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foreign powers recovered, to the country
oaidthe fininees of the States who were indebted to
likwere so bad, they were unable to pay us 1 But
why were they so bad, but in consequence of the'
mad and unjustifiable wars of aggression, which these
States had so long carried on. Having stated the
cause of our distresses, he would now come to the
remedy. If those Gentlemen who drew such large
sums from the country, would hut give him their ear,
he would prove himself one of their best friends. He
would advise them to give up a little to save the rest
—he would not go so far as to tell them to give up
the whole, but merely to give up what was not ab-
solutely necessary to their comforts. He would say
this to the twenty-four Bishops, one of whom had
upwards of 420.000, and the lowest of whom had
, 4900 a-year, which was more than their master, or
at least he whom they called their master, ever had..
To the Sinecurist he would say, give op the source
of your robbery and plunder, toe which yon do no.
thing, and for which you deserve nothing. He: would
have this given towards paying the National Debt,.
and taking of part of the load of time which was
weighing down the country. There was another
thing he would propose to take--the Droits of 'Ad-
miralty, from which 420,000 was taken at one time,
and £50,000 at another. to be given to a
Prince. This fund was purchased at the expellair of
the blood and sinews. of the country. Nothing was
so base as to-seize the ships and property of indivi-
duals—but it they were not to be given heck Wit)
to the lightfel owners, this mosey ought to be given
to the petite of this country. He would pro propose
that they 6hOuld withdraw the army from France..
(4111/aure).—They would not themselves like to
have an army forced on them.. Ho, • would tell the
Duke of Wellington, ge By commanding such an
army, though your victories had been ten thousand
times More brilliant, you have tarnished them all?'
He would also propose the abolition of the standing
army at home ; for the defence of the country ought
to be entrusted alone to Volunteers, or a proper cons-
stitutional force. There were some, who, though
once noisy enough, now hid their heads, whom he
would call on. He would call on John Bowles, who,
as a Dutch Commissioner, had kept back £70,000
without any authority..-he should like to know if he
bad ever paid that sum ? He would nest call on the
' People of England to cast down that Monument
(pointing to the monument ef Mr. Pitt.—Loud aft-
/slam, mixed wish a few histm)o—He would next
have them to insist for and demand a constitutional
Parliament. This was thionly remedy which could
be depended on. It was as plain as the sun at noon
doy, that seats in the House of Commons were
bought and sold. When this was avowed by that
cold-blooded Statesman, Lord Castlereagh. the
Speaker owned -that our forefathers would have
shuddered at such it statement. Had he been
Spoilter, he would have thrown up his seat on
hearing such a declaration. Seats in the House
of Commons were bought and sold like stalls in
Smithfield Market; and it was well known that a
few 'great Lords, with the Treasury, returned a
majority in it. It was said that the King had his
pattscular share in the Constitution—that the Lords
had their share—but what became eof the people?,
Until, however, the People of. England bad courage,
to demand their share in the Constitution, they would
never be secure from oppression. Lord Grenville,
one 'great enemy of the people's rights, was not how
in power : thank GOD for it I. Weis they formed
themselves into societies, and behaved themselves
Nike men, their prayers would Dam be Maid. They
ought to conduct themselves with wisdoni, modem-
tiont and prudence. If they would only unite toga'
ther, and act firmly, and talk About the subject at
home and abroad, they would be sure to succeed in
,the end; and if they did not this, mark what would
lie the consequence--either ; bloody revolution. which

therwould i 11 have to deplore, of a military despo.
tism.—(Lsed apples/A)
The first Resolution eras then put and carried un-
animously.

Mr: Hirut eau* forward amidst considerable ap-
pleases; intermingled with a few hisses. After the
very able manner in which the subject of the Meet-
ing had been already discussed, it would be presump-
tion in him to attempt to add any thing more; but
he appeared there not for the purpose of ,exhibiting
his eloquence, but of naming a few sentiments which,
had not yet been stated.
.. His object was to aim at
truth. and that truth he would submit to their consi.,
dermion, whether it was palateable or not. They
were called on to decide on one of the most impor-
tant subjects which could ever occupy the attentioa
of any country. It wits admitted on all hands, that
the nation was in a state of unparalleled distress.—
There might be some difference of opinion about the
remedy—there might be found a few quacks what
liould offer palliatives 19 the evil ; but the-true phy•
sician would tell them that their•only remedy was a
relief from excessive taxation, which was the only
clause of the distress.—(4ftftkrete.)—This taxation.
was the fruit of the twenty years war waged by the
Government of this country against the liberties of
other countries all over the world. These wars .oH
waged had succeeded to a miracle—there was not,
one object which had not been attained—they had
restored the Bourbons—they had, restored the Pope—.l
they bad restored " the beloved Ferdinand" and all
the beauty of the Inquisition—and last, though not
least. they had imposed taxes on the people of Bag-
lind.without their consent. They had succeeded •to
*a miracle ! And what had been gotten by it ? They
had brought the country into a state of irretrievable
distress ! • There was ncit a man among them who
had not witnessed, heard, acid commiserated the dia..
units of their fellow-ereatujes. It was• their slaty
to lift up the veil which *had been thrown. .over
eyes of the people respecting that distreak
the duty of the Citizens of London to tearaway die'
=ask worn by those who said the aids were tempo..
racy. For What purpose did they Assemble—auks%
Bishops, _Arc.hbishops, the c.,hapcellor of the .F.eche.
quer. Wilberforce,apt ill the, phalanx. of Geiratn.:'
'new in the City 4adon Tama. I-PTO pot. fitsfp
'Of all
on
.‘ itc,*4 the cies, of the illogespotfrope)
',rem the peace. The .garquis Castdos

Ploonu% bad ap,soo and had
liselellfektiptielte frW by the rule
threefarthings in the pound on the
ainecure.-.( 41."? ).-If helped given
pound, it would have been ALA in-
The Princess Chirlotte of Wales
Coboorg had received about
year, and they had given £lOO. If
they had given, penny
n in the pound, their subscrip.
tion would h.lee sesoo. Thus the great pail;
pets gave dieteodd pence to relieve the I:ttle paupers.
It put him in mind.of a famous highwayman in his
part of the country, who, when he had rubbed a
gentleman of a thousand pounds, took credit to him-
self that he had returned him a penny to pay a tern-
pike.—(4 lough.)—ln the Resolutions which would
be read, these things would be fully noticed. The
Liverymen would be called on to petition that Par-
liament would abolish all sinecure offices, useless
places, and pensions, not obtained for some service
rendered to the country --(Applause)— for lie was
persuaded that eve seiu their present distress the C•ty
or London would ..tot grudge the rewards of real
merit. But what had the Marquis of Camden &lye ?
Whet had George. Rose done?—(A Laugh)—What
had Mrs. Henn, the mother of Mr. Cintiitxg, done
for the country, for which she received £501) a-year ?
What were the merits of the two amiable Misses
Hunn, who were .41s0 saddled upon the tares? What
were the merits of Lady Grenville, a member of the
family which had realized immense fortunes from
places end pensions—of Lady Paget, and the rest of
the lying hst of Lady as well as Gtnticm.:n Sinecurists
and Pensioners ? The subscription from these per-
ions and others tovra'rds the public distresses amoun-
ted to £433,0001 so that the Marquis of Camden
alone received in the year near £6OOO more than had
subscribed by the Archbishops and Bishops and,
simetorists, and Mr. Wilberforce and his friends—(A
1.00.) •-lt was lamentable to think that English.
teen should be reduced to such a deplorable condi.
doe, that they should be compelled to accept £2OO
from the Duke of Berri—that the people of England
should receive alms from a Frenchman—and such a
Frenchman l—(Leedisistrieure.)—Such, however, was
the condition to which we had been reduced by the
heavy and long-continued pressure of taxation, that
be would pledge bimsetf that this stun would not af-
ford three meals to the sufferers in the Metropolis
alone. Although eight millions were also paid by
the country expressly for the selielot the pdor, they.
had nothing to eat. What a contemptible impotent
was it then to send forth the ideas that the distresses
of the country could be relieved by the trifling sub:
scriptions of the placemen ?—( Applause.) The cause
-of the distresses was this, that the country gentlemen
had so much taken, from them by the great pupas
above them, and had so much to pay to the little
paupers below them, that they had no money left to
spend in shops or to encourage the manufacturer.—.
—The labourers whom they were unable to employ,
honest, steady and industrious men, were obliged to
lie down under the hedges to die for want. Such had
been the effects of a long, bloody, and unjust war.—
During this war, all those State Paupers, those muck.
worms, who had sucked the vital blond of the State,
had flourished, and though surrounded by the ago.
nizing groans of• a sniffling people, they basked in
the sunshine cf corruption-est the Borough.mongee.
ing system, a system which gave the hard earnings
et indus;--y to.the idle and the worthless—the reward
of patient merit to the unworthy, and weieh robbed
genius and talent to promote ignorance and icily.—
fl is system was spawned in the bosom'of the mob
corrupt villain who ever disgraced this country, Sir
Robert Walpole, and was fostered and brought•i.
perfection by that man (pointing to the statue of Mr.
Pitt), aldinister just as corrupt as Sir Robert Wale
pole.— (Lead .Apiterese.)—When he died, he entailed'
the expenses of his system on the dountry, and *the
profits of it to his underlings, and they indeed had
Bidden it whip and spur so hard, that they had
brought ii to a premature old age.—(Aftellirries)—lt
, Irail not too much to date its downfall trnm the gess.
Mc of the Resolutions of that day. The hirelings,
be trusted, would take warning from what he
aid, and give the people of England their rights.—:
For this purpose . he should support a Petition 1.) the
Prince Regent, to call together Parli'ament, even in.
Its present corrupt shape, to demand from them the
abolition of all sinecares, useleisplaces and pensioes,
the reduction of that army which was maintained-16r
the purpose of supporting a despot on the thr'orie of
,France, and•the army which was.kept up in England.
*at a time when we apprehended no enemyvaed which
could only be employed to overawe the people while
war taxes were raised in lime of peace. He would
lose his right hand before he petitioned for the a%sein-
Ming of the present Parliament in unqualified terms;
but in the demand which-they made for its being
assembled, the reason would also be stared why they
Made that demand, viz. to listen to the petitions of
'the people, to restore their rights ere it was too late,
before the people were goaded to madness, and de-
jimmied restitution in a tone and manner which might
Floury the corrupt system and its Supporters in one
COISIMOI3 ruin.—(Applause.)—He was sorry to see
:the deception which was attempted to be practised
en the people as to the domestic concerns of the
country. There was a paragraph in the Papers el
that day, which stated that there was a prospect of a
prodigious harvest. Now this was to his knowledge
I gross falsehood, for, from actual investigation in
several counties, he should state, though he.lamented
it, that there had never been a prospect el so great a
;deficiency in the wheat crop.) On this he would risk
his character as a farmer, and his honour as a gentle.
isian. A great farmer, who had assisted him.in the
investigation, had written to him to beg him not to
mention this fact in the City, for fear the Minister
should take off the restriction on importation before
the three months were at an end. It the restriction
were taken off, the farmers with a half' crop would
be ruined. If the restriction were continued the loaf
would be' at'lBd. and the people, who were now
starving by hrindreds, would be starving by thou-
sands. He concluded by stating, that the Resolutions
were couched. in the most moderate terms, to-meet
theopioions of the Body of the Livery, who might
not ..be willing to support the whole truth. _ The
ertuh, however, he. should be willing al,rays to tell
uninfluenced •by hope of reward or fear of
IntaisbeaentereVanui.flAtairue.) • -
The iirettlassiolutiou was then read, And. Carried;
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been twenty mallow (lama Wiliam was called att die sliweate *sew
by Wier digilf.rfarthntgr.ooll4 0,411,100 IMP* I
And now. Government havp forty millions, mad liser o 4 Cocker
wantedthirty-live minioatoppro. —By the rotablidj.. amount of his lintels
sent of itaadiag ?army, ithey had subverted the a penny in the' pouk
Constitution. and eve; mat
,who voted for it ought stead of £lOO. T
to be impeached.. Why wete none of the loans to and the Prince of
foreien Dowers recovered to the country ? It was 5t120.000 in this yea