The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-16 00:00:00

DALSTON RADICAL MEETING.

A little before twelve o'clock on Monday a party
from Carlisle arrived -at this populous village
(which is between four and live miles from the for-
mer place), with music, flags, ti.c. As on former
occasions, a little alter twelve, part of the Driston
Committee and part of the Carlisle Committee
mounted the hustings; when Mr. James Corrie, of
I)alston, read the requisition, after which he pro-
pureed Mr. Barnard M'Allister to be Chairmen,
ir•ho wee accordingly chosen by acclamation. The
ip of liberty being placed ou his head, he thanked
Ca. meeting for honouring him as they had done,
iota told them they had legally met to discuss the
manifold grievances, privations, and sufferings they
endured under an unnatural and perverse systems
ur Government, and to express their sentiments on
the Manclie• ter cruelties.

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A ftvr some speeches and resolutions, and a sub.
wriptimi which amounted to I!. 44. 6J., the meeting
rhiteised.

lent dinner at the New lon, Dewsbury, after the
meeting. The pare stream was the only beverage,
and about nine o'clock they separated perfectly
sober.—This is indeed a reform.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE BRITISH PRESS

LONDON.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1819.

wit h
The Paris rapers of Friday last, which have
arrived at our Office, afford at least some matter
for speculation. It is understood that the last
Council of Ministers, at which the KING presided,
was more than usually important. The Gazette
de France states, that the Count Decazes on that
occasion proposed measures of vigour against the
revolutionary faction, and also suggested a modifi-
cation in the famous Law of Election, the injurious
effects of which are supposed to be proved by the
recent promotion of the Abbe GREGOIRE to a seat
in the Chamber of Deputies. These propositions
of M. DECAZES were said to have been opposed
with extraordinary fury by two Members of the
Council ; and the Ordinance postponing the open-
ing of the Session until the 29th, was the conse-
quence. In the mean time, a partial change of the
Administration was generally looked for in Paris;
and the Casette de France adds, that " great
changes are in • course of preparation, and in •
few days it would be enabled to announce to its
readers details of an event which all good French-
men have for a long time been expecting with

impatience."

Whatever may be the desires or intentions of any
individuals in the State with respect to a change of
Ministers, it is certain that France has arrived at a
period when her destinies are no longer to be made
the sport of intrigues among courtiers and favon-
►ites. The voice of the people, expressed through
their representatives, must be obeyed in the dispo-
sition of the Administration, and no arrangements
in the Cabinet can be considered conclusive until
they shall have received the sanction of the Legis-
lative Chambers. The Law of Elections may have
many faults, hut it is very certain that the result of
its operations hitherto has been the establishment
of, generally speaking, an independent Chamber
of Deputies ; and the necessary consequence is, that
the finances of the country are judiciously and
economically administered--the Government enjoys
the confidence of the great mess of the people—the
country reposes in a state of perfect tranquillity,
and is daily advancing in knowledge and prosperity.
France at this moment presents the most striking
contrast to the condition of all the Stases around
lier. France, which bad been the very crater of
the revolutionary voltam—which had overspread

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