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rig rt neeeSSary. As• the matters connected with
" his e- f lam-akin had occurred seven years ago, ha
shetiY have wished to have had time and oppor-
,tan to recollect What had happened at a period
so. t mote He was sorry that it was not in
his' j ower to give that explanation which was
•reei.ired,, It had happened from some strange,
circumstance, that he bad not, been present -at
the examination on the 3,1 of drily the day on
vibich 1-Irs: Lisle had been examined. His
11m=tittendimee on that occasion had been owing
la<
)u-attendance
o aaar intimation not having been sent to him ; for
he was present at all the other examinations, ex-
. cent cf the 3,1 July. Unless 'on the examina'-
' tion upon that day. a very different course had
been followed in taking 'down the deposition of
the witnesses, what had been stated by his lion.
Priend (Mr. W', ithread), could not he cotreet.-::-
Were'be examined upon his oath, he should'aay,
that the evidence in every case where he was pre-
sent had been taken down eXactly as delivered by
the witnesses,, All the , NOble
•Lords present at
the -exami»ation bad been most attentive ; and
some of the witnesses, haviog requested to be
al-
'lnwed to read over theit owoaleposititions, their
requests had been complied with, and some al-
terations made at their own: instance. The cus-
tom having been, during the whole. examination,
to omit/bequest ions, and merely to take down the
,answers, unless the Lords had thought proper to
order, on thcone day, of the 3d oNtily,,that the
qoestions should lie taken clown. tbta-e,ivas every
11.t141111 (US tioniifiratilq rilenfi
been imposed upon. He said this after reflec-
tion. .Before concluding; he could not refrain
from sa)iog, that the whole examination had been
conducted with impartiality, and with a desire to
find that the Princess' of Wales was not guilty.
Mr. JOHN SMlTllspoke shortly in favour of the
motion.
Mr.,SX'EPtI explained.
• Mr. Lsscetces observed, that the publications,
were, called a ibel by lin 'Hon: Gentletnrui ops
posite, but lie would be glad to know how it could
ire proved that they were 59, in the &cut of a
• prosecution against the publishers ?. To him-
self and to every feeling Man in the country,
nothing could , appear to he more ':degrading
than Ord matter of , the documents.- But thp
depositions of the Witnesses examined by his Ma-
jesty's Commissioners,' .had, been iwthe hands of
the public, for a very long time, so that some
• forbearance had been exercised by. the Editors
of Newapapers, in refraining front publishing theM,
alfhisugh they had them in their possession; and
they had at last only Rimed then!. when they
were provoked to that step by the publication
of that letter which was the origin of :the whole
disclosure,
Mr. PtinsTsist spokejn a tone; but y4e un-
derstood that he opposed the motif.m..
Sir T. PLostea could, nut forbear frotTollPring
to the House at few obsertmtions on the 'twitter
before it ; for it was a questihn which affected,not
hirOself only, but a deceased-friend. As a letter
i‘s<icli had been recommended by the• legal ad-
viers" of the Princess of Wales had -been vise sub-
isles of attack, and as it had been said to be cons
necteli with the -recent publications, be hoped
that the (louse would excuse his offering a word
of explanation on that subject. When Called
upon to justify the propriety olthat icor! adviee
which he, in concurrence with the other advisers
of her Royal Highness the Princess otWales, had
given, and when it was recolleetedthat the advice
Which he wasabout to justify hail been given 4t a
period so far back as seven' or eight years ago, it
would be allowed that it was not possible for hint
to'reeollect all the- circumstances under which tit&
advice bad been given. The Uouse would ha
the justice to remember, that when called upon
to give advice on the part which her Royal High-
'fleas should att, her advisers were, bound to con-
shier all that was likely to happen from her Royal
Highness being silent while an, inquiry Was Ow,
an upon a subject which concerned, the honour andl
• life of her Royal Highness. They were-bound to
consider' whether.the honour and credit of the

Mr, Wurti3o4,said, he would with►lraw his
motion, to make room for one from his lion.

Friend.
The motion of Mr. Whitbread having been
withdrawn,
Mr. TIERNgY moved...." That the Printer, Pub-
lisher, and Proprietor of The Horning' herald,
should appear at the Bar of the House to-mor-
row." The Hon. Member afterwards said," that
not wishing to appear partial, he sliould include•
The Morning Post."
Mr. RYDER iiiidiceled Mr. Whitbread, who had
ended a mutter, which seeined sa.hig with im-
portance, with an insignificant motion, which had.
been withdrawn, and one substituted, 'Which was
the most preposteßms and absurd that he had
ever heard.: He wondered that the advocates of
the liberty of the.press could have betaken them.
selves to a proceeding so trannical; For his own
part, he. saw no reason why the Editor of another
paper shoUldlie called to state who gave him the
unfortunate and ill-advised letter of the-Princess
of Wales,,'which he had published. He should
Oppose the 'notion, because he was convinced that
it would not be productive of •any-good, and
Cause he thought it was not a measure of sound
policy: -
Mr. C. IVYNNE,thought that the publiCation of.
'a minute of the Privy Council, without authority,
Was an offence into, which the House should in-
quire. He supported the motion, but upon a
different ground from e Hou,-,Morer. dld
mint wish the tionse to` interfere in the milortu-
nate dispute, hit thought' that it should interfere
for the purpose oi preventing further disclosui.es,
Mr. CANNavo said, that he had formerly ex-
,pressedthe greatest pain at the situation of things
which had led to the motion before the House;.74
,that pain was not diMinished, but, on the con-
trary, much augmented by the turn which Tilatte:l
had taken since .he had before spoken upon the
subject, and by thealisappointment which he felt
at being obliged again to deliver hip. opinion on
such a -subject, He thought that although the
motion' .was less objectionable than the former,
yet be,found himself 'compelled to oppose it, be-
cause he was anxious to hare one chance more of
having the matter finally extingukheil. He did
not impute the smallest blame to the Hon. Gen-
dew)) who hadlirougl;t forward the first Motion;
on the contrary, he gave him inuCh credit for the
temperance mid ability with which 'he had con-
ducted -the discussion. But his (Mr. Canning's)
otin'ion was, that it was expedient for all con-
cerned, that the House should pass through the
business without taking any step. "He: did not
deny that the patiende- of the House might he
tried to a certain pitch—he would not deny that
there might be an occasion-, on which, if there
we's prolongatitin oftheee discussions out of
doors,, and if an. end was not speedily put to,it,
that then some proceeding on the. part of the
Bouseimight be necessary, lie did agree that it
was not to be.horne, that, after the Minute of
Conneil, of 1807 (which was a complete acquittal
of the Princess of Wales)l any proceeding should
take place in which the innocence of her . Royal
Highness was' called in question. BUt so }long as the
guilt of the Princess of Wales was not avowed, it
was not neces4ary fOr the House to take tiny step on
the subject, whielh might lead to unforeseen con-
sequences. The motionlor 'calling Printers to the
Itar of the Hotee did not involve in it all ,hose
tonsequences which might ensue from it. In'the
ease of any contumely on the part of the persons
so called to the Bar of The Hnuse, consequences
might follow which would lead to a series of
intermediate proceedings, which might even
,clash with the future measures of the Houie.--.-
These were the grounds on which he opposed
the motion of the Honourable Gentleman ; and
he should not trouble the house further at that
time, but for an allusion Which had:been 'made
to some transactions in which been con;
cerued. The lion. Gentleinan had said; that
degree of responsibility rested with alttliose who
had signed the Cabinet Minute of :1807. He
(Mr. Canning) had been completely consistent
from the eommeneement of the business in 1807.
He had/all along raised his voice in protestation
and in supplication against printing any of these
documents, contending that it-was vain' to print
with time hope of afterwards suppressing. Ile had
always said, that if you print yeu publish;" he
was confirmed' in that opiniOn, front litfineedote
of Lord Bolingbroke: That Nobleman entrusted
a.i.paniphlet to Pope
,which was to been'
printed, and, all the copies 'to ise'lleitrOyed. ex-
cept one ; but after the death.of Mr.-Pope 1,500
copies. were found locked up in his repositories:
That anecdote was a complete proof of the justice
of :his assertion ; for there
,could not exist be-
tween -men. a more...sincere friendship than that
which existed between Pope and Bolingbroke.
He remembered, that with such an impression on
his mind, 'when " The Book," aft it Was
was published, and when lie, among others, re-
Ceived a eon', he returned it .witWa note to 'this
purpose I have. received' the. Book*, and am
very sorry that it has been printed. lam ton.
'viueed that it will come before the public at softie
future 'period ; but inn determined that 'it shall
not be,from my copy, so I now return it unopen-
ed.''—He had always considered time Minute of
Council, of .1807, to be ,a complete acquittal of
the Princess of Wales : and he was satisfied that
every person who had signed it, did so under the
conviction of her being at .that time innocent.•
But he was not the man to say that any acquittal,
however ample, should interfere with the ',nines-
tic noneerus of 'the Royal Fti,mily. When hg
viewed the situation into which matters were
then, brought, he conceived that every chance
had not been taken, which might. have been to
avoid what had happened. .ITad he been one of
the advisers of the Prince Regent,. when he took
upon himself the functioni of Regent, he would
have advised him to take some reconciliatory mea,
sure.' Had' this been recommended, he thought
that it would xtot have been found impracticable.
'
The Illustrious Female, however had been
placed. in a situation of aggravated difficulty. It
wav-said that she had baadviao',.- but it was to
be recollected, that she was not allowed' to have

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Priocebs 111 Wales would not have suffered from
lier Royal Highness preserving silence while she
was excluded from the Royal presence.. In that
state of things, from the best judgment which
the advisers of the Princess of Wales could form
they gave it as their opinion that it was highly
expedient 'and proper that the public should bein
possession of a statement of the case. ' The Publi-
cation s% tide was intended to have come forth,
known by the name of " Book," was norin-
tended as a.crimination of any 3ndivitinal, but to
make the innocence of the Princess of Wales ap-
parent. By the proposed publication -it, was
not intended to derogate in the. slightest degree
front the character of the Princess of Wales
quite the reverse. The only alternative which
appeared to be left: was, to put the public in post
session of the whole evidence. Fur his own part,
nothing could be further from his intention than
to derogate from the character and reputation of
her Royal Highness; and he could not iinpute to
any t)f the other advisers of her Royal High-
ness that which, was never his own intentions.
When the object of her Royal Highness beiog
declared "innocent was attained, by her being
admitted to the Royal pretence, all intention of
the publication of t% The Book " was uhaution-
ed, This was done with so much secresy, that hi
himself was never trusted with a single document,
And the whole remained locked up in the press of
kris ,deeeased friend. Having thus suited the mo-
- tires which bud -led- to the advice given to ithe
Princess of Wales, he conceived that he had done
that which Was his b,mnden duty,- in justice to
himself and to his deceased friend. He could
not understand for what reason the publicatioi of
the evidences htul been Called a libel. Supposing
it to have been a libel, lie, from his intention of
publi,,liing them, had been guilty of a libel, nay,
the Princess of Wales, in sanctioning that intend-
ed pubileatioo, had been guilty of a libel against
ttcl If But how could it be called a libel ? In-
stead of a eondeinnation, it was intended to have
barn a vindication.

Mr. "I it delivered his sentiments at Nome
length ; and after some observations on the svp,!
',wed new inquiry, expressed a wish to have the
rrinter of the Docnruents culled to the Bur,

proper advisers. Every ,Member of the_, loyal
Family 'tad a right to the advice of his Majesty's

; Ilfinisters, and if that attvice *as refused, the re-
-1 sponsibility of itoty bad advice lay at the doors of
the refusers. •
Mr. WHITBREAD said a few words it reply to
. .
Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Canning.
The question being put, the motion' of Mr.
TIERNTY was negatived=withont a division.
Adjourned at Twelve o'clOck.

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It is said that transports are immediately to be
sent to the Baltic to► convey the Swedish troops
over to Pomerania, and our Portsmouth lei-
ter of to-day states, that the transports in that
'harbour have ',et.) or tiered roundt to Yarmouth.

An Piriccr, w • *;.fist AcriNeil from Prussia,
state.,;,` that the: e lietweett the Emperor
of Ituqsin. and the 7.(.1,!,:0f PRUSSIA, is to be held
at Breslau, and that the 'former is on his way
thther.

13ourtern battalions of' Prussians are said to
blve been faised-in the short interval of ten days,
in the vicinity of Colberg.

Admiral G. Horg is appointed Cotumarder-in
Chief of the Baltic fleet.

It has beep reported that Lord WALPoLit was
the state-prisoner said lo have been confined in
Uerniany by order of BUONAPAIITE. This report
is unfounded, Ilk Lordship, when.he last wrote,
wars' at IVolkersdorf, in the
,neighbourhood of
Vienna,

SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE,
RALV PAST TWO O'CLOPIC.

A private' letter reoeived this morning, dated

Heligoland, the 12th inst. and bought by a4iing's
cutter, (there 'having been no packet at the island),
gives the following intelligence :

ic ►l•lhat the Rnssiana under !iv rusot r have
reached Dresden in great Nree.

" That a corps-of Cossacks' ire. ,at Wittenbourg
arr the, Elbe, and thatthe Prussians under Gene-
ral D'YouCa..areadvanCing" in the same line.
"That the French have finally evacuated. Ham-
burgh, where a' small Danish" force has been
called by the lienathrs to keep the ,populace quiet.
." That 80Q French are at Cuxhaven, t%here they
have loaded the gunboats with plunder, with a
view' of getting, off with it coastwise, being afraid
of carryingit off by land, on account of the Pea.
gantry being every Where nll. in arms against
tt

" It is understood that Austria has declared
herself a Mediator for a General Peace, and has
signified to the French Government that their
armies must retire behind the Rhine, as a preli-
minary step to negociatiOn.

" General D'Yoacxls General in Chief of the
Prussian armies.

" Several boats had Arrived from the Elbe and
Eider, bringing continental newTaper's to the
9th instant, from which the above intelligence is
extricted."

We have also been favoured with the following
extracts from the foreign papers :
• PROM THE 'ALTONA' lodERCVEY, MARCH J.
DRESDEN, FEB. 25.—The Russians arc ad-
vancing in force from the frontiers of Austria
to-wards Wittembourg. In consequence of this
intelligence, the Prince and-Princesses are gone
to Bareukii the Princess ELIZABETH re-
mains here. his Majesty the Xing has, for a time,
repaired to Plauen, in the Voightland. The Go-
vernment is carried on by a Commission consisttng of
four Ministers of State.

PROISI TUB BRESLAU GAZETTE.
,Waasaw, Fin. 15.h_T!►e Imperial Russian
army has occupied the whole country about War-
saw, but the barriers are still in the possession of
the National Guards. The Magistrates remain' as
usual in their places. His Excellency General
llitt.T.Attanovymn„ on, the. 9th inst. rode•with a
great retinue through the town.

Hamburgh, as we have stated above, is eva-
cuated by the French. The insurrection there is
confirmed, and insurrections prevail in many parts
of Germany and Holland.
'rhe gessians Were in possession a Berlin on
the sth inst.

JUNE 21, 1806.
Earl SPENCER.

P.H SCI , South
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LONDON: Printed 11 THOMAS tVoOD, Of No.- Strand; stud Published by WILLIAM' ARMIt
At the Sul; ,t)reice,, No. 112, Stroud, 'tvi:ere Ativertifementv, Orders for the Paper, Leiters' fur the Editors C. (p. tin
pa! dad:Gr )
, must beenor
a(l4lresstl,

FARTHER -PAPARI •
~
RI:LATINA TO
, . THE PRINtESS OF WALLS,
troth hit, Itt
INF,- LORD,—In consequence of certain oil
ries directed 'by his Majesty, Lady Douslssi°
of Sir, John Douglas, of the Marines' la, dee
upon cyath, that she was told by berllorl 16
ness the Princess of Wales, that at a broil
Lady
&c --(Extract Laity Douglas's Demi
Willoughby to
Willoughby's house, in' bitty orloti,
It being material to ascertain, as f 4,31/
the truth at this fact,
,I atn to;reqnest ost
Lordship will hive the goodness to des:re,
~
'Willoughby
stance in any- manner. relatite thereto, 01°
such there he,) of which her Lady' l' 41;
recollection ; and also to apprise tne, for b;!cri
put clown in writing every 1
jesty's information, whether at say lime l'l,
the course of the above-atentioncit yem„. t
Princess's shape, or any other circtatoi!,:tli
might induce her Ladyship to belito lb
I oykil Highness was then pregnant.
observed any such alteretionlP
I am, &c. • srso
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CO'
EAR LORD,---1.11 011edielke
MY n to I°6 /),
our of
_m__a_l_lets. Host no time in comnainicOak.t:ri,i
Wdloughby the important sUbjere °1:)::,,0 A 4
enclosing a letter to yawl •
letter,,l dated the 20th instant, 1101'"'ootvm
Lady Willoughby.
I have the ho out a
11 .0 Goplll,

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twined in your Lordship's letter cnintn6l)oio,
me by Lord Gwydir, I have the holiourtrai
‘• Ty LoRD,--In obedience to the coon
y_cnt, that I have no recollection ivinite:epti
fact stated to hive taken place, dull" not
to her Royal
at Whitehall, in May or June 18" f;i
tbear in mind any particular circutostailvigt
period to which you allude. to
khave the 110004
lirtiMun
Highness the Princess d

MY LaRD,...—I immediately colnall!li.cd
Lady
Willoughby the Queries transotil,t,
in the envelope of a letter dated J111,,,'
_I had the honour to receive 1,0,11
Lordship. I return the Qtlerie9 Wit° ifjpg
loughbrs Answers in her ownbstut-wrp,'
_ We are both truly sensible of rttittliniii
kind attention in not retiniringlAdY
personal attendance': She will nl°l r;
the order of the Council, should be'. Le'
come necessary. .1 hav3 the
honour, ,0-,04

To Earl Spencer, &e. &c. &a.
A true COpy.
J. 4BECKRT.

2. Has her Ladyship
any recollection of the
circumstance of her
Royal Highilesi having
retired From the com-
pany at such breakfast
or .dinner, on ,itccount,
or wider pretence of
having 'spilt any thing
over her handkerchief ?
And if so, did Lady
Willoughby .atend her
Royal Highness on that
occasion ? And what
then passed between
them relative to that
circumstance ?

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4
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frequent!-
honour t 0 -

dine as 1) —_,
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Langley, .1a li.ilt:',o
Royal kileittest;
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'in the noPtllli 01
or June, ISP di
the periods lit ' i 0
had the hoo,?ta P
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c,ciiing her, I ,i`c
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3. To (belifo
remerobooce 1 l
'PP6rtuoitier Or
,at,bc Priocesi of*
"e Year 180)10'Y
not reottlect PI
!erveti ' any rid
ciretiihstfaices
to her Bprilliie
appearou.ce, •

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ins the year, observe
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elusion, or tending to not hear '" jr"i
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