Star. — London, England, 1821-10-06 00:00:00

MEETING IN SOUTHWARK. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Yesterday, in pursuance of public notice, and of a notification that the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR had granted the Requisitionists the use of the Town- Hall, in the Borough of Southwark, it considerable 'number of Electors assembled in that building be tween twelve and one o'clock. The object of the Meeting being to take into consideration such mea sures as might be deemed most expedient for the purpose of remunerating Sir Roamer WILSON for any pecuniary loss that he may become liable to in consequence of his dismissal from his Majesty's ser vice, application bad been made in the first instance for the HIGH BAILIFF to convene and preside at it. Our Readers are aware that that Gentleman declined to do so, and stated the grounds upon which he bad thought fit to adopt that course. The LORD MAYOR having subsequently allowed the Electors to assemble in the Town-Hall, it was yesterday completely fitted by one o'clock, the hour named in the notice. Mr. Alderman WOOD, M.P. accompanied by Mr. WEATHERSTONZ and several other Gentlemen, en tered the room, amidst the cordial cheerings of the company present. Mr. WeartreesroNs having been unanimously elected to the Chair, commenced by observing that the Meeting had placed him in a situation of diffi culty ; a situation indeed which, considering the cha racter of the men now in authority in this country, might be considered one of peril rather than of honour. Having, however, obeyed their call he did not wish to protract the business which brought them together. It was the wish of the Gentlemen who signed the Requisition, that the High Bailiff should preside at the Meeting, and they applied to him for that purpose, but he unfortunately refused to do so. —lt then became necessary to obtain permission to hold the Meeting somewhere, and the Lord Mayor having been applied to, with his usual condescension, at once gave them permission to make use of that Hall. They were assembled to discuss the propriety of raising a subscription to indemnify their worthy Representative, Sir Robert Wilson, for any losses which he was likely to sustain from his late dismissal from his Majesty's service; and, in siadoing, he trusted that every Gentleman who delivered fiis sentiments would confine himself ,strictly to that subject. A caution of this kind would have been unnecessary had the High Bailiff presided at the Meeting, but he having refused to do so, they were bound to keep in view the six late unfortunate Acts, by which they were all shackled and tongue-tied—(Hear, hear). — Several communications had been that morning made to the Committee on the subject of this Meeting, and there was also a communication from Sir Robert Wilson himself, which the worthy Gentleman near him (Alderman Wood) would produce to them.— There was oho a letter from Cirencester, relative to the subscription, which he was sure would give great satisfaction to the Meeting when read. Having said so much, he should be glad to hear any Gen tleman who wished to deliver his sentiments on this occasion —(Hear). Mr. Alderman WOOD stood forward, and was re ceived with loud cheers and clapping of hands. He felt it of the first importance to communicate to the Meeting a letter which had been received late yester day from Sir Robert Wilson, which, he was sure, would make them proud of their worthy Represen tative, and which, at the same time, did him (Sir Robe: t Wilson) high honour in the situation in which he was now placed. He (Alderman Wood) had felt it necessary to attend the Committee upon its first meeting, on the extraordinary dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson; and even had he not received the letters to which allusion had been made, still he would have felt it his duty to be present on this occasion also. He begged it, however, to be understood, that be at tended not as a Magistrate, but as a voter, having considerable property in the Borough; and he trusted that as long as he enjoyed the right of voting, he should enjoy the right of speech—(Hear).—He felt it his duty to attend there as one of the constituents, of his gallant Friend. He had declined . a proposi tion made to him to propose the Resolutions, as he felt aley would come with more propriety from other Gentlemen who were present. It was undoubt edly the duty of the Electors to watch narrowly the conduct of their Representatives, and the Electors of Southwark had now to opportunity of shewing whe ther they thought his worthy Friend's (Sir Robert Wilson) Parliamentary conduct deserved their ap probation—(Cheers).—He (Mr. Alderman Wood) did not wish to say much of himself, but having, from a very excellent constitution, been enabled to attend continually to his Parliamentary duties, he thought he might be considered a good witness of the at tendance of Sir Robert Wilson in Parliament; and he could assure the Meeting that that Gentleman was most regular in his attendance in his place, and on no occasion whatever did he omit to exert himself, whenever the Borough interest was concerned. For this he was entitled to their esteem and regard, but much more so for the great principles of constitu tional liberty which he had ever maintained and sup ported—(Hear, hear).—His constituents, indeed the whole country, had seen the manner in which his gal rant Friend had advocated the cause of civil and re ligions liberty: in a word, it was impossible for any Representative to watch over the interests of his con stituents more scrupulously than Sir Robert Wilson did. He would not now enter into the causes of Sir Robert Wilson's dismissal from the service; but whatever were the motives of the persons who ad vised the Crown to such an act, he was sure that they themselves would be the most sorry for it at some future period ; no act more cruel, more mischievous, or more injurious to the country, could possibly be done. He would now read the letter of Sir Robert Wilson —a letter which did the gallant Knight much credit, though he (Alderman Wood) could not go along with him in the sentiments it contained. Sir Robert Wilson was undoubtedly the best judge of his own finances; yet he (Alderman Wood) could not help thinking that the Resolutions ought to be car ried, although his gallant Friend had declined the subscription—(Hear, hear). The hollowing letter limn Sir Robert Wilson was then read, and received with loud applause : • TO TILE GENTLEMEN ASSEMBLED AT THE VIRE; TUNS TAVERN, SOUTHWARK, SEPT. 25, 1821. Gairmouta-1 have this instant read theßesoluti ons w ig& were passed at the Meeting held tinder your auspices. " Impressed with the most grateful feelings for such a proud memorial of yoir em, T tdtl West entreat you is caned the I relative to a pecuelary subscription. Rconouty and ,rangemonts I have no doubt of making, will afford me ample means to counteract hiconvesdeneles, to which my family migh► otherwise be exposed by the confiscation of my military incense, and of the capital vested in the commission. " I have, Gentlemen, I assure you, no fear that your bounty would prove any shackle on that independence of action which it is more than ever necessary to your interests I should main tain ; but I could not, without an abuse of your generous friend ship, permit the proposed sacrifice in my favour. " I remain, Gentlemen, " With grateful settee of obligation, " Your obedient servant, " Paris, Sept. 30, 1821. " R. T. WILSON." Mr. Alderman WOOD, after expressing a hope that the subscription should g o on, and that a Meeting of Sir Robert Wilson's friends, on a more extended scale, would shortly be held for that purpose, begged to assure those who heard him that he was him self in possession of the name of one of the Gen tlemen who had sent £5OO to The Traveller Office, though he was not then at liberty to mention it— (Hear, hear).—He fully trusted that the conduct of the Electors of Southwark, on this occasion, would be worthy both of themselves and of their gallant Representative. It was not so much the money to be raised in Southwark (although he doubted not ' but great liberality would be shewn) which was to be looked to, as the principle which they recognised by it—the adoption of that principle would prove to his worthy Friend that his Constituents were fully satisfied with his conduct—(Leudcheers).--He would now read to them one of several letters which he had received from different parts of the country, and which fully spewed the feelings entertained by' the great body of the People on this subject—The fol lowing letter was then read: _ _ " Cirencester. October 44 1821. " Sta—T am requested by many respeitable Inhabitants of this Borough to request you will have the goodness to transmit to them, through me, any Prospectus, Plan, or Resolutions, which may be adopted in consequence of the Public Meeting to be held to-morrow by the Inhabitants of the Borough of Southwark. " The highly meritorious and truly magnanimous conduct of Sir Robert Wilson, claims from the Inhabitants of Cirencester that sympathy which must reign in the breasts of all good men and true lovers of their country; they therefore beg to join their countrymen in paying a just tribute to injured virtue, by assist ing the proposed Subscription. " I have the honour to be, Sr, " Your most obedient humble servant, RICIIA RD HAWKINS." Mr. RYLAND came forward to propose the Resolu tions. They had been told that the occupation of the Chair on that occasion was a post rather of piril than of honour. What the petit was he knew not, nor did he care; but that it was a post of honour he was sure they would all agree. They had been told, and he was aware of the fact, that in discussing this sub ject, they must not travel out of the terms of the no tice given to Alderman Smith, the resident Ma gistrate ; he bowed to the law, whatever it was, and should use his endeavours to make others do so too. He knew also, that according to the letter of the six Acts, they must confine themselves strictly to the object stated in the Requisition. But surely, when they came to vote certain Resolutions, it could not be improper to inquire the reason why these Remits. dons were proposed. Sir Robert Wilson was the child of the Electors of Southwark. They sent him to Parliament without putting him to a shilling ex pense, and well and amply had he repaid them— (Cheers).—This, then, was the case which every honest man must see, and which hid not been at tempted to be answered by the Hireling Press of Mi nisters. It was a. fact that Sir Robert Wilson had purchased his commission in the Army—it was also a fact that he had been deprived of that commission, without being allowed an opportunity of selling it— (Hear, hear).—He was, in fact, a soldier of fortune, and not of pay ; every one naturally asked why was Sir Robert Wilson removed from the service ?—why was he deprived of that commission for which he had paid, and which he had also earned by twenty-five years of hard service, in what Ministerial called one of the most glorious wars in which is country had ever been engaged ?—( Hear, hear, and laughter).—The answer to this was plain. The Elec tors of Southwark had sent Sir Robert Wilson to Par liament to oppose those men, and those measures of which they disapproved, as they thought them alike injurious to the best interests of their countv e Their Representative did so most zealously. Electors of Southwark supported the cause of as injured Queen, and their gallant Representative supported that cause also--( Hear, hear, hear).--. These, then, were the reasons why Sir Robert Wilson was dismissed the service: first, his being in opposi- i tion to Ministers; and, secondly, his having supported the cause of the late Queen—(Cheers). —These were the causes, and the only causes of his dismissal. The inference from this was plain: the-Electors of South wark had caused the loss sustained by their Repro. sentative, and it was their duty to make it good. He would say no more , as he felt himself shackled by those who pretend:4 friendship to the good cause, but who were at the same time opposed to that cause. He then read Resolutions to the following effect: Ist. That without questioning the right of the Crown toner ebe this branch of the Royal Prerogative, the present Meeting could not but regret its exercise in the case of Sir Robert Wit- son, who was now dismissed, not for the public geode but In consequence of the part be had taken in the defence of her late Majesty; and that the refusal to permit that individual to defend himself, or to allow him to dispose of his eismasisidou, which bad cost him upwards of .t 5,000, was both cruel and unjust. cd. That it was expedient and just that the !Rectors of South wark, and the Public at large, should,make good the loss which this individial had thus unjustly sustained. s'. That it was advisable to call on the Citizens of London to bold a similar Meeting, and to enter into a subscription for aiding the object of the present Meeting. 4tb. That a COmmittee should be appointed to manage the subscription. Mr. BLACIC rose to second these Resolutions. He was most happy to find that there was a feeling fa. Tearable to the object of the present Meeting prevail ing throughout the country. With respect to the letter of Sir Robert Wilson, which had been read from the Chair, he could not agree with it, although its con tents did honout to the feelings of the writer. That letter expressed a wish to decline the proposed sib scriptian, and talked of economy as a, means to be adopted to enable the individual to meet his loss. He trusted the Electors of Southwark, and the country att large, would take a different view of the subject— that the subscription would go on—and the loss of this gallant and honourable individual be made up to him. As to the provisions of the six Acts, they would not apply to the subject of the present Meet ing. This was not a question for declamation ; it was one which at once found its way to the heart without speeches. Sir Robert Wilson war wee known, tis merits duly appreciated, and he bad no doubt tbe subscription, once opened, would find support in every part of the country ; and that many D. and E.'s would be found ready with their hundreds✓-- Generally, when an Officer was dismissed, a Court of Inquiry was granted, if asked for; but here the case was very different, and the gallant—no, not rd lant General now, but the Honourable Knight, was not allowed to sell what he had bought. He did not mean to dispute the King's prerogative; but surely, if the King said, " I think fit to dismiss you," the Electors of Southwark might also say, " We thint fit to indemnify you for the loss you have sustained in our service." He should not say much more ;an embargo had, it seemed, been laid on their tongues, and for anything he knew, all he bad now been say ing might be contrary to the six Acts. He would, therefore, conclude by seconding the Resolutions. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, he had entirely forgot- 1 ten another passage contained in one of the letters which he had received from Sir Robert Wilson. In that letter he stated some reasons which had pre vented his earlier return to England, but coinmuni ' eating his intention of being in London to-morrow. Mr. WeATIIERSTONE said, he had received a letter that morning from Sir Robert, containing the same declaration. The several Resolutions were then put and adopted unanimously. A Committee for managing the Subscription, and Banking-houses into which the Subscriptions were to be paid, were then appointed. A Vote of Thanks to the Lord Mayor for having so promptly granted the use of the Hall, after the High Bailiff had declined to call a Meeting, was agreed to with loud acclamations. The CHAIRMAN observed, he had now to commu- nicate to the Meeting a letter which he had received from the Editor of the Traveller, announcing the amount of sums transmitted to him, in aid of the pro posed Subscription. This letter would prove to the Gurier ' if it was possible to prove to cur who was always loth to believe anything which was for the public good, that D. and the £5OO was real, and not a fiction—( Applause). He would now read the letter of the Editor, announcing the amount of the subscrip tions in his hands, and desiring to know into what Banking-house be might pay them. The list ran : D. £5OO, this was the identical Courier D.—( Laugh ter).—A. 1.:500 ; N. £2OO ; and B. £5O; making a total of 01250—(Loud applause). Mr. RYLAND said, he bad again to trespass on the patience of the Meeting. Every one was aware that -without the Public Press—the Independent Press— little good could be done ; and he thought they ought now to vote their Thanks to that part of the Press to which the good cause was so much obliged. Mr. BLACK seconded the motion, which was adopted unanimously. Mr. RYLAND then proposed a Vote of Thanks to the Times and other independent Papers, which was also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then announced, that he had re , ceived a letter from Mr. B. Beaumont, with a sub scription of £so—(Applause). There had also been a sum of £5 handed to him from Mr. Williams. and £l. from the " Downfall of Derry Down. Derry".— (A lau gh). He also wished to announce his own sub- , scripuon at £2O--( Loud applause). Mr. Alderman WOOD said,.he had now a Resolu tion to propose, in which he believed all present would agree. The Gentleman who was in the Chair to-day, was the person who first ated the present Meeting, and suggested the Res olutions which had this day been agreed to. Some persons would per haps consider the Resolutions as not strong enough ; but they had been strong enough for the purpose, and were such as he believed even the framers of the six Acts themselves could not have objected to. They had set in a right view the claims of his gallant Friend; he must call him gallant, for whether a Ge neral or not, still he was a gallant, and an honourable man too. The Resolution, he had now to propose was, a Vote of Thanks to their worthy Chairman for his conduct this day in the Chair—(Loud applause). The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He had, when called to the Chair, declared himself placed in a situation of difficulty ; but he was now in a difficulty , much more serious, to find words to express the sense he had of the high honour which had just been con , (erred on him. With respect to his conduct this day in the Chair, if he had been guilty of any errors, he trusted those who had witnessed them would believe they were errors of fhe head, and not of the heart. The Meeting then adjourned. Yesterday Mr. C. Bau.,_publisher of the Them appeared before the LORD MAYOR to put in bail to appear and take his trial on an indictment, removed by certiorari into the King's Bench, charging him with having published a libel is tending to defame the character of J. B. SHARPE, a Member of the Bridge street Association."—The alleged libel was contained, it is said, in the report of a speech of MINWAITHMAN. FURIORS DRlVlNG.—Thursday week, at half-past seven in the evening, some miscreant drove a market cart at full speed along fleet -street, and being chunk, or unable to direct his horse on the right side of the street, he tame in contact, near Temple-bar, with a fine horse belonging to Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS with such violence as to force one of the shafts completely through the animal's hip. The transaction was wit nessed by nearly a hundred persons, yet as soon as the villain had disentangled himself he galloped off, and has not since been traced ; though as the cart, its hone, and driver can be identified, there are hopes that such an atrocity will not escape its deserved punishment. The wounded horse lingered, in great suffering, but three days. Wednesday, the Cambridge coach was overturned at . Hackney. The coach had its full number of pas sengers on the outside, some of whom were severely contused ; and the driver, in particular, sustained such serious injury as to be unable to proceed. The horses ran a considerable distance with the coach on its.side, which was dashed to pieces. As; EXTRAORDINARY SIIEARRR.—A woman, now residing in Bailiffgate, in Newcastle, named ELLINOR Noants, has been regularly employed as a shearer, every harvest, for eighty years. She went first to the harvest-field at six years old, is now 86, and earned half-a-crown a-day fur sevciad days during, tie pre sent season. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, MI PRICES OF STOCKS THIS bAT AT oRS o'CLuCst 3 per Cent. Consols 77 1 / 8 IA 1 / 8 6 per Cent. 110 1 / 4 Ilonds 675.685." Exch. Bills 3s. Is. 2s. pr.—Do. Small 26 .55. pr. Cons. for A cct. 77 Y 4 Sh. The following is an extract from a lou t ' Te • at Lloyd's. We are at a loss how to l ettivret statement which it contains with respect to th e !mission of the Greek fleet, which is at variarice i ji all the other accounts last received from the diterranean S MYRNity AttGIV 4, By advices from Constantinople everything Ira very quiet, and no appearance of a war with Risk Sultan Mahmoud has pardoned the Greeks ; a n d % French Bombarde, which arrived yesterday he ft Cerigo, met the Greek vessels going to their resi ft . tive Islands to disarm." A Hamborgh Mail arrived this forenoon will Papers to the 28th ult. The following are extracts; NORTH JUTLAND, SEPTIMBRI to. Our Papers contain an Address to the Inha bin* of Aarhuns, by a student of divinity, of the named Clod. In this Address he calls upon them to him in an expedition to Greece, for the cause du% he says he will sacrifice everything. He caughia that a preceding invitation of the same natmeha met with no attention, because there are, unbapply, so many men who would rather smoke their pip and drink their glass of wine, than fight for the cave of all Christendom. He offered, he says, to put him. self at the head of all who had the courage to Node, take such an expedition, but only one offered, mdh e soon wavered. He, therefore, set out alone smut Aalborg, and is now an ived at Aarhuns, will make but a short stay, as the will of the Loss calls him to other countries. Those who chooser accompany him have therefore no time to lost.. By way of encouragement, he says he will gia 100 rix dollars bounty to the first Danish youths/is joins him with the firm resolution of fighting the bloodthirsty Turks. Professor Krug, he says, la given him the important commission to preach i t Jutland, for the cause of Greece and the hemai the Cross, and sent him 1,000 dollars to ask i defraying the travelling expenses of the corps to. formed of Danish youth ; and the same Prcitat hai- authorised him to collect on his way all thrall. ings that may be deposited on the altar of Christi& love ; but, as he journeys on foot, he most orgendi 'requests compassionate Christians to send litmtlair , contributions in good bills of exchange on sole"' able German mercantile houses. COBLENTZ, SEPTEMBER 18. Notwithstanding the Proclamations from Lei* Frankfort, Stutgard, and other places, to exam crusade to Greece, no person from this part of 'country has yet gone to Offenbach, which is pointed for the rendezvous. We are of opinion the most valuable possessions of a man, his h l and his life, can belong to none but to his (PrussialSt ate Gazette). STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER ts. Oar Court has now put on mourning for the Queen of England. The King and Abe Crown Prince are expect return to this city the day after to-morrow. The harvest proves very bad in the northern vinces of the kingdom. Sweden has suffered a severe loss by the di Lieutenant-General Baton Charles Von Cardell, terday morning, of an apoplectic fit. He waist:nil Prussian Pomerania in 1764, and was the first vie organized the horse artillery in Sweden: be iv anguished himself in 1807 by the defence offbo land, and directed the operations of the Swerfigi tillery in the battles of Szossbeeren ; Domestics, Jr terbock, and Leipsic. COPENHAGEN, SEPTEMBEit . The news of the rising of corn prices in best has caused a great activity in our corn trade, ad several expresses have arrived here in con:esteems Many persons, however, fear that the prices og soon fall again. ST. PETERSBURGII, SEPTEMBER 7. The St. Petersburg's Gazette states, that the w e weather has done great injury to the crops isth e Government of Pskow, the summer corn and hi? being carried away by inundations; the harms the winter corn had not begun, partly on acceolgti. it was not ripe and partly on account of the coop' need rains. SZPTEM But 1 l .--The Court Casette of to-day co tains a long account of the funeral of the Greek P a. march, Gregory, at Odessa, on the 29th of JW BAMBUEGH, SEPTEMBER N. The day before yesterday, the Russian 111'60 hers . had two Couriers within a short interval of 0 6 other; the first came from Beein, the other fr. Stockholm. Since then, a report is in circulation d$ the differences respecting the affairs of Turkey, withstanding the moderation of the Courts inures! not only continue, but that the negociations do" promise the pacific result which the magnanio. and humane Monarch of Russia wished, and bs right to expect. On the other band it is affirmed, on the autio i l of accounts from lkrlia, that tht Court of St. Firr U , MI