Star. — London, England, 1820-12-26 00:00:00

al to repel 211 attacks upon the Constitution, aftdl ..!: , ,cnuiraze the schemes of the disaffected, yet, • a; aly bee 'toe they came forward and said that e Wet e able.e , in the Governrreat which they bao hl wish rectified. they were most unjustly scan :, ias enemies ;/) the Constitution. The injustice •:e Hated in the di position of Ministers to rept• throtto! , the medium of their Journals (which a• :11 4 k, ought to he inchtded among the c alimonatory productions of the Pi esS)—(Hear, •r', to represent all such as seditious and treason ,• •a wao opposed them —to represent Ministerial -..its as the perils of the State—to disunite different o aa —to disarm the ]casing men of their natural a7nce over the People—and thus to drive them the ranks of the enemy—to state in express terms aoa. each only as rallied round them were rallying the Constitution—around which we were maly to rally and to perish—(Hear, hear).- - .11vszher accusation had been brought against the' nomely. that if they did not go over to the. - ar o; rat ;1..2 Radicals, they endeavoured to bring the cals over to them. To this charge he pleaded e ailaa Nay, he would say more. He wished not a ele ell Radicals—but all Tories to join their ranks; ; diem not as Radicals, but reclaimed fam :hair error to the pure, of ioinal, and Consiitu• tanal faith—(l2ear, hear) —Would any one say that this was a step dangerous to the puloic i ease?— .They cad] only ,convert them by araument, by per !a:lc-ions; :lad it this could be happily effected, would it net he a great puhlic good—would it nut heal the wounds of oui suffering country ? Ile 'could rep icc if all the enemies of Kingly govern meet co. ld he converted into zealots adhe:ents— eal osould iaa the opposite party in like manner be clad to make rimy tr!;—to draw troops from what ever quarter they could gather them, and to detach a; many as they could trom the cohorts of rebellion, erovided they - were staiinch and firm in their cause? ft vas the bit-hies.; of every one to bri:.g over con verts from an erroneous school to the true eed.— What Yeas the business of Ministers of Religion ? ;ha siot le t pre claim and iaoush forth direatenings of damnation ; but by powel fol. gentle, and patient teeurneilt, to dhahuse heretics of their fatal faith—. to tecoacile and riaaore them to the bosom at the tie Chinch—to pluck them as brands from the fire, an offering worthy of the truth to which they are &vated. What then should be the efforts of all those attached to the Constitution? .Should they not b e anx io u s to bring over traitor s from the hereoes into which they had been misled intq the true Church— t iflisahuse them of their prejudices, and of those (Inc t: ire; by which they had been betrayed to de-truction? Be did not imagine that the most violent Tory would maintain tie cootrary. lie no doubt would allow that it would be very difficult to convert a hardy, desperiee, determined Radical into a true Whig, or to the more aloe and exulted faith or Tory ism— (Lnuahter). But they ought at least to be thankful that we do not abandon the task, and do not taterl - ) tlupar of reclaiming the disaffected ; for if ever they ate to be changed from hardened unbelievers to members of the true Church, it was clear that they :vast fast pass through the purgatory of Whiggism! (General !trashier, andooniinued applause ham every gaar'er). they could' not suddenly pass from one exueme to another. They must be initiated in the princiVes of itlectires and taxes—in the mitigated and wholesr,me doctrines of Opposition, and the Tories therefore should be sincerely thankful to the Whigs for instructing the Radicals in their prepara ta:s school, and handing them over to them in a :,rte of comparative tractability. At the same time he had no great hope that a desperate Radical could ever be converted into either a good Whig or a good Tory—though -he never would be disposed to shut against them the gates of penitence and raetcy. lt• cits not likely, he thought, however, that they would be readily Lahiverted from the rooted error of their ways, and he was much afraid that f s w would be gained over, except by sad experience. Multitwies, he was convinced, adhered to the Radical party, because they saw no other resource. They Jell acute distress, and seeing no middle point be raeen the Tory and Radical faction, they preferred adhering to the latter. They saw nothing likely to Le ad )•,•,trd of a conciliatory description, and being ,!roaat to dei.pair by threats, intimidation, and coer; kion, tl.ey 'sent over to the ranks of the disaffected; and such he did not doubt would be easily brought ever from the ranks of the rebellious, if they but keel-a that between the two extremes there was a rohlJle point at which they might rally and take their stand : .111,1 the same was also the ca. i e with many of the adlonents of the Ministry, who finding, as they supposed, ia. middle point between the Rad.cal school and the ,7cvnted adherents of power, might gradu ally he brought to join the ranks of Whiggeism.— When, therefore, it was imputed to their party that :hey c outed the Radicals, their wish was to detach from both parties those who adhere to them, because they pee no other alternative than either to enlist-. themselves under the Ministerial banners, or join :hose who wished to involve everything in ruin.- -This, then, he would repeat, was the ground of his objecting to the Address:-Ist, Because it did not express the whole truth ; and, 2dly, Because the truth which was in it was exhibited under a disguised and partial form, acknowledging discontent, which certainly existed, but approving of the policy of put ting it down by intimidation and punishment, while tt dues not express, what all are called upon to do, disapprobation of the late measures of Administra tion. Mr. Jeffrey concluded with repeating his doeLts whether intimidation would repress the evil of . discontent, Varier this treatment it would extend its roots :JoiLt branchesa--an accumulation of combustible mate' ould be pent up—and an esplosicn would sonnet or later take place—in which wealth, rank, and loyalty, would be swallowed up in the catas trophe of a bloody and unavoidable Revolution. —'the Learned Gentleman sat down amid reiterated cheers from all patties—and such a display of high eloquence, intermingled with the happiest effusions of wit an fancy, could hardly fail to draw firth from such an audience this suitable tribute of admiration. A division now tcok place, when there appeared: For the original Address - - For the Amendment - - - 27 if ar DI jewS _ _ Ljority - - ere After voting thanks to the Noble CHAIRMAN) the Meeting dispersed. Mai 60U1`&Y OF ABERDEEN MEETING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STMT. AIIEILDIEN, DIC6II,IFI 21, 18e0. A Meeting of the Freeholders, diKtices of the Peace, and Commis,ioners of Supply of the. County of Aberdeen, was_held here yesterday—the Marquis of llurcrLY, as Lord Lieutenant, in the Chair—for the purpose of voting a loyal Address to the Throne,' Or, in other words, his MAJESTY'S Ministers. An Address, containing the usual paragraph of abhorrence of the conduct of the seditious and fac- tious, and of the blasphemous publications and Sedi tion: Press, was proposed by Mr. IRVINE, of Drum, and seconded by Mr. Meezres, of Pitfoddles. On this Major A. LEITH HAY, younger, of Rannes, rose and objected to the Address, on the ground that it did not contain a censure and disapproval of the conduct of Ministers ; and characterized it as being an Address, " not for the purpose of sheaving their loyalty to the King, but for the purpose of supped ing the ruins of a tottering Administration." Honourable Gentleman made a variety of other re marks, and sat down, cheered from all parts of the Court-11, , tise. Here Mr. Mesetes, the seconder of the Address, rose and observe :4 " That it was improper and out of order for Gentlemen to impute motives, where they did not appear ex fireie from the Address itself," and " openly denied, that the . Address was either for the urpose, or had the tendency of supporting :Ministers!" Lord FORBES followed in the same strain, and tir2eti • n the Meeting the great consequence of being unanimous. M.. SICENE, of Skene, one of the oldest and most' respectable Freeholders, then rose, and in a very spi rited speech, took up the same ground as Major Hay, and declared his intention of proposing an amended Address, un'a2e: the one before the Meeting was:mo delled to his mind. This breaght up Lord Forms and Mr. MENZIES, who again denied that the Address was for the purpose of supporting Jlinisters, and wished the Gentlemen to withdraw their objections and allow the Address to pass titeu.imously ; hut Mr. SKENE and his friends COI ti:.tied firm, and the Address having been refused to an Mi. SKEXE produced an amended Address, equally loyal with the other, but disap provite of the conduct of Ministers. This Address was loudly cheeiod by the people assembled, and the I qu.-ti.•n fit -4 or second Address being put to the vote, first Add - ess was carried by a majority of 97 to 15. Your English readers will perhaps, from this state ment, conclude that the popular party was defeated ; bat an v i .erson who is aware of the componen► parts of a Sc tch county will see that, instead of a defeat they had a triumph. In the first place, the , Tories were f r unanimity—they were defeated. Its the second I lace, here were a variety of charges 'made against Ministers—but, instead of dending them, their friends were openly obliged to disavow, in the most implicit terms, all connection with them. Thwhat a pass has the conduct of a base and servile Ministry brought the country, when that conduct cannot be defended in a meeting of Scottish freeholders ? Had the majority of the meeting been cleared of Sheriffs, : Sheriff Devutes, Sheriff Clerks, Commissaries, Pro vo is and old Provosts, Town Clerks, and Tax-ga dieters and Cess Collectors, and other dependents on the Crown and Gn a certain Noble. Family in this county, the majority of 97 would have dwindled to less than 15. I may mention that the minority consists of the most respectable Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply, in the county. I am, &c. s • 0 • 0. was prepared with an Address? On which Dr. Walker drew the Address from his r ocket, and read. it over to the Meeting. It was in tenonr very much the same as the other exclthively Loyal Addresses, and declaimed in the usual style against the " abet tors of faction," a Rrostituted Pres•," and so forth, forgetting altogether, that these topics were not in the Requisition, and thatit had been laid down as a rule of these proceedings, that no topic which was not there mentioned could be introduced. Mr. SAMUEL CLAY begged leave to propose an other Address by way of amendment, expressive• of loyalty and detail] attachment to his Majesty's per son and Government—of sorrow for the consequences prodliced by the misrule of his Ministers—of indig nation at the attempts recently made to degrade the Queen, and of a conviction that these appalling disas ters would not have taken place if the People had been fairly represented in Parliament. This Address having been seconded by Mr. JoDO: BOOTH, a scene of joatephip commenced at which every candid mind ,must revolt. Dr. WALKER con tended, that the amended Address Was irrelevant, because it introduced subjects not mentioned in the Requisition. On which, Mr. WOOD inquired if the. Address moved by the Doctor was not open to the same objection, seeing that the Requisition did not mention the Press, and his Address made a furious attack upon it? The Doctor, instead of answering this argument, burst out into a furious tirade against persons who, he said, wished to dethrone both their GoD and their King !—( Violent murmurs). . Mr. SENIOR professed quite as much regard for both his GOD and his King as was either felt or shewu by. Dr. Walker ; and insisted, that the be , t way to serve the King, was to tell him what they thought of his servants. JOSEPH HAIGH, Esq. then rose, and moved "That the original Address should be put and carried:' To this it was objected, that the Amendment must of course be put first; on which Mr. Haigh actually moved, that the original Address should be consi dered as an Amendment upon the Amendment, and that in this way it should take the precedency!— This highly irregular proceeding the Chairman adopted, and requested those who were for the .amended (original) Address to hold up their haricls. As might have been expected, an equivoque was thus raised, and a number of persons did not know which of the Addresses the Chairman had put. Sir Jana then put the other Address, in favour of which Clete was a decided majority; but, from the confased mode of submitting the Addresses, no reliance what ever could be placed upon the shew of hands. Sir Join, however, exclaimed—" 1 believe in my con science, as Gou is my Judge, that the original Ad dress has it !•" and we believe, in our conscience, that Sir John is too honourable a man to make any de claration that he did not suppose to be true. In this stage of the proceeding, considerable clamour and confusion prevailed, both parties contending that they had the majority ; and, in order to remove all doubt upon the subject, the Gentleman who moved the amended Address demanded that a division should take place ; but this request, reasonable and honourable as it was, was not complied with, and Sir JOHN left the Chair, and quitted the room, with-; out.dissolving the Meeting. Mr. JOHN WOOD "was then called to the Chair, when the Address proposed by Mr. CLAY was moved, seconded, and carried unanimously, by about four fifths of the number originally assembled. Since the Meeting both the Addresses have re mained open to the signature of the Ithabitants, and the numbers of the subscribers to each are in about the sam'e proportion as were their supporters in the room—that is, about four or five to one for the Amendment over the original Address. The state of parties in Huddersfield and its neighbourhood, as in most other places, is this—a large proportion of the truly independent men are against the Ministers, and against their measures. This is the case with a large majority of the middle, and almost all the humbler classes of society. In the higher classes, which are always the most susceptible of alarm and of Court influence, the majority cling to the Minis-1 ters, though both with diminished numbers and di -I minished spirit ; and it is, we think, impossible to' give a more decisive proof of the lowered tone of the Ministerialists, than is to be found in Mr. H. B. ALLEN'S speech, when he declared, that the Meeting was not " assembled to approve or disapprove the measures of his Majesty's Ministers." This was alone wanted to render the humiliation complete ; even their friends are ashamed of them, wad when they come into public they shriek from applauding and even from canvassing their measures. HUDDERSFIELD MEETING. [From the Leeds Mercury, Dec. 23.] Monday last, a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Huddersfield was held in the large room of the George Inn, "To Vote an Address to his Majesty," not to consider of the pro priety of such a proceeding, the practice of the Loyal Addressers being to determine first and con- side - r afterwards. Sir J. L. KATE, Bart. was called to the Chair, and after expressing his acknowledgments for the honour conferred upon him, he said, that as the object of the Meeting was specific, no debate or discussion would be allowed. This extraordinary intimation, at the very threshold of the proceedings, called up Mr. SEnton, of Dalton, who inquired if it would not be competent to a majority of the Meeting, if they disapproved of any Loyal Address that might" be proposed, to vote another Loyal Address, by way of amendment? To which the CHAIRMAN replied, that he did not . think that any amendment could be allowed, exceptl with the consent of the ninety-three Gentlemen who signed the Requisition! and some of the Requisitors stated'that they had signed the Requisition upon the distinct understanding that the Address to be proposed by Dr. Walker, and no other, should be adopted ! On referring, however, to the Requisition, it was found that the words were for the purpose of voting an Address, not the Address, and it was then re luctantly admitted, that it was not imperative upon the Meeting to take the Doctor's potion, whether they liked it or not; it was, however, still strongly insisted, that no topic which regarded the Queen, or his Majesty's Ministers should be introduced into any Address which might be adopted, because neither of those subjects were mentioned in the Requisition. Dr. WALKER then • rose, and after contending strongly for unanimity, delivered a very intempe rate speech, which could not fail to produce that disnnion which he so much deprecated. In the course of this soothing effusion, the Doctor stigma tized those who were not of .his own political creed, 1 as " political incendiarios"—" base calumniators"— " betrayers of their King"—and "perfidious and dis loyal subjects ;" and bestowed upon that part of the Press which does not stoop to court Ministerial fa vour, but breathes the spirit of freedom, the appella tion of " seditious and blasphemous." Having thus fulminated his anathemas, he concluded by moving, " 'That a dutiful and Loyal Address should be pre sented to his Majesty." B. H. AALEN I Esq. seconded the Resolutions, and said, amongst other things, " We are met not to ap prove or to disapprove of the measures of his Ma jesty's Ministers, but to vote a loyal and datiM Ad dress to his Majesty." The CUAIRMAN then inquired if any Gentleman SHEFFIELD ADDRESSERS. SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 24. The Requisition for a Public Meeting to address his MAJESTY to dismiss his present Ministers was made public yesterday, signed by twenty-eight Gen tlemen of the. highest respectabil►ty, and possessing property to a greater atnount than any equ:il num ber of individuals in this district. The Meeting i-. appointed' for Thursday next. The Address to his MAJESTY from the Ultra loyalists—the lives and fortune men of this place— notwithstanding all the influence of the Pulpit and the Constituted Authorities, and' maugre its being hawked about for signatures, did not, it •is affirmed, muster four hundred names. It closed yesterday, and is to be dispatched on Tuesday for presentation. Zile Earl and Counteis of ERROL are 'arrived at Dublin. His Lordship is Aide-de-Camp to Major- General Sir C. GRANT. Dr. EVERARD .is to succeed Dr. BRAY, as Arch.. bishop of Cashel. Wednesday, Mr. Serjeant BunTou was sworn in Fourth Judge of the Court of King's Bench, Ireland. The sudden change of the weather on Saturday evening, from the genial warmth of April to the smart frosts of December, caused a striking alteration in the costume of the Ladies, who braved the north winds of yesterday. On the former day they ap peared in all the gaiety of spring, and on the latter, in their winter habiliments of furs and long cloaks. MR. CAMPBELL S LECTURES ON POETRY.—We are requested to state, that in the New Series of the NEW MONTHLY MAoAzime which will commence on the first of January; the Lectures of Mr. CAMPBELL will be published entire, the substance of them only having I been delivered a; the Royal Institution. BRECON MEETING. A Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Brecon was convened by the ,BAILIFF on Tuesday last, at the Town Hall, for the purpose of subscri bing a dutiful and loyal Address to his MAJESTY, which was most numerously and most respectably attended. The BAILIFF being called to the Chair, stated the purpose for which the Meeting was .convered, and declared his determination to abide inz' partinlly by the decision of the Meeting. Mr. S. CHURCH, in an eloquent speech, proposed an Address for the adoption of the Meeting, which was seconded by Captain RYND. Mr. D. REES then rose, and in a very clear and energetic speech, submitted as an Amendment ano- , ther Address, which was seconded by Mr. HeNnY l'owm., in a neat speech, in which he forcibly vin-. dicated the loyalty of the tradesmen of Brecon, and contended that they were as firm in their attachment to the King and Constitution, as the constituted au thorities themselves. Alter which, Ht,rou'Botei, sen. Esq. proposed a third Address, which conveyed nearly the same sen timents as the second Address. He expatiated in a very animated manner on the original Address, con tending that the ptirport of it was nothing more or less than to bolster up a tottering Administration. This was secm - ided by HENRY LUCAS, Esq. M.D. Mr. JAIN LLOYD then rose, and in a long and hs ominous speech, argued in favour of the first Address. He was replied to by H. BOLD, jun. Esq. in a very neat maiden speech, in which he differed upon the points advanced by Mr. Lloyd. Mr. JOHN Nr.s endeavoured to imprits upon the Meeting the propriety of adopting the first Address, to which, he observed, no honest man or Christian could refuse his signature. "fhis assertion was ably and forcible replied to by Mr. SIMS, who warmly contended, that those who supported the second Address were equally worthy of the appellation of honest men and Christians as any one of those who supported the other Address; and that it is the duty of every loyal and faithful subject to express his sentiments to the King, when he perceives that his Majesty's Constitutional Ad visers are, Ly their acts and evil counsels, estranging the affections of the People from their Sovereign. Mr. JOHN. PowELL spoke in favour of the original Address. The CHAIRMAN then refused to put either of the Addresses to the Meeting ; and said, that he would only sign the one proposed by Mr. Church, and no other.—A scene of the greatest uproar and confusion imaginable . ensued, and the BAILIFF abruptly quitted the Meeting, together with the few who supported that Address, amidst the loudest elks of " Shame, shame!" from all parts of the Hall. The amended Address was Signid immediately by nearly 300 inha bitants then present. After the conclusion of the Meeting, and upon Mr. BOLD descending eci the lower part of the Hall, the enthusiasm of the inhabitants was so great, that a chair was prepared, decorated witk laurel and ri bands, into which he was forced, and triumphantly carried, preceded by a band of music and a largo body of the inhabitants, through the principal streets to his own residence, greeted with the loudest and reiterated cheers of the people as he passed a10ng.... The bells of St. Mary's were rung en the occasion. A Requisition has been handed to the BAILIFF, signed by 73 inhabitant householders, requestin€ him to convene an early Meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough of . Brecon, for the purpose of taking into consideration a Congratulatory Address to the Queen on the abandonment of the Bill of Pains and Penalties., CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN. Wednesday there was a Post Assembly held at the Assembly-house, William-street, Dublin, for the spe cific purpose of addressing the King. A long and uninteresting discussion respecting the form of the proceeding took place, after which the Address was put and agreed to. Mr. A LLOWAY then moved, that instead of it being transmitted to the Throne through the medium of the Lord Lieutenant, that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Deputy Recorder (Jonas Greene), the senior High Sheriff (Mr. George Whitford), and the Town Clerk (Mr. Molesworth Greene), should be or dered to carry the Address to the foot of the Throne. Some Members opposed this motion on the ground of the expense it would occasion. The Corporation was, they said,. so poor, that they were unable to pay the salarierof their Officers. It being stracierstood that the Deputation were to pay their own expenses, the motion was agreed to. Mr.' Moose rose and said, what he had to move might be deemed extraordinary, but he would sub mit it to the House, who might dispose of it. He moved, that the High Sheriffs, in the name of the Commons, should wait upon the Lord Lieutenant, and request that the royal yacht might be ordered to convey the Lord Mayor and suite,* with the Ad dress to the King, across the Channel. Mr. Wicr.ts said, that it was no wonder that the mover of such a proposition should fear that it would be deemed extraordinary ; indeed it was the' most nonsensical thing he. ever heard of ; and besides the absurdity of asking the Royal yacht for the Lord Mayor—there was the expense to be taken into con sideratioa, if granted, which he did not think it would ; the very warrant would cost £2O; and there was money to the sailors, and money to the Captain. He had heard a Nobleman, who had got the Dorset yacht to convey him to England, declare it had cost him above £lOO. Several Mt ;layers spoke for the Motion, and Mr. Sheriff Wit ITFO RD, after.thankin,g the House for the high honour they had done him, declared, for his part, that there should not be a shining expense charged to the Corporation. The Resolution then passed, with a few disientient voices, and being sent up to the Board for their ap probation, was agreed to. The House was then about to break up, when A Member exclaimed- 4, What a glorious example do the proceedings of this day present to sire Radical Corporation of London ! We have proved our loyalty; and their acts leave proved anything but'theirs!" Mr. WILL; s exclaimed—" Oh! that's fine tallaghti" (Hill-talk) --The assemblythen dissolved. The Address will not be printed until presented; but it was stuffed with loyalty. I , i I'