The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-26 00:00:00

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' en al not O efe ‘E'' oc torti ° ; 4 ' Ivsterri souse ?,, e O l lattac its re l : • of Eq"el s not 0.:a4, • bite •to have had great and benevolent views, both for this country and mankind ; and it ought to be remembered that Power, which corrupts and contracts the generality of minds, enlarged and enlightened his, and that be never lost,in the purlieus of a Court, or in the worse atmosphere of a House of Commons, that love of liberty which is the in horn intinct and natural accompaniment of every noble Mind, and which, When a man ceases to have, he ought to cease to live.— (Tremendoua charring )-When first the Honourable Gentleman came 17efere the electors of Lei ' °ester, he- had abstained from urging those exasperating topics which might lead to ineffectual struggles on their part, end afford to their enemies an excuse and an oppor timity of riveting their chains more closely. He knew that the sabres of Peterloo were still unsatiated—that they Were half drawn from the scabbard, and willing to be again . fleshed with another carnage, and to he again plunged into the hearts of Englishmen. He did not wish to see at Leicester the tragedies of Manchester renewed, and the bo dy guard of a seat-selling and borough-mongering oli garchy, the Janissaries of a corrupt and mercenary` Aristo '4(T, prancinr , over the limbs of unarmed peasants and t ' Lr ving manufacturers.—Loud cheers. But now lie 4)41 them that the time had arrived when every English taan possessed of a heart, should collie forward and unite a nd associate. They should form associations of which the ~ r unswick Clubs proved the necessity, whilst they at the came ~,'T n e affo r d e d an . exam pl e an d a com pl e t e j us tifi ca ti on . ` h eY should make the table of the House of Commons g r oan with petitions, and make the country ring from side to side with long, loud, and deep imprecations a gainst the 'feudal barbarity of game laws, against the teandalous monopoly of accursed corn laws, but above all and chief of all, against the abuses of this rotten Borough !Y s tent, which have 'glade the House of Commons what it !`!) a mere taxing machine, and nothing better than a ' , ranch and excrescence of the House ofLords.—(Loud (te " - s , )---.The Hon. Gent., at the same time, conjured t ' emn to s t ra i n every nerve i n t h e i r power to s h a k e offthe local despotism to which they had been so long subject.— After an animated tirade against the corporate body and the t e i nt Porate abuses of Leicester, the Hon. Gent. proceeded m " : —For my own part, I never, by political cant, reli gions cant, or any other description of cant, haveattempted t t o , .linPose upon your understandings, though I ever wished • n at my actions should go beyond my. professions, but when we may be called upon to support the Constitu tion against the may Clubs, I promise you, that wheth er it be by words, or by argument of another sort, none shall be more ready to vindicate your rights--or, if i l,ecessa, to avenge your wrongs.—(Cheers.) Te on. \lernber then retired from the room, amidst the h he H arty co ngratulations of the company. DINNER AT THE BELL INN. At six o'clock the company assembled at the Bell Inn, consisting of about 120 of the principal Gentlemen of Leicester and the surrounding neighbourhood. The tickets were limited to the above number, in c onsequence of the size of the room. So great was the anxiety to procure admission, that five guineas were in vain ° frered, for a ticket. Soon . after six, Thomas Caget, Esq., of Huinberston, was called to the ti au, and among the gentlemen at the. top table we no• Robert Otway Cave, Esq. M.P., W. Evans, Esq., 'holnas Gisbourn, Esq., Colonel Cheney, G. W. Simp '", &c. After the cloth was removed, the following toasts were aiven, and drank with the usual honours. • "'The King—and better health to him." " The Duke of Sussex—the Royal and. Strenuous Sup- Pokter of Popular Rights." • The CHAIRMAN in proposing the next toast, said that It was unnecessary in a meeting such as the present to ex- Patiat s on the importance of the principles which they had let here to celebrate. It was deeply imprersed upon their 11 , ' 4 4 that liberty, most of all things, was important. By erty he meant true government. Whatever unfavour ahle app earances might from time to time present them 4eiv", he for one would never despair. 'The history of !flankind was an • instructive narrative of the struggles b etween the oppressors and the oppressed; end this was the only title and useful history. They would learn I :'oin it that brute force was always at. work to overthrow nherty, but that in the tnd mute and moral intelligence w a.% more than a match for jillsier.l force. It was dee- P (l tisni on the one hand, and genius on the other. It was Physical force against human intelligence : the contest was never stationary, it ebbed and flowed like the sea, but was one respect unlike it, for it-sometimes swept away all the l andmarks of tyranny. There was no time so threatening that did not produce some good. He well recollected the fast occasion on which he and his friends mat in t!lat room. 't Was on an occasion nearly similar, to celebrate the po- Pular feeling at the acquittal of the late Queen. He con f",.ed that he looked back with some pleasure to the good Which the expression of popular feeling then did; an ex pression o: feeling which the Government party had not lost sight of to this &.y. Tn the short interval of eight . Years which had elapsed since that period, many poli tical eventS had occurred, gratifying to us not alone 0, citiz en s o f G rea t Britain, but from the benefit which th e y have conferred on the greet principle which the Company h ad met to support. Let them look abroa ,t , they would We the proud Republics of America, with the exception of 54 5 da mne d s p o t, enjoying the blessings of true liberty. There was France, quiet France, without force or violence l'c'ssessinif herself of institutions of the most valuable and Precious character, and taking that station which England ee held. England used not to be behind in the roe of Leedom, and he trusted that she would resume her former a scendancy. Let them look back to the Ministers who governed England at that tine. There was Castlereagh, the, 'NO Castlereagh, the whipping, scourging„ triangle Cas tlereagh. He is gong.--(Cheers)—and though. continued the Chairman, I as a man, must regret the pangs which lie trust have suffered from the peculiar and painful death Which he inflicted on himself, yet I never can bring Ykelf to regret that death while Ireland has reason to bourn his existence.—(Loud cheering.)--He is gone, and the burst of popular execration which closed his grave, r eeds a moral lesson with quite as much effect, ! t ' though it bad been produced by such blood once stained the windows of Whiteh.dl ; attended " )0 with this advantage, that it could then have given no Pain to him against whom it was directed.—(Laughter.) *--Sidmtmth is gone, with his addrwes and his returning If thanks. Bexley---(a laugh)—with his frauds and I, Oleriea, with flip multifarious chicanery about paper ti a a inst geld, anti gold • st paper, disregarding the Oladfol distress which he was at the time occasioning— t? to n i s gone, pr going. Again, there is Liverpool, 'e Most imbecile Minister, he too has departed from the scene. Eldon—(loud laughter)—th a t prince of ~'gote, that „drag-chain, not on the bind-wheels, "t upon all the wheels of liberty, is now laughed 4 t by one of those very minions whom he once Protected; dressed out in a frock coat and Hessian t I.—(Loud laughter).—The Six Acts are gone; and t here was not one now remaining of that hideous birth. T he Test and Corporation Acts are gone. George Can 11118', too, is gone. Tint lore the peo t tie, disposed to be arg fillite forget the truckling and sub terviency of iii„arly pars for the stripes that hp inflicted Ulf th e ba c k o f corruption in his after-life. The peopl e fo rgave him for the past, in consideration of what he 1 , ,(1-d one ,. . an d w h at h e would h ave done, ,had GO spared : 4 141 .--(Cbeers Chairman then called the attention "? the meeting to the time when the protptpit Dissenters ;Yelp :e l inirch cite obje F t ?f sitspicion as the Catholics of he present day, and when Priestley was as much talked of ," O'Connell.is now. But what shelved the growing in 'elligence of the public mind, the Corporation and Test !e, and the Ilirmißdloul Afe &slue for eyer.— P444+141.1., are thp 'corpo. gone without r straggle, but pot with :lL" a groan.--(Alattsb.)— Lord Eldon—(loud laughter).— 1 ' "'ruling pasiitn; strong in dlath"—Lord Eldon watered ;heir 3.6ve with his tears, and erabaltned them with qroau!.—(funtinued pool' fan, Con§litritiOn at the ram? lime, and added it to 41 $'; lint of Ole' tilefan6uVv (rlieers•Y li.et the reoPle'iMw' 'rook Othe'r side. Brougham was still 'e t\ ft them,' are Linsdo'wne, Holland, and lipszell. Men never die.' •Brou;*liain 'has . unittil his high iNi:eter • qii:l 1 1 ,:we wit.ll growing intcpiseliFe Of lioWeve'y, liiS s - bo4 liur ie df memoiY *mild - sfilfliVe.' indeed, this•WaS the t,aeteristic of 'the cause oravit And rr , lizinus liberty , that its tidvocateS rider die; whilA its opponents, on the other dia'anti are 'dead: •Liverpeof and his'system are the friends of lih7rtz wig eve; ;',ye ii 4 the 'tedolleetidit' 6t . that mole wlio;e cause 'their y k ia . st ibla n , The day tims as t"t4bled to celtbrate l an 'event WhiCh Was the consequence tif these exertions. Some' of them theke:—the seo a ri4vedfutphdtevilede Of the earth, were'siiil 'Met io'celehrat s e an , overninent, 'entl'to support another rusied . i 4 t ie uverainent coutemplitt4 art'yi , ng into 'effect. t n veill - akitatlM-S'asiedible'd to support the , - " , U44 of *Governitienr; and 'this too' under the Gov.rn nent of the Duke of Wellington. Even Peel , sprung, rhe is, from the worst school of politicisus, takes credit himself—inde?d he is rather too apt to take credit to ntriself—for being a reforiner.—(preat iaufiliter.)-4t ~r'e tim e , on the,.catalVgub — of the OurrOs' whidli they r4 '"• ht , agaPest !the tie6Pit , ;.' the Worst Was that' Or being a iekteriner..-. Yet Peel clititrs to be a 'retortner ; but in his oh. Paget's) oninion, the reputation which that gentle man had gained was the most valuable part of his reform. Under the Duke of Wellington. the powerful sword of the Duke of Wellington, which at in e time was the hope of . the oligarchy, and hope of the aristocracy, the Test and Corporation Acts were repealed. Who now too!: the post Which he (Mr. Paget) and his friends had left ? Who now were the agitators? Nut appealing to the reason of the people, but to the lowest passions of tl a mob.— (Cheers.) —Not the stocking-manufacturers of Leicester; no, but the head and the powerful ones of a bigotted faction, the Newcastles and Bexley@ were now the agitators. They we, continued the Chairman, have changed places; we are at the top, and they are at the bottom. If lam not mistaken, they will have reason to regret the course which they are taking. They are pteparing a rod for their own backs, the letting in of knowledge will be apt to bring an old house about their ears. In conclusion he assured the Meeting that the side of freedom was not alone the pleasant side, but also the profitable one. They should bear this in mind and instil into the minds of their children that theirs was not only the right side,but it would also in the end be the winning side. Ile concluded by proposing as a toast, " The cause of Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world."—The toast was drank with loud cheering, and on e person called out for one cheer more. .The next toast was, " The health of Robert Otway Cave, Esq., and thanks to his exertions to expose borough abuses." The Honourable Gentleman, in returning thanks, alluded to the notice which had been taken of his exertions to re medy Corporate abuses, and expressed his determination to continue those efforts. He adverted to the establishment of Brunswick Clubs, which be denounced in the strongest and most energetic manner, and protested against that nobleman who had distinguished himself by his loud shouts to the boors of Kent, being considered the representative of the English aristocracy. The Hon. Member concluded an able speech, which, we regret to say, want of room, and the lateness of the hour, prevent us from reporting at length. The CHAIRMAN said, that in rising to propose the next toast, he must say that he stood second to no man in the kingdom in the warmth of his sentiments upon the subject. That toast was, " Success to Catholic Emanci pation."—(Great,applause.)—Whee about to propose such a toast to such an assembly, he could not refrain from offering a few observations upon it. All religions per suasions were entitled to the same civil privileges. The Catholic was a moral religion—indeed, he knew of no religion that did not inculcate principles of morality, and all religions that did so were entitled to civil freedom. The law should have nothing to do with religion of any kind—it was enough to know that it was moral to entitle its professors to equal rights and privileges.—(Great cheers.)—lt had been said that the Catholic religion has always, had a tendency to persecution, but he would tell them that religion never had such a tendency. Perse cution was the result of the wealth and of the power with which a religion was endowed, and not of the religion itself. That wealth and power, when given to the professors of even the humblest creed, had the effect of converting the meek lamb into a raging lion.-=-(Cheers.)—lt had done so with the Protestant religion and with the Presbyterian also—all alike were persecuting as they had the ascendancy. (Cheers.)—The ()lily religion which had not displayed this persecuting spirit was his own, and the reason that had not fallen in with the general rule was, because it happened to be always in the minority. He would not trust even to that; for if the power were given, he had little doubt but it would quickly assume the same character by which its predecessors had been distinguished.—(Cheering.)—There was another point which he wished, before he sat down, to press upon the attention of the meeting. A petition had been last week forwarded from that town against the Catholic claims, and in that petition the old assertion was made, that they had not towards the Catholics, but that they did not choose to risk their own privileges for the sake of conferring a few silk gowns upon ambi tious individuals, anti enabling a few ether ambitious men to get into an assembly, and say aye or no, as other great men bad done before them.—(Laughter and cheers.) — But this was not a fair way of viewing a question which vitally interested the pockets of the people of England, and the comfort and happiness of the whole population of. Ire land. Such a mode of teeating the question was indica tive either of gross hardness of heart, or of the most bare faced knavery. The inhabitants of Leicester knew what it was to be ruled by a faction in small things.— (Immense cheering.)—A set of self-elected men had formed themselves inns a conclave in that Borough, and taxed the inhabitants to any amount they chose. What must they not have felt when they found the Borough rates raised from 4001. to 4,800/. per annum, and yet even this was nothing to the increase of the committals by th e same authority. Formerly the number was only about 160 in the year—now it had swelled to the enormous number of 600. It should be borne in mind, that these committals were more harrassing to the poor than was the money to the rich, which they were forced to part tvith.—(Great cheering.)—During the last year, 600 committals had passed through the Borough Chamber, and he felt assured, that every officer who called himself an officer of Goverio rnent, must resign, or else these monstrous abuses must be taken up.—(Tremendous cheering.)—lf sach were their feelings, under a petty local domina tion, what must be the feelings of the poor Irish Catholic, subjected as he is to 'the jurisdiction of Protestant Judges, Protestant Juries, Protestant Ma gistrates, and a Protestant Police ?—(Cheers.)—What must be his feelings when the Protestant murderer of a Catholic could stalk about unmolested in open day? Ca tholic blood might smoke upon the earth, and the et intiml notwithstanding go forth with impunity, secure in his pro fession of the Protestant faith.—(Cheers.)—lt was asked of what consequence wis Catholic Emancipation to the Catholic peasant? It was of the most vital consequencv., for it entered into his every thought, his every hope, and every feeling for the welfare of himself and his fa mily.—(Great applause.)—lt pressed, too, upon the resources 'of England, for it occasioned an influx of Irish labourers into this country, so that taking all the circumstances into consideration, there were no bounds to the terrific prospect before them. The worst of all this, too, was this, that from such evils no ene derived advantage except the oligarchy, by whom they were occa sioned.--(Cheets.)—He believed, however, that the Go vernment had made up their minds to concede Catholic Emancipation, and that because they could not help it.— (Cheers and laughter. )—The worthy Chairman then gave the toast, which was drank with great enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next toast, said that it was one which would touch their tender feel ings, if indeed the word tender could be applied to any other feelings, besides those which they felt towards their wives and daughters. (A laugh.)—The toast was--.- " Our distinguished visitor, William Evans, Esq., and may he yet become more intimately connected with the borough of Leicester. Also our hearty and sincere thanks to him for his attendance here this day." The toast was drank with three times three ; after which Mr. Evatis rose to return thanks, and was received with the most deafening shouts of applause, which lasted for several minutes. As soon as silence could be obtained, be said that he rose with no common emotion upon that occa 'jou, finding himself surrounded by respectable persons whom he had seen for the first time since he had met them in that room durin g the election of IBi6. Persons who bad made such sacrifices of their time and labour, as was incredible, and although those labours were not successful, still were they got the less entitled to his gratitude for their exer tions.—(Cheers.)—lfe used to meet them in that room, in the evening, to partake of their food after the labours of the Morning had been brought to a conclusion ; and now again he met them with joy, for he found them embark ed its the great cause of civil and religious liberty._ That cause, it was, he felt assured, which attached them In him, for he knew of no personal grounds for such attachment, which was only the result of an union of sentiment upon this great question. lie had neither the power of their worthy Chairmen, nor the lively fancy and buoyancy of their worthy Representative, to ade- qoately advocate. that cause at that moment, but he 64 t few observations to address to them, in doing which, he would trespass but a short time upon their attention. He had not been amongst them fur up wards of two years, and it might be asked why he bad ehsegtcal himself? Why he had not come sopoee amongst them ; or why he had come now ? To the Arst question he would answer, that it did not appear to be expedient that he should do so, .and he hoped they would be satisfied with that answer without pressieg hint further for his motiv.e, As set the reason why he htt4 11 o, l v '-olrivt 4 wogl4 be somewhat more kte had seceieed from Mr. Coltman a letter, retrestipg him . to attend that rsieess-a s . "eo Colt. man infertnetl hind, in his letter, of the object of the meets mntstwas to. Adv?,c-Vieil--fand said, i:sf the e effortsa"e Mete eMatiirg in a different line about youpssX,. qvh a meeting became most desirable. eie (Mr. Evans) did not think proper to resist this re quest. He resolved to attend, but still he must inform the meeting that be had not come there to mix himself up with the local politica of ,the place. He had not come there to give any pledge, but tof9yretthuernkint4hossuepptohartukhee, tett exceedingly de wreheeicivhedhaadt i tre n lasTe l l o c li ct g io d n e,la a7 di, fiOted dt Is' e sag e ing 'that his lengthened absence frogs theM " had 'not damped those feelings of kiodnesi which their formerly entertained in his behalf. ..(gnthusiastic cheering.) He thought it his duty, if he could contribute 011 . e iota towards the success of those principles . whieh he had ahrsaya advocated, to come tai that meeting. (Cheers.) Civil and Religious Liberty embraced all that was dear to saeiety and to man. It was those principles which made the country wealthy, indu,i trim's, and happy. It was those principles that made man good, and the want of. them svceild involve the one in all the depths of ignorance, and l e a ve th e other a desolate, ie ai,a i - a t e , and degraded desert . lie. was not _qualified to _advocate that cause as it deserved to he advocated ; hut he felt it - necessary to say, that lie was exceedingly gratified at the manner in which the inhabitants of Leicester seemed determined to folio* Ili: - those olijecta. Men-naturally repressed their opinions warmly, indeed, it was extremely natural for men to express their feelings warmly upon subjects which they warmly felt.— They, however, had adopted a different course. They had chosen not to revile those parties to whom they were opposed. Not to stigmatise them as Brunswick Clubs and so forth, but recollecting the benefits they had derived from sources whence they had net expected them, had ex presaed their satisfaction at those laws for the repeal of reli gious disabilities, which had already passed, and had also ex pressed their satisfaction at the expected repeal of other;. (Loud cheers.)—The repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts was a most important measure, and the time would not be long, he believed, ere that measure would be followed by the concession cf Catholic emancipation. He was very glad, therefore, that so wise a worse had been adopt ed by the inhabitants of Leicester, and lie was the more pleased because lie was convince that the Catholic cause must be eventually carried by a tamporate, though firm ex pression of the sentiments of the people.—(Cheers. )._.- There were two kinds of people opposed the claims of the Catholics, those who were in the possession of the mono poly, and who desired not any interference with it from those who had hitherto been excluded, but those were not' the only ones; there were others who entertained an honest and conscientious opposition, the result in some instances of prejudice * in others of ignorance, but which, whatever might be its origin, would never be overcome by con tempt, ridicule, or abuse.—(Cheers.)—Endeavours should be made to convince them of their error, and as the inhabitants of Leicester had' set the example, the spirit of moderation shonid be invariably displayed in every attempt at removing their prejudices. If they could once con v;nce such . persons that they were swayed by prejudice they would then find them as eager in the cause of civil and religious liberty as was any man in that assembly.— (Cheers.) If a different course were adopted, though the measure might succeed, it , aotild be robbed of all that union and comfort which roust be the result of the temperate line of conduct they had adopted. On that account it was that he was desirous that the moderation which they had displayed might be • come genera! throughout the country, and this with out wishing the. slighteet diminution of that zeal and enthusiasm which was so necesary. to en sure success. Prospects were now favourable, and lie thought that the habitual recollection that all human affairs are overruled by a power over which they had no controul, would ccalvince them that the wisest course would be that of moderation; for there was no principle so good, but that, in order to insure its reception, it must be advocated with a right and proper spirit.—(Cheers.)— He would detain them no longer than to express his most cordial and heartfelt thanks, net only to those present, but to all those who had supported him at the last election, and to express the strong feeling which he had entertained for the happiness and comfort of the people of Leicester. — The Hon.. Gentleman then sat down amidst the most en thusiastic cheering. The CHAIRMAN proposed the next toast—cc A full, fair, and free Representation of the People in the Com mons House of Parliament." Tie gave this toast after the speech of his Honourable Friend on his left (Mr. Evans), because they had that full and fair representation, they all knew who it was that would then be in that House. (Great cheering.) The toast was then drank with several rounds of applause. The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next toast, said he would give them their best, at the same time their most powerful friend, The Omnipotence of the Press— that which makes tyrants tremble and freemen rejoice." This toast was remivred with very marked applauie.. Mr. TilomesoN, the Editor of the Leicester Chronicle. then rose and said that as an humble individual connected with the Press of this country, be felt it his duty to say a few words upon the toast to which they had just done so much Fonour. The press was the Ty rant's foe :—the Press brought hidden things to light which would Ott!erwise have remained buried in seclusion. Hence it was that the press in this country was omnipo tent, and always exerted for th" good of the people, which was in fact the only legitimate source of power.—(Cheers.) The next toast was, " Thomas Gisborne, Esq„ the able and eloquent castigator of Dr. Phillpotts." The health of the Rev. Mr. Berry, a Unitarian clergyman, having been drank, that gentleman returned thanks, and declared that all the Dissenters of the class to which he belonged were in favour of Catholic Emancipa tion, as were also the well-informed Dissenters of every denomination. He regretted that among the lower classes of Dissenters, prejudice—perhaps honest—still lingered, but the true way to remove these prejudices was by conciliation in argument, and not by violence or scorn. Mr. Ptna'r, the Chairman, subsequently addressed the Company, and explained his reasons for being decidedly fa vourable to Catholic Emancipation. Several other Gentlemen addressed the Meeting, whi c h did not separate till a late hour. MEETING OF THE ARTISANS OF LEI CESTER. At a Meeting of the Artisans 'of Leicester, which took place in tht early part of Ttnsday, the following Resolu tions were agreed to : • " That it is the inherent right of every man to wor. ship his Maker according to the dictates of his own con science, and that all pains, penalties, or political disquJi lications, on account of religious opinions, are cruel and unjust. " That this Meeting view with regret the present dis tracted state of the Empire ; and hope that the healing balm of conciliation, in the extension of equal rights and pri vileges to all his Majesty's subjects, will soon restore peace and harmony amongst the people. "- That religions anirmr,ities, aggravate and perpetuate the grievances which the people have so long endured, by distracting the atte7tion of the Legislature from objects of the greatest importance. " That the Meeting offers the right hand of fellowship to the people in the great sluestion of Parliamentary Reform." Other Resolutinne, disapproving of the Corn Laws, were also agreed to. LIVERPOOL.—•-On 3vlonday our Cotton .Mar ket was very flat indeed, and the sales amounted to 1,200 bags only. We understand that an Ulster Provincial Meeting is to be held iti Belfast early in January. The attendance is expected to be very numerous and respectable. The public business will be transacted in the morning, and there will be a dinner party in the evening. — .Cork Con stitution. A boy at Hayes,. 15 years of age, was about two months since bitten by a dog in a rabid state, and al though the part was taken out by the professional man who was called in, the lad d:ed yesterday, raving mad. Bucks Gazette. A rumour prevails, or • rather pervades—it passes ahem . obtaining decided confidence—that certain changes will take place in the Ministry before the meet ing of Parliament. Lord LOWTHER, it is said, quits the Woods and Forests for some situation which shall give him a seat in the Cabinet. Since Lord Low Turn has shown himself a man of business, par nec supra, it will create no surprise„ perhaps, to see him advanced. Yet he is no orator ; and with, respect to the Cabinet, if a pro-Catholic were to go out to make way for him, who is an anti-Catholic, how would such an arrangement ac cord with the present labours and views of the Duke of WgLLINGTON? .. Perhaps, however, his Lordship may have changed his opinion on the Catholic Question ; and if so, it is another proof of the improvement by which his political career has been marked. Another part of the report current is, that Lord MELvti.w4 quit the bead of the Admiralty fcir the p res id enc y of the Board of CAniti:o4 We should have no objection to this: we never wish to see a BUNDAS at the Admiralty again• The naval'circles are said to be confident of his removal. —Times. SERIOUS . Acc IDENT.—W e yr w erstAil d ow a . salt boiler exploded at Winsiortj halt Works, few a4s ago, by wLich oue tO wt 4 killed, and anatber drcasi- Oly scalded,. BRUNSWICK MEETING at MANCHESTER. On Saturday last a requisition, signed by 550 persons, including 44 of the clergy in the town and neighbourhood, appeared in the Manche ter pap...re, calling a meeting of all who concurred with the requisitionists that the concession of further political power to the Roman Catholics would be pregnant with danger to the Constitution of these realms. A declaration appeared in the same papers, in which the subscribers, in number 450, express their regret that the harmony and good feeling prevalent should be disturbed by the agitation of the subject, and make known their desire to have the question left to the calm consideration of Par liament. Amongst those who signed the declaration were a great number of high Churchmen and Tories, who never before lent their names to any thing so nearly approaching a liberal measure. On Monday morning, an hour before .the time of meet ing, front th e appearance o f t h e crow d assembledit was in front of the Manor Court-room, that the Catholics were determined, notwithstanding the exclusive nature of the meeting, not to let the 13runswickers have things all their own way. The latter; however, were on their guard, and placed 111 r. Lavender, the deputy-con stable, at the door, who, with great discrimination, re fused admittance to those who were unfavourable to the resolutions to be proposed. A ragged coat was incon testable evidence that the wearer was from the sister king dom, and the assumption was incontrovertible, that there fore he was a Catholic. A coloured neckcloth was very legitimately suspicious, and exposed the owner to the question . ..—. Are you not opposed to the object of the meeting?" To the honour of these who were thus questioned be it said, that as their leaders will not for swear themselves to get admittance • into Parliament, they would not tell a falsehood to get admittance into the Court-room of the lord of the manor of Manchester.— After this ordeal the door, the meeting was constituted exclusively of Brunswickers, with the exception of per haps 200 or 300, whose black clothes and white neck cloths removed them from the suspicion of being Irish.— The whole number assembled might be between 900 and I,ooo—about one-tenth of the number of inhabitants who pay upwards of 201. a-year of rent, and about a one hundred and fiftieth part of the population. At half-past eleven o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. HARDMAN, a brewer, the senior churchwarden. He opened the business by stating, that the object of the meet ing was not to enter into any discussion, but to consider how they might best express their sentiments with regard to the danger to the Constitution which would arise from conceding the claims to the Boman Catholics. JAMES NORRIS, Esq, then rose to move the first resolu tion. The question of Catholic Emancipation has been so often, so fully, and so ably discussed in Parliament, and in the various periodical publications, that I feel it unneces sary to add any thing to the eloquent defences made of our Protestant Constitution. I should not inform your judg-' meats by any thing I could say. (' Faith, you could not,' called:out in an Irish accent.) I address gentlemen too conversant with the subject to need any further inforMa tion. —(Applause.)—l yield to no man in respect for our Catholic fellow-subjects. I esteem a man not the less nor the more because he agrees or differs with me in be lief. I announce it solemnly, that I have as much af fection to the Catholic as to any other member of the Christian family. But I ask myself two very important questions. Is not the Church of the Ro man Catholic so constituted, that he cannot be admit ted to political power in this kingdom, being, as it is declared to be, a Protestant kingdom and empire ? Is the Church of Rome altered one iota from what it was in 1688 ? I am constrained to answer both these questions in the negative. You have all read of the horrible scenes which took place during the struggle which filled many years, until it terminated in the glorious revolution of 1688, a revolution in which all parties triumph, and to which the Whigs not only lent a helping hand, but boast that through them it was effected. That revolution secured our liberty from the control of the Roman Church ; but at what an expense of blood was it effected ; and Aid not the Government, to secure the blessings which were then ob . tamed, actually expel the rightful heir to the Crown, be cause he was opposed to the Protestant Church ? Thank God, the Constitution, as established to us then, and every thing dear to as' as Protestants, have been handed down to us unimpaired ; but I ask you, if Catholic emancipation were to be granted, how long would that Constitution con tinue? (Ilear„kear.) My objection to the concession of the Catholic claims is on account of the constitution of their church, Which owns obedience to a fbreign power, and bkause its priests and bishops may exert the whole of their spiritual strength for political purposes. I appeal to the sister country for the proof of this. We there see the . priests 'exercising their influence in the most awful manner with the cross of Christ as their banner, leading their flocks, not for their spiritual consolation, but for po litical purposes, and breaking asunder the very bonds of society. (Loud and continued applause.) . They have torn asunder the natural ties between landlord and tenant, and we have seen the peasantry arrayed by the priesthood, and ordered to vote against the wishes of even their Catholic landlord. (Loud cheers.) This is an instance, gentlemen, of what they would do if they. had further power. ,Another question is, will they remain satisfied iwith the emancipation they now demand? (Cries of They will not.') What does emancipation mean ? Ad mission to certain offices, and to both houses of Parlia ment.' I will suppose, that, after admission to Parlia ment, some other want is brought into discussion. If this were the case, I fear we should not be able make a stand, but be given over at once to their power. (Loud cheers.) I will put one position. Suppoie that the Ca tholic bishops, who heretofore had seats in the Lords, were to demand seats again. (Applause.) Then might come the demand—if we have Catholic senators and Catho lic bishops—why . should the profession of the Catholic religion exclude from the throne ? (Loud shouts.) 1 will not venture to describe the dreadful consequences. It would be a counter-revolution to that of 1688. I will do the members of the Catholic Church the justice to say, that they do not seek to conceal their pretensions or de mands. So far they act fairly. What their objects are may be learned from their speeches and resolutions in the Association. These leave us nothing to learn on this fatal subject. A short time ago a meeting of the English Ca tholics was held in London. The Duke of Norfolk, who .is at the head of the English, and at the head of the Ca tholic nobility, ventursd, in a temperate, upright, and feeling manner, to beg that they would be reasonable in their demands. Don't,' says he, throw us into extre mities with the Government by any extravagance. Let us listen to what may be proposed to us, and if it be rea sonable, let us accept it.' How was this advice received by the Irish Association? Gentlemen, it was negatived with the strongest disapprobation. • I should not like to repeat the language of Mr. O'Connell ; but he gives notice of a motion that the two Associations may be separated.—(llear, hear, hear.)—The Association say, We demand emancipation as our right; we will have it, or we will fight for it.'—(Loud cheers, and cries of Let them.')—But do they stop . wish the demand of eman cipation ? No ! they ask further Parliamentary refOrm and every other measure which may be conducive, as they say, to the welfare and prosperity of the people. What, gentlemen, would become of this conntry,—what would become of our glorious Constitution,—what, would become of Kings, Lords, and Commons, if we had emancipation and Parliamentary reform in its train ?--(Loud cheers. ) It would work an entire revolution. (' Amen,' cried a scan—his interjection drowned in loud shouts.) I trust that we are not yet prepared fur such measures; shall we thus deliver up the,English Constitution ?—(' No, no.') — Forbid it Heaven. Mr. O'Connell appears to have the power to direct the Association and the Irish people as he pleases. He bids them come forward or keep back, and they implicitly obey his commands, and he and the Asso ciation exercise a power which ought to belong alone to the Government. Whether they have not already been per mitted to go too far,. I will not inquire ; but no one col doubt the propriety of opposing them, when they come to demand emanc i pat i on an d P ar li amentary R e f orm in its train. In such a state of things, and I wish to pre sent no exaggerated picture of their state, is it not now requisite that Protestants should stand forward and declare themselves opposed to such demands? (' It is—it is,' from all sides). These privileges were iq n u t e le s me n n . , It is signed Ly men whom I most highlyw. not obtained with ou t a s t rugg le, and without it they w ere not transm i tte d. I h a ve obset'VM that a declar a ti on h as b een pu bli s h e d, i leprczatig the agit a ti on of tl,ls gentlemen, question. esteem, and iyha a m os t highly respectable.; but they t e ll you that it will embarrass the Government to petition at this juncture. Why, gentlemen, the very ob ject of our meeting is to r s Aw tr . e o n iri g ei.s t ks l: ) ;t w l; : b L a c n eai s .l o ed f G G o 6 v , e ,t r i n ei sc M ha e lol la tied t tTfoiro cA tg p he p t l ,,o a: n t o s tn e i: g u i e • l a d, d ee. ually increasing till it 4 eArne ! mi d its cessation man then movedse-r_ " That t c ki, s meeting, cordially rejoicing that their Ho man Catholic fellow-subjects enjoy the same freedom of religious worship as every other denomination of Cl?rie tians, is nevertheless of opinion that to concede to them the same politital p,ewsr, V:Mld, from, the nature and principl es o f th e i r religion, and the foreign influence affect ing it, be a measure fraught with danger to the Protestant Constitution of these realms, as established at the Revolu tion in 1688." The motion was seconded by Mr. -BRA ns ITA NV, and car ried by a great majority. The next motion was proptred by ' Mr. .1. BIRLEY, who said this WJS no time for shrink ing, nor for inactivity, under th e to.twk;sll prct?xt of a fear of embarrassing Government. It was geievoui to see the must zealous friends of the church joining with its enemies in one common bond, to stifle the right of peti tioning. lie, it was well known, had no inotzlinste affec tion for public meetings, hot when inoffensive clubs were put down while a mischievous association was allowed to bear unlimited sway, it was time for file . 5 - iends of the Church to bestir themselves, let my Lord Verulant, cr aay other advocate for quietnetz, say whr,t they would ; and it was their bounden duty to meat in coatavention of the treason and rebellion which was thre,..tened. He would not quarrel . with the Catholic fur his on - lions, but he would not fm.)ish him with a mow-bar to destroy the structure of the Protex , .ant Citurch..(Lond and tang cheering.)—Mr. Birley then movtd— " That the Character and extent of tl:e epiritual thority of the, Church of FWD?, and the way in which it is applit 1 ip ternroral concerns, have been practically sbown by r?critt - - -occurrences in the Sister Kingdom, where this authority has been exerted without com punction over her 111embets, to promote objects purely solitic-.1, even at the risk of rui n t o th e i r de: , rst temporal interests ; from which may he fairly interred the danger thit must re,dt .from the admission of pt , : sons subject to such au influence, to a shar in the Le.isittui , !." • The moon Leing- v'condel by •Mr. WANI7LYN, was carried by a glen majority. A young men of the name of Dolie:ty, who was re porting fur an Irish papr, sari up end asked; if reflec tions were to be cast on his crecd and be not allowed to ray a word in its defence? This gf.ve r:ae to the loudest outcries, amidst which . be x%% - s obliged to tit down. Mi. F. PHILLIPS tnond the third resolution— "That for reveal years prA a Society, calling them. selves the Catholic A.!:teciation, has ex ;e1 in Leland, in open delian?e and contempt of laws especially enacted fur its suppression, and, in conjunction with the priesthood, has levied taxes aid exerciff , d, in various ways, an authority opposed and paramount to that of the Government." The :notion was seconded by JAMES Bor:tar.ry, Esq., a recent:y-creat.d magistrate, and carried with shouts. The fourth res•olution was proptield by Mr. llitanr.F.y, one of the churchwardens, and Seconded by Mr. J EREMIA It FIELDING. It was— " That this Meeting cannot but deeply regret that pro. ceedings thus illegal in their, chat neer, and dangerous in their tendency, have in no instance been disavowed, but have been generally sanctioned and applauded by the Ro man Catholic community," The fifth resolution was proposed by Mr. CHARLES CROSS, the late Boroughreeve. It was as follows: " That every attempt which has been made to devise securities calculated to allay the reasonable and well founded apprehension of Protestants, has completely failed ; and the most influential of the Roman Catholics do not hesitate to avow that the possession of political power (the object of their present claims) would only lead to further demands, and facilitate their attainment." Not being seconded very promptly, a Mr. WATKINSON proposed to himself the honour. Mr. Watkinson thought the resolutions were °too milk-and-waterish, and that as they were violent on the other side of the water, he thought they ought to express themselves strongly on this side. The King and Government would be in a strange predica ment if the Catholics were emancipated. - It was dreadful to ask the King of England to become a traitor, and go to his long home a perjured character. No, let Protfstants support , him with all their hearts, minds, and physical powers.' It was, unfortunately, the fashion to be in favour of the Catholics. He was sorry to see so many'respectable characters in the counter-declaration. He would say to a pretty woman who married an ugly man, you are very amiable, but you have a very bad taste; and so he would say to those who wished them not to petition against the Catholics—they had very bad taste. Mr. JosEett GREEN proposed the next resolution. " That under all these circumstances this meeting feels itself imperatively called upon to make known to the Le gislature its sentiments on this important subject, and earnestly to pray that the Protestant Constitution, to which, under Providence, Great Britain is indebted for her power,, prosperity, and happiness, may he preserved unimpaired:" • The. motion was seconded by Mr. JOHN WHEELER, pro prietor of the . Chronicle newspaper, and carried. The seventh resolution was—.. " That the petition now read (founded on the previous resolutions) be adopted." . The motion was seconded by the Rev. C. D. `WAY, chaplain to the collegiate church, and carried. It was then resolved that the petition should be pre— sented,to • the Lords by the Duke of Wellington, and to the Commons by Mr. Peel, and thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated.• A Mceting of the Catholics is to be held on Tuesday night. THE - KING'S COURT. The Duke of Clarence arrived at . Windsor Castle allout one o'clock on Monday afternoon, and previous to the hold ing of the King's Court, his Royal Highness went over the Castle, and afterwards partook of a ddeune. The Royal Duke, after the arrival of his Anjesty at' the Castle, at tended the King's Court, and had an audience of his Majesty. At ten minutes past three o'clock a messenger as rived at Windsor Castle with a petition in fitvour of Hunton, con victed of forgery, for Mr. Secretary Peel, which had been forwarded from the Home-office at hallpast one o'clociT the petition was undevitood to be signed by the under writers at Lloyd's. The Recorder of London was admitted into the presence of the King in Council soon after five o'clock, and made his report of the convicts capitally conviAed at Justice ball, in the Old Bailey, during the September sessions, when the law was ordered to take its course on the Rev. Peter Fenn, for forgery ; on Thomas iliggins, a master fish monger residing in Berwick street, for cutting and maim ing one of the overseers of the parish in which he resided ; and on James Harpnre, for a burglary. 'The other con victs whose cases were reported amounted to the number of 12,. The cases of Martin Mallet and James Farthing, convicted during the September se?sions, were not gone into. The October sessions was not reported. The Recorder concluded his report soon after eight o'clock, when his Majesty left the Castle and returned to the Royal Lodge. The Cabiret Ministers repined to town, with the exeption of the Duke of Wellington, who proceeded to his sent, at Stratlitieldsaye, Hants. Mr. Rightu e r d to together , e : . he c i , n (2 , a t fo rl r e e d e °aacr gigat et the e be f i E t o h x n e g e Mr. Cosden, of Windsor, was driven by the groom, Secretarya Ilan. me Secretary. c r townee ry l who was on the wrong side of the road, against the leaders in Mr. Peel's roach, and one of the shafts of the gig was driven into the chest of one of the leaders. The hor se andwas felled to li t k i e le rvise overthrown ; the ground by tilec°netZle concussion. .The horse horses . of the carriage became entangled, and slipped down ; the posti lions were throttin off. The Ministers alighted from the carriage, and, soon afterwards were overtaken by the car elcvatia‘gVeasofatlhsoeirccoomllienagg i t i o e rt town .co thef Sr % . i G n iesot cat e n r r e r d a y t and came to town. The carriage of Mr. Peel was brought to town about twelve o'clock. The Duke and Duchess cf Clarence, accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester, left their residence in Bushy Park yesterday morning, and came to the King's Palace at Kensington, where the two DUchesses alighted at the apartments of the Duchess of Kent, with whom their Royal. Highnesses partook of a thjetine, and spent the day with the Duchess and the Princess Sophia. -The Duke came to the residence of the Princess Aug►►sta, in the King's Palace, St. James's, and left town about four o'clock on their return to Bushy, A report has got into circulation within these few days back, that Captain the Hon. FREDERICK SPEN CER is to be appointed to theSuuthanipton, shortly to be commissioned as the Hag-ship to Sir EDWARD OWEN ; but we are informed such is not the fact, and that Caps, GEORGE F. itzcii will be appointed Flag Ca,ptaig 40. the Admiral. . - - It is understood . . military circles that Si r HERBRRT T. 511.04 . ,.. is 4l the u: introduce into th e army some new regulati.os relative to the dress of offic ers , 44d - which is not only intended to render the prw,ts af regimen_ tals of every corps as nearly as post.ible 4iike, but will re strain Commanding Qffiyers (i:01,11 Rutting young officers to extra expenses, (w 144 s;.4i many of them can very ill lard) for whims of tlAtir own. - It is also said that Sir irlitttuXlVes attention has been called to the very great expense iucurred in some regiments, under the head of " Subseriptioa to mess fund, band, &c." and ‘vhi l / 4 4), in many instances, fail very heavy indeed on young men, but which the dread of being looked upon; as t‘rutablers pt-events tient front coat,: Fihtiaing of, • ,', SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS. In the Dublin Evening Post of Saturday last there is a long letter, extending to eight closely printed columns, from Dr.. Doyle to Dr. Phillpots, on the subject of the letter of Dr. P. to an English Layman respecting the Coronation Oath. Dr. Doyle triumphs over Dr. Phillpots, and it is difficult to say whether his letter is most to be admired for the pa through an affe c t at i on o f hi stor i ca l l ore, tient research by which he has exposed the a tt em p ts to ofD in r t . ro P d " uce confusion into a very plain and simple question, or the force of his reasoning on general grounds. Dr. Phillpots had admitted -that material alterations had been made - at different times by " Henry the Eighth and his successors in the Corona tion Oath, so that it was now rather a matter of some difficulty to exculpate our Protestant Sove reigns, and vet contend that the Coronation Oath concluded the Sovereign from consenting to any alteration in the laWs relating to the Church. " I suppose you know," observes Dr. Doyle, " from your familiar intercourse with ancient records, that in the time of Henry the Eighth, the Chancellor, and he only, introduced Bills into Parliament; and , that the King at that time was infinitely more power ful in the great Council of the nation than appears con sistent with the practice of the Constitution since the glorious Revolution: At that time he had the pZiwer of legislation almost in his own hands; but,notwithhtand ing the extent of his power, you will admit that he could not have changed the whole frame of Church Government, and trampled as he did upon the'rights and privileges of the Bishops and Clergy, and do so, according to you, " without violating his Cciro nation Oath." Now, if at that period the King in Parliament could thus do what he did, and that you acquit him of blame, how can you support the opi nion that the King in Parliament would now violate his oath by altering such laWs relating to the Church as he swore at his Coronation to maintain?" To a .man of plain sense, the idea of the oath taken by one of the branches of the supreme power to main tain what is established being a bar to all alteration or modification by the whole of the branches, of any of the institutions in Church or State, ap pears bey( ni measure absurd. This would be giving to the particular Legislature which framed the oath the power of tying up the hands of all future Legislatures. But every succeed ing. Legislature possesses the same measure of power which its predecessors posssessed, and can not only exercise that power, in :intro ducing alterations and modifications into the various institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, of the State, but either s ipersede the existing coronation oath by another of a different tenour, or enact that no coro nation oath whatever shall be taken. It is Inconsis tent with .all just notions of the supreme power either that the Legislature of • a former age should place its successors in an impossibility to act with the same freedom which it exercised, or that the oath of one branch of the supreme power to main tain what exists should be construed into a bar of the supreme—power as a whole from al tering that which exists. The oath to main tain what exists, means necessarily to, maintain it only till it is altered by a competent - power. The. Sovereign alone has not the power to alter, though his concurrence is necessary to any alteration ; and the oath applies to ,him only in his capacity of Chief Magistrate, acting under the direction of the Legis lature, by • which. he is invested with 'great powers, and not to him as a branch of the Legis- Wore. Dr. Doyle handles this part of the subject with a triumphant superiority to his antagonist "It is • not easy, Sir (he observes) to ima gine how a doubt c0i6.1 have entered the mind cf any person as to the ability , of the King in Parliament to repeA or enact any law -whatever there .reed upon; a7ui did we not often find the cclearestclearesttaiths 01Y:cured:and almost rendered worns- in which should.sophistry y doubtfulbis could mistaite th e applicxion of the ti pcx: eii ms b l n That the supreme p ower i n a State y cninot limit itself' to the subject now under con sidemtion, . The very first indtonction from this printii)le appl;ed to our own State is, that the Legisivare. or Parliament is competent to change enisting . laws or to enact new oneF. A second con e regnewnoi: less .immediate is, that i n doing so it cz.rinot be by any law or engagement pre-- vionsiy wide either by itself or by arty preceding Le giAlattirel :Then, as to the oaths; are essence of every o:vh, wherever God is appealed to as an avenge . , crises excepted, consists in calling upon God to ‘v; -, te.: , .-• the t!-';h or sincerity of the declare tio:7, or promis!! n1:.(1?. In promissory oaths, to which Corona:ion oth belongs, the Deity i s colledopon to witness the tr:ith and fidelity with v:hiih he who sviett.:i ol.)::::rve-his engagement or fuiM his contiacr. "- ,52%.tch rn i f;:s at - e co.:;t , reri Lie yrozp;se or captrect, (tad cc-. 76 ;tie to bind .to twig as !i , e prowise contract .'nil no longer. p4 , :tlze , ?nterina- into the con ibsfolve it by totitu..l consent, for any considera tion, ..I:reptatile to pai.tiest thetnaclves, the oath ,eases altobeher. If one p::. - ty violate thecontract, the ol.her is freed Lath fl-om the obligation of the contract ; and the oath aanaxed to i% Wila.tever is her e said of contract, is rquAy applicable to pi - anti:Al:, Mr a promise made and acc:2pred of is a . So, in like nianner, if the parties entering.to a ‘oll'..:ac', or waking and accepting of a, promise to which an oath blipens to he annexed, should tittenvarils the contract or promi,e so sur , de and entered into, a a n it g e i r ci o e r rgv i , A t orii i • ry they ;re as much a dlu t aocr:i l a .;l eo ) c e r;o rl ts y ; to alto. or - modify it as du t to the Bishops, if no oath wlia:.ever were - annexed it. p oi . G od e %' n 'a g s age c m a l e le( n i t so u r lung t a o s 'snhestlld ti e:ist fl : ll ; l i r u n t en li t e was not adjureder to testify t t the parties,tiittitial stt:hiseijileire.o:t:ll;lll;:ieetvroi er iicirm-viiio77,,„ chronic.. er, the Kirg, by his Corona sor ft is p a etiei m orliniv.i i i - elec n o. i tt : taolyth.ti o io, r sbs d i:v i i s ..i s :up o uter v c e ttaihol , t, s a t ttiv e rights, not made to them alooe, lint to 01 whole nation, of which they form a di:-tinguished pa - 3. The dif ferent clauses in the Coronation Oath 'are only a cbssifica tion or summary of the heads of the contract which the King enters into with his people—and when he swears, he only calls God to witness that he will fulfil snch con tract, the heads of which be has just recited." We trikst the Letter will be pnblished---as a i y ita tl b le je ttr to itis t h he Ca t t a l l i e o l l i i t e s - o A f sso th e o int c hi a n t . hol l iet ipCsahh7itgprcillibilye. With infinite gratification—and may we not add un offendingly, with no small personal pride—do we record the proceedings of yesterday's Meeting for the relief of the Spanish exiles. A fortnight ago the subject of .their sufferings it was broached afresh in the columns o f the Times jou day since the opening of thi s painful topic has passed over l. Nt'ith the single exception of Monday la s t, not a us without a repetition of out first appeal to public b one _ volence, enforced as actively as our earnest feelings and . our bumble abilities would permit, in the form of a leading article. We trusted in the Press when applied to - its cha racteristic purpose of combining for one beneficent end, a p e ople whose hearts were filled with a common sentiment of humanity. We trusted in English sympathy, and generosity and power to give effect to both, on behalf of an unfor tunate body of men who would not disgrace their bent.- factors. The result, though yet we trust in its infancy, is even now in its spirit before us. The Chief Magistrate, with great good sense and clearness, vindicated the true object of the meeting as one exclusively charitable. With withhold not. as- This, w e sa y, was persp i cu ously stated, but we should b e li e equal clea rness h e stated the grounds on whick the King's .m Government had drawn a lin e b e t ween Spaniards - whom it would at ist, sistance--viz. that one class had served in the same cause with Engiand a , n:l vi o ii t i h e e t rs he f ir ro l t e n a w fo h i n t m it would unatebi.ethr uith e , n our own judgments if we added, that it appeared to us a s successful in the way of argument , as it was intelLgible in ' expressmn • . All the Spanish exiles have been vi ct i ms of a tyranny directed no less against the interests of Britain than against t h ose o f liberty : they were cast in d est i tut i on upon, our Shores, an d without help from some so urce t h ey must have per i s h e d. ;Much, however, did the Lord Mayor rejoice us when he declared unequivocally the favourable feelings of the Duke of Weliington and his Majesty's Governinent to wards the exiles; and when he told his bearers that the ' Government, by excluding these unfortunates from the bounty of the state, had both in fact and in intention, thrown them upon the benevolence of the people. The avowal was hailed with tumultuous cheers by a crowded and kits-- tinguished assembly it was followed by the corresponding