The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-06-12 00:00:00

~... . • - . . i + . psi of sad vie wens am it i r et, mr. C 0 moulded to ore down. to Mae Henat ael iCAmontess, l k ii vile is famer of ma masenre li *seed the si ster of the Crown to adept. )—llet this s of Mop was galled " tie of the Cron ond was set only avowed, bid is the Hess Cow mom by the Miarqnsen oilLentiorsdariy.—(A Mae nit scelanted for the dliesengptst manner is which mo sey of thspeople stn n elpesdell if this, than, chi case. wham, is seiribr get, Tres *sae (Weaklier depsdent blosibedr ft Parliament ? The thing ors 'aim; fur tbsairb amplest sash able and independent' so Mr. Unagweel bolo Parliament, the Minister had Wen who time bought end sold by places etc sloes either for themselves or their religious. ---(A planer.) fie should now state Doe or two fasts w ls would utast& the meeting. The Reqpieltion by which that wellies was convened bad been signed by up- wards of four hundred and 6Ry of the meet re spectable landed prepeieton of the county, and yet it was urged that the souse of Ram to had never been &ave nged by persons of respectability. If there were no other contradi-ms th at ifteetieg would give the lie to such an amertiost.—(Loud Applause.) Thfre were attached to the Is'e R-qaisitios. independently of the Noblemen al reativ usentiosed. the Names of 169 Gentlemen who pot sessid SUMO acne of lead in the county. The county Lad. however, entered epos the question of Reforms. aad they most succeed. They bad only to persevere, • and they meat gain ironed. They ought to wet. sad meet and lona solo edgy eoght to thew to l alioieten, that they were &ermined to persevere without itemising. and is the end they most be soccessful.—(Applause.LTa hey • Oast go on. sad if the present peeling' was not SA II yi 1 nogg, they must (*tektite text la stronger language ; ' he entreated them not to slacken their efforts; be should heronry to have it said that for want of a seasonable and wale exertion they died in the ditches of their owe tai. —(Allier.). The Barite DARNLEY felt it incumbent upon Liar to der a imp *he medusa epos the present petition ; the men sordidly Immense of his having on a fernier emeion.iwbes iii• distresses of the country were great. retessi to sire a similar esquisielos. He refused upon thatectaiiesk hostess belleit ghat the wishes of the pseplesisi red is disippaisMsest. - He did not mean weep that Poiliameot was perfect, or that lie could pleas any esaffillissain its virtue, anymore than thou pouts, 014 wheats,/ aressil Mill bet even if be did masetals such as opinion, mill he must say that no re lief meld be allsealsilis the public distremes, except by 1 iiissales ofteltallem—(Applanee.)—lt was out of p d l ie l zwer of the helium% to afford ear relief to the distresses by any other means. This arose, not se meek out of the dlifirde of the . present, as of former bedssof Pa It Brow, to feet, from those for. mertaeliaimenteme ving exercised a vigilant sad *NNW wee the expenditure of Ministers. This mieslmsslm it that bad brought upon the country ths'seesmelated burden of debt under which it new la boured. Having, however, sees the prelims requisition 'Acacia, two points, namely, agricultural distress, and the acknowledged deficiency in the representation of the people, be could not refine Ms signature to it, and therefore it was that, as a Freeholder of the county of Kent, he was pretest. The great cause of the distresses allot country was taxation, and of that they most get rid in a great degree, or else they must sink under it. He regreurd mach having beard in a house of which he was a Member, a Noble Duke, for • whom he must of course have the highest respect (as he was 114 only person with the exception of the brave Wellington, who bad within the last sixty years received the highest honours of the Peerage;) he re greeted, he said; having heard that Noble Duke declare dial maths, fell bet l ightly es the farmer. Thin wee •Aectrine which every practical man must reprohate.— rhe farmer was pressed down, not only by•direct but by inditect taxation.—(Applause.)—Repaid taxes, not only in his hops, salt, leather, Ice., bat be was mist at every tams by indirect taxation.—(Hear, bear.)—While he was obliged to sell cheap, be was compelled to purchase every thing at a dear rate. Not only the farmer, bet the labourer, was times met by the taxes, and the farmer must make op his charge upon the labourer—either in wages or in pore -rate; sad in this way a difference, not of firs', but of fifty per cent. was made in his property. — Having toughed so far on the grievances, he now came, to the remedy. He differed in some minor points, though he concurred generally in the prayer of the petition. He mold not, however, 'ran honest Englisman,umport any prayer fur relief at the expeoceof other classes of thecae mushy, (L'beers.)-There were also persons who thought that relief ought to be gives by defrauding the public creditor. This be should most decidedly set his face against. The time might possibly come when a national bankruptcy would take place; but while able, they were bound to pay their honest debts. It mattered not how nor burdens were incurred, or if it did, it was for those Members who bed supported Mishima* in their long aad onjastillable career of extravagant expenditure Is answer for and defeatd their conduct. But while they were able they were bound to pay the public creditor. latest indeed that period arrived which would compel them to all their crediton together, and pay so much in the pound. The only way to avoid this desperate al- Westin was to reduce taxation—to adopt economy in our public expenditure, by . reducing our e..Ablishutents at home and abroad, both c ivil and nil I itary—(A pplause) —lle at:teatime to Parliamentary Reform. a subret a ( - Ways di ffi cult and delicate to be touched upon. He had sot hitherto expressed any decided opinion upon it; int knowing, as he did. the wishes, out only of the country, but of the country at large, he felt it necessary to come to the conclusion that some sort of Reform was ArceSSary. Theo cause the question, how was it Re form to he ebtaimil without reminder' and bloodshed, or else Ly the act of the House of Commons itself? It, was tree that the Hoots might reform itself, yet the operation would be a tardy one. They ought, however, to recollect that the next election was not very far die- tent. The Freeholders of the County would then have ' as opportunity of giving their votes in favour of lade retina men. If the people of England wished seriously for Reform, they had only to vote in favour of those coo who, when e lected Members of Parliament, would be the zealous defenders of their rights and liberties— (Cheers.) Let this he done io the County of Kent ; let Ike example be followed in the other counties through oat the kingdom, and thee, and not till then, would an effectual Reform is Parliament be effected—((heers.) Sir E. KNATIMULL-1 A the situation which he had the Loner to stand as one of the Members for the county, he should feel guilty of a gross neglect of duty if he declin ed making a few observations upon the present occasion. Ile had to request the indulgence of the meeting while be delivered to them those opinions, which however, they might militate against their sentiments, were con r.sentiously entertained by him.- (Hear, bear.) He (obit necessary to observe, that his public ditty alone Compelled him to attend the Meeting upon that occa this. Attending, however, as be did, he felt it incum bent up on him to offer, wfil-id! deference and he. anity, his opinions upon the two subjects. the dia. cession of which called them together. He regretted that the questions of Agricultsral Dillreo and Pa- I liemeatary Reform bad been mixed up. •a s such a 'six' Illf• coAld only have the tendency of dividing opinions, aad weakening a cease which all were sextons to sup- d one, He was most anxious to give, as he bad hitherto .. his misses support to every measure calculated to 1 Word relief to the agnertltural interests ; but upon the I restion of reform lie differed from the Headman who II 1' 44 spoken beture him. The Hoo. Baronet, whose 1 THE STATESMAN. speech we relent to state we are prevented, by *elate nem of the hoer as well as from a press of other "setter, from giving, expressed his regret that the Hon. Geode man (61. Foote) had sot taken the opportnaky of is forming the Agricshoral Committee of his oewireli ridged secret with respect to the importation iota this country of Foreign under the denomination- of Irish Cern. He also denied the existence of such corrupt ito kenos its Parliament as had been stated; or if it did ex ist, he pledged himself that be was ignorant of it. Ad vertiag to what had been said of the pressure of tux edos, be stated that, 4,0011,0110il of taxes had been re cently taken off—a peony *tremor proof that the seism slated house of Commons was sot so bad as it had been described.—(Applasse.) Mr. Roos., in an eloquent address, which the causes already alluded to prevent esteem reporting, supported the prayer of the petition. After a few words in explanation between Mr. Foote and Sir E. Knatchbull, relative to the importation of foreiga under the name of irieb corn, Mr. LARKIN addressed the Meeting. sail forcibly Im pressed upon the Meeting the absolute necessity of Par. liamentary Reform. Mr. HONYWOOD, Is an animated and energetic ad dress, pointed oat the necessity of adhering stninelousl, to the cause of Reform, and assured the Meeting that he should ever, whether their Representative or otherwise, feel the warmest interest is t h e prayers and petitions which came from the Freeholders of *lse cosily ofKiet. —(Applause.) r. Hadose supported Gee prayer of this Paid's, and congratulated the Meeting upon the very great increase which had taken place in the number and respectability of the supporters of Parliamentary Reform. By perse vering in their efforts they Would bold out to Rerope the proud etample of a nation correcting the aSuses of its Government without revolution or bloodshed, but solely bF the influence of public opinios—(Hear, beer.) Mr. Loeser', who had taken his station le one of the waggons placed et some distance from that occupied by the Hies Sherif. stood forward to address the Meeting, and was sessile/4,y loud cries of—off, off! no, no ! he is not a Freeholder! mixed with cries of—be is! he is!' this is unfair! heat every lase.' litc. The Urroxi•Sansire a Mr. Farmer, we believe,' here asked Mr. Cobbert whether he was a Freeholder? Mr. COIIIILTT•A am, Sir. [Some Geotleinen near the High Sheriff bees ebserred , that the Gentleman might be a Freeholder, bit aht of the county of Kent.] The Smut IPP (to Mr. Cobbett)—Ara you(rit. I ?tee . bolder of the county of Kent ? Mr. CO/11111TT.4 um a freeltolder of dui 'County of Kent, Sir. [While this conversation was passing, theft was • most discordant mixture of applies° and disapprobation, kept 1 op by different parties. Silence bevies been at length restored] — Mr. CORBETT proceeded. It you . lot originally his intention to have offered a single okeermsd to the Meet ing. but a slight omission or two made by the Noble Lord (Gormley). and the other Grudgers& who had spoliso, induced him to come forward. Wee Gentlemen bad stated that they bad never holm isoleso numerous and respectable a Meeting in the Chosty of Kent ; but they should, in common fame% in common justice recollect before they made a Nest of having the seines of four hundred nimbi& people to a Requisition (be did not himself Itsowlime Hequiattionists, but he had no doubt they were ripe cable, and be was glad it was so); yet before they made that boast; the ought to recollect that it was the Radicals, t he mss who bad is 1817 been sent to prison for advocating the saline doctrine, who had originally presented &petition to Parliament isa the subject. Whit , lid the perseceseil people of that period ssk ? Why, they asked nothing more nor less than that which was now belied and prayed for by the Nobles and Gentry of the county of Kenr—they•unly prayed for -a reduction of taxation—a reduction of the salaries in the public de partments, the abolition of sinecure places and pensions, and a Reform in the House of Commons—they were put in prison for this, and now the Lords and landed propno tors of the county of Kent came forward with the same prayer; and (said Mr. Cobbett) letme tell theNohle Lords who are now hers ; let me tell the man in the 'flannel waistcoat who stands on the opposite waggon, that they will not save their estates, and that he will not preserve his remnant of independence, unless they re ceive the cooperation of those men who were a few years ago crammed into prison for supporting the very doctrines so mach lauded at the present period. Let the Noble Lords recollect, that by a perseverance in the present system, they must be pillaged of their last acre. Let them understaed that without a reduction of tees. tion there is no safety-for them—let the persons too. the body of the people, those men who were sent to prison for osaiutaioing those doctrines, now tarn towards those Noble Lords and say, we know well you had no feeling for us ' • nevertheless we shall feel for you. —(Cheers).— Mach had been said about Reform is Parliament—the distress was admitted on all bands—the corrupt influ ence exercised in the election of Members was admitted, and so also wee the necessity of Reform; but little or nothing had been said as to the mode by which that Reform was to be brought about. He would not thee enter on the question of Annual Parliaments. The No. We Lord (Darnley) had intimated that there should be an Act of Parliament to bring about that Reform ; why, to be sure, there mast be such an Act; but. could any man of comma sense or understanding expect that the lions, of Commons would reform itself merely upon the people asking them to do so ? The Noble Lord bad said that a great step towards Reform would be the independent election fur popu lar towns. Now his objection to that was, in the first isstance, there would be a long time to wait. If agricultural distress was not relieved until then, agri culturists he feared would be in a very bail way; hat supposing that period to have arrived. where would be' the chance of their election being more free or open then before? The way—the only and effectual way to bring shout Reform was to press, legally—mind that—upon the proper authorities its absolute necessity. The Mem bers did not take their seats of their own accord, neither did they go in by the authority of the people at large; but they did go in, or at least a groat majority of them did upon the authority of some 130 Peers or Oentlemen of large landedirroperty. Is short, if they wished for an effec tual reform, the right way to proceed was to petition the Peers—to abolish the Boroughs which were in their gifts. They indeed talk of blasphemy and sedition, and riot and confusion ; they talk of corruption and corrupt influence. Why. if they wished to put an end to that corruption. let them openly and honestly walk down with their dirty burgage tenure deeds in their hands, and say, "take them fur ever from our sight."—That would be the most effectual mode of reform.—(Applause.) —lf they do sot do so. they will (said Mr. oobbett) witness scenes in this country which I wish not to con template. My opinion, however, is, that in their efforts to keep their boroughs', they will lose their estates and every thing else which belongs to theso.—There is not in the country an honest Nobleman who will not thank me for stating these opinions, and until what I now recommend be done, no man seed expect to see an effectual Reform. The Petition was right, at Wet as far as it went , though he, perhaps, differed in some points from it; but what he should recommend woold he, that the yeomanry of the (minty of Kent—that the yeomanry of ever/ county is England should petition the Peers to give up this influeoce—this corrupt indu cue which they possessed. If this were done, he had no doubt that even In the present Parliament the Reform which be bad noommooded would be brought abut. If any Nobleman who Maid bine peemeemd suck iallisesce is that county, let hint manfully lead the way. It bad been said, and they all felt it, that taxation was the case. of the dieters* seder which they laboured ; but a• sae had clearly pointed out bow the grievance was Who removed. It had been said. " Let us be just," he said so too—let theca be just even to Castlereagh--even to hies was he ready to deal oat eves-banded justice.— Bat they most admit that it would be unfair to ask him to reduce taxation, unless there was a corresponding re daction of expenditure to mat it. A good deal bad bee. said about retreachuseat and economy, and it was tree that little redaction had takes place,—but 1.4 the Meetiag bear this; he prayed their attention, sod, if they dill not now Nun with him, he was confident that they would do so is a short time—that there could be s. e(fectiwl reduatios of taxation--ao effectual relief *forded to the country, until they reduced the national debt. They Issl been told, and truly, that the present amount of taxation was near 70 millions a you (includ ing expenses of collecting) Now bow were they to reduce it ? Sappere that they had reduced half the anny.andlialf the navy. and all the Civil Litt, and all, or a treat pro portion of public places and eneoluineets, dill they could 110 i bring the expenditure of the canter down to 40,000,000 i.; ma that, in fact, there wield still be a dif fers... of more than 20,000,0001. hetweea oar present expeadiftme and that of 1792. The Noble Lord and boa. Baronet said, they would pay to the last moment,—did they - neap to say they would goon paying till they were died atadiatUf? Or did they mean to go on till each Kegliebmas shall appear like the famished sad forlorn picture of Ireland, which is :mordants, be supposed, wills modern refinements in taste, was hung lately up before the King at the Opera House? no—they mated so sub thing—they only used words, the mean ing of which they did not Clearly understand. If, ',deed, the Noble Lord meant to pay till he came to his last shilling, he might certainly pay it; but he (Mr. Colebett) moot take leave to assure him that he would come to that. The Honourable Oentleman, after observing that as far as be was concerned he was little affected by taxation, 'as be used but few article, subject to ditties, observed that the debt was the cause of all the ruin. To collect the taxes necessary for it required a large army ; it re glared abort four millions a year to be paid to tax-ga therers; so that, nothing effectual could be done in the way of reduction of taxation, unless we began with the debt. This evil the landlord would gladly remove, wore it not that we tack a rider to it—we say we will have Usforin—lie fact the Boroagboongere mooed be twomi the action and its happiness. They did not know what to do—they said. " Why the devil should we be de prived of the influence of our boroughs?" Bat be an swered this by saying, " Why the devil should the peo ple of England be obliged to pay all these taxes r"— He was anxious to support the Petition ; but keine anxious to prevent the child in the on& ,from beteg mortgaged to the Jews sad Jobbers of Claaegealley. With this view be would move as addition to the Peti tion; with a view to prevent all the useful classes of So ciety from being robbed by a set of Jews and Jobbers., who had always in their mouths the cry of national faith and national honour, while they were anxious only to promote their sordid interests, sad their selfish and un generoes views. He concluded by proposing that the following be added to and make a part of the Petition:— "And yonr Petitioners further most humbly pray that your Honourable House will cause a just reduction of the interest of the National Debt, as sum se you have completed a Reform of your Honourable House." The Earl DAIINIBIT said, that he bad never before had the pleasereof seeing the gentleman who had last spoken—a gentleman who was known to every body by his writing% and for whom powers of mind be is com mies wish the sees *lithe world felt great respect. 11 answer to what that gentleman observed, he felt it ne cessary to state, that it would in his mind be unfair in those personewhe i had supported the extravagant pro jects of Minister., to turn round and say " now we are on distress, and are determined to pay so much ie the pound." He (Lord D.) as an honest man, was of opi nion that they were bound to par their public sod pri vate debts as long as they were able. Mr. Cobbett had spoken of radical reform, which he (the Earl of Dam ley) supposed meant annual Parliaments and Uoiverial Suffrage. Now surely Mr. Cubbett had too much WON not to know, that if such a plan was to take plate, it would end in depriving all who heard him of whatever property they possessed, and would lead to nothing short of revolution. Mr. COBBITT said, be saw no inj ustice in lowering the interest of the debt. He would as k, did they not pay the public Creditor honestly till 1814; anal if sr, why were they now to give him three bushels of corn, when before that period they only gave him one ? One part of ho nesty was to be sincere; and he requested the meeting to show themselves honest by declaring in their petition what they all thought and wished. He had spok n deli cately., the subject of Reform; but if the /ruble Lord forced him to it, he mast say, that in his opinion, every man who might be forced to take arms in defence of that Noble Lord's property, was deserving of a vote in the elections of those persons by whom his life and his pro- perty, however bumble, were to be protected. If that were the case, the property of the Noble Lord would be safe; if that were the cue, the freeholders of Kent would not ems the disgraceful anomaly of the Electors holding oae opioion, and one of their Members another.— (Cheers.) They would not see their Representatives, like an angry man and wife in a post chaise, one looking oat *Cone window and one out of the other. A desultory conversation then took place as to the mode in which the question should be put by the Sheriff. Mr. Fpoes and Mr. HIDER expressed their; willingness to adopt the suggestion of Mr. Cobham. Lord DARN LIT stated that he would hold up his band against the petition, if the clause proposed by air. Cob bett were agreed to. The petition, with Mr. Cohbett's amendment, was then put, and carried by an immense. majority, there being scarcely three hands held up against It. Mr. Rifle* moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to that indefatigable economist, Mr. Hume. Mr. DARRILL seconded the inuti.to ; hat the Sheriff refine/ to put the question, as the subject we. not in cluded ie the requisition. Thanks were now voted to the Sheriff. After which, on the suggestion of al r. enbhett, the motion for thanks haring been rejected by the Sheriff, the assembly gave three cheers, as a mark of respect to Mr. Hume. They then dispersed. 1. to ND u N WEDNESDAY ITININO. JUNE 12, 1822. STOCI•EICIUANRI, TWILIT o'CLocc —The Funds have Wen stationary the whole of the morninx, with little business duing.—Consols for the Account, Wig ; Reduced 79i. Foasiox Evans.—There is • great bustle in the Foreign Market this morning, particularly for Claim Bonds, which are rising considerably. in this Stock it appears as if all were buyers, and none were sellers.— Spanisk,Stock is also in demand.—The new Rassisn Lean appears to stick fast, as the public can purchase. the old at 75, and the new is $U The only difference I is, t►tat the old is payable.in Russia, and the new in Landon.—The Prussian Loan has risen, owing to ee • i• cit *tateomatf." " TIIL 111111T1311 STATISMAN" IS INCIIIIPOSIATID WITY " TUB • TTTTT %MAX." site orders front Hantbir4. yesitenlay. 40 pm ten,. • • , •i . niib. Neapolitan and Columbian are stationary at yester• day's prices. PROCEBRINIIS IN PARLIAMENT. Last night in the Honig nt Camases*, Abr. Writ. zee* lirought forward the ',Rioting motion: " Trios " $ Committee be appointed to consider of the eft.. is " produced by the Art of the 0:lit ol tieciere 11 1. "cap. 11, oo the acri.ultire, manolietisee. a..• 1 " coniusetce of the Unites! R•ripire, abet on the asserts " condition of the different classes of society therein; " and to report thereon to the Mese." lifter some hours consumed between Mr. Waitress and Mr. lice; the'discussion wig adjourned edit Mil day we shall therefore postpone our remarks' Mk thh di.- cession until to-morrow. In the mean while. awe we have sosetblas to present to oar renters, which they will probably thick of not leer importance basely, the KENT COUNTY MEETINO. The report of the proceedings of this meeting we have takes from the Moroi.: Chtowiele, and another morning paper. It is a mere sketch. as our readers will readily hp-grime when they are told that three wen at least three hears and a half of speaking ; end, as for as we have sisserved mach meetings, the aptakioir In general was of the best character *sully erupioyed sport loch occasion.. In the report is the Chronicle, there were some inaccuracies which we have cortected in out paper. To do justice to the speech, or rather speeches of Mr. Laituts, would rosily sot be an easy task. We have seldom witaested greater ability or sore settees' of delivery than we witeemed in that gentleman yesterdly, Sir B. KNAITIMILL was alone. He had the load of unpopularity to sastaio. and (a task which Demosthenes himself could sot bare performed)heliad to apologise for the conduct of the mi sisters asd their supporters; and he had to do this single blinded. Ile did it, however, with a great drat of goickneu sod iogenaity. Peeling that it was not to the voice of the people that lie owed his sear, he was bold notwithstsoiling the very unequivocal disappro bation of a meeting which be himself acknowledged to be the hugest aid most respectable he had pen sees in the county. otr readers, by reforest'e to the report, will perceive that something of very great im portance to the whole coustry was brought forward at this meeting; namely, a proposition, In direr: terms, to pray the Parliament to retiree the itetereq of the National Dar This proposition, brought forward, not by the Noble Lords and great Lighted Oentiesses of tip County ; but by as iodivideal al ' most wholly solksowo, personally to the meeting possessiog no lawnse is the county whatever, es cept that which be derived from the nature of the propoeitios itself, and a magement of the grounds upon which he made it : this proposition, thus brought foe. ward, after a most ample dlstnesisicio, which oecopled more than as hoar after the proposition is. started : this proposition, twice put to the misting, aid twice tamed, unanimously, we may call it; for, out of *soy *oil seeds of persons, only shoat four basils were held up against it; this proposition ibis desisted to be the decided opinion and wish and prayer of certainly one of the most opulent counties in the kisgdom, le, is onr opisioo, of.Lu greater impertasec than any thisg that has come under our observation for many months past. Lions are not painters, said the lion, to the man in the fable: and, as we bold the pen and bare the paper before us, which is not the ease with other gen tlemen who spoke at the meeting, we shall not here take advantage of this circumstance to add to that which appears io the report, given by the morning papers, certainly with wonderful accuracy, if we cots consider the difficulties to be contended with by the gentlemen whose business it was to make the report. This only, which is common to all the parties con corned. we beg leave to press upon the attention of oar readers; that the meeting was of that character as to speak decidedly the sentiments of the reioht county. Sir E. KNATCHISULa most unequivocally, though rather reluctantly acknowledged this, upon being called upon fur the acksowledgrnent by Mr. LASKIN. It was stated at the meeting, that besides the Peers, the Peers' sons, and great landholders who signed the requisition, there were 400 persons who signed it. owning, amongst them, 50,000 acres of laud is the county. These were, doubtless, all or nearly all of them present at the malting ; and, be sides, the meeting was very numerous, and there needed only to louk at the persons present to be convinced that the main part of them were persons of sub. stance as to property. The very spot ;here they were assembled is ooe of the most fertile cod valuable in the whole kingdom. There was no baste in adopting the proposition. Plenty of time to remove soy fallacy or misrepresentation in the grounds of it. If the mover had made use of any fallacy or misrepresenta tion. Plenty of time for little knots of friends and acquaintances to consult each other's feelings ; Sir E. Kmarcuutrit., after the proposition bad once been pet and carried, having observed that some gentlemen near him hat/ cot understood t 4 questioth It was at the request of the mover. distinctly put • sec o nd ti me . . . A (lentletnan who had seconded the :notion. had, on account of some addition which be wished to have made to the motion being rejected by the mover, mild: draarmAit secoadiv. This gave rise to 'somewhat cri- tical examination into the meaning of every word of the motion. In short, amply discussed, more closely scrutinised; and after all this. the meeting, such as we ha►e truly il.cribed it to be. decided that the prayer of this proposition was . . . . their prayer; and in thus deciding, they fairly and fully derided for one of the Seat counties in the kinir- dom. For our own parts, we know well that there is no relief: that there is no political salvation toriLis country, but in acting upon this proposition t and it was with great pleature thAt wr perceived gentlemen of large fortune sod high character in the county ready to adopt the proposition as their own. Mr. Focrrs, who moved the petition was ready to 'nova that this addition should rand a part of it. sir. Damitett,,jsto. was ready to secAul Mr. Fool% la this, as wises° Mr. Ittiazit. . _ who seeucded the petition. Here, den, the county spoke out honestly ; and we trust that the gentlemen ,n hient have set ■o example, that will be followed by the rest of the kingdom. There was little merit in ■eking the proposition, which the 010 wee teal knew, ss he ob d, was the real wish of every was that wished well to the couotry. The merit belougs to the 'fleeting, rant to those scuile.neu o' the county, who had the spirit and the honesty openly to defiant by :heir lips that which was passing in their winds. ~J`