The National Register.
London, England, 1820-10-29 00:00:00

ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.

On Wednesday evening, a most numerous and re-
spectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of this Parish was
held at Cationbuty Tavern, for the purpose of voting an
Address of Congraiulation to her Majesty, on the de-
velopement and exposure of the presvut and flagitious
conspiracy against her fionour. Toe great room was
crowded to excess long bet Ore the commencement ol
the proceedincts, and a considerable portico' of the com-
pany consisted of elegantly dressed ladies. At seven
o'clock,
JOHN BENTLEY, Esc/.
of Highlmre, was unanimously called to the Chair. and
introduced ii,e subject to the considernmn of the meet-
Mg by congratulatiag the inhabitants of Islingua) on
their meeting to express their sentiments, on the con-
duct of a much iojured wonian.—(Applause.) He
would request their attention to one or too() remarks,
which he thought should be impressed on the minds of
the people at large. He then adverted to the conduct
of Lord Liverpool and the Lord Chancellor, the fortmq
of whom had listened to the disgus,ing details agatnst
the Queen, from individuals into whoie characters he
ought to have enqiiired before he entertained the charges
for a moment. Nt'lly had he not obtained his evidence
from Lord Guilford, Lady Lindsay, Dr. Holland, &c.
in preference to the base testimony of the Italian wit-
nesses? And, with respect to the Lord Chancellor, he
must have been disgusted surely, with touch of the
evidence which, in ordinary cases, he (Mr. Bentley)
seas persuaded would be kicked out of Court. The
worthy chairman, after animadverting on the mode ol
cross-examination of Lieut. Flinn, by the Solicitor-Ge-
neral, sat down amidst the applause of the company.
The-Rev. Mr. DRAPER, rose to move the first of the
series of resolutions. He adverted to the happiness the
nation felt many years ago on the man loge of the Prince
of ‘Vales into a Protestant Family, and the favourable
consequences anticipated from that event ; but there
were some who set a greater value on their own inclina-
tions than good advice. The conduct adopted towards
het Majesty, afforded ample proofs that plots had been
long laid against her honour and happiness. Recent
events had shewn that her enemies had " reckoned
without their host," when they imagined her Majesty
was to be bribed or terrified into an acquiescence in her
own dishonour. The terror they had attempted to strike
into the bosom of a defenceless woman had fallen on
themselves. The Rev. gentleman then expatiated in for-
cible language, on the means resorted to for obtaining
the notorious evidence, by which it had been attempted
. to prove her Majesty guilty, andlon the respectable testi-
mony by which she had been exonerated from every im-
propriety, and her perfect innocence established. The
Bitl of Pains and Penalties had been introduced because
there existed no law by which innocence could be con-
demned. The enemies of the Queen tell us, said he,
. that her cause is sinking, but it is sinking into our hearts
too deeply to be ever eradicated. The Rev. Gentleman,
Arlen moved the lost resolution, which was carried outs-
lIIMOUSIy.
Mr. lar.t.oen stated, that the motion he was about
to submit expressed an opinion that her Majesty's inno-
cence was completely established. The proofs brought
Ttint her had beets heard, and to what do they amount?
pr. rofs of condemnation against her enemies. For a
fortnight past they had been on their detente, and not
the Queen. It was impossible it should be. otherwise,
for wheu their case closed, they themselves were con-
elated of her Majesty's innocence. Such a collection
of wretches had been gravely brought forward to support
a tale of scandal, that if they had not seen it realized, it
would be deemed incredible, and if such events were
detailed its a drama, it would he inevitably damned, on
the ground that the author went beyond all human
probability. He then adverted to the manner in which
the nation had been demoralized by the circulation of
the evidence for weeks before her Majesty could contra-
dict it, and to the circumstance of the House of Lords,
unlit ig the incompatible characters of Grand Jurors,
Petty Jurors, Prosecutors, and Judges. After many
other remarks he expressed his conviction that the voice
of England would be heard, and that her Majesty's ene-
mies would not venture to encounter the hazard of pro-
nouncing her Majesty guilty. Tile evidence was
conclusive. and Ihrced them to believe her innocent,
and though her enemies might try to hide their conviction,
it would rookie in their bosoms and motile them like a
fiend.

Mr. LEM ON m•ved the next Resolution, ant: deceribed
the persecution her Majesty had experienced even before
her first arrival in this country, and her complete ac-
quittal from the char Jes which were investigated upon
ex parte evidence. He read his late Majesty's letter, in
which he wislicd the Princess Charlotte to remain under
her mother's iiii)tection, and itil'erred Loin that cir-
cumstance his Majesty's complete conviction of her
innocence.

111 r. TWIGG proposed the Ilesdution respecting the
Bill of Pains and Penalties, and expressed his belief that
Lord Liverpool himself, when the surmising up her
Majesty's defence and the triply v.iere condsuled, would
rise and more the Bill Le mad a second tittle this
day sixmonths ; even this, however, lt-wild not dimi-
nish the criminality of its first in:roduction.
Nlr. RICKTIR ObSerVrti, that the general prihciples
of the measure had been w fully exp•stiatrd on, that
little remained fur hint to say. He was of op that
the Alinisttrl,reicrred a Bill of and Penalties to
an indicimm: for high treason, because they knew the
enlightened intelligence of this country would never
have permitted the execution of the sentence—they
knew they could nut L; tit even the !louse of Lords u.
vote for it, aid that the law of the Lind tvoitld lint SI,-
putt thrill its it—they knew that ill lts:t cre they tint
have aft,:ded her Mijesty every facility which had, in
the present proceedings, been denied tier. They must
have gives' her every particular relating to the time,
place, at:d circumstance, of evrry diqinet charge. They
muss hate furnished her with a list of the witnetsys,