Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-12-21
HENRY BROUGHAM. Al rHE DE-
FENDER OF QUEEN CAnOLINR.

VI There came 70 nenry DIN the ID
vocate, in the ripe vigor Of hie3euers, and
8 as il to crown his rising repst In, ooe o
Il those rare occasions on vkiehl ~ great.
1 ness Of the client and the canss eivs vide
and lasting fame to the &sfen1w "a inno.
eerce. The Queen Of England - broashi
/ to trial BY her husband. bsfess The nosi
august tribunal in Europe, % chsress o.
in6delity, made in snpportpf 5 bill to le.
Il prive her of her rights ~ gnfaa-cousort,
nsd 70 dissolve the n,afriasey fhis pro
ceeding was the elimination Of long Sc
+, ries Of cruel and unmanly prosecutions,
beginning with rudely-expressed repug.
i nance to a marriage imposed for state rea.
cons. and inflicted through more than
twenty years of alternate neglect and in
suit. The queen, as Princess Of Wales.
had been surrounded with spies. her cor
respondence violated. intercourse with heI
daughter denied, and foreign powers in.
4 vited to treat her with disrespect. The
Prince never pretended to conceal his ha-
tired for his wife, treating her on all oc-
! casions with contumely, refusing to re-
ceive her associates, and seeking BY cve-
~ petty expedient to annoy her. Con.
T. tcmptuously careless Of his conjugal du-
ties. he succeeded in driving her to dis
regard hers. and to quit the kingdom for
life Of travel. which offered too notorious
grounds for charges Of leviiy and indie
corum. though proofs Of any guilt were
sough. in vain. 'Brougham had personally
known the princess for ten or twelve years.
and had long been her trusted adviser,
guiding her course and that of her daugh-
ter. Princess Charlotte-'.Young Prin-
cy." as she was called in the clubs-witl
great tact and discretion throughout all
the difficulties forced upon them BY the
Regents ill-will and the constant quarrels
among all the royal family.
While the close Of the long reign oi
George the Third was daily expected. a
commission had been employed at Milan.
the Princess Caroline's residence. in COL
lecting evidence against her. .'For hall
the money spent on tue trial." Byron
wrote, "any corrupt testimony whatever
might be brought out of Italy" After
her husbands accession. in 1920. he
threatened that il she set her foot on Eng
lish ground she should be arrested. COM
mitted to the Tower, and tried for high
treason. His hated wife was by any means
! to be got rid Of. She should neither be
crowned with him nor prayed Cor with
lhimi: The 6rst act Of the new reign was
IL" ufcct, '.. 1--;-t @s I>. -Ia.- -;.,L.. .ha
lomission Of her name from the petition for
the royal family in the Liturgy. Learn
ing this BY accident from the public jour.
mails, she wrote to the Prime Minister,
complaining of her wrongs, and BY de-
tailed account Of all her i'll usage, createt,
strong sympathy in the public mind
After using her prerogative as queen BY
appointing Brougham her attorney gene
raj. she came with all speed to England.
landed at Dover. amidst the applause ol
an immense multitude. and journeyed in
triumphal procession TO London The
king. in great alarm. insisted on violen,
measures His ministers shrank from the
scandal of the investigator, the danger OF
public sympathy. and the certainty Of re-
, elimination. A few days o. fruitiess ne
!, gotiation followed; the queen refused tc
, retire from the kingdom unless her name
! was restored to the Liturgy and the bill
for her degradation and the dissolution Of
the marriage was brought into the House
of Lords.
In the contest that followed power wa:
not all on the kings side. nor right all on
the queens. She had been imprudent
familiar with questionable society. and
culpably careless Of her dignity. Bat tho
public voice was loud in her support il
her proAig wrong-doer accused his vic.
tim. the people would care nothing even
it the case were proved. and would stand
between her and her prosecutors injustice
. Strong in this conviction, animated by the
, greatness Of bis cause. and excited by the
Eager expectation Of all Europe, Broug CHAM
managed the defense with a boldness and
skill that made the king tremble. and gain
ed for hmsclfimmortal renowu. His orcn
ing speech to the peers upon the manne,
and time Of the proceedings amazed then
. BY its defiant and sarcastic vehemence.
He plainly threatened. if the trial should
proceed in its present form, to drag e
light the gross immortality and profiigacy
Of the king. as defeating his righ, to a di.
vcrce. Bat his strongest argument would
! have been found, as he states in his auto.
biography. in branding the king rs big
amist. Whatever dangerous qnestions a.
] to the succession to the throne that cours,
might open. he was prepared and re.olv.
ed. If driven to il, to establish the king.
! marriage with Mrs. Fi,.herbert. Roman
Catholic. before he had taken Caroline q,
bis wife.
In spite Of the threat the feeling of III,
House was in favor Of proceeding. and til,
crew Of bought and bribcd Witnesses fol
the prosecution was introduced. Broucb
. am asssiled the eontempsible character O
these tools. and overwhelmed their mea
dacity and contradictions. The chief wi,
ness, Majocehi. . position. was bea,e,
, into such state Of dismayed stupidi,,
! that at last his monetonous reply to nj
questions became the a.s mi rreordo which
has passed into proverb. Answering th,
assertion that the kings's private eLsrac,el
had nothing to do with the bill. which VA
= public measure of the government
Brougham caugh, adroitly the suyecstio,
e Of friend. and exclaimed. ..Who. then
4 is the prosecutor Who 10 this mysseri
:. Gus being
"'that shape hath none,
a pStnguishab,e in uembes. joint or limb,
- What seems his head,