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London, England, 1822-06-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

gis,rates, who nailed to employ the sword against the
people, were deemed the best COIIVerS3IOrS of the public
peace; and Judges, who prinished the man and not the
crime, were rewarded writs applause—(bear, hear).—
No man had more sympathy lur the general distress, but
when it led to Reform, which was the sovereign good,
the cuntemplatiou of the result afforded consolation.
Those who oppose Reform say it is necessary that the
majority of the !loose of Cumulous should represent
themselves, or persons of influence, or the Crown ; that
if there were no rotten hotoughs, men of talent might be
excluded flom Parliament; that a house of Commons
emariatmg directly Irons the people, would lie (Do demo-
cratic tor toe existence of the monarchy and aristocracy.
'Vac friends of Reibrin say, with much better reason,
that bodies politic, like bidet Moils, will seek their 'two
good—that the people will not elect unworty representa-
tives, and that, by frequent returns of th. it ri4ht to elect,
they will have the power of rtjuctua4 those who may
prove themselves unworthy of confilince.
peel to the supposed rejection of men of to he
word,' appeal to history, And challenge any proof,
that when the people elected, whether in Amin: or
in England, they did not cooose those woo were
best qualified.—" Who," says a celeiarated writer,
could be so base as to prefer a Nero to a Seneca ?—II
men possessed Went merely they should not be elected
—without integrity talent would be mischirvons. Tom
a house of Commons elected by the people would be too
democratic was two the tact, fur the projee were loyally
and royally disposed ; and it had been truly said, that the
King of lataglawl had only to be a rqubliean io his acts
to s, cure the greatest devotion from his people. It was
fashionable for some to decry R -publics, but he could not
overlook the State of America—:here property was res-
pected—foreign consideration was 1113:1113:11ed : yet their
ministers never said that influence and a standing army
were necessary to the support of Government
hear.)—America works with our laws, our language,
and our usages; yet during two wars they ',ever suspended
their Habeas Corpus Act, nor contrutiled the (*recount of
the press. Spain is proceeding to the cause of reform,
without rapine, without even shedding the blood of the
; nor did Spain and Portugal, though their elic-
ts:es are endeavouring to kindle a Vendeau war within
tliym ; yet did their reformed Governments not resort to
the passing of an Alien Hill ; a sure proof that the feel-
ings of the people were in unison with the Government.
the (Wends of freedom had been taunted in the House of
Commons, where, it was said, the people Of England ap-
proved of the Alien Bill, because they had not petitior. ed
against it. Ile would ask the meeting, had the Attorney
General for Ireland stated the truth ? Did the people of
iiigland approve of the Alien 13,i1 t —Cries of No, no!)
—The cause of freedom was gaiiitog ground allover the
world. The independence of South America W 43 CS.
tablished and in a great degree by the gallantry of our
our counavanen, partictilai'y Lord Cochrane. (Hear,
hear, hear.—Greece might be left to :nein. ve her liberty
by her own right artm It was said, though he could
not believe it, that she was abandoned by Russia ; but
still sr.e would preserve the flame of liberty to a glorious
day, when their ellints would be cro%viatd with a con-
summation that would compensate for whole ages of
sorrow soul shaine.—((Lear, hear! )—The gallant
Chair-
man concluded by renewing his assurances of 1111:101.
11WIll to his Constituents, and declared his conviction,
that by conforming to their wishes he would best promote
the public welfare.
The health o Charles Calvert, Esq. was next given,
W Inch Was drank with respect.

Sir Roue wr then said he had a united toast to propose,
which needed no recommendation to be well received—
he regretted that one of the worthy friends he was about
to propose was absent in consequence of a pitiful though
not dangerous malady ; he then gave tile tried Inc tidy of
freedom, Sir Francis Borden and John Cain llobliouse,
Tne atmouncement of this toast, we need hardly
say, was received with enthusiastic applause.
Mr. HOBHOUSE said, he could not attribute the great
kindness with which his name was received toady other
cause than his connection with his distinguished col-
leigne. Ile was directed by hint to express his sincere
regret that he could not attend that meeting; he was
known as the friend of the people for 2.5 years, and his
alnmee required no excuse. (Hear.) Their worthy
Cnatrinan had laid a just stress on the importance of
reform in Parliament, without it no good could be ef-
fected. It was absurd to talk of any compendious means
of delivering the country from the burden of the debt,
unless the House of Couunonc were reformed, to pre-
vent it contracting another. Ile had supported every
proposal for Parliamentary Reform that was made in the
House of Commons since he had a seat there, though
some ol them were very different from each other, but he
was willing to give the people any chance of a change
fur the better. (Hear.)

The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr.
Lambton, which was drank with great applause.
Mr. LAtaireox expressed his attachment to the cause
of ilt,form—his respect for the many virtues of S,r It.
Vii on and his independent constduems, in a speech
which was heard with great delight, and which we
regret our limits will not allow us to give.
Mr. ‘Vhithread's health was next drank.—The toast
and Mr. Whitbread's speech followed, were received
with immense applause.
Several other toasts were then drank, and the company
did nut separate till a late hour.

A meeting of tradesman of Lincoln was lately
held, when it was resolved to petition the House of
Commons to lay some further restriction on hawkers,
and persons who hire rooms for the sale of goods for
a short time only.
On the 10th instant, the Ring of Denmark, was
invested with the Order of the Garter, by Jr.
Foster, the British minister at Copenhagen, and Sir
George Naylor,

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FROM LAST IVIG117"S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTS.
T. Bedson and R. Bishop, Aston, near Birmingham, brave
founders. Solicitor, Mr. Edmunds, Lincoln's Inn.
J. Lidster, jun. Stockport, Cheshire, money scrivener. Sol.
Mr. Back, Temple.
G. Bell. Brampton, Cumberland, grocer. Sols. Messrs. 11‘11
and Co. Bow Churchyard.
J. Harland, Tottenham Court Road, haberdasher. Sul. Mr.
Smith, Basinghalt Street.
1.. Nathan, Villiers Street, Strand, pen and quill manufac—
turer. Sol. Mr. Isaacs, Mansell Street, Goodman a Fields.
M. Westron, Wellington, Somerset, draper. Sole. Messrs.
Manic and Co. Old Jewry.
J. Cross, Halewood, Lancashire. brewer. Sols. Mean. Ad-
lington and Cu. Bellthrd Row.
J. Gay!card, New Band Street, habit maker. Sal. Mr. Buil,
Hollis Street, Cavendish Square.
W. Todd and F. W. Courthope, l.angbourn Chamber.,
Fcnchurch Street, timber int.-chants. Sub. Messrs. HoclgAni
and Co. St. Mildred*: Coati, Poultry.
E. Harris, Cowbell Buildings, broker. Sol. Mr. Hartley,
New Bridge Street.
DIVIDENDS.

July 16, W. Chafer, Kingston upon Hull, grocer—w.l‘.
Burton, Wolverhampton, gro.:er-13, T. and T. Johnson,
Lowestoft, Suffolk, shipwrights-20, It. Dye, Peckham, Surrey,
wheelwright-27, G. Upton, Queen street, Cheapside, oil and
colour merchant-19, W. Greenhouse, Ludlow. Salop, tanner-
-15, W. Roscoe, J. Clarke, and W. S. Roscoe. Liverpool, bank,rl
—lB, J. Keyes, jun. Wanstord, York, carpet manufacturer—ls.
J. Waddington. Heading, 'Saks, boot and shoemaker-2, T. and
E. S. Foster, Yalding, Kent, malts:yrs-13, 'l'. F. amid. Boyt.s.
Kingston upon Hull, sugar bakers-2, W. Vv ilson, Shadwe.l,
master mariner-13. W. Purkis, Portsmouth, cabinet maker-
9, J. H. Tucker, Jermyn Street, chymist-13. T. Sackett. Ber-
mondsey Wall, shipwright-2, W. Elgar. Maidstone, grocer_
2, S. P. Seager, Maidstone, dealer -6, A. Anderson, Salscr's
Hall Court, Cannot, Street, merchant-13, W. Eames, Hay-
market, horse dealer-13, J. Passmore, Farnham, Surrey, linen
draper-13, J. French. Coventry, riband manufacturer—ii, T.
H. Itudkin. Charlotte Street, Islington, maltster--June 2,4, J.
F. and J. Dubois, Alderman's Walk, merchants.

(7EII FICATES to be granted July 13.
J. E. Collins, Wood Street, Cheapbide, cloth tactor—T. Nye,
Dockhead, Surrey, oilman—J. San tens. Coventry, auctioneer—
R. Stephenson and N. Hart, Seulcoates, York, merchants—T.
H. Hudkin, Charlotte Street, Islington, maltster—J. Driver,
Bristol, upholsterer—J. Hawkesley, Birmingham, merchant.

COURSE OF EXC
Amsterdam, 12 0 C.F.
Ditto, at sight, 12
Rotterdam, 12 10
Antwerp, 12 5
Ilansburgh, ST 10
Altona, ST 11
Paris, Liars' sight, 25 60
Ditto, 45 00
Itioirdeanz, 45 93
Frankfm t on the Maine,ls7
l'etershiirgh, 9 3 U.
Vienna, Ef. Flo. 10 10
Trieste, Et. Flu. 10 11
Madrid, 101—Cadiz,
Bilboa,l6—Bureelinia, 34

PRICE U.
Rank Stork 212
3 per Cent. Red. 804
i per Cent.Con,ols
31 per Cent. IA
4 per Cent. 07f
New Fours, 95
Lung Amt. Ytfi

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lon Don :
SVNDAY, JUNE 23.

The Bill by which the Catholic Peers would have
been restored to their birthright, by having their
seats in the House of Lords, was on Friday night
thrown out of that House, on its second re..ding, by
majority of 4.2—the numbers being in favour o!' the
bill, 9O against it, 132. We had hoped that the
narrow spirit of intolerance had subsided—u e had
supposed that the advantages of the enlargement 01
idea, which have so amazingly benefitted the middle
and lower classes of society, within the last century,
had extended to the higher classes also—we had be-
lieved that at the present units the childish fear that
the introduction of half a dozen Catholic Peers into
the House of Lords would endanger the Protestant-
ism of our Constitution would never have been na-
turalized or promulgated in the Upper House—we
were confident that after the measure had been
carried in the House of Commons (where, without
meaning to derogate from the talent of the Lords,
the ability may be fairly considered in about the
proportion of twenty to one of that found in the
Peers) the Lords would have seen the propriety
and modesty of giving up their opinions; but, we
regret to say, our hopes, our suppositions, our belief;
and our confidence, were all disappointed the Ca-
tholics were represented by the sapient Lords as
hardly human—as men who !would sacrifice all the
finer feelings of our nature to the bigotry of their
religion—as savages who wonld sacrifice their own
offspring rather than one of their ceremonies. The
Duke of Portland introduced the second reeling in
a speech which does credit to his feelings and his