LONDON. 
157 
The following is a lift of the miniftry which at this 
time fuperfeded'thofe characters which had been called, 
cxultingly by their friends, fneeringly by their enemies, 
“ all the talents.” Thofe with a ftar formed the cabinet- 
council. 
Prefident of the Council 
Lord Chancellor - 
Lord Privy-feal - - - 
Fir ft Lord of the Treafury - 
■pirft Lord of the Admiralty 
Mafter-general of the Ordnance Earl of Chatham.® 
Secretary of State, Home De- ? Lord Hawke{bury * 
partment -3 
- 5 Forelgn £ Right Hon. G. Canning* 
Affairs - - - S 5 5 
----,Warand 7 Lord Caftleveagh.* 
Colonies - - - -3 
Lord Chief Jufcice - - Lord Ellenborough.* 
Chancellor of the Exchequer Right Hon. S. Perceval.* 
A feat in the Cabinet without ? E Fkzwil i iam * 
an Ofiice - - 3 
Prefident of Board of Controul? R - ht Kon R . S . Dundas. 
for India - - -3 
-of Board of Trade Earl Bathurft* 
Chancellor, of the Duchy of? 
Lancafler 
Secretary at War - 
Treafurer of the Navy - 
al 
Earl Camden.® 
Lord Eldon.* 
Earl of Weftmoreland. 
Duke of Portland.* 
Lord Mulgrave. 
Joint Paymafter-gen 
joint Poll mafter-general 
Secretaries of the Treafury 
''' ^ Right Kon. S. Perceval.* 
Sir James Pulteney, Bai t. 
- Right Hon. George Rofe. 
c Lord Charles Somerfet. 
" l Right Hon. Charles Long. 
f Earl of Chicbefter. 
" l Earl of Sandwich. 
£ William Hulkiffon, Efq. 
£ Hon. Henry Wellelley. 
- Sir William Grant. 
- Sir Vicary Gibbs. 
- Sir Thomas Plomec 
Duke of Richmond. 
Lord Manner*. 
Sir Arthur Welleftey. 
Right Hon. John Foller. 
Mafter of the Rolls 
Attorney-general - - 
Solicitor-general 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
Lord Chancellor, ditto 
Chief Secretary - 
Chancellor of the Exchequer 
The city of London, upon this as upon other like oc- 
cafions, evinced its patriotifm and loyalty by an addrefs, 
which was prefented to his majefty at the Queen’s Palace, 
on the 23d of April, by a deputation of the corporation, 
confiding of the lord-mayor, twelve aldermen, the recorder, 
flieriffs, and twelve commoners. It was as follows: 
« Moft gracious Sovereign ; We, your majefty’s meft du¬ 
tiful and loyal fubjefts, the lord-mayor, aldermen, and 
commons, oi the city of London, in common-council 
affembled, approach the throne with our warmeft and 
moft unfeigned gratitude for the dignified and decided 
fupport and protection recently given by your majefty to 
the proteftant reformed religion, as bylaw eftablilhed; 
and for the firm and conftitutional exercife of your royal 
prerogative to preferve the independence of the crown. 
Deeply fenfible, as your majefty’s faithful citizens of Lon¬ 
don at all times are, of the great and fubftantial blellings 
we enjoy under your majefty’s paternal government, we 
fhould juftly incur the imputation of criminal indifference, 
as the ifirIt municipal body in your majefty’s dominions, 
were we lfghtly to confidcr the fcrupulous regard and fer¬ 
vent zeal which have invariably guided your majefty for 
the prefervation of our religion, laws, and liberties, more 
particularly at this interefting conjuncture, or filently to 
withhold our loyal acknowledgments due to the belt of 
kings, for his wife and fteady refolution to fecure invio¬ 
late our glorious conltitution in church and itate. We 
contemplate, fire, with the warmelt affeCtion, and moft 
profound veneration, the exercife of thole unextinguifh- 
able principles in the royal breaft, which protect in every 
filuation the religious interelts 6f your people, and pro¬ 
vide for the happinefs and freedom of polterity, by guard¬ 
ing the proteftant fucceifion in your majesty’s .royal houfe 
tn the throne of the united kingdom. Your majefty’s 
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faithful citizens of London, feel it no lefs their pride and 
exultation, than their bounden and indifpenfable duty, 
to exprefs the fentiments of fatisfaftion which animate 
their hearts, at the wife and dignified meafures purfued 
by your majefty, fecuring the glorious independence of 
the crown as one of the three eftates of our well-tem¬ 
pered and invaluable conltitution. That your majefty 
may be long fpared to us by an over-ruling Providence, 
and that the people of this land may be long fenfible of 
the blellings of your majefty’s moft aufpicious govern¬ 
ment in the protection of every thing dear to them, is the 
ardent prayer of your majefty’s loyal citizens of London.” 
To which addrefs his majefty was pleafed to return jjie 
following moft gracious anfwer: “ I receive, with the 
greatefl 1 'atisfaCtion, the affurances you give me of your 
concurrence in thofe principles which have governed my 
conduCt on the late important occafion. It has ever been 
my objeCt to fecure to all deferiptions of my fubjeCts the 
benefits of religions toleration ; and it affords 'me parti¬ 
cular gratification to refleCt, that during my reign thefe 
advantages have been more generally and extend very en¬ 
joyed than at any former period. But, at the fame time, 
I never can forget what is due to the fecurity of the eccle- 
liaftical eftablifhment of my dominions, connected as it 
is with our civil constitution, and with all thofe blefling*' 
which, by the favour of Providence, have hitherto fo emi¬ 
nently diftinguilhed us amongft the nations of the worid.” 
The new miniftry thought fit to advife his majefty to 
diffolve the parliament; if had fat but four months and 
fourteen days. 
On the 5th of May, a duel was fought between the 
people’s idol, fir Francis Burdett, and his quondam friend 
Mr. Pauli, a candidate for Weftminfter. 1 'hey difeharged 
two piftois each : the fecond fhot fired by Mr. Pauli 
Wounded fir Francis in the thigh ; the fecond piftol fired 
by fir Francis wounded Mr. Pauli in the leg. Thus the 
affair ended ; hut Mr. Pauli deftroytd himfelf, in the April 
following, by cutting his throat. 
The eleflion being over, the 29th of June was the day 
appointed for chairing fir Francis Burdett. The procef- 
fion commenced from Covent-garden at twelve o’clock, 
when a great number of electors were affembled ; thence 
they proceeded to the houfe of fir Francis in Piccadilly, 
who afeended a car, conftruCfed for his reception, pre- 
cifely at three o’clock. The vehicle was intended as a» 
imitation of the ancient triumphal car, and was not un- 
clafiically conftruCfed. It was mounted on four wheels, 
fuperbly ornamented. On the more advanced part was 
the figure of Britannia, with a fpear crowned with the 
cap of liberty. In the centre were the fa/ces firmly bound, 
the emblem of union ; and on the pofterior part of the 
platform was a pedeftal, on which was placed a gothic 
chair for the hero of the day. He fat with his head un¬ 
covered, and his wounded limb reftingon a purple cufiiion, 
while the other was fuftained on a fort of imperial foot- 
ftool, under which the monfter Corruption was feen in an 
agonizing attitude. On different parts of the car were 
depiffed the arms of the city of Weftminfter, and alfo 
the infignia of the United Kingdom. Ornamental dra¬ 
peries ot crimfon velvet and purple filk were diftributed 
in various parts, and banners embroidered with gold gave 
to the whole a fplendid effeCt. This equipage was drawn 
by four milk-white horfes, richly caparifoned, and deco¬ 
rated with purple ribbons. The proceftion was compofed 
of a numerous body of the electors, who preceded the 
car; and Mr. Jones Burdett, lady Burdett, colonel Bof- 
ville, and a number of the friends of the baronet, who 
followed. We underftand that more than 1500 perfons 
dined at the Crown and Anchor on this occafion. 
The election for the reprefentation of the city of Lon¬ 
don, which began early in May, and threatened as fevere 
a contelt as had ever been known, found a termination 
as awful as it was unexpected. Mr. Alderman Hankey, 
one of the candidates, at the moment when he might be 
fuppofed to be .flu(lied with the hopes of fuccets, and when 
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