The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-10 00:00:00

olost. .cut i,lence on the 1-ytalty and
elm. of the people of Dorhatn. he believed
that inure danger seas to be apprehended from the
narasnues ahont to receive the sanction of that
;loose, than from all tire pr.aceedings of the tur-
bulent °tat of doors. As the Representative of
a county which had heen most grossly and un-
justly calumniated, when the 1111 for Seiiile Arms
came before that noose, he shoal() feel it his duty
to more, that the County of Danharn should be
excepted from its operations.
Lord CASTLEtteMiIf, in reply to the question
Which had been put to him, could only say, that
n 4 yet he i}ad nut seen the docurnent which had
been mentioned; he could not Tmsitively say that
it had not been received. With respect to the
county of Durban), he must remind the liono.ar-
nide Gentleman, that he had never described it to
be in a disturbed state. What Ire hail said was
to this effect, that dissatisfaction and disaffection
bid been manifested, and that training had beet)
resorted to with a view to eventual disturbance,
The statement now made by be llota. Member
""as not better suppor.ed than that which had
been made of an opi,osite character. When he
heard the state of that parr of the country men-
tioned, he must always refer to the case recently
made ont by the parties concerned, when it ap-
peared trona their own she'' big, that a tneetin:!, or
near 40,000 persons had taken place, at which
7000 persons in military array were present. The
lion. Gentleman now considertd, that all the
danger was likely :II proceed !rout that House,
and none train the meetings held Out of doors ;
and to prove his sincerity, he had announced it
to be his intention to Move, that the county of
Durham should he ex,epted front the operation
of the Seizure of Aims Bill. If proof were want-
ing how uarvise it would he to make the meastne
of a local character, site') proof had been afforded
by the conduct of the lion. Gentleman. Since he
could intend making. 'he motion of which Inc had
given notice, after the late meeting at Newcastle,
Ile could not doubt but had the measure been
other titan general, that almost every other Mem-
ber would have been disposed to claim an excep-
tion in favonr of his own d;3ttict. The Hon.
'Member had read a denial of the statement that
eOO men had gone aimed to the late meeting, but
enouelt had been admitted to prove that that part
of the country was in a dangerous and critical
state.

Sir M. W. RipertY wished to say a word or
two on what had just fallen from his Hon. Ft lend
on the subject of the Mayor of Newcastle. In
the paper he had read, he believed it was said
that the letter written by the Mayor of Newcastle
was little better than rhodomontade. He begged
to Say that he believed no person was less Ikely
to deal in rhodomontade than that respectable
individual. He (Sir M. W. Ridley) had long
been aequainted with him, and knew him to be
most independent, active, and zealot's Magis-
trate. Ou vatious occasions he had shown that
,e as not to be intimidated front performiug his
(boy ; and, performing that duty, he had always
equally protected the rights of the peOple, and
the authority of the law. Stich was the Gen-
tleman whose'conduct had been brought before
the House, and whom he was proud to call his
friend. With respect to the genera! state of that
part of the country, he believed that it would he
found very nearly such as it had been described
ht' the Mayor of Newcastle in his letter, and
the correctness of that letter in most respects
could be clearly made out. While he said this,
be must add that the accounts received on the
general state of the country, he haul every reason
to believe, were ex'remely exaggetated. Its situ-
ation was in some degree alarming, hut front all
the inquiries that lie had been able to make, the
peril was no so great as bad been represented to
that [louse, and the spirit of disaffection which
had been excited was beginning to subside. He
would state one fact to spew how things might
be exaggerated by a well-meaning individual. A
Gentleman writing to his friend in town, inform-
ed his correspondent, " That the Radicals were
constantly training, and tltat he haul heard them
firing at two o'clock in the morning." It was
afterwards proved, even to the satisfaction of the
Gentlemin himself, that that noise which he had
mistaken for the firing of the Radieals, proceeded
froar the retorts of the gas-eorlia in his own
neighbourbood.—(A laugh !)
Mr. LAmreroa said, he had no intention of at-
ta"king the general character of the Mayor of
Newcastle, though he bad read a letter which de-
scribed what that person had written to be mere-
ly rbodomontade.
Mr. G. LAMB di,: not wish to prolong this con-
versation, but rose to speak on the petition which
had been presented. The Meeting at which it
had beet) voted, was as respectable as any he had
Vier seen, and, he would say it, more orderly
titan ally he had before attended. He did not
know whether another meeting, which took place
at the same time, had attracted the turbulent and
the disorderly ; be merely spoke of the fact, that
the Westininister Meeting was most respectable
and most orderly, and he solemnly believed, that
those from whom that petition came were
largely interested in, and sincerely anxious for,
the welfare of the coontrv, and he therefore ItoPed
that their prayer would be patiently beard, and
promptly attended to by that House.
Mr. WAIT)] M.saii ad attended another !fleeting
that took place yesterday. In the performance of
a public duty, he had been stationed near Smith-
field, and a meeting more despicable in point of
to;nlhers and in appearance lie had never seen.
For the most part, it was composed of dirty boys,
women, and children. These twined the whole
assembly, with the exception of the special con-
stables in attendance, and a few spectators attract-
ed by curiosity, who took no part in the proceed-
ings. 'this statement would suffice to show that
no danger was to be apprehemled front disaffection
it) the City of London.
The petition was then read by the Clerk, and,
on the motion of Sir F. BURDETT, ordered to be
printed.
Lord MiteroN presented a petition, which, he
slid, would not take quite so much time in the
eadiog as the last had doom., and which was not
sienen by so numerous at body of petitioners, but
which lie still consider:a to be well entitled to the
Attention of the House, as it came from a father
and three 1)1 whets of one of the unfortunate per-