The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-11-09 00:00:00

.11;.11.VNI"! 11E yUKEN. Liftlß XXII " I it the Priest's lips should keep knowledge, sad they shou! , l see: the law at his month : f. or he I, the measenger V U., Lord of Hosts. Hat yr are departed oat of the way ; r have (mused ataav to stumble at the law ; yo hate cot r,:;,:ed the covenant of Levi. with the Lord of Croats. 'riarre , . r""e have 1 also made you contemptible and base before fife pr verordinir as ye have not kept nu wags. bat have her,: tstrttel to Ike lair." —M "anent a. sad 10. Sot—Every good mita is the world most heartily rejoice in the signal defeat sustained by the persecutors of her Majesty, upon the second reading d that most infamous instrument that has ever tlisgrseed the world, eetithoi " A Bill of Pains and Penalties." he.; for. al though unslOnbtedly they may have the pleasure, since it is so well suited to their taste, of reading that pesti ferous document a second time, it is quite evident that ti.e majority is so contemptible, by which they hare ob tained this satisfaction, and its composition so corrupt. that even if any proceedings of the Douses of Perlis icnt, as at present constituted. could with the puislie affect the reputation of her llajesty. this division, when ana:ysed, must be admitted to be. in effect. a majority in favour of her Majesty. and therefore a triumph achieved over her enemies in their own camp. lc, from the 123 Contents, we deduct those persons, to whose names as jurymen her Jlajesty would have a just right to object, very few, certainly not safficient to constitute an ordinary jury, would remain valid. To ttis.cet their merits individually, would occupy too much time. Every reader may judge fur himself of their pre tensions to impartiality, by a perusal of the speeches a, those who have spoken. and by looking in the " Peep at the Peers," or the ‘• Court Calendar," for the quali fications of thrse who have given their votes in silence. Deducting those votes to which the Queen might justly object, on general croquets, we shall obli terate at once considerably more than one half of the wl.ole. viz.—The Commander-in-Chief of the forces, and the Admiral of the Fleet, holding high offices at p:easure. and otherwise disrptalifiell from affinity. Nine alairet Ministers, mho, a. prOfflertttelll. Ollght MO, to 6e ; thirteen persons, hohlin! Ithres dependent on Pleproareetors three Peers. who hod not Arerd the sfelesev the Repretentstive Peers of Scotland, elective, and owing tk-ie 'lion to the. Ministers ' , f the days Illis , Reprrsentalive Peers of Ireland, mart- similar fir. rkuisto,erss of el;sruliti , ettieon : all the members of the Secret I's 'flee. •fie r , t rifi,d / If /wring alrenely pro new.re., 4 jn.t:lsoor it : the Archbishop of Canterbury, isreieg prejuelzwl the rage by cussing Ars Majestic no .e front Lititr:Ty : the Bench of Bishops, looking fur ie,ootion or emulation from thr prosecutor' y r-r 0. These classes, at least such of them as hare v 0.5,1 for the se-ond reading of the Bill, may be esti mated at from seventy to eighty, leaving only from f 7:y to fifty votes in favour of the serous, reading of the Bill ; every one of which tetiglo still he objected to on indi v idu a l geminsls. We shall however suppose, for the sake of the argument, that there may be fifty good votes in favour of the second reading—this would leave a majority of forty-live votes to _Aeons of her Majesty. what must most surprise and afflict the public, in con templating this division, is, to find that not one single It'shols, and but one Archbishop, has voted against the sec ,m 1 rending of the Bill. The motto at the beginning of my letter will slew that selfishness, corruption, and aftsregarsl of justice, are reproaches to which the priest. Loos,, have in very early ages been obnoxious. But there never has peen, there never could be, an instance, in width a more complete (adore of charity. candor, me i even humanity, has been evince.! by the brotherhood generaily (there are indeed some few splendid excels- Cot: as on the occasion of the persecution of the ftteen of England, I mean particularly among the Pr:ests of the Establi:lool Church. tVostlil this hare been the case, if her Majesty haul had the single Bishopric of Durham, likely in the course of nature to be soon vas•ant, iu her gift? As the prospect of a growl trans EtTi./11, in the gift of her enemies, now converts anspi. i so. into certainties, (fur ev ry one hopes, if he behaves net's. it may be his own lot,) so, if it was in the gift s f the Queen, it would convert certainties, if such existre, iir.o .11Th-ions. If such be the talismanic effect of single presentation of this description, bow irresistible must be the induenee of several rich endowments its prospect? Accordingly, is it not trite, however litth wosolcrfol, that, whilst. omit of every other description of persons, however sordid, the Queen has Lad some individuals of her side, and even of her ministerial pro secutors themselves, one individual not hostile, there should not among the Rench of Bishops have been a sint!le voice raised in her favour? I shall, for the pre sent, leave these right reverend gentlemen to settle this wetter with their own conseiences, if indeed, such s monitor remains to them; and just notice, merely by way of memorandum. one or two of the numerous ex traordinary heads of doctrine, which have been sported. by s o me of mar ingenious virtual statesmen, in the course of these extraordinary proceedings. 'The premier. Lord Liverpool, with Aufhrient boldness, declares, and :11 Isis colleagues act as if they were decidedly of the sense opinion, that this !till should be passed, whatever snag hr the eonsrepirorrit: i. e., even if civil war, the *teeth' of hundreds of thousands of his fellow subjects. and the destruction of the institutions, which he affects to venerate, should ensue! Now, sir, if the premier's language can bear any other construction, or if it sloes mot hear precisely that, which I have put upon it, I do nut understand the meaning of wools. Yet the members of the Green Bag Ad ministration have been always amongst the loudest in affected indignation against the language and conduct of Robespierre and Isis colleagues of the French Com mittee of public safety. What part of the declare l'ons, or proceedings, of these revolutionists, can be r pared with this, if acted upon by Ministers? It Is impossible to conceive' sentiments more atrocious And do this faction really imagine themselves able tn. carry these machinations, or any other measures into effect, in diametrical opposition to the universal will, openly expressed, of the people of England ? If they do, it Is time to undeceive them. And, although this THE STATESMAN. language was addressed to the 'ministerial partisans is the Mouse of Lords, it is essential that the people of Enteland should consider it also as addressed to them selves, and resent it accordingly. The seasr of the et- pressions to which I have allooleci, was Del-real times repented, in various ways, by the Earl Liver pool, in order that hr might toot hr Istisutiderstriod by his partisans, and that they might not conceive thew selves at liberty to vote, on this occasion, as they pleased, as he load the e utielvscension to inform theas o 7 on another occasion. they might do uitbout giving him offence. And tier people may rely 112011 it, that, however he may attempt to ex:elain away the true meaning of these expr.os-ions, upon finding that they hare not escaped auienadversioen, the principles which they avow are those whirl., upon all occasions, actuat ed the conduct of that selfish and abomin eb!e faction, of which that minister is the presiding agent. I trust they miscalculate sadly, amp they evidently appear to have misgivings, if they think the public are any longer to be thus deluded or duped. Ito they themselves sincerely believe a single word of what they utter, when they assure their bearers that they are convinced the people of England will respect their decisions, even when these decisions are not only at direct varian..e with, but a direct insult upon the deliberately pronounced opinions of the ma hole nation? They cannot possibly believe such absurdities; and are only, with their usual sub stitute for wisdom, attempting to caiole their adhe rents, and to bully the people. I shall probably re turn to this subject; and, in the meantime, must express my inability to comprehend for alert good reason the public have been in the habit of attributing to this premier qualities superior to those of his colleagues generally. lie is, in my Noiolieon, so murk worse, as the qualities with which be has been gratuitonsly de corated, enable him to do more mischief to society. I shall conclude this letter with a quotation from the speed ' of a very promising clove of the system, Lord Ellenlourough, n hie le, isoototis metandis, wiLl apply nand' better to the persecutors of the Queen, and to her Majesty, than to the description of persons, for whom it appears to have been designed by his Lordship.— " flow lung are the basest passions of the worst of men to be allowed their fairest onset aiaioest all that is good and estimable in society ?'' ARIiTIDES. TUE .%11EAIFFS .I.‘-‘ll-1:11 TO A arQUINITIIIN roil A 34rETIvr, Dr Tug couNry Of MIDVIANAK ON TUC 4 rOJACT 0v mEroltm. Two Gentlemen of the 11:11114 . 3 of Llotnl and Mills waited on the SherON ou Monday last, alai certain pa pers, porporting to he 111, 1 ,6,16,ms signed by Freehold ers of Middlesex, for a Meeting' of the County, to Pe tition the Howee of Uommons for a Reform in the Representation in Parliament. The Sheriffs requested till yesterday to morn their answer. They were accurdinfly waited on stain at the yesterday, by Messrs. Lloyd, Mills, and Draper, when the following was ilelisased to them as the answer of the Sheriff, : (gentlemen,—llaving enti.itlered the several papers pre.ented to 111 on 31und1y th e 6th instant, an d a k a other., transmitted souse .i..ys previously by Major Cart wright, requesting. its to cniivene 'County Meeting, for taking into consideration the propriety of Petitioning the Mouse of Com 11111 l for a Constitutional Reform of the Representation of the People ill PAWAIIIIIret, we % in reply, to say, that fully appreciating the sacred ri of petitioning, wel shall feel it to be a duty to con. vane a Meeting of the County whenever we are called upon by a Reynisition regularly and respectably signed fur that purpose. Hut the papers delivered to ns appear to have been circulated and maned in a manner so un usual anti irregular, that we not feel ourselves jnsti• bed in convening the great body of the Freeholders of th xtensiveCountythereon. ROBERT WAITIINIAN an] JAMES WILLIAMS, Shelia's ut the County of Middlesex. Nov. 8, Ib2o. F: MINORITY TIRE reit at rrsatso tot etVonea mar sr. ' Longs —Hitt. Rodney. Vat rbotough. Salto./ n. Bnvninr. Kenyon. Hopetown. 14. rtd, Eldgin. Calthorpe. l nut brrnurre, Sidney. Cerium. litsitoes--Curster. Cork. Fleterle.rough, Gloucester, St. Aseph. di. David's, Ely. Worcester. Vs sent ste—alehrille. dicnouth. Falmouth. —Wiachirleee. rourtoun, Mount Cashel, Romney. fitamfors!, Brownie*, Fitteilliasm, Stanhope, Balearres, Dartmcuth, Aylauford, Venda's', Morton. Portsmouth. I sle ets. Lauderdale. Nt. hennaing. Aylesbury, Bathurst. liar regrby, , Liverpool. Moil i trave. Westmorland. Macclesfield. Lotisdale, Mount Edgeumbe, Farnham, Pomfret, Whitworth. Mmyo. bliaftesbury. Heave ess—Cornwallis, 1/Ll(l4—Wellington. Portland, Beaufort: A ado rt t sours—York. Team. 11. R. IL Duke of Clareuce. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•310111lOW. Morella'. 33 min. after 4.—Eveaing, IS oda. after 4. Lonn MAvoses DAY.-lleliday al all the Public °fres. etc btattgman. " TD[ ■\Ml= STATIIIIIAN" lif DICOVIPORATED WITII " TSB rriermusaug." PARISH OF .11.1: B.IINTS, POPLAR. A very numerous and respectable Meeting of the I Parishioners of All Saints. Poplar, was lately held a the Town-llall, to vote an Address to the Queen. A requisition, signed by fifty-seven inhabitant house 'udders. had }wen presented to the Churchwardens and Overseers of th parish, requesting them to convene a I I Meeting on an e tr:y day, for the purpose of consider ing the propitety of voting the Address proposed. On receiving the request, the Churrhwardens and 0 rrrrr ers desired that one of the requisitionists might wait upon them, and that they might have an oppor tunity of seeing the resolutions proposed to be moved, in case the Meeting was held. In reply to this de mand, twenty-five of the requisiti bets, with the con currence of the rest, informed the. Parish-Officers that the resolutions would he forthcoming when they were convinced a meeting would lw convened, and till then, they considered the demand premature and unprecedented. The request fur an early answer to the requisition was repeated; hut, instead of that, else Cherchwartiens and Overseers thought proper to send the reptisitionivs a reference to a meeting of the Trustees of the Parish. This attempt, however, to extinguish the design of the parishioners proved en tirely abortive. A motion being made at the Town Sleeting, it was carried. The use of the Town•hall was allowed, notwithstanding no advice to that effect was sent to the requisitionists; and at a numerous meeting, attended by the most respectable portion of the parishioners (with the exception of the Church wardens, Overseers, the Itctor, and two or three in dividuals), the address to her Majesty, which had been proposed, was unanimously agreed to. Tbis Ad• dress, voted on the 13th ult. and presented on the IStli, received 2295 most respectable signatures. and would probably have hail thrice as many, had not an expectation been entertained in the parish, that her Majesty's accusers were surfeited, and would drop the Bill of Pains and Penalties. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sunset, aerqui !Denied by souse Lalies, on last Monday ereni:ig, honoured Sir Godfrey and Lady Webster with A vial at Battle Abbey. Ills Royal flighners was ilirs, s n into the town by the populace, amidst the most affec tionate greeting 4 of the multitude. The church hells were set a ringing, the Abbey guns fired it royal sa lute, and the gr.ind hall of the splendid mansios was illuminated on the joyful occasion. LONDON: ERI/REDAT EVENING, NOVEMBER 9. Paris papers to the 7th inst. have arrived this morn ing : their contents are unimportant. Fitaxcu Fcmns.—Five per Cents. 75f. 95c. ; Bank Actions, 13751. The intense anxiety of the people of every rank in the Metropolis to-day, respecting the expected deci sion on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, continues in suspense. In the House of Lords this morning, after ))))) e preliminary proceedings, Lord SOA►TESRCRT brought up the Report of the Committee. A long and diversified discussion then ensued, but the Report sees finally received without any division. When this important business was disposed of, a variety of too- lions followed from several Noble Members of no small degree of interest, hut without any ultimate effect. 'flee first was a motion of Lord C)) AA VON, as an amendment to the Preamble of the Bill, that the re fusal of her MAJass. of the annual income of 50,0001., and the proffered honour of both Houses of Parlia ment brought disgrace and dishonour upon the Royal Family. The next motion was that of Lord lima, that a clause should be inserted in the Bill, declaring that the Milan Commissioners should Le for ever rendered inca pable of holding any employment ; and the other was that of Lord lies lost, that the Divorce Clause should be expunged from the Bill. These several motions were negatived without a division ; and the House, at twelve o'clock, adjourned till the usual hour to-morrow morning. Had the public mind been less occupied than it at present is with the vast variety of circumstances connected with the extraordinary proceedings before it, the attendance of a Wats, on such an ueea•sion as that which on Tuesday induced her MaJerrt to •isit the House of Lords, would have excited the moat striking and affecting sensations. To have seen her SlAJtsrv, who had been so many years the object of the most harrowing persecution, who had more than once tri umphantly defeated the machinations of her enemies, now, at length, in danger of becoming the victim of their artful and persercting malignity, with the no minal decision against her of that tribunal in which her accusers sat as Judges, and over which the in fluence of hint whose object of aversion she we'. POS . Ittned predominatini sway, to have seen her proceed I to t h e hut o f th a t As‘enilily, and protest against their decision, and declare her innocence of the crime with which she hail been charged, was a spectacle calenlated to produce the 'most profound emotions of admiration and concern. It is consistent with fiat character of con scious integrity, and magnanimity, which, amidst the ',ferret trials, she has displayed ; and under the fur- '$ - orer titskle and c•otr.sg . .• ct.e noviit-o•, w e fuse ..iKttt of conflicting. te•elin g s by whicta her Lt.. tst been continually %tritely. Snell it the .pert.,.•• r. u..w passe. I.l.fore our ryes a• tuattet it twin:v., en renre at this er:t i, eyc truortlittary real erent..al.l4 at future periotk wil furn:,h usater:ala tor tot Ott touching drousatio. scene. We tintirritanti from g, 00l atittoolity. that artic'eisr r.•eriminatiun are nOW being eitgroled at a &neer'' , Office in the City, to he bronalot t..nt tr iirt event of certain measure!' !Tin; ultOnoitt.i a !opted. , I ■ a I I A meeting of the intialsita: is of the Ir a .1 Bishopsgate has been appointed by sir Rh hard Olcon, Bart., Alderman of the Ward, t,, he held SAturday next, at eleven o'clock, to take int o om ,. aeration the ptopriety of an Address to Al. Ilajool upon matters arising ont of the proceeding ara i n. ; h..r Majesty Caroline the Queen; also to consider an Address of Congratulation to her 3lajesty. And the probable me:►st►re of petition• to the Bess e , o f Lords and Commons. Dort OVEkT Set s.—We arc much gratinedinheing able to announce, that on Saturilsy, within as 1 0 , 4 after the arrival of Mot:tenant Parry at the Adtuirs,V,, that enterprising and judicious tracer was present;tl with a commission promoting him to the tank tf Master and Commander in the Navy. Another xpe. ilition, on the same research which he has so ausp. ciously pursued, has, we understand, been already d►. !ermined on. Had nut the supplit sof tit late espeai. lion, though most liberally provided. bevel much e out d o it is probable its grand object would have been cot. pletely effected. In that article of first eee ess i k. fnel, the ships were obliged to be pot on short allowance. Contrivances had been adopted, by means of copper tab, s beneath the lining of the Is connected with the gal ley tire, to keep the vessels in a state of proper warmth but in spite of all precaution, every iron bolt, and ere y utensil of that metal at a short distance from the fire, and exposed to the exhalation of the seatnens' breath, becan e, in their hyhernaculun•, encrusted with ie., —On one occasion, a searuan, by inadvertent es pusure, had his hand so frost-bitten that it wain. peeled he would have lost it. The surgeon directed the man to immerse it instantly in water. The dirrc. lions was immediately obsc•ved ; and as quickly the hand was enveloped with a gauntlet of ice; but the use of the member was restored. The whole time tl.e . Is were surrounded with ire was eleven months. The following is a list of the visitors at Brander,- burgh House since Tuesday;—Th. Dueness of NO - Countess of Jersey, Mr. Western, M. P. C.or Essex, Mrs. Brougham, Earl Jersey, Viscount Dat, cannon, Sir Godfrey Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Hume. THE QUEEN. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Titts Ifoavivs. A long and uninteresting conversation took phi at the table, upon a motion to suspend the steed► ing order of the Douse respecting the signatures to Protests. The result of the conversation was, the suspension of the order fur the purpose of enabling Lords Holland, Erskine, and Ell nboroeth, Visrount Bolingbroke, and the Earls of Darn ley. and Minto, to sign the several Protests which have been tendered against the Bill of •Pains and Penalties. We should state, that, in the course of this conversation, the Lord Chancellor made a joke; (s imething about the gout, we believe, with refereno to Lord liollaud's illness,) but it was toe refined for vulgar understandings, though it produced a hearty laegh among the Noble Lords. The amendments of the Bill were then read over, and when the correction about the various places, hi which the monosyllable the was thrown out, was read, Lord ELLESBOHOI . 6II rose, he said, merely t) say one n ord. lie said that many Noble Lords had voted for the second !Tailing of the Bill under the impression that it should undergo material modifi cations ; and as the only alteration that he could dis cover was, that the word the had been thrown unt, those Noble Lords who bad voted under that impres sion, would now feel themselves obliged to vote against the third reading, having found all their hopes disappointed.—(Loud cheers.) Lord Cii*DRIID.S.LE rose, for the purpose of warning Nub'e I.ords against that most ex:raorilinary conduct. which they must hare observed. They bad heard a certain Noble Lord (alluding to Lord tirey.) declare, that his motive for voting for the Divorce Clause, was, fur the purpose of sinking the Bill. It was for Noble Lords to consult their consciences, wheth:•r they should lend their aid to such a trick and oraticeuvra. Lord OBEY rose, with the utmost indignation, is repel the tow, unjust, and malicious calumnies that had been levelled against him. lie thought that Noble Lord knew him too well to suspect he was capable of a trick and uraiissurre. He bad boldly expressed his opinion on that ground, and the motives that induced hiw to give that vote, and hr thought fair and open conduct of that kind was env ' Bed to any thing hut the appellation of a trick. Bat what should the !loose thiuk of that trick, which held oat hopes fur the purpose of getting votes, which they never realised. lie therefore repelled the foul charge with indignation 'lnd disdain, and he was almost induced to use a harsher expression. But he would now say of the thing itself, that nothing was more usual in parliamentary debates, than when an judicious measure was introduced to endeavour to dog it with other matter. But he had early in the coarse of these pro..eedings, eMiressini his °Pi . ition on the Divorce Clause. Fur he thought that if they degraded the Queen, it would be the met anomalous and extraordinary measure still to let 'lee remain the wife of the king. tie was pr - pared to argue the point, but that necessity was ob viated by the opinions atilt- Her. Prelates. The greatest ' litlicalty hr felt, was the coui se he should pursue, feeling is he conscieotiously did, that the charges against the Queen bad not been made out.-4Lond eheers.)—And those Noble Lords, who did him the honour of correct , ing hint on the subject, knew that he did Slot intellei PROTESTS AGAINST TM! SECOND D►: kDING or TINE •It.t. or PAINS AND a N AAA lES.—NUT. 6, I MVO. Dossxsvitsv, No. I. Recsti.e the Second Reeding of the Bill Is equivalent to a decision that adulterous intercourse (the only foundation on which the Bill can rest) has been satisfactorily pros ed. Becau-r that adulterous intercourse has been inferred, hut not proved; and in a doubtful case, in which the imputed guilt is not peeled. although innocence be nut established. the benefit of that doubt, conformably to the principles of British justire, must he given to the defendant. E.ses, first reason only, Hillsborough. first reason only, Kenyon, Orton!, Somerset. Selsey, Rosebery, Morley. first reason only, Leinster. Mansfield. Knniikillen. Richmond and Lenox, Jersey, tiro reason only, Carrick. Grafton, first rea son only, Anson. ditto, Darlington, ditto, Belhaven, ditto. DISSENTIENT. No. Because this proceeding, from its nature, cannot he assi milated to a common indictment, In which a conviction upon one count alone, out of many, is sufficient. And because, Although enough has been proved in evi dence to sntisfy us of the existence of guilt. )et as evidence on man) of the allegations has been laid wholly out of the case. we nre of opinion it is inexpedient to proceed further in this measure. Plymouth, D) never, Grantham, Denbigh. Clinton, second reason only, Gage. second reason. licheater. The following Peers have also protested against the Bill upon general grounds : Dtsn['.TlasT. No. 111. William Frederick, Lansdewn, Jersey. Gres•. Monolith, Fitzgibbon, Albemarle. Hamilton and Brandon. Humus, lllll,borttuelo, iVentuortio (Fitzwilliam.) Derby, Anse Yarborough, Sberborne. Cowper, Aedle)•, Kenyon, Carrick. Seise), Fole)„teden, Egremont, Torrington, Suffolk and Ilerk%, Loftus (Ely.) Morley, Granville, Richmond and Lennox, Redford, F'o►teseue, Darlington, Belhaven, Cal. Steep... Ellenborouglt, Grafton. Breadalbane, Auckland. Mornay (Down.) Mendip (Cilfden), Leinster. Hawke, Gosford, Romney. Reseberrv, Scott (Portland.) Thanet. Hood, Ashburton, lloward of . Ellagham, Al.anley, (' - von, Dundns, Coledon, Sunridge, Davie, King, Rossl)n. Deere. Grantham. TO CORRkZPOSDENTh._ _ ...... _ The communication of B— we consider of greet import •ner, and deserting of the utmost attention. We should like, however, previous to our giving it insertion. to have a personal interview with the writer on an early day, at Titr. Nrkrzsn Older, between eleven and three o'clock. r , : /