The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-10 00:00:00

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OU are deterotioed to assert your rodepeadince 9 antyos have suososomml we to ensie you in the nruggte. My feeliess of pahlie daft no lamer permit nee to disobey this call, although. from regard toms penmen! convenience, 1 at lest refined to snood forward. 1 feel deeply sensible of the Wangs, which ba made yes look towards ate; 1 know that my only recommendation ts your mike is the honesty of Noy • public condom t and you grey rely upon my never deserting your came. moil we shall hem obtained for ourselves the free Choice of an Indepeadent Repreilliftative. 11My Parliamenuery nod Professional Duties prevent me. for 'the present, froin psylug as respeets In you in perton; hat I aka some be asasie yen. to the neon time. 1.4 me eshort you to go on wish such Snows as may ensure Parma t and with week wormer, mousy prevent Ike pyevolence of discord after the menlest shall mime s and your triumph be sceored. I have thf homier is be, Gentlemen. Tier foithful emit devoted 'crumpet. HENRY BROUGHAM. BISIPs Prises, in the lest Lottery, have travelled Ike Country rtiond. and shed their genial influent* ea every Town they have visited. More than Thirty diferest &en. ineladiag nearly every letter in the Alphabet, base Moen benefited by this coed rut-tow, whirls, to asnap, asight ap rat surpresing, but IS H. was only what ever , now talebt have expected. The Particulars of hit Three di2o.oao Prises amens follow t IMPERIAL PARLIAMENZetit g '.. , HOUSE OF LORDS, Fes. 9. liteilaitse proceeded is Appeals. Str o ßtsdley, (rum the Mint. presented accounts et the Gold sea Shyer Coinage.—Ordered to be printed. Tire Irish Grand Jury Presentment Stivension Bill poled throw* a Committee. and was reported without macadamise.' LOSS OF A PETITION. t Lord ROLLAND reyeested the iodations., erase Hoeselor the purpose of stating (bat a Petition bad ban tribemitted to him to present to the Hoese,siets• 'time shoe be wasengaged in the performance of a pd. rate tad Oelaneholy duty, which Petition he had soli jeratei bees able to find. The Petition was from certaiw Otlivideals Manchester , and Mr. Taylor, a hlghi 'respectable person, was connected with it. .Helvesi , to apologise for the Ina of it, which be deeply red fretted, partioalarly to it related to the ellesedAteAs 01esis Senitipat garter at the cemetry, thw . lbue !Abe lest Secret Committee made their Relate*, -end r preyed that certain &negotiate of fact should bVeom monicated to the present Secret Committee. A sled-, lar Petition being to be presented to the other House, he had, through the favour of the Gentleman who held it, obtained a perusal of it, and he found that it state d,: that the alleged disturbances in that pa - ft of the country (including the adjoining coonties.to.Lan casbite), either bad no (peculation its fact, or if they ,existed at all, were fomented or excited by the .gents of Government, and that, although several persons were arrested on charges of being concerned io these alleged disturbances, these agents of Government were either never arrested, or if taken, were imme diately set at liberty. He regretted deeply, there. fore, the loss of the Petition, because be was anx ious the information it contained should be comma niceted to the Secret Committee; but he trusted, be fore that Committee made their Iteport, there would be time to prepare and present soother Petition ; and he thought the matter it contained of the highest ins portauce to be laid before the Committee, previous to their makiug any Report. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). Mr. J. SMITH presented a Petition from I.aa. _ . caster against the emplOyment •of Climbing lions hi sweeping Chimnies. 'Ordered to lie on the tablet.- CIiICUMSTANTIAL DETAIL. , OF THIS PROCEED INGS OF SPIES IN AI)N NEAR MANCHLtiTtiIi, LAST MARCH. Mr. PIIILIPS.—" Sir, I have to present e Po. two° from the inhabitants of Illaeorsiobsier,. Contain- .' ing some most important statreentikwe the subject of the alleged disturbances in, ' that toeighboirliond, in MarCh last, of which so moehAas been already said- ' The inhabitants now declare that et the time elided • to, there Xis Ili sppearenee whoteier of inisrrec tiou smug she lower clematis; but that, on .thee tray, they. sustained ilte %eau pricatione.wilich g rl Jewels them with the most enparalleied fortitede, , -- 'They feslber stale that the proceedings s Petal. bleetings4bese convened.. have Wen gel*? Illhife present,* and partieutesty the Meeting in. -liialmb i , • d familiarly called ' The Blaosketeers' Meeting."- - .2.Tisete say that nothing could equal the good ordtie otbieb prevailed at that Meeting, sail througheit the *Wile of its proceedings, even when a troop of dr.e. goons, led on by Magistrates, drove in 'moil the people, and forced them to otelt.asfety.in eight:-- On this occasion the Petitioners believe that the lumps dashed in on the Meeting without even.the Riot Act being read, though they. doubt the appli cation of the Riot Act to the then state of the Meet ing. Three or four hundred poor persons were seized by the soldiers, and thrown into a prison, which had already three times a greater number than -it was constructed to hold. It ought to be realm beied that at this time the Magistrates were toot in vested with the discretionary power which had been 1 since conferred upon them. Many of these poor I people were afterwards sent in custody by Manches ter, sod discharged, after sic mouths detention, with i , out a trial.—[llear, hear !]—At the end of March. 1 I believe on the 29th, the grestr.t alarm was elicited '. r • I 16114 4120.000....Aberdefo 16114 of 90. ....Bath 16th of 510.043....8er5vielk 1611 of 40.000. ...Bristol le& of . 40,00 u ....Bruton 16th of 21.000....eninberwrll 1&h of 110,000....CAesierad4 1.250 16.1 of 40.000....C10pnailt 16.1 of 90. U). —Cosh • 1,t30 Half of 411 of 4e1.000....Berby 16411 of 20,1100 Dorby 16th of 40.000....11ditaborgli 16111 of 01.000....1:41140/tirth. soother. • 1.250 16ta of 20.1103....F.d10110r005000ther.- 1.130 ' • • lAA of W 90,00a....tilasegew o f AX ..cdajwigger . • •-• MOO 11 ab 0 o of IC . • 1:150 Ill& of 20.003....1.10044111 . 4} 1 . 1111-0 4 1 11 1 • ' 1.450 16110 of 20.100.. : - .tnitdert (Hot register:4)4.WD • 1611. of 40 4 600..t:.4.tr0i0n (flitio) 16t1 of 59,tinU.. t ./StocatitklB44l6) : 1,250 • ltitts •of 510.11110....Newcn4k-upoo.Tyne 1 .Y5ll 16th of 211,1100....fievriinte•btrort 1.250 4111 of 211.000.... N OCR kit 5,100 • pith of 21 )4 1101 1...s.Norwick -350••• 16th of 1r,41 of 90;0110....Pensaswe 16 . 0 of 20,0U0...,.11144dor 4 - of 20.0 o.'....ll l 4lo;echapef 1.1.5 U 16th of 90,4 A). Woiclunott 16th of 90,000.....Y0r4 , -41.1 ''l' 9 * • ,; _~ . ~~ 1.1111014411111 IRE ELECTION. 'rift LINCOLNSHIRE FREEHOLDERS re. tiding it and about Lapis an respect/idly dot andou. Iv /monied ta owe Sir ROBERT HERON, an turday, the 14th Ivo. at Twelvo o'Clock lidAirewo ad Adebor Tavern, the Strand. Gilled:Wu Hotel, Albesarleotreei, *et,. 7. ORATORY end POETRY, thoPULPIT, BAR, SENATE. and STADSL—At the 1 4STITUTI ON. ate: f 7, Lincoln's Inn•fields To-Borrow Evenis%, at Half-0 seven, seven, Mr. TH ALI. will commence his t ourth arid Lao COURSE of LECT UR ES on ELOCUTION: I dte. in **hie, the Scientific and Casio al Principles of llie three ISrreedirg Courses will he practically applied to all the more saporiaot Objects of Donspusliiim and Delivery. The Lectures will be illtoitraied by .elect Passages front the Elder and !he Madera Poets; w int Co itichors on the Actors, Authors, sod Orators of past and present times. Proopectoses and the Tattoos Publications of the Lecturer at Messrs. Arch's, t it idgw ay 's, Piccadilly ; Carpenter's, Bond-street ; and Lloyd's, Harley-street. Tbree Prizes of .V 20,000 each, —.king.. .464000 •.• In tie Ines Lottery Ono contained Three Prism. of A 10,0,0, ISH sold them ALL!!! New Lottery heeino 4iit March,—Torre Prize. of X 30,0 0 0, —lOO Capital.,—No Stock Prize.,—All Sorrti. g Pipes Olt Pert Wine, brides the _Scheme. - - - - ----- HIGHGATE CLASSICAL, and COMM ER CI AI. SCHOOL, under tile direction of Dr. DUN• 'CAN, asoisted by Professor, of atilliiies and . experience. In this School a Clas•ical and Literary Edtr: amen is blended with the mrquisition of rairdeniLanimages, and of Mohr branchet of knowledge en:meted with Dome.tic and Foreign Trade. hIEItCHANTS OR GUARD' ANS. hlercbants or Continuos who louve• Youth from the Rtill;11 Colones consigned at their rare ari respecifully informed. that religious sukmoral principles are incolcatcd with parental so. defilade, and that the domestic arrangements of this Establish MOW art conducted with the utmost JUVENILE PUPILS. Junior Pupils are initiated iu the Rudiments of the English, French, and Latin Languitges. mad in the Elements of such other tarts of Erudition as are accessary fur the early developmeot of she faculties. FOREIGNERS. Foreigners also, who air desirous of attaining the idiom and prounimintion of the English Language, and of being prepared for business. are acromnrodaten. The situation is pleasant and salubrious, foot miles from London. The Charges. which are moderate, commerce from the pe riod the Ymang Gentlemen ruler, and include, at a otipu fated sant, necordirg to the age and studies of the Pupil, ex pellees of every description. Nu entrance m o ney it expected, References will be given to, Litentry Characters, and to Mercantile Houses . of eminence in the Metropolis. Fur the more speedy advancement of the Pupils. Dr. Done undoes asst Wend allowing (unless it be by the particular re quest of the Frieud) any 'onetime. • FOURTH OF NEXT MONTH. THREE or ,C 30.030! —lOO CA PITA LS !! STATE LOTTERY Begins to) Wednesday. 4th of March. WEBB, Stock-broker, 9 Corithill, and 17, • Ludgate street, reminds his Friends that on Wednes day-, the 4th of noxt month. the Lottery begins. Of 4 THAT DAY—Ten of the Clipillti Prizes will be decided is the first Tea &Homes. ON THAT DAY—The Fiist Prize alit receive Five Thou sand Pounds in addition. ON THAT DAY—The TII R E £30,000 Prizes may an be Drawn! ON THAT DAY—The First Blank will receive Fuer Pipes of the best Port Wine in the kingdom. ON THAT DAY—Nearly 5,003 Tickets newt be Drawn. ON THAT DA Y—Abirut Forty Capitals trill he Drawn. And it must be admitted that these are solid iodacemeats 141 yur chvse early. A great variety, as/ it is hoped a forianate selec tion, of Tickets and Shares are now on •sale At WEBB'S Fortunate Offices, 9, Corahill, and 17, Ludgate-iareet, Where THREE Money Prises of .6:10.000 • Have been lately Shared. Sold. awl Paid on Dena: a, viz. • 3,569 in 11• Shares £10,1411 Shares 3.4000 is 11 Share... . 30,00 In the lase Twelve year., only WIVE Money Prizes.? 000 have been Shared - in England, and THREE sit those Five were Sold by W EBB 11—Dies not this hock w..rrunt the ex pectation to• generally unns.ifeArd lbw were, if not all, of the Three ASO,OOO Prises in the present Scheme, will be Sold by WEBB ? a HOUSE OF COMMONS. . • General TfloltN TON postponed, until We.lne.dAy the 4th of March, his intended motion with regard Ho she Ortharatioa prescnbed upon the ilitljeCi of. Traavubstantiattuir i• the Acts of Me 25th a n d 3iith of Ce•rge Sir F.. BUY I)GES postponed the motion of which he had given notice, relish* to (;opywright, lost to what d..y we nut collect from Coe law lone in width the Honourable Baronet spoke. Dr. PHILLIMORE presented a Petition (rota H. E. Page, who described himself as a merchant, rind *teem for several suer. chants and ship-owoest of the flitv sans to. ..T.se Petition -tilted, that certain bliiits beiongiiil 1,, Vale Inc whom else. Petii,totter was /min, nod which were engaged in She Aft kart Slave•Trotle, hail been captured by British cruisers and iotbseviently imildred by the sentence of MU A 11111441%, C 01.16. The Petitioner there fore prayed that compensation sagest be granted to Isis piinci• pals not of the won of 4d0,130.11. *kith it we. proposed by the late Treaty so otivisace 4.. the Syrinisti tiovernment. The Petitioo was utdertd to lie uu the table, and to be printed. Mr. BOSWELL presented a Petition from certain Gentle n• I and Eseehulders of A )rsisi.e against the Hill lately intro duced for erecting Lunatic A. loins in S. oilaudos hick was, or dered to lie un the table and to hr printed. CHIMNEY SWELPING. . ° • • t SCHOOLMASTERS A N D SCHOOL-BOOKS. Tbis Day WO, publiwd, • Price Is. sewed, j ok GUIDE in the SELECTION and USE of ELVA ENTAIL Y SCHOOL-BOOKS, in every branch of education; compiled with a view to save muds uselesses pence to Parents, to relieve Tutors from perpleaily.isui to eco nomise the time and labour of Students. By the Rev. JOSHUA COLLINS, Late Master of the Grammar School at Newport. And corm ted to the prescat lime, By the Rev. W...CATLOW, Comisetwi of afrAcidemy at Wimbledon, in Surrey. PublWied b y T. /Lamaism, No. 53, Patemoster-row and to be bad of all Booksellers in ta wu and country. RICIIARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. having iuhtnited the Scheme of the present I.OITERY in full. keg now to remind their Is of the principal Points, and the very near approach of else Drawing—and likewise to stare the peculiar Adanniages_siondlog all Purchases made before 4th March, nu hick Aar' All the THREE PRIZES of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS may be drawn. On that day the First-drawn Prize will have 5e3.000 more, And the first Blank will ret rive the proportion of TWELVE PIPES of OLD PONT. There are nn Stock .Prize,.—Nn Classes. Nearly 5.00 J Tickets st ill hs• drawn 4th of March. The repeated and well-known good fortune attending the Friends used Customers of RICHAR DSON. GOODLUCK. and Co. renders it only necessary to state, that the business is conducted on the same honourable and liberal principles which have distinguished for more than Forty Years their favourite Mrs", in Rank Buildings, Corithill; and Lci: g the Gate of the Kong's-mews, Chitriopeross. This Day was publi-hed. AN ENQUIRY into the STATE of the FRENCH FINANCES, and that of PUBLIC CRE DIT, wish Observations. on the Budget of 1818. Ili) Cutout LANJUIN A IS, Peer of France, Member of the Institute, &e. Translated lis tl EC). 11U1IDIS. Essi. This Pbillierpic e fur such it is, against the French Govern ment, has excitedn great sensation in Par?s.•is candid, bold, discrimisuiting, and profound; above all, the statements are true,nod calculated to expose the awkward nod strange man tier io which an attempt is made to min the Regulations laid down by the Charter, the Laws CIIIRIUding from the two Cham bers, and the Oidonstances of die King. •.* This Pamphlet etched touch general interest in Paris, that 5,000 copies were sold on Saturday last, the day of pub lication. l'uhlished by J. Sauter, 73, St. Paul's Churoh-yard. INIYORTSAVING. IVEW INVEN'rED lAG LIT, Superfine, Doable -1.1 covered, improved Ovul-shape BEAVER HATS, at only Ws. be frequebt complaints made by Gentlemen, in not being ab e to obtaiii, of a good quality, at a moderate price, a Super fine Beaver Hat, has induced GEORGE FRANKS and Co. of Wellington-Howe, coiner of Iteticros..-4reet. Barbican, tone quaint the Publie, that in consequence of she very great re dui-tins' that has oaken eat the last sale of Beaver, they have added an ao.ditional covering of Beaver to their Hats, wbirb renders them capable , of wearing considerably longer. rood is the snenaw of their alv ays retaining the beautiful black ever sera, added to which, they are finished sin their new improved Oval. h•tierl Blocks. wade in the exact shape of the head ; therefore rain or damp will not in the kite ntrert Iheshape. —The unboimited patronage (bevund all parallel) given to these new•brvented Hats is a *neatest' hotauce of their excellence over every other H ati Ater Mien dto public notice. Merchants and the Trade supplied. ••• Be orticulor as in the Address, as G. F. and Co. are not in auv way concerned with a retail house is Beech-street, wane of Franks.o.No unpaid letters received. SPANISH VRGETABLE ITAIR brought from Madrid. by an Officer of the Duke of Wel. lingtoa's Army, coodhlmoly recoustnended for the growth of Hair. cleansing the Heed from impurities, and giving the flair an appearance to eqttal that Of art. The annexed Certificate fully confirm* the *bore statement, and which could be Nippur:led by many similar tows, if re- To Messrs. Vickery aid Co. State—Fite or Six Years ago Mr. Santee Needham, in my employ in the Countrl. was 111flifterl with a 14),:g and lust his Hair; about the beginning of *bill year, requiring bit ler% ices in London, in a imbibe eittottion, I wish. d to concerti the drfert rsf hit baldness by n wig, hut desirous tirsi of toil% your Spanish Hair Liquid I well know ing its reputation nmongst the Spa.oardst I procured some of it fur mr. N. on trit..t. It is now the months since be used it, nod the bald- part is thickly cover ed with hair, and daily becoming sir-Ker. Any teiereme you plea-e may be While (41 him, or to me, re %wiring they Proof, of the etiency lathe Liquid. Now- 8. 1817. I remain, Sirs, your obedient Servant, 349. Strand, nesiloaterset-iouse. J. MAWIL. fi r 11 . Sold iu riot awl Halgpiat Bathe. EStOck-broker, 2, Cornhill, returns his .A-j grateful thanks for the favours of his Frieuds,_ received for more nom Twenty hears past, nod mast respectfully pre sents them with the heads of the Scheme of the New Yrar's Lottery, which he flattens himself need only be tern to he ge nerally approved ;—There are Three Grand Prizes of af.:30.U00 eark,w hicai,with the Ilitwty-sesen other Capilolisn ill be all pill in Sterling Mimes ; the Droning begins the Ith of March, and the 1.'4.t-drawn Bi3nk. on each Dar, will he entitled to the proportion of Twelve Pipes of Old Part 1* Inc in exclratr,e, tor 1.000 )ears, or longer tf required ; full priscolark of which mos be had, gratis, at 2, Corolla'. where every description of hestness in she Public Funds is faithfully transacted. The dd . - feretit variations in all the Goverantent Secusiteet, may be known as above evert boor: rro COUNTERACT the many attempts that are daily 01 ode to impose on the itnumrs• a spumms composition iustead of the GENUINE BLACKING. pre pared by DAY and MARTIN. they hair adopted A new Label. in Which their address, 97, High Million', is so con tpicuneely placed in the centre, tom they trust an attention to this, and the difference of the type, which is unlike all letter pres,, will enable Purchasers M uuce to detect the tallith tttion. The Real JAPAN RLACKING, made and sold Whalesnle by DAY and MARTIN, 97, iligh /111borsi. arid retailed by the ptiutival GrO/cfl. Booki:ellers, Ininmongeis, Perfumers, Boot-tnalfer=;.&r. in the United Kingdom, in Bot tles at 6d., h., and Is. 6.1. eaeb. 0 1 1 11 E Case of a Person who Ass been troubled A with Stricttere for upward.; of to.J year?. and ready to vouch for the authenticity to any Gentleman wbo way wish to be siititfied in rerpet t of the following accouot I-- To Mr. LYNCH, SS, Duke reef, St. Ji.lies's-square. Si a,-1 have laboured under *severe sad obstinate Stricture of the Urethra fur upwards-of SO years, and for the last years base been under the care of the most eminent of the Fa culty. without receiving am permanent t was advised by some to go into the Hospital, an/ try the present regimen in cases of S:rieture. which I declined, owing to my axe, which rens nt that time 48. and feeling confident that 1 had oat strength to uadergo any sip ent operation, I gave up she idea. The last person to whom 1 applied w:u- out eminent Surgeon. wins told me that he could give me on relief, but advised me to apply to SOOT person who situ/led that complaint alone. One day read ing soar Advt.' tisenseen in she Coveter. I 'applied to you fur relief. After bring under sour rare for SO weeks, I obtained SI complete cdre. lam 66 years of age, and able to C.llow 'say employment ; say strength of body is returned. and 1 can eat and drink a ith a true appetite. lam ready on give further particulars to any person requiriag it, not of gratitude - for your kind attention, which I shall alway s aeknowied g e, and for the benefit of Mintier& labouring under the same dreadful malady ; being perfectly satisfied that by your mode of treatment such co mplaints may be entirely anaihitated.--I remain, your grateful and obedient terrain, J. CHAPAIAbI• N. 13. By applying to Mr. Lynch be will refer any one to se, • • -* . - ,~ • Mr. BENNETT rose, pursuant to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill with regard to the farther employment of climbing boys. It was the object of this Bill to put an end to the evil so long, so universally, and so justly complained of, es to the use, or rather abuse, of young children in sweep ing chimnies. He felt it unnecessary to enter into any detail upon this subject, as the sufferings en. dured, and the cruelties inflicted through the prac tice alluded to, were so fully described in the evi dence taken before the Committee of the last Session, from which Committee this Bill emanated. This Bill was, indeed, a transcript of that which he brought forward last year, with the exception only of that provision which related (is we understood the llonourable Member) to the total and prompt abolition of the use of climbing buys, and w hich pro vision perhaps prevented the Bill from being carried. He was happy to say, that since last jeer, thedesire to abolish this odious pra slice was expressed at pub. , lic meetings in all the great towns throughout the country; those meetings unanimously adopting Re solutions that the employment of claming bujs ought not tube any longer tolerated, especially as a me chanical instrument was found efficient fur the pur pose. But who could differ from these Resolutions that had iny knowledge of the effects of this bar barous system ?• Within even the last year, indeed, no less than five fatal instances had occurred to show its cilsracter. One of these instances in England, sad another in Scotland, were attended with circum stances of pectitiatly aggravated cruelty. But the masters, or properly speaking, the owners of the unfortunate children, employed in this business weer rarely susceptible of the common feelings of homanity ; but, even if they were, it would be impossible to have the business done without a sacrifice of those feelings. For from the man ner in which chinanies were constructed, espe cially in London, where, with • a view to save fuel, the flues were often no more than seven or eight inches in diameter, and consequently, in order to cleanse such chimnies, it became necessary to em. ploy children of the tenderest age. For that purpose, indeed, children of less than 7years of age were often/ employed—pay, female children were actually so engaged in some instances.—(Dear, hear!)—The Hoose, and every mars of feeling in the country, must naturally be shocked at such a fact ; but he hoped that the repetition of it would be effectually provided against. The object of his Bill the lion. Member Ilescribed to be, without disturbing the present apprenticeships, that no master sweep should hereafter be allowed to take any apprentice under fourteen years of age. This was the first step which be proposed to take in a proceeding, which, he trusted, would lead to the total abo lition of a practice peculiarly revolting to humanity. Leave pas given to bring in the Bill. in the district by a public notification from the Ma gistrate', that they had received information, On which they placed the fullest reliance, of the exist euce of a dangerous and treacherous conspiracy to overthrow the Government, and that projects of open insurrection, attended with the most diabolical plaits, such as the burning of Manchester, titc. had been fully prepared and digested, A Rev. Gentleman and Magistrate, Mr. Page, took an aceive part in the proceedings of the Magistrates on this occasion...-. Crbe Petitioners expressed their full conviction that the House would learn with surprise, that though all the perfume arrested were detained on charges of High Treason, not a single one of them was ever brooeht to,trial. , They If so the sicatpaihmt be lief that no violence was recommended in ani• of the proceedings among the lower classes, except by hired spies and informers sent down for the purpose.-[llear, hear!] —Its the early part of last year the Petitioners stated that domiclikii visits were common among the lower clamps, by these spies and informers in the neighbourhood of Manchester, and that on these occasions the most in flammatory means were used to provoke the people to acts of violence. The Petitioners complain of spies end informers, and urge the dangerous coatis.- quences of hiring such characters. They further in treat, that the House will enquire into the acts set forth in their Petition, and that it will institute an enquiry into the acts of the people committed for High Treason—not only into those of the tower classes, but also of the Magistracy and Police Of ficers.—[hear, hear!]—When I state these mat. ters, Sir, as set forte in the Petition, I must add, that not having esamined the parties themselves, it is impossible that I can 'pledge myself to th truth of the facts discloeeh. I know, however, some of the names signed to the Petition. I am personally ac quainted with one of them, and know him to be a man of industry, of great intelligence, and great re. spectability, and he informs me that he has taken the greatest pains to ascertain the troth of the fact stated to have taken place in his vicinity, and he believes them to be truly described by the l'etitiotsers. In al. hiding, Sir, to the conduct of the Magistrates, I do not mean to reflect on that body of Gentlemen. If they have deluded others into a belief of Insurrec rineary proceedings, I am sure that they have beets deluded themselves. But I regret the spirit which prevailed tootle some of the Magistracy. I know that certain individuate were Treasurers of Orange Lodges, were zealous members of those Orange Lodges, which can have . no good tendency on the affairs of society-sthey can only excite religious ani mosity, and personal hatred and ill will. Whets I we Magistrates so acting, Sir, I am not surprised at the measures some of them are afterwards clio - ged with adopting, or the lets that arose out of these arrangements.- (Hear, hear!)- Reverting to the meetings of the lower classes, it is right to state, that oe the 10th of March a meeting took piece of the Blenketeers (as they were called), end a Petition for Parliamentary Reform was agreed upon. To frame this Petition it was found necessary to have recourse to persons of a higher condition io life, eed some-such wereapplied to, but they refused to unite with the others. The lower classes were, on this re fusal, compelled to call another meeting theaselver, end there it was that the blenkeieering expedition was resolved upon. Now 1 condemn this prticeeding as much as any man can ; it was a foolish and a most silly expedition, bet tie object of it was most grossly misrepresented by spies and informers, for the poor people themselves had nothing in view but what was open and peaceable. Particular persons at the meet. it% tried to dissuade the people from going on this expedition, and the very arguments used by those he.. dividuals were afterwards tortured, by spew, into treasonable incitements to the meeting to undertake this foolish journey. For instance, one person, in • . • • I •