The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-28 00:00:00

Al it Y 28.

P! iriog from the command of the Channel Fleet, dated ort met.-
Stteet, 122.1 A oril, NOT, expressing the high sense his Lordship
eterained of the nbility, zeal, and perseverance di spirted
11 omiral Harvey, in the command of a detached squadron,
du, log 119 one xampled long cruise otf the north roast of Spain.
Toe Admiral then withdrew with his Counel, Mr. St-de:int
Best, and the Court Will cleared of strangers, for the purpose of
deliberating on the evidence, on which they were occupied a
considerahle time. At leugth strangers were re-adiuittetl, when
the. Rear-Admiral taking his station on the left hand of the De-
puty Judge Advocate, that Gentleman pronounced the follow-

n:g

SENTENCE:

C :art, having. hear., and deli beratNl upon the evidenee
which li,id be!'n ad,!;ceil in uopport of the harges exhibited
against it ear- AA tniral Eli%b Harvey, and having; heard tsltnt
be had alleged in his deft-nee, are nr opinion that the charges
(}r vclionn•nt insultinz tang:lige to the It ight him. Lord Gant-
tiior, :Art •#t* having ot!ier ise she wit great disrespect-to him as
r 111 Chief, on board his Majesty's ship Caledonia;
ond of f-.:.vin4 spoken of his Lordship to several Oilicers inn dis-
rospeu Co! manner, have been proved, and the Court doth there-
f<o.o a4jodge the Rear-Admiral Eliot) Harvey TO BIS DIS-
111ISSEDIIIS NiAJCSTY'S SCRVIC ; and he is dismissed accor-
ding!). the Court nu, then di.4olyed.

ANNIVERSARY DINNER
OF TB E ELECTORS OF wEsrmiNsTrit.

Tuesday Ih-re ‘caq a dinner to commemorate the anniversary
of the triumph of Westtniuster and the purity of election. Sir
litudett Asa tite Chairman, and the Committee who
cowiucted the election %%ere the stewards.

After dither the following toasts were given, and drank with
great applause :
" The King and the Act of Settlement;"—'t Magna Charta ;"
—" The People anti the Bill of Rights ;"—" The Purity of
'Election, the first step to Parliamentary Reform."
The next toast which :F given, was, 66 Westminster's pride,
Sir Francis Burdett." This toast was drank with great applause.
Sir. F. Bun. DLIT then rose and spoke as follows :—" Gentle-
men, I hope that the satisfaction with which I have met you' on
ere preient occasion, and those feeling!: of respect for the Lice-
tors of I'Vestminster, which shall never he effaced from my me-
mars., will continue to he manifested in my future conduct.
We may be said now to have arrived 4t a new and important
:era for the cotuitry, since it has been unblushingly, and at
least practically. avowed in the House of Commons, that they
;:re wit the Reprewntatives of the People, and though de-
tected in their iniquity •as to the procuring of seats, they NCI
nahlushini..tv defend it—( Load opp!oures.)—l am sorry to say,
that great as is the example of purity of election, which has
been f•et lie the City of Westiniuster, yet few of the elective
bodies in this country are in st situation to profit by it. You
r,.;4ht as well hold out flit. blessings of free air and exercise to pri-
soners confined and shackled in Newote, a: call upon them to
imitite the gi rat and :istriotts example of this city. Gentlemen,
w lien YOU did me the honour to elect Inc your Representative, I
told you, that I did not expect that any ex ertions of mine would
be of day use; and I cannot even now say that much or any thiliz
has been done in the present Session of Parliament. Still,
however, I mu-t think, that the conduct of my lionaurable
friend on my right (Mr. Wardle) tended greatly to open
t!tr e3es of the people; and certainly thi' we most say, that
to him who took upon himself all the risk ant' danger of the
propo•ed enqiiirN, is due all the Imnotir resti!; thercrrona.
( Loud applaus,-.)—:11v ilsatour,ble Friend nn kit (Mr.
:ladacks). has also brought fort. and tutu distinct charges,
in what i• called a tan :4151c stt:tpe ; but sriint has been the con-
t-queace Is), it has beett proved that that lions:, thick
saaubt be the oriyan of tile country, has been completely part-
used,
.and both sidei of the Douse, have jained in determinin,
Celt no enquiry into such baneful praetices should be gone into.
With all their usual hypoeri.iy they first denied the charge, and
rifled for proof!‘; but w hen my Hon. Friend eSrere.l to I.rirg
pro9f., then .theN say, 0! there is no need of proof,;, it is ac-
f.nawl-44.:1 on all hands that such practices of purcha•Jing rub:
have ex i•I ; that very extent of the practice. which formes
the greate.4 evil, is pleaded'as a reason by no enquiry should
he made.—(Appian.)es It lia• been said, that a recom-
theintatiou from the King lit Parliament on the subject cf
t!te-e abuses w atild be an attack tot the privilege.; of the CUSO ;
but j bhutild like to s;ec i3tAh the 3-1.;:i; and tuc People at i3stav

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with these 100 ough-mon;:ers, tloinqh it has been Mid, that they
could t:treaten h:oh the 1: log aoli the People. It was stated as
a fact, 1) llorite Tooke, seine years ago, in a petition to
Pal fiament, that scat, is the Ileti•e of Commons were as onto-
rnool% tow;:ht ;old :Ad as ,t;ills in Smithfield k;•t. But, it
seems, thi- prictiee is henceforth to meet w lib their support and
dofeec:-, Wt. recollect, that poor flamlio, the Oilman, fell a
sacrifice to tin' tzoritosed purity t- t the NI blisters of the Crown. But
how insii4nitkant %vas his attempt at corruption, when compered
ith the s:le of beats in Pas liament ; and how gross is it, that
such a poor ignorant man sherild be ruined, while those en-
oged in ar, tragic of the representation of the people remain
unpuois!%ed, and are even defended !—(4pp/.7oss). I shall
now say a few words on Parliamentary Reform; and
here, I most , Unit its friends have represented it as a much
more difficult attempt than it rerelly is, while its enemies have
called it an Utopian scheme, pot tit for men but angels to live
under. lint what is the object of all free Governments, and par-
ticularly of our free Constitution ? Is it not to separate those.
who receive and es peml, and those who are to pay the public
money oust of their own pockets ? Even buys or girls at school
will know when they hate got a sweetmeat, that the same party.
shall not divide and chose at the same time. In the same Ray, at .
thisdinner, what is it that we Jacobins—(A laugh )—want I Is
it not that as we have to pay the bill, so we should first see the
reckoning ? in the same way, is it not fit that the people, who pair
the money of the nation ou t of their own pockets, should chose per--
sons who may look after the account of its expenditure ?' Dere
he could not help noticing the coodoct of one of those Gentle-
men in the House (he meant Mr. Tierney), who was once called
a Jacobin, like one of us, hut was now so changed, that tor one
cried out more lustily against those who exposed the shameful
parts of the Constitution, though he himself had exposed lttt
abuses on former occasions. Mr. Tierney had formerly thanked
God he did not belong to nay party. Now this reminded him
of what Sir J. Falstaff said to Dame Quickly--" You are a
thing."—" What thing ?" she replied.—" A thing to thank
God for." For his part, neither he, nor any of his Honourable
Friends by him, wished to belong to any party but the Public-.
There was something suspicious about all parties, for they com-
monly had some interest peculiar to themselves. Tice comfit( tof
party men too often reminded him of the advice of Durbisrir.,l9
his brother constables, telling them, that when t hey e:;nijit
thief, the hest thing was to spew what he was, acct steal,
out of the company. lie trusted, however, 6E:: the sp:f st ef
the country would revive, and that the causu for w Welt i;ufop..
den fell, and Sidney bled, would not be lost by the apathy of.
the people.

The next toait that was given was, "Lord Cochrane," which
was drank s% ith great opriause.
r,ir Bunt-JETT then 4:tve '' Mr. 'Wardle, nnd the I‘.'s mem..
hers who supported hint on his 'notion." This toast was drank.
vith an extraordinary degree of enthusiasm.

Alt-. NV t n DIA.:, in returning thanks, felt a particular satir-
faction in paying every possible respect to the purest body of
e:ectors dpplause ). Ile had really studied the ,:uhject of fi-
nance, and was convinced in his mind, that if there was a
tiotzse of Commons really representing the people, the in.-
come tax might he taken off the first year. ( ,Ipplatrie)-
If, iii :!.it‘,- hour friendly to the people., he were called up..
on to say how this could be done, he %1 oniti rta,lity ac-
cept the challonlre. It 7k as full time for the people of
Erglaud to enquire into the catiiies of the grit.% ous tairdeni
which the'', bear, when their annual expenditure had increased
'..rom 16 to 70 oe 60 millions annually. Ile did nut foto w how that
astr Col could be do. e away hut b..' p,:tlian!eatary re- •
forte. Ile hoped the nation at large would feel the necessity of
moderation, as well as firmness ; fur if any want of mmleratiou
W;.4 in be foutifl either in their act ious or their language, their
enemies %you'd nut fail to take advantage of it. (Liu,/ op-
p!ttuvcs.)

von the health of Mr. INfaciocks !Icing drank,

111 r. 11adoel;,:, in a Fpeerh of con,lderable !env!) expect:4A
his narinest thaiiki for the honour conferred no :inn •tiv the •
:vieetine., and profet•sed to r,ppeile there old v a., an ekoor of
1; e; v 4 Ito had voted f.,,r their wortity e
novv in the chair (how/ applutocc).
After this the ." Livery of Lon(lon,'.' the " retstino7l Coon, il
of London," and the counties :tutl cities htu h 1)80 0,p•,,,—e.1
their seotimettt* in favt,yr of pa:lialsentziry CI d a..!:
n hit great applause
.tioNtie patriotic and convivial Pons.: '.l*(4f4-! su::.-, an 4
company retartin,:d to a late 12,4m1'.

THE NATMN

r,-)A-DON GAZEITE.

4dmirrdig (Vire, her' 23. 1809.

ropy of n batter from Rear- 4,,1,vir0l the Wih. gir
rt. emn,s4nris•e-un-Chier or ;11. Fitips
Rnti ve,Neh, at the Leer..4rd I-1310i, to the Ilan. W. .W.
Gla!-1 ot, bouri the Neptune, aff the \lona Passage, th.' • '

April, 1809.
Sin—lllving in my letter (N.). 637), tinted the itit instant,
ineormed the Lords (h•mmi4sioncr3 of the Admiralty of the nr-
Tangements that had been made between Lieut.-'3eneral Reek-
vv:tb me, for the reduction of the Saints, and, if possible.
to secure the French squadron of three ship: of the lino- and two
frighte.-, then at anchor there, which it is a'certained were sent
to this country ex p.essly for the relief of Martinique; I 11% ye
now the 11,,tntir t., ::equaint :von, for their Lordship.' ioforeia-
lion, with on. s.:h.equent procasedines, which have been attended
with the c,tittorto of Le pooh, a flue new ship, of F.CVCIII:, -
four guns, of the largest class,
The troops, under the command of Major-Calera' Maitland,
arrived at the Saints on the 13th in.tant, and were landed the
follow:or day with little loss; the direction of all naval (opera-
tions connected with the Ftrmy having been left entirely with
Captain Beaver, of the Aca,ta, who conducted that service with
all the correctness aria c er t v which 1 expected of hint.
On the afternoon of the Fame day , two howitzers and mortar,
began to play on the enemy's ships: and I received informatioo
that one of the line had weighed one of her anchors, but that
the others did not appear to he itreparing for sea.
I rpost here call their Lordship:: attention to the sitimoion of
the Saints, which have threw pass:tees the evenly codld escape
through, and Olesebeittg situated in (I.lTerent directions, mad,- it
particularly difficult to guard by five ships of the line, so as to
bring an equal force to meet the enemy nt either Ins'e't.
At hal .rest Wile in the evettim: the concerte? was made
for ti:e ,se.entv's ships having pot to :eat but the t.tere for
their haying goee both to VN lad %yard and to lee vt:irfl of the Is-
lands, which was literally the case, as I run informed th:s • -7-9
frigate, proceeded one way, and the three line of battle ships
the other.
The Neptune being at the time of the south-west pa,:ave,
made sail to join the Pompee, stationed u• ". the *est-, nal,
whit,h ship I fornd had closed with, :on', in clots.- 'f three ::tip',
apparentlV : the W.S.W. hut from thc:!' eppeac,Litee
in the' dark, I did not Flt,lm.e them to he pr the hoe.
At this time I 'ea:. i..tricularly at a lois how to act, for if
those ships should be the roetny's small men of war, and the ;
of battle ships. reported to he preparing fur sea, should renn,im
behind, the withdrawing of the .sqoadron f. ••m 'i' Saints iyould
have been fat'o. to the ttonpt landed 'he •:biore day. The
right was very (11,:k, and it w,,- psossibC• deter7nine
whether the whole of the shins or „ere of the tin.' or
Slot, although w crasced so ie-ar the -•.r‘ r stint's! . that !ter hot
struck the Neptun, and JOHe.4I one mato red o ounoeil :our.
iVhen dayli;:ht approached they were clear!" di:cover-11. and
every endeavour ~-eel to et-me with tiient, the l'ompee beive
the only line of batle ship io coatirtity,, anti the fr;gates not
joining antil the follo wow drat . Some ohips were seen .`'rem ►he
mast-head, to wito!l sent to sioify, by a sloop of war, the
course we were sneer:inor.
The superiority of ti'e enemy's tin 1.-ft little ehanee far
the Neptune geitilig no. listless -wee 0e the ship: were disltiled,
and if an.' neeifient hao hapoetted !a) the l'ompee's ma:ta. they
must inevitably have all eirap,4l; l th!,re77)r(s direetod Captain
Fable tit entlea vim- on rrip::le sterteno-t :hip, sv it hero bring-
-1112: un the collected fire' of ;.; • I itree, (hen is fete' cheea“.
In
this attempt, he was mo.:: sonooorted by ('aptaist
Napier, of his )IrtivAy's sloct, Trr,•euit. e.,No kept cloo.z.
Although fired at from all It?, ; r • terii le gun., nod did every
thing 'hot was mossible to he .io:.t. ••111 lbv a:the' ellen) v's toasts
and rie-g-ine. .!.JI continued oo ieii Sri vice (luring the whole
cha.e, which iastisil I.E.rai•oz, holy_ll.,st three, n hell
Le Wllatopoolt 'vas brott;fht avtiou by the Pomace and
Castor, as will more full:: appear by Copt. rathie's letter, here
inclosed.
1 should not render justice to that excellent officer, was I to
the praise dw' to him for :Inrentitted attention div-
ine to long ani orilielotis a potroJit, and ills taking such advantages
of the enemy's sittritiolt n 5 occa•iimally oectiered.
1 nave mach to regret in the loss of those that have fallen and
tuir-reil 04) ►'iv vre:LSlOrti a 161 of ‘V ou rte 1110m:ed.
As &tie (Alter two ships of tba cueitt. separated Ott the morning