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We, the undersigned, feel it a duty inFunlbent upon us to give publicity to the following circumstances, not only ea a justifica tion of the line of conduct which we have been obliged to adopt, but as a warning to others, wbo, from inexperience, or a spirit of entetprize, might feel inclined once More to fallout the fur-, tunes of a needy and spiritless adventurer. From a variety of causes, the detail of which is here unne cessary, we were induced to enter into the service of Sir Gregor Dl‘Gregor, who, under the specious and honourable pretext of liberating an enslaved and suffering country, but really to fur ther his own selfish views, has seduced to total ruin an fm mense number of veterans who had frequently fought under the banners of Wellington, and brave young Officers who, in thp le gitimate service of their own country, would nuke distinguished figures in the road to honour. In order that the Public may be fully aware of the ruinous system, or rather want of system, pursued by Itl‘Gregor, it . is necessary to state, that after the re-capture of •PoitoDellb, and his shameful desertion of his unfortunate troops at that place this adventurer proceeded to the town of Aux Cayes, in St. Do mingo, where several vessels arrived successively from England and Ireland, laden with troops, whose brilliant hopes of victory and wealth were stink in a premature grave, the result of fa mine, sickness , and want of medical attendance. _ _ _ _ To detail the sufferingssaf these miserable and deluded wretches at Aux Cayes, would be to fill volumes with unheard-of calamity, upon which the meretricious cause looked with lack-lustfe eye, and a mind totally sunk in inanity and stupefaction. Let it suffice to say, that of 1250 men and Officers, who at different times arrived at Aux Cayes, since the loss of Porto-Bello, M'Gregor, when he found himself at length obliged to quit that place, could only muster 200, the remainder having died misera bly, er engaged themselves on the plantations. With this small force, half_riakeo, and very, scantily supplied with provisions, M'Gregor sailed from Aux-Cayes on Sunday, the 27th of St.ptensber, on board a schooner, p corvette, and a cotter, and after two days beating about the mouth of the har bour:without end or object, he shaped his course for the Spa nish Main, and, on the morning of the 4th of October, 'came in sight .of the town of Rio-de-la-Hache ' where we bad a melan choly specimen of the courage of our Commander-In-Chief; for a Spanish schooner appearing in the offing, it was fully expected that the vessel in which Si' Gregor was (the only armed one in the fleet) would give chase, instead of which she immediately stood out to sea, thereby leaving his other two vessels unpro tected, and affording an opportunity of escape to the enemy, which was, fortunately, not a vessel of war. This circumitanee tended very much to weaken the confidence of the troops in their Commander-in-Chief, whose conduct at Porto-Bello now no longer remained doubtful. Atli* noon NPGregoeatood into the harbour under English colours; which were of course respected ; bat, upon his hoisting the New Graoadian flag, he was fired at from a battery on shore, which obliged hint to make a precipitate retreat. During the :whole of the day, the fleet continued besting off themouth of rtie harbota, and towards evening came to anchor about • miles from the town, when the troops received an order to hold themselves in readiness to land at midnight, receivingan assur ance froth their Commander-in-thief that they would meet with no opposition whatever, as the inhabitants were all Pa .,tiiots, and had frequently invited him to come to their deliver -mace. ' About one o'clock on the morning of the sth October, the troops began to disembark, under the command of Lieute nant-Colonel Norcott, whose orders from M'Gregor were of the most indefinite descAption ; namely, to land the troops, and wait his arrival on'the beach ; an obedience to whi c h, su b sequent events proved would have been fataL To the astonishment of every body, the landing was undispitod—a circumatanee which appeared totally inexplicable, from the length of time afforded to the enemy to prepare themselves. About two o'clock our videttes were attacked by a piquet of the enemy, upon which the bivouac of the troops was broken up, and - Lieut.-Colonel Rafter's Rifle Corps of Salabrieta was ordered to advance. To understand the subsequent movements of the troops, it is necessary to say, that the country, for several miles round Rio-de-la-Hache, consists of an almost impenetrable forest of hrurhwood and brambles, which, as it is well known within thetropics, form a defence of a Very formidable natnm. Tots Linen, troerseered by ravines and hotiowt, and peculiarly unfavourable to an attacking army, ends in an abrupt precipice on the shore, where a very narrow beach is washed by a violent surf, unfavourable, and frecmently dangerous to the lan. • of . Inconsequence of the attack, Colonel Noreoct advanced his force along the beach, while the rifle corps scoured the wood; and dislodged some parties of the enemy, with whom a slight skirmishing continued until day light, at which time a'poaitioa was taken up about one mile and a half from the town—the General's guard of honour on the beech, and the regiments of Salabrieta and Hibernia hi the woods. Here Colonel Norcott determined, according to order, to await the arrival of the Com mander-in-Chief, whose absence was loudly complained of by the troops, and appeared entirely unaccountable to all those who were not aware that his Exceilsocy was at that time enjoying a "Nand sleep on board his vessel, unconscious and undisturbed by the passing events on shore. For two hours we continued In this Rebettibli; thisighit a dio weltful calm, and inapatieptly expecting * arrival of the eggs. iamader-in-Chief to lead us against the town, when suddenly a ilieultaneous attack was made upon our little force by an invi allide enemy, upon all points except the sea-tide. After the first ate, by which we suffered a considerable loss, Coloisel Norma advanced the whole of his force iota the wood, and attacked the enemy, who continued a very smart galling fire as long as concealed amongst their native fastnesses, but Zed in confusion on the approach of the Britieh bayonet.. Our little force now Advanced upon the town, overcoming with matchless fortitude the difficulties of the country, and the opposition of an enemy treble our own number, assisted, by the fire of a battery, from which round shot and grape played upon us with destructive ra pidity. Our men began to fainter; difficulties and dangers seemed to increase at every step, and the absence of the Cool mander-in-Chief struck a damp on all hearts ' and destroyed every ray of confidence. I n va i n did Colonel Norcott and a few of his Officers cheer the into for Ward. The cries of " Where is ISPGregor ?" and " We are betrayed," resounded from all quarters, and no less than three times did the men retire towards the beach. Retreat, however, would have been total destruction to the whole force. 'ln this conviction, a few Officers generously devoted themselves, and in a moment of enthusiasm rushed into the battery, (the fire of which had been so destruc tive), and carried it with rapidity; about fifty men followed; and in the course oforn hour, the town was completely cleared of the enemy, and the flag of New Granada hoisted amidst shouts of joy and victory. Thus, after a continued action of five hours, was taken the town of Rio-de-la-Hache ; but our victory was like one of Philip's—such another would have ruined us. Our low (out of about 170 men which were landed) consisted of three Officers and twenty rank and file killed; four teen Officers and thirty-one rank and file wounded; and two Officers and four rank and file missing. The batteries and military stores taken were as follow First battery, mounting two 36-poupdere, six 9-pounders, and two 6-pounders; middle battery, mounting three long 9-poaud ers ; and a fort, mounting two 36-pounders, nine 9-pounders, three 4-pounder brass field-pieces, an immense quantity of ans. munition, shot, shells, grape, cannister, and about 300 stand of arms, besides two schooners at anchor in the harbour. When the delirium of victory had in some measure abated, and guards were plated, our attention naturally turned towards, our shipping, which, to our inexpressible astonishment, we be held under weigh, and standing out to sea., Thus we saw poi little force nearly destroyed from loss and fatigue, on the point of being totally deserted by their Commander-in-Chief, who, apparently in the design of acting over again the catastrophe of- Porto-Hello, was evidently withdrawing the only nidans of sal vation remaining for the miserable remains of his 'deluded vie. ' tine. At this crisis Col. Noreen jumped into a boat with a few men, and rowed off to the Commander-in-Chief's vessel, for the , purpose of re-assuring his Excellency, and reducing le a Kate ot calmness his agitated spirits. The presence of. Col. Nohow had the desired effect ; our vessel stood in shore and came to theistic bat the Commander-in-Chief did not mike his appeetries. In the mean Ilene, affairs began to wear a gloomy as, shore; the town was totally abandoned by the inhabitants soldiel's, and some of the °Seen, exasperated at the resists, they had experieneed, broke'open wine stores of wine and sp. tits, and a consequent- scene of inebriety, confusion, and even i ct on the hh. •- ninthly, ensiled ; and at this moment, h air the aillyny again at tithed total des_jruction 'rok 41Ir mist Icy 'hrtie ;nosed. Fortanatql, the enemy were dis bibrbened by the deterrni d etistiSbey d our attatk, and the less they had suffered, which well c onsiderthk, and they did sot again make their appearance. On the morning of the 6th, the Cartunander-ie-Chief havintsent for Lientnnant•Clobsneb Not cott and Rafter on board the schooner, received them with the utmost affability, paid them many compliments, and conferred 011 them the rank of full Colonels, and the title of Members of the Green Cross, an Order which bad been established on the' taking of Porto litho. At the conclusion of these ceremonies, which cost his Excellency a little staperfluous breath, these cers thought it their duty to represent to him the injury his ab.l sence had caused, the critical sitdition in which be and his troops were placed, and the absolute necessity of taking some imme diate measures to allay the discontent of his soldiers, and fear. trate the further designs of the enemy ; upon which his Excel lency, after having sipped his coffee, smoked a few segars, and adorned his person, reseived to venture on shore. The presence of Sir Gregor M'Gregor on shore, from which such happy. results were expected, produced no very favourable effect ; he was received with most palpable signs of contempt by his sulditrs,many of whom even expressed-an intention of shoot ing him. Discouraged by such a reception, he sought relief In .another quarter ; and, getting round him a few miserable rag ged inhabitants, some Indians, and women, whose insignifi cance was their best protection from the riotous soldiery, he wasted the day with them in fraternal embraces, in cries of " Vasa la Patria ," and in drinking healths " nine fatittnns deep," to the success of the glorious cause of patriotism. In the evening all the Officers dined with the Commander-in-Chlef, when he assured then, that all the inhabitants were enthusiastic in his fzvour, and that the next morning he would have a force of 500 Native Cavalry at hiecornmand, which, he added, would ren der him independent of his own troops, whose further assistance he was totally careless about. • Elated by the sound of his own bombast, his Excellency be. came, in vulgar phrase, " par-aafiatst," and marched at the head of his Officers into the fort,- where, under the safeguard of his unfortunate troops, who still would have been happy to die far him, be slept in profound repose till the morning. The assurances of the Commander-in-Chief, of the preceding evening, of the assistance to be expected from the inhabitants, t in au spir y ed destroyed the t when we learnt that amongst the enemy, who had so obstinately disputed our entrance, there bad troops c ex Wi t ihdacy,litile hope, which Vl"' however, to. been only eighty Splaish soldiers ; a circumstance, at first view, almost incredible, but which, from the most unquestionable evi dence, we found to be a certain fact, the enemy having consisted if about six hundred inhabitants of the town, and a number of Indians ;in fact, the whole population of the place. Upon in quiry into this circumstance, we learnt, front several natives, that they were induced to resist us, under the supposition that we had been pirates, and not Mende. This explanation was sufficient for the Commander-in-Chief, who continued his blind eonfidence, notwithstanding the damning proofs we every day received of the inveterate opposition of the natives ; amongst several instances of which it will be sufficient to mention, that an Officer and nine men were murdered by them in the neigh bourhood, and the few who entered the town came for the pur pose ofiemoving.their wounded men, "and valuable effects into the country, and of ascertaining our strength aid situation. The isitlyience and.hilictiyity of the Commander-In-Chief were asto tiithing;• no order was issued, no return of killed and weunded de manded, no efficient commissariat formed, no parades, no guards, no barrack ; in fine, nothing was done that ought to have been : every class seemed to be pervaded by the indolence of the Com mander-in-Chief, whose conduct could only be defined by nega tives, and it might with core propriety be said, what he did not do, than what he did: About noon, on the 7th, a schooner, bearing Spanish colours, appeared in the offing; the Commander in-Chief took his telescope, looked at her for an hour, and then turning about, smoked his segar with a degree of tranquillity that would have been admirable in the midst of an action. Colonel Norcott, who did not possess so much aessg field, rowed o ff with three b oa t s , an d, b oar di ng the Spanish schooner; brought her into port; and received the thaziks of his Excellency. During the whole of the transactions which have been hitherto detailed, Sir Gregor M'Gregor betrayed such a total want of those requisite qualities which should distinguish a Commander in -Chief, that every body felt astonished at the reputation he had for some time maintained ; but the distance of Europe from the seat of his operations, and the miserable Creole troops with whom he has been engaged, are circumstances which have ma terially favoured the cheat, and given him a degree of celebrity which L. L.- 11... A tar from ....-ta.... At Porto-Bello, his indolence, his want of military talents, of decision, and evert of courage, caused the loss of the place, and the destruction of his miserably deluded troops ; and, instead of appearing to profit by his experience, his proceedings at Rio-dee latliathe were so palpably similar, that even the meanest soldier saw and .expreued his opinion of his incapacity, and with ma hancholy countenance prophesied a similar result. Riot, drunken ness, and confusion continued to reign amongst the soldiersorito sated as if they had no Commander-in-Chief, and considered themselves free from all restraint and military discipline. A few marnples were made by individual Officers, but no legit measures were taken to put a stop to the growing evil. Alarms of the amnia of the enemy were given day and night, and yet Om a single piquet was ordered, nor guard established, except the one at the fort, to the protection of which the Commander-in- Chief was the first to fly on the least appearanceof elem. But ft was not from the Credos that the greatest danger was o be ipPllkhended, although they were in force in the neigh • , • ;It was front a body of three thousand Indians who sled amongst the brushwood In the outskirts of the • rwiliy like traltsuits, to pounce up on t h e i r prey. Their Deader. Iranian*, a'srild and savage wretch, came into town, and inured M'Gregor that his Indians were friendly to his cause • but when two of our Officers at different times went eat tlyielt them, they were fired upon instantly and obliged to retreat, and those of our soldiers who ventured a short distance into the country were murdered. These were bad specimens of Indian amity, but the blind confidence of Per Gregor continued. Affairs drew to a crisis every moment. Instead of the three hundred Cavalry, of which - Nl' Gregor had so confidently boasted, not one appeared.; nay, the few miserable natives that had re mained in the town, fled after plundering several houses. The priest who appeared to have been In our interest disappeared, as .ales did the Commandant of the place —a man appointed to that situation by M'Gregor himself. The Indians flocked in in large numbers, and commenced a scene of pillage and -drunkenness, which threatened to bring matters to a speedy conclusion : dia. ,patent and dismay appeared in every countenance. Colonels Morcott and Rafter incessantly represented to M'Gregor the shrilling posture of affairs. To advance into the country was, from the most obvious causes, Impracticable; to remain at Rio de-la-Hache was certain destruction; and to retreat by means of the shipping was impossible, for there were neither wetg. nor provisions on board. M'Gregor was entreated frequently to came to some certain resolution, but in vain : he appeared to be la the situation of a man under the operation of the night-mare, who beholds indistinctly. the most horrible sights, but is rendered Incapable, by some invisible power, of flying from them. At this moment, the undersigned Officers, who had borne ties • principal share of the dangers and fatigues since landing, seek* on one band a Comm an d er -i n- C hief totally .incompetent to the duties of his situation, and on the other a disorderly and muti nous soldiery, on the point of being destroyed by an overwhelm ing enemy, resolved to quit a sceqe, where they could bean longer of any service, and where their further stay would only Increase the number of victims. With this intention they em barked on board the schooner, which had been taken by Colo- nel Norcott, .and which (by desire of the Commander-in-(;islet) had been named After him, and has continued under his Salt command; and taking with hi m t h e remains of the Sal Regiment, including several wounded, rnen, th e y sa il e d f rom the Rio-de-la-liache on the morning of the 11th of.Octobvr.and : bade adieu to an adventurer, whose capabilities are in every fe e 1 specs adequate to the desperate state of his foitunes, and win% throughout the whole of his career, has'evinced a total absence 1 of talent, a selfish and unfeeling want of attention to the exist ence of his deluded victims, and a base pusillanimity in the hour of danger. ... . WILLI.* NORCOIT, Colonel, M.G.C. W. RA . colonel, M.CAC. . G..W. ti; .9 LIMIIa, Captain. . HUGH POWULL COX, Captain of Artippry. • j . W ITIS C 2r ici . 111() LWOOD RUNT, Suwon . .. • . W. ,D 4 Mak . Pins Lieutenant. . " AWN 4 ULMON, Lieutenant-Salittstieta. use oe musk ITOOOposh AND inseam, TR Tint AMAX AT nuoaw- LA•naenn, ox Tan 5111 or OCIOILIA, lola. - • KILLID.—Major Atkinson; Lieutenants liliddletou and 114- ACljl a, of the Regimentabf Hibernia, and 20 tank and lard of H3nour, Regiment of Hibernia and Salabrieta Wouitnr.n.—Coloriel De Lima, Adjutant-General, Wee ' and Captain Mestosa, of th e S ta ff ; I . an, Galan, Moran, Lafey, Cray, Cayanuah, jtikant Smith, of the Regiment of I - libel - via ; 1,,, Aell and Mullion, of the Regiment of Salabrieta : rank - and file. f"...rain Maher, Lieutenant Conroy. ar.d file. . P. AARY PROCEEDIN, . . . HOUSE OF LORDS, DECEMBER. ca. • The goys! Aisent sits given , by Commission, to r•- Meetings Bill, and the Irish laection 13111. 'l'hr I.r• CELLOIt site Earl of Haaaowat, and th e E ar l o f were t he Commissioners. Sir.Boashr Widscx brought up the Bakers' Ilt which was read al first.time. Mr. Bit000ro; brought down the Bla;;lntrious zad Libels'. Bill from the House of Ccmmons, with Accent:. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTES'OUR) , dered, that the Amendments be printed, and takun • deratton on Monday nest.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At half-past three o'clock the Ilcuse was rummoned, Usual manser, to the Lords, to hear the Royal Assnt Commission to the Seditious Meetings' Bill, and the vaned Elections in Ireland Bill. - A New Writ was ordered to be made out for the Dartmouth, In the room of A. H. Holdsworth, accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. The CHANCELLOR of the Ell CHEQU F. Committee of Supply to Wednesday, the 16th r said that be did so, ash; saw no reason to believe that !: be necessary to bring forward any financial measure House until that time, and as he had reason to • adjournment would take place to that time. 'Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from of Lochnaven, fur Burgh Reform—Refuted to the on Scotch Burghs. It was ordered, that the consideration of the ' the Returns for Bishop's Conic, which stood for som e January, do stand over to the <dud day of nbruary. kLASIttaIIMOUS LIBELS BILL Lord CASTI.EREAGII moved the third reuding of Sir ROBERT WILSON could not let that opportu , without entering his Frotest ag.,inst it ; because, utAltr text of putting down blasphemy and sedition, it save a F persons in the Administration of the Courtry to et 'moat injurious and unconstitutional coats out over the Pr; the name of the People, then, he protested against this the name of the People, not stripped of Gov er n mezt, cracy, of Clergy, of agistracy, and of learning —in , of that People to whom it was the highest honour to while They enjoyed the blessings of Constitution:) I • the name of such did he enter his protest against sr Whether or not the People would concur in this prolea, experience of the 'Revue would determine ; and it Wes . ' • also seen if the People would consent to support en . tins which bad virtually declared' that the powers derived from the old Constitution were inadequate to 'port of the Government. Sir HENRY PARNELL begged to call the attcni Noble Lord to the condition in which the law would 'tn.! Ireland after the passing of this law. An Act cf the glalature was still in force in that country, which author: Commissioners of Stamps to refuse Uamps to Jourra.ins had been once convicted of a libel against Governme n t. extension of such a measure as the Bill before the House land became, therefore, a most grievous hardship. Agar was another law in force there, which required t h at t h e notifications, even a play.bill , should have a halfpenr He trusted that the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) would tan attention to these subjects,.with a view to having the Liwt the two countries assimilated. The Bill was then read the third time and passed. ADJOURNIIIIINT Or Slit HOUSE. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, that he would Thursday move that the House do adjourn its sittiris from • day to the 15th of February'. IRROUCIN U 1 eltAlltrOte. Lord CASTLEREAGH took that opportunity of .attentive of the House to the Bill for tier atiranchionlent (3rompound. The Bill ?Nei been jest put i•ru his L.: d, a- ' perceived it bore the title of " A Bill to Disfrancin-r pound, and to enable the Borough Of Leeds to send hers to Parliament." This title required scone alteration; cause in the case of the Borough of Aylesbury, the Bra • disfranchised it was entitled " A ihll for , revei.tiq and Corruption . " and again, b ecause i t m i g h t u. suppa tbe title that the ' propriety of the transfer of the electiks ass to Leeds bad been concluded upon by his hlajesty's lie begged, however, not to be considered as hav, given any such conclusion; and to renew what he had alre4 avid upon the subject, namely, that however be might have agreed In the principle of taking away the elective franchise .fivia Grampound,he did not pledge himself to transfer it to any place; and also, that although disfranchisement might r artleular cue be expedient, still, that it should not create a principle for general application in finure. At the same tine, he would by no means be understoad to say that the same o medy might not be found expedient to be applied to any of other Cornish Boroughs, Mr. G. LAMB admitted that the Noble Lord bad given very fair repreeentation of what be had said on the subject ; and . observed, that it Was much better that it should be understood in the country, and particularly in the town of Leeds, on whit footing the matter really stood. Mr. GRENFELL agreed that the Noble Lord had not emitted that the mode proposed was the best practicable; but, thought he had declared besides, that he was not prepared to sit) that he should ultimately resist the transfer of the Reiresrat:- titan to Leeds. Lord CASTLEREAGH ccdndded In what had fallen free the last speaker. AD:OURXWZNT. On the motion of Lord Caret Rftw•Git,- it seal erdere4, 'the Home, at its rising, do adjourn to Thursday. • THE MERCHANTS PETITION. Mr. IRVING said he held in his hand a Peti:i, signed by some of the most respectable Mercha , in the City of London, in which they begged to se, cit the attention of Ministers and of the 'House to ' distresies under which they, - as well as the facturers of the country, were labouring. prayed that the House would adopt an immedi .inquiry into those distresses, which, they I:ad doubt, would succeed in bringing to light the C3lls of that distress. The Petition oiiginated in no filiy ous or party.motives, but it proceeded from a boc of men who did not wish to interrupt or embarra: the proceeilings of the House, yet were anxicus tha the case which they represented to the consideratiel of the House should meet with its serious attention. They expressed their approbation of the meastnc? which had just passed through the House, but ti., thought that that class of persons who had been hiring under a great extent of distress, had a riL to expect an inquiry into the causes of it, on the par: of -Government.- He had no instruction or sug lion from the Petitioners td point out any spec, climes of distress, but be hoped, that during an inve. tigation, if such were undertaken, Government :tr.d tits House would 'contemplate the system of restri( pen which operated against our trade, and whi. however expedient in time of war, was wholly Incom patible with a state of prate. There was also other means of facilitating the removal of commercial tilesi to which he begged to - call the attention Mintiters. It might be possible, perhaps, to take away the monopoly of the China trade, which vise conferred on the East India Company by. their Ch, ter, and from which they derived so very Tittle adv . - t.ue, as the traje . was chiefly carried. on tinnier American flags. ilte trade s if opened to English met- • .D.icnani ; um .. r ~ t 1 , 11. J. CALA. , • it i • r- 'Boosts, in Anait for 1819-20; co 3 are added, a Li - , &c. with the Ti li i t 7 Ihe full 1' others given in I 4. i . NJ 1` " . t ' . .1 i nark d a nd ie u atbcnie ! L e t, • , " o t cp s ai ' cu lc nyii, iitia-abGhrieitanutead:lS:rud: but did . 11 1 uoY, are fear le Pl 4c e the t evi E ING .s . ~cation , e of .fAccbiller. eseau: 113E11 $74, irh y e ion, to . , over Se rl s r : th rt : no , rich c The r rice 1, and r C 13211 mous zed taken , t'vc;e ' ng e S ,e d r co ut ntga rou :PtilCisCebbY:ilfC2ll 11 of Febriury, tliteovethtehact: o f TI postponed, r , RI erasure b?fore • on to think dist ISSOI ion from the StreS! the Petition ". is Hr 1.1 for s ome lion . . bruary, gut. chive recd of this arch , at opportur.ity . d IN sae, utder the , it save a power gbe rtry to exer.is e hick aver the P.Pr:. i to 1 igainst this Ikll ernoner.:, of Ari- th, r-, e honour to ht., fc utional iou inst such . met" • n this prolc.t, tai it woulti he 'g (31 port an Admini. .11s1( powers which • Orel equate to the east the attentio n of o fo SW would Th ,er cf the Irvh I tee hicii 1 • ep e to Jourra.in, ioverlmtes,t. It e the House Pala, d t ship. Again, th ee Ms ed that the.mare nd a halfpenny • • a) would Lira ha having the lam • ith $ rr passed. r.. lain :tut he wall ra ere s sic ibis from th.: • nee u , :i f i r t 4 y r. o ch f i c:l n li e ig the 0 ntcf etl U l ors a his L.: d, ar.d he lisfr.ocarc Gran-. h . send Two Mere- toe alteration; , iC ry, the Bill whiff „t e revei.tiq Bribery :se supposed from the electise free- his hlajesty's Xi. lit aider,cl as hart: ng at h.: had already er be might base elective franchise a transfer it to any C tinchisement might 91 it should not create of At the tam time, that the same re- or died to any of tbe ha Lord bad riven a NI 2 the subject ; and old be understood Ho I Leeds, on what Fit the Lord had not ad- io racticable; but be lot prepared to say gn f the Itepresent. -, ap, the it had fallen fram a re: was ordered, that 501 lay. m; WI land a Petition ti ble INlerchar.:s as begged to soli. fa e 'House to the en as the uring. r.:ey to an incrnedi.r.e they I:ad it ight the cx.lses 6 :ed in no fac:i- 1 d from a body it t or embarrass is e anticus that a consideratin ious attention. the measuicv )use, but they to had been slit- ,s, had a right it, on the part ion or sug : any specific irir,g an inre:- Nernment ::r.d tem of restric- and which, wholly lucorn- 1 was also other irnmercial dis- : attention el Naps, to take !e, which, .was by' their Char- ' tittle advan! iod. on um-ion- English racr- . -