Mr. Jennings, whose modesty appears to be equal to his merit, expressed his satisfaction at being thought worthy of a mark of respect from the electors of Westminster, but added, that that satisfaction would be greatly diminished, were he not convinced that the success, this day celebrated, was the effect of no talents or exertions on his part, but purely that of the public spirit of the people. He then gave, as the last toast,

10. The election committee.

Which being drunk, Mr. Stirch, one of the committee, rose, and in a very sensib e and even elegant speech, returned thanks in the name of the committee, and made some observations relating to the business of the day, which produced not the less effect because they came from an honest, plain tradesman. Indeed, the conduct of the whole of this committee, from the beginning to the end, has been such as, to merit the praise of every good man in the city. They have, in all their proceedings, been at once resolute and mild. There has no where, amongst them, appeared any thing like selfishness or vanity; and, what is particularly commendable, they have acted towards Sir Francis Burdett personally with as much respect and deference as if they had had no hand whatever in causing him to be elected. They have, in no case, attempted to dictate to him, or to intrude their advice upon him; but, like the people at large, for whom, in this instance, they have acted, they have, taken his character as ample security for his conduct.

This day, so glorious to Westminster, and so auspicious an omen for the people of England in general, was, however, a day of cruel disappointment to our enemies, who were anticipating hitherto unheard-of follies and acts of violence. Here and there, during our procession, one of their half-hidden faces was seen scowling upon us, with a grin like that which Milton gives to the devil, when, from behind a thicket, he beheld the yet unbittered happiness of our first parents. They seemed to wet their fangs against the hour of vengeance, and to exult in the idea of seeing the streets stream with our blood. But, as if Satan himself had deserted them, there was not to be found one single man, woman, or child so to act as to afford gratification to their diabolical malice, or to give countenance to the slanderous assertion, that Sir Francis Burdett had been chosen by a rabble. Yes, to the great disappointment and mortification, to the utter confusion of these base and malignant slaves, who hate us only because they have robbed and are robbing us, not a single act of violence was commited; not a singleDirompt, excite

an uproar was made, there was no mob at any time or anywhere assembled, and not even a single accident occurred. The vile hireling Morning Post, though it had done all in its power to provoke popular fury; though it had so basely and outrageously calumniated Sir Francis Burdett and the people of Westminster; though it had sought to inflame the people by hiring men at three shillings a day to write" down with the Morning Post" against the walls; notwithstanding all these endeavours to become an object of popular vengeance, it was no: able to obtain the breaking of one of its windows; nor was there, in the whole city, a single pane of glass broken. Those who chose to illuminate their houses, did so, those who did not choose to do it, remained undisturbed in the gloom of their discontent. There was no gin-treated rabble, headed by official ruffians, conscious of impunity, to demolish people's houses unless they put on the face of joy. It was the triumph of the real people of Westminster, resolved to be free themselves, and scorning the thought of violating the freedom of others. This being the case, there was, of course, no great necessity for troops and artillery. Yet did the unparalleled foresight and precaution of our royal Commander in Chief make ample provision of both. The different guards about the palace and also about the offices at Whitehall were doubled, and supplied well with ball-cartridges. The several regiments were drawn out in the morning and kept under armis. A great body of the horse artillery corps was kept ready harnessed in St. James's park, to draw the cannons, if, unhappily, it should be found requisite. The volunteer corps were summoned to muster, and for what purpose may be gathered from the following orders of two of the corps, of which I have obtained a copy.

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"St. James's Westminster, Loyal Vo"lunteers. Regimental Orders, 27th June, 1807-You are requested to attend patade at Dufour's Place, in uniform, on Monday evening next, at six o'clock "and to hold yourself in readiness to at"tend, if summoned for that purpose,

from four o'clock.-AMHERST, Colonel:"

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requisition, from the magistrates at the "Public Office, Hatton-Garden, for the "regiment under my command to hold itself in readiness to assist the civil power "in preserving the peace, on Monday next, "the 29th instant, and to continue upon duty until such time in the evening as they may with safety be dismissed by the magistrates, the regiment will therefore assemble, on parade, at four o'clock in the "afternoon of that day precisely, with " FIXED FLINTS. And it is expected, "for the honour of the regiment, that,

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upon an occasion when its services may "be of REAL utility, no member will on any account absent himself.-W. REA

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DER, L. C. C.-Orderly Room, June 26, "1907."--So, this is the REAL utility of the volunteer corps, is it? It is well enough to be apprized of this. It must have been a source of great gratification to William Reader, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, to find that his "FIXED "FLINTS" were not necessary, and that, upon this occasion, there was no need of putting the honour of the corps to the test. And, how happy, how beyond measure happy, must volunteer colonel Lord Amherst have been on Monday night to find, that his precaution was super-abundant, and that the people, from the fruit of whose labour he annually receives a very large pension, could chair their representative, legally and virtuously chosen, and return to their houses, without requiring to be shot at! But, how great, how exquisite, mist then have been the happiness of the Duke of York, whose tender, whose almost more than motherly care of the lives of all the king's subjects, has, upon every occasion of danger, been so conspicucus! The ground, in which my habitation stands, consists of about three acres, the greater part of which is in grass. In this grass, and at about forty yards from my door, a skylark chose as the place to build her

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p ce ving waereunto his operations tended,,, flew back in great haste, carefully collected their young ones all together upon a little mound, and having so done, they gave me a farewell chirrup, and away they flew into my neighbour's field —“There!" said I to myself, "is an instance of tenderness and of foresight of danger, equalled only by our consummate Commander in Chief!"How happy, then, must that royal person have felt on Monday night, upon finding that there was no need for those precautions, which he had so laudably taken, and that the several corps of troops had nothing to do but to go back quietly to their barracks, and return their ammunition into the magazines, there to be kept until wanted to kill those bloody-minded villains, the French, who, were they to become masters of our country, would, doubtless, establish an accursed military despotism, in order to be able to plunder us with impunity!--No. There was no need of troops. When the king used to go to the House of Lords, there were an abundance of troops, of constables, and of thief-takers. The same were seen at the proclaiming of the peace of Amiens. Troops are, it seems, sometimes called in at the Opera House. Troops, we are told, were stationed, the other evening, at the Marquis of Abercorn's ball, in order to preserve tranquillity. Muskets and bayonets are become of great vogue; but, they were not wanted on Monday. Two thousand people could dine with Sir Francis Burdett without muskets and bayonets to preserve tranquillity, and I saw, on Monday last, what it must have grated the hearts of our enemies to have seen, half a million of English people assembled, and I saw not so much as a constable's staff! And yet our miscreant eremies call us Jacobins and Levellers, leading a deluded mob!—It is useless to say more upon this subject at present than mere ly this, that these our enemies, and the enemies of our country will be convinced, in due time, that all their calumnies, their curses, and their infamous endeavours of another sort, will avail them nothing.

Never having before seen one of these naturally shy birds fix its breeding place so near to a house, and having been so much delighted with the singing of the old bird, we delayed the mowing of the grass a little longer than we otherwise should have done, in order to give the young birds time to get fle.lged. When we saw them out of the nest, the mower was set to work; but, not without some fear as to the fate of the brood, I requested him to begin at the part most distant from the nest; but, (and the fact is a very curious one) my fears were soon com pletely removed; for he had not cut the third swarth, when the old larks, skimming up in the air, taking a turn over his head, and

SIR HENRY MILDAY. To begin recording the Proceedings in Parliament I shall not be able in the present sheet. Observations, therefore, upon the king's speech, and upon the two famous quarrelling de-.) bates about places, pensions, and jobs, as also upon the motion of Col. Cochrane Johnstone, relative to the situation of the soldiers in the West Indies, and the notified motion of Lord Cochrane, respecting places, sinecures, and pensions, held by members of the House of Commons, must be postponed till my next. But, I cannot put

verdict for they were locked up three hours before they agreed upon it. They -gave a verdict of 13001. for thirty acres "one food, &c. on which the military “works stood. But he would ask, if there was a single word in the verdict "that prevented him from living in the "house or pulling it down, if he thought "proper: and a surveyor had valued "the house at 10,000 pounds, which would "produce 4001. a-year. Was there any "thing that prevented him from letting "the house to the Speaker of the House of "Commons, to Government, or to any one "else? The thirty acres for the military 6. works, had nothing whatever to do with "the Barrack Office agreement as to the "house and twenty acres. The furniture " for such a house was worth a good round

sum. This estate was worth above "£11,000, and had a suitable house. "For this 400 a-year was no adequate

compensation. He had been told that "the Grand Junction Canal had to go "through Lord Essex's Park, and he would "be contented with one-fourth of the com"pensation from Government that Lord “Essex received from private individuals. "The noble lord over the way (Howick) "had said, that he was unfit to sit on the "Committee of Finance, on account of "the facts that were stated in the Report. "This was certainly premature decision. "The Military Committee themselves had " said that no imputation rested on him. "They only said that the Barrack Board "had made a negligent bargain for the "public; at all events he would not be a "moment longer in possession of this lease,

and he intreated of his Majesty's Minis"ters to have a fresh Jury impannelled. "He wished to justify himself, and would "answer any questions that should be put

to him, either at the Bar of the House, in his place, or in a Court of Justice. "As he had spoken from memory, some "subordinate points might not be accurately

stated, but the substance was correct. "He concluded by moving for the produc* tion of a Memorial which he had given "in, to the Commissioners of Military Inqui

ry."It is very easy to cry calumny, when a man is accused; but, amongst the anonymous assailants Sir Henry Mildmay cannot, at any rate, include me, who have never in my whole life written and published any thing, except my first pamphlets in America, to which I have not put my name should have been glad to find (and I say this with perfect sincerity) in the speech of Sir Henry Mildmay-a complete justification; because his

conduct in Hampshire at the first election, and particularly his bringing forward the petition against the interference of the late 1 ministry, was such as to merit great praise. There is also one circumstance brought out 1 in his speech, which weighs in his favour, namely, that the bill, freeing him from the obligation of residence, did not, in its effect, extend further than the term for which the lands were let to the public. But, I must confess, that this is the only favourable new circumstance that I can perceive. ——— As to the report of the Commissioners of Military inquiry, from what I have seen of other reports, I am disposed always to form my judgement upon the documents on which they are founded; and, that Sir Henry Mildmay may be convinced, that I wish the public to receive, or, at least, to retain, no unjust impression against him, I shall insert the documents here, relative to the Moulsham contract.--The first document has no date It is a something of Sir J. Craig, calling upon two Justices of the peace to apply to the Sheriff to impannel a jury to decide on the compensation which Sir Henry Mildmay was to receive. Now we come to dates. Several months before. this jury was called, namely on the 15th of May, 1804, (having, without wait ng for the steps required by the law voluntarily given up the land to the commarding of ficer), Sir H. Mildmay writes to the Quarter Master General, Brownrigg, ofte.ing him to let his house, bis place of residence, which stood near the ground, occrpied by the works, for £400 a year, an act of parliament having previously passed to free him from the obligation of residence. Upon this, Mr. Brownrigg writes to the Secretary at War, by order (no; by command; that is the word) of the Duke of York, to take the House upon lease. On the 24th of May a surveyor reports, that 400 a year is a fair price for the House, but that it will require

250 to put it in repair, though in the evidence of Sir Henry Mildmay, he states that he looked upon it as being in perfect repair. On the 11th of June the Secretary at war writes to the then Barrack-Master, General Delancy, stating that Su Henry Mildmay agrees to give up 200 towards repairs. Thus, then, the bargain was cons cluded in the month of June, 1804, and then Sir Henry knew, that he was to receive £400 a year for the rent of his house and pleasure grounds surrounding it. It was after this, on the 6th of August, 1804, that the Jury met, with two counsel oa the part of Sir Henry Mildmay and no counsel or alvocate on the part of the public; and they awarded hîm 1,300 a year for the first year

and £600 for each succeeding year, for the use of 31 acres of ground, occupied by the military works, taking into consideration that the works had destroyed his place of residence, This award seems enormous; for the land must be very good indeed if it was annually worth 12 an acre, that is to say 62 a year. Sir Henry Mildmay says, upon his oath, that the Jury allowed 200 a year for the use of the land, and £400 a year to provide him with another place of residence, which was, I think, a pretty hard bargain for the public, and pretty good one for Sir Henry Mildmay, especially when he had obtained an act of parliament, at the public expence, to release him from the obligation of residence in a house standing in need of 250 laid out in repairs; but, what will be said, then, what can be said, for Sir Henry Mildmay, who received this award, who accepted of the £400 a year from the public, as a compensation for the loss of his place of residence, after he had, unknown to the jury, already bargained with the government to receive 400 for that same place of residence from that same public ?- -Nothing but proof that the documents are forgeries can possibly alter the state of this case; though there is a further document which adds strength to it.General Hewett, after he became Barrack Master General, made, as the reader will see, an objection to concluding the lease for the house, stating that it was incurring a heavy expence to the public without any apparent benefit." But, Mr. Brownrigg, by command of the Duke of York, tells him, that it was thought necessary "to hire the house to REMUNERATE "Sir Henry Mildmay whose place of "residence had been destroyed by the field "works." Here, then, we have the trouble compensation in express terms. Mr. Brownrigg says the House is taken at £400 a year to remunerate Sir Henry Mildmay for the loss of his place of residence; and Sir Henry Mildmay, upon his oath before the Commissioners, states that the jury awarded him, and that he has received 400 to pro

vide him with another place of residence.Sir Henry Mildmay may complain of calumnies as long as he pleases; but, until he can prove these documents to be forgeries, every man, who reads this Register must be convinced, that Sir Henry Mildmay, a member of parliament, a guardian of the public money, has, out of that money, received, knowingly and willingly, payment twice for the same thing.There was one circumstance, stated in Sir Henry Mild. may's speech, which, at the first glance, I thought somewhat favourable; but, up

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on looking at the dates this impres sion was at once removed. He says the transaction took place under the administration of Mr. Addington, to whom he never gave a vole in his life; so that if it was a job, it was singular that the ministry should have jobbed against themselves. Now, if this statement had been correct, it would have had great weight with me, as far as related to the motives of the ministers, though no weight at all as far as related to Sir Henry Mildmay's conduct towards the public. But, this statement is not correct; it is not true; but the reverse of truth; for, though land was occupied, and the bill to excuse residence was passed, under the administration of Mr. Addington, the bargain for the House was not made, no, nor did Sir Henry Mildmay make any offer to let the House to the public, nor was he summoned, until that Pitt, for whom he always voted, came into power, and then, in just one week after that, he made the offer.

-These dates are pestering things. If all the documents had been like that of Sir James Craig, a tolerably plausible story might have been made out, as far as related to the conduct of the ministers.--Now for Mr. Sturges (he has another name, but one is quite enough for me).-This Gentleman was a Secretary of the Treasury, under the second golden reign of Pitt; and, it will be seen by the documents, inserted below, that General Hewett called for £250 to put Sir Henry Mildmay's House in repair, in answer to which call Mr. Sturges signs an order för issuing, from the public money, 643 pounds.. In his defence he said, that he was an"swerable for any mistake in the letter, "but when he had to sign so many it was "not surprising that a mistake should have "occurred in one, which it was not thought "required any very minute attention. The "letter ought not to have alluded to repairs "at all, and the gentlemen must have "known that the letter admitted of a dif"ferent construction from what they had "put upon it. Having stated this, he left "it to the house to judge of the fairness of

their proceedings. He would ask the no"ble lord (H. Petty), whether he had found "that he had ever been apt to make use of his official situation to serve his friends "particularly? The charge against him was

false, foul, and scandalous, and he had on"ly to say that he had much rather be the "object of it than the author.”—Bet, how does this prove the charge to be false, foul, and scandalous? It might be a mistake; but it might not. People will have their different opinions upon that point. All that we can kasur, upon this subject, is, that,