66 66 22# the honourable and learned Gentleman, or the "any longer period than va [month. imputation of having had intimidation for their | object. If it had not been for the tone assumed Surely in a month a new measure may by the hon. and learned Member for Stafford, "be matured, and Ministers may have› and by the hon. Member for Worcester, upon the subject, neither the hon. Member" "obtained the vigour necessary for ano for Middlesex nor he (Colonel Evaus) would month the people will readily acquiesce ther Parliamentary campaign A have said any thing, and the petition might have quietly gone with others of a similar in The motion will at all events have kind to that receptacle to which they were all ere all the effect of eliciting some more posi consigned, but as the call had been made, tive declaration from Ministers of and as he had a strong opinion on the subject, he should be wanting in his duty as a man if their intentions with regard to the he did not honestly state his option, that both duration of the prorogation than they the spiritual and the public welfare of the people have yet afforded. The peoplebare would be better consulted if the not in that House. (Hear, hear.) e. Bishops were surely entitled to some confidence on Mr. LEADER was understood to say that the this subject. Before this notice was conduct of the Church here had awakejed given by Colonel Evans, the manner this spirit of censure, as the conduct of the in which the people ought to conduct Irish Church had occasioned, and would con- themselves with regard to this ques tinue the feeling in Ireland respecting tithes, “tion formed the subject of an incidental " The Petition which was froni a freeholder of PROBINSch re a 66 66 the County of Louth, was theu brought up and discussion on the presentation; sof, a read of both. Mr. 2 to Jung yor ki 279 1% petitionoby Mr. Hunt from an indi this he thought most improper be disfranchised. Mr. John Campbell opposed the receiving of "vidual, praying that the Bishops might Lord ARTIFORT thought that this was objected to the petition, complainett petition which, considering all the circum of the injury, done to reform, by prestances connected with it, ought not to be tended reformers, and protested against to be received by the House. No one" the attempts at dictation to Ministers. regretted more than be the decision of the Mr. Hume observed; as to the obser House of Lords; but a petition from a single individual, declaring that one brauch of the Legislature had not the right of voting, was aber for Stafford, that these expres "mation of the hom, and learned Meme petition which he thought that House could sions of opinion were like dictating to not properly receive. The SPEAKER said, that the question of the Ministers, he did not agree at all ceiving this petition involved not only a ques-with that statement of the hon. and tion of the privileges of the other House of folearned Member, and he believed that Parliament, but of their own. The petitioner it would be only playing the game of might, on any general grounds, have prayed the anti-reformers if the people of this the Legislature for the abolition of the right. of voting of the Bishops; but as the petition country were to lie on their arms eas stated that the petitioner founded his prayer "if they did not ease, about the success upon what he Portion of the loved to be the vote of aor the rejection of the Bill.916 Instend "of doing this, heitecommended them to use every constitutional means of showing the deep anxiety they felt on manner, while he deprecated violence, "the subject Me Ruthvensins like trusted that all other efforts would be “made to sustain the Ministers. This Upon this debate, I shall first insert" hauling the Church, but overhauled it may not be the proper time for over the commentary of the Chronic e re" must be The conduct of the Bishops serving to myself to say a word about 5 on the second reading of the Reform the Bishops. "We jare, omsays the "Bill, will never be forgottens19They Chronicle, glad that Colonel Evans have identified || themselves with the has given, notice that he will this day "Boroughmongers, and the people of move a resolution to the effect that it England will not easily allow them to would be inexpedient to defer the re-part company With respect to the introduction of the Reform Bill for particular petition, it was afterwards stated by the Speaker, that there were It cannot possibly reach me. Mr. objections to its reception on the score" Campbell seems to have studied in of privilege, and accordingly it was this school of philosophy. In The yesbrejectedusee Mr Campbell, however, Scotsman of Saturday, received took pccasion to explain more parti-terday, there is a paragraph on the eularly what he meant by dictating effect of the intelligence of the loss 9 to Minister's. He said he wished the 15 of the Reform Bill in Scotlandy which may serve to illustrate this weighty people to come forward in a constitutional manner, but not to send Dele-matter of etiquette: The movegates at midnight to the noble Earl atment (says our Contemporary) now the head of the Government, not to begun, abas one most gratifying feaaddress positions to him that have "ture its instantaneous and its indisfbeen couched in such improper and putable spontaniety. To the very last, unconstitutional language as the peti-men, persisted in believing that the $tion now presented to their notice: As much has been said with regard to the biteness of the hour, it is but fair fh to take into consideration the general" uneasiness as the time. There had "been a procession of 120,000 men of hithen different Metropolitan hesitate to disturb the repose of the favourable for its instans dis Commander MroCampbell may be ofh fhore coal temperament than the generality of people. 19 Rousseau says, that when the philosopher hears the hery of fire, he opens his window, and, seeing it at some distance, instead of Stunning to afford Issistance, exclaims, "shuts the window,obbserving coolly, 990 420 will be prorogued till February. This is my belief! contained the following:-" In the On the subject of reform the Speech interval of repose which may now "with a requisition for a meeting at "midnight, we suppose he would have "read the requisitionists a lecture on "their inattention to decorum, in ap "proaching him at so unseasonable an "hour. The people, no doubt, would" be afforded you, I am sure it is un"have answered, An hour's repose,[" 66. more or less, at a crisis like this, when" ́necessary for me to recommend to "the safety of the Empire is at stake," preservation of tranquillity in your réyou the most careful attention to the "is of small moment; and therefore we " "have thought it better to disturb you" has been so generally manifested by spective counties. The anxiety which "at midnight than to lose an opportu"nity of meeting without delay." For-" "tunately decorum yielded to a strong 66. 3 my people for the accomplishment of mons House of Parliament, will, a constitutional reform in the Comsense of duty, and out of a popula- “ trust, be regulated by a due sense of I "Ition of 20,000, no fewer than 10,000" "met in the open air, in the manner so the necessity of order and modera"much extolled by our Northern Con- " consideration of this important ques"tion in their proceedings. To the temporary. Mr. Campbell may sup- tion the attention of Parliament must "pose he is assisting ministers by read-" ing lectures to the people on the "opening of the ensuing session; and necessarily again be called at the " propriety of being more measured in you may be assured of my unaltered "their enthusiasm, more moderate in desire to promote its settlement, by "their dislikes, and more indifferent to" such improvements in the representa"the public tranquillity. The tone" tion as may be found necessary for "assumed by him did not, however," securing to my people the full enjoy"seem very palatable in the House.ment of their rights, which, in com"Colonel Evans said he should be bination with those of the other orders "wanting in his duty, after what he" of the state, are essential to the sup"had heard, if he did not honestly state" "his opinion, that both the spiritual port of our free constitution.". "and temporal welfare of the people "would be better consulted if the Bishops were not to belong to the "House of Lords." 66. The Surrey meeting, on Thursday, must state next week. I cannot do.. scene, ་་་་་་་་་་་་་ " དྷ་་ In all this I agree, and particularly in Justice to it here. It was an interesting what is said about the Bishops. There must be a change with regard to them." He, of Winchester, has two palaces and the interest of the money for which a third palace was sold! His income is not less than forty thousand pounds a year, while there are curates starving upon thirty pounds, and a plenty of them too. Poh! Lord Grey; you may be waspish at the " abrupt intrusion” of the people, but this scandalous abuse cannot remain. POSTSCRIPT. ti 1 I hear, and believe, that the big Whigs in Essex have had a private meeting, and have resolved not to have a county meeting. It was intimated, that` the Government did not wish for public' meetings at present.» B A county meeting is to be held at Winchester, on the 26th instant, (WedPARLIAMENT is prorogued to the 22ndnesday next) at which, health permits. Noveinber. But the hack paper says ting, I will be BOROUGHMONGERS. BOROUGH MONGERSAL JOU to OnHERS put their publications in mourning at the rejection of the Reform Bill by the Lords, I, if I knew how, would decorate mine with laurels, and garlands. Others rave and stamp and foam with indignation: I laugh, and wish that there were combinations of letters wherewith to express the sounds of hearty, risibility: Many reasons Lead to the producing of this feeling in me bat I will, for the present, rest satisfied with stating one of them, which, stupid as you are as well as insolent, will, if you look well at it, make you scratch your heads. You have little sense, know; but you must be quite beasts not to feel the force of the facts that I am about to state, and which I do not state for the purpose of enlightening you, or patting you upon your guard; not at all for the purpose of giving you useful advice, or of inducing you to do any thing, or to leave anything undone, but for the sole purpose of mortifying yea, and of letting you see, that I, whose views and designs were so much censured by BoscAWEN, HERBERT, Old SERJEANT BEST, and my LORD LYNDBURST, hare reason for laughing, while others are filled with alarm and despair. you will get no reform; and with the mere pen, I can do more here than I can there, and the sea is between me and Sidmouth and Castlereagh.", But the next year, it pleased God, in his mercy to England, to raise up the renowned statesman PEEL, aided and, abetted by Ricardo, Tierney, old_Gren-, ville, and the like of them; and he, sent forth his RENOWNED BILL. I got it in, August, and instantly, made preparations for my return; and got home in November. For, the moment I saw the bill, I exclaimed, "There comes reform at last!? 4 You are a stupid set; but if you be thirty years of age, you must have seen the thing gradually approaching from that day to this. In 1822, the thing was at hand, but was stopped for three years by the prolonged issue of one-pound" notes; that is to say, by a part repeal of Peel's bill. This however, brought on the PANIC of 1825 and 1826, which, as the "great statesman," HUSKISSON, said, brought us, under this well-working Parliament," to within forty-eight hours of barter!" Indeed, it was touch-andgo, when the OLD LADY slept with an ORDER IN COUNCIL under her pillow. To prevent this danger for the future, the one-pounders were to cease in Eng land in April, 1829; and when that law was passed, or rather passing, I told the well-working Parliament, that if they Hundreds of times did I tell MAJOR enforced that law, without taking off CARTWRIGHT, that there never would more than one-half of the taxes, they be REFORM to any extent, as long as the would plunge the country into a state of poper-money system remained unshaken.ruin and misery such as the world had' Sace that time, it has had some pretty never witnessed; and that I KNEW this furious shakes. Av million and a half as welbus I knew that fire burned. of us petitioned for reform in 1817; and though we had all the arguments that LORD JOHN RUSSELL has now urged in support of his bill, we were crammed into dungeons, or driven into exile, for our pains, and that too with the loudlyexpressed approbation of those "merchantsand bankers of London," who now demand reform'in a much bolder strain than we did at that time. In 1818, in answer to a letter, in which the Major pressed me to return from Long Island, I said, "When there is a hole made in the “paper, I will return; but until then The ruin has come; tho misery has come; the fires have come; and the REFORM has, at last, peeped out, and; is struggling for vent! And do you imagine, that the great manufacturers and merchants and bankers are crying for REFORM, because they have been converted to a love of popular rights! Bah! as the French say you are not quite stupid enough for that, I think. Do you immagine, that the YEOMANRY CAVALRY have, all of a sudden, become enamoured of the Goddess of Liberty! They would kick the Goddess to the devils or at least, chop her down, if We, the undersigned Iron Masters and she had nothing in store for the relief of Coal Masters of the Staffordshire fron and their pockets Oh no! the Chopsticks represent to his Majesty's Government thei Coal district think it our duty respectfully to have made them raise their wages; following fact has a these, they cannot pay and pay Aithes That for the last five years, ever singe and taxes also they see that they what is called the punic of 1825, we have found cannot again get down the wages, and increasing depression in the prices of the pros with very slight intermissions, a continually that Regon is necessary to relieve them ducts of industry, and more particularly in b frome the tithes and taxes Therefore those of Pig Iron and Bar Iron, which have s are they reformers es there fore they fallen respectively from upwards of 81. per fon throw their lusty arms round the waist to moder. penton, and from 15% per im, to of the Godless, and will have 2Against this alarming, and long con under 51. per ton. job of it, if you get her from theirode-tinued depression, we have used every possible dent embraces. 1970 0 0 0 10 effort in our power to make head. We have But I am now about to show you, in practised all manner of economy, and have detail, and from authentic documents, in the workingofs mines and manufac hadetecourse to every possible improvement. how the great manufacturers have been tories Our workmen's wages have, in many converted to the cause of reform, and instances, been greatly reduced, and such res why it is that those of Birmingham duction has been attended with and effected a are more ardent than those of any other the royalties, rents, contracts, and other ents byisiveny greats/suffering and, distress: buss of the great towns,o wonder whether gagements under which welshold our seni you will be so stupid as not to attend fo to spective works and mines, have scarcely been what I am now about to lay before You may; but other people will not. Ty reduced, because the law enforces their payment reduced at all, nor can we get them effectually you do attend to, you will despair of 6 8 Theirices of the products of our in inful bedeildu endT being able to prevent reforms Here is dustry having thus fallen within the range of the security for the triumph of Reform the fixed charges and expenses which the law Here it is; and this is compels us to discharge, the just and neces laugh, while others 590. Des me sary profits of our respective trades bave ceaseas mourning Pool TREVOR ascribed the tends them ad iw put their papers in to jexiste tandan many cases a positive loss at cry of reform to my writings BARING) and WELLINGTON ascribedoitouche dar futetests und outduties Pequire have long these circumstances, we determining what line, French Revolution: I am going to show us a adoptsut we should abandon our reyou to prove in detail and cially, that th Nolas Been produced lays in machinery and erections must be sa il and offspective trasles, our large and expensive ulit → By PEEL'S WRITINGS4 That Pacrificed, at an enormous loss to ourselves, and, his eoqoperators have ALL the merit of thrown do thousands upon parishes alreatly our Kouest and ineritorious workmen must be its and that notea particle of that menit to much impoverished by their present bur belongs to me ylisalo oe ei aiu doidw phat "the following Memoral of the Tron and Coal Trade be presented to Bar GRAY By aadeputation, aid that a copy thereof be sent to the chairman of the Welch trade, request ing the concurrence and gentlemen of that distr cooperation of its Prayers Memorial to the Right Honourable Bari Grey, First Lord of his Majesty's Treasury.gs |