The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-12-15 00:00:00

• MEATING
%OP THE IN HAIHTANTS OF THE WARD OF CHEAP
, TO PASS A LOYAL ADDRESS TO THE KING.

Yesterday a Warthnote of the Inhabitants of the
Ward of Chelp was held at the King's Head Ta-
vern. in the Poultry, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the propriety of ;mooing a loyal,
dutiful, and affectionate Address- to his Majesty.
The meeting was highly numerous and respectable;
Alderman ROTHWELL in the Cbair.
The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the day
by reading the Requisition, which had only been
handed to him on Saturday, when he immediattly
called the meeting, as he should always conceive it
is his duty to do when required by a respectable
number of his constituents, however opposite to
his sentiments, as he made it a point never to suffer
his own pritate opinions to interfere with those of
his constituents.

Mr. JAMES, in rising to move the first resolu•
tion which would he submitted to the meeting, ob-
served, that it was one which be had no doubt
would be accepted unanimously, as it was a simple
declirrttion of loyalty and attachment to the Throne
and Constitution, which had been assented to by
every person to whom he had shewn it, of whatever
party, whether Whig or Tory, without hesitation.
He concluded a long speech upon the constitution,
loyalty, and the abuses of the press, by moving a
resolution expressive of the unshaken attachment
of the meeting to the !person of the King and the
-Constttution, and of their abhorrence of the en.
deavours of the seditious to degrade the one, and
to destroy the other.
Mr. WitITSIOIIE seconded the Resolution, which
was carried unanimously.
Mr. REECE moved an Address founded upon the
Resolution. Mr. Reece read the Address, upon
which he made some observations.

Mr. SPENCER seconded the Address in a short
speech. The loyal ought to step forward and stem
the wide torrent or sedition. The Sovereign had
been told the other day. that if he did nut dismiss
his Ministers, the people of this country had not an
alternative between revolution and a military des-
potism. This he said was a libel on the Sovereign,
on the Ministry, and on the Ward of Cheap.

Mr. LEDGER said he agreed most perfectly with
the declarations of loyalty made in the Address.
These declarations were meant to counteract the
Petitions about to be presented to the throne, rela-
tive to the matter of the! prosecution of the Queen.
—(Cries of •• A0.n0," and •• Hear, hear.")—
At least that would be their effect. He approved
of the matter of the Address, but not as it tended
to throw a slur of disloyalty upon those who might
not choose to sign it. lie conceived that the Con-
stitution had received a most dangerous blow by the
prosecution against her Majesty.—(Criesof "Hear,
hear.")—He concluded by proposing, as an amend-
ment to the Address, that a paragraph should be
added to it to the effec►, that the meeting could
not avoid expressing their regret at the institution
of the late proceedings against his Majesty's Con-
sort, and the extreme gratification at their abaft.
donment.—(Cries of •• Hear.")
Mr. Jots Es seconded the amendment.

Mr. JAMES said, that he conceived that the mat-
ter of the amendment was so foreign to the sub-
ject, that it could not even be put. Ile objected to
it is !inane.
Mr. WETHERSPOON approved of a great deal of
the loyalty in the Address, but he certainly agreed
with the former speaker. that it had the appearance
of throwing • slur of disloyalty, blasphemy, or sedi-
tion, on those who did not choose to sign it. It was
true that he bad refused to sign the Declaration;
but because he did so, would any man say that he
was disloyal or irreligious ? He was fervently de.
voted to the Church of Scotland, and held a Cap-.
tain's commission in the army ; but was he on that
account to go all the way with Minister', and to
agree with every thing which they might do or say ?
Mr. MOULD spoke to order, and said, that the
speaker was quite irrelevant to the object of the
meeting.
TheCIIAIRMAN gave it that the speaker was out
of order.
Mr. WerttettsPooN contended that lie was strict-
ly relevant. lie continued, that there was such
things as constitutional and unconstitutional loy-
alty. Ile gave it as his opinion, that nothing had
done more to degrade the higher orders, and to over-
turn the altar, than the late proceedniga against the
Queen. Ile was proceeding, alien he was inter-
rupted by—
Mr. SHARPE, who said, that if Mr. Wetherapoon
consented to downs. the Address as it stood, there
could be no objection to his speaking ; but, if he
wished to bring oilier matters before the Ward, he
laid better procure. a Requisition far a meeting Nom
thole subjects, when he (Mr. Sharpe) pledged him.
self that he would meet him upon it.
Mr. GIBBON contended that Mr. Witherspoon
was strictly in coder. They were met to cuosi-
der of a dutiful, loyal. and affectionate Ad-
dress, iii which they exppased their abhorrence of
the spirit of sedition, blasphemy, and disloyaby
which was abroad. to the endatigriing of his Ma-
jesty's promo and Govern-neut. If he woos of opi-
nion that this spirit of aretlition and disloyalty, which
midangered his Majesty's "person and Government,
was produced by those proceedings against the
Quern, was lie nut perfectly na order in stating it ;
and was it not right to make such alterations as
would render the Address much more loyal wad
dutiful ?

The CllalltY AN aguiu said that the speakers
were out of coder.
Mr. Ginson said, that the law had been set ■t
defiance by the unconstitutioual proceedings against
the Queen.—( Disupprobution f—Was he to he
told that he snarl hare the Address submitted, or
no ?
Mr. SHARP& hoped that the amendment would
Ise allowed to be pu►.
All uproar rustled, when the Chairman said he
would tal.e the sense of the meeting, lie was in-
terrupted several tunes by the contending speakers.
The Ceatltss.►tt—rr I decliue taking the respon-
sibility of refusing to have this stihjtet discuswif,
epos) myself; therelore, bar the third time, I pro-
ceed to take the sense of the meanie. Those who
are of opiuiou dist this question shall be climatical,
hold sap >our Wanda."
The contrary b. ing put. there ',premed to be a

large majority against the roolioq. The decision•
was hailed with load shoots. _

M►. Gibson. Mr. Ledger. Mr. Jones, and*Mt.
Wethersponn left the room *midst much confusion,
followed by a number of other gentlemen, who
declared that discussion was at an and.
The Address. in its original form, was then car-
tied. with only one dissentient hand.
Thanks were voted to the Chairinan, when the
meeting ',posted.

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