and most obedient Servant, to the circulation of Walter Scott's find themselves defeated here, silence favourite money in Scotland. It is them by granting their prayer. For much more easy to conceive than it my own part, being perfectly conwould be safe to describe all the conse- vinced that Ireland never can know quences near and remote of the blowing tranquillity as long as the Established up of this paper system. That state of Church shall exist there; being also barter to within forty-eight hours of convinced that a repeal of the union which Liverpool's ministry had brought would also produce a repeal of that us, would certainly arrive; and the sort establishment: to the prayers of the opof barter which would be carried on pressed people of Ireland and their between the labourers, on the one side, faithful and truly pious priests, will and the parsons, farmers, land-owners, always, with regard to this matter, be and land-jobbers, on the other side, it is added the humble and earnest prayer of quite amusing to contemplate. Barter Their faithful friend means giving one thing for another; and, as the labourers would want WM. COBBETT. victuals, drink, firing, clothing, and P.S. Since writing the above, the bedding, and would have nothing to news has arrived, that Mr. O'Connell give in return, they would do, doubtless, has been ARRESTED, on a charge of as their "betters" have done; that is conspiracy to resist the Paget-Stanley to say, pay in promises; but, in the proclamation; that he had been commean time they must take the commo-pelled to give bail, or go to jail; and dities! Thus reverting to the pristine that BARON TUYL, as Secretary to law; the law of nature, which, as dip- the Lord Lieutenant, was, when the lomatists term it, is the droit du plus bail was given, acting in a post of pubfort, or, in plain English, the right of lic trust. Mr. O'CONNELL said: "Oh! might; which, indeed, is the very law I am glad of that! Take a note of to which the Bloody Old Times news- that! I suppose, that this man is a paper is now appealing against Mr. foreigner."-Mr. O'CONNELL went off O'Connell and the Irish people. to a Parish-meeting for repeal of the union, as soon as he had given bail.My God! when are we to see an end of the troubles created by this Church Establishment! Thus, then, this fighting for it is a matter worth thinking about twice before it be once attempted; the fight is not all. The victory, if one, does not end; and it may, as we have seen, produce a complete revolution in pro"PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE." perty. It may cause food, raiment, houses, and even land to exchange mas- THE reader will, doubtless, wonder ters; and all this risk is to be run what this appellation can mean. The merely for the sake of compelling peo- affair is this: on the 17th instant there ple to pay tithes; for, I repeat it over was a meeting at the London Tavern, and over again, this is the great, and the" for the purpose of expressing admiraonly great, ground of the quarrel. I" tion of the conduct of the electors of trust that the Ministers will reject with" Preston in returning Mr. Hunt as scorn the advice of these mercenary and their member, and to hear a statesanguinary men; that they will speedily "ment relative to the election, from check the violent torrent of the Paget "Mr. MITCHELL, a person from Presand Stanley eloquence; that they will" ton, now in town." Mr. WAKLEY let people breakfast and dine where was called to the Chair. After the they please, and eat and drink and say what they please; that they will make as many appeals as they like to reason; that they will, in short, if they find the people bent upon a repeal of the union, reply to them, successfully if they can, by fact and by argument; and if they opening of the business by the CHAIRMAN, with that great ability which he always discovers, Mr. MITCHELL made his statement relative to the expenses of the Preston Election, from which it appeared that the total amount of subscriptions received was 4211. 3s. 5d. The probable expense he gave as fol- . Expenses of chairing Mr. Hunt 23 7 0 57 0 0 36 15 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 451 15 0 who immediately preceded him, describing the intended office as a receptacle for the com plaint of every man in the community, where also all Parliamentary Papers would be regu11 larly filed and arranged. Another important use of the office would be to forward the great cause of Radical Reform, so that every man who paid taxes should be assured of representation. The office would also form a bond of union amongst Reformers. It would afford the means of calling public meetings all over England. The petitions from various parts of the country would there be collected and analysed; and ou show nights, as they were called, honest Members of Parliament would be furnished with the means of making a powerful impression in the House. The office would likewise afford protection to many oppressed individuals in remote parts of the country, against the established village tyyrants whose power was now, he hoped, fast drawing to a close. He entreated them to look at what had been accomplished by the Parliamentary Office in Dublin. Would they allow it to be said that the most intellectual nation in the world should remain so long behind the Irish as to permit more time to elapse without adopting that most wise and efficient measure. (Applause) He next proceeded to express his joy at Mr. Attwood's accession to the cause of Radical Reform, and dwelling upon the importance of his testimony in favour of the establishment of a Parliamentary Office. He then concluded by moving the following Resolution :"That, for the purpose of supplying and disseminating all useful, political, and, more especially, Parliamentary information to the Country at large, for consolidating and directing the energies of the whole people, for the recovery and protection of the people's rightsand for aiding and assisting the efforts of Mr. Hunt and such other Members of Parliament Mr. MITCHELL expressed his confias are really chosen by the People, and truly dent expectation that 1,000l. would co-represent them in the Commons House-an ver the whole of the expenses! But now something a great deal more important occurred, and of a nature that makes me wish that my duty would suffer me to pass it over in silence. I shall first insert the report as I find it in The Morning Chronicle of the 18th instant, and then add, perhaps, a word or two in the way of remark. 3730 Silver Medals, at 2s. 6d. Office be established in London to be called the Originally, in Mr. Grady's Resolution, it Mr MITCHELL hoped that any-thing he had MR. MITCHELL, before he sat down, wished said would not be understood as asking them to make to them a very important communica- for money. He merely submitted his statetion, namely, that it was intended to establishment, in the hope of obtaining their sanction in the Metropolis a Parliamentary Office, for the purpose of supplying to their tried and honest representatives the information from the country, and that assistance generally which would enable those gentlemen to devote their energies exclusively to what might be required of them within the walls of the House. (Cheers.) Mr. GRADY then addressed himself chiefly to the last topic mentioned by the Speaker and approbation. He was anxious to say this much, lest he should be supposed to interfere with their support of the Parliamentary Office. Mr. LYNE seconded the Resolution, stating, that within a few days he had paid a visit to Mr. Hunt, when his table was piled with papers, and when he showed, in the most satisfactory manner, that no one man could get through one-fifth of the business which de rea 1246 洲 The Resolution 22D JANUARY, 1831. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, for which he made suitable acknowledgments, and the Meeting broke up at a quarter past eleven. Ived upon an independent Member of Par-devote his best energies to strip the Arisment. From this and other instances of a tocracy of that which they wrung from the toil Kê nature he inferred the absolute necessity and sweat of the labouring classes. a Parliamentary office, and the obligation der which all friends of freedom and of Reform lay, to aid in promoting that important object. was then put by the Upon reading this, the first thing A CHAIRMAN, who observed, in reference to his name having been originally amongst suggested by one's hopes is, that the those by whom the intended measure was to whole is a hoax on the part of some be carried into effect that he did not desire place-hunting_reporther, who sees that would speedily a Radical Reform at to withdraw his name from indifference to the good cause he earnestly wished to promote snatch from him all chance of going to any-thing calculated to advance Parliamentary Reform; but he scarcely hoped that even by the colonies to swagger about (half his that establishment any-thing very considera- time drunk) at the expense of the inMe could be effected. The people of England dustrious people of England. This is were almost in arms for their rights, and he what hope would fain suggest to us; feared that if the Government did not propose some most important change, peace would but upon inquiry, I grieve to find, that thebe at an end in England. He thought that it is, alas! no hoax, but a melancholy matters were approaching to such a crisis, reality. To be sure, that which is here He that an establishment of that nature could not related by Mr. LYNE is quite astounding. iling. In the course of these remarks he That Mr. HUNT "showed him, in the aplained of the neglect of the public press most satisfactory manner," that he one-fifth of fested towards Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Hume, could not get through d those other Members of the House of the business," and that a PARLIAMENT absolutely necessary' ARY Office was Ammons who spoke the sentiments of the ople. Mr. MITCHELL by no means concurred in to him; and that there lay an obligahe opinion of the Chairman as to the efficiency tion on all the friends of freedom to AID in promoting this object! Let us still ruch an office. hope that Mr. LYNE has been misrepresented by the reporther: let us hope, In that suggestion the Chairman fully con- at any rate, that the poor and publicred, and the names were omitted ac-spirited men and women of Preston will dingly as above stated. e matured before its services would be una Mr. BENBOW thought that Members of Par- not have the mortification to hear those The question was then put and agreed to. Mr. CLEAVE, in moving another Resolution, sounds of sad foreboding; these falich is given underneath, stated that the tering accents of anticipated failure; Parliamentary Office in Ireland was sup- these sighs heaved up by conscious want pressed, and, therefore, the greater was the of ability, or want of something else recessity for some bond of union in England, or the declaration of public opinion, before which it would, after all that has been Algerine Act should be passed in this coun- promised to us and hoped by us, break . He then moved that "This Meeting is one's heart to name: let us hope, that at any rate, these dismal tidings are not of opinion that the friends of Radical Reform should make every possible exertion to destined to reach the ears of our spirited promote subscriptions, to cover the expenses incurred at the recent election at Preston, in friends at Preston (especially the woarder that the honest electors of that town men); and, if they must reach them at may be hereafter free to act with like inde- last, let us, oh! let us hope and pray, that it will not be at the moment pendence and success at future elections.” Mr. LYNE seconded the above. Mr. MITCHELL rose for the purpose of con- when they are hanging about their adieting a misrepresentation which had gone necks the" image and superscription" "Parliamentary road in the newspapers, respecting a pas-of him to whom a age in a speech of Mr. Hunt's at Preston. Office" is "absolutely necessary!" As khad been attributed to Mr. Hunt that he ald support the rights of the Aristocracy to other matters, they must take the lot his best blood. He said no such thing of human kind; but I pray God to be he did say was, that as a Member of spare those excellent people this murZetament, he was bound to support the rights derous mortification !-I need not add of even the just rights of the Aristocracy how happy I should be, after all, to in maintaining the rights of the people, as prepared to shed his best blood, and to find this whole thing to be a horr that he confined himself to the truth however, this is not believed, of course; and the people are extremely glad to find that they can debate upon the kings: they like the "indiscretion" of M. Rogier, and it is by no means likely that he will be replaced by one who would prevent them from peeping behind the curtain. Nothing is now talked of but the ne-reasons of state in the selection of their cessity of going to war for the national honour, and the hopes of the people have never been so buoyant as at this moment, since the formation of the "Republic." Until now, every thing has been retrograding and conforming into These exposures have been brough the worst possible state, in the name of forth by the Government itself, who have "order"; this watch-word of the funding- shown their courtesy to the English interest, who call themselves the indus- Government, and their unwillingness to trious and respectable part of society, offend that which is the most hateful is forced to give way to that of the na-thing existing in the eyes of the people tional honour, though it might make of these countries, namely, the English head against that of glory. And, now, aristocracy. For it does not appea after the exposures which have taken that there was any disposition to pry place of the tame sentiments of the go- into the negociations by the Congres vernment, the fear for this most essential of Brussels, until the coldness was dis point of all has fairly roused the whole covered on the part of this Government nation. The Press being first suppressed which it manifested towards the wishe to such an extent as it is, the Chambers of the Congress after their rejection of th are working away in weeding out liberty plan for settling SAXE-COBOURG upo from all the institutions, with pretty them. The refusal of the second son much of security, and would inevitably the King, which appeared to them s persevere if they were not thwarted by palpably leaguing with the English Go the consequences of the favourite dispo- vernment, and so unreasonable, and sition of the nation being rallied by the the same time so cowardly, appears to alarm I have mentioned. have provoked the provisional govern Duke de Leuchtenberg seems to ha been made as a hint, and the uncharit ble sentence pronounced upon it by t King has served to thicken the mess. All last week the diplomatic confer-ment and the Congress to appeal t ences which had come to light with the people of both nations, and to rou regard to Belgium were exciting all all their passions, by exposing, with th parties in various ways. The people felt refusal, the willingness to see the indignant in common with the people have a German Prince, to whom wou of Belgium, at the answers given to M. be sent in three or four years' time, if Rogier, the Belgian Envoy, who has behaved well, a French Princess, bo been here begging for a king, no mat- Prince and Princess not old enough ev ter whether young or old. And the to be married. The suggestion of t Government have been splitting with rage that the communications held with him should be made public, and that all the bartering, haggling, hesitating, and gossipping about the various little Princes and Princesses to be Kings and Queens of Belgium, should be laid before the people, however "sovereign" they may be. Not being able to punish the Congress at Brussels for looking into these matters, some parties blame the diplomatic committee for laying the documents before them; but the parties most interested blame the poor Envoy for his indiscretion in writing all he knew. It has been denied' So that some parties now urge t Belgians to declare the Duke de Leu tenberg, if not the Duke de Reichsta others, to declare a republic. T Buonapartists and Republicans b cheer them on, in order to stimul this government to become independ and discontented with the Engli which they know it must if Belgi would prove independent of the Fren On Saturday last a debate arose u this subject, and upon the foreign po 22d January, 1831. of the government generally, upon the convey the necessary assurances, and to presentation of a petition from an advo- be perfectly well understood. In Paris, cate at Mons, which was for the union these precautions were said to be taken of Belgium to France. Upon this oc- against the "Carlists," the "Austrians," Jesuits," and God knows what casion two speeches were made, by tbe " General Lamarque and M. Maugin, besides; now, I leave you to guess thwhich have produced a great stir, and against whom they were taken, when are admired by every-body. In these you know that the National Guard speeches the foreign minister was in-were not supplied with cartouches! I vited to deny some of the sentiments was surprised, in walking along, to see attributed to him by M. Rogier, espe- these pitch their muskets close to the ally those which show deference to fires which they had on the places he principles of the English Govern- where they bivouacked; but I found ment; but the minister did not give the there was no danger, and that they egative in satisfactory terms. These were armed with bayonets only. opinions, you should understand, of the distrust which should be entertained owards the English, were expressly onfined to the government, and not xtended at all to the people. The recognition received from Russia s also dwelt upon, as a thing which e government ought to be ashamed because it was not received, nor ent, till after the news had reached the tocrat of the revolution in Poland. was maintained, therefore, that a ase desertion of Poland was to be the ice of this recognition, and the cause the Poles was held up to the sympaby of this nation. Upon this subject, wever, the orators did not go the ngth of the opinions which are genely entertained by the people, and hich are, that the government have me ground for congratulating themves on the recognition, and that it as not entirely owing to the affairs in land. The people ask whether, if Polignac had been executed, that recogtion would have been made, revolu The manifesto of the Emperor of Russia, so taunting, not only to the Poles, but to the principles entertained by this country, that it can hardly be associated with the recognition, and would rather show that the Autocrat had not sense to make it on the ground of danger; on the contrary, every thing confirms the supposition that there was an understanding upon the affair of Polignac, that the termination of that was to regulate the conduct of the Russian government. General Lafayette concluded the debate, by comparing Russia and Poland to England and Hanover, and supposed that English troops would never be sent to maintain that kingdom. The governments, however, are as much to be compared as the nations, for Lord Grenville formerly declared Hanover as precious as Hampshire. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, in Poland or no revolution; and ether it would not have been, at all THE PRESS AND THE FIRES. I TAKE the following excellent article ats, after the news of the sentences reached St. Petersburg? But, for from that most widely spread of all government to reap satisfaction newspapers, BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. the recognition, they must ascribe It is clever, acute, true, and publicto their management in the affair of spirited. GOODMAN, the poor rick-firing gnac; and for them to receive it so orphan, in Sussex, has, it is stated, now after the "happy" termination of been respited during the King's pleaaffair, it must have been known at sure. Petersburg that the affair would so inate. And the precautions which taken here, and which were proknown better at a distance than e spot, could not have failed to So that here is a real incendiary, who, I believe, acknowledged having set five fires, who is not to die, while COOKE, who knocked down Bingham Baring, has been hanged! I am glad however, that this poor, friendless or |