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London, England, 1833-02-26 00:00:00

BARONESS DE LEHZEN".

A white crape dress over white satin, elegantly trimmed
with satin and blonde; train of dahlia.coloured watered gros
tie Naples, trimmed with satin. Head-dress, feathers and
pearls.

BARONESS DIMSDALE.

A rich satin dress of cerulean blue, superbly embroidered with
silver; stomacher ornamented with diamonds, and the bust
and sleeves trimmed with a splendid fall of Brussels point lace ;
train of cerulean blue terry, trimmed with silver, and lined with
rich wnite satin. Head-dress, a profusion of feathers and dia-
monds, with lappets of superb Brussels point lace; diamond
necklace, earrings, and sevigne. The Baroness also wore the
Russian Order, richly set with diamonds.
BARONNE DE CETTO. _

A rich white broche satin dress, with deep flounce of rich
blonde lace ; corsage and sleeves superbly ornamented with
blonde, and elegant velvet manteau, couleur pensee. Head.
dress, plume of ostrich fathers and diamonds.
BARONESS ZUYI,EN.—A magnificent dress of tulle lama,
embroidered with gold, and richly trimmed with blonde ; train
of gros des Indes embroidered in gold. Head-dress, feathers,
lappets, and diamonds.

LADY SOPHIA SIDNEY.—A white crape dress, over white
satin, beautifully embroidered in gold ; manteau sky blue terry
velvet, lined with gold, of British manufacture. Head-dress,
feathers, diamonds, and blonde lappets.
LADY ASTLEY COOPER.—A petticoat of primrose satin,
superbly trimmed with a French blonde flounce, festooned with
bunches of morning and evening primroses, and silver foliage;
corsage a la sevigne, and double fall of rich blonde; train of a
beautiful lilac-striped velours epingle, embroidered with silver
lama and edged with blonde; epaulettes and stomacher to cor-
respond, with diamond ornaments. Head-dress, feathers, blonde
lappets, and diamonds; necklace and earrings en suite.
LADY RODD.—Court dress of a rich brocaded tissue of gold
over cerise colour, trimmed elegantly at bottom with agraffes of
blonde ; body and sleeves richly ornamented, with mantilla and
sabots of blonde; train of rich white satin, with torsade, and
lined with sarcenet ; all of British manufacture. Head-dress, a
magnificent gold lama toque, plume of ostrich feathers, and lap-
pets; a splendid tiara, necklace, and earrings of pink topazes
and pearls.

LADY COCKBURN.—A superb gold lama dress, over white
satin; train of very rich figured satin. Head-dress, a gold
toque, with ostrich feathers and blonde lappets.
LADY MA ItYBOROUGH.—A dress of white satin, sus-
tained by clusters of gold leaves, intermixed with bunches of
pink marjorurn ; train of black velvet, elegantly ornamented
with blonde and lama. Coiffure of gold lama, with diamonds
and feathers.

LADY CONROY.—A dress of white satin, covered with a
beautiful gold and silver lama tulle dress, trimmed with blonde.
A train of Cramosy velvet, trimmed with gold tulle, with feathers
and gold and red flowers, diamonds, and lappets of blonde.
LADY TAYLOR—A rich figured white satin dress, trimmed
with Irish blonde ; a violet-coloured velvet train, lined with
white silk, and trimmed wsth satin.

LADY HOWDEN.—Very elegant dress of white crape, em-
broidered with gold, over a satin slip, with rich blonde lace
man-
tilla; train of velvet, worked with gold. Head-dress, feathers
and diamonds, and parure of real pearls of great splendour.
LADY COST.—Over a petticoat of white satin a lace dress of
the finest British imitation of Brussels point ; manteau of cerise
moire bout-de-sole, trimmed with foliage and nceuds of silver.
Head-dress, feathers and diamonds.
LADY CHARLES ROWLEY.—Robe of white crape, richly
embroidered in massive gold, body and sleeves trimmed with
blonde ' • train of blue velvet, lined with white satin, and orna-
mented with a superb embroidery of Indian gold and coloured
silks. Head-dress, gold toque, feathers, and lappets; diamond
earrings, necklace, sevigne, Re. Re.
LADY GEORGIANA FAZE.—White crape dress, embroi-
dered in silk and gold ; train of rich blue terry velvet, embroi-
dered in gold and silver; cherusse and sabots in Chantilly.
Head. dress, plume of feathers, lappets, pearls, and brilliants.
LADY CARLISLE.-A rich white satin dress, embroidered
with coquilles of gold, richly trimmed with gold and ribbons ;
train of watered silk, magnificently embroidered with gold, with
creves of tulle and gold. rogue, feathers, lappets, and diamonds.
LADY DOVER.—A dress of white satin, covered with a
beautiful gold and silver coloured lama tulle dress, trimmed with
blonde; a train of white watered silk, trimmed with gold and
silver. Head-dress, feathers, and lappets, with beautiful diamond
ornaments.

LADIES O'BRlElsi.—White crape dresses, embroidered in
colours ; trains of green watered silk, trimmed with silver ; che-
russes of Chantilly. Head-dresses, plumes of feathers, diamonds,
and pearls.
LADY -HORNIE.—A richly embroidered dress, over white
satin ;_ bodice and sleeves trimmed with broad blonde; train of
rich rinhn r.r,s_ a v 01...., lined with whit. ...Oil, mad.
dress, ostrich feathers, blonde lappets, with diamond ornaments.
LADY SOPHIA LENNOX.—A dress of White net over a
rich white satin slip, trimmed with blonde and satin ; train of
rich white moire silk, trimmed round with a fall of blonde.
Head-dress, blonde lappets, feathers, and diamonds.
LADY SHAW STEWART.—A rich moire silk, striped
with satin ; a manteau of azure-blue velour epingle, lined with
white silk, and trimmed with satin and blonde lace. Head-
dress, feathers and diamonds.
LADY ROBERT GROSVENOR.—A white tabinct dress,
brocaded with gold, and trimmed with blonde lace ; a train of
violet-coloured velvet, lined with white satin, and trimmed with
gold. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds.
LADY RA NTH A M.—A dress of rich white satin, trimmed
with grebe skins ; manteau of grenat Genoa velvet, lined with
white silk, and trimmed with satin and blonde lace ; stomacher
of diamonds. Head-dress, white ostrich feathers and diamonds.

THE LADY MAYORESS.—A magnificent dress of rich
white satin, embroidered in gold lama ; stomacher of gold, or-
namented with chrysolites ; corsage and manteau of rich dahlia
velvet, lined and surrounded by a rich garniture of gold lama ;
sabots and trimmings of blonde. Head-dress, plume of ostrich
feathers 'and blonde lappets, diamonds, and chrysolites.
HON. MRS. ARBUTHNOT.—An elegant dress of blue
crape, richly embroidered in silver, body prettily ornamented
with blonde and silver ; train of blue Irish poplin, sprigged with
silver. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds.
HON. MRS. NORTO N.—A dress of rich white satin, trimmed
with French blonde, bunches of poppies, and corn-flowers; train,
a magnificent brocade satin, lined with white gros de Naples,
and trimmed with bouquets of flowers to correspond; corsage a
la Marie Stuart. Head-dress and ornaments, feathers, diamonds,
and rubies.

HON. MISS EDEN.—A rich Queen's blonde-dress over
white satin, elegantly trimmed with blonde and Roman pearls ;
train of emerald-green velvet, trimmed with pearls. Head-dress,
blonde lappets and feathers.
HON. MISS ROBINSON.—A manteau of emerald-green
Genoa velvet, lined with white silk ; boutfants of velvet, orna-
mented with magnificent diamond sprigs ; corsage trimmed
with diamonds and blonde lace ; blonde lace pettico .t over
white satin. Head-dress, white ostrich feathers, emeralds, and
diamonds.

MRS. COLONEL LIMOND.— Dress of white satin moire,
richly embroidered in gold, body trimmed with blonde and
swansdown ; train of emerald velvet, trimmed with swansdown
and gold. Head-dress, blonde and feathers, with bandeau of
diamonds and pearls; ornaments to correspond.
MRS. SM ITU —A rich white satin dress, superbly embroidered
in gold; body and sleeves richly trimmed with blonde lace; man.
teau, green velvet, lined with white satin, and trimmed with
gold. Head-dress, feathers, profusion of diamonds, and rich
blonde lappets.
MRS. GEO. DAWSON.—Dress, a rich white satin slip, over
which was worn an elegant dress of white crape aerophane ; pet-
ticoat most beautifully embroidered, corsage tastefully orna-
mented with blonde and satin to correspond; sleeves richly
trimmed with a superb French blonde lace, of extraordinary
width and beauty, forming a mantilla, and extending across the
back, with a guimpe of velvet and noeuds of ribbon, in suit with
train, which was composed of a most splendid sherry-coloured
Genoa velvet, lined with handsome moire silk, and trimmed
with satin of the same colour. Head-dress, a magnificent plume
of ostrich feathers and lappets, with an entire suit of the most
costly brilliants.
MRS. A ÜBREY.—A white satin dress, richly embroidered with
gold; the body trimmed elegantly, with a mantilla of rich blonde
lace; train of rich dahlia velvet, with richly embroidered border
in gold, and lined with white satin. Head-dress, a most splendid
tiara of diamonds, with rich plume and blonde lappets ; neck.
lace and earrings of the most brilliant diamonds and rubies in.
tennixed.

MRS M A BERLEY.—A white satin brocaded dress, with front
of blonde, forming an apron ; epaulettes ornamented with costly
blonde; train of green watered ducape, lined with white satin.
Head.fress, feathers and diamonds.

MRS. BACKHOUSE.—A white crape aerophane dress, richly
embroidered in white floss silk, and white satin slip; rich blonde
mantilla and sabots ; train of rich vapeur ducape. Head-dress,
feathers and diamonds.
MRS. CAMPBELL—A dress of white, embroidered with
gold; bodice of velvet, ornamented with gold and blonde; man.
tcau of dahlia velvet, trimmed with satin and gold. Head-dress,
blonde lappets, feathers, 'and diamonds.
MISS COCKBURN.—A white aerophane dress, embroidered
in floss silk and gold ; train of very rich cerise ducape. Head-
dress, feathers and pearls, with blonde lappets.
MISS EMILY STUART.—An English blonde lace dress, over
a rich white satin slip; body and sleeves full, trimmed with
blonde lace; train of sky-blue moire silk, ornamented with
rosettes of gauze ribbon. Head-dress, a plume of white feathers,
blonde lace lappets; ornaments, rubies and diamonds, with dia-
mond earrings.
MISS BETHELL.—A satin dress, covered with a crape dress,
beautifully embroidered in gold and coloured silks; corsage a la
St. Valienne ofcherry velvet, trimmed with blonde; a train of
rich cherry-coloured silk, trimmed with satin. Head-dress, fea-
thers and lappets ; diamond ornaments.
MISS CONROY.—A dress of white satin, covered with a
blonde dress ; corsage en pointe, with a corsage ala Valienne of
blue satin, trimmed with blonde; a train of blue zimarienne
satin. Head,dress, feathers and lappets, and diamond ornaments
MISS MITCHELL—A dress of embroidered tulle, with a.
satin dress, trimmed with blonde, with corsage a la St. Vali-
enne of white watered silk, trimmed with blonde. Head-dress,
feathers, lappets, and diamonds.
MISS W. GOR I )ON.—A crape dress, embroidered with gold,
trimmed with blonde; train of pearl-grey watered silk, trimmed
with blonde. Head-dress, feathers, lappets, and diamonds.
MISS MACDONALI).—White crape dress, richly deco-
rated with blonde ; mantilla and sleeves of the same material ;
train of blue velvet, with an elegant garniture of satin. Head-
dress, feathers and diamond combs.
MISS HOIINE.—An embroidered crape dress, over white
satin; bodice and sleeves richly trimmed with blonde; rich
moire train, with a wreath of gauze ribbon. Head-dress, ostrich
feathers, blonde lappets, and pearl ornaments.
MISS C. COOPER—A magnificent British gauze, of entirely
new texture, over white satin; mantilla of blonde; train of
beautiful aquamarine moire silk, lined with white gros de Na.
plea, and trimmed round with elegant blonde. Head-dress, a
court plume, blonde lappets ; ornaments, pearls.

ILLUMINATIONS.-The Guards, Brookes's,
the Cocoa-tree, Arthur's, the Albion, and other Club-
honses, were splendidly illuminated last night, as also were
a number of tradesmen's houses, in celebration of her
MAJESTY'S Birth-day.

BIRMINGHAM

MEETIING.

THE IRISH COERCIVE BILL.

(BY EXPRESS.)

Yesterday a most numerous and highly respectable meet-
ing of the inhabitants of Birmingham was held at Beards-
worth's Reposiioty, for the purpose of considering the
address voted by the House of Commons in reply to the
King's Speech, and the Bill introduced into the House of
Lords, establishing arbitrary power in Ireland; and also for

the purpose of petitioning the House of CoMmons on those
subjects, and respecting the present severe distress of the
industrious classes. Long before the hour of meeting the
Repository was filled almost to suffocation, and we are
confident we do not exageerate when we state that up.
wards of 15,000 persons were present.
F. Mueerz, Esq., took the chair shortly after eleven
o'clock, and on coming forward to address the assembled
multitude, was most enthusiastically cheered. He said
that he had never on any occasion taken the chair with .o
much regret as the present. He felt the importance of
the subject they were met upon, but he regretted that
the inhabitants of Birmingham had occasion to meet on
such a subject. He bad hoped that the conduct of the
present Government would have prevented the necessity of
any further meetings in that town.—(Cheers.) It had
always been his maxim hitherto, whenever any complaints
had been made of the intentions of his Majesty's Mini•
sters, to say, give them time, give them a chance, as, so
long as the Reform Bill was under consideration, it was
utterly impossible for them to take measures for the
relief of the distresses of the country; but that he
felt confident that the very first opportunity they had they
would came forward with measures for the alleviation of
those distresses under which the country laboured, which
were to be attributed to the mismanagement of the last,
and he was sorry to he obliged to add, in consequence of
the course they had pursued, the present Goverument. It
was to have been expected that at the opening of the
present Parliament, Ministers would have put some sort of
comfort for the people into the King's speech. They had,
however, not done ,o; for what was the speech fur• which,
be it remembered, the King was not responsible ? Why it
contained not a word about the distresses of the country,
not a syllable was said respecting them, though a speech
delivered 12 months before had stated that something must
be done for the country. There was no intimation of any
measures to be taken for the relief of the country; all that was
said was—" That habits of older and industry were to
be encouraged.—(Hisses, and cries of " Shame.") This
was an insult not only to the people of Birmingham, but
the whole country. So far from it being necessary
to encourage habits of order and industry, be would take
upon himself to say that they existed in all parts of the
country. All that was wanted was, a supply for the
labour of the country, and a proper remuneration for that
labour. Men at the present time, working four times as
much as they ought to do, could not obtain a livelihood.—
(Shame.) He now believed that Ministers, who lived in
one continual whirl of dissipation, knew very little more
of the miseries of the working people of this country
than the Hottentots.—(Laughter.) And what was more,
the present Ministers would never know, unless they took
much better means of obtaining information.—(Shame.)
It had invariably been the practice of Government to get
their information from Government people, than whom
no persons were less inclined to give true information.—
(Cheers.) And that was the reason why Government bad
been so frequently led astray, and had been astonished
at the result of what they bail done. It had been said
the Duke of Wellington had been driven out of the Mi-
nistry for want of the Reform Bill. He denied that fact.
If the Noble Duke had known how to properly govern the
country, end had adopted a course by which the distresses
of the country might have been alleviated, there never would
have been half the cry for the Reform 11111 which there
had.—(Cheers.) Bilore the present Ministry came into
office they cried out for retrenchment; but what had
they done since they came into office?—(Cries of
" Nothing.") Foul sinecures still existed, but those,
as compared with the distresses of the country, were as a
drop of water in the ocean.—(Cheers.) A standing army
was still kept up, Government knowing it had acted so
improperly that it could not exist without one. Now the
only way for a Government properly to conduct the affairs
of a country, was, to look to the cause of the distress, and
do all th. y could to make the people happy. By that means,
and that means alone, the immense standing army might
be got rid of. It had been said that it was of the first
iwpureaove to do away with the taxes on knowledge.
That he (Mr. M.l could not admit; the most-important
measure in his mind was the feeding and clothing of the
naked and hungry..-(Cheers.) The Chancellor of the
Exchequer had come forward and said that .he could
not take off all the taxes on knowledge, which amounted
to about 150,0001. a year; if he could not part with so
paltry a sum, what could he be expected to do to relieve
the distresses of the people, who could out he happy unless
a reduction of taxation to the amount of 25 millions per
annum took place?--e(Loud cheers.) He could not but
advert to the conduct of Mr. Cobbett (though be was tio
disciple of his), since be had had a seat in the House of
Commons. The course he h id pursued entitled him to the
gratitude of the country.—(Cheers.) He had brought
forward a motion relative to stamps, showing that in that
alone the poor man was taxed nine-tenths more than the
' rich. Lord Althorp himself admitted that this was
too true, but justified it by the assessed taxes being as bad.
—(Laughter.) If that Noble Lot d bad given him-
self a moment's consideration, he would have seen
that he bad been making himself a laughing stock for
every reasonable being. He (Mr. M.) felt convinced, after
the statement of Mr. Cobliett, that Lord Althorp would
hsive said, had he not been fortified by men of more nerve
tha❑ himself, " It is too true that the stamp duties bear
most heavily on the poor man, and we will make some al-
teration in them immediately." There was no natural cause
for distress in the country, and he would venture to say
that no man for the last 18 years could point out any
providential cause. The country had been blessed with
peace ; Providence had bestowed upon it in abundance
the necessaries and even the luxuries of life, which had been
made an improper use of. The sole cause of the distress
arose from misgoverntnent, and so lung as the Government
denied an investigation into the causes of the distress, so
long would it continue to increase, and so bad would it
become, that Ministers would be•ashamed of what they
had done.—(Cheers.) It bad been said that the Truck Bill
was a great cause of distress. He did not think
so, but he would admit that it was one of its effects. No
man could truck in 1821 or 1825, and if there was plenty
of labour for every man, no one would work for a toaster
who paid in truck, and there would be no necessity for
such measures if the condition of the country was ins-
proved.—(Cheers.) Upon the same principle was this
Factory Bill, which was intended to reduce the hours of
labour of children in factories. It had a charitable and
good intention, but a mistaken one. It was nut a subject
for legislative interference, for that interference never could
be effective. To remedy such evil, Government must
either alter the money or the corn laws. It was abso-
lutely impossible they could exist as they were.—(Hear,
hear.) No persons could be surprised at the state
of the country when they looked at its enormous
debt and heavy taxation, the whole of which, either directly
or indirectly, came from the sweat of the brow of the in-
' dustrious classes.—(Loud cheers.) These had been his
' opinions for the last twenty years. He would now come
to the consideration of the Bill levelled against his unfor-
• tunate Irish brethren. This showed how different men
' were in and out of office.-,(Loud cheers.) Till the pre-
sent moment he had looked with reverence on the names
of his Majesty's Ministers; but when, as now, he saw
them invading every constitutional right—when he saw
them coming forward and asking for powers greater than
the most violent Tories ever thought of, he could not help
exclaiming with the prophet, " Do you think that your ser-
vant is a dog that he can do such things?"—(Cheering.)
If he bad been asked lately about Ministers, he should
have said, that they would much rather lay their heads on
the block then bring forward such a measure—(Cheers)—
so full of mischief and destruction.—(Laud cheering.)
He was no party man, he would support any man and any
measures, provided only they were good ones—(Cheers)—
what between Whig and Tory, it might be truly said,
that England had been crucified between two thieves.—
(Loud cheering.) Ile felt no doubt that many men in
the present Parliament, if they had not been pledged to vote
for Ministers, would never have stated their determination
to support so iniquitous a measure as that which bad been
brought forward against Ireland. If Ministers had acted
manfully, they would have come forward and said to those
Members, we cannot quiet Ireland without suspending the
Habeas Corpus Act, and the Trial by Jury. If you ap-
prove of the measure, support it; if you do not, cast it
• off; and if we cannot carry it without you, we must give
up our places. He approved of the Church Reform for
Ireland, but he approved much more of that Reform which
would feed the people. To make the people rational,
you must make them comfortable.—(Loud and con•
tinned cheering.) If Ministers bad said that they knew
the Irish people were in a dreadful state, and that they
were determined to take such steps as would remove their
difficulties, he should have thought them the best of
men, but when they attempted to coerce a starving poptt-

lation, what was to be expected but that murder, blood-
shed, and crimes of the foulest description would be corn-
mitred ?---"‘Shaine, shame.) The honesty of some
Ministers was one of the greatest evils of the country.
How many men in both Houses of Parliament would
support ineasures now which they would have op-
posed, bat for the proverbial honesty of Ministers.
(The Honourable Gentleman then went on to pic-
ture, in the most glowing terms, the miseries of Ireland,
and 6,lm:hided by expressing his sorrow at the ill health of
Mr. Sebolefield, who, he could assure the meeting, was
fully aware of the bad-consequences that would result from
the measure, and was determined to oppose it.—(Cheers.)
G. DE BOSCOE Arrwoon, Esq., rose to propose the first
and second resolutions. It was not, as had been stated,
agitation that caused distress, but it was distress that closed
agitation.—(Loud cheers ) He had hoped that under
the present Government and a reformed House of Com-
mons, the people would have hail cause to be satisfied
with leaving the management of the affairs of the country
in the hands of his Majesty's present Ministers. He need
not tell the meeting how bitterly those hopes had been
disappointed. The people of Ireland, if the present mea-
sure passed, instead of being ten times more happy under
the influence of the Reform Bill, would be ten times more
miserable. The blsssings of peace would be worse to
them than war.—(Cheers.) The hand of labour would
be paralysed, and its due reward would be put an
entire end to.—(Cheers.) It hal been said that diatress
in Ireland was owing to over production,—tbat there was
too much corn in the country; he would ask any thinking
man whether such a statement did not carry with it its own
contradiction. It remained for the people of Ireland to
see whether they would be content with what had been
done, or whether they would not demand justice at the
hands of the House of Commons.--(Cheers.) He was glad
that lie had not to comment at any length on the degrad-
ing measures that lid been brought forward to coerce Ire-
land, for he felt confident that be could'not comment upon
them without breaking through the bounds of decorum.
(Cheers.) Ministers had not used one word shout the
distress of the country; they had only called on the House
of Commons to teach those people habits of industry
who had lung been without a proper reward for their
labour.—(Cheers.) Great as the sufferings of the people
of England were, those of the people of Ireland were
much greater. The prospects of that country had been
entirely destroyed. Corn had been exported from that
country, had been taken away from the mouths of a
starving people, who bad been obliged to live on sea weed,
on purpose that it might be sold at a high price in Eng-
land, to please the cupidity of the Irish farmers.—(Shame)
Guild it be wondered at, he would ask, that such a people
were driven to despair, and that they should break through
the boundaries of the law ?—(Cries of "No, no.") What
was the remedy proposed for all this ? Why, because a
few outrages had been committed in Ireland, the whole
population of the country were to be deprived of that
Constitution which had been purchased for them by the
blood of their forefathers.—(Cheers.) They were to be
deprived of the Lid by Jury, and that land of misery
was to be placed under martial law.—(Cries of " Shame.")
He bad often expressed his opinions on the calmness
with which the Government of this country had looked
upon the tyranny of Nicholas towards unfortunate Poland,
Instead of execrating his conduct, Ministers bad set bins
up as an example for themselves in Ireland.—(Loud
cheers.) It might be thought that he had spoken too
strongly—(Cries of " No, no")—he could look at Mini-
sters in no other light than that of having adopted a
course of policy not to relieve distress, but a determina-
tion to put down agitation only by the most arbitrary
power.—(Cries of " They can't do it.") They were
seeking to stifle the voices of the people of Ireland by mi-
litary despotism.—(Loud cheers.) If Ireland was thus
to be used, the people of England must not flatter
themselves that such a course weed not be pur-
sued also towards them.—( Tremendous cheering and
hissing.) When any outrage was committed in
England, or even when there was no outrage, if the people
were combined in peaceable array to demand a redress of
grievances, Lord Grey wool f be prepared to go to the
House and state that the agitation was so great and the
agitators so wily, that they would net break the law, and
therefore you must give us a law by which we can punish
them. The people were determined to have their rights,
but they were equally as determined not to break the law.
—(Cheers.) Taxation without representation was
tyranny.—(Cheers.) Taxation ought to be borne by
persons of property and not by the poverty of the country.
If the people who had to impose taxes had also to pay
them, they would take very good care what taxes
they placed upon themselves. - Every tax, as had been
justly observed by Mr. Cobbett, bore on the working
classes.—(Cheers.) He felt, with shame, that both
Whigs and Tories were against the people, and he hail no
hesitation in saying, that when Lord Grey found tha, the
Members of the reformed Home of Commons would not
support.hirn, he would fall back on the Duke of Welling-
ton and Sir Robert Peel far support. He defied both
Whigs and Tories, and claimed justice for the people.—
(Cheers.) He would tell Lord Grey, that in proportion
to the disappointment of the people's hopes would he the
execration that would he hurled on his head by every
true-hearted Englishman, who would tell him, in spite
of all the powerful measures he could bring forward, that
no Minister should rule, either in England or in Leland,
who did not do so for the peace and happiness of the peo-
ple ?—(Loud cheers.) 'I he worthy gentleman concluded
by proposing the first and second reaolations,for which, see
advertisement.
Mr. B. HADLEY rose to second the two resolutions
which bad just been proposed, cordially agreeing with every
word which they contained. He felt no doubt that they
would be carried by the present meetir ig, not only by a tri-
umphant majority, but with an unanimous feeling of the
whole. After the very excellent spetich which bad been
delivered by the Chairman, and his friend who spoke
last, who had travelled over more ground than he in-
tended to pass, he should only tel it necessary
to go a little more into detail with the King's
speech.—(Hear, hear.) In it there wars a total omission
of the distressed state of the nation, the result of culpable
ignie ance, or the most cold blooded was it of any thing
like sympathy for the sufferings of the people. Now,
what said that speech ? " Never at any time did subjects
of greater interest or magnitude call for the ottention of
Parliament." What were those subjects en` great interest
and magnitude ? The civil war in Portugal,. Ore unsettled
state of the Dutch and Belgic question—(Ch ters)—and
the remaining two-thirds of the speech relerr ed to the
Church, and some alterations were promised wi th regard
to a more equal distribution of its revenues, but
not one word was said of the universal distress
that existed among all the great interests of the
country, the fuudholder excepted.—(Hear.) Nothing
was said about the languishing state of trade;
nothing was said about the almost absolute ruin of the
commercial interests of the country ; the agricultu rail, the
shipping and colonial interests, were not stated to l)e in a
state of extreme languishment. Profits were email dieted,
and no man would be justified in embarking a large r capital
in either of them.. There was another part of the r speech
which had excited no little astonishment in his mind. It

was that in which his Majesty recommended habit is of
industry and good order among the labouring class, is of
the community. Was there not a Bill now ha afore
Parliament for the purpose of reducing the h ours
of labour in the cotton manufactories of the count ry ?
and could a population tile that of this count try,
the most industrious in the world, require a re-
commendation like that, at a time, too, when thousat tds
and tens of thousands of honest, orderly, and industrio us
men were going about from door to door begging II ►r
work ?—(Cheers.) The unexampled state of quietude LI
the country—how long it might continue, God onl• r
knows—would perhaps induce his Majesty's Ministers ti
recommend good order and peaceable demeanour among
the labouring classes, especially as they saw some neces-
sity for it, when they contemplated the atrocious mea-
sures they were about to inflict on Ireland, and when
they bad determined to introduce none for the bene-
fit of England,—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the
necessity of a graduated property-tax, Ricardo had said,
that the consumer must pay all taxes. That might be
true under our present system, but not so of a property-
tax. Unequal taxation was the great curse of the country,
as it was laid on its industry, and not on its property. Let
the earnings of the poor and industrious be what they
may, they pay more than one-half in direct or indirect
taxation, while the real property of the country was
almost altogether untouched. That was a crying
evil, and ought to be redressed. Should they shed tears
of compassion for the Greeks and the Poles, and nut for
the It ish ? Should they establish Polish Associations to
keep alive the recollection of Polish wrongs, and do
nothing for Ireland?—(Loud and continued cheering.)
As an Englishman, deeply sympathising with his suffering,
starving, insulted, and now about to be Polandir,d—
(Loud cheers)—fellow-subjects in Ireland, lie could not
conclude without expressing his abhorrence at the atro-
cious measures now passing through the House of Com-
mons, for the enslavement of that unhappy country.—
(Loud cheers.) He must not be told of the merciful dis-
position of Lord Grey—(Groans and hisses)—all that
had been said or sung of his humanity. He who had it
in his power to relieve the sufferings of Ireland, and who
refused to do them justice, or inquire into the cause of
their distress and misery, for the purpose of re-
moving it; he who bad goaded them to acts of des-
peration, and exhibited his mercy and humanity

by forging fetters for their limbs, and putting gags
into their mouths, and who did his utmost to stifle the cry
of complaint from suffering millions, had no pretensions
to the character of a human being, was nothing more nor
less than a Nero or a Caligula. Should the people of
England let this be inflicted on their Irish brethren to-day,
to-morrow it would be their own turn, for he felt assured
that if Lord Grey found that he could silence a suffering
people, who were clamorous for justice, by establishing
martial law, and putting down public meetings, and abl-
fishing trial by jury, the time was not far distant when
a destruction as swift would be hurled at Englishmen.—
(Hear, hear.) The best and the only way to avoid the
infliction of a similar measure, was to petition the House
of Commons unceasingly, to remonstrate against any and
every measure which might curtail the happiness or in-
fringe the liberties of the peopie.—(Cheers.) As Jeremy
Bentham had said it was only by making the ruling few
uneasy, that the oppressed many obtained relief; and Jef-
ferson, another great authority, had said that above all
things it was necessary to cherish the spirit of the people,
and keep alive their attention. It would not do to be
too severe upon their errors, but they should be reclaimed
by enlightening them.—(Cheers.) The worthy gentle-
man concluded by heartily seconding the two resolutions ;
which the Chairman put to the meeting, and declared to
be carried unanimous'y.
Mr. SALT, in moving the third resolution, and the pe-
tition consequent thereupon, regretted that Ministers had
not come forward with words of consolation for Eng-
land, and had expressed a determination to bind Ireland
in chains of tyranny.—(Cheers.)
[Ste advertisement for resolution and petition.]
Mr. WooLrrEr.n seconded the resolution, which was
c irt ied unanimously.
_ _

Rev. T. M. 11'DONNELL, in rising to prop:re the 4th
resolution, said that he felt no small consolation and ex-
ultation that the gentlemen who had come to that town
on behalf of the Irish people, had come to a place where
philanthropy was known to exist. He trusted that
Birmingham would be the cradle of Irish, as well
as English liberty.—(Cheers.) Hitherto he had con-
sidered Lord Grey as the benefactor of the human rave,

but in consequence of the measures he had brought for-
ward for the subjugation of Ireland, he could only rank
him among the cAnpaniens of the Sidumeths and Castle-
reagirs.— (Loud cheers.) lie had introduced into the
Howe of Lords a measure more atrocious than bad ever
been concocted either by Lord Sidmouth or Lord Castle-
reagh—(Loud cheering)—and he had done so in di-
rect opposition to the professions of himself and his party.
—(Loud cheers.) The people of Ireland had not
been unaccustomed to gagging, and Lord Grey,
Lord Althorp, and Lord Brougham, the eloquent up.
holders of the people's rights, when there were none but
Tories to oppress the unhappy Irish, advocated their cause;
but Lord Grey was now proceeding with respect to that
unhappy country in a more nefarious career than ever the
Tories had pursued. Without any evidence whatever to
support such a measure, he had introduced the present
Bill.—(Hisses.) The 'furies had never brought forward
such a measure without evidence ; they had never dared
to ask the Parliament to rely on their honour and their
principles of discretion.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentle-
man here adverted to a speech of Lord Althorp's in 1819,
which concluded with a motion, that the evidence brought
tidal., the House was not sufficient to sanction the intro-
duction of such a measure as was then contemplated. The
only evidence on which Earl Grey had relied, was a letter
from a superintendent of police, and that of the Attorney
General, who lived on the people. Why, he would
were the people of Ireland to be subjected to martial law in
1833, when in 1819 Lord Grey himself thought there
ought to be a Committee of Inquiry on the subj.•et? He
would tell the Ministers of the country, if they wished to
establish peace in Ireland, they must let those people
know that the law was not their enemy, and that there was
not one law for the poor and another for the rich.—

(Loud cheers.) The Ministers of the country seemed de-
termined that whatever they did for Ireland it should be
done with a bad grace. For the last 700 years every
thing hail been done against Ireland. The Rt form which
Ministers had brought forward in the Church of Ireland
was a complete mockery ; the time had now arrived when
the people of Ireland would accept of nothing but justice,
and they would require now a Reform that would benefit
not only the curates, but those who paid them.—
(Cheers.) He trusted that no person, who was a
friend to Ireland, would consider it necessary that such
measures as had bens introduced by Lord Grey,
should become the law of the land. It had been said that
the people of Ireland were in a state of insurrection, that
Government had been reduced to the last extremity, and
bad nu other course to pursue. He denied the fact, and he
would appeal for a confirmation of that denial to the two
Irish gentlemen who had attended the meeting that day,
Mr. Lawless and Mr. Lalor. What, he would ask, would
be the consequences in Ireland of putting in force the In-
surrection Act? That had been tried in Ireland already.
Why, that the most brutal and lustful villain, under the
pretence of searching for arms, would invade the sanctity
of the female chamber, drake away with a husband who
was in the way of his lustful passions, or destroy a bro-
ther that stood between him and his designs. Lord C!on-
curry, some time ago, had made a similar statement to this
in the House of Lords, and what was the consequence ?
Why, their Lordships condcse.onled to laugh at it.—
(Shame, shame.) The Rev. Gentleman here went on to
detail several instances of the oppressive and cruel manner
in which the Insurrection Act bad operated in Ireland.
Then, as to courtsmartiat, a person probably advanced in
years, was to he brought before a parcel of young pop.
pets who had hardly attained twenty-one—probably
some of the young Hannibals—(Laughter)—probably
some of the beardless sons of Earl Grey—(Loud laughter)
—or probably a son of that enemy of his country—Sir
Francis Burdett.—(Loud hisses.) Such it was who would
sit in judgment, probably on those with whom they bad
previously had a quarrel.—(Loud disapprobation.) For
his own part, if he was to be tried by a militiry tribunal,
111 him have a jury of soldiers, and not one of officers.
If Somerville had been tried by a jury of his comrades,
he never would have received the two hundred lashes
which he did. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by mov-
ing the 4th resolution,
Air. GEORGE ED3IONDS, in seconding the resolution,
said that be had to complain that Ministers had turned
round upon the people, and had employed that power
which had been given them for the good of the people
at large, not for their benefit, but for their destruc-
tion. He detested the political Joseph Surfaces who
employed all their docirines of principle and morality, only
that they might oppress the people. The Whigs never
intended to inflict some deadly evil, but they came for-
ward with some pretence of serving you. It was not
long since the Whigs brought forward a measure for the
purpose of collecting tithes at the point of the bayonet ;
they have come forward with a voluntary proposition for
the reform of the infamous Irish Church—(Loud cheers)
.—for which they even obtained the flattering appro-
bation of Mr. O'Connell.—(Cheers.) What was
that measure followed by ? Why, the detested mea-
sure, which, to use the words of his friend Mr. Hadley,
was to Polandize Ireland. Such was the conduct of the
Whigs—such was the conduct of those pretended friends,
but most atrocious enemies.—(Loud cheers.) The people
of Ireland had been ground to the very earth by every
species of oppression, and was it to be wondered at that
they should turn on their foes ? The only law that was
now wanted in Ireland was, to restrain its oppressors—not
its poor heart-broken and famished inhabitants. How
could any man expect the people of lreland to
obey the law when it was not their friend.—(Cheers.)
What was the remedy proposed by Earl Grey for this
violation of the law ? Why, the putting an end of all law
together, the breaking up of the whole constitution of the
country. He would tell Lord Grey that the introducing
of such a measure was a violation of the law for which he
(Lord Grey) ought to be made answerable to his country,
and for which he ought to be impeached and lose his
Lead.—(Partial cbeers, disapprobation, and murmurs.)
Berl Grey had said that the Government was called
upon to exercise the first duty of a Government.
Be (Mr. E.) admitted that he was bound to.do so ; but
ea hat, he would ask, was that first duty ? To preserve
race and good order. Was that peace to be preserved
b y giving power to every ruffian to enter the sacred ha-
bitation of social life, and poison all its springs? He would
t. all Earl Grey that the Irish never could exist under
st ich a measure, and that if be persevered in it peace must
be produced by their universal destruction. If any good
wa s to be effected by Government it must be done by
una vimity, for without it nothing could be done by the
per)} de of Ireland.
Vr. JOHN LAWLESS, who bad just arrived from Dub-

lin, ame forward amidst loud cheers. The meeting had
heard the recitals of the sufferings of Ireland that day,
and h e felt convinced that they would stand forward
with bim in resisting the blow that was threatened
to th, r last moment.—(Loud cheers.) The Irish
people, like those of Birmingham, would never submit
to despotism. He trusted that the example of the present
meeting would be followed in every town in the country,
and that England, the land of liberty and happiness, would
in reality show herself the friend of degraded Ireland.—
(Cheers.) The men of Ireland, resident i❑ London, would
be ready, i f required, to display the feeling that existed in
their breast a towards the damnable and abominable mea-
sures of Load Grey.—(Loud cheers.) The measures
which that Soble Lord was adopting, would inevitably
tend, instead of preventing, to give new zest to the dis-

eussion in favour of the repeal of 4
the
man in Ireland would, if that measure 13.40
into a acv become a Repealer. He returned the :Otte
on the part of the people of Irelind, his ile".....,t"—tdi,
for the great and glorious exhibition they had 10"-vey'
Union.' *:V
that liay , and he could as,ure them that he should cloy
to unhappy brethren in Ireland the feelings of
arose in his breast on beholding so sublime and 1;19(.1%0
spectacle, and he should tell the people of :1031,."50r
they might rest these elves secure in the bosom
.

. ..
lisle beneficence.—Loud cheers. ) n Sad rr
The resolution was then put by the Cnairma-t
d ttss
ared to be carrd unan.
The Rev. Mr.ie M•DoNNELLimously moved the adoption of
following petiti O
F T$
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMON- is it-,r,;11°
~in
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITA
IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSE1SIBIS:00
" THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE INHAB so A
OF BIRMINGHAM, IN TOWN'S iv-lEETI
SEMBLED. r o°_,lroi
" SHOWETII—That your petitioners approach Yon e, 1.. :
d grie
le it
able House with feelings of astonishment,
horror, having learned that his Majesty's Ministers
au.5.,0011
plied to your Honourable House for unconstitutiou 1 r
to oppress the people of Ireland.
that may appear consistent with the respect which.ootS f
to evince towards your Honourable House, the sen'iister,' !
indignation with which they have heard that the blip.,r that,
.. That your petitioners know not how to expresstl: te:i
their own choice, has so far insulted them as to belle:too s°.
their representatives can sanction a measure so iniclidisora'
sanguinary, and so well calculated to produce the iii°
berment of the United Kingdom. le of Pg,,.;.
" That your petitioners, in the name of thepeoP-- too , '
land, most solemnly protest against the princtl,l4,o; 1134'
quently adopted in the days of corruption, of conve"
British Constitution into a sanguinary despotisro• foO'er
" That your petitioners, taught by experience of the
„roto t‘
violations of the Constitution, have come to the
0-itbili
that they are principally calculated only for the PI," 50
of innocent men,—that of the guilty being sufficient ' 0
by the ordinary laws, fairly administered. ,inders
" That in fact your petitioners have been led s°lolll7,‘
that one ground for this extravagant application, is ',, votifffor
difficulty in procuring evidence in criminal cases, aln..;ct ii.
titioners therefore cannot but perceive that its oil
Its'i
punish without evidethe sance.
" That from me experience, your petiti°°c;llo.6.
learned the utter uselessness of these despotic and srpret
measures, inasmuch as the peace which they seen' „,°y sli.t
is either the tranquillity of the desert, or the glet, DOA,'
with which men, born to be free, will wait for tu`oe t 7.
when they may successfully exert themselves to rest ' A
country from a tyrannical despotism. eir
o Or
.. That your petitioners accordingly express th be
opinion, that should these horrid and barbarous PoWe,, to
,'
trusted to the Ministers, nothing can preserve Irelart.be
British Crown except, possibly, the conviction, and peopi,,l
founded conviction, of their Irish brethern, that the the 'i
England view, with an abhorence equal to their MO,
°' :
barons policy of their rulers.
" That your petitioners have reflected with feelt°Pn ofe'l /3
li°,
titillation, on the long series of unmitigated oPPre)6Ol
their brethren in Ireland have experienced from the forta_i
ment of England, and they think that if any departure ifer.,
spirit of the Constitution be contemplated in regard t°oll7l
it ought to have for its object the benefit,—not the Pe A.H
—of the Irish people by their hard-hearted masters. yard'
" That your petitioners are especially filled vitt
latiep„/.'
when they reflect that the annihilation of the Coos" its J''.
not even to be preceded by inquiry as to its necessitY;of e;
tier, and its adequacy to the end proposed :—and le itelf
tioncrs most solemnly implore your Honourable W-00 os
establish the barbarous precedent of voting away thidelleot
cred rights, without a solemn investigation of the e' 00
,a,
which it is demanded, and without inquiring into tbe„ther74
and robberies, the outrages against females, and the ._ si,
nifold atrocities for which, in consequence of grant, {best:
powers, your predecessors are responsible in the sight °Ag, 0
" That your petitioners live in the heart of an uPrlave
nerous, and a fearless people; that many months theitA
rolled away since they calmly defied every danger ',,Jh'jill
termination to support a Ministry, which they 00' o.'ol
heart the happiness of the whole nation; and 010 01;1001
right, respectfully to assure your Honourable ilouse'sup ,l
same people are equally determined not to sanction °r
Id
civil war against their brethren of Ireland.
,sarestod
" That besides the revolting iniquity of such a In— oi
petitioners assure your Honourable House that the are i
and overwhelming distress of the country, which theVaejiri
to perceive the Ministry of the people's choice has litoteerlclei
to communicate to a paternal Monarch, renders it
sr)
possible that the people of England can contribute Woos ji
expenses of this civil War ; for that the general andertfif,
insolvency which, in the midst of abundance of pruP., sieti
down to the earth the agricultural, the commerctilori
manufacturing interests have made the people ''',-,001,
virtue renders them unwilling, to bear the burdei'thvg
contemplated oppression must attempt to impose ull;,;iiti4
"'That your petitioners have beheld with great
_a fa !,
agitation of the question of a repeal of the leglsiprael6
between Great Britain and Ireland ; but that if ie#l,,
nut permitted to share with Englishmen- all the
e,
the British Constitution, year petitioners, and tbeectarj
England at large, will feel themselves obliged t° 5014
efforts of Irishmen to rescind a Union cemented ° eli
blood and tears of their brethren. VOrdll
" That, in addition tO all these considerations,
tioners view with alarm the readiness of a liher3l„, s / 6',
establish in Ireland the horrible precedent which -tbeY ,to
enforced against Englishmen and Scotchmen ; that iiitsty
beheld with indignation the first step towards a ,11; 0100
spotism, in the introduction of soldiery at the la'-strbte
several of which, to their knowledge, were carried
odrol 00
of the bayonet; and the announcement of the do poi od
sure, against which this petition is directed, cultlbet,
urgently to appeal to their representatives to prote'.stw' •
the possibility of holding their lives and properties If
price of a despotic Minister. et/
" That your petitioners implore your Honourable . 10
take the petition into your most serious consideratio%t
the representatives of a free, a just, and a gel'ervallo
you will weigh well the responsibility of the trio' 0
are permitted to discharge; that you will bid the AOC .
j
feed the starving Irishman, and give equal rights to ur iii
to enforce those rights which will render all arbitralve to
as unnecessary as they are unjust, and as they v 11140,64
carious ; and, finally, that you will not consent tn.. 5 4
.a..
c lir,
stitution, which the people intrusted to your the
converted into a despotism, which must render i'
isp
man as valueless as its tenure will be precarious- r p•-
" And yourpetitioners will eve
..,,,
Mr. BOULTBEE seconded the motion. ,„ f ‘4l
Mr. SHEA LALOR, of Kilburn, in the county He
was then introduced to the meeting by 'ireer*,,
M‘DoNNELL, and was received with loud
,r, $9
could assuri, the meeting that he came forwaru line
them with feelisigs of grief and horror at the Ire le,'
gradation which had been inflicted on Isis natty
by the measure brought forward by Earl GreY•'; oft);
Eight-and-forty hours ago be was on the shford a‘!
land.—( Hear, hear.) Nothing was to be
~,,,j"- 011
but hut sorrow and desair. He had been ea1,..-_ta tji
a few minutes' notice on behalf of his catfulT,, perioli '
himself upon the mercy and compassion of be PP
England.—(Cheers.) He left his own lain' viltlielti
altno,t amounting to despair, and be could lie -tr
claiming, how, !gracious God, was it p05i.,,,,5, 5
country, so rich in all her agricultural producTof 0,
so soon have been made the seat of sorrow a" dew
lug!—(Loud cheers.) Ere long, if the lei
Bill of Earl Grey became the law, 'lO i
e
would be enabled to utter one sentiment ,e,a, te it
It had been said, that the people of ROA° "..g or
r
guine people ; that they were an irnaginat've
tosaft
they might be sanguine, but he mad venture 00,,
no man in Ireland could have imagined the g,.°o:th
that he saw that day.—(Loud cheers.) id ao'l
they
yir
dhido
beyond the expectations of the people of Ire's° 'obsli
iosuhlaidenw......ant(ctrhieems
of; a:dvirbeeivib:loo-
vmore of us if you want us.") Ile did o°' it
seaeylvetshattr true they
as
that
the(Cmheeenrs of aßnidr:irnigeshamof " Yot Doi
hopes.—(Cheers,
would ell?).
would ask the meeting to answer him "toe° ft
Would they, as Englishmen, submit to aue" rie' F, 0
..4t,
are to be put in force in Ireland ?—(Cries 0' d r ri'
Well then, should we submit to it in DTI°
~r0100"A
(Cries of " No, no," and tremendous Che,,-re,1,61/,
they had told him not to submit to the I:oll3irefi,' i
ask them, if they did not, would the people °f be eV:, ri
support them ?—(Cries of" We will.") The1...,31, 0 Piii
turn to his country and tell them, that ".,„re0001,•:
addressing the people of Birmingham, a. 5 d fril:
crowd had addressed him—that be bad 3-eo.°
questions ; and be would tell them in Ireland 0001
answer had bad been, and be trusted that thee Peon° iij
ring that answer through the whole of 61. 601 r
morrow.—(Cheers.) He was not so utter
be bslii
the people of Birmingham as they thought-- nreitecd;
educated among them—he had served his tli,., 7 :
in that town, to his Reverend Friend ',„- hilt'
nell. He had learned something more
hft°o"-ej lt°).i;
Greek and Latin, he had learnt what he "°' bre"
never forget, to love Isis country.--(Lond cif he)
must now address the meeting as to facts;
ti boil',
do so, he might leave the meeting with° 00 9°
much service, and it was his full determi°3biot pi
back to Ireland without having done thol'ete 0 S°o!
Grey told the people that which, if it bad 11)tit 09
said to be a mistake.—(Good private life, would have been called a lie, 0 it 0,1
been told lay the Prime Miuister of Eoglaaje 10.,ii
whether Earl Grey had sinned by accident. i: ore.°)
that rested in his own breast. God knee' ", 007
and he would not add to the iniquity of the act oio9l
of the intention.—(Cheers.) What was hey be:
• n
He was going to annihilate unfortunate 4 cot
land. He was going to cut off the tie tho Aar jii
to England, but he should not do it. Ile_ 10'
meeting would not let him, and he defied tom
Loud laughter.) iji. 009.

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union. 9ell
easu_A,
re
egtio er---r
ls-
ed the lit bi
is best thsll:i
r pre° efl
should B,lou.
feelings . 1
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and 01on0p
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Ilia!
, teeth..
tilete;t;":(‘Clieera.) He wished' he had Earl Grey
til!ste.tt! felt convinced, if he was, the coercive
taihtinwel:toldu..ever become law. The people of Bir-
Zt Wail tbellt never allow him to pass it.—(Cheers.)
4 Yeti %ion, 41"11? He would tell the meeting, from
reseed th ent the Bill became law, he who now ail.
,ptii eisa,toetrieeting dared not open his mouth, and if he was
litliklii the that
meeting and address them after the Bill
e;„4"eited moment he returned back to Ireland he would
tdd he t: Re had a wife and family, from whom he
I'Lli,H:ttilllL4l:B a:rair pwrobuiald)ly ordered to he transported by
fe anti-': PuPPY of an iiffi(Cries of " Shame.")
probably be puffed off together.
n!ttea,..,7,llent the Bill passed, no grievances could be
4ttso ef't in ',eland in safety. The Bill was a concate
II: the ,flefe'r,aollY.--(Cries of, "It i,i, it is.") Had any
ram 'l4l kik eittg wives and daughters? If they had, lie
i,l,ttkketi ehel° if they would like to have their hour-s
N 11 ~at inidilight by a lustful priest?—(Cries of
throe 15' )
OottLgq their Rad they ever seen the wretched Irish pa-s
It I.ldled the ?—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") Had thy
t4mlos?e,st"ern for-their raes ?--(Cries of "No, no;"
Till if the not their fault.") Would they not despise
itthehiadtial Wished to continue so ?—(" Yes, yes.")
est, to
17,11 extended towards animals in England was
t bill ofishat the peasant in Ireland enjoyed. And yet
eeNtth atria and Penalties of Earl Grey was inflicted,
"tet L e peo t
' 'ea (I - P'e of Ireland complained of it. Was it
14tOid r th
tad el for them men destitute of every thing that Gail
e te °rat t., shonld be resigned under such a multi-
-444: be eileilunq--(Cheers.) 'lreland was determined
the% let) -14.ec1• Ireland was determined to complain,
Sthe ,te" to God, that the meeting was determined
the "t(ChZia(l_ c°lllolain, in spite of an Act of Parlia-
diZitetta,4:s•) He protested, as an Irishman, that.
lit -'°14,4 'bade by Earl Grey, with respect to . the
hied of Ireland, were totally without foundation.
ilk hileil With confidence, that the agitation of the
/Nitta :wat attended with ten times more agitation
allnd Earl 'a Ireland.—(Cheers.) Who, he would ask,
lill'4oeat rey where he then was ?—the men of Bir-
N°lee ft'((e.riea of " Anil we will remove him again.")
ibiti Birtnineham could do so. They had great
C iti pou.tY on their shoulders. The Tories would have
iii:tywouiter at this
d moment, but for them, and Lord
lliti4ltsiai -knever have been in a situation to introduce
eia.::l4,,a'le ill but for the people of Birmingham.
11,0'1144 !°, had they not a right to see how he exer-
e,..:44 h. rig}'
Which they had given him ?—(Cheers.)
ICittiii,-. use it well, he would ask, if he annihilated
te7aldlie-ri' of British subjects?—(Cries of,:" No, no.")
as'qt b use °f
tvell if he allowed the nobility of Ireland
I)? 40.4" the labour of his serf ?—(Cries of "No,
alki'et of th Would he use it well, if he allowed
14,14 Le land to live in its fatness, and would not
1414;401144;11'4 a single crumb.—(Cries of " No, no.")
la tea, t at the people of Birmingham would not
if Zilill 4) 4 so. They loved Ireland.—(Cheers.)
et,,.pEtobit allow their liberties to be trampled on; and
kt..-Itlled t` of Ireland were goaded, distracted, forced and
et'itsNs h:rti°ll4 her arms, lie was sure that the people of
410 ii wtrould sanction it.—(Loud and continued
lante"e Will, w will.") He trusted that the Al.
11,ttni who Isiadeasyet preserved Ireland, would still
lkiti mien 0 this Most terrible struggle; and that as she
,ior k; a travelled for 700 years through the desert
la"'llh.j'ety and affliction, she would still learn to
Dm de
la"' tliati, 50 well that she would oppose tyranny. He
ilatilleliatvthe example set by the men of Birmingham
)'are
. Ireland that there were other remedies for
it e ea having recourse to arms. Labatt] would
Pte:lt- hote°ovulsed in revolution in a month had
11iC6.,4411. foe the magnanimous conduct of the
titcttfheirtninghani. For tbat kindness and that mag-
eqt Poo; 11" P bffered up the thanks of eight millions of
Ptia:.tle,,, creatures. He trusted when the meeting dis-
k! titilktila7k_uld not let the birds of the air pick up the
etspi:l,,,, been sown that day, but that they would
NaL of truce a crop so large and so abundant, that the
llie 'lreland • ,
at Nu might repose under its. shade. Then
ot jell 44,,,tti1d 01 to and say be had received his own sales-
ie3sur-ii that eth at of his country front those, who, having
Leh all unl ~ t hi, ? blew
that
,tibteeaaree'rs, ' 'l4lokitia togs of freedom, were determined to give
i e i a 1 TON stO the people of Ireland.—(Loud and long
That- t ot ...., ti., st theeen ) p p
ice has netteir9l ifll 1,..41e/ein ' gii.
'dens itapecif ,:',14,. t_t e petition was then unanimously adopted :-
7ibute t""oto ja a `IONTOJJItABLE THE COMMONS OF THE
oral an 07 -41 p, UNITED KINGDOM.
e-f-v epertflool 0 ti4t. PP gMEILE PETITION OF THE INHABIT.i.INTS
°-
. errrial' ON 41tV4181.11WING-HAM, IN TOWN'S MEETING AS-
=le 0 :ribio
IN
11,1147-thii. ED.
, burdr.,o°,
°lett°. 14"Lailekal: 'Lon, tax upon newspapers, and the various laws
IPO5e ucpoige
„.., iii;Plelati the diffusion of knowledge among the people, are,
h greatiai-•fe_A, tt,„ 4lyo„ °I. Your petitioners, unjust and mischievous.
leeti 'Nth ''', 'est "'Petitioners believe that no taxes at present in
hat if itos.--ic,
64,, ji ifst he,t4)°bievtionable as those taxes which fetter the
all tDe el' iNtlt
slid
the
010 0
:I
it)ittioiotrapbeieitiaioners perceive, by constant experience,
enforce them without resorting to prose.
aiged °all Of . 00,44444 h and cruel thatthe whole of society will denounce
merited - NtLett:eY consider it evident that the attempt thus made
. s, yotlifster, )1414421theelabuuring classes from making. known their grie-
teraton, ii) a 1
itillki:millie? the °f the press, and inquiring into the best means
i libera''ai 0,.i
,?th „10, While the press is open to the wealthy, can
. whichnbel,roi 14t? ter
'endency than to create a feeling of dissatisfac.
li ; tba:niiitSrecA INN,. ttiiTtcls of the people, and to make them to look with
aids a '- CI IA IN i Nigistrust even upon measures intended for their
the latettlieoe. fell ii u
t 1111'
atlas's3'''' r Petitioners cannot avoid expressing their
'Ol a 0; -S.tl ini . • " are rapidly creating
:.. carried r.„ zilsf ha, schievous restrictions
f the drew,de) e, gilt IvN Elio, hatred
aua promoting jealousy and disunion b -
,ch, cal.' -eielltili hra erent classes of society.
c, protect sat ti"- l . ta e
a. IL aat iirnhp- °Pinion of your petitioners, no stronger proof
proPertie
serfs:; t'lii,. -,: the justice and purity of a Government, and no
I IP o,` thtlttetlißCevised to secure for it the affections of the people,
onouraloe . Oil- totientese
Doti afford them every means of forming a cox:-
siderati°%s r Nhil Public affairs; while your petitioners believe
3 ge.,''aer''fijely l's.Ntlali "it and mystery are hostile to the spirit of a free
he "—tit lot tint yo) aad only excite doubt and disaffection. .
1
1 bid the AOC Natb 4 Petitioners have ever found that the most Intel-
right' `,.-010.00 ckl3/471444„ t erlticated nations are invariably distinguished
btra" yes, y Nisk4, -4trY, their Peaceable demeanour, and their respect
liar ill igs asst
.
they e; t,0.,‘,
th a eaa-\ by l'e Ignorance in the people which can only be
nsent .--3,, 51.1_,id cr4,, e,it. neglect of duty, or despotism on the part of the
your care' 6t'
IP-i, 4' .tt. ir the 41,4
.iavariably leads to anarchy, crime, and disre_
render 0•t ,1, ', instituted for the protection of person and pro.
arious• rl,r'i. ,d," 41:4 th ,
Ts will eye e, 'of Chttltl'ol: ''''e, Your petitioners complain of were not laid
'''‘ i fiNVIf ra" Productive source of revenue, but were avow.
tlilci,ll 4„:3'stem by which it was vainly attempted by de-.
ItN
kt:dr-; s and corrupt Legislators, to stifle the love of
131faZilltle h.°,..stiematize as seditious the demand for that
'NI:- "as at length been introduced by the Ministers
, 41,14N),.,.nd Which has obtained the sanction of the two
S•rtti pth .41ahlent and the King."
tillell her Resolutions, fur which see Advertisement,
Nitie-en,animously carried, and the meeting separated
tiNittiiteittiieitt
klis d'-'g Was entirely devoid of any banners or
'Splay.

. „ ad de.
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adoption Of lb:

lONS Asl)
BRITIV"
LisalADs-0 AT
MEETIS

goo°Pit'
Your and
of grief,
ye
inisters
titational P°7

express, in w
N
whic
h theY is
he SenC to 0f
t the
dot,
,s to believe
e so iniquit.°;o.
the final4i
of 9i.
he people too fit.l
. _
incips., log I
f COnVell

;ism. or
ncc of tlieciusioo
:(,) the c'n,bcieilil
r the Ilisec-
ufficient

ci
_ t Underst:6;
led
;ion, i.c.,:a m
,ases, asotD
t its oil

br,
r pctitiooets .00/
ie-and satiglit'veutc.,
seew to F`
y'"#4
the gl°°°.looaLgefit
t for taltie tar I
ce to re -
it 04 1
ress toe be
rows rover; to tr
rye
and tt'
on, a „oP
that the the
oWth

0
th. fCeitl? N.,
Oppre'sl°',ooos
from the
departUre ttvfrelok
060'1
regard
ot the r
nasters. borstl
filled wit
the Const.•
necessitYi itt
and Y°: A,
able H0c0,„04
away th •cleats.
of the evi_ti
g into theo,l:er,
and icP)
If granny '„iip
he sight ofbil:,
f an uPtlg, oe f
months , f
the'

"-si
larger ire
licy o'ost
till°
and they tl)3t
ie ilous_opo
nctioti or b"

e ntY
e °oe
b th
loud ebeeit
forward . edit
at the sati,° 001
his native 'C lel
1
Grey's of
,he shc're° a 1'
to he beard
:a calla' ,n- glif
countril.; ° pl'
)o of the rieelo.,,
land With' 1 11, 40til'AvT,
could n. 0:4 ~,,,, ,_ --.....i.J AND
it possible e i Dlt4!titilotvin ---____,.. .: BELGIUM.
a°
lad 0 .
inetegofapre_he three Projects of Convention to
!rod:l6°l'o N4OlO.
ow
dew
4%., 0 eur the
Talleyrand and Lord Palmerston,
if
the 00 t paper yesterday,BEr
Tv.. vo f h Ihktk44l, ACCHIVENTIox
' ei '44 1, l'Alr:Nb FRANCE
mot fe • th, , AND GREAT BR
v vr If
ER refers:—.
:
HOLLAND— ON TH
to , . eti ill • urn. -_ 0 f the Netherlands, ITAIN
;(elan Vi,,ee efili t4toittZ Cit AU.. ,
D
444446 of ki.tenit-s,Y the King
, lip 10 and" Lief
to withdraw his 0
Grand
ra THEn
;Inative r 'it
Ivetn.teurflotieooo,, KA 4, prt, by t,.. Lief kenshoek, which shallbetroeovpascufart9eald
)10
1,,,,
toss:
iii
t-t4skilettt.
0t
I,li
ies Belgianln.e"seetit forces within ten days of the rati-
lonl4iX l'itaje,t convention.
f,l,ryelosiinalhei.l 7
ticll4ll etnr___ Y the King of theimNmeedthieartlands, Grand
after the
, kis,,,, purreg_, engages to open,
tlniad
D0e°%,,,e0.1 4 tifelt:iiiSttelteandseiLt convention, the commeerlcy"
0b0i7,),
h,. epee
on mouthsthu;b
jaenedt:tuhentnilavaigdaettfiiaontnintio'avfe.tighreias:
soul
tith St of March, conditions of the convention signed
We Oil 0.4.' . t4l: •Athezl's to the i! s
,i,uoutettii° irlos:114, 114 t•
-70 . those
regulations
, the navigation of the
trifit IP 114 k L'? 1881 for
are applicable to the said
rice of " ~ 001: Zr /.Ithe httl the
, 144tlikIt.4eime'lliconclusion of
ofdetinitive treaty between
Irelatid oi
.) 'Scheldt
ce
Glsldiarnt shallraeanetdi ,
the,n b em3faor
made
nee
us eheerilo it ak, 11%4tZ,3' rest the navigationa
rneaeure'foiol; '' It Y the in n'eti°ns, as it hatshebSnee
Conformity with
ht he , the declaration
sd,
I,l,Pihee:fhl3eiobi;ll i'lig4kittl.l4 t:
theel4'eg°nPoff°otrravthereits, on the 25th day or; uJkaenuof
bat Wbe°oo l°o tli3isesitNlit 4 J -
1, a. Per'id 001 4ttiNuitY tailessY the King
fieclgaitainetnhetefFrtehnecipi
present
te
Convention
eroectui
erie:
nici aeke 0 j 4, xt,4104:, et teh Xing
of the
of Great Britain and Ireland
Ireland °AI, ri
ati,4,4,..hk,,m00k0:0,,,i,,,:atEi
normoOdaprtishesefroamenloo and the
ar the Pr' i German portion of
of the eau .11 it,ert_.qtattottt.iltilbtilttilitSiet3it:,:tir....g,thaenclbofur
N scribed to those
5
ovember, 1831, be-
ltter a eSce"bio;
,ht......be ii . Armuithll ovrer-bbed the sth of.
to cause to be re-
la.
~
~ a4ttelttlit,l It. ~b.,.,k, °- his Majesty the King of the Nether
lie alfre Isi) 14x t kttiA4ll,4tles sfand Belgium, and
end,
... Vor tbe. tiizttlti,4--..ent. of
Luxemburg the places, parts, and
rro'". ha I ,t h_ 4it. tYp, 'nned.
he hopea '',,,,L, Ni The't Ike by(eel to King of the Netherlands, GrandßDeul k.e of
Loud obee ePi 0 ttard,N I't, Liba° 11i
entirely free, glum
acts; if he
tkoll), to 14: tliNe t,lehureg., nnunications between
iiheut b0.,04 tiesdc !tit
,ipt
.tca,,ted remainingunder and to
Ininatioo p r k 44 ti o'NO the throughanetyhfperetfotremwxnatnoyf, IN. lhaael sl tbr
ei c hs
et b
jaenedt
,K,reetbil/gf;ii foie4lioh_a.> i 4trellt ore frontiers
,Hi" 4.7 te;','.hoithet titt:oderate tollsGe
bad beep bbeetiot.°ooooP.
1)44.
6. eota,
tbe,:erit e conveyance ofr the repair of those
s ofru aythueubt before.
hod, IS el bitii e Of 111184%kte ro, and that by omeguan°ds
'flg 10 4 Nth. Iti At 10,, da ma
.r.) 116049 .4. 1):' t h_kerehalea °/ trad ybe kept in good repair and fit
:Went or : r? tlttli. tell' "" ev "nret3' the King
nest/ bio ,00 , eet
o:tott, or I,:ettAtengsge_ing of the Netherlands,coGrand
b 44.1.12,41011 klkek'tio by the
Belgianthat no person in tile
d robe,
c 04,440.4 i 14i:44450dr whatever,. authorities
for o, :
participation,
de,
dot i or.
the act ti! ailr shallh is
pbaer t
ieexi
part
ii
ras he gcd ,' ist't!akba of til iY4bott4rg troops, and restored to
to all
that a eatZ4lit i leap t itical
-, ttiwr_arter the
mraatyi
4; titre g, he King events.
He 1146 Of 11 etti ehil log of the Netherlands, Grand
ed 1110
reduction erected within a