Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-12
.EorstDM Netua.
From the Boston Courier. Of May 4.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.

LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
BY the arrival at this port of the brig Neptune we
received Liverpool papers March &c, and the Lon
don Sun OF the 23d
The Sun contains the speeches made at the great
TSurry meeting by Mcssrs Hunt, Leach, Shipey
NPNeil, Sumner. and others. The character and i'm
rortanSs oil! tho meeting 1t not very high
Ty estimated by the editor who thus speaks of the
meeting generally and ono of the Orators.
The great Surry Meeting, which 81 much
stress was laid by the Anti Catholic party, took place
on Saturday last u. EPSON. 1t seems By all accounts
tn have occasoned little sensation the count r.
fHks having far more important matters to arrange
u being market day in the neighborng towus-ant
feeling therefore little inclined to listen the discus
sion of question which interared with the sale o
their butter, eggs and cheese. Among the speakers
Me. Ilem, Sumner distinguished himself by his III
temperate zeal and energy. which great exactly
in proportion TO his deficiency of ARGUMENT. lie
warmly deprecated the idea of being "bulled into
concession by lawless rabbe, by which phrase lie
meant, presume, to designate the whole Catholic
population of Ireland # such be really the case, we
can only express admiration of the more than
nIorta assurance that could have prompted such an
Expression expression delivered not in the heat
Of dchatc, but calmly and deliberately OH the hus-
tngs OF a county meeting in the course of dui!
speech, coIrcOcted probably for at least fortnight
beforehand. 10 brand any popular assembly which
by constitutional means, mTy be trying to recover
privileges of which it has been uniustly dsposses-
sod, by the appcllation OF n "lawless rabble,' is
monstrous, bat to attach such n stigma to a whole
ration rs absolutely the plus ultra of political
effrontery.
Fhe House Of Lords had no. adjourned on tho night
" the 3d. ut late hour when the second edition of
the SUI was put to press Petitions respecting the
catholic Relief Bill still pouring in. Lord
Kenyon presented, TINT evening, sixteen petitions
0tainst further concession. The ch,ractcr and quail
ity of the subscribers to the petitions are often Gues
toned.
lord King presented several petitions in favor of
rpnccsslon To the Catholics. He acknowledged the
courtesy of Lord Eidon III having delayed presenting
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Calvnists. Than those petitioners, more in;olerant
SGT Of beings lived. Were he called out for
the purpose of being tried bv parcel of those WEIGH
Calvnsts, parcel of Cardinals he from his choice
OF the two, certainly should prefer trial BY the lat
Ter, because he h should stand better
c'iance Of ob;aning justice. He had presented q
petition from another OF those PERSONS of more
Tolerant disposition, ana WHOM the Intocrants had
turned or Of their society i'll favor Of the Catholics
inc H)bia L ord on the cross benches few nrhts
Fro sd presented petition, he stated from nine
~ Soui Dissenting Ministers in London and West
1i-Cr. Pie fact WIS, that only one ont Of those
n!noty four individuals was regularly qualified min.
lsscr among the three denominations of Dissenters,
am he rest were taiiorS and sboanakas, probably
gPod men IN their STATIONS of lie, He you'll Just
safe likewise, that boy passing through the town
uf Exeter, and seeing immense crowd of persous
gtrny INTO house to sign petition against the Cath
qEcs, asked his companion to accompany him TO sinn
the sad petition also; the companion at first dennr-
TEd, but ntcr little persuasion consented. After
Trey got in, the boy took up his conpanions paw flor
- was dog put pen into it, and wrote iohn Rover
.,lIn1neHse lamghtcri-and the petition prayed that
tie Protestant Constitution might be preserved as il
was constituted in G86.
Lord E'lon-No doubt the Dig waegcd his tail,
aft.r having done it. (Continuad loud l1ughtor)
J. AN account from Frankfort, March I6, mentions
tperecept Of letters from Rome, saying that an Eng
'sh courier had passed through that city, who was
sent by the Duke Of Wellington, in order TO ask the
British Peers now in Italy, who are favorable to
Catholic Emancipation for their proxies, case that
a1ilir should be brought before the Upper House.
The French papers to the 2lst inst. had been rece
we'd, containing intelligence of hate date from Con-
s5antinople The Sultan had returned from his mar
,t'me excursion, on board steamboat, to the capta
and the preparations for the renewal Of the campaign
we're continued with undated activity, and on most
extensive scale At the same time frequent confer
ences took place between the Dragoman of the Porte
and those Of the European Legations and NJ Jaubert
dad repeated interviews with the Refs Efendi from
which il augured that if negotiations for peace
bad not been opened those for establishing the indie
Bendence of Greece were proceeding with every
t.r6!nfse Of success.