The National Register.
London, England, 1815-03-12 00:00:00

ohm heart! _
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fled on them b that wer
no; _ svoold have .....egisletuto told that .they-
ought to do their duty, and endeavour to fall upon wean. to see.
that bread should net be improperly raised to the people.. He
could tell them that we ball somewhere in this island triter of up.;
wards of 80,00 acres, whirls, if brought into eultisatiois, would Ike
&nod sufficient to make up any defaeiency of focal tu this eot.o ry;
in years of scarcity, The eppositioss to this measure in the Hte.se•
of Commons would have no effect; it had, indeed, increased ,*
bot there could be no hope that it would increase to a istmstser able
to throw out the Bill, lie would, take the present oppuitunity
telling them how Ta.ndon was situated in repasd to provisioss,.
In Cornwall and Devonshire, white wheat and floor were ilisPerta'
from the Isle of Wight awl from lfrattee. the price is a.s effiesidet ably
higher than in London ; awl yet isi London the Nice of the qa.trteru
loaf was three halfpence higher than in those districts: Something;
ought to be done on this suh.tert by the Legislature. Ttsere was
great mass of poor people ,n L. salon; and though wages weret
higher here titan in the country, ytt evely thing, it was well known„,
was higher also than in the count y ; rents were three tines higher.,
The landlords, independently of the Legislature. eould do something.
themselves—they could lower their rents (applause!) lit Ireland's
for instance, on the return of peace, cattle, atter beiug le through...
-111 e winter, not only did not pay for their feeding, but fell to a lower,,.
price than before the winter. This ought properly to he considered.
by the landlord. And here, as so much had been said aht,ut Ile"
land, lie would only tell them that iii Irekind the poor did Not eat
any bread at all; he had been over as,d over most parts of that
country. and he had Meted hut:died• of cottages; and flow his own,.
knowledge, he cauuid that in many later tracts of twid the poor,
ate nothing but potatoes It had nut clime been usual to refuse this
Royal Assent, and methods hall been devised of stopping Billitite
their progress through iefie or other of the two Hostiles; bust still,
they bad all of them the power of -addressitig the Prince Regent."
and he had no less the power, by the Constitution, of redwing Iws
assent to the (applause). But be beskeehed than, whatever
they did; to do it by pe'ition aitd remonstrance ; altd they
rest assured that redress would come sooner or later; for no power
could resist the tostaniinons Vbice of a great people (loud .applastac).
The Resolutions were then pot, aufk severally carried ottani-
mon?ly.
•
Mr. STURCH then read the draft of the Petition, which was also
agreed to unanimously. and it was ordered that Lord Grenville be
requested to present the Petition to *lie House of Lords, and ain't
Sir F. Burdett be requested to present the Petition to the House of
Common..

Sir F. ItynneTT came forward amidst a torrent of applause. He
declared, that highly gratified es he had always kit at mee,ing any
part of the popnlation of these kingdonig. amid more partieul.irly at
meeting his •Fonktitnents, tl.e Electors at %Vestminster. he had never
experienced such gratification as that which he now felt
_at witness-
ing the most crowded assemblage of tl.e people of this great city,
which, in'XII probability, bail ever been cong,eg tied together He
conkssedthat he felt himself rather in-a new situatoin, •ditferitg as
he did, in a great measure, from the sentilreasts 01 those around line,
and with whom it was his happiness, on almost every other subject,
to coincide. Important, however, as the sobjeet on which they
nein now assembled was eSICCARA sky many. lie must be fortgreo
for goyim!. that, to his mind, compare it with souse other subjects
to which the attention of the people of this country might lie sot-
fully and properly directed, it was light and inconsiderable. The
meeting, would have observed that he held tor his hand in favour of
only one of the Resolutions—namely, that Resolution which was.
descriptive of the constitution of the Assembly over the way. iVith•
out a reform in that Assembly, it was its vain for the topple of this.
country to thick that they'cuald expect any thing limn leetitioning
vbeu been
attending them. He was aware that he had exposed himself to scprobatton,
and to the censure of those wko thought that be ought is) ha
attending the debates of the House to which hr had allotted ,
did not like to attend mock debates, where he tyas (-retain lee could
do no good. What utility could' there be in his to the
proceedings of nu ******** Chamber of Taxation, w Inch had usurped
to itself the right* of the people, and together with them, every.
other right, legislative. judicial. and executive. He could regard it
in other light than as a Chamber of Taxation—a Registry for re.
cording l'ax Edicts? %Vital. therefore, the publie if this country.
ought to apply r, what they hada right to, and without which flier •
ought on no account to be satisfied, was a Reform in that Howe.
This they had as great a right to as the King had to his Crow's.
*without represcutinion the people could have uo tight to sabwit to

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of Westminster bas. it seems, gives Meld to be rett.ved limn the migetY Veitikiled ihrtu 1).! war
at once the flip. He has made his (cries Dino; no!) He wonld have the JLegislistine told that .thoy,