The Statesman.
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PROCEBRINIIS IN PARLIAMENT.
Last night in the Honig nt Camases*, Abr. Writ.

zee* lirought forward the ',Rioting motion: " Trios
" $ Committee be appointed to consider of the eft.. is
" produced by the Art of the 0:lit ol tieciere 11 1.
"cap. 11, oo the acri.ultire, manolietisee. a..• 1
" coniusetce of the Unites! R•ripire, abet on the asserts
" condition of the different classes of society therein;
" and to report thereon to the Mese." lifter some
hours consumed between Mr. Waitress and Mr. lice;
the'discussion wig adjourned edit Mil day
we shall therefore postpone our remarks' Mk thh di.-
cession until to-morrow. In the mean while. awe
we have sosetblas to present to oar renters, which
they will probably thick of not leer importance
basely, the
KENT COUNTY MEETINO.
The report of the proceedings of this meeting we
have takes from the Moroi.: Chtowiele, and another
morning paper. It is a mere sketch. as our readers
will readily hp-grime when they are told that three wen
at least three hears and a half of speaking ; end, as
for as we have sisserved mach meetings, the aptakioir
In general was of the best character *sully erupioyed
sport loch occasion.. In the report is the Chronicle,
there were some inaccuracies which we have cortected
in out paper. To do justice to the speech, or rather
speeches of Mr. Laituts, would rosily sot be an easy
task. We have seldom witaested greater ability or
sore settees' of delivery than we witeemed in that
gentleman yesterdly, Sir B. KNAITIMILL was
alone. He had the load of unpopularity to sastaio.
and (a task which Demosthenes himself could sot bare
performed)heliad to apologise for the conduct of the mi-
sisters asd their supporters; and he had to do this single-
blinded. Ile did it, however, with a great drat of
goickneu sod iogenaity. Peeling that it was not to
the voice of the people that lie owed his sear, he was
bold notwithstsoiling the very unequivocal disappro-
bation of a meeting which be himself acknowledged
to be the hugest aid most respectable he had pen
sees in the county. otr readers, by reforest'e to the
report, will perceive that something of very great im-
portance to the whole coustry was brought forward
at this meeting; namely, a proposition, In direr:
terms, to pray the Parliament to retiree the itetereq
of the National Dar This proposition, brought
forward, not by the Noble Lords and great Lighted
Oentiesses of tip County ; but by as iodivideal al-
' most wholly solksowo, personally to the meeting
possessiog no lawnse is the county whatever, es-
cept that which be derived from the nature of the
propoeitios itself, and a magement of the grounds upon
which he made it : this proposition, thus brought foe.
ward, after a most ample dlstnesisicio, which oecopled
more than as hoar after the proposition is. started : this
proposition, twice put to the misting, aid twice tamed,
unanimously, we may call it; for, out of *soy *oil-
seeds of persons, only shoat four basils were held up
against it; this proposition ibis desisted to be the
decided opinion and wish and prayer of certainly one
of the most opulent counties in the kisgdom, le, is onr
opisioo, of.Lu greater impertasec than any thisg
that has come under our observation for many months
past. Lions are not painters, said the lion, to the man
in the fable: and, as we bold the pen and bare the
paper before us, which is not the ease with other gen-
tlemen who spoke at the meeting, we shall not here
take advantage of this circumstance to add to that
which appears io the report, given by the morning
papers, certainly with wonderful accuracy, if we cots-
consider the difficulties to be contended with by the
gentlemen whose business it was to make the report.
This only, which is common to all the parties con-
corned. we beg leave to press upon the attention of
oar readers; that the meeting was of that character
as to speak decidedly the sentiments of the reioht
county. Sir E. KNATCHISULa most unequivocally,
though rather reluctantly acknowledged this, upon
being called upon fur the acksowledgrnent by Mr.
LASKIN. It was stated at the meeting, that besides
the Peers, the Peers' sons, and great landholders who
signed the requisition, there were 400 persons who
signed it. owning, amongst them, 50,000 acres of
laud is the county. These were, doubtless, all or
nearly all of them present at the malting ; and, be-
sides, the meeting was very numerous, and there needed
only to louk at the persons present to be convinced
that the main part of them were persons of sub.

stance as to property. The very spot ;here they were
assembled is ooe of the most fertile cod valuable in
the whole kingdom. There was no baste in adopting
the proposition. Plenty of time to remove soy fallacy
or misrepresentation in the grounds of it. If the
mover had made use of any fallacy or misrepresenta-
tion. Plenty of time for little knots of friends and

acquaintances to consult each other's feelings ; Sir E.
Kmarcuutrit., after the proposition bad once been pet
and carried, having observed that some gentlemen near
him hat/ cot understood t 4 questioth It was at the
request of the mover. distinctly put • second time.
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A (lentletnan who had seconded the :notion. had,
on account of some addition which be wished to have

made to the motion being rejected by the mover, mild:

draarmAit secoadiv. This gave rise to 'somewhat cri-
tical examination into the meaning of every word
of the motion. In short,
amply discussed, more closely scrutinised; and after
all this. the meeting, such as we ha►e truly il.cribed it
to be. decided that the prayer of this proposition was

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their prayer; and in thus deciding, they fairly and
fully derided for one of the Seat counties in the kinir-

dom. For our own parts, we know well that there
is no relief: that there is no political salvation toriLis

country, but in acting upon this proposition t and it
was with great pleature thAt wr perceived gentlemen
of large fortune sod high character in the county ready
to adopt the proposition as their own. Mr. Focrrs, who

moved the petition was ready to 'nova that this addition

should rand a part of it. sir. Damitett,,jsto. was ready
to secAul Mr. Fool% la this, as wises° Mr. Ittiazit.
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who seeucded the petition. Here, den, the county
spoke out honestly ; and we trust that the gentlemen

,n hient have set ■o example, that will be followed by
the rest of the kingdom. There was little merit in

■eking the proposition, which the 010 wee teal knew,

ss he ob d, was the real wish of every was that
wished well to the couotry. The merit belougs to the

'fleeting, rant to those scuile.neu o' the county, who
had the spirit and the honesty openly to defiant by
:heir lips that which was passing in their winds.