Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-06-30
FR d Al, JUNE 80, 1909. -


king with pop. gun; this man had
been confined upon the mere fat OF ;
minister, detained without far;her ac
cusati"n, he had gone into prison q
youth, In the prime of life, and with
skill in his profession, and after seven
Years close detention in dungeon, had
come forth with his head bleacbed by
wretchedness, want, and secIusion
from society. The living witness al
this Ia, I God b. sir Francis on the
hastings.
He also referred o the case of MIR.
White, the editor OF the Independent
Wing, who for exposing the abuses OF
power, was sentenced to cruel con.
hnement, and this injustice agerava-
ted by his removal from his family
e. the Jail of Dorchester, above loo
miles from London. Upon his
trial the jury was packed, the clerk oil
the crown having taken the roll from
the sheriff, and packed the panel.
These and other expressions, he
contrasted with the patronage held and
exercised by prostitutes, over the three
departments, the military, the civil and
the ecclesiastical.-Fivr different cler.
gymen were detected in obtaining pa.
tronage by bribery Of the kept mis.
tress of the duke of York.
Numerous military commissions.
Places In the customs and colonies
Contracts and jobs, all sold by thi:
concubine.
Another of the royal dukes, that Of
Cambridge, was implicated in the
same way. .
The duke of Portland and one O,
the archbishops were likewise impli.
Gated.
Lord Castlereagh president of the
board or controul, and cabinet min.
ister, was charged, and audaciousl,
confessed the fact, with having EN-.
ployed corruDt means to secure a sea,
in Parliament for another lord and
member of the board of control, o.
the title OF lord Clancarty. He no,
only admitted but justified it, and dc.
termined TO maintain his station OF
| minister, and what. was not more ex.
t-aordinary--he had majority of the
House OF Commons in ms favor on q
vote OF censure being offered. Gas.
tlereagh was openly aIedged 70 have
been the agent who distributed two
million OF pounds TO brbe the Irish
Parliament into the union.
| The same proHigacv had extended
to the military and civil promotion.
IN the East-lndia company's service
! lheliuson, one of the directors, hal
obtained In a short period the nom.
nation for appointments OF tire,
writer's (the title given to young me,
VINO go In the East India company.
civil service to India)-the laws for
Did the sale Of such appointments b,
| the directors. Ihelluson presentet
/ the right of nomination to his cousin
and this cousin sold the appointment.
tor about $4,000 dollars And thi.
man set up again for director. VIVA
our the plumber of Asia, would rcpa,
such anticipation of plumber; wha
our the piunder and debasement o
mankind could uphold such prcAigac,
as the British government exhibits
/ Among the plunderers detected il
this rage for investigation, the notori
Gus John Bowles, the apostle OF Anti
J acooinism, the great terrorist, h,
who recommended himself by insti
tuting clubs of prescription in Lou
don, and instituting the detachable sys
tenn OF espionage; who IN book pub
lIshcd by him, declared parliament anc
IPeople wholly incapable and unenti
lied to power or any other rights, bur
such as the king thought fit tc
allow, that the king was the tree, and
the parliament and people onIy the
branches, which might be cast off and
the tree still flourish. / his man, pro.
tccted by Pitt, indicted for his often
c@s, was acquitted by fury of true
born northumberland this man has
been found, in common with Others Of
the same cast, a plunderer and dilapi-
Gator OF the public money.
The boasied judiciary Of England
Eve never could discover any thing
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