The Sun. — London, England, 1822-08-24 00:00:00

:~ 4 ' i. ~ i e 0.1 , • . . "'" l 4` .- ", 3 , -7At , gi lli t/ ) t ~...-.•. ~. 1 .1k2 0 ,-.-.-. 4.1•"-- , ~,,-, .. . , 4 4 • A 40,0 2 „, 1 1\, \ :- /- i_.... , . .. „se • , e 7 fittm4ll‘ Lt. t ... • , :v - t • "" • • 'N v c NUMBER 4460.] ;~`":' SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1822 SEVtNPF,NCV •4 THE LOTTERY. Po -`ENT of PRIZES dtawn on' the 18th Day of Angus! :_n•staltt, being the Last . Day of Drwitig the THIRD LOT. to: the year 1821. • LOTTERY-OFFICE, SOMERSET-PLACE, August 24, 1822. HE COMMISSIONERS app . okited for MA- T, NA GING the LOTTERIES do hereby give Notice, uttt N umbers of TICKETS and SHARES thereof in all Z ed Q g Lotteries may be examined at this ON every day 4 314 4 ,1 d k5. als excepted), with their Regist e rs of Benefits and 4 4 " d the COMMISSIONERS appointed to take in the BE- TicKE'rs of the THIRD LOTTERY for the year Uffi do he re b y give Notice, That they will . attend at-their Ce ' in Soinerset-Place, on SATLTRDAY, the 31st Inst., 0 , 1 4 A. Ten o'Clock• i n th e Forenoon. to . Two o'Clock in the 5h..„. -° ° ll , to take in and enter the BENEFIT TICKETS n °I) Tuesday, the 13th day of this instant August, be th t he Last Day of drawing the same Lottery, to be ex ., led for C ertificates, pu r suant to the Act of Parliament • ttlat behalf. Ana tits r Inaba: dispatch therlof, the said COMMISSION : . t 'lt or in and enter the TICKETS of Class Tat one a4(l the, Tickets of Class B, at another seat, and th e - ri e • r t -° _ 4l Poss esse d thereof are .directed to bring with their i ric - S"ts separat e Li sts thereof, marked A and B, distinguish kii°e4 from Money Prizes, f orme d in n umer i ca l or d er, Li st rsed to each of the said seats, and at the bottom of each en t it l ed to Write te name and proper additions of the person the value of the said Tickets. a t the said COMMISSIONERS also give further notice, cer tificate s f or t h e va l ue o f t h e sa id Ti ckets w i ll b e de tetextrett o ut on WEDNESDAY , the 4th day of September t ait t ' in at 1\1 "n, after which the said COMMISSIONERS w ill 44 - I . an d enter. Tickets i n th e i r usua l M on thl y entry ; du. 44 Persons are d es i re d to o b serve they must bring t eat ! of thei r Li sts w h en they come for their Certificates. cOMN IISSIONERS also give further notice, That 4,1:41 k of indemnit y must b e entered i nto b y two respectable r tie "Pers, to b e approve d b y t h e sa id CO MMISSIONERS, ;r With t h e person entitled to the value of any Ticket T iekleket3 which may have been lost, or to any Ticket or 4 t i o ett the Checks of which may have heen torn or destroyed, atid r : the Co ransisaioners can grant Certificates for the same; 4de at, , case of a lost Ticket, an Affidavit must also be I 4 ek re the circumstances attending the loss of the same, • , it Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. THE LATE MR. EMERY. NUBSCRIPTION for the WIDOW and RY Stu- LN „ CHILDREN of the late 31r. JOHN EME- Thehe Theatre R o y a l, C ovent-Garden. Su eriptions have been announced to the 15th August. J l lss g2illose subsequently received are as follow : :I °llll n et l% -rlO 10 0 , o h - -- j Bull ? an, Esq. 5 5 0 'peohen, eewspaper 5 0 0 by Mr. tly Phn 4 ditto a lley . 5 00 c litto Q \ 1 1 ,. 3 , tor itt o -1 1 0 J 41 . 13 Yde n 2 9 0 C G tent rilsc , t ' t 4B q• 22 0 J O. ' sq. .R. ' Itttak - 2 2 0 Iv% , sq.T -. . R 2 0 0 4 ' e • 44 0 1 - 2 0 0 S oe l ! fri ends e4 a! 212 6 tln _lety of 01 the - .u er 9 Urrley 4.1h-atililtbruccirrrytlosn fraonnid ane 13 3 6 1 1 0 - 1 0 0 4 .k; it. - 010 0 4.1, 44 b0tt; m 0 10 0 Es q . gh • , '' L sq. Wind- d ° 0 - 3 0 0 tolL'kuiggl' 13 . C. 2 0 0 C't 2 0 0 ernon li r • Tally ) ESQ. eOf 1 , nring the At,:lllery ' and M rs. Iti• 0 nw airi • S a , w g ton 1 0 0 - 1 00 1 t y 4 th e J Ito ress, and shortly will b published, l'sTPtit, Patrick -street, Cork, e Bookseller to his Majesty, T. P. Cooper - £1 0 0 J. King - - 1 0 0 Wm Moss - 1 0 0 J. Alexander - 1 0 0 W. E. Walter - 1 0 0 T. Read - 0 10 0 At Messrs. Ransom and Co. R. T. - . 1 0 0 P. F. - - 3 0 0 At Messrs. Marsh and Co. Hon. Philip Pusey 10 0 0 Q. T. - - 2 00 W. R. D. - 1 10 Mrs. Forbes - 1 0 0 At Messrs. Stevenson's & Co. C. Chisholme, Esq. 5 5 0 W. K. - 5 5 0 Mr. Phipps, Brydges street - - 2 2 0 J.ll. - At Messrs. Grote and Co. His Grace the Duke of Portland - 10 0 0 H. P. - - 5 0 0 J. B. - - 2 0 0 Wm. Bedford, Esq. 1 1 0 At Messrs. Coutts and Co. Earl of Lonsdale 20 0 0 Viner, Esq. 10 0 0 Hon. Colonel Lowther 5 5 0 T. Carr, Esq. 5 0 0 W, Clarke, Esq. 2 2 0 W. Ellis Gosling, Esq. 2 2 0 Mrs. M. Tryon 1 1 0 R. Ludgate, Esq. 1 1 0 J. P. - - 1 0 0 A Yorkshire Lad 0 10 0 —RS, by SIDNEY, Author of Letters ZDlseed cc eriatit, rrotestant of Ir e l an d :" w i t h a C op i ous 4 ; of i t , No 's, and Ap pen di x , sheaving, by a Com ari. \r Peadent.,, with its Former character , that P that Popery is titAvi Brig Sk ylark, London Docks, July3l, 1842. o roc ees 8 h N G had a S quare Main-sail made of ortc Brown Canvas which had undergone your N4tislur illildew in No ' vember, 1821, I beg to state. 4t.d.:er) ther,,Mation, that although (from the state of the l iil o Cre rit e had been handed for several days together 411 cit, th,., eri ods during the voyage to and from Constan ds ro is 1 / 4 e not the l east symptom of Mildew, and the i i !tTkened c ons id erably dnrinm the wear. ssr WARD MONDAY Master of the Skylark. and Co. AIII, s a mild ANp LIVER COMPLAINTS. Li '. 13.11/114 and effectual Remedy for all those „ter isorders - • . ' .. it, „ 4 nd J3 ] . which originate m a vitiated action of the 4 3 ' 'lead. 1 14rY Organs,- namely, Indigestion, Loss of Appe -1301,, Afrecre, He Flat ' ulencies, Spasms, ' , th' l'll d ,Pls of the Liver, &c &c. DIXON'S ANI•IBILI rti~"r - hav e • &ct ' Costive lull ed.ein !net with more general approval than an) . : r t 4,. o . f ali ,., e whatsoever. They unite every recomir . ien a 'dint 4u oPeration with successful effect ; and require no lia7ltlia:)4r,fonfinenient whatever dining their use. In tro itioii"(l ti le ''s, where the consequences of redundant and vi 41elitell4:41e7siestiltprvervoatelecitiitoann.d.alarming, they are an invalu- They are likewise peculiarly i l . t°e..... correct disorders arisingfrom excesses of the S:t 04,ptir,es.to,re,ithe'Tone of the Stomach—and to remove ('he i n ir."'",s ccasiouecl by I rregularity of the Bowels. 2c . , I llii %t "'loxes, at 2 . , c 1 ) A. s' CI) . ri . • " 63. ' 1 Is., and 225., by Butlers, c rii Otto,: . eaPsi-e, and 220, Regent-street, London ; "li l "Y th• -.P'ace, Eoinbitrgh t 34 ‘', k Ik-street, Dublin 140 4). e Princi pal 34 edicine-ie ndeis a t e br v o j nil i o n t the United ;. 19. aS ni ty (1 P 5l. o a it, tindPbdiere -too k of - 0 1 ee d Pr uc r h 111' ioll ll '` jyy „o r scf3 a t" i‘ v i e ., n i e rr i 0. s f sg e. j( jp • 0 ' de/ he 21° an t cle o r e of c i c ea e t i l ; u pon • re . the l aw (in ) wleilg e t be life to he vi( f i llio nder 0 r in re ' 's ,7 ry wite d ,rol• ~010 " t 7 he 5b EEr at , ars 0 co v t y s , evi on htriw:be L ilo; rve ( ';4o h ea' ore L ot ' )0 4 ' # th e 3. „de $B , ra} tle , ° ll _ .a .t , t1 1 :_ #lllO c duo t d c, , het, co ) 1 1 ; PP34 f 1 A rv, l e 10 0 oa tr 01 o 01°° CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The mercantile letters from St. Petersburgh are dated the 2d current. The Exchange had fallen to 91. Hemp was dull sale at 85 rubles, arid was expected lower. In Tallow very little had been done since the preceding post, and the price was 100 It. During this season to the end of July, 213 ships had sailed for t he different ports of the United Kingdom. gheir cargoes consisted of about 1,500 tons of iron, 9,000 tons of hemp, '6OO tons of flax, 9,500 tons of tallow, and about 550,000 deals, with potashes, bristles, and other articles of minor im portance. Of Hemp from 14,800 to 15,000 tons remained'to be shipped this season. Of Tallow the whole supply of the. season was expected to amount to at least 100,000 casks, in, addition to 20,000 casks remaining over from the last winter. —Notwithstanding the immense exportation of home produce, the Russian Empire was extremely depressed, and their import commerce had, in consequence of restrictions and pro hibitions, dwindled away to almost no value. Every attempt to compel a nation to consume articles of necessity, produced by itself at double the value at which they could be obtained from Foreign nations, must always yield similar results. No Empire can consult its true interest, unless'the people be allowed to sup ply themselves with what they want, at any market where those articles can be got at the lowest prices and of the best qualities. The Emperor Alexander has fallen into a very mistaken road for promoting the industry of his subjects. In order to create a consumption for Russian manufactures, he forces the con sumers, who are also Russians, to pay double value for many necessary articles, and thus prevents them from consuming many other things which would be of great advantage to the productive industry of his Empire. There are, however, other nations, possessing more civilization than the Russians, who have committed similar errors, and at present suffer similar distress. To enable English farmers to pay high rents, exces sive taxation, and heavy tithes, the English people are forced to purchase their bread made from English wheat, at a consi derably higher rate than equally good bread could be ob tained manufactured from foreign wheat. Englishmen are also forced to purchase silk, an , article which the climate of this coun try does not permit to be made, unless at a very extravagant expence, exclusively from British manufacturers. Linen and woollen cloth, and indeed every article which is necessary for the existence and comfort of the people, are also fettered with impolitic and abs ur d r es t r i c ti ons and prohibitions, en tirely for the encouragement of particular classes of society, without reflecting that the consumers are Englishmen, and consequently that whatever they are forced to pay for the pro duction of any article, more than iaabsolutely necessary, is so much wealth taken from the National Stock. The English nation, however, do not confine their restrictions alone to their transactions with foreign nations ; for in many instances they do not ,permit certain necessary articles to be procured unless from a particular class of society. In England there is a class of society whose property consists in what is called vested rights, or what ought more properly to be called certain permissions, which a few are enabled to grant themselves, either of living in idleness on the labour of the industrious, or of exclusively supplying the people with certain articles at an expense double of that which these articles would cost if compe tition in them were open to all. Beer cannot be purchased unless I at a licensed house, and the value of it is much increased by the ideal value (for it has no real value) of this licensed permis sion. In England, spirits only of a certain deicrip t i on can b e I manufactured under the present laws. These restrictions in the consumption of Beer and in the manufacture of Spirits are not only hostile to the interests of th ose w h o are compelled to purchase them, but they are absurd in as far as that not one solitary national benefit arises out of them ; and that, under a different regulation, not only the consumers of them, but also the growers of the raw material from which they are produced, would find their property much increased. How much more advantageous to the national wealth would that system be which would allow the cheapest mode of producing 'every thing ! How greatly would the riches of the community, and conse quently their ] happiness, be increased, if a proper security for the expences of the Government was the only impediment to freedom of commerce! Statesmen of the present day take either a very superficial or a very erroneous view of the inter course betwixt nation and nation and man and man. What a beautiful state of society does the mind not contemplate, when it imagines human nature either as individuals or com munities, labouring for the public consumption of all, ac cording to the climate, soil, situation, and abilities with which it has been gifted. The name of that Statesman would stand high in the list of the benefactors of humanity who could effect such a change in the present system, as would pro duce a perfect freedom in the interchange of commodities amongst the civilised nations of the earth, for all to give what they can spare, and to receive in payment those things which they want, without any other restrictions than what might be necessary for the expences of the different Governments. A new kind of property would also arise, well known, though at present of little value, called industry. The industrious na tion, the industrious family, and the industrious individual, would not, under such a state of society, want the means of commanding all the comforts, and many of the elegancies of life, and morality and virtue improve at the same time pro portionably. At the Corn Exchange, the arrivals of grain since Monday con sist of 8200 quarters of Wheat, 9200 quarters of Oats, and 8000 sacks of flour. The supply of Wheat and Flour is much larger than the demand can take off, and only the finest new samples obtain the prices of last Monday. Old Wheat, whether of good qua lity or not, is unsaleable, and a further reduction in the value of every article must take place. before sales to any extent can be effected. The millers paid Monday's prices for a few sam ples of fine new. Wheat, merely to , encourage the sale of the present large stock of Flour. Unless the farmers can obtain an export market for a considerably increased growth, few rents can be paid, except they be drawn from the capital employed in the fields : for certainly there is no chanco of their being paid out of increased prices. a. Information was received this morning of the wreck of' the East India ship, Matilda. This is a heavy loss to Lloyd's in the present state of premiums, nearly 60,000/. having been insured, The crew was saved. The Ajax, Captain Scott, bound to London, has been compelled to return leaky to Ben gal, and the Columbo, from Ceylon to London, was at Point de Galle on the 6th of April in distress, having been on the rocks. Consols for the next account opened this morning at 80a and for October at 81. Sc arce ly an y b us i ness h as been done in them, and they closed at the opening prices. All the fluctu ations and much of the money transactions continue to take place in the Foreign Securities. Columbian Bonds and Danish are dearer; and there is much bustle in every description of them, with a visible inclination to advance in value. Their several prices are as follow : French Five I per Cent. with Div. from 22d March, Exch. 25 40. 94. ' Prussian Five per Cent. of 1818 in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist April, On. Ditto, ditto, of 1822 in do. do. with Div. from Ist July, 87. Neapolitan Five per Cent. with Div. from Ist July, Exch. 4 40 and 25 65. 76i. Spanish Five per Cent. of 1820, with Div. from Nth April, Exchange, 4 3.-65. Do. do. of 1821, in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist May, 64. Danish Five per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist July, 89:3. Do. do. in banc g inarks, with Div. from Ist J u ly, E xc h ange , 37 4. 86. Russian Six per Cent. with Div. from Ist July, Exch. 11Z. 82. Do. Five per Cent. metall. with Div. from Ist March, Exch. 3 1. 003. Do. Five per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist Sept. 85. Austrian FiVe per Cent. metall. with Div. from Ist June, Exchange, 10 4. 80. Columbian Six per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist May, 861. Chilian Six per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from 30th March, United States Six per Cent. of 1812-1815, with Dir. from Ist April; Exch. 46. n'a 99.—; Morning Chronicle.) PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. YORK MEETING, AUGUST 22. Mr. W. B. FAWKES having some time since published a letter, calling upon the friends of Reform to meet him at Etteridge's Hotel in this city on the 22d instant, for the purpose of considering -what steps it would be most expedient to take in the present alarnzing state of the country, a considera ble number of Gentlemen assembled at that house at 12 o'clock this day; soon after which the room was filled. Among the persons present we observed—Mr. Fawkes, Mr. Chelloner, Sir W. Ingilby, Mr., Sykes, Col. Cradock, Mr. Wentworth, Sir. H. Vavasor, Sir . Cayley, Mr. Wye-ill, Gen. Wharton, Hon. E. Petre, J. Crompton, M.P., Mr. Stapylton, Col. Cook, Mr. C. 'Wilson, Mr. Leigh, .31r. Crompton, of Woodend, Mr. Walker, Mr. 'Riffle,. Mr. Rawson (Sheffield), Mr. D. Gaskell, Mr. Barlow, Mi. Witham, Mr. Maud, 7,11 r. Dealtry, Mr. Meynell, jun., Mr. J. Hague, 0 RCM Crag, MT. J. Hutton, Mr. Bourne, Mr. Scrpope, of Denby, Mr. Haynes, Mr. Egremont, Sec.. &c. There being a general cry of" Chair, Chair!" Mr. W. B. FAWKES came forward. Before he entered upon the important business of the day—before lie had the honour of submitting to the Meeting the objeet Which attracted all their at.. ten tions, and all their hopes, he begged to offer some apology for the situation in which he stood, and to explain the reasons which induced him to call that Meeting. His conduct had, on the one _hand been stigmatised a s a r rogan t an d p resum pt uous , while on the other he had been accused of a deliberate, wanton, and ill timed intention of disturbing the peace of the county. He was not, however, affected by either.orthoseirnputations. When lie reflected on the magnitude of the-county of York, and of the great influence whien it had always had in the affairs of the king dorn,he feltsurprised that the question was.not earlier introduced to-their attention, and the more especially, as ieapikared that it was the only means by which they could expect to be relieved from the difficulties by which they were surrounded. They should consider too, that all the other leading counties had de clared in favour of it, and that it had at present to boast of many thousands of supporters who only a short tithe since were hostile to it. Taking all these circumstances into considera tion, and when lie reflected upon the whole of his public life, when he reflected that several years ago he had, in that very room, advocated the same qUestion, in conjunction with many illustrious persons who had since been . taken from among them, among whom there was one whose name ought never to be mentioned without feelings of honour; of reverence, and of gratitude, and whose upright and independent character was above all praise; he meant the lamented father of an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. M. Wyvill, M.P. for the City) then. near him, and' who inherited all the virtues and patriotic feelings.which distinguished the late Rev. _Mr. Wyvill---(Ap plause) ;—when he reflected upon all this, he felt that he should be guilty of a dereliction of his duty if he did not make yet another effort in support of the great cause, and he therefore made up his mind, notwithstanding the odium and obloquy which it would bring ,upon him,. again to tall upon the friends of freedom to assemble and unfold the constitutional standard of Parliamentary Reform.—(Loud applause.)—These were theenotives which actuated him ; he wished to infuse a portion of popular influence into that: Constitution upon which depended the lives, the properties, and the liberties of the people of this country.—(Applause.)--Ile might be asked, with an air of triumph, why disturb the County ?—Why bring again that stale and hackneyed question of Reform?— Why drag again that obsolete doctrine from the obscurity to which the irrefragable argumenis of its opponents have con signed it? Where the record of this achievement was to be found he was at a loss to discover. Was it in the conduct of the various Administrations who had been in power since the first introduction of the great question of Reform ? 'Was it in the treatment which the numerous Petitions of the people, un der which the Table of the House of Commons still groaned, had met with ?—Was it in the Resolutions adopted by the Yorkshire Association of 1782, in which 400 country gentle men declared their conviction of the necessity of Reform, and, in the trite spirit of prophecy, pointed out the evils which would flow from its non-adoption- -(Applause) ?—a prophecp which had been but too tally verified, in the miseries which at that moment stared them in the face. Or was it depicted to them in the lucrative appointments and the other good things enjoy ed by the sinecurists, the placemen, the pensioners and the borough-mongers who were under the immediate controul and management of the Minister of the day ? If such were the des perate condition to which the cause of Reform was reduced, surely it became its, supporters and advocates to come forward in a body and rescue it from the durance in which it was placed. If he wereasked the motives which induced him now to come forward, would state, that his answer was written in legible characters--in the dangerous state in which the country was placed—in the acts and language of the last Session of Parlia ment—(Applause).—ln the distress to which one part of the people of the kingdom were reduced, and in the anticipated misery which threatened the other—in the starvation by which the people of Ireland had been visited in the midst of plenty,aud the general ruin which threatened a great portion of the empire— (Applause).—lt was to be found in a profusion of expenditure not to be equalled in the annals ofhistory—a billion and a half ofpub lie money having been expended in the course of 2i yeers,making near 3,000000/. per week, or about 500,000/. for every work ing day.—(Applause.)—lt was to be found in an overwhelm ing taxation and an overwhelming debt--a debt, the interest of which could not continue to he paid without the risk of bringing about e great national convulsion, unless some arrangement was made with the public creditor e whith would be at once sa tisfactory to him and to the people at large. But this was an event which he hoped never would take place, unless accom panied by a Reform in Parliament. It would further be found in the influence possessed - not so much by the Crown as by the Oligarchy, by the. Borough influence in the House of Commons. That influence it was that caused all the miseries which they had endured, all the miseries which they still endured, and which they were likely to endure as long as the present corrupt system was allowed to exist. It must further be found in a curious Re port of a Committee of the House of Commons, by which it ap peared that one hundred and nine of th e i r Members received no less a sum than 209,8431. exclusively of the fees of office, the whole of which was taken out of their pockets, out of that public purse of which they (the House of Commons) had been ap pointed the constitutional guardians. By a careful perusal of that list, they would find, that a majority of the House of Com mons were returned by Peers, by the, Aristocracy, and those immediately connected with theM. Gracious God ! could any man in that room, or in the country, lay his hand to his heart, and without any feeling of prejudice, say that a House of Corn. mons so constituted was one to which the lives, the, properties, and the liberties of the people of England cought to be corn. mitted ?—(Loud Applause.)—lt would be read in the proceed ings of that alliance, falsely and impiously called holy; an-alli ance which had rnadeEngland the ally of despotism, and the ene my of freedom all over the world. It would be found in the unde viating system of Government, . of coercion of Ministers towards the people, and their studious inattention to their petitions and complaints; and in theintolerable course of vacillating corruption and extravagance of which the people had been so long the unhappy victims. He had perhaps sufficiently explained the motives by which he was actuated in calling that Meeting ; but as he had been accused of wishing wantonly to disturb the peace of the county, he felt it necessary to add yet another rea son, and that was the perfect tranquillity which at this moment existed in every part of it. It was at a period like the present, when a country was in perfect tranquillity at home, and when there existed not .the slightest danger from abroad, that the wise statesmen of all times would avail themselves of the in troductionof any great and necessary reformation and change— (Applause).—When a nation was surrounded by clangers and difficulties, it naturally looked to the collective wisdom of its Representatives for relief. The people have had their e y es steadily fixed upon Parliament, and what was the result ? lied they pot been disappointed ? Had any thing been done for their. relief,? No, nothing—nothing was heard in Parlia ment but doctrines contravening those principles which our ancestors had established and cemented with their blood, and handed down to us as their last and most invaluable bless ing. In. order to prove this, it was not necessary that he should bewilder them by entering into any antiquarian re search ; it was only necessary to go hack to the Revolution--a period, which they had been taught from their cradles to consi der as one of the most glorious in our listory—a period, the anniversary of which had often been celebrated in that city with all the pride, pomp, and circumstance of public rejoicing._ What would the great men who brought about . that happy event say, had they heard the doctrines to which he alluded ? Would. they not, to use the words of the late Speaker of the Honse of Colnmons start from their seats with indignation and astonishment ?—(Applause !)—ln former times the ,principles 0; liberty had received mouth honours at least.. It was reserved for the people of the present day to hear the following senti ;tents broadly stated in Parliament :--" That it is essential to the perfection of a Representative Body that it should not be identified with, but for the people ; and that it is a signal merit in the British House of Commons, that it does not amount to a• direct delegation from the people." If such were the case, he Could not see bow the Honourable Member could reconcile it with the fact of his being a Representative of the People ; for as such only could he pretend to a seat in Parliament, There cer tainly was no accounting for tastes, but had he been, as that Hon. Member was, returned by the opulent Burgesses o f th e second town in the kingdom, he wo u ld have left Corfe Castle and Old Sarum to shift for themselves —(A laugh).—Unless they were prepared not to render the House of Commons a reflection of the public mind, unless they wished to treat the Bill of Rights as waste paper, and throw it into the fire, then they ought to come readily forward and prove the danger and insecurity of such doctrines, and to exert themselVes in saving the country from the evils which must flow from them. There was a time when by the Act of Settlement, Placemen were pre vented from sitting in Parliament, . but now their presence was stated to be necessary to preserve the King upon his Throne, and to support the Constitution. Were the men who held such doctrines aware of the results which followed fre:n them ? Could there be a better argument urged in favour, of. Reform, . than that the King Co u ld no t h o ld hi s Th rone, W i thout. the aid of bribery and corruption ; or tbat, on the other hand, the Members of Parliament were so sunk, so lost to shame and decency, that they would endeavour to obstruct the ph lie bdsiness unless kept to their duty by brib er y an d corra p t influence?--(Applause).—There was a time too when there existed a dread of taxation, for there was on old adage, which said, " that no things were certain but taxation and death."— Now, indeed, the case was different. Ministers told us first, that a reduction of taxation would add to the distresses of the country ; secondly, that it would be an interference with the G reat Author of nature • thirdly, that taxation was a di s p ensat i on of Providence (a laugh); and fourthly, that our distresses from taxation were but temporary, and would be cured on the princi ples of resurrection (a laugh). Let the people say or do what they might, they could obtain no relief. If they grumbled, it was said that they were impatient; if they sat down silently under their suffering, it was said they were satisfied. There was a time when there existed a strong jealousy of, and wh en objec tions were made against the contin uance 'of a standing army, when knowledge was considered as power, the source of wealth and.happiness, and the best security for the preservation of vir tue and public order. But now a standing army was cherished, and knowledge 'was a nuisance to Ministers, in the counter scale to which they found it necessary to throw the whole in fluence and corruption of office. It was reserved for the people of the present times to hear a Minister declare, that if the people offended the dignity of the House of Commons by their Petitions the Executive possessed the po wer o f p un i s hi ng t h em as they deserved. Would such doctrines he tolerated in a po pular House of Commons ? Would any Minister dare to use such language, if MeMbers were freely chosen by the people ? (Applause.)—He had " nothing exaggerated, nor aught set down in malice." He might say with the Poet —r 44 Who's in or out, who guides the State machine, " Nor moves my envy, nor excites my spleen." He cared not what party was in, provided the country was' free, contented and happy. Who did not feel insulted when he heard the Constitution of this country pointed out as the envy and admiration of surrounding nations ? Who could hear that language used without entertaining a fear that under such a flattering disguise there lurked a latent design of governing the country in future without responsibility or controul The domination under which we were sinking had nothing to .do with the Constitution. It was, the offspring of fraud, cun ning and corruption. It commenced with the Septennial Act— it was nursed by the Walpoles—it grew up with giant strength under the Pelhams—it had increased, was incuasing, and, less diminished, it would overpower and destroy the rights and liberties of the people of England (applause). How the evils under which we laboured were to be averted unless by a Reform in Parliament, he was at a loss to discover, although Mr. Van sittart told them that every thing would go on well without a Reform. If asked what description .of Representatives he wished to return to Parliament, lie should answer, men who acknowledged and acted on the great principles of tile Consti- - tuition. He wished for a Government of three estates. Sir M. STAVYLTON moved an adjournment to the open air, as numbers who could not get in,wished to hear the Hon. Gen tleman's eloquent speech—(Cries of " Go on, go on.") - - - - .Mr. FAWKES proceeded—lie wished to have a King clothed in all the splendour and dignity. necessary to his station, arme d with full power to carry the business of the State into execution with energy and promptitude, but at the same time a King, strictly limited by law; —a King, with whom, when he mounted the throne and received the sceptre, a most scleina reciprocal compact had been entered into for the performance of certain defined duties ;—a King, who pledged himself to his subjects as they pledged themselves to bins. He wished a House of Lords, which should be a balance between the King and the Commons , preventing encroachments of the Crown. on the one hand, and venality and scurrility on the other. He would have an Aristocracy contented with their privileges, without infring ing the rights and liberties of the people, or seeking that . which they could not obtain without crime. Lastly, he wohldit have a House of Commons fairly and honestly chosen—a set of men who would prefer the interests of the country to their own, or that of their patrons—and who would sympathise with the people in the enactment of every law, the imposition of every tax, and the removal of every grievance—a set of men who would not obey the call of a Minister or yield to his menace. He would repeat an Extract from a ReSolution of Parliament, which stated " that the King of England cannot have so perfect, so honourable a security for every thing . that can make a King truly great and truly happy, as the genuine, free, and natural suppo r t o f an un influenced and independent House of Commons.' In leaving this part of the subject, he wished to.. remind the Meeting of a passage in Bolingbroke's Patriot King, where he says----" If Liberty be the delicious fruit on which you are anxious to live, the British Constitution will afford to you that aliment, on condition that you observe to trench and, fence it well round against the beasts of the field and the insects of the earth." The former were they who made open and undis guised attacks on them by the prerogatives of the Crown, and the other, the noxious and nibbling vermin that belonged to the earth, were the noxious and poisonous agents of corruption and despondency. The Honourable Gentleman, after a few other observations; said, it was not necessary for him now to enter into a defence of the doctrines supported by Reformers ; when a proper opportunity arrived: he would fearlessly throw down his gauntlet and challenge ,his opponents. He expressed his satisfaction in having called the, Meeting, as, by doin g so , he gave every mabin the County an opportunity of express ing his opinions upon the subject for' which they were assem bled, and had also redeemed his pledge not to relax in that zeal 'which he had through life shewn for the .liberty and welfare of his country. lie hoped that, the friends of Reform would not hang back`until the moment of calamity arrived, for, if they did, then all virtue, all wisdom, and all exertion, would be in vain.—The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst the loudest ap plause of the Meeting. Mr. CHALLONER (M.P. for the city) moved that Mr. Fawkes should take the Chair. Sir W. INGLEBY seconded the motion. Mr. FAWKES having taken the Chair, the following Resolu tions were read. They were subsequently put seriatim, and carried unanimously. They were proposed by Mr. DEALTRY, and seconded by Sir W. INGLEBY, Bart. • "Resolved 1. That it is the opinion of the Meeting that a Reform in the Comnions House of*Parliament—such a reform as would render it the real, rather than the virtual, represen tation of the people—is become a measure of urgent necessity. " 2.. That this Meeting collects the truth of this fact from the recorded history of' the House itself, where it is found that every successive Administration, of whatever party, 'can, with a few solitary exceptions, of which the interested spirit has been too manifest, at all times command a majority. " 3. And this - meeting is willing to believe that the nume- rous body of placemen and pensioners which a Committee of the House of Commons has reported to e x ist i n it s own body; has greatly tended to produce this spirit of dependence on the one hand, and of unbounded power on the other. " 4. Further, that the.return of Members to the Corn - mons House of Parliament, as appears from numerous statements made in tbe House - itself, being.eflected through the influence of Peers. of the Realm as well as of the Lords of the Treasury, is another cause why the votes of the House so implicity follow the dictateS of successive administrations and frequently with the sacrifice of the best interests of the,country. " 5. Convinced of this great truth, this Meeting thinks it right to watch the opportunity, for adopting, the steps necessary to raise this great country to those exertions. which may be wanted to effect Such a . reform as shall restore our representa tion to a-stat e of const i t utional purity, Calculated at once to pro tect the rights of the people and of the Crown. " 6. Further, that to bring about this gieat object, it is the opinion of this Meeting, that a Committee be immediately ip h •• pointed; with powers to ad to num_ers, wino shall meet do tho firist MondaY•in . NOVerither, tO•originate a ebunt y nieet .ingl;Pr to adopt sped measures as, they. may conceive requisite to promote a reform in the Commons ponse i of Parliai g nent, Mr. entered into explanation of toe calis=.l Which prevented • his. Noble Friend (fiord Milton one 'of the Representatives of the County, from being present. It waS Ifnown to many present, that, Lord Fitzwilliam had not for.sorue time enjoyed good'health ; be had besides suffered recently . tY a 'severe domestic calamity. His Lordship, attended by. Lord MiltOn, Went to • have em operation performed upon his e . l'cs;',but even werehis Noble Friend (Lord Milton) pot in town, ltexotild answenhat he would have attended 'that h eting.. Lorq.;)lilton was in principle a reformer, but as he , diffored -fikini his father on that question, ? final affection wpgisl probably have:prevented sill attending, as by doing, .16; he might'cause an irritation .of feeling in his Noble 'perhapS would be-produc tive. of the most fatal consequehces. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by expressing himself a decided supporter of Reform. Mr. Wyvit.r., 141-. P. for the City, expressed -his satisfaction at the part takeli by his Honourable Friend (Mr. Fawkes), whqin the Thanks of the County were due, for his,thanly - ex ertion in this great cause. Ile (Mr. \V.) had ever been a Zea lous friend of Reform, .and he should ever continue to be its zealtnis advocate—(Applause!) Thanks were voted to Mr. FawfrEs, who, in reply, assured the Meeting of his zealous adherence to that glorious cause which he had uniformly supported through life. The Met - Aing then separated. Besides the names we have given, there were present several of the first Gentlemen of the County. A Committee, consisting of some of the, first Gentlemen of the County in point of property anti respectability, were then ap pointed. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. " In taking a review of this Establishment, one. is naturally fed to inquire what was the progress of, and what the reason's that determined our neighbours the French to institute an Academy of nearly a similar nature in Paris. The Musical Conservatory, as it is now called, was first instituted in that country under the auspices of Baron BRETEUIL, in the'year 1784, and was denominated the Royal School far Singing and Declamation. The want of an institution of the sort had been felt; it was from the Choirs belonging to the Cathedrals that the Theatres devoted to Musical Pieces used to take such assistance as they might occasionally stand in need OE: But GLucx, Prccitir, SACCINI, and other celebrated Italian Composers, by driving from the stage the vociferating notes of their predecessors, introduced a new era in the history of musical composition. This change took plate about the year 1774, and it was immediately perceived that a supply of Singers differing from those who till then had had posses= sion•Of the stage, was absolutely necessary. This first esta blishment was not, however, as productive of improvement as might'have been expected, and in the year 1789, Mons. nETTE formed a more general School for Music, which was supported by the municipality of Paris, and which continued till 1791, when the National Convention adopted the principle of organising an institution under the title of . National Con servatory of Music, fOr the Instruction of 600 Pupils of both sexes, in vocal as well as instrumental music, and composition. About IMO musicians, male and female, were formed in the space of fifteen years in this conservatory, of which wore than 700 were engaged in the provinces. The most distinguished had. engagements at the principal Theatres at Paris, and many found very advantag,eous situations in foreign countries— With similar views, but on principles more consonant to 13rf.-. . . tiSh feelings, the present Royal Academy appears to us to have been founded. There cannot exist a doubt but that- int England as in France, music has equally a claim tobe ranked as one of the liberal arts, the cultivation of which is as genial. in the one country as in the other, and in each as much , wlll mark the progress of civilization and improvement. In Gres. Britain the public taste for music cannot be contested : the astonishing sums expended for musical entertainments in every part of the country, as well as in the metropolis, are 'be yond what there is any general conception of. Yet we mnst admit, without designing to show any improper jealousy upon the subject, that this very large expenditure cf money gees almost entirely to enrich the foreign professors residin& in this country. It is impossible not to inquire whence does this particularly when we know that for talent and powers of voice and execution we could produce Mrs. SALMON, Mr. Bitanasi, Miss FEATION, Miss STEPHENS, Miss TREE,3III4. DICK ONS, Mr. VAUGHAN, Mr. MIRA' sET.,..arld many Others, who certainly . may rival all the talents which exist in any other country. To re solve such a problem, we must not deceive ourselves, but admit that howevergreat we may be, and, perhaps, superior at present to other nations in the music for the service of the Church, yet in Opera music we are lamentably behind hand; and' the only cause to be diScovered for this backwardness in a particular branch of music, is that we have no school for it, either in coin - - position or singing. We are like the French in 1784, when the performers who were brought before the public were generally supplied from the Choirs of the Cathedrals, which in Fact were the only schools for the education of persons meaning to devote themselves to the profession of music. It is to supply this want . of a school for general music in this country that the present Academy appears to be established, connected as it is with; the moral and religious education of the Pupils, and their eri tire instruction in every department of music ; an instruction which will go as much to perpetuate and improve the style for the service of the Church, in which we are on a par with' other countries, as it will tend to place us - on a level with ' fo reigners in the lighter and more diversified music of the stage. Some personshave objected to the establishment of the Aeademy, that it would introduce too many persons into the profession of music, when there already existed more than could live re spectably in that line of life ; to this it would be natural to an swer, first, that the Academy will not be sufficiently numerous to have any effect in this way; and next, that if the Professers are too numerous already, it must he remembered that - this sur plus is composed of foreigners, who drive the talent of our own country out of the field ; and that it is by proper education, 'to enable our own countrymen to compete and rival these natives of other countries, that the present Academy is instituted. An extraordinary objection has also been taken, that the Academy will bring a nurnber of paupers into the profession it is hardly worth while to answer to this—that every Pupil' who enters the Institution must be above any Chance of being so considered, since he must be in 'circumstances enab'ang him to pay either ten; fifteen, or twenty guineas a year for his education: and although this will go but a small way towartiS' defraying his expences, yet it secures a reSpectable class of Students, who must be to a certain degree easy in their ch.'. cumstances. There remains, however, at the same - time, a . power in the Directors of the Institution, where persons of . conspicubus talents are discovered without the means of de- • :frdying the charges of 'their education, to grant it free of all eN.- pence. Upon the whole, we hail this Establishment as a most benevolent undertaking, well worthy the high patronage of the' 'KING, and well deserving the approbation and support of the 'British People." • As we have inserted two letters in opposition 'to the pro :posed plan of a ROYAL AcAtiEstit or Music, we conceive that c►ndour and justice require the admission of the forezoing . !article in defence of it. We shall not at present offer our own opinion on the subject, though we confess that we were strongly impressed by the reasoning of the two letters alluded to, and induced to consider the scheme as not merely useless but inju rious. We have indeed heard that the amiable Nobleman Rho first suggested the plan has been so fully convinced of its mis• 4 chievous tendency, as most humanely to relinquish his s;:.pport : of it, notwithstanding the high patronage and enceutaging liberality which attend it.