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At the meetint: in Wrsfra'niter, fir the purpose of thanking Col. var die. Sir Francis Runletl contrasted the iniquity that esraped with the innocence that wras punUhrd. in ihr person of a Mr Lam aith k, a mathematical instru. mcnt m:.k-r, who was taken up, upon a ridiculous allegation ot.metlitating to shoot the Dritish Kinfr with a pop Run ; this man had been confined upon the mere Gat of a rni'ii ter,detained without fir her . accusation, he had ine ino prison a youth in the prime of life, and vith skill in hs proftssion, and after 7 years close detention in a dunzron. had come firth. with his head bleached by wretchedness want and seclusion from SvKiety." .The Irving witn-. ss of this fact stood 6y Sir Ftancis on the liustin.f He alo referred in the case M' Mr. White, 'hr Editor of the u Independent Whig' .who, for. exposing the. abuse of power, was vntenced to a rruel con Bntment, and this injustice aggravated I . . -' m 0 .... .. I by nis removal trom nis tmuy io ine jail of Dorchester, abov 100 miles from London. Upon his 'trial, the jury was packed, the ,tlerk of the eron h-iving taken the roll from the sheriff and pack ed the pannel. Thcie'and other oppressions he con tras'ed with the patronage hId and ex erched by prostitutes over the three Departments, the' Military, the Civil 8c the Ecclesiastical. Five ifTernt cler gymen were detected in obtaining patro nage bv briberv of the kept mistress of tie Duke of York. it Nimerojs military , com missions. Places in the custom and colmies. Contracts &nd jobs all sold by this con ctbine. v ( Ano'her of the Royal Dukes, th at t)f Cambridge, was implicated in the sanje VT. f I T?j Dake of Portland and one of the Arch-bihnps ere likewise implicated Lonl Castler. ajh, Pres-drnt of the Brird of Cotrtm1, ad a Cabinet Mi niiter, as ehicrd. and audaciously corsfcs:d the fsct. h h ring employ ed cormpt iie-His in bti ing a seat in Pufiani'.nt, for another Lord and mem ber of 'he U-rd of Cnntmul. of the ti- tie of Lord Cunirty. He not only ad: milted, buttiufi-d it, ard d-terminet! to mamtain hi st Jtion of Mlnitei, and what was more ext -ordinary he hnd a majority "of the House of Common in h-s f vo. a- vote of 'rensnre hcin off r d j Cattlerragn ivis openly al'-f-d to ha-e rn ih. an who diribu!fd 1&9 millions of pounds o h ib- the Irish Parliament into the u n.on. ; The mc nrofligary tzfi tended to the military and evil promotions in th East-India Compiny's service. Th 7 one of the directors, had obtain: tuin a shot prrind the ominntion for sppouitments of three uriUrt9(ihv title ri.cnto younmrn who gin'the E. lnia Conpany's civil service to IndfaV the taws fotbid the sale of such appoint ments by thedircctom ; TheUtison re nud ihe right-of rjomi-.a'ior; to his coumh. and this cousin sold the appoint' nws Crbom 50.000. And this man set uo aR?K, for 3 tiirectlJr; What but the prumltr of Asia. -would rpay such anticipation of r,iumcr what 5,,t tre plunder ak ;d couJd uphold such proSi-acy as the Jntish Kotemmcnt exhibits. ' . ' . 1 1 s rap for investigation, ibe cotorToi ,aM Uot.Mt the apostle of an ri-i, - i Muiiuercrs uetectetj m ous A siissi.the jeat terrorist, h'e wh6 recommended himself br : .Jnttlimin., club, cjprcriptioo in London; aodin- j.uud? 1; fiptati. -r 1 1 nWho, in aibook published by rurof dtdared 'Parliament' and people wholly incanable and; unentitled to power pr a- ny other rights, ,ba,sucrj, as.tke King thourrht nroner' to. allow ; tna; me xwuik was the treeand the Parliament and people only the Tranch'es, which might be cut ofland tbe tree stiu uouns.n. This man. nrotected by Pitt, indicted for his oirences. was acquitted by a jury of true Englishmen, ' , And lhia man has been found7ln common with others of the same cast, a plunderer ana auaptaa tur oi the public noney. fThe boasted judiciary of England (we have alwava discovered much matter of "detestation? in, this boasted Bri tish -ludiciary) had been proved to be a coutamuiated as the other branches of government ; all the places at the courts being ma:ter ot barter and saie, the proceeds of which found their way to theDockets of the Judges. 1 Debauchery', licentibuincssand extra vagance, were never at to, great a lieicht,. and what Sva deerned horrible a few years ago," when 1 - Horn Tooxe, In his petition, underto-k to prove af the bar of Parliament that seats were bought in the Husc of Commons, like stalls at a fair the same facts arenow reitera ted in open debate, heard without tlcnial or emotion, and justified as essential to the support of croveinment. We subjoin a few extracts from the speeches " on this sqbject. Jurora .. 1 1 HOUSE OF COMMONS, Ttf ORSDAY, APRIL 20. UlLLto PUR VENT the SALE of PLACES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved j the order of the day, for the second reading of the bill for prevrntiny the sale of places. Oq the question being put. Lord Folic estojit had but a few words to say on the subject. He observedthat this aort of preventive bills rarely did any jfootL As long as temptations were suffered to re main, 'oflchces would be committed:' Not withstanding the provisions of such bills, the ingenuity of offenders Would continue to e. vade thera at a little mere expence' or trou ble. If the enquiry he had proposed a few nights since had been gcrie into, there would have beef no occasion for the present mea sure. As to the offices connected with the courts of law, he found they had been for a long- time regularly bought and sold, but he could see no reason why this practice should be suffered to continue. ; There was another omisiion, however, in the act which appear ed to him of more material moment. The attention of the House had been much filed to East-India writerships but there was an- otner tmng ot much more consequence, t woicn na-J not oeen noticed. It wa most notorious that there was a traffic for o- ther place, and also for seats in Parliament -C Hear f ear ! Hear .'J This was athing most contrary to every ulea of the constitu lion, and yet it was most notorious ; and as it was most notorious, he thought the right Iionorable rectlcman would do well to intro dace a clause-in this bill to prevent trafficing seats in Parliament. The Treasury was the place where this traffic went on to the great est and most corrupt extent. The Secretary of the Treasury was generally the agent in all those transactions on the part of the go Vernmcnt. flear ! Hear! If gentlemen meant by this cheering to implv a doubt of his state tf! en t, he shouki be very happy to.be allowed a committee to examine into the fact. At every dissolution pf Parliament, there was An office open at the Treasury, where the friends of administration stated their terms, & where persons made their bargains on diffe rent terms,, according to the abilities with which they were supposed capable of sup portinr the government. This was his firm belief, and he believetl it was also the belief of the public. He thought the House should correct abuse of this magnitude, at the same time that they were passing a bill with res peet to minor offences. , .Mr. Uajikes observed, that as to the abu se in theJEast-lndia company, he, as chair man of the committee appointed for the con sideration of that subject, h d brought down a recommendation to the House, thatitw.as not necessary to pass any specific legislative measure on the subject. Although the sy te6 of the government of this country chanS ged with the hands to whom it was Confided, it was not so .with the East-India company. One'ef their resmla ions was, that at any "dis tance of ti me, an appointm ent obtained cor ruptly woidd be set aside. He conceived that the present bill .must be useful as rendering this sort of corruption morcdifficult than it was before. . j ' ' . .Mr. Caacva Trsaidi thatthe noble Lord was perfectly correct In stating, that theseats in Parliament h.-1 5oen notoriqusly bought and aold by the Treasury, i He ; would Isay; that it was not only his belief, but that it was with in his knowledge. ' The' Trcasuryrnot only "Sought and sold these seats, but they kept in a great degree the monopoly of that market' If this was attemptedlo be denied bv mlnis- hters, he should 'be glad to-have the opportu- J.r.. r : i 11 ' rr iui01 proTiiig- it, viwa uc couiu casuy prove it from the lipa .of juiy one who had ever been Secretary of the Treasury. It was absoUite nonsense and delusion on the public ' fur the House ta spend their time in" considering a busealn the commissioners ;of the lottery, and every other minor department, when they knew, A'xlihe public knew, that the greater partoi all abuses waf constantly, pracused 1 wm r r....:.-'r- 1 and selling Seats in Parliament . Tq taDf.of a dissolution of Parliament as an appealed the people was mere mockery and imposltioiv It was penecuy worn Known tnar a nssoiuuon of Parliament wai qo an appeal to the pep- pie, !?ut to the Treasury -"?ar JJrJ- tidn of Parliament, at the.end of foux years. like the dissolution by the prejent Ministers, at the end ot about tour months; was not an appeal o the people but to the Treasury fLoud crieiof Hsar( Hear Hear Until the. House was uisposea 10 suppress. uieocu- ous and Unconfltitutional traffic, the legisla tinjr on tboae minor abuses was mere mock." I ery and delusion. ' ' ' - :.-V '.V". Aitnougn ne nau- great respect tor the last 1 1 kingdom, .also prevajled m thisountfjr.li government, and owed some personal favors this . practice, was hot idesttoyed,' it w6uld?ib to tnera.'yet ne must say tnat theuvdissolu- r -he e&d destrovs As to: the sale ot mdiaart The UirANCELLOx,or ths jt.CHEQCfR nry. ;i yn tn last dissolution ministers endea said, he was happy to find that the noble Lord ! vored to set the people tnadJ and then talked of (L.pro I'oiKtsionci naa auriouicu wiwicw thera was 01 ooscumy in me twi, to ine.aesirc 1 a . t it. x -1 : of m'aktne it as comprehensible as possible. He wa also glad that the noble Lord had admit;; ted that the bill would render the commission of these offences more difficult in future, As to the purchase . and sale of places connected with the coons of justice, that had prevailed pnm rtiribtefmes but he beneved thatit:woyid not be said that the ptactice at all interfered with the purity of the administration of justice As to what bad beep suggested with respect to the prevention of thetralfic for seat in Par liamenr, this would W a matter which might II fairly be stated when the bll should come into a committee. If the noble Lord ot honor ab'e gentleman wuld then bring forward any pro psition of that sort, the tf use would then be very ready to take it into their considerati on. The noble Loid had stated his firm be I ef of the existence of juch transactions, and the honorable gentK man had gone farther, ti stated thait was within Ifis knowledge. The honorable gentleman, to be sute, nvght have some knowledge from tne confidence which was reposed in him by the administration, with whom he was connected f Loud pries of dear ! bear.'J He could not recollect, however, leu the honorable gentleman. (Mr. Creevey) had, at the time when a specific charge was .brought against a Secretary of the Treasury for such interference, given the House the be nefit of his knowledge. The House w- uld perceive, that the case he alluded to was when a charge was brought against a Secretary of the Treasury (Mr Fremanue lor interference m the election of Hampshire, where he was 'un loubteo'y a freeholder, 1 he honorable gen leman did not tell the House a word of that practice which was within his own knowledge, of Secretaries c the Treasuty corruptly inter fering io the election of members ef Parlia roent. When he had that knowledge, how did it happen that his patriotism was a Jeep on ths important occanon ? Hear Hear'j If he would, however, then bring forward im partially those pecific cases that, were within his own knowledge, he would probably find the House very ready to attend to them Mr. Creevey, in explanation, said, that what he had stated was not as a charge against any ooe administration, but a mere matter of fact. The knowledge, which he spoke of, by no means proceeded from any confidence which had bten reposed In him by his friends Mr. WuitbreAd said, that he was happy that the suggestions of his noble and honora ble friends appeared to be received with as much cordiality by the riht honorable 'gentle man (the Chancellor of ths Exchequer) and that it seemed to be admitted that the practice of trafficing for seats of Parliament was a thing which ought not to be tolerated He suppo- sed that When the right honorab'e gentk-rtan (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) called up on an honorable triend of his (Mr. Greevev) to bring one set of cases before the House, he was also ready to practise that impartiality which he recommended, and bring forward th-)se cases which wcte within his knowledge. C Hear Hear J It was nonsense to pretend to be ignorarft of those abuses. What member of Parliament wis there that did not know that such abuses were done? Did not he know, did not the right honorable gentleman know, did' not every body in the House know, that there were many members who' sat there, that were representatives of nothing but their own money I f Lmii cries ef Hear ! Hear ! fntm the opposite benches ) And it was also known that many, who had paid their money for their seats, still felt themselves dependent on other men, and if they differed from them, felt those qualms of conscience or of honor which made them vacate both the seat and the money they had paid for it. ' 4 . . : -, V v ; t f ' ' . ..It was not certainly any chaTge agaimf the present administration to state those things, for the charge applied as welj to him and to e very other member of the "house, who had long known that those' things weedore,! and yet never brought it forward, to parliament-'in a proper shape. As ;to the casetqf the Hamp shire election, the right honorable; gentleman , (the chancellor of the exchequer) happened a. bout that 'time, for a Very short portion of his li fe, to be in a minority. He f5lr -Whitbread) had been for nineteen years generally in a mi nority, and therefore be -was apt. tb think ml-', norines rght ; but the right .bpnorabje gentle mata 'who had beeoao seldom in a .minority'' in thattiouse, should rather be induced to suspect that heAwas wrong when he acted so contrary to 'his usual ptactice. Wit boot however, meaning to arraign any p-uticular secretary of the treasory, be would state geh'erailyithat un der the.prtsent systect, all secretaries' of the treasury find themselves under the "necesshy of acting in this manner, and that there is ar- 'ways an open marfcet; a( the treasury for bat? gains of th.s nature. It, bowever.vtn nouse was disposed tovnake it a misdemeanor to traf fic in- East India .vrnterships aud caaetsoips, they should certainly take some notice of a ttaf. E which was equally notorious, hat more scam dalousa'nd unconstitutional If the right h'onT I ntlerrianv woirid appeal to nis nooie neienoor r Lxrm uasuereaeej-inat.nooie uom ww (Lord CastJereaghi that.noble Lonf woald L'n. 1 1 a half ' haoV been paid fbr die pirchaie".6f boc 1 1 roughs," which wis, a decisive proof tKit those If !hngs, Were considered is money's' yorth, as if marKerao'c commoaity,t sx wasmpossiDieiqr him ri 1 kndw prevailed" to such: an 'extent in a - neighboring situations;' he did not pretend to say that ix af fecred the poilcy of.' the1 adniaistration. bat he would still say that it was" an anomaly,' which i;y 1 . ; ' 1 . v. ' . .1 1 i :' . ..... nouia oe Temovea ,11 wquia oc asy i,w pve the fees of their offices in ' general farid, Jot increasing he salaries f the judges. IiJr reed oertectly with his honorable inenaMn Creeyeyl that adiasolat ion of parliament, was H'". an' appeal fo 4hc Deoptejbat tp'ihe.Treattt pcjng ro nenr sense Mine sense or tnc r r 1 .... . . t 1 peopie naaxenainiysofhe Slight uiflilence.ara general election : but the efreatDreDonderatinp inrTuen.ee was the -Influence of the Treasury' v Mr, V ynne approved of the priiicipfe ofibo lishing the safa of judicial offices in the mari ner stated by his honorable friend (MrWhit bread ) J HerCOuld not, ho wever appr6ve of he conduct of the East.India company, in disi! Trtissmg persons who had served them long and weP. itirsnould be dipcovcred that any thing of money transactions" had passed at their ori ginal appointment, although entirely without their knowledge or privity. Mr. H Thornton' said. that ifieCommittee of finance', had first suggested the abolition of the sale of judicial places, precisely m. the man ner mentioned fay Hrhe "honorable member (Mr.1 Whitbread.) .In their report, they had'feeom .mended the applying the fees of these offices to a fund to remunerate the judges for apy loss they mi ht sustain, j , ; v 1 ne bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday se'nnighti TULIC DOCUMENTS. ' The fcllowinsr are'the two Letters' communi cated by the President of the U. States to Congress on the 15th. inst. which were omit ted in our last for want of room. ! 'mmm ' . ' ' '-- JTB.OM MrI ANNfNG. ' " ' Foreign 0cet-2Dec. 1808 Sir .In my official note of the 23d of September, I stated to you the pro-' babmty that some alterations mihl be made in the orders in Council, with 'a view' to adapt their ope ration more ex actly to the altered state of Europe, and to combine all practicable relief to neu trals with a more severe pressure upon the enemy. .; rf -: $: As, this statement was, however only incidental, and as jl at the same time disclaimed' any intention of taking ad vantage of such proposed alterations? in the, discussions then pending between us seeing that if made, they would not be founded on the admission of any of the principles for which y oil were eon tending it was perhaps not'necessary that I should trouble you with any. fur ther communication upon this subject Hut the order ot which 1 have the ho nor to inclose a j copy, having been passed by bis . Majesty in Council oh , Wednesday last, , I am desirous previ ously to; its 'actual publication, of ex- piaining tayou tne grounas on wmcn the more extended alterations which were in contemplation, have been susH pended. j . . ' It was intended to relax in a certain degree, the regulations of the orders in council; with respect to such of the pow trs in hostility with his Majesty as were not. or shOu.l not iplace themselves, in state of hostility! with Spain ; but at the same time that this relaxation was extended to other! powers, to prohibit absolutely by strict,' rigorous and unmitr i gated blockade, all intercourse whate ver jvith France. h The ado pinion by, these powers, who vrere o have, been the obiects.of such relaxation, ot' the views and projects ot r ranee vyith respect to Spain does away all assignable groupd of distinction bei tween France" and those powers, nd that part therefore of the intended alrerr ations dbeshot take place. jv '-;: The alteration' contained inline .Inclo sed order in council, stands upon a se parate orround, anil, .as.:Ihave: more than-once understojid from you i hatthe part ot the orders, in council which tris order goes lo mitigate is that, AThich waa Cfelt,;"rnost -sol in; the ; United States I have great reastlre in beiri authorifdo communicate to ydu 1 " 'I liave the honor to.be,r &cv , ' 1 o - -r - GEORGE CANNING. William PitinejtZ4. . V: - -."V, His Majesty, in yirtuejof the" powers reserved -ta him, ; bvnwo certaihlacts passed iri the, 4 8th l year of- his Majes- ty,9";reign'j' thecbne entitled An act lor r granting to-ms .Mairsty, nui toe enoji-- - . Jt-W ri 'XTjrCr . i ,oro wirea and I merchandized thtmnurnxrated,M llftirthtrirkeVth crders m council.? Thc pther entitle J vff 4 ; An actjfor crrantinc? to InVMajeitr J iintn thcfid of tliisfiiext session of Patf f J liaroent entiijen V jVIirelartd gobds1, warea"ana-;4 tioti merchandize: therefn erturaeraedt,J;Vv pleased, and! witt0ih advice-of Jhi5 :r privftliVtbrderv andt'l htrcbf ; . oTerejuS3hatKe operation of the aorc 'x said acts be suspended as to .any sdutiei i " on exportation, granted by theaid actsi ? V , so far as relates tq articles oetn't '.st 4 ( glWW III country with wh rt for the time being, i amilfc his Maiesty. arid from the ribrts of ' ; hicti the British rVg is ript txcludedr .V nported direct frbm such country into) any port or pface of the, XTnUed Xine dom, either iAritish ships or in ships i of i the country oRwhich such articles) are the' grow h, - product or maaufac iUrC, . n " v And. his Matesly. 13. further pleasedi - witb:ihJdy'rorsaid,; to order, andV it ia hereoy prde that the aitf tfutietf j on exportation; Suspended, as to all: gobds, wares andfmerchandizei whiclr " nave oeen, or mayt oe conaomuea as; prj4e,Uiifil; faW'hcrrcler shaUbeanader 3:. therein MR. PINKWEY TO MR CANNING v- ' j. Great CumMrlaml PldceJ h V . p- r - Dec2QtAt 1808f rl Sir I have had the honor to receiVd f' in Council on Wednesday, last j;-, ana ing paragraph of your letter 1 supposes, have trans:mit.ted copies of these paprs ' to' my government. . ' ' l"tt S.' - It is perfectly, true, as the conclud'? 1- ,', vie wed with?graier sensibility the, pri ''V tension of this gbvernment'Cvvhiehas pretension the. present border plainlji' SV-' re assorts, without 'tniiejii .if at all, mo'; posts . upon theTrvcbmmerce," oaf ward J , ' and inward, which the orders" in fco3nV.' : ' fo cuoi ine last year were to constrain to pasthrough British.ports; if. v ; f ; But it is equally lru',tjiit; tjfiy 'go vernmentrfias ;cpnsahtiyiproteiitd gainst, the entire systeiriy wilh whiclr: v that pretension was connected, and, has WM.PtNKNEV? '- -' Consequence re qui red the repeal, not the modification, of the British orders ; 1 in council. ,; r : . -J,? ' - y I have the honor to be. &c ?' A The Spanish Jutai.Ambassadw.at . - ' ' London (Ajadbfa) ' having made, repr et - V sejJtations to .ft he British Minister totf V-t foreicrnarTairs, that severatberaorrs were? in London; who, had id hand atlt enteri prize against j thfc Spanish' colonies tin South - America Miranda' "and" Burr were paxucuiariy iiamcu--uic orniert -.ii:..- ' l r. 'J'-v. .. . .".i-1 nowever(contnvea io- oDiaui a nassae . in r a vessel bdtind'tori- St. Christopher's (ot which lpiacieuis:said -he departed Aaron Burr;who Vas also'tfummonedi P to appear,-did notmake hiescapbuCi, ' y presented himself according to thesuin-" V mons and' waa notified that he 'must depart 'from . Engjahd ; he disfclatmc " all connexion 6r participation 'with air . designainstthe Spanish- colbnies and claimed, a British subject; tinder 'Mjjgpd Ch'arjttzl to remain unmolested' in the country ,to ? which he owed and -i avp wed allegiance ( ' ' l AJJ " Upon its being' Urged thathfeTOtf'attf. I merican citizen, antT that hhaahelcV t t j ar station there, which put his 'character.; 1"? . disclairried the character of an Ameri- ' 1 can Citizen and asserted that he was en it. titiea to proieaiorr Dy ms birth Mtvter the; pfiush government, long before the' independence jbf America i and that-al i " thoihiiiA;'Bndsu''goernrdent mighty connive at it j hc-maintained that prih cfes;.oBntislir;t)a policy: never . admittedorxpatriatioir; and could noiv-; refuseto recognize ' .the . ' righr. of ,any must depart; the rcalmC. v; '''' vHe-ihereoppnsTified'ti out ot hh,power)'trca': ne,tVas desUtute; C'P" - "'. ' t' - "its. . : 1! . - mm ii ' uwvMiiHwuj wiiui ire nau lurcauT, ' incurred.. C)V& x hetheY theJuftdV -were adTall4 - I f or not. we.have not learnt" hut 'fiWUwj sfe, I V 4 V 9 'a -5r ii ,f. i .-1".-" - S
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