The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-16 00:00:00

APRIL 16.

BOROUG H M

Yesterday a Meeting was held at the Town Hall, Mr. Town-
send, as Deputy to Sir Watkin Lewes, in the Chair. The De-
puty Bailiff took the Chair about half past twelve, and opened
kith reading the Resolution to convene the Meeting, signed by
forty-eight inhabitants.
Colonel Davies opened the business, and previous to his putt;
in, the Resolutions, made a few genotalobsersation. iii which
he declared his sense of the conduct of the NLijority of the house
of Commons in the late investigatiOn.
ITe then handed up his Resolutions, which were read.
The first was a Vote of Censure on Ministers.

It was seconded by Mr. Pavel!, who entered into .tome very
strong animadversions on the Duke of York ; and vt eat at some
length into hi, favourite topic of Parliamentary Reform, the ne•
cessity of which he enforced at some length.—This wa, premed
unanimously .

2. Thanks to Colonel Wardle, for his independent and pr►triotic

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conduct. the gratification of finding yourself honituratily interrogated
, 3. Thanks to Sir Francis Burdett, and the others (the same before a Committee of the %slink. House of Commons. instead ; fill
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exactly as at the Middlesex Meeting). of being compelled to plead your coverture, you are liberty to
4. Censured Ministers for their conduct, and enforced the ne- take what cowsrture you please; your debts are to be paid ; your
eessity of a Reform in the Representation ill the People. annuity, which was refused to you, is augmented, extended,
5. Thanks to Sir Thomas Turton, and the 131 members who I and I,,itarranteed ; and your prison is, comparatively considered,
voted with him. j converted into a palace. Such transmutations, however, no
~ 6. Promised that so long as their Representatives conducted longer surprise us. We knew nothing, excepting tradithao, of . .
. \ themselves as avowed enemies to corruption and abuses in every tanera— • ,
shape, they should meet their support. ,
Ere lcualneis the stain'd garb of honour wore,
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the late investie iSir Thomas
requested to come into the
entered into a long ex • i
Turion, who attended in the
Hall and coin- Or chastiteTh carted for the whore! •
It was not ivithout reason, Madam, that you reckoned upon
the effect to be produced by ptheeeding
explanation of his condtiet cumstance ever communicated to you by H
~,at on, and defended his voting against Mr. " to publish every cir-
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thing that had come under your knowledge durimg thetintimacy t
Wardle's motion, and for Mr. flankes's amendment, on the vrith all his letters," which, thought you " had lost. minty of his • e.:'
ground, that in his honour and in his conscience, he thought it Lt.ve-Letters," still amounted to about " fifty or sixty" in
the hest mode of deciding on the question, and the saferand milder number. Your first threat has been felt at last ! Those who
e one. He took credit to himself for his assiduous attendance in refused to huv your complete silence for the consideration of
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have, it seems, found it
Parliament, and particularly as Chairman of the Finance Com- 40W. yearly during your own life, eligi-
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\ mittee, sitting to remedy public abuses. hle to suppress the least le:If of your exposition, 1% hen the force
Sir Thomas :Fulton, after, thanking his constituents, for the .of the other st as spent, at au immediate expellee of not less than
honour they had done him in their vote, entered into :e lung detail 10,009/, with an annuity of (PO/. eNlVlldhig floral yOll to your
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of his opinion as to the conduct of the Duke of york ; that, children. Shall 1 not call you the British Sibyl ? After beingbeingl'
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according to the evidence, he was not only guilty of ennui Vance, I roughly repulsed :Led determinedly disregarded, the leaves of
but a participator in the cot ruption. Fur this reason he had t your book have risen in y:tliy. as they
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lessened in substance ;
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1 moved an ameudment, putting his ciiininalitv in a fair point of and those who spurned every thing at a fair price, have chosen
Niew, and leaving him to he acquitted or found guilty. The to acquire any t hie:: at a dear price. If vet- royal lover pas-
event they all knew. sesses '4 a very good memory," . 'me may Ill) %V
Mr. Davis then moved a Vote of Thanks to Henry Thornton, when, Madam, you tell' us -he assured you, that you " had I'
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Ebq• and the Members who voted with ithe, on Mr. Ilanises's more interest than the (beep ;" and 'congratulate himself, as
amendment, which was negatived by a consideraale majority. .he can, on the exertion Of your intere:a. It ons once your
'Thanks to the Chairman was then voted, and the Meeting ad- pride, that you were not without friends ; hut you have now
journed sine dic.
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SE VEX SILI LS !
OR, ARNIIM,ATION OF CORRERPONTIENCE. aken care to befriend yourself.
Yet was it kiud in you, or in your, net% iser, whom One wri.
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to styles the " Lesiathan of Coring ~.
Gillet, whose premi-es were formerly fouud ttefortimately
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on fire, an opportu.. ty of making another tire foriunate.y
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This fortunate ex pi.asion of_ your tw o volumes, et bleb took
A constant smirk upon the face, and a whetting-, Activity of th,.. holy, are , place on Saturday last, e‘ceeded, I ant told, any think, of the
strong indications of futility.—
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TO MR.S% CL.I RK F.,
MADAm!—Nntwithstanding your present disl7" Cili:4Thi"m}:".
men, it is new that •• a newspaper-asan, ike to newspaper- i -!:11
-asan,'• as you will doubtless i:
consider the uuknawu writer of the present letter, presumes to I
solicit your attention. - Why you should entertain particular t kiwi since the notable blowing up of I.`armer liarrohy s pig•
. s"t.lti'ci::: ltiss. Step hen ! Not a vestig-e of your lettered laaors .
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it i 3 believed to remain; except, indeed, two or three poor sheet,,
during; time puncess, were %%skirled over the yard ot one
1- of Mr.kiosieleS neiolibours, who refuses to give up the prize
s t‘• • I.li•s ?".
:IN by chance OnlY one wrfect copy of
thu. Om %II II I \f ay t . i
your Memoirs and Correspondenre now exists ; and t bat is
vcured under " seven seals," which are not to be viol-ead by ,.1
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aversion from newspaper-men, I am, however, rather puzzled 1 11,, „.„,, !rind .( I. ti ~ .1,. it is a ,ellO4l loyAers I
to decide. You are, at length, taken care of; but the time I
Was, or your friend ('orri fibs, w lieu you was '• obliged to have" I
Some newspaper-man " with you to take care or you." So is
is, as the scholars say, that hales change and we change w hit
• • • • ' ;turning of au% '''' Memiti
them ; or, as our own Pope ►poetically observeth, that
Manners with fortune., humours turn with clinte,
Tenets with book and priocip!powithtiinei! A-1;1,-;,- 1-I;id;iiiji, ftillil for .aimilitiatioi; of your ii:lperial cor- es-
pondenee ; for the suppression of so many invaluable t pistles,
such numbers of " dear, pretty Letters !" Alas, too, for time
rs" written 1)% : 11,
tiiiice, however, it is becoming fathimeinie to rousiesn all utis- 0..
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chievons publications to the Homes here, emblematical, no
doubt, of what their authors may expect Hereafter,
why did :,
Let it he hoped, nevertheless,that your dislike to mankind exists noi certain persons, cc imen they %%ere at Salislioru. Square, cons-
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only as coupled with newspapers; i that it m s not en, but papers. Pleti
ng the good \\ art: Of destruction, ju-t turn Olio C!arst. e t ,
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t. that nee so unfortunately Ihe ntwjeeti of N nut' displeasure. If .(o), Court ? Mr. Edwards might as hell go suacks
w ith Sir. iii let ;
Madam, be it still for we to hope, since my signature imposts nor does it weak fitir, every thing colu.idete.l. that . .
tee to be nimpty a man, that you may feel.yourielf favourably Lindseil Omuta be 1e.% a Nlr NY .
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disposed as to the marten, whirl) remain at this time to he ad- villain° from the pure hands of a Prcniirr, t •ems (fits' as I
11 justed between ui. " Flie Men," or " a man,- or •• this same i valuable as t,.% Ph volume! from the' " dear haw , if a "M"
man," or " a elan of thattle-vriotiou,' ut " the taily dace," tit ioalt•
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