The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-26 00:00:00

Ann igglgy influence exercised at this moment in the
Hein erCetwootts which has not been exercised in a
similar manner, daring the last 400 years, both by the
Crown and the Atistocracy.--(No tio.)-11 I convitice
you that this is the fact, I think 1 may turn mood and
mat if the country has nut eit:i.tycl many privileges and
blessings during the tieriutl—(no, 1114 and laughing)—
and whether we have not to boast of many things which
must have arisen solely out of a state of good Govern-
nteut—(No, nn I)—lit the case of the borough of New.
ion also, he found that the members were nominated by
the Steward of the Lard ..f the Baruity."—t-He was aware
that such dry details were tedious, but how was he to
answer the statenseuts of his hon. friend but by facts?—
Here, then was a proof that any of the alleged abuses
existing in the House of Cummins were, at the least, of
400 years statiding.—(A persou in the crowd said " Tell
us not what it is, but what it ought to be.")—The Host.
Gentleman, after a variety of other observations in de-
fence of the existing order of things, and against reform,
in the course of which he was frequently interrupted,
was at length so loudly assailed, that notwithstanding
the repeated exertions of the High Sherd, tlr. Fawkes,
Mr. Petre. &c. he was obliged to retire from the front of
the hustings.
Lord MILTON next addressed the meeting. He was
sure, he said, that it was for the interest of them all that
they had heard the speech which had just been delivered,
as well as the speeches which had preceded it from Ilia
hon. friends the mover and secouder of the reettlinions ,
because Ile-apprehended, the main object which they
wished to attain was troth, and the attainment of truth
was impossible unless they had the means of balancing
the arg 00000 ents on one aide against the arguments which
might be urged on the other. In 1819. when Parlia-
ment were attempting the great experiment of returuing
to cash payments—au experiment of the difficulty of
which ministers, if they were fit to govern this country,
must have heed violin's:ed.—Cue choice of this period for
the imposition of three millions of fresh taxes, and the
facility with which the House of Commons agreed to
this measure, when the entitle coo .try was crying aloud
for reduet:on and retrenchment, increased simpletons.
—The memorable traftsactams at Manchester, on the
Ilith of August, arid every thing that grew nut of
those transactions--above ail, the passing of the six
acts, in the Sessioti of 1819, converted thehlion year
of his Majesty's reign, which ought to have beets
a year of jubilee, Mitt one of disgrace and discredit to
the country ; and destroyed, he would say it boldly, in
many material points, the constitution a the country.
(Applause.) The facility with which the House of
Coauthor)* lent itself to the passing of acts by which the
personal liberty of the subject was restrained, and ma-
gistrates were empowered to search for anus in the
uweltiogs of Englishmen— ..cts winch still reitia.tit.i
ourepealed, though even the pretended necessity Ito
them had ceased to exist—confirmed his suspicious.—
Last of all, he desired them to bear in mind those
transactions which, above all (others, hams excited
the feeling* of the people of England—he alluded to
the proceedings against her late Majesty. Although
those proceettiogs had never bzett dirzcity agitated in Int
House or yet a motion was wade sit the be-
ginning of the year 1821, after the rejection of the bill
of Palos awl Penalties. by Mr. J. Smith, one of the
t respectable members that House, lor the into.
ration of her Alajeaty's naitie to the Liturgy. If that
questiou had been debated in the Castle Yard, bow
many of them, he would ask. would have lined up his
hand against it?—(Cries of " not one?" a voice ex-
claimed—" Yes, one—S.l4m Wortley would have op-
posed it.)—lle would ask, whether, if such a propo-
sition nail beet. mule to mein, it would inn have been
"recited with 0.. e untverral horst of applause? What
was the case, however, its the House of Commons?-
1 here the 'notion made not the slightest impres .
The history of the world would hear I not in saying.
that a state or anarchy was iii all nines and in all coun-
tries succeeded by a s ate of tyranny. In the middle of
the 1701 cetituty, when the regnant' of the Long Par-
liamei.t declared the Kingly office useless. the House
of Peers a ituisinace, amid usurped the lunctioos of the
governmeth, these stolen,. incomes were succeeded by
the predominance of the army, and tyranny of
Cronovell. In their own times the same ellecu
ed the Sallie cases in a neighbouring country, and they
might depend 111/011 n, that if the same experiment
were repeated here they would witness the saute results.
—Fur these reasons, lie reco ttttt tended them to temper
their zeal with moderation, and out to aim at objects •
which they had not the meatus of attaining. He (Lord
M ) would do all in his puwer in furtherance of the
cause ; for lie conscientiously believed that in the present
suite of she country, no other measure could pretreat
the estaldishment of soinethitig very ilke its arbitrary
gove tttttt rut. It was impossible to establish a tyranny
more odious or more secure to the tyrant, than when the
forms of a liee constitutioit were become useless for the
purposes of freedom, waived away from their original
design, mid made the instruments of despotic power...
This was a species of tyranny which had nothing iii it
to eXCIte reststa,oCe. Ito absolute tyranuies there was at
least the hope that the people would be driven to de-
spair, but In a tyranny disguised under the forms of
liberty there was not even a desponding hope, if he
Might he allowed such an expression. For these reasons
lie had loreonte a convert to the cause of
Iteroflll. and for the other reasons he had stated to
them, lie trusted they would purme this olject with
great moderadou, but not without zeal. He believed
he had now nothing further to add, except to thank
them for Ilse great attention with which they had ha-
trued to observations which, he feared, must hate al-
ready fatigued them. The Noble Lord CMlCllltiell all
able opetch amidst the loud and enthusiastic applause
of rbe meeting.
Mt. WYVILL said, it was not his intention to have
occupied any portions of their attention, had it not been
for some of the arguments which had been used ly time
Member for Yorkshire. The Honourable Member had