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S! RANCIg BURD Arr. 41411410X611 11l TUB TOWER. The Address edit Freeholders of Middlesex, in furl County assembicrl. Stn—With the name of Hampden, conseciated to the eternal gratitude awl veueration of English men, for having resisted the illegal exercise of power by a Kea g, the present and future ages will couple the nine of Burdett, for having resisted au illegal exercise of power by a House of Commons To you 'we are indebted fur having caused dis cossioos 'which have done honour to our age and ration: but such a variety of principles base beer) shaken in the strange proceeding*, against you, that the extent of our obligations to you, first, for your constitutional doctrine, and then for yuur resisting the violators of our Constitution, cannot as yet be estimated. We trust the obligations will prove beyond all estimate; as we trost they matt termi nate in a restoration of that viola' ed Constitution. Whatever, Sir, may he the prostitution within certain walls, whatever may he the profligate abuse and pvenlation of office, we inky, however, congra tulate. our country, that she has yet abledefenderaof her rights, who, with you, are rallying around our two-fold Constitution : a Coustittition that hath nut only a law, which is 4. the perfection of reason ," but whenever that law may meet with lawless oppo sers, Moth also " a sword of its own," without need ing to horrors soy other, native or foreito, for the sure awl resistless enforcement of that law. Inquiry, Sir, is now awake, anti at work. Rea son, founding stark nn constitutional principle, bath now to decide, whether, for ritherkeeping the peace, or for enforcing any process of English Law, recourse ought to he ultimately had to the county power, or to the standing mane : that is, shall the pripleomil the law of England, be upheld by tile vitt: power, or by a military force ? It is in fact to be decided, whether Goverieninits (whatever tie their form, or their current deournims timi) are not el.:linable to be cisd governments, or military governments; that is, free st rtes, or despot isms. as they shall ultimately resort, for exectitioutif their laws, to the civil poser, or to a military force? Time county power of England, which his been aptly called the martial brooch of the Constitution, is yet strictly a civil power, hieing conipased of free citizens only : whereas the stooling army is wholly a militiry force, composed of " soldiers;" who, Com the nature of the military law to which they are subject. are not free citizens; arid, according to Sir IV. Jones, " in fact no more than iustruments io the hands of their commauders." When (as remarked by Blackstone) the Laws and Constitution of t::is kingdom, know no such state as that of a permenal standing soldier;" awl when (as observed by Sir W. Jones) the power of the county includes the whole civil stage. from the Duke to the peasant ; while the military state, as such, forms 110 part of that poser, being ler a different command, and " subject to a different law ;" must it not follow, that the law cannot be car ried into execution by the standing army ? that be tug an instrument it does not know, au instrument " under a different command," aid " subject to a different law." And when Blackstone. concurring with num laerlt sr writers of highe4 authority, and with every intelligent Ilion's reflection, abet remarks, that, a land of liberty it is estremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms;" and likewise adds, " in absolute monarchies, this is ne cessary for the saf,ty of the Prince, and arises front the main priticipl.l of their Constitution, which is that of governiirr by fear ;" will it be possible,Sir, a:iy longer to d oul,t,' that it is the design of Nit 'misters to bring us under an uabsoliite monarchy," especially when we shall combine together all their arts, and all their practices, to that end ? Do we mot hear our English Government, by Nlinisters, by Court Lawyers, and by all abettors of arbitrary power, perpetually called a monarchy; which is a Government wherein one man's will is the law ? Do we not hear our King as constantly stykal • Monarch ? And. ever since the dreadful riots in 1780, when Sir Wiliam Jones took oacasion to com plain that our county power had been shame fully ne4lected, and ought to be restored to full vi gour and energy," hue not that county power, from that day to this—now thirty sears, continued in the gator. shatnefully-netlected condition, unorganized, unarmed, untrained ? And for what conc,ivable season can there have been this shameful neglect, but that it ;night he divested of all power and re spect, and then, as a thing useless and coincinpti ble, be a holly superseded in the quelliug of riots? Aid have we not accordingly seen, on all occasions, the standing army officiously and ostentatiously call ed forth,on every frivolous disorder in the streets, as well as uniformly paraded and held M readiness svhenever the people are to have meetings on public atfairso4 that the nation, governed by fear," may quietly yield to .‘ absolute monarchy ?" If, Sir, we be correct in our conception of the county power, it is as old as the Constitution and common law, and vital to our lihcrtics. The etanding army is a novelty of yesterday ; and alien not constitutionally over-bohnced by the county power. •• ii full vigour and enero." must be dangerous in the extreme to public freedom. A county power is the sword in the hand of the nation, regulated by the ordinary law of the land., Its sole object, self-preservation ; that is, the pre. serration of law and liberty. A standing army is the sword in the hand of the Dlinister ; and we have recently seen how prone Mi nisters are to find other objects for this sword, than those which should scene to be its only legitimate ones, namely, offensive war abroad, and defence of external possessions; because, a species of force which is a comparative novelty, both in principle and premier, with our Government, as well as ut. terlv unknown to " the Laws mid Constitution," never could have had, for its object, the defence of our island; which, as already Aeon, was most amply provided for defence in the original institu tion of our Government ; since all the county powers collectively, must amount to far more than a million cf men able to hear arms, and willing to defend their King, their country, and their Consti tution. The conquests of the standing army abroad, ought only to be over our enemies. Its conquests at home, if it he to obey the will of Minister% and to have its *paranoias duetted by the analogy of time-serving lawyers, can only be over our laws and libel ties. We would, therefore, Sir, gladly know, why Mi. Meters and Parliament do not, in obi &mice to the Con►titution, suit iu the honest perform ',see o f their own duty, rt store to full vigour and energy" the t °may power, which, in dn . ! very itifiney of its organization, by the immortal Alfred, freed England of inv.:dent, who had mastered half the counties, or COOlterted those invaders into peaceable arid loyal subjects; And we would also gladly hear the IPPINOII% why Ministers and Parliament, while 'legit eting u duty so obvious and so imperious, spare neither pains itor expense—an expense paid by the people—fur adding to oar %lint native strutting army, another numerous standing army of Gentians, Sicilians, French:Portuguese, and other foieigu mercenaries; seeing, ut the same time, that France is en strong by laud, we cannot annoy her by offrierve war; mid so weak by set, she cannot evert alarm our external pos,ecssions in any part of the globe! A comity power, although the r•sistless arm of the late. 11-1114 yet a free part MA Irre COMM *ty, roust kaow, that, to violate law, would he to violate its own liberty; cud must ever be alive to the feel hog, that, to preserve the common liberty, must be the first and most sacred of its duties. - . Concerning a standing army, as acute writer task+—" Is it nut possible, 11iGt these keeue•ra •, mini 'any come to resemble those of a serlgTM, and tilte the very name of libery, when totally deprived of their own ?" And " a standing army." it has been remarked, " ever has converted, and ever must convert, then into machines. 'rhe individuals 01 a atandiug army, whed they receive orders, east away the judgment, the mural discref arid the will of rational beings. Obedience with them is the law end the prophets ; and he that gives the order, they think, is the only person answerable for it." Should England's liberties survive the s-pled establishment of a stsn'aing army, elle le ill Inc the only country on earth, a 11164 to that pradicaineitt, ever remained free. 'Ellis, as yet unseen, pheno menon—the co-existence of a standing army, and liberty—it doubtle.4 is in her power to exhibit to the *dinning eyes of mankind ; but it can only be effected by restoring to full vigour and energy her county power. That once done, the standing army would no longer he nn Object of fear and jealousy; but must thenceforth be viewed hr the amiable light of a body of inert, devoting themselves to the interest and glory of their country, in all her foreign services. Igilorant and weak P - 11, imposed on by the crafty, and the knavish, are might to believe, that the civil power of England is inadequate to the quelling of riots. lint what 6,ys that faithful ex pounder of the law, that " most enlightened of the sons of men," Sir William Jones ? " Ilasiiig shown," says he, " the nature and ex tent of the posse romeitatmose, and proved that it is required by law to lie equal in its exertion to a v. ell disciplined army, I hove established the proposition, which I undertook to demonstrate, that the eons. mon and 'statute laws of the realm, in force at this day, give the civil state in every county is power, which, if it were perfectly understood owl conti nually prerared, would effectually quell any riot or iiienrcroion, without ,assi*taitee from tilt mili tary, and even without the modern riot set." . And tont v.ito bet c.tefully trod in the steps of Junes, Inns also shorn. that •• Uu internal trunquil lity, which nothing could di.turl., would be issitultur happy ellrct of reviving the constitutional system of our ionceNtors. An Untied power of the county, every where present, constantly ready et the tell of the in:igi.drate, and abundantly able to crush all relistaticr, must have the eltuct of preventing tu mult, winch a standing army can only quell:' In 1791, " while soldiers were quartered at York, rioters razed to the ground the houses of Magis trates at Sheffield; while were stationed ut Nottingham, rioters set Birmingham in flames."— This conflagration made a feature in the reign of terror, in support of the Minister, Pitt; and was effected by a rubble of miscreants, bellowing " Church and King," as similar rabbles have more recently, in the service of another Minister, vocife rated " No Popery!" and, during the blinistry of Lord North, while the country was full of soldiers, " the capital was in flames, and at the mercy of the veriest brutes that ever bore human shape." Such is the protection of a standing army ! Bat, if it were better, who would purchase it at the loss of libe(ty, at a surrender to Military despotism ! If the stand ing army be native, whet most the men of it feel, when either, on ocoosion of petty riots, obeying orders, and shooting their contrrymen and comps- Mims—perhaps their fathers and brothers, or wo men and quiet tradesmen in their shopes—or else, for disobeying such orders, be liable to suffer death by martial law ? Against the light which the brightest lisminlry of the age had brained ill meridian splendour on the s.ibjert of the comity power, proving it to be equally our sure, as :' , ur legal . ' protection, whether as.ailed by rioter., with their mud, their stones, and their torches; sir by • Napoleon, with his plaits, his KiiigA, and his legions, Ministeis, and Parliaments, with a perverseness and obstina c y, which have but one explanation, have inflexibly re. fused to their country the benefit of that light, or to adopt a " le g al mode of suppressing riots." Thirty year* long, therefore, have we felt the mi litary rod of an evil generation of statesmen, lister, of light, and truth, ■nd liberty ; lovers of darkness. &exit, and despotism ; who, in contempt of proof and demonstration. have 24 absurdly as in cessantly Laboured to cause it to be believed, that • standing army are legal keepers of the peace, and that foreign mercenaries are a Colllllitutional and an honourable defeuce ! To your patriotism, we shall have been indebted ; for a dircussion of these high questions, and all that is collateral. To your firmness, we shall owe much, very much. of the !benefits to he derived from the inquiries which now occupy all minds. We particularly thuuk you. enlightened coun tryman, for coutinuing your resistance to right the point ; that is until your I e—M law your sacred place of repose—was for..ed by military violence. Had you sooner submitted. our oppressors would only have b, en guilty of once more repeating the stale and hackneyed illegality of keeping the peace by military force. But yea have extorted from 1 ty rattily a manifestation of its latent wickedness. This new stretch of arbitrary power, of elecuting legal process against an Englishman. by military force, is to he considered as the Ministers' procla mation, that we are =henceforth to consider ourselves as living mulcr a military government, subject to the law of anus, and to the dominion of the sword. Here, Sir, is ample Witter for our comtemplation ! Is this the goal to which we have been led Ly Pri vilege! f-'ad you, Sir, reeled beastly drnnk into the House of Commons, made a Feandalous brawl, and thrown a chair at the bead of the Speaker, it may even be doubted whether yob would have incurred more than a momentary ileplesistire, although the dignity of the assembly might have required the form of a reprimand. Or, had you, as a base traitor to the Constitution, even sold its seats by dozens at noon-day, some are of cotillion, the profanation, although it might have shocked the piety of the Speaker. might have Levu pasoid over, even without inquiry. Why then are yoo in the Tower ?—Our hearts tell us, it is hes:wise you are Sir Francis Burdett— because your pretence is imissful to the seat-selling crew—because, to all trupriticipled factions, con tending fur movie soul vt.l, you are are a common enemy ; one Who, equslly regardless of ins or of ."" I '4m neither to the right hand nor to the left, but only straiAlit forward to the Constitution and the liberties of your Country. Imprisotx.ient, Sir, is not in itself enviable; but it mos:— made so. To you, it is a just cause of exul tatrim. You tritinph. Your enemies only are de gilded. Intending to involve you In public odium, they licensed you ofunconstitittional conduct, of vio leiter, and of shedding innocent blood. But odium recoils : the false and feeble accusation has, by an awful public voice, at which they tremble, been hurled beck in thunder on themselves; and they are universally pronounced nvtviers of the Consti tution, men of violence, men of blood. Endeavour ing to lower your reputation, they have doubled the public confidence to your kaoil ledge, your wii.dolus your integrity. Meaning punishment, they hove ((inferred reward. Designing disgrace, they have bi•stowed on you the the highest lionoor in their gift—their own impotent malice !—But paoiel•stricken, to shun danger, they rush on du stroction ; they saw not, that, in violating your person, they were promoting your purpose; in forcing you from your seat, they are forwarding , your work; in the pros-cation of the reformer, they were accelerating reform ! Infatuation thus frustrated all their counsels, fo reign or domestic. But what then ? It pleistoth our borough-monger soveleigier that such men shall rule the law. And are they not tit servants of such master,, ccept. illustrious countryman, once more, the thanks of our hearts, together with our earnest prayers to I le.tven fur your health ; that you may, ere long, renew corer Poillutneutary eNertions, iti ece•operation '4'411 the honest, among your htethren of the 1-fouse. and all other good nien, toward: a restoration of our two-fold Constitution, for the salvation Gfottr roontry. PROF/.\C/.IC 31 It ILETS. GI.k3GOW, APRIL 17. A•itt-A—No •Itaatiou. CoFer e-1% ithom inquiry. Celt rus—Very few sates have been snack to 'planers they erbium venturing gutsily some Utau t. heerceary fur their temsealiate consumption. A coasidvrable lot ot Perciambuceo has bete sold at Itv Dv swoons—llave hems in great demand A parcel of 35 tons Casspecwhy logscio.l, Asa been sold at about dol. acid, for Jamaica, t9l. might have bean obtained, but ail. were naked Some pretty large lucks have also been made of Cu ba rustic, at 211. acid ofhonaira, ■t lal. par time Rum—With the eat eption of a few sales among the deal mw, nothing else has hero done, I the prices are nue:early, SVC • 11-11 C sales continue very tr.d, and hue h ere made at IP. la is. 6.1. reduction in former prices. Good and hoc scale sugars might now he Minot at 775. and 795. and good boiling qualities at 741. awl 7.;5. The quantity sold last week imamate to 3la bopbeads nod tierces. Toaacco—A parcel of es hogsheads, of inferior quality, was lately sold at yd. the other sales which have been made have brew chicly its siugle hogsheads. BALTIC Paotabcg.—A considerable advance has taken place, is Loudon, in the price of 11 AMP, in consequence of the Gowernmeut contract ; and, by sweatier a from Leith, it appears, that Ttit.r.ew likewise 111 again iuviied ter, au that we are iaelined to expect a net teal of (tenoned there. LIVERPOOL, Antlf. 11. Astect--Vrry dell, dud little inquiry. Co r r rw—Quite neglected. COTT%) s —The inarket bas improved stl j much thin week, and the demand has been general fur all dr,cription.., from dealers and spinners. A public sale of new Dcsacciras, yesterday, was utinserowily atteuilel, :mil went off at fair prices, the whole baring been sold nt hint, tt id to .2a. aver aging 211 d. per pound, tor ryuelilirs bum middling to good and fine. Quantity of all sorts sold, since tur last, about our bags. Le7swoc,us-4j o off briskly, particularly Inwood, of which vcry little remains for sale. Eidetic rubes higher. itvies , s4arriaica, of fine Savour, IN ttntilikt, at 4s. for 160. P. inferior qualities dull. Nu alteration in Leeward.. fluo AlL—Mute business has lime done 111 CAW sugars this week, upwards of row hogsheads bat in lwen suld . by pole. lie sale, and some hare also gone oil by private 4 outrare ; but prices have declined measly r hundred aright. fine Igo tomer. are steady at forearm pro .s Tan snel TVSLTEITIIIt —1 . 1. e forme, 1141, the falter goes Of perm) sell. Ton•ccu—Rather improving. WHEAT and Fldna-r-11'ithuut sltee lion. NULL, ♦PRIL 14. Within these last four als;s, we have had very considerable isquicus after Baltic Peoduce, alsl hemp has locust ready purchasers, at an advance of 01. to per tun, and the !alba has heels the cue with flax. Talks" CUIIIIISUeII atlU ter) On %Ve•loesdsy last, •n inquisition was taken in Birmingham. on the body of tiallkt:li ACnI Ms "liii was mortally wounded in the belly. on Sunday Main. the 15th instant, with • sword, by Char/es which he drew from a cane. The unfortunate man languished till the Tuesday fellowitig, and their died. After • long investigation. the jury adjourned to Thursday morning, when they resumed their in rinire. after which they returned a verdict of reittlif awarder against the said Charks Ellis, who was in consequence committed by the Coroner, Mr. ‘VHATLI.EY. to Wars, k gaol, le Sake his tad at the neat Assizes for the same. Reports have been circulated in London and other places, that serious riots have late4y token P • Lice in this town and nei g hlrourhood. we t a ke this opportunity of assuring lite public, that Ludt re, presentations are without funiniution.-1 Ririe:nig h/1w l'oper.) Suile4 cote NAPA. DEAL AIMIL Arrived three ships from the Raver. and —Wind E. Wows Kurd. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. APRIL 16. • Suited the Owen Clendoteer, 3ti, Ca pt. S e i „., 4 I convoy to New-Brunswick, IN.rol a-Scutio. sod quo. bre; the Euryalus, 40 guar, Wm. Capt. Dumly., with the trade for Lisbon. Cadz, Gibraltar, 4.14 the Mediterranean ; the Mins, of 74 guns, tc„ it. Lukiii, for the Baltic; Goshawk, of 18 gem, C ipt Unions, with convoy to Oporto; the Pita, of is guns, and Alhicore frigate, for Guernsey; arid Gannet and Linnet sloops of war, mt enlists. The Diatta, 36 guns, Capt. Grant, is cornea l 's. Spitheitd from St. Helen's; and the Minotaur, sit 74 guns, Cupt. Barrett, is dropped down. PLYNIOUT/I, A•FILIL Came in the Peacock sloop of war, from a or uho% The Zephyr, of Loudon, Captain Dl.lb'duatst, it on shore. TALMOUTR, APIUT. Arrived the Duke of .11ariburough packet, with a mail from Lisbon in 8 days. THE MARKETS. APRIL 27. CE OF GRAIN. Means {old) .. • • • tios mss. at Tick Bean/(old) sus. faked Oats its ocis Poland, vas 232 94 Potatue ditto r. to *LOA Rape Seed Fine Floss w, 'as Seconds sus. ass. UXBRIDGE. CURRENT PRI Wheat .• • is'. 9is- 1036 . Fine ditto tiOs ills. Ryc Barley 351, 491. 041 Mali 6ss. 765. Miss Peas t 704. (Wakes) $ tare y Real • 445.415. Coro-Inspector's Retum—THllltlDAT„ keel!. 96. Wheat, per load V2l to 311. --s Barley, per gainer 3es. —d. to 4:4. —d. Oats ... the. —d. to 455. —d. Beane e .408 —d. to amt.-6. Old Ditto fia. —4l. to 63a . per Na. .-41. to 564. —4l, PRICE OP HOPS. BAOI. POCZIMPII. Kent, 41. oe. to 31. 15e. Kest, 41. oe. MIN. lON /Nese:, I. loe. to 41. 411 S4 llOl l, 31. W. 4 6 .1. Ewen, 41. os. to M. oi. ,Wth. to MI. —it PlitlC ES OF HAY AND !ITT Y EST gIiDAY. • Hay, 4100.0 d to 61. 16i Gd. Hay 1 ,1. VIO. to 71. as. Straw, 91. da.ol'. to 31 ud. New, of ea. IC II Oa. Clover, 71. tom. to al.. M. J Straw. Al. oil. to Sitio. Stll FIELD MARKET, Aran. v 7. To sink the 0141 per stone of et:l to tit. oil. I Held of Cottle, dilo lop or. 3111:t0ii...r.e. 04 to 6s. .01. B....asts • frib I .Oth •• • 86 0 . 011 to Ott. 1 Sheep sad Lanelot..;. 4,10. Veal ......5.. 0,1. to 7s. 4. 1 Cabe, as, Polk so al. to en. od. I Pigs.. ill/ HAV-M ARKET. Hay 41. Is tot. to 61. in. a Straw • .... • lat. Od. to is. ad, Glover tiL w. ad. to 7L los. N. NEWGATE AND LEADEN/W.4 MARKETS. (By tbe earram.) Reef 44. 01. to su. ud. 1 Vral ♦r. 41. to is. oil Mutton •a. Id. to SC 4d. Pork ha. pd. to 144. eE Lamb . 64 to ts. RAW HIDES. I Best Heifers and Steen(periiriti ssiry 2 , ta. to op BA. atone) 111. 0.1. to 31. 444. Market Calf Rs. al. enc.'s. 5 :i 4411 110 rs ad. to Ss. lost. Eng. Horse iss ud. In 16 04 Slieep Skins - - - . 4s. tiel. to li.. od. ILanib Skins - - . . as. oil. to as 6J. COAL KARIM; Aran. i 7 Ships. Ships sold. Price. 6 .4.. New rastle C0a1.... 371 arts 6.1. to win. N. ~Sunderland I „Stone Coal —a. —d. le —9. 'IL s ..Cinders COURSE OF EXCHANI Amsterdam 33 5 9 U. Ditto at Sight 3 7 Rotterdam 10 3 D. Hutuburgh 31 2IU. Alton 1 2iU. Paris I day's date 21 11 Ditto liotirdeou% M*11, id Ditto 44 elk et. Palermo .. I 4510 paper. Din 0 .... rh 39 *Sort. Dilhos Le4l.4.ru fenna Venice 511 42 I.tobeil :M t FILID‘V. APRIL 47. ()porta It itt Janeiro 7l Malta (;ilwallar 361 nehiii . . Cock Portugal Gold in Coin and Bun 1. r. 4. per of 0 0 0 Fors Gold in Bars New Doubloons a e • New Dollars Sart rin Bars u o • New lAwas (ends) O o • Alio on the Basks( Y•l<fa • pre Celt. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Dank Stock • 9 :9 3 1 3 per ('rut fletkuced ••••••••••• •O per Cent. Oman's 4 per Cent s per Ccut. Nary 1.01:g Annuities India Stock Ditto Condo Tkket. '''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' (41. Commis tor Stdek-Lituler, T. HUM, 4, Cornbill . , and 9, am IratOsir. lIIRTH9. On *today, she ~4 itiataut, the Lady of the Rigid 11.. n. Rrtriontd Puts Carew, of a daughter, at his scat at Au:tx he the coast, of Cotawall. Yrstenlay, is Leiceatcr..tivare, Mrs. Frtdriuk tif a danghter. M I.RRIACF.S. Thursday, by apeclßl license, the if amnia of Dunes- and Ciricsakk, sun and heir apparent of he. Grace the Go.. at Hamilton and Brandon, to loan F.optsen.M, v" o "E"' t daughter of Rrchtot.l, of Foot bill; h‘ the Lady Margaret Gordon, &tn.:late of Chants, Esti of Aboyue. At the f'ailicdrol Church, Bangor, the Roe f • %1. ( '''" n " B Rector of I)erwro , in the county of Dreloah, - tnd Precentor of the (4014 , 14134 to Mary Anne, secuud daugithr of %Ise Lord Bishop of that diocese. DEATiis. Os Tuesday lasi, at Rafts*, set ShreershorF, the Rig' Enke CcarcSimi, second ass of the late Vowount •lonotioy Thursday tab!, after a painful iatilippolstion of two ye.or. Charles Dutionlle, f... 1 of Stenhoshit hall, near Worct , ca, aid of Saute% llou.e, tone HIGH WATIM, TIIIS DAY, AT ILAiliioo N•BRIDGE- Mein: jlj miR after 9 $ two. ausg. styr Iv. LOYDON:—Prlnti.lb% C a tITII, No, 1, elestroes Itay and vubli%beal biliff ‘4l tS, Bork OM. Clem.ier Claun.h, Stroud, tn Ast li IF.. same Pher" tirie" , 6e fw thi4 Pape'. tu th+ P 1 40" "" 41.11 y altrwili4 tu.