The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-18 00:00:00

Tim. NATIONAL REGISTER

agreed to, only six hands being held up in opposi-
tion to it, in a Meeting consisting of nearly 1,500
persons
1. That the rejection of the Bill of Pains and Penalties aonsy
the Queen, by the noose of Lords, is not oily matter oy Just
congratulation to her Majesty, but t'ls to every real friend to the
re :,ming family, and to the Constitution of the country.
Mr. TILLOCII rose to move the second res.dotioni,
expressive of the indignation of the Meeting at the
coml. it of Ministers in permitting and encouraging
the diffusion of " a polluted and contaminati'.g
Kt' ,I.ll'' to deluge the country with vice anti
culled on the Meeting to contrast the
circumstances of the country at this period with
what they were 80 years ago. What Englishman
would then have dared to calumniate the Queen of
England? What Minister would then have had
lartlihllod to commit the act of treason—tior,
treason it is, by the law of the land, to traduce the
character of the Queen Consort—nut only to com-
mit the act, hnt to encourage by their own conduct
the promulgation of such u flood of immorality as
could only he alluded to in such an assembly as he
now addressed. Yes, by the conduct of Ministers
and the enemies of the Queen, language which
would disgrace a brothel had been rendered familiar
to the ears of the virtuous—the subject of common
conversation for the rising generation. How hatelod
how execrable the conduct of the men who,
by their labours, had endeavoured to render topics
familiar to our ears about which it was difficult to
converse any where without blushing, excepting
only in a dissecting-room, where the gravity of phi-
losophy and the garb of a dead language furnished a
veil to hide the blushes of the speaker. Is there now
no other place where such tugics can be rolled about
as sweet morsels, and without one feeling of shame?
He would leave to others to answer the question.
He could not, however, avoid noticing that, in
many cases, the judges, when evil might be appre-
hended either to the parties in Court, or to the pub-
lic, prohibited publication of the proceedings, hut,
on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, not only was the
publication permitted, but great pains were taken
that the moral poison should go forth without the
smallest dilution of antidote. The Counsel for the
prosecution had stated many crimes, too, which he
had not even attempted to prove; in what they
attempted to prove they had entirely failed ; but the
summing up—without one word in reply being
permitted—was sent forth to act as poison on the
public mind during the whole time of an adjourn.
went. He then reverted to the. conduct of Minis-
ters at the commencement of the present reign. No
sooner was the good old King dead, than machinery
was attempted to be put in operation to destroy the
Queen. Ministers were at their wits' ends. There
was no law that could punish the Queen, had she
been guilty of the foul conduct which some wished
to impute; and where no law is, there can be no
transgression. But how much more difficult to fix
crime on an innocent person ! Ministers were out 0:'
place for 24 hours; but the sagacity of one or more
of them, counting on the talismanic influence of
Court patronage, persuaded thetas' .ves that they
could in this country—in England !—carry an e •
pea facto law to effect that which was contrary to
law, to punish un individual, that individual the
Queen Consort of the British throne. The good
sense of the Country—that innate hatred of inpstice
and oppression which animates every honest J.nglish
bosom—that love of truth and impartiality which
ever rouses the virtuous to defend innocence—had

defeated their mighty pmject, and humbled them in
in the dust, loaded with contempt and execration ;
and, therefore, it was fitting and proper that meet-
ings such as that which he had now the honour to
address should express *openly Their honest senti-
ments respecting the immoral tendency of every part
of the condect of his Majesty's Alinisters during
these demoralizing proceedings. Mr T. concluded
by moving the following resolution, which was car-
ried with four only dissentient:—
s. That this Meeting, under a conviction of her Majesty's
innocence, cannot too strongly express its abhorrence at the
injurious tendency of the polluting and contaminated stream,
with which this moral country ha. been inundated, by the pro-
ceedings against her Majesty.
Mr. Itgainen, in a very luminous speech, moved
the following resolutions, which were curried with
the same dissentient as the preceding one
:-
3. That an Address founded on the Bingos% resolutions be
preastited to the Queen. congratulating her Sliyaity on the &ban-
donn cat oldie Bill of Pains and Penalties by tits House of
).aria.

4:That an Address to the Queen be presented to her Majesty
by the Chairman, accompanted by the Mover sad Seconder, and
such Ladim and Gentlemen as may please to attend the
Fumigation.
Mr. R. also read the following Address, which was
adopted with great uppluuse :
"To :he Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
" The Address of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary,
Islington.
" May it please your Majesty,
" When we had the honour last to appear before your Majesty,
we reviewed the persecutions your Majesty had undergone, and
the manner in which your Majesty bad counteracted and defeated
than, and we congratulated your Majesty on the full and perfmt
triumph which we then anticipated.
We have now to congratulate your Majesty, that those who
assumed to be your Judges {some of whom against all known law
were at once pitleocutors, accusers, judges, and jurors), have, at
wash. thought At to rtject the proposed punishment of your

Majesty, winch the hearts • f your enemitat appeared to
iLIVC heel!
" The e ons, had declared its conviction of your Majesty's
innocence sit th.einfamous olrenoes clusqed against iii Queen, and
its slettaitatio . 4 the equally infamous means by which it wav
ur;coque:l I. u.pport Youe olajesty's enetuies submitted
to the judgment of die 0:.N,1•11; V•ur 11,1,1 e who are mainly
lat.:re-4,d 1.1 th twese.rvaussa of th.: dear, .sal emistitution, and in
du due ujihi,usuariost os' justice. Th.l have Admitted to din
unive. sal judgment, they tell us, and have ceased to press for th.r
oimisli dent of your klajesty, toy w;ta, they call I :w, tor olEt•itss
whieli they have not 'wen ash as prove: but they have not eased
coo persecute your Majesty, by every .oetims which disepposisted
soalignity can invent. They continue to refuse to die people per.
onsosrn, publicly. to implor for your aisjesty. the ilbeoctien od
Almighty God—but you are never abseat from their secret prey.
era. atter slit In tender yore. dependent vo their chanty for
support. thsatil. this suff.riog 0300 C have large and nobly pro..
vided foe the dignity and honour of that& oily of which you are
a most interestio; rut
" This conduct tali ,014 be that of the enemies of the ncosti-
tudon; it can ooly be that of those who are deterniined to
destroy the limited and regulated government of this country.
Ysiw Mojany's cause is that of justice and innocence: we feel it
as our own. and we shall rtm cease to express our indignation at
every attempt to injure or detrasht your Mojesty.
•• The age of darkness is passing awry ; and your Aftkiesty
peeling, ne doubt, as we do, that youtpresenr safety is to he attn.
buted to that great and important engine, the Press, in developing
the conspiracy of which you were toe des/to:al victim, and,
operating ittsou the now eonsparatively enlightested allude s% the
'woe. wilt not fail to perceive. that it is upon the freedom
and integrity of -wit a Preo. and upon the thinness, unanimity,
and ;plod wiU of such a nes%pl:alone. that your Majesty can ever
rely tor the protectiun of your honour, your character, and your
l. '
The ltev. Mr. llnaren then moved the sth and
6th resolutions, us follows :
S. That in the opinion of this Meeting, the conduct of the
King's Ministers. nut only during, but sine the termite:Lion of
these proceedings, while it has been marked by the most studied
insult to the Queen Consort of these sealants, has been disgraceful
to their characters is Alen, derogatory to their wisdom as States.
men. subversive of the principles of British Jurisprudence, and
calculated us endanger the Constitution, by alienating the attic.
•
:ions Of tile people.
6. That impressed with these convictions. it is the opinion of
this Meeting, that all who wish well to the country are iuipe.
rioted, upon to implore the Kiiig, to remove from his
Majesty', presence for ever, the Slimness. woo advised these
disgraceful proceedings, (whose general cooduct has been such as
to irritate the feelings lir the pespie)and to tall to hisCouneassuch
own only as was support the dignity of the Crown, enforce the
due salministration or sine EaMl. WO by conciliating the affitaions,
promote nit happi.wat the people.
TWIGG hriefly moved the 7th and Bth reso.
lutions, which were agreed to unanimously :-
7. That an Address in conformity to the thregoing resolutions
be presented to his Majesty, the King; that the Address now
read he adopted Isy the Meeting, and that it lie at appoited places '
fur siratured.
8. -That the Dukes of Bedford and Leinner. the Earls Grey,
Darling:on, Darnley, Grosvenor tad Caruarvon. Lords Erskine,
Holland, and Kitg, or such of dusts as aeal make it convenient
to attend, be requested to present the Address to his Majesty.
Mr. Twtoo then read the tiillowing Andress to
his Majesty, which ‘NEIS received with acclamations:
"To the King's Niest Sitellent Majesty.
" The Loyal Address of the inhtibittods o.f the parish of St.
Mug, Islington.
" May it please your IJ:jesty.
" we log leave ts..aLur your e.tejesty, that we yield to none
so' your sulueett i,e !eyed., to the throne and constitu.
nod of these realms, dt,ugh we tee), in common with tun fellow
countrymem, the inflieultiee :out sUstrrsses i.t which we are all
involt ed--difliultiesi anti distmwes which :arc principally produced
by ot.cessivetas..titn, and reiterated infringement' 01 the liberate
et the people.
" trust that we owl he permitted to assure your Majesty,
that "/..: tiro well ol•vi :hat your Alejeety eatti have ito inmost
sqa.ntt 0: di rtinc;:. wafare :v4l happiness ~f your
le pie; iced that. du a. tore. when we attritustz those evils to the
syste. Imes; ..sisptesl isy rair Ma;eaty's Minister;. it is
with die receivi,g. ihve idteotisa. us our representation
whin.. your ouje.ty 'must roc eves Allis% to sifted to the corn.
plaints M. the oleo:est of your subjects.
•• The ..•hjete.ouice otu siege starsling army in a time of pro.
found pe:tee. and the .xpeated tuhsti..utton of a military for the
furoitii strong s•:itis net .4* the evil Melee sot' your
:static:sty% r.li.sisters. Vs:te: Majesty Mows that your most
faitliftu guards tae your pe TIC, rail your surest safety is their
lure.

" Your :-ajesty's Mir.istcre aho, by pm:uting es parte state-
ments ut preL.,..ehl plots :lull ....agieatiog whit agents
descried.- I.ateat me: , w .aaterials
fiunish.xl 5:, eta, .if by hired bpi-. ton: Marin-
ers, whos.: trod.; is to pervert truth &NI crcat= edit..., have
deceived a, J dctudetl th !egislatura 'he it.a.;s:r.g of laws
,uhversiv.. 4 i•ea »novo anti constittai...si .ibeties •.f the people.
" Ai.ter thu.sucv.-adal it :heir against their
fellow suirzte ocnrineo out u.. .4.iar Leer wiake—that
.4 :ono:killsit.ywty iwalt . jually • if and
unfoto a: itch ii, y .rave brougir agtior the ttoyal Consort
of you. Aicj..sty, rid which tn..y atteio..nod to support hy details
the most filthy and alsoubiald.., they .save Aisgraced tlits moral
country. They haw:. is !infoited, w ever, the osatidence
of the people.
" %Ye humbly play your Majesty, ther.fora. to dismiss your
Ministers fro.' your presence 1 t ever. We arc, indeed, assured,
that your Majesty lass been deceived ; kw we are ixolfident, that
your alajaty suit hoids in your remembrance, winch it has
been your bonat not to ',eve to:gotten. • the principlas which
placed your family on the t0r0..:; u"d we :nut your Majinty
will call men to your councils trio) ..taiqtain the dignity of
your Crown, and the du. admiiiiiirzati,..n of the bews, and who
will conciliate the affections, and minute the happiness of the
PeoPit*"

Mr. LEMON, in a neat speech, introduced the
9th resolution—

9. That all these Members of both douses of Parliament who
appeal the iniquitous proceedings :1044 the Queen, axe en•
tuled to the gratitude of the country.
Mr. SSITII moved the following resolution :
10. That the important levies to the cause of Freedom durirg
die proceedings, by the exertions of the independent and ince..
ruptible part of the Press, cannot be tiro highly appreciuted.
Mr. GitEIG then came forward to move a vote of
censure upon the Chureliwardeng. He expatiated
severely upon their conduct, and expressed a conc..
dent hope that the parishioners would visit them us
they deserved on Easter Tuesday next. He con-
cluded by moving,
It. That the Chula %wardens of this Parish baring a second time
refused to call a Meeting of the inhabitants to address the Queen.
upon the requisition of many vestal:table houselwlth re, this
Meeting cannot forbear to express its indignation at such refusal,
especially as as Address puparting•to be '• A Loot Address to
the King," now lies under their aumpice, at the Vestry Roomy

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for signatures, by which conduct they have insulted their fellow •
patishiorers, and made their ofkiatutuadon subservient to party
and intolerant principles.
Mr. Twton then raid, that he had already had
the pleasure of proposing two resolutions to the
Meeting, each of which -had met their unanimous
approbation. rife had now to submit one which it
was impossible for them to receive otherwise lien by
unanimity and acclamation. concluded by

moving►,
If. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to him for hi,
great attention and iropartiality on the prcbcnt occasion.
'rhe worthy Chairman assured the Meeting, that
he was gratilietl l'y their approbation, and that as
all times ht should derive pleasure from 1.ei0., en-
ablel to oblige his friends, leis neighbours, and his
brother parishioners.
The Meeting then broke up.