Star.
London, England, 1816-08-22 00:00:00

VERSAILLES, AUGUST 10.

The same stagnation in trade prevails as befcre,
cee remarks also in the gener.tl way of thinking, au
indifference and an uncertainty which will probably
tot settle itself till it shall appear on the opening of
the Chambers, whether the influence of the Ministios
IA prevail against the influence of the Ultra.
Royalists, supported by some very eonsiderabloper.
sons, and perhaps by the change of a. fiftb of_ the
Chamber of Deputies. People fancy they perceive
that the Ministry grAdually give the several Paris
Papers mote liberty. Notwithstanding the general con-
straint, one could before easily distinguish those which
preferred exaggerated ideas to those which promoted
a more liberal way of thinking. Now the latter begin
to speak their sentiments more plainly, and it is easy
to remark that by far the greater pan of the nation
favours the letter sentiments.

They are now employed in receiving and ezavnin
ing several plans of finance. and it is generally belier
ed that that of Mr. Udine will be followed.

There is much talk of a plan proposed by the
,dinister of Finance to some principal Bankers, to
exact a certain quantity of certifitates of the French
Funds in their names, and to put them in circulation
pat of the kingdom, in order 'won a new issue of
annuitin (men) to make Weal to place them, and'
in some measure prevent the fall of the Funda on the
Exchange at Paris. klowuver this b,., it is lived the
Gwernnient will soon,be relieved Irons the necessity
of selling stock every day in order to raise money f
the discharge of the military contributions and tor
the support of the foreign troops.

Letters from B 4lt instiie of the 24th July, ind Pa-
;yrs from Virginia of the 19th, have arrived. The
Paperi contain no informktion whatTver ; but the let.
ters are filled Mich lamentations respecting the dis,
tressed state uf the country, and state that money
cinnot be procured even 'for articles of the best kind.
'The greatei Minibri. of the,perions who emigrated
horn' this cruntry are in 2 Mst miserable state, not
being able to find any employment, and being with-
out the means to return to their native country.

Advice. reached Town this morning from Buenos
Apes to the lit .It;ne. By these we learn, that as
fast 26 British vessels arrive out, the seamen desert,
and enter on board privAteers under Buenos Ayres
colours, but which are supposed to he Americans.—
They offer no insult to such British vessels as they
141 in with, but they capture all Spanish vessels, as
enemies of Buenos Ayres.

The account from Hampton Conn, yesterday, of
the-state nt the PatNca Rausrat's hedth was very
favourable ; lii Rilyal Highness had a good night,
and Wag Mad) better.
The Duke of CLAIM:Mt rode nut in his carriage
for the first time on Mond'ay since his indisposition.
Hi, Royal Highness's birth day was yesterday cele-
brated at Bushey, by a hall and supper being given
to the domestics. to the evening his Royal High-
ress's tradesmen illuminated their house!.
The Emperor of AUSTRIA was expected to proceed
tr Carlsbad last week, to meet the King of PRUSSIA
in the mean tiara a quarrel, attended with
bkm:Oshed, has taktn place between their respective
lAMets at Z4entz s. order was, however, restored by
I,:e prudent conduct of their Coranuading Othcers.

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ISidfrid "WALL Mt Atei•
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.114 W ;ne an extract of a; letter trail the:
Agents to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated August 10;
• 44-Tle Sardinlati taftaii it. Vincent is 'bitted here (rani Al-
giers, from whence *be Allied the 29th ultimo. l'he Mister
:state*, that he left Aloes: in consequence of I hint gives shlrfts
and odes, that the bet wilt not Permit the British Consul to quit
Algiers. They were prepared to make great defence, but did not
expect an immediate attack i at his departure numerous bales of
wool were accumulated 'for the purpose, as he understood, of
laybittin'the'decks of the fleet, Witch was all In thiport, 10 pre-
vent the ships being sunk by Shells."
. . FALMOUTH, AUGUST 19.
. .
Arrived off this Port, and passed on •for Dover,
the American ship Iris, in 33 days from New York.
• PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 20.
Sailed his Majesty's sloop Lea• hnd the DtTARIP
cutter, on a cruise; and the Hannah, Moons, for
Quebec.—Wind rl.•
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 41.
Arrived the Dolphin. ntore.ihip, . from Dantzic ;
and the Royal Charlotte transport, from the Downs
the latter vessel has sailed for Cowes, to take in troops
for Halifax. Wind S.
DEAL, AUGtJ3T 21.
Came down froth the River and sailed the Eleanor,
ChosTiiWATE, with ordnance sores, for Quebec's—
Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships
142. DE and RATTLY...SNAKE. —Wind Et
HARWICH, AUGUST 21.
No arrivals. Sailed, the Charlotte packet, for
Gottenburgh ; and the Lady Neoean packet, for Ho!.
'land, both with Maits.—Witid N. E.

RAMSGATE, AUOUS 1' 21.
Arrived from .Ostend yesterday at noon, the
Eclipse packet, Captain MINTER, with passengers;
for which port sailed in the everting, the Lord Liver-
pool packet, Captain AYLESBURY, taking over I
Commissary General (name unknown), and several
other passengers, with six horses. Arrived from
Ostend very early this morning, the Flying Fish
packet, Captain &UM ; General HAMILTUAI and
family came passengers, with rts+ny others.
GRAVESEND, AUGUS r at.
Arrived the Trident. Kirk, front Demerara; Resoiotion. Oliva,
and Harmony, Fisbely, from &mew; Junkers Goldsmitb, front
Hurons Ayres; Quebec, Hay, from Rio Janeirn ; Aun. Good-
*goi from Jamaica; Lucinda, Davis, from Memel. Sa;bql the
Canverdoon, Leslie, for Lisbon; Alen, Jones, for Gibraltar;
York hierchint, .1 !impugn. for Haniburiib. •
ARRIVED.
_

Off the Start—William and Henry, Cole, from St. Vincent's.
Off Portsmouth—Meridian, —, from St. Croix. Ac Bovine
Ayres—Grace, Kerr, from Lftnatm. At Cadiz—Matilda. Cum-
mings, from Ditto. la the Clyde—Kent, Sterling, from Q.sebec

THC EARTUQUAKIL By accounts from the
Nonhern parts of the bland it appears, than the con-
cussion extended over the counties of Ross, Inver-
ness, Moray, Banff, Aberdeen, Kincardine, Forfar,
Perth, and File, and was faintly felt as far south as
g.iinburgh and Glasgow. It does not appear from
any thing that has yet reached. us, that any lives
were lost ; but considerable damage was done to
buildings, particularly in Invlrre4.—Want of room
obliges us to deter some curious details respecting
effects produced at Inverness t-y this unusual pheno-
menon.: they shall he given to-en ~row.
Da:Farina or it0431.k..,- ---Mr. l'ex. of Burmondsey, was
roblhd a few weeks since on ilaelain Downs, by two leo:pads,
who beat him very cruer.y, and tYrew Lim Into a ditch, after
robbing him of about ditiiir in Dank-notes. One of the said
.stotos woe paid into the Chatham flank, and traced •.• a person
who keeps an eating-boric at Wa awicit. A note for .Cio, part
of Mr. Fry's property, was alto paid the Dartford :lank by
the Woolwich bank, anti traced to the same person at Woolwich.
These ciictunstances tiring communicated to Mr. Fry, he went
to the house of the pereon in question last week, and immediately
reeognizei hint to be the man who bad Visit him about the head
with a bludgeon. Mr. Fry did not make Mullett known 01 he
had procured proper a.sistance, and he then went up so tbe.• man,
and looking bins Mall in the lace, said " Dcs you know n& r at
which question, the. knife, with which he was carving the dinners
of his waiting customers, immediately dropped front htit band,
and he was taken two custody. On searching further into the
same house, the other man who bad token She ntnes from Mr.
Pry's pocket was observed waiting upon the euttomers, and he
also was Identified immediately by Mr. Fry, and being secured
' by the Police officers, proved to be the brother of the first robber,
and they were both committed to prison at Deptford, for grist at
the new Maidstone .

Bow-e re en —Yesterday Charlet Derocher, alias Frederick
Schneider. unaltewent a long• examination heiore Mr. Hwy es,
charge I art leteloniously stealing a Bill of Exchange for .1.:31+0,
ene fur A'n.in. ant' one for Xltir, the property of Messrs. lteire,
Melt, audEdelmarui, merchants to rriest, accepted at Mews.
Drummond', Lines, and Lloyd, anti 'err, Lisca,:ou, and Co.
Mr. Joseph ndrlnsann, one of the firm of the house of :trice and
S • ik, has hero residing for some time in Corkin court. •Ile
prisoner ante to !tint with a tale of dis: ress, pretending to he a
couturyinan. and received money front Mr, Edelmann, who also
invited him to his house, in return for which, he took an °Noir-
tutdry of stealing the above Bills. He wa' pt-stied on the Dover-
road (where he was travelling by the stage, with a pi:tiol in one
hand and a dagger in the other) by Mr. Edelman, accompanied
by Bishop, the ofE:er. Thelarter succeeded in securing him and
found the bills upon him. He was eotimiitted for e %ruination.
Quiten-gst e.—Singuin case of barbarity to a child.—
Sarah Dahey, a woman about 40 years of age, who is a market.
gardener, re.iding rear the now /Wrist Grounds, Chelsea, anti
WILL= ah::: and lets 9 Haler, about 16 years of cge. who are
hired servants to Sarah Oakey, were brought before the Sitting
Magistrates (W. Fietot xe, Esq. and T. B. PtAisrow, Esq)
upon a warrant, fur assaulting George lirtql, a child only six
years of age, the son. of Mr. T. Bragg. No. SS, Leader-street,
Chelan—Sophia Bran, the mother of the boy, sail, that she
sent him to Mrs. Oakey's house on Monday evening. to ir vire
the price of ionic fruit, when he returned 'home he was crying_
most piteously; be said. his bads had been cut at Mrs. Oakey's
--she asked Lim to sit on a chair, but het ,* nor, being so very
sore from the 'flagellation be bad received—she took tiff hi*
clothe., and from his shoulders to his knees, site found he had-
beets beaten with something until his body was Inflamed iu a most '
shocking manner, and he was in extreme torture. George Bragg,
the boy, was next examined, as to the nature of an orh ; his an.
ewer surprised ail present s he !aid, he knew that be must- tell I
die truth—he could say the ,Creed, Ten Commandments, atoll I
Lord's Prayer, mid be said be went to Church regularly every
Sunday. The Magistrates were so satisied with his answer that
they gave him his oath. He said that be went, at the request of
his mother, to ask the prienef, fruit at, Mrs. Oakey's;
,be west '
over Chelsea Common to the house, and when he got by tier gar.
den, be saw two boys throwhig stones Into lt, and run away ; he
walked on towards the house, and William Gibbs. the prisoner,
came running up to him, and pulled him through the hedge
across the garden, and Into the house; he.told Mrs. Oakey, that
he (the boy) bad been,stealing pears. She laid bold of him, pet
him across a table With his face downwards, and told the boy
(Gibbs) and she girl (Harper) to bold him while else fetched
something; she returned with a buacb of Waging nettles, which
she beat him with, while they held his antes and kg.; when she
gave over, she pet ,his clothes on again, aosteent him Oen. The
Magic said they could Dot but express their abhotrenee of
such an act of cruelty, and asked if they had anything to say is
justification of their conduct, Mrs. °slug said, that Bragg !lid
other boys were cueouraged to rob bar garden ; and bee servant
found him in the garden on Monday night, and she only beat him
wish a stioginenettle on the back.—lohn Collision sworn. He
said he'wes gardener to Mrs. and tiu the care of thereto.
petty; the garden bad been roW4 of fruit and vegetables very
meth lately, by boys; he did apt IWO tibe complaisant ht the gar-
' den. Mr. Fut uotvo—u Value bail is produced, I volll send yen,
34n. sakes., aid year eervahts, to wins nod the Sessions.=
They biunedletely bunt ball, end they entered Into feeogliltalsbne
of din saciiito Writ at Wespidartsr &Mons to wrier the
ebarbos

'r ' . • ''•
ell'r Q LO.MbOIC-tatilON 11,4 ti
esterday Most nthuernne tvieetingdf the Livery
of. Loddon ills held at Otiildhall: The Lotto
MAron stated'. that the first business of the Hall was
to elect a petson•to serve the (Aced Sheriff for the
ehsning year, together with Mr. Kuh r, ihrtdy
elected: With regard to the second object of- their
Meeting, he had only to make it his particitlat request,
that the Livery would afford a patient hearidg to every
speaker, whatever side he might take-L-(Rolatue).
George Bridges, Esq. Alderman and Wheelw: ight,
Was. then put in nomination to sate the office of
Sheriff, and unanimously elected

ALARMING DIE fRESS OF THE COUNTRY.
The Requisition to the Loins MAYOR was then
.read, requesting him to convene a Common Hall for
the purpose of taking into consideration the distreased
and alarming state of the country, and of recommend.
ing such measures to the Government and the people
as might seem best calculated to dfutd reliel.
Mr. B. rwirett came forward and addressed the
Liverymen. He observed, that accustomed as
they were to be addressed on several occasions by.
Gentlemen highly respectable from their talents and
independence, whose eloqUence had 60 frequently
rivetted their attention, guided their decision, and
secured their applause, they (the Liverymen) should
in common with him, regret the absence of those
Gentlemen. They would have been present if they
could; but though unable to be personally present, '
their hearts and inclinations were with the Meeting-
-I.Year, hear).—The situation in which the absence of i
the respectable persons to• whom he alluded had
placed him, was on his part unwished for and un
sought; because hoWever highly he appreciated the
honour of addressing so respectable a body. yet the
good of the country, which was the object of the
Address, made hint regret that the task hal not been
cotSmitted to abler hands. But there was one con-
sideration which diminished his regret on the present
occasion, and that was. that the object to be consi.
dered was as plain-as it was important. Here was
nothing of speculation, nothiog Lift to be gustssed at.
No, the interest of all which was concerned and in
danger pointed out the evil to ev,try one. The pub-
lic distress was so evident, And so deeply felt in every
parr of the kingdom, that it Was not necessary to go
.
into' the detail of facts to priive it ; he shnuid ow)
mention a few. it was acknowledged by the liou.e
of Commons, Which had applied itself to the
cunsideration of one great branch of it—the Agri.
cu:tural Distress, for the purpose of alleviating it.
It was admitted that the landlord could not collect
any rent, because the farmer WAS unable to raise it
from• the sale of his produce; and from what he
could raise the heavy load of taxation had made such
large drains, that be was not able to pay the poor's
rates, which the accuinotating distress had r lied to
an unprecedented height—(Hrar, 'ear).—But it Was'
not of agricultural distress alone ot which the couh.
try had to complain. The distress of commercial
men was great beyond precedent or bearing. There
was no part of the country to which- we could tutu,'
where. this distress and shlficolty, agricultuial and
commercial, would not stare Ili in the face. A tew
ytars .:go we were distressed by the war, and in
eider to bear up against it we were obliged to submit'
to many bather privations, but now we were so ;Ir.
cumsstaced that we were of bearing any.
The Canoes of every week, teeming is they were
'with long lists of bankruptcies, 'hew the fatal effects
of those sacrifices and privations, which were made
and endured to carry on the war, and how fast the
disorder which that war engendered was creeping
...iron us—(Hear, hear)—and it things should go on
much longer in their present way, we shall be re-
duced atmust to a nation of beggars. There was nu
Class in society by which this general distress was not
Acknowledged. Roealty, Episcopacy, Nobility. and
even Sin:curists and Pensioner's - admitted it—(lltar,
hear).--lt was admitted by all, and it was severely
telt by the greater part ot the-community. If he
were to enumerate halt of the instances where the
effects of the present distress were felt by whole cities
and provinces, lie was certain that the Meeting, ter.
rifiej at the melancholy 'relation, would cut him
short and hear no More. It seas not in Great Britain
alone in which this distress WAS heavily telt. The
sister kingdom was even in a much worse state ; and*
in a letter from Dublin, it was asserted that the most
severe • distress felt in this country, fell infinitely
short vi what was experienced in Ireland. In the
city of Cork alone, lie letter stated, there were B,®O
tamales solely dependent for subsistence on the scanty
pittance which they received from public soup shops.
I'he GovernMent were so well aware of the existence
of this distress, that they were reluctant to punish
many criminals, not because they excused the crime,
but they thought that in several instances the un- ,
happy culprits hid been forced to it., It was said
sonic time ago' by a rich old statesman, Mr. George
Rose, that means should be .devised to extend to the
poor all the benefits of religion,lor that woild enable
wens to bear up against every 'privation. But even
this-comfort in many instances, the people were des
pl-iitd'oc and he(Mr. Flovier) should mention one:
in Suitiordshiee the churches Were for many Sundays
without a congregation, as appeared by adveltisee
inent, because the persons, who would attend, were
prevented . by Went of: garrherits—(Near, istai)f—lt
was in vain to talk of the prevalence Of distress, if
the cause was not looked for Luidess that was known'
no-adequate remedy could be applied. He had the
sanction of the Hall on•former -occasions for stating,
that the long warfare in whichuie were engaged was
the Cause, by the enormous expense attendant OR it.
Our debt had been raised to a thousand millions, ex-
elusive of the Property Tax and other heavy burdens
Which we had been obliged to bear..• *Was net this
enormous expense, which- was greater than that of all
the wars for the two preceding centuries, ,a cause to
which our present distress and misfortunes might be
fairly attributed? Were not our taxes and Our poor.
rates, which had been ericreised'four4old in-the last'
twenty years,_ canes of our dilate's? It was impos-
sible to deoy it, and how had all this money • been
applied ? To carry on a war which we werelild i
would procure us 'nate and independence, but which-'
has had no other effect than bringing op us universal
'poverty, ' This war, in which we had engaged,•bad
-sheered by its effects that no • nation could persevere
in it without bringing On its owe ruin.—(Near, hear.).
One thing to which be had begat to allude, and
etbildlitas another cause of our -distress,. was the
'illbaijits to 1441 powers. These had in the course

the *Or Mounted to del astilionte
Of the public Money had !teed paid
reigns, and for vrhit I To
.iriereate
t!ory Of England. 1n foademnnik
foreign powers, he *mild not tist hil
those of a great and toostittitional
jeant Hill, Who had said that be
A pair of loaded pistols placed on.
House of Commons, and that any
House who dlred 0 propose a Sll
power, StlGhld have Sits brains bldwti
(Hear, bear.) Indeed to such length
of subsidizing gone, that foreign
looked to is subsidy from this counat
wars, and they all acknowledged thr
gone on without such aid. But
Flower) was to be told of the great
country had gained by the war. Hi
of glory to a notion, but by its effect
!icy. He might ailire skill and lo
seetition of any c ruse, I..ut that skill
' would not induce him to a !mire
its only recommendation wtre
it Was condtictel. But where was a,
Roman nation had gained, by
With skill and bravery ? That nazi
lad perished together, and so wo
whose only endeavour 'vas to acqui
continually in war—(Hear, bear.)
Meeting where were the effects of
'had gained? He would ask them
christians (for they were told thi
tfighting for religion)—(Rear, hear
the elects of all their glorious deed
them' to look at France, on which
Sovereign, contrary to the most
and promises-4A- this had the wAI
for this had the pockets of the'
been drained almost to their hrit.shi,
the purpose, as had been then stir,
the tyranny of one Man. That
'stioyed, but did independence
ple over whom such tyranny had
He (Mr. Flom°. ) desi.ked and ha
ilotraparte, he had wished to have
hated every kind of tyrenny, wheth
craft or priestcralt ; but did those
expire Kith the destruction of 800.
Was religions liberty, to which he
steady friend, increased in Franie
posed ? The esperience of nearly twi
tho I atal reverse. But with regard
how far was it considered when th
parte was at an end ? He had been
battie of Waterloo, which had by n 1
the power of the French nation, It
hundred thousand men, if they
many. was not sufficient to deprive
stretigth, but in this state, instead
co chose a Goverrment for them
placed Ltois XVIII. over them.
ask, would our ancestors have be h
Justly deposed the Stuarts, the Alli
ripe had attempted, with an army
to force a Sovereign on theM agai
Wet/W.OAI have looked upon it a!
independence ?—Undoubtedly not.
jiistly'sputned it as a violation of
peoefe, But how did the Allies,
money of Englaad, act with respec
dente of the smaller States ? Wi
chilled and divided among the ler/
not this country topreove its love 01
up Genoa for ever to Sardinia ?—‘,
But the Orly of religion was anothe
war. How had its glory, and
consulted ? We had rewstablishe.
Pope, who very gratefully aCknov)
by thanking all the Sovei eigns, bat
gent.he returned his particualr that
tributed most to the re-estahltihmei
Clear, hear.) To Spain we hod r(
had employed a great putt of his tit
a pettictiat tot the-Virgin Mary.
the Jesuitt sere also restored to thi
to look back to France. How ha,
nefited ? The mild toleration whi
hilted by L 414 XV. was done aw
stead the perseetition•of the Prates;
stituted. These had been perivcut
subject to persecution. But we wt
because it was said that Religion
make its own way. ."/ Would ti
Mr. Flower, o that religion had net
its own way, we should then ha'
dreadful recitals of religious massai
• [A voice in the What
religious disputes here ?".Sonic.
applause.]
Mr. FLuvrtn in continuation said,
delay the Meeting by going into
should go on to propose a simple
was one source we should apply
holders—those men who .fattened
money without doing any oae act
lest portion of it. (Near. hear !)
agree that the people complain they
impatient of taaation."•—,Mr. F. `ll
read from &pamphlet a list of sinecure
from the noise that prevailed by 7-
oat," was inaudible to those who wets;
near hitri:

[Towards the conclusion of hi:.
front his exertton, was inaudible I
the Hall, and the cries of •" we cannot
came at length :a loud, that his voice
drowned, and -Mr. Thompson stepped
read the that Resolution.]
Mr. THOSIPIOX then addressed _
had the honour; he hid, to second
which bad ')Ust been feed to ther
petted to have had the • honour of
agent; for such was the apathy
.shewn by the people of this country,
vinced stalling but distriSs would
unless it people suffering under
themselves, they deserved to be a
He regretted the absenie of cue
from this Meeting, who bad often ..
the cause of the people.he needed
Waidunan—there was note man to
was more•indebted. (Afpftlinte.)
advalse to that man, thinking that .
far enough ; but when be now eoeshkered
which he hid had tapesfosm—the--:
he had to conciliate, and with whom

•
jofte• die; agog
id tti fhteign She
ate the &Masi' lea
/ion bf itibsiditi ttl
hie ti tirn erotds; Sul
I laWyet; 'Mr See:
wish fo ate
rn. the table ot the
t Meteiber Clf that
iubsidy to a fore
tint out dh the spirt:
pit, had shit systriii
Po*tis bsually
aty to Cady On their
hey conic' not have
t perhaps he (Mr.
!at, glory Which this
He knew nothing
Feet! on its proepe-
bravery irep.e pro:
and that lirairery
e the eause itself, .f
:e manner in which
all the gldey WhiCh
y carrying on war
orlon and its glory
rould every nation;
:tire glory by living
He would ask die •
it all the glory We
L.rn as men and as
hat they had been
/).—what wete now
!cis ? He Would ask
h we bad forced a
solemn -assurances
'Ar b.:eri carried on I
'people of England
thiliog, and nut for
wed, of destroying
t tyranny was do
succeed to the pea:
d been exercised ?
rated the wormy of
re it abolishel—be
Abet set up by state:
kinds sit tyranny
lonaparte's power ?
e had eve: been a
e by his being de:
two years bad 'hewn
trd to civil liberty,
the power of Bona:
!ri derosecl after the
no meals destroyed
for the I(.st of one
had even lost so
we them of national
d of allowing ter m
mselves, the All:es
. lin.v, he would
,ved if Ater having
Lied Powers of Eu-
iy of 150006 men,
ainst their consent ?
as consulting their
t. They 'would have
rf their rights as a
• ,s.uppor*ii by the
rett to the indepen:
Nere they not part':
urger ones, and did
independ.nce, give
-(llsar, bear. ksar.)
'other object of the
independence been
led the power of the
rwledged the favour
nt to the Pi ince Ito
tanks, as having con'
neat of his power.—
I retaored a man whb
time in entinciJeting
The Ingirs6on and
LIIC a/sine:it ds. Eat
lad reqiOrl been b •
iiictt had beeti
way vial, and in its
estants had been sub•
cuted, 'ai.d.•4re stir/
would niit 'lnterfere'
tin should be left to
to GUD,"
seto sticeeretito 011Ake
ave beta spared. the
isactes."
it have wt to do with
r disnppreb.:tiou and
id, that he would hot
forthet detaiisid
Iple remedy. There
to--the.ply sinecure
ted upon the pub. d
t to deserve the smal-
l) Those hien who
hey ate "ignorantly
'. 'then. proceeded to
lectire holders, which
r the cries at. oral
ace not unmediately
ripeech, Mr. Flower
to a great pact of
innot hear him," he.
voice was eompletety
tepped forwaid and
the Meeting. He
eond the ltesolution
them. He dryer en•
of addressing. them
by which had been
thy, that he was con:
dd rouse them; and
r oppression roused
slaves. (Aft/,lama. )
to man in particulae
!rs exerted •hiniselt is
vied not to name Mr.
to whom the Country
He bad once We •
that he had not sow
considered the task
as Serious aiseo whom
thorn he had to so-

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~ verve, heNfes astonished that so much bad actually
'ta tirti n. done ltn. ge* hoped they would soon have
, 'the od4aotage 4 tidying his voice onee more in that
Hall. H- was hippy that it had fallen to him tosecond
sOtesolUtion for presenting a Petition to the Pantos
Ittaint+. HI- would not have seconded a Resolution
fot presenting a Petitionto What was called the House
. :of Commons—he would rather have suffered his right
hoed to he cut off, than have shetvil so little regard
to-the liberties of the country. '!'lie time was now
conie to speak• the truth plainly.' He had long been
, disgusted with the Petitions which were presented to
, the House of Commons. In those Petitions it was
• ~• Called an honourable House. He did nut mean to
dispute-with people respeating=the claims of that',
House to be called Honourable; but he certainly'
thought it was incensi+tent in Pet4ttoners Charging the
House in the body of. the Petition with corruption
and treason
same
the liberties of the country, and
at the time styling it an Hnottrablb•Histise.
(ifieft/auie.) ft had been said, 'on the rejection of the
Property "Tax, that there was still a *sithit in that
House, and that on prover occasions thlt spirit was
exerted. But he wished to'call their attention to the
period when that spirit Was :hewn. •At the end t.f
thp war, when, there was also an end to the jobs and
contracts, they knew, that Ministers had nothing more
to give, and to save themselves they were obliged to
rescue the peopls. So far from considering the vote
on that occasion as honourable to the House of Com-
mons, he considered it as one of the most disgraceful
things on record. He would explain himself. They
had voted such A large establishment as necessestiiy
called for the Income Tar, and then to save them-.
• selves from the burden which their vote had mated,_
they shrunk from it in a most dastardly Manner, and
. threw it on the fundholders or on any body.' Had
;lb. e Ministers succeeded in getting five per cent. from
the country, those who now beard him would not
lhave been there that day. With the large armies
:poetised to be kept op in this country, in Ireland, in
France, had the Piste per cent. been granted, we should
.7-infallibly have had a military despotism. (Apitlause.)
"lie was happy that even the slaves of corruption at
length felt the distresses ofthe country, and were oblig-
ed to come forward. - He did not know a Meeting to
;which so witch importance would be attached as the.
,Meoting of that day; it would be important not only to
'this country, but to unhappy France, which would see
from it that the people of England were not like their
'Governors. They would convey to the ear of
Majesty truth's which the Minister of Manchester-
" Square, or the Minister of Downing-street durst not
or would 'not avow—that the eistresses of the
country. were of the most alarming nature;—they
would tell him that these distresses were not cor.fined
to the wcrking classes, but that their Masters were
suffering as much as they. were ;—they would tell him
that Government was.the cause i)f Ail—from*Ggvern.
men: had proceeded all the grievances. He would',
- refer to a circumstance with which • they were all ac-'
quainted, and o loch he considered as one of the most
glorious which 1,-of taken
,place for many years—hi
nefeFrell to the
_Meeting at the London Tavern, at
which Lord Cochrane, that persecuted individual, had
rendered such distinguished service to the country
lifjot/aare.) That Meeting had been more important in
its nature and consequences than any thing which had
been witnessed 'dories the last twenty yeats. The re-
sok of that Meetiag had been a proclamation of what
Ministers had ever denied, that war had caused all
the distresses under which the country was suffering.
The object of those who called the Meeting was not
to relieve the poor, but to hold out a false derusion.;
for Ministers did not Care on whom the vengeance of
the country felt, whether on Merchants or Monufac.
Curers, provided they escaped. if a man were to
VON ta.bisil and tell him that his house was on fire,
and only offer one bucket of water to extinguish it—
could beteelieve that be was serious in his offers of
assistance, and that his intention was not to rob him?
That Meeting, had been attended by the Archbishop
Of C,,auteetatry, and a number of those who robbed
imcfplundered.the State. (Ire would have expected
from these people that their subscriptions would, at
least, have borne soiree proportion to what they re-
itiord irons the public, which they ware priatesiing to
• stile's. At for out Royal Qu,exu, who, as they all
' isiiyi, was' as rich as a .Tew (/aqh), she had given
atslii dime hundred pounds,—it she had acted like a
Qll.Ol she would have given three hundred thousand.
:TVs. Prince Regent. had given 8500. He would
iell.t,heyan seiret they were, not all aware oft When
Z.
vi die Royal Dukes came forward at any public
isogon. they set down their names merely as
decoy ducks to catch others. The Prince had given
&too, towards the relief of the Get man sufferers.—
He would maintain, though he was a citizen of the
world; tha,t charity begins at home, and that the
sufferings of his own people had as strong a claim
risthim as the iuffeyings of strangers. • The Duke of
Wellington who fought the' battles of despotism, had •
given AWL Apd ' bir..Wilberforce gave £5O with
a fitiod of tears.—(Losed laws4).—The Aretbishop of
Cantethury, who he supposed had been brought by
pay Of intimidating the Meeting, and- whose Seer
according to a lint which he herd in hit hand, way
Worth'.42o,ooo a-year, had given 4100. It was ion-
Potable that they, believed the country was in the dis-
tress which they stated it to be in, or more money
would have been subscribed.
sHilaw in this list the
Piinitis Charlotte and the Priv= Leopold of Saxe
Cobourg, £4OO. When £60,000 , was proposed to
be voted.to them nut of the ,public Mooey—and be
did not grudge it to them—mightit not have been
expected that the, Prince Regent would have said
No, Gentlemen, I will not consent •to this, every
~ private Gentleman gives a portion 4O hil own daugh-
. tee, and it is for. me, and not the public, to give a
poriiop to mine. Now was nos Alt this a proof-either i
,
...tltat those who subscribed at this • tfeeting either did
not beheee the distresses of the country were so great
as they said, or .if they believed, that they did not
, Care about it.—Ppniaarar)p—The cause of the dis-
tresses of the country was:4le twenty-five yeart war'
• WhiCh had. been waged byythe Government of this
airy against tbeliberties4 niankind.—(4otrwor).
•i '' whit )t •in wh: )1 the mer 4;44 of this country bad
,;...I.4;tened on *the distres,sea. tf;the world ; a was. *
... . /fil*lt placntnen.andpenttpoot had made fortuum.i
• ,while the country *as, ping ip Fain; s war rhich
.. JO 14 efect of ett4Odes our, maptifactares, ham at
. rfoglMl ku tioreign ,cooArtes 4la
.7pr to which 1,000.
•twOlioossfof ta9.4e7 ..4ifivsti 91$100: illf9ga 114.$
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