The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-15 00:00:00

SOUfiIWA ILK MEE'fING.

, .
,Vestrrd,,y a Meeting of the inhabitants' of the
llorougli of Southwark took phtee at the Town
.11411-, 404:onside!. the necessity of petitioning Par-
liAmtnit for Parliamentary lieforin, and for the
ilirodnetiou of ecottotuy atul retrenchment into
the lothitc- rxpentiattre for expreNsittg at)
opittiou Ott. the atrocious attempt !Haile Cm the
pct,ou of the Prince Regent, and on the excesses
e hich thol takes; pl4ce in
,different parts, of the
em:Jory,

DArts having bee•a called to the Chair,
eoosequence of the illness of Sir W. Lewcs and
the .I.lvputy proceeded to read a series of
1t 'ohtti~tr,s ; the Cost of whieh.stated, that trirn-
rl Varliatortos nere demanded by, and I.,,ranted
the people. at the time of the ltevolution. §e-
ft,at,the septennial, act, which was pas Sett
reign of Gcor-ge 1,, teas contrary to the,
d,rtritie pheed hint on the Throne, and
ti.er,:qpre it ought, ro be repealed.. 'rite third lie..
impoted most orthe. hardships which the
people suffeted prrient, to the tilduji. 510 t, Of
cKolitescot tlio;) ; and that fair nod teasotrable
-forin cell:lie divot froftli.tre.it part Of thou.!.
P""vnit,o4, and enable th;fit to hear with patience
c'toie "bot den% witkli were uniivoiJable. 1-Ite
tuarth 11%.,olution rvaa for a petition to both
11.'"'cg of P'irliAmeni, (Or a repeal of the septen-
vi,o aflt, :Mr' for the ht)otitioo of places and pen-
wo..l i httve the'effeet of incrtta3ing
attactiptielit 11,.;ttvecti- the Sovereign and the

ifi;e firit seemr.; rc-,'0111;ions were agreed 10.
A NO prOpOit'd Or! tesoltitiot), tttrtCli
iit one part (icellieti an Cam, the itinisc

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of Commons, bail ceased to be the honest organ
of the people's voice.
Mr. Vous:o objected to this expression, as he•
ing insulting to the noose of Commons; he there-
fore wished the word /unrest to be omitted,
Mr. Potsten declared his reallittesq to adopt the
proposed alteratiotr,—(NO, no )—The resolution,
he tbottlht, would he cqwdly expressive if the
word objected to were omitted ; it would then
stand, That the House of CorinnonS kid ceased to
be the 'org,en of the people's voice.
Col. Gsurskro.i, wished the whole ot that para-
graph to be omitted. He thought, when Sve Were
about to solicit a boon, we should not insult those
whom we were asking to grant that boon. Ile
was unwilling to offend any one in the. House of
Commons, even if there should beany wrong within
those walls. With respect to the, purity of the
House of Commons, let us have a house constitut-
ed as it might, there would not be one more pure
titan the present.---4(Disfipprobation.)-4le con-
cluded by moving, that the latter part of the rests.
!titian should be omitted.
Mr. KEMMISII supported the Amendment. 'Un-
less they gave the House 'of Commons credit for
being the organ of the people, it wa. in yid!) to
present petitions to 'them for redress. The peo-
ple did tut complain of the House Of Commons
collectively ; on the contrary, they venerated and
esteemed all that part of it which had shown, by
its conduct, that k felt for, and wished to relieve,
ties dis!resses of the people. He wished also to
ascertain, front the worthy Members present,
whethera peritiOn worded on.this resolution would
not be rejected.
Mr. CALVERT 'vat convinced the House Would
not reject such a petition. Ile saw nothing in.
the language of the resolution, Ile
was of opinion that the 11 otse, as it wasatow eon-
stiteted, so.many of the people not being repree
stinted, n'aS not the organ of the public voice.
AMr. BARCLAY agreed in this opioion ; he further
added, that be was convinced a-petition front the
Borough of Southwatk,would 110' only he teceiv,
eel by the,Hoose, but meet also with every propel
consideratimt.
The amendment was then negatived.
Counita then rend a petition (Ottinied on
the resolutions ; end in support of it urged all
the usual topics in layout. of Parliamentary Re-
form. He observed, there were, at present three
partie‘?i in the country—those who you're(' inn.
derate Reform, those who were for violent Re-
form, and those who were against Itifirrtn alto-
gether. lie was of the first description, and he
was happy to' find the present Meeting agreeing
with hint : he was convinced moderate Reform,
if adopted, would tend very much to strengthen
the attachment between tbe Sovereio and the
people.
Col, GAITSKELL repeated his objection to that
tuirt which said the House was not the organ of
lie people's voice.',
Mr. YOuteo thought the expression not objets-
ionable. The Petition asked reform of Parlia-
mew : was it not reasonable, then, to tell the
House that it stood in need of rrefortn? IVith re-
spect to the reform to be adopted, he theoght ;it
should not be to increase the number of }tepee.
sentatives, but to extend the right of voting,
Mr. F4GLIS declared himself in favour of rc7forni
he had fortner'ly been a Tory, but liei had now, he
was not atillanied to say, changed his opinion and
joined the' Whigs ; this change wad caused by the
reluctauce in the Government to do any thing.for
the reliyf of the people..
11 hr. declared his ohjeet to be moderate
reform : lie hoped the steady voice of the people
would obtain:for them that object.
Mr. Kestratut congratulated the Meetingron the
uttannoity width prevailed on this occasion, He
coodenmed, in strong language, the conduct of
those traielling orators who, like itinerant tinkers,
wandered about from place to place with a budget
of speeches, pretemling to mend the State kettle.
These Gentlemen, led away by the warmth of their
feelings, frequently did harm to the cause they ad-
voented. He had himself, on :some 'occasions,
spoken with warmth, for which he had since felt
great regret. At this time he was nes-totalled the
best mode of carrying the great oblee's fol. Which
they were contending, would he to adopt the lan-
guage of conciliation and moderatinu.
A resolution was then agreed to for requesting
the two representatives, Mr. Calvert and,Mr.
Barclay, ,to present and support the petitiOn.
Mr. CALVEHT declared be should support the pe-
tition. with the, greatest sntisf.iction to liiinselt.
Mr, BOCLAY also pledged himself to support
the petition. , The Hun. Geritleutau rook this op-
portimity of explaining, the cause of his ahpettee
'ram the last meeting. He was nt that time 150
lilies distant, from town, and did not receive notice
the; meeting till the evenittg before it took

After some observations iron, Mr. BRANn and
others, the Petition was agreed to, and ordered to
tie -for'signatures till ,Tuesday next,
An Address of Congratulation aiti the Prince
Llepeut on his late :proiti4C:noo ese:aprwas (hen
proposed and agreed to, and orderedto he'pre.
Dented to his Royal Highness by the two Alen).
bets, the Chairman, and as many other of the
persons present Fl 6 chose to accompany it.
The Thanks ()Otte Meeting; were then voted to
Air. Calvert and Mr. Barclay, and to the Chair-
man, who severally returned thanks, anti the
J‘Teeting was diisolecd.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15:1817.

...y
Brussels Papers to the 12th, confirin•••••••••••.
the grati4
lying intelligence, that large supplies of grain are
accumulating in all the Baltic ports. borim cargoes
have 'already arrived both in Britain and in Hol-
land. The consequence has been the rapid de-
Cline of pricei on the Continent, and we trust
the same efl'ect will speedily 4e prqdneed, in.spitc
of monopoly, on the Island.

No French Papers have arrived since our last.
Otir private accounts from Patis still assert the
dangerous illness of the KING. The Duke oftht-
LEANS has sailed for Calais. ilerbutil sat.

Tile Comtuis-,ioners for tlte iletlemption of tl4e
National Debt trot, on the. sth January, , Re-
deemed and Consolidated, of Capital Stock,
5e338,101,058 is. Gd. 'bearing un iaterest of
X 10,223,905 166.

The Excess redeemed amonnts t0'5e'26;237,586
and Interest of eg24,873 Beyond the Capital
Stock and Annual Cliart.te.

A Southwark Meeting took place yesterday,
and, by way of killing two birds with one stone,
the thrifty. Patriots of the Borough agrectl
tepktioi Reforming Resolutions and to an Addres's
to the PRINCE REGENT on his late escape. in the
former, these consislent-Tatriots approached ',the,
House of Commons tt-ith atl assurance that the
character, by possession of which alone the
'House could with propriety be approached, did
not belong to it and in the inner, they eipressrd,
a hope that their Sciy' eteign would 'tiOt be ttio'kis
inclined to economy on account of his I,te being
attempted!! ColonerGAtrsicnt. and some other
Gentlemen in vain tried to introduce a little com-*.
mon sense in the Petition to the Contwons House.
The Majority of this wise Meeting belonged to
the. Mod or Driaii4lc.P.ollainent men .! 8

We have authority to contradict a paragraph
which has appeared in some of
~the Loudon
Tapers, and staring-brat Mr. LEYLAsa had moved
several Resolutions at'Liverpool upon the subject
of Parliamentary Reform, which were seeonded
by Colonel 'WILLIAms, &c. No such Meeting
toolvplace, and the fabricator of such a falsehood
may rest assured, that when discovered, (tishich
probable), he shall be expoied for his baseness
No

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principles cheaper than bad, and find loyal' en
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