GENERAL HISTORY. 



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tothePrince Regent, praying that 

 a copy of the report to which her 

 royal highness had referred, be 

 laid before the House. 



Lord Castlereagh said, he would 

 not enter into details, which it was 

 inconsistent with his duty to ex- 

 plain, but he confidently denied 

 the charge of inconsistency that 

 had been madeagainst hinaself and 

 his colleagues. He then made 

 some severe remarks on the prin- 

 cess's letter, calling it an inflamed 

 statement of all the topics of griev- 

 ance that could be raked together 

 with a view of effecting the object 

 of her royal highness's advisers. 

 There were no additional restric- 

 tions imposed at this period that 

 could have warranted this letter. 

 It was not b)' any means just, to 

 -infer that any criminality was im- 

 puted to the princess ; for the se- 

 paration alone was sufficient to 

 justify the restraints, which should 

 be considered only as matters of 

 regulation arising out of that un- 

 fortunate circumstance. 



Sir Thomas Plumer made a few 

 observations in justification of 

 himself, but declined making any 

 communication of the advice he 

 had given to her royal highness. 

 Mr. Stuart Worthy said, he felt 

 warmly on the occasion as a man 

 of honour and a gentleman, but 

 could not vote either for the ori- 

 ginal motion, or the amendment. 

 It was not, however, the speech of 

 the noble lord which had induced 

 him to come to this determination, 

 for that had left the most material 

 points without any answer. The 

 hon. gentleman made some re- 

 marks on the reports of 1806 and 

 1807, the last of wiiich, he said, 

 was a ''.omplete acquittal as to 

 «»ery point, and ho much disap- 



proved of going back to the evi- 

 dence of 1806, to found a report 

 upon the regulations necessary to 

 govern the intercoursebetweenthe 

 princess and her daughter. He 

 concluded in the followingremark- 

 able manner. " He had as high no- 

 tions of royalty as any man, but he 

 must say that all such proceedings 

 contributed tppullit down. Hewas 

 very sorry we had a royal family 

 who did not take warning from 

 what was said and thought con- 

 cerning them. They seemed to 

 be the only persons in the country 

 who were wholly regardless of 

 their own welfare and respectabi- 

 lity. Hewould nothavethe Prince 

 Regent lay the flattering unction 

 to his soul, and think his conduct 

 would bear him harmless through 

 all these transactions. He said this 

 with no disrespect to him or his 

 family; no man was more attach- 

 ed to the House of Brunswick than 

 he was ; but had he a sister in the 

 same situation with her royal 

 highness the princess of Wales, he 

 would say that she was exceeding- 

 ly ill-treated." 



Mr. Ponsonhy spoke chiefly to 

 contradict the insinuation of the 

 noble lord, that the members of 

 opposition were concerned in the 

 publication of the princess's letter, 

 or the other proceedings in this 

 transaction. 



Mr, Wliithread, considering the 

 princess's reputation as now, by 

 the confession of all parties, placed 

 beyond imputation or reproach, 

 said he should not press his motion 

 to a division. 



Mr. Yorke requested Mr. C. 

 Johnstone to withdraw his motion ; 

 which the latter refused to do; and 

 the question being put, it was ne- 

 gatived without a divJaiuil. 



