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and Constitution, or more attentive and zealous in the per-
fm mance of their civil and religious duties, than that of the

metropolitan county of Scotland.
" That we deeply lament, tbst any circumstances shook'
have given occasion to the' dissatisfaction which now so ge-
nerally preeals with the measures pursued ny your Majesty's
Ministers; and we humbly implore your Majesty, that such
an alteration of system, and such a course of conciliatut,
measures may be adopted, as may tend to allay the discon-
tents which now unfortunately exist, and to unite all ranks
and classes of your Majesty's subjects, nut only in their duti-
ful attachment to your Majesty's GOverminent, hut in their
confidence in. the wisdom and justice of your Majesty's
Councils."

SIT ALEXANDER MAITLAND G 'WON, of Clifton
Hall, seconded the amendment.
General DCNDAs rose to say, that Ministers
could not avoid entering into the late inquiry,
and that they did their duty, and no more, in

doing so.
The CHAIRMAN here proposed, to save discus-
sion, that it should bo put to the vote, whether
the Address or Amendment should be carried

(Loud cries of " No, no !")
Mr. nor.? VERE, of Craigiehall, agreed with
the sent cents expressed by the lion. Movt'` of
the Amendment, and regretted that such Meet-
ings were not oftener favoured with his counte-
nance and support.
Mr. STUART maintained, that discontent did
not arise from the alleged causes, and that dis-
affection did not prevail to such an extent, as by

some it was asserted to do.
Lord ROSSLYN followed, and defended the
conduct of her Majesty's Advocate, in answer to
Mr. Walker, considering the animadversions of
Mr. W. as a general attaCk upon the independ-

ence of the Bar.
Sir GEORGE CLERK was anxious to call back
the meeting to the real object they had original-
ly in view. Whatever merit or demerit might be
attached to the conduct of the, chief Magistrate
of this city, was very foreign to the present meet-
ing. They were called together to propose a
loyal Address to his Majesty, and to express
their attachment to our free Constitution, and
their detestation of those individuals in the
country who sought its ruin ; and so indeed it
was felt and acknowledged by the gentlemen
who had spoken on, the other side. lie agreed
it was not necessary to express their loyalty
and attachment—they were never doubted—
but it was necessary to come • forward to
convince the noisy demagogues that these was a
large and respectable portion of the people who
deprecated their proceedings ; and that though
well-disposed, quiet, and learned persons, who
were well-affected to all that was venerable and
dignified in the State, had remained neutral for
a while, it was only necessary to come forward
to shew what part of the community were friends
to the true interests of the country. There
was a point beyond which supineness would be
blameable,_ and- a gross dereliction from duty ;
and it wags hiipossible not to come forward and
express their sentiments on the present occasion.
Mr. MICHAEL TANNING observed, that the
Meeting we,, bound to support the legal Autho-
rities, otherwise the beautiful equilibrium of so-
ciety would be destroyed.
Mr.JAMES GIBSON, of Ingliston, supported the
Amendment.
The Loan ADVOCATE said, that he had hi-
therto abstained from all public meetings, think-
ing, that as a servant of the Crown, his motives
might be misrepresented ; and he should not
have appeared that day,' but that he felt inti-
mately connected with the meeting, from the
little property he possessed being situated in the,
county. His Lordship had hoped that the' Ad-
dress was couched so as to prevent discussion,
while the Amendment embraced every topic to
disunite—it' was a complete party Address,
and would tend to disseminate a spirit of
disaffection throughout the country. With
regard to the observation of Lord Rosslyn
on the state of the country, was it pos-
sible for him to forget that a Grand Jury had
found true bills against a number of individuals
in Scotland ; and though the spirit was put
down, it still slumbered in the breasts of many.
As to the circumstance of there being no pro-
secutions against the press, he could only say,
that it proceeded from hisunwillinguess to do any
thing against its liberty ; such he would never
bring forward but on the strongest grounds ; but
however delicate and painful it would be, he hoped
that if it were ever necessary it would be done with
firmness. The Learned Cord then proceeded to
discuss the subject of the proceedings against
the Queen, which he concluded by stating his
belief that no further procedings would be adopt-
ed against her, and that every thing legal and
fair would be allowed her. But if it was to be
asked to raise her to the same honours that her
revered predecessor held, where she would be
looked up to as a pattern and example to tilt
country, he trusted in GOD that others, not they,
would do it. The amendment shewee that the
Address was Necessary, and the latter contained
no expressions hurtful to the feelings `of any ; and
the question %vas, whether the country was in
that state to require any public expression of opi-
nion ; he thought it was, and sat down by ap-
proving of the Address.
Mr. JEFFREY stated, at the very outset, that
in so far as the address moved by 'Sir .John Hope
consisted of professions of loyalty and attach-
ment to the Throne and the Constitution, he
(Mr. Jeffrey) and all his friends would most cor-
dially go along with it; and if gentle Men on the
other side considered the language of the address,
in these respects, as more choice and emphatic
than that of the amendment, he was most willing.
to adopt it. But farther than. that, he could not