Star.
London, England, 1830-11-09 00:00:00

THE ROTUNDA, BLACKFRIARS• ROAD.

A meeting was last night held in the Theatre of the Rotunda,
Blackfriare Bridge, to take into consideration the King's Speech and
the &limning state f the country. By seven o'clock the place was
filled, and within a quarter am boar afterwards at least two thousand
petiens were collected round the outbids of the building. Some of the
persons inside fearing that a breath of the peace would be the comae.
quence of the interference of the new police to dlpene the crowd, ob-
tained awns to the top of the portico. and hanged them to disperse.
This being unavailing, Mr. Carpenter proposed to them to retire to a
vacant piece of ground in Broad-wall, where be promised to address
them upon the subject upon whit,/ the meeting inside were about
to express their opinions. This had the desired dekat the proposition
was received with tremendous applause, and about %WO persons were
speedily congregated on the ground refined to; and about SO flam-
beaux baring been lighted, three or four persons mettnied a file of
kicks, and silence having been obtained* Mr. Carpenter addressed the
Meeting, recommending•to them to abstain hem everything like riot
and outrage. and concluded by proposing a Besehititot to the effete,
" That his Majesty's Ministers, In having walked the King
to postpone his visit to the City, bad proved themselves to be
unworthy the confidence of his Majesty and the Gantry t and fur.
thin, that the Meeting was of opinion, that shovel suitivoin which this
advice originated, was not any apprehaseion fee the safety et hie
Majesty's person, but a well-founded belief that the Speeds which the
Ministers had put into the mouth of the King at the opening of die

Last night a meeting was held at the Rotunda, in the B! ick frt. r..
road, at which Mr. Hunt presided as Chairman. It was muse nume-
rously attended than upon any former evening, aid did not le r
till half-past eleven o'clock at night., when ,Ur. Hunt return. 'I •.c
instant he left the fleeting, an individual esposul a tricoloured ti m 4,
wi.h •• Reform" painted upon it, and a cry ot Now for the st
end" was instantly raised. This 'seemed to act as a signal, evidently
preconcerted, as the individuals annisnaing the tmeting one anti all as-
rented, and sallied forth in a body, the individual unfurling me tri-
coloured flag. They then proceeded over tie bridge in numbers alumni
tog to about 1.5110, shouting as titcy passed along "Re orm ;" Down
with the police;" •• No Peel ;" •• No Wellington." In their rune
they were joined by others, asui in this manner they proceeded through
Fleet.street and the Strand. The Adelphi theatre was ei.r.in,4,
and the audience were about to leave, when the shouts of the mob teciati
heard, the doors were instantly closed, and the audience very judici-
ously was kept in the house till they had passed. AA they proceeded
they were joined by a considerable number ot loose women, who wm•re
very vociferous in their exclamations against the police. The mob lire.
proceeded into Downing.street, where they twined themselves' into a
line in front of the residmee of Karl Bathinst, where it was leered they
would act with violence. A gentleman in the house, upon beating time
tumult. presented himself at the balcony, armed with a hrece of pistols
and, addressing the mob, warned them from soy ilteggap act, declaring
he would file upon the first man who attempted to enter the house.Vells
and groans followed this declaration, and a cry of •go go it,' was raised
by the mob. Another gentleman at this motet t came on to tile bal-
cony and took the pistols out of his hand ; upon which the moo gave
lout cheers. A strong body of the new police belonging to the A
vision arrived from Seotland-yard, and formed themselves into a line ut
fee end of King-street to prevent them going to the House of Com-
mons, where they intended to go. A general fight now ensued, in mach
the new police was assisted by several respectable-looking men, whim us-d
every endeavour to put the mob to the rout. In the skirmish litany tecem
broken heads, and the flag was captured. Inspector Lincoln of the R. di-
vision arrived with a body of 70 men, and as many of the B division iso
came up, when the mob, upon seeing the reinforcement, tem. so
flight in all directions. and the moat perfect quietude prevailed. Then' ;• •
of the most desperate of the mob were arrested and carried to the sue.:o:.-
honey, in the Alnwary, Westminster. A reinforcement of the If .y,•I
Horse Guards Blue ware mounted in the yaid of the Horse GUAL7lih‘
under command of Captain Prickett, and remaineu there during the
night, and extra policemen paraded the streets in bodies. At two
o'clock this morning every thing was in a stale of tranquillity. A I the
police stations are well supplied with cutlasses and whet weaves,.
should there be any necessity fur their use; and 11r. Mayne it d
Colonel Rowan were in attendance at sentlaiiii.v.ro during the night.

STATE OF

MEETING OF THE 31AGIaTRATES AND FARMERS

Saturday, a meeting of the Nlagisttates of this county was held at
St. Augustine's. near Canterbury, to deliberate on the measure" to be
adopted in the present state of the county, and to repreot the organiw.!
system of outrage which unhappily pervades nearly the whole of the di..
tricts-of which it is composed. As the deliberatiolis were conducted
secrecy. we cannot give any information on the 'object.
A more important nteeting, however, we, held in the afternoon, at
the Hop and Corn Exchange, in the High-street, which was attended by
several hundreds of the must respectable of the fanners frequenting th:
market.

Soon after four o'clock the High Sheriff of the county, E. Rice. Es.i.
the Earl of Winch:lse% heed Teynhatu, and several of the other 31
gistrates, attended the meeting and were loudly cheered. A handini:.
addressed to the Earl of Winchilses, and proposing five questions iit o
searching nature to the Noble Earl, was circulated in the room ;
which, as he subsequently gave distinct answers. it is unnecessary at
present to allude further. It was anonymous being merely signed, —a
Faster, Grazier, and Freeholder, whose labourers hdvc nevneverrecenr,ol
parochlal relief, and whose vote never cost any candidate a shilling,"
and dated " East Kent. Nov. 6. 1130."

The Hum busairr Raid, that with reference to the principle tbat
eyery man should be paid the value of his labour, tbat must be acted
upon generally, and at once. He should produce a resolution is remedy
this: it was, " That this meeting will co-operate with the magistrate*,
landholders, and tenantry, in resisting outrages, alleviating distress,
restoring the independence of the peasantry."—(Oreat cheering.)
Lord Wino:mai seconded the resolution, which was put and car-
Tied unanimously.
A vote of thanks was passed to the Sheriff, and another of the
same nature to the Chairman. After which those cheers were given to
each of the noble lords who bad attended, and the meeting separated.