THE extraordinary and unrivalled interest which the return of Her Majesty to these kingdoms has excited in every British bosom ; the long privations which she has endured ; the persecutions under which she has laboured; the neglects she has experienced; the high and mighty destinies which call her to a Throne, from whence a combination of pecudiar and distressing events at present virtually excludes her all these circumstances combine to render a faithful narrative of every occurrence which has taken place since the late transactions at St. Omer, a record dear to the feelings, and worthy of the patronage of the Public! Those feet, which have long wandered upon foreign shores, hostile to her happiness, or negligent of her just rights, have at length once more touched the sacred soil of freedom and of manliness; and all the enthusiastic generosity, which loyalty and honour, and the claims of beauty; but more especially the claims of an injured and unprotected woman, ever must excite, have been elicited in the same moment which hailed her return to this great..empire. If Her Majesty has been too long accustomed to adverse fortunes, and to blighted anticipa

tions of future happiness, it is not possible but that her great soul must have received even ample consolation for former sorrows, in the pure and affectionate homage which thousands of her rejoicing subjects pressed forward to offer at her feet, upon the memorable 6th of June. But an awful crisis is approaching; and while all well-disposed men look with breathless anxiety to to the termination of the proposed enquiry into Her Majesty's conduct, it has been considered that some benefit might arise to those who have not allowed their minds to be prejudiced against the cause of an Illustrious Female, (but who, confiding in her innocence, have determined to support and to protect her,) by collecting every occurrence which may be hereafter important or material to be considered, in that extraordinary page of history, which shall record the wanderings of a Princess, the griefs of a Mother and a Wife, and the vicissitudes of a Queen!

Such has been the Editor's object; and in the ample and complete details of every interesting topic connected with the subject, which the Public will find in the following sheets, he ventures to hope that they will deem him to have attained that object.

London, June, 1820.

Letter from the Princess of Wales, to His Majesty George the Third.

SIRE,

Blackheath, 12 August, 1806.

"With the deepest feelings of gratitude to Your Majesty, I take the first opportunity to acknowledge having received, as yesterday only, the Report from the Lords Commissioners, which was dated from the 14th of July. It was brought by Lord Erskine's footman, directed to the Princess of Wales; besides a note enclosed, the contents of which were, that Lord Erskine sent the Evidences and Report by command of His Majesty. I had reason to flatter myself that the Lords Commissioners would not have given in the Report, before they had been properly informed of various circumstances, which must for a feeling, and delicate minded woman, be very unpleasant to have spread, without having the means to exculpate herself. But I can in the face of the Almighty assure Your Majesty that your daughter-in-law is innocent, and her conduct unquestionable; free from all the indecorums, and improprieties which are

imputed to her at present by the Lords Commissioners, upon the evidence of persons, who speak as falsely as Sir John and Lady Douglas themselves. Your Majesty can be sure that I shall be anxious to give the most solemn denial in my power to all the scandalous stories of Bidgood, and Cole; to make my conduct be cleared in the most satisfactory way, for the tranquillity of Your Majesty, for the honor of your illustrious family, and the gratification of your afflicted daughter-in-law. In the mean time I can safely trust Your Majesty's gracious justice to recollect, that the whole of the evidence on which the Commissioners have given credit to the infamous stories charged against me, was taken behind my back, without my having any opportunity to contradict or explain any thing, or even to point out those persons, who might have been called to prove the little credit which was due to some of the witnesses, from their connection with Sir John and Lady Douglas; and the absolute falsehood of parts of the evidence, which could have been completely contradicted. Oh! gracious King, I now look for that happy moment, when I may be allowed to appear again before Your Majesty's eyes, and receive once more, the assurance from Your Majesty's own mouth, that I have your gracious protection; and that you will not discard me from your friendship, of which your Majesty has been so condescending to give me so many marks of kindness; and which must be my only support, and my only