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Erpository lectures. on St. Peter. No. TV. Nos. V. VI. VIT. O. VIII. TX. &•rnim fs. Nos. X. X L XII. IlEmtr's Tracts; wit► a Portrait. Each Author may be purchased separately, in Numbers or in Vols. bozrds. A short Biographical Sketch of each Author is given. - _ Printed by A. J. Valpy, and sold by Longman ; Rivington ; Seeley; Hamilton; Ilatehard ; and all other Booksellers, of vAlcun the Work may be had regularly with the Monthly Re view. and !iLigazines. -- WITON, Stock-Broker, No. 2, CoRNnILL, and ..12.4 L0M8.% RD-STRERT, respectfully solicits the Public to in spect the Scheme of the New Year's Lottery, and he is fully convinced that it will be viewed with universal satisfaction; far EVERY PRIZE IS STERLING MONEY, and erery Ticket will Fc drawn singly, as there are NO CLASSES. This Fcbeme contains LESS than Two Blanks to a Prize and double the number of Capitals that were in the Lust Lottery, including 5 ... £20,000 10 ... £5OO 5 . 2,000 10 ... 300 5 ... 1,000 40 ... 200 Drawirobrgins TUESDAY, 26th FEBRUARY. - . 00. ,000 NEXT TUES IAY. TjAZARD and Co. hope to be as fortunate AL NEXT TUESDAY, as they were in the last and pre-, riding tottery, when they had the pleasure of dividing the fol lowing Capital Prizes, viz. 1%900 15 . 902 Among the Purchasers at their old-established Offices, cl, Royal. EicuaNGE, 524i, OXTOND-STRLET, COMET Vi, C0RM311.1., of Swallow-street. The very First Prize drawn NEXT TUESDAY will have £20,000. The Scheme contains Five of £20,000-70 other Capitals— ;.rd Not Two Blanks to a Prize. ARROLL solicits the attention of his Friends to C the Scheme of the I%7Ew LOTTERY, and is happy in being to recommend it to the approbation of every Adventurer. All the points which have in former Lotteries received the ap probation of the Public, are combined in the present Scheme, the Prizes of which are ALL MONKS', and include . _ FIVE of FIVE FIVE Starr ovnita CAPITALS, and not Two Blanks to a Prize. -The Drawing will commence on the 26th THIS MONTH. CA RROLL sincerely congratulates his Friends on the success which distinguished their purchases at his (Aces, No. 19, CORNHILL, and 26, OXFOIII)•STILEET in the last Lottery, when .11 the following Capitals were Sold in Shares, viz. 11,486 18,602 ___ 4,268 7,749 2OO Etc. ece. 4,E c. HEREFOR DSII I RE, Near BROMYARD, LEOMINSTER, and TENBURY. CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATES, With a good FARM-HOUSE and OUTBUILDINGS, CYDER-MILL, and nearly THREE HUNDRED ACRES excellent MEADOW, ARABLE, and PASTURE LAND, HOP-GROUND, and COPPICE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS. ff'sf Warwick-street, Golden-square, and Regent street), At Garraway's Coffee-Houte, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, London, on THCRSDAY, the 14th March, 1822, at Twelve o'Clock, TT" CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATES, the WOODING, LOWER ARCHER FIELD, and T }ZORN BU R Y FA RMS, situate in the Parishes of Bromyard and Thornbury, and Hamlet of Wackton,in the County of Here ford, four miles from Bromyard, six from Leominster, five from Tenbury, fifteen from Hereford, and seventeen from Worcester; comprising a Farm-house, with Barn, Stables, Cyder Mill, Hop Kiln, Cow Stall, Wainhouse, and other useful and convenient Buildings, and a large Cottage, with nearly THREE HUNDRED ACRES _ Of excellent M;atit;;T:irabl;, and l'asture Land. Hop• Ground, thriving Orchard, sto red with young Trees and Wood Land, all contiguous, and conveniently disposed for occupation as one Ruin; in the occupation of Mrs. Taylor, till Lady-day next. Tbi. Property is capable of considerable improvement, the soil of a gond quality for Husbandry, congenial to Hops and the growth of Timber. To be viewed by applying on the Premises, where Particulars may be had; at the Falcon, Bromyard; Lion, Leominster; Swan, Tenbury ; Hotel, Hereford ; Hop-pole id Star, Mr. Platt, Solicitor, and Mr. Bentley, Auctioneer, all at Worcester; Star, Oxford ; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Golden square, where a Plan of the Estate may be seen; and at Wor cester also. BERKSHIRE. Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, Free of GREAT TITHE, MANOR well stored with PHEASANTS and GAME, Delightful SPORTING BOX, FARM BUILDINGS, TENEMENTS, and THREE HUNDRED AND TIIIRTY-SIX ACRES, Of MEADOW, ARABLE, and WOOD LAND, Near HUNGERFORD and NEWBURY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick-street, Golden-square, and Regent-street), At Garraway's Coffee-Ikuse, 'Change-alley, Coruhill, on THUaSDAY, March 14, 1822, at Twelve n'Clock, A VERY Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE, Free kik of GREAT TITHE; comprising the MANOR of TIT (:OMB, snow abundantly stocked with Pheasants and Game, a neat Cottage Sporting Box, with Offices, Coach-llonse, and Stable, Garden, Ste. pleasantly situate in a Paddock, laid out in a Park-like style. Two Capital FARMS, with Farm-Houses, Yards, Barns, Stables, and Outbuildings, Cottages, Ste. and upwards of THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX ACRES Oi Meadow, Arable, and fine Wood Laud, stored with thriving Timber, the principal part Its hand. Also, the TITHES of abuut F9RTY ACRES of LAND. .1 his Eaate is situate in a beautiful part of the County of rts, tbeut Three Miles front Ilungerford, and Six from Newllttry ; a most desirable Property for an Agriculturist fond of Field Sports, and in the vicinity of the Craven Hounch, near the Kennett and Avon Cant.l —The Lands present the nri-t picturesque Scenery, and the Neighbourhood of the first re-pectability. To be viewed by applying to Mr. Benham, on the Premises, of whom Particulars may be had; at the Bear, Hungerford ;• Pelican, Newbury, and Speenhamland ; Marlburceagb Arms, :!.irlborough; Bear, Reading ; Sun, Maidenhead ; Red Lion, I lounslow ; of Mr. Wortham Solicitor, Castle - street , Holborn; at Gatraway's; and of Mr. itobin.s, Warwick -street, Golden. -lame, where a Plan of the Estate may be sten. THE NEW PROPOSED TARIFF IN AMERICA. 11•0 ILITRACT 07 311. BALDWIN'S axone/toss, NOW 1117011 TUB HOUSE or BSTRIBIGNTATIVID. Resolved, That It is expedient to provide by law, that, front ' and after the 13th day of June next, the same rates of duties which are by the existing laws now laid on goods, wares, and merchandise, composed of any specified material, or of which any specified article is the material of chief value, shall be laid on all goods, wares, and merchandis4 whereof any such speei fied article shall be a component material. That to the existing rates of duties upon goods, wares, and merchandise (glass excepted), there shall be added the amount 1 of such bounty or bounties, as on the importation thereof may be given, paid, or allowed, in the place or country whence im ported, produced, or manufactured. That there shall be paid and levied upon the following articles, imported into the United States in ships or vessels of the United States, the stveral duties hereunder mentioned. over and above the duties now payable by law,via. On iron in bars or bolts, per cwt. 50 cents ; on hemp per cwt. one dollar; on lead and all manufactures thereof, per pound, two cents ; on glass of all kinds, six cents per pound. On all articles paying a duty of 74 per cent. and 20 per cent. ad valorem, and all articles not free and not subject to any other rate of duty (raw silk excepted), 5 per cent. ad vaiorens.—. On all manufactures of silk (raw silk excepted) IS per cent. ad vedotrns ; on linen, and all other articles of which flax is a com ponent material, 10 per cent. ad tmlorem ; on slates and tiles for building, not exceeding twelve inches square, two dollars per 1000; over twelve inches square, and not exceeding fourteen inches, three dollars per 1000 ; over fourteen, and nut exceeding sixteen inches square, four dollars per 1000; over sixteen, and not ex ceeding eighteen inches, five dollars plr 1000 ; over eighteen, and not exceeding twenty-four inches, six dollars per 1000. On bricks three dollars per 1000. On all royal, super royal, imperial ele phant, medium, demy, crown, folio, quarto, foolscap, and post paper, suitable for writing, or blank books, and all drawing and copper-plate paper. 20 cents per pound; on all other paper two cents per pound. On screws of iron, called wood-screws, not exceeding one inch in length, eight cents per gross ; over one inch, and nut exceeding two in length, fourteen cents per gross ; over two inches in length, twenty cents per gross. On lintseed oil twenty-five cents per gallon. Resolved, that the Committee on Manufactures be instructed to report a Bill, pursuant to the foregoing resolution. SURREY MEETING. A Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Surrey was, pursuant to a .Requisition to the High Sheriff, held yesterday at Epsom, to take the sense of the County upon the propriety of petitioning Par liament for a redaction of Taxation, and a Reform in the Representation of the People in the Commons House. Several waggons were placed in the centre of the open space in front of the Spread Eagle Tavern, and upwards of 1,000 persons were present. The litcra SHERIFF opened the business of the Meeting, by hoping for their support, in ensuring for every Gentleman who should think proper to address them, a patient hearing. That was the surest way of giving effect to their opinions, both to Parliament and the Country. Mr. LEECH, in coming forward to propose a Peti tion to Parliament, expressed his belief, that every occupier of land, and, indeed, every inhabitant of the country, felt that the general distress which op pressed so large a proportion of the community was occasioned by immense taxation—(Heer, hear). — Unless that amount of taxation was reduced, the con dition of the People could not in any material degree be ameliorated. A great deal had been said of the reductions made by landlords to their tenants. He ho2ed that this reduction would be made to cor respond with the scale of 17r92; for unless to the rents of that period the reduction was made, the far mers would be immense losers by their tenures, under the pressure of rents and tales. There was no hope, unless a reduction of taxation diminished the price of the growth of the produce of the soil—a reduction which he feared there was no hope of obtaining from the decision of Ministers without a Reform in Parlia ment. From the year 1787 to 1793 inclusive, the average price of corn was £l3. I s. per load, and of barley 265. sd. per qnarter. A carter then earned Bs. a week, a day labourer ls. 2d. a day, with an al lowance of beer equal to 2d. a day more. The price of threshing wheat was then 2s. 6d. and of barley ls. 4d. per quarter.—EA person in the crowd asked what was the amount of tythes at that period ?J—He did not recollect the amount of tythes; but he ap prehended that the owners of tythes, like the owners of land, would reduce their claims to the standard of the year 1792. They had within the last few days heard Lord Londonderry's, or Lord Castlereagh's, for he could hardly forget the old name—(Laughter)—plan to relieve the country.— After that plan, perhaps, the Meeting had no further occasion to discuss that, for the consideration of which they had been previously called—(Laughter).—Were they perfectly satisfied with the extraordinary sum of money which the Noble Lord meant to apply to their relief—the shilling a bushel upon Malt ? becat►se, if so, they had no further occasion to talk over the mat ter—(Laughter, and cries of " No !").—The Noble Lord had admitted that their distress was great; but thought this relief must necessarily make them happy and comfortable. 'Tea he was to lend the Agricul tural Interest £4,000,000 of money : this was to be done by the way of loan ; but then, said the Noble Lord consolingly enough, " there appeared so many difficulties in the way of securing the necessary re payment, that he was not sure whether the plan could in that part be practically executed." It was pretty . clear, therefore, the . ) , wonld hear little more of the loan or £4,ooo,ooo—(Hear, hear).—The only means of redress, which the County had to look to, was by a Reform in the House of Commons, and by so constituting Parliament as to make it the organ► of the wishes and feelings of the People. The worthy Gentleman, after some other observations, concluded by proposing the following Petition : " TO TIM HONOURABLE TUC costumes or THE UNITED KINGDOM Or GREAT 2111TAIN AFD IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT AUSAIRLILD: The Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Surrey, assembled us County Meeting, this 18th day of February, 1822, ' 1 Most humbly sheweth—That the greatest embarrassment and distress pervade the whole of that numesous class of his Ma jtoy's subjects whose property consists of land, or of stock, or materials or goods connected with the laud, or who are in any • wise depasilast far their well-being on the prosperity of Agri culture ; that the Partner has no looser the means to pay for , 1 the labour necessary to due cuitivatiou ; that the able labourer s `front insuadmeo of wages, is compelled to become a pauper; and, under that degrading name, audio that state of uselessness, has to he maintained by money drawn from the Farmer, though the latter is unable to employ him for their mutual benefit. Your Petitioners pretend sot to ester Into theoresiepi in quiries as to the causes which have led to this state of things, but sorrowful experience enables them distinctly to state the practical result to be this:—that the wages of labour, the twee, the mere sustenance of the farmer's family, and the bare interest of his capital, now demand nearly the whole of the grew amount of his produce, leaving nothing for profit, and little or nothing for rent; and this result does, too, appear perfectly natural to your Petitioners, when they consider, that the price of their produce, taking one article with anoth.tr, is tow lower then it was in 1790, while the taxes, including the millions paid for the collection, are now mare than three times as great in amount as they were in that year. " Your Petitioners, who trust that they are insusceptible of groundless alarm, and who hope that your Honourable House will not think them capable of deliberate exaggeration, assure your Honourable House, that they think there must be, on an average of years, a still further decline is the price of the pro duce of the land; that they can see many reasons for, and none against this opinion; and, if a further decline should take place with thg.polesit taxes remaining, your Petitioners can have no sere* to seats, that it will be hupossible foe the main body of the farmers to pay any rent at all; thus leaving merely the name of landlords to the owners of the land, who will then have been, by the hand of unsparing taxation, virtually despoiled of their estates. " Your Petitioners forbear to describe their feelings at bear ing their distresses, at the end of seven years and ten months duration, attribute d,: by some, to a sudden transition from war to peace ; and at hearing those distresses ascribed, by others, to superabundant crops ; while, by the same persona, a super abundant population is at other times alleged to be the cause; and while ~n that bare allegation, large sums raised on your Pe titioners in taxes, are expended to convey beyond the seas a part of these superabundant consumers of your Petititmers' super abubdant crops! Your Petitioners, turning from these notions to that plain common sense, and that daily experience, which tell them, that a very large proportion of aU that the farmer pays in the shape of wages and rates, for implements of husbandry, and for articles consumed in his family, is required by the seve ral parties to pay the taxes on things of indispensable consump tion, can be at no loss to discover, that excessive taxation is the immediate cause of all their embarrassment and distress; and they, therefore, pray generally, that your llonourab!e House will, with a degree of speed proportioned to the pressing txes shy of the case, be pleased to make a very great abatement in the amount of that taxation ; and, particularly, that you will re peal the taxes on malt, salt, soap, candles, and leather. " But while your humble Petitioners well know this to be the only immediate remedy for the intolerable evils that oppress them, they cannot disguise front themselves that these evils would never have been known, if the Representation of the People in your Honourable House had been consonant with the long-settled Laws and Constitution of their cout try ; nor will they disguise from your Honourable House that they have no hope of effectual present relief, or of security against future oppression, but in an efficient Reform in that Representation. " Your Petitioners, without dwelling in detail on the innu merable instances of wasteful expenditure sanctioned by Patlia ment, in the civil and military departments, cannot but know, that to the want of such Reform they owe the burden of esta blishments wholly unnecessary, and of an annual expenditure surpassing, in a season of profound peace, that of former seasons of actual and widely extended war. Well knowing these things, and anxious, not less for the safety of the Throne than for that of their own properties, liberties, and lives, the County of Surrey, while they humbly implore your Honourable house to make a Constitutional Reform, so absolutely necessary to se cure the benefit of real representation, and a vigilant controul over the public money, declare, in the face of all England, that they will never, till that all-important object shall have been accomplished, cease to use all the lawful means in their power for the obtaining of such Reform." Mr. Haas Townsurmi was convinced, that without a Reform . in Parliament, there was no security for life, liberty, or property ; he would therefore second the Petition. Lord Kw° came forward amidst loud acclamations. They were met for the purpose of considering two objects—Agricul tural Distress and Parliamentary Reform; and he should trouble them very shortly upon the first question, as he considered the other by far the most important. They all knew that iistress was occasioned by excessive taxation, the fruits of a war, during which the influence of the Crown had become so great as to be almost irresistible. It had even done worse—it had taken away that common sympathy which ought to subsist between the Re presentatives and the Constituent Body. Ile now came to the next question, and the Meeting would allow him to state a few circumstances which contributed to make the Parliament what it was. Ile believed the first blow was the introduction of forty five Scotch Members—men who were ptoperly called " the Swiss of the State"—men who receive the patronage of Scotland in return for their services in the House of Commons. lie would state to the Meeting a circumstance which shewed in what light these Members bad been formerly viewed. Very shortly after the Union, the Secretary of State, having been asked why a certain measure had failed in the House of Commons? replied, " The waters were out—the Scotch Mem bers did not arrive !"--This shewed the dependence which • . that Minister placed upon men who, to say the truth, hid never since deceived any Minister--(clear, hear, hear). — Within the last century a new trade had sprung up, he meant the sale of seats, which increased the influence of the Crown— which awed and was awed in turn by those men —or, to use Mr. Grattan's expression, those " Proprietors of Parliament"— (Ilear, hear).—lndeed, they did treat Parliament as their pro perty, and if reports be true, they made very hard bargains with their customers. Ile would mention one report, to shew the • opinion which these men held of.the persons nominally sending Representatives to that House. A Petition having been pre sented, complaining of an undue return for the Borough of Whitehaven, Sir J. Lowther said, he wished to see the names signed to the Petition; and on seeing some of which, exclaimed, " The town is mine, I will turn them out—the ground which produces their food is mine—the air they breathe is mine-1 can drain their wells and choke them with thirst—their fire is mine, for I possess all the coal-mines in the neighbourhood."—llere was a man that made out his claim to the four elements— - _ air, earth, fire, and water; and it Was not difficult to say in what estimation he held the beings who subsisted by them.-- This man, it was said, sent orders to three of his Members to vote one way—and to three others to vote another—and this when he was coquetting with a Blue Ribbon, which had been since bestowed upon his family. Fifty years had elapsed since Lord Chatham had given his opinion upon the subject of Re form, and nothing had since occurred which rendered it the less necessary. The Irish Union had not rendered it unneces sary. The greater part of the Irish Members were indifferent to every thing which concerned England or Scotland—the cor rupt part of the English Members were indifferent as to what concerned England, Ireland, or Scotland; and the Scotch Members of every thing but what affected themselves, and their services were entirely directed to that point—( I kat, hear !) The nation was now arrived at that pitch, that it had a pe titioning people and a confiding Parliament. It was this di vision of spoil among the Members of the Muse of Commons that made them support taxation, and which made that /louse, nut the admiration of surrounding nations, but of surrounding Sovereigns, who regretted their nut having so pliable an engine. It had been said that all classes, commercial, manufacturing, and agricultural, had a virtual if nut a real representation.— Ile supposed he was addressing a body of farmers, who were in the habit of selling their corn by sample. He would ask them what would be thought df them, if they were to take a sample different from the corn which they had for sale, and sell by that? Would the buyt r be satisfied by their saying that it was a virtual it nut a real sample? Frollowboi up this simile, he would say there were is Parliament samples of contractors, of lolairers. and of -trading politician% but there. was one sample which was ...are! ) , to hornartAmilk dare—a sample of an honest man--(Hein ) —The plan of the /darquis of Lendonderry was absurd, anu indeed the Noble Marquis himself adngtted it. The loan which be proposed ought, if any good were to be expected from *loan, never to bereturned. The Noble Marquis slid, en this occa sion, turn his back upon himself. On this occasion a consider able altered= bad taken place in the tactics of that leader. On former occasions his language was, " Let us come to issue, we ',intake the liaise of the House :" but his language during the last week was, " tet us take time to consider, don't agree to the proposition of the lion. Gentleman opposite, wait until you hear mine !" and then he only moved for papers, instead of taking, as usual, the'sense of the House. If it were the deter- initiation of the tax-master to reduce as little as possible, it was the duty of the tax-payer to compel him to reduce as much as possible. Ile should not be surprised if some people were to a s k what good could be derived from a Reform in Parliament Ile would say to them—" You will gain everything---you will preserve what is left—this Is the time to make a start for your property, and the best way to secure that, is to restore that Con stitution which has been Impaired during the lag war." It was the pride of the British Constitution that it possessed the power of renovating itself. The Constitution was very sick at that moment, and be would wish them to bring that power which It possessed :o the test. Let us (continued•the Noble Lord), in the language of this Petition say, that we never will desist until that object shall have been acesmplished—(Cheers). Lord Pi.i.zinsottotion admitted that great distress prevailed amongst the agricultural classes, but be 41d not think that a re duction in the taxes would allurd relief. Whatever might bss his impression with respect to Reform, he did not wish to mix it up with the more pressing question of their distress; it was admitted on all hands, that any relief to be eir-ctive must be immediate, but Parli.unentary Reform could not be immediate, and therefore was the best, nor indeed any remedy. But if Reform could be brought about, were the Gentlemen who advocated that principle, sure that the Members of a Reformed Parliament might nut deceive them as well as others? They had been told that the great distresses of the country had been caused by the late war—to the corruption of Parliament, and taxation, as the consequence of that corruption ; but they should recol lect that in America, where there was au rival representation —whete there existed the cheapest possible Guvernment, yet, in that country, distress had been more severe and more op pressive than it had CM been in this country. The Noble Lord then said, that if the Meeting coupled the question of Reform with the question of Agricultural I)istress, they would postpone that relief which was so necessary and so much desired. If they were dissatisfied with Nlinisteis, let them petition for their change ; if they were dissatisfied with their Members, let them change them ; but he entreated them not to tear down the sacred fabric of the Constitution. The Noble Lord concluded by pro posing, by way of amendment, the following Petition to the House of Commons : " your Petitioners are, and long have been, in a stale of unexampled digress, immedim iy arising from the low price of agricultural produce, and the great expenses of cultivation. " That your Petitioners earnestly desire your Honourable House to adopt measures fur their certain, effectual, and imme diate relief. • " 6 That in the opinion of your Petitioners, such c;:rtain, effec- • tual, and immediate relief, will not be derived from any of the measures hitherto propo , ed Ly the King's Ministers. " That your Petitioners implore y6ur Honourable House to enforce every retrenchment in the public expenditure, and every reduction ct taxes which can be made consistently with good faith, with the efficiency of out necessary establishments, and with the general prosperity of the Stare. " That your Petitioners hope, that the Members of your Bo nourable House Neil oh this occasion, by their Sympathy with the people, and the wisdom of their measures, prove themselves to. be the real and worthy Representatives of the Nation, and not afford your Petitioners cause to desire any change in the ancient constitution of the [louse of Commons." Colonel CAtasi.w. declared his approbation of the amended Petition. Mr. Dextsox came forward, and was received with the loud est cheers. lle strongly incalcated the necessity of a Reform is • Parliament. He had that day fortnight delivered his opinion as to the causesof the public distress—he had said that it was caused by a. heavy taxation, the consequence of a profuse expen diture ;—and that taxation was greatly caused by the stoppage of cash payments by the Bank in 1797—and greatly exasperated by the too rapid operation of Mr. Peel's Bill. Since the Meeting they had heard the plan of Lord Londonderry—he had heard it with attention; but if his Honourable and Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham) could not comprehend it, surely he might be ex cused for his inability to understand it. The Honourable Gen tleman next proceeded to argue at considerable length in support of the original Petition ; but we regret that the want of spare prevents us from giving even an entire outline of his able speech. Mr. TROWEIL expressed his regret that the two important questions of Parliamentary Reform and Agricultural Distress had.been mixed tip together. The Hon. Guar BENNET said, the cry for a reduction of taxation bad come up to both Houses of Parliament from all parts of the nation. Two propositions bad already been made to give effect to that cry; and what had been the result? That there were 100 Members in favour of, and 200 and odd in direct opposition to them. If the People of England had been fa;rly represented such an event could never have occurred ; fer, in that case the Noes would have been where the Ayes were—in the minority. The lion. Gentleman then reminded the Meeting that the (louse of Commons had determined that a reduction of taxation should not take place, and that Mr. Ilolme Sumner had formed one of the majority that had come to that •ieterntiaation. Though Mr. H. Sunnier had given that vote, he trusted that he would, if they instructed him to die su, be found voting against all the expeusive Estimates of the Army, Navy, Ordnance, and . Miscellaneous Establishments, amounting to X19,6e0,000, and lending his aid to reduce them to A:14,100,0b0. lie likewise meotioned that Mr. Creevey intended to move, in . a short time, for the repeal of the Pension Act—an Act which was the greatest act of pillage with which a poor country had ever been cursed. The lion. Gentleman concluded a very animated speech, by stating that plenty was not the curse under which the country was labouring, but the heavy taxes which hiai been entailsid upon it by a long-continued system of profusion and extravagance. Mr. 1101.11 E SUMNRN. was of opinion, that very little relief could be afforded by a reduction of taxation, though he admitted that the estimates ought to be reduced as low as was consistent ' with the safety of the country. As to the question of Reform, he thought the Meeting ought to know oat reforni was meant, ' and how it was to be elected. Ile coocluded by saying, that ' he would neither vote for the original nor the amended Petition. Mr. TAUNTON, Mr. MANIRLT, and Mr. COLIMA; afterwards , addrissed the Meeting ; when Mr. Liven, who bad moved the original Petition, made a short reply to the various arguments wnich had been urged against it. The limn Sower put the question, that the amended Pe tition du pass. No more than five hands were held up in sup , port of it. On his putting the negative, the majority in favoi , e of negativing the Amendment was immense. The original Petition was then put, and carried without a Xs. sentient voice. • I Mr. Wessou moved that the Petition should be presented to Parliantesit by the two County Members. This proposition was negatived, and the Pearl°, was ordered • to be presented to Parliament by Mr. Denison only. Mr. Don :Us shortly returned thanks fur the confidence which • I they had just placed in him. • (hi the motion of Lord KING, tbe Thar*. of the Meeting were l a u n b tl ie i impartial r p t r ia e l le c i t i n t id A u i c ee t l a n n t e h . e k • g i tl e i n r: o an t d he fo l r li h g t Sh wi e lii i i u ti g t ut ir sg hi t s o a a b i l se e The Thou Samar declared himself lushly gratified by their approbation of his conduct, and proud of the Vow of limas which they had just given him. , I rho Meeting that dissolved itself about to minutes past six, ' 1 huh% coodusic4 sort than Arc hours in numbers. • ,