Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-23

rio3 Of time during her royal highnesss re-
silence abroad, by which conduct OF her
said royal higbness. great scandai ard dis
honor have been brought upon your maJes-
TVS family and this kingdom. Therefore,
10 manifest our deep sense OF such scandal
Ions. diagraceful, and vicious conduct on the
part Of her said majesty, by which she has
violated the duty she owed to your majesty,
and has rendered herself unworthy OF the
exalted rank and station of queen consort OF
this realm, and to evince our jul. regard Tor
the dignity of the crown and the honor OF
this nation, we, your majesty's most dutllul
and loyal subjects, the lords spiritual and
temporal and commons in parliament assem-
bled, do hereby ntreat your majesty that u
NAV he enacted, and be i! enacted, by the
| Kings most excellent majesty, ty and with
the advice and consent of the lords spiritual
and temporal and commons in this present
parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, that her said majesty Caroline
Amelia Elizabeth, from and after the pas
| sing of this act, shall be and is hereby de-
prived of the title of queen. and OF all the
nrerogatives, rights. privileges and exemp-
! tions appertainng to her as queen consort OF
! this realm; and that her said majesty SHALL
from and after the passing OF this act, for e.
ver he disabled and rendered incapable OF
using, exercising and enjoying the same' OF
any of them; and moreover. thatthe marriage
between his majesty and the said Caroline
| Amelia Elizabeth be, and the same is here
by from heDce:o forever,,wholIy dissolved
annulled and made void to all intents, con,
| structions and purposes whatsoever.
The earl of Liverpool moved that the bill
should be printed, and copies of it del!yere,l
10 the queen.
Earl Gray wished to know if any sort OF
communication were to be made known to
the queen He put it to the noble Lord
whether the same information ought not to
accompany the bill, to point out TO her ma
iesty the particular occasions and cIrcum :
stances which were alluded to. He wished
to know also if list of witnesses were to be
given to her legal advisers.
The Earl OF Liverpool thought that it
would be time enough on the second read
ing TO discuss the matters referred to. AS 10
giving the accused a list of witnesses, 1t was
wholly UNPRECEDENTED in parliamentary pro-
ceedines, whether of Impeachment, or on
bill of pains and penalties, and was never
allowed even in criminal judi. azure, except
in the single case of high treason. Her ma
iesly would he allowed her choice, as to
whether the accusation should be proceed
ed in, or be staid, in the first place, until the
defence was ready.
! Lord Dacre felt it nece ssary to move that
the counsel should now he heard on behalf
of the queen, that they might be enabled to
state those weighty circumstances alluded
to in the petition. He did so on information
received very recently. He moved that the
counsel should be called in.
Lord Liverpool thought that it would be
better to put it of ill tomorrow, when 1t
could be done without any irregular'ty, and
at which time he would not attempt to OPP
pose it.
After some other general observations by
earl Gray, lord Liverpool the lord Chan
| celor, and lord Holland, the bill was read
first time and copies were ordered to De
delivered forthwith to the queen, by gen
tIeman usher OF the black rod, to the queens
attorney and solicitor general, and to the
| kings attorney general.
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