The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-08-02 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. wit, tae ii usury 11, , howevor, asetired me, cif; 4,eei itsi I •` certai sty negative Birch's fool • 1146 notion, " 41 I sway he went, leasing me in WWI ,wreseil vii ti felt anxiety to nil dive 11r. Bocci% `• foolish llotion about No Popery;" J taei se.) G •iitletuati after wits ac (,.ee▪ ls vote es the souse si to with Mr. Birch in Lt. • r of his "foolish Aletion." But, nutwith. • ' , s e t ae these_miserable shifts of canting hypo • I ail ask those who are now present, are, in any simile instance, this Gentleman lias expressed the slightest degree of satisfaction at shit discovery sif abuses which gave to every true le eel of his country tee /ratifying prospect of a correction 44 the lavish asp •nditure of the public money ? I remember nett even a solitary instance in silica he has expressed any satisfaction at any aeeeh diseosery of public abos s and corruptions. T tit this apathy is not Ossified to that Gentle. mot, was abundantly clear, from the expressions used by other Gentlemen in a former discussion. At that time they arrogated merit to themselves for their forbearance t., oppose the measure wader fs-i, t ortitl.4ration. " • e have made," say they, " ne ()Nepal/ion to the JOte of thanks toCol.Wardle, " bat we obj Tr to ministerial threats, and to (teeter. g mg that theDeke of York was nu w evilly of his site. 46 4 0 10 , 1 .0 Such .1 the spirit by which those gentle. MO are se.itYTVII ; and I have felt conviction from re. pealed ~toservations, that upon say question having hey. f•hj .et the correction ofroblic abuses, it was seeJe t .e. to 1 wk roe the .uppistt or co-hperation of any contractor, peissioner, placeman, or place ueseraa.—[Heer ! hear! hear!] In no instance .when such a question is brought forward, do the Gentleman, and those who act with him, omit to bear-t out into the old cry, that it is a mere puty• qu stion,whica is vitt" a a roeg thing to agitate— gime improper for Gentlemen to bring forward party ,eat ..rs. Is there then, it may be asked, a party to support correetiou ? I n tenth, if we ma t t judge of the conduct of 'the public prints, sure a , iefit be the inference ; for all those newspa. pers. with very few exceptions, which during th. urestigation supported and commended theist. el a Ole exertions ofCul. Watdle, h ave su d den ly a ban. don d him, for no other reason as it should seem, but that the seeding of his measures to destroy Cro. uptitei, has, at the same time, an ultimate tendency to destroy the Whence of both the par. n this enuntry....the Outs as well as the Ins. Tess notice of this elution, I cannot but consider In any ;erns of view as most improper ; and as, o ithei she Gentleman who gave that notice, • nor say other G ntleman on his behalf, has thought proper to urine forward the question, I am de cid illy of opinion, that such notice ought to be tame i4e I front the record of oar proceedings.— W e are a .w railed upon to enter into a considera. lien of arcuentances, that have occurred seine. qemole to OS Vote of Thanks, which was passed by the. Court to Colonel Wardle, on whose con. dart we are required to sit in judgment, and, oeighieg all the circumstances that make bo• th for aid egolosi him, to express our opinion of his .aoulect. It will be recollected, that when Colossal Wardle lirsi brought forward his charges is, , be House of Co ens, he had not, out of s' . hole Body wrilibe Members composing that A •seailily, sepport of one single indi. vi e 41. The dillleipty and endless trouble of de laths.; am, sabstantiatiag the existeme Jr abuses, I liadoen to be personally enabled to appreciate very correctly—fur in the discovery and exposure of the enormous abases that have been praztisal in aritt's Hospital, I did igen- i d.gree of troll- We, labour, and JO siet), tier. extent of which' ia• beyond what I could have expected to bare .• p.ea ible ; and after all my exertions, instead at deriving the thanks of those ahem it was the, ebj et of any ecertiotis to benefit, what did I meet , we Obioqt.i,perteettgots,and misrepresentation thef'scier himself has not set-allied to retire. seat is. , an eteely to all religious and political estaloriihments. That this Gentleman nas so many =wit .s tor feeling sore at the institu ion of in quiry into public abases, I did not know, until I accideutally discovered that his 6, other-in-law ac.si rojil I a pension of no less than 17001. per a :num for life—[blear! hear !]—so that bete :es e It' V ear anti ills brother.iti-law, there are nu trifling interests to protect ! The great gr- and of accusation against Colonel Wardle ap. pear: to be, that he has paid for that evidence on se hick the Duke of York has been convicted of connivance. Ad aitting now, for the sake of ar. puniest, that fart in the (sliest latitude—in the name of common sense, what has that to do with , the important service that has been thus rendered to the country by Weisel Wardle? I would ask those Gentlemen, whose morality is so atrakexed aJ this alleged discovery, whether it was not ge nerally, if nut universally believed, at the time ighes we passed our vote of thanks to Coronet W. that he actually lived—cohabited with Mrs. C. ? For my own part I candidly confess, that such was m; belief ..and such' I dare say was at that tints the opinion and belief even of the Gentle.. man himself who gave the notice of this motion. Yet, thuegh we all believed the existence of thcl fad at that !foss..-no elan—whatever he thought —breathed a deeht or the propriety of our Vote of Thank, to Colenel Wardle, notwithstanding the rei sited and believed existence of the import ant fact, that he was living in a state of adultery.' .--It is must strange, that the morality of the Gentleman did not at that time take the alarm, and state his moral objections to the passing of the vote of thanks !..-From this imputation Mrs. Clarke has fortunately delivered Colonel Wardle by the leiblietation her letter, in which she cor rects the mistake into which the public had fur thus clearing the character of Colo., nil Wardle from so gross an imputation, it is lin po,sible nut to feel grateful ; that such are my feeliegs, I very freely confess, for it is my opinion that iii esery public character it behoves us not to he utterly regardless of the private character of the individual ; although it tan nut be dented , Pi strictness of reasoning, that the defective private character of an individual should diminish the value of his public conduct is a species of prejudice. It is, however, a weapon that has frequr:stly been pied by the friends of corruption ) cud ttssl, 40 with sreat success, to destroy the influence, and paradise the exertions of men of public virtue. This re ntl?rs it roust extraordinary that so formidable a weapon should have been suffered to lie idle whcn we passed our rote of Thanks. Nothing is more common than fur the friends and participators or corruptihri 'oh the discovery of (acts that arc clearly intlefeissffillle ---to turn short round and =tube the accurWibf using that language called seditions...thkuitt. tempting to silence the arguments they - ban. not answer—by knocking every man on the head who exposes their corruptions.—ls, or is it not true---has it, or has it not been proved, that there did exist a traffic fur seats in the House of Commons ? If this important fact cannot be de nied, where is the man who will have the hardi hood to say, that it is not the part and duty of every man who pays the enormous taxes, imposed on the individuals of this nation, to • expose even the immaculate Lord Castlereagh, or the conscien tious Mr. Perceval, who have served the arsntry so long ? [Hear! Hear ! lhar !] T ;ic salivary Bill-brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Martin, was opposed, because it was thought ne. cessary to have the power of rewarding services. Of reward for scrt'iecs, Mr. Percent enjoys, in addition to those of which he is in the twine! pos. sessiuo—the pleasant reversionary prospect of 46,0001. per annum, which his brother now re. ceivea.. It is not a little extraordinary, that among the almost innumerable motions that have been brought forworit, by the absent Gentleman and his friends, it allots's! never have occurred to them, in any one instance, to have suggeiteil a single Fr:spoliation for the reformation of abisses in any department whatever. It cannot be that they are not accustomed to interest themselves in public matters, for it might seem that they are not a little fond of popularity, hoot the forwardness with which they have been foand ready to vote away the city money in swords and monuments, and the city thanks to the no-popery ministers, for turning out their predecessor:. Yet upon any measure that is proposed for the amelioration of the general condition of the community, by the suppression of abuses, and the eradication of cor. ruption, they seem to hang their heads. At such unlucky periods their dejection is so extreme and so apparent, as to excite even our pity and cum. passion. In fact, the depth of this dejection can only he eqnallrd by the height of arrogance that was displayed when Colonel Wardle stated in the House of Commons, that an office actually existed in Threadneedie.street, for the sale of of. flees and plat's. What did this assertion produce? a horse laugh, and a most bitter and severe re bake for ',mitt; dtred to catty his Majesty's Go. vcrnment. Bet I would say to the Ministers of his Majesty what I should not hesitate to say to the House of Brunswick : let them skew some anxiety to preserve their own credit ; for that is what even common decency requires. And, most marvellous to tell, notwithstanding the horse laugh and derision of Ministers, and their host of adherents, in consequence of the discovery thus dragged forth by the intrepidity of Colonel War. die, a prosecution has been instituted by the At. torney.Geueral, and the very persons point. ed et - by na ne by Colonel Ward!c have been tried and convicted of an offence, wh.ch teoded to bring his Majesty's Government into contempt. Who then are toe men oho vilify and bring into contempt his Majesty's Government—the man who asserts the existence of such practices, and orgies for their suppression...or the mini who de. ride the assertion...attempt to bully Colonel Wardle into silence...make that as-ettion the ground of inquiry...the institution of a prosecu tion and the conviction of the offenders originally pointed out by 'Col/m.l W irdle? N ivr, whim I hear the Attorney. General state the facts relating to this case, and at the same moinent seethe press from e/inest every quarter, pouring furtlitOrrents of abnse on the devoted head of Colonel Wardle, cannot repress my astonishment—for he surely most in (act be their very best friend, by dragging forth to public justice those men, the tendency of whose practices the Attorney-General charges to be that of bringing his Majesty'sG s overnment into contempt. The Gentleman opposite to me is the only one who has yet ventured to open his mouth in o l iposition to the Ardendment of the Worthy Alderman ; and even that Gentleman admits that the "Trial has nothing to do with the question." But he Sap that we ought nut to vilify Ada:biol. stration—now I say, that the People have rights as well as the Government, and where is the uti lity of the right of petitioning, if we dare nut speak out ? Of what importance were it if Co lonel Wardle had actually given money to Mr*. Clarke to induce her to divulge what she knew t Has not the Government of this country done the same thiug—have they not been in the frequent I and constant habit of doing it ? Ira.ve they not paid busts of spies and informers to make discovery of these unfortunate men, who published what were termed seditious pamphlets ? Have they not, on the suborned evidence of spies and informers, sent men ignominiously to Botany Bay for 14 years ? Did they not attempt to deprive others of, ' their lives by the evidence of informers who had contrived to possess themselves of their cone. ! deuce? And for what were some convicted and transported, and others tried on the bare in formation of authorised spies and informers ? For asserting that men practised those corrup tions which have been since acknowledged to exist by the Speaker of the House of Commons, who expressed his reprobation and detestation of that practice. [Hear ! heart hear!] Even members of the present administra. lion haw,: been comps Iled to endure the accusation of a traf f ic its seats in Parliament, which it was be- yond all their ingenuity to disprove. [Hear! hear! hear!] Hare we not even seen men executed on the exidence of spies and informers, who have as. sisted in plunging those unhappy persons into irre vocable acts for which they suffered ? Surely I ant not incorrect in speaking of fact4,'Schich arc known to exist as certainly as the light 6t the Sun; and if, as we now see, men are liable to prosecu tion for such actions, we may surely be ifffOwed to speak of them without incurring the risque of transportation to Botany Bay, or of being ever. whelmed with the alnite of venal hireling news. papers, Zfo which I, however, believe no man iv existeuce is more perfectly indifferent than myself: With respect to the couueetion of the private, character and conduct of Col. Wanlie, with the Vote of Thanks passed by this Court, I see With muck satisfaction that no attempt has yet been made to-day to substantiate that position—a/1 I will take upon myself to say, that no possible tar. pitede, of which human nature could be guilty, would justify our connecting the eolosi.ler sties's of. his private character with that of our public Thttiksifor his public conduct. But even had any thin unfortunately come out to diminish the respect and interest which every unpre judiced unbiassed person must, I think, feel fo• such a man—it had been more candid and more generous to have suffered the imperfection of. human nature to have passed unnoticed, than to have seized that opportunity of attempting to pre judice the public against a mail, of whose private as well as public worth and virtue, I have the moat sincere conviction.-.it had been more manly so to have acted, than to have come with a whining, pitiful, and hypocritical, cowing pretence, of being 6 ' ve hers" and of not wishing to huh Colonel Wardle. I think I know all 'lO circuon.' stances from the beginning to the end of Colonel Wa.dle's proceedings in the prosecution of the in. "mitigation —and a more h.mourable man, I do declare, from the bottom of my heart, I firmly believe never did exist. llo'cver, for the sake of argument, I will allow bin to have broken his word, - to have bribed Mrs. Clarke i At short, to have dooe whatever the absent s r - Antitoxins might please; let him have dents what he will, his eon. !feet cannot have altered the nature of the thing The seeps:aims against the Duke of York had been fully proved by the concurrent testimony of unwilling witnesses, corroborated by the ir refragable proof of written . docoeueuts,—of letters under the hand-writing of the Duke of York himself. The absent gentleman has attempted to obtain a pitiful triumph over i that man who so lately he durst not have faced. I have already asserted, that no act of pri , vete turpitude of Colonel Wardle, however fla grant or atrocious, can affect the consideration of his public conduct; but for the sake of placing this position in the strongest possible point of view, let us suppose that Colonel Wardle was a member of the Society for the Suppression of Viee, let otS suppose that he had in this court called un his fellow citizens for protection to their wives and daughters—Let us suppose that he had attacked, and afterwards debauched the wife of hr, bosom friend ! !!—still I say, that infamous as must be his private character, even these circumstances can have no weight in the consideration of his public conduct. Let us suppose that Colonel Wardle had passed his nights in gambling--that the debts which he contracted to support himself in that scandalous practice he refused to pay— that. iu his progress through the streets at miduight he should be guilty of outrages sealost d:•cency and good order,by getting into midnight broilc,and rescuing from the hands of justice prostitutes and their associates. Lot us suppose, to form the cli max of his moral depravity, that lie had increased his fortune by plundering the public under the sanction of an Act of Parliament, passed tor the accommodation of commerce in the metropolis of the empire. Still, I say, these atrocities would not alter the facts established by Colonel Wardle, of the existence of corruption, or less, n the beneficial consequences of their exposure: If even the conduct of Colonel Wardle bad beau marked by treachery, hypocrisy, and la:vning meanness, by writing a letter to Lord Grenville, soliciting advancement for a relative, and addbsg. that much as he desired his relative's ailvancemelit, be was unwilling to accept the favour from a y other hands than those of his Lordship...and f he had then bad the basemen, when he found hi• Lordshi- 's power was tottering—to strike down the reelinelin;ster---in order to make court to his sucresser, it miter be asked, whereshall we find a cavern lark enouell to mask such infamy? Yet even this concentrated mass of infamy heaped on the head of Colonel Wardle; nay, even his cue. viction fur a highway robbery on Hounslow Heath, c sub, no' alter or at .ct the facts which lie has established by his exertions in the House of Commons. But of none of these outrages upon human nature and human society has Colonel Wardle been guilty... Let therefore no man cast stones at another, till he has looked around him I I trust I have thus convinced the Court, that so far from any circumstances having occurred which can induce us to re scind the thanks that have been offered to Colonel Wardle, the facts that have since been made public entitle that exalted character t.) the further Thanks of the Corporation of the City of London. /fir. DIXON said, he was prepared to receive any species of rebuke from Mr. ‘Vaithman, whose praise alone he dreaded. On propr occasions, he should be at no loss to justify his toon.duct ; frith respect to the denial of Mrs. Clarke, of the cohabitation of Colonel Wardle with her, all that he could say was, that Mr. Waithman was very anxious to prove the chas tity of Mr. Wardle _, but, " for my own part," said Mr. Dixon, " if I had been with her at the " Martello Towers, I certainly should have had " more intimate connexion with Mrs. Clarke, " than Col. Wardle states himself to have had." Mr. MAWMAN would have voted against re scinding the motion, but was averse to concurring in Alderman Goodbehere's Amendment on the principle of its , being foreign to the purpose of the day, and taking the Court by surprise. Mr. STOKES did not approve of the Irusguage which bad been held to-day respecting placemen and place-hunter 4 • he thnught it unnecessarily personal, although it did net *feet himself ; for he disclaimed all connection wlt (iovernment, and as ,, ured the Court that he never begged any favour of arse Minister. He objected to the proposition of the worthy Al derman, because pew mattcrwas brought up by it, ruch as su heti ant the purpose for which the Members of the Court had been summoned ; to that purpose, and to that only, *Anna its at tention be directed. Mr. WAITHMAN explained what he kit to bait been miwooceived of what he had snit concerning some persum; he had east no rettection upon iadividnals. lie thee proceeded to support the propositiAs moves) by has worthy fnerd, Mr. Aid naaa Goodbeherr , —" 1 am surprised *id he) that m) , worthy friend (Mr. Ma wiser') Median to pis kt los on the pi* sect ocessitm r he sap he would de se en =quiet. occasion hut w ;II ant on this-list wily qt ? Every fact stated in env 71 4ffeistra-AMeatimeat has oadhpordas it i..iod spotalate, there I- n'" it fi'11ef".0111661,144,04:4111 the Amend:lieut. that io sot fouade ron a riehßi itottnieTt s and thercfbra Cietalemesi -who ea lain of ilmisustemest r oom th- lreiZA of 1 over; Orr hit tiicaers,i.i se dieno it L. 4 thr b:•,1 nay uf re ctiog el t*eer pa ase--rttey Mut 't4.•Putraltdpg el-- trey romplain at the' rnewthrtnit ...f ette - mortisv4itierinua involvrt new ) merits Jawritnt aptiti t tharp.7try j s i orprtse. There is too 1 t . o ndat riky ttoo .milir for ma th i at ,, o ci i s . tn io lit y a . l iet at i : lo • a nt ie: 6 l fli w ai i p l u i t, v i c t e il ta a re or to tal se in y c , t at thbre !vim' htdryidM lesabisineurt 1. ss liable than the t h Cdhlilir 11* turpnre-we ttlier (DJ:Choy hotly b) tairprhie. la the preheat inaauce there • ' ins prettelice for Clentleraeu to contplaiii'sithurprim. The ole*,.:et of . t:.e motion of whkh the Worthefdpaabee gavt Police, and which he has shrunk from, MI to take-,iate teottlenditiii circumttances which hate hem pen:4 since oroir Reside:lmi of the gnat . April, spats t!'...- rub - Jell of the nitNrit of 'Mr. .SSardle, pod the services he has ren dered le his cuitalsg,b,y his, exertiom In (tie 'loose uf l'em mons io various departments of the state. That is the pro fessed object of the roiliest of the antic, of the mitiott. de conceived that she arrainateuces whirl have transpired .face out' Resoletion or she Gth or April, ale such as to cairup.a es to rewind that Itmolutiou. My Worthy Friend and ine. telt think taat the circumstance. which have siace trampirjd ere SA Elf from detrooling groan the mutt of alt. Wardle, that they Mid to iiis Cif tBo4s upon the ire:Wade ilf AB C0101(ril own, •ind deinwod /wade opprosation; thiszot mil r . yes us a right, but naturally calls upea as to state what tee circitat stauees are which have trairspired since the taste of posing oar Vote of To•tidrai to that lientreimui t-tuat ,s tar ou- Jett of the Ame stiment of :ay Worthy Fr:rad. If that be an, I ask la.. court can we. do better thou sate those fates? I say c at " Ice" do better, tor Ido oat disguise say things I lir JII 111 it 1 .tax had rime colicern in the frahtiag 10( Ibis 143 1 i•I ~ nAll which, tuerero e, it is .iota , I' in a J. shaall support. \ir d '••. time Motion go in far as It skis wi.o J.:in, f ,• ? %or , tr.. f.elt, not it led to .t, fr am *awls leas • prove Mr. W adle's further viola to 11 asks. Le. liP rip. collect that Mr. Wardle was enarri sti.a itasiog iepre seti.•d things a 4 _rieviuwes, winch :hJ nut cabal, sued witch are primed, h, the aitaseauent coed et u( toe omist. - , i ',elves, to ii lye c tined. air. Wardle stated in the House of Comment-. that user,. were three branches of the pubis ex awaslaistre iti %slica there were great abuse., and to march lyre might he introdored great maims, witioot detriment to the public service. 11: descend .'d to particulari., goad facts on which his assertion re-ted. lie was cuatradined Is, Ministers, they Itemizer bu s.ateueut of toe Lest. But bow has it turimd out two.: to Mr fit is? Way, wry Is ird, Ministers nay ~ by their own acts, suSseeuent to Tint statement, proved tie existence of the very facts which tlieN denied in toe Busse of Common, 'hem tue 'eaten. ot of Ibsen by Mr. Wardle. T ~ e fr ts stated by air. :'. -ei ' Aid to wiack I as now alluding, were Obeyer-That id the mmon , r irf c ',Adding the business of sae LAO: Atifitfo. toere was moth abuse, and there erght be great .tlrt.trottaa J. d a great saving, without detriment to toe public service-pat_ oisters dci:ied the existence of any such ..one is in t b - Inch of the peddle service; but. .4ace the disctielan, hoe love thee Wei, for that it the teat The, h.rbti giteu orders there shall be " no further proceediegs in th.• affairs uf the Loral Militia." thereby adulating. I sa.,. the ex:smote of the ahams stated by Mr. Wardi.c. Lund dein ut b. teem i,, : e /louse of Oominons. The next head *of public smelt? is which Mr. Wardle stated there was much abate which mig*it be corrected without den illifin, was in the cloothhee of the f r olsraloers. Miniatern denied the et istetico.. us (sae abate also. Flow have they acted up to it? They :are given orders, " that there shall be no further proceeding no the subject of the cloathing of the Voluntee:t." (h a He m bead of service was that r* " a supply of tor:. artit le of Correost:" iti which Air. Wardle stated there was great abate, and rcigbt be moan ret..mehroeat *Abaft injury to the Oleic sfrrlee. MMisters delved the existence tinny suchelbese -Look at tb' actions afferwards-They lime dio. cAarjr.! the Irerpector of Csoustris 1 Such, soy Lard Ma j or, are Vie facts; aui after this. are Ire to be told that sils..t has 0 empired since our Vote of TIMM!, to Mr. Wardle has been such at wive to (tbdurC as ID mused that Vote. I ,ay that what tau transpired si .c.?, calls i.pea sp, in tile cll.:charge of oar public duty, to enlarge Ad' to extend those Thanks to a mon who has rendered soca etential service to his country. I say, it is high time fur us to make become voodoo, that ab lest than 2410.J0 1 1. o f t he a stand against the torrent of Corrupt; el, when it i. public tummy is .m riven to individuals in pent.;r, as I have al ready described-when we see that one I idiv,dual has, in nine mouths, defrauded the pub is of 90,)J01. t and shall we, after this, say that these matters coat: ova* the Members of this Court by sorprtre? Why slinald th • ierfenteat of :hem surprixe any of Ili, iiretz we all know of their exist.- t. P bat it seems that to wine persons the existence of t tem things Is not so shockine as the stoteascit is-who cannot bee. - 1., star pay thing raid to the discs.Att. of mtg . (fomenters. Bat it has teen asked, with an air of triwupb over Mr. Wardo. Vivi he" erares to c moplain of eorruptioo in the See of Seat. .ot rasa Hoare of Co:normal P-W I:ether he dill not purchase hit or.* sent there? To which I twister, I do not know aow that fact steads; bat this I know, that Mr. Wardle, like ea. other individual, has a right to shift for himself In that retpect, while the userket, 1 say , politic the market resurias open. I bate had tirry Seats oTerzd to myself iii that Assembly, uptio cgrutio temw-the very imiividual who is stated to have Dego gig that concern under my Lord SLlilo, toll me be wi,sld ,e me a seat If I would,' procure for him a writer attlp ender the East Imlia tAhpany. Tite,e are indeed 101011119, and the are toonstrien -.tames, but they are only If ur of tie JIDUIC9 under %silica tits comtry labnum,- an* .tech bar h ird 1/ .t the holt it p art of the comisiouit. itt ,elilehr welive. Sure they havVilliten roved to exits—mace taw are admitted ai exis'.and ireavowed by too roil f •ed (tom them, will .to . , man 1., pia Maud swot his Ile art, 4 .4 5 , 9 r tid*thingstoug•et t, cautiouto-o.'say, c at ne ta 1a 1 . A s Yr *beg tbissal unwell I I yof his c.o.'''. ar ile pubs:. eiri :a t; man sayjtat a great iiariug . may u sot be made in the psitlic et pr iture ° film cowor., liy rite i inlaid. tem to . tat.e more contrasts' hair Lilo sonar of the depart of tee St a t.. ? , 1 I believe Ate Mr. Wardle bat skid tsp..' moat ..iuiect, suet the Illif(11.11 would be very nearly to the &Daum of the ir.- 1 rime Sm." Mr. TAill)Y admitted that where had known, and bid talked of, " Abuses." but nob , ily Rad acid so eticieal to wards taeir procreation, aa well as di. W .rile, aid toerefore that c, ea fie o s a a was sk very lit subject fur toe thanks of the public. Mr. Alderman ATK iNS whhed the Resoluthe of the worthy Alderman to he withdrawn, because t emornced %natter, for the discussion of which to • Court o a. 'MI ,i)n. 'med. ile had no idea of rescinding the Vote of ram*, to Mr. Wardl.., for nothiut could be more uc•....st t • that On. tleman, than to condemn him before be has been heard. Mr. Wardle, said the worths , Aid:rialto, has eon hied hineelf to the public over awl over/spin, that he :will prove that: the matter which kr. here stated to his , anti ape which the verrli:t of a Joy has been Obt•timr,l itgain.t info, has he,', tbeetlect of perjory. Until aka h aseertalaed, we should sa-pend oer jad r ttten'sa meanwhile, du wit 1•.!t us withdraw from Mr. Wardle the Thanks we have g!vice to him for his exertions in the sersice of the Public. That would be treating ourselves, as well as Mr. Ward e, un haudsonwly—if we had bees unfoi•umte enouJi to place ear esteem, or bestow our boleti, upon an entsil.th, object, that might be reason why we asi..ht regret :cur mistake, Is dh oti being a reason for our retraciiag the donation. 1 ,her - fore wish, by all meals, that we mould not reach.' the rota of thanks which lee have paned in fav-ine of Mr. Wardle; hut I canwit help recommending, most strive 9 s to the wor thy Alderman t:• withiraw his proposition, 6ecaase it cm lwaces matter, for the discussion of w sich we wee,. nut, this day, coaveried—it tends to cast, unnecessarily for the present pup 15?. at le•rt, reNvtions on Ws Majesty's Milistets. We arc aaw calic.l upon to vote charges against penman who have not been heard upon them before us—charges uptiu which we oarsvises have had no tine for considered m. We are called nom! to come to a eissrlasion before we have had lime to deli he.-ute tip •m a great deal of crintiontieg matter. [Front the groat length of 11. la Report, and the P ro:re d: age on Lord Gast bier's Petal, we are under the n:csssi:j ef defer ring Ike Remainder till to-morrow, and i.terefwe briefly state the erneu ion.) Mr. MAW MAN then pr 'posed an Amendramt to the for mer Amendment, the sehstacce of which was, that the 0)411 saw no reason for rescinding the Vote prised on the lit:, of April last, repressing the thanks and gratitude of the Coert to Mr. Wardle. Mr. WAITIIMAN thought thit Gmtlemen malting Amendment upon Amendment wen• speakiag agisiust time. After vies conversation, the trestim wm pus, and the phew of Ip4oge,gppeared nearly equal. 'l'he Court then di vided, sherl It* numbers were, row tbr 'Ameadmeta-lA4lerosan, 51 Commotsen, 2 Teiien fflti't All. rinodbehere'ilK•iolution,. 3 Aldermen, 54 Com rinliers, 2 Teikrs-59 41 , 6;4 , ~ i. .....t.i.t..iirij0r....... n Tzt.ccaAnwrc th,r.t.t:te was ticeived at the Admi. i ltal yllils morning, fr0..1 tqrtlinnutb, announcing that Lord i tittiliaa bad been nitht WO ;OUR AIL Y •CQUITTED. "Oletile operations of the Wspedltion.an intelligence btu vet tbeeisiemived44.llll rnmeasetof Bon A r % t. ilfs return to Kris • c tittionee In be -cinsalalmi t grith comidnce. If web b e the fart, vreurty a g i r !aboard lar prevelet in the neighbour /laid of ) ~ 111 1 • f ~.