The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-23 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

The LORD CHIEF BARON sat this morning in the Ex-
chequer Chamber hearing causes in equity, but nothing of
interest transpired.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING.—MONDAY, MAY 19.
Our Spring Meeting commenced this day, and seldom
has it done so under better auspices, or with fairer pros-
pects of good sport. All the great St. Leger favourites
being engaged in the St. Leger and other stakes of the
week, the greatest anxiety has been manifested by a very
numerous and respectable attendance of the Nubility and
others connected with the turf, and money to a large
amount has been staked on the various Produce Stakes
appointed for decision to-day, to-morrow, and Wednesday.
The following is an account of the running to-ilay :-
SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sous. each, for three-yr-olds, 7st. ;
four, Est. 31h. five, 9st. six and aged, 9st. 41b. (31b.
allowed to fillies, and 41b. to maiden horses). Two

miles. Seven subscribers.
Lord Fitzwilliam's b. c. Mulatto, by Catton, 4 yrs 1
Lord Kennedy's eh. c. Bcdlamite, by Welbeck, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Ridsdale's ch. c. Barelegs, by Tramp, 4 yrs
Hon. 0. Powlett's b. c. Gazebo, 4 yrs

Lord Scarborough's b. f. Past., by Catton, 4 yrs 5
Capt. Rainsden's b. f. Theophania, 4 yrs
Mulatto led throughout, Bedlamite keeping next to him,
without a chance of heading ; Gazebo was also close to
him till they got to the bridge, when Barelegs passed him.
The latter part of the ground was run very truly by these
four, and Mulatto won by only half a length. Mulatto was
the favourite, at 5 to 4.
The SAPLING STAKES of 50 sews. each, for three-yr-old
fillies, Bst. Sib. each. Last mile and a half. (6 subs.)
Mr. Foljambe's bl. by Tiresias, dam by Walton
Mr. Gascoyne's ch. Jessy by Comus---Jerry's dam
Lord Scarborough's sister to Fair Charlotte
Mr. Watt's br. by Magistrate, Mannella
Lord Fitzwilliam's h. Dinah, by Dinmont
The first running was made by Lord Fitzwilliam's filly,
Lord Scarborough's and Mr. Watt's keeping second and
third, at a quick pace ; when got to the Two-year-old
Course, Lord Fitzwilliam's failed, and Watt's filly, and the
winner got up to the front ; at the distance the race be-
came between the winner and Jessy, who disputed the rest
of the ground very severely, Jessy being defeated by half a
length. The betting was 5t04 on Watt's. One
PRODUCE STAKES of 50 sovs. each, for two-yr-old colts,
Bst. Sib. and fillies, Bst. T. V.C.
Lord Milton's ch. f. Slut, by Tramp ..
Lord Scarborough's h. c. by Catton
SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs. each, for three-year-old colts,
Set. 51b. and fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mile and three
quarters. (II subs.)
Sir W. Milner's eh. c. Malek

Mr. Crompton's b. c. Burlador, by Cervantes
Lord Sligo's b. c. Roswal, by Bob Booty 3
Mr. Riddell's ch. c. Hartpury, by Abjer 0
Wormald's b. c. by the Laird
laird Fitzwilliam% b. c. Beggar Boy, by Tramp 0
Hon. T. 0. Powlett's gr. c. Saucy Dick 0
Saucy Dick led at a strong pace to the rails, when
Malek and Burlador came up, Roswell being close behind ;
they contuted the ground inch by inch down the rails, and
it was not till close at home that Burlador gave way very
slightly, which occasioned his being beat by half a length.
Run in 3 min. and 17 sec. Five to 2 agst Hartpury; 4
to 1 agst Beggar Boy ; and 4 to 1 agst the winner.
The SPRING ST. LEGER. STARES of 25 says. each ; colts
Sst. 31b., and fillies, Sst. 21b. Last mile and three-
quarters—Thirteen subs.
Mr. Scott's b. c. Nonplus, by Catton 1

Mr. F. Lutnley's b. c.. by Tramp, by Remembrancer 2
Duke of Leed's gr. c. Moonshine, by Gray Middlehaut 3
Lord Scarborough's hr. c. by Comus, Byram's dam 0
Lord Fitzwilliant's b. c. Medoro, by Cervantes 0
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's b. c. Popsy, by Blacklock
Mr. Gascoyne's br. c. by Smolensko—Olivera 0
Mr. Gully's br. c. by Cervantes, darn by Smolcuske 0
Major Yarburgh's b. c. Laurel, by Blacklock
MATCH, 200 h. ft.—Mr. Russell's gr. f. by Blacklock,
received from Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Ridotto.

MATCH, 200 h. ft.—Lord Kelburne's ch. f. by Vis-
Cour', out of Georgiana, received from Mr. Rids&le's b. f.
by Tramp, out of Remembrances.
The weather was beautiful, the sport excellent, and the
company numerous and fashionable.

The Duke of Clarence visiLed his Majesty
yesterday.

The Duchess of Kent entertained the Duke
and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia Matilda,
the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, and a select
party of nobility and gentry to dinner on Monday, at her
apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington. Her Royal
Highness gave a grand entertainment in the evening to the
Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duke of Sussex, the
Princess Augusta, the Princess Sophia, the Princes Car-
lotti, and a very numerous assemblage of nobility and gentry.
NEW VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.--The fol-
lowing important Books of Travels have been lately pub-
lished by Mr. CoLnuaN, New Burlington Street, viz.-
1. Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa, by George
Thompson, Esq., eight years a resident at the Cape ; 2
vois. Bvo.-2. Travels in Mesopotamia to the Ur of the
Chaldees, and the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon ; by I. S.
Buckingham, Esq., 2 vols. SVO.-3. Personal Narrative of
Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia; by the
Hon. Major Keppel, 2 vols. Bvo.-1. Letters from the
East, written during a recent Tour through Turkey, Egypt,
Arabia, the Holy Land, Syria and Greece; by the Rev.
John Came, of Queen's College, Cambridge, 2 vole. post
8v0..-5, Four Years in France, or Narrative of an
English Family's Residence there during that period, one
' vol. Svo.-6. Greece in 1825, being the personal Narra-
tives of Count Peeehio, James Emerson, Esq., and W. H.
Humphries, Esq., 2 vols.—ani 7. Journal of a Residence
and Travels in Columbia in 1823 and 1624, by Captain
Charles Stewart Cochrane, 2 vole.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER,

COPYRIGHT.

RETURNS Of the Number of LITERARY Woßx. and Boo's
of PRINTS entered at STATIONERS' HALL in each Year,
826, inclusive.
Entries.
1788 419
1789 430
1790 399
1791 432
1792 438
1793 529
1794 573
1795 670
1796 660
1797 651
1798 53S
1799 199
1800 366
1801 292
1802.- 322
ISO 3 872
1804 368
1805 309
1506 9qs
1807 283
1808 3Ol
1809 299
1810 333
1811.. 303
1812 271
1813 350
1811 541
1815 1244
1816 1175
1817 1210
1818 1191
1819 1318
1820 1208
1821 1111
1822 1454
1823 1296
1824 12t:'
1825 1376
1826 1181

from March 1,
Entries.

709*, to Dec. 31, 1
Entries.

1749 56
1750...

1751_, . 61

175', - 47
1753 46
1754 42
1755.- 32
1756 26
1757 35
1758 5l
1759
1760 29
1761 36
172 47
1763 25
1761 33
1765 27
1760 BB
1767 49
1768 66
1769 69
1770 66
1771 67
1772 53
1773 76
1774 95
1775 122
1776 122
1777 123
1778 lO5
1779 144
1780 l7l
1731- 123
17.10 lO9
1783 172
1784 194
1785 206
1786 291
1787 375

Music forms a part of the above ; but no Books con-
taining Prints only, or single Prints, have been entered at
Stationers' Hall.
May 7, 1827. GEO. GREENHILL.
* Thera are no Books belonging to the Company of Stationers,
b♦ which the number of Literary Works entered at Stationers'
nail, in each year previous to March 1, 1709, can be ascertained.

THE LATE CHANGES.

TO THE EuITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin—The following appears to me to be the
short history of the present political conftr.ion :
Mr. Canning having served with, and powerfully
supported, a succession of Tory Administrations
from Mr. Pitt's time till now, marked, however,
with certain occasional instances of originality of
opinion, and, in one instance, at least, (the
Queen's) of independence of character, joins at
last an administration which, (though professing
to be the same as that virtually dissolved by the
death of Lord Castlereagh,) was established under
Lord Liverpool on a system of greater liberality,
as admitting perfect freedom of action and
opinion with regard to the Catholics in
this Administration. Mr. Canning, as Secre-
tary for Foreign Affairs, acted on all the prin-
ciples which the Opposition had been maintain-
ing. He threw off the allegiance of England to
the Holy Alliance—he acknowledged the inde-
pendence of states which had made themselves
independant, though they chose a Republican
form of Government—he did not, indeed, make
war upon Spain, but he asserted the claims of
England, protected the independance of Portu-
gal, and, in spite of the pretty clear opinions of
the Tories of England, he sustained it by an ex-
pedition—he supported consistently and de-
cidedly the political Emancipation of the Catho-
lics, and there remained no grand question (ex-
cept Parliamentary Reform, on which they them-
selves divided), which in point of fact, divided
him from his ostensible antagonists, who became
therefore really no oppo ...ion at all, as every
body must have seen, the less so, because Mr.
Peel, as Home Secretary, introduced the ame-
lioration of the criminal law, first mooted and
sustained by Whigs, and because Mr. Robinson
and Mr. Huskisson were advancing the Liberal
principles of commerce, also originating with the
Whigs. These proceedings of a soi-disant
Tory Administration, conducted with apparent
unanimity, and supported by the universal votes
and aids of the High Tories in power, had then
already so neutralized opposition, which was di-
minished to small details, that many people began
to think that the distinction between Whig and
Tory was merely ideal, and had ceased to distin-
guish parties ; and if all the Ministers had been
as sincere in their supnort of that system of
policy which they ostensibly joined, as the op-
posite party. were in their relaxation of all op-
position to it, party would have been at an end,
and the King have had a fair field to choose his
Ministers for their honesty and capacity alone,
without any reference to conflicting factions.
At this crisis, Lord Liverpool politically dies,
and it is necessary to re-arrange the Administra-
tration—the very soul of the Government, even
when he occupied only the second place in it,
was Mr. Canning—it therefore seemed natural
enough that he should succeed to the first.
But, and now here begins the rub, notwithstand-
ing the apparent unanimity of their policy there
was no adhesive property between them, but what
was found on the Treasury seat ; not only were
these Ministers opposers of the Catholic claims,
and impatient that the head of the Administration
should be favourable to them, but they were
partisans of the Holy Alliance, contemners of
Constitutional Governments, and objectors gene-
rally to the whole system of Canning's policy,
and of his person. As these men possessed
no intelligible principles except those which it
was not wise very distinctly to avow, viz. no re-
ligious toleration with political freedom, no free
election and real representation, no unshackled
liberty of discussion, no general education, no &-
parture from obsolete doctrines, no positive equa-
lity under the law, th^principle ofpassive obedience
to the King to be instilled into the people, and a pas-
sive subjection to an Oligarchy signory to be well
understood by the King, with the cry of Church,
King, and Constitution as the watchword—
these were the principles of action, in aid of
which the Holy Alliance was to be supported, and
all improvements discountenanced. With the ex-
ception of these not avowed principles, it was im-
possible to state th,-,;se of men who clung to Lord
Liverpool's administration, for want of sufficient
talents amongst themselves, and sufficient ex-
ternal support to the above principles to enable
them to form one unequivocally upon them.
Had not this support and talent been wanting to
them, Lord Liverpool's political demise, and
Canning's expressed willingness to retreat, gave
them an opportunity for such an establishment ;
unless, indeed, it is true, that the King not
only saw the difficulty of forming such an ad-
ministration, but, had the sagacity, energy, and
patriotism enough to decide against it on prin-
ciple. It is certain, that up to the very moment
the King chose Canning for his Prime Mi-
nister, the • Ultra Apostolics flattered them-
selves, that under a nominal head of their
own faction they might form a Government
nearly to their own view's, and might even make
the talents ofCanning, Huskisson, and Robinson,
and the respectability of Peel, subservient to their
cause, for their love of office. With the latter it

appears they would have succeeded, but nothing
surely ever exceeded the anger that has followed
their disappointment, ill repressed by the wisest
amongst them, but which breaks out into boyish
raving from the lips of the shallow coxcombs woo
were the spoiled pets of a partial system and a
selfish Minister, by whose wisdom and indul-
Ugence they became Ambassador; Generals, and
Under Secretaries of State. The extravagances
of these poor wretches increase one's joy to have
got rid of them, and this, unlike most joys, is
absolutely unqualified.
The dissent, however, of Lord Grey, is more
grave and important, and does I own, excite my
regret, without at all gaining me over to his opi-
nion, bat whether I agree with him or no, that
opinion cannot by me be considered with indif-
ference. His long oprosition to the measures
of successive administrations, has been conduct-
ed on views so large, so penetrating, and so just,
that I cannot but pause, Woo; I dissent with
him ; nevertheless, I do dissent. Lord Grey
cannot give his heedless confidence to an ad-
ministration formed under the auspices of Mr.
Canning. Be it so, perhaps he is right, at least
to hesitate. Mr. Canning has long and loudly
supported Governments, and supported mea-
sures which Lord Grey has long and forci-
bly opposed—and, for my own part, I had
rather that the consistent support of enlarged and
liberal principles should have the power of direct-
ing them.
But ours is not a situetion in which we have
an opportunity of making an unqualified choice,
and I am afraid if we never forgive political er-
rors, when, not only declarations, but acts, are
evidence of reform, the leading political men
of the day, in. whom we can confide, are few in-
deed ; some would refuse to trust those who
made the Chief Justice a member of the Cabinet,
and made Lord Grenville auditor of his own ace
counts ; and they are right to fear men who for-
eot their principles, in alliance with a greedy and
bloated faction of Oligarchiets, and cast a ahadc
on the name of Whig, instead of those who
abused the title, and threw the nation inieo
the hands of a faction less feared, because
less able and powerful, and more dependant on
the people's support. Susseined, however, by
the favour of Royalty, and fed by fortuitous good
fortune, this faction has flourished—it hasgroe
with our growth indeed—but, like the worm iu
the bud, if our vegetation has been hitherto too
vigorous to be greatly checked by it, still it has
strengthened with our strength, and would, ere
long, have withered and debased us, had not:
Providence interposed this singular crisis.
Are then our hopes of relief from this para-
lyzing monster to be baffled or neutralized by
the opposition of such a man as Lord Grey ?
God forbid. I ask not Lord Grey's unlimited
confidence ; on the contrary, let him reserve that.
now, or even for ever ; but why did lie not reserve
also the delaration of it, till his effective opposition
was called for by measures hostile to his princi-
ples ? I cannot help thinking that this early de-
nunciation of the new Administration as un-
worthy of his confidence, was not only prema-
ture arid uncalled for, and betrayed a cer-
tain feeling with regard to Mr. Canning that I
should have wished to have seen Lord Grey at
least exempt from, but that his reasoning was
neither conclusive, nor quite fair.
Witho,it reverting more than is necessary to th.
periods of Mr. Canning's political career, when
he filled inferior posts under Administrations, t
whose Government, like Lord Grey, I object—
it was impossible, even then, not to consider him
one of the most able, enlightened, and single-
minded of his colleagues ; but, when the death
of Lord Castlereagh called him back to office,
and placed him in the situation of that person
at the head of Foreign Affairs—does Lord Grey
see no difference in their Administration ? Was
it nothing te have extricated us from the Holy
Alliance, which was done promptly, and at a
word, when he declared England to be the end
and object of his policy ? Without going to war
with France and Spain on the invasion of the
latter, I am one who think he might have exer-
cised more. vigour in opposing it ; yet it is fair
to say, that was not the opinion of the majo-
rity either in the country or in opposition. From
that -time there has been scarcely a measure of his
administration that the Whigs found they could
consistently oppose. No matter whose thunder it
was, it was levelled against the enemies of England's
fame and prosperity. The acknowledgment of
South American independence must at last have
been conceded, but it was done boldly, oppor-
tunely, and well. Was there nothing in the
prompt energy of the Portuguese expedition,
which baffled and confounded the enemies of
• light and liberty all over the world ? Does
Lord Grey discern nothing in that to distin-
guish Mr. Canning from his late colleagues ? of
does he suppose that it was suggested by Lord
Westmorland, or Lord Bathurst, or Lord Mel-
ville ; or does he not rather think they concur
with the sagacious Lord Londonderry who, in
spite of his jightfulness, thinks it was an act of
desperate infatuation ?
I am surprised that Lord Grey should seem
to pander to the invidious malice of the personal
enemies of Mr. Canning, in the comments he
makes on what may be an indiscreet x • e' e MOOR
of Mr. C.'s in a speech on the occasion of that
expedition, which lie treats as vain boasting. Now,
as it appears to me that the Right Hon.
tste e
that nonsense--it.
n s
a e -
oi tf,
tlemais both natural slip Gen-
n
is at times subject to indiscreet warmth,
but is very
the Reporter's pen, or even .a slip of his own
tongue, by auirtring an unmeaning, word to in-
trude, might have alttired the sense quite against
his
ni
rice
n to intention.d
He might have said, " I look to
l
and to
fair t al
tok spuopsl)ln
o counterpoise the encroachments of
Europe, called on the new world to radreee
~3e
a
the balance of the old"—this was at least a very
allowable figure of speech ; but to say he called
it into existence, without disputing whether it
was too arrogant, at least appears to me too non-
scnsical to have been literally intended by a mars
with such wits as Mr. Canning.

Upon the whole, there appears to me to hare
been "no earthly reason on earth" left—why
the liberal part of an Administration (albeit that
they have submitted to the sobriquet of Tory)
having been deserted by their ultra and libr
colleagues—should not unite with those, they
have long ceased to differ from, on almost every
important subject—or why the others should re-
fuse to join them merely because they had acted
together under a banner inscribed " Whig." I
aaree with Sir Francis Burdett, that these tering
of party distinction have ceased to be applicable_
nut, if our consistence is to be shown by alle-
giance to a name, a sound, and not to-reason and
principle, We are then fit subjects to be « lorded
over" :.).y men precisely of the sense and spirit
of my Lord Londonderry. L.

Mademoiselle Sontag, whose virtue is now
deemed to have been sufficiently tried, is on
the eve of being married to the young Prince of

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Sir S. LEACH, as Deputy Speaker, took his seat on
the Woolsack, at Five o'Clock.
The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from
the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr against any Catholic Eman-
cipation.

Earl STANHOPE presented a petition from the
owners and occupiers of land in the county of Kent,
against the proposed alterations in the Corn Laws. The Noble
Lord presented a petition from an individual in the same
county against the importation of foreign wool. The
Noble Lord, in moving that the petition be laid on the table,
laid that the profits tf the wool-grower were con sidembly
reduced, if r:ot wholly extinguished, as the value of the
wool had -fallen 50 per cent., and it was well known that
rnazi:f persons had three years growth an hand. The peti-
tat ner also prayed that in the event of thre proposed Bill for
the introduction of Foreign Corn passing into a law, their
Lordship's would also want a law permitting all farmers to
vacate their leases, and to compel their landlords to give
them an adequate remuneration for such permanent im-
provements as they may have made upon their premises.
The Earl of MALMESBURY real:nted a petition from
Ralph Gadsby, an agricultural. In the county of York.
The petitioner purchased some years since, under an enclo-
sure act, nine acres of land, by the produce of which, he
since supported himself, hie wife, and six children;
he now (seeds that he will become a material
sufferer is 7 the proposed law—that lie would be deprived
nt the means of support, ead be obliged to depend on
casual assistance, or in the labour of his hands far sub-
sistence. The Noble Lord had some difficulty in moving
that the petition be read, as it mentioned two of their
Lordships by name. He had also another difficulty which
applied to himself personally, as the petitioner has
accompanied the Petition with a request that he (Lord
Malmebury) should read the whole of it in an audible
voice to the House.—(Laugh. ) —Under these circumstances,
perhaps, the Noble Lori would consult the interests of the
petitioner by calling on the clerk. The petition was then
read, arid from its great simplicity, and the extraordinary
demands contained therein, created considerable merri-
ment. He prayed that 'they would not rob him of
his all, which, though it was small, would, he was sure,
be protected equ^l:iy with the all of any great landlord or
nobleman. T:ae hoped that their Lordships would send some
pereon Clown to him to see how the matter stood. He
Kaved that God might bless their Lordships, and declared
that he would wish very much to be a tenant to the Earl of
Harewood, who lived near him, because his I...,,dship was
a good leni::ord, and had better land the petitioners; and
lastly he prayed that their Lordships would stand up for
him, as the Members of the other House had given the
Agriculturists up, although in their hearts they favoured
them. If their Lordships did not do this, the petitioner
was, in fact, a ruined man.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, he never saw a petition
which was more worthy of their Lordships attention, or
more respectfully worded. Although it did allude by
name to some Members of their Lordships' House, yet
that allusion was not connes;ted with anything that occur-
red in Parliament.

Earl MADISI3URY was glad was glad that the pe-
tition bad been presented, as it clearly showed that other
persons besides the landlords would be sufferers. It was
evident that the little agriculturists would first go.
Lord GAGE presented a similar petition from the hun-
dred of Linfield, in Sussex.

The petitions 'were laid on the table.
The Fraudulent Bankruptcies of Scotland Bill was read
a dird time and passed.

Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL and others brough,
up several Bills from the Commons.

GAME LAWS.

The Marquis of SALISBURY, in moving that a Bill
for legalizing the sale of game under certain restrictions, be
read a first time, said that the bill did not profess to remedy
the theoretical defects of the present system. He thought
it well worthy the considerations of their Lordships, whe-
ther some trilling alterations might not be introduced which
withont int,efering with the principles of the Game Laws,
would prevent the rapid increase of poaching. The best
measure he thought would be to give an extensive
power of selling game. He proposed to give the power of
selling game to such persons as were now qualified to kill
it, upon taking out a licence from the Commissioner
of Taxes. Then were many persons new who could em-
ploy qualified persons to kill game, aloiough they were net
authorised to kill it themselves. To these he also proposed
to give the power of killing and selling game. He wished
to encourage the owners of large tracts of land
to raise game, by giving them the power of selling it.

The proposed measure to be in operation for three years ;
at the expiration of which, further measures might be
adopted.

Lords CARNARVON and LIMERICK supported the
principle of the Bill, which was read a first time.

The House then adjourned to Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour.
Mr. J. W. CROW- being returned for the Dublin Uni-
versity took the oaths and his seat.
Mr. EGERTON presented several petitions from Pro-
testant Dissenters, praying for the repeal of the Corpora-
tion and Test Acts.

Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a similar petitio❑ from
Woodbridge, Suffolk; and Mr. SYKES, a similar petition
from Hull.

Col. LIBTHORP presented a petition from the princi
pal Tradesmen of Lincoln, in favour of the Bill for the
Recovery of Small Debts.

Mr. SEYMOUR presented petitions front Salisbury,
praying that a duty might be put on Foreign Weol.
Lord BELFAST presented a petition from Belfast, pray-
ing the House to put a stop to the Burning of Hindoo
Widows.

Mr. A. CAMPBELL presented a petition from the
Synod of Ayr, against any further concessions to the Ro-
man Catholics.

Mr. J. WOOD presented a petition from the Dissenters
of Stockport, Chester, for the repeal of the Text and Cor-
poration Acts.

Lord MILTON presented a similar petition from the
inhabitants of Pophlington in the county of York, and also
from Ripon.

Mr. THOMPSON presented a petition from Kinlock,
praying that no further coneescions should be made to the
Roman Catholics.

Lord G. CAVENDISH presented a petition from Bel-
par, Derbyshire, praying the House to put an end to the
Burning of Widows in the East Indies.

Mr. C. GRANT brought in a Bill for regulating the
averages of Corn, which was read a first time, and or-
dered to be read a second time on Friday next.

Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD presented a Petition
from the inhabitants of the County of Clare, praying th%
House to consider the propriety of changing the mode by
which money was levied under Grand Jury Preaentrnenta
in Ireland.

After some conversation, in which Mr. Morris Fitz-
gerald, the new Secretary for Ireland, and several other
Members took a part, the petition WAS ordered to he printed.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to
bring in a Bill for preventing arrests on mesne process,
where the debt is under twenty pounds. The Learned
Member observed, that a temporary Aet was passed in 1811,
to the same effect, but the sum was limited to 15/.
(Left sitting.)

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Ten o' Clock

CITY OF WESTMINSTER

PURITY .OF ELECTION.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER

THIS EVENING.

The friends of the Purity of Election in West,
minster, held their Anniversary Dinner this day ai
the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand.

Sir F. BURDETT, M.P. filled the Chair, and was
supported by Lords EBRINGTON, NUGENT, and JOHN
RUSSEL, Mr. HOIIHOUSE, M.P., Mr. COKE, of Nor-
folk, Sir R. WILSON, Mr. WOOD of Preston, Mr.
SPRING RIG E, M.P., Mr. WHITBREAD, M.P., and
several other distinguished gentleman were present.
The spacious Hall of the Tavern was opened
at half-past 3 o'clock, when a rush took place for
seats, all of which were occupied before the Chair-
man entered. A band was stationed in the gallery,
which entertained the company in the course of the
evening, with several appropriate airs.

Messrs. Hunt and Cobbett were stationed at the
head of a table, in the immediate vicinity of the
Chairman.
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The cloth having been removed, the Chairmar
:•ose and proposed "The People, the only source of
legitimate power."—Drunk with three times three.

The next toast was—" The King, and may he
confirm his own declaration, that the Crown is held
in trust oily ;'or the benefit of the people."—Drunk
with the usual honours.—Air, " Ruie Britannia."

The CHAIRMAN' then rose, and proposed, " A
full, fair, and free representation of the people iii the
Commons House of Parliament." This toast was
received with the most unbonnded applause.

Mr. COBBETT rose, and was received with mingled
hisses and applause, which lasted for several minutes,
—(Cries of turn him out, mingled with cries of
hear, hear)—and a scene of confusion ensued, of
which it is impossible to give any adequate idea.

Half-past Seven.

Mr. GALLOWAY, in the name of the Stewards,
called upon the Meeting to hear Mr. Cobbett, be-
cause, the object of the Meeting would be completely
defeated by any illiberal attempt to prevent any
Gentleman delivering his sentiments. When-
ever the time arrived at which that Gentleman or
any other forgot the deportment of an independ-
ent man, he trusted their contempt of that indivi-
dual would be sufficiently shewn by the meeting.

Mr. COBBETT then rose, but the confusion con.

tinued for a considerable time. At length we heard
him state that the meeting might take or reject, just
as they pleased, what he had to say; but he would
pledge his existence that the acceptance or non-
acceptance of what he had to state, should be
decided by a fair show of hands. It was not against
Sir Francis Burdett he stood up, but against the im-
placable, immortal, everlasting enemy of Reform—
(lmmense laughter and confusion, amid cries of
" Turn him out:')
The toast was then drunk.

Mr. STURGES then rose for the purpose of proposing
a toast, certainly not a new one, but one that had
been received in that very room for twenty succes-
sive years with every expression of cordial ;ap-
probation and applause. He, himself, had had the
honour, and he wouldadd, the pleasure of proposing
the toast now put in his hand,as many who had been in
the habit of attending the anniversary of the glorious
triumph of Westminster would know. But before
he proposed the toast.—(Here there was a pause,
and a cry of " You must deliberate."—Great laugh-
ter.)—He certainly did not intend to trouble
the Meeting with any thing like an at-
tempt at a Speech, yet they would allow
him to state, that when he had the honour of pro-
posing this toast at the last Anniversary, he had
no expectation then that it ever would be his lot
to propose it again. Being advanced in years,
no doubt many present would think he ought to
resign the office to abler hands, especially as it
was the fashion on the present day for great men
to resign, thinking they had held their offices long
enough, and as others had thought much too long.
—(Great cheering.)— -If any were of this opinion
they exactly coincided with himself. The first was,
he had intended to resign his office with all its
emoluments and toils,—(laughter) and should have
done so bad it not been that he was afraid
that many who had usually heard the toast given
from his lips would have been led to have concluded
that he had deserted the men who had never deserted
the cause of public liberty.—(Great eheers.)—
and he was sure who never would as long as he
lived—(Continued applause.)—Twenty years had
rolled away marking the steady conduct, prin-
ciple, spirit, and high talents of that Hon.
Baronet, since he had called on the inhabitants of
Westminster to elect him, and since he had been
elected by an overwhelming majority. He looked
back with pleasure on those days because he was
enabled still to see the same man in the Chair.—
(Hear, hear, hear, and great confusion), to declare
his acknowledged principles, and appear as a
standard for all the world. He, therefore,
rejoiced for once more in proposing the
health of that Hon. Baronet; he hoped it would be
proposed for many yeaas to come, and that when all
present would be removed in the course of nature, that
the inhabitants of Westminster could ever afterwards
maintain that inependent spirit—that ardent and
zealous love of liberty for which the Hon. Balt. had
been so highly distinguished—(Hear, hear)—and
that they would be able to spread that love through-
out the country till England, Scotland and Ireland
were convinced that it was the only effectual secu-
rity for having a good Government.—(Hear,
hear.)—He then proposed the health of their Re-
presentative, Sir Francis Burdett, the great and
consistent advocate of the rights and freedom
of the people, whose long and disinterested zealous
exertions in their service entitled him to -the gra

titude abd esteem of the country.•-(Loud cheers,
waving of handkerchiefs, and great :onfusion for
upwards of five minutes.)
Mr. COBBETT here mounted the table amidst great
uproar, and often attempted to speak, but could not
be heard.

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT then rose with a view to
restore order, which only increase,' the confusion
for upwards of a quarter of an hour. At last, on
being permitted to speak, he said,—lf the
Gentlemen present would only favour him for
a short time, he hoped to be able to restore
tranquillity. 'When a toast was proposed, every man
present had a right either to drink that toast or to
object to it, the present was the only time at which
an objection mild be made to the toast that had
been proposed, and it appeared to him (the
Honourable Chairman), that it would be for the
convenience of the Meeting, and better in every
point of view with respect to public meetings,
and to the characters of those in the eyes of
the public attending those meetings, that any
objections to be made should good-naturedly he heard.
We knew that as Chairman he had no power
except what the meeting invested him with ; tha
power was to preserve regularity ; if there was
any irregularity, he trusted he would have
power enough to subdue it, but so far nothing
appeared to him irregular, and therefore he trusted
the gentleman, who attempted to oppose the driA-
ing of the toast would be heard at this his only
opportunity.—(Applause.)
Mr. COBBETT then said, if the meeting would
observe the same silence while he a(!dressed
it that had been paid to Sir Francis Burdett,
he would pledge himself to take up as little time as
the Hon. Baronet had done. He was hold to say,
that there were persons, and especially when he looked
at his left hand (alluding to the great body of the
meeting), that there were persons present, and

he believed the majority of the meeting, who

were anxious to object to the toast, as well
as himself, unless they got an explanation of some
very extraordinary circumstances which had made
their appearance in public within tl: e last three weeks.
The electors of Westminster had expressed as much
to him, and he would put it to the vote of the
meeting by and by, if the Honourable Chairman

would allow him, who were for, and who against
his proposition.—(Great applause and col& tsion.)
Every man had a right to be at this meet-

ing who had paid for his card,—every man
who was an elector of Westminster upecially, and
surely he had some right to be here above children
not born then, he having taken an active part in the
very first election--(very great confusion.)—The
meeting would get nothing by their clamour. He
would pledge himself that they did not go off with-
out punishment one way or other for their clamour.

—(Much laughter and continued applause.)—
The Gentlemen present might drink the health of a
fellow with a pot of beer in his hand, and care
not a farthing whether the devil had that fellow
or not in three minutes afterwards; but when a
toast like the present was given, it was to go forth
to the public as the solemn opinion, and the decided
declaration of those who constituted the Meeting, and
in short to stamp their characters and the characters
of the electors of Westminster. By the toast Mr.
Sturch had proposed, that the meeting approved
of the principles of the present Government,
as far as they could learn those princi-
ples, and the too apparent principles of Sir
Francis Burdett—(Hear, hear, and great uproar.)—
For his own part, he totally disapproved of
those principles. He totally disapproved of
the conduct of their Representative, and if
Mr. Sturch would only permit him to make
a slight addition to the toast, he would not trou-
ble the meeting a moment lonciPr. The toast
in plain English, expressed approbation of the
long tried conduct of Sir Francis Burdett, as a
friend of Parliamentary Reform—nay, and as a con-
sistent man.—(Much confusion.)--He called upon
the meeting to be manly in their conduct,and tc dare
the world with the just and true addition which he
should propose to the toast respecting their Repre-
sentalive who now sat behind a man who all

life long, as well as his family, according to his own
declaration, had been sapping the public.—(Great
applause and confusion.)--It was true that that
individual had had a sinecure for the last five and
thirty years. Sir Francis, he avowed, sat at the
back of that man—countenanced that man—had
pledged himself to support that man.--(Hear,)—He
maintained that that was the English of the toast.
The family of that man had received seventeen or
eighteen thousand pounds of the public money in
pensions. He himself had received 18,000/. of the
public money, and he was the implacable—the
abusive—the scandalous—the villainous—the ca-
lumnious, and the external enemy of Reform.—(Con-
fusion and applause, which lasted several minutes.)—
Add this to the toest, and he (Mr. Cobbett) would
have no objection to its passing.—(Much laughter.)
Sir Francis Burdett, whose conduct had been ap-
plauded, namely, down to the present day
had now gone across the House and placed
himself at . the back of Canning the abuser

—the mortal enemy of Parliamentary Re-
form ;—and yet Mr. Sturch applauded him for be-
ing consistent ! At the very last Anniversary,
Sir Francis Burdett called the House of Commons
a political Sodom.—(Cheers and confusion.)—Sir
Francis now sat and said nothing, but he (Mr. C.)

would repeat, that on this very day twelve months

their Representative declared, in the very room in
which they were now assembled, that the House of
Commons were overwhelmed by a scum, such as
was never before found on the face of the earth.—

(Hissing and clapping.)—The reason he added
of this scum was, because so little of the public
voice of the people was heard in that House,

and because so few good men were found there

—the House of Commons was a political Sodom,
He (Mr. C.) said, therefore, that the meeting could
not, according to the cherished principles of West-
minster, drink the present toast, unless they com-
promised those principles. Sir Francis Burdett had

said, in allusion to Catholic Emancipation, that all the
Catholics were a parcel of rogues, and that they
wished for Emancipation, merely because they
wanted to get into office, bnt he now slipt out from
those declarations in the hope that he might get a
Peerage,and walk up to the other House.—(Uproar.)
He begged the Meeting would not make a noise, or
by G—, they would frighten their Representative.—
( Laughter.)—ln spite of the roaring of the Meeting—
in spite of their high obstreperous voices—before the
face of the said Sir Francis Burdett, he would put
his amendment to the meeting. Sir Francis
Burdett himself had frequently declared him-
self to be the enemy of that House, which he
considered to be a house of corruption, and the
meeting might swallow that for their comfort.—
(Immense laughter, and cheers.)
Sir F. BURDETT then came forward, and ad-
dressed the meeting. He had never come before
the Electors of Westminster with more gratification
and confidence, for he never came before them with
a more sincere conviction that he had not swerved
one iota from the principles which he had ever
maintained.—(Cheers and hisses.)
Mr. Connlirr—Let my amendment be put.—
(Great tumult.)

Sir FRANCIS resumed. It was his anxious wish

that every person should have an explanation of his
conduct. An indulgence had been allowed to those
who had addressed the Meeting—an indulgence
greater than he had ever conceded to those most in
union with the feelings of a meeting. lie
had begged for this indulgence, in order
that there might be nothing to have a cavil on.
For it had been represented that this meeting was
a miserable junta, or, as it was called in derision, a
" rump ;" but if this meeting was to be taken for
the rump, the meeting might conceive of what
magnitude the body was.—(Hear, and laughter.)—
The amendment had been handed to him, a most
unusual course at a meeting.—(Hear, hear.) He
could not put it to the meeting, because it was rank
nonsense ;—(Hear, hear)—and if such amendments
were allowed, there was an end to all regularity in
public meetings. The object of this amendment, or
more properly all that it conveyed was, that he (Sir
F. Burdett) sat at the back of Mr. Canning. Of
this fact there could be no doubt, and he thought
there had been great public benefit derived from that
act. By doing so, he had endeavoured to exclude
the worst part of the worst Administration
(Hear, hear.) This Administrtion hat like an in-
cubus on the country, and prevented any attempt at
public improvement. And wherefore did he (Sir
Francis) sit at the back of Mr. Canning ? Because
an Administration with more talent, and with less
bigotted prejudices now sought to keep
out that worst of Administrations—those
unclean birds who had only just glutted their
prey, and would be happy to have returned
again, and have fixed their talons in the vitals of the
country. God forbid that any thing he now said
should be considered an answer to what had fallen
from persons that night. He was ready to give an
explanation of his conduct to the humblest
man m that assernhir who was honest and
independent; but if he was expected to answer
attacks from the quarter from which attacks came
this night, their confidence was not worth hay-
ing.—(Hear, hear, and hisses.)—He was yet
to learn that boasting was a virtue, but he
now repeated what he had always asserted, that
he was ever ready to support the cause of the
people, and would never shrink from supporting
any measures that would lead to the advance-
ment of public liberty. Those brighter spirits
had shaken off their grosser parts, and he supported
them—(Hear, hear,)—upon all questions of practi-
cal advancement he was the same.—(Hear, hear.)
—As to reform, he would ask could Mr. Can-
ning be a Minister if he declared for Reform ? and
if he made such a declaration could he hope to
have the support of the boroughmongers, whom he
always would and should designate the bane of the
Country.—(Cheers.)—Nevertheless, he considered
the appointment of Mr. C. as a boon to the country.
(Hear.)-11is principles he would maintain, whether
he should slip into a Peerage or not ; for, by main-
taining them, he would secure more than he could
get by any Peerage, namely the confidence and
affection of his country.—(Loud cheering.)—
He never should abandon his principles, but he ex-
pected that when he deserted the cause of the
people, they would desert him (Hear).—The ques-
tion was, whether the enlightened part of the Admi-
nistration should be supported against that which
had weighed heavy, and was an affliction to the
country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The fact was, that
a portion of the late Administration, and even their
children began to consider office as a kind of here-
ditary right. Lord Liverpool was said to have had
a hereditary aptitude for office—(laughter)—and
all the seceders, and even their children, had the
same hereditary aptitude. He had endeavoured
to support the party opposed eo those sece-
ders, and it was the unexpected support which
Mr. Canning had received, that enabled him
to undo the manoeuvres of the other party. He
(Lir Francis Burdett) was no particular advo-
cate for the Catholics, but he was an advo-
cate for all men's civil and religious rights.
Upon this principle he conceived that no man
should be excluded from any situation in the state,
because of his religious opinions. In the pre-
sent instance, if we had not a Minister who
we knew was able to carry to the question of Eman-
cipation—at least we knew that we had a Mi-
nister that was not adverse to it.—(Cries of
hear.) For his own part he should never refuse
to lend himself to any thing that was for the good of
the public. He should never refuse to state his
opinions on any subject, nor to give any Elector
an explanation of his public conduct. With
these sentiments he would conclude, return-
ing them thanks for the honour they had done him
by the manner in which they had received his
health.—(The Hon. Baronet then sat down amid
immense cheering.)
Mr. HUNT then proceeded to address the meet-

iny. lie was pleased to hear the candid observa.
dons which had fallen from their Chairman (Sir F.
Burdett. He himself had, in fact ever advocated
his principles to a cemi:i extent, and he now coin-
cided in that part of them which rejoiced
at the removal of those Ministers, whose removal
Sir Francis rejoiced at, and he believed nine-
tenths of the people of England rejoiced at the
same.—(Hear, hear.)—lf, however, upon any ques-
tion, any persons or assemblage of persons 'differed
the only way to decide was to hear the question on
both sides, and, as Englishmen. to give each party
a fair opportunity of stating their reasons for
so differing. He (Mr. H.) had known the
electors of Westminster a long time : he had
always been on good terms with them, and he hoped
always to remain so. He had taken a part in the
first election of their present Representave, and had
been invited to attend their meetings for 11 years.
From this intimacy he believed that he could
depend on them for a fair hearing, if he should
differ with any of them in opinion, if he, to
deport himself as a gentleman and a man.—

(Cheers.)—With respect to Sir F. Burdett, he
would not, unless goaded in the extreme, suffer an
abrupt observation to escape him, however, he might
differ from in opinion. Some might thank him for
having gone over to the side of Mr. Canning, when
the latter was one of the most decided enemies of Re-
form• On such an occasion as the, to which he had
alluded was right for any man to differ from a body if
he thought that their representative had compro-
mised his own dignity and his duty to them. He
was sorry that what Sir F. Burdett now said rela-
tive to Mr. Canning, he had not s:-.id to his
teeeth in another place.—(Great disapprobation.)
Who was it that Sir Francis Burdett was now sup-
porting ? Who, but the eloquent, the invariable and
powerful opponent of every measure favourable to the,
liberties of the subject, which was agitated in the
House of Commons for the last thirty years?—
(Cries of " No, no," and " Catholic Question,
and great uproar.')—He (Mr. Hunt) would appeal
to the Stewards of this Meeting; who witnessed his
conduct, whether he had interrupted any one, and
if, after they should -hear him, they would all ap-
prove of Sir Francis Burdett's conduct up to this
time.—(Cries of " All, all," and hisses.)—After
order was restored, Mr. Hunt proceeded to observe
that it had been said that if time was given to
Mr. Canning, he would bring about some of those
good things which the people so earnestly desired.
—(Hissings.)—By all means, continued he, give
him time ; but before we pledge ourselves to sup-
port the man who has all his life been our opponent.—
(Cries of " No, no.")—The King we are told, en-
deavoured to make an Administration without Mr.C.
an Administration unfavourable to the Catholic
Question, but did not succeed. Could Mr. Canning
form an Administration which could last for even
one week, if he had not been joined by Sir F. B.
and his party?—(Uproar.)—Did they believe that that
part of the late:Administration could form a Govern-
ment that would last for one week without Mr.
Canning ? Nor could Mr. Canning now carry on
an Administration without Sir F. Burdett. He
believed Sir Francis Burdett and his party could
make what terms they pleased with Mr. Canning
before they joined him. They could have com-
pelled him to have promised his support to Parlia-
mentary Reform, if they had pleased. All he had
to say about Sir F. Burdett was, that when Mr.
Canning had the other day, in the House o
Commons, declared his hostility to Parliamentary
Reform. Sir Francis ought to have risen, and stre-
nuously opposed the Honourable Gentleman. Mr.
Brougham and Lord John Russell took upon them
to say, that the country had been so well govern-
ed for the last few years, that the people
did not want a Parliamentary Reform ; but here
was that answered by the three or font- tlio•isand
inhabitants of Westminster, who met the other
day.— (Great confusion.)— Sir Francis joining
Mr. Canning, was mere stuff.—(Hissing.)—lie
begged the meeting to recollect that they were
not now to drink the health of the Honoura-
ble Baronet as the mere Chairman of a public
Meeting, but to recollect that a great public ques-
tion was involved in the result of the Meeting.—
(Confusion.)—Let them decide as they pleased re-
garding Sir Francis's conduct, he begged to thank
them for the opportunity he had had of declaring his
sentiments, and whatever might be the case,
his consolation would be under an impres-
sion of having done his duty.
Lord W.ll. RUSSEL then ascended the table, he

congratulated the good feeling unanimity which had

been restored, principally through the judicious and
prudent conduct of their respected Chairman—

The object of meetings of this nature was to cele-
brate humourously and convivially the good cause in
which they all concurred, the cause of public liberty.
For that purpose, and not for angry and acrimonious
discussion and debate they were now assembled.—
(Applause and hisses.)—God forbid that he
should preclude any assemblage of English-
men from the most scrutinizing inquiry into the
conduct and measures of all public men.—(Ap-
plause.)—nut there were proper times and seasons
for this. Let them, in Heaven's name, convene a
meeting of the electors or of the people at
large who were not electors, and these before the
assembled people ; let public men be called
upon to answer any charges fairly brought
against them, and he was sure there was
no one who felt more respect for the
people, or would bow to what in one of their toasts
was most properly called the only legitimate source
of all government, than the gentleman whose health
he intended to propose.—(Applause.)—He per-
ceived that their feelings weut before him—
that they anticipated a toast, which if they
admired consistency of principle and integrity of
purpose, they must hail with the most enthusiastic
applause. He was happy in bearing testimony
to the services of the Gentleman in question, in
promoting the cause which they all admired. Ha
assured the meeting that his conduct was no less

Luge•Y

remarkable for his assiduity said diligeitte
for its sincerity.—(Hear, hear,, and apple;
He should therefore propose the health of their
presentative, John Cain Hobhouse.
bet)
As soon as the applause and partial disappro
which followed this toast had in some measure
sided, Mr. Hobhouse ascended the table, alld!
scarcely presented himself. to the Meeting 11'1

Mr. Cobbett appeared upon another table,
was seen to gesticulate most violently, but;
io loudly as to overcome the tremendous 111
which assailed him. Mr. H. continued to IP°

calmness and patience the subsiding of the 05e;
but there being •no probabilisy of the sPe
restoration of tranquillity, Mr. Hobhouse
way to Sir Francis Burdett, who dePre74(
in the strongest terms any interruption, no in'
who the speaker was. He generally 101111,,
that less time was lost by giving way than by
tinacious opposition. He should however, Attibt
the sense of the meeting as to who she'll'

heard.
Here the most conflicting calls were made I
Mr.Hobhouse and Cobbett—those for the latter a►a
up in violence, what they wanted in nu'
her.

A very desperate rush was "'
towards Mr. Cobbett, and several gentlemen
tempted to turn him out by force.
When our Reporter left, the patties were 4111
with chairs, &c.