The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-11 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO THE yuiiw.v.
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A public vestry was held yesterday, in the church
of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, pursuant to a requisition
tu the Churchwardens, signed by the must respectable
inhabitants of that parish, tu take into consideration
the propriety of addres:.:ng her Majesty the Queen.
Shortly after five o'clock the Chair was taken by W.
Jennings, EaWi. the Churt hivarden, and the requisition
having been read,
Mr. Ryon rote to address the meeting. He express-
ed his satisfaction at observing so numerous and rts-1
pectable a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish,
especially•as they bad been convened at so short a DO.l
tice. Ile observed that the question which they were
met to consider was one of the highest importance, nut
only as it effected her Majesty the Queen, but 1111
involved the freedom and independence of English-
men. He would nut detain the meeting by dwelling
upon the series of persecutions to which this Illustri-
ous Lady had been subjected almost since the hour of
bet marriage, but he would proceed at once to propose
certain resolutiuns to the meeting.
The resolutions haring been read,
'I he Rev. Mr. PtEncx observed, that the importance
of a subject, whether political, domestic, or religious,
might be estimated from the general interest which it
excited. Many important meetings had been held in
that place, but they had never yet met upon a subject
of such momentous interest as that to which their at-
tention was now called. Vestries had been convened
here for the purpose of opposing undue influence, nt
just rates, unprincipled men, and unconstitutional mea-
sures ; they had been held too in this place, most pro-
perly, for the purpose of expressing their abhorrence
of those monsters in human shape, the at
Manchester t but the meeting, upon the present occa-
sion, was of paramount importance, and seemed to take
the lead of all. In the issue of the measures new
pending against our beloved and foully persecuted
Queen, were involved all onr prospects, all our hopes,
and all our future felicities. This being the case, we
are meto—a privilege which is just left us by our tender
and affectionate Governors—for the purpose of address-
ing her Majesty, and sheering the enemies of truth and
justice that we are not ashamed to come forward in a
church to vindicate persecuted innocence, and advocate
the necessity of reform. He would abstain from using
any terms of reproach, even against the Government
which oppressed us ; hut it was scarcely possible en-
tirely to repress that indignation which every friesnl
to the constitution must feel, at the conduct of the men
who had shackled the press by enacting intolerable
laws, who had dragged from their homes, and from
the bosom of their families, some of the best friebds
of freedom and reform, and who were now directing
the same system of persecution and oppression against
our universally beloved Queen. lie was proud to de-
clare his entire concurrence with the sentiments ex-
pressed in the resolutions. He hoped Heaven would
frustrate the diabolical designs of her Majesty's eue-
mies.—(Applause.)--Surrounding nations were watch-
ing our movements, and were waiting with anxious so-
licitude to Ice what steps this nation would take in the
cause of an injured Queen, and in the cau:e of free-
dens spill reform. He trussed that this meeting would
set a good example—that they would unite Id* mil-
lions of his Majesty's subjects—that they would Unite,
persevere, and be free. The Rev. Gentleman eon-
' eluded by seconding the resolutions.
The resolutions were then put separately from the
Chair.

Upon the third resolution !whiff put,
Mr. lit.trascast rose to offer a few observations,
not with reference to any particular molution, but
with reference to the whole of the business which bad
been brought before them. Upou a former weenies,
be had felt it necessary to oppose a measure, which
was, is his opinion, calculated to prejudge a question,
which was then before a legitimate tribunal, but could
he possibly have foreseen the issne of the Coroner's
Inquest at Oldham, be certainly should not have ap-
posed it. For the very same reason which induced
him to oppose that measure, he now ruse to express
his warm approbation of the object of this mailbag.
It was the duty of the country, in the eirctuasstinces
under which the Queen was placed, to rally round her,
and shew that they felt her to he a persecuted add
Jared woman. He had no wish to take any objection
to the present resolutions, but be could not help think-
ing that they scarcely went far enough. He wished'
the Address to the Queen to be coupled with an Ast-
dress to both Houses of Parliament, calling apostates
to refuse their sanction to the proceedings against her
Majesty. He hoped that every parish in the kingdom
would take this course, and if parish meetings did not
avail, he hoped every family in the kingdom would
separately petition Parliament against a proceeding
1 which wore so tremendous an aspect upon the best in-
terests of the country. He mshd not trouble the
Meeting with any further observations, bat ea he was
sometimes reproached as au individual opposed to
every thing like popular measures, he begged to
express his warm coucurreore ig She eijedt ed the pro-
seat Meeting.
The Fourth Resole dge, The rot beak pm
judged her case, are thellimadoeut mmio11•11..
fair, and free investigation."
Mr. LIKDII•T and Mr. lel4llll, made same Ajaa
time, upon the ground that the itesolution.p it stood,
might be applied to those who presumed the inboeenco
of her Majesty.
Mr. BLACZBUIN said, that if his Majesty's Ministers
bad proceeded to trial in that just and boviourshie
course, which every British subject had a right to
claim, the sense of this sad other public meetings
would not have been so strongly expressed as it now
had. The exclusion of her Majesty's name from the
Liturgy was undoubtedly calculated to prejudice her
cause, and if Ministers were capable of resorting to
such a measure in the first instance, it was net likely
that they would afterwards primped with that even-
headed justice from which au equitable decision might
be expected.
The Resolution was carried umanimosely.
The Sixth Resolution was Ikea pat and received
with groat applause.
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log her ilaq same ham the Liturgy. Show el the
digaided whe masested se that Order of Cosa.
and these w have obeyed it, hereabout's hew eta
they can allow the forums whisk asey pram Se
sacred, to he converted to partialoijoeu, sad Wised