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London, England, 1820-12-22 00:00:00

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THE EVENING ST/.R.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1820.

THE FUND&

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Circular Letter's have been issued from the Trea-
sury to all the Members supposed to be in the in-
lerest of Ministers, earnestly requesting their attend-
ance at the opening. or Parliament on the rdd of
lanuary, as matters of great importance are ex-
pected to be then brought forward. It may. there-
fore, be considered as fixed that Parliament will then
proceed to public business; and a; the providing a
suitable settlement forehe QUEEN Cower of ENo-
LAND, with a Royal residence due .to he,‘ high multi
was one of the principal points deferred till that
period should arrive, we may expect that this topic
will occupy very early attention. Indeed it will
hardly be possible for Ministers, whatever may be
their wishes, to put this subject in the back ground ;
for, as our Readers will recollect, when the. House
of Commons was last assembled, Mr. DENMAN held
in his hand a Message from her MAJESTY, which
was prevented from coming into discussion only by
the previously-concerted plan to bring the Message,
commanding the attendance of the Commons in the
Upper House, for the purpose of prorogation. But
no similar manoeuvre can now be resorted to, for
the public business must now go on ; and this will,
in the regular course, be one of the first subjects of
discussion.
But what will be the general conduct of Ministers
on the topic of the QuEsN's rights ? This is a ques-
tion in every person's mouth ; and the answers are
various and contradictory. We know, however, that
some who possess, or at least boast that they possess
the confidence of Ministers, assert that the latter do
not mean to propose any new measures against her
MAJESTY-"
.if their enemies will only let them alone.*
We need not add, that in the term " enemies" are
included not only those whom they have ever consi-
dered as their political adversaries, but all who have
disapproved of their measures against that perse-
cuted individual! What an host ! Ninety-nine out
of every hundred of the whole population of the
empire! And do Ministers really think it possible
after all that has taken place—after their adhe-
rents have used every dirty artifice to mark out
every individual of this immense majority as disaf-
fected and disloyal men, that the parley they may
sound, in the pangs of discomfiture, will be listened
to for a single moment ? Have they yet to learn
that a nation, as such, cannot be disloyal—that it is
a moral and physical impossibility—and that those,
and those only, who oppose the general will, are or
can be the disloyal men?
But there is another rumour in circulation, which
we cannot avoid noticing. Our Readers will recollect
our-stating, some time ago, that it was at one time
intended to originate the proceedings against the
QUEEN of Grams IV. in Hanover, and then to pre-
sent the Record of Conviction to the British Parlia-
ment ! but that, after some consideration, Ministers
became convinced that a British Parliament would
not receive a document of this kind from any Ger-
man Court in existence, as evidence to be acted upon
in this country ; and, in consequence, they ventured
upon those proceedings which we have all witnessed.
But now it is said, that the Ministers of the Court of
Hanover are going to commence proceedings against
the Queen of Hanover! We know not what mad
projects some men may countenance, but if our MI
misters have any regard left for their own character,
or for the real interests of this Country, they must
feel themselves bound to advise Ilse King of England
to have nothing to do with such proceedings.
Hanover may, to be sure, as an independent State,
venture to offer an insult to England. The interests
of the two countries are perfectly distinct; nor can
the acts of the one at all bind or implicate the other.
Of this the revolutionary war produced a remark-
able example—Hanover made peace with France, and
remained for a time in a state of amity with that
country, while England continued at war with France,
and, with little intermission, continued hostilities, till
she conquered a peace for Europe. Hanover, indeed!
Hanover institute proceedings against the Queen of
E%GLAND i—" Fire pop-guns at the Sun, and riddle
him with holes!"

At several Wardmotes held yesterday, partktilarly
that for Farringdon Within, we observe that Resolu•
tions were almost unanimously passed, censuring the
proceedings of those who got up the " Lard Ad-
dresses" in those Wards, and defending the Wards
from the imputation of disloyalty which such pro.
cecdings virtually conveyed. As many have been
aggrieved in a similar way, this example will be
doubtless followed, and though not before the Throne,
yet, in the eyes of the People, this contemptible
sy stem will be exposed and universally scouted.