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ed illegally, had not violated Maple Charta. He l persons present who generally disagreed with 'there)
would ask the Learned Genilemat, who had spoken J might. have been expelled to come forward. .'He ,
so much on the subject, .it Magna Cherie did net then• made-,a -few observatioi,s ou the ,speeeh-: Of.
enact that every Freeman should be :tried- by his'' Mr. Blake. - That Gentleman contended that be-
Peers, or by the laWi Ot- theland. The tlew ot.Par- -cause subjeas had formerly been
.imprisoned by the •
lament was the law of the
.lend. He would ask House of Con-linens, that they ought now forsooth ;
Mr. Clitli)rd-it it had not heed always so received-? jto submit to it without repiiiiug.. This reminded
Mr. Ceiesoeo came f:rwerd. He did :net know him of the story of the - woman, who, accused •of
that the Gentleman flail any right *to ask ,Linn .cruelty for skinning eels alive, defended :herself on
.e. ...
questions. As he had, however, put one
.clues- the grounds of the eels being accustomed to it. Ad.
lion :to him on the subject of law, he would answer verting to what had been said by the last speaker, be
it by asking hint anoitreese-it it -was nut an esta- introduced a fable of a' tyrant of old, who had brazea
blistied.prieciple of law, that ,bad 'citsteens ebould bulls. Made, in which he put his vie:thus (placing fire
be abolished? -. • ' . under them), that their groaes might ,lee heaid been
. .
• Mr. BLAKE said, the Learned Gentleman had the mouth, nostrils,e&c. of the bulls.. -
- . , . . .
iiiiked the question, but he .would go to Blackstone 'Mr. IVlALerer agreed with . the general sentiments
end to. Coke to prove that ale law of Parliament was ot the Meeting ; uopopular as it might be, and ou-
tfit law of the liind. Bleckstene asserts, that what- • pleasant' at it: was, yet he did not approve of the
ever related to the prieilegespf either House of Par- measure proposed. He was averse to petitioning
lietneet should be discUssed in the House which it -the House of Commons. To that House of Coin-
concerned, and there alone. Lc): d Coke -had said, 111011 S lie would never bow, whose condua he thought
that the lases of Parliament were only to be known ' so extretnellv reprehensible. _
by the rolls of
.Parliament end:ether records. Thus, .. The resolutions were then put and carried. The
in tact all the. precedents of history concurred in Thanks of the Meeting were given to the Sheriffs,
sanctioning what had been receotle cloi:e of the :. as also to Mr. Brand, Sir J. Newport, Mr. Wardle,
•HoUte of Commons. The right they had exerted • - and Mr'. Noel for their speeches -in favour ot a
had frequently been exercisiel, and never objected ' Reform.' ,
to as being an infringement of Magna Charta. It was i Maim. CA STWRIGHT recounted to them the his-
not so considered when the Peiition of Rights was ' tory of his Petttion, and the alterations he had en.ade -
'passed, and the objet of that statute was to repair in it. It was, in his opinion, stronger- when altered-
the breaches made in the Geeat Charter-. The Habeas : :than in its original form. Her coucluded by moving
Corpus ACI was passed in the year 1679, and in the ' that Mr. Medducks should be requested to renew his
Sear firliowing the Comt-nous committed (to use the motion early in the next Session of Parliament re-
words
of Releb, the historian) persons from all parts ' -specting the Sale of Seats in the House of Com- i
9f England for libels ; rind at the eta of the gluiious ' molls, of Which he had accused Mr. Perceval and 1
•
Revolution. the House of Commons-passed a resoles:, : Lord Castlereagh.
.lion, forbiddeig the bailing of any person committed ' Coe GIBBONS -thought the petitioo of Major Cat t- 1
by them, and excluding the. Judge admitting such wrigne, -as well as their petition which had been
bail, from the benefit of the ledeinnity Att. In !Lige relented, and that now to be presented, gross and
they had again collie to -Resolutions decerratoty ut : scandalous insults on the Houee of Commons. • He ;
' their right to commit. It had teen been • would say so although he stood alone, " Pcpulusvie i
Resolyect, .T :tat to assert oret tire tioree of Commons : sibilet, sed doinj mihi placebo.'.' He was less anxi- i
have no power of commitment, but of their own Nieuwe:6,
tends to toe suoverstoit ut the tivu,e 01 Commons,applause than or its own. the House
ou, for their f 11" H •
" Resolved, !liar 1-1 print or publish any Dunks or libels, • would ;ICI a cowardly part if this petition wereee-
refleceine up re the proceedings at the House of MiiiinniS,ur , received.. It was worse to be pulled by the nose 1
ot.erry member therein, tor, or relating to ill, service memo,-
is a high VtolatiunGt the tie,lits iiaid pliviieges as the i louse or than to :be kicked. The first . Petition kicked the
cuminons." •
- This power had thus been exerci.ediat 'the most their no-es.
Mr. WAITIIMAII came forward, and. made' a va.
glorieus periods of our luster), and it had sived !
the country from sinking into a state despOtiem. riety of personal attacks on Mr. Gibbons. His as-
sertious were contraditted as they were made by
With these facts befer thew, would they stet call
Mr. Giutheas. Mr. Waithmani then proceeded to
that an alarming and Unwarrautabte assumption of
power, e loch was thus sanctioned by precedent, cettsure the conduct- of those who had signed the
Counter Declaration, ancrobserved upon the support
and countenanced by the law I . The greatest law
authorities had exeressed thenteelves in its ea- ' they had received in the Morning Post.
vour. Sit W. Jones, Judge. Blackstone, Justices - The thanks of the Meeting were given to'Mr.
Forster acid Wilmot, must upright men, hadfrecog- Byng, on the motion ot 'Mr. Burt. -
Mull this right in the House of COttitikunt Lord A resolution was sent up to the:Chair, proposing
Hutt; it •ve as true, deleted in opinion with !Liebe that a Committee should be appinted to correspond
with other counties who were desirous of a Reform.
great men, but it stiuuld be iecoliecred that he was
It also proposed a vote of c ensure, or something to
one ,of the abhorrers, who in the reign of Chinks
the Second, reprobated the hied, of calling tut a Par. that died, on Mr. Mellish.
harnent,, that he was for this conduct- imptisoned ' At the suggestion of 'Major Cartwright and Mr.
by the House of Commons, and.subsequelltly cretin. ; Waillipan, the resolution was withdrawn.
ed a Peer, and elevated to the hen( It by the Crown.: . Mr. SherifF Alleles, adverting to an observation
This impoitant tact was, he thought, static:fern to made on Mr. Blake by Mr. Burt, appealed to Mr.
put aside Lord Holt -as an authutirs epon the pre. - Burt for the propriety of his conduct.
Mr. Butte had not theTemotesi intention of say,
sent question ; it was sufficieut to preye that he
- lug the conduct of the worthy Sheriff was other that
only oppo3ed the Privileges of the Communt in
Or& rto exalt the power of the Crown. Wiiat tea- strictly "Par-ill. ,
son thin could there be fur such 'Amin ?—Whether . Mr. BYNG returned thanks for the honour done
they acknowledged the House-ot Cuinteous to be him, and promised to present their Petition, as his
their representatives or not, they bad the power opinions remained unaltered,; but he wished the
of adios as such. Would they confide to them the Meeting had tollowed the example of Major Cart-
right of millions yet fear to trust thein well _the li- weight, and struck out the words which had given,
berty of an iieliseclual ? The privileges of the House offence to the House.
'of Coil:mons, he contended, wete necessary to ti:eir ! Mr. MELLISH lamented the Petition had not been
existence. The ought to be armed e iih these pri- ' altered like lieu of Major Cartwright. It prayed,
vlleges against the inruailS of tee Lords., of which he etidetstood, that the last might be tece:ved. The
in a frantic tuonieut they Wisher them deprive House having rejected, it, it could noteeie thought, ,---
ed.*---IC was those privileges which had enabled them flow receive it. He appealed to them all, it he oad • To Tiii:l ',, l'A 11..01<, Lag.
• ,
to resat the feudal tytantly, anti-' raised Etigland to. ' ever deceived thetn.-11Vo, no.)-oe, rejoiced W ► . No. th New liridke-Street, L 0,,.,, a).
the proud, eminence on which she now steeds. 'i: hear them hay " 'No." He had never'deceivd them, Honoured Sir, . Edinfitnyti, Kuch IS, rsor.
'Hi re sonic interruption was given given ny per- ! and he-never would. He denied having spoken of T BEG leave- to inform you, , that: ever -since the.
sons calling ii.) know if Mr. Bente. was. 'a
Flee- the Aketing in the terms imputed to him : lie had .I. year 1740,‘ 1 have been al-hided with the Lues ifeat:-,
rea -, which from its obstinately r,'sisting every .c .urse .01
holder. . . . admitted 'that it . was a legal Meeting,,and it was, Xledieine p'restribed by the roost en-tinent of the eaceiti
Mr. Sheriff WOOD said he knew the Gentleman. ; nut his disposition to inselt. He had always treated here,, and undergoing 'several severe'''courses Lit saliv ai,itis
)Qt ato stin.ctlllll.'a...heitl, ag
'nt-thoestili'grittearl' inveterate flit;,-
re Ithfe.
ici:111 Cacti arm,' and my' leg'
He had asked him if I- e %WAS a FreelrOider, to which ' the meanest Freeh ,frier with as much`. re as the
question Mr. B. replied in tile affirmative ; and Mr. highest. He knew nothing of the Meeting-for sign.
By lig obse-vcd,' from what they tia 0/ of Mn. .bieke, ing the Counter-Resolutions till within V 4 hp,urs 0.. nearsawn du,
1..
lti
;vvotraocilpa:leusiatt•7aiie:aiart!,:merricct:f :di;leilaigneod.t:
f(6,ll::eLlh
period to 'My existence- -t had A 14r.:e•uh:ef:
Do roan could doubt his•wurcf. . its being held. He was ready to-answer every thin- an the cr"T
5 weie tiroke out In a frightful manner ; aiy right was dleaile
Mr.- Sheriff ATKINS demanch.d attention. Tile they.might allege against them.
- futly painful, and had been in a ' start. of ttlcerat HI ter Os
Gentleerau had.a• right to be heard "I'i.ey We:6 tree A number of questions were here put. He re- •Ikti seven vitars ; inv• lett lisd 456 tWii tar n..).les on it.
Tas very. 'Lich discoloured, and >av‘. :- such excrutia.
to express their approbateeis ore heir disapprobation, . plied to many of them and • vindiCated his conducte.
n prnrtic..i,larl when .'wariniii -13 al
but nut to.bear down the aigunients of any we,..,i4d.. professing himself to be friendly to a Reform, when ne gvie)aie; of rest' • ill tots ',tine:liable state, I, n:vzjarsi.Yrel,':n ttu
rtil-.
dressed them, by clamour. ' ever such a Reform was proposed as seemed likely-to mended by .144r.' j: Tho:hp;icii.4 (0.,h) receiv.e; so great 21,
Mr.•BLAKE said, he had given no one just cause conduce to their happiness.
hich I began-to tip on tlpi )6th at' VI '• - arse.
Of complaint, and having imputed improper motives Mr. WAITH MAN made another long speech on- the w• :•- - - • . . . • ' 1).1; ~, /.1e ,-."
. of a•rortiughri• '1 beviri v.‘ receive benerit-iii. .fittie in' F.e
to no man, he would not • suffer arty tnan to insult conduct •of Mr. Mellish, aboundipg with the most • than a month, the ulcers on 'my here 4-and arms tv...-0-,
sore& 4
hits.: It was his opinion whenever they took front gross Personalities, after which the Silerifr s returned undly healed—soon slier, the so on nay le, :s tieale
also - leaving, hov,,eVer, 4.,iill'S.l,lo.lbie,4tiisc:,,l,airj, i,,n in -tee
the House of Commons its privileges, and suffered thanks, and the Meeting broke up. skin, and earn in the boriii•iitile' I •-.ft, w,:i•-:;:, by die !i1i.,5%
them
.to be exercised under tee will of the Lords, : ................-........—_. . sine-and
.and a little loti-,7,11-•;,-NL:Ver,o,:e Ho, ir iiivs"'.
the doom of Ingland would be sealed—those bless- No. 4,46 g, drawn yesterday a prize of
.20,0001. luable tledicine stirbsicied ; zile wodes ti.7;persinA, :lie skill:
retaining its natural hue, and tlie :1),-t,,r1,,,I. p.iins ,-rtri,talr,
,rigs of our Constitution, 'which had been bought was sold in the following Shares by Hoeesae-and, . ..eolace oft: t thus beame, by yo,:: lileritl dv:ce'...l.l Nle''
by the blood of .our - Ancestors, would be" excel - e 9.; namely, onenuarter, 'two eighths, . sad eight- divine, perfeziAy (vex from all ..1;, r.,riii:27' co:i:pi3titts---
ficed to the fienzy of the moment, and could only'. sixteenths, at their old esteblished State Lottery •1 have rec:iiveredi Tiyt I.,rtnerlispiirirs,and-Scretigth, i.r:Ri an-i .be-,
be re-purchased at a similar. price. The question Offices, 26,.Cornhill, and St. Margaret's all, 80-. iC1711:::i: fil .it C I 'the 4 s t.,niiisl'lliiieilt (:11';'iltl.'::41,vi'i%ce.7v1!tilill•ue.11 'lintrl4lll'
Would however shortly come before . the Judges, rough. :
a loss in N,. !,,.: :f;11:i to express my "gratitude, but bet; you?
tOr'the goo,: ot,. other
,Litter,ing ritorta:s,• to inake'tlits 110:
and thou now. in tav,our of the House of Con- IIiTtIACT OF A LETTER 'mom PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 5, •. CaMe a$ public as posslble,,as 1 ,shall on every occasi,in ,'
mans, etiould they decideegaitist thern,he would bow
in so doing, you will greatly oblige, Sir, yinir e.ratefufi
1 4f I cannot close my letter without telling you how
to their judgments ; but he recommended it to the • obedient, very liutnnte servant, •• ' ALE x;. MUtI K F. It.
much I was gratified yesterday, at the Royal IVlarnie ' Swan's Close, High-street, Eilnlburggi•.: ;
Meeting not to come to a decisrun on thexubject till
the sentiments of the Judges were known. Mr.
Barracks in this town. About 50 Serjeatif-; (ail that- . tvitnesses to the ....h,:v.! Ci.n. :
.
toee Tsoirees.os; No. 3, New tin MArket ; and
were on shore out of the 4og belonging 0, this Divi-
131ake • •then alluded to /Vlr. 'Windham, but whe- • , joree Mgr,/ rosit. Old Assembly-lose, Editibur,t.• . •
Si n), , sat down to a mostelegant dinner. The' ef- Prepared and Sold by. the siil.o•l i'optiet,,r, • - .
the,- froiu firing ex !faulted, or being overcome f
'fusions of loyelty that sprang -spontaneously from Tema A.S. 1..: Y LOP, MelllNfr ur the R.ey4 conege ",,t :','",,r,":‘
by his teelings,we could exactly collect his words
grons, at his Himse Nis.; 9, Nevy ltridge-street, L4)11t3... m...,
' each heart ; . the tnirth and. decorum, and the semi-
but we terderstood. him to express his perfect cOinci- • merits that where, alter a constant' reedit-lice or- inore'than thirty-,:':
thlee. ihe Arm.Y•"
were drank. with thee, wine, Would have years, in a practice particularly -directed to Vie ci:tre °`
dence in the panegyric pronounced by Mr. Clitiord
- done. honour to the table of the Peer; I will give venereal Compkiiiits and these incidenial -to the carts of.
on that illustrieus character, whose death tilled every
. Generation, with that inviolable secrecy watch men ot.
you those I recoiled." -.
bosom
with sorrow, whose public worth wee the .. The King."— Three times three, .with enthusiasm. . his profession should always observe in sued. cen;,:a, rte
Natters himself, the advice and assistance he gralinto,
subject of general discourse, and whose greatdose. " The queen and Family."
administers to persons •taking this Mcilic.ne. win be
had plunged,his family and friends in the must ago. : Genetal Elliot, and the 011Icers of the Royal Marine esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an ailY,inta4esel-
Corps."--Three times three.
dAmast(tAadfx:abbyle amidiiis vaii.,,ildwiliti.itailrlicalltti,hitg,t,trit,s't.he
convenience, .
'tieing affliction ; whilst his Christian- piety and ree " !'he Constitutionrand ells} it ever stand unimpaired by f
signation to,the will of his Creator, gave the finish- ' faetion".-Three times three—likewise, with erithusiasM.. •
ing stroke to his charaCter, recolding his memory in ' " The Right Hon. Chas. Yorke, atid the Navy."—With, those living at a distance:, at the eertetniere, No.
.35, ,St.
Alban's-street, ' fall-Mall ; the Toyshop, N,,. 1.03, OX-
the
ord-street; , Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, t isn-street.h:lli •
the minds of his countrymen in such a Way as he
Mr. Steel's Bookseller No. i Union-row Little TOwerd
doubted rot would make. his greatness live for ever. " 'Cu the immortal Memory of the
.late Right Hon. Win. hill ; Mr 17stixters, Sulith-uri7'e. Edi b 'gt Mr. -lac..
Dr. DRAPER contended; that
.power like that re- Pitt, and may his principles anti virtues still hold the first donald, Glasgow ; loft' Li'ti 11, I )zi-ift'e- st rec.' r uhu'li,lin - .4.1.1 by
•
place in our hearts."—Profound silence.
cently exercised by the House of Commons did not e The speedy recovery ot Mr. Windham, whom we &hall . . , . i ;i 1 great
sbnia ‘.
..,
one tiers in every eunsi terabit t ,wi -it r • l' ' • nynd;
, Ireland, in lioxes of only 25. 9,1. each, sealed up, with full
belong to them. last
:Petition had been ,couched ever think or with gratitude."
and plain directions, whefeby persohs or either sex ha
in.proner terms:' Having grievance to complein of, e Unaniinity."• .
. cure themselves wan ease, speed, secrecy, and . te . •
I.ord %‘' ellington, and the glorious Cause In which he ts 1,1: Is. Every
and
'arety.
Y h
they ought mexpress thernselyes plainly. engaged."—Thice times mice. ery hex sold in Great nrilain is seaieu up with •
Mr. .CLIFFOIID -thought, from what he had said " Mr. ChriAoplier Smith, and the loyal and independent a
,Stamp, cn which, by favour of the C-vinrinssivriers 111 .
rtntc:d, at the Starry Ofnce—" T. Taylor, No, 9, Nt% • ii
Li'ery or London." --Three times three. ' 1
bridge-street," - -to imitate which is Felony, and all ortclr'
on the outset, and the treatment given to a Gentle..
e we inert the prase ut our Officers and the tesued 1
man who differed in opiuion.from them, that other t' fh • • ', ' . ' : .'. 1 re
o ,May e privates, Counterteits..

fl SIE ItIC4.

.istg.W—YORK, 'MAY S.

EXTIIACT OP 'A •L'Elrrisit FitoM PARS, DATZD.LATt

'IN MALCII

. .
" In speiking of General -Armstrong's remora''
strances, Buoilaparte is•ued an Order on .the gth or
.Mareh, for the sale of the American property Y,
Spain and •Naples, and dile6l,og the proceeds to
be deposited in the pAilic chest.. I that a siitiilar
Order will be sent to Denmark.

" COPY OF A LETTRR FROM GEN. ARMSTRONG TO
MR. PLNENRY, PARIS, 14.5 TH JAN.
" A letter from Secretary Smith, of the Ist Dd:
ember- last; made it my duty to inquire of hi'
Excellency the Doke of Cadore,.what w,re the con':
ditions on which his Majesty the Emperor won!?
annul his Decrees ; and whether, it Great BritaiP
reboked her Blockade a' a date anterior to-that DC'
cree, his Majesty would restore the trade to its for-
mer footing ? To thee 'questions I Lave, this dat
rec,ived the following answer.:
"The only condition required for the revocation,
by his Majesty the Emperor .of the Decree 61
.Brrlin, will be the preVious revocation by.the nri"
,tish Govermneot of her h.ltcl6(4e of France, or
such part of France (such as 'that from ,the Doe to
Brest).'.of-a- date anterior to that of her aforesaid
decree."
" Besides much Other bdstness, the bill. Concerning
commercial intercourse has become a law, containing
merely the-exclusion of British and. French Armed
vessels, and the authority to renew the. Non-inter--
course law against either, Belligerent, to case 014-
,
other shall revoke its orders or dectecs."

A woman, of the name ..of Bruce, 'was kleteaed
in deserting a female child, about two months olds
on Sunday night; by leaving it at the duarof Mrs.
Averiiigham, in Wigmore-street,-wrappett.in a rug..
The offender was taken; and on . her. examination
on Monday; she st3ted herself to be the motht.r 01-
the child, and dieted' a plea of distress for leer in.
humanity.

Yesterday the: Ticket 1170. 2,763, drawn'a prizo
of b,OOOl, was sold in 16 sixteenths ; and N 0.4,889
a prize 5001. in one half; one qtrflricr,• one eighth,
and two sixteenths, at EYTOWS lucky office, N 0.22.
Cornbill, near, the Mansion .House, where tile for-
tunate Holders may receiver their.-money on de'
niand.

otiJF P,AAJr,

oasvitstNo,'JtlNE 7.
Arriveci—tlto Ceres, Coffer', from the South, Seas.
Sailed—the Georgina, Maw:frit, for Cu twat,

. •
,
' / 41,11?1?It.D.
1 On the 6th inst. at Kirkby Stephen, Edmund Sexton Gor..,
r Man, Esc!, of I-Untie-street, MaliChiCster4quafe, to Anna.
Maria, eldest daugittei of the cats Thomas Munk hunse, Ls'l
of Winton. .