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Obituary. 569
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ctfort , we may be assured , was lost on the * part of the assailants to complete their victory : but the situation of the port has rendered every on « ineffectual . Negociations , it has been said , have
been attempted on our part with Russia ; but surely it cannot be expected , that its emperor should lend us a willing ear , when he has taken so long a journey to join in stronger bands of amity with our enemy . Domestic occurrences have given rise ro much reflection . The indignation at
the convention in Portugal was universal , and it was to be expected , that it would find vent not only in the remarks of diurnal and periodical publications , but through those constituted bodies , which so happily for the king and kingdom are established in this country . These are the meetings of common councils ,
common halls , and meetings of counties , cities , and boroughs . The common council of London set the example . An address was unanimously voted to the king to condole with his majesty on the disgrace that had attended the expedition to Portugal , disappointing the hopes and expectations of the whole nation in
so strange a manner , and to request , that an inquiry might be set on foot to discover the causes of this disgrace , and to punish the authors of it . The address was couched in the most loyal terms , and was read with general
approbation tnroughout the whole kingdom . The king ' s reply excited universal surpiize . It contained a reprimand of the city of London for its interference , stating , that recent occurrences might have convinced them of a readiness to institute inquiries an all occasions , in which the character of this country or if * trie honour of its arms is concerned . i
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September 4 , at Merchieston Bank , in Scotland , aged 86 , Mr . JOHN HOME , author of the Tragedy of Douglas , who was lately pronounced by a female critic ( Mrs . Inchbald , } " the onl y living author of a living tragedy . * Mr . Home was educated ^ t Edinburgh , and fortunatel y for him Could number among his contemporaries at College
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some of the men who were afterwardsdestined ' to carry English literature to its highest pitch of refinement , and amongst others Dr . Kobercson , the historian : with several of these he united in the formation of a society , where their object wa «; to cultivate the study of elocution , and to prepare themselves by the habits of extemporary discussion
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The reply naturally brought to recollection the Helder , Ferrol ,
Constantinople , and Egypt : and besides , bow could the city of London imagine , that administration would set on foot such an inquiry , when they had ordered the park and tower guns to be fired on the account of . the convention , and no public proof had been given ? that its authors had met with disapprobation . What
was more remarkable in the visit of the Lord Mayor and his brethren to court was , that at the moment they received this rebuke , Sir Arthur Wellesiey made his appearance , and was most graciously received . The language , thus used in reply to the city of London , was little calculated to stop the constituted bodies of England from coming forward upon thk 6 occasion : and meetings were advertised from several counties and towns , and similar addresses have been voted .
The city of London has many precedents in its favour of addressing the throne , when affdirs of much less magnitude and importance called for its interference ; and , when the sovereign acquiesced with cheerfulness in its wishes . But they have done their duty ; and in this the constitution of our countiy is admirably formed , rhat the wishes of his subjects may be known to the
first magistrate in a regular and orderly manner , whilst in other countries ail access to the throne is prohibited ; the soveieign lives in ignorance of his people ' s thoughts ; and whilst discontent is smothered , and evils are not corrected , truths are at last made known , when the crown is no longer a safeguard to the unfortunate and ill-advised monarch .
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JWTr . John Honte .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 569, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/45/
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