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all our aid treSg. It it, therefore, our decided sonviction, that until
the people are fully and fairly represented in the Commons'
House of Parliament, no permanent and general relief from the
pressure of our burdens Can reasonably be expected."
The High Sheriff again objected to put such a resolution.
Mr. 14OWNDES said that he would not only lose his arm, but
his head, rather than consent to such a resolution.
Some person in thoerowd here cried out—." Remember what
was done in Suffolk and Devonshire."

The H Slim:Leal- replied, that what had beandone in
Suffblk and Devon was no rule for the county of Surrey.
Mr. LEr..cii observed. that he was most unwilling to press
any thing against the opinion of the Sheriff, or contrary to the
feelings of those friends who were ahout,him ; but he did hope,
that the Sheriff would at least consent, Wit requisition, respec-
tably signed, were presented to him, to call a meeting for the
present day on the subject of reform.
The HIGH SllERlFF.—Certainly not for this day ; and I beg
I may not, be misunderstoOd in what I said.—l now repeat,
that if a requisition, numerously and respectably signed, be pre.
sented to me, I shall hare no objection to convene a meeting on
the subject of reform on some future day, first giving due no-
tice to ihe county.
Mr. LOWNDES.—And, Mr. High Sheriff, if the word "mo-
derate" he prefixed to reform, I shall have no objection to sign
the requisition.
Mr. CASE next presented himself to the meeting, and in a
short speech maintained the propriety and necessity of adopting
some measure on the subject of reform. He thought the reso-
lution which had been read by Mr. Leech was one which came
sufficiently within the requisition to be adopted.
Mr. DENISON was always happy to meet his constituents.
and trusted he had not failed in any of the pledges he had given
them when they first called him from retirement to repre-
sent them in Parliament. He had ever supported the cause
of Parliamentary Reform. He had voted for it in 1797, with
his Noble Friend Earl Grey, and he would always continue to
vote for it while life remained in his body. The causes of the
present distress he ascribed first to the long war in which the
country. had been engaged, for it was not to be supposed that
it could spend 104,000,0001. in a year, as it did in 1815, without
a direful re-action when the bill came to be paid. That Bill
was now to be met. The next cause was the issue of paper
money, not for the convenience of the country, but to favour
the Measures of Ministers. The third was Mr. Peel's Bill,
which he approved in principle, but he thought it had been
adopted too soon, or rather brought too rapidly into action.
He had wished that it should not come into play before the
year 1823. He compared the expenditure of the country in
1792 with what it had been in 1021, and maintained that great
reductions might be made in the public expenditure. Looking
at the precept state of the world, he thought reductions might
be made in the army. He hoped to see a redaction made in the
civil department of the navy ; and trusted that school for rising
statesmen would be looked to, and that the Lay Lords would be
thought fit to-turn out in the world. The Ordnance mid Colonial
Departments might be reduced, and.lthe expense of collecting
the revenue ought not to be forgottene as that atm:mated within
a fractioh to the whole expenditure Of the country when the late
King ascended the throne. He i'as against reducing poor
clerks; but wishing to keep faith With the public creditor, he
thought the sinking-fund might be resorted to, in. order to di-
minish our present burdens : and if these measures were adop-
ted, he was of opinion that-the duties on malt, salt, candl,s,
and leather, might be repealed. -
Mr. H. Sy3INElt came forward in obedience to a call from
the crowd. He had expected unanimity on the present occa-
sion, as for once he had had the pleasure of agreeing with those
who called the meeting. Whatever faults might be imputed to
him in the 10 or 10 years that he had represented them in Par-
liament, he had never flinched from appearing beforehis Con-
stituents, or from avowing the principles by which his conduct
was regulated. Two years ago, he had endeavoured to get a
Committee appointed to inquire into the Agricultural Distress,
and succeeded in the first instance, but had subsequently
failed. He was convinced ehat the present distiess could
not be relieved by a corn bill, and he foiind it difficult to make
up his mind as to what would be the proper remedy. Much
had been said of taxation ; he had thought the late war
was brought to our door, that it was necessary to enter into it
and go through it as we had done. The efforts we had made to
remain a free people, instead of becoming a province to France,
had caused an expenditure of 600:000,0001. But he was satis-
fied that the preterit Administration were making retrench.
meets, and were disposed to do so as far as it was possible with
justice to the public creditor and with due regard to the safety
and honour of the country, and with the claims of those whe
had been engaged in its service. When it was said the pub-
lic expenditure was so much larger than it was in 1792, Gen-
tlemen omitted to state that in the present charge 3,000,0001.
for Ireland was included, which was not in the charge of 1792.
It ought also to be remembered that of the Army Expendi-
ture 4,000,0001. was for the pensions of those who were no
longer capable of efficient service ; and would it be well to
withhold the pay of those who had toiled through the war in
the Peninsula, and shared the laurels won at 'Waterloo ? lie
wished for a diminution of the public expenditure as far as
might be consistent with the safety and honour of the country,
and further he.was not disposed to go.—He then defended his
own parliamentary conduct ; and defied the foulest breath of ca-
lumny to prove that in 25 years he had ever given one interest-
ed vote.

Mr. LEECH approved of the proposition for reform, which
had been brought forward by his namesake ; hut he recommend-
ed that the present petition should pass ; and that afterwards
they should go into the tavern, and agree to petition for a reform
in parliament. •
The Iltox SfiErarr then proceeded to take the sense of the
meeting on the petition as originally moved, which was nega-
tived by a great majority, amidst shouts of laughter.
Mr. BENNET hoped that some petition for a redres.s of griev-
ances would be agreed to, and that the meeting would not se-
parate, having done nothing at all.
COBRETT again intruded an observation or two.
The liic a Sinerary• again explained the motives from
which he had acted, and dissolved the Meeting.
Mr. H. SUMNER regretted the Meeting had been so sud-
denly dissolved, as it precluded hhn from proposing a Vote of
Thanks to the Sheriff.
MEETING IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOM.

Lord 16.stn, ETT ABERI.Y, and a num-
ber of Gentlemen then went into the Spread Eagle Tavern, and
drew up a new requisition, calling for an immediate Meeting
to petition for a Reform in Parliament.
Mr. LEECH waited on the High Sheriff' with the Paper.
Lord KING shortly after announced the result. He stated
the High Sheriff to have declined with much civility, for the
reasons previously stated, calling an immediate meeting, but
he had consented to call one for that day fortnight. He, how-
ever, added, some difficulty might possibly arise, as this was
the period of the year when the Shenffs were usually changed,
and when the time arrived which he had named he might no
longer be ir. office.
Thanks were then voted. to Lord KING, Mr. BENNET,
Mr. MABERLY, and one or two other Gentlemen. A vote of
thanks was proposed to COBBETT, but was not pressed. The
business then terminated.

A Requisition, very respectably signed,- has
been presented to the High Sheriff (ELIAs
ISAAC, Esq.), to call a County Meeting " for
the purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of laying before the Legislature the se-
vere and unparalleled distress under which Agri-
culture has so long laboured." The acknow-
ledged importance of the subject to almost all
classes of the community, leads us to expect that
this Meeting will be attended by most of the
leading Gentlemen and Yeomanry of the County.
The Meeting is appointed to take place on Fri-
day next, at'the Guildhall of Worcester.—(lVor-
alter Herald.)
On Saturday last, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
about twelve o'clock, it began to blow (and
continued seven hours) very violently from
W.S.W. The river Tyne, at the Quay, was so
extremely. agitated, that no boat 'could venture
to brave the surge. The spray flew over the
bridge like a shower of snow. It is presumed a
great de:o.l of rain has fallen to the westward, as
both -the Tyne and the Wear have had great
freskes in them these last two days. The Edin-
bUrgh Mail was detained full three hours on
Sunday morning before she could pass the Wear
at Croft-bridge, near Darlington.
Yesterday morning, the last division of that
distinguished regiment, the 91st, under the com-
mand of Major MAcoobTALD, embarked at eight
o'clock, at the Broornielaw, Glasgow, on board
the Glasgow steam-boat, on their route for Ja-
maica. Both officers and men appeared in great
spirits. During its stay in Glasgow, this fine re-
giment conducted itself with much propriety,and
was repeatedly cheered on embarking.----1-(Edin-
burgh -Courant, Feb.?.)'