The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OP THE STATESNIAN.

Sta,—Hasing read its the Courier, dated Thursday
evening, Nov. 16, I'2O, a gross misrepresentation of
the joy manifested by the inhabitants of the City of '
Winchester, on the ahem' iiiii uent of the Bill sif Pains and
Penalties against her Majesty; and altliong's 1 have also
read in the Statesmen of this day, Nov. 19, a more ac-
curate account, still I think for the credit of the
Inhabitants of this venerable and ancient city, the
honour slue to her Majesty's person and cause,
the falsehood of the Courier should be refuted by
a plain statement of facts as they really occurred. I
therefore beg leave to lay before you and the esiblic,
an exact account of the mat.ner in which the in-
habitants of this ancient city conducted them-
selves on the occasion of the Queen's acquittal. On
Saturday morning ss hen the news reached us, that
the abominable Hill against her Majesty was ejected
from the House of Peers, joy spread over the counte-
nances of all the principal inhabitants, am! tbs. 1):•11s of
the different parish elm -cites rung merry peals through-
out the slay. Early on Monday morning the C..mm►itt:.c
of the Unites! Parishes of St. Maurice and St. Pete7's,
Cullwook, who hail previons to this moved and sent an
Address to her Majesty, expressed a wish, that the two
parishes oa this momentous occasion should man:fest
their public feeling by illuminating their houses in
the evening, leaving other inhabitants to as they
pleased. This accordingly took plate, and happy au►
I to say the example was followed by the Bishop of
Hereford, Dr. Cabel, the Collet.•, and the whole city,
except the clergy who reside in the close, and a few
others resident in the city. The principTel inhabitants
of the two united parishes in the evening uset in their
comu►itte, room, and were joined by several gentlemen
of other parishes. An excellent band of nansie played
'several martial airs, malty loyal and appropriate toasts
Ml* drank, and the greatest joy, conviviality, and
good humour prevailed. At nine o'clock the company,
shoat forty in number, preceded by the band. paraded
tho town to view their neighbours' real its the Queen's
caner, and peaceably returned after an hour's ahetner.
It is true, and the Committee lament that the mob,
each as generally assemble at all illuminations, broke a
few windows of those persons who did not think proper
Ito light them. Rat this was done without the least en-
emaragorment from the Committee. The Cow ice in
1 giving an as-ennui of the transparencies bare de-
' parted from truth in every word. Withunt fear of eon-
tratration, they were good in subject, and brilliant iu
appearance.

On the foil /wing day, woof the Clergy used their
eedetwoure to influence the llagigtrates to believe
lila peace et the city had, or would he broken, the

TO conRENI.o.‘DENTs.
Coal norleorrespondent who signs himself " A Naval
Officer," shall hese hero taught to spell and writ* gram-
matically. we mu .1 decline his offer of teaching us the Geo-
graphy of N werira. We were sell satisfied of the
fact se montitmed before we gave it insertion ; and base
therefore no occasion for his Oath" to contradict it.
Lake Ontario. we asserted to be net the largest. bat •• one
of the largest of the Lakes in America." Between hest
modes of expression there i• an °IA ious distinction; as if
se had said of the writer that he nas not the most illiterate,
but •• one of the most illiterate of our l'orrespoadeats."

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lITATV.a.IAS."

LONDOX:

MONDAY lETEXIIvG, NOT.:Mlin to.

Paris papers of Thursday last have come to hand.
Their most important contelis refer to the diplomatic
conferenres at Troppau. I.es of great moment seem
to be under discussion, and a war upon the liberties
Naph s would a-,,pear to he inevitable. The presence off!.
King of Pacssta, though labouring under indibp.,
sition, was found intlispensible by the P2INCt ittflAL
and his Ministers, in consequence of some comma'.
cations on the part of Austria and Russia. It is not
yet ascertained how the news of the annulment of the
convention entered into with General Prim, was re-
ceived by the Palerenitans.

F/SFNC:I FCN Di.—Weinesby, rive per Cents.
77f. 13r.

A hint appears to have been given to the corporate
bodies throughout the kingdom to restrain the etsie.
ings of the people at the triumph of the Qt:rtm. The
heads of Colleges and (townsmen at Oxford and Cam•
bridge were the first to act upon the suggestion, veil
they were- quickly followed, as nill he seen in oar
paper of to-day, by the Curporatiati of Bath awl
several other 'dim As to the gentlemen ofthe Ur%
versifies we are not at all astonished at their complianto.
Submission to authority in matters of belief is a prit •
ciple they are required to imbibe at the commence-
ment of their academie course ; and among such of
them whose circumstances excuse dependence, what
they find to be ordained, they lento to know will be
suli•er'•esit t.) the'r ioterests. 'tut what ezense vie
they plead for proceeding to illegal measures, with a
view to t heel: those acts that arc legitimate and cus-
tomary c Are violence ;:id disorder to be justified
on the part of thoe of higher rank, fur the po
pose of preventing the ebullition of the populue?
Are bludgeons ilie ino.ritment!, of those who pro-
fess themselves the ministets of lat who was meek
and lowly of heart, and who tivelared that the yew
puns of his kingdom arc not coreal but spiritual?
Were there nothing else, the exercise of such a
spirit and by such a mode as were manifested is
the te.tehers and the pupils of our Universities sa
the late occasion, is as degrading as incossister.
A mob of bludgeon men ate not the kss Sorer-
ing to be reckoned among- the tierkirsere.,
because they wear ',lark gowns. Bat foe
end as well as means of those active members of
' the Chord) Militant, are eqnallto reprehensible. The
object i., W suppress the expression of a feeling i , n a
su inner consecrated by i 11111 l usage, ou setters.
lion which prevailed throughout the nation, on vrbat
was deemed the triumph, out 0.:ly of sn injured and
elevated individual, but of the prineiples of ceasfita•
tional *and unhersal justice. itl u.iit is it protruded
to prevent by such tumul:notts means imaginary disc
orders. The sapient corporation et Bath iu their mew-
festo, affect to cloak their disappraibation of the in:erl-
ed demonstrations, by stating the dependance 4,0
prosperity of their City on the resort of invalids, an::
the preservation of tranquility. This plea is se.
enough for the Cm poration of Bath, for thirteen Mes•
hers of that worthy hotly, oat of thirty, are practialet•
ors in 'medicine ! But there is a better reason still fur
their subset viency to the established system. Ski"'
out of thirty members return two represeatatitesk
the city, to l'arli; ott! When illuminations woo
suggested by high anthorit: net °Nettles was statte4
by any apothecary in the city.

Mr. l'anniag, h appears, lir ne repotted, nfri"4
un Friday night in London. aoti Yesterday. Len' _,
Lady Castlereagh gave a grand dinner, at their rat
21 North Craw. to Lod Sidney, tlie3lli-tres Tumorll
Earl Ulatsivilliatn, Lord Anrrans, 311 r. Pleats. gr.
Canning, and a large party of distinguished re's**