"The Book!", Or, The Proceedings and Correspondence Upon the Subject of the Inquiry Into the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, Under a Commission Appointed by the King in the Year 1806Richard Edwards, 1813 - 381 pages |
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Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), Spencer Perceval. Minute of Cabinet , January 25 , 1807 ... Lady Douglas , sworn June 1 , 1806 ... 3. Deposition of Sir John Douglas , sworn on the 6th of June , 1806 8 4 ...
Queen Caroline (consort of George IV, King of Great Britain), Spencer Perceval. Minute of Cabinet , January 25 , 1807 ... Lady Douglas , sworn June 1 , 1806 ... 3. Deposition of Sir John Douglas , sworn on the 6th of June , 1806 8 4 ...
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... John Sicard , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 20 12 . 13 . 11. Deposition of Charlotte Sander , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 Deposition of Sophia Austin , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 Letter from Earl Spencer to Lord Gwydir ...
... John Sicard , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 20 12 . 13 . 11. Deposition of Charlotte Sander , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 Deposition of Sophia Austin , sworn on the 7th of June , 1806 Letter from Earl Spencer to Lord Gwydir ...
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... Princess of Wales . He then read the whole of the report made by the commissioners above stated , containing the most unqualified opinion ; that the charge pro- duced by Sir John and Lady Douglas against the Princess of Wales , of ...
... Princess of Wales . He then read the whole of the report made by the commissioners above stated , containing the most unqualified opinion ; that the charge pro- duced by Sir John and Lady Douglas against the Princess of Wales , of ...
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... Princess before that Tribunal , by Sir John and Lady Douglas , was nothing short of treason ; that if the commissioners had power to acquit her Royal Highness of the crime charged , they had equally the power to convict her what was the ...
... Princess before that Tribunal , by Sir John and Lady Douglas , was nothing short of treason ; that if the commissioners had power to acquit her Royal Highness of the crime charged , they had equally the power to convict her what was the ...
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... John Douglas , on behalf of himself and Charlotte Lady Douglas , his wife . I remarked that the form of the signature was not perfectly regular ; but I added , that I did conceive , that notwithstanding this informality the House would ...
... John Douglas , on behalf of himself and Charlotte Lady Douglas , his wife . I remarked that the form of the signature was not perfectly regular ; but I added , that I did conceive , that notwithstanding this informality the House would ...
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Page 223 - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power; let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
Page xix - ... whether, under all the circumstances of the case, it be fit and proper, that the intercourse between the Princess of Wales and her daughter the Princess Charlotte, should continue to be subject to regulation and restraint.
Page 226 - It will be my duty likewise to act upon another motive, that of giving an example of patience and resignation under every trial. " Do me the justice to believe, that I shall never cease to pray for your happiness, and to be your much devoted, (Signed)
Page 11 - Inquiry, as distinctly as on the former facts: that as, on the one hand, the facts of pregnancy and delivery are, to our minds, satisfactorily disproved, so, on the other hand, •we think that the circumstances to which we now refer, particularly those stated to have passed between her Royal Highness and Captain Manby, must be credited until they shall receive some decisive contradiction ; and, if true, are justly entitled to the most serious consideration.
Page 11 - Majesty has been pleased to command us to inquire and report, contain, as we have already remarked, other particulars respecting the conduct of her Royal Highness, such as must, especially considering her exalted rank and station, necessarily give occasion to very unfavourable interpretations.
Page xix - I have it in command from his royal highness the Prince regent, to acquaint your lordships, that a copy of a letter from the Princess of Wales to the Prince Regent having appeared in a public paper...
Page 57 - House in the month of November following. Neither should we be more warranted in expressing any doubt respecting the alleged pregnancy of the Princess, as stated in the original declarations ; — a fact so fully contradicted, and by so many witnesses, to whom, if true, it must, in various ways have been known, that we cannot think it entitled to the smallest credit.
Page xii - But while I do not venture to intrude my feelings as a mother upon your Royal Highness's notice, I must be allowed to say, that in the eyes of an observing and jealous world, this separation of a daughter from her mother will only admit of one construction — a construction fatal to the mother's reputation. Your Royal Highness will also pardon me for adding, that there is no less inconsistency than injustice in this treatment.
Page xiv - Those who have advised you, Sir, to delay so long the period of my daughter's commencing her intercourse with the world, and, for that purpose, to make Windsor her residence, appear not to have regarded the interruptions to her education which this arrangement occasions, both by the impossibility of obtaining...
Page 89 - ... we have, in dutiful obedience to your majesty's commands, proceeded to examine the several witnesses, the copies of whose depositions we have hereunto annexed ; and, in further execution of the said commands we now most respectfully submit to your majesty the report of these examinations as it has appeared to us : but we beg leave at the same time humbly to refer your majesty, for more complete information, to the examinations themselves, in order to correct any error of judgment into which we...