The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

PUBLIr
The Orphans' Friend Society (lined on Tundav lest,
at D'Arry's tireat R .totr, Corn Exchange. Nearly
150 tientienten sat down to dinner. The utmost con-
viviality prevailed. lever.tl wogs were sung in Ate
course of the evening, by Messrs. M•Keon, Bedford,
lie. &e.

Daniel O'Connell. Esq. waf tilled to the Chair,
and tunasellur Finlay acted as Vier-Pre‘ident.
11 After the cloth was removed, the folloning toasts
were given inns, tle,! Chair:—
'l':,e King—May he rementher the princii:les which
placed hi% Family on the Throne.
In ri.ing• to propose the nest toast. the Chairman
tria.le a few übgervationg, iu which he tool; occasion
to remark, that it had iie•it said, we had frequently
received instruction fium England—perhaps in art.
eultare--perhaps connneree ; if go, we had paid dearly
for our education: but Low. foe the first times has
koglatal tunYht n. a legg.,:i of the heart-e-nsw. when
she has nobly gtotici np tee defend an innocent Woman
It wag a mg the peasantty of Ireland, that
'the dunghill cock never crew since the bat
gave& kind of shriek ; he feared it alight be remark."
ad. with some troth, that they who ovoid Wok on in
Omer at the disgusting detail of obseenftr. perjury;
and persecution. must hare something of the dunghill
in their nature. Such silence was Illte the silence of
the pare, in which there was no moral life. litir
Majesty refused the greatest bribe rvi r oirered t► a
human being ;—yes, those Preceptors of Motility i
offered her 30,0110/. a year, to enable her to live in
luxury and vice, had she heen SO Inclined. Oh
what predict/ Saints they tt ere ! The toast he wuild
propo4e W 3
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The Queen, and may she for ever triumph over her'
enemies, (drank stamiong,—three times three).
Then followed—
Oar Native land.
The Catholic Prelates of Ireland.
The Very Rev. Dr. Blake, and Dr. D'Arrey. sad the
second Order of the Cotiiiiiic Clergy.
Alderman *Kenny.
Councilor Finlay.
Coussellor FINLAY rewind thaults..—lle could not I
bat feel proud of the esteem of his fellow-ctiren., for
which be Mt be had to claim, except, perhaps. Isis
Inalterable attachment to the cause of Liberty.
that one sohjeet, which had been already abided to,
and which now engrosses the undivided attention of!
the better part of the rivilised world. it wadi be too
milli to say, because we were snow, we were, there-
fore, unfeeling. It was oar slaty to tell his Majesty,.
we did not believe the calumnies that were showered
against his Consort, when the privileges and the deli-
cacies of .•onianhood were so wantonly ontrage.l. He
(C tunsellor Finlay) was nut one of those who would
give up his brains to nnonannacle Iris bands he slid
not deal in that market—lie was not acquainted with
the discount—lie dill not practice in that Lourt—he
held no brief in that cause. lie was happy th it the
calumny against his country was refuted by the late
general Illumination: he conld now proceed to Lon-
kti, with his head erect, as heaven was above him
he could not have dune so a mouth since.—lint
I • had the Queen been tried ? By King, Lords
and Cronmons—!he lint, the party in the reuse,
the semid made I. Pure party, and the third,
made by the twos others. Was a:: a fair. im-
partial trial ? He heard 41 instance of a man, who,
pointing to another, eviaimed. "There's a rebel:
look at the damned rascal, he ought to he just taken •
and banged." " Well, if he has otientied against the
laws. he deserves punishment, and unglot to be
brought to trial"—" Bring him to trial ! Nn, the
rascal, hr don t deserve a trial, he might to be hanged
without any trial."—Jow so was the romintt of the
Queen's accusers, and they should not think the pro-
ceedings against her Majesty were over—they :I Id
not, " lay that flattering unction to their hearts.-
What rrinti could say his house was his castle, if he
stands tamely by and sees such things dune, when his
Tote might have contributed to stop such proceedings.
The only parallel Cage whirls modern history afforded
was in the reign of Henry VIII., when four divorces
Stook pl see in the• space of eight years, }brought about
by their Saint, Crannier—fur the Protestants had
their Saints as well as the Catholics. Those di-
vorces were sanctioned by thy lairds and Commons
o•-tsvu of the victims were Prii111.1•1`1, and two
were subjects. Anne Boleyn,- n•as arenssol of invest
with her coin brother, and sentenced to beheadingl
fae burning : the only evidence against her was her,
brother's wife, and risterity has long since ar-
sp;tted her of the charge. The Spiritual Lords said
sin never had been married ; the Temporal found
her guilty of adultery and incest—so much for their
'insistency. 'I hr King's objection to Anne of
'Cleves were., that she l'oul4 not speak English, and
she could not sing. Tke King was married to her.
lost for one day. 'Then, as now, it reeptired a
strong minded man to stand np against authority.
backed as it was by the overwhelming influence of
the Crown. It was worthy of remark, that one of
the charges against Aaae Boleyoe was, her Inseisste
given .a gold chain to a servant of hers. It was the'
practice nf all Law Courts in any case, even the
most common or trivial, when a Juror retired
the trial WAS stopped hy the presiding, Judge, until
the Juror should return t yet in the. trill of the
Queen. many gave their votes who ore absent stir-
jag the greater part of it, and that, too, at the time'
of the defence. Now, while the English people
were fighting the greatest battle ever fought by a
free people,' it was incumbent en them to. espies%
in the most unqualified manner, their divided dis-
approbation of such an sameritisi persecution.—
might the Queen exclaim.—
• I.le on, whilst my defence shall be
To speak the very truth of thee!"
ICounsellor ?Inlay concluded by proposing die health
of Commensal. O'Connell. Then billowed,
Success to the Orphans' Friend Societe.
, Jaynes Charles flacon, and the Charitable Institution
'of Ireland,
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