The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-14 00:00:00

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Pa: 07 ' ..4 AV IWM re Apinassgs,
, Presented to her ltlkiesty oa Wednesday last.
In end MALE AND PENIALS Or TIM

taws!' or sr. Anse. tisicuptse.
41 IVe I much satisfaction iq receiving this loyal end
stlertionate Aoldt ess from the Male and Female inhabit-
. AS of the Perish of Sr. Anne, Lintelsonse.
" Wfaagerer may be the final issue of the present pro-
rieslings against me in the House of Lords, the measure
will.not fortis out of the bright pages in the Judi-
c?isl History of our Country. Though the conclusion of
Me Most 111060arat•le Juilicatnre should be iu favour of
try eattaireace., it will never be forgotten that the prin-
ciple of the Hill was highly unconstitutional—an Wm-
ties of isdividual right, and an invasion of national
liberty.
••• lo behold all existing Laws, both Civil and Eccle-
litglical, deliberately set aside in order to crush one in-
di.v.iilual for the purpose of gratifying another, is a pro-
I ',cling which, however it may have found support in
the obscure judgments, or in the corrupt interests of
particular inslisuinals in the present generations, will
rsperiesay Ate. unqualified reprobation of posterity.
Whets the tumultuous agitation of the present con-
flict shall save subsided, and men's minds shall have re-
covered their former serenity, it will hardly be thought
credible Mat any Ministers, not absolutely insane, would
Mare suffered such a question to endanger the peace of
the community.
" The great excellence of a free Constitution is that
the law is one and the issue for all. Hut how can we
reconeile to our ideas of a free Constitistion the viola-
tion of every existing law for the benetit of an indivi-
dual? Yet is ant this, in a few words, the substantial
intent of the Hill of iains and Penalties ?

. " Oottforneity to the laws is, for the sake of example,
more regoitsite io a King than in any -of his *objects.
kight, therefore, a Divorce to be granted to his 31a-
In circumstances is which it would be denied to
any of his *objects i Ought it to be _ranted to him on
t •, ins which are neither compatible with the precepts of
the tiospel, as interpreted by the Church ; nor with the
temporal laws, as fixed by the State ?•'

- TO TIM VIISIALS 111.41‘ITAN FS OF PT. trEs.
• " The Female Inhabitants of St. he', in the county
ofiltintingdon, will accept my unfeigned thanks for this
Iwyal and affectionate Address. lam happy in this in.
stance, and it is my hope, as it will be my sulace in every
'grummet of my life, to have toy actions applauded,
and my principles app:oved. The favour of Providence
hts bees clearly manifested in the striking' vicissitudes
of myturentfal history. Those vicissitudes, when viewed
in conjunction with all their associated circumstances,
with their prepsratory incidents, and their subsequent
results, will be found, in a very impressive manner, to
exemplify the moral government of the Deit)."
To rite OV TNT EMIT INFORPORATi:D In t DNS

or TOR CITT or Prima.
" I have great satisfaction in receiving thi loyal
and affectionate Address from the Deacons of the
Eight incorporated Trades of thr City of Perth, in
the Convener's ('ourt assembled.
"The indignities which I experienced when abroad
were excrescences (ruin that great trunk of convirary,
liainst my honour anti my rights, which has taken
such a deep root in this country, and has spread its
branches far and wide over the continent.
" The nation has been insulted iii the person of the
Qnren ; nor ought it to be forgotten that a Minister
uf the Pope dared, in an official instrument, to de-
praver the Queen. of England of that appellation to
which she is lawfully entitled. There have been times
lb Iles sue` ast.insult would not have been suffered by
any Ministr, and when. if they bail been endured by
the Ministry, that Ministry would nut have been en-
dured by the people.
•' The malice of my enemies has done its worst ; and
the day of moral retribution is at baud. Injustice
anti falsehood may flourish fur a season, but it can be
o;sly for a season. That season still soon pass away;
8-d he who seeks them, where they were once seen,
win Ando tiara they are to be seen no toore.--,Thsways
of Providence are not as our ways ; but they are al-
wiys in favour of moral rectitude iu their ultimate re-
suits." _

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