The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-11-30 00:00:00

LORD MIYOR /Id LIVERY of LONDON.

On Thursday last, a numerous Meeting of the
j.ivery wee held at the New L iialon Tavern,
Cheapside ; Mr. 6oOII6IIERE, in the Chair ;
when the following Protest and Itoquisition were
unanitntimily agreed to, and a Deputation tipr
pointed, with the Cli,irman, to prewlit it to the
LORD MAYOR 7
TO TUE kictrr HON. THE LORD MAYOR.
November its, 11101.
MY LORD—Having !recited your Lordship's answer is
a Requiction, dated the 2d of Notrinti,r, taus, and 'ivied
by a numb* of Liverymen, requeetinz your Lordship " to
cnuvwue a CoMmon Hall, or an early day, is order to take
into curisielenniun the laic Conventiou its Portugal, by which
the character, honour, and interests of the Cool: try have ken
so deeply affected, and to adopt such meastiri s as may be
deemed ads isable ;" in which answer yeti " decline to con-
vene a Common Hall, as requestesi," and assign, as a maim,
that " since the date of the Requisition, a (b DO of Inquiry
Ism been instituted by His Majesty's command, for ior, sap
gating the causes which led to the Contention *Roiled ;
that the Court is now rvioecutitig inch Inq i ev, and that
yell ate" of opinion, 'lint a Meeting of the Liv.ry of London,
iu Commou Halt, on the shltject proposed I.y RI quisition,
pending such public inquiry, will be highly mrreereory,
an-
seve and isto.,nper;" We, the undersig led Liver) own,
be leaveto olnei t Si';
That the right of the Liver) of London to meet iii Common
Hull, to deliberate ors matters of public ph:twice, luny been
ewer eserci.ed, with very few exceptions, and that such Cs-
ecptimis have been stigmatised with the reproba-
tion of the Livery;
That If it Chief Magistrate is to grant such Meetings, only
when they coincide with his own views of the propriety soul
utility of the noesares to be proposed, his conduct must
ominous to a violation of ilie must sacred rights u(the subject,
imasuaatik as it necessarily deprives the people of the legal
nines of expressing their sentiments too all greed maritime'
aliening the common weal, and riders mai tie liberties r
rspeate,ii, by Mei ancestor.;, and so chatty end ontAuti-
call, eiti Mil ee th., Bill qf
That with respect to the date of the Itelmisition, we hey,
to state, that it is seibeequent to the upisoiletutent of the
Court of Intiniry, and that other Meetings loose Iwo held,
under sandal . acumstances, to which no such oisectimi hus
been mad • . . .

That stare the Sheriffs of Counties, Officer's appointed by
the Crown, have not withheld trout the people the exercise
of the right %question, wader inch pretence, we ea ttttt d for-
bear expressing our astonishment and thepleasu e, that the
Chief Meeistrato of the City of Loudon shoot 1, by almost
his (list odicial act, deny it to those to whose gmid opinion,
estatidente, mid suffrages, be has been indebted fur his high
situation.
That without adopting your Lordship's twine . respecting
what you term a Cnse of ivvery," we trust we may be
allowed to camels* our own jodgment as to the institutiou
of a tribunal a.• 14111114 II to the laws of this con -try, appoint-
ed by the Crown misworn, poem +sing no authority to
compel the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths,
or to acquit or condeuni the parties whose coodeet they am
investigating ;
That we cutout observe, without real concern, the salmi-
Mon which your Lordship's answer reid nth implies, that
the great body of the Livery of London, to whom a entrusted
the choice of a Chief Magistrate, of Slierdfs, Members of
ffitudianseet, and of other important Officers, round so far for-
ret thruway's as to couutesance or adopt arty proceedings
sucomputibte with the character they have ever maintained,
or repugnauf to the pure principles of public justice;
That we INrsuate your Lordship mu y safely confide them
matter's ins Ale Lit ery themselves, who do nut solicit your
advice, bat merely claim their undoubted rig:it, and 11..1114
thous to ire he gnat thane of their eau character and hon.dir :
That asdhe only ground of °inertia° (to put the most fa-
ll-parable conshectiou *pee your Lordship's answer) appears
du be a supposition, that since the date ef the requisition
eireumetaares have arisen to preclude the tieceroay of such
smieting, we bete: Mate to year Lordship, that several of
the nennes base Mined rubswquest to its date ; that Ike
Liwasyusea ifflaissigasd at acre generally aware that it mold
U.S be delivered until is late day, and that no material eir-
eollll6llllol beg 101111111•11 to cerise • change itt their opinion
te the prapdsty se *Meet(. For the purpose,
however', of =riff in Shot respect—
We, the U Lialegams the .City of London,
do hereby apes releept your Lasriabilp to convene a Coati:tom
Heil, en as sadly day, iaorder tosammeider the late Colleen-
Cop Portulty wbiebabasalturasser, honour, Dud inter
mits of the eirsattry have hese se deeply strected, nod to adopt
sods shleatifle 's em he deemed advisable.
The abet* protest and requisition were signed
by nearly one hundred Livery loon, and presented,
last Saturday. by the Deputation, to the LORD
Wayne. The follooinq answer was returned the
statue day, by his Lordship
Mansiombouse,Sattmelay, Nov fi, 141.8.
The Lord Mayor presents his compliments to Mr. Deputy
Goinwhere. The considerations whirls induced the Lord
Mayor to decline convening the Livery of Lo oton, is Cool.
norm-ball, on the Requisition lief, ,e pristmed to hits, for the
purpose of considering, at this time, the late Cuuvention is
Portugal, remain in full force, and induce hie Lordship again
to decline convening the Meeting reqnestml by the renewed
application, in the same terms, for the same purpose, which
has been presented by Mr. Deputy Goodbebere, tins morning.
The Lord Mayor greatly regrets to find himself obliged,
in the (Metal exercise of his discretion, to differ front any
part of the respectable Livery of London, is their view if
I this auliket.
Sawed Goedbcbeve, Esq. Deputy, ftc.

lIRRCIIS IN THE LATISGALER, NEAR PAMTOTV.

On the night of the lath instant was stranded,
at Mawgan Poth, the Enterpri*e traueport, of
North Shields, Hobert B. Davidson. Master, from
Cortina; crew saved. And on the same night,
the lategrity transport, also of North Shields, Wil-
liam Cortifarth, Master, from Quiberon, in the vio-
lence of the gale, which wits sight on the shore,
and not being able to clear away the land, after cut-
ting away all- her masts, brought the anchor under
the high cliff, just to the westward of Trevose Head,
‘s here she rode in a most tremendous sem until the
Sunday night following, when her cables parted,and
the ship wasdriveia on shore, and went inattierliately to
pieces ; but very fortunately on that day, (Sunday)
the Speedwell cutter went out of I'adatow, to elides-
your to take toe crew out of the transport, in
which, with difficulty, she pr,vide.stially succeeded.
and with whom she returned skein to Padstow ;
and brought in with her the Papenburgh galliot,
Ammo Margaretha, from Charente, iu distress,
bound for Liverpool; and about two o'clock in
the morning on Monday, was wrecked, under
Trevose Head, the Elizabeth, Gill. from Wa-
terford, with butter and bacon, bound to Shore-
ham ; two of the crew drowned, and part of the
cargo saved. And about the same time was driven
ashore, under the High Cliff, at St. Chinas, within
the district of the port of Padstovr, a copper-bot-
tomeil ship, keel upwards, crew all lost. It is
suppoved her cargo was oil, silk, and soap; her
raper* Nave hi en taken up and concealed by the
country people, who have hinted that her name is
tie Speedy, John J. lrman„ ;Waster, from Malta,
bound to London. The many fatal disasters which
have to frequently happened on this part of the
coast, clearly point out and prove the utility and
great necessity of the projected light-lioesse on
Trevose Head, Mid mooring buoys at the entrance
of Padstosi harbour, to Feveut similar accidents
in future.