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a Resolution expressive of the unshaken attachment' of the Meeting to the person of the King and the Constitution, and of their abhorren ce of the endea %ours of the seditious to degrade the one, and to de- stroy the other. Mr. WHITMORE seconded the Resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. REECE moved an Address founded upon the Resolution. Mr. Reece read the Address, upon which he made some observations. Mr. SPEICCER seconded the Address in a short s peech. The loyal ought to step forward, and stem the wide torrent of sedition. The Sovereign had been told the other day, that if he did not dismiss his Ministers, the People of this country had not an alternative beta een Revolution and a Military De spotism. This, lie said, was a libel on the Sovereign, ca the Ministry, and on the Ward of Cheap. Mr. LEDGER said, he agreed most perfectly with the declarations of loyalty made in the Address.— These declarations were meant to counteract the Peti tions about to be presented to the Throne relative to the matter of the prosecution of the Queen--(Cries o f No, no!" and " Hear, hear").—At least, that would be their effect. He approved of the matter of the Address, but not as it tended to throw a slur of disloyalty upon those who might not choose to s ign it. He conce . ved that the Constitution had re ceived a most dangerous blow by the prosecution aeainst her Majesty—(Cries of Hear._ hear) !- 1)e concluded by proposing an • Amendmsnt to the Address—that a paragraph should be added to it to the effect, that the Meeting could not avoid eipress• ing their regret at the institution of the late prOceed ings against his Majesty's Consort, and its extreme gratification at their abandonment--(Hear, hear)! Mr. Jonas seconded the Amendment. Mr. JAMES said, that he conceived that the matter of the Amendment was so foreign to the subject, that it could not even be put. He objected to it in limine. The adoption of the Amendment would do away with all pretensions of the Address as a loyal and dutiful one ; and if the Address was carried with the Amendment, it would give him great pleasure to we it treated in the manner another Loyal Address was treated the other day. Mr. WETHERSPOON approved of a great deal cf the loyalty in the Address, but he certainly agreed with the former speaker, that it had the appearance of throwing a slur of disloyalty, blasphemy, or se dition, on those who did not choose to sign it. It was true that be had refused to sign the Declaration, but because he did so; would any man say that he was disloyal or irreligious? He was fervently de voted to the Church of Scotland, and held a Cap taiu's Commission in the Army. But was he, on that account, to go all the way with Ministers, and to agree with everything which they might do or say ?—(Hear, hear). Mr. GOULD spoke to order, and said, that the speaker was quite irrelevant to the object of the pre sent Meeting. The CHAIRMAN gave his opinion, that the speaker was out of order. Mr.; WurnsasPoost contended that be was strictly role-ant. He contended that there were such things as constitu - o' and unconstitutional loyalty. He gave it as his opin on, that nothing had done more to degrade the higher orders, ,and to overturn the Altar, than the late proceedings against the Queen. He was proceeding, when he was interrupted by Mr. SHARPE, who said, that if Mr. Wetherspoon consented to discuss the Address as it stood, there could be no objection to his speaking; but, if he wished to bring other matters before the Ward, he had better procure a Requisition for a Meeting upon those subjects, when he (Mr. Sharpe) pledged him self he would meet him upon it. Mr. GIBSON contended, that Mr.Wetherspoon was strictly in order. They were met to consider of a dutiful, loyal, and affectionate Address, in which they expressed their abhorrence of the spirit of sedi tion, blasphemy, and disloyalty, which was abroad, to the endangering of his Majesty's person and Go vernment. If he was of opinion that this spirit of sedition and disloyalty, which endangered his Ma jesty's person and Government, was produced by those proceedings against the Queen, was he not per fectly in order in stating it ? and was it not right to snake such alterations as would render the Address much more loyal and dutiful ? The CHAIRMAN again said, that the speakers were out of order. Mr. Gram; said, that the law had been set at de fiance by the unconstitutional proceedings against the Queen—(Disapprobation).—Was he to be told, that he must have the Address submitted, or no other? Mr. SHARPE hoped that the amendment would be allowed to be put. An uproar ensued, when the CHAIRMAN said he v:ould take the sense of the Meeting. He was inter noted several times by the contending speakers. The CHAIRMAL.--" I decline taking the responsi bility of refusing to have this subject discussed, upon myself; therefore, for the third time, I proceed to take the sense of the Meeting. ' T hose that are of cpinion that this question shall be discussed, hold up roar hands." The contrary being put, there appeared to be a Large majority against the motion. The decision was 1.11. ed with loud shouts. Mr. GIBSON, Mr. LEDGER, Mr. JONES, and Mr. Wzrni:nspoox, left the room amidst much confusion, followed by a number of other Gentlemen, who de , climes' that the discussion was at an end. f The Address, in its original form, was then carried with only one dissentient hand. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, when the )lec:ing separated. The nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee, at a :Meeting on Thursday se'nnight, approved of an Ad- Cre,s of Congratulation to her MAJESTY the Quaint, en the result of the late proceedings against her, and another to the KING, praying him to dismiss his pre sent Ministers. An Address from Newcastle-upon-Tyne was pre spnted to her MAJESTY on Monday last, signed by cPS3 inhabitants. There is at present a Vacancy in the Ministry of the Church of the Caledonian Asylum, Cross-street, ilatton-garden. The appointment is vested in the Directors of that Institution. The officiating Clergy man is required to preach in Gaelic as well as in n7li >l7. bLASdOir, DECEMBER ii; COPY 01 THE L.RD PROVOST'S Mitt/LAE. " 13, Qurmi-stacirr, Moitnix Monona. " Sut—ln consequence of a Requisition to me, I beg you to attend a Meeting in the Town-hall, this day, at two o'clock, to consider the propriety of an Address in mpport of the King and Constitution. Your's, lery respectfully, • (gibed) "J. ALSTON." A note, of which the foregoing is a copy, was this morning sent round to a select number of persona who are supposed to have strong predilections in favour of Ministers, and who were lately denomi nated by Dr. CHALMERS, in one of his Sermons, whippers-in to Administration?' Being sent to some individuals whom recent events have served to enlighten, the secret of the Public Meeting soon got air, and at a late hour a placard was exhibited, ap prizing the citisens of the Meeting. Though everything was done so hurriedly, so many Gentlemen of independent principles attended, that, at twenty minutes past two o'clock, the LORD Pao.' verr rose, and said that he was very much surprised to see so many persons present who were not in vited, and he begged to inform them that they had I no right to be there, as it was -a private Meeting ; and he now ordered them to withdraw. A man, found in the street with a placard, mentioning that it was to be a Public Meeting, had been taken into custody ; and not only he, but the author, if he could be found, would be severely punished. The loyal Address was lying in the coffee-room for sig natures, and he again ordered the Meeting to dismiss at their peril. Tnoatas Mum, Esq. of Muirbank, then rose and inquired of the Provost if it was true that a circular had been issued for " meeting in the Town Hall ?" The LORD PROVOST said he had called a Meeting, but it was a private one ; and none who were not invited had any right to be there. Several Gentlemen then rose, and insisted that as the Meeting was held in the Public Hall, for a public purpose, every citizen had a right to attend. The LORD PROVOST said he could not allow this ; as he had ordered the people to depart, those who remained did so at then peril. He then sprung down from the Chair amidst the most vehement hissing and loudest bursts of disapprobation, and rushed towards the door, followed by a few of the small party who were originally intended to constitute the Meeting. On going out he exclaimed, apparently in the highest passion, " lock the door, and secure these Gentlemen." As soon as the hissing had sub sided, the cries of " Chair, Chair," became general, when a Gentleman, with a strong voice, cried " obey the Magistrates." Three cheers were then given for the defeat of the circular gentry ; and then other three cheers for the Queen. The persons thus thwarted are understood to have retired to a room in the Tontine Hotel (adjoining); and there, without opposition, adopted their Address. HANLEY, STAFFORDSHIRE, MEETING. Tuesday, pursuant to public advertisement, for the Inhabitant Householders of Hanley and Shelton, and other districts in Stoke Parish, to meet and sanction a Loyal Mdress to his MAJESTY, about three thob sand persons assembled, and notwithstanding the very unpleasant rain, a spirit of satisfaction appeared general. About eleven o'clock, JOSIAH &Kam, Esq. and I. Tommtcsox, the Lay Rector of the Parish, ar rived, and were partially cheered by the persons in the Market-place ; but as they withdrew to a private room, instead of entering the Assembly Room, u supposition was raised that there was a design to smuggle an Address, without the concurrence of the persons assembled. After some minutes, several Gen tlemen, followed into the room, and it soon becank crowded. About half-past eleven o'clock, loud cheer ing without was heard, on the arrival of Sir Joust EDENSOR H&ATHCOTE and two friends; and, in a few minutes, thunders of plaudits astonished at first, but were soon re-echoed by the persons inside, at the names of WEDGWOOD and RIDGWAY, who now en tered the room. A Gentleman having proposed Sir Jost): EDENSOR HILATHCOTE as Chairman, who immediately ob jected and refused, Mr. R. STEVENSON politely inquired where the Re quisition had originated ? He remarked on the pe culiar character of the Meeting, that he had not been able to trace its commencement to any person; be thought it highly injudicious, on such a question, at such a time, to agitate the public mind, by calling on the Inhabitant Householders ; and inquired, who of the Requisitionists was the father of the business, whether the Clergyman, or a sprig of the Law, not a Householder? Not one person of Requisitionists could be found to avow it. Mr. TOMLINSON professed to allow freedom of opi nion, but, at the same time, solicited the same in-' dulgence for himself; he knew nothing of how it ori. gloated. He then stated, that he had no.idea there would have been such numbers present, as he was not aware that their presence was any way at all requi site ; for his part, he regarded the Meeting as for a specific purpose, yet that purpose was for the few who were of the same sentiments with him, to pass a Loyal Address to his Majesty, and afterwards quietly return home.—The majority of persons in the room, and which included many of the Gentry . of the Parish, had a different view. C. filstou, Esq. proposed Mr. R. Stevenson as Chairman, and the applause consequently increased. Some bustle now arose in the Meeting : on which J. Rwoway, Esq. rose, and assured the Requisi tionists, that a little patience only was requisite, and then all the business of the Meeting might be con ducted with propriety and good order, and the whole be creditable to all parties as free-born Englishmen. It was now very obvious that there were two series of Resolutions, and two Addresses ; and to meet the object in view, a proposition was submitted by Mr. DREWRY, that Sir J. E. Heathcote, A. Wedgwood, jun. Mr. Ridgway, Mr. Stevenson, and the Rev. R. E. Adkens, should retire and confer on the Ad dress, &c. most suitable to the views of the Meeting, and embracing the particular objects of the Requi sition. This step was hoped to meet the wishes of all parties, and prevent any unpleasant manifesta tion of popular irritation, which now appeared to be gathering strength. The company was now become very uncomfort able in reference to several of the Requisitionists. J. SPODE, Esq. literally bolted through a window on the Bowling-green, and as soon as possible entered his . „ iarriage, and drove Of, foltoweil by iiany of hit ac-' qtkintahce. It was evident the Meeting could not be holden in the moil (:apposing the Gentlemen con ferring agreed), and a convenient hustings of butchers' blocks was formed at the top of the Market•hill. Mr 6 RIDGWAY entered the room about twelve o'clock, and informed the company, that as the per ions who had withdrawn to confer on the Address; could not agree to unite, they had agreed to differ, He then proposed as Chairman the, worthy nAtiite Gentlentan, Benjamin Stubbs, Esq. High Constible; which *as unanimously agreed to ; and the Meeting was ithmediately adjourned into the Market-place. As soon as order and silence were obtained, J. RIDGWAY, Etat. commenced, by requesting that the Meeting would be so conducted, as that every person might be heard, and as it was probable there was much difference of opinion amongst them, he hoped and trusted, that the utmost liberality of sene timent would prevail. There had been different calls, at different times, on them for various purposes; but never before were Inhabitant Householders called to gether by persons, some of them neither Inhabitantsnor Householders. They were met for purposes calcu lated to promote general benefit, and to approach the Throne without fear, in a becoming and respectful, manner. In reference to himself, he would not yield to any person in loyalty ; he felt a sincere and be coming love to his King ; he ever and constantly had his hearty prayers ; but he also loved his coun try, and while he felt as much as any of the Re quisitionists inclined to address the King, he must be allowed to say, he still venerated The Constitution. The Requisitionists had, by their language, insinu ated a doubt of the loyalty of the neighbourhood, and, as supposing only themselves were loyal, had designed to express their sentiments, and forward them for the opinions of the generality of the inha bitant householders. Whilst he (Mr. Ridgway) was ready to agree to address his Majesty, and assure him of the attachment felt to his person, he could not agree to stigmatise all the people of the Pot , teries as disloyal, in the manner the words of the Requisition would insinuate. The manner in which it was now intended to address his Majesty was very different from that of those who had withdrawn from this Meeting. There was a wide distinction between addressing the King as loyal subjects, avow ing attachment to him and to the Constitution, and addressing the King so as tacitly to approve all the measures of his Ministers. Mr. Ridgway observed how needful it was that the Meeting should not for get the importance of their situations as subjects, parents, members of civil society, &c. and always prove by their good conduct their loyalty to the King, and their attachment to the Constitution, by due regard to the laws. He ended a very able and appropriate speech by moving the Address, which was read ; and R. STEVIDISON, Esq. congratulated the Meeting en their firmness under their unpleasant state (heavy rain); it proved that the way of duty to them was always sufficiently known. They had often been called together twenty or twenty-five years ago, to vote loyal Addresses, at the beck of the Minister of the day, and to offer supplies to carry en the war; p eed by the manner in which they conducted them:. elves, and coatyibuted part of their hard-earned pit-, tance, they • were then called the Loyal Inhabitants lof the Staffordshire Potteries; for however little some had contributed, it was, in fact, the widow's mite. 'They had borne every species of privation, and cheerfully aided, to the utmost of their means, to bring to a favourable conclusion a most expensive and bloody war ; and perhaps some of them yet reflected with pleasure, that the endeavours of themselves and their fellow-Englishmen had been successful. —They had some little property in the country, and therefore could not be supposed disloyal; indeed, they proved that they deserved the appellation of in dependent Englishmen—of teal John Bulls, by their firmness and invincible attachment to the Constitu tion, that palladium of their birth-right. But what had the peace done for us compared to our expecta tions ? Had it procured that plenty of trade which was calculated to employ the mechanics and artisans, and call into exertion all the faculties of the manu facturer, and by its wide extension to afford both the employers and their work-people means to sup port themselves and tender offspring, and enable them to pay their quota towards the expenses of the State, the contingencies of the Government, and the I ample provision for the King ? He was wry sorry to have to remark that the picture was so gloomy, he would not further present it. He then seconded the Address. Previous to moving the third Resolution, ' W. RIDGWAY, Esq. considered himself bound to make a few observations. The Requisition, which had been completely disavowed by its parents, men tioned attachment to the Constitution, coupled with loyalty to the King. There was a tacit insinuation that it was possible, somewhere and somehow or other, in the range of the Potteries, there probably nesiphf exist, in some minds, a latent disposition to be db loyal ; and the Requisitionists were eager to inform the people that themselves were not so disposed.— Perhaps the late manifestations of satisfaction at the termination of a particular procedure, might be by them regarded as disloyal, as their silence on that subject seemed to evince. They certainly would not have the hardihood to assert, that any symptoms of disloyalty were apparent among the population of this district ; and he trusted, that when next these' sisper•loyal persons called on the inhabitant house holders, proper care would be taken to permit only the names of those persons who were such themselves, and not endeavour to foist on the public notice, per sons who, if they were not foragners, were corn= pletely strangers to people they had the temerity to stigmatize. But what was understood by the word COW STITUTIOX, for it had been applied in numerous ways? If a Minister commences an expensive and disastrous war by interfering with - the internal politics of ano ther nation, we were told it was to preserve the Con stitution. If a Noble Lord was found trafficking for mats in the House of Commons—as notorious as the Sun at noonday—it was to preserve the Constitution, If measures were adopted to restrict the Liberty of .the Press, and the expression of private opinion, it was' to preserve the Constitution. If a suspension ofi certain laws took place, subjecting every English man, at the caprice of persons in official situations, without any statement of his offence, to be taken from his home and family, and be incarcerated for an unlimited period, without bug brought totriuli or hating afterward* any means of obtaining ley) redress, it is to preserre the CODltittltiOth 911 I 1 teimuk. iple any object of Ministers might be said. to be intended to preset* the . Conitjtutioni, even tho u g h, they might be particolarry well Calculated tit . vent and destroy that ConstitutiOn— (A pplaiss ) .- He loved the Constitutio n, consisting of a King',. tog with due iegard to, as well as supported by, ac' knowledged laws; a House 'of Lords, hereditary, and %lir their wealth rendered independent of the Monarch; and Watchful alike of any infringerbent on hii prero gative, and on the rights of thiPeople ; a House of Commons, fairly add freely elected by the large places in the kingdoin, not by little villages; its bore lesque called Boroughs, with their mass ofinhabitauts ' mere paupers, support by the wages of corruption such a Constitution, of King; Lords, and Commons; he was as steadily attached to as any of the ltequisi. tionists could be ; and hebelieved the persons he was addressing were equally so.. But, while it was ad mitted, as a part of the Constitution; that no Pee* shall by any means interfere in the idection of a Member of the House of Commons; get many of the Mei bers. of that. House are placed in their seats by Peers and wealthy Commoners ; 'he most again say; a there a great latitude o f application in the .words to the Co,istilittibn ; and it was vert• possible that the Requisitionists might view all those as advantages thereof. For his part, he regarded the Constitution, as formed of King, Lords, and Corsi mons, of Trial by Jury. - unshackled Liberty of the .Press, and a due regard to the[ administration of the . Laws, so as to inflict punishment wherever they be violated by any member of the body politic. To this Constitution he was decidedly attached. The Marquis of STAFFORD and Lord Amami are to present the Address...—The Meeting was concluded as the bell rang one o'clock. Her MAJESTY returned the following Answer to the Address from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com• mon Council of the city of Gloucester. f' I gratefully ateept this loyal and affectionate Address front the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of Gloucester. " The conduct of my enemies has furnished no uncertain proof of their malignity and of my innocence. Before they ventured to bring me even to the mockery of a judicial trial, they had employed every possible expedient by which to aspen* my character, to prejudge my cue, and to cause me to be con demned without proof. The exclusion of my name from the Liturgy was designed to pre-occupy the minds of the People with an impression that I was dissolute and licentious. This unwarrantable prepossession of my guilt WU next attempted to be scattered over the world in the nefarious Preamble of the DIU of fsins and Penalties. When my enemies were so power ful, their resources so vast, and the mean,- which they had taken to prepare the way for my destruction so subtle, deliberate, and systematic, it must seem surprising that I should have escaped the fangs of a conspiracy so artfully combined.—But while 1 am deeply indebted to those all-wise provisions of the moral world, by odd& truth and innocence are secured against the machina ofirmid and falsehood, I must never forget the intoner. 'OW uippect which I have received front the Press." The following is her MAJEETT's Answer to the Boston Address, presented by GILBERT HEATH. coy*, Esq. M.P. for that Borough t qi I have pi* satisfaction in receiving this loyal and Wee& donate Address from the Inhabitants of the Town of Beaton. a I trust that the ties of reeiprond affection add of mutual bspir;'which form a dose nbionbetWeen me and the People of Euggland, will not readily be dissolved. Those 'monks who have snide such 'a daring attack upon the rights of the one, and the liberties of the other, have consolidated the identity of our use team That is now we and indivisible. The late attack ase was an attack upon the Nation. If I bad been degral e dby as et pest filcie law, what enmity could any individual have pm". euve4 ? Who can set bounds to omission when it has once cow sieiieff?" What is to moderate the power that has one! passed dli this of coadtodeoal restraint? _" Ake-Comm may well rejoice as the abandonment of the( kmkm weevil. In die House of Lords ; for if those retied lad been widowed, and the Bill of Pains and Penalties had =d ie imp a kw, the liberties of Englishmen would soon have only an empty name. a In she progress of despotic power a particle of lojosdee i twistingly endured, is soon relied into a mountain of oppression." Her MAJESTY'S Answer to the Address front the Inhabitants of the Parish of Andisier, in the county of Inverness., I gratefully accept this loyal and affectionate Address fro= the Inhabitants of the parish of Ardisier, in the county bf In verness. I am cheered by their sympathies with my former snaring% sad gratMed by their congramktions on my recent triumph over my enemies. My joy on account of that triumph may well be participated by the Pespk of these Realms, for the same enemy that would have me of sty rights, would not long have left them in poMessian of their liberties. My de. gradation would have been the precursor of their servitude." " Yesterday, the Tontine Coffee-Room received, through the medium of the Postmaster here, four copies of " The ATTORMIT.GENERAL'S Address to the House of Lords ;" each copy containing twenty. seven closely printed folio columns. The Reader is aware that this Address is a summary of all the filth and abomination extracted from the Italians during the trial; and the perious who have put themselves, or rather the Country, to the expense of circulating these papers, have betrayed their object , by withholti . ing every particle of the defence r'—Glasgow Paper. We understand, from good authority, that. CAMPBELL, the celebrated meet, has undertake*** Editorship of the New Mantrap Magazine. ..• • ; COVENT GARDEN TititATElL—Mr. VANDIVER:ME appeared last night in Sir Giles Onerreach, and was received with triumphant favour. He *hewed to happy advantage, many of those pleasing and valu-. able qualities of his art, viz. great purity of declama tion in poetic passagei—a total freedom from affecta tion—an unobstrusive, but unequivocal display of in tellectual cultivation, and a most complete and mir form conception of the character he had to represent. Mr. C. KENELE represented Welborn with peculiar excellence: and the parts of Mardi and the greedy Justice were very entertaining in the hands of Mi PARER)/ and Mr. BLANCHARD. The part of La* Allsoortil was performed with much propriety by Mrs Beton', of Drury-Lane; and Miss FOOTE was a very interesting representative of Margaret. The repeti tion of the Play was announced for Saturday, amidst very lively and general applause. Gnu Itsesawas, Dmiwas 11- , -We MI a large supply of Barley to-day, from 9affelk, the diefr geg if t which was of inferior lualky, and could not be got off, a offered at a reduction of from Is. to Os. id. and e'en the hat samples were heavy sale, at an abatement of is. pet c saress..... Floe Wheat supports Monday's bit there waa eineedy &maid foe he oedloa Oats are any to. pee "ow cheaper, having t a ry quantity fresh up Wimp Is Beans and Peas there is io alteration. ernormar 111.1sairr, Dee. Ss. Od. to 4s. N. per easiest sibs.; Settee, 35. OIL to 4e. 11t1 Veal, 41. ideto to. pc Pea; UAL IA as.lod. Las* nand. teds.o4.......Caktig at Iliodiet Bosste,lo/14 Caless,lllo; ewe ad Labe, 4,010 ; pomp. tray,. 41. lee. to 41. as. Qom, 44. 10s. WM. tes. amp, 14. is& to O. 3 p T C i