his Family on the Throne-(with three times three.)

"Gentlemen, the next toast I shall propose to you is those who, next the King, are almost equally interested in the contitutional redress of the country, I mean

"The PEOPLE-(with three times three.)

"The Progress of public opinion—(with three). "A speedy Reform in the Representation of the People-(with three times three).”

Major Cartwright then proposed the Resolutions, which are as follow:

Resolutions, 1st May, 1809.

RESOLVED, I. That it is "the grand principle of the Constitution, that the People shall have a share in the Government, by a just Representation to Parliament."

II. That the long duration of Parliaments greatly facilitate the corruption of the members, and removes that wholesome check or controul on their conduct,-a frequent recurrence to the opinion of their constituents.

III. That in a petition presented to the House of Commons, on the 6th of May, 1793, it was offered to be proved at the bar, "that 154 individuals did, by their own authority, appoint or procure the return of 307 Members of that House"

(exclusive of those from Scotland), "who were thus enabled to decide all questions in the name of the whole people of Great Britain."

IV. That in the Act (commonly called the Act of Settlement) which placed the House of Brunswick on the throne of these realms, it was asserted and recognised as the constitutional principle, that no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a member of the House of Commons,"

V. That it appears by a Report laid on the table of the House of Commons, in June last, that 73 of its members are in the regular receipt, under the Crown, of 178,9947. a year.

VI. That in 1782 it was declared by Mr. Pitt, in the House of Commons, that "seven or eight members of that House were sent there by the Nabob of Arcot, and that a foreign State in enmity to this country might procure a party to act for it under the mask and character of members of that House.'

VII. That such a state of representation is a national grievance.

VIII. That in every department of the State into which inquiry has been made, scandalous corruptions and abuses have been detected.

IX. That the exclusion of the public voice from all influence in, and the consequent corrup

tion of, the Government of the Continental States, have been the causes of their subjugation.

X. That so long as the people shall not be fairly represented, corruption will increase; our debts and taxes will accumulate; our resources will be dissipated; the native energy of the peo ple will be depressed, and the country deprived of its best defence against foreign foes.

XI. That to remedy the great and glaring evils of which we complain, it is not necessary to have recourse to theoretical speculations, or dangerous experiments in Government, but to recur to the principles handed down to us by the wisdom and virtue of our forefathers.

XII. That the remedy is to be found, and to be found only in a full and fair representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament; a remedy equally necessary to the safety of the throne, and the happiness and independence of the country.

XIII. That we therefore recommend to every town, city, and county, to take the state of the representation into consideration, and urgently, but temperately, to apply to Parliament to adopt such measures as shall secure to the nation the rea lity and uses of representation.

Mr. Maddox seconded the Resolutions, and with great pleasure; for in his conscience he believed

that they contained the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Mr. Maddox expatiated with uncommon animation upon the extent of parliamentary corrup tion, till Sir Francis Burdett put the Resolutions collectively, which were carried. He then gave— "The Cause for which Hampden bled in the field, and Sydney on the scaffold."

The next toast was, "Mr. WARDLE, and may we ever possess an advocate with ability to detect, and courage to expose, corruption."

Mr. Wardle upon this rose, amid universal and continued applause, and said, he was most truly obliged to the Meeting for the attention they had paid to him, which was extremely gratifying to his feelings, and such as he never could forget. If his parliamentary conduct had merited all the thanks he had received, all he could say was, "Little he had done, and he sincerely wished he could have done more." It was not his desire to engross all the thanks: they were much better deserved by their worthy chairman, who had afforded him that assistance throughout he was so well able to give, and without meaning a compli ment to him he would say, there was no man in the country of talent equal to give assistance so effectually. It was from his instructions that he had succeeded, and it was his greatest pride to call this worthy man his friend. The people of Eng

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land, in supporting him (Mr. W.), were doing themselves justice, as he was only acting for their benefit. His trial had been short, and they had taken him up and supported him through the whole. It had not been so with their worthy Chairman, who had toiled up hill for them for years, amid obloquy and opposition, to achieve their liberties. He had not received such support, though God knows he had deserved it much better. In abilities he had deserved it better. zeal to serve them, he (Mr. W.) would yield to no man. He pledged himself to pursue that line of conduct which had been sanctioned, he might without vanity say, by the great mass of the people of England. Lost must he be to every feeling which warmed an honest bosom, if he could desert such a cause, and worthy to be an exile from his native land, and hated by every honest man. He then alluded to a letter he had received from Sheffield, which he was desired to communicate to them. It informed him, that after a vote of thanks to himself, they had come to a resolution against the general corruption, which was signed by 15,000 names. There was also a resolution of the same kind from Paisley, in Scotland, signed by 4000. It was impossible for him to waver, and if he appeared to do so, he only asked them to call him to an account, and hear him in explanation. He said this, because an