The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

MIDDLILSEX MEETING.

A Ittqui.;tierri Isa►aog }anew twitlyosod is tlw•
Duke of Portland, as Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Meddltem requesting him to call it
meeting of the Freeholder. and lithabitatits of the
County for the purpose of eon•idering of the pro-
priety of Petitioning the House of C 1111 l mons for a
Reform of Pa►liament. and also whether it, might
or might nut be expediont to adopt any other legal
measures for procuring the rani!, his Grace was
pleased to issue a notice, appointing such meeting
to be held at the Mermaid Tavern. at Hackney, at
twel►e o'clock, yesteutlay, agreeably to which no-
tice, a considerable body or highly respectable in.
divicluals met in the Assembly...room.
About one o'clock, the room being completely
filled, and the persons assembled beginning to grow
1111106tiellt of drillY. a large party of the reqtaisi-
ot 111 l ists and other Gentleintri appeared on the host-
togs, among whom we recogoired
George Ryag, Esq. M.P. ; S. C. Whitheead, Esq. M.P.,
P. Moore, Esq. M P.; the Rev. Dr. Draper; Major Cart-
wright, Mr. Barber Beaumont; Mr. T. Clark; Mr. Fitz-
gerald, Ike Rev. Mr. Hayes; Mr. Wade; Mr. Wuoler; um!
Mr. Mulls.

Major CARTWRIGHT proposed that M►. P.
Moore should take the Chair, which was unaui.
tu•.usly agreed to.

Mr. P. Moons then addressed the meeting, and
said, that ',kap, 'visiting to accede to the wishes
of his brother freeholders of the county of Middle-
s. rt, and to attend their meetings whenever their
interest•, or the public good of the empire required
that they should assemble together to express their
opinions upon tiny important question, he came to
that meeting with considerable inconvenience to
himself, and without the smalle►t expectation of
being placed in the situ*tion which he now occn-
yeti. But they bad declared it to be their will
that he should fill it, and he was always ready to
obey their comroands.—(.4ppionse.)—The object
of their meeting ass said to be to restore, in Ins opi-
nion it was to preserve the constitution; but whe-
ther they sought to restore or to preserve, he hoped
they would have nothing but the Constitution. to
the course of the discussions which might ensue, he
Isegged leave to claim fur every persou who might
reel inclosed to &bier his sentiments, a I'o4 and
impartial lwariteg. There las no longer any party
among them ; it was no longer a busintss of Whig
or Tory ; it was no longer Pitt or Fox ; but all, or
nearly all, agreed in endeavouring to promote
►efostu of the abuses and rorropt• which had en-
tailed .o much ' ery on the country. Ile would
pow read the requisition.—(The nuunber of the rig-
natures annexed to it filled several sheets of paper,
and was butted by the Chairman to embrace a vino
proportion of the anti property of the county.]
In consequence of this Requisition, the present
meeting had bee.. called by his Grace the Duke of
Purilispd, as Lord Lieutenant, and in his (the
Chairinsies) °potion, it would have Leen no dis-
grace or dishonour to that Nobleman to have at-
tended himself to that place, at it was his duty to
have door. But not only was- his Grace absent
himself, he had not appointed any person to attend
fur trim.—(Shonte, shame.)—(The Cheirmats then
reu:l the Lord Lieutenant's notice, signed " Scutt
Portlatid."]—" I should have been very gl■d," said
Mr. Moo►e, " to have seen Scott Portland here to-
d.;." Having now opened the Liminess for which