The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-14 00:00:00

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HERTFORD COUNTY MEETING.

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TO TitiiiiiTOß OP TSB OTATIMMAN.

sm.—The result of the Hertford County Meeting, is
Ow of those stranke.and curious decisions, which the
rapt, are sometimes Misled into. A petition was
.pet-
awed to them, praying only for Reform, *Mew mat.
jog what kited of Refoetn; or what benefits the Reformed
Parliament would be Wet° confer upon the People. With a
view to supply these great deficiencies. I proposed to add a
prayer for etreh s Reform as would make Representation
towitensive with taxation, and give to the people 'Lundell
elections, in order that the Reformed Parliament might
abolish sinecures and unmerited pensions; reduce the
salaries and pay of the army; and apply the public pro-
petty of tythee and crown linds, to a further reduction
of taxation.
I thought that the best way to recommend Reform,
would-be to show the good that it would produce to the
people. The people say they are in distress and want
relief. But if Reform will not effect tbst relief, of what
ose is it to petition for it? Accordingly,tin my address
to the assembled people, I urged such arguments in
favor of those propositions as I thought would best re-
commend them. I was heard not only with the greatest
attention. but with such repeated applauses as were
'alculated to gratify my vanity, if I were disposed to
Indere in R. The thoughts and wishes of my hearers
reamed to go step by step with my thoughts and wishes.
My wash and sentiments found an echo in their breasts.
and-it appeared, I thio,k, evident to almost all persons
present, that toy propositions would be carried. But
• now Lord Dairy arose, and with evident anxiety and sm
licitode, -employed every means of conciliating persum
Moe to induce the meeting to reject them. Ido not re-
allect Faiagle argument, or any thing approaching to
argument, in all that the Noble Lord delivered. He con-
tented himself with asserting, among other things, that
what 1 had proposed was calculated to demolish and not
amend the constitution—ao assertion wide) is easily made.
but not easily proved,and which can as readily be brough t
against one species of Reform as another. The end was,
that the Noble Lcrd succeeded ; and the people. lending
• themselves to the influence of person rather than to the
influence of argument and reason, consented to inflict
upon themselves the gre,atest act of injustice.
And truly It was the most laughable and burlesque
thing in the world, to see a large body of Freeholders
opposing their own interests. They have now told the
rest of their Countrymen that they are willing to have
, Reform, provided you say nothing about the GOOD that
tile Reform is to confer upon them. lam afraid they
have exposed themselves to the good-natured ridicule
of their countrymen. especially the Freeholders of Mid-
dlesex, of Som hire, and of Norfolk, and of the
million of manufacturers who axe not afraid of the title
avid rank of those whom Paine called the No-ability of

the country.
' As to my own particular relations and acqnsintanea,
Dissenters too from the Established Church, I ,congra-
. tilate them on their love and attachment for the Tythe-
system. It is pleasant to me in particular to reflect that
they will pay their Tythes, for the future, with the
greatest
.joy imaginable.
There is another point of view in which the Freehold.
ern of Hertford should consider the subject of Reform;
anal that is, that the great IIAJOSITT of the country are
• in favor of that kind of Reformation which I proposed
So the'Meeting. There are millions of advocates of that
kind of Reform in this country, who know their rig?"
sin 4 will boldly t' them against any attempts to in.
salt them with exclusive privileges. We most not look
upon this poetion of our smostrymen as being a horde
of barbarsans. ignorant of letters, and devoted only to
savage parseits. They are at least as intelligent as
„oeme of the Freeholders of Hertfordshire, and a great
eillitiortefotr, as they have never yet proposed to ex-
clude any class of their frilow.sweetares from the rights
of representation. But who has a greater claim to be
• truly repreuntett, than the Manufacturers? Have we
bees persecuted like them? Have we been in chains
and loathsome dun geoas like them ? Have we been bar•
regard, deprive! of property, and goaded to 'madness
like them? Have we had our wives and children slain
before our eyes like them ? We know that this has not
been our unhappy case. And are we then prepared to
shut out these persecuted being!), these offspring of the
same impartial Hod, from the rights of representation,
and the blessings of universal freedom ?
I hope the Freeholders, not only of Hertfordshire,
hat of every other county, will reflect on these things,
and on any future occasion of public meeting, will not
permit any thing but reason and argument to infbasoce
their final decisions.
I am, your, &c.
(Igo. FORDINAM, Jan.

Sefrion, Feb. 10, 1823.

' The Second Chamber of the States of Baden has re-
jected the proposal of the Government for the necessary
sum to support the military establishment of the Duchy
as a Member of the German Confederation. This is one
among the many proofs that might be pointed out of
the rising spirit of independence in Germany, and may
furnish an additional reason to the Holy Allies for crush-
ing such a spirit wherever it appears.
It appears from an accsunt laid before the House of
Commons, of the Amount of Balances of Sums lases.'
for the payment of Dividends due, and not demanded,
and for the paymenkof Lottery Prizes or Benefits which
bad not helm claimed, sad which remains,' in the bands
of the Governor and Company of the Beak stißeglanri,
that on the 4th of Jan. 12123, Dividends due and not de-
manded, amounted to 1,175.6401. 151.6 d.; Lottery Pri-
zes not claimed, to 33,9381. 1 Is.; making together
1.209,5791. 4a. 61—Or this sum there were advanced to
Gevernotent. persuant to the 3lst 480 aid 56th Geo. 111.
1,154,3021.35. ; so that there remained in the bands of
the Bank 5. ,2771.35. 6d.
• We seed not be surprised at the sleet of fells of snow in '
R.- -eland at present, when we learn that scow fell, not lens
Mace, :tamales. Uncommon esti', phenomenon is there, it
is lug ititet: in one of the newspapers of that island,broughs
by the Mail whielt arrived yesterday morning :
KINGST•II,
Dw. 2,.—At AnnoUo Bay, about 20 mi-
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notes, w. r. on fhladay (I,,th December) the atmosphere
very suddenly awed tram a perm end livid, to a cold and
sombre hue and isepregaatioa. atimilded with a heavy gust
of wind from the north-east, daring whlc.h, for a minute and
a half, there fell a trivial shower of scow, The Oakes were,
some of them, about the size of a tan-patsy piece, bat, when
they approached the earth within the distance of about sir
feet, from the effect and warmth of the evaporation, they re-
coiled a little upwards and dissolved auto their pristine
Whe thermometer must have fallen. in 10 minutes,
t 4 feet from the earth, at least 20 degrees. The writer of
the above weacratuistes himself on being one. perhaps out
of 20,020, who has had an opportunity of seeing Wive

coos."
From the qeentity of snow that has fallen is Scotland and
the north of ferighind, we ■ay be prepared to expect very
distressing consequences when It melts and swells the rivers.
As article from the Meats Gazette, is the. Frankfort papers
of dm Sth lust. gives a deplorable picture of the breaking up
of the lee •tUuhtents. The water, it says, rose to the
height of 99i feet, penetrated with large masses of tee into
Use city, Ind Inundated the lower streets daring the space of
too hours. The waters Sewed hook withgreat fury against
the bridge of the Moselle; all at once this ancient Ail
r wart. which had resisted the storms of many centuries,rsll
1 i with a horrible crash. Two boars after there was so
awe water in the streets: it bad only left Is them maims
Of lee, and soon sites the limas was deer.

THE B'4

TERMINATION OF THE DUBLIN COUNTY I

ELEVIION.

EIOUTH DAT.
(ABRIDGED FROM THE DUBLIN MORNING POST OP 11111110
The contest, which will be long remembered in this
County, is at length over; aad which, notwithstanding
the great exertions that were every where made, was
throughout carried on with less acrimonious feeling
than could possibly been expected. There were warm
exhibitions of seal. but not one particle of any thing,
that we coald discover, of a vindictive or quarrelsome
disposition ; there were no serious riots, and the police
seemed to be merely employed in making way for the'
people to pass backward and forward to the hustings.—
In the morning of yesterday there was some polling,
but it was soots discovered by some of the populace, that
the agents employed by Sir Compton Donsville in the
open booths, had retired from them, and were gone
into town; the news spread like electricity, and about
one o'clock it was announced frosts the hustings that
Lientenant•Colonel White was the successful Candidate.
Mr. Cumcn, of Rathcoole, addressed the electors ors
the event, with great ability. He was followed by Capt.
Fottrell. (At one time there was a cry of " the gallery
is falling this created great donsternation, Many per-
sons running towards the debts.) Mr. Lawless was
addressing at this period the vast assemblage in a very
animated strain, in which he was interrupted again by
the announcement of Colonel IVhite; and the Committee
intention of appearing immediately on the Hustings,
to hear the declaration of the Sheriff; bnt the presture
was so very great, that they were unable to accomplish
their purpose. and they ware obliged eventually to go
up at all risks on the right hand side gallery. The
Sheriff then came on the Hustings, and met a very re-
spectful and warm reception, and went through the
usual forms of making his proclamation, stating the
number that han voted on each side. and that I mak,'
Thy was on the side of Colonel White, of at least 143,
and, therefore, declaring that Colonel White was a fit
and proper person to represent the Shire in }lntimate'.
Thu ceremony being over, the successful candidate ad.
dressed tde electors.
Mr. Luke White, from the gallery, returned thanks
to all engaged in the cause of his son's success, and the
triumph of liberal principles—the only ones that will
satisfy Ireland—cheers.—Hr. Oninness next presented
himself, and congratulated the Electors on their success.
Mr. *Mullen said, he was directed to state that the
chairing would take place on Thursday morning, and
that measures were then in progress to make it a grand,
maguificient, and imposing spectacle, worthy of the
cause and the triumph st was meant to celebrate.
On Colonel White's coming from the hustings, the
horses were faken from his carriage, in which also was
his father, Mr. Won. Murphy and Capeain Fottrell, and
drawn into town by the populace. by the way of the old
Court House of Kilinasnlsatn, James's Street, Thomas
Street, Dame Street, Upper Sackville Street, to his house
in Oardioer's How. midst general acclamation. Colonel
White returned thanks again from the window, bowing,
and putting his hand to his breast very expressively,
and recommending the people to separate quietly, and
that he qoped to have the pleasure of meeting them all
at the chairing.
Mr. wlsonsas Kirwan, in a very firm, manly and good
natured manner, reconsmenned the people to take the
advice of his excellent friend, Col. White. The populace
shortly afserwards quietly dispersed.

Tut RIIIIIIONNEN.—We have a piece of intelligence
to lay before the Public, which every man who loves
Ireland, her King, earl his Representative, will learn
with delight. The Kihbonmen of the County of Dub.
lin have signified, through their Pastors, their readiness
to surrender their arms—to break up their association,
and Waite vohtutarilyated vimerfaHrtbrensirufshlits•
giance. Mr. Bennet, the Barrister, is to be the medium
of the communication with the Government. We have
not time to say more at present on this gratifying Wel.
ligence, than to ask, will the Orangemen follow the ex.
ample? Oh, no ! They must have a law.—(DablinEttess-
tag Post.)
DISMISSALI.—We understand that several Gentlemen
hokliog office in the Castle, and ether Public Offices,
have received intimation that their services would be

dispensed with. Several names have been mentioned
to us, but, for the present, for obvious reasons, we de-
cline inserting them.—/bid.
FORCIBLE ASDUCTION.—The following account of an
attack on the Waterford and Limerick Mail Coach, and
Forcible Abduction of a Female Passenger, is taken
from the Dublin Morning Post of Wednesday :
On Sunday last, 'tout two o'clock, P.st., se this
coach was proceeding between Tipperary and Limerick,
it was stopped at about eight miles from the former
place by .a party of people, from 23 to 30 in number, se-
ven or eight of whom were armed. When they stopped
the coach. Battle, the guard, who was in his place be;
hind, discharged a pistol at one of them, who was
armed, and who held one of the wheel horses, by which
he received a wound in the neck or near the ear, as he
felt ageism% the horse which he had hold of, and the
blood was seen to flow from the wound by the coachman.
Immediately on Bottle discharging his pistol, another
of the party struck him with a stone, as the coachman
believes, and knocked him down off the mail boot, on
which be was standing at the time, and afterwards some
of the party dragged him across the road, and threw
him against the ditch. The assailants then opened the
door of the coach, and forcibly took out a young wo-
man, who was an inside passenger. Two of them took
her away across the fields, while the rest remained on
the road, until the coachman, Doyle, came off the box
and got Battle into the coach, into which also he put
the arms. They then permitted the coachman to drive
off, and he met no farther interruption until he reached
Limerick. The young woman, we understand, was
going to Limerick for the purpose of being married.,

THE NORTHERN DIAILL—The Northern Mails, so
long beyond the usual time of arrival, from the bad state
of the roads, have this morning all arrived, (with the ex-
ception of this day,) at the General Post Office, Lombard
Street.
The severity of the season has brought a great number
of that noble bird, the Swan, to our shores; about two
Ihundred of them may be seen from the Ross side of the
Cromarty bay. John Hay Mackenzie, Esq. of Newhall,
with 'his gamekeeper, in a pleasure boat, shot four-of
them on the 28th instant—the largest bird weighing
211 b. 140 z.: he was brought down by a ball while pass.
ing over-head of the sportsmen,—(lnverness Journal.)
The scarcity of salmon in the river Ness this season is
unprecedented iiiti.e.meinory of man ; all the hands em-
ployed in the biking have been paid off in conk-
quance.—(//sid.)
The Gentlemen forming the Bench of Magistrates at
KinNstone, recently decided, that the tap of every Inn,
not kept by the Landlord of such Inn, must have an
extra licence.
Coax EXCHANGE, FRB 14.—There have been but
very few fresh arrivals, except some vessels with cargoes
of Oats; and there is no alterations in the prices this
morning; Barley is 'rather in demand, owing to the
supply being short. In livens and Peat there is no al-
teration. Boiling Peas still continue io demand. Upon
the whole the trade is rather dull.
INITRTIRLD Market was rather short
this morning of Sheep, and bad but a middling sup-
ply of Oxen; in consequence of which, the prices are
neatly the, seine se per test ailirket day, and the trade is
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'rattler bevy.
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