Star. — London, England, 1822-06-12 00:00:00

II i ';,, k ~ people of England wished seriously for Reform, they had only to vote in favour of those men who, when elected Members of Parliament, would be the sellout defenders of their rights and liberties--(Cheers).--”, Lei this be done in the County of Kent; let the exam ple be followed in the other Counties throughout the Kir.g.lorn, and then, and not till then, would an effec tual Reiorni in Parliament be effected—( Cheers). Sir E. KriaTcnauLt. said, in the situation which he had the honour to stand as one of the Members ror the County, he should feel guilty of a gross neglect of duty if he declined making a few observations upon the present occasion. He regretted that the ques tions of Agricultural Distress and Parliamentary Re form 'tad been mixed up, as such a mixture could only have the tendency of dividing opinions, and Weakening a cause which all were anxious to sup port. He was most anxious to give,, as he had hitherto done, his Zealous support to every Measure calculated • to afford relief to . the agricultural interests; but upon the question of Reform he differed from the Gentle man who had.spoken before him. He denied the existence of such sorrupt influence in Parliament as had 'seen stated; or if it did mitt. he pledged him self that he was ignorant of 'it. Adverting to what had been said of the press*, of taxation, be stated that £4,000,000 of taxes bad heen'tecently taker{ off —a pi etty strong proof that the . calumniated House of Commons was not so bad as it had been de ecribed—(Applause). Mt . ..LARKIN forcibly impressed upon tlieMeeting . the absolute necessity of Parlia:nentary Reform. • Mr. Ilosliwoon, in an animated address, pointed out the necessity of adhering strenuously to the cause. of . Parliamentary Reform, and assured the M eeting that he should ever, tshether their Representative. or otherwise, feel the warmest interest in the prayers and . Petitions which came from the Freeholders of the coantrof Kent— (Applause). Mr. HonCts supported the prayer of the Petition, and congratulated the Meeting . upon the very great increase %Adel' had taken place in the number and re spectability tithe supporters of Parliamentary Reform. for. Cosset?, who bad taken his station in one-of the waggons placed at some distance from that occupied by the High Sheriff, stood forward to address the Meeting, and was assailed by loud cries of—" Off ! off! No! no! he is not a Freeholder!" mixed with cries of—" He is ! be is! this is unfair ! hear every man !" The Lana Samar? here asked Mr. Cobbett wheeler he was a Freehold.' ?—Mr. Cosastv—" I am, Sir." The lltaht SHERIFF (to Mr. Cobbett)—" Are you, Sir, a Free. holder of the county of Kent?" tlr. Cossrer—u I am, Sir, a Freeholder of the county of Kent." Several voices here exclaimed that Mr. Cobbett had a freehold at Greenwich. Silence being now obtained, Mr. Cmiarrr proceeded 'to address the Meeting. Hz state,' that it was the Radicals, as they were called, Who, in 1817, gave an impulse and stimulus to the feelings of the country. They had at that time caused a Petition, signed by 4,000 indiv;duals, to be pre s rated P.O lia:rent. What had they asked for ? T.iey asked precisely for that which the Noble Lord, a man of great property, now demanded—a reduc ton of taxation. Now he would say to those Noble I. 'rds and those Gentlemen, that they never would p eserve their estates except by the assistance of such rum as those whom they saw that day assembled f r the purpose of petitioning Parliament. Much had been said about the necessity of Reform, but. s ,me Gentlemen were hardy enough to say that the Muse of Commons WAS not corrupt, and. did not t lc; efore reqiiiie reformation. If that. were so, th.at body must be guilty of falsehood, fur the fact had been acknowle:ged by themselves. The ne cessity for Reform was clear enough, but the dif. ficult point w as the manner of bringing it about--; The Noble Lord (Darnley) said that a great step tr wards Reform would be the independent election fir p-pular towns. Now his objection to that was, in tire first instance, there would be a long time to w. If agricultural distress was not relieved till tl en, ago icultutists, he feared, would be in a very bad w ay. But supposing that period to have arrived, wl.ere, would be the chance of their election being more free or open than before? The way, the only and effec tual way to bring about Reform was to ptess legally (mind that), upon the proper Authorities, its absoltite nece_sity. The Members did not take their seats of their n accord, neither did they go in by the autho tity of the People; but they did go in, or at least a great majority of them did, upon the authority of some fifty Peers er Gentlemen of large landed pro perty. In short, if they wished for an effectual Re form, the right way to proceed was to petition the Poets to abolish the boroughs which were in their gift. They talk, indeed, of blasphemy and sedition, and riot and confusion—they talk of corruption and corrupt influence—why, if they wished to put an end to that corruption, let them openly and honestly walk down so the House of Lords with their Jirty title deeds, and say, " take them for ever from our sight." That would be the most effectual mode of Reform— tApp/ause).—lf they do not do so, they will (said Mr. Cobbett) witness scenes in this country which I wish not to contemplate. What he should recommend would be, that the yeomanry of the County of Kent that the yeomanry of every County in England, should petition the Peers to give up this influence, this cor rupt influence, which they possessed. If this were done, he had no doubt that even in the present Par liament the Reform which he had recommended would be brought about. If any Nobleman who beard him possessed property and such influence in that County, let him manfully lead the way. It had been said, and they all felt it, that taxation was the cause of the dis tress under which they laboured ; but no one had clearly pointed out how the grievance was to be re moved. It had been said, " Let us be just ;" he said so too—let them be just even totastlereagh—even to him he was ready to deal out even-handed justice. But they must admit that it would be unfair to ask him to *educe taxation, unless there was a corres ponding reduction of the expenditure to meet it.— A good deal had been said about retrenchment and econ smt, and it was true that little reduction had taken place ; but there could be no effectual reduction of taxation, no effectual relief afforded to the country, until they reduced the whole of the national debt.— They had been told, and truly, that the present am-runt of taxation was nearly 70,009,0001.. a-year. Now, how were they to 'educe it? Suppose that they had reduced half the Army, and hall the Navy, and all the Civil List, and all, or a great proportion of public places and emoluments, still they could not bring the pendituie of the country down to 40,000,0001. so in fact, there would still be a difference of more 20,000,0001. between our present expenditure I . +w"•,. • ~. and that .aid they Mean to '" dead and Englishman*. appear picture ofireland, lately hung up _ ing the Operk House? Ak ! no—they meant no such thing—they only used words, the ironing of which they certainly did not clearly nrielers• The cause of Reform was mainly inpirml by the ne cessity of keepiis up a large standing army, to en-- force the collection of the Revenue. This evil the Parliament would gladly reduce, were it not that we tack a rider to it,—we say we shall have Refortn—in fact, the Borooghtnongers stood betweeorthe nation and its happiness. They did not know what to do— they said, is Wh devil should we be deprived of the influence ofo ur Boroughs r But he answered this by saying, as Why the devil should the People of England be obliged to pay all these taxes?" He was anxious to support-the Petition, because he was anxi ous to prevent the child in the cradle from being mortgaged to the Jews and Jobbers of 'Change-alley. With this view he would • move, in addition to the Petition,ai rider, with a view to prevent all the use ful classes of satiety from being . robbed by a set of Jew's and Jobbers, who had always in their mouths the cry of national faith and national honour, while they were anxious only to promote their sordid inte rests, and their selfidi and ungenerous views. He conth ded by proposing that the following be tacked as a rider to the Petition: "And your Petitioners beg leave likewise most humbly to pre that your Honourable House will cause a just reduction of the interest of the National Debt, u soub as you have completed a Befouls of your klecourable ouse." • The Earl of DARNI.Ex said, that he had never be fore had the'pleasure - of seeing the Gentleman who bid last 'spiiken—a Gentleman who was kno.vn to everybody by his. writings, and for whose powers of mind jie in common with the . Yea of the world felt great respect. In. answer to what that Gentleman observed, he felt it necessiryao slim, that it would is his mind be unfair in those persons who had sup ported the extravagant projects of Ministers, to turn round and say " now we ate, in distress, and are de termined to pay so much in the pound." He (Lord.' Darnley) as anhouest man, was of opinion that they were bound to pay their public and private debts as long as they were able. Mr. COBURTT said, he had spoken delicately on the subject of Reform; bnt if the Noble Lord forced him to it, he must say, that in hisilpinion; every man who might be forced to take aims in defence of that Noble Lord's property, was de erving'of a vote in the elec tions of those persons by whom his life and his pro perty, however humble, were to he protected. If that were the case, the property of the Noble Lord would be safe; if that were the case the Freeholders of Kent would not sec the disgraceful anomaly of the Electors holding one opinion, and one of their Members another—(Cheers). They would not see their Repre sentatives, like an angry man and wife in a post ,hai,e, one looking out of one window and oae out of the other—(Chews and laughter). Mr. BICVNILL addressed the Meeting, and recommended the exclusion of political discussion, a confidence in Parliament, and the appointment of i Committee to receive subscriptions to re lieve the distresses of the county of Kent. After some further observations, it was decided that Mr. Cob hetes rider should form part of the Petition ; and the Petition thus added to was carried, with the exception of three or four hands. among whom was that of Lord Darnley, who could not accede to Mr. Cubbett's Amendment. A vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. flume for his able exertions in Parliament. but the High Sheriff declined putting it, as it was not included in the Requisition. It was, however, ultimately put and carrier; with loud applause. Thanks were voted to the Sheriff, and the Meeting disperSed • four o'cicck. THE EVENING STAR. eb ex ai thi o f "'Mt • The i; Lot'd aad Bea. Karate r woniepay to the list moment—did they say they would go on paying till that were d stiff? Or.did i they mead to go oa tilreschi man shall appear like the famished and forlorn ofireland, lately hung up before the King at LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1522. THE FUNDS. STOCK iXC - 6.ISG K, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Funds have been stationary tbe, whole of the morning, with little business doing in the market. Consols for the Ac count 801 I; Reduced 79i. Pounce Pimps—There Is a great bustle in the foreign market this morning, particularly for Chillan Bonds, which have risen considerably : there appears all buyers and no sellers in the above Stock. Spanish Stork is also in demand. The Prussian Loan has also risen, owing to extenive orders from Hamburgh gasser. day to purchase in said Stock. Danish, Neapolitan, and Colum bian:are stationary, at yesterday's prices.—Chilian 791; Russian 821; Spanish Old 6211 New 61i 62 ; Prussian 651 116 ; Danish 651; 1 ; Neapolitan 72; Columbian 101 ; New 84 ; Scrip 841. STOCK EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK. An immense quantity of business has been, done within the last halt hour, and the market looks exceedingly well. CURRENT PRICES: Bank Stock 210 239% 240% 3 per Cent. Reduced 79 1 / 8 1 / 2 -3% per Cts:9 ol / 8 4 per Cents. 95% 96-4 per Cent. New, 96% % Bank Long Anns. 20 1-16 Vs India Bonds 475. 495. Excheq. Bills of £l,OOO, ls. dis. Is. pr. Do. Small 2s. ss. pr.—Cons. for Act. 80% 1 ,4 ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Much has been doing in Foreign SecJrities, particubrly In Columbian and Chili Bonds:both of which are much in demand• Last night Mr., \VasTuN brought the often agi tated subject of Cash Payments before the House of Commons ; and concluded a long and argumentative speech by moving— ,. That a Committee be appointed to consider the effect pro doted by the Act of the 59th Geo. 111. e. 45, on the Agriculture, Manufactures. and Commerce, of the United Ernyire, and on the general condition of the different classes of society, and to report thereon to the House." The object of the Hon. Member appears to be a re. turn to the Paper system, under certain limitations; but without enquiring whether a sudden transition from a paper to a metallic currency has been produc tive of some inconvenience or not, it may safely be contended that its effects cannot now be cuunter acted, and that to retrace our steps would be more dangerous than to go forward. Mr. HUSICISIION op posed the motion with great ability, and moved as an Anaendment, a Resolution declaring any alteration iu the circulating medium to be inexpedient. Lord r• 've 7 3./&7.7 -{ • Among the useful labours of the present Podia treat may be considered those of a CoMeatus:col the*liouse of Commons for investigating the expinses. of Printing and Stationery required by the two Houses of Parliament, together with their. appropriation... There is nothing more common in Parliament than for Members to call for papers and documents, which are produced at art immense expense to the country; these are scarcely'ever refused, except on the score of impolicy, whereas they ought often to be resisted tit the ground of their being useless and expensive. In every Session a great propOrtion of these papers are not of the slightest utility, and the Members who hive called for them neither found any further pro ceedings on their being produced, nor indeed take any notice of them whatever. It will scarcely be credited that the expenditure for printing for the two Homan of Parliament, for the year ending in January last, was £189,760. The charges for stationery we hare not been able to ascertain, but it must be pro- portionably great, and it perhaps would not be too much to estimate the business of Parliament as cost ing the country £300,000 annually. The French Papers of Sunday contain nothing de cisive as to Russia and Turkey. An article from the frontiers of Moldavia states, that the Turks are fat from evacuating the two principalities. It is true that a great number of Asiatic troops have retired to take up cantcpments on the right bank of the Danube, but according to - our accounts from Vienna of the 27th May, a corps of Janissaries still occupy Bucha vest and Jassy. The ACA, since the death of SALISH PACHA, exercises the functions of Commander-in- Chief. There remain still 500 Turks at Krajowa.— The fugitive Boyards are not disposed to return home- The Government of the two provinces is still entirely Turkish, that is to say, as many cruelties and vexa tions are committed as usual, and the / Turks still shrew the same enmity towards the Russians. Little Wallachia is still occupied, and, according to the orders of the Divan, twenty thousand men have marched on the side of Servia. An article from Trankfost says, " Notwithstand ing the pacific nature of the accounts accredited amongst informed people, it is believed that the nego ciations between the Courts relative to the affairs of the East, will still last several months, and that they will lead to important results.'` The Petershurgh Gazette and Couservatrar have at length broke silence, and speak with indignation of the cruelties committed by the Turks in Wallachia. The-Turks have sacked several villages in the neigh bourhood of Salonica, in consequence of the inhabitants refusing to suffer themselves to be disarmed. The lireeks, complying with the wishes of their wives and daughters, have immolated them v ith their own hands, that they migkt not be violated by the barbarians. Ten thousand women and children have been sold as slaves at ten and fifteen piastres per head. It is thought that the Divan has issued several orders to massacre all the Greeks. All the accounts from St. Petersburgh agree upon this point, that the Russian army will remain provi sionally assembled upon the frontiers, and that the EMPICIIOR will immediately proceed to review them. The Grand Dukes still remain with the army, and the negotiations continue. The accounts from Spain in these Papers are rather more favourable than they have lately been. Na varre is entirely cleared of insurgents; and is Cata lonia, though there have been several rencontres, yet they have all been in favour of the Constitutionalists. A band of from four to five hundred rebels,lom manded by MISAS and BESSIRRIS, who had Levied contributions at Puycerda, for six days, had been completely defeated by a detachment of troops and militia, from Barcelona. If the fugitives had not taken refuge in the frontiers of France they could not have escaped. Hamburgh Papers to the Bth inst. and Frankfort Journals to the sth, have reached us. The following are extracts: PETERSBURGH, MAY 22. The trade of Odessa is not in a favourable state at this moment—business nearly stands still. The corn- mercial intercourse with Turkey is wholly suspended• Since the beginning of March no ship from Constan tinople has approached the harbour of Odessa. The navigation of the Euxint and Egean seas is very unsafe, on account of the Greek privateers (accord ing-to the latest accounts a general change has taken place, and the suspended commercial intercourse is revived). Exchange on London, May 91.—London, 91; Amsterdam, 9 13-11 ; Hamburg's, ai ; Paris, 100 i. • WARSAW, MAY t 7. A Decree of his Majesty, of the 9:h tilt. orders that every young Pole who goes to study at a foreign University, must have a certificate from his Majesty allowing him *to reside abroad. Those who are now abroad mast either apply fur such permission, or re turn home by Ist September, 1823. Ladly, those Poles who go abroad without obtaining such a certi ficate, or do not return within the due time, shall be excluded from all public offices and employments. HAMEURGII, JUNE 7. We have received the following authentic accounts vas Constantinople of the 10th of May . 'I Palest traewiality sdll prevail. hem All Chico rde love • . ~1 '. -- y , : awaited them. • 4A► tme 111:z14'e gnat% the p.o?1:: ' le.eiv ;.the twtlve J attired bete some Arm fur their r es id ence, they are indfand to want for nothing, and the Port e t reats t h eist With'all possible attention, They have already had several con (emus with the Reis Effendi, and with Halib Effendi, and it menu that two of them will be appointed Princes. " The lsepes of peace increase ; the Spernment bad pro. tutted, istan official note, that the Principalities should be eve. muted by the Sth May : all at once it charged its tore. It 1 3 dinned that Lord Stmogford, when he saw that the Porte alma in its course, even proceeded to threat." Accounts front Genoa, of the lith of May, state that the plague has broken out at Algiers, SEMLIN, Is AY SO. The post from Salonica and Seres at 1en:7,0! rived yesterday from Belgrade, and brought aco, u , ts very unfavourabje to the Greeks. The Pacha lonica had received reinforcements, and had (fele:iced the Greeks near Terizza. After this, he. fell qua thirty Greek villages, and tarried away the wi;m en and children as slaves. The Christians at Salonica have purchased many of these unfortunate persons for three or four pi.tal es, in order to rescue them from the wretched late that Letters from Constantinople, of the Ist of May, re ceived this morning, state. that the provinces of Wal lachia and Moldavia have been entirely evacuated ; and that the Deputies had arrived, all well, at Con. stantinople. Trade was reviving, and every aprea.- ance of tranquillity prevailed. • . • A111)11 . kAUTL 1 1 0 fiat . rartlf4 lagalivi Mile *di I * . 1 " gr• Ilt "" ' siss adopted towards the Iliniets ; this pteas and several other Meashersk Wag a°46US '1"141 : tie other Mod, the •orte Ussery well le their 4 Piolora ot the Ishieetr the debate` ", au ' Deputies freest Moldavia sod Wallasbia, *he joutited to this evening. days ago ; a splendid PAW* is assigned them 2'H E. ARMY. Monday the detachment of the Royal Regiment of ICnrtk British Dragoons kft Canterbury for Edinburgh, and In t' course of a few days the 14th Dragoons will supply their place. Commissions in the North Shropshire R.-gime:A of Yeconsury Ciwalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop. Major the honourable Thomas Kenyon to be Lieutenant-Co lonel, vice Owen, resigned; Captain John Mytton to be Ma jot', vice Kenyon, promoted ; Lieutenant Charles Warrer. to 'be Captain, vice Kirkpatrick, resigned; Lieutenant Th.:mes Hugh Sandford to be ditto, vice Curs.,r, ; L 'Lit nant Lewis .Tones to be ditto, vice Alytron, promoted ; net Thomas Gwynne, to be Lieutenant, vice Warren, noted; Cornet John Wright Jebb to be ditto, vice Slliefo7i!, promoted ; Cornet John Croton to be ditto, vice Junes, pr.. muted; Frederick Rowland Grimes, Gent. to be Cornet, v.or. - Gwynne, promoted; John William Rutterton, Gent. to Ls ditto, vise JOAN promoted ; Thomas Looguevtile Jones, u. Gent. to be ditto, vice Crozun, promoted. NAVAL LLLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, Juan E.N.F..—Sailed the Marqrts et Queensberry packet, for the Mediter-ancan ; Lady Mary It ►atn packet, for the Brazil; Maria, Miont.troat, fur C.: qv-- dimple; Trial, JrNatas, and Draper, RILIIARDE, for Lortian. roarsmousu, Jcse 11.— Wind N.E.—Arrived the tant steam-packet ; and Longlands, CrNsma, from Lo•idnn. Sail, the James Sibbald, Fonses, for Dornbay ; and Avsnit, (LE LA, for Norway. Mac, Julie 11 —Wind N. N. 11—Came dawn from the Rie r this morning the Warren Hastings, ItlAsox, for Calcutta. Ar rived last night, and sailed fur the River, a West India ship, name unknown.—Seven o'Clock : The Dorietshire, Lrus, fur Calcutta, is now coming through the Gull Stream, and no do she and the Warren Hastings will both proceed on their voyages this evening, the wind being quite fair. CUSTOM- Muss, Jean al.—Ships Entered Inwards: The Ha. nover, from Jamaica; Cyprus, from St. stersburgh; York Merchant, from Charente ; William, from Harlingen ; Amp:.i trite, from Riga ; and London, from liamburgh.—Entered wards : The Nymph, for Smyrna; Gertruda, for Amsterdam ; and Leda, for Curacoa.—Cleared Outwards: The Catha:in:, for Stettin ; Viscountess Down, fur liambur,gh; Merton, ;u: l'illau ; Zeemeuw, for Amsterdam ; Triomf°, for Cadiz ; Cambridge, for St. John's. Last night, at half past twelve o'clGck, his M.&JE rr arrived at his Palace, in Pall-Mall, from Windsor. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Levee as COVI. orander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse-Guards, which was attended by The Marquis of Lothian, Marquis of rute, Earl of Ashburn ham. Lord Combermere, Sir George Nugent, General Gastorte, Sir Hrnry Fane, Sir IL Donkin, Sir John Murray, Sir Ilues.to Lowe, Sir R. O'Callaghan, Generals Walker, Orde, R yrat,l - Gordon, Mainter, Sir William Cockburn, Eden, ang a great number of other Officers. With feelings of deep regret we notice the di-tresc ing accounts which are daily received from Ireland; the Reports presented to the Committee at the City of London Tavern, are appalling beyond description. We are informed that a letter was yesterday received from a Rev. Prelate, who is most active in ti.e wcric of Charity, addressed to a Gentleman in Ireland,tlir) transmitted it to this country, in which his Grace 11,es the following emphatic expressions," The smallest Rini or aid is of use in these times of sad and frightful virat.r tion. Notwithstanding all that is doing I .frar many thousands must paisliji ons actual hunger. I set out to morrow, please GOD, to visit the most distressed parts of the county of Mayo; I am frightened at the ap palling scenes and sickness, but I will live with the famishing and diseased during the summer, and I trust that the LORD in his mercy will put a period to thii bitter visitation." Musses or Mrs. Dna:as-i.e.—The inspection of the persons of the two men confined in Barkhr. Jail, suspected of bring the murderers of Mrs. I)unatty, toil place on Saturday. All the witnesses who had seen persons near the house on the night of the murder, inspected the parsons of these suspected men. Mrs. Tamen and Mrs. Jeers thought there was sonic resemblanae between F.lkner, one of the prisoners, but neither of them cou:d swear to his person; and the other witnesses did not think rh:re was any resemblance between the prisoners, and the persons they had seen ; and thus the matter rests at present. Manic BOROLANY, AND ATTACK UPON • LAlllT.—Y.:sterd 3 y morning, about a quarter past three o'clock, a thief corned the house of Mrs. Osborne, of No. 42, Green-street, Grosvenor square, by cutting a hole through the kitchen door in the front area; he proceeded to Mrs. Osborne's chamber, and, placing a pistol to het head, swore be would instantly blow out her if she caused the least alarm. He immediately seized her packets, out of which he stole a 101. note, and a purse containieg two sovereigns, and also took a valuable watch. The threats of the thief awoke the female servant who slept in the adjoining apart ment, and finding there was some one near at hand, he hastella down stairs with all possible speed, and escaped into the strae- C'eaut Eacitas:ce ' Matte- taxer, JUNE 14.—Our Wheat trade continues very much depressed, having but few buyers, and a large quantity at market, not only of this week's supply, bi:t trdm previous arrivals, and the inferior qualities have only a no minal value ; . but the few fine sampks that were got uff this morning were at Monday's prices. The advance tlist took pl,L:e on Monday in the prices of Barley, Peas, Beans, ase Oats w:a fully supported to-day ; the demand for the latter article was tar from brisk. DIED. At Cbeshont, on the 9th instmt, Erederick Baskerville,infAnt sea of Thomas Waltoa, Esq. of the Foreign Post•Oßce. .~~-~- LONDON; rfinted and published by Liras Kier, Pict.•►► &cc, Tcalpit-Bar.