The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-12 00:00:00

GOSPORT.

[rants Tl4/1 Statirsweite TELRORAPII.I
A reqtlisition, signed by twenty-six inhabitants of
Wyatt, was last week addressed to Dr. W. Burnet.
the resident magittrate, requesting him toed' a meeting
" for the purpose of publicly sleciaring their tuost firm
attachment to o tr must g raviolis Sovereige, and their
fixed determination to stqq.ort the glorious eonstitu-
-1 thin of the country against the designs of eviholispoted
men:" and. in cousequence thereof, the worthy ma-
• : gistrate, on Friday. convened a meeting of the inha-
bitants who were inclined to join in 'itch A iirrhrithM.
• 011 that slay. acrortlingly• several hundred persona
were assembled at the Market-house, and the chair
was taken by Hr. Burney, who stated that the object
of the present meeting was not to present attotiosr
andress to his Majesty, but to make a public decla-
ration of our loyalty. The expediency el that mea-
sure has been already determined by the grade Hen
• who signed the re•misition, and, therefore. no discus-
. slim sou the sultj'ect was now necessary: but it won't) be
best at Mier to ap:10:112 a committee fur preparing such
a declaration.
Mr. Cayit situ txt: addresses; the chair and raid,
• that it appeared to him there was but little for that
' meeting Ist Jo: the object was to express their appro-
bailout of, and determination to support. our King
att.lt.'wtstitut ion : and in that cause he would he willing
• to shed his Wok. I —(Applruse.)—The present meet-
! ing Was mit open f•r ilisenttiott. '; he Gentlemen who
signed the requisition hid row:Wend it tisk isaltle 1i :
• subscribe a iodine declaration of their loyalty, .end.
! to convene this norettur, they bad trquested the at-
: teatlanee of such: persons as wet!, disposed to join
the %ante mole of et pressing their Artllllllll4llA. .‘ii
these putout, tit •refore, who did not intend to soh.
stifle the declaration, were intruders at ti:is meeting.
. —(Loiol murmurs.)—fir repeated his sentiments or
at; at. If meat to the King and Constitution ; and
he s•onclitsle.l by moving " that a committer be
no.; appointed to prepare a declaration of loyalty."
.tit,-r this touti..:l had Imes' %retooled,
Mr..i 4 tll s 11.141t1 %SI said, 1 bola it to hr tlie in.
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alienable privilege of every Fite litlitimit to rspre•s his
sentiment, on any soltjert that is brought before his
ft llow-townsmen, a.ni that pritilege it is my deter
mina:ion this II to t,, exereise.—(l. ut I applaute). I
can never subscribe to the stn; trine is high Isas been
maintained, that this meeting isnot open fordisetatsion,
beca else I uiilnot pin my faith upon the opinions of acv
set of men (however respectable they may be) to con-
vene a Iltrrrillg for thr purpose of preparing a deelar-
athitt, without explaining the necessity and expediency
of such a meatute. I a ill yield to no man in my at-
tach:l rut to the King and to time glorious constitution
of our eountry, at estalttitheil al the 1141;4'k:ion ; th it
constitulon, in its pority, I will ever us -sr warmly
stlppurt ; and I doubt not tita: in the bosons of all who
bear Mr the same sentiments are cherislietl—(l.4.lo up-
. plants.). But I tie;!recate that party spirit a biela has of
law been manifested in this town. and which I fear has
crept into the hansl-bill that was just now crash. Ile-
-1 fore. therefore. 1 give my consent to any in !astute that
may be proosissul, I require the requisitionists to ex-
plain who they mean by " evil disposed men,- and I
i. el
w L ..e.,..er oiey attach that character to 1110A0 Aho 1
11 thought proper to illuminate their houses in honour
of the Queen's acquittal ?—(llear, hear, bear, and ap-
Pia"). Let them answer this inquiry, and earn
point out the necessity of another loyal declaration, I
after the late Address to his Majesty, iu er.ler that the
sense of the meeting may be taken on the subject— 1
(Loud cheers).
Air. JOHN Goooxvi: followed in the same strain, and
lamented that the town shotthl have h:-en disturbed by :
the agitation of such a question, and by the unwise 1
manner in a hick the bawl-bill was wortirti.
Dr. B. axas !aid, that the words " No King," had
been written in ...event; parts of the town, and that the I
persons who wrote !haute words were the eiil-dispased
persons alluded to.—(Mnriuurs, and cries of " writ- t
teu by s e idle boys.")
Mr—loser,' IleazLey then addressed the Meeting,
and said. I feel it necessary, after what has passed,
to explain the reasons whirls indured me to attend her,