often deserted by those, who, before, were proud to be thought her friends. This is applicable to every woman living separately from her husband; and, though that state of separation may not have been owing to any fault of her's, malice is always upon the watch to catch hold of something capable of being tortured to the disadvantage of a party so defenceless; and then, at once, she is blamed for the past as well as the present. If such be the custom of the world, it would have been surprising indeed, if no attempt had been made to cast a slur upon the character of her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. It would have been surprising indeed, if no busy slave, no caitiff parasite, had conceived the idea of hatching insinuations against her, and thereby enriching himself. Accord

pare assignals to Bank Notes, I shall now leave the reader to judge.- -I know it may be said, and, perhaps, Mr. Perceval will say: "Well! suppose there is a re"semblance; and suppose that the Bank "Notes should follow the fate of the assig"nats? What then? The fall of the as"signats has not made France weaker than "she was before; it has not ruined the 66 people of France, who are more great "than ever."Very true, and, I believe, better fed and clothed and more happy. But, there is this little consideration; that, the old government was destroyed, and property pretty generally changed hands. All the fundholders, without exception, were ruined, and all the Bankers and most of the Merchants. This is a change that, I imagine, the stoutest Autijacobin will hardly be able to look at with-ingly we find, that such insinuations have out some degree of alarm; and, therefore, been thrown out; and though, doubtless, the example of France will not afford to listened to with great distrust and even dissuch any great deal of comfort. For my dain, in the quarter to which we may suppart, I am quite satisfied, that there need pose they were addressed, yet, it does apnot be any such calamities in England; I pear, that these insinuations did give rise am quite satisfied, that there are the means to something like a judicial, or, at least, an of preventing, in England, all those cala- official, investigation.The public will mities that took place in France in conse- recollect the stories that were on float in the quence of the distress in the finances; but, year 1806; stories of a very awkward naI am not so well satisfied that any one has ture; stories well calculated to produce an thought of these means except myself. I impression very disadvantageous to the perknow I shall be accused of great self-con- son who was the principal object of them. ceit on this account; but I do not care for But, the circumstance the most untoward that. Let Mr. CHARLES ADAMS, or any of was, that those who affected to write in her the rest of them, find out these means. I defence, promised, positively promised, a will keep my remedy to myself. Such speedy publication of the report of the inveshigh-spirit people would hardly accept of tigation; and they besought the public to financial salvation from a man in such a wait, and not to form any opinion upon the "lodging" as this. -In my next I shall matter, till they saw that publication. notice what has taken place as to the trial That publication, alas! did not appear! and execution of French Prisoners of War I must confess, that that circumstance profor having forged and ullered Bank of Eng- duced a strong bias in my mind against land notes. what the writers in favour of the Princess had before said, especially when I found, PRINCESS REGENT.- I do not recollect soon afterwards, that the publication, inany thing, which has, for a great while stead of seeking the public eye, sought the past, excited so much attention as the late shades of night; and that stray copies of it debate about the Princess Regent (for so we ought now to call her), who stands be- connected with him, at enormous prices. were bought up by the author or by others fore the public in a light very different in---Why suppress this work? Why deed from that, in which, from the machi- make such uncommon efforts to stifle that, nations of her enemies, that illustrious lady which had been put into ten thousand before stood. Indeed, her Royal High-printed copies? Why use such out-of-theness's case is well calculated to call forth way means for this purpose?—The conclustroug feelings in her favour. It is well sion was certainly disadvantageous to the known, that she has not resided with her party, whose defence the work was said to Royal husband for many years. In such a contain; and, I am afraid, that the public situation, a woman, any woman, is greatly in general had come to that conclusion.— exposed to evil tongues. She is left with- With what pleasure, therefore, with what out her natural defence; and, is but too feelings of delight, was received the decla

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ration of Mr. Perceval relative to the inno- | band; Mr. Perceval was minister of the cence of the Princess, I need not attempt king and is now minister of the Regent. Is to describe. I remember nothing that has it not evident, then, that Mr. Perceval, if given more general satisfaction. There ap- he had given way to sinister motives upon pears, upon this point, to be no difference this occasion, would have been against the of opinion. We are for once unanimous. Princess; or, at least, that he would have The "NEW ERA" has been attended refrained from making the declaration that with this singularity at any rate.The he made? He must have known every Minister, the Prime Minister of the coun- thing; for, he was the confidential adviser try; the Confidential Adviser of the Prince of the Princess; but, he might have held Regent, and the late Confidential Adviser his tongue; especially as, by his declaraof the Princess Regent, who must have tion, he made it appear so strange, that the been well acquainted with all that had Regent had not proposed any establishment passed, with all that has been said against for the Princess Regent. But, Mr. Percethe Princess by every body who had any val, though he must naturally have desired thing to say this man, in this high of- to do it, could not hold his tongue without fice; and who knew that all the testimony of exposing himself to the charge of having every sort existed, has declared, in his abandoned the Princess after having been place in parliament, in the most explicit her confidential adviser. He was manner, that there is not to his knowledge pelled to speak out and to declare what he grounds for the slightest imputation against did; or, the Princess would, of course, that illustrious and unfortunate lady. have demanded the publication of that supAfter this, there is no one who will dare to pressed work, in which she was justified. whisper down her character. If we are to -Thus, there was a necessity, on the admit any thing as true, it is this declara- part of Mr. Perceval, to do her justice. It tion. If it were false, uttered by a man in will be easily believed, that, in another so high a station, upon such an occasion, in quarter, there was no great desire that such such a place, with so much solemnity, with a declaration should be made. This will so much time for reflection, and with so easily be believed; for, the declaration many repetitions; if, under all these cir- would naturally lead to inquiries into the cunistances, it was a false declaration, the cause, the real cause, of the secluded situaman who uttered it ought to be branded in tion of the person justified in that declarathe cheek and burned in to the very bone. tion. "If," the public would naturally But, it was not false; there is no reason to say; "if it be true, then, as it now appears suppose that it was; it carries truth upon "to be, that her Royal Highness, the the face of it, nor is there any one circum"Princess of Wales's conduct has been stance which does not make in support of "such as to furnish no grounds of charge this conclusion. What interest had Mr. "against her, why is she seen without the Perceval in clearing the Princess? She "splendour due to her rank? Why is she has no power to bestow on him, or any of "living in obscurity? What is the reason his relations, any honours or emoluments; "of this? Who is the cause of it?" This she has hardly enough to support her in is what the public would naturally say, the style of a gentlewoman of middling and this is what the public do say. This rank; she is at a distance from all court in- is what is heard in every company and in trigues; she never, I believe, even goes to every family in the kingdom.There is Windsor; nor do I read, in the news- more reason for attention to the Princess papers, of her seeing any part of the fa- now than there would have been if no immily, except her own daughter, which putations had ever been whispered about pleasure, it seems, has not been denied her. In the commonest cases of common her. Mr. Perceval, therefore, had nothing life, we always feel particular gratification to expect from her; it does not appear, at the clearing up of the character of a that he could possibly be swayed in her fa- person against whom imputations have exvour by any of those motives which usually isted. This is seen every day and every induce men to depart from the truth, and hour. It is a feeling natural to the hearts to utter deliberate falsehoods. But, on the of all mankind; and, it were a shame incontrary, we may easily suppose, that he deed, if it had not its proper effect upon this might have thought, that it would serve occasion. A failure in this respect would him to take part against the Princess. The argue that manhood had left the country Princess is not visited by the Queen that we along with the gold coin; and that in spirit hear of; she has long lived from her hus-as well as purse we have nothing of ster

ling left; that we are, from head to foot, -MR. CHARLES ADAMS, in the debate inside and out, made up of rags and rub- when the declaration of Mr. Perceval was bish. What! To see a Princess of made, is reported to have observed, that Wales, now the Princess Regent; now the question relating to the Princess of standing in place of a Queen of England; to Wales was a family affair, with which the see her living fourteen years secluded almost House and the Country had nothing to do. from the world; and now, when we know, No, Mr. Adams, and why not? To be that she has been guilty of no fault what-sure, the House and the Country have noever; when we hear it declared, when, in thing to do with the family affairs of indifact, we hear the proof of her perfect inno-viduals; but, the affairs of the Royal Facence, not to do all that lies in our power mily are amongst the most important affairs to console her, and to shew the world that of the nation. When there is money to we feel for her, and are ready to resent the grant to the Royal Family, the nation alinjuries which the tongue of calumny has ways finds that it has a great deal to do done her! For my part, I confess, that with these family affairs; and, surely, it the publications in the MORNING POST, and has something to do also in a case like this. the suppression of the promised pamphlet, The nation was called upon for very large did excite in my mind, as they did in the sums indeed, in consequence of the marriage minds of thousands, strong suspicions, that of the Prince of Wales; and, must it not all was not quite right at Blackheath; that be allowed to have any thing to say as to something had happened to furnish a han- what was the consequence of that marriage? dle for calumny; and this continued to be I cannot and will not subscribe to this docthe impression on my mind, till I saw Mr. trine. I do not wish to pry too closely Perceval's declaration, after which to affect into what passes in the Royal Family; but, to doubt of the perfect innocence of the when any thing appears so prominent as Princess would argue, in any one, the that of an open separation of dwelling grossest of stupidity, or the last degree of places, and that, too, for so many years; baseness; for, as I have shewn above, first, and, when a declaration like that of Mr. Mr. Perceval must be well acquainted with Perceval comes out upon the subject, it all the facts; secondly, it must have been would argue great insensibility in the pubagainst his wish to make the declaration; lic, if it passed unnoticed. Of the rights and, thirdly, the declaration must have of the public in this respect I shall, howgiven no pleasure in those quarters where ever, say more hereafter. At present, I Mr. Perceval must have been most desirous shall conclude with inserting an article, to please. We must, therefore, look upon from the news-papers of Wednesday last, him as an unwilling witness; and, in short, giving an account of a dinner at Carlton we must believe what he said; we must House, at which, as will be perceived, the take his declaration as an acknowledged Queen was, but the Princess of Wales was truth, or, we must deny, that there ever not.. "Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, is to be any such thing as truth again. "the Queen, Princesses Elizabeth and As to any attempts that may be made by Mary, attended by Lady Isabella Thynne, the parasites and panders of imbecility and" arrived in "arrived in a carriage and four, escorted impotence; as to any attempts that vermin" by a party of the 18th regiment of Light of this sort may make to wear away by "Horse, at the Queen's Palace from Windwhispers the effect of Mr. Perceval's decla- "sor, where they were received by the ration; as to the gossipings and the literary" Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex, and Camintrigues, and all the other base tricks that "bridge, and Miss Goldsworthy. wretches like these can put in use, the "Queen and Princesses dressed at the PaPrincess may now laugh at them; she may "lace. About two o'clock the Prince Releave them to receive their reward in the "gent's carriage, with the coachman and contempt of the manly and the just, and in four footmen in their state liveries, arthe approbation of the most false, mean, "rived at the Palace, and conveyed the and dastardly of mankind. She may, in" Queen and Princesses to Carlton-House, short, rest satisfied, that, in spite of every" where they were received by his Royal thing that underhand malice, that cowardly" Highness the Prince Regent, attended by hatred, or that any other passion in the" Colonel M'Mahon and Colonel Bloombreasts of grovelling enemies, can do against "field. The Prince conducted his Royal her; she may rest satisfied, that, in spite of " Mother and Sisters over his elegant manall this, she will enjoy the respect and the "sion. A few minutes after four the good wishes of the people of this kingdom. "Royal Party sat down to a sumptuous

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"a future paper." This is a very laudable act on the part of the Sheriff. The public will be glad to hear of it as it relates to Messrs. Finnerty and Drakard; but, the resolution of the Sheriff not to suffer any Magistrates to interfere with him in the exercise of his functions has given me, if possible, greater pleasure. The Sheriff, it is, who has the right to dictate in the manner of keeping the prisoners. They are committed to his care, and not to the care of the Magistrates of the county. The Magistrates have the power of committing people to jail; but, they neither have, nor ought to have, the management of the jails. The Sheriff is the person who has the authority, and the only person who has the authority, to direct as to the accommodation of prisoners; and I am very glad to see, that this gentleman has resolved not to suffer his authority to be interfered with.

"dinner, together with the Dukes of York, |" will probably be explained at length in "Cumberland, and Cambridge, and the "Princess Charlotte of Wales. At six "coffee was served up. At half past six the "Queen and Princesses left Carlton"House on their return to Windsor. The "Prince Regent conducted the Queen to "her carriage, the Duke of York the "Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of Cum"berland the Princess Mary, and the Duke "of Cambridge the Princess Charlotte of "Wales, who left Carlton-House at the "same time as the Queen, and returned "to Warwick-House." Here were nearly the whole family; even the Princess Charlotte; even the daughter of the Princess Regent; but, not the Princess Regent herself! This is the more remarkable as the Queen was one of the party. That being the case, it does seem wonderful, that her Royal Highness, the Princess Regent, was not present. It was a sort of House-warm ing; and yet the Princess Regent; the Royal Hostess, said to be so amiable in that as well as in all other capacities, was not present! MR. CHARLES ADAMS may say what he will, but the public will notice this, and they will express their serious concern at it. Indeed, there are, connected with this question relative to the Princess Regent, considerations of extraordinary importance to the people of this country; and, I have, for my part, no scruple to say, that parliament will be very remiss indeed in its duty, if it quit the subject before it has been amply discussed.

MR. FINNERTY.-It is with sincere satisfaction, that the public will read the following paragraph, which I copy from the Morning Chronicle of the 28th of March: "G. Lister, Esq. the new Sheriff, has vi"sited Lincoln Castle, and examined every "department. To the complaints of "Messrs. Drakard and Finnerty, &c. he

-Mr. Finnerty's case was one that excited great interest; he has suffered and is yet suffering in the cause of freedom and humanity; and he will, I trust, yet live to see the day, when the cause, in which he is suffering, shall triumph. He stood boldly up to the mark; and, in his excellent pamphlet, he has proved to be true and just that which he contended for.There are those, I know, who make a mockery of his sufferings. Let them make a mockery of Bonaparte and the Bank Notes! No, no: when they think of them the ague fit comes on. Oh, if they could but see Bonaparté in Lincoln jail! How smoothly things would go on then! But, really, if something like that cannot be effected, mockery and sport seem to be out of season. -Those who look upon the sufferings of Mr. Finnerty and Mr. Drakard as isolated matters, do not view them in the right light. They are connected with the cause, the great cause, which has been going on ever since the year 1792, and which is by no means decided yet. We

gave the most gentlemanlike attention, "and promised complete redress. For "Mr. Finnerty he ordered an airy apart-have seen much; but, my real opinion is, "ment in the front of the prison, for which "that gentleman had so long looked in "vain; and the prisoners heard with pe. "culiar satisfaction the declared purpose " of the Sheriff that the Magistrates shall "not interfere with his authority. We "are sorry to learn from Mr. Drakard "(continues the Stamford News) that the "satisfaction which he originally expressed " at the treatment he experienced in his "confinement, has given place to a very "different sentiment, the grounds of which

that we have not seen a third part of what will have been seen before the matter is finally settled. To be convinced of this we have only to open our eyes and look at the state of the world; at the state of nalions and governments.Don't grind your teeth, good Anti-jacobin! Don't gnaw the flesh of your lips because you cannot get at me to bite me! What makes you so furious? You are in the enjoyment of every thing you wish for, are you not? What makes you uneasy, then? What

are you afraid of? What haunts you? Is | and most of them he respected as individuit the fear of a future state?