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Under a specious
etiquette. From '
lic will acquire perfect information, .
planners of this expedition will, with the Officers
appointed by them, stand responsible for Vic re-
atsective share each !lad in the conaummitiott of this
work of dishonour and of iufirmy.—(Heai! Hear !)
—lt is, therefore, in my opiaini., your duty not to-
depart, this day, until you shew.your want *Mewl..
deuce in the Administration, by an energetic mu
quest to our Sovereign to convene his Parlinineut
tatinediatelf.-• tParhaserat Parliament ! froze
17 parts of the 1/afl.)--Perhapa it will be quid, that
I am prejudging Ministers. Is it, 1 ask, either
prejudging or premature to impeach the men
who announced that ignominious and inde-
lible stain upon the national clia, acter, amidst the
thunder of artillery, cud the most triumpliatit de-
monstrations of public rejoicing?—(llear ! Hear!)
is it prejudgment to accuse men, wins, in the com-
mand of the most powerful means, had conducted
themselves in &manner indicative of no other design
than to disappoint a nation's hope's, and blast its re-
putation ? Is it prejudgment to hold up the litchi to
public inquiry, who sent out an avowedly Mem:ll)e-
-tent Commander to supersede another officer in the
minima of victory and triumph ?—(I fear! hear!/
Is it, I ask, premature to urraign the Ministers
who sent out MI& expedition, without cavalry or
.irdinsuce, on a service where it was almost imprac-
ticable to effect any thing without a great supply
of both ?—/Hear ! hear ! hear !) Believe me,
if it be, us I um conscious it is, your unanimous
feeling to investigate impartially, and to demand
the puuishineut of those who are the real and per-
haps the sole crimiouls, vou ought not hunt your re-
solution to a call for efficient inquiry ; but, in the
exercise of a constitutional right, state to His Ma-
jesty the necessity of, at this moment, appealing to
the collective wisdom of the State, as the mode
most cougheteat to afford the remedy, and to re-
dress the evil. (Hear ! hear !) They arc not his
or their country's friends, who recommend u dif-
ferent course. No ! Courts of Inquiry at the
Morse Guards will not satisfy the politic wind, and
lir this best reason i that they cannot provide for
. the wants of public justice. (Loa eloartorr of
• Kw I hear !) Much stress has been: laid else-

There opus] the propriety of restraiging the popular
sentiment, in order to afford the olficersp*Wiren pat
upon their trial.kistior. Ti afford /heck that jus-
tice, I cull upon you to take the slap best calcu-
lated and mast likely toi2produce the effect. Ii it;'
independent of thilr claims.:. recollect there is illev
a debt ef justice due to the injured fume mitt
tarnished lustre of our common country. Sect&
lect the claims which the brave Spanish aitirlktto'

tuguese people, nay, that Europe a. MI hunien ity it-
self have upon you, injured as they, have all been
by that most detestable of all disgraces, the Con-
vention of Ciutra. (Hear ! hear ! hear II
In order to answer these great ends, the only com-
petent tribunal is before the representative body of
the people.—There the people, in the persons of
their representatives, will have the opportunity of
• . interrogating, at the bar of the House, the
Commanding Officers of that, gallant army, and
• of ascertaining the stature of ..tlic-ipstructions
• Slimy received from Ministers,,A4d :Whether it
. . wit an ill-provided and :ill-sumlted expeslitiod
• or not ? Through the public pies., ate I iftilirch
of the empire 'Will be put in ioniadiate "tat
.+
lalneeion of the facto. - if the people of this k'n.pieorp
ale satistie4l with the idle ceremmty :at• the. HtirseL
, (hoards, or the snore various po}oul!' at Chelsea,
the greater probability is, that th,eYitd kilprits will
..apsepe with impunity. Indes4„ffe htite seen the
. *OA of such investigations, and how cruelly they
• have disappointed the public expectatipn. Is there,
I ask, in this crowded auditory, a 'Asti man who •
will venture to comic forward, and state ih his fel-

low-citizemi. that he erns not disappointed at tfie,re-
suit of the inrestigalion into the disgrace at Bor;icis
Ayres ? Were not the IP.llteg of our gallant soldierS;
sacrificed as they were he cowardice or trcaeiery,
or both. left unrevensc.l by the pony display of
the twajehly of national jostiee, in which that in-
vestigation to tatted ? Similarly will your pro-
mised inquiries on this event en.l, unless the voice
of the people interfere to defeat the maehiaations
•of the King'd Xlietibter4. (Hear Fleur 'llley in-
, deed may be induce:l to proceed on this oceasioit to
en estreove, in order to ward from their own

heads that plinisliment which the public indigo*•
tint, is anxious to have inflicted, hut of witch the
incompetency of a subordinate tribunal het denied
• anaiisat application. In my conscience I verily lie.
here, that the men who compose the present admi-
nistration are so deed to every other fecling. dart
the gratification of their lust for °thee, that they
would, without any compunction, shed the i,luod
of au unfortunate oilieer, unprotected by great pa-
tronage or family nitisience, with the hope of si-
lencing populnr reprosell, aail of continuing. iii the
isorsessiou of the eatolittnents of anti office.—
/Hear ! Hear! Hear trust the inhabitauts
of IVestininster will never heconse their auxiliaries
iv such a pursuit. As justice is your object, en-
deavour to procure the prompt summoning of that
tribunal, where it can be only obtained. It us there
you will have the truth, the who!t• truth, and no-
thing but the truth. There you can eSk Ministers,
What use have you made of the gallant blood that
has been shed, and of the enormous e% pea* that
has been incurred ?' Would to Cod they %mold 'm-
ower, that both blood and treasure word mat incr.
&eternity and disgracefully expended. buck are
my views of this question ; and antvrilliug as I am
to int/dere with the rrieetieble characters who so
patriotically exiertai theiiilvelists to convene ads
Meeting, I vrill for t to priseketioiline myscif to the
expression of,ss wish A., titChadepting it. Shotild
they, hnwevers feel it theli elisicirtle, I
will certaialy pat if, in frit Antic of an tliteudinent,
to the vote."
A comnianication wa4 ilien'imule' to; Power,
that his proposal, met 4i.e'siishesestitheisipptirters
of the original resolatioiL • 'When Mr. Powcr con-
cluded, he desired the Meads to his propositiou to
cry out " Parliament, tiarliantent !" and the Hall
immediately re-echoed with the expression.
Sitv.aitive then come forward, ainid•it the
loudest peals of applause and joy of the assembly,

moniPnfltry.
••of

con-

ad-
in
order that this transaction might undergo the most
complete investigatiost. lie was neither so blind
to the system that prevaik.d in the House of Coin-
mons, or so aangniue in his lopes, as to conceive
that Parliament would, on this question, evince any
very niwounnoti vigilivoce. But he wus folly aware,
that the beat security the people had for the dili-
gence and watchfulness of their Representatives,
consisted in the exercise au diligent and unceasing
attention to their conduct on the part of the pro-
ple.—l 1 lenr hear ,t tree, tree, Sheritloa.)
The three first Resolutions having bees pot and
carried unanimously, this distinguished Patriot
concluded by moving the following Resolution, in
the place of the 4th, which was withdrawn
dissolved, That it is highly expedient that Pailiameat be
rim thwith assembled, in order that the Cutiventiou should
sudergo a strict Parliament/my ingeiry.
This Resolution, so moved by Mr. Sheridan,
was put mind carried unanimously, as ass also the
sth.
The Address to the King'was next read by. Mr.
CLv IMsON, and I'l'l4 approved.
Mr. PULLER then offered himself to the as-
sembly, in order to take their opinion on the reso-
lutions which had been previously read by :11r. Fin-
uerty, in recommendation of Parliaineutary Re-
form. (General symptoms of disapproval were
then manifested, not against the measure itself, but
that it was not connected with the object of that
day's meeting.)
Mr. He.wmmes endeavoured to follow on the
same side, but the disapprobation continuing, it
*us impossible to hear his observations.
Mr. Want MIT felt a.ixions that the questions
should be kept separate. If Parliamen!ory Be-
form was the object, he would willingly sign a re-
quisition for that purpose. He never deviated from
the opinion he entertained on that subject. lle
conceived it is salutary and a necessary measure,
and it was not his nature to shrink from avowing
and acting up to his opinion. (Tree, Inshore, well
done; another meetlag foe Parliamentary Reforna.j
When the resolution was put, for iequesting Sir
Francis Burdett and the High Bailiff to present
the Address to the King, the unanimous appeal of
the Meeting added the patriotic name of Richard
Brindey Sheridan.
The Meeting then separated. fully satisfied that
it had properly exercised a great Constitutional
right, to the credit of themselves, and probably to
the advaucionent of the permanent interests of
their country.
DUBLIN, PCT. 15.

A Quarter Assemblwas had, yesterday, at the
Exhibition-room, in William-street, when an Ad-
dress was moved to His Majesty. on the Convention
of Chant. While, however, the Common Council
wen:dila:mon% the merit* of the motion before
them, another Address, worded in somewhat a dif-
ferent manner, was sent down from the Board of
Aldermen: It expressed the sorrow of the City of
Dublin, at the diegrhceful terms obtained from
the British Commander by the Duke D'Abrantes,
and hoped that Ills Majesty would institute an in-
quiry into the causes which led to that lend mea-
sure.

Mr. GiFFAID rose'for the purpose of moving an
amendment. He expatiated upon the merits and
character of Sir Arthur Wellesley, praised his ad-
mirable dispositions previons to the battle of
Vi-
micro, his skill and Foromptitede iu availing him-
sal of the oature of the ground, surd of the eqemy's
positiosi, JiAc. Svc, Fur these reasons, lie thought
that a. paragraph, expressive of our gratitude to our
millint and deserving emmtrymen, slionhl be in-
troduced into the • Atldresii. The amendment,
however, war sileotly negatived, and the Address
was viatietk,pri scut down Cons the Court of Alder-
men.
• The late Chief Magistrate's grant of Irina was
unanimously voted, and thanks of the Lord Mayor
and Board of Aldermen were sent down to the She-
riffs and Commons for their oosieurrettee. So anxi-
ous, however, were both Houses to testify their ap-
probation of tne conduct of this excellent Chief
Magistrate. that ilie Commons' House subse9uently
sent lip a resolution to the same elect, desiring the
sasent of the Ho inl ; but the Board conceiviug that
this mark of approbation should originate with
them, and the usage of the Corporation being,
that the approbation of a de,erving Chief Magis-
trate most take its rise with the Board of Alder-
men, they unanimously toted him their sincere
shanks, accompanied with a suitable Address, and
that the smile should be presented to taw by the
laird Mayor and lioard of Aldermen, with a Gold
Box. Thus has Alderman Trevor terminated his
year of Chief Magistracy with honour to himself,
and the unanimous approbation of his fellow-citi-
zens.

Mr. GIIIFAIID objected to Mr. Lindsay's bill for
the ribliands decorating oar late Chief Magistrate's
horses and their harness, on his commencement of
municipal functions, as not having bee►► of the me-
cum/reed fiats of blended orange and Mote.
Mr. LINDSAY said, that he acted agreeably to
au order, and had no apprehension of non-payment.
The freedom of the Corporation was voted to the
Prsitimisters-General, and to Sir John Doyle, K.C.
'their amours then adjourned to soup and
ulurk‘segale I►ei elided, business was resumed,
and tbmthanks of the Common Co►►ncil were pro-
posed to hie voted to Alderman Alexander, the late
tiatlk•notmadaot 37agistrate, upou the grounds of
liis greatani tried merit."
The question beiiiit pet, and a majority appear-
ing to be for the Alderman, a ballot ass called
fur, whet► it appeared there were—

Put the Re•uhttinn way
Black Braes

This Itosnlntim' is perhaps the lOW singular in-
stance of respriciowlmess Urea' reeortl.—The Assetu-
Lily, atter &owe tontine Im4st)P4s. acljouroed.

Yesterday a Oozier MI from the two-pair of
*wino window, at No. 5, Clement's inn. Ife was
taken to hi. ;Waster's; in Duke-street. Lincoln's-
inn4klds, au a most dritadfal mangled state.

MPO R 7111: INDELLIC P: Tel%
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOREX MEETING, Rettig•

%ICON CHIA Y, OCT. t).
Mr. lilcllerrnan's I.4laihs .k Veucs, let. 111 h. hest Sir C.
Turner's Mr. 'Goody, sst. 21h. Two-yr old C. ^_ssp. h. ft.—.
u to tie Venus.
The third and last year of the renewal of the October Oat-
lauds Stakes. 11. M. A subscript sus of sets each, inti.
ft. if declared by one o'clool. on Tssesday. To he roil Le
by bursts of all ages, st.ys ohms ext eistrd
TI.. !Int Clara of the Outlands Stake,. of .11p. eaeb. D.M.
Mr. WpidbllOVll FACC/1011, s yts old, Nit, ; lb
Ll Euler* Weaver, .j y,u old, 751,u1ts
Mr. slsou'sc. by Hambletuniau, oat of 'lot terello, a pro

uld, 044 510
I). of it utiand's Rambler, 4 yr. uld,7st. 31b. .
1) of Graflon's Vaithlyke, 3 yrs uld, 7.1. tutb. ..... .
Ld G. H. Careudi.les Ihradiaougli,t, aged, 74.711 t .. 6
:Even nu Elretiu—y to 1 net Moulder-1 to 1 ngvt Vandtk*.
l'lte Town Plate of 501. for 3-yr olds. 7101. alb ; r u!ds•
st. 411). ; 4-yr olds, 111 b. ; 6. yr olds, and. Ilk.: sod
aged gat. *lb. T. M. M. D. C. The warmer to be evict
fur itsp if detnnuded,
Mr. Lakes be. e. Fillittla 3 yrs.
Mr. Ilisueerie' s c. Wood clammy 3 4414
Lund F. G. Osborue's br. f. bleeptog Acuity, 3 yrs
Mr. C. Browtte's b. f. 51iltonia, 4 yrs 4
Sir C. Turner's b. e. Peter Plinaley, .1 yrs
Mr. Millet's eh. f. Jewess 5 yrs
Mr. Crouch's b. b. Pensbrelte, by Worthy, s yrs
Mr. iVyattlhatua's b. e..Atukrusirt, 4 yrs
Mr. Goodisstas It.c. Fusberry, • yrs..,
14 ersey's b. b. Langton, u yt.. " P.
• to I us Fuseus-5 to 4 against l'eter
The Judge could place but fuer.' •
Sir J. Shelley's c. Suck, lay Waxy, out of Two Shgaftiesgs;
rec. ft. frame 6440. Grosvenor's b. f. elaryseis, by
out of Lady Jane, set. 91b. each. Two-yr old =-
lons. b. ft.
. _ .
NAVAL. INTL L LIG ENC E.

PORTSMOUTH. OCT. J.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Iris and .Serallota,
with the Robert zed Ann, Captain Martin • Cofista,
Robinson ; Oporto, Coyle ; pineins, Martin;
Regard,Pliigg; Biretta, I?avidsou ; and the Men-
tor transports; having on hoard two thousandaligepi
from Gijon. Also arrived, the swerchaut schooner
Patriot, from Spain.—Wind Westerly.
• TI.TMOUTH, OCT. IL
Arrived the Crane schooner, Lieut. Tindall*
from Falmouth ; and the lkfience. of 74 glum,
Capt. Ilothain, from Ferrol ; arrived also the
Channel fleet is 'Torbay.
Sailed the Ssthille, of 38 guns, Capt. Upton. for
Portsmouth ; Betsey cutter. to join the 47haanel
fleet ; and the Insolent gun-brig, Lieuk
with a convoy. for Corunna. „
Caine up Harnoture, La Seine, of 36 gnus, Capt.,
Atkins.
Put back the Insolent gun-brig, and her cosivoy.
—Wind W. FALMOUTH. OCT. 17.
Arrived the Amazon, from Plymouth.
Sailed the Cricket, for Corunna.
DEAL, OCT. 19. .
Remain in the Downs a large fleet of ships of
war, transports, and outward-bound vessel*, as par
Lest.—Wind
HOVER. OCT. lg.
This day, the wind having blown fresh from the
N.W. several large ships have passed here for the
River, one of which was a mast ship from Quebec,
and one a Portuguese ship from the Bretitai, with
several transports uud wasters.
Just before dark, yesterday, a French privateer
was seen standing across, but it has not been as-
certained whether she has taken any thing.

•RISTOL, OCT. IS.
Came in the Swallow, M'Neile, from Belfast ;
Martha Brae:Cox; Ann, James ; 'Buhl:, Hooper;
Diana, Thomas, from Jamaica ; from
Saville; and Rachel, Williams, from Africa, bound
to Liverpool.

WHITEHAVF.N, OCT. IS.
We had another "lent gale of wind on Thurs-
day and Friday. On Friday morning, the brig
Brilliant, of and from Belfast, with cattle, came on
shore behind the North-Wall, and ststik. The sea
broke over her in the most terrifying manner, and
every wave threatened her with instant destruction.
No time was lost in launching the Life-boat, which
again proved successful in saving the lives of the
crew and passeugers,w hich consisted of eight persons.
la the worst part of the storm, on Friday morn-
ing, the Hope, of Maryport, with salted salmon,
from the Highlands, belonging to Mr. Wharton, of
Cockermlonth, Caine in here, in the titinost distress,
and almost an entire wreck. The hardship sus-
tinned by the people on beard, the preceding night,
the imminent &lager of penshimT on the coast of
Scotland, and the disabled state of the vessel, make
• her arrival here appear almost miraculous.
Soon after another vessel was seen rapidly ap-
proaching the shore ; mid, in a short time. she got
etubayed between the half-Moon Battery and the
battlement of the Neu Quay; and it was greatly
feared that the swell of the surge would throw her
upon the rocks. The Life-Loaf was proceeding to
her aw.;aitaince, when she fortunately weathered the
rocks, and gut within the splay.
The. Carrier, Iluddleston, groan Dublin, also
came on shore the sonic 'notating, behind the North
Well.—Slie is 'spa...test-to be got oft again.
The Brilliant and the Carrier have both got into
the harbour.

EDINBURGH. OCT. 17.
On Satinslay a considerable degree of alarm was
excited in Leith, in consequence of 'dykes from
Dunbar that the C'yzert sloop of war, Capt. Dix,
had been taken sndelenly, in a violent gale, between
Redcastle and St. Abb's Head, in which she
was obliged to cut away her masts, and was in
danger of being driven on shore.—Great praise is
due to Admiral Voshon for his exertions ; for im-
mediately on receiving the intelligence, the Spit-
fire sloop of war, and a gun-brig, were dispatched
to her assistance ; and the life-boat, with a lum-
ber of Newhaven fishermen, who volunteered
their services to man her, accompanied by several
naval officers, were sent off in the naval storehouse
waggon, drawn by in horses. The ship was hap-
pdy in safety before this assistance, afforded with
such laudable promptitude, arrived. The latest
accounts mention the ('garnet being seen in tow of
the Spitfire, steering for Leith Roads.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
GRA V FINEIIO, OCT. t9.—Passed by the Betsey. Drury,
from Quebec; Orion, Gruver, from Oporto Favourite,
Clift ttttt from Seismal ; Comet, Hinton ; Cento'rion, Douglas;
Rohm', Lindell,: and Wm. Pitt, Proctor, from Jamaica.
Sailed the Mary, Smith, for Curacua ; gouts Rumba, Ross,
for Malta Yiucendarr, Nesin • Balsams Alyea and thu
Ben Lomond, Blurt elf the

DtMITI MUNE, Oot.
_

Oh Saturday the Ist last. tho Chieken
Club beta • Ineetiveg &it (:rtvvig-4014,
celebruto the victorintiv bravery of our tr.,..!"1,
Portugal, and to drink the health of that
gui.herl Meuther of the Club, Major-Genera': 1.c..
Pretithwt.
gumwh.—Prtmeht
;111,1: J oir VO.lllllllll, Crtollirtr
Sir John 1-15e1L6,17641.71::'11, I it,.lk.it_C.lftrk, C.

Sir Char!rn
Col Liilitsa!, N .
easpl..l.lin Loch. .

, • "ntnrie,
thipfuant, of Kiumftl.k:
l:fo. ,thken, y uuwecq of
or Beath.

J. Aust.-tither Thoonon, of Wm. Yvon, of Gnus.
Chin I tt. Airs l'utsille, )vase r, of
Itiihrs Bruce flesiderson, or Hillside.
Er John Brown, of Prstis.
0111. Clieaps, of Wellf.rld. James Larli, F.sq
Win. Scotto* Bolbenda. t larles Ross, Esq.
James Bolaertaoss,Basslay, of Win. F,rgussou,jius
!lesiva. Jlllnle SprUCC, Esq,
Jas. ManSfirtfl,'ufVfainnr. Janie* Row-, !Esq.
Ju. Stuart, yottngoi; irf 11nn. I John Cousto.i, Esq. •
CAM
11 James Watt, Esq.
Ileury I)ewar, of Lassoolic , John Yount:, Esq.
John Ws:sou, of 'Franey. Grum. Ilisoirrielf, Esq.
Wm. Maul, of Pittsuirraeff. Wto. t)liphia.t, Esq.
Nothing coatl exceed t to estliii•lasui with shalt
the Meeting drsiik the health. of Gen. Fergussiint
whose micpinsnonly amiable churseter, as u r
and a Gentleman, is noldess known to the Citi!ii
than his galfatiltry as an-Meer is to the country.
The health of the General's esteenied father, 3jr,
Fergusson, of Raid', (who, from motives of delicarvi
did not mute his appearance), was also drutiko,iili
a fit-emir expressive of the lively interest takes' lir
the Clab in the happiness with which the glur 014
lon must aidniate the heart of u father. As wail,
many patriotic toasts were drunk, with three nubs
three, an.l,ot this occasion, with more than ordinary
zeal. NVilien the Conventions made vvith Jutiot, wit
brought into 'View, th• sentiments expressed,
they were not Such as tended to dump the joy which
the successes 4oit r gallant troops had occasioned,
reittliettja 401) sense of the obligations *hid' he
Vie pert eftr of this independent country, to use
most strenuous exertions for wiping olf the tem.
stain which the imbecility of individuals hia
nttuelied to the natinnul character.—
,ats the following a ere drunk:—.
temorry tried mail be toy <n4

hotel-its of this event, end the finding that his indisposition tas but momPntor
really guilty, COO Lit tfil7 ernirossed He.expreosed his conseidencersith the proposition
spored.. There.the pep e wilteit in the last Speaker, and-hail determined to have co
ea couduct of their sc7vinbt nor willtnwtyclad bkrionuer speech, by the introduction of
utile to conceal its hideous form, strieadantat•to that effect, haul not his sudden it
inns wcquiesceuce with military ness forced him prematurely to conclude. He h;
the-collisiou of debate, the pub.. alhorare mated has reasons on •the propriety of a
more perfect information, and this drissiug the Kin;;, thconueite his Parliament,
. .