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London, England, 1806-03-05 00:00:00

11,1CX1YLr ILEZTINC.

Yestetday,aMeetingof theFteeholders of the entin-
ty of Middlesex took p!ace, pursuant to notice. at the
!leetnaid Tavern, Hackney, at which the Sheriffs
presided. At one o'clock, Mr. Sheriff A Nsi s v took
the Chair. He addressed the Freehot:ers ; and
stated, that he and '.is worthy Colleague had called
the Meeting, in con.eguence of a requisitien signed
by several Free!iolders, whose name; he read, hav-
ing been presented to them. Ile then referred to
the obi-a of the Meeting, and briefly said, that it
WAS to consider of an Address to the King, to con-
gratulate His Majesty ni! the happy formation of
the present Adrninittration. BeLre he sat down,
he thought it necessary to call the attention of Gen-
tlemea to a circontstance relative to an address
which had been voted at the last Meeting. It ne-
ver had been presented to His Majesty ; as, by ac-
cident, it had been given to him, with other papers,
by the Under Sheriff, and be had entirely overlooked
it. He WAS extremely sorry for the delay, but he
had the pleasure of informing the Gentlemen, that
he had settled it in such a manner, as that it would
eery shortly teach His Majesty.
Mr. 'remits t. immediately came forward, and
called the attention of the Fteenoldets. He said,
that the last time he had the honour of addressing
them, it was for the purpost of implorMg His Ma-
jesty to dismiss for ever from his Councils, a person
who had been guilty of the most scandalous prCU-
14tions. He was happy, from the late changis
which had taken place, that it was now highly pro.
bible, and not only that, hut almost impossible,
that he ever would be placed in a situation to he
again guilty of such abom'nable in:tames. It was
for this,and many other reasons, that he this day
came orart-d with a motion for a congratulatory
Address to His Majesty. Every thing wis to be ex-
pefted tram the new administration; it nas corn•
posed of men, who, it was to be allowed on all
hands, were possessed of the first abilities in the
country ; they were men, none of whom 1)4.1 stoop-
ed so low as to accept a pension or sinecure employ-
ment, but who had come forward in the support of
their Country, at a time when she was sunk in the
estimation of the world. The nation, he said,
tooled up to them ; but he wishe.t that every roan
would molten, that if the measures they pursued
did not succeed, the fault could not fait ly be attri-
buted to them, but to the ruinous measures of t.wir
predece sors. He conceived that nothing could
more completely designate the s' rdid s. sit of the
former Ministry, men who always bad a grater af-
fetten for the emoluments of office than for their
country, than the circumstance Af one of them, as
the las, ail of his admitiisiratton, seizing on the most
lucrative place in Hi; Majesty's gift, whit had be-
come vacant by the death of his friend, and which
should have been a reward for the services of a
Ne6oa or an Aheecrumby, ur the me.l of a St.
Vincent or a Set-Achim. Phis Gentleman then
dwelt on the merits of the present Administration,
and the demerits of the former ; and concluded by
musing a congratulatory Aitsliess tat His Majesty,
up in the change of Istunstry.

qoutton was then put on this address, and
carried un.inimnnsly in the affirmative.
Major CARTWRIGHT Inse to move two resolu-
tions, expressive of the 'vise of the Comity on the
measure' which had bee, adopted during the late,
and which were Rely to be pursued during the pre-
sent Admi o_trat.i is i in. In the course of his speech,
which was extremely long. he said, he tnought t! e
independent Freeholders ••t the County of Middle et
should set an example to the rest tit Englend In
doing this, he thought it .ens usele4 to express their
approbation of sot o, without anti ex, ressiog a wish
for the alterat:on of a system, which, for many
years. had been the scourge of the country. Every
man preseat,he hoped,wculd concur with him in ?his
opinion, and this wish; as. it new measures were not
pursued, it would be impossible ever to attain the
mt st desirable object of a lasting and honourable
peace. With regard to the late 'lnsisters, he did
not wish to say much ; but he hoped the happy day
WAS arrived. when they would enj iv .he blessii•gs of
an English Constitution, even in its fullest extent.—
One of the greatest men in existence was called to
the Cotiemil ; a man, who WAS uniformly the friend
of the country, and had stood almost alose in its &-
fence. ak great luminary of the law was also one of
His Majesty's advisers; ands in snort, almost every
man who was capable of giving His Majesty good
advice. TheCienticmen could not he ignorant, hesaid,
that there were in the Cabinet, hiinisters who had for-
wooly opposed the measures of the great man he had
already alluded to, but he hoped they had determined
to hear his reasonings and sage counsel with atten-
tion, and, if they did, they could not fail to be con-
vinced. It was an unpleasant tuft to look back on
the measures of the late Administration. but it was
not necessary to take so much trouble. Ancient
sculptoss, from seeing the foot of a statue of Her-
cules, could tell exaelly the size of the statue ; so.
by observing one idea of any man, we could often
telt the general tendency of his mind. What then
sould be our ',pinion of a statesman, ohms we saw
introducing into the country foreign troops, without
the consent of Parliament ? who, at another time,
having laid a tax of 4s. on landed property, as a
temporary taa. afterwards came forward and stated
that it should not be takes off, as it was the King's
right ? Certainly. every reasonable man must think
that it was as absolute ,t confiscation of property as
ever took place in any arbitrary state. There was
but one more sehje4l which be would advert in, and
that he could not look on hut with ham ; it was
the cit commence of a Prime Mini,ter endeavouring.
AB much as he possibly could, to screen a delinquent
from inepeachmeat, though he was convinced of
his guilt s sad, after voting against that measure,
when it was carried against his voice, voting, on a
subsequent ni,.ht, for the impeachment, as he
conceived he had a better chance of escaping by
that method of trial. I I.• then entered on the sub.
:led of the military defence, which he conceived
wanted much impiatmesir I but, from 11.6 expe-
rience of the profound knowledge of the Mem-
bers of the new Cabinet, lie was convinced every
possible improvement would be made. He then
concluded by moving two resolutions, which were
carried is the affirmative. (Ace the 4dversteneht.l
Mr. Ct.tzroao, in moviiig that the Address
should be presented to His Majesty, sail, it would
be desirable to have it prey nted at publi; levee ;
bet as they wee' ape ftequeatl; bel4, he trtsLeii that