Star. — London, England, 1809-12-06 00:00:00

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'THE Proprie * tors of the extensive Establishment, the TiIEATWE of the CITY of PHILADF!.PiII A , Uni ted States of Atterfca, having recently eapentled upwards of vOOOO Dollars for the a-lelitional accommodation of the panti., in I%e ertetion of contiguous permanent Iniiklings, for DresSing rwur.s, Workshops, and Apatrntents for Scepery sod Alselthirr f , invite the aitenti.nt of the Dramatic Profession to Pitriotnr s botk it. the United States and abruati. '1 he Lrasc granted to-the pre.ent Lesser•, will expire nn the la of Aogust, 181 t, and a new Lease fora teen of years be granted by the Proprietor;, who will receive Proposals for the tame to commence from tliat period. The said Proposals shoold be forwarded as early as possible, and addre<scri to Bentard Dahliven, Esq. Secretary to the Agerr s of the Prrprietors of the Theatre, in the City of Philadelphia ; or to G. P. at Messrs. Tayler and Newton's, 5, Warwict -apart., ordon ; of whorl: further particulars may be had, by personal application (as above), or by Letters ;vat-paid). • FREEHOLD, HANOVER-SQUARE' Al 4) PRINCES-STREET. Nlanslan Hnusi.; Officel, detached Stable Yard, Cnacti Houses, Stable, Wasl4 Ilnusr, Laundry, Itc. aho House adjoining, in Prinerwdreet, TO BE SOLb BY AUCTION, 1W MR. ROBINS. A: G4rrzway's, To-mot:now, the 7th of December, at Twelve, in Three Lots, A CAPITAL FREEHOLD ES - PATE, prising a spacious roomy Dwelling-House, desirably situate in Hanover-square, corner of Princes-street, appropriate for a F. tally of distinction, or a Family Hotel, for which purpose it is admirably adapted, containing on the tipper floor seven Bed rooms, second Boor five Bedchambers, first floor a handsome Drawing-room, Walls papered, enriched Ceiling and Cornice, Folding-doors and Marble Chimney-piece, two spacious Beds chamber', Drcssirg-room and W::ter-closer, principal and secon dary Styr-cases; Ground-Boor, Fntrance-hail, inclosed by Fold•. tog-doors, Vestibule ar 'niter-hall, capital Dining parlour, Break fast-room, Library and NV:stet-closet, with Deer to the Leads; to the Basement are all requkite OfEces, det•ehed Kitchen, capi • tiWine-caars, 2 -kre.,s, with numerous Vat It 7, SCC. Adjoining in Princes-street, is a Freehold, compact and sub stantial House, tontaining two Roorhs on a Floor, with conve nient Offices, and which may be laid to the Mansion, and form 1 capital Residence for a large Family. In a Mews at the back 6f the House, is a double Coach-house, five-stall Stable, with I.sit seed Man's Room over, private Passage to an extensive Wash-house and Laundry, and Shed at the back. Tri be viewed by Tickets. Particulars on the Premises; at !".essrs. Hansel) and Birch, Snliciton, Chancriy-lane ; at Gang way's; and of Mr. Robins, Warwick-most, Golden-square. Nr:W EDITION, WITH MATERIAL IMPROVEMENTS. In a short time will be published, THE IMPERIAL CALENDAR, for NM; or, ChNERAL DIRECTORY of the UNITED BRITISH iIdPiRE, containing accurate Lists of all thu Official Depart •eents of the State, and Branches of Public Service ; the Law ; the Church ; National or Co;nmercial Companin and Institu tions; and many additional Articles of Public Utility. London: Printed for Messrs. Winchester and Son, No. 61, et•ancl ; Messrs. Scatcherd and Letterman, Cliampante as:d Whitrow, Peacock and Soos,G.Xearsley, Lackington, Allen, and fO. J. Booket, 1. Booth, J. B4gater, E. Lloyd, C. Chapple, !. klawman, J. Alai-Mock, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, and the stet of the Proprietors. 1 Cu r BUSINESS. A Court of Common Council was held .yesterday at Guildhall, pursuant to a requisition formerly ad tertised, for the purpose of taking into consideration an Address..ol his Majesty, praying his Majesty to institute an enquiry into the conduct and result of the late expedition to the island of Walchercn. The LORD MAYOR took the Chair about half-past twelve, and, previous to entering on any business, begged leave to express to the Court the high sense la- entertained of the honour conferred upon him, iii consequence of which he now presided at their Meet ing for the first time. His Lordship's 'Address was fullowcd by peals of applause. _ _ Mr. GRIMTUS then rose, and, after a few cc . ) short prefatory remarks, moved and read a Vote ut Thanks to the hue Lord Mayor, Sir C. Flower. Mr. Duos seconded the motion. Mr. CROOK declared his hostility to the motion. rhe late Lord Mayor had infringed on the rights of eie incorporation on two several occasions, in refusing :o call a meeting of the Livery, notwithstanding re quisitions had beet duly signed for that purpose. Mr. Alderman COMBE said he had no objection to in the Vote of Thanks proposed, as the vote was -4 3 very general nature, and seemed to refer Only to the humanity and justice of the late. Lord Mayor. Mr. WAIT IMAM opposed the motion in a speech of iderable length. Mr S. Dotov contended, that the late Lord Mayor gas entitled to the thanks of the Court, and nothing had heard ou the subjett could convince him of :•.r contrary. Mr. JArhi suppoited the motion. Mr. 14AwmAm said, that the late Lord Mayo,' had il:eady suffered sufficiently from his refusing the re quisition alluded to, and had sufficiently expressed IliS ft`entancc by never afterwards refusing to comply l'h any renli,ition. O n th e q st lon being put in the usual way, the v.. 1% carried by a considerable majority, and th:inks awe voted accordingly. ExPEDITION TO WALCIIEREY. Ile requisition signed by Mr. Waithman and ' . calling the present meeting, having been read ' / :),e Clerk of the Court, Mr. I.VAIT;IRAS rose and observed, that he had the ``'.lour to call the at t en ti on o f the Court to a subject of as much importance as had ever been agitated ia - hat nr any other assembly. Wbeu an opportunity A'as offered to them of expressing their opinion on a ih l rct nt so much importance, should they neglect !n embrace it, they might then too fatally augur the eccar of-public spirit, and the downfall of their most alua!ile liberties. The subject was so voluminous, .;•id embraced such a variety of matter, th it it would k Impossible tot bias, is so short a space t,f time as W! , at TC an in! lat ts L. co in al t: • 1 • ' • I e Is e, is !P. a t W *- or WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1809 w►as allotted to him, or to which his strength was competent; to do it sufficient justice. He should, therefore, only take a slight view of the leading ob. jects, and had no doubt that every reflecting. Mind would be able to draw the necessary consequences.— The last two twelvemonths had been distinguished by four great calamities to the country. The convention of Cintra had been hefore submitted to their conside- ration; and it would be in the recollection of all pre sent what sort of reception their Address had then ex perienced. Taking a comprehensive view of the affairs of this country since 1793, it would appear that four. teen.expeditions had been undertaken ; but, for his own part, he reckoned twenty, all of which had failed, with the single exception of Copenhagen ; and the suc cess attending that !solitary exception, he was afraid,• reflected dishonour and disgrace, rather than glory on the country, as it was oh:wiled in some measure by infidelity to our engagements, and a breach of faith towards our allies. Notwithstanding, however, the many disasters that had taken place during the period to which he alluded, the City of London had not gone up with a single Address, except in the case of the Convention of Cintra, which 11.-4 d met, he had stated, with so ungracious a reception in the case of the Fielder, he had submitted to the Court an Address to his Majesty, praying for an inquii y into that unfortu. nate business, which the Coma had negatived, as of fering an insult to the Government. He trusted that experience had now taught them to think otherwise, and that the Address on this occasion would meet a very different fate. When he looked hack to the year 56, in the case of Minorca, and recollected how gra cious a reception the Address of the City of London had experienced from the Throne on that occasion, and compared it with that experienced by their Ad dress with respect to the Convention of Cintra, he could not help drawing a conclusion by no means fa vourable to their rights and liberties. The Address he had moved with respect to the Helder, he had expressed in nearly the same terms, and that had been rejected. The Address with respect to the Convention of Cintra was couched in sfrnilar phrase ology, and as nearly verbatim as possible, but had met with an ungracious reception at Court. The Ad dress of the year 1756 was graciously received by George 11. who said in answer to it, that the concern of the City of London for the unprosperous and unfor tunate events in the Mediterranean gave a signal proof of the attachment of tha good City of London to his person and Government, which would not fail to meet a justseturn. Thelanguage he now proposed to address to the Throne was of the same nature, and never did a moment exist when it was more nereasar, Car the City of London to interfere than in the present in stance. In directing the attention of the Court to the Convention of Cintra, he had supposed them to be competent to form an opinion for themselves on that subject, and to draw such conclusions as the circum stances and result warranted, and if they were not competent to do as the answer to that Address would seem to prove, they were certainly equally ill quali :ied to return thanks to any General or Naval Com :minder for services rendered to his country, or to the Executive Government for any successes it had expetienced, which had been uniformly well received. i Alluding to the army sent to Spain under Sir John' Moore, he argued that that gallant Officer was misled by his Malcstft, Ministers, who, after the greatest hardships and disasters, could only gave a remnant of his army, by sacrificing his own life ; and yet they quietly and patiently suffered the loss of that distin giii,hed Officer, and all the disasters that attended that unfortunate event, without calling for any enquiry. In such cases enquiry was alviolutAy necessary. In cases of failure, it ought to be known where the blame is to be imputed. Before they could cease to call for enquiry in such instances, the country must lose all sense of national honour, :tild every particle of public spirit that yet happily remains to it. He also adverted to the last expedition to Spain, of which. Lord Wellintston was invested with the command, and at tributed to that Officer greater zeal for his personal honour than for the glory of the country, the safety of the aims., or the ultimate success of the cause. On viewing the various events connected with the unfor tunate and disastrous expedition to Walcheren, he could not but execrate that want of conduct and down rie,ht folly that had marked the whole of the tram action. On the 21st of July the armament arrived in the Scheldt—an armament, when they considered the naval and military force that was employed, the great est ever sent from this country. Had it even had any rational object in view, the delays that took place in its equipment,must have prevented its success. The opportunity of successful effort was lost before it was put in motion. It was meant as a diversion in favour of our allies, and that is the most rational light it could be viewed in; but it was toolate to have any such effect, and our Allies were subdued before it arrived to their assistance. Thus were the fruits of an armament, con sisting of 100,000 men, entirely thrown away, after an expence of above eight millons of money and the loss of 8,000 lives, besides the innumerable list of sick and wounded, who have, many of diem, either pe rished since in this country, or must drag out the re mainder of their days in sickness and disease. But what could have been expected from that expedition, however wisely planned, or however judicously ar ranged, as it certainly was not, when commanded by such a leader as LordChatham, of whose military ex perience nobody had before heard, and of whose military skill nobody had ever even dreamed of ? pLoard Chatham had the command of fifty thousand , men, the enemy were ill prepared, and, at first, con sternation appeared to hive seized the people of Hot land, yet nothing was done, nothing but loss and dis aster has been eifected. Will any man say that such eircumstancesdo not require investigation? The enemy at Antwerp were said to be 35,000, but of these only -Icl,ooo were ellicient: The worthy. Member then concluded by itoving, That an Address be presented to his Majesty, playing his Majesty to institute an in quiry iato the Fate unwise, ill-digested, and calami • tour expedition. by Which the blood and treasure of ' the realm had been wasted, the character of our gal-. lant army exposed, and its numbers reduced by pes tilence, privations, and disease, more than by the sword ; and also tn inquire into the planf and in- atructions upon which these etpeditinns . were itrldet taken, and into the conduct and capacity of the coni- manders to whom they were entrusted ; And in order more effectually to presccute these inquiries . , to be•: witch his Majesty forthwith to assemtile the Parliament. Mr. Alderman Cuttris said, ghat he .... (circumstances of the expedition to Wakheren enquired into as much as any Member of but as they were not at present in possession itentic documents. 1K could . unt go the . the Hnn. Mover had done, Tie was as the right of the subject to petition as any he would always support the right of thr of London to do so ; but he did not like become a debating society, wherein all subjects should be discu ;sed and decided. With respect to the assist ance granted by this country to Spain, he approved of it the moment it was proposed, and he still con tinued of the same opinion, beau* it was his firm belief, that with oar assistance the natives would ulti- mately succeed in driving the French nut of that country. He also approved of the project of the Ex pedition to Walcheren ; but he lamented the manner in which it was executed, from the want of mutual cordiality among tlie pmjecters At home, who, instead 'of devoting their utmost attention to it success, were squabbling about their own places. He admired the ge nius of Lord Castlereagh, who he presu med had the p. 0- viding of the expedition, and he was sorry to see that that Noble Lord had.been so unhandsomely treated, as was reported. That observation he made from his Lordship's public character, for he had never met hint in private society, notwithstanding the scenes which' were exhibited in the print shops in the Metropolis. (it laugh.) He was certain that blame attached to some quarter, and he would support a most rigid en quiry, whenever he should have a proper opportu- ' nity ; and he thought something else, which he should then decline telling. (if laugh.) In justice to the Noble Commander who had been entrusted with the Expedition, he believed him as anxious for an enquiry. as any man in *the country could be. As to the sup: posed misunderstanding which was stated to have taken place between teat officer and the Naval Com mander; he did not believe it. They were unani mous in their opinion that nothing more could be at tempted against the enemy after the capture of Wal clieren, as information • had been received of their having been reinforced by 30,000 men. It was in tended to pursue their advantages, but a respectable General Officer told him that he did not think they could succeed ; he was sorry that he himself could not wait the result ot it, but being indisposed, he was very reluctantly compelled to return home. (el laugh.) As to the Motion before the Court, he was confident lit would be agitated in Parliament early in the Ses sion, and he thought that was the most proper place to have it discussed, where every document wnnld he produced. For that reason, he should move the pre ! vious question. _ Mr. S um. Dixox said, that he should support the previous qiiestion, and not trouble the Court with many observations. The Motion made by the Hon. Mover was very different from what the summons sent to the different Members purported, and he thought that alone a sufficient reason for not entering .into any extraneous matter. What mention did the summons make of the expeditions to Portugal and Spain. on which much weight had been laid by the Mover. He even defied him to produce the three re spectable military authorities against the gallantry and judicious conduct of the Noble Lord who command ed them. !RICH SIX! 1 subject was try , admitted, __;houghs present a much better than any future time. Ever since the breaking out of the French Revolution, there wir a sort of Ministerial mania which • affected the brains of certain Members of that Court, and which made them cordial admirers of the politics and wishes of the Cabinet. If the Court reasoned from their ex= perience of the past, they could not have the lease prospect of any public investigation' being instituted by. Ministers or the Parliament into the &savers Which had lately befallen the country. It theretbre became the particular duty of . the people t 6 insist upon their undoubted right, and it was a paramount duty with that Court, %rho ought to set a noble ex ample to the rest of the country. Last Session all inquiry -WAS stifled as linnet as possible, even when evidence was offered to the House, in the case of Lord Clancarty, and the same Was attempted in the case of the Duke of York. In the first, a dead decision was given swainst the motion for an inquiry. Mr. Aldertnan Husrait said, that there was no doubt of the subject being discussed In Parliament and he was sorry that the proper sense of the Court, could not then be taker, as many Members had gone away who were likely to vote against the proposed Address, while the opposite party,remained. Mr. JACKS stated, that he would vote for the pre vious queston. Mr. Alderman ATEINR *as averse to the Court in terfering with the province of Parliament, in the ab sence of all authentic Information, Mr. Alderman Costes 'heartily concurred in the • motion.. There vies 3 great national failure, and this authors of it ought go beewosed and punished. He saWlittrrettle hope of the Parliament promoting an enquiry, as they always were averse to investigations of similar misfortunes, as was well known to those who had lately attended to their proceedings. Sir CHARLES PRICE briefly stated, that the subject required investigation, but that the House of Com mons would certainly enter into on an early day.— (Here there was a great noise below the Bar.) Mr. KEMBLE addressed-the L9rd Mayor, and said, that strangers had taken very unbecoming liberties, in hissing and callisg for the question, whereby the deliberations of the Cotirt were interrupted, and its dignity insulted. If there should be a repetition of it, ,he said he should icel it his duty to turn strangers out. The question being called for loudly in the body of the court, several speakers who offered themselves were not suffered to proceed. Mr. WAITIINIAx replied. He contended, that every speaker who opposed the motion,- had admitted the.. necessity of an investigation, and if they did not, press for it, there were little hopes of its succeeding in Parliament. As th.: King could do no wrong, the Court could not be considered as orering him any in dignity; but his Ministers had ill advised him, and they were responsible to the people for the advice they gave. Lords Castlereagh and Chatham were undoubtedly the worst that could be intrusted with the planning and execution of an expedition. At the time it sailed Holland was in a state of insurrection, and King Louis had sent his family plate, and other property, for security, to the houses of different Merchants, and " A house to let" was written on the walls of his Pa lace ; but when it was known that Lord Chatham had the command of our expedition, the Dutchmen began to smoke the tobacco again, to wait a more promising opportunity. If the Address should not be carried, 31:er all that had been stated, Ministers would again tell the Opposition that the people wanted no investigati:m, and that the motion for it was nega tived by the City of London. The motion was then put, and the show of hands appearing equal, a division took place at half past tiveo'clock, when the previous question was negatived by a majority of one. Lord Mayor 4 Aldermen 61 Commouers 2 'fellers 9 Aldermen Sri Commoncrs 2 Tellers GB Avt. die previous questku. G 7 Fcr the previous question. A second divivion then took place on the original motion, on which the numbers were -1 Lord Mayor 4 Aldermen ii4l Commoners 2 Tellers 9 Aldermen 52 Commoners Tellers 63 Agct. the origind Ananias.. 66 Fr r the original gnes•icn. All the Aldermen present, and a number of Com mon-Council Men, were ordered to prepare the draft of an Address acccordingly ; and having returned with it, the same was read and approved, and or: eyed to be fairly transcribed, signed by the Town Clerk, and presented to his Majesty ; and the Sheriffs, at• tended by the Remembrance r, were directed to wait upon his 1114jesty, to know his Royal will and sure when the Court should attend him with tDe same. The Hall and Lobbies weir crowded the whole day, and the pressure and noise below the B.tr, rendered it sorntimes impussibie fair the people collected there to hear it. d treasure o f ginal motion, because he would tut belittled by -the er of our gal- expectation held out from the interference of rexlia- b l eed by pes- ntent. *null. bovreSer, make some obiteteatione t h a n hi the upon some things . whith. bad been stated by Ito Hon. dans awl in. rfartmet who spoke second .its the debate, whet . * be ; vori t tc od o et hi: . st pro at i e tet d b el ts llP l i t n w i°4 :lk l . 4 pr lat etty the ge e n g e t :ftl a l i ; inn kno bila wrfth bel e i t i se w :e ll - and in Ctrder r 4 Gealei4 Officer : : were consulted upon the precti- airies, to be-d.Cability of the ept...§iitton, and that they gave as their le Parliament. l'elithsies, that of all the troops which should land, three e wislse the out tifotir would be in the course of five or six 'Waren to he dlrf, - A . t h at C ourt; bar. Aldertnan 841#41.g1i supported tbit previous ;session of xts-; length whic.h:l 1 4 _e , 'A)41 11 8PRI! Cr**oool. 6 OW« !mi gi tzr o z s t ▪ tenacious getdise the Dortmany 4t name'! knv ;stns, and !-hottlia-Alt i vev short. 'Or printipaf 1 jecticn to the te Corporatioa motion was, that it would he inexpedient to concu r to the Court to in it at the present time.but as the iMportance of the sobject was every where admitted, he thought the Alderman CHRISTOPHER SMITH considered ParLa• ment as the most competent authority for investigat ing the subject, and should at present support the previous question. Mr. GILIVFITIIi said he thought the opinions of the freemen of London ought to be expressed through the Court of Common Council, their Represent ati ves, with out waiting for the Meeting of Parliament. Govern ment ought to have done something in the business long ago, and there were little hopes of their ever doing it, unless compelled. From the different ac counts which had gone abroad respecting the late expedition,,,very great blame must attach somewhere, and the securitrof the country required that it should fix in the proper place. He complained of the degra dation which our military reputation had sufferod by our late Expeditions, as well as the enormous taxes which we were, in consequence, compelled to pay at home, and the severe measures which had been re sorted to in collecting the revenue, whereby num, bers of individuals, who have been respectable citi zens of London, would be deprived of their all, and fOrced to seek relief from the parish. In corroboration !of that fact be read a notice which the Commissioners of the Land Tar had re..olved to issue next day to the Collectors, erdering them to levy all arrears im mediately by distress upon the property of the defattl- I tern where the half year's levy amounted to RIO. Tire 'situation of the Country being such, he trusted that that Court would not let, an opportunity pass of en . qniring into the causes of such distress, and not leave it to Ministers or the House of Commons, wcio on former occasions sheered themselves so little entitled ; to their confidence. Mr. KEMI4LE said, he never should get chilled in supporting the cause of his country, although such a suspicion had been entertained of him. Ile, then, was as anxious for enquiry as any man, but although the ; subject had been brought forward there, he would se ; riously ask those who were supporting it, whether they had any doubt of its going through a very seri fous investigation in Parliament ? He had none ; but if he should be disappointed, he should he as ready as I any man to promote it, wherever he should have an opportunity. Mr. Alderman Won. heartily concurred in the ori- • f , • I • i ti