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worth nothing, if it is incapable of withstanding Ridicule.-Phillips's Va

nity the Cause of his Fall

Letter to Lord Ellenborough upon the Liberty of the Press, as the Doctrine of it

was illustrated in the Trial of Carr against Hood.-Doctrine restricted to

Authors and their Works.—Analysis of Carr's Case.-Who is to settle the ~

Point as to what is candid and what is not ?-Why should Authors alone be

exposed to free Criticism?-Who is to determine what is ridiculous? —

Why should not any other Person as well as an Author be ridiculed? Of

what Use is the Press if it be to censure nothing but its own Works?-The

Liberty of the Press does not consist in the being able, unpunished, to

print a Book on Gardening, but to ridicule or censure Persons, by the

Means of the Press.-The Injury to Individuals is not to be considered, if

the Public be benefited.-The grave fat Cuckolds, in and about London,

great Enemies to the Freedom of the Press

Conventions in Portugal.-What the Nation had a Right to expect.-What have

we?-Disgraceful Terms.-Miserable Excuses for accepting of them.

We wanted a decisive Victory. -Shameful Acknowledgment of the Em-

peror and the Duc d'Abrantes.-More disgraceful than the Conduct of

Whitelocke.-Defence of Sir Arthur Wellesley by the Morning Post.-

Old Bailey-like Defence.-High Wellesley compared to a Banker or Attor-

ney's Clerk. Further Extract from the Morning Post about the Protest.

-Utter Improbability of any such Protest.-Morning Post the Property of

East Indians.-The Armistice published in the French Language

-General Feelings of the Nation upon this Subject.-Necessity of Petition-

ing the King. I am resolved to do it.-Notice to Hampshire Freeholders

to join me if they choose.-- Portuguese dissatisfied.-Ill treatment of them

by our Generals. The hoisting of the Flags.-Protest of the Portuguese

General Freire.-Discontents in Portugal.-The Convention not binding

upon the Portuguese Wellesley's Letter to the Bishop of Oporto.-The

pretended" French Trick."-Wellesley the Person most concerned.——

Generals ought to be recalled.-A Trial ought to take Place as soon as po si-

ble. Contrast in the Conduct of Lord Cochrane and Sir Samuel Hood.-

Base Falsehood in the Morning Post, imputing the Censure of Sir Arthur

Wellesley to Party Spirit

What Share of Blame is due to the Ministers.-Pretensions of the Com-

manders, Cause of their Appointment.-No Measures taken to do us jus.

tice.-The Answer to our Censure is, that we hate the Wellesleys because

they were staunch Friends of the late Pitt.-The Protest again

Spanish Revolution.-The Constitution of that Country-Former Efforts in the

Cause of Freedom.-Fears about the Disposition of the Nobles and Priests.

-Difference between the Case of America and that of Spain-We ought

to think betimes of what we ought to do, if King Joseph should be seated

upon the Throne.-The talking so much about Ferdinand is a bad Sign.-

Our Writers seem to hate Napoleon only as a Conqueror, and not at all as..

a Despot. We conquer Nizams, &c.-We give Praises and Honours and

Money to those who conquer for us. Opinion clearly expressed as to

the Result of the War

Conventions in Portugal.-Wellesley arrived in England.-The News of the

Convention reached the Ministers along with that of the Battle of

Vimiera. New Defence of Wellesley answered.-Vile Slanders upon

the Portuguese. But, what are the People doing?-They can address

when the Object is to flutter.-Baseness of the ministerial Creatures in

Hampshire-But too general.-The Cause of this slavish Dependence.—

The World will regard us as Slaves, or as Hypocrites

Spanish Revolution. Mr. J. Hookham Frere appointed Envoy to Ferdinand VII.

-Doctrine of cashiering Kings.-If the War be for Ferdinand it is an

Object of little comparative Interest. Cevallos's Exposition" exposed

Conventions in Portugal.-Sir Hew Dalrymple's Arrival at Portsmouth.-- Sir

Arthur Wellesley came Home more snugly-No Calcutta Entries.

Why not hasten to Spain, instead of coming Home on Leave of Absence ? `

Address and Petition of the City of London delivered to the King,

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King's Answer. The kissing Scene.-Answers of the late King upon

similar Occasions.-The wretched Slaves of the City deserve the Treat-

ment they received.-Abject Language of the Morning Chronicle re-

specting Doctrine of "No Wrong."-Proceedings in Berkshire respecting

the Convention.-Addresses of the Corporation and City of Winchester.

-The Right of Petition.-Essex about to meet, though the two Factions

have, by the Means of a Compromise, long rendered the elective Fran

chise a perfect Nullity in that County.-The Scots and a Yorkshireman'

disclaim Sir Hew.-Wellesley gone to Ireland.-Has he his Salary still ?---

Mr. Canning is suspected not to join in the Views of others respecting the

Convention-Makers

Major Hogan's Appeal

Letter to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hampshire.-Hope the approaching.
Meeting will be well-attended.-Importance of the Subject-We call
the French Slaves, because they dare not complain.-Our competence to
decide upon the Subject.-We are told that there is no Necessity for
Petitioning now that the King has answered the City of London.-What
are the Grounds of our Reliance, founded upon recent Events ?-The Minis-
ters rejoiced at the Convention, they advised the Answer to the City of
London. Did any Inquiry take Place with regard to the Helder?—The
Expulsion of King James II.-Right of Petition again urged.-Insolence
of the Partizans of the Ministry.-One great Object is to support the
City of London.-Let us keep clear of Party, that Bane of the Country
Letter to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Hampshire.-Remarks on the Pro-
ceedings of the County Meeting.Party.-Mr. Garnier.-Let us laugh
at the Accusation of being Jacobins and Levellers.-A Dawn of Hope

Conventions in Portugal.-Court of Inquiry ordered.-Not so in the Case of Sir

Robert Calder, or that of Colonel Cochrane Johnstone.-What the Court

of Inquiry will prove to be.-The Ground of Opposition in Berkshire.—

What the French Writers say of our Complaints.-The Discontents in

Portugal attributed to our Complaints here.-This is an old Trick of Pitt.

-The Wellesleys and Hopes, of ardent mind, knew well how to induce

a City to rejoice.—We are afraid to leave Portugal to itself. The probable

Effect, in Spain, of our Conduct in Portugal.-Of the Gratitude and

Forbearance due from the People to the Army.-What are become, then,

of all the Preachings about strict Discipline?-Poor Encouragement for

us still to make Sacrifices.-To get the French out of Portugal was not the

"main Object."-Paragraph Puffs in behalf of Wellesley. The Address

of the Officers to Wellesley.-Better beat the French than waste their

Time and Money in addressing, and giving Plate to their Commanders

Letter to the Reverend Edmund Poulier, in answer to his Defence of Mr. Garnier

Court of Inquiry.-This, then, is the "due" Investigation that was promised..

-It will produce a Mass of Print that no Man will read.-Wellesley now

gives the Lie direct to all his Friends who talked about the Protest.-

What Honour and Justice called upon him to do the Moment he landed

in England. Sir Hew was ordered by Lord Castlereagh to consult Wel-

lesley.-The whole of the Documents were sent to Lord Castlereagh in

French.-Magnified Numbers of the Enemy.-Provisions for the Army.

-Lord Castlereagh's Brother is a General in Spain and Under Secretary

of State at the same Time,-The Persons examined are all, more or less,

Parties concerned

Spanish Revolution.-Central Junta seem to lose their Time in Measures for

"keeping the People in Order."-Is Napoleon to be resisted by any but

revolutionary Means - The Junta has been passing Decrees against "the

Licentiousness of the Press."-Bad Sign.-No Proof that our Ministers

have been to blame in their Plans.-Portuguese do not seem to thank us

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Lukewarmness in the Cause of Spain

Spanish Revolution-Answer to a Correspondent, who accuses the Editor of

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Portugal-Sad discontented and unsettled State

King's Declaration, with regard to the Overtures of France and Russia, from

Jamaica.-Black Regiments. Mischiefs and Dangers attending them
Lotteries. Reports to the House of Commons relating to them

Libel Law.Abridgment of the Trial in the Case of Carr against Hood
Convention.-Extract from the Times Newspaper

-Hampshire Meeting, Proceedings at

London City.-Proceedings in consequence of the King's Answer to them

Hampshire Meeting for the Nomination of a Member in the Room of Sir Henry
Mildmay

Edinburgh Reviewers.-Excellent Passages relating to Spain, extracted from
their Work.

Duke of York. The Act of Parliament containing the Grant to him of National
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Table of the Number of Christenings and Burials; of the Prices of the Quartern
Loaf; of the Prices of Meat, Sugar, Salt, and Coals; of the Prices of
the English and French Stocks; and of the Number of Bankruptcies,
from June to November, 1808

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Table of the Number of Christenings and Burials within the Bills of Mortality, from June 1808, to November 1808, inclusive.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1808. [PRICE IOD.

I would have no expeditions against the Americans. I would securely stop their holes, and leave them to “quarrel and fight amongst themselves, which they would soon infallibly do."-POLITICAL REGISTER, Vol. XIII. p. 31.

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SUMMARY OF POLITICS. AMERICAN STATES. On the 24th instant, Mr. WHITBREAD made, in the House of Commons, a speech, which formed a sort of recapitulation of the subjects of debate during the session, which is now upon the point of closing. Amongst other topics, he revived that of the dispute with the American States. With respect to "America," said he, I wish to know, as "far as it can be disclosed with discretion, "what is the real situation in which the

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not accepted by America, because Ame"rica would not fulfil the condition on "which alone it was tendered, namely. "the revocation of that proclamation by

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which British ships were not allowed to enter the harbours of America, while "those of the enemy visited them at plea"sure. But, sir, the manner in which "the British reparation was tendered to

America by a special mission, was, to all "the feelings of nice honour, an effective "reparation, although not accepted; and

so in fact we have every reason to believe "that it was considered by the American

government. With respect, sir, to "the embargo, and to the probable effects "of the Orders in Council in producing its "abandonment, the hon. gent. has mi"stated my right hon. friend's propositions. "The hon. gent. declares my right hon. "friend to have predicted, that the Orders "in Council would do away the embargo, "whereas my hon. friend only argued in "opposition to the hon. gentlemen on the "other side, that the Orders in Council did "not produce the embargo; that they

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were not substantively known in Ame "rica when the embargo took place; and "that they were not included in the complaint made by the American government to Congress, on which complaint the embargo was founded. Nor, sir, do I "think that the Orders in Council them"selves could have produced any irritation “in America. If I were not disposed on "this occasion to avoid making any obser"vations that might be suspected of a party feeling, I would say, that I do think

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