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-Let us have Mrs. Clarke's

little book by all means. Why should we not know what is passing and what has passed? She must be a woman divested of all sentiments of honour, if she suppress this book. It will be a compromise from such base motives. I cannot believe it.

Botley, 15th of April, 1809.

The Subscription for the Miss TAYLORS will be closed on the first of May, when a sum will have been obtained quite suthcient for their future comfortable support. The Public has, upon this occasion, shown its humanity as well as its justice; and, I hope, that the objects of its liberality will derive lasting benefit from it. It is intended to purchase annuities secured upon land, of the particulars of which the Subscribers shall be duly informed.

them. Are not Lord Erskine and General | of one of the books of one of the volumes of Fitzpatrick members of this Club? Oh! it corruption. What we have yet got a can do no good. It must do harm; and sight of is as a blade of grass to a whole I should not be at all surprized if that was meadow. the real intention of a far greater part of the members. Is not Mr. Sheridan a member of this club? In short, have we not seen the Club in place? When in place, did they not vow they would carry on everlasting war for Hanover; did they not double the Income Tax; did they not augment the number of foreign troops; did they not pass a law to enable Lord Grenville to hold a sinecure of £.4,000 with a place of £.6,000 a year; and did they not end their career by withdrawing a bill from before the House of Commons, avowedly because the said bill was not approved of by the king? No, no; let us have nothing to do with Whig Clubs. If good cannot be done without them, it cannot be done with them. Three or four honest and able and persevering men, with the people at their back, will easily do all that is wanted to be done; but, if these men join a Club, not only the Whig Club, but a Club of any sort, nothing will be done. There will be a great deal of noise; a great deal of toasting and flattering one another to their faces; but there will be no work; there will be no redress obtained for the nation. It is impossible that men, who meet to cat and drink and to make speeches, flattering one another to their faces, can do any good. We shall have Mr. Sheridan, who told Mr. Wardle he was imposed upon by a "foul conspiracy," shewing his face again soon. He will be at the next meeting of the Club, and will make us a flaming speech about liberty, and Mr. Fox. It is too much to tolerate this farce any longer. The best way is for this Club and the Pitt Club to meet, at their different stations, and fire off their toasts at one another, to the amusement of the nation; but, for shame's sake, let not the former attempt to impose upon us with any of its old, stale, rotten professions of patriotism. How Mr. Whitbread can lend his name to the proceedings of this Club is astonishing

to me.

MRS. CLARKE'S Book is not, I earnestly hope, either suppressed, or to be suppressed. I should be very sorry if it was. We have a right to know all that she knows about public matters, and I am sure it would be greatly advantageous to us to know it. There are some persons, who appear to think that we have already seen enough; but, out it must all come. We have not yet seen one verse of one of the chapters

**From the List of the Minority on Mr. Wardle's Motion, which is given at p. 419, the reader will please to strike out the Name of Mr. Whitmore; and instead of G. N. Noel it ought to be Charles Noel Noel. With these corrections, this ever-memorable List, is, I believe, perfectly correct.

COBBETT'S

Parliamentary History

OF

ENGLAND,

Which, in the compass of Sixteen Volumes, Royal Octavo, will contain a full and accurate Report of all the recorded Proceedings, and of all the Speeches in both Houses of Parliament, from the earliest times to the year 1803, when the publication of "Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates" commenced.

The Subscribers to the above work are respectfully informed, that the Fifth Volume will be delivered to them on Saturday next the 22nd instant. It embraces the period from the Revolution, in 1688, to the Accession of QUEEN ANNE, in the year 1702. For this period, the materials, as well for the Proceedings as the Debates, have been, for the most part, collected from the following Works: 1. The Journals of the House of Lords; 2. The Journals of the House of Commons; 3. The Debates of the House of Commons,

Resolved: That this Meeting, duly sensible of the advantages the country will derive, from the Charges produced by G. L. Wardle, esq., M. P. in the honourable House of Commons, against the late Commander-in-Chief, the same having, as this Meeting conceives, occasioned bis resignation; and highly appreciating the collected and dignified manner he conducted himself throughout the arduous and critical investigation; beg leave to offer him their best and most grateful acknowledgments for his manly, zealous, and patriotic exertions.

from 1688 to 1694, collected by the Honourable Anchitell Grey, who was forty years member for the town of Derby; 4. The Debate between the Lords and the Commons, at a Free Conference, held in the Painted Chamber, in the Session of the Convention, in 1688, relating to the words," Abdicated," and "the Vacancy of "the Throne," used in the Vote of the Commons; 5. A Collection of the Debates and Proceedings in Parliament, in 1694 and 1695, upon the Inquiry into the late Briberies and corrupt Practices, printed in the year 1695; 8. Proceedings in the House of Commons against Sir John Fenwick, printed in the year 1698; 7. Timberland's History and Proceedings of the House of Lords; and 8. Chandler's History and Proceedings of the House of Commons. Here again, as in former Volumes, recourse has been had to the best historians and contemporary writers; and, amongst others, to Burnet, Echard, Kennet, Oldmixon, Ralph, Tindal, Boyer, and Somer- Resolved: That the best thanks of ville. The Hardwicke Papers have also this Meeting be given to Lord Folkestone, been consulted; as also the State Tracts, Sir Francis Burdett, and Samuel Whitand the Harleian Collection.-There is bread, esq., M. P. and those other Memsubjoined, by way of Appendix, a Collec-bers of the House of Commons, who supporttion of very scarce and valuable Parlia- ed Mr. Wardle, on the late inomentous mentary Tracts, taken from those of Lord question. Sommers, the Harleian Miscellany, and the Collection of State Tracts published during the reign of William the Third.

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Resolved: That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the conduct of John Calcraft, esq., our worthy Representative, has, by the aid he afforded the honourable Mover of the Charges, and the ability he evinced on the occasion, entitled himself to the gratitude and support of every citizen who wishes well to his country, and the independence of this city.

CITY OF GLOCESTER, AND COUNTY OF

THE SAME CITY.

At a Common Council House, held at the Tolsey, in the said City, on Wednesday, the 29th day of March, in the fortyninth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our Lord,

1809:

Resolved, That the Freedom of the said City, accompanied with the Thanks of this Corporation, be given to Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, esq. for his manly and patriotic exertions in instituting and prosecuting an inquiry into the abuses relative to Military Promotions, notwithstanding the various and formidable obstacles which he had to encounter, in bringing forward and conducting so important an Inquiry.

Resolved, That the grant of the Freedom of the same City, together with such Vote of Thanks, be communicated by the Deputy Town-Clerk, to Colonel Wardle, assigning the reason for which the above honour has been conferred upon him.

Resolved, That the Thanks of this House be given to Henry Howard, and Robert Morris, esqrs. Representatives of this City,

for their honourable support of Colonel | of Kent, holden at the Guildhall there, the Wardle in Parliament. 30th March, 1809, it was resolved,

Resolved, That the above Resolutions be inserted in two Morning and two Evening London Papers, and also in the Glocester Journal and Glocester Herald.

R. P. WILTON, Dep. Town Clerk.

TOWN OF CALNE.

At a meeting of the Guild, Stewards, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Borough

"That the Thanks of this Court be voted to Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, esq., M. P. for the very manly, spirited, and patriotic manner in which he has called the attention of the House of Commons to the Conduct of the Commander in Chief.

and the several other Members of the House of Commons who gave Mr. Wardle their assistance and support.

"That this Court beg to declare their firm attachment to their Sovereign and to the Constitution, but at the same time they cannot forbear to express that, as long as public abuses exist, the Country can never expect to enjoy the beneficial and happy effect of that constitution, which is the pride of Englishmen and the admiration of the world. This Court therefore

states, is fully rooted out, and the people may have the satisfaction of knowing and feeling that the sacrifices they make are for the public good, and not per

"That the Thanks of this Court be voted to William Honywood, esq., one of the Representatives in Parliament for this. county, and likewise to Mr. Whitbread, and Town of Calne, convened for the pur-lord Folkestone, and sir Francis Burdett, pose of considering the propriety of Thanking Colonel Wardle for his patriotic conduct in Parliament, the following Address being proposed and seconded, was unanimously carried, and signed by all present: "To G. L. Wardle, esq., M. P. the Mover of the Charges in the House of Commons, against his royal highness the Duke of York:-We, the Guild, Stewards, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Town and Borough of Calne, assembled, feel it our duty, as members of a free country, to express our sense of your public conduct.We admire alike your courage and manli-humbly hopes that the honourable House of Commons will persevere in the investiness, in standing forward, singly and ungation and reform of such abuses till coraided, and laying your Charges "in a "tangible shape" before the Representa-ruption, which has been the downfall of tives or the People; your firmness and judgment in supporting them; and your moderation, when truth had silenced the warnings of responsibility, and threats of infamy, from Ministerial arrogance.-We consider that no efforts of genius nor any feats of heroism can, at this time, render the country such essential service as the honest exertions of independent Members of Parliament, to expose and exterminate corruption. And we most unfeignedly give you our cordial, sincere, and grateful thanks. We love our King and Constitution, and complain of no sacrifices that we are called upon to make for their security and support; but we cannot be insensible that too much of our treasure is diverted from the proper channels of national benefit, and lavished on party adherents and sleeping placemen. We however confidently trust that through the course of your political career, so vigorously and usefully began, you will maintain your independence, and suffer no attachment to party to warp you from the people's cause." Guildhall, Čalne, March 30, 1809.

TOWN AND Borough of DEAL.
At a Common Assembly of the Deputy,
Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty of the
Town and Borough of Deal, in the County

verted to base or improper purposes.

"That those Resolutions be signed by the Town Clerk, and copies sent to G. L. Wardle, esq., and William Honywood,

esq., M. P. and that the Resolutions be inserted in the Sun and Morning Chronicle, and in the county newspapers.

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Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to James Sharp, esq., Deputy Mayor, for his readiness in calling this Assembly (in the absence of the Mayor, who is from home) and for his impartial conduct in the Chair.

SAMPSON, Town Clerk."

CITY OF DURHAM.

At a Meeting of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the said City, holden at the Guildhall of the said City, the 5th day of April, 1809.

Resolved-That this Meeting having taken into consideration the patriotic and meritorious exertions of Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, esq. Member of Parliament, in originating and steadily supporting, in the honourable House of Commons, the recent Investigation of the Conduct of his Royal Highness, the late Commander in Chief, do

offer him their most sincere Thanks; and in testimony of the grateful sense which this Meeting feel of the spirited, firm, and upright manner, in which, amidst great discouragements, he instituted, conducted, and persevered in the Inquiry. That the Common Seal of this Ancient and Loyal City be affixed to this Resolution; and that the same be forthwith transmitted by the Mayor to Colonel Wardie.

And this Meeting having observed, with high approbation, the independent efforts of those Members of the House of Commons who assisted Col. Wardle in the progress of the Investigation, and who, on its termination, voted in favour of the Address moved by him, or of the Amendments proposed by Henry Bankes, esq. and Sir Thomas Turton, bart.; and also of those who divided against the Motion of the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon that occasion: And this Meeting being of opinion, that efforts, at once honest and constitutional, and so well directed to promote the public welfare, should be rewarded with and should receive public support:

Resolved, therefore, That the grateful Thanks of this Meeting be, and they are hereby given to all those Members of the House of Commons who voted or divided in the Minority upon the Questions above adverted to.

That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Mayor for having convened, and for his conduct at the Meeting.

By Order, WILKINSON, Town Clerk. Ordered-That these Resolutions be advertised in the Newcastle Chronicle and Courant, and in the Morning Chronicle and Courier Newspapers.

CITY OF LONDON, COMMON COUNCIL. A Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the 6th day of April, 1809,

to resign a situation of which he is unworthy, is entitled to the esteem and gratitude of this Court and the Country.

Resolved unanimously: That the Thanks of this Court and the Freedom of this City in a Gold Box, of the value of One Hundred Guineas, be presented to Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, esq., in grateful testimony of the high sense they entertain of the zeal, intrepidity, and patriotism, which is so eminently evinced in that arduous and laudable undertaking.

Resolved: That the Thanks of this Court be presented to sir Francis Burdett, bart., (Seconder), lord Folkestone, Samuel Whitbread, esq., sir Samuel Romilly, knt., General Fergusson, Harvey Christian Combe, esq., Alderman, and one of the Representatives of this City in Parliament, and the rest of the 125 Independent Members who, upon the important question on the Conduct of his royal highness the Duke of York, attempted to stem the torrent of Corruption.

Resolved: That as a considerable number of those who voted in favour of the late Commander in Chief, on the 18th of March last, hold lucrative appointments at the pleasure of the Crown, a vote of acquittal under such circumstances must at all times appear extremely equivocal, but when given, as in the present instance, in direct contradiction to the evidence produced, which led to a decision so contrary to the legitimate expectations of the people, affords ground for apprehending that the decision has arisen from that preponderating influence of which this Court before has complained.

Resolved: That these and other Public Abuses call loudly for constitutional correction and redress, and evince the necessity of a radical and speedy reform, as essential to the safety and security of the just prerogative of the Crown as to the ancient and unalienable rights of the People.

Resolved: That the foregoing Resolutions be signed by the Town Clerk, and published in the Morning and Evening Papers. WOODTHORPE.

Resolved unanimously-That this Court has, on frequent occasions, evinced its detestation of the Public Abuses, which have been found to exist in various Departments of the State, and it cannot but equally condemn the corrupt practices developed COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. by the late Investigation before the House At a numerous Meeting of the Freeof Parliament. holders of the County of Middlesex, cosResolved: That Gwyllym Lloyd War-vened by the Sheriff, at the Mermaid at dle, esq., having, unawed by Ministerial Threats, exhibited serious Charges against the late Commander in Chief, which have been clearly substantiated, and which have, in fact, induced his Royal Highness

Hackney, the 11th day of April instant, pursuant to a Requisition, "For the purpose of expressing the sentiments of the County on the Abuses which have been disclosed by the Investigation into the Con

duct of the late Commander in Chief," the following Resolutions were adopted :

1. That circumstances of public notoriety have, for a considerable time past, placed beyond all doubt the existence of gross and scandalous Abuses in various branches of the Executive Government of the Country.-Carried unanimously.

2. That the Abuses which have been found to prevail in all those departments of the Government in which inquiries have been instituted, have fully satisfied the Freeholders of this County of the necessity of further strict investigation into the remaining Public Departments of the State. --Carried unanimously.

3. That Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle, Esq. by the unexampled courage, ability, and perseverance, with which he has pursued and completed an Inquiry into the conduct of the late Commander in Chief, has faithfully discharged the duties of a Member of Parliament, and has in an high degree merited the thanks and approbation of his Country.-Carried unanimously.

4. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir F. Burdett, bart. who secon led Col. Wardle's motion; to Lord Viscount Folkestone, for the active,uniform and able support which he afforded Mr. Wardle during the whole of the above Inquiry. Carried unanimously.

5. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Samuel Whitbread, esq., Sir S. Romilly, Henry Marin, esq., Sir Thomas Turton, Major-General Ferguson, Thomas William Coke, esq., John Christian Curwen, esq., the hon. Thomas Brand, hon. W. H. Lyttleton, Lord Viscount Milton, Lord Viscount Althorpe, Charles Watkin William Wynne, esq., Lord Stanley, and the Minority of 125, who divided in favour of Mr. Wardle's Motion for an Address to the King on the subject of the late Inquiry.-Carried unanimously.

6. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Minority of 157, who on the above occasion supported the Amendment proposed by Sir Thomas Turton, bart.Carried.

7. That George Byng, esq. by the uniform, upright, and independent conduct. which he has observed during the time he has represented the County of Middlesex, and more particularly by the support he gave Mr. Wardle on this occasion, has highly merited the Thanks and Approbation of this Meeting. — Carried unanimously.

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8. That the conduct of Ministers in the House of Commons, during the course of

the late Inquiry, has been a complete dereliction of that duty, which, as Representatives of the People, they owe to their Constituents, and has proved them wholly unworthy of the confidence of the Country. Carried unanimously.

9. That from the part which Ministers appear to have taken on the above occasion, no hopes can be reasonably entertained of any effectual reformation of evils so generally and loudly complained of, until the executive Departments of the State shall be entrusted to men who will honestly endeavour to detect, not shield abuses, and to whom the People may look up as the avengers, not the abettors of corruption.-Carried unanimously.

10. That it is the fervent hope of this Meeting that the people of the United Kingdom will be animated by the result of the late Inquiry to prosecute a Reform in all the departments of the State, by returning honest and independent Representatives, who shall faithfully and zealously exert themselves to correct and annihilate corruptions, which weaken and even endanger the existence of the Empire. Carried unanimously.

11. That William Mellish, esq. one of the Representatives of this County, by his conduct in the late Inquiry, and generally since his election, has proved himself unworthy of the confidence of his Constituents.-Carried.

12. That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Sheriffs, for their prompt and constitutional compliance with the Requisition of the Freeholders to assemble this Meeting, and for their impartial conduct this day-Carried unanimously.

13. That these Resolutions be published in the Public Newspapers.

J. J. SMITH.-C. S. HUNTER, Sheriffs.

TOWN AND BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. At a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the ancient Town and Borough of Southwark, April 12, 1809, John Townshend, Esq., Deputy Bailiff, in the Chair, in the absence of, and at the request of Sir Watkin Lewes, kt. High Bailiff

1. Resolved, That the late Inquiry before the House of Commons, into the conduct of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, as Commander-in-Chief, has exposed the most flagrant abuses in the administration of public aflairs. It appears peculiarly alarming, that at a time when the Continent of Europe has been nearly overwhelmed by military power, such facts have been proved as tend to sully

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