The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-30 00:00:00

petals'', toil they spoke the teeth ; but as soon as
their proposition was rejected, they turned round and
called the Meeting a rabble. When the Meeting passed
a vote of tensors on the High Sheriff, he and his Mewls
said the Meeting paid him a compliment.
Tale Hum Sitaater.-1 said no such thing.
Mr. HINT.—The Sheriff's friends said so. Now, i
they bad a reformed Parliament, would these men claret
to treat them thus like slaves? Mr. Sandford said that
people began to think who had never thought before;
how did it happen that twelve years ago, he did not
come forward on the question of Reform ? He bad been
e Magistrate for. mmuyters. Did he .ever. thfi
Freeholders together in the cause of Reform ? The
people for the last twenty years wanted Reform—the
Uentry now found out that it was necessary, because
their pockets were empty—(a laugh)—because their
Mates were mortgaged. and their lands were gone.
Many of them had to pay more money for interest on
their mortgages than the amount of the rents or their
leads. Let them go on—let them go where nsaay others
west before them—let them be whitewashed in the
King's Bench. They talked of balances—the balance
was between the pockets of the people and their's. How
same it that Mr. (lore Langton was made the stalkiog
horse that day—they had • brace of Doctors also.
Without meaning any disrespect he thought they would
he better employed if one of them at least remained in
attendance to physic the absent gentleman—(A Laugh.)
...The proposition of the first was put forth as a
pill for Ministers. He wnnld rather call it an emollient
draught.—(A laugh.)—The proposition of the other,
however, was a real purge.—(Applause.)—Not one
word that fell from that worthy man (Dr. K.) did he
differ with, he spoke frotn his heart, he was always witlt
the people. He was not a spy in the enemy's camp, but
rather a skilful General, who watched their. motions.
There was not a beggar amongst them that did not
know the state of the representation and be and they
now called for a specific reform. Did they go there to
ask for hallo reform, or for the whole? Of Dr. King-
lake be would always ;peak with respect, instead of
wishing to torture him, he came to llchester to relieve
bins.—(Applause.)—He had no doubt bat that Mr.
Sandford and his family were most respectable, Dr.
Blake, all of them were no doubt respectable ; but the
Magistrates and the Sheriffs, it should be recollected,
were appointed by the very Ministers of whom they
complained. lie would go to that period in their con-
stitution when the people had not only the power of
electing their representatives to enact laws, but also the
Magistrates and Sheriffs, who were to carry those laws
into execution. Until the constitution should he re-
solved to that point, ahnses would go on, and the people
would be slaves of the most depraved kind. Mr. Sand-
ford bad alluded to a nobleman whom be would not
name; lie did not say whether he was a whig or a tory.
but he (.tlr. Hunt) never made any distinction between
them. A ivhig was a hypocritical Tory, out of place,
nothing more. They got into place in 1806, and they
increased the Property Tax to ten per cent, and front
that tax they exempted the property of the King. Ac
that time the King in his own name, and in the name of
others, had about three millions of money in the stocks,
It was all gone to Germany, he supposed.--(A laugh.)
—The whigs also allowed Lord Grenville to hold too
offices. one of them an office of 4,0001. a year, to audit
his own accounts. Mr. Henry (trey Bennett stated last
Session in Parliament. that the family of the Grenville,
alone had put eOO,OOO/. of the public money into their
pockets.
Mr. Sas:Deo:W.—Was Mr. Bennett a Whig or a
Tory ?
Mr. HUNT.-41r. Bennet supported the Administration
of Lord Grenville. He would now go to another point—
the E litor of the Taunton Paper brosilly and impudently
stated, that Mr. Dickinson had satisfied the late Meeting
of the error of his, (tlr. Dunes) statement ; be would
ask, was any one of them satisfied ? It was said thee
the Yeomanry accounts were ki-pt and audited—by
' whom! by Colonel Dickinson liiinself [here some per-
sons called Mr. line to oriel.: and question, ghee.
lion." was heard from several Ortrleusen on the bast-
ings.] Mr. Hunt cmitendea that he was in order. As
to the lighthouse, it was ssi I with the same dagree of
truth, that be bad had also been in error on that head—
Coco the last Meeting he went to Bristol to make inqui-
ries; lie found that many complaints had been made for
the last 10 years, by Captains of ships and others. as to
the imperfect lights- that were kept up. Although Mr.