The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-04 00:00:00

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of GEN-
TLEMEN of this COUNTY, convened by public
Advertisement, and held at MAIDSTONE, on MoNnav,
the 2d of March, 1829,
Hon. J. WINGFIELD STRATFORD, in the Chair,
the following Resolut,ons were proposed and unanimously
adopted :
Resolved—That an avowal having been made in the
House of Commons by a Minister cf the Crown, that it is
necessary to " break in upon the Protestant settlement of
1 6SS " this Meeting deems it to be highly proper that the
inhabitants of the County of Kent should have an oppor-
tunity of laying at the foist of the Throne their humble,
but honest opinions and prayers upon a declaration so
vitally threatening their dearest interests.
Resolved—That a dutiful Address be presented to his
Majesty, proving hint to take the sense of his people by a
dissolution of Parliament, before he consents to any mea-
sure " breaking in upon our happy Pretestant Consti-
tution."

Resolved—That the Earl of Winchelsea and Lord Bex-
ley he requested to pray an audience of his Majesty, for the
'purpose of presenting this Address.
Resolved—That the Committees appointed to act for
East and West Kent be requested to take measures for the
immediate circulation of the Address in every parish of the
County for the signatures of the inhabitants.
Resolved—That this Meeting cannot refrain from ex-
pressing their high admiration of their brother Protestants
who have by their noble exertions for the Constitution of
their country returned Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. as
their Representative for the ancient and loyal University of
Oxford. And the warmest thanks of this Meeting are
hereby offered to the Duke of Newcastle, the Earls of Win-
chelsea and Eldon, Lord Bexley and other Peers, and to the
Marquis of Chandos, Sir Edward Knatcbbull and Sir
Robert Harry Inglis, Darts. and other Members of the
House of Commons, for their firm and manly opposition to
the measure miscalled Roman Catholic Emancipation.
J. W. STRATFORD, Chairman.

The Chairman having left the Chair,
Resolved—That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be
given to the Hon. J. Wingfield Stratford for his kindness
i❑ presiding this day.

J. P. PLUNIPTHE.

The following is the Address adopted at the Meeting :
TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

May it please your Majesty,

We, the undersigned Protestant Freeholders and other
Inhabitants of the County of Kent, approach your Ma-
jesty with sentiments of faithful attachment and undivided
allegiance. We regard your Majesty not only as a Ruler
of a mighty Empire, but, under God, Protector of the Pro-
testant Religion within these realms. And we humbly
submit to your Majesty that the firm support of the one is
essentially necessary to the greatness and glory of the other.
We have learned with the deepest sorrow and alarm,
that a Minister of the Crown has avowed in the House of
Commons that our glorious Constitution as settled at the
revolution of 1685 "is now to he broken i❑ upon." We,
therefore, beg leave humbly to state to your Majesty, our
conviction that the abandonment of that Settlement will
be attended with the utmost danger to the Reformed
Faith, and the Civil arid Religious Liberties of your Ma-
jesty's subjects of Great Britain and Ireland.
We are unable to discover in the present state of the '
Romish Church any deviation from those principles and
practices which formerly exposed this Kingdom to peril.
We see the word of God withheld from the people, arid
their consciences subjected to the galling bondage of a
Priesthood itself bound by oath to a Foreign Power. We
see a spirit of ambition pervading that Church, and Reli-
gion used as an engine to promote its political aggrandise-
ment, and we cannot but fear its designs against our dearest
rights, as subjects of a free Protestant State, and our best
hopes as professors of a pure faith.
We confidently rely upon your Majesty's recognition of
those principles which vested the Crown of these Realms
in that line of Succession of which your Majesty is the
august Representative—principles for which the holy sanc-
tion of your Coronation Oath, and the memory of your be-
loved and venerated Father must enhance your Majesty's
regard ; and in the defence of which we offer your Majesty
our willing and best support.
If, however, under any persuasion your Majesty can be
induced.to entertain a doubt as to the expediency of ad-
hering to those principles, we earnestly implore your Ma-
jesty to dissolve your present Parliament, and to afford your
faithful subjects an opportunity of expressing their senti-
ments on so hazardous and vital a change in the British
Constitution—a change opposed, we venture to sty, to the
interests of true religion, in pro.noting which alone indi-
viduals and nations can look for the favour and protection
of God.

We pray that He may bless your Majesty and may direct
your Counsels for the welfare of your Kingdom and the
glory of His Church.