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Alteration in the Navigation Laws of this Country which may 'militate against the Spirit and Principle of the 12th Charles IL Will be highly injurious, not only to the welfare of the British Slop Owners, and all others engaged in the Equipment or Navigation of Ships, but also to the best Interest of the Em 'ire, by impairing its most effective means of defence against foreign . aggression, and encouraging in an equal Ratio the prosperity of the Navy of other Countries. That the Petitions to each House of Parliament, read so the Meeting, are highly approved of, and that the same be adopted as the Petitions of this Meeting, and signed by all present. That a Committeehe appointed for the purpose of watching Over the progress of to Bill now in Parliament respecting the Navigation Laws, correspond with such Members of each !louse as they may select to present the Petitions, and for tak =TT, such other steps as may appear best calculated p carry into effect the objects of this meeting.' That the following Gentlemen constitute the Committee, *is. Messrs. H. F. Heath, Charles ?vlagnay, G. M. Clough, James Laing, James Kirkley, John Clay, G. Marshall, Thos. 13 e11, and Daniel -Heatley, with power to add to their number. That these Resolutions, with the Petition, be printed; and sent to the different Potts in the Kingdom, a n to, the Mem - bets of each House of Parliament. H. F. HEATH, Chairman. The Chairman - having left the Chair, it was resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to him for his able con duct therein. For, f fiE SUN, calumnies which had,heen propagated of French, Irreligion, and were all affected to the cause: That some of them. had rendered.great service, in propagating with secret zeal the solem of the - I - Union." • • • that a grave and Learned• Judge, at the Carlow Assizes, attacked the Freeholders or Middlesex in common with the Reform of England. That Learned Person,. in addressing the Jury, asked them what they thought of the 11teeting at Manchester, and of the continued uproat- kept u p by Radicals. against the Most venerable ,tribunal in the land, during the -,trial of - ; the: late unfortunate Queen ? Was, that language which became a Judge? If any thing tended . more than another to . revolutiod-7-to make the people dissatis fied and diSgusted with the laws,, it was the mai-administra tion of juitlee.--(Applause.)--But was a pure and impartial administration of the laws to be expected froth a declamatory, Political Judge. He. would dismiss , the Learned Judge at Carlow with one remark, namely, that his Lordship seemed to entertain a much . Uglier opinion of the venerable tribunal than the venerable tribunal entertained of itself—for the ve nerable tribunal, after having passed a most iniquitous Bill, so far distrusted their own judgment that they would not a tt em pt t o carry it into execution (Applause.) . He would conclude with one word about himself —He bid gene , ally - contented himself with giving his silent vote, but he hoped he lead yet a long course before - Min, and whenever he should feel that there_ Pere not persons of greater ability thijahiniielk ready to bring for vr,ixd great public questions, then he would stand forwa r d i n a more prominent manner.—Of one thing he could assure them, that as long •as he had life and health he would watch Oyer the liberties of-his country -- he would labour to oppose corruption, and to promote a justand necessary Reform—(Great applatise.) —The Honourable. Gentleman concluded by proposing the healthof the Independent Freeholders, whose exertions cipated the Cour.ty or: ,Middlesex from Ministerial influence. . (LETTER III.) - (Concluded from YeAterday's Stni.) ,rn, and Lion be. the con. 3recisely was, he Ince first she had [less had ilike the affected t unable . . Mr. O'CoNNEr.r. has asked--" Can .they, the- Government, Cook for foreign stfpport against our Claims , 2 " ! 1 .had really imagined, that he had attained the climax .of arrogance, and some thing. beside, in his selection of a motto for his Manifesto of the preceding_ month : but,. In Ws s'peech, delivered at the Aggregate Meeting on the 13th of February, he soared to a. height seldom 'equalled, even in the most licentious times. Not content with having advised the " hereditary bondsmen .to strike the blow," he, by implication, tells them that, if the4ix millions he had discovered will only rise en .masse, they muse succeed in their designs.; for that the Go vernment cannot, in the. present state of .Europe, " look for foreign' support against their Claims :" at least, such is the,! construction every man of plain.sense, not in the habit of dealing in . the figures of rhetoric, will put upon his words.; end I trust that such will be the construction put upon them by the Legislature, when- the Peti-` tions, lately adopted, shall come under their consideration ; unless his Majesty's , Attorney- General should think it his duty to take some ex officio notice of them before that period.—lt is worthr.of notice,. that, at the :late Aggregate Meeting, he was accused with having declared, not 12 months before, "that a bloody Insurrection was on the eve of breaking out.;" and it might be worth inquiring, whether, endue„d with the spirit of Divination; he spoke as a Prophet ; or whether the-idea merely arose from a just sense of his own talents and influence ; or whether he had received information from some of the spiritual guides of those who were to be actors in the struggle for Freedom. • " Whose is wise will ponder these things. Cork, 1822. SYDNEY. plaintiff oborated .fendant, nce, and Chance s letters, he house : the ser- Hess, for did, she bed all Chance p to that The CI-Luna:4Y tin gave—" The People—the only true source of Legitimate Power"—(Applause).- „ • The next toast was—" Sir Francis Burdett, and DIT.J. C. liobhotise"—(Great applause). Id read : feelingly M arch, al, lal estate uttion by Outlly is served After for sup- To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain an 4 Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble Petidon of the several Persons whose names are here-under written, being Owners, part Owners of, or otherwise interested in, British Shipping registered in the Port of Newcastle, and belonging to South, Shields, and n of do' to Iwo Lted it to lost little 'a family nd bitter Lave been I only lie - its environs ' - • Shewesh,—That your Petitioners are either professionally Seamen, or have embarked their capital under the faith of the Navigation Laws, or are otherwise so dependent on the Ship- Ping, that any measure tending to its employment would prove ruinous to your Petitioners. That your.Petationers beg leave to submit to your Honour able House, that , they have suffered a greater depreciation in their property since the conclusion of the war,ahan perhaps any other class of his . Majesty's subjects ; and that the great sur plus of shipping have so lowered the freights, that the proceeds from them are not sufficient to pay the expences of their voy ages. That the shipping are charged with heavy duties on every article necessary to their equipment, exclusive of a gross ton nage duty, of which nothing has been reduced since the con. °osier' of the war ; and, added to these burthens of taxation, they have to pay a higher rate for provisions and wages than the shipping of other countries. From these causes foreigners are enabled to take freight at a lower rate; and as the smallest difference in that respect determines the preference of the mer chants, the carrying trade must be wrested from us unless en couragement is given to the British Shipping, by a close adhe rence to the Navigation Laws. In considering the importance of these laws, from the early period of our history we learn the high value our ancestors set on the shipping-interest of the country; from the infancy of our trade, it was fostered by them with the greatest care and attention, by enacting, at dif ferent periods-of time, a series of wise and salutary regulations, .for the express purpose of preserving to British ships (under certain regulations) sundry portions of our trade with foreign countries, together with the whole of our coasting and colonial trade. The great benefits which have resulted from this wise System are too obvious to require detail; it is sufficient to ohs serve, that it has increased the ,wealth and naval strength of Old Engasnd to a high pitch of prosperity and power, and Placed her in the most distinguished and pre-eminent situation ,as a great maritime nation. These truly venerated enactments nad their best principles consolidated into that ever memorable Statute, the 12th a Charles 11., of which the declared object is "to in crease th e Shipping and Navigation of this , Nation,. Wherein, under the good Providence and protection of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom is so much con cerned ;" and after the country has experienced the beneficial effects of this act for nearleetwo centuries , the Committee of the Honourable House of Commons, sitting on the Navigation. Laws,, pass an etilogium that " a just respect for the political wisdom from which the enactments of the Navigation Laws orighiated, and a sense of the national advantages derived from them, in their effects on the maritime greatness of the king dom, have rendered them objects of attachment and veneration to every British subject." That your' Petitioners fully participate in these sentiments, and are moreover fully persuaded that, however wise and salu. tary the Navigation Laws were in the infancy of our commerce, they are now become more imperatively so ;---not only from the Jealousy entertained by the European Powers of our maritime and commercial greatness, and from the many forward strides and intentions manifesteti,by the United States of America to rival Britain in her natural element, but likewise from the heavy duties at present imposed upon British shipping, as it must be evident to your Honourable House, that in the first essays in trade, the competition between us and other maritime States - depended then on the respective exertions which each nation made in industry ; our ships were not then fettered with such heavy duties as have since been imposed on them from the exigence of the State, which our maritime rivals have not to bear i n the same proportion. It therefore must be obvious to your Honourable House, that this is not the time to make alterations or grant -concession's, inimical to the established prin ciples on which our Navigation Laws are founded. This would be . surrenderinge the benefits so hardly won, and of which the shipping and seamen stand so much in need,—which, if con ceded, would increase the navigation of other States, and thereby increase their means of offence in time of war. Your Petitioners beg leave again to remind your House, that they have lOng been suffering under the difficulties which nearly all daises of his Majesty's subjects have experienced, since the conclusion of the war of such long duration, which had much increased the number of ships and seamen; but con sidering this depression a natural effect, they never attempted to trouble the Legislature with complaints for which there appeared no immediate redress. That whilst thus suffering under die greatest depression, they are not more astonished than alarmed to find a Bill pend ing before your Honourable House, intituled, " A Bill to ex- Plain and amend the several acts for the encouraging and in cteasing of Shipping and Navigation, and to regulate the im portation of goods and merchandize into Great Britain, so far as relates to the countries from whence, and the Ships in which, such importation shall be made,"—the principles of which, if carried into effect, are totally subversive of the ancient system of Navigation, under the faith of which they embraced their profession, and embarked their respective capitals, and which `will tend to abrogate the principles contained in the 12th of Charles 11., which confines the importation of all goods or commodities whatever, of the growth, production, or manufac ture, of Asia, Africa, or America, to be imported direct from thence in British ships only. By this wise enactment was secured to this country the whole of the long transit from three quarters of the Globe, and the next object was to secure , the importation of the commodities, Manufacture, and productions, ofEurope, direct from the place of their origin, in British ships, or in ships belonging to coun tries of which the cargoes were the produce. . In these enactments, your Petitioners see nothing more than the fair and equitable principles of reciprocal justice, they see nothing in them "hostile or invidious, nor are they any infringe- - nient on the rights of any other state ; taking it as a long ace Ictiowledged principle, that all nations enjoy such right, and Aven regulated th e i r con d uc t on such principles, whenever it was their interest so to conduct themselves. And that England has found it not only expedient, but absolutely necessary, 'to adopt it as her b es t means o f d e f ence ; an d th a t the security of her 'distant Colonies depends on her maintaining these princi ples. Viewing this system as maintained through so many succes sive centuries, what other sensation than the strongest feeling of alarm can youf Petitioners express on finding a Bill actually Pending before your Honourable House, containing an entire new principle (so diametrically opposite to the one , before, acted upon) by which the goods and merchandize, being the growth, production, or manufacture of Asia, Africa, or Ame rica, shall be imported into Great Britain from any part of He - was , that the d that if Is. This, feelings sought to large da- instances ved, that e plaintiff who had 'trap him as not the light one : plaintiff, T woman-. 'stances of lorn, arta sciousnes s was all he dent balot which the ler. They lefendant. .ner of his y returned 8001. mmitted rom the County to their inesdaY orning med in the red, Man• eatest dis- RADFOIW arday last: rents, and tired to his ring mornr n to break and the eery search n the front a a heavf •ence. He ) sit on the' returned s Fair, ott nisei had $ given sPcs id knocked [Rimy wa! dat lengts of up. He rom a nip' tleman by a water• tans. The was owned 'atch in the days, and left in high it Beck' sight. Al' sted in its xtrcmity of tongue 9 le oil, and, mall value- ' lit for Lord away from Gazctte. ) Price, ld to 42s Oa NI to 42s 041 h, Mrs. T• ourt, Chan- rte, to Miss. of that city, ss, of Ellorif ich.ard Rad' 'jest y's Jus" wife of AJr• )01kgliS. a the Svc' LIRS. Asia, Africa, or America, or from any port or place in Europe, in British ships or vessels ? Only that the produce of Europe maybe imported into Great Britain in a.British ship or vessel, or in a ship or vessel belonging to the country of'which the cargo is the produce, or in atripS or. vessels the build of the country or port, or place in. Europe, from whence or from any port , whereof such goods and merchandize shall be exported or shipped, tin the purpose of being exported to Great Britain. To these p:ovisions in the pending. Bill, your Petitioners beg leave to solicit the attention. of your Honourable House; that as regards the imports between Great Britain and Asia, Africa, and America, the loag transit is ceded to all nations ; only, that an English ship must be employed from any foreign port to Britain, and that the imports between Great Britain and all parts of Europe stand so open, that should the pending Bill receive the sanction of, the Legislature, the produce and manufacture of the whole world (the excluded articles ex cepted), may he deposited in the Scheldt, or the Room Pot, or any other continental depot contiguous to our shores, and which it will be the interest of other Powers to establish, not only as a commercial ,benefit, but as the sure means of annihilating the Commerce and Naval Power of Great Britain. In this Way will the brave and hardy Tars of Old England become the liglitermen in the transit. from those depots to Britt.in in steath-boata and other small: craft s to the seamen of conti nental -Europe and America :—that this must soon be the result if such a new system of transit receives the Sanction of the Legislature, is the firm belief of your Petitioners. Your Petitioners submit to your Honourable-House that in the late tremendous struggle to subdue revolution, the blood and treasure of this Country .. was unsparingly expended, and that the abolition of the Slave Trade, and many other spontane ous concessions have been made, too numerous to detail, which are proofs beyond any doubt of the generous and liberal prin ciples which °rest Britain has acted upon. But notwithstand ing these sacrifices,_ your Petitioners have never been able to discern from a Foreign Tariff, nor in any other way, that other nations or states are smitten with a propensity for concession ; they seem influenced as all nations generally have been, care fully looking after their own interests. , . Your Petitioners are not amongst those who'consider that the time is arrived when all the restrictive Statutes in the kingdom may be repealed, so as to admit a perfect freedom of trade ; but should that time be arrived, they will never object to it as a general principle for all classes to conform to, yet they earnestly hope that they are not singly to be sacrificed to make the expe riment ; as they entertain a more old-fashioned opinion—that the marine laws made England what she is—and by her ma rine laws she must maintain her spre-eminence, or fall into the rank of a very subordinate State. Your Honourable House are fully sensible of the necessity of protecting a profession, on which depends the powerful ma rine which is the natural protection of the Empire, and which the agriculturists and manufacturing interests are as much in terested in' reserving, as those who are immediately connected with the marine. Y our petitioners are more anxious than any. other class of his Majesty's subjects that a careful revision'of the Navigation Laws! should be made ; but your petitioners, relying with the utmost confidence on the wisdom of your Honourable House, trust that in this revision your Honourable' House will .never, under any circumstances, surrender. that great principle which is contained in the 12th of Charles the Second, " Wherein, under the good providence and protection of God, the wealth, safety, and strength of this kingdom is much concerned." Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that they may be heard by Counsel against so much of the Bill as affects them, and that the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands.; and also that your Petitioners may have such relief in the pre mises as to this Honourable. House shall seem meet. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. UNION CLUB. TFHE MEMBERS of the CLUB are informed, that the CLUB HOUSE, No. 12, WATERLOO PLACE, will be OPEN for their RECEPTION, on 'MON DAY, tilt ., 15th Instant. 12, Regent-street, April 11, 1522. BRAMAH'S PATENT PORTABLE PENS A SPURIOUS Imitation of these PENS hay ing recently been introduced for Public Sale; .1. BRAMAH and . SONS, 124, PICCADILLY, the Manufac turers and Proprietors of the Invention, acquaint_ its nume rous Patrons and the Public, that in future every Box. or Packet of their Genuine Pens will be stamped with a fac si mile of the Signature. of the Inventor " JOSEPH BRA MAH," by which means the• Counterfeit will be easily dis covered. January 24, 1922. • In a few Dais will be published, .A DEFENCE of the CLERGY, explanatory of their Services, their •(radations, and their Reve nues., from the first ages of Christianity to the Present Time; and shoving the relation is which they stand to the'Commu mity and to the Agriculturist. ' • . - By the Rev. FRANCIS THACKERAY, A.M. Sold by F. C. and J. Rivington, No. 62,_St. Paul's Church yard, and No. 3, Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall. Lately published, In Syn., price 51. 6d., the Fifth Edition, of REMARKS on SCEPTICISM, especially as it is connected with the Stibjects of Organizotion and Life, being an Answer to the Views of M. Bicttat, Sir T. C. Morgan, and Mr. Lowrance, upon these points. _ . By the Rev. THOMAS RENNELL, A.M. Vicar of Kensington. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 62, St. Paul's Church yard ; and 3, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, London. GARDENING.—AGRICULTURE. This Day was published, " In 12mo. price Is. WI., the Second Edition, of . IHE COTTAGER'S COMPANION, or a Complete System of Cottage - Horticulture, intended to instruct the Industrious Poor of Great Britain in the Art of Cottage Gardening. By 'WILLIAM SALISBURY, Author of the Botanist's Companion, Hints to the Proprie. tors of Orchards, &c. Printed fOr F. C. and J. Rirington, No. W, St. Paul's Church-yard :.arul.3, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. By whom'will shortly be published, The Cottager's Agricultural Companioh, comprising a Complete System of Cottage Agriculture, intended to in struct the Poor of Great Britain in the Arts of Cottage Hus bandry. By the same Author, linao. is. As lAn not find that the late Census has yet been I.);iblished, I am at a loss to conjecture where, - Mr. O'CONNELL . found his seven millions of inhabitants—a thing totally incredible, unless through some miraculous Popish Agency—when, in the year .1672, the whole population of Ire land amounted only to one million, one-hundred thousand—in 1731, according- to the statement of the Romish Priests, as mentioned in Buagces " flibernica Dominicana," to- two millions, ten thousand, two hundred and twenty 1732, by the Census taken by order of Govern ment, to be under two millions-.--and in 1791, by Mr. Cu.+ LsrEas7s-calculation* ; to fotti millions two hundred thousaudi which had been considered much too high by. the best informed men in Ire land ;—the rat-her, wtsen we consider that in England and Wales the population increased only a million and a half in a century. I also doubt the truth of this reported miracle upon another principle. Ireland contains 27,459 square miles,. and 11',067,712 acres, plantation measure ; and seven millions . of inhabitants :give, within a fraction, '255 to each squa.re•mile, or one inhabi tant to one acre a half and half a perch, induct ing mountains and bogs ; the latter of which are numerous,and some of great extent, one, the bog of Allen, extending , over 300,000 acres. Taking into consideration, therefore, the amazing annual ex ports from Ireland, in grain of different kinds, in butter, in bacon; - in black cattle, in pigs, even in potatoes, and latterly, in whiskey; and also the vast quantities of beef and pork cured and bar relled eveky . season, for the use of the Navy and the •Colonies—it ' , really appears -incredible that seven millions of inhabitants could be maintained upon the remaining products of the country. I am .aware that the great majority of the pea santry, particularly in the southern counties, live chiefly, if not altogether, upon, that indigenous root the potatoe ; but still they do subsist upon the produce of the soil ; and, if there be any truth in Mr. O'CONNELL'S assertions, there must be a very procreative quality in the potatoe. Were any further proof wanting of Mr. O'CON NELL'S gross inconsistency, he has recently fur nished > a very strong one. In - his Manifesto of January 'lB2l, he said—" The great question is, whether they (the Catholics) ought to continue to petition an unreformed Parliament, after re,- peated - and causeless rejections—or join at once the increasing friends of liberty, who desire to restore the Constitution by reforming that Par liament." " I am now certain, that to keep us petitioning is the game of Ministers." " Pat an unreformed Parliament cannot inanoipate tat." Yet, on . the 13th of -February 182 2 , when a Pe tition to that identical unreformed - Parlianzent was adopted,. he thus expressed, himself—" I - trust I am not guilty of impiety when;. in the temple of my 'God, I thank that God for the unaitiMity we have this day evinced in adopting that Petition." Being uninitiated in the arcana 'of the Holy Alliance, I cannot be a judge how far Mr. O'Cox- NELL'S eulogy on the Romish Priests, pronounced at the . late . Aggregate Meeting, was, appli cable : but the praise of some is dispraise in the opinion of others : for instance, the Popish, or Back-lane Parliament, befkire it was obliged to dissolve itself ; on the enactment of the Conven tion Bill, after voting 15001. to T. W. ToNE, resolved," that the services THEOBALDW. Twit, Esq. had rendered to the Catholic Catise, were such as "no gratitude could over-rate, no remune ration over-pay;" and the elder KEOGH, at Meeting of the Roman Catholic Committee, in July 1810, highly panegyrised the same person, even after he had accompanied an invading enemy to Ireland, to emancipate his former friends and patrons.—Every person at all acquainted with the tenets of the Popish Religion must know the unbounded influence their Priests have over the minds of the Laity, more especially those of the lowerorder, by means of those tremen dOus engines of Papal superstition and tyranny —auricular confession and purgatory. This in fluence is also acknowledged by Doctor TROY, in his pastoral Letter, published in 1793, in which he says," The Catholic, Laity of Ireland respect their Clergy, and confider it a duty. to be regulated by their determinations in all points of religious doctrine._ They are attached to their pastors and spiritual guides, who love them as their children in Cilium Clergy and Laity-are united by the most tender and interesting consider ations. Every effort to dissolve this union must prove - ineffectual. Interest .and duty continue to render it indissoluble. In adversity and prosperity they must rise and fall together." how thi2n can we account for the ignorance of the Priests, to say no more, of the numerous Popifh Canspi racies and Insurrections, .and, trriay .now add, three open Rebellions, that have disgraced and agitated this country, and delbged it in blood, in the last thirty, years ? Doctor AFNEVIN, indeed, a member of their Church, and of course one that would not have calumniated Romish Priests, de clred.upon, oath; before the Secret Committee of the Irish. House of Lords, in . August 1798, that; when he had been sent as an: Ambassador to Hamburgh in the preceding year, to treat with the French Minister there, for the Invasion :of Ireland; he was instructed to state, " that the Catholic Priests had ceased to be alarmed at 'the Mr. CHALMEns made his calculation from documents fur nished from the Hearth-money Books of 1791;, and allowed six inhabitants to each cottage or hut of one hearth, vihieli the late ttight Hon. Dr. DUIGENAN clearly proved to be at least one- . third too high ; as he also sliewed that Mr. CHALMERS'S cal culation of the Inhabitants of England and Wales in 1794 was below the actual population. MIDDLESEX ELECiION. Yesterday the Freeholdets of the County of Middlesex held their Annual Dinner,at the Mer Maid Tavern, Hackney, for the ptirpose of Celebrating' the Return of Messrs. B riga and WHITBREAD. The Great Room was filled, as early as four o'clock, with a most respectable body of the Free holders of the County. A few minutes before five, _ Messrs. Byng and Whitbread, accompanied by Messrs: Chas. Shaw I d efevre, the Honourable H. G. Bennet, itc."&c. entered the Room. Mr. LEFEvRE took the Chair. After the cloth was removed, the CHArRMAN gave " The King, may he never forget the principles which placed his fa mily upon the Throne ;" which was drank with applause. " The Duke of York, and the rest of the Royal Family," was next given. After which " The Army and Navy," •and sonic other Toasts were proposed,. and received with ap plause. The CIIAIR-MAN then rose ; ,he said they met on that occa sion to celebrate a proud event—the Triumph of the Free holders of Middlesex, displayed in the Return of their Repre sentatives, Messrs. Byng and Whitbread. Whatever might have been the exertions of their old and faithful Representative, Mr. Byng, in the•cause of the people, they had heretofore been neutralized by means of the stern and consistent. opposition of his late Colleague, so that, in 'point of fact, the great and opu lent County of Middlesex had no voiee or. influence in Parlia ment. They had, however, on the late Election, nobly, asserted their independence, and their triumph was complete.---(Ap plause.)— Well might`..hey rejoice ; but still they should recol lect that the-spirit of intrigue— , that the arts of corrupt influence, were still in full operation, and therefore every free and inde pendent Elector was bound to stand on his guard-to continue his exertions, so that the victory that had been achieved might not appear ie work of a day, brit a lasting triumph over the people.-,(Applause.)—The of the people.,Applause.)—The present was not a time for the spirit of England to sleep. The principles of the Constitution had been violated—the blood of the people had been shed by the swords of theanditary. The country had not yet forgotten the shocking outrage at Manchester—(Applause.) —nor .the still more recent. and - not less disgraceful outrage at the funeral of the late lamented and persecuted ...Queen.—(Ap plause.)—:Lives were lost on that occasion,sand more innocent blood would have been shed, had it not been for the brave and humane conduct of that gallant and distinguished individual, Sir R. Wilson.—(Applause.)—These outrages were not even inquired into by the House of Commons ;- but what was to be expected from •Ministers--from. a House of Commons where rotten boroughs and all the corrupt' machinery of office were openly avowed, and shamelessly defended ? The Him. Gent. next alluded to " The Constitutional Association," in terms of rointed severity, and concluded by proposing thellealthsof the Representatives of the County of Middlesex, Messrs. Byng and Whitbread; which was received wi,h loud applause. . Mr. BENG rose to return thanks. He. said, that next to his principles and his conscience the approbation of his fellow-citi zens was dear to him. The only Just return he could make- to them was, to persevere in that line of conduct which he had so long pursued. He always held that a Member of Parliament ought to go into the House of Commons to serve the people— not to-serve himself.—(Applause.)—He hoped lie should ever apPear anxious to xemove • every : grievance—to reform ~every abuse, but most of all, that great and crying abuse, the present imperfectistate of the Representation.—(Applause.)—,Under the present system, the House of Commons never would possess that weight which of right belonged. to it in the scale of the Consti tution.--(Applause.)—The Hon, Gentleman concluded by ex preskng his thanks. Mr. WHITBREAD next rose, and was received with great applause. lie said that he had not a command of language to express his feelings ; when he declared that he was grateful, he dici'not do so iwthe cold form of words, but in the ardent sin cerity of feeling. He never had occasion to regret the Pledges which he had given to his constituents.---(Applause.)=-Ile Was pledged to the great question of Reform. Withrespect to that question,-they might come to a conclusion' in one Shortientence. —namely, that all-the evils under whieh4he country suffered were to be attributed ito a want of a full and fair representa tion of the people in Parliament:—(Applause.)—lt had been his fate to have always 'voted 'with one party ; but he. never • would vote with any party that did not make, Reform their great and leading princinle—(Applause)--convinced as he was that no-satisfactory relief could be given to the people without a thorough Reform. Agriculturists might. Complain of dis tress—Manufacturers might point out the way - to protect their particular interests, but their exertions were a mere waste of time ; no effectual relief would be ever givertbyan'unreformed Parliament. Much had been lately said on the question Of . ecoiromy—an . individual had taken,much pains to enforce the principle of-economy—of that . individnal—his great industry— his perseverance=it was impossible to speak too highly—of course he meant Mr.' Iltime.—(Applause.)-- , -He was one, of those who uniformly supported Mr. Hume ; but he had done So chiefly with a view to expose the', system. under which the country groaned—to expose a system of , Government above all • others the most expensive—that system .whith Anted over the . fears, not the affections of the people.-4Applanse.)---He (Mr. W.) would be glad to take any thing in the shepe of reform, though he confessed he objected. to what was termed'a mode rate reform because, if' a remedy'at all, it was a remote re /trimly, intended to be applied to a present and a crying evil. The ,Ilinisteis cared not what infringements they made upon the Constitution—they cared not what woundstheyinflicted upon the country, provided the system by which they gained, and through which the people staryed, might last for theirtime. But it was the duty of thepeople to stand up for reform : nume rous and powerful were their opponents. Evetffrom the Bench of Justice were sometimes heats) attacks upon those principles which the country held so dear. It was but a few days since HOETYOUSE rose to return thanks for hitneelf., , He felt most deeply the honour they had done him. The Honour. , able Baeonet, a man . who yielded to no man; living in pure integrity—(Applause), in important seryices to a grateful, though he (Mr. H.) was• sorry to think a sinking, country, would have been present, had he not been obliged to attend on his family in the . West Of ,Englanct. The Honourablekientle man next eulogized, in very animated terms, the public' con duct of Mr. Whitbread and' Mt. Byng. He observed that, the cause of Reform was making rapid strides—.those who were fOrmerly the obdurate foes of that principle,. were now finding their way to the ranks of the people. No man coulktrulkiszty that the system worked well ; to use the words of his Uoncun. able Colleague, it only worked well for those' who had done ill—for those who had risen and prospered , upon the ruins of their - Country.. The exertions of his Honourable Friend (Mi. Hume) -had proved how impossible it was for the people of England to receive redress from an unreformed Parliament; had roved that those who were not th e res p ons ibl e S tewar d s o f the Public purse, cared not for the public interests. In support of the system of corrupt influence, he had heard jokes and mi rnitry in abundance, but he had never heard one solid argu meht ; nor had any man ever dared to defend that system be fore an imPertial assembly : He hoped and believed that the people would stand firm to their purpose ; if they did so, the triumph of their country was certain; they, perhaps, might not live stifficien tly long to enjoy the sweets of theirglorious exertions, but they would leave to their children the precious inheritance of Freedom. Their united efforts would overawe the advocates of corn ption ; it was in the weakness and degeneracy of a nation, that the enemies of public liberty gained strength and confi dence. Well had the Poet observed--- " Unless Corruption first dejects the proud . And guardian vigour of.the free-born soul, • All crude attempts at violence are vain; For, firm within, the soul remains untouch'd. • •Ne'er yet by force was Freedom overcome." The Honourable Gentleman sat down amidst the applause of the room. The health of the Hon. G. BE.NNET was next given from the Chair:—(Applause.)—He thanked them for the distinguish ed manner in Which they had received him—it was grateful - to his heart—he had long felt, that the best, the most honourable reward of a public man was the approbation and applause of his fellow-countrymen—(Cheers);•—that was the only reward to which he aspired ; and he would not exchange it for all the guilty splendour of political profligacy. He was so much,in the habit of meeting opponeno, that he scarcely knew how to address friends.—(A laugh.)--Thespeech of his Hon. Friend, Mr. Whitbread, broached principles which warmed his heart— that tone of sincerity, those accents, put him in mind of great names—names dear to liberty and their country—names that would be ever remembered, until all that was honourable and hood were forgotten.,—{Applause.)—At the present day one ardly knew what topics to touch on, such absurd and 'extraer dinary doctrines were put forth as the world never heard of lie foie.; they had heard it said thatl season of plenty, at all times deemed the greatest_blessing, was an evil 'and I curse ;..it would really appear from the ravings of Ministers; that a blighting faniine were the best remedy for the distresses of the country. It was stated by the Marquis-of Londonderry the last day the House of Commons sat, that if all the taxes under which the country groaned were removed, the country would not be one bit better of.—tA laugh.—That was gravely asserted by the Nobre MaiqUis--it was listened to and 'applauded in the House of Commons.—(A laugh.)—lt was received in that•Hout a al- Most as a maxim of politicarwisdom, but that was the only as sembly of' human beings, where so monstrous - an' assertion would not be hooted at--(Applause.)-z-The uniform prac tice of Lord Londonderry and,ot his colleagues put him in mind of the directions given by a high Legitimate Sovereign, to his Ministera: You know (said' he) What I" want—take care nobody has any thing left.—(A laugh.)-s-Many of his brother Freeholders present knew that when the taxes were paid, there •was, in fact, nothing left ;—the 'Object of Ministers was, that nothing should be left to the people, but that a grinding taxa tion should be carried to its extremepointe During the ifre7e it Seision little had been done but to expose the system,of ex travagance that 'was still carried 'on.—Whilst upon the, part of Ministers an Agricultural.. Report was brought down a Report which few could understand—but if he could see through` it, the remedy proposed was an augmentation ,of prices, in other words, to raise the price of the quartern loaf. Now against that system he •should ever stand opposed. He cared not whom he might please or displease—he cared not whether agriculturists might blame, or applaud him—all he possessed was derived from the land, bile he never would-con sent to raise the price of 'food on the people—(applause.)/t WAS not by, raising the price of foal, it was by lowering thescale of taxes—by clipping the wings of corruptiou—by reducing use less placeS, that the country could be effectually relieved—(ap `plause.)—The Hon. Gentleman next observed,' in •telins- of marked severity, on the conduct, of Country. gentlernene-, At one time they opposed the Minister on some petty item e.ithey refused to grant on one night 26001‘, and the next nigh: they voted millions ; they voted for every estimate, and every iinportant reitection s . and they, would no doubt.conclante as they commenced the Session, by giving their servile and un qualihed support to the worst measures of Governmeill. _The Hon. Gentleman, 4fter,Tetuminic thanks, sat down amid loud and long continued cheers. illr.'ll3hrmia:PrOpOsed the 'health of the Chairman, which was drank witkgreat applause.... • • ~. • • Mr. LEFZVRE rettirped,thanks in a neat s . piiiech. • ii The C.atnltlAN next proposed - the, health of Afr..Dir.mins the ornament of the Ilar—the friend-of public :libeity.- 7 -tt,e honest and eloquent Advocate of the late persecuted - (bete,. The health of the Learned Gentleman was drank witte.e n 4 -thusiasm. . . . . The Health of the Stewards was next 'given; and soon after nine o'clock Mr. .Byng : , Mr... Whitbread, &v. retired, tut the party kept up the enjoyments of the table to a much le.ter hour. Several 'songs were given in the course of the evening.. At the meeting of the 'own Coußcil on Wednesday,- it -as pgreed to convert the old meal market, in the CoNgate.imv!a WeighhoUse, with la view'to:the removal of the'bviiiiing Used 4s Such at the bead of thp,West Row. , A letter was teat} the „Keeper 'of the Signet, ,annpuneing, : that • the Society Qf Writers to the Signet had rejected' the scheme of foun4Vig, a hOuse, of: refuge with !the , imoney under their roanageinez. known by the,natne of Watson's, ; and had.detennineil. by a majority, to apply same to founding an jlesp,ital for Destitute Childteb.—L(Edinburgh Courant; . 80 • It is said -Mr.Hurr. intends to offer tiimself-for the yejnresentation of !the county of Soinenet• the next General Election. 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