The National Register. — London, England, 1809-05-28 00:00:00

Al it Y 28. P! iriog from the command of the Channel Fleet, dated ort met . - Stteet, 122.1 A oril, NOT, expressing the high sense his Lordship eterained of the nbility, zeal, and perseverance di spirted 11 omiral Harvey, in the command of a detached squadron, du, log 119 one xampled long cruise otf the north roast of Spain. Toe Admiral then withdrew with his Counel, Mr. St-de:int Best, and the Court Will cleared of strangers, for the purpose of deliberating on the evidence, on which they were occupied a considerahle time. At leugth strangers were re-adiuittetl, when the. Rear-Admiral taking his station on the left hand of the De puty Judge Advocate, that Gentleman pronounced the follow- n:g SENTENCE: C :art, having. hear., and deli beratNl upon the evidenee which li,id be!'n ad,!;ceil in uopport of the harges exhibited against it ear- AA tniral Eli%b Harvey, and having; heard ts ltnt be had alleged in his deft-nee, are nr opinion that the charges (}r vclionn•nt insultinz tang:lige to the It ight him. Lord Gant tiior, :Art •#t* having ot!ier ise she wit great disrespect - to him as r 111 Chief, on board his Majesty's ship Caledonia; ond of f - .:.vin4 spoken of his Lordship to several Oilicers inn dis rospeu Co! manner, have been proved, and the Court doth there f<o.o a4jodge the Rear-Admiral Eliot) Harvey TO BIS DIS 111ISSEDIIIS NiAJCSTY'S SCRVIC ; and he is dismissed accor ding!). the Court nu, then di.4olyed. ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF TB E ELECTORS OF wEsrmiNsTrit. Tuesday Ih-re ‘caq a dinner to commemorate the anniversary of the triumph of Westtniuster and the purity of election. Sir litudett Asa tite Chairman, and the Committ e e w h o cowiucted the election %%ere the stewards. After dither the following toasts were given, and drank with great applause : " The King and the Act of Settlement;" —'t Magna Charta ;" —" The People anti the Bill of Rights ;"—" The Purity of 'Election, the first step to Parliamentary Reform." The next toast which :F given, was, 66 Westminster's pride, Sir Francis Burdett." This toast was drank with great applause. Sir. F. Bun. DLIT then rose and spoke as follows :—" Gentle men, I hope that the satisfaction with which I have met you' on ere preient occasion, and those feeling!: of respect for the Lice tors of I'Vestminster, which shall never he effaced from my me mars., will continue to he manifested in my future conduct. We may be said now to have arrived 4t a new and important :era for the cotuitry, since it has been unblushingly, and at least practically. avowed in the House of Commons, that they ;:re wit the Reprewntatives of the People, and though de tected in their iniquity •as to the procuring of seats, they NCI nahlushini..tv defend it—( Load opp!oures.)—l am sorry to say, that great as is the example of purity of election, which has been f•et l i e the City of Westiniuster, yet few of the elective bodies in this country are in st situation to profit by it. You r ,.; 4 ht as well hold out flit. blessings of free air and exercise to pri soners confined and shackled in Newote, a: call upon them t o imitite the gi rat and :istriotts example of this city. Gentlemen, w lien YOU did me the h on our to elect Inc your Representative, I told you, that I did not expect that any ex ertions of mine would be of day use; and I cannot even now say that much or any thiliz has been done in the present Session of Parliament. Still, however, I mu-t think, that the conduct of my lionaurable friend on my right (Mr. Wardle) tended greatly to open t!tr e3es of t h e people; and certainly thi' we most say, that to him who took upon himself all the risk ant' danger of the propo•ed enqiiirN, is due all the Imnotir resti!; thercrrona. ( Loud applaus, - .)—:11v ilsatour,ble Friend nn kit (Mr. :ladacks). has also brought fort. and tutu distinct charges, in what i• called a tan : 4151c stt:tpe ; but sriint has been the con t-queace Is), it has beett proved that that lions:, thick saaubt be the oriyan of tile country, has been completely part used, .and both sidei of the Douse, have jained in determinin, Celt no enquiry into such baneful praetices should be gone into. With all their usual hypoeri.iy they first denied the charge, and rifled for proof!‘; but w hen my Hon. Friend eSrere.l to I.rirg pro 9 f., th en .the N say, 0! there is no need of proof,;, it is ac f.nawl-44.:1 on all hands that such practices of purcha•Jing rub: have ex i•I ; that very extent of the practice. which formes the greate.4 evil, is pleaded'as a reason by no enquiry should he m a de.—(Appian.)es It lia• been said, that a recom theintatiou from the King lit Parliament on the subject cf t!te-e abuses w atild be an attack tot the privilege.; of the CUSO ; but j bhutild like to s;ec i3tAh the 3-1 . ;:i; and tuc People at i3stav 319 with these 100 ough-mon;:ers, tloinqh it has been Mid, that they could t:treaten h:oh the 1: log aoli the People. It was stated as a fact, 1) llorite Tooke, seine years ago, in a petition to Pal fiament, that scat, is the Ileti•e of Commons w ere as onto rnool% tow ;: ht ;old :Ad as ,t;ills in Smithfield k;•t. But, it seems, thi- prictiee is henceforth to meet w lib their support and dofeec:-, Wt. recollect, that poor flamlio, the Oilman, fell a sacrifice to tin' tzoritosed purity t- t the NI blisters of the Crown. But how insii4nitkant %vas his attempt at corruption, when compered ith the s:le of beats in Pas liament ; and how gross is it, that such a poor ignorant man sherild be ruined, while those en oged in ar, tragic of the representation of the people remain unpuois!%ed, and are even defended !—(4pp/.7oss). I shall now say a few words on Parliamentary Reform; and here, I most , Unit its friends have represented it as a much more difficult attempt than it rerelly is, while its enemies have called it an Utopian scheme, pot tit for men but angels to live under. lint what is the object of all free Governments, and par ticularly of our free Constitution ? Is it not to separate those. who receive and es peml, and those who are to pay the public money oust of their own pockets ? Even buys or girls at school will know when they hate got a sweetmeat, that the same party . shall not divide and chose at the same time. In the same Ray, at . thisdinner, what is it that we Jacobins—(A laugh )—want I Is it not that as we have to pay the bill, so we should first see the reckoning ? in the same way, is it not fit that the people, who pair the money of the nation ou t of their own pockets, should chose per-- sons who may look after the account of its expenditure ?' Dere he could not help noticing the coodoct of one of those Gentle men in the House (he meant Mr. Tierney), who was once called a Jacobin, like one of us, hut was now so changed, that tor one cried out more lustily against those who exposed the shameful parts of the Constitution, though he himself had exposed lttt abuses on former occasions. Mr. Tierney had formerly thanked God he did not belong to nay party. Now this reminded him of what Sir J. Falstaff said to Dame Quickly--" You are a thing."—" What thing ?" she replied.—" A thing to thank God for." For his part, neither he, nor any of his Honourable Friends by him, wished to belong to any party but the Public-. There was something suspicious about all parties, for they com monly had some interest peculiar to themselves. Tice comfit( tof party men too often reminded him of the advice of Durbisrir . ,l 9 his brother constables, telling them, that when t hey e:;n i jit thief, the hest thing was to spew what he was, acct steal , out of the company. lie trusted, however, 6E:: the sp:f st ef the country would revive, and that the causu for w Welt i;ufop.. den fell, and Sidney bled, would not be lost by the apathy of. the people. The next toait that was given was, "Lord Cochrane," which was drank s% ith great opriause. r,ir Bunt - JETT then 4:tve '' Mr. 'Wardle, nnd the I‘.'s mem.. hers who supported hint on his 'notion." This toast was drank. vith an extraordinary degree of enthusiasm. Alt-. NV t n DIA.:, in returning thanks, felt a particular satir faction in paying every possible respect to the purest body of e:ectors dpplause ). Ile had really studied the , :uhject of fi nance, and was convinced in his mind, that if there was a tiotzse of Commons really representing the people, the in . - come tax might he taken off the first year. ( ,Ipplatrie)- If, iii :!.it‘, - hour friendly to the people., he were called up.. on to say how this could be done, he %1 oniti rta , lity ac cept the challonlre. It 7k as full time for the people of Erglaud to enquire into the catiiies of the grit.% ous tairdeni which the'' , bear, when their annual expenditure had increased '..rom 16 to 70 oe 60 millions annually. Ile did nut foto w h ow t h at astr Col could be do. e away hut b..' p , :tlian!eatary re- • forte. Ile hoped the nation at large would feel the necessity of moderation, as well as firmness ; fur if any want of mmleratiou W;.4 in be foutifl either in their act ious or their language, their enemies %you'd nut fail to take advantage of it. (Liu,/ op p!ttuvcs.) von t he health of Mr. INfaciocks !Icing drank, 111 r. 11adoel; , :, in a Fpeerh of con,lderable !env!) expect:4A his narinest thaiiki for the honour conferred no :inn •tiv the • :vieetine . , and profet•sed to r,ppeile there old v a. , an ekoor of 1; e; v 4 Ito had voted f. , ,r their wortity e novv in the chair (how/ applutocc). After this the ." Livery of Lon(lon,'.' the " retstino7l Coon, il of London," and the counties :tutl cities htu h 1)80 0,p• , , , —e.1 their seotimettt* in favt,yr of pa:lialsentziry CI d a..!: n hit great applause .tioNtie patriotic and convivial Pons.: '.l*(4f4-! su::.-, an 4 company retartin , :d to a late 12,4m1'. THE NATIONAL REGISTER.