The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-10-05 00:00:00

k attack that which was a fele-A-sr in itself. This cir cumstance alone. he snbmitted, rendered her unworthy of credit. The Learned bentletnen then referred to the panegyric of-her Maker in one of Dertiont's letters, ord comparing it with Mr. Canals 's aelogium in which Fr said, " she was the gram the life. and the ornament of society." observed. be hoped that it would be considered one enemilitim was u sincere as the other, and that it Lot be !bought the panegyric ttt the chambermaid Derront, had any more in its character of mental reser s than that of her more accomplished companion in raise After several other observations of r gowns! nature, the Learned Gentleman referred to the chal lenge thrown out by the other side, to the Queen's Counsel, relative to the calling of Louis ltergami, and several of the persons mentioned in the evidence. Why, then, had not the King's Counsel called Dr. Hol land. Lady Forbes, Lady Campbell, and the other per sons mentioned in the same evidence, echo fright have confirmed that evidence if it were true: 1 be Learned tioinsel dwelt upon the impropriety of the Solicitor-GeneraVs saying, that the remainder of the tarnilv of the Princess should be called by them to deny sy',at • the witnesses bad If liergami should be called, whether he was criminal or not, their Lordships well knew what description of answers must be expected if- ow him, upon a subject which involved his own t •iininality. There was little analogy between the nature of the proceedings, and the common law of the lard ; but in the analogy which did exist, there was nothing which had the slightest bearing in favour of ti e Queen. There was nothing in her favour, except the enlightened wisdom of their Lordships. It still re mained with him to prove, that the charges were false; and though lie protested against the challenge which had been thrown out , yet it should be met, and he would vs/duce the witnesses to disprove that to which the others had falsely sworn. Hr begged to be distinctly understood in what he was about to Jo. lie and his Learned Friends were tutu in the same situation as his Learned Friends. They hail for three years been per fecting their evidence; they had an equitaGle commission, a legal commission, a military commission ; they had ex amined their witnesses on oath and without oath, in Italy, and by the way, and after their arrival in this conlitry. The Earl of LAUDERDALI rose, and observed, that as the Counsel was proceeding on a new topic, and as the time for rising drew near, it might be advisable to. adjourn before he proceeded further. fhe House then adjourned to to-morrow (this day). THS QUER.V. The Pancras Address was presented on Tuesday ; there were 103 carriages in the procession, with a fall band of music, and three trumpeters; 90 of these were barosches with four horses, two-thirds of which (holding six each) were filled with ladies elegantly dressed, and in the first respectability in the middle ranks of society. The rest were private carriages: tod to 60 horsemen (volunteers) headed the procession; and others disposed themselves on each side, and In th roue, to preserve order and regularity. a he procession was accompanied throughout with a large proportion of male and finisle inhabitants, who c:owded the road on both sides ; and the crowd, in returning, increased as the carriages approached the rtrish. In returning, the music-waggons and car riages proceeded through Hide-park, and down Ox -I,rd-sum. When it reached Tottenham-court-road there could not be leas than 10,000 voices engaged in one universal hulas, which continued with little inter miision along the whole of Tottenham-court, Ste. to the Sourhainpton•aruss, in Camden -town, where an elegant dinner had been provided for by the committee sad their friends, who spent an evening full of har mony, under a consciousness of having discharged an imperative duty to the laws, liberties, and morality, of the people of this once happy country. Major Cartwright, the chairman of the meeting on the 21st, was dressed in the uniform of a Captain of the British navy, and was incited by her Majesty to dinner ; Mr. Alderman Wo o l, Peter Moore, Esq., and fir Berard Noel, were also present. The Major dined with the Queen accordingly, highly tattered with this mark of her Majesty's condsscension, not only to the vent able Major himself, but also to the parishioners of St. Pancras. _ _ Her alAjesty's Answer to the Address from the Pa rishioners of St. Pancras. " I accept, with unfeigned satisfaction, this loyal and affectionate Address from the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Pancras anti its vicinity. " I feel that my interest is completely identified with that of the people ; and that there is a reciprocity both in our friendships and our enmities. Those who are la houring leo pollute my honour, are, in the same act. t anishing the national glory, in its judicial character, Those who are solicitous to deprive sae of my dignities, hive ever shown themselves ready to embrace any oppor tunity of stripping the nation of its rights. Those who are eager to degrade the Queen, leave never manifested any repugnance in abridging the Liberties of the People. Where any country is governed by a Faction, it must be governed more for the benefit of a few, than fur the interests of all. Under the Government of a Faction, the common good is a prey to the rapacity of individuals, The Vulture and the Cormorant penetrate into the Treasury, where patriotic disinterestedness ought to preside ; and into the sanctuary where gentle piety ought to dwell. " Under a just and beneficent Government, neither nor evil is partially dispensed : there is an equal n o t d ribution of benefits, and a • 'lady equal participa tion of borthens or calansities : there es nothing exclu sire!-•;-The blessings of a wise Administration are ins partially scattered, as the dew of Heaven Is equally dif fused. " A Bill of Pains and Penalties is so unconstitutional in its principle, so tyrannical in its nature, and so unjust in its operations, that I trust the present is the last at tempt of the kind that will be made on the Liberties of Englishmen. 111 should he the means of putting art rail for ever to such an arbitrary exertion of Legislative power, and such an illegal invasion of individual right, I shall• not have lived in vain." To the inhabitants of the City of Bristol her Majes ty returned the following answer : " I am deeply indebted to the householders and Inha bitants of the city of Bristol for this loyal and affection ate Address. " I coo ld not suppose that the citisens of this great seat of commerce would contemplate with indifference the insults that have been offered to the Queen, or could regard with apathy her accumulated sufferings and re peated persecutions. " I presume not to blame the ways of Providence, to doubt the wisdom or I. question the good ness of any of his decrees. The great attribute Deity is love ; I'll4lllms ken is more than parental to the whole race of man. " The 'revered Mil to which the human been can bo ms tim premature death at than we love. At at,thke shack maw& the uaderstaadlags ~. _ THE STATESMAN. it psesirses all the powers. The scene eretto4l vs Is tie softie, sal Hope for a moment vanishes frame air view. att iss skirt time, lieht, though at first faint, springs; op in the darkness of the soot!. Tie. tears of edit-thin , become mingled with feelings of resignation. The Ito ticipation of some future recognition elevates the tbougkts while it cheers the Lear:. '• I hive suffered one 3et of injostice, and one attack of perscention, after another, in a continued series, fur a great number of years ; hnt they have at length reachrol their maximum of iniquity and oppression. lint I che rish tin rancour, and I supplicate no vengeance. The people of England are both erIICTOII.I and just. I can safely trust them with the vindication of my rights, and' the reparation of my injuries." The following is the answer to the Female Ad. dress : " The married females of Bristol will accept my cor dial thanks fur this kind tribute of their regard. " Toe afflictions of persons in high stations commonly excite more intensity of the sympathetic feeling than the calamities of other Milk islitals in ordinary life. 'flue itleerNities of Sovereigns are the interesting theme of dramatic representation. If a deserted Queen be dnly a deserted wamati, Vet her desertion is necessarily scrom• panics! %Oil) associated circumstances that powerfully act upon the strings of human tenderness. " In refusing to barter my honour fur a bribe, I am happy to find that I am thought to have vindicated the honour of soy own sex. The general character of our sey is essentially injured by flagrant instances' depravity and the depravity of a Queeh;'us far as vicious example is apt to corrupt, will pruelosee Mis chief in a wider circle than the depravity of a woman in more sequestered life. Hut if slur proof of rosy depravity would have had such a viciating affect, I hope the es tablishmsnt of my innocence will tend to aid the inter ests of female virtue, as it will show that rectitude may be preserved in the ' Ist of the most difticalt circum stances, the most alluring opportunities, and the must dangerous temptations." The following is the Answer to the Abergatenny Address !-- " I Lave been much gratifierl by the loyal and affec tionate Atitirean from the inhabitants of the town and parish of Abergavenny, in the county of Monmouth.— The ways of Providence are inscrutable ; and the means which the Deity employs for the accomplishment of his gracious purposes often appear to have no relation to the effects u Lich they are designed to produce. or to the cods in which they are to terminate. Hence the oh scuration of hope is often the precursor of joy ; and, to a calm observer, the bright expectancies of bliss often sparkle in the tears of affliction. "My adv . ies have been SU imbecile, either in intel lect or in malice, that their own evidence has refitted their own charges, and become the testimony of my in nocence. " The whole nation appears to have felt the omission of my name in the Liturgy as a Species of sacrilege; and certainly no sacrilege is so detestable as that which in vades the charity of the sanctuary. To carry the ran cour of the heart into the temple of Jehovah is a species of impiety, for which it would he difficult to find an epithet sufficiently expressive of the horror it excites, or the disapprobation whirl, it night to experience: that act has, more than any thing else, characterized the temper of my adversaries. My son! grieve% to think that such an unchriatiati proceeding should ever receive the sanction oldie hi by. To the Inhabitants of Newcastle-tinder-Lyme, her Majesty returned the following answer:— " I have much satisfaction in receiving this loyal and affectionate Address from the Inhabitants of Newcastle tinder-Lyme, in the county of Stafford. " It gives inc singular pleasure to find that My nu merous persecuti.ms have so powerfully interested the sympathies of the people of this ancient town and its industrions neighbourhood. " I have long admired the vases and other works of ancient Etruria; but, as the Queen-Consort of England, I am delighted to think that the groins of Etruria has been rivalled in the potteries of Sta ff ordshire. A new Etrnria has arisen in the immediate vicinity of New castle-under-Lyme. The instrired taste, the designing p o wer, the exquisite discrimination of all that is beauti ful in form, chaste in ornament, or itiatrortive in em blematic representation that distinguished the most in genious people in ancient Italy, appears to have been revived in the productions of that intelligent district in which Newcastle-tinder-Lyme is situated. In the works of ancient Etroria beauty seems to revel in every variety of captivating fi gure; and if there ever was any one people who, more than another, had an instinctive feel. ing of the beantiful in design, and who knew bow to breathe that beauty even into the most common articles of domestic use, it was the artists of Etruria. Their works remain to attest the skill of those sensitive hands that have so long mouldered into dust; but if the con scious spirit of genius survive the dissolution of the mortal frame, and that spirit could be brought into the locality of modern Etruria, the most distinguished of those departed artists would instantly exclaim that the works of his contemporaries have been equalled in beauty of form, and surpassed in variety of usefulness, by the genius of the British manufacturer. " As the genius that was mice so active in Etruria. I. Athena, and in Rome, perished in proportion as the people became slaves, so I feel it a stirred duty to ad monish not only the people of Staffordshire but the people of every province in the United Kingdom, that nothing which is great in talent, exquisite in skill, rich in invention, elevated in sentiment, or profound in re &Mon, can lung survive the loss of liberty. It is li berty that gives ns these, and snore than these. It gives us all that makes life worth having, anti without which the sririt of Hampden, of Russell, and of Sydney , thought death preferable to life." ~ The following is her Majesty's Answer to the Inha bitants of the Borough of V : " I am much obliged by this frank and affectionate address from the inhabitants of the borough of Calnei,;id the county of Witt.. The language of slates isil i pkit seating adulation ; that of freemen (night to partekitpt. the simple and ingenuous character of that liberty wlucb is always favourable to sincerity. . " I am well aware that the present attempt to el */ my degradation has produced discussions and disarm* ated opinions that must ultimately degrade the charaet r, and so far endanger the existence of the monarchy. p friend to monarchial institutions would ever wish to m the personal infirmities of the Sovereign the topic common discussion in every circle of society. and among all claws of the community. " Kings and Queens are but like other men aildi women. They rise into life, and they moulder into d like the rest of their species. But because long once has found peat usefulness in the offset, the* not merely of the vain and the thoughtless, but even. , the reflecting and the wise, has maimed it with a , pity that has contributed to make it 'erred ids the A awe of mankind. Hence it has always been thong tight to throw a veil over the infirmities of Spey= My adversaries, who all their lives have been 'mollies and levellers, are the first ministers who hese attempted to draw that veil aside, tied to expo** the !s -leeker deformities of Royalty to the ptablic gave. la ,their vain but furious &emit upon my honour and epos my rights, they have compelled the people to Leek e s . 11l other ide, aed to contrast my conduct with that my illastrioss sivsnary. . , . • :.. . C.ITHOI,IC MEETING TO ADDRSSS TIM Q(•RRY•. Yesterday evening there was a meeting of the Ca tholics hrld in the Crown and Anchor, Strand, for the purpose of considering an Address to the Queen. At halt past six o'clock the Bev. Mt HARD HATES was called to the Chair. Ile began by silting his opiniou, that this was a glorious slay for the Catholics of Eng land ; it was a day in which their principles would be vindicated on the ground of loyalty itself, as they bail now stepped forward in behalf ut an injured, persecuted female—a female whose life bad been conspired against in 1*.16, anal whose brother and father had fallen in the, field of battle. The Catholics of England knew how to feel for her situation. Like her they had laboured under unistesited sufferings and persecution, and they therefore knew well how duly to sympathise with her. As Catholics, the persons present were peculiarly called upon to express their opinion, in conformity with their religious principle. The Italian wit , it was said, were unworthy of belief, because they were Roman Catholica. and were therefore at liberty to swear any thing. The whole Catholic Body were thus calumniated on account of these infamous witnesses. The re li g ions opinions of the Catholics repelled such charges. That Body scorned to have it said, that persons so base as , these Italians belonged to their society. From a perso nal residence in Italy, he knew well whence such im pure witn were brought. He had heard so much in Rome about the Queen, as to convince him that all' the charges against her were of English growth, and had been transplanted to Milan, whence they had at last been brought to the heantiful soil of Cotton-garden, jhere to be under the care of that ministerial gardener the Attorney-General. Pollntesl then, as such char.sc ters were, it was too had to charge the whole Catholic Body as corrupt and base. Such a charge only required to be mentioned to be refuted. In treating of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, the prir.oipal topic upon which he expatiated was the sacredness of the marriage tie, which was, he observed, in the Itoinish church, a sacra mental obligation; and made it therefore the snore in cumbent upon those who were of that persuasion now to come forward and Pr otest against measures so de structive of its sacr edand important character. Ile proceeded, by a number of precedents, most aptly de doted from all sacred and profane history, to show what had ever been the fatal consequences of its infractions to both prince and people ; and concluded, amidst general applause, his most able and impressive observations, which our limits will not permit us to report. Mr. dhows came forward to move a series of Resolu tion.. Ile had hut little to add, he said, after the able statement they had just heard from the Chairman. It had been objected, that the present was an improper time for holding such a Meeting as the present. From that opinion he totally dissented, because he thought it was their duty to come forward peculiarly now to fa vour of a persecuted female. He concluded, amidst much applause, by proposing the Resolutions. Mr. P - LIMAGAN said, he was happy to see the Roman Catliol'es of his country come forward in support of the once forlorn and unprotected woman, now the Queen, and the Queen of the People; and whose conduct, tin der the most trying circumstances, would be handed down to the latest posterity, and brighten the page of British Ilistory—shouts of applanse)—that Queen Who Was early deprived of the joys of a matri monial life, which sweetens the bitter paths of life. —(Cheers).—The Bishops of England are arrayed against her. The Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland illumi nate the altar with the prayers of the people for the Queen.—(Repeated cheers). A mistake has gone abroad with respect to that body of people, said Mr. F., but let me tell you, that if the King were in danger, or the con stitution i• danger, or the laws of the country trampled npon, in the Catholics of Ireland would be found hearts of oak, and they would come forward with their lives, for the protection of all.—(Cheers). —The King I will not abuse, nor will I vilify the Ministers, but I shall ever be found at my post, following the dictates of my conscience only, and the recti tude of toy disposition. You ta lk . of refocus in England, which is impractible until you check this wickedness of the human heart, and modify the profli gacy ofour nsture.—(llraro.) I attend in London on the cause of ref arm ; in Ireland so far as relates to the Boroughs. I see nut toe much, but what I require is reasonable, and I have no doubt of success; but whether I succeed or not, when I return to my country I will carry with me the consolation of having done my ditty, and my coontrvielen will believe it. (Lond acclamations.) After I speeches frosts Mr. Roach, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. C , the Resolutions were put and agreed to unanimously, aa was also an Address to her Majesty. Thanks being voted to the Chairman, the Meeting, which was respectably and numerously atteuded, nes adjourned. The following' sre copier of the letters read by Mr. Brontrham yesterday, near the clone of his Address The first is his late 31ajesq's to the Princess of Wales. - - " Winfloor Castle, Nov. 13, Mt " My DIARVIT 11AUDDTIBR•IN•LAW AND NIUE, " Yesterday, I and tbr rest of my family hail an inter view with the Prince of Wales at Kew : care was taken on all sides to avoid all subjects of altercation, or ex plination ; consequently the conversation was neither instructive nor entertaining ; hut it I the Prince of Wales in a situation to show whether his desire to return to his family is only verbal or real, which time alone ran show. I am not idle in my emlesvours to make inquiries that may enable me to communicate some plan for the advantage of the dear child. You and I with so much reason must interest ourselves; and its effecting my having the happiness of living with you, is no small in centive to my forming some idea on tie subject, but rou ntsy depend * upon their not bring decided upon wittiest your thorough and cordial concurrence; for your authe n y as mother it is my object to support. "-Relieve me at all Motet, "My dearest daughter-in law and niece. " tour most affectionate father-in-law and uncle. " GEORGE R." The subsequent letter is from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the Prlncess : " Windsor Castle, April 30, 1796. ' Madam.—As Lord Cholniondeley informs me, that you wish I would define in writing, the terms upon which we are to live, I shall endeavour to explain my self upon that head with as much clearness and with as much propriety as the nature of the subject will admit. Our inclinations are not in oar power, nor shouldeither of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has sot Bade us suitable to each other. Tranquil and com fortable society is, however, in our power; let our in tertwine, therefore, be restricted to that, and I will dia. Of subscribe to the coalition which you required titrespb Lady Chelniendely, that even le the event of nay occident liappesing to my daughter, which I trust irerWeate in its mercy will avert. I shall sot infringe $ll. Won et the restriction, by proposing at any period. r of a more particular nature. I shall now *Mb Ms disagreeable eorresposdesee. trusting. Abo .l4 lrl 4 :we sett essusplmely explained ourselves to'esch 'ethee t the rest et our Kees will be mewl la esiater visaed tranneillity. : -.. •,%• • I # fin, Wlam, yelps great truth, mg =gr i t isee l (Sig ) - • . LONDON: THURSDAT [YINING. OCTOPER S. 18t0. THE QUEEN. 110VSE OP T.ORDS.—(Tnis llorwcc.) (In our paper of Tuesday, we observed upon the gr.-t inconvenience to which the gentlemen of our establishmrr•. in common with the other Reporters were exposed. from the admission of an extraordinary number of strangers be low the Bar. We feel pleasure la now stating, that upon a representation of the inconveniehee to Sir nouns T)wrltitt, he. with a politeness for which he is known to be distinguished. removed the annoance as mach as was within his power. To the general attention of the gentle men in attendance on the House, we Imre also to make our acknowledgements.] At ten o'clock prayers were read as usual, and the Peer' called over. the exentors were %cry few; and the defaulters were the Earls of Oxford, t hichester, and the Duke of Argyll. On the motion being put by the Loon CHANCELLOR that the Counsel should be called in Lord lloLLasin rose.—He assured the House that nothing but she importance of the subject upon which he was about to touch could have induced him to brea': in upon the very important business now before the Monte; hut when he informed their Lordships that the subject he was about to introduce referred to the latecon tinental revolutions and to the present warlike prepara tions of Austria, he was sore the House would - favour him with their attention—(Hear, hear.)—lt was now matter of perfect notoriety, for it was mentioned and uncontrailicted in every journal of Europe, that warlike preparations of a most extensive nature were carrying on in Austria, and it was also avowed that the objects against whom these preparations were intended were the people of the Kingdom of Naples.--(Hear, bear.) It was as evident to every man of ordinary understanding, from the tone of the official correspondence which had passed between the t ontinental putvers, that there was a species of concert, an understanding, or something in the shape of a pledge, that they would support the arum of Austria against the Neapolitan people. Itevolmions had been brought about on the continent, 'thief' must animate every liberal bosom with feelings of the highest satisfaction.—(Cheers from the Opposition Benches.) It was, he assured the House, with no feelings of hosti. lity towards his Majesty's Ministers that be btonght the pre•-•nt subject under the consideration of the House at the present moment. But the business had assumed a most serious aspect, and he felt it to be his duty to put some questions to his Majesty's Ministers. n bids he trusted, nay, lie could not doubt, they would answer with honunr to themselves, and satisfaction to the people.-(Hear.) It was necessary. it was iudispensible, that his Majesty's subjects should be in possessioa of the sentiments of their rulers on this most important point. The revolutions in question had, not only in this his slew, but in that of a large majority of the jibe ral part of the country. been attended with the greatest advantages; and it was desirable to be Wormed whether his Majesty's Ministers intended to oppose the principles upon whirls these revolutions were accomplished (hear, bear.) The question which he should put to the Noble Lord opposite, he trusted, would be answered, not gene. rally and indefinitely, but clearly. distinctly, and de cidedly. so that the people of fratgland might under stand what were the views and what the inieutiou of Ministers upon a subject which notwithstan'iag the vast importance of the present !proceedings had derided the attention of all. After begging to assure his Majesty's Ministers that the questions he was about to put were not called for by any spirit of hostility, hut in the pure discharge of his parliamentary duty, be proceeded to itiquire,fiirst, whether the Austrian Homo ment had officially communicated to his Majesty's Mi nisters the object of the present warlike preparations of Austria ; and if they had, whether they had solicited any countenance or assistance, peconiary or otherwise for the promotion of that object? And, secondly, what was the answer which the Ministers of his Majesty had given to that solicitation? Lord I.lvrarnot, said, that withoat any intention of giving up the tight which this government undoubtedly possessed of interfering, under particular cireunistaoces, with the internal affairs of other countries, he had no difficulty in stating to the Noble Lord that there was not the least intention of interfering in the affairs of any of the states of Italy. The tiovernment of this kingdom hail entered into no engagement whatever, of any description for such a purpose • at the same time he wished it to he distinctly understood,that he did not mean to fetter this Hovernment, by giving np a 'test which it certainly possesses. There were possible circumstances under which its interference with foreign powers, would be justifiable and necessary. At present he bad eo dif fieultv in distinctly stating. that it was not the policy of this bovernment to interfere with the internal affairs of any other country whatever,--(Hear, hear, heir!) Lord HOLLAND wished to enderstaod whether the eT• biting situation of Naples would come under that cit• emmatantial liability to which the Noble Earl bad al toiled ? Lord livititrooL said that the respectable Gentleman who hail been his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Naples, still continued in that city. But he had no difficulty in stating that no fresh letters of credence bad been given to that Minister for the new llovernusent. There was neither any intention or desire to alter the amicable relations which subsisted between the two countries. Yet, it was not thought experlieut at present to issue any fresh credentials to the new tierces anent. After a few words from Lord Holland which we could not distinctly hear, Lord Liverpool proceeded.-' did not mean to say that it would be the molar Cowie. under any cirenmstances of a change in the Hesse of a liovernment, to send new letters of credence. Bet its this case, the appointment of the Vicar (tree* Wei constituted the necessity; and lie bad no dlikeity in saying that the state of the country was Sikh al present. that no letters of credence had boss oe ask be give,. neither had any bees received in this teensy from the Neapolitan gerersisest. 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