The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-04-07 00:00:00

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, - COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday, a Court of Coo turn Coasted was held
at Guildhall, in compliance with a Requisusfor
which the Luau i'llevoit had received, sigiwil by
several Metuteirs of the Court, for the purpose of
voting the Freedom of the City to Colonel War-
dle ; and fur expressing their sentiments upon the
result of the late investigation into the conduct of
the Duke of Ire k.
We never witnessed a fuller attendance of' Mem-
bers. The crowd below the bar wit. excessive ; the
heat Wa, rendered 14111103 t iteSIIIIIIOrtaIAC; 11l the
middle of the space unfitted to the auditory was an
inimemiely large tire ; so large, that tto person dare
approach it without being literally roasted. This
oceesiottert a double pressure, many Kristin; from
without, to get whims heentig of the Speakers,
elide those %tem* a few yards of the tire, pressed
toward the Join; any attempt to get out ',roving
as iiietreetu il, as any. thee. to get hi i *nine appeared
reedy to t.lllll, Mid 111:11ly a laity citizen left the
1 place vane pounds lighter alter liecine iiiiitergoire
this fiery ordeal.
The proceedings of the lust Onto being reed, a
question ease upon the propriety of iminediately
proceeding with the busiiime fier which the Court
was called, or previously continuitig the &moires. of
the last Court, upon which there was an adjourtied
question. The result was, that matters of II pres-
sing food Nature should be attended to, !wrote those,
likely to create discussion.
Several 'Petitions were then presented, one of
which, from between three amid four hundred
butchers of the metropelis, prayed the Court to
reconsider their Itesultittou for the removal of
Stnithfield Alarkut, which, it states, among other
allegations, vested have the effect of minim( the
price of butcher's used throughout 1.41111tU1l Stud
its vicinity: The Petitiou war refetreskte the Com-
mittee of City Land%
It was thee proposed, that the Repeat of the
Committee for Geueral Purposes, relative. to cer-
tato misuses, should lie read. Phis motion was
over-ruled.
The Iteport of the Committee appointed to in-
quire into the state of the Marslialinen of the ei-
ty, was received and read. It 'stated that five of
the Marshalmeis were melt for the ditties of their
offices, and recomtueittled the appuintmeut of
others 1.1 their 'steed, none of whom should be above
the age of thirty-five. The Report was agreed to,
and it was resolved that the vacancies should be
tilled up at the lir xt Court.
COLO si et. WARDLE.
After the Cloyk bed read the Iteeptisition, stat-
ing the purpose for which the Court were asseta-
bled,
Mr. Cmonneilefte *aid, it would not be nem.
vary to enter into a fell detail of all the matters
connected with the subject before the Curia,
as they hid already been well considered by
the public, and were remitter to every one.
The subjs it involved ipteetions of the great-
s-et inagintiole ; since the Revolution, llO tine.
tiOn a such great nsegintitste or Meson:ince
ever mime before them. The Court of Comment
...wetted had on various OCCIIsIOI4/ swishiest to 'mirk
their gratitude for the exertions of meritorious mi-
litary and travel heroes, atitiother distinguished
sthemeten t it war to their brewer thee they slid so,
and the present, was one highly wonky of their
merkiet expreereon. To enforce his opinion respired
leo elorpreoce, h eel congenial with the continuo
setter! of the mutiny ; every one was sensible that
Colonel Wardle (teetered well rat his country.—
(f/ear ! Hear !/ The earthly Member then urged
the necessity of attending to /sable; (minim), which,
he sail, and heretofore no sooner assumed a strotte,
voice, than it wes d row lied by asecret influence...lnch
wetit todestroy tar best interests ratite country. If we
looked over the folio rattle present reignove should
find that it was to this influence we were to attribute
many of out misfortunes. When public opinion
e:sikied ground fur a reform in Parliament, +mine-
thing was started to check its tore, utter it had
Swett espoused t.v the combinatimi rat' individuals,
and great charucters had been helmed to corns re-
gulritims. This mischievous influence was used iii
encouraging our quarrels with Finney--when the
people expressed their desire for peace, they were
put down under its contrail. So, whetters r the
opinions of the people had ever lwen fairly express-
ed, or had tesmined a tangible slitqw, it then at-
tractra the uitentiou of 'these in power, and was
lost its the Mitusterial vortex. ' This Mid been
invariably the case through the progress of our
various wars—the people were for peace and has-
motiy, tranquillity and repose— those in power, for
war, taxes lied minim ; it was upon the hotel...that
this itilliteisce fed, and with this 'done could they
law satiated. The preponderance of this interest
was strikingly evident ill effecting the Union with
Ireland ; there the people lost their voice. and a
botch of mercenaries were brought over into this
country, which chewed the necessity of niantaitang
a counterbitlaticing interest ; at present the pre-
ponderance was so immense, through the civil reeds-
lishineut, and the army and navy, Veit unless the
people stuck together, their iilicrty would
.be
entirely lost. Those who held up this lutignage
were represented as the enemies of this country ;
but those who well know how to appreciate the
country and the constitution, rceoguised theta as
the country's frieeds, mid that those who recom-
mended a different course, would subject the, coun-
try to the treminels of tyranny.-e-The Worthy
Commoner then adverted to the delicate eituatiou
in Ivlin.h Colonel Wardle was placed, when he
iirmight finalist his charge against the Duke of
York; with all this seeret influence opposed to him,
nail without the support of any one, he felt him-
self in that situatirm, that not a whisper must esespe
him. lest he should lose the ground which at such
risks lie hail attained ; his patriotism and his
firmness could tout have been more conspicuous
even at a siege, or in the field of combat. The
advantages likely to result to the country were
very great ; through his interference the public
were put on their gulled, and they would se ex-
presss their opirenne, he hoped, as would ever pre-
emit our again seeing a Parliament dismayed, that
their representatives might take the advantage of
their worst priseions.—effear ! hear!/ The ty-
rout of Europe obtained advantages by the se-
cret influence he lied alluded to; and it was a le-
preach to our Representatives, that they shoold
stand forth the advocate of manifest guilt, and
plead for the 4111ChlfiRCe of it little iuesperieuce,