Star.
London, England, 1813-03-17 00:00:00

1, Mind, ad wipe tier eyes3s"Wil7W &VI; ia
4. Went into the drawing-room,"
I do solemnly, and upon any oath dmlare, that
the said passage is a vile and wicked ini4entinff ; that
it is Wholly and absolutely false; that it. is impossible
he eversould have seen in the reflection of Any glass
any such thing, as I never upon any occasion, 'or in
any situation, bad the presumption to sahtte her Royal
Highness in any such manner, or to tale any such
liberty, or offer any such insult to her person. Afid
having had read to the another passage horn the same
copy of the same deposition, in which the said Ro-
bert Bidgood says—.
44 I suspected that Captain Manbt slept frequently
44 in the house; it was a•Subject of enniersation in the
44 house : hints were giiven to the serviints : and I be-
" lieve that others sitkpegied it as well as myself :"
I solemnly swear that such suspicion is wholly un-
founded, and that I never did at Montague-house,
:i.mthend, Ramsgate, East Cliff, or any where else,
ever sleep in any house occupied by„ or belonging to
'rer Royal Highness the Princess of Wales ; and that
there never did any thing pass between her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales and myself, tb,at I
should be in any degree unwilling that all the world
should have seen. (Signed) THOMAS MANBY.
Sworn at the Public Office, Hatton-Garden, London,
the 22d day of Sept. lbo6, before me,
(Signed) THOMAS LEACH.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1819.

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Having laid before our Readers g complete al%
stract of the series of charges against Her Royal
Highness the Princess of WALES, we have, in justice
to her Royal Highness, also given an abstract of her
Defence. To notice all the virulence, detraction, and
malice, which have disgraced the columns of some
of our contemporaries, in the course of this discus-
sion, would answer no good purpose ; but every thing
that may tend to throw light oti the influence which
this investigation may have had, directly or indi
rectly, upon the affairs of the nation, is deserving of
notice; and we have, therefore, felt ourselves called
upon to lay before our Readers the following obser.
vations, which appeared this day in the Morning
Chronicle, relative to the enquiry into the conduct of
her Royal Highness :
" We have hitherto (says the Editor) withheld all
opinion on the case, because the matter was not be-
fore the Public : but the same reason does not now•
exist; and we have no hesitation in saying, that on a
careful perusal of the documents, long ago, we per-
fectly coincided with the tour Commissioners and the
Cabinet of 180 G, in the Judgment ciey gave on the
evidence, and on their humble recommendation to
his Majesty to close the whole by a gracious and pa-
ternal aJmoniiion of the Princess. There, in our
mind, the whole affair should have rested; and there
it would have rested, but that Mr. PERCEV AL and hi-
coadjutors rook it up, as an engine of persoltal !mei.
lity to Ministers, and as a ladder to power. Thi
may hereafter become more apparent than it now is;
but we request oil- Readers to refer To a letter whic'
the legal advisers of the Princess penned for her, ant
which was addreased to the King, on the 4th o,
March, l8(7, just at the moment when Mr. PEACE-
' VAL had his Book ready for publication.
" The letter itself was inserted in this, and all th:
I other papers of yesterday. It was a threatening lam
to the KING, in which the PutNcEss was advised 0
tell him, that if her demand was not instantly com-
plied with, she would publish the whole to the work.
..44 Your Majesty, therefore, will not be surprised try
find that the publication of the proceedings alludeo
to will not be withheld beyond Monday next." I•
• there any thing in the publication of the Pauccess's
• recent letter to the PRINVE REGENT, to be compared
to this ? But this was not all—just at this time Lord
ELDON intimated to the L-IRD CHANCELLOR ( ERSKINE)
' his desire to have an audience of the KING, on the
PRINCESS'S affairs ; and he went to Windsor accord-
! ingly. What argument the Noble and Learned Lord
used on the occasion may hereafter transpire; but it
is believed, that at that conference the change of Mi-
nistry was determined on.
" On the notice of Mr. WHITBREAD we presume
to say a few words. We suspect that a prosecution
for perjury against Sir JOHN and Lady DOUGLAS
could nc: be maintained. A person cannot be prose-
cuted for perjury on account of an oath taken before
a Grand Jury, appointed to find a bill ; nor before
Privy Councillors, inquiring into charges of treason.
Issue must be joined, and the oath taken pending the
cause. We believe that was the opinion of the AT-
TORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENERAL at the time.

They might be tried for a filt/, by indictment
or information ; but what would this produce ? Cer-
tainly no benefit to the PRINCESS ; for no prosecutor
c.in derive benefit from a criminal prosecution for
libel, as now conducted, since the Defendant is not
allowed to justify, and malice may be found in stating
the truth.

4, There is a third course, and that is a prosecution
for a conspiracy. Lady DOUGLAS brought forward
her servants, LAMPERT and his wife, to corroborate
what she said respecting the proceedings at the
Round Tower. Against this kind of prosecution we
do not know that any objection can be started."
We agree in opinion with the Morning Chronicle re-
specting,the mode of prosecution which seems best
suited to the case of Lady DOLMAS f but this is the'

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gtve the abOve extract: •
If we undeiitand the drift of the the
Editor means to say, that the dismissal of the Giusti-
vttLx administration is to be isciibetKriothing con-
nected directly with the question of Catholic Emanci-
pation, whatever influence that question might indi-
rectly have had in recommending the measure ! We
may have mistaken the intention and scope of the ar-
ticle btit our Readers can determine this point for
themselves; having the statement before diem.
But curious as this fact may be in itself, we have a
more powerful motive for haviiis given die above
extract. The Editor,says-" We have no hesitation
s, in saying, that on a careful perusal of the Docu:
ments, long ago, we perfectly coincided with the
" four Commissioners, and the Cabinet of 1806, in
" the Judgment they gave on the evidence, and in
their humble recommendation to his Mgjesty to dote the
" *thole by a gracious and paternal admonition of the
" Princes: !! !"

We should fail in the duty we owe to sound mo-
rals, to Justice, to our Country, were we to disguise
our sentiments respecting this humble recommenda-
tion to his Majesty." To this gi humble," this wise
advice to his Majesty, are we indebted for the foul
inundation that has overwhelmed the country, and
which in its consequences will be productive of incal-
culable evil.

The documents are now before the public. Can
any person of a sound mind, of inflexible integrity
of principle, discover in it, " on a careful perusal,"
any evidence, we shall not say of guilt as to the main
charges, but of indiscretion or even of levity, in the
conduct of the Princess of WALES? Is there a woman
in England who could 'nave passed SUCH an ordeal
with' a more unsullied reputation ? On what prin-
ciple then was it recommended to his MAJESTY to
admonish her ROYAL HIGHNESS! The common adage.
that " admonition can never be unseasonable" is
here proved to be founded in error. An admonition
to a person accused of crime, without a shadow of
evidence, amounts to an insult ; and in such circum-
stances to advise such an admonition' is to recom-
mend slander, and the infliction of a stigma upon
Innocence!

What man, what woman, in England, would bear
with such an indignity ? An admonition, itid no
evidence on which to ground it: What inferedce
could the public draw from it ? a foul cne ! a false
one—highly injuridus to the character of a high in-
dividual, which can►ibt beat a stain without an injury
to the whole community.

To our weak intellects there appears to baie been
a lamentable want of energy, firmticss, and dignity,
in the advice that was given to his MansTv. The
PERCEVAL Administration is accused of having made
the investigation a ladder to step into power. Perhaps
they did i—this we shall not enquire into at present.
—But this we do affirm, that if Lord ELDON and
Mr. PERCEVAL succeeded in sbewing to the KING
that the advice on which his MAJESTY acted in giving
in admonition to OA! Plum= -under such circum.
Lances, was iniproper, they concurred in opinion
with the great majority of the people of England.
Whether their own conduct was Iree_from blame, re-
,pecting this business, after they got into power, is a
question un which there may be a diversity of opi-
nions ; but our own conviction is, that they failed in
rendering that prompt justice which was due to her
Royal Highne,s. Why was a character so dear to
the country, suffered to lie so long under a shade
Many teasons.might be allegedand many will be
,uggested to the mind of every unprejudiced persorr

who reads the evidence with care, and cautiously
weighs all the circumstances connectcd with the case.

Yesterday the Princess CHARLOTTE took an airing
in her chariot in Hyde Park. At five o'clock her
Royal Highness returned to Warwick House to dinner.
Yesterday morning the PRINCE REortur gave an
audience to the Earl of LIVERPOOL. Sdon after one
o'clock the Noble Earl left Carlton House, to attend
a Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office, in bowl-
ing-street, which sat till past six o'clock. After the
breaking-up of the Council, the Earl of LIVERPOOL
had a long conference with Viscount CASTLEREAGH.
Soon after, Viscount CASTLEREAGH went to Carlton
House, to communicate to the PRINCE the result of
the deliberations of the Cabinet Ministers.

His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE re-
turned to town yesterday from Bushy (where he went
on Saturday), after dining with his Highness the
Duke Of GLOUCESTER.

Mrs. JORDAN last 'nights at Covent-Garden Thea-
tre, repeated her favourite character of Mils Peggy,
in The Country Girl, with her wonted vivacity and
spirit, and drew peals of the most rapturous applause,
from a brilliant and crowded audience.

The Opera•house, from a variety of causes, was
not opened last night.
We understand that Captain LEUTKINS, of the
Danish Navy, whose arrival in London from Copen-
hagen with Proposals for Peace is already known to
our Readers, is now on his return to Denmark, with
assurances, on the part of the British Government,
of the most amicable dispositions on the part of
Great Britain ; at the same time, declining to nego-
ciate except in concert with our Allies, the Russians
and Swedes.

The precise day on which the Russiars occupied
Berlin is not known. It seems likely, however, that
they came op in such force, on or about the 24th ult.
AS to compel the French to maEe a precipitate retreat.
Indeed it is stated, in letters trom Gottenburgh, that
they were pursued through the Lowit towards the Elbe
ou that day.

It is reported aiat the German Legion. will Fe.'
again, employed in Hanover, and that the Duke of
Casimir= is about to proceed to that.countrfat their
head. We hiie reason to believe that an expedition,
of it similar description, will be undertaken by the
Duke of BRUNSWICK and the gallant body of men
Which goes by his name.
When our letters left Lisbon and the army, nothing
was heard but the din and busy preparation for the en-
suing campaign.. The Grande Lorde, as Lord Wet
LINOToN is used in Portugal, alas straining every'
nerve to bring up guns, get the cavalry in order, and
the infantry clothed; so as to be able to get imme.
diitely into the geld: The report of deserters stated,
that the enemy are committing horrible depredations
on their friends as well as foes, and every thing so
much indicated their departure, that it was said Sir
ROWLAND Hu.,. had received orders to advance with
the second divis;on. Those two excellent regiments,
the two German Hussars, who are in 'order, and on
the advance, were likewise to move.
A few days ago, a party of French, who cams
down marauding and ventured as f:r as St. Felices,
were scattered by a party of the Spanish' corps, for.
merly Don CaaLos's, now commanded by en ner4l
O'Crkaaota.. Don JuLIAN's corps is in the moun-
, .
tams, and communicates between Sir ROWLAND
HILL'S army and the two German Hussar regiments
who are in adv.-nice.

The lull, Hussars have landed at Lisbon, and
shared in the gaee and applause of the populace there,
as well as the other fine regiment, of that noble bri-
gade: They were all preparing for service, and to
follow up the country the brigade of Household
troops: it was commanded f,r the time by Sir ROBERT
HILL, the brother of Sir RusetAtto ; hut it was sup-
posed that the command would be confided to that
excellent Officer Colonel ELLaY, who is senior to Sir
ROBERT.