The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-20 00:00:00

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enplane,. It was wills extreme diffidence be undertook ii e
task of opening the business of the day. No pert that
e prescerded from any doubt of their indett-;earn,
while he reeteavoured to perform his duty.—(Gre I cry,-
pfourss )—Still leas mild it proceed from any idea that what
be was shout to propose was unbocomier him to e•ffer, or its
them to accept and adopt.—(Great apidause.)—Tbe) wise
swam of the rrarisition to Ilse High Sheriff, sad the Hitch
sheriff 's refines' to call a merest —(Skoms, shanse.)-.-He
(land Thane.) bad since seen in the Piesspapers a most
icrilting, and he must say a most bocourable cetniross to the
High Sheriff's -eamilect. He had seen that in Hinepsh re
one Peer and seventy Feerholders had present. el • le q,....t ..
on 11* nee shit for a public electing ; and no the. IA" s So. • 4,
nice Peers mad our hot dr. d and forty Fre ebolerrs, deserts
as in the votinty, of suppressing any dram %%slew of pub. .-
..pintoes, bad prevermied their rrqnisitios against any publoe
essellng. He meal reusable. that among the latter remiati-
-21.-sists tiers were some of ha Majesty's Minister-, ranel,
others In wish. 41 to become his Ministers..--(fueisenimarp. ""-
yetewara)--Tho nor .if two .t properly called • meet i
atiltme mei thug *iv* was proposed by Ike am eller nit caber ll°
►equkt.iuns ,Mai carried misaiinuosly..—(.4ppionee)—He
had bees reshlait is !bat county nearly thirty years. He bad
gives his signature fur Many county meetings, and oft- et
Cr purposes opposite to the political opinions which
he profemed ; but he
rimed before by a Sheriff of the county of Kcist.—(Grwal op-
ploarso.;—Yet, of all the rrquitantions whirls he hsd tier
signed, he bad never seen any ow respectable or half so nu-
merously signed as the preseirt.—(Grenf applause ) Nut tf
the requisition had out been 'rearmed MU early, instead of
140 it would hone hod boo sigoatnos.—(Braro, are know
it )—The Slitr.fflhooglit proper to say that at gave hiss great
pais to refuse the ngmisitioei, and added, that be had come
to the determinatios of refusing it by a thorough convict', it
That be acted i• unions, with by far the major part of this re -
apectairlelndepeedest county.—(l.4med riles of " No, oo")--•
'they meld hove nu doubt what class of Femme the Sherif
▪ d to; but h. fore be referred to them he had one or two
rm marks to offer. The first question for the Sheriff war,
whether the state of affairs was such as required a g
detlaratkes of the sentiments nf the inhabitants. It was on.
oterssary for him to offer any argument.. is support of the
affirmative of this proposition, for they had haute them facts
which placed it beyond all doubt —(.4pplaster )—li was uo.
bolus', that oflate there bed been more public meetings than
at any period of our history within the same pee ian', th.t indeed
there never had beee a greater intensity of pu bite feeliete. But
it was impossible to take up • newspaper without seeing
some public meeting upon swat 111114.111111 question, or some ac-
count of Addresses present. d or about to be pieseuted, or pre-
paring lu present to the Queen. The friends of Minisbirs t hem-
selves MI sheen that there was something in the state of the
musulry which required some declaration of the opinion of
the people; else why press for those Addresses, of which ills
toositry had beard so much But in addition to all the
public seemiags which load already taken place, he unties -
stood that 13 or 14 comities in England were about to Ewes,
or had otiosity met, in order to make some declaration
their seutimeuts epos public affairs. All them iriccutu
masers proved that the Sheriff of Kent had suit been called
spots to convene the comity on light gronads--(Wreat op•
phstise.) Vet the Sheriff would nut agree tee the application
km • popular meetierg, influenced, uu doubt, is his refusal,
in some degree, by those very persons who were them-
selves usreSeig io holes sad corners to declare opinions
spas those very 'objects tont the discussers* of which
they would altogether exclude the itabissiod, isidependeut
people of the Comity. Here the Noble Lord read •Do
eloratio• *Mei hod been lately left at two homes in Maid.
Moue, fur the purpose of bring signed as a Loyal Ad•
dress to the King, and ridiculed with much humour the
diction and character of that Declaration, which was pub.
fished in The Mairlslo.e Gatelfe withobt any signature.
Thus • sort of terrific raw-head and bluody-hones, as to
blasphemy, sedition, anarchy, anal confusion, was cirrulaSMl
ilwosigh the county, without any distinct authority or koome
sigreatnre. Hut to be serious; if the people had no evils
is dread or to •filict them bet those recuouted iu this
mutable Declaration, he might well congratulate his toiletry-
men umber their cuielition; for such evils might Ise easily
grappled with, and overcome by the steady adiuisistratiuse
of the lows of the country. There were, however, mush
more serious evils hanging over Ilse liberty, the propel iy,
sod safely of the country than these Loyal Addressers felt
it politic to notice, but against which it bellowed the people
to be on their guard. They should be on their guard,
indeed, principally spinet Ike object of each Addressers a.
ha quoted. But Isaviog observed upon the Loyal
Address from West Kent, and which no doubt emulated
from some adore whom Sir Thomas Dyke regarded as the
majority of the independent and respectable inhabitants of
the County, he should now advert to 20 ebullitions from she
loyalists of East Kent. In • declaration from the Magistrate 4
oiliest district, lately published, he found the following dee-
Mention
o We view with extreme regret the systematic circulation
of blasphemous and seditious publications and address ,
eakainied to mislead tbe ignorant and unweary—to •liesait•
the minds of the people from a true obedience to the lang—
uid bring into contempt the constituted authorities and ti.-
established religiou of the country."
He would beg to know where, in this County, those lite-
girtrates Lad seen any of those blasphemous or seditious pt. -
litations by which they affected to be so very mach alarm, u
What proof had they abate-see of any midi publication
the County ?—(Criss erf Now! and applassse.)--I t had b....
suggested to hem that Do ease whatever of blasphemous •,--
seditious publication had been brought under the notice ef
Buy of Use Magistrates of this Comity—(Applestes.)—Prml,
this fact, theta, did it nut appear that the Declaration e't
the Magistrates to whom be bad referred, came to them
to be signed from another quarter that indeed tb• v
were called upon to give their rorroboralive teatime..
to the statement, because they themselves hod no koe‘ -
ledge of the business?—(,4 laugh sad bar.)—Bat who-
ever might be the real opioloa of those Magistrates, or
the other loyal Addressers to the county, their public deo .
ratiuu of stick opinions served to justify thoae who h
called for a couisty meeting.—(Applirose.)—Bel it was etc',
that Slimmers aid their agents were adverse to comity mee .
ings, although such nierillegs ferried • partofih Constitute
of tie country as well as Ilea two Houma of Parliament. --
The Church and the King were parts of ,be Constantio
but it should be recollected, that popular meetings furl I
cwt the least valuable department of that ayitern. He .
haired, indeed, that to such meetings the liberty of Englieh-
Imo owed its or iglu, eased that enamel such meetings tie •t
liberty could nett rbe maintsined, lie therefore called up- .
the Esigliels Gentlemes to stand ley that liberty, for "to
the wipe* of Ulat ill 10114) the protertons of the I. be• r
of limit country is a duty • latch miry owe to themselves wt..
enjoy it, to chose aucesteres who trausmitted down, and to
lh.ir 'matte-ay, who will claim al their bandit, this the Intl
bertluight and noblest tuberitanie of roauki ntl.--(.eppiessee).--
He who despised or feared the people rend real himself i
capable of performing the doles which on such high oath...
rely belonged lo him. The High Sirre.ff (lie spoke of Met
its Lie putd.c capacity) bad sinews. Hist lie and- tv.leed
popular ;wit of our coosiituteou, sod it'd not tee as be jai
t.. feel, n the hen Inc dingle and the nob red Ilia, ilgte f
snankited." He aim •t, tht defuse, my, tau the Wen Sher • -1
the comely had acted ill a snawar amb c 0... Coptic.
1.1.-iiiientaa."—(`Appierats.) if the geutionteu who arrurere.i
to thMmelves the title of beteg the roost rairperfulde of eras
must respectable curiaty, instead of nudes g hark 1040 111)1'44
tot Hem fellowmtebjects frusta " Asks aid corners," weenie,
fairly stst theta they omild fined that Mere wet..
sso "cisme of complatuisig eel blespbeinous and seslitiers•
press, licentious inland example," a. ut " the specious pre
teats mid daugerams talcum of men grim were mehing
ruin of the 'mime and the throue."--(Laagemer -usle•
men," said the N.hic Earl, "it was uy suit oectiaea