The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-17 00:00:00

.Sere IsirviteiNftereee Is tbó fitivetkon a theasm-
, um egembedinery thcoresteoces may scour to reader etello.i
alms .oncizesiricpt be that deem be probability of
modh Zdpilleereem •', ernes it ma also be proved that the
=SSW tie le as extremely different frees that of all
new =irn. as to pot every kied of limitation meet she
mks ma v.be desired to preemie the eellselee. The
emceed of the Ordlmry may be serenteided, MO perked may
keeeseisdede nod if Seer er tees intaisbanciesereitsleed to she
bps alias, the probability of soiressive esteemss daring a
clangs ash of parsons abif release beessee isnalL
The asset of pants was sweet nmeerid is this
view, for each collesive batipin made by lbcp..-717., .ielirliiill Mee
be ex poised to empire, there being Se %West en his part to res
and it west the steeceeding penis. He meted whether eke
Hesse was prepared to say, not only that Church pnwrty was
=arty eiressmanced. but shut it Was so witetely was
Mew all slew pearerty, Mat it sever eiteM he left to fits
whet* was deemed seleseet for stecy ost-
kiellittrigihtell!iliebe light Honourable (weer lead fteeteently
described N aseast meted. and had dwelt ea leis armies t
of sir stone very eased, be (Hr. B.) was soot at nileneresed to
,luny it. But 4 sir warm to epesk in the superlative Imre, -
MIS CH FISTE R Alf.( STING. .
lesinating a esagarispe with she socredeme of other property,
be amt deity she of the certain.. or imp. test to .-...........
his it was um , 'readmitted toe Rights sti theatre* Thefollowing Resolutions were enanininuely passed
to be watered eelhesilof other Pru."-whe" he said 'he' were at a Meeting of the Foiends of Parliantentsry Roo
Oleos etproperiy. it sae monk. fur all property *as insecee
setae leered: it was est to 'bewitched melees tee public good hos form on Monday the 9th of March :-(See ST/Tots:
eerieusly r, qaired is I sad she Legidatore aleays held that the ALAN, March 13
of lodloldooh• sore lo he "%Medi a" weer in yield 1. That the rational object of all Law most be to
soles the arceoftles of the w seuesenitylleseided
the saeriece -he which cas they every day, were interfered prevent powerful individuals (whether that power
viol. Tim iPerliasiest had repeatedly legislated upon the arises from strength, or ablatives, else),
Rights erne Cheri* wet a smatter a universal notoriety, mod from injuring . . property,
them fellow men, or the society to
ist every past adm 'United Kingdom. He did net go to
,inland only for example". be would not cite the famous vote of which they belong. i
the lei* Home of Cosmos' ageism, Tube Agietasear. eve sub. 2. That scandium to the Constitution of England,
venom gibe Prateslast interest ;.bust If theAet of the Irish Par-
, names atetished Mai Tithe, he did nut feet hinwellat liberty no man shall be taxed without his own content, or
to speak • with the same dheespecs, not Ally helm" it was the consent of his Representative in Psrliament.-
brooght in by the Noble turd (Lastlereeell). bat becelete If was The an _.• .
an Act at the whisk logislieett. It preeeteleduaareirsestriat eantiog LAW, supposes males of the age of
• 'like. Steen VII Vs eteskrardhoolving the errata 18 to be semi as it renders them Habit.. to be t.tanot.
proamble that the claim bod here fora lent thaw ahohshwea••"- led for the Militia-Seeing also, that the Heir to
• better precedent was to be fogad is Newland, where swot
the
.emighom prime, thew, tweed of the mink. mod *mg towel Throne, is considered qualified to wield the
, the Chun*. its her pad, regarded with pecollar favour, sceptre at 18-We are of opinion that every male
Users I. had lemeilinsely. on twofers she limiest Crown of who has arrived at that lige,• sight to be allowed to
his family. carded through a semere fur she' salved.*
abolititia Of Tithe, commutation and s• le. Bet thisasessate, vote for a Member of Parliament, °Mete such per.
how beeeficial easier It bad proved fur Socked, be did son by Mental derangement or debility, be consi.
met
soca civilize .
chase
roeezzionwpt:
quitets thisnat coirountat7,qaweteir:o.—any,
dined as incapable of receiving a knowledge of the
Me .ely gave it Ns a specimen of the ineedereuee with Chinch Interests ' of his country ; or unless he, by crimes
Neon, which Parttime: had from tiwe te dew otectioned• lm committed spinet society, bath rendered himself en.
kailand it bad oleo dealt wkh them far the mobile weal-to pro-
mote heekiwihre it exempted „wiy.c.,,ftreaued lang. ie ed. worthy of the confidence of. mankind. •
ward V L's reige.ftwoe all Tithe foe seen years. •la she frig! '3. That this Meeting has beheld- with sorrows. and
I
of King Willies t filed the lichee hemp aad lax at a erred 0 9 At _ 9 _ • ..
of Petitions . _. ..
sewn sera in as cry ; and jest berme the King mow to snoignation, the re
the reveille it:seem a sheitar regelsaine =molts madder of Commons, on the grounds That they expressed the
from Tithe. He called for es encroachments. he wily asked. determination of the Petitioners to resist the Op
Oat west the plain Stereos of the conentio4y, and the quiet of
sxrs, posse• Crest required it. the House thou d out deem ;lode sent of fusee, end! they were fairly re rented io
precleeled from legislating. because the Church was logarithm. Parliament: the justice of which determination, tint.
fie verily believed the interees of the Church itself, aid theses( otithatoadjus theftejection St the peiiiiene
we fully
Mot
religion, reqiured it ;is much as eof the la y proprietors.-
. The same argemeou Chick are now urged against limiting the acquiesce its, and recommend to he acted upon as
Church. hod been used Reno" the idles TeloPor Bill re. far as is conehterit with the laws of oar cookery. as
'Peeling the Crown. The Church. two. It might he remarked,
.1.1„. the only effectual mode of resisting the lawless Od-
ours the Int author of the. Statutes for limiting the Crown.
Maxim that so time should bar the crows, was first objected to garchy that so heavily oppresses us. .
by the Church. with whose quiet it was found io be intim- 4. That this Meeting is thoroughly impressed with
eanble. Lord Coke, whose authority was relied on so moth, ehe on il. that it tbe the defy, as it will
beh.no epithets revere euough for Ilse' Nuneaton in dense days . e v e Inn,(11011
calls them gluttons and harpies-but it is
calls ••templota Est-
r"- they swallowed' up the Charch property by availing
went the defoliant claims of the Crown. As was as the
• always be the aim; of every Government, tee prevent
the lahnuring part of the community from falling iuto
Piped, took the Wares, the first Bill for linislag she Crown that state of penury and went;; and. that all the saw.
posed in the 39et of EliZahelh, nod it was ooliasted so securing eery we now enders arises from menial Legislation,
sae 1/ssicepe of Norwich agaissint such chime. In the ow reign
mod that partial Legislation arises from the influence
ewe more general sanssurr ohs brought forward; but It sae see
no Me present Bill is, wills annoy arguments on the danger sof li- by which the Members of the Hasse of Commons
salting the Crown. The Crown property, it might be said, is are .appointed and now act; •convisiced, .also, that
bead in trust for the beneet of the mate. The Kim; does ant
hiseelt. mpetimemuit, motommem ; h„oudde, he pruner who this partiality can only be removed by restoring to the
Sewell° permanent interest in it - fa.ourites. whose interest is Polite their full, free, and constitutional share in
mot wily diterriolfropn, but opposed to, that of the comminsitY ' the electon of Members for that House; by the
may Mitten prosesiffo, said he pit by conalvasee of the Preece ..
and his advised ; and thus the Crown may be despoiled of the elembeis thereof being elected annually ; and by
progeny vested in it GO the benefit of the commonwen M.- Placemen, Pensioners, and Sinecurists being entirely
Ate7soch elements. perhaps more applicable so the ease .., _. . . ._ _ .
excision timeworn ; therefore this Sleeting resolves
of the Crown than of she 4.4surch, were urged in vain. both
la lames ow. tines time. and new,. tee, som_effectsal to petition She House of Commons once more, to
secure of 1769. After mach opposition, ' burn from the permit its Members to be elected eneuelly, equally.
Sovereign aid in Parliament. the lint, bill passed, and the
yob of George 111., was again carried through Parliament after and freely, by the People at large, according to the
ample di.cossiou. Placing the claims of the Crown upon the Constitution, and to exclude Placeesee, Pensioners,
osloe ("whit Irish till" of every other person; assd giving' the and Sinecuriets from voting therein.
subject themes perfect security agaiast the Crown, es be es.
Aid c, egoism all others except the Church. it was only just 5. That the Suspension of the habeas Corpus Act
awl rearenabk what now at length the same principle. meddled was a wanton outrage on the Laws of the People,
in ilsomplication, according to the eircemanaces of the case. •
reasora extended to the Church itself. The Geodetueiret, the intended by a corrupt and venal Administration, is
other side, were apt to forget the original. and the history of silence the prayers of more than a million of mem,
property in Tithe. He did not mean to vanrion the early divi- who boort piririoned for Reform.
sloe of them, by which at tint a (north and afterwards a third ... „_.
*Mee. sere enjoyed by the Rector. But it might be oteerved, G. That the Magistrates and Police main of
*Oat for many age they were held by the Church spoil ettedi- Manchester have vilified and calumniated its inhabit.
lions. frees which ibe lapse of time, and the provisions of the ants, by ascribing to them views and intentions
Legislature bad wholly relieved it. One eondstiou was. the re-
pair of the wboletuelding of the Church; this by the common which they never entertained : and it is the opinion
Law, is now confined to the chancel. Another COM/1110D ins. of this Meeting, that such cslumnioes misrepresents.
the mainienatlee of she poor, now thrown upon the landowner. .
• Nor was this last condition confined to early times. As late as ,inns contributed much towards, if they were not 1
the cud of the 14th and beginning of she lAth century, there the sole cause of suspending the Usbeas•Corpos Act.
were ezprem provisions for setting apart a yearly sum out of 7. That the arrests which have taken place, were
• the Tithe to support the poor of she parish. as ohms as any Rec. .
fory was appropriated. The Slats. of Richard It. and Henry intended to delude the nation into a belief, that the
r., required this provision to be made. as well as 'bet for a oppressive measures of the Ministers were necessary
Vicar; stud it was the condition sine qua non of every appro.
and just : and to coiner an alarm of tumults, gene-
priation. This continued to be law, as long as appropria-
tions were practised. Blackstone coasiders (iii which opinion rally 'lathed by hired agents of Government, in for-
•he has slot perhaps beefs followed) that an appropriation may therance of its views to subdue the spirit of Reform.
moll he made. If it is, sit car ouly be effected legally by a ~.hut
there is Relieve . .
compliance with the settotary coodstioes of en lowing a per. I o every reason to their persecu-
petual vicarage, and providing permanently for tee support of tors knew them to be innocent, while they were sob.*
the pour. The Residence Act of Henry VIII. proceeds upon a jected tothese io dignities, from their recent libera•
etatemeat that one of the chief duties of the Rector is the sup. .
, part of the pour, wdtee keeping or hospitality. lid, principle don without trial, some unconditionally, and others
runs throusgh its whole previsions; and also through all the de- on their n*n recognizssices, which have sloce been
ciAmes *goon it, IiOVIIII4I the time of Lord Maasheld. Noreen
cancelled by their accusers.
any weight be given to the opinion of those who standup the
povision that the maintenance of the poor formerly despised no 8. That as the cause of Parliamentary Reform is
the Church and the Monn•teries, aid.ee vouch fur this from
60
yearsbariag
elapsed between
thedissolutionof the
religious the cause. of the People,
. all those who have been int-
.:!.. -slums and the 43d of lilielthelh-ffor.le is well known that no prisoned. calumniated, and reined, on account of ac-
• less than 10 hiatuses for she relief of the Poor were amide be. lively promoting a cause so essentially necessary to
twat those two periods, one sir them the same year that the the general welfare of the People, ought to he Übe.
hoer Mesmeric. were dissolved. New. when the Church has
4 wised so larch by lapse of time ; when the charge has been so rally remunerated for all their sacrifices and suffer-
„veld in its favour, uses it now aod for may years pa-4 has es ings ; and that drill 14 theenost effectual • way of pre.
joyed itsTitheaudLasts whollymfettered bythe condoles, ender muting that all important came: we therefore call
titieliVhser secreting 0,444 and fur seams ages held, surely it
.te ,PM WO muck to require the.adepti, oa, open the other upon every one, who possesses the heart of a &hoot
.. sem *Rawls" " olot."1"1"1"le " lhe"i'd"°er: to• contelbete to the relief of these who have ender.
• like aspire nod q stet enjoymeat of his propeny - .
gone such unmerited, bet incalculable sufferings. •
• . , The bat formerly semend to church property are, by sop
. and shitive law. 'lndivisibly made to rest on the owed' off 9. That in the •opinion of this Meeting, the sets.
land. He only asked that the course el time and eveetsumey be • erlin En 'to the shameful degradation of
suffered to temples the security of his Tithe, which be teen Jff g
with all its ber&as. Ores and old. He seised st a grievous being ironed, was a gross violation of the lows of the
• mistake to complain of iottovots" hi this Rocish" a" on she laud, and a scandalous outrage upon hemanity, and
Church. The trash was. that they es his (Mr. li. s) side of the .
In their persons an unpardonable insult offered to
tiestioa. had Moue the right to make ante a complaint.-
Every near changed the period of Ilinitatioa (siedi as it the whole People of England, evincing a wanton bar-
• was). in favour of the Church -for ever l ?ear carried us barity derogatory to the mild principles of the Eng-
. &ribs. away trout the lot of Itkarna . and the 13th
of .Eheabeth. There was a constant damage going on io fish Constitution.
favour of those who tried out against alteration, sad Waled 10. That we unitedly and solemnly:protest spinet
- those who desired dist rights and titles *gale, be Axed in sece. ...y Aet of Indemnity, .o y
y which his Ms eel 'e Ilitni-
wily. What he asked was, to draw Online, aid preweet this 'w
- husovatieo from gMag us any longer, eatil it rendered every eters may be screened from the legal consequences of
• ,Ming like cedilla. sad quiet pmernsinelinposible. His Learsed their injustice; because, if they have done right, let
'. Friend (Mr. Wetherell.) had defied theta s produce any au- ekes face enquiry, and depend upon their integrity,
tborities to favour et their principle. He had already referred
to Mr. Justice itbehurate, au great ewe, to the ebtabeeemeot. ,and the attachment of their country ; bet if they have
. and no very rash reformer. list he alleold rant Ole aheibey; done wrong, If they have violated the Constitution, if
still by the name asset the (dead, st the exissing system. aim , , . . __, ~
the heeeethetto a all immoothoo__he mom Mr. Burke-who' Inky soave insult= Joe sacred rights of their coentry-
. had armor
A4masapperied the Bill at 177% for quieting mew's men ; if they have thirsted for blood, and shed it in in.
. posemions the claims of the Barth-awl these were his I
. decent triumph • let thee be amenable to the still re•
words s--41 is is to take main frees the Church. bet the , .
.. power of waking bereeW odious; if she te'sacere herself. she I manneg laws, and, as well as the People, be mower-
ma have " stieedoll to dot teestritY of'°.heelel h",.„.2l,,iir..,__*hh able to God and man for their conduct.
• "'tell°. swear in "e111.1"'"'""1"116 wilt eall' 1" 't "---1 11: That Parliament be petitioned to protect 6
ielireseb the gospel sisettenee, bet of seek a kieffsi will ass-
demo teepresek it wifielfell teed, se that dee possess shall net i reoffering People from a despotic Ministry, and
:• have the iestopecinee appal/mace of a Tazgatherser-Thle tee speedily grant such an effectual Reform as stall
•
-. was bia (Hr. Breaglann) earnest whit. ihe mess et -
wantons ear hatemoemomos sad ortostoinitiodAl3 sod whine,. i secure fee the future sainterrepted happiest, to the
• be beffeve4 twee to ho se
.peeneionst as die dhpares which lieu*.
limeleet of 'Liebe; and these disputes by lie Me Oise irk. 12. 'het the .Polities be now reed. •
seine No baskets Panne and the tsedswete. were them which 1
oratreas ite.inogoottroputemituu, meg the liability* be 13. That Sir Fraasis ilardatt tad Lard Csairaike

istarkii alkerleag eafttaeat.
these ler eves reeesord,
who prevail whale the
the Palmer awl his lock I
Mr. PEW, spoke

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Hesse then divided— -
For the seenud readliag . • . 15
AgaialB it • 44
Majority .
The Bill was consequently lost.
The Longitude Bill went thrones a Comatittee,
tad the Report was then brought op and received,
said the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-
'sorrow.
• The Husbandry Horse Doty Bill ou read a third
Rase and pissed.
Adjourned at One n'clnek.

present the same to the Haworthla
of Cosituroos.
Sobtoription be cow opreect.for -tis
. sock of the sufferers wader tbd,rooetlt
Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, as may seem
entitled to public assistance and support, by.e.Com,
mit tee.
/5. That the following Gentlemen be revamped to
act as i Committee, with power to add to their
camber, and that Mistaken be a georem t&—hits net-
Vietl, Mr. John Molineeez, Mr. Walekley,
Reddish, Mr. Fell. Mr. Haririon Mr. Neylor, Mr.
Clarke, Mr. Dowdeey, Mr. Radiatson, Mr. Ridge.
way, Mr. Jas. Molioestes.
16. That Mr. James Wree be Treasurer; and Mr.
Matthew Kirkham, Secretary.
1/. That the Thanks of this Meeting are doe, and.
pre hereby given to Sir Francis Burdett, Lnrd Cock.
ease, Lord A. Hamilton, sad all those .Menthers of
*Nth Hoes*, of "Psrliament' who havo advokeled the
*Gin of the People . ekes their rights were attacked
by rffssfrolie Ministers.
t That the Thanks of this Meeting be gives to
the.Gentlernen of Leaden, who have so nobly coos
forward to support. the objects of Ministerial pose.
cotton.
.1. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to
the. lion. H. G. Bennett, and G. Phillips, Esg—for
their held and manly 'apostate of the iufernal spy
System.
let ,That the' lamest thanks of -this Meeting be
given to the 'venerable sod philanthropic patriot
Major Cartwright; for the long, able, ,and disk.
terested part he has taken in the came of Radical Re.
form. Aid this Meeting takes plessere its snoring
him that be has gained that esteem of the Lancashire
Reformers, whkh will never be effaced frees their
minds, while memory holds her met.
21. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to
Mr. Raines, Editor of she Leeds Mercury, for the
seal and alacrity wish which he brought forward, and
exposed to public indignation the diabolical proceed-
ings of the notorious and execrable Oliver, the Spy ;
which exposure, we are firmly of opinion, contri.
bated, most materially, to the prevention of as
dreadful a tragedy being acted its Yorkshire,. as
that which was so shockingly broeght forward at
Derby.
22. That the Thanks of this Meeting are doe,
and are hereby given, to that distinguished patriot
Mr. Hoes, for his seal ltii the caw., *faultless, Reform.

23. That the Thetas of this Meeting be given to
Mr. Wooler, for his truly patriotic efforts iu the ea-
posure of Packed JuriPs.
24. That this Meeting cannot repress the expres-
sion of contempt and indignation which it feels, at
the recent public approval of the enwarrenteble con-
duct of the late Boroegbreeve and Constables of this
town, by a number of those who arrogantly dens.
minate themselves the leading Gentlemen of the town;
in which conduct it is impossible to say whether stupid
folly, or wanton wickedness, is mostconspicaously
displayed.
Mr. Wroe having left the Chair. it was mowed by
Mr. Fitton. and seconded by Mr. Betibew,
That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr.
Wrqe, for his public spirit in taking the Chair on
the. present occasion, and for his impartial conduct
therein.

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