The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-30 00:00:00

CiMILUAA.

LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, I 8•40.

rAt Cavetfivr wined HAMPDEN fell le the irield, end SYDNEY doed ~► the Seafoldr•

T. THOMAS'S 1111SPUI'AL—,11r. AST LEI
k. COOPER and Mr. GREEN will begin their COURSE
of AN ITOMIC AL and SURGICAL LECTURFA, on
Saturday the ?Mit January. at halt post one o'clock.

must be understood as referring exprissly to the in-
liabiaaess.

Mr. FICIIIR •aid he would mo►e that the reporter
be allowed by courtesy to remain. There was more
thartone reporterpreastat: there were indeed three, anal
he doohted not that they would be correct : when
there were s • many, it was not possible there could
be rollusion between them.
Mr. Peanut wished to know whether they were all
on one side.

ALBION FIRE and LIFE INAUR tNcE CuMPANY.
New Bridge-street, Rlsekfriara.
Empowered ay Aet of Parliament. Capital—One Million.
INSURANCES filling due at Christina. will
expire, unle,s renewed silthin fifteen days from that
peeind.
The Compton% '4 Rates and Condition% are of the moat res.
sonahle description : —no Charge is made for Fire Policies.
when the Premium exceed% .---No .‘dinisaion Fine is
charred on life Ineuranee.--a liberal Commission is
allowed to Roliei lora, and others. who effect Life Immeshes-a :
—and *spry facility is afforded by whkb the lowest and
Coavenleace of the Public may he promoted.
WARNER PHIPPS. Reematary.

Mr. F. PALMER. ••••I believe that the reporter for
The Times newspaper would as soon cut his hand off
as report one wont that was false.

Ir. Peaass.—Will be state the whole truth fully
. etairilely.l—
H. Put.Lar.-3/r. Palmer gives Tie Tierce re-
po:ter a good character. Does be know that reporter
personally? If he dues not, he cannot speak to hi.
character. Can you give him a good character ? Nly
Isspinion is, that you pay the reporter* the expense of
coming down.
A voice in the crowd here called nut, " Can you
give that reporter a bad character ?"
Mr. 11. Pvi.t.ay.—No.
Here some confusion arose, several individuals at-
tempting to speak at the sante time.
The Maros said that he was anxious to hear each
party in turn, and if he were not supported in pre-
servii.g order, he most leave the rl.air.
'the It v. Air. A/trims hail no doubt that a pledge
wunl,l be given rot the faitlifitlness ut the report ; but
lie really felt iiiilostat that such an objection should
:lint` been at all made to the presence of the reporter.
NI r. liontNsus said, that the question oto-rvilte-
tber a fair report would be given. No man. lOW.
olvet to such *grrite.
Mr..l.l,ANuLer. asked whether the hunt-hail was.
of the other side? lie made dui. inquiry, because,. if
iby was, it was nut likely he would give a fair reprrt.i
1 [A number of individuals then called upon the re-
porter to conic forward, which he had befare attempted
to do. Ile immediately obeyed Ow .tin tttttt ii., and
said, that he hail no hesitation in declaring. that lie was
nuly anxious to give a fair and impartial report. The
meeting were satisfied with this declaration, and be
remained iu the room during the proceedings.]
Mr. P. Patassa then addressed the • hairman. lie
said that in offering to bring forward the business of
the slay, it was not his intention to awaken those
angry feelings which had already been excited in
:t very rensiderable degree throughout the country.
On the contrary, he wished to allay those feelings,
and to aluyain from every thing like party prejudice
and party violence. He was perfectly well aware of
itkepte,rwparwraee of ilseasitleat which they were morta-
1,

This day was pulvli‘hill, in two thick volumrs. foolscap
taro. price Its. bqarch.

DICTUKES, Ills I'ORICAL nnti 1110GRAiltil•
CA 1, drawn from Engli,h, Scottish, and IriAi
History.
JOHN GALT, EN.
Author of the Life of Wolstl, and of Mr. West.

This work k rhirfc compiled from the *Detroit Chronlelas,
anti from detache.l pieces of Nlcalern History. and affords
carious and distinct views of the enlist remarkable Charac-
ter", itteitlontc. an.. particular et pot*. rma, the earliest u-
oats of the three Kingdom.., to thread of the reign of Georae
the Third.

Printed for Sir Richard 11411141 m and ('o.: and to h. lia.l of
J. Cusamiort. Dublin ; Con4table and ('o., Edinburgh ; atm!
*II RodloteHers.

to discnss,and the original introduction of which
blot excited great ferment and alarm in various par s
of the country. His object was to prevent any fcr.her
measures similar to those which had lately been re-
sorted to from being instituted against the Queen. In
the first instance, he would call their attention to that
government under which they lived, and which a as the
envy and admiration of surrounding nations ; consisting
of the King,of whom the law said that lie cool I du no
wrong; of a House of Lords, the highest judicial tri-
bunal in the coantry ; and the House of Commons,
representing the people, and making such lan. as
were calculated for the general good. This was the
outline of our constitution: but as a still further pre
servative for the impartial administration of justice, it
WAS provided that one body of men should make the
laws and another should dispense them. When the
pewee of making laws aad of administering them was
united in one person, or in one assetnbly, it was to he
apprehended that particular statutes would he made
to suit particular interests ; but where those bodi, s
were distinct. the government was good, and laws were
male for the general welfare of the state. The y per-
fectly well knew that no Englishman could plead ig-
norance of the law : it was, then, expected that the
law should he made clear aril distinct, so that he
would be able to comprehend it. But let then, look
to acts of attainder, to bills of Pains and Penalties,
in fine to ez-post facto laws, and they auuld perceive
that they were at variance with the spirit of the con-
stitution ; because they formed a crime and awarded a
punishment. 'I bey aimed at punishment before Ott
crime was defined. They never were resorted to ex-
cept in the worst of times; and whetter r they were
resorted to, they created alarm and discontent through-
out the country. He could nit explain the dangers
of er-poet facto laws more clearly and forcibly than
by a quotation from the emphatic language of the
Bari of Strafford, when pleading at the bar of the
House of Lords: "Hard it was" (said that distin-
guished character) " that punishment should precede
the promulgation of law, and to he tried by maxims
unheard of till the very moment of the prosecution.
If I sail on the Themes. and split my vessel on an
anchor ; incase there be no buoy to give warning, the
party shall pay use ilatnages; hut if the anchor he
'stedied out, then is the striking on it at my own
peril. Where is the mark set upon this crime ?
Where the token by which I should discover it ? It
has lain concealed sander water; and nu ha oan pr-
dente. Ito henna innocence, could save me from the
destruction with which I am at present threatened."
He would repeat, that be considered it to hr the chief
principle of cidl liberty, that the laW should be pro-
apectivel that no man should be made to sail r, un-
less by those laws which had previously been laid
ilt/with and which were well understood ; and it was,
I theerfore, evident that a Bill of Pains and Penalties
was opposed to the spirit of that constitution under
which they lived—(Applanee). He was aware tl.at, ac-
condor to the el/agitation, the King could do na
wrong; but responsibility mus: rest somewhere. The law
said there should he no wrong without a remedy,
hut no remedy remained against the King : the Action

Pmcg Smug Pgwcz.

•f law prevented that. The advisers of the Crown.
and not the Crown itself, were the responsible parties.
But here there was an enwillingsess to assume that
responsibility; aed therefore a third party was intro•
demi,
to whom he owed no allegiance. He owed al-
legiance to the king, but not to that third party—the
State. Reference was never made to the State except
in tittles of extreme danger, in erhitiary and oppreasive
times. In the reign of Henry VIII. au.appeal was
made to the State. State necessity was then pleaded ;
and by the assistance of that plea, aad the aid of a
Beech of Bishops, that la -
-.nd put to death two
1., that monarch him

which crbi,cil to Frost
to role withoot A Par"

to be occasioned by
ber had been very frequently referrer' ro .. _ _
alleged necessity.—(.Applause.)-11e, however, must
maintain that the klinisters of the Crown wore re:
spansible; snd if he were compelled fur a moment to
bring his 3lajesty's name into question, he
might see many palliatives for his conduct.
A monarch might be antrouuded by invidicus
and designing persons; his judgment might
be misled—Lis passions provoked—his temper
irritated; and, therefore, he would make allowances
for hint, particularly when he considered the high
situation in whirh he was placed by fire cmtstitation.
But eunlii his minister! plead that they were inttu-
-11 elm d by had advisers; that their passions bad been
extol or their feelings irritated': No. They stood
in tho I►itatatie of preservers of public morals for the
general goon aud safety of the empire. It was int-
possible, ihrtn, to see the whole country Inundated with
such -nauseous filth, ?web filth that many masters of fa-
milie.s hail thought ptoper to Vile the newspaper%
without consideting ministers as the cause of the evi'.
Heikki nto reitrottli the King on account of these pro-
ceeilffixs,'hitt there must be responsibility somewhere;
end he would sate float ministers had done rule.. to
,hake the foundations of the country than ail that
hail been done by Radicals. and by those fictitious
publications of wili Is they had heard en mach. He
would nut enter into the 4eueral feeling of those who
hail signed the relitisitiliii: he would only say thnt
they wanted not I unishment to he inflicted on tit is •
who did the deed; but they wanted security for tiv•
future, to prevent a repetition of such odious conduct.
The lion. lientleinan then entered into as elabor, ts
examination of the proceedings against the Queen and
the effect of them upon the conwry, and concluded
it

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Ihst Monarch get rid of owe wife'
o others. to tin time of
littritl as ecusonsivst . . 4.
rant tun all he kantiii.
Lriisrneet dill. Tardsrwei wit
state necessity : and a starrthisa-
requently referred to on the same

examination (111 ine prociirwinp against twe waren sou
the effect of them upon the couscry, and concluded .
by rcoeating that he slid not expect indemnity for the
past, because he theorist it was not in the power of
tiol•tisters, nor of any set s•rutett; to eto itelyliletnit-
1
chief that had beets e.fectesi; but he did hope, by thus
and similar efforts, to prevent such foul attacks being
.1.
mad •againon that family which it was their duty to re- s
spect and support. lle then read the addresses and
petitions. Ibe lion. Gentleman was heard throughout
with meat respect and attention, and was frequently
cheered with the loudest expressioos of approbation. •
Mr. 11.ivirs sccon led the addresses arid petitions to
an able a• d argumentative speech, which ne exceed-
ingly regret that our limits pleclittle us from reporting.
Mr. Prt.set said that he considered the business of r
the queen as a party business, from the beginitine to
tsar resent moment, and he had no dist.ht that it
would be tiistinguislied by party feeling till its ter-
mination. It was, Lowe, er, precisely similar to the
ordinary practi. es of the Whigs. Whenever a cala-
mity. however severe, happened to the country, the
leader of the Whigs regularly took up the cutiNeis
against their native laud; they endeavoured to
.hackle the measures of government, to inspede those
proceedings which uteri necessary for the %reline of
the state; and this was not done to serve the empire;
II
1 because, when he looked at their practises. he merit
doubted whether they lied any English feeling or love s
of country belonging to them--(Hisses and ap-
planse). If they had any national feeling belonging
to them, it was a secondary consideration. Places,
pensions, all the emoluments of office, all the
good things to be obtained under government, these
were what they locked to. Place, to gratify their
ambition ; money, to satisfy their hungry adherents.
' So violent, so inflammatory, not to say to seditious,
but so disloyal and unpatriotic had been their con-
duct for the last 30 yea.s particularly, that he hardly It(
knew how to make a distinction between them anti I
what were called Itadieals..{Mhos, and applause).—
If there were any resibiliti to-draw a distiartion be-
tween modern W lugs and Raillerds, be would 112 r the
latter were ready to attempt the subversion or the
Monarchy—(Mson), and ee), sad the forms:
~,
were ready to rue the risk, rather than not got into
place and power. Some of thrs Whigs had even joined
the Na.licais at the public meetiags. and had meted
with then le such. a meanest thud one colthl searrely
say whether thee were sot wady to eo the whole ',
length which three individoals prooktitned. The Whigs,
i
instead of acting in' this manner, ought to stand for-
ward to support the liovernmeht, for it never wanted
support more than al the presiat moment. The spirit
sat rhsafreetion was abroad, aid attempts were toad. in
iiiirereal parts of the countr to Week up a revolistioe. .
N., mars could deny that the lRa tlsbad such a design :
ler them hook tosheir meetioga et tree said twenty they- _'
sa old ajoeseot them armed; assellidioss also reettiketTheir 4
meetingsat sight to leers iiilitotrilssipline. Could they
forget the insults weigh Oho Sentleads had ronstaatty
heaped epee their Seawall's; and In which insults they
werejairied by the Whigs?Thrsee insults were not offered
to degrade the King, but to &grade thesovereign aloha- •
rity ; herwasse Uwe knew that if ksmenrdthithe Siertri
arels in the eyes of Hie people of land,
thrtE.,
11' .
wombs one great stride towards elleir their nefarious
purposes.—(talwers.)—lt wits ass the King Glove that
*as invoke* by them: there wee 1
a comoitolvil
authority therm host lint Inlid.ffewfvorre to
seaws
. .
conotahleo, who bad hod not bees a= .
molted by thews. Usher aloft, ware made to di-steep-
every thing pear awl Mr to naglishmers—he sili 'al fir i •
those parNiarteone of a blasphemous and sedition*. ten- •
dewy whisk were esumaa I. issuing from the press. ) .
Seem pelmets said dist She liberty of the press was try.
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