The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-02-10 00:00:00

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ii ut. I estimill,,,:qa%ljty be produced at the Bib Of the news. __ -.Ageism, `elo the'
hater.se et the* gesetegy rieelectk
itilrit reSen ta ti u it. There
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I Opinion of your Majesty's faitbfal Sod legal ialsjirett, that ii
ceosiatr liete ha-that ' taloa Ann whom their au In:iijority or the Members are pot Monied to that Fiume by
beliesed to. be:honest ; had Ite 7eciire an honest tite People, but are placed Owns, by a corrupt. oligarchy of
Ronan of Colson*, freer Add frequent elections Borough-mangers; hut with sorrow of heart we dud oar-
selves compelled to declare to year Majesty our inn cootie-
were indispenaible. 891 the ene:nics of Refiiiin9 lion that corruption Ms been established and Avowed its that'
*fin tether Imo's' 11476 • done with otijeetionsi so ..4, ardour beliertitil to ni,
i canal ought to be atttibutd i
long ac they can,raise'one'to which they can clingvi the datarledateeircunutances which have Waisted
:your rep'
say, 'r what occasion is theca for Refokant-n-illl phi, Mat brought your Majesty's dominium Iwo such he-
"-that iititaessary is within the. power of the mingle peril, that to preserve theta from subjugation by a,'
4c peopie—let them but Follow the examphs set Foe which Englaud has for ages despised, will, as your Ma-
i! •ty the Electors of Westminster, and you will jetty has been graciouslaspleased to tell us, "require tht ut-'
• •r' ..have an able atiti an honest Parliament." • All mast efforts of vigilance, fortitude, and perseverance."
• this-was very plausible, but it was a mere trick, We humbly represent to your Majesty, that tlie evils we so
for .hrt4r• w °tilt! be their sorrow if all the Electors feelingly deplore, have caused the destruCtiqn of almost all'
in England were to fallaw the example of those of. the Kingdoms and States of the Contiuene of Europe; thr
the City of Ilt ottninster. They had indeed set a corruptions of their Governments, by alienating the atfectioto
noble example to the people of the country, by of the People, have rent:ored them an easy conquest to the
their iodepenaent choice of an able and hottest armies of Prance.
man fur their Itepresentative. - [7'reol Iwo'. tmo ! With unfeigned regret We state these lamentable circuits-
from numerous noises.] .• He was happy to ace stances to your Majesty ; but we are nut without hope that'
thrice expressions of attachment, who were, he was we hare a resource in the Constitution of our Country, and
only,;reci recur to its principles to be again the great and
cunviikced, of equal Integrity [bravo, braro]; but led.
g rer.rus at on we were in former limes i sod we are
ha h;:1, h4:l, in speaking only of one, *particularly al.
consumed, that all. our dangers may be ayerted, your Ma*
hided to that glorious struggle, when the Electors 'kat 'd Tanana secured, the Rights and Liberties of your
of Westminster brought its. Sir rtancis Burdett Peo3Ple restored, and this Nation once more become the oil-
for the repreentation .of that city, withoitt ex- miration.of the world,—simply, but only, by sia ellAciput Re-
genet, against the _powerful opposition that was i form in the Commons House of Parliament, . ;i., •
!Arend by their adversaries—and he hoped that it, we, awitrore, humbly pray, that your Majesty, will be
would long be teir pride to have elected so able, pleaied to adopt rush measures, as in your Majesty's
so npright, and su honest a mart--(extrenre op- wisdom shall s:tet meet,.for etfecting a eirostitoilaual Re-
p/tease.) Unfortunately there. were great num. form in the Comma's House of parliament, nod for sez
bets of Electors in England, 'its a ray different si= curing to your-peoide tire reality and uses 'Of Represea•
tuition from those of Viestutinster. Was it pro- totion. . •
battle that the. Electors of P. close borotro could i The Petition /mink restl,4lt;STineit tsiele4
. • he excited to a line of conduct su manly and lode_ that it be adopted bjs'tite Meeting: - ' '. ' 7 ... " .
pendent ?--as well might they recommend the Pri. . Mr. liamPoity sccOnded the morton ,•;tnal
boners in 'Newgate to lateen airing on Hampstead the question being put by the High Will; as
baalb! [bravo ! bravo I.] The bare hope of bitch unanimously pissed in th 6 affirmative.
an est:Nuts of independence would but betray a -Mt. STAIRCIE then moved, that the Petition
lenseuLahle ignorance of human maitre. If we be signed by the High Bailiff and 26 Honer.
looked at the ancient principles of the Constitu. huldeps
.glectata, which being, seconded by Mr.
tiou, Elections must and ought ..to by free. In Witnpory, anti after* art's put by the iligli Bailiff,
. such a situation, what ought they to do ? OUght wassearrird unanimously.
they not to'call on the country, from one end.to A motion was next made by Mr..s.ruaCiip,
11e4 other, to txpress llicir.sentimentsiin the present that Lord Cbcbrane and Sir Francis Burdett be
e•aftate of the te•presentation ? Ought thry not, as iastructek to
,prcfcut the Petition to his Ajajesty;
.. Lice tors •f Westminster,. to declare their send. Theititotioit was seconded by Al.r.,‘Yirunory, and
.• t ,rumor,-4 jou:ing to Resolutions expressivu,of be'intinitby the %High Bailiff, was carded unatii.
_ ' their opinlositzt,Oieght. they nut to approach the, atifusly. '-
Throne with their complaints, anti make one laF.t ' Mr. STURCII next 'moved, that a Dr'aft of a
. effort for a, dress of. grievances ?To tliisc ques. Petitihn to the Heise-of Commons be read, which
- ,tiunt therituold tic but one reply, for it•As as int- , being • secutiddit by ' 'Mr: Wimpurv, amid carried
-- rtnibleto antleipete II dissenting coke. fie.would in the atlictuoive, ilia Petition- trai read' accord.•
tttertifflre take the iiherfy of reading souse Resul ingly.. ' e - ,
.. , lutionii,.*Jtick lie should 'Omit to thu Consillerz. ' riat'in a Petition presented to your /fonourable lloeseby
tion tat.tbe Meeting, through the iatxlitim of the Charles Grey, Esq. (bow Earl Grey) on Aloaday'sttio..66
. liiigh•gailiff, who would put them separately to day of May, 1791; ni:-1 which Petition was entered one (tie
the tole. • . , Journals of 3 our Honuurabie House, it was ararreJ, sad -If,
Mr.. STURCII then • read the fli•Seti I'o:inning (erred to be proved—
• iteseiteetione,inel concluded by movisig, that they " That the pause of Coalitions did not fully std fa* re••
. .
• lie ailo;ited•by.:4lte.Mevtilig• • . present the People of England. .
Joaraals, it ". That tha Elective.Fratchise was' so pattially stud 1:n--
! ... That Ma Petition presented to the Reuse of Constunns,pn
ettaidly distributed, that. a stair:wily of your Iloriourabli
. " lie EU day of Ufty, i;113, and entered. ea- its
. wax averted,
and
aweped.ta-tta
prtme4, aivie imr, tutu is llok•se was elected-by leis OM a two hundredth pirt at Eat
hislivido.ale ()errs and sabers) did, by their own authority, mat' P4;41116'46, '',` '•':''' : •-•- ' • ' . ' - ' - ' *- •'''' ,
appoint, or procure the return of !07 Members of thus' '' " that the eitillAlrleall 19111111W211111.11110.101111t,
rational Priceipi . . - ~ ... • .-..... 5,..- . .n.A... • • •;,
Itaake (iodsleaterit of these from kollang), who were thus
•• It to
"That ttuttand'!. the smallest.. /PI irilelOblet. ifr
• ,emalikd to decide all question in time ra-te of the sihole.Peo-
.. , ltai,rghes.t Copaty, " retaraed the saute amber a teitir"-
p/s of 'Gant iirilai3, •
•
That in altroart presented to the said House timing lint! •rs 0,0 t o„sdi, a *bi6,.by tors cerigs. tab*
last Ste All
' ier baappeigsit Wes a large p:naloa of Os btrim:44. orpaiiiaana-
..arvaikal ailasatat-• a a portiati.a4f:
thereof are sad Ponsibmrs, Jepend,ent on the. Honourable,

Placenses -
Crown.
That ie a Petition Keitiited to the sal4 ;lame, en the 9th
• day ..f December, 1790, and entered op its Journals, it was
asierred, that S' Scud, therein were•as noftwioasly rented and
" bought, as standings &it Cat( et" shirt% assertion
. was tbea rawnled as " scandalous and libel! un i" bat when,
,o Nn 11th day of May last, two a his. filajesty'r Ministers
. lame accred et beisipconrerned hi the sale of a Bent, they
wore rcr•ewed frost poniihsent, ea a pica of the extreme no-
toriety of the pritetitc—a practice which maniof its Melo-
bets oublaglingly justided. •
•this '

which the number of Electors exceeds 50.
" That, in addition to the 160 so eletted, ST more of yolk'
Honourable Members. are elected by 19 places, in none of,'
which the number of Electors exceeds 100. •
t• That, in addition to the 197 'immovable Members so
chosen, 52 more ore returned by 241 Places, in none of which
the tunnher of I'l...ters exceeds 230. .
`• That, in addition to the 219 so elected, 20 more ares:.re.
turned for Counties in Scotland by less thin 100 Electors (melts"
add 10 fat Counties in Scotland by less than 250 each.
" That, in addition to the 279 so elected. 13 lEstrien Of
Dur4hs in Scotland, not containing 100 Votertopch, and two
Districts of Burghs, not containing 12.5 ezic,!;:etturu .15 too
of your If ouourablgilembers.
" That in this manner 294 of your Hononrahle .Members
are chosen, which, being a decided Majority of time entire
House of Commons, are enabled to decide all Questions in the
name of the whole People of Ghat Britain.
" That 81 individuals do, by thvlr own immediate atitho-
I rity,send 157 of your honourable Members to Parliament.
" That, in addition to those 157 Honourable illetititerr,
150 more, making in the whole'so7, are returned 'to your t
Honourable !loose, not by the collectivg tuireof -11104440111-4
They rippear to represent, but by the recommendation of 70
powerful individuals, added to the 81 before-inktaioned, and
making the total number of patrons altogether only 151, who
return a decided majority of your Honourable !louse.
" That on less Ciao 153 of your honourable hlemhees.owe
their Elections entirely to the ioterferenee of Peers j and that
UI Peers, io defiince of the Reialations of. yone Honourable
noose, have possessed themselves of 40 many Bur.:age Te-
ISM, and obtained such an absolute a7.d uncontrouied cum-
; Maud in very mans small Boroughs in the Kingdom, as to he
tea. by their own positive authority. to return 81 of your
Hmatorable Itemisers. • :,• •
"'That Seats in your Ilonnurable•Hoase are snug Ireii at
a mast extravagant and increasing rate of eapenve. • •
" Thnt the mears taken by Candidates to olosin,,umsd by
=mon to bestow, the honour of a sent in your Honourable
jertir, evidently appear to have been increasing ij/ a pro-
gressive degrce of fraud and corruption.
your Petitiomiers art of opiofimi, that if ihe representation
of the Pepple.in your Honourable House bad ant been very
4efretiveand ammegual they should not now ft Ave to ltm
of the sad effects produced by several unfortsmase sad- deo-.
tractive wan, or of the immense debt and taxes with which
the country is burthencd. They Unseat, that *OM, non-',
Hous have not thought kt to. take. the Pitiliott*llllliisdor
.
the above all ,elations. into your serious coillkill$101•011f.
more tot as, since the time it was entered ou ;Its. .4.0110•1
year HO. House. the above causes cannot bat
eke Dumber of corrupt Persons who barter for ,nog. 1 44

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" returns as mahy Alcinbers to you • 1.91".
ccsucliesalf Yowl. and :kliddkeir," which by adifitisei
Corms eoistaiu 1483,07.--", And that Coriiriall Witti,"
containing-373,370 persists. " semi more Barmy& MesalsrM
to Parliament than Yorkshire, Lancashire, Warwickshire,
Middlesex,. Worcestershire, • add Soniersetshire, ,sited,"
which contain 2,971,250.
" That. 73 of your Honourable Members are returned It);
33 pheep, where the Elections arc notoriously mere matters
of farm. •
" That, in addition to the 70 so eh men; 90 more of your
lionouralt:/ Members are eleettd by 46 places, iu outwit/

Thabto , defective state of the Representatloo, is in h.,
attributed Inng, twfortnnate, not destructive wars ; the im-
mure debt and tales with which the country is burthened ;
and those perniciosts Councils which, have deprived our fel-
low ealteca, the Citizens of London. •of thciroacieut and
coomitutional right of Petition to the King.
That by them corruption.', the People .are deprived of
• ' 'their lawful share in the Government, by Representation in
• Me Osmium House of Parliament, which share has been
• warped by an onion rot oligarchy of linrongh-mongers.
• ?het a complete Reform in the Representadou would dc-
. entry the corrupt influenee of the Rornagh Faction, seeure to
floe Croon its just prerogatives. and restore to the' People
Osage rights of which they are unlawfully deprived.
That when the priociplesnf nor Corstitution shall be re.
dared to practice, the estimate, disordess. and tumults at-
tending
Elections, will be avoided ; tht righb mid liberties
ore the People secured; tales lessened; the unequal Owd
grievoos impasitiou of the Property Tag removed; and (stem
berthas prevented. Corruption will Shen bo ow
oemary, for the administration of public affairs.
r. W I MPORY seconded the motion.
,al*tie HIGH 13'.‘ILIFF then read, and put
-iltetinfldh—tejfiiatelj, to the iote, and they
were all carried utsapiniously,• amidst loud seek'.
*nations.
Mr. STURCII then'again addressed the Meet-
!,
2,14, stating that the same Gentlemen who had
„prepared the Resolutions, which had just been
passed, had also prepared the draft of a Petition
to Us Majesty, which he would read to the Meet.
lug.
WE, year Mitlesty's dottrel and loyal subjects, the Inha-
bitant flouscholdert, Almeria of the Clty mad Liberty of
Watminitee, respeafidly approach year Majesty's Throne.
to dr•clawe our amitosis sdlicitude, for the honour of year
Crowe pod the sakty of youe Dominions; and, &Alvin:-
stinging the unconstitutiimal and ridings harriers which, by
evil-mipded Cow:senors. have recently been prated between
your Majesty and oar fellow-subjectsthe Citizens of Lon-
don,
we ifearin; in mind that the same Arts of Parliament.
which, and w bleb alone. made the Crown of Haglund your
Majesty's birth-riAbt, declared, as havin; always egined,
the right of Petition oi he our birth•right.
We humbly state to your Majesty, that it is w ithl he deep •
est Abelian we have observed the rapid tendency of this our
beloved Country to that state of things which prepare Na-
tttlib foe badge sohjogation, the mese of oMett, we humbly,
othistt, wt* be found in sot of the 'I hitt );states. of which'
tin Goantosent 0? ikilee Realms composed, havirg lost its'
Pdfipcadehre.

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