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~ . , .. increase of the derrideracy of that House. the -Very Constitution of the House, made up of diffe i-ent interests'as it was, would prevent any of its component parts, and particularly the democratic part, from gaining a preponderance. By extend ing the franchise to the West Riding of the County of York, one great inconveniente would certainly be got rid of. The number of Free holders was so great that in the present state of the Representation of. that County it was impossible that all the. p -elector's couoll w ithi n the time allowed by the law. Id 'Upon this ground a subdivision of the County would relieve a very pressing inconvenience.— Ile was convinced that 'those who called them selves Reformers were not such changelings, after what they had declared 'and pformed,- to be satisfied w i t h that or•any. other er measure. as ThoSI N • thavo_ clamou re d now; would continue to clamour if tt 'SY, asked were granted, a n d be r ea d y to make t a m a t ter of c • omplaint. _ The. Bills which Mepassed in the last Parliament regarding public etings had been attacked and cried down ; but the elections came , immediately after they were 'enacted, and he was prepared to say that, amongst t he freeholders and respect a bl e voters all over n e kingdom, hose. measures were most popular, pacid that Administration which proposed to re eal th em would he most unpopular. It- would ~e fo r t h e House to decide whether the proposi- Imn of the Noble Lord, or 'that of the Hon. Member for Northumberland, would confer the . .'tlost imPortant benefit upon the country, and to . he actuated'in their choke list - that decision. Mr. ROBINSO N Said, th a t o f a ll the -measures W hich had been 'proposed for the consideration of the, House, h e - was disposed.to prefer that 0 ( isis.lien. Friend (Mr. a Gilbert). Not that he Tee iilo 'any repugnance towards the mode Ounended by the Noble Lord, or the Ho tiourahle Member opposite ; but he doubted whe . ler there was any existing- necessity for depart "lig From the mode of punishing 'this borough, Iv lich Parliament had formerly adopted towards others. When th e measure *as first brought for.: Nvard, there did existl such a necess ity. The us Moe would recollect, that when this measure Was first or i ginated, there was another before. the house for applying to Penryn the - same princi ples upon which they were_ now called upon to a ct• It might, nnder these circumstances, have trees inconvenient to have extended the franchises - of both Boroughs to their adjacent' hundreds, on acc ount of th e i r being- situated so near each other. -f r lit as the measure against , Penryn had not ars rved at an e ff ec ti ve conclusion, there was now :10 objection to the proposed extension to' the 1;11111dreds in the: neighbourhood of Grampound. - p e Was of opinion that those of the Electors of t . rampound who were n o t gu ilty of the' corrup s;an Proved upon others--those who had kept snernselves pure in the midst of temptation— 'lould be hardly dealt - with, if that right, which mu st he more dear to them from that very circum cs,talice, sho u ld now be taken. away.. He thought r.lat the su bj ect had better be discussed and de id. ed at t h at time, than after going into a Com ottlit tte e . Unless any over-ruling necessity were e ar "v " tin , and not mere speculative reasons, for de r l ,g from th e usua l course, he .should be dis t);:se4 t° vote f or th e p ropos iti on w hi c h extended , e f ra nthist to the hundreds in the flei'ghbour "od of the borough. k r Ai f ne css• • . INT said,. that upon the gteund o is,,, u ` t- s Ys he should endeavour to strew toat the I ('' The to the measure of the NOble 4orss, apply s of their electi ve f custom of depriving town to b e -as ranchise for political sin, was known ear lY as 1 'en of Henry the Eighth, and se e . a tle rye,. to r n 1 -evkient object of that deprivation was ' e --"r the • attached't the Go- Vernstlew. People more . o t he tr at i: e \I " - ith respect to the question as to the 11,,,., -- er of the forfeited franchise now before the s -se, the Honourable Member supported - ' "ti giving b f r anchise to the-town of Leed s ° n for t ha t . . . ti • The H use -said , he had been peti °lied h e s i ° 7 ° f which d ar'e bodies of manufacturers, many -' laree fAcomplained that several Gentlemen of Inat °rt ntle hi th at H ouse were not engaged in °Peessa„ sress , tur es • The compl a i n t s , t h ere f ore , o f i . /tot re i n in .the manufacturing districts could WI • h a ell the House with that facility with ' l c th„ - ,prep eri -,. - Would, the if manufacturing class wire tern tr. e 3 ' rePresented ; a class which was too of - eted . 'wid th • with. illiberality and neglect,. and t , it se— es the duty as well as the interest of I" Count - ion. l4 r Y to encourage and support. The ember took cursory view of the pre . gre ss e v e a esS from the e „ st ate of the manufacturing distr .. si 'nil-lee s at if the re emeut of the last war; and observed "Pahip le , r .e had been a Member of that House romper- info • Ministers of the state and of t „ rnung ~ • districts they would t h aye ~ ,'e manufacturing 7 . . Th .. 0. The In . l . aunPte.d their late measures . ati_ e ctrn, ho e, 'i,.'nfacturing class of-the - corrimunity. . The ' ss his a - pioba,o'erriber concluded by expressing) ... P f4rtilitt .t . i of the Noble Lord's motion fths trans clesie,,lll,e elective .franchise to Leeds; and de .; r, \Ts. elective to support that motion. tr t Speakmor, referring to the argument of the ° IN 5 ,,, ,") observed, that he thought the 'Ness' " 4 0 deal. mostunfairly with the present It*, to n _ :, .. 'C fr the e 'vedth t CY should contract their discussion :, c ' t e nte c e as i e h rlrreeliat e l v before them, and should , - ..'„ r act q u ,, ° anY nrgu.ment - npOn the mere ab. eieces at ef givin g a repreSentative right to 'lle agreedPreEPnt unrepresented.—(Hear, hear !) a c A, ttrat when a Case had reached - the re °I. v enalit h eht. s h ould 3's as in the present, the Par-Ha i-Pt he di d a PPIY the severest of all remedies; - "din.. o f not therefore agree that the West: the f oil . . of should be Presented with iti din elted riglif ; for he saw no reason why a 3e (10 rsi Ridin g should have the liberty of I k , en A a l e Riding He thought; however, that th. e 1 le Herts.° were called upon to decide upon c le i s _ . stie teh ss: of inconveniences, they should' do that and . appeared to promote the greatest good ; • With t i . sif e u; lese views. if the Noble Lord oppo h °Old i e • . e oi r. .. w g e the Bill a more qualified shape, k r 0 " ) would support it. ti • th e. B. B kTI '' " • flat t h e • fuLer said that some thought N e b , cause of Parliamentary reform would ~ 3 the loss of the "e w eeid , ' present Bill ; but to others h rPiiik; I Say that, by taking a wider range for ft • (iy tha n ss • ee ner the circumstances required and Precedents warranted, the most dangerous cor,SeqtionCeg bright be occasioned. TMs wit§ lire first instance of a system of reform of transferring •the elective franchise from small boroughs to large and populous parts of the country. His Hon. Friend (Mr. IVard) had been inconsistent with himself in deprecating Parliariientary Re form and advocating the present Bill. lie (Mr. Ward) had said on a former occasion, that the representatives .of. Old 'Sarum were as much re presentatives of the people as those who were re turned by the most populous places ; and, upon that' principle, the Bill now before the House could not be supported as just or. salutary. This, he admitted, was a stronger case than other Cases of the same kind, as (3 rampound was in the :county of Cornwall, and the hundred had other, boroughs within its compass who returned mem bers ; !lt he thought it, notwithstanding, bad in principle, and dangerous in its consequences, to •act in the present case differently from all fo rmer instances, and to go beyond all the precedents before them, in order to hold up Grampound asa terror to others. Mr. LEONARD addressed the House in support of theextension of the Franchise to Leeds. The true question, he observed, was where could the House bestow this Fripchise with the greatest advantage_? The Constitution was formed upon the -base.of a wide and extended represent9tion ; and he asked whether it could be believed that that House would have. sanctioned, the late pro !' ceediligs against the Queen - if it were not for the votes of. those Members who sat for decayed and rotten Boroughs ? Mr, LyTTLETnNitoped that the House would pot meet the glaring abuse, which had been so clearly established, with any temporary measure, but visit the Borough of Grampound with im mediate condign punishment.. If the House was anxious to discover palliatives for glariug cases, it must be expected that persons out of doors, in their honest zeal, would not fail to snake it a matter 'of censure and condemnation. The great body of the people thought justly and honestly, and the. -Rouse would act wisely to take the lead in the present instance, and support its own dignity imthe - eyes of the country. The present motion shocked no prejudices, and there fore it might,- with safety, be adopted. The large and populous districts were the great scene of wealth and talent, and 'ought not to remain unrepresented. lie should therefore support the motion. • • - interfere with any of of the country. _ _ Mr. Aldermin spoke in suplibtt of the extension to the Town of Leeds. Ili: Con sidered that its adoptidn would give satislaotion to the country,; aitd Would do more towards si lencing the clamorous than ail the measures Which had been adopted by, Pv.rlianjOlt. Mr, Ho E SUMNER said, lie was a most deter mined enemy to Reform in general ; but at the same time he would admit that in a case Of gross corruption, he was an advocate for liberal Reform. The Hon. Member for Yorkshire (Mr. S. Wortley) had argued upon the population and intelligence of the manufacturing districts ; and had stated that they were not represented ; but it was a well known fact that the trading and mantifacturing in terests of that County invariably prevailed over filo agricultural interests ; znd that a Member who should vote against the former, wadi& (7,r -tainly lose his seat at the next election. Thu lion. Member alluded to the case of a Noble Lord (Lascelles), who g hav►ng °treaded the manufacturing interest while he represented the county, lost his seat at the next election. With respect to the Ifon. Member for Yorkshire's ar gument as tothe.dancrer of increasing the County representation, was there any count•, he would ask, wherein the representation was more com pletely in the bands of the Aristocracy than the County of York ? Mr. STUART ‘VORTLEY explained. Mr. Alderman I nvoGtsrese, amid loud crie of " Question !" and spoke a )ery few words, NI 1 ,believe, in favour of the extension to Leeds. The House the►► divided on the Amendrnei proposed by Mr. BEAumoNT, when the numbe were-- Fer thr Original Motion • 136 For the Amendment Alajority ---70 The House then resolved itself into a Comini tee on the Bill, Lord Aurnottr in the Chair. The Bill was read through by the Chairman, paragraph by paragraph, and the blanks filled up. On that Clause, which enacted that the Free holders of Grampound should be disqualified from ever voting for a Representative in Parlia ment, being read, Mr. D. GILBERT suggested that some distinc- tion should be made with respect to the appli cation of this Clause. It would be no more than justice to those Freeholders who had not been convicted of corrupt practices, - to allow them to vote for the electio❑ of a Representative for the County. Ile was sure there was not a Free holder in Cornwall who would not consider him self lowered if this distinction were not ad mitted. Sir SCROPE MORLAND spoke a few words un der the gallery, not audible; we believe in sup port of the motion. Mr. Alderman. lIEYGATE rose amidst loud cries of—(Question. question !)—when Lord JOHN Russutt, rose to reply. Ho said the argument. for continuing the right of election to Cornwall was by no means tenable ; it had, been admitted that only 5 of the 42 Members that represented the boroughs in thaki.tounty, were connected with it; the Members therefore might he said to be' taken out of the common stock of the Representation. With a single ex ception, there was not a Man he believed, who, if he had to fix the right of election, would con f er it on the county ofCornwall ;. that "county was already represented by two Members, than whom none could be more respectable. In answer to the observations of the President of the Board, of Control, that if the Bill failed it might form, the ground for Complaint, and that ther e f ore some thing would be gained, he had to observe, that although the plan he proposed might be novel, it was not in opposition to the *spirit of the Consti tution, and they would establish tt precedent that might be acted upon with safety. That there were men in the country whe would make it a matte 4 of accusation he did not deny, but he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that he was not one of them. All he wished for was, that when in stances of abuses like that of Grampound Were established, that the House should support its authority, and prove to the country that it valued a sense of its dignity. QUEEN'S ANNUITY BILL. The SPEAKER. then put the question upon the The Order of the Day for the House going motion . of Mr. DAvits GiLBEnT, for limiting the into a Committee on this Bill having been read, franchise to the surrounding Hundreds, when the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved motion was negatived* witheut'a division. that the above Accounts be referred to the said Mr: tIEAUMONT said', that although he had but Committee. small hopes of his proposition being adopted by The House then went into. a Committee on the House, he thought it his duty to submit it the Bill. for their consideration, and the House would The CHINCELLOR of the Exult:our:ft proposed deal with it as they thought fit. The Hon. that the:first blank which related to the Queen's Member concluded by moving, ." That it be an annual income, be filled up with the words instruction to the COMmittee, to insert a clause " Fifty Thousand Pounds." for transferring the right of sending - two Mem- Mr. Alderman SMITH objected to the blank bers to Parliament to the North and East Rid- being filled up in this way. lie had read over ings of the county of York." the evidence with respect to her Majesty ,on a Mr. N. CALVERT seconded the motion. late occasion, and he declared on his conscience Mr. S. WonTLEr observed, that the,objection that he could not, under tli3 impression he had urged by the last Speaker against the proposed received from that perusal, assent to this motion. transfer of the right of returning Representatives He feared that so large a sum in such hands to Leeds, would operate equally against the pre- would be used for most injurious purposes.— sent system of Representation for all populous Though the Queen might not accept this sum, as towns—,for 'Westminster, Bristol, and Liverpool, she had stated in her Message, yet she was in for instance. He preferred the transfer to Leeds, such hands that he feared she would be prevailed rather than to the West Riding of 'Yorkshire, on to takeit. He thought also that the present because, with all his partiality to the Aristo- distressed state of this country was another rea cracy, the latter W ou ld serve t o g i ve t h em too son w h y this sum, ought not to be granted. The much weight, because Leeds, which had so many farmers were at present suffering to a degree 'they and important interests to consult, had no direct had never approached before, in the worst organ of its sentiments in that House, and be- of times. Ile hoped. some Hon. Member would cause the landed interest .of Yorkshire was suffi- take the matter up, and if he did not obtain a ciently represented in that House, while the majorityy, he would, at least, be supported .by manufacturing interest was very differently cir- those who condemned Ministers for their ,extra eumstanced. It was to be considered also, that vagance. Whilst he was on the subject, he could if the amendment • proposed by the Honourable not help adverting to the large income enjoyed Member for Northumberland were adopted, a by an illustrious individual (the Prince Leopold) great variety of machinery Must be constructed to which, since a melancholy event, Was certainly set -such a measure in motion, as Yorkshire more' than it was intended or necessary he should had at present but one Sheriff and one County• receive. lie alluded to the death of the Princess Court. Rather, indeed, than accede to the Charlotte, since which, as there was no longer amendment, he would be an adVocate for the the same establishment to be kept up, a great proposed transfer to any other large town at pre- difference in the expenditure of his Royal High sent unrepresented; to Manchester, for instance. ness must have taken place. With respect to the observation that from the The words proposed were then inserted into 'very great number of freeholders in Yorkshire, the Bill. It was also_ agreed that the payment that County ought to have more Representatives, of her Majesty's income should commence from it should be 'known that Lancashire had many the sth Jan. 1820._ snore freeholders; for there the number was On reading that part of the Bill which enacted above sixty thousand, while at the last contested that her Majesty should receive the sum of Election for Yorkshire only twenty-six thousand 50,0001. annually during her lifetime, " barring were polled. The . lion. Member concluded her dower," . . with observing, that he was an advocate for the Mr. BARING observed, that it would not b e Noble Lord's measure, because it did not tend to just to bar her dower, at the same time, granting Lord J. RUSSELL said, he had no objection to omit this clause altogether. With respect to the remainder of the clihuses, there were some - blanks 'which he should leave to be filled up to-morrow. Mr. H. SUMNER thought it would be right to point out a specific term for the duration of the election. As in London 10,000 vuters were en abled to vote in the space of eight days, he thought it would be a source of great inconve nience to the inhabitants'of Leeds to be occupied in an election fur even six. Lord J. RussEt.r. considered the suggestion o the Hou. Gentleman as extremely useful. Ili might propose it .o-tnori•o*, so-that . the Bill tnigiv go through the- Committee then; and be ordered to be printed. .The llouse then resumed, the CHAIRMAN re ported progress, and. asked leave to sit again to morrow. Mr. LUSHTNOTON broug - ht up . the Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, which was received and agreed to. On the motion-of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex CHEQUER, Mr. ARBUTHNOT brought u? Accounts of the several sums of money issued for the use of the Queen since his Majesty's accession.--. Laid on the table. , . . . her instead, ati afiernativo which sh:: :tad refused to accept. The Cit,ieb,r.Ott cif t.t'e did not see to what the ObjeCtidn (If Von. - .Gentlehiatt tended. Majesty was fiat iri the enjOyin( 7 rit of ahy dowefi dttd -these Words were m'et.'ely technical t Mr: BARING said, that by bet' tight Of dower she. had a title to claim 50,000/..l}ear indepetifiL eta of this provision. Mr; LtiBitiNcPrOm said, that it was tie Cesar ;, that some ACt was proposed to enable the Trea sury to charge On the Consolidated Fund a sum of 50,0001. annually for her Majesty, and this was the only way that could be accomplished. Mr.l3.tan , in- contended that it was a'gr'eat hard ship on the Queen that she should be forced to take 50,0001. a )(rat- in that fdrni, whiCh he con ceived wodid degrade her,'wh3it she had a right to claim it in another way. LitSinsGToN (rid not see how it was pos sible to exeCtite the wish of the, lion. Gentleman . . The Act. giving her Majesty the • right he Men tioned, was for her as Princess of Wales. The present !sat alldded to her as Queen Consort,. Mr. TlttaNty said, it *as part of the Queen's Marriage •iettletnent, that she should have a Pro vision of 50,000/. a-year in the event of her hui band's death. Letters-patent vrere to have been granted by the late King, but as these had been omitted, it was not just that the Queen should suffer in Consequence of what she had no share in causing_._ M•. fausinscrox said, that the Act of Settle ment only gave power to the late King to issue Letters Patent. But as . he was dead ❑o benefit could be derived by the Queen, even had those letters been issued. Independent of which, this provision was only ►made for the . Princess of Wales. They were now legislating for the Queen Con sort, and had no occasio►i to refer to any thing anterior. Mr. BI:RNAL thought the circumstance of her Majesty's identity ought to make the Act apply equally whether she were styled Princess of Wales or Queen Consort. After some further conversation between the C/I INCELLOR of the ENCIII'QU ER, Mr. LOCKII kit r, and Mr. T. WILSON, the clause was agreed to as originally moved. Mr. TIERNEY said, that his not wishing to excite any grave discussion at that time was not to he thrown in - his teeth at a future period, as his having assented to the sum voted to her Ma.- frsty. Ile ‘vished it to he understood, that he did not stand committed to any sentiments on the subject. The House having resumed, the Report was ordered to be received on Wednesday. The other Orders of the Day were then dis posed of, and the House adjourned. ME LONDON JOURNALS. 'TIAILY EXTRACTS FRO N 1 THE NIORNING PAPERS.] [.lll9rning ChrolliC/e.l The news of the march of the AuStrian Army on Napleq, gave a peculia; interest to the motion of Earl Grey for information `as, to the 'conduct of our Government in this alf&r, which was to halve come on yesterday, and expectation was there fore strongly excited with respect to t. Loa liosslyn, howeve4antlou need, that in cons•equence of this intelligence (which our readers will see is not so certain as Was supposed), Earl . Grey %visited to postpone his motion.to Monday next. ever was there . a nobler field for the di.spiay of the high talents and commanding elognefice of that great Statesman ; and we are happy. to think that it has fallen 'to him to do justice to the sympathy of the nation . with the situation of the nooffending Neapolitans; the general nation felt at the odious conduct of the'despOt.s. of the Holy Alliance, and the general contempi. ror the petty and pusillanimous policy of val. C:abinet. pie/wing Post:l Mr. John Smith's ill-advised motion respecting the Liturgy comes on this day in the House 'of Commons. The friends of-religion and Morality will have another proud triumph on this occasion, when the question nil?, be finally set at rest. We are enabled to contradict, in the most positive terms, the assertion in a Party Paper of Yesterday, that the Queen is to have her name inserted in a Collect, or in the Liturgy. This state ment is utterly Else and unfounded, there -never having been an intention entertained of insert ing her name in aiw form of Prater whatever. The Queen's . Annuity Bill went thrOugh the Committee last night, after some observations from Mr. Alderman Smith, who opposed the grant of 50,0001. per annum: The - worthy Alderman had read over the evidence with respect her' Majesty on a late occasion, and he deelared on his conscience that he could not, under the Pressiou he had received .from that perusal, assent to this motion..• Ile feared that so large a sum in such hands would be used for' most injurious • purposes - [British Press.] The proceedings. in the House of Commons last nizht were • in the very hig.liest de , ree important. to Bill introduced b'y Lord John Russell for disfranchising Grainpound, and transferring the right of . electing representatives in Parliament to the aresient and populous boroUgh of Leeds, was committed. The name of Leeds not being, as we understand, expressed in theoriginal draught of the Bill, Lord John Russell, previous to the ouse resolving itself into the Comnnittee,moved, lat.it should be an instruction, to the Cornfilit.tee ia.t" the name of Leeds he inserted. TO this Mr. 1). Gilbert proposed an amendment, that the 'ranch se of which Grnuipblind was to be tie- privet! should be extended to the adjoining Min: dreds. . Upon this question the House divided, when there appeared— _ Fur Lrrdf, Against it )36 Majority for the oricinAl Motion .... 70 We are convinced that the country Avill hail this . decision with satisfaction, as affording an -assur ance that the lionse of 'Commons will not dis countenance. a proposition for correcting the gross anomalies introduced by time in the frame - o our §tie • ti,tient ctise Oalt lie submitted for its cd 1- sideration. This, - ! , -6 i...:ettft::s l seems to tti to be the Safest) th Most idteiligibie, and the most ethisiitutional of refotining the represebtation Of the people iit Parlittmeitt.=4 Should Lord John Russell's Bill Oenttially rep teive the sanction of the LegiBlattire, a great and positive good will be achieved, for not Only will • CorruptiOn be clicked and ptinktied in one of its strongest !midi; but the popular interest will obtftfu ti positive increa:it , of strength in the house. of Cdannotis. Wt.! fear; liewei-er, that should.tlie House of Commons pass the Bill, the Lords will rejoct it, and . disappoint the anxious-hopes of the community. [The Tales.] • , Bills of indictknent for libels on the Queen. hate been `found by the Midditisk Giand Jury against 7;ie"2llvrning Posl and Courier.• Upon this .subject we should not have made one word of remark, had it not been loran article contained yesterday in one of the papers: the very name of Which we are althost asliathed to pit in thiS jour.: nal; nor shall wt even now say one word more than is absolutely necessary to defetid the object Of the various libels, for Which true bills have been found. It is said then, even So late as yes-; terday, " while fac4 were provea at the bar Of the House of Lords,. which made every man tremble for the purity of female Manners, the individual against whom they were proved, Was . to b thrust Upon us as a pattern for our wives and daughters,''. Now,that the aboire statement iswhoilyand uhquez - tionably false, is and Must be obvious even to those who believe or profess they believe iii - the Queen's criminality ; for, whether that Crithina, Uty exists or not, nothing c an b e more certain than that it is matter of inference, and not of direct proof. No witness of any character—no witness whose oath would not rather .have led to the disbelief than the credence of what be stated —ever swore to the -criminality of the Queen; Lieutenant liownam certainly swore that she was in a situation by night under what he called a tent, viz.—the ship's awning ; ' from which - others it ferred that her Majesty was guilty, but from which the. Lieutenant himself. -who best - - knell- what this wrongly-named tent was, drew no such conclusion ; and this, monstrous as the • fact may seem, is the body of the . case against the Queen. —.....,..,,..... . [Net ; Mlles.] We have received further proON of the tea with Which the professed friends of,the Liberty of the Press are endeavouring to preclnde all free and fair discussion of, their public speeches aid public conduct. Our readers will rentemb. , r that we some time ago noticed a valuable . pamphlet by the Reverend H. Philpott, entitled, " A Le ter to the Right Honourable Earl Grey, on cer tain charges ativanced by his 4ordship in his Speed' at the late_ County Meeting in Nor thumberland, against the Clergy of the County of Durham." This Pamphlet, as we are inform '_ed, (and if, we are Wrong. Lord Grey and Mr. Tierney Can set us right) this de - frnsh'e pamphlet of a Clergyman, writing in behalf of himself and his Reverend Brethren, was lately the subject of a careful consultation by the Leaders of Opposition, in order to dis Cover in it, if possible, matter for - indictment! They per • "ti.:ed the wtole, with the aid of very able legal advice, but happily what they sought was not ; to be found. To what point then are we to .be re duc .(1'? Must we listen with submissive defer e;ce to the most, false and groundless charges a!;;ains.t authorities which we prize, and per sonages whom we venerate ? Must we hear motives the most _dishonOurable attributed to Our own conduct ; and if we venture to retort the charl,7e of calumny on our political op ponent.;, "if we p - resume to speak of public cha racters with the most distant approach to that free Om of expression which they themselves use must we instantly be marked out for pm ivate ven gearce or legal punishment ? It so, the Libeily of the Press is entirely at an end. The strict " letter of the law must be carried into effect on all • hands, and then what individual is there (Whose public writing or public speaking has ever at tracted a moment's attention) . that will not he amenable to .justice on the one side or on the other Be it observed, that in the great and serious question of the Queen's conduct, the Govern ment of the Country , has not, been the first to appeal to the Law for a protection against public discussion ; although it is notorious that that discussion has been carried -on by . their Opponents in speech and writing, ,with an excess of violence and misrepresentation wholly unparalleled=—but the Queen and th Queen's friends are the first to cry out. Mr. Hume at the Revolutionary Dinner last October said, " he appealed to all present, he appealed to the world to decide Whether - ever a good man ha:t . been known, or could he found, who feared thz influence of a Free Press." What will that Hon. Gentletnan now say of his sensitive friends? They havealready indicted The Courie r a n d The Morning Post: they have tried the ground of Mr. Philpott's pamphlet—what may he their next step we know not; but perhaps they will, ere long, find that —, Even !milled justice (7orrinien& the itigretliiiit* of the putson'il chalice To their owii lip. (1,il) _ LAMBETII 11 lEL SOCIETY.-The eighth niversary Meeting of the above Society was hel yesterday evening in the.great robin of the Ilor 13 Tavern,. liennington, and was most numerously and respectably attended. About half past six o'clock, Thomas ‘VALssMAN, Esq. took the Chair, supported by several eminent Divines and other Gentlemen. The Report of the proceed ings of last year was then read, , after whiCh seve ral Gentlemen add-ressed the Meeting at consi derable length, and tbanks having been vote,d.to the President, Officers, and Chairman-, of the - Society, the Meeting adjourned. " • • W e have .particular pleasure. in learning, that Sir J Amts ..Nl‘Grucvaß;' Director-Ceueral of. ih Army Medical Department,solic!itous for the im prov mein of the profession in his native Country, has transmitted to the Secretary of the Medical Society of the North he'te, a handsome donation of modern medical publications fcr - the Society's library.—(lnvernesv Courier.)