The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-03 00:00:00

ORIVICH ADDRESS.

To the Cil most excellent Majesty.
The dutiful and loyal Address of the inhabitauts of the city
and county of Norwico. in Common Ilan assembled.
We, his Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, the inhabitants
of the city and county of Norwich, again most respectfully ap-
proach your Majesty with our sincere and heartfelt congratula-
tions at the complete discomfiture et' an attempt. equally unheard
of and detestable, to fix the stigma of guilt upon your Majesty's
exalted character, and to degrade your Majesty from the enjoy-
ment of your rights as Queen of England.
We have vie ged with indignation and al.diorrence as English.
mi.n and as In en. the developenient of the late atrocious compuiscy
a conspiracy carried on with unparalleled malignity, and supported
Lin a combination of the vilest and basest instruments. Wc la
went, for the honour of human nature, that those wretched indi•
victuals who had tasted your Majesty's gracious bounty should.
viper like, have turned to sting their benetifctress; anti we hlu h
for our country, that among the suborners of these miscn.ants,
we find those who hear the name of Englishmen.
We trust that the strength of those laws, which your Majesty's
persecutors have endeavoured to violate, will be exerted to pen-•-
rate the dark and crooked mazes of that conspiracy which for so
many years has been preparing its artifices against your Majesty's
character and happiness. Justly and truly did your Majesty say.
that in proportion as your enemies have endeavoured to effect
your abasement, they have contributed to your exaltation." They
are sunk to the lowest abyss of degradation ; in proportion as
their proceedings have been violent, unjust, and illegal ; in pro-
portion as the influence of power has been exerted, not to eat-it
truth, but to procure a verdict of guilty against your Majesty. so
has their defeat been signal and their disgrace complete.
We are bound to acknowledge with fervent gratitude die noble,
intrepid. and dignified stand which your Slajesty has made
against so deliberate a violation of the principles of the Consti-
tution. Through your Majesty an attack was made against the
common rights and liberties of the people. Rights which
Prince of Brunswick was chosan by our ancestors to nutiatain,
and which a Princess of Brunswick has now most heroically and
most triumphantly vindicated.
We hail with joy and exultation yo•sr Majoity's declaration,
that England is liencethrth to be your Majesty's ris:dence ; and
we trust that in the continued love and admiration of the people.
your Majesty find Genie compensation thr the sufferings and
persecutions v. hich you have had to endure.

Minnitsr.: M E ETING.-A meeting of freeholders
of the county of Middlesex, to take into conside-
ration the propriety of voting a congratelotory ad-
dress to the Queen, Ste was advertised t•' take place
on Friday, at the Mermaid Tavern, Etaeftney.—
Owing, however, to some differences between the
requisitionists and Mr. Sheriff Waithtran, and the
opinion that ton short notice Lad been given of the
meeting, it u•as postponed till next Friday, when
it is positively to take 1,4,:e. As to the differ-
ences; it appeared, because Mr. Butler, a patri-
otic and active freeholder, lied voluntarily paid
pat t of the expellees at a former meeting, that
Mr. Sheriff Wattliman required him to deft:y-
-e portion of the expence of the propfeel county
meeting. This Mr. B. declines, on the ground,
that the county onght to pay the expences accord-
ing to the accustomed manner•, and that for hint to
comply with any smelt detuund would be to establish
a bad precedent. The filet of the postponement was
so partially known that tuaoy freeholders attended
by one o'clock from di:recent parts of the county ,
and Mr. S. C. Whitbread appeared there, having
travelled post from Bedford, purposely io be pressor
at the meeting. The freehalders expretsed them
selves much hart that Mr Sheriff IVaishman hri
taken no means to let the county generally haute,
by advertisement cr otherwise, that the meeting
had been postponed to Friday next.
'Fur Rivtique.—A IsiMisterial Paper snys,—.
" Notwithstanding the large surplus on the %lamer
ending the 10th of Octo►er last, we are happy
find that the revenue of the present quarter is ft► a
%fly gratif:ring .:Sate."

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