Star.
London, England, 1820-04-19 00:00:00

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Meant occasions. Wits there then noiemedy ? There
was a time when a Ministry which ceased to enjoy
public support, would have resigned their places.—
But now we beheld a set of men in power, from Whine
administration it would seem there was not much
prospect of relief, except throngh confusion; so per-
tinaciously do they cling to their offices, and scorn to
give them up to the popular cry. Admirieg, 'as lie
did, the, principles of that immortal man (Mr. Fox)
whose memory they had so often celebrated in the
room, whose statue then graced it, and whose spirit,
if it could look down, would contemplate our present
situation with sorrow, he should always deem it his'
duty to advocate•every measure cf retrenchment
and economy. But when anything of this kind was
brought forward, it was called an innovation. Stich
a charge came with a bad grace .from his Majesty's
Ministers. Whenever they meditated any thing,
against Public Liberty—when their Bills to re arict '
the Liberty of the Press, their Banishing Bills,
their Gagging Bills, in short, all their late mea-
sures, were brought forward, and which he con-
sidered as deadly innovations on the freedom of
the Constitution—then the cry of innovation was no
longer heard;' and he appealed. to them whether in-
novation was most to be deprecated on the side of
the People, or on 'the side of Power—(Applause),
Seeing, as he did, so many among. them who had
vorneted a Petition for Reform m Parliament—a
Petition which had proceeded froM the middle classes,
which the Ministers could not.accuse Cl sedition, he
thought it particularly his diltY to state, that he con-
sidered the great, and• paramount, and vital object
on which the salvation of the country depended, was
a Reform of the Representative System—(Laud and
continued Applause).—He did not mean to say that
Reform would immediately relieve the people from
their oppressive :burdens ; that it could raise our'
'drooping commerce, or revive our agriculture ; but
it would be a pledge that the public money would
not be extravagantly lavished, and
,that the feelings
of the nation would not be outraged. It would do
more to conciliate the disaffected (for disaffectioi
undoubtedly existed)—it would tend more to pro-
duce quiet and security, than all the Givgiog Bills
that could be devised—(Applause).-;--He felt that he
had detained them an unconscionable length ; but,
after the support which they had giVen him, he con-
ceived it his duty.,to advert to those topics upon
which he had touched. He hegged leave, before he
sat down, to allude to one more subject, as it had
been for the first time introduced on such an occa--
sion where he had been present. He alluded to the
Queen having been one of the toasts drank. Ile was
not in the House of Commons when the conduct of
that Illustrious Personage came tinder discussion.—
But be must say, that he agreed with his Right Hon:
Friend, Mr. Tierney, in thinking that his Majesty's
Ministers had, by their conduct, betrayed the King
or insulted the Queen. If they had proof sufficient
to justify them in keeping her name out of the.
Church Service, they had enough to justify them in,
proceeding to bring her Majesty to trial (Applause).
—He should, therefore, feel it his duty to support
inquiry into the subject ; and he would never consent
to vote a single shilling for her Majesty until her
character stood clear with the world. He had no
knowledge of the facts; he could have none; but it
was imposssible that the Queen of England could
rest under the load cf suspicion which his Majesty's
Ministers had insinuated-against her honour—(Lcard
applause).--Ale requested to be allowed to tliaak
them for the attention with which they had -11.earcl
him; and observed, that at one of the very first
public dinners which he had attended—a dinner in.
that town in honour of Mr. Fox—he had briefly told
them the conduct he should pursue, and he was now
happy to find that they had sanctioned it by their
decided approbation—(Applause). •
Various personal and patriotic toasts were after-
wards proposed and drank with enthusiasm, after
which the company broke up.
Mr. LADISTON, on rising to take leave, thanked*
them for the handsome manner in which they had
received him. But before he departed to resume his
duties in the House of Commons, he would, with
the permission of the Chairman, give a sentiment,
which had, it was true, been drank before, but with-
out comment. Ile thought that we must rest our
main hope for the redemption of the country on the
intrepid and enlightened Press. The Hon. Gentle.
man eulogized the conductors of the liberal part of,
the Press at some length ; and said, to the Press alone
he looked for the salvation of the country, and
begged to drink—" The intrepid and enlightened
Press of England." The sentiment was followed
by reiterated cheers, and Mr. Lambton and his
friends immediately withdrew, amidst the most cot
dial acclamations. •

WILL OF TIM LATE LADY ELIZAEATII PERCY.—
Letters of administration, with the will annexed, of
the effects of the late Right Hon. Lady Eliiabeth
Percy, who died on the 10th of January last;were, on
the 10th inst. granted by the Prerogative.Ccurt, to
the Right Hon. Algernon Baron Prudhoe, her brother,
the Most Noble the Duchess Dowager of Northurnber-
' land, the mother, having renounced her right as next
of kin. The will is written by her Ladyship's own
hand, with a black lead pencil, and is without the
usual formalities of the appoin:ment of an executor
or residuary legatee, date, or witnesses. An affidavit
of her waiting-maid, Anne Shelly., and of— Mor-
ris, Esq. of Northumberland-street,- establishes the
hand-writing, and the former deposes to the parti-
cular circumstances that attended the transaction,
which took place on the 3cl of January, a week pre-
vious to leer Ladyship's death ; an event anticipated
in the will in termS"bf the utmost resignation. When
finished, the paper was directed for the Duchess
Dowager, and given to Anne Shelley to deposit and
lock in the drawer of a writing-table, with att injunc-
tion to make the subject known .immediately on the
testatrix's demise, which Was done accordingly. The
few legacies it contains are chiefly to . her mother,
brother, and sisters, accompanied with expressions
of fervent affection and attachment. To her mother
£6OO per annum, and after her death « to Prudhoe;"
£350 per annum to each of her sisters.; and to Mrs.
W. S. Gilpin a bequest of ,CL.OO, a silk note-case, &c.
To her sisters Agnes and Emily her jewels.; and to
the Duke and Duchess of Nu: thumberland, the se-
lection of any article they pleased as a remem-
brance. Servauts.are particularly mentioned. Anne
Shelley's legacy is The personals ate sworn
under .C. 35,000.

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