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arward, if common justice had been done, or if com-
mon decorum had been observed, and all parties would
this year have been spared the repetition, if the Prinie
Regent, or his advisers,:from whom it is impossible to
separate him, had not designedly put upon the Prin•
cess of Wales an indignity, which an almost broken
spirit could never brook, and the effect of which we
are endeavouring to prevent. There are achings of
the heart for which there is no remedy ; there are
wounded feelings for which there is no balm—tor
which all interference, all aid is vain ; but as long as
in this House V." 2 retain a power of expres;ing our .
sentiments, in spit • of all the taunts that may be
thrown out, and all the odium that may be incnrred,
I shall continue to give a vent to my feelings ; as
long as there remains to Parliament, that power of
succouring all, from the highest to the lowest, I shall,
I hope, without fear, plead the cause of the injured:
the Princess of Wales is an injured woman ; she is
not so high as to be above the reach of Parliament,
nor is she, nor can she be so low, as to be beyond
its power to do her justice. These are the consider-
atinns that have influenced me throughout my con-
duct. I have no motive but that of protect.ng the
unjustly oppressed. I have uttered no word, and
have been parent to no sentiment upon this occasion,
which I shall ever disavow, or from the mainte-
nance of which I shall ever shrink. I shall be glad
to see the House of Commons adopt the Princess
of Wales, by giving her that protection which her
innocence and her desertion claims : let it augment
her income, but I protest in the name of justice,
lagainst depriving her of any of the few rights, that
may remain to her in her present forlorn and pitiable
condition ; if the House does not make any provision
for her, she must be considered in future as an un-
happy female, deserted by her natural protector% an 4
deserted by Parliament and the Country. What I tat
quire for her Royal Highness is, that as long as site
maintains that character which she has been pro.
wanced from the highest authority to merit-.being
innocent—l demand that she should be allowed the
privileges of innocence. • If the House of Common!
assents to a grant of money, I shall be rejoiced at thili
testimony of its approbation ; but it shall not silence
me it, on any future occasion, I shall think the Prin.
Bess of Wales aggrieved I will not allow, ac far at
I am concetned, Abet it shall bury all these traturact
tions in oblivion, and, I will not consent en any aug.
-noentation of theincome of her Rr'yai Highnets, on
any other grounds than on those aka I have now
stated."—(Hear, hear, hear.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH in explanation--I "hope
that the Honourable Member will not attribute to me
any want of gratitude, for the distinguished favor e
I have received from the Howe and the country i r
trust I feel them as-I ought.—(Hear.)—lt is not my
disposition, to impute to any Member unworthy feel-
ings and motives, still less to the HonourableGentle.
man opposite. I am convinced that he never has had
any sinister purposes to answer, but I believe most
"conscientiously that he and others have been made
the instrnments of a seicted cabal, and the channels
for conveying insults to the Sovereign. (Hear; hay.)
With regard to the seclusion of her Royal Highnea,
I must say, that if visits were not paid to her by the
august Personages at present in this country, it had
not been prevented by any want of facilities afforded
by the Prince Regent.—(Hear, hear.)—As to what
had been said of the conduct of a young and-illustri.
4sus female. I am sure the House. will feel. thstle
cannot be consistent with its duties or its feelings to
enquire now into her sentiments; I may sately leave
the Honourable Member hirnselt to Judge WITC/tree-Ii
be fit that she should be made a judge and arbiter
between the parties in these unfortunate transactions.
(Hear, hear.) —With great personal respect, I hope
the Hon. Gentleman will allow me to say, that sub-
jects like the present, in any view, he is not likely to
bring forward again to any useful purpose. I was
(mistaken, if it be supposed that I said I was antho.
tined to give the consent of the Prince Regent to any
arrangement that might be made; but I did venture
to say, from the knowledge I had of the principles
which governed his Royal Highness, that money had
never been any difficulty, and that if. it be the sense
of Parliament that the income of the Princess of
Wales should be increased, consent on the part of the
Crown will not be withheld. As to any ford& con-
spiracy, with a knowledge of which I ant cliarged, I
declare my perfect ignorance. Inquiries may be in-
stituted, independent of any conspiracy; and one of
the happy consequences of the form of our Constitu-
tion is, that not even a conspiracy for the purpose of
inquiry can cast an imputation ofguilt, unless there
exist reasonable grounds of suspicion. I certainly
was never acquainted with the existence of any thing
that may be properly termed a conspiracy. After
the statement I have had the honour of laying before
the House. and after the result of previous discus-
sions has been seen, I really would entreat the Hon.
Gentleman to inform me, whether further discussion
in Parliament is likely to promote a beneficial coo-
elusion
Mr. WHITBREAD—After what has fallen 'frdM
the Noble Lord, I hope I shall be allowed to say a
'lbw words. I am much obliged for the personal ties.
kty shewn me by the Noble Lord, but I can assure
him that I shall endeavour to discharge my deg,.
without being deterred (although I feel preat respect
for him), by any fear of inclining the Noble Lord's
diipleasure, or by any alarm of chi:Whirs that may
be excited. No one can be mire averse to Tscussions
'like the presens than myself,' and I lament that they
have been forced upon the House by a deficiency of
good advice, in a quarter that might have ten-
dered them unnecessary. In whet I have done, I
have acted upon the principle of absolute necessity.
I concur in what the Noble Lord has observed te.
garding the heiress prentim?tive to the Throne--;
I have no intention. and never had, of obtaimng
or promoting the interference of her Royal High-
ness ; I have •stated what I have the best reason in
believe is the fact, and what 'I should assert that I
knew to he the fact, were it not for the significant
shake which I•observe of the Noble Lord's head.—
The unhappy differences which have been carried to
such an extremity as to be inem ..1 a Ile may, I fee-,
be attended with political consequences, nut mu c •ii-
templation when the formal instrunstnn to which the
Noble Lord has referred, was prepared and emo-
ted. To what the Noble Lord has asserted, that every
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their Royal relation, I can Cagy reply, that the
universal impression abroad is directly in oppo.