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■ were note frost the same Owlet. that relief tame frame i n ether people, namely, their own widows to. adjest ing the supply to the ankroad. The Honourshieleather had mistaken him as to the reeposisibility of she fandowaer i e regar d to the Mhblic. tie had always sustained that all the property, as well as lauded ty. sees labour. was pledeed le the paymett of IlePfd:Cls: bet lasted property rely •in the some prothertioo as Mier property. Nis Her. sod Lammed Friend seemed es the last aorta stvhameahate4 ,rometbieg of the high time he had taken the peeled' eight. la tie lest speech he desired it to he impossible is raise the p m ( a e we. gm rowdy for the disks.. of the leaded latereet was reditetioe of tatation ; hot if that wield suit 2htee them in she mate saes. mid ellemsee. sad nape... %ility, which they had majoyed befires.—(Mr. B„, w o w . (yr. 'feted the Hon. Hellebore. His words were, " if the tussle** Wen still left to press with ietelerithle woight.l—He had ...isiletateed his Kos. mid Leaned Framed so describe the , anted piney is bleier fallen front a Mate sf Iszery Coaseereace to distress sod impending losignillenuee. lie thought that so far from the corairy beteg In • stale of 'lmo distress, it was, tie the emsteary, le a state of greet . prespeTity. _o 4 ,,, r o we ,, ba s e I....lbieiog the eitisteece of the massfacturiog distress he had takes the liberty of deli 'Tering it as his opinios that Ike prosperity of that else. world eon revive ; it bad revived, and We hoped so is. the distress of agricoltere abate in the mine way. If the Hesse legislated on the subject, be should expect, I. a Semis. or Iwo, to see the Home occupied es the ileums* of " C4ll. semere distreM." II wee fermis!, desirable that the price of • should ha mach as is restwierste the spleollerist. dee of the proposals ef the Nellie Marquis met with Ole de. tided diespprehaiiim; he deem the proposition that the Bank should Menace boor milketse N Goverommit. H. did am take at all Ism W eseeidendbie at peemet the eats to w►ichlis Governing isitearisti to pet it. la ISIS he advised the Bank, instead of beyieg gold, that they should sell; for which he we. rebated by se Hoe. Bank Director. It now appeared the Balk Unmet together a peat quantity ofgold, quite sulkiest fur the commie, of the cuustry ; bet there mold be no dosed that fuer milliues of additional runnel emdill ens be sepported in ore circulation. The ezehouges shrewd that Our yarrow, was at present what it might to be, en • level With *thee countries. If the Beak had sow mere geld then enough, nothiog reetaiely could he more wise that iscressieg the nwroney, which would, as the Hon. Blember for Chichester had truly observed, lower the price of yid all over the world. He was perfectly satisfied of the psi istentions of the destinies In the direction of the alined the Bask, bet be did sot thiek obey bad skill era . tient to manage so delicate an eosins as that with which they we'll lairusted. He mesa keeps/mos she time of the Ham by a few words ow that measure, which was comma"- ly called after a Right Honorable Goodman opposite. Whet effect would take plate IN prices if that Geeilemaa's Bifl were propeily acted ape*, ho restored to state be ' fore the Cnnueittteit ; he bad thee thought the effect world be to lower she price of esecamidities about 6 per cent, sad so that opinion he sow adhered, sod be thought he could de menekate the truth of it. The state of our money transac tions was this—the geld weed per cert. higher I. value thaw the paper, and the macertion wee, how to make these two agree. It wee not accessary IS teach the gold, bus only to same the vahie of the paper. The plus adopted by the Bill approached near to his idee, hot was net la his optimism so perfect so it might lan bees. Hod the Boot sot pur ebred sill this year (the year Were she essonesorement of cash payments), there weskit heire been um alteration is the mkt of gold. The Bask Directors ought to have St emma tie circulatien —they should been kept the ex changes at par, beams* it was impnesible that gold should come iota this soitetry without raislag the 'floret .the standard all over Etteepe. What the amount of that rise might be was certainly very sine* mailer of opisius. Bop. posing that trusty millions of read could he drown from the pee& circulation of Borope, he did not coaerrive it rook' raise the price of gold more those 6 pot test. Had the pion he proposed bees acted epos, the oily allsretion that it would have made is the price of sonenteditles would have 'been to loop them fe per end., sod If a griesere Abet had beets produced, it was net to be attributed to the menetere s but to the mode of eateries it tato effect. He woo soma& e 4 to bed the Heepeorabis Member for Chichester* whoa *Pete% toweled so meth of eked principles, meld advocate its piss sow proposed. As to tales they were of two descriptions : those which operated en tad those which were said to pees es • elan. To the farnes, to the class, if they applied to the Main he would say, " If min cast% get a reannierstiog price it is your own faults; narrow your &sesame until your prices increase." Bet to soother deeeription of lases— to time which MI on cuesomers—he would threw wide the Seek ash, Howse. Thereabout,' might say," My Sinew, is cosseneoce of the taxes which you imposed, is art loager adequate to fenish me with the comforts or uterus win *hick I formerly enjoyed." Such a man had uo remedy but the taking off the lean The repeal of she malt tax was • benefit to him ; so would be the repeal of the soap sad molls as; and going through she list of taxes, it would he foetid that all if repealed advauisge the consumer, and that with him we. sufficient argument foe taking theta off. Consumers were loaded with taxes, and it was the duly of Goversnecot, by reducing our expenditure to the lowest possible element, to give them relief. It had been said, pa/faceted, out of doors, that he (Mr. Ricardo) had af firmed list the assonot of times were rot injurious so the coosity ; bus he said now, and •Itrays had mild, that taxes were highly isjurioue to she country; bat he repotted oleo that the Haase c •old not 'chew. say particular clan, but the whole country. He amnia his Honorable and Learned Frieed (Mr. Brougham) had allowed too much weight fur what he called she reduplietaiion of taxation. Now he would &oppose a desks to advance the tax payable os a commodity; fur that akvalsell he Map 10 per coot. per 1111110111 ; but if the comniedity clammed bunts three or fen times, that @dente saddled the who* year; though his Hon. and Lusted Friend argued as if at every transfer aa additional In per tens. was laiel oa. His Hoe. seal bears. ed Priced had also contended, that a you reduced capital, the profit of snick rose. This he denied. Gin him a leo price of peuvisioni, and a consequent low price of labour, mil the Iteration wield be doubled—espies, might be doubled—and the profits of stock also dnuhkd.— Ne persuaded that abe error had been Is "%coots/- his too moth t uleireason, and the only substautial relief would be had *lieu we returned to • oatmeal state. Unfortunately a Corn Law had passel shirt, was as impedirneut to the ei turn to sound principles. tlud we a retainer's duly oil foreign cots. for a period, be that veiled five or twenty years, we should receive's/ that sound princi ple, and should orris` at it in due tape. Ido also thought that hail nun thr paper spleen hetes iu ezisteace, the Chao /viler of the lixrh.quer louse .sill have bud loans ; and could he have gut them on better terms! His Hun. and Lealued Find a!ste, elite respect to she fundhuhler, appeared se. him lei have over.a.arsol it. He said she landlord's prices wets high, bed then he bud high prices also to pay ; he (Mr. hieing()) did not conceive that was a great benefit t o t h e landlord, but it ass • great Week* to him compared with the vioekholder, because it lightened the pressure ul his lanes, whilst the dividend of the stoekholder remained as the same numival sumo ut, and by which, in hie uposiou, the fuodholder sustained • great tors. Ow this head a weak had hero pehlioheil, is which theauibur makes a minute calm. Who* of every year's tranaarliona, sod snakes it clan that the fundloolder, instead of betiefliers by the whole trans. action, had been rather • loser. 1 Mr. MANNING rose an d d e f en d e d t h e conduct of the p k [ 'wirier*, brit is so low • tore of cute., diet, neaten.; Stun seder the gallery. se could Not collect his eased words. Mr. SY K ES declared be had so confidence in eny result Ibis mild eeputislity he expected furs the ie.sppoiiiiment or the Agriceltwal Committee, dare Ti deutkuiew hail epetil r he whole of the seassteroued produced at 'loss a neat r emigre., sad esuirailiciciey Report. He agreed wish the Noble Marren (Loudontierry) is she view which be took or the nose of sire distress. He thoughe it was the litl• ✓t f abostiant produce, sail he eidertsioeil the hope that es year. ova kl set it sight, but is the mess time d i ke .., gre . softest distress was fell, mileeibuNl abe'll4 ie , • o by raisin the foods, which cooed poly have as "we e , aid br remote but direct), fmmediairly. " I " fi ekil We idea of trades, in *hi lieVentsy of Ilse 14 4 rag., as t • mesas of eels( loth* Ogsteolsersl interest. it • a.▪ . n wool 4 troikas as • dead weight on the land, sad • Id sisn near the imeatry gaiillemen lo the law of • eider the operstlini of which 'he might lie to for ever, without any•ffsaltropt or teholveut Act resiebiug him. e tbringht the proposed federal°. In taxation stied, inadequate to the relief or the expectations of the country. Mr. PEEL nadir/ the Howse would eteinse the anxiety he felt to say a few words on that messeeo, whit*, whether pee ped, or .dl, was called alter him. After all that had passed, be did set now conk forward to shelter himself ender the greet majorities by Which that measure posited, or the great sitheritlet id Its favour on all sides-weither did he corns /Coward after all the cleaner, he would id say the mi lkmaid-4ot was not to rescind any of his opinions; he came papered to maintain that lite reentry bad no al. terneuire, and that the real lutenist@ of the country were solvasteged by its adoptieu. He whold u.. 1 say that so part, bet certainly a very small pert of the sericul turel depromien costa be traced to it. He begged to caU hack the recolhetion of the House to the stets of the maser, in 11119. to dm increasing depreciation of the'eurrenee, sail to the state of the essoistecturing districts. In Derby, Laneasisin, and Nottinghamshire, not only distress, hut commotion prevailed, and attributed by the Conentithee appareled to inquire into it, to the low rate of wages. Greet works were at that time uudertsken, but the apparent prosperity wan amoral. He thought the recital of • fete facts would be more coeviating to the Haase then any argument he could adduce. A Petition was promoted finis Coventry, coreplasniug of the great distress of the silk and ribbon weavera,from inadequate wages, by which statue mazy men had been forced nn the poor raid, which had iscressed to es extent tun burdensome to be meth Mager bone, and this at • thee when work was plentiful...-. Abase all the neaeolacturing towns were in the same date, sad is 1818, out of 40 counties in England, 23 paid mere for poor); rates than they ever did b. fore or sine. Tit soon nem hod always powdered doe same effect. In the time of Elisabeth. the discovery and weekieg of the mines of America effected the same depict:idiom in the metallic eerrescy. At the time the measure was is agile. ties, it was prophecied that our us aid commerce would fail, aid the effect on egriculture was much less dwelt en; bet if be found that commerce sad reveille' had is mused. meekly_ there was strums ground of doubt that the measure had caused the depression of agriculture. Though he admitted and deplored that distress, yet be d.ebted whether it could he mainly attributed to the re sumption of cash payments. He thought there was wo stronger proof of naiiiinal prosperity than the reductioa of flee poor's rams (perhaps that was prodaced by the better payees* of the laboitriug classes); but if be eaw that lam leer le every toed, in England,except one, a dietitians@ la the peer's rates, In Nottinghamshire amounting to 14 per cent. and ewes in Bowies to 31 per teat., sod osly ewe coon, in which there had been any addition, and that sae which suf fered the least from agricultural distress; he mold not think the present pressure us agriculture was caused by the re sumption of cash payment's. Fluctuations had occurred In the prig of corn at other limes. In 1714 the price of wheat per goofier was Ms.; io 1779 it wee 345.; in 11101, NU.; in Mt 075.; and in 1803, Ns. Here there was the greatest possible fluctuations in the vane of cure, at • time when the question of the currency could have had ea effect on it. The agriculturists themselves say their great dagger wen from foreign importation, faimed ed en the mounted that a very small excess of wheel ' beyond the supply prodoces more Aso a proportionate reduetion of price. This was Ilse argosies* of Mr. Tooke, who gave his evidence before the Committee. The Neese meld sot overlook a measure which had eroded considerably to reduce the price of corn is Ibis country— he oneeett the importation of Irish corn ions this dnkey. Ile did met mean by this observation to cast the slightest • impuestiew ow she Honourable Baronet (Ste lobe Newmed) war bed introduced Shot ; on tie contrary, he gave Ma the fullest mid moot entire credit (Jr his pa. birdie esetivire, sad he (Mr. Peel), of all nee tieing, .wee the Ind • mem win wield wish to deprive betted of ' that Woken.. foe se mem meld for • neesseet holm the east that anon mast ha,. prodoced apes the former. Them were meow to newest fee ebet meal ingertallos from Imbed. The cessation et war, the assiseloret .senses)., of eseonted Sr previsions by Ciliescps. Me dhstemdtlifseerfesd r met comsopestip etsemens. tity of rieb pattern greeted that must hove bees broke* se. He wield beg the House to look to die quantity of grain has. posted lads this reentry from !mimed. For sereeten years 1-16efore 11109,U511,1100 quarters hed been imported ; is 1910, 1.410,1109; aai ie three quarter, of • year, eadisi le October, 1811, seerel, is three-quarter of • year only, there were in. ported hen this etnetry 1,011,000 qoarters.-414esr.)--Bot let it set be comiderettbat this was merely an adesatage to lrelood. It should be remembered *hit, in esters fee that, she took back our neanufaeturee.—(Hear, hear.) —To the combined causes then of three successive good harvests, and the importation of core from Ireland, the present diskette might be mainly wird:toed, and not to the demo. elation of the termite,. And he was as folly convinced thee so MOaliere which that House could adopt could afford im mediate relief, as that In the verse of time the evil would rectify itself. He could never then admit that the signed. turista would not have bete liable to the same distresses if that restimption bad occurred; and if that return had not been effected one year it most another; while there would he resistant fluctuations, there would be • cos mut alienist ioa of prosperity and adversity amongst the seri delimitate, and each successive failure would he worse than souther. He had rtseu more for the purpose of niceties the dower that loot been raised than to address himself to any oilier topic. With respect to the Bank, if there were any failure, to them be should impute no share of the blame. That measure was Not alone introduced as affecting the curressey, but as a mesas of preventing immorality and crime, by checking forgery, which every effort of the Bank hod bees found ineffectual to prevent.—(Cries of " No, *or) Helveas aware that some might be of a different opinion. home ingesiolie • e • might have supposed that his phis would have attained the object ; but it must at lean be admitted that the Bank had tried every means to anal. it. Os the whole, he believed the clamour which had beea raised against the measure would be temporary. lu the cowries of • few years the House would look back with asks radios to the resumpf of cash payments, and in the end it would be frond must beneficial to the cones, at large.-- (Loud cheers.) Mr. F.LLICE perfectly concurred with the Right Hon. Gentlemen sod his Hoe. Friend, the Member fur Portarlingtoe (Mr. Ricardo), that gold was no more a Axed standard of car mine, thaw say other foreign commodity. li. 1810 quantity of gold was thrown into circulation to counteract the effect of • paper course,. Eight millions of gold were thrown into eireutedia, mid if it was stated that this could produce so effect, then he was ready to admit that gold was no standard. lit lbtb there was a uremia, of • large sum of money un Shenker, of Bonaparte from Elba. It was necessary to relies 45 millions. This sum, raised at 3 per cad. amounted to 83 asiliiiros, and add to that the present depreciation of the currency, mid the sum amounted in 1821 to 90 millions. Oee word with respect to the part he had taken iu the measure. When the had ed • clause to compel the Bstik to pay their .mall notes in specie, for be thought 'rhea the coun try was shout to swallow a esasel, they should nut strain at a goat. He objected entirely to the principle of Government jobbing in the fends. He, of course, would not he supposed to impute any personal motives to the Chancellor of the Exchrepeer ; but such was the disposition of the Right Hon Gentleman, borrowing fuer millions at one time to raise the price of one stock sod depress another; and this be considered, in whatever way it was contest. grated, whether in a moral or political point of view, by no melbas creditable to the Goverament of the country. His Honourable Fluesid the Member for Aberdeen (Mr. Hume) had made a ealesslatio• (whether accurate or not ha could nor say), from which it appeared, that had the Govern. met bad noshing to do with jobbing, but applied the pur ples honestly to reduce the den, the cossuriy would have been pored live millions. But it was said the Bank mold out oio.couet oit four per teal. He should be glad to know what was the use of that public institution? Was it tiestell for the purpose of beeping kijury ammo trade Any basher its the city would discount at four per treat. But lie inveriahly olseerdd tied ?bee the Gonerreiret and the Beal went partnership is soy transacting. meant. : try was sure to soffer.—( Hear, hear.)—lie thought the pre sent • time vets lowly adapted to arrange these maters. We were ern In a state of protruded peace, and sheen Uemefisie allielaolllP la rPale4l all our fads. ft edl l klippen that io the cosine of a month a si•riwas Iva might occur. Ile would not say that Coglaud would be engaged is it ; but whatever the Noble Manton might say, the grsenl ° pi e d.", w as , t h at a war would take place bet vices Russia and the Turks; and in such en 'meet, what became of all the reales the Noble Cord had been bailding? He had to aphlogise to the Fl fur occupying so überk of their date. He felt Skit the patient was nut, perhap', an appropriate time fur introducing some of the topics he had done. But be could not sit down without expensing his sincere hope that the Howie had something more in their power to relieve evict'''. dire than any thing that had been promised. Much, to hie opinion, might be door he reducing taxation. To 'retry measure that would eatable the grower of men to sell his produce upon d ie b es t t ee ms, he s h ie ld give his support, but he ,never resold cannot to any measure which had for It s o h*, th e ra w er ,. th e price of provieioss.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HVSKISSON could tint avoid repenting his surprise that gentlemen should give high the credit of drawing op the Report of the Agritaliseal Cooessittee. He would slate to I the Rona the real stile of the 'ease. That Committee had drawn up certain 'nobilities' and requested him to draw up • Report (Guided stein thee' radlutionsi To This he oh. jetted on various gimmick, bet more particularly Iseesisait was the duty of the Chairman afloat Committee. Hintever, having been strongly pressed by the Cossusittee, be cows plied, and drew op ode's", width he reed to the Committee. That Report was discussed par.grapit by pareereph,•nd was altered materially. Moot of tie principles as well as the wording were altered, sod he stated to the Comointee his *Nadas, at the time. He bed always given his opinion upon questions of iseportseee, from what he had emu:rived to be the mooed policy; these opinion* were recorded, and from these he did nu' wish to depart. He hoped that in the sea Commitfee they should ban the break or the able ta lents', the His. sod Leaned Mastrer fur Wisehelera (Mr. Brooghavri). who had neeimall fromi the Representative of the brat aviculturel coma, is England (Mr. Cob*, of Norfolk), the diploma fur being the beet karma political economy is makes limes.—(Hear, hear.)—He loped the Committee would have the beetle of these gnat taken, sad then the Committee would sot be subjca is the rseernmastic i'Etta sect which he (Hr. Huatesse) 'kid attained. Mr. WO °CHOLA E replanted. &r J. NSWPORT felt it holiday, arras at es Isle an )leet\ to make ao obeereatios ea the sleamwe be had the honour of introducing to Parlismest. He cashiered that measure not merely as one for t h e papa* of promoting teat, het as conducive indeed as liens the lest step towards emosolicktiag the unitise/ "bete° countries. It had been considered by some as a boos to leaked, bat he never considered It as such; it was a part and parcel of the wino of Ireland to this country. They might as well complain of as advantage being given to vie county of Earned ever another. If the same ideasill. Cation of interests had bees observed spool other acesseients that union world be now complete.—(Cheers.)—He know there were difficulties in the way. and puists which should be touched opus with delicacy Ii was quite evident that any thing which iocapacinted the inhabitants of Ireland from esjoying the comforts of life is the same degree as. they could in Nies countries, must tend to create &hasten. One thing be-wished to snegem to the Noble Lord respect. Jog the present Committer, and that was, that they should •be limited h their object of impetry; fur if that were not dam ark sitting real" be considerably protracted, and tbsisbp. dm object the House bad In view in appointing am admit be frustrated. • Laid LONDONDERRY fully concurred in the propriety • 14 limiting the sitting of the Committee, sod if he did Out • ogees is the prepriety of wirier diem 'Am" isetructiuse, it wee because it was is the power of arty Member of that Cisesmatee to make a mottos to that effect to th e H ouse , sad be hoped that die Committee would terminate their lobelia sea alter the Wiliam. The 'sadism was this pet for eppontiog a Committee, and carried without a divisios. The fullowitig Committee was ties appointed : Marquis of Loodoodetry Mr. Stories Bourne Mr. Gooch Sir Thomas Lethbridge Mr. Robinette Mr. Alderman Bridges Lord AlthaP Mr, Whitmore Mr. Illisedia Mr. Ricardo Mr. Brougham Mr. Frenklaed Lewis _ . _ Mr. Baring M►. Denis Browne Sir Edward Enstehbett Si► Jahn Newport Sir Henry Parnell Mr. Wynn Mr. Wodebonan Mr. Cornea Mr. Weiler. • Mr. Lamb. Mr. Holum Summer • Mr. HUME thought that' potion bad sot barn paid to Adjourned at HA LF-PASI • t!M sdection s•feient el k MlMlalletUtiet {merest.. TWELVE O'C LOCK . BUSMESS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. TOll PAT, 711111108 T. raIIIWARY 19. NOTICES OF MOTIONS . Mr. Creevey—.Mni ion on Act for ressoueration oho have held high (Arial sileations. Mr. Spring Rice—Papers relating to Comets of Justice in .Irrland. Mr. D &nem of persoes to inquire into the Law of WIRDIIIIIIIIBY. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Sir William Critm--Select Committee ou Orphans Fund. Lord Archibald H•miliuu—Coin lee of the whole Hesse on Reports of Select Committees on Scottish Burghs. TKURPDAY. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. Mr. Aldermen Wood—To move to take the Petition from the City of Luudoo (presented Sth Pituitary) into considers tion. Mr. Jsmea—m-•' oo the aubjret of breaking open Let. ten directed to Meiners of Parliament. ---- --- - FIIDAY. NOTICE OF MOTION. Kr. Lesinard—.Adihrese ',pontos( his Majesty to reran mead to this Horse a reduction of the several breaches of the Civil List Eependitnre. Last day fur receiving Petition. for Private Bills. SURREY MEETING. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Yesterday • numerous sud respeetehle meeting of the Freeholders arid other lubabilarts of. the comely of Surrey was held at Epsom, fur the purpose of presenting a Petition to Parliament in fawner of Parliarnentewyßeform. At one o'clock the space sear the Market-place was crowded by respectable farmers, and a arms-circle of wag gons occupied the centre. 1s use of them stood the High, Sheriff Spicer, Bat ); she Meedwre for the County- Messrs. Holmr Sumner and W. J. Deaison • Lord Elleobn, much, Lord King, Lord Ebeisivori. Mr. H. Grey Bennett, M.P. Mr. Charles Calvert, M.P. and several other Gentle men of the County. Mr. Gobbets, and Mr. Peter Walker, of Westmiuster,stood on tee box of a post-chaise is the mid dle of the crowd. Soon after owe o'clock the High Sheriff opened the buil- OM of the day by reacting the Requisition, and narrating • patient hearing for all parties. Mr. LEECH (of Leigh) opened the business of the day, by proposing a Petition in favour of Parliamentary Re. form. He strongly enforced his opinion that the present distresses of the country were mainly castled by an over. whelianig taxation, which be considered world be removed by • affiliated Parliameut. The rents and tithes must, he thought, be reduced to the scale of 1703, before the farmer or the public could be beaelhed, and that could mot be dune without a reduced expenditure in the aff.sirs of G seat la 1792 labour was low &admen high, but the expenses of growth of produce bad since amused, and sti %goateed the farmer, that be could not obtain a remit. aerating price; Gum 1787 to 1793 inclusive, wheat was 13/. Is. a luad,•nil barley 28s. 5,1.• quarter. The carter had thou lind. a day, sed.au •Iluwaroe of beer equal told. mote. Was the same state of things to recur, unless dip grower had the same reduced berthas ? How was Lord Castlereagh's sew plats torelievetbem ?—(A Isiegh.)—He was to reduce le. • bushel opus malt.—{Lund Iseghter.)—lf they were raw- . 4 • if kit •ith t it, tkeee.a. M end to Hui; enee' t10g . .-kt i Ciee of " Nu! ma!")—Well then he should go tot —(Hear.) — They bad bead a good deal eh out public (sub, sod she Wefts{ I y of opholdlsig public credit. The Verbatim-of had by woe Misprailed seek payments at the Baisk. asnalter renewed Them—the latter stroke at use blow noltifyiett all the 'Simla; cootrects of the eatiotry, by totally changiag the van/toe the eurresicy I. *lrma they were contracted, ant! redisciag all forming property rose helf le Value. Suitt being the operation' of the Ails of Parliargrot, why talk of peblic credit for one body alone, when it was overlooked in the bier of another ? Why tint let all he considered embarked in the same vessel, to 'Mk ur swim largetherl.—(hlear.)— He fully agreed that nothing (mold be door wilMet Par liameulary Reform—without that as Meister could be houlot ; fur, while the present system was 0114 ou, any Minister would be brio to use his Isterest for his fronds at else expense of the public purse. He amicloded with mov ing a Petition, complaining dr executive Imitation u the dose of the piemat distress, snit mynas a reluetiOn of taxes, anti a Reform in Parlianseut. Mr. FL TOW NSH END seconded the Petition In a speed+, in which be strongly enforced the necessity of Parliamentary Reform as the only mode of insist; the country. Lord KING, to a loos speech, took • review of the Iloasteiril difficulties of the country, and concerted in the sietessity of coupling a prayer fur Parliamentary Reform in the Petition for a redaction of taxatote. Tbe Noble Lord• said that t h e first blow the independemre of Perliemest received was by the tatroduetion of the 46 Scotch Members at the time of the UllOO with fleotlaod. A Secretary of State of that day truly momplaiwed that on •, portkolar queetios the Sestets Menshesta were unable le some up in time, or elm he should have castled his point. Theo came the 160 Irish Members. The Irish cared little for she English or Scotch interests. The hail part of the English repeesentation oared little foe the Saved, sod Irish interests, soil the Scotch cared little for say thing, bet their own i so that betwee• the whole the geseral represen tation was in • pretty condition. He mitered into the coo. sideration of Lord Londonderry's plan, which he contended wee ridicubmie mid impracticable. Lord ELLENROROUGH lamented to oppose what ap. peered to be their view of that redress, which would mill gale their *titration's. He said, that •Il deplored the pre vailing distress ; but the only quest ion was, as to the Ille•MI of obtaisior it. The reductional taxes which could be called fur would set give the ?specter' relief; it did not, in 1816, wham so large an amount of fellatioo bad been taken off Sep. pose Korea millions of taxation were now takes off, It could only make a difference of Gee shillings a quarter is barley. The mode of seeking Parliensentrary Reform coeW sot ad minister any immediate relief; fur its ditiensaitio is bath Houses of Parliament, and, If carried, the return of aew Members would occupy at least six months time, della( which •U their sufferings mould be exaggerated. The No ble Lord proceeded amid considerable interruption, and then concluded by proposing the fullowieg ame•dment " That your Petitioners are, nod long have biro, i• a Mete of maexampled distress, immediately seising from the Law price of agricultural produce, and the root espresso of cultivation. " Thad rem Petitioners earseatiy desire your Hoortorsble Howse to adopt measures for that curtsies, effectual, and lintineilliete relief. " That io the °plosion of year Petitioners, authorial'', effectual, and immediate relief will nut he derived from soy of the measures hitherto proposed by the King's Ministers. "That yew Petitioners implore mine -Hoosteroble House to referee every. retreitchmeot in the public expeedionee, and every reduction of taxes which can be made eonsisteatly with good faith, with the elleteney Weer seeresary establish ments, and with the general prosperity of the State. "That your Petitioners hope that the Members of your Htmoareble House will oe this semosin*, by their sympathy with the people acid the wisdom of their measeree, 'rupee themselves to be the real and worthy Represeistatiese of the ration, sad out afford your Petetioarre cause to desire any elmage hi the mactest constitution of the Noose of Cosmos,. " And your Petitioners will ever pray, ke.. " 8. Reaolved; That this Petition be oilseed by sae High Sheriff on behalf of the Meeting." Oise Ink Htle■borwaeh, Mr. DoPlase, Mr. T•wer• Heauett, Mr. Cubbett, Mr. Halme Sommer, Mr. Naivety, sad Donee other Grollemen, addremed the Meeting, and were, with the exception of Mr. Tower aad Mr. 111111Ser, well reeeitrd. TIM original Peiition vas adopted by agadamation, sad the meeting Climbed at near Dia o'clock. LA rr irirELLnisites. COURT OF RING'S BENCH, WRIMUNITiii MONDAY, FISIRULRY LIBEL. CARTWRIGHT D. wßicauT. Mr. Daarm•si, for the Plaintiff, said this was an action for libel, and it was his duty on the present occasion to plead the. cause of an individual well known and highly respected by the public, and especially by those who knew him hest. The individual alluded to was the venerable Major Cart wright. In order to give the Jury a clear under standing of the nature of this libel, it would be neeesrary to state that the Defendant Wright had been fur some time past engaged in a controversy with another individual, also well known to the pub lic. he meant Mr. William Cubbett, and in con sequence of that controversy had published a pamphlet which he called The Book of Wenders ; and this book contained the libel of which the Plaintiff had to complain. The Book of Wowdett professed to set out various•extract• from the pub. !cations of Mr. Cobbett, directly contradictory of each other, and if they were real extracts, they ex hibited • degree of cfepravity, wont of principle, and profligacy in • public writer, which he be lieved hid never been equalled—certainly never exceeded. But whether these extracts were trot or false was not the question of to-day, or would their truth excuse the Defendant for having thus dragged the Plaintiff forward, and obliged him to come into a' public Court of Justice to justify himself against the most malignant slander. The Book of Wonders, which he now held in his hand, was preceded by a dedication, and a gross easa. cature of her late Majesty. According to the book itself. Mr. Cobbett had on one occasion repre sented himself as a swindler, and declared that he would never pay his debts because some of his creditors upheld the paper system. In other parts of his writings, according to the extracts in the Book of Wonders, Cobbett ree presented the a inatisin of Mr. Perceval as a subject of national joy and congratulation, and the demise of the late respected and highly-lamented Sir Samuel Roundly us no public lose or subject of regret. It further appeared from these extracts, that Cobbett having quitted this country for Ame rico, did, during his residence in that country, publish and promulgate • plan, by the adoption uf which the system of the Bank of England might be overturned by bringing its paper into absolute discredit, and declared the joy he should feel at the arrival of the day when the ten pound Book of England note should soot be worth an American sixpeuce. This plan was set forth in the 34th vs. lame of his Register, at page . 1,074, and cons. ineneed" Suppose one rpopsbile of !urging." As extract was also set out in this Book of Wonders, in which Cobbett was described as stating that " Major Cattwright's Creed was the criterion of ex- • • • celiencr." This extract Would lead the Jury to the consideration of the•present libel. It appeared that Coblirtt, pacing returned, became desirous of ' get.. , into Parli.imetat, and es a means o f doing eo, r.:he proposed that a public subscription of a penny twupesiCe each person should be in on foot, by *lntl a mill of 6,0001. might be raised to put. ellen him a seat. Thm plan, however, failed, and Mr. Cobbett then proposed that Sir F. Burdett Should advance the 5,000/. for the purchase. Now if there was any thing diametrically ()prorate to the spittoons of Major Cartwright, it was this practice of selling and Toying seats Is, Parliament. To this traffic the worthy Major mainly imputed all the misfortunes and difficulties under "Inch the country at psalmist laboured; yet with tliis traffic the De feudant had, by a note affixed to the Book of Woe dere, endeavoured to connect the name of his re. spec table client. This note hid been mostTalst lv *lsted by the Defendant, and Lad the double , namely, of holding out Major Cartwright. se approving this traffic, and oleo of connecting him with Mr. Cuhbett, who. if these extracts were correct, most, as a public writer, be abhor rent to the mind of every haft:, arable man. The Defrudaut would perhaps sty he only pub lashed what had been said by another, but that milli not the case. The Defendant hid %grittier, them to the Major, who had thus, at las advanced period of life. been forced to tome into a court of justice to &feud his character from the atspereidan thus Awl upou him. Thitt the publication was a libel Ott OM not the lent doubt, therefore it would be a imallear time lu dwell on that topic. The Joey would home fA Ind, Mad they would judge of it. tendert" to injure sad esiellbllbeiPlaintia's character Damages were nut the wh ine:et tbe Plaintiff; lie nought by tare proceedsog so justify les rustier sod eouslact. Moderate stowage" was all bet Nerd; hut be (Mr. Destines) was (oily persuaded the Jury Weald sot fall to Weil the Defendant heavily, Month they Illiladd confine themselves ulnae she tweeds of emperors H. would prove the pabliraires, and thee leave $e mention to the Jury. Captain Robert Williams recollected trainee, nor Ike De ibmissat Is May law, sad ithewiag him the Book of Wooders. Weellei asked him if be was the author of the saute at Ow WIND of page. 44 and IS, and be acknowledged be was. Cithwesanitord by Mr. Scasberr —Major Cartwright andtikt. rearms were with him. Dust recollect shot Mr. MAIM said so Ma* Carts/sight, "How can you thick I Winded to Jesuit you when I seat you • espy of she mask Met Wiese that Major Cartwright wet published hie let ters is Cobeette Register. There bad bees a declarative, that the Moines Creed was the patters of eacelleact ; it did appear that in the Witted libel "criterioa of eurelleste* were poblithed is loverted commas. Don't recollect that the Dehrodiat said te the Major, that there was • mistake is the refertinee to the pate in Cubbeit's works, sad that is olated ef page Mt, the refereaer should have bees page 812. A now, dated May Is, 1821, from Mr. Wright to Mr. 1110etamsa, the publisher or the work, orknowledgior !genital -abbe the author of the Book of Wanders, and numerating the pubhsher from all ensequelaces, was read . Taw label was thee read; ot was preced.d by the follow lagestract frogs Cobbest's works, dated December 4. HAD • 45 I as ready to tender Bs, head to Ste Frauds Burdett, sled Is leader my whole heart ad nod to be castled in ell-ape. *Slim with him, fur the purpose of eadeavouriag to Pewee air contry from be (sup of its oppressors. I allt rtatly "SWF OS private consideratioss is oblivion. I have sera all lawnigh the country proof" of a moat rodent desire that as mein Mould take place, aid I am resolved dist as pri ests leadage of mine shall obstruct that re-autos. Willatia 6114111110—" I told the Centimes. 1 would have nothing is OD gape of eauesperstscea with the Baronet, except as oar it a pantie onetime perhaps, unless lie would iomedistely, 6 Atiedwo. of his own puree, furnish 1(e wrests of faeshittise , 111, ilaissue of Mr. Hunt and myself two the Hour of 'a u. Os the fah I received the following site from the Gratientse, ? From a conversation I hairs fleet had with She Francis Burdett, 1 am persuaded the endowd cameo be vesdered available. I regret It, but 1 have thisught It best to Tenn it you with my &estimate that it bas sot bemused or seam'." To ibis was added the following nose, coals/slag the Ilbcteoutpiohed of: •• Many well-inteationed person have es =thete surprise that the Bolightetter' aboadd have ling to accept of a seat is Curruptios's dee, par lined wish the bask notes of • man whose • Mean*, and aillararee he bad se powerfully exposed. To convince neck =that this Nne of conduct was strictly patilatie,*wa sly to mare them that is so doing be was walking la the footsteps of that venerable veteran whose Creed is the criterion of eseellesce, and who in an article of that Creed has laid It down as a waxing, s that we most ia lighting the nanny not reject the sae of the arms of even despicable and detestable mee."—Cobbett, Vol. 92, page H. The LIPID Catty Jnertcs said. be should •lossevy to hate Ibis isquiry pushed aay further; cuald it sot he at. coniendsted ? Mr. Sonoterx said, Mr. Wright had been desirous of doing every thing he eokld to accommodate the matter, sad to ahew he meant se disreapect to M.jur Cartwright and it was very hard now fur biro to be dragged WA a Court of hitter, as be had been. Mr. DIIIIIIA11—" Mid yet Mr. Wright treated to a wan wheat -he bad described as blowing has •nd cold, and the work has base suffered so go through boar edition." The LOUD Clllif Just ICE rind, be bast ugly thestra oat a enggestio• ; the parties would act as they thought Mr. SCLII,LeTT then proceeded to address the Jury ow the part of the Defendant, and contended that Mr. Wright bad so filtration of libellee' Major Cartwright, use had be is fact libelled that individual, he bad out/ made extracts from the work!' of another—from the writings of Mr. Cobbett; and this he had done with the best intention ist the world. Cob hest wrote foe the lower orders of the people, and Mr. Wright wee desirous of shewiug, that as a public writer be was aut to be depended ow, as be would praise an individual la the highest see day, Zad write hies down with equal stmegth the sett. Mr. Scarlet' then proceeded so read *tunas flows Mr. Cobbett's Registers, in which be bad described Major Cartwright's Creed a, the "criterion of ezeollesee," and others, is which lie had *bused Sir F., Burdett, Mr./cation eoneeded, that the Defendant bad only copied that which Cobbett previously published, sad gave fermatas to the places te Cebbett's works where the peosages might behind, though by an aceideutal of the press, papa-win giver iestesd of 812. The Clues JUITICt again istisnted that, in hi, opinion, this case bad better he accommodated. Mr. Duman still declined to take that cowrie. The Catty home then suggested that there was a •q.: 4 - ewe is setting out the libel is the declarative and the libel itirelt. The refertreces to the works of Mr. Cobbett being fen out, and thus the ehaveete► of the libel mitered, matiog it appear as if the words were !bum of the Dekndast, mid sot ■s rwroce from the work., of atwitter. Mr. DENMAN submitted this was a question for the Jury. The Cater Justice—" No, Mr. Delman. it as fur me to determine; I wish it was for somebody else." Mr. Dumas requested bit Lordabip,to eiree the pert. The C 11167 Jurrics said he nun Id du so. . , The Plaintiff W•fi then boo.ootted. Mr. Ilcatttrrw said, as t.e cause was let b fermis ale kere, perhaps his Lordship would keep the kW. He muse, howerer, Oa the part of Mr. Wright, ramose • hops, that should dis Lordship Aad his own name is the publieatiow, he would out set them dows as his (Mr. Wright's) nut' - meats. The Cetus Jewrice..." Certainly wet. Mr. Searktt.— Th u sgh there is up fear that I shall read any part that deer aot relate to this ease." The, Lou Cnnurcati.oft will sit this day at Lit:Kohl's-Inn Hill. • It «dile tiwirst e 4 after Hilary l'vrm. The Middlesex Sessions commenced yesterday at Clerkeuwell. Nothing of interest occulted. _ N 11 1:11 ' d -.