Star.
London, England, 1820-12-29 00:00:00

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MEETING

' AT HALIFALT.-

. A Meeting-has been hell at the 11agistratte Old',
at Halifax, not for the purpose of deltberating on t 1,4
propriety or necessity of presenting a Loyal Addrea
to-the. KING ; but for deciding without discuision
deliberatioa upon that measure.
-Tuostas I.IORTON, Esq. took the "Chair, contrary
to the wish of a large proportion of the Meeting,
who wished the Constable to preside. The first care
of the Chairman was to inform the Meeting that
they were not assembled to deliberate, and that
those persons who did not approve of the intentka
to address the King, had no right to be present._
He had, he said, been .called to the Chair by those
who alone had the right to place him there.—(ll:;,•
his voice was drowned by a volley of hisses, asa
certain exclamations of an -offensive nature.)—
When the storm raised by the self-appointed Ch:1::•.
man had somewhat subsked, Mr. Horton repeat( !,
that those persons who did not approve of the
iject for which the Meeting had been called, had 11:,
right to interfere, and that such persons had no vont
on that occasion. This insolent and ridiculous
guage produced such vehement expressions of disa,...
probation, that it was not easy to collect the rt..
mainder of his speech ; but it has been stated that
the Chairman, speaking of the Gentlemen who
were immediately about him, said, that he was seer.
rounded by the cream, of the palish ! and that all the
property and Gentlemen were in favour of the Ad-
dress, and that the cobblers and tinkers (those who c]is.
sensed from it) might haye their Meeting hereafter.
After some further observations in the same strain,
he concluded with moving—" That a dutiful ana
loyal Address should be presented to his Majestr,
assuring him of their devotion and fidelity, and tire::
readiness to support him with their lives and k--
tunes." This motion was seconded by Mr. Rawson;
it was warmly applauded by one part of the aa.
dience, but was still more loudly opposed by the
other. The Chairman, however, without the for-
mality of calling for a division upon the subject,
declared the motion to be carried. Colonel Horton
then, after inquiring pro, forma if any person had an
Address , prepared, pulled one out of his pocket,
which he read, and proposed for the adoption of the
Meeting. It was of the same tenour as the Loyal
Addresses passed at other places.
The Address was not seconded at all, as far• as
could be observed, and most assuredly it was never
put to the vote, for as soon as the Chairman had read
the Address he exclaimed," The Address is seconded
and carried !" A Gentleman who stood with an
amended Address, which he wished to submit to the
consideration of the Meeting, in vain attempted to
obtain a hearing; for the moment the Chairman had
e la ed the Address to be carried, the Deputy. , C
Con-
stable, who acted the part of Usher of the Black Rod,
lumped upon the table, and vociferated, " The
Meeting is dissolved ;" thus giving the assemblage
their quietus pretty much in the same unceremo-
nious style as the House of Commons was dis-
missed on "tbe last prorogation of Parliament.-
IThe whole time occupied by the Meeting was not
quite twelve minutes ; and, upon the fairest calcula-
tion, there were at least four to one of the persons
present against the Address, composed not of the
'atm or cream of the Parish, but of respectable trades-
men. As to those who attended to support the Ad-
dress, there were amongst them, doubtless, several
respectable individuals, but not one-tenth part of
the Freeholders of the Parish were present, and oat
of four Magistrwes, only one attended. It isunneces-
aary to comment on this most scandalous proceeding,
which can have no other effect than to impose on the
-King, whom these zealots affect to reverence; and it
may truly be affirmed, that Public Meetingi so con-
ducted, to use an expression in the Leeds Address,
no longer convey " a legitimate expression of the
ppblic voice." We ought also to add, that the
Thanks of the Meeting were not voted to the Chair.
'man; in .fact, the Meeting was- dissolved without
having come to a single vote ; and it is a gross insult
to the Public, and a breach of truth, to palm this
Address upon his Majesty, as an Address agreed to
at a Public Meeting; Find we are sure that neither
the King nor his .Ministers will feel any disposition
to thank Colonel Morton for his very, officious and
lintuaicious services on this occasion. •

• •
A very snug Meeting took place on Saturday, in
St. George's Parish, Southwark, to agree upon a
'Loyal, Address to his MAJESTY, and to express its de-
testation of all attempts, whether Constitutional or
otherwise, to dislodge the present Ministry. The
parties who attended were six Magispates, princi.
pally c,ennected with Union Hall, and three respect..
able inhabitants ; and, like the nine Muses,, they were
harmonious in the declaration of their sentiments--
which, indeed, were snugly settled theevening before.
The following letter has been received by Mr.
WHITE, butcher of Norfolk-market, Dublin, acknow.
ledging a.present of a piece of prime beef which he
forwarded to her MAJESTY. it was carefully packed
and-secured it: a wnosiest.boau, a -
" am ecenamaied by*. Qom° to acimowledge the
receipt of a very fine *coo( beef, and to thank you for the
same. Her Majesty. receives it as a taken of that lorsloy and
tachment so grated to her feelings,,from her dearly-bcioved
?tapir of Irelando—l remain, &c. "A. HAMILTON.
Dec. 15, Br 'Webbing' iirinte." .

Saturday, at the Vicarage? Vr a adbastilikifiaitabtrut the lb&
Mrs. J. Parker, a wean.

MARRIED. ; •
Widataat. at St. Glares Match: Hanover-square, Wm.
Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie, Esq. of Spinie and Baysack, county
aMailmatta Lacs Y Jane Christian Carnegie, fourth daughter of the
Earl of Northesk.
The ttth brut, Ident.-Col. Robert Torrens, to Miss Father &
Serie, youngest daughter Alf the bite Ambrose Serie, Esq, COD'
missioner of be Transport Board.