The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-02 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF FIFE.

Thursday a Meeting of the Freeholders, Jus-
tices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply,
was held in the County Rooms, at Cupar, pur-
suant to a Requisition, very respectably signed,
for the purpose of considering of the propriety of
voting a Loyal Address to his Maje,ty on-ene
preske staie of the conntry. By half-past 12
the rnost numerous assemblage had collected ever
witnessed in, the County' Rooms, except on elec-
tion occasions.

Clj:1?-11ANE,'Sheriff Depute for the county,
then, rase p-tid " Gentlemen, y'oU are all
aware that we are met iw consequence of a requi-
sition -addressed to myself, signed by a very re-
spectable number of freeholders indeed, caring
...upon us to take into .consideration ale propriety
of Noting a dutiful awd-loyal.Address-to his Ma-
jesty." The Sheriff Depute here read the letter
of -requisition, and.. afterwards moved' that the
Earl of Kellie be'requested to take the Chair,
which, .being seconded, was carried unanimously.
The Earl of KELLIE, on taking the Chair,
briefly stated theObjects•of the Meeting, which,
he Said, were to consider of declariug.their loyalty
to. the Throne and attachment' o the Constitu-
tion, and afterwards to., qress their sentiments
on the state of the Country.
`then rose and'said--'' My
ji:eg.,leave :to move that the following
Alriress .beAtdopted by this Meeting,"
l'he•A'cittress was handed to the Sheriff De-
pute, and read by him to the MeetiUg... It pro-
f..,.s!ied-- loyalty and attachment to tire !chrome
and Constitution, complaining of disaffection and
sAition,lnd pledged the Country to resist their
attacks.

. 'T.'ihe• Add-ress was seconded by Mr. TrioAs
Bia;ct:, of Gyangetnuir.
The Sittnur DEPUTE here apologised for in-
tFrrupting the business of the ikleeting ; but he
had otaittetho. state that he had received a letter
from- Lord Balmuro, expressing his Lordship's
approbation of the object of the Meeting, bat re-
tting his inability too attend it.

- Mr. A vrouN, nchdairnie, proposed an
Amendment. It repre'sented the loyalty of the
Meting in spirit and terms as strongly as in the
original Address; it expressed a regret for disaf-
fection, if any existed, and for the licentiousness
of the Press on both sides of the question, and
recommended an alteration in the measures of his
Majesty's Government.
Several other crentlemen followed Mr. Ay-
toun.—The Meeting at length divided,.. when
there appeared—

For the or:gi mil Address B5
Fur the amendment 35
A‘ltijority

THE 130R0UGH MEETING

A meeting was to have been held on Saturday,
of sot-11c? respectable inhabitants of the Borough
of Southwark, to propose,a Address; but
Southwark, like- other places; has its, Radicals,
and its Patriots; and thjPatriots and Radicals
-•,---nnisy and enlightened as
-Loose of Palace-yards.nd Covent-garden. They
.are staunch friends to the liberty or- cluing__
what they pleaseand great admirers of that
Tree'dom of discussion which is all on one side.
They musterell their forces on Saturday; and prac-
-tlcally illustrated these their favourite principles.
The parties who Convened the meeting clearly dis-
cerned the Radical tumult • that was prepared,
ani very propeily disdained to enter into the
contest. 'Whoever -has seen a whole theatre dis-
turbed by fifty noisy fellows in the-one shilling
gallery, can easily comprehend how an equal
number of patriots, with sound lungs and daunt-
less faces, may impede, and even defeat, the ob-
jec,t of a public meeting. Respectable persons
ruttier choose to: relinquish the field than contend
for a .victory, which, when obtained, does not
compensate for the degradation of the struggle.
This.. was precisely the feeling of those Gentle-
men who. convened the Meeting at the St. Olave
Vestry Hall, on Saturday. They left the pa-
triots in undisturbed possession. of the Hall, and
adjourned, to' another place, where they drew up
and sinned a .loval Declaration.

. .
.On Friday last, at a,numerous and spectable
Meeting of the % ,'habitants of Plymouth Dock,
the p.a.rish of Stoke Dannerel, held in the Town-
hall.(Wm..FOOT, Esq. in the Chair), a..loyal9n
dutiful Address to the King was unanimously
agreed to,

4 Requisition has-fieen
.presented to the High
Siteriffolthe county of `Dublin, calling Upon him
to convene a Meeting of " the'NObility, Clergy,
Gentlemen, and Freeholders, for the purpose of
preliarin, a loYal'and dutiful Address to his'mOst
gtacioUsMajesty, expressive," says the Requi-
Sititin;" of 'our inviolable attachment to his Ma-
jesty; and bur ineStimable. Constitution." The
High Sheriff has appointed one o'clock on Satur-
day next (last) for the Meeting, which is- to be
held at the :New-Court-house, Kilmainham.. •
On'Thursday a .loyal and dutiful a-ddress to his.
Majesty was unanimously-agreed to at a meeting
of the noblemen and gentlemen of 13erwickshire:
-• -Dutiful and loyal 'addresses to his !Majesty
were last Week" voted by the Town Council .of
13Antt and 'the preSbYtery of Aberdeen.
The loyal and dutiful Address, in opposition
to that which was recently carried by the irre-
gular introduction of Lord 'Viscount Njilton into
the 'Chair,' signed by a large majority of the
piincipal inhabitants of the CloSe and City of
Feterborongh, has been presented to his Majesty
by the Right Hon. Lord Sidmouth, and wasmost
graciously I:eceive(l.--:-:(Siai4brd Paper.) •
The Loyal Addl'ess:,.,to "the King from this
City was transmitted to our worthy Representa.
tiWes. :for proseutation, Ott Monday se'imight.
This Address, and thoso from the ditfereni
IP:a:rishes in our City and Suhurbs,-previously sent
teLCOntaiited' the
`signatures of upwards of six
• • •,•• • _
a ucl bitoim. of:thentost•respertable inhabitants;-and
twl,•tyl..isignature was' added the residence 'and
I..lPoll'4g4iotli` Vl' the partie's.-L•(Bristol Journal,).

SIR HARCOURT LEES,

(From 7'he Dublin Patriot, Dec. 23.)

If we are to judge from the London and Pmg-
lish Provincial Papers and Reviews, Sir HAR-
COURT LEss's writings seem to have superceded,
in publit•estimation and interest, even the works
and novels of Sir Walter Scott. The Anti-Ja-
cWll Review for November, after holding
Rev. -Baronet up as an example for the empire
and publishing his three late works, thus speaks
of this vigorous and distinguished writer
[C Within the last twelve months no less than
twelve publications, from the
,prolilic pen of this
able and sarcastic writer., have arrested the public
attention in an UNPARALLELED degree,- and op-
posed, with singular effect, the torrent of Jacob-
inism in England, and of Popery in Ireland ;"
and assures us .that, " at the solicitation of some
of the most distinguished characters in the empire,
his works are to be collected and published in
2 volumes; one embraCing the political, the other
the relizioussubjects." Tim SUN London Paper
of the-Bth,..after pu!Aishimr his third celebrated
Letter to the People of England, remarks that
" it is written with all the spirit which charac-
terises the country of the Hon. Baronet, and with
the zeal of -goitnine loyalty ;" and that it takes
such- a clear and just vit,ow of the subject, that has
lately drawn forth all the virulence of faction,
that their readers must regret their not having .
received (he two first Letters,from the same ani-
mated and vigorous writer. Front an article in
The Neu: Times of the 6th, on the same subject,
we copy, that " the interest created by this
Gentleman's numerous writings, throughout
Great Britain as well as Ireland, we believe to
be unprecedented." ~The Provncial Papers are
equally surprised, and equally complimentary.
So much- for English judgment and criticism.—
Now for Ireland—in the entire country a few
Opposition Papers entertain a different opinion :
hear the latest of them---,The llel fast irislynan,
of Friday last, believes that Sir Harcourt Lees's
allegiance is fanaticism, and his loyalty madness.
Which are right ? .

W 6 extract the_following frow a London Pape
of Wednesday last

"THE 4EV. Sea HARCOURT LEES, BART.—We have-heard
with much pleasure, that the Rev. Sir Harcourt Lies, Bart.
has been golicited by several of the Most distinguished cha-
racters itethe empire, to publish the whole of his popular
t volumes, .distinguishing the religious from the
pAlitirat subjrcts.' The interest created by t hts Gentleman's
minierous Writings throughout Great Britain, as well as
Irelaml, has been, we believe, unprecedented. tionad iu
his principles as a• supporter of the Established Church, a
6:nth:ANA' of the dignity -of the Crown, and bold in-the
avowal of those principles, he has astonished and con-
founded -the adversaries of both. Proceeding as Sir Har-
court steadily is in this truly useful and honourable career,
we anticipate the-'happiest rff,cts from his- gteat literary ta-
Wins, at a time when the Press—that powerful instrument
f, gond or evil—is brought into such alarming operation
against religion and loyalty, in an empire which we once
fondly hoped had been destined by the' providence of God
for the propagation of civilization and Christianity through-
out the globe." • -