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obtaining that point, which is mutually desired, by
us brill*. WiMU* •Nw df the question, I -tryst

mill hope, that the Meeting will concur in sapper..
ing the motion for a Petition to the House of.
Commons. Geutlemea, were any proof wasting of
thit urgent necessity of a geopral B.efonn in this
kingdom, a document wisivh I now hold in my ham'
would of itself, insulated if it were, and unsupported
by Joy utlwt proof,reniler at solutely incontrover.
ttbk. The Gesittemastwhofirst spoke announces
to its the very curious Opinion of a Noble Lord,
promulgated in a pamphlet, that Reform is nut
only unnecessary, but even iiiimisseatly dangerous
at this critical period. But, Gentlemen, strange
as this doctrine maybeem inyou, it is nut that
which is maintained by the venal hireling writers
of the day. Oh ! no— their cause is widely dd.
ferent from that of the bold (assertion of the Noble:
Lord. What do they do ? . Why they merely
endeavour to find out amengst the mass of abuse
agaiust whom they are contending some individual
whose private character is not quite so immaculate'
(I, (heir own. [Laughter.] " Oh, Luid ! talk of
Reform, why yuu have a s eat) bed sheep amongst., on;
hie., can you have the elfroistery to talk of Its
form ?" Bu t,G. sidemen, not a is ord of arr. traefst
do yuu hear against the principle. [Bravo! Ap-
plause.] Now this comes in precisely as ifas man,
when his house is in tittle', were to institute art in.
quiry into the private moral character of those who
werew ur k nig the engines, in order to estinghish the'
conflagration ; and finding amongst them men,
whose private character as, (mare approbation
could not be given, should, fur that reason, re-
ject their assistance, and puler swing WA.
tethers reduced to ashes ; would you hesitate
to call such a usan a bigoted Pitfall, Nay,
would you nut be dispus,tl to go a little further,
mid to your contempt and indignation add a tee.
p:, sun that he rkligbied in the euivtagration,or,
had some secret hope of enriching hintself by the
plunder of his neighbours ? Gentlemen, from
this paper which I hold iii my instil, I shall be
ciabled to give- you souls. specific items, which
will, I think, aneontiestibly prove, that Portia,
tacntary Reform can no longer be diJj/Yed,
without iticurritig the risk of tutal ruin. Of the
authenticity of this document there eau benodoul.t,
for it bears the sense of oo less a pellsoo than his,
.iluje-ty's Printer. I hare, thefefure, no heels.
tin,) in viewing di • statentents Coe to ined in Ras facto.
Gent lenses), a G years ago a Board for the Lasr
couragaincist of Agriculture was established in
this kingdom which nu measure cooW be
more laudabfet. or more congenial with the Obeli.
.diode of the lien*. That EatabUshment gait:
unisersal Baird& stony mid excited the most lively
hope of the improvement of that art, the vigorous
prosecution of which has ever been found to be
the fundamental strength of all nations. By an
ade.ess from the House of Commons, the annual
suns of 30001. was directed to be placed at the
disposel of this society, for the purpose of pro.
muting the bet vitas of the countrii. AA such
was deemed it. •Iporia nee, that it was thought woe..
thy of the privii patent, by w hich itwasesta- '
blished as a mot:, • 7 wird. Letters Patent were ac.
curdingly dite4ted ti. issued....the furies of ut.
Tice were'regularly guts through—the Letters Pa.
tent were fairly transcribed ou vellum, and
finally recsitoig thsi..lauctiou ut .he Great
thel were perTeetiol.. Them: „lien remained
.only
the anal, but ro greases indispensible ceremony,
even those insetae national interest is con.
cetistif,• of sv.if.king the demands of the Officers
through vt-..use hands these Letters Patent had
passed its theieprnitess towards perfection. Now
what du yuu think, Gentlemen, was the awes sit'
of those charges far writing out fairly on a skin
of vellum these Letters Patent and passing them
through the offices est.ihlished for that purpose ?
only llusinems AND EiGllalt-NI NE
rousns ONE SUILLING AND TWoOltdeE ! !
[Scandalous! impossible! considerable *gala:
lion.] Gentlemen, if you doubt the fact; 1 hove
it in Wick and white ; printed bythciting's'own
printer !! ! [Go on, go on.] • Now is itspostible,'
that air a huSe so flagrant as this is, could have
been suffered to crivi, if you had had a fair and
honest Representatiois of the People in the House
of Commons ? [NO, no, no.] Tile next instance
to whirls I beg leave to draw your attention, is that
of the justly :Orbs-sled Dr. Jenner, whose grand
discovery, ley which not only the people of Esigu,
Isnd, but the *bulb human race will be altinsatetr
&livered Irons the scourge of one of the most
loathsome diseases to which humanity is inci-
dent, you, doubtless, all remensber.
.for that
discovery, the aunt of 10,0001. was rated
by the stuanimous voice of Parliament to Dr. des.
ner ; and rertain I am, that the friends of • kraus&
nit.iy, of science, and of their eisunerg, din'
think that remuneration woofs than ettegueurto

the transeeisstitat merits of Dr, 'leaner (NM&
men, it happened that the Doctor tu, ...y Mid a
friend in the Neese of Commotis, '.u, kiistrinir
something of the mants of ihyse transactions, ob-
served, with altreted eareiesanoss, when the ten j
thousand pounds were propusedia a reniumeentinas I
4 I suppose yob meciWthe Doctor to have the clear
sum of 10;0001.?" Certainty. " Wby, then, It h4it
btiter to sped/kat& to expressed In tire grant"
1101 'so it was" expressed ; a to* weeks at dos
'Doctor had received this sum of 10,0001., down
comes the Chancellor of the Eatbequer to theo
Aetna of Commons, with his annual rot of Meats
diegunv.4 to be nude good by that sinew—and' what
du you think Was' thti official chargé for mint
this sum to Dr. Jcnner l Only 73b f.! !
possible that the People of Ragland can any
longer preserve silence under the existence
..of
abuses so truly abominable F in the aims or
lied, what could the Clerks in the Public
Otters bate to do in the parotid of this sum
Annie* by the douse of Coniston, but to as.
*attain the authenticity of the groat, sad the.
identity of the party to whine it was granted ?7...
Why, Gentlemen, there was no more diffieulty ib
affecting this simple operation, than in di/payment
by any of yourselses of a Dutcher or a Baker's'
bill !--[not n bitmere—not so. nick) 'And let
the enormous sum of 74351. is charged for this Woo
plc operation. The third instance which L 414
adduce of profligate expenditure, is that. of the
repairs- spi• ship, MK, 11969 w, et c045404ing

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which was iutrustcti to a Geollolhai'doWNll,
Way room, front wisoos-11

nation. Some trifling repairs bies,L
ha put into Plymouth, whey% -1,17121%1'
three days, every thing was consivlate, Ned' 'lk
vessel went out to sea again. The expetnc of
thew repairs might amount, in the appeehenaion•
of the Cemtnander, to about 701. or Itet;.,f. why'
thee was his ailonishesent, when accident:Ay cast.
in hie eye, at 4 public office, on a yoper.„ in
which this amongst other naval eliergii was et4fect,
to see no less a sum thaw oilman!, of 10001: charged
fur that which he tholight could not cleft,/ 101. or
801. LScdusekdous!j Duriug the tuliniiiistratioh of
Fill' these corruptions were carried to a -height
that is almost incredible. Two Noblemen, high
in office in the Post-office, act together tin thA stil
of audit for the purpose of passing th,;) 'coolish.;
amongst other charges theta was one,. amounting
i to between I and 2(1001. for. furnishing a coi-taitt
house on Blackheath. Idu not eentuee to tell
I you that this hoe* *Ss for a Mistress though it
certainly leas for a Ludy,---(11( re dr. Bentley
was interre pted by Mr. limpid' Hunter, who
thought he was de:tiering truni the question ; hat
i it appearing to be the sense of the ineitingyfroin
repeated cries of 66 6Faon " 6i VO on," that he
shotild proceed, Mi. Maki coiiiinued.l acii.
Bowen, ono of these Nallilemen, to w hoes all
this was trete, remonstrited; the other assured hies
that it was quite the custom, but that if he did j
' not like to peso tt in that-shape, he might place
it to the aecount.of coals and candles • but this
ignorant Igobleatim was injlexibte.....if: says he,
you want the money, I will cheerfully give ie:yue
out of my own puiket, but this outrage on *um-
moo salsa and common honesty I villl Mot canc.!
lion.---The other grunibledy but all in vain.— 1
1• the item wail (=lathed, bat the audit was not on
that day eompletiek.—ativi on the folletrieg morn-
ling the ICcsblemhell *hush irtoeunce of !kepi se 4.
and eastern's' of niece so evidently incapacitated
'him Irons fulfill/Aim his duty, received an in-
limatiun that his future serviteg were untie- "
ems's' v ! 1 !.--..hel ilea ! heart .Ge on ! Go on: J
From this paper,. I could adduceinesances of si an-
ton, lariat etpetiditure, whiff li would detain you
here till midnight ; but I will not trespass much
longer en your time. At the coMsneueement of the
American war,t he public debt amounted to less than
1:70 millions sterling.; the same debt, on the Sth
of Jaoliary last, am • . isted to the enormous sum
of 6764525,7651. aid of this debt, nototith...
standing. theotiesicil operation for redeeming 004
no less than 113,03.47051. has been bit-erred sista,'"
'the year Iflull I 11-r.l—. —Gentleren, I will only
trouble yore ,vitlt a fen more items. [Go
on! Go of !J Gentlemen, will it be belier.
ed by posterity, that in the present year,. the .
year in which we breathe, the public tepee.
dilute of this kingdom amounts to 53,099,1811. .
earl% Nr..: of that for Ireland, which, amounting Solo
seven 'Wiens, snake a round tun: exceeding 00
nsiltsonl expended in one singlet
,bear !! ! EL'east-
!...db/4 ‘44. /tattoo ; applause', and go on, go on.)
. may verbal.* ..c asked,. hi,h we happen to have
been this plunged into this dia-itr.eis war ? I
w.. lir but of wit reason ; and I blush for Eat- ,
fishasirst, in..giviss it • our refusal to fultii

the letter and spirit of a Treaty' deliberately
..I.teeed into, and ratified and cetnirmed by' the
ing and Parliataent I....Cauht this breactr of
tutiolle faittOheee peeing,' happened if two Ned O
far Representation of the People in Parliament-i-
ll'. vie ' had .= • upright, independeet House of
'Commons' tliei' (tuts- of which it it, or ought to
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be, to cual Voule 'lr
Milaisters, and orevent them froth:
4eantbnly plupt#l:the country into war, !-! !
dui :it nag"thitt .latal American WaV that
laid the fouhdatiutr . -of all this misery !•! I
Thedieconifer .4 the original sentinel has told you
very candidly •of 41)c dreadful operatien of the
zes; but what will you coy, when 1 aiissity that.
vr4*revery.airo efimul tit, the kingilung said for
to present value.. it .weal4l,ba ingudicioat for the
discAar bwe of our
Public
Public Debt 1. [hear ! a court-
able tiunult.).. OUr %dale' rsi. who exercise
meet :unlimited' contend, think they can dra-
tion'tlie . whole mai ld into tlAir measures, as
:thtiy have done the people of this country ; but
le this they have: Geoid.' themselves mistaken...
ithel have Wert Ametiea and failed in the attempt.
il !shall sow •tasaatede.. with this one remark--
iThere it trite its Rintfugier, at this mtnene; 'a coon-
miry IR te'hielrsdiAnglisit .A In bassa doi can "thew his
;keel and in ma • • trtapii, I trust I shall
`trot be reminded iheistr4arions Residencies at
oCotistantiauple avilfStocii holt ni ‘ the time was, when
In every country of
,Europe the Ambassadors of
,logiand.elaiwqlthe highest respect and cousiders-
HMI tollint-liolhing but perseverance on the part
ilitylit- netfeerßeforni ; and until that be
rther i . thane Is aohOpe fur the people of England
esurrealium a -those *buses and corruption
opirtio
10614 are vintlfk. nay, hourly, sapping the very vi-
ofS,tilnianisafryvand of the Conatitutiott !! l—
es l i
rri
use for. same minute* •)
. 'en • AntreVtir Cgrecri appliiard 'on Ith
rilitlesatiftisititelflo the company.i— Gen t !emelt,
It cerLiely was suit my intentioo to:have addressed
Cawti' lik4ktit the present occasion, altlinuAh I foci
hatie tutusaaWright as every other Free
firo bike au &clove part in this discussion $,
6/001f.ibit'slrist ant thing, that occurred here tO.,
*,perwould have called for any obaerratioo f
,kw I. had no knowledge whatever,' beforall
them cead to you, of the Resoldtlutir
• tea for your approbation.—Gssotlemeit
had so Many opportunities, ia.attetteseephis
Mice, of declaring my sentiments on poliftentsi-
,. [nreareireg Me. Cannon Council of,Lenrioa],l
ithuldittew a-ball stile, were 1 tts-talkt up siuch 1
Fo:
lof yoer time by adverting to the fic4geissidutitte.
I think I may couuratulahs you on the very elo-
saaneet in ussit'ich you :have •hven addressed
kr those who have:preceded me its this discussing':
I..tbinie-1 may aloe congratulate the Ge entleme
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'I obi addresied lath Ott .the newer- e ith which,
iberbove'llone it‘ .. 17 have' no hmitallun whatewee 1
' line agreeing with; tins substenele of.t)sa see Nines. wof 1
' a lioatiemis wlssehes preetded me ea this Ofraii 1
shot, (Aln.s.}lallet) although I fwd. tayet4f Mattell
Lite nonentity of disagreeitig :with' him its paella:O.
(era; that .is, es to the "pewter in. which ere
should proceed. on the mama causer I cub.
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i*eViiiliat'lNV worthy Gentleman who addressed

1 blip hatticu bust and gyAot tart
,tv.itkaery ?or I ..
Abcisiteaetaitost Cross "one its. 40447 -':,
ritotfitirshrrtobielt ietsteruitimpoetooti MN Wettoo
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W ottgefiltitito &ilia alth aritilitithat tea '
twitiotaheiee thaw yoa (cit to interest- lifeliosiing. I
I, osn I feet solid. flirt( that hit aboutil have pail'
;seed this course ; not that be "41.101111 thing in-
correctly, on.the contrxr,y, we lino* that ivory
&kg he said was perfectly .true;:.but beCiuse, lie
1 tottered upowt subject of wind,' it is difilcolt to ow
.the ezfent, fui if inY of uti Were to indiito to the
detail of abuses in the condwct of public again, or
even to a retital of the public robberies.iihiett, 4.8
our owe kauwledge, have taken Vice withilt-a-
fest past years, I do not know' where it shoe
stop. He was Statitig, as it 'anode* ms, s
very iMportant facts to you, in *hick be was in.
tertupted, and, I confess,, -interrupted anitlelli.
rashly ; for, when he was alluding to (hostile •
our Ambassadors, in Fureign Courts, and saying
that therein; 1144 so spot of forelgn'greoad IMP!!
led for as &Oak Ambassador to stool oh be wai
perfectly ebrreef, bet he might hare addedy that ere
have made amends for that deficiencf,l4 edirffig
room in l<: land for them all ; for I amloit that
we have thOlp pensioners for life, under the de-
nomination of " Foreign Ambassadors.° Gen-
tictnehilir 'lad miry ieelinta ter/ to go into &Mit
on the ' the hefure yob,
.I ifitoild reel that
the hoar male AV hoe for that purpose. It ehouW,
however, Ind' Ito' season .to diftr, in soteltince,
from tlierestretabie. Gtntlemgn (Mr. Mallet?
who add pre with so mash eloquence upon
, is; for I **reit-with him, that, toosiderlog how
IMe ileuse uf Cumulous is composed, how Its
Ilembeh are chosen, or rather bow they are re.
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rifts-tied into that /louse, it werb wtterly absurd lit
at to appeal either to the teirdeas or to theft*
grits of that House for a redress of those griet .
ances which we fed to *rise from an imperfect re:.
presentation of the people in Parliaments Bet
' here I woutd bag to be allowed the use of an et.
pres,ion of Mr. Sheridan, a very happy coe,,as I,
think ; which is, 66 that the &delimits@ fur Reform
.10 not wish fur any measure that may overstate-
Parliament ; but to constitute that awe which the
sentiments of the people ought to have, at all
Aires, dyer their Representatives." The worthy
/Geothlllsan himself (Mr. Mallet), who thinks no
4004 Md be derived from addressing the House of
Commons, allows, that if the sentiments contained
,in the Petition now offered for your adoption,
'should become the general sentiments of the peo.
plc,: ihcy ought to be expressed to the House
of Commons, because they would then become
etfectial; hut how are we to know whether
the mastitnents expressed in this Petition be; or be
note a faithful representation of the public will,
until that be tried I. And how, consistently, with
'the forms of our Constitution, cats that be tried so'
well as by submitting these sentiments to the
House of Commons ? The publication, and the
disseminatioti of these sentiments; must have a be.
ginning somewhere, and, addressing the House of
Commons, however hopeless that may appear to
be iu the first instance; is"tho only Constitutional
way in which we can proceed ; and aoh•dy can
object to that mode of Our stating our grievance‘•
r.llut there wai Some part of the address of th t
worthy oteottemao (Mr. Signet), which eeriorya
'id a doctrine that somewhat serpritred met
r'which was to address the King; beseeching his,
Majesty to dircomOistue his writs rolling on 80.
roughs that. had" a few Electoni tl'lbttirn Mem-
bers- to adeess•in Parliament, and to command
onto :itch ploost to tto so, as artspepuleis. Now
I cannot help expressing some serpritc at such
doetriue as this, in the present condition of things.
I rather believe his Majesty has no power, skim..
sent, to Ourigge that course, whatever might have
beoessthe prerogative of the Crown in former days
on that subject, anti that the summons must now
be sent, and can only, be sent to such Boroughs,
as have, since the Union with Scotland, medlar.
' terwartls Ireland, been accustomed to send resit:
seniatives to Parliament ; and therefore I should
,doubt the propriety, because I doubt the olllttcy,
of tier addressing the Sovereign.to alter the present
state of the representation of the people in Parks.
:meet, But. aster the borough faction, which nano
bids defiance to boils King and People ; I do thin '
'it.aduty,simpusell en us, as the Freeholders of le
I,greet County; abounding., as it dues, in polideld4
intelligence and viitue, to state to his Majesty tke
seit%e we entertain of the condition he is in, by
the ascendancy of the Borough Faction, for',
these arc alarming truths, and we have We no hopes,
they will reach the Royal ear by any meows-Nig'
eept such as are now proposed to be conveyed NIV
it through the medium of the Petition now pro.
posed fur our adoption. So much for the totes-
! dun of farm,. in which I take the motion of the
worthy Gentleman (Ms. Mallet) to be ittebrseehg.
arttl now, Gentleihett, fug-another topie.---It'ii
the practice of :the advocates of the frien
of corruption -ro traditce every indivittnii. wheel
stands up for the riflits of the peotiliV.)lli
any, way whatever. rhat, to me, is. like
ter of great' cortshlation.a•l gift estr
tad to find that the a4tvc`seates tor .Cnigaptiottl
. mantic meet *Hsi the advocate, for Bieform, 1
argitibittr,; attd Vat they 4, ire driveii: to .4 stij
IDi tradeciig anti viiifyin lodividnitio :byorrh'
I therikaite to ehtliggelf:r* 114 I wiltittrt'tti tit
or . ti'''PitX boilji:i Ogs . : Must vliOttld
ilea
litallitvil,sagt ,iothvieissi t 'who *mt. been/101W
ettlfetttigisi„ lid teChanef 4 irllelltfiitat.rt in 11411
of tolescol44tooft *lite"..orl: is point 'of '
eharilittl4 Z ,Olaile*Veli irthr brthrght a se helm. i
ittr
.this hied' *
torn:you, mod his oPponente
were note thillt tcuitotioe of the sic eta' whtrh Ali
:brought for that were to dwell on the-impet:.
rfections of Isis okoracter f Whit wool
you think. of Opporteerir P ' Good' cosii+
1 Gentlemeni ho' Moog • (mist" that eve
.Mel IMO OA AM; SiffOrted bit muds a peen
and hosed...Meld* Motu thil orptovitiort tb Irbil'
wh i ult ' titio lif onlyit" itot in :hewing the defines'.
10 ottihtliathills . Wow deapicabfe must' Witt
, tonic*. 411to;liol.000nnrso loons eenteaiptible si
escpedieditiliilpitteiupiluse- t Arnett which he
cannot heel> ertatiemen, the object of (hose',
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by abuse', ii, I ant persuade,' it is, to deter; by
to ter o . c''r at,use those individuals, who
• '-' -we Ifb .. -:.:flioisriilivirbar for avid to- -1
aped the wise of the public. 'That artifice
bea.rilleer had effect on me, bet q*lte the cow,
Miry) 'for it his stimulated me to. some. ea•ition
. -1110 Cane Of the public ; and I think 1 s'huuld
boil/huffy unstorthy the numb. of a Orison if I
were le be deterred from the
.performigee of my
pp bilk diky, by a euessideratiou • n(. this nature;
tj'ittli" perfectly pesieusidod that •kk .species •
tierror has had tilt •e feet Intended by it, oe •
of these *be WA well to the cassis of. (h
44111e,•but Who Mire not sufficient stadwgtb of •
tiii to Wave the stt)reenal attacks of thOeswito
ts.ever pied" fotiadiee aodivillfj them. Bwrthe •I
WW•ids of 'tribe-dole+ are not' to be also terrified; oft
- ere are aunt* of ,es who ate proof agaiiist swab,.
tstbiellii,- *bin Site ready to breve them, for oar! J 7 . .
kn.*. the ourn*pottenis can't it stand eft 'gallon • 1.
Ishii wed see soy aegunteort. Whist the Amur wititik i' -ss
enatetsimese, ued-tftrefore bre they &hen to sho'fs.o
despialble espalier* of ;tainting out sumo defect, "
in tlineltartster of tome indiekleal •ho nay 1;464 I
it.— f belkee that to be the case oil the present'"er
tbeestelen ; but if I shostld be wrong in that coneeo :al.-.
Os—if there should be here any ',crime d spewed :.ii
. pose us, by atgainesti against the thing'ita '' ti
nittead 'col. lank* of mine person eho noisy
- p wait, 41 pray of you, Gentlemen, to indulge
is
him' with a *Meet heating, fur if ho hascany
teeth,* to- offef; it ought to hare its due Weight,
and he will, itti•Yerf have i claim to be heard; but
if, on the contrary, he has no argument to ofer
he con have 'no' chiles to -be heard, as far as that
Wain' ii &salon' to your fissNce ; but I do ask it
of fOnr tineftsity to hear iiini, and 1 ask it as a
IWtelif fop the best service you can render
es; is to her, oil-A patienw, the sentiments of
tkeilitis•hentr. There is one argument, if argil.
it 'if he be tolled, uswee by our opponents,
whielrt think 1 ought to sutler, and which is in-
tended te put down theuditocates for !Worm, Mho
call for a restoration of the purity of our good old
Constitution : they tell us that these corruptions,.
of *lnch we complain, are necessary, that Go-
vernment could not really be carried on seithain
them : to this I answer, that if it be really on,
the Constitution which we twee all been admiring,
and so many of us have been, for so many years,
extolling as an excellent institution, is, in reality,
a bed Otte, since it wants so much corruption to
support it. A good Constitution would want ne
such corrupt support ; btu the truth is, that (bid
outruption is no support to the Constitution, al-
though it is the very life of those who profit by
its abuse, and who pretend to be its friends, and
who endeavour to identify their own safety with
that of the Constitution, on the abuses of which
they have tliviebeing. No man who reflects, for
a moment, on what is passing before us,.can be so
blind es not to see that a lair •Representation of
the People in Parliament, is all that we want.._.
We hairs nothing to do but to leek around us, to
seethe necessity or our hiving such a ll...presets.
tatiun. I. hope: we shall not have to meet the cots.
any in this country before we have, in Ito
peril:h.-our CorVirtz ; for I believe, in my 0041... -
gelato% tbet H. Spain had had its Coitilts previdull
to Illtattaeit of Bonaparte, ho Would never hire
able to make a suilkient force on the (#O..
taillalieel of that country; to make him ascedtheit
illorn • if there had. been' virtue' twough iw the
*oho; of Spain, to havefivea it its ancient Gut*:
preelows to the attack haft upon It, by ito mere
sent oppressor, I uhf alPhold to sap- tint hit'
Would not bee* dare& Sumter the terrilotles of
Spain with an beak fond. I say, therefore, his i
.us profit by the iesSosi which the fate of 606
holds-soot's° use-let us look upon the misery sue
•der which she labours—,lct upattribettethet misery, •
4.-111 true cause the negligence of as klAßleos--
onto* what that devoted mesetry sellims list wast+
lof exercising. the privileoe slash wo enjoy ; let mu
ehnn those evils.; let asseemolutheestessof tbent-..-a•
corrupt system in the itepresestation of the People..
Let tie d freely our sentiments on that subject,
.by semel=ations on this occasion. I am not very
dice as ie the mode in which that *ball be douse ;.
!but, I trusti, It will be such as to express a deter.. .
telnation that the people of this country wilt not
stop short of that, which shall attain their rightto.
'be represented in. Parliament by perm.. chosen; .
iby themselves-a-That this is not an opleioti hastily
taken up, but Boning from a principle firmly
Pouted in their hearts, to the ex pressidts of wbkh;
corruption must give way. Gentlemen, I will
not detain you any hunger, I can only express my
full approbation of the Resotutiobs unit before"'
you, and in which, I trust you will all concur. .'
The Resolutions were then read, separately and I
distinctly; by the Under-Sheriff, and the question;
put upon each distinctly, by the Head-ilteriff“
which Rtwolutlitns ireee,disposed of as follows:--ii,•
;Theitst batkashew•irntiewds in its &vote; toemp..,
sibling of neatly' ill Meet. .
Againstit--three.
The lei 3d, 4th, 6th, 6th, and 71h,• were dis::
of liefteltriele Manner, and the same three.
nod theadeanly, held up against them.
..
a-p fitli, ColStr!litterhenks to Sir Francis Bur:
passed epliniesoesly
. • •'/At.-,e1,14,701110...4ent1emen ?emboldens
iriott, not Igiiiiti 'ithuitelt• more than a few mi..
eillielissirt thrill it eirribilble tint the greater part of
ft • m! oktiodv be•rocommended to the
lirrlkeistt ''
Itivies, pod Boroughs of this
fkilselle telltrleod es so example. It is.
' leliatict 0 ,, Q4nr.fherirteholdees af Ceoow
,00 shoal* Abireeeboklers of ilia County
utSt
itbet, aistlift'llte " n or Boroughs should
'lthwt, arid !WKS; esentittatits on this impor-
ri
I. stibjeco pibes. •4eianiiiher. mode equally
Arclstill's;
slit( iOttrirope stir it If-rekt-toftew be.
!Aiseib4 .10t4 .iniii)itia :A.u.gh.4.4) :kr !von
itiris of .hititt entitled to • the sebreee. of the
illiettoOlAichitc, , Shim iti Meet, and jig* MOW
Oftstilitteek lift this important subject, so that it
itufithr ippour on The jot/teals of the House of
Commons, what thy sentiments are of the isihabi-
resittai its well sin Orb. Germs-nor Burooghs--f..,
fiiii,4llgive.the ptiblilikliene view of the Abe re
, 4. nekton boroagles. tooh.lins been, soeuldebiel
the practice of thp? Borottels. of Gatteow • by
which ate.k/eUee ef.t.louildues•beb h*d before ha at
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