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received 'from them,•,ssryty ditty to his 'Royal
the Prince of Wales—Ay regard for all
-the members of your august family,-7-iny esteem,
mfdnty, my gratitude to your Majesty, my affec-
tionate cretittule for all the paternal kindness
which I have ever experienced from you,--f-tny
' anxiety, -not onlyto' avoid the risk of giving any
.offence or disnleasurelo your Majesty, but also to,
dy from every occasion
.of creating the slightest
sentiment of uneasiness in the mind of your Ma-
jesty, whose hapPiness it would be the pride and
pleasureof my life to consult, and to promote;--
! • all these 'various sentiments hareem-swelled me to
submit, as long as human forbearance could en-
;lure, to all the unfavoerable inferences which were
through this delay daily increasing in the public
mind. What the strength and efficacy of these
motives have beep, your Majesty will do me the
justice to feel, whewyou are pleased, graciously
to &insider how long 1 have been contented to
s»ften those suspicions, to' exist against my inim-
c`enCe, which the bringing before the public of
my s.-reosation,,grul,my defence to it, would so in-
disputably and immediately have dispelled.
• - The measure, however, of making these proceed-
ings public, whatever mode I ran adopt (consi-
, 'tiering especially the ahsolute impossibility of suf-
'feting any partial production of them, and the ,
necessity that, it for any pUrpose any plat of them
shonld be produced, the whole 'nest he brought
before the public), ,xenon's surrounded• with all
the objections Which 1- have 'epuinernted : and
nothing &mid ever have' prevailed pima me, or
can noir ever prevail upon, me, to have recourse
to it, but an imperious sense of indispensable duty
to r3y future safety, to my present character 'and
.and to the ,feelings, the charsuiter,
and the interests -of my child, I. had flattetsd
myself, when once this long proceeding should
terminaied in My:reception into
,your
Ma-
jesty's presence, that that eiremustance
would have so strongly implied my innocence of
all that have been brought against me, :as to have
perfectly sufficient for my honour and my secu-
rity ; but accompanied as it now must be with the
knowledge of the fact,that your Majesty has been
brotight to hesitate upon its propriety, and secom7
panied als6 with the very unjustifiable observa-
'notS, ea'they appear to me, on which I shall pre-,
gently proceed to remark ; and which were, made,
by your 741aiesty's servants, at the time when they
gave you their advice to receive me; I feel my-
self in a situation, in which I deeply regret that I
cannot resti silence, Without an immediate re-•
• ception into your Majesty's presence; nor, in-
deed, with that reception, unless it- he attended by
other circumstances, 'Which may mark illy sat's-
actory aceoittal of the charges, which'have been
brought against me.
. It shill at no time he said, with truth, that
'brook back from these infamous ehargei ; that
I crouched before my enemies ; nod courted
by my 'submissioh, into moderatiOn 1 No, I have-
ever boldly defied them thavesever fsslt, and still
feel, that, if they' shoulil'think, either of pursuing
these w.cusation, or of Atriaging forward ant
other whit b the wieltedne-ss of individuals may de-
visa, to affect my, honour, (since my conscience
tells me, that they must be, as base 'and ground-
less asthose brought by Lady Douglas), while the
svituesses to the innocence of riry conduct are
living, 1 should be able to clisprovethein all,'and,
' whoever may be my accusers, to triumph over
their wieketinsss and malice. But slaotild
.these ac-
cusations,he renewed tidy Other be brought
.(011rillAi at any future • times death may, I know.
not how soon, remove from my innoceuce its hest
security, and 'deprive me of, the means of my jai,.
cification,,and . my defence., •,
There are therefore other Aneasnres, which I.
trust your Majesty will think indispensable to be
taken) for my lumen'', nod for my security.
Amongst these; I most humbly submitto Your• Ma---
jetty my most earnest entreaties that the proceed-
nigs, including not only my first answer, and my
letter of the Sth of December, brit this letter also,.
may be direeted by yisur Majesty to be so pre-
, served and deposited as that they may, all of them
securely remain permanent authentic documents
and memorials of this accusation, anti the it
in Which 1 met it ; of my defence, as well as of
the charge. 'That they •may rentain cap'able, at
nny time of being resorted.to, if the malice which
produced the charge otiginally, shall ever venture
'to renew it.
Beyond this, I am dire your Majesty will think
it hut proper and just, that I should be, restored-,
, in every respecfr, to thesame situation, from whence
the proceedingS, under these false charges, have
,'..removed ate. That, besides being 'graciously re-
ceived, again, into the hosom of your Majesty's
Royal Family, restored tcl my former respect-and
stat ion' amongst then), your Majesty will be gra-
ciously pleased, either to, exert your influence.
with his Royal Highness the Prince Of Wales,
that I may he restore; to the use of my apart-
ment
in Curlton;house, which was reserved for
thce except while the apartments were ;tinder-.
going repair, till the date of these proceed-
, ings.; or to assign to time some apatitmellt in your
Royal Pathees, Some apartment in or near Lon-
-stria is iudispensably necessary for ply convenient
attentlasice at the Drawing-room. Anti if atu
no restored to that at Carlton-houtie, I trust
your' Majesty will greciously perceive, how rest`
tenable it is, that I should tecatest, that lams,
apartment should hettssigned to no, salted to my-
dignity and situation, which may mark my recep-
tion and acknowledgment, as one of . your Ma-
jesty's faMily, and from ,which my attendance at
the drawing-room may be easy and convenient.
If these measures are taken, I should hope that.
•• they would prove satisfactory to-the public mind,
and that Inlay feel my elf fully restored in public
cstimatign to my- former character. And should
they prove so satisfactory I shall indeed be de-..
ligSted to think, that no farther stet) may, even
Ow, appear to be neeesSarf to my peace of mind,
my security, anti my honour. ,
But your Majesty will permit me to say, that -
if the next week, which will make more than a
month from the time of your Majesty's informing':
meflutt• yoti .would receive me, st 11 tou pass withoet my being received int.) your 'presence, and
without having the assurance that these other re-
vests of mine shall be- complied with, I shall be

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under the•nainful necessity of emssidsring them,sts,
refused. • In which case, I feel myself compelled.,
however reluctantly, to give"-the whole of_these
proceedings to the woild ; unless your Majesty
can suggest other adequate means, of securing; toy
honour and my life, from the effect of the con-
tinuauce or renewal of these proceedings, for the
future, as well as the present. For I entreat your •
Majesty to believe, that it is only in the absence
of.all other adequate means, that 1 can have resort
to that measure; :that I consider': it tvithcletep
' regret ; that I regard it with-serious apPrehension,
by no means• so much,on account of the ell'ect it
may have-upon myself,: as on account of the pain
w: ich it may give to yottr Majesty, your august
Family, and your loyal subjects., •
As far as myself am concerned .1
.arn aware of
the observations to which this publication will
expose me; but 1 am placed in a situation in which
I have the choice onlyof two mosompleasant alter-
,
natives ; and I am perfectly confident that the int-.
putations and the Loss of character which, must,
under these circumstances, follow from my silence,
are most injurious and unavoidable,—that my si-
lence, under• such circumstanoes, must lead inevi-
tably to my utter infamy and ruin. The publica-
tion, on the otherhand,,Will expose to the world
nothing-, which is spoken to by any witness (nsho.se!
infamy and discredit is not unanswerably exposed
and established) whit+, can, in the slightest de-
gree affect my character, for honour, virtue, and
delicacy.
• There may ,be circumstances disclosed,
iftani-
letting a degree of Condesceosion and familiarity
in my behaviour and cominct, which, in the opi-
nions of tnany, may beconsidered as not sufficient-
ly guarded„dignified, and reserved : circumstances,
hitwever, ,which my foreign education, and fo-
reign habits, misled .11)& to WA, in the humble
and retired sitnstion in which it Was my fate to
live,and Where I had no relation, no equal, rio friend-
to advise were WlttilFr free front otrenee. 13*
when 'have been dragged forwara, from the
scenes'of private life, in a• gra.o6 proceeding on a
charge of high treason: and adidtery, they stein to
derive a colour and Characier friim the nature of
the charge which they are. love& 'forward,' to
• support; anal carinet hut believe, that-they have
been used 'for no other purpose', than to afford a
coVel, to screen, from view the -injustice of that •
chatge; that they have been taken advantage of,
to let down lay accusers More gently ; and to de-
prive me of that full acquittal on the Acton of
the four Lords,'Which my innocence of all ofienee
most justly entitled•me to receive.
Whatever opinion, however, may be. formed
upon any part of my conduct, it must in jus-
tice ,befortued, with reference to the situation,
in which 1 was 'placed., If 1 am, judged *of as
Princess of Woks, with. reference to the, high
rank tif that station, 'I must be ,jo Iged as
Princess of "Wales banished from the Prince,
' rotected bythesupport and the countenance which
belong to that station, and if I am judged of in toy
• private chaactee, as a ma recd woMan, I must he
judged of as a Wife, banished front her husband, and
living in a widowed seclusion from him, and retire-
Ment from the world:4l%4las t cfm"Aideationleads-Ine
• to recur•to an expression: in Mrs. Lisle's examina-
tion: r.hich describes nay condner, in the fre-
tv,ency and the manner of my receivin, the visits
of captairt Manby, thongh always in the presence
:of My ladles,- as urthceo7liing a Married woman.—
It.pon the extreme injustice of setting up the bpi-
' 'Pion of One woman, as it were, injtolgtuent upon
the conduct cif smother; as well as of estimating
the eenditct of a person in my unfortunate situation,
by'refetence- to that, which might in general. be
expected from It married. woman, living, happily
vfith "'her husband ; 1 have before generally re:
marked. But beyond these general • remarks in,
forming and estimate
,of my conduct, your Ma-4
jesty Will.never forget the very peculiar circum-
stances misfortunes of mysituation; YoUrga-
jesty will remember, that I had not been much
above year in this country, when I received:the'
following letter 'from his jLoyal Iligliness the
Prince-of Wales.*

. ,
. '['he date of his, Royal Highness's 'letter is the
30th of April, 1796; The date of our marriage,
-.yourMalcetytti ill,recolleazt, is the Bth day of April,'
pi the year 1795 and that of the birth of our only
child the 7th of January, 170fi. ,
On theletter of his Royal Highness I offer no
comment. I only entreat your Majesty pot to
tinderstam' Pie to introduce it, • as affording ,any
supposed
,justification Or 'excuse, for the least de--
parture from the strictea line of virtue, or the
slightest deviation from the most refined delicaCy.
The crime, which has been insinuated against rile,
wOuldbe equally criminal and detestable; the intieli •
cacy ianptiied to me would be eqnally odious:and Ow-
mjnablc,whatever renunciation of eonj gal authori •
ty and affection the above letter of his Royal High-
ness might in any constriction of it be suppo4ed to
have Conveyed, • Such crimes,ipil faults, derive not
theirguilt trointhe consideration of tile conjugal vir7.
tues'of the individual,who may hethe Mast injured by,
them, however Much such virtues may aggravate
their. enormity. No such letter, thueffire, in any
construction of it, Po renunciation of conjugal
faction o.r duties, could ever palliate them. -. But
Whether conductitee from all crime, free from all
indoliCacy, (which "Maintain to be tht character
ofthe conduct to which, Mrs. Etsle!s observations
apply), yet possibly' not so measured; s a cautions
wife, careful to avoid the slightest appearance of
not preferring her husband to all the world, might
be studious to observe. Whether conduct of such
description, and possibly, in such, sense, .not be-
coming a married,woman, could be lastly deemed,
in my situation, an offence in me, I most leave to
your Majesty to determine.
In 'nuking that determination; however, it will
not escape your Majesty to consider, that the
conduct which does or does not became a married'
woman, materially. depends upon what is, or is
not known by her to be agreeable to her husband."
His pleasure and happiness ought, unquestionably,
to be her law ; and his approbation the most fa-
vourite object of lwr pursuit. Different charic-
ters of men require different modes of condnet in
their-wives; but
.whop a wire can no longer be
'capable of perceiving from time to ;time what is
agreeable or offensive to her husband, -when her

f See Sun, March 11.

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