1806.] 



State of Public Affairs in October, 1806. 



387 



Oder Benjamin, Pilmoulh, m-rchant, Oiftobcr lo 

 PiJJuck Julcpli, KiJderminfter, miller, uftober 20 

 Pow>-lr William. Uroaa itnec. Imeii uriper. Movemher 5 

 Payne n ,lli..i.., Ca, ler lane, drucsift . Nuvtniber 13 

 Kobinfon (,,oi-..e and lubn, F.iternoHer row, bjokfellers, 



Nu^einb.r « 

 Bun.er Juliii, i,eadins, hu'ier, Oftober 27, (inil 

 Have icrti t v\,liam I'esry, Mich.iel Fell, and James 



Enrw-i -.e, M..iiLtit[t,i', culr .>ii ('pi:.ners, Novcmbffr I 

 Bandail wil i.m. leu. v.a.minEtree, innteepcr, Oftober jO, 



Stevens JoTepb, Gravefend, linen draper, November i 

 Ski'.ner William, Greenwich, viftniller, oftober 18 

 Bma;iey John, Willi.im Elhfon, and Libert W.2lmney, 



Iilackburn,n\3nufafturcrs, oftober s 

 Spicer Howard, V/eelden, raaltiter, Nnvember i; 

 Stotheri J.ihii, •>onir,Esby, brewer. oitoDeriS 

 Star' Si Diitia, Wisbech, plumber, DCtQiier 27 

 fiimpli.. Thumas, wil, jam Tiiylerkn, John Sanderft,.!, 



and JoCeph Gr iieer, Stokefly, bankers vovembef 10 

 Thacke, Charles, jun. Caliper, vt^oher jj, tin*! 

 Tre; kf J.nics, Jixeter, djer, November .-, final 

 True Tiif.tr.ai, Stamford draper, Nov-tm er :, final 

 Taylfjr James, Newton Moor, cotton fpinner, Novembers, 



JTho 



fi.^ai 



Tullock Jolu), juu. Savage larden:, mercliapt, November 



J') 

 Uther John William, ClerkenweU, viftualler, Oftobtr aS 

 Vickeri Jane, Bath, milliner, November 3 

 Wallins John, jiin. Lye. virtuallcr, Oftober 20 

 Wallas «oberl. King ftreet, linen draper, November 4 

 Winwood Edward, aid Samuel Thoday, Pouhry, SCutth 



faft.irs, Oftnber le 

 Willis 111 .mas. liarh, carpenter, November 5 

 White James, Newi.ham, patten rint; maker, Ocflober 37. 



final I 



Woodb William, and Lydia Woods, Hamplead, carpejitevs» 



NovemberiS ,.-,.■ r 



WhiTehead Rnbirt, Sheffield, cnrnfaaor, Oftober ]8 

 Waliora Richjrd, Chcftrr. brewer, lic^obcr !<> 

 Wooilcioit .nomas, and Jolui Woodcrofc, Sheffield, comft 



wcfter John Thi.mas, Higli ftreer, Bo^t^ugh, hofier, No- 

 vember 3, filial 

 Wood Jofeph, Andenlhaw, cotton fpiiiner, November 14, 



Yourin James, Southampton, linen draper, November 8 



i Dorien Thomas, Portfea, ftationer, Noven.ber S 



STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN OCTOBER. 



Containing ojficud Papers and Authentic Documents. 



GRF,.\T ERIT.iVIN. 



ON the 25tli a proclaniadoii was iffu- 

 ed for dilTolving die late Parlia- 

 ment ; and the ufual bulUe be:weeu can- 

 didates and electors, wliicli marks the 

 period of a general eledion, has lince 

 pervaded the whole kingdom. Whig 

 candidates are every where fought for ; 

 and wlierever tiiey have llartcd, they 

 Jippearto (land a chance of fucceeding. 

 1'he people have fuifered lb much from 

 the paUive obedience and unlimited cou- 

 hdence of fonie late Fciiliainents, tliat, 

 if they are true to theinfelvcs, they will 

 ufcertaiu the principles and motives of 

 the men they return. 



The negociation with Fraiice having 

 been protracted till, in the opinion of 

 many perfons, wc appeared to be fuing 

 ■with too much abjectuefs to an Upllart, 

 wiio would nfcribe our deilie of peace 

 to our fears,' our Ambaifador at length 

 returned ; and the Britilh government 

 Jiave ilfued a Declaration, of which 

 the following is a copy ; 



The negociations in which his Majefty hns 

 been engageil with France having terminated 

 unfuccofsfully, liis Majefty thinks proper to 

 make this public declaration to his lubjefts 

 and to Europe, of the circuinftances which 

 have led to an IfTue which his Majefty deeply 

 regrets. He h^s no objeft nearer to his htart 

 than the conclufion of a fecure and perma- 

 nent peace. He laments tlic continuance of 

 a war atlecling the happinefs of fo many na- 

 tions, and v.'hich, cvvn amidft all the fuc- 

 celTcs that attend his arms, is fo burthenfoiiie 

 to his faithful and artedtionatu people. But 

 lie is confident th.->.t tliere can arife on tliis 

 occafion no other feutiment, eitiier \t\ liis 

 own dominicns, or in any part of Europe, 

 than that of an increafed conviftion., tliat the 

 ipilQiatioJi of genu'iil Uanquillity i^ retard- 



ed only by the injuftice and anabition of the 

 enemy. 



The French government, unfattiaffed with 

 its immenfc acquifitions on the continent, 

 ftill openly perleveres in a fyftem deftruftive 

 of the indejiendence of every other power. 

 War is purfued, not for fecurity, but fdr 

 contjueft ; and negotiations for peace appear 

 to be entered into for no other objeft, than 

 that of deluding the neighbouring powers into 

 a ftate of falfe fecurity, while France is her- 

 felf preparing, arranging, and executing her 

 unremitted projects of encroachment and ag- 

 grcihon. 



Her conJuft in the recent difcuSions has 

 afforded but too many proofs of this difpo- 

 fition. 



The negociation originated in Jn offer made 

 by the French government of treating for 

 peace on the bafis of aftual poflellion, which 

 was ftated to admit of mutual compenfation '; 

 and a diftinft afl'urance was added, that hJs 

 Majefty's German dominions, which had 

 been attacked without even the pretenfie of 

 any cauleof hoftility, fhould be rcftored. 



Such a propofal appeared to his Majefty 

 to aiirrd a juft foundation for negociating: 

 it was therefore accepted with this rcferve, 

 that the negociation fliould be conducted by 

 his Majefty in concert with his allies. 



No fooner had this b;ifis been mutually ad- 

 mitted, than it v,'as departed from by the 

 enemy, and th.^t too in points of fo great im- 

 portance as to call for an immediate declara- 

 tion on the part of his Majefty, that unlefs 

 the principle propofed by France herfelf were 

 adhered to, the communications which had 

 been opened between the two governmentt 

 mutt at once be clofed. 



'I his produced new profeflions of the tjlf. 

 polition of France to make confiderable fa,, 

 orifices for the attainment of peace, ifthedif- 

 cuflions were fullered to proceed j at the fame 

 time that a dilliculty was itartcd on account 

 of the v/ant oi full powwrs in the peifon in- 

 J C 2 tnifled. 



