sent crisis to desert his King, to abandon the people to anarchy, confusion, and blood, then he would deserve to lose his head upon the block. (Loud cheering.) It had been also said that Ministers were not sincere, that they had compromised the bill, that the one they intended now to introduce would not be satisfactory to the people. (Loud cries of "It will." Who among the present Ministry, he would ask, were the men that had done so? Was it Lord Grey or Lord Brougham, or did Lord Althorp wear it on his sleeve for "daws to peck at? (Cheers.) For himself he had not the slightest doubt that the bill which would shortly be introduced into the House would be a far better bill than the one that had been rejected. (Loud cheers.) It would preserve its essentials, and would probably have lost some of those anomalies, errors, and mistakes, which necessarily accompanied a measure so complicated as the rejected bill How could it possibly be said that a less efficient measure would be brought forward, when the country had the solemn pledge of Lord Grey and Lord Althorp that it should be as effective as the last? (Loud cheers.) If the meeting would not believe in the honesty of Lord Althorp, neither would they believe one though risen from the dead. (Loud cheers.) The hon. Bart. concluded by proposing the following Address : "To the King's most Excellent Majesty. "We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the inhabitants of the county of Lincoln, by the authority of our Sheriff duly assembled, beg leave to approach your Majesty with the warmest feelings of admiration and gratitude -gratitude for your gracious desire to grant to us the sacred right of a real and fair representation-admiration of the firmness of purpose with which you have persevered in that benevolent resolution, amidst so many difficulties and against so much opposition. had brought it forward-and who, he (Mr. A.) trusted, would live to see its happy conclusion. It was impossible also to suppose that the people would not trust to Lord Brougham -a man whose talents had excited the admiration of the whole country-one who, in a simple hour, did more than ordinary mortals could accomplish in the course of a day. (Loud cheers.) It was impossible, also, to suppose that the country would not trust the Marquis of Lansdown and Lord Althorpwhose very names need only be mentioned to ensure their sincerity. He begged of the meeting to be united and firm, and they would be sure of the Reform Bill being carried. Mr. Anderson concluded by seconding the address. Mr. TENNYSON, M.P., suggested that the word "grant" in the address should be left out, and the word "promote" substituted, as it appeared to imply that the liberties of the people were grants from the crown. Sir R. HERON accepted the alteration with thanks. The address was unanimously agreed to. General JOHNSON then rose: He was extremely glad to see the unanimity that prevailed in the meeting, and though he thought the Address perfectly satisfactory as far as it went, yet he could not suppose that it conveyed the sentiments of that large county, and he should, therefore, with the permission of the meeting, follow it up with one or two resolu tions, which he would read: "Ist. That we the inhabitants of Lincoin, in County Court assembled, feel most grateful to our good King for his assistance in effecting the great work of reform in the Commons House of Parliament. We desire to support his Majesty's Ministers in carrying the bill into a law, imploring them urgently to advise his Majesty to dismiss from official situations under his control all persons who have shown decided hostility to that measure." "2nd. We reflect with indignation upon the conduct, pursued by a majority of the heredi tary peers in rejecting the Reform Bill. This conduct we ascribe to faction, to self-interest, and thirst of immoderate power. (Tremendous "We rely with the fullest confidence on the success of the efforts of your Majesty and your honest servants, and we pray that your reign may be long and happy, as we know that it must be accounted glorious by the latest pos-cheering.) For the conduct of the spiritual terity.' C. ANDERSON, Esq., seconded the address. He thought the present meeting would be considered as a sufficient proof that no reaction had taken place in the sentiments of the freeholders and inhabitants of Lincoln with respect to this great and important measure, and that they trusted still in the great talents of the Ministers speedily to pass the Reform Bill. It was utterly impossible to suppose that the people of England would not trust their truly British Monarch, who, from the very first period when he mounted the throne, had been endeavouring to do all in his power for the benefit and happiness of his people. It was impossible to suppose, too, that the people would not trust Earl Grey, who had grown old in advocating this measure who, on his first entering into power, peers we entertain a feeling which no language can adequately express. (Loud cheers.) We are firmly of opinion, that in order to secure the right of the crown and the liberties of the people, faction must be suppressed, mal-ap; propriation of public money be corrected, and ecclesiastics confined to their spiritual functions." (Deafening cheers.) "We are determined to use our utmost ex ertions to maintain peace and order, convinced as we are that through them alone can the people obtain redress of grievances, relief from excessive taxation, and such a representation as will insure a wise and cheap Govern ment." At the first meeting that he (Gen. Johnson) had the honour of attending in the county of Lincoln, he had avowed that his object was then precisely what it was now, aird he had never swerved one single iota from these sentiments; his object was to obtain a cheap government, without which the country never could obtain that reduction of taxation which all were So anxious to see accomplished. (Cheers.) The last resolution brought to his notice a circumstance personal to himself. So long ago as May last, at a public meeting at Stamford, he ventured to predict, that if the Reform Bill was rejected by the House of Peers, and if the people found there was no mode of obtaining reform so urgently sought for, they would have recourse to the expedient of refusing the payment of taxes; that sentiment had been re-echoed by hundreds of thousands. That declaration, he believed, had given great offence in certain high quarters. He would not say whether the formation of associations to resist the payment of taxes was legal or not; he would not even venture to say whether it exceeded the bounds of propriety; but he would say that it was perfectly legal for persons to associate for the purpose of refusing to purchase goods that had been seized for taxes. (Cheers.) He trusted, however, that such measures would not be necessary. He trusted that Lord Grey would have recourse to every legal measure to carry the Reform Bill, for he was afraid that, if he sat still and expected the boroughmongers to come to his side of the question, the country would look for reform in vain. (Cheers.) A great deal had been said about the dreadful evil called the cholera morbus, but, for his part, he did not consider it half so great an evil as the placing of the collar of the boroughmongers around the necks of the people of England. (Loud cheers and laughter.) If he were Lord Grey, he would use every means in his power to purge the House of Lords of the bishops. He would apply to the Royal William to double the number of Peers in the House of Lords, and by that means defy the power of the boroughmongers. Without some strong measures were resorted to, reform would never be carried, and the wishes of the people would be defeated. (Loud cheering.) The gallant General concluded by trusting the resolutions which he had read would be adopted by the meeting. Major HANDLEY rose for the purpose of seconding the resolutions. He observed, that with respect to the feeling that pervaded ali hearts towards the good and gracious King of these realms, there could be no objection to the Address; and all that he wished was, to see it expressed more clearly than it had been. (Cheers.) It would be idle in him to detain for any length of time the meeting in detailing the reasons for reform; the subject had been so much discussed by abler persons, as to render it totally unnecessary. Sir ROBERT HERON said, to the first resolution he could not object; to the third no man could object; but he must object to the second. With regard to the bishops, he at all times should be ready to conciliate the respect of the country for their characters by taking from them their political functions, in which they always disgraced themselves. (Great cheers.) The SHERIFF put the question on the resolutions separately; the first and third ware carried unanimously, the second by a large majority. Mr TUNNARD moved, "That this meeting feels the most perfect confidence in the integ rity and talents of his Majesty's present Ministers, and in their perseverance in the cause of reform, on the success of which mainly depend the peace and welfare of these kingdoms." A. BOUCHERETT. Esq., seconded the resolution. The HIGH SHERIFF put the resolution to the meeting, which was carried unanimously. The Rev. Sir CHARLES ANDERSON moved the following resolution in a short and neat speech, expressing his cordial concurrence in the object of the meeting, and his deep regret at the course pursued by the House of Lords: - "That this meeting observes with the greatest satisfaction, that in the minority of 158 Lords are to be found the representatives of the greater part of our ancient nobility, the descendants of former patriots and heroes, and feels deeply grateful to them for their noble exertions for the welfare of the nation." The resolution was then seconded, put by the High Sheriff to the meeting and declared by him to be carried unanimously. On the motion of Major Handley, seconded by Major Allix, a copy of the resolutions was ordered to be sent to Earl Grey. Major ALLIX, iù a neat and appropriate speech, moved a vote of thanks to the representatives of the county, Sir W. A. Ingilby and the Hon. C. A. Pelham. HENRY HANDLEY, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously, amidst loud and long continued cheering. Sir William Ingilby and the Hon. C. A. Pelham briefly returned thanks. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the High Sheriff, who in a neat speech acknowledged the honour done him; and the meeting, after giving nine cheers for the King, three for reform, and three groans for the bishops, separated peaceably. MR. EAGLE'S PAMPHLET. I ONCE before strongly recommended this pamphlet, which is called, "AN ARGUMENT, SHOWING THAT THE TITHES Belong to the PUBLIC AND THE POOR." In this pamphlet there is what I never was able to give, namely, the law of the case. As far as history and reason went, I showed this matter clearly enough; but Mr. EAGLE has given us LAW for it, from the first dawn of Christianity in England to the present day, and has business to seek out the great-tithe owner. In cases where there is neither rector nor vicar, and the parish is left to a poor miserable curate by the lay-improprietor, the notice ought to be given to him. You will find him out at fleecing time, I'll warrant you. proved that, according to law, the Parliament has the clear right to take all the tithes, and to dispose of them as it thinks proper. I was so well satisfied of the great utility of this pamphlet, that, as my readers will remember, recommended the author to publish an edition to be sold for 6d. This he has Mr. O'CONNELL, in a speech recently now done, and I have just got a copy made upon the subject of tithes, is refrom his booksellers, Messrs. Saunders ported to have said, that he wished that and Benning, No 43, Fleet-street. But, I knew that the, tithes in Ireland were besides the price, this edition has ano- collected by the police. I have long ther great convenience, for, in an ad-known it, and a hundred times state vertisement prefixed to it, the author the scandalous fact. They are not colhas given the form of a notice, which he lected by the police, but by soldiers, and recommends all parish officers to serve oftener that way than in any other. in writing upon the tithe-owners of their But, in fact, is it much otherwise in respective parishes, in order to obtain England? Ask any farmer whether he from those tithe,owners the portion of thinks; nay, ask any parson whether the tithes necessary for repair of the he thinks that tithes would be collected churches and for relief of the poor. I in England, if there were no soldiers. do hope that parish officers will at once Ask him that! But what surprised me act upon this advice. The clergy will bery much was, to hear Mr. O'CONNELL not obey, perhaps. Then a subscription say, that he would suffer the present of several parishes will bring the matter parsons to have the tithes for their lives! into a court of law, and then we shall Lives! why, a plenty of them will live have the matter clearly understood by for fifty years. Besides, what confusion! every living soul. Lord LYNDHURST, in This parish would be paying tithe-tax, opposing the Reform Bill, and in stating and the next parish would not. And that the bill would overset the Church, then, deans and chapters (the greatest alluded to this pamphlet as put forth devourers of all) never die. And then with "high legal sanction." His Lord- again, the lay-parsons; what right to ship did not say, nor insinuate, that the take from their sons more than from pamphlet contained any-thing false, or them. And then, an old lay-parson may even erroneous. He knew well that it sell to a young one. The Duke of Dedid not he knew that it was unanswer-vonshire may sell his tithes of twenty able: but he voted against the bill, parishes in Ireland to a parson half as because the bill would bring the doc-old as himself, Oh, no! it must be trines of the pamphlet into practice! clean work, or no work at all. There is That it would have done this is certain; and that some other bill, or some event or other, will very speedily do it, Lord Lyndhurst may be well assured. : The copy of the notice which Mr. EAGLE has given, is, the reader will see, addressed to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, they being the receivers of the great tithes of the parish of LECKENHEATH, in which he is a landowner, They are also church landowners in the same parish; and, therefore, this notice applies to them in the latter capacity also. But, in general, the notice ought to be served on the RECTOR, or, where there is a vicar, on him; for it is his law for taking away at once; but no law (at least no precedent) for garbling work, like that talked of by Mr. O'Connell. The country wants immediate relief; and, besides, who ever yet heard of a dead parson? It is a saying in the country, that no man ever yet saw a dead parson or a dead exciseman. I never did, at any rate; nnd I never knew any body that did. I now insert the advice of Mr. EAGLE to parish officers; and, as I said before, this pamphlet ought to be kept in the hands of every parish officer in the kingdom. ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE THIRD pose should be delivered to the possessors of the tithes, whether such possesors be ecclesiastical or lay persons. The following requisition which is about to be presented from a parish in Suffolk, will show the form in which such notices should be drawn up. "To the Very Reverend the Dean and. "Chapter of Ely. Since the publication of the second edition of this pamphlet, the bills relating to tithes which were brought forward by the Archbishop of Canterbury and others during the last session, have been put an end to by the prorogation of the Parliament. Whether it is intended to introduce 66 any measures quite "We, the undersigned, occupiers of as efficient in the ensuing session, I" land and rate payers in the parish of do not know, nor have I thought it" Lakenheath, in the county of Suffolk, worth while to inquire, as the time is, I“ being advised that the rectorial tithes think not very distant when the right" of Lakenheath, which have been for a reverend promoters of these ingenious" long time past appropriated to the specimens of delusive legislation will" private use of you and your predethemselves become the subject of enact- cessors, the former deans and chapters ments of a much more efficient descrip- "of Ely aforesaid, are not vested in you tion. "beneficially, but are received by you With the exception of a trifling ad-" in trust, as to one-third part thereof dition to one of the notes, I have not" for the use of the poor of the said found it necessary to make any altera- " parish, and as to one other third part tion in the work as it stood in the last" in trust for the reparation of the edition; there is, however, one point "church, and the other purposes for upon which I take this opportunity of" which church-rates are assessed upon offering a few additional observations." the said parish, do hereby request that I have been asked what course ought to "you will henceforth be pleased to be pursued, and whether, in particular, "render and pay over two third parts of a bill in equity would lie, to compel the" the said tithes to the parish officers of possessors of tithes to appropriate to the" the said parish, to be applied by them poor and the reparation of the churches, "to such religious and charitable uses the two third parts of the tithes which as aforesaid. they hold in trust for those specific pur- "And in respect to the manor and poses. My answer to this is, that the lands within the said parish which abuse is of too long standing to be re- formerly belonged to the monastery medied by an application to a Court of" of Ely, and which are now in your Equity, and that the proper and usual" possession, we farther require you to remedy in such cases is, a legislative "exercise those duties of charity and enactment, declaring, restoring, and hospitality which constitute the tenure confirming the ancient rule and practice "and condition upon which the said of the law; and that the Parliament "manor and lands were granted to your should be petitioned and the members" predecessors, in the reign of King of the reformed House of Commons in- " Henry the 8th; but which duties structed to pass a law to that effect." have been wholly neglected and abanThe law of tithes affords several in-"doned by you and your said predestances of such enactments, in cases "cessors. where it has been found necessary to It may possibly be urged as an obcheck the encroachments of the clergy.jection to the above requisition, that in But as some time may possibly elapse the case of deans and chapters, it does before such a statute can be passed, I not go far enough, and seenis to contemthink that in the meantime it will be plate only a partial reformation of abuses, advisable that in every parish where when it is almost universally acknow the inhabitants are desirous of having ledged to be absolutely necessary, for the tithes restored to their legitimate the interests of the commonwealth, that uses, a notice or requisition for that pur deans and chapters and other sinecurists, 66 and useless and burdensome dignitaries" by those entrusted with its care. Why of the church should be wholly sup- "should there be a single district or pressed. It should, however, be re- corner of the country devoid of such membered, that the requisition does not "excellent institutions as infant and profess to embrace all the measures" industry schools, schools for mutual which are conceived to be necessary for " instruction, parochial libraries, and the accomplishment of ecclesiastical re- "mechanics' or labourers' institutes, form, but merely seeks a redress of" with apartments for reading and lecthose particular grievances which are "tures? Why are those arrangements discussed in the following argument." left to chance and partial adoption, With respect to the possessors of tithes "which, in the loudest and plainest generally, I cannot conclude these ob-" tone, demand universality and sysservations, without remarking, that it" tem? Why are the poor unassisted appears to me that they will do well to" by Governments in their endeavours consider, whether, in the present state" to frame such establishments, and left of public opinion, a ready and cheerful" to struggle for their attainment compliance with the just and reasona- through destitution and difficulties, ble terms of the requisition, does not "without any certain and definite aid? afford the only possible means of averting "The aid is withheld, and the people a total abolition of tithes. 1, Garden-Court, Middle Temple, Nov. 17, 1831. FEELOSOFICAL QUACKERY. THE following specimen of this, the worst sort of quackery, I take from the Morning Chronicle of the 23d instant. All that the writer says about the abuse of tithes is right enough, and is worth reading it is with the first part of this article that I find fault, but on which I will reserve my reniarks till I have inserted the whole article, as follows: 66 are induced to consider the governing "classes as the enemies or hypocritical "friends of knowledge and improve"ment. Of what value are the isolated "endeavours of a few enlightened indi"viduals? Of much, indeed, every 66 way to their immediate neighbour"hood and to themselves, as responsible "to GoD and their conscience, but of "little to the nation at large. We may "remember what a vast proportion of "the incendiaries and rioters in the "south last winter were unable to read “—had not attained the first step to“wards mental improvement. Such a "state of things may be comparatively "innocuous in a country devoid of the In an excellent pamphlet, just pub-" temptations and ideas arising from the lished, under the title of "Thoughts on "glaring inequality of worldly goods "Education, Union of Classes, and a "which prevails in our artificial or "Co-operation, suggested by the late" civilized position; but how can such "Riots at Bristol," it is observed, that" ignorant beings comprehend and feel "the rulers and the heads of tribes' "the advantages resulting from the "men possessed of leisure, of know-"guardianship of property, even to him "ledge, and of power, hearts to plan" whose sole property consists in his "and tongues to utter wisdom '-have" daily labour? "either totally or partially neglected There are but too many in this coun "the plain and essential duty of furnish- try who indulge in the delusion, that ❝ing to every human being throughout one part of society may set an example "the country a well digested course of of heartless injustice, engrossing selfish "instruction, applied to every period of "life. Before long, this point will be seen in its proper light, and the neg"lect of the public mind regarded with no less blame (to say the very least) "than the neglect of public property ness and rapacity without bound or limit, while the rest of society will con tentedly respect and obey the laws. In the language of the SENATOR of VENICE, in Mr. COOPER'S Bravo, they say, or would say, to the inquiring or disaf |