Star.
London, England, 1820-10-19 00:00:00

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Yestirday having been appointed by her MAJEBI.I
for receiving several Addresses, .the Metropolis exhi-
bited unusual scene of From one end to
the other it was thronged eiittihleerr by those who were
to form part of the different processions, or by the
crowds who attended to witness their departure, and
accompany their progress. Indeed, from the interest
excited on this occasion, one would have been led to
believe, that it was the first.on which any Addresses
were to be presented. We have had, within the last
two months, frequent occasion to deacribe various
processions accompanying. Addresses to -Brandeis-
burgh House, and we have invariably remarked, that
the interest which they excited seemed to increase in
proportion to their numbers and frequency. Our
observations in this respect were fully borne out by
what Occurred yesterday ; for the enthusiasm which
it called forth was not equalled by anything we have
hitherto witnessed. Of the thousands who lined the
roads, or joined the processions towards her Ma-
jesty's residence, there was not one (as far as we could
judge from appearances) who did not seem as if his
own individual safety, or that of some dearly valued
friend, were depending on the part which he was
taking. As early as ten o'clock in the morning, the
streets leading from Holborn to Hyde Park-cor-
ner, and from thence to Hammersmith, began to be
thronged with pedestrians of every class, and with'
vehicles of all descriptions. The windows of the
houses on both sides the way were filled with spiigut-
tors, who seemed anxiously waiting the expos*
sbew. AMong the several processions were part
larly distinguished the Deputations from the
and Upper Liberties of St. Andrew, Holborn, and
St. Gecirge the Martyr, 7%iiddleses. These consisted
of from 400 to 500 persons, conveyed in about ninety
open carriages, drawn by four horses each ; one-third
of which were filled by elegant and welhdressed fe-
males—the remainder were occupied by parties of
Gentlemen. Among the numerous respectable pro-
cessions which we have witnessed during the last
three months, we do not recollect a more splendid or
better conducted procession than this. Before eight
o'clock, Holborn and its immediate neighbourhood
were all bustle and animation in collecting the vari•
ous persons who were to compose the procession.
One part assembled in Hatton-garden, another in
Bedford-row, and the last division in Queen-square.
By half-past ten the whole was condensed into one
line of march, which commenced moving through
Holborn, Broad-street, Oxford-street, Regent-street,
into Piccadilly, for the direct road to Brandenburgh
House. The lower division of the Parish took the
van of the procession. The Beadles, bearing a well-
executed banner of St. Andrew on the Cross, with the
inscription of " Right shall overcome might," were
followed by trumpeters on foot, and a carriage, con-
taining Mr.HARMER, the mover, accompanied by the
seconder of the Address. Theo followed the Depu-
tation and Committee in two carriages. Next came
twenty-five carriages, filled with inhabitants of the
Lower 'Liberty. Immediately succeeded the Beadles
of the Upper Liberty, on horseback, bearing the in-
signia of their office ; then a young man on horse-
back, with a banner, on which was inscribed, "The
Address of the United Parishes of St. Andrew, Hol-
born, above Bars, and St. George the Martyr;"
caravan, drawn by two beautiful horses, tastefully
decorated with ribands, containing an excellent band
of music, playing the beautiful Scotch air of My bonny
Highland [addle. On the front of the caravan was a
large banner, emblematical of the titular Saints of these
United Parishes: then the carriages which contained
the proposer and seconder of the Address, and the
Committee who conducted this portion of the pro-
cession. In the last carriage of the Committee was
placed a beautiful banner with these inscriptions—
" The Power of Public Of.inion"," Virtue Trium-
phant"—after which the procession extended to about
fifty carriages, in which were intermixed Ladies and
Gentlemen.
Independently of the respectable appearance of the
parties who occupied the carriages, the neat and ele-
gant dresses of the postillions, who were attired in
very handsome yellow silk jackets, added consider-
ably to the beauty of the spectacle. The whole of
the processions formed, at one time, a line of car-
riages and four exceeding one hundred and seventy
in number. These, when viewed through the crowded
streets along which they passed, had a most pleasing
effect, particularly if the spectator had an opportu-
nity of contrasting the variety and splendour of the
dresses, flags, and decorations. The Address of St.
Andrew's, &c. was read by Mr. CLIFT; that from
Witney, which was accompanied by a large deputa-
tion, was read by. Major CARTWRIGHT. The Ad-
dress of the Roman Catholic Congregations of the
Metropolis was read by the Rev. RICHARD ELATES.
The Address of the operative Coachmakers was
accompanied by about twenty carriages and four,
and read by Mr. IlEpsults. The Address from the
Sawyers of the Metropolis was accompanied by s
very numerous procession, in which were borne 32
flags, with various devices and mottoes. Among the
latter we noticed the following :
" The geeing's Guards, the People!"
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'6' The Qusix happy, and the People freer
" Fret not thyaelt because of Evil-doers!"
" The Witked plot against Justice!"
" The Workers of iniquity shall fall!"
" A dreadful Sound is in their Ears!"
" Minnows, Diestax, and Wltuaws, the Queen's Lawyers!" '
The Address from the City of Hereford was ac-1
companied by a deputation of Ladies and Gentle. I
men, and was read by Mr. SCUDAMORE, M.P. The'
Addrels from Camberwell was accompanied by a
Deputation of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Deputa-
tion accompanying the Address from Southampton
went in a barouche and four, having four flags, on
one of which was inscribed the number of signatures,
2,304. Mr. GORDON, M.P. attended by a Clergy-
man in his full canonicals, accompanied the Address
from Cricklade,
Mr. Sheriff WAI rum AN, accompanieclby his daugh-
. ter and a Gentleman, arrived in state at Branden-
burgh House, about three o'clock, to present Ad-
dresses to her MAJESTY from Kidderminster, Ciren-
ceiter, and Swansea. He was in full Court-dress,
wearing his chain of office without his gown, and
was received with her usual condescension by her
MAJESTY, who was pleased to return most gracious
answers. The elegance of the 'equipage excited ge-
neral admiration.
• All the Addresses were most gracionsly received
by her MAJESTY, who allocate din excellent health
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and spirits. Her Menem, in the NUM Or me day,
'hewed herself' at therm% willow% tnd was
tnrously cheered by the thoulligads Who occur= Luc
grounds before the house, The presentation of each
Address was marked by discharges of small artillery
?rum the River. Though the crowds were i MOMS!,
during the whole of the day, we did sot hear of the
htest disorder, or of any accident.

THE EVENING STAR•

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19, 1820.

THE QUEEN.
The Trial before the Lords, as our Readers will
see by the proceedings of yesterday, goes on pre-
cisely in the manner in which we had prepared them
to expect it would. The QUEEN'S enemies are now
upon their trial—not her MAJESTY. Wham pity that
the whole of them have not yet been dragged to light!
This is now the object of the QUEEN'S Counsel, and
the principal labour of those who oppose them ap-
pears to be. if possible, to prevent this exposure.
But why all this labour? Have not pains been taken,
over and over, to point out the unimpeachable charac-
ter of Colonel BROWN and his associates in the Milan
Commission? May not the argument employed re-
specting the accusations offered against the QUEEN,
"that the more clearly they were stated, and the greater
the efforts to establish them, the greater would be the
discomfiture of her enemies, and the more brightly
would her MAJESTY'S character shine, should they
fail in their proofs"—we say, may not this argument
be with equal force applied to the course now pursued,
by the QUEEN'S Counsel? The more they attempt to
vilify.the honourable men—" all honourable men"—
employed in the Milan Commission—the more bright
and resplendent will their virtues appear, if her MA-
JESTY'S Counsel fail to prove, that they bribed a ser-
vant or servants to betray their trust and rob their
master or masters of papers belonging to the QUEEN;
that they employed agents to fee and suborn wit-
nesses to depose lies against her MAJESTY; that they,
or some of them, had pm sonal intercourse with these
suborned witnesses and gave them money; that pro-
mises cf great reward, and provision for life, were,
through their agency, made to many individuals, to in-
duce them togive evidence against the Illustrious Per-
sonage whose ruin was sought to be effected by such
corrupt, wicked, and diabolical means ? Ought not
the Counsel against her MAJESTY rather to court than
shun this new investigation? knowing, as they must
know, the immaculate virtue of those whom it is now
sought to exhibit as more infamous than that of a thief,
inasmuch as those who seduce a man from the path
of duty, mast be held more guilty, in the common
estimation of mankind, than the one whom their
money corrupts to steal, and to betray the trust
reposed in him.
We must say that, in our view of the case, the
Counsel for the Bill act very unkindly towards the
good. and virtuous lawyer VILMACARTA, and the
amiable and honourable Colonel Baown, iu offering
any impediments to the calling forth statements
which might furnish them with the mewls of proviog
a conspiracy against these pure individuals, and thus
turning the tables back again upon the opposite party.
But this is not all :—lt is known that Mr. PowELr.
and Mr. Come—Gentlemen whose chmacters must
be dear to the Counsel for the Bill—were at Milan,
and connected with the Commission-*--may it not
be said by ill-natured people (for what will not ill-
natured people say ?) that, possibly, their opposition
to the having all the matters connected, or pretended
to be connected with the Milan Commission brought
to light, arises from a fear that, possibly, some foul
matter may be thrown at these unimpeachable cha-
racters! Is it not then of importance that means should
he afforded to furnish them with an opportunity of re-
butting, in a triumphant manner, every imputation
that might be cast upon them ? Is this a matter of in-
difference ? if, indeed, these Gentlemen had, like the
iQUEEN, been calumniated for years, by inveterate ene-
miest they might be supposed by this time to have be-
come a little callous, and to view with indifference
every attempt to injure their fair fame ; but the case is
otherwise with them, and if insinuations of any kind,
against any person whatever, known to have been con-
nected with the Milan Commission, be not instantly
wiped away, they may stick to them for years
to come. Now, would not this be lamentable?—
To calumniate the QUEEN, to be sure, is a common
thing, and
.many consider it as no crime ; but shall
the same measure be meted out to her prosecutors
also? Oh, that would be abominable—especially
when the Arioawzr and Sotictroa-Gmmaist, may
so easily white-wash them, merely by letting their
accusers say the wont they can of them, and then :hew-
ing that there is not one word of truth in all or any of
them having suborned witnesses, by bribes and pro-
mises, to swear falsehoods against the QUEEN, or paid
any person whatever to steal papers belonging to her
MAJESTY, 01 to pick locks for any such purpose ; or
in any one of Oem buying performed any dirty work
respecting this dirty prosecution.
.1 We will noanrther detain our Readers by offering
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