thing of their own to defend the bare circumstance of the but their mere bodies; those husband being in the palace who can have no motive to take and the wife in Portman Street, up arms other than those of would, necessarily, call forth obedience to the law, and a love that which you call insulting of the honour of their country. the palace. The question naAnd, who fill the ranks of the turally arises in every mind, regular army now? Are they "Why is not the Queen in that not the sons, and brothers of the palace?" And in the answer to labouring classes? Are they not this question, and not in any a part, and essentially a part, of baseness in the people, is to be that same mass that you call found the cause of what you, in populace? Does the putting a your mock heroic style, call, inred or blue coat upon their back sulting the palace of her Sochange their nature? Does not vereign and her husband. the blood of their fathers and Yet, it seems, that her Mamothers still flow in their veins ? jesty is to be punished for this If the fathers, mothers, brothers ebullition of public feeling; for and sisters be worthy of the you say, that, if she had conname of populace, where is the ducted herself with that feeling, boundary to be drawn? We which became her sex, and that must all be populace, laborers dignity which belonged to her and artisans, manufacturers and station, then, you would be most shopkeepers, soldiers and sail-anxious to afford every consolaors; the whole mass of us must tion, which a Queen, under such be populace, and base populace, circumstances, can expect; but too; or else, your definition of basest populace is purely a false assertion and an unwarrantable insult.

that when she condescends to listen to the meanest advisers, and to become an instrument as before mentioned, then you But, you say, that her Ma- would abandon your duty to jesty suffers herself to become the Crown if you were to advise an instrument in the hands of the King to become the dupe this" basest populace," who of such artifices. have presumed to insult the Now, what do you mean by palace of her Sovereign and her this? Who can make top or husband. What do you mean tail of it? What artifices are by this? You mean, I suppose, you talking about? You had the people having conducted been talking before about the her Majesty by the King's Palace, and having there given signs of their disapprobation. The word husband you should have omitted above all things; for, it is so very natural, and so perfectly proper that the wife should inhabit the same place with the husband, that

Queen's listening to the meanest advisers, and about her suffering herself to become an instrument in the hands of the basest populace: But how can you make these out to be artifices? They may be true or false, right or wrong; but nobody but you would have called them arti

fioes. The truth is, that, in and with that dignity which beyour round-about harangues, the come her sex and station. She close of a sentence has very sel- has shewn as much sensibility, dom any relation to the begin-judgment, and courage, as ever ning of it. It is a parcel of marked the character of wowords that we have before us, man: a great deal more than out of which we are to pick a Queen Elizabeth ever had an meaning, if we can; but your opportunity of evincing; and, speeches, if they do nothing indeed, the best commentary else, tend to give the world on your accusation, and the best a high opinion of the patience, answer to it, are, the love and adthe complaisance and the miration of this whole people, quiescent disposition of the with the exception, solely, of renowned assembly in which those who have an interest in they are delivered, and which, the carrying on of measures even without a division, reject-hostile to the peace and happied the motion of Dr. Lushing-ness of the country.

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"IF" she had conducted herBut her Majesty has, it seems, self properly, then you would according to your notion, not have afforded her every conconducted herself with that feel-solation. Yes; and I will ing which belongs to her sex, tell you, what you would have and that dignity which belongs deemed proper conduct. In the to her station. To hear you first place, it would have been complain of any one for want proper for her to be terrified at of feeling presents so strong a the threat at St. Omers, and to temptation to laughter, that one have fled away and not atcannot treat the matter serious-tempted to set her foot on Engly; but, to hear you, who have lish ground. But, having lisbeen one of the advisers who tened to the "meanest advishave heaped every species of ers," and actually come to Lonindignity upon her Majesty; don, it would have been proper you, who are one of those that for her to shut herself up, yield refused her a yacht to come herself wholly to the advice of over, who refused her a palace those who might have betrayed to reside in, who presented her; and skulk from the light green bags against her, who like a guilty thing. The highhave brought in a bill, stigma-blooded gentry not having vitising her as a licentious woman sited her, it would have been and an adulteress, and stripping proper for her to have drooped her of her title and rights as down into a state of despondenQueen; for you to complain cy; and if the mass of the that she had not supported her people, whom you denominate dignity is something more than populace, attempted to apcould have been expected even proach her with congratulafrom you! The fact is, how-tions, condolence, and offers of ever, that her Majesty has con- friendship and support, it would ducted herself with that feeling have been proper for her to

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reject them with disdain, to you are persuaded that no difspurn them from her presence, ficulty will be thrown in the to condemn their sentiments and way of an arrangement by which their language, as was done in she may find herself a suitable the answers which absolute wis-residence. What is all this pardom gave, in her injured name, cel of words about? By the to the people of Nottingham" IF" IF" you would seem to and the people of Preston. doubt whether the house "în When the deputation went to Portman-street is suitable her from the great House of not; a doubt, by the expresCommons, it would have been [sion of which you get no addiproper for her to have dressed tion to your popularity, though herself in a penitent's sheet, to it is very possible that it will have kissed the resolution as a not cause any change in the whipped child kisses the rod, public opinion with regard to and to have prepared herself you. But, what the public ask for being packed off to the Con- is this; "Why is not her Matinent in that yacht which, on jesty in a palace?" This is the the very day of the deputation's going to her, the Courier informed us, was actually come round into the River!

question that the public ask. If plate be not the King's property, palaces are not his property. If they be not the property of the King, they are the property of the nation; and, then, the nation has, the palace at Windsor, the palace at Hampton, the palace at Kew, the pa

of Buckingham House, the palace of St. James's, and the palace of Carlton House. Besides these, there are the royal mansions in Bushy Park and in Richmond Park, the latter of which, be it observed,

This is what you would have deemed proper conduct, I dare say. Such conduct would doubtless have received the "high approbation" of all the Scotch Pedlars that ever tramped lace of Kensington, the palace north-about till they got into the sun-shine of the South. Her Majesty, however, has chosen a line of conduct precisely the opposite of this, and in so doing, she has insured her own safety and her own honour, and has prevented this nation built for one of his late Majesfrom being plunged into ever-ty's sisters, and is now, and lasting disgrace; disgrace which long has been, occupied by that must have fallen upon it if she every-way-worthy colleague of had been driven out of the coun- yours, SIDMOUTH. Thus, try, after which event no sub-then, there are three palaces ject of the King would have in town; one no further off dared to own himself as such in than Kensington; three paany country in the world. laces and two royal mansions in

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There remains to be noticed the country; and out of all only one part of this harangue. these no corner can be found for You say, if her Majesty's pre- the wife of the King, though sent residence is not suitable, lone of them is occupied by a

person who was in a very la palace you have no such bar, humble capacity not many years until you have actually dissolved ago. At Hampton Court, at her marriage with the King. Kew, at Buckingham House, Until then she has the rights of (all most suitable palaces for the a wife, and, if you do not know Queen), all amply provided it, it is time you should know with every thing requisite to it, that, amongst those rights, Royalty, there is absolutely no- is the right of COHABITAbody belonging to the Royal Family residing.

TION. Mark this; that, let a wife's conduct be what it may; This being the case, and the let her be proved to be all that country being in the most dis- the bill asserts her Majesty to tressed situation, why are the be; still, until the marriage be people to be called upon to pay actually dissolved, the wife has for a place of residence for the at all times a right to go to and Queen? Why are they to be to live in the same building with taxed merely to gratify the her husband, and, if she choose, desire of the Queen's enemies, to sit at the same board, and to see her Majesty living out of sleep in the same bed! This a palace; and how is it to be right is perfectly INDEFEASIexpected that the Queen will BLE, except solely by a dissoconsent to be a party to throw-lution of the marriage. No mating this additional burthen upon ter that there has been a sepathe people, whose sufferings ration; even if there exist arshe must be well acquainted ticles of separation; the wife with, and whose purses, we are can, during the existence of all well assured, she is desirous those articles, demand admitto spare, since we remember, tance into, and a constant resithat she so generously declined dence in the same house or fifteen thousand pounds a-year place of her husband, be that upon her quitting the coun-house where it will, and belong to whomsoever it may; In spite of all that can be except the house be a prison, said and done, we shall, I am in which the husband is confined convinced, see this courageous by sentence according to the due and injured Queen in a palace. course of law, or except it be a And now I beg the public, if mad-house, where he is put unnot you, and, particularly, I der the superintendance of lehumbly beseech her Majesty, to gal guardians; and all this is perbestow attention upon what I fectly well known to Dr. Lusham going to say. ington, though it may possibly You and your colleagues are be excluded from your surprisalways prepared with some le-ing mass of " statesman-like" gal bar to whatever is asked by knowledge. her Majesty. Some law, some precedent, some usage, is always conjured up in bar against her, But, against her living in

,try?

Here lies the real remedy of her Majesty. Buckingham House for the town, and Kew or Hampton Palace for the country, would

be sufficient for the Queen; and tempers; they have no desire if these be not given up to her, that her Majesty should do any her short remedy is, GOING thing wantonly to hurt the feelTO CARLTON HOUSE; or ings, or cast reflections on the to the Pavilion; in short, to character of the King: but they all or any of the places where are resolved that, as far as they his Majesty resides; and, if you can legally prevent it, as far, at ask me my opinion about the any rate, as their supplications, fact, my opinion is, that this is prayers, and legal interference the remedy that will be ap-can go, the Queen shall not be plied; and, if it should, we oppressed by the measures of shall then have an opportunity his Majesty's advisers. They of witnessing the consequences are not desirous of seeing of your" statesman-like" mode a strict cohabitation, after all of upholding the dignity of the Crown.

that has transpired; but they do desire to see the wife of the Nothing short of palaces ought King in a Royal palace, and to satisfy her Majesty. While holding her Court as a Queen; she is out of a palace she is out and to this it will come, sooner of her place; she is in a state or later, in spite of every thing of abasement; for, though you that can be done to prevent it. might live in Portman-street We want to know, too, why without complaining, or even we hear any talk about grants in Shoe-lane, without degrada-of money for the Queen; and I tion from the circumstance of thought it singularly improper residence; the Queen cannot that any one should propose a live banished from the palaces, grant of money for the use of without complaining; she can- her Majesty. The means of not thus live without seeming maintaining the splendour and to admit that there are some dignity of the Queen are amply grounds for the accusations provided for in the Civil List. against her; to which I will Was it ever thought of in add, that it is the universal wish the late reign, to vote mothat her Majesty would take ney for the separate maintethe short course of redressing nance of the Queen? Good her wrongs; that she would God! What are we come to, at make no more applications about last? The Civil List is an implaces of residence; but go at mense grant of money for the once to the palace of her hus-support of the splendour and band, and claim and enjoy her dignity of the Throne; and was rights as his wife. The public it ever contemplated as possible, wish that her Majesty, and the that a provision for the Queen King too, should be happy. could be regarded as not inWith their well-known and pro-cluded in the grant? It never verbial good nature, they do was; and, in whatever view not wish to see a ripping up of of the matter we take it, the old grievances; they make al-Queen is included in every lowances for incompatibility of grant of this description. You