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government *Wet which no man could pos..
siblv be safe.
Holsuouss said the present attaci on the Queen
England was no more than had been seen on
:!Izr occasions: it. was only one additional instance

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peninjustice, perpetrateti by open force. It was
the conviction of Government—he meant his

"I.l:Cjesty', Ministers--that they had the power to do
!.o, which emboldened them to snake the attempt.-
I,et they had the satisfaction to know that even all
the present Ministers of the Crown did not approve
of the measures which kid been pursued towards.
her Majesty : one of them had, in his place in Par-
liament, expressed his reluctance to join in the pro-
secution, and had stated his opinion that her Majesty
was as deserving as ever of affectionate regard—
(..Vati,i.).—And were not die people of England
to beiiete so tilt the contrary were roved?p Were
Oley to be deterred from doing justice because the
?;:sister deprecated and cried out against popular
:Imour? That which was now called claMour was
,s-,: same voice that had been raised from one end

the country to the other, when innocent persons

I:.td been sabred and trampled to death while le-
llv and peaceably assembled in the exercise of
emir undoubted rights. The same arguments had
I:.:•zn used on this occasion to prevent Public Meet-.
as had been urged aftcr the Manchester mas-
t . :se: Requisitionists had been told by certain She-
.

:ini other official persons, that they were not
pepdging the question. But in the case of the
Manchester affair, when Meetings were refused, had
al.:4y been ultimately instituted in ParliaMent,
nd bad reireAs bccii obtained for the injured ?
No ; the answers of Nlit:isters in Parliament had been,

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that the conduct of the 1111:iistrates and Yeomanry
would become the sulject of Investigation in a Court
of Law, and that therefore the question would be

rrejudied by a Parliamentary inquiry ; but when
:ri!iT of those :iccnsed by the Government came
on at York, no evidence could be admitted respecting

tle conduct of those who had committed the

ders. In the same manner, when the Bill at present
pending in Parliament against her Majesty should
t.e. passed, the people would be told that it was as
:.'surd to express their opinion on the subject aftcr
the Bid was passed, as it was improper to prejudge
it bcfore—(Appla:re). The prosecutors of her Me-
j,•,tv, in producing precedents for the course of pro.
cc,.-ling which they had adopted, said they would
nct go farther back than the Revolution. He would
~vish the people to go•no farther back:than the period
the Revolution—(Applasue). If Ministers thought
ezey could find, in the proceedings of that period,
certain rules by which their conduct was to be regu-
ned on the present occasion, the people might also
ti.ink that they could find something which their an-
r.r.,tors had done with glory to themselves, and with
:n lilt to the Nation, and the example of which they
Light do well to imitate--(Applause). GOD forbid
t!:aL he should recommend any measure which the
necessity only could sanction. He was aware of
r::e impropriety of holding such a prospect up to the
iyes of his countrymen ; but if they looked to the
!gns of the present times, they could not help think-
ing that those enemies of the country, who were pur-
.aing measures so opposite to its best interests, were
hurrying the dreaded catastrophe. Nothing could
prevent that catastrophe but what it was almost in
vain to expect—that Ministers should confess their
error, 211:1 retrace their steps; nothing but their
taking the advice of the people of England, and with-
drawing this Bill of Pains and Penalties, would save
the Nation from the impending calamity—(Applease).
Mr. FLaasiacAN moved a Vote of Thanks to Mr.
AWer.i.an Wood, for his ccnduct in all the offices
rhich he had hitherto filled, but particularly for the
tanner in which he had acted towards her Majesty.
The Resolution was received with loud acclania-
tlins, and was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Alderman Woos) stepped forward to return
frank., but the expressions of approbation prevented
n for some time from being heard.—lie had found
it necessary, for reasons which they would excuse him
for not stating, to remain silent on this question, not
naly in the House of Commons, but at all Public
Meetings, and even in private society ; yet he must
7;-.1. be altogether dumb in returning thanks for the
I. they had done him. There was not a man,
he was convinced, in that county, or in this kingdom, I
vho, it be had been in possession of the same facts
vi:lich had been known to him for several months,
would have acted otherwise than be had done. He
L. 3 knowledge that this Illustrious Lady was in the
bands of her betrayers: she had been placed in that
satiation, in which, if something had not speedily
cm done, she perhap. would never have reached
t:lcse shores. She had evinced a bold and determined
feeling, and in his opinion she was right in coming
to England—( pplause ).—The whole empire felt
t..e justice of that sentiment ; even Ministers, who
a:tempted to prevent her from coming here, ad-
r.:itted, now that she had arrived, that she had acted
correctly—( Cheers ).—ln doing what he had done,
le had merely performed his duty as an Englishman.
Circumstances, emanating from a high quarter, led
him to believe that this Illustrious Individual was to
he .acrificed. He had in consequence proceeded to the
Continent, and he was sure there was no man who
heard him who would not, under the same circum-
stances, and actuated by the same feelings, have pro-
ceeded to the most distant part of the world, for the
purpose of giving her every assistance in his power. He
zvold have gone to the Continent at an ear Her period
if his official duties bad not detained him in England.
Her Majesty, previously to his leave% this country,
being determined to meet the charges brought zgainst
ter, be they what they might, had ordered him to
send a ship to Leghorn to bring her over. He, how-
c-..er, did not thin it right to take that step without
'consulting other individuals; and that circumstance
alone was the cause of the delay that had taken place.
I:7ery day. every hour, her cause wore a more favour-
able appearance. The evidence to which persons of
eistinction had deposed was so decidedly in her fa-
Tour, that he thought it was impossible, notwith-
r.andin,,, the strong opinion which had been given
his lion. Friend, of the corruption of the two
of Parliament, for any tribunal to find her
railty—(Clicers).—Those who supported her cause
laft for place or preferment, while those who
••••ece ai.ayed against her were supported by pensions
iliay.ir Irom the lablur of the people. The persons
v.!,,fiar he alluded received more than three mil-
Is manually out of the public funds—((Shame,shanle).
w.ti sure it would give them great pleasure to hear

that her Majesty was at the present. moment in the
highest possible spirits. Within the last 24 hours he.
had heard her express herself in these
.lejords." I
would not exchange my situation with any woman.
in the world !"—(Cheers). She said this while rea-
soning on her situation.-Larguing on it with that
talent which she was well known to possess, and with
a full knowledge Of all the enemies she had to en-
counter.
Yet, under such circurnstances,these were
the magilanimous expressions that fell from her—
(Applause). He could inform the Meeting, that on
the first day of the trial she meant to go down to the
House of Lords at ten o'clock in the morning, and
she never would leave it as long as the proceedings
were going on. For strong reasons, which 'induced
him at present to be silent, they would not expect
that he Ellonld enter into the merits of the case: and,'
therefore, he should only add again his thanks for
the honour which the Meeting had done him.
Thanks having been voted to the Sheriffs, and to
the Members of the Committee, the Meeting was dis-
solved a little before six o'clock.

Dr. PARR, from fatigue, and the extreme heat of
the room, and-the full attendance of Freeholders,
was obliged to retire, supported by two Gentlemen.
On Alderman WOOD'S declaration, that it was her
MAJESTY'S determination to attend daily in person
in the House of Peers, during the impending discus-
sion of die Bills of Pains and Penalties, a burst of
applause took place, which lasted several minutes.

TH$ EVENING STAR

LONDON.

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The Paris Papers of Sunday, received this forenoon,
are fraught with important intelligence.
The Monitcur briefly announces that " important
news have arrived from Naples, and that very serious
events have taken place in Sicily. An insurrection
has broken out there, and the Neapolitan troops have
had to maintain, with various success, an obstinate
and very bloody struggle."
The Gazette de France quotes letters from Palermo
of the 9th July, which also announce 46 a great
movement in Sicily. The Carbonari are everywhere
&tilted down ; they do not wish to recognize in any
manner, in that Island, the Revolution which has
been effected at Naples."
The Journal de Paris says, that " alarming re-
ports are in circulation as to the tranquillity of the
Kingdom of Naples. Private letters announce that
a general rising has taken place in Sicily, and that
that island, detaching itself from the Kingdom, has
resolved to declare its independence."
The other Journals have nothing on the subject.
At Vienna .everything, is indicative of some im-
portant movement being meditated in the direction
of Italy. An article from that Capital of the 26th of
July, says—" Nothing is at this moment talked of
but a grand determination which has been taken by
our Government on the subject of the revolt at Naples.
As the matter has been secretly deliberated in Coun•
cil, few persons can be informed respecting it; never-
theless every one agrees in saying, that an extraordi-
nary resolution has been taken since the arrival of
Prince CARIATI, Ambassador from Naples." The
article goes on to state, that, on the Sunday pre-
ceding, Prince AizrrearacH went to Schreenbrunn,
and passed more than two hours in secret conference,
with the EMPEROR. After Mass, his MAJESTY gave
a private audience to a number of Ministers, and other
persons of distinction. Next day, there was a Secret
Council at Schcenbrunn, at which his MAJESTY pre-
sided. Baron DE STIPSITZ, Vice President of the
ICouncil of War, was called in, and immediately after
ithe Council broke up, orders were sent into Illyria,
land to the Cispadane Provinces, to assemble an army
in the Kingdom of Venetian Lombardy.
We leant farther, that Prince Scrivraierzessuaon
had, after this determination, requested leave to re-
tire from the administration of the War Depart-
ment, which has accordingly been granted, and
Field-Marshal Count BELLEGARDE appointed, ad
interim, President of the Council of War. The dif-
ferent documents relating to this change are pub-
lished in the Vienna Gazette of the 25th July ; and
the pretence there given for Prince SCHWARTEEN-
Button's retirement, at so critical a moment, is ill
health. This sort of apology is too stale to deceive
any body. The real truth seems to be, that the EM-
PEROR, and majority of his Councillors, have de-
clared for war, and that Prince SCIIWARTZENBURGH
having declared against it, bas prudently declined
having anything to do with its prosecution. The
circumstance of BELLEGARDE having been formerly
Viceroy of Italy, has of course recommended him as
particularly fit for conducting a war, of which Italy
is to be the scene. He must, besides, be familiar to
the recollection of our Readers, as a fighting man ;
and it is as such accordingly that we find him parti-
cularly complimented in the Emperor's letter, calling
him to fill the vacant place. " Having," says his
Majesty, " had !o many proofs of your experime in
the conduct of military affairs, I confide to you," &c.
" I rely, on this ::e.4; occasion, on the same zeal and
the same actix...ty cf which you have in all preceding
instances given me the noblest proofs."
The Prince de Cantata was, it appears, the bearer
of litters to the Emperor, from the King of NAPLES
and Prince of SALERNO, who is son-tn-law to the
Emperor. Can the representations of the latter haver
had any influence on the determination of the Aus-
ufa° Cqurt? The Archduchess, spouse of the Prince
of SALialto, is now at Vienna.
lu asl4oion to the accounts from Sicily, the Ga-