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      wl ^ ich ike convention Cintra was reprobated ^ and resolutions were passed for an address to the king to call his parliament on this occasion . The address was couched in very strong language ; and the right of petitioning ; asserted with due weight . A resolution was

      also-passed , that the correspondence between the sheriff and the secretary of state on the presentation of the address , should he published ; in consequence of which appeared the letter in the papers from the latter to the former , asserting that the address had been presented to the king .

      This latter resolution "was occasioned by a circumstance , which was asserted with great confidence , namely , that several addresses had been put into the hands of the secretary of state , for the time being , which had never reached

      the king . This fact is of great importance , and deserves as rigid an enquiry as the convention oi Cintra : for , if a secretary of state can withhold petitions and addresses , how is the sovereign to become acquainted , in a legal manner , with the wishjss and sentiments of the people . It is

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      OBITUARY .

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      CORRECTIONS OF OBITUARY I 2 ST THE LAST NUMBER .

      To the Editor . SIR , In your Obituary , ( P . 570 ) Douglas is described as Mr . Home ' s only publication . I have a 1 zmo volume , printed by Millar 1760 and cntituled " The dramatic works of John Home . " The

      Tragedies of " Agis ° and " The Seige of Aquileia" follow Douglas , as " acted at Drury Lane . ' In both the latter , Garrick spoke the prologue , and bore a principal part . In the ^ amc Obituary ( P . 571 . ) you have , with all the periodical prints , been led into an error respecting Lady D ^ cre , to whom sc many

      singularities are attributed . I apprehend she was the widow of a Baronet of that name . She certainly was not Baroness Da ere , the mother of Mr . Brand , whose friends , especially those among the freeholders of Herts , are by no means deatious of his removal Jfrom an active station in the House of Commons to a

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      a great excellence of the constitution of this country , and it was particularly insisted upon , in the Revolution of 1688 , and on which depends the right of the sovereign to allegiance in this country , that the subjects have aright , in a legal manner , to address the throne . This richt is of

      equal importance to the sovereign and the people . It ought to be equally regarded by both . It is the only mean to prevent the sovereign from beipg kept in ignorance , by wicked and depraved courtiers , of his true interests . 1 $ all despotic countries the access to the throne is strictly guarded In free countries there should be a free

      communication between sovereign and subject . If any petitions have ever been kept back in the office of the secretary of state , it is incumbent on the crimw rial or' criminals , who have heetj guilty

      of so flagrant a misdemeanor , to give an account of their conduct in ^ a national court of justice . If this is not done , continual jealousies will prevail , and the secretary of state becomes the lord over both king and people .

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      place of rest , as Lord Chesterfield somewhere axils the House of Peers .

      CORRECTOR . In the Obituary of Mrs . Cath . Aliibone , ( p . 572 . col . 2 . ) instead of " she had attained somewhat beyond" read she was approaching unto that period ; for " Catherine" read Catharine . and in the Obituary of Professor Porson , ( p . 574 . coj . 2 . ) for " doubtful precedence ^ ' read doubtful prudence .

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      6 l 4 Obituary *

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      On the izth of August , di $ c ! at Tenterden in Kent , much lamented by the beloved partner of his bosom , by his relations , and by all who had the p lea-, sure of being acquainted with him , Mr . WILLIAM MACE , who had practised as a surgeon in that place and its neig hbourhood , with increasing reputation and success , for nearly twenty years Upon the ground of free and full . en-, quiry . he was a firm and rational belifcv-

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      of Mr . Home . Lady Dacre . Mr . William Mace .

  • Citation
    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1808, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2398/page/38/