The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

No. 119S.—VoL. XII.]

ON :.RADICAL REFORM.

We this day give a circular wkitl has teen ge•
lien(lly published, calling a meeting?rofessedly to
promote " Rolisal I?ff.rm," 'though, we presume,
if we juAle' from the complection of the :names
uttaehrl to it, with a-View to promote revoluticto.
'Before, however, we-proceed farther 'upon tho sub-
ject, we owe it to the esteem we have fur the private
tharacter 'ONme of those whose nem:slave been
cppended to that notice, as well as to the reverence
%vc fla:1 for -the.•uhnost unequalled ability of the
gentlemun 'in question, to 'vim out to out readtbret
4h:it:Mr. Edward Taylor, of Norwich, with whom
\ve boast of having an intimate acquaintance, by vt
letter especially addressed to us; which will be found
'Attached to the circular, has declared that his name
has been tosefi• without his ?emission, and that he
has no interitiott whatever of attending the meeting.
We know how far his enthusiasm may curry a 4nan
at' lively imagination and energetic mind; but wllen
we first son the; " Circular," —ye hoped anti fer-
rtrmtly trusted (which Las turned out to be the fact)
that Mr. Edward Taylor could never lend his name
san associate with sudi a set of ---. That a
ll—, a IV—, a I'—, a and such a dabs
et' desperate chaructenv, men who hating nothing to

Lope fur, (unless their hope 'originate in t 1; antici-
lention of the arnuihilation•of property, rerreetabllity,
and honesty), slbould coalesce to forwar.l the destrue-

tion (if every thing Ike law and order isnolot wonder.
ftd. We-tauy be allowed fo quote an•old song vn
fli:s score, %.vitielt says—

"'That rogues are for leveling's no wetA.ler,
'Tis easy to ;mess at their views ;
'Tis they who'd get all by ilte plentler,
they who have nothing, to Jose,"
But we believed it impassible (and our 'pleasure is
lryond expression in being convinced of the Guth
of our belief) that a man whose ptnyt=rs of utind
create admiration in all throe nlia hove the lonvt...r
to know iihn, whose sitnwion in life all that a
man ef uninardirmte inclinations can with, who is
yirrounded by all eee•inexpressitil.: endearments of
are amiable wire mid a fiseinatirg yeting
ti•oni which he -has Wry rcasmi to rely upon corn-
tbrt and ridoyme,7t, daring his priine, and solace,
and support in his age; we did believe it impossible
that a mar so thante (wild be found who would

P.arter ill of gu he had inherited and proved
Tor the dvbperate chance Of annething bettor which flay
prctniac.••

Now for the circular. Who the r..enileman is by whom
it is i,sued, we have not been able to discover. By the
" non-represented people of the British metropolis"
mist clearly be meant the Dregs of Society; for
looking at Westminster as the capital, every body
knows that there each house-holder has a vote; the
parties, therefore, who are convened must be only
those who would be Lenefitted by the superaurmated
Nl.jor'.: plan of Universal Suffrage ; and most or the
:ignatuves that follow that of the S.Nrctary, are
worthy a fin‘;ard situation among such persons. As
to the meeting itself, with the remembrance of tke
sitni:ar meetings held at Spa-fields, we doubt nut but
'Goverment will take strong tuemairz:: to restive
that pct.ce, the disturbance of which is, probably, the
of ther..e war! Irg gentlemen. The law, as it is,
is ti:ltieitut to do this, and we believe the civil
power will achieve it without the intervention of
the Ltilitary. We dare tek:clict there will be as
conwlettAan exhibition of treason-srouting •tti waa