Star. — London, England, 1821-01-19 00:00:00

I . would try' her, not by any known law—not by any constitutional proceeding, but by an Act of Parlia ment, by means of which she was at once to be pro :scented and .tried, convicted and punished!—(Loud applause). Such was the constitutional, legal, equi table course which Ministers pursued with regard to her Majesty ! Whatever, therefore, might be the opinion of the Meeting with respect to the disgust i evidence which had been brought forward, there could be but one opinion, one feeling, with respect to . the manner in which her Majesty had been treated, and, through her, the country—(Applause). It was one of the fortunate circumstances of the Constitu tion, that no individual, high or low, neither his Ma jesty on the Throne, nor are meanest inhabitant of . the cottage, could be ill-tr&ated without injuring it.' It was one of the virtues of the Britisb Constitution, which makes resistance to oppression the first duty of the subject, and makes the cause of one the cause of the whole—(Applause).--The People of England had already acted a noble part; but their labours were not at an end: their virtuous efforts would only cease with the acts of injustice which first called them forth. If they persevered, they would 'stand forward with honour and with success—(Applause). Whatever might be the causes of the public discon tent—whatever might be the necessity of Reform, he did nut think that the House of Commons, or any other public body in England, was beyond the reach of public opinion—public opinion, wisely declared aril firmly declared, would prevail ; it would ulti mately make itself heard, to -the downfal of those who vainly laboured to resist its influence or subdue its force. The Noble Lord concluded by thanking the Meeting for the honour they had done him, and assuring them, on the part of his Noble Friends, and particularly his most intimate friend and relative, Lord Holland, that they were all most sensible of the approbation bestowed upon their public conduct. Mr. JOY moved the Thanks of the Meeting to the High Sheriff, for his readiness to comply with the Requisition, and his impartial and honourable con duct in the Chair. Mr. Pit [PPS seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. The HIGH SHERIFF returned thanks. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, being loudly called for, came forward amidst the acclamations of the Meet ing. He really felt ashamed, he said, to be called upon, at this late hour, to address the Meeting, after so full a discussion of every topic had been gone into with such ability as would redound to the credit of the county in time to come, and prove a stimulus to them on future occasions, since it now appeared that they could meet together and conduct themselves with the strictest propriety, notwithstanding the im pression which had been attempted to be created, that to assemble for the purpose of public discussion was a great public mischief. After the eloquent speeches they had heard, there remained little for him to say. The consequences of the persecution of the Queen had been foretold by every men who was capable of giving a disinterested opinion, undiaking an impartial view of the circumstances under which it was commenced. To foresee that it would pro duce all that agitation which prevailed in the coun try, required no spirit of prophecy. To any man whose eyes were clear enough to see a church by day-light, the difficulties in which Parliament and' the country. would be involved were sufficiently ma nifest. The whole of the transaction was so extra- ordinary, that, after all the eloquence which had been employed upon it, both in and out of Puha + ment, still something remained to be observed ; so strange and unnatural were all the circumstances, that something new would still start out. They had all heard of a corrupt and blind Bench of Judges ex isting at different times. This was a thing which could easily be conceived, and, indeed, he had him self felt the consequences which resulted from a sys tem of packed Juries and corrupt Judges. Ia the pro secution of the Queen, perjured, corrupt, and bribed witnesses, had been employed, but it was the first time he had ever heard of a prosecutor, not content with the bribery of witnesses, attempting to effect his purpose by bribing the criminal —(Loud applause). If the Queen had consented to stamp her name with infamy—if she had been content to receive the plaister which was to bo applied to her reputation—if she had accepted the hiamble vote of Parliament, and fifty thousand pounds a-year out of the pockets of -the people; if she had so far sacrificed her character to the convenience of Administration, she might then have revelled in all the turpitude which was imputed to her, at the expense of the people of this country; she might have indulged in all those low propensities with which she was falsely charged—(Loud cheers). Had that unworthy compromise been acceded to, Ministers were prepared to go the full length of tur pitude, in unison with her—had her mind been as de based as their's, the conspiracy would have taken effect, and Europe would have witnessed the strange spectacle of a degraded Queen, stigmatized, and blasted in character, but receiving large emoluments Out of the purse of the People of England! But her Islajesty was too high-spirited a woman, and too conscious of her own innocence, to listen to their de. giaJing propositions. She said, " No; take back your money; you may heap upon me every injury which your power can inflict upon the head of an un protected woman; I will brave everything in de fence of that character which you attempt to tarnish, and that innocence, of the consciousness of which you cannot deprive me!" And still we were to be told, that this Illustrious Person, though acquitted, was not innocent. He had head, with sorrow, the declaration of an Honourable Baronet on this sub ject. He did not disapprove of the manliness of avowing an opinion; but he did say, that after the prosecutors themselves had thrown up their own charges, it was a little too hard for any Gentleman to say, under those circumstances, that he did not consider the Queen as having been fully acquitted. Good Gob ! in what situation should we all stand—' , what was to become of our characters, if, after a false accusation was withdraws for want of being supported, some part of the scandal, which it was found impossible to substantiate by evidence, must still be presumed to adhere to us ? He knew only of one case which was at all similar to the conduct of Ministers in this respect. The conduct of that great company of Merchants, the Bank of England, did in some degree furnish a parallel, for they did bribe men to plead guilty to the charges which they laweght against them—they. bribed them with their lives to plead guilty to a part at least ci" the charge. This, however, was one of the anomaliet arising out of the strage circumstances in which the country was placed—it was one, and not the least, of the evils arising out of the Ministerial abuses of that trading Company. The Member for Cricklade (Mr. Gordon) had dwelt upon a topic, by no means disconnected with the subject befosi the present Meeting ; a topic so interwoven with every important political consi deration, that no man who applied his mind to the state of the country could omit k—he meant, the mode in which Members were seek to the House of Commons. Could that topic be anywhere more pro perly introduced than 'in this place, where they knew how the Member was returned ?—(Laughter). They, the inhabitants of a rotten borough, were well aware• that the Member was sent at the beck and nod of a Noble Lord, whom he respected in every view except in that of a borough proprietor; but in that character he considered him one of the most mischievous men in the country, as he contributed to support a system by which the Constitution of England was destroyed. Even Mr. Pitt, in the earlier days of his political life, had felt so strongly the me cessity of a Reform in Parliament, that lie declared the evils under which the country laboured could never be redressed without it. Without a Reform in Parliament, said he, you must look for fresh and ac cumulated grievances; without it there can be no security for your liberties or your property, nor can any honest man become a Minister of this country. They had heard much of professions of loyalty; now what he understood loyalty to mein was, devotion to the laws and liberties of the country, and devotion to the King as a branch of our Constitution, intended to uphold those liberties. In that sense of the word he would yield in loyalty to no man • and if any man dared to tell him, or any other man, that he was disloyal, he deserved no other answer than a blow---(Applause). —What was the practical effect of this monopoly of loyalty in holes and corners? What but to degrade the Royal Family, to destroy the sanctity of the laws themselves, and to pervert every prinCiple of justice, which was hut another word for every principle of the British Constitution? They had misdirected the whole mind and energies of the country from the difficulties it had to encounter. Did the Family of Brunswick think that this was the way in which their character was to be upheld ? Did they think, that, by degrading the Queen, and giving provocation for every kind of recrimination, the character of King or queen was likely to be maintained in the estimation of the country ? If there existed any disaffection in the country towards the Royal Family, the persons who bad created that disaffection, and who were an- I swerahle for the consequences, were the Ministers of the 9rown. He had declared his attachment to the Constitution as by law established, but when he said that, he meant the old, free Constitution of England. He was not to be considered as advocating the cause of the New Constitution, which had of late been im posed on the country. He was not advocating the Peace Alien Bill, by which our shores had been ren dered inhospitable, and the Nation, which once merited the high eulogium of giving freedom to the Slave that once set his foot upon its soil, could now only be pointed out as the country in which the foreigner, flying from the chains of despotism, would find more galling chains,_ and more into lerable oppression —(Long-continued applause).— When be spoke of the law of the land, he did not mean the law as it was now fettered by-restrictions on the liberty of the Press, which subjected a man convicted a second time of publishing a libel, to transportation. This was a part of the New Consti tution in which he was somewhat interested, for he had himself been once convicted of publishing a libel, and was therefore liable to transportation for what might be deemed a second; but no consider ation should induce him to desist from writing what ever he thought calculated to promote the liberties of his country—(Loud and continued cheering).—He was no advocate for this innovation, but for that ancient Constitution, and that inalienable right of English men, of which neither Kings nor hired Parliaments could deprive them—the right to meet and declare their feelings and sentiments to Parliament and the Throne, upon the general state of the country. This was a right not held, or to be defeated by as Act of Parliament ; yet, on this very occasion, the new Con stitution would have deprived them of the means of exercising that right, had it not been for the honour able conduct of the High Sheriff, who had given them an opportunity of meeting, which had been denied to a most respectable body of Requisition ists in the County of Berks—(Loud applause)._ He was consequently no friend to the new system of things; but he was a frienl to that old, free Consti tution, which made public rights and public liberty the basis of its Goiernment. Some beneficial effects would, he trusted, result from this Meeting. 'They had, at all events, shewn that they were capable of observing the strictest impartiality and propriety. A radical change of system was absolutely necessary to save the country. Some fastidiousness had been shewn with regard to the term " radical;" but, for his part, he declared he had always been a Radical. He wished to cut up corruption by the roots. He wished for an honest Government and an honest House of Commons, which might protect the People from the sycophancy of Cabinet Ministers, and be come a healthy organ for expressing public opinions. Had such been the state of the House of Commons, Ministers themselves would have been the better for it, for then they would never have been suffered to enter upon that mad and wicked career which' he be lieved would now cost them their places. If no such prosecution had been commenced—if they had told the King that they were unable to manage the House of Commons, they might have kept their places, and the country might have been spared the agitation into which it had been thrown. He should now take his leave, not with that utter hopelessness which he should have felt, had this Meeting not taken place, for he .arted from them with the hope of seeing them on future occasions, when they might again exhibit the same conduct which they had exhibited to-day, and shew their enemies that there was no necessity to sneak into holes and corners, since they might ex press their opinions here with perfect satety. Mr. Cam Hosnousr., having been called on, next stood forward. He said he attended the Meeting merely to offer his feeble assistance, in case any op positiien were made to the proceedings of the day— idppleusey—He had heard a great deal of what was eflled Loyal Addresses; but - true loyalty was as LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1821. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O . CLOCK 3 per Cent. Reduced 69 Y s 'Vs 3 per Cent. Cons. 69 y t 69 Vs 3} per Cent. 79-4 per Cent. 87 1 ,/ 2 )' 5 per Cent. Navy 1037 8 104' 4 Imperial 3 per Cent. 68% % India Bonds 335. 325. 345. pre. Exchequer Bills 4.5. 6s. pre. Cons. for February 69% 14 %. This being settling day, but hale business has been done, ex cept paying and receiving differences. No defaulters have been announced, and the market looks better. It is said that the Jews are prepared to take all their Stock., and as Money is plen tiful, an advance is anticipated. Consols for next Account (Fe bruary) are e.:l %, for Money. Our columns are this day again almost entirely filled with the r -..-oceedin g s of Public Meetings, con vened to consider of the present state of public af fairs. The Counties of Kent and Wilts are now to be added to the number of those which have openly and unequivocally declared that it is to the conduct of Ministers, more especially in the late prosecution of her MAJESTY, that the loss of confidence in the Government, which universally prevails, is to be ascribed, and that it is only by the removal of Ministers that confidence can be restored;' and the interests of the country . preseried from ruin. I'ublic Meetings, attended with similar results, have also been held of the Inhabitants of the NVard of Farring don-Within, and of the Pal WI of St. Saviour's, South wark ; of the proceedings at which we 'are sorry to be obliged, by the length of our other Reports, to • take a more brief notice than they merit. We have received this forenoon America's Papers to the 16th of December. Accounts froin Port-au-Prince to the 13th of No vember, state, that at that period *every thing remained BOYER was at the Cape, with 25,000 troopt, but he met with no opposition; and the change of Go vernment was rapturously hailed wherever he ap-• peared. 'A II the branches• of the Royal Family had received hit protection, and moderation and bum*, nity dank:A:Oiled his proceedings. The liberal do- . nations iceortfea to the soldierly from-the plunder of Cußtsvomeri treasury, had craned an unusual de mand for all kiiidt of produce. It is satisfactory to b e enabled to State, that dating the entire of the important change that has taken British residents have not only been respectd, their safety has formed a subject of peculiar trade to the revolutionary leaders. Intelligence from St. Juan MarFaritta, ber 10, states that AIONEGA% that the Royalists occupy'. in the provinct lona and Cumana, only the latter city, and Cariaco. A letter, (Wed the 30th Oct( "that General URnAN&TA had dereaed die General La Tristan, and taken possession LA Tonne retreated to Valencia. General PA, defeated MORALES The Independents h ave *very successful." BRIGHTON, JANUARY 17. The KING leaves us on Saturday nrr a i ii , Carlton Palace. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, L or d l , TLEREAGII, and Sir CIZARLES PAGET, arrived ; Palace this afternoon. EING'S BENCH-THIS DAY. The Court of King's Bench, GniWhin, morning crowded to excess. At half-past nine, case of the KING against Mrs. CAULILE, for of the libels with which she is charged, came foe Lori Chief-Justice ABBOT, and a Speci4l, The proceedings were opened by the Soucc GENERAL. Mr. Guitstev then examined several witaesse; support of the prosecution ;—the case for - being closed, 1 he 011E1' .11..SME asked Mrs. Carlile if , any Counsel ?—She replied in the negative, , handed in a long written defence, which wasroi by Mr. AIIIMT. It justified the letter, as nothing more than what bad been inculcate' by cient and Modern writers, from whom varihus tatibns weie made. It also set forth, that s h e Li acted under the impresslon of conjugal duty, a n d the writer, and not she, ought to have been prosecu t e The SOkICITon-CENERAL replied at some kagdi 7. d tle CHIEF ,JUsTIcE summed up, cspressiughi decided opinion that the libel was ca:ciated toe. cite the people to c:mimit ass; ssination. The Jury retired for a quarter of an hour, and r c . turned a verdict, finding the defendant—Guilty. NAVAL L\TELLrGENcE. Poor Dorn, JAN. 18.—Wind in her e llostaaniae,ancl I%!;:rgt,'.6 Camden, Lamm:, fro= TORBAY. JAN. 17 . —Put ha - k the ltlulgrave Cast she has recovered her-cable which she slipped on :nu Poot.z, JAN. i F.—Arrivrd the !hammy, lissan,froai foundlard, with loss of bowsprit and topmasts, and hi , ht-r lower mitts are sprk.ng. DEAL, AN. le.—Wind W.S.W.—Pnt hack the HAM, for Madrag. Came down from the River AMER Y, for Buenos Ayres; aad Jane, Weis, for Ja, latter has put into Ramsgate. Arrived and sailed fork the Benson, from St. John's (N. B.), and Lawns; from Leghorn. The Indefatigable, Cony for St. John's (N. B.), eras rah down about 100 the Land's End, supposed by a sloop of war. The being three days on the wreck,- were taken off by and are arrived bore. Litres, Jaw. l&—Abeut seven o'clock in the evening terday week; the asters, WATT, of Kincardine, a kir tons burthen, fourteen days from alga for Jlull , with seed, &e. went on shore on the rocks near the fish town of Um, about two Miles from Montrole, at a place called Silly Cnip. From the thickness of the weather, they had not bees able* ascertain their situation exactly, and mistook some high Wit the neighbourhood for the Cheviot Hills, and the Rell light for the Staples ; they therefore presumed they Vat atur. ing the Frith of Forth, and were unconscious of their hop until the mom- - the vessel had struck. It was sully is cam quence of the great exertions of the fishermen of Fonda" the hazard cf their own lives, that the crew were saved. Ta fury of the waves breaking over the vessel on the return el de tide, soon rendered her a complete wreck. hardly a retain of the ship or cargo Das been aved. On the Intelligence he reacting Montrose, which was at ton o'clock. the tows drat was sent round the harbour • abd places adjacent, and Root GAB:um, and a number of smitten and others, nntwithstattfag the badness of the weather, proceeded immediately to render every assistance for the safety of the ship and cargo. Cesium Hocsz, JAN. 1 ft.—Entered Inwards : The hi. perous, from Cithis; Sprightly, from &vine ; Active, fns Lisbon ; Friends, from St. Petersburgh ; Pomona and Need, from the South Seas ; Liberty, from Oporto ; Ike, from 4 " terford; Azores, from Buenos A ) res ; Three ads, fremOr tend ; Grisette, from INeppe ; and Fortitude, front ltio Joao Entered Outwards: Anrura, for Buenos Ayres; St. I l lettishr Rouen; Wilson, f o r Antwerp; Carthy, for St. Thum . % Cordelia, for Njadeira ; Va:entioe, for St. Michael's; Nepali for Itutt,:rdam.—Cle:s-ed Ou:w..:rds Abeona, for Jersey; ile rid Walter, fur Leghorn; Malden, for Cork; Lydia MA for Belfast; Potter, for Jamaica. Birtfs of a Sln and Heir to the Howse of Aitorti Great rejoicings have taken place in consequeoced the safe delivery of the Lady of Lord Jou s CAMPERL 4 At the family seat in Scotland, the Heads of es Highland Clan arc making preparations to celebran the event by a series - of splendid feats. Yesterday, a Meeting was held in the Spitirgi Court of St. Saviour's, Southwark, pursuant to a Ilt• quisition signed by the Inhabitants of that Pavish l ll the purpose of taking into consideration the nowt*. of congratulating her !MAJESTY on the failure of tle Bill of Pains and Penallies ; of petitioning his JESTY to dismiss his Ministers ; and of present* Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, praying that they will proceed forthwith to obtain for her Mk . * JESTY those dignities, rights, and privileges, to wili 6 she is so justly entitled, but of which she has bee* hitherto deprived.—The Resolutions were to thee& stated in the Requisition. They were nsoved . by AlisioN, and carried unanimously.—When the quo' (ion for voting the Address, &c. was put, Sir Roue WaLson rose to express his sentiments, which, bent' served, were already wed known to all bis Cone tuents, many of whom were collected -before bit' After :Thanks were voted to the Members for die Borough, to the Churchwardens, Sic. &c. the 31 ett' ing broke up. CORN EICIIA.NGII4 MARK•LAYt, JAN. 19.—The supply:lo l h except Oats, has been very small this week, particularly of 111 2. Wheat and Bailey, which articles, of prime quality, 1014 .' morning on full as good terms as en Monday, but diem_ fry little demand for inferior *ample,. .The arrivals of Oats lals been rather inconsiderable, but ±-e fresh Corn-being hire llw g '__, obtained A. per quarter more :hap on Monday. Ban!' Peas continue very dull in sale, the si:pply of each bang aill" than the immediate demand can take off. SMJTII rizi.n MA MELT,. /AN. 19.---Beef, 3s. 10d, to 41. 911.1 0 1 ' stone of Sibs. ;. Mutton, 3s. 6d. to s s . o d. V ea l. 4s . Bd. to Ss• _ Pork, 45.6 d. tp 55.10 d. Lamb, 06.0 d. to Qs.od.—Oittk at yids Bracts, 390; Calves, 90; Sheep and Lambs, 4,800; eip, no• - 1 Hay, 3, - I Os. to 41. 4s. Clover, 41. 10s. to 5L ss. 3traw,14, 111. to 11. 14s. LOW DUN; Ptintel and pabttihed Let' . 11INT, P V CO' il* • • riamr, Tentgle-Uar. that Al in sa *eve! *EI ''k d n i ee l tnCi u : 7o l lP e i f ariPr° :l o.44 o l:l l l l : : . respected, Ilarcelona„ nces of ti, Car o , , October, sa r Il to 4SLCati THE leral PAez HE rats have b AC' TDLIt • hop sga - g r IV !:I rti,orniog (Q Wllti; uLr 147"4 arrived it lodent Walt Fran' )AY. ,rge ] man, thin, wa s a il m ; e ph {cast nil*, de yet for the it Roth , came eat jamii Special Jar r . c h a rd iC SOLictra a. . hn C. . , IC6 1i witoesseC n ase for whki H. ( • lit C rlile if she . negative,b p„ht, hich was reeloumaw ,as sontai.li et awful ale:net' by 4 tel t4 l n v embus q bc'ciaA, that she n H duty, an ds arks een proseentet t some bnig t k expressing bi c R o t :c ;rued toe. Tick! trat hour, and It. 000 t—Guilty. CT_ • 'it in her e tse tt • I! KIN:, trot: Cove Castle (adieu; on :under. The CUNT, froat Nis aaditisfrod A P ol the Moffat, Ate eafit liver the Jam; 'Ch u for Javeha', tM lied for the Lim, 11.), and lbein, NI Cc twice, fat t 100 miles hals E The over, dm if by the Akio, , he everting of • ' T j ! re, a brig of 111 In, with in, is' eriet ish teem oftse, T u t -A easily distinguished from mock loyalty as.blind obe dience from the rational obedience of freemen--.; (Applayse),The people of England should not, in ' his opinion, rest satisfied with the half work which they had already performed. The people saw, that in spite of the general opposition to the odious mea sure against the Qneen ; in spite of the pronounced opinion of almost the whole people of El...J:lnd, Mi nisters still resolved to persevere ; though once de tected and defeated in their iniquity, they intended to bring forward the unhallowed measure a second time. to make one expiring effort to destroy her Ma jesty, and to depress the people—(Applause).—No thing could be more unfair or more undignified than the conduct of Ministers; they would even torn their defeat into triumph ; though her Majesty was ac quitted by the Prrliament, still it seemed that, in their opinion, according to their notions of jus tice, she was to undergo some species of punish ment ; she was to undergo degradation,' as if she were pronounced guilty. Such being the notion of Ministers, they having, from the commencement, determined to degrade and punish her Majesty, whether innocent or guilty, it appeared to him that they might as well have avoided the trouble of going through the form of a trial, they might as well have saved the country the expense of the prosecution, and the misery and shame of reading their infamous evidence—(Applause). It was true, that the House of Lords gave up the prosecution, but it was equally true, that the condition of her Majesty was little better than if she were found guilty. The spirit of persecution followed her. Ac quitted by the Peers, applauded by the People, she yet had no name in the Liturgy—she had no Palace in the land—the creatures of the Court, and the hire lings of the Press, attacked her with impunity and without shame. Acknowledged as the Queen of England, she had no rank—she had no provision —no consolation, save the consolation of a woman conscious of innocence—no protection, but the regard and good opinion of the People of England ! That, he acknowledged, was a great protection—it was one which her oppressors never possessed—which corruption could never purchase—(Applause). Ile trusted that something would be done in Parliament, though he could not Hatter himself by saying that such would be the case. In the higher House, some Noble Lords, true to their dignity, as well as to the interests of the country, had honourably resisted the attacks of Ministers—(Applause). Minister s wer r de feated, and they flew for protection to those who dealt in mock loyalty ; those worthy persons appeared to him, anxious to monopolise, not merely the good things of the wcrld, but the good words also, they modestly represented themselves as the only good husbands—the only affectionate fathers in the coun try—tilos • only men, in short, who paid adoration to GOD, or service to the King—(LOughter). The People would despise those usurpers of the loyal dictionary. He hoped that the country would chew those men that these were people left in England who were not like stocks or stones, but men worthy of attention, whose interests must be consulted--whose feelings must be respected, and whose liberties must not be violated by any set of men who might pretend to govern England--(Applause). After Mr. HORHOUSE concluded, the Meeting was dissolved by the SHERIFF, and very shortly the streets were cleared of the immense multitude which; but a few minutes before, had rent the air with. their plaudits. . . THE EVENING STAR.