), before lie had risen to address
the Chair. Not seeefe any other Hon Member disposed to proceed
in tile business, he wished to rot; the Noble Lord whether it was his
intention to call the further attention otthe Noose to her Royal High-
ncss's letter ?
Lord CASTLEREMIII replied, that no person cold I feel more
thoroughly than himself the importanee and delicacy of the present
subject. But, as a notice was seitered in the books of the House, of
a motion at no farther distant period than the day after to-murrew,
relative to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, it did not appear
to him to be (necessary, at present, to enter on the transaction al-
luded to. Whatever delicacy be might entertain on the subject, whet
the proper day should arrive nrcessity might prehably impese on him
the obligation of fully exFlahning all the circiorstences of the case.
But he trusted that the House would agree with him th hc had
fulfilled his public duty in not anticipating the expected discussion.
Mr. Wm TBRZAD said, he did not observe in his place the Honour-
able Member to whom the Noble Le rd had alluded. He was not
aware, at least that Honottrahle Geiltleman had not said, tkat he
acted by authority in bringing torwatd the rwltiori whicifhe had
given notice. On that fact mast del end, in a great measure, the
course to he pursued ; and whether the matter alluded to in the let-
ters read from the Chair should not be treated as an independent ques-
tion. It would, therefore, be necessary that the subject should lie
over till such time as the Honourable Member should come into the
}louse, and be made acquainted wilt the nature of the
which had to-night been con menicated to them from the
Committees were ballotted for and sworn to try the
Petitions against the recturtls fir ttic County of Pembroke
of Liverpool.

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