Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-02

much reason, ;ts the event hrs proved, thJt thr
most serious consequences nigh; arise froni
their presence but the resolution TO place a
guard OF honor over the Queen when she was
dead, though no such honor had been done e.
her when living, was also irrevccable, and in
the face of all warning and admontion, Lord
Liverpool, acting rs he averred by direction OF
the King, sent soldiers to the funeral. The
third and last point urged upon Ministers,
was, that they would allow the funeral process
sion Of this illustrious lady to pass through the
city of London, which was the direct way 20.
the place of ernbarcation, in order that the
Corporation Of that city, and the great body
of its inhabitants might enjoy the mourniul
qualification of paying a last tribute of respect
to the memory of their departed Queen buc
this request most reasonable as it was, WAS
also refused, and it was determined to hurry
the procession through an obscure and circui-
t0us route, In opposition to the public will,
and for no other reasonthat can be discovered,
but to shew that the same spirit Of Jealous APP
prehension, which had envied her Majesty
every marS of public honor and respect when
living, was still in active exercise, and pursu
ing her with unabating rigor even to the tomb.
Under these lnalsplcious circumstances, andin
opposition 10 "A solemn protest made by both
the learned gentlemen named in her Majesty's
VIII as her executors, she body was removed
from Brandcnburgh House on Tuesday mora
ing, and proceeded on the preposterous route
marked out by Ministers, attended by body
of soldiers.
The public feeling was strongly excited bv
these posthunlJus indignties, and as mighT
have been foreSeen, an attempt was made
by the assembled thousands TO direct the pro-
cession through the city of London, instead OF
skirtng its cXtremties. The first effort made,
by the popuace was unsuccessful, hut another
attempt TO diverge was made by the underta-
ker and his train at Hyde Park corner, and in
some degree with success. A considera-
bic augmentation to the military, both horse
and foot, was now made; the populace had
also increased in number and in confidence,
| and at Cumberland gate, leading ont of Hyde:
Park, into OXfOr.i-st. a conflict arose in which
some lives were lost, AID number Of persons
were wounded. The procession still! kept on
It's way down Edgewarc road, towards the
suburbs, but when they arrived opposite Tot
lehman court road, all the outlets, except thos,.
which lea 10 the cty, were SO completely
blocked up by carts, Wagons and other Vehi-
Giles, that the farther advance of the procession
was completely arrested, and they were OBJ
liGed to pass down Drury Lane iato the STRAND
and from thence through the heart of the cit
OF London.-Therc was in the metropolis, We
believe, only one opinion about the conduct Of
Ministers OH this occasion. In every quarter
it was loudly condemned, and even where
there was difference of opinion rs TO then.
behaviour TO the Queen when living, their
| conduct toward her in the last awful ceremO-
ny, called down upon them universal rcproba
| ton.
| The QUEEN, peace he with her departed
| spirit, is now beyond the reach of the shafts OF
her enemies. Up to the very day that her
remains quilted the shores of Britain " the
brave people Of England" justified the favora-
Ia hp1 Of q
she first landed in their country. limo other
nation in Europe would so much constancy
and public devotion have been exhibited to-
ward one so incapable of comforting rewards,
and so prosecuted by powerful enemies but
justice requires that we should add and we
make the admission with humiliation, that bY
no Other ministers of state in the world, those
OF George ~. alone excepted, would Il prin-
cess so much wronGed, and of such distin-
gulshed magnanimity, have been oyerwhcIlD-
ed and precipltated into the grave by such an
accumulation OF Indignlties and prosecutions
.4dUGfiSer.
| LONDON, August 13.-Our account of the
last farewell of her Majesty to the shores OF
! England, and the enlbarbatiOn of her remains
at Harwich, reached us at an hour too late for
comment. We proceed with an aching heart.
to the recital ofindgnities which far exceed
all that had previously insu!ted the memory
OF the Royal sufferer, and at the perusal oil
which every honest English bosom will throb
with anguish.
At the entrance into Colchester as into
Chelmsford, It hand OF gentlemen. habted as
mournrrs, came forth TO do honor tOthe dead
Here the minister OF the Church of Englnn,i
-oi that pure worship which incucate5 char
ity towards the charitable-appeare6 lin IT,.
robes of his order the population exhibited
the same national spectacle of solemn reve?-
ence and unpretending grief The same 70.
sstance which within these three DAYS had
been offered to and defeated by The affections
OF the people OF London, was again at Colches-
Ter brought forward to prevent the orders C..
the injured Queen of England" from be-
ing expressed upon the lid of her coffin. Bui
II the words be ten times torn oil, can Lorf
Liverpool deter the future historian from hi.
task, or elude the sentence of postcritv Is II
on tic perishabIC substance of her coffin op,v
{ that the wrongs of Queen Caroline are r..
= corded "The iuiurtd Queen" the most in.
jured OfwOman kind, is engraved in character
which all nations read, and which time wi
but serve tO deepen.
The procession reached IiarNich at hal
past on Thursday. The wrrtched appear
ancc of the carriages, Of the horses, of the dr
$ yets, &c. surprised every body. The iniscra
bic eqipage were preceded, and brought M
by detachment of Dragons. The soldier.
: and cOnstabIes kept back the crowd. All I'll,
y lattcrpart OF the procession, exceptthc @ ueen
D coach, aud the hcarse were necessarily far be
hind. The Queens coach now drew On. an,
y Sir g. Nayler AID his companion got out.
$ The crown and cushion werc previously hand
= ed out TO au uudcriaker's man. who carried
S tOtterng apparently unaccustOmed to carr
IS crowns. and stood alone tyithouf . sincia az