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London, England, 1820-11-18 00:00:00

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Norton-crescent, hat orday, Nov. 11.
GaiTimmins.--You have taken a bold step—.• very bold
step. Whew Jeffereys was Recorder of Landes, he did but
vesture to to quite on far ; hit yet the Howe of Commons
of that Say tooted th.t the coedset of that perms and
others was a betraying of the rights of lbe subject, and
considcrabh myrrh lea followed on the passing of that vole.
Reilit eery reluctant to exhibit la she world ■ny tiring
which the commie. of public liberty might represent as a
token of dissent's among those who profess to he its friend.,
I hope that, in your view of what yesterday paned In the
Home of buds, tom may me soda • change of circum-
ateliers as may have materially chanted your idea of the ex-
pediency of refimisig to the freeholders of this county the
power of assembling, fur taaei.iug the right of petitioning
Parliament fur the redress of the greatest of all gri
As nee who hsvc joined in the application to you, 1 shall,
therefore, wait to sea whether yule shall, or shall not, forth-
with comply with the rerporil fur that purpose which you
have rerrieial,trefore I proceed in the course which, in thy
rase of utio-cumpliance; appears to be • public duty.
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I bare she honour to be, Gentlrma,
Your obedient servant.
Robert WaMinton, Esq. JOHN CA RTWRIG HT.

Stst..-In reply to yours of this flay we have to observe,
regardless of any 1111.114C1N we shall continue to act
from uur Arnie of public duty. We have given our answer
to the gentlemen who waited upon as, mid we have neither
time nor itsehosttion, our would it become us, to cuter into
any personal obtrcanun,
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Wo 'multi, Sir, your ohedieut
Loudon, Nur. 11. amp.. WAITHNIAN,) Sheriff of
JAMES IVII.LIANIS,
lobe Caitwrigbt, E.q.

TO ROBERT WAITHMAIT, ESQ.. AND JAMES WIL-
LIAMS, ESQ.. SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX.
GumLewast—l have never had, from the firrt, any desire
for penises, altercation. All that line taken place between
es has het. forced apron me by the difficulties preretited
the Regisisionists in their legal applical forubility to Fuer-
else their right of petitioning.
It being now accessary to make their applicalioa to the
Doke of Moreland, as Lord• Lieutenant of the comity, I re.
quest Mat you vdll chin r reilllll nee the In igitial regoiaitinni,
to he laid before 6,a Grace, together with your letter ad-
d►essed es the II 111 of this 'intuit to Mt ssrs. Milli and
Lloyd; or that yon will furnish ore with an authenticated
copy of the furs of v.. ipsitni ion, together with ■ll the name•
►ubscnbed to the several forms, certified by you to be a true
copy; that without more 1011/ of time, hit Grace may he
applied terror the which you have refused lo convene.
I remain, Gentkown, your obedient
November 13. JOHN CARTWRIGHT.

finses—it would bit improper in us to give up those papers
which you term limpaisitiuns, and it forms no part of oar
duty to furnish or to Cr, tify copies of them. Besides the
papers mentioned, nine in nsitther, and delivered to us at
different times, we have had several writen sail some per.
semi communications on the subject ; instead of which the
plain and Ulll'lolll coarse would have been aod no one might
to understand it bullet then yourself) fur • deputation to
have presented the Rerintsitiou to the Sheriff, and received
his answer thereto; and the parties themselves, if they
siermeil it iirceoutr), should have kept a copy.
Why, then, are we ',floured to deviate from the usual
mode of proceeding! Why ere we to have difficultlys im.
posed upon us, and at a time when it was known to you
that indispensable official ditties demanded our whole time
and attention?

Whatever personal claim Major Cartwright may conceive
himself entitled to, we (in unly, un midi an occitaion, know
him as a freeholder, and act with the mine impartiality its
to others.

We have already more than once given an explicit RA.
ewer, and assizorri our reasons. iVe have stated, " that,
fully apprreisting the sacred right of petitioning, we shall
feel it to he our duly to colvtike • meeting of the oinsuty
whenever we are called upon by a regoiolion regularly sad
respectxhly sizned for that purouse; but the papers delivered
to us appear to Lave beeu cir..alaied and sipped in a man.
nrr so unusual and irregular, that we du out feel oursrlyt•
justified in convening the great body of freeholders of this
extensive enmity thereon;" and we now repeat, N that,
re-
gardless of any inesiart, we shall continue to act from our
sense of public duty."
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Some of those irregularities we pointed out ; with others,
we presume, you cannot he unacquainted. it appeared
that those nine papers, containing together about 89 @mines,
had been in cirenlatiou for signatiires, route a fortinght, and
ushers three weeks; that one half of the mimes had no place
of residence attached to them—that several names were not
in the hand writing of tho+e whose signatures they pur-
ported to be—.that the names of the same person were
signed more that. onee—that even your tun name stood
upon three of the said papers; and up two of them nut
in your nun hand-writing; that several of the names were
nut to he found in the freeholders' hook; besides other
irregularities.

up" suck riper., however dignified by the name of re-
triallinna, we are contesit lo leave it to all impartial men to
any *healer tiny public officer froulJ be jusiifird in calling
even a parochial rnrrdnE, flinch leas a meet ingot the incieu.
politan county. rtMillitli/Ig 1,0 many thoiiaands of freeholders.
Loudon, Nor. 15. ItORT. ITHMA N, Sheriff of
JAM F.* %VILLIAMS, Midi!lrma.
Tu Major Cartwrig Am.

The Marquis of BOatiNGHatt and Earl TEMPLE
hare orldres,ed a circular letter of thanks to the
Buckingham, Wit s'osv, and Aylesbury squadrons
of Bucks Yeomanry, for tlirir prompt and soldier-
fike at the bete fire at Wootton

COURT OF SISSIIION, SCOTLA ND. —Tuemlly warn.
int( their Lordships. the Judges of this Cotert, the
Lord Advoeatf, still the 6ehcitor•Gener.,l, breuk.
fasted, as is curiomary, with the Lord Pre►ident, in
his chambers, in Hill-street. and thence proceeded
in their cs►riages to the Parliament !louse, to open
the Ses,luti for the winter. The Oulf!r House, since
the rising of the summer Section, has hten newly
pricer', and makes a handsome appearance ; par.
ticularly the roof, which being of a srmitocut colour,
wills the ortuunetohd ports gilt, has a line efiret.

COAL 31 ARK ET, lcuvaniona 17.
Ships al Market. Slur% sold. Prier.
301 Newea..tle
A! Sun.l", lama ... • • .• 7
1 Halbrath

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OIITULEY. RACES (.vet Mm. Downs

nozemort 14.
Sweepstakes of Inga.each, fur barters. Heats, four win,.
Mr. Hones Rambler .
Captain Josea's Mirth .5........, S
Mr. Fenithane's Corollas
Cul. Hart's Foresight .• . 4 "
Mr. Kines Haphazard
Ito apt the wioner—t to I apt Coronae.
A lareepstskes of Inge. each was troll by Mr. Rogut's
Spruzhtli.
Mr. bulb).* Fire.array WON tie M) Cup.