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London, England, 1831-10-27 00:00:00

THE BISHOPS and the REFORM BILL.

We copy the following manifestations of public opinion
on the vote of the Bishops with respect to the Reform Bill,
from the country Papers. We could, if desirous to do so,
multiply these extracts, but are prevented by the room
they would necessarily occupy :

The influence of the oligarchy, aided by a corrupt
and degenerated bench of Bishops, has obtained a momen-
tary triumph in the House of Lords. By the power of
the King and the law we will humble the oligarchy in the
dust."—Manifesto of the Birmingham Political Council.
GA Lwa r.—" The very circumstance of the whole bench
of Bishops, almost to a man, arranging themselves in battle
array against the nation, and against the King himself,
whom they consider the head of their church, is a suffi-
cient proof of an immediate necessity for a Reform both
in Church and State. By one our wants will be made known
at the bar of the House, and by the other the House will
find means of alleviating our distress. For until thousands
are lopped off from the incomes of those Bishops who have
so successfully opposed the interests of their country,—
Ireland, in particular, will never be what nature
destined her to be, a happy and contented nation ; or, to
use the trite but expressive quotation of my friend Dan,
she never will be ' first flower of the earth,--first gem of
the sea.' What a heart-rending picture does she now pre-
sent to the eye of the enlightened and intelligent traveller
who visits her shores ! He beholds the peasant starve,
whilst the Minister raises his altar to Christ, piled from
the earnings of groaning labour, and cemented with tears
of blood,—he sees poverty on one hand, and excessive
opulence on the other,—and beholds the privileges of the
rich, whilst the poor are subject to humiliating distinc-
tions that would degrade human nature."—Speech of Mr.
R. Adams-

Resolution at the same.—" That the conduct of the
Prelates of the Established Church, opposing the restora-
tion of their just rights to a people who groan under the
tyranny of their inordinate and unprincipled exactions,
merits our deep and unqualified condemnation, affording
an irrefragable proof that the union between Church and
State is utterly inconsistent with the happiness or lihertiks
of the people."
CORK MEETING,—Fifth Resolution—" That the re •
jection of the Reform Bill has produced some good re-
sults ; it has loosened the connection between Church and
State—that it has shown how little our Mitred Legisla-
tors sympathise with the people—it has demonstrated the
Lordly churchmen, titled t ix-eaters, boroughmongers,
and their minions, alone, cling to a system which has
raised them into mischievous importance, and placed them
as an incubus on the energies of the country."
BEITH (ScorLaND).—Third Resolution—" That the
meeting observe with great regret, that the unusual num-
ber of twenty-one Bishops voted against the Bill, while
only two voted in favour of it. That in a question re-
lating entirely to the elective franchise in the House of
Commons, and as to which the people had so decidedly
declared their opinion, the meeting are satisfied that it
would have been more proper and decorous for the Lords
Spiritual,' if they did not support the Bill, at least to have
abstained from attending. That by uniting their votes
to those of the supporters of corruption, and in oppo-
sition to the voice of the people, they must in-
jure their utility as Ministers of the Gospel ; and
the meeting are convinced that it would be greatly
for the interests of religion, that in questions entirely of a
civil nature they should have no vote in the House of
Lords." "As to the Bishops, we Scotchmen had a com-
plete cure for that shameful sin. Let us show them what
John Knox did. Let us tell them of the Reformation.
Let us give three hearty cheers for both. Let us give nine
hearty wishes for a John Knox immediately appearing in
England and Ireland, and that will end the sin and shame
of the system."—(lmmense cheering. )._Speech of Mr.
Wallace.

NEWCASTLE.—FIags with inscriptions, among which
" From Bishops, tithes, and taxes, good Lord deliver us!"
BKIDGEWATER..--" As to those who profess opinions
opposed to the Established Church, will any man be bold
enough to say that the Dissenters of this country are not
worthy of a voice? Are they to stand as a cipher in
the great account ?' Will the old story of Church and
State never be forgotten ? I profess myself to be a Dis-
senter, yet I have no disposition to disturb any other man's
religious principles. I am content to enjoy my own
opinions in snch matters—(Cheers)—but I do most
unequivocally declare my objection to the connexion
between Church and State, or what is called an
Established Religion, because I think it injurious to
the best interests of the country.—(Cheers.) I say that
a well-constituted Government, conducted by able and
upright Ministers, needs no such adjunct: it must be a
bad government that requires such support. On the
other hand, true religion is degraded by such a connexion,
and requires no laws to enforce the purity of its doctrines.
I trust the time will come when we shall hear no more of
these antiquarian notions about Church and State."—
Speech of Mr. James Pyke.
STIRLING.—." As to the Bishops, let us have a little
touch at them. If these men be at blind to the spiritual
concerns as they are to the temporal concerns of the people,
1 pity those that hear them. He hoped they were setting
their house in order.--(Great cheering.) Good King
llezekiah got fifteen years added to his days to set his
house in order. Let not our Bishops count on so long a
warning."—Speech of Baillie Jaffray.
HExHAm.-111r. W. Car, solicitor, expressed a wish
that the Bishops might be expelled fr.om the House of
Lords ; whilst another speaker went further still, declaring
it to be desirable that we should dispense with them alto-
gether.
Taußo.—" By whom had the people been defrauded?
By whom but the boroughmongers, and their allies the
Bishops ?--(Loud applause.) And what a time they had
chown for their wise and moral purpose !—a time when
the Prshops were anything but popular throughout the
kingdom, and when the Chamber of Deputies in a neigh-
bouring country were actually debating the propriety of
dispensing with an hereditary legislature altogether!"—
Mr. Petre's speech. _

" It was painful to speak of any particular body of men,
but he must say that the conduct of the bench of Bishops
relative to the Bill had all the appearance of a combination
against that and the Administration. The phrase
Church and King,' so long used as the sign of a party
claiming almost exclusive loyalty, must now be changed,
and ' King and Constitution' be substituted in its stead.
But the conduct of the Bishops turned people's eyes to the
Church, where the working Clergy were too generally but
scantily paid, whilst some of the dignitaries enjoys,,
princely incomes.—(Cheers.) The Bishops might be as.
cured that a more equal distribution would be made; in
Met, they were forcing these things on the attention of th,
public. They hati lar better be quiet, and not ❑nite if,
defeating the great object the people bad at heart."—Mr.
Turner's Speech.
" It was now said that my Lords the Bishops—he wa.
aware he trod on holy ground—,but it was said that the
Bishops, and some of those called moderate Tory Peers,

Cove (Cork).—"l feel more in s irrow than in anger
for the conduct of the Bishops who gave their aid to the
horoughmongers in throwing out thi% Bill. It must do
themselves and their religion a great injury ; but from the
time that these men laid aside their original attributes,
namely, meekness, charity, and piety—and assumed those
of wealth and power, and endeavoured to unite the king-
dom of Heaven with the kingdom of the Earth, from
that time the Bishops of the hierarchy of this as well as
e•:ery other Church have been the ready tools of such
despots as wished to cramp and destroy the liberties of
the people.—(Cheers.) The conduct of these men on
this occasion may show a wise Letislature that it would
be just as well if those people, who ought to be the har-
binger; of peace and good will, hut who were invariably
found to be the ready tools of Ministers to vote for wars,
taxes, anti every thing injurious to the people, were alto-
gether excluded from the House of Lords."—(Cheers.)—
Speech of Dr. Millett.
" Let me now touch on the vote of the Right Rev.
Bishops, who regardless of the affections of the people,
have come forward the friends of despotic power, and the
enemies of the freedom of their countrymen—yes, they who
pocketed 10,0001. and 20,0001. a-year out of the hard
earnings of the people, came forward to debar that people
from the right of electing those men who would deprive
them, of their gorgeous palaces and sinecures. I respect
the props of the State as much as any man-1 like the
gradations of rank, because if they did not exist all would
disorder, and chaos must ensue ; but I hope to see the
day when out of the 30,000/. a year of the Bishops, his
Majesty's Government, however liberally and noisy they
may be disposed to deal with the Church generally, will
take a portion, as was originally the case, to support the
wretched and destitute poor."—(Loud cheers. )—Speech
of Mr. Perkins.

" If there is one portion of the Lords more deserving of
disapprobation than another, that portima is the Bench of
Bishops, who, as has ever been the case when they ob-
tained wealth and politieil power, always al,used it."—
Speech of Mr. Kirby.
Third Resolution.—" That if t popular feeling in
England against the Right Rev. Legislators, for their late
fatal opposition to the jest claims of the people, he intense,
how much greater must it be in this country, where they
have never been known to sympathise with the feelings of
the nation ?"

A BISHOP REFORMED.—In the neighbour-
hood of Deansgate a public-house has got for its sign the
figure of aßishop. On Friday night some wage managed
to remove the sign from the wall, and re-fixed it with
the feet of the reverend dignitary where his head was
want to be; and a paper was placed over the re-
versed figure, inscribed One Bishop reformed." A
good dral of laughter has been caused by this joke.
Manchester Paper.

TIIE BISHOPS.—At the great Birmingham
Reform meeting on Thursday last, the following resolu-
tion, proposed by the High Bailiff (the Chairman), passed
with shouts of appltuse :---" That in the opinion of this
meeting the systematic opposition of nearly the whole Cor-
poration of Lords Spiritual to the constitutional rights
of the people—of those who voted against the Bill, and
those who absented themselves—their rooted attachment
to corrupt and corrupting institutions, and political disre-
gard of the first principles of that Holy Religion of which
they claim to be pre-eminently the Ministers,---have justly
deprived them of the national respect and confidence ; and
will ultimately be the means of depriving them of their
iegislative functions."—(Tremendous cheering.) At this
meeting one of the speakers, a Mr. SC HOLEFIELD,
gave the following just description of the Right Reve-
rend Bench :—" With respect to the Bishops, a great many
of them had got their mitres from their political pam-
phlets. There was the Right Reverend Bishop of ELY ;
there was Dr. COYPLESTON, Dr. PIIILLPOTTS, and, though
last, not least, the present Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
who had actually out Heroded- Herod—(Loud laughter)—
for be had said no King could do wrong. There were
also two brothers of the name of SUMNER, and a great
many more of the Right Reverend Bench who owed their
rise to—he would not say what.—(Loud laughter.) But
he would ask the meeting, did they ever find the Bishops
doing their duty in the way they ought to do as the Apostles
of CHRIST.—(Loud cries of No, no.') It was in vain
to ask if the Bishops came where there was distress. No ;
they had strutted about in their lawn sleeves awl their silk
aprons, and had dabbled in politics, legislating, as they
said, for the people, while in fact they were neglecting
the first duti, s in religion."

On Sunday last at Shipston-upon-Stour, as
Mrs. E. 13aunErt of that place was drinking sonic beer, a
wasp, which had got on a bit of toasted bread in the cup,
stung her in the mouth ; she cried out, " 0 Lord, I shall
die !" and immediately expired.

ARMY AND NAVY.—We are requested to
state that the United Service Journal for November
will contain, among other interesting papers—On the
Maritime Population of the British Empire—Promotions—
The Bounty again—Sir WALTER SCOTT—On the Principle
of Subordination—The War of Terry Alt—Survey of the
Western Coast of Africa, 1825-6, (continued)—Remi-
niscences of a Subaltern, (continued)—Service Afloat
during the late War, (continued)—The services of Lord
DE SAUMAREZ—Recollections of a Sea Life, by a Mid-
shipman of the last century, (continued)—Reply to Colo-
nel MAcEnoNes observations on Rifle Shells—Traits and
Incidents, Naval and Military—A Resurrection—The
Action of Benevento and Capture of General LE FEVRE—
Colonel JOHN CAMERON, &c. &c.—Original Corres-
pondence—Lord MUNSTER, in explanation of a passage of
his Campeign of 1809, referring to Lord HOWDEN.-..CON-
'REVE'S Guns—Naval Promotions--A Warning Voice,
&e. &c.—Record of the 71st Regiment, (continued).—
Editor's Portfolio—General Orders and Circulars to the
Navy and Army—Promotions and Appointments, and the
usual Varieties.

COST OF THE BOURBONS.—An estimate
has been made of the expence to France of the elder
branch of the BOURBONS, from the restoration to the
month of August, 1830. By this it appears that the cost
has been 5,466,725,722 francs, or about 220,000,0001.
sterling' Among the items, we find the debts of Louis
XVIII. and the Princes, 30,000,0001. ; restitution in
1814 of the property of the emigrants, 800,000,000 f. ;
support of the emigrants in 1816 and 1817, 1,800,0001. ;
expence of the three years' occupation of France by the
Allies, 450,000,0001. ; the Spanish war, 400,000,0001. ;
indemnity given to the emigrants, 1,000,000,000 f. ; mar-
riage of the Duke of BERRY, 1,500,000 f. ; funeral ex-
pences of Louis XVIII., 6,000,0001. ; money distributed
to the Swiss and other troops to massacre the people in
July, 1830, 371,0511.

GOOD ADVICE.—Never attempt to get by
rote any part of your instructions. Whoever fills into
that practice soon begins to esteem the powers of memory
more than those of reason ; and the former are despicable
indeed when compared with the latter. When the fond
parents of an eighth wonder of the world call him forth
into the middle of the parlour to repeat to their visitors
some speech or play, how angry would they be, if any one
were to tell them that their son's endowments equalled
those of a parrot or bullfinch Yet, a German bild-
teacher would make either of these more perfect in this
species of oratory. It is this mode of teaching, which is
practised i❑ the great schools, that assists very much in
tasking dunces of Lords and country Squires. They
'' get their lesson ;" that is to say, they repeat the words
.of it; but as to its sense and meaning they seldom have
any understanding. This operation is sometimes, fur
what reason I know not, called getting a thing by heart.
It must, I should think, mean by hear't ; that is to say, by
hear it. That a person may get, and retain, and repeat a
lesson in this way, without any effort of the mind, is very
dear from the fact, of which we have daily proof, that
people sing the words and tune of a song with perfect cor-
rectness, at the very tithe when they are most seriously
chinking and debating in their minds about matters of
great importance to them...-Cobbett.

The Bishops of the Church of England have asserted
that their-order as it is now constituted is of divine insti-
tution, emanating from the Apostles; but if this assertion
is carefully examined, it will appear to be founded on fallacy.
The church in Jerusalem, as instituted by the Apostles
of Christ, under the immediate influence of the spirit of
God, was the model on which all the first Christian
churches were formed. In conformity with this, they had
Bishops, or overseers, or elders (all these three designations
having the same meaning) over every church, and also
Deacons, fur the care of the poor, conformably to the
directions of the Apostles, in the 7th chapter of the Acts.
Those were all the officebearers in the first Christian
churches, and for a very long period after their first esta-
blishment.

The character requisite for the choice of a Bishop, or
Elder, is accurately described by the Apostle Paul in his
First Epistle to Timothy, the 3d chapter, from the Ist to
the Bth verse; and the duties are mentioned by Peter in
his First Epistle, sth chapter, front the Ist to the sth
verse. Whether, in the selection of persons for this office,
these rules are attended to, is much to be doubted. They
were invariably adhered to in the choice of Bishops in the
early time of Christianity.
The only resemblance we have new to the church
order, as to office-bearers which were in the first churches,
is the parochial clergyman, with his pastoral charge of a
flock, and his churchwardens and overseers of the poor, re-
sembling the first institution of Deacons, whose duties
were nearly similar. He is evidently the true successor of
Peter, the first Bishop or Eider of the church in Jerusa-
lem, and of the Bishops or Elders who were instituted in
other churches by the Apostles, or under their direction,
and therefore truly and only entitled to the name of
Bishops, as the Apostles instituted no Bishops without a
pastoral charge of a flock ; and the concurrent testimony
of Scripture and ancient history of the Christian Church
hears no evidence whatever of any such Bishops while
the churches were :ill walking in the same beautiful order
as the Church in Jerusalem, the description of which is
given in the Acts, and of the churches to whom Paul wrote.
A question naturally arises from whence those men we
now denominate Bishops derive this title, and what right
have they to it, or the claim which they assert of their
right being divine. But as this subject is rather a dry
one, and perhaps some of your readers are already tired
of perusing my lucubrations, I shall defer what I have to
say on it to a future letter, and am,
Sir, your obedient servant,
Oct. 20. A LAYMAN.
The Chamber of Deputies in France appear to entertain the
same sentiments as the Bishop of Bangor. For this, see M. Du-
pin's excellent speech on the proposal to admit ecclesiastics as
Members of the Legislative Body, in the Times of Oct. 10.

MEATH SESSIONS, OCT. 18.

THE KING, AT THE PROSECUTION OF MARGARET

BEGG, V. JOHN BALL.

This was a prosecution for an assault with intent
to commit a capital felony.. It appeared in evidence
that the prosecutrix was the daughter of Mr. Mat-
thew Begg, a respectable farmer living in the neigh-
bourhood of Dunshaug,liliti, and that the traverser
wis also a respectable firmer, living in the same
neighbourhood. The acquaintance of the parties
commenced in the month of December last, by their
meeting accidentally on the high road, when the
traverser addressed her, and took occasion to com-
pliment her on the charms of her person, and intro-
duced himself to her by name, adding that lie had
lately come to reside near her father's house, and
hoped often to have the plea,ure of seeing her. It
so happened that they never again came together
until May following, when they met accidentally on
the same road, he on horseback, she on foot, when
he alighted and walked with her, and again indulged
in complimentary conversation. This occurred on
the 10th of May. On the 27th, as he was riding
by her father's house, lie saw her walking in the
garden, and again addressed her, and asked leave to
aught and accompany her in her walk; to which re-
quest she assented, and directed him to put his horse
in her father's stable, and to come round by the
gate. lie expressed his disinclination to do so, and,
without further ceremony, tied his horse to a tree on
the road side, and crossed the hedge into the garden.
After walking some time together, and making pro-
fes•dons of attachment and admiration, he led her im-
perceptibly to a remote part of the garden, and
seized her with violence in his arms, bearing her
with himself to the ground. She resisted him with
all the force in her power, calling out for assistance,
and screaming so loudly that, notwithstanding he
had put his hand on her mouth to prevent her being
heard, still her cries reached the ears of her brother,
who instantly rushed into the garden. A scathe
ensued between the parties, which ended by the ex-
pression of regret on the part of the traverser, and
of his determination to repair the injury done to
Miss Begg by marrying her. He subsequently made
the same professions to the father of the young
lady, but having, as he thought, imposed on them
in such a manner as to deaden the effect of any law
proceedings, he totally withdrew himself, and re-
ftised to have any communication with the family.
luformations were therefore sworn, and the trial
took place before a respectable Jury, composed of
persons acquainted with the parties.
The defence set up was that this was a conspiracy
to entrap Ball into a marriage. Nu witnesses, how-
ever, were called,
and the Jury, without hesitation,
found a verdict of Guilty. Sentence—Two months'
imprisonment and 101. fine.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.-At
Croydon, on Tues Jay week, his Grace the Archbishop of
CANTERBURY, as President of the Society for the Propa-
gation of time Gospel in Foreign Parts, attended the annual
meeting at the Town-hall, Croydon. On his Grace
taking the Chair, the most unequivocal marks of disap-
probation were manifested by an immense body of persons
who thronged the body of the Hall, and a loud hissing,
accompanied (Lep groans, being kept up for a con-
siderable time, the business of the meeting was interrupted.
The friends of the institution endeavoured to suppress this
exhibition of feeling towards their Chairman by clapping
of hands and cheers, and ultimately succeeded in their ob•
jest. His Grace, in the course of his address, alluded to
the circumstance, by saying he little thought of meeting
with such treatment, particularly as the meeting was not
one of a political character. The populace, however, not
content with what took place in the Hall, congregated
about his Grace's carriage in great numbers, and on his
making his appearance to get into it, at the conclusion of
time proceedings, a simultaneous yell of indignation burst
firth from the multitude, which could be heard all over
the town. His Grace appeared somewhat alarmed. for
his personal safety, and hastily getting into the vehicle,
drove off at a rapid rate, amidst the continued groans of
the Populace.

Mr. CADE, in moving the first resolution, tcoh occasion
to advert to the manner in which the people had been dis-
appointed by the rejection of the Bill by the House ot
Lords. There were, however, three hediel on whom they
must chiefly rest their hopes—the King, the 'Whig Mi-
nistrv, and themselves. With respect to the King he
would not say anything, for, after all, he was an instru-
ment—sometimes if he were so disposed, a good one—
or sometimes, if otherwise disposed, a bad one ; but still,
an instrument that could not act for itself. With respect
to the Whig Ministry, it could not be denied that, accord-
ing to the Edinburgh Review, which was their Bible,
they had frequently veered for the people and against the
people ; and though they had prepared this measure of R--
form, it was possible that they bat only done it to suit
their own views, and n .t to meet the general wish of the
nation with that heartiness which it deserved ; but, not-
withstanding, he did not wish to say anything that should
discourage them from having full confidence in the
Government. With reap ct to the people themselves,
that was the qutrter on which the Reform Bill must
really depend for its support—(H-er, and cheers.) The
of garchy of this country had formed themselves into a
knot round the Throne, and had in fact been wielding the
kingly power ; and now that the people had found out how
oppressive that power was, they had the modesty to ex-
claim against being deprived of what they bad so long en-
joyed. But there was another party against which he
must also warn the meeting—he meant the Ultra Radicals,
who, not sat'sfied with the Bill, protested that it would do
the people no good at all, and would only go to create in
the place of the present oligarchy an oligarchy of the
middle classes of society. With the declaration of those
Ultra Radicals he could not agree: he was for the Bill ;
not because be thought that in all its details it was unex-
ceptionable, but because it effected the great object of
taking away from the boroughmongers their unholy power,
and because he felt flint till that was effected, nothing great
or good in the way of Reform or amendment could be ef-
fected.—(Cheers,) Ha concluded by moving a resolution
declaratory that the Bill having been rejected by the House
of Lords, it was advisable for the people to assume such an
attitude as might tend to prevent such an event again
taking place.
The resolution, on being seconded, was carried unani-
mously.
Mr. BOW ER moved the second resolution. What he
wanted to see established was a Political Union in
Clerkenweg on the footing of that in Birmingham.
Clerkenwell was an important parish, not only as regarded
its population, but as regarded its situation with regard
to other parishes. By means of the New Road it might
be said to be in immediate communication with the
parishes of Paddington, Marylebone, St. Pancras,
ton, St. Luke's, and Shorediteh, the population of which,
together with that of Clerkenwell, amounted to 413,000.
Mr. FRENCH, the barrister, understanding that there
were two meetings in the parish that evening, bad gone
to the other one; but he soon found that that would not
do for hitn---it was much too moderate. With respect
to the Whig Ministry, he begged to say that he had no
faith in them : instead of forcing the measure down the
throats of the House of Lords, as they ought to have done,
they had prorogued the Parliament, and were now talking
of alteration and modification ; and he had heard it stated
that the ten-pound clause—the most important clause in
the whole Bill—was to be done away with, or at least
altered, by raising it to fifteen pounds in the towns, and
reducing it to seven pounds in the country. And this
was to please the aristocracy, a body of men which, includ-
ing the Bishops, was bloated with crime and iniquity.
What a scene was that which had taken place in the
House of Lords! There the Rev. and Right Rev. Pre-
lates
risen one afterbgwig, and had n
another,i
a dignitye
t
emanates
another
shaken their heads for the purpose of negativing the cry
for liberty whicii the universal people of England had
raised.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CAnE moved a resolution to the effect that the
meeting was of opinion that, as long as Bishops and Arch-
bishops were thought necessary in this country, it would
be better if they had no seat in the House of Lords, and
therefore counselling those Prelates to take an early op-
portunity of withdrawing themselves from the field of po-
litics, in order that they might confine their labours to the
circulating of piety and religion. In moving this resolu-
tion, Mr. Cade wished to know what we wanted with
Bishops at all ? Those things were much better managed
in America, where there was no union of Church and
State, but every one went to what clergyman lie pleased,
and paid what clergyman be pleased.
Mr. FRENCH seconded the resolution.

Other resolutions were then carried, agreeing to the for-
mation of a Political Union in Clerkenwell ; after which a
further day of meeting was agreed upon, for the purpose of
furthering the objects of the society.
Thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting
separated.

A farmer of St. Minver, in this county, etni
grated with his family not long since to America, but his
wife not being pleased with that country, they returned in
the same vessel that had taken them out. One of the crew,
having shown particular attention to the comfort of the
family, was, on the arrival of the ship at Bristol, invited to
spend a few weeks at the old residence of the farmer at
St. ➢linver, where be was treated with true Cornish hos-
pitality. At length the parting time came, the sailor had
Rot a birth, and was about to sail, but the separation was
more than poor Mrs. the farmer's wife, could
bear; she was resolved to go with the tar. Under these
circumstances the farmer considered it useless to remon-
strate, and, having provided them a good stock of neces-
saries for a long sea v..yage, accompanied his sponse and
her paramour to the beach, where the husband and wife
parted on good terms. The reader will be astonished to
learn that this wretched woman has left a large family of
young children.— Cornubian.

We have to state a curious fact with regard
to the cholera. 'We are informed, on good authority, that
Prince LIavEN, the Russian Ambassador, asserts that ac-
cw ding to the official returns the numb.r of deaths, taken
as a whole, during the prevalence of the cholera at Mos.
cow, was absolute!), less than in ordinary times. This is
attributed to the people refraining from drinking, and other
habits of dissipation.

NOVEL CASE Or POISONING.--An inquest
was held last night at the Red Lion, Aldersgate-street,
before Mr. PAYNE, on the body of Miss ELEANOR
WHITE, aged 34. It appeared that the deceased resided
in Aldersgate-buildings, and being violently attacked by
worms, referred to a book called " Mrs. Glass's Complete
Housewife," where she found a recipe, entitled an excel-
lent prescription for the cure of worms in children and
adults. It consisted of tops of an herb called carduns,
tops of centuary, Roman wormwood,
and flowers of camo-
mile. These were ordered to be bruised and simmered in
water over the fire, and with the liquor therefrom a
quantity of the oil of beech nut was to be intermixed,
and a certain portion of the decoction was to be taken
every morning by the patient, fasting. The deceased
procured the herbs, &c., and on Sunday morning
last she prepared the mixture and swallowed the portion
prescribed in Mrs. GLASS'S book. The unfortunate lady had
no sooner taken the stuff than she paced the room in the
greatest agony, and violent expectorations followed. Ilyste•
rical fits came on, and the deceased died in half an hour,
before medical assistance could be rendered. Upon a post
mortem examination of the body, a quantity of essential
oil of almonds was found in the stomach, which is known
by the name of " peach nut oil," in the preparation of
which a portion of prussic acid is introduced, and, although
a strong poison, is used frequently for culinary purposes,
and by pastry cooks in flavouring custards, &c. So. A
portion of the stuff was found in a phial upen the table,
near the deceased. Dr. KITCHENER, a surgeon in the
neighbourhood, was of opinion that the oil of almonds was
the cause of death. The Jury returned a verdict, " That
the deceased had taken the poison in mistake, believing it
would prove beneficial to her health."

The first point to which I solicit your Lordship's notice
is included in the term modifications, in connection with
the Reform Bill. This term, somehow or ether, and most
unhappily, bas been lately connected with this all-engros-
sing question. It is a term of evil omen, and sits heavy
on the soul of every honest Reformer, and should the faint
sad doubtful credit which is yet attached to it, be eon-
verted into certainty, we fear the effects will be such as " to
fright the hit from her propriety," and to exert a most in-
jurious influence on the public interests.
The people of Scotland, my Lord, have the utmost eon-.
fiderve in your Lordship'e integrity and consistency, these
' they hold as sufficient pledges that you will be no party to
the bringing forward a measure of Reform of less effi-
ciency than the one which has already been submitted to
the pile. They consider also that some of your Lord-
ship's Right Hon. Colleagues have pledged themselves no
less distinctly to a similar line of conduct, and entertain-
ing, as they do, a high opinion of their character as states-
rneu and men of honour—it is not without surprise and
dismay, that they find the idea of probable molific.atiot.o
in the Pill has obtained such currency in society, as to he
pressing painfully upon the public feeling. With every
confidence in the uprightness of your Lordship's intentions,
it is the duty of Reformers to apprise you that suck
an opinion is abroad in society, unsettling the minds of
a:en, and that its eontiOunce cannot but be of injurious
tendency to the character anZ.l
,perstions of your Aamists-
'ration The people, my Luria.,
are disposed to make
many allowances fur the trying ,Filica,ra of your present
situation,—their only fear is, that beset op• the one h Intl
,y the power, the subtlety, and the cleweripa;:ouli wok,
of your opponents ; and on tile other. rtbar, -"''
snnoyed by the hollow suppert ,nd 61.Jf.kft. the
'okesvarin and pretesid.d fri nis of /tefotrtr—wl,Z:le
unsettled sta,e of society and the danger -us Ineecnese
the body politic, must naturally render yew anxious for
the settlement of this great question—their fear, I say ie.
chat under the influence of these annoyances and inclur..-
,iients, your Lordship may be driven into some sort of vont-
promise with the enemies of Reform. Do not take is
amiss, my Lord, if in order to chew the fruitlessness an,?
danger of such a sacrifice on your pert, I have supposes,
the event to be possible—for I frankly c-nfess, if seer war.
had an excuse for a temporary deviation from the rigid-
. ess of his own views, that man is your Lordship. I ‘hsll
now snake a few observations, in older to show the danger
as well ,:a fruitlessness of attempting to compromise the
qu,stion of Reform with those who are well known to ha
in secret or avowedly its bitter enemies. Y..ur Lord-
ship, to your everlasting honour, has publicly stated, that
you would be no party to delude the people with a meek
Reform, and that you thought the public enti:ed to em
lees complete a Reform than the one you had brougiu! for-
ward. Now, my Lord, if a less complete, that is a ?tux,:
Reform, is after all this proffered to the people, to induce
sius tao
mbeeasuerxep?ectedls tihtabt
ect
ah
ue
sepusuh
clihe
aw
ci
übret: ant iesetl.
the reluctant concessions of their enian'es—on what prin-
ch
cwiPalhe
carily involves a deliberate insult to their understandings
is well as their feelings ? Is a high spirited nation, which
has proclaimed in the most emphatic terms, its determi-
o ition in favour of nothing less than an effectual Reform
of its political institutions—and whose sensibilities arc
wound up to the highest pitch by the feverish alternatives
of hope and disappointment—a fit subject to la• treated
with contemptuous indifference or aristocratic hauteur—
Ind to have its unquestionable and admitted rights doled
out with the griping reluctance of a miser parting with
his gold. My Lord, let who will, he you no 'party to so
fatal a deceit; consent not, I beseech you, to barter away
your own noble name, which is public property, and the
Lordship'sn.
Colleagues, pub public eht
hae-
most valuable of public property, to gain a few stray
votes in the Lords, or to mollify the venerable bigotry
ratter, and
Sacerdotaltbato
f Bench.
your
RightY" Hr
sheet-anchor which still holds the vessel of the state to her
moorings—should that fail she must drift to sea, or ba
dashed upon the rocks and quicksands of revolution—this
is an important troth, though coached under the veil of
metaphor. My countrymen, my Lord, are not in a mood
to be trifled with at present—the wisdom and utrxleration
of their conduct through all the agitation of the last fifteen
months has been above all praise—but they are actuated by
a moat determined spirit, and if the dame has burnt less
fiercely on the surface than in some other parts of the
kingdom, the furnace heat has not been less intense below.
I say, my Lord, that the people of Scotland, by their
temperate yet firm demeanour, under so many trials and
disappointments, have satisfactorily proved that they lower
their rights, and are qualified to use them; sad those who
have studied their varied exhibitions of eharaete
thoroughly understand their proud determination at a
risks to possess them. The Hyperion fruit of liberty
been brought almost within their grasp, and they will ha
i leap for it, into whatever gulph the experiment may
tonduct them.

The Scotch are proverbially a people cautious in taking
up their ground, but of an iron nature in maintaining it.
To suppose that such a people, equally intelligent and
fierce, will any longer submit to the infamous mockery of
their present system of representation, Flom indeed dis-
' cover a most lamentable ignorance of their character—an
ignorance of which, however, I wholly acquit your Lord •
ship. It is to be feared, my Lord, that we approach a
commercial as well as a polit.cal crisis. Should those
Formidable elements of danger and distress be let loose
upon society at one and the same time, where is the spirit
who shall " ride in the whirlwind, and direct the storm,"
if the Administration, of which your Lerdship is the
head, should have made shipwreck of their characters, by
compromising the rights of the people, and thus have fur-
feited for ever their good will and support. Society labours
and is uneasy—there is a tremulous indecision in its move-
ments, prophetic of the approaching earthquake. The
minds of men are unsettled, and a gloomy autidipation per-
vades all ranks. In the meantime commerce languishes
and trade is declining—many of the working classes are
idle, and many more will be so shortly. This is a just
but striking picture of the national disorders, and yet, my
Lord, there is a talisman of power to convert this aceno
of anxiety and coming disaster into a scen of peai.e, order,
and prosperity—that talisman is an effectual Parliamentary
Reform,—in other words, the whole and entire Bill; no-
thing less will suffice to effect this great result. The more
anxiety the people's enemies show to mitigate and curtail
their Reform, the more determined will they be to obtain
the difference, as they wilt thus be enabled more per-
fectly to comprehend its value, from the reluctance of
their opponents to grant it. This then, ray Lord, is
the state of the case, any attempt to infringe urn
the great provisions of the Bill, will ne considered
by the people as a distinct violation of the pledgee an so-
lemnly given by the principal members of your Lordship's
Administration, and will gall their feelings the more
sensibly, as the unkindness or treachery of a fiend !eaves
a deeper sting than can be eff•etsd by ear open malice of
an avowed enemy. We shall then hure the publie mad
in a state of the highest exasperation, from the disappoint-
ment of its long cherished hopes, through the reel or sup-
posed perfidy of its only friends—on whom it had relied
with an undoubting confidence—driven almost to mad-
ness, and taking counsel on the anal annihi'ition of hope,
from an indictive and fearless despair—whilst the agitation
is most probably increased by the stagnation of trade, and
the distress of the labouring clauses. In sober sadness. lily
Lord, lam convinced the above is a just, though faint
ra
picture of what would be the state of feeling is the west
of Scotland under such a state of things as has now been
contemplated, and it supplies to your Lordship the most
cogent of arguments to tranquillise the public mind upon
this great question, by the public adoption of such steps as
will suffice for that purpose. And this briars rue to the
last topic, upon which I propose to make an observation or
two—although I leave with reluctance the views
already brought forward, which from the narrowness
my limits I have rather faintly indicated, than duly
and distinctly illustrated. Allow me farther to observe,
that by way of mystifying the public mind, the cry of the
Anti-Reformers now is, that the difference between them
and the public is only the degree or extent of Reforin--a
point they insinuate everywhere of no great importance.
But, my Lord, the public are no fools, they seldom mis-
take " a hawk for a hand•sawc and they know full well
that the Reform which they (the Moderates) are disposed
toallow, and no Reform at all, are meetly convertible terms
of the self-same proposition. I have occupied so much
ardesh spoken,
k will
•
f
time already with the hasty sketches of public feeling here,
now, and under a suppositious state of things, that I can-
with
am
which
not presume any longer to detain your Lordship at pre-
sent. In
even the honest
slightmeantime, mistrust
boldnessunder some of my observations, in consideration of what
I hope is sufficiently evident—the rectitude of my imen-
tions, my zeal for your Lordship's honour and welfare.
Faithful are the wounds of e friend, nay Lord, and you
can have no more devoted friend and adviser than your
Lordship's very humble servant,
LUCIUS YERULhih yic:hyur appearl to lurk Lordship
sure

11AM PSHIRE
GREAT COUNTY REFORM MEETING,

(BY EXPRESS.)

This county, which has long been known as one bear-
ing a high Tory character, resolved not to be the last in
the field to address the King in favour of the rejected Re-
form Bill. The following requisition, signed by upwards
of 500 freeholders, was, on the 14th inst., presented to
Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, Bart., of Tichborne Park,
High Sheriff for the county :—" We, the undersigned
freeholders, request you to convene a meeting of the
county at the earliest convenient day, to consider the pre-
sent state of the great question of Parliamentary Reform,
and to take such steps thereupon as a elms SO important
demands.
The requisition was signed by many men of great
ereilltti and influence in the county, including, many clergy-
men ; among them were the county Members, J. B.
Carter, E-q., M.P., R. Etwall, Jun., Esq., M.P., Sir
Themas Baring, Bart., IMP., the Reverend Doctor W.
H. Newholt, the Reverends E, Polter, C. Richards, T.
Gamier, C. J. Isdell, J. Ellis, J. Hewer, L. 13. Wither,
R. G. Richards, .1. Barber, L. 0. Ilwood, D. Williams,
R. Carleton, &c. &c.
In pursuance of the above requisition, the High Sheriff
appointed the meeting to take place at the Castle, at
Winchester, yesterday.
Much importance was attached to the teattlt of this
meeting:, from the former political feelings of sonic of the
requisitioniatr. It was known at an early hour yesterday
morning that 3lr. Cobbett and his son Richard had ar-
rived at the Barley-mow, and that the former intended to
move an amendment to the address, and if possible to ob-
tain by a skilful manoeuvre a first hearing, so as that his
addreea should he first read. Its this attempt it will lie
seen be succeeded, and he was also within an ace of having
it adopted. The proceedings were conducted with any
thing rather than with a disposition to keep order. Long
before twelve o'clock, the hour fixed for the commence-
ment of the 'ansiness, and notwithatanding the unfavourable
aspect of the weather, a vast number of persona flocked
to v: sat is called the Castle-yard, and at twelve o'clock we
should suppose there were from 4,000 to 5,000 persons
present. The principal personages forming the Com-
mittee assembled at the George Inn, and from thence pro-
ceeded to the Grand Jury-room, from the windows of
which the speakers addressed the meeting. We
cannot refrain from expressing our surprise that
no hustings were erected in the Castle-yard, or
other arrangement:, made, by which most of the dis-
orders that ensued would have been prevented. The Grand
Jury room has; four windows in it, each of which, as well
as the body of the room, was crowded with persons. The
High Sheriff took his stand at one of them, and as there
was no aocommodation for the public Press, and as per-
sons spoke from each window, and sometimes two persons
from different windows at one time, the inconvenience
was a very great one. To Mr. Dunn, the Under Sheriff,
our thanks are cue for endeavouring, as far as he was able
tinder existing circumstances, to enable 118 to obtain a
tolerably accurate report of the proceedings Amoog the
gentlemen in the room were Sir James Macdonald, Bart.
and Shaw Le Fevre, Esq., 'Members for the county; Sir
F. Baring, Bart , M.P., Francis Baring, Esq., M.P.,
John B. Carter, Esq., M.P. for Portsmouth, G. P. Jer-
voise, Esq., late M.P. for the county, Sir R. Simeon,
Bart., a Reform candidate for the Isle of Wight, P. St.
John Milditiay, Esq., M.P. for Winchester, Henry Marsh,
Esq., of Reading, &r.
A variety of handsome banners were displayed in the
Castle-yard; amongst them we noticed those containing
the following inscriptions:—
" Union is strength ; the envy of the Poroughniongers is the
glory of the Reformers."

" No mitred Priest or Prelate's crown
Shall pull the cause of free•_tom down."
" We will thunder in the ear of the Boroughmongers . Justice
is our shield, reason our battle-axe, and liberty our prize.'"
The proceedings commenced by the Under Sheriff, Mr.
Dunn, reading the requisition.
The HIGH SHERIFF stated that in compliance with a
requisition which be had received, signed by persons re-
siding in all parts of the county, he had convened the
present meeting at a crisis of unusual importance, and he,
therefore, hoped that every attention would be paid to
every gentleman who might wish to address the meeting
He wished that a fair and impartial bearing would be
given to all parties, and he hoped that as this was a mo-
ment of unusual interest, whoever intended to speak
would confine himself to the object for which the meeting
was called.--(Cheers. )

Mr. Bunn, town-clerk of Newbury, stepped forward to
propose en address to hie Majesty. At this crisis he wa,
of opinion the people ought plainly to point out what hi.
Mijesty ought to do under the present circumstances; hi-
should therefore propose an address for the approval of the
meeting ; there was no doubt that they would have
another address proposed to them, but he would read his
at 011(r., and then he would leave it to the meeting either
to adopt his, or one that they could more highly approve
of.—(Cheers.) Mr. Budd then read the following ad-
dress,
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

" THE ADDRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY
OF HANTS, IN COUNTY MEETING ASSEMBLED,
THIS 23TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
" MAY IT PLE VOUR MAJESTY,—We, the people of Ilamp.
shire, being thoroughly convinced that your Majesty's Royal
office and powers exist for one good, and that your Majesty has
constantly exerted those powers with the most anxious solici_
lode for our welfare, deeply lament, that instead of confining
ourselves upon this occasion to an expression of our gratitude
towards your Majesty, a due regard for the welfare of our country
and our children, as well as for the stability of your Majesty's
throne, compel us to complain that another branch of the Legis-
lature has dashed from our lips the cup of renovation, of peace,
of prosperity, and happiness, tendered to us by the paternal and
gracious hand of your Majesty.
" Having for many long years seen our undoubted right of
choosing our rep, esentatives daringly usurped—having been be-
reft of all that protection for our property, which had been pro-
vided for by the laws of our fathers—having seen the usurpers of
our rights take to themselves, or squander on their kindred or
creatures, the incomes from our estates and the fruit of our toil
—having sects them mortgage to loan-mongers and Jews every
inch of our country, every house, every tree, the sweat of our
brow, and even that of the child in the cradle—having endured
from their merciless hands burden heaped on burden, stripe fol-
lowing stripe, the last always still heavier than the former—
having seen them, by their cruel exactions, take from the far-
mer the means of paying the labourer wages sufficient to supply
him with food fit for man—having seen them, at last, reduce our
once free and happy country to a state of poverty, misery, and
crime, in which the world could recognize of England nothing
but the name, and that name, instead of being our glory, hav-
ing become our shame—thus brought by this band of usurpers to
choose between the basest bondage and deadly civil strife, and
seeing your Majesty nobly step forward to rescue us from this
sad alternative, to restore us our rights, to redress our wrongs,
to raise us from our degradations, what has been our indignation
at seeing a hundred and ninety-nine persons, enriched and made •
great only by taxes extorted from ourselves, scornfully reject all
our claims and supplications, and treat as nothing worth even
the Roya;, gracious, and earnest recommendation of your Ma-
jesty : But, if language would fail us in endeavouring to give
'rent to our thoughts relative to this whole band, where shall we
find words to express our feelings with regard to the conduct of
those mitred enemies of our rights and our happiness, who, roll-
ing in wealth and lodged in princely palaces by means drawn from
our property anti labour, and thus exalted as the immaculate
guardians of piety anti virtue, have by this their vote stamped
the seal of their approval on scenes of drunkenness, fraud, cor-
ruption, subornation, and perjury, inure flagrant, more shameless,
more teeming wills abominations than were those, on the actors
in which God, by the mouth of Job, pronounced that the con-
gregation of hypocrites should be desolate, and that fire
should consume the tabernacles of bribery; more flagrant, more
/WI of abominations than the acts of the apostate sons of Samuel,
equal in turpitude and cruelty to the despoilers and destroyers of
Naboth, and yielding in point of wickedness to the deeds of none
but Judas Iscariot himself:

" Thus, finding the most bitter enemies in those, whose calling
and whose professed hatred of vice taught us to look for the
warmest of friends, we have now no reliance but in the wisdom
and the justice of your Majesty • and most firmly relying on
these, and on that love for your" faithful people which has been
conspicuous in every act of your :Majesty's reign, we humbly
implore your Majesty to exert your Royal powers, by issuing in
accordance with ancient usage your writs for a new House of
Commons, agreeably with the provisions of the Bill, which has
now been rejected by the Peers, and thereby insure the oat,.
means of restoring safety, peace, and harmony to this now suf-
fering and troubled kingdom, and which blessing we shall the
more highly prize as being the work of a Sovereign endeared to
113 by every tie that can bind to a gracious King a loyal, dutiful,
and grateful people."
LMany passages in the address were meet enthusiastically
cheered, particularly the allusions to the Bishops, and the
advice to his Majesty to issue writs for a new House
of Commons in accordance with the provisions of
the Reform Bill.] Mr. Budd then stated that it was a
common saying that one false step often occasioned others,
and so it was in this case, for if his Majesty had been ad-
vi•ed to set the matter.at rest at once, there would have
been no occasion to have asked fur the sinction of the
House of Lerds.—(Cheers.) Ihere was one resolution
on the Journals of the House of Commons, declaring that
it was a breach of privilege for any Peer to interfere in
the eleCtion of any of its Members, and yet in violation of
that rule they all at once and by wholesale, asked the
Peers to give their consent to the Reform Bill.—(Cheers.)
They had no business to go to the Lords at all.
Mr. COINSZTT then came forward, and was much
cheered by the crowd in the Castle-yard, and hissed by
those in the room. He bogged to second the ad-
dress, in which there was nothing that ought
not to be said to a. good King by an oppressed
and industrious people.—(Loud cheers and hisses.)
There was one thing that ought always to be attended to.
either in addressing the King pr any body else, and that
was the truth ; and if every thing in that address was
true—and he believed it was—there was nothing in it
that ought to be otoitti d. In many e°unties in which ht.
had been, he found a very great delicacy prevailing in
speaking of the conduct of the Bishops. Now the people
must recollect, that the cup of bliss had been dashed horn
their lips by those Bishops—(Loud cheers)--bY those wen

who had fattened and been made rich by the labour of the
poor•--(Cheers, and a cry of " Down with them.")
Only two Bishops voted for the Bill, twenty-one voted
against it, and all the rest were absent ; he felt, however,
gratified to notice those two who voted for the Bill, and
who were the venerable Bishop Bathurst, of Norwich, anti
Dr. Maltby, Bishop of Chichester. Then there was the Irish
Church, consisting of 15 Bishops, and they must surely
have a great deal to do, for they had only sixteen resident
Clergymen belonging to each Bialsoprie in the whole
country. Of these eighteen, four of them sat in Parlia-
ment as what were reined Representative Bishops. These
men n•ere ail pampered in luxury, revelling in palaces,
tolling in wealth, and able to leave behind them 200,000/.
or 300,0001. when they died, although they were not
worth a halfpenny when they were appointed.—(Cheers )
All those Bishop!, but two, voted against restoring to the
people sty portion of the liberties that belonged to them.—
(Cheers.) He therefore asked, whether it would not be
a great omission to addrese, Ms Majesty without alluding
to the conduct of the Bishops ?—(Cries of " Yea.")—
Shaul 1 the people of Hampshire do this? There was
one Bishop who had a palate at Farnham, and one at
Chelsea : that at Chelsea was sold by an Act of Parlia-
ment, and the money put into the funds, but the Bishop te-
terved the interest of Shame l") If lie could do with
one palace less by the authority of an Act of Parliament,
could he not de with another less, and then why should
not tilt money be placed in the Treasury? If one palace
could be taken by law, what was there to prevent a second
being taken iu like manner?—(Cheers.) The Bishop
would then be reduced to something like an Apostolical
life, and be obliged to work like St. Paul and Timothy
with his own hands the thing that was good, and that he
might give to those who needed it.—(Cheers.) Of all the
counties in England, the people of Hampshire would lie
base to be silent on the conduct of the Bishops.—(Cheers.)
They had not only a Bishop, but two sorts of half-Bishops
—for Bishops were in the habit of breeding in Hampshire.
—(Laughter and cheers.) That county had not only one
but three Bishops. There was the Earl of Guildford, who
held a prebendal stall in Winchester and several livings ;
did the people think that his Lordship would vote for
the Reform Bill, which would take from him all his
livings but one at least?—(Loud cheers.) The people
of Manchester were about to elect him, Mr. Cobbett, if
the Bill passed into a law, but he had told them that un-
less they would support him in appropriating the Church
property in a proper manner, so that the people might
have a little more religion and a little less tithes to pay,
they might look about for another man.—(Cheers.) Then
there was the present Lord Waleingham, whose name was
De Grey ; he was Chancellor of the diocese of Surrey,
Prebend of Winchester, and had the livings of four parishes
in Hampshire. Would he, did they think, vote for the
Reform Bill?—(Cheers.) He had good reasons for not
voting for it. They were, however, good reasons for the
people to tell the King that they bad no hope in the Lords,
and to request his Majesty to exercise his undoubted right
of calling on all the towns to send Members to Par-
liament without the permission of the House of
Lords.—(Loud cheers.) That was the great point iu
the proposed address.—(Cheers.) There was another
thing which they ought to attend to. They had h •ard
from their boyis'i days a great outcry raised by persons
against the Catholic religion—the Catholics had been
called idolatrous and superstitious, and the head of them
had been likened to the whore of Babylon. The people
not knowing that their great-grandfsthera were of that re-
ligion, also adopted that cry. Their forefathers had built
that (Winchester) Cathedral, but many persons believed
that it was built by Protestants.—(Cries of " No, we do
not.") There had, however, been an abolition of that
penal and cruel law affecting the Catholics, and for that
abolition they might thank the Duke of Wellington.
Altogether there were now twenty-eight Catholics in Par-
liament—nineteen in the House of Commons, and nine
in the House of Lords. Out of the nineteen in the
House of Commons only one voted against the Re-
form Bill, and of the nine in the Lords, only
one voted against it. As to Lord Arundel, who
voted against the Bill, his better-half was a Protestant.—
having married a Protestant. Now there were forty-four
Protestant Bishops, and only two voted for the Bill, while
of the twenty-eight Catholics only two voted against the
people's wishes, After this statement he (i'slr. Cobbetr)
thought they would he satisfied that the address ought not
to be silent on the score of the Bishops.—(Cheers.) The
hope of every man was that a Reformed Parliament would
soon relieve the people from the monstrous and iniquitous
oppression of tithes.—(Cheers.) Therefore the not pass-
ing- of the Bill was productive of serious injury to the
people ; it was a substantial evil if the Bill did not peso.
If it had passed, after a few months there would be no
more disputes between farmers and their labourers—
(Cheers)—and those taxes which pressed so heavy upon
the farmers and the labourers would be taken off.—

(Cheers.) Only look at the malt tag. Was it not an
evil to tax the barley that a farmer grew in his field, and
the hops that would grow in his hedges if they would let
them ? Then the farmer was ruined if he converted his

malt or his hops into drink for himself or his servants.
The farmers had their choice—either to be ruined by p ty-
ing all the heavy taxes imposed upon them? or by pinch-
..

ing and grinding, their labourers; for his (Mr. Cobbett's)
part he would bring it to an upshot ; he would
pay no paron—he would pay nubody--(lmmense
uproar, with mingled cherts and hisses)—he would
only pay the labourers and he would pay them enough to
lire upon—( Cheers)—and the rest should get it how they

could.—(Cheers and groans.) He now begged to remind
the whole of the assembly that they had a right to be
wriere they were ; it was a right that no one could prevent

enjoying ; and he begged them to bear in mind tha

a great deal depended on the vote. they should give this
day. The Sheriff would put the address to them, and if
the majority, as ha trusted they would, held up their hands
for it, it would go to the King, and what was of more im-

purtance it would be published in every Newspaper.—
It would be the decision of a county steeped in tithes and
Church lands, and would be of more importance than that

of any other county in England. If they carried this ad-
dress, more would be told to the King and his Ministers
than was contained i❑ the thousand flummery speeches and
addresses that would be tent up. That man (pointing
amongst the crowd) with a smock frock on, and that
young fellow with a red waistcoat and chipped hat, were
of much greater importance than the persons about him
(Mr. Cobbett). Such men were those who brought the
mutton and beef to perfection. He now begged to tell
them that if an address should be proposed which did not
contain matter relative to the Bishops, by all means
instantly to reject it.—(Cheers and cries '' We will.")
If one was read to them containing any compliments to
the Ministers, and expressing confidence in them,

he begged of them to shun it as they would a thunderbolt.
—(lmmense noise of cheers outside and groans within—
loud cries of "off, off," and "turn him out.") Ah, that
little groupe were tax-gatherers. This meeting, he verily
believed, had been called by persons who had nothing in
view but that of adopting a flattering address to the Ali-

. .
niters—(lmmense uproar again)—and to pray the King
to keep his Ministers in office. Did they never see a big
fellow heat his wife, upon which she held her chili up to
him, telling him to beat his own offspring.—(Laughter.)
Just so was Lord Grey. He was the baby in the hands of

he Tories.—(lnuneme uproar again, and a cry of " Give

him rope enough, and he will hang himself.") Mr.
Cobbett pointed to a few persons in a corner, who were

conspicuous in hissing him, and said—" Ah, there
they are—the tax-gatherers—the tax-eaters—the bailiffs—
the stewards—all stuck in a corner.—( Hisses and cheers.)
He hoped the meeting would show that they knew how to
counteract such proceedings.—(Groans again front the
same quarter.) There tvas a great fraud intended to be
practised on them to get them to approve of another ad-

dress to his I%lajesty,:tying him to retain the Mini%ter,

in their places.—(Cheers, and cries of " Yes, we will.")
For his part he would say nutting against the Ministers,
although he could say plenty against them ; but if any one
attempted to eulogize them be would state what he had to
say.—(A cry of " We won't believe you.") Yes, he had
plenty to say against them, particularly when he recollected
the deeds they committed on that very spot. Ile would
now leave the address in their hands; some gentleman
would, he knew, move an amendment to it, and he begged
them to vote against that amendment..—(Cheers and hisses. )
Then Mr. Build's address would be put, and if it should
be carried, he begged them to give a shout which would
_ .

rend the skies and frigLten them out of their senses.
G. P. JERVOISE. Esq., said he did not appear before
the meeting as a public character, but as a straight-for-
ward private country gentleman.—(Cheers.) Once he
had the honour of serving the county, and happy would
he have been, could lie have given a vote in the House of
Commons in favour of the Reform Bill. He deeply la-

mented the rejection of the Reform Bill in the H'euse of
Lords; it had been sent up by a majority of the House of
Commons, and as it spoke the sentiments of that House
it ought to have been passed.—(Cheers.) He did no!
wish to deceive the meeting, as he believed the respect dile,
gentleman who spoke last did.—(Cbeers, and cries of
" lie is not going to deceive us.") He had the happiness
of living in a free country, and to entertain truly consti-
tutional principles. They had heard what Mr. Cobbett
had said about the Bishops ; he was not the man of suck
a despotic character as to say, that property should be un-
lawfully taken from any individual. Let every man possess
his property until it was taken from him by the law.—(Heie
there was much nom, and a manifestation of impatience.

the High Sheriff with some difficulty procured Mr. icrvoise
a hearing.) He hoped he was speaking to honest men,
who possessed honest principles. It was his province to
propose certain resolutions to the consideration of the
meeting, and upon which their decision would he re-
quired. Mr. Jervoise concluded by moving the following
resolutions :

" That we, in comsr on with the whole people of England, have
watched V, ith deep anxiety the progress through the House of
Commons of the wise measure of Parliamentary Reform brought
forward-by the Ministers of the Crown, under the auspices of
our most gracious' and beloved Sovereign; and have Witnessed
with the utmost diiappointment and indignation its peremptory
rejection 1w 'he other House of Parliament.
" That we deem it our duty at such a moment to approach his
Majesty's person as well to assure him of our heartfelt gratitude
for his paternal care of the constitutional rights of his people, and
our conviction of the integrity and wisdom that have directed his
Councils, as to express to him frankly our firm persuasion that
no measure of Reform in any respect loss efficient will satisfy the
wants and wishes of the community.
" That believing the internal iwace and well being of the
country to depend upon the speedy restoration of the people's
rights in the election of representatives to their own House of
Parliament, we humbly thank his Majesty for continuing his
entire and unhesitating confidence in his present advisers, satis-
fied as we are that on their firmness and integrity the nation
may safely rely for the early realization of its just expectations."
HENRY MARSH, Esq., on stepping forward to second
the resolutions, said he never had less reason for despair
at the present moment. They had heard what Mr. Cob-
bett had said, who boasted of being an old Reformer ; he
was an older man, but not so old a Reformer as he (Mr.
Marsh) was. He was a Reformer when it was not only
not the fashion to be one, but when the Reformers were
compared with Falstaff's ragged regiment, which had only
two shirts and a half amongst them, and those they were
accused of having stolen. He was a Reformer when old
George Rose said the country gentlemen must glee up a por-
tion of their property to save the other, and old Rose made
pretty good pickings out of it. At that time when he
Mr. March was a Reformer, Mr. Cabett was an Anti-
Reformer.—(Cries of " No.") He would say yes.
Often did Mr. Cobbett shoot his porcupine quills, making
r them reach from America to England—(L=aughter and
sheers)—.and be it remembered that all his quills whe.•
ther goose or porcupine, told, and left a visible wound for
years afterwards. Mr. Cobbett was a man of very com-
manding talents, but at that time he was young and unac-
quainted with the boroughmongering system. But why
should they now despair, now when they had the King,
the Lords (not a m jority yet, hut he hoped they soon
would have), the majority in the Hcuse of Commons, and
twenty-two millions of people, acting in one great cause,
and only a few Lards against it.—(Cheers.) What was
the conduct of these Lords ? Was there any arrangement
being made that could interfere with the privileges
of the Lords? No ! It was only respecting the
Commons House of Parliament.—(Cheers.) They
arrogated to themselves the power of the Deity, that of
übiquity, and of being in more places than one at the same
time ; they could lie in bed at home, and vote in the House
of Lords at the same moment. There were 45 Lords ab-
sent from the division, probably at home and in bed, while
a decision was taking place upon a nation's fate—(Cries of
" Shame")—a decision which should place thii country
either in a free and prosperous conditions or in a state of
anarchy and confusion. So much for the Temporal Lords;
now for those spiritual. Let it be remembered that for a
century past those Bishops had never voted in favour of
the people, but always wills the Ministers until now. He
did not quarrel with what Mr. Cobbett said of the Bishops.
Man was the creature of circumstances, and human nature
was the same whether it was found under a Bishop's petti-
coat or a cobbler's apron—(Laughter)—and, by the bye,
they were both menders of soles (souls). He would
however, like to mention an exception to the general rule ;
if these was one man who could be held in greater
estimation than another it was a truly independent and
virtuous clergyman, and for this reason, that its the exact
proportion of the value of the temptation was the merit of
resisting that temptation. It was well known that a
great temptation was held out to clergymen to become
sycophants and time servers. How were the Bishops
made ? The fact was they were made nut of that bo-
rouglimongering system which it was the object of the
people to destroy.—(Cheers.) He, Mr. Marsh, once
said to his learned friend Dr. Valpy, of Reading, " If you
fi sd served your country, you would now be a Bishop ;"
but his friend knew better than he hose' Bishops were
made, for he replied, " Oh no ; the only way to become a
Bishop is to he either a Lord's ton, a Lord's brot!ser, or
a Lord's tutor." Indeed if they looked to the history of
the country they would find numbers of Bishops hail been
tutors to young Lordlings, and by that means had been
put on the clerical railway, and obtained immediate pro.
motion.—(Cheers and laughter.) Their sole and imme-
diate desire was lucre.—(Much noise in the crowd, who
were becoming impatient.) He hoped that as they had
beard Mr. Cobbett speak about the Bishops, they would
also hear him. Hudibras, when asked
" What makes the Church a den of thieves Id"

. replied,
A Dean and Chapter, and lawn sleeves."
—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Marsh) would, however, give
. a more appropriate answer, and say the cause was
". Old Sarum, Gatton, and lawn sleeves."
He hoped they would persevere until they got a Reform
in Parliament, which would soon afterwards produce a
thorough Reform in Church and State.—(Cheers.)
He did not wish to attack Mr. Cobbett, for if there was
one man on earth who had a clear insight into the opera-
tion of the Pitt system it was that gentleman. There had
been a great deal of go,d stuff in Mr. Cobhett's address,
and he should like to read it in the next Register, but lie
put it to the meeting whether all the world had not said,
whether Mr. Cobbett had not last week said, when speak-
ing of Lord Grey, that if his Lordship had hen an am-
bitious man he would have resigned directly, and thus the
whole country would be thrown into disorder and con-
fusion. But Lord Grey would not resign. He had a
character to lose. 'Where would they find a man who for
forty years had preserved his consistency like Lord Grey ?
—(Loud cheers.) Were they then to be told that they
ought to deprive him of their confidence and support ?
(Cries of " No, no.") The answer of Lord Grey to a
deputation was said not to be satisfactory. Let
it be recollected that he was the Prime Minister, and
sworn not to divulge the King's secrets. He had, how-
ever, pledged himself not to introduce or support any mea-
sure less efficient than the late Bill. Then was it not true
that he had laboured more than any former Minister, and
had been defeated by 41 Lords, who wished to see him kicked
out of office. Were they to refuse, then, confidence to
such a man ?—(Cries of " No, no.") They ought to
express their gratitude to him. He (Mr. Marsh) did not
wish them to believe that he was going to put a veil over
the acts of the Administration, if he could he justified in
finding fault with it ; on the contrary, if they should in-
troduce a Bill less efficient than the former one, he
would join in the ' roar of execration against them.
But he would give his confidence in Lord Grey's Govern-
ment until his Lordship proved himself unworthy of it.
Mr. Cobbett, in his address, advises the King as to what
he should do. Now it was a maxim of our Constitution
that the King could do no wrong, hut the said Constitu-
tion said that the Ministers might do a great deal of
wrong, and might perhaps lose their heads for it.
The responsibility upon them therefore was immense.
Then, if the people believed the King to be that
straight-forward and gracieus Monarch who lived amongst
his people, who permitted no back-stairs influence,
and who tolerated no whisperers behind the throne,
the county of Hants would differ from all parts of the
kingdom, would differ from the Birmingham 150,000, if
they agreed to Mr. Cobbett's address.. Should they bold
up their hands for that address merely because it pleased
Mr. Cobbett in his last Register to charge Lord Grey
with uttering sentiments not satisfactory to the people.
He (Mr. M.) hoped the people would think for themselves,
and no doubt they would approve of the amendment. He
hoped the people would be united, and remember the
bundle of sticks, by an act of separation they would be
playing into the hands of the borouglimongers. They all
wished to attain the same end, and he prayed them to be
unanimous, for they were bound by sentiments of gratitude
to support the Administration until some other reason had
been shewn, fur a forfeiture of the people's estate.—
(Cheers.) He should feel sorrow and pain if they were
not united on this occasion, and, though he approved of
many parts of Mr. Cobbett's address, still he did not ap-
prove of the whole of it. Mr. Cobbett asked the King
to summon a new Parliament agreeably to the Reform Bill,
without the consent of the Lords, lie (Air. M.) did not
mean to say, that a day might not very soon arrive,
when that extreme step might be considered necessary,
but on the present occasion it would be establishing a
dangerous precedent, and one which might be exercised by
some future King without justice to Support it. Such
advice was bearing too hard on his Majesty. The amend-
ment was full of good constitutional spirit.—(Cheers, and
cries of " No, no.") It was to the meeting, to the
middle class of society, to stand in the gap between selfish-
ness on one side, and too great violence on the other, to
say to the one party, " you shall not prevent us having
our just rights ;" and to the other, " all this shall
be done in an orderly and constitutional manner, peace-
ably and without bloodshed."—(Loud cheers.) Mr.
Marsh concluded by seconding the resolutions.
Air. TWYN AM came forward amidst much noise in the
crowd. He felt as a private individual that he was pre-
sumptuous in introducing himself to their notice, and hr
should not have done so had not Mr. Cobbett taken such
in extraordinary step.—(Cries of " Off, off," and much
confusion.) He wished to speak to the friends of Mr.
(A)bbett,—,"Much noise again.) He would be heard,

as every person had a right to be.—(Great uproar and
disapprobation.) Suppose a quarrel had existed between
him and Mr. Cobbett, would they not make a ring and see
fair play ?—(Great noise again.) He appealed to their
candour fora bearing, and he assured them that lie would
be brief. Mr. Cobbett thought, no doubt, that the pre-
sent was an opportune period to come forward and make a
division.—(Loud cries of "No, no.") Whoever supposed
that gentleman to be a bona fide friend to the Reform Bid,
—(Groans)--if any one was so silly as to think so, he
was grossly mistaken.---(More confusion.) The strictest
unioa amongst the Reformers was absolutely necessary,
and he appealed to their good sense whether Mr.
Cobbett had not acted wrong. He put it to them
whether it was fair to put him down, and pre-
vent him answering Mr. Cobbett. It was unjust
and oppressive, and depriving him of a right which every
Englishman possessed.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew
the principles of the Reform Bill. It was a total extinc-
tion of the representation of some boroughs, and a partial
extinction of others ; and it gave a great extension of the
elective franchise in the counties and large towns.
It was a measure of relief so great, that it excited
astonishment even in the breast of Mr. Cobbett ;
but in that breast it did not excite feelings of
delight._(lmmense uproar.) He despised what he called
a clumsy Reform, his principles of political architecture
were so broad and so sublime, that he utterly ridiculed the
Ministerial Reform Bill.—(Much hooting, and cries of
" It's false.") Mr. Cobbett would prefer to see universal
suffrage introduced, for the purpose of bringing about
universal alteration and universel destruction.—(Great
noise.) Feeling conscious of his powers of fishing in
troubled waters, he hated the Reform Bill, because it
destroyed those flattering visions which he himself enter-
tained. Lord Grey, by the Reform Bill, would cut away
the vantage ground on which Mr. Cobbett had for so many
years stood.—(Cheers, and cries of "No, no.") After that
Reform Bill shall have passed the functions of Mr. Cobbett
would ceale, his political occupation would be gone, and
the custom shop for his Register and other political trash
would be shut up.—(Loud hooting and yelling, which
lasted for some tine.) He was sorry that fair play was
not given to him. He had stated that Mr. Cobbett's shop
would be shut up, hut perhaps it might be turned into
the Temple of Reason, in which Mr. Cobbett could hold.
forth, and exhibit Tom Paine's bones.--(Cheers.) He
(Mr. T.) implored the meeting to give confidence in Earl
Grey as long as his Lordship stuck to them.—(Cheers.)
The meeting were confounding their real friends with their
enemies. They wanted various ameliorations, but they could
not have them until the Bill was carried. He therefore called
upon them to unite in favour of that great measure. It
was a dangerous and insidious trick of Mr. Cubbett's in
bringing forward his address, but it was to be hoped that
that great county would not be bamboozled by such a per-
son.--(Cheers and hisses.)
Mr. Seetsco, a broker at Portsmouth, addressed the
meeting at same length in support of the amendment.
Sir JAMES MACDONALD then addressed the meeting.
He first alluded to the character of the minority on the
Reform Bill in the House of Lords, a minority which for
many years had done their best to promote the civil and
religious liberty of the people of this country. He bed
often in a minority in the Commons House of Parlia
ment raised his voice against those laws which had
from time to time been proposed by the Ministers
of the country, who knew nothing of the people—
Jaws which militated against the interests of the country.
--(Cheers.) He appealed to the meeting to mark the
day's proceedings by giving to their representatives and to
others a fair and impartial hearing, and to decide what
was the right and fittest course to take. Before he said a
few words as to what had been suggested by Mr. Cobbett
and by the Hun. Gentleman who was Clerk of the Peale,
but who from the nature of his suggestions should rather
be set down as Secretary at War for Mr. Cobbett,
when be supplanted Lord Grey—(Laughter)—he
wished to say a word or two concerning himself. He
called them to wish himselfand his colleague joy in having
survived Sir Charles Wetherell, as compared with whom
the cholera morbus was nothing.—(Laughter.) Many a
victim had fallen under the leather lungs of that long-
winded, but redoubted Knight.—(Laughter.) Many
wets the Coroners' inquests which lay at his door, but
thank God, their representatives stood there that day as
well in bodily health to state what they had already done,
and to take their pleasure as to what they should do hereafter.
—(Cheers.) When they last met on that spot—endeared
for ever to himself and his friend, by a recollection of the
generous and ample confidence bestowed upon them—con-
secrated in their country's eyes by the noble display in
favour of that great cause,—when they parted, they
parted with mutual bonds to stand by the people's Bill,
the Bill that was to he the charter of their restored rights
and liberties.—(Loud cheers.) Where was now that
Bill ? Did any man believe it was lost ? No such words,
he could assure them, were written on the countenances
of the majority of their Lordship when it was declared
that the non-contents had it.—(Cheers.) They rather
appeared to recoil from the consequences of their own act—
an act calculated for any other purpose rather than to drive
the King, his Ministers, or the people from their tin-
alterable put pose.--(Loud and continued cheering.) If
it had been lost what a scene would the three kingdoms
have presented ? He turned with horror from the con-
templation of it. Such an occurrence would not, however,
happen. A few weeks, more or less, and all the essen-
tial parts of the Bill would be recorded on the
Statute-book.—(Loud cheers.) It had been suggested to
them to dictate to his Majesty's Ministers what the mea-
sure should be by which they should carry their inten-
tions into effect. He disapproved of those suggestions al-
together. The question was, had they or had they not
sufficient confidence that his Majesty's Ministers meant to
bring the Bill through.—(Cheers and cries of " No.")
If they had confidence they should state so, as recom-
mended by the resolutions of their late representative, Mr.
J.rvoise.—(Hear.) If they had not, he agreed with
Mr. Build and Mr. Cobbett that they were bound
to 84y so, but they had no right to falter between two
opinions. Mr. Colthett had written the Ministers up one
day, but to write them down the next. He (Sir J.
Macdonald) felt assured that the Ministers were entitled
to the full confidence of the people of England.—(Cries of
" No," and " Yes.") They had a right to expect it, and
nothing short of it. Let the meeting recollect the cir-
cumstances wider which his Majesty's Ministers com-
mitted themselves to this great measure. With a House
of Commons more than doubtful—with a House of Lords
half of which were composed of men selected because they
were opposed to the people's rights, and before the firmness
and fidelity of their Sovereign had been put to the
test—a Sovereign who had since endeared himself
to the hearts of the people, and who called forth
the grateful admiration of mankind—those Ministers,
looking straight forward, boldly brought in the inca-
sure, and cut off for themselves all chance of an ho-
nourable retreat.—( Loud cheers ) Who were those men?
They were not the political adventurers of yesterday ; they
were men bearing names most distinguished in England,
to whom power could have no cutely charms, lint for the
opportunity it gave them of doing great public service. It
had been thought that on the rejection of the Bill they
would retire front office, but so long as they had the con-
fidence of the people, and so long as they stood high
in the estimation of the best of Sovereigns, they
would net desert their posts. Retire they never would
so long es they found their services useful to their
Sovereign and their country.—(Cheers.) Those who
proposed to this meeting that address, which Mr.
Cobbett told them contained all that they ought to
say, but which, in his opinion, and in that of every
considerate man, had better not be said, were deluding
them.—(Cheers and cries of " No.") Mr. Cobbett bad
looked at the first prospect which lie thought was afforded
them of a majority in the House of Lords. Their object
should be, merely to turn the scale to the number of about
twenty-one. Now he (Sir J. M.) thought it might fairly
be expected, that in the next session they would have the
support of the majority of those who ran away with the
re-actiou" cry, which was got up by Mr. Hunt and the To-
ries. Seeing the feeling of the people from the one end of the
country to the other in favour of the measure, it was but
fair to presume that they would now have the support of
that class. There was another class—those who being
afraid of what they wished to be afraid of, had voted
against the measure. He thought they would have that
class also on their aide. There was another class who
thought it their duty, Sy all the means in their power, to
resist the Bill, hut who will now think it their duty
to see the impropriety of continuing any further oppo-
sition to it. There was yet another class upon whom he
rk who voted by proxy, without hearing any of
the ad earguments. Must of those Noble Lords doubtless had
a disposition in favour of the Bill, but they were lot_
pressed by the Tories. He had no doubt that those
persons would come forward on the next di-
vision and secure the peace and tranquillity of the
country by turning the scale in favour of the Bill. There
was, therefore, no room not only for despair but even for
a doubt of success. Then, as to the Bishops, their con-
duct had exposed them to great obloquy. Mr. Cole_
belt had told the meeting that he had observed
a great shrinking on the part of the people
from speaking in the terms they ought on the con,
duct of the bishops. He (Sir J. M.) could not but won-
der, though he participated in all the regret and indigoe.•
tion respecting the conduct of the Bishops, that then
should be found on the part of thinking and considerate

men, some to speak as Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Budd
had done.—(Cheers.) He did not stand there to justify
the Bishops. Even the metropolitan Bishop had said
that their conduct might be unwise. He said so likewise,
and he said also that their conduct was marked by a great
deal of unfairness towards the Government, for never
did the Ministers expect to find arrayed against them
so formidable a levy en masse of lawn sleeves. The ar-
arrival of the Prussians on the field of Waterloo could
not be more inopportune or nnlooked for by the enemy,
than was that of the Bishops, when they thought fit to
take the Government in the flank, to make them lose the
day.—(Cheers and laughter.) It was now too late in the
day to think of entering into argument in favour of the
great and efficient measure of Parliamentary Reform.
The day for argument had passed away, the day of
action had arrived.—(Cheers.) He would say, that
nothing less efficacious than that Bill could satisfy, or
ought to satisfy, the reasonable wishes of the people.—(A
person in the crowd asked the Hon. B.arone•t a question,
which we could not hear.) In answer to that question
he would state, that if he were to give his sanction to any
measure in any degree short of that which had been pro-
posed, be should consider himself disgraced is the eyes d,f
those who, by their free and independent voices, had sent
him to represent their interests.—(Loud and continued
cheers.) As to the question of Parliamentary Reform,
it had been proved beyond ail doubt to be indispensably
necessary. It was notorious that there had been for a
long period springing up a power which bad been super-
sealing in some degree all the estates of the realm. Look
before the throne and behind the throne, and they would
find it controuling the King's prerogative. In the Lords
it would outnumber the ancient Nobility of the realm.
In the Commons it was superseding the legitimate repre-
sentatives of the nation. Did they not see in all its dimen-
sions and in all its staged that monstercorruption?—(Cheers. )
Had not that system arrived at such a height, that it was
able at this hour to cope with the united will of the King,
the Commons, and the people?—(Cheers.) It was, there-
fore, for the people now to say whether they would not do
all in their power to strengthen the hands of those who bad
embarked in the conflict.—(Cheers.) He hoped they had
followed in some degree the course of proceedings—not on
the late Bill, but on " the Bill"—for the Bill was still alive.
Never was there such an array of learned gentlemen work-
ing in silk attire against a little Bill.—(Loud laugh-
ter.) It seemed as if Counsel had been engaged
against it. They had lawyers by the dozen ; a twice
Attorney-General; plenty of froth and fume; much abuse
—anti how was all this borne ! He hoped they were
aware of the good temper and patience displayed by
his Majesty's Ministers during all that period. Now,
with all their labour and exertions, a few days' relaxation
were attempted to be turned against them, and even this
meeting was asked to be an exception to the rest of the

country—
Mr. COBEETT—NO, look at Birmingham.
Sir J. MACDONALD said be would read a resolution
which was passed at the Birmingham meeting. It stated
their entire confidence in Lord Grey, and their determina-
tion to stand by him, and declared that if he were driven
from power by the machinations of his enemies. he should
he carried back on the shoulders of the people.—(Loud
cheers.) Did the meeting believe that men were so
stupid or so blind, that only one man could light them to
their liberties.—(A cry of " We won't be humbugged.")
There were more ways than one of humbugging. and they
should take care that whilst it was the desire of him and
others to put down one species of humbugging, there were
others amongst them trying other ways. He put it to
their good sense what they would think if some of tie
bitterest of the people's enemies had been there to-day—
what would that enemy have desired more than than Mr.
Cobbett should start up in the middle of them, to distract
and divide the people, and to lead them from their own
interests.—(Cheers.) He (Sir J. Macden Id) declared,
that those who abided by the recommendation of Mr.
Cobbett to-day, were playing the game of the Anti-
Reformers.—(Cries of " No, no," and great cheer-
ing.) He called on them to mark a speeimen of '
that gentleman—an instance of his justice and his
fairness to that man who was immortalizing himself by
making a struggle for the people of his country.—
(Cheers. ) Mr. Cobbett could not refrain from introducing
the name of the Duke of Wellington, by stating that the
Duke -bad the merit of breaking the chains of religious
bondage—those chains that bound their Catholic bre-
thren. But he did not tell them that for thirty
years Lord Grey had excluded himself from power
because he could not bear to witness those chains,
and his power was not strong enough to break them.
lie (Sir James) wondered that Mr. Cobbett did not
also tell them that the Duke of 'Wellington had trampled
on the Test and Corporation Acts, and he wondered that
Mr. Cobbett had forgotten to state that the champion
of the repeal of thp-e Acts was the man who bore the dis-
tinguished name of Lord John Russell.---(Cheers.) But
that man had a purpose to serve—a humbugging purpose.
—(Cheers and hisses.) If that was to be the measure of

justice,
j that public men were to expect from the people
Lord have mercy upon them, for he did not know who
would dirty his hands by taking their affairs.--(Cheers.)
God lie thanked that was not the case, for the people of
England were not made of Mr. Cobbett's stuff.—(Cheers.)
It was painful to see such prostituted talents—to see
a man of such great Went professing himself one
day one thing, and the next day another
tning—true to nothing but expecting to be able to seat
himself on the confidence of the noblest people on the face
of the earth.—(Cheers.) If this county, which sent two
Reformers to Parliament, had experienced so great a
change, it was time to declare it, and with pleasure
and delight he would give back to their han'ls the
trust which they had reposed in him.—(Loud cheers.)
He was exceedingly anxious to witness the result of that
day's proceedings, and seeing so large an assembly, he
should be surprised on their account if he did not go from
thence confirmed in his opinion of their good sense.
Mr. Bunn came forward to reply, but was assailed with
loud cries of " spoke." Having stated, however, that he
wished merely to reply to some observations made upon
himself, the High Sheriff endeavoured to procure him a
hearing. He, however, gave way in consequence of the
extreme desire of Mr. Cobbett to reply to the observations
upon him.

The moment Mr. Cobbett appeared the shouts were
deafening fur a long time : he was unable to speak. At
length he said that he wished the meeting would not hold
up their hands until he held up his, and he bogged them
to take care that they were not humbugged.—(lmmeiase
uproar.) lie then concluded by stating, that the best re-
ply he could make to the attacks upon him, was that they
were afraid to hear him.
The UNDER. SHERIFF then came forward to
read the address proposed by Mr. Jercoise.

_ .
" TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY :
" We, your Majesty's loyal and devoted subjects, the free-
holders of the county of Southampton, beg to lay at the feet of
your Majesty's throne the assurances of our unalterable attach-
ment to your Majesty's person and Government. We, in com-
mon with the whole people of England, have watched with deep
anxiety the progress through the House of Commons of the
great measure of Parliamentary Reform, brought forward by the
Ministers of the Crown, under the auspices of the best of Sove-
reigns, and witnessed with the utmost disappointment and in-
dignation its peremptory rejection by the other House of
Parliament.

" We deem it our duty at such a moment, as well to assure
your Majesty of our heartfelt gratitude for your paternal
care of the constitutional rights of your people, and our convic-
tion of the integrity and Wisdom that have directed your Coun-
cils, as to express frankly to your Majesty our firm persuasion,
that no measure of Reform, in any respect less efficient, will sa-
tisfy the wants and wishes of the community.
" Believing the internal peace and well-being of the country to
depend upon the speedy restoration of your people's rights in
their representation to their own House of Parliament. We
humbly thank your Majesty for continuing your entire and un-
hesitating confidence in your present advisers, satisfied as we
are, that on their firmness and integrity the nation may safely
rely for the early realization of its just expectations.
" And, as in duty bound, we shall ever pray that every earthly
happiness may attend your Majesty's reign.
(Signed by the order and on behalf of the meeting.)
" HENRY JOSEPH TICHBORNE, High Sheriff:"
That part of the address which stated that the meeting
reposed confidence in the advisers of the Crown, produced
loud cries of " No, no," and cheers.
' Mr. COBBETT—There is nothing about the Bishops
in it..—(G.eers.)
That address, being the amendment to Mr. Cobbett's,
was then put ; the show of hands for and against was as
nearly as possible eqoal.
The HIGH SHERIFF said, it appeared to him that there
was a majority in favour of it.
Mr. COBBETT said it was hardly possible to decide, but
he thought there was a small majority in favour of it.
Mr. BUDD again attempted to speak, but the noise and
confusion in the crowd were so great that he desisted.
Mr. SHAW LE FEVRE came forward to address the
meeting, but the interruptions were so frequent that it
was difficult to catch a sentence that he said. He alluded
to the labours of the last Session of Parliament.

when he was compelled to listen night after night
to the speeches of Sir Charles Wetherell, with the
patience of Job, and he asked them but to afford
him a little of that patience which he had hen ooliged to
display in order to promote their interests.—((;real
uproar.) When last he had the honour of address-
ing them from that spot, he did not conceive it
was possible that the Loids would have rejec,ed the
Reform Bill, which had been sent up from the House of

Commons by so large a majority. Ile did not conceive it
possible that the seltim policy of some individuals,or the per-
verse blindness of others, Would have caused such feelino
of regret as had been produced by their rejection of the
Bill.--(linmenee uproar in the room.) He only begged

RI

them to hear him for a rnoment.—(At tbis periods,
display of confusion and uproar took place, which°
Air. Le Fevre from speaking.)
The Iliou Soeitirr having endeavoured to
silence without rEct, said as they were deternair
Rive any one a fair hearing he declared the

The people then gave several loud cheers,
separated.

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In the evening sever:ll public ordinaries
the principal inns in Winchester, at which I,
awl patriotic toasts were given until a very
midnight. The Members for the county had
the George Inn ; Henry Marsh, Esq. took th'
the ordinary at the Black Swan ; and Mr.
sided at the dinner at the Barley-mow.

HASTINGS, OCT. 25.

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