The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

CAMPRIDGE COUNTY NEETLVG.

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A meeting was held on Friday, mm the Market-hill,
in the town 01 Cambridge, on the subject of Parliament-
ary Heiorm.
Orders had, we understand, been issued to prevent the
attendance of the students, b.it from the numbers residing
out of the colleges, this was entirely ineffectual, and
many gownstuen were Present ou the Market-hill.
At a little alter t I o'clock the people began to assemble;
and at 12 the business of the meeting was opened by the
Under Sheriff reading the requisition, which was stated
to be sign es! by 1,024 iretholtat rs.
Mr. C. BRA Las, after reading a letter from the Dufe
of Bedford apologizing for his absence, said, he hoped
lie might nut be deemed presumptuous in ilium early
offering himself to the attention of the meeting. They
were met there to promote the great and glorious cause
of reform in the representation of the people; and who
that heard him—who that possessed the heart of a mail,
and the feelings of an Englishman, could WI to raise his
voice against that system of corruption and misgovern-
ment which had plunged almost every class of the coin-
uwnity into misery and ruin ? He would ask them how
it was possible to expect that anyieduction of the taxes
could afford an adequate relief, while the interest of
such a debt remained to be defrayed t It was upon
this gioutid that he lett himself bound to concur in tl e
propriety and justice of the petition adopted in the county
of Norfolk He then prime-vied to asge the necessity or
a riductim of the ecclesiastical establishments in Eng-
land mai Ireland, and the abolition of the system a
tithes, which he designated as odious. It was just and
necestary that in this hour of distress the clergy should
contribute a large share of their superfluous incomes for
the relief of their countrymen. Mr. B. then proposed
six resolutions accordant with his speech.
Mr. F. K. EAGLI, in seconding the resolutions,
begged to a.aure the amens% that he was led to do an by
a reuse of public duty, The diatom of the agricultural
merest was the chief and immediate burden which
premed upon them.
Ina resolutions were put, when
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H. Gummi* said he had not intended to take
any part in the discussion, but he could not suffer such
resolutions as were now proposed to pass without ani.
mailversion. His opinions on the subject of reform
were well known, and had been openly atoned for mole
than 30 years; he never had changed them, and he
hoped he serer should. GO forbid, however, that he
should ever even seem to join lit resolutions, the obj ct
of which were rapine and confiscation —(Hisses.)—He
repeated they were most disgracelul They were neither
more not less than those which had been proposed by
Cubhett at Norwich. lle was happy to find that this
proposition, which most be oifencte to the county at
lame, originated with one who did tint belong to the
county. it was a little too bad, when in his native
county of Hertford, he could find no one to support him,
that he should come there and expect they would adopt
his schemes. He (Mr. (Miming) was born amongst
them, had lived, and hoped to die amongst them ; and
he hoped al o, that his county and theirs would be
spared the disgiace of having adopted such iesolut one.—
The remlutithis, anti aherwards the petition, which is
an echo of them, were then put and carried by
acelaniat;on.
Lord F. Osconue, id a short speech. said, he should

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