The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

Trig POR.TcqVIOUTII ADDRESS.

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On Wednesday last aMeeting of the Corp°
ration of the BorOugh of Portsmouth was con-
vened by the Mayor (EDwAno CARTER, Esq.)
in conseqnence of a requisition which had been ad-
dressed to him by seVeral MeMbers of the Cor-
poration, to consider of agreeing to-an Address
to his Majesty, upon the present state of the
Country, and to pray bitn to dismiss his Minis-
ters from his Councils ; also,- to send a suitable
Address thereon to the House of CoM,
moms. The Mayor being called to the Cbai;-,
the subject of the Meeting- was_ opened by
Mr. Alderman Howard, who took a retro-
spective view of the most prominent of this
measures of Ministers, and particularly of those
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pursued by them with respect to the .prosecution
of the Queen, all which he considered as being
injurious to the welfare and best interests of W....
.Country ; .and therefore moved, " That a re-
spectful Address on the present unsatisfactory-
State of.the Country, and on the policy and mea-
sures of the present Administration, be'presented-
to his Majesty, praying his Majesty to dismiss
his Ministers from his CouncilS:"--Mr. JA:cKson.
seconded the motion. •

The Hon. Sir C to, Gary objected to the mo-
tion, becanse he could not but cintsider'lhat any
Address pl'esented to the King, -in which th,..?,
Queen's nadie is mentioned, must be persoustiy-
offensive to 'his Alajesty ; and, therefore, he (Sir
George) could not coincide in the motion. Ifel
did not approve of the present Miriister's, and•he
had refused his signature to the
.County Address.
It vas his opinion, that these addresses are doiirg
material injury in the, country.
Mr. So A-PER Spoke in defence of Ministers; and
in condemnation of the Queen. He was fully-
persuaded that in all their - proceedings in the
'matter of the Queen, Ministers had been in-
fluenced by no other motive than their duty to
their Country ; and he-believed the'Queen to
what a majority of the House IA •Peers:had de-
clared her to be,

Mr. "MERRITT consideri.d Ministers as fully
deserving the confidence of the country as any
men that could be chosen from among the existing
political parties.

- The motion being put, a division took place,
when it was carried by.mor6 than two to one.
The Address to the King was .then, submitted
to the Meeting, and agreed WI, •
Its main object is. to obtain the diSmissal of
Ministers. The topics and the . language of the
Petitioners contain no novelty, and they, cati-
tiously avoid making any allusiOn to the neces-
sity of a Reform in the Commons Rouse of Par-
liament, well knowing the 'peculiar state of this
Borough, and the power possessed by.tt'few Mo-
dern Whigs to coutroul and influence the Elec-
tions of its Representatives in Parliament'. They
charge with an ill grace the Ministers of “•go-
venting by means of corrupt majorities in
Parlia-
Meat ; that they have degraded the National Re-
presentation; and by their arbitrary and impo-
litic measares,bave endangered the stability of
the Throne, as well as abridged the liberty of
the subject." Yet these very Petitioners tena-
ciously exclude from. the exercise of the Bo-
rough Elective Franchise 48 out of 50 of the
principal 'inhabitants of Portsniouth and Portsea.

After the Address had been disposed` of, Mr.
Howitim Moved a ResolAtiOn to agree to a Peti-
tion to the llouse.of.Commons, hi conformity 'with
the sentiments he had expressed ; which being
done,

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Mr. Alderman JOHN .CARTER, M. P.. moved,
that the Address to the King be presented to his
Majesty by Lord,
.Erskine. Mr. Carter.Prefaceill
the motion by exhibiting his Lordship's pure and
independent conductw hen the
.Representative of
this Borough, and dwelt with peculiar felicity of
expression on his Lordship's able, constitutional,
and manly opposition to Ministers in their pro-
ceedings on the prosecution of the Queen.. The
Motion was carried unanimously as was the:
following one—That tln Petition to the House.
of Commons be presented by" the' Members.for
the Borough (Admiral Markham gild:100 ar-
ter,Esq.) Thanks were voted
,to the Chairman for
his able and ithpartial conduct, and .the 'Meeting
dissolved:- •

Tits, CLERGY.-One, of the..Churchward.ens
and the Ringers of Charlton Mackrell, Somerset,
having denied the right of the Rector (the key.
Mr. Sharpe), to controul the• ringing of the
church bells, the latter has consultecl Dr.LL4h-
ington on the subject, and the following is. tier
as the substance of 'the Doctor's opinion on the
questions
,put .to him by the Rector:—" That

the consent of the .Minister (whether incumbent
or curate) is necessary to autiorise the ringing-3r
-bells in the Church; and that the .consent -of
either or both Churchwardens, without the Mi.--
nister's consent, is not sufficient: That Vies:Mi-
nister's consent to the ringing of the bells must
al:cays be had ; if the two Churchwardens dif-
fer, the consent of the IVlinisterand one ChurOh-
warden would be sufficient ; but the consent-of
the Minister against both Churchwardens would
not justify the ringing, nor would the consent:oc
both Churchwardens against the Minister' au-
thorize it. That the Minister has authority to limit
the time of rinoing, and that the ringers' are
bound to'obey him. And that no person has p.
right, without the consent of the Minister (whe-
ther incumbent or curate) to place flags, garlands;
or any thing else, either in or upon the church,
or in the church-ard.

Miss CRAWFORD, who figured so gracefully,at
the late ball given by Lord GAGE, at his seat;
Firle-place, was deemed by all present, the love.
Hest belle of the lovely throng.
Two candidates have already started foi the
County of Wicklow, apd.a third is expected' to
offer himself in the room of Otte late `vlittLiA.:Nt
PARNELL, Esq.

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On Thursday last, the T4oitn PROVOST of
Edinburgh, received a respite.,-for Alexander
Hamilton, at present in the jail of that. city,
under sentence of death, until furthu .c.iguifioa-
tion of his MAJZSTY73 pleasure.