The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-25 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

ply : but though the request was strenuously and ably
urged by the learned Lord, and as strongly supported
by Lord HOLLAND and Lord Ktse, it was resisted by
the convenient plea of precedent; and on the motion of
Lord ENREINS that counsel be called and heard ■t the
ear on the prayer of the Petition, it was negatived on
a division by a majority of 37 to 12.—in place of the
indulgence craved, her %warn was comforted with
the advantages she would derive from the length of the
proceedings against her, and the time she would be
allowed for her defence. The Laws delay is not
proverbial for benefit ; and the procrastination pro-
mised by their Lordships is not unlike the consolation
that Polyphemus furnished to another petitioning vic-
tim, in assuring him that be should be the last to be
devoured. If precedent Is for ever to he the rule of their
Lordships, the measure they meet out for her Majesty
mutt be a rigorous ;tile in every case i■ time to come. No
courtesy is shewn to rank, no tenderness to sex.
Whatever benefit her Majesty may incidentally obtain
in the course of the proceedings will he derived from cir-
cumstances that must be as injurious to her cause *a the
one hand as advantageon‘oa the other ; for the oppoetu-

,nities she may be allowed for collecting witnesses in her
defence, image be eounterbalaneed by the length or
time in which the unanswered allegations against her
must operate to her prejudice in the minds of bee
judges.

la the House of Commons an instance of • horrible
kind was brought to view, which thews the means
that are employed, and that would, if noresisted by the
general feelings of the people, be more extensively
attempted, to blast the character of her ill.sJ•srv,
and fatally, by prejudi."., decide her cause. A libel,
from a provincial paper, unparalleled for brutality, as
well as for malignity, was submitted by Mr. Wa-
Ttl•aaLL to the notice of the House, fur the purpose
of founding on it, this day, a motion for an address to
his Majesty, soliciting that the Attorney lieneral
should be directed to institute a prosecution against
the libeller. PrisdeAte life, we refrain from giving
vent to the feelings this horrible outrage bas
excited in our minds. In such a case it mad• appear
fastidious to treat the libeller with any delicacy.
On a future day it would be certainly superfinons.
At preseat we refrain our sentiments, loot we be
charged wills following his example, iu prejudiciug
a cause about to be adjudged.

The gout in the King's hand, it I+ reported. conti-
nues very severe.

It is reported, that Joseph Bonaparte recently ar-
rived in Jamaica, ineug. from the United States, via
Bermuda.

It was reported on Sanday, in the Ministerial cir-
cles, that Bergauti was arrived in Holland.
It is expected that the Committee appointed to at..
vane the preparations for the proosedinga .eta ire
Bill of Paine and Penalties, sal her earliest's the at-
tendance of Peers, will make their report this day.
Humour says, they have settled to reminisced that
an Absentee shall pay £lOO fine for each of the first
three days of abuser, and 405. for every saceeedlng day.
It has become a question, whetter Peers, who have not ta-
kes the oaths, ought viol to be sairesseed sod ordered to at-
tend. It is thought that the mat of Sir Thomas TynrMlt
will be assigned to her Majesty. together wills • MISS.
room. A Monitory gallery will be elevated ; ate
shall be room. each Peer is to have one daft tar=
missies of a stringer—The present sweets Oink, of
Lords. including Represeatatlve Peers (See** and blab),
aid Prelates. West KM. Of these the Miners and MiJie
Peers together, amount to not more than twenty ; and
though It is understood that Lords above the age of 70 will
met be required to attend. yet their presence will. by no
mans, be precluded. (or, if so, the Noble and learned lord
in the peen Oboe* who bas taken so prominent a part in
the late Interesting discussions, most be Ks on the corn-
lag mensies.) It eartaialy appears from such a calculation
as may be made from a mere view of the premises, that the
wholly unprecedented numbers which there Is every reams
to expect will be in attendance on the occasion alluded to,
cannot be conveniently accommodated with seats.
It was to be expected that the Family Comport (as
it is railed) at Rochester, who have obtained the
ex-
erbitaat contract folthe barracks in Mary-le-bone park,
would resist the requisition for a public Meeting, to
address the two Houses on the Bill against the Queen ;
hat though Mr. Nicholson refused his sanction, the
inhabitants did meet, and expressed their sentiments
is the occasion. We have no doubt but that this will'
loe dome in every popnions district, because, whatever
rhi'Spirion of the country may be u to the guilt or
henasenee of the Queen, there is but one feeling as to
the propriety of giving her a fair, open, British trial.
—(lifeanisog Chromiek).
lixtruct of a letter from the Hague. dated Tuesday,
eth July :
“ The 'Mimeses agalast the Quata.ll6 In nausher, are dia.
triboted thumb the villages adjensot to this plasa where
they weft *iced with speciatiogriety by the Secretary of
Frabbzwallollii. bossy, and with trio aid if the Police Moja-
arl=l.66ShilorKtioTi ;Ontario from Bei-
Mutt Ilse test Of IMMllsolial
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whkk mm is forged epee one, is Altos
vise.
Accounts from Mawr, dated Friday Evening,
o'elitk; states, that Ii i* trial ler High Treason, thou
peodittg, after Mr. alienist Ndllock and the Levi
President addressed eke Jury -
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FOR THE STATES.WAN.
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TO THE THE KIND.
Stioa,--, Aware that by the Laws and Constitati.on 1
of this Restos yuor most Excellent Majesty tan do no •
wrong, it is with the most profound and respectful
submission that I venture most humbly to represent
to your Majesty that the troubles of Emperors, of I
Kings, of Queens, of Princes. of Princesses, and others
of Royal Progeny, hare, sharing the eventful times'
of the last Shifty years, engrossed nearly all the cars
land attention of most of the people in Europe, to pat
up some, to put others down, to keep some in a state
of security withatheir subjects, and to place others in
a state of security without them, to get many of them
married, and afterwards to have them divorced, to 1
form family alliances, and to break the compacts, have 1
I been the work of Nations, of States, of Politicians, of
I Legislators, of Fleets and of Armies; and now may I I
be permitted to inquire of your Majesty's confidential
advisers, and I trust they will perceive 1 supplicate as
an Englishman, in a very subdued tone fur Info', 1
nation, not having the least intention, desire, or power
lof 6riesithst the Government into hatred or contempt,
Poe THE BENEFIT OF •WHOIA HAS ALL THIS •EIN
DONE ? Have the people of this country derived all
the advantages that were intended for the waste of
life, of blood, of time, and of money, during the long
period, a spate containing the better half of our ex-
istence ? I fear not, for really to use the words of
I our grrot Basil!; the greater part of the:,,
I Ittre bare and MI of wretchedness,
.-'r—Famine is in their cheeks,
No*, and oppression stare in their eyes,
(;pon their backs, lung ragged misery.
As Dr. Porti said—
Ah, why will kings forget that they are men,
Am" men that the) are brethren ?
Scarcely has the bloody swords rested coolly in the
scabbards of the heroes -who fought the battles of
their Monarchs and the nation seeking its repose in
peace, when a new Royal Feud, apparently greater in
its coucern, more extensive in its effects, inure cala-
mitous in its consequences, and more injurious to the
solid, lasting, and best interests of this country than
all the rest that has arisen, by the crooked conduct of
would-be-called Statesmen. Mitch has been talked
about the Royal Marriage Act, the object of which
it has been asserted was intended to prevent a recur-
rence of those scenes of devastation which in the de-
struction of our ancestors deluged this land with
blood by the quarrels of the Houses of York and Lan-
caster. But who can now look into the womb of time
and say that hereafter, (even admitting for a
moment, all that is contemplated is carried into-
execution) that she whom an Hanoverian hat
dared le call " Caroline of iirtinswiek" shall have no
defenders ? that as she has been styled, and by enemy
believed, to be an ill-used Princess, and an injured
and insulted Queen, she shall have no other advocates
in her cause than two Lawyers and a Civilian ? Will
the Elsa( Brunswickers, who relight so valiant)
when her illustrious father and brother, so nobly fell,'
never think of her wrongs ? Will not the King id
Prussia, and every thinking and noble-minded soldier,
heave • sigh on contemplating her misfortunes ?
I Will the real representatives of this great Empire,
will the people of England, of Ireland, of Scotland,
else, rapt them ? Will not hoe aid Mesh dm
I iltrlfy Coancellor on either sidiVagati play Mem, in
i describing her as the 64 grate, life, and ornament of
society," and by reviving the age of chivalry again,
if necessary, for bonolv's sake, meet his colleague,
' a Noble Lord, in the field.
: 0 most gracious Sire, put an end to, and let this
I discord cease. Consider, It is the first year of your
Majesty's reign. Let not the King condescend to re.
i rent the wrongs of the Prince of Wales. Pause and
thiuk, fir the sake of yohr departed daughter. Act
magnanimously, and bestow, I do beseech yni, Sire,
: clemency. It is said that your Royal Father and
the venerable Lord Thurlow advised you to make
friends with the mother of your child, and thus
make yourself and a nation quiet and happy. All
good councellors and good men will advise it, and
1 the world will, in after ages, bless her and applaud
you, (as well as King Ferdinand), for such generous
conduct In making a noble sacrifice of private feel-
ling for your country's good.
I have the honour to be, with all humility and
the greatest respect and regard fur the Illustrious of
Home of Brunswick, your Majesty's most dutiful and
London, MI Joiz, MO. LOYAL SUBJECT.