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,
, theretire, that Ole only sa
e c.iit hive is u Pairliumei.tary
mid nmr.::: of acquiescence.)
le Comity of Essex will th,s
rple to other rounties in the
tkis to maintain our lioneur
oupport.tht dignity aunt in-
Inig4ing the peridssiou of
• on and witli•hii
iresseJ them :—" Gentlemen,
'no country who inure sincerely
she and patriotism evinced
all ranks throughout the
mine jealous of the efIlln•
if—no man who would go
heiag trenched upon by any
whatever. It is then with
enan that I behold the puli-
eJ roused rt.tainst any
111:ly have been granted to the
Augal. I reel tlint intlig-
und 1 glory in it, like every
and i inert still feel nu
• were I convinced that the
tier which had been con-
. inquired into. But, iii the
should I doubt it ? Has not
thai it is a transaction which
lie hopes mid expectations of
he intends to institute an lm-
,'No ! No ! from raricus guar-
Lord who moved this Address
Earl St. Vincent replied "
ing—l stated that Ministers,
iesty. had said so.") Then
'hat the Oificer who continuo&
is come to England to answer
being the case, I meat then
some sinister view in the pre-
some snake in the gram, or what
there is some party spirit to
a treat noise ensued, wills
cries of no ! ( off .1)
'cang'with such contempt as to
allow any one who has erred
ty ? Shall I assist in raising
man who is now upon his trial ?
minds of those individuillo
perhaps be to try him ?
put to the bar behind you, (al-
io the Shire-hall) would be
of the conntry. That cause
. which does not support it-
candid means. There has been,
much canvassing upon this oe-
lett.ir from one of the most
.s country ; cod if goad natures
insinuating wanner., can make
certainly must be deemed so."
we believe, to Mr. Burgoyne,
• " He sent round to the
reasons for supporting it, and.
• the Earl of Essex approved of
the Earl of Essex, but I want
. not the county of Essex ap-
. whether it will consent to lend it-
any party whatever? Another parson was
mentioned by this eativasser, and that person
er than the-Marquis of Buckingham;
you the reason why ; I mean no of-
Gentlemen, of all' euccesstul 'peen-
ie Marquis of Buckingham has
and it is not a little mortifying
is have failed hint at this time of
that his talents have not been
n, and that an Administration
without him; one that has brought
important events to the country at
the space of a twelvemonth, than could
done during twenty years....
hope to be encouraged, that
vigorous measures, the tyrant
may hurled from his height, and
former insignificance, that liberty
mankind. This is a popular
effects iney likely he pormanent;
is wise for those who do not like
idmiuistration, to cutch at every ince-
opt, however good and well-directed
Amongst the Gentlemen who have
requisition are several with whom

\te. All that I ask of them
adhere to the same prin-
have ever evinced in their si-
to their love of liberty and of
bean:Med by the correctness
, and all that I now wish is, that
correct upon this occaition as the'
towards another. As to tlio No-
propowd this mention., only *un-
it/linty very improlathle to happen, lint
t possibility °reliance. Suppose that
be placed in a situation in which his
thought emelt as onght to he
hope and trust, upon such an
:prejudice willnever be wrought
AI at present, while his honour
at stake. Upon these grounds
think that the Address that No-
Wbuld be a disgrace to the County
agree to it. (No! Ne! No.o
conelnde maring, as an
this Meeting do now 11.410411.11•"
Slime forward with an expreb.ioa
sectnd the motion or ntljourntuent.
`olt:lopt that course, in reverence
- of his gracious Sort-.
'"'ereitges who, during a reign of nesrly
eraormly manifested an unceasing
the wt.ltes, and to mai•itato

peopk.—/ lirsr, heir .// That
"Iced to the world that it was
isistitnte an iaquiry into the
the Conyiution of '.7ilitra.—
Itions was it nut dispNyfectilti
ith a desire, espressrtl on the
for that. whirh he was ora-
peoinior? That promise which
- the Itryal lip,.—(Nn, no, it is
okiishitry, in the pres..a:r of the
,nld mit, was it becoming to violate,
tiovervign, those orAinary princirles
vrere correctly oli,erreil in the
between 11114111 natzt ? fie
tat n suitve,•%ials of' i!npartial
uk.ana 411 art,

•
lic-fore the rehli;-e eirceunstanivs
that act were submitted to public- coesideratiois
Wait respect to the Convention of Cintrm heaves
not inclined to a.sert that it was not an injudielees
or a repieneithible measure. het still lie thought it
by iin means deserving of the unqualified reproba-
tioa which, in the diseappointnientorsaulguine hope*,
it had se generally utet wilt. It was surprising
that iii a Caba utmost parallel, the Commander had
received, mid justly received, f.r«,w the country, ha- ,
'lours and re.vaids. He ai!•nied to the campaign
in Egypt, where, ufter the hrilliant victory it the
2lst of march, the British Commander had agreed
Li. two Conventions, the one at Alexandria the
other in Cairo, on terms similar to that of Cintru.
The French armey were not considered prisoners
of war. They were allowed to curry with them
their cannon and horses. (A Freeholder—" This
late one was quite a different thing. It gave
encouragement mid security to a gang of horse-
stealers.")— ( Loud laugliin.) Mr. 11..ainston
tattered at length into the iseparate articles of the
Convention, with a view of proving it was 110 t so
bad 113 with represented, and justified by the pre-
cedent which he hal iiistaneed in Egypt. Ile then
took a retrospective view of the conduct of Minis-
ters during their official existence, and attributed to
them the merit of the Spanish struggle —the extri-
cation of tlieSpanisli troops in the North of Europe
—the rescue or the fleets of Denmark, Spain. and
Russia, from the grasp of him who sighed for ships,
colonies and commerce.--(./ loud cry of, To the
Questton!)—After some recapitulatory remarks,
the Hon. Gentleman got down.
Mr. W. SMITH presented himself next to the
notice of the Assembly, amidst very great clamour
and confusioti—e' Gentlemen," said he, e, I am
not at all surprised that some in this Meeting
should be so desirous of adjourning ; and, there-
fore, I shall endeavour to take up but very little of
your time iu your present temper. I cannot help ,
soaking a very few observations upon the speeches
of the two Hou. Gentlemen who spoke last, to
whom this Meeting will, I ant sure, be always
ready to pay attention; because they hold, chit-
ractera, both in their private and public life, in this
county, that must call forth the utmost respect,
and therefore deumuid that attention which has
been given them. Mr. Corley has obeerved,
that, to his knowledge, there has been a cousi-
derable, degree of canvassing in order to radiate
this Illeetin.r. I have upon this to may, that even
supposing there was, I think any attention to it was
quite unnecessary upon the present occasion, and
to such a Meeting as that new assembled. 1 per-
fectly agree with him, that the Earl of Fasts, or
Marquis Buckiugham, are not the perilous who are
to direct the sentiments of the county of Essex. I
come here, first, to hear the Freeholders themselves
express their feelings and their sentiments, as I am
now doing, and afterwards to sanction and express
those feelings by their vote. I inn convinced that
they will neither be influenced by the opinions of
those Gentlemen who have been mentioned, nor
by those of soy other*, but that the.? will give
their own unbiassed suffrages. If it lie thought
that thn cause of the Address Might be judged
of by the Means that were used to produce
attendance here this day. I have only to observe,
that they were means which no man need disavow.
I cannot think the oppositiou to this Address can
poseibly rest upon solid or respectable grounds.
when the last Gentleman who addressed you, has
deemed it necessary to go into the history of the last
ainl of the present war, in order to induce us not to
accede to what is now proposed. With respect to
the terms of the Convention itself, I mean not to
go into th«..m, they have been so accurately and so
fully described by the Noble Lord himself, and in
the Addres. he has moved, that I shall only state,
what I deem not a bad argument upon my side of
the question, the opinion of the Ministers them-
selves, when they state, that this expedition hits
disappointed the hopes and expectations of the
country.' Whether or not these hopes and
expectations were ton highly raised, I'll leave
to the Meting to judge ; but when we find
those individuals, who planned the Expedi-
tion so sent and so executed, saying that it has
disappointed the hopes and expectations of the
option, I think I have a body of argument against
the observations of these Gentlemen, which they
can by no means do away. One word us to the
Convention in Egypt, which has been alluded to ;
I may ask that Gentleman, did we stand in the
&line relation to the inhabitants of Egypt, as we
did to those of Portugal? If we did tee then the
comparison would have been a fair one. But in
the case of Egypt, the inhabitants were the sub-
jects of a hostile Government, and therefore the pre-
cedent so stilted falls to the ground. We had a
right to make what terms we chose for ourselves.
But in the present ca.e. the Convention complained
of was not only injorioue to our allies, but dis-
honourable to the British name. (Ilear ! hear !)
The main question is, are we not called upon to
move such an Address as that now proposed bleu
this occasion ?—(No ! no! was exclaimed by some,
and Yes! yes ! by others.) Time object, I say, of
this meeting, is not merely to express our opinion
114 to the necessity of a full, effectual, and public
inquiry, but also to express to the whole country,
and even to our Allies, the opinion which we, as a
portiou of the inhabitants of this nation, entertain
of a Convention that has wounded the feelings of
every one, and has disappointed our hopes and ex-
peetatious. We know, gentlemen, that it has al-
ready wooded the feeling* of one of the Come
menders employed upon it, and that he has dis-
it--( Expressions of approbation.) It' this
Coavention Ix sot disgraceful to us, mid 1111'1111..
venient to our allies, why, in the name of Gail,
&es Sir Arthur Wellesley and his harm!. endea-
vour to prove that he hail uothing to do with it
I gay, that I believe this to be the ease, neon
that cur/neon report which is umally taken to
lie of euffitieut authority. I bcheve that no
man here will take upon him to say that Sir
Arthur Wellesley ever tn..k a part in that Coe-
vention; its thing of which lie approved. I was
told thut.thO Convention might hate been a prone:
me, hemmer the oppart ttttt ty was lost. sir,
I too think that the opportunity, the golden op:
portimity was last, and it is upon that acconut that
I wish far an iugniry, in orikr to *hew wherethe
blame t.oth lie. It that an inquiry will In.
entered into by Minister, brit I am not sore at all
that it sill be such a one as will salary the hopes

And expeettlions of .the Natinn. 'Maine raid
lie seine Where, and as it vs rie)table may impli-
cate the very persons who institote it, I suspect Gat
that inquiry will not he so pehlic as it oaelt to be,
u ultq.s the people express theiretrong 'slates upon
the subject of it. Bat lam told that this
disrespectful to His lelajelo, as he has
royal word tied a,, inquiry *bait be entered
Now, Gentlemen, I have been for the spa
twenty-tate tears pretty well versed in pubb
fairs, and I know that it. is uniformly the
of those who desire to (-leash ineuirs, '
the teteie of the King with any of the
ons 'Bedsores that hate been taktee
well that the answer is the answer of i
niters. The speech which the Sovereign
from the 'flarosie is universally dee:lied
speech of his Miuisters, and 1 know tlia:'
were to say that the people were to he
from stinking observations upon it, he
completely latighed at. Every one lentil
rally avoid saying any thing diseepectft
Majesty, and therefore this is one of dins
by which truth is attempted to be disee
and filets prevented (ruin being disclosed,
were by a side wind. There are varioe
of speech, vesicle may be taken in an
per sense, and eueh us may induce some
sons to think there is more in an argnment
than really is the ease ; for iiistance, the
forces' are to he looked on as the forces
country. 'they tight for the benefit of the
and are supported at their expense. 7
called His Majesty's forces,' and wle
cause to him is delegated the high trust of
ing them for the public advantege; but
be said, that to him alone belongs
of instituting al inquiry, or of ascertaining
they there shall be an iuquiry or not ?—1
I say that every man who is interested in ,
has a right to go up to the Throne to ask, with
but a proper and respectfull tone, whether
forces have beets directed towards proper
and these objects properly executed ?
nervations have been only called forth
occusitm, ar many individuals by their arguments
seem to have forgotten that His Majesty's
are the corers of the natem at large."
A freeholder, whose stance we enald •
from the side of a waggles, at a distant
Meeting, made some oisservatione, add
resolutions, the nature of which we mu!.
But being deemed out of time, they were
to the decision of the Meeting.
Mr. fleet. could not suffer the question
be put, a itiinut declaring, in the face of his Fe.
Freeholders, that lie felt himself bound,
veneration he owed his King, and the dui'
his country, to support the Address which,
iuquiry. into a transaction disgraceful to
resale, item:ions to our allies, and e :i.e. Iv
tde to the hopes and the rescue of long-suffering
hninanity, from the base thraldom of
cipled oppressor.
Tile question of Adjournment was then
the High Sheriff; who expressed his
taking the deeisiten by a division of the .
to the right and left, instead of the ordinary
of holding up the hands. From the 'i
crowd assembled, and the great pressure
this moment took place, accompanied 1
*bouts, which rent the air, and prevented 1
inky of many at either end hearing what
the Meeting was divided in the centre by _
Live partizuns ; he friends to udjournment
ordered to the left, and those in favour
quiry is the right. In the endeavour
with this request a scene of tumult an
presented itself more easy to be conceit
described. It happened to he market-day,
meat-market is situated on the left of the
Hall. The consequence was, that the vast
of persons engaged in that occupation is
sembled on the side to which the
to adieuniment were ordered
They, therefore, presented the motley
butchers, bakers, waggoners, pigdrivers,
servants, sod soldiers, interspersed with a proportion
of freeholders. When the uproar had subsided,'
High Sheriff stated, that the greater
were on the left side, and were of course
of the adjournment. As soon as he made
onnnicartron, he leaped froin the table,
off in his coach and four, which was in
Mr. Western bad just demanded a poll,
not granted. The High Sheriff did i
have the.usual Vote of Thanks for his
the Chair, neither was any such 'notion
quently made.
Mr. ‘VIESTERN then came forward to
freeholders, for the purpose of snaking
tion, but was assailed in the most violent
monis meaner by a proportion of those
eel themselves the successful party. They
towards the table oil which he stood, accone
by many other gentlemen. Nothing could
the licentious conduct of this banditti. '-
say, that Clergymen were recognised
this assemblage to the most savage
atrocious acts. They first upset one of
large malineany tables, and with its disjointed
melds attacked the persons standing
other. Mr. Western having found every
appease them inethetual, with his fr
tired ; alien instaistly the other table was
deed to the fury of this irritated rabble.
endings of the freeholders did not terra'
departure of the High Sheriff. A very
able proportion retired to the Court-huuse„
voted the resolution *hick is to be ,
front of this paper.
1714 E BRITISH PR.

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'cooiuti which we how- civet: of

t barge.' t thistic, the
actorviitory eyeie cam
usf y
ea ( Ilear ! hear
, ...Ater thyself that the A.
I Jay set se noble xatnple
1,u4,1071,
and privilege, amid to au;
tctot of oar conetry.
Mr. C I' r.:t, after le•
the )(venlig to speak rim.
kit 011, thus addressed
there is no titan in this co!
participates in the loyalty
Gaon this occasion by al
(nu atry—iirs one feat in
y! etsn,sur than mystif—
'
{saber to prevent its bei,
• aninions transaction Is
c inti;.gootion ext.'
• fan Etiglishmat
erne ° • coed
fsroarable terms that mny
Preach army in Porsuie
„„5,,,n with pritl-, and 1
e-er Ea,4lislimais; and
lion to that indiguatiou„
i ,t.rt of that Cousentio
dieted were not to be itsq
twile of God, why shout
tie King declared thus.
has ,disappointed the ho
the nation, and that he ii
mediate inquiry ?' (.\o!
Imo The Noble Lord
has sail so. [Here Earl
I aid no such thing—l
tut not His Majesty,
I s3v, (leittleinen, that di
ea tai, expedition has cot
his condom; this brill
suspect that there is nom
tent proceedieenr, some si
' a the worst of all, that th
be gratified."—(thee a
lu4 sibl reireatel (Tics
«Shall 1 :cad the King'.
I sappose that he will elle
to escape with impunity ?
a claisoor against a mats
ihaM I prejudice the m
whose ditty it may pet
The lowest criMinal put t
• hidine, to the Court is
pestected by the laws of t
Mid not be very good wb
self In fair and candid n
te mY knowledge, much I
ration. I have seen a let
canvassers in this con
high breeding, end insins
him formitlnble4 be certs
; Timis nihision was, we b
chi) had just spoken.)
freeholtlent several reason
amongst others, that the
it. I respect highly the
to know whether or not
proves of it, and whether
tell' to any party whatevi
dui mentioned by this r
vas no other than the -I
sal I'll tell you the res
fence—but, Cieutleinen,
• Wore in polities, the Ma
been the meet so ; and it
• diet his calculations have
fay. He regrets that I
brought into action, an,
has been formed without
about more important
it large, during the space of
ry otherwise have been doi
There is yet a further he
his their means and vitro
of the world may be hu!
s restored to his former a
Mae ha restored to man)
subject, sod its effects
!I and, therefore, it is wive
the present Admiuistrati
sere they adopt, howevi
it may be. Amongst
t Nand the resplissition
I net as a Nlngistrate.
is, that they will sill
nplas which 'they here
elation', in regard to t 1
* itroiee. I hart bevel be
of their manners ; and a
they mat be 10 correct
• erne have been mine tong
We Lord who proposed
pser a case, ceruainly very
still within the possibihit
he wart yet to be placed
smeluet snight be the,
• inquired into ;I do lice
occasion. the public.preit
op to such it pitch as at
• 4%1 reputostiou is nt it:
and arguments, I think
hle Lord proposes world
'4 Ese,ex, were we In se
sLall therefore cone
linaentiinent, " That this
Mr. Psneusitests untie
of his theirs. to second t!
He wasindriceil tuaelof
19 the ei•ezesiot trod
Nigh—a ilosereigie who
years, lied uniform
oatfrty to accord itieh
the interests of hi.; roi,
'Oeserrign had amen met
hie determination 113 110
.1001 Whleh IA to 111
After such an intitaatio
to iruportithe !Ain swift,
Part of his iiiitijecNi, fo
clausly pleased to /Imo
proceeded from the
*rout I It was from L
ftcon Lord liewkwishur
world risk,
towards their Sovert•iT
et-decorum which urn
esterenuree of life het.
*Gehl ask pHs it not
Native, to prtiaoll:lCC

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69Ille""ei and mit H 'able ;.t. diuf Olt 30,004, epee the remind Mat tin, mettrial, cliellka .; els
e the very persons who institote it, I suspect t
it inquiry wall not he so piddle as n onght to Ise, hutately taken
. Pia*: ill the,01.0**4"114331"" . '9.-
lees the people express theiretrong esidies ki€l39l, armies, which, it is neesuneseeinsatinve luirsin.. the ''.•""
, subject of it, Bat lum told tin this will be case, bud tfi' eritentleeliteihett midi li'dfolant,V :Q. .
j
respectful to Hie Majtele:, as he has given his iv-rewrite' of .strength. This urttiment is. h -; -
,al word thut an itiquiry Anill be entered into. 'elusive; :and we think it hardly ponible that Na-
tw, Gentlemen, I have been for the space of
POLCON lillOnlel not have pushed some troop* acreei
nits-else tears pretty well versed in publie er-
rs, and I know that it is uniformly the wish the Pyrenees since the beginning ef•September,
those who desire to qiiusli ineuiry, to join although, we admit, they may not hove been so nu-
: tiaeie of the King with any of the errone- merous as they are lepresented.
ii measures that hate been token. I know ----...-- .
II that the answer is the answer of the Mi- While one portion of our military force, which
iters. The speech which the Sovereign makes uouuestionably ought to have betel rem to St. An-
an the Throne is universally deemed to lie the '
eeeh of his Ministers, and I know that if nee- one dero, and which, we venture to believe, will still be
re to say that the people were to be deterred sent thither, front Certiena, by sea, is WO lying
nn making observations upon it, he would •be in the harbour of the last-mentioned place, melees
rnpletely luaglied at. Every one would oats- to us, or to our Allies, in consequence of. tee t‘atit
11, ovoid saying any thing disrespectful of His of cOILINIOII foresight on the part of our AllilUe+
ajesty. and therefore this is one of those sophisms
nistratiois ; another part of the British army, in
which truth is attempted to be disguised,
d facts prevented (ruin being disclosed, as it fulfilment of the Convention of Cintra, is about to
:re by a side wind. There ure various modes commence its inarch'across all Portugal and Spline
speech, whiels may he taken in an halms- to the Bunks of the Ebro ; * distance of seven ',
n -
es titer
h,i
naktidtiineur?
isuinimora:ininadntiacregntronlennet
ulzrd-,
hundred miles. We say, about to begin its march ; . .
art really is the case ; for instance, the . King's because, whatever the Ministeriul Papers 'nay afi-
re& are to he looked on as the forces of it wart, it is perfectly known, that all the letters re-
eintry. They tight for the benefit of the people, ceived from Officers at Lisbon, by the effriceitie.
id are supported at their expense. They are down to the loth iust. agree in adinittiug. that
lied ' His Majesty's forces,' and why ? Be-
else to him is delegnted the high trust of direct- there was no prospect of their setting out before
g them for the public advantage; but will it the 13th or eeth of October. Thnt the Coureation
said, that to him alone belongs the right of Churn. like every other act or measure per-
instituting an inquiry, or of ascertaining whe- funned subsegnent to the arrive; of Bunten), ism
ier there shall be an iuquiry or not ?—t say no— the 0 set of August; and the supercemion of Ww •
say that every man who is interested in the war,
Lessee, manifested iu the Commanders x total
is a right to go up to the Throne to ask, with a firm,
ut a proper and respectfull tone, whether those Irani of enere3, resource, surf milintrle dour, nei-
were have beeu directed towards proper objects, ther Lord ilevreassuev, nor Mr CANNI.NO. will 0"
id these objects properly executed ? These oh- , venture to deny. Bul the results, imissecfesta and •
evatiomi have been only called forth upon this
remote, direct and collateral. of that Treaty, so
'...kr.x.ioli, as ruuny individuals by their arguments
semis to have forgotten that His Majesty's forces justly stigmatized by the City of I..on,liet, are, if
re the ionees of the nation at large." possible, more injurious than the principles which • ,
A freeholder. whose name we could not learn. dictated it were airworthy the elevation of mind
rom the side of a waggle!, et a distant part of the characteristic of the British-name and iietioa. In
letting, made some observations, and read some
it was in
/solutions, the nature of which we could not hear. fact, itself, and it will fie so proved by
lot being deemed out of time, they were not put experience, a Convention. beneficiel to the beaten,
D the decision of the Meeting. 311t1 pernicisms to the victorious army. ft liberated
Mr. beet. could not suffer the question to Ju NOT'S force from a situation, where, thriagis op.
e pato itiinut declaring, iii the face of his Fellow-
pressive to our A!!ies, the Portagueae. it was line
sreeholders, that he felt himself bound, by the
eneration he owed his King, and the duty he owed pomade fie them to extend assistance of any kind
is country, to support the Address which-sought an to their own Killer, and then iminediateq trans%
every. into a transaction disgraceful to the British pored them, with their mine and accoutrements,
sue, iu.lurtoni to our °Ili") ant! ‘‘ ''''''.ariv boa- 'to Fl'ff• ee, on hoard the very vowel* which were
de to the hopes and the rescue of long-suffering
troops
indispene
minanity, from the base thraldom of au unprin- dee to carry our Clati ops from the
ipled oppressor. Tagus to Catalonia. For likesters surely will not
Tile question of Adjournment was then put by assume as a merit, or urge as an exteeeatiou of the -
he High Sheriff; who expressed his intention of Convention, ti. ,t the winds may have dispersed the
akiug the decisidn by a division of the freeholders transports sent to convey du NOT, with die first anti
o the right and left, instead of the ordinary. method
f
second division • hi* soldiers, to Rochelle. x to
if holding up the hands. From the -immense
!toed asseinbled, and the great pressure which at Quiberon. They might have arrived at their des-
his moment took phice, accompanied by loud tination, completely ready at ull poiuts tis come
bouts, which rem the eir, and prevented the possi- mence their march for the Spsuish frontienelby the
nifty of many at either end hearing what was said,
first days of the present month; and if, issasio-
he Meeting was divided in the centre by some ac-
ie.:. pietism's ;he friends to adjournment were 9nence ofilenles of wind in the Bay of Illoomb .
ordered to the left, and those in favour of the in- they should have been delayed in their pan* to .
fairy is the right. In the endeavour to comply France, such an sccidiest CIO op way alfeettbe Ni-
nth this request a scene of tumult and uproar pulations of the Treaty itself. It will ever remain,
resented itself more easy to be conceived than
what it was at the moment of its eignataire, ins
lescribed. It happened to he market-day, and the
neat-market is situated on the left of the Town- adequate, inglorious, and formed ~ to diaappaiat
Hell. The consequence was, that the vast number the hopes and expectations of the country." 7: : 0
of persons engaged in that occupation were all as- We are well aware that Ministers, who hvii el- . .
it-tabled on the side to which the friends
ready shown, by the month of their mien. Alpensll
to adjournment were ordered to repair.
They, therefore, presented the motley groupe of HAwassacav, in the late sarcastic answer km.
•
butchers, bakers, waggoners, pigdrivers, livery- the throne, how averse they are to any reel inquiry;
;enfants, and soldiers, interspensed with a proportion aid who have demonstrated, by leaving eine of. the
of freeholders. When the uproar had subsided, the principal actors in the late transactions in thiairi
High Sheriff stated, that the greater number
mend of the forces at Lisbon, what "woes of ift- t „ ,
were on the left side, and were of course in favour
of the adjournment. As soon as he made this coin. quiry we are to have ; such men, it must he ex. •..
iniinication, he keyed froin the table, and drove peeted, will endeavour to screen, so far as they
off in his coach and four, which was in attendance, can venture to do it, all the Commanders implicatel •
Mr. Western bad just demanded a poll, which was iii e
the two Coventions; Conscious that, where ex-
iint granted. The High Sheriff did not wait to
have the.usual Vote of Thanks for his conduct in Perree' enterprise, and all the characteristics of a t
the Chair, neither was any such mutton subse- man qualified to conduct armies to victory, were
quently made. wanting in the person whom they had wined to i
Mr. WESTERN then came forward to address the
supersede a successful General ; the impediments i
freeholders, for the purpose of making some n.o- . . e defect
of -
ensile; from
tion, but was assailed in the most violent anal out-I
mgeous meaner by a proportion of those who deem- supplies of provisions, or even from contingencies
ed themselves the successful party. They rushed of other kinds. would constitute valid reasons to
towards the table ooh which he stood, accompanied conclude a Convention with the enemy ; and well
by many other gentlemen. Nothing could exceed aware that the nomivation of ouch a Getierist, like that
the licentious conduct of this banditti. Shame to .
my. that Clergymen were recognised instigating of WIISTELOC EC, is in itself matter of ineulpa
this assemblage to the most savage and the moat serious tion
against themselves; they have
atrocious acts. They first upset one of the recourse to ingenious reasoning, or unfounded sup-
large malinesany tables, and with its disjointed fog- positions, in order to palliate the evils which they
meats attacked the persons standing upon the hey .
od , i Th
e first pr mei. us, us are unblushingly
other. Mr. Western having found every effort to
appease them inetliertual, with his friends re- told, that Jurroe and his forces will never more be
tired ; when instaistly the other table was also sacri. called ieto active service; that their ferocious mins-
deed to the fury of this irritated rabble. The pro- ter, though he tnity receive them. and allow them
(mediates of the freeholders did not terminate on the to heed oa the *hove of France. will held them and
departure of the High Sheriff. A very consider-
able proportion retired to the Court-huuse, and their Cinainunder in utter alienation ; that theyable
voted the resolution *hick is to be seen in the will only, by their presence and language, dame
front of this paper. discontent and disaffection arson;; their criuntry-
e.--- men ; lastly, that no measure so productive of
TI-IE BRITISH PRESS. benefit to us, or to thin Spaniards, sad punt. im f .• • •
—77 - calculated to injure Naivetes, could have been
LOX DON, devised, as Sir Hsw's admirable expedient of senile
SATURDAY. 4 /ETODEIt 23. nig them all back •as expeditiously as possible to •
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The Provisional Cuvernment of Spain is orgs- France.
wised and established. All the Provincial Govern- Though these argitmeots, or rather illusiemei
mints, and the Great Conn:els, have recognised the are in fact an insult upon common sense, yet it
Supreme Junta. None of them appear to have had may he proper to ask such as venture to etele .
...
AMY doubt as to the propriety of submitting to it, them, cm what groond or principle they as am ~
eireept fee Counril of Castile, which thought it that BON AAAAA E will manifest any dieplinisure le-
neces ;ars to take the written opinion of all its mem- wards Jtetor and his followers? Vestaxiturre,
hers upon the subject. Some of the papers mike to who terminated his career immediately after he set
questien the le eet e eccoines which we have Riven of foot in France, bad lost the battle di Trafalgar,