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Copy of the Bill, and of the Correspondence between the "Court of Directors and the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India upon the subject of it, are open for the per itsal of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. PARSONS' IIOOPING COUGH MEDICINE. AN Effectual and Safe Remedy for this dan- Tereus complaint, having been administered fur many 'years with constant success by Mr. PARSONS, Surgeon, West nailing, Kent, he is induced, by the. persuasion of his Friends, who have witnessed its beneficial etfrcts in many re went mut most severe cases, to offer it to Public. It may. -be administered with perfect safety to Children of the most k lender -age, as well as to those at a more advanced persod. Sold in Packets, at 2 s. 9 d e ach, by Messrs n . C mlisis. .1. Cheapside, St. Paul's, -210, Regent-street (near Sack the Argyle Rooms), London; Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; -silly-street, Dublin s and by the principal Medicine Venders Ihrougbout the United Kingdom. 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WARMOLL and CO. to send all Teas, from their Warehouse, packed as they coigne from China, to preserve their superior strength and flavour.. Congou,l3s. ; fine strong Souchong Tea, Os. ed.; superior fine Breakfast Souchong, 75.; best ditto, Bs. to 10s. ; remarkably fine Green Tea, Hyson kind, es. to Os. ; real Hyson very fine, 10s. ; best Ilyson, 12s. • Gunpowder Tea, 13s. • fi ne Coffee, 35.; very fine Bs. 4d. ; best Turkey Coffee, 4s. fkl. to ss. NORFOLK and SUFFOLK TEA WAREHOUSE, No. 23, LITTLE BELL ALLEY, .Up Leothersellers%buildings, London Wall, leading to the Bank of England, London. counts y families are recommended to write to the above Wholesale Warehouse, to obtain superior genuine Teas ; sent carriage free. • FOR THE SUN. SPANISH INDEPENDENCE. Ma. EDITOR—I was one of those numerous individuals present at the Meeting in the City, in behalf of the gloriously gallant Spaniards, who heard your indignant and sarcastic denunciation of the scandalous attempt of the Bourbon Govern, meat to bribe you to an advocacy of their in famous proceedings, as well as a perversion and distortion of all truth and fidelity of a Public Journalist ; and, Sir, from the facts you yester day disclosed, and the truly British and honest sentiment you displayed, I beg leave to point Out your respectable and well-known Journal as one of the most valuable literary allies devoted to the Libertles and Independence' of Spain. I ~therefore take the liberty to suggest, throng 'your Paper, to the Spanish Committee, Ist, Whether separate Meetings should not be called at Westminster, Middlesex, and Southwark, fol. lowing up the noble example set by the City and Corporation of London ; 2d, Whether circular letters should not be sent to all the Corporate Bodies and Sheriffs of the United Kingdom, de claring succinctly and unanswerably the true state of the question between Spain and France, and energetically calling upon them to befriend their quondam Mewls in Spain, so ever memorable since the awful epoch of 1808 ;—and 3d Iy, would it not be advisable in the Spanish Committee devise and adopt the best plan of receiving au thentic accounts of the real occurrences passing in the Peninsula, to publish the same for the in formation and satisfaction of the Friends of Spain in Great Britain and Ireland, thus to con. found the false insidious and purchased fabrica tions contained not only in the lying Gazettes of the Bourbons, but also in certain Englisl Newspapers, and in one particularly too note riously reprobated to need mentioning. Saturday, 14th June. W. N. S. COMMON COUNCIL. INDEPENDENCE OF GREECE. : Yesterday a Special Meeting of the Common Council was to receive the Report of the Committee fur General Purposes, on the Petition of the Greek Commi►tee for aid in behalf of the Greek cause, and also for the disposal of public aniness. The Report of the Committee was-brought up and read ; it stated, that they regarded with a feeling of deep interest the efforts of the Greeks to obtain emancipation from their pre sent degraded condition ; that it deservestsssistance, nit only from states, hut also from individuals ; and they therefore re commended that 5001. be granted from the funds. Me. 111.acxer, after, reading the Report, moved that 5001. be granted in aid of the Greckx. Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion, hut begged to observe. that if an amendment he proposed of granting 1,0001, instead of 5001., he did not know but that he might support the amendment in preference to the original motion. The Loan Marou rose and stated that several Members of the Court had itttimaled , their strong doubts of the legality of the aid proi*setti to the Greeks, and also that afforded - the other day to the Spaniards. The Council are awsre of the proclamalumjsstied against rendering aid to any of the two powers, both of whom were on terms of amity with this (;o vernment. Feeling the importance of the subject, he had submitted the question as to the legality of supplying either arms or money to the Greeks. The Recorder had strong doubts of its legality; the Common Sergeant thought that the supply of both would he legal but, from the importance. of the subject, requested further time.--(Hear, hear !)—For his own part, he wished well to the cause of both the Greeks and Spaniards. but thought that time , ought to be afforded, for examining the legality of the proposed course. Mr. Jove considered that many Members of the Court, al though nut pet haps to he placed in competition with the City Officers, yet. were competent to form a judgment upon the le • gality of the proposed aid. These thought we might safely afford aid. The germ of liberty had began to expand, and deserved and demanded our most ardent co-operation. The proposed grant would receive his most cordial support. He would, however, rather vote a larger sum. If it were illegal to supply arms, let us limit oar aid to the transmission of money.---CLoud and continued cheering.) • The Luna MAYOR repeated that be had no objection to aid• ing the Greeks. but he wished time to consider of its legality. Mr. JAMES observed that the Greeks had often been made the subjects of treachery, aid hail heel) promised to be af forded to their efforts, and after they had taken up arn.s they had 'been abandoned to the fury of their. relentless enemies. He called upon the Court not to withhold assistance now that its utility was apparent ; he called upon them to show their feelings as men and Christians, and to proclaim to the world that the City of London regarded despotism with its strongest indignation. As an amendment to the original inotioii, he proposed a grant of 1,0001. Mr. HICKS leVentlEd.tht amendment. lig observed that, in such a cause. although the City, was poor, it w;l6 their duty to spew their feelings, • and render the iiiniOst aid in their • power. Alderman WAITHMAN believed the cause Of both the Spa , niards and Greeks to be the same; they stood upon the same footing ; they were both the efforts of the oppressed against an intolerable tyranny—efforts which commanded the atter). tion of the whole civilized world, and were worthy the aid of every lover of liberty. Mr. GALLOWAY observed that he had the honour of bring a iember ( - )1 the Greek Comioittee, anil from his knowledge that body, he was stire*the Meeting might fully refs on their discretion for the mode adopted of transmitting to the Gieeki the money subscribed. T. his knowledge arms had been re cently sent to Spain, and were ont stopped, although exa mined by the officers of the Custom-house. Several other members spoke for and against the question. Amidst loud cries of "Question, question," the Amend ment, viz. that 1,0001. instead of 5001. be advanced from the City funds for theassistance of the Greeks, was put and cur ried—there nut being more than seven or eight dissentients• EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Special General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock was yesterday held at the Company's House in Leadenhall-street. The CHAIRMAN (WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq.) moved " That e Cutlet do confirm the Resolution of the General Court of Tuesday last, relative to the Pensiont to be granted to the Judges of the Courts in India on retirement, and also grant ing a pension of 10001. per annum to the Revarder of Prince of Wales Island, • as'a retiring p ension , i when be shall have filled the situation fog ten years. ' The DErGTY-CHAIRMAN (WM. AMU, Esq.) seconded the motion. Mr. FL JA( ICSON expressed his surprise at the course taken by the Court of Directors. lie had expected (after what had fallen from the Chairman at the last*Court, hi consequence of certain suggestions which he (Mr..latlison) had thrown out, with respect to the propriety of making some provision against what he conceived to be a eery great evil, namely, the permitting such a multitude of per•ons to practise as At-• formes in India, wetly of them men of no education, rank, or fortune, that some communication would have been made on the subject. The Learned Gentleman was proceeding to state that be would move an amendment to meet his view of the subject, when The Ctiatemax suggested that it would he better to post pone the amendment . until the Bill, which would be founded on the resolution, was laid before the Court. The suggestion was agreed to, and the Beiehttiou was con. , 'firmed. The CHAIRMAN next moved the confirmation of the Resit, lotion of the General Court of Tuesday last, by which the Bishop of Calcutta and his Archdeacon are to receive their retiring pension after a service of ten )eers, instead of fifteen years, as was heretofore the case. After a few observations front 11..1acesoN, who highly ap proved of the alteration, the motion was agreed to. The Cum estate then laid before the Court a copy of the East India Trade Bill, which was now iu progress through the House of Commons= and mooed, o. That the Coon approve of the said Bill.", Mr. R. JacksoN suggested the propriety, as the Bill was of se much importance, of adjourning the discnision till the Ge neral Court on Wednesday next. After a discussion, in which Mr. Entities, Mr. Roaetersole, Mr. Lownues, &c, took part, the proposition for an adjourn ment of the discussion was agreed to. The CHAIRMAN next kid before the Court the East India Mutiny Bill. Mr. R. JACKSON, Mr. TRANT, and Mr. 'l'ucwvn, oppewil proceeding to any vote on the Bill at the time, as the PI oprie hers had not had an opportunity to examine its enactntents. TheCtealltStMe stated that the Bill was nothing more titan a consolidation of the Act of the e7th Geo. It, and the An nual Meeting Bil4' to which a few new clauses were added. These clauses he read seriatim, and as there was nothing objectionable in them, he pressed the Court to come to a vole. Mr. Tye,: Zit mooed--" That the discussion be adjourned to Wednesday." On a chew of hands, .111 r. TUCKV les proposition was negro tired, and the motion--" That this Court do not object to the said Bill," was carried.".—Adjourned. 0 The Royal Horse Guards (Blue) are under ordars to hold themselves in readiness to repair to Ireland. They will leave Knightsbridge barracks on the 24th instant for Windsor, to relieve the Ist regiment of Life Guards there on duty, when the latter regiment will return to their old quarters, Knightsbridge barracks. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX (Co ionel of the Hon. Artillery Company) dined with the Officers, at the Armory House, at their Mess Dinner, on Thursday. The Corps will have a field day, on the Igth of next month, to celebrate the Coronation of his MAJESTY, th e sr Captain. General. CAUSE OF SPANISII INDEPENDENCE. Yesterday, pursuant to the general notice, and in conformity with the feelings of every enlightened and gene rous mind in the country, a Meeting was held at the London Tavern to consider of the best means of affording assistance to the Spaniards. Of the present Meeting we can say, that not a single man more could have entered the room ; but that to es timate fairly the interest the cause inspired amongst the great community residing in the hletropolis, we 'must judge by the thousands who could not procure admission, and who during the discussion besieged every avenue to the place of delibera don. It was, without doubt, such a Meeting as was never before witnessed on any subject of political iinportanee.— At eleven o'clock the great room was filled, and we ob served some Ladies in the small Gallery. One hundred and twenty Gentleman of political character and influence, were assembled in the Committee-room to await the ar rival of the respected Chairman, Lord 'William Bentincit.— Amongst these we saw Earls Grosvenor and Goaford, Lords Erskine, Lynedoch, Nugent, John Russell, Win. Russell, Ebrington, Honourable Abereromby, Leicester Stanhope; J. Lambton, Esq. ALP., Sir J. Mackintosh ' J. Grattan,' M.P. Sir R. Fergussons' asp ic Messrs. , cticardo, Hume, M.P., Tennyson, M.P.. D. Browne, M.P., Moberly, sen. M.P.' Denman, 111. P., Marjoribanks, M.P., Hoblioutie, M.P. Aldernitin Wood. M.P., W. Williams, 31. P., Monck, 31. P., F. Palmer, M.P., Captain Maberly, M.P., Ellice, M.P., Baring, M.P.. Honywood, M P., Whit. - bread, 31. P, J. Campbell, M.P., Colonel Davies, M.P., Mar. ryatt, M.P., Davenport, M.P., Pelham, ALP. A. Roberts, M.l'., J. P. Grant, M.P., General Long, Mr. Bonham, Major Cartwight, Mr. Blackbuine, Colonels Gtaht and Torrens, G. W. Cotter, Captain Duberly, Mr. Bow ring, Dr. APbean, Mr. Wooler, Alderman Watchman, Mr. 'Pavel], Mr. Hur combe, Mr. Place, Mr. Adams, and several other Members of the Westminster Committee ; Senors Colon, Machado, and Mora, distinguished foreigners, were also present, and appear ed to take a lively interest in the proceedings of the Meeting. . The Aleeting having expressed some impatience at the delay ip taking the Chair, Mr. Hunt made an unexpected appear ance on the platform ; the reception was storniy—he was not allowed to utter a word. Mr. Hume and Mr. Hobhouse then entered the room. The latter Gentleman immediately addressed the assembly. Lord William Bentinek, he stated, was tun. mentarily expected to-take the Chair, and he' therefore did expect that-the Meeting would not suffer its proceedings to be interrupted by an improper intrusion.—(Cheers.)—There could not, he was nursitaded, be found hut one man in England to make the atteink and that was the man who on all occasions endeavoured to throw the torch of discord amongst the friends of Liberty.—(Cheers.)—Whoever wished to offer his opinions on the greet question which that day called them .together, had tidy to wait until the proper opportunity, when lie was confident an iMpartialhearing would be afforded him. After a' lapse of a few minutes, the Committee returned to the room, and it was proposed that Lord . Erskine should 'fill the Chair until Lord William Bentinek arrived. The propo sition was received with the loudest gratulations. • •• Lord . F.tisreisrli said he with great pleasure acceded to the wishes of the Meeting. They were then assembled on one of the most important questions that ever Occupied the attention of freemen, or the councils of any nation: NolaWs, however wise or salutary; could answer their destined purpose, or afthrd protection to communities, If such violations, of national ink pendenee as were now in action, were suffered to pass into pre mient.—(Hear!)—Of what value were the most, enlightened laws or soundest prineiples of Government, if the mere posses. sioti ofpower permitted foreign tyrants disgracefully to over. bear by force the free condition of the human mind. For un der what other principal but that of force did they interfere?— (hear ! )—The Despots of 'Europe were not, as every Man knew, peculiarly gifted—they held to commission from Heavens— (Hear, hear !)—NO:- they fonnded their • extravagant preten , sions on the mere number of Aneicitiary soldiers they with!' compel to the aggression. It was 'under that unjust impression they invaded unoffendingStates, and butchered their anhabi. tants.. - -.(The Noble Lord appeared extremely affected at this part of his address.)—These foreign Governments, were they even tried for their present actions by their own municipal laws, would be subjected to criminal punishment--(Hear I)—As the Tresent Meeting was extremely numerous, there might be a dif. erence of opinion as to the conduct of our Government, in re. eisting the aggression of France. But even were it the duty of the Government of the country to be neutral, that could be no apology for the nentralityof the people of these kingdoms— (Cheers4--Parlisitient unanimously denounced the abominable aggressions of France. The Continental Powers, who coon. tenanced and stimulated that a,.,ogression, were involved in Its expressed reprobation. All, therefore, that the Parliament said, was " that though we declar e s uch aggression to be most abominable, we cannot pledge the national means to any military co-operation I" Such a determination by no means in terfered with the egression of those feelings. which the people of this country owed to themselves. Parliament were called upon to judge of the extent of the national means-- the people were the best and sole judges of the occasion, enti the manner in which they should apply their own.—(Continued g cheers.)—The friends of the Gov e rnment, therefore, who viewed with alshoreence the aggression against Spain', were* he mi ht say, bound to contribute in th e ai d of the Spanish people a double contribution--that was, one portion for the Government and the other for themselves..s-tA faug loud cheers.)—.. h, and loucheers.)— But it was said, that amongst the Spanish people a great dif. Terence of opinion and strong divisions existed. The very ex. Istence of those divisions made it a duty on the people of Eng. land, by their interposition, to put them down.---(Hear, hear, hear !)--Whence did they Originate ? They originated from the artifices of the infamous Government of France. The great body of the Spanish people had . too much honour to submit to the dictation of the aggressor ; but they were too defenceless and unarmed to contend with armed legions.—( Hear, hear !) The means of defence the English people had the means of giv ing them ; and, in the nameof thatetiontry- itti free instltu. tions—of the claims of their telloiv.then—and of old allies, they were liound to give the assistance.—(Cheers.)"'rhese few ob servauons he felt it his duty to address to them, on opening the proceedings of the day. The arrival of I rord Wm. Bentinck Was then announced, and was received with marked applause.' • Lord Erskine immediately surrendered the Chair. Lord WlLLtaist BEKTirrex said his first duty was to apo_ logise to the Meeting for not having been present at the time appointed ; though he was confident his place was much more ably filled by his Noble !Friend than it would be by himself._ There were a few observations which lie wished to address to the Meeting in that stage ; he should abstain altogether from any reference to the political considerations which, led to the present Meeting, as they would be presented to their view in a much more satisfactory manner by the able and distinguished petsonages by whom he was proud to be aurroended—(flear, hear !)—and confine himself merely to the military part of the subject as more within hie own province. He the more willing ly adverted to that branclsof the question, with the hope of re moving those apprehensions which some sincere friends of the Spanish cause entertained, and with the view also of,weakening the effect of those disheartening anticipations, which those who were the reverse of friends so frequently repeated as to the hope pronounce that struggle to be' in a less character of that struggle.—(Cheers).--I ant tar, very far, anti with with the leave of the Meeting I said the gallant and distinguished veteran, from coinciding in s . It so happened, that in the year 180 ff, thhoepeolpeisnamns conditionof' thos: great area shall state my reason I was instructed by the British Government to repair from u .s o t f a ft ni s nt i ty m a l bed a o r mtbin duty. ael There we' in the Portugal to Madrid for the purpose of communicating the ac tual state of Spain et the commencement" of' the struggle for independence. Would to (and 1 weresimilarityri o iV ise n yn i si P tisen l h o n y siso e oon d ir: ea b wg y egai trsi t cies h l e a: t Captains—he certainly A T l i i i tt er is e tr w y. a i s n t t i l ie let s l u i tn si e l u ar n ge i character ra o u f ; e h: could not stay that part of the parallel existed its thepreitent invasion—(a laugh)—and backed by the powers of Europe, great superiority of force, led by he meant the German Confederacy, whose armies snhse tthweuagingvre:l7 quently entered Spain. There wits a Molnar stre.sa laid upon the state of anarchy and civil dissention eesatiw in Spain. Divisions no doubt existe d, as the y now e xisted. e Govern. ment of Spain was inefficient, ml,ll e .eared, it was at that time her armies were, as lie feared they now we re , w i t h out di scipl i ne, and indeed disorganizol. Such was my impression of the state of Spain, when in 1808 I addressed a di • spatch to Lord Castle reagh, under date the 14th or November, 'an extract of which I beg leave to read to the 3leeting.—" I must not disguise hmu your Lordship that I think very unfavourably of the affaire of Spain. I presume nobody doubts that Buonaparte will make a great push--that he will act with his accustomed vigour, in the hope of being• a ble, by's series of victories, to subdue the: Spa. nish spirit. It cannot be doubted but that he hie:Came wAh a very large army. I should think it would be a low calculation to estimate his force at 100,000, of which at least 12,000 are cavalry. Blake's army:is at present hors de armbat. The only immediate means of resistance consists in the army of' Cat_ taros and Palafox. Against these .1 think Buonapatte can bring superior numbers, and a Very snperior cavalry."—These, con tinued Lord William Bentinek, were very unfavourable cir cumstances in die view which the state. of Spain presented to me. But even with that knowledge I never cort•idered, as Ido not now consider, the fate of Spain hopeless. That opinion I placed upon recor4 : in the concluding part of my dispatch. My words were these Notwithstanding .1 think ill of the present moment, and that the Spaniards have not the means at present to repel the danger that threatens still I have confidence in the unconquerable. spirit of the nntion.—(Loud cheers.)— They want time, which unfortunately the activity of Buonaparte's movements will not allow them. But great as the success of the French may be, the Spaniards will be able again to assem ble at the South of Madrid in every province; and in their mountains they will be able to carry on the same destructive warfare which has once cleared Spain, much more unprovided with the means of annoyance than she is at present." That opinion thus expressed by me, was verified by the termination of the former struggle ; and I see no reasons to believe that it will not be verified on the present occasion:--(Cheera.).-1t was needless for him to say, that he trusted to such an assembly as he then witnessed, for a continuance of order and decorum during the discussion.--(Continued applause.) Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH next presented himself, amidst loud plaudits, to the Chair, and addressed the Meeting as follows;--My Lord and Oentlenien ' in consequence of the accidental absence of some distinguished friends, whose hearts are in unison with ours—who arj'ready to give their adoption to our acts, and prove their adherence to our principles, it has fallen to my lot on this most . important occasion that ever assembled a meeting of Englishmen, to pcopose to your consideration the first Resolution. In the discharge of such a duty, I feel, indeed, that the task is not imposed on me, of endeavouring to excite the feelings that are stilted to the great cause, which we have here met to support, bat mere ly to use that language, and recommend that course which will allow the feelings by which you arc all animated to speak for themselves. I am encouraged, gratified, and delight ed, in having this day heard the voice of my old and venerable friend (Lord .Erskine) who first addressed you : 1 cannot be wrong in following any course which babas recommended=-he, whose genius in early life was the shield of accused innocence, —(Cheers)—and who has shed a greater lustre upon his advanc ing years, by standing forth the firm, the undaunted, and the eloquent defender of the rights of independent States—from Greece, the first-born of liberty, who first scattered the host of the tyrant,--(Cheers)—to the Spaniards, not the last on the roll of fame, who have heretofore enjoyed the trumph of' that liberty which has imparted such transcendent services upon civilized roan.—(Hear !)—I feel that though arduous is the duty I am now called to discharge, yet such occasions have not in our history been singular. There have been, unhappily, occasions for simi lar meetings—occasions bearing indeed a faint anti general re. -semblance to that which has convoked us this day, though not so commanding in the importance, or aggravated in the atm city. It is now about fifty years when an event of this chit. meter aroused the indignation Of the English people—an event small indeed in itself, but pregnant so far as the principle of aggression was involved with the gravest considerations; but then, for the first time, was carried into effect that wicked and aboniitiable precedent of disposing of freemen as if they were mere herds of cattle. I allude to the surrender of the Island of Corsica by the republic of Genoa to a Bourbon Prince.—lt was the first successful example of that atrocious tampering with independent states. And as a memorable example of retail. don, be it remembered, that the very Government—the Re. public of Genoa—who first dared to act upon such a rineiple; ) has In these latter days fallen a victim to the practice— Cheers !) —Let evety nation under heaven draw from this fact tie moral, that be they strong or be they weak, ,there can be no security against such a system, whether it developes itselt in aggression, or in connivance —(Hear, hear!)--for I hold connivance to be little inferior ' in moral turpitude and political folly, to direct aggression. When Corsica' was thus shamefully transferred, there were then, as there were now,-persons to be found who viewed the aggression not with reference to the great principles that had been violated, but with re, ferrence to the comparative strength or size of the state, against whom the violation was perpetrated.--(Fleurl)—With such minds, it was not the injustice of the aggression that. was considered, but the strength or the weakness of the victims. They would simpathize with Persia, rather than with Athens.— (Cheers !)—They would interpose for millions of slaves, rather -than fur a few hundred thousands of fretimen.—(llear T O Such considerations did not weigh with Englishmen. ' They, though at peace with the aggressors, met for the purpose of ex pressing the abhorrence of the aggression. They subscribed liberally ; and even when the celainnity which they deprecated and endeavoured to avert, was consummated, the fugitive of liberty, after having escaped from Corsica under the cover of the night, was received at Leghorn with all those marks of distinc tion by English hearts, though on a foreign soil, which they would have refused to the unrighteous consueror.—(Hear !)-- Those who sympathized anti gave their assistance to the people of Corsica an that occasion, might have wept for the issue, but had no reason to blush for their own efforts. They might have felt sorrow hut no shame. They reflected with conscious satisfaction on their own conduct, anti came back to the enjoy. ment of their own five institutions with feelings of renewed re gard. They prized theM the more highly, and were more pre• pared to defend them in any season of emergency—(Cheers.) [The anxiety to obtain admission into the room created some noise at this moment. From the bottom of the room there were repeated cries of " adjourn to the Exchange."] Sir J. MACKINTOSH resumed. I do entreat the attention of the Meeting to the next occasion on which a body of English. men assembled to give utterance to their feeling of' abhorrence at the unprincipled aggression on Poland. Thirty years ago, I took an humble part, suited to my station and abilities, in co. operating with some of the most able and enlightened men in the country, in reprobating that wicked and powerful assault upon the independence of a nation, guilty of no other crime than the endeavour to establish a free Government on the Bri tish foundation, of a limited Monarchy, anti a popular Repre sentation —ill ear e hear I)—The advocates of the Poles were then taunted with their exertions in favour of Anarchy and Jacobin istn. They were told the Poles were divided amongst them selves. Cruel and wicked pretext ! well knowing, as those who pleaded those diiisions did know, that by all those base acts, which wicked politicians are so skilled in bringing into action, those very divisions were created by these despotic ag gressors. By those acts they prevailed over some unnatural Poles to desert their country, and then converted that guilt 'and depravity into a justification of the outrage which they con. summeteti—(Cheers !)—What happened then ? The Muscovite army entered the territory of Poland, to heal, forsooth, these intestine, commotions, and to allay existing irritation. They came as deliverers.--they remained as bloody conquerors.-- They advanced by fraud, established themselves by violence, and concluded, as is ever the result, in 'consolidating a foreign tyranny,---(Cheers).—We were then at peace,butstill there were assemblies of Englishmen, who, viewing the progress of that atrocious system with the eyes of Statesmen, and not as mill -1 tare pedants, contended for the maintenance of that sacred, in violable, and unalienable right of men to establish their own Governments. Unhappily, it was too true, that in depite of those virtuous efforts, the cause of Poland, let it lie hoped it is but for a time—Ulcer, hear !)—was oierwhelmed in the strength o r the aggressors. What happened since ? These Despot Masters by their lawless triumph acquired new means of car. tying into effect their abominable principles ; anti who will say diet they ever Permitted the opportunity to pass without re newing their efforts to extend them ?—(llear, hear, head ) D 0 you think that those generous and enlightened men, who felt deeply for the fate of Poland, and fur - the great interests sacrificed, took any shame to themselves for the share they bad taken in that Eh-ogle ? Far from it. Such. of that day - who are still in existence, may, anti do look back with that complacency, which a sense of conscious rectitude imparts, at their exertions; while the children of those who have been removed will review the conduct of their fathers as an example to be followed, and not as a warning to be avoided (hear, hear 1)—I am very desirous of not trespassing at too great length on the attention of the Meeting, but I know that I am addressing those who feel too generous and enlightened a regard for the libertlea of their own country and for the happi. ness of their fellow-men, to think that any topic likely to ad. vance the interests of such a cause can be inappropriate. But what were all previous aggressions, when compered with that abominable atrocity now endeavouring to be effected in 4.iu ? I shall endeavour to illustrate it by a very homely . com parison. - USW gang of robbers were established in your vicinity, I do think you would begin to feel tome little alarm for the security of your property; every act of rapine would give sonic increased disturbance, but supposing that these robbers had proceeded to justify their aggressions - on principleth_ t they declared robbery a virtue, and the Posseasion of property.* crime, then indeed 1 fancy you would begin to tremble. 15,., what, I ask, would be your sense of danger and alarm, when you find them proceeding - to realize these principles by . esta. blishing a lod g ement in your most defenceless poss ess i ons ? The first case I should compare to the attack on Corsica ; the second to the attack on Poland; the third I would compare to the attrocious attempt upon Spain. Who would say how soon its invader, when master of Brest, Corunna, Ferrol, and Cadiz, may again, as he once did before, make his pearance in the front of Plymouth, or as he subsequently did in Bantry Bay.—(llear, hear !)-1 will not by any observations attempt to weaken the impression which the Speech of the Noble and Gallant Chairman must have left upon your mind. My Noble rriend, though a soldier, is a friend to berty ; his mind has not been narrowed and blended by the 'pedantry and prejudices of a profession—for pedantry and pre judices are inseparable from all professions. You have hearl - his recorded opinions of the inexhaustible resources of political defence which Spain possesses, even in the destitution of tary means—recorded in an authoritative dispatch, addressed in confidential communication to a Minister of die Crown.— These were the verified antis of a soldier and a *toes.. :man, di ff ering as much from • the military pedants of the day its true military judgment, and generosity and liberality of feeling, as he does in the hopes he entertains as to the capacity of Spain, even now, ultimately to defeat the invad e r. I - place no credit in those sinister prophecies which we hear from certain quar ters. Ido believe the wish to be," with such men, " the fa. ther to the thought."—(lieur, hear, hear !)—A disdain, blended with a terror of freedom, I believe to be true inspirets of such language. History denies the inference. •Ilow oft have we seen liberty, after the darkest eclipses, emerge into a brit• liant liht—tHear, hear, hear ' I)—After repeated defeats, victory has not unfrequently secured the issue ; and in the annals of no nation more powerfully than in Spain has that result been exemplified—(Hear, hear !)—ln 1808 we saw her, defenceless and disorganized, resist efficiently the aggressor.— From 1814 to 1820, after all her heroic efforts, we saw the cause of freedom as hopeless as her powers of resistance were no* supposed to be by some. Still there was no reason to despair. In the language of the most sublime of human writers, he would apply to liberty what that great Poet had applied to ano ther subject - _ - _ " So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, ' And yet anon repairs its drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky."—(Cheers.) I ant not afraid that the ill predictions of the selfish and corrupt can produce any impression on the minds of such an audience as I now address. But could such men think of venturing to such a Meeting ? I would, were it in my power, place as an inscription on the portal of this building, " Let no slave of success, no follower of fortune, enter here. Let the coward and the slave keep aloof, and not Pollute by their presence the atmosphere inhaled by freemen.— (Cheers.)—Let them haunt the vestuble of tyrants, offering up the sordid homage of their bows and services, prepared at the first veering of the breath of fortune to become the most perfidious deserters."—(Continued Cheers.)—We do not want their assistance. Liberty is not to be advanced by such instru ments. Thanks to the laws of Providence, there is no hu man cause stands in so little need of the aid of fortune, as I,i. berty. I would here address myself to the younger part of this assembly, whose minds are more strongly imbued with the lessons of industry. I would ask them whether the defeats of Cherooice And Pharsalia did not kindle a flame as vivid and as durable as even the victory of Marathon ?—(ilear, hear !) I would ask 'them, whether the deaths of Cato awl of Brutus did not arouse them to a love of freedom, and to a determination to risk every thing in its defence, though deprived of the only consolation that was wanting, namely, the happiness of sue. cess ? Were their hearts not as susceptible of the glorious im• pulse, in reflecting on the fall of Kosciusco, as on the godlike tiumphs of even Washington himself,—(Cheers)--.slid beyond this it is impossible to carry the illustration. The immortal poet, whose language he before quoted, so strongly felt the-in. iiuence of such an impulse, that he took the retrospect of cen. turies to pluck honour from the brow of . the dishonest victor of Cheronitta.—(Heat, bear, hear!)--Much had been said of the divisions amongst the Spanish people, and they had seen the names of the reptiles who crawled after the chariot of France on the other side of the Pyrenees. What did such an D int] posi. don prove ? It bared " the mean breast that lurked star"—it spewed that the spirit of the hereditary leaders of the Spanish people was to such an extent worn out—that their de• station of every duty they owed their country justified the want of confidence which the ',Spanish people felt towards them, but that it did not justify the aggressor. What 'tussle created in Poland to forward her unhallowed schemes, France had in 4 degree for the same object excited in Spain". They both employed bribery, corruption, and every base and wicked ex. pedient, to take advantage of the very depravity of which they were the authors. The very use of such Infamous means was the blackest of all the,aggravations that characterized their wicket project.—( Hear I)—When I see men in this country triumph in the success of such efforts, I consider the very ex. pression of such a feeling as the unequivocal badge of their cause. What. can any men feel indifferent, much less can they rejoice, when they behold a great nation, renowned for a sue. cession of centuries, lose its nat u ral position in the world, sink into the abyss of servitude, and bend its neck to the yoke of the conqueror ?- Is the liberty or servitude of mil. lions of fellow men an object of indifference ? have they no other feelings, when they know that on the issue will depend whether or not the dungeons of despotism shall tee rebuilt, or the machinery oftorture be re.construced—(Cheers?) —ls it nothing to them whatever new provinces shall be added to the already extended dominions of a despotic confederacy —that another successful blow shall be struck against reason, science, and the liberty as well of, thought as of action-- that superstition and despotism shall he enthroned in the larger portion of Europe ? To triumph in such a prospect is to triumph over human nature itself.—(Cheers.)—lt is to fix their hope% on the success of the vices of' man, arrayed against his vir tues. In the course I take this day,' I am treading the path which through my life I have trodden, and which I shall continue to my latest breath... - (Cheers).--I feel that I am capable of offer ing but a feeble tribute to the principles I have recommerided, but I am consoled when I sec around me those distinguished men whose lips will not be ungraceful, nor tongues irielospient, when raised in reprobation of that atrocious aggression with which assassins have assailed the sacred rights of - theifintreht, Liberty.—(Continued cheers).--I shall oonelotie with ftWrlint the following Resolution :-- " '('hat every Nation possesses the right of choosing tinslaws and institutions by which they shall be governed—and.that to admit an interference with this right, to any degree. on- , ony Pretext, is to forfeit all claim to the blessings and dignity of in. dependence,". . sir. MARRYATT o r rose amidst cheers, to second the p Resolutionrsit eiolution ;to the spirit and object of which every 'eh heart responded, and which would be contradicted by no et lightened person, unless a Member of the miscalled Dance—(lleat', hear I)—The dictum of that Alliance was, that no people should ever increase their portion of Constittidanal Freedom. That principle they had established by forte, in Naples. With a similar intention that they had conjutedup the storm which was agitating Spain, hovering over Portugal * and muttering around Switzerland- r (Cheers.)—When we knew the aversion these-Governments must feel towards our free Institu tions, the Freedom of our Press, the publicity of our delibera. tive discussions, we must expect that if successful on the Conti. vent, they would attempt to put clown the liberties of Greatilri taM. Considering the boundaries that the Gotiernment pointed out to France, and comparing our intentions With the actual proctedings of the French in Spain, it was impossible. if the war was long continued, but that we should be . cooed in it. It must therefore be a satisfaction to our Geyerriuseris to know, from the expression of such *Meeting as lut...sar then assembled, that in the event of hostilities, the public viva was . fully with them... Ile. could not believe, when they witnessed tht efforts of men, to establish liberty in the new hemistittere, that it would be suffered to expire in .the 01(1,--(Citecxx.)—.Ile gave the Resolution his fullest approbation. The Resolution was then put and unanimously tarried. Lord vpocit said, that unateustomed as he wa to ad. dress public assetnblies, he should proceed to read the Sit tion which he had been called upon to profane, 4m . i which. he was persuaded, would 'he rectiVed the SWIM iteciamati as the last. 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