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No. 11,974

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FACT INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 26. 1831.
11:1E COURT of DIRECTORS of the
UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of
ive Nati D Trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby
;totk the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's
,rk be SHUT on TUESDAY, the Bth March next,
4,,'lree o'clock, and OPENED again on TIIUKSD Y, the
,phApril following.
tid QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the
1411„`11)ANY will be held at their House in Leaden-
?je;:rett,
WEDNESDAY, the 23d March next, at
I,lin o'clock in the Forenoon.
rillatia GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
held at their House in Leadenhall-street on WED-
4-
z the 13th April next, from Nine o'clock in they
ftsLng until Six in the Evening, for the ELECTION
DIRECTORS of the said Company for Four
Z,4" that the LIST of the MEMBERS of the said
PILIY will be ready to be delivered at this House on
.4)41', the 29th March next.

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-‘'"ArERY OF A DEAD CHILD IN

SHOOTER'S-HILL WOOD.

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Zie:.: iew days ago the remains of a child were dis-
iore„red in Shooter's-hill Wood, under very extra-
dowliarY and shocking circumstances, and the fol-
' 4 s'ng facts were elicited at the inquiry before Mr.
°r(j).-.„P" CARTTER the Coroner, which took place at
iitttrvte.ri!t_'s,
.the' C heers Inn, Eltham :
tia, ei farmertritaolnor;,eadneay residing in the village, de-
d morning, the 19th instant,
ofttemnparlied the Rev. Mr. Myers, the clergyman
111,,.° Parish, on a shooting excursion, and had with
:11;-(;•;da couple, of dogs; they scoured Shooter's-hill
lei, '4 about eleven o'clock, and were about to leave
aridel,,the dogs darted into a thick part of the wood
,thi ''cl not come back to their well-known call ;
foijo' circumstance induced witness and his friend to
to kw themthrough the thicket, when, upon coming
At 1:°11 of foot-path, they discovered the pointers
de -„rtTthing which they were busily and eagerly
1101:°,4'ng• They approached the spot, and to their
•prlrtr-r and surprise, they found the substance to be
tre°f the body of a dead infant. The lower ex-
ttriii'lies had been completely devoured by, the ani..
ex-
f. Witness and Mr. Myers with difficulty beat
nviu de6m,
a Off, and proceeded immediately into the
elk-tigr Where they gave information of the dreadful
`.kuodi
a;nstatednce to the constable, who removed the
i:L remains for surgical inspection. The
•,,,,r, wa. undressed, but wrapped in a piece of
ezti,tht It had apparently been buried under the
014, a
few inches, and the dogs having scented it
1 cratehed it up.
fti,,lll Rev. Mr. Myers stated that he was with his
a'no-d4 When the shocking discovery was made in the
lie,: immediately behind Henry's cottage. The
titat! Gentleman corroborated Mr. Morris in his
to tetnent in every particular, adding, that he was
.40 ,r,tblY alarmed at the circumstance, that he did
iti s- t°r) to examine the object, but left it with dls•
the with his friend, to give the constable notice oi.
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fronl Tund was a sort of path through the wood,
k ine high road.
thatr. he Steadman, surgeon, of Eltham, stated,
the he had 1 • of the body of
-tie dexamined the remains
deco de infant, which was in a sad state of
lrdlllllP°sition. The legs were much gnawed, as
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teit stated, by the pointers. He was of opi-
kid fllat the body had been dead at least a month,
ehdd 1r the
its appearance it had been a full-grown
that ! iand he was of opinion, from outward signs,
It nad been born alive.
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Verdicta Jury, after some consultation, returned a
dead that the deceased child unknown was found
tak in the wood, but bow or by what i
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to t`" letters and apers from the Mauritius are
61:e 2,1 Oct, , there is,
no truth in the reported insur-
-4.4in of the 'legne:4
the Ihe threatened run on the Banks of Ireland,
4ittil4" ruse of the agitators,has produced a partial stag-
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s'Ar the Irish
OFFICIAL. KALENDAR FOR 1831.
der ° are requested to state that Burke's Official li.alen-
ov,f,:r 1831, comprising all the recent cl.anges..tihn
the
Nj "u'ent of the United Kingdom, together with
14.4. as Promotions, &e. in the Army and Navy, the New
lal Lt,e°t' B‘e 1 will be published on Thursday neat,
te ..s ' - the only complete
CEee i • 6d. This will be found
iiluar.
ta,AiItLIAMENTARY INFLUENCE OF THE
%ft),Nl)l4 COMPANY.-Ten Directors of the East India
thtee'Y 'it in the House of Commons,—returned by
ikt,, !roPrietary boroughs, four boroughs containingseoe
Opt:. thein 850 voters; one Scotch burgh, one.
smalll
litlarY) eenfaining 161 votes. Independent of their
reerto'lle:etf. 300/. a piece, or 3,0001. between them, these
a.,f the-uuring a patron'age to bear directly upon the voootes
.
eer'v.„--"qlse, amounting yearly to not less than 250,0
ordered
tr) hi•e''s froin their share (according to the accounts
rae sltirt:rrilited in 1826 and 1829), of the following
ra:hei average
China of
annuala appointments—viz. one. write p
6,000', 4 0001. ; sixty•eight writerships to.lndia at
et 400-1;,460 'military, medical, and clerical appointments,
the Ind'i each. This is exclusive of the local patronage of
PaeY' -..1,4:119115e, and p ttronage connected with the Cornd-
the ti"'PPing. with the supply of stores for India., an
eild ,"ig investments. Of the fifty-one Proprietors,
itoetito,tners '
..; , .11 Patliament, exclusive of the Directors,The
nurnl,l, "Vat are returned by proprietary boroughs.D.
NI rof votes at the India House possessed by the. me.; 100a.aci Proprietors having seats in Parliament, is exactly
tm2oo)lPfhich, at the present price of stock, are wo.)retrtai
t 5 itiul4 Piece ; so that the personal interests of meml
'20,0d01-ed in maintaining the monopoly to the extent of
alle on There are seventeen Peers possessed ofthirrotys--
stak,d i'e at the India House, and have near relations
ote/ °f eighteen votes, making between them forty-nine
•12' Ives% 107,8001.
-..1..1z ***-414. BARD AND SARNEY, THE CONVICTS.
latie -.zitir, Jaw. 25.—These two men, v... ho ,at the
the for She trials at Aylesbury, under the special cin.int the j , the county of Bucks, were left for execution .
ehinpuut", Lavin.. been convicted of breaking paPel-ma-
ef Iv- ..
4t High Wycombe, have been in that state of misery,it
. blebh, setne idea may be formed, when it is known tla
Of 11,"?tertained not the slightest hope of a commutation
ttithe'leir sentence. Of the two, BLIZZARD has shown
lia, L roore nerve ; but the general condition of both
ultte-Ta verY deplorable. BLIZZARD is a short, mus-
tsli, taller, and vulgar-looking an, about 30 ; SAR"ir is
,1/4and h ell-Proportioned, grey-headed, of decent exterior,
110,"ween 0 and 60. The former has been a farmer's
bamorer, and it has been remarked, that as be was never
hit Y'd at the paper-mills there was time less excuse fur 'irnesuilPabilitY; but the fac't is, that though he has not
ftrtre4 Worked at them his wife has, and has been a suf-
et Nafr,°4l want of employment ' by the recent introduction
bter..-I"irlerY• SARNEY, ashas been before stated, kept a
ti,ll 1.,::,(1:,,,,,t,!,nedre. most of those implicated in the riots
, art.
r, Larouse, and talk over their real or ima-
slut'
,g tevances. On Monday morning, at half-past
Petit °tleek, Mr. SHERIFF, the governor of the gaol, ex-
4, '.'eeci the gratification of receiving, through the High
lio riff' itod from the noble Secretary of State for the
tihe:tt,ol-/e_Per.tment, a respite, unlimited as to time, " for
ottri., ,orivtets under sentence of death." They were in-
th,vut that though their lives would probably be spared,
let:t,Were not to expect that their punishment would be
• lite ?sti transportation for the remainder of their days.
toh4ltelligenee of tile respite soon spread thgh the
INN !rut neighbourhood of Aylesbury, and itrou was re-
'ii all quarters with great satisfaction.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1831.

PRICE 7D.

temple and the palace,' the crown and the coronet,
the lawn and the ermine, the mitre, the mace, and
the truncheon, with all the pomp and paraphernalia
of office—rani: and order--wealth, commerce, agri-
culture, manufactures, arts, sciences, and literature,
all—all descend together into the gulf of irretriev-
able ruin ; and England—once the generous, the
brave, the fair, and free—England, once the queen of
cations, who had her right hand upon the river St.
Lawrence, and her left upon the Indus and the
Ganges, shall have to sit down amidst the loneliness
of her misery and desdation—bare, disconsolate,
and forsaken—forgetful even of her wretchedness,
her sackcloth, and her ashes—amidst the roiling
thunders of Jehovah I Such is the kind of revolu-
tion we abhor and deprecate; from such a catas-
trophe may Almighty Mercy deliver us !—(Mr.
Bridges sat down amidst the enthusiastic applause
of the meeting.)
The resolution was then put and passed unani-
mou ly.
J. G. SMITH, Esq. barrister-at-law, then rose and
spoke as follows :—On general grounds, and without
entering further into details, I avow that I most
earnestly desire the House of Parliament to be effec-
tually reformed. As to the precise mode in which
this should be done, I would say that I have the
most perfect reliance on the wisdom and integrity of
the present Ministry, and would only desire the
public voice to be raised in support of the measures
they have pl4dged themselves to bring forward, and
to strengthen them against the opposition of their
adversaries. I will, however, say whh reference
to what has fallen from the Chairman, relative to the
representation of boroughs, that the franchise should
immediately be transferred from those places where
no electors exist to populous towns which at pre-
sent hare no voice in the legislature. The imme-
diate result of this measure would tend greatly to
forward the cause of Reform. Instead of forty or
fifty votes being returned at the beck of Ministers,
so many individuals would be elected who, it might
be presumed, would be the organs of expressing the
true wishes of the people and of the nation at large.
—(Cries of " The ballot, the ballot.") With re-
spect to the question of the ballot, I cannot say I
have any great objection to its adoption. I must,

however, confess that I have felt the force of the
objection, that it is not so open—not so honourable
as public voting.—(llisses, which continued until
the Chairman interposed to restore order.)—Allow.
me to explain : while I pay respect to the opinions

of others, gentlemen, I will not express my own on
any other terms. I say, I have no particular objec-
tion to the ballot—if necessary to purity of election,
then, by all means, let us have it.—(Cheers.)
T. SANDERS, Esq. then proposed his resolution.
I am a decided friend for vote by ballot. I think there
can be no difficulty in coming to this determination.
It is notorious that the present Parliament does not
represent the voice of the people, but I have every
dependance on the Ministry of the present day, and
believe it to be composed of some of the ablest men
we ever had. I believe them honest. One of
them has declared, in his seat, that the day was
gone by when a Minister could hope to rule by
patronage. I will, at present, only second the motion.
The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution,
when

Mr. F. JONES, and HARAIAN VISGER, Esq., rose
simultaneously to address the meeting. The Chair-
man said the latter gentleman had first caught his
eye, and Mr. Jones reluctantly yielded the priority.
H. VISGER, jun. Esq —Mr. Chairman and
Gentlemen—The sun of light . and liberty, rolling
onward in his course, promises, ere long, to burst
forth with resplendent brightness on England. The
changes we have lately been called on to witness
have been immense. I feel particular pleasure in
yielding my support to the resolution now before the
meeting, because I conceive it goes to the full
length of laying bare the roots of the evils that
afflict our country. I rejoice at this opportunity of
expressing my rentiments; I rejoice, also, at the
present prospect of Reform. Let us consider how
the House of Commons is constituted. It has been
stated that nearly three-fourths of the number com-
posing the Commons are returned by Government
patronage and boroughmongering influence, leaving
only 171 members elected by the voice cf the people
which, in such an assembly, must be totally
downed. I would call the attention of the meet-
ing to the vast power which this anomaly throws
into the hands of the landed Aribtocracy. Let us
take a glance at the manner in which they have
used this power, and we shall see how they have
abused it, and also how it bears on the present ques-
tion. The war with France was undertaken to pre-
vent the people of England from asserting their
rights, and to divert them from obtaining a free re-
presentation, and the .country was leagued with
despots to put down popular opinion. With wars,
it became necessary to have armies, and numerous
offices were created, which admirably afforded the
means of providing situations for the younger sons

of the aristocracy, and of putting money into the
pockets of themselves and their relatives. What
shall we say of that iniquitous measure, the Corn
Laws ? The House of Lords and the House of
Commons thought it would be a good plan to devise
some means of putting a large sum into their pockets.
The question, then, naturally arose—from what did
they get their incomes ? and an expedient was hit
upon to enhance the rent of land. They accord-
ingly made a law, the object of which was to raise
the price of wheat; and, indeed, to such an infamous
extent did they carry this measure, that they abso-
lutely prohibited the importation of foreign corn
until the home produce rose to 80s. per quarter.—
(Hear, hear.) They forgot the miseries which this
measure would inflict on the great mass of the popu-
lation, whose chief subsistence is bread. By this
iniquitous measure, the industry of our country has
been depressed, and foreign nations, who, in exchange
for their corn, would have taken our manufactures,
have been driven to retaliatory measures, which have
operated generally to the injury of trade. The Corn
Laws are a tax upon the country to the amount of
20,000,000/. annually. While on this subject I
would just remark, that the aristocracy have been
too successful in rendering prevalent an opinion, that
the interests of the productive agriculturists are
identified with their own, in upholding the Corn
Laws. This, however, is a great mistake. Another
proof of the selfish principle upon which they hare
acted are the Game Laws, which reduce to the
lev&l of felons some of our most promising young
men. The aristocracy in Parliament propose
laws to increase their own employments, disregard-
less of their tendency to demoralise the more humble
classes of the community. To what shall we attri-
bute the Bank monopoly but to beroughmongering
influence, which places at the mercy of a few indivi-
duals the mercantile interests and the credit of the
whole nation? To what, also, but to this paralyz-
ing influence can we attribute the East India mono-
poly, and an imposition of a tax of one million and a
half annually on the people of England, for the be-
nefit of a private company, while the people are pro-
hibited from trading where others are free to go from
all parts of the world ? To China the ships of
America, and of other nations, are free to carry car-
goes from this country, or from their own, while the
people of England are denied any participation in
this lucrative trade. I need not mention the enor-
mous sinecures—the waste of public money—the
abuse of patronage in the Customs and Excise de-
partments, where offices are bestowed on the minions
of some great man—(" Davis," "Davis")—as the
rice of his being returned to Parliament. To what

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- &". a-risystp. attribute theaerdbestowment of elite ele
property—(Cheers)—but the venal intitien'ee to
which I have adverted. To what attribute those
"11/ intolerable nuisances, self-elected Corporationa, 'so
. • a- totally opposed to the very nature of the Constitti-
s : c?,
thee who levy taxes destructive to the trade and
injurious to the interests of this rind other cities
aate •,
-,----- where they exist.—(Hear.) To the same cause we
•\, I may attribute the delays and expenses of our courts •
ofjustice. All—all might be traced to one eon-linen
source—the corrupt state of our representation.
The second resolution was then put and carried
unanimously.
Mr. Ithees now rose, and said—Mr. C. hairne
and Gentlemen, I shall not take up your time torpor'
a subject which has been so ably brought before the
meeting. The facts are so clear, and the necessity
of Reform 20 evident, that in rising. to prove the
necessity, I feel myself in the situation of a mat;
who endeavours to establish a truism, (Mr. Mille
here read several extracts from the speeches of Wm.
Pitt, when he brought forward his measures of
form before the days of his apostacy.) Mr. Milis
then continued to say—l am sorry to say the apostle
did not always abide by the doctrines which he
preached ; he was met, as the advocates of Reform
are now met, by the declarations from Hon. :%lem-
hers, that " things are very well as they are," and
that " the people are indifferent to the que•tion:"
—(Cries of" gioens and biases.) But I
hope to see the day, when no Member shall dare
to rise in his place and say that the citizens of Bsis-
tol are indifferent to the cause of Reform.—(Cheers,
and cries of " Where was Baillie ? why did not be
contradict it p 0) •
C. GEORGE, Esq. said, let us support the preseet,
Ministry in their measures of Reform, for be tissreed
es ea
if Canning failed, that Grey atl P.teeigaam will
never be able to succeed without our support., now
they have declared war upon sinecures and t Ire pen-
sion list. In illustration of the demoralizing of ets
of the present system, I will beg leave to relate one
circumstance which 1 have never 'Revd contradicted,
and which I believe to be true :—The late Duke of
Beaufort left, by will, 500/. per year to each of the
younger branches of his family, until they were bet-
ter provided for by the state. Ido not wish to
impute dishonourable motives to the present Duke,
but I ask what security had the country for his in-
dependence in Parliament, knowing that his vote,
by influencing the Minister in his distribution of
places, might place money in his pocket to the
amount of four er five thousand pounds annually ?
It is, Sir, to the want of a Parliamentary Refortsi,
that we are to attribute the American war; and seta)
can think of America, without pride—America, the
daughter of England, growing early great by the
adoption of the very principles which ive cherish
With a population that seems but as a speck in
comparison with that of Russia, she fears not the
Northern Autocrat, for her people are united. Such
a union of feeling I hope exists in Poland .
(Cheers.) Taxation must be equalized. The rich
do not pay their just proportion, for taxation is no-
thing more than insurance upon property, and like
every other insurance, the payments should be iu
proportion to the risk. Under-the present system, the
clerk, with a paltry salary of 1001. per year, pays iii
some instances as much as his master, who is in the
receipt of thousands. Is this just ? At Glouces-
ter, there is an Alderman said to possess nearly two
millions sterling; he expends about 1501. per an-
num, and his clerk, who receives from him about
the same sum annually, contributes as much.to the
state as his master. Parliamentary Reform would
cure this crying evil. Ido not think we can do
better than return to the triennial Parliaments, which
existed in the reign of King William 111., and which
were unfortunately changed to septennial in the
early part of the reign of George I. We want to
do away with; the East India monopoly. What
right have the East India company to tax us to the
amount of a million annually; to deprive us of that
which is our birth-right--the liberty of trading with
all parts of the world ? There might have been
some excuse for granting an exclusive charter, when
the object was to nurse a young and promising
trade, but to perpetuate it at a time when capital
abounds, is infamous. We mast also have a Reform
in the Established Church. A Churchman, myself,
m
part
I do not think
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erpaebootoma:oldti.arlhosyt aiti;italriolieen,elpshngouto:ua,pubnhitenseol
the
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meritorious
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visiting
fueaemh distributed.o purso Clergy,pth
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our sick, and instructing our children, should be paid
awtintehelarzayteneocf
As I believe the progress of true religion mainly
depends on the state of the Church, I would equa-
lize the livings and the Bishoprics ; I would abolish
translations; and, as I think the Bishop is called by
duty to reside in his diocese, I would rather riot see
him seated in the House of Lords.—(lmmense
cheering.) The Reform we seek is due to us, and
we must and we will have it—(Cheers)—still we
a ill seek it orderly; and I believe if the people of
England will but support the Government, it is se-
cured to them. In such men as Grey, Brougham,
Althorp, and Holland, I place the most unlimited
cot fidence. (Mr. George here read the resolution,
and proceeded to say)-1 came here with the pur-
pose ot taking Mr. Davis to task for the expressions
imputed to him in Parliament—(Cheers)—but be-
fore I did this, I thought it might be as well to as-
certain the fact as correctly as possible.—(Applause.)
1 referred to a publication which is considered almost
official—the Mirror of Parliament; and I find from
that, that Mr. Davis did riot directly say what was
imputed to him in the papers, but that his
speech is made to imply so much. The occasion
was this : a Member had stated that the people
were indifferent to the cause of Reform ; to which
Sir F. Denman replied, that it was " very well for
that gentleman to say so, who in all probability had
no constituents at all—(he was, I believe, Member
for some such place as Old Sarum)--but he should
like to hear some gentleman who represented a large
city, like Bristol or Liverpool, make the same con-
fident assertion." Upon this Mr. Davis rose and
said, "I, Sir, accept your challenge : 1 am Member
for Bristol, and I have been returned by a larger
number of electors than any other Member in the
House." See, my fellow-cititizens, what mischief
you have done by voting for this man. Mr. Davis
did not positively assert that you were indifferent to
the cause of Reform, but the speech was made to
imply as much.
The third resolution was then put arid carried.
JOSEPII REYNOLDS, Esq., in moving the fourth
resolution, said,—Sir, nothing but a sense of duty
should have induced me to intrude myself on your
notice on a public occasion of this nature, and I now
attempt it from a belief that our country is in
danger, in circumstances more perilous than at any
period which has occurred since the revolution in
1688, when tyranny and the Stuarts were expelled
from the throne of Britain. This danger, I con-
ceive, is in part attributable to two cases :-Ist, to
the poverty which is so rapidly encroaching upon
and oppressing the lower and middle orders of so-
ciety, as to threaten the country with bankruptcy
and ruin. 2tily, to the loss of that good old Eng-
lish feeling of good-will and mutual kindness which
used to exist between the lower and higher orders
in society, which is supplanted by a repulsive feeling
of estrangement, that has probably arisen in part
from unwise and oppressive laws, and partly from
the same cause which has increased our burdens be-
yond the ability to support them. I mean, the
system of influence and patronage, which has for a
long time governed this country, by an expenditure
of the public money profuse and extravagant beyond
example—which has given to wealth and splendour
that estimation which used to be paid to noble an-
cestry, or those public services which of themselves
conferred consideration and respect; but now a man
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whose connections enable him to obtain office, and
whose talents qualify him to fulfil the duties of it, is
not sufficiently respectable to fill a public station,
unless he has a large income, and therefore, lar
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