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1 1 . .--% ' - - ..' . 7: . irr ' ' . -.", : - . --, -'7 1 - 1 7',.. --"' . 4.*. 4 - • ' '''-- ' .- . - • .. ••‘.. .? A _ iii 1 ' , IN.: P .0. - . • 4,114 1 1. ... .. .....'" f Oii ...-'4941111C:M.'4.44: " • r f . -.4 - AO • 4 . 01 . SD , \ if -4 " 4 \i . e•- 4 , 4 4-.16-X I lii 1it,....$ , i l t , . TUMBER 10.` _ '97 • GENTLEMAN MISSING. TWENTY GUINEAS REWARD. A GENTLEMAN, about Twenty-seven Years of - 16, - Age, in deject:4 spirits, absented himself frnro his Home en Sunday week. He bad on a suit of black, with a brown great co=t, lined with dik, crape nn his hat, and grey gloves. lle is about five feet eight or nine inches high, thin, without vbiskers, inelintd to a florid complezion„rather a long nose, I grey eyes, and brown hair; a little deaf, and frequently liltnever should wet with the said Gentiesnan, will be pleased t. t ke vire of him, give Immediate notice, by express, to Mr. &Melton Rugby, Warwickshire, and they will re t:ive the above Reward, and all expenses instantly paid. Ftllll.ll.ll' 45.1890. It being probable that he may have come to London, in formation is requested to be forwarded to Messrs. Fct.Lza and L i lawas.t., Solicitor', Carlton Chambers, Regent-street. Early in March will be published, in Three Vols. 12mo. THE MONASTERY ; a Romance.—By the Au thor of Waverly," he. • Priord far Liftman, Mast, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Lon eon ; Coosa thle and Co. and John BellAntyne, Edinburgh. ►MISS BENGEIVS LIFE OF TOBIN. 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Gaul miat Kw, HAVING accepted the - flattering invitation of a numerous and most respectable Body of the Livery, to become a Candidate for the honour of Representing the City of London at the ensuing Election, founded upon a manifestation of their approbation of my public conduct in six successive Par liaments, I take the liberty of respectfully soliciting the favour of your Vote and Interest to replace me in that distinguished and responsible situation, the anxious and arduous duties of which (should I have the gratification of being elecied) I pledge myself to discharge with the same faithful zeal, industry, acd independence which acqu:red and retained the confidence of my fePow-citizens daring twenty-seien years of the most eventful period of the history of my Country. The considerate indulgence of my Friends having induced them to request me not to undertake the duty of aopersonal canvass, will, I trust, be accepted as a sufficient apology for that omission : should, however, the time permit, some of my tosiily will have the satisfaction of waiting upon you, to offer that testimonial of respect on my behalf. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servant, Lyndon Tavern, Feb. 17, 1820. ♦Vbl. CURTI& The Committee for conducting the section meet daily at the above place, where all Communications respecting it are re quested to be addressed. And, in consequence of the misre presentations which have been circulated, they feel it incumbent upon them publicly to declare, that their Canvass is neither in conjunction with, nor in opposition to, any other Candidate. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. TIOUSg. OF LORDS, FRERUARY Several Private Bills were read a third time and paused. A Messenger from the F.ast India Company appeared at their Locdseips' Bar, with the Resolutions of the Court of Directors, respecting the Annual Account of Salaries, Gratuities, and Pen sious.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Seim, from the C'harnber of London, presented the Annual Account of the Receipts and Espenses of the Or phans' Fund. The Liverpool Church Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord A UCK LA N ll• moved for different Returns respecting the State of Insolvent Debtom—Ordered. The Earl of BLESS I NGTON postponed, till the meeting of the new Parliament, his motion for a Committee to inquire into the state of IrelAnd. The Noble Earl intimated that he under. stood a aimilsr motion was to be made in the other House at an early period in the ensuing Session. Lord S I 1):11OUTII -presented the Report of the Beard of Officers appointed to inquire into places in Reversion, which stated, that such places had been granted since the sth of Ja nuary, 1819.—Ordered to lie on the table. His Lordship next presented the Report of John Henry Cap per, Esq. Superintendent of Vessels appointed to take out C&- vies* to New South Wales.—Ordered to lie on the table A Message from the Commons, brought up tie kids Elec tion Poll all, with the amendments, as agreed to. OF LONDON. G imrtzsazw. WHEN I offered myself to your notice at the last General Election, as a Candidate to represent you in Parliamer;i, I made an explicit avowal of my principles, which in the event of my success would guide my political conduct. Elevated to that distinguished situation by your unbiassed suffrages, I have endeavored to perform its important duties, with zeal, fidelity, and attention—with an honest desire to sup pet the rights and privileges of my &Sow-citizens, anti to pro mote the real interests and prosperity of the Empire. The dissolution of Parliament will shortly terminate the trust which you then so generously reposed in me, and you will be cal!ed upon to exercise one of your most valuable rights. The kind end friendly reception I have experienced during my canvass, and the very flattering Resolutionsof support unani. mously pass.d at the numerous and respectable Public Meeting assembled this day, encourage me to solicit, with the most san guine expectations of success, the renewal of your confidence. I trust, my put conduct will afford the best assurance of my sincere and zealous attachment to our excellent Constitution, of my firm determination to support every measure of Economy and Retrenchment, and my ardent desire to promote a fair and f free Repmentation of the People in the Canoes House o Parliament, which is equally essential to the stability of the Throne, and the Liberties of the Subject. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, King's Head, Poultry, t JOHN THOMAS THOItP. Feb. 113, 1320. DURHAM COUNTY ELECTION. AT a Meetingcif FREEHOLDERS of the . COUNTY of DURHAM, held this day at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, London; it was unani mously Resolved ' First—That the Hen. Wawa' Powurr, our Represen tative in the last two Parliaments, has merited our approbation by his independent and assiduous discharge of the duty en trusted to him. Second—That we have hard with satisfaction of Mr. Pow. 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On the Order of the Day being read for the third reading of this Bill, Earl GROSVENOR rose and said, that though he considered the measure incorrect in many re spects, still he did not feel himself at liberty to op pose it, inasmuch ss there was no other means by which the army could be kept together. He thought, however, that it was competent to him to propose a reduction of the force, which k was intended to keep up, at a time when, as he had already observed; the country was admitted to be in a state of perfect tran quillity. He could not help, at the close of a Par liament which was to be dissolved with so much precipitation, saying a few words with regard to that system which his Majesty's Ministers had hitherto pursued. Whether they would attend to any advice from so humble an individual as himself he • could not presend to say ; nor indeed had he much reason to expect it, as the whole tenour of his political con duct had been opposed to their measures, yet he , euuld not retire from the present Parliament with out expressing himself dissatisfied with the system upon which they acted, and conjuring them to alter it. There was much business of the highest import ance to be gone through, before a dissolution took place, and ,hich could have been completed in the 1 regular order, instead of the hasty manner in which it was urged on, were Parliament allowed to conti nue sitting, during the time prescribed. Among those questions, wnich claimed the peculiar atten tion of the Legislature, was that with regard to the Civil List, in which the maintenance of the Royal dignity was so much concerned ; and the situation of the Queen formed another most important ques tion, which ought to be considered before a dissolu tion took place. And when he considered in addi tion to this, that there were four Boroughs notori ously corrupt, respecting which there could be no previous decision, he could not help addressing him self to the Noble Earl (Liverpool) with the view of assuring him that such di system could not be conti nued in accordance with the wishes of the people— (Hear, hear). And he would also observe, that the rigorous principle hitherto acted upon, was not one by which any set of Ministers could ever expect to become popular, or to secure the public voice in their favour. They sr ght to relax in their measures, and evince some inclination to meet the general will. If any one thing coull more forcibly than another prime the necessity of concession, it would be found in that discontent which pervaded all ranks. The recent events which had taken place, both here and at Paris, tended to shew the height to which 'such dis content had risen, and the . atrocious crimes which it was capable of originating. They all must have heard of the late enormity in France, and of that which a knot of desperadoes meditated in England. Upon the latter, however, he should say very little, further than to express his abhorrence of it, as it would soon come before the proper tribunal. The course which such wretches pursued to gain their ob ject, could not be condemned in language too forci ble. If that object was vengeance, they acted in di rect violation of. the commands of GOD, to whom alone all vengeance belonged ; and if they sought political freedom by such means, they deceived them selves most egregiously, and became only objects of universal execration, yet while he should be the last to advise any concesssion to such wretches, he wished to impress it upon his Majesty's Ministers, that the people did not participate in their wickedness, though he could not forbear from expressing his opi nion, that the course pursued by the advisers of the Crown, was calculated to produce so& a things, as would lead to atrocities of the description meditated—(Cries of No, so). It was a fact, that the French people were perfectly tranquil, till they saw on the part of the Government, a disposition to encroach upon their freedom, by violating the Char ter : and thus in this country the people were excited to detcontent, b 7 being prevented from meeting pub licly, as belere, to declare their grievances, and seek redress in •{ constitutional manner. The Earl of LAUDERDALE rose to order, and with much warmth said, he could not conceive how any system of Government which had ever prevailed in this country, could possibly be assigned as a cause for so heinous a crisp: as that which was contem plated—( Cries of Hear, hear ! film both sides of the House).—This he should repeat, though he had al ways voted in opposition, and he could not help thinking the assertion of his Noble Friend, a species of apolog y for the wretches now in custody. Earl GROSVENOR resumed, and deprecated the interpretation given to his words by his Noble Friend. He only wished that Ministers should resort to a sys tem of conciliation, instead of one of unnecessary ii . gouc. He was not likely to be accused of any indif ference to the prosperity of the country, than which' nothing could be ne4rar to his heart. He felt it his PRICE SEVEN -PEN CE- duty, as holding a seat in the Legislature. to com ment on proceedings, which he thought likely to af fect the interest of the People at large ; and the pre sent was an occasion which he could not omit to advert to them. It was well known, that we were intimately, perhaps too intimately, connected with the Powers of the Continent, and by these we had, at various periods, been led into the most distressing difficulties ; and the situation of most of them now, was calculated to do the same. When we looked to Spain, nothing appeared more unsatisfactory than its internal state. In like manner, when we looked to the northern parts of Italy, to Germany, and to France, we beheld only one general aspect of dis content, which threatened the very worst conse quences to the peace of Europe. Ministers acted as if under the influence of fear, from a knot of despe radoes ; and appeared to make no diqinction be tween them and the mass of the Pe, ple, by whom they were held in abhorrence. Yet could it be de nied that the Natioh bad just pounds for complaint, when the great distress of the People was consi dered ? This distress was occasioned by the heavy weight of taxation, and a continued system of impro vident expenditure. Though the Monarch ought never to yield anything to lawless outrage, still con ciliation might be blended with firmness towards his subjects generally, and that with the very best effects. The Noble Earl then adverted to some other topics of general policy at former periods, among which he noticed, as highly reprehensible, the Proclama tion of the Allies against Bonaparte on his return from Elba. He next returned to the question before the House, and said, at present he should propose no reduction of the Standing Army. The Earl of LAUDERDALE expressed himself gratified at having giveh his Noble Friend an oppor tunity of explaining himself so satisfactorily. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. THE SLAVE TRADE. The Marquis of LANSDOWN wished to know, from a Noble Earl opposite, if the Commission .appointed three years ago, relative to the suppres sion of the diabolical traffic in Slaves, was now in full activity ? Earl BATHURST said, that delay had unavoid ably occurred in the Commission on the part of Portugal. The Marquis of LANSDOWN said, he felt anxious on the subject, as he understood no reparation would be made for ships taken by the Government of Por tugal, unless there was a Portuguese Commission acting. Earl BATHURST replied, that matters went on now precisely in the same state they would have done, if the Commission appointed by Portugal were sitting. He understood that one of the Mem-, ben of that Commission had died, and that his plate had not yet been tilled up. The Marquis of LANSDOWN desired to know if there was any objection to produce the Report of Captain Sir George Collyer, relative to the Slave Trade ? as he intended to move for it. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, it might perhaps be better to deter the motion till an inquiry WAS in stituted. BOROUGH' SUSPENSION WRITS' SILL. The Earl of CARNARVON rose to move the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill. His Lordship began by adverting to the pro ceedings taken by the House of Commons on the subject, which he went into at some length. The question, he observed, did not stand now on the same grounds as it would have done if a dissolution of Parliament were not to take place; for in that ; case the Speaker's writ would have been sufficient, whereas the dissolution made it a mere nullity, ,He contended, that not to pass the Bill would be acting indirect contravention to that principle which had been maintained in the s House of Commons for the last fifty years. In fact, were it nut to pass, the parties concerned would proceed to an election, as it were, with halters round their necks, It would be deluding the Public, to impose on them the idea that their Lordships could enter upon the inquiry to any effectual purpose; for the delay it would coca- • sion must necessarily prove fatal to the Bill. No such inquiry would have taken place, even by the House of Commons; and therefore, to reject the Bill, because a more effectual one Co OISLADOW4,III. pared, would be a. most unjustifiable act. It was said, that to suspend the privilege of a Borough, was a violation of constitutional right. Nothing 'could be more intiracient than such a principle in the pre. sent case. The question was not, whether they should violate the privileges-of a borough, but whe ther they would avail themselves of a most impor- aig...apputuanitftwinve..de Varese:se of corruption? If they rejectml th e Bill, it would amount to a de claration that they were unwilling, to concur with the Commons in suppressing corrupt. pr ac ti ces . li e. had never been a great friend to any sy s t e m o f Reform in the Representation of the People ; b ut , when he saw the Constitution covei tly as sa il e d an d undermined, by a system the most destructive to i ts integrity. it would be abandoning every con scientious sense of duty; if he withheld the expres sion of his aversion frohr It. The conduct of the House of Commons, of all parties and persons in that House, were most laudable in the work of ex ' terminating corruption. But wl, t must be the feel ing of the country, when a Bill, intmducird by a young Nobleman, who had,.by his zeal, talent, and eonsatutional efforts, rendered the name-of Russell endeared to his country, for the purpose of repro- Lbating and stemming a shameful course of corrup tion ; and if, when that Hill met the decided appro bation of the first Minister of the Crown, and all his colleagues in the House of Commons, whist would be the feelings of the country if the House of Lords should interpose their el Wing negative, and frustrate the golden hopes which the inLrodtlit tion of the Bill, and the approbation it met with from GoVesaltnent had excLed; and that, too, at a This day wore published, In 4to. with Six Portraits, price XS. Ss. boards, MEMOIRS of the PROTECTOR, OLIVER CROMWELL, with Original Letters, and other Fa mily Papers. Ey OLIVER CROMWELL, Esq. A Descendant of the Family. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. • Of whom may be had, 1. 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