Star.
London, England, 1822-01-31 00:00:00

devastation Which had bowed down the covntry,
and of those various privations under whieh they
were. all et this . time suffering—(Load chserptir).--le
He advised the Gentlemen precept, andlitore partl-,
cularly the yeomen and farmers, to platen reliance on
a system of economy and retrenchment, and on do
other—(Cheers). He would tall on them W beware
of the wolf in sheep's clothing—(C/were). He "did
entreat of them to accept of no boon; of no bonus, in•
the shgs. of a tax,-although it might appear to bar
infinitely less on themselves than on other classes of
the community—(Cheers). Let the voice 'of the people
be proclaimed from one end of the kingdom to the
other. Let them, on the one hand, demand a reduc-
.tion of expenditure; and, on the other, a reduction of
taxation—(Applause). The Ministers must yield to
such a course. They would be compelled to repeal
those injurious taxes, without substituting others in
their room ; they would find it necessary to do away
with-that increase of expenditure, the specific Around
for which was the rise in the price of provisions—
(Applause). Let the same principle be also intro-
duced in private life—let it be extensively acted on
by individuals ; and if prevention was better than
remedy, then he would advise every man who wished
to interpose between his posterity and great national
digress, from John-o'-Grot's house to the Land's-end,
to call aloud for Parliamentary Reform—((:ontinued
cheering). These, and such like remedies, were the
only ones that he would recommend in an enlight-
ened age to an enlightened country—(Cheering). As
the Resolutions that had been proposed accorded in
-every respect with his sentiments, they should receive
his hearty support—(Cheering).
Mr. GRICRY attributed the distress to excessive
taxation, to support wars that had not been called
for, and a profligate expenditure : lie would, there-
fore, propose an additional Resolution, as follows:
" That to the want of controul over the public purse, which
a Parliament freely elected would exercise, we attribute the origin
of our present distresses. And therefore it is necessary that the
attention of the Commons House of Parliament be directed to
effect an immediate Reform in the Representation u the only
meant of saving what remains of our property, of preservia.g the
tranquillity, and insuring the liberties of the country."
Sir lICNRT BUNBURY, in 54 eondi:ig the Resolution,
said, the reason he had declined noticing the subject
with which it was connected was, because his own
opinion, with reference to that subject, was well known;
and the county had recently and very strongly ma-
nifested its anxiety for a Reform in Parliament.
The*Duke of GRAFTON next presented himself to
the Meeting. and, was received with marks of the
most cordial esteem. His Grace began by assuring
his 4, friends and fellow•countrymen, that no indivi-
dual then present had come from a greater distance,
or encountered greater personal inconvenience, than
he had done, for the purpose of attending that Meet-
ing. He concurred completely and entirely in the
spirit of the Resolutions proposed by his friend, the
Hon. Baronet—( Applause ).—But though he did not
come with the intention of speaking, he begged leave
to make a single observation relative to the resump
tion of cash payments. He was sure it might fairly
he supposed that that event was one of the causes
which contributed to the present calamitous distress
of the country—(Applause).—But he was perfectly
convinced though it was one of the causes, and ne-
cessarily one of the causes which had produced the
distress complained of, that, by wisdom and foresight,
that distress might have been, in a great degree,
averted by the Ministers, who should have foreseen
the situation in which the country was likely to be
placed. He agreed in the principle that taxation
should be diffused as generally and as equally as
possible; but lie did not, and never could, concur in
the opinion of those who wished to shift the burthen
from the shoulders of one class of society to the
shoulders of another—(.4 pplanse).—Let not the
People forget to whom it was they looked for redress ;
for it was ridiculous to sign Petitions, unless they-
carried that point in their minds—(Applause).—
Who was it, then, to whom the care of carrying these
Resolutions into effect was to be entrusted ? fo the
Administration of the country ; and, unless they
spoke their minds freely—unless they expressed, in
strong terms, those opinions which he believed most
of tha People felt, they would remain in their present'
condition for monthsand years to come--(Applause).
The remedy was, however, within their own reach.
They bad it in their power, when they were called
on to elect Gentlemen to represent them in Parlia-
ment, to send such individuals to the House of Com-
mons as would speak the sentiments of the people—
(Applause). With regard to the additional Resolu-
tion which had been moved by an Honourable Friend
of his, he did not know, if his advice had been asked,
whether he would have recommended it as a part of
the proposed Address. Probably he would not have
done so : but he was so convinced, in his conscience
and in his heart, that no permanent, no lasting good
could be effected for this country, except through as
alteration in the Representation of the People, that
he would support the Resolution—(Applause). He
rejoiced in Meetings of this description ; and the
more frequently the people turned the subject of Re.'
' form in their minds—the more they diicuss it
amongst themselves, publicly and privately—the
more would they see the necessity of adopting a con-
stitutional mode of effecting that important object—
(Cheers). He had nothing more to say on this occa-I
sion, except to state, that, if he were the last speaker,
he would move the thanks of the Meeting to those
Gentlemen whci had, with so much energy, and with
so much anxiety for the prosperity of the country,
signed the Requisition that had been presented to the 1
High Sheriff—(Applause). He hoped that the people!
would turn the subject of Constitutional Reform over
and over again in their minds. The means of effect-
ing such a Reform were in their own hands ; and, if
they considered the subject well, they would ill the
end do that constitutionally which never could be
done except constitutionally—(G4eering).
Colonel RUSHBROOKR opposed the Resolution pro-
posed by Mr. Grigby, as having nothing to do with
the real business of the Meeting. The original Re-
solutions stated, in the strongest terms, that the relief '
of the Agricultural Interest, to be of any avail, must
be immediate. But before Parliamentary Reform
could be obtained, the Agriculturists might sink into
irretrievable and hopeless ruin. He could not per-
ceive the connexion between Parliamentary Reform
and Agricultural Distresi. They appeared to him to
have nothing to do with each other.
Lord CALTHORM regretted the necessity which
impelled him again to address the Meeting ; but he
must say, that the Resolution relative to Parliamen-