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semi to have denied ourselves.. In tunes of Public Comm.
tion, when the MindsOf the People we're corrupted by the
artifices of designing Demagogues; 'Men .of 'elevated. Rank
and acknowledged Talents stood forward as the Cisampior
of their Country; tind, by their Public Appeals and Ora-
tions, succeeded, in restoring to Lnyalty:and Reason thure
hottest, but misguided Citizens who had seconded the View's
of the profligate and seditious. Butaain our tunes, .t hose 'who
have influence and abilities to check the increase of Sedition
-stand aloof, with an apathy or indiartinee which Can only be
palliated by their knowledge of the p,/cud and flourishing-
•
rank which we hold as a Nation; and though they admit that'
the Licentiousness of the Press is pregnant w itli they
erroneously think, that it is neither the bits-Incas, nor.with:a
the power, of Individuals to avert the iniPending evil. They
seem not aware, that, when a city is tal:etaby assault,. :loft ior,
is left to•the vanquished !
• It is high timedhat the Apathy, with which the Sedtious
Effusions of the Press are treated 'should be dispel ted, --'A '
,vary
of the vast Cirevlat ion which is acquired by Lite-..
a-ary Works that ,are in open hostility to the el ary-and baept-
nos of Great .Britain, is aline. twilit:lent toewanaus aaainst
'the elf4ts which such labouis must produce upon.the Public
Mind.
As one solitary example, observe that infamous which! of
seditious•outrages, falsehoods, and til-fls, with which, ter
several years, common sense has been insulted, under tee.
Title of " Cobbett's Weekly Political Register." -In vain
his the indignation of-alt good •men been roused against it; ;
for, hitherto, there has been no regular antidote to neutralise
the poison which it diffuses—no vehicle similar to itself, by
which sound- English Principles could be c nveyed through
the Heart of the Empire, and diffused to its rernotcst points.' •
Perhaps I may, flatter myself that this- complaint will aeon
.
cease. If those glorious institutions, wirier which we etlit;y •
• personal security and protedi 'n; and which, in fi-rater
times, were respected even by the worst of men—be held up
to ridicule ; if the sacred Person of our beloVed Monarch (and
those lovelier branches of his family, which would co:innate:
respell even from savages) be calumniated and teviied, let us
hope that such outrages will no longer. be committed with
impunity I
• • The Register which is hire proposed, is offered as a recep-
tacle for the effusions of all Independent Writers. Let it be
considered as a Forum, for giving publicity to the Patriotic •
and Constitutional Sentiments of the Csars, the Catos, the
Ciceros, and all those Conscript Fathers of the Nineteenth
Century ; who will burn with ardour to espouse their Cows-
, try's.cause, and rescut such bt its genetoua -population as'
have been drawn Within the Vortex of Sedition !
An elabbrate Series of Professions would be superfluous;
but the following brief outline of the Plan upon which this
Paper will be concluded; will afford air adequate idea of its
importance and utility.
t. In every number will be inserted an exposition of the
daring libels and audacious falsehoods promulgated by Cob,'-
bett ; and, as frequently as opportunity may offer; a consti-
tutional analysis of his Saturday's leading article shall be
given in the succeeding Wednesday's publication of the Re-
gister. •
a. The columns of this Register shall be open for the pd-
litical communication of ell gentlemen of sound constitu=
tional knowledge and principles, who are accustoiried, or in-
dined, to write fof public view.-
3. A highly important feature of this Register will be, a
prompt and spirited Review of all Political -Pamphlets as
they may appear. The etfusiOns of genuiee patriotism will
thus he more widely circulated ; and the serpent of treason;
instead of being al towed, to attain -a maturity in mischief, and
to commit its ravages unmolested, will be crushed open its
native dunghill, as soon as it shall 'have burst teens its
shell
4. As it has! ever been a primary object with disaffedert .
writers, to degrade that noble character, elle-British Met •
chant, and to ridicule his important profession; such attacks
shall be combated and exposed with all the ardency that so
interesting a subject demands; and, the advantage traitaferred
to society by the " first Commercial. Country in the World,"
shall be so clearly displayed, as to furnish the cursory reader
with irrefragable arguments against thoSe who labour to de-
preciate ite consequence. -
.'f he great uti.ity having State Documents, Foreign
and Domestic, preserved in a convenient and acceptable font).
is obvious. It is the, only advantage which the public now
derive from Cobbett's Register;—and it has been ascertained,
that a•very.considerable number of. Subacribers, who abhor ,
the political principles of that writer, allord encouragement
to his Register merely • because there is. no other vehicle, in -
the form of a book, in which such documents'are regularly
inserted. It is, 'therefore, scarcely necessary to say, that in
my. Register they will be scrupulously preserved. fit shott,
all who are acquainted with the Paper of Cobbett, may per.
'telly understand the nature of the one licit proposed ; and
the public may assure themselyes, that any_ real iMprove-
ments that may be suggested will he readily adopted. •
6. There shall be no double Numbers—except when the
pressure of Original Communications may prevent the inaera
tion of the important papers which it is necessary to preserve.
I pledge my honour never to publish an extra sheet, •but on
sucttoceasions as will be admitted to be iodispensable.
Having thus communicated the outlines of my project foi
a publication, which may tend in no small degree; to check
the progress of disalfedion, 1 lock for my reward in the ra-
tronage-df the Public at large. My numerous writine,a which
have from time to time been circulated throughout the
country, are a sufficient guarantee for my grin attachment to
the Constitutional principles, of which every true Engliahe
man ought to be proud. What Cobbett's Register was, in
1802, mine shall be always ! —and, it ever I apostatize, "
will confess," as Cobbett said to the judge Advocate, " that
the .authors of cruelty have not yet devised. the tortures
I ought to. endure. Hell itself, as. painted by the most fiery
bigot, would be too mild a punishment for me
I therefore call upon the respective Members of _all the
learned and liberal 'Professions., the numerous independent
.Country Gentlemen, th&opulent Landholders, and, above
all, the-Clergy, (whose sacred calling is the constant point o'.:;
assault, and themselves the perpetual theme of ridicule), to
support a publication, in which loyalty shall ever be opposed
•to disaffeCtion, truth to falsehood, justice to calumny, and
liberality to malice : aapublication, in, which every ether
shall be made to refute Sedition in all its detestable mutations;
and, wahethee it appear in the disguise of Statesmen, Guar-
dians, Whigs, Reviews, Registers, and Examiners*; or start
up in some hitherto undescribed form to annoy us, the- infla
ted rant of the numerous arrogant declaimers; who supply it,
shall be held up to genital indignation.—Their numbers will
increase the stimulus to oppose them :
" For bankrupts writ when ruirt'd shops are shut,
As maggots crawl from out a perish'd nut."—Dr. Yount
For myself, it is evident that every creature, who is the.
enemy of his country, will be mine, through this new effort
in its behalf ; for, determined to oppose Sedition, I ant
equally determined never to abet, Corruption. , Hatred and
envy 1 expect; but the hatred and envy of the wicked afflarci
the noblest grounds of exultation to the honourable mind.
The following expression of Cicero to the Senate, in his orae
lion against Cataline, is peculiarly applicable to my present
situation:--" The consequence of my interference is, that I
aims bound to wage an eternal War with tt•te enemies of the
Constitution-! But in this exult ; relying with confidence
on your protedien, and. that tit all honest men I"
RANCIS' WILIAAM BLAGDON.

September, dog.
• ':he transmission of orders for this publication previous to
its appearance, will be a favour which 1 cannot too
estimate; 'as it will enable inc.. to know that number. of •
copies to print.
4ny of the London Newsmen, Vie Country Post. masters;
or the Clerks of the Roads, willreteive orders tot this }'ape'.
The History of the Political Lite and Writings OWN
Cobbett, will be commenced in the first Number. and con-
tinued every Week, till concluded.
6Z." It is requested, that all Letters relative to the Weekly
Political Register may, be addressed. (post paid) to my rcsf;;
dence, the Royal, Cock-pit, Westminster.
The readers of the I' HCENI 7,4 C SUN DAY and MOND A-Y-I
• PAP .8 now be aware that the long-Standing subjeCt-
of their cemplaint, viz. the frequent nSertion of controver-
sial articles will cease. The 1- ownix.will lierii.eforth, be ri
complete Vamily Newspaper, in which will be found the
whole substance of the foreign-and Domestic News of tne
Week, relieved by impartial comments on passing events.
and by original compositions en Literattire'and the Arts.
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SOLLMQUIS DICIRE TALSUX ADDiAY ?

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1809.

We stated on Saturday that we had reason to be-
lieve that the vacant Seats in the Cabinet would bei
filled up before the next Levee, and the event has
jilstified our statement. Mr. PERCEVAL succeeds
the Duke of Po R TLAND as First Lord of the Treasury,
and of course retains his office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer; Mr. R. DuNDAS resigns the Secretaysl)ip
of Ireland, and succeeds Lord CASTLEREAG Li as Secre-
tary of State for War and Colonies, Lord HARROWBY
has been mentioned as thesuccessor to Mr. CANNING,
but no definitive arrangement has, we believe, yet
taken place.- We have no doubt that by to-morrow
we shall be enabled to communicate to our Readers
authentic information upon the. subjea.

Lord W. BENTINCK succeeds Lord. G. L. GOWER
as Secretary at War, and we are strongly inclinA to
hope that Mr. WELLESLEY POLE Will succeed to the
vacant Secretaryship of Ireland, an Office for which
he ks'in every point of view sthemineutly qualified.
We have hitherto thought it our duty, and shall
persevere in the same condut% w reftain from any
communications respe&ing Ministerial changes, till
we could speak from authority, and our Readers
may confidently rely upon having the first in-
formation upon all subsuent. arrangements that
may take place.

The friends of Lord GREY appear to be sensible of
the impropriety of his condutit. It 'is imputed to
misapprehension of the nature of Mr. PERCEVAL'S
communication. It was not, they say, distinaly
stated to be His MAJESTY'S command, that Lord
GREY should repair to London I It is not denied to
have been by ELS MAJESTY'S command, that Lord
GREY and Lord GRENVILLE were called upon to as-
sist in the formation. of "an extended and combined
Administration !" It is not denied to have been
by His MAJESTY'S command that they were de-
sired to co-operatein this work with Mr. PERCE-
VAL and Lord LIVERPOOL, who were necessari-
ly at the seat of Government But as the words
" I have His Majesty's commands to desire that
for this purpose yon will immediately come to
Londoti," that desire was understood as the
unauthorised addition of Mr. PERCEVAL ; and
Nr. PERCEVAL is accused of " special pleading,"
and studied nmbiguity, in not repeating the Royal
name in every sentence of his Letter. We do hope
and trust that there was neither duplicity in the one
party nor wilful inisconstruetion in the other, but
we confidently contend that it would be much more
easy to support, in this instance, the latter charge
against Lord GREY, titan the former against-Mr,
PERCEVAL.

Lord GRENVILLE did not hesitate; and in what-
ever light we view his conduCt, we must prefer it to
that of his friend. If the meaning of the Letter was
obvious, how came Lord GREY to misconceive it ?
If there was really an ambiguity, what induCed L( rd
Lord GRENvrt,Lt; to a6l upon the construction most
personally inconvenient ?

We believe that we can answer this—Lord GREN-
v,ILLE ve.whirought up in the SchOol of Mr. PITT,
whose sincere and well-grounded attachment to
the Constitution never suffered him for one moment
to depart, even in appearance, from the respell
which he considered as an essential prerogative of
the Sovereign. Lord GREY bad, unfortunately, com-
menced his political career under a man who, was,

as oral)! tunately for his country as for himself, driven
by disappointment and envy to a frequent disregard
of one branch of the Government ; and who adopted
another Sovereign, by whom he was more caressed
and flattered, at t!)e expence of to whom his
allegiar ce was due.

. .
But enough of personalities'; the style of Mr.
VEaCEVAL'i letter has not, been More misrepresented
;han the nature of the overture whiCh he was autho-
riz .d to make. Mr. PERCEVAL has been repre-
sented as having asked Lords GREY and GRENVILLE

to form an accession to the existing Administration,
to desert their o*n parties and principles, and to form a
part of the Ministry now is power. We are anxious
to give to this statement an unqualified contradiation ;
we are informed that the Ministers were prepared to
offer terms,.which must have satisfied the most fas-
tidious adherent of opposition. As-the Administra-.
Coil was to have been entirely formed anew, we can
rot of course say any thing of the contemplated ar-
pngement of offices, but we are told that the highest;
pzits would not ha‘;--, been reserved ; and ,we have
ove.ry reason to,believe, that either in the number or
the na:ure of the offices to be by their friends,
LordsG#EY and GiEIsIVILLE would have had nearly

as great skeight, as wh.e3, a;hler the banueri of Mr.

Fox, they coalesced with the party of Lord 'SID-

MOUTH

The grounds upon which these liberal overturn s
have. been rejeaed, have perhaps not as yet been so
publicly stated as •to justify 'us in arguing upon any
as the avowed grounds.
It has been said, that the two Statesmen in clues.'
tion have an objeaion to patch-work Administrations;
that they remember, with apprehension, Mr.
BURKE'S tesselated pavement, and will not venture to
expose themselves to the same ridicule
We have not heard that either of the Noble per-
sons have condescended, to urge this topic ; they
must laugh at the ill-judged zeal of their followers
who use it. To any man burn before 1804, the
very names of GRENVILLE and GREY would be a
sufficient answer. But there
,are some people who
think it unclaiisical either to remember or to read
modern history. Let such then be reminded of the
only AdMiniStration which Lord GRENVILLE has
himself formed. Is it not notorious that he made
it his boast, to have included all parties in the State
(although it is true he pettishly omitted that one, by
which he had himself been fostered from his birth!!) ?
In the Cabinet of 1806, there were certainly Jive
parties, between no two of which had. there been
within' the ten preceding years any thing approach-.
ing to coincidence of sentiment. Mr. Fox, Lord
GRENVILLE, Lord FITZWILLIAM, Lord Srnmotirn,
and Mr. WINDHAN, who certainly must be consi-
dered as a Party in himself. The differences exist-
ing between these parties were political and per-
sonal. Upon the questions of Peace and War, Re-
form or Constitution, Emancipation or Aestriaion,
there'was equal discordance and of all the political
animosities which has been recorded since the reign
of ANNE, there seemed none more-utterly irrecon-
cileable, than that borne against Lord SIDMOUTH.
No violence of hostility, no decided variance of opi-
nion, ever seemed completely to make it impossible
for two men to sit in the same. Cabinet, as the tone
adopted in the opposition to Mr. .ADDINGTON.
Yet, the Cabinet in which theSe parties sat united,
is represented as the most efficient which ever ex-
isted, by those who decry the idea of a patch-work
Cabinet, founded upon a compromise orOpinions !
We shall recur to this subject in a day or two.

Last night we received some Seville and Cadiz
Gazettes, and other Spanish Papers. I,t does not
appear that the armies have made any movement of
importance, but we are glad to tina that the Spa-
niards are adopting a species of warfare in• which
they are much more likely to succeed against the
French, than by opprtpy Meeting. them in the field.
The plan to which we allude is that of attacking the
French in detail, cutting off their provisions, and ha-
rassing the French in every.direaion.

We are sorry to fiud that thv Vrcnch have re-
occupied St. Andero.

'e this morning received a sezies- of- Mokiteurs
to the 20th, ult. . They contain no information
whatever relative to the Negociations between France
and Agstria, nor indeed • any intelligence of im-
portance. It appears froin the 'following Letter,
which appeared in the Monitqur of the 4th, that
13UONAFAhTE is not satisfied with the defence made
by the Governor of Flushing. The Leiter is from
BUONAPARTE to. the Count DE HUNNEBURG, the
Minister at War

`` LIONS. TIIE COUNT DE HUNNEDUEG, OUR bill-

NISTER AT WAli,

" Accounts which are now before us, contain the
following assertions ; that the Governor of Flushing
did not obey thi: orders given to him W cut the dy4e
in the island of Walch,eren, as soon as a superior
force landed ; that he had surrendered the place
NV IliC,ll we entrusted to his care, the enemy not hay-,
ing passed the ditch, no practicable breach having

been- made, and even while the enemy is 'trenches,
were 150 toises from the place, and when he had
4,000 men under arms. Filially, that the place sur-
rendered at the first bombardment. If these state-,
ments be correa, the Governor is guilty, and. it re-
mains to be ascertained whether his conduct is to be
attributed to treason or cowardice."

The letter then proceeds to order a Council of In-.
quiry to investigate the business, consisting of Count
ABOVILLE, Count RAMPON, Vice-Admiral THEVE•
NARD, and Count SENGLS First Inspettor.General of
the Artillery, It is dated at the Imperial Camp, at
Schonbrun, 7th September, 1809, and Signed
NAPOLEON.

We copied on Saturday from a respeaable. Morn-
ing Paper what the Editor terms a." correct ac-
count of the circumstances which preceded the late
duel." We stated at the time that we believed it to
be entirely unauthorised, though the press of other
matter' did not allow us to point out the misstate-
meats which it contained. We cannot speak posi-
tively as to the alleged purport of Lord CASTLE..
ItRAGII'S .Letter, though we have many doubts of its
accuracy; but we cannot avoid saying' that' the pre-

tended answer Of Mr.. CA N is etroneous in every.]
part. 'Ourleaders will do us the justice to recollea,
that .nee stated in a former Paper that with whatever
complaints the Letter of Lord CASTLEREAGH com-
menced, it ended with a peremptory demand, not
of explanation, but' of satislanion.
To so decisive a challenge what reply could a man
of honour and spirit wake, but that he was most
willing to give it ? And this we are well assured
was the answer which Mr. CANNING returned, with
the addition of three words, to say, that the_ lan-
guage of Lord CASTLEREAGH admitted of no other.
If we can trust our authority, two lines comprised
the whole of Mr. CANNING'S answer. He made no
lamentations," complained of no " partiality,"
and certainly said not one word of his " motives," or
of the " construdion so unjustly put upon them."
We have said this merely to correa the mis-state-
ment of an article, written, as it appears to us, in the
apiritsof fairness, and erring only from the want of ge-
nuine information. If it be necessary to recur to
the subjeEt, our readers may rest in the assurance,
that we shall not trifle with their feelings, nor mis-
lead their judgment, by pretending to information
which we have not procured, or stating fads of
which we are not really in possession.

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses Av-
GUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by Lady THYNNE,
General FITZROY, Colonel DEstutow, and Major.
PRICE, rode to St. George's Chapel, and heard Di-
vine Service.

Lord GRENVILLE was at Carlton-House as early
as nine o'clock on Friday morning, and remained
With the PRINCE for nearly two hours. 141 r. SHERI-
DAN had afterwards a very long audience of his Royal
Highness; and in the course of the morning the
PRINCE also say his Royal Arothers, the Dukes of
CLARENCE and CUMBERLAND.

The Wen, Capt.FitosEßY, and the Eleanor, Capt.
OPBERC, are arrived at Hull, from Gottenburgh, in
it days; sailed from thence sail, under
convoy of the Charles armed ship.. The day they
sailed from Gotten burgh, a fleet of near 200 sail ar,
rived from the saltic, a gale of wind shortly after
coming on, separated both fleets ; they can give no
other account, but saw seyerat .straggling ships on
their passage.
A letter from Cadiz, of September 14, states the
determination of the Junta not to resign tlje Buprpine
authdrity. It states, that an extraordinary sitting was
held to determine on the great question of the esta-
blishment of a Regency, and the dissolution *of their
own power. The friends of the Regency were out-
voted, and cppsequently the Junta retains its rkupr-
macy.

' txtters from Walcheren, dated on Wednesday
last, mention, that the enemy were ac.cuimdating iu
Beveland, but had not undertaken any -measure of.
offence agaitvit qur pyei.).arations for defence
were prosecuted with activity, and ;he mortality
amongst our troops had in some degree deceased.
General FRAZER embarked at fortsmonth on
day for Gibraltar, where he is appointed Second in
Comn,aand.

The number of French prisoners•in this country
amounted last week to 106,000, and ;3- or ;000, more
are expected in a few da3 s from Walcheren.
We learo, with much pleasure, that a Merchant
of the f;rst respc.q.'tability, w,tio arrived on Friday
from Petersburgh, brings intelligence of a .consider,
able change in thediSpositiOn of that Court towards
vrance,
,and that even the Archdulie coNsTAtITINE
had shewn a marked disrespeCt towards the thief
leaders of the French fat ion (lit re.

Some serious misunderstandings are said to have
prevailed between the Persian Colleelor ache. Reve-
nues and the Vrench Merchants, kn. constquence of.
t he former exacting a double duty on t heir therchan-
dize, contrary, as tiley assert, to the articles of treaty.
The French presented, on this occasion, a remon-
strance to the Court of Persia, in terms not consider-
ed sufficiently respeaful, and which produced gn
answer not likely to operate in the most conciliatory
manner. It is not improbable that this affair may
have influenced the Conn of persia in, giving so. fa-
vourable a reception to our Embassy.
In consequence of the late unpleasant disputes
among, the military in India, it has been thought
proper to place the sons of the lateTt repo SULTAUN,
and some of the most disatfeCted Sirdars, under cer-
tain restriCtions, to pievent their influencing the
vublic ferment, •
• SCINDEA, with that restlessness peculiar to his
character, is prosecuting the siege of. Bhophaul, at
the, twacl. ot: a considerable force. The Raj:th has
strongly fortified himself in his Zenana, where he
has' assembled' his family, and has declared his in-
tention, in the event.of the reduCtion of the fortress,
of sting fire to the building, and perishing-in the
ruins, rather than submit to hiS enemies.

The following rOcial. document shew•s the great
authority of France in matters relating to the com-
merce of Sweden

(CIRCULAR)
I " VISISINCBURCH, SEPT. I2.—The Minister for Foreign
Affairs has the honour, in obedience to his Majesty's' most
gracious coin:maid, to communicate the following intelli-
. •gunce:—
" The Imperia/ - French Brigadier-General !Andras, Go-
vernor of Stralsund, has declared to the Ambassadors of his
Royal Majesty, destined Eor the French Court, on their arri-
val at Stralsund, that thtdUgh the French General Liebert
in Stettin, he has received 'orders from the. Prince Neufcha-
tel, in which he informs him, that the cohiniercial inter-
course between Pomerania and Sweden is to be at an end,
and•that the corinnunicatiims between the two countries is to
regulated in the following.manner
" That the passage of the packets between Stralsund and
Ystadt, t,-)r couriers and letters, shall alone remain. open ; and
that the French Consuls in ie ports of the Baltic, nave, ac-
. cording to the statement of t;eneral Landras,'received similar
orders.

Royal Majesty's Charge des A fFaires, in Hamburgh
has reported, under date of 25th of last month, that in conse.
(pence of the intercession which the Senator Bourienne, lin-.
perial Erench Minister -in the circle of Lower ,Saxony,. had
aken upon himself to make, with regar.? to the point, '4. how
fat the Swedish convoy which arrived oft Wismar, under the
orders of Major Warlsteds, would be allowed to take eargOes
on beard at-that place, and to clear out for Swedish ports."
M. Bourienne had not-yet received any answer from Lis
peria4 Majesty, but expecled it on the 27th or '2Bth bi last
month, it his Mojesty's -orders could be imurdiattry dis-
' patched,"