a held in contempt. And how happened this? Gentlemen, I will tell you. Because 151 individuals return a majority of that House. This certainly ought not to be. (Loud applauses.) Till this evil is remedied, we shall see no good times for Old England. (Applauses.) We have lately heard a great deal of the strenuous endeavours of the inhabitants of the Metropolis to put down the Private Boxes of Covent Garden Theatre-would to Heaven that I could see the same spirit rising in the country at large to put down the Pri pious Sovereign of the British Isles represented by his own servants at the head of gang. of smugglers (oud applauses), or to see the Gemius of British Cominerce, who was wont proudly to spread her wings from one extremity of the ocean to the other, metamorphosed into an eel wrig. gling her dirty way through the mud banks of Holland. (Loud applauses.)—And | yet I doubt not, Gentlemen, that when Parliament assembles, as it will soon do to our cost, this Expedition to Walcheren, and Lord Wellington's Expedition to Spain, will be vindicated by great majori-vate Boxes in St. Stephen's Chapel. (Loud ties, as being planned and conducted with the most consummate wisdom. I argue this from a consideration of the last Session, which was occupied by the varnishing and defence of every species of abuse. Need I on this head remind you of the affair of the Duke of York, of which I will say no more, than that a ministerial majority was prepared, in spite of the disgraceful situation in which his Royal Highness appeared to the eyes of the nation at large, not only to encourage, but to solicit him to retain the office of Commander in Chief. Need I to remind you of the conviction of Lord Castlereagh, or his own confession of offering to barter East India Patronage for a seat in the House of Commons Who can think, with patience, of the conduct of the House on that occasion, or read without indignation, its resolution not to proceed against his Lordship, because the bargain had not been actually concluded? Good God, Gentlemen, what doctrine is this? I once heard at the Lancaster Assizes the question gravely argued, whether a man who was caught in transitu in a chimney, had broke into a house, (a laugh) and where the life of a poor wretch was at stake, it was fit and proper to raise an argument upon such a cause. But Lord Castlereagh was a servant of the King and of the Public; and I appeal to you all, Gentlemen, whether, if you had caught one of your servants picking the lock of your iron chest, you would not have dismissed him from your service, though he had not actually carried off a single guinea, or a single note. On the same principle I maintain that such a mass of corruption as Lord Castlereagh, should no longer have been permitted to approach the person of his Majesty, and that it was fitting that he should have been expelled the House of Commons.Gentlemen, such was the public feeling; but upon this, as on a thousand other occasions, the public feeling was, by the House of Commons, plaudits.) Till placemen, pensioners, and jobbers, are swept from the Benches of the Senate, how can we expect prudence in the granting, or economy in the expenditure of the Public Money.I have seen a good housewife raise water from a pump that is out of order, on pouring a quantity of water down the pump-stock; this refreshment causes the sucker to play, and produces a copious stream I leave it to your consideration, Gentlemen, whether some such process does not occasionally produce a copious stream of public money.It is doubtful, Gentlemen, whether we shall soon be able to do any thing on a large scale respecting Parliamentary Reform. We shail, however, in all probability, soon have an opportunity of doing something in the retail way. It is well known that dissention and mutual recrimination have shaken the foundation of ministerial power. When Parliament meets, things will be found, to adopt General Gascoyne's celebrated expression, to be at sixes and sevens." (A laugh.) So much so, indeed, that in all probability the gallant General may once more vote according to his conscience. (A laugh.) This phenomenon must forebode some great event, which event I take to be a dissolution of Parliament. (Applauses.) In that case, I trust, Gentlemen, that the Town of Liverpool will second your endeavours, and that in lieu of our present Representatives, we shall return two men, who, without any selfish views of private emolument, will dedicate their talents to the promotion of their Country's good. AFFIDAVITS, Read in the Court of King's Bench, in the Affidavit of Simeon Bull. SIMEON BULL, of Holles-street, Cavendish-square, in the County of Middlesex, saith, that in the month of October, 180s, Mrs. Mary-Anne Clarke, now of Westbourne-place, Chelsea, in the said County of Middlesex, but then of Bedford-place, Russell-square, in the same County, call. House-agent, maketh Oath, and saith, that in the month of June, 1808, the Plaintiff, above-named, with whom this Deponent was then unacquainted, applied to this Deponent, to take of him, this Deponent, a ready furnished house in Holles-ed upon this Deponent with one Captain street aforesaid, for a Mrs. Farquhar, whom he described as a lady coming from the country, by whom he was employed to look out for a house, which he was also employed to furnish for her. And this Deponent further saith, that he accordingly let his said house, and that Mrs. Clarke, assuming the name of Farquhar, came into and occupied it; but this Deponent finding out whom she was, went to the said Francis Wright, and insisted upon Mrs. Clarke leaving the said house at the end of the month, which she did do. And this Deponent further saith, that the said Francis Wright, the Plaintiff, and Captain Thompson, the brother of the said Mrs. Clarke, called upon this Deponent, and paid this Deponent the rent, and that there was a dispute between the said Plaintiff and Captain Thompson, as to the name in which the receipt should be given by this Deponent. Thompson, whom this Deponent understood to be her brother, for the purpose of taking of this Deponent the house she now occupies in Westbourne-place aforesaid. And this Deponent further saith, that at the time Mrs. Clarke so came to this Deponent, she said her name was Farquhar, and referred this Deponent to the Plaintif above named for a character. And this Deponent further saith, that he accordingly called upon the said Plaintiff for the chi racter of Mrs. Clarke, whose name this Deponent then understood to be Mrs. Farqu har: that he saw the said Plaintiff, and requested of him, as between one tradesman and another, to be candid; whereupon the said Plaintiff assured this Deponent he would be so; and told this Deponent that Mrs. Farquhar was a most respectable Lady, that he had taken several thousands of pounds of her money, and that if he had fifty houses to let, she should have her choice of them all. And this Deponent Afidavit of Surah Mumford. further saith, that he then enquired of the SARAH MUMFORD, of Holles-street, Ca- said Plaintill whether Mrs. Clarke, speakvendish-square, in the County of Mid-ing of her by the name of Farquhar, was dlesex, widow, maketh Oath, and saith, | that she resides with Simeon Bull, of Holles-street, aforesaid, and his wife, and assists them in letting the houses belong-living or not he knew not. And this ing to the said Simeon Bull, and keeping of the accounts relative thereto. And this Deponent further saith, that in the month of June, 1808, she recollects the Plainuff coming in the evening, with Mrs. Clarke, who passed by the name of Farquhar, towards acquainted Mrs. Clarke, that she look at a house in Holles street, belonging to the said Simeon Bull. And this Deponent further saith, that she went over the said house with the said Plaintiff and Mrs. Clarke, and acquainted them with the terms thereof; and the said Plaintiff then told this Deponent that he had seen Mr. Bull that morning, and learnt the terms of him, and he informed this Deponent that Mrs. Clarke might stay in the house for a month or two, as he was looking out for a house which he was employed to furnish for her. Affidavit of Joseph Curt. married or not, to which the said Plaintif replied, that he believed she had been : married, but whether her husband was Deponent further saith, that being satisfied with the character he had so received from the said Plaintiff of the said Mrs. Clarke, be, this Deponent, expressed such his satisfaction to the said Plaintiff, and after should have his said house. And this Deponent further saith, that he soon afterwards went to, and saw the said Mrs. Clarke, in Bedford-place aforesaid, for the purpose of completing the arrangement about the terms of the said house; when this Deponent, in a conversation which then took place, thinking that the furnture which he saw was her own, observed¦ to her, the said Mrs. Clarke, that be¦ thought the furniture in Bedford-place would suit the house she had taken of him, this Deponent; to which the said Mrs. Clarke replied, that the furniture he, this Deponent, spoke of, was too old-fashioned, and that she only intended to take with her a few articles of it, such as beds and drawers, and that the said Plaintiff was due and not being paid, this Deponent employed Messrs. Robins to distrain for the said rent, and such rent was then paid by a bill or draft of the said Plaintiff, and the second quarter's rent was also paid by a draft of the said Plaintiff on his bankers. maketh Oath and saith, that on or about the 8th day of March last, this Deponent was applied to by Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, of Westbourne-place, Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, to publish her Memoirs, and certain Letters written to her by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, which publication this Deponent declined to engage in. And this Deponent further saith, that in the latter end of the same month of March, this Deponent, under the supposition that he was the proprietor of the said book, was applied to by the Earl of Moira, and at his request commenced a negotiation with Mrs. Clarke for the suppression of the said book about to be published by her as aforesaid. And this Deponent further saith, that in the course of the treaty for the publication of the said book, the said Mary Anne Clarke assigned, as a reason to this Deponent for making the most of the said publication, that she had 2,000l. to pay to Francis Wright, the Plaintiff above-named, for the furniture sent in by him to her house in Westbourne-place aforesaid. And when this Deponent afterwards negotiated with the said Mary Anne Clarke for the suppression of the said book, the said Mary Anne Clarke stated, that a sum of money must be given her for the payment of her debts; and amongst the debts enumerated by her, she, the said Mary Anne Clarke, mentioned the debt so due from her to the said Plaintiff as aforesaid. to new furnish for her the house in Westbourne-place. And this Deponent further saith, that some short time before the lease, which was granted by this Deponent to Eliz. Farquhar, the mother of Mrs. Clarke, was executed, and which lease was execated and bears date on the 9th day of November last, he, this Deponent, was returning from the house in Westbourne- Affidavit of Sir Richard Phillips. place aforesaid, and met the said Plaintiff SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS, of Bridge-Street, in the King's Road, going there for the pur-Blackfriars, in the City of London, Knight, pose, as the said Plaintiff then informed this Deponent, of taking measure for the carpets and fenders, to be put down in, and sent to the said house. And this Deponent further saith, that it was only just before the said 9th of November that this Deponent saw the mother of the said Mrs. Clarke, and was given to understand that the house was taken for her, and that the person he had before seen was her daughter. But this Deponent did not become acquainted with the real name of Mrs. Clarke, until after the execution of the said lease; and when he did so, and found out whom she was, he, this Deponent, remonstrated with the said Plantiff for the deception he had practised upon him, which the said Plaintiff did not attempt to deny, but told this Deponent he thought he had known whom Mrs. Clarke was. And this Deponent further saith, that after the house had been so taken as aforesaid, the execution of the lease was delayed for a time, on account of the said Mrs. Clarke wishing not to pay this Deponent for the grates and other fixtures in the said house until the end of twelve months, when she acquainted this Deponent she should purchase of him the original lease of the said house, and for which purpose a clause is inserted in the lease granted by this Deponent. But this Deponent saith, that having himself taken and paid for the said xtures at a valuation at the time that he bought the original lease of the said house, he, this Deponent, objected to Mrs. Clarke's proposal, and insisted upon having the money; whereupon the said JAMES GLENIE, of Woolwich, in the Francis Wright, on the day and at the time County of Kent, Esq. maketh Oath and of the execution of the said lease (which saith, that on or about the 16th day of lease is witnessed by the said Plaintiff, and December last, Mary Anne Clarke, of Wm. Stokes, the Attorney of the said Westbourne-place, in the County of MidPlaintiff and of Mrs. Clarke), gave this dlesex, urged this Deponent, with tears Deponent a draft upon his bankers for one in her eyes, to ask the Defendant, above hundred and six pounds fourteen shillings named, to become answerable himself, or and sixpence, the amount of the valuation to procure some friend to be so to the of the said grates and fixtures. And Plaintiff above-named for the sum of 5001. this Deponent further saith, that the first to be paid in two or three months; and quarter's rent of the said house becoming the said Mary Anne Clarke then repre Affidavit of James Glenie, Esq. sented to this Deponent, that she was dis- | ture sent into Westbourne-place, in the tressed by the Plaintiff's pressing solicita- hope that she would thereby be induced tions for money. And this Deponent fur- to repay him, the said Plaintiff, which his ther saith, that he, this Deponent, then Royal Highness the Duke of York had informed the said Mary Anne Clarke, that promised, but afterwards refused to pay; he could not think of asking the said De- and this Deponent further saith, he recol fendant to comply with such her request, lects a conversation afterwards taking for that he, the Deponent, knew the De- place between this Deponent and the said fendant's determination not to come under Mary Anne Clarke, in which this Depoany engagement to pay her debts, either nent observed, that, in the opinion of this to the Plaintiff or to any other person; Deponent, it would be more to the credit but this Deponent observed to the said of the said Mary Anne Clarke if, considerMary Anne Clarke, that if she could point ing her situation, she had a smaller house, out any method of repaying the sum she and less expensive furniture. And this wanted in three months, in that case he, Deponent further saith, that the said Mary this Deponent, would speak to the De- Anne Clarke appearing displeased at this fendant on the subject, not doubting but Deponent's remark, he, this Deponent, inthat he, the Defendant, would, on such formed her, that several of her friends conconditions, be disposed to assist her, the curred with him, this Deponent, in opisaid Mary Anne Clarke, in getting some nion; and that he, this Deponent, had person or other to afford her such tempo- heard the Defendant make the same rerary accommodation. And this Deponent mark; to which the said Mary Anne further saith, that the said Mary Anne Clarke, as this Deponent well remembers, Clarke assured this Deponent, she should replied, What is it to Colonel Wardle be able to repay the money in less than what house and furniture I have?—he is three months, out of the sale of a book she not to pay for it." And this Deponent was about to publish. And this Deponent fur-further saith, that be was subpoenaed on the ther saith, that soon after this conversation had passed between the said Mary Anne Clarke and this Deponent, the said Defendant came, when this Deponent took him into the garden of the house in Westbourne-place, and there mentioned the request the said Mary Anne Clarke had made. But this Deponent saith, that the Defendant refused to comply therewith; and this Deponent further saith, that afterwards, and about the 20th of December, this Deponent, at the request of the Defendant, called upon the Plaintiff to beg that he would not continue just then to press the said Mary Anne Clarke for money, and this Deponent in such conversation then informed the Plaintiff, that it was impossible for the Defendant to pay or engage to pay the debts of the said Mary Anne Clarke, whether due to him, the said Plaintiff, or to any other person; and this Deponent further saith, that the said Plaintiff never pretended to this Deponent, that there was any debt due to him from the said Defendant, or that the said Defendant had, in any manner, become or agreed to become responsible for the forniture supplied by the Plaintiff and sent into the house at Westbourne-place aforesaid; on the contrary thereof, this Deponent says, the said Plaintiff represented to this Deponent, that he had given credit to the said Mary Anne Clarke, for the furni part of the Plaintiff, and attended upon the trial of the said cause, but was not called or examined; and this Deponent says, he well remembers that the said Defendant was anxious that this Deponent should be examined as a witness on his part, and actually sent this Deponent, with Major Dodd, into Court for that purpose. Affidavit of Richard Stonehewer Illingworth. RICHARD STONEHEWER ILLINGWORTH, of Pall-Mall, in the County of Middlesex, wine-merchant, maketh oath, and saith, That in or about the latter end of the month of Dec. last, this Deponent was applied to by Major Dodd, who dealt with this Deponent as a wine-merchant, to give his acceptance to the Plaintiff for 5001. on account of Mrs. Clarke, and to take her note for the same sum, which Major Dodd assured this Deponent Mrs. Clarke would be able to pay when it became due. And this Deponent further saith, that he was before this time unacquainted with the Defendant, never having seen him but once; and that Major Dodd proposed as a guarantee to this Deponent, to give his acceptance to this Deponent for 2501. and the Defendant's acceptance for 250l. both which last mentioned acceptances were to become due before the acceptance to be given by this Deponent to the Plaintiff, but after the note to be was anxious that this Deponent should be examined on his behalf, Errata in Mr. Newenham's Letter, in P. 683, 1. 46, for trial, read trials 685, 1. 34, after or insert emolument OFFICIAL PAPERS. given by Mrs. Clarke should fall due: and this Deponent further saith, that having agreed to comply with Mejor Dodd's request, he, this Deponent, went to Mrs. Clarke, and told her that he came there by the desire of the said Major Dodd, and that if she would give her note for 5001. be, this Deponent, would accept the Plaintiff's bill for that sum. And this Deponent further saith, that Mrs. Clarke did give this Deponent her note, dated the 27th of December last for 500l. payable three months after the date thereof, but which note was never honoured; and that he, this Deponent, thereupon accepted the Plaintiff's bill for the said sum of 5001. SWEDEN AND RUSSIA.-Treaty of Peace beAnd this Deponent further saith, that at tween Sweden and Russia. Dated 5-17th the time of this Deponent's calling upon the Plaintiff to give his acceptance for the Sept. 1809.-(Continued from p. 76s.) 5007. he knew nothing of any dealings beV. The sea of Aland, (Alands Haf) the tween the Plaintiff and Defendant, ner had Gulph of Bothnia, and the rivers of Tornea he ever heard of any investigation about and Muonio, shall hereafter form the fronto be instituted by the said Defendant in tier between Russia and the kingdom, of the House of Commons; nor did the De-Sweden.-The nearest islands, at an equal fendant, or the said Major Dodd, express any wish that their names should be kept secret. And this Deponent further saith, that at the time he called upon the said Plaintiff, no conversation passed between the said Plaintiff and this Deponent, respecting the said Defendant or Major Dodd, nor was either of their names mentioned or referred to in conversation by this Deponent or the said Plaintiff, for this Deponent says he was but a few minutes with the said Plaintiff, and merely mentioned to him that he came to give his acceptance for 5001. on account of Mrs. Clarke. And this Deponent further saith, that when he called upon Mrs. Clarke, he acquainted her that he came there at the desire of Major | Dodd, and that upon her giving this Deponent her note for 500!. he this Deponent would call, as he afterwards did do, and give the Plaintiff his acceptance for 500l. And this Deponent further saith, that nothing ever passed between this Deponent and Major Dodd, and Mrs. Clarke, and the Plaintiff, or any or either of them, from whence this Deponent was induced to believe, or given to understand, that the said Defendant had ordered, or was indebted, or in any manner responsible, to the said Plaintiff for the furniture sent in by him to the said house at Westbourneplace. And this Deponent further saith, that he was subpoenaed by the said Plaintiff on the trial of the said cause, but was not called or examined; but this Deponent well recollects, that the said Defendant distance from the main land of Aland and Finland, shall belong to Russia, and those which are nearest to the Swedish coast shall belong to Sweden.--The most advanced points of the Russian territory, at the month of the river of Tornea, shall be the isle of jorken, the port of Rentehainn, and the peninsula on which the town of Tornea stands. The frontier shall then be extended along the river Tornca, to the confluence of the two branches of that river, near Kengis. It shall then follow the course of the river Muonio, passing in the front of Muonioniska. Muonio Ofreby, Palajoeus, Rultane, Enontekis, Kelottijor foi, Paitiko, Nuimaka, Rammula and Kilpisjaure, to Norway.In the course of the rivers Tornca and Muonio, such as it has been described, the islands situated to the east of the Tha'wag shall belong to Russia, and those to the west of the Thalwag to Sweden.-Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications, engineers shall be appointed on each side, who shall proceed to the before-mentioned places, to fix the limits along the rivers Tornea and Muonio, according to the above described line. VI. His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias having already given the most manifest proots of the clemency and justice with which he has resolved to govern the inhabitants of the countries which he has acquired, by generously, and of his own spontaneous act, assuring to them the free exercise of their religion, rights, property, and privileges, his Swedish Majesty |