The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

S • a • 1 roe to *we. in detail, his reasons for admitting the P.l:.lity of the Queen's claims upon the svinpallivs the affection, and the allegiance of a generons and ) .yal people. He observed, that certainly a differ elect. of opinion existed upon the question of her Ma jesty's guilt or innocence. For his r o an part, he wi%lred to be classed among those will, believe her to be innocent. To the reasons f.r his faith, which he hail already 'noted, he must add, the 50,000 nrgu menu fstruished by the Queen's oHionents, to induce Majesty to remain at a d'atance from her throne, End to indulge those int:oiled vicious propensities u Filch a t:bristian government %boob' blush, PICO in• di reedy, to encourage. Another cirettinstauce, which !ttengthened his conviction of the Queen's innocence,' mos the solemn and conscientious rlselarat• of the i - ustrious. head of the House of Russell. That .Nohlenian had had numerous °ppm willies of obser vation and of ascertaining facti, of uhich other Noble lords could not boast; and, moreover, there were no personal considerations of interest which were likely to warp his judgment. When this hereditary Peer, this pato iutic individual, pronounced " Not Guilty spots his conscience," It mote imperiously demanded wavers:o attention than the combined voices and votes of Royal Dukes and pensioned Peers! Mr. A. nett argued the itupolicy of the pro' ceilings against the Queen; the demoralizing tendency of islets a nar rative of infamy being published, and lamented that officious meddlers with the Queen's honour and cha racter had torn away the veil, obi* h generosity and fthbearance had thrown over the failings of other MM. b?rq of the Royal Family. The public rye had been ;creed to loo:; on scenes which ought never to hare been ethibitril—the public had been reminded of tninsactions which might soars have been forgotten, a”,I the public tongue 1-rd been renstrai'ded to n.e the language of disgust and of recrimination. The Rev. Gentleman here made some pointed allusions ; his sat.. 'ms were severe, but they were jorstltied by the cir cemstarces of •t:q. case. Towards the conclnsion of speech, Mr. A. reinarkiii that betore the death of e obnoxious Dili the Queen's friends had been in. -.:eneeri by. hope; now they were aniinated by triumph: n” , l the victory was a glorious one, for it had been ob. ta'ned over an alarming combination of power and in. Merit. Arainst her Majesty had been combined the ...id of the state, the bead of the church, and the head the law. They had fecommended the application Ct . an enormous which had been nourished f:utn the vitals of the country, and it would fain have y - sued itself with royal blood ! He assured the meet :• he 11141 no other object than to show his attach r..mt to the excellent conoitotion of the country, anal I •s concern for tho universal trininpli of truth and j••-tice. The Rec. B Titzt.earr—N: intimated that this was is frst oppottnnity he had had -of appearing in a character before his townsmen. and he rejoic ed tii.gt he was permitted thus to bear his testimony against the injustice and etnelty which had distin y 'usingd the proceedings against Me Que.'s. Nevi o Illy to the opening of the far-famed hag, hr had felt l'.at her Majesty lied been treated with more than un- Lirnes , • her case had been prejudged by those who L si :re toe orst to charge other. with prejadzing ; he referred to the expunging the Queen's name fr the . as an example. and made some *trot% remarks nit,' referent.* to the impolicr and the impiety of Noels a measnie; the plausibility and positiveness of the Altorner•fleneral hail math , him pause, but he had weighed the evidence, and a convis thin of the Qiteen's i•nroe.•nee•was the result. He felt it to be his doh• to step rum:led upon this occasion, and he trusted that prruvering efforts of a t •eneri.us people would ae rate to her 3lajesty those ritehts. to deprive her of which so many mean and malignant attempts had been . male. - - - Mr. Jou., KCED prononneed a snitablp eulogium unri .he di4intere. , ted. and efficient conduct • MOrttnin Wood. At a f , n biey nent period of the meeting. Mr. K. also introduced a resolution of thanks to the Mayor. and paid a just tribute to tI private v.:-tnes of that gentleman. Mr..l:tairs Kern, in proposing the publication of ! ti..• re!oliitions, temindesi the meeting of the needles• fears ihtch had been Au alarmingly expressed in con rectiJn with the late illumination and nther public demonstrations. lie urged his fellow townsmen to T....severance and to good order, and assoied them t:ist. troth would prevail over error, and that an ad crepe, to constitntional efforts eventually se care a complete triumph over injustice and currnp lion. After thanks to the Chairman hid been expressed it a aranner truly gratifying, %Ir. 11-ni..lyre acknow leAged this marked approval of his c millet, and made surreal observations, which gave to the dose of the meeting a peculiar interest. Durine tit• whole of the t•rne the greatest order prevailed, the speeches were ws.mly cheered, and bat two persons held up their hands against the following resolutions : That although the Bill of Pains and Penalties de signed to degrade the Yves has been alsasulaned. it behoves us, as her loyal subjects, to reco rd oar o pi. sista of its enormity, sad thitianocence of its intend ed victim. • 4 That thole% we aacestitrily alert in the national disgrace, induced by Ms Majesty's Ministers, we di,- claim all participation in • the• irsjnoice . of their re cent proceedings; but datifellyerepathising with her Majesty. under her uenierited• sufferings, and 'contem plating with indignation the base attempts- to destroy her repetition sad to deprive ear' of 'her legitimate rights, we bold ourselves constitntionally bound to protect her Majesty against retry species of illeffal oppression. beennav we believe her Mojeety's rights and 14r p-ople's privity:re Me inseparably red. I I bat an Address be presented to her Majesty (signed by the Chairman) conveying these oar sentiments, and congratalatleg leer Majesty upon the vesuk tatter firmness and span the defeat of her enemies. That a Colitallatee he appointed to prepare the 'Ad dress fonsidad apes these reselitions, and to wake ar rangements he p:etenting it to her bla;mity, as speed:. ily as possible. ••r• After voting the thailerot thelifietiog to the vas vitae public tharaelere illetiagelehini is the mats, art the proceediaga *llll . lO the seetnii4tradesee,i wine lea 4 taken a leadiat pail Is she lintelairs of the day, the meeting peaceably *Malted. , • . • • 5 . ; I V.?* PUBLIr The Orphans' Friend Society (lined on Tundav lest, at D'Arry's tireat R .totr, Corn Exchange. Nearly 150 tientienten sat down to dinner. The utmost con viviality prevailed. lever.tl wogs were sung in Ate course of the evening, by Messrs. M•Keon, Bedford, lie. &e. Daniel O'Connell. Esq. waf tilled to the Ch a ir, and tunasellur Finlay acted as Vier-Pre‘ident. 1 1 After the cloth was removed, the folloning toasts were given inns, tle , ! Chair:— 'l':,e King—May he rementher the princii:les which placed hi% Family on the Throne. In ri.ing• to propose the nest toast. the Chairman tria.le a few übgervationg, iu which he tool; occasion to remark, that it had iie•it said, we had frequently received instruction fium England—perhaps in art. eultare--perhaps connneree ; if go, we had paid dearly for our education: but Low. foe the first times has koglatal tun Y ht n. a legg.,:i of the heart-e-nsw. when she has nobly gtotici np tee defend an innocent Woman It wag a mg the peasantty of Ireland, that 'the dunghill cock never crew since the bat gave& kind of shriek ; he feared it alight be remark." ad. with some troth, that they who ovoid Wok on in Omer at the disgusting detail of obseenftr. perjury; and persecution. must hare something of the dunghill in their nature. Such silence was Illte the silence of the pare, in which there was no moral life. litir Majesty refused the greatest bribe rvi r oirered t► a human being ;—yes, those Preceptors of Motility i offered her 30,0110/. a year, to enable her to live in luxury and vice, had she heen SO Inclined. Oh what predict/ Saints they tt ere ! The toast he wuild propo4e W 3 - . . - The Queen, and may she for ever triumph over her' enemies, (drank stamiong,—three times three). Then followed— Oar Native land. The Catholic Prelates of Ireland. The Very Rev. Dr. Blake, and Dr. D'Arrey. sad the second Order of the Cotiiiiiic Clergy. Alderman *Kenny. Councilor Finlay. Coussellor FINLAY rewind thaults..—lle could not I bat feel proud of the esteem of his fellow-ctiren., for which be Mt be had to claim, except, perhaps. Isis Inalterable attachment to the cause of Liberty. that one sohjeet, which had been already abided to, and which now engrosses the undivided attention of! the better part of the rivilised world. it wadi be too milli to say, because we were snow, we were, there fore, unfeeling. It was oar slaty to tell his Majesty,. we did not believe the calumnies that were showered against his Consort, when the privileges and the deli cacies of .•onianhood were so wantonly ontrage.l. He (C tunsellor Finlay) was nut one of those who would give up his brains to nnonannacle Iris bands he slid not deal in that market—lie was not acquainted with the discount—lie dill not practice in that Lourt—he held no brief in that cause. lie was happy th it the calumny against his country was refuted by the late general Illumination: he conld now proceed to Lon kti, with his head erect, as heaven was above him he could not have dune so a mouth since.—lint I • had the Queen been tried ? By King, Lords and Cronmons—!he lint, the party in the reuse, the semid made I. Pure party, and the third, made by the twos others. Was a:: a fair. im partial trial ? He heard 41 instance of a man, who, pointing to another, eviaimed. "There's a rebel: look at the damned rascal, he ought to he just taken • and banged." " Well, if he has otientied against the laws. he deserves punishment, and unglot to be brought to trial"—" Bring him to trial ! Nn, the rascal, hr don t deserve a trial, he might to be hanged without any trial."—Jow so was the romintt of the Queen's accusers, and they should not think the pro ceedings against her Majesty were over—they :I Id not, " lay that flattering unction to their hearts. - What rrinti could say his house was his castle, if he stands tamely by and sees such things dune, when his T ote might have contributed to stop such proceedings. The only parallel Cage whirls modern history afforded was in the reign of Henry VIII., when four divorces Stook pl see in the• space of eight years, }brought about by their Saint, Crannier—fur the Protestants had their Saints as well as the Catholics. Those di vorces were sanctioned by thy lairds and Commons o•-tsvu of the victims were Prii111. 1 •1`1, and two were subjects. Anne Boleyn,- n•as arenssol of invest with her coin brother, and sentenced to beheadingl fae burning : the only evidence against her was her, brother's wife, and risterity has long since ar sp;tted her of the charge. The Spiritual Lords said sin never had been married ; the Temporal found her guilty of adultery and incest—so much for their 'insistency. 'I hr King's objection to Anne of 'Cleves were., that she l'oul4 not speak English, and she could not sing. Tke King was married to her. lost for one day. 'Then, as now, it reeptired a strong minded man to stand np against authority. backed as it was by the overwhelming influence of the Crown. It was worthy of remark, that one of the charges against Aaae Boleyoe was, her Inseisste given .a gold chain to a servant of hers. It was the' practice nf all Law Courts in any case, even the most common or trivial, when a Juror retired the trial WAS stopped hy the presiding, Judge, until the Juror should return t yet in the . trill of the Queen. many gave their votes who ore absent stir jag the greater part of it, and that, too, at the time' of the defence. Now, while the English people were fighting the greatest battle ever fought by a free people,' it was incumbent en them to. espies% in the most unqualified manner, their divided dis approbation of such an sameritisi persecution.— might the Queen exclaim.— • I.le on, whilst my defence shall be To speak the very truth of thee!" ICounsellor ?Inlay concluded by proposing die health of Commensal. O'Connell. Then billowed, Success to the Orphans' Friend Societe. , Jaynes Charles flacon, and the Charitable Institution 'of Ireland , I The A • /A =, I tiritiraar ,tie rst re* • • ; • r Ireland. . • - 1 4 oodeiVor to discover the enonymone libeller. that be .110 the elliersns entrogriesee of a per•emosore,is d'a The Stosratslq. imp loiempated to the contempt whirls snob coolest retest locomen, limy mesh! petsist fa tart or- The hiewacy of Jabal Plinio* Cnrran.—(iiiir . ank lo l sowinee. olrmo siker. Ilk! 61113311) staidist) '1411440 IMMO& , ' 3. no eft time perm's v i a am p * to & mo th. s i il itlif 4 di, "fag Ptak% their ploeto.iect iinniellt the onto*, a4ellattoo of kind, to t o lar li Zaiik "1474 • " we" .8. 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LEEDS MEETING n..WI ItES rlls QUEF:.I" A Sleeting of the inhabitants of the Township of ',red.' will he held at twelve o'clock this day (Slowlay), at Illy Coloured l'ioth-hall : to cotoider of the propriety of an Address of Ci,tiszrattilAtioli to the Queen. The Mayor li ing nezatiyed the application of the reirlisi tiotast% thin Sleeting in held tinder the act of the 39th of lieorge 111. cap. 6. and is nnhject to certain regula tion% the most important of n hick Ite wil: briefly etin tnerdte:— Ist. The persons trim can lawfully attend the meeting are all flies.: stho reside within the township, which in cludes the it hole of the town of Leeds, and lireat and Little Woodhonse. 2ml. Person. who do not reside within the above li ,stsite,(ex.-rpt they art- freeholders or copyliolders, having &W. a-year in the town, and having enjoyed it for 12 months, or Justices of the Peace, or Peace-olEcers act ing tinder their authority) cannot attend the meeting without hying liable to fine and imprisonment. 3rd. Any person not entitled to attend a meeting of this nature, and who shall not depart on proclamation to that effect being made, subjects I self to severe penal e Tbr above ane the principal restrictions; but those who have a right to attend the meeting, and every man in the town has that rizlst, are as much under the po lo-66n of the law Ii such a❑ assewbly as they ate at their own fire-side. We have only another observation to make on this part of this inbjeet. namely, that the proceedings of the meeting Must necessarily be confined to the ob ject for which it is called ; and that say thing heron(' an Address of Congratulation to her Majesty, and the diseossion of the conduct of her persecutors towards her, wont/ he out of plow on this occasion. The Itequisitors anti other liesitletneti, a ho, from an imperious sense of public ditty. hare promoted this 'immure, wish, of roam, to have the support of their fellow-townsmen. They invite, as well the friends of the Queen's cause. as those who may ensertain different sentinients; they hope and believe that both sides will j he lie ir.l with equal temper. They are anxiously de- . sirens for the preservation of the public !MIT, and for the display of that lit o which thinks anti lets think. After the recent proof they have had of the : emplary too Irration of the Queen's fri-nds, they have not the least hesitation in pledging themselves for their neacrahle and ciirrect conduct, feeling. sensible that they moist Inr rotivince.l that the only wav to secure honour and success to any public measure is to show that its friends may cot.lide in the discrete conduct and good principles of each other. As the inhabitants of the populous villages within this lioriingh cannot legally attend the Leeds Meeting, it is, we hear, in contemplation, to rote Congratulatory Addresses to the Queen from these Pplates, several of which exceed in 'minket-se and opt'. ence many of the more respectable boroughs in the kingdom, which return two nienibers to Parliament. , TROWBRIDGE, WILTS. ['ROM A CORREA PONDRNT.] " On Vaud iy last, this town was illuminated in consequence of a Requisition from a set of ragamuffins, fur the Gentlemen of the town are averse to the mea sure, (though they stihnsitted to please the mob,) well knoning'that snclo a measure would only tend to per petnate the disgrace into which a certain personage had pinned herself by her amours, and at the same The punishment which is daily inflicting, is ow time confirm the sentence of guilty, which had been Courts of Law, upon political writers, demands the • passed upon her by a large majority of the Peers of the attention of every well-wisher t o his country . Abe train,. years since, when a man of talent, education and es• The day was ushered in with ringing of bells, 'topiary conduct, b e ca me an o bj ect of stuck on ths, sad cast preparations were said to be !staking, in o rde r to crown this festive day as tl non-such, fur surely, the part of government, his case engaged the aoditritiod • Sun never saw its like before.' attention of the pnblic ; and 'if his cause was peat " Collections were attempted to be made for the if his opinions were liberal, and his arguments wet purchase of an oc to he roasted on this truly anspi founded, his fate excited the cummisseration of a.."; • ciouo day, bat the collectors could obtain but jest money enuu.olo fur the purchase of an ass, and they and even the th e n members of the administration hi hail too tine feelings for one of their own species to something like repotgoance at bring conlpelled to we/ immolate him. , a gentleman to a prison ; to the society of pickpockeS, housebreakers, and mu r d erers . R ut, a t t h e pretest ; Wcil, the evening came, some candles and a few lamps were displayed, some houses not illuminated at all„ Jay, such is the numerical increase of le rig and some with a fete rush-lights only. There. were moor • p I t ran sp arenc i es , ( v i e .) a f ew p oc k e t h an dk erc hi e f s w i t h time to the misguid e d vengeance o f our ru l ers , the head of sumethivor male er female it is supposed. that there Is scarcely a prison in England which o ne irmss i lareney exhibited their words : Pro Rye.- et is not rendered d, by being the depository of some writer in his country' s cause: an d the pals 'Piro Patric, worth a million of all the rest, *lda sulk of the Scholars translated fur the " Queen and silt rrami ." be sympathy for one defendant, is generally ..tt length after parading shoat as teeny did, tier discharging a few sky-rockets, S t e. i sc . th e whole overtaken by the inc r ea s ed sever i ty w hi c h i s Sled away, and like the baseless fabric of a vision left visited upon another. • Upon the subject of what not a wreck behind." 'is called political lib e l, t h e Court of Ki ng ' s B eac h. •'1 be appearance of the ahoye paragraph in The in the last Term, pronounced, among oaten. &emir r Newspaper of the 25th day of November last, I t • u .‘ two d ec isions, whirl, loudly call for the interference of I zeited a strung feeling of indignat•genera ll y li inhabitants of this town ; many of th e a those who are th e Parliamentary, and coaregoendy, psongit this ,scribers to the news-room, ron-idereoi it highly ne- the legal guardians of the public liberty. The het ..drasary that some public notice should be taken o f su decision is th e c ase o f D ai ploy, ; an d we We rieuss a Hite!. A meeting was therefore, held at their ; are happy to inform our mmien, that 3 dufingth sw loom, on !friday, the Ist day of Dectotilies , , its:toot, member . , .when fourteen members being assembled, and Mr. ' Ilk :John Cooper, the younger, being c a lled to th e Ch a i r , " subject before P a rli ament , at i ts next s i tt i ng. the following resolutions were severally passed %s ilk neat is the case of .Sir FRANCIS Buttorrr ; who, after ! a life most honorably and awfully passed bnly three dissentient voices :- 1. That a paragraph, which appeared in The ram ire . • , vice of his country, is, in an infirm state of health.. :Cetvspaper of the 23th day of November last, put- . destined to follow his fellow-patri o ts to Aerials/rm. porting ill he an account of the illu ::: ination and rejoic ings which had taken place in this tows, in cemseortence Both these cues have undergone eonsiderahle discs" of the ahandnnmrnt of a most asconstitntinnal Bill *ion t and it is the opinion of muse of the must mei• with our Co st' al law, in the sel , of Pains and Penalties, instituted in the House of nent lawyers, that these decisions am • " 6 " i lAnit against the Queen, is a scandalous misrepresem question, mg as ide the tation, a pitiful attempt at wit, and only calculated to . n "1 " Hmit ' la T i- r .• as to the &sat solidity tsf these derma • • * excite party animosity among the inhabitants of this • .1 l!' WWit. i t Possible there can h e two opinions upon their 2. 'J'bat the person, whoever he may be, who sent • —lf our Rulers iinagine tbey can maintaia the r titisikeemint for insertion in the above roventionell news- , sent syst „, u , by vi,th.fter , • it ikt onies the d el i f ev ery pr o h f ss therels ir y ie me nd r w ited the ow ami st !weer crier; sad every prase sad moderate man. at blast to endeavour to tutflic" that It is the ditty of *lvry sobscriher to this room to * 11 " t for we teimil sotnntse, that irkalet sere e► selifikor to discover ' • do ON POLITICAL LIIIELS. ).t the land, are guilty of a most fml, anti unmerited slander azainst th ose w h o are equ.i ll y with thewse:e,. attached to their ri g htf u l S overe i gn, and to tlee ton. stitiatiou, which nal Co happily settled at the glorious revolution of Itit., and which serums to the Ilotts.• of Brunswick the succession to the Throne of these realms. 4. That the invatnahte privilege we enlby in ,Se Liberty o:*the Pies., is mo r e grossly abus e d b y T ae ('up. i, r newspaper than by any other publication of the present clay, and that by eirculatinz constant!, through Jut the kingdom the atrocious calumnies is ., ; (erred to in the ptereding Resolution, and by ok , artitiecs endeavouring to colifiottid the seniitmns a w conduct of the most intemperate and seditious, wi t h those of a very large proportion of their fellow.,i. jests, who will yield t o non: i n fi rm an d loyal antrih. meat to their ;iing, and in devotedness to the be st i.. terests of ;heir country, that therefore this newspa rt , deserves to be coi.sidered as a public nuisance. TO THE EDITOR OF Ti rinsmax. Trowbridge. D e e. I, Sto,—ln consequence of an account c f the late V. lumin.ftios in Trowbridge, inserted i n th at venal and contemptible print, the C urr i e r , n hich was a compl ete tissue of fals.lsood, the inhabitants determined to burn that paper in the public market-place; aecordingly public notice was given by the crier, pld most of the trademen contributed either money, Ire:gots, tar. bartelt, &r. for the purFo..e ; and at sic o'cl oc k l ad night a gallows was erected, upon whirh r „ ‘,.. pen. Jed the ab. , re vehicle of lies. ITlont the blue was at its height, a signal was g.yest, and the ub noxious paper was reduced to ashes, amid pablic bison and other marks of contempt. As I mentioned in my last, there :rasa Cert3lll clans in this town who gave pultiit: notice bat tier would not illuminate, but still thought pr..per to ds so. 'these persona, mortified in, the extreme at the spirit shown by the population of Trowbridge (theta is little doubt) penned the senseless anti lying paper which was transmitted to the Op hen, tbe,e chosen few thought proper to rert their spleen, and thus the inhabitants hate shown their sense of sali condnet. I can assure you that there are n t above 10 or 12 persons in the town of Trowbridge nnfivorable to the cause of the Queen and these persons Gill themselves the Gentry, the rest they (or the Curtner) term Rare nutlfitio. 1 have always understood that Gentility cos. sisted more in actipn than in property : if this be coy. meet, the Ragamuff►n* iu this town suust take plane of the Gentry, as their conduct throughout the late illumination business will give them a better title to the appellation. If lam correctly informed, there is not one of the aforesaid Gentry bu , a few years back. was classed with the very lowest of the cbthing•trade. This, of course, is no discredit to them, rather the contrary: hut they should fiat behave a as 1, remind men of their former station, they should not forget themselves in prosperity. At the request of several readers of *he Siatesasas in this town, 1 send you the above, and remain, Sit, your obedient servant, J. CLAIM