The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-28 00:00:00

1.1 1:1:1'001. PU RUC M EF.TING.

44 s The ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ar.
ceding to tho Requisition presented to him on Soar.
de), for calling • Public Heating, it becomes sme-
ltery to assemble to take his sweet' into considers.
Lion, and determine upon elirrier proceedings.
l'bose Gentlemen oho signer, the Regsisitioo,
and say others favourable to a Public Meeting, fur
the objects stated in the 11.yrri.ition, are hereby in-
vited to en.et ibis present Monday, precisely ■t 12
o'clock at noon, at the Long-room of the Castle Inn,
Lordstreet '"

'• Oar Rop ester having been refused admission to I
the Meeting, on the ground that it we. not a public
one, we • tinned present oat Riders with a detailed
account of the pre.ceidings We learn, however,
from a friend, that about b 0 or 60 persons assembled,
amongst whom were Messrs. 0. Wood. Willis Eirle,
Dr Crompton, E. Smith, Rushton, Marlin, Brice, I
&c. Col. Williams was smut present. Mr. 0. Wood
was called in the Chair, and stated to the compvis),
that he and Cot. Williams had called span the his, sr
with a Requisition respectably signed; in answer to
which his W.,r4hilt seplietl, • I .111 not call a 111mmsm1-
ilia: laying a stress open the worth. ' / will nut '—
Coss which Col. Williams said, Mr.Mayororrhat yen
say, and •he decided tone of voice in which you sneak,
prevent me saying any thing !Gabor than wishing you
a pod morning.' It remained, therefore, wish tiospre-
sent esiersibloge to consider tkeespedienci of calling to-
gether the advocates of Reform without the unction
of the Constituted Authorities. A difference of opi.
Ilion luting arisen on ;his point, a debate ensued, in
olio coarse of which the water& was supported by
Messrs. E. Smith. T. Smith, Rushton, &c., and .p.
posed by Mr. Willis Esrl, Mr. Martin, end Dr.
Crompton (the latter of whom took °cession to re.
mark en the engwarded warmth of one of the edlo.
cafes for the Meeting), end was finally carried, end
flied for Monday nest, at 12 o'clock, in Clayton•
square. Some desultory too ion then ensued,
in which a subscription for the persons now in con-
finement at Manchester was bilked of, but no Ro•o:
lotions entered into, end the Meeting quietly broke
up, having first ',solved that Col. Williams end the
it... Mr. Shepherd should he requested to take the
Chair et the Meeting on Monday.

COURT AT CARLToe-tioC‘E.—Yeulttrasy, his
'tora Highness the Points Ream received his
Royal Higher'', the Duke of Yona, the Prince
Errtau•sr, the Itasaian Ambessador, the Hano-
verian Minister, the First Lord of the Treasury, and
the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign
Departments. The Count CAPO D'ISTRIA, the Se-
cretary of State for Foreign AU+i►s to the Emneror
of !Wittig, IM introduced to the Pamir, arcitaT
by Count Lavas and Viscount CASTLRREAoII. I
.1 he Coont oat admitted to the Lamm of a closet
audience of hi. Royal Highness, and racioesly re-
reiverl. The PRtNCI Rarleirre (eve audiences to Priori
E-VERIIAZT, the Esti of LIVERPOOL, Viscount SHO
motive, and Viscount CA•TLEaEAOII.
Last night, shoat half past eight, a Are was
discovered in the lower part of the premise. of Mr.
Shea, auctionee►, No. 4S, Red I.ion•street, 11,r1born,
lance d to hate been occasioned by some artit'ent
among the wark.penple; the Are happening in the
lower part of the lin.rme, arid just under the stairs,
caused the g •itest alarm and confusion among the
fan ly, come of whom with the [realest difficulty
were saved from the devouring Ames : the Are raged
with great fere for near two hours, when, through
the tuition of the firemen with their engines, which
were very numerous, it was happily got ander with-
out doing any further mischief thin entirely destroy.
log Mr. Sties's house and premises, arid greatly di-
caging the hark parts of adjoining premises on each
side, particularly Mr. Hordich's Tuabtalge.wate ma.
aafactory.