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London, England, 1822-02-03 00:00:00

A g ent It•uw.m, with whose name we were uunequaitited,
seconded the motion, r hot after a b;tort di•t ossion, it was
withtir.two ti) the itroiht•er.
Lord Dun • mil then "loved that the petiii.mfouutled on
the wren 11r.t v. 1.1 14 the tneettog.
Lard C•wrtt4 kP E betuktird the resolution. (IttUrlellt.o
iti,.ttlisl'rtrti nt.)

The Ilium SllKaiEr came forward, to put the digestion
opan this osmium A storm of hisses prevented him frogs
being heard.
Sir les it Burson Y wnsertremely happy to find Ih t
the freeholders were su uia ' on the question of reform,
eperiallc as the:, lentinients were must congenial with his
own. With a view, Weever, to practical objects, he was
of opinion that it would perhaps he Miter to allow the pr.
Idiots lei pass as it originally was drawn op (Loud cries of
" No," from every past of the crowd, " Reform, or no pe.
tition.") 11.;, reason fur sayist,t to was, that the cruse of the
meeting had bet 0 so fully and so decidedly exprei,e,l, that it
must he felt hulls in the senate and in the nation, ihronah
vitlich it would coon be sa Wel) disseminated by the press.—
Whether the conduct of the Sheath had or had not been

marled ith partiality, he would leave to that pre-4 to de-
cide; he WWI determined not to e pre,s at prevent, the opi-
nion which he had formed regarding it. (Lund cries," Let
us have the resolution for refoton."_

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.11r. Kum moved that a vote of censure be passed upon
the High Sheriff. Several voices seconded it ; but it was
afterwards wit The High Shorn,* succeeded at last
is putting the question that the petition he read. HI, words
were answei cd by loud cries of" No petition :" and the show
of hoods on the affirmative side did not amount to 20. %Viten
lie put the negative side of the question, every hmitl, with
Iho exception of those above mentioned, was elevated in
favour of it.

Aft, r this decision the High Sheriff declared the meeting
to he dissolved. Still the requisitionists did not quit their
posts. Mr. Gooch. however, left his situation on the hen.
tinge, as did also Lord Calthorpe, who, along with Led
Diann till, had been extremely busy in r,commending to the
High Sheriff not to put the relent' re•elution to the assemble.
Mr. Gooch was accompanied from the hustings to the King's
Head Loll by a considerable portion of the freeholders, who
certainly did not bestow upon him the most flattering minks
of their " eiteein and high conshleratimit
Mr. Mee c.a. hoped that the freeholders would not se-
parate until they were informed that a requisition was at
that very moment in conr•e of signature, calling upon the
I I igh Sheriff to convene a meeting to take into considera-
tion the depressed state of agi icultoire. and also the
necessity of a reliant in the Commons House of a I'm ie
moll. (Load cheering.) He requested the intelligent
einitanry of the county to come leeward and to sign the
next sequisition. [Cries of "We will, in hundreds, if It
be necessaly." He could assure then', on the gait of the
many gentlemen of rank and fortune who hail attended
on the present occasion. as well as on the part of himself,
that they would one and all of them lie quite glad to meet
them there upon a future occasion. (Loud cheers.) He
would advise them to adopt the same kind of plan that
had been adopted with so much good effect in the county
of Norfolk. (Cheers.)
A pause for about ten minutes ensued, dining which
time considerable argumentation passed between the High
Sheriff and several of the riquisionists. At last
The Duke of Guarrost came forward, and informed
the meeting that he hail just been given to understand,
that the High Sheriff couceived himself justified by his
own opinion fur the plan he had just adopted (and here
his Grace observed that lie was sorry that lie could not
consider the High Sheriff as justified in his :) still that
high officer had no objection to attend immediately to
their requisition in favour of referm ; and if a meeting
on that subject could be legally held that day, his Grace
said lie was happy to inform them it would be held insole.
dtately. (Loud cheering.)
Several gentlemen then withdrew to consult whether
the Sheriff had the power to convene • aeeond county
meeting held on the same day with • first. While they
were absent, three cheers were given in favour of reform
—and on their return they informed the meeting, that
according to the gentlemen learned in the law whom they
had consulted, ;mother meeting could be legally held that
day in the open
The requisition for a second meeting was signed by Isis
Grace the Duke of Norfolk, his Croce the Duke of Graf-
ton, Sir li. Banbury, Sir R. Harland, Sir W. Middleton,
Sir W. Parker, Sir T. W. Rowley, Messrs. Grighy, G.
Webb. mid ii. Biddle. It was handed up to the High
Sheriff, who, upon reading it, appointed another meeting
to be held forwitlt.