Star. — London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

and moved—" That the Lord Mayor be requested' to convey to her Majesty the thanks of the Court." The Loan MAYOR, With much agitation, rose. He said, that be did not think such a motion would have been put. The Court knew what his sentiments were; they would, he hoped, excuse him. Though he had abstained from giving an opinion before, he would now say, that he considered the measure both unwise and officious. The question was now under the so lemn decision of the High Court of Parliament, and pending that investigation he thought it was not ad visable for the Corporation to interfere. Mr. FAVELL would not wish to force anything on the-Lord Mayor that would be distressing to his feel ings ; but he considered this a serious question of pri vilege. The Lord Mayor had a duty to perform, and he should be called on to perform it„ He had, no doubt, the right to give his opinion in that Court ; butt as soon as the Court had decided, that decision was not to be considered the opinion of the Loi-d Mayor, but of the Corporation at large. He stood on this position as on a rock ; and should the Lord Mayor resist the declared opinion of the Court, there would be an end to their privileges. Highly as they might respect the Chief Magistrate, they still could not surrender their privileges out of respect for his feelings. It would, in fact, introduce a system which would lead to their ruin as a public body. He would ask them to look at the decision that had been just made, four or five against one hundred. Were ever the sentiments of the Court more unequivocally ex pressed ? Was the Lord Mayor to controul the ex pression of those sentiments? Mr. OLDllast said that his Lordship was called on to act ministerially. It was his duty to obey the wishes of the Court. He was not to have any. feelings of-his own, at least he was not to indulge those feelings against the obsious calls of duty. Mr. DIXON said, the Lord Mayor of London was plaCed in an awkward situation !—(A laugh).—He thought his Lordship ought to be allowed some dis cretion. Suppose Gentlemen proposed and decided that his Lordship should take physk, was he bound therefore to take i.?—(A /aaah ).—He moved as au Amendment, that the Sheriff be requested to attend with the Lord Mayor on her Majesty. Mr. Alderman WA ITIIIMAN did not look on the • task of waiting on her Majesty, to convey to her the gratitude of the City of London, bat as an office of honour—(Hear* hear!)—The Lord Mayor was the head of the Corporation, but it was I.OC assumed that his Lordship always concurred in their opinions. He , acted in a ministerial capacity. He (Mr. Alderman Waldman) felt, that if be had proposed to convey tbe sentiments of the Corporation through any other channel, he would deserve the censure of the Court; for it would be conveying a marked disrespect to the Lord Mayor—it would be holding out an insinuation that his Lordship would hesitate to perform bis duty. The Lord Mayor's sentiments were well known. As well might it be suppo-ed, if they voted an Address of Thanks to Lord Chatham for conducting the Wel cheren Expedition, that the Lord Mayor, by convey ing that vote to his Lordship, concurs ed in the vote, as that he concurred in the sentiments embiaced in the Resolution which they‘had just adopted. He was sorry that his Lordship's feelings were hurt. It was true, indeed, that it had physicked him ; he had only to regret that the physic operated so powerfully upon him!!—(4 laugh). Lotto MAYOR said, that be had, from a sense of duty, gone up with farmer Addresses to her Ma jesty ; but feeling as he did, be hoped the Court would have excused him on the present occasion. As Lord Mayor, his name appeared at the bead of all those measures ; and many of his friends in the coun try had asked whether be had concurred in those measures? lle stiii hoped they would excuse his at tendance.—The Motion was put and carried. Mr. Alderman Warrituast nest moved, «That it he referred to the Committee of City Lands to re port the most appropriate situation in the Ilall of the Common Council to place tke picture of her Nta jeqy."—Mr. T. J. Wit.t.tasis objected to the Motion. Mr. WILLIAMS (Slit:riff elect) considered that the Motion was one which, after having accepted of the picture and returned thanks to her Majesty, they were bound to entertain. Mr. Monism felt himself bound to dissent from the Motion, as it stood. lie agreed that it was their duty to receive the picture, that it was their duty to return thanks to her Majesty for it ; but whilst an in quiry was pending, he would not agree to place that picture in the Cotincil Chamber until that inquiry terminated. If the Motion was, that the Committee should report the best place to hang the picture, he would agree to the Motion ; but he would not agree to a proposition which would pledge them to place it at once in the Common Council Chamber. He had no doubt but that there was a vast deal of false evidence given against her Majesty—(Hear, hear) — he had no doubt but that the Queen had been griev ously ill treated, almost from the very day that she had married the King—(Hear, hear!)—he had no doubt but that a vast conspiracy had been formed against her—(Hear,hear!)—yet he was not prepared to say that the primafacie case made out did not call for some answer from her Majesty. %Then that an swer should be satisfactorily given, then, and not till then, would he agree to place her picture in the Coun • ail Chamber. He would therelbre move as an Amend ment, that the words ,‘ Common Council Chamber" be left out of the Resolution. Mr. FAVELL thought, that after the Resolution which the Court had come to—after having grate fully received the picture of her Majesty, the Amend ment of his friend was an extraordinary measure. The Committee might think fit to hang up the pic ture in the most obscure part of Guildhall—would ••.: the Court agree to that ? Would they not rather, • having accepted her Majesty's picture, give it the' Most honourable place? Mr.Draceesaid.they were asked to vote that the pic ture should be placed in the Council Chamber without knowing the size of it, or the space it might occupy. Mr. Psertsou said, they were called on to suspend their judgments, because a prima facie cause was made out ; but his reply was this—that seeing the Court was unconstitutional and unjust, no argument could arise as so the evidence given before it. He objected to the Amendment, because it was incon sistent with all the Resolutions they had. formerly passed ; but by the Resolution they had passed that dayb, they had accepted the honourable tribute wilich her Majesty paid thatii, Ina he was ere that if the Amendment were pressed to a division, and if that Amendment should be carried, it would be car-. ried only on this ground, that the Court entertained the highest opinion of the Committee—a sentiment in which he entirely concurred. They would exalt the pictute of her Majesty in the highest place of honour, uninfluenced by any question which might be pending before an unconstitutional tribunal. The LORD MAYOR said that he would not sit there and hear such language. Mr. PEARSON said, he was only using the language recorded •in the Minutes of the Court—(Cries of Read, read, and great tumult). The LORD MAYOR, rising with warmth- 4 . Do you mean to say, that the highest tribunal of the land is unconstitutional ?"—(Read the Minutes—from - seve ral voices). Mr. PEARSON said, he apprehended that his lan guage was misunderstood ; he admitted that the House of Lords was the highest tribunal in the land —but when it vested itself with powers unknown to the law, and unsanctioned by it, he believed there was do impropriety in calling a body, exercising this. unlawful power, an unconstitutional tribunal. He would repeat that the mode of trial was unconstitu tional—(Hear, hear). Tbe Minutes of the proceedings of a former day were then read containing a Resolution which, in re ference to the Houst of Lords, had the following words—" which (namely the powers exercised by that body on the trial of the Queen) this Court con siders as contrary to the constitutional jurisprudence of the land." The LORD Mnyort.—That is very different lan guage indeed—(Cries of No, no). Mr. Alderman Warrnsims begged to speak to order. He could not but complain of those inter ruptions, because they were frequent. His Lordship had even that day thought fit to censure a decision which the Court had just come to. If those inter ruptions were to be allowed, there would be an end to the freedom of discussion. -- Mr. PEARSON said, that his logic taught him,• though he did not study in the same school with the Lord Mayor, that where a body exercises functions which the Constitution never vested in them, they act as an unconstitutional body—(Hear, hear). He would not waste the time of the Meeting, but he thought that it was for the honour of the Corpora tion, and to mark the sense they entertained of her Majesty, to place her picture in the most honour able situation. The Court divided—when there appeared, For the Original %lotion • - - 40 For the Amendment - - 44 Majority for the Amendment - —4 The corp.idetatoon of the Report relative to the Orphans Dues, was postponed to the next Court day. The adjourned consideration of the Report of the Special Committee relative to the Sheriff, was also postponed to the next Court-day. After disposing of some private business, the Court adjourned at five u'clock. ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK. Yesterday evening, a numerous Meeting was held in the Vestry-room, pursuant to a Requisition pre sented to the Churchwardens, to consider the pro priety of presenting an Address to her MAJESTY. At half-past six o'clock the Chair was taken by the senior Churchwarden, who 'stated the object of the Meeting. A letter was read from the Rev. W. MANN, strongly protesting against the legality of the Meeting being held in the Church n; Church yard, as contrary to the 88th Canon, and denying that the Churchwardens had any authority to call such Meetings without the sanction of the Clergyman. Mr. Hack then addressed the Meeting, and stated that he was called upon to read the Resolutions which were propcised for conAderation,. and upon which he hoped that every individual who thought proper to. speak should be allowed, without interruption, to de= liver his unbiassed opinion. lie was by no means an advocate,.upon any occasion, for the use of violent language, but he felt that the present was a subject with regard to which every man who.regarded com mon justice. or his own right c ,.was called upon to declare his sentiments clearly, unequivocally, and decidedly; for the people of England were required to determine, whether they will stiffer an innocent woman to become the victim of a system of oppres sion which threatened to overturn all that England held most dear, namely, its constitutional principles, .and especially those which referred to the adminis tration of justice—( Applause).—As he was about to be followed by a Gentleman who was much more competent than himself to interest a popular assem bly, the worthy Gentleman said, that he should not longer occupy the attention of the Meeting. Several of the Resolutions having been read, Mr. Dnuny presented himself to the notice of the Meeting, in order, he said, to second the propositions of his worthy Friend, and a loud cry being raised•of Mount the table," this Gentleman complied with the call. Upon being recognized by the Meeting, which tilled the aisle in every part to a degree of al most intolerable pressure, Mr. Drury was saluted with the warmest applauses. He regretted, he declared, that he had been called upon on this occasion to ad dress so respectable an assembly, as many more com petent persons could be found in the Parish ; but whatever might be his own impression of his compa rative incapacity, he should never shrink from the performance of his duty, 'and especially in such a case as the present, which appealed so painfully to the hearts, and to the heads .of the people—( Ap plause).—For here the people were imperiously called upon to vindicate an injured female, who, were it not for their interposition, would have been defence less, as was evident from the history of her sufferings. But what could interest Englishmen more, than to. fiud their Queen proscribed the moment she entered that country which once boasted of giving liberty to the slave, whether African or American, the moment he or she touched its soil.?—(Applause)—On the first arrival, indeed, of our unfortunate Queen in England, at a time when she was encouraged to look for hap piness as well as honour, she was surrounded by the most infamous women of rank in the country, who at once engaged in plotting her destruction, by con triving to produce the alienation of her husband's mind, and these fiends were but too successful ; for scarcely had her child been born, when the husband, who was solemnly pledged to be her protestor, aban- doned her without a cause, but merely upon the prel tence, forsooth, that he could not controul his in dination—(Applasiseandhisses).--This; however, was! 'not enough. A plot to takeaway her life was framed' by Sir John and Lady Muslin, or if these wretches were not the framers they were the principal instru ments of the plot. That plot, however, failed, serving -only to recoil upon the authors, who still suffered no , corporal punishment, but possibly enjoyed reward.— But the Queen's affection was peculiarly embittered by the death of her interesting daughter, who might be truly said to form the star of Brunswick. That illus trious young Princess was, therefore, as all who heard him well knew, the universal favourite of the English people, who deeply mourned her premature, her melancholy, and, he might add, her mysterious death—EHere the people' manifested their sympathy in the most unequivocal manner.) —if it were not for that event, no one • could doubt that this country would never have heard of the odious Green Bags, or of the filthy matter with which the 7 had deluged the land upon the testimony of the very outcasts of the human race. But before that event the Queen was persuaded by mischievous counsels to leave England, and from that hour she was encompassed with spies. Even, indeed. in her own native land of Brunswick she could not be secure against that pes tilence. But in Italy it traced her every step, the hand of espionage being organized and directed by that picklocking knave Baron Ompteda—(Applause). —Yet, after all, this infernal system, its authors, abettors, and instruments, had actually been unable to prove anything against the Queen to the satisfac tion of any just-thinking - man in the British empire (" Trite—true,"—exclaimed the crowd).—Her Majesty therofbre was right i'n disdaining the menaces of the English Ambassador who sought to frighten and to bribe her at St. Omer's. Conscious of her innocence, and relying upon the justice of England, ..he re turned here in - defiance of her enemies, evincing a degree of dignity and firmness that were eminently honourable to her character—(Shouts of applause).— By this conduct, indeed, combined with the injustice of the Queen's persecutors, the British lion was com pletely roused, and it was evident that he never could be appeased until her Majesty was restored to all her rights and privileges—(Applauses, and loud cries clf "Maio, bravo !")—He would not offend the Morals and feelings of the assembly by entering into a repe tition of the disgusting evidence which was heard at the Bar of the House of Lords. But what a strange anomaly did the conduct of the two branches of the Legislature present upon this transaction, one House of Parliament declaring, that to enter into such an inquiry would be derogatory to the honour of the 'Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the na tion, while the other House opened the hateful Green Bag, and patiently, if not pleasantly, waded through all its disgusting contents. Who could recollect the testimony of that miscreant Majocchi, without asto nishment and indignation ? But what were the feel ings which his visit to Carlton House was calculated to produce, especially when it wai considered that that visit took place immediately after the death, and be- - fore the sacred remains of our late beloved Monarch -were c;:nsigned to the tomb—(Cries of “ shame!") — Yet this was the very period when occasion was taken to drill and to bribe this vile Italian. Then as to the master-skipper and his mate, let any man reflect upon the sums which these persons confessedly re ceived for attending here, and ask himself whether witnesses so rewarded by the party in whose favour they swore, were entitled to any credit ? Then as to Krantz, what was the-amount of this German ser vant's bribes 2 Why, equal to the amount of ten years of her usual wages. Upon the testimony of that epistolary lass, De Mont, or Doubk-entendre, he did not think it necessary to comment, as the coun try had unanimously pronounced upon her character.- But the fact was, that this plot was altogether over strained.. The witnesses swore too much ; and it would have evidently much better answered the purpose of the conspiracy, if its agents had been more moderate in their depositions, and confined' themselves to something feasible and plausible ; for no rational being could believe the lowest prostitute guilty of such acts as these pliant zealous witnesses attributed to the Queen—(Applause).—But when this evidence, so peculiarly calculated to demoralize the ! country, was daily delivering and publishing, he could not help asking, what was become of rr the Society for the Suppression of Vice?" That Society, however, which was so active in prosecuting indivi duals, was inactive on this occasion, although that evidence tended more, in the course of a few weeks, to the injury of public morals, than the vice of indi viduals could possibly do in twenty years! (Applause). Yet this Society, always so potent, and sometimes so venomous against the poor and weak, durst not in terfere with the publication of that evidence which the people were called upon to read, in order to as' certain the merits of the case ; and these merits were now fully known to the country, which pronounced decidedly in favour of the Queen, in despite of the insidious object for which an unusual publication of' ex-parte statements was sent forth to the world—(Ap please). Yes, he would venture to say that, merely upon a view of the evidence against the Queen, ninety-nine out of a hundred of the people had found a verdict in her favour—(' , l'es, yes!" exclaimed the crowd). Notwithstanding then nie cup of bitterness which was administered to this persecuted Princess,' and which it was attempted to make her drink to the very dregs, she had the consolation to 6nd the people universally rallying about her, offering her the assurance of their respect and regard with all the fervour of benedictio - n that was due from pious pity" to injured innocence—(Acelanzations of applause). Upon the sixth Resolution Mr. WILD took occasion to express his unqualified approbation of its tenour and object. Ile was proud, indeed, to belong to a parish which evinced such genuine English feeling, and he trusted that every other parish in the country would be forward to imitate such a laudable example. But he felt that the Ministers who had thus endea voured to outrage the Constitutional principles and moral feeling of the English nation, by oppressing the Queen, ought to be dismissed from their places, and therefore he was glad to hear of the approach ing Meeting in the County of Middlesex to Petition his 'Majesty for that purpose. He looked for similar Meetings elsewhere, but especially in Surrey and Southwark, in each of which places be should be most happy to do everything in his power to pro mote the object--(Applause). An Address to the Queen, founded upon the Re- .01utiOns, was here voted, upon the proposition n: Mr. HA et. Mr. LLOYD moved, that the Wardens should he requested to ascertain when it would be converielit her Majesty to receive the Address.—Agreed, as we:e Resolutions, that such of the inhabitants as could veniently accompany the Wardens, should be inritP3 to attend, and that Sir Robert Wilson ant Mr. vert, the Members for the Borough, should 1:e :t:!) invited.—Before the latter proposition was pi,t, t:e Cuantarau read the following letters : " Richmond, Sept. 21,1820 (nine o'clock). " DEAR feel very groat regret at not being able 'a reach London tc-morrow, but an indispensible engagement cl'. me in another direction. Could I possibly have superseded this previous arrangement, I should cheerfully have done so, for tendance on such an occasion to co-operate with the Parishionr. of St. Saviour . * would have been a most agreeable duty. I feel, however, persuaded, that the Address agreed upon will do amps justice to the generous spirit which dictated the Requisition. " I remain your obedient scream. " R. WILSON." " 16, St. James's-place, 22d Sept. 1820- " Sta—l had the pleasure of receiving, your letter of yew:- day's date, requesting my presence at a Meeting or the rishioners of St. Saviour, to consider of an Address to the Queen, only this morning. This circumstance I have to regret, as the shortness of the notice does not afford me an opportutire of putting off a prior engagement I had made, and which should most readily have done, considering it, as I do, part c ! my duty to attend any Meeting of my Constituents, and regret ting extremely when any circurostatiee arises to prevent my having that pleasure. If it should be the wish of the Meeti::( that I should' accompany them to present it to her 31ajesty, I shall most willingly obey their wishes in that respect. I have the honour to remain, " Your obedient and faithful savant, " C 11.% CALVERT," Mr. IIAc& here read a Resolution, which it was meant to propose, inviting the Chaplain to acoon:- pany the Procession on this occasion, but after the letter which had been received from thi: Reverc:d Mr. Mann, he felt that Meeting would revolt against ,such a proposition. Amidst the most extraordiumy aberration of the Clergy in this case, from . the prin ciples which they were in the habit of preaching Iron the altar, it was hoped that the Chaplains of St. Sa viour would have been ready to co-operate with tae people by whom they were erected, in the hk.ly won.: of vindicating injored innocence ; of shielding a Nl scented wife from that danger which some d—d had thrown in her way. But the hope was vain; the, minor Clergy seemed emulous of those Bishop,, w1 )0 should have thrown away their gowns, rather than have acted as they have done in this disgraceful trail action ; for it could never be forgotten, that the heal of the Church was also at the head of those who struck the Queen's name out of the Liturgy, as well as at the head of those who opened the Green Bag {Applause,. The King himself he believed a good natured mail— (Hissing and applause).—He would repeat, that he really thought the King a good man, and that, if left to himself, his conduct would deserve the apy,n , batioa of his people. But the misfortune for the King, as well as for the country, was this, that he was surrounded by men who were as infimous is morals as they were in politics—(Lowl applause).— The worthy Gentleman concluded with observinzr, that as - the Resolution which he held in his• hand could not be consistently submitted to the Meetin:.:, he would deal with that Resolution as it deserve!, and he accordingly tore it to pieces amidst the latul!.. ter and applause of the Meeting. The Meeting broke up about eight o'clock. The procession from this Parish is to go by water from Queenhithe toßrandenburgh House. The cm barkation of the company to be announced by a dis. charge from twenty-one pieces of cannon, which are also to be discharged at intervals until the party shall have been supposed to reach its destination. Some guns are alsoto accompany the procession, to be occasion , ally discharged on its progress to Hanamersmi..:. MEETING AT EDMONTON. Yesterday, a numerous Meeting of the Inhabitanti of Edmonton and its vicinity took place at the Church, Mr. Dovea, one of the Churchwardens, in the Chair. The Chairman read the Requisition. The Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS then stated, that had her Majesty been treated as she ought to have been, he should not have troubled the Parish tb Address her a: all. In contemplating the Queen's misfortunes, i: w( him' of. Wll no and bar ea( SI stiul thr Morning Afternoon - 29 minutes after 3 46 - 001 , .. 3 LO DPN Printed and published by Lem Kim rao- Plato, Tx naplezllar, N would be necessary for to revert to an early period pf her life, when she was driven from her natural home with her infant at her breast, although that infant WAS no other than the Princess Charlotte—(Hear, ha), and that too upon no other plea than that her hus- band was pleased to say that they were not made for each other ; and that his feelings were not his ovia. She was then marked out as the victim of the foulest conspiracies ; but, fortunately, the vile plans of her enemies were frustrated, and her Majesty triumpheJ. Unfortunately, however, she went abroad; he would say unfortunately,-because had she staid in Englanj. that malignant feeling which in her early days I , ad so industriously pursued her, dared not in this co:s try to have attacked her again, if it raised its heal at all; nor could witnesses be procured here to swei: to circumstances so physically and morally impoii;• ble—(Applause). Denied 'as -she had been a specli• cation of the charges, and a list of witnesses to be produced against her, and compelled as she was to struggle with almost every difficulty that could be thrown in the way of her defence, he deemed it pe - culiarly fortunate that the evidence adduced by he: nameless prosecutor had so completely confuted self, and exposed:the foul conspiracy which had long existed against her Majesty's dignity and nour—(Applause). Captain Ross seconded the Address. The Rev . . Mr. DURHAM ) Curate of the Parish, la of opinion that those Addresses were completely p: judging the question, and had better be altoger let alone,—The Address was then put from th!Chiii" and unanimously carried. It was determined that the Address should only b• signed by the male inhabitants, the Ladies intentiiPo to present a separate Address to her Majesty. DIED. At Tremarton Castle, near Saltash, the seat of Berja ,Tucker, Esq. Mr. Nelson, late Secretary of the Navy Board: Yesterday morning, at Bromley, in Kent, J. Wheble, ' of Warwick-square, in the 75th year of his age; many Year Representative of the Ward of Farringdon Within, in the C of Common Council. HIGH-WATER at LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORRO W liorninr • 29 minutes after 3 T' T. Prize in CIL itnprL lung \❑ befori An may 1 Aim Nu. 4 ~~~ 1 I OCT that d of t TAVC Oa w TN Will I ilecid Capil the , 1 Pr' 3 ?' on Of On t Ti Roy who X5O, pre& the I By Red Yard J us t T the'. 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