The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-15 00:00:00

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Mr. E. HEATH. of Wood street. said. he, as one of
the requisitionists, could bear testimony. that the
Meeting was not put forward by their Worthy Al-
derman. who, he had every reason to believe, knew
nothing about it until the requisition ums put into
his hands.—Mr. Heath afterwards proceeded to state,
that himself and a number of other gentlemen had
met, and drawn up a set of Resolutions and an Ad-
dress, for the purpose of submitting them to the con-
sideration of the Meeting, in case no one came for-
ward with any, or should a better nut be hi-might for-
ward. After some further remarks, the Speaker pro-
ceeded to submit to the Meeting some Resolutions,
evpressise of the sentiments of the inhabitants of the
parish with regard to the proceeding now taking. place
against the queen: and also an Address to her Ma-
jesty, congratulating her on her arrii al in this
country, and of condolence in the manifold afflic-
tions and persecution. which she had met with ilitrittz
her absence trout this country. The Aildreo. aaq
worded with as much circumspection as p a.iblr, and
the sentiments contained in it would no tlool.. meet
unanimous approbation. Ile would not continue to
c'aim their attention by sus lengthened tub's-nations
of his upon a subject which was already .o well um
derstood, and upon which they were all so well agreed.
The Resolution., after some further oh.erv.itions,
were put and carried unanimously.
1;pon the Address moved by Mr. Heath 'wine put.

Mr. guile canoe forward -with another Address,
which he intended to submit to the consideration of
the Meeting for their adoption, in the place of the
f!rtt propuaed, which, although a very emol one. he
tltetitleil did not go far enough. It was a singular.
but melincholy fart, that for • time past they had
',ever met to offer Addresses of Congratulation. lost
that they obliged to join to them protests against
aoae fresh innovations upon their Laws or l'onsti-
folio. Their objects in meeting were various. The
first was to congratulate her 3lssiesty upon her arrival
in this country, which was alone, under the dream-
stances, almost MI answer to the charges against her.
They had to condo:e with her on the manifest visita-
ti.m• which had been inflicted upon her, and upon the
shameful p. mentions which she had molergone during
her alegetice from this eountry, and they hail to protest
spinet the Bill of Pairs and Penalties, as a measure
not only of injustice towards her• hut affecting the
rights of every man in the kinodom, and stabling the
very vitals of public josstire (applause.) The Speaker
roeceded to comment on the proceeditoss in the
Ifisuse of //Ards, which. he said. were totally un-
hi:own to the law of the laud, and were a Won't
precedent, unless they recurred to the most barbarous
periods of our history. If the will of the Kin s; was
to he the law they had nothing left by which they
vivid pledge or frame their conduct. lir coutensled
that the proceedings which nere instituted by the
prosecntura in the present case. might at some future
period be brought forwarl as a preeeth•nt against
themaelves. Tel e House of Lords hail hitherto been
coesialered as the dernier resort—as the ...aatoin sago,
terse to which !hi- acre to appeal to for justice in
cases while mine la old be found el...where. or to
which the lasts enacted were not applicable. his
character with their ;srivili•ges they seemed altolit to
surrender to the Howie of Commons, bv making it
the Court of Appeal, whirl, they si null du if they I
Sound the Quits guilty. The rues-riling% now adopted
airaiost the Quiets would he attended n ith the t
disastrous ia.toiarsous thronglsout, upon the rules of
law and 'limn the t.•Justittition, and a 11 it'll. in their
ultimate insiss pullers, would, no doubt. art against
ileu*.• la 'so saiirli.atir.l them. The public, lie contended,
rou:ti us. vet be satisfied with the decisions of a Court
e mstituted as the Lower !louse was. lie asked, if
ore of the descendants of the Illustrious !loose of
Pattov4.r was to be degraded by pinceedino rioni-
:::eured by t wu Alen, the one discarded frum a shoulder-
I .ist, and the other the sun of a Scotch ? Ile
if the lonarche was to be allowed to he degraded
I.) suds men i• Might 111s1 the) bring ins Dill in the sante
.anner tu dethrone the Kilo; I finstuural couiltn•t was to
Le the ground Of •.i. Is proceedings there vas tau knowing
t what extent they might run. Lost thew look at
the moral effect% Anal eutt.equenees of such proceedings.
It was ns• re than possible that the Queen might one
day be the sure licir to the throne; in hilril a case were
they to have a Sovereign degraded in the manner it
v ss now proposed to degrade the Queen ?-11e nest
aii-erted to the conduct of the Bishops sou the present
oe, asiun, and aakeit that body whether they tl ght,
to use the words of the prayer. that " truth and
piety, religion and justice." were to be established by
prweeditsLa like those now instituted against the
Queen c I n commenting on the evidence, lie remarked,
that it was onsolatury the nu Esigliabitian had ors
fcred tilui,c:l amongst them in viti•purt of inch foul
charges. Atter some further observations, the Speaker
proceeded to feud the Address.
Mr. seconded the h‘st Address. The
first, he was of opinion, was taw limited, and did not
go far enough.
The Address proposed by Mr. Pirke, and that pro-
pt.fPsed by 31r. Ileath, were then put. whets the former
was carried by a large majority.
After s • further business, Mr. lIFATII moved the
thanks of the Meeting to Alderman Wood, which nos
put and carried.
It was put and carried, that the Inhabitants shoohi
r • top with th.i Address in a body, and that is eons-
otittee sl Id be appointed to make arranges's( nts fur
that purpose.
Alderman Wool), in returning thanks, observed,
that be had not latterly had many opportunities of at-
tending public meetings; however, it was a source of
the highest gratificatiou to him to know that his con-
dect had met the approbation of his fellow•rountry-
men ; but it was doubly gratifying when such testi-
monials cauic from his neighbours and friends. In
acting as hr had done, he could have but one motive,
and bad dune no inure than his duty, which every
Engliabusan would have done if hr had such informa-
tion as hr (Alderman Wood) had, that a female was
pursued by a foul conspiracy, and that female was his
Queen ; therefore lie could lay claim to nothing on
that wore. indeed Ina ought, with the information
which be then bad, to have gone ever to the Continent
/Midi Welber, but that Ile was prevented by adverse
circumstances'. When he west to the Coatiant, he
found that the conspiracy against the Queen had been
carried on as far as St. Omer's, and large sums were

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there °tiered fur hvidence. Had the prosecutors ien-
tured to extend their charges up is that !Oat!, lie
would have been placed in a very different situation
from that in which lie then stood, for he should have
been a witness. With respect to the evidence against
the Queen. lie had no hesitation in saying that 41
would be met in such a manner as would give the ut-
most xatisfaction to the country, and hand down the ;
names of the prosecutors with disgrace to po.terity, if
it was pox‘ible to di•irrare them more than they were.
lle was conicious that what he bad done was right.;
and he should rejoice in having done his duty ax•
lung ax he lived. The approbation of his fellow-pa-
risbioners wa+ most grateful to him, and he hoped that
he elsoithl lice long to deserve it.

Thani.s were vuteol to 51r. liiehe Pn d Jir. Heath, for
Addn•s%, and a I,t) to the Churrilsviir,leni
far the u4e of the elsurvh, when, after several other
speeches, the Meeting 'cis:traded.

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