Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-18

had not been considered, but reserved 10
themselves to report the observations made
thereupon 10 their colleagues.
Ii WAS theu agreed that, upon every view of
dnty aud prOpriety, the fiiai decision should
not be protracted beyond Monday, TO which
day it should be proposed that the proceedings
on the kings message in the house OF commons
should be adjourned, on "a distinct explanation
10 this effect. aud that u conference should
take place Tomorrow, in order TO bring the
business TO conclusion, and TO arrange by
mutual CONSENT the protocols of conference.
(Sisuedf Wellington, ii. Brougham,
Castlereaxh, T.. Deniran.
No. 3.-Protocol of the Sd conference, held at
80, the Foreign Office, June IL, 1920.
Ihe conference was opened BY her niaiesty's
| law officers iniinating, that adverting to what
had passed in the preceding conference, th.y
had nothing TO propose, bat TO proceed 20 tile
adjustment of the protocol.
| The king servants stating, that before they
| entered ints this business OF arranging the
protocol, they thought it their duty to advert
| TO the points discussed in the preceding con.
ference, upon which no explicit opinion had
been expressed by them on the part OF his
maJes'ys goveremfnt they then declared
that They were authorized TO inform the queens
law officers, that, in the event of her maJesiy's
| going To the continent, "a Yacht or ship of war
| would he provided for the convenience of her
majesty, either " q port Ia the channel or to "a
| port in the Mediterranean, as her majesty
| might prefer.
| That every personal attention and respeci
J would be- paid by the kings servants abroad
! to her majesty. and every eudeavo or made by
| them TO protect her majesty az ain,t any possi-
| BILE inconvenience, whether in her travels or
| residing on the cohtinent.-with the UNDER
| stood reserve. however of public reception by
the kings ministers abroad, and intI 0duction
| at foreign courts.
| II was further stated by the kings servants
| thai having weighed the sn. gestom commune
| Gated by the queens law officers in the iiered-
| in. conference, they we've n0w prrpared 10
declare, that they saw no difficulty tf ih.
| terms ~ which the same were TO he runyeyed
| were properly guatded) 10 a proposition being
| made TO both houses. for expressing by address
TO the queen as well as TO the king their CRATE.
fui acknowledgements Tor the facilities which
| their maJesties might have espectively afford.
cd towards the accomplishment, ofan arrange
ment by which parliament had been saved the
necessity OF so paiHfHl discussion.
Ihese observations not appearing to make
| amy material difference la The views taken bv
her majesty. law officers of the result of the
| conferences, II Vas agreed TO prOseed in the
| arrangement OF the protocols.
| Beioir however The protocol was discussed
| Tue King $ servants desired distinctly 20 know
| from her n'ajesty's law officers, whether the
| introduction at the queens name in the litur-
| cy, and her majesty's introduction at foreign
| ceuris, were either of theH "a condition sine
| qua non OF an arrangement ON the part of the
| queen ; to which il was replied, that either
| Tue IN production OF her majesty's name in the
liturgy, or au equivalent, which would have
| the effect OF protecting her majesty against
the unfavOrable infercncsto which iler majesty
might be liable in leaving the country under
| The circumstances in which her majesty was
| placed was a sine qua non.
| Nod Protocol of The fourth conference held 4
at ST. James Square, 18th June, 1870.
Before proceeding I O finish the discussion Of
| the Protocols, u was suggested Oh the part of
| queens wishes. ani in order the better 10 as.
su'e TO her majesty every sail able respect and
attention within the particular state in which
she might think fit TO establish her residence,
/ 1he In 81,
| previously suggested by her majesty's law off,
| GERS, az the alternative within, her maiesty's
comtemplaf ion) that the king would cause OFF,
ciai nctihcatcn TO be made of her malesty's
'eSai Character as queen, TO the government OF
| such ntale. That consistently however with
Tie reasons alread, stated, il mus, rest with
The sovereign of such state what receptiou
| should lie given 10 hermajesty iRthat character.
| ne klhg 8 servants were particularly anx-
| lous TO inpress Upon the queens law officers
| tue pubic ground, apon which this principle
rested. -
The general rule of foreign conrts ia TO re-
ceive only those who are received at home
Ihe Kin. could not with propriety REQUIRE
any point of foreign governments, The refusal
OF winch w0nld not afford his majesty just
GROUNDS OF resentment or renionstrance.
1t would be neither for the kings sIirrity
| nor for the queens comfort, that she should be
ihade me subject of such question.
10 TINS II was replied for the queen. that
with respect TO this new proposiiicn on The
part of the kings servants, il shonld be lax en-
i"io immediate consideration (; but her males.
TVS law officers observed, that her iaacsiy
was NOUN Tue SITUATION referred 10 in the above
reasoning having been habiiualiy received at
court III THIS country for MANY yeats and hay
Ing only ceased to 90 there in 1871 out of re-
gard TO the peculiarly delicate situations in
which the unfortunate differences in The royal
family placed the late queen
The latter observation was met ON the part
OF the kings servants, by re- assertion of his
h'aJesfys nudonbted authority Oh this point.
exercise of the royal authority that the conrt
held by her late majesty was in fact The court
OF the prince regent, then acting in the name
ana ON the behalf OF his late majesty, and that
The present queen. then princess of Wales
was excluded from such court
(oighed) wellington. n. Broughan,
Castlereagh Il. Dennian.
NO. o.-frotocol OF The 9th conference, held at
the Foreign Office, June TO, 1870,
The Protocols of the preceding conferences
were read and agreed npon.
Her inaJesty's law officers stated that the
proposition OF yesterday had been submitted
10 her majesty. aid that il had not produced
any alteration IN her maj ssty's sentiments.
In order to avoid any msinterpretation of
The expressions used on me ntiOnirg their belief
that her majesty might overcome her renc-
lance 10 90 abroad, Wis: under all the cir
cumstances OF her position" they stated that
ihey meant thereby the unhappy domestic dit.
feTeuces which created the difficulty Of her
MAJESTY holding court. and the understood
sense OF parliament that her majesty's resi-
uence ~ TINS country might be attended with
public Inconvenience.
They also protested generally, in her n,ajes-
~ name, against being understood TO propose
or TO desire any terms ihcoBsisieut viii, the
honor aud dignity of the king, OF any which
her own vindcaiiou did not seem 10 render
absolutely necessary.
Hemordndam-Th I'd and Sd points as emu
meraied Tor discussion in the protocol of the
iIrft conference, we're not broug ht into delibe.
ration, in consequence of no satisfactory I'm
dersianding having taken place upon the
points brought forward by her maesty's law