Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-08-12
Mas. ROYALS TRIAL.
From the Correspondent Of the Newell ork Com
mercal Advertiser, dated
WAsur~cTON. July %

WAsHINCTON, July y.
" For want of something more worthy Of
your sprightly and various columns, send
you. some account or trial which has eX-
cited some interest. and occasioned some
qualification among the lovers of the ludi-
crous. Irefer 10 the trial ofthe redoubtable
Mrs. Anne Royal. As YOU have been in
the presence. and possibly been admitted
20 kiss hands, / need not describe to you
that truly royal parsonage. Her brazen
front. twinklng eyes. and Blllingsgate
voice, are al present. dare say, to your
fancy. She has long been putting to trial
the public f0rbearance in Washington,
which has been to her city of refuge.
Driven from Alexandria by the threat of
being "caried and dumped down beyond
the city bounds" and from Richmond by
the first steps of process for lmprlson-
ment. she favoured us with her august
presence in the metropolis, where, by dint
of brass, begging, and scribbling, she has
contrived to get her bread and cheese, to-
gether with great name. With unabashed
face, and an indomitable assurance, she
has pushed herself into the audience rooms
Of all the Heads of Department, and, asst
IS said. into that of the President himself,
(of whose friendship she makes a loud
boast.) GOOD easy Mr.. Carroll, who has
more houses than tenants, and more tenants
than rents, permitted her TO inhabit large
desolate three story house of his on Capitol
Hhl. IN the ncighbourhoOd of a building
frequently used for holding religious meet
ings, and on Sunday mornings for the as
sembling of a Sunday school. AT the
window opposite this building, the Old bell
weather was in the habit of establishing
herself and gratifying her malignity, by
loudly ridicuGng anil grossly insulting the
teachers of both sexes who are IN the
benevolent work fgratuitously 'nstructlng
the poor. Nay, the poor children them
selves could not escape, but were be rated
as blackguards, beggars, lmpudcnt varlets,
&c. while the teachers were taunhngly
asked, why they did not convert them !
Why they did not teach them manners 2
Whether these were their Christians with
other questions 10 the same strain. So fur
was this carried. that some Of the young
ladies were actually afraid to pass. Nor
could they come within hearing, without
having themselves outraged by language
90 which no delicate female could listen.
The Mayor was appealed to, but IN vain;
and at length an information was lodged
with the Grand Jury, accompanied with
list Of Che most reputable witnesses. Mr..
Swan produced an indictment, two counts
OF which were quashed by the Court. Ga
one count however, the lady was brought
90 trial. She bad engaged the services OF
Mr. Coke, q lawyer Of great acuteress. who
was much amused at being retained by a
client of so novel a character.
The appearance Of the prisoner, and the
reading of the Indictment excited much
mirth throughout the court room. But
these smiles all vanished on the examina-
hon of the first witness for the prosecution,
whe testified to outrages on the female part
of his family. so gross and abominable,
that a general feeling of indignation put
every thlng orthe ladicrous to flighI. The
only peoyocatioa for this usage was the Eac.
that the gentleman himself was an elder IN
the church, his son a prominent and active
promoter of every object of a pious and be-
.nevolsnt character, and his daughter one
of the Sabbath school teachers. None Of
the family done aught to provoke the virago;
yetshe had notceased 10 pour out on every
lone Of them torrents Of The most coarse,