The Sun.
London, England, 1811-03-19 00:00:00

if ES tiIIINSTER MEL;

In consequence of a Requisition made to the I
High Bailiff of Wetminster, a Meeting took place.
yesterday in Palace Yard, Tho business having,beten
opened in the usual way,
Major CAeTwRiGuT CAM forward, and address. ,
ed-the. Meeting at some length. AfVhenever an at-
tempt was made to obtain a Reform in Raliament,
he trusted, old as he was, they would always .r-id
him at his post. . in- the present, state of, affairs',
they lurtimothing on :which. they could congratulate
the- Regent, -bet -they might congratulate themselves
that the obstacles formerly in the-way of petitioning
were in-same measure diminished. If the King shoulit
recover, again to take upon himself the:administra-
tion of the country, his Son would make. a faithful
report of their complaints. He then proceeded to '
set fotth the considerations which rendered an Ad-
caress necessary: The Prince night be s-urrouoded
-by persons, who, -if. they tailed to bend up an Ad- .
dress, might- ,turn that circumstance to their disad-
'valitage. He condemned that =dna which
;had
left the coumry,two4nont Its withiaut an Executive,
and censured the conduct of Parliament in imposing
the ..restrictions with which they bad fettered the
Prince ; as also for the ,moaner in which they had
thought proper td supply. the deted in the Consti-
;:tution; In. such cases, he contended,- the power
Intist return to those from whom it emanated—the
people. -Without the third part of the -09vernment;
the two Houses4eie but a mere convention, inoa..
Table of passing any. law. Having noticed the
manner in which the Great Seal had been used,
which, be observed, if tr were to be made bubs,r--
- vient to the • interests -of a -66,tion, might become
, something like the fourth seal in Reyslations, " out
of which catue I:)ath and Hell, and all, kinds of
evil," he adverted-to' the wanner iirwitich the iiitig
• had Leen formerly tteated, .when he was indisposed
83' at }resent; after whiCh he drew a contrast be•
tNeen the stale .4 the country at the prelient• day.
; and the situation, in which it stood twenty years
ago. He concluded by moving the following Reso-
lution, which was of course carried ;-;-.
. "-- Resolved, That this -Meelieg think it right to
make known to the Prince Regent their sentiments
on ratite affairs, particularly on the abitointe Im:es;
:.:iity of a., Parliamentary Reform, .not .only for his
..floyal Highness's own -coisi.ieration,- but th a hope
atml-, Ito, in .case of -surrendering his charge, he,
inay report the same-to his Majesty-r--cvil CQ:crisel-
' lotslastpt ~for many years past, deprived the people
of3thi,s,rfsa ri of access to the Throtre.'' - .
i .
, Mr., WiAtAtiot compihnoted Ur c last Speaker' on
hism
Ay able!speech,, and -uniform Constitutional
,conduit.
,Fie,,theo.proceededlo,speak of the neces'..

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[PRICE SIXPENCE 11.A.I7,E1PENNY.

eity 'of 11 Parliamentary Reform. Shackled as the
Regency was, he still thought it necessvv t+lr
public to make him acquainted. with their. senti-
ments. All the evils of the coantry ItT4,4r train
their not being duty represented in Par.liatnent,
All' the wealth
.of the country was swallox,:d tip
by a few bloated individuals, and wasteclin ,a war
fatal, to us, hut tending to the boundless aggrsoclizo;.
merit of this enenly. Such was now ttl,t
acted upon, that no um ..cotihrbe wade. Minist,r -
who did no oppose the wishes of ,lii public, 'and
‘lvho 'did not (as the phrase, was)° ur,derstand the
tactics of the House ut Commons. He
surO'in strong terms the manner in wnich Nicol- •

hers of the House of Commons werelchasen. 4pd,
spoke of the House thus-.eimstitoted, as answering
the description given of it by Junius, when, lie 'saij,
" . they had'six.years for sinningenct one for afone—
ment.". .He ;complimented the Efetiors of We,..
!muster on the manner in which
~they had -beet
Sir F.' Burdett, and praised the Hon. Baro,et, ice
having by aiding' as he had I;
the Objea of their choice. The man who at pre...
sentavooki most 'oppose the wishes orihe people wai
rewarded by hilintsters.,witli sipecures t, the
honours and .emoluments of office. These Ai il4ister9l
however, who.. now oppuseJ di:. voice .of the
people, as the cry of a designinglactioni had fier-.
utterly :begirt -glad to avail theetwelvel of popuhr
applause, when they nis-.11 the cry of " ,Nu-Popt.ry."
Ele:wisited them to compare the present sttuatiori of
things w':tll the stare of a..4*,...irs in 1788. T e stqw.
`inent.s.nuide,respeling the pttblic revenue and t; es
present sit etigth of oui :ny were not contemplated
by him with that degree of otisfattion whici,
thought they were calcniatcd to excite.. IR..
ticed the Circumstance of the arn)y having been em-
ployed to Convey their Representative to the Ta vet, ,
as one of the advantage; resulting. train the system,
and then proceeded.to take a view -el the prosecti—
lionS which bad lately' taken place, briefly coin.
'meeting on verdias which had bden given it; against
Mr. Cabbeti; and in tavoar of the Hunts-. He Cori
clud,,d, strongly enforcing' the necessity of a Pat.
liamentary Refortn.

The Address was then read. It complained of
the pethent Repreientation of the People in Patint
ment, and sprayed for. an immediate and radieal'
Refortn. ' It densured the present system, its having.
ernised . the joss of America grid the Rebellion' in
Ireland ; as. having tilled our-prisons and the pcor
houses with those who w,:-re once respee,lable. The
Restriaions imposed on the Regent it condemn:d,
as originating in hypocrisy and ingratitude nit the
part of the present Ministers towaids :tor
WhOth they professed the greatest devotiim:, Re 4
verting to the. subjet9 of Tarliantzttary tinformi it
renninded the Prince of the file of the -Prin n(
Astniias, betrayed by the traitor Godny,•and poinfcd
out to reprobation 'the Bbrvugh faetion, att att-arrny
of Godqs:
The following Resolutions were t hen put and car-
ried without om'osition:— •
'Resolved,—That this. Meeting approve and adopt
the Actdresss which halt been now read. • ,

Resolved,—That the High Balla tegethir, ith
Sir -Fraiicis Burdett, our Representative, are re-
quested to 'preSent to the Prince Regent the dtttiiui
Address of this Meeting.
leSolved;—That the Thanks of the Ek'lors of
-Westininver are due, and.are hereby t;ivett, tax timir
`faithful Representative "Sir Franck. Burdett., for
unqualified denial of an assertion madt: Deceinber
List.; " That the Lords Spiritual and Ternpor.ri kind
Commons o:- Great 11ritRin )ind Itelsurd; tlo hrw-
" fully, freely, and frilly represent all th.: iistates,ot
" the' People ot-_thiti
_

Reiolved,--That the Thanks of this Mee:ring are
givers to-the High Bailiff for his pram pt tittehtitm to
wahea.of the EteLiorsi and .for his conand ip
the ChM%
On the Thanks of the Meeting being given
to. him,

Sir .Feastets BoausTrp came forward, and ex-
pressed his gratitude for- that honour, -as tt alf?rdeil
him uncommon pleasere, Maui-web as he regnded
it, not merely as a personal cotupliMenr, batiks the
honest approbation of their hearts, of those princi-
ples which he had avowed, and te. w.h4;:lt
should stedlastly adhere. So much had been Asti
already, that it was unpecessary for him to trespets
long on their time. .He censuted the late proceed-
ings in Parliament.. The root of corruptien. wits in
Parliament, its branches' :extended ever. the land,
and the fruit, though pleasing to the eye, wpuld
found bitter to the Ueda* or the people. Mivertiitq
to the late prosecutions and informations tries
officio', :he asked if it. were not 'clear .th,tt. our :t ;-"A
werefull of public welters,- and that snared ahy. ‘.4 t,l
at liberty who were not bribed by:the tiovernmen
li -e complained of 'the little punishment anfliMcd
on of high in offi&e, and observed .uo Govec n-
tnent
.stand secure but on then alleoluns
of the people, if the people were propetly con-
ciliated,. we need dread.no.foreign'enetny.. All„'the
people required was-expressed. in the words of the
old proverb. " Give us a free stage, and sliew
favour." He then made :some. observations 00 the
manner in which petitions had been neglected,
many of which had only been thrown into to_closrt
-or on the floor of the House of eounttottsi- PGA,
-however, 'het could present them toa inceetwkiats
ear, he hoped, watt open to truth, and whosll lithat
was' alivo.to the grievances of the peot.le. He Iwd
-declined accompanying the High 44alliff on t law,
occasion, but he would now ohey the wishes of -the
Meeting, and -present the Pltition with ,tuore than
usual hope, and great .inw,.: sat lie:talon.
The Hum returile, thanks, for the ho-
n Our dutie him by the'Elvetors, and ibis Aletting 4,4%