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Mr. Larkin concluded by calling upon the Meeting to re-
' yet this petition.
Sir EDW.* RI) KNATCLIBULL, WRS now loudly
called, and he accordingly took off his hat, and advanced
to the front of the Sheriff's platform. At the same time,
however, Mr. Cobbett claimed the notice of the Sheriff,
and a contest for precedency of some duration was kept up
between them. Sir Edward, once or twice, gave way, but
was challenged by the men on the left, nut to yield up his
place. Mr. Cobbett was, in the mean time, demanding of
the Sheriff the fulfilment of a pledge which he had given to
hear him next. The High Sheriff had given Mr. Cobbett
permission to proeeed, but some persons in front of the
Hustings became so clamorous, that he was obliged to re-
mind his decision, and invite the Hon. Baronet to resume
his standing place.
Sir EDWA RD KieATCHBULL then said—Mr. High
Sheriff, I have been ready upon this occasion, as upon
every other, to obey your call, and meet my brother free-
holders in this place. I had thought proper, however, to
hold back until this moment, just before, as I presume,
the close of the proceedings, in order the better to aacera
tain what are really the feelings of this contity upon the
great question which has been occupying your attention.
The Lord Lieutenant of the county, when he addressed you
in the early part of the Meeting, expressed the greatest
anxiety that whatever might be the result of the pro-
ceedings taken here to-day, nothing would occur to inter.
rupt the harmony and good understanding which for a
long time past has prevailed throughout this great county.
(Cheers.) In that hope I most heartily concur, and in
the few observations, which at this time of the day I shall
feel called upon to make, nothing shall fall from me to in-
terrupt this good feeling.—(Applause.)—l now stand be:
fore you, not in the situation of an Irish proprietor, but as
a freeholder of the county of Kent.—(Loud cheer+. ) Ido
snore than that, for I appear before you, and alone, as 'one
of your Representatives in Parliament, and if the pro.
eeedings of this day are of moment to the country, and that
there is a general anxiety in all present, respecting them,
I assure you that no one shares in that anxiety more than
I do.—(Cheers.)—l come before you then, not only to
state to you the opinions which I entertain myself; but to
ascertain whether since I have been in Parliament, I have
faithfully, truly, and honestly discharged the duties of the
trust reposed in me.----(", You have."—Cheers.)—ln
meeting you upon this occasion, I was no stranger to the
fact, that a difference of opinion existed upon the subject
which was to be discussed ; but still I came here, in
order to meet Freeholders. I did not expect that we
should have to meet auy others than Freeholders.—
(Applaupes.)—l did not imagine that any one of this
county, who should come here for the purpose of
advocating the stones which he thought right—and he
it observed, I impute nu bad motives to any man-1
say, I did not think that for the purpose of deciding this
question, gentleman would have come from the other side
of the water.—(Cheers and hisses.)—As a Freeholder
of this county, I am bound to protest against such a pro-
ceeding, and as a Member of Parliament, I am bound
more so ; and that protest I shall maintain here and else-
where, wherever I go.--(Bear.) But I ask yon, Gen-
tlemen, whether you, who have been assembled here to
decide upon this important question, will suffer your opi-
nions to he swayed rather by the arguments of these advo-
cates than by the opinions of those who are in the habit
of coming to take your opinion upon all questions? I
have a right to say so much, though without intending
to take from the two Hon. Barristers (Messrs. Shiel
and Shea) that right which, as newly created free-
holders this day, they can claim, but which is so sub-
versive of every thing right and decorous.—(Laughter
' and cheers.) If upon this point I show any warmth,
I pledge myself that it shall be the only ebullition
from rne.—(" It is the truth.") Upon the main ques-
tion before you, I am solicitous to know what your real
opinion is. I have always stated in Parliament that the
feeling of this county was decidedly Protestant, and
I have now to learn front yen whether that opinion is
correct or not?—(" Quite correct ; bravo.")—The recep-
tion I now meet with declares it to be right. I venture to
say that, for the last thirty years, there is no occasion, there
was no question agitated, which drew to this place so large,
so powerful, or so respectable a body upon this occasion.
And I do think that when this question comes again to be
discusied in the House of Commons, you will authorise me
to state the opinions which I have held hitherto.—(Cries
of "We will." Much shouting. " Protestants for ever.")
—To c n•er into the merits of the question would be im-
pertinent. Ido not come here to tell you what to do, but
to learn your opinions. The opinions of this county, when
properly expressed, shall always snake a deep impression
upon my mind. At this late hour, therefore, and just be-
fore, us I apprehend, your being called upon to decide upon
the question, I shall do no more than to hope that those gen-
tlemen who have come from Ireland have, by this time,
seen the feeling of the county. I only hope, and
as an act of justice I implore them, that when
they return they will state what has occurred here, and
that when they come to report to those with whom
they are politically associated, they will not fail to state
that the voice of the county of Kent was almost unanimous
against it.—(Loud cheers. —A voice from the liberals—
" No, no, you have no right to prejudge it.") But I en-
treat those gentlemen to add that there does not exist here
any unkind or unfriendly feeling against their Irish brethren.
-:-(Cries of " None whatever.")—lf we, to preserve the
Constitution in Church and State, have been compelled to
deny them what they ask, it is pot because, we are adverse
to them, but because those who watch ever the natiou
deem it impossible to confide to them temporal power—
(Cheers.)—The Lord-Lieutenant had intimated, nay he
had stated it more strongly, that this question would be
considered by Parliament shortly, and that some measure
would be proposed to set it at rest.

The Alaripis CimbEx here explained, that he did not
mean to btate it as a fact that any measure was in prepara-
tion, but only to give it upon his own private conjecture.

. -
Sir EDWARD KNATCIIBIII.I. had understood his Noble
Friend to sey, that the day must come when the question
would be discussed. He (Sir E.) did not know what those
measures were, but he had no hesitation in saying, in the
face of this meeting, that he placed the greatest confidence
in the present Government, but that still he should watch
it with extreme jealousy. The meeting might rely upon
it that, he would never give a vote in opposition to the in-
terests of the, country. He was not aware what the pro •
posed measures would be, but if they were consistent with
the safety of the Church and State, be should not hesitate to
make concessions.—(Applause.)—But it was because he
did not think such a thing practicable, because he had never-
heard of any scheme that he did think it was likely he
should support, and at all events a feW months would not
alter a long-formed ( Hear. )—He would not
longer take up their time, more especially as the High
Sheriff recommended to all speakers to be as brief and as
explicit as possible. He bad followed that advice, and he'
took his leave assuring them that, till he met them again,;
he should do nothing to compromise the Protestant liberties
of the country. He asked them to express their oninions,
and he hoped they would be found confirmatory of his.

[We have avoided giving place to the different breaks
that the, uproar occasioned in the Baronet's address,
and endeavoured to connect his sentences-as closely as tl4.
noise would permit. It is, however, necessary to state,
that through more than half of his speech, Mr. Cohbett
still maintained his post, and continued to address those of
the Meeting who were in his more immediate neighbour••
hood.. His gesticulation throughout was very vehement ;
and when be found that it would be better to yield to the
Hon. Baronet, and take his turn afterwards, .he amused
himself with such ejaculations as—" Ugly beast!"—
" Stupid beast !"--" Disagreeable creature !"—directed
towards Sir Edward ; and all of which appeared to afford
infinite delight to his auditors.]
The Hon. Baronet having withdrawn from the front of
the waggon, Mr. Cobsett again presented hi►nseif to the
Meeting-, as claiming his right to be heard. He was as-
sailed from the left by :all sorts of cries, noises, uproar, and
confusion, and it clearly appeared to :be the determination
of the BrunswiCkere not to allow one of his sentences to
become audible to their side of the scene of action. -

Mr. CA LCILA FT, M.P., likewise presented himself to
the Meeting, but whether for the purpose of speaking on
the main question, or only addressing the Chair to order,
we were unable to distinguish amid the uproar. The
Right Honourable Gentleman, however, at length yielded
and Mr. Cobbett proceeded to address the Meeting, though
considerable confusion reigned during the whole time he
WAS speaking.
Mr. Corm Err (as soon as we were able to catch the
thread of his argument) was alluding to the immense num-
possessed the tithes, so that each Parson on
ber of parishes in Ireland, and the very few Rectors in pro-
portion,oNe
or
nine
parishes to his share. (Cries
have beard that before; tell us
who
oafn a„vesriaiagnelel:,a,daeoidgh,t,
something new.") The result of this system was, that no
tithes were to be obtained but by dint of force. They were
obliged to be collected by strength of arms, and the tithe-
proctors regularly went about from parish to parish armed
wToi
nt h
ofguns,
The
battle.p is s and s swords, in the constant expecte-
, consequence
of this was, that death
very frequently ensued in the carrying on of the struggle, and
a seizure very seldom took place without severe wounds on
both sides—this then was the way in which the tithes in
that unhappy country were obtained ! This then was the
religion of Ireland.—(Cheers anti laughter.)—These were
the Priests and the Ministers of God, whom the apostle
Paul described to Work with hands the things that were
good.—(A laugh.)—lt was to these tithes—.4t was to this

system of Parsons that they were to look for the true cause
of the present (listless in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)—But
they were told by emu,. that Catholic Emancipation would
do every thing fir that county Do not believe it ! It
would d(oCnhetn.}:sil.')g—forV us;
and it would do nothing fur Ire-
the Men of Kent such fools as to
believe that all these things wou'd take flight before Gt.
tholie Emancipation?—(Laughter, and a series of faint
groans from the ()the] side reached Mr. Cobbett's ear. )
Your cry is too faint, nay htieke, continued the speaker.
You cry like women, and like women in the family-way,
or about as loud as a Parson's squeaking tithe-pig.—
(Roars of laughter.)-:-Mr. Cobbett then alluded to the
Catholic lawyers of Ireland, and observed that if he had
not a great respect for Mr. Spiel, who stood near him,
he would describe the mischief that he thought they were
capable of doing. This much, at all events, he would sly
.
on the subject of law—that for his own part, if they must
have lawyers, he would much rather have the old, dull,
l ugeer -
gentlemenu g g e r lawyersfrom
lc;
laEngland,lreland.—(laughter.)—He
_ (I.aughter.)—He would than any of the hot-
headed
also confess, that he would much rather have Sydney Cal
craft (who was present), and little Bexley (who ought to
be present, for he had signed the Requisition) for public
pensioners, than any of the Irish. The pockets of the
former were by this tiere tolerably full of public money—
tbreee of the latterempty—(Laughter
quite and applause)
—and he therefore preferred the first on the principle of
the story of the poor fox, on whom the flies were feeding ;
and some one offering to drive them away, he begged them
by all means to desist, as those so employed were probably
by that time pretty well satisfied, while, if his carcase
should be left unoccupied, the probability was that it
would he speedily occupied by a fresh set of rovers, with-
out a bit of food in their bellies.—(Roars of laughter.)--
Besides, of these Irish lawyers, it should he remenN‘reci,
that in 1825 they offered to disfranchise half a million of
their poor fellow-countrymen—men of the same religion as
themselves ; and at the same time they had offered to
put their Priests in such a situation as to receive thei
salaries out of the taxes raised on the people of Englandr
—( Hear, hear, and hisses.) so that there were .ve, whose'
Parsons taught us that the Roman Catholic religion was
idolatrous and damnable, called upon to pey Pupish Priests
for upholding and teaching all this idolatry and damn-
ation—(laughter and cheers) ; by which arrangement, bud
it taken place, our bread would have been pretty well but-
tered on both sides.—(Loud laughter.) Therefore, as far
as the single point of Emancipation was concerned, he
would elleerfolly join Winelielsea ; but the worst of it
was, that the Noble Lord would not continue himself
there : he wanted to have a finger in the 427 parishes of
the county of Kent, which were divided between 126 Rec-
tors and Vicars ; he wanted to share in the places and
pensions of the army and navy, and to continue us and our
children as beasts of burtheu ; and this was the real history
of what was meant when they were called upon to support
the Constitutiou. He wanted very much to know why
these Clubs were called Brunswick Clubs?--(Hear, hear.)
What was Brunswick to him (Mr. Cobbett) or to them?—
(A laugh and cheers.) What had Brunswick done for any of
them ? He remembered that there was the Brunswick
family, and that was quite enough of the name of Bruns-
wick for him.—(A laugh.)—The fact was, that the
name was just a trick : by adopting that title they thought
to make the people believe that those who refused to join
were not favourable to the House of Brunswick. For
his own part he had very little to think, or know, or
feel, about the House of Brunswick.—(Laughter.)—He
was quite content with the family : that was enough fur
him, and he did not want any more of it.—(Applause
and laughter).—(The cries of " Question " from the other
side here became steritorious.]--Mr. Cobbett then pro-
ceeded to allude to the Duke of Newcastle's letter, and
mentioned the sentence in it where his Grace says,
" That if they deserted their God, their God would de-
sert them ;" but he (Mr. Cobbett) wanted to know why
his Grace did not call the Deity to whom he alluded
his own particular God, for he was very sure that the
Duke did not mean the God in Heaven --(A laugh and
cheers.)—The Duke of Newcastle, by " his God," meant
a golden God, end certainly no one had ever more reason
to admire a god of gold than his Grace.--(Great confusion.)
A general cry of " Question" was then raised on the left
of the hustings, and three cheers were given for closing the
proceedings.
Mr. COBBETT continued to speak for some time, amidst
the confusion, but could be heard only by those imme-
diately around the waggon where he stood. He concluded
by moving, as an amendment, a petition, praying, we be
lieve, for the abolition of tithes, and some other sweeping
measures of Ecclesiastical Reform.

A copy of this petition was handed up to the Sheriff,
who, however, never opened nor noticed it.

Mr. H. HUNT nest rose and seconded Mr. Cobbett's
amendment.

Sir E. KNATCHBULL wishel to ask Mr. Hunt if he
was nut able to discover from the reception he had met
With, that he was not welcome in the county of Kent.—
(Cheers, and cries of that Sir Edward is a piece of gross
impudence.)

Lord RADNOR. said he had neverheard anything more ty-
rannical than the conduct of Sir Edw. Knatehbull in thus
taking it upon himself to dictate to the meeting. Mr. Hunt
had a better right to address the meeting than Sir Edw.
Knatchbull, for the latter come there to collect the opinions
of the freeholders and had no right to dictate to them wh4r
these opinions were to be.—(Great cheering, and cries of
you call yourself a Member, and break through the rules of
public speaking. Lord Radnor then 'entreated a bearing
for Mr. Hunt, and the latter gentleman addressed the
meeting, while the Brunswiekers quite in character. with
all their other proceedings, made their bands strike up, in
order to drown his voice, in which object they sn a great
measure succeeded.

While Mr. HUNT was yet spealcing, another Bruns-
wicker said, that they had had enough of the sentiments
upon that side of the question. (Great laughter and the
gentleman looked very furious.) He wanted no more of
Catholics.

Mr. HUNT then resumed, and said, that he could not
help laughing at the singular courtesy with which Sir E.
Knatchbull had addressed hum; and if the meeting would
listen to him for a few momenas, be would explain to
them how he hail deserved it. They were, perhaps, aware
that some six and seven and twenty years ago be had been
a wholesale brewer at Bristol. At that time Sir Edward
Knatchbull went with his family to reside in that place.—
One evening Sir Edward had a large party at his house,
when he unexpectedly found that lie bad .to beer. He im-
mediately sent to -his brewery for a supply ; and, though
he was alo retail brewer,. his foreman, without any scruple,
let him have the quantity which he sent for•, which was
four gallons. NOW, four gallons were below the quantity
which a wholesale brewer was allowed to send out by law,
and from a knowledge of that fact Sir Edw. Kn atehbuhl
had ever since refused payment. for the beer which his fore-
man had se,ld him. What would the Meeting think now
of the person who had interrupted hith in perfect cour-
tesy ? Now, he liked a little fairness.---(Here the uproar
became tremendous, and though close under Mr. Hunt,
we heard but indistinctly what he said.)—He commented
on the Surprise expressed by the Marquis Camden that he
shoUld -he suspected of being a radical, and on his declara-
tion that he never did anything to please the t
The Noble Marquis was mistaken—he did a great deal to
please the radicals when he resigned his enormous sinecure.
—(Cheers.)—He did not know whether he made himself
heard or not ; but this he did know, that he had heard very
little of what had been said by others.
It was then intimated tiilt as it was getting late the
High Sheriff would put the question, upon which
Mr. CAfra'AFT said that this was the most barefaced
attempt at dictation he had ever witnessed, and he hoped
the Men of Kent would not put up with. it.
Mr. SCUDAMOR.E. ,said, that it was the wish of the
Sheriff that Mr. Caleraft and every other gentleman should
be heard.

Arr. CALCUAFT—How comes it, then, that you inter-
rupt Mr. Hunt while he is speaking ?
Mr. Soun'Aistotte replied that it was too late; and the
friou SHERIFF taking no notice of the amendment, put
the question upon the original Resolution.
Ia the midst of a most tremendous state of confusion
Mr. Honoßs now claimed to be heard as Mr. Hunt bad
finished speaking. The Sheriff however put the question
in the negative, while- Mr. Hunt was yet speaking; and
the liberals, though evidently extremely numerous declined
holding up to single hand against the petition, under•
cuinstances so unfair and so disgraceful.
Mr. HUNT said, he never witnessed so foul a proceeding,
and he requested those who were anxious for impartiality
not to take any part in the proceedings.
Mr. HODG ES rose to -propose an amendment. He ob-
served, that he had attended many public meetings, but
never did he witness. at any of them so foul an act as the
attempt of the Lligh Sheriff to put down the free expres-
sion of opinion on the present occasion. lie would only
take the liberty of making two observations on what hail
passed on the other aide. One was a subject which had
given him great satisfaction, and that was; that for the first
time he had heard persons on the other side standing for-
ward as the advocates of civil and religious liberty. He
hoped they were sincere, and he trusted that they would
never repent their change of opinion.—(Cheering.)—The
secood was a subject of great regret to him. He meant the
manner in which their Irish fellow-subjects had been
spoken ot: It was true that England conquered Leland
formerly. And it.was very true that a conquered people
too often became the subject of slander 11 their tnaatets,

who sought to cover their own injustice, anti to.extauttate
their misconduct, by aggravating all the errors, and finally
assuming the utter writ thlesaness of theitevictiens.—(Cheer-
ing,)—Theae.gentlemen who were this deyetold to go hack
to their ternary, and to tell their oeturotryireen that the feel-
iug here w:s neivereally against their claims, would, he
hoped, have the sense to see that that eniversality
of opinion was nit so great a Likni represented.
—(Cheering.)—He concluded by moving, . as an
amendment—" Resolved, that it it the opinion of this
se,
meeting, called for the purpose of petitioning Parliament
theto adopt
.Protestants telo ;i
Establishmenteesurea asa
ire bn
eat
rt:ertilie ual an, tti tisttoa
t."PPth°a';
those objects will be hest alteined by leaving to his Ma-
jesty's 3linisters, who must he well acquainted with the
feelings and sentiments of the country, the free exercise of
'their own judgment, in proposing to Parliament, fur the
pacification of Ireland and the general benefit of his Ma-
jesty's dominions, such measures as they may deem proper ;
and, whereas, while the Constitution recognizes the right
of every man to petition the two louses of Parliament,
that any attempt to coatrol those authorities, by selfeon-
stituted societies, is a direct violation of the principles of
that Constitution ; and that ;hie- meeting au now adjourn.".
The Earl of RADNOK seconded the amendment, and
urged the propriety of adjourning without entering
into any further discussion on the topics which had
been introduced in the course of the . day, either
with respect to the original motion of Mr. Gipps, or
the petition subsequently proposed by Mr. Cohbett.—'
He urged this proposal for this reason, and he would Sub-
mit it to the fair and candid consideration of those very
gentlemen who had brought the original measure forward.
No, no !")—He would put it to them whether they
could with propriety come forward to take the votes o';
those who were present, under the pretence. that it Was the
real opinion of the county of Kent ? He would even trust
to the cool reflection of Lord Winehelsea himself—to the
cool reflection of Mr. Gipps, and those other gentlemen
who had been mainly instrumeetel in bringing forward the
petition to Parliament—whetl er they could possibly sup-
pose, whether they could so far deceive themselves HS really
to believe that the assembly which was then met on
Penenden Heath was in a fit state of mind delibe-
rately to eonaitier all the points that were connected with
this impertanteenestion (cries of " Yes I yes !"and uproar.)
Could such an opinion, so expressed, he worth one
farthing. ( Uproar. )—The questions which had been, raised
on the other side- were very different from the resolu-
tion which had been read,—(Cries of " No quibbling.")
He appealed to those who were before and around him,
whether a calm and cool decision of the-question was to be
expected.—(Hear, hear, and uproar, joined with cries of
" No special pleading, no humbug. )"—They had a Learned
Irish Counsel present, and could they possibly suppose that
he could go back to Ireland and reptir: the vote that should
be come to as the reel feeling of the people of Kent ? Again,
he would ask, if the cool and deliberate opinion of the
county of Kent could be obtained on the present occasion.
(Cries of " Yee, yes.")—Mr. Cobbett's petition contained
—(An immense uproar, in which the speaker's voice was
drowned.)—He confessed that be did feel, and he was
ready in any way to spew it, Peer of Parliament
though he was, that very many of Mr. Cobbet's principles
were worthy of the best attention of the cation—(Loud cries
of displeasure, and " Shame to take hint for a model ;")
and though there were many gentlemen present, who, per-
' haps, could not go all the lengths that he did on this head,
yet he was sure that all who had been in the habit of read-
ing that writer's political works, nust have perceived that
there was a sense—an understanding about all the views
of that author—which rendered him worthy of the
highest notice.—(Applause, and cries of shame.) The
petition which Mr. CObbett had proposed to substitute
was worthy of being heard-and examined with attention, if
be (Lot d Radnor) had been allowed to judge from the ab-
stract that he had:sten of it in the newspapers. (Great
uproar and confusion ; a voice exclaimed, " He wants to
talk till it is dark, that we may not see how many hands
are held up.)
His Lordship then gave way, and a terrible scene of con-
fusion ensued, owing ta the indecision of the Sheriff as to
what course he had better pursue; at length
Mr. SCDDAMORIE said, the Met sheriff begs me to ob-
serve that there are two petitions, one of Mr. Gipps and the
other of Mr. Hodges; those who are for the petition of
Mr. Hodges, will hold up their hats.
A great number of hats on the right, and in the centre
area, were held up, accompanied with loud cheers.
Mr. Scuoemoao continued—Those who are fur the pe-
tition of Mr. Gipps will hold up their hats.
A volt number of hats were instantly exhibited to the
left, as well as in the area we have just mentioned ; as near
as we could judge, it appeared to us that about five-eighths of
the meeting were in favour of Mr. Gipps's petition.
The HIGH Gipps's petition is eat ried by
a great majority.—(lmmense cheering and waving of hats,
accompanied with general confusion.)
The Earl of WINCIIILLSRA then moved that capies of
the petition be sent round to every town in the kingdom
for signatures, which was agreed to unanimously.
The NOBLE EARL next proposed three cheers for Pro-
test int Ascendancy —a proposition which was hailed, on the
left of the hustiogs,with tumultuous applause. The cheers
were led by the Noble Earl himself, who displayed an ex-
traordinary degree of energy on this occasion, and produced
shouts infinitely louder than any heard during the earlier
part of the day.
Votes of thanks,' with great applause, were given to the
Earl of NA inehelsea for calling the Meeting, and to the
Sheriff for presiding over it; also to Sir Edward Knateh•
hull for his services in Parliament.

As.the Sheriff was retiring with his cavalcade,
Sir JOUN BRYOCEs proposed that they should give" one
cheer more" for " Protestant Ascendancy."
The cheer was instantly given, and the parties of tie
triumphant Brunswickers began to withdraw with their
banners and music, singing " God save the King," and
0 dear ! what ean the matter be?" The friends of the
Catholics left the Heath, without waiting to witness these
solemnities and rejoicings, and the immense multitude was
quickly dispersed. It is estimated that upwards of thirty
thousand men were present. The business did not close
till half-past five o'clock, when the twilight was eom-
honoring.

THE PROTESTANTS TRUE

Air—" Bonnets of Blue."

Here's a health to them that's awa' !
He•e's a health to them that's awa' !
And who winos wish good luck to our cause,
May never guid luck to them fit'.
It, guid for us now to unite
Its guid to be honest and true ;
Its guid to support the Kent 13runswickerti cause.
And hide by the Protestants sue.
Hurrah for the Protestants true !
Hurrah for the Protestants trne !
Its guid to support the Kent 13runswirkers' cane.%
And bide by the Protestants true.
Here's a health to them that's awa/ !
Here's a health to them that's awa' !
Here's a health to King George, who's the chief of

Maorth clan,band of his foes e'er he sma'
Here's freedom to him tie will read
The laws of Old England aright ; •
There's wane ever fear'd that the truth should ha
heard,
Put they whom the truth would indite.
Hurrah for the Protestants true !
Hurrah for the Protestants true !
Its quid to support the Kent Brunstvickers' cause,
And bide by the Protestants true.

CONSTITUTION IN DANGER !

Not r•am any corninct of the poor Roman Catholic.., but

from the
DEADLY ATTACKS

Of their Priests and Deinagfigues, to obtain political power
without giving securities to t'st- Protestants.

MEN OF KENT!
Do you wish to Change your King?
Will you change "the first Gentleman in Europe," and
" the best-hearted Man in tle World," whose charitable
hand has been the first to administer, not by mites, but
by Thousands, to the wants of his poor subjects; whose
classical taste and fostering patronage have raised our Arts
and Manufactures to pre-eminence over all Nations; whose
firmness, when almost the whole Civilized World was
amid-Aug at the feet of the Corsican Usurper,—when the
battle was literally " pro aril et loco.," raised our beloved
country to a height of glory unparalleled in history ;—will
you, my countrymen, change the Heir and Successor of the
"Father of his People," fora Foreign Monarch ? •
~ Why," methinks I hear you say, " Why insult us by
such a question ?" •
My answer is, if Roman Catholics are allowefi to vote
in the two Houses of Parliament, to be consistent,
must not exclude the Monarch from the Throne. on you
ac-
count count solely of his religion ! More particularly as the
checks which the glorious Revolution of 1688 placed on
the authority of the King (who, unlike a Member of
either. House, cannot originate auxmotion to togke or abro-
gate laws) a it ; ;h1 f Papist
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