The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-05-17 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

A Coati of Altkesiss m held on Torisky, at Guildhall, at
which were present the Loam Msroa, surieteest Aldermen,
and the City Officers.
The Report of the Committee appointed to investigate by
what means, and tinder what circumstances. sonic person
were killed or wounded by the military within the City, au
the oth of April last, which was pr....ruled nt the last Conn,
and read, was again read ; after which the follow's' )1114 1111141
rational resolutions were agreed to:—
SMITH, MAYOR.
At a Court of Lord Mayor and Aldereneu, holden in the
Council-Chainher, „et Guildhall, London, Off ut May, the
ISth day et Nay, sale, and in the rodh year of the reign of
George the Third, of the Veiled Kingdom of Great Britain
aid 'related, King, ke.
Resolved, That this Court, after a very long and careful
eussination to " discover by what causes, anti under :what
cireisasstaaces, some persons were killed or wounded by the
military, es Monday, the 9th of April last," have duly
weighed and compared the great body of evidence which Ina
runic before them, and dad that noshot was fired by the sol-
diery on their way with air F. Burdett to the 1 ower, although
much provocation on the part of the populace had discovered
114.11; by as' ailing them with stones bricks, and other dan-
ger's. sehstances, as they approached it, sort during their Stay
there ' • aid that forts the general testimony given, the military
endured this treatment with the greatest patience and for-
bearance. That us their return from the Tower, through a
part of this City, the violence of the asnilonts on the rear-
guard became recessive, so that their lives appeared to be in
danger, and that is cousequeuce some of them fired; and
this Court have most seriously to laneut that such firing of
the rear. end has been in two eases fatal, by the deaths of
Bryant. and Thomas F:hrall.

That tt appears Quin the concorrant testimony of many
respectable witnessee, that the soldiers took no particular
aim, but fur the most poi flied over the heads of their as.
sealants, and t►at, ►ad they been so holland, it was within
their power to have destroyed many of the individuals w►n
attacked them. That the bringis represeated to ►ave lima
indiscriminate, more to keep the mob back than to destroy.
That this Court, marl as they regret that a single life should

Lave been lost on the occasion, cannot but declare it as tMir
opinion, from an impartial review of thew pule of the trait-
many taken tuzether, that the firing was occuioned by the
powerful and natural impulse of self-defence, in rota whose
lives were in the must imminent peril from a formidable and
furious populace, who followed them up, hailing stones of
great maguitude upon them, and other sulutauces, estrulatpl
to maim or destroy. WOODTHORPE.

We understand that a motion was made to offer a reward
for the discovery of the person who fiscal the pia'sl by w►ich
Thomas Elitelt was killed, which was negatived.

POLICE.

DOW- 'TILTS?.

Yesterday, Daniel Callaghan underwent another examina-
tion, and was fully committed fur trial, un a charge of bur-
gloriously breaking out of the house of Witham Puwel, in
Charlton-street, Sonsers%town. When appiehendril, he had
011 his head the hat of the Premsentor, put of the property