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Foreign News
June 9, 1804
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
Reports from London papers suggest the King of England may be relieved from business duties due to health concerns, though another paper deems such speculation improper without the Sovereign's own desire.
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KING OF ENGLAND.
In a late London paper we find the following article; if it may be considered entitled to any reliance, it would seem to indicate, that the prospect of his majesty's perfectly recovering his capacity for business, is involved in considerable doubt.
"There has been a report very generally current for these four days past, that some measure was in contemplation, the object of which was to relieve his majesty from the harrassing details of business -a thing which indeed has long been considered desirable. So general was this belief, that many expected a message to parliament last night, and we are much mistaken if the report did not originate in the ministerial circles. It is probable that Ministers see such difficulty and delicacy in this affair, that they are afraid to venture to propose it however necessary."
Another London paper, quoting the above, gives the following remarks.
"Our readers will readily believe, that we do not copy this paragraph from any approbation of its tendency. On the contrary, we can scarcely conceive a greater impropriety, to say the least of it, than to intimate that it is become "necessary," or "desirable," to "relieve his Majesty from the harrassing details of business before the Sovereign himself has expressed a desire to be relieved."
In a late London paper we find the following article; if it may be considered entitled to any reliance, it would seem to indicate, that the prospect of his majesty's perfectly recovering his capacity for business, is involved in considerable doubt.
"There has been a report very generally current for these four days past, that some measure was in contemplation, the object of which was to relieve his majesty from the harrassing details of business -a thing which indeed has long been considered desirable. So general was this belief, that many expected a message to parliament last night, and we are much mistaken if the report did not originate in the ministerial circles. It is probable that Ministers see such difficulty and delicacy in this affair, that they are afraid to venture to propose it however necessary."
Another London paper, quoting the above, gives the following remarks.
"Our readers will readily believe, that we do not copy this paragraph from any approbation of its tendency. On the contrary, we can scarcely conceive a greater impropriety, to say the least of it, than to intimate that it is become "necessary," or "desirable," to "relieve his Majesty from the harrassing details of business before the Sovereign himself has expressed a desire to be relieved."
What sub-type of article is it?
Royal Event
Court News
What keywords are associated?
King Of England
Health Concerns
Royal Business
London Papers
Ministerial Report
What entities or persons were involved?
King Of England
His Majesty
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
Four Days Past
Key Persons
King Of England
His Majesty
Event Details
Reports in London papers indicate doubt about the King's recovery of capacity for business, with rumors of measures to relieve him from duties, originating possibly from ministerial circles, though another paper criticizes the speculation as improper.