Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-29

And thrice live hundred pointed at the bay
iae summer snu was we'tering the work OF death
sunk cloud aud darkness, before the fray wa, done,
ine neara Tue crash Of bufSaks that tumbed from
Ana saw the rockets streaming red a,hwart the vault Of
night,
And blazing baks d,masied came wildly drifin. nigh
And, midst the Pause OF thunder heard the heathea
NoS hold lhes, gallant admiral. bow to God, d.
Yield The virgin city. the empre:s ofthe sra;
feno'nes ny pandere1 treasures and SET the captive
Now shout M lads" quothAraye reilew, now shout
for victory"
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tFRoa TIE N. y. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. ]
Aenoir IF the Queen Of England.
Having Disposed of the most of our foreign
h'e'tSence, aiiu As there are but few dome q e
occurrences Of commanding interest we have
thought II would be gratifying TO our reatir IS
'oiaS before them biographical sketch of the
present Queen OF England, who although she
GOES net 1--we III the days of chivairy, and is no
heroine OF romance, has not been without a
knight 10 break a lance in defence of her ho-
nor, or without incidents in her lite to form a
novel we should be much . tifie a if we cOu,,I
add TO point a moral or adorn tale"
Caroline, consort of King George ". and
Ills hrst cousin, is now in the SD year of her
age. She was born on the 18th Nav, 1885,
Her father, The late Duke of Brunswick well
known Tor The famous manifesto issued against
'he Republicans OF France at The commence.
meni OF the revolution, was MARI led TO the sis.
yer Of George III. after the old Duke of
b'unSwicks death, his widow went 10 Eng
rand, aud died in the house of her dau liter.
me present Queen, when size was Princess of
Wales.
Little is known as to the early period of the
NC OK Queen Caroline. excepting that she e.
ceived her education at a Court, noted, like all
The ether Royal Courts of Europe, Ter intrigue
and saliantiy. 1t is stated in the London pa
pers, that al the age of fifteen, Caroline, while
residing at Wolfenbuttle, her fathers residence
~ Germany, formed an attachment 10 an Irish
officer, who had distinguislie 8, nSeifin battle,
ana WHO, ON that account, had been promo lie ii
by the Duke, and appoint ed Que of his aids de
camp ihis attachment was displeasng to The
taiher; bht, AS observed by the writer of the
= story. u " was strengthened by subsequent cir.
cumstances OF roDauiic nature; - of which,
hoTevtr, he has not furnished us with any de-
iah. The sequel of this " romantic" affair is
thus narrated =" Suffice il to say, that after
tie lapse of several years, and OH The eve of
,ha Princess being brought to this country 10
Of Wa!es) wild and desperate attempt was
made by the gentleman in question, sided Nv
an irish nobleman. This was defeated by the
Vigilance OF her father. The princess was res
rnet frsm The danger by which size was threat.
e"ed, and safely conveyed to our shores. The
authors of the intended outrage were tor some
;!me confined in prison, hut eventually escap-
ga, me one was subsequently reported 10
LII
den. aud the other fell victim to certain visi-
onarS schemes into which lie had entered with
regard TO his own country
Tue Princess Caroline was married i'm Lon
DON on the Sth OF April, l195, TO the prescAt
Nihg. The ceremony was performed i'm pre-,
sence OF George Ill. his Queen, and ali The
pcfsons of elevated rank in the Kingdom
The nation testified their satisfaction upon the
Occasion, by ponriIg in addresses, i'm which the
happy couple were congratulated on their
unlon; and The newspapers, and other iour-
mails of the day, We'd with each Othe r in giving
eclat to the splendid ceremony of the marriage.
am III iavIsliins tlieir praises on the beauty
and Accomplishments of the princess. What
added To the felicity of the marrie ed pair. was
Tie payment, by the nation, of the debts of
me Prince, then amounting 10 t. 630S90 ster-
iing, and raising his annual income which, was
formerly G0,00J year, TO Z 100 900, besides
advancing ~ 900, TO pay the preparations
Tor the marriage ; 2S 900 for Jewels aud
plate; and 10000 for furnishing Carlton
House.
notwithstanding this concurrence of happv
circumstances. a few months SCARCELY elapsed
~heF u was pretty generally whispered that
the royal pair did not live together OF the best
possible terms ....it was ITO difficult matter
10 divine the cause of this and the English
newspapers. even now that The Prince fills tie
tfomr, alter complimentius him on The eIe.
gaucc OF his person, that % he was alike the
1901 OF hiS 0wu and ct The softer sex"-unre.
seTvedly state, that lie had become entan-
gied ~ those SHARES which were constantly
prepared ior him by those enchanting Circes
who lifted abont Tie Conrt OF 81. James"
Tie plain English of the matter, is, Georne
nae formed other, and previous attachments
eat OF secret nature, bat openly and ayoyyed
lie had rot seen Caroline, except in miniature
tiii she landed in England. He married her
q matter OF state policy, and after euioyinp
nrr company for few weeks, his pYediiecfioi,
Tor other objects revived, and thus occasioned
a dislike for "A woman 20 whom he rad never
HFen attached, and 10 whom he had NOT
Srcu condescended 10 consult his own prior
Pfip-s. In Tue end, SEQ drai ion took place
? though The parties sill lit ed under Inc satno
ipoi and The breach became wider and ire.
pSiaOie, short time afterwards, ~ couse-
rnTHce OF tia following circumstance A
clergyman, who had been appointed one OF the
chapiains 90 tie late Queen, being advised for
his healilT to try the waters Of Baden. ure,i
ouSly 10 setting out. waited upon The Priueess
OF Wales at Carlton House, And expressed his
Willingness 10 exercise any commissions sIe
niigbt be disposed 10 entrnSt 10 his charge. eli
tier ~ conveying letters 10 her mother the
Cachess OF Brunswick OF ofherwtse. TIC
Pr'ncess accepted his pt0iered service. and
GcNired HAT Ito would call fhe nerf dsv o.
der commands. lie called accordiuply .oJ
EceejS cd from her hands certain letters ,ybtrJ,
ne was charged 10 deliver safely tnfo tl,c hands
C. 10 Duchess OF brunswick He prou,ised
''mPliance, and set ous from London. No
e9oncr had he reached Tie port from whence
'e was sboHt TO embark. than he received an
press auhOnacing % him the dangerous in
position Of his wife lie retained 10 town
without delay, and with some degree Of iucsu-
tloD delivered the dispStchCs eurusted 10 his
care by The PnSccSs, TO % person bv whom,
lheir cOute It3 we're BETRAYED II la, bcen
iaUoared ili4t these leiiets ceD,s,uea matter