The National Register.
London, England, 1819-12-13 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MEETING.

That small portion of the rabble of l.ondon, known
by the name of Radicals, met on Wednesday amour;
the sheep-pens of Smithfield, notler the presiding aus-
pices of the w II known orator. Ile spoke as usual from
that cl iISSIC:A I e 11114.-111 of radicalism, a waggon, in imi-
tation of his Cio.ek prototype Thespis, who used front
such a stige to enieitaiii the moos of old w ith a mos
huge of religious alhoions, buffoon merriment, and po-
litical invective So Nlr..flutit out Wednesday deseanted,
first, in a pathetic strain on Ile religious persectitiiiil9 of
mite Irbb then deviated into an amusing (111,
CIISSiOII nit the facilities of putting down despo:isin,
ecclesiastical, civil, and military, by abstaining f
tea, spirits, wine, porter, and tobacco , asid lastly, he
I tiatic a grand itolitteal peroration on the necessity of
exiingiiishing the itaiimial debt, by re. using to 10y it,
and on the cruelty of confining ll,maparte in a barren
ruck, when he tni.ht tio doubt be so much better elite
plop.-(1 for the two MMf mankind, rim ant/seating remit'.
lIMIN for radical reform. Like the ofil itinerant 111'4111d.
us, above referred In, Mr. as the wile performer
in time piece; for Messrs. Lewis and Walker, who uric
pr..-sent with hint, were mere adjuncts ot loon and not
of use. In describing this exhibition, we must not
forget its decorations and scenic appendages : the usual
Haas and ensign. of the cod pally '• mocked the an wills
colours idly spread ;" tltr only novelty wring one whiclt
was oral) as big as the drop-cur am a, the
Tneatre, and is hick contained the allurenstin of a
rhythmical insi.ription for stack of the spectators as the
" Gods might have made Isoetical." js the Radical*
sc .rit to do any tlntig like any body ',lse, our readers(
may be amused to see a specimen ut ta(lical metre; it
is as follows :

CRIPPI.EGATE UNION.
The Union shall live when tyrants are dead,
This Union, to firm. tilts them with dread I
This Union, so friendly, it joins hand and bean,
No dungeons nor axes this Union shall part.
The soars. wet aof toe day passe.' oh with much
iiiii our, and without the smallest disturbance,
though some ill-disposed person—perhaps that tit al per-
fumer Dr. %Valson, who at present is not engaged in
Hunt's company, an I woose geilisis seems to incline as
much to. trat..x..iy as the Orator's dues to farce—hatl
maliciously sent ainuog them a huge black Hag, with
doleful and terrific emblems,. to 111,1 r the 141,111011) (4 the
enter? ai [intent. I tint, however, hid igna ly disclaimed
any property in that tragic streamer ; and the tillicions
swud.trd•hr•rer being ordered to depart, proceeded to
disturb another assembly, where he mid his eseitdetts met
with a catastrophe council) olt to the rules both of poino-.
cal and " poetic justice."

TEA.
(FRON A. FRLNeII PAPER.)

It is now certain that the plant which produces
Tea, has been transplanted in South America, and
that its products have been sent frotn the Brazils to
France. The English carry on a most extensive
commerce with China in Teas of all qualities. This-
trade is productive of great advantages to the En-
glish Navy, immense profits to the national industry,
and valuable resources to the State. The English
annually export merchandise of the value of a
million and a half sterling, in the first class of ships,
and the returns produce multiplied benefits to the
India Company as well us the retailers. The Teas
purchased in China for a sum of 1,500,0001. ster-
ling, will produce in the hands of the retail dealers,
not less tlim nine or ten millions sterling. The
7,500,0001. are consequently divided among the
East India Company, the dealers, and Government.
The annual eonsumption of Tea in England amounts
to 25,000,thitnbs. weight, and if Tea was the regular
drink of every individual 150,000,0.9011 m would
be scarce sufficient. NVltat then is the quantity of
this article annually fabricated by the unprincipled
dealers, who supply the deficiency in imports from
China ?—This question is very difficult to answer,
but as the country dealers have not enough of the
genuine article to answer the cunsumption, it must
necessarily fiillow that they have resorted to some
means tar making up the deficit. If the poor of
Great Iltitain made use of Tea in the 5i1111,2 proportion
as the rirh, ullowitrg the consumption to be seven
pounds a year fin each person, the quantity neces.
sary for I 0,t.00,0G0 of souls, would be seventy
:tuitions pounds of Tea, instead of the 3,000,000
imported by the Company. It is clear from that
calculation that some substance is imposed on the
Public fln. Tea,. which is not. Tea. The Tea which
is commonly drank in France, is boiiing water co.
loured by the infusion of the leaves of some herb,
and it is not very difficult perhaps to find aromatic
herbs which may be a substitute for the Tea. tiom
China.

A deputation of Booksellers ;ma Printers had an
interview on Thursday with Lord Liverpool on the
~ultjeet of the Libel Bill, when they urged the in-
tolerable severity of its prOViiirMS, and the necessity
of several amendinentA, in order to render it tts:itte
tor sonic of them to carry on their trAtle.
Lordship list( next to them with great attencam,
and 01unit:et' to communicate the result of his con.
sidcration :it a furore meeting.
E.tottoiretmoa circ,otisteme.—lontlac o
(.1 Ir. witort
111. trio diiti oiillsrCll 4 144(11,,i Of It. ef Ataks Otte ebf
dit.lll htTllteti cxlrentely a4llJted, ihrew down a
sh 111114 to twy for tloon, tool soddeitly seize g the
Chopp, r, he cut oft three of his ringers and walked. oil',
feat if)4 them behind in the poseebion of Mr. Aloymod.

rlnverial Portioning) etmlixned from page 4(3)
had beard the offensive passaAes trail, and lie did think
tl••y ought to be noticed; and with that feeling lie had
taken sit himself the perfaintaiter of what, Dail knew,
WAS an unpleasant ditty He %AS unacquainted with any
of the persons who might he Slllll.l/Srli to have hero en•
gaged in the ptibluatiuo. It had hero maid, if this libel
were taken notice of, that others ought in he branglit be-
fore the HOIISC; bull itl hi• opinion this libel differed from
all that had preceded it. It eventually advised the apple.
ol• brute force is abrogate that Iloilo., and to at••
eontythsh what the Illlthor devoted to he coeutual to the
advantage of the people.—(Hear, hear,)—He
tr.-Mile the 11-use with precedents, but he could tint help
SPOlAlking, that the lioss+c had been slow to 1841 k 118 senw
of hitch. AS lir. Fl)% and Nit Sheridan, aniongst
others, bad contended *Woes linear sill+, that the dignity
of the Hosspe otsght 10 Ire upheld. The language of this
pamphlet was not that .it minor bus that of direct threat;
aml could such brogitage lie endured Thr House would
allow Imo to lead the different paragraph., a Inch appear-
ed to libit to be of the
them WAS AS I.IIIILOWS : its pair •19 the author ssid—
•' What prevents the people
licica.astil polling out the ineuielti is by threat's, larking tip
their doors, and !basing the key into the Thames? Is it
any majesty which lodge+ in the members of dbat astern-
his r Ui we love theme Not at all: we haven't instinctive
Isom Sal and disgust at she tery •hatiact idea of a borough-
aing r. Do we respect them Not in sloe least. Da we
regard theta AS radii wed with any &opt. for qualities? On
Ike runts ary, itch+ ids, illy, these I• Seal rely a 110111er rr+a•
Sure than your mere member of P.llllNlisent I thatigh, its
Ins ell4pofille CA pArity, thr eat tit 1.111 nal ~s absolutr
a boll• . Their MSe practical protector+, them.- the real
effirietit anti-rvforteicsa —are to be tumid at the Dowse-
Geri ds and the linigitislc idge. barracks. A+ long a+ the
of moans' maiarittra are barked by Ike reek.
osental muter roll, se long may I lia.e a lio lid v 0 gut the
tax7sioa, r keep it, and hang those 01.0 te+ist."

. .
Hr collected lowa the 164111a1,beers which had been
raised dui sits; the trading of this paragraph, that there
Mete altlasr arattlisk-cts w die house also ealettained 110-
Wiwi. similar to those 4.f the author of it. He was sun y
for il. siolesoily abusive as it was, he dial not
1111011' whether he should 1141.1' calks] ,lie wiliness notice ut
the house so it, if it bad bet n .etsiacc 1111 l pained by ushers
91 a slasher descriptioas. lle had no objection to any man
expo es 'I hg as strongly as he pleased his.etnitieliois of Ilse
Ilec.ssity parlsaluesolaoy saloon); MIS lie must insist
upou his not dn.:cling the people to set I. it by physical
force: he uuo.t insist upon his slot leading them to think,
that such a rt•nu•dy was she only titne.ly left them, and
therefore tit• only aotose a such they ought to adopt.
411''ar.) Tim pal agraph which he had past lead to them,
when a onsidered aluog witlybe einnett, eridessily clips es-
seal we opinion of the writer, 1114• it Was 11 l'orrt alone
that pailiasurastaty seismal' could be accomplished : fur,
after 1.14..tig how impossible it was for the hossw to reform
itself, be youceetitil to say, lii page 51 that" nothing lull
brute tosee, or Ilie poessing feel ut ii,woulsl refos us she
parliattnetit. Woutil *sty 111411 lot wood to say that two
Weaklings could lie pot upon this passage? !here were
110 „awe passage in the hook hot th.a, the house mould
trot do its duty, it at did nut hatititte ploceedings open
for in what 4.4111411011 might is he placed. it it dui slut take
suitor notice 41 this paoppli(et I Supposing that ally pa arc.
tical elleets were to result from the advice Kisco In it,
(and the following of Adult advice could lead in notating
else but scent s art confusion and I • , which no man could
eunlemplate without bosom), with a hat censciroce.coold
She house ',tureen to punish the miserable wort-tidies who
bad been deluded LI) this woo k, v loin it had nut declastsi
its optioion ooistou the *oak itself, Omagh hi on I;lit before its
Uotire, 01 shown that it had the power to punish the
suplai•tical nutter ut 51? Jts such a case, would not any
iowd% eat 1U the gout ut rebelliou 110111 tallow ing
the rs tidal iun of tbs.. pamphlet, have 4 laj Itl to say
to the I se, •• you toast- 'mu stir es a.sizseal So mislead
Sae pat ale now 1111 l rims your vengeance upon one, anal
)ri you bast. *shell 110 110114:t 111. alit prrson whose advice
le al 0110 11141 C.lOll sc I,l' CI tint lot *lnch you HON 111111411
I..ti" He 11411 no Ills:Mir of astwellaihing by whom this
pamphlet was Wail Sun; lull, front is hatever gilittler is c.oho,
it was clearly clue pl lJthlt 11011 01' a prisms who tilled 110
Mean *ll Hal lull Us bit, who had tee& 1,11/ nut 0111111011 CON •
Callus*, and who ads elillutted wills considerable talent.
\Viten, tints, ewesy party iu the slate was calling for she
pound •iii of the Ivopenmy anti Ibrenp.•.thy polnisliels
ut Istason, ass It tittitia that .11IP) about., ►how ail thing
Jake a Semi of this author, lit causelle essjo)r.l a Mare es-
kited rank all 64.e1e1y thau those a retch,] scribblers 1
After aseertainisie She author 4,1 Ibis pamplot.l, the hols.e
could pilot teal to Norther Ilie4sllles. He 55 004 now ctatc
what lit thought the plupeo I 111 l o4„1,1.
Jle India dealt olla that tht• house ahualil pruerrd in the
1000 1'111110.161 WWI 1010,1 drlilirs alt• manner ; mud that a ha le
*se,- si Idbrduneuuiahtappearnutl..ariseliun.mldan
bow:nation or personal Irrlu.K, lout io he the icsnot Or la—
ilectius. and mantle ro 11l i l leration. 'llse first step whit+
be roloposed to br adopted was, 111 call to the bar of the
bona, tar ludt.sdual whose Hanle appealed -pun the lair,'
of Isle publicalioll. in urdl•r that they todeld get al the
eel ulfriult.r. He thought it in son case ptnpt•r to 111(1.
teed altaitist She portlier or publisher, a lir or Sloe teal
„oe„do, could be oared. He ahould Shill slatsemuse,that
Ittrorit Sluddart b.• called to the has of She 'loose. 'fluor
Welt (lse! ill %kids the 11011se bad come In a
WlOlOlOll tirclas hog Slat the paper complained of was ol
a isarticodon V6lll AI 14 I, and then called the patty Isefute
them. 'fart, arse other eases iii whsrh they calk al the
patty Lef..te then. without ilaastsa a•utor 10 all) re1401111114/11.
1 tor pi ecsdi iii lultiolictl by Lb.. latter 1:14,1, ut cases
he piocrentd beedlise is 111.1 appear lit him mute tribune
sl iu inquire ants the prison alto %lute Ili, puuli•
eat ~,,, asst .hill to pall.. a It •oesi lull, chin...mg
is was or Aas not a bpraeti of pitta. gee 111 usakjag ILIs
UlOllOll, be looped that nu other snouts' WOlllll be iitspowa
~,,, lIUI 4 c ~,,, wool ,tote mI Ihr enthrall,. of sloe house,
how a I'oll ~,,,, t eel:nu ut Ihr Irsh.ecl %Sal %kWh it alight
fu be 'Altai tied thausigliont the culllUty.

- :11s. Pk.AK LH —burs ittat.m her wish the title
Di the potoiteattoo. rod the pastor-watt passages to ohich
be isn• trt. tt. al, to he mod

Mr. CDU(IEN and handed the pamphlet
In lbw Os who lewd trUlli lilt. pstssats quoit al by att.
Com .esat) Ili his aperrh, mid asi•to the :Ilk- pijr, whirl.
It as tuitr.ws:—•• A rifling Alisiske 1111 l Lord
Er•siiitos recut,* Preface ahol
L rrAptc 'No
eui a Littler to lot ordship, by the dulling- of
nit- Defence of the People.' Lumthan, publtshed by
Mount Stoddard, s I, Strand,"

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Mr. COURTENAY Mils mowed, that Robert Stoddart
hr ordered to appear at the bar of the hotoe ten Monday
swxt.

The motion was 'Prowled.

Silt FR A NCO; Buitinrr rose, Re cal, this Willi
Walther remarkable instance of the assumed 'tower. of the
liouse—powees against which Vieille,' al ray himself. Odly
a few evenings since the House had all 1/1111.11 !unity to ex-
rn it. lallUI•il111ii11 114/11C k i ))) liii :0%9114;11r to the
coudiry, by roman y lilt, snme rerion vi ins ! but there it
aas said Well Course ads iiijudici.m•, as they ettu:d not ex-
amine a ant-M4IM 11401. Theo e, enquiry or ii usidul tendency
was abandoned ; laa here it Wild Io raise .tali intuit Court
of Justice, to b: Judge and Jury iu it: tori It cause, and to
exertese all such 111411/14 1 1111% power.. But here nu eliar6c
was made—nu hind nits established; the a hole pamoldet
outfit to have brew read, bet instead of th it, they only had
a garbled extract. 'lta purole such course, would lower that
ilonse in the opiuion of the people-- if any thing could loner
it in the estimation or that people. 'I
tie passages might lie
proved to he true and correct it the while acme .rad : los
instance, a hat was there that was mine contemptible than
the :dal' at t idea tif N lioroughinotiger ? bat tine author
had said had been before iniwrveil, and even 111111 e situ. gly.
14,511 Chatham hail oboe. wed, that the Fitnise Of C101011(41 all
w. 1$ of daintier ; aud Selden remarked that their privi-
leges coustituted the grealust trmiii) in the am Id. lint
what said the author 3 Ile asked a hat ',restated the
people from actin.; in a paitirinar IWil I the oils% er was
cane. Did not Bills br.iile the liouse--tho,r Hills
winch laid produced so much disgust thruiLitiout the
country, (hear, hear 1) say 11, same thing 11tid not they
appeal to force? They dui, mud they corn iiitindi.ceJ the
4u,r, monist the expression of opinions touching
that House. But its tier *swami, su that Uonsr raspeetur.:
the pamphlet, Wit• inn expressed, is they hail mot yet even
romal it to be any °Retire, be use foulest again. the
Moulin.

Mr. BAN KS strongly supported the Alotion, ronlnntling
that what had beet' read was grossly lihetlaoa,t that it
taught to he noticed 4 aunt .that the House was bound to in-
tro). re in this iustrnrr. to set it,elf against the new bell of
.a.tatehy and ruin that was every where slowing 11.41 f.
(lleardarar!)
land .1. RUS •ELL ulna rated. that a more ill-advised
mai tan had neve, been brims. ht far. a r tl. Illear, hear.)-
11 is propus.•d to deal out a •I•milidir measure of justit C.
Why we. Mit ache. teal from a thou.:tool kiwis 4. hints were
abroad, a. well *son theta tales I Nhy was the Attorney -
General to appear to Some iu•t.mces, the ,House au ot'ters'
and a mint e 1.... to 440 uuunlicni 1 lie therefor.• conclude.
with moving, as au 11111..11,1111.911. lhat Robert Studaft is d
reeled to at trod .Ist savory 13. (4 Parliautrulary haiday.)
.itr. 1). KINN IR 1) denied that the pansatzes were au
Its. Reform 10 a relit-llama t it stated the prop in' ion that the
laws. that fear alone, prevented the people Gum b.•bat
it“ particular mantles.

fond N I.\ htid lie would ouppost the original Mo-
tion. The Intel/nil evi.tenre,ut to toe /Author, sho.Ard That
hob ioth*idts.ll Nos A %Malty victim for the I. °Ube 161:Irake
at. if eiithe to .tri.e. ii ivi.z an•ertained the out h.. r, he
tnought tile Hmthe oiled to du eel the Attorney-6,, nen.l to
prostettle. TO. he were plait tiluet t 0 compromise their
• How they got titvir heath title out now the qua
he Nisbet( eerthoily 111:1I Lon: of 'liens were obtioned by
0511 r SU,Stibi.; but their, they ought to protect the
p. IA Hese., and r..sist Norio attacks.

Alr.W I LISERFORLI. suppmtril the Motion, and de-
clared the pasvitaa to hr thaptc,l .1b1) litteilowi, and a
breach of the prtsile..• urine Sioux
After souse farther convereati ~,,, the oriAiunt Motion was
put and corrird without it division t and Mr. Studant
therefore °riles ed to ast.•1111 no Monday.
The Sear. Itiike•tor-Asins Bill having brew read a second
time, io:d tile remains's, Oeuery Inash% been disposed of, the
iiit.j.iuiond

PATITIDAV. DEC. 11.
Thisday the House being met were summoned to attend the
Lords, where a ounmission was read, appointing the Lord
Chaiwellic. and the Earls Alelville, and Shaftsbury. COlll.
missions:wt. for toe purpose of giving the Royal Assent to
•' An Act to present the training ut irersons to the use of arms
and to the practice of military evolutions and exercise. The
ea iiiii Msion having been read the Lord Chancellor pronounced
the Royal Assent, and tire Speaker on his return to the House
having announced the same trout the Chair the House adjourned
to Monday.

111031 TUESDAY NIGIIT'S GAZETTE.
—41111.‘
CROWN O FtCF.. DEC. 7.
MEMBER returned to .erve in this present PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Camblidge.-I.icut..Col. le. W. Trench, Assistant
Quarter Master General in his Majesty's army. in the room of
the lion. E. Finch, wIo he *wined the Chinern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
C. Ruck, Sun Yaird, Ewa Snuthtidd, %It:Wager. from Dec. 4,
to Jas.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
W. L. Clithem, Liverpool, cotton manufacturer.
RANKRU yrs.
J. Fletcher. Ripley. Dolby. dealer. Solicitors. Messrs. Few,
Ashmore, and Hamilton, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.

H. Hoinitt., Northampton, grocer. Sol. Mr. Ales, Chantwy
Lane.

A. A4lat. Church Street, Lambeth, victualler. Sol. Mr.
Henron. Bouverie Street, Fleet Street.
W. Smith, New Road, St. Pancras, builder. Sol. Mt. Satin •
den, Charlotte Street. Fitzroy Square.
J. Jamey. Liverpool, goltivulitit. Sob. .Messrs. Blackluck and
Dunce. Temple.
J. Hate. Ilindcy. Stafford, millwright. Sola. MOUS* Price,
Wiiliama.audWltte. Lincoln'. Inn.

A. Bruce, Newcartie upon I)ne, merchant. So: Meson.
Mears. Marriott. Brooksbank, and Fran, Gnat Inn Sq.?.tre.
J. Woodroot; Gun Street, Old Artillery Ground, turner. Soh.
Cultim at.tl Waller, Splint Square.
It. Cullen, Ittocia Ito*, Mick Street, factor. Sol. Mr. Pullen,
Fore Street, Cripplegate.