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the important duty confided to them, and on the 

 state of the calendar. This decrease of crime 

 he hoped he mitfht fairly attribute to the vigilance 

 and activity ol' the magistracy of the county, and 

 to the improvement of the poor themselves, whose 

 patient endurance in a season of severe privation 

 was highly creditable to them ! ! I" 



SUSSEX. The last Report of the Brighton 

 Savings' Bank committee states, that more than 

 j186,000 have been placed in the Bank during 

 the period elapsed since its establishment ; of 

 which sum nearly ."14,000 were deposited in the 

 course of the current year. That of the 2,045 

 accounts now remaining open, the balances upon 

 1221 are under .20 ; and that under the regula- 

 tions adopted, they venture to anticipate still 

 greater encouragement, and an increasing influ- 

 ence upon the morals of the lower orders of the 

 community. 



WARWICKSHIRE. A meeting of the inha- 

 bitants of Coventry has taken place to take into 

 consideration the distressed state ol the country. 

 Several speakers addressed the meeting on the 

 subject, and some resolutions were agreed to, the 

 substance of which was, that allegiance could 

 only be reasonably expected while the govern- 

 ment protected the people; that great distress 

 existed at Coventry and throughout the kingdom, 

 which had been produced by the unconstitutional 

 system of borough traffic; and that the complaints 

 of the people would never be attended to while 

 the House ol Commons was constituted as at pre- 

 sent. A resolution was passed for forming a pro- 

 visional committee often persons to prepare rules 

 for a union for the promotion of a radical reform 

 in the Commons House of Parliament. 



The inhabitants of Long Itchington, Offchurch, 

 Upton and Stockton, have petitioned Parliament 

 on the present distress, re.pectiully attributing it 

 to be caused by heavy taxation pivgMiig upon re- 

 duced means. Leamington Spa Courier. 



A " Political Union " lias been formed at Co- 

 ventry, and by the report of the committee lately 

 read to the society, it is established for the pur- 

 pose of a real and effectual representation of the 

 people in the Commons! the repeal of bad laws 

 the abolition of all sinecures and unmerited pen- 

 sions, and to collect and organize the peaceful 

 expression of public opinion, so as to bring it to 

 act upon the legislative functions in a ju>t, legal, 

 and effectual way. The members have agreed to 

 petition the Speaker of the Commons, requesting 

 him " to in>ist on Mr. Healhcote attending to his 

 parliamentary duties, or vacate his seatl" Co- 

 ventry Observer. 



WESTMORELAND. At the recent assizes, 

 Mr. Justice J. Park thus addressed the Gentlemen 

 of the Grand Jury : " It is very satisfactory to 

 me to witness that there is not a single prisoner 

 in the gaol of this county now in custody. This 

 circumstance is highly creditable to Westmore- 

 land, and I congratulate you upon it. It is a 

 proud distinction, which perhaps no other county 

 in the kingdom enjoys. There are no criminal 

 charges to lay before you, and if nothing else 

 should be preferred, I shall feel great pleasure 

 in discharging you." The Grand Jury retired, 

 and returned into court again in about half an 

 hour, informing his Lordship that no business bad 

 been brought before them. They were imme- 



diately discharged by his Lordship, and thanked 

 for their services. 



LANCASHIRE. A numerous and highly res- 

 pectable meeting has been held at Manchester 

 Town-Hall of the merchants, manufacturers, and 

 other inhabitants of that town, on the present dis- 

 tressed situation of the country, when it was una- 

 nimously resolved, " That the great manufac- 

 turing district, of which this town is the centre 

 and the mart, nofwithstanding the unwearied at- 

 tention to business, and the incessant labour of 

 its inhabitants, is suffering under a pressure of 

 distress, which is wholly unexampled in its extent 

 and severity." 



A most appalling report was made of the state 

 of Maccle>ficld, Chorley, Blackburn, and other 

 places, connected with Manchester, the recital 

 of which makes the heart sicken. In Macchs- 

 field alone there are 993 empty houses, and 34 

 unoccupied factories! Other resolutions were 

 passed expressive of " the enormous amount and 

 unequal pressure of taxes,"*" of an immense 

 standing army in a time of perfect peace,"- 

 " of the payment of salaries and pensions wholly 

 undeserved/' " of compelling foreign nations to 

 become our rivals, instead of being our cus- 

 tomers," &c. &c. A petition (founded on the re- 

 solutions) to both Houses of Parliament was theri 

 voted, and has been delivered to the Legislature. 



The opening of the Rock Perch Light-houe at 

 Liverpool, took place March 1. This building 

 has been completed at the entire cost of the cor- 

 poration, for the accommodation of the commerce 

 of the port, and is a splendid specimen of me- 

 chanical art. 



A meeting has been held at Liverpool, fores- 

 tablishing a permanent Asylum for the Houseless 

 Poor, and subscriptions entered into for that 

 purpose. 



LlNCOLNSHIFlE.-At these as?izes, 15 pri- 

 soners received sentence of death. The pressure 



* Mr. Slmttleworth said, in seconding the reso- 

 lution, "There is not one department of business 

 that I am aware of, in which capital can he em- 

 ployed with any reasonable prospect f fair re. 

 numeration ; the prominent cause of which is, the 

 overwhelming weight of taxation. If the taxes 

 remain at their present dreadful amount, and are 

 still to be drawn as heretofore not from real pro- 

 perty, whether land or capital, but from I.eer, 

 tea, soap, candles, sugar, and other necessaries 

 of life, it may be confidently stated, that they 

 will in the end overpower all the energies which 

 the country can put forth to meet them. A very 

 slight .'ilance at their immense amount will clearly 

 account for rhe difficulties of our present situation. 

 From January 1/97, to January 1817, the gross 

 produce of the revenue exceeded I,i90 millions, 

 and in the same period the public debt was in- 

 creased 450 millions, so that the total expenditure 

 amounted in twenty years to about 1,/40 millions 

 or an average ot 8; millions a year. Durinir a 

 part of this period, the expenditure considerably 

 exceeded thi- average. In the five years from 

 1811 to 1815 inclusive, so utterly reckless of con- 

 sequences were those who then administt red the 

 national resources, that the expenditure amounted 

 to jefil3,4i3,00(t, or an average of nearly 123 

 mMlions a year. From 1817 indusive, tlu> expen- 

 diture has been about 00 millions, which, added 

 to the former sum, makes the expenditure for a 

 period of little more than thirty years 2.600 mil- 

 lions a sum, the mighty vastness of which no 

 human mind has power distinctly to compre- 

 hend!!!" 



