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shall leave it ilto lbw who istipt*pable of such
to estimate my feelings, i
,;,7 Permit. roe, however, ist,.acknowledgiug -.snide.!
tap of your Letter
,44 the lOth inst. and transnifo
red to me throUgh your Copnittee, to trespass a
little on your attention, to offer my congratulations
on the effect which has already. beep, produced. by
the example
,set by you, on, a griper occasion, to
„t,he Electors of the United Xingdorn, and to anti-
cipate, that on every, ftittireree,throvicelo *O, elect-
ire fraqcbise, thb noble principle for width" You are
Contending will be felt more Strongly, and that
" the People, rousing from their4athy," will imi-
tate the City Of Westminster ip.* purity. of their
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' In this view'of the stthject, bentlenien, I cannot
but toligiattilate you on The recent exercise of the
Royal Prerogaiiire by the Printe Regent : and ba-
tik fully convinced, that dissolutions of Parliament
cdlitaibiste to the emancipation of the Crown, even
more (in the present state bf the Representatibil)
thnh to thiliberty of the subject, I confess that' I
' am not one of those who atiticipate thet`thil late
Constitutional measure will'he followed by a breach
bf the law.
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Gentletrien, no pait orilib tant of the times seems'
to me more absurd and hypooritical than the decla:
mation by party men against what they term the
44 overwhelming influence of the Crown," when the
fact is notorious to us all that the ruling faction in
Parliament seize the offices of State, and share them
amongst themselves. If a doubt as.to this truth is
entertained by anyone, let him reflect on the lan-
guage of the parties themselves-4, Such an' Admi-
nistration catitiot stand." And why, Gentlemen ?
not because the Royal protection has been with-
drawn, but because a sufficient number do not
agree as to the division of the spoil. What motive
I his the Crown for supporting bcandalous abuses '
j that are hostile to the interests of the Public ? As
far as the question regards those who 'fatten on the
plunder of their Country, it is needless for me to
I put it. Our liberties in these days are not in dan.
ger from violent and open exercise of Regal Au.
thority ; such acts, being free from the deception
practised by the mock Representatives of the'Peo-
ple, would not be tolerated for an instant, No, '
Gentlemen, it is by the House of Commons alone
that the Constitution is subverted, the Prerogatives
~of the Crown usurped,. the Rights of the People
I trampled 'upon.
Gentlemen, I shall not attempt to enumerate the
decisions of the late House of Commons, that will
stamp indelible disgrace en the, memory of the
principal actors, who cannotescape from the con-
tempt and execration of posterity, like the nameless
individuals who composed their corrupt majorities.
The effects, however, of the system of corruption
can be more briefly stated,--ahe prolongation of
war—the increase of the National Debt—the depre.
ciation of our currency—the disappearance of our
coin—.the stagnation of our commerce, and the con
sequent unexampled embarrassment of our manu-
facturers.
These • Ilts.--f(

the

rhich evils, Gen.

are , resut tor all rat,
demen, there is no remedy but in the control that
would be exercised over. the public expenditure, by
an Mutest House tif Commons, and in the attention
that such a House would pay, to the interest of the
State. Without a change in the principle on which
Members are returned to Parliament, these objects
cannot be attained : nor would a Peace, in the pre-
sent state of things, produce the benefits anticj.
pitted by those who are not aware that the manu-
facturers of France undersell those of England
wherever they come in competition: Even at Malta,
our commercial depot, for which we commenced a
war that has cost as Five Hundred 111illons sterling
(a sum that would have annihilated the National
Debt) when I was there about two years ago, French
goods, imported under licenses, were thence dist: i•
buted, not only to the neighbouring States of Bar-
bary,
but Spain, and even to Gibraltar Glaas,l
for the use of the British fleetin the Mediterranean, ,
was brought from the dominions of Buonaparte,
because it was cheaper ! I alb in possession of offi-
cial documents to pi lave these facts. The stores
‘ys were full of English goods, ulna afforded profit
to the merchant, not by the course of trade that is
beneficial to a country, but by taking the dollars
collected to the Commissary-General, who furnished
them with bills at 30 per cent. prerisium, paid out of '
your pockets !—Such was the course of exchange
caused by the demand for specie for the Sicilian
subsidy, and for the pay and maintenance of an
army of 16,000 men, to prolong the oppressions 0111
a pee pie, who were 'able and willing to defend
themselves, but not_ uphold the tyranny of .a
Wicked Government, whose abominable despotism
had made a desert of the most fertile soil in the
world, a spot which was once the graniry of Rome.
To return, hiswever, to our own folly', and to the
Cause of the ruin of our trade, which the abolition
of the Orders in Council cannot restore, although
their promulgation contributed to' destroy it-4et
me call your attention to the *Om' neglect Of Mi-
nisters to the principle of the navigation laws, which
were the foundation of the commercial greatness
of this country, and of its naval superiority ; and
in doing so now, you will remember that I have,
more than once noticed the stibject, and that I.
stated to you three years ago, from doctimeop pre.
seated to Ile House Commons, tharthere were then'
actually 517,000 entwign• seamen f the greatest part
of whom belonged. to countries subject to France)
employed in the 'tilde nif the Thames..... Yes, Gen-
tlemen, of the River Thames! . Whilst in the tame
year there were only 16,000 British sailors occupied
in its commerce to and from all parts of „the Con-
tinent ! althoitgh the market of Spain had been I
opened. 'fins was one of the effects ,Of the virtual
abandonment of the Orders in Council, whilst they
were nominally upheld as of Vital importance: Per.
hall, as it is the nattire of corroptiOn to tpreida lb
order to increaSe the patronage_ or Ministeit, by
Me profit arising to individuals irons a monopoly of
trade, and the sale of licensesia-ai disgraceful tral-•
tic—derogatory to the character of the nation-411W
are we involvedin war with Ptiiierica.
Hurtful, however, as the measures ate lidve pui.
sued have been, our total neglect of others hat
proved aid} mire prejudicial: for whilst France
has inflicted the evils of war, or

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intimidetee
tounditig States Me compliatice with het Criewsi
we, who have possessed the Utilities to direct every ,
portion of our torce to unkno* points within. he
extensive range of two thousand miles of thipro.
tceted shore, have acre: evert, ataale.,. demor,stra-

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Lion with inteeTtitetbilistutellii,isidmy's projects, Dofil*f(*ditterA..• ere then•SiViitiin'the•earn app
and force him to keep his-legions at home where iolisliment of all the Ropal Dock-yardilin the King.
they Enlist be paid atui diaintainell by thiliontskiy klom. Calculating at the rate of allowance made.
a.of France; but have left him at full liberty to prose. for Copsoiodrphason's•arna. Lord Anita's sinecure% •
ppte his plans at the expense of our Allies, or are.ellol..to the value of 1022 O,
Captains' arms, 0-,
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in the. way most conducive to his interests : and, by poor Lieutenant Chatubeto's,pe
anti. on. to 4.82 pair
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lithely, none could suit him better than Co fix the lit. of Lieutenants' legs !! !"
tie army of England in the centre of the Peninsula,' Comment is uonecessory; . Such,. Gentlemen, is . •
whereitsmovetnetusare not of adesultorynature,and the reward 'for long and faithful services, that, fur
where, admitting thegreetability or its Commander, a . exertion I have already 31:wig you.., .
comparatively small portion of the enemy's force Thui the war continued on, the, applies for whirls, ~
it fully adequate tb counteract its known vows- are voted by those who arb iiterested in its coo s: •
rents! " Just as barbarians engage at boxing, so nil nee : not will it eve he terminated meets:Cutts.
you make war with Philip: for when one of these in pitched, fialttlee by the military force of England
teceivelo blow, that blow engages him: if struck s against the !isialicel arrange:. Aver on the sup-
in another part, to that part his hands are shifted& , position ofperitok eq•uolityotkoro men, would perisO
but 'to, Ward ott the blow, or:
to watch his ants-,. before the contest ed. • bit, detided, that; Biigland
konig, for this he bath neither skill nor spirit. . now maintoini dR,94 cialtinenotild we supply
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hope
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Even so, if you hear that Philip is in the Cherso- the deficielleo.• ' - • • ••
ttchsus, you send forces. thither; if in Thermopyke , Gentlemen, to sfipw.you that there is ,n,o n
tiltther ; if in any other place, you hurry up and . from a change 'of Pirtyi thilesi a
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down, you follow the standard. But no useful Commons Hotist oi•Porlinient shall previously take ,
scheme for carrying on, the war, no Wise provisions place, O the Pensions given by the late Whig Ad- ,
are ever thought of, until you hear of some enter.: ministrations to Commisslcinets, Cleiks, and cohere,
prise in execution, of already crowned with suc- whom-they forced out of race to th eke treoM lot
chs. They who conduct a' war strith prudence, are their friendi, amounted in IS theitithito I.31:191. more.
not to follow, but to ditect events. But you, • than the present Administration have given away
Atheniabs ! though possessed of the greatest power a in the three years that have elapsed since."—.i.e. up
of all kinds, Ships, Infantry, Cavalry, Treasure : to the year 1810. '
yet tb'this day, hoieiever employed any of them : The example of the.hichiseihdlii btei demonstratet
treasonably." * " It is not in our power to provide by the laws of Nature, that the drone is not to live
a-fotce able to meet him In the open field, but we at the expense of the corlimunityo-nOtwithstinding•
Must harass hint by deptedations : thus the war what the Whigs have said of sinecurei being held
must be carried on." . - .' iby ter.lire,•equal to that of ffeehold Piolserty.
Gentlemen, as the cloratioa of 'rat, by ificloating . a I have the honotir to be,
the taxes, will occasion the permanent delay of our I Gentlemen, • . '
commerce, you will forgive my transcribing these
o:oervations, delivered by one of the ablest men of Cocinoult.
former times, as they are vety applicable to our si. ft, Penman-square, Oct. le,
tuition. What patt of those kingdoms would be ........................16:. •
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secure from attacks if the French possessed a naval ; " A Friend," who put down his name for id3o,oCkl .
superiority, with only 20,000 troops Ot their dispo- towards supporting Mr. LASCELLES'S Election, proves
sat—it is obvious, that there must be, in every dis- •to be Lord HAREWOOD.
trier, a force equal to that Which the enemy co'ild I.
•The Earl of es:
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bring against it i I shall abstain from directing 6th of August last, was baptised on the 13th instant
your attention to particular objects in illustration of at the Marquis of DOWNSHINE'S house; at Hillsbo- '
the fOct, for the reasons given in the first Letter rough. •In the evening there was a splendid ball and
which I had the honour to address to print Committee. stepper.,. -at which Were present '263 of the
_Principal •••
Gentlemen, I cannot avoid stating a fate to you,
Nobility and Gently of the country.
which I have often offered to prove at'the Bar of the o
a amine,
the Aaronant; haling lost his aerial ma:. 4 4
late corrupt House of Commons ; namely, that
came, which was. entirely destroyed in the Irish Chatosos
;whilst our commerce has decreased, that kind of
nel, intends making
.an expedition to London in a 0 qs,
trade which is most beneficial to a State, has bug- nel,
balloon, alias a balloon coach.o.
mented on the shores of the enemy, in a prodigious !i
ratio, and the ptoduce of the Northern and South. i COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—Last night the Co* ot
ern Provinces is freely interchanged, under the pro- medy of the Merry trivet of IPitsdror was acted at this t.
tection of the ,abuses in our Admiralty Courts, ' Theatre, and it is no undue complimeot fo the Pere •.r
which afforded it better security than all the bat- formers, to say, that we have seldom been a Comedyi -7
teries of France; the plain reason for which is, that in these times; more ocieqeately. upheld. Mr. YOUNG9B 11 ~
each of the numerous coasting vessels must, for the Ford, and Mt Ettecerv's Fable, are decidedly they: t
benefit of the Court, .be separately condemned, at most perfect that the British Stage can now boast ofroirt
an expense greater than was formerly demanded for 'Mr. BLANCHARD, in Sir Hugh Evans 1 Mr. Lnerint, ist tad
the abjudicatipn of an Indiaman ! Gentlemen, the Mister Slender ; and Mt. MENAQE. in Sheitk, were all .41
rapacity.ofthe, Courts is frequently not satisfied by well-imagined portraitures. Nor, were Mrs. C. ',
appropriating the whole proceeds so themselves, but Keatioe, Mrs. GIBBS, and Mrs, Dove:venal., less
the captors arq compelled to pay ati additionahsurn happy in their several dramatic delineations of Mrs. .
for thus perfortning a service to their country. Ford, Mrs. Page, and Mrs. Quickly. ; ,
Gentlemen, that you may have a correct notittn A STATE Tazeo.—A Letter froth New York;
of a Proctor's Bill, I take the liberty of enclosing _I _I
oateu September Si says. 4-" Yesterday morning, id
one for your itepeetion, which, I assure you, may the Circuit Court of the United State', not sittin in :
be considerei very moderate, being only six fathoms g
, this city, a billsof indictment was presented Vg4inst a •
and a !planet long, ore 37
.feet 6—whereas I now
merchant of this place for high treason against the
possess Others; that extend to 50 feet; but I prefer
United States, in furnishing the enemy with oupplied -
sending dilt to' your Committee, as it is the one Fora of provision under a British Licente, given by the
a ddced by Myself in the House of Conamosar card bY
late Minister Foster. The prisoner had been prose- :
the venerable Earl of Suffolk in the Hoes of
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• coteci unoer soct against sailing under f ireigo s". Lords—the.exhibition of which Was pronounced by• .
licences, and t
wos on hail, but on being indicted or 4 alb present Lotd Chancellor the brot her of the Judge i
the offence of treason,. the fact having been. committed ' •
lof the Admira!ty Court) to beo a species of efuniineeo
since the ueclaratwo of war; was committed to poi- •
never before witnessed within those walls, and
ialtogether unbecoming the rooky 'of that branch ' son for trial."
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.01' the Legislature."Wbether the atterhpt to ex- an the 16th inst, tatotitleyoutite beagles; belonging,
: abotes, which paralize the efforts of the British ito Mr. T. Woorntsis, of Altristone, Susset, followed -
: navy, deiervethe stigniatlitts cast upon it, by so grave a rabbit into her Ishtroti, to an extent from %AIM'
a character, I lecve you, Gentlemen, to determine. !they could not extricate themselves and in conse- •
I beg, that the items may not pass unobserved, ' quence they remained buried, until the' following
where- the Proctor notes his pecuniary ieward fur j Sunday, when their yelpings attracted the attention
attending, feeing, consulting, and admonishing him. of a boy who was tending hogs nigh tb the burrow:
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self, in his other capacity es Marshal, of all which ;He soon discovered their situation, and lost no time -
helinakes anaffidavit, for which also he charges a fee!l in making the circumstance known to his master, by
1 am aware that I have trespassed longer already whose order the imprisoned animals were speedily
on your attention than I ought to have done, had . liberated by help of the spade. When dug our, they
the pure principles on which you conducted the : were in a vety weakly stare, hot care being taken of . '
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Election allowed me to address you personally ; ' them; they Mott recovered their strength. -•
.however, as this opportunity did not occur, you f I'. BISH returns his most grateful thanks to a tbst ' ;
will, I trust, forgive my adding an eetract from a i Public for theit unbounded itvottrs in the Lottery'. ' ,
.statement which I made two years ago in the that finished yesterday, in which he sold the foll.:w-
Rouse of Commons, an the subject of the Navy 1 ing
The fortunate holden!
Estimate, with a view to contrast the rewards gram-may Capital Prizes, in Shark.
receive their money on demand at either of his
edjor diffilfent kinds of services. truly fottunate 'Office•s; 4, Cornh3l; Or 9, Chafing.; *,
Gentlemen, it appears on the pension list of the I ..
tioss :
Navy; for the year 1810, o that thirty-one Commis- I 1,706
.; . .1;600 e;ir-tt •- , = Alpo i
sioners, Commissioners' wives and clerk;,. have 4i758 . 000 • 1,047 4 - anD .1 i
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$8991. more amongst them than is paid to all the 1 2,476 - . . aft . , .7. - , 4 200. • rote
Wounded Officers of the Navy of England ! Thir- a c. &e. . , i
teen daughters of Admirals and Captains, some of : The number of the 420,000. was 3,252, *Melt wad
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whom fell in the service of the country. have sold in Shares by. his son-in-law, ,G. Wass, No. 171 i
amongst them all, from the gratitude of the Nation, : sok,
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Ludgate.street, in One Half and Sixteenths. - .
aWm less than a Commissioner's widow !-.-viz. ,I TWENTY THOUSAND Pdoxes.-o-The *following Ca....-. :
4 Daughters of the gallant Capt. CourtneyesElo to awl per Oil. pital Prizes, all drawn Yesterday) were Sold in Share! 1 •
1 ditto of Admiral Sir A. Mitchell, at Waaa's truly Fortunate Office, 17, Ludgate-streeto 34.4 ~
it ditto of Aduitral Epworth . near St. Paul's : . o tfi •
1 dim of Admiral Koppel . salt 0 rut.
355 E, Twenty 'Thousand Pounds, ip 1 Half Eroitrityleenthe‘fra
1 ditto of Captain Mann . . . :.,
4756, One Thouland Poundi, in I Half, 4 r, and 4 013
4 ditto of Admiral Moriarte .. ' • ;
Illfteentlis. . •
" Captain Johnson receives ittOteriti for the bill 4758, Fite Hundred Pouadkla• IMk I Onartet, and 4r _
of an arm ; and poor Lieutenant Charnbers, who Siiteentlia. sl.; N. . i-t -
lon both his legs, gets 801. whilst the Clerk of the. The Fortunate Heti:Jere • may receive their Mone,iltosst •
-Ticket Office retire lon 1001. ! . an demand,af Waee's Lucky Office, 17, Ludgaie•billieri4 .
•" To speak less in detail; 39 Flig Officers, 24' CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, OCTOBER IL '4e:"SS.: i'
' Captains, 50 Lieutenants, 180 Masters, 36 Sur.: There was 1
no fresh supply of Wheat in our Market to-flay;
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icooksyteaintst,l9: G
couunntrnyers, 2012 ,
notitiabsb.tz.ou titei. vesseolortb:,lnatioweather-boued in
hat appealed wc/intatetriorrh. aid
ycl. 711..
teloriA 2s!) ansedrl4,9l
less than the net proceeds of the sinecures of Lords Monday's prices; Ous
.waisoolheenrtifultnandldsop at a rLdocti,,o of
Arden, Camdee, and Buckingham ! All the se-
13.sriePeesr,:ear;sgrt:Triti but a .gat:„.;,,,,,r .ez...,,t.,rbtx....,1:.) . •
afinuated Admirals, Captains. and Lieutenants, ; .
ENGLISH. • EGIOL',' I 1 :':140
ve but 10121. more amongst theta than Earl i . Pet Qr. e. S. • • Atter;
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amcien's sineciire alone f Al that is paid to the, Wheat, Kent St Esst.z 70i 130 Wh‘ft„ Ainericao . int sat
lfid. to the', sufrolk, (new) too tso ---o- Da,,tsic 1101 At., ;*/
wounded Officers of the British Navy,
',rivet 'and children Of those dead or killed in action,
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oet not amount by 2141. Co as much as Lord Arden's I Barley - . 105 140 .........6... 'Baltic Ito .An iii.:,
00 03 -.... Hafibiecedll.oo4o6".ll I '
- ,#4 601 .6•44111ii80111812.140111ll 7i716
siriectire 10-The Marquis of Buckingham's sinecure a Matt _
9t 109 11146 a.' :AP ..,) 3rae• n ' 11144. • ,
will Maintain the whole victualling departments at Nthlte Peis(biiifers) rind iso Bartei .tv,r464.,r, •..7 oi,o; •
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Chathete, &slid; Gibraltatithe Downs, Heligoland, Grey Ditto - 76 78 1 Oar., Ern,: f ~, ' orooa
Malts, Cane. Of Good Hope, end Rio Janeito, and ; small Boni - 100.102 I ~...•ha, - ~;',,
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leave . 4,4 M. in due Treasury. Three of these I,or
. 54 80 Grey ell.___4lo 1,11414 44 • t id
comfortable sinecures would maintain the Dock- Tokatsk,DPlottioatoe od ten Wee. 1., ....
......-- Poland . so 55 small MIMI •
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5 54 Flour, Amer. Per 70 7
yard PortsmouthEstabltshient at and Plymouth I reed. -• d. -4
110 Tick barn .. .. , ;I. •
and the sinecures and offices executed wholly by de: Flour. Per Usk' .204 I

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