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and the fiuniliee stymied, by the tiewiesPert; whereas, he fact, he meant theca ss one. Besides, be had not spoken of his own know ledge, but enema ly ineotowsed oust he had gathered front the publiC prints, for the last twelve mouths. (nee of which he had is his pocketl. which mitered into compute tious, to shevr that this %taffy erijoyesl 36,0001. per sou. us salaries - and plans. He had no amain of ascertaining the correctness of thew statements, mere than say oue weed heed him ; cud he sup- Mooed. that. as Lord Castlereash't salary must h ave cussed with his going oat of office, the sum total must now be smeller.* lie considered it due to then noble personages, to make this acknowleilg shut ; and be never sae ashamed to standiturward W melees au error, ie order to do justice to any Whiniest who might be winged by a suus-state seats la mese of the papers the rest of his 'slate souls were correctly given ; but iu one it *as re ported. that he said Mr. Perceval. its places, sine cures, and reversions, enjoyed to the antouret of 60.0001. a-pear ; whereas. he stated the sure to he 46,0001. He whined all these things to be fully understood. Hiving disposed of this part of his subject, he begged leave 0' offer t very few obser venom eo the bovines. of the day. He agreed with the Mover of -the llesolutions, the it wn, sat proper to digitate to the meeting, but to sul •t to their own feelings, whether they would have their petition prosentsd to the Throle, or give it the chance of reaching His Majesty through the. *See of the Secretary of State—whether tory would relinquish a right never before denied to the Livery or to any public body. It 11411 long heels their undoubted privilege to pieseut their addresses tos the King upon the Throue s and. (as was truly - MOW in the Hassolotious) it was only very lately, that, out of personal respect to their Sovereign, they had agreed to present them. ut the Lever. They had now been denied even this mode, end it . was only left is them, whet hisd never been denied, tO retinue s pc/sited salience of His Maje'llt in eider to mete their grievances. and to he sure that they would reach Has Mwjegy's ear. This also hail bees domed; and they had sio resource but through the very Ministers, of ohmic iniecouduct they com plain Be bad upon this point a fact to state. which be believed to Incorrect, as be bad it from the Freeholders of bliddlesex engaged is the after. diheet leer or five years ago a petition was present ed from the Freeholders of Middlesex. and trams. Vatinid to His Makeup, through the Secretary of State's OfAce. About twelve esetits after its deli !lvey. epos smite. inquiry being made, it was found I. the some *See. with the seal unbroken. types this *rouge discovery. the Freeholders interested es the business inquired why their petition had weer embed the King? and theastseer they red sawed was, that as there had been it. public levees. it MO set con ideal with efiveetie far the lucre. nary of Sods I. present it in au) other way. Tease it appeand, that an (native subversion of the right of piltitipmeg had taken place ; and that peti tion= were, oody _allowed to use a channel, by erleneele precluded from serving them in the promotion follllesent of their indubitable elegies. Where. thee, ea• the utility of perinea, leek if their petition*. calling for inquiry into the waste of public morny--the aliases of the state torrents of blood. shed in foolish. useless, and suemillegexpoditions-.wed the preveleoce of cot suldwwi wore to lie title new eilininistratioa found these rotting is the diem, or them now ie Power lied effected the total ruin of the country ?* On re- Reeding ma this *abject, which he had done not ' Reedy,. he mold not 'help fain, ing he was living =4,4in the times of Charles the ltd. than of Use lIId. At the former period, the seine ilbetneetioas were given to the right of petitioning; sod the petitioners were, as now, repreusiteil l by the altruist. red their supporters, as adverse to His Majesty and the eonstituuon of the counts,. lint tbe.JParliaaseet of that day, so far from 'MAUI them likely to hurt or injiire, were of amnia's, that they were pennies the only mown to preserve the twootitutios. They (the Parltaineut, is the thus of - Chaim the Ild) passed many stroog ream lanais; and ordered those who ohstrected the psmestiag of pastimes to be prosecuted. They even west further. and told the King that they slot only whiled petitions fur the assembling of Perliainent, bet that Paeliament might actually sit and redress the pithlie grievances. le the year 1660, they ex period a Member from the House for the causes espeaseed is the Reselistives, which he would mow rood to them, avid which clearly skewed, sot only die otriseg public fueling, but the feeling of Pars hawse is these days, when the right of petitions bog came tabs qtiestiosed. Here Mr. \l'aithrnan weed the Remises, of the Howe with regard to fir F. Withiss. is Ifielly as follows : el That lie Pesach WNW., by promoting sad premeds' se Its Menoty ars Adams,' feeetire as abbsorresee poilloo Ms Majesty he the sad tinily of Parlia ments, bath betrayed the tookoile rights a the oehjecta e g ; li tt ia llse ataiJ Sir F. Within* he expelled the House far this MO crime." Tins was a Parliament which aete,liudepentlent. ly. and were not foetid convenient for the servants of the Crown—they were consequently dissolved. What a similarity exisied between these and the present - thainswoluse.almia. at the conduct of the CINIIIIO4 Hall, cud of the Members who represeut id the City in Parhament—ohey supported the rights of their fellow-eitixem—they received the awoke of the Hall—they were re-elected into Par . liansent, and a mutual assurance passed between them rad their i:oirstituents, that they would stand by one weather, in defence of their rights, with their bees osal fortunes. Their charters were then seised, and the popular party for a morr.ent put down. What followed? Aa awful and tremeo does Mince like that which precedes the bursting of • velem.. The Revolution ensued, and the King was driven from liieThrone. This was done by those who opposed the people's rights. and vilified the • purists of those days, as enemies to their King rod Constitution. He was firmly persuaded that the grisly morns of preserving the State, at this awful crisis, when dangers anffumuled them, was by pay lag the strictest regard to their rights slid 'five lege% sod ion to suffer encroachments of any kind, or from any qinuter. If the patriots ill those days bad so much to do, what Innen they bow hare to contend against. whet& they had so many tax-ga th to oppose them ? fie wan not clear. that, with every virtue and every exertion on their parts. they would be able to avert the impending s vile. ant they were not therefore to be positive; far lets were they to lend a hand to the ovetwbeliniog weight if correptioo. It was for them to call for the reduction of peusionwa.for the re-establishment of Perliument to its engine pority--aud forpeanh. 'neat on the guilty, ea well its the di:anis:Al of the week, is order to pretierve the Crowu Irons dangerous encroachments, their own liberties from risk, and the empire from the ruin which threatened it ou every side. Unaeimity was recommended to them by the took of Ministers; but bow were they to enariaimia, if they were to endure sill these evils ; ell the heat of . tax-gatherers; all the in qutsitiote of the property tar ? Let those who callti tot eiMilltaity, if they really wished it, give up part of what they drew from the public purse, and the heavy loads laid upon the lower muks of .ociety. Unless they did this, it was in min to call fur unanitnity. Cussiderate , ineu never could go over to the lode of corruption, and become the ad vocates in support of abaves. He woo afraid he had trespassed on their tune too long, but the sub •ject under investigation could not Le too strongly tmpremed. He might be accused of violence; but of violence there were several kinds; and the em pire was in greater dan,,er bola the plausible violence of those in poser. pretending to be act ing niider the eduction of the laws, than from allthose who, stood boldly forth for their liberty and independence. Let am luau be deterred from such a tomato tivitial course. tie the slanders sisal calumnies of the corrupt. These were Viet new tricks they were the anme as those which bed often been employed too effectually ; they were the same as those used in the nig , ' of Charles H.: they were the bolter as these ►e.ertrd to in every age. and in every country, to silence the asset woof the pub lic ri4lits and privileges. He advised th.•in to be firm, yet moderate; and concluded with giving hie seal 'nest a l iprishation to the present a, This speech we received ihroaighotii with the loud est smerlu .f applause.) . The itesultation. were then reed severally. and the first. second, third, rod fourth, carried una nimously. The fifth Resolution was carried, with only one dissenting voice. upon which the meeting seemed extresiely indignant, tome of theta even going so for as to call for his being turned out. The Loa* M ITO' interineted, aged stated, that every individual or the Livery had a right toe:press his sentiments ; end the Gentleman against whoa their norlignstion was directed. was a Lieeryulau ; he hoped therefore that they would peirmit the bolo. Della to go on.e The expreseion of disapprobation dill continuing strong-a - 51r. Quin came forward. Hr said that he did not en. r himself to tOecr :itteatiou as a meduitur for any 101111, lout he fell a confidence whets he stood forward as the assentor of the rights of the 'Livery. The Livery, is hostopiattou. should conaider. that it *as not oue men ,with whom it had to combat in that great cause in which they were engaged. nor with oue thousand men. if they differed in opinion from others, they elionld at least give them a chance of coming forward. They (the Livery) had to fight, not against one itodividual—oiliey had to light mgainst the Treasury. against the exciere against the customs. against the tea r gatherere; nay. if it were possible, the army, the miry, and the church itself, would be pressed into the service against them. He congratulated theta upon the I Diable spirit with which they communal in re %sing to give their petitims to the Secretary of State. He could mete to them. that their petition would be delivered, toot only to the Secretary nt State. but from thence to the Lords of the Council, there to debated whether the. IMO/ fragment was worthy of being transmitted to His Majesty. Their r!lstes they well knew. were retabliaheil by the Ball of Rights. The first nsodification of the prin ciple which wee attempted, was in the year 1773 ; yet, upon that occasion. His Majesty coinireceimed to sneer into a full explanation In the year 1797 His Mejasty tied gist condescend to explain. In the year WOO Hee Majeaty *mold receive their petition just as he pleased. Rot now. in the veer 1809. the Secretary of Siete informed them, that Slot His Majesty, but Hal Majesty's Secretary, should re ceive it in future. So that their pr i vileges were gradually frittered away, and the Constitution silently, though not less seriously, infringed upon. He was not one of those who would be willing to entrench upon the comforts of his Sovereign; but he thought that His Majesty might receive a peti tion from 12,000 of his subjects ashen the some hand was extended to memo G enerals, and all those whom spleudoor isod equipage recom mended. respect to the eatserable oleo who coudueted the affairs of the couutry at presest, they had assumed a confides*, which every due would understand. Every one moat see that their cokfidence was that of itifatuatioes, blinders,, and desperation ; they must see that the very report of their gigantic strength, a report originating with, and confitied to themselves, arose from a conscious new of their own rotteuners ; and that wild drspwir ' to which their situatioo exposed them; rye hoped they would excuse him for trespassing so far. while eudeavourtng to impress upon them the dignified conduct which it became them to adopt. The Sixth Resolution was carried unautimously. The Seventh being put--- Alderman CURTIS came forward, amid loot} hos molts of ludicrous encouragement slid serious die approbation.—lle said that he felt it his duty. in the present stage of the business. to deliver hits sen timents ; he was not the chainpiou of any party ; the cnuutry was already acquaiuted with his semi ments, as delivered in another place. He would give all the support in his power to any ioquiry into the various expeditions—even to the expedition to Walcheren. At the same time, he felt eonvinced. that the Commander-in-Chief, himself, was as anxious for that inquiry as any other man in the kingdom.—/Loud istaiihoig and disepprotnition.)— With regard to the right of petition, am man would be more ready to stand forward in support of it than he would. It was customary for the. A-1- dresses of the Corporation of London, and e • the two Universities, to be received on theTh7otie.--/le had once had the honour of rearming an address to Hisillheyesty, tit one of his Levees, its which he felt great satisfaciioii, it bring upon the re c.s-ion of His htijesty's recovery from a severe (Loud Mit/Aims.) He was sore that, as loyal meat, they would not rev, displeased at his satidsetiou. (Appkatees.) They had seat hits into the Mall of Comatose,. as oae of the representatives of ,the' people, there to hear mod there to deteranitee--VVr . e he would determine, according to the best 9 a Ani_. judgeseat. for their interests. as God was 'tisk , gel Mr. Alderman Coma said, that he would re peat to them what he had often btfore declaredi that he felt, itt the strongest usanurr. the necessity of supporting the rights of the people ; /se thongbt it necemary that inquiry should be made into the misconduct of Ministers; bat he considered it particularly essential to the safety of the nation. that the duration of Parliaments should be made shorter, and the parity of the representation more effectually secured. Harty occasion unfortunately prelleitted itself, in which he could not agree iu their opinions, he should feel himself bound to re linquish his situation, and give theta au Opportunity of substituting some one else, more conforinable to their view, slid sentiments.—(Losol applaeser,) Sir JAMES Shaw then cause forward, amid marks of disapprobation mita ridicule. He wished that his sentimetits should be completely under stood upon all subjects. in which the rights of the city, or the particular interests of the city, were culicerned. He was ready to obey their will ; but, upon subjects of general policy. he felt himself, as a representative, bound to consult his own con science, and to set areor.litigly. With respect to the expedition to Walt:herrn. he had an hesitation to say, -that it Int:t disappointed the hopes and ex pectatiosts of the country ; he woul.l, therefore, rate for an inquiry into its proketion and couduct. With respect to the abolition of unnecessary places. pensions, Ike.. he should only state, that he was a Member of the Finance Committee; and that. iu that Committee, upon all occasions, he gave a con scseatious vote. Upon the right of petition. he agreed with the great character who now tilled the Chair of the House of Commons, that the ear of the House, and of every public man, should be thrown open to the petitions of the people. That principle he slionld observe towards the highest and the liwest iudiviJual of the community. This Resolution was also carried in the affirma tive, with the single dissentient who had already made hicuarlf su conspicuous. Tn.: clamour war again renewed, and the disposition of the as sembly toilispense with Ms compmy attested in the mum unequivocal cry of " Tern Aim eat: fares Aim mu .0" The eighth Resolution was carried unanimously, Mr. FAVELL then moyed the thanks to the Lori Mayor, for his .iodrpiendent conduct Upon all oc camons, but particularly for his conduct upon that day. It was seconded by Mr. GIITFITHS,,and passed unaniapmsly. His LORDSHIP then came forward, and said, that he could br ut all times happy to convene them when they required it, mid that at should be his par ticular *wily to protect their rights rod privileges. I Appla fn. ) Mr. FAV ELL nest proposed the thanks to the She riff.; but there bring a strong opposition, awl loud cries of " No Atkins, no Atkins,' be propu.ed that the thanks of the Meeting slhoold be -0% 111 to Mr: Sheriff Wood, for his general condlic , but milady for having reqtiested so aad ..!nec of the King, agreeable to the directions of tile Common' Hull. Mr. GRIFFITHS seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Sheriff Moon then said. that nuking could be more gratifying to his feelings t iao to meet with their approbation. He come 11110 the Corpo ration fur the purpose of doing his duty to the coun try. Without any view to private or personal consi derations. He felt it necessary to my • few words upon the Lite occasion, particularly as some insi nuations had gnus fortb,to his discredit. It had been insinuated, that he had attempted to run into His Majesty's presence for the purpose of insulting him. —When he (Mr. Sheriff Wood) was at the Queen's' : Mace, he certainly, in pursuance of his fluty, did press for an audience—( Load opplaates.)— He. would do again. as he hail done betore—endeavour to procure an audience, notwithstanding what those people might inrinnate who, whenever they heard any one alluding to th e grievances of the people, accused them of insulting the grey hairs of Mir Majei.ty--1 Loud applatues.l—.No esertions upon his part should be wanting, to present the Resolu tions agreed upon. . . . . It ►sas then moved, and carried stnanimondy, that all the Resolutions shoutd be signed by the Town-Clerk, and published in the usual papers. After some interval Mr. ATKINs Presented him self, but the clamour being exceedingly great on his appea►ance. the Lord Mayor was obliged to in terfere before he could pismire a hearing. He then stated, that he had no object or wish to obtrude himself upon their ettentiou, and had only offered himself 111 comryurnce of having beard several voices calling Sheriff Atkins. He appeared before thew b answer any question they might wish to a sk him. If hr had urglectell the rtglits and privileges of the city, he enu Id not appear with such connious rec titude before then► as ha did at that moment. If therewere any reason for nut including him aith hi, worthy colleague. he *could, perhaps, fr.! it mor.• Plausibly than he did. On the •uhject of the petition, he wools' appeal to his worthy colleague and the Lead Mayor, whether lie had not acted in support of their rights? Upon the astute of such rigid, he would not speak—for many, who went before him, knew, or pretended that they knew thru► ',ett.r thau he slid. Disepprebetiun was here 'ro , a;ly ineuifested, end tries of yea► amendment. cementer your amendment.) He begged pardon if lie bad dis pleased them ; he had only sue short thing-08.v short word, he meant. to add.—Loud laughing here ensued, and he was obliged, after some unsuc. cestsful efforts to be heard, to withdraw. • Mr. Sheriff WOOD said, that he ea. not aware that his worthy colleague was refu•ed the thank-, or he should have spoktui in his behalf I.efort. H. could assure them that he haul stone h s d u ty eitli respect to the petition ; he had shoot: all Ist ht• t►nwer to have it forwarded, and finally sgveed aith himself (iheriff W 0041) and the 1.0;t1 Mayor, in the propriety of going hat k to them for further ii.structlollls. Some rote.* (aim!)• called oust for the flank. to Sheriff Atkin+, lost the disgentiesits were smflicieolly formidable to torrent ally etfort omits the part of Is friends. The meeting was thou di:so:red it: she usual mount% EbitEICN INtELLIGENtE. •, SPANS 'S PAPERS. atTILACTs.I SAL/44M OPC. 21, On the 24th iih. an English Merchant shy„ rd i n the port of Cads, with all kinds of arias s s i ammunition ; as also • tessei Irvin the same c 44, *try, Midi it very considerable quaittity of sas h , mar an the 28th, soother ship armed with a c a , i ; of • similar kind. This proves the great isl et which our generous and dear allies have * A k e , the success of our enterprise; shirk. if It ay k eff-cted by.arms, men, and money, must tertsi ft gloriously. Our esteem and affection for nus nation, might therefore to be iiropurtra.Ste ► the efforts it has made in our favour. yri.spcia, sin. A in addition to the glorious action of tit* n.R, under the command of Doe Ausotrio Slars,,j4 Val, we have had the 61'46Eu:utile to receive th e ,‘ lowing intelligence : - On the 19th, arriverl at Saragossa, Geo. Ittew e , with two other Generals of Brig.;de., Pied Ityy sR They were 15 days oat their joarney from lia,thi4 to that city, having, by the way, islet with twi; f e w encounter*, in wh;ch the Secretary of Gen. Ar e% his physieisn, two servants, and 190 ntar, were dead on the geld ; and 39 carts, laden with ti t baggage they caroled with them, Cairo by the t„ Throe actions sbew the hied of war we might Cairn , an agaluot our enemies at the preload tam lidajtoz blowy, Dec. 214 emus, am 17. The politic-41 horisos is owe clouded f$ than rarity suppose. It ',p r im certain, th e the Emperor 44 the French lotted* to 'Okra ti t Princess Augusta heiress of the throat of Sates; and that Josephine, disgosted, N irodervuura l forts a party *gannet her faithless husbarml.—te., ilk Diary./ 11. (From flag Gimerameme Gazette.) We learn, by various letters Items %Arid, the the Spanish prisons.* taken by the French is the battle of Omni% *lacers as well as soldiers, we e stript of their clothes in Amnions, with the (Inv of making it believed, in thee capital, that the Orem Junto keeps no smiles in excessive natal. new; they moreover took from the oaten the commissisms grassed by Ferdinand the Vila! nil the Supreme Junta.. Tlw primmer, reached Madrid Wised deed sit cold, hunger, slid basica with the butt -end o f inuslets and cudgels, like beasts; • spectacles, melancholy excited tit these inhabit/nits all dm romp estop of which 1117 are otsceftilsie, sod their hatred of their oppressors increased, she they learhed that they had taken away the clothe for the purpose of lessening their eashasissio fie tire lawful Government which the) ado's , . On the ft4th, massy of these prisoners left drid fur the E.curial. destined to Finial', who wi-ct 'breath prevented from taking auy ht the prim- Osiris Offered theirs in abundance by the polite d Madrid, notwithstanding the scarcity they labor under; some days afterwards the prisoners •rs -sent back to Madrid for the purpose of reinfasak the escort, for fear of the parties of patriots ifs Le tile, and set out again. pre. 10. Tile French have retired from Santa Cruz, El Viso, and Veldt-penes. Seven hundred Frecei who liad COME out of Paul pelaria to collect mita. tuitions IU lIO4UII urigliisouriaig villages. were Imr• rouisded by tap patflOtic parties, and ail pat 10 the sword, not a Single one taCialliUge Tae liletrA I, 1 caontro Were likewise taken on this occasion. FAUX THE DUTLLI PAPERS. 'AR's, orc. 46. . • The following arin:le appears in our Juana% under the head ut Ctttr, the 14th Inst.— - - " Yesterday the people of this place were qt. witnesses to an act of bravery, as uncommon as it was succvasfully executed. A convoy 4450 evil of merchantmen, bound hither from Marseilles, tieing discover-I:rd by an English frigate, she in t~ntly stood in fur this port, with the intention of coma{ them ot}? A bomb-vessel litionging to the mm). upon seeing that, immediately peeled from 'kr convoy, and boldly made for the harbour, ander a p►ess of sail. The enemy's frigate, in order to prevent this, now turned her *bole attentioa to the chase of the bomb•vessel, came class up aids her piece the entrance of the harbour, and fired upoards of one hupdred shut at her; but the boinlrvessel steadily livid on her course, and hiGre the eis..suy could cut her off, arrived within the I . fte tection of our guns, and entertil the port a, i'4 the gerieral cheer's of the inhabitants. But 1,0 great was the astnoi•hrneut of all on filidiog, tlirt the bosuirvewbel had only one wan on hood, s Ueooe•e sailor, who, its spas of the greatest du leer, Ileteriwile:l not to isliatnlon her, and thu-, by I' . sottepoist, raved uol 0..1y the ye...A .4 his 111,11' ,, 0 !Alt alos the ix of the convm•, whit is, in the lie .ss , tine, had an opportunity of etteriing their escspr. PihlS, 01. C. ' 1• Ytt-terdtts the Comet/attic Se Odte h r ld a . 7 " 3 ' bog Extr.torthilatry. it I. rrportrd. th tto• e 0 • comiu.nocatikil to them, ott o , i...teens:lll.. C . l alt. t 411 A 111eNUIAS 1 . 11• 111it..111.,:16 I ii.• • 5t:63.0111 4)1 the I.- Atstatt i p: 11 4 mud . , I trild II the inettlbtt• with be ;" on the 31=1 so.t, YeAriciAy, at 011 C o'clock, 1114 Sloiesty the 1. pe Ito heist it Cob net Coatst d ; ut two his 11 set otf on a hunt's% party ; and at half-1A.4 I r Oar Plowed to the Council of State, an 1 pre4 dot their E.sti,,nt.. Tilt' Si.•••:• 1 1 garri.on of Gerona arrred eiikpl4U, U. tile I.l' n. qt IN. 1) 1 •( 11..; TION On. (b . ,•!..l L. Ir ►ing 4 ,; trttttiwti to t:ts ele.t.ti 111 I.co it...oth, e e.I siesereie* , ..1 :11 eie: thellie Ir. 1111 Nil.s e•4.....1 el see. le"' re , Wl3 tM With ha. 1,,t •1 I:ir 1:11std• J.. 1 hr t. I..tiows L Ft jinn .t .1 hoot the %Irert% i.tt tl. . I In Ih. 111 •:" . 1 .1 1.1 I 'lt' 11 ~ p ,'- . " I rd w the p. .t. .1 00 , .a. • uto: tlbht all %' (441‘ %I U. %. I-- - 1-11 Los g Ka t to t I fall att i bi s day. portaaer Sir H rroat Ell iy„ Sir S. * Ex , ('rival 1, di.. 21 ~rr el tOLI. PAY T he eget liSr Gav •ro; bort of :be now 11l lbEttallui in open I)t;kitt so linfiet I state, th of by ti !Goren)! elm?, w that La to Mad .ho lam go, trill' he hal House, arid, th luke. Mr. esprcte Vipers Itbooe o elsoract ao.l I'. ♦ t ttatitly treerii ii Dell lieu is is °Ate • hi tile I lootJ ' .Me to fora 11 feCtlVt 50 sai No 5 place, citssell Low ors he posed that le , I. .Y 'Halts