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a'id, ro doubt, would procure her the admiration of
I,osterity—( Continued applause). That the virtues he
! just enumerated should be united in the same
breast, with the flagitious vices attributed to her Ma-
jesty, by her base calumniators, was, in his humble
opinion, as much impossible, as, that the most incon-
gruous things in nature should be made to unite—
(Hewn hear). They might ransack the world, and he
would defy them to find an instance of a woman
given up to those vicious courses, so falsely aid
basely laid to the charge of her Majesty, who would
rather face aid encounter her bitterest and powerful
enemies, than receive £30,000 per annum, to enable
her to proceed with unmolested security in the indul-
gence of her vicious propensities--(Hear, hear).
stronger presumptive proof of innocence was not to
be found in the history of mankind--(It was, it was,
(uld great applause). Amorgst the other anomalous
proceedings in this eventful history, was the pecu-
liar manner in Athich the Ministers had brought the
charges against her Majesty; he believed all crimi-
nal prosecutions were commenced and carried on in
the name of our Sovereign Lord the King,. but, in.
this instance, Ministers had thought-proper to sup-
plant his Majesty, and substitute some abstractor
ideal personage, whom they dUbbed the State: ,His
Ilonourable Friend (Mr. Monck) had said, if her Ma-
jesty had injured any one, it could only be her hus-
band ; but Ministers and his Honourable Friend were
quite at issue upon this point ; for, from the mode in
which they had shaped the proceedings, it does not
appear that his Majesty had, or thought he had re-
ceived any injury ; for Lord Liverpool repeatedly told
us, that his Majesty neither wished nor sought any
personal relief—(Hear, hear)—so that, in effect, the
accusation was not, that her Majesty had injured her.
husband, not that she had cornuted King George, but
that she had cuckolded the State !—(A burst Of laugh-
ter and applause). To our King we owed allegiabce,
to our Queen duty and respect, but to King State (for
so he would-call him, since they had put him in-the
place of Majesty), he thought we owed neither I
He was somewhat curious to know who this visionary
Potentate was, whom Ministers had taken so much
pains to make a monster of, and had picked our
pockets to pay for the gilding his imaginary horns—
(lmmoderate laughter and applause).—lt might not be
altogether unedifying to inquire what sort of per-
sonage this King State is? though decidedly an alien
to our Constitution, he did net seem altogether a
stranger to the country; he had long been making a
leg towards us, and no doubt expected, if he could
trample the People with one foot, and kick out the
Queen with the ocher, he should then obtain a firm
footing' amongst us—(Hear! and laughter).—Many
of our:Kings have tried to form an alliance with
King &ate, bat it generally ended fatally for them.
Charles the-First-taxed the People, without the con-
sent of.Parlisrment, for reasons of State; -he fined, im-
prisoned, and mutilated the People in that odious
Court, the Court of Star Chamber, for reasons of
State, till at length, after 'deluging the nation with
blood, he was at last brought before a tribunal of his
countrymen, when he demurred the power of the
Court, and appealed to the Court of HEAVEN; so,
for reasons of State, they sent him to the Court to
which he appealed. After the Restoration, his son,
Charles 11, instead of having learnt wisdom in the
school of affliction, seemed desirous of running the
same course, and rather than not rule by reasons of
State, became a base pensionerto the country's most
inveterate enemy, Louis XI V. For reasons of -State,
he murdered the immortal Russell;—(Hear, hear !)
whose memory is embalmed in the.theart-of every
true patriot, and whose noble spirit still shines in the
persons of his illustrious descendants—(Great ap-
plause).—ln the next reign, ruling reasons of State
brought matters to a crisis, sent the King an exile to
France, to live a degraded pensioner, and die an un-.
lamented bigot—('tlear, hear!)—Some little apology
might be offered for the unfortunate House of Stuart,
surrounded as they were with sycophantic courtiers,
and, what was still more dangerous, time-serving pre-
ferntent-huntingliriests, who were perpetually preach-
ing to them the knavish and slavish doctrines of di-
vine rights, • pas,ive obedience, and non-resistance;
but lamentable would it be if any branch of that Il-
lustrious Family,•that were chosen out of the regular
line of succession -to fill the Throne, upon a specific
understanding that they should not rule by reasons-of
State, but by rules of law .and eternaljustice, should be
so infatuated by bad advisers, as to attempt to rule by
those maxims which had proved so detrimental to
the country; and -so fatal to-many of their predeces-
sors. It had been alleged against her Majesty •by
some, that Upon her return to this country -she did
• not throw herself into the hands of the Aristocracy,
the Hierarchy, or the Legislature, but committed
herself and her cause into the hands of the People ;
in so doing her Majestir had, in his opinion, shewn
that good sense 'and acute discernment, which had
characterised her throughout the whole of the pro-
ceedings. Though her Majesty was, perhaps, aware
she might meet with some able defenders, each as in
the course of the trial she experienced in the persons
of a Grey, a Car narvon, a King, and an Erskine, yet
she had not been born and bred inCourts without
knowing full well, that all Noblemen are not all
equally noble minded; her Majesty had taken a
peep not only at the-Peers," but behind the scenes
of the great State Theatre, and had seen the dirty
pullies apd' by-springs, which too commonly move
Cr puppets that bask in the sunshine of a Court.—
As to looking to the Hierarchy, -taking them as a
body, it was not to be. expected that her Majesty
would experience any great sympathy or support
from them, when she considered that it was through
that body she received her first great public insult in
the omission of her name from the Liturgy—a pro-
ceeding which had disgusted the great majority of
the nation. Her Majesty was fully sensible there
were Ministers pf the Establishment second to no
men in their love of rational•freedom and who
adorned by their lives and conversation that Church
of which they were the ornament and support. But
her Majesty had not travelled from Jerusalem to
Jelicho without discovering there were some Levites
to be found in all Churches, who were so intent upon
their own worldly interests as to pass by the unfor-
tunate and destitute with neglect, if not contempt.—
. The annals of our Church had to boast of some ex-
cellent Metropolitans, but it could noc be denied that
history bore testimony to our having had some very
mischievous and wrong-headed Archbishops.—
BaLketo or, as some called him, Thomas Allecket,

was one of this sort: he not only wanted to drench
the King of that day with holy .water. but likewise
to make .dim eat humble pie, and to set him4df up
above the King and the law. Indeed, so wrong-
headed was this proud man, that in order to convince
the world he had-any brains at all, they were forced
to beat them out--(Loud laughter). The next wrong-
headed Metropolitan he should mention. was Arch-1
bishop Laud : this man had a great aversion to let-
ting any body differ in opinion from himself—cone-,
quently was one of the main instruments of oppression
in the unfortunate reign of Charles I.—he was very
"fend of getting people into the Court of Star
Chamber, ,where they not only lost their property,
but sometimes their noses and ears ; at last the cru-
elty of taking off ears led the people to think of taking
.off heads, and amongst others they took off the poor
Archbishop's. As to the present Metropolitan, though
some may think that " ex qfficio" he is infallible in
all Church affairs, he (Mr. Marsh) could not help
thinking him in some measure culpable for omitting
her Majesty's name in the Liturgy, inasmuch as his,
Grace being the ostensible adviser of his Majesty in
all affairs relative to the Church, that omission could
hardly have taken place without his privity and con-
sent.—Mr. Marsh, in a very humorous strain, de-
scanted at some length on the treatment her Majesty
had experienced from the Bench of Bishops, and ob-
served, that if it was a common remark " who shall
decide when Doctors disagree?" how much more shall
we be puzzled to know what to believe, when Bishops
differed in their interpretation of the Scriptures ?
The next body in the State, which it was expected
by some that her Majesty should put Implicit trust
in, was the Honourable the House of Commons ; in,
her Majesty's excellent letter to the King, she had
given such cogent reasons why she could not expect
that strict impartiality in her cause which justice re-
quired, that it would be needless to seek for other
reasons, when her own are so much to the point ;
but there was some part of the conduct of the Hon.
'House to her Majesty, which he could not pass over
in silence, inasmuch as it led him to believe that the
whole of the Ministry did not believe in the evidence
contained in the filthy Green Bag. For, was it pos-
sible to conceive that the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, if he had really believed that infamous mass
of slanders, would have suffered his bosom friend and
coadjutor at all Bible Societies, and Societies for the
Suppression of Vice, Mr. Wilberfoke, to head a de-
putation of that Hon. House to kiss that hand which
the Green Bag described as cc vered with all sorts of
'pollution, and in the name of the Commons of Eng-
land to offer, as it were, to stand godfather to her
Majesty's character to all posterity—(Hear, hear!
and much laughter).—From that moment he decided
in his own mind, that either her Majesty's name,
ought to have been immediately put in the Liturgy,
or I%lr. Wilberforce'and the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer into the Green Bag—( Roar of laughter).—
During the late proceedings there had been many
appeals to conscience; it was not a little singular
that, upon a former accusation against her Majesty,
the bias of certain persons' consciences was just the
reverse of what-it was now, and it was particularly
fortunate for them that, upon both occasions, their
Iconsciences and their interests were in perfect unison
—( Hear, and a laugh).—When that famous Knight,
Hudibras, was courting the widow, she entertained
hint with a masquerade of devils and hobgoblins,;
one of the demons threatens the Knight with a woe-
ful catalogue.of " Pains and Penalties," if he does
not immediately answer all questions conscientiously
that shall be put to him. Among other's, if his me-
mory served him correctly, was the following :
ibeakei.—What makes ail points of conscience clear ?
Amster. —About three hundred poundka year Laughter).
Whether the consciences of her Majesty's persecutor*
were constructed upon the Hudibrastic plan, he
would not determine, but he felt assuredif it was so,
that the scale of prices bad been, very much enlarged,
since the time of Hudibras. But, however that might,
be, we had great reason to rejoice on the present oc-
casion, that conscious innocence has prevailed over
time-serving consciences—( Cries qfso it has, and long
`continued applause). Mr. Marsh then animadverted
lat great length upon the injurious policy of Minis-
ters, both foreign and domestic, and particularly
blamed them for preferring a system of coercion in
preference to one of: conciliation; he said the defence
'set up by the Secretary at War, for building bar-
racks, upon the plea that the troops ought to be kept
distinct from.the people, was directly contrary both
to the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and was
only a servile copy of the despots of the Continent,
who kept their troops immured within walls, like
blood-hounds in a kennel, in order that when it suited
their purpose they might " cry havoc and let slip the
dogs of war" upon the people—(Hear, hear). He felt
confident our gallant army, who had at all times up-
held the honour and enhanced the glory of the
country, could never be made an instrument to de-
prive the nation of its liberties ; but were it possible
so wicked an attempt could be made, he had no
doubt but the people would sooner that the land
should be covered with their dead bodies, than that
they should live under a Military Despotism—(Vast
applause). Mr. Marsh then alluded to the extraor-
dinary manner in which the Parliament had heen
prorogued, and sheulsl feel some curiosity to see in
what way the Honourable House would treat Minis-
ters.when they next met; at any rate the Honourable
House would then have an accession of tried (he had
almost said. convicted) merit, in the person of Sir
Manasseh Lopez ; (Loud laughing;) if anything were
wanting to shew the excellence of our representative
system, there could not be a more striking comment,
than that exhibited in the person of this worthy ci-
der:tan! Israelite, whose rapid transition from a dis-
honourable house into the Honourable House, was a
convincing proof that law-breakers were the fittest
persons in the country to be transformed inte Law.
makers—(Cheers and laughter). Mr. Marsh con,
eluded by seconding the Address and Petition which.
his Honourable Friend had proposed. ,
A serious of Resolutions, embodying the sentiments
of the meeting, were then moved and carried ac-
cordingly.
On a Resolution of Thanks to the Members be.
ing carried,
C. F. PALMER, Esq. M.P. then came forward.—
He was in a distant part of Lincolnshire when he
heard of this Meeting, from whence. he immediately
proceeded, considering it his duty to attend his Con-
stituents on a question of so much importance, and
winch has excited so much interest in every part. of

die kingdom. From the able and eioquent manner
in which the subject had been discussed by the Gen-
tlemen who had gone. befor e him, very little ground
was left for observation. • The Queen, it was said,
bad been blamed for not throwing herself on the
Aristocracy for protection ; but, in his opinion, she
bad acted more wisely by appealing to the affections
of the British People; for while she received their
support, in the language of Mr. Denman, he be-
lieved " Ministers might as easily pluck a star from
the Heavens, as deprive her Majesty of ahy of her
just rights add privileges"—(Hear, hear, Rear).—
The assailants of the Queen had proved the greatest
enemies to the Monarchy of the present day, and
had done more to degrade the Kingly dignity than
all the Radical Meetings which had been held for
,the last fifty years; for they had been the means of
reviving numerous disgusting stories long forgotten,
and which had a tendency to make mail illustrious
characters odious to the Public ; and which, but for
the persecution of her Majesty, would have remained
buried in oblivion. To the Bible. and other Reli-
gious Societies, we were much indebted for instilling
lessons of morality and virtue in the minds of the
rising generation, and he much lamented, that the
enemies of the Queen had been so mischievously em-
ployed in sowing the seeds of vice, and rendering.
the labours of the Religious Societies abortive.—
The Honourable Member then.warmly animadverted'
at some length, on the attempts made by Ministers
to subvert the Constitution, by passing an ex pest
facto law, instead of subjecting their charges to a
fair and impartial verdict. He had every respect for
the Reverend Bench of Bishops, but he could not help
observing, that they had in this case differed not
only on the point of law but of reigion ; and, in his
opinion, had done themselves no credit by exhibiting
party-coloured robes. He deprecated the manner in
which Ministers had treated the House of Commons,
by dismissing them in a way perfectly unknown to
the usages of the country; and declared that it was
the inteiference of the people only, that had rescued
the Queen. from her enemies, and on their unit-
mitted exertions did her safety even now depend.—
A change of Ministers, without a change of system,
would be worse than useless. The present men were
undoubtedly leagued with foreign Powers, and, under
the present system, he feared English liberty could
not exist. Ile hoped the dismissal of the Minis-
ters would be the death of the present system, for if
that was allowed to exist, other men would be found
to attempt :ts continuance. In confirmation of which,
he had rea,on to know that the present Ministers ob-
jected to bring forward the charges against the Queen,
.when they were informed that a Noble Duke, who
does not live far from this town, and Mr. Peel, could
form another Ministry ; they _therefore -thought
proper to proceed with the prosecution, and. -re-
tain their places. The Honourable Member compli-
mented the Meeting on the bold and manly part, in
defence of the public' liberty, which had always been
taken by the inhabitants of Reading ; and concluded
a most energetic speech (which was received thtraugh-
out with the loudest cheers), by assuring them it
always gave him pleasure to obey their commands,
and that it was with the greatest cheerfulness and
alacrity he should attend upon her Majesty with the
.Address.
Mr. Moscrc and our worthy MAYOR severally re-
turned thanks, 'after which the Meeting gave three
cheers for the Quierc, and then. adjourned.

On Saturday, a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the
Ward of Farringdon Without was held at the Glnbe
Tavern, Fleet-street, in pursuance of a Requisition
presented lb the Alderman of the Ward(Mr. WAITII-
MA N), for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the propriety of presenting a Congratulatory Ad-
dress to her MAJESTY upon het recent triumph over
her persecutors, and also to prepare an Address to
the KlNG,:prayieg the dismissal of his p-resent Minis-
ters. After some speaking, --an Address to the
QUEEN was read and agreed to, as was 'also a Peti-
tion to the KING to dismiss his Ministers. It was
moved, that the Alderman and Common Council-
men of the Ward should be requested to present the
Address to .the Qualm, Frith as many Ladies and

Gentlemen of the Ward as might choose to accom-
pany them. It was also moved and carried, that
Lord ERSIGINII and Lord CARNARVON should be re-
quested to present the Petition to the KING to dis-
miss his Ministers.

DRURY-LANE TdEATRE.—The re-appearance
Mr. BRAHAM, in the character of Henry Bertram,
in the popular Drama of Guy Mannering, attracted
on Saturday night a crowded and elegant audience.
An apology was made for Mr. RUSSELL, who was
announced for the part of Dominic Sampson. Mr.',
FARREN, of Covent-Garden, kindly lent the aid of
his talents to supply the deficiency.
COVENT-GARDEN.—On Saturday night was pre-
sented the Tragedy of King Lear, in order to intro-
duce Mr. VANDENUOFT, a Gentleman of great, pro-
vincial fame in his profession, to a London audience.
—The difficulties attending sucli'a performance are,
upon the whole, greater than attach to any of the
characters of SHAKSPEARE. Mr. Vntingtinorr,•we
think, has formed his own style. • An occasional re-
semblance to kesinLE is to be traced in the tones of
his voice, but it does not extend. to his general inan3
nor, nor-fix on him the charge of•imitating that'ace-
lebrated performer. He was enthusiastically and
most deservedly .applauded throughout. At the fall.
ing of the• curtain Mr. C..Kointx came forward to
announce the performance for to-night, but the
audience drowned his voice with•cries of C 4 Vanden.
111!"- The latter Gentleman appeared after a few
minutes had elapsed, and the greater part of the pit
immediately rose, and, standing on the seats, saluted
him o ith acclamations, waving theii-hats and hand.
kerchiefs. Silence being restored, he announced King
Lear for repetition, and retired asttidst the same
tumultuous approbation with which he had been
received. The Piece was efficiently cast, and the
Muse crowdedlp excess. ' •

FIR E.-.--ThIITSC4y morning, about one o'clock, the
house of Mr. Ropzu, 'the Rose and Crown Inn,
Kirkby-Lonsdale, seas discovered to be on fire. Mrs.
ROPER, two of her daughters, a female servant, five
servant-mew, a. traveller, and a professional gentle-
man, who was a lodger in the house, effected their
escape, most of them by leaping out of the windows.
But the most lamentable pair of the catastrophe is,
that, ve of the female sErvalits bekame vier; on of the
devouring element, and were burnt to ashet, , The
I house 'and furniture iwo„s entirely 4lestroyekl.