The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-21 00:00:00

111.1 RATIONAL REGISTER..

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While that good and gracious father and Sovereign remained in I
the exercise of hi. royal tioactions, unolinding daughter
law had nothing to fear. A= h./iv a. the protecting hanJ of your
laic ever-lieloved and ever lamented father teas held over arcs
was safe. But the melancholy event which deprived the nation
of the fictive exer ions of its virtnous King, bereft me of friend
and protector. and of all hope of future tranquillity and safety.—
To calumniate your naai:ent wife was now the shortest road to
Royal favour; awl to bet-ay her was to lay the sure foundation
of boundless riches and titles of honour. Before claims like these,
talent, virtue, long services, your own personal friendahips. your
Royal engagements, promises. and pledges, written as well as ye -
bal. melted into air. Your Cabinet was founded on this basis. You
took to your councils men. of whose persons, as well as whore
rine.ples. you had invariably expressed the strongest dislike.—
The interest of the nation, and even your own feelings. in all
other respects, were sacritietal to the gratification of your desire to
aggravate my :offerings. and ensure my humiliution. You took
' "your councils and your bosom, men whom you hated, who.ie
abandonment of, and' whose readiness to sari ifiee me were their
only merits, and whose power has becu exercise) in a manlier,
and has been attended with consequences, worthy of its origin.—
From this unprincipled and unnatural union have sprung the
manifold evils which this maims has now to endure, sad which
present a mass of misery anti of degradation, accompanied with
acts of tyranny and cruelty, rather than have seen %hien inflicted
on his industrious, faithful, alai brave peop:e, your royal father
would have perished at the lead of that petiplic
When to calumniate, revile, and betray me, became the sure
path to honour and tiches, it would have been steange indeed if
calumniators, revilers and traitors, had not abounded. Your
Court became much less a scene of polished manners and refined
intercourse than of low intrigue and scurrility. Spies, Baccha-
nalian tale-bearers, and final conspirators, swarmed in those
Maces which had before been the resort of sobriety, virtue, and
honour. To enumerate all the various privations and mortifi-
cations which I had to endure—all the insu:ts that were
wantonly heaped upon me, from the day of your eleva-
tion to the Regency to that of my departure for the Conti-
nent—would be to describe every species of personal offence
that can be offered to, and every pain short of bodily vio-
lence that can be inflicted on, any human being. Bereft of pa-
rent, brother, and fulier-imlaw, and my husband fir my dead-
liest foe; seeing those who have promised me support bought by
rewards to he amongst my enemies; restrained from accusing my
foes in the face of the world, out of regard for the character of
the father of my child, and from a desire to prevent her happi-
ness from being disturbed; shunned from motives of selfishness
by those who were my natural associates; living in obscurity,
while I ought to have been the centre of all that was splendid ;
thus humbled, I had one consolation left—the love of my dear
and only child. To permit me to enjoy this was too great an
indulgence. To see my daughter; to told her in my arms; to
receive her cheering caresses, and to hear front her lips assur-
ances of never-ceasing love;—thus to be comforted, consoled,
upheld, and blessed, was too much to be allowed me. Even on
the slave mart the cries of •* Oh ! my mother, my mother ! On!
wry child, my child !" have prevented a separation of the victims
of avarice. But your advisers, more inhuman than the slave-
dealers, remorselessly tore the mother from the child.
Thus bereft of the society of my child, or reduced to the
necessity of imbittering her life by struggles to preserve that
society, I resolved on a temporary absence, in the hope that
time might restore me to her in happier days. Those days,
alas! were never to conic. To mothers—and those mothers who
have been suddenly bereft of the best and most affectionate and
only daughters—it belongs to estimate my sufferings and my
wrongs. Such mothers will judge of my affliction upon hearing
the death of my child, and upon my calling to recollection
the last look, the last words, and all the &fleeting circumstances
of our separation. Such mothers will see the depth of my sor-
rows. Every being with a heart of humanity in its bosom will
drop a tear in sympathy with me. And will not the world,then,
learn with indignation, that this event, calculated to soften the
hardest heart. was the signal for new conspilwies, and indefa-
tigable aorta for the destruction of this of icted mother? Your
Majesty had torn my child from me; you had deprived me of
the lower of being at hand to succour her; you had taken from
ire the possibilky of hearing of her last prayers for her moiler;
you saw me bereft. forlorn, and broken-hearted ; and this was
the moment you chose for redoubling your persecutions.
Let the world pass its judgment on the constituting of a com-
mission, in a foreign country, consisting of inquiertors, spies,
and informers, to discover, collect, arid arrange matters of accu-
sation against your wife, without any complaint having been
communicated to her : let the world judge of the employment
of ambassadors in such a business, and of the enlisting of to.
reign courts in the enterprise: but on the measures which have
been adopted to give final effect to these preliminary proceedings
it is for me to speak; it is for me to remonstrate with your Ma-
jesty ; it is for me to protest; it is for me to apprize you of nay
determination.

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I have always demandesi a
,fair trial. Tiis is what I now
demand, and this is refused me. Instead of a fide ti is!, I ant to
be subjected to a sentence by the Parliament, passed in the
swipe of a law. Against this I protest, and upon the following
br,uods:—
Tile injustice of refusing me a dear and distinct chatge, of
refusing me the name:, of the witnesses, of refusi• g toe the
names of the places where the alleged acts have been unlimited
—these are sufficiently flagrant and revolting; but it is against
the canstitotion of thy Court ii‘elf that I particularly object, and
that I most solemnly protest.
Whatever nifty he the precedents as to Bills of Pains and
Penalties, none of them, except those relating to the Queen of
Henry the Eighth, can apply here; for here your Majesty is the
pttiniff. Here it is intended by the Bill to do you what you
deem good and to do me great harm. You are, therefore, a
party, and the only complaining party.
You have made your complaint to the House of Lords. You
have conveyed to this House written documents sealed up. A
Secret Committee of the I louse have examined these documents.
They have reported that there arc grounds of proceeding; and
then the Ilouse, merely upon that report, have brought forward
a Bill containing the mist outrageous slanders on me, and Sell
tencing me to divorce and degredatian.
The injustice of putting forth this Bill to the world for six
weeks bcthre it is even proposed to adind me an opportunity of
contradicting its allegations is too toothiest not to have shocked
the nation: and, indeed, the proceedings even thus tar are
such as to convince every one that no justice is intended me.—
But if none of these proceeding,. it mate of these clear indica-
tions of a determination to do me wrong had taken place, I
smuld see, in the co:it-Motion of the House of Loids tt,tit,
certainty that I could expect no justice at ;Minot's.
Your Majesty's Ministers have adth.al this prosecution; they
are responsible tor the advice they give; they are liable to pa•
nishmeni if they fail to make good their charges; and not omy
ate they part of my judges, but it is they who have brought in a
liUl; and it is too notorious that they have always a maim ity in
toe House; so ;11111, without any other, hue is ample pool' that
the House will decide in favour of the Bill, lOW, of course,
against me.
But further, there ate reason, for your Ministers having a ma-
jority in this rase, which tussons do nut apply to common cases.
Your Majesty is the plaintiff: to you it be:angs to appoint and
to ekeatc Peers. it ar y of the pre,ent Peers have been raised to
tl t.: dignity by yours.ll, and almost the whole can be, at your will
and pleasure, further elevated. Tne far greater part of me Peers
I.•ti I, by themselves and then thmila..t, biters, pensions, and other
eam•uments. solely tit the will and pl, :,Anre ut• your Alujesty,
and thuie, of course your Majesty cm take away whenever you
pha•.e. There are mote than Jou r-Attla of the Puts in this

situation. and there arc many of them who might thus be deprived
of tlo: better part id their incomes.
If. ocntraty to ali exptetation, there should be found, in seine
Peers, likely to amotmt to a majority, a disposition to reject the
Bill, some of these Peers may be ordered away to their ships.
regimmts, governments. and other duties; and which is an
equally alarinhg power. new Peers may be created for the pur.
po7e. and give their vote in the decision. That your Alajesty's
Ministers would devise the a measures, if found necessary to
render elicit persecution successful, there can be very little doubt;
seeing that they have hitherto stopped at nothing, however unjust
or odious.

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To regard such a body as a Conrt of Justine would be to
calumniate that sacred name ; and foe me to suppress an expre..
sion of my opinion on the subject, would be tacitly to lend my-
self to my own de:Artie:l.m, as well as to an imposition upon the
nation and the world.

In the House of Commons I can discover no better grounds
of security. The power of your Majesty's Ministers is the same
in both I louses ; and your Majesty is well acquainted with the
fact, that a Majorhy of this )louse is composed of persohs placed
in it by the Peels and by your Majesty's Trea,nry.
It really gives me pain to state those things to your Majesty;
and, it it gives your Nlayesty pain, 1 beg that it may beobserved,
and reintinbertd, that the statement has been forced fiom me.—
I must Lithtr protest against this mode of-trial, or, by tacitly
ctmsentmg to it, stiff..r my honour to be sacrificed. No innocence
can ACCiI re, Lite :tt•chied if die Judges and Jtutors be climes by die
aceme: ; and if I were tacitly to submit to a tribunal of this
description, 1 should he instrumental in my own dishonour.
On these grounds I protest against this species of trial. I
demand a trial in a Court where the Jurors are taken impartially
from amongst the people, and where the proceedings are fair
and open. Such a trial I court, and to no other will I willingly
submit. If your Majesty persevere in the present proceedings, I
shall, even in the Houses of Parliament, face my accusers ; but I
shall regard any decision they may make against we as not in the
smallest degree reflecting on my honour; and I will not, except
compelled by actual love, submit to any sentence which shall
not prronotineed by a Court ofJustice.
I have now frankly laid bvfore your Majesty a statement of
my wrongs, and a declaration of my views anti intentions. You
have cast upon nee every slur to which the female character is
liable. Instead of loving, honouring, and cherishing me,
agreeably to your solemn vow, you have pursued ate with
hated and scion, and with all the means of destruction.—
You wrested from me my child, and with her my Only comfort
and cumulation. You sent me motoring through the world,
and even in my sorrows pointed me with unrelenting persecu-
tion. Having lett me nothing but my innocence, you would
now, by a mockery of justice, deprive me even of tile reputation
of possessitig that. The poisoned bowl and the poinard are
1 means more manly than perjured witnesses and partial tribunals;
anti they are less cruel, inasmuch as life is less valuable than
honour. If my life would have satisiiid your Majesty, you
should have had it on die sole condition of giving me a place in
the same tomb with my child : but, since you would send me
dishonoured to the grave, I will resist the attempt with all the
means that it shall please God to give me.
(Signed) CAROLINE, R.
Brandenburgh House, August 7, 1820.

On Monday last, about four o'clock, the remains
of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of York
were privately interred at Weybridge church, Sur-
rey, in a vault which had previously been prepared.
under her Royal Highness's special directions.
Lord Byron has arrived in town from Italy.

A ballot was taken at the East India House on
Wednesday, for the election of a Director in the
mom of Sir David Scott, Bart. who had disqualified.
At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and delivered
to the scrutineers, who repor►ed the election to
have fallen on Josias Du Pre Alexander, Esq.—
The numbers were—for Josias Du Pre Alexander,
Esq. 1059—for Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Esq.

ller Majesty's new state carriage is a singularly
neat and very elegant landau, and possesses all the
requisite adornments of the art, with every possible
convenience. The body is painted of a beautiful
lake colour (the favourite colour of his late most
excellent Majesty). Thd Royal arms and support-
ers are most excaently painted on the doors, anti
front and back, underneath which is a snake, which
appears crushed from the weight. On each of the
four side pannels is painted a Royal Coronet, with
her Majesty's initials, C. R. The body is roomy
and hangs low, the root' is flat and ornamented on
the four corners with silver coronets ; the joints at
the top are also ornamented with silver Coronets on
the four corners of the sides. Near the top there
appears a silver Coronet, and her Majesty's cypher
in silver letters underneath. The joints are of chased
silver, richly ornamented, and nothing can surpass
the beauty of the lamps, which are of silver embos-
sed, surmounted by a superb Coronet of the same
metal. The side lining, with the squabs and
cushions, are composed ut the richest yellow silk,
and the roof lined with the finest blue cloth, all
superbly ornamented with rich lace. A Salisbury
boot, with the scat cloth of the finest scarlet cloth,
ornamented with five rows of deep gold fringe, with
hangers. The carriage is very light, mid most su-
perbly ornamented. the wheels are painted lake
and vermillion, together with the hind standers.—
Springs and perch richly gilt with gold. The har-
ness is superbly ornamented with silver, agreeable
to royal etiquette, and every way made to corres-
pond with the carriage.
Troops are now stationed at Mitcham and Sutton,
and most of the villages round the Metropolis.
The northern roads are so crowded with troops on
their march towards the Metropolis, that it would
seem as if the Town was to be put in a state of
blockade. _

The match to fight between Turner and Belcher
is off; Reicher challenged to light either Randal
or Turii;:r, and the latter tailed upon him to
accommodate him, but Belcher very advLsedlY
declined.

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FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S G.IZETTP
This Gazette notifies the appointment of (tie Nev. E. Bankes,
to be Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, in the room el the
Rey. J. Thomas, D. b. deceased.
This Gazvac also notiliei the appointment of S. Cleverly,
M.D. Senior Phy,ician to the Fever Hoilital, and to the itlluin
for Feiitale Orphans„to be one of his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cututnidges Pby sienna.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
W. and J. Heap, Hepworth, Yolk, clothier, from Aupst
to Sept. Vt.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

J. Bolt and G. Jones, Bath, g,ocers.
W. Taylor, Bermondsey New Road, bricklayer.
BANKRUPTS.

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T. Samson, Lynn, Norlitlk, coachmaker. Solicitor, Mr. Ro-
binson. Lincoln's Inn Fields.
C. Ellis. Birmingham, plater. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Co.,
Chancery Lane.
W. Cortield, Norwich, tanner. Sol. Mr. Taylor, Featherstone
Buildings, Holborn.
'r. Warburton, Northwich, Cheshire, and G. Parsons, Liver-
pool, sailmaker. Sols. Nlessrs. Adlington turd Gregory, Bedford
Row.
I. Isaacs, Liverpool, merchant. Sols. Messrs. Illackstock and
Bunce, Temple.
W. A. D. Fotheringham. Plymouth Dock, coal merchant.
Sol. Mr. Makinson, Temple.
S. Sampson, Lane, auctioneer. Sols. Messrs. Taman
and Preston, Coleman Street.
R. Wroots. Sleaxionl, Lincoln, draper. Sots. Messrs. Windle
and Co., Gray's Inn.
DIVIDENDS. .

August 29, B. Parkes, Aldernianbury, wine merchant—Sept.
11, G. Channel., Sutton, Suasex, merchant—l I, It. Finch, Coo..
per's Row, Ctutchedfriars, spirit tnerchaat—i 1, R. Armstrong.
Worcester Street, Unien Street, Borough, hat manufacturer-14,
E. Bailey, Preshute, Wilts, parchment maker-2n, .I. Trokes,
Liverpool, merchant-11, It. Fie Ider, Tenterden, Kent, victualler
—R. -Felton, Lawrence Pountney Lane, hop merchant-15, J.
Dawe, Plynioutli, mercer-19, .1. F. Roves, Anlaby, near Hull,
sugar baker-29, J. Beickeley. Ashton under Line, Lanashire,
clothier-12, S. Panton, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent,
miller—l I, E. Alaildoek, R. Quinn, and .1. Univac, Liverpool.
merchants-15, M. !lime and W. Kew ley, Alt,neliester, auc-
tioneers-13, I'. Nlattliews, Bishop% earmouth, Durham. spirit
merchant-1, .1. H. Forster and C. Dobson, Norwich, manufac-
turers-9, T. Dobson, Kendal, Westmoreland, merchant-12,
T. Gill, Chester, spirit merchant.
CERIIFICATI:S to be granted Sept. 9.
J. and H. Watson, Friday Street, etteapside, warehousemen—
L. Pentold, J. Springett. and W. NI. Pentold, Maidstone, Kent,
bankers—S. Copland, Holt, Norfolk, miller—J. Muir, Liver-
pool, merchant—J. Young, Laystali Street, Liquorpond Street,
milkman—J. Holliday, Stockport, Cheshire, victualler—T.
Archer, cr•ford, butcher—T. Shelley, Manchester, moslin
manufacturer—W, Cobham and T. Jones, Ware, Het ts, bankers
—W. Sylvester, New Woodstock, Oxfonl, mercer.

Dike
Batik Stock 221
3 per Cent. !tett. 681
3 per Cent. COW,
a! pes Cent. 771
4 per Cent. 87j
5 ues Cvi.t. No% y 11131
11...,ut Alin. 18 146

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LonDoit.

MONDAY, AUGUST 2!.

The Queen's Persecutors " have gone so fur
That should they wade no more,
Returning were as bad as to go o'er,"
and therefore the first step in the proceedings against
her, was taken on Thursday. We have been studious
to give the proceedings as fully as possible, an 3 are
thereby prevented enlarging in our observations on
the subject.
Her Majesty goes to, and returns from, the
1-use of Lords amid increased enthusiasm every
day. Some of the most respectable houses now
exhibit inscriptions complimentary to her, and many
flags arc waved from the windows as her carriage
passes. NVe know or no description that can convey
so gcxxl an idea of her constant reception as that
given by the Duke of Gloucester to his Duchess of
Bolingbroke's entry .nto I.ondoo—
tt You would h;,ve ihoogl.t the very windows spake,
so many crie.l. Cot save dux Lulingbrake."—
kiclwrd
The state of Richard the Second, which fhllows
this, may give an idea aplicable to same one else—
.. -E'en se, or with much more contempt
M erib eyes did %cowl on Mehard,
No tongue cried, God say: inin."-

We this day insert the Letter from the Queen to
the King ;—it is a document which will be perpe-
tuated by the Ilistcrie rage long ui•cr the subject of
it shall Le mouldered into dust ; anl we rt juice to
add our belief, that it will make courc.ts °fall those
who have not hitherto been her fri;mas, excepting,
of course, those whose interest is their Idol, and who
sacrifice all on its shrine. We bQlieve we may
ientost exclaim with the Poet,

She has Pe fort
" VI h.; ate ller.veh.'•