The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1810-10-23 00:00:00

PARIJ.43IENTAItY REFOKA NOTING OF TILL INHASITAIffs of LENT. staltistons, OCT. 21. In puissance of a ',equitation liaised by a west ot llig"f ibe most respectable ',Freeholders, a N e o n of the lulithiten!.. , of Kent was, this d ay con veyed here by the Itgh Sh.rilk for the purpose ° fishing iato consideration the tfecessity of peti. tiodiog f ur a Reform in the firearm state of the 'lion iu Parilainieut. The Niectim 'raj . _ elJioan open space iu front of the 'l' Dwo.Halli - and, though not very numerously, IVYs♦ moat respectable stteoded. Abmt one o'clock, the Hiatt Snantyr Prest ated hsosself to the kleettithf, w Inch he ad. jte ,,,,d, from a temporary platitaut, erected on a wa ggon, nearly as follows:- 0 6,, T LE)1100-1 have had the honnnr of coiling t ea together this day, in consequence of a re •ii en h m odell to me by Sir ‘Vilition Geary, w h i ch .ill b e tted to von by the Deputy Sheriff. I trust, fa the honour of the county, that you will give every Gentleman a fair and patient hearing." The Deputy Sheriff then read the fUlowing ree coaltion s tYe erne name* ere hematite subscribes!, feel (he seers. h Pf *Reform in Parliament, not only to the maisteseoce A i k : tt awl priur.;ilus of She Cesstitotioo, hut as a ' ,Toots to cutler% tru.l exert the surrey of a vase and • re pt., i• • cause has heen fatal to the it 'or otund us, from the corruptors, the treachery, . 0 the ieoecility of their Governments With it unpressioss opoo oar minas, we rejoice that in Me hot Setaiuns of Parliament principles have hese offer ed to the (sends-ration of the House of Cummooe by one of the Member oft , te comity of He , ts, which, if surnamed to, zsd funuesd by the Honer in Committee, would produce, we are comaxed, a remedy to the evil, we complain of; and nun to us she blessioas of a free Cossetitstion, that tosatis • ,j, inherit:tare transmitted to w by tic wisdom and etep*.ta of oaf Ithreglool. its tt,eretere request that you will appoint a Sfectina of tie L.halinsitts toe Comity of Sent, to take into Weir certainties • Petitien to the House of Commons, apes /be rived el Parhaseentary Return. o Te the High Sheriff of the Cosoty of Kent.' The Hwy SHrarIPI again ClllllO forward, and aided, th,tt he had further to inform the Meeting, be hva r: mired a letter from Mr. M a ywood. one of the worthy Representative; in Parliament fur the caul:y of Kent, which he begged leave to mud. It contained an apology for Mr. HAI% ood's absenting himself from the Meeting, which both Ai< diny and inelination prompted him to attend ; but as he was with a"severe attack of the gout sad rheumatism, he feared such a step would Le encoded filth very ill effects. The letter , chided with ale. HonywoorPs avowing himself a warm and :41,vdy friend to 11«for,n, both within and without the House of Gilmartin% Mr. Nooses then permuted hinsself.—He be. tiered it was ►ery generally admitted, thin some thing more than the mere chaur of Aliuiaters, in the prt.ent state of swathe offsirs, w.O oeces.ary t. the *defy Lid s-curity of the country. That experiment had heel' repeatedly tried, but no imr *4,l-w had reselted from it--they had, on In cone progremively worm—and the C , ..,i4Jellet was. that the great bode of the people had etied to be linen:pas who were Minhiters.—To cause were they to atiritnite this want of ear edenee to politic men ? It did oat proceed from 1 9 Ind of trlrub —for many di these who bad 6 is power. were men highly aemernillished. and or gr,at abilities—Nis. it i►ose entirely from tit* Ilintotakile want of public hoursty. On this point. Camden had said that there was a great de.. in that quality ; end that Mirustins. - - the neat half century, might purser what. ever atrautre they thought et. without any *Bee. to,l moonlit. While the people, however, bad a rem ilr within their reach, they should not de spair —did remedy, *lnch was of tree British moth, saoisisted in the general mud public exprei. wan of ilse real sentiments of the English people. nil:. they isomemed that facility, be trusted it was in their power to pat the rbepreaentation of theenud. try on curls a footing. as would insure its prosperity to I Impious's% 'mid prevent the recdrrruce of those serum of degradation sihich'haire been so often wit we ed of late years. They had Met that day. to • Iwo consideration the neetwity of a Reform in Psdament. That principle bad been opposed by revue licrsona as nnneerusary, and by other* as a (lcue , rans novelty. With respect to the latter ob i-V.4n, it weal.' be well to recur to the opt near of many great men, now no moo. who had expres a d tlrruselvra tinriplivocally on the siihject. Tbe irent.wtal Chatham hoped, that the Holten BArrtuA System would he stone away—and stored, • that it th e Party :meutth,ll,ot relOrsi itself within, it l'"1:4 he reformed from without, with a Vettg'anyr: • 'n". Mr. Pitt, a min of lug ry great air lases. •3-n be hranght forwst.l his f. tttttt us measure in V.' Mil' 1725, observed, that, walannt a Retorts Path:tote:it. the nation w s decree to be plunged into new warn—sent he (Nr. I lodge.) appealed to Cur occurrences of the last 25 years, as the best rlnment on this prophetic expression. Sir {Vin. E •rit•totir. ntwo, who never coal,' he •nsperted of opinions, hail stated. that the 'OM of the English Constitution was rferideully forms, o r ite e „, n ..—i ni t twat, though not kle•A to reS PCClAblittr, talents. and into rite, Sir Willi l oon had a l ways the warmest eta , 'mutt° the prinm i de of Reform. and Ulaul writt , ii an l-silsiole treatise on the oni t i-r:t, winds hr had Lett stalrgecy to hi, Isclovr.lrmontry. had, lie pretty clearly *hewn, that the eharhe of ▪ Rai not tonsiiled in rect.—flaring dome ".F with that olijection. he did not think it neva*. 'ar e to entee i•it.s•ny arirornent no to the Necessity ihe ineasnr--eer y altsinterest‘d man wise heard . i um must , h r was sore , b e o f t h e sant , op i n i on wit h perm on that point. One remark, however. be beg ilt.d trite to insle. lie would ask, how could their liberties he preserved whole and entire, when 1 1 0 r ailllons of th e public money were annually at the dispose of the Minister' lu his mind, the British rrestitutiom consisted of two .thin;v. scn sit mud o - -beating a s i mi lit u d e to t h e sou l mud body.— I , wa s ray ready to admit that the Coostituleows r t; wily formed, was a inaster-piece of hoe*" ; but wou ld i t loe denied that the hand of , ' 111 7. 1 1' hose sr impaired it as to render rem" " "41: oremsary ? There war no nectioite to cutter mi. f il u LitY Into the v ar i ous p l ans ollieh hail `Teen brought .". ET Reform in the R. l sresr.,t st•onot on. • m t 'choly fact th a t th ey I . A ell e I. E. „ n 13 ""de's pr.up ...idols was throw col, on th. ▪ of its betui tuo ; and that of 117' Bread. which eras ninth shorter sad more simple, shared the same fate. But the great complaint is. not that this or that plan has beets rejected ; but that the House of Commons have *hewn an indis position to accede to any measure of this descrip tion. He hoped. however. that cot ouly the laha b.tants of the county of Kent, but Onos of every other county in England, would come forward, and by their spirited conduct procure that fair and full representation of the whole people in Parliament, which he believed to be the great desire of the na tion at large. There had not been a plan pro posed, from the period when Mr. Pitt male his proposition, to the present day, which wonlil nut have been of incalculable service to the country. if it had been fairly and honestly car ried into efeeL returned his unfeigned thanks to the Meeting, for their patient and at. teutive hearing. He had nit been impelled by any &elm, of vanity in thus coining forward. But be felt assured, that if they ultimately soceertled its their object, it would be the mesas of slaking content over the whole country. He recollected an lexpreasiau made use of by the late Mr. Pitt, in the year 174 or 3,whi , h he would quote, es he thought it particularly applicable to the question then en der cousideretion. lie bad said, cad ruid truly, that " nothing wls more completely calculated to makes' King ofEngland happy, than the uninflu enced support of • virtnaus noose of Cott:mans." Mr. Hodges coorludod by readmit the proposed. Petition to Perti iment. of which the following is en acriirit:e color " We the inhabitants of the C,onuty of Kent, in toll Cutaty Nteetinesseemhled, c the min we polecat), addreslinz and In 1111.1141i.14 VOUF ILnt. House upon all pablic impeded by a It gh sense of the duty we owe to earaches end to our country, be( leave to lay before rut our opinions and etoti. ine.tts on the present 0-fecttre ....de of the keestc. seutatiun of the People. To the u is.lo a end jialtic. - of the original di-sign ef con vening in l'a:•lissuent the Represent nice& a the People, to go i t ie ,,,te sod co-011.1dfr with the Sovereign and the Peers nowt cyrr) yoestion of *animal concern, we give our un epprobition : but alicti se fah.. into our consi der:oMo the decay of Po.Of B01 , 411(111, (MC prosperous and well peopled; the rise and dour - along •••••iiilisiiiits of othets, formerly of little uote; when w.: millet you the cif is of Ilse heavy and insupportable 'spew of elections, whi , :h closes the doors of y .nr Honourable flonas to In .ov of the heat friends of their country, sod robe it of their '4.l,hfet service when we thick of these things, we are f amnion than you: Hocouraiste Hasse is, et this tint; by so means • fair tie p evest Alien of the People; sod front the miner in which a large portion of the intim. lual Nle.aio.vs Wit tit soil • • Ore Mew seats is your 4 mworoo,fs H ok o m , we o p umi s h ut hi r er , licit that h 111 and s 'creel olio'. intended for the walk set ire, is frequently S011.(111 I ir toil pmcuresi vaimmettitntiuml means, sod is t• •o diets pers. ted from as original .1 mtgie, tad rendered 1, Aservival private cods. To ed. cease we ascribe the greatest part of the calamities we so a have to deplore ; the mean pct irt.pies awl Wit, OW views wissits Mee too k w: Irr.l the Councils eche Ealsieet; the false isibitme and e ni totrigues of its Nleioh-es • the elifol44. eof a systems of e.petiditere lavish :wyon.l a- cample ; the .oass dis graceful expeditions, i t which the blool and teamsters of oar Coor.i ft hate twee toe pro lie 137 wasted; the der soon: of . your Honourable Huns. ta .1 opposition to th ie.veral sealissielita of the Nation; the .grilling s hit'ierto reuse 4 by your itonourable House to o :isle ',llia,/ Into, o • 11-fe rret abuses is the Veer-mutat i nowillinnes • which cannot ha in excite .sac distrust, mil to - linsitaish the 're spect we owe in the WM., and futictioss of your Honourable House—end we deplore particularly tine instance of this enwillin-,its of which we complain, in your rejmuou of s wont,* mad- in the last Nc411.14111 of Purlisineut, by oue of the Ifttabers for the r'oustty of Herm; as cast =mom had it been adopted by roar reavt seeessmily have broualst before a Committee a 101 comity' lute the defective mints of the Represeatati ~f p oi = thereby have led to a substantial Refocus to the C.iminciee House of Parlrameat, so «awaits' to the sevation of the State, lay rmtai sug . ll4 the blessings of a free Cnostitetion, that inevt.tii Ode ciberitance traustnittid to us by Ilse wisiloni sad ietrepidity of oar Ancestors. "The wort d.-ossitil this open avowal of oar seetinteais ; surf in Cs.: fait. igs rairloyeal to Coes' them we isteod no disresp. ct, though, we see persuided, that nu words can he ton erinig en express our &Mier upon this .warden .-- Therefore, we most e smithy entreat row Homutrable Houle, to uedertake, before its too Isle, in a tree and cordial 'spirit, ' the measure of Rtfofall, upon priailpks, which, by entseitint• lag the affectioss of tli.v Petioles and Wag 'est./fin to your Hosiostralite Mime its tine weight aid eh -.ratter, may 'es/is.: set Constry from dninestie ditemd, soil se , mire R frqes Sh e amigo foe, give ambiltty to the Theenc, cud perpetuate the Coestitutiou." The whole of Mr. Hodges' siireca was recoived with the greatest apple -Ise; hid when he ha 18 111111- eta readmit the Petition s tie was greeted lay three times three cheers. - - Mr. FOOTE next addressed the A .sembly as f After the able winner in which 4 11 . siness has hero opened to you. little rein sins for me, hot to go through the casts airy form of sir nuouely sod heartily seconding 'he Address wfiith has just been proposed. Bat, e5...1 us the perform ance of this duty, I feel it neceesary to throw my se:f on your nvialgenee ; and to solicit. wi Is all laic ,lilClence of a man nausea to public speaking, a candid sod impartial herring. Were we suet nether to discuss aortic abstrect q ne'tinn of polsey-e. sonie difficult theory so the art and mystery of go vernment, I should out presume to sibtrii.le myself on your notice ; best the sohject of our Ad dress is a most simple our. The grievances we complain of ire common to us all. The reme dy we se-k for is obvious and infallible. We ore rni•ious for nothing new--ait is the Constitution which we seek for—the Constitution as'estatilished by our ancesiors—she Constitution of limit. Lords, said Commom--the Constitution of the Statute nook. It is with no couimon anxiety we request, that Parliineitt will, in its wisdom, adopt souse measure calculited to support its own honour, and vindicate its own purity. We wish that some cf (retold method may be resorted to, to prevent the recurrence of scenes so disgraceful as those which h a ve, during the two or three last Session', bent exhibited to the eyes of an astonished aud insetted people. We wish to see the time when corrupnon shall lie no longeridynested and avowed--end when Minieterial belief-1kt)• shall cease to be protected by Ministerial majority.—( Hear ! Ater! J—W e o >h t, see the time lotto she Guardians of the puldic purse sli•ill dispense with wisdom what they grant I with coution—sud whet' the Brest machine of the State shall be worked, not for the interest or am bition of the governors, hut for the happine-s of the governed. It is from an extension of the right of rating. from freehold to copyhold property—it is from am:Teasing the number of members is a due ' proportion to the population of boroughs and of cosigns —it is from • flicecious measures for the reduction of the ruturill .US expcu.e attendeol rip .0 the present system of a 'iection--thAt we shell olotaiu object. .•a cougcnial to the principles of Ea 1411.4'int a. (; , •tatielilirl , . 1 presume PIA 1 think I p•erume faith) that this is the sump Iltsi 50014,1. c of one wishes: and to ',Wars Is reasonable it would, at first sitt e t, o atem difficult to suppose 111 opposition. But, loses, the creatures of Ad ministratilsw—die minions of office—the expectsiits of eauesimeits—tiro embodied au first Adana against us. The contest we are embarked an is ar diumni—self-interrsi is dead to the coif e of moons . 41141 of truslooomd to talk to the borough-motive of Reform, end to the hireling of Retreuclim lit, vorteindeed rr to bluster to the ocean, and to the to the wind !" Aglonst this mercenary !lost of foes we have to oppose the unansaerable ingurnctit of common sense, supported, in the first instance, by the countrosoce of this most viitectable Meet ins ; mid, in the iiext, by the unanimous exertions of indepeudetit men of all descriptions and of mil imoar., whose opinions are dictated 10 re flection, and who are sterlfast in the judgment, they hare formed. Let us then keep the grand specific of Reform constastly in view. Let us not Ls lulled hr hope, or dispirited by dorsi,- poistment. Our saber yokes may at first be stifled by the yell of corruption, nod our re quests may st first he denied l,y prejude, mud fry power.—( Ileac ! hear! Aces IJ—Let us, however, he true to ourselves; let us never swerve, even for a moment, and our StIOI success must be the result. The mare's of Justice may be slow, it is nevertheless sure. Ottr's is the cause of jus tice, and, trust me, she will iil'ion.itely Le triumph. ant. It is by her 'steam we :rope, at so distant Pe rim!. to ~ te iinonge of Commune so co:wonted, that, whilst they honour the Crown, they shall pro tea the people—who shall attend to our own real interests—not lording over our rights, but 'tripe'', of sue joy. It is by her inserts we hope, at no distant period, to see the 'resit, divided, incapable adhe rents of the present Minister, turned out of ',See— the inansgensent of the British Cabinet placed in the hands those who will once more open to us u free career for the testoortion of our honour. our liberty, and oar happioesi : for nothing tends further to p.ornote th- mitten's ssfe ty, said the people's corn fist, thin to see men of talents, loyalty, probity, Niel 'walnut., dtr. rt tie public councils." Mr. Cot nett addresmed the Meeting. He called uu every one oho braid him to join heart and twid in endeeroariug to stem the torrent of curruteiou which the. ADOW(I to overwhelm them. When he looked bee k ma their ancestors. he felt ashamed of this prevailing corruption atid venality. whieit the laws of tie laud, unil went to the utter ihstructem of all snake principle. By it we were involved in • niost ruinous war, and con demned to imbecile directors, whose hilly in con ducting it was only to be etinalled by its Lei lur.-e earl disgraces. But yet, he was happy to say, is spite of all oppositiuo, and ..f every art to retard it, the mile of liberty and indepemietice was tasking a rapid progress throughout the country. He trusted Wealthl speedily cure meet of the evils of which they sow had to moistens. Why, for interim*. should it be. that the Father of them all, visited at an advanced period of life with a kse loss of sight, why should it be that his ears a should be shut *geoid the mice of hit subjects ? What was the brightest jewel in his diadem ?—t he love of his peo ple. Willa mi.iilained the favourites and the does of the Court—the indnstry of the people. He might then to be pertau.ted to War theirmiati ' men's. sod bowie their stri eeeeeeee !Inch Meetings as the pros- .t would affect this ; sad he called on them to rally round ens corn mots standard, de tiermiued to root out the poisonous matter winch pervaded the *tat-, and more particularly flourished within the wells of St. Stephen'.. Never was there • question of greater magnitude thin that so which they were now called to deliberate. They sew tit- King iiimlted, end the national debt increased to nearly et.:lit hundred millions, and yet they were asked whit it was they.isould have re dresse t—ieotat did trey went ! He would tell the persons trim put such on -Ilion' whim it vise they wanted—tlety wanted taeir rights—they wanted so "'Laney Government—they would lint have dritultets set' en• d, soh roLheit them of w h a t they hardly -aimed. It an when • loosen of the name of Hunt flllO earthy with 2.00,nuu1. of the pab i.i; mo n ey ; yet Mi.ii,ters awl their corrupt sups porters .1 011 id net 0411 this ember-A/twist, but soften i t down with the spolillatiou of it misapplication." Misapplication ! Was it only misapplicstioa to rob of suit u :nix' on ripmessed sod hope ver.•.;eil p-op't.? 14 • hoe observed in St. Sees pares, sad the lehlty of the House of Lords. that the patrons who assembled there were more attentive to their private intermits thus to the iestereste of the public. Under these circuits tesices they must suspect them. and ought to have a watchful eye over all their mntions. COT'. ritption prevailed so much. that it was needless to talk of lopping off the branches. No (to use the words of a believed Baron-t). they must lay the axe to the root of the tree. It was, indeed, impossible to describe the waste of public money. Lord Ar den, the brother of Mr. Perceval, who had merited nothing hot disgrace, was 'rich in siutictire plitres; sad this was only a sample of the general profu-ion. But he trusted their exertions would soon terminate the shameful system; and in order to effect this desirable object, earnestly recommended to them unanimity and harmony, and to keep inn the beaten regular tract which would inure their success. Were he, like Caractecus be foie Claudius. an the presence of those men, he would sly—" How dare yon barricade the Throne, nor suff. r the vo i ce o f the people to approach ?" HOW hider" durst they presume to deter nine that petitions to the King Arnold only be sent to the office of the Secretary of State, where they 'allot lie for three days or threill, year; and toe.) be sent to the butter shop !—How thirst the greet lendhoPers come before the people, on the sweet of whose brows they lived, and meet them, It mein; that they took nn steps to core these evils ?--Ile was glad to vir the Petition so winded, that every friend to ha rountry must approve of it; though, he had no doubt, when presented to the House of Commmis torts tar flaw would be found in it, souse pretended disrespect or onsi-sion. which Would CIIIAC it to he Irjertr.i. 'rh o , e great p-aspic thought they had great !deists, when in fact they bed uone. They were I..ntf dup with extraordinary vanity; I-it the wing. of corruption would Coon rot aim then the batty would he uuahle to mount. This and aim, tr Me.ithigs would clip their whir. sell, like • pillar salt, they were already melting sway by the let. nth of catnip:ton. The more se curely to et c: what they coshed, he advised the IF Meeting to give no ease of complaiut to the name. eons skies who were .:nosy tbe:n st this euument— the hirelings and :le itslf ‘.l the aserhow. But there mare grievances they ea.ild riot bear. C old they ends,. tnetren teem,- .0 Th.- number of 30,000? i•otik# they - endive Imelda Generals to enotarand livitieh dor rims ? These tli;:ios Isere dire( lie con trail Wthe Cosistitutato and it was th eir duty to hare thc r u remedied. Co then' then endeavour to be a fere and great mitten., nor meet :herr empty** son to revel iii the far 41 the land, wiser thq people were compel-A to Korn the hrn... it was the duty dewy roan to wend wirwald in ti-e wrist ; to deliver los opinmiis. and give Ina mirky. u When daegi•rs IE4I and Delegates to 114 t, GOOd 1.1111114 ti MOl COWS with tardy fort Fur, in the cum. of n.s country's fate, tic merits death who gives adrece too ime." After reciting till. quotation. /1r Cox retired ; end the Under Sheriff read the l'eti;iens. The She riff then put the question upon it. arid, on the show of hello, it was rigreo4l to unianirsougy.. Than tune,: three cheers. in !moose of use Sacra, cores eluded this part oldie business. _ . Nl , :fircor. K then crtain Rrsolutions rata• tive to toe Petitiod'ilielog presratted 'tithe Midst of of Commons by the Coanty Metutiors; snot copies eboold be left for signatures at the insiieird towns in th.• couo.y ; that . s ernauttee should be sp. pototoJ to c3rry the mile luto efftret, Ate. • - -- Mr: F ` yurr~agti n addressed the Meeting as intswitAilie three ttele4oviutfe. Wawa. that though Sir E KOOOOO4ll sopiportert every Mtaisteriat me,. sure, yet if the tottd. of towlepeadestte was out totally eNtiuguisittd ia his lire... sod he was tilit the onin. Om.- read Of pourer. hr utast, in his !piston. now crone forward and stow himself the se sorter 1,1 tiffany. Sr L i a *RD CLt .aid, that When Brat he Itml the 1104 .ur eisetinf.; the advestiseraent .1 the Nessp ipers. hr %nougat it .his duty, es vile of /f heir Itepreaenttti‘es, to attend the Meeting. :- fore be) otieral to them the very short ei *eves. tj tion she had to make on the ,eltject, licelaireseal a hearing. While he noticed the eraursiere of Mr. Foote in as. , rtisex what wen a direct falsehood. an 4 stating iu the free of the county, that he (Sir Ed ward) objected in the measure...lls $ wes (.1 r ror be hod writer nii:tected of oriented to et.—(Jeri. of Ike / heel /-...iTe/ tw .V—He now called on toot Gestleman to recast what be bad sarri. ft,id do horn justice Wel* those is whose presence he had ma represented biro. Mr. Vetoes. is reply to this, said. that he had I made the assertion no the gioniad of Sir Edward's not holding up his hand when the question cos the Petition no carried. EDWARD K Sir NATCHIBULL said, he would con vier him out of his own mouth, aud from his own words. He had asserted that he objected to the 'Dessert; and no* called on for his proof, confessed that it was will, !meanie he 46 , 1 not hold up his hand in its favour. But did he hid/ tip his hand assintt it ? He put this to him. and to every honest man who heard him, end it ft thrill to torus their own conclusion upon the trittli.of the assertion. He spuke in the presence of respectable men. anti they knew what he said to be true. if Mr. Foote dill not after thts recant. he could only.says Iltat ho lel% hiss to the satisfaction of the rallemple . tligltt had asserted a falsehood. Sir W. GRAIL'S observed, that the Hon. Baronet had (*mainly nut objected nor tweeted ; but hail now, on a question of the highest importame *ad nost vital interest, informed his Constituents that lie had no opium: , at all I—(Litters.) Mr. RYDeR said he wield bang Ibis matter to a very short issue, by putting fa plain tinostion to Sr: Edward Kuatchbell, " Will you support the uni ties for Reform?" Sir EDWARD K ceecnauta. answered him, that it would be recollected all he had yet *lid pointed to Mr. Foote, and the assertion made by him. This he would now leave to has own breast, unit procPed to what he had to say en the other subject. He had thought it his duty to amend the Meeting, amid he also considered it to be equally hie duty to pee s •ut to the House of Commons the Petition of his Constituents, or of auy part cf them. He had, oft all former occasions, expressed a similar it , clinatioii; and was of opinion,that ell Petitions,if properlyword ed, which he was happy to say he cousidered the present Petition to be—(.applause)--ought to be laid before the Legislature. His notinns of the duty of a Representative in Parliament were well known. He had ever professed the mine, sad if he knew himself, would continue to the day of his death to maiotain the same wry of thinking. He worth! con sider it to be his duty, and the duty of every Retires sentative, to gather, as far as lay is his power, the sentiments of his Constituents. flaring obtained this information, he would then draw his own COM elusions and act socoidingly—he would coi,sult their opinions, and then set me his own mind and conscience directed. That line he had eser Milled* adhered to. amid would :motions to adhere to it as long as he lived, benign* he deemed it the noly right anal proper line el his duty. He was willing to have his public conduct scrutinised, and iodeed courted their must strict iriquiry, for he had ever meted from the dictates of 11111 hourst heart.' He ape. logien' for spsaltiog so touch of fielf, but feinted the Meeting would excuse him, in on wale Wee*. sloes it was absolutely necessary to di) m.• This wee one of those mcasions... when cluirAes +eft made against him. and he demsadr-d a caiiilA heatick— Ou every occasion connected with the nets of the county, lie was proud to sly, he had paid the utmost attention, and had sealowily lieeota ed himself to their political mitten. He thalleng. ed any person present to contradict this. Uobiaesed in every respect, party ream or political friendphips had never entered into his contemplation, or warped him from &dog his duty. His duty he had'dane to the county, and bad discharged the treat reposed in him with fidelity and integrity. Mr. LARKING, after the able manse, in 'Aid the question had been treated, thrlight it unmet,* sary to temposa long upon the time of the Meeting& and indeed, hat for the silence of the H‘r.Bitiastet. their Representative he would not bare attempted to addrcss them at an. He called it tNe silence of that Hon. Baronet ; for though he had spoken, be had said nothing on the subj , -.:t for the enmities* you of which they *ere esovened. sad Om, Wife !taw as much in fliet dark as to what wme his sentiments oa this important quoins es they wets before they me!. Imes smiting PaiRLI 43IEN NOTING OF THE. 11 la puesaance of a re um b er of the most r num ber of the 'lnhabit cnnleued h e re by the Ii of taking tato conadera fur a Reform i "di Rore,.en _ tation .0 Teri lace t belj ulatinPen 81 lumen , t h o ugh tot very t µten• ded Ablut one o r ioted halfwit to tl mo d, from a temper. d o wn, Dearly as folio, is Geeri.ettee-1 hei at t o gether this day , ii L e . handed to me by sill b e tted to yon by 11 far the honour of the wr y Gentleman a fair The Deputy Sherif f c •ranion : '0 ire whose 111.13V1 ore API ,it, of a Itcform in Pori Orr s, it 411. 1 rt.tite . l mud CL people, HI • can , P.' ~ In otoroutol ug, fit ninon , i nt l.-00r of their Gt Wait unPr ewsi "" s to the but .-c•wiuns of Park et' to the caaWokrat ion of t I a t Members of Ole Coast, y ,dtottortl tie the Huo‘e i p c o t ooSced, a remedy t , restore to us Ow blemihigs u alblr tahratttor• tronsmi n neli dttc of use ancestor®. tiovolOre requeet t the I.,halloototo ,4 ttte Co coesidemmeaftfitirento scuret of Parkameotory Ii To the Nigh Sheen( Th e HIGII SHrRrIP s t a ted, that he had fur be had yl.l r, mired • one of the worthy it fur the coul:y of Kent mad. It contained ins aborating himself frost daq and inelinatii but as he was aglietal rut sad dicurantion. he emended toitii very chided with air. Hon warm end rtesdp hien( without the House of I Mr. Nooses then tiered it ores very gent thing more than the in the previa state of to the Weft- Lad s-eu riperiineot had been r aOl,l-in g.m 1 had real t:ie t o diary. Iti.come rii.ol..perice Will, that had rotted to be goyim s.i.t eattie were they t ed, see to puldie mem trout of tolrut—f is power. were in of great abilittes--No. • laintotal.de wind of pal 1. , i1 Camden hod oriel ti..ien , •i• it, that Is f.r tae neet half eel • errs Ille3 , llTe they rho tliJI reaming. %V lelt a a ma. ilr within their roar—rho remedy, subsisted in if r" won of the mat tomtits Whit. they raimetainl I t •• HI t h e ir power moat th, • try no such a footing. a soI mpinges% end pr wl krttl.l of degradation • weed of late years. too consideration sa Priament. That pi rrotona as non of dmtvrtion novelty. 'i it would be moss of many great 1.1 expres,red the ruselves Tie Chian Borno4h Sirotern anal' le thßt it the Nib .meut, ot rosi:4 he reformed fro kb , nn, Mr. Pitt, a egretbr be iirotight fors rear 1725, allis'ry i Parlianteat. the iii IJ into new wnrw—voti h l'ie oceurreaces of el rat r~ onent int this peel C - l•,nr,nNo, who hohlt.. z dettioerollt* ho 'Pim of tbe C flirter of Itelorm.—• respectability, talenin. e r l Jones had always ea, • ' L_ !fit to princi I I,ollsiole treatise ott t left 'la a lilsey to hi, '" f believed, pretty clear% , 11, "elly was not loan :" au ,r with that ol•yeeti, tip , to ente, ;11.1 •tte oft. e ;ottani.- --ver y r d 4l p must, he wi t s sap tee hi m on that point. lig' It'd leave to mike. I hbo . l iberties he preserved