Star.
London, England, 1812-08-06 00:00:00

YARMOUTH, AUGUST 5.

Sailed the BRAVER sloop of war; HEARTY, gun-
brig; and the ACUTE, gun-brig, on a cruise; and
will be followed in the course of the day by the
remaining brigs, who are all going in pursuit of the
American ships from the Baltic. The fleet in W Ingo
Sound consists of upwards of 300 sail homeward
bound, one third of which are laden with wheat.
They have put to sea seven times, but have unfor-
tunately been obliged to return to port. 'Several
ships are also taking in grain, and we may therefore
expect avert' large supply from the Russian Ports.

HELIGOLAND, JULY 30. Ile Britomart sloop of war and
Thredur gan.brtg, with all the boats that could be spared from
the squadron, have sailed for the Ems, w.th a view to attack a
convoy of twenty vessels, laden with naval stores, which are
blockaded by one of our gun-brigs In the rivers

ffiSTMINSTER MEETING.

A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Westminster took
place yesterday in New Palace-yard, in pursuance of
a Requisition to the High Bailiff, to take into consi-
deration the grievances of the people; the necessity of
yeform in the representation of the people, and the
Tibia" of a tax on capital. The Meeting was very
thinly attended, owing to the unfavourable state of
the weather, it having heavily rained during the whole
morning; about one o'clock, however, the crowd in-
creased considerably.
Shortly after one o'clock, the High Bailiff appear.
ed on the temporary hustings erected for the occa-
sion before the King's Arms Tavern, attended by
his various officers, as well as by Sir Faancts &H-
-UTT, Mr. MARTIN (of Galway), Mr. SINCLAIR, and
other Members of Parliament, and by Major CART-.
WRIGHT, Colonel BOSVILL, Mr. BROOKS, &C.
Mr. Moms (the High Bailiff) have read the Re-
quisition to convene the Meeting.
Major CARTWRIGHT stepped forward.—He stated
to the Meeting, that it had been intended to convene
it previously to the prorogation of Parliament ; but
it was fortunate that such intention had not been rea-
lized, because facts had come to their knowledge
which could not have been known at that time, and
which consequently could not be presented to them
for their consideration. They could now take into
consideration the 66 hint" thrown out by the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, that Government might here-
after think it necessary to propose a Tax on Capital.
They had the recess for this purpose, and it was to
be hoped that such opportunity would be seized by
every part of the United Kingdom.— But the Hint
demonstrated the necessity of a Reform in the Re•
presentation of the People. That cause, the cause of
Retorm, daily assumed a more favourable aspect.
Not only were the minds of the People becoming
more alive to the necessity of that Reform ; but they
bad now the prospect of being effectively assisted by
two Frost valuable institutions, the Hampden Club,
and the Society of Union for obtaining a Reform—
the former consisting principally of rank and wealth,
and the latter of honest, but humble men. He had
the firmest belief that much good might be expected
to result to the People of England item these insti-
tutions; but he strongly hoped that the efforts of the
People themselves would shew that those Societies
were only acting in unison with the general senti-
ment. He trusted it would soon be made manifest
by the people themselves, that the leading sentiment
of the Hampden and Union Clubs was that which
prevailed from one end of the kingdom to the other.
(Hear )—ln addition to the leading object, Parlia-
mentary Reform, those Societies had elablished
hind to be appropriated to the protection of the liber-
ty of the press.—(4mdaines.)—As to the proceeding
to be proposed to the Meeting this day, it was his
opinion, that they should never cease to petition the
House of Commons fur redress of grievances, which
would be obtained by a Reform in Parliament, till
they succeeded ; and he was convinced that the time
would come, if they persevered, when the House of
Commons must listen to their petitions.—(Loud aft-
Plas:a.)—He wished them to pursue their course of
tetitlming, because that was the course recognized
the Constitution ; aye, he wished them to perse-
vere in petitioning that House, whose corruptions
were the causes of all their calamities.—(Hear.) It
Was true there were two modes which they might
adopt; the one, to petition till they obtain redress—
the other, to proceed by open force. But as a lover
?f the constitution, and above all as a lover of peace,
cr'e hoped they never would have occasion to resort to
tjrCe ri°r did be think then ever sould be any such