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


of greet Task, men of spleadid Wean. had for lb•
last half estuary advocated the cattiest reform. Sir
George Seville, Mr. %aging, Mr. Fee, Mr. Grath^
Mr. Flied-all saes dear. deservedly due so their,
mousey—these VON Ike Ira aid stiMMINI• advocate-I;
of Parliamentery Refine. Mr. Barb. Woo. ilt his
helm days, sad Mr. Pitt, :..the dye- of his Pant!
and Wary, went Ines the advocates of reform. Mr.
Berke empiatimilly said. " that eil• Howse of cow-,
• runs ought to be the Impress Image of the people."
Bie„ he demearled. timid say two things be neve dia. I
tines is character than the House of Covamoss and
the people of Backed ?—(No, so.) On the one
hand. they saw the petitioning people suffering under
all the priatiess with which the wintry was visited
—on the other. they beheld an humble and confiding
House of Commonh satisfied with whatever the minis-
ter was pacied to ask. and adding insult to injury by
declulag that to lie a relief, which was, in fact, a mere
mockery ,Lee the etude, look at the Ministers is
• . whom the Hasse of Comet saes coedded. They °so-
h led is one Minister. who accused the people of " an
ig.norant impatience*, issaties."—(Applause.) They
confided in soother. who told the country that the au-
p-rabitadasee of produce' was the only cause of na-
tional distress; sad Ail tine and patience could alone
remedy the evil.—(Applaiee.) They confided in a
third. who gravely stind, that relief from taxation
would ulpedd to the existing grievenee.—(Leughter.).
Anal, to render lime clines complete. they confided in a
fourth, wkoopenly sad unbleskingly told the people that
eerroptioe was secessary irl the these of Commons.
Sorb win the feeling. suals-dmi virtue of the Hose. of
Comatose; hut be herd that meeting, sod other
umeetiags,,woulmi prove, that the feelings of the -peti-
tioning peopie were of a directly opposite character—
(hear)--that they were decidedly opposed to that
confidiag infatuation which was the bees and de-
s•ructies of the happiness of Bogiand.—(Animated
cheering.) It had been ohjected to the reformers.
that they were oat agreed as to any specific mode of
reform. 'This might be. awl. for argument's sake, he
would grant it ; kat be would say. that if their oppo-
nents cenceded to the reformers the prisciplo—if they
admitted the secessity of reform, then those who were
friendly to that ohj.tt would soon show to them such
. plan of practical reform as would satisfy all men
who were only &ultimo. for the good of their cottony,
. and who supported reform as the most effectual mode
of making that country prosperous and happy.—
(Cheering.) He was perfectly indifferent to names
mod epithets--they were of no sumeat. He looked to
-subsumes. set as eindew.. He had lately read is the
newspapers a lug and 'sheered article, written by
the hie Major t:artwright, agaieat moderate re-
form. Now he was is favour ef that actor reform.
He wished reform to be effected without tumult; be
arshoti it to be fuestied on temper aid moderation; he
wished it to message from the mann of ass, sot to
be the child of his passiose.—(Appisese.) Still,
-however, he was a friend to radical refers—
" That dreadful sound to ears polite."
And sell was he a Maul tilt? Because be tied the
word, rod wished it to be seed and saderstood, at-
cordieg so the plais messing which it bon is the
English Imaging,. tie desired a referee that would
go to the root of the evil, cud would gradient* the
mosioes diesels ander which the Begin], constitufies
was now and had long been labouring. Bet terms,
as he had bebre observed, ware of se impotence.—
This propeeition ke would elucidate by referring to •
story which be had heard of a worthy baronet of
great civic celebrity, whose fame, at least, was well
known to them all. He alluded to Sir W. Curtis.—
The Worthy baronet was some time ago aster-
tonately lahouring under • fit of illness. He seat
fur • physician. who interrogated him with respect
so the symptoms of his disorder, felt his poles, sad
eatescribmi. " Yoe will," said the doctor, " re-
ceive the greatest benefit front my prescription; it is a
radical care for peer disorder." " A radical core!"
exclaimed the astuoisked baronet, " I will have so-
thing to do with it; I will net take year mediciae ;
I thank Hod I am se radical, sad I hate every thing
connected with the word radical." (Hoch laughter.)
Time doctor was going awe:- in despair. bet as he was
leaving the room, be thought of an expedient which
nas likely to induce the worthy hareset to adopt his
p:neription, " I am very anxioamm, Sir Willies)."
said he, " that you should take time medicine; it is
a sovereign remedy." " A sovereign remedy," eja-
culated Sir William. "send it to me by all means. I
will take a sovereign remedy wittiest leesitatioa.")
(Much laughter.) The sovereign remedy was sent;
it was swallowed by tbe worthy Baronet ; semi, as they
would he glad to hear, he recovered. 'I hat which he
'bated under the title of " a radical cure" did him
essenlirl service when administered as " a sovereign
remedy." Now. whether the fall and fair repent**.
tatius of the people was effected by " a radical care,"
or by " • sovereign remedy," be cued not.--(aseer.
ing.) Let the Wag be doff,. and he was satisfied.
Before lie sat dews be wished to say a word as to one
'of the camee to which the dietresers of the agricul-
tural interpt bad been mainly ascribed. That cause
be had seen wee forth is pablicadoss. *bore it wee
asserted, that the agricultural distress was chiefly at-
tributable to high rents. On this particular point he
was anxious to address a few words to the meeting;
becaux as he was landlord in that county, it was im-
portant that his feelings and sentiments on this sub-
ject should not be misunderstood. He mast observe,
that high rents and low rents were relative terms, and
mast depend on a variety of circumstances; such. for
'lnhume. as fbe value of currency and the price of
produce in the markets. But the fair and just result.
under all circumstances, ought to be that the *toast
who had embarked his capital in the cultivation of
time land sboald receive for the interest of that capital,
in order to enable him to support himself and family
independently, a just remaneratios ; such a remune-
ration as-the use of his capital and the exertion of Ms
industry fairly sanded him to receive.—(Cheers.) Thie
was what every suet had a right to expect from
his landlord ; it was the principle which bad always
operated on his wind, and he would einieseeer, while
Ise lived, to act tip to it.—(bong continued cheering.)
lie had always been an enemy to raising reins to the
highest pitch that could be borne; or, as the cosmos
expression was, to the " screwing up" the tenant M.
the highest poist.—(To se, true, and ,beers.)—Such
system was dilladVietlgeollll to the landlord, it was
disadvantageous to the teasel; sod, coseequestly. it
was disadvantageous to the country at large. It was
imputable that thump could go off as they were at pre

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