Star.
London, England, 1820-11-20 00:00:00

- CITY OF GLOUCESTER.
AT a MEETING.of the FREEMEN and INELA.-
BITANTS of the CITY of GLOUCESTER, held the
ISth day of November, le2o, at the Shire-Halt, to take lots
consideration the propriety of presenting an Address to het
Majesty the Queen, on the defeat of the atrocious machine:.
Lions of a wicked Conspiracy formed spinet her honour and dra.
racter, and clearly demenskrated in the evidence adduced in the
late disgraceful Proceedingrln the House of Lords;
The Right Worthipfhl the MAYOR In the Chair;
It was unanimously Resolved,
I. •That an Address of Congratulation be presented Us lb*
Majesty, on the rejection of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, ao
on the total failure of another long-established and widely-ex.
tended Conspiracy against her Majesty's character and dignity.
11. That having minutely observed the description of wit.
nesses adduced in support of the Bill--the manner in which some
of them were paid—the improbable and contradictory suture of
their evidence, and the disgraceful means used to obtain itz•we
are satisfied of her Majesty's innocence ; and we cease to feel
astonished at the refusal to furnish a List of such Witnesses, and
a Specification of the Charges ; neither are vte surprised that his
Majesty's Ministers pertinaciously resisted an inquiiy into so
direct a scene of subornation, perjury, and conspiracy.
111. That it is our decided opinion, that the influence of the,
Crown was the reuse of tha eeveral Majorities on the points re.
(erred to in the preceding Resolution, and of the Majorities
the Sedotd and Third Rkading of the Bill: and, in the lengnage
of a vote carried in the House of Commons in his late Majesty's
.reign, 44 We deciaee, -that the influence of the Crown has us.
creased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished."
IV. Th.at we trust the fate of this Bill will operate as a On-
tail leases tO.bis Majesty's Ministerehow they venture to copy'
tyrannical precedents,. or introduce experiments repugnant ter
justice and incompatible with the Conetitution : And further,
.that will ermine, the People, that a.watchful and jealous con-
rltscr is, on their pars, absolutely necessary to preserve tbe Li-
berty of the Subject, and the Constitutional Rights of the Coun-
try, from thorough and complete annihilation.
• That thbitrendanoe-and exertions of the Right Hon. Lord
inbrmit'

Erskine, noesetdessatitling his great age and :y, justly en-
title hiin to our wanness Thanks, and to the gratitude of the
Country.
VI. That the Thanks of this Meeting are due totarl Grey,
and to theMlnortty bf the 'Ninety-five' Noble Lords wits voted
on the Second Reading of this Bi k -
VII. That the Address now adopted be engrossed, and left at
the Tolsey, for Signatures, until Saturday next ; and that Colo-
nel Webb, one of the Membersi In Pialiainent for this City, be
respectfully requested to present the same, at his earliest con-
venience.
VIII. That these Resolutions and Address be advertised
once in the-Gloucester Journal and Gloucester Herald, and in
the Times and STA& London. Papers.
SAMUEL JONES, Chairman.
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The Mayor having quitted the Chair:
Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting bo presented to
him, for his prompt attention in calling the same; and for his
able and impartial conduct In the Chair.

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TUC UNITED lIDIODONI ON illaiAt PULLIN ♦ND IMAM%
" We, the undersigned Freemen and Inhabitants of the City
of Glouoester, with heartfelt pleasure, hasten to lay before your
Majesty our sincere congratulations upon the defeat of the late
alarming and disgraceful attempt against your honour, character,
and dignity. We embrace with eagerness this opportunity, after
an attentive consideration of the whole proceedings in your Ma-
jesty's case, to testify our unshaken confidence in your Majesty:.
virtue and innocence, and our unqualified detestation gird ab-
horrence of the conduct of your enemies.
When we contemplate the abandonment which it was your
Majesty's misfortune to experience twenty-four years ago, toge-
ther with the shameful excuse that has been assigned far it, and
the long succession of ungenerous treatment which you have since.
received ;—as we reflect on the groundless accusations with
which* you were assailed, with impunity, on a former Occasion,
at the time an unappeasable hatred aimed the shafts of scandal
and perjury at your life and reputation ;—when we obserne that
the same enmity besets-your way with spies, and snares, and
danger, seeking and encouraging, with unusual rewards, domes-
tic treachery and baseness ;—when we turn our minds to the
menaces and insults with which the servants of •your Husband
dared to hope they should prevent you from returning to thew
shores, and receiving the glad support of a faithful and gene-
rous People ;—when afterwards we view these threats converted'
Into offers of great wealth and unopposed honours to quit your
'Country As the mind passes over the sad review of these un-
fortunate cirdumstances, the heart sickens at the-injustice-of the
treatment you have reeeived, and every honest bosom glows
with an affectionate sympathy for your wrongs ! These undenied,
and undeniable circumstances, leave no room for doubt as to
the real motive and designs of your Majesty's present accusers.
'hey expose the hypocrisy of those, who would mask their unjust
and impolitic proceedings, with the pretence of promoting the
honour and welfare of the Country—of that Country, whose Re-
.peesentatives had declared their opinion that the proceeding
would be (as it has been since found to be) injurious to the public
interest, and derogatory to the public honour: That Country
blushes for the dishonour of your accusers, and feels contami-
nated by the filthy testimony of their perjured witnesses.
" As little were your accusers influenced by regard to truth
.and justice, as by a deference to the feelings and honour of the
Country. They chose persons whom they commissioned to eel{-
fleet evidence of your Majesty's conduct in Foreign Countries,
Who brought together such a mass of disgusting falsehood, ca-
lumny, and perjury, as never before insulted or disgraced a Court
of Justice ; whilst others were supplied with unmeasured means,
who either wilfully or negligently, by their disproportioned re-
wards, gave incitement to the abandoned of all descriptions, to
fabricate and report whatever could be furnished by slander, *
receive the semblance of truth from perjury. The pure sources
of honourable enquiry were neither sought for nor applied to ;
whilst the dirty and polluted sinks of vice and baseness were
explored for all that was foul, to stain and poison the.reputation
of your Majesty. Such a selection of testimony could mot be in-
tended for the establishment of truth, for it was only applicable
to the purpose of conviction.. Yet upon such evidence was your
, Majesty accused, and partially tried, by a selected Committee of
the Lords, and treated as guilty, by being deprived of your
rightful honours, before you were heard—nay, before you were
acquainted with the accusation.
" In order the better to suit the purposes of your enemies,
when they could bear the magnanimity of your conduct no longer,
they proceeded against you b: a mode of trial which, in its gene-
ral principle, is as adverse to justice, as it is to the spirit of our
Constitutional Liberty. They resorted to that usual engine -of
tyranny, an or post facto law ; and, to the disgrace of justice, we
find your open aceroers and interested enemies converting tiaras-
selves inns the Judges of your conduct.
" The whole testimony for and against the accusation has gone
forth to the Public, whose anxious attention has been called to the
subject by that intensity of feeling which could be awakened only
by the interesting nature of its circumstances. We have marked
the ianumerabie cgenradictions, the misrepresentations, and ogee
perjuries of every principal witness, hired to give evidinice against
your Majesty. We marked with joy that failure of proof which
constrained even such a tribun..l to abandon every serious article
. of accusation which had been originally advanced. We saw esta-
blished., beyond the possibility of doubt, the acts and interference
of a conspiracy to effect, by subornation and perjury, the degrade-
thm, if not the destruction, of your Majesty; and from which we
eareestly believe the present attack upon your character to origi.
nate. We cannot persuade ourselves to the cote raryolthough your
Majesty's Judges, by their deelar.tion, prevented your Majesty
from producing more particular proof. Gins existei.ce and opera.
tion. We noticed with indignation the active interference of sense
unseen power to prevent, wherever its influence could Lark n.I. the
coaling of able and credible witnesses in your ;11ajesty's behalf;
together with other acts of artifice, which betrayed the desite and
intentions of your enemies to make a sacrifice of your Ma;esty ;
and, whether as a criminal or a victi►n, they were apparently indif..
&rent- We saw, with joy, that, whilst 11e/rational mud timid trust
the justly suspected testimony of diseorded and'pelurddlervtinte;
you produced, from your household and visitors, persons ot the