The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-08-30 00:00:00

BELFAST MEETING.

BELFAST, •UQOST 21.
On Saturday, pursuant to public notice, a Meet-
ing was held in the large room of the Commercial
Court, formerly the Wellington News-room. for
the purpose of addressing her Majesty, but after-
wards adjourned to the Rev. Mr. Alex:ruder%
Meeting-house, on the Lisburn-road, when Mr.
Nonfood was called to the Chair.

Mr. J. Barnett spoke at considerable length and
with great ability, on the subject of the Meeting,
taking a review of her Majesty's life, and the suffer-
inp and persecutions to which she had been sub-
ject since her illustrious marriage. He distinctly
disavowed coming forward on the present occasion
to serve any factious purpose, but conceived it pro-
per and decorous to sympsthise in the misfortunes
of their Queen ; for, though Ireland had lost its
political importance by the Union, it had still some
claims to the reputation of possessing an honest and
generous feeling of national gallantry. He con-
cluded by moving an Address, which was read by
Mr. Lawless, and unanimously adopted. It em-
braces the usual topics.
Mr. Lawless then addressed the Meeting. He
dwelt on the exertions ►made to degrade her Majes-
ty—censured the measures pursued by the present
Administration, and concluded by moving, that
copies of the Address be forwarded by the Chair-
man to Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Flobhouse. and Alder-
man Wood, and that these Gentlemen be requested
forthwith to present the same to her Majesty.
Mr. Lawless was then called to the Chair, when
the thanks of the Meeting were voted to Mr. Mun-
food. for his very proper and dignified conduct in
the Chair ; after which the Meeting quietly dis-
persed.—/ Chronicle.)

Sheriff PARKINS, in presenting a fat Bock to
the QUEEN, all stated in our Paper this day, may
surely expect a fat Doe from another quarter.
The Right Boa. Vara' Frrsoramm, our Ambassador to
the Court of Sweden, kft town on Moods, to mimic k at Yar-
mouth. The abilities which the Rigid Hos. Gentleman dis-
played when be was Chastoellor of the Irish Exchequer,
makes us maddest that be will fulfil the duties of his las.
portant mission with lomat to himself sad solemner to his
country.
Not less than 70.000 barrel. of American dour
are at this time beaded at Liverpool.

413Dkiasti i'd Y 401 .
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MEETING or THE PAWN Of HART-LS WHIP"

Yesterday a very numenlas and re•pectable
meeting of the Manned Ladles and the liittshitallt
Householders of the above parish was held at Mr.
in Great Portland Street, for the portiose of
considering of Addresses to the Qiieeti. The ;ne-
st:uses are of considerable viten, behind the- boost,,
and being chiefly Covered hi; were per-idiot!), con.
WhitlA fur the 'tarpon.: The front of the work-
shop was thrown opeti.' and the fomn next the
groond rendered accesiiiihie by a gently slap- ng
platform. The seats,. walls, and &tons, were co-
vered with matting: the centre of this apace was
reserved for the Gentlemen who were to cooduift
the meeting; the other divisalus carte reierved for
the Ladies, with the Iltc.imon of one small sec-
tion, which was occupied by the Geniletnen of the
Press. There was besides flint a gdlery siruilarly
prepared, which ran through one side of the court.
into which none but females were admitted. The
centre of the court, and the shed which faced this
proller, were occupied by the parishioners; the
*romp extending not only to the outer Attar, but it
reached entirely across the street. The windows
and ridges of the house were also filled with clusters
of eager auditors.
At one o'clock Sir Gerard Neil, Mr. Peter
Moore, Mr. Flume, Mr. Whitbread, Lord E. Fitz-
gerald, Major Torten, and Mr. Langley, spiivieed
in how of the meeting, and being regularly an.
flounced by Mr. Haydou—

Sir GERARD NOEL loot the Clair.

Mr. H•YDOM read the requisition by which the
meeting was called, which had beta signed by on-
wards of SOO respectable parishioners. They had
applied to Lord Kenyon, one of the churchwardecs,
to preside, but his Lordship declined the request
Sir GIRARD NOLL said, that it was nit neces-
sary for him to explain his nations to them on far
object of the Meeting, as be had already made
them public by a letter of he which had api eared
in the Newspapers. It gave him pleasure to melt
so large and respectable an assembly, because the
object of their meeting was one in which they s:1
must concur. It was oot soy disputable point id'
the Constitution, but to support the general princi-
ples of that Constitution. as it had been established
by King William and the great Whigs of the tires..,
who were lovers of liberty, between 1688 and 1694.
and to chew that they had no other object in view,
their endeavours to support the laws and the cor-
stitution would be marked by the peaceableness cf
their deportment. There was greet pietisme i:i
feeling that alley were not only seeking to uphold
the laws, but that the party in whose defence they
undertook to do this was the Queen of England—
(Applanse)—and a relation of the House of Bruns-
wick, which family had become connected, in their
minds, with that great and magnificent event, lie
was almost induced to borrow a prayer from the
Bishops, 6, Oh. Lord! we pray thee to save u',
especially from ourselves." Ile was for puttinz
these words into the mouth of the Secretary id*
Staten or rather he would have them use this prayvr
themselves—he would have the country to rase
itself from the present. Administration. As tr.?
Meeting had been for some time assembled, it
would be better not to lose mush time before pen.
seeding to business. It was likely that they would
have frequent opportunities of speaking togt.tlic.r
on this subject ; besides, he did not intend to di..
play all his ability at once.—(Laughter.)

Mr. Hums had been requested to ptopose the
first Resolution, which he did with much pleasure.
Having congratulated the Meeting on its numbets
and respectability, he declared his entire Cnlll'ilf.
Fence in the object of the Meeting. No doubt Col-
would be charged with acting as a party. He ass
proud to call himself, in that ease, a petty titan ;
he always would belong to any party acting to the
defence of the oppressed. Re. with them, was
anxious to support env one borne down, as the
Queen wes, by the hand of power. Her crew was
novel so far that fur three centuries no inch true..
actions had been heard of in this kingdom.
Henry VIII.'s was the sat reign in which any
similar prosecution had taken place ; therefore he
was extremely sorry to see such a body as the
House of Lords, men who from the enlightened
age in which they lived ought to be better inform-
ed and better inclined as to the principles of liberty,
he blushed to see these men recurring to the odious,
gross, and antiquated oppressions of that barbaroup
period, in conducting a prosecution agstrot the
Queen of England. He wished not to he crew.
dered as giving any opinion of the guilt or inno-
cence of the Queen at present. Justice, her own
character. and the honour of the nation, required
sonic mode of trial either to set aside or establish
those calumnies with which she had always been
persecuted. It would be itni (risible for her Ma-
jesty to come beck among her subjects and con-
tentedly to sit under such aspersions, without de-
manding a trial of some sort. She had done so—
she had required to be brought before the laws psi
her country—..he had offered to abide her fate if she
did not disprove her accusers. But would it be
borne in this free country, that she should be tram.
pled down, because she sought the protection of its
justice ?—(Applause.)—lf he were called on to give
au opinion, he would say that her conduct, at its
first blush, clearly indicated innocence. Had she
been backward in seeking trial ?—t, No, no.")—
Had she not. before she left the country, promised
to come back from any quarter of the world and
answer to the slanderous charges against her, if
they should be repeated?—/Cries of "She hos." j
Was not this conduct mast heroic, and did it not
call for their most earnest support when such a cha-
racter was borne down by the strong arm of power ?
Henry VIII. was an open accuser; but here was a
charge and a tnal without a prosecutor. It was of the
essence of justice of British laws that they were to
be administered equally to high and low. Here oas an
accusation which was to be made good by apes unit
informers, by whom, as he was given to understand,
it would by end by be proved that she had been
followed during every step of her journey, and evpry
moment of her time, since she departed from Eng-
land. He expressed his strong detestation of the
cant, which affected that the prosecution was neces-
sary to the interest of public morals. %Vas not the
real object plain P An individesl hates hie wife.
and other individttals are teldy to pander to the;

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