The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-22 00:00:00

PI:Fr AT OF THE LOYAL ADDRESSERS.

Before the regular u.artliuu:e business was rout-
inetlr~•ll,

Mr. ticnit:Nc stepped forward, and said, that it be-
came incumbent spun the ward to allude to a secret
address which had been promulgated, as if from that
ward :—(Applanse)--and he held in leis hand sonic
resolutions, which he tlionght were called for in con-
sequence of the secret act of the individuals to whom
he lead alluded. Ile concluded ht• propo•inr three
resolutions, which had for their ohject the censure of
the proceeding respecting what was called •' The
Loyal Address," and the defence of the w•asd from
and• imputation upon the loyalt7 of the inhabitants.
Mr. GRAY seconded the proposition of these resolu•
tions.

Mr. OLCHAM stated, that h corenrred in every
word contained in the resolutions now proposed to
the wardtnote. lie yielded to no man in the land its
sentiments of loyalty. How came it, then, that he,
a resident in the ward, and one of its representatives
in the Comtuon Council, was not invited to sign the
" loyal address i" It was because the framers of the
" loyal address" knew well that they would have din
covered how the "loyal declaration" was concocted.
and that i: was mean: to imply a tort of approhatien
of the King's ministers, and more especially of their
meta most unjustifiable proceedings against the
Queen—(Hears-hear). It was because they hew the
" loyal addressers" would be detected ; that what
passed took place in a dose room, to the exchtsion of
some of the inhabitants who had applied f..r admis-
sion. Such secret remind upon a public questi..n
wait Ite thought, well calculated to throw suspicion •
open the acts of the addressers; besides, they west
actually out of the ward. for the London Coffee-house
was nut of the , ward, to concoct the address which
they pretended to publish as issuing from the wart:—
(ile:lr, hear). Ile then drew the attention of the
ward to a
.similar hurried proceeding in the Court
of Aldermen, where Alderman Birch, on a sudde3,
and without notice, proposed an address of the sane
pnr;eirt, and h:irely carried it by 2 ewes. 'They eonld
tit forget that one of the S ahlerinen who voted on that
ore union for the address, had hat just come out of the
Ins.ilvent Debtor's Court, with a place under govern-
ment iihich his creditors could 'not tonch. It was a
shame for the Court of Altleri,en to retain such a
uee;nher —(Applane.)--Snch rams the manner in which
the loyal addresses were got up. The wa;.l
lately seen In the public rapers the refusal of the
Sheriff of filorester to convene a meeting re-
quested by a number of Noblemen and gentlemen of
that county. He.(Mr. (tldly4tio) bad signed that re-
uni3ition. which the Sheriff had thought proper to cha-
racterize as having for its object an iilegal and un-
con•titutional purpose..--(Hear, and laughter).---Ile
had thought fit to set up his own simple o?inion
against the principal gentlemen of the county; he, a
gentleman now residing in Temple-place, and eon-
strained to move within the boundaries of a given dia-
stance !--(Applause)--Mr. Oldham neat adverted to
the infamont prorredinzs against the Queen, the rro-
runt:Lath:li of which had throughout the country done
noire to sap the moral principles of society than ar.y
other thing which had or. urred in modern times. Was it
for such au as t, ant for aU the incalculable mi, hiel which
had and mast still flow from it, that Ministers were to
he thanked by " loyal addressers ? ' Ile would tea
these self-called and seltecostituted " lu}al" gentle-
men, that they would have done no re service to them-
selves and the country if they had (vine (canard, with
other classes of his Majesty's subjects, and it:titioned