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London, England, 1810-01-10 00:00:00

and tliat your 'Majesty wilt be pleased to institute sa,
rigid, impartial; and general -inquiry; into these
great national misfortunes ; into the plans
which these Elpt•eit offs were undertaken ; and
into the condu,A of the commanders to whoni they
were, intrusred

" Signed by order,
* " HENRY WOODTBORP E."

- ESSEX' MEETiNG:

"CHELM4FORD, JAN. 9,-,—Yesterday, in pursuance
of a public notice, the. Meeting convened by the,
Freeholders and Partizans mf • the Whiglnterest in
this county, was-held at the Shire
.11t11, preparatory,
to the pending election. The compaily was not
numerous," and the business of the day Was opened;
by the Chpirmin (W. lioneywOod, Esq.); who,
„stated the object of :the present 'Meeting to be for
the purpose of considering the most eligible person
to be put in nomination as Ilepresentative"._of this
county, vacated' by the death of the. late worthy
Member, J. Bullock./Esq. • ,
MONTAOAT BURG:OYNE, Esq. then rose, and- de.
dared. his intention of standing the contest, upon the
firm and established principles•of what be consider-
ed the Whig Interest, formed and approved by that
party at the glorious Revolutinn.;. but at the same
time he begged to be-understood, that he would be
bound to no party, • but would 'conscientiously main-
tain the rights of his constituents, if they honoured
• him by their choice,- and would. strenuously use his
utmost endeavoors to defend the laix's and liberties
of the people. ConSid:e-ina that the cuutityof essex
had not been independently . represented. for many
years,- he hoped his friends would rouse, and viva
voce, proclaim their -determinatifin to support their
own interest, by. giving their votes to' him. - • •

C. C. WESTERN, Esq. M. P. for Maldon, rose,
and commenced' a long reply to Mr. B. by stating,
that however proud :he -of racking the Hon.
Gentlemen among his friends--ho.:Vever satisfied he
was
-that the Hon..Gentlernan could 'boast of the
,Most conspicuous, virtue's, yet, in thiinstance, he'
was sorry to.- differ--in 2 opinion ,from biro as to hrs
eligibility; and he wished• the Honourable Gentle
man to understand, . that by so doing he by no
means.retra&ed from that- cordial support which, • in
all other cases, (he Mr. W.) should feel happy to
afford'him.- The present one was a matter of con•
siderable- import, and Mr. B. had-so-determinedly
'declared himself- an enemy to party, that it was im-
possible for those who, like-himself, were proud of
that appellation, to santlibn and encourage filth at
this-particular period, sand on this important-occa-
sion, Mr. W. concluded, by hoping the Honour-
able Gentleman .would. view the-situation of hirn-
Self and friends, and not, by Iris perseverance, give
'the opposite party-an opportunity of _enjoying the
triumph of finding, among those who so, long had
been ranked as true Whigs, a dissension and division
which must be finally fatal in its effe&s to that
cause it was the 'immediate wish of themselves,to
espouse. • - • . -

Mr. BURGOYNi here repellecl,the attack of hist-ion.
Friend, as to leis commebts on the observation of
his being no party man. He farther. explained
his motives, and meaning, and trusted that the
same would be fully appreciated and properly un-
derstood. •

Mr.,HkRVET, of ,Fi..sering House,. in a very elo-
quent speech, appealed to-the - Meeting, as,to the_
nature of the claims-of Mr. Burgoyne, and hecOn-
tended strongly, that it was impossible for any per-
son, situated as that Gentlernarr,then • was, .holding.
a sinecure of consklerable value, to aft eoncientiously.
'and independently. The Learned Orator.proceeded
in,a'.speeelt of some length, replete with flowery lan-
gliage, to contrast the proceedirs Of, the present
Meeting in its effeas with the -.l':;ry party, and most,
decidedly gave' his'dissenting voice to the claims of
the <HMI. Gentleman, regretting at the same time,
the necessity for such a measure, as it was affording
too true a proof of the scriptural phrase—" A house
divided against itself, can never stand."
After some desultory conversations between
Mes Sis, Burgoyne, -Western, , and Harvey, the
Chairthan.:)ut it to the vote,• whether. the Meeting
hand adjourn, when the shew of hands being in
favour of the adjournment; the same took place,ac-
cOrdingly.' •