The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

situation 'Which every one must deplore.--L-( -
plause.)-izthe NO,le Lord then,in a very energetic
manner, COMO-tented upon the Continct of Minis,
torsi who Ititd even neglected the advice of'Par-
lininent, dis'regarded the petitions of the. people,
'and, by their extravagance; and profusion; had
been compelled to substitute a paper currency
for sterling grlld ; they were little aware; in the 1
encouragement of the paper system, of the
ditli-
ctilties they would create; and the ehd of i'hich
If was yet impossible •to Calculate: Bdt it was
*otie of these engines Which the Ministry have
etnphled to work their own destrtiction.—(Great
applause.)—The Ministry have made use of mis-
representation ; they have stated that the agriL
culturists are in a State of repo§e, and the Manu-
facturing interests in a prosperous state: But was
not the patience of the people *ell night exhaust-
ed by their sufferings, which originated in the
extravagant measures df the Ministry ? The
Country, observed the Noble Lord; is rich, and
the soil fertile, yet are the people poor in the
result, suffering almost beyond endurance,
'yet suffering patiently, in the hope of better
times ; frequently urging redress by their peti-
tions, but their petitions had been disregarded
and despised—despised because they were
unattended to, and their grievances unredresSed.
This had led to dissatisfaction, and he would say,
to justifiable discontent—(Loud applause.)—Bdt
the people were unable to contend with the Mi-
nistry, for they had resorted to that instrument of
tyranny, an increased military establiShment:
But the people of England are a loyal and will-
ing people ; "their affections may be gained by mild
laws and just administration, for .there need not
severe measures and an expensive military esta-
blishment to controul a willing people ; and tya
rannical measures are unnecessary and nugatory.
The Noble Lord then observed, that he had not
framed 'the Address which he was about to
propose, as he was but the representative of an-
other, or he should have inserted the necessity
of Parliamentary Reform, without which the in-
terests of the, people were disregarded, their
voices not listened to, and their petitions rejected
with disdain bythose Ministers who deserve punish-
ment,for—Dere the Noble Lord, was interrupted
by the hissing of one or two individuals, bdt
which were speedily drowned in the plaudits of
the Meeting:]—lfi said the Noble Lord, with
energy, those Gentlemen would condescend to
answer my arguments, and to controvert the fact,
that. Lord Castlereagh has been. convicted of
trafficking for seats in Parliament, I am not in-
capable of conviction: The Ministry have reject-.
ed the prayers of the country because they had
derived their power, not from the people, but
from the Crown. They knew that the Queen
was obnoxious, and they conceived that the
best mode of securing that power was, by the
adoption of the inventions of Hanoverian Mi-
nisters and foreign spies (applause), and they
did not hesitate to resort to a Bill of Pains
and Penalties, a measure, contrary to _every
principle of justice, and subversive of the Bri-
tish Conititution. The case of Bishop Atter-
, bury was adduced as a precedent, but it ought to
have been adduced as a light to avoid danger.
Ought, then, (observed Lord D.) these Ministers
.tole suffered 4) persevere ? Ho-w far the Minis-
ters of England are under the controul of foreign
diplomacy—(hissing from the same quarter)—
Have not Gentlemen heard of the Holy Alli-
ance ?—(Laughter, and loud applause.)--Hare
they not heard of that combination of despots,
against the liberties of the people of Europe,
and had not foreign diplomacy been used in the
prosecution, I may add the persecution of the
Queen ? The Noble Lord., after_sorne further re-
marks, moved the following Address to the

King :
ADDRESS TO TITS RING'S MOST EXCELLENT

MAJESTY.

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" We, your Majesty"s.dutiful and loyal subjects, the Nobi-
lity, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, awl other Inhabitants of
the County of Cambridge and Isle of Ely; beg leave to -offer
to your Majesty the assurance of our zealont.attachntent to
your Royal Person and Fatuity, and to your Throne and free
Constitution under which we have the happiness to live.
When we reflect that the same Revolution seated your Ma-
jesty's Family-on the Throne of these Realms and coatirmed
our liberties, we feel ourselves united in interest to your Ma•
jest), by snore than the common ties between Sovereign'
and People. It is a peculiar i and pre-eminent feature of our
Constitution to look to the Throne with gratitude, in times
of national prosperity, and fur protection And assistance in
those periods of distress to which all nations are subject,
While the responsibility of Ministers affords us a security
against those Acts of misgovernment which lead other cont-
Annuities to unavoidable ruin.
.‘‘ It would be presumptuous and unnecessary for us to
submit the distressed state of the nation to your Majesty's
consideration as matter of information. The difficulties tinge,
which your people labour. are so notorious, that, on that sub-
ject at least, opinions are uniform.
" In this Agricultural County their effects are naturally
felt, in the depressed state of all those who are connected with
the-cultivation of land ; and we should be wanting in feeling
towards those of our fellow subjects engaged in commerce
and manufactures, were we to deny, that at the least their suf-
ferings,were equal to our own.
" Theexistence of so much national distress in a period
of profound peace, and that of considerable duration, na-
turally excited our surprise, and has driven as frequently to
express our feelings and distresses in Petitions to both Houses
of Parliament, for inquiry and redress; these our Petitions
have been. presented in vain, and despairing of any relief,.
either from the adoption of measures of public economy, or
from the reduction of taxation, under t he-intluence of your
Majesty's present advisers, we naturally fecar to • practice
adopted in the best periods of our history, and beg leave re •
spectfully to submit our opinion to your Majesty, that your
present Ministers have lost the -confid nee of the people, and
can no longer be useful or effective advisers of the Crown.
We feel an unwillingness unnecessarily to enter into the
consideration of subjects connected with any domestic ar-
rangement in your Majesty's Illustrious Family ; but when,
in the. person of the Carmen of England, an attack has been
made, under the sanction of your Ministers, upon all those
principles of justice to which the meanest of your Majesty's
subjects louk up for support and defence, it adds force to our
opinion of the necessity of a change in your Majesty's Coun-

cils.
We, therefore, intreat your Majesty to remove from your
confidence those whose advice can be no longer serviceable to
your Majesty, or beneficial to you
Tir people.
46 los. BURGES, Sheriff."
The Earl Frrzwit.ttam seconded the Address
in a brief speech, in which he commented with
great severity upon the conduct of the Adminis-
tration, particularly in their unconstitutional in-
crease of 12,000 men to the standing army, and
that he believed there would be disaffection as
long as they continued.
Mr. FORDHAM, jun. agreed with the. Address,
and commented at great length and with much
ability, on the prosecution of the Queen—a pro-
secution to which the established clergy had lent
their assistance—a prosecution in which the
Prosecutors were also Judges and Jurors. Would
it not; said be, be considered as a mockery of jus-