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g ~' THE LONDON JOURNALS. [DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS.] [Morning Post] The Party Chronicle is working, hard to procure A ddre! , :ses for the removal of Ministers and the advancement of its patrons to place and power. This old game is peculiarly appropriate at this new era; for surely a Monarch whose Queen is infamous-could nothave fitter servants than those whose toils and manoeuvres went to saddle him with an adulterous companion for life. The Court would then be of a piece, and the coup trail of the Government complete ;—a King forced - to endure a convicted harlot for his part ner, that female at the head of society; and those Ministers who palliated and defended her guilt, and 'who insulted and reviled their Sove rei,n, elevated to the high station of which they have thus proved themselves so worthy. 11re can picture them in our mind's eye, Lord Er skine, the ingrate to his friend and ,benefactor, Lord Chancellor, and Keeper of that Conscience which lie has so laboured to make the country believe consisted of an utter want of conscien— tious principle ; his task will therefore be light, and if not grown too old and faintish, he may dance - about the Woolsack as he did fourteen years ago. Earl Grosvenor, of course, Lord Pre sident of the Council, for which his respect for the Throne, moderation, consistency, and inte grity, so eminently qualify him. Lord Holland, Lord Privy Seal : his Stentorian shouts on the withdrawal of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, prove his eligibility to a quiet, private sort of office. Then comes the - sugar-tempered, amiable democrat-aristrocrat Earl Grey, First Lord of the 'Treasury and Premier ; rendered fourteen times more apt by his fourteen years banishment from the loaves and fishes. One of. that faction which could net oblige the good George the Third to violate his Coronation Oath, must be re commended to Etigland and to his Royal Master by his success in obliging George the Fourth to submit to a violation of his marriage bed. The -trimming crooked politics 'of Mr. Tierney will at least render the Chancellorship of the Exchequer -a place of finance and fi nesse, if not of respectability and trust—for none will trust here ! As no man has shewn himself a better judge of propriety in domes tic .affairs than Lord Fitzwilliam, we . may assign him the Home Secretaryship; while Lord King, who is so free from British feel ings,- might take the FOreign Portfolio ; and the gallant Marquess- of Lansdown, War ,and Colonies, so that he might wage .hostilities against Newcastle, and introduce a new mixed breed bet Ween the Italian and English -with a cross of the Syrian; into our population, whose manners should be as pure as 'those of her Majesty's suite on board the polacre, in the Holy Land;at the masquerades of Naples, and the snug dances at the Barona, or a la Mahomet- Dirnma. The principal responsible situations thus filled; Lord Hawke, for his name's sake, might have the Admiralty ; Lord Rosslyn, the Ordnance ; and FAse7c, Darnley, and Carnarvon, be provided for with the Board of Controul, the Mint, and the Board of Trade. - The independent Russells would attain their : object ; the Duke, their head, being Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; and the famous scribe and letter writer, Lord J ohn, his Chief Secretary. To, shew how. able able Lawyers are on either side, Mescrs. Brougham and Denman would figure as the King's Attor ney and Solicitor ; and among the little people . 'of the party, the Creeveys, Moores, Noels, Woods, might be Sub and Joint Treasurers (they 'would like, owing to certain circumstances, to finger the cash) ; the Humes and 'Vernons, Se cretaries ; and others, from their fitness, be put on his Majesty's own Establishment. Thus the bed-room visitant, Lord Llandaff, would be a caPitalL Lord of the Bed-chamber ; the Duke of -Argyll, Master of the Stag Hounds ; Lord Dacre, Groom of the Stole ; and Baron Bergami, Master of the Household. Thus the country would not only be blessed with all the Talents, but with all the Virtues, in authority ; and the disinterest ed, patriotic, beyond-the-Chronicle-vocabulary to-deseribe,• " upright band " of its Whiggery and Jacobin friends be rewarded for their noble struggle to protect our chaste and immaculate Queen ! ! [Morning Chronicle.] The defeat of Ministers cannot fail to have an effect on the deliberations at Troppau. The Members of the Holy Alliance were assured of the countenance of the English Government, and kii6v that so far from its interfering to frustrate any of their designs, with regard to Naples, it would render them every assistance short of sup plies of men or money. It would never enter into their contemplation that the immense re ssoprces at the disposal of Ministers could be em ployed in vain, and that with no other protection than the laws and people of England, the Queen would not only frustrate their designs against her, but cover them with ignominy and disgrace. These unexpected results must, therefore, till them with apprehension. They cannot look with confidence to a continuation in office of their favourite Ministry. • They have seen with what effect the people of . England have opposed the designs of that Ministry ; and knowing the ab horrence with which they are viewed in conse quence of these proceedings, they cannot be cer tain that the same public feeling which thwarted their designs, may not ultimately drive them froin their places. They know too that these Ministers .might be succeeded by men who con, ceive that England's true policy is to protect, and not to destroy the liberties of other nations, and consequently to resist the abominable pre tensions of the European Despots. It will there fore, we should suppose, require something more than the assurances.of. Lord Stewart to tranquil size them on this head. It - was-not to be expect ..d that the creatures and dependents of Govern ment would partake of the general joy of the peo ple of England on the acquittal,of the Queen. We, on the contrary, expected to see every thing that petty malice could suggest, put in practice to dis turb if possible that joy. We expected to see all the time-serving Priests in motion, all the host of stipendiary ... Policemen, from those of them who are called Magistrates down to their lowest runners. We liave not been disappointed. Bnt, proud of the victory which they have achieved, and intent on the great objects which still remain to be - achieved, the ,peciple will only deign to bestow a smile, of contempt on this silly and im potent malice. Who can well preserve his gra vity, when lie heais a Commissaire d Police, consequentially volunteering a lecture to such men as Lords Grey, Erskine, Holland, and Lausdown, and sapiently arraigning the decision of the great body of the enlightened people of England ? Some of our cOntemporaries axe quite indignant that ;the agistrates of the City should not have. imitatedjhe Police Magistracy, in causing a mi litary force to parade the streets every night. We thought this military mania had lately re ceived a check, and that we should recur to the good old practice of preserving the peace by a Civil force. But the evil is not, it seems, to be so eagerly cured. Nothing can be done without filling the streets . with soldiers on long tailed horses. When we contrast, however, the admir able Police of the City, with, the disorders which have always, prevailed irt the \Vest End of the Town, under the fashionable system, we are dis posed to hesitate before we condemn the usages of our ancestors,_ whiCh the Magistrates of the City have always adhered to. Long may they continue these usages, and prove to the world, that freemen 'do not require the aid of soldiers to preserve order among them. [New Times.] The rumours Of a prorocration of Parliament were • yesterday very coul9tly . renewed. It might not perhaps be unadvisabie to afford a short time for the popular effervescence to cool ; but we own that we think some means should be adopted, as soon as possible, to mark distinctly the sense entertained of the Queen's conduct by the House of Lords. The nation is now deluded with the false idea that the Peers have, in effect, pronounced her Majesty innocent.— Let the truth on this point be fully understood ; let Lord Ellenborough bring forward his threat ened motion for an Address to the -King, or let some other - adequate measure be adopted, which may leave the country at large in no doubt as to the real sense of the great body of the Peerage on a question so nearly affecting the national morals. The Morning Chronicle, we are somewhat surprised to see, is speculating on some changes in the Cabinet, without even hint ing at the introduction of the Whigs! This Is an extraordinary degree of modesty on the part of the official Whig Journal ; and we are inclined to hail it as a symptom of good sense both in the party and their journalist. It is true that the re spectable part of the nation is grieved and afflict ed-at the triumph which . the disaffected have had in the extraordinary termination of the late proceeding : and every one sees the instant necessity of adopting some energetic measures to save the Country from Revolution ; but the Whigs are certainly not those from whom the nation can reasonably expect so salutary an energy. It is manifest that in the late struggle the seditious Press has overpowered the wisdom of the Government and the dignity of the Peer age : kt has created a false public opinion; and to that opinion (founded, as they admit it to be, on delusion) certain Noble Lords have thought it necessary to bow. What is this but saying that the seditious Press has intimidated the Par liament, and haspro tank) usurped the Govern ment of the State ? The 'licentiousness of the Press—there is the giant evil ; but with this evil it would be childish to suppose the Whigs are either able or willing to cope. [British Press.] We have, a"thority to state that her Majesty has commanded her Vice-Chamberlains to write to Lord Liverpool, to demand a Palace and Esta blishment in every respect suitable to her rank, with a view to her future residence in this coun try. This statement will, we trust, close the mouths of those injurious simpletons who go about reporting that the Queen has no intention of fix in, her resid e nc e i n E ng l an d. For what purpose ed she, refuse the offer made to her by the Mi nisters of the Crown---splendid hi point of pecu niary and. other personal advantages—for what purpose did she expose . herself to the possible dangers and certain indignity of a public prose cution, if her Majesty contemplated an immediate removal to. the.Contincnt ? This would be indeed to be defeated ! for what greater triumph did the Ministers of -the Crown contemplate than to ba nish her from England ? They had no object of public advantage hi view in persecuting her Ma jesty; they did not hope, by doling out the im pure falsehoods„ the perjured obscenities of the abandoned Demont, and the ruffians Sacchi and . Itastelli, to. make the nation happier or better ; nor (lid they propose to obtain even personal re lief for their Sovereign by divorcing her a vinculo matrimonii. No ! their sole object avowedly was to remove the Queen to the Continent ; for this they would have. sacrificed money to any amount; and is it to be believed that her Majesty having undergone the utmost force of their power and malice, having encountered the dangers of the contest, and obtained the victory, would now throw away her laurels, - and leave the field of battle to the vanquished ? . It is, however, some what strange that her Majesty should be reduced to the necessity., under present circumstances, _of renewing her application to the Servants of the Crown that she should receive the honours due to tier rank. :Her Majesty has, we are assured, waited in daily expectation of learning from the Ministers of the Crown some -intimation of their intentions respecting her; but their High Mighti 7 sses, , the Members of the Cabinet, having hi therto endeavoured to oppress, her Majesty, think now to treat her with Contempt. Possibly they mean to adopt the Duke of Montrose's wise re solution, and will refuse to acknowledge her as Timm Queen! ! This would be perfectly consist - ent with the degree of wisdom they have hitherto displayed in their conduct towards her Majesty. Last nigh►'s Gazette did not contain the Pro clamation which many expected, for proroguitig Parliament until February next. It is probable, therefore, that Ministers will not depart in the present instance from the uniform practice of pro roguing Parliament by a Speech from the Throne, delivered either by his Majesty in person or by his Commissioners. We do not, however, sup pose, that time will be granted to either House to take the proceedings against the Queen into consideration ; this -would be somewhat too ha zardous an experiment on the part of the Minis ters, consequently , the moment of the re-assem bling of the two houses will also be the moment of their dismissal.—(ibid.) [Tice Times.] There is a circumstance, with respect to the late lamentable and disgraceful proceedings against the Queen, which probably led to the relinquishment of the Bill, and which was, there fore, own to Ministers, but of which no notice was taken by them, either in the course of the proceedings or at the conclusion. The truth is, that her Majesty was, by the usage of Parlia ment, and the analogy of reason in criminal cases, acquitted!!! It is true that a bare majority of one may serve to pass a bill in its several stages; but how severe to subject' the accused to any penalty on such a majority, when the unanimity of all the twelve jurors is required in the ordi nary Courts of Justice ! Hence it was enacted, that in criminal cases tried by the Peers of Great Britain, in the Court of Parliament, or the Court of the Lord High Steward, the major ty condemn ing should consist of twelve at the least. (See Foster, 247, and Kel, ; and Blackstone, 1 V. ch. 27.) The real evil, as Justice Foster says, 1 was, " that in the Court of the Lord 11 igh " Steward the Peer-triers were a select num " her, returned at the nomination of the High " Steward, and the prisoner was debarred the 44 benefit of challenge."—Disc. 1, ch. 3.) What interest the Crown has in the present Court of Peer-triers is but too obvious from another part, of our Journal; and the itght of challenge also was, as we think, most unjustly denied ; the servants,of the Crown trying the person, whom they, as servants of the Crown, accused ! " The " Act therefore (Mr. Justice Foster proceeds) " applied the proper remedy, for it enacted', " that, ' upon the trial of any Peer or Peereis " for treason or misprision, all the Peers shall be ." summoned 20 days before the trial, to appeir 44 at such trial,' " &c. &c. But still a majority of twelve was absolutely necessary for the con demnation. These are the words of Black stone :—" The trials of the Peers of Great Bri " th.in differ little in the method and regulation 44 of proceedings, except; &c. &c. and except that " the Peers need not all agree in their verdict; 44 but the greater number, consisting of Twelve 4C at the least, will conclude and bind the mi " nority."—To this notable conclusion, there fore, we are come at the last—that in spite of all the detestable means used to convict her Ma jesty, and to degrade her with the People of England, she has actually been, by law, acquit ted, as completely as any one of whom the J ury has said " Not Guilty." Whether Ministers were aware of this conclusion we are not certain ; but if they were, the affected relinquishment of the Bill was another of those disingenuous arts, most disgraceful to those who practised it, and even to the age and country in which we live. COUNTRY NEWS. YOItKSIIIILE. LEEDS.—The Board of the Society for Pro moting Christian Knowledge have made a gra tuitous grant of a copy of each of their Books, Tracts, &T., in order Co the formation of a lend ing Library for the use of the Congregation of Christ Church, in Bradford, on the • Petition of the Rev. W. Morgan, the Incumbent of that Church, sanctioned by his Grace the Lord Arch bishop of this province. A requisition to the Mayor of this Borough, requesting him to call a Meeting of the Inbabi. 7 tants, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Commons to reject the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the Queen, is now in a course of signature. A Meeting of the Inhabitants of York is to be held on Wed nesday, to take into consideration the distressed State of the Nation, and to petition the King to dismiss his Ministers. The Radicals of Leeds had a meeting on Mon day last, to celebrate Mr.lfunt's birth-day. The harmony of the meeting was interrupted by the presence of an obnoxious individual, who at tended for the purpose Of moving, that a sub scription should be raised, to defray the ex. Fences of mending the chaise in which their champion made his entry into Leeds, on his way to York, in March last. The gentleman was very unceremoniously pushed out of the room, without being allowed to state the objects of his attendance. A Caledonian Society is now forming in this Riding, for the purpose of promoting good fel lowship, friendly intercourse, and mutual acts of kindness amongst its members. A fund is to be established for the relief of the members, their widows, and children, in cases of distress. A meeting of those who are friendly to the Society will be held at the George inn, Huddersfield, on the 30th inst., for the purpose of constituting the Society, appointing officers for the ensuing year, and a committee to draw up a code of laws.—(Lceds intelligencer, Nov. 13.) KENT. MAIDSTONE. —The dinner to celebrate the election of John Wise, Esq. to the Chief Magis tracy of this town took place at the Star Hotel last week. At four o'clock upwards of 70 of the principal inhabitants sat down to an elegant re past—the Mayor in the Chair. The removal of the cloth was followed by several loyal and pa triotic toasts and sentiments, many of which were drank with genuine spirit and feeling. Ag i t them we remarked those Our Royal Sa: , reign, the King."—" Tho Royal FamilY. " Duke of Wellington and Army."—" Melville and Navy."—" The Earl of Liven)°, and the present Administration, and may i.. h e exertions to save our Country from Anarchy a n ti Rebellion meet with the unanimous supPa t° e every loyal subject."—" The Most Noble t" i, „ Marquess of Camden, our loyal and patri e ' Lord Lieutenant for the County."—" May ev e l loyal subject that regards the honour and wel far o of his Country support our glorious Constita tin e in Church and State."—" The Members for th County."-.--" The Members for the Town, and map they always maintain the same independent primv ciples as seated them iu Parliament."—" r r° „ s t i perity to the town and trade of Maidstone, 3P A , may its inhabitants long continue to live in frie li ",, ship and unanimity."—" The Earl of Romal . " Sir John Browne and the Officers of the P e pUt."—" The Lord Chancellor."—May the ti n : happy differences that unfortunately exist ano n ' the Royal Family be for ever buried in oblivion' for the general welfare of our glorious Consti t r, tion."—The harmony of the evening was grea til enhanced by Messrs. Slomau and Smollett, P r ' e t fessional singers, who sang several excelle ° t songs ; and the pleasure of the company was '! ° 1( a little heightened by the urbanity and 0) 0 A ', of the Chairman.—The party did not bre u l ` till a late hour.—plaidstone Journal, Nov. 134 SCOTLAND. ExEcuTrox.—(GLAsoow, Nov. 9.)—On W' nesday, pursuant to their sentence at the Circuit Court, Daniel Grant, Peter Crosbie,k t Connor, and Thomas 3.l‘Colgan, suffered the h p sentence of the law. At five minutes to O vt o'clock, the Magistrates entered the Hall. Gr% walked in with a firm step, and was decently dre , sed in black, with weepers. Ile was modest O A good-looking. After the devotions were finisbe7 ; the other three prisoners were brought tended by' the Catholic Clergyman here, 1 1. Scott. That Rev. Gentleman addressed 1 . 7, t Magistrates and the other authorities on the Pr - e of Crosbie, Connor, 'and M'Colgan, expre o , of their sense of their uncommon kindne s 4 t and attention, while they expressed the great,er, contrition for their improper behaviour ( 111 4 log their trial, and trusted that they g":"''' experience that forgiveness of man they 1 1 5 ed from God. Mr. Marshall said a few yr . ° x , for Grant. The scene then became st°_,A ing. Grant addressed the Court, and svla he hoped that the melancholy scene WO li ., have a proper effect in turning many who '° -it re nessod it from the evil of their ways ; they. w e l a young men, very young men, but they were ° 1 sinners ; that punishment, the anger of Cr i / % ; had at last found them out, as it would so° Pe o f or later all those who continued ie the vf3l ill-doing. Connor also said a few words f , the same import. He seemed very much fected, and sufficie - ntly impressed with his tuation. M'Colgau was much in the same ' 01; ;, as during his trial, a quiet inoffensive-like P e a son ; but the natural ferocity of Crosbie seci °e a unabated. They mounted the scaffold, two ° l ig two, with firmness. While there the only ip ferent person was Crosbie; l ie l oo ked w ith tie seemly curiosity to the fixin g of th e rope regi7i his neighbour's neck.—They were throwo,_ u ; at fifteen minutes past three o'clock, and WI forty minutes. The three Irish lads struggl', most horribly ; Grant died almost immediate i r Last night, the body of Grant was removed WI the gaol at six o'clock, the bodies of the gtb e i 3 criminals were waked in their cells by a ro n group till 12 o'clock; when they were dismiss' by some persons who had authority with the 4j f and after the usual. tra , !sactions at such meetios.' the bodies were deposited at the Gorbals' WI; ing-ground. A dispute took place here, and Ot t e the bodies had been put in the grave, they ge r ' taken out and put in a different order ; but, t r, tunately from respect for their country, the 4 :: putants did not come to blows. There nearly 200 present, most of them ' well rat" ith whiskey." COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Nov. 14. Amato dam •••• 12 6 C. r" Ditto, at Sight .. 12 3 Rotterdam l2 7 Antwerp l2 8 .. CO Hamburgh • 37 6 - - A ~, Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 70 0 F, ° ' Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto ne Frankfort On the Patin • .... 154 i I,:t.Mo_ f 0 Madrid Cadiz Bilboa . Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 14 —Venice, Ital. Lir. 27 0 Malta 45 —Naples Sty . . ~.. Palermo Lisbon Oporto - itio Janeiro Dublin e i. T. Cork 61 per Cent. Portugal Gold, in Coin BULLION. .0 0 0 Fer o Foreign Gold, in. Bars 3 17 10/ Ncw Doubloons .. Nov Dollars Silver in .Bars, Standard 0 4 • BIRTH. fv At Freefolli, Hants, the Lady of John Portal, Es4•P SOM. MARRIED. e r Yesterday, /it Islin;ton church, the Rev. Henry Grac e Sp to ling, Rector of l'apworth St. Agnes, near Huntingd`V:' c i , Mary. eldest daughter of Joseph Wilson,Esq., of High' hill, Middlesex. DIED. fi t On Wednesday, the Bth inst., at Cheltenham, alet' Fleming. Esq., Captain of his Majesty's 9th regiment of blt b Yesterday. at Mr. Cunningham's, Essex-street, St.-and, Ann Lonsthile, in the 71st year of her age. LONDON: PriAte4l hy J. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 9 9, i v. 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