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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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
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,
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
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-
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
Doddington, enormous value of the rec- tory of, xxxii
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
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
Goldsmid, Mr. his evidence before the bullion committee, xliv
Grattan, Mr. hurts the catholic cause by his language respecting the veto, xviii
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
Huskisson, Mr. his confession respect- ing the war, Ixi
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
King the severely affected by the in-
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
Nation, review of parliamentary pro- ccedings concerning the state of the, i.xvi—the honour of, sacrificed to the
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
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,
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
Vimeira, victory at, followed by a spee dy retreat, lxxiii
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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