Star. — London, England, 1831-10-13 00:00:00

PAROCHIAL ADDRESSES TO THE KING. PUBLIC FEELING. Yesterday there were such puhlic demonstrations if the feelings of the metropolis in favour of the il r fonn Bill as has not, within memory, taken „L ee ; and though cbove 100,000 inhabitants of the metropolis—chiefly housekeepers and indus iriei:s artisans, with the parochial officers at their nead—walked in procession from their respective /w ishes to St. James's Palace, yet the good order that was maintained throughout was creditable.— Every shop in Regent -street, Bond-street, Pall mall, and, indeed, generally throughout the west ond of the town, was closed ; business seemed to totally suspended ; and, in spite of the weather, 1:e populace were to be seen in every quarter con .2remated to witness the duties of patriotism. The inhabitants of Clerkenwell, St. Luke's, and several of the other parishes at the east end of the Metropolis, assembled at ten o'clock on Cletken well-areen, amidst soaking showers. A large ;umber also met in Claremont-square; and about a quarter after ten o'clock, the two parties joined and proceeded to form in procession, along the Paddington road. The parish= of Clerkenwell, at. Luke, and the others in the vicinity presented gloomy appearance—a great portion of the shops !icing completely closed, and others having two or three shutters up. The number of persons who went from the parishes of Clerkeuwell and St. Luke alone amounted to nearly 20,000, and the ;roger part of them appeared to consist of the most respectable of the inhabitants. On the arrival at the Regent's Park, the inha bitants .1 the large parish of St. Pancras, to the number of at least 15,000, joined the others, and they were received with loud cheers. In all the shops throughout the pariah of Mary-la-bonne, placards were stuck up, on which were the words,' The King, Liberty, and Reform," and likewise exhorting the people to be firm, but peaceable. The procession was soon after joined by the inha bitants or Mary-la-bonne parish, when the numbers in procession must have amounted to front 50 to tit) 000, who moved on the road to Paddington, with the intention of joining the inhabitants of that district. Portland-place WWI fixed by the committees of the various parishes on Tuesday night, as the spot for assembling, and at half past twelve o'clock the inhabitants of Islington, Mary-la-bonne, St. Pancras, St. Luke's, and Middlesex, joined by St. James's parish, Westminster, move d off towards St. James's palace. The united procession was all in motion at a quarter to one ; and, although in passing the resi dence in Langliam-place, of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, every mark of execration was loudly ex pressed ; and although in Pall-mall, his Grace the Duke of Buckingham was wetted with the loud funereal yells and groans, yet through the whole line the processicn was conducted with regularity and good urder quite unexampled. MA a ir•LA- BON N E.—The inhabitants of this htzlily respectable pari b, headed by Messrs. Sa vage and Potter, and the rest of the Committee, walked six abreast, wearing blue ribbons and lau 1, Is, and upon a fair calculation amounted to be ,lt een two and three thousand. Upon a white flag, dged with pink, was the following inscription : The King, the Commons, the People's Rights." Other placards and banners were also displayed, such as " Equal Rights," " Union is strength," (vc. Next followed ST. PA NcaAs.—The inhabitants of this parish, :Aho mustered in great numbers, were headed by tie two Churchwardens, carrying the Address, preceded by the two Beadles, and on each side caps of liberty, surmounted by the Crown, were carried by two porters. Upon a large placard was in scribed the following:—" Take away the wicked I:om before the King, and the Throne shall be established in righteousness;" and upon a black flag was displayed—" Englishmen, support your Patriotic King and his Ministers." The next pro cession that came was that of ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEX.—This which was one among the most respectable, was beaded by two beadles and the churchwardens with the address, preceded by Mr. Weller, of the Stone House wine vaults, on horseback, wearing blue favours and laurel, and were very strong in point of numbers. Next followed CLERIC ENWELL AND PADDINOTON.•••MD two banners were printed the following sentiments:— " Reform, Radical Reform," and " The Sacred Love of our Country speed us." On the arrival of the procession at Regent -street, near Hanover street, it was joined by that of Sr. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER, which had as einhled about ten o'clock, in Hanover-square, beaded by the gentlemen of the Committee, viz. Messrs. Ewens, Becket, Dean, &c. who widely distributed the following placards, which were i'kowise stuck upon almyst every house through out the whole parish :—" Englishmen and fellow t-udesmen—lt is to you Ministers look in the pre %nt crisis for support. Let it no longer go forth to the world, that " they sought it and found it not. - Every man should, by example, show his determination to afford that support, and your cause is sure. Be firm. Be peaceable." " Reform—To indicate the deep interest felt by the parishioners in this great cause, it is earnestly requested that all business be suspended, and the shops closed on the 4:4y when assembled thousands are petitioning ttk. Throne fr.r success. The emblematic symbol blue ribbon " The following Address was also generally circulated :—" This day, vast bo tuts of the Metropolis carry op Addresses to His lost Gracious Majesty, imploring assistance from the Throne at the present momentous crisis. Let us display, by our stedfast purpose and our calm eemeariour, that we have a right ,to *Or for the t:nl rights of freemen, because we fully ap p-qtate the benefits of peace and order.— Lt us show to the Tories and Borough ':gingers by whom we are calumniated, that the people of London are worthy of the franchise that hiu been denied to them by a small faction. Let w declare, therefore, the first man who dares com "at an act of outrage a traitor to the cause of Re form, and an enemy v., the people. Peace and o rder, with firm determination, will ensure the triumph of Reform ; it can only be endangered by Infractions of the public peace." The multitude Proceeded in the above order along Regent-street, ; I ° l ll Waterloo-place into Pall mall, where they m te d . ST. MARY NEWINGTON.—The inhabitants of Which parish were in open carriages, wearing blue 4 nd white favours, and other insignia. Theme wets I the whole of the parishes that we noticed in the PUBLIC FEELING. procession. The Spite!fields weavers were expected to join in the procession, but they were not there. In every street through which the procession passed, I the windows and tops o f th e h ouses were li ne d w i t h I well-dressed femal es , w h o wave d t h e i r h an k erc hi e f s in asprobation of the scene before them, whilst deafening acclamations arose from the multitude. ARRIVAL OF THEIR MAJZSTIES.-At 20 minutes before two o'clock, the King and Queen arrived at St. James's Palace, escorted by an avant-guard composed of the 9th Lancers, and followed by a strong party of the same regiment. The immense multitude that had collected in the Park, in the immediate vicinity of the Palace, threw up their hats as the Royal procession ap proached, and the most deafening cheers rent. the air. The King appeared in deep contemplation, but her Majesty smiled on the people with great affability. Immediately after the Royal carriage had entered the Palace gates, they were closed, and a strong military guard, aided by a body of the police, were stationed there. THE CITY ADDRESS.—The intimation that his Majesty would this day receive the address of the corporation was not received at the Guildhall till too late an hour on Tuesday night to allow of no tices being sent to the members before ten o'clock yesterday morning, but such was their anxiety to manifest their feeling that several of the most influential of that body were, at an early hour, as sembled in the reading room, and by half-past 12 o'clock upwards of 130 gathered together in their robes, and proceeded with the Lord Mayor and City officers to St. James's. Aldermen Wood, Waithman,Thorp, and Kelly,were, as usual, at their post. The shortness of the notice must apolo gise for the absence of some of their brethren, while the non-attendance of others of them can be accounted for by another hypothesis—the known hostility they bear to reform, political as well as municipal. The Lord Mayor was enthusiastically cheered during his progress to St. James's, as were several liberal Members of the Court, upon being recognised by the public. Along the whole line of procession the shops were closed, in testimony of the regret of the respectable shopkeepers at the fate of the Bill. His Majesty, surrounded by his Ministers and the Principal Officers of State, received the Corpo ration on the Throne. He was dressed in a Field Marshal's uniform, and looked extremely well. The Recorder read the following address : " To THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The dutiful and loyal Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled. " Most Gracious Sovereign, '• We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of Lon don, In Common Council assembled, most humbly approach your Majesty with the wannest sentiments of loyalty and at. tachment to your Majesty's sacred person and Government. " We beg to represent to your Majesty that we have re ceived with feelings of the deepest sorrow and dismay the intelligence of the House of Lords having turned a deaf ear to the nation's voice, by refusing their sanction to the Bill for amending the representation of the people in Perlis swent—a measure preeminently calculated to consolidate the peace, prosperity, and liberties of the people. " We beg further to assure your Majesty, that we enter tain unabated confidence in the firmness and patriotism of your Majesty's Government ; and we look with intense anxiety for the fulfilment of the noble declaration of your Majesty's Prime Minister, that be will be true to the duties Imposed upon him by the confidence of the King and the people, by instantly employing every constitutional means to carry this all-important measure. "We beg likewise to assure your Majesty that we are satisfied the people of England will devote every energy of mind and body to uphold the stability of your Majesty's throne, and preserve the constitutional institutions of the country; but we are equally convinced that nothing but the most prompt and energetic measures on the part of your Majesty's Government, to revive the hopes of your people, and give them a certain prospect of the Immediate passing of a bill similar to that which has been rejected, will prevent the most fearful national commotion". " At the same time we beg to assure your Majesty of out continued attachment to your Majesty's Royal person and Government, and of our cordial eo.operation in those mea sures which are so essentially calculated to promote the peace and happiness of your Majesty's people. " Signed by order of the Court, HENRY WOODTHORPR." To which his Majesty was pleased to return the following most gracious reply, which he pro nounced with great emphasis and firmness : " I receive with satisfaction the expression of your loyalty and attachment to my person and Government, and of your confidence in my constitutional advisers. You may be assured of my sincere desire to uphold and to improve the securities afforded by the Constitution for the minim. ante of the just rights of my people, and you may rely on my continued disposition to further the adoption of such measures as may seem best calculated for that purpose. For the safe and successful accomplishment of such rots. sures, it is above all things necessary that they should be discussed with calming and deliberation; and I earnestly recommend to you to use all the influence you justly possess with your fellow-citizens for the purpose of preserving the public peace from any interruption by acts of violence and commotion." Soon after the arrival of the processions, the deputations from Mary-la-bonne, &c. waited on Lord Melbourne with the addresses, requesting him to present them to the Sovereign. His Lordship received them with his accustomed kindness, and (to the Mary-la-bonne deputation) expressed his regret that they had not made him acquainted sooner with their intentions, as he had no doubt that his Majesty would,on this occasion, have waived Court etiquette, and received the addresses himself; but his Majesty's pleasure should first be tlken on that subject, and it was then too late. The de putation excused themselves on the ground of the shortness of the time they bad had to call the meet ing, and prepare the address. His lordship than advised them to give the addresses so the county members, Mr. Byng and Mr. Hume, who would present them. The deputation then waited on Mr. Byng, who, with Mr. Hume, promised to present them, along with the addresses from St Late, St. Pancras, Paddington, &c. For this purpose the two hon. members proceeded from Mr. Byng's house in St. James's square to the Palace, and were escorted, amidst moms' cheering, by a large bodypsf the procession. la about an hour they retursid to the house, and soon after appeared at the balcony, from which Mr. Hume addressed the assembled multitude: " Gralsassa—l am happy to say, that I hayspassamal year address to Ills Majesty, it:ll4li it was passed at a PUBLIC FEELING. meeting of near 40,000 persons, and that it prayed he would retain his ministers—use all constitutional means to pass the reform bill, and to dismiss those persons from his Court and household who were opposed to this measure ; and I have the happiness to say, gentlemen, that His Majesty has dis tinctly promised the prayer of it shall be complied with, and he emphatically observed he had the highest confidence in his present ministry, and every means in his power should be used to insure the success of a measure so essentially necessary to the interest, happiness, and welfare of his people; and further, all persons about his Court or per son_rpo•ed to !hello should be removed." This announcement was received by the meet ing with tremendous cheering. The lion. member then earnestly exhorted the people to preserve peace and good order. By peaceable conduct alone could they hope to be successful in the ac complishment of their great object. A contrary course of proceeding on their part was the only thing which the friends of reform had to fear. Let them not, he earnestly implored, give their enemies that advantage. Let them be firm and united, but peaceable, and they must succeed.— (Cheers.) Many members of the Government, as well as some of the other distinguished supporters of the bill, were recognized by the people in their way to and from the Levee, and were received with loud and continued cheers. Others who were, or were supposed to be, hostile to it, were as loudly hooted as they passed. After the processions had departed from the neighbourhood of St. James's-street and Pall-mall, several instances of disorder occurred in places adjoining. ATTACK ON TES MASQUES, OP LONDONDERRY... The people, who had assembled in the park about five o'clock. no sooner observed the Marquess of Londonderry proceeding towards the House of Lords, than a general and most outrageous attack was made on his person. His Lord ship was on horseback, and accompanied by two gentlemen. The mud flew about the Marquess, and amid loud vocife rations. Several handfuls struck his Lordship, which so enraged him, that he pulled up his horse and solemnly declared that he would shoot at the first individual who again dared to molest him, and accompanied his declaration by pulling out a brae e of pistols. The Marquis then rode off towards the Horse Guards. Thither, however, the people followed; and they now cont. monad another attack. Showers of stones and gravel were now thicker than ever and one atone, hurled with consider. able force, struck him over his right temple. So great was the force of the blow that it cut through his hat, and made a serious wound on the head, which rendered his Lordship nearly insensible. The military here interposed, and pre. vented further consequences. The Marquis was placed in a hackney-coach and conveyed to his mansion in Park lane, where the blood was washed away and the wound dressed. His Lordship, at ten o'clock last night, was bled, and the numerous inquiries after the state of the noble Mar quis were answered by an assurance that he was much better since the bleeding, and was then doing well. The Duke of Cumberland was also roughly handled by the mob, near the Horse Guards, about five o'clock, being dragged front his horse. His Royal Highness dined with the King in the evening, and returned to his residence in the Stable yard about half-past ten o'clock. RIOTING, WISDOM BRSARISO, Om—Shortly after the processions had reached the Palace. a mob of the lowest class assembled In front of the residence of the Earl of Bristol, in St. James's-square, and commenced an attack on the windows. This proceeding was observed by a number of the parishioners of St. James's, and St. Mary's, Newington, parishes, who formed the line of procession, and were neat the spot at the time. They rushed upon the offenders and as sisted the police in driving them out of the square.— At about 4 o'clock, three of Peel's policemen were observed coming through St. Jrunees-square, with a prisoner in their custody. Without waiting to ascertain his offence, they were groaned at, and followed by thousands of persons through Charles.street. The crowd surrounded the police. men and rescued the prisoner, who made off. The con stables took out their staves an d threatened with them, but they were pushed along until they arrived at Waterloo-place, where they were joined by a party of the police. At the corner of Waterloo-place the crowd took advantage of a heap of Macadamized stones, which they lung at the police in every direction. and the latter were glad to make their escape.— They were much injured by the stones, and were hooted all the way down Pall-Nlall. The crowd surrounded a policeman in undress. He would have been ill used had he not been taken into Marlborough-House. In St. James's Park great crowds assembled. One man fought desperately with four or five policemen, and it was generally reported that their violence had caused his death. The police were organised in the Park and on the road leading to the House of Lords, and several persons were taken into custody for hooting at them, &c. Between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock, a large assemblage of persons took place in Hyde-park. A few stones were thrown at Apsley House, and a few squares of glass were broken, when some of the Duke of Wellington's servants presented themselves at the windows. Great hissing and hooting followed, and imme diately afterwards a shower of stones was thrown at the house, and almost every accessible square of glass in it was demolished. Some of Peel's police, who were upon the spot at the time, endeavoured to drive the 'crowd out of the Park, but violent resistance was made, and the constables were ultimately compelled to make a precipitate retreat, and take shelter in his Grace's mansion. Notice of these proceedings having been given at the St. James's pollee-station, • large party of the C and T divisions, headed by a superintendent and four inspectors, proceeded with all possible haste to Hyde perk, where they formed in a body under the statue. They had not been there many minutes before they were saluted with several showers of stones; these attacks were for a time borne with exemplary patience; but at length, a large crowd having collected in front of the Duke of Wellington's house, the police, in number about two hundred, sallied forth, and in an instant the crowd ran in all directions.— Several of the ring-leaders were taken into custody, and conveyed to the Knightsbridge-barracks, where charges were made against them before a magistrate. After the Populace had been driven out of Hyde Park, they proceeded to the mansion of the Earl Dudley, and commenced throw. hag stones at the windows, but they were surprised by • sarong body of police, who had been stationed in his lord ships stables, suddenly rushing upon them with their staves, and in this instance they were fairly beaten off the field._ Other desperate attacks were made upon Peel's police, and several constables were severely beaten. On the day's proceedings it may be remarked, that the shortness of the time, from Saturday to Tuesday, reduced the numbers in the proces sions, and it is most wonderful that they were so numerous, so unanimous, and so efficient. Again, the day was most unpropitious, it rained hard till 11 o'clock, and the streets, after heavy rain for several days, were more dirty than usual. About .5 o'clock the rain re-commenced, and it poured fur several hours, driving all under cover, and to this chiefly may be ascribed the paucity of incidents after a gross assemblage of 2 or 300,000 persons. NATIONAL UNION or THE WORKING CLASSES.— A very numerous meeting of this Society took place at the Rotunda last night, to agree on an Address to the Ring, expressive of their approbation of the Reform Bill, and their confidence in Ministers.—At 8 o'clock, while they were in deliberation, a party of riotous persons, supposed to be some of Monday's radicals, entered the building, and demanded the Rags of liberty, which being refused, they instantly com menced an attack upon the windows and gas lamps, which they totally demolished. A party of police were sent for, but the rain beginning so fall in torrents, the rioters made a precipitate retreat before their arrival.—The Address was then moved and carried, after several able speeches, in which all violence and rioting were deprecated, as affording argu. ants for their adversaries against the constitutional autbo. rides, who were pied to support. the object which the ppeeeepk also &abed. One of the speakers, Mr. O. Edmonds, " My Friends, melancholy rumours are today in eirmahaites, Aar Parliament tab be prorogued to January. My friends, wherever I have been during this last agitated week, I hare Amsted "macs till my longs mire ! but let that fatal prorogation be once announced, and never droll ibis voles of Woo be again lifted up in any public assembly in London to utter Me weed mica ! !" L i st Il d nday night, a meeting of McNeal ftefonnere i lz want to public n oel s, called by t h e members of the PUBLIC FEELING. Reform Association, took place ir. the large theatre of the Rotunda, Blacafriars. H. Hunt, Rag. M. P. was called to the chair; and, from the enthusiasm with which he was re ceived, coupled with the cheering. of more than two thou sand persons in the street, and who could not obtain admix. sion, it was quite evident that Mr. Hunt had not suffered, or was lessened in the estimation of the Radical Reformers. The chairman opened the proceedings in a lengthened speech of two hours and twenty minutes, in which he entered into a detail of his parliamentary conduct, and related at length twenty-seven counts against ikte Whigs. He said that an address from the men at Blackburn would be presented to them. But as there was a call of the House of Cmninons, he would have to go in order to have a " sharp look-nut'' after them. Our space will not permit us to give any detail of Mr. Hunt's denouncement of the measures of the Vhig Admi. nistration ; but the following summary of the twenty-sortn heads or, which he enlarged, will instruct the ',Lithe in regard to the views of this party. 1. Special Commissions. 2. The Budget. 3. Increase of the Army and Navy. 4. Embodying Yeomanry corps. 8. Calling out the Militia. 6. Civil List 1.800,0001. 7. Pensions and Pensioners 170,0001. c year. 8. 800,0001. a year to Privy Councillors. Sir J. Graham. 9. Grant of 100,0001. a year to the Queen, and poor Widows 251. do. 10. Additional grant to the Princess Victoria. Petition of the working classes to give Bishoprick of Dvrry's in. come instead. 11. Additional Grant to Windsor-castle and Buckingham. palace. 12. Additional Grant of ten thousand pound.; to furnish two new rooms. 13. Resistance to Alderman Wood's motion to reduce salaries. 14. Resistant* to all inquiries into acts of oppression—viz. Lucre Boyce, Dearing, R. Taylor, Summers. 'll'a!her, Mur ders at Newtown Barry and Castle Pollard, Ireland. 15. Reform Bill,Resistance to 101. Householders, Suffrage, Militia, Tales and Rates—seven years' parliaments. 16. Resistance to motion to punish peers interference 17. Rejection of all inquiry into an amelioration of the Corn Laws. 18. Prosecution and persecution of the Press, and Six Acts, &c. &c. Lord Castlereagh's Acts. 19. Game Laws. 20. Spring-gun Bill. 21. Bankrupt Act, New Courts' of Justice, Patronage, &c. 18,0001. and 6,0001. retiring pension. 22. 16,0001. a year propagation of the Gospel. 23. 1,0001. a year to Professors at Oxford. 24. New Beer Bill. 25. 100,0001. a year to relations of Lord Grey. 26. Ballot. 27. Lord Grey 100,0001. a year for his family. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN THE COUNTRY. MAIKIATIL Rzroaas Aix&Ttgo.—A numerous meet. ing of the inhabitants and visitors was held on Wednesday at Cnoke's Royal Circus. Mr. George Y. Hunter was unanitnously called to the chair; and addressed the meeting to the following effect: — e• Gentlemen, you arc well aware that on a recent occasion when it was expected that the County would be contested, a Committee was appointed for furthering the return of two members, pledged to support the great measure of reform ; which object was secured in the election of Messrs. Hodges and Ryder. When this Committee heard the fate of the reform bill, I called them together, and a requisition from them was pre sented to the Deputy, Francis William Cobb, RR. to call a meeting of the inhabitants in the Town Ilan; the Deputy, however, declined to call such a meeting at present, and the Committee have therefore taken upon themselves this re eponsibility. You are now called upon to set on this re quisition ; and it will be necessary that we confine ourselves to the object for which we are met, namely, to present a loyal and dutiful address to our most gracious King, who stands enshrined in the hearts of his people. Upon the question of Reform, it is impossible to say any thing new. The arguments have been so strongly put, and with such convincing eloquence, that it would be an insult to your understandings were I to dwell upon the subject.— But we may retrace the circumstances under which the pre sent Ministry took office. go soon as the Monarch had, on his accession assembled a new Parliament, and his Prime Minister had declared himself an enemy to every species of Reform, the indignant people were up in arms, the House of Commons withdrew their confidence from the Ministry, who retired. Their successors, the present Ministry, found the country in a state little short of rebellion : they took office in a time of terror and danger; and how did they meet the difficulty ? By putting Into operation the laws of the country, and by using one little word—Reform, (Cheers.) They have redeemed their pledge--they have brought in a bill to reform the elective franchise : that Bill has passed the Commons by a large majority—that Bill—l say it with regret, has been rejected by the House of Lords ! But this misfortune is only tempotary—the fate of Reform is settled. The King has commanded, the Ministry have introduced— the people have approved the measure; and I say that Reform must come. (Hear, hear, hear.) Not King, Lords and Commons united, could not prevent the achieve ment of that measure on which de pe nds the peace and tran quillity of the whole kingdom—(chars)_-and nothing short of which can keep in motion the wheels of Government— (Loud cheering.) You must be disgusted to (hard that a pe tition against this great measure, presented in the House of Lords. has been treated as containing the sentiments of the Isle of Thanet, which contains an adult male population of 15,000—while this document, which made so conspicuous a figure, and of which I hold a copy in my hand, was signed by 23 individuals. (Hear and laughter.)—[The Chairman then read the petition, and, amidst 'outface, the signatures attached.]—We have een charged with being a disorderly, riotous, and tumultuous set, opposed to good government : let us deny this, by our behaviour here and every where. What have we to gain by riot and confusion, and the conse. quent stagnation of business ? It is a gross libel upon us. We are not opposed to good government—av wish to make the House of Commons what our fathers bled to make it— what we are determined it shall be—the representatives of the people. (Loud cheers.) The address was then read, expressing the indignation of the meeting at the summary rejection of the bill—their firm attachment to his Majesty--and their confidence in, and drterminatior. to support, the Ministry, and imploring hit:Majesty immediately to create a sufficient number of Peers to ensure the speedy passing of that great and constitu tional measure of Reform, which alone can secure the safety of the country. Th e adoption of the Address was moved by Mr. Thomp. son, seconded by Mr. Wright, and carried unanimously. Thorne addressed the Meeting.—He was glad that the Bill had been rejected,—because the people may now see who are their enemies. The Arehbbhop of Canterbury, and nearly the whole bench of Bishops. who receive the pen. sions of idleness, made the majority against it : while the cause was supported by the oldest of the nobility : the people feel for t ese, and with them will stand firm and uni.etL— (Cheers.) Mr. ‘Vright then addressed the Meeting; and it was moved by Mr. Devine, and seconded by Mr. Hunt, that the Address be printed on emblazoned vellum, and that a depu tation be appointed to present the sante, accompanied by the County Members, to his MAJESTY. Also that the Address be printed and published, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Thorne proposed a vote of censure on the deputy for his disrespect to the requisition of the oldest itiliabitan:s in refusing to call the Meeting: as a public functionary he ought to have respected the feelings of the public, and not his own ; the Town-hall being the property of the inhabi tants, and he their servant. The Chairman eulogized Mr. Cobb, who had not posi. dvely refused to call toe Itleeting, but thought (kat at pr,. sent it was unwise ' but could not say that circumstances might not occur which would induce him in the worm , of the week to comply. Tne Chairman thought that if there weir any disrespect sheen, it was not for the inhabitants, but for the Committee who made the requisition to corn. plain. The Committee telt nothing disrespectful in the conduct of the Deputy, and the proposed vote would be al. together Irregular and unkind to one who was so beloved by, and such a warm friend to the inhabitants of Margate. Mr. Wright moved as an amendment, that this Meeting do return thanks to the gentleman who has presided with so much ability, which was seconded and carried unanimously. The Chairman returned thanks, and the Meeting 'cps. rated in the utmost order. MIST, OCT. 11.—.1 an hap to say that the excite mut produced in this town, which has led to such se. nous destruction of property and lose of lives, is in a great degree subsided. No material disturbance °centred last night, thanks to the torrents of rain which fell during nea ly the whole of the night. PUBLIC FEELING. NOIITINGHAM, Tuesday, Ti ree o'Clock.—About seven o'clock, an attack was made on the town house of correction, which contains a vast number of kni,ontr4 ; the outer-dot r was forced, when, on the arrival of the 15th hussars and sty 1 force, the people instantly dispersed. In h a lf an h•s u r, th e royal castle of Nottingham, the property vf tile Dalt.r of Newcastle, was discovered to be on fire, aced before aid cottld arrive, was so completely in flames, that all attempts to save it were in vain ; Indeed, from its vast height above the reach of water, the whole population could scarcely hart been effectual in checking Its progro.s. It Mated away in awful grandeur till near eleven o clock, when it began to abate, but continued to flare and smoke throughout the night. A heavy shower of rain cf very long continusnee, prevented further mischief. This beautiful edifice was spare than 100 yards from any other building, and it had not lit recently inhabited. Its magnificent stair Mts. and floor ings of black oak and cedar, and the tapestry hangings tat . Queen Anne, with every thing it contained. are consumed. This morning the mobs have again assembled. and their ...rat exploit was to force a way into the castle-yard, to gloat over the complete devastation—none but the external wails being left standing. The return cf night is dreaded. An hour ago, I saw from the park hills a vast volume of smoke. and fire arising at Denton, three miles distant. said to be the factory of Mr. Lowe, of this town The mom have never come into direct collision with the mili:ary, and have co• tint's(' to disperse on their approach ; but it has always hap. pened that the mischief has been done. Several gentlemen's seats and some large mant.factories have been threatened. The rioters are principally young men and boys, to the num ber of 3or 4,000, and it is said that many of the Derhy mob are amongst them. The races, which should have cetti menced to-day, are postponed. All the shops are dosed. ANOTHZI LETTMIL.—I have just been told th:d Musters died from excessive fright. No other lives :! ve as yet been loss. All business is suspended, and all me shops in the market-place have their shutters up, and tn.o:y are totally closed. Mr. Lowe's mill, at Beeston, is tat tire at the present moment. The last accounts from Notting' oti and Derby state that the rioters have been dispersed by the military, and that that country is now quiet, though tae soldiers are still on duty. Some disturbances took place at Loughborough, and the windows of a clergyman's house were broken. A meeting was to take place at Coventry yesterday, and the people were parading the town with banners and music at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. CARLute, 31oxyay.—Thiselay the most numerous public meeting ever held here took place on the Seitts ne race-ground,) called by the Comittee of the Reform Assu. dation. The tradesmen of the town closed their shoes. warehouses, &c. to testify their deep sorrow at the nj..ctiot; of the Reform Bill. An Address to his Majesty was una nimously adopted, praying that he will be graciously pleased immediately to create as many Peers as will pass the MO.— This has been intrusted to the lined Chancellor fur presen tation. Another address to Rarl Grey was also unatimou-ly adopted, requesting him not to retire from office, but to re. main and save the country. Dovia..—ln compliance with a requisition, signed by a number of respectable freemen, a Common Hall was con vened oy the Mayor to meet this (Tuesday) evening. At the time appointed, the Hall was soon crowded to excess, anti many who could not gain admittance were under the neces sity of retracing their steps through a torrent of rain. The addresses were signed by the Deputy Mayor, on behalf of the meeting, and will be conveyed by this evening's post, In be immediately presented. Bareinyox.—One of the most numerous meetings ever held in this town was convened on Tuesday in the new Toe ta Hall, by the High Constable, for the purpose of considering the rejection of the Reform Bill by the Lords, and to adopt measures relative thereto as the meeting should deem lit. BalseoL.—Pursuant to a very respectable requisition, the Mayor convened a meeting of the inhabitants of this city for yesterday, to consider and adopt such constitutional mei,. sures as may be deemed advisable to support his Majesty'.. Ministers in the present alarming crisis of public affairs, at it in the means they shall adopt to accomplish the measure ot Parliamentary reform, Sys DIVOID.—The black flag was hoisted on the top of tie coaches which brought the intelligence of the defeat of ti c Bill. The families of several of the Lords are leaving Lon. dog as fast as possible—that of the Marquis of Londonderry came through Stamford with great expedition on Saturday night. On Friday a corps of artillery with cannon enter, d Stamford, but declared that they did not know where they Were going. Hs. —As soon ae the news reached here on Satur day evening, of the Reform bill being rejected, the town was all confusion and bustle, no man concealed his bitttr disappointment. On Sunday morning the feeling of tom: of the inhabitants found an outlet. On the window shutters and walls in almost every part of the town, were seen in bold characters, " Liberty or Death," " Pay no Taxes,' " No Bishops," " No Tithes; " No Piers, and no Boroughroongers." Almost every shop in the town was eloped on Monday. Lotronnoaottoa—On Monday evening some rioting took place here, but the civil force succeeded in putting it down, after the Vicaes house had been attacked, an d t h e windows broken. Another house was also materially damaged. NEWPORT, TIER or Wiranr.—The reformers of the Isle of Wight seem determined to show that even in defeat they are nod conquered. A meeting was held on Monday, at the Green Dragon Hotel, to consider the best means to be adMat this eventful crisis. a te : I TERRIIRY, OCT. 10.—At the Canterbury meeting, on Monday, one of the resolutions moved was the following : " That in the opinion of this meeting the part taken by the Bishops and Clergy (generally) of the Established Church, against the King, the Government, and the people, goes far to render that establishment. as a secular institution, untrue thy the confidence, respect, and support of the country." Watt ertier.D.—Lord IWhaencliffe was burnt in effigy. by a vast concourse of people in the market-place of Wake. field, on Thursday last, for his unpatriotic opposition to the Reform Bill. The effigy was well made, and habited in the regimentals of the Yorkshire Hussars ' of which his lord ship is colonel. Previous to his being consigned to the flames he was paraded through the town, accompanied by a band of mask and lighted torches. We understand that the Noble Lord has also been honoured with three separate and similar testimonies of public approbation in Halifax. We have a fik of Calcutta papers to the 11 of May inclusive. The cholera was making great maw* among the native population at Melds, chiefly along the tanks of the river. By the packet which arrived last evening front Lisbon,_ we have accounts from that quarter up to th e 2 4 1 inst. They do not furnish us with any news of an impor. tans nature. The Authorities were still active in securing all Portuguese who betray sentiments or feelings adverse to the exising Government. The Prince Regent, Admire l Parker, the Asia, Briton, and Dispatch, were in the Tagus. fully prepared to act in the event of the least indignity being offered to any British subjects. Thirty-six of their fourth regiment had been sent to Oporto, where it was expeeteo they *ooh share tile same fare as those ID Lisbon. Cheva lier Caneiru, Ambasador from Don Miguel to the Court of Denmark, arrived in the Gol4finc t packet from Lisbon. Lists have been repeatedly i resented to the English public, of the number of suferers from Don sliguel's tyranny. A person, who has had the mein. of correct information, has estimated the amount of those now persecuted for political opinions by the petty despot, at 50,000. lie states the following as the number of prisoners in different dungeons of Poriugal : 900 at Linmeiroe IMO at St. George's Castle, 100 at Aljubto, 30 at C..va di Nlarie, 487 a t Sr. j a ti a o s , 240 at Tratacra, 450 in St. Sebastian prison ship—in all, 3,047. The prisons in every town and village in every part of the country are fi led with per OM confined in eonseqaence of their opinions; and every former —Almeida, &agents, Rivas. Valence, Per.iehe, etc.-- contain stwe prisoners, of whom no account can be given. Thousands of respectahle persons have been driven from their homes, forced to conceal themselves in different parts of tie country, or to take refuge abroad. Upwards of 1,300 have been transported to the toast of Africa or to India. The treatment of the prisoners is infamous At St. Julian's the greater part of the prisoner* ate confined on the Peed of the sea, and in the winter are ancle-Jeep in water. Our readers may possibly recollect, that some time since attempts were made to assassinate two British officer's near Lisbon. On the complaint of the British Consul, en. forced by the Government at home, *den were tardily given to bring the assassins to justice; bet when the Portu guese authorities went to the village when the mime had been committed, the offenders had disappeared. It is now, we understand, the belief at Lisbon, founded on circum stances which we are not at liberty to mention, that the assassins are now cousaled in the Royal Palace 4Quelus. The inference ss obvieus—that it woe at the instigation of persons who Uwe atioenee at the Palace that the crime wu perpetrated. 1 6 ` C -