J
PICTOKE OP ENGLAND. '
Sir Francis BurdetVs Address to ike
Eliciortcf Westminster.
GE5TLtME-Tn addressing so en
iHitened a portion of the' community
aftbe electors of the grej rnetropoli
tin citj of Westminster,' it would ill
become rae to adopt he hacknied style
of congratulation and profession usual
on occasions like lhf present , can
not congratulate the people ob the op
portuait afforded the ra for redressing
their manifold grievances by a due
exercise of their constitutional right to
appoint their representatives in Par
liament, well knowing and that too,
the j know full well who cause this
cheating appearance of an election to
take place, that no such opportunity
is in point offset, or is intended to
be , afforded the people. You, gentle
men, are too well informed of the real
condition of your country, not to re
gird such language as deceptions, and
to treat it with merited contempts
Neither can I, with truth, profess that
I shall be highly, or at.all, gratified,
bv being returned a i&ember of an h&
sembly where corruption is acknow
ledged to be as notorious the sun
at noon day,"'?.! where pfacHce
which would hre ruadeoflV fore fathers
startle with' indignation, Io utter obl
Tion of.cverT former retain? and feel
ing of parliament hare been impu
dently avowed, &VtoraelesslyjustifieiI.
This has brought us into a situation al
most impossible, . within the limits of
an advertisement; to ' depict. Nine
hundred xriiUioSis of debt y inland for.
tresses imler the name of barracks;
an army of German and other foreign
mercenaries; an arm 7 of spies and
informers ; of tax and excise agents J
an inquisition of private property ; a
phantom for a king ; a degraded aris
tocracy ; an oppressed people ; a con
fiding parliament; irresponsible min
isters ; a corrupt and iatimidated
press; pensioned instices ; packed ju
ries ; vague and sanguinary laws,
soraeti mis shamefully relax eel, at o
ther times violently stretched bejond
ihrV tone ; wWn, together with a
host of failures of foreign expeditions,
.md the present crohin; burden of
taxation, are some of the bitter fruits
of corruption in the House of Com
mon. A Hdus'e of Commons, the
rtembers of which did, agreeably to a
return laid before it jn 1808, put into
their own pockets 1T3.9941. a year in
rinecures, salaries and -peHsions be
sides their StafT-Appointrnents, and
their Commission and besides the
money received by their wives and o
ther relations. In fact, the whole of
the evil arises here. Those who vote
the money are, some way r other, in
terested in the exnenditure of it. The
small number ctifldependentraeiihavf
no weight at all.
Gentlemen', it is often affirmed,, that
the savings in our power ito be made
fr.m Sinecure and PeusNra, would
atlbrd no relief lo ihe people ? Let
us take a few oil of numerous instan
ce. The House of.Cmcipons itself?
in sheef places and pensions, swallow
n much as would give fifty shillings a
vear to 71,225 families. .NVonW'this
e nothing? Would it not be -felt by
the people P Lord Arden, brother to
the Jate'MinUter, with reversion to the
late Minister himself, receive! frOm
his sinecure. 38,5741. a xar. This is
the exact sum stated. lJut it is said,
tii At he has besides an immense sum
arjsing fronf interest. Here is sup
fort all the year round, at twelve shiU
in? a week", for more than a thousand
families. The same may be said for
the family of Ore nvitlc. The Duke of
Graf ton's sinecures &. pensions would
maintain half as many; and in short
it is in tilts war the nation is impover
ished, and reduced to tniisry. The
lord chief, justice, Ellenbormigh, be
sides his salary, receives in sinecures,
8,9931. a year ; besides having oflk.es
to sell, and participating in the emolu
ments of his own jailer. The ' sine
cures of the chief justice would. keep
500 families. Mr, Garniers, the Apo
thecary General, has a elear 12)001.
a year, according to his own acknow
ledgement. Besides the sums given to
the Princes out of the Droits of the
Admiralty, the King-s private proper
ty in the "funds, exempted from the in
come Ux, arjd Mr. Addington (the
reaker.and .thc breaker of the treaty of
Amiens) in 1801, misapplying up
wards of ,000!. (voted (of the civil
list) as ajoan to the pake oif York, ozi-
, , , ' ' .
lya small part of which has Wn,re
paid, and that without interest What
noble examples they set us of making
sacrifices and for reconciling the
people to their sufferings, from the
weight of the taxes, and the'tiisfrcsses
of the times! .
, Gentlemen, there was formerly a
jaw' for putting a badge of distinction
on every pauper receiving-alma from
his parish ; but what badges of infamy
do those men deserve, who thus ex
tort alms from every poor 'mag in eve
ry parish in K ngl and -who, einhf zsle,
in unmerited pensions,, and'sinecure
plaoes, and divert into private purses
the public resources "ot their country ?
Gentlemen, our urmng oligarchy
assumes a power of maki jig oar rapso,
innocent actions misdetDCnors 5 of
determining points of law without ap
peal ; 'and of tmprisoniq bur ptrsdns
without trial 5 and brealgng open' our
houses with'th' standing army; and
murdering the people in the streets,
by soldiers paid bythe people them
selves for their defence. Gentlemen,
before recent experience, we should
have hardly thought that a bare vote of
the lower house would have been of
sufficient force, in any Court of Jus
tice, to overpower the solemn enact
ments'of the king and parliaments.
Gentlemen, the iudges, in the time
of Charles I. decided against Hamp
den in the great cause of ship money
utfecundHvy legem onerateitr Joan
nes Hampden." Gentlemen, in the
action brought against me by the pre
sent excellent hihljailifTof Westmin
ster, which I defended because I tho't
it my duty notto give up your rights,
Ird Ellenborougn directed the jury
to find a verdict for the high bailiff",
reasoning in this curious manner : -"
jhe burden and the benefit ought to
go together, therefore as I had the be
nefit,' 6aid his lordship, " by taking
the seat,' the election expenses ougjht
to fall upon me." As to taking the
seat, that was compulsory in ooedi
dience to the king's writ, and what the
btnefit is, of a seat in the House of
Commons, I am still to learn. How
his lordship could make so many
blunders, both in law and logic, in so
small a compass, it is impossible to
imagine, unless it could, for an instant
be supposed, that his lordship spoke
from experience : and that, having
found a seat in the house a convenient
stepping stone to the bench, he had
forgUten the ancient theory in the
modern practice of the constitution ;
with the latter of which his lordship is
aki to be full as well acquainted as
with the former.' But there is nothing
in the conduct of judges, either ah
eiept or modern, to induce us to re
Sji'a the serine of their authority,
all pretensions to common sense, and
to the pnderstaoding of plain English.
How arc we the better 'for the noble
struggle of our forefathers against ar
bitrary power in the king, if we en
dure it in much worse hands those of
our fellow, subjects r What signifies
to us the law declaring, that no man
shall be. imprisoned without lawful
judgment of his peers, if.the jargon of
" Lexet consuetudo ParUamevli" (a
sera of latin ever introduced to co
ver a cheat) can render ill law use
less. How is the flock the better for
being safe from the wolf, if they are
uevoureu ovine very dors placed to de-
icuu liicui 1141 avails resisung"tiie
lion to fall into tbt iaws ofthejaokall?
To h;ve pinioned the eaglefs wing to
become the prey of daws and kites ?
Despicable condition chptprf. snhl.
- :i i.t i -7 '
grievances,, is become tlie 'greatest of
a5rrxer(ince5,itself.theready instrn-j
mcnt of all our oppressor : a two edw-!
e'd a word -to destroy, , instead of ushufd j
to protect us ! i .'
v Gentl.cmen, ,the people of Epgland
are entitled, Uj several positive laws,1
as well as.by tiiat vhich is superior to:
all law, reason and common sense, &!
and Irce elections. Iliese are the vU!
uu iiuciiic3-vi me Q.uautuuon-c tne
only means of .insuring Justice, Teace
and Security, tOJ the. commWit at
large. . -
Gentlemen, we once had-thishappi-tiess:
outlaws weremadebrilenresen-
tatives'of our own choosing; our mo
ney was pot UKen Ironi us but by our
own consent, and the laws m'adehy
common consent' were'Ae measiii;e of
and arbitrarily ruled by oar own ser
vants, who exceed Judas'; n treachery ,
and equal hirnjin guilt j The House
of Commons, instituted io redress our j
the kini's rute, and iujecf s jbedit
ence. . : To use the wordaf of our? irreat
Dramatic Bardi -r.' ' ":
toot htre v6on this oicture tad. on this t
The counterfeit present9
ltaaent.pf, two
then,
gee what a rrace was seated on his brow ri
A ebmbinatiem, and a wrm, mueedj " : n
Where every; God did seem to set his seaL
. This waj yoiir coarrmnfiix 'Look now,
' whatfbllows '... St
Ilertia j-our corrmrrxo:r,ni '
We inajr wli conclave br-ung,
win uie poet,,.
i ".Whacederilwas't X.
That thus fits cozen'd us at toodqun blinds
Gentlemen, under- tKo present sys
tem no .change of ministry can be per
manently and importantly useful to
the country. The resent are just as
ood as any of their predecessors dur-
ingine presenf reign aaj mux i
are likely to succeed them. the fault
is hot in the individuals, but inthe
system ; a system under which no na
tion ever did or can prosper : a sys
tem of the most infamous and compli
cated corruption,. ! j.
To this infernal situation of flie
country, I desire to drawf the attention
of my countrymen, persuaded that from
hence alone4 proceeds . all our internal
sufferings and external weakness'
by the removal of x this system, you
may have foreign conquest, if, e
ven victory' and conquest would
serve only to (enhance, and to confirm
the national servitudej depravity and
misery. This system must be put' a
stop to by efforts from without the
doors of the House of: Commons, for,
be assured: the gentlemen within iwjll
never reform themselves.1 'They 'will
no more part with their rotten Bo
roughs than a highwayman with his pis
tols. The SPIRIT OF HAMPDJEN
roust revive in the breasts of our coun
try gentlemen, and the people, with
united "voice must deipdndj Refonh in
a language not to be misunderstood.
Until some such spirit shall manifest
itself, I am desirous of withdrawing
from acting a part in ! the low farce
carried on in St. Stephen's ; of re
signing into ycur hands your delegated
trust ; of returning to that retirement
I had chosen when you so jinexpected
ly placed tne in your service think
ing that in so degrading a state of the
country, the post of honor is a pri
vate station.1.9 At the same time, gen-;
tlemenV le well assured that nothings
can efface from my recollection the
deep impression of your noble and ge
nerous conduct On this point all the
world are agreed, whatever difference
of opinion may exist about the object
of your choice. ' Gentlemen, your
kincl and; ;coDsideratef behaviour has
made a burthen far top heavy for jny
shoulders, sit easier than I could have
expected Not only ha'ye I been free
from importunity, but even from the
I slightest request from a single indivi
dual of your numerous body.
Gentlemen, this j conduct filr3 me
with esteem and respect, and must e
ver bind me to the electors of West
minster by indissoluble ties of grati
tude and' affection. But, gentlemen,
I do ropst earnestly wish to spare my
self the mortification and yonthe'dis-
appointment, oT passisg a painful life
in undignified, because unsupported
and unavailing efforts to stem a tor
rent of corruption, as irresistible as 9
iniamous ; 01 aipptng DUCKets inio
empty wells, and growing Old in draw
ing nothing up." ' '
Gentlemen, I remain withthe most
profound gratitude! and devotion your
humble servant,
4 T FRANCIS BURDETT.
; r The celebrated Horse, '
WILL istanji the ensuing season at my
Stable in Northampton county,' N C.
eight, miles from the Courtliouse, ten from
the town of Halifax fc seTentv from Be! field,
on the road leading from'llaiifaz to' Belfield
Wul be, let to mares 25 collars the season,
if paid by thr expiration thereof, ar 30 dollars
payable by1 the 25th of December next, with
one dollar to the grooxa in every Instance,
Very extensire and ell. inclosed '. pastures,
ror the benefit of mares let with the horse i
they sball.be fed according to dlrecJtioD, which
money, muxte paid when the mares are ta
ken away; f y attention shall be auch aa to,
try to pi event any accident .though no re
ipootibiUry'if any should occur The stason
baa alreaT coomeaced and w'dl expire on
th'efirst.of Auguat.u i -,f vv ' u' -
rhylock U a beautifulbayt ire feet twbm-J
coea oga ho oiacs legajnaoe ana talipot
wpenor fufin, grcax action foa auca , syp
sunce aod stamina as.thebest judges 'say
they hare never before seen? . 4
J JOHN D.'AMIS,
April 1, .1W 5.
C3 6w
Adjoining the Town ."of pwjfilQ injg?j-i
. :. " jtiR SAXE.
By virtue of a Deed of : Trust executed to the
subscriber by 86)omon JJebow, .to secure
v certain debts due by him to the StateBank
of North Carolina J
A - TRACT OP (.AND, laid out into rnvre
'J' td$rStxt3t Lottjyr'iih convenient Streets
xnd All aAnrtntr !iTawii oFDanvillft.
intended to farm a nart of said Townv
vjll be exposed to! Sale, on the Tm day off
Tune next, on the premises. The terms oh
the aale wil be, cash for all sums under sn
hunored dollars ; a credit of six and twelve
months will be given- for all sums above'an
b undrod. dollars' which sum? must be. secur
ed by notes made negotiable and payable at
the State Bank of North Carolina! it KaVtch,
hearing irterest from the 'date, and hav'mg
two indowrs resident in the State of North-
Carolina.. ;v- ' - 5.
Many of the lilts now offered for sale ajre
well situated for Business and eenderoen
who wish to make establishnientsn Danvil'e
are iori ed to attend the sal. u T
Th0rna9 Ruffin, Tmslee, &c. :
April h 1816. 63 tds ;
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN A W-AY from,he subscriber, Iivrng
near Charlotte, N C on the nipht of
iherth inst. KOUR likt lv NECROESj viz.
TOM . & TH11Z& OF S1S CHILDREN
Tom is about Alt years 'V.f ace. dark com
plected stout tirade, rey, beaded, has a
remarkable white spot on ilhe side of his
neck, arid scars of white aa oss his breast.
Steplien is ;aDottt20 years of age, stout
made, uas a scar in -a is unaer , up cut, wuu
a penknife. ' " j
Pufry is about 14 years of i e.
Ell ck is about 12 years oflqe, some of
his jaw leelh are rotten. !
They are all middling: well clothed, and
took: with them a number of gooil clothing.
They also took a shot Gun and two Pistols. '
I purchased the above Negroes some years
agolof the estate of Walfis Alexander, Eq.
deceased, of Lincoln county, N. C.J t
I willire the ;above reward and payall
reasonable expences to any person who will
apprehend said Negroes, and 4e.lirer them
to me ;n Charlotte, or secure thcin in any
Jail, so that I get them. X ' .. ,':
ZEN AS ALEXANDER.
'. April 11, 1815 66 3wU
HARDWARE, j
' , AT REDUCED PRICES, f
; JPor Western Bank paper, '.
MICHAEL KIMMEk, U
J'o. 4, J&rth Hrwrd Street t -opposite Jih
Joseph JForleifs Tavern, f ' 1
BALTIMORE.
TTOW opening 502 Packages assortrd
ii: CUTLKBY. SADDLERY. PLATBD
BRASS and JAPANNED WAtlE, BUT
TONS, &C &c, ;iw -m
And a further Supply .expected by the first
Spring ships. It will be worth the attention
I of purchasers to . call; .as those Goods have
oeen purcuasea ror lrmi in cngianu ; toe
. m:n ..u t... i. :
nisui 'iucui w in wc autu 4uw iui vain, ur un
liberal credit for acceptances in the City.
February 12, 1816. 01 3m
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tbisplacfb. , THOMAS LOKING.
jntnt ajrion, Jfril, 1816.
The unequalled lbceHorse wliich-never a5
- j... ,. .-5 beaten?
A fin sorrel, si!teen.hands'high band
sorrieiy markid of large Itone and musailir J
fiower, will stand the-ensuing season atlla-;:f
ifjjix CpurjJ-House, - Virginia, througJiQut th
season,, excf when shewn . at publ tc places.
aj.wltt ? Thirty Dollars. the seaon-
KptwiTi, 4udjwhe : the MareS ci;.
vereia j;bui same roaybe discharged by ,
twakBvu.w Jura ijf a4d7ytheCl;offulv.:
"tfW. deetfitihj'eas.ao'aay much in .,
isadvertiientrespectingthe pedigree or
perfonhances of Florel, as these may be .
tiiily seen in tits handbin7-jor 'of his colts.;
There were up waJ8 of one hundred 8t twenty '
of them dinners of purses -and sweepstakes in. -Hit
last four years ooi pasturage has been :t
procured. within a few miles 6f his stand, &t
25 cents per weeki well incloscatl and iriay
b-lied with gra;n.at-thc nejgliborbbod price,
if required! Servants boarded pri reasonable . ,
tencsj laid 5wie - dollar jn .'ctttcasetoHbe '
droomi sent frith tli e 'tnare likewise for'
board, grain . and pasturage, or ! punctually j
paid when the mare is taket away. "Tbe
greafst care will be t liken of maresV but can
not be Lable for accidents', &'c.4 , i, :
fl 1S SHERLEY, ,
March 20- , . rlyjor ;Villiam Ball
j 1 ' ; - v 'i
. . . ;CJIANCE, " ; ., V
A most bcautifui blood bay and handsome
marked, the f coper ty of John Taylce, "JEsg'.
1-1 son at the subscri
ber's Stable in theTowft of :
Warrcnton85 mites touth;
of Petefsburti 55 rodes. i)6rth of, Kateigb,
miles east of Hillsborough, &35 miles west
of Halifax And, will bo et to Mares at 20
the season, to be paid within the season,whicl
mill end on tlie, 15tb of July, &!5jhe leap,
to be paid down, and g40 to insure a mare to'
be in foal, and one duliar to tne broom n
each instance. No liaodity for accidents cf
any kirid; ,. ' ." . . ' . .JX .,
ja ASSK- iroru mi pcriCTtnsucss ana uJ
reid character is inferior to no horse ever"
imported into America. He was selected in
EnglarH by the best judges for hia present
ownerfla very high price, r ; i )
Cbance wasa gdod Racer. At Drneaster
in 1800he.Won the 100Z plate, beating tiir
Solomon,- tlaphazard.. SpottsmanV Hyacin
thusj&c .V.,V ; irf . '
At Rock-Springmeeting.l 801 Jie iron 5pf.
two mile heats, healing Ubneycomb, Tnini
peter, &c , "i
poncaster he von the DbflcaslerStakra
0 teil goinejris. each, thirteen i , subscribers
vjith twenty guineas-added, four milesj r.e'il,-
fngiiayacinths, Cocknghter,&c. - And 1!
same dy he won tbe Goltl Cup, Four miles, ;
beating Sir Solomon, Chanipiou and Atlain
menu - v.. ,
5 At Malton, in itO$. at Sf t;5lbv be won A
Sweepttf keaof twenty guinea each, nine
subscribers, Iwq mile teats, bcatiug Sir So
bmbn, 6 years old 8s t- 13lb". after w hich he
fell lime, and was sold to V. Duacorab for a
Stallion, from w horn he, Was purchased. ,
Good and exten&ire .Pasturage for such
Mares as may by'compitfjih'cre ot
the subscriber a4sd isefvantaoardgrati
and in case any person ay waihit rtiarb
feditakf il be done well at 25 cents per day
; ; J; pedigree tf Clancc. , .
He was got by Lurcher, hia dam R ecoyery
3y. Hyder Alley, his . grandara -Pcrdita by
tHerod. Lurcher was gotten by Duogahnon,
which wai by Cclipse hb dam was by l)er
: tumnus, (or .Eclipic).; ' H ydtf A Hey was ,
gotten by IHahi; hia dam by, Hegulus.
" -Ptfbrmahcea of ' Chance iC'dUsi"'-'.
. J5ll-(iiimalk;ni (iVc aMacomb's) d
guineas at Mlton,lQ0 guineas at Pontcfract
and the gold'cvp aJ)orica.ster. iov.v miles.
Speculator, (Sir G. Armytsgc's) iWgui.
neas. at Doncabter. ; ,
1812MvSeaife's b. c by Chance, clam
by Atticus, a Sweepstakes oi 180 guineas at
Stamford '' ' -( ' . ;
. Mr. Ft K . Price's C.xChancc, by Chance,
the MenibeT Plate of 701, three mites, at
Preston, chance the favorite. ;
r SiriS. A rmy t age V Accident, by Chance
the Maiden liate of SQL at: Chesirgcld;:2
miie bea s. ' ' '"'
Sir G Armytages b ,e. Speculator, by
Chance, the lOOrior all ages; 5 mile he&ts
at Pontefract, 3 tn 1 on Speculator.
Duke of liuiland's.b c. Urimalkin, by
Chance, the Sweepiiakkof SSPQ, guineas, at
New Majket 6 Crtm'alkii.
; liuke of Ku .laiidV b. CVGrWnalkin; by
nuance, oeu juoru m a; tvedi8h"s lciew
ton,. for 200 guineas, atfe: lareti.
, Uuxe ot . Uu land's bi cGrpialkin,, by
Chance beat Lord Uarliion,rsIophon:a,''
5yew s old, for the Jockey;clu Plate of 50
guineas. forll ags, at ew Market, 6 to 4
on Grinulkm. " " -
; Puke of Uutland's b. c Grimalkin, by
ChaDce; the Garden Stakes of 100 guineas
each, beating Mr, Shakespeare's b, h. Ghes
ter, LorJjersey'abi h. Invalid. Lord Folev's
Soothsayer, : Xosd l)arlinffton?s Om desde
.Gaul.and Mr. Ahdrewa's Trophoniu. 5 to 2
on unmuKiib v, - ' ; r
IrkcofttuOatid' Grimalkin, by Chance,
beat Mft Shakesperc'a bh c. Hydsspes, 2 to
1 on' Orimalkin. ,v ; ; - .;.
S vtbtaahoihers, thefparticulars not as.
certaned, the sheet Calendars only having .
arrired and'all othero.npt regular.
'1812--Griroalkio is now considered the
best 3 years ok! in England- the Dak of
Rutland having refused 1400 guineas for
bim. , y.
PHILBMOmHAWKINS.
Warrento, March 4, lBldf v 1 xi
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