The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-02-05 00:00:00

JLIIETIZ%G of the: COUNTY of SURICLE

[We briefly noticed this meeting in our Paper of Satur-
day ; the fullorting is a detailed report Ll' the proceedings.]
On Friday a meeting of the Nobility, Gentry, Chity, and
Freeholder of the County of Surrey, was held at the Spread
Eagle Inn, Epsom, pursuant to a Requisition to the High
Sheriff, " to take into consideration the propriety of Peti-
tioning the tao Houses of Parbainent to adopt such mea-
sures as will prevent all further proceedings against the
Queen, secure the country against the levival of dimcussions
issjuriella to the murals and painful to the fittings of the
people, and thereby enable the great Council of the Nattyll
to attend to the various and important questions of foreign
and domestic policy, which, to the 'gamut distressed state of
the country, urgently call fur the immediate consideration of
Parliament."

The day was uncommonly warm and floe, 3111 i, before
soon, horsemeu, .tare-coaches, post.chaiars, and private
carriage% were eutering the town in every direction.
The tligh Shesiff, Hutches Trower, Esq. accompanied hy
the Under Shoal*, arrived about 12 o'clock ; soon after the
doors were thrown open, and the Ansembly.rooni, in which
the meeting should have been held, was filled in a momeut.
Asistmg the company ye noticed Lord King, the Hun. Grey
Bennet, Lord Stanley, Lord Ellenhorough, Sir W.
lle Crespiguy,M.P 111 r. Barclay, M.P , Mr. Denison, M.P., '
Mr. M`Dnuald, Nur , Mr. Holum S bird Mu-
notions, Lot d A Illiorp, Sir Thomas Turbot', Mr. Sharp, Mr.
blaberley, with many othe► persons of consideration; and
there was lost au iudividusl present who was not a Free-
holder of the County.
It was soon found that the room, although large, could
contain but a small prop lion of the prebuilt, assembled;
!. and cries of 6' Adjourn, adjoin'', the room is unsafe," arose
flout all quarters.
The HIGH Simmer, after Mating will, admirable good
temper, the inconveniences which might result from an ad-
journment ►o the open air, such as the possible inclemency
of th r weather, and ■ probable failure of light before the
busiueas could be roncludeil, declared that be was at the
command of the assembly.
Adjournment was then unanimously ■greed upon; •od
three waggons were quickly d►awn emu the area immediately
iu front of the intl. Into these vehicles the principal
speakeis conveyed themselves; a number of carriages, filled
and covered wi h company, were drawn up in a parallel
but about 30 paces in from, sod in the inteintediale space
appeared it compact solid mass of individuals on foot and
horseback, t wo. dm ill of whom were freeholders, and at least
five-sixths respectab'e well.drisinied persons. The wiudows
of the houses MI the three sides of the area were crowded
with ladies. The most admirable order pervaded every pail
of the it...noting; and the general scene presented a cusp-
(tail equal at all points, and in massy superior, to any
thing which we have witnessed upon similar OCV2IOOII/.
The limn litigates having read the Requisition, upon
which, as lie Raid, the Sleeting had been etniveued,
las any lengthy address, to consume the their devoted to dis-
cuss- . No doubt, mail of the Gentlemen whet had signed
the Requisition would have goat' er to tiller to the Assembly,
and from his Ritual ttttt (the worthy Sher ill continued) it was
rather his duty to hear the opiniona of others than to make
ti public profession of his own.—(('herre)—Whatever his
privide feeling% might lie as to the matters referred to in the
,o, he had thought it ass imperative duty to comply
with the desist of the stoma-room sod respectable body of
freeholders by which he had been addressed; am; be was
too sensible of the importance of Constitutional Meetings
to be dimwits of abusing his authority in attempting to
prevent them.—(Loud applause )—lo order, however, that
such mettiugs should be useful, nay, in order that they
should nut he mischievous, they Weld he conducted peace-
ably and with IlliClliilllll to toiler ; and he trusted that in his
Ludcavours to that cud he should meet uut only with the