Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-23

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has daughter whom he tenderly loves
the country has for twenty wears regarded
as the heircss TO the crown and y;so has
been cducatedas such"
he writer also adds, that " the ,,-:nce
would, in all probability have had sons.
mad he chosen to 1--we with the Princess.
put so from sacrificing any feelings of
ms own to any wish for male children. he
expressly IN writing declared to the prii,-
cess, that, should his daughter unl,a2-
phy oie, he never could, even IN that
case, ask iier again to live with him"
= THIS new wish, therefore, TO increase
ms family, Is somewhat unaccountabIe
Tor no man can suppose his royal high
ness TO be actuated by the mere desire Of
disinherItiny his daughter The writer
then supposes the same member OF Par,i-
ament TO reason with himself on the pro
liability OF the Princes marrying. havinu.
male issue, and the probability OF lon.s
minority, III which he asks, g who vii
then be regent ?-Will there be no con-
Petition WHO are tie competitors ~.
Jhe Duke of York, on the one hand, and
the Prncess Charlotte on the other:''and
he adds, " how much better would il not
he to have the princess succeed her roys,i
father when she may have ob5ained tina
maturity OF years, which, from her es-
cciient endowments, may he fairly exDec-
ted to bring with them maturity CT Wis
domy'
The writer next proceeds to point ous
some considerations of personal la;nre
which might weighwiih inc member. fanx-
member) OF parliament. These are Chief
" OF personal nature, and are drawn
from the great probability Of the failure
OF the measure, and the natural feelings of
a daughter for q mother. lie insists that
they who should support the measure.
would make the Princess Charlotte their
enemy, and that ifshe should ever ascend
the throne, she would not forget such
conduct. From these considerations. lie
concludes that any member of Parlia-
ment ma'urely considering the subject,
would be disposed to vote against il. He
adds, " no man loves to entang!e him
self unnecessarily in contest OF this d.
scription, thankless, if successful. haz-
ardous in the extreme, lift fails: and. mn
ON the whole, much more likely 10 fail
than sncceed."
he writer OF the pamphlet next views
and objects to this measure. on The
grounds of its necessarily involving the
disclosure of those secret family anec-
dotes, which were much more delicate 10
keep hid from public view. He saws. g the
business of parliament NAV be once more
interrupted for awhole session with the
private concerns of our princes. &c All
those letters, those delicate and painful
letters, may be extorted from the Parties
concerned, which sound advice ard ur-
common temper, as well as firmnass, had,
upon former occasions. stesdle suppress
sed: =" The taste of the are, tie feelings
of the people, the decent observances Of
society, the chaste sentiments of well re-
gulated minds, all that constitute public
decorum, may be outraged by daily dis
cussions, which no attempts of tirnid or
time-serving men, can keep within the
walls OF parliament every frailty of all
the iiusfrious persons, who should be
the patterns of propriety, as of virtue,
may be laid bare TO the prurient gaze of
vulgar. curiosity, by the unsparimg hand
OF judicial inquiry" After abiding to
the injury which this exposure NAV do to
the morals of the nation, as well as TO the
character and comfort of exalted indivi-
duals, the author Of the pamphlet con-
cludes: But there is every reason to ex-
pecct that the design of dissoiving the
existing. marriage of the prince regent
will fail !; that the expectations of fhe
princess Charlotte will not be defeated
and that the country will be spared the
countless evils ofa long minority and
contested regency-evils scarcely differ
ing from those of a disputed succession"
[Giobe.