The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-01-30 00:00:00

00 Dickinson received 4,0001. a year out of the duties cut /geed, yet hundreds of lives were lost,becaute the lights were not properly kept up,l the Greyhound cutter was lost anal on that occasion 40 souls perished. Mr. Dick. inson had said, that be (Mr. Hunt) made an insinuation but a direct charge. Hs charged Mr. Dickinson with having received large sums out 44.1ita taxes, sad with I ' llll 4 never seepented for them. lie would repeat that, 'in consetrience of the lights: not being properly kept trp at Pathotme, hundreds atrd hundreds Olives were lost, infinitely more valuable than that of the Hon. Member. He (Mr. H.) had bees once in the Channel ; there were e o lights out. and tlaey were within, two eablea' length of running upon the coast.—A Captain of a vessel with whom he bad conversed, and wbo had been stut in his cutter, the night that the Greyhound was lost, had •stated to him that there was no light at all that night at the Lighthouse, in consequence of which all went down. _ . Mr. GOULDING.—This is illiberal and disgraceful, but you cannot injure Mr. Dickinson. Mr. HUNT.—If Reform had been accomplished would those lives have been sacrificed in that infamous man- ner ? Mr. Coucorwe.—Thls is disgraceful. Mr. HUNT—The lying Sherbert's Mercury had called the last Meeting a rabble, disgraceful to the Country— would they continue to give motley out of their pockets to support each wretches? That Paper supported all the atrocities committed in Ilchester Gaol. Mr. Dick. inson, too, had put a man in irons for charging Bridle with having istolen deals supplied by ,{be high Sheriff. He was kept in irons and in solitary confinement front the beginning of October to the end of April. After, all the 'atrocities of the Oaoler, who was fount' guilts, even by a packed Jury • yet a, man of the name of Poole, a Magistrate, bad dared to declare upon oath, that he approved of the conduct of that execrable wretch. Air. Poole here attempted to speak, but was received with much disapprobation. Mr. HUNT—If, they had Reform would such things go on ?—Would any man have the impudence of Poole to brave out such conduct? He was not surprised that be hair given muds evidence, for he bad sanctioned all the atrocities committed. Mr. POOLE-,1 never sanctioned any atrocities. Mr. HUNT—These are the men that would dictate to yon. alr.••Sasterisen—it is you that would dictate. Mr. Gown:to—You are a bully ; your conduct is disgraceful. Mr.liuNT—The fellows of the local press bad attacked him. When Mr. Dickinson mumbled in the House of Commons, like a mouse in a cheese— Mr. Goutanno—Sharne ; this is disgraceful. Mr. Hoar—He sent Reports of speeches which be had paver uttered, of one speech in particular; which Sir P. Bardett declared to hie that be never uttered, to be printed in the country papers. He called upon the meet. tug to Si) whether they would have a thorough Reform The Gentlemen who hail addressed them, beat town' the bash, bat did not start the game—be would start the game, and he believed the people would cry holloo—[a laugh.] He would submit nothing but what honest men, and lovers of liberty, would approve of; he drew up a petition which nu Englishman, who did not share in the taxes, wduld oppose. It was known that the pro perty of the Duke of Bedford consisted chiefly of Church and Crown lands—the propert7 of Lord Grosvenor was Crown lands. The Whigs forged irons for the people though they talked of freedom. lie did not seek for an equslity of property. hut to protect the people from op pressirio : the Parliament and the corrupt part of the env had f.,r many years deluded the people, and when he endeavonred to advocate their cause, lie was sent to ga. The laws enacted by such a Parliament were rendered a thousand times snore odious by the•blagis. trate' who executed them ; they used to hector the peo ple into their measures, but now the people might act for themselves. If they were disposed to join with the people lie would say, receive them—forgive them—hat take care bow you trust them"—(a langh.) In 1817, 'million and a half of persons tigned Petitions in favour of Re form, and millions would do so now. The people called for nothing reir. Up to the time of Edward 11, freemen had a vote.—The distinction between a Slave and a Freeman was, that the man who had a voice in the laws by which be was governed was free. otherwise lle wall sieve. • Where was the impious wretch who would say that the God of Nature, who had stamped his fortis onmao, would yet, degrade him with the hateful badge efsl ?--;(eppluate.)—That wretch was blas phemous, indeed, who would say that lion intended to have say portion of his people slaves. lie would now prourd to read theyetition which he, intended to sub• snit to the consideration of the Meeting. Here' he read the petition, as hich was as follows: . • "TO TIC HON. 111 E COMMONS' IiOUSC, &C. "The Petition of the Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the County of Somerset. assembled in Public County Meeting, conveued by the Sheriff In the City of Wells, this 28. h day ufJannary. IS:TS " Sagami—Thai your Petitioners have, for a great num- 1 ber oT years, contributed l.trge sums of money annually towards defraying the expenses Of a long and bloody war, and for the support of a system of a Government which they were taught to believe, by the Pc'olic Press, by the Parlia ment, awl by the great Landed and Monied Proprietors of the Country. were absolutely necesssary for the protection of the Throae. and for the safety, happiness, and welfare of the people of &gland. Your Petitioners lament to find that the;r conti.lenee was grossly abused, and that they hare been* deceived, duped, and cajoled by the above-named parties, who conspired together to oppress and plunder your Petition ers, to carry on wicked, unjust, and tmneeessary wars, en tere t into and continued, as your Petitioners to their sorrow now find, solely for the purpose of upholding and perpetn nting a corrupt state of representation in the House of Commons. ••• Your Petitioners now plainly see that the cause of all this wanton, wicked, cruel, and unprincipled sacrifice of the meant; of Mood, which were so unfeelingly spilled ; the pro fligate waste of the wealthand 'property of the nation.ohleh was wrung from the earnings of a suffering, patient, and con. fisiing people, and which were so lavishly squandered away ; that all the long and creel past mem-logs of the manufac tnring and tabouring parts of tl:e community ; and that all the present unsupportable sufferings of your Petitioners have their origin, and aro solely to be attributed to the want of a fair, a free, and equal Representation of the People in the Commons' House of Parliament. Your Petitioners now very plainly Perceive, that the seats in Parliament have all along been filled with the relatives. hangers-on, and dependents of certain great aristocratical families, by means of borough ski other corrupt influence : which persons, having no interest, nor feelings in common with the people, have contrived by their packed and corrupt majorities In Parliament, to appropriate all the Crown and Church lands (the undoubted property of the public) amongst 'themselves, their relatives and dependents ; and by the same corrupt and unjust means, they have contrived to obtain large grants of the public money, arising from the sweat of 'the industrleus labourers' brow, which they have annually divided and apportioned amongst themselves In pensions, sinecnres. end pay for useless and unnecessary places. ••• Your Petitioners, therefore, most earnestly and most confidently pray, that your Honourable House will forthwith pass an Act, to insurl such an immediate and complete Re form in the Commons' House of Parliament, as avid give to every Englishman, Seoteluoan. and Irishmen, a vote for the Representatives who are to sit there; and your Petitioners further pray, that to enable every man to give his vote honestly mid conscientiously, that they may be protected by the ballot. These, your Petitioners firmly believe, are the only safe and of-ctual remedies for their present sufferings, and that without these your Petitioners can hope for no secu rity in future for their lives, their liberties, and their property. When such a Reform is effected, your Petitioners will have fall confidence, that such freely, equitably, and conscienti ouslychosea Parliament will, without loss of time, adop- '. . - r..,. smiiß - ..; .. cti Dli freed; of the' And %our _ taro Into serious eonsttletattint. 'lard attend to the prayer of those numerous Petitions which were presented to your Ilonouitihte House In the year 1817, praying for Reform, which Petitions, ablmegh signed by one million and a half et Englishmen, were totally disregarded and throto under the table of your Honourahla House, " And your Petitioners will ever pray." After reading the Petition, Mr. HUNT resumed—Sit.. Thomas Lethbridge was now near him. He once had the power of doing , harm ; he now could neither do good nor harm. Sir Thomas was like a dog with a kettle tied to his tail; he made a great deal of noise all about Notting. When Sir Francis Burdett dwelt in the House, of Commons on the distress of the people, and sought to relieve them, 'who said that the language of the Hon.l baronet made the hair of his bead stand on end? Sir T. Lethbridge. Yet after all, Sir Thomas was au ho nest man, compared to the hypocrite who pretended is support liberty, vet gave his vote in favour of taxes and of corruption. The Tories were barefaced nod open enough to say, that they hated liberty, and wished to pinnder the people : the Whigs pretended to love liberty, l yet when in place they plundered tenfold. The Rev. Mr. CRESWELL rose to second the Petition. He said that if a Parson were hateful to their sight, he hoped the Meeting would forget for five minutes that he was so, and only look on him as a man and a patriot. Reform was the great question which they ought always , to have in view—how were the, people treated ?—they were honied into submission—they tasted the mercy of the sword. GovernMent spies were sent amongst them, and some of the best of them, under false accusations, were torn from their families, amid confined to dungeons —the son who went to visit his father, was turned away from the prison door, and Mr. Poole advocated the cease of an inhuman monster who put blisters on the heath of the prisoners. For the truth of what he said he might appeal to the visiting Magistrates, and Mr. Hunt wee a living witness of it. After some further obser vations, the Reverend Gentleman concluded by say ing that he highly approved of the Petition of Mr. Hunt. Dis. Dual:vim said that lie should trespass on their patieoce fair a few mitistes, whilst he should try to re move certain impressions made up Mr. Mont, if Indeed be bad made any impression at all. And - first, as to the light-house—the information of Mr. Hant on that sub- . .ject was wderepretented. If it was founded on troth, it would ball:men the duty of the Trinity House to put an end *Vona to las lase. It was al'o a groat; miser presentation as to what be had said shout the Yeomanry money. His (Mr. D.'s) accounts were forthcoming; and were ready at a moment's warning to be submitted to the proper authorities. As to the person who had been put into close confinement, he was placed there, not for stealing deals, bat for an attempt to break the prison. It was enough for him to say, that when Sir Francis Burdett brought the matter before Parliament, there was not a single member found to support him. The Repre sentative of the County, it would he his wish, if possible, to make his sentiments accord with their's,but the views he had heard that day were so repugnant to his own, that he could not possibly support them (disapprobation). The longer he lived, the more convinced was he that good sense was hest sheen by moderation of conduct. He was surprised at some expressions that fell from Mr. Sandford. Surely Mr. Sandford most hate know that the history of England was a history of Reform (no no). He would ahem that it was from Magna Charta, down to the present time. Ilenry VII. was a reformer. Henry VIII. was a reformer of another kind. The Re volutloO of 1688 was familiar to all of them, as were the reforms in the last reign. That great Reform, the in dependence of the Judges, was effected. The tribunal for trying controversies respecting Elections were first established, and persoos.laulding offices were sent back to their constituents. 'Recently Shorehata and Grain pound were disfranchised. These were important reform ethane ; but he was not of opinion that they - were nut sufficient. He was of opinion that there were too many persons in the Howse of Commons who had inter est in the public purse, to be the proper guardians of the public money. lie was inclined to think that the oath against bribery and corruption ought to he administered to the elected as well as to the electors. It was for these reasons, amongst others, that he had been induced to vote for Lord .1. Itessell's motion. With respect to Radical Reform, if he had not previously made up his mind against it, what be had seen that day would decide him (disapprobation). Ile believed Radical Reform to be against the spirit of the English• Constitution [dia. ,approbation). Ily enlarging the votes of others tney would at once render the privilege of the present elec tors of no value. He never would vote for Radial Re. form (disapprobation). Sir THOMAS LETUBRIDOI next came forward, and said that he hoped the Meeting would hear him. If he differed from them he had a right to differ whenever he and the electors of the county should he found enter taining opposite times on important subjects, he would make.his bow and retire. Mr. tlvxv.—Von can do so now. Sir THOMAS Leninkinoe denied that he called the last Meeting a rabble. He looked upon that Meeting as or the present, a respectable Meeting of the population of Somerset. It was his duty to iccount to them for his pnhlic conduct—it was not in his nature to shrink from difficulties. Ile was not aware that Mr. Hunt had made any serious charge against him. Mr. lkNT.—Only that you voted for all the taxes (a lane.). Sir THOMMI continued.—fie went into Parliament in ISOii ; he found men there of gr eat experience, who con. sidered that the system then in operation was calculated to conduce to the. best interests of Europe. They might have been wrong; no man can be free from error, but every man ought to be free from injustice and disho nesty. He admitted he voted for taxes, he was sort? for' it.—:(Applause.)—lle was not sorry for the votes Ite . bad given, but if the people suffered from the consequence of those votes no man could regret it .more than himself. It was his opinion, that without the expenditure, large as it was, the country might not now he in existence; it was upon that principle he acted, and it' the same thing were to occur again he would put the question to his conscience and act as he had acted before. In regard to the question before them, if the people of England should say that they would have re form, they had a right to say so. lie had never-known of any public question on which the voice of the people of England was thoroughly expressed from one pan of the country,to the other, that their voice did not ulti mately prevail; be would go farther and say,that it ought to prevail.—(Applause.)—Mr. Hunt had chosen to use certainly not a very elegant figure with respect to him. if it gave him or the meeting any sort of pleasure to compare him to that very humble animal, he would not laughter and applause,)—they might enjoy the joke as long as they wished ; he was glad to see them in such good humour; he hoped the same good humour would continue. We have, said lie, a right to differ with each other, but we have nu right to abuse each other.—(Applause.)—The House of Com mons was nut perhaps exactly in the same state as it was in HAS, but did not every thing change ? Every man had something, to reform within himself, every man ought to endeaniur to retrace the false steps he had taken, and to come back to that point from which he should have never departed, so it was perhaps with the constitution. He knew- that pockets were empty, the consequences of that war which, after all - : Ist of ; and he coniplaineil: that been filled as 6* He son said, that tacition during o high, and ought to be no longer 4s• had Nid eo in hie place in .Parliatosot,' ,and In spits of Lord this or Lord that, even yin despite of them, whose approbation he valued, bat not so high as the conviction of his own mind. He weniii•contintst to I say,tbat taxation was too higli,and heWould endeavour to Alimioish it; he was disposed to vote for Lord John Rus sell's motion, which had for its object to get rid of 100 liorough Members, and to send iWtheir•stead to Pasha. went, 100 Members such us the people would approve. If he should advocate the question of Reform, it would be principally on the ground that the land had not that sway in the House of Common* • hich he thought it ought to have, and Which it formerly possessed. He was 'for the addition to the County representation, to he ,taken froth small boroughs. So far he would go, but lie would not go beyond a point that would oat be ultimately useful to his country. Mr. Hunt was no doubt well ac quainted with the history of the country; the experi ence of history, whether of England, of Rome, or of Greece, showed him the necessity of approaching great questions with caution. The Protectorate, not more than 120 years ago, brought forward men who inflamed the passions of the people—who flattered them—who, by dealing' out language of praise, of encouragement, and of falsehood to large bodies of people, became the favourites of the day, in order to gain a vicious ascend- ancy, ultimately betrayed the people and produced the greatest sum of misery that England ever experienced. The present was the Ent Somerset meeting on the ques tion of Reform. He did not see his way—he did not yet understand Jo their fall extebt the wishes of hie Constituents upon the subject: He would vote on that question, as upon all ether* according to his judgment and his consciebee ; and further, he would pledge hiinself,that in the ensuing session of Parliament he would endeavour to get an equalisation of those heavy burdens which press upon the labour and industry of the people. Mr. HUNT.—." That you won't get without Reform.' Sir T. LECTIIBRIDOE.—." If so, I may then be the more convinced of the necessity of Reform." He would con clude by giving this piece of advice to the people—not to permit any man, because he might differ with another, to throw upon his opponent false and odious calumnies, that had no foundation in honesty or truth. Mr. Poing next attempted to address the Meeting; but it was nortintil the Sheriff threatened to dissolve it that he received an imperfect hearing. He said that he bad given evidence on Bridle's trial, because, from a long knowledge of his character, he looked upon'him to be 'a useful officer and an honest man. He defended the conduct of the Whigs who for the short time they were in o ffi ce abolished the Slave Trade, and ultimately lost power in a generous effort to extend the blessings of Religious Liberty to lhoir fellow silbjects in Ireland lie condemned In strong terms the Vote by Ballot, as unworthy of freemen : he would wish to know what the advocates of the s} stem by ballot say, if what they recommended to the people were practised by the Par. liarnent ? A Mr. Cox next addressed the Meeting at some length. The Rev. Mr. TRONAS said he was t Clergymen and a Magistrate, hat he hoped, notwithstanding all that had been said, that there might be foand an honest Magistrate and a conscientious Cle►gymen. He was always an advocate for a commutation of Tithes, and to the cause of Reform he had ever given his strongest support. It was his opinion that Reform would be a benefit not only to the people but to the Church. Mr. SANDFORD, in reply, said that be had ever been con sistent in his public conduct; he Was not like Mr. Hunt. who was formerly an Ultra Loyalist—who was In Lord Aylesbury's Yeomanry, and who quarrelled with his Lord ship, because his Lordship would not consent to send out his men to cut the throats of the unfortunate Irby—(Great agitation, and cries of hear, hear! from several (ientlemen ou Mit hustings.) Mr. liuxv—lt is false. Mr. SANDFORD-It is true, ant you know it. Tie (Hunt) was not a sincere Reformer; he made use of the baser passions to carry measures, that w re sure to defeat the question of Reform. If the meeting were friends to the measure—if they wished to put a sting in the side of Minis ters—they would vote for the original question. He would leave the business to the good sense of the people—he, at least, had done his duty. After a few words from Mr. Hant,__ The Stream. put the question ou Mr. Hunt's Amendment, when a great majority of hands were held up in favour of Mr. Hunt's Petition. The SHERIF? declared that the Amendment was carried; and the Meeting was then dissolved. • .; • - , • d Til STATE neasures in Church and State, is wilt scam the faturlP *l right Os bom ~ )nrant Itapphesroof the people. the saf e ty and how* UPsae to had not k Throne, add the peace ma prosperity of the country. had WI Cfrliter occasic our Petitioners further pray your Honourable House to peace system was too Ii .. .. .. ,' EXTRACTS FROH FRENCH PAPERS OF MONDAY. Paris, Jan. 27. " Yesterday. before Mass, the King received in a pri vate auoience the Marquis de Bonnar, and Limit. Gen. the Count d'Espagne. " The Count de Villele, president of the Council of Ministers, visited yesterday evening at 8 o'clock, the Duke d'Angouleme, and remained an hour with his Royal Highness. " We (JoonNat, ves Unsays) gave on the 24th inst. the three letters of the Charge des Affeires of Russia, Prussia, and Austria, to M. San Miguel the minister for Foreign Affairs of the Spanish Government, as well as the answers of that Minister. The following is a new document to add to those official Notes: Copy of the Letter addressed by the Count de flu!Earl, the Russian Charge des Affairs, to M. San Miguel, dated Madrid, Jan.l3. " Sir—l received the note which your Excellency transmitted to me, dated the day before yesterday. " The respect which 1 owe to the forms and princi ples admitted and consecrated by all civilized nations, prevents me not only from replying to that Note, but even from making its contents known to my Govern ment. I hasten, there, to send it back to your Excellency, for the eyes of the Emperor, my master, must not he dis gusted by the perusal of a production which I abstain from characterising. and in which his Imperial Majesty and Europe would look in vain for the slightest evi dence of a Government which knows how to respect it self. I have the honor to be, Sm. " It is thought that the labours of the Chamber ofDe puties will commence on Wednesday. the day after the Royal Sitting. The first meeting is always destitute of interest, as it is merely occupied in going through cer tain official forms. 'the legal number of Deputies is 430, but it is reduced to 424, by the double nomination of La Vendee. the double elections of MM. do Mar changy and La Ledistex, Peneurun, and by the decease of MM. d'Esterne, ti.Hardivilliers. and Delabaye Join. kiln. The first Bureau will, consequently. be composed of 48 Members, and the eight others will have forty seven. Mr. Clare, who has executed the office of Coroner for Wilts about fitty years, has signified his intention to resign it, on account of his advanced ace. Four can didates have already declared themselves for the offire. Friday se'nnight, two wild swans came up with the tide as far as St. Vincent's Rocks, near Bristol, but being fired at as they proceeded down the river, when one of them was shot opposite the battery, near the ri ver's mouth, and sold to Mr. Plumley, Mdryport Street, —its wings, when extended, measured upwards of seven feet. •RR. MAILS. ~ 1 7 O.S. ARR.. Dublin • - 0 0 Rolland • O IVaterford A 0 Hambro' 0 . Q. & Jersey - 0 I Franca - O Lisbon 0 0 Flanders - 0 Gottenburi - 2 0 Brszl DUO. - - ll KINOCITARLSS I. gite *tatcsitstan. LONRONi THURSDAY EYRNIND.' s - JANDARS 30, 1923. BOURBON WAR. INDEED!!! Ot.n Lens's speech has arrived ; and he..tells the French nation that he is going to war with the S,tr• niards, in order to preserve the Throne of Spain to a descendant of HENRY the Fourth. The ohl boy tals about his squadrons, which he shall order to craze protect his shores from danger. In short, he dec!tres WAR; war against the people of Spain, at d tear the House of Royalton. He says distinctly that a HUNDRED THOUSANP FRENCHMEN are about •n march against the Spaulacdo. Thus, then, we hare Bourbon Wee, at lost. Let the Loudogners; aye, nn.l the countrrjoacre, too, now see what r they hare lost by not having read the STATSSMAN. They believed :Le lying,jobbing Old 'I burs ; the *tepid Giebe and fointly glimmering Star. They believed, abortion things, the Morning Chrbniele; they thought, to be ante, kite er. perienced Old Chronny knew something a Chrontii:. that has eeea, half a century puss ever bee head. .They thought that these pepors nest know better than the STATESMAN. Th..yr would ,net listen to the plain common sense ; to the us bought state_ tnents ; to the opinions, ultieduenced by interest in the Stocks; they would not listen to these from ns :—they ,would tides Stock jobber's. and Scotch Philosophers; and they have been ruined accordiisglg. We do norsay that we rejoice at their ruin ; but we most coufrai that we de not feel for them what we should hove felt, lithe; had hot rejected our advice. Detesting Stock jobbers as we do, we still thought it our duty to warn per.ons wins had been dabbling in the Spanish Funds, of the great risk that they ran. We were ourselves co..vi need that there would be War. It win be recollected. thee, on the 9th of November, at Reading, when we first noticed' the subject in a public manner.—We then said, that we should not be at all surprised to hear of France invading Spain. After this, we constantly en deavoured to convince 'our readers that such would be the result, while the Morning Chronicle and the ireastly Old Times, and the thrice stupid Glohc, and the Star of darkness, with all the whole tribe of weekly sews! papers, laboured as incessantly and as zealously `to cause it to be believed that there would be Mo War between France and Spain.— Nor did they spare the use of falsehoods to effect this their purpose of decep- tion. In short, all manner of falsehoods were fabricated and put forth to keep up the delusion. The memorable shield of the Morning, Chroniek hal, however. at last disappeared ; and we are not a little surprised that that paper, which has generally -hitherto given proof of something a little like principle.. should have been able, this morning. to communica'n the speech of Louis to its readers without making something like a confession of its parsed errors; Without making something like an acknowledgment to us; for the light which we tendered it, and from which it so pertinaciously turned its eyes. Not to make this acknowledgment candidly is a proof of Wee pride, Si the very least : to endeavour to .retract from our merit at the same time, is a proof of want of honesty.—We have no time, at present, for remarks on the dismal re flections which the Chroaiele makes on this speech pf the King of France. Opportunitiesenough will offer for chain - this. In the mean while,let our readers observe these/bin/pt. 1. France is about to invade Spain. 2. The ob,ect, not so much toprevent Revolution in France, as to get possession of the Spanish Fleet, and of Gibraltar; S. Our Ministers cannot stir an inch to prevent this, be cause, if they go to war, they blow up the National Debt. 4. They cannot blew up the National Debt ; nor can they touch it, without extinguishing Gul.'on and Old San:al.—Here it all centers. For the rotten Cv roug the Debt was contracted ; for the sake of the rotten boroughs, the Bourbons were restored ; for the sake of the rotten boroughs Spain, with all her Beets and arsenals, will not possibly be surrendered into the hands of France.—We say poseibfli:: for, as to the rcsull of the War, we are not as yet in a state to offer any very decided opinion. HAMPSHIRE MEETING, That is to say, Hampshire Meeting that would:bar e been, if the Sheriff had called it. An account of tle Requisition, and a copy - of the Sheriff's letter of refusal together with a note from Messrs. HECTOR and GOL, SMITU, to the Requisitionists, appeared in oar paper of Tuesday. These two gentlemen say, that they hope that the country is not yet reduced to that state of thraldotn and degradation but that five Magistrates may be found to enable the County to soca.— We must confess that we think these gentlemen joking, when they express such a hope. We believe that they have no fire Magistrates ; and we do not believe that there is one single person of those fellows that can call themselves Country gentlemen, that has the spirit to oppose this son of Oldlion Summits, the Underwriter. LLOYD'S is their master LLOYD'S and the CHANGE will beat them off from the turf and laugh at them.— However, they deserve all this, and a great deal more. Their estates will be gone in a very short time; and after they get into the poorhonse, they will see us have our Reform of Parliament. The Parsons in Hampshire are in a sweet stir ue hear. Well they may be, for it will not require long now to convince them that they *ere duly warned in 1t'17.--Those as ho hare signed this Requisition, ought now to sign a Petition, and to state lit that Petition dint the Sheri had refused to call the Meeting, though requested to do it by so great a number of peril:lns of properly. never expected this meeting to take place. We always thou,/ht that Sol-mes would refuse to call it. We deem _it a matter of no consequence at all, The : --, • - ~., -.~ MI refos taxg , on I Land like', Ham went noses -any that I ess r aeoei Jwil Jibly top !anal day. it is slioul Petiti They bear but t apply helot. scout been teeth sneet sitiol meeti Lad I took good ST O'Cloi clam done Stool On have and 1 By that the E lish