The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-28 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL EGI4TERR

He might have reason for his present coyness; his domestic
cc roomy might not yet have reached its full maturity.—
Suspensions of the II altetis Corpus net, circular letters from
Secretaries of State, having all the force and authorities of
laws, Government supported by spies and info' mers, stated
in IStlB, by u committee of his own selecting, to have been
the instigators of the crimes a hick they themitives detected,
augmentations of the forces in time of pence. wholesale
enact meats of laws to restrict the liberty of the subject.
denials of justice as at the inquest at Oldham, perversions of
it as exhibited in a recent ease, rejections of the petitions of
starving millions, calumnious denunciations of liberal opi-
nions assetlitious and atheistical—these, all these measures
united, have been unable to put down the force of
public opinion in England. But unless public opinion were
entirely put down, what British Minister, who valued his
head, would avow any participation in the execrable tratic
which is now making of the liberties of Europe ? Where,
however, was the disclaimer of such participation by the
British Government, whir h, suspected as it is by all the
nations of the C inert, its I ttttt our, no less than its interest
demands I It as as as little to At foand at the mast head of
the Vengour as it was in the Cabinet of St. James's, when it
refused to reeoi:suise the Ambassador sent over to England by
the new Neapolitan Government. Ile could lint foretell the
result of the contest in which that Government was E4lOll
cuing to he engneed ; but he devoutly prayed that the light-
tt itt of Heaven might blast those who were the first ogres-
airs against it, and humble in the dust power a prostituted.
(Loud e heers.)l le could not help reins'kin. 111 I lit as that one
of the most bi liking and gratifying features of the late revo-
lutions in Spain, Portugal, and Naples was, that they did
not 111 Male in any wild absorb disorganizing philosophy—
that they did not aim at ilie uvertli-ow of social order, but
that they son.;itt to establish it 011 the sure basis of national
peace:lntl tranquillity. They had therefore been conducted
throughout with a numeration and an attention to their first
of which was perfelly surprising; and there would coil-
,equently be no nem ional grounds for jealousy or suspicion
regardilig them Would that he could say us much fur those
who acted im the other side ! the supporters of w hat it
has now Isar flothionaltle to call the monarchical prin-
i.jile, nil the old :thsued and exploded pretensions of Kings
have been revived in full vigour! He could not 'method 10
say how fur the flying ultra loyalists, or royalists, be did not
know %/Well it/ call then., of this couutry recognised those
princlples it hut this lie knew—that if such donstriues had been
considered correct in the year 1688, this country would have
been placed under the ban and interdict of all Europe. The
worthy Gentleman proceeded to censure, in a style of ex-
ulted eloquence, lorce,and elegance, the villanous conspi-
racy Ft:Z/1111Si her Nlajesty, Had concluded by declarin;, that
there a-mid be 110 1101/e for time country until an entire recon-
ciliation had tusk, o plaee between thin higher and the lower
orders of society. He was of opinion that tit the present
moonlit the latter a hiked 141 be guided by the aristocracy of
the country, t heir natural lead, m.. Circumstances hail alien-
ated them ; but the (vents of the last three years, by pro-
(hieing n common sympathy, hail caused them wain to up-
. proximate. He hail //Cell % its delight the aristocracy biAlifl
forward to support the people in melt a cause, what right
had they to expect that they could control them when they
were, or appeared to lie, in the wrongl Ile did not know
that he alsould say a word more to them, except to remind
them thas it was now obvious that a radical change, and
nothing less, can or ought to satisfy lltis Itilig Mr' tated nation.
lie knew that smiler the doctrine of animal Parliaments and
universal age wild and extravagant tuitions hail been
broached ; hut they had lint 11,..en so until moderate demand.
hail met with a denial y ear lifter year. H. firmly believed
float though there might he desperate itien—aud thole were
always such in every State—who wished for confusion, the
great mass of the people only desired as hat was just and
rational; and that if they were met by conciliatory inea-
6111Ts, they would be satisfied with such au infusion of new
vivnit Mai the noose of Commons as would tender it what
they used and ought to find—a sufficient check upon mal-ad.
ministration. The lion. Member, after thanking them for
the patient attention which they had given him, sat down
amid the loudest cheers.

Several other patriotic toasts were then given, among
which were " Earl Grey, and our friends throughout Eng-
land oho adhere to the principles of Mr. Fox." " The in-
dependence of Ipswich, and Mr. Leonard," fur which Mr.
Leona, d returned thanks in a speech of considerable length
and ingenuity. " The Liberty of the Press." " The Duke
of lirJ urd. " The Earl of Itosslyo, and the gentlemen
who lately met at Eiliolnirgh to commemorate the principles
of Mr. Fox." " The Yeomanry of the county, uud success
to them." The Stewards," &c.
The Earl of Albemarle did not quit the chair till half past
ten o'clock, before which time very few of the .party had
dispersed.

We cannot conclude this account without expressing
our regret that the Committee have not made an arrange-
ment for the greater accommodation of those who wish
always to intend this dinner—the latter end of the week
must be inconvenient to many—and as neither Saturday
nor Sunday are possible days for such a purpose, a close
and uniform adkerence to the liditqloy is impossible.
Now if it were fixed regularly for the third Monday in
January, all the inconveniences attending a chatige of
the week-day would be done away. We respectfully
beg to call the attention of those with whom the ;111.41185-111C1116
111C1116 rest to these observations.

A match for 50 guineas a side has hecn made by
a gentleman, who has engaged himself to walk 18
miles in three hours and eight minutes, within 20
miles of London, on or before the Ist of April.
Tire Anstir.—On Monday last (the 22d inst.) a
corporal and private of each of the cavalry regiments,
except the 12th, at present stationed in Ireland,
passed through Liverpool on their way to London,
to learn new exercises, which arc to be taught the
different corps there.
A duel was ibught early on Wednesday morning
on Hounslow Heath, between Major 1) and Mr.
14—, a gentleman of fortune, in consequence of
a dispute at a room in Bond-street on the preceding
day. ltilinmation was given to the Police, but not
until after the mischief was done. The Major was
badly wounded in the shoulder. but as we under-
stand, the ball was extracted upon the ground, and
:he Major came to London.