Star.
London, England, 1820-09-23 00:00:00

ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday evening, a numerous Meeting was held
in the Vestry-room, pursuant to a Requisition pre-
sented to the Churchwardens, to consider the pro-
priety of presenting an Address to her MAJESTY.
At half-past six o'clock the Chair was taken by the
senior Churchwarden, who 'stated the object of the
Meeting. A letter was read from the Rev. W.
MANN, strongly protesting against the legality of
the Meeting being held in the Church n; Church-
yard, as contrary to the 88th Canon, and denying
that the Churchwardens had any authority to call
such Meetings without the sanction of the Clergyman.
Mr. Hack then addressed the Meeting, and stated
that he was called upon to read the Resolutions which
were propcised for conAderation,. and upon which he
hoped that every individual who thought proper to.
speak should be allowed, without interruption, to de=
liver his unbiassed opinion. lie was by no means an
advocate,.upon any occasion, for the use of violent
language, but he felt that the present was a subject
with regard to which every man who.regarded com-
mon justice. or his own rightc,.was called upon to
declare his sentiments clearly, unequivocally, and
decidedly; for the people of England were required
to determine, whether they will stiffer an innocent
woman to become the victim of a system of oppres-
sion which threatened to overturn all that England
held most dear, namely, its constitutional principles,
.and especially those which referred to the adminis-
tration of justice—(Applause).—As he was about to
be followed by a Gentleman who was much more
competent than himself to interest a popular assem-
bly, the worthy Gentleman said, that he should not
longer occupy the attention of the Meeting.
Several of the Resolutions having been read,
Mr. Dnuny presented himself to the notice of the
Meeting, in order, he said, to second the propositions
of his worthy Friend, and a loud cry being raised•of
Mount the table," this Gentleman complied with
the call. Upon being recognized by the Meeting,
which tilled the aisle in every part to a degree of al-
most intolerable pressure, Mr. Drury was saluted with
the warmest applauses. He regretted, he declared,
that he had been called upon on this occasion to ad-
dress so respectable an assembly, as many more com-
petent persons could be found in the Parish ; but
whatever might be his own impression of his compa-
rative incapacity, he should never shrink from the
performance of his duty, 'and especially in such a
case as the present, which appealed so painfully to
the hearts, and to the heads .of the people—( Ap-
plause).—For here the people were imperiously called
upon to vindicate an injured female, who, were it
not for their interposition, would have been defence-
less, as was evident from the history of her sufferings.
But what could interest Englishmen more, than to.
fiud their Queen proscribed the moment she entered
that country which once boasted of giving liberty to
the slave, whether African or American, the moment
he or she touched its soil.?—(Applause)—On the first
arrival, indeed, of our unfortunate Queen in England,
at a time when she was encouraged to look for hap-
piness as well as honour, she was surrounded by the
most infamous women of rank in the country, who
at once engaged in plotting her destruction, by con-
triving to produce the alienation of her husband's
mind, and these fiends were but too successful ; for
scarcely had her child been born, when the husband,
who was solemnly pledged to be her protestor, aban-

doned her without a cause, but merely upon the prel
tence, forsooth, that he could not controul his in
dination—(Applasiseandhisses).--This; however, was!
'not enough. A plot to takeaway her life was framed'
by Sir John and Lady Muslin, or if these wretches
were not the framers they were the principal instru-
ments of the plot. That plot, however, failed, serving
-only to recoil upon the authors, who still suffered no,
corporal punishment, but possibly enjoyed reward.—
But the Queen's affection was peculiarly embittered by
the death of her interesting daughter, who might be
truly said to form the star of Brunswick. That illus-
trious young Princess was, therefore, as all who
heard him well knew, the universal favourite of the
English people, who deeply mourned her premature,
her melancholy, and, he might add, her mysterious
death—EHere the people' manifested their sympathy
in the most unequivocal manner.)—if it were not for
that event, no one • could doubt that this country
would never have heard of the odious Green Bags,
or of the filthy matter with which the 7 had deluged
the land upon the testimony of the very outcasts of
the human race. But before that event the Queen
was persuaded by mischievous counsels to leave
England, and from that hour she was encompassed
with spies. Even, indeed. in her own native land of
Brunswick she could not be secure against that pes-
tilence. But in Italy it traced her every step, the
hand of espionage being organized and directed by
that picklocking knave Baron Ompteda—(Applause).
—Yet, after all, this infernal system, its authors,
abettors, and instruments, had actually been unable
to prove anything against the Queen to the satisfac-
tion of any just-thinking-man in the British empire
(" Trite—true,"—exclaimed the crowd).—Her Majesty
therofbre was right i'n disdaining the menaces of the
English Ambassador who sought to frighten and to
bribe her at St. Omer's. Conscious of her innocence,
and relying upon the justice of England, ..he re-
turned here in - defiance of her enemies, evincing a
degree of dignity and firmness that were eminently
honourable to her character—(Shouts of applause).—
By this conduct, indeed, combined with the injustice
of the Queen's persecutors, the British lion was com-
pletely roused, and it was evident that he never could
be appeased until her Majesty was restored to all her
rights and privileges—(Applauses, and loud cries clf
"Maio, bravo!")—He would not offend the Morals
and feelings of the assembly by entering into a repe-
tition of the disgusting evidence which was heard at
the Bar of the House of Lords. But what a strange
anomaly did the conduct of the two branches of the
Legislature present upon this transaction, one House
of Parliament declaring, that to enter into such an
inquiry would be derogatory to the honour of the
'Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the na-
tion, while the other House opened the hateful Green
Bag, and patiently, if not pleasantly, waded through
all its disgusting contents. Who could recollect the
testimony of that miscreant Majocchi, without asto-
nishment and indignation ? But what were the feel-
ings which his visit to Carlton House was calculated
to produce, especially when it wai considered that that
visit took place immediately after the death, and be--
fore the sacred remains of our late beloved Monarch
-were c;:nsigned to the tomb—(Cries of “ shame!")—
Yet this was the very period when occasion was taken
to drill and to bribe this vile Italian. Then as to
the master-skipper and his mate, let any man reflect
upon the sums which these persons confessedly re-
ceived for attending here, and ask himself whether
witnesses so rewarded by the party in whose favour
they swore, were entitled to any credit ? Then as to
Krantz, what was the-amount of this German ser-
vant's bribes 2 Why, equal to the amount of ten
years of her usual wages. Upon the testimony of
that epistolary lass, De Mont, or Doubk-entendre, he
did not think it necessary to comment, as the coun-
try had unanimously pronounced upon her character.-
But the fact was, that this plot was altogether over-
strained.. The witnesses swore too much ; and it
would have evidently much better answered the
purpose of the conspiracy, if its agents had been
more moderate in their depositions, and confined'
themselves to something feasible and plausible ; for
no rational being could believe the lowest prostitute
guilty of such acts as these pliant zealous witnesses
attributed to the Queen—(Applause).—But when this
evidence, so peculiarly calculated to demoralize the!
country, was daily delivering and publishing, he
could not help asking, what was become of rr the
Society for the Suppression of Vice?" That Society,
however, which was so active in prosecuting indivi-
duals, was inactive on this occasion, although that
evidence tended more, in the course of a few weeks,
to the injury of public morals, than the vice of indi-
viduals could possibly do in twenty years! (Applause).
Yet this Society, always so potent, and sometimes so
venomous against the poor and weak, durst not in-
terfere with the publication of that evidence which
the people were called upon to read, in order to as'
certain the merits of the case ; and these merits were
now fully known to the country, which pronounced
decidedly in favour of the Queen, in despite of the
insidious object for which an unusual publication of'
ex-parte statements was sent forth to the world—(Ap-
please). Yes, he would venture to say that, merely
upon a view of the evidence against the Queen,
ninety-nine out of a hundred of the people had found
a verdict in her favour—(', l'es, yes!" exclaimed the
crowd). Notwithstanding then nie cup of bitterness
which was administered to this persecuted Princess,'
and which it was attempted to make her drink to
the very dregs, she had the consolation to 6nd the
people universally rallying about her, offering her
the assurance of their respect and regard with all the
fervour of benedictio-n that was due from pious pity"
to injured innocence—(Acelanzations of applause).
Upon the sixth Resolution Mr. WILD took occasion
to express his unqualified approbation of its tenour
and object. Ile was proud, indeed, to belong to a
parish which evinced such genuine English feeling,
and he trusted that every other parish in the country
would be forward to imitate such a laudable example.
But he felt that the Ministers who had thus endea-
voured to outrage the Constitutional principles and
moral feeling of the English nation, by oppressing
the Queen, ought to be dismissed from their places,
and therefore he was glad to hear of the approach-
ing Meeting in the County of Middlesex to Petition
his 'Majesty for that purpose. He looked for similar
Meetings elsewhere, but especially in Surrey and
Southwark, in each of which places be should be
most happy to do everything in his power to pro-
mote the object--(Applause).
An Address to the Queen, founded upon the Re-

.01utiOns, was here voted, upon the proposition n:
Mr. HA et.
Mr. LLOYD moved, that the Wardens should he
requested to ascertain when it would be converielit
her Majesty to receive the Address.—Agreed, as we:e
Resolutions, that such of the inhabitants as could
veniently accompany the Wardens, should be inritP3
to attend, and that Sir Robert Wilson ant Mr.
vert, the Members for the Borough, should 1:e :t:!)
invited.—Before the latter proposition was pi,t, t:e
Cuantarau read the following letters :
" Richmond, Sept. 21,1820 (nine o'clock).
" DEAR feel very groat regret at not being able 'a
reach London tc-morrow, but an indispensible engagement cl'.
me in another direction. Could I possibly have superseded this
previous arrangement, I should cheerfully have done so, for
tendance on such an occasion to co-operate with the Parishionr.
of St. Saviour.* would have been a most agreeable duty. I feel,
however, persuaded, that the Address agreed upon will do amps
justice to the generous spirit which dictated the Requisition.
" I remain your obedient scream.
" R. WILSON."
" 16, St. James's-place, 22d Sept. 1820-
" Sta—l had the pleasure of receiving, your letter of yew:-
day's date, requesting my presence at a Meeting or the
rishioners of St. Saviour, to consider of an Address to the
Queen, only this morning. This circumstance I have to regret,
as the shortness of the notice does not afford me an opportutire
of putting off a prior engagement I had made, and which
should most readily have done, considering it, as I do, part c
! my duty to attend any Meeting of my Constituents, and regret-
ting extremely when any circurostatiee arises to prevent my
having that pleasure. If it should be the wish of the Meeti::(
that I should' accompany them to present it to her 31ajesty, I
shall most willingly obey their wishes in that respect.
I have the honour to remain,
" Your obedient and faithful savant,
" C 11.% CALVERT,"

Mr. IIAc& here read a Resolution, which it was
meant to propose, inviting the Chaplain to acoon:-
pany the Procession on this occasion, but after the
letter which had been received from thi: Reverc:d
Mr. Mann, he felt that Meeting would revolt against
,such a proposition. Amidst the most extraordiumy
aberration of the Clergy in this case, from. the prin-
ciples which they were in the habit of preaching Iron
the altar, it was hoped that the Chaplains of St. Sa-
viour would have been ready to co-operate with tae
people by whom they were erected, in the hk.ly won.:
of vindicating injored innocence ; of shielding a Nl-
scented wife from that danger which some d—d
had thrown in her way. But the hope was vain; the,
minor Clergy seemed emulous of those Bishop,, w1)0
should have thrown away their gowns, rather than
have acted as they have done in this disgraceful trail-
action ; for it could never be forgotten, that the heal
of the Church was also at the head of those who struck
the Queen's name out of the Liturgy, as well as at the
head of those who opened the Green Bag {Applause,.
The King himself he believed a good natured mail—
(Hissing and applause).—He would repeat, that he
really thought the King a good man, and that, if
left to himself, his conduct would deserve the apy,n,
batioa of his people. But the misfortune for the
King, as well as for the country, was this, that he
was surrounded by men who were as infimous is
morals as they were in politics—(Lowl applause).—
The worthy Gentleman concluded with observinzr,
that as- the Resolution which he held in his• hand
could not be consistently submitted to the Meetin:.:,
he would deal with that Resolution as it deserve!,
and he accordingly tore it to pieces amidst the latul!..
ter and applause of the Meeting.
The Meeting broke up about eight o'clock.
The procession from this Parish is to go by water
from Queenhithe toßrandenburgh House. The cm-
barkation of the company to be announced by a dis.
charge fromtwenty-one pieces of cannon, which are
also to be discharged at intervals until the party shall
have been supposed to reach its destination. Some guns
are alsoto accompany the procession, to be occasion-
, ally discharged on its progress to Hanamersmi..:.