Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-01
RICHMOND. AUGUST /. IN,
TRACI-CONhDiI

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events which they detail, may hinge some
important revolutions in the fate OF en-
pines
The Debates in the French Chamber of
| Deputies Indicate AN extraordinary ex-
citcment. The Press is tsnSared--bui the
freedom al debate still remains. The Hall
q! Deputies ia The cn.y tribunal Vel sa-
| cred to truth. Articles are h,si introduce.
| ed there To Obtain The privileges of pub.
hca'inn, which IL originally offered Ia Tie
| press, would Lave been scorhluliy rejected
by The C,Nsor.
We lay The Debates in Tie House OF
| Commons IN The case OF ihe Queen, al
large before our readers. alr. Broug ham,
her attorney general, vindicaies her iGuo-
| cence-in the strongest terms--deiies her
! accusesS, though 10 avoid ,lc proirac;ion
and excitement 81 any enquiry, he eyis
| desilS !eaus 10 the side oil compromise
tie conditions 81 which, however. he does
| not par,icuiarize. Nothing IS more s.n-
guar IN tins discussion, ihan Tie part
| rake! by Rlr. Cauning-ou The one hand
he Is q ncn.brr oil the Cabinet Oh the
other, lie was a former adviser OF The
| Queen. lie feels ,hiS embarrassment -
but lie sOiemniy declares he never Will
| place himself Z" in The SITUATION Of az ac.
cusrr Tow ards ;aa: i!iusirou, indiy,duai,"
whom he calls &" The grace, lie and orna
| meHi OF every society.'-ln the other
! House, we meet with declaration 81 an
| % her minister, Loid i-iv rpooi ,;ba, "aftte
| Queen was proved guilty OF adultery, iR
tbs case still she could NOT be tiird Tor
high troason-aud upon His groun - that
/, was the PRACTICE of tie law-couris 10
consider The Queen guilty, because she
was an Gcc0mptice, ami ia treason al the
parties are considered principals. But If
The Queen or the Princess OF Wales were
t. commit adultery with foreigner a
| broad, that foreigner, owing no aliegidu
10 this country, would not be guilty OF
| high treason. In This suppusiiun tie
| Queen also would not be guilty: for she
could moi be accOmplicc IN a crime where
no crime Was III existence" Lort /.
| declares this In be the opinion OF :" The
| highest legal authority "-siill il there was
/ any omission III the Law, il was tie duty
| OF Parliament 10 supply il; III all events
" TO enquire whether any proceeding was
| proper, and al what nature and TO what
rx',ni."-!t Is difficult To see how The
! Quern can accede 10 any cOmuromise,
NiiclI will not leave her virtue Liable TO
suSpIc;on-but al present, size seems 10
Pave put iier enemies al bay, 10 have MA
| infested bv her resolution conscious
sense OF her owu innocence; and in Ihe
Modr Of doing IL, 10 have shown u good
sense, and % sagacity." which she WAS
s"i Srppnsed 10 bave possessed. The
Opposition are on her siie--and so are
tn COmwOnaiiy Of London. The i>iugs
!irmihrs add strength 10 her cause
i"r II ihc enquiry gnes on, i will be the
dUiy Of her council las Mr. hrodgbam
'Sui!lcauii, throws ou) To dcicud Ter al
amy desperate expense, "iliaiISto say by
un,naskiTR The king himself III those very
vices which lie has laid Al ner door.
We canno; contemplate such scenes
withnul being prOud of oar republican
iuSituIinus, and disgusied with the farce
OF monarchy. Trsgical as some ct lis
consequences are, yet lis spirit aud whole
system are incOuceivably ridicUious.-
'Nha. is iiccabe 10 me {" WhaI is ,he
{ ally or folly OF one woman, that great
empire should be couvulsed or her ac
cunt! Coud so idrcicai a scene occur
iA tins country Never ; unless we set
up pagpaUts III the shape of kings aud
queens 10 g lord it over Venice"
The next Fading intelligence in the
British prints is equally ridic;Ilous-the
preparations HAT were made .or The
kings cOyOnotiOa. VIII an American be-
iIevc that there is solemn commission
appointed 10 cast The characters iha, are
10 exhibit III The different ceremonies al
iiaI day That the Lord Mayor OF Lon
don claims In serve the king with VIA,
/, alter dinner, aud 10 pocket the golden
cup Tor his pains tina, the Lord Cham
bcrlain claims quantity OF stockings
. and shirts, and 10 yards of crimson vet
vet Z that The Duke Of Athol is 10 pTeseuI
; two falcons 10 The king That the Re0
: John Dymocke claimed as Ineal GescelI-
j.. dant of Philip de Msrmyon TO perform
, The oiEce OF Champion OF England, b,
dtpWy. Gle is 10 enter Westminster Hal
~ complete aTmOr, mounted on a char
ger, and pTncIaim aioud.." II any person
whether he be high or whether he be low
4 deny that George The 4)li is the rigbiiu
. King OF England, J, a. the king's Cham
u, pIon, am ready TO prove him false irai
tor" lie is then 10 throw down Iii
gauntlet, drink his Msiesly's heakh, an
have the golden cup, lhe charger and III,
> armnT for his tee. The Marquis of Or
muud claimed the post Of Chief Butler o
. The day Tie Baroness de KuilIven tina
!, oi presenting By deputy Gilt spur 10 ih
King !.... What American can behoit
- these ioIlies without disgust? Such, bow
ever, is tie spirit Of monarchy Such i
!, tia, m-cjest-y, which, stripped of ,hcs
eNjerudls, ikai are 80 dazzle and cheat liz
4 - "SRtHCfd''S MO pliiU JEST =
= Such are the ceremonies which are Onl
adapted 10 an age, which adopts the all
, surd d0ciyine. that " A King is a mort,
y God eu earth, unto whom the living Go
hath lent his owD name as great hopo
: but wiihal told rim that he should die TX
: man, test le should be proud and fat
u ter himself, that God hath with his nam,
impaired unto him his nature also" CTh
great Lord Bacon uttered this semtimer
about 200 years ago y