The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-14 00:00:00

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Hoe:Majesty. received a tattnher tJ Aiftiiisef at
BratidVishgrgh House yestertlay..and upon go s
`former
OCSa.ilar siva ha+ there been.such a yeet.eourisirse
of people 3..etubled. Among the other Addresses
sa• one fr.ono the Seateen of tho in the Riser.
and the novelty of the eircunistatice.seesieed to create
a repaltir effervescence throughout the day. nlong the
whole line of road from Brandenluirgh Bowe to
Blackwell.

fetw•eett twelve arid one o'clock, Mr. !lame, M. P.
tirrired at itrandetiburgh Mouse, in Lis private car-
riage. with the :11141re.s from " the Ladies of Edin-
burgh and its vicinity." lie was arrompanied by
Northmore •tnd another lientleman. with an All-
-4l•r•= from a. tinniher of the inhabit.onts of tlie city of
Exeter : and their carriage n•as followed by an open
ba...ouclie, iu n hick was a Lady. arcompanied by two
linttlettien. with an Address from the Ladies of
Eseter."

The next arrit al was Sir Gerard Noel and Mr. P.
Idol Tr. 51. P. a itli the Coventry Milton o and they
were al•nte.t immediately f follow rd by two Wink:new
lOC.' an .1.11.1re4., from Ipswich.
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Ina few minute* after the arrival of these different
perwwwes, her hlkitaty attended by her timber-
S:r W. Cell and the Ilan. Keying Craven. Lady
Anne lli. Alderman Wood. lac. took
her ot3tion at the tipper end of the marble gallery.
:tett ti:.- heaters of the Addresse% were severally intro-
th:resi.

.Ifter the Addresses had been read to her Majesty,
and she had been graciously pleased to answer the
whole of them, her Majesty seated herself, and the
Adlressers„ passing her individually, had the honour
of kissing her kind.
filer Majr•ts- twat gave audience to.a deputation
front Spitaltields. These persons arrived in an ele-
gant open harouche with four horses, the drivers
wearing jackets of yellow ',atilt and large white
favours. The object of their visit was to learn at
what-time her Majesty would be pleased to receive the
Address voted at a public meeting of the inhabitants
of t!,e Spitiltields district ; and her Majesty appointed
Monday n.rst, at one o'clock.
liv this time it was nearly three o'clock, and the
continually increasing influx of pedestrians into
with gave note of the near approach of the
Address.-
At the outer gates, leading into the ground.; of Bran-
tieriourzii litruse, a party of eight of the flow-street
patroie had been stati..ned, in order to exclude the
no-
t•.rious pickpockets, and other disorderly characters,
and for some time they had -nrcee.led in aecotnplish-
ing.this; but u..w the pres.nre without became so
excessive, that they were completely overpowered ;
.the gatis flow open, and the multitude rushed iu an
as.srwlieltning torten:.
From 114:. time, fur nearly an hour, there was one
coutiunal stream of people pressing forward into the
g•ressads, and at length the head of tins Seamen's pro-
* cession made its appearance.
They %were• preceded by a very &rent bawl of
'u playing '• Wort,' of Oak"; •,titl at the end of
ever., verse three cheers were given along the whole
line. After the music, were borne three banners of
bine silk; one of them inscribed " The ,V,yinsea's
.1141,e .e ;'• the second, " May 111:AvEN protect the
loutve.it !" and the third, " Arm mi rieore,!" Then
.came a person on borseleack, fa Mr. Stranger, we bp-
lime, an ocer is the East India Company's service)
bearing in his hand the Address, and behind him fol-
ios...a upwards of there thousand seamen,
f Jur abrea-t, and arm in arm ; every man wearing the

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w'.itr cock.ide, and, every here and there, there floated
ov.i the *column, nolo* Jacks, blue, white, and red
et;sirns o' all sorts and size,. isc. &Lc.
The procession passed on down the avenue; but it
was soon found that the court-yard was incapable of
containing a twentieth part of them ; and orders were
given to admit them through the garden on to the
lawn between the home and the river. This was at
l.•n;,rth achieved ; and Mr. Stranger was admitted into
the house to present the Address; after which her
ejesty apppcared on the balcony of the centre win-
owl-, attended by Mr. Alderman Wood, Lack .tune
Ham:lton, Mr. Craven, Sir W. Sir Berard Noel,
►ltr. l'. Moore, and seweral other Gentlemen, occupying
the adjoining balconies. The seamen had in the mean
time marshalled themselves into an irregular kind of
hollow squares extending quite from the mansion tee
the !mulls of the river ; their flags, ensigns, ke. bring
avelv.ged and displayed at intertals. On the river
were a number of pleasure boats, tilled with well-
drersed people; and the opposite shore fur a consider li
-
able distance was lined with spectators.
When /tar Majesty first appeared ou the balcony
rive tremendous cheers were given, and her Majesty',
ark•uowlcdgerl the salutation by repeatedly bowing.
Slee ►ben put into the hand of Mr. Alderman Wood
the following answer to the Address, which she desired
him to read aloud. A dead silence ensued; and the
Alderman proceeded to read, and almost every sen-
tence was received with loud bursas:—

'• A British seaman is another name for downright
sincerity and plainspoken troth. A British seaman al.
ways says what he thinks, and is what he seems. A
British seaman never deserts his flag, and never aban-

dons bis companion in distress.
" A British seaman is generous to his enemy, but be
• is never faithless to his friend. ilia heart is nut tickle
and inconstant, like the element on which be moves, or
the winds which tills the sails of his ship. The word of
a British seamAn is as sure a. his bond. His veracity is
incorruptible.
I n the late examination before the House of Lords,
let the evidence of the two British Naval °facers who
were brought forward by my accusers, he compared
with the misrepresentations, ambiguities, and eiptivu-
. rating perjuries of the other witnesses, and the honest
character of a British Sailor will be truly resplendent
in the contrast with that mass of infamy.
" A British sailor is generous to excess, and brave
even to a fault. There is no extremity of distress in
' which be will not share his last shilling with histfriestds
and often even with his fog; nor are there any circum-
stances in which he will not prefer della! to 4.iagniee ;
and every evil nudes the sun to cowArdier.
' that these ate the

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When I had long been conrioced that these ate the
ordinary characteristics of Width seamen, it may be
temtilycoaanceAiszdre,sathat
al ainndthe highest
so degree girraotmi-
puch a respectable assesn ae Klage of British statues in the
county et !Middlesex.