The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JAN. 25.,--Yesterday evening a notice was put up by authority in the Café . Tortoni, prohibiting the sale of rentes any where else than on the Exelninge.--(Constitiaionnet) (room TIDE 301JR*At DES DEBATS,) Lieutenant-Generals Guillemenot, Axo, Tog oaf, Donadieu, and Cannel, are about to set off fur the Arms . of Observation. The list of allthe'General'Oflicers who are to proceed to .the Army of Observation will be ,published in a few days. They are forming a company of garcles du corps, selected from the four, companies, to ac company the ,Duke d'Angouleme. The regiment of cavalry of the itoyal Guard destined for Spain are ,commanded by Generals 'Lauriston, Itabuison, and Castelbajac. The' swiss regiment which is to set off foi• the Army of Observation was to •.be decided by lot to -day. • . A journal has said, that t h e 31st regiment of the line had .set off for the Army of Observation. 'That corps is still 'here. The five regiments which compose the .garrison are to set off in the first days of February : they will be replaced.by . regiments drawn from the garrisons ht the north. 'CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. . • The• Deputies are informed, that to-day (25th) thereiviltbe . a General Assembly at the Palace of the Chambers, at one o'clock precisely, in order to decide, by lot, the Grand Deputa tion for the,Royal Sitting. M. tievaudan, Dean of the Members of the Chamber, is to preside in this Assembly; in case of absence he would be sup plied by M. Lacroix Frainville, or M. de la Regaudie. MM• Colomb, Destutt de' Tracy, D'Elevast, and Marquess de Vaolghier, the youngest .of the Deputies, will discharge the funOons of Secretaries. • It has been remarked, that in the different official documents which the courier front Spain brought yesterday, the commtinications saitt to have been made in the name of the Constitu tional King, do not once mention the 'mine of • the Nhinarch, and that there . is, no More question of him in the speeches of the. orators of the Cortes than if the Spanish Republic had' been Proclaimed already. We mentioned some days ago, a second viola tiOn of the French territory by the .Constitu tional Spanish troops. The details have arrived •at Paris. This band was disarmed by our 5 0 1.• (Hers, who shewed 'the greatest zeal. 'We have 1,1.50 to speak in ,praise of the conduct Olthegen darmerie. • Letters from Bayonne, anti the Bx. ordeau . P:pers, confirm the news of the arrival of one of 'the three Ambassadors corning from Madrid--it 'is the Russian. The Moniteur copies the fallowing 'from the 'Journal des _Mats of Friday : • " Circumstances are momentous ; discussions become cone %plicated and vehement ; private interests urge even the intlif • forent to examine and meditate, upon public interests; in this • state of things the duty of writr, friends of their country, is .not to leave the 'public in ignorance of facts which come to their linnwledge ;, that is, authentic and incontestiblesfacta, or at least invested with that character of moral .probability which is tantamount to certainty. This duty, we venture to affirm, we have the ,satisfactleri of having fulfilled, and we engage to fulfil it.constantly. We are too much flattered with proofs of confidence, is also with • thaimputations to.which this wise circumspection has subjected us, to renounce voluntarily this doubln meed of -recompenee , • with which we araequally honoured. " It is not surpriting that malesiolence„ cupidity, and other rpasaions nut less criminal, shotl . ld seize with avidity such intel ligence as they have themselves often invented; it is quite in :Character 'that they should circulate it to operate during twenty 'four hours to their advantage. The' following day, compelled `either to give or receive humbly a contradiction, they console themselves for a traneltory'discoMfiture, by the benefit-which ' , has resulted from it. A decline , ingeniously calculated has ' • spread 'disquietude amongst the commercial interests, and alarmed Capitalists. What does this matter to the'propagatora of false reports and sinister news ? The common ruin has en ' tidied them ; they enrich themselves with the plunder of their dupes, by insulting their credulity. • " It is thus that during the last few days, speculators by their interested ,conjectuees, out-speeding events, 1140 fabri cated occurrences, the false nature of which is now manifest, or 'have given. nut, as accomplished, (Alen which are still in abey ,i46-ei and WhiohMaY be modified by a multitUdit of unforeseen eireur.,ameiccs.' Tliiis,,for instance, it waLantiounecd before' it was physi poOible to receive the intelligence, that the ihree Charges d'Affalres of the Continental 'Powers had quitted Madrid. The Arab is, that the Russian Legation left that capital ()tithe 14th, that of Prussia on the lath, and that of Austrh. on the 16th'; • but die Gime °•cl'Affairatiof the latter Power le.ft at Madrid his Secretary of Legation, in quality of Charge d.'Affairea of tin. Ilansestic towns ; the Legation of Austria was a long time ago acer4lltted.to the. panish Government in the name of the said towns►. It hi,s been stated,• in ,a public journal, that it was incon templa4on to form an Austria-Bavarian army on the Rhine ; this news, the object of which ,is pretty intelligible, is wholly false, and this .centradietion applies equally , to all the move moots of foreif,n troope which have been fabricated by our stock jObbers, or tbeete condescending writers who assist their views. Not a single march or any chersge•of position has taken place amongst the Continental troops. " We have alreadt had occasion to contradict . the , statement of the arrival of M. de Vence at Path, and it is now well known that thir, General has not quitted one instant the rpost • which he occupies at the Army of observation. On Thursday evening, II ;Journal .corrected this et ror by a new one ; it was not, indeed, M. de Vence, but the chief of his Stair who had come to Parisi and it is a fact well known . that the chief of his Staff has not made the journey , any more than the General, and that•he has not left him an instant. " It is true that M. the Duke de Sim Lorenzo commnnic.►ted' to the Minister of Foreign Affairs the contents of the circular 'addressed -hi the Spanish Miniqter, M. de San Miguel, to all the Spanish Legations on d►e Continent; but this communica lion; which would likewise he made in other States, was unac companied in France by any particular observation, and M.,the -Duke de San Lorenzo has not demanded his passports. "Our readers may depend upon the authenticity of these , • Jacbt, net one of which apses wt to-the danger of retractation." (Fll.ohl TRUE MOTE.) , The I±;tolie announced that the garrison of . Lille had set off for the Army of Observation. A very little reflection would have suggested that -a place so important, situated on the'extreme frontier, and where the service of the National Guard is not organized, could not, all at once, be deprived of its garrison. It is false., that his Excellency the Duke de San Lorenzo, Ambassador from his Catholic Ma n i, jesty, was seated apart from the place occupiek by the Diplomatic Corp.,: His Excellency oc a. cupied the place appropriated to him, am( on the right of the Ambassador from Wurtember;4. It is equally untrue that Usxcellency wore the uniform of the militia. Be was attired in that of a General of Brigade. traort L'ETott.t.l We ligve received the following letter from Bayonne, written by one of the .friends of Gen. O'Donnel:— "I have to inforin you, that our braVe General has arrived very apropos, for he ,was in a pitiable stale. On the night of the 18th or 19th of December, he fell with his horse into a chasm. lie was promptly assisted, and withdrawn from the abyss, but his leg and right foot were dreadfully crushed. • " The enemy was at that time pursuing him closely, and he was obliged to manoeuvre at the head of hie columns night and ' day on horseback, being unable to go on foot in consequence of his unfortunate contusions; and at the end of ten days, hav ing led his troops into the mountains, he resolved to return to France, to take care of his•leg, which Was exceedingly inflamed. As these troops had made very long marches, and experienced excessive cold,during twenty-eight days,the, toes of the General were frozen, and his inflamed leg exhibited symptoms of gan grene. To-day these symptoms "have disappe:ared, anti there remain only a great inflammation. and a wound in the leg, which oblige him to keep his'bed. When he has recovered from the effects of the severe cold j►e has endured, his conva lescence will be speedy." ' THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING. truou THE LTV tIiPOOL ADVERTISER.) . Our readers will perceive by the following Wier, that Mr. Canning's resignation is no longer a matter of doubtful rumour. The confirmation of this report will be received, we be lieve, with regret by most of our readers; since even the Opposi tion party, busying 'no hope of returning a representative of their own principles, can feel no gratification in parting with one who (it is universally admitted), has executed the duties which his connection with the town imposed upon him ,in the mostiactivn and impartial manner. . Something, too, we may persume, will be felt by all, at 'the dissolution of a eonnedion pito long a • standing, in which the talents of the one party, and the steady attachment of the other, reflecting reciprocal honour, have excited mutual pleasure . and satisfaction, It has been confidently asserted that Mr. liuskisson has consented to offer himseltas Mr. Canning's successor,:-, • " TO THE FREEMEN OF LIVEItVOOL! ",Foreign gfike, Jan. 2.1, 1823. " GENTLEMEN—Finn months' experience of the occupa, thins of the department which the King has been graciously pleased to confide to me, combined with the, anticipation of that increased pressure which the approaching Session of Par liament will bring with it, forces upon me the reluctant con viction, that I 'should no Wager be able tozive to the import ant duties of a representative of Liverpool, that degree of at tention which would satisfy your just claims,. and my own conscientious estimate of them. " After much hesitation, and with a feeling of deep regret (for know you will give me credit,) I have thought • it right to declare this conviction to you plainly and openly. It is far better both for you and for me that the failure which apprehend as too probable, should be prevented than re. method. " I surrender into your hinds, therefore, a charge which during the ten yearn that I have had the honour to, hold it, I May preauMe to say I have fulfilled with earnestness and 'fide lity.; but in which .I sin nevertheless fully aware bowmueh my endeavours have been aided by your encouragement 5 how many of my omissions have been overlooked by your indul gence ; andbow greatly my services (such as they were) have .been overpaid,by the repeated and increasing manifestations of your regard and good opinion. ,You will not, U hope, find •it • difficult to provide a sue coma better qualified to serve you. Whoever may be the ob ject of your choice, he nifty flepend on my co-opersition on any occasion on which 'I can properly and usefully aid him ; and you may be assured of the pleasure with which' I shall, avail myself of every such opporthnity, to testify my grateful re membrance of a connection which has been the. pride of. my public life, and which nothing could have induced me, during the continuance of my public life, to relinquish, except semi of duty that forbids me to retain a trust, of- which I cannot adequately discharge the obligations. " I have the honour to be, with the :sincerest gratitUde, re spect, and attachment, Gentlemen, " Your obliged an faithful servant, " GEORGE CANNING." The following is a copy of an alivertisement which has been inserted in the Liverpool Adverlige;i• on the occasion " CANl'lO4u special Meeting of the Canning Club will be held at the York Rotel, on Monday evening next, at eight o'clock, upon: most important and particu l a r business, when the ,attendance of every Member is earnestly requested. "..fantiary 24, 1823. " T. FLEMING, See. MATU OF DOCTOR JlUTTON.—Yesterday, died, at his house in Bedford-row, CJIARILES HUTTON, LLD. F.R.S. &c. in the 86th year of his age. This venerable character will be' re membered with gratitude, as long as useful science is duly appreciated ; perhaps no name can be, mentioned, either ancient or modern, that has so successfully promoted those ,branches of mathematical knowledge, snort conducive to the practical purposes of life, as Doctor IlurroN,--- Ile has ,been an eminent author for upwards of sixty years, and, during forty of that period, he discharged .the arduous duty of Professor of Mathematics, at the Royal Military'Acadetny, at Woolwich, with the highest honour to himself and advantage to his country. lIiS improvements in military tactics have greatly promoted the success of the British Artillery and Engineers for the last half century, and have even been acknowledged and adopted by several of the first Professors on the Continent. SUOGLCAL IMPROVEMENT.--A. most ingenious instrument has, we understand, been lately con trived far taking up the subclavian artery. ,This operation, hitherto unsuccesful in the majority of instances, solely from the difficulty of passng a ligature round the vessel,may now be performed the aid of the instrument we allude to, with the same expedition and facility as on the most superficial vesse4by the ordinary aneurism needle. The credit of this invention is due to Dr. BrIINE, Surgeon of the Dublin City Militia. After a series of years, spent in close attention to the subject, this gentleman, it is stated, has suc ceeded in discovering the exciting cause of anima tion ; the nature of that subtle , effect itself ; and the wt'of the system to which it legitimately belongs. He intends, us we are informed, to proceed to London in a few months, to give to this important discovery that extent of publicity which for many reasons this country is not cal culated to afford.—(Duklin Pryer) PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. EI:TING or Tilt FREEHOLDERS'or BERKSHIRE • Pursuant to a requisition, signed by Lord Folkestone, Sir F. Burdett, C. V'. Palmer, Esq., J. B. Monck, Eeq., arid several of the most respecta.ble Freeholders of the , County of Berks, the High Sheriff,' Sir Groianor Barr, yes terday convened a Meeting at Abingdon,‘" for the purpose of taking, into consideration the Present state of the Houee of Commons, and the necessity of a Reform thereof." A little before twelve o'clock, the HlOll SHERIFF, attended by Mr. WAnD, ns .Under Sheriff', entered the Town-hell, which was filled by a very numerous body of; the gentry and yeomanry of the comity. Lord FolkeStone, Messrs. Palmer a nd Mona, the Members for Reading; Dundee, T. Cioodlake, Esq., H. Metal, Esq., C. Eyston, Esq., W. /I alletteEsq., and:many other gentlemen of rank and consideration in the County, were present. The H ion SH Enloe' opened the business or the day, by stating, that a requisition had been handed ttohim ' the signs totes to which were so highly respeetahle , tha t he felt it to be his duty to accede to it, by• calling the present Meeting. He t rus ted that the business of the day would be conducted with so mach propriety as to prevent 'opposition from those who were unfriendly to such meetings, and which would, prevent hie feeling army regret hereafter for having obeyed the call of the requisitionists.—(Applaute.)—He was ready to hear the observations of any gentleman who was inclined to address the Meeting ; buteat the same time, nothing, he hoped, would be introduced, in the coulee of the discussion, beyond what was stated in the terms of the requisition.—( ApplauSe.)—lle then read the requisition, and afterwards laid before the Meeting a letter which he had received from Mr. Neville, in which that gentleman expressed his regret that he was unable to attend, being at the distance of BO miles from Abingdon. T. GOOD Esq., proposed that the High Shetiff should take theclialei which was carried by acclamation. C. EYSTON, Esq., then proceeded to :Wilmot the assembly. He commenced eby stating, . that he most. , unatfectedly upolo. gizett to the Gentlemen present fur presenting himself thus conspicuously and prominently to their notice. Unaccustomed as he was to public speaking, and having :but little claini to their attention, he felt it peculiarly necessary' to request their indulgence, which, he trusted, they would extend to him f or a very few minutes, since, he could assure them that he would not interpose longer between them, and stone of the most re spectable individuals in the county, whom he saw around him, and who would doubtless, deliver their sentiments on this occa sion. When he considered the extreme inclemency of the sea son, it gave him great pleasure to see so' numerous a meet ing, more pareicularly as it was attended by so great a body of the Gent!) , and Yeomanry of the county,—(Applause.)— He ever looked upon the independent and .soun4 botly„of the middle 'class of • society--.the yeomanry and .farmers of the country—OS the chief stay, and support of the State.—(Ap plause.)-,..Other nations aught possoss the summit and the base of society, but they could not boast of that which was the pride of Loglishmen--a middle &tee. —( Applause.)--It had been said, and most truly, by one of ch. greatest men this coup try ever produced—a luau to whose couneels late poiterity would do ample.. justice, although; to the deep regret of e v e r y patriotic mind, they liaci * been neglected at the time it lied been observed by Mr. Vox; in his historical work, that it was,a distine guiehing feature of a free Goiterrinient to place the public purse in the hands of the people, or under the control of those who were their real representativee.--(Applause.)--Therefore it Was that the care of the public purse should be vested in the House of Commons; bectuse they were, or et least ought to be, the true representatives of the people—(Applauee),--und being an elective body e they were less likely to be influenced by corrupt or venal motives.—(Applause.)---He regretted, however, to say that Parliament had ceased to be the efficient organ of the pub lic voice, it no longer operated as a check on the improper ex. penditure Of the national wealth; and, to the absence, or to the hon-observance of that excellent principle of the constitution, by which the people were supposed to possess a proper control over their representatives, they were to trace all the evils and miseries by which the country was now overwhelmed , —(t earl) —To that baneful cause, and to no other, were they to attribute the , national debt, the reduction of which defied all the efforts of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; to this baneful cause it was owing, that this populous country, remarkable for the fertility of its soil, and the laborious industry of its inhabitants, was ' reduced to a level with those States which were cursed with a sterile soil, and burdened by an indolent population.—iffear, hear !)_-,-To this cause must also Ise attributed that agricultu ral distress which threatened. to involve all ranks in one come mon r u in.-:-(Cheering.)—Nobleinen audgentleinen, Manufac turers and agriculturists, laudlonie and tenants, wevoall hur rying forward to the sums lamentable gottle—(llear, ;Jeer ! ) Time, and human coeruption, a still more powerful agent than time itself', had sapped and .underminded the representative e) stein. Those mouldering and decayed butreeses, tile rotten boroughs, were, not only .useless, but injurious to the Con stitution.l4.4plause.)—lf he were permitted to indulge iu a joke on so serous an occasion, be :would say, that those bo roughs were good for little else but to liarbour the rats and other noxious vermin who. preyed on the vitals of the people. --(Hear, hear, and partial disapprobation.)—To renovate and to repair, not to 'overturn or to pull down, the constitutional bulwarks, by which their ancestors had surrounded the rights of the people, was the object, and lie thought the :lauda. ble object, of the Gentlemen who had signed the ..Requisi tion..—alear, hear, hear !)—There were, in the present admi nistration of the Government, many abuses so. extremely glaring, that it was hardly necessar y to point them out to-so enlightened an assembly. Seats in P 46411103 for fatten boroughs were as openly and notoriously sold, as, corn was ex posed to sale is that town 'on market.day.—tHear, hear !t— -ills was quite evident at every general election. But it was not done merely on the eve of each general election; no, it was a matter of constant occurrence. Ile would mention a case which had happened the other gentleman had resigned his castle, lite park, Ins pictures, hie books e to another gentle man, for an adequate compensation. This he lied a right to do ; it was a transfer of the property of one rich man to another ; but he had no right to transfer along with his estate thohorough which stood at the foot of his caetle. There was nothiog invi dious in naming the individual to whom he alluded.. Mr. Beck ford has sold hiss property to' Mr. Farquhar, and with it the no mination to the borough. He did not state this from any feeling of diereSpeet towards the individual : perhaps, if the , property had been his, lie would have done the sane. thing ; 'but hid ob jection was to the system altogether —(Weer !)—lt was not pur r sued merely in a retail' way, but was Sometimes acted on in a wholesale manner. Scarcely had a twelveceozith passed since a whole clan, ati entire party, had deserted the.interests of the people, and arrayed themselVes on the side of Ministers. Their prayer was, Give , us all good places, and sanctify the means by which we obtain thein."—(Hear !)--If the representative system were properly attended to, those individuals might in , deedloxuriate as long as they pleased umidst the sweets of office, but not one of them would ever, be retained to sit in Par liament as a representativo of the people.— , d True, true.)—Those who called this meeting had not In view any, visionary project. Their wish was to put down a system which was alike hostile to . their properties and their lisoaties.--tCheeringo—Let the People of England look to whet ether nations were doing—let them contemplate what was paesieg, not only in Europe, but even in the New World. You bawl(' them In all quarters " degradation enlancitill gandtbdersgrsealv e r ;_ f o ror ea d rt arkness and delusion—from hear !)—You behold them looki . for safety and happineis in a representative system.— ( Hear)--And here he must pour fortha wish, that one of thosegreat nations which were now nobly aeserting their rights (he alluded. to Spain), might successfully defend their libertite, and free themselves from the aggressive interference of those who impiously called theMselves The Holy A Iliance."—(H gar !)—. `Holy indeed they would be, if it were holyto put your neigh bour toldeath, on account of difference of opiniont—(flear ! )—in truth, as well might any three of those gentlemen who s i gne d the requisition, go to any one of his Majesty's Ministers (the Lord. Chancellor for instance,) and sey, " He will put you to death, because you are a bad politician," as those Holy So - - Vereigns interfere with the constitutional proceedings of an in dependent state,—(Hear!) --The present, lie conceived, t o be the mast favourable moment for bringing forward the great question of Reform in Parliiiment.-(Liear, hear!)—'The ferent bodies of reformers appeared to hint to be verging to- wards one common centrc.—Vf©i hear!)—The aristocracy began to see the n ecess ity of reforming, and the great body of the peel& seemed anxious to coalesce with than ; Acting under time batmen; of men who were able and willing to lead them—maeching towards that' worthy, that great and de hear I)—The people would procure that e a shientabtlteenodbjedectt,o_ap(amlieadri:ration of the representative system, firmness, temper, and m oderation, were the great points to they would be moderate—they. had also shown that they would be firm'i and be trusted that, in the end, they id had ou shownpur restoratioa of that Constitution, consisting of King, Lords, and Commons (a body. If Commons really and truly representing the people), under which, in former times, they had been a prosperous and glorious. nation, and under theb e en r i e g w n fluence of which they might main pope to be the envy and ad nairation of surrounding co untries.—(Cheerio—in . th e w/at o ms which he had had the honour of eobinitting to the bleating, he was not, if he knew his own heart, actuated by .paesion, by prejudice, or by party the sentimentshet had pressed arose solely from the e conviction is' own mind.—(Hear, n eme )_.fle Would now put the meeting in pos. session of the whole petition which load been prepared for their consideration. Of that petition he was not the author ; but he entirely concureed in every sentiment which it contained,,:-. h , (Hear, which was hp a )— foi Th iow e s !lan. Gentleman then read the petition, of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament a s sembled . w o lal t e l s se ar.s llonourable the Commons of the United Kingdom " The petition of the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders of the County of 'Berle', in county meeting aisembled, " Showeth—That the onlyelegitimate end of government is the happiness of the governed, and that the Government which fade to produce this happiness is unworthy of support, and ought to be reformed. aod against, tion of P w ro h v e i r d e e f n a ce ro , i o such r ashum ats power pestilence, or invasion from eithout, has not occurred, the absence of l'h con a t owoltm avert re no visitations or guard hap piness the people is a sure sign of defects in the laws and government of the country. " That there exists at this time, in every part of this country, the greatest distress amongst a very numerous and most import. tural pursuite ; and - that the circumstances which have plungedant part of the people, viz. :—all those connected with agricul . `them in ruin arc those which alone have rescued from equal distress another part, superior in numbers, anti second only to them in importance, viz.--Ithe manufacturing-clasees., " That this country has been visited by no afflicting or over whelming dispeneations of Providence ; that all external wars have ceased for More than seven years ; that internal tranqui lity has been uninterrupted; abundance has crowned all the labours.of the husbandman ; yet distress and poverty, so far front abating, seem to increase in proportion as peace and plenty, Iheretofore reckoned the surest foundations and symptoms of happiness and prosperity, have become permanent and general. " That though it appears, therefore, that the Government of tide country has failed to produce its .orily legitimate purpose. yet the Constitution is so beautiful in theory, and did in prac tice produce,for so many ages such beneficial effects, this meet ing cannot but. attribute these unhappy results not to any inhe rent or necessary defects, but to abuses grown up in the course of tiine. " That by the theory of the Constitution, the House of Cern mons ought to be the representative of the people. " That, in fact; by fur the majority of its members have scarcely any connection with the people as such; nominated, not by their voice, but by persons whose interest, ate directly opposite to theirs, Mid in very many cast* themselves enriched by their spoils. " That, by the theory of the Constitution, no part of the I executive government of the country resides in the House of CoMmons ; that their main duty is to controul thole who ad minister the affairs and direct the powers of the State ; so that the people may receive no damage in their persona, liberties, or properties. "'What in practice this duty, has been wholly neglected, and that, on thee band, almost the whole government of the country has been abearbed by the House of Commons. '" That, from the period when the country was,first moulded to its present form, no steps have. been taken by the Legislas ture generally to extend and invigorate the popular voice in the elections of Members of the House of Commons. Tbat the extension of the elective franchise in particular places, by occasional Acts of Parliament, and in counties by the depreciation of the value of money, has bed but a very partial effect, inure than counteracted by a variety of circum stances, which in the common course of things must necessa rily, during so long a period, have arisen to introduce at every election corrupt and undue influence. That besides these unavoidable sources of cornippon, adieu of an adventitious nature have not been wanting, arising out of the mode adopted for the administration of the affairs of the country, amongst which your Petitioner!' will only mention two—viz. the enormous increase of taxation, and the prodi gious augmentation of the Peerage. " That while the voice of the people has thus been, in fact., continually less and less predominant, the people have at the same time become, by increase of intelligence, information, and knoivledge, more and more capable of forming a right judgment.on the conduct of their Representatives, and worthy of slipping a direct controul over them. them a more powciful voice in the election of 1i embers of the " That h therefore appears due equally to the p eo p le to g ive House of Commons, and to the Crown, to refocus that House, which, neglecting; their own peculiar duties, have invaded the ' prerogatives of Bonita , and usurped its poirer. That this meeting is happy to be assured, that so desirable a change involves no innovation in the spirit of the constitution Of the country ; that it merely corrects its manifest abuses; and adapts to the change of circumstances which time has Oceanian tel, recognized and acknowledged principles. "That your petitioners therefore pray, that your Honourable House will, without delay, adopt : those measures which may be necessary to effect such a change in the constitution of the House of Commons as will render it tie real and efficient representative of the people, able and willing to redress their grievance*, to maintain their rights, and to provide alike for their happiness , and for the honour of the Crown. " And your „petitioners will ever pray." , The petition having been gone through . , ' Mr. EYST 0 said,--Gentlenien, this is the petition which I hope will be adopted by the meeting. If the Noble Lord by whom the petition was drawn up had pleased, be might easily have selected a Gentlemen better able to propose • it with effect, and whose opinion would .have had greater weight and influence; but of this I ant sure, that an individual more deeply impressed with the justice and importance of the con stitutional principles laid down in that, petition he could not have found any where.--(Applause.) THOMAI Bowers, Esq., said he rose for the purpose of seconding the proposition which had just been made. He had carefully examined the petition, and he must say that it met with his entire approbation. He was extremely glad that the terms of the requisition .went directly to the subject .of Par. liamentary Reform—(Applause) ;—because he was thoroughly convinced that the reduction of taxes, and the removal of those evils by which the. Constitution had been assailed fbrthe last b 0 or 60 years, could never be effected except by a change in the representation of the people (hear) so long AA the puklic mo ney was expended on jobs; on sinecures, on useless pensions, to long as the influence of the Crown continued. to be so widely extended that, to sae the words of Mr. Wilberforce, " it met us at every corner, and confronted us at every turn," all hope of the redress of popular grievances was perfectly vain ; be cause, under such a vicious system, the Minister could corn -1 mend a majority on every question which he wished to bring forward, arid, of course, on every question which he wished to put down.—(Hear, bear!)--He addressed these observations more particularly to the _yeomen of this county, and indivi duals who were engaged in agricultural pursuits ; and he was of opinion, that the counties of Norfolk and Hereford, who were the first to originstepublio meetings on this occastien, would- have acted more efficiently, if, instead of petitioning for relief from agricultural distress they had boldly called for Parliamentary ' Reforms-- ( Hear) — because the Latter, in a very considerabb degree, included the former.:-.(Cheers.) —Gentlemen, continued Mr. Bowles,- let us be moderate, but at theisame time let us be firm. If we pursue a moderate and firm course, it requires ; I think, no great spirit of prophecy to declare, that our cause e in spite of every obstacle, must be finally successful—(Cheering);—anti then will the House of Common* again become,evhat it always ought to be, the effi cient organ of the feelings and sentiments at the grut body of the people.—(Cheering.):—Taking, therefore, all these point* into consideration, I think we may fairly prer.outee, that fe there is soniething • rotten in the state of bean:ark," which calls for immediate and circa:nisi reform.--(Cheering.) The RIoR SHERI r F.—lf any - gentleman objects to - the pe tition, lam ready to hear his sentiments, WoUld you, gentles men, wish to have the petition read again'?—(No, no fo—No gentleman appears to disapprove of the petition in any .x. A FRF:FL EOLDEL agreed It appears to be unanimously to. After a short pause, • Lord FOLKESTONE presented himself to the notice of the meeting, and was received with loud acclamations. His Lord. ship said, that as no opposition had been offered to the motlen of his Hon. Friend, is might perhaps appear rather a work of supererogation when he took it on 'himself to address so nu- InerCLIS and respectable a meeting. At the same time. there were one or two things aliich he wished to notice beforethe meeting separated ; and, as his lion. Friend had said, in brieg ing the petition under their view, he would detain them but for a very few moments. Before he touched on the matter of the petition, it would perhaps be ri,glat to compliment hie Hon. Friend dstait F l l scp is pitnlro l gfi l yn o sedo n ous . psor F .o r tnol ie Thit n inoti d ene p mttal re aa f et ei ptoe f othof iti nah s tisthwiishpeoceiechn observa tions and the Meeting . on the spee.i with which the petition was in troduced r e sasainpondeoitit.alylogHerylc: apologizing doi op t : id bio r zneewi n irwl l o g uotg:t was,i rif e notice . which t heppened to be nexteedl i ed ihoect o coo n ti to cereied a ect, drees itodnuot th stot e lh C ve o a u Gy n seseou ty r : en f ro ß antro er wh k i: s :o: ear y " w co hi zu ch . o H f e th m o us oso t li e k ro evr bl i a patient, an attentive, and a well - pleased auditory.—(Heart )—A abi i ts o i° e , r n. h a 4 e nd w H as r e ei l s r pe ' a h f c: o seconded rdiay yeoirindAi t obh Abingdon, o r gd n o l o ob t from the state of the wea ther, that there -would be no meeting at all ; but h e was re joiced to find, in spite of the inclemency of the season—and more inclement weather could not be encountered—that so nu. merous a body of gent r y and yeomanry had attended, for the purpose of discharging a most important duty. Indeed, he had never seen a more respectable asewebly than that. which was now convened.—(lleas, hear!)—He was the snore pleased at „ this circumstance, ne c e e the wordingof the requisition, and the purpose for which the Meeting was called, were not, per_ hags, of that peculiar nature ihicla would touch the feelings, on come to the bosoms of . d_lotz who were auffereg from the rest. distressed state of the agr i cu l tura l interest. If • the Alerting had been convened for the . perpose of de'lising some means by which the prevailing agricultural distress might be relieved, i would, perhaps, have beep more saulinga but he was con.t questionincett, t w li at h t cu ba l ll tur w a a l s gs n t et re a s ich trY s ihlYe w nYsl a tual k yP r c e rnges al eelid l t y ilttoe: fo dth u enis n ee d ‘W i r d esil F eweveillo i nf l tc e lednPoro w 4ine o l i i ii rni o til2 n7 h o ttil i o : enter extent in o t t o Rtheefortlu,estiooungh, ought to to to bwelmatdopsptedec.ie Ii s, you not say but that his views- on this subject might j farther than those disclosed by Mr. Bowles in his speech. would not, deny that he thought reform, to be effectual, oug to go much deeper, and to a much greeter extent. They acv? not, however, split hairs on this occasion.—(Hear!) —Whe i the rotten boroughs should be done away, or whist ereediel'i should be adopted, was not now the question. They all a upon one general point—namely, that some reform was_ e;e: lutely necessary ; and without any concealment a hie opinion as to the necessity of an extensive reform, he hoPe g ; petition was so drawn up as to conciliate the unanimoidi revel of the meeting, since it called for no particular C ttnite system of retbrm.—(Hear o—Neither a radical moor derate reformer could dissent from,the pet i t i o n. because t prayed for that which all felt to be requisite for the s' being of the country--a reform in the election of 3.1 , s of the House of commons. Was it not reasonable thattiorts, a reform should take place ?—(Hear, hear o—Wca it sonableththatin been sut:Jha donereforin ,by should be demanded ?—( Had any_ „l voice more strong and firm at P d a i r e lia p tn e en tio t ti to wil ln en ak6 e l'etch f h? `": l l ; ..t place ? Act* bud been pasted, without end, for rep.: 11 election of Members to sir in die House of Commons - 7:7e punishment of treating anti bribery ? and for various_cen e srr. poses; but one Act hid been intruceec:el to rer.der the I i; of :Members of Parliament More extensively popula r ' t oo so long ago as the reign of Henry V 1., the rient L".e' ec „le Members was extended to forty shilling freeholdePo! had subsequently been passed for the regulation of the,„ cl feanchise, with reference to p ar ticular places, wne re e c o r notorieus corruption was known to have prevailed, erns cco g a common saying, that money produced y wher og don begat corruption—power extended power; au" let it was grasped, those who had attained iteneoycL eftsefts eagain.--(Hear!)—The improper it:Ave:ice cvnicn ; e d , beg in returning a Member to Parliament might i rrd bran individual, but it was only transferred ! person, anti therefore the people were not beiseuir t s had not. perhaps, been able to consider this F7' n ere deeply, but the justice of his opinion had bee% of , by facts ; for if an person leaked over the lis t ° cola roughs in the nomination of any individual, he ixt g lee that the Members for those places we lri 6rl " tl from amorerst the gentlemen in the nei in modern times the property of those into the hands of some particular family nolonger given to persons resident' in t to those who were connected . ,with, family of the patron. His opinion electing Members of the 'llouse • of 0 according to the intelligence and inf elected them, • and whom they were hear!)—On these grounds he shock a most unfair argument to say; even he had endeavoured to prove the cent' the mode of election was not wanted system of election 'which had prevail( continued to be acted on. AsAiltera\ the knowledge and information of was necessary that a change should tal electing Members of Parliament. He gentleman present had a eon of tender that sun a certain degree of freedom-1 go a certain distance from home. Thfi he was of immature age ; but when le and was able to look after his father's • considered very ridiculous, if his - Pare: system of restraint?—(hear, heard)--A. that the people, whose expansion of knowledge enabled thetri to judge, and own affairs, should be allowed to (Jeri& ' who were to represent them in rarliann been well observed by Lord Bacon, th: of all innovators. As to the change had only to demand how much the fit dery times had encroach l upon the of stitution ? Oh that point le would clue by Mr. Canning at Liverpool—it speech tgeinst Parliamentary Reform. 'flit which he contended against the aeserthe House of Commons was not sufficient. the /louse of Commons had trenched powers of the other branches of the Aaron's rod, it had neatly absorbed h the House or Lords and the Ring.e.4. greater revolution than this? Mr. Cart Im n;i s t i to k t t o es lPLl }7 o a d n i el e e in 7fo c en r a t g tl i t i o .4. e i i a n te l t l eP ei r t P° l r r a n .m i t : : e o vig n n o t n s u i tr n tl i d o r l a . :! ll :rre e i v n : House of Commons was not sutficiern with Mr. Canning, that it had absorbe lows—that monstrous revolution bar' it had flowed all the grievances of wl plained. The powers of King, Lordl, kept distinct they were all amaleatr the Government, by which the bilan , destroyed:—(Hear !)—With respect • ty which was now in progress, he woo sent state of things ? All those come plunged in the deepest distress. The 1 his rents, and the labourer was bedl• was not remunerated. Was not thh tion in property as could possibly be Oixitleman know that there was at, pi property than was ever experienced VlThat was the present distress to be a easioned by the change in the current pension of cash payments in 1797, de pension . for many veers, and the rent l y. t r ew t tgg ohnechtfihoale:daueuephp hope effected tml required. ey e ut ott menti re oned, lyoh p a m Thel yn k n e eeyeha u nd f r so g o :n o ,u l I- t igtatt that all oh °s i u oaet ktyse, to passed t p i rwa ( e ire f rod tp m c ia rieedbaaeur Commons.l a n t w o enonads therefore t hb.di the ground. They already had ex Their eufferinge were occasioned by y (Hear;) caused : 1 t e4rc t o t h r t e ?. R ) petition t— e l t . I ° e t.n iaw . sN i enacted i obl woulde expressed i b u r e r d !' Mr. HALi.ETT, in a speech of cone of short Parliaments, and a greater franchise.- He would also have, in his number of Members, a fourth or a every year —not by rotation, but by of being called before h is constituents operate powerfully in infiu encin g his of the people. Ile viciuld also have fe by ballot,- and et the placei where tio allow everyman who paid takes ooh' put a rnan to the trouble of losing tin vote. He would have the Electors at to vote in those places respectil scenes of riot, disorder, drunkeriness , which they too frequenily witness avoided. This by wrote would be it might. It was, however, his not without a plan of Reform, heard what it was. The worthy Ci louircheering e by again congratule on having so numerous and' reap' thanking them for the attention - to him. Mr. If. MARSH (of Reading) re assembly, end brass received with began by observing, that after thi tionel conduct of Mr. S. Wortley ward to oppose what be conceived to have met the Tories of 13erksi express their opinions on the prase ever, rather surprised at their absel that they were afraid of their (the they had so often held to be VS He supposed he Inuit set their nor clemency of the weather. They h to the inside of Me house—(l aule. fostering shelter, anti too well eicql things which were " laid on its r formers, poor radicals, were °Wig , storm" without a nd patiently tr fell) to venture into the open Ail dined to do so when the object. w whith they lived so well. ---(App c sv o iu ut: g ite to pa at t t r r e i s bute ss their absence.. which had been already delivered fore, would be very l° b n ge ° f. n th T e h if e a su tl Y . t . 'ec t i l 'e t T:rsfr ''' threadbare one; indeed, it was one "bore but' introduction at all, that it was thread let t that the garment was ahnost worn ° ,rd ie nga ' , ; t 0 1 5 reformers? a new one • let them have i' re s ots ;. 0 they wou d bie satisfied, for tit.) , , ü bjec , „4100 better.—afear !)--But thoog_ . , t n t l ng tolls ;0 0 ;t1 ons, it was not still less interes h :A sfelf o rpll were many subjects threadbare Iv at o valuable. It was that open, fri ll ! :. o d fbr 'eh Prc" tore of their property whi we re 0rie1..., ,ighborhoo ; e boron,glo. ta t o v, rejgasen „At the netghbo o i r7„,: t , or dePelh' en e poit was, that t , h ,,,t0 too ! 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