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gotttn, or gply remembered for the disgrace which
attacheitoMV deeds, the name of Sir Francis Bur-
-% • "iletewcidi be4arlsmitted to posterity; accompanied
with the recollection that in him the People of Eng-
land had ever found an able, upright, and undaunted
advocate of their dearest rights and liberties.—The
: - Honourable Gentleman sat-dawn:amidst thunders of
applause, which lasted several minutes. He then read
a letter from Alderman Wood, accounting. for his''
absence he stating that he had to attend'her Majesty
at Brandenburgh House, to present some Addresses.
Mr. GIBSON came forward, and in a short speech
maintained the necessity of shewing, on this occasion,
their respect for the conduct of the worthy Baronet.
He was not much accustomed to address S very large
Meeting. He was a Citizen of London, and lived in
• a Ward (the Ward of Cheap) where no discussion was
allowed—(Laughter).—There a worthy Magistrate
presided who did not like to be troubled with hearing
both sidesasf a question, and therefore was not food.
of allowing discussion. He (Mr. Gibson), however,
testified his opinion= there by being in the minority,
which he always was. He concluded. by moping
the first Resolution, which was in substance—that Sir
Francis Burdett, in writing the Address to the Elec-
tors of Westminster, on the subject of the horrible
ear age committed on a peaceable Meeting at Man-
chester, on the 16th of August, 1819, had done (as
he himself stated in his affidavit) nothing unbecom-
ing the character of an honest man and an English.
man. This Resolution was seconded and carried.
. Mr. BEAUCHAMP moved the second Resolution.
Mr. TuELWALL proposed the third Resolution.
Mr. SKELTON proposed the fourth Resolution.—He
could have wished that a certain Noble Duke, who
had peculiar opinions about Public Meetings, were.
present, to see this highly respectable assembly; and
he was sure he could hardly venture to call it a
farce, because they were all of one opinion—a
term which he had applied to another respectable
Meeting, on the same ground. He hoped, however,
that this farce would not be succeeded by another
tragedy—(Hear).—lle sincerely hoped that such a
change of measures would take place as would, to
use.the language of Mr. Creevey in the House of
Commons, prevent one part of the People from
waging war on the other. The Hon. Gentleinan
(Mr. Ilobhouse) had said that nothing' had been done
on the subject of the outrage at Manchester; yes,
something had been done—a letter of 'thanks had
been sent to some of those who—he would scarcely
trust himself in describing them, but who certainly
N‘ele not blameless on that occasion. And the public
saw that his Majesty was afterwards addressed from
Cowes, which gave rise to the humorous observation,
that whilst h•zr Majesty the Queen had been addressed
by all the Bulls in the country, the King had been
only addressed by Cowes—(Much laughter).---The
Learned Gentleman then went on to shew the import-
ance of supporting, at such a moment, such an • in-
trepid public advocate as Sir Francis Burdett. He
looked upon the sentence which had been passed
upon him as an acquittal. He concluded by moving
the fifth Resolution, which was in effect—that when,
for such conduct (as that of Sir Francis Burdett) they
saw a fellow-subject punished as for a crime, they had
too much reason to tear that some further attack was
Meditated upon their remaining liberties.
Mr. PA REINS (the Er. Sheriff) seconded the Reso-
lution, which was put and carried unanimously.
. Mr. &axon moved the fifth Resolution. which
stated that there was no hope of recovering their lost
rights and liberties, or of preserving those which still
remained, without a full and fair Representation of
the People- in Parliament—This Resolution was
seconded by
Mr. HONE, who-observed, that surrounded as the
King.was by parasites of every description, there was
no chance of reaching the Royal ear, except the
People firmly expressed their opinions in such Meet-
ings as the present. He would mention, as a proof
of the kind of language addressed by those flatterers
to the Royal ear, one fact. It was known that his
Majesty had taken unto himself a Poet Laureat, and
the business of this Poet Laureat was to write Odes
to please the Royal ear. The present Laureat, Mr.
Southey, had written Odes year after year s hut few,
•if any, of them reached the Public. This year, how-
ever, it seemed it was to be different, for he under-
' stood that Mr.S'outhey's Ode for this year was in the
l'ress, and about to be published. It was, he under-
. • stood, called The Vision ?f Judgment, and it was so
different from what the People-had a right to expect,
that he would mention some few things which had
reached him respecting it. In this Ode the Poet ima-
gines himself to have fallen into a sleep (Laughteo,),
and—taking the illustration from Scripture—in that
state to have been* taken, like the Prophet of old, by
the hair of the head into the presence and before the
Throne of the ALMIGHTY. There he sees the accus-
ing Angel, who denounces the crimes of the great
city (which the Poet intends for London), pronounces
it to be full of blasphemy and sedition, and calls upon
the ALmicitury to destroy it. At this moment the
Poet sees another Angel, the angel of mercy interfer-
lug, who prays that the ALMIGHTY would spare the
city for the sake of a few who were as the salt thereof.
lie (Mr. Hone) supposed that the Poet meant by those
good people, Sir W. Curtis, Alderman Atkins, Sir C.
Flower, and a few other Magistrates—(Hear, and
laughter).—lle had mentioned this circumstance to
shew that, while his Majesty was surrounded by such
flatterers, it was impossible he could know the real
sentiments of his People, unless they firmly declared
their opinions in Public Meetings.—The Resolution
was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. 11. SKELTON, in moving the neat Resolution,
• observed that •he wished to set the Meeting right
upon one matter. It had been stated in some of the
Newspapers that several Gentlemen of the Os=
tiou had waited upon Sir Francis Burdett and
.to pay his fine. This, however, was not the fact.
• The whole subscription depended on them, the Meet-
lug..' It was from their mites that it was to be raised,,
and he had too high an opinion of their liberality, of
•the r generous wish to support their excellent Repre;
itative, to doubt for a moment of the success of]
the motion with Which he 'should conclude. He then
moved, 6, That our friend and Representative, Sir F.
Burdett, the intrepid opposer of the People's enemies
, steady supporter of the People's rights--hav-
Jag tor)ilis manly and excellent address been sen-
tenced to IMpriso. ninent, it is our duty to mark our
sense of his many virtues—of his arduous and uncle-
**Ling conduct through a period of twenty-four