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no keduied to three.
‘d oats work in.pre!
noironly about ten-
any high-tided re-
ow it is possiltli,thaest
sinner or sinecure. pi..
in in and his family, at the present price of
rovisions,
cal siervrt themselves bn Ss. a.week t Fitrihe!, I
in sy say, it is beynnd the power of contradiction,
that there is not in Glasgow three shopkeeper!, or
warehousemen, out of ten, that are clearing their.ex.
poises.' The distress complained of is therefore niut
clofined to the working classes, but is felt general 7
all over the kingdom it is not ideal only, but is
real and personal, and deserves the most instant ale-
serious attention of the Prince Regent and Legiment
s
ture. But it may be asked, what can Govern
do to relieve the general distress, when they them-
selves are in distress to collect sufficient tare. to
.pay
the interest of the National Debt, the ordinary charges
of, the State, the Standing Army, the Placemen and
Pensioners ? I would, however, beg leave to reit
t' em, Retrench, Gentlemen, retrench abolish all
useless sittecere places and pensions ; disleand a bun?
reduce the i
died thousaud of the standing army
line
-.
terest of the National Debt I give the people a
and equal Representation in Porlioment ; and again
I wroth! say, .Retrench every possible expenditure,
and, he 'Vases, before it be too late I—before despe-
- r aims drives :he People to madness. With the great
C inner of British Liberty in our !mods, wr say,
pay Gentiemen give us our rights. tiaction Bth of
that. Charter* declares —44 that the Electron of Man.
basal Parliament ought 'to Le free." Section 13th
r toclaiins—" that VI redress of all grievances, and
f r the amending, strengthening, and preserving ot
f
j,;(weLParliaments ought to be held frequently ;"
m
t e aucieut custom in the good days of our forefa-
t.:crs was annually ; and by another grand Charter
o stained at the succession of the House of Hanover,
Article:7th, it is procl.einrd as with a voice of thun-
der against the inroads of cot ruption, that 44 no per.
son, who•lias any office under the King, Of receives
a peasion from the Crown, shall be capable of serv-
ing as it Member of the House of Commons." Now,
Gentlemen, it is said to be nctorious plat places in
that House are bought and sold like cattle at a mar-
ket, and that it swarms with placernen and pensioners.
We therefore beg, we pray, we entreat the Prince
Regent iMmediately. to assemble ilk Parlisment, and
t..) sweep ant ot the House of Commons all these pen-
sibners, for by the Act of Settlement they ought not
to be there. Let the House be tilled up with Itepte.
:rotative: freely and fairly chosen by the People.
You know the Constitutional Government of this
country is con-ipotesi ot King. Lord`, and Commons.
The Kleg possesses his full them of power and he-
fts lice the Bishops and Poers constitute the House
ot Lords, so they are completely represer.tcd. The
House oh Commons should consequently contain a
tree and goal representation of all the taxable Hoist.
it Aden in the Kingdom. It should be in tact the fair
and manly image of tire people. .
It is notorious, however, that a few wealthy indi-
viluals, called the rotten borough faction, send a
majority of (what they call) Representatives, to that
Houle. "It'llis want of a proper representation is the
isikapaacioual grievance, and the, fatal source of all
per wee tot rmaintaiet that it es mare than probable,
he/ this country possessed a proper representation in
Parliament, both the American and French wars,
read each a mass of misery, debt, and taxation, might
Wire been avoided, and this country, at this day,
might have been free, &turishing, and happy. One
paring proof of the want of a proper representation
twee be lotted in this very city, which, with its sub-
nabs, cattalos epopolation of one hundred and twenty
t4itleartd; now. except a small number, called the
Magistrates and Council. who are a self-elected body,
Ant one of the whole one hundred and twenty thou-
sand has any more to say in choosing a Member of
Parliament than they have in ehomang ;the Dey of
• Algiers, the Emperor of Morocco, or the Grand
'fork. The House of Commons may be compared
to a fertile piece of land that a. man inclosed with
sills, and planted therein the choicest trees, fruits,
end dowers; but if he neglects yearly to prune, clean,
nod cultivate the garden, it will soon be so overrun
with weeds and vermin, as totally to ruin all his for-
m• r labour and expense. So this House, although
sheltered with the best of charters, unless annually re-
newed by the free snerages of the people, will, instead
of a blessing, be only a rank nuisance to the country.
—From all that has been
.said, it may be observed,
that, seeing the great negotiator, Lord Castlereagh,
hue been so busily employed in settling the claims of
the legitimate Sovereigns as totally to forget procur-
ing for this country any proper commercial treaty,
the people must look to themselves, they must peti-
tion and petition, and petition in an orderly manner
and with perseverance. until they obtain their just
rights, eihtil they obtain that grand 'rhodium of
British liberty, a full and free representation in the
Howse of Commons, far until that is obtained, we
Lave an properteeurity for our persons., our lives, or
oar Govetitaent and the greet, Landed.
Proprietors seeing the situation of the ciiiinigrat the
end of the war, in order to employ the mass if ope-
ratives thrown out of empleyent, should have begun
some great national improvement, such as a-grand
canal from one end of the Island to the other'; they
ought also to have ordered into ctiltivation all the
waste lauds of the kiogdom ; they should have re-
built the cottages in the country, so that e.very. Man
who could work and wished for it, might, at an
easy rent, ' obtain a little cabin, an acre of land;
with a cow's grass.--(Leird.and repaid 4101as:cr.)
Lad I should trespass oft your patience, I shall finish
at present by. earnestly admonishing and intreatiog
this immense multitude to—set this doyen. great (-s-
-ample of due salvirdinatits, order, avd regularity.—
Let the whole nation, whose eyes are now fixed urn
toe, see that yon are net a rpbble, that you are not a
swinish multitude, but that while you meet peaceably
tt s petition for your. rights, you also know your duty
, as good citizens.
Mr. LA W° zdareltSed the Meetin i
g .q a speech that
Was received with loud app cruses.
''A Gentleman handed apaper to the hustings, pro-
leogllg a vote of thanks to as independent Newspa-
pers, whicli, as well as the other. Resolutions, was
eabd by acclamatioa.—lt was paPoied to read the
itasoludons a second time ind consiatediesa a;rieakaft
We tries ot there is no need for that, ants*
•whatevey," suptlrseded the proposal . •-
Mr: *4' Ls" to a neat speech, moved 4'U*.

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• CORNWALL
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The County of Cornwall suet at Boutin en Tues-
day last. The Gentlemen who signed the itoquisi."
tion, and who are known as the Friends of Naomi).
tarY Reform, appeared at their post, surrounded by a
very numerous and most respectable body of the
Yeomanry. The Shire.hall was completely filled,
and numbers. who could not get admittance, stood
in the area between that and the Nisi Prius Court.
Both the County Members were present.
About one o'clock the High Sheriff took the Cflair,
and opened the bleeting by reading the Requisition.
Joust COLMAN R ASHLEIGH, Esq. in a most able and'
argumentative speech, enlarged upon the topics em-
braced by the Resolutions, which he held in his
hand, and which he concluded by moving. The
interest excites by Mr. Rashleigh's observations, was
evident by the profound attention of the Meeting,
only interrupted by those bursts of applause, which,
like electric sparks, were continually elicited from all
present, by the convincing and energetic eloquence
with which' he traced all our privations and sufferings
to their true source t the corrupt influence
eza
by the Government over the majority of a Hem .of
Commits, neither participating. the feelinge, nor es,
pressing the sendments of the people, became licit
chosen by them.
E. W. W. PENBARVES, Esq. seconded the Resolu-
tions. in a concise bit impressive address.
Wawa,' Perna, Esq. expressed his approbation
of the sentiments contained in the Resolutions; and
in the course of a luminous and very eloquent speech,
read and commented on a statement respecting the
transactions between the Bank of England and the
Government, which was furnished by that truly in.
dependent Cornishman, Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. and
which contained the substance of the various and
important observations made by him on these trans-
actions in the House of Commons.
first eight Resolutions being read and put
separately by the Sheriff, were passed unanimously.
They stated that the late Petition to the House of
Commons for economy had been disregarded; that
the prayer of that Petition can be no longer opposed
without danger to the Government and the nation ;
that the abuses in the Government are to be traced
to the defective representation of the people ; that a
Petition be presented to the House of Commons for
the reduction of civil and military establishments, the
abolition of sinecures and unmerited pensions, a re-
form in the state of the representation according to
the Constitution ; and that an Address be presented
to the Prince Regent to assemble Parliament, and to
recommend to them these considerations.
The Address to the Prince Regent. which was
moved by Mr. Rashleigh and seconded by Mr. Pen
turves, was also adopted unanimously.
E. J. GLYNN, Esq. moved that the Members for
he County be requested to present the Petition to the
Ilouse 01 Commons, and ,to support the prayer of it,
in their places in the House ; and that the Sheri be
requested to sign the Address to the Prince Regenk
on behalf of the Meeting, and cause it to be presented
to his Royal Highness. The motion was seconded
by the Rev. Robert Walker.
Sir WILLIAM LTMON expressed his readiness to
comply with the wishes of the Meeting, being tulay
impressed with a sense of the necessity of retrenchio
sent and economy, and having, ever since he had
the honour of being a Member of the House of Co..
mons. uniformly supported every motion for referring
the state of the Representation to the consideration
stCommittee of the House. This address was re.
ceived with the warmest applause.
J. H. TRZMAYNI. Esq. said, that whilst be was
ready to present the Petition, and fully concurred in
the necessity of economy, he felt himself bound in
honour and fairness to declare, that he could net sup.
port the whole of the prayer of it.
Mr. GLYNN immediately came forward, and them'
expressions of disapprobation, which had already
commenced amongst the great body of the Meeting,
were at once suppressed. Whilst he regretted the
declaration they had just heard, he did justice to the
honourable and manly manner in which Mr. Tee-
rnayne had conducted himself, and paid a handsome
compliment to his independence. But, at the same
time, he felt it his duty to request permission to with-
draw his former motion, for the purpose of amending
it by substituting the name of the Hon. Thomas
Brand, Member for Herttordshire, for that of Mr.
Tremiyne (loud otplarre). The request was immedi-
ately complied %nth, and the motion so amended was
carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. GLYNN, seconded by the
Rev. ROBRRT WALICIR, the mover and seconder of
the. Resolutions, were requested to write to Mr.
Brind, and signify to him the wishes of the Mee4o.9
'lke motion of-Tbaolia to Pascoe Greek! •
for his elections to bring to light die transactions be-
tween the Bank of England and the Government,
was made by the Rey. ROBERT WALKER, and se-
conded by Colonel Pam. It was adopted amidst
the warmest testimonies of approbation.
The motiou for advertising the Resolutions and the
Address, and that respecting the signing the Petition,
being put and Carried, Mr. GLYNN moved the Thanks
of the Meeting to the Sheriff, for his able and impar-
tial conduct in thethair: Tbeination being leconded,
was passed by acclamation.
The Sheriff expressed his satisfaction at having met
their approbation in the discharge of his duty, and
dissolved the Meeting.
Shortly after the /fleeting had concluded, a very
numerous and respectable company sat down to an
excellent dinner, at the King's Arms Hotel. Sir A.
0. hlotesWotern, the High Sheriff, was in the Chair,
and was supported by Air WILLIAM Lassos, the
mover and seconder of the Resolutions, Ste. Sic. J.
H. TIM/Ain% Esq. also was present.
After the cloth was removed, and the metal toasts
of-6" The King—the Prince Regent--the Queen and
the ROTA Family".-4 number et- cusistitetsanal sad
'patriotic toasts were given fmni -she Chair;_ sad by
`several Gentlemen. About items o'clock sir,
isiu'Lzsecor withdreW amidst the stairs of der coisPi
`way, WbO paid the semi follow of aspect nod'ir
the High ilheviff ess his leaviag
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woe of' an 'attimpt „having Men made. by a i
Americo!, presoused to be countenanced,
4 . Government.to effect the deliwance of Nor-1
011eilo from St. Helga*. The American vessel, il*
Carpenter. fitted out.for Ibis purpose, has been taken.
M. de. Richelieu has .ahead y communicated this W
telligence to the Foreign Ministers reshiing at this
Coen. I can learn nwfurther particulars for ,the
present,.. . . ' i•
ei The journal' suided the 'Adele ded du Re; his
been suspended 011 day, and its principal Editor
sea _
into custody. " This faithfulltwad. to his Mi-
jesty..M. &keit, is one of those who followed the
French Court to Ghent, and is said to have given
many proofs of devotion to,,t. legitimate cause. the
most recent of which is, having edited and
circulated the incendiary pamphlet,.. which has been
of late the object of so many articles in the profes-
sedly Ministetial Papers. and which has been gene-
rally ascribed to M. de Chateaubriand. His daughter'
repaired this morning to the Tuilleries to implore the
Royal protection in his favour. With what success
h this appeal to his Majesty's justice or commiseration
has been made, I know net.
" Both Ministerialists end Ultras are equally con-
h fideat of bearing the palm in the contention in svbicit
h they ate about to engage. The former rest their
'hopes en the support of Russia, on the one hand, and
on that of the Moderes, whose election they have
bees able to effect, on the other. The Ultras ground
theirs on the countenance of England (into which
delusion they are chiefly led by the spirit manifested
of late in what is deemed our Government Paper).
together with the numerous force they flatter them-
selves with having in the Chambers. Those Mem-
bers who keep aloof from those parties, constitute
what is called le pariie Frastair, the French party, in
contra-distinction with the two Court parties, who
are denominated the Foreign Parties, from the nature
of their support. The latter party is expected to be
strengthened by a certain number of Members, who,
on the one hand, bearing deadly enmity to the Ul-
tras, and, en the other, baying no faith in the stabi-
lity of. the Ministry, will coalesce with neither, but
endeavour to become popular by embracing the pa-
triotic cause.
" The candidates for the Presidency of the Lower
Chamber are expected to be M. M. Bellart, Ravez,
and M. de Serres, the Member for Alsace. M.
Raver., though unknown in the political world, is
said to be a man of talents. He is brought forward
by M. Leine, who lately appointed him President of
the Electoral College of the Gironde.
" The opening of the Chamber is still fixed f.r
the 4th of next month. It is, however, the opinion
of well-informed persons, that it will be postponed
for a few days, but that the postponement will, like
last year. not be made known till the eve of the day
i appointed.
One of the first questions which the Ultras will
call upon Ministers to submit to the House, will be
that n hitch gave rise to its prorogation last year, the
restitution of the Lands of the Church. It is singular
apt the King, while expressing his dissent from that
.measure by thus proroguing the Chamber, was at
that very moment am:misting a Concordat at Rome.
; 000 of the leading articles of which was, that those
Lands were to be restored to the Clergy. That they
to be administered by the latter. who were to
them as their unalienable property, and acre
to form a separate body in the State--a body which
was se be- rpueseuted in the Legislature, though
telosowledging, at the same time, the supremacy of
a Foreign Chief. The re-establishment tit the Clergy,
and the restitution of the Lands of the Church, is a
question which will give rise to very animated dis.
sussions is the two Rouses." - - 4

THE EVENING. STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1816.
GUIPPOWDER PLOT. -- Hells, at the Bank, Essbetuer, and
Soatb-Sea House%

No Paris Papers could arrive this day, Saturday
having been the day of All Saints, the Printing Offices
were all shut up in Paris. A private letter received
yesterday from that city, speaks of some attempt
having lately been made, by an American vessel, to
carry off BONAPARTIR from St. Helena. The vessel
fitted out for the purpose was captured.
• As the 'slay for opening approaChes, the fury of the
Ultras seems to increase. Disappointed in the result
of the Elections, and the unyielding firmness of the
Constitutionalists, they now drop the mask which;
thar bad assumed. They. no longer appose as the,
watt supporters of the 'Nose, Oretendisafto
a turbulent nation the example of obedience. • Bop
cause power is denied them, they abandon' evert"
principle of loyalty and of duty. They raise a:
cry of alarm, which they vainly hope will disturb
the tranquillity of the. Land. They stir up the
still burning embers of rebellion, -call upon the
People to rise in arms, and would once more in-
volve
their Country in the blaze -ef Civil War.—
Is this the conduct of true Patriots I—of men who
have nothing but the interest of their Monarch and
of their fellow.subjects in view ? Does not their
Rosa at assume the most distorted and disgusting
features of jacobinical frenzy ? What would be the
fate of the KINO and of the country if they fall into
the-hands of such revolutionary fanatics I° Hitherto
their audacity, always tinged with cowardice, has
not proceeded beyond the circulation of seditious
pamphlets, in which open rebellion is recommended
as the only remedy which AM g‘ :eve the Kit frost hit
Ilifeistirs 1" But they add, that the period is come
WM* attempt must be made. This menace
1114 aus for the peace. of Europe, were we
nek.Pllllllo.:iif ilea total impotence of those by whom
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