Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-25

biting Catherine as ia mark for the finger of
scorn' TO poin, at, had ended in her own morti-
fcation and dismay. The changing features
Of the Queen were watched with the utmost an1-
iety bv all present Walsingham, who was
profoundly read in the royal physiognomy, DIS
covered the most fatal and desperate resolution
there, but as often as her eye met ms, she reau
with equal ease his disapproval OF the violent
measures to which she wished to resort. hhz-
abe,h seldom acted in opposition 10 the eounseIs
of that statesman, and fearing as she ala On
this occasion, 10 lay open 10 him the secret
weakness Of her heart, she did not seek any pri,
vale conference with him for the purpose OF
endeavouring TO win him over TO her scheme.
Alter standing therefore for some minutes ST.
lent, while the struggle Of her mind was 'isio'y
depicted in her features, she put an emo 10 the
suspense Of her attendants with an enort OF
clemency which evidently cost her much, ana
exclaimed, away with the hariot 10 her duh-
geon!
The unhappy Catherine, who had been In mo.
men,ary expectation Of hearing sentence OF
capitatlon pronounced upon her, then walked
INCREASINGLY out Of the presence ehamor', ana
was soon afterwards with her infant consigned
TO one Of the gloomy apartments OF mat tor
uess which had been so often famiiarized with
tie presence of royal and noble prisoners.
The captivity Of the Lady Catherine was
followed by royal mandste TO The Earl OF Hert'
ford, requiring his immediate presence IN Lon
don. The news Of his wife's being confined IN
the tower having previously been received by
him, he had left Paris before the Queens com
mand reached him, s. Elizabeth, who had 'eaI-
ed that he would ende avour 10 fee from her au-
lhori,y, received with some surprise the init
nation that he was already in her capital. he
Earl vainly petilioned for an interview with his
royal mistress, in which he hoped TO De able
to place the whole history of his oour,ship and
marriage with the Lady Catherine Gray before
her in shch light, that she would extend her
pardon to both. The Queen, however, was IN
exorable, refused to ADM, him to her presence,
affected to laugh at his allegation that Cashe-
rine and lac were actually married, and tinaliy
committed him to the Tower; and gave strict
iniunclions that his lady should not be permit
ted to visit the apartment in which he was con.
fined. Sir Edward Warner, the Lieutenant OF
the Tower, promised The most implicit o6edi'
ence to his sovereign's commands; & although
Of naturally compassionate disposition, he re-
sisted the prayers Of both his captives, who in
oessantlv as allied him with their solicitations,
rial he would grant item but one single inter>
view. Elizab,tr. in the mean time, felt unea.
sy. az the existence Of the issue OF this unhappy
amour, AMI ;nsti ued proceedings in the s ar
Chamber, before the Archbishop oil Canterbo-
ry, TO inquire in,o.the validity of the marriage
between Catherine and the Earl. These pro-
ceedngs were conducted with the greatest APP
parent show OF justice and equity. day was
appointed before which time the prisoners were
to produce proofs Of the aIledged matrimonial
union between them. When that day arrived,
they were no, able to bring forward the neces-
sary witnesses; and by an unusual strength OF
Indulgence the inquiry was rmittsc to a future
time, The second period also expired, and al
so third, to which The final settlement of the
inquiry had been still farther postponed, yet
neither the caplives nor their friends could dis
cover the minister or any Of the other persons
whom Catherine and Hereford asserted % have
been present at their marriage. The Judgment
Of the Star Chamber was then pronounced, de-
claring the connexion between the Earl Of Hert,
ford and the Lady Catherine Gray adulterous
and trai orous, condemning both the offending
persons 10 perpetual Imprisonment in the Tow
er Of London, and 6ning the Earl moreover
sum Of fifteen thousand pounds, he being con-
sidrred the greater criminal in having debaueh-
ed princess of the blood royal
The bitterness of their doom was yet farther
aggravated to lie wre 'ch,d prisoners, BY the
fact that on the dav after the sentence was pro
nounced, the Witnesses whose testimony would
have re stored them to love and liberty, were
seen publicly in the streets Of London. The
sentence Of The Star Chamber was however ir>
evocable, and he public were only left to their
own conf cures as to the reason Of The sudden
s. lie as sudden temperance, Of
these much sought alter Witnesses. Some be-
heved that by brides and threats, Elizabeth had
kept them ont of the ways Others, that He"tford
and Catherine, conscious that tbe evidence Of
these people could not benefit them, had resolv
ed 10 appeal to their testimony, when they
knew that it could not be procured; having
taken care tina they should not be
when called upon.
In the mean time, Elizabeth could not entire
ly stfle either her love for Seymour or her fears
Of Catherine. The hope that the confinement,
of the former, and his separation from the lat
ter, might in time ALLEVIATE bis affcctlo from
her, and, combined with the hope Of re gaining
the Queens favour, might prevail upon him at
length TO disown his alleged marriage, induced