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far as they relate to-univetssl suffrage and annual
Parliaments, it is now •uonecelistry for us to ex.
press oar uttermost disapprobution of such dee
structive principles. If. however, the penjile
Leeds, without embracing notions of specOlistielt
government, which, with regard to their canoe•
gurney', threaten the ruin of our constitntiOn, '
and, in 'reference to practice, most undoubtedly
Dever existed in this or any other country in the
world—if, confining themselves to the practical
object of obtaining for their town a share in the
representation. they
.proposed to petition Parlia-
ment for that purpose. we should be among the
first to applaud their motives and promote their
exertions. Here they would have both theory and
pricke in their favour ; for the records of Parlia-
ment teach as that the borough of Leeds mice en-
joyed the,schaotsge of electing Representative', of
which it witt deprived by the controlling power of
the Crown. Thii privilege will, we trust, be re-
stored to it in the next Session of Parliament, in
pursuance of the equitable and judicious plan pro-
posed by Loral Jotter RUSSELL, of giving to
Leeds, and other large and populous towns, the
privileges which have been justly fUrfeited by the,
corruption of the electors of Grampound, Barn-
staple, Pentyn, and other rotten boroughs.
A list of Resolutions passed at the Leeds meet-
ing will he found in another port of this. Paper ;
the greater part of them differ but little from the
many Resolutions in condemnation of the present
state of the representative system in this country,
which have been adopted at other public meetings;
hut the I 2th Resolution has at least the distinction
of novelty. It suggests the appointment of certain
Fictions in every district throughout the country to
act as guardians over their respective friends and
electors, and as mediators between the people and
the KING, in forwarding Petitions and Remon-
strances to the Throne. The object- proposed by
this nomination is to secure the people from the
machinations of .jiies•on the one hand, and to rescue
them on the other " from those despicable men
who now threaten to revolutiOnize the country."
This latter charge must allude to some persons who
have appeared at the public meetings of the Radical
Reformers; we should thence couclude that the pro-
moter* of the Leeds meeting were wholly uncon-
nected, except by uniformity of sentiment with re-
gard to Parliamentary Reform, with tiny of the
other leaders in the northern counties. The ex-
pression is a singular one, and may, we think, be
received in the sense in which it was undoubtedly
Made public. namely, as a proof of honest since-
rity, however mistaken the individusls may be who
look for a Reform in the British Constitution by
the means they would recommend. •

Yesterday the inhabitants of the Ward of Far-
ringdon Without assembled in pursuance of a re-
goisition to that effect, for the purpose of taking
into their consideration the recent proceedings at
Manchester. The meeting was held in Salisbury-
square, wade• the sanction of the Alderman of the
Ward, Mr. WAITHMAN, who was' io 'tile Chair.
The Resolutions adopted by the' sueeting were
similar to those which had -been pissed by the
Ward of Cripplegate.
This day the inhabitants of the Borough of
Southwark meet for the same purpose, as will also
the inhabitants of the Ws:ft of Bishopsgate. What
the result of their deliberation may be, we shall not,
of course, anticipate; but it is by such meetings
alone that the sense of the country on the conduct
of the Magistrates and yeomanry of Manchester
can be satisfactorily collected.

We have receioed Paris Papers of Sunday last.
They are principally occupied with detailing the
proceedings of the Radical Reformers in-England;
and noticing the reaults of the elections in the se-
veral departments of France, now engaged in re-
newielg their deputations. We find that, for the
motet part, the new elections terminate in favour of
what in called the democratic party in •Frante, and
benne of the Patis Papers do not hesitate to affirm
tient the results are such as. to endanger the Mo.
unfelt!. " Every • where," 'says the Gazette de
Trance, " the democracy triumphs, and the
anirchy is sacrificed. . Another such renrairation,
and we-shall have M. BtGatoN's secret."

The French Five • per Ceuta. are 71 f.,50
Hank Actioni, 1,460 T.

We hays reeeieed German Papers of recent dates,
from which-We-it; glad to learn that measures have
at length beets adopted in some parts of Germany
punish • the ringleaders in the late cruel outrages
,oriirnitted upon the Jews, and to prevent the re-
currence of such scene's So.diigraceful to the cha.
ranter of the present age. The persecuting spirit,
however, still operates in many places, and there are
some of the public printi.of Germany that venture
in justify it. Some charges of en encroaching 'ilk-
portion in matters of trade are urged against the
Jews, lint we are not informed of their precise no-
-- nor how far they were opposed to existing
It would, howeveris• seem, either that 'to..
igions prejudices were lidded commercial. jea.
les, or that the populace .thought it necessary
ing forward some accusation, however We&
r present injury, I. give some colouring. to;
acts of violence. :• •

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