The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

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NEAPOLITAN LOAN of 1522.--.Refereistit
the I Advertisements of the I I th stid4ad of hi.
last, ind Alit of Feh. lust. which have appeared in the NMI*
Papers, giving en 'Mansion of time for payment of the Rs.
knees due upon Script Reeeipls for the Neapolitan Loan,
N. M. ROTHSCHILD informs the Holders of Scrip Re-
ceipts, that the Loan-oontraeted for has been paid, and the
Stock LerHfleetes are ready for delivery; and he bests that
those who have not !accepted' the Terms of Extension of
Payment will take notice, that unless the Terms are accept •
rd. or the Rattiness and Interest thereon paid on or before
tee 40th day of February Instant. ha will consider that such
Holders of Scrip Reeripts do not Intend to complete their
Con'racts, and will not hereafter claim the Certificates.
N. M. Rothschild will therefore, aster the 4 ih of Feb.
instant. dispose of or keep the Certificates, and pat the pro-
seeds or value of them to the credit of the Holders, on •e-
-eount of the Ralanees and Interest due, and hold them an-
swerable to him (or any loss or deficiency.
Loudon, New court, St. Swlthin's lane. I Ith Feb. 1'93.
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SOUTHWARK MEETING.

A Meeting of,the Electors was yesterday herd at the
Town Hall. porsnant to a Requisition presented to the
Welt !war (—Prinsen, Esq reqnesttng hint to coo.
wens a Wering of the Electors for the purpose of taking
into consideration the propriety of petitioning the
Mange of Common, for a Iteductian of Taxai )tt gene-
rally for a Repeal of A Taxes, particularly the
House and Window Tax ; for Economy in every branch
of the public Expenditure, and for a speedy and effectual
Reform in the Commons' I louse of I'4oi/intent.

At half past eleven o'clock. the holy of the Hall was
filled by persons wear:tig the appearance of respectable
tradesmen.
At twelve o'dark. the High attended by Sir
Robert Wilson, Mr. Gayer. and several other Gentle-
men of the Itorangb, entered the Hall, and were re.
ceived loud applause.
" The Ill(ffl BAILIFF stated. that the Meeting was

n lin consequence of 1 11(equisitinn, whicbthey
• artYiITTD Mien. The Iteqtrieition h•:vinz lwen
✓ "the High Hoiliff on-weeded. He knew the Electors
• utiwark too well, he was i0:1 fully aware of the
viten *Mich they set upon their character, not to feel
Oprrineril that they would conduct themselves in a man-
ner worthy of the 4111140 upon Whirls they were assembled
to deliberate. Ile had oottii nit furher to add, except a
hope that those persons present (if any) who were not
qualified to vote as Electors would decline taking any
Pert in the proceeding a.
BUCK came f wow,' to address the Meetin7.
Instead of 111 ikine any apology hit offer:94 Il i 11l If to
their notice at that early singe of the business, he felt it
necessary to state the rearm's why he dill so. The Ite-
quisitioniste, anxious that the proceedings of the Meet-
ing shoot., he condnete.l with unanimity, last night held
II meeting for the pitrpos- of determining on a Petition
to be sulotsitted to the Eirctors for their adoption ; un-
fortunately, however, they had 110 t been able to deride
unanimously upon the kind of Petition which ought to
be drawn lip. Ther,_waa a majority in favour of one
Petition, and that PutiMi be was exult to subunit to
their consideratiou, and he hoped for their adoption.
The Electors of Smith...ark niet tinder peculiarly auspi-
cious circumstances on the present or•easien. Formerly
they discossed the question of lleforna as an ahgract
proposition, as a thing more to he wished for titan ex-
pected, as a question, the agitation of which erotlul at
hest he considered as prottnc•ive of no other advantage
than that of operating ar a sort of cheek upon the cham-
pions of corraipion. Hot nn r the case was different.
The cry of Reform ran from. County to County, and the
great majority of the people were of n,.inion that some
thing must be done to relieve the country from its
distresses, and that something it was generally admitted
was an effectual Ref ono in the !louse of Lun 11111 l ns.
Setae Caged for a reduction of taxation ; but what ra•
tiunal man could hope for Any elf canal rerluc:ion under
, the present system ? There were three principal head-
of expenditure. The general expenditure of the State.
the tnuney paid to the Fund/solder, soul which tmoie to•
inconsiderable portion, the itioney.fun,l to &acumen.
pensioners, soul holders of sinecure places. Abu in nu
our of these could any effectual reduction be tnadr,•wit it
it=9loo4-0 UAW ..:Ittn.soA Rea.
lie nist:;-iii wiauTritt :once consent to lessen th:
interest of the deist, were it proposed to them, revise'
than make any other reduction which would depriv.
them of that patronage by %Odell the present system wa•
supported. Btu this was not the object of the country :
they wished that every possible reduction and retrench
went should he made, before any arrangement Was maul.
with the public creditor (hear, hear). The wortli
gentleman, alter some further oheervatiota, moves
that the following Petition be adopted by the meet

" To Tilt ItnNOURABLR. TIM COD/EONS Of TRS UNITE,
KINGDOM OP GREAT BRITAIN AND Illt1.•ND IN PAT
LIANIENT ASSEROLED.
" The humble Petition of the inhabitant Householders o
the Ancient Town and Borough of Southwark, in Public
Meeting assembled,
" your Petitioners, la the exercise o!
their constitutional right, respectfully and firmly approach
your Honourable ,louse, with a statement of the grievance-
under which they, in common with the rest of their country.
men, are seeming, ea, to suggest such remedial measures as
in the opinion of )(nut' Petitioners are beat calculated to
afford the desired relief.
•• That front among the many evils or which your Peti
Boners have to comphin, .they will briefly entinserste the
fol owing, viz.—An excessively burthenso.ne taxation—th
existence of severe and arbitrary legislative enectments
incompatible with the spirit of the British Constitution, am
at the caprice of ,he Minister, the occasional suspension o
those laws by which the personal freedom of the eulijec
was intemded to be severed, all of which, your Petition
era are seriously Impressed with the conviction proceei
from the present impure state of the representation of the
People.
'• 'Etat the lavish expenditure of the public money, he
stoned in the shape of grants, pensions, and sinecure places.
upon persons.whose only claims upon the Adnititistratio•
arise from the possession of undue Parliamentary Influence:
the continuance of the Increased salaries of his Majesty',
servants, alter the reasons assigned for titat increase has.
ceased to exist; and the maint,ining of a large standiuie
army in time of peace,s re subjects that have deeply engaged
the attention of your Petitioners ; and it app ears to them
that the only mode of effecting the destruct i at of such per-
nieious extravagance, is by withholding the means Lieges,
sary to its support. You. Petitioner+, therefore, humbly
pray that your Honourstile House will be pleased to pass
a Bill for a repeal of the A•isessed Tuxes, and that yot
will proceed to make siazii a reduction in the general Taxa
Lion of the country as shall leave at the disposal of .the Mi-
nisters of the Crown such funds as are necessary to aatiousi
purposes only.
•• That your Petiticners conveive they would be guilly of
a gross dereliction of their public ditty, if they did not un-
reservedly state the Is ct, that your Honourable House 'tat.
long since ceased to be the nuns of public opidiott, nor
can they disguise from themselves the lamentable truth that
the general measures sanctioned and adopted for the last SU
years by Par lament. have mainly contributed to produce
all the evils under whit i this once 11 ierishing country is
Dow labouring/. Tour Petitioners are also of opinion, that
so long as 300 Members of your Huttourable House twill-
nne to be returned by the nomitiation of Peers, end IST
th•it of powerful individuals and the Government, 114 real
csangiunlty of interest can exist btsc-an the Representa-
tives of the Pe..1,1r, so styled, arid the People tlemseives.—
'The existence of this unitne nomination is the more si•verely
felt by your Petitioners, innsnoich as in the County of Surrey.
of whichibia Boning,' forms an integral pert, its Members

pre returned to Parliament, In of wiloni ite the no Mares of
eight wealthy families. Your Petitioners. therefore earn-
estly erave that lour Honourable noose will be please,l to
adol:t such banmediate measures as %kill secure. upon tl firm
and letting besis,to the people. a fu'l. fair, and equal, Repre-
, natation In the Commons {louse of Parliament.

".Aml your Petitionent. &c. &c.

Mr. BLACK observed, that the Petition did not point
out any specific plan of Reform, and he thought it hest
that it should not ; let Parliament give whet they
pleased:. and if the people found what they got insuffi-
cient, they had only to ask for more. What they wanted
was, that they should enjoy the Constitution in practice.
as it was defined to be in theory. A trial. of virtual