The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-11 00:00:00

,•Z - ti . . taiiiity - of Grenville. '1 he Duke of tir.iitost's Sinecures and svoithl maintain h a il as many ; 'and, in short, it is in tics the nat;in is insooverishee, seat rednied to misery. 'f'l'u lend Ci v et jn , rice Ellcohorough, be-ides his salary', 'receives m Sinecuies •i•year ; Itesttle, Bevil s olliecs to sell and particiisasinein tlse e uolsintents of his (assist ga Tee Sineosres itt . the. Chief justice ‘N • 0111‘1 kt e q ) three Nt!..Gerisier the AvolueLetl • - General. ha• a clear 12,00.11. _)JrAe accOrtling to Isis •ow ; hesiles the stims given to the P. iitCes rest of site Doors et Adul , r 3 ;f3'. .tte: privaree property m the Insrl-ereeisipt.d Irons Ihe 'lissome Tex, and Ale Athlir.erin , ineker Mid •t he breaker of the Treaty or A miet,o.ii. fi t s 4 4,7 : 0.000i '(voted ferethe Civil List) as a tom. to the !lake .c.f .1%41: , Orly a SOLO' part 'irt .vhich has been repaid ; that wilhoet ititeree. lust noble ..examples they set ti;, of iiiak:og saciitiees--and ter reconciling the ' Petiole to their suitirings, frets: the weigitt of Coe taxes, auditse dis or the time,e • . - (;elitlernest, there was formerly a law for ptittive bedsze of dis tinetioe en every petiper teecivine alms from hi. Latish ; but whet e. :season I Feet ydo 'hoe :nen desei ye. who thus closet Aisis fr. in eve! y nein in every parish in Loglattil ? ho ee zee its manne .ri..et ptitsieiss, ai.ti siiseci• re places. hay prtvete puree, the. rr.'s.serrecs of Ilte:r cottiory. Gentleder, our ltsurping oligo•rehy•assuniesa nower of making roue errit ineecent ee• loos - Itii.-le.'seenors; 'ot &eerie - lining points of la* aepeal ; Asti of imprisening our persons without tri.el ; 1,1 'reakirreitiocis our houses with the staie'ine tomer, and murdering the ...'eople lac sties;ts. by soldiarrs - paid by the people •theinselses for ihtl , oc:cm:v.—Geoid -mut), before recent experts?, ce, we shots:lt here. ilaCdly ti osight that a here vote of the Lower House wieuid hive been suiticie t force. as arts Court of justice, to overpower the solemn Ictownt of King and Parliirsiesit. Gentletnets, the. J inleeis, in the t• me orC hailer; I. decided ilea ost Hampden in tie. greet cause of Ship aneees---14tit set uncluiti keens mie-etiir is/at - Ines Haisepileni"—Gentler ..nue • to Ilse ac , loti brought egaisist me by the presto' excellent High Westmiii ter, whids 1 detended-because I thou...lit it my .duty not to give tap y.•iir oeiite„ Lord lelletiborosieh dirj,:cicd the lury to find sereict for the High li. I ill, rereonsi •g in flits cliPi , OlS man " ttirtirO ;41,41411e ht ns - fit ought to go togeither, therefore as 1 had had the beoc . fir," sa'isi his Lordship, " by takiirg the scat, the • -ail: viols expenses ought to fall upon me." As t." taking the thin. was compulsoty, in duel etice .to the King'S . Writ ; and. what the. na.Nfrit is, of a seet in the Heuse of Commons, 1 am still to learn II :MAY Isis I.olCithip • cool" make so malty blunders, both in law and }exit . , in so smell a 33011ipd:s, It is impossible to iinaeine. toeless it could, for an howl, he suoposcal arat his Lordship spite froineet-- . 4 , tierce; aildeisai, having found a sent in the Hoarse, a convenient *mipming stone•to the Bind!, he hid iO4,otrell she aiseierit thcOry in, firm tnedern practice of the Constitution ; With the Latter of w g.,:rositip is :Am robe to theltill as weli a. quaintest as wttlethe former...l ?tut there is nothing in the comlitet of I rreges, either ancient Or mo- - 1 diem, to iiirluce u, to resits., at the shrine ot their aothotity. all pre , teusioris coalmen sense, .raid to ..•.re understanding of plain Esiglish. How re we the better tort lie noble srt liggl:a of oar the fat hers against arbitrary power in the King, it we endure it in much woese hands— sr hose of our tellow-subjects ? What signifies to us she law declaring,. Woo no man shill - te ieseri,ored without lawful i t nlgsexist of saes er eers, if the jarzon of " I.cx et consucto •(.s scrap of Latin is ever introduced to eover a cheat,) cats resider all the lawuse• less . ? M store is the flock the better from big ..afe from the - wolf; if. -they ate devoured by the very dogs placed to defend them ? What avails resistiog the Lion to tall into the jaws of the Jackell ? to have • intoned the Eagle's wing to become the s p ort or p re y of Daws and • ites ? Despicable condition ! chnted, sold, and arbitrarily ruled by ter own servant, who exceed Judas in treachery, and equal to him in' •guiltl—Thelleuse cf Commons, instituted to redress our grievances., is become the gvatest of all grievances itself, the ready instrument of ;all our oppressors; a two-edged sword to destroy, itistead of a shield jo protect-us. • Gentlemen, the people of England arc entitled, by several positive laws, as well as by that which is superi or to all ) Law, Reason and . -Commas Sense, sort Ccininon Good, to ANNum. AR•LIAMENTS and :free Elections. The.se are the vital principles of the Constitution; the only means of Ilisuring Justice, Peace, and Security to the corn =unity at large. Gentle' en, we once had this happiness ; our Laws were made by Representatives of our own choosing; our money wasnot taken from 'us but by our own consent, and the Laws made by commen consent were the meesure of the King's Rule and the subjects obedience. To use•the words of our great Dramatic Bard, • " Look here upon this picture, and on this • " The counterfeit presentment of two Brottsers, al See what a grace was seate.l on this brow." " A combination, and a form, indeed, " Where every God did seem to set his seal. " This was your CONSTITUTION, Look now, what follows " Here is your CONSTITUTION." We may well conclude by asking, frith the Poet, • What the devil was't hat thus h cozeu'd es at bootlnieis blind ?" •••1•-• . TITE NATIONAL- itrrTsTPl? . ••- . • Oxford, Oct. 6, Nl2. OCT. 1 ia Gentlemen, under the present system ito change of Ministry can be perstraiwinly and importantly useful to the eritantry: - The Present are just as good as airy of their pre., ct rs-ers during the present reign, or as any that are likely to .timeretl them.. The fault sir not, in the sielividuals, bid in the rastem ;—a• rirstrm tancler which no station ever did or can prosper I—J st,tlll nt the most infant-lot and ruin. - pikrted corruption. T.) thi4 Otters:al is.tuation of the Country, fele. sir: to draw .toe atter.tion ht my c•uatuvrnen, perstta,:ed that 'how hence alone port.ee..-.ls all out mtornal stiderink,s, and external weak. I err:6 ; by the removal tit tbi= ety stem, ynn ni iy hive foreign ton. :l quest. if that is etc-is able ; by tlw non renroval ett it, ever vietOty mat Lonteleipt ‘l l 4 serve 4111.11 to collative. and to cos ily the notional stivittlttee depravity, and y. ststen. merst he pot a b l ot) to by r JEWS hem without the doe,rs of the of Ccrmous, fur, be asia.ired, the Gentlemen within will never refuetn thetritclves.— They will no mere part with, heir rotten borooglis than a hi g h way .' man will% his prqerls. t•PI RI T of NA M t' DEN must revive in the breasts of our C Gehtltmen, "And the l'eople,.w th .led voice, must DIMA%It R4)5111-.11' a iarigriagc t or to be misnodtr. stood. Until vane stmia spirit shall raraiiirest irsclf, lam desirous 0 ; withelrawittg troin acti• g it , part io the Low rAack, carried on in St. ; co! Tes'it,hiliA two your 'hands your delegated trust; of re. • 'tot tiing to that Vettirelrtect had tinsel% when you so unexpectedly ptaced toe in yo•rr service ; 'Wert ing that in so degra.ted, and di.graditt,; .rate of the counts, .. 4 hire po,t of hon o ur is a priyatat stall n." At the same titre, GenVo.inert, be well issetred, that nottriarg can ellace trout my receillectien the deep !int. r-ssion of your noble and , generous coivtuct. 0n this pee itt all the wo: hi ale . agreeil, whatever tidier...awe of opinion eXtst aLtAlt tite object of your choice. Get tlemen. your kind ;Aid consid‘'reeee behaviour has Made •a bur. then, fir too heavy for iny•shonideri. sit taster thant could hate expected. Not oi.ly.have• I - been tree • from importunity . but even from the slightest tepu:st liana a single instividuat of your numerous body. . . . Gentlemen, this cont h sct fills me. with esteem end. respect,. a nd must ever bind me to the I.lectors. t 4 West► inster . by indissoluble ties of gratitude and affection.' hut, Gentlemen, Edo most earnestly wish to sp.sre myself the erabrtification, and ;on the disanpointtneut of p.osit.g a painful lit: in undignified becatise unsupperteci, awi unavailing efforts to stem 3 tt;f11011 of corruption; as itiesi.,iible as iufonous ; of " dipping buckets into empty wells, and gnAt,ing °Lel ''. in ti awing nothing up:" G entlornm, • • I rcniaiti mnst prOu,ptut gutitutk and erwtri;esn, Your Servant, - . CIS BURDETT. 'TO THE I N DEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEW, • 1 should tie equally unworthy of your present favour and future support if I could abandon the can ,e,wn,:ch,you have invited me to maintai.i. Zdo nut consider myself an ordinary Candidate upon 211 ordinary occasiottliii is only solicitous for his cat‘ n success, but an ohject selected* you for the di s play of your zeal, and who hay ing accepted your kiavitation, !mist firmly await the result. I t;llere fore should not rectile, even if I did despair - Of an tiltimate triumph; and as I am not-Pt - destitute of hope, I shall cLeei fully te•lrem the pledge which I gave, and J lull continue to contest the Election dur ing the continuance of the Pol. But whilst' • rbits • pe.rform my duty to you, 1 Must remind )ou, that yoti have important and sa crcd duties to tWscharge to --yOutselves, to, your children, to your country, and to the world.. The whole Empire observes your con duct with anxiety, intermingtt with hope. Your ixample has frequently animated the drooping advocates of Fuipdom and 'Peace-- • do not now doom them to• - desparr. Multitudes, ignorant of the , calculable difficulties you have to sur mo u nt, will impute your failure to causes equally unworthy and intorrectl A-;a1 by your CnarlittA, 'who know and create the oli,tacles, it will be Pepreseilted xs w i s indi cation that the ,prescnt syste uis approved by you—that the - enlight ened Inhabitants of the metropulis disc Lin Peace, Liberty, and Re form—and that your It I,bours and peat remonstrances• !lave pro ceeded only front a minority, ignorant, riisatlectedi of perverse The baseless fallacy of such conclusions we indeed. can ex plaht-'--but let us not leave " a peg to hang a doubt upon." C:INE day (MoNo,Ay) only remains. • •Contentn• the treats which would app a l the apathy which would paralyse,' and the .protnises Whiclf vroold allure you. Let every unpolted Eleoor hasten to maintain iris pendcnce, and to exercise his rights, and avert impending calls and degradation lay etibrts proportionate to the emergency, .by . ttnanirnity 1 and promptitude. I have the hollow to remain, Gentlefffent Your devoted faithful seittant, MATTHEW. WOOD. Saturday, October 10, 1812. . The Committee tweet on Monday at-the Paul's Head Rooms, Cateaton- street, where they will thankfully receive your communi cations and entreat you to "form yourselves into Sub-cormhittees o ti r. every district, canvass the victuityi earl accomp an y the V.orors tllP without delay. diii fa PI