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Ye.
,y, a most numerous and respectable Meet-
ing of the Freeholds-. s of the County of Middlesex
was held at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, pursuant
to Requilition; for 'the purpose of taking into consi-,
deration the prifpriety of an Address to, the QUEEN
her arrival in this country.
At half-past-one o'clock, Mr. Sheriff PARKINS ar•
rived, attended ,by his Deputy._ together with S. 'C.
WittyRREAD, Esq. M. P. P. MOORE, Esq. M. P. the
Rev. Dr. PARR, Alderman WooD, Alderman WA.ITB4.
MAX, icc. &c. The worthy Sheriff opened the pro-
ceedings of the day by complimenting the indee
pendent Press of the Metropolis in a strain of charac-
teristic invective. Superadded to this heavy denuncia.
;ion was an exposition of the worthy Sheriff's opinions
upon the immediate subject of the Requisition from
which it appeared, that though he joined with the
popular sentiment in favour of the QUEEN, yet that
at was only in consequence of the respectability and
namber of the Requisitionists that he Convened that
IVreleting.. He trusted that as attempt would be Made
to thwart the regularity of the proceedings, and that
every person offering himself to address the Meeting
would be received with attention.
The Requisition, which was signed by 68 Free-
holders, being then read,
Mr. FLAWNAGAN requested, that the correspon-
dence between the Lequisitionists, the Chairman,
and Mr. Sheriff Rothwell, be then read.
Dr. PARR thought it was wildly unnecessary to
waste the time of the Meeting by reading it.
The CHAIRMAN inquired what was the object of
the request?
Mr. P. Mooßs.—ig To compliment you."
The CHAIRMAN.—" Oh, I am not a man of com-
pliments—therefore you may dispense with reading
this correspondence."
Mr. Peree Moone then rose and addressed the
Meeting to the following effect :—He assured the
Meeting that his name would have been attached to
the Requisition on this occasion, had he had notice
sufficient to enable him to sign it. He had long and
uNiformly shown himself most happy to meet his
brother freeholders of the County of Middlesex, to
take a share in the discussion of their affairs. He
attended now for that purpose, and being there, he
was requested to take upon him the task, which, but
for an accident, would have devolved upon much
more capable persons. He trusted, however, that
he would handle it as it was becoming to treat so
grave and important a subject. To his Hon. Friend,
the worthy and patriotic Sheriff, whose name would
descend to posterity as such—they owed much upon
several occasions. It was not always that the coun-
try possessed Sheriffs who were desirous to give such
opportunities as they at that moment enjoyed—
(Applause).—The subject which they were now
.brought to consider, was that noisome, pestilent, in-
fectious, dirty, false, filthy green bag!—(Great ap-
plause).—The Queen, Goo bless her! (Amen!) was
the magnanimous instrument of bringing the people's
rights into question. In maintaining their *rights
they secured her in the enjoyment_of those which be-
longed to her. If the Bill of Paitis and Penalties
passed—(Well diefirst)—if it passed, no man could
eeter the House of Commons afterwards without dis-
grace. -If Members of Parliament did not attend
`their duty in the House,if they did not protect the
people, it was better that they staid away; and the
people were better without such a wicked instrument
of oppression. The Hon. Gentleman then went into
a description of several of those Parliamentary mea-
sures, which had been founded on informations in-
troduced into Parliament in green bags, and endea-
voured to show a similitude in principle' between
such a mode of introducing measures and that Gf
Secret Committees. He dwelt for some time on the
subject of the Civil List, asserting that it was by
means of Secret Committees, consisting of the very
men who wanted the money themselves, that the are
rears and additions to the Civil List were supplied.
Ile then alluded to the green bag, on the information
contained in which the Habeas Corpus Act was sus-
pended, and which information he declared at the
time to be a gross libel on the nation. The informa-
tion respecting the Manchester affair was the next
subject of consideration ; and he, .in the same spirit
as had actuated him in his hostility to the former
measures, introduced after the same manner, had de-
clared his enmity to it. Now, when the green bag
brought forward against the Queen was placed on
the table, he said—and it raised the alarm—know.
ing what was the result of former green bags—" For
Cons sake save yourselves any further trouble—
turn up the green bag, and write upon it—Guilty,
at once." The attempt was entirely suggested by a
wish to try how far power could carry itself. The
hypocrites came forward—but even their prayer did
some good. The authors of the measure acknowa
ledged that their conduct was justified by no law—
no; for they resolved to make new laws fur the oe-1
casion. The Peers were summoned to prove the
preamble of the Bill just as they would be sum-
moned to prove that of an Enclosure Bill—so that
they treated her Majesty with the same consideration
as they would a Canal or Enclosure Bill. A cele.
brated Member of the House of Peers had said, her
Majesty was entitled to no more respect from the
laVirs than the humblest subject of England. He (Mr.
`Moore) joined issue with the Noble Lord; but then
let her have all that was due to the humblest sub-
ject—;Great applause).
[II-ere Sir Faaia.as Duaorrr and Mr. liontousa entered the
ro,An amidst thunders of applause.]
Moone proceeded.—He would excuse the re-
fusal of everything that was denied to her Majesty,
almost; but there was one thing which he could not
excuse—Who was her accuser? They said, the Pub-
lic. Why, that very Meeting stamped falsehood in
this answer. But, in truth, the Ministers of the Crown
were her accuser.,; and he was, sorry to see them
aided and abated by the first and higheA order of
the Church. fig produced a•paper, containing the

names of the Bishops wl:o signed the document for
the suspension of the inter course between the Princess
Charlotte and her Mother. ese visitors of the Pa-
lace, who paid more attention to their rent-rolls than
to the Rubrieks, declared that the intet course be-
tween the Mother and Daughter should cease!-.-
(Shockirig).—The first on the list was the RiOtt Re-
verend Father in GOD —(A laugh)--the Archbishdp
of Canterbury. He begged pardon ;he should have
said, the Mos/. Reverend Father in GOD. Neat cane
the Archbishop of. York—next, the Primate of Ire-
land. The Prim tte of Ireland !—What the devil had
he to do with the matter? The bishop of
,London
next presented himself on the list, perhaps to fill up
.a vacuum. In short, twenty-one Ministers, Arch-
bishops, and Bishops, who should have been protec-
tors and friends, were the instigators and authors of '
'this unnatural separation. In alluiion to this part of
the subject, the Honourable Gentleman introducid
the story of a Pope, who had been, before his eleva-
tion, an Opposition man, but who, by glen promises
of reforming ahuSes,.had procured -a•rnajority of the
Cardinals in hislavour," Why, could you not see,"
said he, when asked to redeem his pledge," why,
could von not see What it was that carried so many
to the Palace and the Vatican? I will tell you: it is
because the higher powers have all to give away.;
but the persecuted have nothing to give!"—Soch too
was the motive which induced so many of the Clergy
of our own day to become visitors at the Palace.
When, however, the same Pope was requested to
consent to some very moderate alteration-4. Oh! no;"
said he; " my object is effected ; and now that I am
higher, I see a great way further!"—(A
this state of things were suffered to go on—if the
Church was to be profaned—he did not hesitate to
say, that they must look for another. If such men
countenanced such things, it was natural to suspect
that they would soon erect at, Inquisition in Lug-
land; and successive Ministers, plocee.!ing rnn one
.act of despotism to another, would soon revive the
odious Star Chamber. Let any man vho looked at
the present Aliniste,s drawing tie public chariot,
with whips in their hands,. say whether or not those
apprehensiOns were groundless. With the Qoten they
had nothing to do, farther than as she was the mag-
nanimous instrument of developing the inclinations
of those who were the People's trustees. He would
say, therefore, protect the country, and you protect
the Illustrious Lady from all indignity; do this, and
you shew yourselves Britons, as well as worthy of
such a Queen—(Loud applas se). .
The Honourable Gentleman then proposed the fol.
lowing Resolutions, which' ere seconded by Dr.PA nn
i. at this Meeting do vote an Address to her ?..il:esty
Queen, to congratulate her Alajesty upon her arrival in •
country, to'condole with her upon the sufferings her Mr.cr...-7
has ezperienced, and the persecutions she has urdergone ; and
at the same time so wren our admiration at the prooli, which
her Majesty has given in her conduct, of that frankness, int*.
grity, and generosity of character, which so well entitle her to
the affections and to the support of all ranks of the community.
11. That the Bill of Pains and Penalties agai'tst her •Ma.
jesty the Queen, lately introduced into the House of Lords, is
replete with matter of alarm, both in its present tirccts and its
more remote probable contingencies.
" 3. That the Queen, as a subject, ought to have the same ad-
vantages as other subjects in the fair and equal protection of the
laws.
4. That by the present allot' Pains and Penalties her Ma.
jesty is placed out tai the protection of the existing laws, of which,
without injustice, the most humble subject cannot be deprived.
" 5. That the Government of these Re-alms is a limited
Monarchy, and, therefore, totally incompatible with an arbi-
tnuT Legtslation.
" 6. That the preient Pill of Pains and Penalties against her
Majesty the Queen partakes in Its spirit and its character mere
of the nature of a despotic than a free Government.
" 7. That the vague manner in which the charges against her
Majesty are stated in the Bill leads us to suppose that en a:tempt
will be made to Infer the guilt of adultery from_ a multtpii.lty
of loose and incoherent particulars, rather than to prove it by
one specilc act of criminality.
" 8. That all the dearest kterests of the Country, bolt pt*.
sent and future, both in immediate certainty and in utors so.
mote probability, require that the Pill of Pains and Penalues
should be withdrawn from the House of Lords, and that her
Majesty should, without delay, be established in all her prero-
gatives, rights, privileges, and immunities, as Queen Consort of
these Realms.

" 9. Resolved, that an Address, founded on the foregoing
Resolutions, be adopted by this Meeting; that the Sheriffs, and
Members of the County, together with the Ccmtiettee of the
Requisitionists, and such persons as they shall name, be requested
to accompany the same to the Queen, on as early a - day as she
may be pleased to fix.
" 10. Resolved, That the Representatives of this Co-anty,
George Byng and Samuel Charles Whitbread, Esqrs. have fell
instructions to oppose, with every exertion on thelr py-t, that
odious Bill of Pains and Penalties, should it be nuhr2pily in;ro.
duced into the House of Commons.

" 11. Resolved, That the Sheriff be requested to wait •,:pon
some Peer in Parliament, to require to present the saint."
Mr. MILLS begged leave to propose an Amend- •
ment to the sth Heselutiofi. He considered the Go-
vernment of the country to be a limited Monarchy,
a limited aristocracy, and a limited democracy; and,
therefore, he objected to the unqualified term " MO-
narchy," as implying-the government of one person,
though he was aware that this had of late become a
common mode of expression. In the phraseology of
Mr. Canning, his Majesty's Ministers were called the
Government of the country; but they were so, in
fact, no more than his Majesty's grooms—(Applause).
There was in England no Government but that of
law : the King himself was only- the administrator of
the laws, and, ere the Crown was placid on his head,
lie must swear to administer them justly and faith-
fully. He thought that to Address the Queen at all
on this occasion was erroneous : they should have
gone to the King at once, to -tell hiriMat he had
been imposed upon, and to-pray that he would sepa-
rate himself from the counsels of those who had de- •
ceived him.. He-never could believe that the man
who had been beloved by Fox, and revered by Ek.
skin, was such as Ministers haJ endeavoured tote-
present him to the country. With this feeling be had
prepared an Address to his Majesty, which he had
intended to submit to the Meeting for their appra
bation ; but, as ha understood that A4aress
would be proposed, he should• sutiely ith'Jd-hit oQn •
as a- part of hit speech.--Cfle then 'read 'the Add•
ressto which he referred. .It commenced by coivrattl-
; Laing hit .Majesty oa his. accessiait -416-the•Thrha-e„