The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-05 00:00:00

LE WEEK.

Beans. BOROUGH OF QUEENBOROUGH, KENT.------s. to s:. AT a MEETING, consisting of nearly the
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40 46 whole of the resident FREEMEN and INHABI-
T 86 TANTS, held at QUEENBOROUGH, on SATURDAY,
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45 48 the 22d day of December, 1827.
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THOMAS LEWIS 1 38'ENNALL, E. in the Chair.
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36 40 Resolved Unanimously_
et
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I. That the Freemen inhabiting this Borough are, and
_ _, for centuries have been fl 'dependent for support upon
—-- the Oyster and other Fisheresy in the waters surrounding
-4; , 2g the .Oy
ster and
are and have been entitled to the benefits
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36 0 arising therefrom.
....___••• 11. That the said Fisheries have of late years been claim-
ed to be governed by the Select Body of y. four
r, and mid. Jurats, and two Bailiffs ; but the Fisherieswere anciently,
y sold 'apes
larsitthvetlhl before as after the Charter of Charles 1., managed.
ivy Norfolk
cent
her deserir .e general concurrence of the Inhabitants, who foi
..n Oats
and tines made the Bye .laws for regulating the same.
nd the value ' !IL That of late years the Select Body, without the con-
y dull, 04 habitant,
and greatly to the injury of the Freemen and In-
es..ista, nth, have made many unreasonable and oppressive
to 58s. 4 , vs, which have tended to the ruin and destruction of
.to h6s. a the ' .
- 'NI lit
,s. to 345. o Is,. .a 1 ants' J. to 3os. 'g ' • That two of the Bye Laws (declared by a jury at
295. 1- the last Maidstone Summer Assizes to be unreasonable)
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eto ees. 2
'a. to 345. • eht to exclude every person from the benefits of the
to )2d. per 4. Fisheries unless hired or employed by the Mayor or Water
30s. per loaT ~.
, _
____./. pee tag' an,
cu And many of our Brethren, who with their wives
"" LaMiliee were in the deepest state of distress, have in
2. vamp implored the Mayor and Water Bailiff to be employed
6d. to 7d. in and to receive the benefit of the Fisheries in like manner
5ec..4..... as their forefathers had enjoyed the same for many centuries.
la ;c209, ,id .n_
,V. That until within a few months since the Select
:0; Turnip° '-'"uy of the Corporation refused to permit the starving
one; 12s. Oct, population of the Borough to take a single floating fish in
the
--•••• , Waters surrounding their very doors without the licence
• 310 to 04 of the Mayor or Water Bailiff .
• (although they allowed to
..7. 11 1:.! straNers what they denied to the Freemen.)
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been
That whatever restraint might reasonably have
-,-20 19 expected to have been imposed upon the conduct of
•• 22 24' the Select Body by the general voice and natural influence
g 0
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8 sti 0 the resident Freemen and Inhabitants, has unhappily
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a -.to rendered in a great degree nugatory by the powerful
8 nd political. influence called into action in support of the
„-It ls elect Body through the medium of non-residents living at
•"....__—.—.--•• a distance from the Borough, by whom the privations and
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, ed. tO2B. ft., °PPression of the resident Freemen could not be felt, and to
0 1 6 0 17 0 whom their grievances were in a great degree unknown.
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o'4 0 IL That the mo-t strenuous efforts have been made by
0 I 0 0 „
0 0 'ae Freemen at large to obtain by amicable arrangement
t wi
0 it o
a_t,ll th. e Select Body a restitution of their rights ; and they
utoortzed a Deputation to make proposals in the most re-
nd conciliatory terms for placing, through the in-
ervention of packs were under Parliament, the Fisheries of the Borough
doin Or regulations similar to those of neighbouring Fisheries,
g,
1\4'41 are governed either by an Act of the Legislature or
1 a Jury of Fishermen; or to replace the Fisheries on the
l'ani'.• faoting as they appear by the Corporation Books to
S. ev"riginally existed, and at the same time fully con-
\Zin
_ g to the Select Body their privileges and atithOrity.
• ~,h re .
io rea9 P posals were peremptorily rejected, and, though
11 °I-lableand respectful, they were described as impertinent.
1 ,-.LIIIII. That in the face of all the ancient Documents,
° 'narters' and Records of our Borough, and the known
It "age of the Freemen at large, the Select Body have (le-
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II posited
14 signs at the Court-house, and request the Freemen to
likeley, 9 ducnt a paper acknowledging the impropriety of their con-
y ~ ,f,ot tho last seven Years, and to conform to an unrea-
-8"4,4°10 Bye Law, dated 20th June 1820, and such other
lAll oOf irtuniZesand
regulations as t-ey, the
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1. Select Body., should deem
&erg. to make • Whereas it is notorious that it is
[nu Fields
tsheel"Ptrteeomden
iant
depriving
complain
them of their ancient rights, and
,field oaring to concentrate in the Select Body all the pri-
dand advantages which belong to the general body.
orth Ands
,it has been intimated that unless the free Burgesses
at-strert
,torsign such paper the Oyster beds of the Fishery shall not be
• e'l with, brood for the space of seven years to come,
1)11'g no doubt by the. prospect of continued sufferings to
sappy tO Induce the Freemen to sacrifice every ancient right and
I intended privilege, and place the Borough, Corporation Funds, and
haven, lel° I,"ies, irretrievably in the power of the Select Body.
nd will b 6 we X. That from the foregoing relation of our grievances
:sad is if'', gel are obliged to. declare that the presene Members of the
y (not yeci time t Body of the Corporation (several of whom have in-
ctations e vex". that they cannot successfully oppose or contrOsil the
, Nai,iga•
of jtelstos, lamentable, and disastrous proceedings of ethers
a. it Body) have entirely lost the confidehce of the gee
4 ner.l_l body of the.resident Burgesses and Inhabitants.
thaf raealhn:tbiet
taken
skthe unanimous Resolution
of
tohfethLiegeMetisiatotintge
)r-square, and of his AL,.• en to call the attention . " Wluch our jel3t)At Government to the unhappy situation
--------" ;inabitants arestpviete4eeaTti ue,ir, Brother Freemen and the Johnln-
miles from the 'Metropolis more than 47
In-
ire, 1 . 'stance of scarcely
ughter ° cries of this Boroughs „) to which the Trade and Fish-
and; 1 I are bmeans immaterial,—
More particularly that ~ Y no
rchbishd dined to relieve us froin'"
th Legislature may be in-
if George without redress for our grieventic-e, oppression of living
as the
youogot Mayor and Senior Jurat of. the
_,
inasmuchitiriesldec.t.Bod • are the
eon. only two Magistrates exercisirt
:, by the limits of this Borough, and we have 45 )(Awn w'ithin the
, , Ineaus of appeal from
Sorrel', the conduct they adopt towards us out to
ko,,o,f,tltoto K.,lilnlgdfroonmi,
, Rosette, it be to the superior Courts of Judicaturethemselves,unless
Thomas the expence of which the Select Body
the poverty to which we have been reduced
ti,,, tah,a.ts..na-necea are
[r. H. r•
those utterly unable to support unless we obtain
d data& ry
am look with pity on cur sutferiug„. 9' t
mingtoe• X4* That e most grateful thanks of this meeting
are
ae, Cyrus due to John C
-apel, Esq., one of our Repres.entatives in
..lay, o 1 Parliament, for the kind and patriotic manner in which (at
Spear, of °"' solicitation) Imeforward toserve us and the ',ha_
bitants or • came
I,lsacrifices be
-. this Borough ; for the noble
made i
e which h
4 °Ur behalf ; for the extreme benevolenc . 5
has su fr
1 ill preservin
111Ilpti001 man equently and so seasonably exerted
3rightort,
• to obtain
y of us from •
and f •IC • efforts
starvation ; for is . .
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con.
aged the rest()
privileges ,
yes, duct w jation of our municipal rights and us to
teach 0 lell must always endear him to us and lead
and
ce, Jolla preset:lr children ever to venerate lain, as the father
S. xiier of our native town.
d Bing- are d That the most grateful Thanks of the Freemen
address to Mr. Serjeant Merewether 'for his splendid
rd, Esq., Maids: on their behalf to the Special Jury at the last
, phi], °lle Summer Assizes, and likewise to John Adol-
-c•,., n and ~,
--,,111: 1., Thomas Joshua Platt, Esq., our other
r Joseph in ae 1) for their united, able, and indefatigable exertions
art of the ancient rights of the Freemen.
fricmls/ of till• That the thanks of this Meeting are due to those
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rested,lion-resident Freemen %eh° so nobly and so disinte-
u calls, Y tame forward at the last election in favour of the
a's-ro', )(IV' the general body of their brother Freemen.
the ge • That the Deputation appointed to act in behalf of
I, Esq., such ~4„etral body of rerident Freemen be authorised to give
tbei r"Aicitv to the previous Resolutions as may be in
r 1,,,,.._ .
(Signer, or as they may deem expedient.
at the '',l) THOMAS LEWIS PENNALL, Chairman.