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ANTI -M I N1STERIAL MEETINGS.
A GREAT meeting took place at Leeds on Wednesday, on the question of the Dutch and Belgians,—or in other words, on the questions Nrlictiter Ministers should be supported or opposed in their attempt to bring the disputes of the Dutch and Belgians to a conclusion. A requisition having been addressed to the Mayor by about eighty individuals, chiefly supporters of Mr. Sadler, to call a meeting, it was immediately met by a placard from the supporters of Mr. Macauley and Mr. Mar- shall. The consequence was a formidable muster of both ides. The meeting took place in the Court-house, which was speedily filled to overflowing. The Mayor was unanimously voted into the Chair. 11e attempted to address the meeting; but was repeatedly interrupted by cries to adjourn,—the pressure in the Court-house gradually becoming greater, and numbers being unable to gain admission at all. A motion to that effect was, after some delay, made, and seconded by Mr. Joshua Bower and Mr. Baines ; but the Mayor refused, and quitted the chair in a pet. Mr. Richardson then moved Mr. T. Benyon junior to the chair; and an adjournment instantly took place to the Cloth Ball. Nearly all the leading manufacturers of the town assembled at the area of the Hall, and a great many thousands of the inhabitants. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Tottie ; who moved an address to his Majesty,' expressing the meeting's perfect approbation of the policy pursued by Ministers. * The address was seconded by Mr. Bower. An amendment was moved by Mr. R. Howard, that the country had had sufficient war, and that resorting to another war should be depre- cated. The amendment was seconded by Mr. George Hirst, and sup- ported by .Mr. Bond and Mr. Osborne. It was combated, in a speech of great power, by Mr. E. Baines junior; and ultimately negatived without opposition. The original address was then carried by an im- mense majority—indeed, all but unanimously.'
At Huddersfield, on Wednesday also, a similar attempt to injure the Admistration met a similar fate. The Huddersfield meeting was held in the Course, and presided over by Mr. W. Stocks the constable. Dr. Walker moved a resolution to the effect, that it was neither consistent with our honour nor our interest to resort to coercive measures against Holland. To this Mr. Batley of Armitage moved, by way of amend- ment, that the meeting should adjourn to that day twelvemonths. The amendment was carried, as the original question had been at Leeds, all but unanimously—only thirty or forty bands being held up against it.
The Rochdale petition against the Dutch expedition was the concoc- tion of a few individuals of that town, including Parson Hay of Man- chester notoriety. The first notice of it that the Rochdale people had was from the London Papers. A similar petition was got up at -Nor- wich, on Thursday, by a snug party of sixty-four individuals. The Chelmsford petition, which was announced last week, as lying in that town, has only received ninety names. The first column contains thirty- four names, fifteen of which are clergymen, and Tories to a man !
The Tory papers mention addresses from Bristol (a "great meetmg,", this is called), Hull, Nottingham, Dudley, East Kent. The value of these meetings may be estimated by the fact, that their impartial re- porters add to them Leeds and Huddersfield !
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