Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-11
[From tie DGiiy OirOnicie s. Patriot.
TIER rOCETH-oS THE PRESENT Eat
or ENGLAND.
THE IaEFOEMERS

THE REFORMERS.
Mr.: Southcy in hi, lutte letter 10 VIM. Smith
\ Member of Parliament for Norwich, has the
| following remarks:
Slavery has lony eeass Go be tolerated in Europe tile
remains al iendal oppEcss:On disappearing even IN
be much longer endured that til. eN4encs uf Ignorance
wfe,rhed"ess aud hIr'alit Should eNstin ihc centre
cvil'en Snrleiv There cen re safety with paDu,ac
hall 'a'zHroni haifnddit- Lej deceive ourselves
--"eFrr isi from that state IA which thing ,essr
bhs quality world he possible hwt arr arrred y,
faGf STAT. ia Eh!ch f6c etrics ~ insgtiaitg are b.
come IH0terdtis Thry are dGvse,oMs az h,rg ~,
loo monsfroRs 10 he borns H''ch o"ecr Piaes Which
wo"ld nave led I" tie utEnSi horrors OF Insured
iion have been prevented b. The government, a.! 4, ~
enactmsn of suons bnt avs Lee irrot how
tvcrhr supposed thai fLediscase is healed because III
ucer NAV skin over The remedies nv witch T." had
poii.ic can brreso'rd health .low in their on
| "ia''"u 1h' roDahi - effhe poyKidce Ehgsi ~ ~.
rai gfi1fsiiccivGs rSt se trpr,r ed or k9coy.,,,
jsfhe psoiis al mis- time ~ stand In mead ~ ,ea,
| ""f'e" net me gorerameat."
| v, is well krown that the Poet I.aureat is ~
| Present ore at the most determined enemies 80
| reform In any shape. much more revolution
| Histtstimony will therefore tc considered IRE,
" Vood evlherce ut the existence ola great
opposition to II anon" the people since lis q
pinionf wout naturally lead him IN n,rrlrcl
ns tar as possible the appearances Srch
! disposition. II is. however present too Of
vlrrsto ne overlooked any longer The di,-
| tre.s ot the lahnuring classes isrow So gre I
and its correction with the political s,st,n
| ~ obvious. that they are united to a man. IL
demanding reformation ef that system j,
some way or other. All that suffer thronrI
| The country are now oil one party aud al ,hpt
max IA profit hv the present political system
| ut the ether The latter pnrty CONSISTS of H..
| 'unIhaliers ccm mt, q nv Nr Preston 81 aboui
sO1 GOA, ihe 'ristocracy aud their dope, dant,
| aud the dependents on the administration
Inc former consists OF all the ,eSt 4 no,
| difficult, therefore, tn determine ~, VIII c;
side lies the physical force y the nunericaI ms
| ''r'iy. The Aristocrtcy nouopol ~ ne rlv ri'
| 'he wealth. and our consequent, nearly all Ia,
| cultivated talc-r
Wenlth, we know, naturally draws into i,
| vortex, Ia lents AID eflucntion-Th supply f.
! lows the demand and the article mr.t be nc
| commodated to The taste nf til" rsiomer
! Where two parties ent' 4 Into connect ton viii
| ZACH other for the purchase of an, thing !,
| nat can pay best is sure To have il Aud how
| ever Illuminating the fact NAV be for hnnian MA
] TUE, we arc not authorised by experience a.
| except from the list of articles so placed ~
| p"biic auction the natural -en!ns and aConrc
! knowledge Of the cultivated part Of the com.
| munity-no, rot even IN things where prime
| plea are AT stake As the riche.f client com
! mands the service of the ablesi lawyers. so III,
! wealthie't political party commands the seryi.
ce. Of the ablesi advocstes
IN general however, few may be fonnd
! ready 10 sacrifice personal intorss; TO whn,
| they think duty. Bnt, in PngIand AZ the
| prea"nt ddv, the prepnndrrarce of wealth ~
| 20 great on the Aristocratic side, az Ia monop-
olze completed, all he cultivated talents Not
! withdrawing that the career now oncu for
werful champion nf popular right IN that
country Is as brilliant as the imas inatiOn could
devise no individual. possessed Ofcommancirr
| ntelleciusl f,irce and finished education has
| vet been found to take the field Whom the
! 'iruggie commenced in France between Arts
1 ioctacN and Democracy. the ranks OF the latter
| Warned with mighty minds-There were the
,ATGbfd"s; the Tan. yroads the sieyses, the Con
| lfeH,ano theIr fellows But in England. We
'iaat r,l.,,,
| ~ Fatliament of only two champions Sir
| francis Burdett and Lord Corhrane are lac.
| oniS two voices that undonbted right, Il brill.
| an. cause anu starving people have yet beer
able or are soon likely TO Command Neither
OF these, as YOU well know, are minds of tine
| highest order, and one Of them is far from be,
M personally respectable. The active cham.
pon' our q, parliament are not more MINER
Gus or much Superior. Mr.. Cnbbeit was. white
| ne remained ~ England favorable pxceutict
! from the rest in point of talents. Hunt. arr.
! WRIGHT and tie other speakers AZ pablo NEE,
IIngs, while public meetings lasted. were per
| '0rmtfsso much inferior TO the parts they un-
| dertock that i'm their hands, what ought TO DE
| tragedy degenerated into farce
| "hile was in England. I attended one al
| these meetings which WAS held, fbink, aboui
| the iaI OF January, lust after the commence
| ment OF the present session o. aIliamrut M,
| place ct assembly was the open squire before
me door Of Westminster Hail called Palace
YARD and the ostensibe object was TO give III,
4
! opportunity OF presenting address 10 tho
| pFince Recent on occasion of the supposed AZ.
| tack made upon him as he was returning i'm
state from the House of Lords The meetn
was appointed tor y o'clock, and about one,
I the Square was half filed with Westminster g.
iectors generally not remarkably well dres;-
| a platform had been erected inst in front Of
| he door OF WestminsterHall, which was occn.
pea by the presiding officer, the High BAihf
OF Westminster, the members for that borough
ana other persons who intended to address tie
meeting. The Bailitf openedthe proceedings
ny short formal address, and was followed
by MAJOR Cartwright who moved the adj dress
TO The Prince Regent. The Major is yete
ran, of near so, and apparently decrepit and
feeble beyond his years. His voice is now so
faint and brokcH, that he could hardly make
nnilnseit heard by the audience. Hunt came
tor" ard after the Major had finished and made
= speech Of considerable length His elonuence
Is the kind produced by great assurance a
tnil flow of not very elegant language and a liz
tie ihnor-he has also the advantage Of a hand.
SOM face and good person The son of Goh
hett was fain tn second the motion for the Adj
hfeH but tllis being Iis fret ATTEMPT, his
voice talicd him from mere difhdencr and inc
proceedings concluded with speeches from the
ranc,
The substance ofaIl tiie'o speeches wasnsar.
W the same. Hey traced the miscries If thn
country othe present. political system, or. as
'hey piid'e IL, me bOrOfghmoageing spgfern"
-nYeigucd against siueCures and upusious
and lncnlcaicd the absolute necessity ofreform
me AddrcS' moved OH this occasion wa4 one
OF the aDrst compositions OF the kind have
seen; bat had NJ opportunity al Iear;;iaJ
VINO was the repuied writer. Thronrb The
"hole,J vas rather more amused VITA the sic-
nibci.i gestures and speeches Of tic crowd.
andt sympathy That seemed 10 vist between
ihcm aud tire orators, tlian with the speakers
themselves. such phrases as" Tint s iiY6F'--
t'h. ms a frc frH0ir'--" Sir Furci5 is n rnbb
ftHor, IS not ar" To,r he una .irg Hto 'cy,V
viii other eSpFts sions too energetic 10 be
Inserted here, mddc,wlIli occasional shouts aud
bnzza'.a most diyeitiug cco,uPaDimcnt 10 the