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witlglit of latation, and the eittreme pressure of the debt it-
self, bemuse he thought Ow from theme they might hope
to derive some amendment by the pressure operating now
in the right place—be meant upon the couatry geetlesien in
the Noose of Commonly he thought it probable that they
would .t length be awakened to a just mate of the migui-
ludo of the evil, sad of the only effectual mesas of check-
- article& with -

will take the o►Siulon of the freeholders, ind give suicieut
notice before you call a umestiag for dist purpose,"
(This occasioned a great moult of dissprohsi
routending clamours, some fur the Resolution,
for a fresh meeting )
Mr. MABERLY Shen stood forward, and silence has.
ing been - ',said, at he hid been oar u( the polucipal
exercise

tion aml
and out). ri

iag it. Na would Ilhesufore a. repeating, that he
thence derived consolation and hope, and with pressing on
them the necessity of calling and of persevering in the call
I°._! I
_..rellaCtiou of ate isiatios, which woutd•odserwilis 04;
'"ce TheilL—[rhe Noble Lord them retired amidst the hearty
cheers of lbw meeslig.] •
Mr. LECCH then stepped forward sad said, he wished to
offer • few observations to the aneetiag upon the desire
which had been expressed that they should confine thcmselres
strictly to the matter of the Requitation. Before that Re-
Sheriff,

restored....
persons who bad rudearoured to that constdut 1111 l al
right of publicly meeting to express their opinions tli•t tiny,
Ite looped they would hear what he Isollswesry 11111111Wft tO lank
iriel Alien from Mr. Leech. • that.Gentletnim could not hare
expected the qoestion of Reform to he di/trussed or put to
tho vote that day, brcsitse, as be bed biattertf ha re-
fitted ttioigit the Requisition eoieiy oil account of the amnia-
oleo of tobjeet. Fur Ma own pert, be (Mr. M.) ugrrcti.
with the High Sbrriff, and had ratbrr.,l44e bis right hind
than Warr may Resolution to be pit to nre injury of
whoa* '• be bad ' $o ,adrocate.—

quo ...au was banded to the .... ...ire, when it inn sect round to those - - - ".detest° -
tie was es much • 'rind to Mew , . , .
be sieved, it hail been sheer° to him, and be returned It
he as happy to see the county join to petitioning for it.
mitisout his signature, benne it did nut clearly point to
meeting the that
Ite.was willing to sign a. neepositstee for •
its
to Reform es a means of relief. If they did not ' ut"as".4" soh ran, end
insist upon that, they might as well rend up a blank paper
to the Minister for hint to All up with chat he pleased.- perPome to be held in
.• fortnight from that time; but
'mei:club:rib, was
ofill.ttheinueillisiwnind
bellonild onTlyheteonid,;etta tie-
(Laughter anti theirs )-He hoped and trusted that the topic feat t purpose 11.•
their meeting there was the relief of agriculture; he con-
of Reform might be brought within the scope of the Reqnisi.
jured them, therefore, to keep steadily to that great object,
lion (Chetses.)-That net forth as the object of the meeting
the consideratioa of Mee renal distress of the conntry, with
a view to petitioniog Parliament for relief. What was the
cause of that distress.? His Noble Frinid, Lord King, had atlniadt tirerosunelyiwtawyiltho.urennatineirmeitity;litin.iesitentiargseatuedseftishelmweisotroeap.ire.t
serve order and regularity iu their proceedings, and fur that
would sal be diverted into cabal sad uprose. He would out
Reform Orris* lie support the Chair. He Wiped therefore they
tiPlltiahmemeill'hiaralyitßelOna,ulsl:hlYeriehiforevia,avrta:ftbeParnriliiiiimileonliiijmerlet for 1 heir
' tonsideratioa that day.-(Lord mad general cheers.)-The deny that he hid a, great kited in what had been called Ibis
milk Pe Hiead s to e in
"Petition which bad been . prepared for their adoplinu was, as
the fund water
litiots.rtherance of that tease theobject
Teetsreedie, o*benf all' parties, by
far as he had heard, very good of Its kind; but, in his own
opinion, it was too murk of milk end water —(Laughter and leaving out every thin celeelsied to melte:party fueling.
That had appeared to his to be peel eily attainablek by
loud eheeriag.)-To such a Petition for retrenchment how
taking as the basis of the relief fur which They prayed, the
mold they expect that the Hone of Commons. or the Minis,
ten, would pay any niceties., when they (mind that they re. - reettennondatiou of the Finset Committee of Itl7. to re-
fuseddace the scale of every brands of the public expenclitilre so
to adopt the recommeodatioas of their owe Commit.
as to approximate vs nearly as possible, ruder existing eir.
tee to that effect? Any man who looked attentively to the
etnestasers, to that of Mt ; althorgh it was true thee
conduct of the House of Commons for a long series of pearl
-thaw who were un that Committee bed uniformly voted insmutted,
coalredlctloo to theie own reeomoseorlation, siliess, linked,
past most fen convinced that Parliament, use present coif.
smutted, was of so owe whatever to the eventry.-.(Clarers.)-
they affixed a meanie, to the term approximate contrite, to
He wee sorry, therefore, that his Noble Friend. Lord Rini,
the conetruclion whiek be lied been led' to put spun it, sod
hod mot moved • moieties for • Radom of Parliament.
Instead a eneing wear do, amended it to signify receding
Fur his owe part he should be extremely sorry to do any
thing which might be thought unfair, or be considered as from. The reduction of the expeoditure was the only name
from whin relief could be derived to them, be therefore re-
taking the roomy by surprise.-(Meay voices in the crowd,
commended them to adhere to din topic at present. if the*
" They meat have expected it.")-He was himself a conii-
thooght• that Reform was necessary to attain that end, the
durable latillowner ; bet so for from deriving say profit from
High Sheriff had already told them he would accept • re-.
his rents, he was • Iscer-and sure be was, that as be wee
'that the quinine for • reform meeting. He hoped and trusted
a loser, hes teasels must be so too. It was said
therefore, that they would postpone it. If they pressed
landlords throughout the country had reduced their rents to
it that day, they would, he feared, greatly injure • considerable *elect. He hoped that bad been done in all
them-
ease. ; for he was sere that all rents that bad been raised selves and the tense which they met to support, mid he
ought to be lowered at lent to lite wile of 1792. But even must further add, that it would lead to the immediate dint).
that would est have the effect of restoring the farmer to an Intl" of the n'erting.
equal mate of prosperity with that which he them enjoyed; Mr. LEECH begged to say that•the Hooonable Member
' whit spoke Int had mistated him with respect to his caper.
for not only wee core then at a higher price and lobos?'
lower, but let soy ma. who doubled on the subject Wok amiiso, that the queation of Reform world not be proposed
but for a yeomen •f the addition which had been made we, 'Ai that renting. He declined to sign the requisition be•
the amount of the taxes, rater', and chase, of every kind in as... tt did not fairly and plainly embrace Reform as one of
the mean time. To reduce three was the only method by its unwed objects. The Hotiousable Gentlemen said be was
which the prosperity of the farmer could be restored, or eves • friend of Reform, peshipe be might also think it the best
his existence sesinisined; sod that could only be rows... away ol procuring relief; bow then did it happen that he did
by Reforne.---(General eheering.)--If, therefore, it was the mot muse for it?
general opinion of the meeting that • Resolution for • Petit- The HIGH SHERIFF said Mr. Leech was out of order,
two for Reform should be put, he would move it ; bus if not, as be was now exceeding the hounds of explanation. • •
he would forbear to press the subject soy further:.-(Loud Mr. LEECH was then pruceediog to read hie Resolution,
and general cheeristg, with miugled cries of " Move I sieve! whet"-
Reform ! reform !") • Mr. TROWER and Mr. TH ELWALL both at once slept
The HIGH SHERIFF them came forward, mod silence forward to speak, the former saying, " I beg to be allowed
after some time having been obtained, said there were nosey lw speak oat word to order ; rest emered there Is • miman-
, persons present to whose °pintoes lie should un almost ali ' -"desteemedlog on this point :" but the confused watery of
occasions be happy to defer; but they mug let him tell them "Chair ! chair !-Order ! order !....Read! read!" prevented
tbat if they introduced a Itesolnlion fur • Reform in Parti..'t either from being beard for some time. At length
men, it would be • fraud upon the county.-.(A great or . Mr. TROW ER obtsioed a hearing through the interns.
ruer of disappruntioe, stud cries of " Nu, no!")-There was ' Moo of Mr. Leech, and proceeded to assure that Gentleman
out a inn of them, he was sure, who would not accede to that he was 'mistaken to so pposiug that he could haven eight
the old sayiug, "fair play is a jewel;" but to introduce • to move the Resolution, it having bees over-rated by the
Resolution which was nut to be expected from the purport High Sheriff.
of the Requisition, would be •n act of injustice-it would Mr. THELWALL theta proceeded to conked that the
be • wrung done to every freeholder of the ruunty who was mull" Ca' quite regular. They had melt° consider of the
not preeeot...-(Voices from she crowd, " They might have distress of agriculture with a view to relief. The proper
been here if they pleased.")-Unanimity on this woolliest geode of proceeding was thelefore to discuss the causes of
was an object of the Ant importance, and he hoped nothing that distress, and it was particularly necessary io
would be pressed that would tend to disturb tor prevent it. this case, as so much error had been propagated, sod
Mr. CORBETT sod Mr. THELWALL both at once now much coollictiug opnaions promulgated tin the subject.
preotietedikewaseleee in attitude to speak; the former on a Mr. Malthus, for instance, said it proceeded from an entre
waggon at about ad. gun pares distant, and the litter ma I of population; Lord Liverpool, us the other hand, said that ,
fib! waggon when stood the High Sheriff and the olber Gen. it proceeded from an excess of production :so that on one
Hann who bed op‘dten. Conitierable noise and uproar hypothesis we were suffering from having toe many mouths.
viasisecssioned by the mingling of vellum' cries raised by to consume provision, aiiJ on the other from having too '
' different voices among the crowd, • ~,,, e for Mr. Gobbet', muds provision for the Sallie mouths to coassense.-(Laugh.
others fur Mr. Thelwall, and others fur the queetion of ter and enere.)-11 seemed, however, now to be pretty gene.
Reform. I rally admitted, that it was mainly owing to excessive tales
tin"; and that topic had hien repeatedly urged that day,
Mr. CORBETT continued for some minutes no address
the renting, but amid., the
(oohs" and „mot it
was without, as it appeared to him, being more specifically int,
eluded in the requisition than Reform. But in all diseases
impossible for any bet thine in his immediate vicinity to
distiugnish what he said. From the few intelligible sounds physicians would tell Skein that there were two ,amito
of causes by which they were produced; the one, a pro
of his voice which reached us, we collected that he wished to
cause, aa that of taxation in the present instanx; sod
direct the attention of the mertieg lo the circumstance of
the other a remote Cause, being in fact the noise of.tbe fur-
the studious exclusion of all mention of Parliamentary Re-
ew, obieb in the present case was parhamentery eorrup-
form from the Petition, notwilbstauding those who sup-
tine, which therefore came deed), within the scope of the
ported it pretended to he easel and 'benumbs &demotes of
Requisition.
that secure; and that he recommeuded the addition of •
Mr. lAMN DES said, none of the county meetings had
clause, praying fora Reform of Parliament, by way of rider
to the Petition.
The tumult abating, Me. TOWNSH END stood fur• touched upon the excessive rents, which, lie contentleJ,
were the mats cause of the distress of the landholders.-
ward and said, he was as anxious as any man could I (Crucial dissppiobation, and a voice flow the crowd,
be for unanimity open that uen4iou, lost be @humid feel " Have you bee. "al" on the taxes all your life?")
that he did out do his duty if be did not tell them that the Mr G. Bennett was about to address the meeting, but was
meeting of that day would be a Mete nullity miles* its roe. I interrupted by Mr. Lowndes, who persisted, in spite of the
sideraisous embraced the must {mine' tent gentler' of a Re. i denial of soy beefing in his address, for some minutes, after
form in Parlianient -( Loud and genital cheering.)-He was
w h
sat prepared with a Revolution on that topic, lief had lie . ieh
Mr. G. BENNETT said, OM he felt himself placed is
slimed the Requisition for that meeting; fur, bring but i a very embarrassed situation. The first word in his sped*
btu T hediswireau stsee edt
siewly risen from • sick bed when it was preeeitiell to bin fur would, if be were to consult his own feelioge, he " Reform!"
Argonne, he did nut think it would he proper tar becoming -the last sword would
it mn to sign a Requisition fur a meeting *hien ii was pin- r. Aunt on Parharneut wasalo be " Reirurul
thes causeofal
' !"
their
mt oi: dloatinht o. pp Heor iu had y 80(1ns:rep.
babe he should nut be able tualteud. Of the Petitiou which this was the source from which flowed all their oppressima.
they had henrd read, he knew no e than they did, except •On that subject thererr;he had ti r lust
could
that lie lied read tt over once in the room joist previous ben a Reformer;
Me the meeting. They wou:it, hosieeer, reine,,,bret that it porting Reform by his vole; he never would, while he had
only echoed the Report of the Agricultural Coel sss S l lee of the life, lose an opportunity of supporting it by his non,.
House of Commons, and milled the House to lobe the topics there or elsewhere. Bait brie wes his difficulty ; that
which it recited into attious eunaideration. What would
the Homo tell Own when the Petition tut there? This :en: mjiisgobtineniudistinheof pirteseisiit.the litiel'uliidsitioniolt; Ifhoelloßwefotrt
mit,iirroti.._ld 7,,e're• S4illiiltrireboswlreedadywoitiloniekroini2oseardtoestoheilutiugnoh
abeedai":lesiulhne
teheeiergiluewsieiroei sewrotoulcinglte incanfaiveodu;r,
itthastigollist
Sheriff; but if Mr. Leech, whom he knew to be a nem, be lust; the Reformer. had nu notice of what was to be
honest, and riidepeeideet men, thought proper to withdraw doom; the subjrct was out in the Req. • • 'an, though it
his
resolution fur a Beni., it
was
well; if be ab,.oeb, should have been had he had the preteen's{ of it. Now only
otherwise, he (Mr.T.) was ready to snood it, soil to follow I let the meeting observe the dilemma : the She, iff was bound
it up by every exertion iii his power.-(Gnat epphiner.)--
He would nut detaiu them soy loupe, fur long speeches by the six Acts-those blessed Acts-(a voice from the crowd,
" Holme Sumner assisted in making them")-the fruits of an
were In his opinion bail things at all time., but he would I enrefotmed House of Commons--those Acts skid' would
wait to hear what his li lend Mr Lerch wield say. I never have passed bad nut the ilolleCut C mons loco mire.
Lund cries were now raised fur %Ir. Larch and Reform : formed; by those Acts the Shelia was bound not to admit say
that gentlemen stood barren' and addressed some words, I subject to discussion nut comprised iu the original Requin.
which the spoon prevented us from beariug, to two. That he believed to lee the law of the ease. Suppos.
The HIGH SHERIFF, when calm being once more re- ing it to be so, the Sheriff had then • controlling power in
stored, the latter said," It is impossible for me to commit an his bands. He might dissolve the meetsug. He might say
act of such gross injustice to the shunt freeholders.-(Greet to them, " Go about your business," sod there would is 1
disapprobation) -I will suffer my right hand to be cut off effect be oo meeting at all. Well, supposing he did so, Its
before I will put that orsoliation."-(Great cries of disappro. (Mr. G. liesinti) had a remedy to propose. They might
Initioni•nd Isisses.)-If the meesiug were so desirous of has.
Sisal gptipia thesellgeeinthieilitssushidirerurnieffnonivi:rd. e
decline
stud,tchoisu al
di Lt. Iriii
1.1 ,
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si
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hhttro theol. oetuSil
.d 1 :
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cp
rr dr.:
ing the question of Reform discussed at • county meeting, if
a requisitios respectably and numerously signed fir a MK to
county MeSllng for that purpose were prescut.d to hum, lio collect in the room of the tavern, and the power of the
would give it his hest cresiderstiou.-(Criee of " Now! Meet iff over them would 'hen he at an end. They ,
now! directly!")-Not now, but at a future opportunity, I might there call • chairmen and put their Reform AG.
wheniti:: conceived t: absentspeii..r
.fitd
ifts.o.:
lc:
ihpeo.
:I:l:arts:min
I.,i)golift thehave
im .i properorily notice.-.-(e: 1 "lull", •:41 he would be one of the lien to sig.
segoodini.es Bat
ut tolablieiimpri:eseer,giiiie.idiemsteruhbetiencgt
onfoiniiihjelomope!ruh.iltuyg..theHHeetxtrbem: Mr. LEECH, when the tumult bad again subsided, said,
was generally requited to reduce his establishment ; he smut
jag that the Resolution should nut be pet, he. should nut he. , ewaedwere
isondtitetiessoeci; sasnitdyetifoutihaescolutsepastyrehtirseilerternetx.pelf a Oro
slate to withdrew it ; but be did not know how he could
give up his carriage sad go a horseback or walk--he wine ,
dshorto :
ssarilmues"stiougnbateiwi. :
tdbiessougiash lithisa•ett
wait:
wts,ersynidi,kei f
inneesodivweneterd,:daressit 0.0 IH.tertirself t. hi; '
ll:iol'istuildsirsiSWp shouldpl
' r b eo proposition
s:7.witt:Hnetioihalrhtr.eseefHisiretnroproposed that a Retinal!. i
to mill a fresh sneettis, then. There was • preeeden fur ; last reeoUree, perhaps, would be to go mil of theetiontry,
would that he had. Before he wouid ever lister' to ape iijoAt
such • coarse of proceeding, and it seemed to be the Golly
ii
way to reconcile the dillies'', which bad frees raised with . " vsulativa of the fonder though he had no eto there,
the connived motion
colfzelorisy.
Mr. LOWNJ)FJ ant, . air. "hair, I hilm, yes . he 'mkt% faith with the public creditor, Itic would
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