The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-26 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

matter of difficulty to take the slightest view of the
past. The mind is hurried on, in almost hourly ID.
quiry, In expectation of a conclusion which appears,
at present, to be very remote; and which, when it
does arrive, will, we would almost prophecy, be as
unsatisfactory as the beginning.
It may, nevertheless, assist us in our estimate of the
case, if we take a cursory glance at the conduct of the
QVIIN.B Accusers, from the time their proceedings
first threatened the light; and, with that object, we
will slightly run over the events which have transpired
in the space of little more than two short months.
The Were announced her intention to return to
England. Her persecutors had certain cogent rea-
sons for wishing her not to return ; and to Induce her
to stay away, they offered her .ff 50,000 a year. This
sum would have come out of the pockets of a people,
already taxed, opp 11, and almost ground down to
the earth. There is not a labourer in the kingdom
whose mite would not have been wrung from him, to
contribute to this disgraceful bribe. And to whom
was it offered? To the woman who, these Ministers
say, they at that very time believed had been'
guilty of all the filthy acts which have been imputed
to her by the witness Majocci !--In other words then,
the offer amounted to this :---" We believe von are an
infamous, polluted woman, and that you have dis-
graced the English character in the eyes of foreigner ;
but, nevertheless, we wish you not to come to England,
and if you will consent to enter into our viewa,..Cso,ooo
shall be your reward. Keep away from England, and
you may continue your infamous polluted course.
Nay, we will give you the means to continue it more
effectually than ever. But come to England and we
will pursue yon to dest ruction." This was, indeed,
offering a premium for crime !!: We profess not to
understand the " Wheels within Wheels" of political
casuistry ; but, in our opinion, had the QVECNI ac-
cepted the bribe, the Ministers who offered it, Irmo.-
lag what they say they knew, would hare richly de-
served impeachment.
The Wrest, however, rejected the offer with indig-
nation, and came to this country with, at least, all
the appearance of conscious innocence.
These same Ministers then exhibited certain charges
against her, charges put in language the most equi-
vocal and indellwitr, and brought before Parliament,
in a shape, of all others the most unconatitatio;
The history of the Secret Committee is fresh in the
memories of our readers, and we will not travel
through it. It was this proceeding which the Mini-
sters were at such pains to assimilate to that of a
Grand Jury. Good God ! How are the people of
this country Insulted ! It is known from the Jury
down to the Constable, that every prisoner can
on his trial peremptorily challenge any person
who may have been upon this Grand Jury. The ob-
ject of this right is a wise one ; and yet, in the face of
this notorious fact, here are all the Right Honourable
and Hight Reverend Personages who composed that
never-to-be-forgotten Committee, ycleped, the Qi-KEN'S,
Grand Jury ;—here they are, day after day, sitting in
judgment npon her !
Every step of these proceedings present an uncon-
stitutional, and consequently illegal appearance. The
Queam was denied a list of the witnesses ; and yet a
man who is charged with stealing a watch, sees a list
of his accusers on the back of the indictment found
' against him.
The QVEEN was denied a statement of the places
where the offence was alleged to have been committed;
and vet, in the case we have mentioned, the prisoner
must necessarily know ti.e County in which he is
charged to have offended, because he must be tried in
it.

One merit certainly cannot be denied to these pro-
ceedings. Anamolous as, thank God! they are to the
English law, they are consistent, in all their parts, with
each other ; and, whatever may be their ultimate re-
sult, we confidently affirm, that Me Qrsz.v Brill be
acquitted iii Me minds of the people.

The House of Lords having adjourned this day be-
fore 2 o'clock, we are enabled to furnish our readers
with a complete account of the proceedings till the
close, in our present impression. Of course, we shall
not publish a Second Edition this Evening.

Tue Quartv.—Het Majesty went to the House
about eleven o'clock, and in her progress thither was
received with the customary applause from the crowds,
and the usual honours from the military. They pre-
sented arms, and the music played the royal salute.—
Her Majesty proceeded by her own exclusive entrance
to her resting room ; and she there remained,
having ascertained that the same female witness
was under examination. At a quarter before one
o'clock her Majesty hastily ordered her carriage, and
it having drawn up she immediately entered it and
departed. The carriage was open. Her Majesty bad
not been in the house during the day ; she continued
in her private rouse ; and on leaving went to St.
Juneses-square.
Several of the King's domestics have arrived at the
Pavilion; and, It is said, that his Majesty may be ex-
pected here in a few days.--(Brighton Herald.)
On Sunday last the 'magnificent communion plate
presaged by the Pope to the sew Catholic Chapel in
Moor-fields, was said for the first time. The chalice
aloes is estimated at 3SU Omsk being of rye gold,
studded with pearls, amours, sad ether promos steam

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEE.X.

The press of temporary matter having compelled
ma to postpone our usual notice of the Queen's an-
swers to the several Addresses which had been lately
presented to her Majesty, we now insert the fol-
lowing :--

To an Address from Sheffield her Majesty returned
the following gracious answer :
" I shall never be unmindful of the obligation which
the inhabitants of the town of Sheffield and its vicinity
have conferred upon me by this honest testimony of their
fervent seal for my interest, their tender sympathy for
my sorrows, and their generous resent of my wrongs.
" Though benefits ought to he written in marble, and
injuries in the dust, yet the injuries I have endured
have been too many in number, and too grievous in
kind, to be readily obliterated from my recollection.
But though my memory retains the impression, I have
not suffered the spirit of revenge to rankle in my heart.
It would have been well for me, and perhaps not ill
for the country, if my oppressor had been as free from
malice as myself; for what is it but malice of the most
unmixed nature, and unrelenting character, which has
infected my power and way-bid my steps during a long
period of twenty-five years ?—Malice of this description,
of such long continuance, and such extraordinary in.
tensity, has certainly been productive of great misery to
thyself ; bet I may well repress the sentiments of re.
venge, when I reflect that it must have been produrtiv
of much more inquietude i n that mind, which could listen
to its suggestions ; and in that bosom which could
cherish a spirit so adverse to goodness, and so imam
patible with happiness."
The Answer of her Majesty to the Address from
Bethnal fireen:—

"The Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestrymen of
the parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, are requested
to accept my cordial thanks for this spontaneous tribute
of affectionate regard.
"The present mode of proceeding against me in the
House of Lords, may well alarm those who have any
regard for the political welfare or the moral interest of
the nation. 1 bough the primary object of the Bill of
Pains and Penalties is to divorce me from his Majesty,
yet it is hypocritically pretended that his Majesty is not
a party in the case. An abstract term is employed, in
order to corer the deception, and the State is substi-
tuted for his Majesty. But the State, if it means any
thing, must mean the people, collectively considered.
But the people, collectively considered, instead of de-
siring a dissolution of my marriage with his Majesty,
have expressed the most indubitable desire that that mar-
riage may not be annulled, but that I may remain Queen
Consort of these realms, and be invested wit,, all the
rights, privileges, and immunities which the law has
appropriated to that Royal dignity.
" To pretend that his Majesty is not a party, and the
sole complaining
.party in this great question, is to ren-
der the whole business a mere mockery—the reprobation
of the good, the jest of the thoughtless, and the contempt
of the wise. Ills Majesty either does or does not desire
the divorce which the Bill of Pains and Penalties pro-
poses to accomplish ; if his Majesty does not desire
the divorce, it is certain, that the state does not desire
it in his stead ; and if the divorce is the desire of his
Majesty, his Majesty ought to seek it on the same terms
as his subjects; for, in a limited monarchy, the law is
one and the same for all ; or otherwise, the mere volition
of the Monarch is paramount to the law; and the Govern-
moat becomes a deep s:ism."
An Address has been presented to her Majesty from
the Ladies of Bath. To which her Majesty returned
the following gracious Ansiver
"'The female inhabitants of the City of Bath will
accept my wannest acknowledgments for an Address,
which has deeply interested my sensibility.—Tenderness
and delicacy are the most admired characteristics of our
sex; and trier are the most deserving of admiration.
The female inhabitants of the City of Bath appear to be
eminently distinguished by their truly feminine captiva-
tions. Theianguage of their Address breathes a spirit
of gentle unaffected piety, which is perfectly in unison
with the state of my own. feelings; and is always refresh-
ing to my heart. I regard this kind of piety as a great
addition to the amiable properties of our sex ; and in-
deed, without it all other excellence is only superficies
without substance; a showy exterior without the lovely
reality of worth. As far as the influence of a Queen
Consort can reach, my own sex shall have no occasion
to reproach me with neglecting the culture or the en- I
couragement of that unostentatious piety, which shews
itself in humble resignation to the will of the All-Wise, I
in every variety of circumstances; in a diffusive iter.evo- •
knee to all within the circle of its agency ; and in that
comprehensive charity, which, without any narrow or
exclusive attachment to sect or party, embraces the
good of all; and makes that good the highest ambition
of the mind, and the most constant aspiration of the
soul."

The following is her Majesty's most gracious An-
swer to an Adolreis from Worcester :

" I am much gratified by this affectionate Address
from the Citizens and Inhibitants of the ancient and
loyal City of Worcester.
" The present procednre against me in the House of
Lords, is of such an extraordinary character, that it is
difficult to designate it by any appropriate name. It is
not judicial; for it sets at defiance all the accu.tomed
judicial forms. It is not constitutional; for the most
vital functions of the constitution are suspended by its
operation. It is not legal ; for what principles of law
are there which it does not contradict? What then is
it? What is its proper designation? It is a political
non.descript ; a moral abortion ; a legal monstrosity;
the progeny of a Green Bag, swarming with slander,
and putrescent with falsehood. The flagrant contents
of this Green Bag have been shaken into a Bill of
Pains and Penalties, by that prodigy of benevolence,
whose inclinations are so confessedly not under its con-1
troul.

•• One of the features in this procedure, which prim
it a totally new and foreign aspect in the history of our
jurisprudence, is, that it is supported by perjury, pur-
chases', not at home, but abroad ' • not in small parcels,
but in large bales ; not in detached instances, but in nu-
merous aggregates. It is perhaps the first notable in-
stance, in which any Government issued a bounty upon
false swearing, and paid three and twenty thousand
portals for the importation of such a valuable commo-
dity.
This is the last desperate effort of that selfish fac-
tion, which is an enemy even to the very semblance of
virtue in any part of the state. This is the esp:iiriiipel
violence of infuriated malignity. If this is repressed,
the serpent will breathe its last in writhing agony. The
evening of my life may their be a calm sunshine. after a
day of such deep darkness--such a long protracted con-
tinuity of trouble and of woe!"

Correa Mtne.—About sit =oaths age, a lahowtoe
employed is eattleg a drain on the farm of Berta, Is
Gaoway, the property of Mr. Murray, of Broeghsew.l
discovered apparently a rich role of coprissre. •
short time afterwards the Wee was let to a y
Comma; who lately commenced working wit
i_eritt tad last week shipped a cargo of ore (sue'
40 toes) ea beard the sloop Saone, for V'
mrtheaddee.

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