The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-29 00:00:00

BLACKHEATH MEETING.

BATTLE ROYAL ROYAL AMONG THE LOYALISTS.
At six o'clock no Tlit.rsilay a Nleeting of the Iltitabri.
allig Of the litindreds of lii ekheatit and Little and
Lessness, ht the County of Kent, tank ',lace at the
Great Room of the Green Man, tin the Heath, for the
purpose of taking into consideration tile expediency ut
presenting a Petition to the Cot 11111 l nis House of Parlia-
ment, praying them to adopt such measures as may be
deemed necessary to prevent the institution of any fur-
ther proceedings against her Majesty the Queen ; also
to pray that her Alajqsty's name may be mittirMately
inserted in the Liturgy, and that site may be forthwith
put into the possession of all her just Rights and Dig-
nities as Queen Co.isort of these Realms. The Requi-
sition, in pursuance of which this .‘leeillig was caned,
was signed by T Chamherlayne, Rector of Chariton, as
Chairman of the ( on. mittee.

So early as five o'clock a consider.ae number of per-
sons assembled in the room, malty 01 wl were said
to la, lima to Greenwich Hospital. and they took pos-
session of the seats of the table. Some time after, a
Gentleman belonging to the Committee came forward,
read a Letter of apology trust the Rev. Mr. Chamber-
layite, stating that severe indisposition, s confined
Juno to his bed, unfortunately prevented his attendance
..t toe Meeting; but lie said that his !Wan was with
them, althomm his person was not, and he wished suc-
cess to their Resolutions.

A Gentleman then proposed Mr. Williams to the
Chair, and the latter immediately accepted the office,
though he said he was not a ij,ieenite ; but he would
endeavour to act impartially. His °tier to take the
Chair, in which, however, he seated himself at once,
was met with great disapprobation A Mr. Whittle was
named by several others to till the Chair, and with ap-
parently more satisfaction to the Meeting.
Mr. Wiivems stepped Mrward, i i the midst of cries
of " men for ever!" and said, tiiat though an I ble
individll:ll, he was ready if called iiponoo take the Chair.
He observed, that, though he waa miscalled an enemy
to the House of Brunswick, and other opprobrious
names, yet he would say, that he would be the first
mail in nine of need, to stand forward at the isk of
his life, to deterid the King and the Laws.—(Cries of
bravo 1 )
The party who had already, Cromwell like, taken
possession of the Chair, and installed Mr. 11illhains
it, interrupted Mr. Wiiittle with great t ttt sit, and said
lie was no Chairman—they would have Mr. Williams
or Mr. Low titles, and the latter in vain tried to obtailt
hearing. \l r. Williams, lint liking his °thee as much
as his friends dd, left the Chair, and Mr. Whittle stood
op in it, declaring his tired determination to remain
there if that was their wish, and he begged to put it to
the vote.

Lowsroes main tried to obtain a lii.aring, hut
tOr the first mile the strength of his lungs failed.
011 the question fin a Chairman lkeing at length put,
there was au immense majority in idllollll of Mr.
%A' it tt le.

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A set of Resolutions for the furtherance of the object
of those who called the Meeting were now put, but the
noise of cat-calk, and the uproar of the opposite party
drowited all anemias at discussion, or even hearing one
word of the question. lit the midst of this tunlolt the
Resolutions were read, and Mr. W. was in the act of
reading the Pelham 'omitted nil them, when Chair,
Chairman, and all were precipitated nom their place,
and that end of the room was a %yew of tile most Ms-
eraceitil not. la the midst of this tumult, and while
hr Ex-chairman lay prostrate, one of the Ultra.loyal.sts
put a chair on the table, an.l Mr. LowialLs was hued
Ina) it. The NVortily Gentleman looked perfectly com-
posed amid this scene. The gravity of Mr. Lowndes
vas 111)1 biljkl"11 until, iu emulation of the first upset in
Mr. Whittle, the table of wilich he was placed was
suddenly tumbled trout miller hint, anti Ise and the chair
were 41%..1111r4m u. Teti Seellied um• steal fur terminat-
ing ail •ilisctissiou, and the strength in e•ictt party was
iloW in lie sileamilred by their corporal lengths mom the
floor, fattier than by the moral itilitteuce of their re.
spective speeches. A regular combat now c 1111 l !mimed,
Jllll was carried hit with great sigotir and various toe-
cess; chairs and tables yielded to the pressure, and much
damage was done to toe lurtlittire in the . Tins
ittsgracelisl sour lasted for more than a quarter 01 an
hour. At the time Mr. Whittle:lumped tipou a table,


which, from being at the side of the room, had hitherto
escaped the havuek, and declared that he was made
a prisoner by the High Constable. He therefore dis-
solved the .Meeting, and said the Resolutions had been
passed. This declaration was received with cries of—
" No, ; keep the Chair ;we small protect you." lie
then expostialand With tile said lie must go,
as tie was a prisoner, and he implored them to retire
peaceably. While he was speaking in this manner,
Mr. Lowndes, Mr. Bicknell, the Vestry Clerk, and
several others, gut into the music gallery of the room,
and proceeded to read the Riot Act. The people in the
room exclaimed they would tint quit—they were legally
to excercise a constitutional right, and won hi
inn retire, as they knew all the others wanted was to get
them out, and then frame a hole and corner Address.
' Air. Bicknell Oleo came down into the room with a
Prayer Book in ms hand, and proceeded to swear in
several persons as special Constables. Alter having sworn
in about twenty-four, they made a regular advance,
headed by Mr. Bicknell, to the top of the room, and
attempted to seize several persons. The attempt was
resisted, and they were driven back. They rallied at the
other cud of the roam, closed the doors, reinforced their
strength, and rushed onwards again, when they succeeded
im taking two men ; but not till alter a very violent
stinggle. These two they earrieu off, and Incited up in
all adjoining room. Tliev then lined all the passages in
tile house and the stair case, and he sl nmody rein-
Mreed, they again took three or four more, afar a pin•
[raved struggle. One gendenia II was collared by one of
UMW fellows, and on asking venal oHence lie had com-
mitted, was told for crying hie " Queen for ever."
Tnis sea& was carried on mini after seven o'clock.
and during it the mirrors of this floe room were shattered
in various places, and the candles were put out, and
some as often relighted. It was impossible to judge
accurately how many were in custody; but, we believe,
about eleven were eventually carried out of the room.
The Hugh Constable seemed to be disposed to calm the
uproar ; but the Ultra, were determined to carry every
thing by knee!
As this Aleeting must be made the sultiect of legal
enquiry, we forbear to mention the names of-the persons
that were handed to us as those of the foremost of the
riot mt.

MEETING OF ST GEORGES PARISH,
HANOVER SQUARE..
On Thursday a very numerous and respectable Meet.
ing of the Pari.ihioners of the Parish in St. George.
Hanover Square, was held at the Great Hoorn, Haunch
of Venison Yard, Lower 'look Street, to take into cull.
sitleratioo the propriety of presenting a Congratulatory
Address to her UaJesly on ,he failure of the Bill of ('nuns
and Penalties, and to petition the House ef Coininosis
to discountenance any further proceedity,s against her
,M.ijesty, and also for a ROOTIII
J. C. Hoshousa, Esq. iii the Chair.
At one o'clock the Chairman, ace ttttt panied by Mr.
Peter Moore and other Gentlemen, entered the room
amidst loud cheers.

Mr. Hoattoosa stated to the Aleetfirg, that it W3O
itecete.ary every one of them should hr of ed that a
Remeistlion, sugued by upwards of ISO respectable in.
habitants, had been sent to Lord Amherst, one of the
Churchwardens of the transit, to call a Meeting fur the
purpose out which the present was assembled, and that
to that Retplisition the Noble Lord was please' to send a
refusal. '1 tie answer of bird Amherst stated, that he
did not CollieliCT Mill he had right, as Curchwarden of
the parish, to convene a public meeting.—(Cries 01—
'. Shaine!" and hisses.)—[Here the Reqmsitiots and
Answer were read.)—Mr. doghouse read letters from
Samuel Whitbiead and Joseph Home, Env.. expressing
regret at not being able to attend tliemeeting., but stating
their hearty coucurrence in the of of lute meeting.
The Chairman then said, that hat tog read the R. qui-
sition and Answer of Lord Amherst, he hoped, that
without being supposed to entertain any personal hos-
tility towards the Noble bird, he might be allowed to
remark, that his Lordship had very erroneous views of
his duty as Churchwarden, for Lord Castlereagh himself
had, when the gagging bills were in progress, declared
that the public opinion could lie easily expressed in each
parish, under the sanction of the Churchwardens or
other functiotiarie:. Now, if Parish Meetings were nuts
authorized to meet tinder such atit hinny, how were
they to meet ? bird Castlereagh had in the House
answered the objections ollered to one of his favourite
measures, by asserting tile authority under which Parish
meetings were to be held. Butt, thank God, Lord Cas-
' tlereagii had enough of Parocliial Meetings—(a laugh),
—and he would, no doubt, be happy to filtld 'Amongst
his tools (God lorhid that bard Anthem should he
called one) those who would be ready to present every
Mist tele in their power to the hornier expression of the
public feeling. L aril Casilreeagh, after all that he and
his colleagues had done, still persisted in saying that he
had the confidence of the people.—(A laugh.)—Cer-
tautly the Noide Lord could Ilia draw this inierence
from the parochial meetings, or, II lie did, the parochial
meetings must in (inure take care to make themselves
more intelligible—but Ministers petiraps had gut unto
the knack of judging, as old svnnieu judged front dreams
by contraries.—(Applause and latiglite.r). The ‘Vorthy
Chairman concluded; by expressiiig a hope that they
would p-thath lute tithh,e hi Chit, iiiiii
Mr. P. Nloort rs•ael the Resoliniuos and Aldress.—
They were proposed and seconded by two Parisilloheis ;
and, after a SIATCII bout Mr. N.cliolson, i.t which that
Gentlentall with 11111 C II (uric attacked the conduct of
:Ministers, the Residuum's, Address, and Petition, were
agreed to Unanimously.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman. eire. the
meeting broke op.

Major General Lord Charles Somerset is about to
embark to resume Lis Government at the Cope of
Good Hope.

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