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London, England, 1821-01-19 00:00:00

FRI9AY, JANUARY 19, 1811.

THEATRE OF ANATOMY, MEDICINE, dtc.
10.1rtlitIM-.6711ZET, WISAT MAILLIIOIIOIIOH-STR
TIM SPRING COURSE of LECTURES at this
School, will begin on the following Days ;
Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery, by insist: t Baoorri,
F.R.S. daily, at Two, on Monday, January 29. Dissections as
usual.
Chemistry, Materia rlediea, Etc. daily, at Eight in the Morn-
ing; Theory and Practice of Physic, at Nine, with Examina-
tions, by Dr. Aegis, on Monday, February 5.
Three Courses are given every year, each occupying nearly
four months.
Further particulars may he known of Mr. Brookes, at the
Theatre; or of Dr. Ager, No. 69, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square.

riages, post-chaises, and horsemen- and long before
twelve, the hour appointed far the Meeting, the
street in front of the Town-hall was excessively
crowded with Gentlemen impatient to have an op-
portunity of expressing their feelings as Freeholders
of the county of Kent. Before the doors were regu-
larly opened, a great 'number had contrived to
make their way into the Hall, and when they were;
thrown open, the crush was violent. Much anxiety'
was generally expressed to adjourn into the open air.l
but it was at once repressed by the circumstance
that a sufficient number of Magistrates had not signed
the Requisition to entitle them td meet in the open air.
At twelve o'clock the Earl of THANET, Earl of
DARNLEY, Lord CLIFTON, Mr. T. Rvuea, Mr. P.
Por.HILL, Mr. Hosarivoon (Member for the County),
Mr. L. TAYLOR, and several other Gentlemen of dis-
tinction in the County, e...tered the Hall.
The Earl of DARNLEI claimed the. attention of the
Meeting. Although it was merely a matter of form,
yet he must request their particular attention to the
motion he was about to make. AB their proceed-
ings would be marked by the strictest regard to re-
gularity : and he therefore anticipated their entire
approbation, when he proposed for their Chairman
the highest character of which the County could
boast—he meant an independent country Gentleman
(Great applause).—He moved that Mr. Polhill do
take the Chair—( Great applause).
The motion was seconded by Mr. BROCKMAN, and
carried with great enthusiasm.
Mr. Poutict. said be felt very happy to be called
to the Chair by a Meeting so numerous and so re-
spectable. He had only to request that they would
give a fair and impartial bearing to every Gentleman
who should address them.
Earl THANET said, that he undertook the part as-
signed to him upon this occasion with considerable
diffidence. 1 his diffidence did not, however, proceed
from any doubt of experiencing the indulgence of
those whom he had the honour to address, unaccus-
tomed, as he was known to be, to public speaking,,
and less did that diffidence arise from an apprehen
sion that he had anything to propose, which it would
be unbecoming in him to offer, or unfit in that Meet-
ing to adopt. But he felt some reluctance to ani-
madvert, in appropriate terms, upon the extraordi-
nary conduct of the High Sheriff, in refusing to con-
vene a County Meeting, although requested to do so
by so many respectable Freeholders. That refusal he
deemed the more extraordinary, from a consideration
of the peculiar circumstances in which the county
was placed, and of the important topics referred to
in the Requisition. What a striking, and, he must
say, what an honourable contrast, did the recent con-
duct of the Sheriff of Hampshire present, to that of
Sir Thomas Dyke. The former received a Requisi-
tion to convene a County Meeting, which was signed
by one Peer and seventy Freeholders, and imme-
diately those to whom any expression of popular sen-
timent, or exhibition of public feeling, was disagree.
able at all times, but particularly at present, set about
endeavouring to counteract the wish of the public-
spirited Requisitionists. They, therefore, presented a
counter-Requisition, signed by nine Peers, two of
whom were Ministers (most of whom, no doubt,
wished to be Ministers), with about one hundred End
forty Freeholders. This counter-Requisition had,
however, no effect. The Sheriff was not to be with-
drawn, by any persuasion of power, from the per-
formance of iris duty; and. his manner of discharging
that duty had obtained for him what it deserved—
the universal approbation of his public-spirited coun-
trymen. How, then, must the public reputation of
the Sheriff of Kent suffer from a crmiparison with
that of the Sheriff of Hants ? The conduct of the
for Mer was, indeed, such as could find no precedent
in this country. He had himself been pretty con-
stantly resident in Kent, for the last thirty years,
.in
the course of which he had signed many Requisitions
for Public Meetings, some of which, indeed, ori-
ginate.l with those from whom he usually differed in
political opinion, but he never remembered an in-
,stance in which the Sheriff thought proper to refine
his compliance with the wish of the Requisitionists.'
It remained for Sir Thomas Dyke to establish a pre-
cedent, .1
founded, in his (Lord Thanet's) judgment,
upon an egregious misconception of duty ; and this
precedent, too, it was to be observed, applied to a case
in which the liequisition was subscribed by a greater
number of respectable names than he had ever re-
collected in any former instance. But even respect-
ably as this Requisition was signed, he. would venture
to say, that above five hundred more names of great
respectability among the Freeholders of the county
might have been annexed to it, if it had not been so
soonforwarded to the Sheriff, by whom it was so
completely disregarded-,—(Applause). In reply to
this Requisition, the Sheriff bad stated, that he would
not comply with it, because, according to his opi-
nion truly, the object of it was in opposition to the
opinion of the major part of the independent Free-
holders of the coußty(Cries of " No, no, ice"). He
presumed, that no one acquainted with the politics
and connections of Sir Thothas Dyke, could be mis-
taken as to the class or sort of independent persons
to whom Ills letter alluded—(Applause). But in con-
sidering the condi of 'a Sheriff upon a Requisition

On the Ist of January was published, Tnlarged and printed on
a new and invroved Plan, price 3s. 6d.
THE ItsT N BELL of the NEW MONTHLY
NI A 6 A2INE( New Serits), containing LRCTORESon
POETRY, by TIIOIAS CA IPBEL.I., Esq. and a Variety
of other interesting papers in Prow and Verse.
Pi-finest for Henry Culburn and*Co. Conduit-street. •
-The Publishers of this Journal conceive it would be an insult
on the understanding of their readers to enter upon a serious
refutation of the false and absurd insinuations contained in the
last Number of the (d Moodily Magazine, and in some recent
Advertisements. The Public arc sufficiently acquainted with
that Work and its Editor, and are also aware that the First Series
of the NEW 3losrtaxy lariazeic was commenced, seven years
since, hi direct opposition to the pernicious principles so indus-
niously disseminated through its pages. The good effects of
' this opposition are now apparent, and the Publishers of the
New Monthly Magazine have therefore only to congratulate
themselves on their exertions having been crowned with such
complete success.

SPORTING.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY.

9 to 1 agst Regiiald
14 to 1 ligst Gustavus
14 to 1 apt Charm

DCIIISY.
4 to 1 agst Morel
14 to 1 agst Jock
20 to 1 apt Parasol
OA LS.

9 to 2 apt 317 Lady

I Sto I apt Sister to Steeltrap
BIDDLE-VA 98.211.
4 to 1 asst Selinta

6 to 1 agst Morel .
7 to 1 agst Prudence

BONING mai CUDGELLING AT RIDDLEIWORTH,

veAs T.%MWORTH, HERTS.
The provincial ftaciers had a good morning's play
yesterday, on likidlesworth Downs, in two boxing
matches and a cudgelling match. The heroes for
the first battle were, not the Tom Jones of Fielding,
nor Tom Jones, the brave competitor of Tom Belcher,
bat Jones, a pupil of the latter, a farmer, who knew
how to use his mauligs well; ands Abel Norris, a
Cambridgeshire man, buked for twenty guineas, by
some Collegiate sprigs of fashion. Four Lard rounds
were fought, which occupied 36 minutes.
In the first round, Norris was nearly'pialed blind by left-
handed hits,which, if not of the hardest kind, told by repetition.
Jfiati was floored by a right-handed blow, an inch above the
victualling-office. . •
2. Norris got hold of his adversary.at going in, and save
him some puffy haufy punishment, and then threw hint a heavy

somerset.
3. Jones worked with numb caittion upon Lis science' and did
some okt execution; bat in a rally which lasted several minutes,
both went down weak.
4. Norris was too blind to find the scratch, and he was knocked
down by a body bit, which won Jones the tight.
A second battle was fought for a purse of"five
guineas, between two awkward novices, which was a
contrast to the former, and afforded much fun. Their
names were Gee and Roach; and the affectation of
science caused the fun. Not a drop of claret sprinkled
the ground from them ; it was round hitting, where
the wrist instead of the fist acted. After 50 minutes,
Reach gave in with a slap on the side of the bead.-
CUDGELING.—Barter, from Wanstead, won the
the first prize, a hat, worth a guinea : he broke his
antagcnist's pipkin in fine style. The other prizes
were carried off by performers of inferior note.

DauRY-LANE.—Last night, the serious. Opera of
Artaxerxes was performed, and MissWlLsos, a young
Lady of much promise in the musical world, made
her first appearance in the part of Mandane, to one
of the most numerous and elegant audiences that ever
assembled within the walls of this Theatre. On her
entrance she was loudly cheered by the audience.
Abashed by the warmth of her reception, she was
compelled tor some minutes to support herself, by
leaning on the arm of Mr. Bnailau. Her ti epida-
don at first subdued her voice, and fettered her ac-
tion. She, howev.sr, rapidly recovered, and tri-
umphed most effectually. The continued expressions
of pleasure during the performance, which frequently
rose into ardent, and even enthusiastic approbation,
rendered it one of the most striking debuts ever wit-
nessed. Every song she sang was encored with en-
thusiasm. Miss WILSON'S figure is well adapted toy
the stage, and her gestures are both easy and grace-
ful. The Opera was most admirably petformed
throughout. It was announced by Mr. ItussEL for
repetition to-morrow evening, and. who also inti-
mated, that the Manager had determined to make the
Musical Drama the prevailing feature of the Theatre,
and that three nights in the week were in future to
be devoted to Operas.
HAZARD and Co. respectfully inform the Public,
the State Lottery begins Next Tuesday Week—
the united Schemes contain Nine Prizes of Twenty-
one Thousand Pounds Money and Consols, Three of
which must be drawn or. Tuesday Week. Not Two
Blanks to a Prizes—Lowest Prize El``2.. .HAZARD
and Co. sold 1483, a Prize of £20,000 in the Last
Lottery, and recently. Four.Ptizes of £30,000, Seven
of £20,000, &c. &c. at their old-established Offices,
Royal-Exchange Gate; 9.6, Cornhill ; and 39.4, Ox-
ford-street, corner of Swallow-street ; and by their
Agents in the Couptry.
Since the fashion of Curling the Hair has become
so general both to Ladies and Gentlemen, it may not
be amiss to point out its daeger in destroying that ornament—e
fine Head of Hair. The use of the irons makes the hair dry
and hush, and it loses all its native lustre and elasticity. To
counteract this, " ArEntsoa's CT7ICLING From," has long
stood pre-eminent; and its general adoption by the Nobi-,
thy miseelt above apy imputstion of. quackery. By using
after curling the hair, it makes it as soft and glossy as silk, and
heti' thi curl Inn during exercise in the dance, or proinenade,
or in damp weather. It also preserres it from changing colour,
or felling coif, re extreme old age ; and in order to protect the
I Public against the numerous tantatioos.,the,Proprietor irterds
immediately to take salt a Pliant for the lIISWOLian.

Act -_
to calla Public Meeting, the first question to be put
was, whether the state of the country was such as to
require any public declaration of the sentiments of its
inhabitants .e.--(Applause.) It was, unfortunately, un-
necessary .to adduce any argument to decide that
questiop on the present occasion, as the melancholy
facts, which.called for such a declaration, were so nu-
merous apdp!..liOrbk-i-(Applause). It wu notorious,

KENT COUNTY MEETING. that of late there had been more Public Meetings
--..,.. than at any period of our history within the same
• MATDSTONE, JAMJAftIi is, time—that, indeed, there never had been a primer
The refusal of the High Sheriff of the county of intensity of public feeling. But it was impossible to
Kent to call a County Meeting, only served to excite take up a Newspaper without seeing some Public
a more than ordinary ardour to meet, and to discuss Meeting upon some national question, or some ac-
the subjects proposed in the Requisition to the High count of Addresses presented or about to be pre-
Sheriff. Very early this morning all the public roads rented, or preparing to present to the Queen. The
into Maidstone were crowded With Gentlemen !s car- friends of Ministers themselves had shewn, that thTre

was something in the state of the country which re-
quired some declaration of the opinion old e People;
else why press for those Addresses, of which the
country had heard so much ? But in additit'n to all
the Public Meetings which had already taken place,
be understood, that thirteen or fourteen counties in
England were about to meet, or had actually met, in
order to make some declaration of their sentiments
upon public affairs. All these circumstances proved,
that the Sheriff of Kent had not been called upon to
convene the county on light grounds—(Applause).—
Yet the Sheriff would not agree to the application
for e popular Meeting, influenced, no doubt, in his
refusal, in some degree, by those very persons who
were themselves meeting in holes and. corners to de-
clare opinions upon those very subjects from which
they would altogether exclude the unbiassed, inde-
pendent People of tale comity. Here the Noble Lord
read a Declaration which had been left at two houses
in Maidstone, for the purpose of being signed, as a
loyal Address to the King, and 'ridiculed with much
humour the diction and character of the Declara-
tion, which was published in the Maidstone Gazette,
without any signature. Thus a sort of terrific raw-
head-and-bloody-bones, as to blasphemy, sedition,
anarchy, and confusion, was circulated through the
County, without any distinct authority or known
'signature. But, to be serious—if the People had no
evils to dread or to afflict them but those recounted
in this notable Declaration, he might well congratu-
late his countrymen upon their condition ; for such
evils might be easily grappled with, and overcome,
by the steady administration of the laws of the coun-
try. There were,. however, much more serious evils
hanging over the liberty, the property, and safety of
the country than these loyal Addressers felt it politic
to notice, but against which it behoved the People to
Le on their guard. They should be on their guard,
indeed, principally against the object of such Addressers as he had quoted. But having observed
upon the loyal Address from West Kent, and which
no doubt emanated from some of those whom Sir
Thomas Dyke regarded as the majority of the inde-
pendent and respectable inhabitants of the County,
he should now advert to an ebullition from the
Loyalists of East Kent. In a Declaration from the
Magistrates of that district, lately published, he
found the following declaration:
we view Stith extreme regret the systematic circulation of
blasphemous and seditious publications and Addresses, calm
lated to mislead the ignorant and unwary, to alienate the minds
of the Prattle from a true obedience to the laws, and bring into
contempt the Constituted Authorities and the Eatablished Re-
ligion of the Country."
=He would beg to know where, in. this County,
those Magistrates had seen any of those blasphemous
or seditious publications by which they affected to
be so very much alarmed? What proof had they
whatever of any such publication in the County ?
(Cries qf None ! and applause.) It had been suggested
to him, that no case whatever of blasphemous or se-
ditious publication had been brought under the npa
tice of any of the Magistrates of this County—(Ap.
plane). From this fact, then, did it not appear that
the Declaration of the Magistrates to whom he had
referred came to them to be signed froth another
quarter—that, indeed, they were called upon to give
their corroborative testimony to the statement, be-
cause they themselves had no knowledge cf the busi-
ness?—(A laugh, and Hear!) But whatever might
'be the real opinion of those Magistrates, sr of the
other loyal Addressers in the County, their public
declaration of such opinions served to justify those
who had called for a County Meeting—(Applaoe).
But it was clear that Ministers and their agents were
adverse to. County Meetings, although such Meetings
formed a part of the Constitution of the country, as
well as the two Houses of Parliament—(Applause).
The Church and the King were parts of the Consti-
tution; but it should be recollected, that popular
Meetings formed not the least valuable department
of that system. He believed, indeed, that in sects
Meetings the liberty.of Englishmen had its origin,
and that, without such Meetings, that liberty could
never be maintained. He therefore called upon the
English Gentlemen to stand by that liberty; for (to •
use the words of Blackstone) the protection of the.
liberty of their country is a duty which they owe to
themselves who enjoy it, -to those ancestors who trans-
mitted it down, :ell to their posterity, who will claim
at their hands Cris the best b r Ai-right and noblest in-
heritance •of mankind !--(Applause.) Bet he who
feared or despised the People a as incornoetentto the
performance.of this sacred duty. After an impres-
sive history of the sufferings of the Queen, the Noble .
,Lord observed, that although some l';ohle Lords who
voted against the Bill of Pains and Penalties de-.
clued the Queen guilty,-there were men), who voted
for that meature, who, without any•regard to her
guilt Or innocence, were anxioas only to get rid of her,
as a certain Ministerial Paper stated, either as a cri-
minal or a.martyr. But the Queen was in his con.
science lie believed, perfectly innocent, and was
therefore entitled to those rights of v:hich Ministers
would have totally deprived her, if they could have
passed the Bill of Pains and Penalties; but he trusted
those Ministers would be turned out of office, and
Parliamentary Reform, to which he was always a
strenuous friend, would be carried, in order to guard

• 14,
against the visitation of any such Ministers in future.
Mr. BROCKMAN seconded the Address, which twos
carried by a shew of hands, being only one disset•.ticnt.
Mr. Homssoun rose to move a Petition.to the
Houk of Commons, on the subject of the Queen,
piuying that her Majesty might be restored to the
enjoyment of her full rights and privileges. Hr sail
he ccinld not avoid es.pt-ess:ing his srnse of thesatii.t/

and eloipsence which had been displayed by his No.
ble Friend near him, in opening the subject of the
Meeting, and in expatiating upon the principle of
the Address. He was not aware of the nature of the
Petition which he had to support, until it had been
put into his hands; but be was aware of his own in-
:ability to advocate- its merits in the manner which
they deserved. He willed it had fallen into abler
hands, but trusted that *he shotdd then,. as on all si-
m- dar occasions, receive that indulgence
i which it
w
was necessary for him to ask, and those whom
he had the honour to address were always so ready
to give—(Hear, hear). He was then in-therpresence
of a part of.his Constituents, and was prevented
from seeing thleis all face to face, because the High
Sheriff, in his discredonits7 wisdom, .did not think
Et to allow them-in opportunity of appearing lin
such numbers as must base been expected, had he
sanctioned their assembling according to the purport
oldie Requisition. This .was the reason, and the
only one, which prevented him faem facing, on this
occasion, the whole body of hlit Constituents,
whom, although that Hall was then crowded beyond
precedent, it was capable of containing hut a small
But were times come to this, het.the High
rt.
sheriff should designate as a seditious Meeting the
free, unfettered assemblage of the " Men of Kent,"
to express their honest opaniOns upon public affairs,
at the most important crisis which had over dawned
upon this country ? For bit own part he should never
shrink from any opportunity of expressing his opt.
nion upon the late vicious and scandalous proceed-
ings in the House of Lords, which, the more they
were analysed, the more they excited a just indigna-.
tion and antipathy. He considered the Bill of Paine
and Penalties at first sight both unnecessary and
odious, but the further consideration of it raised that
feeling to abhorrence—(Ckeers). The Ministers had
said that it was a matter of State necessity ; but it
was owing to the conduct of the virtuous minority,
of which his Noble Friends near him formed scs con-
spicuous a part, that the pernicious measure was pre
vented from consummating the calamities of the
country—(Hear). But this virtuous minority was
supported by the irresistible voice of public opinion;
and the expression of that public opinion had caused
the Bill of Pains and Penalties to cease to exist—
(Hear, hear). " "fair said the Honourable Mem-
ber; " the end of all Bills of that nature be the same."
(" Amen," from the crowd). If they looked back to
the earlier history of the Queen, they would find that,
from the time in which she had first set her foot in
this country, she had been an injured and persecuted
woman. Insult and defamation had driven her from
the shores of England ; and no sooner had she set her
foot in a foreign country, than persecution followed
her, and every vexation was practised that could tend
to vilify and degrade. But although every engine
of undue influence had been employed against het,
tl-e verdict of the country had pronounced her inno-
cent—(t:hays). It was the proud principle of British
justice, that when a man was brought to the bar, the
laws of his country presumed him innocent, and,
when once acquitted, he was declared innocent for
ever--(Loud'eheer.7). He could then walk out of
Court as free and as unblemished as any who then
heatd him ; was this a principle, the advantage of
which Britons would give a man and deny to a wo-
man ?—(llear' hear). It never was their character,
and never could be their character, so to do—.
(Chars), and especially among the Men of Kent;
where the love of woman was predominant, innocence
must ever be protected, but particularly when it ap-
peared iu the shape of a persecuted woman (Cheers).
It was true, that the Minister of the Crown had said,
that the proceedings, which they and all honest men
reprObated, were necessary for the maintenance and
support of the morals of the country ; but he could
not see what advantage could be derivable, either to
the Crown or to the community, from the offer which
Ministers had made her Majesty, if their vindication
of the interests of either was anything but a pretext :
was it necessary; be would ask, for the honour of the
Crown, or the morals of the People, that the Queen,
if really such a woman as Ministers had represented
her to be, should receive an annual sum of £50,000
from thii country, along with a plenary indulgence
to sin on as she pleased, and to make herself as happy
as possible in a state of unbridled licentiousness ?
(i/ene,hear).—Nor, could he see how the community
was to be benefitted by the opening of that floodgate
of scandal, filth, and obscenity, which had deluged
the Nation to Its remotest extremities during the pro-
gress of the foul and abominable investigation--
(Ilear, hear).—That trial, he was bold to say, had
done more towards the demoralization of the People,
than all the seditious, blasphemous, and anti-monar-
chical publications which had issued from the Press
since it had first become free—(Cheers).—The Hon.
Member then adverted to the conduct of Ministers in
proroguing Parliament without the observance of the
accustomed and decent formality of thanking the
House of Commons for the Supplies. There was
nothing, he said, to shew that the Crown was really
informed of the bounty of Parliament. The Country
was ignorant whether it had really received the sup-
plies:voted—(Hear, hear).—The Ministers of Queen
Anne had not done so. They had not advised the
Crown to prorogue Parliainent wit/to:ft acknowledg-
ing the receipt of the Supplies, nor had it been at-
tempted by the Ministers of George the First, Second,
or Third • it was reserved forthelMinisters of George
the Fourth, to outrage propriety and, decorum in dis-
missing Parliament withourtondescending to take
the slightest notice of its munificence to the Crown.
He then proceeded to read the spetch addressed to
the Parliament in the first year of the reign of Queen
Anne, in which that Sovereign stated; that she re-
turned her hearty thanks to the House-of Commons
for continuing the provision settled on the Crown in
the pmckcling reign, and that, while hersubjects la-
bouredoeldor a great burden of mires, she would
straitenienrown expenses to meet the necessities of
the times, as far as was consistent with maintaining
the character and dignity of the Crown—(Hear,.
Lean). At that time, however, the National Debt was
not greater than.the present expense of collecting it.
It was worth while to contrast the conduct of Mims-
tom then and at present—nothing ceold be more dis-
similar. The Ministers of that day acknowledged
the Crown dependent upon Parliament, but now they
wished to make it paramount and independent. He
could not conclude without saying one word about a
set of men, some of whom were to be found at pre-
ss* la that and every other county. Thus men

thought, or pretended, that they were more loyal
than others ; i the fact we; thit they arrogated to
themselves an exclusive tide to loyalty, whiih they
*either understood nor practieed. He(Mr.Honywood)
believed his own loyaky to be the betterof the two,
who, while he gave to his Kin all the rights and
the deference due to him, defended the rights and in-
terests of himself anitfailomoubjects from destruction
or encroachment—(Hear, hear).—He believed that
true loyalty did not mean subservience to Ministers,
but a faithful attachment to the honour and integrity
of the Crown and Constitution—(Cheers).—He con-
cluded by assurinushet4ssembly, that he would not
only present their ' to the House of Commons,
but would in his place support it, and hoped he
should have the aid of his Honourable Colleague—
(Hear, bud laughter).
The question was then about to be put, when
• Mr. LAIMIN rose to deliver his opinions, and en-
tered into a lengthened view of the state of the
nation' and the conduct of Ministers, in order to
prove that the only effectual remedy for the many
Reform
of which the country complained, was a
Reform in Parliament—(Appiause).—Ministers had
the entire controul of the House of Commons; hence
it was that Lord Castlereagh, a wholesale dealer in
seats', was passed uncensured, while the retail trader
was prosecuted to prison—(Applause).—Sir M. M.
topaz and 'Mr. Swann were sent to prison, but Lord
Castlereagh was stalking about the house at large
—(Great laerghter).—He was no Radical, he was
more of a Whig; but he detested all abuse of either
Whigs or Radicals—(Applause).—lt was a pity they
were not united in restoring the pristine purity of the
Constitutidn—(Loud cheers).--Ministers, feeling the
Commons 'at their _nod, had advised the King to
thank those who had murdered his subjects !—(Lorry
applause).—Would Ministers have dared to treat the
Queen as they had done, if they had a prospect of
meeting the Representatives of the People? (Cheers).
Servility begot contempt, and that servile body had
been treated as all servile tools were treated—(Shouts
of applause).—The pretended loyalists'did more in-
jury to the Religion than even to the Constitution of
the country, for they circulated what they knew to
be infamously false—(Cheers).—lf Hunt were Prime
Minister, he could get up the same Addresses that
were now voted, and Lord Liverpool could pass to
his seat at W'almer Castle without any notice from
the conclaves at Rochester and Canterbury. Ile
'hoped the Meeting would express their thanks to the
great palladium of liberty—a free and independent
Press. Ile was proud to see all the licentiousness on
the part of those who were paid by Nlinisters
others supported independence with talents hitherto
unknown—( Loud applause).
The Petition was then moved, and carried without
a dissentient voice.
Mr. Hostwoon moved a similar Petition to the
Hemse of Lords, which was also carried unanimously.
Mr. Ilia:ma proposed a Petition to the House of
Commons, on the subject of the Agricultural Dis-
tresses of the Country.
Mr. Fours seconded the motion, and said, that it
was only since his arrival that he had been called
upon to second the Petition ; when he saw so many
Gentlemen present of public integrity, independence,
and great abilities, he was almost induced to shrink
from the task ; but, however inadequately he could
perform such a public deity; he felt that when called
upon in the manner in which he had been, the com-
mand ought to be imperative—( ilmlause ).—But
after the eloquent and splendid speeches which this
assembly had heard, it would ill become him to ex-
patiate at any length upon subjects already so amply
discussed. lie must be allowed, however, to say a
few words—(Hear).—lle could not but reprobate
the conduct of the High Sheriff, as insulting to the,
County, which at that Meeting sheered that it se-
conded, by its almost unanimous voice, the wishes
of the Requisitionists. Ile then commented on the
state of the agriculture of the country, which he at-
tributed to excessive and intolerable taxation, and
contended for the necessity of raising the agricul-
tural interests by legislative protection, in the same
way that it had been attempted to restore the pros-
perity of our manufactures. He thought that the
spinning-jennies of the North ought not to be better
protected than the Kent plikugh—(Hear),—nor the,
Protestant yeomen of England be sacriiced to the
Catholic vine-growers of Portugal. He insisted that
the present state of things would have the effect ofl
converting arable land into pasture, and destroying
the best source of opulence which the country post,
sessed ; but he did net look to any effectual remedy
for such a state of things, except a Reform in Par-
liament, which, as it was not the object of the Meet-
ing, he would not have alluded to, had it not been
previously brought before them ; but, whatever his
opinions on that subject might be, his honest ser-
vices would be always at the command of his coun-
try—(Loud cheers).
The Petition was then moved and carried, with
only the opposition of a Mr.Puarts, who had liefoie
singly opposed the sense of the Meeting.
Earl of THANE? said, the conduct of the high
Sheriff imperiously required some notice from them.
In the opinion of that Meeting, the High Sheriff had
neither shewn due respect to the County, nor at-
tended to the duties of his situation, which by no
means entitled him to arrogate to himself the right
of deciding upon the sentiments of the County. lie
then moved a Vote ot Censure, which, was seconded
by Mr. /IoNYWOOD, and carried unanimously, ex-
cepting the dissent of the above Gentleman.
Lord
DARNLEY, in moving Thanks to the Mayor
of Maidstone, for accommodating the Meeting, with
the use of the Town Hall, declared, that while
'Could never be reconciled to subserviency, either to
a mob or to a Court, to licentiousness or despotisni,
be should always be ready to support any description
of Reform calculated to improve our happy Constitu-
tion.—The motion was agreed to, as was a Vote of
Thanks to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and
the Meeting broke up about four o'clock.

At a General Meeting of the Freeholders, Justices
of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply of the
Stewartry .of Kirkcudbright, assembled at Kirkcud-
bright on Friday last, aldinisterial Address to the
Kato was carried, by a majority of 52 to 15. The
Earl of estaowzr, and twenty-eight Gendernen,
all necessarily abseil, sent letters approving of the
Addeess; and three Geadeuten, also necessarily al).
sent, sent letters, expressing loyalty to the Ktuu, but
disapprovipg of the oondlictorkis Ministers,