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Wir ti !, l . l , l Road s ( an d th e Frith of } Z . 5" , Mb February, 1823 . 'T . Cu-4tion., of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, lj 7 11) ; I Ying - to the Secretary, to the Postmast er-General Qt 6n.- and to the Collectors of His Majesty's Cu stoms s'"etively. Gal //) Londonderry, Greenock, and Leith, re tcro, e 4 e Weti Meer must specify the price in words at length, and t iered bef ore O ne o 'Cl oc k on the day a ppoi n te d, and acc°4l panied by a Letter, signed by tw o respo nsible 11"p4iQ4' en gaging to become bound with the Party ten er ega the Penal Sum of 5001. for the due performance of •• of . L tie p` the er Contracts. 4 on who makes the Tender, or some Person on his 'Anse attend to answer when called for. M. WeILLER CLIFTON. Ur! S fte* tO the t o staff iediv e d Per- uARD and Co. who Sold in Shares the t 6 eltr r i hest Prize yet drawn, No• fin, £l,OOO, remind t h ,ttAry e s rit k 's and the Public of the Restoration of a Good Old 4 4 '41 2 x e :',„eme, same as Thirty Years ago. Second Day of I),,°lvii' s ,",fiXT TUESDAY, 12th November, when all the Capitals may be drawn, as there are no Fixed '''''''''''' "••••,.: £20,0001 2 of £5,000 ~,, ...................... 10,000 3 2,000 th," . leket s And 104 other Capitals. t` 4 01 4 a nd Shares are Selling by HAZARD and Co. at e ' c cha tiv established and fortunate Offices, No. 93, Royal, 'l;s3 te ; 26 , Cornhill ; 324, Oxford-street, End of Re s il l ti e : ; who Sold THREE of £20,000 in the last Lottery Ir_evioqs Contract. ti( '''''. l ----- li V. • -- L '' TURE TO BE SOLD, consisting f a t ; l th e _, set of SPANISH PATENT DI N ING TABLES, 041coicest Wood, 14 feet by a of TWELVE 11,. ; Lirrresponing ; a magnificent s; SIDEBOARD TA h'et 6 i lio r l a e l l Z' . p.ble a w i t , l a t r gh o m e r , sof Zebra Wood; also a b fitted up with Cedar. ! — Ll4ll4l)°iis part ` Pinged 1 ct Order, the Property of a Gentlsee qthich th e ' en ' In o consequence d of es t i h g e ned Ori be gin Plan of the Hou in materially altered thiNticoatracted, Furniturei9 now o w fit s red to the Public for less thalt . w9 : kte et, °r t the Manufacturer's Price, at Mills'4, No. 77, High -"all-le-bone, opposite Devonshire-street. tttl"_, kA AND ER-ACHE. I I 4 ti„ Y'S ESSENCE has receive d the sane. ell ' , ~1 1 and support of the most Distinguished Persou. s e tl lt tt ` l ,'e lit k . ingdon, to ether with the united Testimony, of it .1 iu h s ' et amitn Fa ro e , and numerous favourable . co- Q! deti,,righly respectable Aledical Journa ls, where _ it has Oa„, t `h-a t b e e d to be the " Best thing ever d iscover e d for the tlie h t ,:ktr u ,. 4 l n!l Ear-ache."—lt instantaneously relieves Oury : , - :' 11 ‘ fo r a t t , l ng Pain, preserves the Teeth sound and fi rm , f vj a i , , fast en ir Decay, effectually cures the Scurvy in s t i' ee- ' le to tZ ) ose Teeth, and renders them Firm and Ser ;lf ,'••ch e - "e latest period, and effectually Prevents the 46 u iii 13,,h, 1 4 . 2' Cli e , - „", at is. 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I "' &c. &c. & JOHN CROSBIE. I , A , -`4IENTARY REGISTER '11...->...'"..----"- OF THE PROVINCE IT i s OF LOWER C ANADA. , tier „ProPoseti to ' .4 1 `ue El l a title the PROCEEDINGS o The t ,, ove publish by Subscription, of the HOUSE uo i i,,'11117, to be continued annually. . tuents being ac '-ttititeeportance and propriety of their Const ituents deliberations, app V 44 to - h /c ' i tb the nature and result of their early in the last Oip t , ikVe been felt by the Members ; asl appointed a 'attial'o2(4ll December), the House of Assemb ly most Parliamentary 1, 411 1 ~,4.--Qtninittee "to inquire into the this House to the ll'Abett4-' Inaking known the proceedings of tli J e efe, e lt i s of this Province." 1 4.. th e3 c e e_t . co the House of A e Assembly induced the Subscrib t er, s os s m tpone the publicationof he Vlst er ~"'x eumsts.nces, to p under the li ( tt atiu , for which he had issuedd a Prospectus)) The Ses .h, it ectall°n ~1 1 () an early Report fromthe el ' IS ''e k terminated without any communication r ttit K loa, known, in the Pa. too;s4„._e b the Cttee to the Ho . . use, and, as ate the proceed "6i ""Y this m odem s adopted to dissemm 44„ . b oth ;.. is , d it cannot be t it is pr e . 1 1141 4 , 0 _ louses of Parl t i i a tu m t f u n n ,_ . e following P r os p er- 1, 4 , th e „,',nt yor uncons a 1 i-,4 , a e s,i_etore respectfully submitted to the public. House of Assem ot,,,,,' tlati;.uscriber will constantly attend the ent the doors are ajO i to t i i g the whole Session, from the 9 or the House adjourns ; iiCoali ttfl e Public till th are closed, or h. Ivili, 'llN:iced b prej ud ice aainst or partiality 1, 4 to e _ y . . ~.... for an y party, faithfullyreport every abilities, !.411,;iiat,rtsut,ititmot of hisw..c. As to capa -111 n may occur. I°lll e3ecutig or ImP° k h roposes to underta .el k he refrains I.4l,spaki_ ng the tas . e p al of the 1 d before the tribun pass a tor I Z as a 1-;', orf standing a. rea tb, t 7t jtui t en e ographer, they ar e y fully competent to ar be permitted to assure he is taN,tot k en nt ; but he m.sy . _ _ , th t p: ri d' exempt from political bias the little talent k, rii exercising shall be strenuously exerted to r en der he tttf,,,,trientary Register worthy of the patronage whic h s ad i,,,_ly. solicits. 1 Bvo. upon fine paper, th e 4 wiirkgister will be published in royal asearly after the close of cw„''._e delivered to Subscribers as which will contain all Osa4„',',„as the Index and Appendie( ern v or in Chief, such th7ollrtro.‘troul his Excellency the p ' las may tend to elucidate_ 04 ,Ate . k ee l.0f the Legislative tonna important Reports of 1 / 4 1,' I 'Lllitt ee s:Ings of the Lower House) . bute to its utility and the ip ear;',,and whatever else can contribute extended Reports of I tl. q Ates .e Prepared. In the interlm, to the Public t lit ( ; 11,1 1s p 4 b 6 .'-c- shall be regularly f urn ished treal, so that the Public zifostlkhout hshed at Quebec and Mo and constantl informed k e it tt ate the Province will be earl t l* Business and the Nti tat . ,ar tamentary opini ons of their 1 I'li il es. N I t ti t . TEaMS. INN to the of the Session and thedegr ee patronage af of . yregulate its price. It is Al et hl4,l:le,(l th e a ll o,ister must l 7,:at t l h -, cost, but the Reporter _,eltoself it-shalel'lnotweilxceed 158. .:ute, ri_ NA vv (.7te. lB2l. ' S I MP b. if le .s .8. in ti mates MSS. the entire pro la le . s of t h e , that . he. the has in f tell: aie t ,e last Session, being first under the Reign o kiv' ll eY i t 4 ", e orge IV., and of the adm inistration of his Ex it) he „ tad of Dalhousie. t encourage lf equa_e ment is !ie °, 4 ter ','Y will be publ , hed as Vol. L of the Par liamentary it will Aii - ',4lpl' al la as it ~ . '3 proposed to continue the wor k, _ Pater 1 , 1 , Met e f ,..._ L, 'illi`,,setile„,":ll the commencement of his Majesty s 11,ei , . 4 t) ''''Y 4 ililrujuistr a ti on , and. also. of the Present -Par. CAMPAIGNS IN T 111; CANADAS. ( Concluded from yesterday's Surf.) On the 3d of September Sir George Prevost put his troops in motion, and entered the American territory. The force which he commanded was composed of a regiment of light cavalry, a numerous train of artillery, and three brigades of the best in fantry in the British service, led by . Major-Generals Brisbane, Robinson, and Power, and amounting, in all, to 11,00 0 men, inured to service, and long habituated to victory under the great Captain of the age. After Izzart's march to Sackett's. Harbour, General Macomb was left to command on Lake Champlain with, as already said, only 1,500 of the refuse of the American army, and, when the object of our Commander in-Chief had been developed, he was joined by between two and three thousand of raw militia who were hastily collected at Plattsburg. It may readily be conceived how much resistance could be offered by such a rabble to the advance of the Bri tish troops. Between the 3d and the 6th of September, the enemy, did not even show themselves, yet Sir George Prevost consumed these four days in an advance of only twenty-five miles along the lake shore. On the morning of the 6th, how ever, the American riflemen and Militia in some force, sup. ported by artillery, endeavoured to oppose the march of the army, but our columns pressed on without deigning to deploy or even to return their fire, except by the skirmishers; and, on the evening of the same day, arrived on the left hank of the little river Saranac, on the southern shore of which stood the village of-Plattsburg, and on an elevated ridge above it, the American defences, which consisted of three unfinished re doubts and two block-houses, armed in all with from 15 to 20 pieces of ordnance. The American flotilla lay at anchor in Platts burg Bay. Had the Commander-in-Chief suffered these works to be assaulted, as was eagerly proposed to him, on the same evening, there can be no question but they must have fallen with scarcely an effort befor a single brigade. But after losing four days on a march which he might easily have effected in two, while the enemy were active in strengthening their posi tion, he halted for other five days in front of their works, as if to enable them to complete their preparations. The pre. sence of their flotilla wits the reason assigned for this deplor able inaction ; but we have the assurance of their own his torian (Sketches of the War, p. 319.) that the redoubts were still in such a state that not any exertion of the whole flotilla could have saved Macomb and his undi'sciplined horde from capture if Sir George Prevost had crossed the Saranac and attacked them on the evening of the 6th of Sep tember. For any ulterior operations beyond the possession of Plattsburg, the assistance of our fleet was requisite, and the Commander-m-Chief should not have commenced his march be. fore the navy were in readiness ; but having advanced to Platts burg, he might with ease have attained so much of his object as the reduction of that place without the stghtest necessity for the aid of a flotilla. But he would now undertake nothing until the arrival of our vessels to attack those of the enemy. It was only on the 3d of September, the same day on which the army crossed the boundary line, and little more than a week after the launch of a 36-gun ship, that Captain Downie of the Royal Navy arrived from the Ontario squadron to take the command on Lake Champlain ; and he immediately began to prepare for sea with the utmost activity. But the assemblage of a crew for the new ship had only commenced after she was launched, by draughts of seamen from the men of war and transports at Que bec, and it was the 9th of September before the last detach ment had arrived at Isle-aux-noix. On that day 270 men had at length been collected from fourteen different king's vessels, besides those from transports, with marines,. soldiers of an infantry regiment, and of the roy al and marine artil lery. Captain Downie knew but one of his officers, and none of the seamen ; the latter were men of inferior character, who had been permitted to volunteer , or rathe r had been forced from their respective ships ; and the new vessel was in so unfinished a state that while she was going into action two days afterwards, the joiners were at work at Fier magazines, her powder lying alongside in a boat, and the carpenters still fixing ring bolts,Stc. for guns. It surely needs no acquaintance with naval affairs to comprehend how essentially necessary it must be that the cap tain, the officers and crew of a vessel of war should be well known to each other, trained to exercise together, and that before a ship is carried into action her constriction and equip ment should at least be completed. Yet though Sir George Prevost was well aware of the condition of Captain Downie's ship, he repeatedly urged him, both by letter and through the officers of his staff, to make instant co-operation with the army, who, it was said, had been long awaiting his ar rival before Plattsburg, for the purpose of assaulting the ene my's works, simultaneously with a naval attack upon their squadron in the bay. With Captain Downie, as with Captain Barclay in the preceding year, innuendo and taunt were re sorted to to provoke him to engage against his better judgment. Unhappily the same effect was produced. Stung at an insinua tion that the Commander-in-Chief hoped Capt. Downie suf , fered himself to be delayed by nothing but the state of the wind,' he replied that he needed no urging to do his duty, and that he should be up with the army from Isle-aux-noix with the first breeze. It was then solemnly agreed that as soon as _Downie attacked the American fleet, our troops should assault the forts, and that the scaling of the guns of our squadron, in doubling the head to the northward of the bay, should be the signal for the advance of the columns of attack. Besides Captain Downie's own ship of 36 guns, manned in the way we have stated, the British flotilla was composed of a brig of 16 and two sloops of 11 guns each, with ten gun-boats. The American squadron consisted of three vessels, of 26, 28, and 18 guns, one of 7, and ten gun-boats. In the number of guns, therefore, there was little difference, but in weight of metal the enemy were as three .to two, and they had nearly a thousand prime seamen to oppose less than six hundred men of all descriptions. Early on the morning of the 11th of Sep tember, the approach of the squadron on the lake was dis. tinctly announced to the Commander-in-Chief by the precon. certed signal of the scaling of their guns. The report of the ordnance was within hearing of every man in our army, and the general astonishment may be conceived when it was immediately followed—not by the long wished-for command to advance to the assault, but by an order for the troops TO COOK. Not a platoon had been permitted to form and move forward when our fleet were seen to round the pro montory, stand into the bay, and attack the American squa dron. Captain Downie had stated to his crew that the troops would instantly storm the works on shore, and they commenced the action with much gallantry, in the confidence of support. Their brave leader fell in ten minutes after its commencement, but the ship was courageously fought for two hours after wards, under the discouraging circumstance of the total failure of the Commander-in-Chief to fulfil his pledge of co-operation on shore. There were several untoward events on this dis estrous day to increase the effect of the misconduct of the Com. mander-in-Chief—Our large ship in entering the bay had both her anchors shot away, so that she could not be brought to the intended station ; one of the sloops ran aground, and was com pelled to surrender without doing any service ; and the pm boats, which were manned with Canadian militih, on observing that no attack was made by land, shamefully fled at the mo ment when their assistance in winding the large ship,' to bring her undamaged broadside to bear, might have turned the fate of the day. After an obstinate struggle of two hours and twenty minutes, the ship, the brig, and one sloop, which had maintained the battle against the whole of the hostile squa dron with a resolution that merited a happier result, were suc cessively reduced to .strike their colours. The feeble and va cillating author of this calamity was meanwhile a passive specc. tator of the unavailing efforts of the brave mervwhom he had exposed. After disregarding the signal at which he had pro. mised to put his columns in motion, and viewing the naval en agement for some time without an effort, he at length gav e the order to advance,. and gave it only to recall it again just when the light troops were close in upon their works, and half an hour would have avenged the fall of the _gallant Downie and the loss of the fleet. Language would ill express the indig nant feelings of the troops on being condemned thus tame l y to witness the victory of the American fleet, and themselves to yield a. second triumph to a weak and undisciplined enemy.— Their wounded pride and anger were vented in load re proaches against the individual who had proved himself so " unworthy to command them, and their indignation reached its height when, to, complete the fulness of the undeserved shame with which he had loaded them, a precipitate retreat, or more truly a flight, with the abandonment of immense quan tities of stores, ammunition, and provisions, was commenced on the night of the 11th September. The whole loss of the army in killed and wounded did not exceed two hundred men ; but the disgraceful issue of the expedition had such a fatal effect upon the minds of the soldiery, that above 800 of them had de serted before the retreat was concluded. For the palpable violation of promise of which the Com mander-in-Chief was guilty in not immediately preparing for the assault when he heard the scaling of ate*. ms of the Beet, it would be impossible to assign a reason, far he h.d onl to per. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1822 mit his gallant army to follow the impulse of their own zealous feelings, and Plattsburg must have fallen. The effect too- upon both the British and: American sailors,_ on seeing the defences in possession ,of our troops , would in all probability have been such as entirely to reverse the issue of the naval conflict; .- even admitting for a moment, that, as Sir George Prevost afterwards asserted, the Ame rican vessels were not within gunshot of the shore. But we know, on the contrary, that they were within reach of the batteries, and we have the testimony of Captain Pring, who intrepidly seconded the lamented Downie in the brig, as well as that of nuinerous other eve-witnesses, , that, even after the surrender of our vessels, the enemy did not take pos session of them for a long . time, until they had succeeded in towing their own disabled ships from under the batteries to a secure distance from the shore. Besides this, a number of of ficers who visited Plattsburg after the peace, wereof decided opinion that the anchorage of the American squadron was within full range of the forts:" How deeply then is it to be regretted that the troops were recalled when at last they had been suffered to advance ! Both the works and the two fleets would yet have been ours ; but, even if the latter object was then past attainment, who will deb , that the capture of - Macomb's troops and • dttfences, and & p re servation of the national honour were in themselves i ufficiept to render a perseverance in the assault not only J uilifiable; but a measure' of the most urgent necessity? In the dispatches announcing his failure, which the Commander-in-Chief dated from Platts burg, but which, from the internal evidence contained in them, were undoubtedly written at Montreal, he stated that, after the surrender of the fleet, ' the possession of the enemy's Works of fered no advantage to compensate for the loss that must have been sustained in acquiring possession of them.' He knew, at the moment he wrote this paragraph, that the desertion of up wards of eight hundred men had attended his shanieful,retreat. Could the assault have cost him as dearly ? It would - not ; even if we were disposed to assent to the humiliating doctrine, which was implied in this-affected humanity, that the life of a British soldier is more valuable to him than honour. By various means, (some of which we have detailed,) Sir G. Prevost had hitherto succeeded in veiling from the government the gross mismanagement of the war ; but the deception could no longer be continued, the expedition to Plattsburg com pletely bared his incapacity, and he was immediately recalled, to answer at the bar of his offended country to the charges which Sir JaMes'Yeo preferred against him for his neglect to co-operate with Capt. Downie. He did not live to await his. trial ;—but it is to be feared that the consequences of his weak ness to the interest of Great Britain, will long and injuriously survive him. The retreat from Plattsburg closed the campaign in Lower Canada; the evacuation of the Canadian shore of the Niagara by the American army soon after terminated the operations in the upper province, and the intelligence of the conclusion of the peace of Ghent arrived before the approach of the season- for the renewal of hostilities. - It has been calculated upon solid data that in less than three years of warfare, the attempts of the Anierican government to effect the subjugation of the Canadas were attended with the loss to the public in killed, wounded, and prisoners; of nearly fifty thousand men, besides an enormous expenditure of treasure and warlike resources ; yet, when the terms of the treaty of' Ghent demanded restitution of all acquisitions which had been made by either party on the frontier of the two provinces, the enemy had only the defenceless shore of the Detroit to offer in exchange for their fortress of Niagara and the important post of Michilimackinac, both of which were still in our possession, notwithstanding an effort made to recover the latter in the sum mer of 1814. Having entered into so detailed an examination of the con duct of the war in the Canadas, we have left ourselves no room for the conclusions to be drawn from it, as to the future defence of those provinces. We will only add one circumstance, which is of such deep import, that we should not be justified in leav ing it unnoticed. Since the peace, the influx of Americans from the United States to our provinces has been incessant, and their numbers are daily increasing to an alarming extent. • It would not perhaps be expedient or practicable to clude them from residence in Canada while there is no interruption to the amiable relations between Great Britain anti their Republic; but the continuance of the subjects of the United States in our territories during a period of warfare is fraught with danger. During the last war, the efforts of the disaffected in Upper Canada, principally subjects of the United States by birth, were attended by the mbst mischievous consequences. The enemy were constantly supplied with intelligence by them, and every impediment studiously thrown in the way of the public service. It will become a most serious considera tion how the recurrence of the same evils may be avoided when the proportion of naturalized Americans in our do minions shall, in all probability, have become ten times greater than it was in the year 1812. If, under a vigorous and watchful administration, it is deemed possible to retain such settlers among our population without peril, one precaution should at least be carefully adopted :—no man should be found in employ of the colonial government, whOse connection hind him by the ties of interest or of blood to the American I Republic. YORK WHIG CLUB. On Monday last the Members of the York ‘Whig Club dined together in the Assembly Rooms. ROBERT CHALoNER, Esq., one of the Representatives of the city, was in the chair, and was supported in it by Marrnaduke Wyvill, Esq., the other Representative, Daniel Sykes, Esq., M.P. for Hull, Col. Cooke, Mr. H. Witham, Mr. Ottiwell Wood, Aldermen Dunslay and Hotham, and several, other Gentlemen of respectability. Sir F. Burdett was expected. but did not ,attend the dinner. The guests amounted in number to 150 persons. The cloth being removed, the first toast given was The King." Mr. CHALONER, in proposing " The majesty of the peo ple," said that he would introduce his toast by a few brief ob servations. As there were but, unfortunately, too m an y p ersons I inclined to misrepresent the motives of the meeting, it might be well to explain the principles upon which such a toast was Isubmitted. Laws having originally been made f o r the benefit 4 the many, and not for the advantage of the few, he thought that the protection of the people at large ought always, in their I admit Istration, to be the main object considered. Toast—" The Majesty of the People." Mr. CIIALONER next would offer to the meeting the health of a member of the Royal Family, who had lately paid a visit to the City of York ; and who, with all his high rank, was the brother freeman of many Gentlemen present. He (Mr. Cha loner) trusted that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex had made such connexions, and found such attractions, in the County of York, as would induce him to honour it a second time with his presence. Toast—" The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family." The CHAIRMAN next proposed the following toast—" A speedy and effectual reform of the Commons' House of Parlia ment, and a large and necessary reduction of the national ex penditure."—(Great cheering.) The health of Mr. Sykes, .Member for Hull, being drank,, Mr. Srxts rose, with gratitude for the honour conferred up on him. He was sorry that the state of his health at the then moment was such as would not admit of his staying late with the meeting; but he could not sit down with merely expressing his thanks for their attention. To the true principles of reform, to the love of constitutional liberty—the sacred bond which linked him to the gentlemen whom he was addressing, and them to each other—to that bond, and to those principles, he needed hardly declare his devotion. At all times most important to the well-being of the State, principles of reform, at the present moment, were essential to its salvation.' To the want of reform in the Commons' House of Parliament he traced the distresses tinder which the country was groaning ; to that cause he attri. buted our eight hundred millions of debt, our sixty millions of taxation, and, what was viorse, the enormous influence accruing to Government from the collection of that oppressive and over. gown revenue. As long as hlinisters had the power of levying the existing taxes, no head could ever be made against the in fluence of the Crown in the House of Commons, however ex cessive the measure of that influence or improper its application. Froth the unanimity which now displayed itself in every part of the king,dOm, and from several circumstances which had oc curred in the last session of Parliament, he (Mr. Sykes) had to say, which promised an more sanguine hopes now of carrying the question of reform than he had entertained at any former period. He hoped he was not anticipating a statement which would shortly be made public in the newspapers ; but a resolution had been come to only a few hours past, he was happy opportunity to every freeholder of 'orkshire of expressing his sentiments openly to an assembly in the Castle-yard, upon the propriety, and what was more , upo n the necessity of reform.— ' Wrest cheering.)—He trust that every person present, who was entitled to attend that meeting, would attend it, and that he would use his influence in prevailing . upon his qualified friends to follow his example. In addressing the Whig Club i of York, when he last had met them , he ( Mr. S y kes) had n vain turned his eyes to the continent of Europe with a view of pointing to cheering prospects the attention of his audi tors. All at that time had leen dark and - gloomy : Spain struggling for liberty, and doubting if she could attain it; Greece, groaning more deeply than ever under the lash of the Mussulman who so 10n,3- had oppressed her ! At the pre sent moment, however, affairs were bearing a happier aspect. Greece had every chance of being eventually successful. The meeting would be rejoiced to hear this—heartily rejoiced ; for he did not believe that men could be anxious for their own liberties, and indifferent as to those of all mankind beside. In Spain, too, there seemed to be a majesty and dign it y —a force and consisttncy, about the conduct of the present Government, from which he anticipated the happiegt .effects. The cause 'which he (Mr. Sykes) held dearest to his heart, was the cause which had led to the assembly of The Gentlemen before him.— , He was old enough to remember the Reform Association of the year 171i2. - At - the time of its existence, he had been too young to take part in it; but he still remembered the interest which, even - aS--a boy, he had felt in its exertions., And there was one circumstance about the existence of that association which he could not forget, arid which, 'perhaps, had materially affected his political conduct through life,—it was that association which bad first made him acquainted with the Reverend Christopher Gentlerrian who had united the most determined perseverance in his object with the gentlest manner of advanc- - ing it ; and who had made his uncommon ability and great literary acquirements subservient to the question of Parliament ary Reform. Ile (Mr. Sykes) had not had any opportunity of addressing the Whig Club of York since that fate which was common to all men had carried off the venerable character to whom he alluded, but he was glad of any opportunity to recal the name of Ytryvill to their Memories. If he mentioned that name at present to the meeting with some emotion of pleasure, as well as Of:regret, it was becauSe he looked to the inheritor of Mr. Wyvill's name and fortunes as the inheritor also of his opinions and his virtues. Mr. Sykes, after lament in g the ab sence of Sir George Cayley (the President of the York Whig Club) from the present meeting—a circumstance which arose, tie said, from the Honourable Baronet's being abroad, conclud ed by proposing " Prosperity to the Whig Club of York, and the health of the President, Sir George Cayley." Song—" Life's a bumper." 11-Ir. Alderman DUNSLAY having proposed the healths of Messrs. Wyvill and Chaloner, Mr. WYVILL rose amid long continued cheers. Gratifying as it was to him to hear his health proposed to the meeting, that gratifiCation was increased by the manner in which it had been received. As long as he had the honour 'of representing the city of York in Parliament, he trusted he should ever be found at his post, ready to perform his own public duty, and to attend to, and support the interests of his constituents. In the mean time there was a subject most important to the county of York, and to the country, indeed, at large, upon which he proposed to dwell for a few moments. Agricultural distress was the subject to which he alluded. Attempts, he feared, were likely to be made at relieving the agricultural classes at the ex pence generally of the consumer; but, speaking as a considerable Landholder himself, he declared that of such relief he never wo4d accept. Then if the agriculturists were not to be relieved by an increase of the farmer's prices, they must look for a dimi nution in the farmer's expenditure. Such diminution could only be attained by a proper reduCtion of rent, and by a very large re duction in the taxation of the country. It was in proof that the taxes might be materially diminished by the abolition of sinecures, 'pensions, and unnecessaryollices, and by such a conciliatory sys tem, pursued both with regard. to Ireland and to this country, as wouldi lead to, and warrant, a farther reduction in the amount of the army._ But standing as the representative of the city of, York, he (Mr. Wyvill) was bound to go still farther. If he lost the confidence of his constituents, he must bow to their decision; but it was his duty, no less than his inclination to speak out. He was, as far as his own opinion went, decidedly, convinced that the national debt was a. burden which, the country could not beat. There were numbers, he knew, froth iliOm'the very men tion of the word " bankruptcy" was sure to call down a volume of obloquy and reproach. It was a sort of high treason, indeed, in the eyes of many to speak (nationally) such a word. But he could not conceive why a debt contracted in one species of money should be p_aid; or demanded to be paid, in m one y of another species. He was ready to the uttermost farthing to pay all that had been borrowed : but he could not consent to sacrific the in terests of the many to the paltry interests of the few ; and the only few who could be injured by the course he suggested were those who had absolutely lent their money prior to the suspension of cash payments—a course (that suspension) which in this country was ever to be regretted, as having furnished the means for carrying on a war contrary to all liberal aad con stitutional principles. He (Mr. Wyvill) would not del:tin the meeting at greater length regretted the absence of an Ho nourable Baronet (Sir F. Burdett) whom he expected, and hoped to have found upon his right hand.. In that honourable individual, the member for Westminster, he reposed the highest confidence : he considered him as a man alike always ready to become the advocate of individuals in distress, or to defend from assault the constiiution of his country. He could not help confessing that he had wished for the presence of the Hon. Baronet of whom he spoke. He doubted not that the intent of his absence was good, and that It woold turn to good purpose; at the present moment, however he was bound to confess that he did not see any cause for it. however; Wyvill sat down by shortly noticing the appeal which an lion. Gentleman (Mr. Sykes) had made to the memory of his relative; it was that relative who had first taught him that the principles of reform were es sentially necessary to the salvation of his country ;' he had, up to the present moment, entertained the same opinions, and he trusted to live and die in the 'profession of them. Mr. CIIALONER declared that he should think himself want ing in every correct feeling, if he had not a deep sense of the honour which the meeting had done him. As long as he con tinued to enjoy the approbation of his constituents, and, what was still dearer to him, the conscientious feeling that he had discharged his duty to the best of his ability, so long he should be satisfied, let whb would condemn his conduct. His Hon. Colleague (Mr. Wyvill), and the Hon. Member for Hull (Mr. Sykes) had left him (Mr. Chaloner) very little matter to dwell upon • but he could not entirely pass over the p roceedin g s which, a few hours since, had taken place. From these pro ceedings he augured the happiest result. To them he trusted for aid in the cause of that practical reform which was to con fer, not ideal, but real blessings upon the country. He la mented the absence of the Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett), whose seat was standing empty. For his own instruction, as well as for the instruction of the meeting, lie could have wished to have heard the sentiments of. that most constitutional pa triot. That Hon. Baronet had advocated the cause of reform— whether he (Mr. Chaloner) did or did not agree with him upon the details of the question was a matter of little consequence : the Hon. Baronet had, however, advocated the cause of re form, long, eloquently, and steadily ; and he (Mr. Chalonery could not do - better than conclude by proposing his health to the meeting. Toast—" Sir Francis Burdett, the constant friend of the people, and the able advocate of constitutional reform." The CHAIRMAN said that he felt himself bound to take the earliest opportunity of giving another toast, which was inti mately connected with those Which had preceded it. He should now propose—" The health of Mr. Fawses, and success to the reformers of Yorkshire." The toast was drank with three cheers. Glee—" Glorious Apollo." The Cum nuns: then said he should take the liberty of pro poiing the health of an Hon. Gentleman whowas then present, and far, from a stranger to the meeting—a Gentleman who had made himself known to them by his love of civil liberty, and his zeal in the cause of practical reform. It was unnecessary for him to enlarge on the exertions or virtues of Colonel Cooke, as they were well known to every individual, he then had the honour to address. Ile concluded by giving the health of Colonel Cooke.—(Great cheering.) Colonel COOKE rose, with feelings of gratitude, to return the meeting thanks for the kind manner in which they had re ceived his health. That kindness he attributed. to the cause which lie had espoused, and not to any exertions which he had made in its behalf. The many efforts which had recently been made to shackle public opinion, and to establish arbitrary power in this country, rendered it necessary for the friends of the people to meet freequently in assemblies like the,present, and to raise their voices against the' tyrannical and oppressive measures which their rulers appeared desirous of introducing among them. Though they might not be able to get all they might wish by such meetings, they would still be able to effect some advantage—they would advance the cause of reform, and by so doing they would, he believed f at his heart , con fer a great good upon their country.—(Cheers.)--They could not expect that, any relief from taxation would be voluntarily PRICE SE V ENPENCE. given to them by those who were maintained out of the fruit of tax-Ation—(Cheers);—they could not expect Any reform to come willingly from those whose conduct had made reform ne cessary.—(Cheers.)—No; they must look to their own exertion:gr and trust to their own powers, if they wished to rescue their country from the distress in which it had been int"elved bythe profuse expenditure of its best resources. The voice ofthe public always did much, when it was raised for proper purposes ; and if they persevered steadily, but temperately, in their present cause, sure he was, that sooner or later they would cause it to triumph. —(Cheers.)—The York Whig Club had already effected much towards the attainment of the objects for which it was insti tuted ; and he was therefore sorry to find that many of the York shire Reformers, Who pursued the same end with therns4yes., had deserted them that evening, though they had been adio eating the very same principles with them in the morning.— AS the situation of the landed interest had been adverted to, he should beg leave to make a few observations upon that sub ject. The country gentlemen were now beginning to feel great distress. He said beginning to' feel it, for hitherto they had been living in ease and comfort upon the capital of the tenants, which was now in but too many instances entirely wasted:— They had brought the burdens of which they complained upon their own shoulders, and were now going to be severely and de servedly punished for it.—(Cheers.)—Had they supported the cause of Reform, the distress which they were soon going to feel would not have occured ; but as it was they were now abotit to receive that reward for their misconduct which he for one conceived that they most richly merited.--(Cheers.) Toast- 4 ' The health of the strangers who have done us the honour of a visit this day : " Major Ansismoico, in a few words, returned thanks. Mr. Alderman DUNSLAY, the Vice President, proposed the " health of Mr. Ottiwell 'Wood and the Whigs of Liverpool," Mr. 0. WOOD, jun., returned thanks in the name of his fatherr and the Whigs of Liverpool, for the honour which had been conferred upon them, and in doing so lamented that his fellow townsmen were not so fortunate as the Whigs of York. .—The former only met to assert their principles—the latter met for the happier purpose of celebrating their triumph. — The Whigs of Y.ark were fairly and honestly represented in Par liament—the Whigs of Liverpool were not only misrepresented, but also calumniated in that assembly.—(Cheers.)—The repre sentation of Liverpool was in the hands of a few persons, and those of a condition in life that left them open - to every kind of influence and corruption. Indeed, he did not know of a stronger argument in favour of Parliamentary Reform, than that which was afforded by an election at Liverpool. During its continu ance, the most venal profligacy, and the most unblushing de bauchery, were openly practised : and as to its result, he need only point to their two representatives--men with whom the in habitants of Liverpool had not one feeling in common, and for whose political conduct it was impossible for them to feel any respect : one of them, too, the child and champion of corruption, and unfortunately for his country recently raised to a high situa tion in the management of its atfairs.--(Cheers.)—lt had often been urged as an objection to Parliamentary Reform, that if it - were granted the persons into whose hands the right of suffrage would then be vested, would not make a proper discrimination in the choice of representatives ; but he would ask whether it was now vested in the hands of men who, from their sobriety. integrity, and independence, were calculated above all others to exercise a sound discrimination ?—(Cheers.)—He was glad to hear that the great and opulent county of York was shortly going to exert itself in the cause of Reform, because he believed that in season and out of season was the time for agitating . thee question.—(Hear, hear I)—The manner in which . Ministers treated it was well worthy the notice of the company. If the country did not petition strongly and numerously for Reform, the Ministers took advantage of the calm and cried out—" Mind not the petitions which are presented, they are only the work of a few factious demagogues.' If, however, the table were loaded with petitions, and complaint followed complaint, of the evils occasioned by the present system, then what was their language' He would give them it in the very words of the Representative for Liverpool to whom he had before alluded. Very soon after the perpetration of the Manchester massacre, when it became the sub sect, not 'of Parliathentary examination, but of Parliamentary discussion, Mr. Canning, in speaking of the many petitions then presented to the House, used the following curious expres sions :—" Is the House so uninstructed by experience as not to know that concessions to an invading enemy as the last means of obtaining peace?" He compared the petitions of the people to the elainisof an invading enemy, and thus openly announc ed what had long been the concealed opinion of his faction ; for in very truth the boroughmongers had for many years past considered the demands of the people for their just rights ai the-demands of an invading enemy.—(Cheers.)-The worthy gentleman then Concluded by thanking the meeting for the ho, nour which they had conferred upon his townsmen, and which he confessed would be highly gratifying to them, on account of its coming from men who had always been distinguished for their attachment to the cause of rational liberty.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—The next toast I shall give without any preface. To name the gentleman is to praise him. I give you "The health ofJohn George Lambton, Esq. and the Reformers of Durham.—(Cheers.) Mr. WsrviLL, after a few words in commendation of the public services of Lord Dundas, the late representative for York, proposed the health of that Nobleman. It was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, and the Chair man shortly returned thanks for his absent relative. Colonel CooxE proposed the health of a gentleman who was a true friend to the principles of their Club, and who had long exerted himself in promoting the liberty of the press— he meant their Vice-President, Mr. Alderman Dunslay. Mr. Alderman DUNSLAY returned thanks. Toast—" The Liberty of the Press, the good wishes of this meeting to the independent part of it in this county, and the health of Mr. Hargrove, the Editor of the York Herald, anti Mr. Bathes, Editor of the Leeds Mercury." Mr. HARGROVE, in a speech of some length, returned his thanks, and declared his intention to persevere in the course he bad adopted, in despite of persecution. Mr. BAINES shortly expressed his gratitude for the honour conferred upon him. Mr. SYKES begged to propose the health of a most distin guished Member of Parliamentary Reform—" Lord Milton." Song—" Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled." Mr. CHALONER, after expressing his regret and surprise why our Roman Catholic brethren should continue-to be ex cluded from the blessings of the Constitution, gave, " The health of Henry Witham, Esq. and success to the cause of civil and religious liberty." Mr. WITHAM returned thanks in so low a tone of voice that we were unable to catch the greater part of his observations: He trusted for such exertion and unanimity (we understood) in aid of the Catholics as the enemies of t h ei r c ause should mid it impossible to resist. " The Lord Mayor and Corporation of York" being pro posed by Mr. Wyvill, Mr. Alderman HOTHAM- returned thanks for the honour done to himself and his brethren. Mr. CHALONER gave " the Ladies of York." Song—" Here's a health to all good lasses." Mr. Alderman Du }ISLAY gave " The health of Lord Fiitz '" which was drank with loud applause . The health of Mr. Hume was also drank with three times three. Mr. CHALowER proposed " Sneezes to the Greeks, and con fusion to their enemies wherever they be." Song. 7 -t"lo arms ye brave." . " Trial by Jury ;" and " Lord Grosvenor and the Whigs of Cheshire" followed. Sundry other toasts were then disposed of, and the meeting broke up. YORK, Nov. 4. According to previous arrangement, there has been this day a meeting of the Members of the Committee appointed in. August last, to consider of the measures most advisable to be adopted by this county to obtain a Parliamentary Reform. The Committee, which was numerously attended , met and debated with closeddoors. Lord MILTON was in the Chair, and tdok an active part in their deliberations. The result of them was a declaratory resolution, that a requisition for a County Meeting on the subject of Reform should be signed by all the Members of the Committee who were present, then be sent into the dif ferent districts of Yorkshire for signature, then be returned to the Committee at York, and afterwards presented by Mr. Fawkes to the High Sheriff. We understand that one of the cir cumstances which principally led to the adoption of this refrain don was the arrival in York this morning of twenty gentlenten from differents parts of the county, unconnected with the Goa- , mittee, but desirous of co-operating with it. It is rumoured that the meeting is not intended to take place before the ann. mencement of the new year and that a correspondence is tube opened with the leading landholders of the other coun6eo in. England to induce them to assemble about the same pet* la their several counties for the same purpose.