The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-09 00:00:00

No. 7,174.

VENABLE.% MAYOR.
COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of
kdu Ouldhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the Bth
~ I flectinber, 1823.
s—,4stei unanimously—That the unfeigned Thank* of this
seeferal to the Right Honourable John Garrett, late Lord
ihra of this City
r, the dedication of his time and talents to the exemplary din.
1101rof the various duties connected with his high and important
tone humanity, ability, and Integrity evinced in the admini.
ow af public justice, and the tenderness and benevolen:e mini.
obsthe relief of the numerous distressing case* brought under
oce;
ascuificent patronage of the many Charitable Institutions
,',,,7, gag City—institutions the pride of our Metropolis, and the
ILWOOshappy Land; and especially for the very powerful and
e„stopped given by his Lordship to the cause of those desti.
j"":,,,d unhappy Foreigners, whom domestic discord drove to
bees favoured shores, where, mainly through his Lordship's inter.
ow,. they were enabled to obtains peaceful asylum •
ro the splendid hospitality exercised by him towards the dis. '
.gitmisbed sod illustrious individuals who honoured this City 1
.im 1):,,q rtreoce, and towards tie various Members of thus'
~-,dense the Mat year; fee the iaidimeael and genial in.
'erne which his Lordship so happily proweisted between the
laTia ef groin of this Court and the Reverend C their respec.
, ward, i sad for the magnificent Banquet by his Lord-
s* so the occasion of hi* laying the First tone of the New
Ajnn Bridge, in which the honour and splendour of this ancient
,uy swe signally and effectually maintained, and which led to
oe ',animus Vote of this Court, on the 28th day of July last,
reIeOLDI s Gold Medal to his Lordship, commemorative of that
mot;
for Oriole attention and strict impartiality with which he pre-
lim ors the deliberations of this Court ; foe his marked courtesy
, „d, Member; and for his uniformly amiable demeanor to his
frteivrititens. WO()DTHORPE.

VP NA B LES, MAYOR.
COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of
IStGuildhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the Bth
asof December, lals,
Indeed unanimously—That this Court do request Richard
ask. Esq., Chamberlain, to sit to an Artist, of his own nomine-
es, fr his Portrait, to be placed in the Common Council Room,
as aisrk of the respect this Court entertains for his personal cha.
we, and for the services rendered by him to this City, not only
hit offices( Chamberlain. but in the high and important offices
‘Alarnanarilitsedr, and Lord Mayor.
WOODTHORPE.

VENABLES, MAYOR.
COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of
111,111undhall of the City of London, on Thursday, the Bth
rieblimber. 1023,

iessisig—That thi. Court, deeply impressed with a just abhor-
., el. the state of Slavery which prevails in the Colonies of
en: Britain, by which upwards of 800.000 of their fellomeres-
em kept in bondage, under an oppressive and abject degrada-
do—a tor.lition wholly repugnant to the spirit of Christianity—
wow le the soundest maxims of national policy--a violation of
asy pftipler of humanity and justice—and a foul stain on the
jeoggg et the Country.

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nit when they reflect upon the vicious nature of a system.
dikdeptives so many of his Majesty's subjects of their rights as
mini eltiszne. which constitutes them mere chattels—the objects
/Phi and transfer—lius reducing them to the level of the brute,
Sidikteserves the same wretched inheritence for their children,
0111deddielten's children, for ever—this Court cannot but hail
diliths noes satisfaction the Owlet wbkh was given in 1823, by
levinelenns rwii.Wiliwor al 1110wwweenent and Parliament of
lb Owiliy. ill wilbeesil unelpirew dion Id be taken to terminate,
nth arliespiallit period, Ms 1111011310111 and acknowledged evil.
rrit gill Cain, while it eobillikdee a high sense of the value of
Ortfati which have been made by his Majesty's Ministers to
whet this solemn pledge, moo deeply lament that these efforts
ail have been mulcted fruitless by the determined resistance of
e. ado aftra. atit;:oltynooTtitliieslaSntadtien,g th.dbeednuevotliZ
and prayer of the nation at large, no ma-
bet an yet been made in the promised work of
yes, tie IlinctalaShe strongly Marked afterwh ate natpse
ional nearly
rieYprtohree
ba.
tbsoillimilipnes, se appears from documents recently furnished
411 fits themselves, to subsist in all its unmitigated

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kisti,
llth Court, therefore, is fully persuaded, that it is only by
dolman interference of Parliament that this cruel, im.
and dietrauefal state of Society can be efl•••-•nr v.c.,..ne0,
~ terminau.o.
~ f_they feel sot only the moral guilt but the political evil of
'"'"Maiery ; as it appears that the whole system Is maintained
' eityLnpostl, *biol.. are paid by the nation at large in the
' °booties upon their produce, and in prohibitory duties on
*it °Gate yam*.
T.lit• *IMO Counties and protecting duties, while they are at
maws yak Mg ynt and liberal principles of commercial policy
about bribe Legishture, and while they entail a large and en_
=- Wden et) the country, directly tend to perpetuate the
gripshola'Slavery.
~MMtie .eel it
a and
detiro bounden duty
he earresdtePetititohneisrmstioitih-
, Array thetig
itmhmemedtiomperorveile, by
-ofmt he sCootlolinfal
anti 11111141* early extinction of Slavery ; and also for the
ethos Bounties and Protecting Duties In favour of the '
Min of Slaves, which impose on the Country not only a heavy
latedigy burden, but the still more painful necessity of actually
*Mtg. by their contributions, a system which they reprobate,
Modust and immoral, inerinaistent with theprinciples of British
Likud injurious to the National Interests.
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That if, in the progress of the measures which roar be requisite
iptusgfull and early effect to the Parliamentary Resolutions for
warp the unhappy Slaves. at the earliest practicable period, to a
Winpetion in the civil rights and privileges which are enjoyed by
silst dosses of his Majesty's subjects, any injury should accrue to
Us of the parties affected by the change, and if Parliament should
gmtte them to be equitably entitled to en indemnity, they trust
'4(14 Public will cheerfully bear those charges which may be
(canoed by the completion of this act of National Justice.