Star.
London, England, 1805-06-06 00:00:00

CORN WALL.

AT a MEETING of the Gentry, Clergy, Free.
holdrrs. ant/ Inhabitants of the County of COIINW4LL,
betel at the Mize Hall in Bonatin this ayth day of May xBoj.
Refolved Uminittioufly,
Flrft. That this Muting highly approves of the Vote of the
Houle of Commons un the Bth of April, refpcßillg Lord
Melville.

Secondly, That this 117eetIng returns their warmeft thanks to
their Reprefentative- in P.rliament, the Members for this County,
for their fupport of the ltefolutions ..f that day.
Thinuf, That this Meeting is deeply impreffed with a grateful
fenfe of the upright c • .dud of the Cornmiffioners of Naval En.
quiry, and thavkf them for the indifputable proof they have alrea-
dy given of their intelligence, iitcgrity, and fortitude in inveili-
gating the fuhject fubmittedto the Houk of Commons in the
Tenth Report.

Fourthly, That the abufe in the expenditure of the public
money, upon which the vote of the Bth of April Is founded. calls
for a fpcedy rezmily ; and that the °fenders &Serve exemplary
punifbmrnt.
Fifthly, That abufes in the expenditure of the public money,
(at all times matkr of grievance) are peculiarly felt at this time
when fo great a weight of taxation fall. upon all ranks of peopl.%
Sixthly, That the defence attempted of the guilt of the offen-
ders, that no &fleal mirchief has been fultaitied, isnot warranted in
fad., becaufe the great mifchief has enfued of the diredt violation
of a Ratute framed by one of the offenders himfelf for the remedy
of fuch abufes, who was in the enjoyment of an increafed Calary
under that very Ad," in full fatisfadlion of all wages and fees and
other profits and emoluments theretofore enjoyed by former
Treafurers."

Seventhly, That the people of England have long fubmitted to
fevere privations in the pa-fa:Son that they were neoeary to
the welfare and fafety of their Country, and that as it is their in-
eanteitible right through their reprefentatives to grznt ese public
money, fo have they au undoubted right to demand that it be lc-
tally applied.
Eighdy, That the Commiffioners of Naval Enquiry having
brought to light a molt flagrant abufe in the expenditure of the
public money in the Naval Department, there is great rmfon to
fear that Ibnilar abufes exist in other departments; that therefore
it is neceffary that the enquiry now begun should not ceafe until
all abates in every publiclmard be remedied.
Refolved Ninthly, That Lord Melville having been declared
guilty of a high mifdemeanor by the aforefaid vote of the Bth of
April, a civil adieu is inadequate to the end propofed and in itfdf
incapable of fatisfying the demands of public juftice.
Tenthly. That the following Petition be pretested to the Ho.
nourahle the Houk of Commons.
" To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain in
Parliament affemblcd,the Humble Petition of the Gentlemen,
Clergy, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of the county of
Cornwall,
" Sheweth,
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" That the abufes In the expenditure of the public money,
which have been lately brought to light by the Commilionera of
Naval Enguiry, have filled the minds of your Pcoitionets with
alarm and indignation.

" 'That they call upon your Honourable Houfe for the fpeedy
remedy of loch abates, and for she exemplary punithment of the
offenders.
" That Andes in the expenditure of the public money (at all
tames matter of grievance) are peculiarly felt at this time wbm Cy
great a weight of taxation falls upon all ranks of people.
" That a defence has been attempted of the guilt of the offen-
ders by the affertion that no adual mifddef has been fultained by
theft grufs breache . of trait, and offences againft law • as if the
dims% violation of a Statute were not a high crime and ;nifdemea-
nor, without the aggravation that the violation of which your Pe-
titioners complain was iyftematie, and committed by a confiden-
tial fervent of the Crown, himfelf the framer of the Adt which he
his broken, andenjoying an increafed falary under that very Adt,
g n full fatisfadion of all wages and fees and other profits and csno-
I enu theretofore enjoyed by former Treafurers."
That fuck a defence naturally =creates the fear that pecula-
tion in the expenditure of the public money is Dot confined to the
Naval department.
" That your Petitioners have long robin itted to fevere privations
in the perfualioo that they were neeeffary to the welfare and fafety
of the country, and they claim as their Englifh right that the mo-
ney which is liberally granted than be legally applied.
" That your Petitioners look with a confident hope to your
Honourable Houle, after your votes of the Bth and loth days of
April laft, that you the conftitudonal guardians of their liberty
and property will neither be deterred nor diverted from a full and
impartial enquiry Into all abufesin whatever department they nay
exit—sad that the enquiry now begun will not ceafe u mitl all abn-
fes in every public board be remedied—.fence fo only will the minds
of your Petitioners be fatisfied, the credit of the Government he
embeld, and that free Conflitution be preferred inviolate, which
is the leered birthright pf Englifhnien.
" That Lord Vifeount Melville having been declared guilty of
a high mifdemeanor by the rote of your Hooostratile Houle of the
Sth of April, a civil action is inadequate to the aid propofed, and
in itfelf incapable of fatisfying the demands of public jollier." •
That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Undertheriff,
or his Impartial condudt in the Chair, and that he be defired to
Ego the RefulutMns and the Petition in behalf of the County, and
to trent-mit the fame to the County Member,.--sad that the Ado-
lutions he printed in all the London and Pre :Tindal Papers.
By Order of the Meeting.
FRANCIS PAINTER, UuderfberitE

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