Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-10
FOREIGN.
Late AMI important from England.

from Liverpool, via Belfast, 70 days from the
latter port, we received Belfast papers 10 the
10Th November, which contain Lordon ac-
counts 10 the 18th OF the same month.
These papers are dressed in deep mourning,
and filled with variouS accounts of the demise
of the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF co
BOURG, who died at Claremont on the 9Th of
November, at O'Clock in the morning in
giving birth TO IL still born child At this
mourDfnl occurrence, the whole British Ma
tiop seems plunged III the deepest sorrow.
Hints are thrown ont IN the London papers
that Il meeting of Parliament is 10 be called
for removing the suspension of Hadeas Corpus
bet
\" Royal Dicorce' is also talked Of, that the
Prince Regent may have issue.
The papers likewise insiuuatc, that prccan-
lions should he taken for the union Of The I'M
! married Royal Dukes. 50 as 10 secnre the in
heritance of the crown i'll the iineai blood OF
the present king.
We have made some interesting extracts
from these papers, and shall continne them as
room will permit. No other important event
Than tie one above mentioned, is Gisceruibe.
We discover nothing in these adyiccs reia
tive TO the fitting out of sixty sail fihe line"
lately brought to Savannah, by an arrival from
Liverpool. a passenger in the Friends also
informs that no such intelligence was in cir
cnlaiion when lie ieft Belfast.
The accounts from Dublin and Cork, of the
4th November, state, that the Fever increases
10 an alarming extent, and that the deaths
have considerably multiplied within few
DAYS. TCtty Gazette
LONDON, November 1.-THE public
mind continues overwhelmed bv the sal
occurrence which blasted all our hopes
and every new occurrence that is related,
serves tOaggravate their sorrow. Moth
ing was discovered by the inspection of
the Body to account for the demise of
Her Royal Highness. The small quanti-
ty of serum tonud on the pericardium not
| accounting for il so that it must have a.
risen from the exhaustion of the ROYAL
Patient, under period OF labor so lin
geriug. 1t was from the rirst anticipat.
eel by Sir Richard Croft, that the labour
would be protracted, and OH Tuesday
| morning he wrote 10 DIR. Sims, of Gull
| ford street to come to Claremont, 10 as
| sist in consultation, if artificial means
should be judged necessary. Bat this
letter Was not dispatched till o'clock
of the evening of that day, and conse-
quently that able and most experienced
accoucher did not arrive till o'clock on
Wednesday morning. 1t is lameniable
TO thiuls that the confinement of Prin-
cess, upon whose life and happy d livery
such National importance attached, should
be at such distance. Surely the pater-
nal roof, or Buck'ugh House, or some
other suitable Mansion i'll town, might
have been assigned TO tue Princess for
the time; or ii Claremont was preferred,
IT ought to have occurred that a second
Physician should have been previously
resident TO famiiarize Her Royal High
ness To his sight, since in that case they
might have both assisted iii the perilous
moment. By The arrangement which was
made, we nowle learn from Clarem0nt, that
though DR.. Sims was In re all Wcdncs
day for the purpose of consultation, he
was not called into the chamber AT any
period of the labor, nor at the delivery
Perhaps, as he had not been introduced
10 Her Royal Hghness before hand, it
was thought that the appearance OF
stranger might alarm and discOmpose
her. We have no doubt bmt that every
thing was done for the best at the time
but the preparations were not made with
regard to the uneXampIed importance of
the case. We ought not TO be deferred
by delcacy from saying, that through The
whole course of tie pregnancy, Her Roy
al iIlghness ought TO have had the socIe-
ty or some Lady or Ladies of rank aud
experience, chosen by herself, WHO, from
the confidence reposed III them by the
Princess, might have influence in direct
ing the proper treatment 10 be observed
we need not remind Our readers, that e.
ven the Ladies of her Household were
not left 10 her own choice.
Great pains were taken bv DIR. Sims
and DIR. Baltic, TO rc-animate the child,
for which purpose il was conveyed to
them in an adjoining apartment, but all
their efforts were Intellectual, and il APP
pcared probable that it had been dead
for some hours before delivery. Though
long delayed, every thing looked favora-
bly, till the shiverIng came, and then
IN. - II
lie were then called INTO the chamber, bnt
II was the will Of God that human skill
should not avail.
= 1t will scarcely be credited, that there
was not one lady or even female domes
tic, resident at Clarcmoni, whose expert
ence could authorize her TO be useful TO
The Princess during her pregnancy or la
Dor. Not one OF them was a mother.
- inge also IT certainly was, that Her
Royal IliShncss was left To the care of
only one accoucIIer, AT the distance of
sixteen miles from London so that no
provision was made for any illness of that
one, through long watching or other &C
cident. Doctor Sims was also sent for
from town long after the Patients suffer.
lngs had commenced, and was then only
49, readiness fur consultation, but did not
assist at The delivery.
II at any moment Of tic forty-eielt
hours That Her Royal Higliness was in
labor, 1t had been thought advisable by
Sir Richard Croft, To have recourse IN
art, could he, in the absence of tie Pa
rent, and all the Members OF the ROYAL
Family, take upon himself the awful re-
sponsibIiity OF doing that which, i'm
private case, he would have felt il his dn-
" to undertake without scruplel We Go
not say That such a moment arrived