The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-11 00:00:00

s
re- •

.

j__-_Y -' ~_ _ .... _ -

—r- ~...b.- ~ -.
'sacs f.quat ism, as ets.fn aappn *art of Lintel/Dot -7-I—'—'37:4lDb. • 119 'mg KERN*
. . -4......-
ironing:l• his serif, Isql: the emission
.014 nog subside un-.
.-
oil after his Loettahili it atihoiotroeyotue.time on bi,
sikop. i
.1 Th,tthlav a:meeting 4 the inha'sitant householders
Kb Lordship ciruspiarnet I otitis* whole course Minisrers !nt the parish bf St. 31ary, Lainlieth, was held at the
had pursued Sidi regard to the Bill, whkle, after-the Horns Tavern, Kensington, for the pnrpose of eon-
.
declaration of the Noble Earl, could scarcely be said to •si lering the propriety of voting an address of con;
• • • ; &deuce stud congratniation to the• Queen, and also to
be before the Hottse, but which was 'till before the i
t hin to the House of Commons, praing
country, and would lung live in its memory.—(llear.) preparts 4 •*. il
%knit to 'eject the Bill of Pains and Penalties, should
lie charged the servants of the crown with the atrossest it t_
oe sent there from the House of Peers. At one
neglect of duty, in the first instance, in listening only o'clock the assembly-mom was tilled by a member of
to et pieta evidence., and giving a wittily.; rrellence. to
the most viitorpterated shit unfouudt.4 call, iiiii ies._(Lood . ladies and gentlemen of respectability.
cheers.) They had thus for many months agitated the The chair WAS taken by Mr. fluffy, supported by
nation—they had produced a general stagnation of pub. Mr. Fall, and other gentlemen who take an active part
lie and private business—and they had given a most fit i in the local affairs of this parish.
enurahle opportunity, acre it dreireti, to the enemies Of The CUA11151.1,1 prefaced the business of the day,
internal peace and tranquillity. They had betrayed
their King, insuld their Queen—(contionnol cries of by reading several letters from public characters it ho
bear from all side es), and had given a shock to the um- Were invited to a'tend the meeting. Atnong them were
apolottles (tom Mi. Denison, one of the members for
rats of society by the promulgation of the detectible and
disgusting evidence, is the bearing of %%Lich tl e Howe I the county of Surrey, who was unable to attend, as well
had hewn es lung oesupled.—(ilear.) His Lordship also as Sir Hobert Wilson, and Mr. Ilobliouse. The ('hair-
reprobated in the severest terms thecondnctof theililan man also steed that he had called at Lambeth-palace
r 'deniers, who having been appointed, not to in-
vestigate truth, but to obtain testimony of guilt, Lad fur the purpose tot inviting the Archbishop of ranter-
Wry to attend the meeting, but his Lordship hat!,
found in this country hot toe great an iodination to pot
previous to bia calling, gone down to the House of
faith in all the stories their 'agents and witnesses might
invent against the honour awl reputation of the Queen l'""I'• lie had also failed in his attempt to see
of great Britain. The result had been that, after in- either of the curates. He farther mentioned, that a
guides, secret and open—after the grossest calumnies t requisition siamed by upwards of Hifi inhabitants had
awl the foulest libels hail been nook the subject of tie- been presented to the churchwardens, requesting
tailwa s and
possiblee ta
furtteo d o 34)t
he
days—efthadee all
bee II;
aiern.loumrypitilsblatedit, they
ii. n.mitild com. a esting, which, however, they
the Hill was abandoned.
not
without
reason, but
a. Ir i, met ; guts, according to a letter which he rend
sunnily without apology. His lordship mauled ht. from Mr. Kershaw, the senior churchwarden, the
assuring Noble Lords on the other side, that the pimple reason he assigned was, that the object nut being a
of threat Britain would mot be saddled with the mere parochial one, and one no which much difference ofd,
withslrawingof the Measure, but would demand a strict opinion prevailed, he felt himself incompetent to
inquiry Into its foundation and urigin.—(iireat cheer- cotnply with their request, whatever might be his
ing.
Chairman
le)wd ERSKlNE•fidlowed FAH grey, anti expressed private opinions upon the subject. The
g
the delight lie felt that, after ail that ly.ol been threatened then stated the object I.f the meetin , and entreated
and perforused, be bad Vet at length lived to see justice Wit every person should r:ceive an impartial hearing.
—tardy and reluctant justice—dote to the Queen. It Sir t;. Noct. ruse, and congratulated the meeting
was the victory of right and inno:etwe over wrung and on their nbjecrthis day. It was trite, they were the
malignity. Ile 11411 "Pent touch of his life in Cuarts of last to address the Queen with their condolence, but
Justice, and he had otten witnessed thearinniph of the r
ti had the good fortune to he the first to frame a
r law, but never an gloriously as on the present OVASivII
—the triumphs of that law of which Hooker, in his E... peitition to the House of Co 1111 l ions against the odious
efreisdind rails. ~4,61. 'sof haw there ruts be mu„ 1,...„ I sun's err now agitating the House of Lords, should
acknowledged than that her seal is the bosom of god, it ever he sent down] fur their consideration. The
her yoke the haimuny of the world. All things in worthy Baronet expatiated largely upon the propriety
heaven and on earth do her homage; the very least of mich meetings as the present, unit upon the unjust
as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted I and odious character of the Bill of Pains and Penalties
from her power. Both angels and men, and creatures ...;„..t the 0
of what condition sweet., though each in different sort Applause)
and manner. Yet all with nnifo:m consent admiring -6-3-1.r..-P.o-titliteeen.f47!l(4m-4.4-41 in -0.1,4 same strain, and
her as the another of their peace and joy. (Hear,
malle a turf appeal to the meeting, demonstrating
bear.) the innocence of flu • Queen, and exposing the hypo-
The Doke of MONTROSE took the spportnnity of crise and injustice of his Majesty's Ministers.--(Ap-
stating that Isis convietion of the criminality of her plati.e).
Majesty was unaltered, and that, for one, be Shachl ne- Mr. F sta. then read a string 4,1 resolitti.ms, and pr-
yer look up Its her RA Isis Queen.
~ posed an address to the Queen, founded thereon. They
The qnestion was Own put from the Woolsack, onto. I •
motion of the Earl of Liverpool that the qsseation “ dist 1 weerably drawn up, and received with load applause.
this Bill do pass," he put on this day six n this. It Mr. SI:111.1.1-11 then ruse to second the Address.
was carried armor euntradirratc, awl almost by neck. Ile toenail' by ',been ing, that it was the duty of every
mafiosi. 'man, who was capable of expressing his sentiments on

Order having hret. onre more re-establishes!, the Earl
of Liverpool moves! that the [louse shoots! adjourn Un-
til the :Mil of November, the slay on whirls the Con )))))) os
meet. It was sass carried, and their Lordships ituute•
diately separates!.

any political meisures, to ions,. forward and declare
his opinion on a great national cause like the present,
where each member of the State was considered to be
the plaintiff, seeking redress fur a personal injury sup-
posed to be done by the t illusteions woman in the
kingdom ; where, by a ministerial fiction, twelve mil-
lion• of people tier,. set in array as prosecutors against
one woman. If the Meeting considered what a mul-
titude of penal laws were coutained in the statute
I hooks to prevent the c 1111 l suission of crimes, he thought
it must appear strange to them, as it did to himself,
that an anxiety should be manifested by any States-
men to introduce such a thing as an txposifiretu law,
to inflict a penalty on an inilisidul ; and so, because,
'laws having a prospective oi eration were already too
numerous, others were to he established, basing a re-
Inflict tive operation to inflict arbitrary and discre-
titular; punishment. The absurdity of such a kind
of legislation as this wit thi be. he contended, was too
apparent to need illustration. It had been held
by the wisest writers on chit policy, as well as
by the most enlightened statesmen, that an ex poet
incr.) law could only be justifiable where the safety
of a whole State was in imminent danger. Now
he would ask, how was the State endangered
by the actions of her Majesty ? We, who are the sup-
posed riaiatiffs in this prosecution, persecution, or
proscription of her Majesty, know very well. that
we have received no injury from her, and base none
to complain of, but we have received an irreparable
injury from the actual promoters of this persecution,
by having the morals of our children contaminated
by a slisTusion of the must disgraceful obscenity, that
the corrnpteil mind of man could invent. This was
an evil, which we should have cause to deplore, as
long as we lived. The Ministers seemed to have bur-
roiled their proceedings from Cie execrable examples
of the first Roman Triumvirate, who, not conteut
with proscribing the Roman Citizens, thought prop: r,
iu the refinement of their cruelty, •o oppress the
noblest of the Roman ladies. In like manner, the
iiligatehy of this country, had persecuted the noblest
ferualiin the British Empiri:, Whom it was their duty
to tiefintd, anti upon what pretence is this proceeding?
A State necessity: A plea, which, like the stone of
Sisyphus., will return on themselves, with ruin and
' confusion, as it did on the advisers of Charles the
First and James the Second, who were great ad-
mirers of this plea. Every man in the realm, who is
nut infected with the lust of domineering ever his
fellow-subjects, must execrate the present pro-
ceedings against the Queen, not only . on the
ground of personal injustice inflicted on her
Majesty, but because of the diabolical influence
such a proceeding had on the public morals; for it
was obvious that Ilse Ministers, in order to punish
a pretended breach of morality by one indivitheal,
i had introduced a measure tending to dents", the
virtuous principle of millions. This inconsistency
Inig:4 be called political justice by the Minister!.
but the redecting part of the nation mast revolt-at
it. Look at the fully and absurdity of the crime
fireto lair in contemplation. First it proceeds opal
a presumed necessity, that necessity • aceetsling to'
the civilians presumes the parties concerned to bs
in a state of natural liberty, unconirulable by fo-*
sense Own laws ;. they are 'hemlines .Is lOW 0•111101
siorell oe lit • • Note of war, 'making -rollsioobrogisi
else &Walter aallelPillag ta tbe:r respective- An&
of *awe/ A p4electlitue this would bait Ineolcip.7
for el tbit p* i tkii kir tesuolicildikt
i.r., •
....• - .!.:. .4- 4...'„:%1 1 • .... • ..