Star.
London, England, 1808-11-14 00:00:00

STif FFORDSHIRE MEETING.

On Friday last, the 11th instant, a very full and re-
spectable Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentlemen,
Clergy, and others, Freeholders of the County of
Stafford, took place at the front of the Shire
Where hustings were erected for their accommodation.
At twelve o'clock the Sheriff made ins appearance.
Most of the company then present having taken their
stations upon and around the hustings, the proceed-
ings were about to be commer.ced, when Lord BA-
COT, in his carriage, entered the square, accompanied
by a cavalcade of about 600 Freeholders, his friends
and tenants, who had assembled for the purpose of
escorting his Lordship to the place of meeting. They
took their stations, forming a line behind those wh•
stood on foot in front of the hustings.
WILLIAM CARY, Esq. the High Sheriff, informed
the assembly, that in consequence of the requisition
of several Noblemen and Gentlemen, Freeholders of
the COunty of Stafford, he had called this meeting
for the purpose of considering the propriety of peti-
tioning his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased
to assemble his Parliament, in order to a constitu-
tional and effectual investigation into the causes which
led to the late Convention concluded by the Officers
commanding his Majesty's forces in Portugal. He
then proceeded to read the names of the Requisitio.
nista, but was interrupted by one of them, Mr. Henry
Crockett, who called upon him, as Eigh Sheriff, to
' declare by what authority the name of Henry Crockett
had been used upon this occasion. In answer, the
Sheriff read the letter, authorizing it to be inserted
amongst the others. Mr. Crockett then asked if
another letter had not been subsequently sent to con-
tradict it ? which, if received, he begged should be
read. Tha Sheriff accordingly read a letter to that
purport, and concluded his statement.
Earl Tatum', from the front of the hustings, ad-
dressed the Meeting : 4, I wish, (said he) to know
whether any of those who have signed the requisition,
which has just been read, be now present, and ready
to make known to us, personally, for what purpose
we are assembled ?"

The Sheriff here read the following letter, or Imo-
test, which he had just then received from two of the
Requisitionists, Messrs. Wolseley and Blount.
..._ .........

TO THE HIGH SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF
STAFFORD.

Sia—As you have deemed it expedient, notwithstanding our
remonstrances, to convene a Meeting of the Freeholders of that
County of Stafford, according to the form which originally ap-
peared in The Sta//jjord:hi►e Advertiser, we think it necessary to
protest against a Meeting to convene, and to declare to you our
intention of net attending the same. We are, &c.

CEIMILES WOLOILLET.
Stafford, Nov. 11, 1848. RDWARD BLOUNT.
Earl TALBOT then resumed-44 Gentlemen Free.
holders, as we are here met together in consequence
of a requisition of the High Sheriff, and although
none of the requisitionists come forward to propose
the adoption of any measure applicable to the pur-
pose originally intended, yet I trust we shall not part
this day without coming to some resolution or resolu-
tions upon the subject at issue. If it be not deemed
impertinent in me, I beg leave, without further pre-
face, to submit the two following to your considera.
tion

1. That a Petition to his Majesty. for the purposes mentioned
in the Requisition, is, in the judgment of this Meeting, unneces.
sary and inexpcdient.
s. That the Freeholders now assembled gratefully acknowledge
his Majesty's paternal goodness sad wisdom, in having been gra-
ciously pleased to institute a fuU and comprehensive inquiry into
all the causes and circumstances of a transaction which has so
much disappointed the hopes and expectations of the nation.

These two Resolutions were seconded by John
Lane, Esq. then respectively preposed by the High
Sheriff, aid carried unanimously.
Earl TALBOT-44 I beg to propose, that these Re-
solutions be inserted in the Provincial and London
Papers."—Carried.
The following, we understand, was the Address
originally intended to have been moved by the
Requisitionists, had they not withdrawn the measure,
and not deemed it necessary to protest against the
mode of advertising their requisition, adopted by the
High Sheriff upon this occasion.

TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
MAT IT PLEASE TOUR MAJZITYI

We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Ereeholders of the
County of Stafford, beg leave to approach your Majesty with
sentiments of sincere affection and loyalty. and to assure your
Majesty, that, in expressing to you our profound grief at the
Convention lately agreed to by the Commanders of your Majesty's
Forces in Portugal, we are influenced by a desire to rescue our
Country from dishonour, and your Majesty's army from un.
merited degradation.
That when the signal bravery of your Majesty's troops had
repelled the repeated attacks of a superior force, when we had
been led to expect the most happy result, our consternation was-
extreme, to learn that an inglorious Treaty had been concluded,
by which the fruits of victory were transferred to the vanquished,
the best interests of your Majesty's Allies sacrificed, and the blood
of your soldiers spilled in vain.
That it is far from our intention to impute the blame of this
disastrous event to any individual ; but fearing that silence may
be construed to imply approbation, we pray your Majesty not to
suffer a national calamity to become a national disgrice.

That being involved in a struggle which threatens our existence
as an independent people, with an enemy whose resources are not
inferior to our even, and whose efforts are directed with consum-
mate abaity ; we can augur no successful issue to such a contest,
lintels the national honour be preserved Inviolate, the spirit of
your Majesty's armies be unchecked, ang the causes of failure
traced to their source. _ _

" We, therefore, humbly beseech your Majesty to be graciously
pleased to arder your Parliament to be assembled, that an effec-
tual and constitutional investigatioa may by it be made into alt
the circumstances connected with the Convention of Cintra, and
such measures be adopted as may in its wisdom appear best cal-
culated to prevent the recurrence of similar disasters.

From the reign cf Queen Anne to the present time,
no douceur has been proposed for the benefit of those
who buy a Ticket or Share in the Lottery ; 1000
Tickets are now given, in addition to every other
Prize contained in the Scheme, and is likely to be of
that magnitude which no one could expect to realize
by a chance in the Lottery. Clubs and Societies
would do well to lay out the money they have col-
lected, there being but few Tickets for sale, and the
Drawing near at hand. Tickets and Shares are sel-
ling at HORNSBY and Co.'s State Lottery Offices, 26,
Cornhill, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. Howls-
ay and Co. shared the last drawn 20,0001. and were
the first to sell two of 30,0001.
COliN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nov. 14.—The
fresh arrivals of wheat. this day make the supply ra•
ther considerable—fine samples are at a reduction of
about 2s. and Ss. per quarter, and rather more upon
inferior—Barley and Malt a trifle dearer—Beans, of
the two kinds, likewise—in Peas little variation—the
supplies of Oats are again short, and sales thereof
are named rather dearer.—ZlDur hardly supports late
prices.