The National Register.
London, England, 1821-06-10 00:00:00

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and Bragge Bathurst President of the Baud' of
Controul.—A radical change of men and measures,
by which alone, we feel convinced, the present dis-
tresses can be relieved, we should hail with un-
feigned joy—..such a change as that which is stated
to have taken place is at most—immaterial—the flies
that are already filled to repletion, are less likely to
bite severely than those by which they may be
succeeded.
One of the least creditable grants of the Session,
" not to speak it profanely," passed the House of
Commons on Friday night last—it was not only for
giving the Duke of Clarence 60001. per year andi-
tion to his income, but for granting him 18,0001.
from the impoverished Ways and Means of the
eiuntry, under colour of arrears of the grant which
which was offered to him in 1818, but which, like a
petulent school-boy, he refused, because the House
of Commons did not chuse to waste the public
money by doubling the grant. How his Royal
Highness could allow such a request to be made in
his name, we know not ; but we believe he is the
only member ofthe family that would have allowed it.

We call the particular attention of our readers to
a statement we publish to-day of the villanous means
taken by the CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY, to draw
into offence, an upright, honest, and industrious
man—no comment on such conduct can be needed.
The young man alluded to has been instigated to
make an affidavit contradictory of this statement,
to answer which Mr. King has sworn to another
affidavit, in which every assertion of Orton's is
satisfactorily denied—the one is a tradesman of long
standing and respectability—the other a boy, who is
a clerk to the " Association "--the one
appears to have deposed to truths—the other
might have lost a situation had he hesitated. Our
readers will determine which of the two deposing
parties is worthy of the most credit—one of them
must have been guilty of gross perjury.—The
having ever belonged to so infernal society will
be an indelible stain upon every man whose name
has been inscribed on the list of infamy, and we
hope those who may co Lister members of it will
meet their punishment as far as the law allows it
to fall upon them. If to conspire against the liberty
of their country be a capital crime, averse as we
have been to executions, we should certainly attend
with pleasure, to hear the dying speeches of these
disgraces to ick country.

Sr. ANDRIVIrt Hotooam—Friday morning a
most stormy 'fleeting of this Parish was held in the
body of the Church, (the Rector in the Chair) for
the purpose as the requisition set forth, of taking
into consideration the Acts of Parliament passed for
the building and enlarging of churches, as they may
affect this parish ; and also for adopting such measures
as the
parochialne. should think expedient, and on
otheraffairs. The Rector ststed the
object of the meeting, and recommended unanimity
among the parties present. Mr. Beauchamp then
rose, and proposed a series of resolutions for the
adoption of the meeting. He commented at much
length on the general utility and moral necessity
for the augmentation of the number of churches in
the parish. He then entered into a statement of
the expences of such an undertaking. He showed
that the whole expence would not exceed 20,0001.
one half of which was to be granted by a parlia-
mentary grant to the parish, and concluded by
hoping the good sense of the meeting would prevail
on this occasion. The first resolution was then put
and seconded. The sense of the meeting was about
to be taken on it, when Mr. Galloway maintained
the proceeding was entirely unnecessary ; and
clearly showed, that from the present state of the
burthens of the parish, they could not then erect a
new church. The rates were already heavy, and a
new church could not with propriety be levied.—
(Loud applause,) He concluded a very powerful
and argumentative speech by most unequivocally
opposing the resolution. The resolution was put,
and lost by a large majority. The remaining reso-
lutions were put, and met with the same fate—
At four o'clock, all the parties having been ex-
hausted, agreed to adjourn the meeting for a
fortnight. 'fhe meeting accordinely separated.—
We congratulate the parish on this triumph—the
job ot erection of a chapel of ease at Isling-
ton has cunt more money than the beautiful parish
church did.—The trustees under that act confessedly
exceeded the powers given to thcm by it—the bu-
siness altogether was so censurably conducted, as to
give umbrage to all but the participators in it, and
has produced a feeilng of animosity throughout the
pariah that will not be speedily allayed'.