7 19 perhaps, the only one that has been saw, in short, that they must push on, or worthily bestowed, in this country, since that the people would soon begin to bei sen George the Third got upon the throne dieve that the whole affair bad, from Therefore, if he deceive us, he is assured first to fast, been a juggle to deceive ly deceived himself Nor is he a man them, to dupe them along, and to cheat/ to trust to a mere rumour, or to any them out of reform altogether And goose-gabble coming to him at third or what were the people to believe, other fourth handsonAbelieve that he has re-than this, after the volunteer offer of the ceived his information from an authentic Lord Chancellor to reconsider the source, and that, on Sunday night last, Bill, and particularly that part of it the intentions of the ministers were which related to the ten-pound suffrage such as he describes them to have been in Towns? After this, what were... threat What may be their intentionsex the people to believe? Now, however, Sunday night, he must be a bold pro-we are told, that, if any changes be in in. phet that will venture to say. o su la troduced into the Bill, it will be, for But, upon the supposition that the the purpose of making it more democra Doctor's news is correct, what can have tical than it was before! What a change. been the cause of this sudden change? is here! For my part I can hardly be... That is a grave question, and more in- lieve ve my eyes. 29axeletsopaba ad of zon teresting than it is grave, I have no I shall here stop for the present, with doubt but my incessant goadings, during regard to the history of the affair. the last week, beginning with the an- Something new may reach me before, nouncement at Guildhall, have had night, But, I cannot dismiss this sub-,. some effect. The Surrey-meeting, which ject even now, without warning the the Ministers know I might have divided Ministers how they attempt to touch,. on the question of confidence in them, except for the purpose of extending, the must have made them see the gulph that suffrage of the working people, who was opening before them. Nothing have all as clear a right to votes as the is more certain, than that the country 107. renters have; and who all not only has been ruined in its trade and agricul- ought to have votes, but that their ture, that hundreds of thousands of having votes would be an alteration families have been ruined, only because beneficial in the end to the aristocracy I had pointed out the way to prevent that themselves. There is something so ruin only, in fact, for the purpose of unjust and so insofent in calling falsifying my predictions; and, most upon a man to pay taxes and to assuredly, the Wuids are not less dis- serve in the militia," at the. posed than the TORIES were to indulge same time to tem nim that he was no in this amiable and high-minded pro- stake in the country, and, therefore, pensity, for doing which I had now ought to have no vote, that one's blood afforded them so fine and fair, an oppor-boils at the very thought of it" What," tunity, they overlooking, most likely, then, having been ready, for the sake of the circumstance, that the predictions peace, to give way here for the present, were, in this case, made with the most must be our indignation at perceiving our earnest prayer that they might be falsi- that there is a project for cutting off fied. However, it is rather too much four-fifths of even the ten-pound volers! to suppose, that they would make this For my part, if I had to choose between sudden and all important tack merely schedules A and B and the ten-pound for the purpose of making me out a voters; if I must give up one or thes false prophet. 91 page 1-48 lo 19791217 other, I should not hesitate a moment Oh, no! There was something more in giving up the former, though Lộnn than this they saw that the cry of BROUGHAM is so very i ready to re-conconfidence in them was slackening; they sider the bill as to the latter! However, saw that it would soon be dropped al- this is a subject that demands a more together they saw that all was becom elaborate discussion ; and that discussion ing suspicion as to their sincerity they it shall have from me next week. To {י 09 2818 для мяота Я. 29TH OCTOBER, 1831. 282 god tod 900 vino di 208d90 the meanwhile, let the Minister ni wato others to determine can be promoted by not to be adequately expressed. How- but I shall here pass them over, and trouble telot would you with a simple statement, which will serve ever, it will not be the attempt have been. Previous to Mi Previous to Michaelmas day last, throw all into confusion; and it would to show how unfounded their representations such thought or expectation had crossed my mind, I was applied to and for the sake of their own safety, would formed that it was intended to put up my name st such an at-4 nomination with the Lord Mayor, but it was vehemently protest against an al-first wished that it might be ascertained whe take or decline the teration in the bill. oda y parvoar odt to spotte 012829107 03 2 u evringway interfere or end myself to any ylao ton ifa od w has 97 1991 JO party that would make no declaration or circumstances, is CFTY-COCK of du enter into any compromise; but would endeamuljic na sd bluow 2910v vs my own character and consistency. I made THIS brazen, vain, and double dealing precisely the same declaration to other apfellow seems, at last, to have brought plications. This, it was intimated, was not himself completely down. The impur satisfactory, and that they probably might put dence of this fellow, to talk about up Alderman Thorp, although they prefer me. 1 acted upon this occasion as "sacrifices," beats all, except that of Alderman Combe had done before me, where, ONE OTHER, who also talks about in a private letter to me, he concludes in these parties for his sacrifices, who, when he commenced words :-"Every one must be satisfied that the trade patriot, did not, in the my name is of whole world, possess the worth bunch of cat's-meat. nad nived as To the Editor of the Morning Chronicles Six, Although I have e taken no part whatever in the contest for the Mayoralty, and have kept out of town the greater part of the time, to avoid, if possible, all communication upon the subject, my privacy and my noninterference have not, however, protected me from continued misrepresentation, and the most unfounded statements and insinuations have been made, in my absence, upon the bustings. How well those persons who are are etting themselves friends of reform thereby serving the cause, and how well they cabling hits hy maligning the man who, however feeble his powers, has devoted forty years of his life in its support, at an immense merifice to himself and his family, I will leave and with a total disregard to me. It was through a particular friend of mine that the first application was made, and has, it seems, beeu demanded for me; but I made to him a similar observation. A poll papers of did not know until to-day, by yesterday, by whom. Their names are new to me, and I do not know that I have ever seen them, nor have I had, during the election, any communication with Sir Peter Laurie or any of his friends. Among those who have unjustly taken a freedom with my name is Mr. Stevens, of Bishopsgate. This person is reported to have said, in allusion to me, that for his part he should not be able to walk through the streets of London if he were in the situation of the worthy Alderman. How, this Mr. Stevens has dared to show his face to the livery of London is a matter of amazement to all who recollect his conduct towards me at the election for Chamberlain, and the ex position I then made of his unprincipled con- | matter as I did, I should be unable to walk duct. I thought I had demolished him, but it through the streets of London, if I had, by my appears that I had only scotched the snake-conduct, placed myself in such a situation as not killed him he is himself again. This the worthy Alderman.". This was my feeling, very Mr. Stevens had on divers occasions and I had a right to state it. What the wordrawn up, moved, seconded, or supported, thy Alderman's feelings may be I do not premore than twenty votes of thanks to me for my tend to know; and be it remembered, that public conduct, in some of which it had been these remarks were uttered at the conclusion declared "that I was entitled to the lasting of an explanation, called for by the ambiguity gratitude of my fellow citizens." This gen-with which Alderman Waithman alluded to ileman evinced his "lasting gratitude" by the deputation which waited upon him at Reiturning round upon me, at the only moment gate, and of which I was one.. that had ever occurred where he could have The worthy Alderman states, "This very shown it, and supported Sir James Shaw, Mr. Stevens had on divers occasions drawn up, against whom I had formerly moved a vote of moved, seconded, or supported, more than censure, which had his support; and after twenty votes of thanks to me for my public this conduct he presumes to talk of consistency conduct, in some of which it had been declared and public principle! Had this been all that I was entitled to the lasting gratitude of had his conduct ended here, I should have my fellow-citizens." passed him over in silence, but he must thrust himself forward upon the hustings to calum-tributed to the purchase of a piece of plate, preniate me in my absence, which he would not have dared to have done in my presence. Let him, however, be aware how he meddles with my reputation-let him look after his own, if it be worth looking after. I am, Sir, Reigate, October 16. R. WAITHMAN. MR. STEVENS'S ANSWER. To this he might have added, I had con sented to the worthy Alderman on his retiring from public life; that I also enrolled my name at all times as a subscriber to defray the expenses of Alderman Waithman's elections for Member of Parliament for the city of London, and spent days and weeks on those occasions in promoting his interests. All this I did because I thought the worthy Alderman entitled to the lasting gratitude of his fellow-citizens so long as he continued to advocate those rights, and no longer. Sir, I feel most deeply how much the cause of reform has been injured by such a meddler; and all the efforts of his life, past and to come, can never atone for the injury he has done; and in vindicating my own conduct 'from foul aspersions, I feel that I am performing more of a public duty than an act of justice In return, he has upon many occasions exto myself. Public character is public pro-pressed his gratitude to me for those exertions; perty; I hope I shall preserve mine; but no and so far, I confess, I think the account may one shall, with impunity, attempt to rob me he balanced-but gratitude appears to have a of it. different definition in the mind of the worthy Alderman-nothing but pecuniary emolument or solid pudding seems to haunt his imagination; and because I did not support him for the office of Chamberlain of the City, which he declares to be the only moment in which I could have shown my gratitude, I am to be honoured with his abuse. I felt it my duty to To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. vote for the man I thought best qualified to SIR,-In noticing the remarks made upon fill the vacant office. Sir James Shaw, in my my conduct by Mr. Alderman Waithman, estimation, was a fitter man than Robert anger becomes entirely absorbed in a feeling Waithman; and I voted accordingly. I will which for me to name would only tend far- never allow my political bias to influence me ther to excite the irritability of a man whom on such an occasion. La allusion to this I have for many years respected for his po- event, the vituperation of Alderman Waithlitical consistency, and whom on all occasions man knows no bounds. I am a "snake I have supported as long as he remained con- scotched but not killed"—I am “unprincipled sistent. On the present election, when the and inconsistent—a meddler, who can never Court of Aldermen had, by a majority of atone for the injury he has done." I feel for three, placed themselves in hostility to the the disappointed hopes of such a man, but in wishes of the livery, I confidently calculated my couscience I could not vote for him as on the zealous support of Alderman Waith-Chamberlain of the City of London. Mr. Alman; is it astonishing, then, that I should derman Waithman wonders how "I dare feel disappointed, together with thousands of thrust myself forward." My auswer is, that my brother liverymen, that the man whose I have done my duty conscientiously, and the reputation was built upon his upholding their Livery appreciate that conduct; and that rights should, by his conduct, place himself when the worthy Alderman thinks it savours in a situation to sacrifice those rights and his of daring to oppose him, or expose his inconown reputation at the shrine of personal vani- sistencies, he forms the most preposterous ty? I felt all this, and knowing the value of opinion of his own importance.. He certainly consistency of conduct, I did on the hustings was not present when I presumed to mention conclude," that for my own part, viewing the his name, nor was I when Mr.› ‹Alderman Waithman took the liberty to interfere with abandoned after it had been depending for my right of voting on the election of Cham-several years. berlain. In both cases, I presume, it was unintentional, as I cannot calculate that Alderman Waithman had any fear of facing William Stevens; and I am sure that any dread of expressing my opinion in the presence of Alderman Waithman, is too ridiculous to require any comment. Calumny I abhor. What I stated on the hustings was true-and I am ready to prove every word I uttered. I will conclude in his own words- Let him, however, be aware how he meddles with my reputation-let him look after his own, if it be worth looking after.” I remain, yours very respectfully, W. STEVENS. Bishopsgate Within, Oct. 17, 1831. LAKENHEATH PETITION. To the Right hon. the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, the humble petition of the several persons whose names are hereto subscribed, being respectively owners and occupiers of land situate within the parish of Lakenheath, in the county of Suffolk, That in or about the year 1820, the Vicar of the said parish, caused a suit in Chancery and five several actions at Law to be com menced for the recovery of tithes of bay arising within the said Fen, and four of the said actions were set down for trial before Mr. Baron Graham and a Special Jury, in the year 1821; but a verdict having been found in the first action in favour of the occupiers, the Vicar declined to proceed to a trial of the three remaining actions, but in the following year, 1822, he caused two of such actions to be tried before Lord Chief Baron Richards, and recovered a verdict in each action; the said verdicts were, however, afterwards set aside by the Court of King's Bench, and a new trial directed to be had in one of such actions, in order to determine the right; and a new trial was accordingly had before Mr. Baron Garrow, in the year 1823, and a verdict was returned for the Vicar, but such verdict was also set aside and a third trial of the said action directed by the Court of King's Bench, and such third trial took place before Mr. Justice Gaselee, in 1825, when the jury re turned a verdict in favour of the defendant the occupier, and such verdict has never been disturbed. That after seventeen years of incessant and SAEWETH, harassing litigation, during which nearly THAT the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe-50007. were expended by the owners of the Fen dral church of Ely are in right of their said Church, and by virtue of a grant from the Crown, possessed of the appropriate Rectory of Lakenheath aforesaid, which formerly belonged to the Prior and Convent of Ely, and the said Dean and Chapter are also the patrons of the Vicarage of Lakenheath, and are like wise in the possession of a very extensive Manor, and a very large landed estate in the said parish, which also belonged to the said Monastery at the time of its dissolution. That there is within the said parish a considerable tract of land called Lakenheath Fen, containing 5000 acres, or thereabouts, which was also part of the possessions of the said monastery, and the same is now vested in your petitioners and divers other persons; and the said Dean and Chapter in particular are the possessors of about six hundred acres thereof. lands in defending the said suits, and more especially after the said verdicts in their favour, your petitioners hoped that no further suits would be brought for tithes of the said Fen; and so confidently was such hope entertained by the defendants in the said suits, that they remitted and gave up to the said Vicar, the whole of their taxed costs in the said actions, amounting to several hundred pounds, besides the costs in the said chancery suit. That your petitioners have nevertheless been credibly informed, that the said Dean and Chapter have lately made a concurrent lease of the said rectory, to Mr. Hugh Robert Evans, of Ely, their solicitor and confidential agent, and the steward of their manor, with au express covenant or condition, that he shall proceed at law or in equity for the recovery of the tithes of the said Fen; and the said Mr. Evans threatens and intends to sue for such tithes, after the determination of the present lease, which will expire at Michaelmas next. That from time whereof the memory of mau is not to the contrary, no tithes have ever been paid for the said Ben in any one single instance, nor did either the Rector or the Vicar of the said parish ever set up any claim That your petitioners are advised and are to such tithes until the year 1808, when the fully persuaded that the said Fen is lawfully Lessee of the said Dean and Chapter institut exempt from the payment of tithes, and they el a suit in Chancery, and obtained a decree have every reason to expect that the said inagainst some of the occupiers, but the tended suit will be successfully defended; but defendants appealed from the said decree, and your petitioners have learned from long expethe same has never been carried into execu-rience, that whatever may be the result of such tion; and that whilst the said Chancery suit was still pending, a second Chancery suit was brought by another Lessee of the said Dean and Chapter, but such second suit was suit, it will be attended with a most enormous expense and infinite vexation and inconvenience; and they therefore feel it to be their duty to complain to your right honourable House, of the state of the existing law, which enables such tithes belongs to the vicar, who resides a rector who has never been in the possession upon another benefice of which he is incumof the tithes of the land in question to put your bent; and that the spiritual duties of the said petitioners to the expense and hazard of prov-parish of Lakenheath, which contains a popuing that their exemption has subsisted ever since the time of legal memory, whenever he nay think that a favourable opportunity presents itself of making that experiment. lation of more than a thousand persons, are performed by a curate, who has a family of ten children, and receives only a scanty stipend of 751. per annum. That the hardship of the case of your peti- That the exemption from tithes which is tioners is, very materially aggravated by the enjoyed by your petitioners, is founded on circumstance that the said Dean and Chapter prescription; and that the particular grievthemselves claim and enjoy an absolute ex- ances complained of by your petitioners in emption from tithes in respect of all their respect of the law of the subject, are occalands in the said parish, and that such ex- sioned by the protracted period of the time of emption rests upon the very same legal foun-legal memory, and by the maxim nullum temdation as that of which they threaten to depus occurrit ecclesiæ, whereby your petitioners prive your petitioners; and it is notorious that are compelled to show the existence of their by reason of such exemption the farmers and exemption from the first year of King Richard tenants of the said Dean and Chapter have the First, which is nearly six hundred and fifty never paid any tithes to the Vicar of the said years from the present time, and are also comparish from time immemorial; and, more-pelled to prove that their lands belonged to over, when copyhold lands lying within the one of the greater religious houses, and were said Fen have been sold, the said Dean and held by such house from time immemorial Chapter, in setting the arbitrary fines which until the dissolution thereof, free from the are payable to them as Lords of the Manor payment of tithes. And your petitioners upon such alienations, have valued the said humbly submit that the power of making so lands as tithe free, and have compelled the strict and grievous an inquisition into the purchasers to pay their fines according to such rights which anciently belonged to the estates valuation. ds dz for your petitioners, and of making them account for their titles from so remote a period, which is every day rendered more difficult by the lapse of time, is contrary to every rule of equal justice, and ought no longer to be permitted to continue a part of the law of the fland. That your petitioners further beg leave to represent to your right honourable House, that if the said Dean and Chapter should ceed in establishing their claim to of the said Fen, your petitioners will not only be liable to very heavy costs, but they will be stripped of property which has been purchased for a valuable consideration, which has been transmitted from father to son for several از Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that an Act of Parliament may be passed for the purpose of barring the in which the party subject of wills, family settlements, and various suing is unable to prove actual possession and incumbrances, contracts, and legal engage.enjoyment of the subject in demand, within ments; and that, moreover, a considerable sixty years next before the commencement of sum of money will be, annually carried out of the suit, or within such other moderate and The said parish, which is already so exhausted reasonable period as may be thought a more by taxes and poor rates as to be incapable of suitable time of limitation. 1947 finding money sufficient for the due employment of the labouring poor, and that by such means the poor's-rate will be parish still further im generations, and' which has been made the against laymen in all Claims of the church the impove for to the purpose of increasing the wealth of a very now a And your petitioners stall 99 ever pray, &c. neogoll add smal HAMPSHIRE CER 1 COUNTY MEETING. pdf pd | Winchester, 26th: Oct, 1831,371 us meeting had been prepared,byr. combination of parties: first, some of the parsons, and some of the bitterest of the old Tories, as will appear by the I names to the requisition, as published by the Sheriff, which names were asd follows. But I must mention the otherse parties first. There were the: Whigs, including the two new county Mein 9.1 bers, and Mr. Jervoise there were the dr Barings, and the set belonging to them; 1 |