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THE ROYAL FAMILY:

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COM Of letter .trom her Royal Hyh.
ness the Princess Of Wales TO his Rov.
al Highness the Prince Regent:
"S,R-It is with great reluctance |
pres me TO obtrude myself upon YOUR
ROYAL Highness, and to sslicl, your at.
,cntion to matters which may, at FIRST,
appear rather Of a personal than public
nature. Icould think them so-if the,
related merely to myself should ab.
stain from proceeding which might
give unsasiness, or interrup. the more
weighty occupations of your RoyaltIigh.
nesSs time. | should continue, in 81.
lencc & retirement, to lead rhe life which
has been prescribed 10 me, and console
myself fsr The loss Oh llat society & those
domestic comforts to which have been
So long stranger, by the rejection that
1t has been deemed props! | should
be afflicted without any fault 4 my own
and that your Royal Hisiness know.
it.
"But, Sir, there are considerations Of
a higher nature than any regsra 10 my
own happincss,whlch render this address
a duty both to myself and my daughter
May I venture to say uuty also 30 Try
husband, and Tue people cotnmi,ed IL
his care There is polpt bcvond witch
a guiltIess woman cannct With safely Car
~ her fofbearagce. If her ;IsTor IS in.
vaded, the defence Of ner rcpGceuol i,
no longer matter of choice; aad !, ~s'
niies not whether The attack DC male
openly, nanfully and director by So
cret insinuation, aud by holding suoa
conduct towards her as countenances al
the suspicious that malice can suggest.
If these ought to be the feelings oferc;y
woman in England who is consclou: thai
she deserves no reproach, your Roysi
Highness has too sound Judgment, and
too nice sense of honor, not TO perceive
how much more Justly they belong TO
the neither of your daughter-thc mo.
Their of her who is destined, | trust, st
very distant period, to reign over the Bri-
fish Empire.
st may be known to your Royal
Highness, that during the continuance
of the restrictions upon yourroyal au,ho.
rity, purpose,y RETAINED from making
any representations which might then
augment the painful duties of your ex.
allied station. At the expiration Of the
restrictions, still was inclined to delay
taking this step, in the hope that nisht
owe the redress sought to your era
cious and unsolicited condc.cension.
have waited, in the fond indulgence Of
this expectation, until, to my incxprcssi-
bic modification, find that my unwil.
lingness to complain, has only produced
fresh grounds q complaint; and am at
length compelled, either to abandon all
regard for the TWO dearest objects / pos
sess on earth, mine own honor, and my
beloved child; or to throw myself at the
fee, of your Royal Highness, the natural
protector of both.
al presume, Sir, to represent to your
Royal Highncss, that the separation
which every succeeding month is max
ing wider, of the mother and the daugh.
ter, is equally injurious to my character.
and to her education. l say nothing CT
the deep wounds which SO cruel AN ar.
rangenent inflicts upon my feelings, al
though I would fain hope that few per.
sons will be found Of a disposition to
think lightly of these. To see myself
cut off from one of the very few domes-
tic enjoyments lett me-certsinly the on
ly one upon which set any value, the
society of my child, involves me in such
misery, as well know your Royal High
ness could Dever inflict upon me, if you
were aware of its bitterness. Our in
tercourse has been gradually diminish
ed. A single interview weekly seemed
sufficiently hard allowance for a mo-
theirs affections. That, however, was
reduced 10 our meeting once fortnight;
and / now learn, that even this most ri
gorous introduction is to be still more
rigidly enforced
But while do not venture to IN
lrude my feelings as a Mother upon
your Royal Highness's notice, / must be
allowed to say that in the eyes of an OBJ
serving and jealous world, this separa-
ton of Daughter from her Mother,
will only admit of one constructions
construction fatal to the Mothers repu.
tation. Your Royal Highness will also
pardon me for adding, that there is no
less inconsistency than injustice in this
treatment. He who dares advise your
RoyalHighness to overlook the evidence
of my innocence, and disregard the sen.
tence OF complete acquittal which it pro-
duced,-or is wicked and false enough
still to Whisper suspicious in your ear,
betrays his duty to you, Sir, to your
Daughter, and to your People, if he
counsels you to permit day to pass
without a further investigation of my
conduct. ! knew that no such calumnl-
ator will venture to recommend mea'