The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-07-01 00:00:00

CORONATION PENsES.

The CIItICPLLOR of the Excuitatt;ncu;e notice, that
Oil Monday next, to the Committee of litspply, hr would
propos... u Krsolation for the scitletntut of the accounts of
the rxpeure of Ih. Curonat !on, the estimates of u tot la
would then be

Ihe odor,. Oldrre ul the ply were Own tend, mild tl.e
ailpieruell at 1110 O'CLOCK until Monday uent.

C0.11.1101b 114 LL.

TUE QUEEN.

Yesterdliv the Livery stint in Common 11411, nor.
viimpt to Requisition, -for the ptirppive of c in•l
dering of on humble slid dutiful Address to be
presented .o the Queen, for the purpose of offerim;
the congiatulutions of the Livery on Alsjesty's
secesi&iini to the Thro:ie and her tumid 111 tuts
1:DUI/try:
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The LORD MAYOR said, that he hail been
ii -
dured to convene the Ilan iu consequence of the
numerous and respectable signatures to the reqUlbl
lioo, whirl, was !lieu read.
Mr. eiltngox then came forward and said, that
had the quest for the coos derarion of which they
had 1155e1111614.11 been one which was likely to pro.
duce n strong sensation of political opposition.
such as was out unfrequently witnessed in that
11111, or if it were a matter of &Mosby to decide
on the merits of it, as to which was the best or
worst view of it, lie, as a stranger, and one very
recently admitted to their Corporation, would have
felt it to be his duly to abstain from addressing
them altogether. But the object of their meetiug
Was one which could not fail to unite the opinions of
both parties in one cordial decision. Upon the
question before the Hall, he would appeal to the
I most loyal, those who were in the habit of proffer..
Mg their lives and fortunes ill support of the existing
Goweriiineor, and require their assistance to preserve
the honour and d gritty of the reig g family. He
would appeal to those who, more earnestly than their
fellows, sought to advance the cause of religion, to
aid iii preserving its character and influence from.
perversion. Ile would appeal on behalf of the
throne and the altar, to those who professed a pe-
culiar regard for the constitution, to support the
first principles of justice and the liberties of that
constitution. It was a maxim in morals that the
troth needed no defence. It was a maxim of firt-
tish justice that the guilty should not be considered
guilty until proved so to be. lie asked then for
their support to the propositions which lie hail ru
submit to them, and lie hoped that they woolif
lend their most pits el fat aid to crinti rot and en-
force that declaration of a great statesman, that
4, what to morally wrong can never be polio-
cony right." lie would first of all call their alien-
lion to is brief retrospect of the events of the
Queen's life. Some years ago an it quirt was insti-
tuted into her c onduct. which naturally affected
her honour, and even her life. It was s secret in-
quiry, moil was called at the lime a delicate it
vectigatior. The particulars, after the lapse of
some years, escaped, and then it appeared th.it the
investigation was on'Y thing but delicate. She
escaped at length from the fangs of malice and per-
secution, The Common Flab assembled and car-
ried up an Address expressive of their joy at her
escape from a foul conspiracy and charges of the
most calumnious natuie. The Quern afterwards
left the country. and it would be unneces-
vary to follow her history through the inter-
mediate distance of time. lie wished to con-
title his observations to such circumstances as.
from their notoriety. scepticism itself could not
deny. She was driven bythe malice of persecution
from the south of France, where she at first wished
to settle, and took up her residence occasionally iu
those parts of Europe where it was much less be-
coming her dignity and station to reside in. She
15114 assailed on every side by calumnies, which were
loathsome to hear. She was actually upbraided
and scandalised for leaving those very reguniis front
which she hod been expelled by insults and perse-
cution. When it was said that she failed iii pre-
serving her dignity awl self-respect, and that fair
-ought to have acted on such occasions in a matt-
ner becoming her who was niters arch to he
Queen of Eirgland, he could nut help thinking
of the unreasonable taskmasters of old, who were
called on to make -bricks without straw. It fell
out, through the ordination of a Divine Providence,
that she did become Queen of these realms, awl
now her persecution was renewed with redoubled
violence. That which rumour had- whispered belthe

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