Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-11-07

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LETTER OF COUNSELLOR PHILLIPS To
THE KING.
The following excellent letter to the King, from
the pen OF that celebrated barrister. CHAR1ts
PHILLIPS, Esq. we doubt not will be read with
peculiar pleasure, as it relates most particularly
to the situation of orr prosecuted Queen II Is
unnecessary 10 remark on the beauties of the
composition the work will speak for itself
Livefpoot pap. Oct. G.
Sire-When presume to address you
on the subject which afflicis and sgitates
the country, ] do SO with the most pro-
found sentiments of respect and loyalty.
But am no flatterer. wish well to yonr
ilI1strious house, and therefore address
you in The tone OF simple trnth-the in-
tefests OF the king and queen are identifi-
ed, and her maiesty's advocate must be-
yours. The degradation Of any brauch
Of your family, must, in some degree,
compromise the dignity Of all, and be as.
snred there is as much danger as discredit
in familiarizing The public eye TO such a
spectacle. have no doubt that the pres
ent exhibition is not your roy al wish;
have no doubt it is the work of willy syco-
phauts and slanderers, who have persuaded
you Of what they know to be false, in the
base hope that it may turn out TO be profit.
able. With the view, then, Of warning
you against interested hypocrisy, and Of
giving to your heart its naturally humane
aud noble inclination, invoke your atten-
tion to the situation Of your prosecuted
consort implore OF you to consider
whether II would not be for the safety of
the state, for the tranquility of the coun-
try, for the honor Of your house. and for
the Interests alike Of royalty and human.
ity. that an helpless female should be
permiaed 10 pass in peace the few re-
manning years which unmerited misery
has spared to her.
It is now, Sire, about five aml.twenty
years since her Majesty landed on the
shores Of England-a Princess by birth
Queen by marriage--the relative Of
Kings-and the daughter and the sister OF
hero. She was then young direct from
the indulgence of paternal court-the
blessing of her aged parents, of whom she
was the hope aud stay--and happiness
shone brightly DER her; her life had been
all sunshine-time for her had only trod
on flowers; and If the visions which en-
dear, and decorate, and ballow home,
were vanished for ever, still did she re-
sign them for the sacred name of wife,
the sworn affection of royal husband,
and the allegiance Of glorious and gallant
people. She was no more to see her no.
BILE fathers hand unhelm the warriors
brow to fonde Ger his child--no more Tor
her mothers tongue delighted as il
taught: that ear which never heard a
strain---that eye which never opened 90
a scene, but those Of careless, crimeless,
cloudless infancy, was now about to
change its dnIcet tones and fairy visions
for, The accent and the country OF the
stranger. But she had heard the charac-
ter OF Rritons--she knew that chivalry
and courage co-existed--she knew that
where the brave man and the free man
dwelt the very name Of ,vonsan bore a
charmed sway aud where the voice OF
England echoed your royal pledge, TO
g love, aud worship, and cleave TO her
alone" she bu, looked upon your Sire's
example. and your nations annals, and
was satisfied. Pause and contemplate her
enviable station at the hour Of these uil-
happy nuptials The created world could
scarcely exhibit more Interesting spec
tacle. There was no earthly bliss Of
which she was not either in the possession
or the expectancy. Royal alike by birth
and by alIiance-honored as the choice Of
Ensland's heir, reputed the most accom-.
plished gentleman in Europe--her repu-
tation spotIess as the uniallen snow--her
approach heralded by peoples prayer
and her footsteps obliterated BY an obse-
quious nobility--her youth, like the love,
~ season which it typiiied, one crowded
garland Of rich and fragrant blossoms, re-
ireshing every eye with present beauty
and filling every heart with pronlise1
benefits! No wonder that she feared no
famine in that spring-tide OF her happf
uess---no wonder that the speech was
rapture, and her step was buoyancy Sne
was the darling Of parents hearts,
Kingdom was her dower--her very glance,
like the sun Of heaven, difiused light, ano
warmth, and luxury around it--in mel