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carried unanimously. On the fifth being put

Sir W. Curtis, Sir C. Price, and Sir J. Shaw, each attempted to justify the part they had taken in parliament (being three of the city members), which excited much disapprobation.

Mr. Alderman Combe approved of all the resolutions.

Mr. Alderman Wood congratulated the Livery on the proceedings of the Common Council the preceding day, and he trusted that the speedy downfall of that system which had so long governed the city would soon follow. He dwelt with severity on the conduct of ministers, who had added 200 millions to the national debt, and insulted the Corporation and Livery of London, and concluded by heartily supporting the resolutions. The 5th, 6th, and 7th resolutions were then put and carried in the affirmative.

Mr. Waithman then read a peti tion, founded upon the foregoing resolutions, to be presented to both houses of parliament, which was unanimously agreed to, and ordered to be signed by the Lord Mayor, 4 aldermen, and 10 liverymen.

It was then moved and carried, that the four representatives of the city be instructed to support the petition in the house of Commons, and oppose all restrictions which might be proposed to be put upon the Regent.

The thanks of the livery were then voted and carried to Mr. Alderman Combe, for his general conduct in parliament, and particularly during the late discussions; to Thomas Smith, Esq. late Lord Mayor of the city, for his able and impartial conduct while chief magistrate of the city; to Mr. Waithman and Mr.

Favel, for their conduct during that day; and to the right hon. the Lord Mayor, for his readiness in convening the livery, and his impartial conduct in the chair.-The meeting was then dissolved.

By the Irish papers it appears that the catholic committee at Dublin have discarded Lord Grenville, (who sacrificed their interest to become Chancellor of Oxford) and resolved that the petition should be presented to the house of Lords by the Earl of Donoughmore, and to the house of Commons by Mr. Grattan. The Prince of Wales's name is thus used by Mr. O'Connel—“ His royal highness's sentiments on this subject were neither concealed nor doubt. ful. He has communicated them, as become him, unequivocally and without disguise, amongst others, to catholics of rank and respectability. We therefore do not proceed on precarious grounds, when we announce emancipation as at hand. The word of the Prince is pledged-- we require not, neither could we have any more certain guarantee. We know that his understanding, clear, manly, and unimpaired, cannot be imposed on, nor his conscience surprised by any idle or unfounded scruple."

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Erratum in our last Number.VOLUME THE FIGHTH.

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B. Flower, Printer, Harlow.j

INDEX

TO THE

POLITICAL REVIEW.

VOL. VIII.

A.

AMERICA, state of the representation
in, xxvi-not disgraced by a civil
establishment of religion, xxvii-eco-
nomy of the government in, compared
with this country, ibid-has preserved
to herself for the last 30 years the
blessings of peace, xxviii-the repre-
sentative government of, has failed
to introduce a system of corruption
and abuse, ib.

Amiens, the treaty of, broken in the

most unjust measure by the British
minister, lxii

Arden, Lord, his "freehold" sinecure,
xxxvi

B.

Bank of England, the law respecting the
suspension of cash-payments of, ought
to be repealed, xxxyiii.xlvii-fulfils
its promises by breaking them, and
making others equally brittle, xl—
has been the sinews and life blood of
the war, xli-the directors acted
wisely, according to Lord Grenville,
in stopping payment, xliii-a profit-
able concern to the proprietors, li—
impossibility of its paying its notes
but with other notes while the war
continues, Ixi

Baring, Sir Francis, his evidence before
the bullion committee, xlv
Bernard, St. his reply to one of his fol-
lowers on being consulted if he might

hold two benefices, xxxiv
Bonaparte, his increased and increasing
territory, as opposed by the powers
of the present ministry, creates un-
utterable terrors, ii.iii
Borough-mongers, described by Mr.
Whitbread as the suckers of the
best blood of the house of Commons,
VOL. VIII.

xxii-any compensation to them op-
posed by Mr. Fox, xxiii

Brand, Mr. in his plan of reform, pro-
poses a compensation to borough-
mongers, xxii-his motion rejected
by a majority of two to one, xxiii-
remarks that the house of Commons
was not the representative of the
people of England, xxiv-his motion
opposed because it was not sufficient-
ly specific, xxix-pledges himself to
bring forward his motion again and
again, xxx

Britain, the blood of, lavished to sup-
port the old corrupted governments
of Europe, lv.

Brougham, Mr. extract from his adini-
rable speech on an attempt made by
some Liverpool wretches to revive
the slave trade, xxii
Buckingham, Marquis of, his sinecure,

xxxvi

Bullion committee, review of the re-
port of the, xxxvii-trace our diffi-
culties to the scarcity of specic and
the increase of paper currency, lix—-
recommend the bank to resume its
payments in specie, lxi

Burdett, Sir Francis, a pattern of every
social, domestic, and private virtue,
xiii-agrees with Lord Erskine con-
cerning parliamentary privilege, xv
-huis opinion respecting the right of
the house of Commons to appoint a
Regent, controverted, lxxxix
Burnet, Bishop, complained of the non-
residence of the clergy in his time,
Xxxiv

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of reform, xiii-asserts that there
was no necessity for any, and that
the house of Commons was all that
the honestly patriotic could wish, xxiv
-haughtily rejected every overture
for peace, Ixi

Catholic claims, review of parliamen-
tary proceedings relative to, xvi
Church, the, if not reformed, must be
ruined, xiv

Clergy, additional grant to the, xxxi-
might have been done without bur-
dening the people, xxxi-the higher
clergy convenient tools to every suc-
ceeding minister, xxxii non-resi-

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dence of the, xxxiii-not one, or any
part of the three estates of the realm,
lxxxvii note
Colonies, Spanish, the spirit of free-
dom bursts forth in the, lvii-con-
duct of England to the, lviii
Committee reports, generally rendered
useless, if unfavourable to ministers,
xxxvii

Cortez, proclamation for assembling the,
Ixiv-wisdom of their first proceed-
ings, lxv-establish a free press, Ixvi
-the assembling of recommended by
Marquis Wellesley, lxvi-benefits a-
rising from the assembly of the, lxii
Country banks, generally as safe as the
bank of England, xlix

Courier, curious apology for the ex-
cesses of the English army, lxxvi—
its scandalous abuse of the royal fa-
miły, civ-note

D.

Doddington, enormous value of the rec-
tory of, xxxii

E.

Edinburgh Reviewers, the scholars and
partizans of Grenville and Grey, xxiv
Erskine, Lord, entertains just senti-
ments concerning parliamentary pri-
vilege, xv-differs from Lord Grey,
xv-xvi

F.

Ferdinand, the restoration of, pledged
by ministers, lviii

Finance, the committee of, inculcate
the necessity of reform, lix
Fox. Mr. opposed stenuously any com-
pensation to boroughmongers, xxiii
nce, her exorbitant power and in-

sent greatness to the folly and wick
edness of her enemies, and will con-
tinue to thrive in proportion to the
hostile means resorted to to oppress
her, ib.-the power of enormously
increased, Ixii-many years before
she has a navy to rival us, Ixi
Franklin, Dr. assertion of, respecting
the political writers of his day, lxxiii

G.

Goldsmid, Mr. his evidence before the
bullion committee, xliv

Grattan, Mr. hurts the catholic cause
by his language respecting the veto,
xviii

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Grenville, Lord, conveniently indisposed
during the debates on the catholic
claims, xvii-agrees with Perceval in
preventing the just claims of the ca-
tholics, xviii administration, their
measures canvassed and censured,iv.v
Grey, Lord, strictures on his motion
for an address on the state of the na-
tion, i-pleads for war and the friends
of war, iii-his description of the
power and influence of France, vii-
his gross inconsistencies pointed out,
viii—begins to retract some of his
former sentiments respecting reforin-
viii.ix-conscious of his degradation
in the minds of the people, xi-ad-
vised how to regain his popularity,
xii-expresses himself ambiguously
on religion, xiii-his opinion respect-
ing parliamentary privilege, xv

H.

Huskisson, Mr. his confession respect-
ing the war, Ixi

I. J.

Income-tax, doubled by the Whig mini-
stry, v
Ireland, much oppressed by her ene-
mies as France ever was by Robes
pierre, xix
Jackson, Randal, reminds the bank-
stock proprietors of their war-like
achievements, xli-declares notes to
be as intrinsically valuable as guineas,
xliv-insults the public by demand-
ing money given away to foreign
princes, lii

K.

King the severely affected by the in-

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Mathew, General, entertains just ideas

of catholic freedom, xviii.xix
Melville, Lord, his sinecure, xxxv
Merle, Mr. his evidence before the
bullion committee, xliv
Ministers, would "shed more blood,"
if they had more guineas, xliii
Morning Chronicle, in a dilemma re-
specting the opposite opinions of
Lords Grey and Erskine on parlia
mentary privilege, xv
Morning Post, attacks unmercifully the
country banks, xlix -
presents its
readers with a plan for the deliverance
of Europe, Ix-its reasons for again
celebrating the jubilee, lxviii--charges
Bonaparte with a detestable vice, Ixix
-vain boasting of the, lxxii-retracts
a little, lxxvii

N.

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Nation, review of parliamentary pro-
ccedings concerning the state of the,
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Paper-money, an excess of, and why,
xxxvii-amount of, manufactured by
the bank of England, and at other
manufactories, xi- the support of
war, xli-occasions ruinous commer-
cial speculations, xlv-has occasion-
ed a rise in landed estates, rents,
paupers and poors rates, xliv-ull
Parliaments, shortening their duration
lately of no real value in law, xlviii
an essential reformation, xxxi — a
motion for that purpose will bring to
the test those moderate reformers
the old Whigs, xxxi
Peace, petitions for, recommended, vi

--can alone enable the bank to ful-
fill its promises to the public, xlviii
-no idea of, entertained by the
leading parties either in or out of ad-
ministration, lix-will never be made
on terms so advantageous as it might
have been under the Grenville admi-
nistration, Ix-necessity of petition.
ing for, Ixi-doubtful if it can ever
now be obtained upon what are called
honourable terms, lxii-necessity in
Perceval, Mr. exults in the accession of
seeking, Ixiii
power by the defection or the blun-
ders of Grenville and Grattan re-
specting the catholic claims, xviii-
his remarks on the non-residence of
the clergy, xxxiii-follows the same
line of conduct as Pitt did respecting
Pitt, Mr. wasted more lives in foreign
the Regency, Ixxxvi
wars, than Louis XIV. and aimed at
more innocent lives than Henry VIII.
ix-once declared that no honest man,
according to the present system,
could continue minister, x-effects
of his plan in forcing the bank to stop
payment, xl-expence of his wa

xli-was often warned bythe bank di-
rectors not to take away their guineas,
xlii--when in his early days he brought
forward his plan of reform, proposed
robbing the nation of a million of
money as a compensation to borough-
mongers, xxiii — pledged the royal
word that the Netherlands should ne-
ver form a part of France, lvi-his
arrogance to France during the last
war, Ixi

Ponsonby, Mr. only friendly to reform
as a means of getting himself and
friends into power, xxiv
Portugal, distressing state of, through
the ravages of the armies, lxxvi
Privileges of parliament, how under-
stood by lords Grey and Erskine, xiv

R.

Reform, according to Lord Grey, to be ob-
tained by confiding power and confi-
dence to those who want reforming!!,
ix-what sort of one Lord Grey wants,
x-what is really wanted, ib.--even cor-
rupt ministers acknowledge its necessi-
ty, xi-parliamentary, proceedings on
the subject of, xxi.xxxi--the advocates
of it agree in the necessity of restoring
to the people what they were robbed
of by the septennial act, xxi-shallow
excuses of its enemies, as if the house
were obliged to adopt every rash pro-
ject which might be brought forward,

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Tierney, Mr. unfriendly to parliamen-
Thanksgiving prayer, language of it ex-
tary reform, xxiv
ceptionable, lxxx

Times, speculations on the victory of
Buzaco by the, Ixx-apology for de-
luding the public, lxxiv
Toleration act, Lord Sidmouth's motion
Tespecting the, xix

Treaty, between Great Britain and Por-
tugal, Ivi — pledged by it never to
make peace till the Prince-Regent is
restored to the possession of his
throne, Ivi

V.

Vimeira, victory at, followed by a spee
dy retreat, lxxiii

W.

War, general and concise view of the
state and prospects of, xx-supported
by paper money, xli-review of the,
liii.xviii-the object of it the deliver-
ance of Spain and Portugal, liii-im-
possible to retrench our expences
while it continues, lix-ansuccessful
under every succeeding ministry, lx
Wellesley, Marquis, his sinecure, xxxvi
Wellington, Lord, the knight-errant of

ministers, liv-his glorious victories
followed by a precipitate retreat, ib.
stiled by the Morning Post" a second
Marlborough," lxxil speedily re-
treats from Vimiera after gaining a

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