The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-11 00:00:00

FARRINGDON-IVITHOUT MEETING.

At the Meeting of the inhabitants of this Ward, held
on Saturday, at the (Boise Tavern, in Fleet-street, for
the purpose of considering of an Address of Coneratn-
lation to the Queen, and of a Petition to the King to
dismiss his Ministers. After Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN
had taken the Chair„
Mr. FLAROM presented himself to tire notice of the
Meeting, as stated in our paper of Saturday. Ile began
by saying, that lie need not apologise for claiming their
attention upon a subject which had been declared, by
the universal voice of the people of to be the
most important that could occupy their deliberations,
and which in interest swallowed up all others. In con-
sequence of the indisposition of his father-in-law (Mr.
Thompson), the task of submitting to them a string of
resolutions, with the address and petition, had fallen
upon him (Mr. Fearon). From some secret cause or
other, the ieliabitants of that Ward, who constituted
one-fifth of the population of this great city, hail, on
this occasion, contrary to the usual practice. been denied
by the Churchwardens the use of either St. Andrew's,
St. Bride's, or St. Sepulchre's church, on various pre-
texts. lie complained that they (the parishioners) who
had the payment of all the expenses, and bore all the
burthens attached to these churches, should be denied
the indulgence of meeting in them, seldom as it was
that they asked it. The speaker proceeded to call the
attention of the meeting to the very different situation
they were now in from that in which they were when
they met before on this question. Ile remarked on the
powerful effect which petitioning and the general dis-
cussion of the subject hail produced. At that period
they were accused of being tardy in the manifestation
of their sentiments ; but now, when they had heard the
evidence on both sides, they could come to a rational and
fair derision. The speaker then took a review of the
proceedings against the Queen, and concluded by oh-
serving, that the religion of the country, and the cha-
racteristic purity of the female mind, had never been so
effertually undermined as by the proceedings in question.
—(I fear.) The rho rges against the Queen were out of the
power of a rational man to credit, unless they believed
her to be a being not human, and he could not be-
lieve that even the prosecutors ever expected them to
be implicitly credited, although evidence had been
sought by the most tremendous influence in the world to
support them. The views of the prosecutors might be
exemplified by an old story of a tenant, who asked his
landlord to give bin, timber enough to build a barn ?
" 'Co !" Then, said the tenant, " Will you let me have
enough to build a pigstye ?" " No." " Then," said the
tenant, " will you let ate have enough to build a gate ?"
44 Why you may have that." " That," said the tenant,
18 is as much es 1 want, and more than I expected." So
it was with her Majesty's prosecutors, who by charging
her largely, thought to get some portion of their charge
believed. The speaker next commented on the conduct
of her Majesty's judges, and said it should be asked wise-,
tber they were themselves pure that sat in judgment
over her. In his brief experience he had remarked, that
individuals guilty of any specific vice, drunkenness for
instance, were in their cooler moments, almost the most
severe and illiberal on those charged with the saint sin.
The Trepsury prints bad amused themselves by making
reflections on the rank of the Queen's adherents.—
Ile would ask these scribblers, in what classes
the greatest strength and virtue of society existed ? If
they answered honestly, they would say in the
middle classes. The Courier told them that the Queen's
adherents were only butchers and bakers, and men
of " mean birth." It would not perhaps be proper
to ask who were the parents of Mr. Canning,
Mr. Southey, or any other of the Treasury scribes.
The speaker commented at considerable length on the
loyal meetings for addresses, and, in particular, on the
meeting held in the lVaril of Cheap. These were the
men who were always foremost in the bigoted cry for per-
secution, and restraints on their fellow-citizens. It was
they ivho set up the cry, twenty years ago, for the mur-
derous war against the rising liberty of France, and of
the world. It was this same body who, on one occasion,
when an individual held up his hand in the Merchant
Taylors' Hall against one of their resolutions, dragged
him oust, pumped upon, and treated him with a degree
of violence short only of murder. They were the rem-
mints of the Church anti King sten, who burnt the house
of the great Dr. Priestky in Birmingham, and obliged
him to fly for his life. At that time they heard no com-
plaints against the excesses of hired mobs. These men
were wow an fallen as to be obliged to meet in lurking
helm and commrs to hatch these measures, which would
est Mar the light. For these men be would quote a
book which, from the tenor of their lives, he feared they
little rousulted. It said, that " men who do right come
to the light, because their deeds are light ; but be that
doeth evil hateth the light, because his deeds are evil."
The speaker concluded by moving the Resolution for en
Address.

Mr. 1111DLRY OpposPd the resolution. He said it
was ow thing to fad in proving a person guilty, and
"another to establish her tummonce. 44e was of opinion
that, although the prosecutor, had failed in proving the
guilt of the Queen, the defenders of the Queen had failed
in establishing her innocence. If there had been con-
tradictions in the evidence on one aide, there had been
contradictions on the other. He was friendly to a change
of Ministers, as they had misled the King.
Here Mr. Alderman Wait Innen left the chair to join
the City procession. He was succeeded by Mr. Savage,
the senior Common Councilman.
Mr. 1)oaos asked how they could bring themselves to
coogratalate the Qom§ on her being proved innocent,
when the House of Lords declared her guilty.---(Violent
and continued disapprobation.)
Mr. FISAROX said, the best answer to this question was
that Lord Liverpool had abaddoo 41 the Hill.—(Loud ap-
plause.)
he resolution, after some further desultory discussion,
was carried, there being about eight or ten bands only
held up against it.
An Address to the Queen was then read and agreed
to, as was also a petition to the King to dismiss his Mi-
nisters, after acme opposition from Mr. Dobbs, who, per-
sisting in speaking, after the Chairman had declared
bins to be oat of order, was finally dragged from the
seat on which he stood, and put out of the room.
It was moved, that the Aldermen and Common
Coencilmes of the Want should be requested to present
the Andress a tho Queue, with as many ladies and gels-
denies of the Ward as might choose to ay
them. It was also moved mid carried, that La= 'lse
and Loa Comm. should he requested to present the
redden to the Sing to dismiss his Ministers.
Themite wore mood so Alderman Voidness and Mr.
Savage ter their modust Is the Chair, when the Meet-

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ng separated, after baring. `passed a vete of,censnr
the clergy of the pari‘h for dabbling in politics
worldly affairs frots interested usotires.

FORE COUNTY MEETING.

(FROM TIOR TOUR IFRRALD.)

In our last, we expresso -1 oar anxiety fur a tiereral
Meeting of the County of York, on the subjeit of th,-
triumph of the Queen ; and, we have since learn.,
with considerable pleasure, that a requisition is
handing Atom, for such a meeting, to take into c.u..
sidermion the propriety of petitioning the two Houses
of Parliament to stop all farther procerdiogs az,Linst
the Queen, and to immediately restore her Al.:jsszy
to all her rights and dignities. Our pleasure is. tiate.
ever, in some degree, redneed, by the circumstance of
there existing amongst the Patriots uf Yorkshire, mai:.
eats of opinion respecting the propriety of bringing
ward at the said Meeting, the great national questios
of Parliamentary Reform. Nome gentlemen of rack
and talent, whom we knew and highly respect, hale
refused to sign the requisition, unless that subject be
introdated—we, how' err, would hope, that the differ-
ence will yet he so amicably- decided, as to present
the failure of the projected meeting. The Yorkshire
friends of Refo►ns we :.new are u Mine to meet the
Whigs half-way on the subject ; and surely the white
will not hesitate, at a time like the present, to exhibit
a spirit of conciliation on their part, so far as is con-
sistent with the constitution of the country. It must
be clear to all, that there are evils existing- in the Co.
veruntent, which require an immediate Reform—it
must be clear that the influence of the Crown is to.)
great for the peace or prosperity of the country—it
must be equally evident that a change of awn in the
administration, without a change of measures, and a
decided Reformation in the representation of the pee-
ple will he of no avail. Let then the leading men of
the county meet the grand question openly, and with
bold independence tread the glorious path that leads
to peace and to liberty.--lhus they will most effec-
tually put to silence the enemies of the Constitution,
and erect an edifice, more bright than the bauble cot-
tages of Kings, and far more beneficial to their coun-
try than all the glittering gcregases of as-graced dia-
dems.