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melons to Thontas Lister, Esq., and the remainder to the -Cursons,—(Applause, and cries of " Hear, hear.") The deed goes on to state, th it it is desirable, to prevent dis putes, at every general election e ,ch of the contracting parties shall nominate one Member.—( Hear.) In another part of dee deed is an agreement how a vacancy shall be fiikki up, if any occurs, subsequent to a getterel election but in the whole document not one word is said abota i the electors,—they are no parties to the conteacte— The practice, I understand, et Clitherow is, that persons living in burgage houses bold them and other property at rents below their value. Should a refractory burgess tW•. casionally vote against the patron's nominee, he la scentto suffer. At the conclusion of the deed, the contracting parties solemnly pledge themselves te , abide by the enact ment " by the words, faith, end honour of gentlemen." I make no comments upon this document, it speaks for itself. The borough of Wigan is another and a different specimen of the boroughmongerissg System.—(Great ape plause.)—The inhabitants of that spirited town, are nobly struggling to emancipate themselves from the degradation and injury they have so long laboured tinder.—(Hear, hear, and applause.)—The power of deciding which of the inhabitants of Wigan shall exercise the elective fritealtise is invested in a jury, nominated by the cerrearation ; something like the lord of the manor's . ;:ley who choose the bernughreeve and constables of the town of Manchester,— (tlear, hear, and applause , . )_Knaresborough, in York shire, is a third specimen. The Duke of Devonshire is what is called the patron of the borough, that is, he nooti netes the Members, and it is a little singular and te:ther novel in the system, that none of the inhal.i!ents of the town have any concern in the election..--( Lear,—shame. The day before the election takes place, a number of tie Duke of Devonshire's tenants, from BoltonsWeige and other places, come into the town, and certain burgage houses are surrendered to them, and the neat day they go , into Court, and return the persons the Duke's agent re quests them to do, and then they are denominated the Members for Knaresborough.—(Cries of " Shame !")_ , There is only one more instance which I will adduce to show the extraordinary state of the representation of Eng land. This document which I hold in my hand, contains the names of 102 English boroughs, the entire population of which was, at the census of 1821, 186,370. The population of the parish of Manchester at the satne was 187,031. Majority in favour of Manchester, 661.1 —(Hear, hear, " Shame.")—Since 1821, as most of you knew, a very great increase bas taken place in the parish of Manchester, whilst I believe a great number of the boroughs have remained nearly stationery. That if the population of the kingdom was now taken, the parish of Manchester would contain, I have no doubt, as many, if not more inhabitants, than are in 130 boroughs that re turn 260 Members, forming a majority of the English Members, who are 518.—(Shame.)—But it should be borne in mind how very few of the inhabitants have votes. To give you some idea of which, I have another list, con taining the names of 25 boroughs that return 50 Members ) and the total number of votes are only 318.—(Shame.)1 —ln Scotland, the state of representation is, if possible, still more shameful ; but I have just received a letter from a valuable friend of mine in Scotland, who knows the state of feeling well. The writer says, " The spirit' of Parliamentary Reform is spreading far and wide in Scot land ; and, in less than a year, we hope and confidently expect to see the hustings of a popular election at the Cross of Edinburgh."—(Great applause.) Mr. Steterreewortrir—l have very considerable pica sure in seconding the resolution which my excellent friend Mr. Potter has proposed. If the Ministers should be left - uninstructed, and unencouraged by the public voice, they may, from ignorance of the public wish, from distrust of the public support, or from that bias against popttler pri vileges which has always, in this country, characterised the possessors of power, not only propane an inadequate measure of Reform, but even attempt to pass upon us some scheme of solemn and pompous imposture.—(Cheers. ) —ln this way the interests of the people may suffer by their negligence in holding public meetings; and in this way too, the present talented Ministry may turn out to be something like the clever footman in the farce, whose chief boast and qualification it was, that be could change his master's plate before he was half served—(Cheers and laughter)—or they may, like the physicians of Sancho Pants in Barataria, tantalize our hungry desires for Re form, by parading the banquet before us without allowing us—famishing though we be—to taste a single morsel.— (Continued laughter.)—Sotne of the present Pilinisters are honourably distinguished for the purity and consistency of ',their public conduct, and I sineTtely believe them to he actuated by the most excellent intentions ; but it is, never theless, impossible to overlook the general fact, that the possession of place and power has a corrupting influence, tinder exposure to which, public spirit and even public virtue, too often sink—(Cheers) — Like hardy plants, which love the air end sky, When out they flourish, and when in they die. —(Continued cheering.) These are not the first Ministers of the Crown, who have, at different times, declared them selves favourable to Reform. Mr. Fox advocated Reform while he was a Minister in 1782. The Duke of Rich mond did the same. And it is recorded that Lord Shel burne stipulated for Parliamentary Reform as the condition of his taking office. The exertions of these Ministers, however, ended in nothing ; and the chief cause that they did so—and I mention it as a warning—was the apathy of the people.—(Cheers.) In consequence of that apathy, the evils of misgovernment have gone on increasing with a constantly accelerating velocity, till their magnitude, ope rating in one direction, and the combined intelligence and sufferings of the people in another, now threatens a Rion which may break up all the present institutions of society, unless some modifications can be promptly intro duced to regulate the movement of these opposing elements. --(Loud and continued cheering.) Hitherto the Govern ment of this country has been monopolized by aristocracy —there has been no direct popular influence connected with it ; and hence it has become an immense mass of corruption and patronage.—(Cheers,) The private owners of Parliament have allowed those only to be Ministers whom they knew would be the willing accessories to their enormous and unjust appropriations from the people. --(Much cheering.) For them, therefore, the abuses of the church establishment have been sanctioned—for them the wasteful maintenance of the army and navy has been continued,—for them the corn laws have been enacted-- (Great cheers)—for them monopolies east and west have been perpetuated—for them charters and privileges have been granted—for theirs places, pensions, and appoint ments, in every direction at home and abroad, have been with the utmost profusion •reated—(Cheers)—fir them all the abominations of our system of law have remained undressed—(Cheers),—and for them, in all de partments of public administration, the most boundless and prodigal extravagance has been indulged.—(Cheer ing.) By the dispensation of benefits to them through these sources, have the affairs of Government been con tently carried on. These have been the means, and with a corrupt Parliament the necessary means, foul and perni cious as they are, which every Minister,—no matter what might be his talent—no matter what might be the vir tues of his personal character—has invariably in modern times, found himself, compelled to employ, in order to con duct the business of the state.—( Cheers.) But this sys tem is now happily working to its close.—(Cheers.) That excellent and honest Minister, Lord Althorp, has emphatically declared that the time is past for conducting affairs of this country by patronage.—(Hear, and loud cheering.) To continue patching and holstering up the old system is clearly vain and illusory. An entirely new system must be introduced. There is no other mode of redressing present grievances and averting future.-- (Cheers.) The House of Commons, as now constituted, is an assembly in which the people have no power. The reform of that house must be such as will return members I who have no interest in misgovernment,—members who will act for the benefit of the whole community, and not, as Feretofere, for the exclusive benefit of themselves and borough-owners,—members who will no longer sacrifice the interest of the many to the interest of the few.— (Much cheering.) To secure this result it is necessary they should represent not, as they now do, the aristo cracy, but the people ; they must be intimately and closely connected with the people at large, and must have no other constituents.—(Cheers.) This purpose can be effected with certainty only by more frequent e'ection, by a general diffusion of the franchise, and, above all, by complete independence of voting,—that is, by secret voting, or voting by ballot.—(Continued cheering.) Mr. PRENTICE said, the question will come at last, " You have asked for an extension of the suffrage, how far do you wish it to he extended ?" My answer to the question, which must come, is, " Extend it to all—ex tend it to every body."—(Great cheering.) --Who is there bold enough to draw the line between those who are wor thy, and those who are unworthy of the franchis e ? Let any one try a scheme in which exclusion has a part, and he will find himself involved in insurmountable thee_ enities. Let him fix on an assessed rent, for instance, and the absurdity of giving a vote to a man who is as sessed at 101., and refusing it to one who is assessed at 91. 100. will be instantly apparent. The absurdity will be still more striking, when he considers that the voter of this year, by a change of assessors, or by the most trifling reduction of his rent, may not be a voter next year. Let him, if he will , try whether the p ossession of property Would furnish a better rule ; and here fresh difficulties would assail him, for what is more uncertain than the Scriptures continuance of property ill ens- band ? The tell us that riches take unto themselves wings, and fly away, and we all see the truth of the , saying; yet we look to the possession or non-possession M: a thing of this 'uncertain tenure, as deeMve whether a man shall exercise! political rights or Shill not.—( Hear, hear.)—A man is qualified to-der, and Government alters the Visiol of money, and te-morrow he is deprived of she p6wer of exercising tstsy the slightest influene 4 eter the Legislature whose mea sure has ruined Half the kingdom 'is iisinttil "y a juggle of thiel.ind ; and is, in additin, elel'e6aded of all opportunity of claiming redreer; cantle the other half, which has profited !by tli' rst wrong, gains by the second t the power of revere bating it, for the whole representaeoie or the creek: rev falls into their hands, Il'etee_Cr net dwell on , the difficulties attending enttey attempt to fix a property qualification. A stOey is told of Dr. Franklin, which embodies vety neatly the absurdity of such a scheme Dr, '‘.•Liklift was once a member of a bode . , fit Which lel Was contended that a certain atnn`nt of property (fifty dollars, we think) ehoolei Ye'quired to ebinditirte k vote. The Doctor was oppoeed 'to it. " to-day;" !lays he, " a man omms a jeekass, worth ftidolleX s, and he is entitled to tore ; hut befoee 'the next election comes, the jackass The man, in the man time, has beet - qrs.. sLiore expe rienced---.W.1 knowledge of goverentient., and his acquaint ance with mankind, are meet , extensive—and he is there fore better qualiSesi to make a proper election of ?leis; but the iacittse is dead, and the man eses'ent \!ezate. Now, gene's:ton," said he, addressin hilosell to the advocates hi that measure, " prey inl - 6rm me in whom is the right of suffrage ; is it its the in In or is it in the jackassm— (Loud laughter.)—The greatest writer ors the science of civil government—the illustrioun frhee never to be named but in teems of 'eerier-Aims anti respect, —(Loud cheere)-I;•enthain has tteid that there is a m ore orgent necessity for the representation of per sem without property than for the represertatten of persons with property. Those who Hain property, Le says, can change its' shape stn'; remove it wherever they please, hut those wzao are without it have not the power to fly from a ';`,ad Government. They must remain where they tLe, and being so obliged, ought to have a the election of those who are to govern them. Mr. Greg has told you of a period whestetlee expression of liberal opinions exposed teen to the Violence of an igno rant 011th. At those who %vette at that time assailed for the !ilserality of Lis opinions was Mr. Cooper, e. bar ri-eter of this town, kit who left it on acco'snt of the per secution he experienced, and is now ) if alive, a Judge in America. That gentleman, in 1111 famous reply to Burke's invective, says—" I reeu l .d have the man whose stake in the community reinsists of life, and liberty', at L'Jmur, with a peftety in his pocket, to have att e i ne' voice in the che;re of legi s lator s , by whose l a w t that stake is to be pro tected, as another mart whO has life, and liberty, and la bour, and a hundrest thousand pounds in his pocket e '.l..-- (Loud eheect) In the comparison with the three first artic'en in the catalogne, which are crttn - fon to all inen, and which are the means to the acquisition of the rest, the last is of trifling moneent. In the small dust of the balance,—art atteietent of existence,—of artificial hot of na tural impotl'ance, which, when weighed Lgainst the solid gifts 'of nature to her common 611 spring, will kick the bean). Will it be said that the expression of opinions like these can ponsit'Sy embarrass Ministers. Let us hear what one of their own number sa'd last week. I allude to Mr. !Seffrey, the Lord Advocate of Seotlancl. On his dection for the Cupar district r f b`dighs, he said—" To attain human 'reprint:es en't! security there must be a law and a Govetnurete, to which private judgment must bend,—(llsetti-.) No freeman will bend willingly to a law irk the making of which he has no voice.—(Cheets.) 'rise foundation of a free Government, therefore, is, that those whose duty it is to obey the law should have a voice in the making of the leW—(Applause)—and the time is past when a stlittne of representation which does not fulfil thin essential requisite will be tolerated." Gentle men, here is no cant about property and rental as means of securing a proper choice of representatives. The Lord Advocate declares broadly, that all whose dirty it is to obey the law shall have a voice in making the law ; and the doctrine is so obviously vonsietent with reason and policy, that I trust it will he supported by all his col leagues in the Ministry. Lord Grey has, however, expressed himself onfaeourable to tlris doctrine. He recently told it that we mistook our right, and that our right was to good government, and not to universal suffrage. In a letter to Major Cartwright in 1791., he said the same thing, and I will quote from that letter in preference to quoting- from an tinatithorised newspaper report. his Lordship says," A considerable part of the dispute seems to me to tarn upon a misrepresentation of the rights of inen. Nobody holds those rights, which it is now so notch the fashion to speak of the mockery and reproach, higher than I do ; but they do not consist in universal representation, or in any particular mode of government. Government being formed for the protection and security of thole rights, wbether it be universal, or a more limited system of representation, is that to which the people have a right." His Lordship acknowledges the right to a good Government, but his argument goes the length of a justification of any mode of government if the Government itself be good. Now, gentlemen, I con tend that we have not only a right to a good Government, but a right to a Government such as we wish to have, When the question is put, " What is a good Government," the decision falls on the people. It is not for the Legisla ture, or for any part of the Legislature, to say, " This is a good Government, and you must be satisfied with it," any more than it is for it to say to an individual, " This woman will snake a good wife, ang you must take her for better or worse."---(Loud laughter.) The nation and the individual will please themselves. They will say it is our right and we will have it.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) In short, a good Government must emanate front the governed. There must be a close identity of in• terests between the Government and the people. Dlr. Pren tice then sat down amidst loud cheering. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. H. Greg, Mr. T. Hopkins, Mr. M. Philips, (a relation of Sir George's) Mr. A. Kay, Mr. J. C. Dyer, Mr. T. Potter, and other gentlemen. The resolutions, which are subjoined with the petitions to both Houses of Parliament founded thereon, were passed without a dissenting voice, and followed in each instance by three hearty cheers. The petition to the House of Commons is to be intrusted to Lord Althorp, and that to the House of Lords to Lord Holland. The proceedings commenced at half.past ten in the morning, and conti nued till half-past four in the afternoon, exactly six hours. Throughout the whole of the interesting business, the ut most order and propriety were maintained, and at the close of the meeting nine tremendous cheers were given. REFORM.—A few days ago a meeting for Parliamentary Reform was held at Hucknall-under-Huth waite, near Mansfield. The petition (which is an ably worded one, and strongly urges vote by ballot), as well as the resolutions, were unanimously carried. The meeting which was to have taken place at St. Andrew's, Holborn, yesterday morning, to petition Parliament for an effectual Reform, and retrenchment of the public expenditure, stands adjourned till Tuesday next. On Monday last a meeting was held at the Town-hall, Cambridge, for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a Reform in Parliament. It was numer ously attended. The Mayor (B. CorroN, Esq.) was called to the Chair. Resolutions to the above effect having been put and agreed to, the meeting was dissolved by giving three cheers to the Chairman for his conduct on the occasion. A petition to Parliament is preparing in the borough of Ludlow ; first expressing gratitude to his MA JESTY and to the Ministers of the Crown for their patriotic declaration in favour of Reform ; then praying an exten sion of the election franchise to householders, copyholders, and leaseholders, with vote by ballot ; and also that the large towns and populous districts of the country may be represented in lieu of the decayed boroughs.—Hereford Journal. Earl SomEßs having applied to Lord MEL BOURNE (Secretary of State fur the Home Department), requesting to be informed wh et h er spec i a l consta bl es are exempt from serving in the Militia, his Lordship has re plied as follows :—" I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 13th inst., and to inform you that, by the 42d George 111., c. 90, special constables are exempt from liability to serve in thu militia, whilst they remain constables." We are informed that the plan of Reform which the Ministers intend to lay before Parliament is something like the following :—All the boroughs which do not contain 300 electors, or which do not contain a population sufficiently large to extend the suffrage to that number of voters, are to be disfranchised, and the right of returning Members to be transferred to an equal numb r of large towns at present unrepresented. It is calculated that there are only thirteen boroughs which, ❑nder this ' plan, will lose their right of election, and, consequently, there are only thirteen unrepresented towns to which the privilege of returning Members will be granted. Amongst these, it is said, Brighton will be included. Whether this plan of Reform is to extend to Scotland and Ireland we have not heard, but we should imagine (if indeed it be in tended to act upon it at all) that it will be confined to Englaad...Morning Heroic/. POREIGN INTtLIAGttitE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Clicaiibro of Jan. 13 ) PA RIS, JAN. 18.—The news of th`n., (kali of Don Miguel is not confirmed tt'! VYti i y our correspondence. We may now placc.: this report among the fables which those nit'a are the most grieved at the unhappy state of things Portugal arc but too ready to listen TouLoN, JAN 19.==-.11 that a ministerial despateb e';'ne'r..:c . a the formation of several camps, viz., --one of 20,000 men at the Bridge of Var ; one of nO,OOO men at the frontiers of Switzerland ; one of 150,,Nt)Ine'n on the Rhine, and one of .60,0 4 )0 Men t`leh`c the Pyrenees. This cisculal' p'rel - cribes gate inebhtres relative to this sub jea. it is skid the i 8 th Regiment, in garrison at ToUlo'n, is 'to go lto Colmar. It i?t sii•ongly reported (says :Le S,vectritttr‘, that a camp of 12,000 or 15,000 min oe formed in the spring near Dijon ; - troops will he stationed between that and Pet'Ancon ; and that search has been made in the archives for the plan of a camp which, s..ra.s fornerl'? c: eta pied by the reserve of the first ivrnly Italy. M. Goristima, thz. tiii'llster of Mexico, has just arrived 14 Park'', to'23nclude and sign a treaty between France and Mexico. He is expected next month at London, to sign divers treaties between Mexico, Prussia. an 4 the Ranstatic cities. WA Ft/Al', J. —ite fkitknifesto voted by the two Charnhef.,. and ritivi)i tip by the Commission, was adopted by h. major;ty of 14. to I. The concluding phrases will sutee to give an idea of the energy which thittintqishes " Persuaded that our libert)7 our independence, as they have been to other nations, that, on the con - tra,ny, th 4 produced a political equilibrium, and formed a rampart for the people of Europe, which may be pecu liarly useful to them at this moment, we appear before the Powers and the people with the convf.ction that policy and humanity will equally t!etdtre for the defence of our sacred cause; And even ir in this struggle, the dangers of Which we d 6 not dissemble, we should haVe to combat alone for all the others, full of courage in the sacredness of our cause, in our courage, and the support of the Almighty, we shall combat for liherty to our latest breath. And if Providr . :lte in its wisdom has decreed that this land shall be for ever enslaved,—if the liberty of Poland, in this lit,t;t effort, falls under the ruins of its cities, and the dead bodies of its defenders, our seem`- wi:l reign over one desert more, and the Ins-al rtite will die with the consolation that if Ilettri has not granted him the happiness to save his country and its liberty, he has at least, by this mortal struggle, placed in safety, for a time, the liberties of other nations who are threatened." It is said, that if an answer does not come from Peters burgh to-day, at the farthest, the Dictator is determined to consider this delay as a declaration of war. The head quarters are already preparing to advance. Russian officers and soldiers come daily to join us. The cholera inorbus threatens the whole Russian army. A division of cavalry has spread the disease among the soldiers at Schewniserz. Paws, JAN. 13.—Yesterday the King presided at a Council of Minitters, after which his Majesty went for an airing to Neuilly. (From Le Temps.) The British Government, it is said, are about to reduce the duties upon French brandies, but at the same time to augment those upon Russian produce. WARSAW, JAN. 6.—The sub4cription for the citizens who cannot afford to equip themselves, exceeds already 60,000 florins. Twenty-six Jewish families have sub scribed 28,405 florins. Princess Alexandria Sapietra made another donation of 60,000 florins, and informed the Committee that she was ready to sacrifice her whole for tune if circumstances should require it. The street called Napoleon has resumed its name. . . I'rince A Czartorinski subscribed 50,000 florins; Con stantine Swidzinski, 6,000 ; M. Piodo►ski, 10,000; and Count Potocki, 6,000. (From the National of Wednesday.) The Dictator of Poland is a singular man ; he takes pleasure in reading the papers left by the Russian Go vernor, and having discovered among them a list of spies hired by Russia, to compromise the real patriots and the most honourable families of Poland, he orders it to be printed ! We are more prudent in France. We are un willing to compromise toe spies ; such is our respect for les existences. Had the names of the spies been made pub lic at every change of party or Government since the Re volution of 1789, it would be impossible to meet with any who would not be known. It is said that the whole Russian army is threatened with cholera morbis. A division of cavalry had arrived at Schitomicrz, with orders to cross the Dnieper on seve ral points, and to enter Poland. On its way the cholera morbus having manifested itself among the men, the Com mandereof the division thought proper to halt and place his soldiers in quarantine. The Administration of the Port of Brest is now freight ing a vessel destined to convey to Havre twelve large howitzers (80 pounders), which are to be placed on the . fortifications of Paris. (From the Courrier Francais of Tuesday.) The Bey of Oran having to contend with the troops of Morocco, which were advancing towards his territory, called on General Clausel for assistance. The General sent him two regiments, which will garrison the town, whilst the Bey is engaged against his enemies. (From the Gazette de France of Thursday.) MA Nll HIM, JA N. 14.—(Private Correspondence.) ---It is stated that Hanover is in a state of insurrection. That country no longer wishes to remain an English colony, and demands its independence. The popular movement has been more violent at Gottingen. It is said that De puties are going to London to acquaint the King of the wishes of the people. 'We have received intelligence from St. Petersburgh, stating that Count Zamoiski, President of the Polish Senate, had arrived in that city. The Catholic Bishop of Saxony has lessened the number of holydays. A reaction is apprehended at Leipsic, and much discon tent has been excited against the authorities. The victualling of the fortress of Alayence has been dis continued. (From the Journal du Commerce of Wednesday.) PARIS, JAN. 16. COMMITTEE. OF PUBLIC ECONOMY OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. This Committee, composed of 36 Members, chosen without any political distinction, from the most intelligent men in the Chamber, will be engaged in discussing before hand all questions of great importance, such as relate to legislation, finances, trade, and commerce, whose ameliora tion may depend upon a strict application of the principles of public economy. This Society is in imitation of the Committee of Economists of the English House of Com mons. They meet every Sunday at the house of M. Ferussac, who, along with some of his colleagues, 111 M. Bolin, Gautier, De Mosbourg, Augustine Perrier, Curdier, Arusson Duperron, and Passy, established this Committee. They mention the following amongst the names of other Members :-31:11. Aubernon, Baude, Ile Berhis, Basl iv, Comb's, Delpon, Charles Dupin, Ganneron, Guicot, Ha mann, J. Lefebvre, Puvis, Comte de Rambuteau, Sal verte, Comte de Sade, Dc Tracy, Vatimesnil, &c. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES-JAN. 19. At two o'clock M. Casimir Perrier took the chair. The order of the day was the continuation of the general discussion on the project of the law relative to the new system of taxation. According to the project the contributions will continue to be divided into two sorts—viz., personal and moveable. The personal tax will be required of each inhabitant of both sexes, residing from the let of May in 'me district, and enjoying civil rights, who is not considered a pauper. Foreigners, who have resided in a district during six months, are to be included ; bachelors and maidens, exercising a profession, or possessing a personal revenue, widows, and wome❑ separated from their husbands, are likewise suli jected to the personal tax. Land and sea officers, who own a private house for themselves or their families, shall be taxed in the district where it is situ ite. The amount of the personal tax, rated at three days' labour yearly, is fixed as follows towns of 50,000 inhabitants and upwards, 4 francs 40 centimes per indivi dual; in those of 20,000 to 50,000, 3f. 75e. ; in those from 10,000 to 20,000, 3f. 50c. ; in towns from 5,000 to 10,000, 3f. ; in districts with a population from 5,000 to 15,000 inhabitants, 2f. 40e. ; and in all other districts of less than 5,000 persons, 2f. 10c. The tax on moveable property is to be levied according to the amount of the rents, the ratio, for the year 1831, is to be six centimes per franc. Warehouses, shops, inns, and factories, already taxed by the owners being obliged to take out three licenses, and buildings occupied by public schools and Government offies, are not liable to the moveable tax. Officers on leave of absence, staff-officers, gendarmerie, and recruiting-officers, agents of the war and navy depart ments, living in garrison towns and ports, are to be taxed in the same manner and proportion with the other citi zens ; their part of the tax to be kept by the payer out of their salaries. Civil and military officers and priests, gratuitously lodged in publie buildings, are to pay aecordbig to the appraiscl amount of the refit. ersons occupying fdrniehed lodgings will also pay in pf , ip'rtion to the rent, a quarter of which being deducted for the value of the furniture. A register . will be opened in every municipality, on which every inhabitant residing in the district during six month', sv t 'in'sCribe, in the presence of the Mayor, or his aajoint, his name, Christian name, profession, residence, and the amount of his rent. The law consists of tliirt3, , -one aft;teles, 'VP atiao. make known when eht". dt.'easjati toiiithencei on them. V I EW LAW RESPECTING THEATRICALS, The Minister of PUblic Instruction then presented the project of law respecting theatricr). ren . resentations in France, of which he had gi7en notice yesterday. The mea tare e.ci'eed the most intense interest, and the galleries were crowded. It will try Ministerial . popularity most dan— gerously. The impression is abroad th , St , evernme-.lt mean to impose a ernisotaldr, upon the stage. He cona " In the midst of lively hopes of ame lioration, and engaged with the progress of prosperity and liberty, it is impossible for Government to forget the theatres in which literature and the arts are united." Various questions, ti-e solv!ng of *hid] depended upon the kgHtiti've power; haVe frequently occupied our atten tion. ihe Govermirent showed ite impatience to get rid of the dramatic censorship ; and it became an accomplice in the generous sentiment's which had alwiya oppdsedthat . establishMent. The Gol.'ernment has t'etained all the sin cetity of its liberal intentions. However the same re spect for real liberty has not been observed by others. Dramatic literature has but too often (he was sorry to say) been made the vehicle of scandal ; it has become allied, in some measure, to a species of ‘• bidgraphy and contempotary defamation." Society 0111: the alarm, ptiblic morals were insulted ; and we, who ought to be the guardians of the various interests, have been forced to, provide for those which were most pressing. We shall resume, and follow up with perseverance, our labours for the advancement of literature ; but, in accordance with our own sentiments and duty, we now bring forward a prd ject of law for repressing offences, and which was called for in a special manner by the interests of private families. Public morals, national integrity, the religion of our families, and the sacredness of the tomb, are things which claim immediate consideration and sincere respect. We are far from having any idea, in the limited measure proposed, of forming any repressive means which would he inconsistent with the whole tenor of our laws and the constitutionalism of our convictions. The Censorship might still have been in existence; but we considered it dead. It has bee❑ killed by the Censors. The liberty of the Press may obtain the greatest exten sion ; for in the first instance it represents general inte rests ; it appeals directly to the reason ; addresses it in a series of logical deductions which the understanding can comprehend—methodical labour shared between the writer and his readers, and which the latter overcome before they yield to persuasion. It is very different with respect to the theatre. There it is not to individuals that observa tions are addressed, but to masses who are captivated. Liberty will not there take the trouble of reasoning, but passes straight to the imagination. It is no longer the doctor who advises, but a witch who fascinates, seduces, and excites the passions. TITLE REPRESENTATION. Art. 1. The managers will be allowed to represent all kinds of plays, upon condition of their being authorised by the authors of those legally interested, according to the laws upon literary ownership. 2. The directors shall be required to leave a copy of every theatrical work in the office of the proper authorities fifteen days before the performance. •i. The said copy shall set forth the name of the piece, the name of the author, that of the theatre, and the whole of the play. 5. The same formalities will be required with respect to every piece discontinued for more than one year. 6. The non-compliance with these regulations will be punishable by a fine of from 500 to 2,000 francs. All matters in dispute to be referred to the Tribunals. TITLE 11.-111'0Y THE INSTIGATIOY TO CRIMP:. Whoever shall have, by the means of theatrical repre sentations, excited the author or authors, to write what may be an offence or a crime, shall be considered an ac complice, and punished as such. And if the instigation to commit an offence of this nature has not been acted upon, the instigator shall be punished by imprisonment of from three months to five years, and by a fine of from 100 francs to 6,000 francs. 11. Every attack upon the sacredness of the King's person, the Royal dignity, the order of succession to the throne, the rights which the King holds by the wishes or the French nation and the Constitutional Charter, his constitutional authority, the rights and authority of the Chambers, shall be considered as instigations to crime. All seditious cries aud exclamations, all insults against those religions legally recognized, shall be held in the light of instigations to crime. Instigating to a breach of the laws shall be punished by a fine of from 50 to 4,000 francs, or imprisonment from 15 days to three ye mrs. TITLE 111.-UPON OUTRAGES ANA OFFENCES. Every outrage against good morals, against the person of the King, to be punished by an imprisonment of from six months to five years. Against members of the Royal Family, against the Chambers, or one of them, or against the persons of Sovereigns, or the Chiefs of Foreign Go vernments, to be punished by various terms of imprison ment, from six months to three yea's, and fines of from 50 to 1,000 francs. Every attempt to personify upon the stage any living individual, whether he be named or hinted at in such a manner that every one may know the of iginal, will be considered a crime, and punishable by imprisonment of the director of the theatre, and the authors of the piece, of from one month to two years, and a fine of from 500 to 5,000 francs. Personifying any deceased individual, whether by men tionining his name, or designating him so that every one may know who is meant, when twenty-five years have not elapsed from the time of his death, is also considered an offence, unless with the formal consent, in writing, of the Minister of the Interior, and the nearest relations of the person to be represented on the stage. This offence will be punished by imprisonment of from fifteen days to a year, and a fine of from 300 to 3,000 francs. The penal proceeding will preclude any action for defamation. TITLE 111. Merely prescribes the mode of proceeding against the managers for the fines given by preceding titles. The following is important : " An author shall not be responsible, and cannot be prosecuted except at the place where his piece has been represented for the first time. In every other place the responsibility shall fall upon the managers of the theatres." SOMERS ET.—Ort Wednesday Mr. THOMA PERaArr, of Middlezoy, near Bridgewater, forwarded subscriptions, nearly 20/., from a few friends of Radical Reform in that neighbourhood, to the independent electors of Preston, Lancashire, towards defraying the unneces sary expences they have been put to, in returning lirsrar IIuNT, Esq. their representative in Parliament.—Ports mouth .Tournal. There is to be an anti-union parish meeting at Grangegorman (a village about a mile distant) this day. Mr. O'CoNN.ELL and several other gentlemen have gone there. The city is as tranquil to-day as if Ireland were totally free from agitation. I have always found that peace and spei•ch-making existed together. There are many who think that this tranquillity is most dangerous—it may prove so ; but it is still in the power of the Government to save the country from anarchy by the speedy adoption of measures of amelioration. Rely on it that none others will be effectual. Isolated and local outrage will increase in proportion to the diminution of the constitutional hopes of redress. EDUCATION.— , 4 The Rev. DAVID WIL- LiAms's excellent works on education, entitled the ' Pre ceptor's Assistant' and the Parent's Catechism,' the first mentioned of which may be justly styled the Sun and Polar Star of School Books, are productions of great and uncommon merit, and are admirably adapted to the pur poses of education. They are a storehouse of facts, prin ciphs, and materials, not only calculated for the instruction of youth, hut for exercising the knowledge and attainments of advanced students, and supplying them with a ready and exhaustless fund of information on general science and polite literature ; in a word, their unequalled and improved method of communicating instruction, and of imparting a large portion of knowledge in a short space of time, are their peculiar and emphatical pretensions. By their means, parents, and backward students may remedy the defects and supply the deficiencies of the usual course of school education ; and thro u g h their medium parents may be put in possession of an easy and pleasing method of r now e ge. , ex amining and ascertai Should ning the profici ~ in t oyc n y to o hf f et t ih l r t e e ps i ee r r aid : ma i r r a e b ll l : andsect). attainment s. ofon,io r t e he p r u e b b l published by' t b e y ach S e l I r t pa vv r - o en o t i: guardian, or s tudent throughout the empire, not yet ac qlittluainted v te o d l urnrite:sst,lti.owrtchi introducing re‘ovdorutchi convincedan th d utility their thankwill k 1 d " they Liverpool Mercury. HANOVER. , The following, are further detaila.df the disturbances at 6ottingen : 7 --" The district of the Hartz has been for some time in a state of ferment, in consequence of which a National Guard was formed at Osterode, under the com mand of Doctor Koenig. Symptoms of disturbances were at the same time manifested at Gottingen. A citizen hail refused to pay the tas;: on slcughtered cattle, without the authorities daring 0, enfpt-ce It, end sal libnis of iTenvering 'the tales in arrears had become quite out of the question The animosity of the people was principally directed against a Commissary of Police named Westphal. U n d er these eircpmstanees, the Goverliment ordered the first bat talion of Light Infantry, rect.:tarsi for the most part f rom the Hartz, then in garrison at Gottingen, to assemble at this last.named town.. These troops were to Make their entrance on SatMiay; thegth instant, Arid on the previous evening a squadron of tjhlans passed through Gottingen on their way to Osterode. On the same day an insurrec tion broke out at Gottingen. About noon a troop of the armed burghers, with Drs. Eggeling and Seidinsticker, ap peared in the market-place, before the Town-house, and the two rsiiiiiiianders Went into the Assembly of the Senate, and declared that they could no longer answer for the tran • quillity of the town, if the Commissary of Police, Westphal, was not immediately dismissed. This demand was instantly complied with. In the meantime the armed burghers assem- , bled from all parts, to the cry of " Liberty for ever !"amt wearing the tri-coloured cockade of Kalenberg--lilac, green, and red. Registers were opened at the Town-house, and the great room in a coffee-house, to receive the enrolments of volunteers fur the National Guards. Before night 2,00(.) citizens and 500 studente had iPacritsod their names. In the mean tittie the troops, whose arrival had been an nounced, appeared in the town. But the gates weredipt and guards, composed of citizens and students, were posed at them. In the everting the town was illuminated. In the Hatch de Ville, hands played the " Marseillaise," the " Parisienne," and " God save the King ;" and the popu lace shouted " Long live King William !" The most per fect tranquillity reigned through the town, which was paraded throughout the night by patroles. A perfect harmony subsists between the burghers and the students. No one has been interrupted in the free exercise of his rights. On Sunday, the 9th, in the evening, a report was spread that the troops were approaching, but it was a false alarm, and only afforded an opportunity for a display of the alacrity of the burghers, who hastened to the gates and ramparts. In the course of the 9th the Senate ceased its functions, and in its place was constituted a Communal Council composed of twelve members, selected partly from the burghers, and partly from the members of the Univer sity. The Duke of Cambridge is expected from Hanover. The following proclamation has been published : " Dear Fellow-Citizens, " The National Guard having been formed yesterday, it has been judged necessary to-day to choose from among the burghers a Communal Council, whose duty it is to take all the means, and make all the arrangements neces sary to attain our general aim. It has already assembled provisionally. Our end is to apply immediately to our beloved Sovereign, to lay before him the grievances of the country, and the necessity of convoking an Assembly of the States, the members of which are to be freely chosen from among all classes of the people, to draw up fur the country of Hanover a Constitution perfectly free. The hope that this just desire will be accomplished is so much the better founded as other countries have already obtained it. It will he furthered, if in all the parishes of the country of Hanover a National Guard and a Communal Council be likewise formed, who shall confer with us for the a, taintnent of our common aim. Dear fellow-citizens of the Town and the Academy, let us have this noble end in view constantly and in concert, and let us pursue it to gether faithfully. (Signed) " EGGELING, SEIDINSTICKER, &c." RUN FOR GOLD IN IRELAND. (From the Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday.) Mr. O'Connell, as we stated in our last, has again me naced the country with the calamity which he caused in the south last summer. The consequences, we under stand, are already beginning to be felt. Confidence is shaken, credit has been wounded, and commercial transac • tions are suspended. Are we surprised at this? Not at all. But the English people may well feel astonished that the breath of one man can produce such frightful results. When it is remembered, however, that we are in a state of fierce excitement—when the arts which have been so industriously employed, and the unparalleled energy of the individual who wields the democracy of Ire land as a club, is taken into account—when the mi serable prospects of approaching famine with which we are threatened, and whirl/ will surely come—when these things are considered, we say, we must not be surprised if even an individual of less power and popularity should produce these deplorable consequences. But it is truly asto nishing that men in trade—that persons who have something to lore—that individuals whose mercantile character, even the most humble of them, depends upon their credit, should have lent their sanction, by a silent acquiecence, to this iniquitous scheme. But they are under the in fluence of fear as well as of agitation. Functionaries themselves, under the reign of terror, they are as much terrified as those whom they seek to make their victims. It was precisely a similar case in France, at the period of the first Revolution. Barrere and Denton trembled them selves at the terrible engine which they had in the Jacobin Club—Robespierre is said to have been a coward. Many who signed the Decrees of the Committee of Public Safety did so under the terror of the axe. We are not come to this thank God ! in Ireland, but there can be little doubt that a similar apprehension has seized those who have any thing to lose among the agitators—otherwise, why not protest vehemently against an attack upon public credit, which is sure to bring down ruin upon their own heads, and destroy for ever the prospects of their families. Would to God ! that we could rescue these men (lout the gulf which is gaping at their feet ! Since the preceding lines were written, we have had several communications from the country, which are full of alarm at the prospects held out to them by this new scheme of Mr. O'Connell. From Belfast, which has less to apprehend, we imagine, than almost any town in Ire land, from the measure, we learn that considerable alarm is experienced. The Northern Wig, a liberal and radical journal, expresses itself in the following manner : " Already the public are beginning to feel the evil con sequences of such proceedings. The Provincial Banks have become alarmed, and have almost ceased discounting bills, as formerly. Even in this town the mercantile in terests are beginning to suffer, and such is the feeling in England, that Irish credit is almost gone in that country. And what is the remedy which Mr. O'Connell propose., amSist the general distress about which he so frequently declaims. He encourages the public to resort to the ruinous course of a general run on the banks, that thus the evils of internal agitation may be augmented by the miseries of one wide and indiscriminate bankruptcy. Were his influence equal to his wishes, we should witness such a scene of general embarrassment and suffering as ought to fully gratify the direst enemy of Ireland. But the good sense of those who possess the power of becoming the in-, struments of such a destructive scheme, and their own in terest in averting it, will defeat the evil measure." In point of fact, the Banks have taken the alarm ; orders, we understand, have been despatched to the difre rent branches, directing the managers not to discount bills over 61 days, and to limit their issues as much as possible. The following letter has been received by Mt' O'CorlNr.m. from Mr. WALLACE, the eminent Barrister, who WAS a Member of the last Parliament :—. "Wednesday Morning, Jan. 19. _ - el SIR, —Though it is now some years since we hav e had an y personal intercourse , I feel that circumstances justify me, at least to myself, in addressing this to you. I learn by the Pipers of last night and this morning, that the charge under which you were yesterday arrested is for what is called a Conspiracy to evade the late Proclama tions. In my opinion the charge savours strongly of ille gs:liy,lge r Iya shall 1 , i feeblellmost oppression;oprofessional cheerfully ce aint , tae v w i i e to : if auo use ei nyouricne sincere e yourrcea ss respect de fence,tf for Lord Anglesea personally, and a wish to support his 1 Government even against you, so long as it is conducted on principles of Law and Constitution ; his Lordship seems to toe to have violated both in his proceedings on the Un lawful Assembly Act. Those proceedings are, by the Act, 1 those of the Lord Lieutenant alone, and it is theref .re the less presumptuou s t o suppose t h ey may be erroneous. To me it appears th at h e has m i sapp li e d t h a t law to cases to which it wa s not appl i cable, an d h as strained it in Isis Proclamati ons , part i cularly t h e I :s t, to an extent which , greatly en d angers pu b l i c l ib erty . This may be gross error, perhap s , and a jury will the error, if it be one, from being prevent mischievous. " I am persuaded it is unnecessary for me . to say, that on my part, but the Court of King's Bench from the offer I take the liberty of making, no just inference can be made of any adoption on my part of your political " I remain , Sir , very truly, " Your obedient servant, " THOMAS WALLACE. conduct. principles, nor any approbation of y our g eneral p olitical ' " Dan. O'Connell, Elq., M.P., &c. ke." PROCLAAIAVON ACT.-GRANG ,411hould take ca r k a r nil the Bench 1,,,, , .. 11. FOSTER_ 1 I, by g o 1 (From the Dublin Morning .Register of Thursdal.;4 Gott, I 'd e f, ' ', ~,, Yesterday ~ugh Cli a ri p m e l e , e , f t meeting i was nila h b e i h t l a i n n ts th o e f s t c l l: e cu: ii h a r n o o o r m o § f o G ir ro b iji l i t : t i ii, il n. vo s i , l l.e d nlav: e l : lo; Gorman, w, ,,, ..5ein1,!1!•(1 in consequence of a requ'', - ,,,„ e "an'l on me which called them tor: , :tlier to petition Parliament " ''',, ',,- f° at4 e`l l• I care n" repeal of the Union, aiid also for a repeal of that rnos t ; L, lam far atm ., constitutional enactment, which gives the d e spotic P° 01'1'1 GuaT—Cll to an individual of crushing, ' by proclamation,' the Ji1* ,4141 , , te a o f free and open discussion, and which is so totallY lleeti,Pr,oestNts..rai•,ansrni po•ed to the opinions of the Marquis of Anglesea, s' de tviolent mannei pressed in his letter to Wm. Keraland, Esq., C113;1' 1 ' 3 6 ~l i U e t 9 on roughly our lath rneßitig. n The bruit. appointed for the tre e , co n p, ' l e l e , t hrust hint tau was one o'clock, but long before that time the g",,,, 'r the po pule rooms were crowded to excess, while thousands were ,!I:aged maj est y of tinned outside, who could not possibly gai❑ admittanceit,,,:""i'! S ha me It was proposed and carried unanimously that i n s' " l ') , l every c• , 31 . DoNNEr.t. should take the Chair. Mr. KEI,LY acted as secretary, f o l i,, t e nt, when 3 Mr. Bmitli, of Sl.tighoriiiigli; CO'lnty ./tle7'b; e n' ' ' ,ioll . th e Pf.tittpil lie meetin• - • beff - '' M: O'Cur 41, rid , ' ,„1,:;::: , ..'d t,t, ire GORMAND .neeting with loud minutes fOre .r. CL . received cheers. When Mr. O'Connell tt iL e 'n!f Constabl the school-rooms, the most enthusiastic joy was mao ll i e : t ob b e ---l o a sp eec h by the assembly, a nd l ou d an d t umu l tuous app l au se Al; tr a l . l quil,—t ( from those wh o were f or t una t e enoug h to ga i n a pi' L 11!)niissive to sl le the building, as well as those stationed outside o 4 i n hie person Mr. TimmiNs addressed the assembly in a pow t hey transgrt eloquent, and able speech ; he alluded in strong lb 1 th em. to the insult which had been offered to Ireland on the he was a ceding day, in the arrest of Air. O'Connell—an to the laws which, he said, Irishmen were determ'ned to r e sent g way that world be most pleasing to Mr. O'Connell, that would hti by reflecting their exertions for a ref the Union.—(Cheers.) Mr. STEELE was now called on with entliusiits l clatnations, and made a speech of awful and at power. He sat down amidst reiterated peals of tion and waving of hats and buzzairig. Mr. INl'Doa:Net.t. was about to read the petitioi by the meeting, when Mr. STOK: ES, a respectable solicitor in Dorset expressed a wish to address the meeting, and was diately assisted to the table from which Mr. spoken. He commenced by announcing that he Protestant, and expressed his thanks for the ki his reception. Ile thought he deserved attention Roman Catholics present, for ever since be could opinion for himself lie had petitioned for their tion.—(Cheers.)—lle did not come there to di Governm6t—(Hear, hear)—for its conduct, nor his sanction.—(Hear.)—No, he came for no pi. to discuss this question—would a repeal of the UM benefit for Ireland.—( Hear and applause. ).—No go further to serve his country than he would, but he, that a repeal of the Union would be of mischievous quences from this consideration—that this count present too much divided to he entrusted with Government.—( A voice—" Never was so much There was still too much bitterness in men's mil perfect reconciliation, and the marks of union tla been shown were but skin-deep. He himself would rate the measure, if but two thousand men of I were agreed upon it. Ile did not say they shou. parated ; no, they should be united—(Hear, he he would say it was unfortunate for this country question had been agitated. It was injurious operation on commercial speculation. He ki houses would have been built in one street but for thus, perhaps, ;150 workmen were deprived of t ment. He begged to be allowed to tell one truth, it was a disagreeable one—the Catholics bad cr to carry the Union. Mr. O'CONNELL—The Catholic aristocracy: Mr. STOKES—The Catholics generally, so far knew ; the leading men of the Catholic body , under the promise of obtaining emacipation. now got what they bargained for, and should be and yet he did not blame them for desiring a the Union, if it were for the advantage ef the . (Hear, hear)—because such contracts were not likt of individuals, but depended on their advantages' effects.—(Hear.)—He was quite satisfied that tl =oat improper time to press the business.—(Cri Mr. O'CONNELL begged leave to say a few reply, and hoped 111 r. Stokes would not quit the without hearing him. He then spoke in high terms character of Mr. Stokes, and said it gave him great i sure to see, for the first time, a cool, dispassionate g o , man come torward to give his opinion in favour Union, not advocating proclamations, but to re ason them. Me. Stokes had not ventured to say the Uni l good for Ireland, and he would join to repeal it if men of both parties were agreed upon it. Not people were becoming united as Mr. Stokes elesiP, (Hear and cheers.) Mr. Stokes had spoken of t lie • tion given to the Union by Catholics. Now, tb!„ speech he ever made in public was at the period of ''l actment, when lie was but a young man just called, bar, and he then said he would rather see all the of the penal code renewed, and trust to the sense of)) of his Protestant countrymen, than see the Union ri d —(Cheers)—and the entire meeting were unan ilo i the opinion.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Ile, events, made no bargain, nor did the majority of th e e tholic body ; but Lord Fingall certainly did suPO:i , measure, on the written pledge of a letter, addre", him by Mr. Pitt, who subsequently went out of offi cause he could not carry emancipation as be proms) (Hear, hear.) The Government never kept its P r ,' and never would have kept it, if he had not Catholic Association organised and put it in opera ° (Cheers.) lie had gone the length of declaring. 5t ing convened by Sir G. Riddall, in 1810, that he forego even emancipation to secure a repeal of the 1 311 1.1 (Cheers.)—He did not agree in the ethics of Mr. 50 he would keep the bargain had he made it. Mr. SaOKES did not think it binding on the sli c of the persons who had made it. its Mr. O'CONNELL did not concur in that opinioll --(Bear, hear.) Mr. Stokes would see the princiP le t i go the length of not paying the national debt for i" ,o —(flear, and applause.) It is said by Mr. Stoke (f the reconciliation was yet but skin-deep ; blessed b e j,i it was over deadly wounds the cicatrice had foro;eit every day must add to its health • and firto° o ) (Cheers.) But Mr. Stokes said the wounds w e sll l tering still ; it was the duty of him and every Wl', to contribute to heal them— (Hear, hear)--b u ' Government adopted Mr. Stokes's opinion, the}; have a direct interest in keeping up the dissensi°, Ireland might, by union, be powerful enough t'") itself.—(Cheers.) He thanked Mr. Stokes for o d forward, and entreated him to believe him on bi 9 Of l protestation, that no Protestant would resist tol r ell i , and constantly the ascendancy of Catholicityi. —(Cheers.) Besides, no people could be more..ol among themselves than the Catholics—the art were separated more than the Protestants from th e ;.l/ had never joined even the struggle for Erna l ':1, 1 , 11 , until the difficulties were over, that they migh t " tie j the triumph without partaking in the toil.—( llear t '4 He had that morning received a letter from the rol l° ,d, Orange lodge, who told him his letter to the ribbon convinced him of his good feelings and intentions, g r 'iti'; now his friend.—(Loud cheers.) If the present j° 9,, bad prevented the building of five houses, M r. , f t : ' # ) should recollect the effect the Proclamations we t ', lated to produce—( Hearq, bear)—and if lie nor !, ° l4 in repealing the Union, not five but fifty thousanui would be built in less than ten years.—(Chee r '';d re . sentce rents would then no longer leave Ireland'd 4 entire country would become wealthy, happy' a . 40: 2. perous.—(Cheers.) He had now replied to Mr' f . o o' i objections, and again he thanked him for comirig d pr,l Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Stokes then shook h,° l ir, Doctor KIRWAN was then called to the 11 thanks returned to Mr. 1114 Donnell. th r THE PRO CLAMATION—GOR T Ii , d TRA ORDINARY PRO CE.EDI IV t he'l Oh Saturday last Mr. BLAKE FOSTER e ntere d lie, sions house, and seeing three Magistrates oil sions addressed them as follows :—Gentlemen, I al ) ; Y on the behalf of a large portion of the peq't-epil jl neighbourhood, for the use of the Court-hoto e public meeting for petitioning Parliament. 1 ,,, e 0 deed, no reasonable doubt that every facility ' a vast community, whose objects are legal, ,0 3 0 / 11 , demeanour ever, lam assured, will be peacea ble h Co o j stitutional. In several counties in Ireland , t"e Sessions -houses have, on respectable a pplicati°, °' e s i,d l , once given, and I am sure so enlightened a have now the honour of addressing will not re'`l:,,tieti,if Lord Gonx stood up with considerable irrin.` een;l surprise. —No, Sir, it shall not be given-- 0° an illegal character shall take place in this Cour t . o cli t y Mr. B. FOSTER—My Lord, I trutt I etand lation to society, that no man will dare io stipl'o! call a meeting of an illegal or seditious tendel l , c ':, A l s Y ) back the allegation with contempt. I ant so '` e r man here. 1 did not apply to you for an i lle e . bt No, no. Our object is the imprescriptible rig the ci; o to petition_a right consistent with the CroW° , o }lo ll of Englishmen; and Go I forbid that lrishrne° 1 4 debarred from exercising that right. 00 Lord Gora—.Sir, if you don't retire I'll co u r% o s i l e l 3 0 c f `' ,:l i it n : ' in missiv e a pon'ol",, j(k`aif.tio,s.ol.iiAnPnertsoot ong !sego, thito -/ tran , gina n them. 'grt lon the I ,hntier 4 etn. 1 I—an in°,,,Otal "e waR tOt 0 ' "w 8 traertcehnert irj ve it , t . i :s t i o the i. a Conoell, 1 'tin ' the Re( the a el) ii°,;'e hs-t le re,' 'IN-, i,ng them ,1 tlt,iitQt:er' .'„„. r the i to od e.-- '"* 73, smi° appi : - ----z !mt of acc1ar!,,,,,,,,--,--,- :),[',z (':tki' or s t 'ition addrl' C'''.. t . t ':. ; 1 i tt,,erZt: Co n s. Dorset-9 i,, iltee. ....... 1, , d was i I N . ~Cei;',„' ent.. ;i, Steele;7)`itn j',,nn. 17 e kindne°,. Jort; lo: 1860 . c Lion fro Jaii: 9 ' 859 :ould forio! ,1141,,,rii: 188 P.. .. 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