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TIH•E QUEEN, • • I t he Undermentioned pamphlet having excited great attention we are induced to offer to the - notice of our readers the most material parts of it. We do not presume to express - any opiniOn on the stibject i but we have reason to believe that this tract will shortly be answered by an indivi dual-of the first eminence for legal and constitu tional knowledge, and who ; we understand, will be able to show satisfactorily the, converse of the proposition contended for by this writer, and that the alteration in the Liturgy, to which he alludes, was legally made by the proper Autho-titles, " The EXCLUSION of THE QUEEN horn THE LITURGY Hietorically and Legally Considered. By a BARRISTER. Lex est justoriem igjosti,runique distinctio. The following pages are writtcn for the purpose of exa- Initnng whether the advice, given to the King by his Mini sters, to exclude the Queen's name front the Liturgy, was consistent with Ilia Laws of the Realm, and the spirit of the Constitution. Many persons who ought to have been better in f?rmed, live asserted, that. the Queen was prayed for in the thfrererit r i t ua l s , f ront t h e C onquest to t he time of Henry the -tig!itts ; this is a mistake,•for , in all of then, the King only is intentioned under the general title of tuo female nostre rege.. (a) The introduction.of the King and Quern by name was Contemporaneous with the Reim illation. Henry the Eighth, a catalogue of whose vices would comprehend many of the worst qualities incident to human nature,' first directed their insertion in the Litany (6) of the Prissier, and lee was described as thy servant, our King and Governor,' and 'f-. l .ueen Katherine as ours noble Q ueen .' (c) *James the ivhom his most partial biographer represents as having scarce a virtue free trams the contagion of some neighbour. i,og 'and queen Anne Isis wife, neither eminent for viit ues nor her vices,'—the one is styled thy servant jaezirs, our gracious Kiug and Governor,' the other our gracious Qui-co Anne'.' (d) The first -unfortunate Charles, and bisbigZ'stied Queen Henrietta Maria, have each of them tiie same description as in the preceding reign. (e) The se tend Charles, as a Sovereign, his character, though nut al tagether destitute of virtue, was, in lice nlailiVtlaugerouS to Ills country, mid dishonourable to himself,' was more ho notrred than his ancestors, and had the epithet of " most re ligious' first applied to his name, which gave great umbrage to a fewbishops, who were inclined to think that the sigintication the word •bore in the English language no way applicable to the King, who ' , usually came from his mistresses lodgings to church, even on sacrament days ;' and Queen; a violent catholic, and towards whom he very soon . manifested a perfect - batted, is called ' our must gracious •Quetti Katherine.' f) James the Second, so bigotted to his faith as to prefer it to the crown, and Queen Mary, at heart -of a Wit-relit persilasirin, even in their short reign, had, each •of them, with the change of tiatites, the same description as their immediate predecessors. (g) George the First, who was 'a stranger to the language, laws, and customs of this coun try, had been long separated from his wiferwlien he took pos session of the throne ; he always I epresentid her as being toad. Historians have said little about this iinfurtunate lady, except that she died deserted, neglected, and immured in some castl e in Germany : she w as never domiciled .with us : t, th°ose ( ines either di rec tl y , or iedirectlY, claimed fur her any of privileges and immunities which belong of riglit A to ‘‘ " Qu een Consort of Enelatid. George the S e cond, and his wire Q ueen Caroline,were prayed f or i n lik e manner w i t h Charles the SeConclalid his Queen. Our late ever to he re vered Nl onarch and Queen were for4nally., but most truly de s„risgen,Latell, * our most religious king, a n d our grac i ous Q ueen .'. tlsc •e. it appears that the Queen Consort of England, from litybc r a 46, with one solitary but unimportant exception, th in all times, and tinder all circumstances, ins er t e d ttie"Lui the torgy. It is a l so ev i dent (and for this purpose only _e.ll,.u r utations fr ont the English history ar e g i ven) (h) - th at of n ti 4u the moral nor the religious character of the King or eets has h a d any thing to do with the subject. - To account for the uniformity of the praclice,we must see atiitt'actr"i':re agcy principle ill the constitution eutliciently i nation rwi,? produce such an effect ; the result of the exam 11re o , l ,L,Proliably be, that the uncontroulahle power of susdi.. u _? l , : ) cd,and for the wisest of purposts,that those first eld he represented to the people in their politi to serious refi s i. ' a" at periods when the mind is most disposed and ~,s peet., 'ellen, as persons pi euliarly entitled to honour templated die" perhaps the er a use ratio) may have con to keep the ii still nobler purpose of imploring the Almighty and, if di sobediV i : "f Kings and Queens in the right way, t urn the m to t c ''' , ,that he would, for the benefit efanankind, Io la! fan "Is duul f tl "ti t Odle' branches of the de y hare been f o * r th e gener - 3 -.tom time to time in the Liturgy, un vractice bas terms of issue, progeny, and family; (1) the, stance s e,,,,,..4eeu altogether irregular, shifting as circuits " Let u s no siitil;g any party Consider, not for the purpose of as sifeguard of pe t . ir ,wsi but for the , sake of that best Mon and statut e a4ti,ve' its due exercise, what the com fort the time of fl-tir "''ve provided in this particular. &- Were more o r l ess sobj l e . lire Eighth matters ecclesiastically (4) iti the year 1.59.9- tic to tu the control]] ut the Sec of Rome; Xing He nry the Eighth .e Re formation began, and in 1534 reputed, the on l y suprtwas declared t o b e , acce pt e d rued i have full p ower and aut ' l i r e rit'ad of the Church, and should form, er d o . , _coma, „,: t rity to visit, repress, redress, re ' heresies, abuses, ot r enet f auts and amend all suds errors, 4. whatsoever they be, w hi ch s h ' r cuuternpts, and enormit,es, ° Y . liy matinee, spit itual moth rity, or jurisdiction ought rrpressett, ordered, redress in" law ally d .ien e , most to tchthopstle,:sru,,irie,he refs-amid, redressed, corrected, ust -lined, or crease of virtue in of Altuighty " Go " d, the in s and fur the conser varier, af the peace, unity, and t ' r tin : 4 -nY 'Usage., custom, foreign am hali t :l ° l dt" oif,t realm this o r a : du. ; other thing or things to the contraryYte.escri e i rf notwitirstan sng,' (/) After the passing of this Act the acted as if his luind was .vaseillating about the R eformatio u i ' l l ot Ch4srch, which }re , d v i! not 1 it 1 . 1 533 the translation rif the Bible, revised by the Universities its 1542. n r tssarried Katherine Pars - , and in the yearfollowbinjgnalYtetasn4s3- latent of the prayers and litanies into English was first made, slidstyled ' The Prim er : ‘ ' The last correction of this gook d was printed in the year !cpri.sl6, tire one before referrpedretcol,an•iait.tit,i afterwards twice d nted and ordered by was t7urinued in use till December 1548, whe l L i p u l e l c it u a s e e g % (m), and for theh first time called the Common Prayer, „r• aun ~t7,riscorporatd Wite law (if the twit', and the use of any K„ Prayer- houl4s; primers, Ste. prohibited. (a) /(IL withstatiainie' the statute of iiry the Eighth, the tlijg Poiver respetin g th e Church was so doubtful, Oa ' t in eS C 15 4 V it was- thought fit to give him authority , with }t d driee ot his Con . neil to appoint for thre e years thirty ,.,.k C o ie tuissioners,to examine and correct abu ses i n the e, • , Laws. ( o ) tbu fi rs teotinnon Prayer could not !of course, contai n th e e.ii.;ll ° Yf the QUeets Consort, there not being one at the ,„ ' 4 %n Nu, , Mary repealed all the statutes against th e see o f ct e r n 1 7? i _;'4"n as Elizabeth came t o th e C rown , an A e t g eo latssed repealing the Statutes of Mary ; the -e sh alenacts , that the Book of G o ni tuon Prayer 0 , e • r Uer ad e and oen prayer in WO • '4511 an 4 in mi as all l ucent is ment connnust ioned-in thesaid book so audio- Ward th;Titrliatuent in the sth and 6th years of King Ed g IC4 OII, t iXtl, , with one ft./tern:ion or addition o f cer t a in ,Of th e ji °u e used on every Sunday in the year, and the form W e d .75; altered and corrected, and two sentences only .and non" 01 cleaver,/ of the Sacrament to the communicants. I ttop t , ° ,tttr (Jr atm wise: Elizabeth did not even at ',stunt or ai the a a j u d 4 o fi f ne tte • ' tion to certain lessons with • s i`.! f Henry- an Act of Parliament; and whyr under the slit surelvonight have su done, but the statute test ) , a nru Made the Common Prayer unifinsn, and annexed it f t e h t_by way of. schedule; and teal, aWay, by construction e.igta h Power given to the King by the 27th of Henry the lutes-etc"lestill. ign of F.iizalieth many laws were made touching lirtixedmattress most: ot them were, certainly, of a .4, b etana and partook of civil rights ; but many Acts might ic n.ord,one for instance, (Wilt c. 1e . .) with her s of. prerogativ e , aided by the Statute of Henry, te i .„"ur. the assistance uf Parliament. But Elizabeth was a iii. 1 .14: t s r e _wo nra , and probably had read and well considered tiMi And s had writteis, and time approved; t he core, tilt the common weal when they are aux irn Z a tl, i . ° L ll 2 l s a i di ice of their Parliaments. Before the 13th and re.. , , 1 .‘-;!ar es the Second is considered, the reader should eoi.j.,Lointled that the same was prepared liy Keeling, after 's Lind CI • f .• at e Justice, conjunction with Sir Matthew g re . e u , the great Lord Clareedon, who had, in addition to 4,, r 7 . 1.,a1 and technical knowledge, the magna vie hunsnui -Now a days, the latter would not be reeminnenda ii for these enlightened times a little special pleading het':ilui.lelleCtiOtl of all science, and what was once thought trt u ve :able, and much for the benefit of the state, is now r, as Ile it . it„ . were the impedimentam titre. iung WI; Statute, on which the question mainly ~jrPtiids, we must—lst, see what the Legislature intended ; whether the words made use of in the enacting parts V"vey ideas which can unambiguously effectuate the pur . . . „ . pose; and, 3dll, whether the King is not bound by the let ter of the Statute with regard to that which he is required to do. _ . . . . . " The first section states, the . privention of ;tidier/3. and :Mims which had arisen and grown, tending to the gre4t decay and scatidal of the church, the7King had grant ' ed his commission to certain Bishops and other Dtines to ' prepare such alterations and additions in t the Common Prayer as they thought fit to offer. It theh states, th'at certain alterations and additions were made and the King, who approved thereof, and recurnmended the same to his Parliament.' (r) " The fecund section points out, in iarignawe utiecinivocal, "the intention of the Legislature ; it was' for the peace of the nation; the honour of our Religion, and the propagation thereof; ' those who advised the King knew froth history, that the most likely means to make the Protestant Faith uni versal was first of all to make it uniform. No act was ever penned that so clearly defined the intention of the Legislature, and made use of words so little susceptible of ambiguity. The second section also states that all ministers shall use the Book of Common Prayer annexed to the Act. " The :#d section enacts, that all persons who had enjoyed any Ecclesiastical B•enefice shall, befOra the Feast of St. Bar tholoniew (24th August) 1662, read publicly the Book of Com mon Prayer, and declare his assent theret. It then sets out the form of the Dee!station. " Immediately after the *sing of this Act (May 19th, 16E20 :in order was made for the printitig of 3000' Books of Common - Prayer for the use of all the Parishes in England, many of which were not ready for delivers , till after the 24th of August, of which the Clergy compininea, as an oppArtuoity had rrit been afforded them of getting the Common Prayer, and thereby avoiding the penalty created by the sth section. " Charles the Second was married on the 30th of June, 16(12, and the remaining part of the 3000 copies, which were printed after that period, contained the name of himself and Queen Katherine. " The Gth section requires every person thereafterpromoted to any benefice to read the Book of Common Prayer, with a penalty' for not 'so doing. The 7th, 9th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 196, 20th, .21st, 22d, and 23d, are not material to the present purpose ; but the 24th enacts, that all those Statutes of the realm which have been formerly made, and now its force, fur the inn ' fortuity of Prayer, shall stand and he in full force for the • establishing and confirming the hook called tdie Book of g Common Prayer; tins Statute, therefore, recognizes the Acts of Edward and Elizabeth before. referred to.' " We now come to the 25th sectiun, on the legal interpre tation of which the question turns, and let us bear in mind the persona who prepared this Act ;—' rrovided always, and be it further enacted,' (that is, made one of the laws of-the realm ;r' by the authority aforesaid,' (that is, by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by the advice and with the consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the. Commoral, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,) • that in all those Prayers, Litanies, and Collects whims do any way relate to'—What does the relative pro noun those refer Co, but to the Litanies, Prayers, and Col lects in which the names King, Queen, or lioyal Progeny had been inserted, namely; those in use from the time of the Ist of Edward to that period.?—and it is must important that the Book annexed, by way of schedule to the -- Act,* has blanks left for the names of the King, Queen, or gßoyal Progeny to be inserted, which, when done, made the law complete. (s) The legal definition of the Queen, witbuut any addition, is as nnequivocal as that of the'King, it means tho wife of the King, and is derived ' from the Saxon, which confers that idea, an no other (1); as the wife of the King she is entitled to many high privileges and immunities, (u) sonie of them depending on the existence of the King, but altogether exclusive of Isis will. " Prynne, its his Aurum &gine, recites many records in which the Queen is set forth under'the title The Queen who now is, (x) &c.' it will be argued, that the word Qaecn has had a more extensive sense givers to it, for that, both be-- fore and immediately on passit , of the Act, Queen Mary was lin the Liturgy under the titles of Queen Mary, and the Queen Mother: but as soots as Charles the Second•tharried, Queen Katherine preceded her in the Lit urgy,,..with the pronoun pos sessive our applied to her name, being lilted to the present so casion according to the direction of lawful authority. This only shows that the King, desirous to point out the Queen Henrietta Maria as a person entitled to respect, inserted her name by curtesy as Queen, the same person, but in an infe rior character ; and it can be nu argument against the inser tion of the Queen's name, who is so de jure et de facto. Pre cisely the same tools place in the time of James the, Second, when Katherine the Queen of Charles the Second was in the Liturgy under the title of Queen Dowager, and continued so in the reign of Queen Anne. Progeny is a noun comprehending an. undefined race or generation, and had been used in the Liturgies of 1611, 1613, 1630, 1637, and 1639 ; therefore under this word all branches of the Royal Family have been included. The words ' names altered and changed' are so clear that they define themselves. Can any one say, assisted by the most ingenious contrivance, that they were intended to give the sense borne by the nerd omit, fur that must be the argument on the other side. From time to time, and fitted tie the present occasion,' what dues this mean kilt as circumstances shall arise and require as to the deaths and different relations in which the parties might stand to each other? The King and Queen never vary in the sense intended by the statute, ausl therefore the 3d section required that their names only should be changed from time to time, as occasion should require, according to the direc tion of lawful authority. What is meant by the word direction here but order ? If it he contended that it implies accordin. , to the will, the whole sentence becomes nonsense ; the words lawful authority purport an authority acknowledged by law, comprehending all the states of the executive government, the. King, a Queen regnant, or a regency, and according to the user, assisted by their council. " In attempting to explain the use of words like the-pre sent, which are so technically accurate, providing fur all cases that could be contemplated by the law, it is inure than pro bable that the definition only confuses the original; but the statute will soon be descanted upon by orators of all classes and descriptions, some hired, others well regulated and in formed, others again who wish to be thought wise beyond ' what is written;' but the irresistible power of the law, (and not a little protected by the memory of her celebrated compilers,) will soon put to confusion the wiles of sophistry, and the noisy and senseless efforts of declamation : since the King, Lords, and Commons, after unexampled consideration, declared, with one voice, that for the peace of the station the Queen's name should be from time to time inserted in the Liturgy. The authors of the law knew well enough that the Queen Consort, although a subject of the King, but sups ' rior to all subjects, and inferior to none,' was capable of exciting faction and schism, which had been the case more or less from the time of Elizabeth, the wife of Henry the Se venth, to the then period. Fur this, among other reasons, they presented to the King the Act, for the purpose of having it atterwards made the law of the land.. and existing circum stances prate what wonderfully wise providence directed their conduct. If they had intended any thing like what is now supposed, how easily would it have been to have placed the words, atter changed, and omitted as shall seem fitting to legal authority; the sense would then have been indisputable. Men of consummate learning, together with both }lonics of Parliament, are nut to be libelled, by first imputing to them the absurdity of framing and passing a special enactment, fur the purpose only of authorising the King to do a pas ticular act which he oould do and had 'uniformly done without the aid of Parliament; and secondly, the icrnorance of using expressions uncertain, and inefficient fur that purpose. " Some will contend that although the words would be im perative as applied to a common person, are not so wills re gard to the King, because he cannot be compelled, by reason of his prerogative, to do any act whatever, and the Queen being Isis subject is under Isis contront. There is a great dif ference, in point of law, between a power given to the King to do an act which lie may execute or not, as he pleases, and requiring him to do an act which the law has framed for the people's benefit ; were it not so, the machinery of the Con stitution might at any moment be stopped, which' depends fur its existence on its perpetual motion. The Kin. , can do no wrong ; but this high prerogative, Sir M. Hale King; of the compilers of the Act,) says, was intended for the people's hem lit, and therefore cannot he exerted to then prejudice ; and he was nut without precedent, for, in the 13th James I. Coke, C.J.,Croke,Dodderidgc,and Houghton, one baring served the Crown in the preceding reign, when prerogative was thought omnipotent, still they resolved that the general words of an Act should extend to the Queen (Elizabeth), although the Queen was not expressly named in the Act, because the Queen, Lords, spiritual and tempt:4M, and the Commons ' who made the 'said Act, have adjudged, as its the preamble appears, lung Leases made by Colleges, &e. to be unrea. suitable, and against reason, and the law, which is the per - feetion of reason, will never expound the words of an Act against reason, because fearful and dangerous cause quenccs would follow decay of the true religion and spiritual worship of God,' (the very words made use of in the Statute of Charles).; the jud i r, , - mont also states that the Queen, who is the fowl-, twin of justice, could not thereby be Made Ilse instrument of injury and wrong, and of a violation of a pious and excel ' lent law, which she herself; for tee mdintenance of religion, &c. bad made.' And it was also resolved ' that the King shall not be exempt by eonsti uction of law, out of the gene ' ral words of the acts made to suppress wrong, because he is' ' the fountain of justice. and common right, and the King, being God's lieutenant, cannot do a wrong, solunt Ilex hue ' non potent facere pod non potest injuste (were, anti here ' with agree 13th E. 4. 8 a. and the case of Alton Woods, in the first part of my reports, fill, 44 b. 48 a. &c. And al though a right was rensedilest, yet the act, which provides necessary and profitable remedy for the presereation of it, and to wrong, shall bind the King, at - appears its the Lord Berkeley'S case, Pl. Com,-246. if tenant in tail before the Statute De bolds eonditionalibus had aliened; either be ' fore issue to bar the issue in tail, or after Issue to bar as • well the donor as the issue in tail, it seal tortious, but no reloedY was given for it till the Statute De Goias condition , taibus, Ann° IS E. 1., was wade, Which Act stub, ' Domi nos Rex perpendens quod necessatium et utile est its pile ' dietis casibut appuncre remedium,•&c. staluit, quod nun ' babeant illi quibus tertemehturn sic fuit dattnu sub con ' ditione prottstatum afiedaudi , &c. and the Lord Bar ' keley's case was, that laud was given to King Henry the Seventh, and to the heirs male • of his body; ' and the question was, Whether the King, fOrasmuch as ha was not exprelsly restrained by the act pbat prolent 'mum , turn soscitattent, might abets or not ? and it was adjudged that he Could nut alien, but that he is restrained by • the said act for three reasons, Ist, BecauSe such alienation before the statute Was wrongful, although such wrong wanted remedy, for there it is said, it would be is hard at gument to grant, that the statute which restrains ' men from, doing wrong and ill should permit the King to du it.-2d. forasmuch as the said act is Statutuut reniediale, and provides a .reinedy fur this remediless wrong, and that it was necessary and - profitable to provide adds remedy, it was adjudged, that it should bind the King. And 1.6 conclude this reason, it is notably laid, in 24 E. 3, 41 a. that the law is reason and equity, to ' do right to all, and to keep men from wrong and mischief, and, therefore, the law will never make construction against ‘`law, equity and right." 1, Coke It. 11. pit. 66. Edit. 1776. • " The first answer made to these quotations will be, that the facts are dissimilar, true. Butthe principle is invariable, and applicable to all cases of the same kind. If this reason ing were good its the lath of ,James the First, a fortiori, dues it hold good now, since the Kin , " holds his Crown on certain specified conditions, and those of modern date : First, that he shall not suspend laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority,without the consent of Parliament ; 2dly,ahat the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it bath been as• ' suited and exercised of late, is illegal.' It was because James the Second had assumed and exercised a power of dis -Ist:wing with laws and the exercise of laws, without the cuss sent of Parliament, that he, for this and other reasons stated in the Act of Settlement, abdicated. When it it proved that what the Act required to be done is altogether sliscretional ; then the observations with regard to •the Act of Settlement do not apply, hut common sense seems to suggest that the present comes under the idea of either the non-execution ur the suspension of laws: An attempt has been made to prove the three propositions :—First, that it was the intention of the Legislature that the Queen should he inserted in the Liturgy :—Secondly, that the words of the Statute are unam biguous :—and, Thirdly, that the Kiugls bound thereby. " Presumption and - avant of knowledge could only dictate the assertion that much may not be said on the other side of the question. • The law justorum injustorunlyne distinctio must decide between conflicting arguments. The spirit of the Constitution, leaving nothing r ernedi ess,wiselyprovides, that Ministers are answerable for the acts of the executive go vernment. The King, being informed of all the noisome stuff which has deluged the country with pollution, took and acted by the advice of his Council, of whom it may be spoken on this occasion, in the language of a very wise man, coneilia ashler non minnunt Mala serf augent yotius. Some of them may have, aided by their legal lights, 'Sight where better eyes are. blind.' One in particular, unquestionably possesses more legal know ledge than any Judge.trorn the Conquest to the present day; and therefore well able in debate (fearful odds against an antagonist) to avoid and refine away what is essential, and enforce with all the influence of novelty what is not generally known ; is in legent per rim latant jurare The.preceding observations are not made from a desire to weaken the exertion of prerogative, lintels less from an in clination to carcourage the libido nialedicendo so disgracefully prevalent among the over-zealous of each party, but from allegiance to the King, best strewn by a faithful attachment to the law. " Gum legen4 diva nihil atiud intelligi t,olo,quans Imperium, sive- qua nec domus ulta, nee civ itas, . nec genes, nec hominum uniuersum genus stare, nec rer uns natura °nulls, nec ipse mun dus palest, which the venerable Hooker beautituily para phrased, and concluded by calling her (as the compilers of the statute thought, and the lezislature intended) The ntother of our peace and joy.' To this Tratt is added, by way of Appendix, the Act of the 13 and 14 of King Charles 11., chap. 4 ; and as the subject of it is of the highest importance, and will be much canvassed, we will readily admission to any impartial commu nications which may be sent us upon it. (a) Salisbury Ritual, Brit. plus. 1534 1 told, tboke of Can teibury, Bangor, Salisbury, and Lincoln, in the Lambeth and other episcopal libraries. The author has examined three, and is informed by a gentleman of great historical learning that the more ancient du nut contain the name of the Queen ; if they bad, it would have been evidence of a common law right. (6) The litanies and suffrages, the Most ancient part of the Common Prayer, in use front the time of Constantino. (c) See original, Brit. Mus. 1546. (d) Ibid. 1606. 1611. 1613. • _ _ e; See copies, Brit. plus. 1630. 1637. 1639. (J') Copy royal, no data. It was probably immediately after the marriage, June 30th, 1662 ; another copy, 1666, the bailie description, and two more without date, same. (g) Brit. Mu:. royal copy, without date. (Is) All taken from Hume and Burnet. (i) See Common Prayers before referred to. (k) Bruton. lib. v. c. 2. Observations oil the King's Ju risdiction in Matters Ecclesiastical, 1689. Brit. plus. Burnet's Reformation, vol. 1. Hume Hew y sth. (1) 26 Hen. 8. c. I. (m) Chiefly compiled by erahmer. • (n) 2 & 3 Ed. 6. c. 1.-3 & 4 Ed. 6. c. 10.-5 & 6 Ed. 6. e. 1. (o) 3 & 4 Ed. 6. c. 11. (p) 1 Mary, seas. 2. C. 2. (q) 1 Eliz. c. 2. (r) Vide September 1. (s) The author has nut personalty examined this book, as he has all the. others; but he is informed by a person must worthy of credit, that such is the fact. (1) See Lye's Sax. Diet. The Queen in this Pamphlet, is not considered under the Title of Queen Regnant ; because by the Common Law, as unnecessarily drclarctl by the Ist Mary, Sess. 3. c. 1. she is, as Sovereign, the same as the King. (u) Vide Treat. on the Rights of the Queen, Vamp!), 1763 Harg. Libr. Bi it. M us. (a) Prynne Auruin ltcginze, p. 124. Ptll UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN, 19.—0 n Monday ,the 15th in stant, the first day of Lent Term, the following degrees were conferred:— AlasTetts OF AltTS.—Rev. Josiah Forshall, Fellow of Exeter College; Rev. Henry Gulls, Exeter College;' Rev. Samuel Fenton, Rev. Juhu Jones, Christ Church.; and Rev. Thotoas Farley, Den) , of Magdalen College. BACH MA/ ItS OF Arms.—Willikin Ja.colrs, New College ; Geo. Crabb, Magdalen Hall; and,Rieliard Clement, Tr laity College. Lower Brook Street, Jau. 19, 1821. My Lord-4 am honored by the Queen's commands to in form your Lordship, that as her Majesty has been given to und-crstandthat some difficulties hive arisen with ran and to the attendance 'of professional individuals at the Concert which was appointed to take place at the Mansion-house on 19th Feb., her Majesty, in order to obvia'e these memo veniences, has sanctioned the postponement of it until the first day of March; and I am ordered to communicate to 'your Lordship her Ma esty's intention of being present at, it on that day. 1 have the honour to be, . My Lord, Your 'Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, K. H. CI L V. C. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. The opera of Artaxerxes is getting up at Co vent Garden Theatre, in opposition to the other llouse. Miss STEPHENS is of course to resume her original character of A. and tne, and Miss M. TREE is to appear for the first time in Arbaces. The receipts of money at the doors of Drury Lane Theatre, on Thursday evening, are said to have amounted to upwards of six hundred pounds. - Yesterday a numerous train of noblemen and gentlemen met at Walton Common, where a famous. stag was turned out for the Earl of DERBY'S hounds, which afforded an excellent day's sport. i , 6 E-t it ijr; tHE RADICAL LOAVES AND FISHEg: Turco—'-" 041 Orp'heuir playeti:" ec Fanged instate; for high debate About the Constitution ; motley crew, with great ado . ) Planning a Revolution L But first theY have a Council graVe, To part the Loire* and Fishe'S, And find for each that makes a speech A place to tuit his wishes. then hey for a Row ! No matter how! • gild hey for the Loaves and Fishes. " `Tis right to storm about Reform," " And cry down all abuses ;" " But, nevertheless, we must confess," " Good places have their uses ;". "though VAN'S Or Sznmourn i s Profits be" " A Burden hard to bear, Sir:" " Yet when transferred to you or me," " It's quite another affair, Sir!" Then hey far a RoW, &c. " Then e'er we rout, and tumble out" " The folks in lofty stations ;" " Let's try to get a better set," " To fill their situations:" Brace Hobbouse there, who fills the chair, Defets his own pretensions, Till all his friends hare gained their ends By offer, place, or pensions. Then hey fur a Ruw, &c. First Doctor Nat —son, envied lot, To make his claim advances ; And he's the man to form a plan For mending our finances : In all the cares of State Affairs He'd rival even NECKER, And so long iu the Bench, he'll surely retrench When Chancellor of the Exchequer. Then hey tor a Row, &c: Mundungus BaumE, a tailor spruce, Whose Trade Wags sport a Jest on, Next made his suit ; and then to hoot The famous Colder PRESTON ; • With half a score of worthies more Of similar education, They soon have a set for the Cabinet Of the new - Administration. Then hey for a Row, &c. Up Conum stood, for something good, _ Resolved to exert his Nowse, Sir; For England's weal; he'd beg, borrow, or steal, To purchase a seat in the Howse, Sir : To Coventry sent—he came back as he went, Tito' of Brass he displayed such a good stock: But the Pillory's dread always hangs o'er his brad, So he'll make a good Member for Wood —stock. Then hey r for a Row, &c. Next old GALE Jones displayed his tones, Who puffed as a Doctor of yore, Sir; But his Medical skill neer removed any - ill, • So he'll do fora good sine—cure, Sir. • And Orator THEMA ht., who taught Boys to spell well, And reigned in his school with a nod, Sir; To stick to his Trade, ought now to be made, • Arzumau Vshes of the . Wilda Rod, . Then hey for a Row, &c. Since thus good things Dame Fortune brings The next to take the hint, Sir, Is one whose trade in a green stall laid, So they make him Mosier o' Me Mint, Sir; And then they call upon one anclall, Who had e'er kept au ale-house, or little inn, And these they straight do nominate Commissioners of the Victualling. Then hey.for a Row, &c. " Pray who are you ?" " I'm Dan the Jew," " That used to steal with a big , net" . • " Corporation Swans from the City Ponds !" " Then you shall be Clerk of the Cygnet ." " And here's the Lad, who the booty had," " And popped it away in a hole, Sir :" 1 ‘ Why then a good place to answer his case" " I think will be Groom of the Stole, Sir." Then hey for a Row, &c. Next a Pickpocket Gang came to make an harangue, Whose boldness was past all endurance; So daring a Race, they're fit for a place, At the head of the London :issurance. Stage Mountebanks may give up their Pranks, The open mouthed Public to drowse, Sir, And Tumblers rare from Bartlemy .Fair Find places in Somerset House, Sir, Thep hey fur a Bow, &c. And no* there's nought that claims a thought The meeting to prolong, Sit ; But to give a voice fur the Leader's choice Whether 'tis right ur wrong, Sir! " Without," says he, " reward or fee," • ". I obey my Count►y's•Summons." " But since you declare, that I must have a share," " I'm content to be-King, Lo-ds, and Commons," Theo hey for a Row, &c. BATtr ARRIVALS.--Lady Isabella Tumour, Sir F. and Lady Baker, Sir F. Burdett, Sir John Smith, Sir Henry White— Dr. and Mrs. Jaques—Col. Barkley, Colonel Hartord,Colonel Doherty, Col. Darby, Licut.-Col.'lltorne, Major Fawcett,Ma jor Saekvilie, Capt. Ambrose, Capt. Burke, Capt. Browne, Capt. Gibbons, Capt. Hawkins, Capt. Kin, , z, ►'apt. Page, Capt. Thornton—Rar. Mr. and Mrs. E. Collyer, Rev. Mr. Bedford, Rev. Mr. Gulley, Rev. Mr. Hobbs, Rev. Mr. Jen kins, K. Payne, Rev. Mr. Stoddatt, Rev. Mr. Trefusis, Rev. Mr. Taylor. The Loan MAYOR has appointed Friday, next for holding a Common Hall, for the purpdse of petitioning both Houses of Parliament in favour of the QUEEN'S claims. The new Chapel at Er Efel, in the parish of Oswestry, for Divine Service in the Welsh Lan guage, was consecrated by the Bishop of ST. AsAPH on Wednesday. The Reverend Prelate arrived the preceding evening, and slept at Llan forda, the seat of 11. W. WILLIAMS, Esq. At Oswestry Fair, ou ednesday, store pigs reached better prices than at last fair ; fat ones 44d. per lb. ; cattle were rather lower; .bacon, 7d. to ; 'butter, Vd. to 9.1 d. ; skim cheese, 30s. to 355.; family cheese, 40s. to 455. ihirawrON . , Soon after : their arrival yesterday, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lord CASTLEREAGH ) and Sir CHARLEg PAGET ) had the honour of dining with, his 1114“. 4EslY.—The PrinCess Augusta has delayed her departure hence until to-morrow: The 'King, as we have previously stated, leaves us on Sa turday, for a few days: his Majesty . took his Usual promenade this Morning, and her Royal Highness her carriage airing. --••The Earl of Li= Verpool and Lord Castlereagh, left the Palace soon after nine o'clock this morning,- to return to London: A meeting, the Earl of Egro►nent iii the Chair, respecting the Statue of the King, in= tended to be erected on the Steyne, took: place at tl►e Old Ship this morning-. s SHIP NEWS: DEM„ JAN. 19.—Carne down from the R.irer the Paremntt•, Pranlilirf,• for St. Lucia . ; George, Baxter, (Or Bourdeaux, Spartan, Furnal, for Pernambuco; and Martha, Suns, fur Charlston. Arrived the Ranger, from Leith for• Bahia; and the Ceres from Jamaica ; the latter has sailed for the River. Sailed the Argus Deal pilot butter on a crniXe off Dungeness. Remain the ontward-bobnd at before. FALMOU9'H, JAN. t 7 .=Arrire'd the Intrinsic, Foster, from London for Jamaica. Sailtd the Robert and Mary, Atwoul, fur London. Mull - mount, JAN. 1 8.-=The Skylark; Puole . y, has been got off Kapton Sands; and is now at anchor in this Harbour with much damage;—all the cArgo is tinder lock at this place. SCILLY, JAN. 16.--:•Arrired the Mary, L: arswell, from Tene. rifle for London, with loss of boat and sails,Atid short of ho visions ; and Jupiter, Quarman, from Oporto for Bristol, wit Is loss of boat and anchor ; she threw about 10 tons of her cargo 'overboard, and is leaky. Pitmoutn, JAN. I S.-Arrited the Four Brothers, nouloff, from Dant'zic ; and Margaret, Reavely, from Prince Edward's Island; Ow latter is di'ainasted. TIILJEMAGNANIMITY.—O ur Readers,llo doubt, remember, — that wiled' his Grace the Duke' of WELLINGTON was appointed to the Governor 4 ship of Plymouth, vacant by the death of the Duke of RICIIMOND, the factious press seized that, as it seizes every opportunity, to throw sus• picious slanders on the illustrious individual, whose public services could never be rewarded by that or any • other appointments. The .silent contempt with which such baseness-is generally treated, by the dignified and honourable, attend ed these malicious insinuations; . and their - true and noble answer has only very lately conic to our knowledge. The fact is so completely in character with all the life of Britain's Hero, that we have great delight in retarding it. The Duke of WELLINGTON ) we are assured; was no sooner invested with the office alluded to, than he transferred its whole revenue. about 3000 f. per annum, to the widow of his - late friend and predecessor, whose rank and circumstances ren dered this princely action every «•ay excellent: Such conduct Would be injured by eulogy—its reward is i❑ the heart.-- . ---(111or»ing Post.) EXTRAORDINARY FRACAS.—Sir PAUL BAG:. JIOTT, of Lypeat Park, has opened a Literary Battery against Sir C. B. 'COMUNGTON, Bart. of Doddington Park. The cattse of the attack will be best explained by an extract of a letter from the former to the latter, which appears in a pro• vincial paper of this week—and which Nj'e copy to gratify the curiosity of our numerous Readers in the vicinity of the two Parks. The silence of the Doddington Baronet, for the space of twelve days after the occurrence, induced Sir PALI'. 13. thus publicly to remonstrate ; as he thinks the . relative situation in u hich they each stand in the county, entitles him to expect, at least, common courtesy : On Tuesday, the 2611) of December, e,.bilz travelling. !Ir..' on the box of the Cheltenham and Batt► Coach with other passengers, about one o'clock at mid-day, I observed that a hare had been caught by a wire, in a plantation a few yards - distant from the road., upon which the coachman stopped his horses, and descending from the box, I entered the plan tation and took up the hare, which appeared to be nearly de cayed, and whilst examining the skin, I was immediately tieized by two labottritig men,. who violently exclaimed ) " We've' caught you a* last—you most go down to Sir Bethers Ott this, I not only told these men my name, and that I Was-a Ma gistrate of, the County, and called upon 1 he coachman and•pas sengers to corroborate this foot, which they did; remonsti oting' at the same time, with the men upon their outrageous cots duct ; but 1 likewise produced my pocket-book, and sundry let-. ters directed to me, a 11 of which proved unavailing, and I was hy force dragged into the park of Doddington, and from thence down to your palladium mansion; where, being ushered as a cri minal to the threshold of your lordly portico,and having under gone the sarcasm and gentlemanly remarks of your children, their preceptor, and (I should imagine from the numbers bolts male and female which surrounded me) every retainer 'of your household, duringabe space of an boor, in a north-east wind. I was admitted to the honour of an audience in the Open air ! ! —To remind you, sir, of what then passed, would prove, certainty, no. less innulting to my own fet lings as a Gentle-• man, than derogatory to my duty as a Magistrate 1---suffice it to say, Sir, (and I thus publicly call upon you to deny my solemn statement) that you refused to take my word when I repeatedly told you that I was Sir 'Paul Baghott ; re lating likewise every thing that had occurred front the ma- - 'tient I was seized call, moreover, upon Mr. Toylot, - Wotton-under-Edge, (who politely conveyed me tothe Cross Hands in his curricle, in order to enable me to procure a' chaise to pursue my journey to Bath, where I did not arrive. till three hours-after my unjustifiable imprisonment by,your vassals,) to corrUbOrtie this testimony.-.-(Batis Her. Jun.l9 ) By the Jane and Barbara, PROSSER, arrive 4 at Bristol from Demerara, advices have been re ceived to the 6th ult., at which period, we - are happy to learn, the Colony was generally healthy, and that the rain, which had fallen to wards the end of the preceding month, had been of considerable benefit. It is rather singular that not a single Vessel had arrived there from Europe,-front the 17th to the 30th of November. A meeting of the County of Oxford is to be held on Monday next, in the Town Hall of Ox ford, for the purpose of considering of a Loyal - Address to the KING, and the following day the Clergy of the Diocese meet to address his MA-. JESTYb EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.-Thu'rsd'ay night a young man, of the name of GEORGE KETTERING, a weaver by trade, undertook to, stand four hours on one leg, without any suit. port, at a house in Smithfield. The wager was• for ten guineas. When he stood in that attitude three hours . and three quarters, he be came so weak that he could not speak, and with difficulty could 'support himself ; however t o the surprise of all he stood it out, and Nras'ea'r_ ried to his chair, not being able to" move. After his leg was fomented for song time, and some cordial given to hitii he recovered.