The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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Hes. Gentimisso (Mr. f3etoeh) had seed as-little*
it as he could well do. He bed celled it a respect-
able usaming; as lettering a teem might be ap-
plied to • perish vestry, bet be coeld-ge forlber;
sad same the Howe. that both wish impost to
lambda attd reopeetabibty, for • stein premise, of
modem. aid the temperate. bet at the some awe
deterusissed spirit they had manillesad, • diiire
truly respectable meet* *es sew held withimehe
precincts of that meaty er eery other.—(ifeer.
hear.)—The Hon. Ormatleesaa (Mr. Gesell bait
stated tint the Petitiess did ant mantis a **Sawa
satialsor of siguatesea.......
Mr. °mica mist (amass the table) that hetribb
set stasess, bee he said that is,,. sen-emeho wits •
sheet for sigootewas
iia6llllllAtD ressesolk Did net the Sam
Geutiontes Wow it us* wee of themes. restaellahlo
einielliletowem GI the items is shish es had, 'hue
a petard opinion prevailed that it was Oil but me-
tes' to petition the Hoses of Commies as it wee at
present communed. A yeentas or farmer *vela
am take the trouble of going a mile to sign •
Petition. Was he ignorant of what bad occurred
very lately in a county bordering up** that which •
he himself represented, he seem the county of
Csetbridgo. whale • poodle 'Moieties was come
to that to gess in vain to petition the House of
Consinons ?—(Hear, hear.)—At the meeting in the
county of Sussex but ate feeling prevailed—a feel-
ing which was well expressed in the Petition. They
spoke in the lone of men who were suffering
calamities which had fallen upon their Wads, not
from any fault of their own ; they were not conetaes
if deserving any special visitation of Providence.
they therefore attributed their misfortisees to some
political mismanagement. and paperly considered
• reform of abuses in the political system the most
likely means of obtaining relief. Bet let it not be
forgotten that in all their distresses they looked for
no wadies* advantages to serve themselves at dm
expense of other branches of the community. They
ask fee nothing that you metal give. All they
asked foe was, an unsparing and oneoespromisag
oileatehment, and reduction of that overwhelming
lesd it taxation which, since the introduction of the
new theory, had been denominated (be believed)
a 'tied of mixed blessing.—(Hear, bear.)—They
added. undoubtedly, a prayer for such SO effec-
tual Retina in the Representation as would afford a
gtasrantee against the recurrence °Nab sets in future.
And whether they were right or wrong in their opi-
dem es to
r the *Agin of their datum, the NobleMar-
withall his gaily. would find it difficult le
the validity of their argument. namely,
61111 st if their sufferings arose from jeolitieal um.-
aimegeemst. the mass and mist ewiel mode
timbal would be a reform is the eonetisities of
thedionem The unlade of the reeiliessei
se doubt, be astonished at the evaded of the Hay.
Gentleman (Mr. Gooch), wire had retired from
that meeting slier having made them the warmest.
rafesaioes--professions loud ateugh to 111 the
meeket4ince. He (Mr. Macdonald) had sie
donbt that wised the Hon. Gentleman. had made
these professions' he was determined to act up to
them; bat, unfortunately, labia fallen hack into
his old habits; he. had again got into the society
of the Noble Marquis. flattered perhaps et being
styled the leader of the connity Geodes's, and
of being considered by Ministers us a kind if oracle
on agricultural queittaes.—(Hear. hear.)—The
Hon. Gentleman having got beekieto thee sweiety.
flung to the wind all his transient hustings' pro.
raises, and with a paltry shillimemaspromise abet
up the door of reirenehmeof. lies had he wiled
open a hie occasion, when an attempt wes•utede
to abolish that abominable impost apes -selt 1—
The two individuals (and he was meet them)
also had most weight in tersissi,tha. male ill
. barn of the eentiimonee of that odious, cruel.
undefended, indefensible impost, were the . very
.tore who out of doors were loudest is their de-
,elematious in favour of retreachuseat.-r(Cheers.)—
rln former times, the leadieg county redcoat'
centnbuted principally to promote the happiness
and prosperity of the country, aid be hoped that
spirit would continue; but if the lead of gentle-
men was to be merely confined to their seats in that
House, and the cultivators of the sail found them
wholly inattentive to their loured% a drags mum
come. Such a new order of things would be Nit
of danger. and the least woful of the cesseepsenea •
would be the total sonihilatiew the, sore
iw-
portanoe. The fact was,the Hen. Genstleaws (Mr.
Goods) bed fall, into he tap of the Noble Mar-
qui., sod was held fast there by the rte of public
faith. Three years ago the Citsacellee of the Ex-
chequer, that great recorder of resolotions. the a-
mows recorder of the anti-depreciation resolution.
had set to week most 'indicant. sod imposed
three millions of taxes. for the puritan of raising
a sinking food to support eittiOSSl liwti, et the
very moment when be was sonetimilig • mea-
sure which he must know would 1nc,..... the
taxes in magmas to the amonot of sea or
eleven millions. What did she Heisourobie
Member for Sofro& (Mr. Gooch) do open that oe-
casion I—did be rigidly adhere to that plan Ste
upholding public credit ?—did he remember the
repeal of the agricultural horse tea ?—did he
differ from the majority of the Home who thought
it expedient to repeal that tax ? On the emitrary.
if his memory served him peoposly. that Has.
Gentleman, in advocating the repeal of that tax, •
hod made air of a very beady, wintry gem-
adage— •
a Ter sun get woo frost a est this Ihe obis.*—{lies..)
Now ibis year the Chest:eller of the Exchequer had
reasserted the same prepositiee. aid is binding sad
omissive did the Hoe. Geodesist, (Mr. Glitch)
consider bin arguments, thee be maid yet aliases'.
setwithemidiog all his premises at the hustings, to
vete for the repeal of the salt tax. However, if the
Hee. GSSSIONIMe felt uneasy is his proses, situation,
end if he hod fallen into the Imp of the Noble
Marquis, he should feel obliged a say one that
would help, him oun. The way of doing it was
aureately simple if he would may Mite a !Atte