Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-15

J's,;' "Sa'""S ihe queens conduct
ao'oa"' assembled They we've all pre-
ssn. eHeepi NE Duke Of Wellington, the
nMarquiS oil Lausdown, and tho Lord
chancellor, The latter being in the House
oil Lords, bearing appeals. The commit
Tee frsi mel III Lord Shaitbury's private
room, on the first floor story. AMONGST
me apartments OF The Lords officers, aud
no person WAS allowed tn rea,ain in thu
passages. HE committee then went 10
lhe rooing room, and finally removed To
The Old House OF Lords, as the most coon
modious apartment, aud as the faribest
removed from interruption. The usher
OF The black rod. Sir r. Tyrwhiit, AMI
DINER oiilcers oi the house, were station.
ell III various paris, and suffered no per.
SON 10 approach the committee room.
Curing the sitting of the committee.
Messrs. Brougham and Denman attended
oisciaiiy, as The queens law officers, and
presented a letter addressed by her ma
irs'y to the committee. This letter. il is
osiie.ed was II protest upon the part of
her Majesty against a proceeding which
may Prove fatal TO her honor, unless she
were permitted 10 offer wilderness sufiici-
en' TO repci The allegations That are urged
AGAINST her. No answer was returned by
The committee, and Nlcssrs Brousl,au,
ana Dennan having waited for a const.
uerable length Oi time at length with.
drew.
Ii is said, that should bill against the
queen be introduced into the House of
Lords, her Majesiy's counsel, in eonse-
guence OF their being members Of the
tiouse oi Commons, cannot be permitted
u, 70, conduct her case in the upper House.
we are enabled to state, however, that Mr..
brou. ham has signifed his intention of
ls in, II
mons, IN order 10 be qualified to plead
her majesty cause in the House of Peers.
Inc Queen has been grac iously pleased
10 accepl OF this offer, and 10 express her
acknowledgements Tor such voluntary
sacrlIice 10 her interest, on the part Of
MIR. BrOugham. The witnesses against
ier majesty are so numerous and theeyi.
dence OF such nature, that she will have
10 bring over many persons from the COLI
iineni, TO dispr0ve the allegations laid 10
hef charge. Horn. Crou.
HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE &c.
Lord Dacre presented a petition from her
majesty TO the house, aud regretted that il had
not been presehted to The house by the highest
legal authority IN the country. lie said he
nau nau ITO communication with her majesty,
nor was ne even acquainted with her. He inn.
plored the house not hastily TO proceed with
secret enquiry, which would have a bad effect
WIN The opinions OF the people, especially
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was SO contrary to their feelings The lord
chancellor said, he owed duty TO every indi.
siauai IN the country; but lie found, when
iooklng INTO Their Lordships' Journals, il wonld
pe ueitet 10 nave II presented by any O her no.
bic lord lie did say he was right. and n he
had erred, he haderred from a sense of duty
aud nothing else. He had had 40 feeling A.
edihst TINS INDUSTRIOUS person: God forbid lie
should. After some discussion the petition
was read by the clerk at the table and was 10
the following effect:
10 me Lords Spiritual and Temporal IN Par.
iianent .dsse,SLlrd
caroline fegina-lhe queen having been
ihiofiheu That proceedings affecting her diyni-
~, honor and character have been ms ttnted
against her III the hOuse feels il necessary as
tne only constitutional way which she is in
FORMED Is ieit 10 her, to approach the House ct
LORDS, ana To petition as a fellow subiect-
Her malestyis ready and anxious to meet eve.
ry charge Ting her honor and CHALLENGES
tue most complete inquiry into her conduct
ou' sue fioiests against any committee sf Sc
cret examination. Her majesty il also anxious
that the inquiry should be speedily and openly
EohG into Dut she cannot bring herself 10
thinh that Inc House OF Lords will sanction so
crying an injustice as that of proceeding To
that inquiry III the absence of herself har
Connsei and witnesses. the latter Of which can.
not Dc got together in some weeks: Lut the
Msinent iney arrive, her majesty will cause due
notice 10 De given to the House of Lords that
Inc inquiry may proceed any way the bouse
may think fit. In the mean time, before any
otheI step is taken, her majesty prays to be
SHIPS house this night"
Lore Dacre here observed that lie had not
haa me petioL three Minutes in his hands,
Dut JUST read it-wheD he conceived il his du-
~ Immediately 10 present it.
Lord Dacre then moved, that her ma;esty,s
fouDseI DE called In, which WAS agreed 10 mem,
dis. The Lord Chanc ellor-CaIf in her ma.
JesIy counsel. in few minutes the deputy
usher of the black cd appeared with Messrs
BrOusham, Denman, and Williams. WHO h.vo
ing goue TO the bar, Mr., Brougham said ibev
had The honour TO attend their lordsljps ON ths.
pan OF the Queen, and he would have been
inclined 10 nave asked few hours to prepare
himself Tor that important task but he had
the commands OF his IIlustrious client not TO
thfow ~ Tue way Any semblance of opposition
10 nus i"qniry She now does not ask delay,
n The vulgar sense of the word she wishes
iuqniry, which she knows will end in COM
piete and glorious proof Il her innocence. be-
cause sue was Innocent, and they were lust
que asker tor DELAY 10 prepare her proof be-
cause me contrary would be the rank est ipips.
ice She knew not what was ia that bar or
who the tools were that had lent Themselves r..
me collection OF those materials, which were
. 'i, cnaIses against her; bat they knew thar
Whatever these charges we're, they must re-
Iaie 10 her conduct while abroad /: and as Sin,
resided the most OF The time beyond the AIpsXe
t tle aPpenineS both, ii would be impossible ia
h'e or SIX weeks 10 write letters and recejye
answers from that distance hui il wonId re
9uire hach longer time TO collect wItpesse.
necessary 10 enable him even TO cross-examius
even one OF those wret. He begged their lord
Ships pardoD) those crestures-wbo had been
spying INTO her conduct and whispering tafsr-
hoods, which they would never have dared TO
htter IN The presence of men of bonor-The
safeguard OF an English woman was. thar
she had English witnesses against her; fnII
OF the knowledge and saDciity of an oath.
they were examined in n land where they
were knewn; and she had COMPULSORY nro.
cess TO compel the attendance Of sscI Wit;
nesses; but the Queen had none of these
Her Minislers abroad " ere moi lileIy 10 ha