hold this in complete independence of the Government, and not at all depend ent on their future conduct, be it what it might, except they were guilty of felony. There ought to be an exception, also, in the case of very extraor dinary services, whether shown in instances of valour or of skill. But, with these exceptions, I would lop the whole off; and I should be glad to hear stated, under the name of the person who will state them, any argument against such lopping off. absolute dire necessity, of taking every farthing of allowance from this deadweight of every description; and what is then to become of these unoffending children? Common humanity shudders at the thought of the consequences to them. Even as it is, great as the cost is to us, it is inadequate to the wants which false rearing up has rendered real wants to these people. London, and every great town and city, swarms with the poor things looking out for ladylike and gentlemanlike employment. The poor creatures lead lives of misery not With regard to salaries, my proposi-' to be described; the boys looking down tion is to reduce them to the American upon journeymen and labourers without standard; and I shall, for this once, having a sixpence in their pocket, or notice what Mr. PRENTICE here says half enough to eat. The poor girls be- with regard to this part of my address. coming, or wanting to become, teachers, He says that he trusts that no elector artists of some sort or other; and, with will vote for a candidate who will not' the outward show of gentility, not go as far as I do as to this matter; but, having, perhaps, a second change of says he, "we know not, however, why linen, and longing for the dinner that we should take the American standard the saucy housemaid rejects. No man" of salaries, for there are many offices. that knows any-thing of the situa- the duties of which are paid for in the tion of the country in this respect will" United States, which might be persay that this picture is overcharged; "formed here gratuitously. The fallaand humanity will, at last, call upon cies put forth in defence of high offithe nation, if nothing else does, to put cial pay were admirably exposed," an end to the ruin and the misery arising twenty years ago, by Mr. Bentham, in from this source: ruin and misery to his reply to Burke and Rose, and if the receivers of the money, as well as to" Mr. Cobbett puts the arguments therein those who pay it. To be idle, to be" contained into his own popular lanslothful, even to be unemployed, used to be the shame: the present vicious system has removed the seat of the shame; and now the fashion is to be ashamed of nothing but honest labour. It remains for me to speak under this head of the exception to this rule of lopping off. I know it would be just to take away every penny of what is called the half-pay, and to do it at once; but this would be exercising a Bad rhyme, to be sure, but excellent degree of severity of which I think this reason; and I beg leave to offer the nation is not capable. In cases, there- same to Mr. PRENTICE. Besides that, fore, where men had served in the army I do not need to be furnished with any and navy for a great many years; had arguments upon this subject by any-" been abroad a considerable part of the body; I have a particular objection to time; had endured very great hard-the appropriating to my own use of any ships, or were greatly advanced in years, I would be ready to agree that they should have a sufficient maintenance for the rest of their lives, as a reward for their past services, and that they should guage he will do great public service.' When CHARLES the SECOND had an offer made to him by one of his Parliaments to do for him (I forget what) something very gracious, and which he saw was intended to do him mischief in the end, he answered, in verse: Charles, at present, having no need, thing that comes from this source; for, amongst my efforts, would be that of making Mr. BENTHAM refund that' pretty round sum of the public money which he got from PITT and the Parlia-' ment for projecting the Mill-bank Peni- unless they can live in a style that the tentiary, which has already cost the richest peers are enabled to live in,Paid people of this nation more than all the do live in to How does this square with new churches put together, and whieb, the practice of common life Do rich as stated in the House of Commons, merchants and bankers think it necess had cost more than a million of money sary to make their managing clerks as when the managers of it could pretend rich as themselves and to live in the to have reclaimed only eight prostitutes! same style??ovDoes a great manufac Never was there a more flagrant job on turer, amongst whose people it is neces the face of this earth never was, any sary to sustains regular discipline, and thing more, wild in its scheme; never who lives himself in a country house, or was squandering of money more obvi in London, think it necessary to enable ous; never was a thing more impolitie his overseer to ride in his carriage too than to add to the population of this Does can lord think it necessary that his overgrown place by the expending of stewardshould keep fox-hounds as well this million and a half of money upon as himself, and be able to give dinfiers it, and thereby adding more or less to prepared by French cooks But to go the poverty of the industrious classes in from a private lifes toy the Government, every part of the kingdom, asiois Jon the salaries of which takes my No: having no taste for either standard ;edddo the American people crotchets or conundrums, I have, at think it necessary that reted their present, no need, but thank Mr. PREN- President, let alone their secretaries ana TICE just as much as if I had. I am for ambassadors, should be able to vie Tif low salaries for two reasons; first, bes expenditure with the great merchants? cause they would not be a temptation of that country. By no means. They for rich fools to crowd themselves into have had seven Presidents, I think it is places of power; and, second, because, and the salaries, joined to the private this standard would be a rule for all income, of no three of them would have a public pay of every description. Some enabled ones of them to vie in expense will say that, if you have low salaries of living and of show with any one of you must have men of little talent; one thousand merchants of that country. men comparatively poor, and, therefore Let it not be pretended then that great's not trustworthy, Indeed! What, then, heaps of money in the way of salary are PITT, DUNDAS, and all the Prime Minis-necessary to command the use of great ters, in short, have shown great wisdom, talents and greats integrity: BINGHAM, have they, and singular integrity of Philadelphia,thes real originals CANNING'S fourteen thousand a year as BINGHAM couldvspend more, and dia Ambassador to Lisbon insured us won spend more, than all the seven Presidents derfully wise negociations there! The put together could spendin year enormous salaries to our finance Minis, that is to say, taking a year out of each s ters have insured us wonderful clever-Presidentship, and putting the seven a ness with regard to taxation and the together. But did this diminish the a currency. The wagon-loads of money dignity either of their station or their heaped upon the CASTLEREAGES, and deportment: Did WashiNGTON OF the WELLESLEYS have secured us sur ADAMS, both of whom lived in the same prising respect and power upon the city, ever condescend to dine at the q continent. In short, look at our present table of BINGEA; and dids their wives situation, in all respects, and look at ever attend any of the assemblies or romsda poor Ireland, and say if you believe that of his wife 2002 b b to statesmen with 1s. 6d. a day could have Oh no dit is not the salary that eans brought this nation to a worse state than give weight to the station of the man o that in which it now, is.. Sag vongiberze it is the opinion which the people en Some will pretend that Ministers tertain of his talents and of his integrity; bo cannot be respected, and have a pro-and if their opinion of these below, all ei per degree of influence and authority, the millions of the loanmongers will note od BabbAgnoleidt nived I didw-nsol ed es y a big 18 raise it. But bam by no means of the jobbers used to rush to the Exchequeropinion that men should not be paid at bill office to lend their good; getum the skirts getting ting gn of hey, should be paidaimoderate for the pe coats off their imposing upon your patience. But Mr. making a stand against parochial taxes PRENTICE, just after his false charge raised by a self-elected, self-appointed' against me relative to the West Indies, vestry. The principle applies with takes occasion to eulogize, and not that equal aptitude to every other species of only, but, by the position of the two ar- tax, and we may be quite sure that it ticles, to put in a sort of contrast with will be acted upon, The rest of the me, Messrs. POTTER and SHUTTLE- parishes in Westminster, and away to WORTH. Well-merited, I dare say, are the eastward, are all uniting to act upon the praises he bestows upon these gen- the same principle; and we may be tlemen, for whom I entertain great re- quite sure that this will extend all over spect; particularly for the POTTERS, on the kingdom, unless representation and account of their great humanity towards taxation go hand in hand. The fact the working people when they were in really is, that without this principle be a state of indescribable misery. Mr. firmly adhered to, there is no such thing PRENTICE, however, seems to have an as property. The slaves in Virginia object in view further than the praises have a certain number of Members in bestowed upon these gentlemen; not the Congress who are said to represent encouraged thereto by them, I am very them; and they do represent them just sure; for, though it is barely possible as much as the Select Vestry represent that they may think with respect to me the people of Marybonne. The repreas Mr. PRENTICE appears to think, I sentatives of the slaves in Virginia take am very sure that they will say nothing care that nobody shall prevent them of that sort behind my back; and they from working; and that nobody are, doubtless, reserving themselves shall kill them or maim them; be until the bill shall have passed, and un-cause that would be injurious to til I shall be at Manchester, in order to utter their objections to my face. Now, gentlemen, sincerely begging your pardon for the length of this Address, I conclude with an assurance, that I am Your faithful friend and most obedient servant, REFUSING TO PAY TAXES. the masters of the slaves. And in this respect the law-makers for Marybonne are as kind as the law-makers for Virginia. The slaves in Virginia have, however, just as much property as the people of Marybonne, and no more; for no man can be said to have any property at all if there be a body of persons elected by themselves to take from him just as much as they please, and to dispose of it in any manner that they please. The description which these gentlemen of St. Pancras give of THE public-spirited parish of Mary- the arbitrary sway exercised over them bonne, and I beg the printers to spell fills one with astonishment in the first it in this way, has set an example which place, and then with indignation, rising has been immediately followed by the higher and higher with every new fact, sister parish of St. Pancras, containing till at last one loses all patience and together a population twice that of Bed- calls for something or another that fordshire, and surpassing that of the far shall, by whatever means, put an end to greater part of the counties. The pro- this abominable tyranny. I now insert ceedings in the parish of St. Pancras I the account of these interesting proceedinsert below, as I find them reported in ings, and it is not necessary to say that the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday last. the gentlemen who have taken the lead There is a good deal of confusion in the in them deserve every mark of approstatement; but the jet of the whole is bation that a just and grateful public can clear enough; namely, that the people bestow.. will not pay taxes unless they be represented by those who impose and who vote away the taxes. They are here MEETING OF THE PARISH OF ST. assembled yesterus-street, Regent's rious public question, of the deepest interest the extensive premises now came to the consideration of a most se of Mr. Pairlie, Park, to take into consideration the propriety of resisting the pașiment of poor-rates in that parish, until they obtain a control over the receipts and expenditure of the parish funds. Major Revell was voted to the chair, amidst the acclamations of the meeting, consisting of about two thousand persons. to them all. They had all been compelled to pay heavy taxes into the hands of an irresponsible body; the grinding taxation had been most oppressive; the iron had entered their souls, and at last they had come to a resolution to withhold the payment of rates in, money till they regained the inalienable right of which no unjust act could deprive them the right of electing those who had the control over their parish funds. (Cheers.) He would proceed to read the declaration which had been drawn up by the Committee, which be was confident the meeting would approve We, the undersigned Major REVELL said, they mare on the subject of parochial abuse abuses, and be was glad to see so numerous a body assembled on the occasion; for he was confident was only by agitation, repeated and, con tinued agitation, that they should be able to recover their just rights. (Cheers.) From reign of Queen Elizabeth of St. recent period, the rate payers of en Pancras parish, viewing the irresponsibility of within eof: given by law to allow our goods to be distrained for the said rates, until the rate payers shall have obtained their just rights in the appoint went of vestrymen and other parochial officers, and shall have also obtained a sufficient control over the receipts and expenditure of the parish." rishes had by lawlie power of electing their the Vestry-the wantou expenditure-the disown officers; in whom they reposed the im- franchisement of the parishioners in their pertant trust and paying all natural and constitutional rights, and the moneys tes and levies. A self-election of a few to the exclusion of the few years ago, under a most corrupt Govern- many+do protest against the acts of, and the ment, the “Seteet Tobrought a bill into Par rates assessed by the Vestry, and other irrelament, by which they obtained a power of sponsible authorities of the parish, and deelection, and of entire irre- clare our determinatiou to withhold payment The parishioners of St. of any parochial rates now assessed, or to be Paneras, indignant at this infamous assault hereafter assessed; and we hereby further deupon the sacred edifice of public liberty, declare, that we will avail ourselves of the option termined not to endure it longer, nor could he associate with men who could tamely submit to sach unjust, oppressive, and tyrannical condper, which was only suitable to the slavish coeditionel the inhabitants of St. Petersburgh er Cusumantinople, (Cheers.)! A committee had been, formed in that parish, who were determined to battle bravely and constitutionally for the restoration of the rights of their fellow-parishioners. (~(Cheers.) Two years ago, a bill had been prepared by the committed sitting at the Freemason's Tavern, but such was the state of the House of Commods, that it was objected to as being too de mocratic. The bill proposed to give the power to the rate payers to elect their vestry anBually, and also the auditors. It would have made the parish a little republic (cheers), which they might be horrified to learn (loud laughter); but it actually would have given them annual electious and vote by ballot. (Cheering.) It might be said, "You go too far, this is revolution," His reply was They did not go too far; they went back to the same state which the parishioners enjoyed before the passing of the atrocious Select Bill they merely returned to the ancient instituHaus. (Cheering.) was ༄ absurd as to suppose that 11,000 Are you so meet and record their opinions, and why not Having read this declaration, he would ask the Government what must have been the extent of oppression and tyranny on the part of the abominable SelectCommittee to have driven the tradesmen of this large parish to resolve upon having their goods distrained upon and carried off, rather than submit to pay rates to a body self-elected and irresponsible? The men of St. Pancras did not attempt to gain their cause by clamour or turbulence, but by that firmness which was so admirably described by the Duke of Wellington respecting the British troops at the battle of Waterloo. That General observed, "When I looked at their faces and saw the firmness of the men, I waş confident that they were invincible, and that victory was already within my grasp." (Cheers.) Mr. WITHERS, on proposing the first reso lution, said, that after the able speech from the Chairman, he would not detain the meet ing long. He thought that, after four years petitioning without avail, the time was arrived when they must act, and endeavour to change, in a peaceable manner, the infamous system of parochial plunder so long carried on, (Cheers.) He did not wish them to resist the payment of the rates for supporting the poor; but it was important they should resist the arbitrary and unjust domination of the self public ignorareren als had been able elected Vestry. The Vestry consisted of 123 to introduce public slavery. (Cheering.) He vestrymen self-elected, and for life, with ir |