The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-22 00:00:00

' soot. • Unless some aineadmont,tooli play. ildelgb!
Irak:ft assesdateat woold ha a reftwordit—ti••lolo'
Mons House of Parlllseat, theellet berlala prier-
city of the country Wand sink.- in rain. Whoa he
sp,oke of Parliententary Refire, he. did net *AM It
oat ea mftltrigigipl rename, as Vim which wield is
tho swam* pat en ad to,oll the miefortssee that. of-
dieted the coaster; bet be Inwood It sa a pgetoa•
tire, that would operate wise. the reentemwe Others
evils under whisk all olattsmatiMelity hod so mealy
soffered. Ile felt diet witbati a Mom In ilk Mitinf
of Cematutia, the,iitios.weadd rills beluOisfist
by ambitiOss aid saprineipled, iiistera; to Mitzi
new sad nasormewty wars. to tolerant an Pittellitginjt
expenditure, in sheet, to remomthat-sareer ablate
reduced the coontry•to its reseat meltateholy JIMA
Lien. Medina were panto& slit' nadd We!. hap!
pen ; bat is the almeace of refers, what who
prevent the swathe's of the Mouse of cpitiallik
sgemiag to any project, so matter howvel ,
the Minis•oes of the day wished tiatnt la nnillin.
Were the House of Ceasswass rat ashisseanaldell
ought ti hoes. Minister spaniel he *Meta Om* AM
country lab treeless and expetts4yi roantitte:`4ll4lol*
resistance* able people woild ittiedir
menu gravely, sod tiovernmest ally Its : io
attend to their Wishes. .Witlgattsaa cdrAckW.-
they had .ao severity tiiiii-ethe .e 4111,111
sot again and exilic be piehiodia dfdlise,i_ogetilltiblt
to those by which*. waa aldithstawami....dflidWlPlO
medial la thkeenso otarldlfealdbiled a*/ etittniK mad
toffee together. : ; Tho . 'swat ',:at -s ..J. Als,
proprietor who aultivateid• • it. • 6.1 the 4emett'
labourer who settailetild'it fertile by: the; ‘twat:
of his brow,- all mast sink ' iskither (11;.„.‘a,
common rein.—(Applause )—He did sot spilt oldie
distresses of the fgrieultaral later's; as being t4/1011
worthy of notice. He looked to the distresses-e‘bio.
country generally—to the dimeess.whick.affeeted-tra4gr
commerce, and naanufactares. . Tim Sail a( Lite
had told them that every thing was prosperatta I.
century, except agriculture—as if that wers.af too,
importaam—se if *grimiesta mast rot ever lacchm
great basis of the•streagth and lodepeodesue af.1141;
country.--(Applause.)—The noble Earl bad deoladwil
that there was a great imprecision& la the toecnW--,„i
that there wits a large increase of exports aid latreeteat
hot what availed all this to a safferiag people ?• • Of,
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what consequence was it. when the country was,bl
ing chesty pore. borne down by the weight sad pet*
sore of enormous tasatiuo ?—(Applanse.)—They bad
been told by the ettemies of refers. that they. were
seeking innovation. He dooled sin assertion: the;
wished for ao i lion ; bat they called hi a fermi
ration of the aoaadtadon on its best and purest Ow
eiples—those which distinyaisbed the glorious leen-
lodes of 1688; sad is pursuing that object, the sleet
evil which stared them la the feta was the waist hf ti
free eel fair reprseeetatios. The rights of the Crain,
and of the Peerage were secure sad Fades ; bet how
stood the rights of the people ? The most unjost 11-
roads had been made on the.; aid be denied that
those who endeavoured tir resters there to Ode orit
gins! shape were hamsters, or anted at lope;
ratios. He weed sot call to shelf somelisetiou
obsewasitsa of Leed--111seest. wise had 11.101141111**":::
was the greatest of ell irsevalers.", ft it
so—as ally it wee—if time giferld for
worse, and wisdom lad experience 111( lot amusel fork'
the hotter, where was the vitae to cad? The pre.'
sat was an awful crisis. At software*, period was she
necessity of Parliamentary referee so sloarly asaiVested.
Witheut sock a reform, be fiend the dostrostloo of all

that was great. and dear. sad valuable amen Beglisis-
roes. He dreaded the destruction of all their best •aoti
meet virtuous institution. he dreaded the destraetioa of
their laws ail liberties—he dreaded the downfall of.

the constitstion itself.—if the peopk 'offered themselves.
to be governed by a system of compd.*. which some
twee bad the boldness and effroutery to defend as De.
emery for the safety of the state.—(Laogister.)--Cor-
ruption had become more bold sod daring thee It was
ever before knows to be. Formerly it hid its hes&
and performed its base services in sitcom and obecu-'
rity ; but sow it avowed itself openly is the face of
day. aid gloried is its degrading profession. A Noble
Lord. speaking of the correptioa of the Irish Parlia-
ment. expressed himself thus—" Corruption in Hey,
lead hides its head; but corruption la Ireland, like sr
comatose prostitute. stalks forth with unblushing front
is open day, callous to every feeling of composed's.
nod rejoicing in the polls:II of her dielsonour." This
appalling picture now applied to Entre& sod It
was to remove the system of corruption which sent:
prevailed, that he called on them to pititios thanes",
of Coin/sops to restore to them the blessings of that
constitution, of the benefits of which they had bee. Si
long sod so c..jestly deprived.--(Cheering.) •
'lke Noble Duke then real the parities which. be
mesas to misuse for the adoption of the meeting.. It
was couched is very energetic 'savage, and embranod
all the topics to which he bad adverted in the courage(
his speech. He them usove, "that the moods' do
adopt the said pedalos."
W. H. WiSTRIS4I), M.P., stood forward honored
the motion. Lie consideted that Parliantenterilltaittrin

was absolutely necessary, for the purpose of allevietieg
the presenreat and almost intolerable distress*, the
smeary. The Noble Doke who moved the petition sad,
is his usual iagenloes way, pointed Ant the gnawer in
which the same of " radical" was held up to public goers
and insult. list if to be as advocate of thorough Parlia-
mentary Reform was to be a radical. be, for his ewe
part, would feel proud to be called " a thorough redi.
cal.' hie trusted nose of them would be dishes:toiled
by. the way in which their former petitions bad bees Pe•
cetved, anti is which, per4a. the present petitiows
woeW be received; bet that they would boldly tram-
vere, until the word " reform" was echoed from one
end of the country to the other.—(Applause.)—He bad
only to add, that he supported the petition with heart-
felt pleasure—is its allegations be cordially roecarred.
sod in its prayer he most heartily joined.—:(Applaase.)
The resolution was thee agreed to, only ose person,
the Rev. Mr. Williamson, holding up his band agalast it.
The Duke of BZUFORD then moved. " That the pad-.
tile be signed by the High Sheriff, in the name and os
behalf of the meeting."
Mr. r AMR said, they had all heard the petidoe
proposed by the Noble Duke. sad is fact they bad all
ancarred in it. As as instance corroborative of what
the Noble Make bad said relative to the subserviency
of Parliament; he bogged leave to direct their ettentioe
to the abolition of toe slave-trade. Year after year
that measure was proposed, bat the House of Commons
had no ear for it. At length the Minister spoke, cow
viction entered the minds of the members, sad blitPa•