Star.
London, England, 1820-12-18 00:00:00

I spire confidence in the minds of those who were '
im-
bued with sentiments of loyalty and attachment to
• their Sovereign, and would excite among them a
zeal and energy which had not hitherto been dis-
played; and, in the next, would strike terror into
those profligate and licentious teen who were endea-
v'uring to eradicate those principles of morality
upon the existence of which the well being of society
could alone depend. The Reverend Gentleman con-
eluded by making a strong appeal on the necessity
of every man, who felt interested in the happiness of
his wife, his hild, or his posterity, coming forward,
and by a timely exertion preventing a scene of horror,
which the strongest mind could not contemplate
without shuddering.
Mr. MuNno then moved, " That an humble Ad-
dress be presented to his Majesty, expressive of our
unshaken attachment to bis sacred person and Go-
vernment—our firm determination to maintain to the
utmost of our power the lteligion, Laws, and. Li-
berty S the Country, and our utter detestation of that
revolutionary spirit, and those blasphemous publica-
tions which are-now so audaciously and so indus-
triously disseminated through the country." After
what had been already said on the subject of this Ite•
solution, he did not th!tik it necessary to trouble the
Meeting with any further observations—(Hear, hear).
Mr. LOWNDES now called the attention of the Meet-
' ing, and said, that the zeal by which he was influ-
enced in attending on the present occasion, was suffi-
ciently manifest from his having come eleven miles
to give his sanction to their proceedings. He com-
plained, however, that the notice of the Meeting had
not been more general.
The CHAIRMAN said, that every pains had been
taken to give publicity to their intended Meeting.,
There was no desire to withdraw from public ob-
servation, but rather to court it in the most assi-
duous manner.

Mr. LOWNDES proceeded. With respect to the
present Government, he came not to oppose, .but to
uphold it. He thought it had been the salvation of
the Country, and therefore thought it was entiticd to
public support. The worthy Gentleman then vio-
lently declaimed against the popular politics of the
day, and Inveighed against that part of the Press
which condemned the present system of Govern-
ment. He said, he had been educated un2er a great
patriot, who had often told him, that he compared
some of the writers in the Public Press to the phi-
losophers who lectured upon the value of air, and
who sacrificed poor animals in their experiments.
—So with these writers, they cared not who were
knocked on the head in the practical illustration of
their doctrines. He was no advocate for such experi-
ments, and had no wish to see two or three hundred
thousand of his fellow-beings destroyed for the pur-
pose of trying whether one political code was prefer-
able to another. He was a friend to the poor, and
would always exert himself for the maintenance of
those rights which, by the laws of this country, they
happily enjoyed in common with the rich ; but he
never could be taught to believe that ;heir happiness
was to be promoted by anarchy and confusion, such
as the doctrines of the present day were calculated to
produce. To those who signed the intended Address, he
recommended to put their names and places of abode.
The world would thus see that, like the snail, although
they might not carry theirhouse about with them,
that they had a house in which to cover their heads,
and that the same hand did not sign forty names.—
He was no idolater of power. If Ministers opposed
the liberties of the country, he would be found
amongst the foremost to assail them. So also would
he act if any one branch of the Constitution en-
croached upon another. So it was when he resisted
Bonaparte, who was now, fortunately for Europe, in
a cage. It was in the zenith of that man's power
that he (Mr. Lowndes) opposed him, and he had no
doubt was marked out by him if ever lie had ob-
tained a footing in this country. He was glad the
Gentlemen of Blackheath came forward upon the
pilesent occasion. Foreigners, as they passed the
heath, would say, " Here, at least, are loyal men,
whatever else there are in the rest of the country."
Mr. BICKMELL then read the Loyal Address, which
was adopted by the Meeting.
The necessary arrangements were then made for
procuring signatures to the Address, and presenting
it to the King. Thanks were also voted to the Chair-
man for his conduct in the Chair, and the Meeting
separated at four o'clock.