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London, England, 1809-04-19 00:00:00

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NEWMARICIiT FIRST SPRING MarrlNG, ISOO
- PtissetAT, APRIL 18.
IA Jersey's Lauretta, sat. 31b. b.* Oen. Gisv9o/6 May, est:
Across the Flats 2oUgs. h. R.--6 to 4ea Lacarillll6
Mr. Payne's Bulrush, sst. Sab. best Mr. Velliktart's Curry-
comb, Bst. 91k. Two-yr old C. 200 gs. h. R.-5 to 4on Bulrush.
The 2000 p. Stakes, a Sweepstakes of 100 p. each, h. ft. for Colts
and Fillies rising 3 yrs old. Colts Bst. 31b. Fillies Set. R.M.
Mr. Wilson's cli c. Wizard, by Sorcerer - • " 1
Sir J. Shelley's Cock Robin • • 2
Sir C. Butibury's e. Fair Star, by Whiskey, out of Giantess 3
Duke of Grafton's c Japan, by Trumpator, out of Scotia - 4
Four more run, and 15 paid forfeit. The Judge could place but 4.
tilz to 4on Wizard, 6to 1 agst Cock Robin, 7to 1 apt Fair
Star, and 5 to 1 agast Japan.
Ld Lowther's Pelisse beat Duke of Grafton's Morel, Sat. each.
T.M.M. 200 gs. h. ft.-Two to 1 apt Pelisse.
JAI Lowt Ares Pelisse, Bst. 71b. beat Duke of Grafton's Milto-
nia, Bst. Two-yr old Course, 1041. -Six to 4 agst Pelisse.
The Claret Stakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft. for Colts and RUCs rising
4 yrs old. Colts Bst 71b. and Fillies Bst. 21b. D. I
Duke of Graßon's Vandyke
Sir S. Sitwell's Clinker . - .
Mr. Duncombe's ch. f. Laii;el Leaf - - - - 3
Eleven to 8 on Vandyke, 6 to 4 apt Clinker.
The King's Plate of 100 p. for Mares, 3-yr olds carrying fist. 41he
4-yr olds 9st. 41b. 5-yr old 9st. 101 b. 6-yr olds and aged 10st.
Last S M. of B.C.\
Ld Grosvenor's b. f. Plover, 3 yrs old - walked over.
,C. 50 by Suhsriptlon, for 4-yr olds 7st. 91b. 5-yr olds old Bst. 31b.
6-yr olds and aged Bst. 71b. Last
.3 M. of B.C.
Mr. Shakespeare's br. h. Sir David, aged - I
Mr. Wyndham's b. h. Canopus, 5 yrs old - - 2
I Dukevf Grafton's Mikonia, and Mr. Golburn's Romeo, dr
Five to 4 on 1 it David.
Gen. Grosvenor's Rifleman, 7st. 71b. beat Id C H. Somerset's
White Horse, Bst. 41b. Across the Mat, 100 gs. h. R.

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Monday morning a Meeting of abontone thousand
Freeholders and inhabitanti of Berkshife, was held in
the Town Hall, Reading, Sir THEOPHILUSMErcALF,
Bart. High Sheriff; in the Chair.
Sir JOHN THROCIEMORTON observed that, being one.
of those who had signed the Requisition, he was cal:
led upon to propose some Resolutions relative to the
late investigation. They tended to declare the opi- •
nion of the county on the abuses, which hadtrept
into various departments of the state, and had arisen
to a height, which must be attended with irremediable
destruction to the country, if' the late investigation
was not follmwed by a complete reform. No hope of
this necessary event could be entertained, unless the
voice of the peiiple was heard loud and firm to de-
mand it. One of the objects of tefoemoto which the
eyes of_the nation were most naturally directed, was
the shortening • the duration of Parliaments. , He
traced in a most- f re7ble and eloquent manner the
history of Parliaments ; mentioned and -answered al
the obj!ctions that had been made to Triennial Par
liaments, during Which the country had attained. its
glory under the Duke of Marlborough. He said,.
that if Ministers were at any time, as might be at
present the case, afraid to take the sense of the pec-
ple, they might vote themselves into a decennial Par-
liament. The Honourable Baronet's speech was
distinguished for dignity of feeling, strength of ex-
pression, and exemplary moderation.
The Resolutions were read, which consisted of
thanks to Mr. Wardle, Lord Folkston, and to Messrs.
Le Fevre, Hughes, and Knapp, Members in thii
County--of declarations that the Majority of the
House of Commons had violated their duty—and that
it was indispensibly necessary that the duration of
Parliament should be shortened.
Mr. HALLET rose to second the motion in a speech
of considerable length, and ability, to which our li-
mits will not allow us to do justice.
.He congratu-
lated the country on a victory—not The taking of
Vigo or of Martinique—but it was a victory over cor-
ruption ; which must yet be followed up by fresh at-
tacks
and fresh victories, or little practical good would
be derived from what had been done. He descanted
PLYMOUTH DOCK, APRIL 17. on the Duke of York's conduct in several parts of his
The John Bull letter of marque arrived here yes- administration, and particularly in his connexion with
terday evening from Lisbon, last from Gaernsey ; Mrs. Clarke, who, he s aid, might as well give intel-
on her passage from the latter place she fell in with ligence to our enemies, as commissions to our officers.
the MINERVA frigate, the Commander of which, Cap; —The Chancellor of the Exchequer had indeed
tain. Haw Kiss, infin-med Captain Tneoowirii, of brought a bill for preventing abuses, but this was not
the John Bull, that he had spoke the Ancruusa and done, though he saw advertisements every day to
la Niemen in the Bay of Biscay ; the latter in a very perpetuate them, till Mr. Wardle had taken the flint
leaky state. Arrived the MEDUSA frigate from a from his eyes. The present Ministers, he observed,
cruize ; the Hibernia, BiloKesizasi, from Fowey were the weakest part of the Heaven-born Minister's
and the William, NICHOLLS, from Llanelly. Sailed Administration. At his death they resigned their
the Betsey CaineS tender fir Liverpool. places, because they found themselves, what the coun-
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18. try bask since found them, unable to carry en the
Arrived several outward-bound vessels from the business of the country. He exposed the conduct of
Downs.—Sailed his Majesty's ships HOPE to the the Crown-lawyets, who considered themselves, as
soon as they rose to their posts, to have received a re-
Westward, and la FLECIIE for Cork and Plymouth, •
taming fee to support the inisters through thick
with a convoy, among, which are the Adventure,
and thin. He condluded that the first step towards
British Tar, and Lord Nelson, transports. The
Preventing abuses, would be to return to the Consti•
Mediteranean and Quebec fleets are expected to sail •
to-mortow morning.—Wind E. . tutional mode of Triennial Parliaments.
Mr. BACON said that he did not think Mr. Wardle
DEAL, APRIL 18. so deserving of the thanks of his country as Lord
Sailed through the Downs the Brilliant, DONALD, Folkstone. The latter had not used the arts vac•
for the Cape of Good Hope ; Susan, MoFFAT, for tised by the former to obtain information, but had
Quebec ; Atlantic, FORNALD, for New York ; Hero, honestly and openly acted the part of an honourable
QUINTON, for Cadiz ; and several other outward- and conscientious Member. With respect to the al•
bound vessels.—Wind N.E. teration of the duration of Parliaments, he said he
YARMOUTH, APRIL 18. thought that should be made the subject of a separate
Sailed the BRITISH TAR cutter on a cruize. Ar- meeting, as the present assembly had not had time to
rived his Majesty's ship PRINCESS CAROLINE and LORD make up their minds on that important point of po-
NELSON cutter from a cruize, and remain in the I licy. With respect to the votes of thanks, he did not
Roads with his Majesty's ships Roebuck, Briseis, and think there would Ise a dissentient voice.
~libin. The fishing smack John and Mary, of Har- I Sir NATHANIEL DUCKINFiELD rose to oppose the
with, which was caoired on the Dogger Bank by a I Resolutions. He said that adultery had existed in
French privateer of IS guns, and carried into the the army before the times of the Duke of York—and
Te,:el, was liberated by order of the Dutch Admiral, i that it was no wonder if he had been fascinated by a
and arrived here yesterday. woman like Mrs. Clarke. He thought the greatest
ABERDEEN, APRII.
misfortune the country could receive was the dismis-
-
Sunday arrived hire the Danish lug T soon of his Royal Highness.r Christina I
Dorothea, laden with grain, gin, cheese, &c. prize to I Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS, Member for the County,
his Majesty's ship Bliie,enopiioe. She was taken in explained the grounds ()Ibis conduct in a manly and
the North Sea, and sent in here under the charge of energetic manner. He appealed 'to his constituents
Mr. STEELE, Prize Master. . for his constant attention to their interests, for the re-
peated marei of approbation he had received from
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Nichols, .! them, dnrin'r four Parliaments in which he had re.
GRAVESEND, APRIL 18.—Pssed by the Vermont,
presented them. He said that he meant to vote
from Cadiz; Albatross, Rushen, from Malta; Duckenfield,
against the Duke with Mr. Bathurst, because he
Conner, from jamaica ; Bon Princess, Ross, from Faro; James,
thought a petition to the King to remove the Duke,
Twentyman; and the Speculator, Grandson, from Limerick, was making the father the executioner of his son.—
Sailed the Ann and Eliza, Goofing, for Lisbon, and Atlas, Reid, He wished that a Resolution had been voted, which
for Barbado% s.
ARRIVED-1n Stangate Creek, the Nancy, Rowe, from Ma- would have been inserted in the Journals as an histo-
-rical precedent, to guard against similar abuses.
lags. Ira the Downs, the Vetnan, Nicholas, from. Cadiz ; •
Agnes, Thompson, from Honduras ; and the Grua, Coughey, Mr. CROFT supported the motion, and expressed
himself a. friend to Parliamentary iteform, the only
from Belfast. At Livtrpool, the Ann, Bowley, from Nevis ;
substantial ground of hope against the recurrence of
and the Mary, Oswald, from Jamaica. At Cork, the Retrieve,
corruption.
Long, from Jamaica ; and the Sovereign, —, from Grenada.
At Dundalk, the Commerce, Tindall, from Alicant. At Bel- Major Iluxeuev said, that he had been many years
ray, the St. Patrick, IVPICObon ; and the Dispatch, Selby, from in the army, and had witnessed the good•effects of
London. the Duke of YORK 's conduct ; that he thought the
county degraded themselves by their present conduct.
He accused some of the meeting of disloyalty for
wishing for a Rcform. (He was often interrupted by
marks of-disapprobation, but he was allowed to pro-
ceed, though he had interrupted one of the speakers
in the middle of his speech, to express his own senti-
ments.)—The questions were then severally put; and
carried unanimously, with the exception of from four
to eight hands.
ur o
A vote of censure was then proposed by Mr. PAL-
MER against the Members fir the County. A differ-
encei)uN
usAvsas:
mmthoovhedadbTatenMdr.edßtohneo
in
meeting favour
and defef Mr.nd-
ed himself. Both were finally censured ; but Mr.
DUNDAiI in milder terms. Mr.
VANSITTAET was re-
presented as undeserving of a severer censure than Mr.
DUNDAS, by Dr. VALYK and others, who were of opi-
nion that he had served the county with as much
fidelity as Mr. DusinArr, and that his b a sence ought
not to operate against him.
A vote was then carried, with the same unanimity,
against the present Ad Ministration, with
hope
that men would be placed in their ' • situations, who
would be the avengers, not the abettors of corruption.
.The
to
of the Meeeine- • 6,• were unanimously
voted to' Sir T. METCALF for bas upright and intelii.
gent coutlUct. •

A good memory is a happy qualification—and
happy may it prove to many by recollecting, that on
Friday next will he determined the last Free Gift,
mast probably, of 500 'Whole Tickets to I,ottery
Adventurers. That their acquisition may be immense
in Money Prizes, is too evident to require tpecifying.
Sixty Thousand Pounds may he gained by the pur-
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at &sit's old established offices, No. 4., Con►hill, and
No. 9, Charing Cross, where Tickets and shares are
selling. Friday next is the second day of drawing,
and the first drawn prize above 151. is entitled to 500
Whole Tickets, among which thsre is already a 5001.
Prize.

In case Ministers grant another Lottery, the Ad-
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