The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

re* , THE STA' NEETLVG OF THE COUNTY OF GLOCESTER. ADDRE 4I TO THE KING To 1.1151415% mixoirees. On Saturday last one of the must numerous and re +or:table timeline-% of the county of tilorester which Vis been held for several years took place at the Shirehall, Oloerster, for the purpose of taking into c,insioloration the propriety of petitioning his Ma. 'estv disntis , .. from his council. for ev. - r his p r e sent J• unworthy minister:. This tneet.iig was originally s night throto(h a requisition to the High Sheriff, Sir E. IL Santivs, signed by several noblemen and gentle ', en of rank in the county ; hut that officer haring ..f tAett to convene a county meeting, the present was called by 11 magtstrates of the first rank and station, a..eording to the form prescribed by the 60th tiro. c. 6. At one o'rlork, the great area of the Shirehall, which is an elegant and spacious edifice, was tilled by freeholders of the county. On the platform were the following gentlemen of the c..unty. We regret state that Lori Docie was prevented from attend ing by a severe fit of the gout. The Honourable Messrs. Morton, two of his Lordship's sons, were pre bent ; ako Lord Sherhorne, Sir B. W. guise, Sir C. B. Cod engton, Colonel Berkeley, Colonel Kingsrute, Major lieneral liaise. M. Colchester, Esq., Colonel Webb, M. P., 1). Ricardo', Fsq. M. I'., T. Smith, Esq., E. Sheppard. Esq., It. tiannitog, Esq., C. H. Hanford, Ycq., JAL Pyrke, Esq., 11. %licks, Esq., H. P. Hick., rsq., S. Austen, Estp, W. 11. liyett, Esq., Rev. E. :ones, Rev. James Contureline, Rev. J. B. Cheater, T. Wynniatt, Esq., C. Ricardo, Esq., and several others ; '; sieges% respectability. J Lord Suranottsr. took the chair, amid the applause cd.' the meeting. His Lordship read the requisition originally presented t ► the High Sheriff, as well as that signed by the county Magistrates, in pursuance of which the meeting was called. Sir W. tittsc, the county member, then came for• ward to open the business of the day. He cotnnienced 11 stating. that though very marl: unprepared to ad olress a public meeting of the county, yet he thought the present a moment of sufficient consequence to call tar the avowal of every man's opinion who bad the rood of country at heart. They were all, unhap pily. our much aware of the present crisis of public offiirs ; they must have all seen, with the deepest re ',ter, the recent occurrence which agitatctl th,t c ltntry : they mu-t have seen, with the most mean chnly feelings, the improper and nneAl'ed fo. intro action into Parliament of crimin itory at idence against the Queen, which 'iould nut he ad inissible in any court of justice throughout the king lion). Equally repulsive to tie feeling• of the nation was the production of witnesses from tli•tant countries, un tier cirruntstanree, and connected with preainits er r togments, of so suspicious a character, as to justify the opinion which prevailed, that these witnesses had keen suborned to give evidence. These proceedings, so utterly at variance with the habits and institutions of this country. had created great uneasiness and gene ral agitation.—(clear.)—There was of late, and there still roe:tinned to he, great distress throughout the ministry: it was the ditty of Ministers at such a time not to exasperate public feeling, but to eudeavonr, as far as their means extended, to alleviate pnblic dis tress, and to allay public discontent. A., however, the constitutional and responsible advisers of the king had neglected this important part of their duty, it became the bounden duty of men of loci:4-lot in the country to assist the people in making known their real 'Rotation to his Majesty, in a moderate, a proper, sad legal manner. It was, lierefore. of the tirst im• portance that the county of titorester should come forward thus openly and publicly to express its senti ments; and with that view he would submit an ad dress to this meeting, which he trusted would be fatted to comprehend the public sentiment. The ad dress, whirls be concluded by moving. entreated the King . to dismiss his present Ministers, whose systeneof foreign and domestic politics had entailed so many evils on the nation, and was alike derogatory to the pmerr and dignity of the Crown, and destructive of the rights and hest interests of the people. It also recommended that with a change of Ministers there should be also . a tidal changef Isseasarcs.—(Applause.) Ile. Cot.cnss felt came forward to second this !no tice. He said that he was as little accustomed to speaking. that nothing could hare iadared Lim to .trespass on the twenties of seek an assembly. but a sense of the deep neeessity which existed for the ex pansion of the public 'easiness of se hie a comity. When the dearest interest* at"Leelistry ~~ \ .. ~~ , F :re were at stake, anal the most valuable principles of the conceived constitution in danger----when such threatening omens _ . though , it were abroad, no personal considerations should be suf concerned me. Not childhood alone, .. young fered to operate in the dischsrge of public duty.-- - man till thirty, never feels practically that he is (Lond to !e t as .) ress Sir W. li he nise ha m d done little preach a homily on the fragility of life ; but he brings inained for him (Mr. Colchester) to add ie heartily d cin seconing it nut home to himself , any m ore than in a hot June it. lie should therefore only say, that lon we can appropriate to one imagination the freezing curred in the proposed address, which hreathed a proper aays of December. But now--shall I confess& truth ? spirit of loyalty anal attachment to the throne, and to —.- . 1 feel these audits but too powerfully. I begin to the person anal office of his Majesty (hear); while at errant the probabilities of my duration ; and to grudge the same time it conveyed a just anal merited censure at the expenditure of moments and shortest twriods, upon the King's constitutional advisers, who had en like miser's farthings. In propoition as the years deayourel to disgrace his (ajesty's royal consort, and both lessen and shorten . I set more count upon their to bring the institutions of the country into danger. periods ; and would fain lay my ineffectual finger upon (Hear.) lie concurred in expr e s sin g the ho p e, that the spoke of the great wheel. 1 ant not content to when this address was laid at the foot of the throne. pass away "life like a weaver'n shuttle." Those 11. - that his Majesty would dismi , s from his councils a set taphors solace me not, nor sweeten the unpalatable of men, who, rather than quit the c profits anal emolu draught of mortality. I ra re no t to be carried with meats of o f f i ce, preferred entlirolling thecountry in the tide, that smoothly bears human liie to eternity : civil conflict, and rislting the alignity and security of and relnet at the inevitable course of destiny. 1 ant the throne, by the introlloction of a prosecution in love with this green earth ; the face of town anal against the Queen, after sitch a measure hail been de tountry ; the unspeakable rural eelitutlee, anal the precated by the House of Commons, and declared by sweet security of streets. I would set up toy tatter- that body to be " derogatory f best d interests. which lam arrived ; 1, anal my friends. To be no ,of the empire."—(Loud applause.) younger, no richer , no han dsomer. Ido not w ant I The Address (Lou a unanimously adopted by t to be weaned by age; of drop, like mellow fruit as Meeting. they Fly, into the grave —Any alteration, on this 1 Mr. Ilicselio came forward, and Iva. received with 'area of mine, in dirt, or in lodging, puzzles Ind I marks of approbation. He said that he was sure this discomposes me. My household-gods plant a terrible meeting felt as he did resiteeting the conduct pursumil fired foot, and are not rooted up without blood • on a late occasion in the House of Peers, by their No. They do not willingly seek Lavinian shores. Anew' stmt. of being staggers me. These Noble Lords had in an independent anal manly tnanne ropposed his Majesty's t lin isters durin g the pro (To be continued.) s ecution a the Queen. I, lo.catue the county to ex press their opinion of the conititet of the Noble Lords who had acted in so independent a manner, :toil his object at pre•ent was to pror‘P to them a cote Of thanks. Ile would take this oppoitonity of declaring hie hearty approbation cf the terms of the address, as well as those used by the gentler-en oho had spoken upon it. , Indeed, if he had acy thing in the way of romplaitd to urge or cavil with, it was, that the address had nut gone as far as it ought to Lave gone; for it ap. pea red to him that many of the evils of which they complained were to be traced to the present constitu tion of the Dons! of Commotic.—(Applanse.-1f that house fairly anal fully represented 34 it ought the pro ple at large, the country tynnlil not now have tn de plore melt an accumulation of wriongs.—(Applause). It would have hero quite impossible for Minister to have pursued a career so diatnetrivally opposite to the general voice of the country.; nor nook! a House of l Commons, representieg the general voice of the com munity, have suffered sorb a departure from the: public wishee null interests. Entertaining, as he I unequivocally did, such an opinion, he must say that he should have still more approved of the address, if it promptly and plainly recommended that no (friar should be lost in making the I louse of Commons what it ought to he, and what its tame imported it should he, namely, a reyresentatiyr of the public voice—an' organ ailing in sympathy wita the tine of popular' feeling, and constitutionally embodying awl express-; ing the voice of the country at large in a full anal lis-j questionable n anner.---(tireat applause.)-- = f he hon. gentleman concluded by uropos;ng a vote- o f t h an ks to Lords Sher borne anal Dneie. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and fol lowed by thcce.cheer. 1 Mr. SNOWDSN suggested that a similar compliment should be paid to the Ihike of Bedford, and Lords . Grey, Holland, and Carnarvon. Several yokes eeclaiistell, " and Lord R o ddne This suggestion was instantly etulludied in the form of a motion, and Ueneral tictos, in seeonality , it, said, that h.- wished every other nchle lord in the House of l'rers hail fol. lon et, the high example of the distinguished peers 1 i whose names had been jest m eatiotted. Ilad others' equally obeyed the dicta t e s . f their conscience, in stead of yielding to undue influence, the Queen, in stead of haying a majority of nine against her, would have had such a triumphant number of voters in her, favour on the second reading of the Bill, as would have carried her triumph:v.' through the whole process. The 111 lliiii was carried unanititoivite. General tivtAc then inquired of the meeting is what manner they would nista the address signed. Were Hi.. High Sheriff of the roomy present, he should have proposed that that officer do sign it on behalf of the meeting. As that, however, could not now be done, he would content himself with naming that it be signed lay their noble chairman, on the part of the meeting: and then, that it he presented to his Majen ty by the county M e mbers.—(Applanse.) This motion was second , d by Air. Ricardo, and car ried tinanituously. Sir Was. fluisE, in allusion to the vote which had just been passed, said, he should thankfully accept the trust reposed in hint, and teal great pleasure in rat tending to the wishes of the county. Colonel Ili itIiF:LEY rata.* forward amid loud marks of approbation. lie lamented that he was not present at the opening of the business of the day ; but as he I had had the gratification of readiug the address before it was publicly submitted to dm county, it gave him the pleasure of assuring them, that buds the address ' anal resolutions had his entire unqualified concurrence.' His object in presenting himself to ttte meeting now. was to move a rote tat thanks to Sir William liaise for proposing, and to Mr. Colchester for seronditag the address, which had received their unanimous sp probation. This motion was also carried unanimously. Mr. WINTOCIII Hearne said he concurred entirely in the preeeding business, and more particularly In l i that tribute of their respect wLich was so justly due to their distinguished chairman. The thanks he had now to propose for their concurrence were to the eleven tnagistrates who had ronveued the meeting after the High Sheriff's refusal to obey the requisition, pre-, sewed to him from some of the principal t enon a ti g ra ee ni. o r. f the county.—(Applanse.) They were more par ly called upon to thank these magistrates for rowing forward in support of the rights aod privileges tithe county, when the High Sheriff iotespesed kis authority' to obstruct the esereise of both, as Ow its be had the power to art in hostility to the •11,01144 wish as the county. He trusted. therefore. that for esadset mph S , If '. r. of the suffeting pedple, and to injure the &mai tution of these realms ; are highly impropqr."-.41 nom Oinch applause.)--Mr. Shuter seconded the real* tion.—(Much clieeriag.)--.1 variety of aniteatAd re -1 marks were then called forth from Mr. S p eck, M ' Clarke, Mr. Butler, Mr. Wild, Mr. Black, Mr. Wes. therstone and others, and after the resolution trii4 car ried, it was resolted to return acknowledgtadatli fot .1 the tootle that had been adopted for making the attempt ed meeting known, by which that which was iatead4kl ~ be a meeting only of those to whom the letters were ad dressed, was prostrated by the publicity jived.— Thanks were then voted to the Chairman s •add th! meeting broke up. ..................i ' \ FOR THE STATESILIN. TO THE MDT LION. LORD I' ViTLERE AM IL V. i ON TIIE PRESENT STATE OF PUBLIC APIPAIRS. 1 as he bad praised In the magistrates, the meeting would record their graternl,thatiks, and that then they would net Irdeterred from passing a vote of censure upon the High Sheriff for his conduct on so interest ing an ercasion.—(Loll cheers.) tote of thanks to the magistrates who bad con vened the meeting. was carried by arela I.ation. Mr. IVIXTOVR Ilsonts then said he must take the sense of the meeting on the conduct of the High She riff.—(Hear, hear.) —When men of office did w rong, th 0...• who were likely to he injured by their misdeeds ought not to be afraid of expressing their opinions, in the hope ol detorring other official personages from pursaieg similar misconduct,—(Hear). —Ile lanteuted the unpleasant situation in which the High Sheriff was at present placed.--(Some voices exclaimed " Is it in the King's !tench:") —He had too much British feel ing when a man syas down to kick at him, and should rather at any time extend the hand of good fellowship to lift up a fallen adversary.—(Cheers.).--But it was quite impo!sible for them, without utterly abandoning their duty to overlook the misconduct of Sir E. B. Sandys at ALIO) a crisis as the present. It was not for him to enter into n hat might have been the motives of the High Sheriff; they are expressed in the letter in w! it+ lie conveyed his refusal to call the meeting. Whether the seutiments there expressed were the writer's oft n or nut, he (Mr. Harris) could not tell : for his own wr:, he rather doubted it, awl meant to express that doubt in the resolution which he held in his hand, and would n:w propose. The resolution expressed the strong reprobation of the meeting at the conduct of Sir E. B. Sandvs, which they. however, attribnted to the situation of personal restraint and difficulty in which be was now involved. Set persons exclaimed that it was not worth while to moiee the comloct of the High Sheriff, which they ought rather to treat with contempt ; while others (and the great majority) thought a simple vote of censure ne cessary, without any reference to the High Sheriff's pre sent personal situstion, to obit+ they deemed it indeli cate to anode at a public meeting. The vote of censure upon the High Sheriff was then passed ttttt tta ly. Sit WILL, t.o 111 - iss then proposed the thanks of the meeting to their Nuiiie l'hairtuan, for.his dignified con duct iu the Chair. The motion as wooded by Colonel BERKELIV, who said, that it uas highly gratifying to the county of 610- rester to have such S 'Ale Lords as their Chairman re si-lent anion,: thew, u hn were always ready to stand for: ward for the preservation of the best rights and inter mite of the people, and to guard them from oppression.— (t 'beers.) The (*natio , ‘x expressed his thanks for this ;dark of their respectful attentom. The necessary arrangements were then made for pnblishing anal circulating the Resolutions anal Address agreed to at the meeting, and the meeting then broke np amid tonal direr*. 'l SUEFFI Usc. 29. ----- My Loan-1 keg leave to congratulate yew Lied ship upon the happy terudina ion of the late mote and disgraceful proceedings against her moat eminils Majesty. Queen Caroline. 1 call this ereatshappt, because I have reason to think, that a contrail/ ode would have involved consequences fraught with milt and misery to all those who had conspired her destrod tion. You know, my Lord, that the system of 84. vermnent, I •adrd as it bath been with the inetnnakeit wri,:hts of correotion, has for many years past fife* gradually sinking lower and tower in degradadosti and has lately precipitated itself with ands vehmitn down the gulf, that many of its once admiring Meade gaze with wonder at the perilous situation to width it is at last arrived. Add to this the desperate efforts that have lately been made to relieve, net * extricate it ! and the consternation that pervades di ranks of the community will appear natural ; ma the contempt in which all coodrientioua persons hokftleses who have the e.dnilucting of it, will he sufficiently ales counted for. The people of England are tastaralip loyal and industrious; hot those amiable prepassitioa have been counteracted—their energies have Wel cramped and rendered fruitless by harsh insommost and their of allegiance blasted by creel treat ment. 1)o you wonder then, my Lord, at the tries of the people ? Do you wonder that they simmer tad repine? Take an impartial survey of the mem, nits; and do not confine your view to the palaces d the minions of power—to those who batten en the spoils they wrest from the labourious. Then I knee yon will find splendour and luxury and intempersom but do not, I Iteseech yon, consider these--tether in r:•speet of their possessions or practices, an fit repre sentatives of the community. No; rather look epos the bulwarks of the nation—the vitals of its PAM PM' e—the merchants, manufacturers, farmers, and at ti za us ! If you go into their houses, the spectre tel prosperity will start up, and accuse you of its murder I Look, my Lord, at the list of bankrupts! book into the. state of prisons and of poorhouses! and pet may then be better qualified to calculate the rifest at yam' impolitic and ruinous measures. Your demote epee the public have not been proportonrd to the UM* rall have afforded them of answering those deessodet which proves you to be a had practical p 1.110•04, and incapable, or not sufficiently honest to dieshedege the duties of your office. However napless,* this may sound, my Lord, it is a fact notorious W sil re decting minds, although you may contrive do hide it from your master. Fur, while coustnerce mad trade have been diminishing, your exactions have been in ereasisg: and hence mime all that evil of whisk the , people now so justly complain. During a 1..14 period of warfare, which you endeavonred to petsuade the people tended tope to the honour of their country, they bore their privations with tolerable patience. They fought for you—contributed their property t• forward your designs; and when your object was effected—when the war was brought to that termios tion which you desired, did you then return to them and acknowledge the service% they had done you? Were you willing to make some slight sacrifices in your turn to reqnite their generosity and advance their wellfare and happiness ? No: but on the con trary, when retrenchment was recommended, rya evinced at once your ingratioole, your avarice, your want of feeling, and contempt fin your re:.' ldenefac tore. Were the ports thrown open and to- customs lowered that the spirit of trade mig ht reg:. it . i tine vigor? No : but th e fetter which : , :ol bees forged to hind it in the time of war, was streugtheord and made more heavy in the time of peace. How noble was that unbe%itating confidence which the people placed in you. Peling assured, from t' e dictates of their own honest hearts, that ydde would duly requite them when the opportunity should offer, by lightening the burdens von had compelled them to hear, an" under whirl) they were absolutely sinkinr. What will not men do? what will they nut endure t• ptomote the happiness of the object they loft? A 0 the most affectionate ardour the people of lettglaud loved their King, and they loved the Constittetton; but you have wantonly violated, nay, almoit destroyed the one. and placed the other ins situation ken which nothing hut %haute and remorse can accrue. And 34 yon surprised, my Lord, that the people fee! ilai4Pal.l at this ? Are von surprised that they repin e at 04114 disappointment, and blame the a g ents wt.o ha wrought their misery ? When they. held meet hutoVy to petition that their rights might he 1' 0.4 to them , you fouls- vilified them--- . y ou falsely ;lensed them of sedition—nay, proltiltited them front pregfq for eel: f and redress! and .it this eery la..olahle pod innocent practice, threw main` into prisons, and atter ally i• •• • others. When t h e ears' of a NI"'"1"1. are shut to the pray ers of his people. o'llo sr* " 1 means he which . he must be made acquadateti self their condit . on ? "a 1.1 i: I. tA• public This day a most numerous and rrspertahle meeting nas held in our tar the purpose of a•ltlres.ing his Nlajesty, and praying hint to dismiss from his cotoicils Iris present evil advisers. The as rennhl,tir was unosnally large; and in point of talent and property, the 'meting must vie with any that have ever before been held here. Tenn 41 , 1 It \wslor, Esq., of Wartlsentl, was calls*, to the chair; he opened the hotlines% of the meeting in a most patriotic and appropriate speech; after which, Joaquin Rasa, f:sei., moved the two first resolutions, the pArport of which Age— That the meeting felt themselveseolled upon to de cl*re tl.rir firm allegiance to Isis Majesty's person and the t ( Institution of the realm. •' That the misemploct of his Majesty'' ministers has convert:9l the right whirls the subject has, to pe tition and reisionstra:e, into an imperious ditty to do st) SIIII that this 'fleeting is of opinion that it is rx• peilient and proper to told to ilia proposed address to his llajesty, a prayer that he woold dismiss those minister.." These resolutions were seconded by Mr. W v. and sopporeti by Mr. John Bailey, in a Silted' of great length and ability. Ilrot Pasturn, Esq., nor worthy and excellent Chief Magistrate, next came fo:•ward, and addressed the meeting in a speech replete with manly, constitu tional, and independent prin , ipl.s. 3I r. En. Minors read and worre•l the alltinrss. It was moved and carries! that the address should rein tin in the Townliall for signatures until the 6th of Janis .re, awl that his Grace the l)nke of Norfolk and Earl Eitzwiiliam he requested to pre sent the sane to his 31ajesty. In s h irr of the presence and exertions of several of the promoters of the smuggled address. the live(' and for tone men (alluded to in a former letter). the g reatest harmony prevailed, and the meeting scps rated in good order. SNUG MEETING IN stJUTII 17. WARE SURPRISED AND DEFE.IiD. ST. OI.ATE's VESTkT it %LT., PotTIIWARIC. Mr. Florence Young, a Southwark magistrate, and ultra-loyalist, not dismayed it appears by the fAiltire of all similar efforts, ha.l endeavoured to combine snuggery with publicity. by issuing a notice, among , those persons whom he deemed trust-worthy, to meet at St. 01 ice's Vestry-ball, on Saturday last, to resolve upon a local declaration of sentiments. At I I o'clock Mr. Young and Mr. Allen Shuter were at the place ap pointed, but they soon-found themselves surrounded with more friends to the King and constitution than were invited. Some gentle murmuring was heard against this it.trusion. Mr. Young said it vas intrusion in any who were not invited to come there. '1 hr Vestry Hall was by this time quite crowded, and a ma lion was made and agreed to, by the intruders, it will be anpposell,t that Mr. Young should take t h e I co:I seit: ftaa the Tilt:se; be w i sh e d ground 0 er n ,: but room, and . t a: 1 : : that t h i s 1 c o n sul t, A i n sh s I f rus . i 1% was t e . ~sr , os. l i r n t 0 a:: that nut the :t t iti l l o reh was p ska r ils ts : t f t, ait t ::: i. e .: : :It i: r : : gi; n ee, ' i l : g n 1 r : gi, in-. tended to convene. After some altercation, Mr. Young inously called to the chair. Mr. Shuter then pro posed that the meeting do now adjourn. A very interesting sad amusing discussion ensued, when Mr. Ellis moved " That the representations of servile corporate institutions, anal the seMiments of interested iindirblnals to libel the loyally . A tinifitl snit loy:il rosigratnlatit;se .14tIre•I` et 4114 Inhabitant. of W r enn Its her 31.1..te.;:: W." aftrf41,....," at A meeting held in pursuance of a rrtini4tion: tom the Rev. Bailiff dill not tliiitz proper to *lto if toilet the Intisiuenrs, and the Chair wai taken loy air. Wall The Arelsoleavon of Brecon, in i i i. i :t ie eile — !: lee the inhabiNnts o f that tow's, t tatesl, that he wl ireetaie of the gen eral f..e:ing of that place -e-reetie 1 the titters)," Ile will are in the .111.1 rest Is. v iilee It kill'lrs about Omni. If lin he not :a rue storevat " Plies he now n now be convinced of his -ort a" Limit that the unanimou s f edijo g of thew l.o' • lee j. ulth her Maks y. ••••. .k • • ..t • • aressd me, 'sever failed to bring a train Of pensive imagery into my fancy. Yet I then scarce conceived what it meant, or thought of it as a reckoning that isur Net childhood alone, but the young i t ' `~ ME II