The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-27 00:00:00

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!frill; . should persuade her again to•leave litogland.l
hhe most stow be fully Aware of the danger tots Web she
sta. exposed, through her absence from this country :
as,,i rots the nature of that danger, from the turpitude,
of the re.a.lsinationa employed against her; she adflitt to
tee) that berlife itself could not he safe, if else vtmtured I
•,esen to reside in any foreign country. The notelsina.
7 . •I" eNcited against low 31ajesty abroad, cmisposed, as
.i... Worthy Colleague had well observed, the falsehood
a' al filth of the green hag. But this systens.of preferring
I'll:19i iu green hags, and calling ispon the la:gislature
.I, act upon tient, hail grown to an alarming extent under
•!,e auspices of these litsisfers. Some these ago tlsey
hrought charges against the people at large its a green
big. through whis Is they influenced the Legislature to
etsepenst the Constitution, and authorise the imprisoi.
meow of several of his 3ldjestv's subjects. !cow thew
proacoesl to dethrone a Queen through a green hag of
charge.: and really, after suds experience, it would be-
hove Kings thensseives to beware of the eonsespiences
of such ,a system, to guard against the shutter that
might arise from the establishment of such precedent!;
foe if a Queen were to be elepromi through a green bag
presented to Parliament by Ministers, what might be-
voila- of a Sovereign also, •if any one should niter what
was cot agreeable to their taste, or against whose dm- ,
rat ter and habits any moral cry might prevail I- If, for j
inatalres it should by ocissiblity happen that a Sovereign 1
.existed in 'England who was steeped to the chin in sloth 1
ated erailuptsionsnese—who was regardless of every moral 1
principle—who was forgetful, of every political promise 1
—trio. was inattentive hi every public duty and personal ,
olaigatitos--a Vinisterial green bag might be emit forth )
against such a man, anti possibly such a Sovereign's an-
tierity. o.linsts as it must be to popular feeling, and des-
titute as it must he of honest Parliamentary deference,
~..2111 ultimately be the victim of this green bag system, I
Irinf that course of measures which the present :11inisters
erre so lIIIII'II disposed to act upon.. Kings, therefore, he I
:o-gste.i..aisoold be as anxious as other people to get rid of
she's- L. reels bags. Vet he n-as surprised to see that the Late.
fn! hag abuse the Queen was still starred to remain upon i
thrataisle. Why was not such a nuisance removed at time?
P 6.41110 persons seemed, to be somewhat ma:led how to get :
rid of it; bus in the words of The Critir. he would say. as.
f'l' said to the eharacters, while alj were kneeling on the
*mite-- Why. ran you not get off 'meeting?" The reply
sos is the omissive ; and he world add. as Puff rejoins-4' Hut
St will essetaintwllave a good ?lett if you're seen going off
rita,int.'•--, ifesr, hear t and laughter.)
-stir. H1:N0.6 thouOt fit to state that the only ob.
}eat of the Queen was to obtain au open public intuiry;
that that was what her Majesty distinctly applied for iu
her first Message to that Misuse, and this also was
what she 100100 l for is. those terms of her answer to
ti. kbeisolution of the House when she spoke of an an-
pr.' to the public justice of the country. With re-
*pert to th motions bcfore the house, as Ise and Isis
colleague, in their address to tire other House of Par-
Easteut this day had offrred to submit the case of the
Queen to any mole sf i Odic inquiry which Parliament
asii,ht think propTr to institute, he and his colleague
felt it most bemusing not to sots upon this occasion.
They were not, be begged it to he understood, not
all adverse to inquiry, their only objection being
to any secret Investigation or private tribunal. But
Le could not help observing the new and singular
groninis which were this night urged on the other
aisle for prosecutisqr the proposed inquiry. The inquiry
was, it seemed, now. to be persisted in, not because her
hlajs s:y had rejected the propositions made to her
at St. timer's, not because she had ventured to come
to ti.is s ountry, not because the correspondence which
tie* place respecting her in France was pubtrslied in the
sever al journals, a proceeding by the way of which he
approved, none hating any right to complain of any
it art oraey of those publications but his Learned Friend.
It was not, he repeated, upon any of those grounds that
tlo: Queen was now to he prosecuted. It was not is con-
sequence of any offence which, her Majesty was acensed
of hal:sig given to any one of the three estates of the
realm, but to a complaint trimly of the four Gentlemen
appointed tooonsenanicate the Resolution of that House
to her Majesty. In order to satisfy those Gentlemen,
it appeared that an inquiry was to be pursued, which
the riajority of that House, including those Gentlemen
tico-aelyes. distinctly denounced as derogatory from
the d:guity of the Crown, and injurious to the hest in-
tea CM i of the Empire.--L(llear, hear!)--Hut really he was
at a loss to imagine what outraged feeling, what wound-
et: pride, what offended dignity, could result from the
rejso test mediation of this fourth estate, as it seemed, in
the Constitution. that 'Woad urge that House to call
fur i coniey, after so positively and so recently deciding
against its propriety and policy. While, however, he
made these observations, be wished it to be distinctly
understood, that, as the Advocate of the Queen, he has
no appreloossion whatever of the opening of the green
bag, hot from an impression of the consequences to
which it is onld lead, and from a conviction of the ma-
liguant falsehoods which it contained, according to ge-
neral rumour, for rumour was busy in propagating about
the country the contents of this vile composition. The
poison was widely scattered abroad, brit the antidote,
the effectual antidote, would be applied in despite of
all the artifice and power employed to calumniate
the Queen.
Mr. C. W ISt% in explanation, stated, that be had not
denied that the Queen had called for an open trial, bat
that her Majesty had not done so since the first adjours-
ment of this case.
Mr. Wasiveno stated, that If his asetion. was. acceded
to, it was his intention to follow it up with Addressee to
the King, and miser Majesty also the purpose of 'Melt
wauld be to promote a final and amicable adjustsisMat
upon this subject.
Mr. Winaaneonca expressed his regret that the Queen
bad thought proper to reject the proffered mediation of
that House—but this rejection he ascribed to her Majes-
ty's own high feelings. He could not, however, help
Heisting, that if it were not for the opposition made In
that HOUSE, I. the adoption of the Itesohitions which he
had the Wooer to communicate to the Queen, they would
have met bee Majesty's acquiescence. He had never
gives any opimien, nor should be then state his opinion,
as to 4111 peopei•_ty of originally omitting her Majesty's
.~taie Is the Gioargy.--(Hear ! on the Opposides
).-04.7, as that was the onlydqrstio: to be itti;
toitoi as her Majesty's Legal Lgegal A s
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to die Liturgii or same eileknaksoi dithsdrailr
the the oiler Ma s !sour, was sato y
led to Miriade, that a litidoti of that House. such
sal e log tii• lossoor to propose, woold lass been dons/
4111 lie ejolniest. es that Rosolutiou would OW.
ta ri bee:eitLeuy alpha any urious Madam
to w of Iwo name is else Liturgy ad&
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