The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-22 00:00:00

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No. 230.—V0L. XII.]

VoUtica LAttrospetr.

tVEIIY eye from every quarter of the country is
:EAT anxiously directed to the alymaching meeting
Parlia•;ient and with good reason, for it wi:l
be a Se. s; ooqn which we verily hclieve will
1. C..c.tellritain. If the alurm
by other atcans which
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mcasmcs to oil t:r.• c'tarar er
and destr .ms!;ta.i.in at. to
their ittk-it Ha. The. Nlinisteri .1 havy
openly deviarctl that Parliament is a.,cmhi..! to put
down Treason, Blasphemy, and Sedition. Thia
language when phlinly construed, means neither
more nor less, than that tl:c laws by which we have
hitherto been governed are to be suvended bymew
ones of greater force, and of u more despotic ten-
dency. It means, we fear, that the public voice
Mall, if they can prevent it, no more be heard from
the assembled people ; that the proud boast of our
euuntry a free Press shall exist no more, anti that
opinion itself, as far as regards poiitkal questions,
shall be annihilated to the utmost •stretch that
human policy can effect so tyrannical a purpose, viz.
that though it cannot forbid .us to sit dawn and
mourn, and Avec!) over the calamities of a faHen
country, nor to grcan under the weight of the yoke
we are domed to bear, yet that our tears shall flow

hi secret, and our groom; issue only in retirement.
This may be called the language of extravagant
party spirit or extravagant alarm, but when we look
at whet has been done of late, and from our conjec- '
tures from the symptoms, already ton manifest, of
tic future, we challenge any man to-say that then
not good reason to dread, if, as we before oh.
ii..:rved, the ministerial majorities be decidedly tri-
l-mphant, that the British Constitution is not near
its end. A censorship of the press has already been
sanctioned by the Prince Regent thr his dominions
in Hanover, and what he has consented to abroad,
his Nlinisters may, with reasonable presumption,
n-commend to his adoption at home. It is true that
much evil, as well as good, is the limit of a free and-
unfettered licence of public discussion, both on po-
litics, morals, and religion_ Hume wroteiiis beau-
tiful history us a defence of the family of the Stuarts.
Hobbes, another infidel, wrote his Leviathan to
prove the divine right of Kings, and boll'', declared
that the authority of the Prince was greater than
-the authority of the Basle, and that the command-
ment, fur instance, of " thou shalt net commit
adultery," was of no value unless the Princeshould,
by his own precept and example, forbid adultery to
hoe committed within the scope of his dominions.
Lord Bolingtulle was another profligate Tory who
equally set at defiance reason, and religion, and
conscience, by his writings and- his actions. Joland,
tile most shameless and abandoned infidel of his
age, was yet employed by Government, anti encou-
raged us a spy ; so that, considering the matter in
this point of view, we would recommend all thCse
Gentlemen, and many more whom we could men-
tion, to the grateful remembrances of Mr. Vansit tart
and Lord Sidmouth,and remind them that the blas-
phemers 4 their G d, and the enemies of faith anti
ehristianity, have been generally such tools as Go-
vernments, conducted upon certain principles, have
'been glad to find and use. If the press also is to
4,lla.nattrictcd, we would remind themoltat lies, and

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Whitehall. JAM 0.
My 1nee1...41z been 'blended thin there " are iyiniv
about throughout the . onecialy in the umisine pens
altos r number of east. which are private prepany.n
considerable pan of which were funnel, used in muchness!
ships." 1 beg leave to uill your Lordship's attention to this sub.
jects4 uni to request that you will direct the 'Weidman* of the
county ot:d.fr lone I..ort6lttr's charge. to make the nt..xiisary ins
rcipective eiguicut. and if any ganef this
rte., 0,,: :,• therein, that dory will cause imam-
; . . , •n, wait the o,neent of their oilmen. fee
uscou.. or from retioniog them to a piece
..aunty. I have the knoeur to be. &e.
11. M. Lieutenant of .—.— SI DMOUTH.

The Earl of Lauderdale is now on his way to
town from Scothad. Lord Grey leaves
next week. The Marquis of Lansdown is expected.
from Italy on the 151 n, and theEttel of koics on the
‘2oth. Mr. Tierney has been in town these lOdays.
:1s 'Earl Fitzwilliam,. accompanied by Land Mil-
ton, was on his way to meet the hounds, on the I It%
inst. in the vicinity of Oundle, he was received
the inhabitants of that town with every demonstra-
tion of respect and joy. The popala,:e took do
horses front his carriage and drew it through the
place. A similar scene presented itseil since, on his
Lordship's arrival at Peterborough.
We learn by letters received from Yorkshire, that
there-will be held in the Court-house at Leeds, a
general meeting of the merchants, manufacturers,
woolstaplers, and others, 'interested in the woollen
manufacture.,...to take this -matter into consideration,
with the view of making an application to Parlia-
ment l'or the repeal of this auo.:t impolitical tax.
The public are generally aware, that the duty im-
posed last Session on foreign wools was deprecated
at the time, as threatening much •mischicf to 'our
woollen manufactures, especially to the coarser de-
scriptions of goods, which used tube sent in con-
siderable quantities to the northern parts of the
Continent, and fur which one of the principal te-
tarns used -to be coarse wools iu the raw
These antieipatiens have-been bat too truly veriSed
by the experience of last summer and autumn, th..l
usual orders from RUSSiA fisr coarse wollcn cloths
having, In a great measure, been vritbeld. The
alarm of the It orkshire.msmutictuters hats been pro-
portioned to the ruin with which their manufacture
is threatened -by the continuance of this impolitic
tax, and they are employing such means as are with-
in their reach to awaken Ministers to the dangers
which may be anticipaitesi if the tax be not repealed.
Already it has occasioned ninch injury to the ma-
nutixturer ; and if persisted in, the mischief will
soon be placed beyond the reach of remedy, by the
establishment of Continental manufactories. to work
up the raw •material which formerly came to this
country. -
Recipe to prevent Infection frtm Feuer.—Taku
rue, sage, mint, rsemary, and lavender, fresh ga-
thered, of each a handful, rut them mall and put
them into a stone jar, pour upon the hubs a pint of
the best white wine vinegar, sever the jar close, and
let it stand eight days in the sun, or near a fire;
then strain kelt and dissolve in it an ounce of cum.
phor. This liquid sprinkled about the chamber, or
fumigated, will much revive the patient, and pre-
vent•the attendants front receiving infection.
-Propostyl Meeting is /ottskire.—A Circular is
now widely distributing in Yorkshire, signed kr
the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Thunet, Walter Fawkes,
and many others of the Nubility, Clergy, and
Magistrates, railing a Meeting to testify their
teeth for the•eharactereftbe insulted venerated Lal

We are told, that a very considerable sum of
r.old soverei,vs and rvgents, or hnlf•wwerigna Well
seised on buarda•royal yacht* lag week, by an officer
fkota .Depttiod.

in consequence dr the very manly conduct of Lent
Anson at the late meeting inStaffurtl, all the reictitht
of liberty in that county evince, we understand, a
disposition to rally shout him. •His Lordship has,
it is said, been solicited to originate a Requisition re
the Sheriff, to conetne a meeting of th county, far
which the mass of the freeholders ate pect;liar4
anxious, for these freeholders are nut to be son.
sounded with the Ministerial Party who act %turfy
at Statford. Ple freeholders of the worth of the
~aunt; ex ,preparing an address to Lord Assts.