Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1820-10-21

From rbe Nsp York NatidAal Aduocate.
THE QUEENS DEFENCE.


Copsile ring he nature OF the testimony a
v,;ust the Queen, and allowing every thing
for bribery, perjury and private malice, there
i, still sufficient, not only to render her Case
critical, bot very suspicious. 1t becomes,
therefore, a matter Of some curiosity, to
learn what will be the nature OF the defence.
Mr.. Denmau, one OF her Counsel, has given
notice TO the House of Lords, that it they do
not abandon the prosecution, he shall defend
the Queen by re elimination; by showing and
proving the guilt OF the King on similar char
ees. This coarse. thong not strictly correct,
will, nevertheless, have its effect. In the or.
iinary cases of Grim. con. which swell the
annals of British Jurisprudence, aud attest
tile morality of the titled gentry, when a
husband abandons his wife, sends her to q 10.
reign country without protection. surrenders
all Jurisdiction over her persons and actions,
he cannot obtaia damages tor any breach OF
the marriage contract why should not
this apply to the King, who,. when these
transactions took place, was only Prince OF
Wales and a subject amenable ~ the same
laws as other subjects Of the reslInP But, if
MIR. Denman defends the Queen by impeach
ing the King, the world will be presented
with picture Of royal virtues, of no great
delicacy of touch and coloring.
1t is perhaps not generally known IN this
country, tina, the King Of England, who en-
ploys his sovereign power 10 crush an unPro-
tected female, is at this very moment living
in ouen adultery with the wife OF the Lord
Chamberlain Of England, the Marquis of
Hartford. What adds to the inta,ny OF this
connection is, that the Marquis lives under
the same roof with the Marchioness, aad eve
~ day witnesses the visits ofroyalty, without
feeling the least abashed, or any way con-
FL ,wxN, E<nt
this is not all; the Marquis and his DlrfuouS
wife are countenanced, caressed and even en-.
We'd, by the higher ranks, with whom they
mix at drawing rooms, levees, and in all pub
lie places, without any one seeming to take
offence at their abandoned manner OF living.
This picture, disgusting as 1t must be to eve-
~ American, has yet another feature calcnla.
ted to excite Indignation and contempt. by
eirtue of his office of Chamberlain, the Mar
qus of HEREFORD possesses the sole power OF
correcting the RIGHTEOUSNESS and immortality
of the stage! In this respect, he Is the guar
dian of public morals. TO him alone is
confided this. important trust!l The pam
der of his honor holds in England, by special
appointment of the Ksng, the high and dig
nifed Office of "watchman OF public virtue! =
While only Regent, George promoted this
infamous nobleman from All Earl to that OF
Marquis; and to support the title he enjoys
salary of SIS, 900 year. Whether greater
honor or greater emoluments will be confer
red on him, remains yet to be seen. Mean
while, after such specimen OF dereiictIon OF
principle, and open defiance of 9ecency and
virtue, it will no, readily shock the decency
of any one, if it should turn out that the pro.
ceedings now going on against the queen,
have been devised by the King himself; and
the witnesses bribed al his instigation, in or
der to get rid of her entirely that he may Pur-
sue. unmolested, his career of debauchsry.
The King of England Is not man that re-
CARDS conseuuence., when the qualification of
his passions is the object. He possesses the
means, and he has not ieft It TO be supposed
that be will hesitate "a 10 their application
It is only few years since Lord Yarmouth
detected his Majesty in rather an awkward
situation with his wife; which his Lordship,
although a bottle companion Of bis sovereig",
did not relish; and therefore took the liberty
of in0ictiDg on his face and eyes, certain
marks which prevented his appearing in pub
lie several months. The facts were soon moi.
sed abroa5, and made the subject OF sn'mad-
version in The daily papers, and IN the carica,
turc shops; but nothing was fouod Capable OF
raising q blush on the eounteDance OF royalty.
The King even contriyed to be reconcsled to
Lord Yarmouth; which, perhaps, will be
thought to have been no very difficult matter,
when it is known that this same Lord is the
son, by former marriage, of the Marquis OF
Hartford, to whose keeping his Majesty has
contided the morality Of his subjects
Such son does infinite honor to such a fa'
ther, who merits in turn, so UiTtuoms res
preventative. But it would exhaust volumes
were we to follow George the Nv. in his ca
reer of debauchery and excess. He has bad
as many wives as Blue Beard; and be has
contrived to get rid of shem without trouble
Fox and Sheridan, who were also his bottle
companions, he ruined ia their health and mo-
rails, and this is the man, who, with Impure
hands, dares to impeach his wife. How
Would the patriarchs of old have dealt with
such man? His nobility are Of the same
charactber, with some exceptions. The
Marquis of Anglesea, who was Sd willing to
give Up his life to the populace of London,
rather than sacrifice his conscience, (that
:unpariiamentsry @ord') is the indeotified
Lord Pago' who some years ago seduced and
carried off to the continent, his Brothers
fife; the remorse occasionei by which, az
forwards inducad him to Join the army in
Spain, in hopes, as acknowledged in his pub-
ished correspondence, Of meeting honora-
Tile death. -iIe afterwards lost u leg at Wa
taroo.
From TIE RnIfiuore TeleOrdDh, Oct. IL. |