Star.
London, England, 1816-02-24 00:00:00

IfISTMIASTAIt REAMING.

Yesterday a Meetino of the inhabitants of West-
spinster took place its Palace-yard, for the. purpose of
petitiouing Parliament 'ageing the renewal of the
Property Tax, and the maintenance of a standing
array in time of peace. Ylie Meeting was name.
rously attended. By twelve o'clock great crowds
bad assembled ; and at one, the whole space included
in Palace-yard was filled.
At one o'clock, the than BAILIFF. atcompanied
by a great part of the Westminster standing Commit.
tee, the two Representatives of Westminster, Lord
COCHRAN and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, with several
Members of the House of Commons, among whom
we observid Mr. Baouciuma, M. LAIIRION, and Mr.
BRAND, entered the hustings.
Mr. Mortars, the High Bailiff, opened the business
of the. Meeting, by reading the Requisition, by which
be was authdrized and induced to call it. He ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the opportunity which the
Inhabitants of Westminster now enjoyed, and so eta.
lously embraced, of petitioning the Legislature for
the abolition of a tax, the burthen of which oar $6
severely felt, and a redress of grievances of whichi
they complained. He would not ester into any dis-
cussion on the subject, as he would thee consume the
time of the Meeting, which would be better employed
by listening to the eloquence and arguments of seve-
ral Gentlemen of high character and eminent talents,
with whom Ire saw himself surrounded.
Mr. 'WJSUART. in proposing the Resolutions, to
which he hoped the Meeting would agree, began by
observing, that if the advice of a great statesman.
Who had formerly been their Represeutative, had
bees followed, they would not at this day have been
tailed open to petition Parliament against the conti.
mutat* of the evils under which they now suffered.—
..I.:calm/ voice been attended to, this odious
tag ne iet have been imposed. It was needless
to deasribe its character, or to offer any arguments
demenstraove of its oppresivs and inqursitonal mode
of collection, and of its unjust end unequal distribu-
tion. La detesuble nature was known to all: It
streav ! a body of men whose ape required them so
make daily inroads dh our liberties.it raised Com-
missioners who had the power of assessing our pro.
perty as tl*y thought proper, and from whose Jet
there lay no appeal. The niannerin which it irrita-
ted and degraded the people, was universally felt.—
We had seen the ravages that it hid made on our for-
trines and our freedom—we likewise saw the breach
Of Government faith which its continuance implied.
We had borne this as well as our other burdens with
patience, during the urgent Necessities of a protracted
war, in the 'prospect of immediate relief upon the re-
turn of tranquillity. We had conquered and obtained
peace, and were consequently entitled to claim the re.
demotion of the pledge givt n by the Legislature and
by the Government. We had now no war to main-
tain but a war fiir our rights at home—no enemy to
contend against but the Ministers who opposed them.
We bad seen our enemies prostrate, we had come out
of a protracted struggle with honour, but what ad-
Vantage by our exertions—what good had we done
to any European people ? We bad raised three Mo.
narchs to thrones of which they were unworthy, and
given them the power of oppressing their people.—
The misfortunes of these Sovereigns had not taught
them one lessed of wisdom ; in their adversity they
had learned neit:ler justice nor moderation. Go to
the dungeons of France, which are now so full, and
ask the 'miserable victims of confinement, if their
country had derived any political freedom from our
success ? aod t'.ey will answer, No. Go to the South
of France, and ask those who are suffering from poli-
tical and rel.git.us fanatic:snr, it they enjoyed any
protec ion from their Government ? and they will re-
ply in the negative. Ask if there is a single honest
heart in France that beats with joy at the name of
Louis the Desired ? ar.d you shall he answered, No.
(Loud a/01am) The restoration of a dynasty like
this, the establishment of despotic power in Europe,
were the fruits of our exertions, and the measures,

for the execution of which, we were required to pay
our taxes. Among the multitude of changes opera-
' ted in this country, during a late period, none was
more alarming than the military ►pir+t which had be-
gun to preilomitta—, and the military taste which
was entertained in c- rtain qu.rters• He was cousin-
fres! that, in the quarter, to which he alluded, a thou.
sand whiskered red coats would rather be seen than

three freemen met for considering their rights and
prieilebes. (Lied amlesee.) It we permuted the
Income Tax tie be connoted another year, it would
• be saddles up 4) us too ever—it we did not act upon
the Lego'lature irr welt a •mintier as to FROCHge-idIR
reduction *of our great military establishment, it
would always be supported to the presets, extent, for
the pUrpose of exacting hem us whatever taxes Go-
vernment migt,t recommend to be imposed upon a
relnctant-and "offering people. He would not trouble
the Meeting with any more remarks of his, as it.
would be address. d by several high characters beside
him on Cie hutting: with more poweriul eloquence,
and able reasoning, than be could pretend to. He
would only read the Resolutions on which the Poi.
lion to Parliament was proposed to be grounded 1.
and be hoped that the Petition, when presented to the
Legislator's. from m numerous and respectable
body of freemen as be now saw before him, Would
produce an appropriate effect.
Mr. Wismar then read the fast Resolution, and.
was seconded by
MAccivata, who observed that he would not
trouble the Meeting with any speech, but only begged
leave to idd, that, in his opinion, a Commissioner of
the Income Tax was a political confessor, end in this
seit.e we might say that we had obtained a Catholic
Government.—(Lord end reuerekd atislaures.) The
second Resolution was then read and seconded like
the former, amid applause. and laughiog. . When
the Resolution against a standing truly, was read,
Major CARTWRIGHT- addressed the Meeting. He
was aware that the measure of a standing army could
..ot be properly disiussed or decided upon in Palscee
; but it should be decided upon in a Parliament

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duly elected, and by a' Cabbiet end* the contieno.l
and ',ruched by the vigilance of such a Parliah ent
410 Freemen, however, had a right to deliver their
'opinions on thee measures of Government, and there
.were some things of which they were sufficiently,
competent judges. They could determine at present ,
on the- expediedcy and the danger of a standing
army. A great Athenian had said, 2000 years ago,
that a standing army old soon command the
State; and an English WratOesman, (Mr A. Young.)
had, not long ago, given it as his opinion, that an
armed Government was inconsistent with the liber-
ties of a people. A free Parliament and a national
militia were the real characteristics door Constitu-
tion, the real safeguards or our rights. Different
sciences had .different tests, by which the powers of
the substances. with which they were conversant,
could be tried. For ascertaining high degrees of
heat we hid a pyrometer ; for measuring the strength
of spirits the hydrometer was invented ; and those
principles which he bad mentioned, as they afforded
the means of knowing the degrees of an enlightened
patriotism, might be called a patriometer.—(Lord
,am/aere.) Major Cartviright made several other ob-
servations, and manifested a design to proceed to a
great length, When, by the increasing impatience of
several Gentlemen of the Westminster Cormniuee on
the hustings, he was induced to dtew to a conclusion...
Mr. HUNT entreated the indulgence of the Meet-
ing on this day, while he endeavoured to express his
sentiments on the subject under their consideration.
Having been named a Member of the Committee of ,
Thirty-one. appointed hut July, to watch over the i
rights and liberties of the people of Westininster (an
honour which was dear to his heart). while he had
life and health, and was continued in that situation,
he would never fail to attend to their interests. Full
well he remembered thai some of those who were
present to-day had not been among them on a for-,
mer occasion when their exertions might have been
of some service to the people of Westminster. As
the servant of those who had appointed him to watch
over their interests, he would not fail to give them
warning when he thought they were in danger. He
held this to be his duty, for what would be thought
of a mortal who should see a person about to fire his
master's house, and not seize the incendiary by the
collar ? (aftftlasce, and a cry of 4 Order,' friar she hust-
ings.) He (Mr. Hunt) had been called to order.
He d?d not conceive he had been out of older, and
was aot to be put down if it was the wish of the
Electors of Westminster to hear him.—(rlftftlause.)—
The Gentleman who had brought forward the Resn.
lotions bad told them, that if a great Statesman, now
no more .(he supposed he meant Mr. Fox), had been
attended to, they would not have been called toge-
ther that day, to consider of petitioning Parliament
against the Poperty Tax. fie wished to know if the
Gentleman meant Mr. Fox is, or Mr. Fox eat of
place. If he meant the latter. he would go along
with him in all he might say, but if be at all referred
to what he had done in office, then he (Mr. Hunt),
thought it necessary to remind them of what his con-
duct bad beers with respect to this Tax. Mr. Fox
had strongly opposed the gnome Tax. while out of
place, but he and his friends no sooner had got hi,
than they raised it from six and a half to ten per cent.
He ..nentioned this, as he wished to guard them
against entering into any party views;—lie wished
them to feel nu this subject as their worthy Rep*
sentative Sir F. Burdett did, who had no party but
that of the country.—(Applause.)—lt should be his
task, and on this day it would be a painful one,
to warn them against the party out of place, as
well as against the party in place. Those whom
he addressed, had not now to learn what were the
principles, and what the practice of the Whigs.—
They had made trial of them, and they hid found
when in office, that they had added to the number
of sinecure places and pensions, with which the pub.
lic was previously burthened—they had increased
the allowancesof the Royal Family, and the salaries
of the Judges, and those of all the Officers of State,
on account of the dearness of provisions. These
were elme of the benefits we owed to the. Party ;
and though the dearness of provisions was the pre•
text for making the additional grants to which be
had referred, had they as yet proposed that these
should he reduced to what they formerly were ?
What he had said on this subject seemed to cause
time uneasiness to those behind him. He cared not.
Thongh his conduct should offend all the world,
when he came there to address the Electors of West-
minster, he would tell them the truth—(ifeftleare.)
'here was no single tax which the Whigs had con-
demned when brought forward by the government
of Mr. Pitt, which they had not kept tip at least if
they had not increased it. In no respect had they
made good their former professions. Did they not
make Lord Grenville First Lord of the Treasury and
Auditor of the Exchequer; thus uniting two offices
that were absolutely incompatible with each other ?
And did they not make the benevolent Chief Justice
i of the Court of King's Bench (Lord EUenborough),
a Cabinet Minister ? Could any thing be more inipto-
-40? than this? In coasagneoce of this appointjn •
might. in the first instance, be accused by Lord El-
lenUrough for speaking there; and that Noble Lord
being his accuser, might afterwards sit in judgment
111300 him in Westminster Hall. He hoped it would
not be his fate to be tried before him—but, it it
were, so he bad a Westminster Jury, he should
not be afraid of getting well through it—(Hear.)
(Here it was discovered that hfcssrs. Brand, Bennet,
ant Brougham had left:the Hustings, and conside-
rable interruption was given by the shouts and hisses
a the multitude].—He was sorry to find that those
Gentlemen who belonged to the party of which he
had been speaking, and whom it had been expected
that Assembly would have the honour to hear on this
occasion, were gone, as he wished them to have an
opportunity of defending the conduct of their Whig
friebds. The Gentleman near him (Mr. Wishart),
,had spoken of them as being the Representatives of
the People ; if ever he called them so, he wished
those who then beard him mi ht chop off his aim,
and cut out his tongue.—.(4:
ifaime
).—Who were the
Whigs? And what were Mr. onsonby, Mr. Horner,
and Mr. Brougham ? He would tell them what they
were : Mr. Ponsonby was a Pensioner on the public';
he received a pension of £4OOO per annum for doing
nothing—and had he, in consideration of the public
distress, ever offered to' give up this pension ? Mr.
Horner, as one of the Commissioners. fur adjusting
the Debts of the Nabob of Arcot, received £2OOO
per annum--and were diem accounts ever likely to

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sie settled, Or that cotadleission tOtt4inlrtaii,litttß4 the
Presentsyseens, while be ( Mr. Hunt), or those to whom
tie was addressing hies*, werein existence? The..
was no probability V( thiss bOt had Mr. Horner, any
more than Mr. l'Obsotthy, offered, taticicr th• ie
to give up his pension ? No; it had
never occurred to either of them to do 'this.—
Now fee Mr. Brougham Had the Meeting forgot-
ten the pretty slap of the face he had given them at'
Liverpool f If they bad, he (Mr. Hunt) had -"Mt.—
On the occasion to which he referred, Mr. Brougham,
expressing his hatred of the principles of Mt. Pitt,
and his admiration of those of Mr. Fox, in which
he was determined to live and die, had taken great
care to separate himself from the Reformers, of
whom he had spoken with little respect, and had
evidently meant to reflect on Sir Francis Burdett and
his friends.. He had understood they were disposed,
to support the wishes of the people of Westutinsteel
on the present occasion, but before thee came for.:l
ward there for that purpose, let them wipe out those'
stains which he.had proved to attach to their cha-
racters. As these Gentlemen were gone, he would
trespass oa the time of the Meeting Ore minutes
,longer to read -over to them a list of Sinecures,
among which, it would be seen, the names of some
of the Party were to be found. The places for
which the salaries, he should enumerate were paid,
were not like those of Lord Castlereagh and
others, who did something for what they recerved.—.
Lord Bathurst received £7,310 per annum out of the
public purse; the Marquis of Camden was paid
4129,000 yearly, as one of tie Tellers of the Exche.
quer, for writing his name once a year; Lerd Gren.
vile (this was one of a' :he party"), had a sinecure
of £1.,000 ; Mr. C. Yorke, £3,0,;0; the Duke of
Grafton, 88,000; Lord Thurlow, £5,000; Lord
Lilenborough, £15,189 ; Mr. Rose, /23,670; Mr.
lVilliara Rose, .€2,137 ; !serf Arden, 838,574;
Lord Melville, 84.,607; Young Melville, 84,5.:0;
Lord Liverpool, £3,500; the Marquis of Drogheda.
44,748; the late Lord Buckinghamshire, £11,094
Young Mr. Perceval, £4,520 ; the Marquis of Wet-
lesley (and Mr. Wiiliarti Pole in reversion), /34,200;
T. Knox, he (Mr. Hunt) did not know who he
was, but he took 5e10,353 out of the public purse;
Lord H. R. Seymour, 5e15,616 ; Lord Kenyon (th,
son of the late Chief Jus.ire), lidG. Theo 20 took
nearly 8200,000 annually out of Ole public purse, and
these were but a few of the number that could be
brought forward, as in all there were upwards of 2do,
These 200 great . paupers took as much Irons the
public for their support, as would suffice to maim •in
10,(X)0 little ones. The sum which the twenty per-
sons he had named received, besides what they might
derive from their situations, he had calculated would
afford a provision for 10,000 soldiers, or as many
paupers, allowing; each sixpence per • day. S...rie
time back he had ; urcb. %,:.1 an estate in the neigh.
bourhood of Lord L.'artmittn, t':e r..otal of which came
to nearly £I,OOO per annum she • 1 ItOt expected
any advantage from living near Lord Camden, but
the tax-gatherer, on calling on him, had told him he
knew he paid nearly £lOOO n-year, but he should only
put him down at £'2oo. Oa inquiry, be found that
all Lord Camden's tenants, who were but as mere
trassals, who dared nut keep a dog, nor hardly a cat
to catch their mice, lest they should disturb his Lord-
ship's ga me, had their land at 14s. or ISt. an acre, but
Ott no instiance was it assessed higher than at 7s.—
In Wiltshire, he (Mr. Hunt) and his neighbours
were taxed up to the rack rent, and thus, during the
war, hisland of the same qu.tlity as that which was
put down at 7s. belonging to Lord Camden, had
been rated at 50$. the acre, anJ taxed accordingly.—
He then proceeded to indol.;e in some further obser-
vations on the party ; he censured the conduct of
Mr. Tierney, reprobated the maintenance of a large
standing army in times of peace, and gave the Reso-
lution of Major gartwri;:lit his support.
The Resolution was agreed to. •
- A Petition, founded on the Resolutions which had
been passed, was read and agreed to.
Major Cawrwatiour then moved the resolution of
thanks to Sir Francis Burdett, which being seconded
and agreed to,
Sir Fuatims Burner came forward amid bursts
of applause. He said that he was the more flattered
with the reception given to him at this moment, be-
cause he knsw it was possible that his not having
made his appearance lately in the room over the way
(in %hid), as was well stated, there was a mockery
of representation) might have been construed into a
hopelessness of the public causei- or .a wish to relax
from those exertions which it had been the whole bu-
siness of his life invariably. to puriue ; but, knowing
well of how little importance any thing that was
carried on within those walls could be to the public,
and of how much importance it was that the people
of England should nut be deludetiwlth the supposi-
tion that they .were represented in Parliament, he
conceived that it was most advisable to keep away.
That be might not therefore be aiding in the abomi-
nable delusion that had been carried on in what was
called the House of CorcAptis he had not made his
eppearence hitherto, but hftalnever Wed, in being
present whenever there was the least chance that be
could render any service to his countrymen. With
these views, he should present the petition now voted
with just as niuch hope of succeeding-in any prayer
which the petition contained as he had when he pre-
sented the last petition; which now was laid either on
or under the table as waste paper.- He trusted, how-
ever, that the moment had now arrived when the
people: of England would with one accord unite, pro.•
ceeding, upon the broad principle of the constitution,
with a firm determination, alter this war of delusion, ,
which bad most unexpectedly, and not less rashly
than fortunately terminated,. of maintaining their
rights and liberties. A war had been carrying on;*as
it was believed by the people, against foreign aggreea
sion, and in support of their •oirm freedom; but by
this time he hoped their eyes had been opened, after
800 millions of . their property bad
.heeit expended,'
and such an exhaustion -of blood and treasure.---:,
Without any more of this bugbear being. held op of
foreib-aaggressiori, he trusted that all the evils would
nose be corrected, and that the people Would DOW
contend against that-greatest of all enormities, a cor-
rupt House of Commons, and -corrupt Ministers at;
home—evils much more dangerous than any foreign
enemy.. The iticonse tax had been described in lan.
guage not leas just than, true ; and there. was little,
necessity to say much upon that .subject after what
had already been said, but that it was a tax not to be;
borne under any circumstances bitt of the greatest

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raitssi4, sad, liire all enter ,''try,
fered Without an economical retin ,
t
that necessary to all MK itiOn rat„/m f
sz.qr einti an P:.• iiamert. The d'sease of tie
*as not this income tax,
cast. tax oian eithnt:
ienia:ion. This was tru- ynns, :old in „nil,-
there was no other t e it r4r
En?land declared, that th- prPe7. 11- ptinith
could not be taken away without Leis erimg,,l
but there were a few Gentlerrei. lvl.o intro
over the way. to thc ha brlietettofr'
15!, whb had sold themselves to G
•vvantia
wile disposed of the 4orfu•tes and nt
of this great and enlighten-d natian tic
might thiak proper. The peepl- t,l tiltiattra
trust in no men hut themselves. If Culin:
firmtie4 were used, sncke.s would ensue. It i
agreement by which the p to4er.t os the
,
of Great Britain held the Crown, nit there`:l
be no catinet Pr cabal to onven. 1..« Cr.
the Privy Council should diroct .11 :heir 0pt,„1,144
But there was another most important point
act of settlernenr, that, no persuont.th.,nic,itn...g4e4,:::
profit uhder the Crown should b: A Mt napt7
liament. Was this law now alt-red to? 'NZ
ruci hnti I :4:teed!
oo
ff
thet e
people King indeed,
wer n
What could
a more proper mode of recovering ibis tiotz
branch of the legislature, which belonged tette:
plea, but by a firm determination to resist the rZ'
arm,. ? Soppoce any nnn was walking with,-Till ,„
lit: pocket and a sword in his hard,
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another man a dark lane, At ho said to Litoi,Git‘
the swordvand i will protect you ;'‘ woad he:
w-a
sword go out of Lis pr„ session ? Ile
ilJk
wt..ion in his vwn hand to Men! llitosetilt
what were ue yid I It was necessaiy, said *'l
niters, to k-ep up a ~t :tiding army of Enti,:ll,;
to destroy all the libs•rty. that r m until in rnoz
This was a provsitlo:l,. Selions fur mt„. il
v.llO id any re3ard for the liberties or the hiliz4
of his country. It Itch •vr:J every men, wornaked
child, to do ad in their power to p;cirent it, rit
rstirnate of the standing army was 1.50,000
with A deter ;at 2 1 millions uyear, theou
nvus expenses of a m .st waueful war; 0411
-to ke rp Ireland quit ; and it seemed as it t!ew,,
net teas the only mode by •which Govetruntre
tired they could quiet the peryle. He coe:44
Lion miny tf,ings which art mild be, as be'eesatatio
mere likely to keep Irel inJ in peace. He did
.-xpect Curt the Noble Lord w!•ut I be inelirai%
aurce tu it ; but he iiiongilt, tit it if the niiiieLit
wcre impeached for his viaduct in beiami, it trial
give iaitinitely m:;re s.aisiac'on to tit pl,k.„.
(L. vdapplaure.)-.This great Irish unclettzku lid
undertaken the managarrent of Cie affairs of Le*
had bought and sold in retail and wboleuk,
having, in his own country, acIA. J corruption uts
rapon, had been detected it, further cerrtraiteit
the English Parliamelt. (?!Each
the career the N.ibl: Loris Sad run, and trie last
was to be expected from t. is :smile, ?—the ants.
sion of all the liberties snit freeL; ra iiiiment is
Englishfilan. There was une tholg more be kin
Mention. Claims had been laid to all chestnut(
money, login of money, Scc. %Inch had bee Ai
by the Crown ;he meant the Dr sof Alai
salty and the Crown ; hut w:ncf., to lactofla
had nothing to do with. could trete
as to itippete that the Crown could have 4 -
of taking to itself millions of property u assists
Pirliamitit. It was quite ridictilnus to r:ltypte
any legal opinion could be neet:ssary.
laneat sums of money clahned in the coarse
st war as taken by th• awry —mill:ons if I rival,
which, instead of going to .he Crowp, ai.dlist
indemnified the merchants and the bra.. Ann

and Navy for the losses they had Altar 41;
(Great applaute.)—GOA Got) was it not
w ccnsider how much money was drawn *tit
people under the pretence of being ?frau, Witte
.present dreadful distress of the errantry GAN
see princely cottages bumf and puatel down malt
the whim of the owners, at an frnmtns:•expoise,sl
be reconCled to these abcfniii.stik foxes ? If rasi
cessity was once proved, there eould eu‘f oil
question ; but when we saw the man:s utso
English Geatlemen attached to a list of sinus
places, which had been already mcntionA, mast
remain silent, and stiffer out liberties to be
by those noble paupers, as they had been teraedi-
li was once, be believed, poetised in the Hooe(e
begged pardon for calling it by that name), set
every man receiving a pension from Governed
sheuld have a badge put upon him. Now, lie 0, 04
'ike to see these itoble pei sons baJged.—(•'lpidalt)
He did not know whether the blue rilband and by
ten were to be considered as such badges, bet
should like to see them appe ir a little monde,
ditabie, for he believed the folly of the times 14
affixed a feeling of honour to such s;gns. h:*
happy that on this occasion he had received t
probation of his Constituents, and the eie,,,J fro
spect of their support, actuated by pi $
tafelforjpon no other would he act); iet 4
hope that the day was not far distant u..ea retits4
meat would be echoed from one collier of the N.
dum to the other.L—(L9ad checr.r.)
Upon a Resolution of Thanks to Lord Cal
being passed “.for the spirit of opposition by
he has distinguished himself, to the infringtotell!
the Constitution and the grievances of the peo:te
his LiOrdsliiii addressed his Constituents. The:if
lutionitself, he said, would he sufficient collate •
hini forward to offer his thanks lea the hallow
ferred upon him; but he had additional rends
an offering of. thanks on the present mask& '
-owed to the people of Westinini:er his grateful
knowledgments for suppoi tint
him with theii
tenance and regard, when he had co other eV
but the approbation of his own mind, and titer*
sciousness of his own innocence. When he was 061,_
the subject of persecution, sad hen the odd !
"serted;him, he enjoyed tna gratification of
that the confidence and attac!ent-t:t of his L'

tuents remained unshaken. On the rresr:at ocro,
the Noble Lord would not enter oh foreign -ribo,
as we had sufficient cause for ccniidorAfon
Hection at home. The Income Tax, it "I "
affected only the higher ranks of lite, the aid.'
and the landowner; but he would Isay,lbe it°
felt even on the bread of the poor. 1% bc"
tl
exacted, the Ncble Lord (Castlereagh) " the ••••
over the way," had affirmed, with a iond of oul
don, that the French would be so Critiad bi °sr 11/1

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Lat,t's viaduct, after what the Meeting
bis honourable eollearies with whdni
regn
'sir concursed. He meant to have polkaed
itiosai Trianon, which be wrsuld now defer
success of the resent petition was kept/2.
00km to which he alluded would pledge the
1
of Viesonioster to =attires for redden* our
establishments similar to those that_eere
oral with the American at the commence;
'that 'angle which wowed their ultimate's*.
kit an abstinence from the use of ankles'
taus fell, so as to deprive the Government ei
• for carrying their projects into executoon..
g appear a disgraceful thing to see a window
to avoid a tax, but such was, probably, the
rile left of preserving our Constitution and 6.1
of the influence of a standing army. Whed
os doubtte present petition was known and
Ile d that it would fail) be would sub.
__amide°, which he bad hinted at, to dui

-134kil*
the last Resolution, for the Theo% treble
'w the Ilish Bailiff, wzrottreed, is was
I,bllb. Hoar, OD the that he had
osoatend to a requisition oo a former ow.•
'
sisgitbraewtsed credit for his ready com.
, the present. After some short addresies
[ETstein g by the Moo BAUM himself, Mr.
, sad hir. HUNT, die latter persoa persist-
**position, the resolution was aegauved.

I
miIIAMENTARr PROCERDINGt

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY II&
sio, tact at ten o'clock in the morning. and proceeded
lope. The Judges were in attendance to bear a
bun the Court of Common Pleas, respecting tbe
if a
*cow Bill was road a third time and passed.
Bidow's Divorce Bill was read a brat time, and am
it, ail a second time this day fortnight.
°goal Owns Martial Bill, and a Private Big, were
*fres the House of COMMMOSIS by Mr. BILOODKX,
'Mesa; aad ether Members. and read a first time.
fin, (rem the War OfEce, presented the Accounts
Ilitsbliseseou from 1753 to 1795, whack were or.
• kis do Table, and to bit printed.
igatlris of BUCKINGHAM observed, s die /bd.
edemas year moved for by his Noble Friend (Lard
) bid pot yet been presented, altheeph they 1.4 hes*
the ether Ham ant! primed.
TEZATIIS.
Sande it of LANSDOWN, in per:nonce of
gt*, sdrerted to the information which it bos
peasant to more for, in order to elucidate
plate connected with the Treaties which dsty
wady bad under discussion. Ho alluded
oliettearly to the subsidiary Trestle for pro.
• s cossiderable German force in aid of the
causer In what wastatod by the Wnsisters
this subject in the et une of last Session,
Melly alledged, that the Wide expense of
Moils was to be at the rats of ell. 2s. os.
In, Ye easy appearby ed the sioanneats oft
AW i
L !Mt two pg pea
t dek MOW',
cedshilstisns, frith the Governments -of
mom eel Sranswick Lunebu rg!). under which
irioit tom incurred for every miss wet tope
in by Opewanments, was to be defrayed by
oriwkritiot migiely &hist bat gee*
te Ow".

rid paid fee in the same way. ire trust-
s est would stipple that in saying this, be
Nene slightest reflection on the uoops of those
to rbich were employed by us ; on the contrary,
iplastry and bravery were deserving of every
Inks His object was to protest against this
se of concealing from Parliament 'acts with
itatbey ought to be made acquainted, he being
iidtoassume, that Ministers, at the time they
tithe whole expense of these troops to be W-
ain iel I. 2s. per man, must have iutown of
'circumstances, whatever they were, that would
kcanse of our incurring that further expense,
a was the subject of the twn Treaties subse-
t', catered into. A similar thing happened its
66011 before last, when, without the knowledge
diament, a Treaty was concluded for main-
tbe Russian Navy then in ow ports, by which
pease of it 500,000 was incurred. The Treaty
ant communicated to Parliament until long after-
di, and to this day the motives of it remained un-
lined. He strongly deprecated this kind of cots-
sent, which had beee so strongly also exempli.
in the present instance, in the Tureaties concluded
IHanover and Bruriswick Lunebargh, in direct
todiction to the assurances of Ministers to

inged
i—
(hi

1.61.

f re,
,4011

.at,
wsl
wet
on)

as to the amount of expense to be incurseek—
anodier question also, the petunias, indemnity
k paid by France, he wished to bring "Vas'
before the House, whether the MIS pant on
of of it, and the issues out of those setts, were
red to the regular eonstitutional eontroui of
lament? His Lordship concluded by moving
at account of the aunts paid to or by the Govern.
of Hanover and Brunswick Lunebvrgh, OR
of the Treaties concluded st Paris in .August
; anti also an account of the sums paid by the
Government, on account of the pecuniary in.
to be laid by France, to whom paid, and she
, made thersout.
ieIBATHURST said, be had no intention of
g the motions; and he could mute the Noble
that when be laid the Papers on the Table,
old explain the =byes of the Treaties with
and Brunswick Leoeburgh in a mimes,
mold be perfectly satisfacwy.
Eail of LAUDERDALE stineotpd. that
country, in addition to the expense mentioned by.
Roble Friend, was also charged with the pay
of Pensions to the Hanoverian troops, the wt.
of Officers, &c. and that this item should be
in the motion.
.Was dons, and the motions thus amended
•6 agreed W.—Adjourned tiff Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Ceuel LOFTUS presented a Pet Was from Great Yu:
[aik
tibicagainst the Putcrty Tax, which was ordered to lie on
Ile Sheriffs front the City of London, appeared at 111. Bar u a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Common Council,
testhertimed erection of a new bridge across the Wee? at bout/sick.
aa___••• BYNO resealed a Petition from the inhabitant House.,
pied Pam 'luta of the Parish of St. Luke's, Murtafellffe
ia11553 persons against the renewal of the Propene rase
in the most liked period or wider any modiSmoson
—1". Th• Hoo. *mime iii,c' preecmcg a iimilar Peados

.

lima- las iabibisige— ''
'hie its.* et st. 1V1g7,-ItAmeres,...
were ibeds swami le* st `
mall •,.. • • - . -
The Navel Parts Metal OM was tonstiskted, the Report
664719.5:tit 011161 nod a Ird
thief:olit'at:acds of Port-
wham. Cripplepte, • aid • • gains: the rearwal
of tb. Propeny_ l'an.
tilr W.CURTIo preaMted Ander peados. from the Wards of
Cmdleinek gad Pardepisa 'Wittiest. -
Ma 0. I,ANOTOIM pesseesed a ?olden from the City of
beta spigot de 'mewl of the Property Tu.
tti. u" iris
was
moved
far
1•71= z zverie4l:athrilarTent
lb
84M K ••
antiessuery, who siembis eisedoneihad acectritatill
die of the Chiltern Hundreds.
The Pillory Mention BM was read a lint time and ordered
-to horsed a second time that day as'enigist.
As Aolollllt We, peessated of ail anitmemations which bad
uses made b the Balsam of the Board of Eveise data tlie Ist
January 6 NI S, with the OM. of such ausmentatious.
Oesenl HA& moved for various retort eonnecte I with
the illfaillettatlS laid, sad the lines imposed, for illicit distillation-
bs trsilando—Orslirsd:
The ikaitagese Bills Bill, sod the Malt Duty Bill, were save-
Nay owls third ape tad pawed.
1 AORICULTUNAL MOMS&
Mr. H. SUMNER said, that consideting the
anxiety *bids must necessarily be felt throughout
the country as to the nature of the relief which it
might be in contemplation to propose for thcAgri-
cnktiralista, and especially in reference to the notice.
already given by an Honourable Member, whose
knowledge and experience on that subject. were much
looked up to, he hoped he should not be regarded as
taking an unparliagrentery course in requesting from
that Honourable Gentleman some gener.il outline of
the proposition which he intended to submit to the
House.

Mrs WESTERN replied, that he should be most
happy to comply with the request of the Honourable
Member if he thought that by SJ doing he should be
acting consistently with the very ns!ture of the motion
of which be had ven notice. That m-ion was Peer
*Committee of the whole House to take Lao consi.
'deration the distressed state of the agriculture of the
country, and to devise some means far relieving it
from the perilous and unexamp!ed difficulties under
which it now laboured. If, therefore, he were to
anticipate the object of that 'notion by any prema-
ture statement, he should defeat it altogether, as his
sole view was to elicit the collective wisdom and in-
formation of the House. For himself, he certainly
had come plans which he intended to propose, as
likely to be productive of the desired relief, but he
could not think it expedient to state them at the pre-
sent moment.—(Harr hew.)
Sir C. BURAELL presented a Petition from
certain Land-holders, Land-owners, ice. of the. town
of Steyntng, in Sussex, complaining of the agricul.
tural distresses. The Hon. Baronet was about to
mad the Petition, when

The SPEAKER reminded him, that k was the
duty of a Member to state the substance merely, and
the duty of the Clerk at the table to read it verbatim
and at length. It would be an entire departure froth
Parliamentary practice, for any Honourable Member
to need the whole of a Petition, thuugli he was ctn.
Way at liberty to read particular parts. With that
steplanatiou the Hun. Member would nut be at a loss
sfs to what he WM to do.

Sir C. BURRELL proceeded to state the sub.
stance of the Petition, observing, that among many
Other topics of grievances, the Petitiont•ri particularly
alluded to the Impossibility of paying the Poore

out of the produce of their farms. they also referred
to the great relief which they would experience fibm
the repeat of the War Malt Duty.
After a few words from Mr. W. KEENE, the Pefi.
lion was brought up, and ordered to lie on the table.