Star.
London, England, 1813-04-29 00:00:00

ADDRESS 70 THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the
Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common Council of the
City of London, proceeded in the usual order from
Guildhall to Kensington Palace, to present to her
i Royal Highness the Princess of WALES their Address
of Congratulation on her late triumph over the foul
and detestable conspiracy directed -against her ho-
sour and her life.
A more numerous attendance of the Common
. Council was never witnessed by the oldest members
1 of the Court, and many of different and even oppo-
Site political sentiments were on this occasion cordi-
' ally united in bearing testimony to the innocence of
the injured Princess. One hundred and six Members
• get out in the procession from Guildhall, and several
others fell into the line of march in Cheapside, Lud-
gate-hill, and Fleet-street. The Aldermen who at-
tended were Aldermen COMBE, T. SMITH, J. J. SMITH,
DOMVILLE, WOOD, GOODBEIIERE, and HEYGATE. The
whole number, including the Recorder, the Sheriffs,
the Chamberlain, Town Clerk, Comptroller, Remem-
brancer, Solicitor, the City Counsel, Secondaries and
other Officers that formed the procession, amounted
to nearly 150, and their carriages covered a long
space of ground.
Notwithstanding the badness of the weather, the
windows of the streets through which the procession
passed were graced with elegant females, and the
foot-paths were occupied by very considerable num-
bers. Several flags, with the words a The Princess
of Wales," were suspended from windows on the line
of passage, and one with the motto " Hold to the
Laws," tastefully decorated, attracted peculiar no
tice in the Strand. As the procession passed Carlton
House, it was repeatedly cheered by a large con-
course, among whom were a considerable number of
well-dressed persons.
The greatest regularity was observed on the whole
line of march; 'and when the procession arrived at
Kensington, the introduction to the Palace took place
with every possible honour the Princess of WALES
possessed the power of conferring. After a very
short interval passed in the drawing-room, the doors
of the grand saloon or dining apartments were thrown
open, and the LORD MAYOR, accompanied by the
•, other Members of the Corporation, were announced
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LEGER, Esq. her Royal Highness's Vice Chamber-
lain. After the customary obeisance on the part of
the addressers, and a most gracious return by the
Princess of WALES, the RECORDER read the follow-
ing Address :

To nett ROYAL HIGHNESS TH z PRINCESS or WALES.
" The loyal and dutiful Address of the Lord Mayor, Alder-
men, and Cknimons of the City of London, in Com-
mon Council assembled :

" May it please your Royal Highness—We his Majesty's most
dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
mons of the City cf London, in Common Council assembled,
deeply interested in whatever concerns the honour and happiness
of your Royal Highness, and the Illustrious Family with whom
you are so iiitimately allied, approach your Royal Highness to
offer our sincere congratulations en the signal and decisive
triumph your Royal Highness has recently obtained.
s' We have witnessed with horror and indignation the odious
tnd wicked conspiracy which, IA malice the most inveterate, has
for so many years been directed against your life and honour;
ahil we beg to assure) your Royal Highness, that while we bold
in the utmost abhorrence act. so base and atrocious, we cannot
sufficiently express our admiration of the dignified forbearance
and magnaniniity which your P.oyal Flightless has manifested
under a persecution of such &rano!'" and aggravated by circum-
ranee% eo tryii g and afflicting.
" During the whole of this must arduous conflict we have never
eeactd to regard the dangerous situation of your Royal Highness
with feelings of the most lively sympathy; and we have beheld,
in the fortitude and firmness of your Royal Highness, conviction
the must decisive of the unblemished rectitude of your conduct,
•which nor only dared, but courted the most rigid investigation ;
and greatly :is we lament that your Royal Highness should have
been compelled by any combination of events to claim to be con •
'littered as innocent, or proved to he guilty, yet we feel with
your Royal Eiibitr.ess that the period had at length arrived when
forbearance would have ceased to have been a virtue.
" We cant ot, therefore, sufficiently applaud the wisdom and
greyness displayed by your Royal Highness in demanding, for
the more public vli:dication of your own honour, that of your
Mations Consort, and the safety, peace, and happiness of these
realms, an open inquiry iwo the base charges ot your calutnnia-
,tors, or an unqualified admission of your innocence.
" We sincerely offer to your Royal Highness our heartfelt
congratulations on your complete and happy triumph ever 03
dark and dotes' able a conspiracy, supported u It was by subor-
'nation and perjury; and we are most grateful to your Royal
)Highness fur the proofs we have received, in so firmly defending
your own honour, of the anxiety you feel for the welfare and
bapp,ness of these kingdoms:—this conduct affords to us the
turest pledge of the blessings we may expect from your Royal
)-Ntinecs, whrn it stall please Peovencucs to place your Royal
Highnes,, ith your Royal Consort, co the British Throne; and
we most ardintly hope that the painful recollection of your past
sufferings may be lost in the pleasing enjoyment of an unrestrict
ed intercourse with y•iur illustrious daughter the Princess Char-
lotte; and that she, without the same painful occasion to evetciie
them may inherit all the virtues of herßoyal Mother, and afford
lg hope, that, taught to venerate the free principles
, Con..i utifin as the best protection for innocence
against oppression, she may, should the period ever

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salve W/411 she nay be lulled to preside ever the destinies of
this empire, uphold and maintain our liberties, and reign in the
hearts of a free, happy, and united people.
(Signed by order of Court) " t N itv woonirnorta."

The LORD MAYOR then prevented a Copy of the
Address to her ROYAL HIOHNESS, who, having given
it to her VICE-CHAMBERLAIN, read in a low, but dis-
tinct and impressive tone, the following Answer :

" I receive, with the greatest satisfaction, the congratulations
of the City of Langan. No branch of the House of Brunswick
can ever forget to whose exertions chießy it owes the Throne of
these realms; and I have now peculiar reason to know the value
of the Constitution which those exertions purchased, because I
have found it a sure protection when I had no other defence.
" The extraordinary situation in which I was placed com•
yelled me to come forward in behalf of my honour and my life.
I have been rewarded, not only by the universal acknowledgment
of my innocence, but by testimonies of affection from a loyal
and high-spirited people, which I shall gratefully remember as
long as I live.
" At the present moment, I am rather disposed to dwell upon
this pleasing circumstance, than upon any recollection of a less
agreeable kind. The trials, however, which I have undergone,
will, I am confident, produce one good effect : they will confirm
in my Daughter's mind, that attachment to the Constitution
which she already cherishes, and impress her more and more
with the conviction, that as no station can be secure except in a
free country, it is both the interest andthe most sacred duty of an
English Monarch, to watch over the liberties of the People."

Her Royal Highness's manner was peculiarly af-
fecting; and the firm, yet delicate way, in which she
marked those sentiments and passages the dearest to
her heart, made a deep and evident impression on her
auditors. On her right-hand were Lady CHAR-
LOTTE LINDSAY and Lady CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL,
with one of the Ladies of the Bed-chamber, and the
Page of the Presence; and on her left were the Vice-
Chamberlain, Lady ANN HAMILTON, a Lady of the
Bed-chamber, and two Pages, in full uniform.
When the PRINCESS had read her Answer, the LORD
MAYOR, Aldermen, &c. &c. experienced, in their
turn, a most gracious reception, and had the honour
of kissing her Royal Highness's hand.
Among those whom the PRINCESS condescended
most particularly to distinguish by a marked atten-
tion, were Aldermen COSIBE and WOOD, Mr. WAITH-
MAN, and Mr. QUIN. She extended her hand to Mr.
Alderman WOOD with a smile of cordial satisfaction,
and conversed with him for a few moments. To
Mr. WAITHMAN, she said in an emphatic tone—" Mr.
WAITHMAN, I am very glad to see you : I feel highly
gratified at the interest you have taken in my honour
and happiness. lam sure neither I nor my daughter
will ever forget it." To Mr. QuiN, who happened
to be one of the last who had the honour of kissing
her hand, she said—" I am very happy to see you.
I hope you are very well. I feel myself much obliged
to you."
While the carriages were preparing, and most of
the Aldermen and Common Council had withdrawn,
her Royal Highness conversed very affably with se-
veral Gentlemen, among whom were Mr. Alderman
WOOD, Mr. Alderman DOMVILLE, Mr. WAITHMAN,
and Mr. QUIN. Alluding to the difficulty she felt
in addressing so large an assembly, she remarked—
,' I was exceedingly agitated at first; but I hope you
will make great allowance for my situation, and my
not speaking the language perfectly."
A very considerable concourse of people was col-
lected close to the windows of the Saloon, and the
acclamations were loud and repeated, both when the
RECORDER and her ROYAL HIGHNESS had read the
Address and the Answer.
Her Royal Highness wore a dress of black velvet,
beautfully ornamented with bugles, and trimmed
round the neck and sleeves with white crape, over
which she had a rich crape train, ornamented in the
same manner as her robe. She wore her own hair
tastefully dressed, with no other ornamant than a
white lace kerchief, brought round the back part of
her head and tied under the throat. She looked ex-
tremely well.
After the Deputation had departed, her Royal
Highness appeared at the windows, and bowed most
gracefully to the populace, of whom upwards of 1000
were collected in the frontof the Palace; and by whom
she was greeted by loud cheers and acclamations.
Among the persons present in the Drawing room
were two young men, Midshipmen ; who, having
been left orphans, became the objects of her Royal
Highness's bounty, and were educated, and after-
wards placed in the Navy, at her expence. They are
now in town to attend their examination, previous to
passing for Lieutenants ; and were permitted by their
Patroness to be near her during the whole of the cere-
mony ; nor was it the least pleasing part of the scene
to observe the deep interest which those young men
appeared to feel in the homage so justly paid to their
Royal Benefactress. Her Royal Highness's little
protege, William Austin, of whose introduction to
her Royal Highness so much has of late been said,
was also present, and appeared highly delighted at
the approach of his Royal Patroness.

AdRLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.

VOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 28.

Pursuant to atljourtunent their Lordships met at about half-
past three o'clock, when, prayers being over, the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR on the Woolsack, and several Peers in their places, the
Duke of Goi:DON, Earl PERCY, and Lord BRADFORD took the
oaths and their seats.

The Edinburzli Surgeons' Bill was read the third time and
passed.
On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Order
of the Day for goiuz into a Committee of Privileges on the
Burthwick Peerage, which hood for to-morrow, was postponed
to Friday.
Mr. CLIFTON, from the Admiralty, presented Papers relative
to the seam, force, and condition of the ships and vessels of war
on the North American and West India stations, from the Ist
April, 1812, to the 18th February, 1813, inclusive, agreeable to
their Lordships' order.
Sir Rona VAUGH IN, Mr. Me ttis it, and others from the
Commons, brought up the Exchequer Bills, and the Exchequer
Debentures Bills, the Sc,,tch Creditors, the Chester Canal, the
Brass Importation, and several Private Bills; aU which were
read the first time. _ _ _

• On the motion of Lord HARROWBY, the Order of the Day
for the third reading of the Curates' Bill was discharged, and
this day se'nnight fixed for that purpose.
Mr. JOHNSON, from the Office of the Chief Secretary in Ire-
land, prevented Papers containing Reports of the Commission!
of Impress in that country.
The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a Petition from the prie
stoners confined in Gloucester Gaul, praying for relief.
Mr. KINC.roN, from the Directors of the East India Com-
pany, presented Papers relative to the state of the Shipping em-
ployed in the Company's service, agreeably to an order of their
Lordships.
'I he Marquis of STAFFORD presented a Petition from the
Proprietors of the l'otteries in Staffordshire, praying to be ad-
mitted to a participation in the trade to the East Indies.
Lord MELVILLE presented Petitions from the Protestant
Inhabitants severally of Deal, Glasgow, Avr, Edinburgh, Leith,
Dalkeith, and Dunfermline, praying that ;all description! of his
Majesty's Protestant Subjects might be permitted to send oat

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