Star.
London, England, 1821-07-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

_ll Helms TAYZIIN, Xi

r, JULY 17, 1921.

" Ste—On receiving your Paper of last evening,
I was much surprised at reading an acionnt of a
Meeting having been held at my-house, on Saturday
last, purporting that Resolutions were agreed to, to
present an Address to his MAJESTY, and that an
answer was receivedfrom H. Honnouse, Esq. stating
when and where it would be received.

,4 I beg to state no such Meeting ever took place
at my house, you will therefore be pleased to con-
tradict the statement.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" W. BRIANT."

[The statement which we inserted, came to us from an autho-
rity on which we thought we might place reliance. That a
Meeting of some kind did take place at Kennington—that Re-
solutions to the effect pretended were arced to—and that a
communication on the subject was made to the Secretary for
the Dome Department, are facts which we consider as suffi-
ciently established, by the answer of the Under Secretary of
State to that communication; and the only thing which does

appear to have been erroneous in the report, *as the assertion
that the Meeting was held at the Horns Tavern. We shall be
sorry to find that the Meeting was one of the Hole and Corner
description. The Qurcn did not stand in need of such surrepti-
tious aids on a former occasion.—En.l

Mr. DEVMAN presented an Address to her
MA-
SESTY yesterday, signed by 4,000 inhabitants of Not-
tingham, praying her MAJESTY to insist on the full
enjoyment of all her rights on the day of the ap-
proaching Coronation.
Her MAJESTY returned the following Answer to
the Address from the Journeymen Sawyers of London
and its vicinity :
" I am much obliged by this affectionate Address from the
operative Sawyers of London, Westminster, Southwark, and
the Dock-yards upon the River Thames.
" The late conspiracy against my honour and my peace was
defeated by the union of the People. The People forgot all their
political differences while they were generously defending a vili-
fied woman, and a persecuted Queen. The bad passions were
never more infuriated in one part of the community, nor the
kind and better feelings more sublimed in another. The People
should never cease to remember that the great victory which
they then achieved, they achieved by union ; and that it is
nothing but the most thorough and entire co-operation of men
of all sects and parties, that can ever enable the best part of the
nation to triumph over the wont; or the upright and patriotic
to prevent their degradation by the profligate and corrupt.
" During the performance of the solemn Ceremonial on the
19th, I trust that the People will conduct themselves with au
order, a forbearance, and a moderation, that will completely
falsify the evil forebodings of their enemies. The best friends of
liberty are always the most determined opponents of violence
and confusion. Anarchy can profit none but our enemies. It
is their hope, but it is our fear; it is our loss, but it is their gain.
" If the enemies of the People are crafty, let the People
themselves be wise. Without wisdom, and without virtue,
which is a part of wisdom, liberty is but a delusive spew, or an
intoxicating sound. While we prefer realities to shadows, let us
leave it to our enemies to mistake shadows for realities. The
eternity of freedom does not consist in the pageant of a day !
" I am deliberately excluded from the Coronation, while
some of the Satellites of the Holy Alliance are courteously in-
vited to the spectacle ; and it is devoutly to be wished that it
may teach them more highly to value the rights of nations, and
more sincerely to respect the liberties of mankind. The love of
the People is the strength of Sovereigns and the glory of Kings!"
Saturday evening, a genteel dressed man brought
' a note to Mr. Km, Palace-yard, purporting to be
from Mr. HAMMETT, requesting to have six of the
best places for the Coronation. The servant took it
up stairs, the messenger availed himself of her ab-
sence, and walked off with a valuable bracket clock
from the hall.

Sunday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, a
disturbance of a very serious nature took place in
Dean's-yard, Westminster, between a party of sol-
diers and the populace, in which five or six of the
former were very much maltreated. It seems, that
amongst those who were present to view the exten-
sive preparations for the approaching solemnity of
the Coronation of the KING, were a party of drunken
mechanics, who annoyed every person present by
repeated shouts of 6‘ The Queen ! the Queen !" At
length several foot soldiers came up, and were quietly
amusing themselves with viewing the galleries and
platforms that have been erected, when the afore-
said persons, apparently with a view to create a riot,
assailed them with hisses and seditious cries, particu-
larly offensive to the Krim, and reflecting on the cha-
racter of his MAJESTY'S troops generally. The sol-
diers bore the offence for some time with great pa-
tience; but at length one of them, more imprudent
than the rest, being closely followed by a fellow who
was roaring ,4 The Queen," in his ears, turned round,
and knocked the assailant down. This was she sig-
nal for a general fight ; the soldiers were surrounded
on every side, and knocked down, and while on the
ground were kicked most unmercifully. They made
a spirited resistance; but being overpowered by num-
bers, were compelled to yield. Most of them had
several wounds on the head and face, and one poor
fellow, whilst on the ground, received a kick on the
nose, which nearly severed it from the face. The
rabble remained on the spot (or some time, shouting
and hallooing, till at length information of what was
going on was forwarded to the Magistrates, who dis-
patched a party of officers to the scene of outrage,
and by their exertions some of the ringleaders were
apprehended and tranquillity restored.
Prince ESTERIIAZY gave a sumptuous Entertain-
ment on Tuesday, at Chandos House, Cavendish-
square, to a party of distinction. In the evening her
Serene Highness gave a Grand Concert, at which
most of the principal Performers at the Opera as-
sisted. The grand suite of -drawing-rooms, and the
two principal dining-rooms on the ground floor, were
most brilliantly illuminated; in the latter refresh-
ments were served, which consisted of all the deli-
cacies of the season, with the choicest fruits and
wines. There were present nearly SOO persons of
the first rank and fashion, including almost all the
distinguished foreigners who are come from the Con-
tinent to attend at the Coronation.
Lady GWYDYR has issued cards of invitation for a
Rout on Friday next, at her house in Piccadilly.