The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-12 00:00:00

THE QUHR.Y.

" Brave, brave, by Heavens—"b * deem s% Crows !"

'FHF FDITOR OF THE STATEXMAN.
Sin—The arrival of the Qnern of Eoglasial on her
own territory, after a persecutidti of fiftesns years, and
the unraralteleJ attempt of Ministers to iirpuve her
Majesty, ,remitgrly ow tiihir men methority, with the
circumstances preceding. accompanying. and conse-
quent upon that event, will conciliate a curious. an
interesting, and impurtant er4 in the history of this
country.

In commenting upon three ocenrrences, it is not
necessary to repeat the insolent and too %ell known!
propositions with uloich her t Majesty WAS insulted at
St. timer's. Of these propo.itions Lord Castlereagh
is reported to have said, with his accustomed modesty,
that " he could aware the Clouse, that that negutia-
lion was never meant to be considered as offering a
tri.4 to her Majesty. whirls rou.'d Agee the effect of
eompromi,ing her Norovit and dighity.- ttood
Sir, in what other light could it be consider, d is
th're, then, nu assertion so glaringly false, no pro-,
position so absurd of nionstimis, as nut to come within
the bounds of Ministerial effrontery ": What nosy be
Lord Castlereaglo's precise ideas of " a bribe," or of
" the fundamental fratnres" of "ho ttttt anti of " dig-
oity.•' I should hecarions to know. It would appear,
however. th.lt they are not those of the Queen, nod
am well persuaded they are not !hoer of any honest
man, or ...Neil woman in tee ourld, amongst ere* the
/wrest order of the people. This order, and indeed all
the orders of the people, es: epr some of the prititeged
'orders. think !hitt no person, but particularly a person
of the exalted rank of her 3lajesty, should be punished
erot with neglect, but touch less with a virtual excom-
munication from society, or the destitution of positive
rit:lits. merely fur having the misfortune of labouring
under a Ministerial accusation. They will defend
t'r,r Queen with all their power against the mallee
and pe.srcntinn of her enemies. Sueb, however, is
nut the doctrine of Ministers, as delivered through
their Ore4ll. Lord Castlereagh. Arcordiug to their
ideas of law and jnstier. and according to thf uoder-
clAll.liflgr sir the Constitution of these realms, a Minis-
terial accusation is quite sufficient authority to with-
hold from a Queen of Ragland all her rights awl. pri
vileges. It is not necessary that charges should be,
formally exhibited : it is nut eve:l necessary that they
should be placed in a Oteem Itag (riarat ttneotir)
upon the table of the House of Commons, ur in the,
pocket. of Mito;stets it is quite sufficient that th-y
are lodged in their desks, in their pigeon-holes of
charges, or even hatching in Italy. or on their way
.from the place of their invent' • to justify these ties.'
tlemen, to them:eras nod thtir portismis, in attempt-
ing to nithhold from her Majesty all those undoubted
rights and privileges, to whirls she has as these and us.;
questistdr a right as the King has to his Crows.
The re brated expression of W'ulsey, " Ego rt lies
Mew." shis• deentra sufficiently insolent. But Woolsey
Was quite aunles', or rather bashful, when compared
with one noire accotnplislied performers of the present
day. One of the mutt wonderful of three !performers
inveigh:. her lajesty. under the mask of friendship,

to quit the kingdom, to turn her back upon her um,-
,
ones. leaving them an opportunity to hatch stew pIW,
I against her at home, and to establish a system of rs-
.
pionage upon her conduct abroad: anti be now, with
crocodile tears, laments that he cannot serve her with-
out disserving himself. " 'lnd he berm is any place
tot rherer he is, hr 'cupid hair been arduvr and
eareetion (if he might use the term) in her :eerier.--
'1 his is not eiving a very high character of the " place."
Again : " If the hriuging forward of this rase could
It«vr teen at all checked i.y the retirement of suer an
insignificant individual as himself from public life, leo ,
rnun erordd hare teed mere nod/ thou himself to hare'
tendered the reeiptatiele of all his oppoiestoreots."—!
Instead, however, of resigning all his appointments,:
or any one of them, and taking a decided part in favour
of this injured and " illustrious iiitliv " of fas-
dilating manners," " of au open, generous, unsui-:
veiling disposition," " the grace, life, and ornament ;
of every society," towards whit m he felt " nothing'
but atfrctiun and esteem," in whose favour " there I
were no efforts he would have spared, no sore:Vero he
would have refuses!, to have presented the necessity of
such a proceeding as the present,- lee very coolly keeps
all his appointments in his pocket, and discreetly re-
suites " tout:stain indiridnaUy from all.lierther inter-
ferrmer t;is transaction." And, notwithstanding
this splendid display of abstract self-denial in one of!
their number, I fear they seem to think themselves, by
their rietwo/ wisdom no doubt, entitled to withhold,
on their own authority, the privileges of the Queen, as
they have long considered themselves entitled to take
away the rights of the people; and why may we not
conclude that, if such a course should become profitable
to them, they would with as little scruple or ceremony
make equally free with the prerogatives of the King?
If I were to affirm that I think th:s ditiotrrustrd indi
vidual capable of sacrificing the lowest of his ap-
pointments to save all the distressed damsels in the

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scarcely obtain any belief. The public will naturally
desire to know wherein consisted " the necessity it
such a proceeding ;1' and perhaps I cannot give a mom
precise or penricetous statement of it than in the
weeds of another luminary among the MM
fissures: " But from the moment that het
detersnised to mote over to this country, when' tatt
ellffserp all the helmets of s green upon !sadists
deli ;he claimed to Le askaoieledged is public ate
.Queen of Ragland ; from that moment thicerasolle
.emewered that they had moveless left them." Wend
ea captiously inquire at which of these snemilless
111011 of " the defenalastioa of her Majesty to Awls
tteas to this costistry," or it her claiming " allC
nears of* Qum epee her landing," or " to be
• dis pinlfie as WWII ignoriestd," the adips wan
ineetiteted which induced Goventsetat to maw
obey had no option left them. If any ewe of the*
eircuessteaces be net of Welt stileisille Si* all all
Urn oast be skewed aisessle
able slain ? In Mu owes or and
:E. every dieesseln reader,
elecuties, will eeeninise .
Awn. and happy tin ed equalise'
I,lnisfemilm. I niess. lenownws eitn
Illy. ups* thiswad* to. amprysilli
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circumstances in question, involving the snood;
offonce on the part of her Majesty of asaerting
rights and privileges, until she should be k[+ilr slit.
pommelled of them, by souse mere competent authority
than Ministers, he inferred by his Lordship k,ii,tir,
ilovernment .(i. e. Ministers) in considering thee,
selves as honing Po optioniett them, or as jus.,riel is
strater:ing that they had no option left theta.
1 it• fact is, that Ministers, tintling themselves rote.
pletely ontwitted, anal taken by surprise, by the trim
conduct of her Majesty, Lot no alternative, but toe?
devour to throw the Nairn- .-sf the piteous !light, nag
n hich their criminal cousphanees had brought then,
upon the Queen. upon Alderman Wood, upturn Mr
: Tierney, ur the Ilad:sals. or upon any person ina
thetwelves and the runstitetional advisers of her !C.
kitty. Hid then, upon the rrestneptisso whieh liF
I eueutuun.,catiun of Mr. Brous:ham last year en ouragoi
them to entertain, that it-r Majesty might he !.!,
; tailed upon to compromise her dignity, by consuming
to any negoriation which should nut have fur its basis
the Intl reettenitiuti of h-r rights and prisilemo.
Queen of England. so far eotettnit thentselers with tlse
master, that they chose to .14.0.tre that they had al
opt:on left, thus plunging thentseltes L:rther into the
I mire, in the rain hope. ht bullying, of inducing her
! Majesty to relax from le.r just pretensions. 'I his,
am well perAtatled, that hig.b.utinsiell woman will outer
consent to do.
in the month of July. 1!..19, Nlinisters, it seems,
received a a ommutsicatiott." cart a rFe aro/ of sreerry,"
wholly Pottuthorized by her Majesty ; upon whim
communication Mr. Canning now declares, that "creep
one ty Me propositions r, ode to her Alitjesip (it st.
Usher's) stoic for need." It nos in reii=te upon 4,6
communication, no dontt, and counting, of coma,
upon meeting with ao opposition from the ronacils tf
her Majesty's constitutional misisers, that Minis:els
dispirited Lord Hutchinson to St. Omer's, neser
dreaming of a failure in the proposed negutiati..p.
By what accident 11r. Brougham travelled is romper
with Lord Hutchinson I do not Leos, and it is of
little consequence fu inquire. Mr. CauCitg does the
constitutional adviser of her Slajtsly the jlit:iee to
acquit hint of all Nano., uu -.;,:..crttnt of the failure
the negociation. " If, therefore, the neeeestinn
it unfortunately had failed, the lively and
tinexpected inoliguation of her Majesty he MAU %Vll
utolersrar,d ye, fess/ the propositiono Mot had ter%
made, hr saw Ito rear-.en for the exp.-Alio* of sinprive
or indignotirn eou.iMg
.frosio any ether nea.te...
believed the th and I earoed Gentleman caret to the
Queen, anxious to complete the treaty in sr satisfactory
manse r. He (Mr. Canning) was astonished that the
negotiation had failed ;plot what he crsi fr.ed still
mote extroortlioory were the kiwis of awrisei2, ued is-
digsotion expressed tit It.e lion. and Lorna Geitl,•
'fain." bid Mr. Beene:ink then, go to meet :het
N:-
jest, 1- with Lord Huteltinroa, and, after

,or - ...... "-". ,".., ." ? , sdueen, anxious so compete Mr IrraTy's,' • roatejoerorle
1 their pigeon-hubs "I' mans„-. He (Mr. Canning) was astonished that the 1
Italy. or on their way I negotiation had failed ;,tat what hr crailc.cd still I
n, to justify these ben-. mote exit-confider,/ arere the ICI MI o) onriarl2a ceed is. 1
partisans, in attempt-1 dighation e.rpresaed lie V. e lion. and Learned Gra tie• i
ty all t kis, undoubted i WWI." bid Mr. liroughans, then, gu to meet to 111;,- I
she has as firer and un-! Jew, in company with Lord Hutrhintoa. and. +ft',
tag has to his Cron- I having had commindcation with Lord hiverpool.with. I
Woisey. " Ego et Re:: out any knowledge or understanding of the its-ulenee
insolent. lint Wolsey lof the terms that were to be propo.ed-to her: ':lot
Laski, when compared he slid go, u ith the intention to ilunade list fret 1
rfuriorrs of the present •, coining to England, if he had bond her inciinasl. sa
ful of these performers 1 that point, to lists n t, his advice, seems somewhat 1
lee mask of friendship,:
probable, since he reprelseads, in not very meowed i
ter back upon her olitjtistnos. the council under whi.lt she is supposedly Wt._ I
thy to bagel new pleel-sietrd. On the wisdom of this conacil, whether ,ft
'talons!' a system of es-' einanateil front her 3lajesty s own m nd, or tom the
tad: ants lie now, with excellent man to whom it is attrilmr-d, I sln.ll make 0
cannot serve her with-1
some observations in a subscinent letter. I shall a
t he bees is chi( Pbtee; also comment on various other matters, which canna
r Inca osti ardune abed' be comprehended in the countess of one letter; sash
•eln) in Ace err eier.-- , as the indignities so shamefully honied upon her Ma- a
meatier of the " place." jetty ; the system of espionage estahliehed about her e
card of this rase could , 'Jenson ; the secret tribunals to *hoot the fruits if t
r retirement of such an; that espionage is about to be submitted ; the cry of I
'elf front public life, no , faction, gut up for the occasion, by a set of the most I
ty thou himself to hare , factious men in the universe, a hose trade, in fart, 1
his uPPoiiitimehte."—! nothing hut faction ; and the manse,. in which het I
r all his appointments, : enemies have been endeavouring for es inlay yu ars is I
s decided part in favour' prejudge the rase of her Majesty. without. allowing i
A intlis Wind," " of fu- , her a trial, whilst they' have affected to be Oa I
pen, generau., tinstli-: shocked at what they ca:ltil the pre-judgment of the i
lee, life, and ornament . public, in the case of the per, etratots or ibaisacrr is
it m he felt " nothing' Manchester.
wit"%r l'Arvnur " there I In the mean time, the friends of her Majesty, ael f
.pared, no caret:flees he! of justice. may be assured that she rims no risk, bit • I
'vented the necessity of from she p,riory of witnesses. the injustice of tri- I
1,- Ise very coolly keeps !annals, or treachery. by the generous British I
cket, and discreetly re- 1 public
;deer-
from all rnrther ke- at large, by every friend of innocence, ani I
every 1-netny of persecution, her Majt sty may rely
And, not withstanding that her tau-e will be it armly espoused; and that da
•t self-denial in one of I conduct of the chief act. rs in this minim. and *se' 1
0 think themselves, by restore, and therefore criminal pro-emillgi trill k I
, entitled to withhold, strictly a:ached, and visited with suitable reprehaloa. i
lieges of the Queen, as AggisTlDElls 1
moires entitled to take
THE ROY.II, AMItiILaGS ACl'. a
and why may we not
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mold heroine profitable Mitch curiosity has I :,en excited lry Line uvllsallt 1
I
he scruple or ceremony notice of a motion for the repeal of the ;there Lk
rogatives of the King?
passed iu the twelfth year of hits late Majesty:l Mg& I
th:s dieierert reed rndi. . The following are its provisions:— %. I
the lowest of his ap- 1 " That no descendant of the body of his lido LOW a s
tressed damsels in the . King Uestrge the Second, male or f:tiosse Wire 1
-naf rejnediert+ -ahspoW I Ste issue of Primteseae who isle, 'es '
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le public will naturally 1 after marry into. foreign families), shall ha :add
ng matrinsoav without the orerlosta t
ited " the necessity of fe stiraeti
his Majesty, his ones or successor, sig I
ps I cannot give a more
(treat Seal; and declared in Council (which nosselat *.
tut of it than in the P
preserve the memory thereof, is hereby Amish Os brill
among the sauna per- oat in the licence and register of marriage, sod to 4l
cent that her Majesty tered in the books of the Privy Council); and tint
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its country, whoa she marriage or matrimonial contract el any nob .
goers, "Ton leading; ant, without sorb coolest ins kid scowl s4insilled• I
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• be null and void to all lateen and passim 140100".
leledged is public es . provided Away., psi" be it „„,„„„,e., the „„,,,„„bi
moment Government t
-lisiogbb°2.
aforesaid. that in case anv such of dolor
a left thews." Weiland of hie late majesty King Cienvp riaa r
ch of them, slreeeate. the age of twenty-live years, shall resist It Ms.,: a.m.
' her Majesty to come resolation to contract a marriage (Imaginers' .
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claiming .. all the hat. vented frets by the King, his heirs, at 11110100.116. _ 7;
iff,.• or it to be aushauw. then such
.descendent, epos giving n PO WO lele. it
sal. which asides is hereby a
espirstiste of tirtsra calendar months ellrlf
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WrsimsseAd';'ltsheossoornine sully" tried the hooks thereof,. may, at aft lienesser •
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If say ewe of than glum is the pricy council u afacceml, ernstreet all
lakisel, surely el! tie marriage ; and ha or her marriage with tile Pet..„....% ' i
a lists me nepardee- fore ripposoa, sad rejected, nor .h• 617 b••""5-11M,
il a
and usystawkonnwitricenn. without the peerless resent of istsittelyiesi. o
er sessessers t awl such marriage P
tonversaat
_____,,,Bll/9. this Act had serer bee. seeds. lobes 101416111.1.1 i
Said two° li
at "es the rwm``"7 parthimmust shell, Wino theospiratioss edge osb
greigkos a "f Lod esestbs. ezresely declare their dielPPlelliko " 4
, regtoruy Inn Milk.
Ilfellhendi Whether timi lartidrega
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