Star.
London, England, 1820-09-29 00:00:00

THE QUEEN.

Yesterday another Procession went to Branden-
burgh House, for the purpose of presenting an Ad-
dress to her MAJESTY from the, Parish of St. Luke.
It consisted of 56 carriages, Containing a great pro-
' portion of the Inhabitants of that Parish, male and
female. The latter, most of whom were dressed in
white satin and feathers, led the way in 20 carriages.
The male part wore white favours, as did the posti-
lions ; and the.horses were similarly decorated. The
fineness of the day gave additional splendour.to the i
scene. The people assembled in great numbers in
the streets and on the road to Hammersmith,- who
loudly cheered the cavalcade, which arrived at Bran-1
denburgh House soon after three o'clock.
Her MAJESTY was in readiness to receive the Ad-
dress, attended by her Chamberlains, Sir WILLIAM
GEL!., the Hon. KEPPELL CRAVEN, and Alderman
Wo3o; and, as soon as the Procession arrived, the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Deputation were
ushered into her MAJESTY'S presence, and were re-
ceived, especially the female part, with great polite-
ness and cordiality by her MAJESTY. The Addresses
having been teat, the annexed Answers were re-
turned, and the Ladies and Gentlemen having had
the usual honour of kissing her MAJESTY'S hand,
departed. A crowd had as usual assembled in front
of the house; and her MAJESTY, after receiving the
Address, having presented herself at the window,
was received with the most heart-cheering applause.
" I return my unfeigned thanks to the inhabitants of the
Parish of St. Luke, in the County of Middlesex, for this to}•al
and affectionate Address.

" I have but little power of benefitting the generous and en-
lighteued People of these realms; but the little that I have shall
ever be exercised to the best of my judgmunt in support of the
most salutary Institutions. It is intellectual culture that adds
most dignity to man; and which, while it abstracts him from the
grossness of vice, renders him more capable of liberty. I shall
ever feel it a duty to give every possible encouragement to those
beneficent Establishments in which the young learn she ele-
ments of knowledge, and imbibe the priisciples of virtue.
" The evidence, of which my enemies have availed them-
selves to criminate my character, reflects more disgrace upon
them than upon me. The turpitude of perjured testimony is
ignominious to the acct:ser, rather than to the accused.
" I would willingly resign all my rights and privileges for the
benefit of the people, or for the interests of liberty; but ought
with patient acquiescence, to suffer them to be taken from me
only in order that my adversaries may the more easily infringe
the rights of the nation, and promote the purposes of tyranny?
I feel no higher ambition than that of promoting the public good;
and the nation have had several convincing proofs that a sorgid
avarice is not among the imperfections of my character.
" The constitutional liberties of the people have, within a few
years, experienced numerous restraints, but those restraints have
still left us such a portion of the Liberty of the Press as has not
only most successfully dtfended me against my enemies, but has
excited such a spirit in the nation as appears to augur the most
favourable consequences to the public weal.
" The Liberty of the Press is that vital flame that has pre-
served the Constitution in the worst times, and under. the domi-
nation of the most worthless faction. Political liberty has little
to fear while the Press is free ; but if the free agency of the
mind, through the medium of the Press, should ever be destroyed,
the people have nothing left but to bow the neck, and to bend
the knee, at the shrine of arbitrary power."

The following is her MAJESTY'S Answer to the
Female Address:
" The Female Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Luke, in the
County of Middlesex, are requested to accept my cordial ac-
knowledgments for this affectionate tribute of loyalty and at-
tachment. Those females who have been mothers, and can esti-
mate the force of maternal affections, can best appreciate the
pangs which I felt when my only child was forcibly torn from
my embrace, and rendered an alien from my society. What
mother could calmly acquiesce in such privations, or patiently
endure such wrongs? The highest eminence in the ascent of
social life is often the region of torpor and of selfishness, where
the affections are benumbed, and a sort of sluggish apathy is in-
-CI-isted round the heart. But I may appeal not oily to nume-
rous acts, but to the general tissue of my life, for the proof that
the UNIVIRSAL FATHER has mingled in my temperament no or-
dinary portion of the benevolent sympathies. I have never suf-
fered the high station which I occupied to chill my ardour, or
to paralyze my will, in the Practice of benevolence; that practice
has cheered the gloom of my solitude, and relieved the listless-
ness of my worse than widowed hours.

" I claim no merit for acts of kindness which inclination
prompted me to perform, and in the performance of which I
found the purest delight and the sweetest satisfaction. But, if
my natural temperament were more than usually sensitive and
affectionate, the amiable females who have subscribed this Ad-
dress will clearly understand, that the cruelties which I have ex-
perienced must have been felt with double poignancy.
4' My nearest and dearest relatives have vanished in the shades
of death. The loss, at least, of one of them, has left a dreary
vacancy in my heart, which no other earthly endearment can
supply. Those fond caresses, which once united the mother
and the child, can no longer be mine ! But, instead of indulging
in unavailing regrets, I will henceforth endeavour to supply the
place of the kindred affections by the patriotic ; to regard the
people of these realms as my children ; to make their happiness
my pursuit; and to consider their augmented liberties as my
highest exaltation."

Last week a Meeting of the Householders and In-
habitants of the worn of Abergavenny was convened,
when an Address was voted to the QUEEN' and signed
by upwards of 500 persons.