The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-15 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

A 'Meeting of the F.-lectors for Westmiuniter, re-
'slding in the parishes of St. John and St..Marga-
let, was yesterday called at a building in Market-
-street, to consider of the best .tnenns for securing
"the return of Mr. aointousE to Parliament.
Shortly after one o'clock, Mr. ilobbouse, Mr.
Brooks,' Mr Richter, and several other Gentle-
men, made their appearance. A Mr. Wilson was
placed in the Chair, and a .series of Resolutions
were read, setting forth the importance of cowl-
:wing the struggle for the independence of West-
minster, enforcing the necessity of choosing a fit
and proper person to advocate the cause of Par.
liameurAry Reform /by the side of Sir Francis
Burdett, and describing Mr. Hohltouse to be a
Gentleman entitled to the snppOrt of the Electors.
The t+vo first Resolutions were put and carried
Ntiihout discussion. When the third was sub.
,rimed to the meeting, Mr. Llobbouse came for.
to A Mr. liouie presented himself
at the saute time, and Mr. flonhottse retired.
Rlr Jim,.ra then made some observations on
the t‘vo Resohitions bad already been car-
ried, and spoke at ninelt ogtti in praise of Sir
F. llnish-tt, who, hr contended, bad oobly fOnght
tbe ,battles of the people, and done LII• ;hat it was
possible for him to do in theircause.. cu;►sider-
ed
Mi'.l-Jobbonse,froin his attachment to theprin-
cinlps of liberty, to be 'a fit person to 'sit by the
side of Sir Ft (olds Burdett ; and strongly recom-
sue,,ded hint to the support of the meetina.
Mr. Hostiouse next spoke. Doling, the late
Eiection he had had miich experience of the feel-
in.gs ot the Electors in the united parishes of St.

Julio am! Vic, Alargznet, ai:d be knew that they

bad great diflienhies to contend \vith, from their I
both to Church and Slate tie dis-
dain-1,-d all intention of speaking with disrespect
of that invisible church which bound society to-
gether 11 the sacred ties of religion. The church
of which he spoke, was 'a church of brick and
stone, gf wen and mortar. Of the influence that
church .e.xt seised, many of those he addressed.
must be already apprised. The great Abbey in
their neighbourhood had revenues accruing to it
front eight different counties, amounting to
80,0001. more or less. He admitted the Mi-
nisters of Religion ought to have a good coat to
preach in, hut what he objected to was the stalls
and the Bishopricks, and the other expensive esta-
blishivents provided for those connected with the
Church, to enable them to opoose.theliberties of
the people. The Church and State, and he might
add the prison in their neighbourhood, for all
three went together, were ever found in opposition
to the rights of the public. In the course of the
late Election, lie had had the pleasure to become
ati_viintvd is ith 4 Society that had bens formed
to secure the independence of the Parishes of St.
Aliirginet and St. John. 'Some of its members be
• ion! (lieu the pleasure to see. He hoped they''
Nvtiold perseveri: in their efforts, whatever might
b.. said of them, eveu'thongh they should be called
traitors. lit point of fact they were traitorsf--
they were traitors to treason. Originally trea-
son meant a crime against the State, though now
that only was regarded as treason which was a
ct ime against the Sovereign. Formerly trea-
son meant an offence against the Majesty
of the People, and armlet) that people had
resided at Rome, he did not know why
the majesty of the people should not be held to
exist in England as well as in any other country.
Ne stronv.ly insisted on the to ct'ssity of making
the most_ of the- restraints which the people yet
possessed on the Government, by returning those
who would make their real sentiments known in
Parliament. Without this our I-louse of Com-
mons would become what the French Parliament
was formerly, merely a Chamber to register edicts
for taxing the country. • The same Corms might
still be retained; we might have a ,House ut Com-
mo63, itito which five or six hundred Gentlemen
wotrld lounge as into a coffee-howe. They
might have a table tricked out with various
fooleries, with Clerks about it, and with a
bauble at the bottom of it and a blockhead at
the.fop (he might say this, as, at present, there
was no Sceaker in existence), but if the people
bad not a substantial check on the Government,
they would become mere cattle, and lose that
erect form which God had originally bestowed
iipritefreemen, to distinguish them from the brutes
around them, that perish. On the importance of
Parliamentary Reform, he descanted with great
animation, and lordly inveighed against the con-
doet of Government. He then, the better to in-
gratiate himself with the woithies who constitut-
ed the meeting, spoke very highly in favour of
mobs, and concluded by maintaining that it
were hatler for thew that they should have a
id of their choice to represent them, than a
good man chosen by any body else, because in the
one-cro.e a time would tome when the unworthy
itioiyidtial might he turned out, but in the other
they would he denied the privilege of choosing for
themselves for all time to come. This considered,
he prvsumen to hope, tliat whether he (Air.
HlNiousc) were a bad or a good man, they would
do better to elect hint than to suffer another to be
elected for diem.
The Resolution was then carried,
Other Resolutions were agreed to, and a Corn-
ti truce teas to forward the interests of
I.lr. Hohhouse, tt pith, it was annotroced, would sit
every day at the Red Lion, in Princes-street.
- Mr. Mon raft addressed the Meeting on the
itecessiry of commencing' an active canvass ; and
Tnanks having been given to the Chainnau, the
business terioi out ed,

Crowder, who was indicted, and Was to have.
been tried for the robbery of the Stirling mail-
coach of a box, containing a large qoantity of
Bank-notes belonging to the Stilling Bank, has
bean liberated, the Bank having declined to Pro-
ceed any further in the business.—(Eduiturgh
Paper.)

yesterday evening an Invest was held at the
Iloui) and Groves, Queen-square, Westminster,
on the body of the Rev. Mr. JOHN GRINLEY, 01
Q:!ley n , ho was found dead laSt Saturday.
r his bedroom floor. Verdict, " Died,
tLe visitativa Qud.",

LAW INTELLIGtcEi.

VICE-CI4ANdELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 14.

TIiB CNIVERSITIRS OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.

V. BLAKE AND OTHERS.

The sottottott-GP,Nl3am. moved, on the part
of the Chancelhirs, Masters, and 'enowt of the
two Universities, for an injunction to restrain the
defendants from continuing the sale of certain
works, the exclusive copyright of which is vested
in those public bodieS by leittrt patent.- Tile
books in question were the Holy Scriptures, and
the Book of Common Prayer. An edition of the
former had recently been published under the title
of Gurney's Bible, with a Commentary and An-
notations. These were, however, nothing inure
than a pretext, and were used only to colour-sit
invasion of literacy proper' y. A • separate edition,
of quarto size, accompanied by reflections, had
41116 been offered to the world by the saint book-
selleis, together with two copies of the Prayer-
book. One of these professed to he an abridge-
mutt, but in point cat fact contained the whole of
that portion of the service which is usually tend.
Tice other gave t! e whole text, subjoining a va-
riety of annotations. As the originals could not
legally be published without a hclence limn' one
of the Univeiiities, he tipprtiherided that the ad-
dition of notes, or omission. of [tartlet:tar parts;
Most be considered as a mere atteinpt disguise,
and would not be allowed by a Cliurt of Equity
to defeat a va4ible ptivikge.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR granted the injunction;
and the rest 01 the day was occupied in the hear-
ing several cases of no general or peculiar in-
terest.

[T.►e Procee►lings in the other Courts were of
no particular ir,terest except to the parties con-
cerned.]