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the. Reiner hid fettlried heft letter twice i—but the such as the,ifon. Gentleman had taitlle Xille
latter had thought it his dots, to read it to the Heine, I and. which :he had,. heard pith, regret.. (ifeni;,4lgni.)
where it had pr dueed a disiussion which afforded I Stich speeehes were only.cskulated to encrease the ,
to hit mind inexpressible gratifications She. begged evil they. lamented, and to defeat the ends proireed.
to be illowesi, to say, theta had theeffect of. relieving The, Hon. Gentleman. had ninindqued his onginal
her mind from a weight,of uneasiness, and her the- notice, and seemed onh tolinve brought forWarChis '
ratter from a burden of reproach.. That innocence, motion as a vehicle far his speech, which entry man
of which thifiad been always conscious, was nowmade in die gouse taut see Could be productiee of no
known and Published to the world. She begged to gOod effect. The Hon: Gentleman's proceedings
explain that in what she had been induced to say re- -had been irregular, and would effect itethidg, but to
lative to the confirmation of the f!rineese her daugh. I degrade the charatter of hii Royal Highness. He
ter, she had spoken uninformed of the wish on the! had indulged himself, under the mask of defending
subject, and the intention entertained by his Majesty.. the Princess of Walesein an =fait, an, illiberal, acid
If her intercourse with her daughter should be rests)... unparlianientary attack on the Prince Regent, ;
red to its formei state, she would willingly acquiesce j Mr. WHITBREAD here called to order' and de- ,
in any Injunction which his Royal Highness should , sired the words of the Noble LOrd might be taken
be pleased to communicate, and confidently trusted : down: - He preferred settling such a qdestiori father
that her conduct would prove unexceptionable: She '. in the. House thap Otit of it. ,
again threw herself at his feet, and subscribed herself, 1 The SPEAKER ordered the words to be taken
&c." (Hear, hear.) This, was a hasty sketch S. but down accordingly; which ha+iag been read by the
be understood that the Princess had copied it with her i Clerk, ...
wished ' .1
awn hand, when she was informed that a host of at- I Mr. WHITI3READ to icnow if the Noble
torneys, and spies, and informers, and vermin, were I Lord persisted in this assertion ? as, in this case, he
again at work, thatthecarriOn evidence, solotig biltied, ' should move; " That the Noble Lord and he (him
was to be flung before the publi, and to offend the ge- I self) • should withdraws and let the klodse decide On
neral sense-.-that the Donglases were again sent for.--, the mode of proceedint!'
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truderthesetircumstances,couldshebeexpeetedtosend .. The SPEAKKR first It ißwed to bow froth the
itt He had himself heliithe late debate to be a verdict Noble Lord, if 1114 were his words t
of acquittal—a verdict in which all who had joined Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he saw nothing la
in that debate most entirely concurred. He had then the words.tO Ater.. .
naturally entertained the hope that her Royal High-I The SPEAKEIt—id Are that the wakds the Noble
Hess bad at length arrived at the period .when ,she , Lord employed ? . . ! .
might be permitted to leave her lonely state—that 4" LOrd CASTLEREAGH. t stated that unAi;
she sun was again shining upon her, and that she elle mask of defending the Princess of Wales, the
might now be received again by her Royal husband. lion. Ceetitlemltt had indelged himself id an Unfair,
Had this letter been sent, all might now have ,been . illiberal, and enitarliionentary perional attack on hilt
at rest. Unfortutsately, this had been rendered im- Royal Highness the Prince Regent. He had feteired
practicable, and he had only to lament, the disap. to the, chapter of 11 publication where his Royal
pointment of his wishes and intention,. s; Berne the Highness was spoken of,, and Said, that if' the Prin-
Representatives of the People of England, then," Fess of Wales was even .criminal; it must be the fault
exclaimed Mr. Whitbread, " I now defy the accu- of .she Prince Regent." . .
xis of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. I , Mr.., WHITBREAD said, if his eondutt hid
do.not pronounce her innocent, but I challenge them .been irregular he ottght to have been stopped at the
to prove her guilty; I call upon them to produce time; and sere be was, if he had Said any thing
their charges, and tb bring her Royal Higlineskao a derogatOry to the Crown, or the Representative of
public triai. She cannot prosecute—she has no hus- the Crown, be would have been called to order by
hand to prosecute for her L I have heard it said, that the.Cfrair: ~•t-she
she should leave the country. Alas! Sir, ii it for .. The SPEAKER said; the Noble Lord had a
innocence to fly I and where is It that she can retire ? right to proceed, or he must take the sense of the
Vhe is at once doubly unfortunate, for she is of the House. - . -
;milli eialted rank, and the most unprotected woman Lord CABTIAREAGH said, that hii objection
in the kingdom. Let us look at experience; let us to the Hon. Gentlernatei speech was, that it awas an
Consult our feelingi. She castle here to a high des- unfair attack upon •ari inaivichial in his absence.
tination, but on the hard condition that attaches to Mr. TIERNEY spoke to order. He wished to
female .'royalty ; she came, a foreigner, unknowing know if the Noble Lord persetered its what he had
and unknown, to meet the fate that might await her. Aid: If he meant to ray, diet froni the result and
Let Us remember what befel Carolina Mat Ida, the whole argument of his HOW. Friend's speeth he drew
lister of his piesent Majesty, who was unfortunately the inference he had stated, df course he had nothing
Married to a person unworthy Of her, the then King to say;* hula' he made the direct charge of such an
of Denivark. A conspiracy was formed in the Court attatk,:the House could not pass it over.. Did the
of that kingdom, which arose out of a struggle for Noble Lind re-assert his words ? • , ~. ~
peWer, and two individuals,. Brande and Struensee, Lord t ASTLEREAGH.-4 I state that, from '
were executed, as being crithinally connected with the whole emirse of the Hon. Gentleman's argu-
the Queen. The historian di those transactions', after ment, his speech seemed to be an attack of the de-
noticing the affliction of hii Majesty, obserCed, that . scription I have Mentioned." , . . .
ell was to be ascribed to the Want of Sir and ade- Mr. WHITBREAD.—"" If the Noble Lord says
queib tribunals in that country. The unhappy Ma- thil was his inference item my 'Speech, I deny bay.
tdda icing ht .her husband in Vainthrough armed men, ing meant any such thing. Does the Noble Lord
sand wodlid have found no protection but for the say , that such was the tendency of any words of
powerliil intercession Of . his Majesty. She was, by mine?"
these means, removed to Zell, in Hanover, where Lind CASTLEREAGH.-4 Ido not speak of
ibe died at.the age of 24, thevictiti of her sutler- words. Such le the inference I draw front the coons
iugs, and principally, as it had been said, Of grief it of the argument we ihave heard."
the separation from her children. The high legal The Noble Lord then continued. The Hon. ,
authorities in Denmark declared there was no legal Gentlemah had laid two Newspapers on the table,
Criminality in the Queen's conduct, and just so disci and proposed bringing the Printer and Publisher to
any Lord Eldon pronounce the legal innocence of the bar of the House, or rather having them prose-
the Princets of Wales. But these mysterious exa. cuted by the Attorney-General. Did he think such
minations still continue, and her Royal Highness a proceeding would have an 7 tendency to afford the
rinds, notwithstanding the boast of the historian, that wishedfor redress to the Princess of Wales t He'
there is even in this country no tribunal to which lamented as much as any man the disclosure of the
her guilt or innocence could be brouglt to issue. documents contained in those papers; but those who
She has, however, the consolation to know, that her begin this disclosure, whether in or out of doors, i
father, whose great heart, as it had been well said. were alone blameable. They all knew that those do-)
heist with sorrow at the downfall Of the .Prussian cuments were not in the hands of the States but ur
monarchy, had received all the papers relative to individuals, and would the House think it expedient
the Investigation of her conduct, and had ekpressed to take up two papers as the ground of a proceeding
his dying conviction of his daughter's innocence.— 'on this subject. Would the 'Hon. Gentleman, with
Her mother too was in this country equally satisfied, his knowledge of the Princess of Wales, think that
and to her bosom she might retire for solace in her she would be gratified or her situation improved by
solitude and afflictitn. She had but two surporters such a proceeding I He had given notice of a mo..
in the vindication of her character, her husband and tion for trying Lady Douglas, but finding insur-
the law. Would the House deprive her of the latter ? rpountable obstacles to that mode of proceedin ,
—(Near, hear, hear!)—The course he had taken was he had very wisely made his retreat. (A laugh).
open and direct, he had advised no threatening letters, —He was determined, however, to make his speec ,
be had at once appealed to the representatives of the and tor that purpose.had resorted to another motion.
people in her behalf. He did not wish to execute On the whole, he seemed unable to find out how he
justice on the memory of Mr. Perceval, but Lord should proceed, but in the meantime his speech must
Chancellor Eldor. was alive, and .on him he would still increase the agitation of the public mind. A
syll ugly execute justice, it he could.—(Hear, hear, great part of the Hon. Gentleman's speech had gone
hear !)—He should certainly abstain froth making to blame the conduct of the Commissioners, his ownl
the motion of which he had given notice, and ear- Noble and Learned Friends ; and he (Lord Castle.
nestly, hoped that a disposition similar to that which reagh) was surprised that an Hon. and Learned
he knew to exist on one side. might be evinced, for it Gentleman (Sir Samuel Rornilly) who assisted in
it was never too late on the other. The Hon. Mem. taking down the depositions before the Commis-
bcr having then caused a portion of the publications . sinners, had not remained in the House to justify the
on which6e had animadverted to be read, grounded conduct of his Noble Friends. (Hear, hear, hear.)—
.on it-a motion to the following effect : He could not have foreseen that that Learned Gen-
" That having seen with deep concern and indignation certain tleman would have. left Lord Ellenborough or my
publicatLons offeneive to decency and good morals, and which Lord Erskine in this helpless state, under so heavy
MR be eirresheippainful to the feelings of them high persons . a charge from the Honourable Gentleman. We,
interested, as well as to those of ,every good subject, that they (the present Cabinet) had been acctoed by the Hon.
did therefore, resolve, That an humble Address be presented to Gentleman of being inconsistent. The Honourable
it's Royal Highness tire Prince Regent, praying that he would be Gentleman has stated, said his Lordship, that I
have given a verbal acquittal of her Royal High-
grassiest), pleased to clinec proper means to be taken for the pur-
r** of bringing to justice alt persoos concerned, with a view to ness on this subject :—this I certainly did, as not
prevent the repetition and cCustinuance of such publications." having it in my power to do otherwise. lam not
Iced C4STLERE AMI could not persuade him- in a situation, as a Member of this House, to judge
ic of her guilt or innocence. As a Member of the
seal wet
, the Hon. Member intended they should re-
Cabinet I also gave my opinion from the evidence be-
surd the whole of h lis speech as an argument in sup-
fore me, and still adhere to it and contend, that that
art of the Motion with which be had just concluded. ! _t t
r opinion gave WAS not inconsistent with the Declare-
The Hon. Gentleman had recommended concliation, ,
tion of the Cabinet in 1807, to which I also axed
dint had the coniuct that had -bent followed by the
my name. 1 did not believe that opinion could be
advisers of the Princess of Wales a tendency to pro-
contradicted. My late opinion in the Cabinet respect-
ducethis eff2ct ? The Hon. Gentleman himself had
in g restricted intercourse, was not founded on any
made a disclosure in:Parlament,which, from the filse
idea of criminality, but in the expediency of the case.
impression it was calculated to give, required the dis- . with respect to the Duke of Portland's Cabinet, I
.closure of other documents. 'f wo letters from the WAS not called on to judge either of guilt or inno-
King had also been brought forward by those who
cence, lint merely to give my opinion from the do-
atiected to be in the viii teat of she Princess of
cements had before me. It is unfair to put to me
Wales ;all which publications gave no prod' of any
such questions as the Hon. Gentleman has done. I
desire to conciliate. He did agree with the Hon.
am not in a situation competent to judge, nor is the
Gentleman, that the interests of the Mouarchy itself
House in a situation competent to judge, eitbeaot
.were incurred in this qualm, and perhaps never more
innocence or guilt. Every individual, therefore, must
than in the course that was now proper to be taken.
.. Ibe pronounced innocent till found guilty (Rear, hear)
_lt Was evident that such a question led to sivecues



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