The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-08-01
HousE OF LORDS, JUNE Z.
Message from the Queen.


Mr.. Brougham rose, with paper in his
hand, and said ~ have been commanded BY
the Queen to communicate the following Mes
sage 10 the House. He read as follows:
g The Queen thinks il necessaryto inform
the House Of Commons that she has been in
duced 10 return TO England in consequence Of
the insidous measures pursued abroad by Sc
crei agents and emissaries against her honor
and her peace, and lately sanctioned and couD
ieaanced by the conduct Of the Government
al home.
" Her Majesty assures the House that she
has no motive whatsoever in returning 10 this
country but the defence OF her character, and
the maintenance Of those just rights which de.
vo.ed upon her in consequence Of the death
Of that resered Monarch, in whose high honor
and mistaken affection she had always found
sure support.
Her Majesty was much surprised, on her
arrival, to find that Message hid been sent
down TO Parliament requiring its attention 10
certain written documents relative To her con.
duct abroad: and her Majesty was still more
astonished to learn that.it was in contempla.
ton to refer those papers TO secret Com
mItiee.
"ltis this day fourteen years since the first
charges we're preferred against her Majesty.
Then and during the Ioug period which bias
since elapsed, she has ever shewn herself
most ready 10 meet her accusers, and TO court
the fullest inquiry into her conduct. She nov
desires an open investigation, in which she
may sec the charges and the witnesses against
her, and enjoy privilege which 10 moi deni-
ed 10 the mesnest individual in the State.
Ia the face Of the Sovereign, the Parliament
and the country, she protests against the for
nation OF secret tribunal, to investigate her
conduct, as proceeding unknown to The law
Of the land, aud a violation OF the principles
|of British judicaiure. Her Majesty relies
with full confidence on the House OF Com,
mons, ,odeIest the Vaccinations directed a.
yainst her.
The Queen cannot torbear to add, that
before any Message had been sent down 10
Parliament, she has been treated in manner
but too well calculated 10 PREJUDICE her case.
The omission Of her name in the Liturgy
The refusal Of allowing her the means Of con-
veyance. reserved for every member Of the
Royal Family--,he. returning no answer to
her application for the appointment OF resi-
dence, such as she has been entitled 10 ex-
pec,--the studied sights Of all the British
Ministers abroad. and Of al the officers oil For
eign Powers under their iDfuence--these she
submits 10 the House as the means employed
TO raise prejudice against her, which could
only be justified by trial and conviction
The subject of the Kings Message was de.
hated in Parliament with great warmth the
Tn and 9Th Of June, and resulted in the
choice Of secret committee 10 investigate
the conduct of the Queen contents 1903,
non contents go.
The following are the names Of the secret
committee. Archbishop Of Canterbury,
Lord Chancellor, iDe Lord President OF the
Council, Dukes Of Beaufort and Northumber-
land. Marquises Of Lanscown and Bucking-
ham, Earls Liverpool, Doncughmore, Lau-