The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-20

and, in January 1906 soon after the informa
ton was i'll the hands of the prince, Pitt di-
ed. His death was followed by the ous,;ny
OF his set, and lord Eldon who was lord
chancellor, lord Castlereagh, Mr.. Canning.
lord Camdsn, and others. went out Of place.
and, IN the usual way. formed the ohEositi-
on ia Mr.. Fox, 'crd Grenvi!e, lord Grey.
lord Erskine, ahd others, who came inio
power. and who, from a-trick of party. were
called Me quhiy administration.
IBIS change, YOU Will observe, took place
IN 1906, and in the month OF February, and
II brought into the possession OF long sought
power, those persons who had always been
regarded, and. indeed, called lhc ,arince,,
friends and. you will observe. from the
words OF the kings warrant. that lord Frs
Kline. who was now become herd chancellor,
and who had been the chancelior of the
Priuce. laid before the king the abstract of
those declarations against the princess.
upon which the King founded has warrant
tor the enquiry. | do not meotion those
clrcrn stances ter the purpose OF raising in
your mind suspicion, that the Dfiace would
not have made the appeal had his friends
not been in power, because I believe he.
wouid-but,l mention them for the psr-
pose OF showing you the true state ofall the
PartiesT resardto each other. s. also for
the purpose OF preparing your mind for the
have arisen since The regency was established
in the person of the prince.
Amongst those who were ousted by the
death OF PITT was bis attorney general
RcEvAL, who at the change, became.
OF course, member of TIE opposition to
the wings. who, as l observed before, were
also denomlnased the ttrincc,s friends. 1t
was therefore, moi unnatural for the prin-
cess, when the four lords had made their
report respecting her, to look to Mr. Perce-
val as an adviser.--Shs did so, and as you
will soon see, he was man who knew low
to manage such a Concern to the greatest
advantage.
Nothing could be more reasonable. no-
thlng more fair, nothing more lust than
TINS bntthc king, who seems, through the
whole OF the transactions. to have acted the
part OF an impartial Judge as we'll as of a
considerate and Kind parent, was hamper
ed by the previous decision of the four
lords which left a stain upon the prncess's
cnaracter: In this emergency he did what
KING OF England ought to do. He refer
red the letters of the princess to his consti
entioHai advisers. the ministers and babe
mem, after perusing and considering ali
tnat the princess had TO say, give him their
opinion and advice as to the course. hn
ought to pursue,
The minister's Ghe wings you will OBJ
serve) appear TO have been greatly puzzled
open this occasion. They were involved
IN dilemma, out of which 1t was imDossi
BILE tor them to get. They were COMPELLED (
either to advise the king TO suffer the prin- /
cess I'd Come to court, or nai-;o suffer her !
TO come to court. IT the latter, they ran
the risk OF all the dangers of an open ex- /
Hosure OF all that has now been exposed. |
ihey ran the risk OF the publication of la
ay OouSias's statement and deposition of |
M. Edneade sdeposition; and of all Che
other depositIohs, proving so clearly what
nad oeen going on against the princess
put On tie other hand, if they advised the ,
sing TO receive the princess at court. what |
would that advice have amounted TO with |
regard to the Judgment of the four lords. |
who had made the report OF 14,h July,
lSO9, and who were four out of the eleven
members OF the cabinet, not forgetting that !
earl Mora was a fifth |
Id TINS dilemma the ministers In cnbiuet |
Council assembled, took a course WHICH
generally, If net always, proves fatal to |
tnose VINO pursue it; that is to say, q mid |
dLe course and, on the 25th of Iaruarv. |
tooI, after long and repeated deliberations, |
ialo oei0re the king the result in the follow |
ing minute, which you will read with great |
attention, seeing that it has, as you will |
see, been productive of very important con- |
sequences not only to this country but to !
all those countries which have been affect.
ed by the measures Of our cabinet.
HaVlng got possession of all the docu- |
ments relating to so important an affair, |
the hrst thing that was done, was through
the medium OF correspondence between
the princess and the lord chancellor Frs.
kihe' 10 obtain Ueriffcation of the report, |
me warrant, the statement of facts Of lady |
Douglas, the several dispositions, and exa-
limitations, which you will find subioined to I
thiS letter his being done, the lawyer!
MAO materials to work upon and, under his !
advice, tie princess addressed two letters
TO me king, which letters shall hereafter
publish, and in which letters she defended
herSeit, made observations on the Conduct
of her accusers and the other parties con-
cerned, aad called upon the king to restore |
Her 10 ms presence at court, frosA which |
SINCE the making the complaint against
her, she had been kept.
The addressing of thesc letters toth-
k'ng, took place, as you viii see by the date.
during the summer ard autumn of 1906
he report ct the fou- lords was made 10
me kinS on The l4th of July in that year
inc princess did not receive copy of it, as
You ~iii see, Tor some time from the lime
SHE DID receive that copy, the Continued
W'uag to The King to the dare of his letter
OF "e "a October, 1906, Concluding with
DER prayer 10 Ie reSfOrcd 10 his 6rescnre -,
19"rf, and thus 10 be cleared in the ewes oil
the world. Thus were materials fer tLr b.oL
eFeryday, up 20 this time. iDcrsacf,g l., ,l,..