The National Register. — London, England, 1823-01-27 00:00:00

• there is atm influence exercised at thi moment in the House of Commons which hat not been exercised in a similar manneroloritez, the last 400 years, both by the CfOWII and the Artstocrary.—(No emit ince yips ton this is the fac:, I tunik• I .1,01 mumd and ask if the country is Is no en j oyed tiny privileges and blesshigs Manua lie p •nrio---(oo, no, and and wit,ther we liave must hate arise., solely (hit of a state of good Govero metsi-s-(No, no!)—lo the care of the ihnottgli N ew. too also, lie toitutu toe meilili-rs were lied fly the Steward 1,1 tile the Brrutp,."—H: was aware that such dry details were leilhous,. nut how WJS to answer the statements of Ms hum friend but by facts ? Here, then %Sala proof Oral any of the alleged abuses existing in the 'loose uI Gothiii 0116 were, at the least, of 400 years sianding.—(A person in the ciuwil said "Tell us no: whits it is, but what it ought to be.")-isThe Hon. Gentleman, after a variety of other observations in de knee of the existing order of things, mid Jganist reform, in the course of which he was !resiliently interrupted, Was at length so loudly assailed, that notwithstanding the repeated exertions of the High Siterd, Mr. Fawkes, Mr Petre„ kc. he WAS obliged Hs retire from the front of the hustings. Lord NIILTox next addressed the meeting. He was sure, he said. that it was for the interest of them all that they had heard the speech which had just been delivered, as well as the speeches which had preceded it from his hon. friends the mover and sec ler of the resolutions , because he apprehended, the main object which they wished to attain was truth, and the attainment of truth Was illliPuSSible unless they had the means of balancing the arguments on one side against the arguments which might be urged •on the other. In 1819, whet' Parlia ment were attempting the great experintein of returning to cash payments—au experiment of the difficulty of which ministers, if they were fit to govern this country, must have bent convinced—the choice of this period for the imposition of three millions of fresh taxes, and tile facility with which the Moue of C agreed to this measure, when the whole country was crying aloud for reduction and retrenchment, increased his suspicious. —The memorable transactimis at Manchester, on► the 16th of August, and every thing that grew out of those tratisections--alxive all, the passing of the six acts, in the Session of 1819, converted the.first year of his Majesty's reign, winch ought to have been a year of jubilee, lino one of disgrace and discredit to the country ; and destroyed, he would say it boldly, iu many material points, the col ttt i t Intuit of the country. (Applause.) The facility with which the House of Commons lent itself to the passing of acts by which the personal liberty of the subject was restrained, and ma gistrates were empowered to search for arms in the dwellings of EitglishittenaCts which still remained utirepealed, though even the pretended necessity for them had ceased to exist—cotifirined his siespicions.— Last of all, he desired them to bear in mind those transactions which, above all others, hail excited the feelings of the people of England—he alluded to the proceedings against tier late Majesty. Although those proceedings had neves been directly agitated in the House of Goniasons, yet a 1110(1011 was mane mile be ginning of the year 18.1, after the rejection of• the bill of Pants and Penalties. by Mr. J. Smith, one of tile lutist respectable members of mat Howie, tor the resto ration of her Majesty's 113111 C to the Liturgy. II that question had been debated in the Castle Yard, how many ul• then►, he would ask, would have lilted up his hand against it?—(Cries of " not one I" a voice ex claitned—" Yes, one—Smart Wortley would have Op posed it.)—He would ask, whether, if such a propo sition had been made to them, it would ton hare been received with 0.. e universal burst of applause? What was the case, however, in the House of GH►►111011i? There the motion made not the slightest 11111ifeSS11111. The history of the world would hear him inn iii saying. that a state of anarchy was in all times said in all coon tries succeeded by a sate of tyranny. It' the middle of the 17th century, when the remains of the Long Par hamlet.' declared the Kingly 'Mice useless, the House of Peers a ituisance, and usurped the functions of the wive ttttt -., these violent measures were succeeded by the predominance of the army, and tyr: of Oliver C tttttt well. In their own times the saute effects hollow ed the same causes itt a neighbouring country, and they might depend upon it, that if the same experiment ss re repeated here they would witness the same results. —Fur there reasons, lie 'et:unintended them to temper their zeal with moderation, awl not to aim at objects which they had not .he istessiis of twosome. fie (Lord Al ) would du all in his power in lortheratice of the cause ; Mr he conscientiously believed Mat its the ',ream( state of the country. Ito other measure could prevrin the eslahlishmeot or ttttt tag very like an arbitrary government. It was 11111/(111Silde to establish a iyiaimy more Odlf/US tar 1110 re ►ecure to the tyrant, Mao whe❑ the Curios of a free constitutiosi were become useless lor the purposes of freedom, warped away from then original design, and made the isoirostients of despotic power— This was a species of tyranny which had nothing in it to excite resistance. In ausoline tyrannies there Was St least the hope that the people would be driven to de spair, bin m a tyranny disguised under the forms of liberty there was not even a desponding hope, ii he might be allowed such an expression. Fur these reasons lie had become a convert to the cause of Parliamentary Reform, and li►r the other reasons he had rutted to went, he trusted they would pur►ue this to jest . with great modera•ion, but not without seal He belieted lie had now nothing further to add, except to thank them for the great attention with which they had lit. oiled to observatimis which, he feared, most hate al ready fatigued thrum. The Noble Lord cmiclualed an able speech amidst the 1011 d .111111 ell(1111111.15111; applause of rite meeting. Wirvit.t.s3itl, it was not his intention to hove occupied any poriloo of their aitetilion, hail it for sonic of the Jra iiiii ems which had heel, used ty toe blotrtha for Yorkthire. Tire liorrourairle Aletalwr lied! Mlffie 116 a.; THE NATIONAL REGISTER, contended that the abuses which were now complained of existed 400 years ago. But, adun tt itt g that these abuses hail existed 400 year. ago, was that env reason why they should sinctiou their ennhiminCe? the next argonaut of the Honou rable Nletotter was, ilia. PJrlis mew susolse the Sense 4.1 the people. The Noble Lord hail sidlimently answered Ott. argument. Tile solicit ohm of the Habeas Carpus Act, the prosecution of the Oileeir, the denial of justice oriel the transactions at Manchester. of the completrst refrita twit of this aratiment. Toe Honourable D iemher had attributed the overwhelming taxation, under which the country was lairouring, to the American wars and what, he would ask, was the cause of that war but the usurpation of she right of imposing nit American taxation von representation ? As to the war against France, in 179::, the enormous debt which had been incurred in cruise, qaence of that war was the strongest argu hem Its favour ui Reform.-The Honourable Member concluded amidst the applause of the meeting. Mr. IlevesLl:tr said, the Honourable Member for the county hail .hewn notch partiality for the period of Henry V 11. one of the utuct rascally and wicked tyrants in our history. Mr. Woo Lea declared, that though the terms of the resolutions were not precisely such as he would hate suggested, yet he would still glee them his 'unison. The resolutions were then separately put and carried, the single hand held up against ttICIII being that of Alt. S. Wortley. Sir F. Woofs, Bin. then proposed the following Pe tition:— • T o the Honourable the House or Comm. of Great Britain and Ireland, ,fn Parliament assembled. " The Humble Petition oldie Freeholders of the Co. of York, SNEWITH—That yolk _petitioners are duly and deeply Impressed with veneration Mr the Constitution of this Realm, as co ns isti n g of King, Lord*, and Commons, 'and are anxious to preser►e in purity and vigour the privileges of each compo nent part, being convinced that the same were well adapted to the benefit and protection of the People. .` Impressed with these sentiments, this County has not been forward to eomplain of the conduct of Parliament. but the recent proceedings of your Honourable House, which has in each successive Session given fresh proofs of its deviation from public opinion, have convinced your Petitioners that neither axe duly attended to in your Honourable House.' Instead of a determined resistance to the encroachments of power, • tender care for the rights of the people, a jealous eye over the executory and and judicial magistracy, and • vi gilant watch over the public tremere ; it has been the misfor tune of your Petitioners to witness too ready • compliance with tbc wishes of whatever Minister may have dispensed the fa vours of the Crown. . Of this unconstitutional tendency in year Honourable House, your Petitioners feel the bad erects in the wanton and profligate expenditure of their resources, io the mainte nance of a military force, dangerous to the liberties, in the enactment of laws inconsistent with the spirit of the f;unstitu lion, and in the frequent neglect with which the Petitions of the People have been treated in that quarter, where they ought to have experienced the reediest and most anxious attention. The evils of an inadequate representatiou have been com plained of by eminent Statesmen of all parties, and at different periods, but to your Petitioners these evils ap r iear greatly aq grav•ted by the additional power end ingeenee over your hono rable House, which is derive t from the present large collection of Taxes, and the unprecedented amount of oar Civil, Mita tary, and Colonial Peace Establi►hments. Yoor Petitioners beg lease to represent, that if this state of your honourable House, and the circumstances which affect its independent*, are at all times subjects of great public in terest—they are peculiarly so at • time wheo the absolute Monarchs of Europe, not content with arbitrarily ijoverning their own dominions, are leagued together in ao alliance, the avowed object of which is to check the progress of liberty, isld to prevent the establishment of Representative Governments ; an object which they have but too successfully carried into ex ecution he the military occupation of countries to which they bare had the power to dictate. *, Your Petitioners apprehend an each immediate violence to the British Constitution, but they:are fearful lest a pernicious iallueoce should destroy the basis of their liberties, and saki mate. y colleen the power of a free Constitution into the coo truism instrument of an arbitrary Government. t. Your Petitioners, anxious that Parliament should avail itself of the present period of peace and tranquillity to enter into • full consideration of the state of the ilous.. of Commons, respectfully but earnestly entreat your Honourable House to enquire seriously into the causes of a state of th:ngs injurious to themvelres and dmagerous to their posterity, and by a speedy and effectual Refor u of your Ilonoerable Ronne, to adopt the measures which alone can remedy the evils of which they oomplain, end restore that good agreement and perfect sympathy which ought to preyed between the true House of Commons and the Pimple." The pelitioit wan then pot to the meeting by the U 'oder Suenf, and was adopted with only tau dissentient voices. Mr. CHOLMONDEL EY sail, that it was now his duty to propose to thew a aeries of stopplentental rem - lotions ; and at that late hour of the day, hr should do it without any limiter prefatory remark., H.• then proposed mai C :::::: 'nitre be appointed kJ superintend the signature of the ; that this committee should consist of the first setenty-two gentlemen who had signed the rerlut►i tton to the High Sheriff, and hate !tower to add to their ben. He hoped that a petition would be placed no the table of the House of C ►o numesously signed as to make it groan under their right The Hon. E. Perna seconded They were 'heft put and car►ied. • L;rd MILTON then proposed, , seconded a vote of thanks to the .leerily itt callUs4 the meet ilia, duct dont% the conotuadosce of cheers. Toe H too SHlLlttli--1 have pressing Ike uli,d.ciiou 1 C011(111.1 hes met with your approt►au add, it my mmini w is of Ally t' the mecum% has 'welt 01 the 1111.41 perceahle, and the mint ihmiified was tlieo dissolved at lour o'clock. • „ r their Weight. I eNntorrir 111. 10 11.W11.111 f. ded these reiha t utioac _ C/11111•11 off the ib °eroded 4VIIII 111 I. s.a now all hos • 1 and VIVA 1111 l ICed Use 411/1/1 , and Mr. S. Woert.eT a-happy t.s Nil.l, Ile High Sheriff, kir is.. .!7;.!' 5 040i1, and is come ti and hi• irnpartiai %Own. .. • ex.i.—The.re it.—Carried with three , • 44 11/01.silesock , • s :,.- .111. 1.1111 M.ll . Kari ' Meg 11 , de.raw r ;treat pleasure in ex. wiilalb-'iolflaty jointers., fed 111 61111111* that Intl flan ; no leu ,„ nldahrr probation. 1 can 01111 t is us s ingAny 1 111, that the efottluel of el meaty perilous, Mal wI, 111110 insold ly. the No rihnudanee, it tur,telii 1 1 113111IC. Tule meeting Neu. ePPear.shee+ are to k, dietive spirit of that rem ~ ~~.. , a......-AqWw...0.41. -- BRIDGE-STRZAT GANG..—In our obit u ary of the 2816 alt, we mentioned the death of Mr, John Reddish. also was formerly a respectable bookseller in this town. The way this person was treated by the Society we th nk it proper to notice. We apprehend it will he then dillicuq to find any one wl o will say that the iiitribute of mercy forma any part of its character; we wish the subscribers knew of the proceeding, for we think in that case many of them would ithdraw their support :—ls July, 1521, they procured • Judge's warrant against him to appear In the Court of King's Bench to an in dictum to be preferred for selling the lauldiral Midi, Nary, a work published in Loudon, neither the author or printer of which had been prosecuted. Mr. Reddish was arrested, though on the verge of 70. and in an infirm state of health committed to prison, where he remained from Friday until Monday even• ing, when be procured bail ; lie heard no more of the business that year, and supposed they had given op the prosecution : bat in the spring of last year notice was served upon loins of trial at the Lent Assists. Dewing this interval his health had PO tench declined, principally from the effects of this proseca • Cron. that he bad given up business. His children, end some old friends who had known him in more prosperous days, re commended an application being merle to the Bridge street As aociation to stay proceedings, ■s the expense of defending himself vilest so formidable ■ power would be great, and at th's time of life they apprehended, if convicted, iniprisonment would be of serious consequence. A respectable solicitor wee employed to write to the Society's agents, informing 11111111 of Mr. lleddieb's very weak stale ; that he had declined business, and as a further inducement an offer was made to oribuit and withdraw the plea, upon en ❑nderstanding that he shoeld not be call dup for judgment, unless he again offended. To this Mr. Murray replied, that be must consult the committees-- Some time elapsed, and after several •pplicstioaa, as answer was sent that the offer could *mot be complied with. Oa re ceipt of this reply, Mr. Reddish made his cue k.ows to 11011/0 gentlemen, and • subscription was immediately set oe foot to dieted him. Mr. Broeghain and Mr. Joshua Swabs were rr Weed . ; and poor Reddish, though apparently at death's door. set off on the Slat of last March for Lancaster : the nest mere log his trial was to come on, bat before the Court met, Mr. Murray sent a note to Mr. Brougham, to the effect that the Association would accept the offer before 1011110 to poked guilty on the same conditions—and the spirit-brakes defeadam, for the reasons already stated, was recommended to accede to the offered term►. This conduct speaks for itself ; sooner than the worthy Secretary would lose a journey to Lancaster, the lib of a poor feeble fellow-creature was to be naked ; and it was only when it was seen that Reddish bad friends, and was to be defended by Mr. Brougham, (who, we doubt not, would have given the Society and their Secretary a handsome dressing,) that the same offer was proposed by Murray, which was by hits before rejected. The excitatioe this 'Weir produced on the frame of Mr. Reddish was so great, and the journey to sad from Lancaster weakened him so much, that on his arrival at home he was obliged to be carried up stairs, and he POOll afto took to his bed, from which be hardly ever roue.—Arenstmew PROVIDINTIAL ESCAPE.—On Tuesday evening, between Ave and sic o'clock, four girls, under fourteen years of age, whose parents reside in the Wandsworth-road, agreed to ac company each other to the adjoining meadow, for t .e purpose of engaging in the exercise of sliding. On their way thither they met with a youth, aged about 116 jean, the sots of a Mr. Motive, 'respectable engineer, residing near Kennington.eross, who accompanied them also. They had scarcely, however, 'entered on the Ice, when it broke, and t h e eldest, a fine girl, unable to preserve herself, was sinking very last. The youth observing her perilous situation, hastened to her "mistime, bet in his laudable endeavours he himself fell in. With great presence of mind he still kept fast hold of her, and at length succeeded in bringing her out of the water ; yet, drenched ..• he was, he would not leave the object of his preservation until he had taken her borne to her friends, nearly perished wish cold, and met with such reception from them as his exertions required. At.aliss ten Aectnesers.—For some time past bricklayers and labourers have beret employed in pull. itg down • number of old bons *a in James's -street, Gros venor-square—and on Wednesday nominee aimed ten o'clock, one of them, oa the third door of which sic nwn were standing, gave way, and precipitated the nufortei nate being" to •he bottom t they were completely covered with the ruins, aad a eousidesahle space of time elapsed before they could be dug out. We are happy. has to state that three of them escaped without scarcely any Injury, butt the °theta, though not supposed dangerously, were coesiderahly hurt—they were Immediately conveyed to Si. George's Hospital. Another iselancholy Deterrent% took place on Tureaday evening, in Marmon Crescent. Lord's Ground, at the house of Mts. Weipart. blise Sasitheamt ' her niece, went sip oolitic dress for • lea party, and in a short time atter lier shrieks alarmed the bonne, and usi the Restrain going into the reom a frightful *cent presented—she met the young lady at lilt chamber door esiseloped in Names, and the bed furnitrire wee also • fire. Iu her shuns the nt sinew the connierpene of' the bed tumid the sufferer, and eatingnisbed the slaters, bet toot is oil Ill• htilr was bent. ficissathe head.— The young lady was alive on Wednesday morning, Under the t acute sufferings, hot hopes of a recovery ere at an end, The sufferer is only 17 years of age, and else was on a visit at her 'a. AL•RMINO ACCIDENT ♦T THR SCAT Of LORD VI-- COUNT Gir•stet tut.— Wh►rsied long,. ins Sntiulk, last the noble Lord hail • large party of friends, in enjoy the sports of the hill. On 'Thursday last, they were out sron►ing a wood. The inurning was hazy, and the Doke of Wellington was so intent on his game, that hr lost sight of the pasty, and in filing his dosiblr-bar relied gun. he sinforinnately lodged a pail of the conk:site 1.1 the face of his noble host ; seven !wan %hot entered the cheeks, and one the 0.n.0.. Hiss Greer, hearing ass eael:ltnalio• of t. I ant Ant." threw down his pis cr and tall 10 the spot, whets. tie his friend Iraillnp manias/a a !lee, Ilse litre .Irediniog with blood. ...I se of the isgsly -•••I. for medical gisl, the oth, ra to• the lodge. A ....s -hout auricled, estrarietl die shot, stile patient 1.. be am in any d anger. ;lies his lord.bip is now perfectly to Mnw u. has mil been known studs an k.., duib. g liatf a reointy la•t pa•t . as. Mar. Citattielit, ut Wick, tip at farm of WA 00111. at Iloilo , im less than half em loon he _der thar iwelar woodrork., nine of he begged. 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