Star. — London, England, 1823-01-28 00:00:00

FURTHER EXTRACTS FROM THE FRENCH PAPER;- • •••••••• The Monikar copies the following from thes/eitea 4 , odd des !?"Pleats oflPtal . 41 Circumstantecail momeatotts ; ("seller s be,, come coMplicited mid vehement ; private inte r ests urge even the indifferent to examine and meditate upon Public interests t- in-thir statwedithlngs the date .N of writers, friends of their country, isr net to leave the public in ignorance of facts which dime to their knowledge; that is, authentic and incontestible facts, or at least invested with that character of. moral pro. bability which is tantamount to certitude.. " this duty, we ventpre to affirm, we have the satisfaction of having fulfilled, and we engage to fulfil it constantly. We are too much flattered with proofs of confidence, as also with the imputations which this wise circumspection has subjected us to, to renounce voluntarily this double mced of recom pense with which we areequa.Uy honoured. 44 Itis perfectly simple that malevolence, cupidity, and othet passions not .lesi -criminal, should seize". with avidity such intelligence as theyhave themselves often invented ; it is in consonance that they should circulate it to operate, dUring-twenty-fours, to their advantage. The following day, compelled either to give or receive humbly a contradiction, they console themselves for a transitory disconsfisure by the be nefit which has resulted from. it. IL decline inge niously calculated has apriad disquietude amongst the commercial interests, and alarmed capitalists. What does this matter to the propagators of false reports and sinister news? The common ruin has enriched them: they enrich themselves with the plunder of their dupes, by insulting their credulity. " It is thus that, during the last few days, specu lators, by their interested conjectures, out-speeding events, have fabricated occurrences, the false nature of which ii now manifest, or havegiven put, as ac cqitiplished, others which are still in abeyance, and which may be modified by a multitude of unfore. seen circumstances." FROM Orrotha. We have received the 'following letter from Bay tkole, written by a friend of General Ct•Donnei " I have to inform you that our brave General has arrived very apropos, for he was in a pitiable state. Oh the night of the 18th or 19th December he fell with lfis horse into a chasm. He was promptly as sisted and withdrawn from the abyss, but his leg and right foot were dreadfully crushed. 44 The enemy was at that time pursuing him closely, and he was obliged to manoeuvre at the head of his columns night and day, on horseback, being unable to go on foot in consequence of his unfortunate con tusions; and at the end 'Of ten days, having led his tioops into the mountains, he resolved to return to France to take care of his leg,which was exceedingly inflamed. As these troops had made very long marches, and experienced excessive cold during 28 days, the toes of the General were frozen, and his in flamed leg exhibited symptoms of gangrene. To-day these symptoms have disappeared, and there remain only a great inflammation and a wound in the leg, which oblige him to keep his bed. When he has re covered from the effects of the severe cold be has en dured, his convalescence will be speedy. " He has had but two rencontres: the first at Lum bier, which was only a skirmish of the rear guard. Ilis eldest scn, having charged at the head of his mounted chasseurs, received a blow from a sabre on the wrist. The younger son, who was Aid-de-Camp to his father, did-not receiite a scratch. " On the 18th them was another affair of the rear guard. The enemy wished to surprise the passage of tke bridge; they failed completely, and lost a grest number of men there, and among the rest three Officers. Th e Royalists of Navarre are at present in the greatest destitution of all, and, if sucooutbe not very promptly afforded them, they must necessarily fall before the expiration of a month. These good and zealous Rayalists turn, withoot ceasing, their eyes towards France and the French Bourbons, and still hope they turn them not in vain. May their noble and invariable confidence not be deceived r PARIS, JANUARY .).4. The successes of the Army of the Faith in Catalonia and Navarre have already restored the courage of those who see in the war which France is about to was with Spain the same dangers which were ex perienced in the campaign of 1808. They begin to perceive that the arriv4l of a French army of 100,000 men in the northern provinces, the whole population of which is Royalist, will produce an auxiliary army of Spaniards, and that in a little time they will reach the Ebro, and from thence dictate laws to the Revo lution, if it be not already dissolved. The Constitutional Army has not been hitherto able to- destroy the Royalist corps opposed to them, and can it be supposed that the Army of the Faith, supported by France, will not be able to triumph over its enemies? France alone would suffice for a , war which is to reconcile Spain for ever with Europe. It is a war of feeling and honour. At present, every thing is thought to be comprised in physical ad• v antages, and it is said that France will not gain a province; to what purpose therefore war? This war will assure peace, by destroying the Revolutionists of Spain, and giving the last blow to the Revolts tionists of France. It is on the pillars of Hercules that Legitimacy, after vanquishing the Revolution, should, in the present day, incribe His meta laborum. Mr. &ilium, the late Attorney-General in Ireland, will, it is said, form the subjecr of the next Number of " Sketches of M IriSfs Bar," which are appearing in Mr. Campbells New Monthly Magazitie. OF all studies for British Youth, after theNarretioes of the Old and New Testament, none are so fitting as the History of England ; yet no one will deny that there never has existed a History of England. in all respects adapted.to purposes of education.. An attempt will be made to supply this deficiency, by the publica tion, in a few data, of an Abridgment of Hymn and .Bmot.i.err, with a Continuation by the Rev. Dr. Ro istusou, down to the Coronation of George IV. 'Be sides its superior Text, this Work will contain above .Qae,Hundred Engravings, all copied from the ain't fotods PictiFes of 'the great English Mason, as Warr. eattl-tv. NottrucorE, ire. e t c, an d the w h o le v ai b e egoakd at the usual price of &hod Books. ^f' ~ i A; INK EV 'INIC} STAR. -- r,.,. i::O • to - Ittros ' • th; areW.s. 77 1 iOnIMTOANUMO4II, , tess. . 3 ~At tut T ata! ' , lettkit inCHANiiiiril A LT-P4T TWELVE. dididaildW4rined 7 4 1. up teems lunir, thop ore Mc" Bprlisk, Opened et and g04.9ti0 411411;•lset w v i a l bums in. these Roods are dm Awe. • ~• - A ss** The most boshiesi a r. BOWS. - Correa Prices t—csallii*Jiresi , Old 46, New Prussia 74, Old 77; *woo 74; tio!411; SO, Neiperttan Scrip 7111, Peravlso . 74 Cohablos s i44'grOb gait) 23 i. PRICES OF sTocii: 4 omiyi o.c4ocK. Bank Stock 241 %4-3, per Cent. Itedn. 77% 7 Ai 3 / 4 per Cent Consols 76% 77%76% _ 3 1 ,4 per Cents. 8,74 per Cents. Old, 96 1 / 4 4 per Cents. New 96* % Bank Long Anna. 20 1 . 915.16 India StOck US% 45—India Bonds 375. pr. 3 per Cents ; 1751, 76 3 4 Exchequer Bills of El,OOO, 15s. 14s. pr Consols for Acct. 76% 77K 76%. ..••••••mlmem• The French Papers still Continue to give accounts' of military appointments, and of regiments preparing to march to join the Army of Observation; yet the more moderate of them do not assert that war is inevitable. The hopes of peace, however, must rather .rest on , the wickedness and folly of France going to war., than in the insufficiency of her prepa tions for it; for• if the French Journals are at all to be credited, great preparations are making for aug menting the Army of the South, and putting the whole of the military force on the war establishment. •It is, however, notorious that -Louis XVIII. is averse to war, and that there is a party in the French Cabinet who second his efforts for peace. It is rur therlrnown that this country is decidedly opposed to the war against Spain, and, whatever may be the. conduct of our Government at this time, there can •be little doubt of our ultimately taking the part al the Peninsula. The question then is, will France 'commit herself in a war that is not -only unjust but odious and unpopular? Will she make enemies of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal, at the certain' risk of losing all her colonies and commerce, for the •ain and speculative hope of making FaitDisAND of Spain an " Absolute Ki _., 'Ong . . If the French Government is so mad as to under takcalvar under such circumstances, its worst enemies can wish it no greater punishment than- certainly awaits it ; and the result, however distant it may seem, we hesitate not to declare, will be the de thronement of the BOURBONS in both countries. But We are far from thinking this will be the only retake& the attack on Spain. In former wars the contest has been the ambition of Princes, the ittlYggle now will be between Liberty and,Despotism ; and while a few indi viduals scattered over the face of the earth; are entering into a common league to oppress their subject's, is it to expected that the People will timely 'subpart to such a tyranny ? Certainly not.the. time is not far dis.: taut when the oppressed Peopliof Europe will make common cause, and will insist on that freedom Which be . . is the birthright of man, btA of which be his long been defrauded. . . This forenoon we tossltresio. Flanders Ntail, with Brussels Papers to sheath inst. an Frankfort Jour nals to the 21st. An article from Trieste confirms the surrender of l Napoli di Romania to the Greeks. The Turks,were allowed to take away the third part of the large pro perty they had amassed there. The Brussels Papers are entirely silent as to the ,repotted disturbances at Luxemburg, though it would appear that the Government of the Netherlands is so alarmed as to dread a conspiracy among the school.' boys at Brussels. One of the Journals says that the Police, for some lemon not known, has visited several writing-masters' in this city. They have been required to furnish a' page in writing of each of their pupils. It is said that this requisition has been general, and that each. pupil has had to sign his writing. AUGSBURG, JANUARY 14. Baron Lebizeltern, the Austrian Ambassador. at St. Petersburgh, who has passed'some days at Munich with Prince Metternich, has left that city to pasC through Bohemia and Moravia, travelling with the greatest speed, in order to meet the Emperor Alez.l auder at Warsaw, to communicate to his Majesty the result of the extraordinary mission which Count , Zechy, the Austrian Minister at Berlin, has just exe cuted at the Court of thiThuilleries. There has been for some time past extraordinary activity is the diplomatic relations of.several Govern ments of Southern Germany, which is ascribed to the 4legociations let on foot at Munich by Prince Met ilernich. Reports of all kinds have been for some days in circulation 'respecting the approaching as ,ainblases of troops on the right bank of the Rhine. It is said that the Prussian trooprin the Grand Duchy of Posen and the March of Brandenburg, will cOme into the Rhenish Provinces, and that the troops now, in those Provinces will have another destination.. Vimaata, Jay. 14.—Metalliques, sg; Bank Bharat, ha 1-1 ' The e l k 'Government is' . attetnptinV to step: ciate a isiGermany at A50;000 Bonn, Aug f+ - - burg currency. The sum is n li mere trine, and easily be raised by contribution is this cottani, soma of our Patriots abeld but-sanction `a Public Meeting for the purpose: .• • - - The Theatre at Muttkh waa entrap& bi the ea the evattlig of the 15th iastact. Fortiaatsfy aicappd *thaw inielry. The Uteri .0 4 wads swee silts be t timssrattirobe was testae moat pattideasoyed.. .: .1 Tig • • • ; ..... 7 _ 77r w• • ••• ;41 f: ; • . °lglitratalWatitihtifthettiorftorid • ••• t • " hh.t . W tostbetthstiwitthimpakis i - 0011ifatittlit , cle*inam- Lbedrillossetortch*, : • as-tbe Prabill• 4 , 1 1,6 10 0 *that 10991 11 0V1181 - de :hive bas yet been settled, i Ire 4 a!wevc3b 11 , d • 4 tile eaaftcrwill be filled trii in tie conrie of a f ew clail. Dlitachmonts boionglosto tshe #4th Tsta • have received enders to ettabart on - bunt dialf4ltanit• transport, at Cowes, for the pow" ,of bc l pg staveayed.4o- rt of Good Illape,to joie their respeerne Corps there.- • • A detachment of the 30th Regiment of Foot will arrive (rasa Pintelssosti at Chatham, to-morrow, in order subsequaidy tai pietised to Gravesend, t• embark fee Madras. • • • General &myosin, of Balbinsie, has been appointed Lintrte, ant-Colonel of the Iloyal Madre Regiment of Yeomanry Ca. valry, in room of Bent.-Col. THOMSON, of Otarletorr, reslined. It iisaid that a battalion of the Guards isto - do duty at Puri.- mouth. The Provisional Battalion has been so much reduced 6y the repeated draughts, that a sufficient number of troops cannot be mustered to do garrison duty. Colonel HALL, Com mandant of the Battalion, resigned his appointment on Friday, his Regiment, the 65th , having arrived froth. the East lUdies,l and gone to Chatham. By letters received by the last Indian Mail it instated, that the East Indianian, with the 54th Regiment on board, which aalkd from the Cape of Good IlOpe on the 17th March last, arrived at Madras on the Bth May; the Regiment disembarked on the 10th, nd was, immediately after landing, both Officers and mene seized with the cholera eterints, of which disease, one Serjeant- Major six Serjeants, 67 rank an 4 file, eight women, and)4,chil, dren died. Ori the 4th June the Regiment continued its march (rein Fort 'St. George, Madras, for Bangalore, where , all was perfectly tranquil, and the troops all healthy and 'comfortably ' situated, when those accounts came off, the middle of July. The 546 Regiment is to embark in October neat, to return to Europe. One Troop of the Ist Royal Dragoons marched, on Saturday last, from Deal to Canterbury. The Grenadier Company of the 77th Regiment, under the command of Major P. Baum, and for some tune stationed in Stirling Castle, have marched into Edinburgh Castle, the head quarters of the Regiment. The Grenadier Company hai been replaced in Stirling Castle by another belonging to the same Re giment, commanded by Captain Jeremy. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Dear., Sax. 27.—Wind I..S.E.—Came down from the River last night and sailed, the Lapwing, Sloane, fur Rio Janeiro. Sailed this morning, the Sussex Oak, for Stockton. Came down this day and sailed, the Norfolk, Geer, for Calcutts.—Six wind S.W. and moderate, and a rapid thaw. PLYMOVTII, Jaw. 26.—Wind E.—Artived the Susan, Haan, row, from Llengal—sailed 23d July, and from St. Ilelena 24th November : has had very had weather. The . Hail per Susan cannot be landed to-night, Owing to the weather. PORTSUOUTN, Jas. 27.—Wind E--No arrivals or tailings this day. WZYMOTTIV, JAN. 24.—Sailed his Majesty', ship Ow= Gig/t -rowels, for the coast of Africa. CORE, JAN. 22.—Wind N.V.—Arrived the Medina, Owes, from Bombay. • CVITONI•110011; JAN. ‘2.7. —Ships Entered Inwards : Swift, from Waterford; Alme, from Palau; Ida, from Oporto; London; frOM St. Petersburgh. Entered Outwards--none. • still' WRECK. Jame, JAN. 14.—The brig Venus, Captain Sum, from New. foundiand, came into the harbour of St. Helier, yesterday morn 'leg, „hiving. on board nine nven the surviving part of the crew he th e ship Windermere, et iiverpuol, SAMI.M. CAA tio. •Ilerstar, which foundered in a heavy gale near the coast of Ire land, on the 9th instant. The Windermere, of 367 'tons burthen, kill a error' of 25 men -and boys, and was on bee. way 11-nm (ld. (Whit to Liverpool On' the nth of January, at 10 r. se. she eedireitered • a heavy pie of wind, ; which tore the ring bolts >lei . the deck, carried. away . * boats, and split the bee poorals. At el yen oc,lock, a tremendous „sea struck kar. again, tarried aWay her foiet.anil bowsprit, and wasbed the Master anti -iigheof Ore crew pegboard. She itrimesliately. Atka; but the clonettside - pari yfidte tyro baying cut away the main and mizen most . % she.rititted . The detks.were forced up byake pressure of Sestet underneatls„*sl the 'crew, tedticod" to . fistitteeP, were obiiged to take refyge is the. prp...- • _ In the course:dew night two trabie Ilaaas were washed over and the neat daj. a boy died through exceidve cold and Fatigue. In this dreadful situation she nriaetable remnant of the crew remained withytat any.sussenancc whatever until the 10th inst.—When, at twelve o'clock at night, the brig Venus hove in sight: Here another difficulty occurred, fisr the Venus had tat , her boats, and the only method of escape was by swimming and the assistance of ropes thrown towards the wreck., by which means nine 'mess at lengh got on board the Yenus,. two ',ore being drowned in the attempt. The following is a list the crew of the Windermere: Drowned—S. C. Lyon, master; James Fox, surgeon; 4'. Smith, carpenter ; W. penesti, steward ; W: Foster, • Joseph Joiner, and C, Tear, coopers; J , Bliddleton, sail-maker; ,W. Martin, G. Benner, I). Wolf, and C. Grogcott, #lld IL Wade, and C. O'Brien, boys. t. The New York Papers state that " the City of C.attagua,ea pital of the province of Costa Rica was totally destroyed by an earthquake on the 7th of May, 1822. The City contained about 15,000 inhabitants, and although not a house was left standing,it is extraordinary that not a life was lost. The earthquake commenced at eleven o'clock at night. A vast quantity of gold and silver has been discovered by the inhabitants, near the ruins of the city, brought into view by the earthquake." 'We suspect there must be some mistake in this paragraph, if not as to the city detroyed, at least in its population. There are two cities of the name of Cartagua, or Cartago; the one which is the capital of the province of Costa Rica, those* fan• merly rich and flourishing, is at present reduced to a miserable village, with very few inhabitants. The other Cartago_itit± prnince and government of Popayan, and contains a pop of between 50u0 and 6000 persons. ." Accounts from South America, dated Aegust 17, slat% 'Bali the Royal Army is in the vicinity of Lima, 16,000 snong. - Ind that the Patriot troops are much dissatisfied. Lord COCH•2111 bad arrived at Valparaiso, having 11 retired from the Chilian ser vice for a short time. Peru is in the utmost- confusion. General Sax Maim! had become excessively unpopular; and it was expected that Lima would soon fall into the heeds of the Royalists. Mr. Baron WOOD yesterday retired from a situ ation, the duties of which he has faithfully per formed for a period of 15 years. . Thursday, the Glasgow Goldsmiths Company presented an elegant.silver vase, finely chased in the style of the antique, of the value of one hundred guineas, to K I It* NI A N .Esitt,AT, Esq. • COVENT-GARDEN .4441rpt.—fn the . Trage.tilt i of King Richard the Third, which vies performed last night, p Hr.. BaNNITT ' announced in the play-bills to have come from the Bath Theatre, made his first appearance On tht4e bbards l& Richard, 11r. POINICIrT Mesas NMI versed in the bateau of the , Stage, and possesses those qualifications which long practice in: his art supplies. He bas received from Nature the advantages. a good *omen, and a face sag ttosubatd to tragedy, with an intellieent, expressive eye. In addition to these requhifts he . .a great deal of. self.possession,. and aaatiudl.sbersi if etinfi dente in his talents. Applause. ) , - femme., but the audience seem of the same Tiagedy for a (titan of The Meeting of the Fret place this dab - . is lOokea, have heard that the folliiiiiii. manner in which his FL to the Spanish relatiitiej—r= Sionymbanntt haviiik, - Fiona evOreinatent l ici,' Austria, ROsila; . and Spain; it has become neeessa the war estahlidtmeatoii'' w Abell x“ , •- • 7. 1 ? r c ! 94 q - f r ß i o . • -S,P I , ne Ceis lu t, ephicihs-, luggh", at 'luxe ill, chi' Ailu lit pif r od for the mainteisanCoof -herhottonniand di itkpil r n ibiwi tt7; 2 o `bil ii ;iie t . tbis,, holie . his o .M: tr ga•c tOsil e k la ti woo. eoo os LitA cif o. o ot oisti. *, pies mai be mantilla i p, ~,i; ..a . . -4 . ~... ..1., t z.n. , . 1 .) .1 ... kyle! fillinitsi , 0 5 11 4 pup d hAs I, !Hase.44P,TitteMLONtaztailinCrioDS, NNE. sTra - miarankhsrev,r4, Fregeketikritbek - oab 41ei, t.ea:;o7 ' aliiiiitt:ii . iodah4li,4llte. the ' SO AtgpT% iikipcte e:P g 4: 07. to - .ottroto - i. s6pp . - ,• *1 at ,ttes, to, flecesiati twphiee.t4 !gni ; oa dad the giatiiii*ri w I eonst-, .1014 WOR E votartr mEzziso. ; • Potioasit to at ltequisitioh, signed toy Lard refs. sir o me i Sir F. BuItVITT C. F. Fm.m En, Esq. J. EL MOlitlio Esq. and several of the mo,t respectable' #meholden of the - Coanty of Barks, - the High Slas• Sir GrUfZliT SNIT', yesterday convened a Meet. ing at Abingdon, " for the putpose of taking iota onsideratiOis the-present state of the se of Gem. tsic;thi iilill•the4iwoOsetty of a Reform thereof.." A little berate 111 o'clock, the Hilo* SlittttlPi s at. Medici by blr•Willifti, as Under Sheriff, entered - the Towe-hall, which Wee - Med by a very mimeos's lxidyof the Geiger gird: Yeomanry Of the (Annoy., Lord Formoremea, blefars. - sPolasseo said Alowea, the . Mestrbers for Reoding,Tfumoixis, T. G 0901411.; B alf , H. Esq. C. Eurroo,lsq. W. lteiCart,24 ‘ . and many other ,Gentleuteo of rank and consiSetar tion in the County, were. present. The thou Sneezes opened the basil*nt of the day by stating, that a Requisition had been handed tw hitu b .the signatures to which were so highly ic, i xe ct , able, that he Mt it to be his duty to accede to it, by calling the present Meeting. He trusted that the tut finess of the day would be conducted with so fond propriety as to. prevent opposition ham those who were unfriendly to such Meetings, and which would prevent his feeling any regret hereafter for basing obeyed the call of the Requisitionists—Op/dal/sq.—. He then read the Requisition, and afterwards before the Meeting a. letter - which be had received from Mr: Neville, in which that Gentletnaii expressed his regret that he was unable to attend, being at the distance- of ,150 miles from Abingdon. • T. GOoDLAgE, Esq. proposed that the High Sherif should take the Chair, Which was carried by loud and unanimous acclamations • C. Evarow, Esq. then proceeded to address the as sembly. He commenced by stating that he most un affectedly apologized to the Gentlemen present far presenting himself thus conspicuously and mini. nently to their notice. He regretted to say that Par liament had ceased to be the -efficient organ of the public yoke; it no longer operated as a check on the improper expenditure of the national wealth; and, to the absence, or to the non-obvo - vance of that ex cellent principle of the Constitution,• by which the People were supposed to possess a proper controul over their Representatives, they were to trace all the evils and miseries by which the country was now overwhelmed. The Hon. Gentleman concluded a very animated and excellent speech by rea4ling tile following Petition: t . ,c " Ti the Honourable the Commons of the United Itiordoutit Great Britain and Inland, in Parliament assembled, ° The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, and Freehoickrs d the County of Berke, in County Meeting assembled, Shewetk..—Thit the only_ legitimate end of Government b the happiness of the governed; and that the Goveraineut which fails to prodnei this happiness is unworthy of , support, aid onao re tie refbrmed. “ That where no ifeitatious of Piostonses, such as hum power cannot avert or guard against—where famine or prsti. kne e , or invasion ftoin .without, has not occurred—the Awn* of happiness In the People is a sure sign of defects in the laws ittd eeireintneht ut the country. ' That there Cilium this time, in every part of this country the greatest distrkei sabongst a very numerous and must import. ant part g ihe,People, vie,. idi thaw conr.c..ted-witha l trkulowl pursuits; arid that the clrcuitstancm which have pru n ed then is ruin ale those which alone have rescued from equal ill,tren another part, superior Ln 'cumbers, and second wily to them is iloptsrtbncei, the 111anufa:tuiing classes. " 'Mat this country has been visited by no afflicting or ottee. v* 131 1411 -raossaaNee: that all external wan have erased fur owe than seven years; tiLit internal trativalliry lilrilartmtninterripted ; abundance hat crowned all the !Ascots the husbandman.; yet distress and poverty,so far front abating, ertii. Minima its proportion as peace and plenty, heretobst ratAt . uSed the surest foundations and symptoms of happiness ill prosii.., have beep* permanent and general 1 *- though, it'aptears, th e refore, that the Goverumentef I'S has faded it produce its only legitimate purpose, ye Abr .; cestititudon Is so 'beautiful in theory, and did in practice ptrdnee for *so many Nt es such beneficial effects, this Meet* cannot bit attribute these unhappy malts not to any iihereeta otexisary defects, but tail:sues grown up in the course of times “ That 'by the theory of the Constitution the House of Cow moos ought to be the representative of the people. " That, in fact; by far the majority of its Members hew scarcely - any connection with the People as such; nosnlostel. not by their vo'ce, but b y persons whose interests are (brood, 'Opposite to theirs, and, in very many cases, themselves enrichall by their spoils. "'That, by the theory of lite C.enstitution, net part of t at Executive Government of the country resides in the Hoare ef Commons ; that their main duty is to controul those who al. minister the affairs and direct the pewee% If the State ; so that the People may receive Ito damage in SirgeOersons, or properties. " That in practice this duty has been neglected, as wholly that, on the other band, almitst the whole Government of tho country his been absorbed by the Rouse of Commons. " That, from the period when thecoantry was &so:wailed mks present form. no steps have been taken by the Legislation generally to extend and Will/orate the popular voice la the /Owe :ions of Members of the House of Commons. " That the extension of the elective' franchise in pardcahr places, by occasional Acts of Parliament,- and ill counties b the depreciation of the value of money, has had but a very or , tial effect, more timn counteracted bye variety of circumstance, which, in the common course of things, must necessarily. dosing ' oolong a period, have arisen to introduce at every Electiottcw , septand undue influence. - • 4 $ net besides these unavoidable sources of corruption, Auk ,of an adventitious nature have not been wanting, arising art el the mode adopted for the administration of the affairs et die IP country, amongst which your Petitioners will only mention two, 1 viz. the enormous increase of Tamales:, and the prodigious ail mentation of the Peerage. I '•That while the voice of, the. People has thus b ee n, iii hcas ' continually less and less predominant, the People have at the 1 same 'time become, bj increase of intelligence, information, and knowledge, more and Inure capable of forming a right judgunal 1 on the conduct of their Representatives, and Worthy of enjnyleg a direct contrail over them. : • 0 That it therefore appears due equally to the People tei thrm a More . powerful voice hi the election of Members of tie innate Of Commons, and to the Crown. to rettorin that Runes iwidah, .neglecting their own peinsliar duties; have invaded the Irma Royalty and usurped its power. ' * bat this Meeting is happy to be assured, that ors riodsabln I ti'tluingeluvolves no innovation in the grid; of the 6.14611611 1 kif the voun ; that it merely carreeti its Manifest *tows la pea os the • 'of drinatitinces which thin has occasiseut ". That your Petitkoars thavefore pray, that year lavoilinat tllliWai r will, witboit Mai, adopt those measures which may in ittereisary to effect -such a cll in 'the Constitution Of the House of. Commons as !rill reer k the teal mid Addis to *ptesentSciii of ate Preepk. Able and,willing So..redsathil. viitattees; Co maintain their rieswpalL top 818111 1 111 0 9 r baffiness, and for the honour of tkist;ornwo,., . ‘,4. i t ltsi - • " And . your Petitiooeiy will . tijie r t • ,,,.1 911 '" Th e Petition having been. '' .. tittott .. „." f -.. _ h ,„,,.. Mi. Eisron said— " . • ' .•'—. this •i'. Mt 11 111 81 . lion which I hope will be tidOiseed isy 'die M N ... . .. If the rubble Lord by who m the PaierintViit ,Atia bad pleased, he might•eisifY hire iiiiiielf 4 . _ ~,, , l l .'aciztan better able to propose , it iritrefikci, and whOfe; opinion world bare had greater 4140 Eliaid iiiheike . . . ,but ortitis•lttitt store, tbat - ittr .. indliltdiint iiit*'.. iintiswisid With the jtistici jun/ unipottqap iif gie* iat Nl,' . O• 4 4 CiC .4 r. e• t r.V. l ) l 4i 1 4 ^.4A. I J .1 , I r. r.llll .1 . ~f - .0 ol ,0 CI If S' . th re . or - th b) in • of b) fo th ft WI th. JIV P 1 t. hi in it iv: to or th 1