The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-10-25 00:00:00

l'lllll.lC-MKETING 4r NUNDICRIAND.

A i'..: tk Meeting of the Inhabitants of the town
.1.0.1141 *as hold in lb. Asaelobiy.ronal, on
sr last, to take into considerstion ohm late
; et Manchester, in rottaeqsence of a It..
.•,....1.••• 11. that effect, signed J. G. Larnhion,
and a venders of ether Gentlemen. The Cif •
rid Mei • •CeS ie which this Meeting originated were'
end deserve to be Needled. It appears that
a :,relisus Mettii.t,st s palate estate, had been seta.
taloned by a re, 'sin potty, comisting of a fee India.
amnia silo hale 1.41 made themselves conspicones in
t nviehtiourhood by their support of 'vet, akfteaff
0.1 a ra,t•pl end arbitrary kind, for the pupae" of
eat.r•ssing oink loyalty and attachment to the Laws
mod (:onssisetioo. in imitation of similar patriots to
r the, piste,. I3ei the Gathers of this notable design,
et -o ihooght they had adopted promethium which
is.oid fail of eentriog a stied ateedance wily, bad
she mortification to find their olossetes !rounded,
and iheir hopes destroyed, /41 the unexpected sp.
warenCe of Mr. Lashio', AA see the Self SOM.
*du of the Widow, treated an aneaywneee ledmition
abet it woad be held, aid be Is consequence at.
tended. The scene that ensued was truly ledlemes:
the pretenders to reclusive loyelty, who bed cosh•
drolly expected to be in geld possession of se endis-
pasted field, were lacteal, beaten subset a coldest.
Mr. Rowland Borden use paopeeed to the Chair
the Select,—bat Mr. lAMIINOW wominaled Jobe
%obits's., E.q. as a more ;trooper person, shirk nat.,
roination was curried with toed apple's", but Mr.
Rehieson declined the ieteeded hemmer. Mr. Ogden
nes then proposed, bat that Gelatinise aloe declieed,
when Mr. Limbs.. shortly suggested the propriety
of dlssolviog the Mettles, which was dissolved se-
eeediegly. Mr. Lamtnee and the Geatiernee by
.whom be was 'imported instantly. signed a !legisla-
tion calling a Nish .Meetleg, which wee hold ibis
day. Were VI o'clock thiamin of the Assembly.
room were thrown epee, and is • few minutes it
eras ailed, hot the crowd that still restelsed outside
was Immense. Seen after' the above hoer, Mr.
Lambten, accompanied by Iledwostb Luebtee, Esq.
and several of the Reqoisitioalsts, ascended the inst-
ill., which were erected at the end of the rolls, op-
posite the estrum,.
As seem as @Het was Maimed, which, owing to
the praiser• for admittance, .as a natter of aaM
difficolltl• Mr. Kedson teed the Requisition.
'Mr. Batsman, Goods then rose, and Mid, that
in eeeteqsenee of the Reqeisition having hies tied,
and the *.umerees assemblage he isebeld, it geoid be
proper to aypoiet a Clairmae, sod be hod a Gentle-
man in his eye whose manly sod libetel conduct,
whose interest le the roost', sod whose distingelshed
talents. • hies they had se *flee oitoeseed, were so
Cady impreased span their Wade, that he wee sure
they would concur with his is the propriety of sp.
pointing ibe Gentleman to whom he alluded to pre.
side over them. lie therefore begged leave to pre-
pose Jolla G. Leuebton, Eq. Member let the Comet,
of Derlasm.—(Great opplosure.)
Mr. ROSSIIT FZIIIIICII seceaded the Mollie in a
few words.
Mr. Lisiteron then eaute.ferward amidst tercel.
teens apple ea, which looted some time; when silence
was remitted, he spoke to the following effect :
Gentles**, I assure you it is with footless of the
almost satisfactioe, sod sentiments of dui esteeM
gratitude, that I accept 'bootee to which I have been
proposed, god I shall be most happy to afford the
country at large, sad to the town of Seedetland is
particular, any essistaoce which I may be able to
reader, both epee this .cciaien sod all @theca.—
I Here there was some noise outside, occasioned by •
numerous prof:reales of Radicals, from South Shields
and elsewhere, weightiest° oho Town-moor, when It
had passed Mr. L. resumed.) Geollemen, perhaps
yes may tot all be acquainted with the dress•
stances which have gives rise to the present Meeting,
end therefore, I think it my duty to state them. Yee'
are aware that a Meeting was intended to be held is
this town ea Seterdsy last, for the porpostrof adopt.
ing se Address expressive of loyalty and attechment
to the Laws sad Coestiteilea, but which Meeting
wee so privately prom', that I received no indent.
ties of it until the rnornizg of the 16th, the day far
which it was eppointed. From the eaters of that
Meeting it would not be Offload to *adapt' the
proceedings which, In all likelihood, it would have
adopted. The shOginiSS of the notice, and my
knowledge of the former Meetings of a similar de.
description, strongly induce me le seeped that it was
contrived in sole obscure corner of a Vestry, and
that the Address leteaded to have bees proposed
wield probably have been moved by a Rector,
Wooded by a Conte, and perhaps signed ea behalf
of the Meeting by • Sesta*. I know from *ape-
rieace, that Resolutions sad Addresses, prepared io
sad a SISSOPir, have been palmed upon the country
as the sentiments of the town of &mainland. Bet,
Gentlemen, I was not to be deterred by bdtsg
told that it was net the custom to call Meetiop le
any other leay,-1 was east be deterred by
any of the terrific measeres which lite jest* in quo.
dee mild deal'', from asserting, nen amongst them,
that It is the tight of Faeglishmen to meet speedy—
folly, manfully, and freely, to declare their grist,.
ascots, sod petition for redress.—( Long and toed
oppieuro.)—Gostloosen, the appearance of the Meet.
lee, at first, wore rather a discourses( aspect, It
having been so snugly arranged, hot supported by al
small bend of Meads, sod being quickly strength-1
ened by the greater part of the respectable Mot-
;hoots sod other inhebillots of Senderland, I pro-
. posed that the Meeting should be adjourned, le order
that the public might have doe intimatioa respecting
V. The reason that I refused to take the Chair @pod
Vitt Decision, when I was proposed to All it, was
*Walla* I did not lash to have any concern with a
Meeting as stud. It now resales, Gentlemen,
that I should slate the object upon which yea have
met this day ; and, in so doing, I think I may con-
gratulate yea on your assumption, for the first time,
.4 your sights as Englishmen, not ealy to petition
for a red sets of grieeences, bet to declare yoo r opinioss
freely open any public matter whatever. I have also
to "sr ego ry gratified, to the (deeds by whom I am
now serrounded, and to whom I bare often been
sod .:ill am Indebted for their sopped. You
VA hear from some of the tientlemes a relation
of she rirrimislewees which accessed at Manchester
its tlie Mal loth of August last. Gentlemen, you

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