The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

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ntigs of this
they have bees
have, I observe,
talk of the bu! _ faction, .
they have, by the genuine spirit of loyalty, reject-
ed their ministerial holsters, foie-termed' " loyal ad-
dresses." On the loyal addressers, or ministerial
bolsterers, I am well aware that both reasoning and
ridicule would he thrown away. But the public at
large min benefit by the ridicule and odintn, by which
these tricksters have been overwhelmed by the
independent part of the press, which the hireling
part of it has the ac.dacity, after its employers, to call
factious.° Against the liberty of the press, there-
fore, all the knaves in the land are now preparing their
fulminations. " We know," they acknowledge ta-
citly, " that we bare neither reason, 100; wit, learn-
ing, or common sense on our side; it is nut, therefore,
fair play, that those, who possess all these advantages,
should he allowed so unmercifully to belabour us ; hut,
if Castlereagh and Co. will he graciously pleased to
tie the hands of these our mtfair antaffunists behind
their backs, the rognes will find how handsomely we
shall be'eaguer and overwhelm them with abuse, of
which we have always such large quantities at our
command. We shall accuse them of treason, sedition,
and brasilietny ; and, with us, assertion against our
enemies is always syncrtimous, with conviction. With a
censorship, a fig fur argument; without it, see are un-
done. Oh that a censorship bad been imposed last
year, instead of the foolish six bills. The Queen and
her adherents would have been long ago destroyed ; and
we should have escaped the pitiahle plight in which
we now stand 'More the world. Ue,-//te.o sarieni;."

• In consequence of the eastigations inflicted by that glo.
rim; engine on the Fit ileged corporations. their langnage
has already beco►ae. in snn►e instances, lea% indecent. and
less arrogant, than at the commencement of their ultra-loyal
career. Some of them in their snore recent effusion% ha►e
even the modesty to disdain imputing improper moist 4 to
the nation at large. from whom they stiffer so aidely in
opinion. fist this humility. we- know. arises from a cense
altogether foreign to their natures. A tree press does won-
ders in restraining arrogance.

BERKSHIRE MEETING.

A meeting of the Nubility, Gentry, Clergy, Free-
holder*, and otic.:r inhabitants of the county of Berks.
was held yesterday at Beading, to " consider of the
propriety of presenting an address to the king on the
subject of the treatment which the Queen, his consort,
has experienced, and is experiencing, un the part of
his Majesty's Ministers, and of passing such resolu-
tions as !nay then and there appear desirable, on the
present state of the country." At half-past twelve
o'clock the spaciuus place in which the meeting was
held was crowded by respectable gentlemen of the
county, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the
weather fur travelling.
Mr. J. B. lloxus, M. P. was called to the chair, in
obedience to the general wish of the meeting.
The Citatasttx then opened the business by read-
ing the original tequisition, and a letter which he hail
received (ruin Charles Dittolas. Esq. one of their county
members, which was accompanied by a phy'sician's
. .
cerfifiente, setting forth The indisposmou of that gen-
Lord FOLKCSToNe came forward to propose the rests.
lotions. and was received with loud and reiterated cheers.
The noble lord cutinseneed by saying that it became his
shay to offer to that large and respectable mweting some
observations swot' the object of their assembling, and to
propose to them certain resolutions for their coliiiiirra-
lion, which he trusted woithl be unanimously adopted.
He would endeavour, as shortly as lie mold, to state his
opinions upon the present crisis of pnblir affairs ; but
from the extended endure of the topic, comprehending as
it did so many points of momentous interest, he teamd
be stould have to trespass longer upon their attention
than, under any other circumstances, he should feel him-
self justified in doing.—(llear.)—He roufessed that
when he reflected upon the present agitates) and rola-
tni tons state of the country—when lie considered in par-
ticular the late unjustitialile proceedings in Parliament
of his Majesty's ministers—when he was so forcibly im-
pressed with the fatal tendency of these proceedings upon
the peace and tranquillity of the cowry—when, lie re-
peated, he felt the weight of all these rellections and
considerations, lie approached the great business of their
meeting nith fear and apprehension—fear, that he was
unable to do jnstice to the subject ; and apprehension,
that he might expose himself to misinterpretation upon
so momentous an occasion. list the present crisis over-
'lowed all feelings of personal forbearance, and called
upon every man who had the good of his country at
heart to conic forward and boldly state his opinions upon
the prospective dangers and calamities which impended
over the country.—(llear,hear.)-1t was incumbent upon
the people of tile country to step forward, and endeavour
by the unequivocal declaration of their opinions, to ward
elf the evils which threatened them, and to make their
best effort to prod3ce an alteration in a system of mis-
government so fatal in its consequences, and which could
only be ameliorated by the firm and general voice of the
people at large.— (A pplattse.)—The terms of the requisiti-
on were as general As the subject to which they referred,
they comprehended the whole state of the country, and
armed a wide field of discussion—into the minute de-
tails of which, however, it was not his intention to carry
lb. meeting en this occasion. The state of the (matey
was indeed widely appalling.—(llear, hear.)—Turn to
whatever quarter they would, they only met distress and
dissatisfaction. If they looked at agriculture, they found
it suffering in all its ltranclies.—(Hear, hear.)—Manu-
factures and commerce were alike weighed down with
the heaviest impediments. The country was in that
state which called for the serious attention of every ho-
nest man. Such was the universal pressure of distress
end calamity, that the public had reason deeply to re-
gyet that tine united attention of Parliament during
ni late sitting had been withdrawn from the consider-
ation of a state of things so alarming in every point of
view to any other consideration whateme might bare
bees its iheracter.—(Veer, hear, hear.)—After ad-
yeetlng to the folly as well as to the injuetice and cru-
elty of the measures pursued against the Queen, his
Lordship dwelt upon the incapacity of the Ministers by
*bons they had been conducted, and the necessity of a
tbange not only of Ministers but of the system of On-
Moment. Unless said he, the Home of Commons were
made to act in unison with the general feelings et the
people, it were rein for the 'vestry to look for a redress
of grievanceaby any change which suerely.embraced the
.mtlistitittion of one set of men for another in the affairs
lit the country.—(Hear, hear.) A reform in the repre-
aentation of the people was therefore indispensable.
(Lou.) cheeks.) No good could be effected by any set of
men, however well disposed, without% If this healing
remedy were not applied, the conntry mist go on from
bail to wincsa.-4Hear, hoar.) Aid even oiler* it ap.
pli attuning/oust see that mark of tpadowo would
still remain to be endured under any alteration of piti•

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