The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-16 00:00:00

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COlfiend .111111 t METING.
' A very'netnerbas fad highly respectable Meeting
ottite.principttliandLowaers aNdocconlers was hold'
at Maiditone on Monday, in otaisetitsence of a-Rata
cpilsition presented. to James Wildtuan, i lq, the
High Slieriir, in order to biletiete ttentideretfen ttl
present distressed'itittrof the,egribeittord interesteto
and twadopt such Ittt.atures at;telthebil. deemed eft'
,pedient. for their relieft • .
Waggons' were &swivels, is it'cbirtemery Alt oettr;J
sions or a County Meeting, its tbw /I%h:street, antt!
at about half-past' twelve a large concourse of people'
of every chilli being collected, the HighSitetilif Oita'
the btfilleeiii. of the meeting, by reading the requiSi;.
don Which.had been presented to him, the object of
wbircbthe added; was of imperious tattetenti in'Whick
they . were all interested, and he tVirstfe therefore
they would hear what' waddle submitted-tit theta'
with patience and 'attention. '
The Earl of DARNLEY then proceeded to speak„
but the noise and uproar of the populace wholly'
prevented his being heard.
. Sir EDW Aan KNATCIIBULL then endeavored its
procure silence, and stated that the ilettuisitista Was,
acted for the purpose, of hearing a fnii
' Ile knee, no more what was intended' to be pt (posed
to the meeting than they did ; but as Englishmen, and.
as Men of Kent, they should give; fair hearing to
what was urged on eithet.side.--[Hear, hear!]
The Karl oT Daanier, after.' some. consideratde -
interruption, said, " notwithstandlisg the temper
' which I am' sorry to see prevails, a new texeper ter
Englishmen, to condemn unheard', r
explain to this meeting the motives which ladabed met
to prefiz my name to a requisition presented and ik"
equalled, Emily say, ,in point of respectability, by any'
requisition ever presented by any gentleman. Tile
only objection that occurred to me was, that it was
addressed particularly to the Owners and Occu..
piers of Land. Unless I can prove satisfactorily
that the object of this meeting is to make the neces-
sary subsistence of life cheap and riot dear, I do
not desire to he heard; but before you cond^m, yen
ought to listen with patience to those arguments by.
which I intend to prove that this Meeting has fur its
object the benefit of all, and particularly of the:
poor. If I did not think so, however qty private
interests may be concerned, I would not state them
to a Meeting, the object of which was the raising that
price of bread.—l feel this, and I feel it with coafi.„.
doom, because I am coital of the fact, that ttfei
~.Meeliog was not for suck base purports. Tiselity':P----•
1; station of corn will be felt more by the poorer"...
Iclass f the community, than.by the holders of land.
• I wi". Lein then with that set of persons around—
the laboui, g class: if they had by their exertions
produced so large a supply of corn, if they wort
`reduced to distress, how are the expences of theif
labours to be paid ? I will ask"—[/here the noise
by the populace was so ertid as to render it impossi.
ble for the Noble Earl to proceed.]
Sir EDW. KNATCHBULL said, he was in hopes that
the Meeting would have kept to their promise, and
love allowed the Noble Lord to proceed. .He had
already stated, and he would state it now again, that
he was perfectly unacquainted with what was intend.
ed to be proposed. They should be quietly heard,
and afterwards it would be for those who agreed to
to them to sign or not, just as their opinions went.
The uproar still continued, and the High Sheriff
perceiving that it was impossible to procure silence,
declared, the Meeting adjourned, but it wall with
much difficulty that Sir Edw. Knatchbull wettable to
pass, from the uproar and turbulence of many of the
multitude.
In consequence of these disorderly proceedings,
the High Sheriff, with the County Members, and a
number of the principal Gentlemen and Farmers,
amounting to upwards of a hundred, adjourned tp
the Bell Inn, where Sir John C. Hony wood, Bart.
having been called to the Chair,

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Earl DARNLEY, in a very clear and convincing
Speech, proposed several Resolutions, which wets
passed unanimously, all persons of all parties ex-
pressing their approbation of them.
After the adjournment to the Bell Inn, those of
the populace, consisting principally of Manufacturers
from the neighbouring mills, and who Wire the most
clamorous in preventing the meeting from being
holden;iu the High.street, drew one of the waggons
which had been placed there for the use of the Sheriff,
to the bridge, and threw it over into the river.

SOUTHWARK ELECTION.
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FOURTH DAY.

In the early part of the forenoon of yesterday, the
Committee of Mr. J. Burdett's friends again at.
tempted to establish the right of farmed totes, which
was resisted, as it had previously been, by the High
Bailiff, who declared they were illegal, and ►efused
to received them.

&conversation then took place between Mr. Wood
(then brother if .Akleraran Wood) anti the High
Bailiff, Felative to tke presence of a military force is
W./ Stough, during the Election.
The Moil BAtiair Stated, that he had, to per.
.nuance 'of Orders from- the Secretary of State, given
directions for the, removal of this military fro' the
Borough, but that, subsequently, part of the 13th
Regiment which 1141 returned from Spain, having re.
ceived its route, whilit glittered on the coast for
Cla ;mbericell, Lar
wccidente

rried on te a great extent. Redid I Mr. M. tildJUg ease, ji. waimi apt pag.p me sense tunpment wnicti nr, reWITILL trom opal% naming re.
that the ChanceUor of the Hubs. let.* 'ogee oe *laprJeci;tle of the Bilt, although he ceived its route, whiiit qtnitteted'on the coast, ler
ly improper disclosarer of Ids ie.: thoogitt it bad too bolter be dropped; bat il the Clapham, eireberyell, Lambeth, a Ind the adjacent' j
hose employedottder him might, per-' lionoripable and 'tbed Gentlerean•woeld net con.' vilcuees had rccidentally arrived in the Borough,
Ming all Ma caution, obtain some I sent to postpone the farther proceeding upon it, mad' Whilst the Election wasitt progress, unknown te the
Heilipetted, therefore, that alllSu the shetat nosh the coteedttee, began notice Government, and contrary to its intentions and di.
place) to-toceiint ti the Wien* that *. Weald thllo propose *liana alterations; rzctions. Immediately lie heard ut the circumstance) :-
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