Star.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

hue Wardle, Worisop, Notts, butcher, to surrender January
17, at six 111, and -February 23, at eleven, at the Red Lion
Inn, Worksop. Attornies, Mr. 13eardeluivr, Worksop; or
Messrs. Allen and Co. Carlisle-street,. Soho4ture.
John Brooks Player and James Keen, Bristol, bottle-liquor-
merchants, January 25, 26, and February 23, at twelve,
at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. Anomie', Messrs. Vlsard
and Blower, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; or Mr. Gregory, Bristol
Henry Wigfall, Sheffield, file-maker, January 92, 23, and Fe-
bruary 23, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Sheffield. Attornies,
91r. Smith,Sheffield ; or Mr. Biakelock, Serjeanes Inn, Fleet-
street, London.
Abrab.m Delvalle, York street, Covent-garden, winelmerchant.
January 19, 26, and Fehniary 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghallistreet. Attornies,
Messrs. Reardon and Davis, Corbct-court,Gracechurch-street.
Edward Dodd Colville, late of Charlotte-street, Portland-place,
picture-dealer, January 22, 29, at ten, and February 23, it
oar, at the Court of Commissioners of ankrupts, Baainghall-
street. Attorney, Mr. Poole, Adam's.court, Old Broad-street.
Edwin Robinson, Langbourn-Chambers, merchant, January 22,
29, at ten, and February 25, at one, at the Court of Com-
missioners of Bankrupts, Buinghall-sweet. Attorney, Mr.
Cousins, Old Broad-street.
John Woatten, Windsor, timber-merchant, January 15, 26, and
February 23, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bank-
rupts, Basinihall-street. Attornies, Messrs. Biggs and What-
ley,Reading ; or Messrs Eyte andCovetdale,Gray slnn-square.
Benjamin Brittain, Sawbtidgeworth, Hens, fanner, January
19, 26, and February 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commis-
sioners of Bankrupts, Basingball.street. Attorney, Mr. Bond,
Ware.
Benjamin Hoyle, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, tailor, January 19,
February 5 and 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners
of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attornies, Messrs. Consta-
ble and Kirk, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane.
John Clemeace. jun. Northumberland-street, Mary-la-bow,
builder, January 22, 26, and February 23, at one, at the
Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street.-
Anomie', Messrs. Stevens and Wood, Little St. Thomas
Apostle.
Joseph Mather, Jewin-street, wine-merchant, January 19, 29,
and February 23, at twelve, at the Court of Commissiontrs
of Bankrupts, Basingliall.street. Attorney, Mr. Watson, Fal-
con-street, Falcon-square.
Thomas Ambrose, late of Waterloo-place, woollen-draper, Ja-
nuary 19, 29, and February 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr.
Hodgson, John-street, AdelphL
Edward Staff, Norwich, brick-maker, January 28, 29, and
February 25, at four, at she Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. At-
tornies, Messrs. Bignold and thightwell, Norwich; or Messrs.
Holme and Co. New Inn.
DIVIDENDS to be made in BASING HALL-STREET.
Feb. t, S. Garton, Wood-street, Cheapside, silk-manufactu-
rer, at ten. Feb. 9, J. Bowen, St. Martin's-lane, builder, at
eleven. Feb. 5, S. Hannhigton' Putney, irosmonger, at eleven.
Feb. 9, A. Paton, T. Gill, and J. Brown, Old Gravel-lane
Ratcliffe-highway, soap-manufacturers, at twelve. Feb. 2, G:
, Bantle and J. Jaffray, Finsbury-place, merchants, at ten. Feb.
LANCASIIIRE.-LBItiHTON HALL. 2, C. W. F. Aubusson, George-street, Hanover-square, patent-
To be LET, FURNISHED, for a TERM of YEARS. aid-forna-maker. at twelve. Feb. 2, A. W. Jones, New Brent-
And may be entered upon at the usual times in the ensuing ford, corn-merchant, at twelve. Feb. 2, J. Hall, Chatham
Spring, with One Hundred Acres, more or less, of excellent tailor, at twelve. Feb. 2, T. Willcocks, Holborn, umbrella:
Arable, Meadow, and Pasture Land, maker, at twelve.
ALL that Modern, Spacious, and Convenient DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY.
Mansion-House, called LEIGHTON HALL, at pre- Feb. 14, G. Richardson; Horncastle, Lincolnshire, grocer,
sent in the occupation of S. Powell, Esquire ; containing a
at eleven, at the Bull Inn, Horncastle. Feb. 14, R. Priddon,
Breakfast-room and Library; Drawing-room, Ihning-"mmof I late of Horncastle, miller, at ten, at the Bull lan Horncastle.
large dimensions on the ground floor ; and six good Led,;ing-rooms Feb. 15, T. Tipping, late of Warrington, Lancashire, miller,
on the first floor ; the House also contains commodious Servatts' lat ten, at the George Inn, Warrington. Feb. 15, J. Anton,
lodging-rooms, Servants =hall, Kitchens, Pantries, Brcwhouse, . late of Warrington, grocer, at twelve, at the George Inn, War.
Dairy, and excellent Cellars: attached to the !louse is a hand- I iiagton. Feb. 4, G. E. Aubrey, Manchester, merchant, at two,
some Billiard-room, Coach house, two Stables, and many other at the Star Inn, Manchester. Feb. 7,11. Hobbes, late of Strat-
desirable Offices; also an extrusive and productive Garden. and ; ford-upon-Avon, muney-acrivener, at eleven, at the White Lion
Orchard, brick walled, well stocked with Fruit Trees of high lan, Stratford-upon-Avon. Feb. 4, T. Young, Cheltenham,
bearing, ..nd a Hot-house with choice Vines. Also a larr and fishmonger, at eleven, at the Royal Motel, Cheltenham. Feb.
convenient Farm House, with Barns, Stable, Sbippon, and 2, W. and J. Kilner, IluddersfieM, merchants, at ten, at the
other commodious Farming Buildings, contiguous to the Dwel- I White Horse Huddersfield. Feb. 26, 'l'. Parkinson, stn.
ling-house, and jun. and J. Lilley, Sculcoates, raff-merchants, at eleven, at
The Lawn and Pleasure-grounds are disposed in an elegant * the Dog and Duck Tavern, Scale-lane, Hull.
and modern stile; the Plannuions are thriving, and several parts
CERT! FIC ATES.-FeettUAllY 2.
of the Estate command picturesque scenery, scarcely equalled
J. o:ding, Old 'Change, stationer. T. Atkinson, late of New-
in the North of England. The (louse stands about ore mile
trelt,
isvisbiucarehut:sernati. J. Twigg, Cheapside, warehout..
from the Sea, nine from Lancaster, twelve fioin Kendal, five
k Northam , boot-manuficturer. W.
from Militthorpc,and two front Burton, all good Market Towns; i"4"
Downs, Cheadle, Cheshire, calico-printer. I'. Morton, &a-
plenty of Coal may be had near; and the F.staie, witb the
Cold, Lancashire, merchant. S. Wight, late of !wade:Atoll-
ParITIS thereto adjoiniiiK.and belougir,g, are situated in a sporting _ Han
street, hat-manufacturer. 11. dsword, Great 'W st incheer-
country. The House Listed up with fashion:lll;e ant valuable
merchant.
Furniture, and is a twist comfortable and desirable Residence *
DISSOLUTIONS OF PA ItTNRRSIIIPS.
for a numerous and geutcel Family.
The Premises may be yi„„cd by applyingtO Mews. worawiek Wilcox and Grigg, Whiteehapel, (anew drapers.
a-
ers. Watson and
and Co. Lancaster, of whom or of Messrs. Wilson and Ilig• LBW, 131ackburu, cotton-manufacturers. Bailey and Co. Sh
shi, Solicitors, Laucuttr, far'tion- push:War/may I,e Luown. merchants. Stephens and 1 iggr, Gre4t Russell-stance,

PORT OP WEYMOUTH.
FOR SALE BY AUCTION,

By Order of the llonus:able the Commissioner; of his Majesty's
Customs, at the Custom-house at this Port, on TuesDAy, the
Sth of February, 1622, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon,
riAliE GOODS UNDER-MENTIONED,
viz.
291 Gallons Brandy,
34/ Gallons Geneva,
128 Dutchmen 848 Countesses, 2096 Ladles (Slates), 4 Mast
Pieces, 6, and under 8 inches in diameter; 15/ lbs. Succades,
13 lbs. Sassafras Bark, 54 yards China Matting, 1 Chinese Um-
brella, 1/ lb. Coral Fragments, 1 Bottle Compounds, 2 pair
Shoes, 211 gallons Wine, 26 lbs. Marmalade, 1 Bottle Wine 76
Whetstones, 7 Pieces (quantity 36/ yards) Lace, '
2 Bottles Co-
logne Water, 1 Worsted Shawl, 1 lb. Chocolate, 7 pair Angola
Gloves, and 3 Pieces Rope.

TOIL IMPORTATION:
164 Silk Handkerchiefs, 30 Half Silk Handkerchiefs,li Silk
Scarfs, 4 Silk Shawls, 241; Yards Silk, 21 Pair Silk Stockings
8 Silk Waistcoats, I Black Silk Dress, 2 Silk Gown Pieces
(quantity 14i yards), 26 Pair Kid Gloves, 8 Pair Silk Gloves,
India Crape Shawl, 3 Ounces Sewing Silk, 1 Silk Umbrella,
and 3 Yards Ribbon.
The Goods may be viewed by applying at the Custom-house,
two days previous to the day of Sale, only.

CLAPHAM COMMON.
TO BE LET, FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED,
FOR. THREE YEARS, OR A LONGER TERM,
Ey Mr. nomss,
f Warwick-street, Golden-square, and Regent-street),
AO
ELIGIBLE RESIDENCE, planned for
the accommodation of a Family of the first respectability,
with Offices of all descriptions, Coach-houses, Stables., Farm-
yard, and Out-buildings ; excellent productive Kitchen Gardens,
walled round; Green-house, Hot-house, &c. surrounded by
beautiful Lawn and Pleasure-grounds, and Meadow Land, en-
closed by park paling ; the whole about
THIRTY-SIX ACRES.
May be viewed by Tickets, which, with Particulars, may be
had of Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Golden-square.

NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GROSVENOR-SQUAReI,
BOND-STREET, &c.
CAPITAL CONCERN IN THE CONFECTIONARY
AND PASTRY-COOK BUSINESS.
TO BE LET ON LEASE,
By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick-street, Golden-square, and Regent-street),
,dk MOST ELIGIBLE SPACIOUS DWELLING-
HOUSE, with roomy Shop, Soup-rooms, &c. an old-
e..tablished Business of the first respectability, and in one of the
first situations at the West End of the Town; a most desirable
opportunity for any person wishing fur au Establishment in that
line.
Particulars of •Mr. Robins, Warwick-street, Golden-vinare,
to Principals only.

A Meeting of the Freeholders and great Landed
Proprietors of the County of Norfolk Was held oti
Saturday, at the Shire Hall, Norwich, pursuant to a
numerously and most respectably signed Requisition.
presented by a body of the Freeholders to the High
Sheriff, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the present distressed state of the Agricultural Inte6
rests. The number of country Gentlemen who came
to attend the Meeting was so great, that beds could
scarcely be obtained at the inns on Friday evening.
Sir JACOB ASTLRY, Bart. the High Sheriff. had
fired twelve o'clock as the hour at which the Meet-
ing was to commence, but long before that hour the
crowds who pressed for admission were very great.
The moment the gates of the Court were opened, it
was literally crammed. The up; er part t.f the Court
and the gallery were filled by Gentl. men of the first
rank and character in the county ; and there was not,
even in the lower part of the Court, a single indivi-
dual who did nor wear the dress and appearance of
a respectable farmer. Numbers were obli,6ed to go
away, being unable to gain admission. Among the
Noblemen and Gentlemen present, were
The Earl of Albemarle, Lord Suffield, T. W. Coke, F. 9. 11. P.
Wodehouse, Esq. UV. General Walpole, M.P. Sir 1. Pres-
ton, Sir T. Beevor Admiral I.ukin, Colonel Petre, the Hon.
and Rev. T. Neville, S. T. Southwell, Esq. Rev. Archdeacon
'Bathurst, J. Postle, Esq. J. J. Beddinfield, Esq. Thomas Thur-
tell. Esq. Alderman of Norwich, F. Lombe, Esq. the Rev.G:
Glover, Alderman Harvey, John Jary, Esq. T. B. Evans,
Req. Rev. J. D. Borten, Rev. Henry Blythe, of Susses Farm,
Rev. T. Preston, Alderman N. Bolingbroke, Esq. P. Bullock,
Esq. klarsham Esq. D. Gunston, Esq. &c. &c.
The HIGH SHERIFF being called to the Chair,
stated the object of the Meeting, and declared it to be
legally convened. He requested that Gentlemen
would confine themselves as much as possible to the
object stated in the Requisition.
Tatoatas THURTELL, Esq. came forward to address
the Meeting, and was received with loud applause:
Having signed the Requisition presented to the High
Sheriff, he felt himself bound, in discharge of his pub-
lic duty, to make a few observations upon the prin.
cipal causes of the present miserable and distressed
state of Agriculture. Ile had given the subject the
best consideration in his power, and he did not hesi-
tate to declare, that their distresses arose from the
enormous and overwhelming load of taxation with
which the country was bur thened—(Cheers).—What
his political bias bad been was well knoe is to all the
Gentlemen around him; and perhaps in the obscrva-
dons he had to make he would be accused of ha.v:n3
changed Iris opinions. As far as regarded the con-
duct cf Administration in the expenditure of the
country, he did not hesitate to say that he had--
(Loud applause).—He trusted, however, that he should
not be accused of having acted r ashly, or of being
influenced by the operation of the times upon himself
—(‘‘ No, no f')---To shew that this was net the case,
he would recall one circumstance to the re:ollection
of the Gentlemen around him. Some time ago these
appeared in the county a famous document, called
the Norfolk Declaration. This document was pre-
sented to him for signature, but when he perused i:,
he declared that no political or party feeling could
induce him to sign it. He was asked the reason of
his refusal, and he at once said, because the Declara-
tion did not state the truth. It complimented Antis-
ters on having practised economy, when in point of
fact they had not done so—(Hear, hear).—ln accus-
ing the present Administration of want of economy,
he did not mean to state that the expenditure of the
country ought to be cut down to the standard of
1792; yet when he compared the expenditure of that
period with what it now was, he felt satisfied that a
portion of it must be got rid of. But he had a still
stronger ground for having changed his opinions.
His present Majesty, immediately after the war, de-
clared at the opening of Parliament, that the expen-
diture of the country should be reduced as much as
it could be consistently with the safety of the coun-
try. Now he always looked upon the acts of the
King to be the acts cf his Ministers, and therefore he •
must accuse them (Nlinistevs) of not having acted
upon this their promise in the way they had led the
country to expect—Wear, hear).—They were told by
some ignorant and illiberal•asinded persons, that the
yeomanry of this county, of which he was proud to
say that he was one, were thoughtless and extrava-
gant. This charge might peihaps sillily with justice
to a few individuals, but certainly nat to the whole
county. He would ask, then, was it fair, was it
manly, to charge a whole body with %ghat could at
most be applied to a few in.tividuals ? They were
told, too, from another quarter, that the Landed In-
terest bad in their own hands a rereedy for all the
Agricultural distresses. This remedy was, that the
Lantted Proprietor should reduce his rents, and the
Clergyman his tithes. It wa, true that both must
be tweeted ; but supposing that they were reduced to

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what they were„in the cultivator could not
even then ra ,ori tinder esisting circumstances—
(Cries of " No, no ri—Could the Landed Proprietor
shpNyt him i 4 ender such a state of things? He
answered; No.'Could the Clergyman live under such
a state of things ? He answered, No. Could the la-
bourer support himself and family upon ten shillings
a-week, as lie did in 1792? No, certainly not. What,
then, was the cause of all this? It was the enormous
load of taxation by which the whole country was op-
pressed, but the Agricifatural Interest certainly more
severely than any other portion of society. He held
in his hand a se. ies of Resolutions, which he hoped
they wouli Adopt. He could 'read them first, and
then propose that they should he separately put to_the
Meeting. He then read the following Resolutions:

" 1. That the present alarming and distressed state of the
Agricultural classes in this kingdom most inevitably and speedily
1:•ad to the utter ruin of the occupiers of the soil, and will even-
tually be most injurious to the owners of land, unless effectual
measures be immediately adopted by Parliament to arrest its
destructive progress.
" 2. That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the most pro-
bable, and therefore the most proper, means of affording relief,
is to restore the Currency to the standard of value in existence •
previously to, and at the time of passing the Cash Resumption
Payment Act {commonly called Mr. Peel's Bill), as in reference
to that standard of valqe nearly all thtexistikl contracts were
made, and debts incurred, and the departure from which, if
longer persisted in, must inevitably involve the whole Agricul-
tural community in one common ruin. .
" 3. That no measures of relief can be permanent and effec-
tual, unless the. most rigid economy be enforced in every ge-
partment of the State, and the..expeuditure thereof, as Well
naval as military, from the bead of the Executive down to the
lowest offices of Government, be very materially reduced; mea-
sures, the adoption of which will relieve all classes from the
overwhelming burden of taxation which now oppresses them,
enable landlords to lower their rents, the Clergy their tythes,
avid lessen the enormous Poors'-ram, and other heavy expenses,
incidental to the occupancy and cultivation of the soiL
" 4. That the present heavy and oppressive duty on malt ope-
rates greatly to the disadvantage of the Farmer, by reducing the
consumption, and consequently the price of the barley ; and that
the total a 'Whitton of that tax Is of vital importance to the
Agricultural Interest.
`• That a Petition, embracing all the foregoing objects, be
addressed to each House of Parliament as early as possible in the
next Session ; and that the Earl of Albemarle and the Earl of
Orford be requested to present the same to the [louse of Lords,
and the County Members to the House of Commons."

G. Warsox, Esq. seconded the Resolutions.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE came forward, and was
received with the loudest applause. With respect to
the distresses of the country, it was not, unfortu-
nately, necessary that he should say a single word—
they spoke for themselves. They all knew and felt
that ruin was hanging over them—(Hear).—What
was the great cause of all our present calamities ?
A paper currency. What was the remedy proposed?
A return to a paper currency, by a repeal of this
Bill. What the disease complained of? The
issue of paper. What %% a, the remedy ? Why, the
disease itself—(Hear, hear).-11 a man got bit by a
mad dog, what was he to do to be cured ? Why,
according to this principle, he must be bit by the
same dig again !—(A laugh.) He had heard no
argument in support of this repeal—his own argu-
ment v. as to him clear against it, and therefore he
was strongly inclined to oppose the second Resolu-
tion. The great cause of their distresses was direct
and (what was much less attended to) indirect taxa-
tion—(llear, hear).—To reduce this, Ministers must,
as was stated in the third Resolution, retrench in
every department of the'State, from the head down
to the lowest office. He concurred in this; but here
again was one thing in which he wished to make
some little alteration. He meant the repeal of the
Malt 'fax by itself. lie was anxious for the repeal
cf that tax, and it must and would take place, but
rot alone. I'he public distresses were general, the
relief should be general also. It was his intention,
therefore, to propose the repeal of the heavy imposts
upon salt, soap, candles, and leather—CA GEN rimiran
to the right of the Chair—" And all the other taxes"—
A lauge.]—The Noble Earl proceeded : His great
object was,' that taxation should be so seduced that
these articles of consumption should be brought down
to the price of corn ; not that the present taxes should
be continued, and corn, by fictitious means, be forced
up to the present prices of those articles. This was
his view. Whether the proposed reduction would be'
altogether sufficient he was not prepared to say, but
he felt that it would be enough to begin with. He
must say, however, that without a change of Minis-
try no permanent relief could be afforded to the coun-'
try. His Lordship, after stating that he had no ob-'
jection to the first Resolution, shortly pointed out the
nature of the alterations which he intended to make
in the others ; after which he proposed that the fol-
lowing amended Resolutions be read :
" 2. That the amount of public expenditure, and consequently
of public demands, by direct and indirect taxation, is the plain
tmqupstionable cause cf our present sufferings, and that the only
safe and practicable reedy is to be found in such a diminution of
those demands as may enable the farmer to grow his produce at
a reasonable rate, and thus equally spread the benefit of its in-
fluence through every class sat society throughout the kingdom.
0 S. That this diminution is,
.to a very great extent, capahle
of being instantly made with aut any public detriment whatever,
by a rigid economy enforced in every department of the State,
naval, military, and civil; from the head of the Executive down
to the lowest offices of Government, relieving all classes from the
overwhelming burden of taxation that so heavily oppresses them,
enabnog Landlords to lower ti rants, and Clergymen and lea •
prnpriators their tithes, and by improving the situation of the
pour, lessening the amount levied for their subsistence. In short,
reducing all the heavy and intolerable expenses now incidental
to the occupancy and cultivation of the soil.

4. I hat though this Meeting, disavowing all selfish motives,
and anxious only for the general welfare and prosperity, is wid-
th g to leave to the wisdom of Parliament the particular items
upon which a reduction of taxation may be best made, yet it
feels fiat tha repeal of one-half of the Malt Duty, together with
taz btaty imposts upon Soap, Candles, Salt, and Leather,
amounting.together to Five Millions and upwards, levied upon
&Icicles closely connected with agriculture, zed ranking amongst
the indispensable necessaries of life, more especially call fur the
most attentive consideration.

That this Meeting feels itself compelled to urge its Re-
solutions with the greaser earnestness, from reflecting that six
years of peace, the usual and only season in all countries for the
reduction of those burdens which war imposes, and the nourish-
ment of public prosperity and individual wealth, have now passed
away, not only without producing in this country any adequate
relief, but that during this long period, Commerce has lan-
vaated, and Agriculture declined from cone degree of depression
to another,till at last it has reached a crisis is which either some
very important amelioration must take place, or a total derange-
mot of the whole marr and relations of society must ensue."

The sixth Resolution was similar to the last of Mr.
ThUrtell's Resolutions.

During the reading of the Resolutions, a person
asked—.. How is the National creditor to be paid ?"
General WALPOLE said, his answer to this question
was, that the public creditor ought not, and he hoped
would tint be paid at the expense of the Landed In-
tomt. if the laud was reduced to a state of bauk-,

rtiptcy, to ply the Funded Proprietor, it was but fair
that the Funds should pay a proportion of the expense.
The first Resolution (Mr. Thurtell's) was then put
and carried unanimously.
Mr. THURTELL shortly explained the reasons which
induced him to support the second Resolution.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE also explained..

Lord SUFFIELD rose amidst loud and repeated
cheers. It appeared to him that there were but two re-
medies for the existing evil, one was an increased or
remunerating price for their produce, and the other
a removal of taxation. They must be relieved, not in
small degrees' but by wholesale. There must be a
reduction of five millions of taxes per year, or else
they would do nothing. Taxation was oppressiveand
burdensome in itself, but it was tenfold more mis-
chievous,-from the command and influence which it
gave Ministers over the whole machinery of Govern-
ment—(icar, hear, hear).. This was to he corrected
in no other way than by a Reform in Parliament—
( Loud cheers). We were approaching a Crisis when
Public Meetings would cease to be called farcical, as
some individuals of rank had called them—(Ap-
plause). And if that Meeting omitted Parliamentary,
Reform in its Address to Parliament, he would assure
them it would not be omitted long—it would be soon
ingetted in other Addresses. The work of Reform
was 'already begun. It originated with the.distresses
of the country ; and, though he deeply lamented
thoSe distresses (they all felt them, and suffering was
a good reason for sympathy), yet it was a consolation
to reflect-that the sufferings to wiich they were re-
' duce) would remove the film from their eyes. As
their pockets became lighter their. sight would be-
come clearer—(Laughing). He would appeal to the
Meeting themselves as to the fact. He would ask
them whether, when they sold their corn at a high
price, eight or ten years ago,. they ever troubled their
heads about politics ? He would ask them whether
they did not think of politics now? They ought to
have done so sooner. But they did it now, and they
would do it more so by and bye; they had much
more distress still to suffer, and for that reason they
would become politicians—(Crier of Hear, hear).—
As to the Revenue, it became necessary to inform the
Meeting, that the collection alone cost the country
more than one-half of the total expenditure of 1798
—( Shame O.—l.:ley had teen the Agriculturalists in
Parliament, complaining of the distresses of the landed
interest, and yet voting with Ministers for the fullest
establishments ; they found them opposing Grants of
Supply, and afterwards opposing that foe to all extra-
vagance, Mr. Hume ; and then, at the close of the
Session, thanking him for his exertions. This was, to
be sure, a gross inconsistency ; but then those who
were in Parliament with him at the time had witnessed
the fact. The Noble Marquis (Londonderry) himself
had thanked Mr. Hume, or had at least said, that the
country was indebted to him for his exertions. Surely,
after having such high authority in his favour, that
Meeting could not withhold from Mr. Hume their
meed of approbation. That Gentleman had, in the
office of Receiver-General for that County alone,
saved no less than £75,650, out of a sum of El 17,900,
being consideritbly more than half the whole amount.
He concurred with the Noble Lord in the Resolutions
which had been read, and therefore begged leave to
second them. •

Mr. THURTELL, in explanation, said, he had no
objection to reducing our expenditure to the standard
of 1792, if such a measure were practicable, but he
doubted the fact of its being so.
Mr. EDWARD TAYLOR rejoiced to find that the
Meeting had fixed their attention upon the only real
cause of our distresses—the overwhelming tax.-tion
under which we had to labour. In every department
of the State the most wanton profusion existed. Much
had been brought to light by the persevering exer-
tions of Mr. Hume. But all the efforts of this'Gen-
tleman were rejected by the House of Commons.—
How were his arguments replied to ? Not by reason-
in, not by an exposure of their incorrectness, for
this Ministers knew to be impossible, but by corrupt
majorities. And here we came at once to the real
cause of all our calamities—the corrupt and defec-
tive state of the Representation of the People. If the
People had been really represented, they would have
taken care that their Members should have listened
to Mr. Hume, and have acted with a regard to the
interests of the People. But the fact was, that the
House of Commons was not responsible to the People,
but to the Borough Proprietors. This was the great
and crying evil, and, until this was remedied, rt was
in vain to expect security for our liberties or our pro-
perty. Under this conviction, and quite unconnected
with any of the Gentlemen who had called the pre-
sent Meeting, he should submit to them the follow-
ing Resolution :

" That it appeared in the course of the last Session, from do.
cuments.produced by the meritorious labours of Mr. Hume, that
there is not a branch of the puWic expenditure, foreign or do-
mestic, iu which retrenchments to a large amount might not be
effected, but that all the propositions made by him to attain such
desirable ends, were negatived by a large majority of the House
of Commons. Therefore it is our decided conviction, that the
' corrupt and defective state of our Representation is the true
source of our present distress, and that until the People are fully
and fairly represented in their House of Parliament, no perma-
nent or adequate relief is to be expected."
After a short conversation, Mr. THURTELL with-
drew his second, and Lord ALBEMARLE'S second Re-
solution was put and carried unanimously, as was
also his Lordship's third Resolution.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE said, that, with respect
to the Malt Duty, he would willingly go for the re-
peal of the whole duty, were it not to be feared, by
asking for too much, they would get nothing.—(Se-
veral voices—" Repeal it all at once.")
' Lord SUFFIELD recommended the Meeting to ask
a repeal of a part only of the duty.
Mr. COKE spoke to the same effect. The whole
Malt Duty was seven millions. Now they ought to
be cautious in their applications to Parliament, how
far they were likely to trench on the necessary reve-
nue of the country—(Hear, hear). Besides, he had
seen a letter from Mr. flume (than whom there had
not been in his time a mote industrious or more effi-
cient Member in Parliament), in v.hich that Gentle.
man pointed out the articles mentioned in the Reso-
lution as those, in the duties on which a reduction,
might be made with the greatest safety to the nation,
The Earl of ALBEMARLE'S fourth and fifth Reso-
lutions were put and carried unanimously.
Mr. TAYLOR'S Resolution respecting Parliamentary
Reform was then put and carried with the opposi-
tion of five or six hands only—(Lead cheers).
A Petition, embracing the toreoing Resolutions,

Sheriff on behalf
ordered to be signed by the High
was then read and agreed to unanimously, and was/
of the Meeting.
Mr. Core cams forward and was received with
loud and repeated cheering. Before they separated
he wished just to make a few observations. He should
be wanting in his duty, if be did not retSin those
Gentlemen who signed the Requisition his sincere
thanks for having dcare so. The Requisitionists
formed part of a body of men who were the glory
and pride of Great Britain. in no other country,
could such men be folund, and to that body it was his
pride
raord btoasctotooobtelong—o(Ht
uniteee andrhear). rtiolftichenyeo-
mfor
relief, all efforts to obtain it would be vain. It was
whose
an
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their
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was the first to meet upon this subject. Look at Sus-
reldibitertofies
Norfolk,als4 tHhaeri;
Sus-
sex, look at Kent, look at Hampshire (where they
might be told that County Meetings were farces)—
(Hear, hear). In those Counties every effort was
made to stifle the public voice, the People were to
have no opinions of their own, they were to be tram-
He
society opposed
pwlased,soarrndy ftoorcseeed
thinetohiogbedheriesacssec;(OHf ear, hear).
to the great body of the People. It was to the higher
classes, to the lives and property men, that be now
addressed himself; they must at last join with him
and those who thought with him (Hear); they mast
at length join in opposition to that system which he
had been uniformly opposing since the American war.
It was a fact, that he was the only Member for that
county who voted against the American war, and
though his constituents blamed him at the time, yet
he subsequently received the thanks of the county
for having done so. He had received his political
lessons under the great Lord Chatham. It had been
well observed, that all the great men of this country
had been at one time advocates for Reform ; bat the
moment they got into power, a film came over their
eyes, which prevented them from seeing the necessity
of enforcing such a measure. This it was which
brought the country into its present distressed situa-
tion—(Hear, hear).—He appealed to those Gentle-
men present who differed from him in political opi-
nions: be called upon any one of them to put his
hand to his heart and say whether he did not honestly
believe that the present system was the cause of all
their distresses ? The plain fact was this—the Koine
of Commons was so corrupt, that no redress could
l'be hoped for from it—(Hear, hear i and some Altiing).
Would any man be bold enough to say, that; if the
People were fully, fairly, and freely represented in
Parliament, any Minister, however profligate,•how-
ever he might be a hater of liberty, would have
dared to go to war to stifle the liberties of France?—
Was any man bold enough to say, that, if the People
were fairly represented, any Minister would dare to
send a British fleet into the Bay of Naples, for the
purpose of overawing the rising liberties of Italy ?
Would any Ministry (except the present), however
corrupt, assist in countenancing the barbarous Turks
against the liberty and independence of the Greeks?
He would ask, if it were not for the People of Eng-
land, what would have been the situation of our late
poor and much-injured Queen?—(Cheers).—Was
there ever a more base, a more atrocious proceeding
than that ? Nothing could satisfy the vengeance of
her persecutors until she was no more. They killed—
they destroyed her by the cruelty of their proceed-,
ings--(Hear, hear).—He would appeal to those who
heard him, as to what had been the conduct of Mi-
nisters. He would ask them to call to mind the em-
ployment of Castles, Oliver, and these other base and
`infamous wretches whose business it was first to mis-
lead the poor people, and then to sacrifice and cut
them to pieces—(Hear, hear);—and after having
done this, Ministers refused all inquiri. With such
a House of Commons, what good could be done?—
From such a set of men what relief could be ex-
pected ? In a word, the present system was the
cause of their distresses, and a Parliamentary Reform
was their only permanent remedy—( Loud cheers).
He would now say a word or two about my Lord
Londonderry. The Meeting were not, perhaps, so
well acquainted with that name as they were with
that of Lord Castlereagh; but if the Noble Lori re-
mained in power, no doubt his new title would soon
become familiar to them. That Noble Lord said, first,
the distresses of the country arose from a transition
from war to peace. He next said, that the " igno-
rant impatience" of the people was the cause: again,
he said, that the Poor-rates was the cause of their dis-
tresses, and that the landed proprietors were a set of
cruel, malicious persons, for not giving employment
to the poor. But how Was this employment to be
had? " Oh!" said the Noble Lord, " Nothing is
more easy, and you must be very simple not to find
it out yourselves. Why, you have nothing to do but
give the poor people spades and shovels, and let them
dig holes in the ground, and then—fill them up again"
—(4 laugh).--After this, the Noble Lord stated, that
" Time and patience would do everything." GOD
knows, the People had patience enough, but he feared
that the time was not likely to come. What hap-
pened last year, when petitions poured in from all
quarters, complaining of distress of every description?
—lt then became necessary to practise some delusion;
and accordingly an Agricultural Committee was ap-
pointed, to whom all those Petitions were referred.--
Ministers not wishing to be responsible for the delu-
sion, granted this Committee. But what sort of a
Committee was it? It was composed of the leading
Members of Government. Mr. Gooch, Member for
an adjoining County, was Chairman; but the majc-
' rity consisted of men who had voted for every extra- '
o
vleague (Mr. Rodehouse)ant grant which Ministers proposed. His Hon.
c
was ow the Committee,
and could speak to what occurred there better than
he could—(Hear, hear). He might have expected
'from his experience in agricultu
ral pursuits, that his
I(Mr. Coke's) name would have been proposed on the
Committee; but he did not wish to deceive his con-
stituents, and therefore had it been proposed, be
,should have declined it. But let them mark the ef-
fect of appointing this Committee. From that mo-
ment, not a word could be said about the distresses
of the country. If any man opened his mouth, he
was told all discussion would be premature, and that
they must wait for the Report of the Committee,
mitsra.p6pooeacrlainiclaed;
darnat
og role) iaoußseGpoorut:
bssultiahtwasoteeporerat..!
Well ; towards the end of the Session the Report made
sun or other he gave way and withdrew his Report, .

so that that Report which .
fact a Ministerial Report...7=r , was in point cf
kat). He w 0,114
not detain the misting farther, than. by stating, thn
he was heartily ashamed of the company ge ail
obliged to keep in Parliament—(Cheers cad kiwi).
Mr.Wonanoum said, that in offering himself to
the notice of the Keethig, he felt fully seeable that
dot only remedy for the distresses a:4er whidi dia,,,
laboured, was a mitigatedtazation--(Leadohem.:
Be was equally aware that this declaration might he
deemed to come somewhat late from A man whom
supported every measure which had made tainecot
necessary ; but, be this as it might, he would neve
brave the seeming inconsistency, than refer track to
what his conduct had been on former *maims.-
(ifear).—lt was impossible to look back to thetveas.
actions of the last twenty years, without perceiviat
that opinions upon those transactions could not be
slightly formed, or hastily abandoned. He was aware
that the distresses which were so severely felt, stole
from various causes, some of them of a temporary
nature. He was sorry to say, that in no County an
this distress greater than is their own. That distress,
be had no hesitation in saying, was caused chiefly by
the alteration in the currency produced by Mr. Peers
Bill. So convinced was he of this, that when the
au •• was discussed last Session be voted with Mr.
Bs for reconsidering the measure, and on that
occ on he was in a minority of 37. He mentioned
thi the purpose of :hewing how little hope coald
be entertained of repealing that measure now. But
even if it could be done, he should say that they
would not be justified in asking it ; for though it
was a severe scourge upon the Public, it was a work
of retributive justice, and its repeal at this moment
would be nothing less than an act &spoliation—Wear).
He was of opinion, that if an effort was made to re.
lieve the distress of the country, it ought to be made
simultaneously by the proprietor and the occupier of
land, because their cause was common. He thought
that a temperate remonstrance, as to the general state •

of the Empire, and the particular pressure on Agri.
culture, must be beneficial ; but he feared that the
present remonstrance was much too violent to do any
good. The Hon. Gentleman then declared that he
had not, as had been asserted by a Rev. Gentleman,
voted for the three millions of additional taxes : that,
on.the.contrary, he had voted against them—(Cheers).
He professed himself hostile to imposing Ludes on
foreign coin, which was laying the world under an
interdict—(Cheers). He condemned the Agricultural
Report' for its stupidity and absurdity, and for ks
chaotic confusion of ideas. In allusion to the Quar.
terly.Rettirns of Revenue, he observed, that though
tbe Excise and Customs were always represented As
the indices of a flourishing country, still there were
others which ought not to be forgotten, and which
:hewed that the pressure was most severe. Could it,
for instance, be denied that the tax of £7,000,000 :1
two years of poor-rates, £6,000,000 of which were
raised from the country and from the towns, pressed
most heavily on agriculture? After stating that he
agreed with the Resolution for repealing the nth
duties, and also those on salt, leather, soap, and
candles, he proceeded to observe, that he con!,4 n;st
agree with the Resolution relative to the necessity of
Reform in Parliament. For his own part, he could
say as well as Mr. Coke, that he had never decehed
his Constituents.—(Cries of " You have, you have:
Mr. Coke never did !")—." Shew me the man," con.
tinued Mr. Wodehouse, " that dares come from rtie
crowd, and say that I have deceived my Ccnistituent,:

Mr. N. PALMER, of Yarmouth, immediately s:ep.
ped forward and said, " I say you have deceived
them: and I will prove it, if you will answer me one
question honestly.—(Here an interruption from Mr.
Wodehouse's friends.)—l ask you, whether, though
you voted against the Malt Duties, you did not v .e
for the establishments which those Malt Duties were
to support ? This was a deception ; and I tell it )ou
to your face. If, when our Representatives come and
beard us to our faces, we are not allowed to catechize
them as to their conduct, we have nothing to do but
quietly bend our necks to the yoke—( Immense ap-
plause).—One reason of the distress suffered in the
country is, that for the last 20 years the Country
Gentlemen have, instead of dispensing blessings to
the tenants on their estates, been dancing attendance
at Levees, and playing the part of sycophants at
Court"—(Loud cheers).
Mr. WODRHOUSI then continued, and observed that
he had certainly voted for the establishments alluded
to by Mr. Palmer, but it was on a thorough convic-
tion of their necessity ; and he had thought the taxes
for their support might have been raised on other ar-
ticles than malt and soap.

Lord Survinn, just before the Meeting concluded,
reminded the Freeholders that they had 01 been born
free, and enjoined them never to forget that the free-
dom which had been gained by the vigour, activity,
and determination of their ancestors, might be lost
by their supineuess—(lemense applause).
After a Vote of Thanks to the High Sheriff, who
courteously acknowledged it, the Meeting was diy.
solved at are o'clock.

AGRICULTURAL MEETING IN SCOTL AND.

At a numerous and respectable Meeting of the
Higidand Society of Scotland, held at Edinburgh
Tuesday, the Earl of WENISS in the Chair; on d'r
motion of the Right Hon. Sir Join: SINCLAIR, Bat.
seconded by SirdAMES FERGUSON of Kilkerrau, 13.att.
the Society unanimously resolved.—
" That it be an instruction to the Disecters, to take into their
early and most serious consideration, the distressed state of the
landed and farming interests, with authority to them to take
such steps, as the circumstances of the case may require, vial
the view of obtaining effectual remedies for those distresses."

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