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which be considered a most important concession, and bailed it as the first step towards the settlement of an im portant and difficult subject. In the House of Common. th e Civil List became the subject of a " conversation." Mr. Portman, in the execution, perhaps, of a precon certed movement, inquired of the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether the integrity of liis plan, as presented to the House on Friday night, was a sine qua non of the present Government's remaining in office, and whether the House was to consider itself at liberty to deal with it without being supposed to congcdier the Noble Lord in case it should unfortunately differ from him. Lord Althorp replied, with great candour, that Govermnent had en • deavoured to do its duty in preparing the plan ; but, if the better sense of the " collective wisdom" of Parlia• went saw room for improvement in it, the present Mi • tasters were not so sensitive ad to t offence, and, pro vided the alterations were " consistent with justice and goof faith," they Would cheerfully adopt them. The Noble Lord subsequently stated that he was not so wedded to that part of his plan which related to retaining the " Irish and Scotch pensions" in the Civil List, that if Parliament thought proper to transfer them to the Con solidated Fund, he should interpose much objection. This admission of the Noble Lord must have the effect of en larging considerably the jurisdiction of the House, not strictly, but practically, in dealing with the Civil List. The question of the barilla duties was brought under con sideration. Mr. Bankrs accused Mr. P. Thomson of an irregularity in altering these duties without the consent of Parliament, but the Right Hon. Gentleman defended him self by precedents, and the late officers of the Treasury justified his conduct. A discussion then ensued upon the policy and probable effect of the alteration upon the kelp manufacturer, which was extended to a considerable length, and occupied much of the remainder of the evening.—iforning, Herald. Lord King, on presenting a petition from a pace in Somersettthire against tithes, said— .. He knew that it was said that tithes were property, and so they were, but very different from individual property. It was said that tithes were the property of the Church, and it was asked, if it were not as sacred as other property ? But the pro perty of the Church stood upon a different footing from indivi dual property. The Church Establishment was the creature of the State; it was paid for, and in such a manner as the State pleased. In that respect, then, it was perfectly different from in dividual property. A Reverend Prelate had stated, on a former evening, that Church property was snore ancient than other property: it might be more ancient than some other property, but it was at all times the creature of the State mid public pro perty ; it was conferred by the State, and it was held as public property, intended for the benefit of ? the State. It was different frons private property, which was necessary fur the good of so ciety. Without private property, we should have nothing but the spontaneous produce of the earth ; but without tithes, we should have a great deal more saleable produce of art and skill than at present. Tithes, then, and private property, operate in different ways. The institution of private property increased the produce—the institution of tithes lessened it." The Bishop of Lincoln, in a tone of mildness unusual in a churchman, where the property of the Church is in question, endeavoured to refute Lord King. "He must maintain that tithes were not established by the State for a State service. In many cases they were granted by in. dividuals who had the power, in order to provide for the due performance of religious service in every parish in the kingdom. The individuals who granted tithes did not intend them to be the property of the State." Even ad mitting the correctness of the Bishop of Lincoln's theory of tithes, that in many cases the owners of estates granted the tithes of their estates to particular churches, this does not affect the question at issue between him and Lord King. The Church Establishment is the creature of the State, which can either annihilate it or change its cha racter. A very large portion of the land of the kingdom, now in the hands of individuals, was granted in like manner to the Church, but on the suppression of religious bosses, the State seized it, and this land was the making of the principal noble families of England. When estates are given for a specific object, the parties to whom the estates would have otherwise descended, may, in establishing their title, claim such estates, if the intention of the donor is disregarded. But in the case of tithes, even where there is evidence of a grant, the antiquity of it precludes the possibility of a challenge on the part of successors to the donor. The State, therefore, is at full liberty to dis pose of tithes in whatever way may be deemed most ad vantageous to the public service. It is quite idle, there fore, to speak of the property of the church in the ordi nary sense of the word. The clergy are servants of the State, appointed to communicate religious instruction to the people, and to perform certain religious ceremonies; and a certain share of the gross produce of the soil having been granted to them, no matter by whom, it is now found that the mode of payment, though in early ages attended with no inconvenience, is now productive of many evils, and hence the universal. desire of a change. Lord King said, " the time for composition was gone by. Nothing short of a commutation measure on a fixed corn rent, not liable to alteration, and which would not give a greater than a fixed share of the produce to the , tithe-owner, not increasing with the capital employed, would now satisfy the country." The Bishop of Lincoln said "he was not opposed to a commutation of tithes, on a fair prin ciple. It was necessary, he believed, that the church should mate sonic sacrifice, and every commutation must involve a sacrifice; but on that account he should not object to a commutation." This is fair and c unlit!. But with respect :to sacrifice, if the principle of the commutation be just, the present incumbents can not be exposed to any material sacrifice. It is true, if a fixed corn-rent be adopted, that corn-rent, two hundred years hence, may be considerably less than the tenth of the gross produce may then be. Two hundred years hence, the population of England may probably be tripled, and the wants of the increased population will demand an ex tended cultivation. But the Clergyman's stomach does not increase in the ratio of the increase of the population. If the fixed corn rent be adequate to the support of a Clergyman now, it will be adequate two hundred years hence. The Bishop of Lincoln, however, afterwards stated, in explanation, that the commutation he meant was an equivalent in land. This would be greatly preferable to tithes; but we fear the execution of such a scheme would be attended with great difficulty. The non-residence of the English Clergy having been alluded to by Lord King, the Bishop of London said, "It must surely excite the sur prise of their Lordships to hear the Noble Lord mention that ; for if there was one fact better established histori cally than another, it was, that the absence of the Clergy from different parishes was caused by Lay Impropriators having taken the Church property. It was owing to the system of Lay Impropriators that the Clergy were de prised of their property, and prevented from residing in their parishes." This declaration so wrought on Lord Winchilsea ' that he observed— " If the Legislature should pass an Act to restore to the Church all the property that ought to belong to it, that would do, lie thought, a great deal of service to the Church. He was the proprietor of some tithes : and he should be glad if the Le. gislature would pass a law to compel all those who possessed the property of the Church to restore it. He could conscientiously say that he was in possesion of property which ought not justly to be his." This is more than we expected in our knowing age. There was a time in which Sir Henry Spelman's book on sacrilege wrought wonders in the way of converting Church robbers; but, unfortunately for the good cause, in our days the possessors of Church lands and impropriate tithes seem as much under the protection of Providence as their neighbours. We fear that their consciences are too hard to be induced to profit by the invitation of his Lordship ; so that he will have both the credit of his offer and the unchallenged possession of his tithes. But, after all, what a lame justification of the Church is that of the Bishop of London. Say that the impropriate tithes amount to a fifth—even a third—of the whole. Surely the lands of the Church, and two-thirds of the gross produce of the soil of all England constitute a fund sufficiently ample for a Clergy equal to the wants of the people. The Scotch have a resident Clergy for about one-fiftk part of what the tithes would amount to. If the heads of the English Church had been so disposed, 'would it not have been easy for them to have digested a plan for distributing the enormous revenues of that Church in such a manner that no part of the population should be without a religious instructor? When a parish in Scot land is too small to afford a competent living, it is united to another, the first thing considered being the spiritual wants of the people. It is really an insult to the under standings of the people to speak in the present day of lay impropriatinns being au obstacle in the way of a resident C l ergy. Where there is a will there is a way; hut there will never lm a will to regulate livings on any rational principle; fur in such a case some Bishops would not possess the incomes of a Sovereign, and some parish Clergy the average incomes of members of the Peerage. The Clergy have displayed much ingenuity in investiga tions connected with the Church power and Church pro perty, but they have not tasked their ingenuity much to discover the means of curing non-residence..— Morning Chronicle. We have already sufficiently exposed the fact, that in 1 the plan of Mini st e rs w ith r espect to the Civil List there is literally noth in g to corres p ond w i th the 1d sinus, or to redee m the solemn p led ges of econom y , euPr" ; mean s of which they juggled themselves into la ° ee and power. Other opp ortunities will occur of show ing that the change of arra n g ement, for which the Administ ration takes so much credit to itself, is really a change for the worse. At present it cannot be too strongly impressed upon the public mind that the scheme of these place. hunting professors of economy does not reduce the value of their own official patronage, ordiminish the public burdens, by a single farthing. This, it cannot be denied, in a scheme Noceeding from them, is a capital blemish; not because the Civil List was or is too high, but beeanse their re fusal to reduce its amount is a proof of base and contemp rible hypocrisy on their part, awl an odious and impudent confession that they are utterly destitute of principle. The manoeuvre by which the promised reduction of the Pen sion List is altogether evaded, so far as the patronage of the actual Ministers is ConCerneki, is an insult more gross than was ever befOre offered by any Ministry to the under standing of the country. This charge, it is pretended, is to he reduced some time or other to 75,0001, but, as is just and necessary, it is to remain at its pre sent amount, 159,3731., dosing the lives of the pre sent pensioners. Now it is obvious that a Ministry sin cere in its desire of retrenchment would have proposed a system of progressive reduction, by limiting the power of the Crown to supply vacancies in the entire Pension List to some fixsd proportion of the amount actually front dine to time set free by deaths or otherwise. Instead o! this simple, natural, honest, and effective mode of pro ceeding, what is the device of our hypocritical pretenders to the character of au economical Administration? They separate the Pension List into two classes, in one of which classes in the vacanci e s a r e t o be filled up as fast as th e y occur , while the other tire vacancies are not to be filled up at all. This separation o f c l asses t h ey take care to effect upon a principle, the only merit of which is that it gives to the for mer class all the aged pensioners, who in the course of na ture are likely to fall during their possession of office, and to the latter the mere recent pensioners and younger men and women, City of whom can be expected to drop during the present administration, or even during the present reign. This arrangement is sufficiehtiy intelligible ; we defy the most ingenious advocate of Ministers to ex plain it upon any other principle than that of hypocrisy__ than that of their earnest desire to be thought economical without submitting to any of the sacrifices which such economy as they profess would demand. It is said that it would be injudicious and unfair to suspend suddenly and altogether the power of the Crown to grant new pensions, in order to retrench to the fixed amount in the shortest possible time. And this is quite true. Put is this any reason why the whole sacrifice of patronage and power should be reserved for a future Administration or a future reign, which is the certain effect and manifest intention of the notable scheme we are considering ? Are our present Mi nisters so dull and incapable that they could discover no middle course ? Or have their inventive faculties been blunted upon this occasion by a sordid and selfish attach ment to the advantages of office? Those Who have re marked the high-minded and disinterested regard to the public service which has distinguished the present Pre mier and his colleagues, in the exercise of official patro nage, will be at no loss tor an answer to these questions. If there be any reason why the proposed reduction should now operate only upon the younger &ass of pensioners, according to the scheme of Ministers, the same reason will no doubt exist in equal force when the Civil List is again to be settled, and when the indivi duals who now compose the junior will probably have be come the senior class. Should the plea advanced by Lord Althorp, of the hardship of the present Sovereign of a sudden suspension of the power of granting pensions be successful, will not the same plea, founded then upon precedent as well as reason, equally avail a future Mi nister, whenever the same hardship shall really be expe rienced ? Can there be any doubt, in abort, that if the self protecting scheme of the present Ministers take effect, the senior class of pensioners will always, by means of easy transfers from one fund to another, he the class in which vacancies are, and the junior class that in which vacancies arc not, to be filled tip ?-211orning Post. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10 1 ,4 d. fo► the UN Loaf. There are others who sell from y 2 d. to below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.-Feb. 7, New Engli.h Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) -s. -s. fine --s. -s. Ohl Ditto Ditto- .... -s. -s. fine -s. -s. Nov Foreign Ditto s2s. 70s. fine 9.55.1105. Old Ditto New White C10ver...........-......-.........._ 455. 755. fine -s. -s. Old Ditto Ditt0.......--....-.........-....--..... -s. -s. fine -s. -a. New Trelbil .............---...-.....--..._,..... 30s. 50s. fine -s. 68s Old Ditto ....- Rib Grass .......--- ~_ -10 s. 305. fine `2.55. 3 / 3 . English Carraway Seed -s. -5. 503. fine 545. Foreign Ditto .. „ -s. -s. 555. fine 575. coriander - . -s. 275. fine -s. 335. St. Foin (per Quartcr).-......-. -s. 425, fine 435. 465. Rye Grass - ----..... 20.5. 335. new 355. 435. Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding - -s. 38s. fine -s. 465. Ditto, for crushing--.......--. 44s. 465. -s. fine --s, Canary Seed, New -s. 465. fine -s. 52s ' 'itto 01d............... -5. •••(4. ••••li. fine -s. White Mustard Seed -(per Bushel)-..... -a. I6s. IBs. fine --5. Brown Ditto -s. lOs. 14s. fine -s. Turnip Seeds, Rounds.--..-----...--..., -s. -s. -s. fine 14s. Green and lied Ditt0..,.,.,.. ... -s. -s. -s. line 18s. Tares, Old Ditto New-- _ - -s. -s. fine 42 , .4z5. IZaz.e Seed, English, fine (per Last) 321. 35/........ Foreign 3:24 44'. PRICES OF HOPS.-Feb. 7. Kent Pockets . 81 10s. 9/. 9s. to 10/. 4s. Se sex Ditto ..- 7l 15s. 8/. Bs. to 81. 15s. 11.sgex Ditto .-----.. 8/. Os. 91. Os. to 101. Os. Earnham Ditto, Fine O/. Os. 16/. Os. to 201. Os. Seconds ................„. 01. Os. 91. Os. to 15/. Os. Kent Bnio 3/. Os. 81. 83. to 111. Os. , Essex Ditto , .. 111. Os. M. Os. to 01. Os. 'Sussex Ditto Old Duty on last year's growth announced to be £88,047 8 1!.4 PRICE OF OIL. Ripe Oil, brown 496. Os. Refined ••••••• £5O 0 Linseed Oil ............w00...............*N0w.e*P0wwwwwenve. 33 0 I. , useed Oil Cako.at the Mill, per thousand l 0 Rape Cake, per ton 7 7 PRICE OF POTATOES.—Feb. 7. Kidneys Scotch Reds Marsh Champions.... Oxoobles and Shaws 0/. Os. to 41. Os. per ton. 3/. 15s. to 41. Os. ditto. 41. Os. to 4/. 19s. ditto. 31. ss. to 31. 10s. ditto. WHITECHAPEL HAY AIARKET.—Feb. 5. Hay 344. Od. to 35.. Oct. RAW LUDES. Per Stone. s.d. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s.d. Myst licitors&Steers3 03 4 I Ordinary 4 2 8 Market 6 6 each: Polled SHEEP SKINS. 2s. ed. to 3s. ed. J Downs Is. ed. to 2s. Gd, Welch Is. al. to Ig. 4d. LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides., 15 18 Spanish Ditto 20 23 Per dozen. Calf Skins,. 36 to 4(tb. 15 18 Ditto 56 to 701 b. 20 26 Ditto to 801 b. 18 21 Small Seals, Greenland 'xi 211 KET.—Feb. 7. PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. to :Alb... 15 22 to 661 b... 16 2.3 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach hides i 6 18 Clop Hides, 35 to 4011). 13 111 Ditto 40 to 451 b. 14 16 Ditto A... ./ 16 18 COAL MAR. Hebburn Main 325. 6d. Ilolywell 3.2 6 Killin".worth :LI 3 Ord'sßetihugh 29 0 Pontop Windsor, 29 6 South 27 6 Banfielsl 33 6 Willington 33 6 Wylarn 33 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 33 6 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 34 3 Walls End Boundary 31 0 Walls End Callerton...... 28 9 Walls End Carr and Co. 32 0 Ditto Heaton 34 4 Walls End Hilda 32 6 Walls End Hotsintr....., 33' 3 Ditto Northumberland 33 U Ditto l'erkins and Co—.. 33 3 Walls End Russell's-- 34 0 Ships at market, 74—Slii: Walls end Newmarch.. 335. od. Ditto Walker 34 0 Lambton Primrose 3:3 6 Russell's 35 0 Walls End Hettou 36 0 W. E. Russell's Hetton 36 0 Ditto Norwood's Ditto 32 0 W. E. Cleveland 29 6 Ditto 2i 0 Blyth Halbcath tB 0 Pembertonflangennech 36 0 New Flockton, Milne and Co. 27 0 Wardc's!Llanclly 35 0 Cowpcn 3l 0 33 0 Hcbburn small 19 0 Stobart's small 23 0 sold. 21X-Unsold, 491 A. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE MAN cliEsTeu. AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. —We regret to state that a fatal accident occurred on the railway early on Tuesday morning last. The deceased, whose name was WILLIAm TEWBURN, was one of the goods guards, and was attached to the Twin Sisters, an engine adapted to the conveyance of very heavy loads of goods, but which, as it travels at a much slower rate than the other engines, is used only during the night. On Tuesday morning the Twin Sisters brought up from Liverpool twenty-seven waggons, loaded with goods, and arrived at the station about two o'clock in the morning. The load having been delivered at the warehouse, the engine was transferred to the other line of railway, and the guard, unknown to the engineer, got upon the tender, and stood upon one of the bosses or cushions, by which he came in contact with the carriages. The engineer started for the engine -house, for the purpose of taking in a fresh supply of coke ; and, as the water in the boiler had goli rather low, he com menced running her backward and forward for the pur pose of filling the boiler, the pumps working only when the engine is in motion. The sudden shock occasion e d by t'e change of motion caused the guard (who was probably benumbed by long exposure to the cold), to lose his hold ; lie fell with his body across one of the rails, and the re versed motion brought the wheels, first of the tender and then of the engine across his body, by which he was in stantly killed, his body being, in fact, nearly cut in two. He was a young man, had very recently entered the ser vice of the railway company, and leaves a wife (to whom lie had been married only a few months), in a situation likely to become a mother in a short time.—Manchester Guardian. •1: Mr. HOWITT'S Book of the Seasons, or Calendar of Nature, contains, in addition to a great mass of entertaining matter, a complete list of the migrations of Birds ; a copious list of Garden Plants, which come into flower in each month ; a Botanic a l C a l en d ar , i nc l u di ng a select num b er of the most beautiful British plants, and as etymological catalogue of about 300 of the most remarkable Insects, a notice of rural occupation% and also•ono on Angling. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM MEETINGS. WARWICK. The meeting for Reform took place at the Court House in this borough on Wednesday last, pursuant to the re quisition, and was very fully attended. About half-past twelve o'clock the Mayor and Mr. Alderman Edwards entered the large civic apartment of the Cetirt-lionse ; dud were soon after followed by John Tomes, Esq., M.P., Aldermen Collins and Burbury, the Rev. Dr. Wade, and Messrs. W. Collins, R. Tomes, J. Twamley, H. Lamb, J. Goodhall, R. Sanders, S. W. Haines, W. Griffin, J. San ders, J. Enoch, &c. &c. The Worthy Member on his entrance was greeted by the assembly with several rounds of applause; end the arrival of Dr. Wade was announced with a very flattering testimony of public approbation. T. Joetes, Esq., Mayor, having been unanimously called to the Chair, briefly stated that he had called the present meeting in compliance with a requisition most nume rously and respectably signed, which he held in his hand. The Rev. Dr. WADE proposed the first resolution. Gentlemen, it is such petitioners as you are, who can as sist the endeavours of a reforming, and defeat those of a non- reforming, Government. By your co-operation you will supply well intentioned Ministers with a refutation of the taunts of boroughmongers and anti-reformers, that people of political integrity do not want a Reform. Your meeting, and meetings of such a numerous and respectable body as yourselves, all over the kingdom, to State an opinion upon the great question before us, trill speak in a voice of thunder to all Parliamentary proprietors. It will teach all who are interested in perpetuating present abuses, that private emolument must give way to public good._ that the inherent birth-right and unalienable liberties of Englishmen are not to be bought or sold, like cattle in a market—that the eternal privileges of our countrymen are not to be the usurped property of Peers and rich Com owner•s—that the Commons House of Parliament shall be what it ought to be, the organ of the people's wishes— " the express image" of their will—and not the machine of oligarchical pride or gain,—(Cheering.) Hence the unjust wars, profligate expenditure, exorbitant taxes, and overwhelming debt. Hence, as Mr. Hume ear, " one third of the House of Commons is permitted to live upon the taxes." Hence the infamous Pension List, containing such a locust-cloud of place-holders, sinecurists, male and female, pensioners, noble and ignoble paupers, the sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and whole lineage of cor ruption, that rob the industrious of the fruit of their in dustry, and despise those whom they plunder.—(Cheers.) What brought about the first revolution in France, but the long continued monopoly, avarice, end contempt of grievances of the people by their Parliament ? What pro voked the second glorious revolution of last July, but a junta of tyrants, who endeavoured to deprive the people of the blessings of a free Press? What can save us, I would ask, from utter ruin, hut a timely Reform, an immediate recurrence to the first principles of the Constitution ;—in a word, by the House of Commons reforming itself?— (Reiterated cheers?)—Gentlemen, the Reform I want is not a prelude, but a preventive to a general scramble. It would not unsettle any " vested rights," or " fixed insti tutions," which were worth preserving. It has nothing alarming in it, except to tax-devourers and greedy boroughmongers. On the contrary, Reform signifies a correction of reigning abuses. The objection that Reform is innovation, we fling back with contempt on the cor ruptors of the Legislature; for they are the innovators-e -we are the renovators of it. Corruption has had too lung a reign. Who are the corruptors now ? Not the King ! God bless him ! His Majesty is the advocate of Reform, economy, and a reduction of taxation. No; it is the rich, overgrown, ambitious oligarchy, whose unconstitutional power is equally opposed to the just prerogative of the King and the interests and rights of the people. Gentle men, I rest our claims to snore extensive suffrage, not merely, as some do, upon the ground of right (though that is the best of all grounds,) but upon the ground of inheri tance also. The tendency of our most ancient institutions, however they may have been interrupted or suspended, has always been in favour of " popular privileges ;" and in sup port of my assertion, I may refer to the annals of our country, from the reign of Alfred down to the time of Edward I. Such a Reform as the necessities of the country now require, can only be effected by a great exten sion of suffrage. Gentlemen, such arc the objects which, in my humble opinion, we ought this day to petition for. Let but the point of the wedge be admitted, and public opinion, that moral via ec tergo, will scatter all opposition to fragments. The commutation of tithes would of neces• sity fellow ; a measure which would increase 'the happi ness of both priests and people, and secure to the pastor the affection and respect of his flock. Reform would say to that ruthless, bloody Moloch the law, " Siste, Curni fex I" you shall no longer create crimes for the purpose of punishing—the Game Laws shall not make the wife a widow, nor the mother childless, by the gun in the field, or the gallows in the city, for the sake of preserving a few partridges and pheasants ! You owe it to yourselves, your families, your King and country, to withstand the machine nations of the Ultra Tories, who would perpetuate the evils that have been accumulating for upwards of four• hundred years. Now is the time to set the vessel of the State free from the rocks and quick-sands that surround her. Everybody should put his hand to the cable, when a sailor King commands. The close of the Learned Doctor's address was followed by shouts of-applause. Dr. Wade then moved— " That this meeting consider it to be a duty to support, by the public voice, his Majesty's Ministers in fulfilling their pledge of retrenchment in the public expenditure., and the removal of the existing abuses in the representation." Mr. JOSEPH SANDERS briefly seconded the resolution, which was put from the chair, and unanimously carried. D. W. BURBURY, Esq. in proposing the second reso lution, said Reform was absolutely necessary. Every re. fleeting mind must agree with him that there did exist that necessity—(Cheers)—for, if they looked back to the page of history, they would see that originally the House of Commons had been called together by the King to ntake laws for the protection of the lives and property of the people; and representatives for that purpose were chosen by counties and cities, and the principal towns. But the inevitable change of times and circumstances, and the great fluctuations of commerce, had now reduced many of those principal towns to places of the utmost insignifi cance. It was therefore quite inconsistent with the Con stitution of England that such places should now return representatives to Parliament, whilst towns of great popu latien—the seats of vast commercial and manufacturing wealth—possessed no such privilege, but were compelled to rely for representation on Members who could not have a local acquaintance with their wants and their interests. The worthy Alderman concluded, amidst loud cheers, by proposing the following resolution:— " That the House of Commons, as now constituted, is not in our opinion, a faithful representation of the people, and that so long as it remains In its present defective state, it is in vain to cx. pest a redress of the various grievances under which all classes of his Majesty's subjects have so long laboured, and which fill every reflecting and well-regulated mind with the most serious alarm." Mr. E. Ivas having seconded the resolution, it was carried unanimously. W. COLLINS, Esq. in an animated address, which was repeatedly interrupted by the cheers of the meeting, [im posed the third resolution. The King had called to his councils Ministers expressly pledged to effect a Reform in Pat Earnest, a retrenchment of the public expenditure, and to preserve peace at home and abroad. Those Ministers did net want either zeal or ability to effect these great ob jects—they only wanted the support of the people— (Loud cheers)—and as we had a real constitutional King and a real constitutional Government, it was our duty to give them our public support, and unite our efforts to strengthen their bands in rooting out corruption from the State. The people would not longer bear the present state of the representation—(Cries of " they won't, they won't")—and in the language of the Poet Laureate, in his better days.— . _ " Easier were it far To hurl the rooted mountain from its base, Than force the yoke of slavery on men Determined to be free." (Cheers.) He would wish meetings like the present uni versal throughout the kingdom, as a sure and certain way of compelling Government to do their duty, if reluctant ; or enabling them boldly to perform that duty, when aided and assisted by the public voice. Mr. Collins concluded his speech, amidst the reiterated cheers of the meeting, by reading the following resolution ," That this meeting deplore that any of their countrymen should be guilty of those acts of outrage and incendiarism which have unhappily disgraced various parts of the kingdom, but can. not refrain from ascribing them to the lamentable pauperism which is the result of an intolerable burthen of taxation, occa sioned by long and destructive wars, by expensive est a bli s hments in time of peace, by sinecures and grants, by immoderate and unmerited pensions and useless places, whereby a sum of money people, astoundi ng i n i ts amoun t, ther e e ri tn ed springs ofproductive industry." 3r . n H. LAis tsn m s seconded the resoluti on , w hi c h, lik e t h e andis wrung r i u ruinousg from in a ip im re p su former, was carried by acclamation. Mr. Alderman COLLINS moved, and Mr. SANDERS seconded the fourth resolution, which was also carried unanimously. It was as follows.— " That this meeting is impressed with the conviction that this excessive taxation could not have been imposed, nor this lavish expenditure allowed, by a House of Commons fairly and freely chosen by the people." 'JO&IAU TWAMLEY, Esq. proposed the fifth resolution, which having been briefly seconded by Mr. Alderman En wAttn§, was put to the meeting : " That this meeting conscientiously believe his Majesty's pre sent Government deseive the confidence of the people, and that they will honestly and faithfully redeem the pledge they have given, if the people will zealously and firmly support them. That with this confidence, and for the purpose of aiding them in the arduous task they haVe undertaLen, this meeting will not ven ture td recommend anv particular mode of Reform, with the ex ception of the Vote by Pallot ; but again repeat their solemn and unanimous conviction, that unless it be a real, a substantial, and effectual Reform, the country will be grievously disappointed, the consequences most appalling, and even dreadful to con template." . . -- Originally this resolution was put to the meeting with out the words printA in italics, viz. " with the exception of the vote by ballot,"—and was received with mingled and reiterated shouts of "No, no; no pledge," and " the ballot, the ballot,"—when Mr. TwAriLEY was a little surprised at the dissatisfac tion expressed ; but if any person objected to the resolu tion, he hoped they would come forward and state their reasons.—(Cheers.) Upon this Mr. E. Tuts was of opinion that no Reform would be effectual unless accompanied by the ballot, and begged to submit the following resolution ; " That this meeting is of opinion that no Reform will be com plete and effectual without the vote by ballot, which will alike check the shameless bribery and other base and scandalous prac. tices, at present so common at elections, and at the same time will protect the dependent voter from the dictation or oppression of power." This was seconded by Mr. W. Tilts, and received with repeated cheers. Mr. Jo IN Excien thought, if those who objected to the resolution would give their attention to it, they would find it was in perfect accordance with those which had pre ceded it, and left it fully open for the vote by ballot to be subsequently proposed ; and Mr. TWAIoiLEY added—Wi don't enter into any details as to the particular mode of Reform that may be desirable —as to this or that borough being disfranchised, or the representation being given to this or that large town ; but leave the question open.--(This was received with loud cries of " The ballot, the ballot !" and the above clause Was ultimately introduced into the resolutions, which was then passed amidst loud acclamations and three cries of " No, no, no.") WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq. was decidedly friendly to the vote by ballot, for, from what he knew of the Aristocracy, he had no doubt there were many other noblemen ready t exclaim with the Duke of Newcastle, " Shall I not do what I will with mine own ?" }le believed the ballot was the only safe and certain security for the honesty and free dom of election, the only protection from every species of improper influence.—(Checrs.) They might as well at tempt to navigate a ship without water, as hope to be honestly represented without the ballot.—(Loud and con. tinued cheering.) At the same time he thought that the -amended resolution would carry all their wishes, without the necessity of stultifying themselves by passing another resolution to the same effect. A desultory conversation then ensued between Dr. Wade, Mr. 'rims, Mr. W. Collins, Mr. Twandey, Mr. Enoch, and several other gentlemen, which terminated in Mr. Tims consenting to withdraw his resolution. Mr. RICHARD HIORNS, in a brief speech, proposed the sixth resolution. " That the petitions founded on these resolutions be presented to both houses of Parliament; that the Earl of Warwick be re quested to present the one to the House of Lords, and the Mem bers for the borough the one to the house of Commons; and that they be all earnestly requested to give it their most strenuous support." In doing so, he said their worthy Member (Hr. Tomes) had always supported the liberty of the subject, and, there fore, of his strenuous support of the present petition, they could entertain no doubt.—(Cheers.) lie did also hope that their other Hon. Member would support it, and he felt great confinlence in the brlief that the Earl of War wick would support it in the House of Lords. Mr. Jouw MORRIS seconded the resolution, which was carried without a dissentient voice. Mr. Joins Exocit read the petition. In moving that it be adopted by the meeting, Mr. Enoch said, that at the end of George the Second's reign, the public debt was up wards of 125 millions of pounds; hut the money expended in the reign of his successor was 2,357,411,262/., and the public debt was increased to 1,249,276,363/. This alone was sufficient to account for the misery and distress of the people. And how had this been expended, but in corrupt grants of pensions to the aristocracy or their families—to their wives and their daughters, even as low as to the paltry sum of .1501. a year.—(Cheers and laughter.) In the corrupt House of Commons, nearly a million of money was thus paid away by those who have to vote the taxes wrung from the hard earnings of the people, acquired by the sweat of their brow, and who were sent there to be the guardians of the people's rights and properties. This sys tem of corruption could be checked only by a thorough Re form in the representation of the people, and that, be be lieved, could he fully secured only by the vote by ballot. The petition having been ;Lead, and seconded by Mr. FARMAN, was carried with elects. On the motion of Mr. IlicirAnn Ihottss, seconded by Mr. TWAMIXY, the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee to carry the various resolutions of the meet ing into effect, viz.:—W. D. Burbury, Esq:, W. Collins, Esq., and Mr. John Enoch, jun. The CHAIRMAN having enquired whether any other gentleman wished to address the meeting? Joists TOMES, Esq. M.P. rose amidst loud and continued plaudits. He should be proud to present, and to support to the utmost of his humble ability, a petition fraught with sentiments so perfectly congenial to his own - feelings, and embodying the unanimous wishes of so numerous and re spectable a meeting of his constituents.—(Loud cheers.) — He was satisfied that there was no effectual remedy for the distresses and grievances of the country, but a thorough, a substantial, and an effectual Reform in the Commons House of Parliament.—(Cheers.)—Before he sat down, he begged to propose the " thanks of the meeting to the Worshipful the Mayor, for his compliance with the re quisition for the meeting, and for his obliging conduct in the chair." WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq. said, that having witnessed the prompt and courteous compliance with which the prayer of the r equisitionists had been met by the Mayor, he felt very great pleasure in seconding the motion. Mr. TIVAMLEY having taken the chair which his Wror - ship had vacated, put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried by acclamation. The MAYOR briefly returned thanks. When the meeting was about to dissolve, Mr. S. PiticE rose to propose a resolution for their adoption— " That the thanks of this meeting be given to our worthy Member, John Tomes, Esq., for his conduct in opposing the pas sing of the Civil List without inquiry." The resolution was seconded by Mr. WILLIAM TDB ) and carried by acclamation. Mr. TOMES briefly returned thanks. The business of the meeting concluded about half-past two. PENZANCE. (Abridged from the West Briton of Friday.) In consequence of a requisition signed by upwards of one hundred respectable inhabitants of Penzance, addressed to Robert Richards, Esq. Mayor of that town, requesting him to convene a meeting of the inhabitants, "for the put pose of taking into consideration the propriety of petition ing both Houses of Parliament, for an effective Reform in the representation of the people, to support the present Ministers in furtherance of that most necessary measure," the Mayor appointed a meeting to be held at the Guild hall, at eleven o'clock on Tuesday last. At the hour appointed a very numerous and respectable assemblage of the inhabitants appeared in the Hall, and the Mayor having taken the chair, proceeded to open the meeting by reading the requisition, and stating, that in conformity with it he had called the present meeting, and was now ready to hear any gentleman who should think proper to address them. . _ _ Mr. WILLIAM llAnvair read the following petition TO THE, HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND ' IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " THE HUMBLE REPRESENTATION AND PETI TION OF THE UNDERSIGNED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF PENZANCE, IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL, " Sheweth,—That your petitioners most humbly pray your Honourable House, in order to satisfy the country; and above all to restore the confidence of the people in your proceedings, that you will, with your utmost influence and power, support and as sist his Majesty's Ministers, in effecting a thorough Reform in the representation of the people, in the Commons' House of Par liament (including the vote by ballot) ; in making all practical reductions in the public burthens, and in securing the most rigid economy in every department of the national expenditure. And your petitioners as in duty bound, etc." The clause respecting the ballot was subsequently added. Mr. fraavEy then continued—The present is the first meeting for Reform that I can recollect to have been held at Penzance. Thirty years since, I attended Reform meetings of the county, and I then pleaded the cause of Reform to the best of my abilities. At that time Re formers were designated by names now obsolete. The King is now at the head of Reform, and Ministers have declared themselves ready " one and all," to work with him.—(Cheers.)—Look at the meetings which have been held or are now holding, in the county, and it will astonish those who can look back and remember that the freemen of St. Ives sold their votes, for 201. each, as openly as they sold their bakes on th e beach—(Cheers)_ and at Penryn, where cats, dogs, birds, and every thing, in fact, which could be sold, were disposed of, for a considerable sum, in consideration of a vote being given over.—(Cheers.).— And do not these things alone, show the necessity of Re form?—(Hear.)—All classes will be benefitted by it, and its blessings will be felt in every part of the country,_. (Cheers.)- . -My maxim is " of all evils , choose the least," and' as the ballot appears to me to be least liable to cor ruption, I approve of it.—(Cheers.)—l now beg to move that the petition be adopted.—(Cheers.) Mr. THOMAS COULSON, jun.-- , ln rising to second this petition, t beg leave to make a remark or taro upon it. The petition prays for Reform—that the House of Com- Mons, as at present constituted, is any thing but what it should he—the pure representation of the people of Ent!- land—l think no one in this meeting will come forwa - rd • to deny,—(Hear.) If we look at the state of the repre sentation of this county, or to that of any part of the kingdom, what do we find it ? In open boroughs, what but the grossest corruption and bribery returns the Mem bers?—(Hear.) A man comes forward with no other pretension, perhaps, than the means he possesses of offend.. ing against the laws of his country, in the bribery of electors—bribes them, and is returned by them —commenc ing his career as a legislator by the commission of a crime against which the laws of his country are positive.— (Much cheering.) And in close boroughs, the nominee of the patron goes to the House as much at liberty to act in opposition to the wishes of him, who in reality is his sole constituent, as the serVaht is to act in opposition to the will of his master.—(Cheers.) To so great an extent is this carried, indeed, that it is a well-known fact, the ma jority of the House of Commons are returned by less than one thousandth part of the male adult population of this kingdom.—(Hear.) It might be asked, however, of what benefit would a Reform in the representation of the people be? To such an inquirer I would say—look to the revolutionary war with France—will any one here as sert that if the people—the people, I say, for here is the great question—will any one assert, that if the people were properly represented on that occasion, Ministers could have spent more than 600 millions"' of our money, together a i h a sacrifice of human blood unparalleled in history, for the purpose of giving a King to another nation 7—for the purpose of establishing the " right divine of Kings to go vern wrong ?"—(Loud cheering.) The history of that period is my authority for saying, No.—(Cheers.) It is, therefore, to this corrupted source we have to ascribe all our present taxes—all our present burthens.—(Hear.) Not to mention the extravagant profusion of the public money in the payment of placemen and pensioners, some of whom have never done one iota of service to the State, while the people are in a state of starvation, as another reason why the House of Commons, as at present consti tuted, cannot and must not remain as it is. —(Cheers.) I think it will be apparent to all, that every man who pays taxes to a Government, should have a voice in that Go yernrnent.—(Hear.) It is my decided conviction, that nothing but the impartial extension of the elective fran chise ; the shortening the duration -of Parliament ; and the vote by ballot will be effectual.—(Loud cheering.) But while, on these points, the petition has not touched, and while, I hope, this meeting will refrain from them, in order that our demand for Reform may he unanimous, I cannot conceal that the vote by ballot is the only thing that will render it effectual.—(Much cheering.) The MAYOR was of opinion that the insertion of a clause concerning the vote by ballot, had better not he in sisted on. If Parliament did not satisfy the country, they could meet again. Mr. T. Conesog, sen.—l cannot disguise my appre hensions that in the furtherance of this all-important ob ject, the Sovereign and his Ministers have great obstacles to surmount.—(Cheers.) The Oligarchy, who, with little intermission, have held in their hands the whole re venues and patronage of the State for more than a cen tury, will make the most desperate efforts to regain what they have lost and retain what they still possess —(Hear. ) This faction, few in number, but great in wealth and in fluence, have numerous retainers in all public situations, and a still greater number kept in obedience by'expecta tion. The great instrument by which their purpose can be effected, is borough patronage, and the Members who are packed into the Commons for counties and cities—fur the Oligarchy deal in county and city representation, as well as in that of boroughs—(Hear)—to prop this power, every species of trickery, misrepresentation, bri bery and intimidation will be called into operation. But the most zealous allies of the Oligarchy and of no-im provement, are the candidates for admission to the aristc cracy ; creatures in a state of transition, having just left our ranks, but who are not yet received within the ranks of their ambition. Persons of email property, and deem ing the pursuit of honest industry disreputable, are anxious that every useless institution should be continued ; every possible place preserved, that the deficiencies of their re sources may be supplied front the public fountains, in the persons of their children and relations, in order to sustain the rank of gentry. The dirty work in all the boroughs, and wherever the interest of the Oligarchy extends, is done by this class. For you must know, Mr. Chairman, that Peers and wealthy Commoners do not perform the work of corruption themselves, it is their agents in the boroughs and other places who do this work of debase ment.—(Much cheering.) When I look at the fate of many of their families, I know not whether they are fit objects of pity or contempt.—(Cheers.) Had I, Mr. Chairman, the voice of Stentor, and had I the assembled Aristocracy and Clergy, too, before me, I would thunder in their ears, " Support his Majesty's Ministers in the great work of Reform, and this for your own sakes."— (Hear and cheers.) I repeat, the Clergy should be Re formers, for their especial duty is that of public and pri vate reformation.—(Cheers.) No alternative now remains but to lead or follow.—(Cheers.) " Assist," I would say, "4n re-modelling our social organization, so that all the interests of the community, from that of the first Puur of the realm to that of the lowest person in it, may be brought to harmonize, by securing to all a uniform and just representation of interest."—(Cheers.) If hostility or in difference to: this Reform should succeed ; if the present discordant system be suffered to continue, the interposition of a miracle, only can avert the most direful consequences. —(Hear.) Despotisms perish of apoplexy ; ill managed and ill constructed monarchies, of lingering decay.— (Hear.) The demand for Reform and good Government —and it is the demand of reason and justice—is becoming louder and more general, and compliance with it, in some shape, is irresistible.—(Much cheering.) Mr. CoLatiso (of 11Iarazion) said the vote by ballot was the only way in which a full and fair representation of the people could be obtained.—(Loud and long continued cheering.) No other method could protect the middle classes front the undue influence which a wealthy Aristo cracy would endeavour to exercise over them. More than one Member of that Aristocracy had said, with reference to his borough property,—" May I not do what I will with my own."—(Hear.) Mr. Colenso concluded by moving that the words—" including the vote by ballot," be added to the petition. The Rev. Mr. MAY supported the amendment. Mr. T. CouLsors, sen. was decidedly in favour of the vote by ballot, but waved it, for the sake of unanimity. The Rev. G. Mottass also approved of the ballot, but thought they ought to take example from the county meet ing; to ask too much might defeat their own objects. Mr. H. MOLYNEUX also approved of the ballot, but thought the meeting ought not to arrogate to themselves the right of dictation to Parliament. He was of opinion that the ballot had better be omitted for the present. Jame BEASE, Esq. thought that the omission rather than the insertion of the clause in question would cause dissension. Lord Althorp and many other Members of the Commons' noose, approved of the ballot. All, in fact, thought well of the ballot, and why omit it?—(Cheers.) The question was then put, and the clause in favour of the vote by ballot was carried without one dissenting voice. Mr. 11. Moersteux proposed that the petition be pre sented to the Peers by Lord Melbourne, and to the Com mons by E. W. W. Pendarves, Esq. Carried unanimously. The thanks of the meeting were then voted by acclama tion to the Mayor; after which the Chairman returned thanks, and time meeting separated. TRURO. r ( ir A su br jn id c gd e e of fm a r onottichee insertedVt Brit o n es n o u r o if aslast Friday. publication, In a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough and town of Truro and of the adjacent parishes was held at the Town hall, whieh was kindly granted by the Mayor for that pur pose. About half-past eleven o'clock Mr. flustrHaEr WILLYAMS, of Carnanton, was called to the Chair, and proceeded to open the business of the day, in a short ad dress. He concluded by reading the petition. Mr. Bunn said it had fallen to him to second the peti tion they had just heard read. Ministers had clearly ex pressed their wish for assistance, inasmuch as they had de clared that on the voice of the people alone they depended for success in their arduous undertaking- —(Hear. ) The difficulties they had to encounter were of no ordinary de scription. The party opposed to Reform had long wielded all the power of State ; they bad long enjoyed a monopoly of the emoluments of office and the good things at its dis posal, and the people might be assured that they would not resign the means of regaining that power and those emo luments without a severe stiuggle.—(Hear.) They might rely on it, the borough faction would die hard ; and nothing but the unequivocal and universal expression of the opinion of the people could enable Ministers to triumph over the Parliamentary host arrayed against them.—(Hear.) It e a op d l e exertto take themselvesativan- advan tage tohfetrheefocreircculemarsltyantchees douftythoeftitmhte people u • The amount spent in the late war, in taxes raised, and debt contracted, was upwards of 1,500 millions—leaving us burthened with a taxation of 20 millions, to pay the interest of the money thus borrowed. euctlliselli,l' c114.1:411te '1t1.,"1,1 $ ' 7 It TUAI whilst they might do PO with effect. ..-(llet r r ie il el f 44 'ltsl iz . ellt C y O 's 'i then proceeded to consider the " working" " b o r '. 1 `; the i both as it respects the country at large and the ex, • 1 „. ja Writ themselves; he took a survey of the increased, t ,ta ....at4des aien titre and the public debt, from the American Want' close of that against France, and up to the y I T fn 1792, the debt was 244 millions; the revenu e L e s ,,, „ he ea - a.u1. 0. lions ; the expence of collecting one million; -- , 8 0, e t, TR, of Government six millions and a half. Is l ' the /tkOTI-1 debt was SOO millions ; the revenue 50 millions' of it , t , tk i. bVAI pence of collecting four millions ; and the rha r ga • • 44 that t e 0 ' t h sSlLk . vernment 20 millions. Was it surprising were unable to Sustain the pressure?— (Eat s r i o l; l l is• • noticed the enormous Pension List lately P li ,, it , ' Eyr,,,, stated that the system had been carried on nut" ; A O , 0 014 4 - Aneh evident it could not he worked any longer u r i tha :t • EP T ,',„SLBP neat danger of its font te. pieces 3 50 it ws,, t „ - it , ~ - ' I IIJ abandoned by the Tories to the present Miill; Op, DRATI were about to try the effects of that Reform 04c /0s tes -1 ' if timely applied, have preserved the country' J O I) : - present critical circumstances. Most earnestlfoes, al hope the remedy might not come too late.-- -4 0 ki ii ts of ; a , He next considered the prayer of the petition...at 1 tt Ste. a , ing declaration of Ministers in favour of Refs It thi s ° necessity of wholly extinguishing borough pat°, 4 Tsttds t • i justice and propriety of extending the elective frs i te deli aired sie inhabitant householders, illustrated by Mr. Pe e , it :io li t e t ers% 1 relative to juries, in which they now serve-se- 1P j o ""1114 as anon_ of reducing the expences of contested ° c a l ° a1f tt \a„,......... making Parliaments triennial—and, lastly, the au t o, of introducing the vote by ballot.--(Loud Clef ; 0 1 . 1 1111 On this latter topic be dwelt for some "'• 11 14) 0i sisted on the cruelty of placing a Man In a h io ' 183 the Seat in which l:e intuit ruin his family or violate i'.ol ', gteill I N ciples—iastaneed the proceedings of the P , ' 'aeon. Newcastle at Newark, and those o f the,tt .Bt ,la of Exater, at Stamford, to shew that the ti 3 s - • il 'rE' guarded against was not fanciful; alluded to 7, lif lltoy ar ANßl occurrences in France, to show the security gi v , e ," , ,r ' to ballot, and its beneficial influence in support of ", - 11114, br 4 Ti argued that Englishmen should not depend for sti 'll4' l ft the exercise of the fiatichise, or the forbearance j ° ol ' k l . e , f , PA duals, but on the protection afforded Ir• law, O il ,. ,' irth ‘ rENl ballot would leave all the legitimate influence 01 ! ' " t ae at bent ficially used, and of kindness and superior J. abuseiit the o h f ig p l o te ,, r .e c r l , as a s n es d , c w o ti c l l a u t de i d t would tsialdyinggu_ar,d, 00 01 .11. 1: RR -11'11. . p t v.Leieeu give us a free press, to bring before the p e ople of forming a correct judgment of public ineasure t ,, k• lie. men, and give us election by ballot to enable w i r . 141 ha s classes honestly and freely to exercise the elective', , WilliZhe ( and the Reform we ask, and which we hope 0% • Net:, °t disposed to grant, will be the sure means of ffis k . l e jO' ' : 44 of land what she ought to be—happy and conten o secure enjoyment of freedom, peace, and plentY'd ko ra ., Mr. BENNALLACK moved that the clauses '". et:d e ter Y. , s t , a -son, the ballot be omitted. If 4 1 .-- r q % The motion was seconded by Mr. PETHERICg' e ° be C to b that an honest man did not require the ballot. f ' a Creto . ,, s e Mr. R. BeftE, jun. had conic into the Hall oP . 0 4 _ 't the ballot, but Mr. Bennallack's anecdote relati/e t ' tOr k ll 7 ItYd club had convinced him of the propriety of istch eat 0 . curity.—(Cheers.) of e Porch ' gots J• I ,rw. a' Mr. REYNOLDS knew, at the late Troro elec' A - t , - ' ki t bens who would have supported the popular esti' ' , ‘ ,i, I7 V• ta; they could do so with safety to their familietosi t , ~.41 1: , t h Mr. PETER, of Chiverton, would not vote O a , ' Zent - i; t l tion, which he regretted had been raised. If ''' , I ,ittcriee wished for the flit, baot as be believed a majori t y ' :IC.a4. l 'ut 'at ro asig let them v(hees t he . p, Gill Mr. ROBERT PETER was fully convinced of .. • P0 0t ,! .. e Gin shy of the vote by ballot ; and it was relDarl i those upon whom it would chiefly if not entire' , p... 11t5., Lie u . ' were almost to a man in favour of it.—Hear' ' - `et:ll l3 . best knew the necessity of that security which . •'. vi • /*' . • ° °L. c e %1 would afford.—(Hear.) After some further discussion, the Chairtils ° steota_ lle l a r question on the amendment, that the clause hY,„ * .. I , oot tadzi omitted, when there appeared but two hands MI; 1% 1 4 The amendment being negatived, the question 11 : o, o ° l- I ._ ape to the petition, as originally proposed, when it w i d 'tett' ba tiut tbatt ln without opposition. t', to N ith... e, Mr. Mioeonn moved—That the petition 1 111 f • a' a ttiira a. be forwarded to Lord Dacre, with a request ths; , b a - " 414 sent it to the House of Lords ; and that Mr. ' t20t... b7 V 0 i Dp;,:n w eatit he requested to present it to the House of Como- L -`1 144 'ek, , Reynolds seconded the motion.—Mr. TreleaVo n i . 7 1rQe saw no necessity of seeking a Peer out of the CO , F oa . e e l proposed that Lord De Dunstanville be :slihs t ' ' --- ,Lift Lord Dacre. Mr. Bennallack seconded the o 'o -, t kit. b... .LTlc person in the Hall said, the petition ought • • treZb„afe t i nutted to a Nobleman who would support it , .ac e .4 „"&e show of hands, the original motion was carried. " ts t ; e si4l The CHAIRMAN took the opportunity of OP IF • f• P api a full conviction of the necessity of Reform ; an d .: l tb ai . n tn s any doubts on the subject, they would have he e 'it * t tliT Cad by the objections made by the anti-Refortners• - •le . . 1 , 4 101 —They asked what was the good of ReforMi ac hti i a ,be L ieu reply to this by pointing to an enormous public' t ie 14 " i l i , ll ana l consequences of an overwhelming weight of tal‘i bet t 3 W'hf • K . the corrupt state of the representation.—(ile a " .... 1 414 1 , ' These evils which never could have afflicted the - ni e , , zine t ,, had it a Parliament really chosen by the peoPle'as Fighter once an answer to the question and a proof cd: l7. , • ' t . dat eil city of the measure.—(Cheers.)—As for ti le * , 0 11 , si which would be confined to granting the elec t '. iff * ls t A S T chile to great towns, lie Would give little for i t; o , form they wanted was that which would put , '• Cli o the nomination of Peers and get rid of rotten W o o 4. 4 %k g (Cheers.)—lf Ministers and Parliament dill 4 •11 10 1..1, 1( 1 1 this species of Reform, the people would meet s ° e'' l'et4. Fes again and again until they obtained it. ' o, • ' n ,, t 'aq Shortly after the meeting commenced ru e J, a,, , 2 ,tt.ii i , filled, as was the lobby at the entrance. The . *I4 O Z ; 2i ~, m e t* w e b -- -qu I prevailed throughout. ,• 4At' t ter: ( __...._______ .10 1 0 '' 4 4' ° Upwards oi• one hundred servants , I 00 ( .% ,, 141 1a‘ G I those attached to the visitors who have the b ol e iilr,, * *aft, Al invited by the KING, have generally eat down t rip it Brighton, and have been entertained in the siiitl ooo llqat tn. ; l iBhe, English style of hospitality, in the way of cati li g a ltr . oo ing, which characterised the best days 0 1. °- t befl I(1 ti`„'Lve l' r;i• Roast beef, plum-pudding, and good ale, ' t / 3 1 •12Q01( sions, constitute the viands.—Court Journcd. . i l 1 - I'N it DRAMA EXTRAORDINARY.--x. , -S h o / li.i t. f tr A3,,ll Ti . i SO!, 414 1 % 4 t t a now burletta is shortly to he produced at t- e i f .. LI. c• y e llea. under the title of Swing. Mr. JOHN W I ' S f t €1,., 6; 44, sonate the hero. ai t 444:" de ' I , N . i The noble lion, which was the pri 0 i, Zoological Gardens, died in extreme vgaaY i ' t . tlitOtt it o3l genie in Regent's Park, about ten days agt i" 4 11 s, t tiater s e ceedingly fine animal was purchased by tv e ' AVt u ot7 b j rlg. 100 guineas, at the depot in the Tower. 24 . 41 iii- hl,_ at 0 The historical sketches introduce troy oar "I o. t ea t forthcoming new Romance of The Tuikrie r t y , hy 11 said, a promise of the greatest interest and vA ti o c y •4% s 1141 MARIE ANTOINETTE, LA FAYETTE, Boote r t i l if 4,4lStti, toe' POLEON, JOSEPHINE, TALLIYRAND, P' 1 " 1 01 , '.,' ' T'llli2 Al TaNth ofi TURN-OUT: annals s o u : ni. t . . 11 Ce N, ti e !: 7 7 0,, ,, 0 ti;: 1 ,0, • . '. ..._ / e. V . :7 ;k ,;s t II e y ß :0 , 4 ,a e: , p w ci e it t :h i : t s , w l E Tl ' l r a E i i & c aA l:a .. o ii:i e t s o . T c to o h nnect e d, extend from the o° - ,'' 7 "Ika." v . er j i ' titAr t 'O i r in our last the intention of the master cottoUoilf r 7 tli o ,4at t , Ashton and the neighbourhood, to open their 1 ,9 t t tet oi liari i early day, for the purpose of receiving might think proper to return to their emP l ` ) / ro ar 4 ' 1 44,,, v prices offered to them. A meeting of the, th is • i .• Nbin belt! on Tuesday last, at the White Bear Inns''' f y '', t 'oiLtjfs l „. when it was resolved to open all the Will' °. gilt k it Z b la i ,„ i a4 rei l and to afford every protection to those who ' l°- thi. 'iter t alabo, Of ling to resume their employment. Pursuant r i , ~. k i t toa ke l the mills were generally opened on Thu", t a b '0 , 7.‘co e coi but very few spinners have, as yet, availed o bif ~. ~.10 -1 c hi the oportunity thus afforded them of retu r i nl.' • ''. • a ' i •el ) tta '•o e 3 work; many being, no doubt, apprehensive o n o AS . fit . r 4 . if they should venture to disobey the I ti jili t i ii ..)",.... I t union. It is understood that the men at if, isf,.,o, j . 4 to b llo tta generally inclined to accept the terms offerem i ksl9. / a t osetee_, ters; but that they are controulled by the t of _, , i-, 4 12k40hZ whose wages, previous to . the commencem en Or , ,7ket'ks t i r t ' ll t -- er pure, were somewhat higher than these b l ° 00 0• 1 ' ' l4e r bridge, and who, living in a larger torvOr ve sl,ll '...Z4 4 , 4), ' t more assistance from their neighbours. N /01' '" sti c i lt learn that the mills in the neighbourhood ° s oli/ ' , 1 4 . 1 ts r o t tinue in full work, and that the utmost t r o be' '' / .',... 4 , 1 teL 1N prevailed since thu termination of the disr ° " • " ' 2' , S,taki masters and men.-11.1unchester Guardian' ' : , 'l'' ' 4 't sriO r r t 4 -V a _ BIRTHS. f t .!- ' ' ..tielt t t (1: k On the 6th inst. in Gower-street, the ladY ° , ' ON - 4 „h g e e 1 , . tr• - ' 4l ls e o l •of a daughter. On the 6th inst. at Maida-vale, the lady of ''' e s lie r ; ; acoL t aln, of a daughter. Cb e . 4, 44 h : k. On the 4th inst. at Clapton, the lady of the. o , 0 . i t 'ltl tcztnna, Member of the House of Representat iv cpe r /I"otqr 4 i , ght Empire, of a son. _4 - ' t t .. t r..' 4 1 1 4 ' MARRIED. th e,* ~ . 70et ' At Si. George's, by the Rev. John Merewea the, 0 r_ i t, ~,, , ~ I Majezly, William Francis Browne Bohun, o f c lt y . 4 6 .e t t i t Esq. to Mary Sophia, eldest daughter of the la A O* . ): 4 „, 4 1 , 01 41 1i ,' Esq. of Hanover-square, and Crowley 1 103 ,, 5c ii... cs ,' : . -41,-4•1 1r - Ai o ili nt w il i e do 2 4 l , inst. at t K el e ia n i n t if i g o t i o o n n , ,, C l a ci p e t o a r i g n e 7 o o" " E„ , 1,444 % 14 4,, Cava!lry. i i e .. :'t t o t h tt il is DIED. a v 1 681).7 A • 0 411 71 1 44 On the 4th inst. at Badminton, the La.- , ,i, . •It.;. s - aged 22. g ot 11.0"'-'!.. t il kl 4 tti,V% l ., rt t , °l On the 4th inst. at Woolwich Common,r,„ -- 6 0 , '" . el';:' : 11%1 14 relict of the late Colonel Sir William a''' Paa A - 1 Royal Artillery. 0 01 tfi On the sth inst. at 13odinton Manor-hou se ' frf, Anne, wife of the Rev. J. Neale. 0 (4 . . ~„ yO _ • PancrEu AND PUBLI S HE D BY MURDU poly Sum-Oirieu, 112, STHANDo 14° I