Star.
London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE COUNTY OF CHESTER.

The Meeting of this County was appointed by the
High Sheriff to take place on Thursday last, at North-
vriCh, in the Crown Inn there; but in consequence of
the vest number of individuals who attended, an
adjournment took place to the Salt House—a build-
ing capable of containing about 3000 persons. The
pressure was tremendous, indeed greater than ever
experienced at the most crowded Meeting (within
walls) in London. The cries of " Adjourn tá some
Seal," were for a time the only words which were
heard in the Meeting. At length, something like
order being obtained,
The HIGH SHERIFF addressed the Meeting. The,
object was to consider of a Loyal Address to his
Majesty; and he hoped that those Gentlemen who
should address them would confine themselves to
the object before them ; and that every Gentleman,
whatever his opinions might be, should receive a
patient hearing—(Cheers).
The Requisition was now read : after which,
T. Cum-most:lEl.Kit, Esq. came forward to submit
to the Meeting the Address to Consider of v. hich
they had been assembled. In drawing up this
Address, he bad, he conceived, so framed it as that
eo person iresent would have any hesitation in
agreeing to it. He had studiously abstained from
any toptc which was calculated to create a difference
of opinion, which he considered unnecessary and irre-
levant on the present occasion. The Address con-
trived ndthing move than an expession of loyal at-
tadneent to the Sovereign, and the Constitution. He
then moved the Address, the reading of which was
followed by considerable approbation, mingled with
touts of " tale Queen, the Queen."
Sir H. .I.tirtwAntrio seconded the Address.
The HIGH SHERIFF was now about to put the
question on the Address, when
Lord GRosvtwoa came forward. His Lordship's
appearance seemed to be the signal to a party in the
room for the commencement of a hideous uproar,
vbich was continued with but little intermission
during the remainder of the proceedings. To coun- I
teract this, there were thunders of approbation from
others, and who, as far as we could judge, formed
the majority of the Meeting. This, however, was of
Halt avail, 'fov the hisses gained their chief object,
which was to prevent his Lordship from heft heard.
As'often as they shßUted disapprobation, the rest of
the meeting vociferated applause, and thus the ob-
lett of the disturbeis was gained. His Lordship
said he was certain that every honest Englishman
Would desire to hear all parties, and not come to a
ikcidon oh any question of this kind, without lis-
tening to what might be opposed to it—(A voice in
*trend" We tent no opposition here). Much as
be respected those gentlemen who moved and se-
'Mad the Address, he could not consent that it
,tbould be sent forth as the Address of the County;
11011211 he would say, that there was not a sentiment
loYalty contained in it to which he would not
wlllmgly subscribe--(A person in the crov4 " Then
lay dors object to it r) He objected to it, as he
:would to any address on the present occasion, which
ad hot contain a strong declaration of opinion on
Nate of the cnturtry. (Here his Lordship was

!again interrupted by land Met of Off, off," which
were immediately followed by cheers, and cries of
" Hear, hear," from the rest of the assembly. These
conflicting cries ctmtinued fur a long time),
At lentth a Gentleman requested that the Requisi;
tion might be again read. This request was con)•
plied with. It was then asserted, from several quar-
ters, that as the Requisition embraced only an Ad-
dress to his Majesty, nothing else could be listened
to, but that the speakers should confine themselves
solely to that topic. On the other side it was con-
tended, that as an Address was the object to be con-
sidered, it was c, mpetent to any freeholder to move

an amendment, which amendment might be to leave
out all the words of the proposed Address, and to
substitute any others.

Lord GRWSVENOR again resumed his address. He
would, at the close of his speech, move an amend-
ment to the Address just read, and which, in his opi-
nion, would more justly express the sentiments of the
County.—(Here again his Lordship was interrupted,
and though he continued to speak for a few minutes
after, yet the cries of disapprobation, and the shouts
of " the Queen," " the Queen," were so loud, that it
was impossible to catch a word of what he said.)—
After a little time, his Lordship was again heard par-
tially, and said, that a Loyal Address, such as was
just now proposed, was wholly uncalled for at pre-
sent. There was no person who doubted the loyalty
of the County of Chester, and, therefore, to say that
its inhabitants were loyal, and to say nothing more,
was quite idle. In expressing theit loyalty, they
should state to the Sovereign what was the cause of
any disaffection which might exist—(Applause). They
should tell the whole truth, or else not speak at all.

(Here his Lordship was once more interrupted by the
cries of the party before mentioned, who did not wish
for any discussion, and though in a short time he
resumed his speech, yet the conflicting shouts of dis-
apprul.lation and applause were so loud, that it was
impossible to catch another sentence.) In conclu-
sion, the Noble Lord moved that all the words of
the proposed Address be o,i-itted, and that an amend-
ed Address should be substituted.

Lord CREWE came forward to second the amend-
ment, but the same tumult which prevented the
mover's being heard, operated to drown his Lord-
ship's voice. He fully concurred, he observed, with
the amendment moved by his Noble Friend, and he

did not conceive that there was a sentiment in it to
which the greatest ultra-kyalist might not agree—
(Cries of No, no," and “ What did we come here /Or r)
Lord COMBERSIERR came on the table, but he was
assailed by loud cries of " Off, off," followed by
shouts of applause from his friends.—Several voices
in the room cried cut, " We have not been allowed
to hear Lord Grosvenor or Lord Crewe, and there-
fore you shall not be heard."
His Lordship lime the interruption with much
good humour, and, bowing to the Meeting, said,
o Gentlemen, I am in no hurry. I shall stay here
for a week, in order to be heard." The tumult on
both sides con:hitting to increase, and the cries of
" Off, off" being loudly repeated, his Lordship said,
4. Gentlemen, i never Terraced yet, and I shall not
to-day." His Lordship made several attempts after
this to address the Meeting, but they were ineffectual.
The HIGH &mitts now interposed...,-The propo-
sition which Lord Combermere had to submit to
them was this, and it was a fair one—it was, that
Lord Grosevenor should be heard through, and that
his Amendment should be listened to with attention.
Lord COMIBRMERE again addressed the Meeting,
and repeated WORE the High Sheriff. had said, but
, this was to no effect for a considerable time. At
last the Amendment of Lord Grosvenor was read,
by the Under Sheriff, twice, in different' parts of
the Meeting.
Lord COMIERMERE again addressed the Meeting,
amidst loud applause anal* loud disapprobation.—
He was thus inaudible for some time. At length we
understood him to say, that as the Meeting would
not listen to Lords Grosvenor or Crewe, he could
not. be expected to reply to what they had intended.
to say. But this he would observe, that the present
occasion was not the proper one for the Amendment
which bad been moved. If the Freeholders should
call upon the High Sherif to convene a Meeting for
the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of Mi-
nisters, he for one would attend the Meeting; and
give a patient attention to all which might be said
on the subject ; but the present was not the occasion
for s..ch an inquii y, and therefore it ought not to be
gone into. After this, he was at length understood
to say, that he pledged his honour as a soldier, that
by voting for this dutiful and loyal Address, he did
not mean It to imply a vote of approbation to any set
of Ministers. He voted on the present occasion, as a
loyal subject, a dutiful Address to his Majesty.—
(Loud applause and disapprobation).
The Rev. H. BROUGHTON, and Capt. HUMPHREYS,
R.N. next addressed the Meeting, amid much inter-
ruption, in support of the original Address.
ble.G. WILBRAHAM spoke in favour of the Amend-
ment. The noise kept up rendered. him almost in-
audible. The Sheriff endeavoured to procure order,
but without effect. Mr. Wilbraham at length re-
tired from the unequal contest amidst loud cheers,
and cries of " Shame I" from a large proportion of
the Meeting.
The Rev. E. STANLEY, and the Rev. J. BROWSE,
followed on the same side, and were heard with, corn-
paratively, some degree of patience.
Colonel Deno proposed a second Amendment,
with a view to reconcile both parties, but this Amend-
ment he did not press. The cries of " Question, ques-
tion !" and " The Amendment I" became now very
loud from all quarters, and no other Gentleman of-
fering himself to address the Meeting,
The Hunt Stream came forward, and gave it as
his opinion that the Address moved by Lord Gros-
venor, as an Amendment, was irrelevant, and there-
fore that it ought not to be put.
The delivery of this most unexpected decision pro-
duced such a scene of confusion and uproar as has
been seldom witnessed in the country, or in London.
Cries of "Shame, shame, and partiality," resounded
from several quarters, whilst loud applause was
bestowed upon the Sheriff's conduct from others.--
As soon as some degree of order was restored,
Lord Gaosvirstoit intimated to the High Sheriff
that he should protest against his decision, as wholly

unwarranted.
The SHEKI/F then proceeded to put the original
Address amidst a Most hideous uproar. The num-
ber in favour of the original motion appeared verj

con4clerable. The question was then put, " As many
as ate of -opinion that tjte Address shall not pass,
hold up your hats." The number here was also very
considerable, and 'but:very little, if any, less than
that for the passing thp address.
The SHERIFP declared that the majority was in
favour of the Address, and that it was carried Se-
veral persons, however, were of a different opinion,
and loudly called for a division.
Lord GRoaVaxoft, among others, said, that he
demanded a division. This the Sheriff refused. and
without waiting for any comments on his conduct, he
left the chair immediately.
It is understood that a protest against the conduct
of the Sheriff will be signed by those who were in
favour of the amendment.