The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-23 00:00:00

REGISTER OF FASHION.

The Duke of Grafton and the Ladies Fitzroy are returned
to Easton Hall, 'Thetford, from a tour. •
The
.Doke of Wellington has left town for his seat, Strath-
tieldsay, Hants, for the holidays.
Earl Whitworth and the Duchess of Dorset are arrived at
their seat, Knowle, from a toor,
Lord Rivers baa left Hare Park, Newmarket, for his seat
in Hants..
Sir Charles Saxton, Bart. has his seat in Sussex, for
Ireland,
Attatvats.—Prince Saphice, Marquessof Lansdowne,
Earl and Contacts IValdegrave, Earl of Ormond, Viscountess
Falmouth, Lord E. Chicio-ster, Lord Henniker, Mr. Ju-tiee
and Lady Best, Lady Rituthold, Lady Smith, Lady St ewart, Sir
It. and Lady Bickeston, Sir John and Lady Cuxe Hippislev,
Sr E. and Lady Poore Sir J. Coffin, Sir Chas. Rich, Sir H.
Strachey, Admiral Hamilton, General Bateman, General
licit. General Groot, Colonel Brownlow, Major Gardener,
Major Vincent—Captain and Mrs. Manning, Captains Brown-
' low, Davies, Elton, Pulton, Fellowes, Lisle, Leslie,'Niartin,
Stevenson, Wilkinson,' Lieut. .1. Gardiner—Rev. Archdeacon
Gooch, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Chilton, Revi Dr. Brooke, Rev.
Mr. H. Dante, Rev. Mr. Griffith, Rev. Mr. Holland, Rev.
Mr. Hayward, Rev. Mr..Lihoson, Rev. Chas. Liveoln, Rev.
W. Mister, Rev. Mr. Phelps, Rev, 0. Rogers, Rev. J. Boyle,
► Rev. Mr. Stephens, Rev. Mr. Urry.

BATH, DEC. 22.

'OTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGSTON (OR
LOWER) ASSENII3LY ROOMS,
,BATIi, BY FIR.EI

[From " The Bath Herald," received this morning.]
Last bight, about 11 o'clock,, these extensive,
elegant, and far-famed premises, were discovered.

:o be on fire. Clouds of smoke were seen to issue

from some of the lower apartments long before
the conflagration became manifest; at length the
flames burst out with inconceivable fury, and
soon presented such a scene of terrific grandeur
and desolation as was never before witnessed in

this city. The engines and firemen arrived on
the spot with great promptitude : at first the
fire-plugs afforded but a scanty supply of water,
which gave the destructive element time. to get
to so tremendous a head, that it then appeared
if the whole Avon had been poured upon the
roofs, floors, and stair-cases, it could not have
quenched, though it:inight have retarded, the
progress of the flames. The country around was
'a sheet of elementary fire the sky and the hills,
With the numerous surrounding buildings, appear-
ing 44 one:red." But, perhaps, the most magni-
ficent sight, and most awfully impressive mo-
ment,' was about two o'clock, when the long
pent-up flames in the large ball-room burst, as if
by one mighty effort, throUgh the six great win-
dows, and seemed to: glare defiance in. volumes
of liquid flame. -The conflagration of the card-
room presented an almost equally heart-rending
display of the irresistability of fire.. About three,
the stupendous roof began to fall in, not with a
sudden crash, as had been anticipated, but by
successive fragments of tile and blazing beams

and rafters. By six o'clock the mighty clement
had completely effected its work of desolation,
and the whole fabric was reduced to a heap of
burning ruins !
The heat was so intense, and the smoke so

overpowering, that we lament to say but a com-
paratively small portion of the property on the
premises was saved from destruction. Some of
the apartments on the north end had been hand-
somely fitted up in the course of the last summer
for the residence of a Gentleman, who, we un-
derstand, is at present at Swansea, and who had
embarked considerable property in the concern,
and deposited in his rooms valuables to a large
amount, in paintings, plate, &c., the whole of
hich, we regret to state, has been destroyed ;
but we understand that it had been recently in-
sured with one of the London offices.

We can now almost fancy we hear the Genius
of Old Bath, hovering over the once consecrated
spot of his festive rites, exclaim " Sic transit
Gloria Batkonim !" 44 Thus is consigned to ashes

the dome which, in former days, was the resort
of the Sovereign Nash—where Chesterfield,
Pope, Allen, Warburton, Quin, Garrick, and a
host of contemporary wits assembled in learned
and facetious circles. Alas scarcely a vestige
of your long-famed resort, will that fatal night
have saved from destruction." But we trust that
posterity will not suffer it to be said—
" Nay, the very spot
• Where ye :o oft have reveli'd is forgot
and that some edifice may be erected worthy of
its traditionary honours, and still prove an orna-
ment .to Lower Bath, and the seat of its future
splendid amusements.
The 'conflagration must have beep ittcreased by
a large quantity of oil, (in which Mr. Mills large-
ly -dealt,) which was deposited in one of the
rooms near the spot where it is supposed the fire
originated, being a small space used as a dress-
ing-room to the Private Theatre, where Mr.
Seward had that evening exhibited his Fantoccini;
but this is mere conjecture. It was a fortunatt
circumstance that Mr. Walker's magnificent
Orrery had been removed from the Rooms yes-
terday morning ; that Gentleman having given
his final Lecture the preceding evening. • •
It affords us much gratification in being able
to state, that though the crowd assembled was
immense, and great personal danger was in-
curred in many instances, yet not a single
_acci-
dent' has come to our knowledge. Two or three
wretches were detected in, the act of thieving ;
but in general we believe the property re-
moved from the Rooms and the contiguous
houses, has been carefully preserved.
Amidst these awful scenes of 'destruction it
was one consolation to the numerous Spectators,
assembled through cusiosity, or a wish to render
assistance to the proprietors of . the Room, or
their alarmed neighbours, that there was but
- little -wind stirring. It was, happily a cairn
night, or the opposite premises belonging to Mr.
Upham, and others•on the Parade-walks, and
particularly the row of houses on the south side
of the Grove would have shared the same fate
as the Rooms, and perhaps the venerable Abbey
would haVe sustained material injury. Its con-
tiguity, however, served as a depository to some
. valuable goods removed there for safety, particu-
larly from Mr. Upbatn's Library.
The following is, the amount of the insurances
that have been Aected on the property thus de-
stroyed : •
the Preinhes
Furniture, &c. belonging to ditto 4000
`'lr. Mills s private effects
Property belonging to Capt. H. 3000 } LonttlhActias.

Miss Marrymts, late of Covent-garden Thea-
re, has entered the hymeneal temple with the
ton of a Dignitary in the Church.--,(BritiskPress.)
The 46th regiment haVe left Madras, and are
to be quartered at BeiLary.
The Royal Scots (d Battalion) and the 30th
Regiment are in Madras and its neighbourhood,
and Tritchinopoly.
DOMESTIC EcoNowv.—To render water par-
ticularly wholesome and palatable, those who
wish to drink it in
,perfection, shonld, after
having bbilied and filtrated it, cause it to be put
into a common barrel churn, where it may be
agitated to any degree that may be wished for ;
• and then bottled with a couple of dried-raisins,
in each bottle. This will give it a suient
quantity of fixed air, and, if the❑ used, becomes
t.luly delicious.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

prOLY ENTRAcTs FROM 'l,l-IE MORNING PAPERS:I

, [Morning Chronicle:l
Now thatthe Loyal Address Scheme has cOmpletely failed—
"that t're people every where understand that the Loyalty of
Ministers means nothing more than the apprOving of the dis-
'greccful -proceedings against the Queen, and the Maintaining
;them iri their places—and that Addressee of a very different
'character from those etintemplated by Ministers, have every
where been adopted by immense majorities—some of the
-,Ftectiry Journals begin to hold a new langnage. They now
intimate that nn new measures are in contemplation against
'bet- ;:vlajyrity. The public, at the same time, cannot fail
.to observe the gross and indecent articles against the
Queen, with which the Papers in question teem every day.—
The appearance of these articles is by no means acci.
'thiatat. l'figyiatilevs know very well from which quarter the
wina:liows; and they would not bespatter the Queen day
.rafter -dalwith their nauseous_ filth, without the encourage-
ment sat their nations. We may he sure then that the will
`to iles'troy the Queen is still retained in all its force by Mi-
nisters, and that nothing but the want of power will ever
,induce. then% to rOnquish their purpose. Those, therefore.
who 'sisb to preserve their country from the calamities which
a perseverance in this wielted policy is sure to entail on it,
,oughtaiot to alhini themselves to be misled by these insittua-
-lioils. Theyibray be assured that nothing bill. the determin-
ed spieit nt the country will ever induce Ministers to lay
aside their mischievous designs. It is said that fine Ministers
of the Court of Hanover are Pow going to institute pro-
ceedings agaiirst her Majesty as • Queen of Hanover. From
the leading pelt which the Authorititis of Hanover. have
.'acted in all the proceedings against thellueen, this ipiece of
;complaisance would not at all surprise,us. With the pro-
ceedings in Hanover, however, we can have nothing to do,
except in so far as any attempt may he made to set ve a par-
pose with them in this country. 13111 we cannot anticipate
.any such attempt. We do not think Ministers will he very
anxious to increase the'ohloquy under which they at pi esent
.lie, by connecting themselves in any way with Hanoverian
proceedings. If we might presume to advise the authorities
of his Majesty's Continental Kingdom, we would suggest to
lhem the' policy of riot reviving the memory of the- services of
Baron Orupteda. They cannot injure her Maje Sty, and in the
attempt to do so they will only cover themselves with ridicule.
If the Queen could 'be conveyed to Hanover; then indeed it
might be another matter. The Tribunals of that country.
might then he enabledito,render important services. They
hare a valuable precedent in the case of the unfortunate Wife
of George the First.

The speeches of ,the Earl of Liverpool and of the Lord
Chancellor,- on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, have been
sent round, under corer of the SecretarY of the Treasury, to
all the Members of the Haase of Com Mons in whom Mr.
Arbuthnot imagined he could confide; and it-is saW that this
step is taken to prepare them for the discussion of the mea-
sure which Ministers are determined to hazards on the meet-
ire:, viz. that in his MajeStv'sSptech, it will l recommend-
ed to take into their consideration an establisltment for the
Queen, and that the minutes of the late proceeding in the
Noose of Lordi would be laid before them ; upon which, a
comparatively small sum would be proposed by Ministers as
her allowance. The most pressing circular has also been
srnt to all the Woisterial Members, urging their attendance
at the meeting of Parliament, as business of time very highest
imi,rtance was expected to came on.—(Pa)

[iliorniwg PoSl.]
Nathing can 'demonstrate more s►rikingly the abominable,
extent to which Radical and lievolotiortary principles are
carried than the manner in •which the loyal assurances to the
Throne have been treated, and the character; of individuals

sperstd who have taken a prominent part in these Addresses.
The disaffected utter grace, accusations; but one thintz, be-.
sides truth, is iv amtiug to renrfet then; valid. The accusers, as
a foundation forth cir abuse, ought, in the first place, to hax e•
sheen that the ii,resses were is; themselves really

_ .
per ; they ought to have quoted from thew I)issakes obnoxious
lathe liberties of the subject, or advyrse to the Constitution as
try Isw established ; and they ought to have proved that the
,expressions contained-in them, of attachment to the Throne'
'and Government; were in fact inconsistent with our duties
as subjects and as Christians. NO. having done this in any
on" instance, the country will he slow to believe that British
loyalty, and the princ.:l:le of honouring.the King, inculcated
- by-Divine precept, hare became so rare and so ohnosious
AllinflgSl as, that the men who profess tit her are asliqlned to
come fiarward, or afraid boldly to 1310f:137M their opoion,
is indeed a strange sign of tire times when the seditious ale
the arraigners, and the well.-affectedatre put on their defence;
when the infidels are the accusers, and friends of religion and,
order are caged on for their justification I But we have tint
yet coup. to that pass,, that our national morality is of the
erect! of Cobbett, our national politics the Jaeohinism of 7'he
Times, and nor national faith the Atheism of Toni Paine.
We therefore need not secresy and retirement from the
world's gate when we meet to declare our lore for the laws
of England, our determination to stand by our Sovereign,
• and nor adoratitor of the God of Our fathers. Such' alone
are the sentiments a VfllVed i t the multitude of Addresses

_ . .
whicl) have heeu voluil 1,1 als XJ:tje,ity ; and !vr defy alike,

, . .
the anarchi•J itmi the inOieliever to convict their supporters
of :isserting one teneVincorsisrent with the most sacred rights
of freemen, or not strictly consonant to the precepts of the
Almighty Baler of the Universe. Let them, if they date to
gainsay us, take Our Addresses, as we have taken theirs to the
(lacer), and show that tN't, have uttered wicked thoughts, and
, maintained impious doctrines. Let them cite our sentences,
as wehave cited theirs. and point out passages of servility to
corruption, of subserviency to oppression, parallel to theirs;
of, disloyalty, of inflammation, and of treason. Except they
can do this, and we again defy them, their clamour about the
ultra' and extra' and ' exclusively' loyal, is but idle and
infamous, as against us, though dannatory against
themselves. For it is but by comparison that those who.
venture to approach the Throne with expressions of
their affection and attachment, can he called by these
names. It is but to.the blasphemer that going to church ap:
pears to be a sin ; it is but by the rebel in his heart that
meeting to affirm the love- of our -hmited Monarchy and the
lawns of the land is deemed to be a heinous offence. Those

object is to subvert the State, must, to be.surc, reckon
a determination to, uphold. theioestimable Constitution be-
queathed to us by our atieeitors; an nitra-loyal and exeli,iec
pi °reeding ; it excludes them, it haffies their designs, it in-
vigorates the wavering timid whom their threats hare over-
awed, it strikes terror into the souls of their partisans. Aid
therefore it is that we renew one entreaties to the sound por-
tion of Britain (and that is the vast majority yet), to stand
forth and terrify these revolutioiory wretches into their na7
tire im,ignificance. Let them see that the sticrigth of the
country is opposed to their factious purpose, and that their
turbulent noise is only the powerless ectio.of empty threat
CWilgg with which- their own ears get drunk front their own
Inout)ls.

[BritisA Prqs.]
The India Board, we 'understand. remains still unoccupied.
It is (kohl ful whether Ma. Peel will accept it, for same silly
friends of the young Gentleman were employed senile time
sinee.in teeming his brain ,wilh the ;vsoraiice that he Foals!?
be Pronier, anti he, in his ready belie:. of their prediclions,
.gave expression to some hasty declaration,. that he could
peter- condescend- to accept Any place rimier. Lord Castle,
reaol. The father of poetry calls words " winged," but
they are found sometimes less willing to fly away than the
speaker is to part with them. A similar expression, spoken
perhaps with the same heedlessness. has oft'en appoareid in
judgm,oit itgaint Mr. Canning. for it -did•not prevent him
frien•acc,nting the mission to the emtily Palace of Lisbon, or
a feat to th,e Cabinet as President of the Boatd of Control;
it would he somewhat singu!ar it Mr. Peel, ha viog carotin-it
and sisi-.,-_;zred with the same idle boast, shout ti now stoop
to the same level,
.and condescend to accept the very
same. Office which mortified the ambition-of Mr. Canning.
To follow the steps of Mr. Canning may •thit lead the
yoling'a-piratit through the paths,of political consistency,
'inv it may soothe the vanity of a much abler,maii than Mr.
i's-el. 'Mr. Canning will not rattle highly among British states-
men, hot his fame as an orator will he second to few among
the. brightest !Mines t .adorn •t he history of our CMlnt
lie possesses in a high degree many of the most distinguish-
jog qualities' that unite in forming a first-rate orator, but in
I he act of speaking he seems deficient in peysgriat dignity, and
be evideotiy seeks rather to amuse and sorprise, his auditors
be the delic-ht fill variety of his illitsirations, and trie'filay-
- f6trivacify of his in.unnet, than.to excite I he nobler feelings
of respect ..far his. principles,.
.admiration for his genius,
ati-d a profti,und conviction, of his sincerity and truth.He
• taunt die —philiiiophie diguity. of Borhe„ the potidc-
: mos truninificence i'sif Pitt, ' tthe en I h ['sliest ic glow of
le.aeral feApg which gave Far.. the mastery of the passions ;
ft r does' be, Mingle.borsts of deep and heart-
felt sensiliility; with the brilliancy. Of•his imagery,„ and the
()baste andAlassic beauty of his :well-turned sentences. In
the generatstyle,qf his speeches,_ he perhaps resembles She-
rkla ()fel bait any of the ()Ellett; but le has more taste than

•
any of thethmith much more eftboselighterana more shadowy
ornaments that are best calculated to catch a pa pu tar assembly;
so that if they were all reduced to the necessity of trying their
powers upon a numerous meeting of people, by • whom they
should ail be held . its equal aidike, we have no doubt
that Canning would fare the best. Fie might begin
amidst stoo6ers of hisses, bnt he would be sure to end
amidst thunders of applause. The loss of such a.- man, at
such a moment, aa' tremendous blow to the Ministers. In
• their feeblenr,ss.they lose their best prop, and in his place
they will find Mr. Peel but-a very sorry substitute. It wont,'
be advisable for Mr. Peel's own interests not to %accred him
immediately; a direct comparison with such a man would
tend more to sink bias in public opinion than even the re-
membrance of his vapouring speech about not serving under
LartiVastlereaz,h. The idicti of Premier itself would, tinder
such circumstances, be attedded with less danger than 'the
Board of Control.

[The Public Led,er.l
Circular letters have, it is said, been addressed from the
Treasury, to the Ministerial Members of the Mascot' Cord-
mons, earnestly requesting their attendance at the opening of
Parliament, on the 23d of January, as matters of great import-
ance arc expected to he then hrought forward. Among t hese,-
of coarse, will be the Queen's establishment. It is now as-
serted by sonic of the Ministerial Papers, that no further pro-
ceedings are meditated against her Majesty, and that Minis-
ters wi;l not oppose the liberality of Parliament, in making
an allowance fur her, as the separated wife of the Xing.
But ;f, in their view of this separation, Ministers intend to
propose any thing short of what her Majesty would be entitled
to, if actually domiciled with his Majesty, such a measure can-
not be regarded in any other light than as a fresh attempt to
stigmatise and degrade tier Majesty. It they meant to act fairly
and honourablybylier,and to permit her to .asstmit her just rank
and station in the State, as Queen Consort, the only,ground
of difference between them and Mr. Canning wwthi have been
r emoved, and ste should have heard nothing of his resigna•
tion. It remains to be seen what reception this new mode of
'gratifying the implacable.hatred of her Majesty's persecutors
will meet
.froni a British House of Commons. We trust that
they *ill not disgrace themselves, by doing with regard to the
Queen what they would not till Ai lit any 0111(.1 female in the
kingdont—by giving to a separation resulting from is noire
capricious dereliction, on the pact of the linsuaref„the effect
of. a judicial stntertre of divorce a in e 11. V a et thaYo for delin
quency. If this is to he the liberality of Parliament, we are
not sin prised that Ministers will not oppose it. The only
wonder is, why they should have had recourse to a Bill of P 34114
and Penalties, when they could have attained every purpose
they bad in vir!v, with the exception of a dissolution of the
marriage•tie, by merely not opposing the liberality of Parlia-
ment. Bnt whether the renewed proceedings against 1,4 r Ma-
jesty are to be conducted thiough the medium of theliherality
of Parlia Merit , or thrOughsotne other channel, 'one thing seems
clear, from the retirement of the President of the Board of
Controul, that. tlie 'Ministers are not softened toward; the
Queen ; and that they meditate fresh schemes of annoyance
against her Majesty. How the intended attack will be made,
it very'short time-will determine. 'flue Hanriterian Govern-
ment have it, as we are told, in contemplation:to. adopt
some measure against the Queen, said to be founded:upon
the late proceedings. in our House of Lords. The Agents of
that Government in Paris, it is said, have made no secret of
this intention for several days past. We presume they in-
tend to dispense with an examination of the Italian Swearers,
as a cargo of them sailed on Thursday front Woolwich, not
fur Hanover hut for Italy, in the Cametron sloop of war.
Theodore Majocchi is among than, and in one respect', he
may boast of a triumph over her Majesty—he is ,honoured
with a passage home in a King's vessel; whii,t the Quern was
left to make h'er way to, Engtarid in a common packet-boat.

[Neu) Times.] •
The speculations to which Mr Canning's resignation have
given rise in The Times and Chronicle, are as vague and
wild as ever. -At first lie WM going into opposition, then
he was going as Ambassador to Vienna ; and now that it is
ascertained that he is'only going on a private tour to the
Continent, they are at a loss to know what will be-
come of lilt 'political friends. What Mr. Hoskisson,
Lord Binning, and Mr., Sturges 'Bourne will do on
this occasion seems greatly to pozzle the political
peoelratirin of the " Misleading Journal." Great pity it is
that these Right Honourable Gentlemen have not token the
Editor intothsir Councils! However, he has certainly 'made
no small progress in self.knowledge to discover at least on
one topic his cos»plete ignorance. Amon; other suggestions,
it has been insinuated, that Mr. Canning differs from Lord
Castlereagh on some points of Foreign poi icy. No-
thing can 'be further Ilia. this from the truth: it happens
whom Articles of impeachment were presented at the close
that no two persons agree more fully in regard to Continental
polities than they do: and we do not say thiS front way trepo-.
sition to flatter either of those illostrious Statesmen ; for it
is well knhwn, that-from the %% Ty first commencement of our--
labours, we have explicitly stated"sentintents different front
theirs respecting the politics of France. We blamed the
Election Law of 18 17, which it has since been -found neces-
sary, to repeal, to save the' 'Monarchy from Revolution: We
blamed the whole liulitictl conduct of NI. Decazes, akainst
of last Session, and arc still pending. Above all, we Warned
the infamous use: of the revolutionary
,Prra. by the
French Polite; and especially the wicked and treasonable
Pri-
vate Correspondence of IS tS, in rile 'rivet's, which forms a
prominent article among the charges against the' present
t'r'ench AmbassadOr: A favourable changs lias certainly
taken place of late in French politics, and the Royalists have
been enabled to snatch the Monarchy from the brink of a
precipice; but still there is too much of the revolutionary
leaven remaining. When the King was at Ghent, there was,
among the various factions that surrounded him; one active
set of inttig tiers, who laid it down as a principle, that in
the event of a restoration, " no man should he emplOyed
who bad not given pldges to the Revolution." To this set
belonged M. Guizot, who has lately written a book on the
Constitutiohal Monarchy. The terra Constitutional entraps
most English, politicians; but the truth is, that Nl;Guizot is a
Revolutionist, ?Ind- nothing but a Revolutionist, and his Con-
'stitutional 11011011 s are in direct opposititkP to the principles
of the English Constitution. In this view of French politics,
we fear we differ front both the great Statesmen above-naru-
e4 ; but our duty to the pnhlic compels us to confess, that such
misfortune. The Impeachment of NI. DeCazes may
possibly 'be withdrawn as the charges against our 'Queen
vie;Vr but if it should ever proceed to proof, the evideoce
would determine whether we are less correct is our judipuet4
of him than of Fouche arid Bounaparte. •.• •

[The Times.]
We noticed in. yesterday's journal the underhand attempt
of ministerial influence. in Ft assurer, to degrade her Majesty
from that rank and dignified station which her matrimonial
union with the King of England entitles her to hold in that
country, and of which the servile endeavours of a cuntempti•
ble administration have not been able to deprive her in this.
But not content with atotal failure of proof against her
jesty—with an itinpdafion of Italian *profiigitcy—with.a sus-
pension of all public and ricessary I,usiness—t he Ministers
announce, through the medium of their" faithful and well
paid act Pres, their intention to resume their iniquitOus pro-
ceedings, and to ground their future expectations of support
from the country upon their inadequacy to prove one single
twilit of guilt, against the Queen. isot satisfied with their past
exertions to ruin the public morals, which they art-hound to
preserve, they threaten its with a fresli--icrondatioa,of pro.
fiig,ate comments • and fictitious accusations, though they
must have otsset veil,' unless they are endowed with more
than Boeotian dullness, that the Moral- ?Ming and good
sense of this country will not tamely stilMilt to- the out,
ragerms insults offered. to its Queen, and the Consort o
its Sorereign. The advocates of nitra-loyalty confine their
homage to the programs and wishes of the 'Treasury,
but, as independent members of this great I:ingdoni' we
must protest against such a practict. We bare opposed the
late Bill of Pains and Penalties, because we deem it uncon-
stitutional, destructive of the best interests oft he Crown,iand
the well-being of society—founded as it was in-pi irate malice,
and supported by profligate falsehood and almoitt avowed- per-
jury. But will it be believed, after so decisive a defeat, that
any set of men, except. the present Ministry, could be foniol -
so obstinate—so perverse—so daringly fond of their places as
to hazard the public peace farther than therhare done ? And
yet we are 'told that the Queen is to be subjected to new in-
vestigations—to new indignities I For any, thing 'hat has
been proved against her Majesty, she is from birth, al-
liance, and deportment, as worthy of royal distinetion as
the Monarch who sways the sceptre of Great Britain : and
though a few individuals may consider their interest to
he concerned in subscribing to a paltry court pi lief, . the
peat mass of she nation will perceive in the bare-faced
attempt to insult the Queen, a concealed -disaffection to
princes and governors in general, and a dangeioiis prece-
dent for all those who would oppose a reigoing Monarch.
This Short-sighted ministry, relieved from the controlling in-
tfitence of Mr. Canning, imagine that they may now pro•
secute any pleasure of aggression against the Queen with
ultra-loyal appiohation. and without opposition in the Cabi-
net; but they will find" their views oppoiett by the- nation
universally. A future' investigation, whether in the House
of Lords or •Coninions, will never assume as proved the

the obscene and aboMinahle accusations against her Ma-
jesty, hecanse they were evidently and grossly false : and
the moral feeling of the country will not submit patiently
and without general remonstrance to a second edition of the
works of Cotton-garden. The Lords have entered upon the
investigation, and all the blandishments of power—the flat-
tery of great men—the prospects of political advancement—
and the influence of Royal example—could only procure a ma-
jof ity of 9 against her Majesty. being the very nullifier of Mi!
itisterial Lords who decided primarily on the wisdom of open-
ing the green hag—that Pandora's box from which every de:
scription of moral and political evil has .emanated. The opi-
nion of the Commons 'has been unequivocally declared; the
proceedings against the Cancers have beeu, by a large ma-
jority, characterized as " derogatory front the dignity of the
Crown, and injnrious to the best interests of the country ;''
and, therefore. any attack made upon her Majesty its that
'louse must be necessarily futile and unavailing. Where,
then, is the pulley of Ministers in this system of continued
persecution ? Are they so ignorant of British sentiment as
to imagine that aggression will be approped in proportion to
its continuous procedure ? or are they so mad as to stake the
possession of their places against the united voice of a people
who submit to an enormous taxation for the support of their
Constituted and acknowledged authorities, but who will not
subunit to*the sacrifice of their moral feeling- of justice arid
equity ? Personally, we wish to render rational and legitimate
support to the King : we are friends to civil order and pub-
lic quiet; we therefore view with abhorrence the attempts of
a base and imbecile Government to bring Abe King into con-
tempt try its malignant advice—to shut its eyes to every just
eon-elusion of unequivocal evidence—and to plunge the Coun-
try into greater agitation and danger than it has experienced
since the'accession of his present Majesty, or indeed since the
IteVolntion in 168:3.-We still think—anti we venture to en-
courage the sober, independent, and really loyal part of the
cannormity in the hope—that the Ministers, however malig-
nant, will not dare to degrade the King and insult and demo-
ralize the people of England more than they have already
done, by further acts of outrage against one who, exclusively
of the pity excited by the iosnlis, oppressions. and sufferings
she has undergiine, has the most undoubted claim to the rights
and privileges of Queen in this country, Ity.her alliance to the
Sovereign, and by tier magnanimity, and firmness in facing
Ministerial accusation: and refuting malignant and unfound-
ed slanders. Before we distttiss this subject of Addresses,
we would suggest, that all intone meetings for the purpose of
expressing alihorreuie of the late or the intended proceedings
against the Queen, the mode of procedure may be altered.
Instead of sending Addresses to the, King, which, as they
never appear in the Gazette, it may fairly be presumed never
teach their destination, we venture to advise that petitions
should he dawn up in order to be presented to the. House
of Commons. Thither they nitrst find their way, stud there
they must be discussed.