Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-04-06

wadiug thrnugh soue work i have lately
seen He, MIR. 4. never reco!lected in the
whole course OF his life, d more uninan.
" attack on any defenceless female, than
the latter part OF the noble lords Speech
The noble lord had complained severei,
of the Queens message, ettribntin9 10 her |
"A disposition TO create ristu, |
the propriety o. in,proptieiy OF that mes
sage he should Only SAY. that had he been l
IA the situation OF her majesty, lac should |
have precisely ioue The same. W hal
did she do She takes the fist opportunity of !
inform,ns The house that she understood they |
were ticking her Affairs inio conside ia tiun and |
magnanimonsly told them" owe il 10 my self 1
TO say that cannot take your money after
what has occurred" But" says the noble |
lord do not mean to take any fresh pro
ceedinss" No. certaiuly not; aud why dies
he hot! Because he da,e not. But he does
The very next thing TO that; he rakes up ell
The odious proceedings In the Heuse o:
Lords. tor the purpose Of exciting an unta.
vorab!e opinisn against the Queen. MIR.
lie'uty then proceeded 10 read seine ex.
tracts HON the journalso of the House of Lords,
when he was called 10 order. Well then, he
supposed he might be allowed to say that he
heard tue Qaeeu had been convicted of adult
ie'y by majority OF thu. House of Peers
that he boldly denied He was most willing
10 admit that l23 peers did vote tor the sec.
ond eaJing Ofihe hill. bat never did pass "A
vote OF guilt. He would ask the noble lord
wha, was the necessity of stages through
Whtch Dill ninsi pass, III men we're not al
lowed 10 change their minds Z IL the House
OF Commons how frequently did members
vote Tor the second reading of a bill in the
nope that somsthipg would be- d0ne ia the
committee 10 induce them 10 vote tor the
thif0 reading but moi fbdiu. that the case
thsy have declined voting for The third read
Ing But hete IN this most extraor binary case
oi the Qaeen, they were told that the secoud
reading of bill of paius aud penalties a
mounted TO verdict of" guilty upon my ITO.
nor.' Ii that were TO be the case, the most
degraded wretch that lives under the govern
ne"t OF Turkey enjoys as much Liberty as we
10 and this was the moral Conviction of tue
prosecutors themselves. the very ministers
whose political existence depended on caum.
mating their Queen Here we had an oppor-
tnnily OF esiabiishing Que Of ,he blessings of
our Invaluable constitution-The trial by Jury
-wbich requires that the jury should he u
unanimous, and imposes secrecy. SO thai il
could never be said TO man, Z" true, the Jury
have acquitted you; but i've of thu jsrors had
| a moral conviction on their minds that YOU
committed murder" He would push this case
further, 1t must appear evident that any man
that ever opened a book, or ever reflected OH
Tue constitution OF Eneland, thai If such doc
time were tolerated. there could be no securi-
| ~ Tor ANY man 10 the country But The noble
| lord seems TO think, that because lie has moi in
contemplation any fresh proceedings against
the 0neen, that her majesty has nothing TO
complain OF. But he (Mr T'ierney) affirmed.
| That the whole tenor OF that noble ioiu's con
| Duct was calculated to cast IA stigma on The
Queer. He might bS permitted to advert 10
All observation that fell from the noble lord
opposite, respecting another uoble lord in a
mother place, Who stated, that if the bill did
| not pass that house, the Gueea was entitled
10 all her koDOurs, dignities aud privileges
How Inconsistent was the treatment her ma
lesfy received with that promise! But"
says Tie noble losd, we give her $4,000
year, and what cur ious fellow Won are To
complain" This mis at do very we'll, coming
from an ih'ivid dual who cared nothing about
squandering the public money but lie hoped
| That he did not act uuconsiituiiona!ly. al.
| though perhaps anpleaseutiy to the noble
lord, when lie stated that he, as one OF the
guardians Of the public fuIse. could not con-
sent TO grant away the pub ic money until &C.
quainted with tue wot fitness of the offset In
his Judgment tue Queen stood iu the most
crDei situation in which any human being
could stand Sue had gone through the whole
OF trial 10 so IL might he called. yaiust bills
of pain, end penalties there were so MANY ot-
jeciions,ti that he should not mention any one of
them. He deuied that there was any verdict
NALL the bill had received the royal assent
And why, he should be glad 10 know did the
hill not passf Out of respect, We are told.
10 the feelings OF the country. Aud would
any man say what ministers are now doing
was respectful OF cougenial to the wishes of
the people The Peers of England had shown
more respect 10 the opiuions OF the people
than their own representatives,. The real
cause why that bill did not pass is, that the
noble lord felt a conviction on his mind that
if IL came down to the House OF Commons The
moDeUt il was Introduced il would die an VIZ.
natural deaih The noble lord stated, that he
threw our 40 aspeTsi0ns Oh her majesty hut
he thought that The circumstance of refusing
TO restore her name TO tue liturgy WAS oue nj
the fontest aspessious that could be cast uoon
her. The noble lord Vainiy ina gines that paw
ing her majesty zoos C0 ii year will satisfy her
mind. lie honoured her majesty for ih, mes
sage she had sent thatnight it Clearly showed
she preferred her character to any other cou-
siderajiOn. The noble Lord had SAID that IL
convicted. some maintenance should I've allow.
ed her. In that assertion M (Mr lIerney)
concurred even II her majesty had been cor,
vicied, siiii. considering her high station and
the rank from which she had fallen, a com
Portable allowance Ehonld be made her for
life. Bnt why, he w0nld ask graut her ESQ
GOO year, why grant snch sum OF The public
money 10 thus DEGRADED and tainted uneeu ,
On this subject he was al loss 10 form an
opIniou bat when asked, what provision
shOni1 be made for an iusHlied injured Qnesn
who had been tried aud acquitted. then he
conla form Judgment and say ii,at he tho't
IL not enougli--The noble lord COMPLAINS Of
the opposition that IL given him bat 30 long
asthe queen IS deprived other jusi and lawful
rlgh'S so long shall opposilIoa be given tn him.
On the subject OF the liturgy another motion
shall aud must be made. II another motion
were not made they would not do their dnty
10 tie country. He begged the noble lord 10
recolleci Tie condition III which the country
stood. The people Of this country were far
different now from what they had formerly
been. Let the noble lord remember the uuess
ilOn that presented itself TO The ewes of tbia
enlightened people. The simple question is
3" shall or shai! not an acquitted Queen have
The benefit Of that acquiited?" The dignity of
ministers would be Iost IL the Qneen were rec
stored, but do what they will, her name will he
restored to ti.e liturgy, aud ifhe walked ont of
that i'ouse with only ten Biembers on this side,
aud all the others oppo,ed 10 him, still wunid
he feel convinced that il must be done for
tie people who bad taken so fun hold ON
me Question: they entertain such an utter
contempt and dciestaiiOn for the prosecutors
OF The Queen, that they will never reiinquish
~ II should be- The wish OF q good and wise
administration 10 sliay and ROt to irfitate the
feeling 81 discomfort that is abroad, and sees
ing INT ;he queen il acquitted. they would