66 " 68 "With the frankness of free- " the Inhabitants of the Parish men, we remind your Majesty, of St. George, Hanover-square. "that the unbought homage of "While I have a heart in my millions, which now protects" breast, and that heart beats you on every side, and which" with the energies of life, or "is your only security against "while memory retains any your enemies, will melt away, "hold on my brain, I can never "and leave you exposed to the "be unmindful of the singular "redoubled malignity of your "magnanimity, disinterestedoppressors, unless you firmly" ness, and affection, with which "adhere to those constitutional" the people have supported me "principles which your Majesty" against the whole power of "has so often and so ably urged "my enemies. If the people "in your admirable replies to the" had not been with me, what "devoted and affectionate ad-shield of defence should 1 "dresses of our fellow country-" have had against the malignity "of my adversaries? If the 66 "..men. "We fervently hope that" press had not been so poweryour Majesty, by continuing" fully exerted in my favour, "to dwell among us, may not how could that public opinion only reign in our hearts, but have been excited, which has "be an eye witness and a per-"proved such a security to me *sonal partaker of those joys" and such a terror to my ene"which your Majesty's pre-mies? I am convinced that, if sence cannot but diffuse around the spirit of the people, aided you, and that the remainder of" by its exertions, had not your Majesty's valuable life" erected such a rampart of "may be passed in such an un-strength against the impend“imbittered tranquillity as may ing aggressions of tyranny, in some degree compensate" my rights would, 'ere this, "for the long and cruel injuries, "have been taken away along "afflictions, and persecutions," with those of the nation. If "which your Majesty has been "a despotism is established "called upon to endure." this country, the basis "will be laid in the de"struction of the Queen. If the " 1 Now, pay attention to the answer to this address. You will see that this address required a specific answer. Look then at that answer. THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE "in ever more completely identifi"ed than those of the people "I have a peculiar satisfaction" and the Queen: her rights are "in receiving this frank, loyal," their rights; and their freeand affectionate Address from" dom is her security."" 66 Here you see the main points they wrote that notification the of the address are completely Queen's lawyers closed their deevaded. Here is some very fence. The new councillors were elegant writing in this answer. at that time what is vulgarly callA great deal of warmth and of ed cock-a-hoop.. They thought grateful acknowledgment; but that Mr. Denman's talking about consummate dexterity in evading the charges being shaken away the two main points of the ad-like dew drops from the lion's dress. The first point was that mane; they thought that his of her Majesty's appeal to the exultation at the result of the people for protection against glorious and well foughten comwhat the House of Lords might bat, in which he and his brodo. The other point was, her continuing to reside in this country! Both of these points are wholly overlooked in the answer; and it is impossible not to believe, that those who dictated that answer had not random arrows; they, wise genher quitting of the country then tlemen, thought that all this in view; and, when we consi- amounted to a great deal more der that immediately after this than a certainty, that the Bill answer was given, the notifica- would not pass! I told them the contrary, indeed; but let that pass for nothing and let us keep dates in our mind. ther hero had kept together in their chivalry; they thought that his asserting that Mr. Brougham's giant arm had destroyed the enemies of the Queen, leaving him to discharge only a few On the 26th, 27th, and 28th tion of Keppel and Gell was penned and sent to the press, it is impossible for us to have a shadow of doubt in our minds that the quitting of the country the Attorney and Solicitor-Geby the Queen was a thing in the full contemplation of the new Councillors of her Majesty. Let us now proceed on with our observations as to what has taken place since that time. On the 26th October came out the first notification of Keppel neral made their reply. Still the new Councillors of Brandenburgh House seemed to have scouted the idea of the Bill's passing. On Saturday, the 28th, the very next day (mark it well!) Saxe Cobourg visited the Queen. On Sunday, the 29th, * and Gell. On the day when Lord and Lady Fitzwilliam and the Duke of Sussex visited her | Chronicle and other papers of Majesty; and on the next day, the Thursday, that her Majesty out comes a letter in the news was going to the House of papers from Lord Fitzwilliam's Lords that day with a protest. son, Lord Milton, conveying a Her Majesty did not go, howsubscription to the Queen's ever; but the Traveller newsPlate Committee, expressing paper, of the Thursday evening, his conviction of the Queen's published a second edition, to innocence. Now, observe this say that the Queen would go mass of greatness begins to to the House with her protest gather round the Queen simul- at two o'clock the next day, taneously with the issuing of Friday, the 3d of November. the repulsive notification of the But, behold! when Friday morntwo Vice Chamberlains. ing came, the Times newspaper There can be no doubt that announced, that the Queen kept at this time the full expecta- herself confined to her house on tion at Brandenburgh House account of the approaching anwas, that the Bill would not niversary of the death of her pass. It was manifestly intend-daughter, which anniversary was ed to receive the last batch of the 6th of November. Shockaddresses on Monday, the 30th ingly disgusting as this pretence of October; and, after that time was upon the very face of it, it to receive no more in person. was rendered still more disgustBut, when the House of Lords ing by her Majesty's actually had gone through the debate of going to the House on the very the first day upon the Bill, a lit- next day after the Times had intle light seems to have broken serted this pretence, and two in upon the minds of the new days before the arrival' of the Councillors. During the Tues-anniversary of the Princess's day and Wednesday, the 31st death! of October and 1st of November, they appear to have collected enough of information to convince them that there was some which day appeared the second, reason to fear that the Bill or amended, or contradicting would pass. It was, therefore, notification of Messrs. Craven positively stated in the Morning and Gell. I should observe to Thus, we bring down the progress of these manœuvres to Saturday the 4th November. On you that on the 3rd November, people, and thrown open the that is to say, on the second day folding doors to the tardy nobiof the debate on the Bill, the lity. Those Councillors must man who did not see that it have been quite disconcerted at would pass the second reading finding the Bill to pass thus must have been nearly an ideot, glibly through it's most difficult Therefore, on the evening of stage. The Times newspaper that day the amended notifica- of the 8th November, says, that tion, inviting the people still to the Queen received the news come with addresses, was writ- with a "look of wild astonishten and sent to the press. "ment!" It says that she was 1 Sunday, the 5th November," almost doubtful of her own was by no means an idle day "senses!" Whether this be amongst the politicians in Lon-stated on authority or not I candon. Some still thought that not say; but, I should not be at the second reading would not all surprised if it were really pass; but to say the truth, no man could think this that looked at the matter with rational eyes. On Monday, the 6th, it was again notified that her Ma true; for, who can imagine that she could have expected such a result after all the hopes that had been manifestly excited by her new councillors; or, rather, perhaps, I should say by her jesty would go to the House with her protest on the next legal advisers; for these, it day. On this Monday the would clearly appear, have reHouse agreed to the second cently got the ascendancy; reading of the Bill. And on which is a thing, though very this same Monday came out ano- surprising, yet very common ; ther notification by authority, and nothing is more common stating that the next Monday than to see persons who have (13th inst.) was appointed for been ruined by lawyers still enreceiving of addresses at Bran-amoured of those lawyers. denburgh House, 1 1 On Tuesday, the 7th November, her Majesty went to the House of Lords, where she was Thus,then, the Bill did pass to a second reading, notwithstanding all the speculations of the met by her legal advisers, and new Councillors; notwithstand-sent in her protest in the followfrom her private room there, ing their having repulsed the ling words: PROTEST. "CAROLINE REGINA. | measures, which her Majesty "TO THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND had been advised to adopt, and TEMPORAL, IN PARLIAMENT AS SEMBLED. "The Queen has learnt the decision of the Lords upon the Bill now before them. In the face of Parliament, of her family, and of her country, she does lemnly protest against it. SO which present to our view an instance of vacillation almost without a parallel, and so unexpected in a person, whose character has been marked by such promptitude and decision "Those who avowed them-upon all former occasions. selves her prosecutors have presumed to sit in judgment on the There is very little in this question between the Queen protest. Its object is very oband themselves. Peers have scure, and unless we gather given their voices against her from that portion of it which who had heard the whole evidence for the charge, and ab-1 have pointed out by italics; sented themselves during her unless we gather from this a defence. sort of threat, the document really has no meaning at all; or, at least, no meaning which could by any possibility tend to render service to her Majesty's cause. "Others have come to the discussion, from the Secret Committee, with minds biassed by a mass of slander, which her enemies have not dared to bring forward in the light. "The Queen does not avail Her Majesty is here advised herself of her right to appear to say, that if the Bill be finally before the Committee, for to her the details of the measure rejected in the House of Lords, must be a matter of indifference; she will abstain from recrimiand unless the course of these nation! Who would have adunexampled proceedings should bring the Bill before the other vised this! What wretched head branch of the Legislature, she did this advice proceed from! It will make no reference what-really was telling the Lords in ever to the treatment experi enced by her during the last so many words: if you pass the twenty-five years. Bill I will make an exposure "She now most deliberately, that shall do infinite mischief and before God asserts, that she is wholly innocent of the crime to the kingly part of the golaid to her charge, and she awaits vernment; and, therefore, it with unabated confidence the was almost compelling them to final result of this unparalleled pass the Bill. It was placing investigation. them in a similar situation to "CAROLINE REGINA." Thus ends this series of that in which she herself had |