The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

history, the end of the American war; and he remem- ' bered that Lord North talked a great deal about his fi r mness. When he was taunted by the able statesmen who were oppose,' to him, he said—l took the helm in a storm, and I will not quit the vessel while she is in dis tress. Mr. Burke, with that powerful eloquence which distinguished all hesaid, and, he *might add, with that bitter sarcasm whieh was entirely his own, replied— True, it was a storm, and a storm so great, that it bent the stately oak to the ground ; and then comes the Paltry willow that writhes and twists itself with every blast of wind, and calls its pliability firmness." So with the ministers of the present day—they shifted with every varying wind, and denominated their pliability tirioness.—(Loud and repeated cheering.)—Those mi nisters would endeavour to support themselves in power by the addressers; he knew not how to tuna them : they called themselves the loyal men.:—(Laughter.)—They declared themselves to be exclusively loyal. He knew not whether there were any of them in the room, if there were, he would particularly address himself to them.—(Applanse.)—What did their loyalty consist in? Why in getting up addresses in " holes and corners."— (Laughter . ) —Those addresses served to swell the co lumns of the Court Gazette ; and the courtly readers took those specious compositions as speaking the sense of the country, he dared to say.—(Laughter.)—Of what itioicription were those secretly loyal gentlemen ? They were very well described by a celebrated Irish bar rister as • " men who trade in loyalty, and live upon thrtaxee."—(Mach laughter.)—They never lost their stoek in trade, they carried it to a good market. if you asked one of them " Are you a loyal man ?" be would indignantly exclaim, " lam a loyal man, de voted to my King and Country—how dare you question it ? But if you pursued the i • luiry. and said, " Are you loyal for nothing?" The answer would be " llh, no! my loyalty is a marketable commodity."—(Nuch laughter.) And sure he was, that if such a loyal man could not make more of his professions than the farmers did of their barley, he would give up his loyalty alto gether (applause,) ,and sigh out—" Farewell, a long farewell to one loyaltv.-(Laughter.) lie could not, he thought, close his adairess better, than by expressing his sentiments on the question of Parliamentary Reform. From his first entering into public life, he Mt the neces sity of a reform in the Commons House of Parliament, and every rear since that opinion had become more firmly rowed in his mind.—(Cheers.) It was a question which bad occupied the attention of many eminent statesmen, (hiring the long reign of George 111. A writer, spe liking of this subject some years ago, observed that" Parliamentary reform was the dying legacy of Lord Chatham, and the virgin effort of Mr. Pitt." Ile would emOy say, that the legacy of Lord Chatham had never been paid, and the virgin effort of his son was a were abortion, leaving behind it no traces of fecundity. (Laughter.) His Lordship concluded by proposing a series of resolutions, embracing the different topics comprised in his speech ; and an address to his Majesty, founded on them. In proposing the address, his tirace adverted to the exclusion of the Queen's name from the Liturgy, a m•ireninstance on which he animadverted with great severity. Mr. %V. Wilmer tit, in a short speech, seconded the resohitious and address. Lord Ilot.t..txu then came forward, and addressed the assembly in a speech equally remarkable for elo. qitence, argument, 81111 feeling. Ile had, lie observed, signed the requisition, because he conceived that the country could alone be saved by a bold expression of the voice of the people emanating from great public meetings. The procmoolings against the Queen had been for a lang period the great bar to the considera tion of subjects .intimately cosoesoed with the first I 'interests of the country. in order that those interests should be considered, it was necessary, in the first instance, to put an extinguisher altogether on those odious proceedings. How was that to be done ? By the voice of the people. It was for them to command it. lie always thought that the proceedings against the Queen were not only unnecessary, bat would prove useless and injurious to the best interests of the country. Ile thought so mire now he knew it. (Great applause.) By those procycilings the crown had suffered ; by them the people had suffered. During the many weeks previously to their commencement, the discussion of the subject had occupied the attention of Parliament, and none of the sufferings of the people could obtain the least moment's consieleration.---(Applause.)--The business of time country had been laid aside, and no thing was attended to but this business, and that a business which he had always thought unnecessary; for if the charges had been trite, there could have been no danger to time country from the passing of them by Iwpm:rented; and so far was the prosecution front saving the honor of the Crown that the charges, if trite, applied only to a period three years before , the illustrious lady came to the Throne.—(Applause.) Ile begged now to call their attention to the reasons for which he as well as many others hail signed the re quisition. They were in the first place to declare their opinion as to the country being in a distressed state. They were to consider, in order to forum a cor rect opinion, the domestic and foreign prospects of the country. There was too notch reason to believe, I that while we were engaged in inquiring into th- con duet of a lady 50 years old, and 5 years since, the honer of the country abroad had been committed, he could almost say, to a cabal or conspiracy of osuaerha.i who interfered with the tights and wishes of indepen dent nailons. It was therefore necessary that they should agree in an address which deprecated a bloody war against the liberty of any other nation. Another topic maentioned in the resolutions was a topic of so much importance that he could nut be expected to go into notch detail respecting it. The subject he al laded to was Reform in Parliament.—(Applause.)--- To the principle of Parliamentary Reform lie had al ways been a friend, though its more eager friends might perhaps call him a lukewarm friend. But he was not likely to be lukewarm on any subject that in terested the people.--(lmmense applause).—As he had always thought it desirable, he now thought it neces ww7.---(l1e had never considered it what was called a passers. tie slow did think it necessary, in order to obtain and secure a fair administration of the Govern tuent.---(Loud and continued cheers.)--He trusted, therefore, he should be considered a friend, and no lukewarm friend, to such a reform as he thought be seacial. He had now only to thank them for the at tention they had sliewn. IA the coarse of his public lif e he had seldom seen a public day that bad given 'him twee satisfaction. If any thiugsould have added to the pleasure he derived from the appearance aid conduct of that westing, it was the swat in wbkb they had reaeived his Noble Friend and relative. His • he had known, pad that grist geed was —(Clenewk)— W brother, he bad known from Lauer t--(Applesse) " 4116 1 he world say of his N.4k Friajd she DIA., that . - • THE STATESMAN. a better, a worthier, or more honest man in pub lic or prism . te life, never adorned any county or coun try in the world.--(Most cordial cheers from all parts of the room.) The if ton Suentrr put the resolutions seriatim. An elderly man in the humbler walks of life, but of most respectable aspect, and his son, regularly held up their hands against each resolution. The High She riff successively declared that only two hands were raised against the sense of the meeting. We learnt that they were a father and son of the name of Biggs, the former a miller, the latter a baker, and occasion ally a preacher on Lord Hampden's property. The address to the King was declared to be in like manner carried with two dissentient hands. Mr. WILSHIRE came forward to move petitions to both Houses of Parliament. They were in fact but one petition, with the necessary changes in form. The petition was founded on the resolutions. Mr. PAYNE seconded the petitions in an able speech, for which we have po room. He powerfully urged the necessity of a Reform in Parliament. The petitions were then tarred, with the two family dissentients. Mr. Foisrtn, in an energetic speech, which called upon them to lay the axe to the 'root of that tree whose nurture was corruption, and who-, matured fruit, if matured it should be, would be despotism in its worst form, moved that the address be signed by the High Sheriff, and be by him presented.—(Applause.) Lord JOHN licssELL seconded the motion in a speech, of which onr limits cannot afford even an out line. In the conclusion his Lordship observed, that he would not now discuss the difficult questions of Reform. He agreed that the Representation was not sufficient or effectual. Ile readily agreed to the reso lution on the subject. Rut while the Representation remained so defective, it was necessary fur the people to speak so distinctly and so loudly as not to be mis understood by Ki tie, Lords, and Commons--(Applause.) The younger limos here requested to be heard in reply to the Noble Lord. He was much encouraged by all on the hustings, and patiently listened to by all present. lie said he thought it much more honest to raise his band against votes of which he disap• proved than to seem to acquiesce in them.--.(Applause.) The elder Brous said that was all lie had to say. The resolution was then carried with the same two dissentients. 3lr. FOSTER moved that the petition to the Lords be p►esented by the Dike of Bedford, to the Comnions by the County Members. The Marquis of TAVISTOCIL said be never felt greater pleasure in obeying the instructions of his constituents. Nothing bin meetings like the present could bring about any change in a system so long and so fatally pursued. It hail long been his persuasion that no good could arise from a mere change of men without a temperate but effectual Reform of Parliament.-- (Applause.) He woold not support any set of men who would not adopt the principle of reform on enter ing into office.---(Shouts of Applause.) Mr. Pest expressed the satisfaction he felt in re ceiving such instruvion.--(Applause.) Lord llot. LAND proposed thanks to the High-She riff, in whichlunticipsigd the convorrossee sAm honest and In pendent man who had done hotmeeto them and to himself, by holding out his hand con scientiously against what he could not concur in. His Lordship then drew an eloptetit contrast between this man and those who only held goose-quills in corners, and called their sentiments those of the people of England. The motion was unanimously agreed to. Lord HOLLAND said, with the greatest emphasis— " Let libellers and slanderers go now and say, they would not have been heard if they appeared there."— (Loud cheers.) The HIGH SHBRIFP. ill returning thanks, expressed his admiration of the conduct of the meeting, which he Popell would be a glorious example to the king dom.—(Cheers.) _ _ _ Mr. Astnnv.-.its moved thanks to the Duke of Bed ford and Lord Holland, and the latter returned thanks. The meeting, which continued crowded to a consi derable dist.mce beyond the doors, dispersed at four o'clock. The Norwich Reform Society hate proposed a peti tion to the House of Commons, which prays the exer tion of the influence of the House towards obtaining the restoration of the Queen's name to the Liturgy, and to all the rights of a Queen Consort. They en treat that further proceedings against ber Majesty may be stopped—inquiry instituted into the Milan Com tuission—that the support of the House may be with drawn front Ministers—and the corrupt state of the re presentation taken into early consideration. CR !PPM.% ATE WARD. Yesterday there was a numeroas awl respectable Meet ing of the inhabitants of this Ward.held in Cripplegate Church, Mr. Alderman Wood in the Chair, for the pur pose of considering the propriety of presenting peti thins to both Houses of Parliament upon the subject of re-inserting the Queen's name to the Liturgy, and re storing Isar Majesty to iin her rights and privileges as Queen Consort. The several resolutions to the subject proposed, were moved and supported by Mr. Newell, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Jones, &c. In return for the vote of thanks to Mr. Alderman Wood, the worthy Alderman I took occasion to express his grateful acknowledgments to the Meeting, and to state to them that it was the in tention of the Queen's Counsel to appeal to a Court of w respecting the omission of her name in the Liturgy, which was pronounced by high authority decidedly contrary to the law and constitution of the country. BISHOPSOATE WARD. A Pnblic Meeting also of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Bishopsgate was held yesterday, at the London Workhouse, Bishopsgate-street, to take into considera tion the propriety of Petitioning both Houses of Parlia ment, to resist any ittempt to institute further proceed ings against her Majesty the Queen, and to take such measures as in their wisdom should seem meet, for pro curing the insertion of her Majesty's name in the Li turgy, and putting her Majesty in immediate and full possession of all her rights sod dignities. Several Re solutions were passed, expressive of the feelings and opinions of this extensive district npon the late uncap *listlessl proceedings against her Majesty. Petitions to Imelb Mouses of Parliament. &ended upon tha Meow ha kes. were esaniesonsly agreed sat and it wee re. so4sed. that Earl llrey sad lir. Alderman Wood Maid at itt ers iy torwat ira tbein. y es s T i l; t . w r o u t 'boo voted le sas a sided, n consequence ef d the hediapeside R.. Cut Olpi, Aidersuk it the Weak Md IM •asolit ••• , punted. -t • HIM! WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NORMOW. Illorning. 37 inim. 'Merit° —Evening. 14 min. eller 11. PRICE Uk STOCKS TB Flank Stock • 3 per Cent. Re?. 00i 70 3 per Cent. Con. 8911 14 per Cent. 4 per Coats. P 714 6 prCt. Navy 1041 si 6 per Cent. Script Long Ann. 18 1-18 Irp. 3 per Cent. I DAT AT 01 _ Irish lb per Cast. India Stock Ditto Bonds —s. —s.—s. pm. South-Sea Stock Itx.llllls4d. ss. Os. 4s. pm. Chesty' for Money p■ Bank for Account Con. for Acet 7011 Lott. Mottos SIC S. O'CLOCK.. &tattsSinatt. "Tl 2 !MATZ/WAN" U IVCORPORATSIS WIT! " STATESMAN... • THE LIVERPOOL COURIER. • LONDON: lIATERDAT EVENING, JANUARY 13, Mil. No less than six public meetings of counties, or large provincial towns, besides those of two populous Wards in the city of London, hare claimed their re spective shares in our official attention to-day. As the first in point both of local and general importance, as well IN that which is derived from the public interest taken in the character of the personages who attended on the occasions, we have se lected those of the counties of Hants and of Bedford, for the purpose of presenting as complete a sketch 9f their proceedings as cur limits would allow. Our notice of those which took place in Cheshire and Shropshire, as well as in the towns of Chester and of Liverpool, must be of necessity post poned to another day. We trust, however, that our readers will find, in what we actually present, enough both to occupy and to gratify their attention. The first appearance of the aspect and character of those meetings is sufficient to confound the effrontery of those coxcombs who pretend that the spirit that urges the public mind is confined to the inferior classes, or deficient in the out ward show of opulence and rank. What can such an orator of the Common Council say on these occasions, who on Thursday " deprecated the clamour that bad been raised to drown the voice of men of wealth and respeetability? Such sapient servile men as be, who measure out their deference to individuals by no other rule than that of title or of property, mnst on their own grounds admit that the sentiments of Mr. BARING, or of Sir W. na CRISPIGNT, are of no I I trifling weight, and that those, at least of the Duke of BAMFORD, Lord HOLLAND, with the other branches of the House of Russets are entitled to respect. When men such as they, and those by whom they were sur rounded, who must be acknowledged to have some stake be the Country, find it necessary to come forward in opposition to the late and pending proceedings of Ministers, and declare that unless some mea sures were adopted to redress public grievances, atulem Lamellae g were 44bee ot-trimiStertrittliWt • trill, the country was in a situation almost of despair ; wise!' sentiments like those are now the order of the day in the higher as well as the lower ranks, and in deed, in every class, except of those who owe their greatness to their country's ruin, we cannot conceive that the assurance of the friends of corruption can any longer avail, or that the long desired and • much wanted work of Reformation can be far from its commencement. We hail with joy the explicit de , clot scions made, in the County Meeting of Bedford more especially, in favour of Parliamentary Reform, and the greetings with which these declarations were ' received. Wherever an occasion is fairly obtained for collecting the public voice, it is found to be in unison with public rights and gen oral interests : and we re pice to learn that it is determined in opposition to the declaration of those who called themselves " the Mer chants, Bankers, and Traders of London," to call a Meeting in the City, composed of that class of gentle men, to give them an opportunity of expressing openly and independently their sentiments on the present state of public affairs. The ultra.loyalists, in spite of their defeats in every field where they venture to fare their enemies, are mustering courage for another encounter, in what they consider their strongest hold—the county of t►x ford : the contest is fixed for the 2-2 d, the day before Parliament meets. We have no doubt that the manly and independent yeomanry will come forward in full force, and show that true loyalty consists not in sub serviency to Ministers and their pensioned adherents, but in an honest and fearless expression of disappro bation of all public measures which outrage the feel ings and endanger the tranquillity of the country. The Hon, R. Keppel Craven, her Majesty's Vice- Chamberlain, has giten notice by the Qneen's com mand, that her Majesty will receive, on the 2281 in. stint, those Addresses which were appointed for pre sentation on the 15th. A Lisbon mail arrived this morning. It was, how ever, only the missing mail of the 19th ult. and of course brings nothing new. Paris papers to the 10th inst. Arrived at a late hour lart night. They are almost entirely filled with the debates which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on the Bth, respecting the project of law for granting six-twelfths of the contributions for 1821 to the tio vernment. The discussions became very stormy, in consequence of the declaration made by Oeneral Don nadien (who opposed the measure), that the ministers 1c not be in want of money, as they had lately red 100,000 francs to one of the Members of the amber to parehase his support—a proposal, which hid been rejected with indignation. M. de Villele defended the mina of law, asit the discussion was ultimately adlosesid to the seining days, as many Members wsif leaseibinlia ape* Oat and against the mums eft - t. T ues Ws ban ISM lift• • se Mairli, in Pe i sli 41011021118116 11 . a the portlar 7 110' thai ft .w paw* isimi, Nast. ' . .. .y~•A.~~ ~:"j. f - The leading article of the Lirerpoul Cowries this week, is headed " Tub: LATE MEETING," and most desperately the EDITOR labours to prove that to be truth, which no one knows better than himself to be sheer falsehood ! lie commences with a bead roll of false assumptions and baseless premises; and taking • Mr. HEST . and the radicals cc passant, ho passes an to Me /flies, on whom he bestows a few .parting tears at their isposteey: i. e. their detaching them.' selves from the ultra Tories. This the outdid reasorer • • terms apostel/ ! A whole column is thus tastefully' occupied. Next there appears a long extract from the colfmms of " The Mercury ;" which it - is!rodured. merely to be flatly and distinctly contradicted; at least, as refers to the declaration of the M•von; to which the awful names of the following lack-lone gentry stand affixed, namely—Messrs. Bolton, Glad stone, admiral Murray, Adam Lodge, Cyrus Moral!, Nocholas Robinson, and Richard Radcliffe. It is really quite amusing to hear this vengeful little fac tion, who feel the ground sink away from under their feet; who are so split, rent, and subtlivideJ, that they can agree upon nothing unanimously; return Hide thanks to a Msvon whom they hate with an intensity wholly indescribable. And as there is no one whoa, reasoning powers, whose wisdom, and Whose eloquenCe operates more unfavourable to the good old cause of political corruption, than the Reverend Mr. Shepherd, (whose speech at the anniversary dinner of t i e Liver pool Concentrics, was eminent for its good sense, moderation, and pungent wit.) The Editor of the Ornerier has bestowed a whole column in a labour-in- Vain effort to turn him into ridicule, as " n would-be Statenasno." Add to this, more than Brother half column of scurrillity, chiefly levelled at Mc for uniting with the Reformists. Such is a fair ana lysis of the Lircrpoul Courier of ti.is day, whose s: r vile spirit pines and sickens at 'the sight of every thing auspicious for time cause of ltnnian liberty; and to whose distress at the approximatiim of the Whigs and Reformists, for time greater part of the above labourious efforts to pervert truth, and conceal its own fears, may •iafely be attributed. ARTS AND SCIEACFS EXTRAORDINARY. No. I. THE roLsowtso stets- INVENTIONS IIAtE Imes; OFFERED TO THE !HMI:NEWS FOR 11118 AEPHOBATIUN. THE HIGOT HON. (iEORGE CANN 11:410.—TIsis cele brated and ingenious gentleman has just completed a very beautiful model of what is called THE SEGREGATION ENGINE. This machine is intended for State parposes, and acts upon Aro•pirots, called Whig and Tory, 'Hie pico t's:lm of its principle, it is supposed, a ill render it ap plicable to either. It is septilateral, but not in the opinion of the learned, quite sensiperspirvons. It errr it should be brought into general are, it will be by the union of the Witi.t.tst.ev action. his must destroy the LIVeaPOOL panel, which is nut supposed to be sempiteraal. TIIR RIGHT HON. N. rithir7 l'All7.-(m will NH doubt appear stu i pziaiag that lbis4entleatan sbeeid have invented any thiag.) TI IF. COM PLFX CA LC eT.ATOR. This is an infringement of the Pi t r principle, and Its primary object is to effect, by the introduction of a rotatory cutter, close shearing, or, in other words, to diminish all the exuberant comforts of wealth and pr- petty. Its great use to the Administration is the ap plication of certain stops add serer/. by which means three essctitials are made to appearfive. The public have long since expressed themselves on the futility of this scheming apparatus; but a complete ezpoiri time of its may be expected from the Right Hon. (koala TIZRNSY on the next meeting of the Loan Cairri.nars6n.—His Lordship's ability in nu , chanical inventions has lung been feelingly acknow ledged in the sister country. THE TRIANGLE. This instrument is of Chinese origin, and was first in trodnced on the continent by the flefenders of Popery,. In both cases it was used for the purpose of extract ing reluctant evidence and punishing state delinquents. It is composed of three upright poles, with a ball joint at the top, which admits their expansion, and was, during the rebellion in Ireland, often seen in the Castle•yard, ”üblin. To what purpose this terria , engine is to be applied in this country we are not aware, hut perhaps, as its history and uses are so well known, it will be placed near the Great Bomb in St. James's Park, as an objeet of terror to the Radicals. The moving breast-hoard, which rises and falls to the height of the criminal, is an admirat i le improvement, and displays a refinement in invention and mechanics every way worthy the original projectors. OLD DAME Y.-•••••THIS MOAX/ NO. T. Williams, was indicted for having in his possession three IL counterfeit notes, knowing them to he forged. Lavender and Bishop. the Bow-street officers, found the prisoner in bed at a coffee-shop in Drury-lane, and in his coat-pocket they found a forged note, and thrt-e more in a piece of brown paper on the first floor. The prisoner told the officers they were all he had, and he should not deny having passed forged notes, for lie had passed a great many for a long time. A Bank Inspector Feted the notes to be forged. The prisoner read an ingenious written defence in which he charged a youth, named Sims, who had been apprehended for uttering a forged note, with having given the information against him to save himself. though he would not swear to him When brought to Bow-street. He denied having acknowledged the utter ing of forged notes, and charged the officers with being interested in convicting him in order to obtain the re ward. Lavender and Bishop both denied that his conviction would make the slightest difference to them is the war of remuneration. He was found Guilty. WHOLESALE DEALER IN FORGED NOTES. , —/r/11. HOME stood indicted for having in his possession sixty fired notes. Armstrong, the police-officer, stated, he wentsb Mo prisoner's house, Paul's-row, Providence- p l ied Luke's. The officers were rappelled to gelled the first door window, and on their entrant*, Os pittooce jumped out of bed, seised a brown paper . pare ill. threw it towards the stair*. The doer was ininiatitkijr brobea open by Van. another ever below. to whom Armstrong observed. m Vg, OW rep. die pitimirt Von, , a swag." Me portal Was picked up lit itOlgar Von, and ipmei It commis tho *MN kof qateetoll4 '. rise . nee was deletildieildiet *ben Wit plipst weer le 0:10b, . . . •••41+.. ---.-- .. 111,....ek. • =-+• 1!.... N., - t .1 • ti If ii