The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-01-05 00:00:00

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IitTRACT OF A PIM/AT! LETTER DATIBIIitATLES. site.
The propadtiod Of his Majesty we received with
beennituary disapprobation : the house was its a moment
converted into a scene of confusion and indigestion :
several of the members declaimed with great warmth,
but the answer to the Kis6 was postponed to the fol-
lowing day. The saute evening printed copies of the
King's letter, with the lettet of- the Emperor of Austria
annexed, were distributed about the city: the
confusion and tumult produced in consequence were
great: and there were not wanting endeavours to aggra-
vate every circumstance and expose the cite to the hor-
rors of a popular insurrection. It was whispered that
the King was preparing his departure, and that in the
night he and all his family intended embarking on
hoard the Raglish Admiral, (who, :Pith five other Eng-
lish and seven French slips of wee, Is lying just off the
harbour,) and leaving the capital and the kingdom to
their fate. The blind affection of the lower classes of
this city to their King has been often proved, and Wire!'
known. "0 re nmosro' —" nuostro patroxii" is
for them the very centre of the universe, which being
removed, confusion and horror must ensue. About
dusk great crowds were gathered in the square before
the Royal Palace—some in mute sorrow, some in noisy
displeasure—and nearly all anxious to get a sight of
their Sovereign, or at least to obtain a certainty of his
intentions. In moments of agitation and excitement,
trifles too often become of tragical importance. When
the bells of the churches rang their Are Maria, and the
soldiers on guard at the palace presented arms as usual
rin sign of devetiee, one of the men by accident let his
piece fall to the ground : in the concussion, the gun
went off: shouts and shrieks ensued: " the soldiery is
firing on the people ! run! fly !" was echoed on all
sides ; and except a few who were sufficiently near to
see the accident, and a few, who had courage enough to
attend the result, that great crowd WAS dispersed with
the conviction that scenes of death and blood were
already commencing. The activity of the military, and
particularly the welklisposed troops and patrols of the
National tinards, certainly saved the city that night from
anarchy and devastation."

A Public 'Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Parish
of St. Giles, Camberwell, is appointed to take place on
Monday next, to consider of an Address of Co Ira-
tulation to the Queen.

MAIDSTONE MErriso.—On Monday last, a meet-
ing of the inhabitants of Maidstone held at the
Town-hall, incompliance with a requisition to that ef-
fect. The Mayor having declared that he could nut
acquiesce in the general tenor of the requisition,
begged leave to retire from the chair, to which Mr.
Atkins was afterwards called. Mr. Jacobson then
came forward and proposed an Address to the King,
praying for the dismissal of Ministers. This motion
was seconded by Mr. Liberty Taylor, and supported
by Mr. B. C. Pine, Mr. S. P. Seeger, Mr. Edward
Russell, and others ; and the Address being agreed
to, it was resolved, that the Address be presented to
his Majesty through the medium of the members for
the town.

CHESTER, J.sN. 4.—We understand that a requisi-
tion for a meeting of the county of Chester is in a
course of signature, for the yurpose of addressing his
Majesty ; and we wish to call the attention of the
freehalders to it, trusting that they will he upon
their guard how they commit illent.elves into an ap-
proval of the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers.—
cChesti r Guardiaa.)
We understand the address to the Queen from the
Benefit Societies of this city, has already obtained
1300 signatures. The smuggled address to the King,
on the other hand, has only obtained 305 signatntres,
including the names of upwards of one Isundre,t indi-
viduals who are either directly connected with govern-
ment; notwithstanding the unwearied exertions of a
certain gentleman, who was hawking it &Witt the city,
in order to obtain signatures, during the whole of yes-
terday.—(lbid.)
A meeting was held at Armagh on Saturday the
23d of December, prporting to be a meeting of the
Sovereign and Burgesses of that city. For what
purpose this meeting was called we cannot say; but
it has since been whispered about that it was to ad-
dress the King. This meeting was held privately in
the Market-house, and consisted of the Rev. Br. Mil-
lard, of the School ; the Rev. Wm. Ball, curate; the
Rev. Richard Allot, vicar ; and A. J. Kelly, Esq.;
the Register, Mr. Hugh Ml3laster, also attended, and
a bailiff or constable kept the door. Every thing
concerning this meting was kept so private (front
what motives is unknown, that not one of the inha-
bitants of the city was even consulted on the occasion.
The worthy Sovereign, James lies, Esq., we are sorry
to say, is ill in Dublin : had be been there, he would
not have treated the inhabitants of this ancient and
loyal city with such contempt. What the mean-
ing of such secrecy is, we are at a loss to find out :
perhaps, as the Rev. Ili. Millar is gone to Lootiou, it
was in order that he should have an opportunity of
presenting the Address in person to his Nlajesty.
With respect to the Address itself, we can fora; no
opinion, as we cannot learn that any others than the
gentlemen present ever saw it ; but we hope they
have nut ventured t., call it the address of any 14;rtion
of the inhabitants : this would be insulting in a still
greater degree the respectability of the city.--(/,isb-
awu)

Yesterday the Despatches were closed at the East
India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the fol-
lowing ships, •ia :
Marquis Camden, Captain T. Larking.: and Royal
Deorgr, Captain C. S. Timin', for Bosnha►• and China.
Repulse, Captain J. Paterson, fur St. Helena, Ben-
coolen, and China.
PASSENGURS PER ROTA!. GEOROE.—For Bombay,
Messrs. C. U. Houlton, and E. Hollond, Writers; Lieut.
Colonel Sealy, Mrs. Sealy, Lieutenant Taylor; Messrs.
Fortnum, Davis and Reich, Assistant Surgeons; Mrs.
Elridge, Misses Kensington and Tiniins ; Messrs. Hand,
Bell,Thullier, Moncrielf, Saltwell, Poole, Niacin', Turner,
Spencer, Harvey, Walter, Delamain and Dawes, Cadets.
A. H. Noll, Bonilla), Marine.
PassaNu►:as PER MIA RW.:IS C•MDIN.—For Bombay,
Captain Falconer; Mr. Beck, Cadet; Mr. Hainges,
Bombay Marine.
PASSENGERS Pia Rut:um—For Bencoolen, Messrs.
T. S. Day, and W. H. Day.
For St. Helena, Lieutenant T. M. Hunter, and Bliss
P. Solomon.
Three hundred tons, as nearly as can he guessed, of
the cliff at Dover, fell in on Thursday last, at the mo-
ment when several men were squaring chalk. One of
them providentially seeing the masa giro way, alarmed li
his compaaiens, and the whole happily escaped with•
out injury,