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pose, however, it is not sufficient, seeing | tious? Is there here any attempt to thwart,

that the real meaning of the writer can be mistaken by no man,

exasperate, or traduce her husband? If she has caused fier complaint to he made public, from what has that arisen but from the refusal to listen to that complaint? Had her complaint been listened to, had she received redress, had she been permitted to see her child only once a week, we should never have seen the letter, because it is evident, that the letter never would have been written. With what justice, then, can she be charged with entering into the schemes of the factious for the purpose of thwarting, exasperating, and tra ducing her husband?

Now, then, my friend, what a pictare is here given! And, observe, that this picture is intended to be applied to that same lady, who, in 1795, was received in England as an Angel bringing with her blessings, not only for the present generation, but for generations yet to come! Her husband was described as the happiest of mortals in possessing such a treasure; and, in short, there were no expressions of praise that our language affords, which were not employed in the description of her person, her manners, and her mental The truth is, that being conscious of inendowments. For my part, I can know nocence, her forbearance is something wonnothing of the Princess's manners; but,derful; and, it is not less true, that any with the two pictures before me, and with longer forbearance must have made against a pretty good view of the circumstances un- her in the opinion of the world. That der which both were drawn, I can have no the Prince, now invested with kingly hesitation in believing the picture now powers, has a right to direct his daughgiven to be a most foul and base attempt to ter's education, we know very well; but, disseminate falsehood. I believe the cha- this does not mean, that the mother is to `racter of the Princess to be strongly mark-be shut out from free access to the child. ed with frankness and unreserve, but this, Her seeing her child could not have inter so far from a fault, is an amiable characte-rupted the course of her studies. I nevér ristic. More mischief is done by hypocri- yet heard, that a part of good bringing up sy, in a day, than by the want of caution consisted in excluding the mother from a in a life-time, sight of the child to be brought up. It is However, the cowardly writer (for cow-in vain to attempt to twist this prohibition ardice is the great characteristic of all the Princess's enemies) does not here venture to give countenance to the serious charges said to have been preferred against her Royal Highness. He charges her with caballing with her husband's enemies. Who are they? The persons who espoused her cause in the first instance are now her husband's ministers, chosen by himself. He chose them for his ministers after they had espoused her cause; after they had advised the King to restore her to court; and would he have chosen them, if he himself had not been convinced that she really was innocent of the things laid to her charge?

into a part of a system of education; for, the sole interpretation that it will admit of is that which the Princess has put upon it namely, that she is unfit to be trusted in the presence of her daughter; and this being so manifestly the case, I put to any man of a just mind, what must have been the conclusion, if the Princess had any longer forborne to complain? I put it to any man what he would have thought of her, if she had remained silent under such circumstances? Yet is she, by these base pandars of the press, charged with caballing and intriguing with her husband's enemies; she is charged with obtruding herself upon the public. They seem, really, to think her something less than a worm. Something that either has no feeling, or that ought to suppress every feeling the discavering of which is inconvenient to her hus band. This is a state to which no human being ought to be reduced; and, it is a state to which no man, worthy of the name, would wish to reduce any thing bearing the name of woman.

She is charged here with entering into the schemes of the factious, for the purpose of thwarting, exasperating, and traducing her husband. And, where is the proof of this? This charge, like all the others, is false. She complains to him in private, that she is not permitted to see her only child; she boldly asserts that there is no just cause for this severe affliction on her; and, her complaint not being attended to, she makes her letter public, in order that But, if it be part of a system of educathe world may not suppose, that the prohi-tion to exclude the mother from the child, bition is founded on any misconduct of her's. how comes it, that the Queen was never Is this entering into the schemes of the fac-shut out from her children? And how

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comes it, that she is not now shut out from the eye of the public, tacitly acknowledge her grand-child? Why is the grand-mo- herself in fault? The Prince, behold, is, ther more fit to have the care of the child by this writer, justified in excluding the than the mother herself? The writer, be- mother from the daughter, lest by allowfore quoted, whose malignity can be traced ing the intercourse, he should seem to con to only one source, expresses his fears of fess himself conscious of being wrong in liv the Princess Charlotte being initiated into ing in a state of separation from his wife. German manners. "What education,' "But, the mother, oh! she is to hold her says he, "does the young PRINCESS re- tongue, she is even to shun the light, she "quire? Is it lessons in German morality? is to look no one in the face, she is to do "Are we not sufficiently Germanized? nothing to convince the world, that she is "Must we Germanize our females in man- not in the wrong; she, though innocent, is "ners as our fops are Germanized in dress? to act the part of an acknowledged criminal; "What should we do; set the example and, because she does not do so, she is to "before the young PRINCESS of a dutiful be called an undutiful wife! She has now, "wife, or of one who could go repeatedly it seems, "endangered the raising of the "to the Opera, where she was applauded in public indignation against her husband." "reproach of her husband, and he was And how? Only by publishing her ap"hissed in her praise: of one who can en-peal to himself. That is all she has done. "danger the raising of the public indigna- She has complained to him of her treat"lion against him, on grounds so shallow ment; and, if the publishing of this.com66 as those of the letter in question? Un-plaint exposes him to the danger here "fortunately the PRINCE and PRINCESS spoken of, she is not to blame; or, if she "live separately, on the worst terms. be, so is every man who makes known to "This state of things can only have arisen the public any grievance under which he "from what the PRINCE thinks sufficient labours. If her complaint, as contained in ་ cause, and to give up the government of her letter, be well founded, it will and it "his child to a Person whose conduct he ought to produce an effect in the public himself impeaches, would be to confess mind; if it be ill-founded, let it be answered; himself conscious of being wrong, of be- let it be shown to be ill-founded. She ing highly criminal in living separately makes certain assertions. She says, that "from the Mother." perjured and SUBORNED accusers have Now, if there be danger in German man- been brought against her; she says, that ners, why are so many Germans introduced she has been fully acquitted of all the into our army, and why have they, in Eng- charges preferred by them; she says, that, land, the command even of English troops? if any one is still wicked enough to whisper But, why was not this perceived when the suspicions against her, she wishes for a fresh marriage took place? Did not the Prince inquiry. And, what answer has been given and the King know, that the Princess was to this? Base insinuations only, by anoa German woman? Nay, is not the Queen, nymous writers. This answer will not sathe King's wife and the Prince's mother, atisfy the world; this is not the way to anGerman woman? And yet, behold, this swer a serious complaint, signed with the man can discover no danger in her manners complainant's name. or precepts. Is the Queen less a Gerinan, Much has been said about the Princess is she less a foreigner, than the Princess? having acted under bad advice; and it has To what miserable shifts are these assailants been frequently stated, that she would have of her Royal Highness driven! Nothing cause to repent of what has been called her more clearly shows the weakness, the mi- rashness. The news-papers have been fillserable weakness, of their cause. ed with accounts of great councils of state But, the Princess is here called an un-held upon the subject of her letter; and of dutiful wife. And why, because she was, depositions and examinations, taken before it is here said, applauded at the Opera in magistrates. But, still, we see no answer reproach of her husband. How was she to the bold and distinct assertions of her into blame for that, or for the hisses, which nocence; and, I say again, that those ashe is here said to have received in her sertions are not to be answered by hints and praise ? She had not the power to restrain insinuations of anonymous writers of paraeither the applauses or the hisses; and, as graphs. In my conception of it, there neto going to the Opera, was she to refrain ver was a plainer case. The limitation of from doing that because she was separated the Princess's visits to her daughter must from her husband, and thus, by shunning rest for defence upon some ground of com

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plaint against herself. This all the world" House, I felt it to be due to the respect will allow. Indeed, this is allowed on all" which I owe to Ilcr Royal Highness as hands. Well, then, she positively asserts, well as to the House, not to take any step that there is no ground of complaint against" on the receipt of it until I had fully as herself, and, if any one suspects that there" certained its authenticity. I hope that is, she challenges fresh inquiry into her conduct. This challenge remains hitherto unanswered; and, until some sort of authentic answer be given to it, she may safely rest her case where it is.

so far I shall not be considered as having "failed in the discharge of the trust re "posed in me, or as having shown a dispo "sition to interpose unnecessary impedi "ments in the way of any persons who "might wish to lay their cases before this I am now enabled to state to Her" the House, that the Letter which I re"ceived yesterday was authentic; and "with the leave of the House I will read

"received from Her Royal Highness, en"closing a dated duplicate of Her Royal Highness's original communication.--Is "it the pleasure of the House that these Letters should be read!(General cries of Read, read!)

The SPEAKER then read the Envelope, and the original Letter. They were in substance as follow:

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Before I conclude, I cannot refrain from expressing my hope, that the Princess will" House. not resort to lawyers as advisers. case is too plain to require, or admit of, the use of subtlety. I am far from supposing, that the gentlemen of the bar are," to them a Letter which I have this day in the smallest degree, less honest, and they must necessarily be more acute and discriminating, than the mass of men. But with full as much honesty as other men, and with greater faculties of judging rightly" than fall to the lot of men in general, they are by no means to be preferred where politics, or political power, may intermix themselves with the matters in question. Other men are exposed to but the one old, vulgar species of temptation, the yielding to which becomes visible at once to all eyes; but, the Devil has in this country, at least, such a choice of baits when fishing" for a lawyer; he has them of so many sizes, adapted to such a variety of swallows and of tastes, and has, in every case, such ready means of neatly hiding his hook," that, when he chooses to set in earnest about it, I am much afraid, that very few of these gentlemen escape him.

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ENVELOPE.

"Montague House, Blackheath, "March 2, 1813.

"The Princess of Wales, by her own desire, as well as by the advice of her Counsellors, did yesterday transmit to "Mr. Speaker, a Letter which she was "anxious should have been read, without delay, to the House of Commons, and which she requests may be read to the "House this very day; for which purpose "Her Royal Highness encloses a dupli"cate."

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"of the charge, yet as Her Royal High- | it has been that of a sensible, à brave, and ❝ucss is conscious of no offence, she feels an innocent woman. All the world must "it due to herself, to the illustrious Houses say this, and all the world will say it."to which she lis connected by blood and "This very day," says she, "I request "marriage, and to the people among whom" that my Letter may be read to the " House." And, I dare say, that she was very much surprised, that it had not been read to the House the day before. The Speaker certainly knew what he was about; but, for my part, I can see no harm that could have arisen from his telling the House, at the moment he received it, that he had received such a Letter. He might, I should have thought, have verified the authenticity of the Letter after he had informed the House of the receipt of it as well as before he gave that information.

"she holds so distinguished rank, not to
66 acquiesce for a single moment in any im-
86 putation affecting her honour.The
"Princess of Wales has not been permit-
❝ted to know on what evidence the Mem-
"bers of the Privy Council proceeded in
their investigation; nor has Her Royal
"Highness been allowed to be heard in her
own defence. She knew only by com-
"mon rumour that such an inquiry had
"been instituted, until the result was com
"municated to her in the form of the Re-
66 port. She knows not whether she is to
"consider the Members of the Privy Coun-
cil by whom her conduct has been in-
quired into, as a body, to whom she
"would be authorized to apply for redress,
or in their individual capacity, as per-
sons selected to make the Report on her
"conduct. The Princess of Wales is,
"therefore, compelled to throw herself on
"the wisdom and justice of Parliament.
and she earnestly desires a full investiga-
"tion of her conduct during the whole pe-
"riod of her residence in this country. Her
Royal Highness fears no scrutiny, however
"strict, provided it be conducted by im-
"" partial Judges, and in a fair and open
"manner; according to law.It is Her
"Royal Highness's wish either to be treat-
❝ed as innocent, or to be proved guilty.
"Her Royal Highness desires that
"this Letter may be communicated to the
"House of Commons."

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-However, I suppose, I may be wrong in my view of this matter, the Speaker being a man of such great learning and experience.- -As to the Princess's Letter to the Speaker, it requires no comment. It is so plain; its sentiments are so just; it is so unquestionably excellent in all its parts, that it will stand in need of nothing to set off in the eyes of the world.-But, where will the base panders of the press, who have calumniated her Royal Highness (for ends too evident to mention); these caterers to all the low, filthy, cowardly feelings; where will these wretches now hide their heads?

OFFICIAL PAPERS.

NORTHERN WAR.
(Continued from page 288.)

lery, were obliged to conclude the agree
ment of becoming neutral, Macdonald find-
ing himself separated from the Prussians,
determined on making a speedy retreat
with the remainder of his troops. The
cavalry pursued him vigorously, and on the
first day took several Officers, and about
800 men of the lower ranks prísóners.
Count Wittgenstein having, in the mean-
while, obtained intelligence that the ene-
my's troops, which had been in Dantzic,
were marching to Taplaken and Wehlaw,
probably with intent to strengthen Macdo-

The Honourable House seemed to have been posed by this communication; for the reporter states, that an awful silence of some minutes ensued. Mr. WHITBREAD then asked the ministers what they had to say upon it; and he was answered by Lord CASTLEREAGH (you know that name, my friend), that, as Mr. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE had given notice of a motion, on the subject of the Princess, for the 4th, he did not think it necessary now to say any thing upon what had taken place.The matter was then dropped; but, before this reaches the public eye, it will, doubt-nald or to cover his retreat, he turned with less, have been revived, and that revival will, I dare say, lead to a complete developement of all the circumstances eonnected with this most important matter. -In the mean while, it is impossible for me to withhold my tribute of applause of the Princess's conduct in this emergency:

his corps against them, and LieutenantGeneral Count Stenheil was, on the 22d Dec. (3d Jan.) already in Taplaken and Wehlaw. He likewise sent a strong party. of cavalry into the low country behind Koningsberg, and towards Elbing, for the purpose of depriving the enemy of all means.

of collecting provisions; as, according to accounts received, he is driving in corn of different kinds. Admiral Tchichagoff states, that on the 22d (3d Jan.) his headmost troops entered into Insterburg. LieutenantGeneral Tschaplit's vanguard entered Gumbinnen; and Major-General Count Woronzow marched into Memersdorff.-Lieutenant-General Tschaplitz informs, that Major-General Count Oruk was, on his entrance into the village of Stalupenen, received by the inhabitants with undissembled joy and transport; they all unanimously exclaimed, "May the Emperor Alexander be the protector of the innocent suffering nation!" and immediately went to procure provisions and forage for our troops.

Dec. 25 (Jan. 6.)-Adjutant-General Wassiltchikoff reports, under date the 21st Dec. (Jan. 2), that according to certain intelligence obtained from the inhabitants, the whole French army has passed through Insterburg on its retreat; there was not at that time left of the whole French Guards more than 1500 men. The 27th Dec. (Jan. 8), General Count Wittgenstein reports, under date of the 25th inst. (Jan. 6), that his vanguard, under the command of Major-General Schepileff, on the 23d (Jan. 4), came up with the enemy near Labrau, where they had taken an advantageous position, and defended themselves obstinately. The battle continued till noon, and after they were driven out of their position they retired towards Koningsberg, into which place Major-General Schepileff's vanguard was carried on their shoulders. The enemy lost three pieces of cannon in this engagement, and had several Officers, and about 300 men of inferior rank, made prisoners. Major-General Schepileff took possession of Koningsberg with the vanguard of the army, in the night of the 23d (Jan. 5.) His Majesty the Emperor's head-quarters, and those of the Field-Marshal, were on that day in the village of Orany.

night, took advantage of every step he made for his retreat. On the 23d of this month (Jan. 4), at two o'clock after midnight, Col. Riedeger, with the Cossacks before mentioned, pushed vigorously forward, and after an obstinate fire of musketry, entered on the enemy's shoulders into the city; in which about 1300 men were made prisoners.-The celerity with which our troops forced their way into the city, obliged the enemy, besides this to leave about eight thousand of his exhausted troops behind him, and to sink about 30 pieces of artillery, with the cartridge-boxes, which belonged to the besieging train that was in Courland, and which the inhabitants are now employed in getting out. Besides this several Russian staff and other officers and privates who had at different times been made prisoners were again restored to liberty, and a considerable quantity of provisions and forage were likewise found in the magazines. After taking possession of " the city, Colonel Riedeger again set out with the aforesaid cavalry, without making the least delay, in pursuit of the enemy. In the course of our pursuit of the enemy from Tilsit to Koningsberg, and after taking possession of the city, he has lost 51 pieces of cannon in the whole. Adjutant-General Wassiltchikoff states, under date the 24th instant (Jan. 5), that the Austrian troops, after strengthening their advanced posts, had drawn themselves towards Warsaw. The head-quarters of his Majesty the Emperor and of the Field-Marshal arrived this day in the village of Meretsh."

Wilna, Dec. 30 (Jan. 11.)—-On the day before his Majesty the Emperor's departure from this place, namely, on the 25th Dec. (Jan. 6), the following Order was issued from his Imperial Majesty to the troops: "SOLDIERS! Your valour and perseverance have been rewarded, by a renown which will never die among posterity: your names and deeds will pass from mouth to mouth, from your sons to "Dec. 28 (Jan. 9.)-Gen. Count Witt- your grandchildren and great grand chil genstein reports, under date the 26th inst. dren, to the latest posterity. -Praise be (Jan. 7), in completion of his former state- to the Most High! The hand of the Lord ment, concerning the taking possession of is with us, and will not forsake us. Althe city of Koningsberg, that the enemy were ready there remains not a single enemy on driven out of that city by the four regiments the face of our country. You have reached of Cossacks, viz. that of Major-Gen. Radis- the borders of the Empire over their dead nov, of Lieut.-Col. Tschernisubow, of Major bodies and bones. It still remains for you Tschtschilen, and of Major Selewanow-to go forward over the same, not to make all under the command of Col. Riedeger. They had observed the enemy's movements from the commencement of the evening, and notwithstanding the darkness of the

conquests, or to carry the war into the countries of our neighbours, but to obtain a wished-for and solid peace. You go to procure rest for yourselves, and freedom

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