The National Register.
London, England, 1820-07-10 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER MEETING.

thi Tuesday at one o'clock a meeting of the inhabitant house-
ot Westminster wail bed is Lucent Garden, for the pur.
puce cinsi:haing the propriety ix votiog an addrens to her
Aaje,ty 11,011 die Fusent treatment ,he It receiving nom the
:%11,1!iters.
'rue Inie;ligs were erec,ed, not as usual, in frolit of the
coureh, but it the extrenuty of Tavh•toek How, near the llura.
Tavern. 'rite uls a moldier of res.
pe‘a.,`Le ruliaLitams of IVentin,ter, th. Iligh in the
supported by Sir Fcmci, ituroetr, \lr. Ilubhettse, end
s,:verul otter public characters.
L'ionLsi of the• I.:tetlag was opened in the usual form by
dit II PN::: itish:fi; who re:ai um rcaprisnion in pursuance of whico
the in. was convened.
Mr/fin:loan rose arid expatiated upon the unfair cour,e taken
/le concloded by propobnig the to;lowing
which were attired unanimously.
1.-144o:red, 'flat Er.sh.ntl ha. hitherto been rc,;arded as

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nation of civilisation and humanity, in 14*.ich the sncial obliga-
tions in courtoy and morality lava been need in tale highes
vsncrition.
'Z.—Resolved. That these principles appear to he most out-
rageously violated by the manner is whica mu Queen has been
treated by the advisers of his Mijesty—by insidious attempts to
banish that august personage, upon the bruunds of accusations
unsubstantia. ix', &v.
s.—Resolved. 'find from the fatal and repeated experience
which we have had et the conduct and operat 10116 of Secret Cum
nutters, we are not only the more s:rezigiy diaper ed to believe in
the innocence of the accused puny, &c.
4.—Resolved, That we feel it the moro our bounden duty to
testify our abhorrence of this procedure, inasmuch as it reveals ut
once the system to which a Boroughinongerin:; faction, ea.
S.—Resolved, That an adores. to her Maje,ty be adopted by
his Meeting :
Mr. Callaghan then read the Address, which was loudly ap-
plauded, and unanimously adopted.
Sir F. BURDETT came forward amidst loud sneering. On
the present occasion it would be Ln, roper for him to enter upon
the subject now before the meeting. lie had attended as the
Member for Westminster, to ascertain the wishes and to fulfil
the commands of his constitueuts, and he should feel great plea-
sure in presenting the Address scotch had been adopted by the
meeting, The conduct of her Majesty had always been that of
an innocent iwrson; and when n p ropositian lout been matte to
her, inconsistent whit her honour and dignity, sir: had only
answered tt oy appearing in this countly, almost betere the
threateners knew mat their pro..osal hail been rejected. He
would now take his leave, repeating the pleasure with which lie
• should always bow to the wishes of the freemen of Westminster.
(Loud cheering.)
Mr. HOMIOURE was then loudly called for, and came
forward. lie expressed his cordial concurrence in the setitinients
which had just been delivered by their distinguished Represen-
tative, whom, through their favour, tee cuulti now call his
colleague. Mr. Hobtiouse then took u view of tne conduct of the
House of Collations upon the Queen's atEtira, and concluded by
assuring tile Meeting, that, on all occasions, lie should be most
happy to conic forward in any manner to support the falling
liberti s of the people.
Captain WILLIAMS proposed a vote of thanks to the Worthy
Represcntatives-of the City of Westmimter, tor their conduct
this day; which was seconded by
Mr. TitELwaLL, who expatiated upon their characters and
meritorious conduct upon all occasions.
Carried by acclamations.
Votes of thanks were also passed to Mr. Alderman Wood,
and Mr. A. Morris, the High Bailiff'.
These Gentlemen respectively returned thanks, and the Mee
ing was dissolve(' at lialf.past two o'clock.
A Deputation afterwards waited on the Queen, to know whets
her Majesty would rec.ive the Address.

HEE MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE WESTMIN-
STER ADDRESS.

On Thursday, at one o'clock, the High Bailiff of
Westminster, with Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Hob.
house, waited on her Majesty with the Westminster
Address, to which her Majesty returned the follow.
ing most gracious answer:—
" This address from the inhabitant householders of the city
and liberty of Westminster will be long ucasui ea in my memory,
as an indubitable proof of their regard, and a lasting claim upon
my gratitude. The language of uffetion tin soy person, of de-
votion to my interest, and of zeal in my cause, winch appears to
issue from their hearts, has made a deep impre‘siun on my own.
In the feeling rammer in which they mention her for whom the
invisible sigh of grief will never cease in my maternal breast,
I cannot be insensible to the homage widen they pay to her
memory, and the solace which they oiler to my regrets.
" It is now seven years since I received an address from the
inhabitant householders of Westminster, in which they congra-
tulated me upon my escape from what they truly described as a
nefarious conspiracy' against my (amour and my lite. Upon that
occasion my character was 4:sown-wed front the load of calumny
with whicii it had been oppressed, though my conduct had un-
dergone only an csparte ,examination, and though I had no
means of facing my accusers, or of being heard in toy defiaice.
" The people of England then, almost universally, expressed
their approbation of a liat they considered as the triumph of
rectitto:c and innocence over perfidy and falslawil. From that
hour to the present, I have been the victim of a similar ccnspi.
racy, which has been incited by the same motives, and prme.
cuted with the same view:4 though with increased violsoce, and
with aggravate malignity. New and more appalling efforts
have been made to destroy that cltaractet which nail rei.iisiett sit
many former attempts; but I rejoice that I now find, as I :it
that time loutal, the people of Westminster uninfiacaced by tin.!
powerful machinations of my uneirdes, and a.al by the
same sentiment which they then expressed, that every subject,
until convicted of guilt, had an undoubted right to retain the
reputation, the rights, and immunities of innociace.
" In the present perilous crisis of my fate, I an supported by
that courage which arises from the cortbeiuuaness or rectitude ;
and I feel that the English people will never sutler an injured
Queen to to peal in vain either to their justice or to their
uutna-
nuy. I ant convinced duo in this land of liberty no oppression
Call be practised, and that to tic right is to be secure.
" In the warm desire which the people of Westminster have
expressed for the consideration of my honour, they have exhibit-
ed ♦ striking Lestimeny of loyalty to the Kin„, ; for the
honour of Ins Majesty must ever be atutitied with that of his
Quee.t.
" My first wish is to prove, that my character as beat un-
justly traduced; my next is to teoninate my days among the
high-minded people of this country, to whose affectionate sym-
pathy I am at present indebted tor so much Of tie ea;erfulnese.
whiten 1 feel, and of the support wadi 1 poss, wide,. toe
pressure of such complicated wrongt, and such accumulated
persecutions."