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 January 10, 1770. 
 
 IMTr. Surke faid, that tint people of England, 
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 Mr. Fox cbfcrvcd, that the licence Gentle- 
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 fome ingenuky, in endeavouring to confound 
 the reaforiings of his opponents. Cunning^ 
 rnuch life, more profligacy, fomc wit, and 
 tittle fenfe, is no unfair account of his perform- 
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 '"have broke through the cobwebs of the law, 
 and to range uncontrouled, unpunifhed, thrx)Ugh 
 the land ? The myrmidons of the Court have 
 heen long, and arc IHU purfuing liim in vain. 
 They will not fpend their time upon me, or 
 you, or you. No ; they difdain fuch vermin, 
 when the mighty Boar of the foreft, that has 
 broke through all their toils, is before thcm^ 
 But what will all their efforts avail ? No fooner 
 has he wounded one, than he lays down another 
 dead at his feet. For my part, when I faw his 
 attack upon the King, I own my blood ran 
 cold. I thought he had ventured too far, and 
 that there was an end of his triumphs. Not 
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 by which a wife Prince might profit. It was 
 the rancour and venom with which I was ftruck. 
 In thefe refpe^s^ the North Briton is as much 
 inferior tp him, as in ftrength, wit, and judge- 
 ment. But while I exped:ed from this daring 
 flight his final ruin and fall, behold him flill 
 rifing higher, ^nd coming down foufe upori 
 both Houfes of Parliament. Yes, he did make 
 you his quarry, and you ftill bleed from the 
 wounds of his talons. You crouched, and 
 hill crouch beneath his rage. Nor has he 
 dreaded the terror of your brow, Sir, — he has 
 attacked even you. Sir, — and I believe you 
 have no reafon to triumph in the encounter. 
 In ffiort, after carrying away our Royal Eagle 
 in his pounces, and dafliing him againft a rock, 
 he has laid you proftrate. King, Lords, and 
 Commons, are but the fport of his fury. 
 
 What is the caufe of this general ayerfion 
 to Law, this univerfal confpiracy againft Go« 
 vcrnment ? It docs not arife from the natural 
 depravity of the people, nor from the acci- 
 dental mifbehavioui of our Courts of Law ; Th€ 
 whole is chargeable upon the Adminiftration. 
 The Mlnifters arc the grand criminals. Till 
 they are removed and puniihed, the kingdom 
 
 will be in a fccnc of anarchy and confufion. 
 
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 On the motion of Serjeant Glynn, " that 
 ^' a Committee be appointed to enquire intoi 
 " the adminiftration of criminal juflice, and 
 ^' the proceedings of the Judges in Wcftmin- 
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 *' the Liberty of the Trrfs, and the conftitu- 
 *' tional power and duty of juries;** 
 ' ' Mr. Fox afkcd the fupp)rters of the motion 
 what they were abo l > You have yourfelves 
 confcfied, faid hc^ that you are no legal Houfe 
 of Commons, that you are de fadoy no ife jure^ 
 and you are going to arraign the venerable 
 Judges of Weftminfter Hall, and enter on a 
 reviiion of the la\ys of the ^and. Who do yoq 
 think will pay a^y atteption to your authority ? 
 From your former confeffions have they a 
 right ? Nq; they cannot (if they take you at 
 your own words) hold you, or your debates, 
 in any other light, than the idle declamations 
 of fo many CQifce-houfc politicians. / have 
 heard a great deal of the peopky and the criss of 
 the people^ but where, or how, am I to find 
 out thefe complaints ? So far as my enquiries. 
 ^jave led me, thefe complaints do not ex'rjl ; for 
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 Mr. Fox obfcrved, that if it was all fmokc on 
 9ne fide the Houlc, it was all jiame ana fire on 
 the other (lookijig towards the oppoution fide) 
 and that there was an elTenti^l difference be- 
 tween the W^-Z'/iofthc people, and the yt?^«r/V^ 
 of the rights of tjic pegplcif* that the latter, 
 and not the formpj:^ had been the objeift of the 
 Miniftry. 
 
 Mr. Burke in reply faid, that he could not 
 but comment upon the Right Honourably 
 Qentleman's diftind^ipn between the rights of 
 the people, and the fccurity of the people's 
 rights i which was very Iggical, but that the 
 people '.-:re fo dull, that they would concur 
 in fpite of what the H'glu Honourable Gcntk> 
 man had faid, " that if there i^ere 110 right Sy 
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 «Jnis coniluv^, (taring that part of Lonl ^fortl/i Adminiftra- 
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 Mr. Fox faid, that the honour of the Houfe 
 was concerned in vindicating their own ad: ; that 
 having ordered their meflcnger to apprehend 
 Miller, he could not be guilty of an aliliult] in 
 the execution of his office ; and that it v'fas 
 mofl difgraccfu! for the Houfe to fuffcr their 
 fervant, who had aft equal protection with any 
 Member, or even the Speaker, to remain one 
 inftant in confinement. 
 
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 Mr. Fox vindicated the manner of fending 
 Treafury LiJIs to their friends, who to balloC 
 for ; that it w\is nccdiary (of Adniiiiiflrations 
 to da fo on all occafions.'^ 
 
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 Mr. Burl'c declared he would oppofe any '' 
 mcafure that might prove rubvcrfivc of thofe" 
 
 rights 
 
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 rights which the Eall India Company not only 
 enjoyed by charter, but which they had bought. 
 The able Counfel at the Bar have fo fully gone 
 Ihrough the Company's rights td appoint fu- 
 pcrvifors, aiid (6 ably dated to the Hbufe the 
 ueceffity of fuch appointment, that I will not 
 * follow them through oite itich Qi the ground 
 they bave gone over, pcffuadcd, as 1 am, that 
 they have left cdnvidVibn on the mind of every 
 Gentleman who retains the Icaft particle of Par- 
 liamentary indeperidericc^ and the leajl regard 
 to national fdlth. Sir, you have heard at your 
 Bar, what your Committees have done. One 
 has been fo flow in their mdtions, that the Com- 
 pany have given up Idng fince all hopes of re- 
 tire fs from thcni, and the other has gone on 
 altogether as rapid, that they do not know 
 ivhcre they will ftop. Like the fly of a jack, 
 the latter has gone hey go mad ! The bther^ 
 like the ponderous lead at the other end ; and 
 in that manner, Sir, have roajled the Eafl India 
 Company. Shame upon fuch proceedings ! Re- 
 coiled, I entreat ydu, your dignity. Recoiled 
 too, the national faith is in this injlance violated ! 
 And I conjure you, by all that is either dear^ 
 or facrcd, that you will recoiled the noble 
 intrepidity of your brave anceftors, and kotv 
 ihev wouVd have afted, // any Afinijlef in their 
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 India Company were in a date of actual bank- 
 ruptcy, and that they were on the brink of 
 ruin, when he himfelf was the caufe of that 
 tuin. In ihorr, conlidering that the Govern* 
 ttient annually receive from the Eaft India 
 Company, o^• E million net money, /or duties, 
 cufiomSf and excife, I think no Bill Jhould be 
 nfjemed to, which may §t aU affeB thiir Re^ 
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 On a motion for reftraining the India Com- 
 pany from dividing more than fix per cent. 
 ' on their Capital. 
 
 Mr. Burke faid he meant to prove the fol* 
 lowing Propofitions : 
 
 1. That the Eaft India Coqapany were not 
 before the Houfe. 
 
 «. That, if ever they were there, they had 
 been brought before the Houfe by forc^p 
 fraud, and menaces, 
 
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 ^nd the Company, was, on the fide of 
 
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 under a dcfpotic Governm«nt, was in a' 
 better fituation than the Englifh Eaft 
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 which pretended to liberty. 
 
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 * What v.'culd Mr. BMric have thought of Mr. Lcfy 
 the late Attorney Generates declaration, that fl charter 
 *' "MM apiece of parchment^ ivit/j a lump of nvax (/angling at 
 ** Hye end of if," had he retained his opinion of the Com- 
 pany's right to their territorial pofleffions, when Mr. />.v 
 introduced his Kafl India Bill ? 
 
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 ; bt4t could not be exceeded in the annals of 
 ■ '"^ ^ any country, how defpotic foever ! * 
 
 . Rcfpcding the French Eafl India Company, 
 Tie faid, that when ^hcy were in a deplorable 
 iituation, the King tbok their debts upon him- 
 felf, and has fince punftually difcharged them. 
 That in the vvorft of times he had permitted 
 them to divide jive per cent, and that he and 
 his Minifters had adtcd, compared with our 
 King and his Miniftexs^, with refpeft to their 
 Eaft India Company, lUie angels ; and that the 
 French Eail . India Company had flourilhed 
 more in a land of dcfpotifm, than the Englifli 
 Eaft India Company ever had done in a land 
 of boalled liberty ; but our liberty conjijied in 
 boajling only, and was imaginary^ What, fays 
 he, are you about to do ? Are you not going to 
 invade the rights of the Company, as invejied in 
 them by charter ? Have you fuch an authority 
 by the Conjiitution f No ! Are you not going to 
 
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 * N. B. This Eihnund Burke, who here declares, the 
 reftraining the India Company from dividing more than 
 fix jier cent, on their Capital, " an infringement on char- 
 " tercii rights, 'which the j'plrit of B.nglijhmen ought never to 
 " brooh^^'* is the fame EdmundBurke, who fo lately^ repeatedly, 
 and warmly, fupported a Bill for feizing the government, 
 fttpers, and effects of the Company, and vefling them in 
 ihc hands of ftrangprs ! 
 
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 ^ally to deprive the Dire^ors of the Company of 
 their rights P"^ 
 
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 * After afferting thu« much, whatever good qtialitics 
 the admirers of Mr. Burke (for even Mr. Burke has hia 
 admirers) may afcribe to that Gentleman, conjijtency^ not 
 to fay principle^ is furcly not to be reckoned amongft them, 
 if wc arc to give any fort of credit to the following Ex- 
 tract from Mr. Burke's fpcech in the Houfc of Commons, 
 in fupport of Mr, Fox's Eaft India Bill, on Monday De-« 
 cerober ift, 1783, ** A great deal, liaid Mr. Burke, has been 
 thrown out about the violation of charters, apd the rights 
 of individuals. The Bill then before the Houfe, he faid^^ 
 he ccnfidered as the Magna Cbartm of Indoftan. It was 
 of more importance than ten charters of the £ail India 
 Company, and demanded their carneft attention. Mr. 
 Bu:ke defended the taking the continuance of the admini' 
 ftration of the Company's affairs out of the hands of the 
 Court of Director*, and faid, after what was paft, and the 
 ccnfe(!v,ences, lojnc <-i which he had Ihortly touched on, 
 it would bo on a6t of lunacy to continue the government 
 of the territoi ial acquifitions, and the management of the 
 territorial revenues, any longer in the Company's own 
 hands. The Eaft India Company had forfeited their 
 truft in \arious inftames ; and with what pretence couldt 
 they talk of the facredncfs of chr.rtered rights, who bad 
 brf»ke through chartered rights in India, in innumcrabl© 
 inAapcv's ? Mr. Burke paflcd the warmcll encomiums on 
 
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 partiality, ii[*on a Petition from Axr. loone. 
 
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 the Bill, amj iaid, highly ns he edeemcd his Right Ho- 
 nourable friend (Mr. Fox) before, he admired him much 
 more now. His Bill would immoi talize him, and make 
 him the fubjeol of ndoration in India. He wo\ild venture 
 to aflert, that when the Bill was fully imdei ifood, and the 
 fyftem of his honourable friend univcrfally known, both 
 the one and the other would be as much ti\e Aihjefts of 
 praifc and approbation here, as he was convinced they 
 would be the fubjeifts of the moft heartfelt gratitude in India* 
 JUr. Burke concluded with a warm and high wrought pane- 
 gyrick on his friend Mr. Fox, whofc venturing to 1 i.que 
 his popularity, to face the induftrious calumny of intcrefted 
 malice, to ftem the torrent of fadlious clamour artfully 
 railed within doors and without, and to run every hazard 
 as a Man and a Minifter, in order to carry a meafure, on 
 which tlie falvation of our Indian territories, and the hap- 
 pinefs of thirty millions of lubjefts in that quarter of the 
 globe, and the honour of the Britifli character depended, 
 |ie declared, did him the higheft honour. 
 
 Mr. Burke was upon his legs more than two hours. As 
 ^Kt had been three years eirij)loyed in ftudioully endeavour- 
 jng to make himfelf mafter of the fubjecl, and had not, 
 during that time, taken vip the attention of the Houfe upon 
 the affairs of India, he hoped he fhould be heard with 
 patience, while he difculTed the neceffity of the prefcnt 
 Bill, and convinced the Houfe, that if they had any regard 
 fov the fafety of our territorial acqqifitions in India, and 
 the revenues derived from them ; any regard for the hap- 
 pinefs and fecurity of our Indian fubje(fts, or any regard 
 for the national in^erefl and honour, not a moment fhould 
 J^ loft m paffing it into a Law." 
 
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 Mr. Fox faid, the Houfc had been (o favou- 
 rable to the printers the Kift time, they now 
 imaf};ined they had a right to libel any Member ; 
 nnd if the printers were fuifered to go on at 
 this rate, they would next claim, as one of 
 their privileges, " ike right of libelling zukovi 
 
 Same Day. 
 
 Mr. Fox faid, we had not lofl: the confidence 
 of the People by the Middlefex Eledion, aj 
 M IS foolilhly thought, but by fuffering with • 
 tanienefs the many infults that had been of^ 
 fell d to the Sovereign, and that Houfe ; that 
 had he his will, tho/e Aldermen and others, who 
 pcfcnted their remonstrances to the Throne^ 
 jhohLd be taken into cujlody 'i" - / ' ''. 
 
 February 16, 
 
 Mr. Fox faid, he had two ncws.>papers of 
 *%hat day in his hand, that in «ach was a Letter 
 
 ligned 
 
 * It has laft'ly been pretty genrrnlly circulated, that 
 fhniild a ccrfa-n per/on be again in power, a rtop will be 
 put to pubHfhing the Dcbati-s of Parliament. 
 
 f It is but juftice to Mr. Fox to fay, that //j/i has not 
 heen, of late years, exa^ly his opinion, having more than 
 rnce or twice, laid down and maintained, the right of tiic 
 fuitjetH to petition and rcmonlhatc. 
 
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 figned " A South Britain,^' which in his opinion, 
 was the moft fue-rant and malicious libel that 
 ever appeared ; that it was a libel of the mod 
 atrocious kind, as it reflected on his Majcfty 
 and the Government at large ; that if they fuf- 
 fered thofe libellers to go unpunilhed, we 
 Ihould never be free from libel.* - ^ 
 
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 Sir Edward AJlley moved, that leave be given for 
 bringing in a Bill for rendering perpetual y 
 
 . the Adts refpe(^ing the trying of contro- 
 Tcrted Ele(5tions by Committees. 
 
 Mr. Fox faid, he would oppofe the Bill, 
 from a proof and thorough convi(5tion, that it 
 would be parting from the power and privi- 
 leges of the Houfe ; that if any perlbn, how- 
 ever unqualified, was to get a majority of 
 Votes, by this A&. the Houfe would be obliged 
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 in the breaft of the King, aiul Lords, whctheif 
 the Houfe fhould have any rcdrefs.* 
 
 * Mr. Thomas TownJIjcnd faU, that for the Honourable 
 Gentleman's (Mr. Fox*s) conduct, whofe arginnents were 
 generally bad, he would make no other aliowance than his 
 yfiitfi and inexpericKce, Mr. Aubrey alio was fevere on Mr. 
 Fox, and anl\vered his objc<flions to the Bill. Lord Oeorgi 
 Gcrma'ne repiefcnced Mr* F*ox*s argtinicnt as tibfurd and 
 ridiculous. The Solicitor General, (Mr. WcaJcrbm/ie) was 
 alto fevere on Mr. Fcxy who, he faid, " had dreadfid ap- 
 ♦' prehcnlions of lollng his privileges ; but did bethink, 
 •* if an old woman was to petition the Houfe, her poti- 
 ** tion would be referred to a Committee, and if it was, 
 " could he have any appreherilions from the deciiion of 
 *' the Comnuttec ? No! But If the young Gentleman (Mr. 
 " Fox) was not of fitch an ohfilnatc dlfpofition^ he vjould 
 •* endeavour to coitvincc him jf his error.** I ven iT/r* Ed' 
 tfiuad Jiurkf, the lame Edmund Bui'^e that is now lot^gued 
 with Lord North and Mr* Fox, cried out fhame upon it* 
 He vv;\s at once fatirical, mafterly, and eloquent. He 
 an.'.ckid the Minifter in the nioft pointed term"! i. called 
 uooii his boaOed honefty to fupport the perpetuity of il'.e 
 Bill : He faid, •' thouj^h the noble L^-id was daily de- 
 ferted by nu^ihers, he would ftill be deferred by more, 
 for there were men in that Houfe, " not like the Minijicr^ 
 " tned of being hon^ /" Mr. Fox was alfo oppofcd by Sir 
 RdA-ard Aftiey, Sir John Molcfworth, Mr. fames Grcn- 
 ville, juiuor, Sir George Yoiige, Mr. Ward, Colonel 
 Barre, Mr. A ib'-ey, Captain Phipps, Mr. Dunning, Loi:4 
 (i:jor^e L'avend (li, Sir George Savile, Sir William Mere- 
 dith, Mr. Dovvdefwoll, Serjeant Glynn, Governor John* 
 f^jn^, and Mr. Dcmprtcr. Aficr Mr. Ff.v'j oppofition to 
 fu.il x Bill, which every independent man not only 
 rh'^u thu i^hr, bit has iiiicc found a blejfin^^ what right ha» 
 he to Uippjl^., the pc^tple will imagine there is any fm^ 
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 D F T H E 
 
 ADDRESSiES 
 
 * PRksiENtEb td tHE • 
 
 KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY^ 
 
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 kEJECTION OF MR. FOX'S EAST INDIA BILL. 
 ' AND THE DISMISSION OF THE LATE AD- 
 MINISTRATION. 
 
 
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 TMlfi Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, 
 Aldermen, ShcriffSj and Common Coun* 
 x:il of the City ot London^ waited upon Hts 
 Majefty with the following Addrefs, which 
 was read by James Adair, Efq ; the Recorder. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Exfcelleiit Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Lord Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commons of the City of Lon- 
 don, in Common Council aHembled* 
 
 Moft Gracious Sovereign, 
 
 WE your Majcfly's moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjc^s, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- 
 
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 mons of the City of London, in Common" 
 Council aflcmbled, conficler it incumbent on 
 ns, at the prefent alarming moment, to ap- 
 proach the Throne with renewed alFurances of 
 our mod faithful and conitant attachment to 
 your Majefty's Perfon and Government. 
 
 Your faithful Citizens lately beheld, with 
 infinite concern, the progrefs of a mcafure,, 
 which equally tended to encroach on the rights 
 of your Mjjclly's Crown, to annihilate the * 
 Chartered Rights of the 1'^ ift India Compan}',. 
 and to raife a new power unknown to this free 
 Government, and highly inimical to its fafety. 
 
 As this dangerous niv^ifurc was warmly fup-^ 
 ported by your Majefty's late Minifters, wc 
 heartily rejoice in their difmifiion, and humbly* 
 thank your Majefty for exerting your Preroga- 
 tive in a manner fo falutary and conftirutional. 
 
 It is impofliblc for us to confider that event' 
 ■without frelh admiration of the Conititution 
 handed down by our Ancellors ; and wc trull 
 that in the well compounded Legiflatnre of this- 
 Kingdom, there will ever be found fonle 
 branch, readv to dttend the Rtphtsand Libet*- 
 lies of the People, and to pieftrve inviolate 
 the faith and honour of parliamentary tngngc- 
 luenis.. V..., . „. , . 
 
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 The Prerogatives of your Majefly's high 
 office were annexed thereto for the good or 
 the People ; and vvc beg your Miijefty will re- 
 ceive our earned alliiranccs, that the Citizens 
 of London will always fupport the conflitu- 
 tional excrcife of them to the utmolt of their 
 power. 
 
 Highly fenfible of your Majelly's paternal 
 care and affedtion for )'our People, we pray 
 the Almighty that you may long reign in 
 peace over a free, aa happy, and united Na- 
 tion. 
 
 Signed, by Order of Coutt, 
 ■ , I ' ' ■ ' William Rix. 
 
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 To which Addrefs His Majefty was pleafcd to 
 return the following moll Gracious Anfwer. 
 
 I THANK you for this dutiful and af- 
 fectionate Addrefs, and for the expreflions of 
 your attachment to my pcrfon, and your zeal 
 for the excellent Conftltution of this Country. 
 
 My faithful Citizens of liOndon may always 
 de])end upon my earned attention to the wel- 
 fare of all my Subjects, and may afllire them- 
 klyes, that in the exercife of the powers with 
 \\ hich I am inverted by the Conftitution, I fliall 
 uniformly endeavour to promote the happinefs 
 
 and ]>rorpcrit}' of mv People. 
 
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 They were all received very gracioujiy, and 
 )iad the honour to kifs his Majeily's hand. 
 
 After which his Majcfty was pleafed to con- 
 fer the honour of Knighthood on Barnard Tur- 
 ner, Eft^ ; Alderman, and one of the Sheriffs. 
 
 ll: 
 
 The Addrefs of the Dean, High Steward, 
 Deputy Steward, Two Chief Biirgcffes, Bur- 
 geflcs, AflTiftant Burgeffcs, and other Houfe- 
 holders of the City and Liberty of Weflminder, 
 prefented to the King by James Sayer, Efq ; 
 Deputy Steward, accompanied by Sir Cecil 
 WraVf Bart, one of the Rcprcfcntatives in Par- 
 liament for the faid City, and fcveral of the 
 ^urgeiTcfi, 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majclly. 
 
 The humble Addrofs of the Dean, High 
 Steward, Deputy Steward, Two Chief Bur* 
 gcffes, Burgflll's, Aflil^i^'it Buigeircs, ancj 
 other Houfciioldcrs of the City and Li-^ 
 berty of VVcftiuinflcr, 
 
 Mqft Gracious Sw^jcrflj^tt, 
 WE your MajcHy's mod dutiful and loyal 
 Subjects, iht Dean, High Steward, Deputy 
 ^lewurd, Two Cliicf Burgclfcs, Burgciles, 
 
 Afliflai^ 
 
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 Afliftant Burgeflls, and other Houfeholdcrs 
 of the Citjr and Liberty ot* We ft minder, beg 
 kave to approach your Throne with the moft 
 jealous aflluances of loyalty to your Pcrfon, 
 family, and Government. 
 
 It was with the unnoft concern that we be- 
 held an attempt made by your Majefty's fete 
 Minifters, to deprive a great Commercial Com - 
 pany of their Chartered Rights^ by the Bill 
 brought into Parliament ; which, had it paffed 
 into a Law, would have been a dangerous pre- 
 cedent, and created a new executive power un- 
 known to the Conftitution of this Country. 
 
 We moft lincerely thank your Majefty for the 
 difmiffion of thofe Minifters from their em- 
 ployments; and aflure your Majefty that wc 
 have great confidence in the principles of the 
 prefent Adminiftration, and that whilft they 
 nurfue meafures conducive to the honour of the 
 Crown, and the true interefts of their Country, 
 they may fafely rely on the fupport of the 
 People. 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Mayor, Sheriffs, Ci- 
 tizens and Commonalty of the City of Nor- 
 wich, piefented to the King by Jeremiah Ives 
 
 llarvey, Efq; Mayor of the faid City. 
 
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 ''To the KING'S Moll Excellent Majcfty. * 
 
 The humble Addrcfs of the Ma. or, Shcriirs-, 
 Citizens and Coniiuon;iltv of the Citv of 
 Norwich, in Cotr.nion Council allcmbled. ^ 
 
 .,V»' 1'. vour Mijcfiy'b moil dutiful and lovaf 
 f-viUjcc:>» the Mayor, Sheriffs, Citizens and 
 Conimonnlty of the City of Norwich, beg 
 l^javc to approach your Throne v/ith the nioll 
 7xaio;i;j allurafice of loyalty to vour Perfon, 
 ud attachment to our excellent Conftitution. 
 
 IinpiciTed with a rtfpedt for, and confidence 
 ifutiiL Lceiflature of our Country, we have en- 
 tlvuvoured to avoid unnccciririly add^'Hing our 
 S<ivtr(ign; but at the prcfcnt awful crifis, 
 t\hcn public peace and private fecurity fceni 
 cquallx cndr.ngcrcd, when a powerful and 
 vloknr c»infvderacy of men boldly maintain 
 thvli '•'■n'n.iy and their Mcafurcs only to have 
 ric fir.ctiin of the People, to continue filcnt 
 w r. a r. pioich. Permit us then, Sire, to 
 unitn \ our M:\jelly our moll grateful thanks, 
 tor the recent inilanee of vour Majeft\ 's j)a- 
 ft rual cire r.nd attention to rhc intercit of 
 Tour Subjects, in difmiifint; fueh men from 
 ^ f,*ur Councils ; and to aliurc your Majcfty, 
 I bar wc fhi^ll be always nadv with our lives 
 and foriunes to Aij^port } eur jull Prerof^at.ivc. 
 
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 crfon, 
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 V- That your Mijcily tiiav very lono" continue 
 to reign over a free, h;ippy, and loyal People, 
 is the invariable object of our moll fervciit 
 prayer. ' • ' ( <-. ;>ir. * .. s- 
 
 Criven under our Corrimon Seal of r!ie fj.ld 
 -' City, this 21 fl Day of January, 1784. 
 
 The Addrefs of the Freemen and Cii 
 
 izcm 
 
 •cf 
 
 York, prcfentcd to the^ King by Henry Dun- 
 combej Efq; one of the Rcprefent'itives ia 
 Parliament for the Countv of Yoik. ; .** 
 
 .! To the KING'S Moft Excellent MajeHy. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Freemen v.nd Ci- 
 tizens of York. 
 
 M(;^fl Gracious So-jcrei^ii, 
 ' WE your Majclly*s moil dutiful imd W\\\ 
 SubjeiLls, the Freemen and Citizens cfYork, af- 
 fembledat theMcrchants [ lall in rheCityofYork.» 
 the thirti<rth day of JaLUiary, 17S4, confider it 
 incumbent on us, at the prel'ent alarming mo- 
 ment, to approach the Tliroiic, with the warmef! 
 alTurances of our moft fuitliful and confTant 
 attachment to your M:ii'.fiv's Pcrfon and Go- 
 vernment. ' *' ^ '• " " "' 
 
 Wc havcTately t)iheld, with infinite concern, 
 the ' progrefs of a uiearure, which, while it 
 
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 tended, by alienating property without thU 
 confent of the Proprietors, and by veiling an 
 enormous patronage in a few individuals, to 
 create a new and formidable powe unknown 
 to this free Government; and, by deftroying 
 the Chartered Rights of the Eafl India Com- 
 pany, to annihilate the validity of all Charters^ 
 threatened at once to encroach on the Rights 
 of your Majefty's Crown, to fubvcrt the liber"- 
 ties of the Subjcd:^ and to take away the legal 
 fecurities of Property from your M;^je fly's faith- 
 ful People. 
 
 As this dangerous meafure was undertaken, 
 and warmly fupjwrtcd by your Majc(ly*s late 
 MinifterS^ we heartily rejoice in their difmif- 
 fion, as men who have jv Uly forfeited the con* 
 fidence both of your Majefty and of your loyal 
 People ; and we mod humbly thank your Ma- 
 jtfly for cxercifing your Prerogative in a man- 
 ner fo falutary, fo fubfervient to the public 
 good, and confequently fo conflitutionaU 
 
 It is impoflible for us to confider the latQ 
 event, without frcfh admiration of the Confll- 
 tution handed down by our anccllors ; and we 
 truft, that in the ^^cfr* balanced legiflation of 
 this kingdom, there wiii ever be found fomc 
 branch ready to muinraifi the lawful Preroga- 
 tive of the Crown, ro dcu nd thq^ rights and 
 
 liberties 
 
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 liberties of the People, and to prefcrve inviolate 
 the faith and honour of parliamentary engage- ' 
 ments : And we earneftly wilh your Majefty to 
 be alFurcd, that as the Prerogatives of the 
 Crown have been annexed thereto for the good 
 of the Public, we will always fupport the con- 
 ftitutional exercife of them to the utmoit of 
 our powen 
 
 Highly fcnfible of your Maje(ly*s paternal 
 care and affedtion for 5'our People ; and con- 
 vinced, by this recent inftance, of your Royal 
 regard to the elTencial principles of juftice, 
 and to our excellent form of Government, we 
 pray the Almighty, that he will prolong your 
 reign, render your Majefty the happy inftru- 
 ment of j'our People's welfare and union, and, 
 Jn their fecurity and peace^ ellablilh and pre- 
 fcrve your own* 
 
 Ci Rawdon, Chairman* 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Freeholders of the 
 County of Middlefex, prefented to the King 
 by George Byng, Efq; one of the Reprefenta- 
 tives in Parliament for the faid County. 
 
 WE your Majefty*s dutiful and loyal Stlb- 
 jeds^ Freeholders of the County of Middlefex, 
 
 D allure 
 
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 aflurc your Majefty of our moft cordial attacl^- 
 ment to your Perfon and Government, and our 
 reverence for the Conftitution as eftablilhed ac 
 the glorious Revolution. * . / >.. « 
 
 We cannot reflect on the very peculiar fitu- 
 arion of the country at the prefent moment, 
 and the melancholy ftate of the national credit^ 
 without reprefcnting the neceffity that appears 
 for the moft diligent and a^ive endeavours of 
 thofe whotti your Majefty ftiall think proper to 
 intruft with the condud of the public affairs, 
 to relieve the one and to reftore the other j. 
 but we muft dcfpair of feeing their utmoft ex- 
 ertions attended with the leaft fuccefs, unlefs- 
 they are aftifted and promoted by the co-ope- 
 ration of your Parliament. 
 
 Therefore, confidering it as the beft pledge 
 we can give of our affection and lo^'Tilty to your 
 Majefty, we moft humbly implore your Ma- 
 jefty to appoint fuch an Adminiftration as may 
 pofl*efs the confidence of your Parliament and 
 the Public ; that, by the means of their united 
 efforts, fuch meafures may be purfued as may 
 tend effedtually to eftablifti the glory and hap- 
 pincfs of your Majefty's reign, and perma- 
 nently fccure the true intercfts of all your d&^ 
 Uiiiiions.^ 
 
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 ' The Addrefs of the Mayor, Aldermen, She- 
 riff, Common Council, Citizens, and Inhabi- 
 tants of the City of Canterbury, prefentcd to 
 the King by George Gipps and Charles Robin- 
 ifen, Efqrs. Reprefeutatives in Parliament fqc 
 the faid City, ' ^ 
 
 • To the KING'S Moft Excdlent 'Majcfly. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Mayor, Aldermen, 
 .Sheriff, Commoji Cojuncil, Citizens, and In- 
 .. habitants of the City of Canterbury.. 
 
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 WE your Majeily*s moft dutiful and lo^^al 
 Subjefts, tl - Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriff, Com- 
 mon Council, Citizens, and Inhabitants of this 
 ancient City, humbly beg leave to approach 
 your M ijefty, to cxprefs our faithful attach- 
 ment to your Majcfty's Perfon, and determl- 
 jiation of fupporting your Government on con- 
 llitutional principles. 
 
 . We have feen, with the utmoft concern, an 
 attempt made by your Majefty's late Minifters 
 to encroach on your juft Prerogative, and to 
 deprive a great Commercial Body of their 
 Chartered Rights, which we humbly conceive 
 
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 to be repughant to the principles of a free Go- 
 vernment, and a diredt violation of the faith 
 of Parliament. 
 
 We therefore heartily rejoice that your Ma^ 
 jefty has difmifi'ed thofc dangerous Minifters 
 from their employments, and affure your Ma^ 
 jefty, that we fhall at all times be ready and 
 willing to fupport your Majefty ip prefprving 
 the well digeftcd I.egiflature of this country, 
 without which we cannot long fubfift as a great 
 and free People. 
 
 We arc thoroughly fcnfible of your Ma- 
 jefty*s paternal regard and affedtion for your 
 fubjcds, and (incercly pray to the Almighty, 
 that you rnay long reign over a free and happy 
 Nation. 
 
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 The Addrcfs of the Mayor, Gentlemen, Clefr 
 gy, Merchants, and other Principal Inhabitant? 
 of the City of Exeter, prefcntcd to the King 
 by Sir Charles Warwick Bamfyldc, Bart, and 
 John B. ring, Efq. Reprefentatiycs i^j Parlia- 
 pitnt for the iliid City. j \i.:,t^' -^ '^vtvh^r 
 
 
 
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 The huaiblc Addrcfs of the Mayor, Gentle-, 
 men. Clergy, Merchants, and other Princi- 
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 Mqft Gracious Sovereign, 
 
 IN the prefent arduous and critical fituation 
 of the kingdom, we your Majefty's faithful 
 find loyal Subjects, the Mayor, Gentlemen, 
 Clergy, Merchants, and other Principal Inha- 
 bitants of the City of Exeter, confider ourv 
 felvcs bound in duty to give every proof of 
 pur fincere and fteady attachment to your Ma- 
 jcfty's Perfon and Government. 
 
 We acknowledge, with gratitude, your Ma- 
 jefty*s gracious (iifpofition, during your reign, 
 to fupport the Rights and Liberties of your 
 People, and to preferve inviolate the happy 
 Conllitution tranfmitted to us by our Anccf- 
 tors ; and we rely, with the moll: perfed: con- 
 fidence, that your Majefty, when it (hall be 
 neceflary, will freely exercife the Prerogatives 
 of your Crown to that end for which they were 
 wifely defigned, the Good and Welfare of 
 your People, 
 
 j It is with infinite concern and alarm that we 
 Jiave feen the late attempt made to intrench 
 
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 Upon the powers of the Crown, and to dcftfoy 
 the fncrcd Chartered Rights of a great Com^ 
 mercial Compan)', repeatedly confirmed by 
 various A<5ts of Parliament ; and we beg leave 
 to rftiirn onr thanks to yotfr Majefly for hiv-. 
 inj?; dilniiired from your Councils the Advifers 
 of lo dangerous a mcafure. 
 ^ In this, and every other conftitutional exer- 
 rife of your Prerogative, your Majefty will 
 «t all times receive our mod hearty and zealous 
 Support ; and it fhall be our conftant endea- 
 vour, in our fcveral ftations, to fix in the 
 minds of our fellow citizens that fpiritof loy- 
 ally, and regard for the Laws and Conftitution 
 ©f our country, from which alone we can hope 
 tor a continuance of the bleffings we enjoy. ' 
 • ■ Permit us to allure your Majefty, that wc 
 are truly fenfiblc of their value; and moft 
 titrntftly pray that your Majefty may long 
 reign in peace, over a free, happy, and united 
 P^ oplc. 4 
 
 The Addrcfs of the Mayor, Bailiffs, and 
 Commonalty of thi Borough of Lancafter, 
 iriinlmittcd to the Right Honourable Lord 
 Sidney, his Majcfty's Principal Secretary of 
 titute for the Home Deparutient. - ' ■ 
 
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 To the KING'S Mod Excellent Majcfty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Mayor, Bailiffs, 
 and Commonalty of the Borough of J.an- 
 cafter. " * 
 
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 WE your Majefly*s moft dutiful aid loy^i! 
 Subjects, the Mayor, Bailiffsj and Comnionalty 
 of the Borough of Lancafter, in Common 
 Council affcmbled, think ourfelvcs called upon 
 in this alarming ftate of public aftairs, ro tcf- 
 tify our attachment to your Mnjcftv^s Rov.i} 
 Pcrfon and Government. . '«. 
 
 We (hall always behold with the utni?-)!! i\-c~ 
 teftation, every attempt to infringe iipaa the' 
 conftitutional Icgillation of this kingdom. 
 
 And we beg leave to offer our Tnoil {inccre 
 thanks to your Majcffy, for the lute cxercii^ of 
 your Royal Prerogative , a manner i<i conffi-- 
 tutional, and fo evidently intcmitd for the good 
 and lafety of your Subjtdls ; aliliiing your 
 Majefty, that we (hall upon all ojcafioiis be 
 tcady to ufe every exertion, and to conrribiine' 
 the utmod iii our power, to fuppoit your M;i- 
 jefty's jufl Tights, and thc( true imcrcfl, lio- 
 Jnour, an^ dignity of your Cro'A'n. * ' • 
 
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 Given under the Common Seal of the Bcv 
 tough of Lartcafter, this twenty -nli'ith 
 day of January, in the year of- oiXr Lord 
 1784* 
 
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 The AcUlrcfs of the Inhabitants of tJie an- 
 cient Borough of Reading, prefented' to the 
 King by Francis Anneiley and Richard Ald-» 
 worth Neville, Efqiiires, Reprefentatives in 
 Parliament for the faid Borough, 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majc{!y. 
 
 The huiiible Addrefs of the Inhabitants of the 
 ancient Borough of Reading. 
 
 Moji Gracious Soverel^^rif ' 
 
 WE your Majefty's moft dutif'ul and loyal 
 Subjects, Inhabitants of the Borough of Read- 
 ing, beg leave to approach your Majefty with 
 alllirances of our molt cordial attachment to 
 your IVrfon and Government, and our reve- 
 rence for the Conftitution, as cftabliflied at th« 
 glorious Revolution. - » « . 
 
 We cannot reflcd upon the pcci.U'r (ituatlon 
 #f this Cgiintry at the prelcnc nionicnt, with- 
 
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 out reprefcnting the ncceffity that appears for 
 the moll diligent and adive endcivdurs of thofc 
 whom yoiir Majefty has thought proper to in- 
 trbft with the cotiduft of the public affairs ; 
 and we trUft that fuch meafirrcs will be purfued 
 jis tnay tend cfFedualiy to eftabliih the glory- 
 and happinefs of your Majcfty's reign, and true 
 interefts of your People* --'^ 
 
 Wfe beg leave to thank your Majefty fof 
 havin'g Removed yout late MiniJllers, and hav^' 
 ing appointed others whom we are perfuadcd 
 {)oiTefs thfe confidence of youir Subjedis; and 
 We alTure your Majefty of bur refolution ttt 
 unite iri the fuppbrt of your Royal Prer^'gatJvi^ 
 and our happy Gonftitutiom 
 
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 ; iThc Adtirefs 6f the Principal tnhat)itatit9 of 
 the Town bf Colchefter, prefented tb the King 
 by Sir Robert Smyth, Baronejt, one of the 
 Jleprefentatives in Parliament for the faid 
 
 To the KINO*s Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Principal Inhabi- 
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 WE your Majefty's dutiful and loyal Sub^ 
 jc^, having beheld with the utmoft coneeri> 
 the unjuftiiiable attempt of your Majefty's late 
 Minifters to fubvert the bafis of this happy 
 Conftitution, in their endeavours to annihilate 
 the Chartered Rights of our Fellow-fubjeds, 
 fctting up a new power inimical to the fafcty 
 of this free Government : We mod iinccrely 
 rejoice in their difmiHion, humbly thanking, 
 ycwir Majefly for the excrcife of this conflitu- 
 tional right ; and beg leave to confirm the af- 
 furance^ of pur faithful and unHiaken attach- 
 ment to your Majclly's Perfon and Goverii- 
 menr. • 
 
 We are truly fenfible of your paternal care 
 and affection for your Subjects ; and ardently 
 pray the Almighty long to continue your reign 
 peaceful and profperous, over a free, happy, 
 and united People, .^. ^ 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Mayor, Aldermen, Bur- 
 geffes, and Principal Inhabitants of the Bor' 
 rough of Evelham, in the County of Worceftcr, 
 
 prefcntcu to the King by Charles W. Bough- 
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 ton RouJe, Efq, one of the Reprefentativerin 
 Parliament for the faid Borough. 
 
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 ,3lo To the KING'S Moil Excellent M^jefty^^^ 
 
 The humble and dutiful Addrefs of theMavor, 
 Aldermen, BurgclTcs, and Principal Inhabi- 
 tants of the Borough of Evefliam, in the 
 County of Worccfter, affembled at the 
 Guildhall of the faid Borough, this twenty- 
 . fevcntK Day of January, 1784. 
 
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 ^ "WE the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgefies, and 
 Principal Inhabitants of the faid Borough, beg 
 leave, with the utmort humility, to addrefs and 
 to offer our moll unfeigned thanks to your 
 lylajelly, for the difmiffion of a Miiiiftry who 
 coalcfced in their utter difregard of the Char- 
 tered Rights of the Eaft India Company, and 
 of their Fcllow-fubjcds. . w- ..a . y 
 
 We have only to add, that we Ihall ever 
 continue mod faithful Subjcfts to your Ma- 
 jefly, and ilrchuou^ aflcrtors and defenders of 
 the Conllitution of this kingdom as cllabliflied 
 at the Revolution, in which the juft Preroga- 
 tive of your Majelly, and the rights, franchifes, 
 and liberties of the People are equally and 
 happily blended. 
 
 Signed by order of the Meeting, ' 
 John Phillips, Chairman. 
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 r^ The Addrefs of the Merchants, Traders, and 
 Inhabitants ot the Borough of South vvark, prer 
 fented to the King by William Dowfon, Efq, 
 Chairman, accompanied by James Bullock, 
 William Golding, Edward, Layton, Efqrs. Mr»i 
 William Hodglon, Mr. Jofepl^ S^fford, an4Mr, 
 Tho«nias^Qriffiths. 
 
 '-'#& the KING'S Us>a ExccUcnt Majefty.; 
 
 •JThe humble Addrefs of the Merchants, Traders, 
 ^•"find Inhabitants of the ancient "JTown and Bq 
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 YOUR Majefty's mod dutiful and loyalli^ 
 jedts, the Merchants, Traders, and Inhabitants 
 of your ancient Town and Borough of South- 
 wrark, in Common Hall alTembled, are led by 
 every motive of duty to give your Majel1:y a 
 frelh teftiiiiOaiy of their aflVction for ypur 
 Royal Pertbn, Family and Government, and 
 ^heir zeal for tlije fupport of the Conflitutjon. 
 , We fmccrely truil that your Majefty, under 
 the direction of Providence, will be aflifled by 
 a firm and permanent Adminiftratipn, whofc 
 wifdom may be equal to dired: the important 
 concerns ot • hefc kingdoms, at this critical con- 
 juncture of tilidirs, in whofe integrity your pco- 
 
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 p!e may confide, -^^d on whofe zeal and dilW 
 gcnce they may iecu; cly depend. 
 
 To fuch an Adm.niftrution your faithful Sub-y 
 je<Ss now look up, ?.nd congratulate your Ma- 
 jrftv on the admiflion of men into your Coun- 
 cils, on the late choice of MiniUers, whofe wif- 
 domand integrity afford the firraeft ground of 
 confidence, f . 
 
 ♦»:; While your Minillers (hail uniformly purfuc 
 meafurcs conducive lO the honour of the Crown, 
 the true intereft and happinefs of your People, 
 yourMajcfty may fafcly rely on the fi^pport of 
 all the fubjefts of the Britiih Empire, and may 
 reft aflured that none will diflinguifli theuifelves 
 with warmer zeal than the Inhabitants of the 
 porqugh of Sputtiwark. > ,? 
 
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 The^ddrefs of the Inhabitants of the Town 
 pf Leicefter, prefented to the King by the Ho- 
 nourable Booth Grey, one of the Reprefenta- 
 tives in Parliament for the faid Town. 
 
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 To the KING'S Moil Excellent Majefly. , 
 
 The homble Addrefs of the Inhabitants of th6 
 
 Town of Leicefler. 
 
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 WiL your Majefty's loyal Inhabitants of your 
 kf.clcnt Town of LeicL-fter, during the prefent 
 uncertainty of politicjil principle, and ambigu- 
 ous circumrtances of the time, humbly ap- 
 proach the Throne, with aflurances of our firm 
 ftnd inviolrble attachment to yourFerfon, Fa- 
 ii)ilv, Mnd Government. 
 
 We have long watched, witli attention and 
 i'nc.}finefs, the machinations of a dangerous 
 Coal it ion J and faw, with particular alarm, the 
 r.inid progrefs of a late India Bill, which menaced 
 an immediate derangement to our venerable and 
 unequalled Conftitution, and threatened the 
 <lcftrn(ftion of the mod facred fccurity in your 
 M:ijefty*s dominions. 
 
 ■^ Happy wicrc we to find, that one branch o^ 
 the Lcgiflature retained virtue and vigour 
 enough to impede the career of fo impetuous 
 an attacl^:. And we heartily thank you. Sire, 
 
 , for the wife and well-timed interference of your 
 
 ■ P.eiogiitive, in difniifflng from your Councils 
 men of fo' pernicious a principle; *^^ '^^ '-^^ 
 
 Long may yoiit Majefty continue the head 
 of our incilim:ible form of Government ; for 
 the prcfervarion of which, in the fame purity 
 *Vvi received it from our anccftors, our beft exr 
 ei tions IViall be employed j convinced that 
 therein are intimately connected the Subject's 
 
 ' Liberty and the down's Prerogative. 
 
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 The Adtlrefs of the Bailiffs, Bilrg^flls, and 
 Commonalty of the Town of Ipfwich, prcfented 
 to the King by Barne Barne, Efq; one of the 
 Reprefentatives in Parliament for the Borourh 
 of Dunwich. 
 
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 i« To the king's Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Bailiffs, Burgtlies, 
 and Commonalty of the Town and Borough 
 of Ipfwich, in the County of Suffolk, in Great 
 Court affembled. 
 
 f : Mqft Gracious Sovereign, 
 
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 ^ IMPRESSED with an awful feni^.- of the 
 clangers which furround us, feeling forourftlvcj 
 and our poftcrity, we approach your Throne 
 with fcntitncnts becoming your Majeily's loynl 
 fubjedts, at fo alarming a crifis. 
 
 It was with great concern we beheld yonr 
 Majefty's late Minirters perfevering in a mea- 
 fure which, in our judgments, tended equally 
 fo encroach <Jn the Rights of your Majeily's 
 Crown, to annihilate th^ Chartered Right? 
 of the Eall India Company, and to raifc: a new 
 power unknown to thi^ free Gove rmn#t, and 
 highly inimical to its fafcty. 
 
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 As tills dangerous meafiire was fo v^sitnWf 
 ind ftrcnuoufly fupportcd by your Majefty^^ 
 late MiniftefSj we cannot but heartily rejoice 
 in their difmiilion | and humbly thank your 
 Majefty for exerting your Prerogative in a 
 manner lb falutary and conriitutional, and 
 Calling to your Councils thofc perfons, on 
 whofe conflitutional principles and diflinguifhcd 
 abilities we place the moft perfect reliance. 
 
 We truft the violent and daring rcfoKitions^ 
 ^'hich have been carried by a dangerous combi- 
 nation of pcWer, will not deter youtMajcfty from 
 the juftcxercifeof your Prerogative, whenever 
 the fituation of your faithful Subjects Ihall 
 lequircitj and we doubt not, that, in the 
 well formed Legiflatlon of this kingdom, there 
 ^ill. ever be found fome branch ready tb de- 
 fend the Riglits and Liberties of the People,- 
 lind to preferve inviolate the fftith and honour 
 of Parliamentary engagements. 
 
 Having a moll grateful fcnfc o( the conliant 
 folicitude your Majcfty ihews to promote the 
 true intcrelland happinefs of all yourSubje^s^ 
 and to preferve inyiolatc our moft cxcllcn^ 
 Conftitution, we pray that you may long reign 
 in peace, Ov cr a free, happy, and united Na- 
 tion. .^ ...:.; v!f^^-- 
 
 Given under our Common Seal, the twertty- 
 
 firft day of January, in the twenty-fourth 
 
 year of your Majcfty Reign* 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Mayor, BailifFsj and 
 Burgefles of the Borough of Lcicefter, pre- 
 fented to the King by John Peach Hungerford, 
 Efq; one of the Reprefentatives in Parlia- 
 ment for the County ot Lcicefter. 
 
 To the king's Moll Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Mayor, Bailiffs, 
 and Burgefles of the Borough of Lcicefter, 
 in Common Hall aflembled. .'^r , 
 
 May it fkafe your Majejly! ** 
 
 WE your Majefty*s moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjects, the Mayor, Ba liffs and Burgefles of 
 the Borough of Lcicefter, moft firmly attached 
 to your Royal Perfon and Governmem, and 
 zealoully anxious for the Welfare and Sta- 
 bility of our Conftitution in Church and State, 
 faw, with the greateft Alarm and Concern, 
 a Bill brought in and fupported by your Ma- 
 jefty*s late Minifters, and by them carried 
 through One Houfe of Parliament, to deprive 
 the Firft Commercial Company in England of 
 their Chartered Rights, folemnly confirmed to 
 them by Law. .^ *- , 
 
 A Meafure (had not one Branch of the Legif* 
 lature happily prevented it j calculated to create 
 a, new Power unknown to our Country and 
 
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 Conftitution, and to form a Precedent, dan- 
 gerous to the Safety of every Charter and 
 Grant within your Majefty's Dominions. 
 
 It was with theutmofl Sat»sfii(5tion we heard, 
 that your Majefty had been pleafed to difmifs 
 from your Councils, Men who had thus at- 
 tempted to enforce fuch arbitrary Meafures, 
 and, as in Duty bound, we thank your Ma- 
 jefty for a proper Exertion of your Royal Au- 
 thority on lb alarming an Occaiion. 
 
 We moft humbly beg Leave to afliirc your 
 Majefty, that we Ihall, at all Times, be ready, 
 to the utmoft of our Power, to fupport you 
 in the Coiiftitutional Excrcife of your Prero- 
 gative, and pray that your Majefty may long 
 live to reign over a free and happy people. 
 
 Given under our Common Seal this 19th 
 Day of January, 1784. 
 
 ^ William Oldham, Mayor. 
 
 The Addrefs of the Gentlemen, Clergy, 
 Merchants, and Inhabitants of the Borough of 
 Great Varmouth, prcfcnted to the King by 
 Henry Beaufoy, Efq; being introduced by 
 
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 the Lord of his Majefty's Bed-chamber in 
 Waiting. , 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Gentlemen, Ckr- 
 gy, Merchants, and Inhabitants of the Bo- 
 rough of Great Yarmouth, in the County ot 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Mojl Gracious Soz'ere'griy 
 
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 WE your Majtfty's faithful and dutiful Sub- 
 jedts, the Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants and 
 Inhabitants of Great Yarmouth, beg Leave, 
 in the preient alarming Times, to repeat to 
 your Majerty the firm Attachment we bear to 
 your Majefty's Perlon, Family and Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Sire, We have lately beheld with equal Sur- 
 prize and Indignation, that, at a Period when 
 the Bleflings of a letiled and free Conftitution 
 are uaiverlally telt, artful Attempts have been 
 made to dcilroy its Balance by introducing a 
 new Power into the State, unprecedented in its 
 Nature, and gigantic in its Size. 
 
 With the moft grateful Pleafure we admire 
 the Deed which has removed from the Throne 
 
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 the common Enemies of the Monarch's Dig- 
 nity and of the People's Freedom. <«W 
 
 May Heaven ftrengthen the Hand which 
 has aheady done fo much for us ; and may 
 that Fortitude which overturned the Defigns 
 of a violfrnt and corrupt Party, give Perma- 
 nency to thofe who arc the Obied:s of yuur 
 own Choice, and vvhofc public Condudt is 
 juftly entitled to our Approbation and Confif 
 dence. Thus confulting the Dignity of your 
 Crown, and exerting, on all Occafions, the 
 Regal Prerogative, in Oppofition to the af<r 
 piring Views of ambitious and faftious >len, 
 your iMajelly will command our Gratiiude as 
 loyal Subjects, and our beft Alliftancc on the 
 mofl trying Occafions; we being firmly per- 
 fuaded that, in the Britilh Government, the 
 fmallctt Violation of the Rights of the So- 
 vereign is incompatible with the Liberty and 
 the Happincfs of the People. 
 
 The Addrcfs of the Merchants and Traders 
 of the City of London, prefentcd to the King 
 by Samuel Smith, Lfq; accompanied by John 
 Rogers, Efq; Jacklbn Barwis, Elq; Matthew 
 
 7 ovvgood. 
 
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 Towgood, Efq; John Withers, Efq; Philip 
 Sanfom, Efq; Mr. George Griffin, and Mr. 
 Randle Jackfon. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Fxcellent Majcfty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Merchants and 
 Traders of the City of London, affembled 
 by public Advertifement at the London Ta- 
 
 . vern, on the 23d of January, 1784. 
 
 Mofi Gracicus Sever ^ign, .^ ■ ' ■ ' * '^^ ■» 
 
 YOUR Majefty's moft loyal and dutiful 
 Subjcdts, the Merchants and Traders of Lon- 
 don, affembled in a General Meeting, pub- 
 lickly convened, are led by every Motive of 
 Duty, to give your Majefty, at this Time, a 
 frefh Teftimony of their Affeftion for your 
 Royal Perfon and Government, and of their 
 zealous Attachment to the free Conftitution of 
 this Country. 
 
 The general Security of your Maje{ly*s Peo- 
 ple ever requires a folemn Adherence to the 
 Faith of Patliamcntary Engagements; but 
 the particular Situation of Merchants and 
 Traders is fucb, that any Breach of that Faith 
 (which has hitherto been kept flicred) muft 
 be fatal to them : It is the Bafis of Public 
 Credit, and of the Commerce of the Nation; 
 
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 if it be undermined or Ihaken, they niufl fall 
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 The Merchants and Traders could not 
 therefore be indifferent Spedlators of the late 
 violent Attack upon the Privileges of the Eaft 
 India Company, (in a Bill which bore a fatal 
 Afpedt on all the Chartered Rights of the King- 
 dom, and which would have ercdted a new 
 Power, at once derogatory to your Mijelty's 
 Crown, and highly dangerous to the Liberties 
 of your People). We fincerely congratulate 
 your Majefty on the Iflue of that Mcafurc, and 
 acknowledge your pntcrnal Care in the Remo- 
 val of the MinilUrs by whom it had been fup- 
 ported. • :, ,, ' • .. , , ,i ^ 
 
 The Attempts which have been fince made 
 to impide the ordinary Ufucs from your Ma- 
 jtfly's Exchequer, and to inttiupt the cfta- 
 bliflicd Courfe of Government, althouL^h cal- 
 culalcd to excite Apprehcnfions in the Minds 
 of the Public Creditors, and to difturb the 
 Tranquility of the State, we trull will be pro- 
 dudivc of a contrary Effed; and caufe that 
 Union nmongft your faithful Pco^'le, which is 
 lo inqiorrant to their own happincfs, and to 
 your M;ijell)''s Glory. 
 
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 SIRE, 
 
 In a moment fo arduous as tlie prefent, when 
 the utmoft exertions are ncceflary to reftore and 
 preferve the Commerce of your Kingdoms, to 
 I'upport the Public Credit, and to relieve the 
 Burthens which a War of unprecedented Ex- 
 pence has impofed, your Majcfly has Occafion 
 for all the Virtue and Abilities which can be 
 found amongft your People : We do not de- 
 fpair that Virtue and Abilities, equal to the 
 Exigencies of the Times, yet remain, and we 
 acknowledge with the warmed Gratitude, the 
 Proofs of your Royal Determination to call 
 them forth. 
 
 Knowing well the Value of our excellent 
 Conditution as eilabliflied at the glorious Re- 
 volution, we arc refolved to preferve it free 
 from Innovation. Your Majefty's juft Pre- 
 rogatives form a Part of that Conftitution ; and 
 we beg your Majcfty wiL be pleafed to accept 
 our faithful AfTurances, that in fuch legal Ex- 
 crcifcs of them as may be neceflary to rcflorc 
 Stability to your Government, and Security 
 to your People, your Miijcfty may depend on 
 the firm and dcady Support of the Merchants 
 and Tr.iders of London. 
 
 j _ Signed by Order of the Meeting, 
 
 Samuel Smith, Chairman. 
 
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 The Addrcfs of the Lord Provoft, Mnslf- 
 trates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh, 
 prefcnted to the King by James Hunter Blair, 
 Efq; Reprefcntativc in Parliament for the faid 
 City, 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrcfs of the Lord Provoft, Ma- 
 giftrates and Council of the City of Edin- 
 burgh, in Common Council aflcmbled. 
 
 Moft Gracious Soveyei'^y 
 
 WE, your MajcfTv's moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subje(fls, the Lord Provoft, Magiftrates, and 
 Council of the City of Edinburgh, think our- 
 fclves called upon in the prcfent lituation of 
 Public Affairs, to approach your Majefty's 
 Throne with frefh AlVuranccs of our Attach- 
 ment to your Perfon, and unremitting Zeal for 
 your Government. We could not help being 
 greatly alarmed at the Attempt lately made 
 to violate the Rights of a moft refpcftable Body 
 of your Majcfty's Subjects ; to impair the Se- 
 curity of every fimilar J'itlc founded on Char- 
 ter, or on the moft folcmn Ads of the Legifla- 
 ture; and even to raifc np n new executive 
 Power in the State, which niii^ht have been at- 
 
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 tended with the mod pernicious Confequences. 
 With Satisfa<flion, therefore, we obferve, that 
 a meafure fo fata), though hurried through 
 one Branch of the Legiflature, has been effec- 
 tually checked in a lorher ; and we are happy 
 in perceiving the Effe(ft of that excellent Ba- 
 lance in our Conllit.iiion, which fecures the 
 whole from any dangerous Innovation, to which 
 a Part may be inclined. With Gratitude to 
 your Majefly, and with a jull Senfe of your 
 Royal Wifdom, we learn, that the Perfons 
 who urged that dangerous Meafure, are re- 
 moved from your Councils. 
 
 That it may plcafe Almighty God long to 
 prelerve your Majrfty as the Inftrument of his 
 btneficcnc Providence, in fupporting the juft 
 Authority of Government, and Principles of 
 the Conftitution, fo necelTay to the Safety of 
 your People, is the earnell Prayer of 
 Your*M.jjcrty's motl dutiful and loyal Subjedls, 
 
 The Lord Provofl, Magilbates, and Coun- 
 ■ cil ot your City of Edinburgh. 
 
 John Grieve, Provoft. 
 
 Si^zned in our Name, and by our Appoint, 
 ment, the Seal of the City being affixed, this 
 Twenty-third Day of January, 1784. 
 
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 The Addrefs of rhe Aldermen, BurgeiTcs, 
 and other principal Inhabitants of the Town 
 and County of Southampton, prefcntcd to 
 the King by Hdmund Ludlow and Samuel MiK 
 Icr, Efqrs. Aldermen of the faid Town. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Aldermen, Bur- 
 gefTes, ana otner principal Inhabitants ot the 
 Town and County ot Southampton. 
 
 Mojl Gracious Soverffgn, ^ ' ' 
 "WF, your iVl*jifty*s moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjcds, the laid Aldermen, Burgt-ffs, and In^ 
 habir;int.s of the laid Town of Southampton, in 
 the Council Chamber affcmbled, confider it our 
 indifpt-nfible Duty, at the the prtfcnt important 
 Crifis, to afiure your Majcfty of our moft faith- 
 ful and warm Attachment to your Majcfty's 
 Perfon and Government. . "- 
 
 ' "We humbly thank your Majefty for having 
 exerted your Royal Prerogative, in removing 
 from your Councils ihole Men, who lately at- 
 tempted to deprive the Eail India Company of 
 their chartered Rights, Cconfirmed by repeated 
 A£ls of Parliament; and to take the Manage- 
 ment of their Affairs, ns well Commerrial, as 
 
 Territorial 
 
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 Territorial, into their own Hands, and thofe ot 
 their Adherents, whereby a new Power would 
 have been raifed, inconfi'lent with our admir- 
 able Conftitution, derogatory to the Dignity and 
 Rights of the Crown, and inimicil to the Safety 
 of your Majefty's Subjcds, inafmuch as that the 
 Equilibrium neceflary to be prtferved in the Le- 
 giflature of our Country, would havc: been 
 much endangered. And we truft the prefenc 
 Adminiftration will devife and puifue fuch Mea- 
 fures, as will be conducive to the Happinefs of 
 your Majefty, and the Welfare and Prolperity of 
 this Kingdom. 
 
 Being fenfiblc cf your Majefby's paternal 
 Care and Goodnefs^ we heartily pray that your 
 Majefty may enjoy a long and uninterrupted 
 Reign over a free and happy Nation. k 
 
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 The Addrcfs of the Manufadlurers, Traders, 
 and Principal Inhabitants of the Town of 
 Taunton, pfcfentcd to the King by John H-iI- 
 liday and Benjamin Hammett, Efqs. Reprefcn- 
 tativesin Parliament for the faid Town. 
 
 To the king's Moft Excellent Majefly. 
 
 The humble Addreis of the Manufadurers, Tra- 
 ders, 
 
 
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 ders, and Principal Inhabitants of the Town 
 of Taunton. >. ? >* , t. ^» , v ; 
 
 Mcji Gracious Sovereign, ' ' 
 
 WE your Majefty's dutiful and loyal Sub- 
 jtffts, the Manufaflurcrs, Traders, and Principal 
 Inhabitants of this Town, beg Leave to ap- 
 proach your Majcfty's Throne, to exprefs, at 
 this alarming Moment, our Hncere and uninflu- 
 enced Aflurances of Attachment to your Majef- 
 ty*s Perfon, and of Zeal for our excellent Con- 
 ftitution. 
 
 Imprefled with thefe Sentiments, permit us to 
 render to your Majefty our humble and hearty 
 Thanks for your Majcfty's DilmiflTion of your 
 late Miniftry, and for having called up to 
 the Adminiftration of public Affairs, Men, irom 
 whom wc earneftly hope your Majefty and the 
 Nation will receive every Proof of a well tem- 
 pered Zeal for your Majefty*s Prerogative, and 
 for the Rights and Liberties of the People j and 
 this we have the greater Reafon to expeft, when 
 we reflect on the exalted Virtues and extraordi- 
 nary Talents of the Right Honourable Gentle- 
 men who now fills the moft important Depart- 
 ments of the State. 
 
 May faithful Counidlors ever furround your 
 Majcfty's Throne, and may the Supreme Provi- 
 dence 
 
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 dence crown your Majefty*s Reign, with Glory 
 adherent to the Name of a wife and juft Prince, 
 ©vcr a free and happy People. - ^- ;;t 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Mayor and Inhabi- 
 tants of the Borough of Plymouth, prefented 
 to the King by Sir Frederick Lcman Rogers, 
 Bart, one of the Reprefentatives in Parliament 
 for the laid Borough. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Maicfty. 
 
 Thehumble Addrefs of the Mayor and Inhabi- 
 tants of the Borough of Plymouth. 
 
 Mofl Gracious SovereigHy 
 
 WE your Majefty*s moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjeds, the Mayor and Inhabitants of the Bo- 
 rough of Plymouth, beg Leave to approach the 
 Throne, wiih Sentiments of the moft unfeigned 
 Loyalty, aud fincerc Attachment to your Ma- 
 jefty's Royal Perfon and Family. 
 
 Truly icnlible of the many Bleflings we enjoy, 
 under the happy Conftitution of this Country, 
 and your Majefty*s moft excellent Government, 
 we (cbfcrving with Concern the prefent critical 
 Situation of public Affairs) do, at fuch a Period, 
 hold it our indifpenfible Duty,^ as faithful Sub- 
 
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 jcfts, to aflliic your Majefty of our moft zeal- 
 ous Dcfirc to fupport and ma-ntain the 
 fame in their original Purity j and confciou* 
 of that Regard for the Welfare of your People 
 which has ever diftinguiOied your Majtfty*3 
 Reign, we carneftiy pray that your Majefty may 
 long continue to govern in an uninterrupted 
 Peace, and pcrfcd Tranquillity, a free, happy, 
 and an united People. ^ j, 
 
 The four foUcwing Addreflcs having bctfn 
 tranlmittcd to the Right Honourable Lord Syd- 
 ney, His Mijefty's Principal Secretary of State 
 for the HoiTie Department, were by his Lord- 
 
 ihipprefented to the King. ,., ^. 
 
 -* To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrcfs of the Mirrchants and Prin- 
 '.* cipal Inhabitants of the City of Exeter anxl 
 Suburbs. * 
 
 ^ Mojl Gracious SovereigHy 
 
 WE your Majefty *s dutiful and loyal Sub- 
 jcds of the City of Exeter and Suburbs, think it 
 incumbent on us at this critical Period, to ap- 
 proach your riironc with the fuiicft Affurances 
 
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 of our moft zealous Attachment to your Majcf- 
 ty*s Perfon, Family ai.d Governn^enc. 
 
 Ever faithful to Monarchy on the moft try- 
 ing OccafKins, we have, with the utmoft Con- 
 cern, beheld the cdormous Attempts lately 
 made by your Mdjefty's Minifters, to raife a 
 new Power in this State, totally unknown to 
 the Wife Ffan:iers of our excellent v-ondiiu- 
 tion, which, by giving a moll extenfivc Pa- 
 tronage to the Servants of the Ciovn :• id Pec 
 pie, might, by rhe Ambitious, have bo'.'.i 
 ptrvcrrcd to the Ruin of the Liberties of both. 
 With the higheil Satisfad:ion we itf c\ oa 
 your Majefty's inrcrpontion at fo critical a 
 Moment ; and moft humbly thank ycur Ma- 
 jefty for difmiffing from your Councils the 
 Men whofe Temerity dared attempt fo uncon- 
 ititutionjl a Mcafure. 
 
 It is impoffible for us to confider that Event 
 without frclli Admiration of the Conftitut,on 
 handed down to us by our Arceftors ; and we 
 hope that in the well-compounded Legillation 
 of this Nation there w*!l ever be found fonie 
 Branch ready to kfend the Rights and Li- 
 berties of the People, and to prcferve in« 
 violate the Faith and Honour of Parliamen- 
 tary Engagement, "•' j 
 
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 Sire ! The Prerogatives of your Majefty's 
 high Office were annexed thereto for the Good 
 of the People ; and we beg your Majefty will 
 be pleafed to receive our warmeft AfTurances, 
 that your faithful Citizens of Exeter will al- 
 ways be ready to fupport the conftitutional 
 Exercife of them to the utmoft of their Power : 
 Truly fenfible of your Majefty*s paternal Care 
 and Affcdion for your People, we pray the 
 Almighty that you may long reign in Peace 
 over a free, happy, and united Nation. 
 
 To the KING'S Mod Excellent Majefty. 
 The humble Addrefs of the Freemin, Fre -hold- 
 ers, and Inhabitants of the Borough of Ply- 
 mouth and its Environs. 
 
 Moft Gracious Sovereign^ 
 WE your Majelly's moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjects, the Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabi- 
 tants of the Borough of Plymouth anti its Envi- 
 rons, beg Leave to approach your Majofty ^ith 
 Sentiments of the moft profound Refped: and 
 Attachment to your Royal Pcrlon and Govern- 
 ment; to cxprefs to your Majefty the Anxiety wc 
 feel from the prcfent calamitous Situation of 
 
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 Public Affair?, and our entire Abhorrence to the 
 late Proceeditigs of a defperate Faaion, raifed by 
 a Set of Men lately difmiflTcd from your Ma- 
 jelly's Councils, who, not contt-nt with attempt- 
 ing to rob a Pare of your Maiefty*s Subjcdbs of 
 their Rights and Properties, are, by obftruftincr 
 the immediate and neceflary Meafures of Go- 
 vernment, aiming alfoat your juft Prerogative* 
 We affure your Majtfty we (hall at all Times 
 be rcddy to maintain, with our Perfons and Pro- 
 perties, that noble Fabric the Britifh Conftitu- 
 tion, agreeable to its original Eftablifliment: and 
 that whenever your Mrjefty may hnd it necef- 
 fary to exercife the Powers which the Laws have 
 veiled in you, b ' aflurcd, Sirr^ that in us you 
 will find firm and ilcady Support. 
 
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 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefly. 
 
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 The humble Addrefs of the Freeholders and 
 Inhabitants of the Boiough of Launceflon. 
 
 WE your Mijelly's faithful, loyal, and du* 
 tiful Subjects, the Freeholders and Inhabitants 
 of the Borough of 1 aunccfton, think it our 
 Duty to approach your Throne with our fin- 
 
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 cere ProfeflTions of Attachment to your Ma- 
 jefty's Perfon and Government. 
 
 \Vc have beheld, with a Heart-felt Dlflatis- 
 fadion, the Condu<ft of your late Miniftcrs,^ 
 and are fenfible of the Tendemefs and Regard 
 you have (hewn your People by their Difmif- 
 fion, flattering ourfelves you will ftill conti- 
 nue to exert your Prerogative, whenever the 
 Dignity of your Crown, and real Inte reft of 
 your People Ihall require fuch an Exertion, 
 
 Permit us to aflurc your Majefty, that we» 
 the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Bo- 
 rough of Launcefton, fenfible of the Advan- 
 tages we enjoy under your aufpicious Govern- 
 ment, will always exert ourfelves in Support of 
 your Majefty*s conftitutional Authority, to the 
 utmoft of our Abilities ; and it is our moft ar- 
 dent Wilh, that your Majefty may long, very 
 long, reign a Patriot King, over a happy and 
 united People. 
 
 To the KING'S MolT: Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Mayor, Altierm^n, 
 Capital Burgefl'es and Principal Inhabitants 
 
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 of tbc Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
 
 ofSuflfolk, 
 
 Mojl Gracious Sovereigv, 
 
 WE your Majcf \ *s mod loyal and dutiful 
 Subjects, the Mayo:, Aldermen, Capital Bur- 
 gefles, and Principal Inhabitants of your An- 
 cient Borough of 'judbuiy, beg Leave to ap- 
 jproach your Majeity at this critical Period, 
 with the Warnieft AfTu ranees of our Lovalry 
 and Affeflion to yoar Mijefty's Perfon and Go- 
 vernment, and at the fame Time to exprcfs our 
 grateful S^nfe of your Majefty's paternal Re- 
 gard to the Welfare of your People in difmilT- 
 ing from your R )y. I Council a Set of Men ac- 
 tuated by Principles equally hoftile to the 
 Rights of the Crown, and to the Chartered 
 Rights and Franchiles of the People* 
 
 Not contented with having endeavoured to 
 undermine your Royal Authority, as well in 
 your undoubted Prerogative of granting Royal 
 Charters, as in that of appointing your own 
 Minifters, they have even proceeded fo far 
 as to threaten to impede the Wheels of Go- 
 vernment by withholding from your Ma- 
 jefty the neceflary fupplics for carrying on 
 the Bufinefs of the Nation ; and this with the 
 avowed defigt\ of obliging yonr Majcfty to 
 abandon your prcknt Miniftry, and lirtentoa 
 
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 Coalition, which may give them an Opportu- 
 nity of once more obcrudin<r themfelvej into 
 your R<>yal Truil and Confi<1 nee. 
 
 Uinlrr thele alarminGj Circumftanccs, we 
 confide r ns a Duty i ci.mbent on us, to fig- 
 nify tv your Mnjcfty our juft Abhorrence of 
 the dangerous r.nd unconilitutional Meafures 
 purfued and ftill purfuing by them ; and like- 
 wife to exprcfs the Satibfad:ion we feel, and the 
 entire Confidence we repofc, in your Majef- 
 ty's late wife Appointment of Men ot" fuch 
 known Abilities and Integrity as tho(e who 
 at prefcnt fill the feveval pepartr»ients of Ad- 
 miniilra'ion. 
 
 And we think ourfelves the rathtr called upon 
 to declare to your Majefty thefc our Sentiments 
 on the prefent Occafion, from a thorough 
 Convidion that the Voice of ihe prefent Houfe 
 of Commons, f > clamoroufly infilled on by the 
 difap pointed Members of the late difcardrd Ad- 
 miniflration, is by no Means to be confidered 
 as the Voice of ^'our M.ijcliv's People. 
 
 As the ]*rerogaiiv\s annexed ro the Crown 
 are an tlTcntihl Part of our happy Conrtitution, 
 fo, underthe C'.ndnctot a wifeand good Prince 
 rhey are the ^ul jjcts befl Defence againll: any 
 daring Attempts ij-uit uiay be made to ercd, 
 in a few deligning liKliYiduais, a Tower equally 
 
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 fubverfive of your Majefty's juft Prerogatives, 
 and d ngerous to the Rights and PriviKges of 
 your People. 
 
 Wc truft your Majcfty will be gracioufly 
 pleafed to perfevere in fuch Me ifures as in vour 
 Royal Wifdo'TJ (hail feem meet, to prefcrve 
 the Luftre of your Crown undiminiftied, and to 
 guard the Rights and Liberties of your Peo- 
 ple againft the meditated Incroachments of a 
 defpente and defigt.ing Fadtion ; and in this 
 we furthtr pr?y the Almighty long to concii.ue 
 to us the BU'ffingof your Majefty's Reign. 
 
 In Ttftimony whereof we have hereunto fQt 
 our Names, and affixed the Seal of the laid 
 Borough, this Thirtieth Day of January, in 
 the Twenty-fourth Year of your Majerty's 
 Reign. 
 
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 The ''\ddrefs ( t' the Gentlemen, Cl(M-gy, 
 Merchants, iVlrini .actur^rs, and other Inhabi- 
 tants of the Town of VNolve'hampton, in the 
 Cuunty of Stafford, prefcntcd to the King by 
 Sir John Wroiteiiey, Bart, one of the Rcprc- 
 fentatives in Parliament for the County of 
 Stafford, being introduced by the Lord of his 
 Majeily'sBcd chamber in Waiting. 
 
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 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrtfs of the Gentlemen, Cler- 
 gy, Mei chants, Manufadiurt:rs., and other 
 Inhabitants of the Town of Woiverhamp- 
 
 *. ton, in the County of ijtafford. 
 
 », Muji Griuious Sovereign f ' * 
 
 *" IMPRESSED with Sentiments of the fui- 
 cercft Duty and Afte^ion kn' your iVidicfty's 
 Perfon and Government, and anxious for the 
 I'ivfcrvation of our prcfcnt I'ree Conftitution, 
 iVi- beg Leave to addrcfs your Majefty, on the 
 prcfent critical Situation of Public Affairs. 
 
 We admire your Majefty's Condud: in dif> 
 miffing from your Councils Men \tho have 
 trampled on the Chartered Rights of your 
 Subje(fls, and denied your Majefty's Conftitu- 
 tional Prerogative of appealing to your Peo- 
 ple ; Men whofc Avidity for Places and Emo- 
 luments would break down the Barriers of the 
 Conftitution, and involve their Country in 
 Anarchy and Coufufion. Wc feel ourfelves 
 impreflcd with thefulleft Scnfcof your Majef- 
 ty's ^^atcrnal Attention to the Happinefs of 
 your Subjcds ; we confide in the Wifdona of 
 your Majcfty*s Councils, the Appointment of 
 
 your 
 
your prefent able and upright Minifters, and 
 in the Exercife of your juft Prerogatives. 
 
 The Addrefs of the Magiftratcs and Town 
 Council of the Burgh of Dyfart, prefented to the 
 King by Sir John Henderfon, Bart. Reprcfcnta- 
 tive in Parliament for the faid Burgh, being in- 
 troduced by the Lord of His Majefty*s Bed- 
 chamber in Waiting : Which Addrefs his Ma- 
 jefty was pleaftd to receive very gracioufly. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent M yefty. 
 The humble Addrefs of the Magiltrates and 
 
 Town Council of the Burgh of Dyfart, in 
 
 Council affembled. 
 
 Ajfoy? Gracious Sovereign f 
 
 WE your Majtfty*s moft di 'iful and loyal 
 Subjects, the .Magiftratcs and Council at thx 
 Burgh of Dyfart, in Council aflembled, think it 
 our Duty, at this critical Time, to approach the 
 Throne with fmcerc Aflurahces of our warm At- 
 tachment to your Majefty's Perfon and Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 It is on all Hands admitted, that a Bill for re- 
 gulating the Affairs of the Eaft India Company 
 is become indifpenfably neceffary, but we your 
 faithful Burgefles humbly confider the one pro- 
 pofedy and ftrongly fupported by your Majefty^s 
 
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 late Minifters, as a violrnt Encroachment upon 
 the i'piuerty, and tending to cftablifh a Power 
 hitherto . nknown, and altogether inccnipaiiblc 
 with theBntilh Conftitution. 
 
 We therefore rejoice at the Rejeftion of a 
 Bill fraught wiih the moft alarm ng Confc- 
 quenccs and beg Leave to exprcis our grateful 
 Approbitr>n ot the wife and ieafonablr Kxi-rcife 
 of the Royal Prerogr.cive, in the Difmiflion of 
 Men whofe Princi^ les, from promoting fuch a 
 Meafure, muft appear fubverfivc of the facrcd 
 Rights and Liberties flowing to us from our free 
 and adniirabl:- Conftitution. 
 
 Deeply lenfiblc of your Majefty's gracious 
 Attention to the Welfare and Prolpcrity of all 
 your Subje(5l.s, we moft humbly pray that Al- 
 mighty God mciy long preferve your Mjjefty to 
 rcjgn over an happy and loyal People. * 
 
 Signed in Prefence, and by Aj pointmcnt of 
 the Council, by 
 
 Alexander Thompfon, Ch. Mag. 
 
 The Addrefs of the Juftices of the Peace, 
 Comrniflionei s of Supply, and Heritors of ihc 
 County of Perth, prefentcd to the King by 
 the Honourable Major General James Murray, 
 Reprcfentativc in Parliament tor the faid Coun- 
 ty, 
 
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 ty, being introduced by the Lord of His Ma- 
 jefty's Bedchamber in Waiting : which Ad- 
 drefs His Majefty was pleafed to receive very 
 gracioully. 
 
 To the KING'S Moft Excellent Majefty. 
 
 The humble Addrefs of the Juftices of the 
 Peace, Commiffioners of Supply, and He- 
 ritors of the County of Perth. 
 
 WE your Majefty's^ mod faithful Subjeds, 
 the Juftices of the Peace, Commiffioners of 
 Supply, and Heritors of the County of Perth, 
 think it our Duty, at this critical and alarm- 
 ing Junfture of Public Affairs, to approach 
 the Throne with the warmeft Affurances of 
 jjeal and Attachment to your Majefty's Per- 
 fon and Government, which, as it has ever 
 been diftinguilhed by an inviolate Regard to 
 the Laws and Conftitution, we ihall be ready 
 at all Times to fupport and defend with our 
 Lives and Fortunes. 
 
 We cannot, without the deepeft Regret and 
 Indignation fee this Empire and its Depen- 
 dencies, once the Pride and Envy of the 
 World, torn, and diffevered by the Mifma- 
 nagement of fome Minifters, and Ihaken to 
 its Bafis by Fadtions and Parties intent on 
 raifing themfelves, while the Public Good lies 
 
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 ncglcAed and forgot, and the moft clear and 
 fundamental Prerogative of a Sovereign, who 
 never has ftretched or abufed the Powers en- 
 trufted to him, is encroached on and denied, 
 with Turbulence and Clamour. 
 
 Confcious of the Benefits we derive from our 
 prefent excellent Conftitution, and that we are 
 equally interelled to maintain it in all its 
 Branches ; we cannot behold, but with Ab- 
 horrence, every Attempt to invade the Powers 
 of any of thefe which muft ultimately tend to 
 fubvert the Whole ; and we ihould be want- 
 ing to ourfelves if we were not ready to op- 
 ppfe, to the utmoft of our Power, every fuch 
 Attempt. 
 
 Attached to no Minifters or Set of Men 
 
 farther than their Virtues and Public Services 
 
 render them worthy, our ardent Wilh is for 
 
 the Glory and Profperity of your Majefty's 
 
 Reign ; and that we may ever fee upright and 
 
 able Men of your Majefty*s Choice furround 
 
 your Throne and aflift in your Councils. 
 
 Signed in Name, and by Appointment of 
 
 the faid Juftices of the Peace, Com- 
 
 niillioners of Supply, and Heritors of the 
 
 County of Perth, at Perth, the 27th of 
 
 January, One thoufand fcven hundred 
 
 and eighty-four. GRAY. 
 
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 The Addrefs of the Inhabitants of the Towa 
 of Belfaft, in the Kingdom of Ireland, prefented 
 to the King by the Right Honourable Henry 
 Flood, being introduced by the Lord of His 
 M ijefty's Bed-chamber in Waiting: Which Ad- 
 drefs His iVlajeily was pleafed to receive very 
 
 graClOUlly.; 1 ■*'■''' ":r~'>.\.\-:.i- M4>V i |f,/;i\-»r^ ;» 
 
 To the KING'S Moft ExceUcnt Majefty. 
 The humble Addrefs of the Inhabitants of the 
 
 Town of Belfafl:, in the Kingdom of Ire- 
 ' land, by public Notice in Ccftnmoh Hall 
 
 aflembled. ^ '^^i*^ 
 
 ' Mqft Gracious Sovereign^ 
 
 ■' "WE your Majefty 's moft dutiful and loyal 
 Subjects, the Inhabitants of Belfaft, humbly 
 approach your Majefty's Throne with the 
 deepeft Impreflions of Veneration and Attach- 
 ment to your Majefty's Royal Perfon, Family, 
 and Government. • '/- — '*'' 
 
 r Deeply interefted in the Welfare of the 
 Britilh Empire, and anxious for the Happi- 
 nefs of all your Majefty's Subjects, we fin- 
 cerely rejoice in the late Difmiffion, from your 
 Majefty's Councils, of Men whofePrinciplesand 
 Condu^ are inimical to the juft Prerogatives 
 of the Crown, the Privileges of the Lords, 
 and the inherent Rights of the great Body of 
 the People. We moft humbly thank your 
 
 Majefty 
 
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 Majefty for exerting, [in fo falutary a Man-' 
 ncr, a Power which the Conftitution hath 
 wifely lodged with your Majcfl-y, for tho 
 Good of the People ; and we beg Leave to 
 afliire your Majefty, that, to the Utmoft of 
 our Abilities, we will at all Times fupport the 
 jk conftitutional Exercife of the juft Prerogatives 
 of. the Crown. 
 
 That your Majefty's Reign may be long, 
 profperous, and happy; that difdaining the 
 Trammels of corrupt and ambitious Fadion^ 
 which obliterates the nobler F'iatures of the 
 Conftitution, the Gracious Sovereign of Great 
 Britain and Ireland may place himfelf at the 
 Head of the People, and dignify the prefent 
 i£ra, by giving Energy to their united Wiihes, 
 to purify the polluted Streams of Legiflation,. 
 is the fervent Prayer of Millions of your Ma* 
 jefty's faithful Subjects. .-- .t,'-. L> ; .. 
 
 Signed in the Name, and at the unanimous 
 Defire of the Inhabitants of Belfaft, ia 
 Common Hall alTembled, the Twenty* 
 fourth of January, 1784. 
 
 ' " Tho. Stewart, 
 
 Chairman of the Meeting. 
 
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BEAUTIES of FOX, NORTH 
 • ■••^ and BURKE, 
 
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 SmbelH&ed with a Bcauriful Frontifpiece of thofe remarkable Charafter^ 
 Vi t-4ken from the Life by aa eminent Artid : 
 
 T-ogether with an ADDRESS to the PUBLIC, 
 . and a SERIES of FACTSlo the FRIENDS 
 of the COALITION. '■ 
 
 Printed for J. Stockoai«, oppoiite Burlington-Iioufc, 
 
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 With a copious tNDEX to th« whole, in the Courfe of 
 which, the nndeniicntioned £!harges appear exchanged be- 
 tween 'Lord North, Mr. Fox, and Mr. Burke, and 
 airanged under the toiiowing HeadS:: 
 
 ; . Lord NORTH 
 
 scbarged wkh a Wnnt of <^ a ji dour and ConfcieiiCe 
 threatened with Vcngrance ■• — 
 
 his general Conduit arraigned ■ 
 
 ftccufrd of Treachery '.nd falfehood 
 
 is charged wirh Negligence and incapacity — — 
 
 ftccuied of Ralhnefs — — - — 
 
 charj>es Mr. Fox wiih inJiC rioiinjte Cenfure — 
 
 jjraigned. on leading the Houfe blindfold — — 
 
 ithinks it proper^to arm the Romao Chatholitia — 
 
 is of Opinion, hat the Difpute wuh America will £nd 
 
 fpedilr, hippily, and without blooJflica 1^ 
 
 a great deal of Laughter railed at his hxpcncc 
 deicpibcd as a blunoeiing Pilot ' — 
 
 charged with the Lois of a whole Con t inert — 
 
 pronounc'd a Toiy, and an Enemy to Free om 
 <aid to have fpeni mor* in dUjgracing the Nation, than 
 
 Lot^i Chathani iiji i'pieading a LuUre around it 
 
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 holds the Contempt and Pity of Mr. Fox in equal In- 
 difference ■■ - ■ ' 6 
 his Conduct refpefting the American War arraigned 6 
 his political Apoftles compared to Our Saviour*s 6 
 charged with Breach of Promife ___——. 7, ■jz 
 never twice in the fame Temper, or of the fame Opinion 7 
 fufpefled of being bribed ■ —— — 7 
 his Conduct pronounced infolent and c<intemptaoas 7 
 charged with havi:ig rendered a Four Shilling Land-Tax 
 
 perpetual ■ '■ 8 
 
 threatened to be made relponfible for all his Meafures 8 
 accufcd of the Dcfign of fpreading arbitrary Pow^r 
 
 throughont the Empire n - 1 9 
 
 charged wich liifolence and Teqierity i. lo 
 
 with being credulous .. ■ 10 
 
 the Houfe alarmed at his views ' i — 10 
 
 accufed of Indecency and Impropriety ■■ lo 
 
 menaced with a Day of Reckoning — — 11 
 
 compared to Sir Robert Wa'pole for Corruption ; and 
 
 charged with having ioit Half the Empire by it 1 1 
 
 brings a hfavy charge againft Mr. Fox — — 12 
 
 charged with Indignity and Vilenefs 12 
 
 accufed of Pufilianimity — — — __ u 
 
 cenfured for fufpending the Habeas Corpus Aft 12 
 
 compared to SanchoVanxah IMiyfician — ij 
 
 likened to Dottor Sanj;;raoo ^ ij 
 
 the Capture of Gen. liurgoynt^ imputed to his ignorance i^ 
 
 threatened with an enquiry into it ' ■ 15 
 
 charged with a remark -ble inllance of Sillinefs — ic 
 a very finguiar way of recovciing America afcribed to 
 
 him - — — . - 15 
 accufed of Impotence, ObHinacy, Incapacity, and In- 
 attention ■ " I 16 
 reprelented as fufpei^eH, deteded, and defpifed by 
 
 America .■ — — — — 17 
 accufed of rufing Men without the Knowleiig.. of Par- 
 liament I i I. 
 reminds Mr. Burke of Pericles ■ 
 
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 threatened with an invefligation into his conduft 
 pronounced tite contriver of our misfortunes — 
 
 charges Mr. Fox with having gone very near fpeaking 
 
 1 reafon . ■ n ■ . ig 
 
 ridiculed by Mr. Fox — — ig, 26, 57, 59, 63 
 
 -— by Mr. Burke ■■. ■ 61, 72 
 
 his employing the Indians feverrly reprobated 19 
 
 denies any War can break out ^ith France -— — . 20 
 
 pionounced 
 
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 LORD NORTH 
 
 pronbanced deferving an Axe n"' ■' 20, 
 
 charged with being the laji to learn what lie iV.ould be 
 
 lYitJirJi to know — *— ■ 
 
 accufed 6f having betrayed the Nation — — 
 
 charged with Ignorance relpefting the Toultft Fleet 
 ridiculed by Mr. Burke — — • — . 
 
 charged, in the mod direfl terms, with the Lofs of 
 
 Ainerica * » ■■ ' 
 
 Mr. Fox declares he will never a£l with him -« 
 
 cenfured refpedUng Admiral Keppel ...._ 
 
 accufed of Avarice and Ambkion ■» ' ■ 
 
 charged with Partiality ■ ■ ■ 
 
 compared with the Minifter of Xerxes .__— « 
 
 his views pronounced difhoneft and corrupt — 
 
 accufed ot ivanting tb throw cfF all Refponfibility 
 puts Mr. Burke in mind of a Sioty of Sir Uodfrey 
 
 Kneller * 
 
 detedted afleep ■ ■■ " 
 
 charged with an Aft of public Perfidy 
 
 accuted of cnntcmiiing the Peopie o^ Kngland — -> 
 
 Mr. FOk thinks it woald have beeil better he had never 
 
 been born ' *■ -■ '■ ■ 
 
 Mr. Burke talks of impe;ichine him — - 
 
 Mr. Fox rfifcains the idea of joining htm ■ 
 
 declares he has not bettered hia Fortune a /ingle Shilling 
 pronounced impertinent and inlulcing ■« 
 
 the illegal Army of Ireland raifed through his bad 
 
 condndl " ' '■■ 
 
 Mr. Bu;ke denies he will ever be able to take him 
 
 by tht Paw - ■ " 
 
 would rather have Mr. Fux lor an Opponmt than 
 Comtntator 
 
 accufed of adding in dircdl comndidlion to all huneft 
 and difhonell Puliciciani that ever 
 
 lived •— * 
 
 Mr. Fox alarmed at his condudl towards the Ead 
 
 India Company — 
 
 his fyflcm condemne'l — ■ 
 
 Mr. Burke reprobates his condudl to IrelHiid 
 
 his contradl with Mr. Aikinfon fof Rum feverely 
 
 cenfored " ■ 
 
 what his Country Gentlemen are - 
 
 aftronts thf Nawy and the Army ■ — 
 
 pronounced full of Blunders, &c. ■ " • 
 
 Mr. Burke denies his right to meddle with the In- 
 dia Compan)'*!i tcriitorial acquifjcions — 
 
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 Vm COndu£l in fending Comipifljoners to Araerica to 
 
 treat for peace — — ■ ji, 
 
 attacked for his absfe of his Loans ^ ■ 
 
 charged with avarice and air.bition ■ ■ — 
 
 Indolencf and Ijgnorance 
 his reafons for continuing ihe Amrrican war ailigned 
 
 accufed of Robbery ■ ■ 
 
 his mode of calling in tke balances of public Account- 
 ants cried oui againft » . 
 has been I'uclcled with the milk of the Treafury 
 charged with afling impudently — — 
 reprehended for his audacity. ■ 
 IWr. Fox threatens to bring bioi to the Scaffold 
 freezes Mr. Eurke's biood, and harrows up his foul 
 threatened with impeachment '■ 
 reprefenied as a cheat ■ — 
 
 as a (buffler 
 
 conrpared to a murderer — — 
 
 acculed of bafenefs - ■ 
 
 called a puppet ' ' ■ ■ ■ 
 
 imputes motives to Mr. Fox — 
 
 charged with making nn infamous loan 
 
 accurffd obllinacy 
 IMr. Fox declares he fhould think himfelf the moll inf^ 
 
 moos of mankind, if he (hould ever join him C8» 73, 74 
 declares as much of Mr. Fox ■ 69 
 
 the total of his loiles fommed Hp — - 69 
 
 painted as a wretched financier ■■ ■ ■■■ 71 
 
 accufed of want of feeling .— — . . 1 ■ 74 
 
 Mr. Fox dreads feting him in office again — ■ 8j 
 
 <icfcDds his coalition with Mr. Fox 82> 86| ^7 
 
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 charged by Lord North with indilcriminaic cenfure 4 
 his contempt and pity held by Lord North in equal in- 
 difference ■ 
 
 alarms the Houfe at the views of I otd North —— 
 menaces Lord North with a day oi reckoning 
 compares Lord North to Sir Robert Walpolc for corrup- 
 tion, and charges him with having loft half the 
 
 empire by it ■ ■ ■ 
 
 a fevere charge brought againfl him by Lord North 
 
 accufcs Lord North of pufillanimity ■ •■■- 
 
 Jikeni Lord North to Dodlor Sangrado 
 
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 threatens L(^rd North with an inquiry into the c.'pture of 
 
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 l^ribes to Lord North a fingular way of recovenng 
 America . , «__^ 
 
 loprefents Lord North as fufpefted, dcicfted, and dc- 
 fpifed by America __— 
 
 jji-onounces Lord North the contriver of onr misfortunes 
 
 charged by Lord North with having gone very near 
 fpraking treafon — - ., 
 
 fidicules Lord North 
 
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 pronounces Lord North deferving cenfure — 
 
 charges Lord North with bein^ the /<»,/? to learn what he 
 
 fhould be theory? to know ..... 1 - 
 
 accufes Lord North ot having betrayed the nation 
 dtclare he will never aft with Lord North — — 
 
 urraij!;i s the condaft of Lord North refpeding Admiral 
 
 aecufes Lord North of avarice and ambition ■ 
 charges Lord North with p.irtialirv ■ 
 
 compares Lorn North with ihe Mini fler of Xerxes 
 pronounces the views of Lord North to be ciifhoneft and 
 
 corrupt •■ -1— . 
 
 chargesj ord North with an aft of public perfidy 
 aecufes Lord North of contemning the people of Eng- 
 
 ihought it would hav: been better Lord North had never 
 been born ■■ ■ ■■ ■ 
 
 pronounces Lord North deferving ar; Axe - 
 
 difJains the Idea tf j'>ining Loni Ni.-'.;. ^ 
 
 pronounces Lord North impecjincnt and infaUing — 
 alcribes the raiCng an illegal Arny »:i itelanJ to the ill 
 
 Conduft of Lord North • 
 
 Lord North would rather hav~ him fur an Oppone«t 
 
 than Comn»entator — • — — 
 
 thinks the Infiuence of the Crown ougiii to be eniircly 
 
 d(^Ilroyed — 
 
 alarme.l at the Conduft ol Lord North towards the Eaft. 
 
 India Company — - ■ ■ ■ 
 
 condemns Lord Nuirh'i Syflcm ■ 
 
 cenfures Lord North foi the Contraft for Rum made with 
 
 Mr. Atkinfon - ■ ■ * 
 
 defcribes Lord North's Country Gentleman — — 
 his opinion of Lord [hurlow ' ■ 
 
 charges Lord North with difguftirvg the Army and 
 
 Navy — ■ -■ 
 
 arraigns Lord North of Mifcondutt, Blunders, atid 
 
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 cenfures Lord North for fending Cotumiflioners to Ame- 
 rica to treat fur Peace — ^^ m^ ji^ 
 
 attacks Lord North for his abufe of his Loans 
 afEgn* to Lord North Reafonsfor continuing the Ame- 
 rican war ■ i ■ 
 accufes Lord North of Robbery .>■ n . ■ . 
 exclaims againA touching the territorial Revenue o/ the 
 
 Ball In Jia Company >___ 
 
 cries out againft Lord North's Mode of calling in the 
 
 Balances of public accountants ^ 
 
 reprefents Lord North as being fuciclcd with the Milk 
 
 of the Treafury ■ . . 
 
 charges Lord North with aiding impudently — 
 
 reprehends him for his Audacity ■ ■ 
 
 threatens L^rd North with the Scaffold 
 
 reprefents Lord Noith as a Shuffler ■ ■'■ 
 
 compares him to a Murderer ■■ ■ ■ 
 
 reprefents Lord Nor.li as a Cheat ■ ■ ■ ■ » 
 
 accuft'S hull of Bafcnefs — — — 
 
 calls him a puppet - . ■ 
 
 Motives imputed to him by Lord North — 
 
 charges Lord North with accurled Obilinacy — 
 
 {peaks sgainil Coalition 
 
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 would thiiik himielf the molt infamous o.^ Mankind, 
 
 fti uld he join Lord North — 68, 73, 74. 
 
 Lord Noriii declaies ;<s much of Mr Fox — 69 
 
 delcribes Lord North as a wretched ^•mwc/V** — 71 
 
 Secretary, Mr. promifcs to corrett the influence of the 
 
 Cro'vn "I — *. yB 
 
 thinks the India Compnny fhould have the Appointment 
 
 of their own Servants - 
 
 dread* his feeing Lord North in Oflice again 
 Lord North dcfcndb his Coalitipn with him 
 
 defend his Coalition with Lord North 
 
 cha!^<:s Li rd North with being an Enemy to Freedom 
 
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 charges Lord North with Indignity and vilenefs 
 cenfures Lord North fot lufper.jing ihc Habeas C 'pus A61 
 compares Lord North to Sancho i*anza's I'hyf . .< 
 imputes ihe Captuie of Gcn»;ral liurgoyncio the fgiio- 
 
 lancc of Lord North ■■ - -~— 
 
 charge? Lcrd North with a moll rcmaihahle inllancc of 
 
 bjllincfs — — — . 
 
 •ccufcj Lord North of Impoicnce — — — 
 
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 citargei Lord North with 
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 raifing Men without the Know- 
 
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 reminded by Lord North of Pericles ,~.-i.-^ 18 
 
 threatens Lord North with an invelligation into hisconduA 19 
 
 reprobates Lord Norih*s employing the Indians — 21 
 Kcufcs Lord North of Ignorance refpcdling the Toulon 
 
 Fleet '■ ■ ' — ■ 21 
 
 ridicules Lord North •■■ — — — 21 
 
 charges Lord North, in the mod direfl Terms, with he 
 
 Icfs of America ■ 21 
 
 his Opinion of Refponfibility ■ ■ 28 
 \$ put in Mind, by Lord North, of a S'ory of ^ir God- 
 frey Knell er — ^q 
 
 detefts Lord North f.ift aflerp - ■ ■ ■ — 31 
 
 pro'ioonces the Places of Miniftry not worth ^r; Acceptance 33 
 
 talks of impeaching Lord Nor'h 35 
 
 defies Lord North ever to take him by t!ie Pa-u) — 38 
 accales Lord North with at^ling in diri.d Cortradiclioi 
 
 to t11 honeft and diilioneil Politicians that ever lived 40 
 denits v.e have a ri^ht to the territorial Reve.^ues oi the 
 
 Eall India Company 41, 44, 48, 49 
 
 rcprobares the MiniUer'sConduft lu Ireland — 43 
 
 Lord North I'reezes his Bliod, and harrows up his Soul 60 
 
 threatens L ord North with Impenchment ■ ■ - 62 
 
 reprflents Lord North as a Cheai ■ ' ' ■ 62 
 
 chargis him with making an infamous Loan ■ — ■ ■ 66 
 
 fums lip the Total of L ord North's Loffes — 69 
 
 his Opinion how Government ought to be conduded 74 
 
 hit Panegyric on the bell of Sovereigns — >— • 89 
 
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 Sixpence, 
 
 A FULLwd AuthCTitrc Account of the feveral DEB ATES 
 on Mr. FOX'S EAST-tNDiA BILL, in the HOUSE 
 «f COMMONS, on Th-urfday the 27th Novembt?r, irid on 
 Mondiy the ilK »nd Monday the 8tli December: And in 
 the HOUSE of LOK-DS, on Tuefday thf 9th, Monday the 
 tfth, TueiSiay the »6tlri and WrdiTr{chr(rthei7th December, 
 J783.— Including the fevcral Papers containing a true Statei- 
 nenrof the C»«)p(Miv's Affii'M : Liih of the Divifioits ; of 
 the Al»(«ntee3 ; und of thofe who retired before the Divifions 
 ccmitienced. T«r, HTHta with 
 
 Autlientic Copies of Mr. FOX's Two EAST-INDIA 
 BiLLS, the Arguments of the Cntmcil againll: one of them, 
 in helialf of the Court of Dire^nrs and Court of Proprietors, 
 at the Bar of b(»tb HoD^es of Pariiameni. 
 
 Alio, The DEBATES in th<; HOU^Fi of COMMONS, 
 ifrom TuefJay Dcceitiber j8rh, to Wcdnefday Decembef 
 24th, on-thc STATR of tlie NATION; on the various 
 JMotioR&t Rf(bluiions and /.ddreffcs, during that period; 
 with his Majertv's Anfwef* to the Addreffes, • 
 
 And likewise, The PliBATES in the HOUSE of 
 COMMONS, from Monday the lath, to Friday the i6th 
 «f Januefy, 1784; C{>ntainine the very interelting Debates 
 «n Mp. Fl i r'l EA^T-INDfA BILL, with a Corrett Copy 
 of the Bill. 
 
 . The whoib compiled and revised in the bed hianner pof- 
 ^ble ; forming one of the molt complete and interelting 
 Psrliamentary Works ever offered to the Public; and maf 
 ^ bad iopwate or together. 
 
 This Di^ is Puhlijhe^, 
 EmbelliflipJ with 1 curiou', Fionnlpickr, abiohitcly ncccflsry to be feeB 
 livevfiv Hrrlon in \\\;> Majcity'i Dofnirions, both in Turope and the 
 
 THF nRFORMITIRSnf VOX and BURKE, faithfully 
 feleitid Ironi their Speeches, and intended as a companion 
 to bin J up ^''ith the Bcantiei of I'ox, North, and Burke; 
 with i' ■XiA .> tlie TcrriMjri»l Ac<|uiiiiions *• of the Edl- 
 •* Ind a Company, n'' ^iic Lawyer with a rag of a goua 
 ** up<^ hii> back, or a wig with one tie, had <riven it as his 
 «' opiiuoa, that the right to thric PoffcHions was veiled in 
 
 ** x\\K Crown, and not in the Company" V'idt' Mr. 
 
 Burked Speech in the Honfrtjf Commons, March 23d, 1773. 
 
 •^* Near three thoufand of the above Publication lune 
 already been difpoftd of. 
 
 <' The EFFECTS to be expfflcd fiom the EAST- 
 <* INDIA BILL, upon the Conllitutipn of Great Britain, 
 •• if pafi"t:d into a I.iw." By Wi!li-im Pulrcney, Efq. — 
 Fourth Edition corrertcd. 'I'o wiiich is added a PulUcript. 
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