Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-09
From the Bottom Courier 0f Nay 4.


From the Bosion Courier IF Nay q.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
~ tho arrival at this port Of the brig Neptune,
Ieeescd Liverpool papers to March 49, and the Lon
The Sun contains the speeches made ut the great
S ssy meeting by Messrs. Hunt, Leach, Shipley,
NJ Neil' Sumner. and others. The character and i'm
portance OF the meeting it seems not very high
~ cstmstcd by the editor, who thus speaks of tho
meeting generally and one of the Orators.
Inc great Surry Meeting, ON which SO much
stress was iaid by tho Anti Catboo party took place
on saturday last at Epsom 1t seems by all accounts
to have accustomed little or no sensation the country
folks having far important matters to urrunge--
II oeing market day in tho neighboring towBs--nnd
feeling therefore little inclined to- listen to the discus
SION OF question which interfercd with the sale of
their butter, eggs and cheese. Among the speakers
Mr. Holme Sumner distinguished himself by his in
temperate zeal aud energy which were great, exactly
IN proportion to his deficiency of argument. He
warmly deprecated the idea Of being "bulcd into
concession by lawlcss rabble" BY which phrase he
meant, we presume, to designate tho whole Catholic
population of ireland. If such be really the case we
can only express our admiration of the more tlnn
mortal assurance that could have prompted such an
cNprcssion-an expression delivered not i'm the heat
Of debate, but calmly md deliberately on the hus-
tinls OF county meeting, in the course of dull
speech, concocted probably for at least fortnight
beforehand To brand any popular assembly which,
by constitutional means NAV he irving To recover
sed, by the appellation OF "lawless rabble" is
monstrous, but to attach such stigma to a whole
nation, is absolutely tho plus ultra of political
cffrontcry.
The House Of Lords had not adjourned ON the nipht
of the 23d ut late hour when the second edition of
the Sun wns put to press. Petitions respecting the
Catholic Relief Bill were still pouring in. Lord
Kenyon presented, that evening, sixteen petitions
against fnrthcr concession. The character and quail
ty Of the subscribers to the petitions are often qucs
toned.
Lord King presented several petitions in favor of
concession to the Catholics. Irc Acknowledged, tho
courtesy of Lord Eldon IN having delayed presenting
petition TO the house for several days from Welch
Calvnists. Than those petitioners, more intocrant
set OF beings never lived Were he called out for
the purpose being tried by parcel Of those WEIGH
Cayinsts, parcel Of Cardinals he, from his choice
Of the two certainly should prefer trial by the lat
ter, because he was sure he should stand n better
chance of obtaining justice. lie had presented a
petition from another set of those persons, of
tolerant disposition, and whom the Intolersnts had
turned out of their society in favor Of the Catholics
The Noble Lord on the cross benches n few NIGHTS
ago had presented petition he stated, from nine
ty-four Dissenting Ministers in London and West
mlnster The fact was, that only one ont Of those
ninety -four individuals was regularly qualified min
lister among the three denominations or Dissenters
and the rest tallors and shoe makers probably
good men in their stations Of life He would lust
state likewise that boy passing through the town
OF Exeter and seeing an immense crowd of persons
going into house to sign petition gsnst the Cath
olics, asked his companion to accompany him to sign
the said petition also; the companion at first demur-
rcd, but after little persuasion consented. After
they got in the boy, took up his companion paw (for
he was dog) put pen into it, and wrote John Rover
Immense iaughter) and tho petition prayed that
the Protestant Constitution might be preserved as it
was constituted in 1885,
Lord Eldon-No doubt the dog, wagged Ills tail,
after having done it. CONTINUED loud laughter.)
An account from Frankfort. March Is, mentions
the receipt of letters from Rome saying that Eng
high courier had passed through that city, who was
sent by the Duke Of Wellington in order to ask the
British Peers nov in Italy, who are favorable to
Catholic Emancipation, for their proxies in case that
affair should be brought before the Upper House.
Inc French papers to the LIST inst. had been recei
we'd, containing intelligence of late date from Con-
stnntnople. The Sultan had returned from his mar
thine excursion, on board steam boat to the capital
and the preparations for the renewal of the campaign
were Continued with undated activity, and on most
extensive scale At the same time frequent confer
ences took place between the Dragoman of the Porto
and those of the European legations and NJ Jaubert
had repeated interviews with the Rcis Eendi from
which 1t was augured that if negotiations for peace
nan not been opened, those for establishing the indie
pendence OF Greece were proceeding with every
promise of success