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LEEDS REFORM MEETING'.

LED!, JULY 19.

The Meeting of the Radical Refortnets held this
dly on fitimilet Moor. has passed of very peacea-
bly_ The Barons of Ruanyasesd probably dial nut
conduct their deliberations with more order and
subrietr than has prevailed in all these assemblies.
Since the first meeting its this Riding, the lets-
guage of the speakers has abated much of its vio-
lessee, and when the deplorable situation of many of
their auditors is considered, there is more reason to
commend than to censure the temper of their pro-
ceedings.

The business of the day w;ts opened by the ap-
pointment of Mr. James Mann to the Chair. At
this time the persons present did not exceed 3,000.
but in the c..or►e of the day the tininbrre were
swelled to double that amount. The Chairman, as
II preliminary step, read the advertisement conven-
ing the Meeting. and it stated that its object was
s' to take into cousidetatiou the distressed state of
the country, and to make a solemn appeal to the
people of Great Britain, praying livens to join iu
forming a NATIONAL UNION to obtain our consti-
tutional rights; also to adopt such measures as will
give speedy relief to our starving countrymen."
Mr. THOS. MASON then came forward. and in a
temperate and argumentative speech maintained the
doctrine of mil I suffrage and annual P•dtlia-
mrnts. in opposition to the opinions that hail been
promulgated through The Leeds Mercury, of which
Paper and of its Editor he spoke with ninth re-
spect. It had, hr said, been asserted by stone, that
the reformers of the present day were restless and
aspiring charactees, aid would be legislators; but
this was neither their character nor their wish ; their
intention was to induce their legislators to redress
their wrongs. and when that war accomplished, th:•y
would that moment sink buds again Into their na.
rive üb,curity. It hail been mild that by their
Union they meant to collect and organize a PHYSI-
CAL FORCE ; but this was aka filar. Hitherto
their Petit had been disregarded, and all that
they wished by the Union was to give to those Pe-
tit')))) such a weight and influence, as would secure
to them more success in future. This was not ID
lie effected without great exertions. They should
recollect the fable of the waggouvr who spillied to

Mr. KNIGHT, of Manchester, who paid, that he
hal enjoyed the advantage of a prison education,
havin4 been shut up in Reading gaol under the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. Here he
studied the borough system, and he had found
that all the political evils under which the nation at
present laboured, was owing to an oligarchy by
which the people were oppressed and ruined. To
this source he traced the Corn Laws, the Combina-
tion Act, and the Wool Bill, and declaimed in a
strain of soul-stirring asperity against thole measures.
Mr. WILLAN, of Dewsbury, with peculiar ani-
mation, deprecated the conduct of the Trustees of
the Coloured-cloth Hall, at Leeds, for denying to
the Reformers the use of their Court, for the pur-
pose of holding the present Meeting.—He was suc-
ceeded by
Mr. BRATIIIIAW, of Yeadon, who animadverted
with much severity upon one of the Leeds News.
papers, which hail misrepresented his language at a
former meeting, and put words into his mouth
about the despotism and strength of the military
force of the country, which lie had never used,
and the object of which could only be to raise un-
founded alarms.

The Resolutions having been carried pretty nearly
unanimously, the APPEAL TO THE NATION fol-
lowed, and was passed without opposition. lii sen-
timent, it was similar to those passed at the Reform
Meetings in. Lancashire, and the language was
equally glowing.
At the close of the Meeting, thanks were voted
to Major Cartwright, Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Hunt, Sir
Charles Wo'Arley, Mr. Wooler, and Mr. Sherwin ;
and a vote of thanks was also given to Mr. John-
son, of Manchester, who had at the Stockport
Meeting so ably refuted the sentiments of the Editor
of The Leeds Mercury. and established, in opposi-
tion to that Gentleman's opinion, the doctrine of
universal suffrage and minim! Parliaments. This
implied censure was followed by a vote of thanks
to Mr. Baines, the Editor of the Paper in question,
for the service he had rendered to •the country, and
the number of lives lie lead saved iu the year 1817,
by exploding the spy system.
After thanks had been voted to the Chairman,
and to Mr. Titton and Mr. Knight, the Meeting
dissolved about four o'clock, and every man return-
ed to his home in peace, except a few of the lead-
ers, who dined together at one of the inns in the
town, and spent the evening with great hilarity.
It appears that the report of certain deputies from
Leeds takin,,is the mail to attend the Smithfield
Meeting in London on Wednesday (yesterday), was
entirely groundless, and is only a part of a system
which seems to have been formed by the alarmists
to give to these Meetings a more formidable cha-
racter than belongs to them. The numbers on this
OCCASSIOII were much fewer than at the former Meet-
ings. This was owing to two causes : on the for-
mer occasions the Meetings were held in the even-
ing, after the business of the day was over ; but
this Meeting was called at mid-day, and it appears
that some of the proprietors of factories had laid so
strict au interdict upon their men against attending,
as to threaten them with the loss of their work if
they did not return from dinner at one o'clock.

At this moment (nine o'clock at night), the
bugle is blowing for the soldiers to repair to their
quarters as usual, but we have had no display cf
either the civil or tnilitary power during the day ;
and it is probably owing to this cruse, combined
with the wise and conciliating conduct of our Chief
Magistrate, that the public tranquillity has been so
completely preserved,

NOTTINGHAM REFORM MEETING.

NOTTINGHAM. MONDAY EVENING,
JULY 19.

The public Nlretiog which was announced to
take place in the Market-place here this afternoon,
and which had caused some degree of apprehension
in the minds of the well-tneaning inhabitants, has
happily passed over very quietly. The number of
people collected on the occasion fell infinitely short
of what had been calculated upon, considering the

pail's that bad heen takeu to draw them tiozetht
Not more than 4 or 5 nth) were at any one
time iloilog the afternoon; and thie%e a comm.
del aide 'mintier were merely
Oil the persons sheaing thent.tives who had
undertaken to conduct the busisiess of the day.
the utmost tiqutaisliment Permed to pervade the
multitude : not any Gentleman of character Of in-
Genet was to be seen amongst them ; but. on the
contrary, several who were notorious, either on
account of their political principles, or their pri•
sato conduct, and all of them men of an ob‘cure
-auk in society. 'File whole group consisted of wily
tight or 'sine individuals, who took their stations
upon a table in the Swine-market, to address those
who surrounded
The business commenced by Mr. Flllll4lllO
being called to the Chair, who read over a slialsof
of papers, reignite to the measures which had been
taken for convening that Alerting. A Requisition
had been addressed to the Mayor, who refused to
acquiesce in the proposal for calling a public Meet-
ing, and, in consequence, the party determined
themselves to call one. They also made applica-
tion to several of the Aldermen to attend, to see
that no infringement of the public peace took place;
and invitatimis were sent to the several :Ululates's as
well of the Established Church, as of the various
denominations of Dissenters. After these prellini.
nary proceedings had been gone through,
Mr. Stursos stepped forward, and at the con.
elusion of a short speech, then read a string of Re-
solutions, similar in substance to those passed at
Stockport, lionslet, and other places. These Rea
solutums were tifterivads put and carried by ac-
clamation. The first stated, that all men were by
nature born free, and (is the speaker expressed it)
equally indepemlent. Another licsolutiou recoan-
mended the fortnction of Union Societies in every
town and village. Another denounced the House
of Commons (es at present constituted), as cor-
rupt and profligate, unworthy of the coofidence of
the people; that the Members had fattened upon
the vitals of this once flourishing kingdom, and re.
duced it to beggary and pauperism. In another,
the IVbigs were declared to he greater enemies to
Reform than the Tories. Another recommended
the adoption of Female Societies, 0.1 the plan of
the Blackburn Female Reforming Society. The
Declaration agreed to at Oldham was also unani-
mously approved and adopted ; and, lastly, a Re.
solution was carried, passing a vote of censure on
the Mayor for refusing to call the Meeting. In
the course of the proceedings several lung and ani-
mated speeches were made.

Mr. lisitalsoN recommended the people to pro.
ceed peaceably, but firmly, and their object would
be attained, and that too at no very remote period.
In speaking of Penny Societies,_ he said they Usti
already been, and would he, of the greatest use, so
far as they were approprilted to defray the expense
of public meetings, of printing, and to defend those
highly valued patriots, who might render them-
selves liable to prosecution. In allusion to 'private
assassination, which had been talked of, lie strongly
deprecated the idea, and declared his abhorrence at
the shedding of blood : if the'tt were tyrants in
towns and villages, notice should be taken of them;
and if it shoultrpleisse Gud to put the sword of jus-
tice into the hands of the people, then they might
use it, but nut otherwise. Towards the conclu-
sion of his several harangues, he informed the
Meeting, that delegates were to be chosen, who
would a.seinble at Oldham, or elsewhere, to con-
sult upon the measures to be pursued in the .fur-
therance of the grand object of obtaining a Reform
in Parliament. In conclusion, the speakers seve-
rally voted thanks to each other, which were adopt.
ed, and between five and six o'clock the Meeting
broke up, and the people all retired peaceably to
their honors.

Every precaution had been token by the Civil
Authorities to secure the peace of the town. A
number of constables were in readiness to act, and
a part of the sth Dragoon Guards, which were on
their march, were detained to buppurt the Civil
Power, if necessary.