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should be busied in seriesatinglessi• by PON/cll7 ""‘".-
bone a his "'objects, am! in onso7Vmlsemli thslr respect for
the excellent institutions of their ."0111".."' The Address
iroutliaded by pinkie; the waning to *PP"e every •"04,1 1
made to Ulnaee or delude she public •mishil, and also to
meintain inviolate the moped doe to the. Government of
the "sundry.
Mr.Joseeit Ram seconded the motile" for 14..**; I"l°Ptiun
of this Addrees..-(Cries of " No, no.")
Mr. CLARKII had tern to hopes shot the Address 'lf 'he
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Recmintiossiso• would have bete of such a nature as to Na
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rambled the meow( to have adopted it, either by the so 1.,
lion or is allerainin of one tru or topics. The present Ao. 4
dress was, however, so far from meeting his approbation,
that he would himself propose that another Address be pre-
sented to his Majesty.
Mr. Moberly waited some lime for Mr Clashes Address,
bet that Gesstlensan declined bringing one forward, in rouses
queue. of • short conversation between himself sod Mr.
Wispier.
Mr. Wooetw opposed the Address which had bees offered
to the meeting, because he was convinced that the cousin,
was as mural and religiose. as it ever had bees, and that the
horrible charges advaheed in it against the people of Etiglasd
were foul and malignant libels upon the s.—(Cheers )
Airier many remarks uso the ridiculous falsehood of those roe-
conetioss, and also ow the shameful purpose which they
Were intended to effect, be concluded hie speech by pro.
posing that all the words 4of the original Address should be
struck out, and that, is lieu of them, should be inserted an
Address to his Majesty, deelsratory of their affection to his
perms', but of their abhorrence or the recent measures of his
Ministers, particularly in approving of than I Man-
chester, sod in %triaging forward the late unjustili ible prose-
cution agsiust his illmsed and mignammoss Comoro.—
(Hisses and applause, of which the latter predominated )
Mr. CLAnxl. seconded Mr, %Cooler's aineadment.
Mr. AVARRINGTOII, in explanations, begged leave to state
that he had not libelled the people of Eat:laud ; he had not
.irslled them blaspbeniuns or seditious on the mass ; he had
only aid that there were souse factious and ill-desigriug uses
among them.
The Rev. Joist COU AAAAA V felt himself tailed upon as a
churchman to soya few words to the meeting, is coaseq
of the observations by Mr. Woolen upon the coodiset of the
Clergy. Ile had not come there, seilkee had any of the requi-
*Rictuses, to defied or *Hack the present Admanistratios ; he
had come theire,actnated by a devolion to hiretneetryito cusses
teract the designs of thuse who were ill-affected to its well-
/Wag. He manstaiued that in pursuing the lire of conduct
which lie bad dune, he had been influenced by et' impure mo.
tire; and he was therefore of opinion that he sod his friends
del not deserve t he • ppell snot' which bad bees applied to ohs m
iu a hand.bill which he had seen. The Mead. of loyslty
were taut, is Croydon at least, hole sod corner mem; there
they load fairly thrown dowse the gauntlet le their orpiment.,
and their upponeuts had as fairly takes it up; sod all that
they tar any other Englishntan had to require was a clear
stage and a fair haitte.—(Applause.)
Mr. THELWALL oral cause forward to address the meet-
ing. Ou his name beteg announced,
Mr. Cou AA ex AY, M.P. mated where 11. lived, and tbs r
be was a householder.
Mr. Millar, holding up the requisilios, and Foisting to
the name. of those who list signed it, " Where do they live?"
Mr. TiIeLWALL said, that he lived at Brixton causeway,
and edited that, as the requisition called a tweeting of the
inhabitant householders of Croydon and its vicinity, be should
not have felt himself retitled to attend at it, had he not seen
in the terpoisition the names of some Gentlemen who loved at
as great a distance from Croydon as himself. He thee pro-
ceeded to comment with considerable tome upon the effects
which the loyal addresses rem Wended to produce; and
after • severe ermine tiro"' Ministers for sheircosduct during
the investigation of the charges•eainst her Majesty, and upon
the Clergy, for repeating (row their pulpits the calumets*
which the Attorney -G I had uttered agenost her iu his
opining speech, .occluded by giving his support to the '
Amendment, and his opposition to the Address originally
proposed.
A short pause then ensued, and Mr. 111•ntat.Y was about
to put the (walling upon the Amendment, w ben
Mr.COURTIMAY said, that it would be desirable to know,
sot only the subject on which they were going to vote, but
also she parties of whom the peopositioes which they might
adopt were to he comidered as the opinions. He was fully
convinced that Mr. Thelwall bad a right to speak; but al.
lowing that to be the case, still their whole procedines
would he a mockery, if they did not know whether they
were the proceedings of the inhohitaist householders merely,
or those of the tuhabitants of Croydonu and its vicinity ge-
nerally.
After • short discussion the CHill‘3llfil mill, that from
the requisition that had pet into his band he conceived
the meeting to be • meeting of the inhabitant householders
of Croydon and its 'mildly. As the Hun. Member bad nut
suggested to them any means of distiuguishing those who
were householders from those who were not, he might be
forgiven fur addressing them upon the subject. He would
appeal .to those who were not hoeseholders, whether they
ought to take • share iu the division which was about to
I rustic. He thought they ought nut to interfere, stud he
! trusted to their honour that they would abstain (rum doing it.
Mr. Etta (our of the rerpoisitionisis )--Let the house-
holders withdraw to one corner of the room ; the sulisbitants
have tan right here.
Mr. WOOLEN. sat sorry to interrupt the last speaker; but
he rose to it point of order. It was true that the reontisitien
limited the meting to inhabitant husiseholders Inn on
Wednesday last • meeting of the inkshitauts would have
been held to address his Majesty, had it nut been for some
rounnsiuicati AAAA made so slime who had busied themselves in
it. That meeting hail been adjoureed, iu coosequeuts, to
the present day, upon an tinderslanding that the queslios
would be then taken into eumuderetion. He, therefore,

maintained that the inhabitants hail a right to vote opus M.
The CHAIRMAN said, that if Mr. Weoler had put into
his hands the reotitaition of Mose inhabitants to whom he
had alluded, the argument which he had jest been ad.
♦anenug would have been correct. The alerting hail, how.
ever, been acting upon another requisition—the retried 00000
or the hou.ell.tlitt.re; anal it would be destructive of ail order
if they should now proc,ed to act sputa a fresh repass,. ,
having schal so lune upon the former one.
Mr. MILLAR. said th■t the requisition, which purported
to be signed by inhabitant householders only, was not to
signed. There was in the requisition the names of several
persons who were only inhabitants of Croydoo.—(Cries rtj
"Norse oar, now see")—Fle would name: Mr. Dredge
was not nn inhabitant householder either of Croydon or the
vicinity.
The Rev. J. B. FILMIER,- if there is ay error with re.