The National Register. — London, England, 1820-12-18 00:00:00

0 , tIELf . ":C OF THE OF MARY, ISLINGTON. On Monday evening ) a Meeting of the Parish of Islington was held at CanonLit.y !aver", te consider of an Address of Cononit. I . on to the Queen on the abandonment of the Bill Pains and l'emilticA, and an Address to the King, ,). :tying the dismissal of his Ministers. The two gre. lionts which commu nicate by folding d o ors we tilled before the business of the Meeting coma , : •ced. At seven o'clock, the gentlevel of the 4:‘• e • • tee entered the room, when Mr. SMITH stated chat he bad received a letter . from T. Wilson, Esq. of High. bury,who had prtmlised to take the chair, wh'e't ter stated that he was pf.vc. ...ed from attem),;* . ..g to preside by a severe cold, whit's would tlisable him from making himself heard, hnt dud lie was willing to bear his share of the expenees of the Meeting. Mr. Smith then proposed that Captain Lonr,ster should take the chair, which was unanimously agreed to. At the request of the Chairman, the Requisition and the correspc.nden , e with the Churchwardens and Vicar, the substance of which has been before the public, were read by Mr. Tome. Three or four persons vociferous]-- callc.l for the reeding of the signatures to the Requisition, oat when there vas some delay in pro lueing them, attempted to prevent the business of the 'Meeting from proceed sag. This conduct produced rlies for the expulsion of the most noisy of these persons, but we are happy to my, that though much provocation was given, no violence was offered. The names were read as soon as silence was obtained, and the business was not afterwards interrupted. Mr. Sams then addressed the Meeting in a very elk speech, and, after accusing the Churchwardens of a want of directness and straitforwardness in their scalin g , with respect to the Requisition, as one of them had at first given him to understand that the Meeting should be called in regular form, if the consent of the Vicar could be obtained, he bserved that they might have taken a lesson from the Mayor of Bristol, who had lent the Guildhall one day to a Meeting to address the Queen, and another day for what was called a loyal address, without deserting his duty or compromising his principles. In the latter of the Meetings at Bristol, as well as at many ether loyal meetings, there were a number of truths Drought forward to which he cordially gave his assent; the only difference was as to the conclusion to be drawn from the same premises, as to the catises to which the evils which they witnessed were to be *Whined. His opinion was, that the proceedings against the Queen had weakened the stability of the Throne, and that it was, therefore, one cause of the (lingers to which the loyal addresses deplored.— There was not, he believed, a man, who did not now lament that the proceedings had commenced (hear, bear !) they had tended to break down the barriers of the Constitution, and those laws which had fenced round Englishmen as with a wall of &dement. Neither would any one now deny that a great ma laity of the Nation was in favour of the Queen. Was there a man who would say that such protec tion had been afforded by the King to the Queen, as es a man of honour and generosity would extend to ▪ wife ? (Hear, bear.) The omission of her name from the Liturgy hed., in all Catholic countries, the affect of an excommunication on the minds of the people, and no alternative was left her but to return end to throw herself on the protection of this nation. As to what had hammed since, he had no hesitation in saying, that all the evidence against her was such, that it would not have been entertained for half an hour in an inferior Court, (Hear, hear.)— Had the Ministers felt any strength in it, without question, instead of a majority of nine on the third reading, they would have had a majority of up.— (Applause.)—By whatever quibbling they might excuse themselves on the strength of that majority, the Ministers knew that the middle sad industrious slams of the community, those who worked as well as thought, were of opinion that the evidence had totally failed, and that to have pressed the Bill An-tiler would have endangered the Throne.— (Applause.).—.They knew that when a number of men had got into a scrape, every elan put the best face he could upon it in order to get out of it ; so that if there were forty or fifty persons, there were forty or fifty pretences. This was the key to the variety of opinions among the Ministerial Lords. if the Ministers had been wise, when the proceedings in the House of Lords had terminated, they would have allowed the whole matter to go to rest, and the Queen to sink to a level with other Royal Pemonagcs, mei have allowed her to inhabit one of the Palaces which the King did not occupy. This was not their course - but whatever proceed ings they might meditate faz the future, the Queen laving thrown herself on the People and the Press, it was not in their power to wealeu her security.—.. After some further observations, Mr. S. proposed the !DR owing resolution, which was seconded end , Tim. NATIONAL REGISTER agreed to, only six hands being held up in opposi tion to it, in a Meeting consisting of nearly 1,500 persons 1. That the rejection of the Bill of Pains and Penalties a on s y the Queen, by the noose of Lords, is not oily matter oy Just congratulation to her Majesty, but t'ls to every real friend to the re :,ming family, and to the Constitution of the country. Mr. TILLOCII rose to move the second res.dotioni, expressive of the indignation of the Meeting at the coml. it of Ministers in permitting and encouraging the diffusion of " a polluted and contaminati'.g Kt' , I.ll'' to deluge the country with vice anti culled on the Meeting to contrast the circumstances of the country at this period with what they were 80 years ago. What Englishman would then have dared to calumniate the Queen of England? What Minister would then have had lartlihllod to commit the act of treason—tior, treason it is, by the law of the land, to traduce the character of the Queen Consort—nut only to com mit the act, hnt to encourage by their own conduct the promulgation of such u flood of immorality as could only he alluded to in such an assembly as he now addressed. Yes, by the conduct of Ministers and the enemies of the Queen, language which would disgrace a brothel had been rendered familiar to the ears of the virtuous—the subject of common conversation for the rising generation. How hatelod how execrable the conduct of the men who, by their labours, had endeavoured to render topics familiar to our ears about which it was difficult to converse any where without blushing, excepting only in a dissecting-room, where the gravity of phi losophy and the garb of a dead language furnished a veil to hide the blushes of the speaker. Is there now no other place where such tugics can be rolled about as sweet morsels, and without one feeling of shame? He would leave to others to answer the question. He could not, however, avoid noticing that, in many cases, the judges, when evil might be appre hended either to the parties in Court, or to the pub lic, prohibited publication of the proceedings, hut, on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, not only was the publication permitted, but great pains were taken that the moral poison should go forth without the smallest dilution of antidote. The Counsel for the prosecution had stated many crimes, too, which he had not even attempted to prove; in what they attempted to prove they had entirely failed ; but the summing up—without one word in reply being permitted—was sent forth to act as poison on the public mind during the whole time of an adjourn. went. He then reverted to the. conduct of Minis ters at the commencement of the present reign. No sooner was the good old King dead, than machinery was attempted to be put in operation to destroy the Queen. Ministers were at their wits' ends. There was no law that could punish the Queen, had she been guilty of the foul conduct which some wished to impute; and where no law is, there can be no transgression. But how much more difficult to fix crime on an innocent person ! Ministers were out 0:' place for 24 hours; but the sagacity of one or more of them, counting on the talismanic influence of Court patronage, persuaded thetas' .ves that they could in this country—in England !—carry an e • pea facto law to effect that which was contrary to law, to punish un individual, that individual the Queen Consort of the British throne. The good sense of the Country—that innate hatred of inpstice and oppression which animates every honest J.nglish bosom—that love of truth and impartiality which ever rouses the virtuous to defend innocence—had defeated their mighty pmject, and humbled them in in the dust, loaded with contempt and execration ; and, therefore, it was fitting and proper that meet ings such as that which he had now the honour to address should express *openly Their honest senti ments respecting the immoral tendency of every part of the condect of his Majesty's Alinisters during these demoralizing proceedings. Mr T. concluded by moving the following resolution, which was car ried with four only dissentient:— s. That this Meeting, under a conviction of her Majesty's innocence, cannot too strongly express its abhorrence at the injurious tendency of the polluting and contaminated stream, with which this moral country ha. been inundated, by the pro ceedings against her Majesty. Mr. Itgainen, in a very luminous speech, moved the following resolutions, which were curried with the same dissentient as the preceding one :- 3. That an Address founded on the Bingos% resolutions be preastited to the Queen. congratulating her Sliyaity on the &ban donn cat oldie Bill of Pains and Penaltie s by tits House of ).aria. 4:That an Address to the Queen be presented to her Majesty by the Chairman, accompanted by the Mover sad Seconder, and such Ladim and Gentlemen as may please to attend the Fumigation. Mr. R. also read the following Address, which was adopted with great uppluuse : "To :he Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. " The Address of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Islington. " May it please your Majesty, " When we had the honour last to appear before your Majesty, we reviewed the persecutions your Majesty had undergone, and the manner in which your Majesty bad counteracted and defeated than, and we congratulated your Majesty on the full and perfmt triumph which we then anticipated. We have now to congratulate your Majesty, that those who assumed to be your Judges {some of whom against all known law were at once pitleocutors, accusers, judges, and jurors), have, at wash. thought At to rtject the proposed punishment of your Majesty, winch the hearts • f your enemitat appeared to iLIVC heel! " The e ons, had declared its conviction of your Majesty's innocence s it th.einfamous olrenoes clusqed against iii Queen, and its slettaitatio . 4 the equally infamous means by which it wav ur;coque:l I. u.pport Youe olajesty's enetuies submitted to the judgment of die 0:.N, 1 •11; V•ur 11,1,1 e who are mainly lat.:re-4,d 1.1 th t wese.rvaussa of th.: dear, .sal emistitution, and in d u d ue ujihi,usuarios t os' justice. Th.l have Admitted to din unive. sal judgment, they tell us, and have ceased to press for th.r oimisli dent of your klajesty, toy w;ta, they call I :w, tor olEt•itss whieli they have not 'wen ash as prove: but they have not eased coo persecute your Majesty, by every .oetims which disepposisted soalignity can invent. They continue to refuse to die people per. onsosrn, publicly. to implor for your aisjesty. the ilbeocti e n od Almighty God—but you are never abseat from their secret prey. era. atter slit In tender yore. dependent v o their chanty for support. thsat i l. this suff.riog 0 300 C have large and nobly pro.. vided foe the dignity and honour of that& oily of which you are a most interestio; rut " This conduct tali , 014 be that of the enemies of the ncosti tudon; it can ooly be that of those who are deterniined to destroy the limited and regulated government of this c o unt r y. Ysiw Mojany's cause is that of justice and innocence: we feel it as our own. and we shall rtm cease to express our indignation at every attempt to injure or detrasht your Mojesty. •• The age of darkness is passing awry ; and your Aftkiesty peeling, ne doubt, as we do, that youtpresenr safety is to he attn. buted to that great and important engine, the Press, in developing the conspiracy of which you were toe des/to:al victim, and, operating ittsou the now eonsparatively enlightested allude s% the 'woe. wilt not fail to perceive. that it is upon the freedom and integrity of -wit a Preo. and upon the thinness, unanimity, and ;plod wiU of such a nes%pl:alone. that your Majesty can ever rely tor the protectiun of your honour, your charac ter , an d your l. ' The ltev. Mr. llnaren then moved the sth and 6th resolutions, us follows : S. That in the opinion of this Meeting, the conduct of the King's Ministers. nut only during, but sine the termite:Lion of these proceedings, while it has been marked by the most studied insult to the Queen Consort of these sealants, has been disgraceful to their characters is Alen, derogatory to their wisdom as States. men. subversive of the principles of British Jurisprudence, and calculated us endanger the Constitution, by alienating the attic. • :ions Of tile people. 6. That impressed with these convictions. it is the opinion of this Meeting, that all who wish well to the country are iuipe. rioted, upon to implore the Kiiig, to remove from his Majesty', presence for ever, the Slimness. woo advised these disgraceful proceedings, (whose general cooduct has been such as to irritate the feelings lir the pespie)and to tall to hisCouneassuch own only as was support the dignity of the Crown, enforce the due salministration or sine EaMl. WO by conciliating the affitaions, promote nit happi.wat the people. TWIGG hriefly moved the 7th and Bth reso. lutions, which were agreed to unanimously :- 7. That an Address in conformity to the thregoing resolutions be presented to his Majesty, the King; that the Address now read he adopted Isy the Meeting, and that it lie at appoited places ' fur siratured. 8. - That the Dukes of Bedford and Leinner. the Earls Grey, Darling:on, Darnley, Grosvenor tad Caruarvon. Lords Erskine, Holland, and Kitg, or such of dusts as aeal make it convenient to attend, be requested to present the Address to his Majesty. Mr. Twtoo then read the tiillowing Andress to his Majesty, which ‘NEIS received with acclamations: "To the King's Niest Sitellent Majesty. " The Loyal Address of the inhtibittods o.f the parish of St. Mug, Islington. " May it please your IJ:jesty. " we log leave ts..aLur your e.tejesty, that we yield to none so' your sulueett i,e !eyed., to the throne and constitu. nod of these realms, dt,ugh we tee), in common with tun fellow countrymem, the inflieultiee :out sUstrrsses i.t which we are all involt ed--difliultiesi anti distmwes which :arc principally produced by ot.cessivetas..titn, and reiterated infringement' 01 the liberate et the people. " trust that we owl he permitted to assure your Majesty, that "/..: tiro well ol•vi :hat your Alejeety eatti have ito inmost sqa.ntt 0: di rtinc;:. wafare :v4l happiness ~ f your le pie; iced that. du a. tore. when we attritustz those evils to the syste. Imes; ..sisptesl isy rair Ma;eaty's Minister;. it is with die receivi , g . ihve idteotisa. us our representation whin.. your ouje.ty 'must roc eves Allis% to sifted to the corn. plaints M . the oleo:est of your subjects. •• The ..•hjete.ouice otu siege starsling army in a time of pro. found pe:tee. and the .xpeated tuhsti..utton of a military for the furoitii strong s•:itis net .4* the evil Melee sot' your :sta t ic:sty% r.li.sisters. Vs:te: Majesty Mows that your most faitliftu guards tae your pe TIC, rail your surest safety is their lure. " Your :-ajesty's Mir.istcre aho, by pm:uting es parte state ments ut preL. , ..ehl plots :lull ....agieatiog whit agents descried.- I.ateat me: , w . aaterials fiunish.xl 5:, eta, .if by hired bpi-. ton: Marin ers, whos.: trod.; is to pervert truth &NI crcat= edit..., have deceived a , J dctudetl th !e g islatura 'he i t .a.;s:r.g of laws ,uhversiv.. 4 i•ea »novo anti constittai...si . ibeties •.f the people. " Ai . ter thu.sucv.-adal it :heir against their fellow suirzte ocnrineo out u.. .4.iar Leer wiake—that .4 :ono:killsit.ywty iwalt . jually • if and unfoto a: itch ii , y .rave brougir agtior the ttoyal Consort of you. Aicj..sty, rid which tn..y atteio..nod to support hy details the most filthy and alsoubiald.., they .save Aisgraced tlits moral country. They haw:. is !infoited, w ever, the osatidence of the people. " %Ye humbly play your Majesty, ther.fora. to dismiss your Ministers fro.' your presence 1 t ever. We arc, indeed, assured, that your Majesty lass been deceived ; kw we are ixolfident, that your alajaty suit hoids in your remembrance, winch it has been your bonat not to ' , eve to:gotten. • the principlas which placed your family on the t0r0..:; u"d we :nut your Majinty will call men to your councils trio) ..taiqtain the dignity of your Crown, and the du. admiiiiiirzati , ..n of the bews, and who will conciliate the affections, and minute the happiness of the PeoPit*" Mr. LEMON, in a neat speech, introduced the 9th resolution— 9. That all these Members of both douses of Parliament who appeal the iniquitous proceedings :1044 the Queen, axe en• tuled to the gratitude of the country. Mr. SSITII moved the following resolution : 10. That the important levies to the cause of Freedom durirg die proceedings, by the exertions of the independent and ince.. ruptible part of the Press, cannot be tiro highly appreciuted. Mr. GitEIG then came forward to move a vote of censure upon the Chureliwardeng. He expatiated severely upon their conduct, and expressed a conc.. dent hope that the parishioners would visit them us they deserved on Easter Tuesday next. He con cluded by moving, It. That the Chula %wardens of this Parish baring a second time refused to call a Meeting of the inhabitants to address the Queen. upon the requisition of many vestal:table houselwlth re, th is Meeting cannot forbear to express its indignation at such refusal, especially as as Address puparting•to be '• A Loot Address to the King," now lies under their aumpice, at the Vestry Roomy O