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• MIDDLESEX MEETING. .
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not to be raids Nor paid ! they *ere to have all of that of whit ''''Aenurrierous Meeting of Freeholders and Inhabitants of the
be (Mr. Canning) declared he never had a jot—the Oman. of county of Middlesex, was held at the Mermaid Tavern,
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India, and the aor tment of l millions of revenue. As to
the Assistant Commissioners, he would dismiss them as soon as ney, yesterday, Sir FLAMM l3uiosvv, M.P. Mr. C.Wnrtsurtsn,
M. P Mr. Brio, hl. P. Mr. Hosrlooss, M. P. Mr. P. Moosa,
bs would an idle, loitering; newspaper-reading Secretary !—( A f
M. P. Mr. T. CLARE. Mr. Alderman WArtII3ILAI/,' Mr. Focuses.,
Lngh). He should never be a convert to the notion that the and several other public men were present.
business of a great State could go en by unpaid Commissioners. sin Sheriff VT/tastes took the Chair at one o'clock. Ile
-They had the run of the office and archives, all but the Presi- caused the Requisition to be read, stated the purpose of the
dents room ; and, therefore, they were like the Lady in Blue- Meeting, and expressed a hope that the conduct of the Meeting
Seard,who being left with op rooms full of all sort' of curiosities, would be orderly.' There were three points to be discussed—
was miser ..b'e. because she could rot open the tooth, which was the Distress of the Country, the Burden of Taxation, and Reform
prohibited ! Notwithstanding what hsel fallen from the Right in Parliament. He hoped, that whatever differences of opinion
Hoe. Gent. (Mr. Tierney), he could assure the House that there might exist upon any point, the Meeting would be conducted
was a considerable deal of ecclesiastical business to be transacted with that decorum which was necessary to give weight to their
in that office. The liberality of the House bad established two ps.,,,,.,,j;„g,_(dsm,sause.)
religions there, and he himself had assisted to pass a Bill through The Rev. Mr. Deirza then addressed the Meeting at con-
. the House for introducing Scotch marriages, which was attended siderable length, and concluded by moving a Resolution, stating,
with peat difficulty: But there was one more argument behind, that all the present distresses of the country arose from excessive
one which he felt great difficulty in stating. It was said that taxation, &c. which was seconded by Major Cartwright, and
it was unseemly, at a time when many had scarcely the means carried unanimously.
of subsistence, that others should wallow in affluence ; and that Sir Jones Gissoes maintained that Ministers were exerting
observation was levelled at the holders of office—( Hear, hear).— every nerve to retrench as much as possible, without onmpro•
He by no means meant to compare the property of office with mising the honour of the country or the true dignity of the
the tenure upon which personal property was held. But that Crown ; but the interruptions he experienced were so frequent,
was an argument levelled at all property. It was the deceitful that, notwithstanding the repeated interference of the Sheriffs,
language that was softly whispered to the distressed, by those he was obliged to desist.
who wished to take advantage of the miseries of their country. A second Resolution, ip favour of Parliamentary Reform, was
•1 Ilere you find these rolling in affluence, while you suffer these put, when Major Cartwright moved an amendment, reeom-
dreadful privations." These had been the arguments used in mending Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage. This
other countries,which have been the forerunners of destruction— amendment was seconded, but subsequently withdrawn. When
" Here no contiguous palace rears i;s bead, the Major mentioned Annual Parliaments, the words • No, no !'
To shame the meanness of his humble shed !"—(Hear.) and • Triennial!' were heard from different parts of the Meeting.
Mr. Alderman Warrnmax deprecated all discussion on any
There could not be a snore dangerous principle than that it dif- particular plan of Reform, as calculated to disturb the unani-
fused misery without being aisle to relieve it, and before the mity of the Meeting.
Ileuse admitted such a principle they should look well to the cone Mr. S. Lerma proposed a Petition founded on the Resolu-
sequences. Between the property of office and the tenure-of per- eons.
sonal property, he had already said there was an immeasurable
Mr. Byrn, Mr. WATTIRILAD' Sir F. BURDVTT, Mr. }Toulouse,
distance, but between the two there were different gradations.
and Mr. P. biomes, severally addressed the Meeting in support
There was absolute property, there was constructive property,
of the Resolutions and Petition, which having been carried una-
and there was property not descen dillies and through each of these nimously, G. Brim and S. %renews, Esqrs. the Representa-
the spirit of confiscation mounted—(Cheers).—lf the office was tives for Middlesex, were requested to present the same.
useless, let it be abolished ; but let it not be destroyed, because Thanks were voted to the Sheriffs, and to the several speakers
it was endowed and essentially necessary. There was no human when the
institution free from imperfections ; but he was persuaded that' ._
tie Board of Controul, as at present constituted, was an office
which the House should not interfere to reform, for that would
be to destroy. The House had a security that the Board would
perform its duties, en account of the publicity of these discus-
sions, and the talent and abilities with which all the offices were
filed ; for he knew of no courage greater in any man, than,when
he saw himself surrounded on all sides by talent and industry, to
remain so idle as the mover of that question had done while in
office--(3luch laughter).—The Right lion. Gtutleman sat down
amid loud cheers.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1822.
TIIE FUNDS. '
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Mr. BUXTON rose amidst cries of" Question!"—He could
a Aire the 'louse be had but one observation to offer. In the
eaurse of the last Session be had succeeded in a measure in which
be had been engaged, which had for its object the abolition of an
odious practice in We presume the burning of Indian
NVidows.)--And bad it not been for the interference of the
Board of rontroul, the Commission would have been sent out
in a manner disgraceful to this country.
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This moment the market has taken a turn, and a great deal of
business is transacting. Consols for Money 794 to 4, and for the
Account 794 e. The Five per Cents. are 1024 to 4.
To-morrow being the last day for dissenting to the Five per
Cents. which terminates at three o'clock, most of the persons
who have repaired to the Bank this morning are from the country,
of which there are a great number. A great deal is doing in the
Five per Cents. and Three per Cents. but chiefly in small sums.

Mr C.W. WYNN said, the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Creevey)
ptofessed a complete ignorance of that office for the last fifteen
year,t, and why he had not thought fit to bring forward the ques-
tion before, might be easily collected from his speech. His sole
object seemed to he to make that motion a peg on which he
might hang an attack upon him (Mr. Wynn) and his friends.—
lie had said that that Board was made a family property, but
that allegation could rot be supported without imputing to him
the very worst motives; and be Appealed to those who knew
him fur twenty-five years in that House, if they thought him a
man capable of being influenced by such unworthy motive!?—
The Hun. Gentleman had endeavoured to support a charge of,
ircnnsistrrcy, on the subject of the Silt Tay. But it by no means
followed that because an individual might consider the repeal of
a tax useful at one time, circumstances might not occur to alter
his opinion on the subjtct--(Cheers from the Opposition).

Fo;ZtGN Marixers.—There is a great deal of bustle this morn-
ing on 'Change in the Spanish Market, owing to its being the
delivery of the Spanish New Stock, and it is not supposed there
will be much business doing, as the Brokers are chiefly occupied
In settling their accounts. New and Old Spanish, 631; Prus-
sian, 891 sellers; Danish, 83; Neapolitan, 70}.

After a ftw words from Lord BINNING, Mr. B. BATIIIMST, and
Dr. Pll MI-MORE.

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Mr. CRF.F.VEY said, it was necessary he should say a few
words, though it could not be expected he should appear to
much advantage after the great performer, who had again ap-
peared after so long an absence, but without giving any ad-
♦ ice that he intended taking a benefit to night. That great perfor-
mer hairconvulsed them by calling him (Mr. C.) the idle Secre-
tary—the Newspaper-readiug Secretary—the window-looking
Secretary, and so forth, entirely forgetting that he, the great Per-
former, had been the great idler himself; that he was the
iele Ambassador sent to Lisbon where there was no Court.
This great Performer, the first wag of the country, has been sent
by his Noble Friend to Lisbon as Ambassador, where there was
i, Court—where there was nothing to do--and had afterwards
received a large sum of money fur dcirg it—(llear, hear).—
Ile contended that he had chew n that thri 4! Commissioners were
not necessary, and he trusted he should succeed in removing
the Learned Doctor, if not in doing more—(llear, hear).—
Ile would al ,o, on a future occa.ion, submit a direct motion to
the Douse, that no Member of the Board of Controul should
have a seat in the llouse.

31r. ASTRI.T. professed himself most willing to acknow-
ledge the elfieiercy of the Board of Controul, especially under
• the direction of the Flight lion. Gentleman, who had, on his
part, dcae nothing more than justice to the hoard of Directors.
The I louse t aen divided—For the motion, 88—Against 11,273
185.