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London, England, 1828-10-28 00:00:00

his mouth. With that loam he bespangled the whol
of the fore part of his own dress, and the hats, bads
and shoulders of the Reporters. the whole band of
whom were assembled under the side of his waggon,
as busy as bees, writing all the time, and he stooping
down as if he was speaking to nobody but them. It
was clear to perceive that he was in search of such im
mot ality as it was in yOur power, Sir, to give him, and
not is search of success with his audience, who loaded
.him with every epithet of contempt that could sugge t
ftself• to the mind of a great multitude of persons. 01
MI endless variety-of situations in life. He did as much
onischief as it was possible for man to do in so shot t a
space of time to the character of his own country, and
• to the cause of his religion in the estimation of a sober
and sensible people. They called him mountebank,
'posture master, w ild Irishman, monkey, and cried out,
.'44 there, now he'll bite somebody r and, in short, he
endured still more, I believe, than Mr. bbee, though, if
me were to believe the Reporters of the Moniing (Aro-
*ide the green banner, emblem of Ireland. with Catho-
lic Emancipation written upon it, was all the while
Waiving over his head. After Mr. Shiel came his friend
Mr. Larkin, of Rochester (who had introduced him to
the Meeting), who made a very good speech, who was
beard with a very fair degree of attention ; but who,
like all the other speakers, except Lord Darnley aad
• Messrs. Shee and Shiel, took special good care to say
sot one single word in favour of Catholic Ernancipa-
-lion. nor to make one single allusion to it. '
• After Mr. Larkin's speech, Sir Edward Bnatchbull,
the Member for the county, tose, and after a long
struggle between him and me for hearing, I, thinking it
was the intention of the High Sheriff to consume the
whole time without suffering me to be heard at all, gave
Way, and suffered Sir E. Knatchbull to proceed. Brthe
time that he sat down, the sun togs very nearly set.' I
bad offered myself to the High Sheriff and bespoke my
turn four several times, and he as often called upon

somebody else in preference to me. It was now, there-
fore, too late for me to think of making a speech on
every part of the petition which I had to present.
I therefore contented myself with a very few obser-
vations. and without attempting to read the peti-
tion, for which they had not left me time, I moved
it as an amendment upon the petition of MrrGipps 8
that is to say, I moved to leave out the whole of his
petition, except the word' To," and to put mine in its
stead. The motion having been seconded by Mr. Hag,
who was very well received by the people, but who
met with every impertinent intenuption by Sir B.
Knatchbull, who had been himself as badly received as
possible, my petition was banded along to the Sheriff.
This interruption Oven by Sir E. Koatchbell brought
up the Earl. of Radnor, who called the Baronet to
order, and that, too, in a style which any man with a
• ;ease of honour in him would have felt. Upon- this
. occasion, Lord Wiachilsea also interfered in a manner
:wiry much to his honour.
. It had been my wish to get into a waggon near the
Sheriff, in order that I might bear what be was saying
and know what be was doing. This I was unable to
do. The" Liberals," who have taken that • name, the
name of Whig having become so hateful,) referred the
company of Mr. Shee in the first place, and then Mr.
Sbiel ; and, in. short, of any body else. .Now happened
that which I did not at so late an hour expect; that is,
Mr. Hodges rote to =owe as amendment uparmy Peti.
tion, which amendment was that the matter should be
left to his Majesty's Ministers, and that the meeting
should now adjourn: This motion: Jolts seconded by
Lord Radnor, on the ground that there was not time
fir the meeting to deliberate -upon the important matters
contained in
..my Petition. Now, the regular mode
of proceeding . was, 'first to ;put, the amendment of
Mr. Hodges ; if that were. rejected, .to .put
,the Peti-
tion on which that isseodraeot was made, and then;
if that Petition were. rejected. Mr. Gipps Petition
stood without any more voting. Therefore,- L. pre-
ppred the immense body of Radicals by whom I was
surrounded to keep these— bats . down. when the first
question was put, and to boldrthem Up when the second
Region was put. This instruction was necessary, be.
cause nobody could hear the mumblings of either of
tbe. Sheriffs any more than they could bear the clock
spike at York. Accordingly, whea,Mr.-Hirages's um.
lion was put, almost the whole of the. pit, ,as we may
aptly call it, kept down their hats, and rhen,the ?god
question was pot, I, standing upon the raves of a wag-
gon, taller than almost any Way else, 'and distinguished
from almost all-others by a very 'light coloured coat, a
very red coloured face, and a gag white colouredhead,
lifting up my hand as high. as I could stretch it,
cried out in a voice as load arl had at my command
" Now. my boys 1" and all the. whole meeting,
Brunswickers and all, with a small exception its-the
three waggons of the Liberals, that were =Mat to the
Sheriff, and a small platoon of those standing in' front
Ohio, held op their hats. The Radicals, and I. iny-.-
IV, were astonished to perceive that the Breetwiderre
nelad with rt. The Radicals were running about and
ftts;' one another, and Some crowding to ask see.
we hod not ' carried it ; .whether we had not got
The Br entwickers now gave three cheers;
• riffs were in their carriage in a moment ; the
- Meeting was dissolved and dispersed in five ml.
learned, upon the Glees, thatthe Br unswic kers
ic?
frod carried it, but nonoof us eves. knew the cause, until
liAtM4•l liernislip Wbalf I seat to. the High Shad
fir Aqy .pealsiou, Ad when I was intnamed that IT
liaAlVlSegraß Matt PIPT Jaw xis; and that it bad not
tele pat because I called the petition the petition of the
Peon.' of Kent, and not the.petitioo of the viumnountas
of Kent! So.tbat, here was a pretty proceeding. Mr.
Ileidies'sinotioa wt's an amendment upon any petition;
Ste amendment wits pot by the Sheriff. though
-It, was made upon a pew which be regarded as nothing,
on account of its inforiglity I The absurdity, or the
gross partiality of this proceeding,` needs no pointing
out to any man of sense. But the material thing of
which the public is to be informed is this—that those
yaw voted for me, as well as those who voted for Lord
Winching, voted alike against Catholic Emancipation.
.had, though I egret thee we Radicals bad not fair
play. which we should Olive bad if I bad not been kept
at so greet • dilittauce frolli she. Sheriff, and bad not, by'
a' trdt-dOsies beim roe of do *Wan of chi day, .f• do
Oot regret den tbenseiesikwas.*threeto one. as the
port. say,; nineteen te. twenty guest ehillaau
giwapeipetiou in the present sosio of things. iedebck
:be eLtc in that respect may totalled unanimous ;by
*dug were, ice facte.por lartrAme in the whole snottigo
• -who would have holdup their liatuls.lorCettlolic 111011,1"
sliltaWnPs—• a proot of sibieb I atilt now peaslocealue no
spas will .girubus. as which is completerig- divan.
ItPon die Pilo— . • .
just Wog the Meeting ems opened by the
gbe . •ieir
greys b: --nut a flag,*but a tarp !banner with two
lines—...prepured, I dare say, ie. Lapdogs.. by the
esc 6 poci ammo's* brought into the waggon in vel,lbitie
BOG Sbiel,, in preference to me, had been placed by Mir:
Leads, and in "hick waggon, as the ferns, afil oh
RI. Dpfle was also; and I kuow .that .he ha• gams
fn. Paris as far as 'Canterbury, where he had silted