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knee ; and that these Moutfiaioeeri ei,clVe the idiber
part of their persons as constantly, and as innocently)
as some Ladies-nearer home, from the most amiable
of all motives—a desire to pleat*, or frequently with-
l:nit any motive, in obedience only to the sway of
fashion, expose the upper part of their persons—the
arms and shoulders, the well-turned neck, and rising
bosom: Undoubtedly to a Turkish Lady, who
deems the smallest exposure of her person a species
of pollution, and never appears abroad but veiled
and muffed up to the very eyes—both these customs
may appear quite shocking and most offensive, and
hence, perhaps, she might draw the sage conclusion,
that there is no modesty left either in Switzerland or
England—that there is nowhere any modesty but in
Turteey, and (he would add, by way of comment), in
a Turkish seraglio ! Men, however, not bigotted,
not wedded to prejudices—men of sense and of the
world, thought more charitably of these matters :
they well know, that Modesty is an internal quality,
wholly independent of external appearances ; that,
where the mind is pure, all things are pure—and
where the mind is impure, all things are impure also.
On these occasions, in reference to customs and mari-
ners, he-would apply the Royal motto, as pregnant
with wisdom—g, Honi soft qui mal y pense."—(Ap-,
plause).—Hayink said thus much on the past, he
would cast a glance at the future. Great as had
been the triumph of the Queen, and of the Queen's
party, he could not flatter them that as yet it was
complete. From the backwardness of Ministers to
restore the name of her Majesty to the Liturgy, from
their refusal to assign her one of the Palaces for her
residence, from their shameful Prorogation of Par-
liament to avoid all discussion about her affairs, he
had more than forebodings, that their malice was
not yet satisfied, and that they meditated striking
some other blow at her peace, and at her honour. It
behoved, therefore, the People not to suffer them-
selves to be wearied out with this species of warfare,
but to double their efforts to save, in proportion as
Ministers renewed their attempts to destroy. It was
true that by a manoeuvre Ministers had succeeded in
putting off for a time the day of reckoning, but in
so doing they had only made the account the longer ;
they had only added to the account another item of
accusation against themselves. Whenever Parlia-
ment did meet, undoubtedly a strict inquiry would
be instituted into the mysteries of the Milan Com-
mission, a Commission of the most extraordinary na-
ture, not to investigate the truth, but to collect lies,
scandals, and calumnies, from the most suspicious
and impure sources, from discarded servants, and
persons of such description, to the exclusion of all
honest, respectable evidence, although equally
within their reach, but which they thought proper
to reject, or at least not to search after. He trusted,
that the moment we had . redressed the Queen's
wrongs, we should set ourselves in good earnest about
the redress of our own. The success id the Queen's
business, which was the consequence and reward of
our unanimity, of concerted operations, should serve
as an example, and as an encouragement to hold
Meetings again, not only in Towns and Counties, but
in every Parish and Village throughout the kingdom,
on•all questions of great public importance—(Great
applause).—ln this way good may eventually come
out of evil - a wider range than ever will be given to
the force of public opinion, and we may owe to the
oppression of the Queen the restitution and recovery of
our own liberties. Indeed, he considered, yery DIU
must consider the case of the Queen as a note of pre-
paration—as a signal for still higher encounters—as a
prelude to still greater victories. He hoped that all
England would be seen, and that soon, to demand as
one man, indemnity for the par, and security kr .
the future—to demand a change not of Ministers -
only, but of measures—to demand a system of con-
ciliation tolle pursued towards a most meritorious
but suffering people, instead of coercion—to demand
a reduction of all those taxes that pfess hardest upon
national industry, and on the labouring class of so.
ciety—to demand in lieu of those taxes a system of
economy and retrenchment ; if this be not sufficient
for the Revenue, to demand sacrifices where they
can be best made, from the rich; and, above all, to •
demand a Reform of Parliament, as the only means
of rebbilding the fabric of our Constitution on its an-
cient basis, and of opening to ourselves new sources
of wealth and strength, of internal prosperity, and of
external power. These were the views and senti=..
ments he entertained on the present occasion; and
these he had endeavoured to embody in the Address
to the Queen, and the Petition to the King. The
Honourable ember concluded, amidst great ap-
plause, by moving— . .
tn. Resolved, That an Address of Congratulation be pre-
sented to her Majeuy the Queen, and •that the Address new
read be adopted. And that a Petition be presented to his Ma-
jesty for the dismissal of his present Ministers, and that the Pe-
titian now read be adopted. - A
Mr. H. MARSH, in rising, to sec *excelleet
Address and Petition-his flonotamt friend, Mr.
Mona, had just moved, obseried; that whenever
Author brought a new Piece heft:Nettie Pdblic; if tW11"
audience thought the plot bad, and actors worseltlemiN
generally took the liberty to hiss the perform:o%l4,r;
the stage, and (to use the theatrical phrase)„te dant%
the Play—(Laughing). Our immortal Bard has copz.!',
pared the world to a stage, men 'and' Women as"
merely players; it would seem, that the betier to •••
complete the " Dramatic Persona'," Nature bed .
trived that there should be fools and rogues in order
that wise and honest men might appear to greater
advantage—(Applause and laughter). It was now
evident to all, that Ministers had, for a very eintri.?l'.
derable time past, been preparing a grand Nikkei 4
Drama for public exhibition, and with the view Ott.
least so we are told by themselves and their
gists) of improving and strengthening the mice et
public morals—(Hear, hear, and laughing). ht.
though we had not yet perhaps quite arrived at the
complete denouement of the Piece, we had still see*
enough to enable us, in some degree, to judge, both
of the plot and the actors ; the person that seemed
to excite the greatest interest in the public mind, was
the Heroine of the Piece, and who was no less a
personage than HER MAJESTY, our most Gracious
QUEEN—(Hear, heat). This country had before wit-
nessed very magnanimous Queens, but in his heart,
he believed, none that had,ever displayed such mag-
nanimity and heroism as her who now claimed the
ardent attention of the Nation—(past amlanse). The
firmness, fortitude, judgment, and decision, her ela.
jesty had displayed, during her unparalleled posaecu-
Lions, had gained her the respect and have of the
sound and worthy part of the present generation,