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London, England, 1820-12-28 00:00:00

flietwrat ristaient nalltliail an open ted the Adder
MeelFlrlioulWitts flrtith, would have apeelogieed ter in-
tendiog himself upon the :mei, of the m.e..!.eik, wee eit not
thpt an imperious sense of public linty rendered any apology e
drineriesaare. For Sense time past attempts lesel been made
to get up Adelremes, wbirfi,ender the saw lime u( loyalty,
vermin feet nothing better thaw libels upon the community
st•Lerge, more eapecially coersoleroig the rousnienteeiess snot
Rpm cher by which tlrey sere accompained, As to the Ad.
dress moved by the Honouroble Ilarotot„ it weield have
given hien moat onfeizio..l satisfaction It. have concurred.
it; hot, he was emery to eel, there were moue cape easions in
i from whirl, lee moat elmeent, Matt p4Vitflti3F4
boy the 'meth of the, gentleniao t.y ohoni it bad hero ae-
cnnileel. Taking that speech as • commentary ou Ika, spent
of the lee must cuter his determent-el protest og Mod
It. "Such en Adeliesses, ni such a time, iseght not to be writ
ao his hlopistO, k loin t terodertuti .p advice to Minietem sr.
Istlee to what should be t4ir faturreolieloct, sod reeteriem a I
protest eagaimet their late mesaurea ; aged paitimilaily it
ought In contain some alleviate to Ilt late proceeding,. is
Parliameset, which were so math to be dr precyrel, and
the imp/slice/ impropriety of which wag an re eai•
feat and tiodcniable, that even the %behove themselv. ;
regret', d baring engaged in them ; nor wag there an i
adherent of Govenemeen with whom he was Nopsain II 41
who did not sincerely eleprecnie awl lament thi. tin-
prudent step of the A ilminitiralion. And lac ews 111 hot
bat es,•.,ess his regret that though thesis were the feeliogii m f
individuals its regard to those mea•nres, they conld still
meet rellewtively to tire them their support. It hat was the
resin,, of this' Why there was an order from the Mmes. '
tem to their partisans at thig time, to NI re Adel of this
elereriptiou. He was entwine-eel that such Nleetio4a and
stole Addresses as the present were, in many raw., !aeon.
sestent wish their feelings; but there was an or4er for theut
from the higher Power., and it must be uheytol.—(Hegr.
&ear, and a larylt.)—The legitimate inference to he d.aan
from the term. of Oda Address was nut only that they ate.
move.' of the past conduct of the Administration, but that
titry t tints, whatever their (Ware conduct
night Ire—whatever measures they might afterwards adopt.
There was an allni.ion to a certain 'whit rt in the speech of
the gentleman who seconded the Aelitri s., at o hic.i he oat very
stench nee i.hed ; mei! her the re inn r Ming this mrrt into
nor the addles, whole hail been prop...red, involved at all she
ease of the Queen ; anti he submitted, that the disco...foe, of
that qui align was nut at present celled for. 'l'll et question
was now at an end, nod just and legal steps ought now to be
tekca in regard to her Majesty, and to give quiet to the mum.
try. The people required this, soil tins they ono.' rt. It
hail been maintained that it was only the lower orders—that
it was holy the rahlele who spoke that laaguage. This was
a most malicious and mischievou. miseviwesentatiuse, Il was
the middle mid respectable classes f the community who
now raised their voice, and it was 1 rider whirtl must, shvtatr
or later, be attended to. One of the many rause. of pre.
sent emantisfaeleery state or the country, were the sttempt%
made to alienate the Aristocracy Aron the lower order. 4.f
the people—to separate the interests of the hieher yid
lower classes of society • and Ire would say, that if elude
a system were peraisteei in—if the chasm was UtlGllttl.
oat( ly widened—the higher orders wool., at last be comp. ht.
erl to shrink foe shelter behind the shield of force•••••A pro.
tertian which would prove unavailinz, when the great lesedy
of the people were roused to make a waited ord. airanlia.
Peons movement of resistance..—ffinwerete cheering )--ahe
hypocritical cant of • few ariatoeeatei and mieli 111 l Admi•
tostration would never overpower or eves balmier the reins al
voice of the community -- flear.)--Me. Ferguson run.
eluded with propmeing au amendment to the Address winch
hail been read by the Hem. Baronet (Sir John Hope), which,
while it breathed the name spirit of snoilcritt ion, rootained
also sound advice, and which he trusted the mertiog
view as one of such a description, that every lover of his
country and friend to his Sovereign would adopt.—(fititr )
S.r A. M. Gluon seconded the armoolmeut.

Mr. 11. Yens spoke in favour of the amendment.
Mr. SAM PI STUART said, that he could net help observing,
that although three Gentlemeu had now spoken in favour of
the Address proposed by the Honourable. Baronet, hr hail
not heard any thing hut assertions from them, and kast of
all. ally statement of facia, or any argument on which they
were foundril. They had contented themselves with making
one remark, that if ever there was a period when the men.
hug should vote a Loyal Addles, in Ow Throne, the present
was the lime. They had out said why, and he therefore
proceeded to moire the speech of the Learned Gentleman
who had seconded the Address, and • iiri had founded its nerese
sity on assertions for which nu authority bad been adduced,
of flagitious attempts now made its she coisalry so excite
disaffection, and of the necessity of the interference of
such meetiop to protect the relicion of the CsllllltrY.
(Mar, heir, hear )—He should not rem at these assertuous,
herbage they apiw:tre.l to hint lobe a ci girl, (31(11/111km.. nos'
false libel, 1111 the people of Fruitland. nil( hr estireased to
observe that Ille Leallll.l Gentleman, so far from showiii7,
any ground for lilt •Issit tnetssx, sto ces stunt of dangerous or
secret mei lingo har.toz hiken place, hid aihnisted that smelt
meetings stele now 11191,111,11111111 lie had spot brought for-
ward even one Suliiary feet of his statement, au
that he really appeared 111 111111 511 larcv hisgisrif lige very in-
dividual alludc.l 511 by slar Romeo {AI
Mareti• .Bait, et est."
Did Mei' uc say 'twas fart,
ii feet it 15,
I%llproof Do valid as a word of his!

Lord Roott.Ve —lf this had been merely a question of
melt and measure , he wunld have br. n the lasi lu have is..
truilril on their notice ; but it was 1111111•SItiliie fur any inns-
'instal to be silent on the present uccasi .... whip hail a slat
retard to the netts of the country. He readily cuttenwal
in many pert* ur she Address, anti thuitcht it was wurdsil
with Vent irrnivrrauce and nsuileration. There wasoar tsars
of il, however, in which we were twirl that an attar* had bees
m tile on She Con►tituted Authorities of tile land. He knew
of ow such attack, except it was in isle within these walls.
An attack had berm mole on the just tiring mail inactive.
dean: of she Ear; every Atirucate was eio it led to defend Isis
client by eve(' lawful means in Ins power; stud if a just
and initoly exercise of this right was to 1w considered as a
dereliction of Isoi slimly to the State, tau ewell to all the
most valuable rights of citizens, and even to those rigida
which affeese.l life and property bear.)—But Ibis
is not ail; such ■n attack 11114111 the sacred right• of an
Advocaat implicated the tribunal b••fw:- which such
rwage rumplbluot of was nsrA. 'I lie Gentleman alienist
have rrunrishered, that if any libellous i.sogisace was used
by tbe Ciinusel at the Bar, the Judges present Oswald
bare interrupted him. But that lots languace was nut
Motions, tit their opinion, was central from Ibis, that nu
such interrupt was made. This :last slefresce he ronsi.
sierra slue to an absent and raiment:wit individual, and to
she itislependrstee of the English and Scotti►lu Bar
(Cgteert )—Thry were not here assembled to lance of the in-
nocence or guilt of the Quern, a mama who•h #l,lll brew St.
lately iliaraea.d us Parliament ; hal he could tint, with pro-
priety, after what hail been said by ass Han. B °net, pass by
it alioirther. In the opinion wins. had been •pressed of
the use adopted against the Queen, all ranks of the
community hail jusuvd, mid particularly the great citminee- •
vial body of England, and the setamdasy class • of trailers,
who were the depositories and shows of our wettish, and
from when. we had desired all our glory, im►epeadence, auul
wealth (hear); all that clam, in short, whip arced as Jury.
mess, and Ito whom we had to trust fur Ike administration of
tour civil rights,. lie was confidant teat dm pure and &UMW.
copied aduttulthatiun of justice was the glory of ibis mute