Star. — London, England, 1817-01-23 00:00:00

--- HOUSES OF PAIILLIMENT. Several workmen are still employed in T e itlng and brushing up the nooses& Parliament. new stove which they began en.build some months since in eat Inhby of the Houstof Commons, is now finishe.l. It is a considerable imprneementjnasainch As it Will afford suft:ient heat without buniing the mass of coals which always appealed during the early part of last Session of Parliament. A large brass plate is put in front of the flue, coveting an openin g made to draw up the fire, an.: at the same time it is orna mental. The Rose, Thistle, and shamrock, cur. I' mounted by a Royal crows., is engraven in the center, and the words 44 tria jancni in ma p I 01" are plated in a The,receiving TUtIMS Tor the reception of Member. alighting from their carriages, afe.also put i.r proper order. :Ore lobbies of the:House of Peers, and the conti guous apartmeats, have bees painted, the draperies attended to, and, in short. the whole made fit for the reception of the Peas of /parliament. I '_:7kEETING FOR .REFORV • .1 If • A Meiling of Delegates frOm various Petitioning Bodies in Great Britain fyr Reform in Parliament, was yesterday ht ld at the Crown and Anchor. The as'embly coil cued at' twelve o'clock, and the early, portion of tie tittle *IS employed - in receiving 16' testimonials of delegation. Mr. Heber and Mr. Buoostits being, ' with Mr. Coaster, the Delegates. from Westminster, 'received the vouchers of the triun ity Delegates. They were principally from Bristol, Bath, Leicester Bolton. Glasgow. Royion, ton, Stockton , Norwith, Ashton.unde-Line, Leigh, Lancashire, Manchester. Middleton, Spaftelds, and Mr. Hinson from Liverpool. Major CART... WitHillit Via' also ti e Delegate from Glasgow, as we: stir. Hun one from Bristol and Bath. The Dele. gates, in point of nun.be., were under fifty, and, iu respect of character, with the exception of the roliti. cal Gentlemen alteAdy named, were the Deputies of Manufacturing d;ztriess, and Iran the eery worthy class of mechanics in different towns. " • Mater CARTWNIGHT, on the motion of Mr. HUNT, being called to the Chair, it was stated by that re spectable Gentlemao that Mr.4lo9es flvanrrr was in attendance on that Coinmi tee with a communica tion , from the Hampden Club. A Deputation ofl two Members introduced Mr. JON'S BURDSTro who, briefly stated, that he, with his venerable friend in the' . Chair, were deputed at a meeting of the Hampden on the lath of the ;resent month, to lay before the assembled Delegates of the Petitioning Bodies of the country in favour of 'trim m, the heads of a Bill for that measure, which it was intended, in March nest, to lay betore the whole body of that Society, .previously to its being submitted to Parliament.— The projected Bill had recognized th r ee material principles-Ist, that' the House of Commons s h ou ld be elated by householders ; that the counties and cities should be' divided into electoral districts, each district returning one Member, steadies to its po. pulstion ; and that the elections should be annual. Major CARTWRIGHT observed, that though, in me• fere:lCC to the principles recognised by the Hampden CM', It was IstOemable that, from the resent discus sions of the great question of Reform. a general ani "tuition on the subject of universal suffrage bad been evinced t yet there were mmy men, sound Refor isetr% who still thought, that with a view to practi cability and eventual success, it would be Wong to risque the loss of principles. calculated in their at- tainment to produce the very benefits that, prema turely urged, may endanger the whole. His own trerional opinion was, that being .a man subjected to appiness or to misery according to the system of • Goverutnent under whit.); he lived, ought to be the .only qualification for the election of the Represents. pee. Practicability had still its merits, and the term householder, in the detailed the Bill, would be made to embrace cottager% occupiers of houses, whether they paid rates or not, inhabitants of flats, as they . . Edinburgh, and Chambers in the i Colleges. It was always to be 'formers tbet tiCir adversaries them upop prieetplesa-it was innoeatinns, they would di:; las therefore desirable not to. Reform with minimise and re-- ultimate discussion would upon them, and most probably Much must be left on these Parliament. Should hereafter ine to render the piinciples of then such a measure as the hal- Thusly into play. The division periods had, in his mind, great recommendation. The day of nomination rd constituents ample opportunity of sifting . thrcharacter and talents, and former conduct of the `Representative; but the second period far voting in dtat sets weak! dissipate those cbages of immorality, •• drunkenness, and confusion, sow so lreqelmtly exem plified in septennial elections. Oa the day of nomi nation all the advant ages fi fact i fes of seeing their Represents ves fa to fate the life and spirit of popular dielaisioo and inquiry would be instanced. On the' deiy Of district election, all the evils of popular cod would be prevented—( Now, hear.) A body of Resolutions was thee read by Mr. Cleary, who was - 'Secretary. The first, relating to eden Club for - their -acceptable read, . that as the Rego latiaa thud give it big assent. He. was, in[ A willing to support or to prying Meeting to the Gealktnen'eono ion that ;waked upon them Irene. Club itself, with En* Mat tars be Would 14i, that it consiatid of ketoses. who had alseilif tseason.to that eatin g by beat.; hatr,)—they were ton' the bus of the town, to be even objection, oar the Contrary, be a so the i4elligaskon, because approved the alen'who composed* seconatd,tbe propositioe,_as an tipodal . it was tarried unaninuntsly. fold koyton thoeght_tbe rpm heueportabl; distress of the country ought Salem the bass of Choir lesolutious. The causes of doe • present calamities wee the Witet of the Ittaufaeau ill: the Ceasdostienal laws of their forefathers. The mintiest of these rights would afford relief, and witbi out it the 'muff would net he satisfied. Mr. Cosator-o The Resolution, embracing the three main principles of Reform he would propose, omitting altogether alt reference to the Hampden Club. There was not, it it were possible to collect them, a body of the dirtiest scavengers in England that. be could more sincerely despise, than that very &Icier in its cAlective capacity. There were amongst them men for whom. in private and public life, he must ever entertain the highest regale —they had the Namur certainly of having Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Jones Burdett, that sound patriot Mr. Haller, of Berkshire. and Major Cartwright ; andfrom that pure source, though etiquette called it the recommenda tion of the Clab generally, the projected heads of the Reform Bill sprung. Were he to consalt his own personal opinion, and. Could that opinion have the certainty of success, thieurcise of elective tights to Englishmen should have no limit, from rank in life or accidental possession'of house or occupancy.— The incapacity of worldly fortune had no other re- . Commendation, save chit, that in Reform as in every thing human,. a limit must take place sonsevitere, and to be practicable in legislativeprovisions,, it was' necessary to be definite. The terra nniversal suffrage was a figure q • rbetoric—it was similar to phrases so often used in ordinary conversation, such as all the world knows—all mankind have agreed—when it was in fact meant,, that a eery great propordne of 4 the world and of mankind had known or had decid ed. Thole terms of tbeineelves prescribe a limit, and. in the extended tense, in which householders would' be desefilied in the provisions of the Bill, as statedi l by the tiorthy Chaii man, a great object would bel acquired in itself. Int ' when the Meeting reflected' on the propriety of keeping clear from the stratagems of their adversaries, these betwficial objects, g4eat in. trinsically, Were considerably enhanced. Mark their alacrity to entangle Reformers in any claim that they could tear In pieces. See how any indefinite term would be canvassed: The Mover of the Bill and Re formers. all would noraitharrearin the endeavour to encounter it—for he candidly most say, that in the wish to extend the right of voting beyond house holders' os in the mat extended interpretation of the word, he had both long and closelt .. A'rgued with l 'himself, and could sot attain any thing more definite. The number of householders in England Rai calcu lated at two millions. Surely it as impossible to' think that such a portion of the population could be bribed. Fathers, occupiers of houses, may have a son or two without votes, but their interests would be safe in the elective right of the parent, in other .cases, of the near relative. Indeed, with two millions of electors, the full power of the people in the Commons House mast be established. Thus fay as to the ex. tension of the right to householders. Let the Meet ing next consider against whom the limit would most . probably operate. k would operate principally against the immediately dependent, against farmers ' *wants. livery servants, soldiers and paupers midis 's, in parish workhetises. The sec on d proposition to the Resolution referred to Animal Elections. He felt isunnecessary to dwell upon the bead of Annual Parliaments and thodivisiont into Electoral Districts, as he believed the Meetiag were unenissous on these points. - It was suggested to aepers as well as Householders, with which Mr. Coster? complied. Mr. Huey filknelliderable relectince in differing on the point of the Live extension fronibie worthy friend ( Mr.Cobbett); bet however the majority should decide, to that opinion he would submit. Still he called upon them to recollect by whom they were delegated, and what were the opinions of the large bodies—the thousands that sent them. Housekeepws, ht his judgment, could onl7 mean the ecenpieni of their own, or persons renting houses. The term Hoosekeeper. • in the present sense, wail new to him. In the West of England,• it was understood to mean the old lady who took care of the house—(if hail.) In its present sense, as used, did it mean lodgers ? If it did, he was satisfied; otherwise the instructfons he bad from the great bodies that deputed him, as well as his own personal feeliege, forbade him from giving the proposition, as to the Peak of elective right. his sanction. He was'these the delegate from 13;000 petitioners of• Bristol, 8.0Q110.4 Beth, end .100.000 at least at Spafields. What, be would ask, has called forth the animation that now, like an elec tric shook, pervaded the Empire on the great ques tion of Reform ? What but the feeling of universal suffrage 3 It is this sentiment that interval the tone to nearly 600,000-petitionere—that is still spreading, like wildfire, in the extremest points of thin island, and has already 'burst cot in Ireland—(iher, •ker.) Will you, by the adoption of a limit such as proposed, e damp the spirit of the whole hewn ? Why, one fourth of the worthy persons who have signed these Petitions would be excluded. They are not house. holders. Such aprepealtien must, and be-knew would shock. them—the atomiseds he was delegated from, the men of the West el-Ragland, would withdrew.-- For the Hampile i lf Club bk entertained similar twati ments as Mr. Cabbed. Amongst them was that little City squad, who, a few days ago, shifted West ward, f,,, o w purpose of throwing the &Woof dis cord amongst Rsionnirs. He must feel it.4ia duty to move, as ao Amendment, that the limit of voting at Elections should be mesaded to all Hoeseboldem and men above twenty-ooe years of• age, who had lodged three months in the parish. A. Mr. CLAIM', a SPafields Delmase,Aeconded the Amendment, and eepiessed his surprise that Mr. Cobbett should support arguments that would give elective rigbas to fatreserhaad not to the sinews of the country—the labourers of farmers. Mr. Conserv, in answer, stated ; -that it never en 'quaint° his mind to use the expressions which were il itr i bpried; Could he, in a great treaties of coati tctfonal riots. say any persons by improper conduct deserved punishment. it would be the htrice farmers. Did he wish to iocapacitati the labooren to agrkol ture—couagers who lived under their owe root. or is the hovel, however bumble I No such intention was expressed by him. The persona to whom he alluded were the household servants of these farmers, who dwelt under Asir command—eat their bacon, and were solely et their issposal.--(llaerk The Goode man from Bristol and other plated (Air. Hula), bad met the proposed Resolution by the emu* that the. thousands who delegated him would withdraw front the cane cd Reform, its the event of its adoption. If k lenge*. Wm to have *feet, •ireoste., r yes whole Meetly* to wisbdraw et once—foe amnion was at ilkend, every hope of eventual , must vanish, if an aggregate body, delegat the petitioners of .gr eat Britain, must stir communication, all reverence to practicabil advantages of as interchange of opinions • dictation of Bristol, or any oth-r place (R His opinion, however, was, that should A of petitioners have in a hasty moment agi instructions to the person deputed, instc drawing from the cause of Itelorm, in judgment they will withdraw such di:rati idle to say, that the sincerity tit that sure! be doubted—the country must feel that toff* , as they ruffer, that they pirticipar, distreeses and their wants—aid that if differ from the preconceived opinions of . or another; that difference has arisen front gard to the dict4tes of their own conviction, sense of duty and honesty of feeling have such conclusions as they shall approve. The Amendment of Mr. Hunt was. then approved by a majority—it being the es k . nion of st number of the Country Delegak they were inns-toed to vote for Representation existent with taxation. . On the Resolution respecting the Ball was opposed by Mr. Cosner?, as tending the people of England sneaking, cowardl) pocrites, Mr. HuNt declared his determinm -press it—observing, that the best arguments your of Ballot were in . Mr. Cobbett's " That." said Mr. Cogneit. " is foul pi I have stated in my *thine, let it be at the press. I stand here in my personal capal der a corrected opinion. the result of fuller tins, and the interchange with reasoning Mr. HUNT apologised for inadvertently to an irrelevant subject. The motion in favour of the Ballot by a majority of ten. Various of the Country Delegates gave oms, some on the Corn Bill and against Interest; and one, a Mr. BATTERSUY, the of Leigh, Lancashire. in favour of progressive cautious Reform. He did not approve of 1 the Constitutional organ to its utmost li., believed there was no precedent for Annual merits is our records. Some imputations - character of this speaker were indistinctly 1 and called forth the regret of. Mr. Cobbe!, reflections should be indulged in against ._ honestly and in an efficient manner (though feted from him) gave his *pinion. 'The Meeting finally resolved, that having attained the age of tweuty•one, a geed residence for three months, shot the elective franchise; that Parliament chosen annually; that the counties be., electoral districts, in proportion to the , eich district, choosing one . representative, 'elections be made by ballot, and that property ' hingscte a tra s l i ilcation for Members. Resolutions are to be transmitted Boomer. with a request that he embody . Bill for Parliamentary Reform, to be . brologht log the next Session. The IIIiOUUM of, a are all submitted to his own discretion. Mr. Hunt took occasion to indulge invectives against the Public Press of both Het complained bitterly of the inccaCif ;and statements that were published of Wpm' under the name of Reports. They were ' corrects all sbewed a strong prejudice to cause of geaeral liberty. Two Gentlemen. present, however. repelled indignation the foul calumny, and contradicted ' Hunt's assertion in the most unequivocal - — The Meeting then separated. SHEffIELD MEZTUNO. A very numerous Meeting, consisting fifteen thousand people, was on Monday ndisonquare. when a string of Resolutions nimously 6 agreed to, THOMAS RAWSON ' ' Chair ; and d-a Petition grounded on the sal Lions pas passed, and ordered to be left at Hill; for signatures. Previous to the Meet, plice, the Magistrates .placed under arms. of cavalry stationed in our Barracks, the daValryl-the Rotherham troop, and a.grc 'of Stiseial Constables, sworn in for the occisinn batlbese precautions proved quite unnecessary, after the business of the day , was gone through, Meeting very quietly dispersed. .1=••••11 Public Meetings have also been held tit aad at Huddersfield, oa the subject of Par) Reforms. In the former instance, the 14417 to convene the Meeting,• but afterwards... and expressed himself perfectly satisfiea with rect demeanour of the people prestot, assuring that he was as much a friend to Reform as !I-- Resolutions and Petitions to the RFGRNT House of Commons were•then proposed SHAW, and universally adopted.—At HP about five thousand persons were present.... HAM Hamm of Lockwood, was in the flambee of Resolutions and a Petition were and unanimously agreed to, breathing the timents that have emanated from 'imam for Parliamentary Reform and Annual P The whole business of the day in both.' conducted with the utmost propriety and-t Oct the smallest propensity to excess of an manifested. In consequence of an application. to Karoo, Wooed by upwards of 70 Liver questing him to call a CommonlLA at dap lor the purpose of cOOsidering the alarming of Vie. Country, and Petitioning Parhamar ti v oi)nlent* or the Pablie Expenditure . , - 0rt,11,,e preiAtt enormous and unconsti.t.n: tort: Establishment, on abolition 4. all 'ttnniirited'Pensions, end a Constitutional . the. Representation of 'the People in Podia which oloae our motional grievances can be el redressed; and adeqtiate security. afforded futirre encroachment, his Lirdsbip bas been so appoint Friday, tbe !Ist *tat, sit tirely , for that purpose. • We have heard that for Some time oho. were inclosed On tile sate of 1(. ter; &c. for a verdict of Guilty, and foul for a quittal. were styled in Edinburj Inns of Courts and Cone borne in mind by Reim - would never oppose then sifisements, to supposed rect.their attacks. It WI clog the essentials of Rs 'finementi, that in the ban* as a mill-stone up: endanger their success. 4,141114 ton Reformed Pal the aristocracy combine Oree election invalid, the, lot 'would come efficacica of an election into two p 'grounds of recoutusendai "mad Word conetituenu tewigate4l to act as 'Sea ti :r ioths, to the ilampd ecAtimunicatYin, beiag cOparrt said - , . sniorl a lle Faddism . gii Shp , same-time, most wi *auks of that Mel :sittlifire delepation t ".et LAD& Ot the Clt .. r speFtstbie exceptions, b A O:t w ined enemies vim,proof oi their at Or disunion— ` .. t .is _ le, save in t nit . He hid no e ~1, 0 440 "frm thanks Jaen well and approva HUNT ICCollatfi Mr. Cobbefl I it wit 'Me Delegate kali . . .. . . . re. beUet for - —for all die. qii 1. .1 4 . 11.1 4 . AV 1N G S'IA : •• ritual success U '"" - , , - - __aa-osa ,r0k........,.. z .. -.--. legated from LO Ni 1)0 N. surrender all —. . . bility,all the THURSDAY, JANUARY 23;*1817. ' s at tt.e mere fear, hear.)— PRICE OF STOCKS 'MI:. bAY Al TWELVE rPcs.oc Ki Reduced 631 f —Cum. nut. 63 I—Cun4. tc acc„,c:.,t Any one body 4 . ptr Cent. POH-5 per COM Navy 9#i 05 ;reed to such Exchequer !hays, ISe. la.. pt.—lnd't but:tit, IS.. 275. p. c. 6 :ad of with- f their better Yesterday, at the Crown and Anchor, the re wit c lion. It was a Meeting of Delegates from plares petitioning for ei Parliamentary Reform. Thet'e was some div rat i ng woul sent no r p r d . of sentiment among those present as to the meta hp. h to iu all their therishouht which the elective franchise should be carried; turd it f ole ilistifht also on the question whether they should in tlir em a Pat re-, proceedings, re.ccgnize Ms Hauspelis Cut ? k r , c r .,. ion, and that awry and .Mr. HUNT Were among the princip a i S :alone led to speakers. The former remarked, that however err e I then put and might be the respect; he etaertained for anew L a 4 , a spressed opi. members, there was no society in England, ear l I legates, that could one be composed wholly of the lowest order el ( natation co- scavengers; for which he did not entertain a hi g h er r respect than for the Hampden Club. Mr. Herr, a, f lallot, which rig to render usual, indulged his passion for invective against ti=t My, and by- Daily Papers, all of which he deoounced as the pr.. 1 ruination to. fligate slaves of corruption, misrepresenting eAly s meets in fa- thing that passes at public meetings.' The fast ib wri d this—Hu sr talks so much n °tense, :rid co; . uWRLI:'. briefly )lay. at : answered by traadicts. himself so fiequeatly in his public haraugu es , capacity un- that his absurdities stare even himself in the /am 1 Ilee delibera- when he looks at them in pint. Is it the f au l t o f qMinds." the Reporters for the Newspapers that Husrupow i tly referring .himself to the contempt of men of tease? It is se was carr i e d part of their duty to improve his bombast and take rhetoric. But who or what is Mr. HUNT ? Ti t wily importance he has gained is by the • ye their opi- attentla I t the the Delegate Landed that has been paid to his speeches by the New s pape r; weeabive and apd if they were to reward him, as they once did a ' of stretching certain Member of Parliament who had calumniated ionic, and be them, believer introdaeiog even his name into thjr inual I t alia- Reports, he would instantly sink into oblivion . 'Ve t ‘.. . .. .. .... n against the this be dune , and there :s :an end to fol.'•-: liti,i. r thrown out, ; it, t h at suc h . Before we . ,Arop this subject, "let us ask by at% Ca man, who authority:Mauls. HUIST nod. COallaTT appeised a. ugh be . clif- the meeting alluded to, as the Delegates of West ' wiener ? We deny their missies, and we defy the every man, andhaving to shew that, at any rublfe Meeting of th e i n h a li add exercise tants of the great and populous city of Weston;' I should be ster ;. (no matter how assembled, or by whom ca;!.... ' .divided into together) any resolution was passed empowering u: t population, authorising either of them to act as delegated '.. . that all roreety be no or representing that City. ' • . Is this a sample , of the purity of Represenntic. :ed to Sir F. for which they contend f to be uprisen' ted by it ea II them in a not elected at all, but self.appolnted? • aught in. dor- ' • the measure e ' " : - PARIS PAPERS. in his soa k . .. At a late hear last night time emitted the; Pri .? .i ' • - • blab vatt i es. , rapers of iSti nday, irons whieltauteie anee ;zed garbled kinacts in our.preeediarcoluns.rosa....: •A; ` .a. proteedings, ''li :the Chamber 4f Deputies, an; Saturday, M. in alike in- Raves "read the Report .Of - the CeMmissioa a 4 injure the pointed to examine the *Plan 9f Law for or• spe l l e d wit timing the couttoul of the. Eitig over tke.,Pubie radicted Mr. Journals:—lt urges very strongly the nefessity If I terms . adopting it ; but in th e we i g h t o f i ts •orguannts, falls greatly short of the previous Report id 14. of at least Personal Liberty.--Indeed, it cannot fail to be per ens was scrag - ceived, that the stronger the reasons m a y have be i .Scans, in recommendation of the Law respecting r held in Pa- Esq. in the for suspending the laws in layout of the Liberia oft!. - said Resole- subject, the weaker must every consideration hemie at the Town which would lead to any interference with the rm.:7 :vim taking ns. the troop of the press. e ye,,m4 giri It was well remarked by one of the speakeri, en :'1 teat t number discussion of the former queition, that the suspen,i eccsaPl 1,7 of the t ifeleas Corpus Act in England, would "ra7-. ' e m s "' '''t have been of such salutary influence as it has, 11::3 : ' blame), the not been that the Press was always left free to co : - • trout any abuse of the extraordinary power nh , i , .Chesterfield such suspension put into the hands of the Execu - .!: . ' Ishamenoll 'ln the state of thraldom to which the Frencb P:es, : a ion refused attended with the cor- keep it subject for yet another year—we cairn(: irtil• miring them gine any suspension of the laws, however nioaii.:,si 'themselves. or regulated, which may not be the source er re MT and the Ned by Mr. ladderefield, • Most cruel oppression to'individu a ls. With .1 ;ow Press, many extraordinary restraints may cttely I, f -Mr. Aiwa- submitted to—hut without it, every restraint bey- , 4 e Chair. A .that. of the established Law,' must be esngt-o;ii a erePnVolted. the exweine. he same sen- or meetings, The further discussion of this Project W 25 r .i•CI C .. laces was Parliaments. to-day ; and from the earnest spirt of co.-...ent . (. - . p which it has awakered in the Anti-Mini,aals* . 1-decorum-- Members, who rushed farward in great r..in %er• I sty hind-was .inscribe their same?, to be heard against it, ter pr, • • ' , mi * stime they are not without hopes of better s r.(ei 5 t h e L ean in their present opposition, as it will indeed be smvi oerynten, re. better warranted than . any which they have yet di . . at as early played. . arming state The KING is said to be considerably ; a pp r oved ; eat for a Re- .• St eeddetion - his.hgultb,hut is still confined to his chithbei. cianil M il t:. •In a private letter troth Paris *of the lath insta l' l -owlestrand. it is stated altat the Kist on the 'l6th; liati crest:: el Reform in ,-Peasts.of A'rauce Messrs. JuSaictric, Mdetcatati Li' rliament, by ..Caze, seq. LAFirra Rai, and GitiutruLtli ; but to Ire eftee'aualla public Journals down ev2n 0 a : more recent JO rded . against . make ild;raehtiOn of any such notaination.. been pressed , ' • • BERN, 'ANL/ARN .10.. eelyeo'clock, ; - By circular of the lst instant, ,the GOvetnment 0 this .Canton has informed 'the Government of the Cc fser. the Jerry. 'restore* Cantosis, that aceording.to the Federal. I ' c. eigift. Were ,it.. 4•1, faulted units functions as aNrectingyalltaf• s geattalac- The Giaverinnents of Lucerne spd Glarls. l 4 o C 6 nouuced their adluaieu to the Huly Alliance. tiailit. ~'.