The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-20 00:00:00

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A Meeting hating been called at the abOve Ta,
vera, about five o'clock yesterday, Mr. Wfiithinan
took the Chair: Colonel Wardle, Lord Cochrane,
Mr., J. Burdett, Mr. Whitbread, Lord Ossulstone,
Mr. Hutchinson; Mr. Haddocks, Mr. Byng, Mr.
Creevey, and Mr.' Sl,eritl Wood, were present.
The clot h bein g removed—

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'Mr. WAITHINIAk addressed the Meeting., He
said, they, were there a'ssembled to celebrate, gie
atiniwersary of the triumph of 'Col. Wardle over:4;r-
ruption acid peculation. He then ath'ertecl to the
privileges of the House of Commons. •On the late
occasion they_had been much overstrained; Air.

Burke, Nlr. Fox, and other eininent
had made use .of muchstrongcr expressions thap any-
recently used by . Sir Francis Burdett.. The mea-
sures resorted to by the -House, proved; they were
of opinion, their honour, dignity, .and charaCter,
were fast sinking in the estimation of the. nation.
The Bill .of Rights had been misconstrued by Mr.
Yorke and-the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Many
high law authorities could be quoted to prove that
no body of men had a right to dispense with tEe
laws of the land. He concluded with giving as a
toast—:-“ Sir F. Burdett, the defender of Magna
Chartai and the laws of the countiy,,and success to
his efforts in the cause of Parliamentary Reform."
Mr. J. BURDETT stated Sir F. Burdett to be in

perfect health, and conscious he was sutferitg in
,a
gool cause, pet frctly tranquil in his present confine-
ment. Under any circumstances and in any situa-
tion he would ever be ready. to assert the 'liberties
of theipe(Tie.

Thetollowing toasts were then given :
" The King the People ;"—" Sir Fran-.
cis Burdett, the defender of Magna Charta, and the
Laws. of 'Old England ; and [nay his efforts obtain
for the people a full, fair, and free Representation in
Parliament.";—(Drunk with three times • three.)
May all horse-breakers, and their abettors, by
analogy, be brought -to condign punishment i."—
" :Mr. Whitbread."
Mr.'WHITBREAD rose and addressed the Meeting.
He declared his adherence to the principle of Parlia-
mentary Reform. The privileges of Parliament were
iu many instances Of impoitance to the welfare and
security of -the People, as was evident from what
occurred during the investigation respecting the Duke
of York, but in any case in which ,those privileges
were applied to other purposes be wished them to be
abridged. .
The next toasts were—" Sir Sathuel Romilly and
Mr. Wardle."
Sir S. ROMILLY was not present, , but Mr. Wita-
DLE rose, and made a short speech on the subject
of Privilege; be contended that in no case could the

privileges of, Parliament be exercist-2d against the
People.
; Mr. WHITBREAD having taken the. Chair for- a
shrift time during the absence of Mr. Warthman,
•obierveti that he.must slate, that he Offend a little
on the question of Privilege floal that Gentle Man
,and Mr. Wardle. He instanced a case in which he
supposed they would allow that the piivileges cf
the House might be exercised against
,the people.
Suppose that these were both . Members of Parlia..
..nt, and' th,st on a queston in which they were
'both left in a minority they were' hooted or pekect
by the poputace cr, coniiug uut of the House.—,
Surely in that case it would be proper (or the House
to interfere for their proteation.
This observation excited some murmurs in differ:-
ent.parts of the room, upon Mr. WHITBREAD said,
he was very story any- thing that came from him.
should give diisausfaction. He knew however how
to say something ,vhich he was sure would be agree-
able to all who were present,—and that was, by
drinking the health of their absent-Chairman
Mr. WAITHMAN, on resuming his place,, return-
ed thanks to the company, 'and gave " Mr. Bynt."
Mr. &trio, in a short speech, expressed his' at-
tachment to the cause of Parliamentary Reform:
Lord COCHRANE, on his. health being -_drank,,
made a long speech, in which he introduced the
opinions he has already delivered on different occa-
sions, resp Ming Reforms in the Navy.
Mr. Creevey, Mr. Maddox, MO. Hely Hutchin-
sson, Mr. Montague Matthew, Aldertnat Combe;
t and a great many others, spoke- The meeting was'
protracted to a late hour.

The infantry quartered in the vicinity of town
were yesterday morning inspected in Hyde Park.—
The troops began to assemble at eight o'clock, and
drew up in line in following order :—A detach-
ment of the Royal Artillery ; t6e Ist, 2(1,- and 3d,
Battalions of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards; the
Coldstream Guards ; the Ct th Foot ; detachments
from the Cambridgeshire, Cornish, WeStrnoreland,
TowerzHatnlets, East .London, and North YOrk
Militia ; the 51st, who wore sprigs of laurel in their
caps ; a detachment of the .Suffolk Militia ; the
2d.BattaliOn of the 52d; and the 26th Regiment.—
The line extended along theßide, from the Queen's
,Barracks, at Kensington, to the entrance into the
Park, at Piccadilly. The Right Brigade was corn.
manded by Major-General CLINTON,- the centre by
Generals LUMLEY and TuriErt, and the left Brigade
by Brigadier;General CLINTON.
At ten o'clock the Commander in Chief, attended
by his Aides-de-Camp and several General Officers;
entered the Park by the Life Guards Barracks, and
proceeded to the right of the line, where was re-
ceived by the Dukes of CUABEitLAI&D, CAMBRIDGE,
and GLOUCESTER, the Persian Ambassador and Suite,
and a ureat concourse of General and Field Officers.
The. Commander in Chief, with a numerous
passed. along the front of- the ltne,. and returned in
.the same order in the Jear. On his arrival at the
right, the troops were thrown into column, .and
passed the Commander in Chief in review order.
The.inspedion concluded about eleven o'clock,
and the different regiments filed off the ground to
their respective quarters. The ground was. kept by
detachments from the 10th and- Isth Light Dra-
goons. The morning was remarkably fine, and the
assemblage of carriages, equestrians, and pedestrians,
uncommonly great. The different bands played
" God Save the King."

We never. belbrejbserved so many elegant equi-
pages, at so eakrly an' hour in Hyde Park, they ex-
ceeded 12.0; all of tbem tilled with elegant females.
The 'Westminster Volunteers were atterivardS in-
spected by Colonel JENKINSON. They mnde a very
respectable martial appearance, and mustered near
400 strung.

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CAIM, MA.Rcu 24.—1 t is COnfidetitly reported
that of Zenon, on one flank, the
MarquiS of llosmina,. fr,stit; !Ave attacked the
French aiin,y;.con,4stitt of the divisioni'under the
-command dNey, and*Merle; &'e. to tam-
ller of between ,t ti and 20,000 men; and driVen them
bcfore them, with great glaullheer, as far as Xerrs
de los Caballeros. It is further stated; alai a divi-
sion of 4000 Spanish tbozi has actually entered that
lae.
A party of 79 Frenchmen have been attacked at
Mcron, of whom nine have been killed; and the
rest made prisoners.

A general levy is going on here;, by order of the
Regency.
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TARRAGONA, FEB. 6.—This afternoon arrived
here 57 deserters from the enemy; all of them un-
fortunate Germans, who had been made priSoners
; in the late war with Austria. A few days before;
300 of the enemy's cavalry deserted io 'us ; and we
are assured that there are about 900 of their infan-
try wandering about" the mountains, waiting only
for,the appearance of a body of regulars to surrender
t bemseives.. The number of. deserters that have
lately entered our service consists, in all, of 1800
men.