Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-12-14

tDunicaied To The baron, that he might
go To London it he thought fiji but The
baron, who was au excellent man, and
would have BEEN AN excellent witness,
was also al excellent chamberlain he
! was chamberlain BY profession, aud
with all :iie iTailties OF chamberlain, Tor
no sooner Was II announced that he might
come than IL MAS discovered that he was
HI al fever, as il Ras,el!is sickness had
crossed the Alps 10 affect him Howe
yer, IT was asserted TO be of serious con
sequence, and steps were Immediately
taken by liG tor serious cure, This,
OF course, was 10 be d long process, and
The baron finally refused TO come, well
knowing, no doubt, what Mr.. Berstett
was made OF, audwrll knowing also on
which side of The question the wishes OF
some folks must be. say that bis ma
Jestys ministers used their utmost en-
beavers: we do NOT charge them at all,
but they have not had plain honest Eng,
llshmen 10 deal With, but wily, crafty.
foreign courtieIs, who ,hosght every bo'
dy they had 10 deal with as royuish as
themselves. These persons paid no at.
tennon TO the representations of The
kings minister; Mr.. Lamb used all the
arguments be Gould employ, and he pu,
them iorcihiy and ably, but all in vain.
ter we Know very we'll tina. there is dit.
ierent Inclination al The bottom as TO Wit
ncsses coming Tor the bill and against il.
Abroad they understand one another a
great deal better THAI we understand our
ministers here; and MIR. Bersteti having
made his representation 10 the CHAMBER.
lain, that chamberlain conld lake Liui.
and suddenly, with the easy compliance
o' an amiablc good creature, and of a
faithful honest chamberlain, he immedl
a,ely falls sick OF an illness which il il
difhcuil 10 say how be acquired, unless
DIV some communication With Rasteili -
Nhen The papers are presented 10 your
lordshlpi, you will fluid something To call
Tor comDeui, bu; nothing t. censwp. in
the couduc, Of the kings soyermcnt.-
What have stated is a misfortune 10 The
queen arising from the nature of her si,u
alton. Regarding the conduct of foreign
governments l will NOT argue excepting
from what know but her majesty feels
The consequence o! this state OF things.
and Is now and forever deprived Of This
impor!ahi, this all important witness.
throw myself on your lordships with en-
tire confidence thar The court will give
due weight to this statement. and viii
not proceed upon The new and mnns;rons
principle tl'a, person accused OF nine
or ten charges, and who has rctuted
seven or eight of them, though prevent ID
by unavoidable circumstances from Civ
ing complete answer 10 the rest, is sill,
tor the FIRST time since jusiice was known
IN our courts, 10 he held guilty"
The London Gazette, OF October II.
announces, that the king has been pleas
ed 10 issue d Congo d'Elire to the Dean
aud Chapter of Exeter, empowering them
to elect Bishop, in the room of DR.. Ct.
Paibam, who IS translated TO The See of
Lincoln, and recommending DIR. w. Ca
reg 10 be by them elcctcd.-The king has
also been plrased 10 grant to The Rev.
X Stevens, Nj. A. the dignity of Dean
OF tue Cathedral Church of Rochester.
voih ny The death OF DR.. w. b. Busby,
late Dean thereof.
From Be'ps Weekly Messenger Of Oct o.
Of the evidence offered in defence of her
Majesty tie Queen.
Most or The iale week has been cen
sumed IN long and tedious debates, res.
pecting the evidence offered in defence
OF The charges attempted 10 be establish
ed against her majesty. Little progress.
il will be seen, has been made in the ex,
animation of the Witnesses; but The
house OF lords has been occupied. dav
after day, IN debates on the admissibility
| OF certais evidence, and in repeated re
ferences To the opinion of HE Judges
However necessary this caution may be.
u has certainly thrown considerable inn
| pedIments III The way of her u,aiesiy's
defence, and occasiOned painful sus
peDse OF the public feelings, and we NAV
venture 10 say, of The confident pxpecis.
ton which is universally entertained thar
The queens innocence would be irium
pbaniIy established.
The principal matter Of contention has
been, whether certain evidence, not stric,
ly technical, and which, therefore, the
courts OF justice are mol in The habit oil
admitting, could be received on this oc-
casioD; such evidence, il being conceded
on all hands, tho moi directly pointing Ia
The issue OF guilt or innocence in The
| queen, having direct tendency 10 sbrw
that conspiracy has been formed against
her majesty, Witnesses suborned, and
perjury prepared, and purchased up, IN.
on d scale of expense aud circumstances
hitherto without parallel.
The prosecutors of the queen contend
that this evidence, thougb mol alloget,c
To be excluded, is 10 be admitted upoi
a very limited plan that il is 10 be con
fined 10 The principal agents only, anC
that they are not 10 be made responsible,
Tor Their instruments and subordinates
They put the following case Suppos,
tie vile OF an English nobemaD 10 b,
abroad, and that reports reached her hus
band at home, "a husband i'll, intirm, o
obtained by public dulies) of this lniur,
10 his houor Z Upon receipt of this in
IelligeDce, lac sends his man Of busines
Ia the alleged scene of his dishonnr-
) Naples, Milan, or FIorence-andin instruct
him 10 examine into the affair, and 4
: take and send home the reports, depOsi
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