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London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

HEREFORD CITY MEETING.

On Friday a numerous meeting of the Freemen
and Inhabitants of Hereford City took place at the
Old Town-Hall. for the purpose of voting a Loyal
Address to his Majesty, including the Amendment
proposed by Colonel Cooke at a former locating.
At the son ttt i ttt ours request of all present. the
Chair was taken by Juan PALMER, Esq. who
Iltated that previous in proceeding to butanes, he
should read the Answer returned by the Queen to
the Address which had hen voted to her Majesty
by the Freemen and Inhabitams of I lerrford, and
which had been presented by R. I'. Scutlainure.
E•q. one of the Member, for the City, and most
graciously received by the Queen. Alter reading
Mr. R. I'. Scollamote's letter, and her Majesty's
reply to the Address. the Chairman proceeiled to
state the object for which the present assembly had
been called, and after alluding In the proceedings
of the late meeting, ntirl reading the requisition
fur the prevent one. with the Mayor's answer, he
concluded with moving that the Address and Re-
solutions to hr siii:miied to the meeting should be
read by R. Praline.. Est..
R. PHILLIPS, E•q. then rose anti addressed the
nieetiog. lie coogratutated all present that the
present ocea•inn afforded them au opportunity of
strewing their loyalty to their King and their at-
tachment to the Cowin:dhoti of she country; the
meeting he had site honour to address would not
have been necessary, had nut the last been dissolved
so ►uddesely ; and he thought it rather unfortunate,
the respectful request contained its two requisitions,
respectably siqued, had not been deemed worthy of
more grace, whilst he must state his opinion, that
the MM'S uffixed so the requisitions ought to have
• induced the Mayor to have acceded to them. Ile
t ben commented nu the• proceedings of the last meet-
Mg, anti the presence of the Lord Lieutenant, and
biassed the ari.,trary ,tiatillet 11l Will. • it hail IIeVII
dissolved, a, Is- conceived it to have been the duty
of the Mayor to take the sense of the meeting,
amt not act in contradiction to it. lie could not
too severely blame that presumption which induced
any set of men to arrogate to themselves exclusive
loyalty ; Ice thought these the tact friesit!s to the
country who supported the Constitution in all its
warty, suit the loudest in profession were often
fouud the most tardy in uetiou, when the day ot•
real danger arrived. He then observed on .the Ad•

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In consequence of a Requisition, signed by the
Collectors of Taxes for this County and other Gen.
tlemen, the Lord Lieutenant sod Convener fixed
Wednesday, the 2,0 I h . for a general meeting of
the Noblemen, Deputy Lienteuaots, Justices of
the Peace, and Cumtnissionera of Supply, to Ad-
dress hi* alisjesty. The meet,ng accordingly took
place in the new Court I-louse, every part of which
was crowded to excess.

The Margot* of HUNTLY. Lord Lieutenant,
took the Chair.

Mr. HAY still dissented. stating, that did he
fur a moment suppose that forwarding the pieiwiit
Address would in any shape tend to save his Ma-
jesty the pain of lisiening to the sentiments ',Web
the Ministers had called forth throughout the king•
dum. he would cordially vote for any Address that
might be proposed. Not believing that likely to
be the case, he must stilt record ins disapproves of
the measure.

Mr. MENxtes. of Pitfodels, opened the pro. ,
ceedings, by referring to the advertisement. signed
by the Lad Lieutenant and himself calling the
meeting.
Mr. SIMI E. of Skene, itnmediately rose (amidst
much applause), audio strong and emphatic terms
declared his opinion, that neither the Loid Lieute-
nant nor Convener of the County had any right
whatever, jointly or'individually, to call a meeting
of the present description. He was aware that, in
perilous times, when the country was either menaced
with rebellion or a foreign enemy, the Lord Lieute-
nant 'night call his Deputy Lieutenants together to
coecert measures tor the public safety, but in
peaceable times like the prevent, lie contended that
he had no such right, nor had tl:e Convener of the
, County any right to call • meeting upon the Re.
genii:on of Freeholders or Commissioners of Sup-
ply, whose names ought to be published, which had
not been the case in the present instance; and he
therefore begged that the Convener would explain
to the meeting who or whet Freeholders had
signed the Requisition.—(aippinese.)
Mr. Menates stated, that although he did not
consider the Gentleman had ai.y right to call for the
Requisition, or the names of those who had signed
it, yet he did not object to the Requisition being
reed, which was read accordingly.
Dr. FORDYCE said, he had been perfectly clear
that the meeting should be celled, and it was •
very great mistake that his name did not appear in
the Requisition, which be would have most cor-
dially signed.
The Marquis of lIUNTLY then rose, and, in •
clear and distinct inionner, uddressed the meeting
nearly as follows:—" Gentlemen, it is highly grati-
fying to me to witnew the respectable body of Gen-
tlemen now assembled stn this most important twee-
siou, and I trust that we shall all be unanimous in
voting a warm, loyal, and affectionate Address to
his Majesty ; and I also trust that Gentlemen have
conic here only with that view. And whatever Ad-
dress limy be agreed 1311011, 1 511411 be proud to have
the honour of forwarding it. Whatever my politi-
cal opinions may be, I have never obtruded them in
public or in private, and the line of conduct I have
hitherto pursued I will still continue. 1 inn mini-
fied, Gentlemen, that you are assured 1 have only
one object in view, namely, the welfare and interest
of this large and impatient county."—( Hisses/roes
the galleries.)
Mr. IRVINE. of Drum. without offering any ob-
servation, handed an Address across the table.
Mr. MENZIES, in seconding the Address, said.
that he would refrain from making any comments
i upon the terms of it, about which he conceived
there could tint be lion opinions.
Major LEITII HAY the,. spoke nearly to the fat-
tfect :—" My Lord, after the very guarded
and apparently unexceptionable manner in vrh;cli
the Address proposed to this meeting has been
worded, I conceive it necessary to explain the res.
saes which actuate me in dissenting upon the pre-
sent occasion, and for the sole which I shall consi-
der it my duty to give. In loyalty and attachment
to his Majesty, and a firm determination. both as an
individual in society and as a servant of the Crown,
to use my humble efforts, on all occasions, to set
in a manner calculated to preserve inviolate the
; atslrllty or the throne, :aid the tratnplillity of
country, 1 will yield to no person now present;
bur, my Lord, on this occasion, I co.:sider that
every one is called upon to express his opinion, and I
have sin hesitation in declaring my firm convictinn,
! that the great and !eliding object sought to be uto-
tiined by transmitting the present Addr.se, as the
sentiments of the county of Aberdeen, is to prop
sip and support the tottering fortunes of the present
Atbisinistnition—an Administration who have cons-

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Mr. Settee. of Skene, rose sod said. that he
had so lunch conviction there was a private inter).
lion to support Ministers by means of the Address,
that lie was determined to oppose it. Thad* a
meeting of the county some time ago. the Lind
Lieutenant had in the most handsome manner di.
chafed, that there was the utmost loyalty and tran-
quillity in this part of the country, and that no
meeting like the present was necessary. Did his
Lordship mean to say, that lie had now altered his
opinion, and that we were now disaffected. and is
a state of rebellion 0 For ithriself, he hat! the ut-
most loyalty and attachment to the throne, and so
far as that went, there was not w moo more ready
than himself to express it; .buts at yoteseet, he sem
no necessity for such • niessere.yor•each a meet-
ing—(Applause)—and unless the attitlrt.4 should
bear to be confined to the Royal Family alone, he
would oppose it. He was always ready and wiling
to support the jolt and constitutional prerogatives
of the King, and was well satisfied of the blessings
we enjoyed under our free and happy Constitetion.
if properly administered, but he would never con-
sent by a ride-wind to give a passibility to Minis-
ters to say that he approved of their conduct,
which he thought no man either did or could.—
(Great applause./
Mr. Menzies asked, why it could be supposed
the Address was intended to support Ministers ?
He had already said the reverse was the case.
Mr. Sum said, the Address itself was *IA.
cient to convince him of the intention. He asked,
what occasion was there for an Address at all ? A
good deal had been said about blasphemy and sedi-
tion—he had heard mine of it. Addreines had
been pouring in from one end of the country to the
other in a very different strain, and condemning
Ministers; and it was evidently the object of the
present one. by a side-wind, to counteract, if pos-
sible, the effect of the others.—(Applawse.l
Lord FORBES again explained, that the Address
was confined to the Throne, and could have no
effect in supporting Ministers, whose conduct he
by no means wished to touch upon. But he did
think, that when sedition and bleepheiny were
stalking abroad--
Mr. SUN e —" My Lord, I am much obliged to
you: you have now let out the secret.—(Great
applesise.)—Your Address is not to the Throne.
but to Nliiiistera.ag•iiist whom any discontent that
does exist is directed."
Lord Foacas spin explained.
Mr. Mertens also spoke again.
Mr. Stung said, he was unwilling to trespass
further on the time of the meeting ; he should only
say, that he considered any Address at all to bo
perfectly unnecessary. But if it must be voted and
sent, he held in his hind another Address, which
he begged leave to !propose se an amendment. If,
then moved the follotrineAddrees.—(Mach appro-
bation./
e we, your Majesty's dutiful sad loyal subject., the No-
blemen, Deputy Liesteposte,- Justice' isli 1 fie Peace, sad
Comotietiesers of Supply of the Courtly:of Aberdeen, lap-
pco.ch your Majesty with resewediumararce• of ailed
meat Iv your Majesty's Persau, and to iha Cuostito 0.; us
these Realms. _ .. .

tt White ile.p!y impress/sal with them sentialtutv, as
determined up.iu itt wrestles/vie stetil Support to the st -
betel, tbe thiunr,'vre c.sisoot, wish/me mere% rootempl .te
tbe sentimeuts of dissatisfaction expressed by a tarp ply.
purtiun Ur your Maksty's subject(/' 1100 r refratu from stating.
to •Majesty our wis► kr amid arty imprimis wrS'eh
mild be construed lulu a apptairld of the Illbtfilurrn adopt_
rd by your Majesty!, 31inistets, which have produced a voli-
psi Wm is the public Mind rieeply-tu br dealuted by all wit,,
are surpeelered with timer feeliors of loyalty sod devet;uu,
wl.iett we Geyer corer or entertars to your 11:ijeary's rorg,it
Perm.), sod to the laws smi tebertirs of rouatry."—
(Ore!aopplanee

Atijur the said, that after the clear and able
manner in which his friend )Sr. Blterie had ex-
premed himself, he considered ►t unnecevary fur
him to fly mach in seconding the amendment. His
loyalty to hot Suverrign sod attocittoent to thp
Constitution, he would Mature to so. was equal to
that of shy man in the country, and he hoped that
the Constitution would yet big flourish, .noisit;h-

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