The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

PETITION AC !NAT MINISTERS FROM
WILTSHIRE.

Itlr. BENNETT (Merubtr for Wilts) stated, that he
hail the honour of being entrusted with a petition,
voted at a Cuuuty Meeting fur Wiltshire, must nume-
rously and respectably attended. The signatures to
it were those of the High Sheriff, and 100 most re-
spectable freeholders. After such an attendance, the
nunther of rignattidis was nut an object; for if it
had been necessary, be could take himself to say, that
it would have been %ivied by many thousands. These
Petitioners prayed that that House would use its best
e:torts to put a final terminationfo the odious and un-
ralled-for proceediugs against the Queen ; to obtain
ter restoration to the Liturgy ; and to her other con-
stitutional rights. It woe the general feeling that
those agitations shoal(' no longer continue to obstruct
the consideration of Parliament to the claims of a
loyal and suffering people.—(Hear, hear, hear!)—He
did intreat his Majesty's Ministers, if they had any
feeling fur the situation of the Country—if they had
any regard for theirmelves, and for the essential in-
terests of thepeople,to relieve the country from further
perplexity on this subject, and by so doin4, allow Par-
liament to direct its ditiViiioll to the present distresses
of the Country.
The Petition was brought up, and ordered to be

printed.
Mr. TENNYSON observed, that on rising to pre-
sent a petition from the inhabitants of Great Orinisbv,
it iv.ls nut his intention, after so much time had been
already occupied on the subject of similar petitions,
to proceed into any lengthened discussion. If he un-
derstomi the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) correctly, it
was the intention of his Majesty's tiovernnient not to
renew any proceedings against the Queen ; that the
only proposition now to be submitted to Parliament
1,4 Y a suitahle income. Ile had a right, therefore, to
preunte her testuration to all licr tights. Any other
course would subject them to the charge of incuusist-

• miry.
The Petition was received,and ordered to be printed.
Mr. HI ME presented petitions from the boroughs
of Banff. Arbroath, Annan, the incorporated Trades
of Aberdeen, praying for the restoration of her Ma-
jestv's name to the Liturgy, and a suitable income and
resolrnce. lie had no hesitation rat stating, that if
Scotland had been adequately anil fairly represented,
tbere would nut have been a single Petition from that
class new called the exclusive loyalists of the country.
The petitions were ordered to be printed.
Mr. itSTCOURT presented a Petition from four
hundr.d lnb'tbitants of the Borough of Devises; de-
precating the unfounded aspersions cast against ti►e
Queen, the corrupt offer of 59,000/. per annum ; and
praying fur her full and nnqualilied restoration to the
enjoyment of al her rights.
Mr. GORDON (Crickliwk) wished to call attention
to the Character of the Petition just presented. at the
House must have perceived that the Hun. Member did
nit say one word of it by heart.• (A laugh.)----The
Petition was from a very numerous body of the inhabi-
tants of Devises; but the subscribers to that petition.
when they gave it to that Hou. Member for presents:
tion, well knew tbay bad no right to expect his sup-
port. They knew, that though in common parlat:e
ire was the representative of Devizes, he in fact only
represented the twenty or thirty Aldermen who re-
turned Linn.--••(ileac, hear.)-He spoke with no disre-
spect of those Hon. Members who were returned for
Devizes. They were his pereutial friends. He men-
tioned it with the view of showing the nature of the
real connexion that existed between them and the in-
habitants of Devizes. The subscribers to the petition
just presented. understood the nature of their recipro-
cal connexion too well to expect or even to ask for the
support of their Hon. Representatives.----(Hear, hear.)
He called the attention of the Noble Lord (Castlereagh)
to that subject, as, perhaps, a very forcible illustra-
tion of his argument last night..
Mr. PEARSE, as one of the Representatives of the
Borough of Devises, coutetsdet.that he possessed the
right of acting upon his own conviction. as tinily and