The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX 411EETL1G.

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ester Any, in pursuance of a, letter addressed to
Freeholders of Middlesex, to convene a meeting
:°1- the purpose of counteracting the mischievous
teodency of the Resolutions recently passed by the.
Persons wly;assembled at Hackney, a considerable
.number of Freeholders attended at Freemasons'
lla I, Great Queen-street:. Thesame artifice, how-
was put in practice, by a set of desperate Re-
rortners, as had beer} carried into effect last week
at the London Tavern, for when the Freeholders
%%ho went there, in conformity•th the requisition in
the letter; and for the purpose of declaring their dig- -
sent from the spurious political doctrines inculcated
at the Hacktrey Meeting, they found the, room
11arly filled by their opponents. Mr. BYNG having
Peet 'desired to attend, by an anonymous letter, ap-
teared about one o'clock, and was called to the Chair
Y the intruding-party. Many other persons on the
°PPosite
.side called upon Mr. MELLISH. The
laillOtlr was so great for some time, that nothing.
could be -distincqy heard. At length, as Mr.
IlYtio's party were much. snore turbulent and violent
b.dlan those of the opposite side,Mr. BYNG was heard.
{le properly observed, that as the Meeting was call,
ed for a purpose contrary to that which had, as-
ktobled at Hackney, and as he had approved '.of
the doarines, though he disapproved of some parts of
the language expressed at the latter place, he did net
think he had any right to' appear on the present
t'etasion, though he clad thought proper to comply
It'ith the desire that be should now attend.
Mr. Mat.t.tsu then for some time endeavoured to
Procure a hearing, but amidst the outrageous cla-
tbours of the intruders; it was . hardly possible to
collect even the substance of what he delivered.—
ks far; however, as his meaning could be discovered
1:41t(lst such disgraceful violence, be was understood
11_ say; that lie was surprised to find his colleague in
the room, as the Meeting-was obviously repugnant
t°_ the cause he espoused' and the principles he
pro-
fessed,
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Here. the uproar was so great as to prevent him
from doing more than reading the letter which he
gad received, requiring him to be present on the
occasion.

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-''l'hel--intruders then vehemently called on Mr.
teNTLEY to, take the Chair. At this period the
rev. Mr. THIRLWALL stood on the table, and pro-
posed that Mr. MELLISH and his friends should re-.
r
to another room. Betore he went, however,
ik:held forth a written paper, consisting of a,Decla-
rtion, sitnilar to that passed at the London Tavern.
cir• MELLISHand his friends then adjourned to ano-
l'er room, ht.lt were pursued by some of the Latedespe-'
followers of the other side. At length, how-
ever, the Chair was taken by Sir WILLIAM G 18,11,01,15,
,11,01,1s, who wag at first proposed to be Chairman on
the occasion, and the Declaration was read to 'the
ovtipany. It was temperate and loyal, expressive
ti a firm attachment to the British Constittilion, of
abhorrence of the dangerous tenets which had
rten inculcated at the Hackney Meeting•---tenets
that ;tad produced all the miseries and horrors of
e French Bet olution—and pledging the subscribers
i'Ll
°, unite in the most resolute determination to exert
Utmost power in .support of that wise system
° Which we were indebted for the security of every
totitical, moral, and religious blessing, which had so
Ong rendered this country the admiration and envy
ti all surr,aundtng States.
The, declaratirin was ithmediately signed by a con-
-Biteraiale number ,of loyal characters, and after the
tlyeal thanks to the Chairman had oeen passA, the
Meeting was dissolved. The intruding fa6tion re-
-I)!laitted in the other room, and having c_illed Mr.
Simi-
lar'ENTLey to the chair, they passed resolutions
to those which they had maintained at. Hackney,
Censuring Mr. MELLISH,' and urging the ustial to-
Pies of batons sophistry and violence. The condu6l
°1 these men in thus forcing themselves into a meet-
111g professedly convened for a cause essentially dif-
-I.rent from their own, and the outrage with which
,
'ley/treated the persons who alone had a right to
assertible on the occasion, as they only were invited,
chewy what violence and what mischief might be
t(Pe6ted if such fa6lions zealots were . permitted to
tarn an ascendancy in national concerns.