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me say with plainness, 1 wto am,Ro longer in a
public chargter, that if by a fair, by an indulgent,
by a gentlemanly' behaviour to our.Representattyes,
•we do not give confidence to their mindS, and a
liberal scope to their understandings ; if we do not
permit our Members to at upon a .very enlarged
view of things.; we shall at length infallibly de--
grade our national representation into a confused
and scuffling bustle of local agency." (Burke's
Works, Bvo. vol. iv. p. 8.)
Having thus established the truth of this prin_.
ciple on the basis cl law, precedent, and solid rea-
soning, I shall‘conclude with observing, that
though it is the- right of the Constituents to in_
strutt, and the dllty'of the Representative to receive
their instrudio-ns, it does not follow, according to the'
forms of the Constitution, nor the rules of good poli-
cy, that the latter is bound to vote according to'their
desire. In local concerns, perhaps, the argument must
be admitted with modifications, because in such cases,
the Constituents alone are immediately and exclu-
sively, interested. But in all public NatiOnal ques-
tions, in which the interests of,the whOle Commu-
nity are involved, the Representative must be left
to his own discretion, as .the Representative, not of
London or Westminster, but of the whole People.
If this privilege were destroyed, there would be an
end of Political Liberty ; and to challenge it, is
nothing less than to endanger the existence of that
Liberty. Nothing can more fully and experiment-
ally demonstrate the justice:of the 4 observations,
than the circumstance of a difference of opinion
arising even on local concerns, between the Con-
stitUents themselves, in which case, the, Represent-
ative must necessarily follow his own counsel. And
if this argument avails in particular cases, how
much more forcibly must it apply to the 'great af-
fairs of the Nation.? It were desirable, therefore,
that the Livery would relied seriously on these
duties, before,they proceed to insult their Repre-
sentatives for a conscientious and faithful dischaq
of their duties. A serpent may hiss—but it
quires a man to reason.

Cornbill, March 22. A LIVERYMAN.

COUNTRY NEWS.

N,t WC ASI LE, APRIL 104

On Monday; night last, about ten o'clock, a most
alarming fire broke out in a stable belonging to Mr.
Matthew CuMy, at Wark, near Coldstream, in
Northumberland, which raged with uncommon
fury, communicating to the byer, barn, bake-house,
&c. adjoining. Ten, excellent draught horses Were
burnt to death, fifty others being with difficulty
saved ; in the byer. five milkr-cows were also Burnt,
and eight saved. The whole of the beasts, young
cattle, and calves, to the number of so; were sav-
ed, but several are since dead. The contents of
the barn, consisting of beans; &c.. were also de-
stroyed ; together with two hay-stacks and one
corn-stack in the yard, to, which the flames had
spread. On the fire being perceived, a great num-
ber. of the neighbouring people 'repaired to the spot,
by whose unabated exertions alone the numerous
cattle were rescued from the flames, which conti-
nued to baffle their united efforts till near three
o'clock. in the morning, when the fire was happily
got under. The premises were covered with rough
thatch, and uncommonly dry, when the accident
happened, which, it is conjeaured, had been occa—
sioned by the snuff of a candle falling unperceived
on some loose straw or hay. Mr. and Mrs. Culley
were from home. it the time of the accident.

On Thursday Mr. George Cram, son of Mr.
Cram, of the "Three-mile Bridge, was -unfortunately
drowned, as he was crossing a sluice near Jarrow
Slake, at the upper end of South Shields.
On Friday se'nnight, the following most dis-
tressing accident happened between Monkwear_
mouth and Whitburn :—As Mrs. Gray and Mrs.
Shipley (aged near 70), aunt to Mr. Gray, ship
owner, of Monkwearinouth, were enjoying an air-
ing in a gig, on the above road, the horse suddenly
took fright, owing to the noise and fluttering .of a
number of ducks -in a pond, when one of the wheels
unfortunately came off, and the Vehicle was 'over-
turned, whereby Mrs. Shipley had her skull dread-
fully fraEturel, one of her arms broke in three places,
and was otherAse'shockingly bruised. The accident
happened about one o'clock, and Mrs. Shipley' died,
in consequence thereof, the next morning.—Mrs,
Gray also received considerable injury, but we are
happy to hear is in a fairway of ttcovery.
This Week the body of a young woman, a ser-
vant 'in Gateshead, was taken out of the River here :
she had been missing for several days. The body
'of a young man, a shil,-wright, who had been mar-
ried- only three -days, was 'also found this week in
the River, the throat being cut from ear to ear.—
It is conjeaured the above person had been robbed„
murdered, and thrown over into the River, as 'he
had parted from some friends, and had 'to cross the
Bridge at a late hour, on the evening the affair is
supposed to have happened.
Last week was landed from a vessel arrived at
Sunderland, on its way to Scotland, sent by an Of-
.ficer of our. Army in Egypt, a young Ass, of un-
common beauty and form, between 14. and 15 hands
high, and extremely lively, notwithstanding the
length of the voyage. Its ears measured near zo
inches in length. '