The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-06 00:00:00

PHILMOPHIC'AL QUARTERLY KLVIEW.

On the tat iint. was published, prie, as. tnl Nu. XVIII. of
rIIHE HE I.llll,ll'stii'l4l-
- IIItreCtIANICAL, CHEMICAL, and Aalll-
- niscovnit ES.
The Communicstmons to the Board of Aitricollwre. the
Royal, asil other Societies; the Sy. c.ficatious of Patents;
tht Acconsto of inweations, fur which Premiums hare beta
*warded by doe Soetety of Arta erery Fact and Hia.
cowry in Arm mid Science, inserted le the Pei lodiaol Jour-
nals; are abridged, and their merits and claims to arisisality
et-Ricked, in this Publication, which is disiitivislied bi the
approbation of the most eminent Semutifie edlaracters in the
Kingdom.
••• Number, which commences the Fifth V 01..,.
coalwas Tronslatuuue lions ',aise late Freue,h
which bare lwen ezeluoieely received by the Editors of this
Wink, 4.1 The Repertory of At to, of which latter publicJ.
lime the oath Number (with lour Plates. price lid) has
appeared, contaddeg, besidel a variety of imperfatit Pipe
and interesting Pates's, an Account of the Progress Ina& in
the Teaml artier the Thames.
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PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
AT u MEETING of the Frien,ls of 4urh a Rw-
Rwus as would secure to the PEOPLE the reality
and axes of REPRESENTATION in PARLIAMENT,
held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, Loadon, us
Monday, tat May, Imes,
Sir FRANCIS BUR DE fT, amt. Al. P. is the Choir.
It wits Rewired,
I. That It is lb.. grnud prmriple of the Constitut.on, that
the Petyie shall have a slru.e in the Goveruinent, by ajnat
p rseutation in Parliament.
1. That the Ling duration of Parliaments greatly f-
ilar eonmptioa of tilts Ilferniwis. and mentors that "A.
cheek or euntroul ea their conduct, a 6cqueut seeutire,
the "pintos of their towatitiseuts.
3. That in a Petition presented to the liaose-Of Cannons
nn the lids May 11j t' it was cilE reel to be proved at tlie Rat,
" that to iadtriduals di.l, by their own authunt), attpaiat
or proming• the return aid 307 is of that House_'

.4utisep (en-
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eluve of thine, Seotlancr, " who ot re thus enabled to
decide alt questions in the name of the tabular people of Great
Britain."
a. That this Meting believes Individual Futtrensge in Bo-
roughs has tortoise! since 17o;--that is thine in which the
',Aces are few, a.id which me called ores, the returns arc
for the ino,4 part old:lined fur money ;—that the Repos,
senis'ion for Scotland it extresisil influenced;.--cad that
there are great defects in that o Ireland and it is the
piainn of Cats Mewing, that a great Majority of the Mem-
hen, of the Consomme 11411341: ore so returned that the f:ation
is not eismtitiniunally represented ; though it is taxed to sup-
port nu expenditure of seventy minima sterling a-year.
5. That in the Art (ctusnooly called the Act of Settle-
nt) which placid the liouire of ftrii • • ick on the Thr.mc
of these Realuii, of was asai tted and recosuised as the Con-
stitutional principle, " that no person who has en office or
plan of profit sailer the King, Sr rectums a pension from
the Crown, shall lie capable of serving as a Member of the
!louse of Commons "
Tbat it appears by a Report laid on the Table of the
lloo,e of COMTIIII6 111 June last, that 7t of its Members are
tu the re.tillee receipt under the Crown ni 17•.0nil a-year.
7. That in 174 a it was ikclared by Mr. Put in the House
of Commons, that "mires or eight Members of that House
wise sent there by the Nabob of Arcot, and that a foreign
State in enmity to this eonntry nsi:bt procure a party to
set for it under the mask sod clos,acter of Slewbers of that
!louse"
is. That such a state of Repecsoutation O a natirmel griev.
034 V.
n. That in every department ufihe State into I, bleb in-
nate), lieu heels wade, ncanduivue ourruptiens and abuses
hate been 'detected

In. That the emission of the public voice frau' all Men.
core in, and the eonsequieut corruption of.ibet,:oes•eionetits
of the Contio.entql States, hive been the "dines of their sub-
jugation.
It. That so long as the People .hall not he fairly repot.
rented, colimption sill increase; our debts and t.inev sill
artuinukte; our res sire's sill he dissnotte.t ; native
energy of the p..ople wit be 4!epre•sed q nod the country de-
prived of att. hest defence again • forrivi foes
14. That 1.. remedy thereat And elaring evils of • hich sr
roatplaie , rt is snit necessary to Lae.. tycoon..• to th 4 tact:eel
sperulatlono. or dangeruts• rsper:ments in Govera.netst, bet
to recur to the prioriplen listohol down to us by the waidenn
sail virtue of forefethers.
1.4. That the reiar.ly is 11l 111' and to he foetid only,
inn full an blur itemese.o..coo of the People in the Coal.
mons Husk of Parliament , n remedy squall:. ne:es•ary to
the safety of the Throne, tool the b..eptaess dad toilette/ad- •
• nee of the rountry.
11 That we therefore recoasint,d to every Town, City,
end County, to take the state of the Representation ~,t,,,
ronsiilerntieri, sad ergeatly, but temperately, to %pal/ to
Perliarneut to adopt such mew:ores ad shrill severe to tin
Nation the reality sad mere of repre,..-ntatioa.
raarrcis sCitl.ltlT, C.hibetims.
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