The National Register. — London, England, 1822-06-24 00:00:00

. do—p, 6 . 4 A A - "••••••66.44 n it‘‘ torittr. eur wing, Confititution, anti iLabui. public esteem, by the manly assertion of their rights, he i had acquired consideration as their representarivre—lle was absent from the country when the liayul of power was raised to oppress him, but they remembered the maxim of the British Constitution—that every man should be deemed innocent until prosed Lobe guilty, and they threw the shield of public support around him, and enabled him to vindicate his innocence IR the fact of his enemies.—For such generous confidence he should ever feel grateful, and the recollection of it would, if possible, gave itimeased animation to the discharge of his public ditty, which was the only service lie could render, or they would receive. It was a lamentable fact, that co ercion, tint conciliation, was the system of government, and that Ministers rereived support nom those who en* to protect the people. The owners of the soil, whin they did no' feel distress themselves, did not sympathise with the distresses of the people—every new tax met their approbation, amid the abolition of an ancient right was called a new security for religion and social order.—Ma gterates, who rush red to empioy the sword agaatst 'tile people, wete deemed the best cottversators of the public peace; and Judges, who punished the man and not the crime, were rewarded with applause —(Hear, heat).-- Nu matt had more sympathy for the general diatress, nut when it led to Reliant, which was toe sovereign good, tile contemplation of the result afforded consolation. Those who oppose Reform say it is incessaty that. the majority of the House of Cronmoos should represent themselves, er persons of iittiiienee, or the Crown ; that II torte were no rotten boroughs, men of talent ttiti.tit be excleded front Parliament; teen a Home of Comaroirs eillanattng directly front the people, would be ion demo cratic for tile exv-tense: of the inuoaretty and aristocra , .y. hoc fritods nl lee ortn s .y, with much better re ison, that bodies politic, like individuals, wilt seek their ban good—that the people will not elect unworty representa tives, and that, by 4r4lient returns of tn. ir rtyht to elect, they will have tete power of rejecinia those who may prove themselves unworthy in confidence. With tea pect to the supposed rejection of melt of Wean, he would appeal to history, and clialleog,e any prom, that when the people elected, whedier in Rome or in England, they did tint choose those woo were best qualified.—" 11'ho," says a ccleArated writer, could be so base as to prefer a Nero to a &rice., t—li men possessed talent merely they saohld not lie elected —without iiitegiity talent would be nits,nitevoi,s. Ttiat a Rouse of Cuaturuns elected by the people wool.' be tun democratic was not the fact, for the petip:e were loyally and royally disposed ; and it had heels truly said, t..ai toe King of England (tad only to be a ee l üblieent in his act. to secure the greatest devotion hum tits people. It was fashionable for some to decry II publics, but tic could not overlook the State of Ainerica--.ltere property was res pected—toreign consideration was maintained : yet their ministers never said that influence and a standing army were necessary to the support oh Govertinwitt !—( I leaa' hear.)—Atnerica works with our laws, our laugoagy, and our usages; yet doting two weirs they never suspended their llahtas Curwit Act, nor coittroulcd toe fieetintit tit the press. Spain is procectlinzmu chic cause of reform, withittit rapine, without even sited.uott one blood of the culy ; nor did Spain anti l'ortugal, though their ene mies are en:lt:noticing to Isiodle a Veudeatt war within C‘ein ; yet did their retOrined Gove iiiiii eats tiot resort to tile pa,sing of ass Alien Bel ; a sure prune that tit feet. must of the people were iii unison wuu the 601• SS ttttt elm the triends tit lieedom hail been taunted in Lie !louse or Commit's, witere, it was said, the people tit England ap [noted of the Aces Bill, because iney had not heuuored against Li would ask the meeting, had the Attorney General for Ireland slated the truth I Did the people of kinaland approve of the Alien B:11 I—(tries of Nu, nut) —The cause of heeding' was gaming erouird•all over the world. 'llse independence or South America was es t:nil:stied and in a great degree by tile etallanny of Our our countrymen, particular Lord Cochrane. (Hear, near, hear.—Greece might he lett to awn's., ve tier (miserly by her own right arena It was 5.151. t101.1;11 Ile COMO not believe it, that site was "batidotted uy Russia; but still si.e would preserve the &nue of liberty to a gloraaus day, whets their &oaf Would be crowned with a enn ui tttttt anon etat would compel:elle tor whole ages tit sorrow and shanie.—(Rear, mat: )—The pliant Caair utaii concluded by renewing Ins assurances 0f illitCll - to Ills COIIaIItUCIIIS, and declared .115 COIWICOuII, that by coniorming to weir weettesite would best promote the public acetate. The health u: Charles Calvert. EN. was mkt giv4ii, which was drank with respect. - Sir ils•Betee then tend he had a united tow to props-e, which needed no recteumendatuut to tic well received — he regretted that sue 01 ille worthy envied* he Was dilOtil n. propose WAS a Weill iii coliserpietiee of a pativol we dangerous malady ; he then gate toe tried Irie ads of fievuonl, Sir Francis B urdett aria John Cain ilinaliottar, E.q• 'Foe itanokineenient to this toast, we say, was received with otittitudaetie Mr. Robttouse Irani, he could out it,trtuoie the grew kittdo.as vino t% it4il Zl.i nattlx et as 1 . 1.5.5 it% 4:0 .0 any utne• cause than his connection with his distinguished col leagoe. Ile was directed by him to express his sincere regret that he could not attend t h at meeting ; Its alba known as the friend of the people for IS years. ■nd his alivose required no (*N.M.'S!. (Hear.) 'Then worthy Chairman had laid a just stress ots the iniportatioe of return iti Parliament. wiihuut it no good could be ef fected. It was absurd to talk of any compendious means of delivering the country from the burden of the debt. unless toe House of Cmiumns were reformed, to pre vent it contracting another. He had supported every proposal (Or Parliamentary Reform that was made to the House of Commons since he had a seat there, thouet some of them were very different from each other. but he was willing to give the patrple any Lhance of a change{ for the better. (Hear.) The CHAIR/44W next proposed the health of Mr. Laniiitori, which was drank with great applause. Mr. LA bi (MON expressed his attachment to the mere of It f —his respect for the many tissues of Sir R. Vii-on and his independent constituents, in a speech which was heard with weat delight. and which we regret our limits will not allow us to give. Mr. Whitbread's health was next drank.--The loan and \lr. Whithrem's speech followed, were received with immense applause. Several oilier toasts were then drank, and :he company did nut separate till a late hour. . •..w Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated May SO: —" I an sorry to acquaint you, that by the arrival of a vessel in seven days from Oran, we have the unpleasant intelligence of tire plague having again broken out at Algiers.. There has been no recent arrival here from Algiers, and I suppose theGovern meat here will watt fur an official communication from the Consul General before he adopts rigorous restrictions. I view this occurrence with extreme concern, not only as it affects our intercourse with that regency, but as it must eventually cramp our commerce with the whole of South Barbary, which was beginning to assumes very favourable aspect." New Souru WALES.—A series of New Soak Wales Gazelles has just, arrived, from which we find that the colony is in a most flourishing condi. trio. The following are extracts: " All the accounts irons the interior content' in ems idislitin; one pleasing circumstance, and :hat is, the pro mising appearance of the harvest. " By she Queen Charlotte we train, that the approaeliing harvest at the solithein settlements wilt he abundant' in the elittrilie. 'the weather in Vat Diennun'. Land lately hal been very rainy, and to this is to be attributed the atitteipatedlallillialit plod/. t of the tit Ids. So peculiarly favourable had the su%illif seaSoll been, that they were actually pi epat ing to sow the seed when the Queue Chas ka. sailed, a circuits-Wire nuprecedeni ed. " fhe ship Gras conveys to Hobart 'lowa a few horses, some hormti (*.Otte, allil 30 excellent rams, of the frlerieo breed. The Vie Dietlintl'A Land wool is improving ,ra pidly, and by close . ..newton and clic ttttt ageniettrvisil, at no distant period, become a ptiptitArle staple Or " We cougratidate the itillahilahls or these Colonies on the very recent arrival Own Europe of the vaccine virus. Air. Manton, the positist•ter, is the gentleman wlio has been tustinmental to its happy re-Mu-mint:non. sinkers or children have lately wen iimoculated, mud the waster has taken exceedingly well. " We have Henn credibly informed, that the following novel and extraordinary circumstance occurred s • y re s—The servant of a gentleman in she niterim, vlhae at Ilk labour on the estate, was oinfortimaialy Intuit in one of the tioso:rs hey a sitske. Hash's a hone or ass axe at basil, w.tuuut hesitation he lopped of the infected joint, and Vivid home to his noisier, who dressed the %Mind. No slat wog symptoms fotloeed, and there the stair ii. , paretitly elided. In the course of two or three M 114., hoar ref, the poor man tic ulgtil his curiosity by vl• stung the stump Oil Wllit.ll he had left the outwit/led joint. He took it up, esai ll ill ed. and placed it to his a•bstiil4 t NOW which he was tininedi•tely seized with a delirium, and very slimily after died. " Assize of bread, the loofa two ponnds.flil. Average prices or unities at meet kec : —Whew, Ids. ist. per hush. I; 4a. 9d. per do.; potatoes, 9s. 6.1. per cwt. ; fowls. 3s. pet couple; Warr, IS. flat per lb. ; eggs, la. 6.1. per .tusen." .A meeting of tradesmen of Lincoln was lately held, when it was resolved to petition the House cf Commons to lay some further restriction on hawkers, And persons who hire rooms for the sale of gtoodi for a short tirse only. A highly respectable and ensineast West India establishment hue suskacnded payment, to the great regret of the city. 'I heir:property M West India securities is reported to be four times larger Matt their debts, bat such is the deptesssd state of trade, that no money could be raided uu it, though titussii ands plenty. - 1 lADEPENDENCE OF The fourth anniversaryof Sir Robert Wilson's election for Southwark was celebrated by a festival, at the [torus Tavern, Kennington, on Tuesday last- The company assembled were numerous beyond any Witter occasion, and contained the most disthigu Ward electors of Southwark, and many illustrious friends of freedom, who embraced the oppoi tunny of expressilig their attachment to the electors et Southwark, and their truly independent representative. At six o'clock Sir Robert IVilson entered the room, and took the chair, amidst continued bursts of applause, the baud playing " See the Chartering Heto cooties." He was accompanied by a consid e rable tier of the members of the House or Cot .... tins, amongst w hoot were Messrs. Holmoutie, Lattilnott, Whitbread, Hume, Bennet, Hutchinson, Wood, kc. As soon as dinner was over, the chairman pee " The Kitt; ; may he never forget the principles that placed his f: mdy un the throne," which was drank with great ap- {dame. The next toast was " The Penplc—the only source of legitima7e power I " drank with continued applause. " The Liberty of the Press" was next given, which was drank with equal honour. The CHAIRMAN next gave, " A sneerny and effectual reform of the (2( ttttttt oils House of Parliament." Tins toast was received and drank with a coistiouatiou of ap plause that evinced the deepest feeling on the subject of reform. As soon as the app'atise.bad subsided, Mr. WOlrittiltr: , ooll addressed the meeting.—He said he was called on by the stewards to propose the health of the wonky chairman, the anuiveisary of whose elec tion they were met to celebrate, It was on the 'i2l of Jute the electors of Southwark gained the victory over those who would have held them m thraldom, which Fate them their gailaut and independent chairman foe their representative. The old billowing this year on a Saturday, the prevent day, which was the aoutversary of their coniimocenient of the struggle, in which they bad so huuourahly contended and glotiously triumphed, was chosen to celebrate their victory. Sir It. Wilson, as a political character, was at the tone they adopted him only known to them by report—he was well known to them amid Europe for his valour and humanity; he had but lately emerged I a French prison, where he had been incarcerated for exercising the finest virtues of the human heart, and the lame of his many virtues natu rally gained credit to the utility pledges lie gave of poli tical consistency; he pledged himself to support parlia mentary reform, economy in the public expenditure, and on every occasion to exert himself in support of the rights and liberties of the people. tie (Mr. IVotherspuipii) int,lltt now appeal to all who hearth him, to the whole people of Etigland—whether Sir Robert Wilson had not nobly redeemed etery pledge he gave—(the criesof (tear, hear,—he has—he has, that followed this sentence, were loud and tout timed) fir. W. proeeeded—tmit Sir H. Vt ikon had teat:eased all his pledges—had been ever on his post in defence iii the pvoplc—wai not only grate fully acknowledged by his cosistimenis, but had also called foriti the applause of the illustrious men, who. &list/NIS to do honour to their representative. had this day honoured them with theii company. Althoti;li Sir Ittilwrt Wilson's political file hail yet been short, yet it had been essential; and in every event he had plowed himself the same brave, indepentletit, disinterested, and virtuous patriot—(hear, hear.) . 11 . lien t :tat dreadful viulat of law and liberty, that could never be milli- Clently 41epliiicil, took place at Manchester, Sir Hobert ‘Vilsod, Wrio was then abrowl, instantly lit:Ai:nett back to comfort:cc wl.tl his et.iistititeilis ion the lest Ut obtaining redress; and aliliuuyh Ow people, oisivAil obtaining redress, %ter,' visited by the L 101t1114111% Six Acts that rlia4raCeil the Statute Ll:auk, yet no exertion had been Wagon the part of their represeinadve, or the virtuous man who laboured with him. (Beat, hear.) The next occasion on which lie had an oppor tunity or eviliCing Ilia hatred of oppression, was iu the came of their late Queen. and Mr that virtuous coo duct lie was eiritOteU to the must bitter pterstcuuun that ever disgraced any country; but the people of Etigland tilt his cause was their own ; they tallied roolid hini, and their honour and esteem recompenced his generous mind Mr the worst injuries of Minister:al vengeance.— (Ilear, hear.)—Ur.VVotherriporm concluded by proposing " The health of the Robert Wilson, our itidepemicitt, humane, and gallant representative; and oily tile spirit of the people Mr ever keep pace with the oppression of the tioveriiment." A considerable time elapsed before the often repealed bums of applause submittal. As Waa lealUietl. . - Si, ROBERT WILSON aildersird the *aid. the I w il d, %vim 1, 4 4 i co and •Il,et iiiii hii mime to ttietr nonce, hid reminded then, . thin it was the Ltsary of the day to:en tiny cont. silenced aka ruin. •• , •v which their indeltentlttiier war atchteved. In the snag Sestet that they thiJ tettlitted , :- ... ..