Star.
London, England, 1809-05-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

AT a MEETING of the FRIENDS of such a
R EFOR NI as would secure to the PEOPLE the reality and
uses of REPRESENTATION in PARLIAMENT, held At the
Crown and Anchbr Tavern, Strand. London, on Monday, the'ht
of May, IKO 9,

Sir FRANCIS BURDWIT, Bart. M. P. in the Chair,

It MIS Resolved,

1. That it is " the grand principle of the Constitution, that the
" People shall have a share in the Government, by a just rrpre-
" sentatiun iu Parliament."

1 hat the long duration of Parliaments greatly facilitates the
corruption of the MemNara, and removes that wholzsome :heck
or controul on their conduct, a frequent recurrence to the opinion
of their Constituents.

111. That in a Petition presented to the House of Commmis on
the tith May, 1791, it was offered to be proved at the Bar, " that
" 114 in lividuals did, by their own authority, appoint or pro-
" cure the return of 307 Members of that House" (exclus;Yie of
those front Scotland)," who were thus enab:ed to decide all.ques-
" firms in the name of the whole People of Great Britain."
IV. That this Meeting believes indisidual patronage in Boroughs
has incr, ased since 1793;—that in those in which the en: ers are
few, and which are called Open, the reform; are for the most part
obtained for money ;—that the Representa:ion for Scotland is ex-
tremely influenced that there are great defects in that of
Ireland: and it is the opinion of this Meeting, that a great majo-
rity of the Members of the Commons' Houseare so returned that
the Nation is not constitutionally represented; though it is taxed
to support an expenditure of seventy millions verling a year. -
V. That in the Act (commonly called the Act of 'S.ittlement)
which ilaced the House of Brunswick on the Throne of these
Realms, it was asserted and recognised as the Constitutional prig
ciple, that no person who
," hes an office or place of prola under
" the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capa-
" ble of serving as a Member of the House of Commons."
VI. That it appears by a Report laid on the'Fable of the House
of Commons to June Last, thai 78 of its Mouluss are in then:.
gular receipt under the Crown of C 178,994 a year.
VII. That in 1782 it was declared by Mr Htt in the House of
Commons that " seven or eight Mrnibers of that House were sent
there by the. Nabob of Arcot, and that a foreign Stat.:in enmity
" to this country, might procure a party to act for it under the'
" mask and character of Members or that House."

Vlll.'That such a state of Reprrsent anon is a national grievance.
IX. That in every department of the State into which ioitury
has been nude, scandalous corruptions and abuses have been
detected.

X. That the exclusion of the public voice from all influt.nce in,
and the consequent corruption of, the Governments of the Conti-
nental Stites, have been the cattses of their subjugation.
XI That so long as the People shall not be fairly represented,
corruption will increase; our Debts and lazes will accumulate;
our Resources will be dissipated; the native energy of the People
will be depressed; and the Country deprived of its brat defence
against foreign foes.
XII. That to remedy the great and glaring evils of wt'ich we •
complain, it is not necessary to have recourse to theotetical spe-
culations, or dangerous experiments in Government, but to recur
to the principles handed down to us by the wisdom and virtue of
our Forefathers. •
kill. 1. hat the remedy is to be found, and to be found only,
in a full and fair Repre•entaf on of the People in the Common'
House of Parliament : a remedy equally necessary to the safety
of the Throne and the Happiness and Independence of the.
Country. •
. XIV. That we therefore recimuttend to every Tows, Ci►y and
County to take the state of the Itepreoentadon into consideration,
and-urgently, but temperately, to apply to Parliunetit to adopt
such measures as sban secure to the Nation the Realty and Voei
of Reprint a don. .iirpdtlicis.apiorrr,

This day was published, handsomely printed on a fine woven pa-
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ASERIES of LETTERS between Mrs. ELIZA-
BETH CARTER and Miss CA i•HER TAI.LOT,
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By the Rev. M'JNTAGLI VENNINGTON, M. A.
Vicar of Norhhnurr, in Kent; her Nephew and. Executor:
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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE.
This day was published,
Elegantly printed in Royal Quarto, by Bensley. with an elaborate
Engraving of :he Front of Rheims Cathedral, price 11. Cs in
extra Snarls,
H IS i'ORICAI. SURVEY of the Ecclesiasti.
-L cal Antiquities of FRANCIS., with a Vi:w to idustrate the
Rise and Progress of Gothic Archarcture in Europe.
By the late Rev. G. 1). WI 1-1 ING
Of St. John's College, Cambridge.
• Printecl for J. 'Taylor, at the Atcuitectural Library, No. 59,
High Holborn.
Where may be had, lately published,
1. Observations on English Architecture, Military, Ecclesiasti-
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inclming i Critical Itinerary of Oxford and Catnbrid7u ; also his-
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