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i i • 1 4 ' 4 1 r ! i it v "; II ;~_ A ,SL'ff * Irj µ .A 4 *. • „ / hot s\\ T . e. P. R. 25, ate. .hant, oing aro, eb. 49 red's. NITMBER 9490. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1823. NOTICE TO ARLISTS. ALL WORKS intended for the ENSUING EXHIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY must be NEXT IN on MONDAY, the 7th, or TUESOAY, the Bth of APRIL, NEXT, after which time none can .possibly be le. teired. The Regolatiotil rireessary to he observed may 1 ) ,..,1 4ta i ne ;it the Royal Acadeniy. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec' REDUCED FARES, and UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING,. To DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, By S. A. MOUNTAI N and Co. SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER.STREET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. . THE following LIGHT roser-coA CUES, Bsc. set out from the above Inns— The " Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ratusgate Margate, Broadstairs, canterbury, Feversham, and Sandwich new I ' o4- Coacli—every Mornitigat aluarter put - Seem, o."Glock. In cunseqitence of the decided preference - given to ,tht: above Coach, the Proprietors are determined no ettiker.et — ihall , he spared to render it the first conveyance on the Kent road. littompToN, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, strott, Sittinghourne, Itainham, and Ckspringe, every Illornittg at a quarter past 7, at Reduced Fares, The . " Royal Eclipse," rAt4morrEz, Plymouth, Exeter, 'Petro, .Bodmin, Penryn, Ashburton, fifolnelsir, •Weymouth, ' Dorchester, Dartmouth, and 'Salisbury, every morning tit - Seven ; through Honitbn, Axminster, Bridport, Illandford, Stockbridge, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater,, and Bagshot. The only Day Coach to WEYNIOUTFI, (driven through Witt) Two Coachmen unty) . , through Bagshot, Illackreater, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchnrch; Andover, Woodyeks, Coshinore, Salisbury, Blandfurd, anti Dorchester, at Five o'clock in the Morning. The " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, Lytaingtott, Lyndhurst,. Winchester, Basingstoke; Hartford Bridge, Black water, and Bagshot, New Four Inside Coach, entry Morning at half-past Seven ; arrives at the Coach and flOrses, Southampton, by Five. This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, Havre tie Grace, Cher • hourgh, &c.—The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencetnent taf the " Uttitio." The 4. Champion," a New light Day Coach to DOR CHESTER, in 18 hours only, through Bagshot, ter, Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salis bury, Wood)eats, Coshmore, and Blandford, every Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday, at Five o'clock in the morn ing. The Proprietors of the above Coach are determined no • expense shall he spared to render it the first Lotiveyance On the Western Road. BATH and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Cliippen ham, Caine, Marlborough, Newbury, and 'Leading, every . Afternoon atone; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound lon, Bath, and the London 'Parent, Thomas-street, and Swan, ' Bristol, early the next blorning.—Coriches to wens, Bridge. water, Taunton, and Plymouth. The " Umpire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coaeli, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, s.+t+ spat Daily at One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Five, tin ough Woburn, Latbbury, Northanifiton, Welford, 'Lottery:oral, • 'Hinckley, Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knuts ford, Warrington, and Present. SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shift - nal, Light Post- Coach, every Afternorm.—Guarded. The "IItrion,"WEYMOUTH ; through Dorchester, Bland ford, Salisbury, Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, nod lingshot, new Post Coach, ever y Af tertionn.—Driven &rough with two Coachineu Packets from - Weymouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St, Maine's, &c. every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, at Two o'Clock. BARNSTAPLE and Southmolton New Light Post Coach, every Monday, Wed nes d a y, an d Friday Mornings at 7 o 'Cl oc k. Tke Itockiiigham," LEEDS light Post Coach, 'sets ~it every Afternoon at Pour; and passes through Ritchie's, Big gleswade, Eaton, litickden, Stilton, Wiinsfnrit, Stamford, itareetliani, Grantham, Newark, Toxfutd, Matishant Moor, Retfoid, Bait try, Doncaiter, and Ferrytoridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next 'Afternoon, at -Reduced Fares,—Litge Luggage and Packages only id per lit.—Notwithstanding the 'uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be Ut most agteeable and complete Public Conveyance Ott the :ortli Road, being unequalled by any other. HARBOWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coach, every Afternoon at Four, and Eight in the Morning. GLAsGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanquirar-Kiln, Canntock, Kingswell, and all Parts of Scotland, a light four inside Post Coach daily. The 4 ' Empress," to YORK, Scarborough, Whithy,Shlelds, strittlerland, Newcastle,& Edinburgh, a New light ftior.;inside Post Coach, with a G card throughout; sets out every Morn ing at Eight o'Clock, by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, FerrybridgV, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Mui petit, and Berwick., and arrives at York the next Morn img at Twelve &Clock. Passengers finding themselves fa tigued on the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional• Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four-inside Day Coach, through Alithourii, Reading, Lambourn, Parton, Lytlington Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Itamsbury, Hangerford, Newbury and Maidenh ea d. • BRIDGEsoam, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy bead New Light - Four Inside Coach, may Afternoon. BOSTON, Hornetritle, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilton, Huntingclen, Caxton, Wickland, and Ware Day Coach, to Spilshy, Louth, Grimsby, and Hull, Morning, at Six. The only Day Coach to Boston and Horneast le. The' , Express," a New Light Four-inside Posttirach to CARLISLE, Penrith, and Wiliteliaven, goes with Four Horses, and a Goand all. the way, passes through Appleby, Brough, Bowes, Greta -bridge, Richmond, Caiterick, 80. roughbridge, Ferrybridge, Doncaster, Newark, Ilawtry, Granthant,.Stamford, -Greeihain, Stilton, and lii ,, gleswade. Sets out in the Morning, ruid performs the journey with the greatest - facility. Passengers detained on the .Road by bifida mess ur pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Coach. —The only Coach to Carlisle. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, , Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorley, Otrusicarlt, and Garstang Light Pest Coaches, every ftertmOn, • The" Royal Express," New Light Four Inside Post Conch, to LIVERPOOL, Warringtoo, Prescut, Congletuti, Lawton, Newcastle, 'Wiley, Krartsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litch field, (only One Night oo the 'Road), every Alterman) arrives at the Saracen's Head Int), Dale-street, Liverpool, ; next Evening, WAKEFIELD Four inside Post-Coach, every Morning and Afternoon. CHESTER, Newport, Whitecliiirch, Tarporley, Nampt with, Northwich, and Middliwieh Light Post-Coach, every Afternoon. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarn' Light Post Coach m , every liming, to the George lon, Serland. Mountain's " Express," t o MANC und HESTER, Winslow, C 4 rogleton, Newcastle, Walsh', Wolverhampton, Ind Knots ford, new Four Inside Post , Coaelt, every Afternoon.—Ocily One Night on Slit Road SHEFFIELD and Rotherham New Four-inside Post-Coach every Morning, called " The Express," and also " The Rockingham," at Four in the Afternoon. The " Royal Express," New BIRNIINGHANI Light Post Coach, sets tint every Afternoon, carrying Four Inside only passel' through Wa rw i ck, Leamington, Southant, Weettoo, Darehtry, Stoney-Stratford, and Tuweester, to the 'isvacen's /lead, Bull -avert, Birmingham,' early the next Morning. . Tithe " Exnrcsg," New Light P ost Coach, to HULL, Lin cult), Northcave, Ilowdeti, and Duricut«r, every Morning at Eight u'Clock, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull; and also the " Rockingham" in the.Afteruouo at Four o'Clock) HEJapolta, Ware, lioddesdint, and Clieshout Coach, every Mornimr. TOTTENHAM and Edmonton .Coaches daily, at Eleven, Half-past Two, Five, and Eight. 4 * • At Reduced F ares to Leeds, Yo r k, and Doncaster, .-llegage and Packages at only ad pet punts& 8 - A. 'MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their rrivilds and the public, that they will not be accountable for. 4 ! I Y Parcels, Passenger's Luggage, Writings, Plate, sltsc. of nitre s t hail Fire Pounds.Valtte,if lost, stolen, or damaged, un ss entered as Intel), and the' Insurance paid accordingly, .at S aracen's Head Inn, Ski naer - s t reet, Snow-hill, tlrc don. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS - of the WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby give Notice* that an EXTRAORDINARY COURT, or F GENERAL MEET. ING, of the said COMPANY w ill be held at the WEST INDIA DOCK HOUSE, No. 8, Billiter 7 muare, on FRIDAY, the 24 th Instant, at One o'Clock in . tote Afternoon * for the purpose of Choosing and Appointing a Director of the said Company, (who must he a Member of the Common Council , of Lundu4, in the room of Samuel Thorp, Eyq, deceased. _ . By Order of the Court, • H. LONOLANDS, Sec. West In(ha !Nick House, Jam, 10, 11313, The Chair will be taken at Twn o'clock precisely. FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. HE ANNIVERSARY DlNNERinilonour A. of the • BIRTH-DAY .of His *Royal Highness the. DUKE tlf - St 'W SSEX, Most orshipful GILA ND A•I A STE it of ENGLAND, will be celebrated at FREEMASONS' BALL, LONDON, on MONDAY NEXT, the 27th Ja nuary, for which Tickets may be had of the Stewards, and of the Grand Secretaries. Every Brother to appear in proper clothing. STEWARDS. The Right Iron. EARL of POMFRET, P res id en t. W. G. PAXTON, M.P., Vice President. WM. M`GILLIVRAY, Treasurer. R. LEWIS, Secretary. T. Bish. J. J, Lobo. .L M•lienzie. 1). Majoribanks. W. Matthews. J. F, Maubert. .1. Pattison, jun. P. J. Solomons. J. H. Skelton. J. Smith. J. Sparks. W. Stewart. D. J. Thompson. R. Warner. E. Williams. FOURTH This Day was publ EDITION. fished, price Ss. 6d. E ADMINISTRATION of Me AF pAIRS of GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND and their DEPENDENCIES, at the Conimetirement.ol the Year 1813. under the 'Heads of "gustier, National Resources, Foreign Relations, Colonies, ,Trade, and Domestic Administration.. 'Printed ( or latchard and Son, 187, Piccadilly. GEORGE 'ANI) BLUE BOAR INN, GRANTILVIL FAMILIES Trav'elliog the North Road are informed that the above INN has Accommodations very superior to any other Inn at Grantham, or to any other Inn on the North Road, The GEORGE and BLUE BOAR has Nine Parlours, Twenty-live Bed-rooms, Stables for lOn horses, Two Taprooms; Two Water-clos e t s , and Two Stone Staircases (without which no Inn can be secure from fire) from the bottom to the top of the Howe), whilst no other . Inn at Granthani, or on the North Road, has, one Stone Staircase. The George and Mud' Boar has three times more P ost i ng t h an the other Grantham Inn. Grantham, Jan. Ist, 1823. , TO MESSRS BROWELL AND CO. London, Nov. 28, MI /I A V ING received on board -the MI IP., ECLIPSE (myself Master), on a Voage to Jamaica and back, Two N ew Topsails a Mainsail, Foresail, and Mizell Staysails, made of ' Brown Canvas, which had'Un. dergone your ANTI-MILDEW PROCESS, tam happy to report upon the same. The Topsails, 'Foresailriridltity,ailil,,: have not t h e Islightest appearant, Mittlesclind are much Improved in colour; but the 3fainsail having . been more used,' is not only perfectly free from Mild ew , but is so much im proved in colour, as to equal the Whitest Coker Canvas, and retains a softness which makes it much more easy . to furl. And . I tan decidedly of opinion, that use .Canvas having undergone your valuable Process is in every respect more Useful and be netieial than any other not prepared Canvas now in use. '`. JOHN T. HODGSON. FOR, THE SUN. Mr. Enrroa—lt is very evident how ready dif ferent tradesmen are to raise the price ()fan article, and equally evident bow unwilling they are to reduce it. Hackney coaches are in bad condi tion, when hay and corn are double their present price, fares were the same ; in France they are one half what they are here. Short stages. should also be reduced, now the roads are better and they have more passengers ; the disparity is not sufficient, when 94. is charged for the outside, and ls. inside. The Public would do well to encourage the low built safety coaches. New markets are also much wanted, for the increasing population around London ; many among the working classes cannot spare time to go to the markets in town. In Liver pool a new market has been lately erected, which covers 8,235 feet roofed in, well lighted, and ventilated. There is another reduction impera tively demanded in the prices of wine at taverns, which, notwithstanding the lowering of duty and freightage, is still sold at 6s. and 7s. a bottle, with diminished measure, producing more than half profit; there are, however, two houses in town selling good wine, and full measure, at ss. per bottle, red and white. The high price of dinner tickets,' from 18s. to 21. 25., injures public charities; many a placeman (and others) would attend an anniversary, and give his guinea, but cannot afford another in addition, for the grafi& cation of a day. The new regulation of stamped measures for the publicans is equally called for in the bottles and decanters of the keepers. Milk is much too dear; at a distance from London it is sold at half the price ; from the reduction in the price of cattle and hay it should be cheaper; the adulterations practised by the London carriers are shameful. It is also surprising that boots and shoes (except Country made) are not cheaper, when we hear accounts from the farmer, who in better times were dissatisfied, that the live stock fetches' scarcely half the former price; surely hides must be proportionably reduced ; if cattle were rising in price the public would speedily be informed of it. Many persons think, that had the Assessed Taxes been reduced, instead of the Duties on Salt and Leather taken off, the public would have been more benefited. E. G. During the execution of Giles East, on Mon day, at llorsemonger-lane jail, Mr. Wtw,tms, of Cannon-row, Lambeth, was robbed of a plain silver watch, steel chain, and appendages.-- lie did not discover his loss till he emerged from the crowd, when he found his waistcoat un butioned at the bottom, and the property gone. MEETING of Vie COUNTY of SOMERSET. A Meeting of the above County - was held at the City of Wells on Tuesday, the 21st of January, to petition the , House of Commons on the subject of Agricultural Distress The nature of the question necessarily excited great interest in a County so decidedly agricultural, and the Meeting was con sequently attended by persons from its remotest parts. There was, notwithstanding, a large majority of that class of the No bility assembled, which does not comprehend the .Freeholders, evert in theSe times of depression. Many of the leading Ma gistrates and Gentlemen of the County, as well as its two Re presentatives, Mr. DICKE.NSON and Sir T. Lyrnpntnot, were present. At about itaif-past twelve the business of the day commenced in the usual form. The High Sheriff, V. STUCKEY, Esq . ., addressed the Meet. ing, and stated that the Requisitiou having ba t presented to most respectably. signed, he had thLnightTyroper to con. vene a Meeting of the County. He trustt* that every one who presented himself to their attention, wort be heard with can dour and irnpartiality.--(llear, hear !) The Requisition being read, together with the advertisement calling the Meeting, Mr. !TANNING came forward, and said that being one of those who had signed the Requisition, he was desirous of stat- ing some of the reasons why he thought such a meeting as the present necessary. ft was with sorrow that he saw 8i) numerous and respectable a meeting coming forward to prove what was undeniable, that the distress of the Agriculturist was without parallel, and beyond enduonce., and that it consequently de manded the interference Mille Legislature to remove the causes from which so much evil had *sprung. With this view it was that he presented himself to their notice with. a Petition, calling upon the parliament to undertake that interference. The first point to which. he should address himself %as that of taxation,; . and there was no nne who heard hi m b ut unfortunately kninv the dreadful Ittorft to which that evil had extended. It pressed upon the people with a weight too heavy to be borne, and a portion of that weight must be removed, or the yeomanry of the country, that class which had been in all times of public danger and emergency. its strongest Support, would be crushed beneath it. He did not Itteiritir relief to a return of high prices. It was unjoat to claim that species of relief which would tranfer their misery and deprivation to others. Nit he would say, that as the interests of all classes were held, together by on e com mon bond, so thei r b ur d ens oug h t to' supported Open one common and impartial basis. Some portions of the commu. nity tilled the earth, and others were engaged in conducting and improving our manufactures : but as the benefits they con ferred were reciprocal and general, so ought they,.when either was distressed, to assist each other for their Mutual benefit. The pressure of taxation upon these classes was unequal, and -ought to undergo an adjustment appropriate to the'character of 'the - tiMes. They could all recollect well when the taxes of an estate were not one-fourth of their present alteont ; Yet who Would say that taxes pressing uponmanufactoriee had increased to that extent ? It was for this reason that they should pray in their Petition not to be taxed beyond their means, or beyond .the proportion borne by the other parts of the community. The Honourable Gentleman also remarked upon the nnequal Pressure of the Poor Laws, and the expellee of the athninistra lion of Criminal Justice, but his voice was frequently inau dible. Ile concluded by reading, and then m o v in g th e f o ll ow . ing Petition : " TO THE' HON. THE COM.IIONS' HOUSE, &c. " The Humble Petition of the Nobility, Clergy, G e n try , Freeholders, &e. of the County of Somerset, " Sheweth—That the Petitioners beg leave to represent to your Honourable House, that the distress under *bleb the Agricultural Interest of the Empire has laboured since the termination of the war, has latterly increases to a degree so alarming as to threaten annihilation to that most important Cass of the community. And your Petitioners lament they arc obliged to state, that the measures already adopted by your Honourable House, appear totally inadequate to afford the requisite relief. Your Petitionttrs„therefore, pray your Honourable House will take their case into your immediate and most serious considerations That you will be pleased to lighten those burdens which more immediately press on the occupiers of land ; and in order to effect tide, without injurin g th e p u bli c credit, that you w ill b e pleased to order such a reduction it our establishments, both civil and military, as will bring the expenditure of the country within its reduced income. Your Petitioners beg also to press on the consideration of your Ho. nourable House the extreme injustice of the Poor Laws, the burdens of which, with a few exceptions, fall on those MM. rested in the land alone. To these your 'Petitioners beg leave to add the other Parochial and County Rates; the latteralinost exclusively used for the protection of personal property, when applied to defray the expence of maintaining the gaols, and the administration of the criminal justice of the kingdom. Your Petitioners, in addition, cannot refrain from stating their opi nion, that a commutation of tithes, on a fair principle, would be a source of great happiness to th e country at large, and a great relief to the landed interest in particular. Your Peti tioners cannot conclude this humble Petition, without assuring your Honourable House, that all they ask and pray for is to be placed in every respect on an equa l footing with other classes of his .Ilajesty's subjects, a nd t h at i n j ust i ce they should only be compelled to contribute to the maintenance of the Poor, to the expence of the administration of the Criminal Justice of the country, and to the supp ort o f our esta b lishment ' in Church and St a t e , in the same proportion as is required by their fellow-subjects ; and for this, the birth-right of every Englishman, they will ever pray." .11r. A. SANDFORD, in seconding the Petition, declared that it was with pain, shame, and indignition, that he addressed such a populous and respectable 'Meeting of this County, as sembled to discuss measures by which its ()nee powerful .and affluent Teomanrysliould be saved from peuperism.—(Ch eera .) —He could o ff er many aruments to stow why t hi s P et i tion ought to be pre sen t e d to the" House of Commena ; but amonget the most convincing and unanswerable was the overgrownetate of our establishments. It was useless th enter into detailed proof of that which was notorious, and he shoald therefore con tent himself with alluding to one particular iretauce of the profuse expenditure which was carried on. It was a fact that our Ambassador to America received higher salery than the President of the Government of that country—(leer, heer, hear !)—}le considered it a s h ame a nd a disgrate that persona tickling similar situations should receive the same stipends now when the prier of provisions were so low,esimtibi:eynaveeeireen:tlii lowed when w h eat so l d at a guinea a bushel. With regard to the army, it w as necessarily increased by the and the severity of th e l a t e war; an d h e was satisfied there wAs not one Eriglishman who heard him that wouhl wish that those who brought it to a victorious termination should not be properly paid for their services..—(Applause.)—But he be lieved that great reduction might he made, with a due regard to that principle, and that much might be haVed by putting many who were now on half-pay into active service. The /lon. Gentleman then alluded to the County Rates, and con. tended that they required the interference of the Legislature.' In 1766 the County liate amounted to 800/. end in 1818, fifty years afterwards, they were 2I,8001.—( Hear, hear, h ear fie was ready to, allow that there were ninny things now charged upon ahem which were not so formerly, but no one could deny that. this w as a n enorniou s increase; arid it was certainly a point which deierved the attention of p ue n a ,, ment. The next subject wax a commutation of the tithes, iisid 4kftv he thought no one present would difKr with him, when he said it was extremely desirable that some fair arrangement of that question ought to take place. With regard to the s u bj ect o f Reform, as lie should have the honour of presenting a requisi tion to the High Sheriff, deairing . him to call a meeting for the specific purpose of considering it, he hoped that , the topic would be avoided upon the present occasion.-( Loud cries of " Now, now, or we shall fiver have it !")-He would pledge his honour as a Gentleman and an Englishman, that such a meeting should takeplace in a few days. Mr. Hoerr then presented himself to the meeting amidst considerable cheering from those who looked very little like Treeholders at all, and with some slight marks of disapproba don-from those who looked still less like distressed pries. He Commenced his harangue by reminding .the freeholders ' that the very subjects of grievance and of redress, which h a d bees now proposed to them by Mr. Henning and Mr. Sandford, he proposed to them in that place ten or eleven years ago. M r . Sandford had said very juitly, that it was with Indignation and shame th a t h e f ouu d himself to tell theni of these things, but hi Nr. Hunt) had told them, and warned them of these very grievances almost before Mr. Sandtieed was born.-(Ap plause and laughter.) --,One of the Gentlemen h a d to ld t h em of the glory of th e l ate iniquitous ' war. Their glory, he believed, was once in their pockets, and the war ; ; ad emptied. them- Ile bad heard with pleiumre the Petition that was proposed to them, but he complained that it did not go far enough-(Hear) -it did not go to the root o f t h e ev il .--(Ap plauae.)-They were met to consider the causes of theevil, and also of the best remedy to be applied for their eradication. He had heard with great surprise that the question of Reform was to be postponed to another occasion. Before they had time to meet again to con sidereif the great remedy, hundreds of them would - be gone to the parish-(Applause and laughing.) -He was an En g li s h. man as well as Mr. Henning, and as well as any of them, and it was certainly some consolation to hint that he had been heard with so much attention.- It wes manly and honest in them to hear him. It had not always been so. Ile remembered the time when the whole body of the Church met in the same place to hoot him `down. If he should state any thing to the meeting which was absurd, ridiculous, or unjust, they were capable of detecting hint, and they were justified in treating his propositions aecordingly. &side, there were plenty of gentle men present, men of t a l e nt an d c h aracter, who were able, and he believed, quite willing, to contradict him If they could.- That was the war in which ,he desired to be met. lie only wished to speak the truth, and what he had to say of the Maw s trates present, he would say to their faces, and let them disprove it if they could. And lie must confess his surpiise at hearing Mr. Henning, liirsteelf e a Magistrate, talk of the pressure of the county rates.-(l4aughter.).,:-.Mr. Henning talked of un just taxation, buthe would tell hint there way no tax so unjust, so oppressive, so arbitrary, and pressing so unduly upon agri culture, as the existing mode of administering the county rates. It was quite true that they musthave roads to carry their corn to market, and their manure to their lands ; but their worthy Representatives had also taken good care that they should have plenty of Turnpikes-(Latmluer.)-Did the Meeting not know that an A c t h a d b een passed in the last Session, called the (lee neral Turnpike Act? Did they know that by this Act a poor man's cart was made to pay more than the carriage of one of these petty little tyrants-(Cheers.)-Wh e re were their Repre sentatives when. this Act was passed? They were now pre. sent, arid let them answer for themselves. It' they were in the House . when it imposed this tax,' then they betrayed their trust. If they Were not in the lipase. why then they ne glected their duty---(Laughter and applause.)-Mr. Sandford had stated that the County Rates bad increased to twenty-one thonsend pounds in the year Itilft. Why did he not com plain of it then ? Rut he could inform that gentlemen that there was 28,000/. collected that year, and he: should like to know what had b ecome o f the other thoivands, Fie was greatly ,astonished to hear Mr. 'Henning say . that England stone sufe fered front to just anti unequal taxation. Good God ! had he forgotten the miseries of Ireland. It was true she may not be subjected to County Rates, but she wits cursed with the worst of all taxation-a bad, corrupt, arid profligate Magistracy.- This had been the source of all her evils ; and those were the evils that England was corning to under the. present eyetein,- He contended, that the Poor Laws were jUst and equable, if properly admini s t ere d. I t was not the little paupers that die tressed the country, it was the great paupers, such as Lord Grenville and Lord Arden, who received thirty or forty thou. Rana! a year for doing nothing.-(Shanie.) -He then stated,' that some petition which he originated bi Beth, drove the Mar. quis of' Camden to the abandonment of hie sinecure. There were some knaves who; to favottr their own deeigns, acciteed him of wishing fora division of property and measures of that character. It was false ! he never asked for any such thing.- But even if he had done that, he believed there were many of' then, present who a few years ago had but a ftw pounds in their pockets, that would be sorry now to change places with some of the great landed proprietors.-..(A littigh.),-The-'3lagistratta bed had him under their care for some time in the Ilehester Beadle, but he forgave them from hie heart. He had no vin. dictive feelin g s , and h e w ou ld never say any thing behind th e i r backs, that h e would riot repeat to their &eels. With regard to their worthy Representative, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, he had voted fur every tax, for every grievance of which they Were: now aseetubled to complain. lie was present, aed -let him answer these thinge. The worthy Baronet had as touch voice as lie had, end as much of what was called mod&tt assurance. -- (Hear ! anti a laugh. )-Nay, he would say, that if he had voted as the Honourable Baronet had done wittiest the interests and wishes of his constituents, he declared he should neither have had courage nor impudence enough to meet them upon the present (mecum. As to their other Representative, when hie party was in Power, he supported the increased sale ries to the Royal Dukes, from 12,11u0/. to 18,000/. a-year, be cause corn and provisions were dear; but since the reduction of priees, had either of their Representatives voted for a reduc tion of the salaries ? . It was not likely that Sir T. Lethbridge should have done this, they could not expect it of hint, be cause he had always voted with the Ministers. But there was Mr. Dickenson ? Ile had no sly bit for hiontelf, had lie?-(A laugh..)- 7 11 0 did not, t o be, sure, sit on the other side of the House, just to go o ver to Ministers when they wanted him It was said that a constituent of his applied to M r. Dickenson, to use his influence to procur e a place for his son in the Excise. His reply was, that he could not, because if be asked favours of the Government, the Government would ask favotirs of hint. Now this wait a very proper reply; but he thought a more ape propriate one would have been, tliat lie received eo many fit- VOWS for himself, he could not ask them for others._( Laugh ter.)--He found, in a Report of a Committee of the House of Commons, 4lr. Dickeneon's name in large letter, as receiving 1,500 L a year as Colonel of the West Somerset Ve.ontanry Cavalry. The stun of 6,097/, was allowed fur the regiment, but he never heard of any body who knew any thing about it..-.. (Applause and dieapprobation.)--Mr. Ilunt then alluded to the Flat Heinle Light-house, as beifig pent front the Crown in possession of Mr. Divkenaon, who was the lessee, at 101. a year rent ; wherciehhe had heard a Gentleman say, he should be glad to give 2001. a year fo r i t , and ilea he slued(' then gain 2or 3,0001. a-year profit. The HIGH SnEttxrr here interfered, an d ex p rcsee d hi s re gret at being obliged to interrupt the Gentleman who was speaking. but the fact was, that the interest, in question was private property, purchased by Mr. Dickenson's grand father foe a valuable consideratiou.- (Mae, bear!) - The private property of an individual could have no bearing upon the business of the Meeting, either directly or indireedy,...- lie believed that the property wee not a grant from the crown. Mr. Dicta:erecter entreated that:,lr. Hunt might be heard to the cad, as the insinuations which had been thrown out, riot only affected his public, but his private character.-((,heers !)- B e was tettisfied that the property was huneetly his own ; and that property, as an INglishrnan, he would not forfeit. 'When his turn came, he had no doubt hitt that he cook! explain the business to the satiefaction of every one. The /Ito ti Sunni's'- stated, that after whitt had fallen from Mr.. Dickenson, he could have no objection to Mr. Hunt's proceeding. Ile.thought that privat e conceram hid been, tine warrantably introduced, and that It was his duty to prevent it.._.((fear, hear !) Mr. Mier then proceeded. Ile enumerated the. varioLms remedieit proposed in his Petition, which we give helot!, and argued for their necessity. He was, one who wished to ate part of the lands of the Chard) brought tai the liatnrras r, end sot.. plied to the liquidation of the National Debt. lie '4 , 44 Nil_ 40 alteration in th e Constitution, bet i; th ere 'was not a reform,' there would be a Woody revolution. If there was retinue than would be arevelution, but it would be bloodlees. If tVleet e ing suffered the queation of reform to lie ptit off that day, they would not have another'opportunity of expreseing their opinion upon it. The' H tcsi SHE Kiri , here stated that it was not his intention, under any eireumetancem, to put the qUestioreof Reform that day. if the Gentlettaeo of the County wished to have: a Reform ":4 PRICE SiArtN PENCE . ; Meeting, he should not dexter them ; but it watt his littee deter. minatiort not to allow the tiubject to be. mixed up with the Imei- HOS for which they hadasseotbled- Many ,Gentleuten .had eh stained from attending the illeeting, upoe the undetetanding that. Reform wits nor to be .part business, and' if would be , unfair to them, now to allow of its introdutaion.—(fleare heir and cries of "'Reform" front the crowd:)' • , After sortie further 'observation e , 111 r. 114 V N T called upon the e - Meeting not to vote any Petition at all, If they ctuid eot have one with Reform. Ile then moved the fre 3 lowingtki).-' "To the Han. the CO.3IIItONS of the 1;1;1'1'1'. IC.INGIXIM of (TREAT BRITAfrel . and IRELAND, iu Parlianient assembled. " The PETITIO)C.of the NhototTen Ote;rtue, CLERGY, FREEHOLDERS, AM . Inetanyreetere of the CoiteeTie of So ME RSE artsembled in Public Alerting convened by the high Sheriff, io the City of Wells, iii, thesaid County, this 21st day of January, 18 2 3 ; " Sheweth—Ther 'your Petietiltintieri ° thee rfully made the greatest sacrifices at all timel - for the defence of. flteie cowl.* try, and to promote the honotir and safety of the. thvone. That to relate the sufferings of ytotr Petitioners weed& be in vain s they arc now well !melte; arele:are At lttlgth become }oast durance. That their calamities have been brought upen your Petitioners by excessive notation witielteltaaarieese .aahly, from the want of a fair and equal representation of the people in the Conunons House -of Perliarnent. Your Petitioners therefore ~ • pray— " let, ror a grea# reduction of the,Standag Army, tnclud- 6F" big Staff, Barrack*, and Colleges. " 2d. A total abolition of all Sinecures anti uselesiterleces, and of all Pensions, Grants, and Egroluniente, rot merited by well known public service s " 3d. A great reduction in the Civil Lien and of all the Sa- laries of the Royal Family, and Cermet-hilly Of the German' Prince of Saxe Cobourg, which your PetSjunerit handily pray be reduced at least 6,0001- a year, the sum 'paid to the Presi dent of the United States of America. • • . " 4th. A correspondink eeeluction of the- salariet'of eirthe Officers of State—the Judges, and every other • pawn paid out of the Taxes. " sth. An immediate repeal of the Taxein Salt, Malt, Hops, Leather, Soap, and Candles, Fenners'.ltiding Horses, and Tradeemens Draught Horses. " tith. A repeal of the odious and tyrannical Genie Laws, and for a clause to be passed to authorise every farmer and his friends to kill game on the land:, he occupieat 7th. For a law to be paseul •clude all Clergymen from holding Commissions in the Peace 'or acting as Conimittsionees of Taxes, Sewers, or Turnpikes. tfth. A repeal of the General Turnpike Act, passed daring the last Session of Parliament, which Act authorise*. the Commissioners to levy a heavier toll on a poor man's cart then on a gentleman's carria ge . " Your Petitioners further play that your Honourable gouee will be pleased forthwith to pass an Act to ensure such an in:- mediate-Reform in the House of Parliament as will give to every Englishman a vote for the Representatives who are to sit 'there ; so that such equably and constitutionally chostit Parlia ment may without loss of time adopt such uteasuree with re gard to Church and State as would ensure the freedom and hap. piness of the people, the security of the Throne, and the pro-, sperity of the country. 6 6 And your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray, &c." The Rev. Mr. Crtesweter. supported Mr. Hunt's Peeitien, and in such a strain, that great disapprobation was frequently manifested by the Aleeting. • Mr. Drcitersoie nextaddreesed the Illetting. Ile heti to re.. ply not to the accuaatione, but to the ineinuetions which had been thrown out as to his cou.neetion with th e G overnment, end • the receiving o f m one y from the taxes. It was Stated that large.surne of money, on account of the Yeomanry Cavalry, had come into his hands` without being accounted tor. Now, es he had made it a rule of his life to keep all monietecomiug into his possession on trusts eeperate front hie own, he could . state upon In s honour that neither directly nor mdieectly had one farthing of inheen appropriated to any other than Its in tended purpose, lie could state that hirnt6elf, as well as his officers, had always incurred private expend when they had been out on permanent duty, With respect to the other inei !lllation, lie should soon convince the meeting that it was equally unfounded. The property which he posse eel inthe . • leghtshouse w as composed of two distinct lands. The l an d had come to him thorn quite a different soltrce, unconnected with the Government. - Lighe.house was purchased "of 4 person named Grippe, by his ifrantifether, anti the grant from. the Crown was made to that intlividual.--( The .11onourable Gentleman's observations werc very imperfectly heard, ()term; to the great no i se which prevaileelin the cro w d.)-If e held this property by the same right whicti wet the title to all property, and he had the sante claim upon it. re gard to the Petition of :Mr. Harming, he rejoiced that there was nothing in it which asked for the raising or prices. All classes deserved alike the consideration of Parliament, and he should do all he could to take oil' the taxes, except those which would in, nie public ciedit. Il e trusted thet the county of Sometset would not lend itself to a robbery of the public creditor. If honour and honesty were not to be found in the count) , of Kent, it they were sought in vain in the county of Norfolk, ho trusted at least that they would be found here. There was one topic, the commutation of tithe*. upon which be could not agree with the Petition. .Ile bad given the, subject a most minute investigation, and he was con vinced that no equitable and fair arrangement could be mrle. The property of the Ch urc h (t eat that held by th e same pritittipeat ea that of every other m e n.-4 Disapprobation : ).--While he could have men of such probity, learning, and piety, 413 man whom ig lie knew, to adorn die Church, he would y- not give up the pro. peaty whielesupported them for the sake of ideal advantages, tar the ensuranc.e of which they could have no security what ever. Sir T. levreteatnat expressed his approbattort of the present Itleetittg. He -tad perceived for it length of tim e th at t h e great body of the labourtn_g industry of the co untry h ad been op. pressed to a dreadful degree by some means or other.--(" By you.") lie was glad to meet them there, and to see theft' op. aeons, mo as to be able to reflect them, as much as possible, before the Parliament; and he was alweysraost happy when his own conscience would allow him to support those opinions. TW Lion. Bart. then coraplimen ted the moderate opeech of Mr. I 1 urie„ and said, that although the first Resolutions were those which lie shohld go along with, he saw nothing in the others, except Re form, but what he should in a great metteure approv --(Cheers, and " How long have you been e Radical ?") AR the quesiton of Reform was not now to come tin, he slutuld have to anether time the discussion of that tope:. In the liouse, for the least two Sessions, he had done all he could to reduce taxes, end the Salt 'nix had been repealed. lie thought that might bear:leo as an earnest of what they should do hereatter. Ilium time stub ject of a coemoutation of Tythee, he sluiatkl nut go the length . of his Honourable C'olleague. He did riot know that it was impossible to find a just and fair commutation, althototte at pre. sent he confessed he could not see hie way up to the queetton. When he could, he would _ant boldly up t o it , as an Ettgliehmati ought to do. The lion. Bart, then proceeded to defend his pile littera win duct, and declared that neither the frowns of the great, nor the munnurs of the many, should ?relent hin: doing his duty as he thought honestly became hint a, their repreaentauve, atilt acting for the general interests of the county—t Hear 0- a lleswas one who would never consent to infiinge upon therope.rty of one dale to reliev e t h at of aouther but ;0 the MOW • rime he would not let one go scot-free when the other wee unfairly op. pressed. Ile was proud in the consclowinefts of never having yet given a vote at he did not think for the beet interests of the country at large. He should continue the same mese whether lie sat in the present or in a refortneti ,Parboment. . was always painful for him to differ from them; and he was now strongly fortified in the hope that his opinion agreed raft. terially with those of the country at large. Mr. Hale Newt replied shareljh A eonventation thin: etineed tut to the day on which a Reforne meetieg should be A Requisition having hero pre-. eentedeo the Sherite, he fixed Tuesday next tbr that puresc.—, Mr. Ilunt then withdeete his clause upon Reform, am(let bib; Petition stand without it. . wu a— Oeneral BATHURST spoke in ,favoter of the original P ets . itUt!.;:. After some fßrtheT desultory remarks the two i etitione were read, and Mr.' Bunt's Petition, as the arneruirnenn put firer to the, meeting, When there appeeeed a lave roterotitY la its fa- Vour. For Mr. liannirtg's Petitiott that; were ALVa; Pe ' fifty hats held up. gulrau' m t.Pl: e l i vtt e ut e lhi l t) y aig et tthi, s it,lB' s wh a t)e itl iTlilfr l d ie treh ali efi6 a:t b : c : il t i.") ov cs e ri : 11:0!htteei 7 1 :f 4ti et nh i '1:4111°11 the h OXI II Sheriff. the Mr. linxwoon 'moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. hunt. In •the initlet of these proceeding s the Sheriff distelved the meeting, emP• rem uare• 1, 11, essrs , han l , 6011• 0 1 !c r, Feb• citort