The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-24 00:00:00

them, surely nobody. who- fairly eonslderea them, could
steslly call them old womanish. They were manly in their
stature an] their object. They were peculiarly the feelings
and sentiments of a man-ethe feelings and sentiantatts of a
true born Englishmen. His prescription was not a little but
big nostrum. It could never be described in terma of
coetempt.though in some pussillaninions minds it might ex-
cite apprehension. He was however happy to state, that a
great change had been operated in public opinion on the !
subject of reform. lie could state from good information,
that the. delusions which had so long prevailed were fast
wearing away. There was now, he believed, scarcely an hu-
eiest man in any part of the corattry, of sound miutt, who
was not sensible of the extent of public corruption, and sues
lot pet ferny convinced of the necessity of applying a re•
slimly. But with respect to reform, it was to be expected
tiint men's judgments should be different. Three were vari-
ous shades of opinion. and no one had a right to hold nut Ihat
the mode he proposed must have a preference—that his plan,
and his plan only, &honkd be tolopte.l. Ile enlist with all lite
reility say, that this was a sort of dictation to which no pub-
lic man could submit. The resolutions which he had moved
in the last session of Parliament had not been proposed b 3
him without due considerotion. By these resolutions he con-
ceived himself bound to stand or fall in the public opinion.
(In them he was willing to place all pretensions to future cha-
racter. If he should err depamt from them, lie begged that
he might not be allowed to say that he had grown wiser. If
his countrymen thought he had endeavoured to promote the
public gobd, they might Ise kind enough to wish to throw a veil
over his weakness ; hunt lie certainly should never have time
hardihood to look Engiishmen cu the face, and on abitudinting
his pm inciples, to tell them that he was wiser to-day than he
Lad been a few cents ago. finditia that the spirit ofreforin
was spreading, every thing would" be dime by those who
were its enemies to mislead the people. V.lfillll% measures,
it was probable, would be proposed to the public es the means
of referm. It was possible, however, that some measure,
short of that which lie might think right, would be proposed
in Parliament. If that shuithl be the case, he should think
it nu impeachment of his consistency to mprort such a Inca.,
sure ; for something must lee sada tired to the °pillions or even
the prejudices of others. Whatever might become of al.
stract principles, the great object was to obtain the ;silvan-
Cages of practical reform. He had always maintained that
every person ought to bare a vote in the making of the laws
whirl, dispose of his liberty and his property s and, fur the
life uf him. his could mot see how elections founded on that
principle shonld lead to anarchy. Suppose the country di-
veiled tutu sectinas fur vuquz,bnwever Liege the population,
he could not understand how there should be more coati.
amp in all voting, than there would be in any sin:* parish
or district. Caged there be greater anal chy than on the pre-
Cent system of election, which every seven years disclosed
anti* la Trid scenes of bri!tery, perjury, and every vices The
eCtIICS which occurred tiering one elections had made many
good men. th iteit, in hit opinion, not wise unto, wish that the
country had no I epresentation at all. It had been said that
he objected tlatt the term iiiiiversal suffrage' was not sta-
ctentiy definite. His objection, 11411STVI.C, was not to the
term ; it was, that tam: who used it. still, the eseeption of
Mr. Bentham, really did not inch universal suffrage. What
he wished was, that universal interests should he represented,
and that, he thought, would be slithiCiently accomplished if
the heads of r.1,11.1it.4 were to vote. lie hail hero charged
with inconsisterey, because lie had declared slim he took
his opistioas front Milton, Locke, and 514chiavel. It hail been
ebsurved on this, " that Milton was a Republican. Locke a
Ceashtutirotal Alunarchist, and that Machiavel bad become
time Minister of a wily Prince, and it was inferred that he
lair:let pass tt.rotteli all these stages." The primiples of these
men, however, %sere essentially the same, though apparently
differing ft ma the situations in which they were placed.—
They were ell ft lends of freedom ; but it had been insinuat.
c ;I that lie would art the part of each, that after brims; a re-
loiblirait auth Aiiaon, lie had become a constitutional mil-
li tteltist with Lorke, and would terteioate by being the
:Minister of some wily Prince. lie winitiereil what wily prince
in Europe wonlil wish to make him his Minister. But the
fact was, that England was not a archy ; for that meant
the government of one individual, a government vested in a
particular family for its interests. Our uncestors acknow-
ledged no such stem. The government of the constitution
of England had Hsi hereditary King, but that power was be.
lanced by a representation of the people. There might be
in gover iiiii ions many things which, besides being ou areituottal,
lead their utility: but the eesetire stud test of is tree eonstitu-
tiou was a representation of the people. He was therefore
:always willing to support the Crown and the Aristoeraey,
provided they were mot °prised to the right of the people. to
choose their representatives. Those alio were phreed to
endeavour to fiml out his inconsistencies had reminded him
of Mr. HUI Le, who said that, wishing Isis whiggism to slick
by him, he had hiked it very low at first. Mr. Bin ke, lie lie-
lieved, did take list whiegism low enough; but however low
lie took it, lie certainly left it lower shall lie found it : but he
eructed he should never leave the pritsciplesof raigltsh liberty
lower than he limed it.

'flit 'text toast n .1. to the memory of Dr. Je), Sir William
Jones, and Gran►ii:e Sharpe.
'Die health. of 3lr. Kinloch, of Kinloch. nod blr. Kinnairl,
were given, who respectively returned thank.. Some tor.
tier toasts were then dr.u.k, after which the meeting broke

On Monday evening, as some cockney sportsmen were
amusing thetweives by tiring at sparrows, from 11 trap in
the Target.grimml belonging to the City Light Horse,
rii ar Hagnigge.o ss tine (toy, stained Walter Mapperly,
belonging lu the Clerk en vi ell cleat it yst Mod, who 1%414 play
WWI sumo other boys field, etas tiolortimately
shot in the head ; he fell tii tile ground, and the alarm being
given, Me. Chappell, it gentleman residing near the plat .•,
and u Iln 11M/114'111A to I/18 in his gaudily, hastened to the sp,o.
and had the
boy .aintediately carried, blectliog profissely, to
Si Ital tholootew's hospital. Hr had reecho. 011 two shots llts
throat, one ever the right eye, and nine ))))) re in the face and
neck ; he now lies in a dangerous state. One of I% is gentle-
men. to ho were together tiling, handed to Mr. Chappell his
address, on 14 piece of paper, 11'.2. " Air. Si','. k s
street. 414111 Mr. Stevens, ;comma Ler, 43. I.illeJsii." This is
the third streMent of a similar kind that has happened in the
tne place ninths these 8 week... On Weillivobty se' might
a boy hail his cheek laid open by a otsedeet ball and a lett
flays before other boys received several stitall stints in the
legs. Alr. Chappell applied to the polio. toagisltutes ut
Halton-gm deli, so kit 11.1st` promised him their 4 .gboatier. and
the. r.inois have unit, rtakeis I,t .1-tray the estpee,se sitteted.og
the pi user mites. n hitch, st is Ir.i,seS, sold v.it au u*-d tA, .I'4"^
elgUgelUlla .1111:14e1/11.11i.