John Robinfon, M. A. to the rectory of Hepworth, in the Ifle of Axholme, in Lincolnshire. DISPENSATIONS. THE Rev. John Fagg, M. A. to hold the vicarage of Chiflet, with the vicarage of St. Nicholas, in Kent.-The Rev. Francis Mills, to hold the rectory of Hinton, on the Green, in the county and diocefe of Gloucefter, together with the rectory of Barford, in the county of Warwick.- The Rev. Charles Hawtrey, to hold two of the vicarages of Bampton, in the county of Oxford.-The Rev. Jofeph Guest, to hold the vicarage of Staunton-upon-Arrow, in the county of Hereford, together with the vicarage of Lugwardine, in the fame county. March 26. BANKRUPT S. Leeds, in Yorkshire, clothier. 7ILLIAM KNOWLES, late of David Temple, of Portsmouth-Common, fhopkeeper.-Jofeph Wilks, of Threadneedle-ftreet, London, merchant.-Matthew Taylor, late of Lamb's-Conduit-ftreet, Red-Lion-fquare, dealer.-Jofeph Watson, of Butcher-row, Templebar, grocer.-John Smith, of Frodsham, in Cheshire, inn-keeper.-29. John Charley, late of Barnstaple, in Devonshire, tallow-chandler. Aug. 2. George Daniell and Samuel Daniell, of Killgeran, otherwife Killgarren, in Pembrokeshire, copartners and iron-mafters.-Ezra Eagles, of Cropledy, in Oxfordshire, carrier.Archibald Smith, of Monk-Wearmouth-Shore, in the county of Durham, breadbaker.-John Dibb, now or late of Hunflett, in Leeds, Yorkfhire, maltfter.5. William Brown, of the city of Oxford, fhop-keeper.- -Anne Jofeph de Serres de la Tour, of Pall-Mall, merchant. -John Langhorn, of Barbican, London, broker.-9. Thomas Watfon, of the Low Lights, in Tynemouth, Northumberland, brewer.12. Willam Randle, of Brentwood, in Effex, money-fcrivener.—Jofeph Harris and Samuel Harris, otherwife Henry Nelthropp, late of Dowgate-hill, London, merchants and copartners, trading under the firm of J. Harris and company.-16. Henry Radley, of South Shields, mafter-mariner.-Thomas Parke, of Lancaster, merchant. Charles Chapman of Leadenhallstreet, London, fhoemaker.- -George Walker, now or late of King's-Arms Paffage, Cornhill, London, wine-merchant.-Thomas Bradock, of Mumford's-court, Milk-ftreet, London, button-feller. John Freeman, of Falmouth, in Cornwall, merchant.-19. John Davis, of Whitchurch, in Oxfordfhire, dealer.-Benjamin Oakey, of Swanfea, in Glamorganshire, grocer and tobacconist.Chefs Stedman, of Lawrence-lane, London, warehouseman. Robert Stennett, now or late of Bath, watchmaker and filverfmith.William Brailsford, of Doncafter, in Yorkshire, upholsterer. John Mackenzie,, of Adam's-court, Old Broad-ftreet, London, carpenter.-23. Jofeph Smith, of North-Shields, in Northumberland, linen-draper.-John Lloyd, of Wells, in Somersetshire, grocer.- -Philip Chandler, of Great Bookham, in Surrey, victualler.John Chamberlin, of Narrow-Wall, Lambeth, Surrey, timber-mer chant.- -Jofeph Oakley, late of Liverpool, -John Watfon, of Thetford, in Norfolk, grocer.-Francis Wilkins, of Salisbury, in Wilts, haberdasher. Peter M'Taggart, late of Sherbourne-lane, London, but now of StepneySquare, St. Dunstan, Stepney, infurance-broker. 10. Joshua Cox, of Bath-ftreet, St. James, Clerkenwell, baker.-William Lodge, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, innkeeper.-Robert Cooke, late of the Chapelary of Penfax, in Worcestershire, tallow-chandler and foap-boiler.--James Lawson, of Liverpool, grocer and merchant.James M'Doual, late of Charles-Town, South-Carolina, in North-America, but now of Paddington, Middlefex, merchant.-Thomas Jones, of High-street, Wapping, dealer in wines and fpirits-James Johnston, of Snaith, in Yorkshire, linen-draper.-Robert Kingston, of Towcester, in Northamptonshire, dealer.-Richard Gardner, of Fore-ftreet, London, grocer. David Cay, late of Friday-ftreet, London, gaufeweaver.-John Cowper, of Queen-street, Bloomfbury, cheefemonger.- -Richard Atkinson, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, haberdasher. George Tucker, late of Reading, in Berks, ironmonger. -14. 17. Frederick Auguftus Newman, late of Ealing, in Middlefex, dealer, but now a prifoner in the King's-Bench Prifon.-John Salmon, of Sunderland near the Sea, in the county of Durham, coal-fitter. Thomas Hyatt, late of Perthore, in Worcestershire, apothecary. PRICES of STOCKS, &c. in MAY, 1785. Compiled by C. DOMVILLE, Stock-Broker, No. 95, Cornhill. N. B. In the 3 per Cent Confols. the higheft and lowest Price of each Day is given ; in the other Stocks the higheft Price only. t THE LONDON MAGAZINE, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, FOR JUNE, 1785. THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT-BRITAIN. Begun and holden at Westminster, on the 25th of January, 1785. A a S foon as Lord North had concluded, the Speaker interrupted the debate, by informing the Houfe, that as this was the laft day for receiving petitions complaining of undue elections, and as the hour which was generally deemed the conclufion of the day (twelve) was faft approaching, a petition, which he understood an honourable member near had then in his hand, could not be prefented, unless the Houfe would confent that the debate fhould be adjourned for a few minutes. The Houfe confenting, the debate was adjourned for a quarter of an hour: in the mean time a petition was laid upon the table, and read by the clerk, complaining of an undue election for the town of Liverpool: the petitioner was Colonel Tarleton. The 4th of June was fixed for taking it into confideration. After this the question that the debate be refumed, having been put and carried, Mr. Sheridan rofe. He faid it was not his intention to enter into legal difpute on the prefent queftion; and confequently he did not mean to reply to the arguments that had been ufed by three law authorities, from the higheft to the lowest degree; from an actual judge down to a young practifing barrifter: he faid he would, however, take notice of one thing that fell from a learned gentleman, who had modeftly called himself a chicken in the law (Mr. Taylor). That learned gentleman had promised to vote this might for the original queftion; for this promife the LOND. MAG. June 1785. learned gentleman had his thanks; but his gratitude was allayed by a declaration made by the learned member, that as this was the first time he should vote against adminiftration, fo it would be the last time he fhould divide with oppofition. The learned gentleman, it would feem, had fo clear an infight into futurity, that he was able to pronounce with certainty, that though the minifter was as wrong in the prefent proceeding as he could fuppofe; fo wrong indeed, that notwithstanding his predilection for him, he felt it bis duty to oppofe him on the prefent occafion, yet in every future measure of his adminiftration, he muft neceffarily be in the right. Nothing fhort of fuch an infight could juftify the declaration he had made. He wished the learned member had fhewed himfelf only a chicken this night; but he had gone a great deal farther, and endeavoured to make himself appear endued with wisdom, whilft those who were in oppofition to government were defcribed, in effect, as chickens. praifed him for his candour and manlinefs, the whole Houfe felt the truth and juftice of the panegyric; but the learned gentleman had made a drawback upon it, that feemed totally to undo all that he had faid before in compliment to his right honourable friend on the poffeffion of the two qualities of candour and manlinefs; and he was convinced that the House would not agree with the learned gentleman, in thinking that when his right honourable friend feemed to be most open, most candid, and moft manly, he was moft to be fufpected of concealing, under this exterior, fome mifchief to the state. His right honourable friend had, as it had been remarked, often appealed to the people, and warned them of their danger; if, as the learned gentleman would infinuate, he had often cried out to them when there was no danger, that he had told them the wolf was among the fheep, when the wolf was not there, ftill it could not be faid that he had ever deceived the people, by faying that the wolf was not in the fheepfold, when he was actually devouring them: it was not from the wolf that danger was to be apprehended for the conftitution; that animal's attacks were generally open, and confequently lefs dangerous; it was from the wolf in fheep's cloathing that every thing was to be apprehended; the prowling wolf might be refifted; but the envenomed tooth of the ferpent lurking in the grafs, would give a fting, when none was expected; and the venom would prey upon the vitals of the conftitution. A noble lord (Mulgrave) had not forgot to reproach his right honourable friend with having been an enemy to Mr. Grenville's bill, and having oppofed it whilft it was paffing through the Houfe of Commons:-he had alfo reproached the noble lord in the blue ribband on the fame head; but yet, in fpeaking of the latter, he had ufed an expreffion that feemed not intended fo much for a reproach to the noble lord, as a kind of vindication of himself (Lord Mulgrave) from a reflection thrown out a few days ago by the Chancellor of the Exchequer: 5 and indeed feldom omitted by the right honourable gentleman, whenever an occafion offered: the noble mover of the amendment had faid, after panegyrizing himself for the purity of his conduct in office, that he was not like the noble lord in the blue ribbon, who might have had recourfe to finifter or corrupt means, to influence parliament, and fupport his adminiftration. Mr. Sheridan faid, that when he heard this charge brought by the right honourable gentleman, he was filled with aftonifhment, when he confidered that he was fitting in the midst of those who had given the warmest and most zealous fupport to the noble lord whilft he was in office; and who could not but have felt that they must come in for their fhare of the difgrace which fuch a reflection was calculated to throw upon the adminiftration of the noble lord in the blue ribband; for, if the noble lord was ever under the neceffity of ufing corrupt means, he muft have had perfons on whom he could exercife the principle of corruption, and who of courfe must have been more infamous than himself. therefore aftonished when he heard this charge brought a few days ago by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that none of those who fat near had rifen up to refcue his own reputation from being implicated in fo degrading an accufation. The noble mover of the amendment had, however, thought proper to rife this night to exculpate the noble lord in the blue ribband, and confequently himfelf, when he said, that in oppofing Mr. Grenville's bill the noble lord had ufed all his influence as a man and a minister to have it rejected; by this influence he meant what naturally and perfonally belonged to the noble lord, from his great abilities, and high character as a flatef man. He (Mr. Sheridan) expected therefore, that in future, the minifter would be a little more cautious how he charged the noble lord with having had recourfe to corrupt means when in power, to fupport his adminiftration, left he fhould give offence to thofe, who, though now the political enemies of the noble lord in the blue He was ribband, ribband, were, when he was in office, his most forward advocates and fupporters: to thofe perfons he would leave the task of defending his lordship whenever he fhould be attacked on the fcore of corruption; and to the prefent minifter he would leave unenvied, the pleafure and the honour of having for his confidential friends those who were moft in the fecrets, moft in the confidence of, and moft in the habits of friendship with one, whom the present minifter would reprefent as a person who governed by corruption; and found as many corrupt friends, as he could have wifhed for, to ftand forth the champions of his administration: if there could be wanting any thing to point out to the young minifter how well thofe perfons were deferving of his friendship, countenance, and confidence, it would unqueftionably be found in the facility with which they diffolved the ties of amity with the noble lord, and abandoned their benefactor. Thefe new connections would fhew how fincere the minister was in the profeffions he made of his regard to the opinion of the people: he had appealed to them, as he faid, by a diffolution of parliament; but did he regard their opinion now? If he did, there was not a doubt but he would immediately order the high-bailiff to make his return; for he believed he could not find out of that House a fingle man of fenfe or difcretion, who was not fick of the fcrutiny, and who would not with that the minifter had never embarked in it, or that he were fairly out of it. For his part, he never was able to find a good caufe for compelling his right honourable friend to refort to a fcrutiny; but he was ftill more at a loss to find a colourable pretext under which it might be continued. When it was firft or dered, it was under the idea that vaft numbers had polled for Mr. Fox, who were not in exiftence; and that the high-bailiff not having been able, or had time to fatisfy his confcience, ought not to be forced to make a return, until he should have had time to fatisfy his doubts, and remove his fcruples. These two reafons had but little weight with him, when they were urged in the Houfe laft year, as the grounds for ordering the highbailiff to proceed in the scrutiny; but little as that weight was then, it was infinitely lefs now; for the fcrutiny, as far as it had gone as yet, gave the moft flat contradiction to all the declamations about men in nubibus, men long fince dead, Spital-fields weavers, and the like, who were faid to have polled for Mr. Fox; and as to the conScience of the returning officer, he did not apprehend that the Houfe thought it now of that delicate texture that they believed, or affected to believe it to be made of, in the beginning of the laft feffion of parliament. Of all the duties which could not be performed by proxy, or by deputy, thofe of confcience were, in his opinion, the moft remarkable. -The high-bailiff had alledged laft year, that his scruples or confcientious difficulties, were fo great and fo nice, that he could not be able to make his return, until he fhould have thoroughly fcrutinized the votes upon the poll; and yet no fooner had the Houfe ordered him to go on with the fcrutiny, than he abfolutely affigned over his confcience to his affeffor, and feemed by this expedient to have fairly got rid of his feruples.-A man really under the dominion of fcruples, could not in conscience act against them; he must remove them. But the high-bailiff had found out the happy talent of reconciling the moft oppofite things; for first he had fcruples, and he could not in confcience make his return until they fhould have first been removed; and yet he pronounces judgement, not only whilft his fcruples exist, but whilft his own mind tells him that the opinion of his affeffor is ill founded. Nothing could be more oppofite than that a man from fcruples fhould refuse to admit as good, a vote already on his poll, and yet in compliment to the opinion of another, pronounce the vote to be good, though the fcruples are not removed, but are, confirmed, Succeffive keepers of this delicate confcience are appointed, and though their advice is followed by the reE e 2, turning |