The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-21 00:00:00

body ID I?, triition the .._
mils eta t eir liesermatro
hid it to *en), he should
„item of the meeting,
•• 'to the Itoooerable teat—
ofereat-Britain in Puliessent aaleVii-._
»Th. tenable petition of the freeholders 446 inhabitiati
oaths sony.tx of Eaves. in.cousity noeitng piteeiltbift 10 t.
steel to 1 itineration to tiro 134 h-the IL attest, ' ap-
woods of 900 wheats and occupiers of lead: . ,
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. " shoireth. That although. yoer peistienera;• is onennott
Wittstho whole apitoltoral coenraity, are lal?oltripg Paden
*OW and nateerited :liardithips, *I. Da Iso.lldYsntulo,
iirlestatible with the General 'loot; but that they cordially
voile with the lathiligent and disiaterestod chases in a rd
ceorfetion that the misery and prisationa 11 *bleb*.
;Sister p‘rt are plunged, and with vdtleb slyer .cateitad;
.eh 11yto he attributed to the . iscy of
9184=litation of the_ people in ra*
4 • .:
'Fiat to tbh oSOIO4O r P10140444113"111"
910iSeil telltale' • bes en, sat Tel the groat and
Parasount pies of this (toiletry; "did the' bertsodlato
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nese iiiihe'preeent unparalleled
elates of *bleb are flat iossiaminglitecaPital and-foe-a*
. pie a tits estete 0 every Individael who does not in eigglf
measure live upon the public ?evens..(ayne onthased;
aneed With **wahines.),
"hat The soil, bellies the gliterallearganeadny- low.
posts, ti almost exelesively burdened- With die Lstipjlorf
eerier, of increasing prisons, highways, and a long ode-
segue of rates end grievous charges; that the moreoos.res
sources ofthe choreic, many milling in neenlinn a
theta portion of the fruits of the earth, an
.pattelyse the
egricultural industry of the epenVy ;to 'width they cant
add the vexatious letnence of the fregeent 'and toluene
woggles Weems the clergy nad the laity, to-the tajury of
tht-- resources and thepeace of tank of the latter
to the
incalculable prejudice of the mild and Kennon priticiples
which oar holy religion eloqueutly enjoins: • :
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• " That your petitioners, therefore, hastily bat nrusy
sunlit to your honourable Rogge, the} the present stetwet
the nation 'demands the instant applintitiWolliniSlM inn.
dies, and they venture to suggest theldeptin ot Anteneir•::
in g measures : • *of PI getan't,;
" I. Such a reform in the Conwonflo T
es more frequent elections by inerentedins concentrated
constituent bodies. and the entnetion of thosepteeei the In=w
stguiticance of which renders themoblects. df proitgate to
trails or oligarchiercontrol, eandot:fall lost benignity
and easily to produce. s.
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"le A repeal o, the ibole chitin oo 'ling, beer, Isig--:
leather, milt. coop, end ea odlee.—(Clicers.) pr . :. 1• .
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" 3. The abolition of el steemeirPleteelaikofinee,
unmerited pensions,—(greet cliterieg;y—and the dicta re-'
trenchoent of every unnecestity brooch of * p olitic ex-
penditure.
"4. A reduction ottik' deletes, peoeinlM.iiiii emolu-
ments of all public fadetinaries, commencing et the high-
est, in proportion to the dietialsbed price'of ell censittnable
articles of life andeaccitty;• kwequitable einnesitatiou of the
present system effigies, with a die regard to the provision
end just remuneration of the elergy,ipportioned to the cha-
racter end ronsteitetof their labours, and p
san each a scale
as shall make all ban wid respectable, and none intolerable
and luxurious.
"h. 'The simplificatios end equitable implication of the
poor laws, a tevisloo of the erketnel i -code.- with
cro
a view to a wilder end more nilipplt of the
fernier, and t r the quicker and less expensive application.
of the latter._
6. An equitable distribution otthe burdens' wiecli see
indispeesnble te the e 4
ti
of the good faith and honour
a tbe eountry, by adapting. the stele of payment ito am
etraliP
teens, etistittralskinif the necessaries and comforts of 11*
from luiution and inordinate possesitons raid inking ins:
collection of theta rather t cheerful ingeleseeneirof On
contributors, titan by anteeny of dependeor sod. esesulline:
tax gatherers sad co
tern .:t :r.!_s; -1
0 And your petitienerswill ever pray, Ala." -- et- - .1
After the petition had been reed• the taittniusir
asked whether pay gentlemen seconded it? * - peon'
sinned. .•, ,•:'. • \
bit. SANGsTita said he should second it, Os 0 roans_
of the county. It emloseed the tithe system, oh MU
One of the heaviest :burdens on the agricultul terest,
liaise embraced lbw
.poor7ratee, sitti seteral notesr bar-
dens equally oppressive.
farmeras not acctisthoted to',
public speaking, but, as a he
,loved independence,
and wished in this instance to show it.—.(Applatest.) . It'
bad been slid that the Ureters ought to, return. to' their
leather jackets and smock-frocks. Those who said. so
would make the English nation a nation of cUrriersAnd
slopellers.—(A laugh.) He was qnite certaid.tbaliagt;
less something effectual eras done, and that very:sins.
+o.e-farmers of this oonntry must sink le utter rtilit.....lfe
shauoulda ce
ter nt rtain
to iy
the root his vote
the f
evil
or the ameadtnent; hi!
cseof .. •.-.:, ' . ' : ,
Mr. W EST aati, after congratulating- the •saeoPlig ea
tie exhibition of spirit, judgment, talent, - Istici Intelli-
gence ts hichtire yenatanry of the county had dispialed,
proceeded to observe that the. Hoe. and learned Cleat,'
who had just spoken; had thrown a slight damp rte: the
prospect of scecesi which he bad anticipated ftom their
esertions. He seemed to suppose that the Set o
hf the
Chancellcr ofthe Exchequer had gone forth, and tat it
Vas most rilicolous in them to attempt to reverse it.—
Ile it ontel,.however; alvise them net to despair of consti-
tutionally precentingthat decree front being inflicted on '
the country. They must sit . recollect that in,1616 the
then Chancellor of die ExcheqUer opened his budget,. by
stating to the House tbet it was oicessery for the p eeeeeee
'rine of public faith, that be ahould Impose on the
country a property lax of S per went and that, notwitH
standing this statement, end his further declaration tbatj
his fiti,ncial statements were image sip for the year, he af-
terwards abandoned all idecterf cannoning it on the pep
pie. He contended that the success which had attended
their petitions en that subject, and also that which • hid
'Mended their calls for a diminution of the malt dotted,
should encourage them to persevere in their efforts to obc
tut relief. He declared hie -conviction that if an oniooled
}emcees the landed aristocracy and the yeomanry c
be formed in other. congas as it bad been in • Essex, the
landed interest would soon be enabled to speak witho
weight which mist befell both Wend out of Parliament.
He was ata lon, to see the felt
.practicable
end ea grodid Oi
which the learned . geadensan had voured
to ridicule the petition which has' b
omoan riginalof
ly
reposed. Though they might diger as• to toe
Ueir present grievane.es. and of tlii remote-end immediate
tonsequetsces to which they might lead, they all agreed as
le their nature and estate, . Even the learaed gentleman
*greed io the necessity of staking a strong 'represent!'
tion to the 1-eiriosore ao the state teathich,agricalture Wel
reduced: addise-hragrOd that few of them differed *ore
Its stsiemiennefit 4ti theraggt.gate anoint -of 'tuition
that weighed inks 'llib defrierotterlst. OWthat point the
ongloal:pealtloncenterti,astresestaternente‘not indeed
sieetreagnlinteareed.gestlinnan% bet sill It milled. en
the reglaisture to take the attbjett ,rota -14. ieboodiste.lod
serlows..eonslderetion. - it wee , set et, i, extmordisiery
t.. at. it show point oat the, malt ni ee.tingslit;, proper. to
No repesiesA. 'ffhere.was pore malt tayeAr:od o...yedr.lt sip
Into now,- and that was pwitti to Pas..e'sktitavbilog the
duty upon Bas ailtf !dials eidginol4o/7 \Hitt' • Kin"
uodet the beer tag, twaay nOthing of ttie-1.3l lit 4Which
Wiry paid per acre; whew at for Olean •-Oit'dial
sidation. Besides, the malt tex. was partioultity IA;
j tricots, as it affected a -erbileaosse beverevi, tenth
formed the delight as well as the food of .illeNaboistig
classes. The hon. member then proceeded to state, that ties
opinions which he had expressed in Pertinent that
the effects of the change In the currency retaiS-
and to condemn Peer, bill as an acooniptisbed 'piece of
jugglery". which had reduced the *Metes. 9( tile lendlords,
and diminished the capitals of the tenants full one half te
their value. tinder the operation of that sAct, agriculture
bad declined in a most wonderful &oven t and ft it. nowt.
seed to decline, every other- Inteiest in a very short time
wend novosesea .
to atitti it. Advents" to the
einsindinent whisk Winn proposed: he stated that he.osa
asst sn=ipes time it obasiiimot psas; betanse if .it dadperia,
the haresony,ed thil dieggitg would be dietristpd,..and toe
Atka of its onoeflois cessiderably impeded. Arft, a
1p
weed oitit iiiiibunag gentleman on the necessity el to.
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...._. ...,,„Ai__ ..,:explat,iett .-,..
supported.,,,, the itinl'Veritioti; but £t , _ _,_„,„_ __
etptliesed a *grit-flesh* tad tot ertbiatid. .
of reform; wkliont width' ho otteildercil All path ohs' td
3te sigelettounder,4o: resent constitutioo of l'arliamea'
He bad given his slegnature to the requisitioners *bleb
that Meeting bed been celled; because be saw that a
14,10, atigthee of those who had previously signed it were
A
-alnite peva* distress, and because be thought
ligilothi
,- 'which they -risked, -Omagh mail, might
Wad. saga relief. Heriag ►signed the requisitioo, he.
felt .hialself to a certain degree . pledged to support the
within which, was circulated along with it. There
were whise points its the amended petition, to which be
rill sot arm ; but be fully agreed with the move? of
%Abet as she evils of the country arose
ther in a great larnir
sore .from an increase, SL: remedy for m wet to be
foal in a diminution, of taxation. (Hear.) He felt,
toe. that the relief afforded by the remission of
7,011,1000*.50f taxation would be more for the interest of
this coutstq, than the-keeping up of a slaking-fund of
3,0000101. to Pity off the oational debt. (dear.).
Colithal BIROISTOK opposed both the original motion
and the arnendmeot. His
contended itscome length that
all trades and all interests were liable to disettiaileon, end .
the egtil!iturists assist, like others, espeattbeir vicissi-
tudes-. He was bimiel an occdpier of land. to a great
extent, And, as' such, Sad experienced great losses from
the redaction in the. price of agricultural frOalitt fs yet
boavaszesidf to beanpole lasses, bee:miss he. could not
see that any: effectual rentkli could be devised without a-
.breatth-of pablie faith. In his epiniow the proposed re.
*union of the malt-tax *veld answer no end in the we
of relief:a4l4mo there were 'eminent interruptions, at
Colo.!, 13; was told. by several persons thst if the twit
mete repelled the farmer would be benAtted, as in that
ease there- would be a greater consnmrion of the arti-
cle.)—He contended that it *as not likely there would
be'ney increased cormemption, nor did be tbiek that the
Kitcbispiei stashl be deprived eat hree m
million five e
n btin
ext
-
dyed thoosted ardnda, the prod .of the H'
commented mettle propositioo thela amendment respect-
ing tbie commutation of tititea, said that that could
not be called commutation which left all to the will -of one
patty_ without consulting the inclination-of the tither.—
Nothiog was more while than to consider tither is the.
light of a tax. ,(A voice io the crowd, " They aro a mplit
liravy tax."). Ile concluded some further obsersethwil,'
by expressing. his regrit at. finding himself -obliged , tak.
differ ITOWV,li,great majority of those present, foe in.(
V. 110112 be entertained the highest,ospect..--,4*• •
:Mr. Letinano, M.P. stated, that es he agreed 'WA;
most every sentence contained in the amended •petitficik
except that which related to .the touching the •chttielt
property, he felt desirous to explain why be could :let.
vote for it. - Having afgned.the reqoon to which. the,
petition was atinesd, he felt that be should-be gnilty Of:
a breach of. foith, if be seta tinned vosnal'andsuppottii
another. . ... . ...- ... .
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Mr. Tow= segrovlti tentithsencable mover 01:44;
ameadment, the propriety of withdrawing it, to prortint;
Uharmony of the day from being interrupted.
thought that the publiconeditor .seostid be s,richee mop..
and would have abetter seenrity finchiedebt, if 7,000001 i
.of taxes bad been remitted. instead of a sinkiog foltd-
- being retained of 5,000,1)001., which' bore tile Seine pro-
ration to the debt as one did to twohundred.--(Cheent.)
He looked upon the commutative of tithes in the'ro.thter
proposed by Mr. Goulbota as a, salutary measure, sad
thought that the meeting ought to take every oppor ne
pith' of putting a stop to mikes practice •of tail ..,
tithes in.hod.—(Cheors.) Thoogh he did *natio*
malt tax the exact tax whisk- sal
es
to be . •
petit
still adverted to amoral es points from ' :. •
relief might be obtained..44lear,) . :... ~
Sir „loom TIRRCI.L. could sot support either the )Mos
Lion or the amendment to it, which had beet; hat t 14,102,
posed. lie declared himself a friend to w mottifieffpnel..ll
petty tax, and stated, Lis conviction, that if th
ld baat meeee ntai
had been carried in 1816, the farmer wout been ,1
relieved from many of the evils under which be teas eirlff
labouri_ng..,,.
Mr. P. M RIGHT, after confessing binsself friendly to
reform, joined in the wish that Mr. Harvey would with. I
draw his amendment.
Mr. D. W. 11.1 aves said, that it appeared 'strange.
nearly 'every gentleman who had spoken lad coneudded
With some part or .other of his petition, end that -pits
withstanding, all of them had desired biro •to sviildiltr.
it, for the sake of unanitnity.—(d. laugh.)--'flioegli he
did nor herieve that the original petition, if-passed
monsly, would be attended with. the consequence? whiles
some gentleman seemed to anticipate, still he would net
have it attributed to him, that but for his lamentable in,
terposition the petition of the freeholders of Essex wenirt
have been successful,- awl the landlord and yeomanry
have been restored to stealth by the repeal of the :Ws.
duty on malt. lie, therefore, in coinpliment to
his the
aeon.
bientlionen who had addressed him. withdrew a-
ment ; but be hoped that they would show no reluctanee
to support it, if, when they next met, they found them-
selves still buetbaned with a 20s, duty upon malt.
Hr. HootrwooDi to prevrot mistakes. said that the
points lathe amended petition, which he was ready to
support,: were the call .for a Reforwin Parliament:, the
reduclion of taxation, and the commutation of tithes.
the
Mr. LSNNARD mttled thanks to Mr. Hervey:o
osertesy he had displayed in withdrawing. his muted-
The original petition was then • pcia, and carriinl, with
only two dissentient rotes.. It was then ordered to he
presented to the Commons by Mr. Western, and to thi
Lords by Lord Braybrooke,thelookLieatewant of Oil
county. . . ..
Thanks were thin voted to the High MeW„Orko,
after. shortly expressing his gratitude, died :the
meeting at half-past five o'clock.

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Extract of 4 litter. dated Madrid. March 1:—" I was
detained a full hour the other day in the streets. listen.,
ing to two itinerant musicians perforntiot a new sonv
celled the War Song,which is yet to an "learnt bat bees.
composed for some time. Oni of ibem songlbe air and'
played it at the same time on a violin, while his *lift
men sung also and performed the iiceouspanitteist•ns the'
guitar. • Both were blind. and wither snag riii!plagoa,
with Mitch skill ; and yet it was surprising be weflf
effectsthey threw into the words ofthe sag. .-'lltoade
hod oecasonal burets of grandeur; which animated tledi.
sightless countenances with a nosh of inspiration. ii.
the intervals betviees. the verses, ehe leader recited O.'
sagekfroma.prose rhapsody, the object •of Thich was to
ions' al. apenutrds to the remembrance of those injuries
Whlch reence Inflicted on the Peninula during the last
war, to flatter them with the event of that contest, and to
bid teem bled on their -swords for the extermination of
the 'Oradell), invaderi. Yen would be surprised at
the attesibin, with which 'these two horde were Wine.
to. TeiifEllitenefi.frequently iu the eyes et these who
were arreKed around. them."
•Therd to.,i4mpeisillsi it iseighlooliting village, a man
who baa.been lliteeltinows twarriek: tacit Of his wires'
outdo wises the setnil- We bakleadilant ciliWte'n by. cacti,
*attach lived with hie) thdteysers.. Re itois 0 widower
Wilma each,snirriage three . vial', his diva, children
living• ibw thiti liyeach wife, ad Witoselairth-ditys ate
thrit dare a .ekcii othir.:—hia lait setts has beet deed
tbset rail, and: it e elpeem to-tio*ttlakrigiiiit iii ilirte
elOrAll'—(071.00* Gigetli.). •.•,. • .. ,
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—:tisia . Snoops
Vigglaidspd) Bill were read a third lime sod
of
' - leetittyfilll, and the Royal Marine Mut ny ill,
iliewitia it vetoed time, and (the commitment be ne.
Plivea) erdetlti lob* read a WO tint e tomorrow.
Tim Nagonal Debt Reduction Bill w.s read a nand
time aid committed for to morrow.
The' Kist, Property Bill passed throssit s Comodure,
wear eported without-sniesdasestotudweierei h) be mad
a third lime on Monday. - .i - 1
Adjoursedtill tomorrow (this day)., .
- . HOUSE OF C031M0103..
Titers born e but 35 Memhen 'Omit at four o'clock,
the Speaker adjourned the Bosse.

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EDINBURGH VARY IkE.FNOR3I. FOR PARLIAMENT-
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Dice.
The Petition odd upon at the late meeting
resident ate holders •of Edinburgh, for redress in the
*mini, of that city, contains several corionspar;
ttct= deserving norbe city of Edinhergie, itis
-observe& ha! ever sines the incorporating Avalon with
nogisods ill 1707. enjoyed the privileg ight e of sending6f
's.
Iliorsiser to tbe British Parliament. Ent the r
sotiog for tbis•member is now •vested, neither in tile In-
habitants, our in the Hooselsolders; nor io. the Burp's-
" nor In any of those peptone or public bodies, urn's
be said in my sense to represent the property, the ',Melia-
genre the independence, or character of im,mutation ;
but belongs exclusively to a small keted corpora-
lion of thirty-three permute, 'who donor stand by any ,
means in the iirstmok of its Citizens, eithertir wealth or
popularity.
Edinburgh, it appears, exclosive of Leith..
dona and the adu-
-
joining villages, which would give an aidil pop
lation of at least thirty 'boos:and, sow .etsittafna Upwards
of One hundred sod -five thousand inhabiting,. of whom
more thin twenty-one tbourond an itouseliohlersi who
occupy :property within its limit*, rated at nobles than
WORM., per animus I and bOth the-population and pro;
petty are to so rapid a state Of increase. that there has
been, for iseyerni years past, ananonal addition, by new
'Wilding*, to the wattle income arising from- real pro-
.party, of notion than 10,0901. ;, while Abe presenteleemrs
(the Magististet noefosso; Cootie:1) monist in all of tbirtr.:
three toditiduale,* large-majority of whom are respecter
bk.shoplresPers axtrtradesmen, and who occupy properly i
rated at rather, less thin 28004 per annum. Nioeteen of
filets tre•abottally elected by their predecessinsio office,'
without.thoseinblince of arty other toterferiume ; 'Atilt*
remaining fourteen, who arc Deacons oflthe Vodka or its.
corporated Tradesmen, arc annually chvimn by, their re-,
apectiroCtrypostions, mita lists, each of which bat bettv,
premoststr,redosted.to tile number of three, by the act of ,
the TowniCoonek wlio huie, it thus io their power;"l
.though each Corporation •Shoeid • ise unanitnous tn. itis
wisla,fog a OrtlyaLlr Deacon, entirely to defeat the obit-
oof thu fessoft. The whole number of member* le I
tlseao.foniteen crafts is considerably less than seven hiltStl
:dred,ll4,4llint4eacons are thus elected annuall
seith isfitetti-etiritperete in teturolug a Stember ter'
riamenti bot,fer the daliy,stipesibtentience of titvit
la the City C-otrosils. . : , . - •. - :i, • :• j
Thus it. appenealit at .out of ono isurulned :aid ifielon-4
vied inhabitants; iheireare buttbirtyhree electors; Sea
motisese,personsfrecopy property to the essays Of 210014.
out of 40041004.-"-msotber rerdOisM the light of voting .
is her emsrdby loss than otsPiqtreeticwt'amith Pa"'
of the population, and .b'y the ocosorms of about one hun-
dred andfiftiath, part of the teal Property. - • • ,
Ills else wisteria} to obiarvip, that there -ate In the.eity
serious snit pptille bodies, deensernbets of which, thOugh.
istributing Anniely by their. residence ...a the walth end
respectability of the. piaci here no voice or sheore what-
ever In tr.e utettion of the Member, who nominally repre-
sents It in Pleiament. These ere, among others, 10. The
datildry. or Merctiant Burgesses, amounting to nearly one
thousand two hundred iftdlviduels and includlopt.the Mer-
chant company, a mercantile Iseoclatiou *deb has sub-
sisted for near one hundred and fifty years, and aim con-
sists of more than four hug 'red and eighty members. lid,
The Faculty
M. Advocatcs, consisting of upwards. of two
haadamt ftodeM. members. Millie Writers re the Sigart.
censittlaititt three hundred resident members. 4th. The
other .Membess of the C'ogloge of Jostifevend individuals
ittstehed to the profession of the %ay.:se:4ooow probably
to, nese two thousand persons. • Sth, The Profeueors end
others connected-with the Uniceroity, or emploped in the
hither brsochet. tit -edueadon, consisting of et
Clergleast one
hoodeed aud flay. Otis. the whole body of the ,
areountinu, Uisfrent en included, to betvreen sixty and se-
venty. .7th, The persons of the Madloal end Other liberal
and leernedprofessiona, not less man oas-hinidred in num-
ber.
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m Of COMMON COUNCIL; lialsdit M.

. • Telt PIIILANTNNOPIC- SOClefir.
Me. Sores moved that the Court should confirm, the report
of, the Bridge-boese Committee, recommending-us the Cot,
posidon tosell to the abovemamed society, the fee-shore
of titter buildings. in St. Oeorgds.delds; which
they_ ditylease expiring in ISM.
The motion vesopposed by Mr. Dixon. and the Com*
divided on the question. The nelibers were ss folllniqwstenp—
.r
Per the mottos, I Aldermen, 48 Common Couttel,
.against it, tlitcemmon Councilmen.
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OLIS DAILEY SESSIONS. • - : ,L
• Mr.-ObstiAm broogitt up the report of the committee le
Arbrele.hed been referred., to consider the most eligible
. pies forboldieg two courtsof session at Abe eametimesti,
dm Olti.ealley. TI-e Worhy Gentlemen obeerisg. • that
the salateet Of the rep'ort wee one of great imporMbee4ll{
the public. It had been 'calculited, tine by giving Mil
eearts sluing at the Old Battey at Mb stele ties, eel Andy
Me* the duration of the sessions be shortened: by owe
hodf,,Vatalso,that they ;verve, which Me elty et present le-
i marred iiialit be materially decreased. 111 well as the Uwe-
Isle and Accoovenlence to which prosecutors raid witnessesll
4.4"ratil Subleased. -Tim committee had' directed*. clerk e
the citedosirt, to select a proper site for the erection of
, the now Wert, antide in eueltheate of the expense
of Me ini*ilstg: TIOI- clerk of the works had reported-that
ILI
it billdiat. be left of the present Old Bailey Court, which
was eted the record once, might conveniently be con-
I sorted Sado :
.4oarts end the expense of the alteration would
ernooat ZO t 4,664. :The proposal for . making,* tie*
Court bed riteeted the approbation of the Judges and . Mel
, Recorder.' -Itins kneeded that the Judges should st in oue !
court to try offilacej • a grave nature, whilst: 'eases of' al
lighter ebereellersfoidli be -tried in the
.other Court, -before
the lieborder di-Abe Common Nergettet. The worthy gen- '
Omen concluded 'with moving that the report. whkb
-merely contained** recommendation of the plan which he
had described, should be confirmed.
-Mr. Alderman WOOD, observed, that he bad. as long as 14
years ago, recommended the holding of two Courts et the
Oldßellity, beeaute be was convinced that it n-suld be of
greet Wistuditgeto the 'public, and less expensive to the
cliy,.then the present system.
4ftrrga few words from' Mr. Alderman Vesxstcs and
lilt. T.Atrigan, in Support of 'the report, thi mouton wos
agreed to.
Some further business, of no importance, baring been
derpatitiett, the Court adjourned.

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FRIDAY EVENING, DIA.RCH '2l, 1323.

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, • - irARLIAMENTA RY COMMENTARY. •
des Heusi or
,Loans they read a second time a Bill;
snallow.the King to dispose of certain parcels. of pro.
petty. Thislsint bile property, let it be observed,let the
thing be disfigured bow it 11?Iy.' flowerer, as long as
the Parliament continues what It ii, things of this sort
,wlll go on; and the Parlianient will never he changed •
-as long as theintereit of the Debt is paid io
Itlisposal of property by the King is nothing new. • In .
;One shape or other the thing has long been going on; •
'and yet the villainous, old, fiat Black Towers of Norfolk..
in their biros and holes and corners, abuse the Yeomen
`of the County, because they prayed that all thisproperty •
sold; and the money applied to liq .id.t-:
done( the debt ; that it might no longer be doled out
in little parcels, and be disposed of in a way that nobody •
•
knew hqw.
lo the CoantOses there was NO 'HOUSE, that is to
sty, there were not forty ?Itemisers • preient when the,
4eaker took the Chair ; not forty out of sit bemired and .
fifty.eight., This is the best sort of Parliament in the
world, 'Mr. Canning sap). It has, at any rate, been a
eery good thing for him and his family. What it has'
been for this nation, the labourers who are now I oing ,
about with bits of sacks wrapped round their shoulders
may, perhaps, be tolerably good judges.

. TILE STATE STATE OF FRANCE. - - : .
Under this title we sometime ago published ati article
calculated to prepare our readers for what was to foliose
lin meeting of the Congress at Verona.. We • wish asisr
tO- make a few obtervations,. in order to guard oar wail-.
2
en 'against swallowing down without any ceremony what
..they find in those grand magazines of food for fool feWd•-• i
. .'s those grand anagazines, the newspapers of land's'''. •
.j.4lCpleatterthe 'Srptirasand Jews who conduct thni pa- it
pigs ;it plettseththem, just at this moment, to repress:nit • -
"the-French nation as being in a state of great discontent ..
.--.4•4 wishing the Bourbons at the devil ; and as being
willing to lend a hand in seudiog them thither. As a •
conspaniotspine ,to this, the French tiovernment is at
wits spoken of by these :Squires and Jews as a deepotism
and the people are represented as being is a state of sir:-
very, kept in that state by the bayonets of the Bourbons.
Now,.if this were all true, or if only a small part of it
were true, the Bourbons must be in cousiderable danger.
The fact, however, is, that it is a lie from the begs, b'
to the end. The ?eople of France are well sff; they ex-
hibit no wretched groupes in gra-A-pits %Oh ragged
sacks tied room their shoulders, and hay-hands misted
round their kge ; they exhilit no squalid wretibe4,lSl3l?
old, and man big, compelled to exist, lodging, fool, i
'clothing and all, upan half a crown a week.
• Na T.
jaw does France acknowledge which makes it transporta-
'llion for a man to be in pursuit of wild animals after sun-
est.---In short, to the .Ifortiier Chronicle, who is Cie
great and constant assailant of the French Government,'
we distinctly give this challenge: we challenge it to
ehow that the people of France art not winch more free
than the people of England. 'lf the Chronicle do out
athecetypart *eouThrocrhealfrleneeg,epocaantidtistriiiky, e h
' short time will strike the first blow ourselves. We say I'
the fiat
brelliwgiouwselyi,novis
litarily, fiscally ; aryl in all manner of ways in which the
iimatiiiit of a people can be viewed. Has any one evi r
beard of a lsw in France to shut farmers up in their
[houses from sun-set to sun-rise ? Has any one ever heard
of a law in France to transport men for being found near
4 coppice with clubs in their bands after sun-set ?-011 I
we are not afraid of the Ckionicle ; aad we will not
' suffer this humbug to he carried on ; we will not suffee
these Scotch bambngs to talk about British liberty
'we will not suffer the ' Scotch bombings to COA:
1
*boot' this " classic srowiti Of fteedom i' while
they would persuade us that the brave rola, of
France are tamely submitting to a despotism. .This is a
.slfolll cheat practised upon the people of England, Ire
,dead and Scotland. A gross cheat it is; nod carried onto
by knaves of the very • svorst. description. We mean
'being this question to the test. And here we again dis-
tinctly challenge the Chromie/e to show that the people
of France are not Jiver in all respect* that" the people of
England. There is great ntilityin this inquiry; berasse
is' one readers will perceive, the hypocritical and Jew
press would have us believe, Coat the Spaniards will be
protected by the disaffection of the people of France to-
wards the Bourbons. -Now, if this disaffection be a
falsehood hatched by the Jew press. then this pro-
mised protection of the Spaniards base es illusory.
The matter, therefore, is of greet moment to this coun-
try ; and see here, fur the third time. challenge 0..
Chronicle. het it bring forth, in grand• array. all its
charges atainst the Bourbon tlevernment. Let
the
'charges rest upon proof. Let us have the acts thefFrench assembly cited; let sea have the detail,
where necessary. For instance: where there has
been a man sent to kid for four yestrs and a half
for se'ling pomp blets,det the Chronicle give us the luau's
name ; let us hive the time and place mentioned, and
whether the man has got a starving wife and family. In
short, ate challenge the Chronicle. zed ;fit de not sccept
-e Of thetialieege, We shall .hereafter. Irak of•all its at-
tacks en 'the tedielitiovernment as bititanees of calumny
liel ef ciawardiii, meting thai it lioo itself protected iit
the stiteaditig of,thlise. calttninies. However, to cut. be
from
Went; ileibeyee the Chreedde cen..p:ta..luee U.
Tram *1 French itillf, any thine- reeetahling the=tlsw;
e•e have hinted at above; we will give the mater up at

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