The Sun.
London, England, 1809-04-12 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX MEETING.

in the Sintthi from the Eastern Coast's of-England
to the WieStern Coasts in Wales. At the period
the deepest gloom covered the political horizon of this
eountry, and no Minister or Member of Parliament
mold give a hope of safety, Providence produced
Colonel Wardle, to animate the public mind, io
tame the public. spirit Like the Prophet Deliverer
of Israel, who 'in their distress struck the rock from
whence gushed' a spring of living water, he had
struck the House of Commons, from-whence isoned
a'stream of patriotism to refresh the land, and which'
he trusted would in the and deliver it. The Speaker
then entered into a calculation, to shew, that if the
placeinen and'penitioners in the House' of Commons
(7a), and One-seventh of the Naval and Military'
Officers had been out of the qtivstion, the Duke of
York's friends would • have been in a minority of
nine. Ministers might to be. punished, and they
were now ponishing therrr. They were branded as
'a disgraced MiniStry;—it was indelible--the hot iron
had gone into the flesh, and be that run might read.
He concluded by expressing his hopes that there
would be a fall meeting elite Crown and Anchor,
and a speedy meeting of the Middlesex Freholders
thereafter, on the subjed of a Retbrrn in ,Parliament.
Mr. eldtalifiCiti said, the Meeting had done jus-
tice to one of their Representatives, he now called
on them to de justice to the other. , He then stated,
that Mr. Mellish had voted for the:acquittal of the
Duke of York on the charges of corruption and
connivance, and contended, that in so den he had
dot done his duty, as no one could read the evidence
without being convinced that there was gross corrup-
tion He might say, with others, in his defence,
that there was no proof that the Duke of York took
money' himself; but did he not give'• Mrs. Clarke
leave to tak' it, andliVe' on. it 'wi:b her ? " lie was
ashamed to do the deed himself, ati'd got a woman to
do it for him. _Mr. Clarkson then declared that the
expenditure of 10,0661. in two years on Mrs. Clarke,
which a Minister had the effrontery to state in the
House of COMMOII9, as an answer to a po,ition that
Mi. Clarke was not sufficiently •prolecled by his
Royal Highness, was a sufficient ground tivoust him
from his situation as 'Commander in Chief, ei.d
concluded by tnciving 'a vole ot- censure, oe
I Mellish. • :.• • ,

Mr. 11ENn.viAr wa4 'proud to second tl,is
an'd withedeblr. Melli,b'to be beard ill z
detente':!: •

Miti.r.e.inc upon the grounds' of ample jus
tice to him and iu ihereselves, hoped tficeY -veould give
him item iae iir li.s 4,wit defence.' He can.
didlyacknowledgett *tic.e.xpected this vote of censure
would be put, ,t (mire to the Meeting to face
if, as, if. he had staid away, it might/bevel been
said he was ashatned of his condii6t. He Wonld:not
radeithrough the minutes of evidence to shew on
whai grounds his Vote had proceeded, but would tell
them a plain story, to iireve that, while theirßee resen-
tative,. he had acted in such a Manner as to ensure the
epprebation of. his own breast,..and that he had ever.
done his duty. If he was a placetnan or a pensioner,
or had a"nyexpeatationei, or had been bribed diretily.
tie indirettly, then indeed he would have been mise-
rable, but he challenged any man preient to accuse
him of such things, or to say that he had not always
conscientiously and diligently attended to Itis-Psrlia.:
rnetitary duties, as conneelecr, With their represen,
If;lie differed ejth them on a political sub-
je6t it wai the head of his 'offence.' He had Voted,.
after being at his. post during the, Whole Invasttestiutt
in the Houieof that the'Dekt of York -
was tieither gutty 0( ,corruption•or eimnivarice, .and
his 'Opinion' Wilt; unaltered 'at this Moment. Hi) had,
voted acaOrding to his conscience, and would hoe
.been degrarleOliad'h&done-othervrise.
Were theiehibf ..iabser4rWia of Mr: Mel-
lish, delivered amid contintieitClaniour and inter;
ruption. • •
Mr-Warm:edit,' replied to the last Speaker, W 116:
'had, he said, received as -patient a hearing as are,
onee-tinder hiS circumstances could. 'expeet,
he regretted lie had not' bben
tude, as every thing lie could say
agairtSt 'than Tor 'him. the,n a bill
ad-
dressed by Mr. Mellish to the Preeh..li4l.'it:of Middleg4'
sex tit .t lie hist &Mien, and • ei e are et, tea' it:
some length, concluding expresSinehis
that the country would ;Je guilty of a rap!ri..:-.,
tion of their folly in teleleet:rig•liim. in this bill h*
said, " you kir,* the telly of profeasions, I wil
make none" would nor catch r him there) ;
`c you have seetWenough cit them in him I oppose,'''.
meaning Sir Pratte:ls 'Burdett, who fought the battiest'
of the people.. He had pledged himself to support
the'Cootititiftion;and in doing- this he had only Sep.:'
ported its "corrbptibus, voted for all:their.
taxes, andhever opposed ellitisters during the ten.
years he had'a'sear(Mr. said this .was false).,
Because corruption could not be brought. horneln
the' Duke '6l' Nerk,. he was forsooth tube:- declared
pure-a-so' wastord Melville—so Were the }A't India
Dit'eaotS—and so were the Govermint of Chri?t
Hastiital,,:whe gaVe.the benefits of charity tp the:
sons of -Men worth bets). a-year, when it wr gear,
ed.:TOr the education, :of-the. children cleCayed
tradesmen. The Honourable Gentleman' had said
he was no placenman or expeatant—he had hear'd
from Mrs, Clarke, that he (Mr.' M:) had applied
for the Duke of York's- interest to Obtain a:Peerage.
He cotild not say if this was true or net, but it came
from a quarter froth which many important truths
bed lately come, 'and the Duke,of 1 ork in his tern-:
peraryltitirelnerit might still have- interest ettotigh
to obtain his wishes, and place, him abOve the 'opi-
nion of his present Lconstitirentit.'l Mej.hokci the
county of Middlesex would in future follow the ex-
"simple of %Wetitminster, and' ,ileett,patriet le Repro-
sentatives, free from all personal expellee, and cop-
cluded by movingan amendment,.that Mr.
was unworthy their confidence.l, 11c could not fur-
felt what he never possessed..
Mr. Mat.t.tsu said,,' Mrs, Clarke's report of his
seeking a Peerage' Wak as 'false as,lier testimony be-
fore the House of Commons bad been. There was
no truth in either.