Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-08-01

nature Of this charge against the Queen
ii is that Of adultery. If 1t should Dt
proved, that the Queen of England die
actually commit that crime, the law pro
nounces it high ireason--and she mus
lose her head upon the scaffold. But, Dy
the principles Of the English law, II
man bring an action against his wife To-
adultery, she is allowed TO produce tnt
same evidence 10 her de!ence--that Is
that her husband has been guilty Of the
same crime. This law must operate OF
the King as we'll as on the subject--and
il is perfectly uotorious that the King has
been guilty Of adultery:
Now, 1t may be put to the common
sense Of our readers, whether IT can bt
admitted for moment, that while the
|evidence should prove that George Res
had been guiity Of adultery, his Queen
III this obnoxious fact should be proved
against her,l should be compelled TO lost
her head upon the scaffold. while the hest
of her husband was allowed to wear the
crown, guilty Of the self-same breach o
the decalogue. The doctrine thus CON
sidered IS, thai the Tams Of the fsTnass
adulierer should be expunged from tht
Liturgy--that she is too unhallowed ever
to become an object of prayer--while the
life Of the male adulterer must be prayed
for. as if The sin differed in its scarlet
maiignily, according to the sex Of tht
parties concerned in the transaction.--
That the voice Of the Deity, that the
thunders from Mount Sinai are directed
against criminals Of both sexes, we have
no hesitation TO assert the general man
date is. 6 thou shalt not commit adultery
But, i. seems, that while this offence il
perpetrated by male, il does not, by hui
man laws, disqaalify him from remaining
at the head of the religions. established by
law, whereas, If the same deed is done BY
his sife, her head is doomed to roll from
the scaffold. 1t is 10 vain to disguise the
fact--let us speak boldiy--neither George
nor his ministers dare inflict at the present
hour, under such circumstances, the pud.
ishment of decapitstion. Henry the
Eighth does not now rule over England.
Murder cannot he committed ia that coun-
Try as 1t was formerly done. No Anne
Boylens live at the present day-and the
order for the execution of the Queen un-
der such circumstances, would be the sig
nal for a revelation. The head Of George
is in as mach jeopardy, as the head OIL
Caroline.
With regardto the situation Of France,
evil appears to be on the alert. The
election law, not on account Of the i'm
portance Of that law itself, whichever va,
it may be eventually decided, but because
there is pFedispssi,ion in the people to
run to riot, has been made. the tocsin Of
discomfort. BiosfaSas already been shed.
aud the military has been repeatedly suns
moued TO repress these populanepmil0r
lions. L0uvei has indeed been executed,
but his turbulent spirit still seems to stalk
abroad, and to whisper treason and dis
affection TO the ears of thousands and
thousands 10 his passage. Indeed, il may
vel! be doubted, whether George the
Fourth IN England, or Louis the Eigh.
teenth IN France, can possibly maintain a
grasp upon the sceptre 10 times SO tempes.
tuous as the present; they are two royal
mice on the political submits Of bursting
Vesnvius and .Etna, and they presume
TO dictate 10 those two burning mountains,
how far they shall hurI their molten rocks
in the explosions. and how far they sbal
pour their torrents Of consuming lava
There is strong agent at work, and We
have DO doubt that the time of serious
CONFUSION is drawing nigh. 10 fact, We
do not wish to augmr evil, or to sound false
alarms; but when we observe an edifice
bursting 10 flame, or the combustible mate
rails ignited that lead TO such conflagra-
ton, it appears to us the self-same thing.
But If the intelligence received by the
last arrivals is 10 be relied on, this politi
cal combustion does not end here. Ths
house Of Braganza, or in other words, the
kingdom Of Portugal, begins to totter
That illustrious monarch possessed the
'iDdescribable magnanimity to abandon bis
kingdom in time Of. extreme jeopardy
and danger, aud to flee for protection ia
bis South American dominions. His king.
dom TO requite such royal civiIity, seems
ready to declare that as their monarch
was SO content TO abandon his kingdom
in time Of war, that kingdom is as ready
TO abandon him in time of peace.
FROM FRANCE.
Private Correspondence.