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COUN tY DE TYRO:V.

At it mo.t titmerons and hi My respectable
Meeting, of the Freeho',lers of the County of Ty-
ron-, at Ortrigh, on the 41ti of April, convened, I,y
puldiornotire from the ti:oesitf, agreeable to a
rrgo eiition for that porpo,e, to take into considera-
tion toe 010111,1110tli stale of public Affairs, and
the Petitions of the Catholics pc this thue before
Poeistuent;

The nigh Sheriff having taken the Chlir, the
tirlioletioas wt re :utopteul

Resished—That as several Petitions from His Majesty's
Hiirimm sub:trete are now before Parliament, praying
unconditionally the Repeal of remind Statutes a keit still ill-
terespit from torn the rights and eiiiiivuitints which onr`fiee
Cense''olio:, dimiesises, it is iuminsiout upon all Public
Bodies to inners* their sentiments at this jiiiirpire with that
condone and independence of opinion, which a sincere can-
vette', of what they owe to the interest and honour of the
Empire at largeehould
Resolved--• That iniiirtvird with this sense, We, the Free-
holders of the county of Tyneve, declare, that we consider
• prisriple of national eunciliatiens, laid upon • deep and
liberal ha,a, unit tug, identifying anti attachiug the entire
body of ior reins-subjects of all descriptions t • each other
mail to the Stale, to be a wise and acressars policy ; that it
is in such wise and necessary policy that the freedom and
happiness which distinguished the realms, antler the mild
and mural sway of His Majesty's gracious sceptre, can best
hope to euelore the shocks of tLese tempestuous and revo-
lutionary times, mud he littered to our posterity.
Resolved--That while we deprecate all those degrading
aiiiinsmilies which have so long estratleit thin Nlaj,ely'e eulr-
jerts from each other, and eacelile them in great trials of
common danger, and a Mile we mast ardently desire that all
cornice of iniseruldeconteotion may terunnoic for ever, mid lie
anteceded by ages of harmony and lorppinesA, we are, never-
theless firmly of opinion, that the mere repeal of the taws
which gear upon oar Roman Catholic tellow.sobjects, would
sot pro-'nee the compiebensice advantage to all parties,
which we so anxiously wish to st e obtained • and we arc alms
convinced, that is the event of such laws ileing about to he
reptalcd, it is most expedient and absolutely indispensable,
that wise and cautions provisions should be mole to peewee,
hi safety and durability, all the r is il and relizions institutions
of this country, which have formed, and yet continue to form
the principal bulwarks of our happiness' and freedom.

R. fe.lved-1 Oat we can never consent to IN {woe throw !Feat
fundamental protections of onr State, political and ireelesi.
sidles', to nay inroads wlint,oerer, and that it apppeears to tin,
that Lord Greavitle, in a I,tier Facility pwb-
lishtd, basset forth, with pniper constitutional d.seretioa,
the title and real foundations, upon sloth a ittiai and per.
feel sy4tens of national conciliation may be effected.

4ciarilard—That we de approve-of the di-dint s twine prin.
ciples set (.nth to th it &mania ut, as the pintail truck titans
which en dcairable nu adjustment may he bottomed; wad
that at are satisfied that say plan les. eireniii,met and aa-
lutnrv, wuald only give new forms to aiitiucts of tl..itaiou
and discord, would fail in obtainiau now comprolie,-ire air
ti ,nal adrai,tage, and could nut produce that riche it con-
ientateitt, tunititaillitc, and harmony, for Cis attainment of
which, mutual mojudien should Its relinimnibeJ„ and reci-
procal CPUCCIIIBIWNI cbterfally male.
Resolved, thereton—That our Representatives in Parliao
meat be instructed to apron any lone, uattarldied, uncon-
ditional repeal ut the remaining Popery
.1.:11.6, and that tlary
he further say...tit In give their co, dial support to any great
plan of stational conciliation, chick may be beinerhihefore
Parliament, upon the distant principles to which we hare
already rrirreadt and which OA hare a proper and deter-
mined vigilance to the removal kill of the Civil and Religions
Institut:ma of our Coustltuton, devised by the .la, it amid
tirl wir ancestors, mini mat need to so OM. It milictinti
by the progressive wishim of &ger.
11w Ili:* Sheriff having left the Chair, and the Right
nun. Sea John Stewarf. Kurt. being carted to it, 'lir Thanks
of the Mekliklg wc:c ii:l3Wokauslt. anted to the Huth Shal iR
enneeniog the cnicit2., awl Isar bts proms and toy 11110
coyikict tlin:Cb2ir.

Pursuant to the requisition of a number of 'the
Freeholders of the county of Middlesex, a County
Meeting was called, yesterday, ut the Mermaid,
Hackney. to take into coosideratiort the conduct
of the House of Commons, in the case of Sir
F. Burdett. About bolf past one o'clock, the
great 100(11 appearing tether crowded, it was an-.
pounced to the assembly, that the meeting .would
he held on the green, to which place they imme-
diately adjourned, and the Sherds, County Mem-
bers, and intended Speakers, arranged themselves
on the top of the staircase at the door.
Mr. Sheriff WOOD stated the Object liar
they were called together, and bespoke the atten-.
ton of the Meeting to those oho should address
them, of whatever descr.ptiin their opinions urght
be. If they did not beer speaksrs oil Leery aide.
they eitittri not know their sentiments, •or answer
their arguments. K.
Mr. Sheriff Arabs also addressed the 24e0tingi
to lbesive:th a patient and silent hearing' Itor ever•
person who should wish to deliver their ;pinion; oft
the subject they inn to discuss.
The Clerk theft read the requisition.
Mr. Haas TowNsaxn, as he was to hive the
honour to propose certain resolit;.iens to the Mine-
bon of the meeting. wished, la' the first place, to
trot ce, in dew octal., the cry that had been raise,:
against Sir Francis Burdett, with the intention of
i..juring him iu the public opinion. It had Licit
rose.] with that design, but .it Iced not succeeded.
fur the trick was now too stale, mid would aot,go
doom The enrollee of S:r Francis Burdett were
okays trying to attribute motives to Inns which
never existed, but in thcii• min perverted minds.
The two parties in the House of Commons were
both alike in this respect ; the Opposition went Hi
as burl es the Mioisters; and all united in .the
attempt to vilify Sir Frauds Burdett This
indeed was very natural, for they must have
the saute aversion to him that wolves had tit the
shepherd and his dog, or the kites to the man mad
h his gun. They had experience of all parties, nod
they had Lund that Si, Fieueits Burdett was Al-
ways is the rittlit, and his opponents always in the
wrong. If they had only known Sir Fraire;s. Der-
dett, 3 e-terdey, they might pause before they came
to an opinion on Ina conduct ; hut they had long
known him; and now when his calours were flypil;
to eugage the inlet:ly, they ought to rally round and
aid him to victory mid triumph. Ile hid a few ob..
•servations to make on that pirty, which had pee
with Sir Francis Burdett. till he defended his ono
tle : Sir Francis alwaya meant what he said, the
T Lots never, but when they expressed a desire to
Ante from the Oppeartiosi te the Treessiry •
Poodles. He. (Sir Frai.c.s) had always re-
deemed his pledges, the Talents never. Wisea
they came into power, 11.5 heart beat high with
expectations Of what they would do. But what
bad they done ? They raised that most Mop,.
sitorial of All texts, the Income Tax, from
to ten per cent, anal told the people this was its oa-
- turd level. They tried to introduce the. Excise ipto
private houses, in which, had they succeeded,
there would not now have loco any need for lateak-
ing open doors. These acre the Judases, who,
when they thought Sir Francis Burdett needed
them most, coutributcd to baud him over to Pun..
ties Pilate uud his myrmidons. From the brightest
navel th.•y endeavoured to transform him into the
blackest devil. But they could not succeed ; they
could not blind the people ; red he anti6pated
that the day of his release would indeed be HI day of
treacrul Jubilee. Beery true patriot, from John
o'Groat's House to the Lours Earl, *cold flock
to hail him on the day of his deliverance. The
Talents wantrid Sir Francis to commit aft& de ie.
They would have had him sarrender, and thereby
acknowledge the omuipoteucy of the fiPeaker's, or
rather the hlioister's warrant; the very thing which
he argued against and denied. But if he had ant
stood ont as lie did, if lie hail not defended his
house when attacked, he could never, as he could
ore, do, emu his cause to that only pa/feeling of A. i.
tish liberties—n Trial by Jury.. Sir Francis
Burdett's cause, though strong, lay in a nutshell.
His health hail not permitted his attendance, in
Pa li:talent, at the time Mr. Jones was commuted.
ta his return he pleaded most eloquently, but in-
tifeetnally, that person's cause. He then took a
good old course, and addressed himself to his Con-
stituents, to show them what be hurl done, for to
them he was accountable. lie wished to itifulm
them of the grounds on which he stood—the best
of all grounds. Maple Charta and the Bill of
Iligh:s. In this letter the ;utvote were so
cogent, so unanswerable. a::d mitiosweret!, that
the House of Commons voted it to ire a 'libel.—
Thee might endeavour to drown dieelissioa—thr y
might endeavour to ettchole all hearers from thee .•
debates, convert themselves into a secret inquisi-
tion, and their Serjeant into a runner, to seize the
tue-rospecting subjects, nod drag them to ellstent
prisons, never to be heard of mar. Mut Brirdert
haul sto.ereded in all lie wanted—he took the tingle
from oft the weaker patty (Gale Jones), and dire,
them upon the Wooster opponent f. Hr
had grappled this Briarems, with iris hundred beds
and hands; be had taken the strong fellow by the
tag; and they must all rejoice iii his smce. rid
Sti ultgle•—A question was put to him from beloe
M'hot had lwcome of the Whigs all this while ?•'
Ile would soon answer that—tbey were Invt in ilis•
'relents—they aria like ir few grains of corn amid
surrouricling chaff, to he known only by their
str rhoi weight; hut Sac rt:1116, B ircb•tt HISIIII4 flit
HMI 4.111rf hint they would
hail lirrinerly doily, moiler the Marquis out Itockirig-
haw, re.cried from the dung miller a y ha 1
been so long buried. Titan these would be ctri3
of pteety and joy, iri Britain. 'Jr. Towio,oul too.
eluded by p-o,orsitig fur 11,401t11.10! .Vi) lOC S. 1•1101
by time rtieeti...its and receblig 4 I..tiaout.!

Timm of Commons, which he offered for their sp.
probation. (This liecch was beard with repeated
shouts and cheering.)
The Rosolittions were then read, as follow:
Resolved,
I. That tier Petition now read he adopted, and that it be
meliorated to the I louse of COOIIIIIOIIO by our Representatives,
George 111)im and Win. Mellish, &qrs. who are hereby in-
structed to support the some.
o 'I hat we highly approve of the proceedings of the Electors
of Westminster, at thew tate Meeting, and must heartily con-
cur in the aelitimems contained is their Letter to Sir F. Bur-
dett, sad hi his answer.
• 3. That the Thanks adds Meetingare due, and arc heathy
gives, to Sir France hunt/sit. Bart. for his truly patriotic
conduct in Perlianieut-astur his euaitswered and unanswerable
orpiment to the rase of J. G Jouer, vindicating the rights
oftke"dhjecti asd del:Wine the power the House of Com-
mons to imprison, without trial, and during plea•ure, the
people of England...for hi. I a the Speaker, protesting
&gonna the power of the It ouse of'Coninsoss, to imprison, in
brie midair, use of their 'Members-for laying before his
Coustitoeuts afalthful necouut 01 his coedect in Parliament
"-end for his ousiatitutional resistance to the Speaker'. War-
mint, whereby be has given a practie4l illaatratian of its in-
alchemy ; &sidle's Menai that it could sot be pot is force,
woleout military aid, • violation of our elicit* laws, and a
toroth sif the privileges of Eugluibusen.
Thiat these Resolutions At fairly transcribed, sod pre-
Crto Sir Francis Bartlett Is% the Sheriffs, accompanied
ew Byag and William Mellish, &qrs. our Represen-
emirses.

The Resolutions were then steisondA by Mr.
. a/tame ; and, un the first being-put tp the vote,
Mr. LlEarrialt said, he rose; not to counteract
arty 114 the °JAIN/L.
_/4Y rased tbs aentleman
who ild ho had just prhiand haft; on the smarmy,
twfurther true eentisuirets: and more pLelSularly iu
One poise, namely, that of the cry raiser, agaiiist
f ir Francis Bwdett.-.-This cry Wl6ll a libel upon
the whole people of Britain.. But * was not the
only, nor was it the greatest libel—a still more
atrocious one told hero committed, in calling, not
the military, but a whole army, to the Metropolis ;
to do what ? isilot to euforce the laws, but to keep
down the subjects; whom they accused of a design
to overturn the Laws and Constitution. To hour
witnessed this host, soy oue would have thought
the enemy was upon the coast. But it was
&gaits* no enemy the army was called iu ;
it was to countenauce a measure, which the very
authors of it knew to be illegal and unconsiiteti-
etas!. They knew it to be so, and they knew that
*people were too loyal to suffer any inroad to he
aside upon the Constitution, without resistance..
To sbew this iu a stronger light, he would suppose
livery extreme case. Suppot, a reitriesas was made
out by any Court, to commit a deliuspicist Mtuiater,
be* many armed men would it re:moire to carry
that iutu execution? tel faligh.) He had seen the
whole of this long reign. Yes! he was old enough
to bave seer the le•ginuing of it, (a per,ma from toe
crowd rxciainted, " and I hope will live to see the
end of it,") he ha l traced thesis men with a seruti-
sizing eye, and he would endeavour to describe
who they were, who were now opposed to Sir Frith-
. cis Bartlett. lie email trace them from the Stir.
Chaniher Court ; they were the men who, in 1715.
and 174.5, hod agitated tin-country ; they were the
lame men who excited the American war; the
Same who entered into the French w.,r. These were
the men who had I 'wiled the people, and stigtuatizi d
their loyalty. They were the same nom oqi had
raised the national debt to such a !etch, find it
world be eufficieat to rebuild every city, every
town, every village, every hamlet, every honor,
every lint, in the empire. Were they not also the
same limn who had screened every public delin-
quent, when charges were made against them, and
they were brmight before their country for justice ?
Were they lint the same men who were the advo-
cates for the Conventiou of Cineru, amid for every
measure of which the people now complained ?
The same men who were the emistaol.
systematic opposers of every species of 'einem, or any
measure tetitleng to renovate the Constitution. The
King, at the beginning of his reign, had canted
with him to the throne the haute, the lwarts, and
the ofeetiolis of every mail in the empire, and if
be had hail good honest Mini-ters about him, he
would to this day have insured all their lian hi, hearts,
sad affectious. He hail only sail this much, to
rescue their injured honour from the mivereants
who durst thus libel a whole peuple.—( funs speech
also received much applarise, except when, bruin
onsiinderviandiug its meaning, a hiss met against
Alr. Bentle).)
Major C earwatsar inferined the Meeting, that
after the Petition and Resolutions were agreed to,
it was his intention to move an Address to their
foetid Sir F. uurd,tt, non a prisoner is the Tower.
Mr. MeLLISII stepped forward to address the
Meeting ; but the heutincs were so loud, chat he
could lint obtain a hearing.
Mr. 11. TOWNWID bc,jgrtl them to hear what
the Hon. Gentleman had to say, and also give Mr.
Chian! en ("nodosity of hearing him.
Mr. AItt.I.IIIIN again siltireseed them. lie would
detain them but a short time, and hoped they
would be so obliging us to hear him. As their re-
priewristosiseehe felt it to be his bounder' duty to
primed. any petition agreed in at a comity meeting,
legally called and couvened, as the pr.-old was.
But with respect to the letter part or their
boo. instructing lion in support the P.-loom, lie
thought it *Mild disgrace them, roil other free-
holders, slot no* present, should he ere com-
mit lino.elf, and lose that iiiilepeutleut situation.—
[II the clanionis became so great, that Mr.
111ellidE could be heard no longer, and he retired
from the discordant squalls, hisses, awl reedings of
the Meeting.]
Mr. Brno came forward, and met with a very
different reception. He felt it incumbent on him
to state his opirtious clearly and decidedly un the
crest menritres which hail lately been carried in the
HoareCommens.-1-le would present their Fi-
thian; sow hoped, that, on all occasions, as on the
present, hiaopinions would ensible hint to support
the principles. nit which their Petitions might be
founded. The these of C.Oflllffinlll6.lll his 00111011,
alight to have great powers, butt they ought only to
exercised foe the people's good, and on inenet-
-4.0 occasion*. Whet the necessity ceased, the
ge,elleter ought also to crow. From this view or
sohr..r, it was, that he voted in (atom or Mr.
Joiers.—Mr. Jones hail eritienod the poi,
of the Lino-u.; rad ant. lie conceived every Brim, ,
Ord a right In do. The past conduct of that A..-
•••sibir imagist to be erineieol. In the ease nt Sir •
Franca Bord-tt, tie was almost movni‘ for Om& sul•

jeuruntent ; and thought it would have been better
to meet the question with * direct vote, that the
paper was no libel. Sir Francis Burdett had au
undoubted right to address himself to his conetitu-
ruts, to whom he was accouutable for his Parlia-
mentary conduct : and he was sure, that lion. Ba-
ronet, its doing bO, had never meant to be guilty of
a libel the House of Commons. From his ear.
heat days, he bad been a friend to Parliatuentary Re-
form, mid an adequate representation of the people
of Eugland.—As wealth and intelligence circulated
and extended, the legislature ought to be en-
larged. This was a desirable object ; and
time people would attain it, if they united cordially
and firmly together, and carried their voice up to
Parliament, upon its re-assembling. He was sorry
that Mr. Too useud had so iiidiscrincinately attacked
and vilified all piddle ur n. Tile House of Coin-
111011b, even us it s-tie ha was Con-
vinced, boasted as many men ab ever sat in it at one
time, who were aobioilb to act with and for the
people. He then ea, led upon all patriotic, all hoe
neat men, all friends to reform, and enemies to cor-
ruptbei, to unite in d. daring their setitimems, and
they would find support its that House. They would
be successful ; but unanimity was net:every, for
the enemy they had to oppose was oilways united.
Mr. Cuero en said, he e jelled to offer a few
words upon tile ',resent occasion. Of all the argu-
ments he had ever heard in defence id the House of
Commons, the most curious was that with which
Mr. Byug had concluded his speech. lie had stated,
that if the people expressed themselves strongly in
favour if Parliametitary Reform, if they declared
their opiuions boldly and openly, they would find
in that House men who would eliforce their claims,
and aceomplieh, or at least ettempt to accomplish,
their legitimate objects. What, however, he (Mr.
Clifford) would ask, wits the fact, with respect to
those who had dared to avow their opinions ? The
one was sent to Newgitte, and the other, who had
attempted to defend him, was sent to time Tower.—
Load applawies.)—With respect to the Clleoll-
- .gernent which their worthy Representative wa.
desirous that the people its general should give to
those in Parliament, he believed it was seldom
wanting ; but even if it was, they delegated Mem-
bers to that I louse, who were supposed to know
the Constitution ; from which knowledge they were
bound to act fur the benefit of the country, even
though they should have no other support than the
consciousness of doing right. But their Repre-
sentatives, who were sent in as .ervants, were now
endeavouring to alter the relstion in which they
mutually stood towards each other, and to • com-
mit their masters.—(Appieseses wad laughter./
And it became theta, who were really and eon-
etinitionally the masters, to take cure, lest, in
the language of Sir Francis Burdett, they should
subject theinselves to the curse of Canaan, and bee
come the servants of their servants.-I,lnpianses.)
As to their other Representative, lie was willing to
do him justice, and to allow that he was what per-
haps very few public tnen could boast, perfectly
censisteet. (Applakses.) The sentiments express-
e. I by him on the present occasion, were those upon
which he hid ale/toys acted. It must he in their re-
collection, that Junin; the election which placed
him in Parliament, his dependence was not nu the
principles which he had to avow, but upon the
numbers which he thought were secured to him ;
when called upon for a speech, his constant reply
was, " Look at the poll." (Lough./ lie also had
given them a strong argument upon the subject.
Mr. Clitiorthhen proceeded to observe, that he ob-
jected nut only to the exercise of the power in the
present instance, which was claimed upon the part of
the Howie of Contained, Indio the emstenee of such
a power. /Load applause%) He had co hesitation
to say, that at no period of our history, except at the
time of the rebellion, was power exercised by that
House ; and as long as the spirit of the Constitution
was preserved, as long as a spark of freedom ex-
isted in the breasts of Englishmen, so long would
power be denied it. (App/airser.) What were the
objects for which Parliament was instituted The
redress of grievances, the protection of privileges,
the providing fur the exigencies of the state, and the
exercie- of the futictionsof & Court of Enquiry ; hut
this Court was not to punish by its own authority,
even in case of ascertained guilt, but toaddress,
order that steps should be token to punish, accord-
Mg to Law and the Constitution. (Applisaises. )
A Member of the House of Commons, (Mr. Whit-
bread), had lately put a case, the force of which he
(Mr. Clifford) could not perceive. He hail asked,
if a mob had collected together in Palace-l'ard, fur
the purpose of obstructing the passage of some po-
pular Representat•ves, about to lintig forward
popular iniestiuit us the House of Coalition., would
not the House, its such a case, hare a right to Hatt
punishment for such an unwarrantable proceecditigl
lie pled no heeitatiets iii *newel ing to such a tioesto ttttt
that in that, and in every ease, he denied their right
to punish ; they might remove the obstruction,
but, that being &Ile, they should resort to the
Courts of Lew for sateilaction and retirees ag.einet
any of the iiffeliders. The (louse of Comminis was
sot the Legislature, lint one branch of the Legal-
Wore. They might recollect, that, ',cent years
ago, when His M.,jesty was going to the I louse of
Lords, his carriage was stopped, and some illilColl-
- 111111 taken place UllOll the part of these 11-0:113-
bled. The Constables, upon that ocean; 1111 l pro-
ceeded to remove the obstructem, which they ef-
fected. But they did tint presume to inflect pu-
nishment for the offence. One ef the persons cou-
vetoed, was )441 tt'elte; who was tried its the ergo-
Ivr course of law, amid condemned to imprisonment.
hey were told that the Speaker's warrant, besting
inialtigy wit, the King's writ, should be executed
its thr same manner; WWI it was not imprnlietile,
that if that point was surrendered, the Honourable
House would see an aualugy between the Speaker's
wig. and the crown ;---/4 largh.)—that it would
maestri, there was as minis dignity la the wig, as in
the ernes' ; and in the mace, as in the sceptic.-
141,Plowles•)—There were saw who were of (mi-
nting, that the power against which lie was colored-
•himlll will remain to the House. though they
a 11.,.. ed, th .t it might not to have beets exerted up-
on the late iseCaliloll. That power be should deny ;
nor could he see any greet use, thmigh he might
see stench mischief, in contending fin any pow. r,
the the of which they could ton at poi—alit see;
and which. was only to be kept its reserve for morie
particular OCCa.ltill, which they could neither sari. i-
polo Doe conjecture. it was touduct such as t los,

that had lost America.—(Applauset.)—lt was
the retaining the right, after giving up the Stamp
Act, which plunged the country Into that contest,
the result of which was defeat and separation. He
• begged to re d them of the conduct of their
predecessors, alluded to in the petition; a conduct
' which, after twenty years contimiexce, accomplish-
ed, nuttily, the erasure of all those obitosious reso-
lutions adopted by the (louse, us contrary to the
rights and privileges of the hotly of the electois iu
general. He hoped that tit- y would imitate such
conduct, and that the pre.eeit Parliament would
not be disinclined to take a lesson from their pre-
decessor* also. At the same tune it was to he
wished that they would not now be obliged to con-
tend for twenty years again, hut that the Howe,
seeing the general sentiment, and convinced of the
justice of the case, would grant to the petitions, the
just complaints, sod entreaties of the people whet
they had a right to expect, and what they would
be grateful to receive.—/Loud appionars.)--,There
was one observation more which he was desirous of
making, it respected that part of the petition which
ob-erved upon the blood that bud been spilt in the
streets. It was a circumstance much to bee lament-
ed. He for one was thankful to Sir F. Burdett tOr
the resistance he had made, as such resistance was
necessary to shew that the warrant could not be car-
ried into effect, without the interference of military
power ; that mi
the Costitutimmul force of the coml.
try was Not antEeient. He encouraged them to
hope that the House of Commons, corrupt and de-
generate as it wad, would, upon consideration, mid
a deliberate view of the case and its consequences.
abandon such a claim its that fur which it was now
contending. Mr. Walpole had once said, "'give
the power of shedding blood and you give blood ;"
and Lord Chatham had Mime paraphrased the, ob-
servatiote by saying, " give the power of corrup-
tion and you give corruption." They should, there-
fore, be careful what pia ileges or prtrogittives they
would recognise, lest, by esticbliiiiiing them, they
might be undermining their own security and nide-
peadence. How, lie would ask, could that power be
necessary 11g111141 the Crown, the exercise of which.
in fact, depended upon the Minister, awl thereby
emote the Crowu itself? (Appluscsel.) The Reuse
of Commons, it was to be hoped, if it had, nothing
else, was at least poseeeeed of wisdom, in a sufficient
degree, not to resist the public voice, when loudly,.
generally, nod justly expressed ; not to act in con•
tradietimi to that op
,inion. upon a Inch all Govern-
ments stand, and tele' they should all cnitivste;
but, if lie was diappointed iii his hope, and the
judgment of the House turned out to be more de-
fective than he was willing to siipoose, let the peo-
ple still persevere—let theui still continue to dis-
cuss the subject, until 110 arginneut should be left
tin aplored, us air. ties. unanswered ; mud when
they succeeded iii making every one asheased to
defend it, it was impossible beet that the Home of
Commons would lie ashamed to persist.
Mr. Rewrote said, he did not see how the Elec-
tors of %Vestminster were in a worse situation than
the Elector, of Middlesex. The former, it WWI
true. were deprived of the services of one of their
Representatives, but how were they, themselves,
situated in that respect ?—(il huigii.)—They had
not barely lost one, but they had chosen one who
was sure to oppose them.—(Applames.)—fie ex-
pressed himself in terms of strong itellignution at
thedeclaration of Mr. Mellish, who had set himself
above their instructions, and pm his judgment iii
competition with that of the whole county. He
had declared his iudepeudence of them. He (Mr.
Renton) was always inclined to respect a declare-
time of independence; but that rule, like all others,
had its exceptions--eu lough)—and he must ace
keiowledge, that it was not with a sentiment of re-
siwct he regarded the present declaration of Ir.—
The independencer which their worthy Representa-
tive had avowed, was en independence of his con-
stituents. He concluded with recommending 'Par-
liamentary Reform. as time sorest, sorest, and most
permanent wry of accomplishing the redress of
those grievance* under whir •11 the country suffered.
Mr. IVAITIIMAN said, dust after the ability with
which the subject had been already argue d, it would
be wrong in hint to take up much of th ar time.
lie entered so fully into all that had been said, that
lie had nothing to urge iii opposition, mid little
would be required in t•onlirmatian, after what had
already passed. Their worthy Friend, Mr. Clifford,
had stated. that the present contest was sin per to
that in which tail hail been engaged abant forty
years ago; the observation was jll,ll. fur the only
diffrrence between the two cases, was, that the for-
mer was about the *merman( the Secretary of State,
and the latter, about the warrant of the Speaker.
(App/auses.) The country was much indebted to
Mr. Wilke., whatever ought he the opinions of
men upon different shades of his character, for the
firm amid an only 'mintier in which lie had mode
stem'. In that instance, if a stand was not made
against the warrant of the Secretary of State, it was
probable that they would not now be met tog. titer
upon such an occasion; for he was mire they would
all acre.., :diet the number of 11,,gitioue acts im-
posed 'tom the country, shice the commencement of
the Freovh weir, that if the warrant of the Secretary
of S1:111' 1,411 not been resisted. no Englishman
*mild he
,se cure in his properly and privilege, at
the preenit day. (Applaases.) The House was
now attempting to try the seine question, in a dif.
&rent form, by aulanitnting the warning of the
Speaker, for the warrant of Mr. Secrebery. It wait
contended, that such a power is the Parliament
was or, essiry for the people.; he could not see for
what purpose; all writers upon the Constitution
maintained, that each power of which it consieted,
formed a kind of check upon the other ; but if
this now contended for was admitted, it was
his opinion. that the Constitution would have
reached that state, in which Memtesquien pro-
nounced it lost ; namely, when the representative
and executive powers should becotne the same. Hue
agreed with their worthy Representative, Mr. flying,
whose conduct be approved of as much as any one
could, that they should lie cautious how they
aliustri puh'ic men. provided those public MPH
eilieweil MC14,01141 to do their dint:...—(elp-
plemares.)—lle regretted much that many worthy.
opusghi. and honest characters, were blinded
tier attachment ao parii,mlne p,artirn, to the trite
inotuv,l4 by winch there parties were solluenced ;
was to 14114•11 artttchroent h4ll4llllfttiblltl'll 11110 WIIV11"1.,
111141 the language with which it on. ocrompai.ied.
One of their Represtiatiativas had told thew, the y

ought to Speak their minder; another hula.
them there was no .use 10. it; one of then, 114,;."i
that if
.they wished fur Pailmtnentary
ought to say so ; while another gave thw e r
II , •
deistaud thut he 'fib independelit of them ;
they had scut him into Padtioneut. where he woo
act fur himself. sod where they would do mhi i'1"1
jostler to say,
he
ay he had
iaeittilisei
h. 4:4.
kaleurgiledh.)
ductorsNow wwheicreht*opii
fdytiinitigioit
speaktvh which
oirt acted
ut or,
present
;
nrnu
f?
viTewhetoprtehsectowtit;ole e t irl il"1
tier point
it had been
pared; it respected a power which was used again.;
t them by tine
he
citattoattwelNun.i‘hilie
e A
i,tratios that
had ,ver disgraced the country, prerionr to Ow ,
(Loud (Alpinists.) It thee
two were influenced by proper too:lves, if.thev
widied to do justice to the country, wa. it tieues..,*,
for them to resort to such is m.-mime to flout
Hut what was their justice to the preseiit ease:
They had been them tried for acts, which called kr
the most exemplary 1.110f1i4
squandering of the resources of the I'ollllli V, ;Ili „,
extruvegatit sac ridee of her troops : they
tvtmetxrtireadordopiounery to
such
itangli
noc: theya.iou as this, Yud pbr,
had seen flouts
st hire it
occasion.ig voting,But eU_ftrwo:llltellhthol
ment hthte I aw4elie:iitidine7thlnelyeti
had put into prison, were neither of them inainiiteol
raw
to speak a word for themselves at the Bee of tee
liouse.—(Applanses.)
applied to them by, those who deserved to he
bronght to the b'ock, even through they load
the summit of their i,d temoident Representative
behind 4 laugh. J—lle would udi, whet',"
the conduct of ?.i r, York«. in enforcing the standieg
order for the exclusion of strangers during so im-
portant au 111(11111'y. was 11.4 a rinlaflWl ofjustice,
*.ld RD outrage upon puhlic feeling I— Load 4p.
plauses.)-4( the public was not permitted to be
present at their debates, how were they to judge of
the conduct of tin it Representatives ? even that
of the independent Member helliod him must
escape their knowledge. mod by that 111C3114 their
erprehension.—( /atigio—lt rc ra Üb,tllll to 1 sly
that such power was necessary, for there never was
an Matinee its which the people did not support the
Howse of Commons, when they were cootett ling
in a just caps.—(Load applitetler, and cries of
4. Mere ne:er ; there sec.-r• trill.")--Ereii if
their Independent Member could prove to them,
that he had more poetise than the whole coutity,
would still find a difficulty in convioeing them that
he had more honesty. (A late )He hoped tho dry
would moonlit,• to petintm from doy to duly for Par.
li ono•litary Reform, without for any mike,
dual+ to pledge themselves to OUllifllft it. When
men a rte placed in a public rad distinguished si-
tll4loll, they were bound to writ themselves in the
public eau-e. Those ndvantii;es which fortune
and circuinststices conferred upon them dinuid not
he abused or neglected. They should recollect
that they were sprung from the people. that they
were • part of the people, Ind it shoitild be their
highest ambition, as it was certairly their bight*
honour and hest policy, to act along with them.—
( Loud am/au-yea.)
Mr. C 1.4 Y7to N J EN NI NGS egicl. that he swore?,
and he was store the Electors in general epproviil
also of the conduct of their Representative, Mr.
By rig ; lie believed he might state, with rests rt
to the other Member, that if they had no 0d tr
instance than the few words which he address. I to
them that Jar, it would be sufficient to make thcm
sorry lin li 'tin; sent such a Representative into
Parham, iv. cases of • doubtful natuie, and
when inicontradicted by his Constituent., a
• Member might fellow his own judgment; but in
cases where a contrary economist was general,/
expres,eil by those from whom he was delegate ,
their judgment, and slot his, should determine.—
' He believed that the first step of the petition, the
lest object to which it was directed, was a diseulu-
non of Parliament, of a body of men who were •
disgtace in the ey, s of all Europe. who platted
confidence in the hearts of the enemies of the coun-
try, mod despair in the bosoms of those by whom its
welfare JIM +'-runty were deemed the greatest tiles-
sings. 'ln: obseried by Miiii.ters Imre*
strong resembleeice to that of hurry the Villtk,
when that Mimarch laid it down as u rule, that 114 b.
1.0(1%* bIIOIII.I, at:CCM/111g to his real bratltStlltil TVA*
soinr wrerainti.r.,diy,r n
fur i conceivedllniee.wla aifi
that
hut.
ioas
pit repooentalion ; and, under soch att
the people lob mred, except ieiti twiLluiesAneirlieents'ex*itircee;e:
am-
pressooo, lie is as of opinion. that a vote of refloat
bhottld be paced upon Mr. Mellish, fax his Ped,"
memory iniscoonduct.—(erees 9r wove censure !
ceentre n 9 Ate/113h !)..—(The assembly appeared
strongly alb . IMt Mellish, mud as much to
Yrse t I
favour of Mr. Ilyng.)
Mr. CLIFFORD then said, that is the opinion of
the Meeting was so clearly Lace, timed, he woid3
wish to k on* to what manlier the t•entleittao ii-
luded to, would act ; and whether lie ovoid dare
to oppose the general iiniiiiimity, an riegirctisg tit
I. lie
et' theferuree:,ifuoi gi
troth! hoped," instructions
t oet first'h' 111 'coon Tut It: would'i
The first Resolution bring then pat, it w is
tied with only one drvortitient ; who was loor:ly
hooted by the moltitude.
The 211, Si,: and eth Resolutions were carried in
the mine mintier.
On the putting of the 4th Revilutiol, &rec.!!
that they be presented in the Tower, Icy (he ir.«
BYligt cud Wilhent Mellish, E.quire.i. thole w.. 5
much et probation, the n of Mr. flyng being.
applauded ; and at that of Mr. Mellish a genetal
laughter. The Petition was then read, of which the
following is a sketch

That the Petitioners hare ohserred with concur; it
the cases of John Gale JON!, and Sir F Burdett, B art. clod
the filmic had assumed soil entercised a power aiskninrn to
the Law, ant itawnrrnoted by the Constitoti.os ; atiritimf.
014 the Sneaker's ‘VAriaist hes been eXteilie,l by
.mrc ; so Eagliabasati's house, his sanctuary, has hten
lull ; and the blood of unoffearetog ettitenS berm slt,i
in the streets—Against the exercise of this lower they an.
!coolly protest ;—a protest whirls they allege to br
ev.ssury, lornitse their cutouts its stspnort are i•tors,l on (Le
Journal's but nuf a. the Letter of Sir rivet. Bordttt to
the Brisker, dessytost the Howse such jurisdirtion.
It thew trlowares, that, he tin. tqt.lt rrt of this is
the es., of Mr %rakes, (lir riles s id this c
lie nation, were repeatedly and NlN•he ts,:
House of Conn iiiiii ip—nette orsecr•liisc t .•'••• ~• • ti-•°
"ilk the Law tflowlphei —after • sue:o..l z..

ream the Roam abandoned the pretensions they had arm-
and expunged from their Journals all the
eet:wa-
rted, al
hosts, orders, and residuli ~,, s, as being sato erirtve of the
light of the whole body of Elector. of this Kiegilom. Fur-
ther alleging, that the House of Commixes, during its
pleasure, deprived the Citizens of Westost.ster of their
share is the represrmation, aiol the piddle at largr or the
exertions of a faithful servant, in whose ability, firmuess,
mud integrity, they pre•rinii.:fietly confide ,
The Petitioners my, s hey view with jraloury and suspicion
the allotting lip of Mir Ersucta Burdett in mason, abet, the
atteatiou of the nation is directed, with satiety, to his in-
tended Motion for a Reform in Purl' .merit iu that aaaaa ar-
able ltina—that House, in which they assert, the traffic in
heats has been avowed iu the rase of the Right Honourable
Spencer Primeval sad lord Castlereagh, 1.. he as notorious
the sun at 110011—a plat lice, at llie mention of whkli, in
the emphatic Wigwags of the Speaker, our ancestors
mould have started with iiidigliation.
'I hey therefore pray the House cf Cummins to follow the
example of their predecessors—and to " Expunge all their
net larations, Orders and kesolutloll.l on the subject, RS telid
tan to the sultversiou of our Liberties, and the introduction
of a Military Despotism; and to recall Sir Francis Burdett
ei the arevice of the conntry is Parliament, that he may
there improve that plan of (urns, which, last Session,
bi so purrs-folly reess•oinendeil, nod which, in the epsilon
ut the rehtionera, is absolutely isoreasery for the stability
twil boomer of the Throne, slid the safety era well-being of
the People."
Major CARTWRIGHT said, that he had b. en bet.
toten t Ivrty and tot ty 3 ears upon a voyage to Par-
liamentary Reform ; during which time, lie had ex-
prnrnced
Many ',rim's.% of fortune. At one time,
the oratiter was fair; at another, foul:—at 61. e
time, a calm prevailed ; at another, the storms 4111.
Sailed He at but eolleeiVed that he was get-
ti into post. trite present appearances were more
foil ni. proini.e than any that had yet occurred ; and
the Tower of London, he hoped, would be the
11,ht-house to guide him to his long-wished-
fnr lie then produced a letter, which
he moved should be transmitted to Sir Francis
Bardett, in tine 'lame of that meeting. [The letter
cotapltin nted Sir Francis Burdett, assuring him,
that as the wise of Hampden was venerated ny the
contain, for ins oppositwit to the illegal conduit ut
the Hs.ug, so hit (Sir F. Burdett's) name should be
cemented for his opposition to the illegal couduct
of Me Parliarneut, on refueling the puwer:of which,
he hall impres.cd the country with a great prime of
&Mg Aloe. Ithw groat server the prostitutiou of
th.• !louse of Commons might be, he was yet con-
si.l, red by the country as Its _able and daring de-
fender. it oh e •veti with respect to the siitruduc-
non of the tudsiary force, upon the late occasion,
that it was a force r•itirely unknown to the Coasti-
notion ; and reprehended, in inning terms, the con-
duct uf those who had mperaeded the legal iutho-
d force, that of the 'unties, tiy the introduction
ol the rniliiary, it ascribed to Minioers 'he fault
of Ilegl-c.ts,g 111. Civil Power, and substituting the
Basta mice of the .Slilitery ; and th it froth the very
1%,,f0 of motives ; and concluded wit . drawing a
c.ii.tic•i ..eireen his and Wei. conduct" Major
C., i rsgh theu moved "Tints the letter ahould be
. .

it..l, ecji,i) the Assembly, and carnet II to Sir Fran.
isurdett by the Sheriffs, needed by the two
a% pi•sii wenn..."
0-. Tow oak an seconded the 'notion. which
0 -- - arrive is •th hiss) on diameatient. the 64111 C who
. • .appinic•-•1 of t •ie Itesoletinsia.
ii .. t 71. i FY Pao end, that .i hough reew, bed vita
pervert .:4 w .648.4 , MA • 1 ate .4. r.tuallta aiNssaist
Ise 1.444841 :ipo.. Mr. Wllish, lie ;4 I•ot mum for-
, ward for toe ir.epose •• ~ oposang•u6l4 a. 0.4-. He
ii.l.4..iii iro.e of amid) -r nature to utak., on of
'l', as% ,o Mr. ti.n.: for ito l'ar., marinas) so lip
fiti•tn a it, •...., Ilse furore. wig .t be construed
V. 1.( ifee...o: I -will, orriere .0 u. heavies eel'
ilk
od, ~e ..I.ageme- of the Alvniiier who war deverviint
of r,:coirr in toe letter vote, it *Gold be vary evi-
dent •Mit it merit, d not the adintraiiuo of his coo-
sl-tacos. (.14nivill I Ile test mops ii -. Vote ul
114.40 to ,dr. 16ini, fur Ma general conduct in
Parlidoe-.t.
Mr. dueri.tv itecelodcd the motion. Ile sei,l,
t!...e, wt:h rev, et to what his worthy friend (Mr.
Byu4,) had said, relative to the saecresil urine
iiistructions of the Constituents to their represe. t i-
bee. he meant, that, without the reino•otratices and
petitions of the former t,. I•arliansit nt, ~II the dim to
of the Latter would be ineff ctual.
Mr. WAIMISAIII said, th..t to any thing hehad said,
there was an allusion to any error or impropriety
ustbecundisct of Mr. flyng ; on the contrary, he
earn.. rerl dial Mr. llyng's conduct had been always
strictly constitutional, and that he had ever been
the liteit4 of reform.
Tsar vote of thanks was then unanimously agreed
to.
Mr. By Nr; returned thanks for the high honour
conferred upon him. From the rallied period of
his Parliameatary life, lie had never looked for any
offi-e or honour under the Crown. because he eon-
Pr red, that the pursuit of any such object would
hr. incompatible with the conscientious discharge
of hie duty to his constituents. it WAS hie orm-
olu, desire, that the peas. ie should come for-
tiori', and urge others to call *loud for l'arliarnen-
t!trY reform. All ;mover derived from the people
should be exercised for the advantage of the pro-
-1,,,. slid atointained by authorities derived trout
the people.
Mr. etteroan then moved a vote of thanks to
the Sheriffs, for tbeir re 'illness its callatia the 1"'-
is•ot Meeting, sod for their proper conduct an the
Vital r.,
.Major CAITW&IOHT said, that hi. worthy Friend
(Sheriff Atkins), tied, although labouring tinder
serious domestic collimate., attended to his duty
upon the presect or casino, with the moat laudable
siti-toess, and waa sede.l, by hi. brother In office,
t•1;1 the utmost assitluit) and attention. He con-
cht.le f with secondin a the notion, which wits put
and ca7rieri synonymously.
Mr. Sheriff M eon e;pretercl his high sense of
the honour conferrevl upon him. He took that ste•
ession to obviate Mall.' misrepresentation Oat had
been made in the House of Common., and out of
it. They might all remember the tinestion whic't
had hurts put as to whether had had acted in concert
oath his colleague. Hr also complained that tome
.I.llliterriti which he had delivered at the Livery rill,.
net hart been IR tarepretremwsioiorar of the inagisi tat es
hid heel, pleased to address hem, t taro the ineilium of
tin. public prints, aecti.iwg hum .4 a mia-..tatenteiit.
It was Itisinteetton to ...rawer 01. e charge that morn.
in ; he was prevented by the premium of public
6.1,4.1...$ ; hot. in • Mir or two. a full scomnt of
:',,. proceed:l ga should be pioduced, which he
h•tpet world he fulls a disfactory. It aims his isa
blitiou to cull the civil power of the comity to the

prot eetion of Sir Francis Burdett's house ; but his
arrest hiving taken place. he deemed such It COll-
- unnecessary.
Mr Sheiiff ATKINS returned thsoks.
Mr. CLIFFORD then moved, •. That the Resolu-
tions should he ailvvriised," which wits dgreud tu,
mid the Meeting' adjoisin.,.l at half-past jour.