The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

LONDON, Tnukt DAY; JANtAltir )621.

" The Collie Por which HAMPDfN fen in dis

BRECO.V COUNTY MEETI.VG.

—ass—
Satanlay being the day fixed by the liigh Sheriff,
in pursuance of a requisition, most numerously and
respectably signed, fur holding a fleeting of the free-
holders and inhabitants of the said county, at the
Shire-hall, in Brecon, " to take into consideration the
present distressed state of the country, plu.:ged into
almost irremediable evils by the fully and incapacity,
of Ministers, and to implore hie Majesty to dismies the
present advisers of the Crown from his presence and
councils fur ever," a very numerous meeting of the
gentlemen, freeholders, and inhabitants, asseniblei

about twelve o'clock. Soon after the High Shatkr
enteral' the Hall, btfended by some of the prineipti
geutiesseo of the comity; and the High-Sheriff
being called to the Chair, after reading the
requisition, and requesting that a patient hearisg
should be given to such gentlemen as shoal I aililiess
the meeting, expressed his determination not to pre-
side as Chairman. Walter Wilkins, Esq., the venerable
Sletnher for the county of Radnor, was then called to
the Chair.

Wat.-rra WlLatxs, Esq., of Woodlands, then ad-
dressed the meeting, and after commenting upon the
distressed state of the country, increased• by the prodi-
gality and sh tm'ful expenditure of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters, and invei;;hing► in strong terms on the °dittos
and impolitic and unconstitutional " ltill of Pains and
Penalties" lately adduced against the Queen Consort,
and rejoicing at its abandonment, concluded by mov-
ing an Address.
Ham," WILLIAM, Esq., of Pen;ont, in a lama lu-
minous and manly spee:4l, seconded the Address ; in
which he reviewed the conduct of Ministers since the
peace—their disregard to the resolttfitatts of the !louse
of Commons to abolish useless places—their wasteful
expenditure, in keeping up a large standing army in
time of peace, instead of resortinv to tit:. ancient con-
stitntional force, the militia. lie eon.lenthed, as im-
politic and uncalled fur, the Bill of Pains and Penal-
ties against the Queen Consort, by which !measures
the Ministers bad lust the coti.l.•nce of the nation, atta
were, therefore, unfit to be any longer intrusted with
the Adiniiiistration of its affairs.

CLanne Curron, Etti. proposed an amended
At',Wits, which was seconded by It. LLovn, Esq. jus-
tifying the conduct of Mittisteri, and deprecating the
return of the Whigs to power, put.' r•:cowml'ord
modified Property-Tax. (The,te two gentletueu, being
the only ultra Loyalists who attended the Meeting,
received a must patient hearing.)
J. Owynne, Esq., of llwertivale; the Bever. Wat-
him*, ri Psaarre; .H. 1464 d. Req.;
Esq. M.P.; J. llotelikis, Esti.; and Mr. 11. Pon ell,
supported the original adt.ress.
In furtherance of the ult_:,ect of the Meeting, a
! Petition to the House of Commons WAS proposed, and
carried by acclamation.

L.-1,1/EN T.ICLE WIDE UP ADMIRAL SIR G. CAMP-
LL, AT PORTSMOUTH.

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PoRTIIIMOrTit. JAN. 23.—This morning at ahont ten
minute's twit'''. seems, Admiral Sir Ueurge Campbell,
C. 11., Cuminsandenits-Chief at this port, was &nail
dead in his dressing-rows by his valet. who had left
bins only a few ohmic, previous. Ile was lying on the
floor, wit% a pistol liy his side. This melancholy event
has astonished whole town, .and caused the deepest
concern, Sir George tieing of the most !soutane and cha-
nt:lllle dispositioo, and of exemplary domestic habits.
lie hail the honour a bring highly esteemed by the
King. tin Isis going on hoard the yacht to pay his re-
spects to his Majesty on his arric4l here; the King, ob-
served, that lie slid 'out intend to go out of the yacht
during his stay, and turned to Sir George, and added,
in his familiar tone, which he always used. with this
gallant Admiral, 'hull not ere-a gu ux shore loser Nur,
George. The pow will feel a great loss. Sir tieorge
was charitable in the extreme, and highly esteemed by
all the navy. tic are entirely at a loss 141 account fur
this fatal catastrophe. Sir lieurge was 59 years of age ;
lie entered the Savy very early in life; he was made
Post Captain in 1791, gear Admiral in 1801, Vice Ad-
mire' in Nei, and Admiral of the White in 1814. Ile
was appointed Port Admiral at this station in 181; : his
term would nave expired in April next. A coroner's
inquest has been held, and it has returned a venlict of
—l.xxacy.—Sir J. Saumarez has lung been spoken of
as the successor of Sir George.

The following is her Majesty's Answer to the Ad-
dress from the Parish of St. 3lary-le-bone
" I ism highly gratified by this loyal and affectionate
Address from the Inhabitant Householders of the Perish
of St. klary-lr-bone.

If despotism lately menaced th country in the ter-
rible aspect of a Bill of Pains and Penalties, both the
Queen and the people hare been rescued from the grasp
of oppression by the Independence of the Press. In an-
cient times, Liberty was always insecure, nut only be-
cause ignorance was too generally diffused, but Iwcause
the wind that could think for the benefit of others, had
no ready ineans of extending its communication or of
multiplying the activity of its powers. Ise the late at-
tempts to effect my degradation, public opinion, energised
by the Press. hail slieweil itself superior to the malice of
my enemies. They who withstooil the proofs of usy in-
nocence have been forced to listen to its voice, and
finally to fiend to its decrees. My enemies had (Alen-
hated on the impression whirls their perjured tritium .s
would make on the public naiad ; but the Press exerted
itself so powerfully it my favor that all the arts of, my
ailversanes could hardly produce a momentary delitilion
to my prejudice.
" All the best moral feelings of the country were at the
same time called forth to my behalf, and a singular
spectacle was exhibited, of a whole people defeibling a
persecuted female against the collected force and almost
unlimited influence of the liovernment.

‘` Let this fact teach the people to consider intellectnil
cultivation as itiogt auspici,sus to the national happiness
—anal the Liberty of the Press as the best safeguard of
listyie rights; for the preservation or the recovery of
which the nation bas often seen its Patriots bleed."

The Mars, Hall, front C.4l:itnore to Amsterdam,
after discharging her cargo, broke adrift in the New
dash', in Dover Harbour, on Honday night, sustained
,u:lsiderable damage, and tilted with water.

1, and RYDNEY died on the Beatrold!"

IMPERML P.4RLI.4.IIENT.

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TIOUSt OF LORDS, JAW. 24.

The House met about two o'clock. The King's
pleasure fur receiving the. Address haring been signi-
fied, the House went up in procession with the Ad-
dress to his Majesty, having first adjourned till to-
morrow (this day).
itousr: or commoNs.

The Speaker took the Chair a few minutes be-
lore four o'clock.
On the Motion of Sir 0. CLARKE, a New.*rii
as orderili for Dumbartonshire, in the room of Sir
A. tolqshoun, deceased.
THE QUEN.
The Margness of TAVISTOCK said, that as his
Noble Friend (Lord A. liamilton` had fixed his t..to-
lion for Friday, he wished to give notice, that he
would, on Monday se'nnicht, more a Resolution ex-
pressive of the opinion of the (louse on the conduct of
Ministers in the late proceedings against her Majesty.
—(Lund cries of hear, hear.)
Sir W. LEMON presented a Petition from the Inha-
bitants of Truro, in Cornwall, complaining of the late
proceedings by Hill of Pains and Penalties against the
Queen. They prayed the House to use its influence in
restoring her 3lajesty's name to the Litany, and in
reinstating bet- in all the constitutional rights and pri-
vileges which belonged to her as Queen Consort of
these realms ; they also prayed an itiquire into the con-
spiracy by which her Majesty had been sc.:used; and
expressed a hope that Parliament would exert itself
to prevent a recurrence of those disgraceful proceed-
ings against her, by which the country bad su lung
been agitated.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the talde.
M. TYNTE presented a similar petiti.m from the
inhabitants of Ilridgeirater, upon which he begged to
offer a few oitservations. For himself, he was not in-
fluenced by any opinion either of her Slajesty's guilt
or innocence. Ile disapprove.: of the whole proceed-
ing, because he felt that the charges lirought against
her 3lajesty were of a must vague and indefinite na-
ture, and in opposition to the established laws of the
unntry.—(Hear, hear.)—lle knew nut how soon new
modes atrial night be introduced, calculated to insure
a conviction against any individual accused, however
exalted, or however innocent.—(Loud cries of hear,
hear.)—lle opposed the measure, because he felt con-

' vinred that it was " derogatory from the dignity of
th • Crown, and injurious to the hest interests of the
iivatoetry." The Haase of Common s had endeavoured
to put an end to the proceeding , but, unfortunately,
in vain. It was not, however, yet too late to step
in and preserve the confidence of the country :
it was not vet too late to exert themselves for
the preservation of what yet remained of the Con-
stitution.—(llear, hear, hear.)----That Constitution
had of Late been suspended, and in its roem were in-
stituted laws hastily enacted, and calculated for tem-
•,iorary purposes only. These were the sentiments
which he entertained upon the late proceedings, as

well as upon the present state of the cunntry. lie did
not at fiat intend to matte any observations on presenting-
the fretition but knowing that it expressed the senti-
ments of a great portion of the loyal inhabitants of
Rridgewater, he conceived himself hound to say a few
words upon it. The Petition was read, and ordered to
be printed.
Sir It. WILSON observed, that the Petition from
Truro Lad not been ordered to be printed. he thought,
That as Ministers task care to publish all the loyal Ad-
dresses, as they were called (arid the loyal addresses
only) in The Gazelle, the Petitioners to Parliament in
I favour of her Majesty were entitled to have their Peti-
tions printed. Ho therefore moved, that the Truro
Petition he printed.--Ordered.
Mr. PEARSE presented a Petition from the inha-
bitants of Northallerton, complaining of the late pro
ceeding against her Majesty, which they observed had
I its origin in a foul and malignant conspira;:y. They
prayed the restoration of her Majesty's name to the
Litargy, and that a provision suitable to her rank as
Queen Consort should be made for her.
Mr. WESTERN, after several observations on the
bribery and perjury which had taken place in the late
proceedings against the Queen, wished to know from
the Noble Lord (Castlereagh), whether it was the in-
tention of Ministers to institute any inquiry into the
conspiracy in which the charge against the Queen had
originated ?
_ _ _

Lord CASTLEREAMI said, that he was not to be
dragged into any preMature discussion upon this sub-
ject, by the large or high sounding expressions of any
lion. ilemlwr. lie was surprised to see Gentlemen,
who last Session were sl anxi.m. to extinguish all
proceedings against the Queen, now foremost in bring-
ing- forward every question connected with her Ala-

jesty.
Sir IL FERGUSON said it was true, that he had
lait Session made a motion on the subject. of which
the Noble Lord had got rid by a mode peculiar to him-
' self, that of moving the previous question. lle wished,
however, to remind the Noble lord of his having then
expressed his readiness to enter ,in the inquiry when
the proper period arrived. Now then the proper pe-
riod was arrived, and. lie put it to the Noble Lord
..vliether be was ready to redeem his pledge?--(Hear'.)
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the lion. and Gallant
01.neral hail asscaneil that this was the proper time fur
entering up on such an inquiry; if he conceived so, let
him make any motion he pleased upon the subject.
The Hun. 11. 0. BENNETT observed, that when
Iris Hon. and Gallant Friend (Sir K. Ferguson) last
year introduced a motion on the subject of the Milan
Commission, he (Mr. Bennett) remarked upon the in-
famous evidence which had b. en gut•up against her
Majesty. He then said what he now felt to be a fact,
that it was a foal conspiracy, hatched by persons
wbo.si he would not name. The .Ncibla..Lo:d accused

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his (Mr. Bennett's) side of the House with hating last
year endeavoured to pot a stop ro the proesetttairt
against her Majesty. True, they did so, Haase they
not only saw the iniquity of the measure, but also the
evils which it would bring upon the country. Ket
now they called for i::qtsiry, foe the purposes( punish-
ing theguilty, no matter thoueh they should heroism'
to be thn confidential Ministers and advisers of the
Crown.—(Hear.).
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, it was for those Hon.
Members . who alleged that a conspiracy existed to
prove it. It was rather too much to call upon those
who_ were taut aware of any such conspiracy to prove its
or.—(Hear mitt a laugh.)
It. FERGUSON asked the Noble Lord whether
the conspiracy, or whatever it was called, by which
the evidence was collected did not cost money : and :t.
so, whether that expent:e was to he brought under the
notice of Parliament? He should wish to know frrit
whence the money came F—(A pause). As the Noble
laird did not wish to answer, be would give notice
Sirof
• The SPEAKER reminded the Honourable Metzlie;
that there was a question before the-Mouse. -Toe
Petition from Northallerton WAS read and ordered to
he printed.
'I he Nlareiness of TAVIST:ICK wished ts know
front the Noble Lord (Casthsreagli) whether it was the
intention of 3linisters to propose any measure for the
relief of the distresses utuler which the country at pre-
sent laboured ?

Lord CASTLCHE.ViII (is we nuderstoo,l
said, he sympathised with the distresses wit;eh the
coontry felt, hut he a•as not 'aware that th.'v
from the existing state iif the law or that any improve-
ment could lie male in the ni.mle of t•i':i•i Os •
averages. Ile did not know of any measure on :h •
subject being at pre..ettt in the contemptatiJn of
Ministers.