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

the mght behold. Tins. h.swiner, ti d Obrrring Oroaide
tens u,, wave) over the belt! of Mir. Shiel—from which
the public are to concliade that the banner waved over
his head all the day, while ate Was allowed to make a
, speech of tour columns lung to the coumy of Kent.—
Now, hear the truth, Sir, and be astonished at the iris-
putfence of the man who could put upon' paper this
account of the affair. The banner was, indeed, brought
I into the waggon; but, be'ore it could "wave over the
head of Mr. Shier—before it could get into an
: erect position—before A could be completely unfurled,
a Gentleman standing on the raves of that waggon
itself, seeing the words Catholic Emancipation, called
out-11 Down with That d—d thing I" He was
instantly joined by the Radicals around me, and
especially by those before me who stood upon the
ground ; and, down it came, was thrust out of the way
somewhere in the bottom of t`le waggon, and never
more made its appearance; and, as I observed before,
when Mr. Larkin himself came to speak, he took special
care not even, to allude to Catholic Emancipation l So
that Mr. Shiel came from Ireland, and Dr. Doyle came
from France, and the Noble Catholics of the Association
in London sent down Mr. Shee and Mr. Witham to
Witness .this clear, this unequivocal, this irrevocable
sentence passed upon their cause by a meeting of Eng-
lishmen of all religious persuasions, and of numbers and
character such as, in my opinion, never bare been
equalled in England since I was born. •
It is with reluctance, Sir, that I trouble you with any
thing more; but, the trick which has been practised
upon you as well as upon several other Editors of Lon-
don daily papers, with regard to the speech of Mr.
Shiel, deserves to be exposed. That speech, Sir, was
not made on Penenden Heath, but in London, and sta.:,
I dare say. in print at the time when' the maker I fit was
foaming at the mouth on Penenden Heaths I assert
positively, that the report of the speech was sent in print
so the office of. the 'Morning Adtiertiser. That fact I
know. • You know yourself, Sir, that it was physically
impossible that a speech ofsthat length should be closed
at about four o'clock, written out, copied verbalist,
actually in print and printed off by midnight, alter hav-
ing been conveyed six 4nd-thirty miles, exclusive of the
two miles from the Heath into .Maidstone. •
Is short, Sir, this is a mere fabrication; a trick played
off upon you and other proprietors and editors of news-
papers, and I .ball be very. glad to find myself deceived
in supposing that the accessaries to this literary impos-
ture were found in the premises of Mt. Clement. You
will perceive, Sir. that the speech is levelled at the
Duke of Newcastle, who made not his appearance at the
meeting; or, at least, who made no speech, and who
was not recognised by the people. The speech- is no
answer at all to my Lord Winchilsea, nor does it make
any allusion to it, .e tber in the Morning Chronicle or the
Morning Advertiser, though sense little patching; some
adding to the head.* cutting off of the tail, were
thought necessary to imollse upon you. And thin iris,
Sir, that the-proprietors of newspapers and their readers
are imposed upon and deceived; thus it is, Si` that this
great meeting in the county of Kent k to be minepros
seated as.to its feelings and its demeanour ' • and thus it
is that the Government is so frequently snisled 'with re..
gard to the seal feelings of the nation. •
1 resent more than all the rest the treatment which
my Lord R4dnor has received in this report; &wilco
will excuse me, and so will your readers, if I feel the
more acutely, as to this point,becatne a part of the speech
was so highly complimentary $o myself. The report
represents bins as having met with rude and sarcastic
interruptions, and As having been is some sort con;
•KeZdto sit down for want of being able to obtain a
ng. Nothing was ever more contrary to the trutlui
No person was beard with such unmixed attention and,
respect as his. Lordship, at the conclusion of who*
speed% which he was about a quarter of an hour in de4
iiveribg, all parties most cordially joined in applause.
WM. COBBETT.

TIIE EVENING, STAR.

LON DON.

TUESDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1848.
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