Star.
London, England, 1821-04-05 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS-TIM DAV:

This morning the Westminster Sessions met. Con•
side able interest was excited in the expectation of
the vial of Mt. ACCUM, who, as Our ReAders will
recollect from the Police account, stands charged
with tenting and carrying off terrain leaves out of
books in the valuable Library 6f the Royal Institud
tion, Albemarle-street. It was the first trial on the
list, having been postponed at the last Westminster
Sessions.

Mr. At.t.ev applied to the Court to have the re- .
cognizance's of Mr. Accum's bail estreAted, as the
Attorney of that Gentleman had last night commu-
nicated to the Attorney for the prosecution, that. Mr.
Accum bad withdrawn from town, and would not
appear to taike his trial.
The Learned Counsel said, that as the Managers
of the Royal Institution had, with the liberality be-
coming an eminent and learned body, consented to
Mr. Accum's remaining out on bail, after he tra-
versed
the indictment from last Sessions it only re-
mained for them now, as the defendant did not think
proper to come forward and meet the charge, to make
this application for estreating the recognizance's.
Mr. ADOLPHUS suggested, that the recognizances
need not be estreated until the last day of the Sessions.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that at this early period
perhaps the motion might be dispensed with: The de-
fendant might come in during the sitting of the Court.
Mr. ALUM said he should have no objection to a
saving clause for the bail, if Mr. Accum thought
proper to come into Court during the Sessions : but
at present he (Mt. Alley) was anxious to accommo-
date one of the witnesses (Bishop, the Police Officer).
who was wanted at Kingston and Oxford, and to
whom it would be a great inconvenience to be de.
,twined in Court, after the defendant's Attorney had
notified that he did not mean to appear and take
his trial.

The CliatlitMA?4 granted 11it. Alley's motion con•
ditionally. The recogniaances are not to be entreated,
if the defendant comes in for trial during the present
Westminster Sessions.

As the other cases for trial are ttifling, the Sessions
will probably termirmte on Saturday nest.

JURORS FINES.
Mr. ANDREWS. applied to the Court in behalf of a
Gent%man named Maude, who was fined as an ab-
sent Juror at the last Sessions, to have the fine set
aside. The ground of the application was, that Mr.
Maude was prevented from attending by urgent pri-
vate business.

Mr. Corm; the Chairman, begged the Counsel to
bear in mind, that by a late Act of Parliament the
Court had no power to listen to any application for
remission of fine, unless when it was made by affida-
vits, stating special grounds.

SPORTING.

CROMWELL AUNT RACES, APRIL S.

Hunters' Sweepstakes of Sp. each (11 Subscribers). Heat*
Two Miles, and rode by the Owners.
Mr. Manton's gr. h. Peregrine -
Captain Louth's Eagle
Mr. Mason's Arbitrator
Mr. Lonsdale's b. h. Have.at-'em -
Mr. Bullock's ch. m. Fanny

S I 1
1 4 g
S 3 2
5 2 dr
4 5 dr

Four Fan on the wrong side of the post, and were distanced ;
every heat was admirably contested.-7 to 4 agst Arbitrator;
2 to 1 agst Eagle; and 7 to 2 agst the winner.
The Farmer,' Stakes, by a Subscription of 10gs. each (Six Sub-
scribers). Heats, Two Miles.
Mr. Robinson's Danny -
Mr. B. Forth's Ruination • -
Mr. Montague's Trim -
Mr. Radcliffe 's Hautboy -
Mr. Thompson's Spanker
Mr. Junes's William

1 2
5 4
2 3
4 2
as
fi dr

2 to 1 on the field.
BELL.RINGING.

A Silver Cup was given on Monday last at Manchester, as a
prize for the best peal of grandsire triples to be rung for on tight
bens, and no less than twenty seven sets of ringers, from dif.
ferent parts of the country, appeared to contend for the prize,
in consequence of which the bells of the Collegiate were in con-
stant requisition from daybreak until night, except during the
time of morning and evening prayers.

The warehouse of Messrs. SNELL. ROBINS, and
Stint., lately the receptacle for the Houseless Poor,
was last night, or early this morning, broken open
by some thieves, and property, to the amount of
£7OO, taken away. They must have been on the
premises a considerable while, from the number of
packages which they had opened, taking away only
the most valuable.

A female going' down Holborn a few evenings
since was attacked by a street robber, who failing in
his attempt to obtain her shawl, which she grasped
very tightly, cut at her with an oyster-shell, and
forced one of her eyes out of its socket, besides dread-
fully lacerating her face. A surgeon was procured,
and he was compelled to remove the eye entirely.
The Crown Imperial (Fr itillaria Apo-tails), is al-
ready in flower in the open ground near ‘Vanstead,
a proof of the earliness of the season hereabouts.
OPENING OF THE NEW BRIDOE OVER THE LEE
The ceremony of opening the new Bridge over the
river Lee, in Essex, took place on Monday se'nnight.
Several of the principal inhabitants of Walthamstow
having assembled at air early hour, either on horse-
back or in their carriages, formed a Procession ; and,
exactly as the clocks of Hackney and Walthamstsw
gave the signal (one on each side the river) for the
Procession to move, by striking nine, the iron gates
were opened, and the Gentlemen in train, with the
principal Magistrate at their head, proceeded to cross
over to the Middlesex side of the river, amidst lend
and repeated huzzas, and the cheers of the collected
populace. The new Bridge, made of iron, is con•
strutted on the most recent and approved form, and
was cast at Rotherham, in Yorkshire.

Sruout.mt.—A person in the neighbourhood cf
Crooswicks, Burlington County, having set a gill•net
for fish in Crooswicks Creek, on going to examine it,
found a large hawk seated on the water over the net.
Coming near the place, he also found a pike caught
in the net, which had seized one foot of the hawk
with his mouth, holding him to the spot. Thus se-
cured, both hawk and pike were taken by the fishe-
man. On examining the pike, which was ea. sgled
near the cork line, it was perceived that the hawk
bad struck it with one of his talons in the back, upcn
which it appeared that the pike had seized him by
the other, and held him fast. The pike was of a
small size—the hawk, quite large, measuring three
fees nine inches from tip to tip of each wing.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

DINNER AT THE CITY OF LONDON TAVERN.
Yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, an assem-
blage of Gentlemen, friends of Reform, dined toge-
ther at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate- ,
street. Dinner was ordered for six o'clock, and by
that hour the large room of the Tavern was crowded
•
to excess, there being present upwards of three hun-
dred and fifty persons. The LORD MAYOR presided
on the occasion, supported on his right by Mr.LAMB-
TON, and *on his left by Mr. WHITBREAD. There
were also present— .
• Lord Nugent, Sir Robert Heron, Mr. Coke (of Norfolk),
Sir Ronald Ferguson, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Fysche Palmer, Co-
lonel Davis, Sir George Robinson, Alderman Wood, Mr. Ri-
cardo, tke Hon. IL G. Bennett, the Hon. C. H. Hutchinson,
Mr. Curwen, Mr. Hume, Mr. Wyvill, Mr. Peter Moore, Mr.
• IV. Smith, Mr. Bernal, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Sheriff Walth-
man, Mr. Chaloner, Dr. Lushington, Mr. J. Dundas, Mr. S.
Duncombe, Mr. Maude, Mr. W. Honywood, Mr. S. Lefevre,
Colonel Torrens, Mr. Petre, Mr. James, Sir Charles Monck,
Mr. Monck, Sce. &c. &c.
* After the cloth was removed,
The LORD MAYOR begged leave to propose—
.' The King; and may he recollect his own declaration, that
the Crown is held in trust for the People."
• This toast was well received.
Air—" Hope told a Battering tale."
The next toast was—
" The Queen ;" and it was drank with three times three,
amidst the loudest acdamstions.
" The People, the only source of legitimate power," was then
given, and was drank, as the preceding toast, with three times
three, the whole company standing up, and giving loud demon-
strations of applause.
The LORD MAYOR now observed, that the next
toast brought him to what might be considered the
business of the day. Ile then expressed his sincere
regret that the Chair was not more worthily filled on
the present occasion, inasmuch as never before had
been assembled, under any roof, a body of Gentle-
men more truly respectable than was met here to-
day in the cause of Reform—(Applause).—His Lord-
ship then proceeded to urge some arguments in proof
of the necessity of Reform, and contended, that the
People had no security for their liberties if the House
of Commons did not act as a constitutional check
upon the two other Estates—(Applause).—lt was
needless for him to detain the company by any ob-
servations of his own, when there were so many Gen-
tlemen present whose distinguished talents were much
more competent to do justice to this subject than any
humble powers which he could bring to it. Ile then
pronounced a high eulogium on Mr. Lambton, and
concluded by proposing the health of that Gentle.
man as the next toast. The company received it with
enthusiastic cheers.
Mr. LAMBTON said he felt most sensibly the high
trilyae that was paid to him by this respectable body
of his countrymen. He then referred with peculiar
energy to the circumstances of the country, and in-
sisted that nothing but Reform could rescue it from
its perilous situation. The corruption of the House
of Commons was carried to the last excess. The
People were as nothing, a Faction as everything
!
(Applause).—He stated the plan of Refor ni which he
had in contemplation to bring fora ard upon an early
occasion. Ile would extend the elective franchise to
all those who shared in the burthens of the country;
so that he hoped to give a vote to every householder,
and he would have the duration of Parliaments limited
to three years. Ile then adverted to the efforts now
made by the Despots of the Continent to put down
the risiug spirit of liberty among their oppressed sub-
jects: it was linking the sound and healthy body of
Freedom to the putrid carcase of Legitimacy !
(Loud applaasc).---Ile concluded by saying that he
felt truly gratified at seeing around him at this Mo-
ment so many ardent and sincere friends of Reform.
He then sat down amidst loud and repeated cheers.
The Lotto MAYOR then said he had received a let-
ter from Mr. Ilyng, alleging that he was prevented
from attending in consequence of indisposition. His
Lordship paid a brief but forcible tribute to the merit
of Mr. Whitbread; and proposed, as the next toast—
" Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and
the Reformers of the County of 'Middlesex."
Mr. WHITBREAD returned thanks, and professed
his determination never, upon any occasion, to swerve
from the principles with which he set out in life. He
felt this to be one of the most trying moments he had
ever experienced, because he saw around him not only
those friends to whom he owed the honour of a seat in
the Legislature, but many of the first patriots of the
country, with whose claims he had nothing to set in
com petiti on—(Applause).—l Ie entreated the company
to do justice to feelings which he wanted words to
express--(('heers).
Mr. SHAW LEEETRE expressed his acknowledg-
ment in appropriate terms, and said, that such a Re-
form as that contemplated by the disfranchisement
of Grampound could never satisfy the People. It was
a Reform calculated only to enhance the price which
the Boroughmongers received at present fur their
seats—(Applause).--The next toast was—
" Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Sheriff Waitkman, and the Re-
formers of the City of London."
Mr. Alderman WOOD and Mr. Sheriff Wxantran
respectively returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed—
" Mr. Coke, Lord Bury, Colonel Walpole, and the Reformers
of Norfolk."
Mr. COKE, in returning thanks, said, that he had
been for forty-five years in Parliament, during which
time he had invariably opposed those who opposed
the cause of the People—(Applause). When first he
appeared in the House of Commons, he had felt it
his duty to vote against the American war; and, for
doing so, he had been called a rebel(Cheers).—
Subsequently to that period he had had many such ap-
pellations given to him, and he did not doubt but that
many of those who heard him had been so fortunate
as to receive similar, honours—(Cheers). He came
into Parliament in early life, with an impression on
his mind that Reform was absolutely necessary. At
. that period it was that he first admired the splendid
talents of Mr. Fox; and throughout the whole of his
life he believed that that illustrious individual had
not a more consistent supporter than himself (Mr.
Coke)—(Loud cheers). He looked upon Mr. Fox as
perhaps the most truly constitutional man who had
ever existed in this country. Previously attached by
an admiration of his great qualities, his great con-
duct had induced him (Mr. Coke) throughout the
whole of his life to support his principles. Of the

necessity of a Reform in Psrliament no man could
doubt who had any knowledge of the proceedings 6f
the last 4.5' years ; and certainly the company whiCh
he (Mr. Coke) had constantly kept there during that
period had not one whit altered his sentiments—
(Laughter). He hoped that this present, and corres-
pondent Meetings, might in some degree alter the.
character of that company. He did not like to speak
disrespectfully of those who were not present in the
company ; but he must own that he was a little
ashamed of those with whom he did associate in the
House of Commons—(Hear, hear, hear). He very
often felt great shame, although aware that it was a
company which he must keep. He had now for very
many years represented the opulent and important
County of Norfolk ; and, doubtless, he always felt it
a great honour to do so; but he always felt great
pain in being invested with it, as he had not unfre-
quently informed his constituents. Throughout his
life, his great object had been the preservation of the
liberties of the People ; and if he could once have had
the happiness of seeing. what he should call an ap-
proach to the true constitutional spirit of representa-
tion, he would long ago have retired, with satis-
faction and pleasure, to a life much more conge-
nial to, and consonant with, his feelings than poll-
tics, namely, a private life—(Loud cheering). He
had, however, undoubtedly, as many Gentlemen
who were present, and most of the Freeholders of
Norfolk could testify, endeavoured, under the in-
fluence of those feelings which he possessed, to make
a vigorous opposition, in the cause of Liberty, to
everything which might seem hostile to its true and
rational interests. Not only had his efforts been di-
rected to. preserve the Independence of the County,
but also to forward the cause of Parliamentary Re-
form—(Load cheers).—lle had now fought many
battles ; and having so often fought in earlier life,
he could assure the Meeting that he was still ready
to wage another for the cause of Parliamentary Re-
form—a cause for whose success he was the more
anxious, as mliit'unquestionably the County of Nor-
folk was not at present represented. In his judg-
ment, at least, decidedly it was not represented, be-
cause he and his colleague were as much at variance
as it was possible for any two men to be. k was his
firm conviction, corrupt and venal as the House of
Commons was, that nothing but a Reform could
save the Country—(!tear, hear).--If there was any
man who could doubt the existence of that venality
and corruption, he must have been but too well sa•
tisfied, in the course of the present Session, of the
melancholy truth that they did exist in confidence
and in vigour; and that for a disease so dangerous,
Reform was the' only practicable remedy—( cheer,
ing).—lle again desired to return his acknowledg-
ments—(Loud cheers).

The LORD MAyott, in alluding to the next toast,
observed, that it was in honour of an old and tried
friend, who certainly would have been present but
for. the invincible detention occasioned by a verdict
of the Court of King's Bench—(Reiterated cheers).—
That honourable and truly patriotic individual had
been tried, convicted, and severely punished for
writing and publishing a letter, which, however,
contained, as he believed, the sentiments of the
great majority of his Constituents—(Loud and con-
tinued cheers).—Before he proposed the toast in the
usual form, he would wish the letter to he read,
which he (the Lord Mayor) had, in the course of the•
evening, received from the worthy Baronet.
The following Letter, addressed to the Meeting,
was then read by Mr.GA It DN ER :

" King's Bench, April 4, 13•_1.

" Ginerennot—You will not, I am sure, doubt the sincerity
with which I express my regret at being unavoidably detained
from the Meeting of this day. My heart is, however, amongst
you, and my mind altogether in the great cause you are met to
promote. That cause has been supported by so much ability,
acute reasoning, and profound learning, that it baffles ingenuity
to offer anything importantly new upon the subject. Nor do I
now take up my pen with the vain lupe of doing anything more
than expressing my respect for the Gentlemen assembled. In-
deed, the question Is itself so plain, and Is .s been so elaborately
set forth and illustrated, that, to u e the slang of the Honour-
able House, ' the people out of doors; the profane vulgar, per-
fectly understand it. For in this enlightened age and country,
no one, I take it, is so ignorant as not to know that to have is
to have, which is the whole of this subject—that if what I ac-
quire, either by good fortune or the sweat of my: brow, another
can take from me without my own c-msent, it is not my pro-
perty but his ; that in that case I am only
,tenant at will; and
that if any man or set of men can make laws to imprison my
person, to which I have never consented, my person is as inse-
cure as my property ; in other words, that ' liberty and pro-
perty,' the watchwords of our forefathers, are sounds as sense-
less and empty as the beating of a drum—as' sounding brass, or
a tinkling cymbal.' Gentlemen, that Mr. Canning—l mention
him as the champion of the party—a part for the whole—should
defend to the uttermost a system, by the !locus poe us tricks of
which he and his family get so much public money, can cause
neither me nor, any man surprise or anger—
' For 'tis their duty all the learned think,
espouse that cause by which they eat and drink !'

Do I therefore say that the House of Commons is corrupt ?
Not I, indeed, even though I should run no risk of being tran-
sported : no such thing, they are true to the interest of those
who send them.' The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his mas-
ter's crib; and they at least equal the ox and the ass in know-
ledge and virtue, and are moreover superior to the Jews, for
they do know their Mains. I will boldly adduce their example
as proof undeniable of benefits the People would, derive from
appointing their own Representatives, seeing that these Gentle-
men are ever true to their own and their patrons' interest. This
identity of interest keeps all smooth; And the Public may rest
assured that the same cause will ever produce the same etrect ;
and that, whenever the Public shall have the appointment of
their own House of Commons, the public expenditure will be
controuled, the public burdens diminished, the public money ap-
plied to public purposes, and the public happiness and prosperity,
in other words, liberty and property,' secured and not till
then. In the meantime I take this opportunity of expressing
my satisfaction at the cause being in such good hands, and to
add, that the Reformers may always command, such as they are;
tily services in any way or situation which they can think useful
—vet duce, ed nsilite, me titemini.
" I remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
" FRANCIS BURDETT.v
—The LORD Miami concluded his speech by express-
ing his good wishes for the success of Sir Francis
Burdett's forthcoming motion for an inquiry into the
Manchester outrage—(Loud applause).—He begged
to propose, " Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Hobhouse, and
the Reformers of Westminster." This toast was hailed
with continued acclamations.

Mr. HOBHOUSE thanked the company for the ho-
nour they had done him, and said he could not re-
frain from observing, in the words of Milton, who
was not less eminent as a Patriot, than he was illus-
trious as a Poet—that 44 when the People is employed
in thinking about substantial truths, then it is that
the People does not give any proof of its degene-
racy, but gives a proof rather of its throwing off the
old skin of corruption; and that it will was strong,

And revive again into another youth."—Wear, hear,
and loud applause).
Upon the health of " Sir RonewrWit.sow and the
Reformers of Southwark" being proposed, the gallant
General presented himself to the company, and said,
that any man who could presume to cast an asper-
sion on the character of Reformers, must, if he were
now in this room, retract his words, and acknowledge
that his ideas were Tounded in error. The man who,
witnessing such a Meeting as the present, could cen-
sure the friends of Reform, was a man not to be rea-
soned with—either his intellect or his heart must be'
bad, or perhaps both—(Applause).—He then spoke'
at some length in favour of Reform, and proceeded
to notice the evezits that had taken place in Naples.
He denied that he had yet accepted any offer to go
to that country; but if the sacrifice of any claims
which he might urge as a General Officer in the set-
vice of England—if the sacrifice of his station as a
Member of the British Parliament, could assist the
cause of liberty in any part of the world, he would
be ready to forego these claims—(Cheers).—Had he
any hope that his efforts in favour of Naples would
be seconded with effect, he should be ready to aid
the cause of the Neapolitans in any rank, however
humble. He would go to Naples, and join the Pa-
triots-of that country, even as a private soldier, with
a musket in his hand—(Repeated cheers).—lt was
only the day before ye.terday that he had received a
communication, inviting him to assist Naples against
Austria, and no man was more disposed to do so;
but, from recent events, it could not be expected
that he should leave England in that cause, till he saw
some spot for the banner of freedom to rest upon—
(Continued cheers).—He could not possibly express
how much he felt the honour which the company
had done him.

The next toast was—" The Formation of Repre-
sentative Governments where they do not exist, and
the Reformation of them where they exist imper-
fectly."—The company drank this toast with ani-
mated applause.
The LORD MAYOD then gave " Sir It. Ferguson,
Mr. Hume, and the Reformers of Scotland."
Sir R. FERGUSON returned thanks, as did a!so Mr.
Husra, who dwelt upon the corrupt state of the Re-
presentation in Scotland. He said that he considered
it a high honour to be returned for Montrose, as being
a borough that was the first to support Parliamentary
Reform— ( Applause).
Lord NUGZST expressed a confident hope of the
progress of Reform in that County with which he had
the honour to be connected—which boasted the birth
of Milton—which contained the grave of Hampden
—and which could never forget the Barons of Rutty-
niede. Against Reform (observed his Lordship),
many objections were urged ; but the most singular
was that advanced by the Gentleman who was called
" the Champion of Anti-Reformers:" That Gentle-
man had said that the present system worked well !
Yes, truly, it worked well for the corruptionists, but
it worked very ill for the I'eople; and therefore he
should say to this Champion, in the language of
gakspeare's grave-digger,
" I like thy wit well—the gallows works well for those
that work ill—ergo, It works well for thee !"—Gluck laughter.)

Mr. Hosywoon alluded, in a very eloquent man-
ner, to the conduct of the House of Commons in the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus, the passing of the
five Bills, and the prosecution and illegal treatment
of the Queen. While he had life he would never be
satisfied till the British Parliament, instead of being
the most .
most dignified and freest in the world—( Very great
applause). .
Mr. LAMBTON proposed the health of " The Lord
Mayor," and eulogized the principles by which his
conduct had uniformly been regulated. He at the
same time expressed his hope that the Citizens of
London would avail themselves of any future occa-
sion to return his' Lordship as one of their Repre-
sentatives—(Applause).
The LORD MAYOR briefly returned thanks. With
unfeigned gratification he had seen the highest and
most distinguished character, the great patriots of
the age, assembled to suppot t Reform. He concluded
by proposing the health of Mr. C. Hutchinson and
M. W. Smith—with them he connected the cause of
civil and religious liberty all over the world.
Mr. H trrentx sort returned thanks in an able speech.
Mr. W. SMITH said, he was the oldest Reformer in
the room. He was proud to be connected with civil
and religious liberty ; for these were the objects and
ends, Parliamentary Reform was but the means.
Dr. LUSIIINGTON, MY. MONCK, and Mr.FYSCITE
PALMER severally addressed the Meeting, urging the
necessity of a Reform in Parliament.
The Loan MAYOR next gave the healths of Mr.
Peter Moore and other Gentlemen who had favoured
them with their company.
Mr. P. MOORE returned thanks. He had never,
during the many years he had been in the House of'
Commons, heard a debate so rich and so full of in-
formation. He had never, in fact, been able to sit
out the consummate nonsense that was uttered in
Parliament ; but here he could sit as long as they
were disposed to go on—(Laughter and cheers).
The greatest harmony and good humour pervaded
the crowded company to a very late hour, when they
all departed, almost at the same moment.

A County Meeting was held at Huntingdon-_ on
Friday—present, Earl FITZWILLIAM, Lord MILTON,
Lord Jolts RUSSELL, and a number of other Gen-
tlemen. A Petition to Parliament, praying for Re-
form, was agreed to.

Last week, a woman, of the name Of Morgan, was
committed by one of the Magistrates for the County
of Kent, for insolence and contempt of Court when
before him on an examination; she was locked up
that night in the cage in the Broadway, Deptford ;
next morning her husband came to see her, and was
in the greatest rage at the conduct of the Magistrate
in committing his wife, as he considered she com-
mitted no offence. ' A coach was procured to take
her to Maidstone Jail, and as she entered it, her hus-
band, who was overwhelmed with grief, and unable
to speak, kissed her affectionately, and as the coach
drove off he remained like a statue until it was out
of sight, when he dropped down and expired on the
spot.—A .Coroner's Inquest has since been held on
the body, and it being the opinion of the Surgeon
who examined it that his death was caused from a
broken heart, or excessive grief, the Jury returned a
verdict—Died by the viatatton of Gon.