The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-24 00:00:00

• Honourable Colleague, with - 1111 Slim , bisthrliil 'know. ledge and acuteness of endeteffinding, they might be sore that they bad beard every thing which could be advanced on that side of the question. He had hitherto stated nothing of his own opinions.. He bad been a party in, calling together this Meeting, because be thought it most desirable that the opihlon ofl the people of England should he made known as publicly as potable on this great and most important question. For many years (and it was now, be was afraid, nearly sixteen years since he bad had the honour to serve them ip Parliament) during a long portion of that ttme he, as well as hiallJnourable Colleague, was the determined opponent of every thin . , like Parliamentary Reform. If they attached any value to 'consistency. it . guw became, hie duty to explain to them the gioands'on Which his opinions with regard to tlds inhjeeellatf bilanged. It was many years since he hea•hrit higtrillu doubt the . correctness of the opinions lie • foreheety entertained. He had imparted his suspicions to throe who were most 'nearly connected with him; he had masfaited them to those in whose friendship aid kindness be bad ever, toned consolation; but he (lad thought that of,ell men his constituents trete the last persdne to whrois ',change, of principles was to be made t nown. elia4 • isfite must not he suspectedl neither most the Reptleimicitlairos of, Yorkshire be suspected. It would be Wit ifdkikinh kg in bins, if ia. any 'ilmange of opleitiis,.ll, 'Vele biassed by any thing like sabierviendy trots 16 Meth ;- Hit were trot for% Iles to be 'absentee! to em:Cottet. neither Might Ye TO 'hesetbseevient to 'his Own Coniely mutt. ll'hit ott4 stiblerilint to them. they womeitl. have no security ageinet•Me helot estmervieut to °there,. Lei tlferefiftes thbitgb at IlitOlitli Widen, *lan be was elated their 'ftepridelitilfro• 'fOr the 'ffimitilml time, the sisspicions -which Ise had Witlessly •elliiii 3 mined bad almeft ripened' isi totjumfgettiet Ind &Mei& tisk he bad weenie:reedit the slightest bins to escipil I#ll lips.. Buthe .wen Moot" *tete she grenade spoil which he heti. eiiciSfeett Ida • *pinions. le the ,firatt place, the transactioes eCtise year 1817, the Gaspe's.' gull of Slieliabernalenkpue Adrian f retenede tintlidst friveloss,brouglit.lea &knew by the basest at .tiidit oreedalare istediCs.•'sctiqfs l a ` the disfrihntiog iir iiist4 aniotsg the reelaie for the purpose Of . wonting them .to tumetts, ind . then tiiting i ollegotage of those tumults for time purpose oLealeiog-ter-on them the most ty unlike,' measnAeolhieept WK. 144 proceedings to *kith his attention .Pmas directed, anal•tlme success of those dohs eions firstexcitedieltie mind the stispitiOn finlike role.. rigiclassesof Um proplownre not to look for protection to the Hoarse of Commooe... In INV. when Parliament *ere attempting the great roperimeet of a return an cash payments, ats experiment of the difficulty of which Wasters, if they Were it W goitere this country. most have been convinced, the choler of this period for the imposition- of throcanillione a feesh taxes, and the fa -414 with which theiHotete et Colosseums agreed to thiv, emseuseorhen ktor mitete,enuatry was crying aloud for reduchee and entreeckeleals istatessed his saspicions 'rho mesporagle ,teaustentiltits v 3 Manchester on the Hitio of Attguef,uodevery:thingthAt gee* out of thotecrane.. fiction,. Ale* all, llrorrosietosif • ebb Six Acts is the Session of 1819, onevereed tholist-yeed of his Majesty's , reign whicKottgl4lo beet:taros, alyeit of jubilee, into phi retelted. discredit to :the cmatutry ; and don sine end, • Totaki sarit boktly, in:natty material palette the bona' titien of the costetty&-4,Applanset).-.Tbe fade Illy with irbich the Heusi of Commons lent itself to rem passing, of AFts Ivor for panes' liberty of toe' subjett we's neirttio_f and Mestswates wereenspoweted to *NON folve his Ili he dWellings of Englishmen. Acts which still_ raneised tutre d, • tdieugh even the pro truded areamity fora Aqui . ,o g s a s k i go.giagg, gog e„„ m g his snspiclons. past yfa ,be tiftliced thew to bear in pp mind those trivialities, which, aboie all other,. had excited the feelings of the people of England, he alluded to the peoceedivrs against, bet : Jam.. Majesty. AL though those prommediegii latikpever bees directly agi tated in thetiOnse of Conspipge.jet a motion ems made in the heigineilg 'of the. ye lai r after Moe tej rodeo of the 11 4 06f 1 Paliii and Fenuitiro, by Mfr. J: Sinitir, WIG of the mos reeyectalde . me m oir", of ..that H„ g „ r , for the reitorst 0 of her Majogy's . Alßlll to the Liturgy. If that question had been debited in the t;astle-yard, how many of theta, he would ask, would have lifted up his hand against it ['tie' of " eptone;" a , voiell exclaim ed," Yes, one ; Stuart Wottley would have opposed. it He would ask, whether if ssmh a propositiu had been made to them, it would not have been to. roired, with one universal bars' of applause? • What was the case, however, in the Heim of Commons ? There the motien made, not the aligboat impression, nor did it meet W,ith any sapped except.from thuscesho might be considered as the reviler opponents of the present Ad. nministrpUbis. , lila efissidd• eplik within the bounds of truth if be deela t red that sot fiee persons voted for that, motion she trete eat So' Ite fused to regular opposition to his Majesty's tHoliteam. • This. he said, showed that the opinions °fib° people at large had not that influence• upon the House of Couinoses which they ought to have. He would net go the length of saying that every hasty opinion accidentally enter :mined by the people at large and which might perhaps pass aw•p, °nicht to jammer end he acted upon by the House of Commons, butopie salons tiqberly and seriously entertained by the people ought to have &just weight with their Representatives y and he would ask them, whether after a lapse of two years' they had found any.reason to change their opinions with regard to the prosecution against her late Majesty? These opinions, therefore, were not hastily farmed ; they were the result of sound and deliberative judgment, sad ought to hays produced a due effect upon the House of Commons. To him it appeared that a House of Commons on which the opinion of the peo. pie had no effect, was not a House of Commons to any useful purpose. With respect to the qualifications of a House ,of Commons. he would read to them the opi nion of one of the greatest and wisest men this country had produced, though unfortunately in the latter part of his life be had not enjoyed that popularity which Le (Lord Milton) thought be ought to hare enjoyed: —" A vigilant and jealous eye over executory and judicial Inas istrecy ; an anxious care of public money s' an openness approam.hing towards a facility to public complaint ; these seem to be the true characteristics of a House ofCom mons. Buten addressing House of Com mons and a petitioning nation; a House of Commons full •.f confidence whop tjme nation was plunged in ii repair ; in..tim -atom:dr - harmony with Ministers whom the people regard - . with the meson abhorrenee ; who vote thanks when the public opinion *cent - uP"n them for impesehinents •, who are eager um greet when the general voice demised, account; who in all disputes between the people Ind Administration presmuneseainitl time people ; who punish their disorders, but refuse eveu to inquire into the provocations to thrum; this is an MD Batumi. a monstrous state of things in this constite. time. Such an assembly may be a great, wige:, Relit &Wet bit it is not to any popular purpose a house of: Commons" Now he would ask whether there was any one of these allegations which be had just read to thrill, ' which might not be predicted of the present House of ' Commons?" 'DM they exercise a vigilant and jeatou,eye over the e.t.ecutory and judicial Magistracy ?—(Cries of " No.") 'Did they inquire into the conduct of the Ala gistracrend Yeomanry of Manchester?—C' N0..1 1 1 .4t 1 they shewn an anxious care of the public money '— . . (II SO.") 'bid they'fiet mithe contrary vole Ilse at. ft' the fluke of Clarence—(w they did.'") ' Had lit thews so openness approaching towards fatilite to Ilk complaints of the .people? Had they not on the con trary rejected the Petitions of the , people, and passed Acts restrainingthe personal liberty of the subject, mod empoWering Magittrates to search Ter arms, and retain. .d thoik Atte On the Statute Books' when even tbe pre tenses for them bad passed away.—(applause.) Had . they not in all disputes between the people 'globe 144- ministration, presumed against . thu people?...---s 1 eld they ri ot presime that the people at Man itibeittr • most be in the wrong, .and that the illegistrates and the Yeomanry. meat he'll the right ? h-,-/)e would ask, whither the existence oft esh,* Uoese s i `of Commons, as that hp was now deur' og . fid. sot , prove a inonsirons sail litiiiiiitehil kite of t gs I Wes !We ttii 01 Milton ) td Aft bit 'efeellipbfi idlt &Mist of thinWe? Was he teltintiirily to Wad hinutelf, bad keen to thoprejudiceopandepitioqs which be bed orielna4 I .enteetatqed.insteg4of garotte' eoeviction )o ap pro . his mind on tide momentous lineation ? It was IMP", •. Inito'confernislafirinclei state tif things and not coast ills the iihnelusiolutinit tat Wow of Consiaoas mat Wolil data* It' Meitt emits: •liittlftheootable Prised mad Cal( Othßoe. had said. , why . Wert popper hem* speolle planar! 'Reform? at (Lord as.)ftwald /*ply. tbaldslisettieti 4 tat daweripsion., ussnmastssmail to delibetalne was set' . blear etiteriog into those details which mere weeew. 5 ry to emry atuth plant into effect. ..,Thwy......... rig, ter eonlistante they *IN maid Ibei .things ere not i as Owl!. algid . be be n nest ..thery re ferreci . • the matter to tbeeeHtelio possessed •tbommena. of inquiting. It was s subject which dimaandi4 greet... , d deliberate ihrestigations, it • Invoked terilty-enithiatt ,deratiourwhich did sot lie on the sorban ; greatiehostiva ;mid roach historical oesearibi Wert osesseary‘ iti.ordees Itomeigkooit.stoo :the- earione.topissaboaedtost.,w it hitt. It; wee impeasitsle,, in short, .to useke.o.ppacifie iwopos!,, tics en in • assembly like tbepr*ot: ell tiscXif P I O' sill ti likirtilitpOn the' Hoese O ( VoilislionS,lf sop thing cfoold . if nSpriseed u Pots thedi 'ht the ileople, that WI was wtmartee..iisso irbfeh they aught to inquire... His' Honourablek,'olisegan bad said, is was inspoeeible4hol the three eetttekppoul4 not a c t mutually upon ends. other; and indeed so pia is hii i ienses could assert AV in any comnieltitYlaille threerstetie enuld possibly eider withoet exercising same reciprocal ittenence en each' other. I tawasootiu the notneemf things thatit shoold be. otherwise j ;.. 44. might . Am „emit be suppposed— though he did .11 4 ,4 kotw itsie fay , Ibis • Almstration would be dintitistood s' that the ;Afferent. planets tra velling rednif , the 'Me "dhlarit ' In coda , airdiet'upon each other. Nevertheless theenrililA4m 40e el tomostancrs affecting one body of .the. Vonetitedierp. , into which W might beltif g to ‘ lequire, and 'hopes growing oph of those circumstances, which blight 'demand a remed_y, A most ettriordiriary doCtrtne litid been protnalekted lie other day °Wale itubj= l s gentleman In the kftioseirfl C ommons, that i he in ache Ornwift wits imeessner "to counteract tie. ripe* of public opinioo. If this hot been said bariprrTion. qt; no,itikettee or eonsidera,, lion, he 1, , ~4 24),' boy fd, si#t hikes • .minded it; toti.r l when IC t h ii o ,beelo sa d• lit f e y ilipts.lsr 'of the CroWn . , , by d',Vlen Mild Will ! dosed AO, spl(iy: of th em by the ineMent Of refitin e kli kigtotf 810104ffooju that county. bje nh less dilfro - ido a . Otilefi l 'o4 the brother of. Lord Grantham r. fr.„:ll.Obipsopi,...p t ipio of, the roost amiable chemmer, sad Whom be (Les* Ail believed to • be perfectly bowed, thattgb be happesati.sever to agree with hieetha.bis life. A ladois.Weatobidoirtoiaso were • broached by OMNI of seals mar shoo des atklikitdatien. it hohotid them ea fooksistiter,•o4 censidet the conpc: riniestes 'whist, sett a .syvtisif of themes 'must enthii open the eettellty. • His :Honeurebti Cofflpigne had ad ierted to the le/lance of the . press'- Ust i iti .leelliMl 'f, have forgogets that 'Mere win litolAdenot.ttcprohees. !lid • Mt Henonrable,Colletigue, stater hoer of o cm.. tain paper. celled Jehst Bea fo A great many of bh Hon. Friend's arguments when they came to • he examined, would turn out to be no arguments at alt t especially that which (elated totheihalence agile press. It was undoubtedly true that there were malty mote newspapers, and much tome ieforenation sow than ex isted rill yeare ago; len4, hii.begged to ask his Hon. Friend whether the tallow, *Asia% from this cause were nili es neat on one 440 as on the other t When he saw this John Billowsetiopipse, which emanated from the patrons el social order, raking into the secrets of private families, when he saw a paper of this detestalile . Character set up by the patrons of public order, for the , pretended purpose of checking the licentiousness of the , press he hada right to entertain some suspicion of the purity of their motives, and also some suspicion that the gentlemen who used these arguments in debate would be of the same opinion asthat meeting with regard to thli subjee,t, if 4hey woee not in debate.He had wow stated the reasons which bad made hima convert to Parliamentary . reform, and had made some .ohservations on the state mentiorhis Hon. colleague, id wally of Which., especi ally those which related to thestite of the boroughs in' former timer. there was grehh , blsterteaV truth. Hr , agreed with his Hon.. Friend, that this country had upon the whole, enjoyed ~ a great share of pros petity (" the reckoning is get to pay," from the crowd ; )'and this wai n'ndonlitidly one of the most powerful arguaients that were urged on the other side of the question. lie nevertheless thought that when his Honourable .frieuil gooiest the, year 1596 as the period in which the s art of Essex sent a sort of mandate to the Sheriff of Staffordshire to tetnrn members fir that Coun ty and the different Boronghs in it, he ought at the same time to have shown them that the reign of Elisabeth was one in which the country en!oyetl a great deal of exterrial glory in the reign of tizaheils: she was a great, wise and powerful Princes; but his Honourable Friend ought to have shown that the country enjoyed a great deal of liberty in her reign. Upon this point he had not heard a word from his Hononrable Friend. If he (Lord M.) m ight give them his advice on the momentous question e,. Reform,he should recommend great moderation. Great causes were seldom carried by heat and violence; if they would succeed in this great cause, they mnst, in the l.n 'nage of Scripture,be wise as serpents and gentle as doves; they should have no gall mixed up with their zeal ; they shoal(' have no personal feelings; they should cast aside all prejudices and partial affections, and in all their de liberations should have no other object in view except those measures which in the first instance may be of advantage to the public, and in the next place may he capable of being carried into execution without dill t culty, danger, or confusion ; without difficulty, be cause their efforts ought always to be apportioned 1 to their means ; without danger, because among some things which were bad, • he agreed with his Honourable Friend that there was also much good, which good ought not to be risked , without cohl'u sion, because confusion was of all t sings site worst; it wee bad in itself, and had in another res d ect, because it invarin biy led the way to tyranny. The history of the world won bear him out in saying, that a state of aisarchy was is all; times and in alt countries succeeded ny a state of tyranny.-- In the middle of the 17th centers-, when tile remains of Chi Long Parliament declared the Stasiy oet a useless, the' House of Peers a nuisance, and usurped the functions of time Government, these violent measnres were succeeded by the predominance of the army. and the tyranny of °Aver Crowd. well. In their own times the same effects followed the serail. causes in a neighbouring country, and they ?night depend 'upon it, that If the same experiment werereptered here, th 4)& woos witness time same results. For these reason.. he see. eonsmended them to temper their zeal w.th moderation, and, Vistst to aim at objects which they had not the means of oasis . - lag. Ile (Lord M.) would du all In his power in Titethi4e. snee of the cause; for he conscientiously believed - dot 404 1 the present mil , - or the. roimtry. •nn ntn , .e measure coedit present the establishment of something very like an arbitrary • • Cloireittinelitt It *al iftocialbte to staling& aterandy more bilious or More were to the tyrant, thin vales the for of 1 free Constitution were beco useless for the Purim"' fieedont, Warped away froth their itrigi.ial design, cad made the instrument of despelle pourer.' " T his was it species of tyranny which bed nothing in it to twilit* residence. In absolute tyrannies there was at least the hope }hat the peo ple Would he driven to despair, brit In a tyranny disguised ander the fortes of liberty there *as hot even this sort of deeponding hope, if he might be allowed such as t xpressiOn. ,For these reasons he had become a cpnvert to the canoe 01 rarlistnectiry Reform, and for the othbr reasons Which bre 'had stated to them, he treated they Would pursue this bliject r with great moderation, but not withontzeel. Ile belleTvti hp had now nothing further to add, except tothatik time for the great attehtiori.with Which theyfrad liaised to obsirva tiouulvelelt, he feared, Most have already • fatigued therh.— The Noble Lord Concluded amidst Inc loud cud enthusioe :tie applause of the Meeting... Mr. Wrytta-said, it.was not his iakeation to •base. twee :pled any portion of their attention. had it not been for some 'of the arguments which had lie s ehlusJili'llie Menibe s r fur I YOlitihlre—The IfieSchaible Member 11 contended this i * the abseee.which weressow complained of•etdsted yellre ag's But, mitnittiog thattheso abuses bad4sYstedolol lao, Was that apy reason why they should sanction the sanimate'? Thee next argement of till , ' ltbnaurable Sce Chet owe fiat Parliament spoke lb. sense :of ' the , pastel., °Tec Noble Lord hod . sufficient! y answered this argitasent. The tuapeasion of the Ifithesas Cdrpus Act, the prosecution VC - the (beets, the deltitl of jolly, lifter the teansactionitiit lifeechepeer, eillerilesl the cesepletest refutation of this arr Yes Intent. The ; flonourableMetober hail attributed the. over.; : 11/Itehning histatioit, utter which the country was labeering,. to the America* war ; aatl *het, Itewould *sic, was the Geese *of that war but the usurpatiou of, the right of imposing on America taxatiott without representatio4l. Aa to the war .rt - Aaltist Fran^e in 1102. the enormous debt'which had been Ineorrod In enoseyienee of that war, Will the strongeat argu lust io favoor : of 'krone. The York Association of 1784 had excited timeresentatient of the Ministers, ,and the main bliject for Witch the test of lttte Oak 'undertaken, was to Irretentiteforit. e They' had been tad that if Parliament' e reforms'', ,they •woldsl lose ptitehof• the ability which Was now found in the !louse of Commons ; but be had yet to Iditirthtt the iteditle Would be flotilla's 'to appreciate ability If - they were fairly•represented in •Parlialsant, or that they inssid be more liktdy, in tut inspreyed Oslo-of the represen- Wpm to elect Men,inearable of discharging their duty. e limmittobte Member had kitit thit the Influence of the Crown Was in some degree dirihrlitlied..:llir (Mr. .) begged to call the attention of the Meeting !pa paper which he held. itx his hand, and from - which they ;night...Judge of the seen foe? of the Honourable M'ember's Observation. It appeared Made the year 1793, the taxes nomunted to 17,81X1.8701., liqd the peer rates to about 2.00i1.0C1i1. making a total of pout twenty millions. In the year 1821, the lases amounted: to sitty dtcl the poor rates to nearly seven , IVoi it possible that such an Increase eoeld" have takeu place, witheut giving a great increase of , power to the Crown? The Honourable Member had *eke!. to what relent he Was prepared tb go, and Is- would tell MM. sot stop till Hu. , iotieetwo of the Crown and the r corruption of Parliament were completely eradicated. The Honourable Member concluded amidst the applause of the Meting. Mr. Use Lev Nelda the Henonrable "'maim) , for the Conn i y hatt sheave mu kiotrtiality for ,the period of henry VIII. 6ne of the most mica* and wicked tyrants in our history. Vent edifies remittal- had killed two Queens, and broken the itgarti of two othera,,aad be was sure that' Meeting could ant tolerate any man who had hroken the heart of c Quern, tippiause]. The argittnents which were urged against Re ' form might be need With as sand, plansibility against Christi anity itself; and liettaduodoubt that if that great reformer, Jesus, had arisen in these latter days, the House of Cos- Proms would hare toted the Gospel raise, scandalous, and se *tibia's. Thsremu no bob which supported Reform ofilt kinds so strongly as the Gospel ; It was a book written deck. dedly against the rich, against the aristocracy, and against ekery species of tyranny. The Honourable Member had bilked muds Of the blessings they ell enjoyed. The Mar- quid of Imndomierry, who lately reigued over them. was, 4t• /opposed, moot thole Messing% and another such hies- , stag had been just Infhrted upon them In the shape of Mr. Canning.—The Isbn. Gentleman had said that the Revolution would Oyer have taken place if there had been a Reformed Parliament ; but stilOit it nut be more fairly cordeialed, that it the Phrliantent hail been Reformed, the causes which pro duced the revelation would never have existed, and that ex ecrable tyrant James 11. would never have been able tooter turn the laws' The* Honourable Gentleman had coatended that the American war, end the war at the commenvesem.t of the French Revolution were popular. Bet had a Reformed Parliament exist,d in those la s s, was there not the stroug est reason to believe that those wars would never have been popular 1 He had observed that the House of Commons was a great arena for public eloquence. It was true. indeed, that some fine speeches were occasionally made there. but then they committed a great many rascally acts [a laugh]. Resides, their eloquence was no more to he compared to the eloquence of ancient titers, than a farthing candle to the sun. The voice of the people was not heard within those walls. and where the voice of the people did not predominate, 1 though there might be a specious sophistry and elocution, there could be twitting like sound and manly elo q uence. Tim Honourable Gentlenia:t hail said, that as far as a Place Bill went, it should have his support. Mr. M. Won•rt.nr here expressed his dissent. Mr.Basaat.we resnaied.--It was immaterial whet the Hon. Member had .pr had not said . The Meeting no doubt ad mired him for the intrepli manner in which he had come for ward 'that day,'an I he would perhaps have still stronger claims to their approbation if he would propose a Place Bill in the House of Commons. Mr. WORTLEW repeated that he had sail no such thing us was attributed to him by the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. 13 RVERLET eontinhed. The Ron. Member had denied that the influence of the:Crown was increasing. How could he reconcile this (finial arith the (I( clarations of his own House of Commons at the en I of the Americas war, `• that the influence of the Crown had Increased, was and ought to be dhninished ?" Here was the Idol In oppo sition to the worshipper—the !louse of Commons against the. Msinher for Yorksaire—th- fotmtain of all truth and ,the Apostle ag,ainst one another—Daughter). Ile hnd dw(lt much on the great influence (rf Newspapers, and some reply had been made to his oi)servations, but not as he (Mr. B.) conceived a sufficient reply. In China there was a paper published every (lay called the Pekin Gazette, and yet there was not on the face of the earth such a rascally Government as oppressed the three hundred and thirty-three millions. of that enormous empire—[applause). Where the vital spirit of liberty was wanting, the trash of Newspaper; was of no more avail than t h e cinders ender their feet—icheer..]. The lion. Gentleman, aft( r some further observations, cos,cluded by declaring his conscientious conviction that nothing but a radical Reform could save the country—[eltears]. Mr. Wnotza declared, that though thi terms of tie Reso lutions were not precisely stela as he would bare suggested. yet he would still give them his support: The Resolutions were then separately put and carried, the single hand held up amongst them being that of Mr. Stuart Wortley. Sir F. Woof), Bart. proposed the following Petition:— " TO THE MONOVRAILI TUE ROUSE Re •001KAMIN3 OF GREAT SRI FAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT sasemni.en. " The humble PetltlOn of the'Fi:fieltolders cf the 7 County of Yfirk, . ' -., f • " SHRIVITII—That yoar ' Petitioners 6P ! Jnry and dee ply impressed 411111 Veneration for the Comoltutlen of this Realm. R 4 coos's:Jog of King. Lords, and Commoes n and,are anxious to preicrre in purity awl vigour the privileges of each coin. potent part. being convinced that the same wilie well adailed to the benefit and protection of the people. " Impressed with these sentiments; 4tivatonntY has not been forwurd to complain of the cvnduct,qtPgiliasoont, bat the recent proceedings or your Honourable Heave, which 'has in eaeh successive Session given . Treihprtilifs of ifte de viation. from public °pluton, have cowyhteed-}oor, Petitioners that neither are. dlly i pttoodeci to in yaw linnparabialiousa. " Instead of a eteggiln 4 teslstance to thp,enrfoaclmpeoca 7 of power, a teitdeirlirb for the right,of, this.proOle, a lop, wye.ovor *he tabrecutite 'and jtHlicial iliagiNfrary.l I vigiMpt waitihover. tips public tceasuirei. iQ litis been file fared* of yoitiThrtioners to witness too ready a gown ..•f~n...Y~..: ~. anee with the wishes of whatever Illisister may havedhb pensed the favours of the Croirit. . • " Of this uneonititutiOnal tendency in your Honourable Nouse, your Petitioners feel the fatal effects in the wanton and profligate expenditure of their resources, in the mainte nance ofd military force, dangerous to their liberties, in the enactment ,f Irws inconsistent with the spirit of the Consti talloti, addle the frequent neglect with which the Pmitioni of the Pehrileframsbei a trnited in that quarter, where they keit to have elpetienced the foadleif and most anxious attontlon. ... •- ...,... arThiiils 'of an inialifiiit% tation have been icei Zsen complainoti q 4 ( _ by. imminent tit f akl-parties, and at di ffereat*Orirds; lilt to your Meeks these evils appear ficestlte‘gceVatell by the additionalpowar and influence oser your Honourable House,„lfhich is derived from the prevent large Collection of Taxer, and the unprecedented amount of .our Civil„:„Military, and Colonial Peace fistablishatient , . " Your Petitioners beg leave to represent. that if this .state of your Honourable House, and the circumstances `blich a ff ect ili indepgdirhite, arts lt . vill'lliiies subjects of great pnhlic interest—they We Pee/ Mull' so at a dale when /the absolute Monarchs of lidorope, not sodden* with arbitra idly governing their ov.A.6lovainions, are leagued tdgether in l an alliance, the wrowed.o6l, et of whighlsto check the pro gress of liberty, and to present the establishment of itepre ;mutative Goveruments;_mt.object which Ow have but tco sueceisfully MuTted hard • irecofion by the military occu ltation if countries forehiedillsity haviefted the pi* to dik laleß..,_ . : - • 1:.: uivi t c. • • " your Petitioners p i nes ad no such inimerlia'e violence. te'ffif British Constlfoileit i fhey are fearful lest a per ste:lois telittenee should daelieflho bill's •bf their libertief. audaltimately convert t pityror of a treat rsofsethatien into the convenient Instrument of an arbitrary Government. • " Your Petitioners, antious tiatPartlantent should avail itself of the present period off poses vied tranquillity to enter into a foil consideration of the state of the Home of. Com mons, respectfully but earnestly entreat, your Honourehip. House to inquire seriously lido the censer of a state of things injurious to themaelies *ad &nerves Id tbalr poeterity, awl' by a speedy end efectual Reform of youtiloviourable Home. , to a:lopt :he measures r hich alone can remedy the evils o: which they complain, afidgrestore that good agreement anif perfect sympathy whickehight to prevail between the tree )mote of Comenon t s and V s lie•pcople." The Peli:ition was put and curled, Mr. S. Wortley being again the only diksentichtC• • ' After some ob.servatione from Mj. esynes, thank/ Vara voted to the Sheriff, and the Meeting was dissolved. . . .. &D . , Taii4EY.--YesXeittotv. ' ,• ...,• s . • • , -.. .. ~ ~ h...) if n ..... .,", t ' I l Conviete•malepeal - le impriseenamst and trassObreg.' , tion : r•in ~,! ' I Thomas Allin,' •Albrillsm Nbll;•Nle Ira TWO, Wholes ToWn, Clithrill se Keetb, Heft. I adts; John Kelly, Ealward• Slinkier. Jerenslitb Mart ' ,Matthew Russell, Willians JO ip.Millimii jamerion,is.a li as Gib • lell'a. James War 4 „White, Mary Slade, Welt, Mann, Steplien Wilk`es, Jo hn Basshrialge, Malaita Seott, e las. Bissell, Elisabeth Flanagan, William Morris, Elisabeth Wallace, Georg, , Henson, George Watkins. John Reynolds. Henry Gulf, Alexander Gordon, John u-o -driek, James Johnson, John Newell, Jobe Cole.. Win. Drown, .I.slan Bowles, Ann Paine, Samuel 'Ansi*. Sara t Hill, (illative Claude., James Darby and Jobb Ridde4 —lhtfryent terms of ituylisunment and kept to a ar a la bour, souse publicly and others privately whipped to the aatil. Ann Bradley, Elisabeth Bartlett, John Barry, Sarah Gill, William Marlon. Joseph Grindley, M. Carey, Louisa Davies ' and Elizabeth Cahill-1d days impri sonment in New gate. Henry Wheatley and William Stniiii trattskitiiil for life, ' • . ilizalseth Steward wills/tr. B. Cellist, transported for 14 years. .;.,•• • 1 , . JOboareds Jobit Connor. Job Palmer, Cleeecia sea. twook p lieorse Clay, John Smith, Thomas Ward, Wm. Hurlock, Mary Meredith, Jane Kemp, Richard Hein phriva. John Mathews, .Maria Dick, -THrintas ewswesse- Martha Haines, Henry Smith, Thrimas Walcott, Mark Noble, ,Marsha Williams, Elizabeth Price, Robert Mad dox, Wm [Lines, Jam es Cooper, Sarah Freeman, Win. Brown, John Ss piere, Samuel Arnold; Win. Lloyd, (1e... Brown, George Cherseley, and William Adams; for serer years. One of these prisoners exclaimed—May yon sit there till I come back with an empty pipe in your mouth. STEAM CARRIAGE.—The strain carriage of Mr. Grif fiths is very ingeniously constructed. The overture is in length 27 fret, of which seven are occupied by did • boiler anti apparatus fur motion. The steam is tirmol in heated tubs, one inch and a half to three inches its diameter, and no more water is introduced to them at a time than what is immediately wanted. l'hese tubes supersede the common large boiler. The it of water will serve fur dt least eight hours. The apparatus is ingeniously suapend,d, so as to be unhurt by the mo tion of the wheels. The whole is so constructed, that the horizontal position will be preserved, severe shotrs • Avoided, and the outer wheels unable to make, in turning , . the carriage, a larger segment than the inner. rh..! carriage may be made to stop or retrogade a; • uisk of the conductor, who sits iu front, and, by means of , bevel prhittn. directs the carriage. There are two of velocity, by pecans of pinions of dilfereeitio..!ideters s On grooved tolerably level, the velocity will e tithes - and an eighth an hoar. When the acclivity ss title, it will he reduced to something sixty,: 1 ..11 flour; and an going dawn hill, It will b e by a mechanical pressure upon the wheels. •s'ite of the carriage. including apparatus, water, +.4.1 will be only a Ltd and a half. It will ear. 7 tliree of nierelistidize and passengers. With ;.11-:, :4 .rit . peCted to go at the rate of fire t . ...dcs :11 :I:: miles in 20 hours, on ordinary roa.!r. S .e• i•c ,ir; .1 it will be the grratest trietuph ever ci And be invaluable to commerce • gore paper.) • • , The Police unilerlfajor Sten. 7r, of week took twelve men into beingsconcernectin'the width • fast Mail; and Mr. Armstrong, -; Drogheda, caused live men to Lc ..,:.pret:c: tailar charge. They were all N under** strong escort, anti bran. • IA Police, where they antlers rot r‘-: sitting Me i iistrates. They wee. , :ici e..e • tr ,' ~ 9:it::::r• • t inveit:voion. A Mt LE AT FOUR STARTS. destrian, for a bet of ten soyereig c.: city morning to run a mile in t..,.•• enrols, at four starts. 'the grotii. where lig:tarter of a mile watt . • *.• •••• ter was aecotnplisheil in one :c cool in one mil . a ; the third in c-r ; aKS %non& ; an.l the fourt•on one asinc::. tinning the awash by a s Tond • 9 One minute wag alloneit • e•ween roil) •t .r, 'cur. 1. dr.4 ( .i ~ , ~~ fi . AllAktalk.,.. , • _ On the 44d Int, st Edmonton Ch-r.... . • ::et .;•',. lii4.; :, „,, . to MI. F. Brooks, beta of Etirlontse:.. On Thursday, the 2341 it. . • .. An . .;.••r'r, :i3%of : . Watson, Esq. of Eir: :. t . '., '1 It..:•irt , 7... .. 5 - 3u:`,: t., • ,h• • . tee of the late S. Pol . ' .::- :. . •1i _...:.~. At her house in F:**. rc, •. • t:. !• t!: • • age of 139 years, Mrs. 11. t• • : , • • 1,, ,• - James Fordyce. apt,hcr , • . . Young "%Foam)," and As' ; t Fay ng. Secretary to the A. • • ;•••• • cc: • On Tuesday, the. qlski a. ; tower Terrace, Islington, ,•3 hit BMb year. • On the 21St looter aotA4a the tC., i late of, Bytara.i's-inn Coffethauseq L , E ,„:,, On the 99d .Inst. 'brt.11.74 1 1 4 r) Quesabithe, aged 76. AME' I 91 1- . c F s. r . , 1 If. 1 i, , ,. :1 a : • .J. 7. • • ** SA, 4 tje, ri..4 • 1 t,; e041 ;