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t't a alamallir be sippeterei to have loteibied that it shout)
rant. *broad unchecked beetle saletsry restraints of t►e
H The eitessnee, however, odopted by Le►d Hastings, was
merely to remove the previews censorship, by which the pith.
ikations were lirst inspected by the Chief &creamy, to which
restraint (be it remembered) Europeans aloe* were subject.
The individual, Mr. Buckingham, with who I aal not ac•
qualoted, is said to leave infringed t►is law, and proceedings,
understand, hare been iiisiiinted against him, ii. result of
whit* Is not known, and therefore should nut be souk the
subjeci of discussion here: s And se ninth for Buckingham.'
" With respect so she Hem. Proprietor opPooeter though
the strength of his argument may Dot regssiie as answer, the
strength of leis Inet• is enteiled to respect; and I shall only
congratulate him upon possessiot too Veal desld.rala en
oratory. He is always sure of being well heard, sad of
affording einesessenf to his endless,. 1 give my most on-
linahlied veer for the Reseiniteus, as proposed by soy Hun.
*ad brimmed Fresud."

IRISH DISTRESS.

M C Li'l NG AT LLOYD'S.

In purssianee of a Requisition, signal by several of the
Robscribers to these Rooter, and toldesantid to the Committee
appointed for the filasassonent of the Foods, Ste. of Lloyd's,
• Malin of Underwriters. Alerehasts' tie. was eouvested
at torelse o'ehteli es Weiluisday iu theSsioseriptios Room.
At the immolated hour

Mr. 4A It RYA TT, M.P. look the Chair, and briefly stated
that the object of the dieedog Sail to couside.r of the sum
peeper to be arlemeced Itrailirf the feeds sow "airier for she
relief of she di/tressed Irish The Hoe. Gentleman Owe re-
eapitelated the subs sore of • former speech delivered by him
some few years since, in which the Necessity tdapplylog their
feeds to purposes strictly eemaraterelal was Maimed upon.
The Requtsitere having been read by Mr. J. Ileoeets, juts.
the Secretary to the Committee—
Mr. MA HRYATT addressed the eneelist, and explained
the principle upon which former votes of that body (the
subscribers to IJoyd'e) had proceeded. He aioderstood that
Ike sem intended to be proposed was not very large, but it
was rather to the principle upon which they were to give,
thee to the amount to be given, that the meeting were is
look. They would all remember she distresses of the poorer
chews of this country, sri-lug principally frost the high
price of breed, is 10011; and though In all cases, perhaps,
the relief of she poor lows was not deemed adequate to the
relief of she distresses of the poor, yet In that onetime, they
certainly were liberally relieved. It was not wormer, thee
he should stale the various votes of mosey to which the sub-
scribers to Lloyd's at marines periods had agreed, whenever
suitable objects of their Sii_tuney had been presented to their
atteution. It was sollicieut to say, they were all distils.
(wished by the same character of sessisificeser; and,
indeed, the present call upon their fend was so "mall,
In "mount, compared with Ors magaitode of those which
had hero routed on other occasions, that if that were the
only point for the coesidevation of the Gesitlessew memo,
scarcely any difficulty could eitist•pue thesubject.—(Hear.)—
The sees they bad already voted were show. iehoute, com-
pared with Ihe present claim apse thee..—(Near, heor.)-et
He would wish gentlemen to consider what immense ow-
titter they had made during the last yeas, of the late war;
what filmed advances had here nude out of thetas& of that
house fur the alleviating of their Maim-sees, who had bees
she principal sufferers is the war. It was impoasible to
overlook either the samest of salesetiptioste which was nut
less than 60,0001.—(hear, hear)o—ut the admirable effect
with which they had been attended.. At • lime whets tin
Dation from oat end of it to the other was mimic struck at
the duration and the sacrifice, of • protracted war, they
hod had the effect of restoring public credit, and of re-es-
Mblllsisieg the coolldettee of the empire is she rismoreee of
her commercial clams; and this was an admirable effect
reduced by Ike noble doitations given from their funds.
Set if, diverting the applications of those funds fruns their
wishes, davtinatios, the subectlbers to Lloyd's attempted to
give their aid to every subscription of this kind, however
stoetteeptiossable its nature mega be, suit means would he.
come so limited and minute, test it would be impossible foe
their contributions to retain their former noble and notoilli-
cent character. To do so, they n ust strictly eonikue them-
selves to the originally proposed application of their fonds.
As the some time every man must naturally feel for the dis-
tresses of his Irish fellow subjects; sun doubt every gee-
emote who heard him would feel equally ready to give
his own individual aid, as he bad tell to contribute to
the relief of the Remise, the German, and the Spanish
sufferers, daring the late war. The Committee thought
it highly important to observe, that upon all these se-
veral occasions the great parties of relief to be afforded
had hers left to depend et' the individual !liberality of the
subscribers to Lloyd's. It was proper to Mite, that this
requisition was signed by very ft w subscribers; and as mat-
see of secondary cuesidcration, be (Mr. Marry's') might be
allowed to urge, that the trustees were boned, in justice to
themselves as well as to the subscribers, to proven against
asy implowident appropriation of the funds ; since, is the
event of these becoming rxhausted, and of say change 'skis"(
place is the original iestitetion of the subeenplioss and Ned,
the four trusters, of whom be had Ilse bosoms we being one,
must be responsible for rest, taxes, and all ether iseidental
charges. The Hon. Geodesist" thee went on to allude so Ike
raw of the sufferers at Newfoundland; a reps'ss elation had
bees gives is as their behalf, sod a strong claim, wedged,
was made sot; they wereseferers by a cusißagratties, which
had consumed • large property, that from situation, distance,
and other circumstances, it wee isext to impossible to replace.
Their ease woe submitted by certain gentlemen so the Cum.
mine', and Inc (Mr. Morgan) ass sorry to say, that Was of
a list of two thousand subscriber* so Lloyd's, the names of
three only were lidded to the reprercutatiost. He tees-
Honed this circumstance only for the sake of showing with
what different feelings grolleaseu nere disposed to grant
subscriptions set of toe enteral fund, to 'hoer with which
they were ready to paws them out of their own pockets. He
had no doubt that every gentleats• oho felt interested is the
fate of Ireland would contribute frum his own eumus he her
relief ; bet he felt assured that un the principlia he had al-
ready slated, all meat toe that is was nut proper to call ape
on the fends of the Mese to cootribute such seller. He be.
lieved it remained fur him uuw wily to proper*e the resolu-
tion which was meant to be submitted.
ROBERT DEWAR, Esq., then addressed the meeting.
He begged leave in the brat place, to make u siagk observe-
lieo lleatemet of Sae Chairman's speech us 'Hoch he hat!
alluded to she small bomber of oubscrilicis who had aimed
the requisition for the couveniug of this meeting. 'llse fart
was, that tic number of these oesittemen she had offered
to subscribe it amounted to more lime 100.—(Hear, hear)
—Rut, as the aurateoty of the case 11a+ (eh to be mist press-
ing, and et was cessidered that the earlier the meeestes could
be convened the biller, it was thought desirable to send
in the nosisition, es it now stood, without ',alto.' fur
farther Messier's. As to the ease %Inch the Hon. Chairman
had thought!proper to punt, with respect to the distresses of
the English pour in 1800, there was this tery nilitettal dif-
ference bet were it and • case like the present its he observed at
all times—he (Mr. Dewar) meant the 41.tf. trace arising from
she relief which war extended is, the ose reunify by the poor
laws. He decidedly affirmed, that leeelty us man could
starve in this kingdom.—(Hear, bear.)-Isere was no over-
seer in England who dated to refuse she pauper that bleed
which the poor's ratis furnished him ulth the suttees of pro.
riding ; and whatever differences of opinion usteht subsist as
lathe Its, there could be little duo bt but that she provision
was amply sufficient to slippier, the poor. The Chairman hail
admitted that Ore ease of Ireland was very different from
this ; and so it was ; btearse, iv Ireland, there wire uu poor
laws—there were no mean. of administering pie.
sent relief, • iiile the rich props-triers roil these from whites
support might hi expected *row mostly •!..seuti es. With
regard to the come attiestifettudlood, that was a care of din.
trees arising frees • fire, which, however calamitous it was
in its consequesces to the isihrbisauts they Purity had pos..
reseed the means of guardieg agairst : they might have
secured their property by tusitiance.,—(llear )—There tumid
be no difficulty its doing this: fur. God knew, insurance
companies or amociatiotis abounded all over the commercial
mood. In the peeaeut came use the contrary, no such pro-
tection could be resorted to, nor was any such liability to be
coutemplaiid. No less than 800,000 peeple wire at sins
moment starving in Ireland—(heat)—and a hat uas the tilAbe