The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-22 00:00:00

THE. STATESMA

alusost without examining it, and should feel it an
honour to be the companions of his suffering. This
gentleman declared, at the Bar of the House of Lords,
in the presence of her MAJVSTT'S Accuseri, that
nothing whatever should induce him to disown his
Royal Mistress, to acknowledge an usurper in her
place, or to deprive her of his respect and obedience
as his QUERN. He, then, probably, will be the first
offender, and the first sufferer ; and having dispatched
hint, the tiovernment, we believe, will have to dis-
patch nine-tenths of the respectable part of the coun-
try, 'ere they will be able to carry their detested Bill
into execution. These are some of the difficulties
which will meet the Ministry in 'he progress of their
desperate measure, even SUppuSing that the QUIIIEN'S
Counsel should offer no defence for their Illustrious
Client, and that the Bill should pass, without difficulty,
through both Houses of Parliament. The difficulties
we have noticed, form the favourable aide of the
question ; but, looking at the other side, we really
tremble for the consequence which may fall upon the
heads of the QuaeN's Accusers ; we tremble for
throe, notwithstanding our abhorrence of the measares
they have pursued for several years, and the misery
in which they have plunged the country; for should
they be impeached by the Commons, their case nil
fall within the clearly established principle of our
Constitutiou, " that even the Kixu's pardon cannot
be pleaded in Bar, to an impeachment by the Com-
mons." In such a case, their Royal M;:ster could
not save them ; and they must be left to their
fate, unless some legislative measure should be re-
sorted to fur the purpose of tempering the rigour of our
constitutional law. For such a measure we should
be warm and strenuous advocates ; as, iu addition to
our gvueral dislike of bloodshed, we think that the pu•
nishment of death for political offetwes, is a
dangerous experiment ; and we should even feel a
pride in proposing an extension to those men, of that
.1 mercy is hi ii they have so recently and so reprehen-
Isibiy withheld from others.

PoaTSMot• ru, Strr. •2O.—:Arrived off St. Heien's
last night, the Royal (fringe, Commodore Sir. C. Pa
get, with his Majesty ou board ; hind, Captain Sir
C. Berlina ; Brisk, Capt. Montague ; Causelion, Capt.
Menzies ; and Starling, Lieut. Reeve. 'Fite shove
passed Spithead this day, at half-past ten, and sailed
for Cowes. Admiral Sir 11. Campbell an 1 Gent ral Sir
U. Cooke went ex board the Royal Clearer, off Hyde.
Arrived the Wye, Captain Fisher, last night.
The Chureliwardens of Saint Botolidi Without.
Aldgate, Middlesex, attended on Wednesday morning a t
Brandsnbnrgh•house, accompanied by the mover and
seconder of the resolutions, and the vestry-clerk, to
know when her Majesty would be pleased t • receite the
Address front that parish. They were ►essisad soil►,
the greatest politeness by Lady Ann Ilautilt.an, and
were informed that her Majesty was g raviously pleased
to appoint Monday neat, at two o'cluck, to receive the
same.

Addresses to be presented at Brandenburgb-house
un Monday, the 251 h, at one o'clock —.—
Cripplegarc IVard Within, Varringdon Ward Without,
Paddington Parish, Spitalhelds' Parish, Parish of St.
Botolpb Without, St. Luke's Parish cannot Le prepared
—pnt off. A numerous deputation is expected from each
of the above parishes. Leeds—Male and Female—Major
Cartwright and Aldermen Wood. Leicester Pernale—
Alderman Wood. Manchester—Sir F. Furdett, Alderman
Wood, Mr. llohltousr, Mr. %Voider and Major Cartwright.
Birmingham—Mr. Denman. Coventry—Peter Moore
and W. Ellis. Tiverton—Sir Berard Noel and Alderman
Wood. Kettering—Alderman Wuod. Stroud, Murices-
tershire—Deputation.

When her Majesty went ashore at Greenwich, after
her aquatic excursion to Woolwich, the piste don
board her barge was put into a basket and given iu
charge to her black servant Lugano. The crowd un
the beach was so great, that he was separated from the
rest of the *rite, and in the general bustle the rotal
carriages left Greenwich without him. Poor beguile
could speak no English; and lie wandered bunt the
place in his oriental costume, perfectly bewildere4l. At
length, however, he met with a pensioner who had
scone knowledge of the Portuguese language; a talk
took place between them, when it was agreed they
should set out together fur lirJudenburgh-house on
foot; and there they attired safe at four o'clock on
the following morning, to the great delight of Lptgene.
The veteran pensioner was liberally rewarded by her
Majesty.
Tun Dyne or Yonx.—The following is the letter
addressed to the House of Commons by his Royal
Highness, and was read on Monday night by the
Speaker, in answer to the Message of Condolence by
the House, upon the death of her late Royal High-
ness :

" I have received with gratitude the Message of Condo-
les ce which the House of Commons was pleased to send
to me on the loss which I have sustained by the death
of my late beloved Consort, the Duchess of York ; and
I request that the House of Commons will feel assured
of the sense which I shall ever entertain of its attention
to me upon this melancholy occasion, and of the inter-
est which it has expressed in my affliction. '
At the great fair held at Wilton St. Odes's, near Sa-
lisbury, last week, above eighty thonsand sheep and
lambs were penned ; the greatest number eves. renum-
bered. The sales of every description were heavy on
account of the late dry season ; about twelve hundred
rams of the choicest stock of different counties were ass;

th. growled, ud the show of horses was also great.

The harvest is now nearly concluded throughout
this neighbourhood, and tboagh considerable tracts et
wheat have sacred greatly from wild**, it siay be
considered upon the whok a good crop. A loom,
abundant produce of barley aye been 'mown for
a great ispos years, %boogie( this a pate is Nandb
being wro grows by the heavy riles is
(bury')