Star. — London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

~_ t .,_ "7777% I2Prmit, .• 0.4 k, - • . I N 'V • • \. 4 11 . ‘ s : -11 I ‘ 11. k • • 4 ° • -, 4% •••'‘' .*• iftos • ADDRESSES TO HER MAJESTY. r • In Picadilly, at Hyde ?ark.corner, and along the whole line of road to Brandenburgh House, yester day, the crowds exceeded all calculation. Carriages, carts, and vehicles of every description, were called into requisition to swell the throng, and every indi vidual present seemed alike anxious to manifest his seal in the cause of that illustrious' woman, whose fate has excited throughout the nation such an ex traordinary mixture of sympathy and indignation. The processions, as they moved along the road, throughout the day, were greeted from the windows of the houses at Kensington and Hammersmith, by elegantly dressed Ladies, who waved their handker chiefs as tokens of their warm interest in the public feeling.—The first Address which arrived at Bran denburgh House was that from the Inhabitants of the Precinct of St. Katherine, Tower. The Gentle men who composed the procession were chiefly in private carriages, drawn by four horses each. On their arrival, they were ushered into the QUEEN'S audience-chamber, where they were almost immedi ately met by hei MAJESTY, at one o'clock, the hour appointed for their presentation. The QUEEN was led into the room by Mr. Alderman Woon. Her MAJESTY was also attended by Lady ANNE HAMM.. Tow, and followed by her Chamberlains, Sir WIL LIAM GELL and the Hon. KEPPEL CRAVEN. The QUEEN looked in excellent health and, spirits; she evidently felt, as all around her did, that though the day of her formal defence had not arrived, there was yet an end of the prosecution in substance, as well as In form. She never appeared mare dignified or more placid ; she looked like the Queen of a free People, who could temper the ceremonies belonging to her exalted rank with that suavity and mildness so essential to secure her their affections as well as their respect. Her MAJESTY was dressed in a rich white lace veil, which fell in graceful folds over her shoulders, and partially wound around an elegant dress of spangled muslin ; her head-dress was plain, and consisted of a few artificial flowers, grace fully disposed in a diadem bandeau. As soon as the QUEEN took her station at the end of the room, the Deputation from the Precinct of St. Katherine was introduced, and the Address pre sented to her MAJESTY by Mr. MITCHELL, who re quested permission for Mr. FLOWERS to read it. This request was immediately granted, the Address read, and the gracious Answer returned by her MAJESTY, through Mr. Alderman WOOD, who was commanded to perform the duty of reading the Answers for the day. When the Answer was delivered to the Depu tation, the Gentlemen who composed it had the ho nour of kissing her MAJESTY'S hand before retiring: Mr. Gxottuz PAOE, accompanied by Mr. SA MUEL VIVICASH, jun. then presented the Address from the Inhabitants of Caine, in Wiltshire. Mr. WlLLiams presented the Address from the In habitants of Chipping-Sodbury, Gloucestershire, to which her MAJESTY was pleased to return a most gracious Answer. When the Gentlemen who were deputed to present these Addresses had retired, Sir Roarer WlLsow ar rived, and delivered to her MAJESTY the Addresses. from Bristol, signed by 24,640 of the Inhabitants of that City, and that from Abergavenny, signed by a numerous body of the inhabitants. Her MAJESTY re ceived both Addresses in the most gracious manner. the assembled multitudes we have already described. The next Address which her MAJESTY had ap pointed to receive was that from the Parish of Saint James. At an early hour the Ladies and Gentlemen who were to take part in the procession were seen approaching the general rendezvous, from whence, soon after ten o'clock, they started, preceded by BARBELS 13EAUSIONT, Esq. the Chairman of the Meet at which the Address was voted. There were not fewer than fifty carriages and four, each vehicle con taining from five to ski persons. The Ladies were elegantly dressed, principally in white, with fancy head-dresses, and the Gentlemen all wore white fa vours. As they passed they were loudly cheered. The Metropolitan Deputation, or Representative Assemblage of the Cities of London and Westmin ster, and of the Borough of Southwark, met at their rendezvous, the Freemasons Tavern, at an early hour. The commencement of the procession took place at about eleven o'clock, headed by Mr. Hos- House, in a carriage alone. He was immediately fol lowed by Sir GERARD NOEL and Mr. Moona, after whom came Mr. Hums. The Address next came in grand beating. It was borne in an elegant landau, drawn by six grey horses, and was elevated upon a rest, so that its immense magnitude might be per ceptible to all. It was wound round a roller, with a gilt knob at each end, and from its size fully cor responded with the accuracy of a statement made by those who had the best means of information, that it contained the signatures of more than 100,000 in dividuals. This fact was stated by Mr. HORHOUSE to her MAJESTY, in the preliminary observations with which he introduced the Address. One hundred and six carriages joined in the suite,- and -the weather wearing its most smiling aspect, presented an appear ance not often outvied in point of elegance or splen dour. It was previously arranged that the Depu ta.i.m of the Parish of St. James should; on the route, become part of the procession, which it did, filling 31 post-coaches, but preserving the lead, in Piccallset Sir R. WI Lsort, in military attire, and accompanied by Mr. B. BEAUMONT, conducted the party. The splentlid cavalcade, which previous to this junction took its departure from the tavern, in Queen-street, was made up of carriages, each drawn.by four horses, and filled in a great measure with females of the most respectable exterior. Shaping its course down' Drury-lane, through Little Russell-street, 131 stre et, and Catherine-street, into the Strand, amidst j the loudest and most cordial expressions of popular a pprobation, it continued its progress by Charing- Cross, and through Piccadilly, to Hyde Park Corner. - %tat it should.auract an innumerable throng of spec t &tots will be readily imagined ; the houses were in ft deSerted, and the whole population of this mighty .fetropolls displayed itself in the highway. Al l . t ose obstacles which might have been expected to interrupt or retard the course of so lengthened a prices-ion* of an exhibition on a scale sc extensive, seemed to vanish before it. Individuals either volun tarily withdrew these impediments, or they were turned aside at the clamorous dictation of the multitude, the air was rent by a pelVetuat and animated cry Te104440g trOFA 41 1 1 1 4a4eFN 4nd Waring co enta- P . r . o ~~ .'-. . ' ... . . .__ ..., • ... . . . • • nate from penons of all ages and conditions;of " Goz rave the Queen r kid a JAniglittesQuitex Caroline r On reaching, the grand avenue to. Bra . ndenburgb House, some untvoldable delay took place. The thousands of Shipwrights, with their innumerable banners, were on their return, and caused a tempo rary blockade. When at length the cavalcade reached its destination, and Ladies, as well as Gentlemen, were set down, and ushered into the audience-cham ber, Mr. Hoanouse, after a brief preface, read the Address; and the annexed Answer of her MAJES'ff was conveyed through Mr. Alderman Wooer. " I anti deeply impressed by this affectionate, this animated, and animating Address front the Inhabitants of London, West., minter, and Sdathwark. lam glad to find that the sacred principles of Liberty are so well understood, so generally em braced, and so cordially cherished, in this great Metropolis.— From this enlightened centre of free sentiment the patriotic feel ing has vibrated to the very extremity of the Kingdom. If my misfortunes have excited the generous ardour in favour of all that tends to make the Nation •great or the People happy, I rejoice that I have been unfortunate. If my wrongs and Jail*. nities shall give greater security to the rights, and more lustre to the glory of Britain, by deducting from the public stock of cor ruption on the one hand, and by adding to that of constitutional liberty on the other, I shall long remember with satisfaction the' day when the Queen was treated with insult and with scorn.... Freedom must always be purchased with a price • and if ?but ie the price - at which British freedom is to be pur chased, I shoal lather pay it iu my own sufferings, than that it should be pad la the sufferings of the People. " If the attempt to degrade me has touched such a nerve elf sympathy in the People as will, in its effects, improve the few dom, and increase the prosperity of the Kingdom, I shall AIM reflect with transport on the humiliating situation in w I have been placed in the House of Lords. The general ment qf the People respecting the Bill of Pains and P has been too clearly expressed to be misunderstood. It hallo. universally reprobated, as unconstitutional and unjust. The.nel. dence that has been adduced in support of the Bill has admi rably harmonised with its character. Cruelty and Injustice ate fitly attended with such base auxiliaries as Insincerity and Per fidy. The charges against me originated in nothing but malice, and have been supported by nothing but falsehood. Indeed, what other support could they procure? Truth and Honesty scorn an alliance with such iniquitous confederates. By this base and nefarious proceeding, first against my rights, and next against those of the People, my adversaries thought to secure the stability of their power and the permanence of their domination. But, happily for that Constitution which we venerate, happily for that liberty which we love, and for the rights for which pa triots have bled, the project has been frustrated; and that which was designed to abet the cause of servitude has been proved to be most auspicious to the interests of liberty. " The •present high tone of public sentiment that prevails In all parts of the kingdom, has been evidently excited by the energizing activity of the Press. On no occasion has the Press evinced more power in enlightening the public mind, or in ex alting public feeling. This glorious invention, which gives im mortality to the operations of intellect, with respect to duration— and universality, with respect to space—is the true seculity of nations against the open encroachments of despotism, and the subtle insinuations of servitude. " If there '...e one conviction which, more than another, ought to be impressed on the understanding of every free man, it is this—that the liberty of the country cannot survive the liberty of the Press." The QuEvr afterwards received the various mem bers of this large convention with her accustomed graciousness ; the fatigue evidently made a slight im pression on her frame and spirits, but her . counte nance retained all its expression to the close of the busy scene. The Deputation with the Address from the Inha bitants of the Parish of St. Pancras, left the South ampton Arms, Camden Town, at ten o'clock this, morning. A body of about fifty Gentlemen on hprse. I back marched first, three abreast, and were succeeded by more than seventy carriages and four, filled with Ladies and Gentlemen of the first respeccability. THE EVENING. STAR. LONDON. NEXT THURSDAY, 4,500 TICKETS TO BE DRAWN —ALL WILL BE PRIZES—TWO xsto,ooo, TWO xio,OOO—TWO Xie,ooo IN THE FIRST FIVE MI NUTES—ALL IN STERLING MONEY. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1820. THE FUND& ' PRICE 01 , STOCKS THIS DAY AT OHS O'CLOCK 5 per Cent. Cons. 66i j--5 per Cent. Ntivy 1102 i I India Bonds 18s. I es. pre.—South-Sea Stock 751 Exch. Bills 2s. Is. pre.—Consols for Acct. 6611. A French Mail, and also German Papers, arrived in the course of the night. The Paris Papers of Fri day are chiefly occupied with congratulations re specting the birtU of the new heir to the Throne.— The principal article in the German Papers is the Austrian Confidential Note addressed to the different German Courts.respecting the affairs of Naples. We have inserted this document in another column. It will be read with'ileep interest by all who can duly appreciate the doctrine which it maintains. A letter from Vienna, of the 16th September, states that the Neapolitan Minister, Prince Crsztrita, who was lately refused passports to proceed oa a special mission to the Emperor of RUSSIA, had received :from the Prince de METTERNICH a Declaration, purporting that the great Powers of Europe are perfectly agreed nqt to recognise the present state of affairs in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, because it has been in troduced solely by force of arms, and that the Powers have therefore determined 'not to receive any Pleni potentiary or Minister from a superior authority esta • Wished by such means. After receiving this Decla ration, the Prince de CIMITILE quitted Vienna, and set out on his return to Naples. The other unsuccess , ful Neapolitan Minister, the Duke de GALL°, had, I according to an article from Rome of the 13th, 4r rived at Bologna, also on his return. The interview lof the Soverigns will, it is stated, decidedly take :place at Troppau. The Cortes of Spain decreed on the 17th ult. that a general Amnesty shall be proclaimed in South America and an oblivion of all past differences. There are private letters in town from Rio Janeiro of the Ist of August, from mercantile houses oT the first respectability, written evidently modes the ap• prehension of the occurrence of an important crisis; and it is even more than suspected that the_projected Revolution in rortugal w4s knOWO III; Urazils so f4:17 as 41100 43;T -- 'AFT . THEuirli .. . • bef.... . . ._ The interval that has elapsed sitite the Bowe ti Lords last met on this most momentous question, has not -lessened the ardour of her MAJWITY'i friends, nor occasioned the slightest diminution of the pithily interest. Indeed, many events have occurred to keep that interest alive. Her MAJESTY has received the Addresses of many thousands—nay of millions—who, with the whole case of accusation against her them, declare their firm conviction of her innocence, and congratulate her on the failure of the charges made—not against her life, but—against what is dearer than life, her honour. Even this very day, , while she by her Counsel is defending herself in the highest tribunal known in this country, myriadsef our fellow-citizens are crowding " by land and by water," to declare to her MAJESTY their opinion that . P. : l+ • . - no defence is necessary. The vicinity of Palace-yard this morning presented , the• same bustle as during the former proceedings. The same precantionstave been taken te afford faci lity to persons whose duty renders it necessary, and to prevent the intrusions of the curious. The bar riers have not been altered ; and there is the same 'attendance of the Civil and Military Power. Parties of Horse Guards traverse Parliament-street, and sore are ranged on the side of the street within the barriers. In Old Palace-yard there are parties of the Horse and Foot Guards. The horse patrol are also in attendance. Soon after nine o'clock the Peers began to arrive, and continued in rapid succession until ten o'clock. Several of them, who were recognised by the crowd outside the barriers, received a comment upon the share they had taken in the business of the QUEEN. At half-past ten o'clock the firing of cannon along both sides of the River, announced the moving of the Aquatic Procession with the Address to her MAJESTY, by the Watermen of the Thames. It is impossible to give any adequate idea by words of the impolng splendour of the scene—the River literally covered with decorated barges and boats of every description, filled with cheerful company, and exhibiting, among the females, many well-dressed and beautiful women The flags, pennants, streamers, &c. were innumerable' and many of the vessels had excelleat bands of music The day proving most favourable, the banks of the River, all the wharfs, and even the roofs of the houses along the banks were covered with people of every description—many of them cf the first charac 'ter. In one word, this mighty leviathan of a City had poured out its inhabitants by every avenue lead ing to the Thames. HOUSE OF LORDS. At ten minutes before ten o'clock the LORD CRAW. CELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack.. Prayers were then read by the Bishop of BRISTOL. 'taactly at ten, the Clerk of the House began calling Over the Roll. The LORD CHANCELLOR read letters of apology from fourteen Peers, who were on different accounts excused. Amon these was the Duke of HAMILTON, who is confined to bed in consequence of a severe .contusion received by a fall. • The Earl of LAUDERDALE read a letter of apolcgy from a Nobleman, whose name. we could not hear. The apology was iccepted. The following were absent, and no cause ihewn : lord ("4_ tiANIBIER, Lord ALVANLET, Lord HEREFORD, and Lord nILLSBOROUGH. Lord LIVERPOOL now rose. His Lordship, re . ferring to what had passed when the House were last assembled, on the subject of the letter written by Mr. Marietti, senior, to his son, Joseph Marietti, said, that having, as he had then informed the House, written to Colonel Brown, calling on him for a full explanation of his conduct in that affair, he now thought it his duty to put the House in posses sion of the correspondence which had taken place. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read several let ters. The first was from Colonel Brown. It denies, iu the strongest terms, that he ever spoke one syllable to the father of Joseph Marietti, as to the conduct of the latter in London ; but admits, that in a conversa tion which Colonel Brown had had with a M. Alber toni, he (Colonel Brown) observed, that he had heard from London, that Joseph Marietti had been calling on Sacchini, and asking him questions respecting the proceedings against the Queen, and that, in his (Co lonel Brown's) opinibn, such conduct *as extremely indiscreet, and foreign to Marietti's business in London. Colonel Brown then refers to two inclosures, one a letter from Albertoni, stating his recollection of the substance of his conversation with. Colonel Brown, and the other from M. Marietti, senior, confirming ,that he had never had any Conversation with Colonel Brown, on the subject of his son's cOnduct. M. Al. tortoni no.: only corroborates Colonel Brown's state ment, as to the nature of the conversation, but adds, that the observation of Colonel Brown, about young Marietti, was not conveyed in a tone either of autho rity or menace, and did not impress him with the least apprehension for the personal security of young Marietti. Lord Liverpool having read these letters, had only to add, that if the least doubt remained, as' to any part of this proceeding, in the minds of their Lordships, .Colonel Brown was most desirous that it should be probed to the bottom, and would give any explanation which their Lordships might require. • 'Lord HOLLAND observed, .that admitting the statements in these letters to be all true, they did not intorfete with Cite *euer4l objkctiop to the principle of the Alien Act ; but, on the contrary, confirmed them, inasmuch as they showed how it tnight be made an instrument to excite the apprehension of individuals. He could not say, however, that the correspondence which had been read did satisfy his mind ;- nor could any ex...parte statement ever satisfy him. There, could be no satisfactory explanation without a fifil examination of all the parties con cerned. He, would not now offer any conclusive opinion on ihe, subject, but would reserve to himself, as he thought - every Noble Lord ought to do, the right of making any motion on the subject whish he might afterwards think necessary. He thoug!:t the correspondence which had been read ought, for this purpose, to be laid on the table. Lord -LIVERPOOL had no objection, ant p:c seated the papers. _ _ Lord LAUDERDALE thought that, to have Cie whole case before them, application should be made for the-letter of Mr. Marietti, sen. to his son, whic:i was the origin of the whole affair. He had no doubt that it might be obtained from the party who was in possession of it. Lord DARNLEY nest rose, and after a few ob. nervations, which were inaudible at the Bar, moved that an account of the whole expenses attending the Proceedings against her Majesty should be laid be• tore' the House. • Lord LinRPOOL had no objection to the pro ducan oT such an account at the proper time; but he thought that while the proceedings were sill pending, the demand for it was premature. The Marquis of LANSDOWN would have con curred with the Noble Lord (Liverpool), had he not recollected that when an account was moved for of the grants which had been made to her Majesty, the Noble Lord made no such objection as he did now, and the motion was adopted. If it was proper to produce an account of the expenses incurred on one side, it was quite as proper to call for a statement of the expenditure on the other. Lord DARNLEY, in explanation, said, that it was precisely from the consideration just stated by his ' Noble Friend, that he had brought forward his mo. tion.—No division took place, nor was anything far% they said on the subject of the motion, which we un derstood was adopted. Counsel were then called in. THE DEFENCE. Mr. BROUGHAM immediately commenced the de. fence of her MAJESTY.—The time had now arrived, he said, when it became his duty to enter upon the defence of his Royal Client, and it was with feelings of great embarrassment he stood at the Bar of that august Assembly to perform the important duties that now devolved upon him. It was not from any ap prehension that their Lordships would refuse to him the necessary indulgence, for he had often:tkines : experienced the indulgence of their t it was not from the novelty of the proceedteo calculated as they were to perplex and to 0,0 7 rate, for the mind of man became gradually l'ye conciled to the strangest things. It was not from the magnitude of the undertaking in which he was engaged, fir he was borne up by the conviction of the justice of the cause which he had to adiocate; a conviction in which all mankind joined. It was not from the operation of those circumstances that he felt embarrassment, but it was by Me force of Mat conridion , that be was oppressed ; it was by the fear of sheaving his unworthiness to enter upon a subject of such awful importance that he was now agitated ; and while others might tremble for a guilty client, or be crippled or chilled by the indifference, or dis mayed by the hostility of public opinion, be knew he had nothing to apprehend but the feeble discharge of his own duty, and the consequences to which that might lead in the opinions of the millions of.his coun trymen who had their eyes fixed upon him as to the charges against Ms Illustrious Client. He felt so trot bled under those impressions, that he could hardly compose his spirits to the discharge of the duties he had to perform. It was with great Sincerity he now expressed a hope, that in the cour* of the proceed ' ings so unexampled, his character for loyalty would not stiffer in the opinion of their Lordships. The Princess Caroline Amelia of Brunswick arrived iu this country its the year 1795, the niece of the Sovereign and - the intended Consort of the Heir Apparent, and with a distinct title, at no very great distance, to the Throne.. But it was not his intention to allude to the interval between ilia; period and the year 1814. He rejoiced that the faithful discharge of his duty did 'not require, at this moment, any reference to that period, The attempt to prove his Royal Client criminal, did not require recrimination—did not re quire, that a whisper should be made against her illustrious husband. His duty prescribed to him at the present moment silence upon that subject. But their Lordships might be assured that but for the conviction of the expediency of observing that silence, his lips should not be closed upon that important topic.. In postponing what he could say upon that subject..ho felt confident that he was waving a right ;bat it should not be supposed, that because he abstained from making such a statement, be would not, if he felt it necessary do so opori,a future state of the proceeding& He was actuated by that feeling which he knew prevailed universally at the Bar—to dis charge hit duty without looking to the consequences. He had oncrbefore taken lehveto assure their Lord ships that an Adybcate knew but one person In the world, that pawn his.client—that waif& due ito serve that cliesk by. all expedient mewls, to.proteit =~, at 01 li r lii