Star.
London, England, 1821-10-06 00:00:00

MEETING IN SOUTHWARK.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Yesterday, in pursuance of public notice, and of a
notification that the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR
had granted the Requisitionists the use of the Town-
Hall, in the Borough of Southwark, it considerable
'number of Electors assembled in that building be-
tween twelve and one o'clock. The object of the
Meeting being to take into consideration such mea-
sures as might be deemed most expedient for the
purpose of remunerating Sir Roamer WILSON for
any pecuniary loss that he may become liable to in
consequence of his dismissal from his Majesty's ser-
vice, application bad been made in the first instance
for the HIGH BAILIFF to convene and preside at it.
Our Readers are aware that that Gentleman declined
to do so, and stated the grounds upon which he bad
thought fit to adopt that course. The LORD MAYOR
having subsequently allowed the Electors to assemble
in the Town-Hall, it was yesterday completely fitted
by one o'clock, the hour named in the notice.
Mr. Alderman WOOD, M.P. accompanied by Mr.
WEATHERSTONZ and several other Gentlemen, en-
tered the room, amidst the cordial cheerings of the
company present.
Mr. WeartreesroNs having been unanimously
elected to the Chair, commenced by observing that
the Meeting had placed him in a situation of diffi-
culty ; a situation indeed which, considering the cha-
racter of the men now in authority in this country,
might be considered one of peril rather than of
honour. Having, however, obeyed their call he did
not wish to protract the business which brought them
together. It was the wish of the Gentlemen who
signed the Requisition, that the High Bailiff should
preside at the Meeting, and they applied to him for
that purpose, but he unfortunately refused to do so.
—lt then became necessary to obtain permission to
hold the Meeting somewhere, and the Lord Mayor
having been applied to, with his usual condescension,
at once gave them permission to make use of that
Hall. They were assembled to discuss the propriety
of raising a subscription to indemnify their worthy
Representative, Sir Robert Wilson, for any losses
which he was likely to sustain from his late dismissal
from his Majesty's service; and, in siadoing, he trusted
that every Gentleman who delivered fiis sentiments
would confine himself ,strictly to that subject. A
caution of this kind would have been unnecessary
had the High Bailiff presided at the Meeting, but he
having refused to do so, they were bound to keep in
view the six late unfortunate Acts, by which they
were all shackled and tongue-tied—(Hear, hear).—
Several communications had been that morning made
to the Committee on the subject of this Meeting, and
there was also a communication from Sir Robert
Wilson himself, which the worthy Gentleman near
him (Alderman Wood) would produce to them.—
There was oho a letter from Cirencester, relative to
the subscription, which he was sure would give
great satisfaction to the Meeting when read. Having
said so much, he should be glad to hear any Gen-
tleman who wished to deliver his sentiments on this
occasion—(Hear).
Mr. Alderman WOOD stood forward, and was re-
ceived with loud cheers and clapping of hands. He
felt it of the first importance to communicate to the
Meeting a letter which had been received late yester-
day from Sir Robert Wilson, which, he was sure,
would make them proud of their worthy Represen-
tative, and which, at the same time, did him (Sir
Robe: t Wilson) high honour in the situation in which
he was now placed. He (Alderman Wood) had felt
it necessary to attend the Committee upon its first
meeting, on the extraordinary dismissal of Sir Robert
Wilson; and even had he not received the letters to
which allusion had been made, still he would have
felt it his duty to be present on this occasion also.
He begged it, however, to be understood, that be at-
tended not as a Magistrate, but as a voter, having
considerable property in the Borough; and he trusted
that as long as he enjoyed the right of voting, he
should enjoy the right of speech—(Hear).—He felt
it his duty to attend there as one of the constituents,
of his gallant Friend. He had declined. a proposi-
tion made to him to propose the Resolutions, as he
felt aley would come with more propriety from
other Gentlemen who were present. It was undoubt-
edly the duty of the Electors to watch narrowly the
conduct of their Representatives, and the Electors of
Southwark had now to opportunity of shewing whe-
ther they thought his worthy Friend's (Sir Robert
Wilson) Parliamentary conduct deserved their ap-
probation—(Cheers).—He (Mr. Alderman Wood) did
not wish to say much of himself, but having, from a
very excellent constitution, been enabled to attend
continually to his Parliamentary duties, he thought
he might be considered a good witness of the at-
tendance of Sir Robert Wilson in Parliament; and he
could assure the Meeting that that Gentleman was
most regular in his attendance in his place, and on
no occasion whatever did he omit to exert himself,
whenever the Borough interest was concerned. For
this he was entitled to their esteem and regard, but
much more so for the great principles of constitu-
tional liberty which he had ever maintained and sup-
ported—(Hear, hear).—His constituents, indeed the
whole country, had seen the manner in which his gal-
rant Friend had advocated the cause of civil and re-
ligions liberty: in a word, it was impossible for any
Representative to watch over the interests of his con-
stituents more scrupulously than Sir Robert Wilson
did. He would not now enter into the causes of Sir
Robert Wilson's dismissal from the service; but
whatever were the motives of the persons who ad-
vised the Crown to such an act, he was sure that they
themselves would be the most sorry for it at some
future period ; no act more cruel, more mischievous,
or more injurious to the country, could possibly be
done. He would now read the letter of Sir Robert
Wilson—a letter which did the gallant Knight much
credit, though he (Alderman Wood) could not go
along with him in the sentiments it contained. Sir
Robert Wilson was undoubtedly the best judge of his
own finances; yet he (Alderman Wood) could not
help thinking that the Resolutions ought to be car-
ried, although his gallant Friend had declined the
subscription—(Hear, hear).
The hollowing letter limn Sir Robert Wilson was
then read, and received with loud applause : •
TO TILE GENTLEMEN ASSEMBLED AT THE VIRE;
TUNS TAVERN, SOUTHWARK, SEPT. 25, 1821.
Gairmouta-1 have this instant read theßesolutions wig&
were passed at the Meeting held tinder your auspices.
" Impressed with the most grateful feelings for such a proud

memorial of yoir

em, T tdtl West entreat you is caned the I
relative to a pecuelary subscription. Rconouty and
,rangemonts I have no doubt of making, will afford me ample
means to counteract hiconvesdeneles, to which my family migh►
otherwise be exposed by the confiscation of my military incense,
and of the capital vested in the commission.
" I have, Gentlemen, I assure you, no fear that your bounty
would prove any shackle on that independence of action which
it is more than ever necessary to your interests I should main-
tain ; but I could not, without an abuse of your generous friend-
ship, permit the proposed sacrifice in my favour.
" I remain, Gentlemen,
" With grateful settee of obligation,
" Your obedient servant,
" Paris, Sept. 30, 1821. " R. T. WILSON."

Mr. Alderman WOOD, after expressing a hope that
the subscription should go on, and that a Meeting of
Sir Robert Wilson's friends, on a more extended
scale, would shortly be held for that purpose, begged
to assure those who heard him that he was him-
self in possession of the name of one of the Gen-
tlemen who had sent £5OO to The Traveller Office,
though he was not then at liberty to mention it—
(Hear, hear).—He fully trusted that the conduct of
the Electors of Southwark, on this occasion, would
be worthy both of themselves and of their gallant
Representative. It was not so much the money to
be raised in Southwark (although he doubted not
' but great liberality would be shewn) which was to
be looked to, as the principle which they recognised
by it—the adoption of that principle would prove
to his worthy Friend that his Constituents were fully
satisfied with his conduct—(Leudcheers).--He would
now read to them one of several letters which he
had received from different parts of the country, and
which fully spewed the feelings entertained by' the
great body of the People on this subject—The fol-
lowing letter was then read: _ _

" Cirencester. October 44 1821.

" Sta—T am requested by many respeitable Inhabitants of
this Borough to request you will have the goodness to transmit
to them, through me, any Prospectus, Plan, or Resolutions,
which may be adopted in consequence of the Public Meeting
to be held to-morrow by the Inhabitants of the Borough of
Southwark.
" The highly meritorious and truly magnanimous conduct of
Sir Robert Wilson, claims from the Inhabitants of Cirencester
that sympathy which must reign in the breasts of all good men
and true lovers of their country; they therefore beg to join their
countrymen in paying a just tribute to injured virtue, by assist-
ing the proposed Subscription.

" I have the honour to be, Sr,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
RICIIA RD HAWKINS."

Mr. RYLAND came forward to propose the Resolu-
tions. They had been told that the occupation of the
Chair on that occasion was a post rather of piril than
of honour. What the petit was he knew not, nor did
he care; but that it was a post of honour he was
sure they would all agree. They had been told, and
he was aware of the fact, that in discussing this sub-
ject, they must not travel out of the terms of the no-
tice given to Alderman Smith, the resident Ma-
gistrate ; he bowed to the law, whatever it was, and
should use his endeavours to make others do so too.
He knew also, that according to the letter of the six
Acts, they must confine themselves strictly to the
object stated in the Requisition. But surely, when
they came to vote certain Resolutions, it could not
be improper to inquire the reason why these Remits.
dons were proposed. Sir Robert Wilson was the
child of the Electors of Southwark. They sent him
to Parliament without putting him to a shilling ex-
pense, and well and amply had he repaid them—
(Cheers).—This, then, was the case which every
honest man must see, and which hid not been at-
tempted to be answered by the Hireling Press of
Mi-
nisters. It was a. fact that Sir Robert Wilson had
purchased his commission in the Army—it was also
a fact that he had been deprived of that commission,
without being allowed an opportunity of selling it—
(Hear, hear).—He was, in fact, a soldier of fortune,
and not of pay ; every one naturally asked why was
Sir Robert Wilson removed from the service ?—why
was he deprived of that commission for which he had
paid, and which he had also earned by twenty-five
years of hard service, in what Ministerial
called one of the most glorious wars in which is
country had ever been engaged ?—( Hear, hear, and
laughter).—The answer to this was plain. The Elec-
tors of Southwark had sent Sir Robert Wilson to Par-
liament to oppose those men, and those measures of
which they disapproved, as they thought them alike
injurious to the best interests of their countve
Their Representative did so most zealously.
Electors of Southwark supported the cause of as
injured Queen, and their gallant Representative
supported that cause also--( Hear, hear, hear).--.
These, then, were the reasons why Sir Robert Wilson
was dismissed the service: first, his being in opposi-i
tion to Ministers; and, secondly, his having supported
the cause of the late Queen—(Cheers).—These were
the causes, and the only causes of his dismissal. The
inference from this was plain: the-Electors of South-
wark had caused the loss sustained by their Repro.
sentative, and it was their duty to make it good. He
would say no more, as he felt himself shackled by
those who pretend:4 friendship to the good cause,
but who were at the same time opposed to that cause.
He then read Resolutions to the following effect:

Ist. That without questioning the right of the Crown toner-
ebe this branch of the Royal Prerogative, the present Meeting
could not but regret its exercise in the case of Sir Robert Wit-
son, who was now dismissed, not for the public geode but In
consequence of the part be had taken in the defence of her late
Majesty; and that the refusal to permit that individual to defend
himself, or to allow him to dispose of his eismasisidou, which bad
cost him upwards of .t 5,000, was both cruel and unjust.
cd. That it was expedient and just that the !Rectors of South-
wark, and the Public at large, should,make good the loss which
this individial had thus unjustly sustained.

s'. That it was advisable to call on the Citizens of London
to bold a similar Meeting, and to enter into a subscription for
aiding the object of the present Meeting.
4tb. That a COmmittee should be appointed to manage the
subscription.
Mr. BLACIC rose to second these Resolutions. He
was most happy to find that there was a feeling fa.
Tearable to the object of the present Meeting prevail-
ing throughout the country. With respect to the letter
of Sir Robert Wilson, which had been read from the
Chair, he could not agree with it, although its con-
tents did honout to the feelings of the writer. That
letter expressed a wish to decline the proposed sib-
scriptian, and talked of economy as a, means to be
adopted to enable the individual to meet his loss. He
trusted the Electors of Southwark, and the country
att large, would take a different view of the subject—
that the subscription would go on—and the loss of
this gallant and honourable individual be made up
to him. As to the provisions of the six Acts, they
would not apply to the subject of the present Meet-
ing. This was not a question for declamation ; it was
one which at once found its way to the heart without

speeches. Sir Robert Wilson war wee known, tis
merits duly appreciated, and he bad no doubt tbe
subscription, once opened, would find support in
every part of the country ; and that many D. and
E.'s would be found ready with their hundreds✓--
Generally, when an Officer was dismissed, a Court
of Inquiry was granted, if asked for; but here the
case was very different, and the gallant—no, not rd
lant General now, but the Honourable Knight, was
not allowed to sell what he had bought. He did not
mean to dispute the King's prerogative; but surely,
if the King said, " I think fit to dismiss you," the
Electors of Southwark might also say, " We thint fit
to indemnify you for the loss you have sustained in
our service." He should not say much more ;an
embargo had, it seemed, been laid on their tongues,
and for anything he knew, all he bad now been say-
ing might be contrary to the six Acts. He would,
therefore, conclude by seconding the Resolutions.

Mr. Alderman WOOD said, he had entirely forgot-1
ten another passage contained in one of the letters
which he had received from Sir Robert Wilson. In
that letter he stated some reasons which had pre-
vented his earlier return to England, but coinmuni-
' eating his intention of being in London to-morrow.
Mr. WeATIIERSTONE said, he had received a letter
that morning from Sir Robert, containing the same
declaration.

The several Resolutions were then put and adopted
unanimously.
A Committee for managing the Subscription, and
Banking-houses into which the Subscriptions were to
be paid, were then appointed.
A Vote of Thanks to the Lord Mayor for having so
promptly granted the use of the Hall, after the High
Bailiff had declined to call a Meeting, was agreed to
with loud acclamations.

The CHAIRMAN observed, he had now to commu-
nicate to the Meeting a letter which he had received
from the Editor of the Traveller, announcing the
amount of sums transmitted to him, in aid of the pro-
posed Subscription. This letter would prove to the
Gurier' if it was possible to prove to cur who was
always loth to believe anything which was for the
public good, that D. and the £5OO was real, and not
a fiction—( Applause). He would now read the letter
of the Editor, announcing the amount of the subscrip-
tions in his hands, and desiring to know into what
Banking-house be might pay them. The list ran :
D. £5OO, this was the identical Courier D.—( Laugh-
ter).—A. 1.:500 ; N. £2OO ; and B. £5O; making a
total of 01250—(Loud applause).
Mr. RYLAND said, he bad again to trespass on the
patience of the Meeting. Every one was aware that
-without the Public Press—the Independent Press—
little good could be done ; and he thought they ought
now to vote their Thanks to that part of the Press to
which the good cause was so much obliged.
Mr. BLACK seconded the motion, which was
adopted unanimously.
Mr. RYLAND then proposed a Vote of Thanks to
the Times and other independent Papers, which was
also agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN then announced, that he had re-
, ceived a letter from Mr. B. Beaumont, with a sub-
scription of £so—(Applause). There had also been
a sum of £5 handed to him from Mr. Williams. and
£l. from the " Downfall of Derry Down. Derry".—
(A laugh). He also wished to announce his own sub-,
scripuon at £2O--(Loud applause).

Mr. Alderman WOOD said,.he had now a Resolu-
tion to propose, in which he believed all present
would agree. The Gentleman who was in the Chair
to-day, was the person who first ated the present
Meeting, and suggested the Resolutions which had
this day been agreed to. Some persons would per-
haps consider the Resolutions as not strong enough ;
but they had been strong enough for the purpose,
and were such as he believed even the framers of the
six Acts themselves could not have objected to. They
had set in a right view the claims of his gallant
Friend; he must call him gallant, for whether a Ge-
neral or not, still he was a gallant, and an honourable
man too. The Resolution, he had now to propose
was, a Vote of Thanks to their worthy Chairman for
his conduct this day in the Chair—(Loud applause).
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks. He had, when
called to the Chair, declared himself placed in a
situation of difficulty ; but he was now in a difficulty ,
much more serious, to find words to express the sense
he had of the high honour which had just been con-
, (erred on him. With respect to his conduct this day
in the Chair, if he had been guilty of any errors, he
trusted those who had witnessed them would believe
they were errors of fhe head, and not of the heart.
The Meeting then adjourned.

Yesterday Mr. C. Bau.,_publisher of the Them
appeared before the LORD MAYOR to put in bail to
appear and take his trial on an indictment, removed
by certiorari into the King's Bench, charging him
with having published a libel is tending to defame the
character of J. B. SHARPE, a Member of the Bridge-
street Association."—The alleged libel was contained,
it is said, in the report of a speech of MINWAITHMAN.
FURIORS DRlVlNG.—Thursday week, at half-past
seven in the evening, some miscreant drove a market
cart at full speed along fleet-street, and being chunk,
or unable to direct his horse on the right side of the
street, he tame in contact, near Temple-bar, with a
fine horse belonging to Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS with
such violence as to force one of the shafts completely
through the animal's hip. The transaction was wit-
nessed by nearly a hundred persons, yet as soon as
the villain had disentangled himself he galloped off,
and has not since been traced ; though as the cart, its
hone, and driver can be identified, there are hopes
that such an atrocity will not escape its deserved
punishment. The wounded horse lingered, in great
suffering, but three days.

Wednesday, the Cambridge coach was overturned
at. Hackney. The coach had its full number of pas-
sengers on the outside, some of whom were severely
contused ; and the driver, in particular, sustained such
serious injury as to be unable to proceed. The horses
ran a considerable distance with the coach on its.side,
which was dashed to pieces.
As; EXTRAORDINARY SIIEARRR.—A woman, now
residing in Bailiffgate, in Newcastle, named ELLINOR
Noants, has been regularly employed as a shearer,
every harvest, for eighty years. She went first to the
harvest-field at six years old, is now 86, and earned
half-a-crown a-day fur sevciad days during, tie pre-
sent season.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, MI
PRICES OF STOCKS THIS bAT AT oRS o'CLuCst
3 per Cent. Consols 771/8 IA 1/8
6 per Cent. 1101/4 Ilonds 675.685."
Exch. Bills 3s. Is. 2s. pr.—Do. Small 26.55. pr.
Cons. for A cct. 77 Y 4 Sh.

The following is an extract from a lout' Te •
at Lloyd's. We are at a loss how to lettivret
statement which it contains with respect to the
!mission of the Greek fleet, which is at variariceiji
all the other accounts last received from the
diterranean

S MYRNity AttGIV
4, By advices from Constantinople everything Ira
very quiet, and no appearance of a war with Risk
Sultan Mahmoud has pardoned the Greeks; and%
French Bombarde, which arrived yesterday heft
Cerigo, met the Greek vessels going to their resift.
tive Islands to disarm."

A Hamborgh Mail arrived this forenoon will
Papers to the 28th ult. The following are extracts;

NORTH JUTLAND, SEPTIMBRI to.

Our Papers contain an Address to the Inha bin*
of Aarhuns, by a student of divinity, of the named
Clod. In this Address he calls upon them to
him in an expedition to Greece, for the cause du%
he says he will sacrifice everything. He caughia
that a preceding invitation of the same natmeha
met with no attention, because there are, unbapply,
so many men who would rather smoke their pip
and drink their glass of wine, than fight for the cave
of all Christendom. He offered, he says, to put him.
self at the head of all who had the courage to Node,
take such an expedition, but only one offered, mdhe
soon wavered. He, therefore, set out alone smut
Aalborg, and is now an ived at Aarhuns,
will make but a short stay, as the will of the Loss
calls him to other countries. Those who chooser
accompany him have therefore no time to lost..
By way of encouragement, he says he will gia
100 rix dollars bounty to the first Danish youths/is
joins him with the firm resolution of fighting the
bloodthirsty Turks. Professor Krug, he says, la
given him the important commission to preach it
Jutland, for the cause of Greece and the hemai
the Cross, and sent him 1,000 dollars to ask i
defraying the travelling expenses of the corps to.
formed of Danish youth ; and the same Prcitat
hai- authorised him to collect on his way all thrall.
ings that may be deposited on the altar of Christi&
love ; but, as he journeys on foot, he most orgendi
'requests compassionate Christians to send litmtlair
, contributions in good bills of exchange on sole"'
able German mercantile houses.
COBLENTZ, SEPTEMBER 18.
Notwithstanding the Proclamations from Lei*
Frankfort, Stutgard, and other places, to exam

crusade to Greece, no person from this part of
'country has yet gone to Offenbach, which is
pointed for the rendezvous. We are of opinion
the most valuable possessions of a man, his h

land his life, can belong to none but to his

(PrussialSt ate Gazette).

STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER ts.
Oar Court has now put on mourning for the
Queen of England.
The King and Abe Crown Prince are expect
return to this city the day after to-morrow.
The harvest proves very bad in the northern

vinces of the kingdom.
Sweden has suffered a severe loss by the di
Lieutenant-General Baton Charles Von Cardell,
terday morning, of an apoplectic fit. He waist:nil
Prussian Pomerania in 1764, and was the first vie
organized the horse artillery in Sweden: be iv
anguished himself in 1807 by the defence offbo
land, and directed the operations of the Swerfigi
tillery in the battles of Szossbeeren; Domestics, Jr
terbock, and Leipsic.
COPENHAGEN, SEPTEMBEit .
The news of the rising of corn prices in best
has caused a great activity in our corn trade, ad
several expresses have arrived here in con:esteems
Many persons, however, fear that the prices og
soon fall again.

ST. PETERSBURGII, SEPTEMBER 7.
The St. Petersburg's Gazette states, that the we
weather has done great injury to the crops isthe
Government of Pskow, the summer corn and hi?
being carried away by inundations; the harms
the winter corn had not begun, partly on acceolgti.
it was not ripe and partly on account of the coop'
need rains.

SZPTEM But 1 l .--The Court Casette of to-day co
tains a long account of the funeral of the Greek Pa.
march, Gregory, at Odessa, on the 29th of JW
BAMBUEGH, SEPTEMBER N.
The day before yesterday, the Russian 111'60
hers.had two Couriers within a short interval of 06
other; the first came from Beein, the other fr.
Stockholm. Since then, a report is in circulation d$
the differences respecting the affairs of Turkey,
withstanding the moderation of the Courts inures!
not only continue, but that the negociations do"
promise the pacific result which the magnanio.
and humane Monarch of Russia wished, and bs
right to expect.
On the other band it is affirmed, on the autioil
of accounts from lkrlia, that tht Court of St. Firr

bosh has sent a Circular Dote to the ether Powers,
communicating the contents of a dispatch from the
Grand Vizier to. Count Nesselrode, adding, that it
by no means satisfies the just demands of the Empe-
ror ; and that his Majesty consequently proposes to
call together an European Congress upon this subject,
si which a Turkish Ambassador should be present.
three'nien of war from Archangel, which have
boo lying at Copenhagen since the 10th, have been
joined by two other fr igates, likewise from Archangel.
News have been received at Bremen, that the
learned and much esteemed Professor Schweigger,
guningsburg, who set out a year ago on a scien-
tific tour to the East. has been murdered near Pa-
lermo, by his postilon.