Star. — London, England, 1820-12-11 00:00:00

NA real INTELLIGENCE. • Ptestorrn, Drx. 9.—Wind &W.—Arrived yesterday, the Nrsevtranc , , I LlswEt.t. ; Nautilus, hirrcust.r.; and'Euphrates, e,„ Ner , Lo a, from Quebec.—Arrived to-day, the Speculation, Elt;” ant Prince Edward's Island.—Sailed the Com- SNEIDAN, for Ilamburgh. ‘t.l. , i• r it, Dec. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Princess Eli- P:i.:ket, with Mails from the Mediterranean—eleven :141V4 from Gibraltar; and the Arundel, Watt= from London then id:4 Arrived off the Port, the Sir James Kempt, ~t r , from Quebec for London : the passengers report they un the 13th ult. the Jan-, of Ayr, on fire—she sailed r r.•• l tb:l)ec before the Sir James Kempt : it was supposed the . rov had kit the vessel, and as it was moderate, they would %,.;) lip ly reach Newfoundland. Dsc. 10.—Arrived the American ship Marmion, tram Java; and Dasher transport, from London for Dsc. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's (.}.l—aorrts. from Newfoundland acd Lisbon; Tigris, ; n Bowline ; Eclipse, BLUM j and Rapid, Sultana, _ _ _ _ _ 10.—Arrived the Virgin, NORMAN, from Bald :.tor'; she spoke on the 18th ult. in lat. 42. N. long. 41. W. .::c Esther, from Liverpool fur Philadelphia, disrnasted and • ,are of provisions: supplied her with bread, 8:c. and she was :.turning to Liverpool. D EAL , l)re, 10.—Wind S. W.—Arrived yesterday and sailed the Iti:er the Mary, 'Facto". from Quebec ; George, Cox .•r, from fit. John's, New Brunswick ; and Hannah, DIXON, B e —Arrived rndremains the Aid, Timm., from ror i;elfast.—Put back the Indian Chief and Helena.— Armed to-do; and s..iled for the River the Briton, CRAMS; and r. Nrau., from Jamaica; and the Ocean, —, from Kingston, Stvia, from Jamaica., has lost an Lack several of the outward-bound, names not .be Lively, Nricuru.; and Hermes, Roam • 's. t..r Ilmls;ate; and several of the outward-bound. L: , -L:ii•oot., Dr:. S.—Arrived the George, Woatnncerov, The Virginia, Fiance, from Virginia, ran on shore ;'•.. North L4.rik, and has gone to pieces: a small part of the • sTved, as well as part of the materials. DD, I)rc. 10.—The brig Minerva, &WA/OSLO:41, from Falk : for St. Martin's, in ballast, ran onshore on the west aide of ..;;I•;enesi, y.s:erda7 evening. • erscom- Moral:, Dr.:ratarst ).—Ships Entered inwards : The from Oporto; Unity, from Lisbon; Loyalist, from Que ! ; Rosevill:•, f:oin • etersburgh; Pilot, from Riga; -‘n Cork; Argus, from Petersburgb; Margaret, from Cork; :_:.,la, from Bilboa ; Rebecca, from Dublin; James, from Leg -"1-.1; Rebecca, from Waterford ; Olive Branch, from Lisbon ; Nymph,-from Alicant ; Henry, from St. Andrew's; Pros , Hr.-. from Jersey ; from St. Übe's ; Commerce, from ; VerniA, from Waterford . ; London, from ditto; Sove • ..r, from Dublin ; Rising Sun, from Waterford; Swift, from ; Eiectra, from Philadelphia ; George, from Bourdeaur ; frain Berbice; and Spanish Patriot, from Cadiz.— _ Outwards: St. Rartholomew,• for Gottenburg ; Con , LI, far Arouvrdarn • Jan Baket, for Leghorn ; Jane, for ice ; James„for St. Vincent; Virtue, for Marseilles ; Brig- :.,r Lubeck; Active, for Cork; Sarah, for Antwerp; i7cra, f .kinsterdars. ; 'Fenner, for Antwerp ; Fining Fish, for L . :.en.l; Elisabeth, for Rotterdam; Levant Star, tor Dublin. THE ARMY. . _ The .55th Regiment have halted at Athlone, and . ; -;.teed the 63d, who have proceeded for castlebar cliv.:nments, in the County-of Mayo. Wednesdaf, three companies of the 23d Fusileers, Lieutt nant-Colonellit Lt., marched into Dub - 1; om Enni., and detached stations in the County . CI ire, fir Dublin. The head-quarters -and the ,TTI :1:11.1g Sve companies remain at Ennis, and will :at pi °teed for the Metropolis until the 40th re. se'nnight, the 40th Regiment were in . c::.: by ;he Commander of theTorces in Dublin ; on Thursday commenced their march for the ,nnty of Clive. Friday, the Ist division, consisting of three corn .wies the 40th Regiment, arrived at Eqflis, when e remainder of the Fusileers proceeded for Dublin. Itiednesday, two companies of the 23d Regiment, :bier Lieutenant-Colonel DALssza,. arrived in the :yal l'arracks, Dublin; from Ennis. MILITARY PROMOTION& WAR-OFFICE, DECEMBER 8, 1820. -% Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major Benjamin Harding, i:om the half-pay of the 101st Foot, to be .)lajor, vice Robert Llice, who exchanges, receiving the difference between the fall.pay of Cavalry and the full-pay of Infantry. 7:b Regiment of Foot—Captain William Frederick Hamilton, Tram the 34 Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Crewe, who . exchanges. :h Ditto—Lieutenant Robert William Henry Drury, from half-pay of the 45d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Ilia. Lard, who exchanges, receiving the difference. th Ditto—Lieutenant William Legh Hilton, from half-pay of ,*•le Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice William Parker, who -lchanges. 't Ditto—Lieutenant Jobn Petry, from half-pay of the 89th loot, to be Lieutenant, paying the regulated difference, vice Hari, appointed to the Stith Foot. •4 Ditto--Ensign Thomas Richard Plumbe to be Lieute neat, by purchase, vice Schoufeldt, who retires; Edward ('lurles Fletcher, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice i'lumb.4 Ditto—Lieutenant James Dawson, front the 2d West In- Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice James Trevenen, who :.tires upon half-pay of the 2d West India Regiment. .tt Ditto--Lieutenant James Patience, from half-pay of the Royal York Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice Philip Smith, who exchanges. : , h Ditto—Lieutenant Thomas Workman, from half-pay of 4th West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Rich, who exchanges. 1 Ditto—Hospital. Assistant Joseph Trigance to be Assistant .:.:rgeon, vice Gilder, promoted on the Staff. Ditto—Lieutenant George I)uncan Drummond, from half ; - 7 of the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, rice John Ryan, who , schanges. I I h Ditto—Lieutenant.Toe.lintit a .from the 145th Foot, to be I.: utenant, v;ce James frche, who retires upon half-pay of 7e 89th Foot, reeel;iftrtheillfference. • . •• - 7 , :st India lbegintent,r-Lieutenant Cornelius Jones Dunn, half-par of.the Regititent, to be Lieutenant, vice Dew s- appointed to t/4 53d' foot ; Assiatar.t-Surgeon John p Spry, from half,pay.pf .the,ssth Fuot, to be Assistant vice Maclauchlane, appointed to the Staff. • 'to; a 1 Veteran . Pattalioa , —:Lieutenant Sterne) , Ireland, from L pay of the 87th Foot, to he; Lieutenant, vice Edward .vor, who emhanges. I±.•74lVett:rin BattalionEneign Jobn Hogan to be Ad e tact, vice Stewart, wheeresigtts the Adjutantcy only. MOSPITAL STILT/. ' , :'.stant-Surgeon Peter Macianthlane, ftom the 2if West India t...) be Assistant -Surgeon to the Forces. • • Hospital-Assistants to the Forces—Hospital-Assistant racy Guffe Parken, trona half-pay; George Darted, Gent. •:'ct: Blair, deceased. . • • •.•:.:,ant-General Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart. and K.C.B. ~ - 1,..ve the ltkal rattle of General in the East Indies only. ~.e appoi n tment of Lieutenant Ireland, from half-pay of the • :I Foot, to he Lieutenant in the 9th Royal Veteran Battalion, cated in the Gazette of the 25th ult. has not taken place. ee appointment ot Hosital-Assistant Trigance to be As. ...:.t-Sur•enn in the 17th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the .•••• i)c , abzr last, has not taken place. • • is ian :names of Ensign Fitzroy, of the 88th Foot, •• Simon Houghton. r•-••• C:ins.i.!it name of Second Lieutenant Grey, of the Rifle •:. !, is Charles. • a Dames of the Gentleman appointed Ensign in the 51st on the ltith ult. are Edward Joseph Johnson, •ii.l Corps attached to Quartermasten.Generan Depart :lv:a at the Mauritius—Lieutenant George Ford, from the Ariiilcry, to be Captain. s•cati,iiin in the Cuquetdale Henget., signed by the Lord lien:enact of the County of North.:,:thci•land. Can Orde, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Grey, resigntd. EXECUTIONS. This morning the sentence of the law was put in execution upon the eight malefactors who were a few days ago ordered to be hanged. The terrific ptepa rations were made at an early hour, and an immense and noisy multitude assembled in the Old Bailey, to witness the shocking spectacle. Amongst the crowd there seemed to be no feeling but curiosity. From the moment the communication had been made to the unfortunate men under condemnation, they be came devoted to prayer. There never was an occa sion upon which greater proofs of contrition were given. The spirit of repentance prevailed amongst them all. Their friends had remained with them to the latest hour permitted by the prison regulations. At twelve o'clock last night, each of the poor wretches lay down and slept for an hour. They then rose, and alternately prayed and sung Psalms. They had been, (luting the last few hours of their lives, constantly to gether, and each was as fervently occupied in sup porting the religious . enthusiasm of the other as in himself receiving the assistance of the Divinity.— Soon after seven o'clock, Mr. Beows . , and the Sheriffs WAITIIMAN and WILLIAMS, proceeded to the press room, which, soon after, Doctor COTTON entered in prayer; followed by the pfisoners who were to die.-- The following was the order in which they entered, and to that we have add‘d a repetition of the crimes' of which they were convicted: Thomas Eaton, Thomas Mint, and John Hughes, for a highway robbery on the Edgware-road ; Mar tin Feeley, a soldier., for a burglary at Hampton Court, at a hove where he was quartered ; Charles Goodwin, for a burglary at Somers Town ; Richard Scott, for an attempt to break open a house in Soho, and cutting and maiming a watchman; Daniel Gentle and lVilliam Reid, for a robbery in the house of their master. Feeley, the soldier, was the first whose irons were taken off. He begged that somebody would lend him a coat to die in, as he should be sorry to dis grace the Army, of which he was an unworthy member, by appearing before the people in a soldier's jacket. Mr. BROWN immediately ordered that this last favour should be granted. All the unfortunate men assisted the Officers of the Prison in removing theirirons, and then joined in a Psalm. Dr. COTTON, Mr. BAKER, and the two Sheriffs, were employed in administering comfort to them. The death-bell tolled at a few minutes before eight o'clock, and they advanced in prayer, preceded by Dr. Corrow, to the scaffold. Each of them bowed to the multi tude upon reaching the platform. They sung a Psalm, and prayed most fervently while the Exe cutioner was performing his dreadful office. At twenty minutes past eight the ropes were fastened round their necks, and the next moment the signal was given, and the drop fell. A violent scream was heard amongst the crowd from a female. This was the only evidence of horror the dreadful spectacle produced outside the Prison. The multitude were, for the * most part, engaged in noisy mirth, and left the spot with as little advantage to their moral feel ing, as apprehension of so deplorable an end. The bodies were cut down, after having been suspended for an hour, and given to the friends of the deceased. The following is a letter which Gentle wrote to a friend, who, it would appear, may derive much be nefit from taking the advice: , s Monday Morning—Condemned Room, Neergote. " My Demi Furro--Little did I think I should be so soon snatched from you; but GOD only knows—his will must be done. My dear friend, I always respected you as my own bro ther : I hope my fate will be a warning to you. lam grieved to my heart, to think you are deprived of •a comfortable situa tion through me; but I hope GOD ALMIGHTY will protect and provide for you. I hope you will not forsake um laws. Al ways look up to HIM; for if Ha leaves us, we commit the greatest of sins. My dear friend, repent of your past sins. Never leave your Gon, and he will never leave you. Begin this night to examine yourself, and repent of your former sins. Mind you must be steadfastly purposing to lead a new life. Let me persuade you to begin, and take your Bible on Monday next, read the 55th chapter of Hezekiah, the 6th chapter of John, and the 3d of Romans. Mind and repent, and begin to sow your seed in good ground. Goo Atatharre is very good, he has brought me to see the error of my ways. My pre sent situation is trying to fah and blood, but I hope will com fort my soul. He is a merciful GOD. 'Tic his will and plea sure. Mind and don't be easily persuaded. Ask yourself a question first. pay, what am I—what is this world to the value of my own soul? My dear friend be particular and guard against being a hypocrite. This is almost the worst sin that can be committed. Mind and put on the cloak of righteousness in sin cerity. Pray look more to your Bible. The Loan always be your protector in this sinful world.—Your well-wisher and dying friend, " D. GENTLE." Reid has left behind a wife and four children. He had expressed a most anxious wish to Mr. Baowm, who has acted with his accustomed humanity, that his wife and children should be protected. It is feared that they are without friends. A Scotch Paper informs us, that a fight-fingered gentleman lately stole a cart at New Monkland Church, with which he got clear off. - Coax Excuaaax, Maax-r-axx, DICII3IIIIII H.—Owing to ad verse winds we had no arrivals today from the Suffolk coast, but the supply of Wheat was large with land-carriige samples from Essex, which met heavy sale, the quality being very infe- 1 rior ; but ;hat was disposed of obtained last Monday's prices. Having but little Barley at market prime samples sold Is. per quarter higher than on this day week, and ordinary descriptions sold on full as good terms as on Friday. The Oat trade conti nues very heavy sale, except for fide fresh Corn, which supports its price, but the ordinary samples are Is. lower. In Beans and Peas there is no alteration. Smrrurrato Maacxr, Dec. 11..--Beef, ss. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per stone of albs.; Mutton, Ss 6d. to 4s. 6d. Veal, 4s. 6d. to Ss. 6d. Pork, 41.6 d. to Ss.lod. Lamb, 06.0 d. to os.od.—Cattle at Market Beasts,s67o t Calves,l9o; Sheep and Lambs, 11,400 ; Pigs, 280. Hay, Sf.los. to et. (s. Clover, 41. 10s. ty 61. ss. Straw, If. 121. to 11. - PRIDING MEETING. ~~ -•.:. Thursday, a most numerous and respectable Meet ing, consisting of about one thouiand of the Inhabi tants, took pace in the Town-Hall, a to consider of an Address of Congratulation to her Majesty the QUEEN on the abandonment, by the Prosecutors themselves of their own Bill of Pains and Penalties against her; and also an Address to be presented to hls Majesty the KING for the dismissal of the present Ministers." WILLIAM SYnenatm, Esq. the Mayor, was called to the Chair by acclamation, and on opening the business, said, he trusted the good order which had always distinguished the Meetings of the inhabitants of this Borough, would not be interrupted on the present occasion, and if any difference of opinion should arise during the discussion, that the same lati tude of speech.would be allowed to every one. He 'should endeavour to discharge his duty as Ch a irman 'with the.strictest impartiality—(Great applause). JOHN BERKELEY MONCK, Esq. M.P. then came forward, and, after some introductory observations, said, the great majority of the whole People of the United Kingdom were well convinced that the pro ceedings against her Majesty were inexpedient, un necessary, and unconstitutional—(Great applause). He had never been able to discover, up to the pre sent hour, a single public ground—a single ground in which the People had an interest, for the adoption of any proceedings at all against her Majesty. He believed in his conscience, that, the proceedings were instituted merely to gratify a private feeling of dis gust and resentment in a certain quarter, from which, of all others, accusations of adultery, and .sermons about morality, purity, and the force of example, came with the very worst grace—(Applause).—ln that quarter, at least, it might have been expected, that the humane precept of our religion would have been scrupulously attended to—" Judge not, that ye be not judged." When, however, proceedings were determined to be adopted, why was it that his Ma jesty's Ministers•did not proceed by the regular con stitutional mode of impeachment, instead of having recourse to an ex post facto law, a Bill of Pains and Penalties—a measure that never ought to be pursued but in case of absolute necessity, against some State delinquent, either absenting himself from the coun try, or beyond the reach of the ordinary laws; and then only for the purpose of preserving the Consti tution—of defending the rights of the _People—and never for the purpose, as in the present case, of op pressing an individual, who had never done any wrong to the People—whose sole offence, if any, was against her husband—a husband too, who had done nothing to gain her affection, to deserve her love; who, within three short weeks after marriage— after a solemn vow to cherish and protect her, had discharged her from his mansion causelessly, capri ciously, and had ever since treated her, not only with neglect, but with the most ungenerous and un remitting persecution ?—(Cries of Shame! shame!). This husband seems to have thought, that he had sufficiently fulfilled his engagement to his consort, and his duty to the Public, in going through the forms of marriage, and in securing to himself two solid advantages—the pa=t of his debts, and a largely entreated istalbli t. • As there was no Bishop among them to broach..a new doctrine of morality, he was not apprehensive that any man there present would tell him, that 'the husband, be he Prince or peasant, who had acted thus, could do no wrong ! At last, when the iniquitous and awful proceedings were begun, it would be remembered, at what length Mr. Attorney-General opened the case against the Queen, and that it was a tremen duous case indeed. There is hardly an obscenity' ever, ractised—there is hardly an obscenity ever in vented or described in the filthy legends of brothels, that was not imputed to her Majesty. At length the mountain in labour was delivered; and what was the produce?—a miserable abortion! which Minis ters themselves, its unhappy parents, were ashamed of, and therefore thought proper to strangle it at the very moment of its birth —( Loud cheers).—Of all the weak cases that ever abused the time and pa tience of a Court of Justice, he would venture to say, that this was one of the weakest. Strike out from the case all the suspicious —all the contaminated—all the contradicted evidence, and there remained no thing on which to hang even a suspicion of guilt, except the single incident aboard the polacre, where it was admitted, that her Royal Highness reposed, during the voyage, under the same tent with Ber gami. This circumstance, however, far from laying die foundation for presumption of guilt, to his ap prehension rebutted that presumption, and led to a conclusion directly the reverse. He would ask any candid impartial man, if it were credible that a wo man, intending to carry on an intrigue, would choose such a place for such a purpose—a tent on the ship's deck, exposed night and day to the prying eye of the Officers apd crew, accessible at the sides—having a communication, too, always kept open by the hatch way into the dining-room below, and where every motion, and every word, and breathing of those within might be perceived by those without. The publicity of this transaction negatived all idea of criminality. It had been said, however, that if she had not been guilty of adulterous intercourse, she bad been guilty of he knew not what unbecoming levities and degrading familiarities—(Hear, hear). — Admitting the fact to be so, still surely this did not amount to guilt ? It was, at most, nothing but a breach of manners ; it did not imply any immorality, and least of all deserved to be visited by the severe punishment of dethronement and divorce. He de tiled, however, the fact; he denied that her Majesty had . committed any impropriety, any indecorum— provided only we were ready to make just allowances for foreign customs and manners, and were not un reasonable enough to measure them by the precise standard of our own—by the standard of English re serve, and (as foreigners are pleased to call it, when they speak of us) of English phlegm, - . and English haughtiness. It is well known, that on the Con tinent there is not that distance observed between masters' and servants which prevails with us; and that, in particular, married women have much more freedom abroad than they have in this country.— What is delicate, or indelicate, must, in every coun try, depend wholly upon custom—(Hear, hear! ) Those who have travelled, and those .who have seen the common engravings of the Swiss costumes, well know that the peasants, in many parts of Switzer land, wear petticoats that do not descend even to the 1 * . knee ; and that these Moutfiaioeeri ei,clVe the idiber part of their persons as constantly, and as innocently) as some Ladies - nearer home, from the most amiable of all motives—a desire to pleat*, or frequently with l:nit any motive, in obedience only to the sway of fashion, expose the upper part of their persons—the arms and shoulders, the well-turned neck, and rising bosom: Undoubtedly to a Turkish Lady, who deems the smallest exposure of her person a species of pollution, and never appears abroad but veiled and muffed up to the very eyes—both these customs may appear quite shocking and most offensive, and hence, perhaps, she might draw the sage conclusion, that there is no modesty left either in Switzerland or England—that there is nowhere any modesty but in Turteey, and (he would add, by way of comment), in a Turkish seraglio ! Men, however, not bigotted, not wedded to prejudices—men of sense and of the world, thought more charitably of these matters : they well know, that Modesty is an internal quality, wholly independent of external appearances ; that, where the mind is pure, all things are pure—and where the mind is impure, all things are impure also. On these occasions, in reference to customs and mari ners, he-would apply the Royal motto, as pregnant with wisdom —g , Honi soft qui mal y pense."—(Ap- , plause).—Hayink said thus much on the past, he would cast a glance at the future. Great as had been the triumph of the Queen, and of the Queen's party, he could not flatter them that as yet it was complete. From the backwardness of Ministers to restore the name of her Majesty to the Liturgy, from their refusal to assign her one of the Palaces for her residence, from their shameful Prorogation of Par liament to avoid all discussion about her affairs, he had more than forebodings, that their malice was not yet satisfied, and that they meditated striking some other blow at her peace, and at her honour. It behoved, therefore, the People not to suffer them selves to be wearied out with this species of warfare, but to double their efforts to save, in proportion as Ministers renewed their attempts to destroy. It was true that by a manoeuvre Ministers had succeeded in putting off for a time the day of reckoning, but in so doing they had only made the account the longer ; they had only added to the account another item of accusation against themselves. Whenever Parlia ment did meet, undoubtedly a strict inquiry would be instituted into the mysteries of the Milan Com mission, a Commission of the most extraordinary na ture, not to investigate the truth, but to collect lies, scandals, and calumnies, from the most suspicious and impure sources, from discarded servants, and persons of such description, to the exclusion of all honest, respectable evidence, although equally within their reach, but which they thought proper to reject, or at least not to search after. He trusted, that the moment we had . redressed the Queen's wrongs, we should set ourselves in good earnest about the redress of our own. The success id the Queen's business, which was the consequence and reward of our unanimity, of concerted operations, should serve as an example, and as an encouragement to hold Meetings again, not only in Towns and Counties, but in every Parish and Village throughout the kingdom, on•all questions of great public importance—(Great applause).—ln this way good may eventually come out of evil - a wider range than ever will be give n t o the force o f public opinion, and we may owe to the oppression of the Queen the restitution and recovery of our own liberties. Indeed, he considered, yery DIU must consider the case of the Queen as a note of pre paration—as a signal for still higher encounters—as a prelude to still greater victories. He hoped that all England would be seen, and that soon, to demand as one man, indemnity for the par, and security kr . the future—to demand a change not of Ministers - only, but of measures—to demand a system of con ciliation tolle pursued towards a most meritorious but suffering people, instead of coercion—to demand a reduction of all those taxes that pfess hardest upon national industry, and on the labouring class of so. ciety—to demand in lieu of those taxes a system of economy and retrenchment ; if this be not sufficient for the Revenue, to demand sacrifices where they can be best made, from the rich; and, above all, to • demand a Reform of Parliament, as the only means of rebbilding the fabric of our Constitution on its an cient basis, and of opening to ourselves new sources of wealth and strength, of internal prosperity, and of external power. These were the views and senti= . . ments he entertained on the present occasion; and these he had endeavoured to embody in the Address to the Queen, and the Petition to the King. Th e Honourable ember concluded, amidst great ap plause, by moving— . . tn. Resolved, That an Address of Congratulation be pre sented to her Majeuy the Queen, and •that the Address new read be adopted. And that a Petition be presented to his Ma jesty for the dismissal of his present Ministers, and that the Pe titian now read be adopted. - A Mr. H. MARSH, in rising, to sec *excelleet Address and Petition-his flonotamt friend, Mr. Mona, had just moved, obseried; that whenever Author brought a new Piece heft:Nettie Pdblic; if tW 11 " audience thought the plot bad, and actors worse l tlemiN generally took the liberty to hiss the perform:o% l 4, r; the stage, and (to use the theatrical phrase)„te dant% the Play—(Laughing). Our immortal Bard has copz. ! ', pared the world to a stage, men 'and' Women as" merely players; it would seem, that the betier to ••• complete the " Dramatic Persona'," Nature bed . trived that there should be fools and rogues in order that wise and honest men might appear to greater advantage—(Applause and laughter). It was now evident to all, that Ministers had, for a very eintri. ?l ' . derable time past, been preparing a grand Nikkei 4 Drama for public exhibition, and with the view Ott. least so we are told by themselves and their gists) of improving and strengthening the mice et public morals—(Hear, hear, and laughing). ht. though we had not yet perhaps quite arrived at the complete denouement of the Piece, we had still see* enough to enable us, in some degree, to judge, both of the plot and the actors ; the person that seemed to excite the greatest interest in the public mind, was the Heroine of the Piece, and who was no less a personage than HER MAJESTY, our most Gracious QUEEN—(Hear, heat). This country had before wit nessed very magnanimous Queens, but in his heart, he believed, none that had,ever displayed such mag nanimity and heroism as her who now claimed the ardent attention of the Nation—(past amlanse). The firmness, fortitude, judgment, and decision, her ela. jesty had displayed, during her unparalleled posaecu- Lions, had gained her the respect and have of the sound and worthy part of the present generation, 1r fr __J I~ i