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Mr. li. v. stet e said, he was compelled to differ
from. the worthy Mover its almost every thing he
stated to the Court. He had taken considerable
trouble to examine into the books, and lead found a
precedent in the year 1781, which would effeaually
do away any scruples on that head. The Motion
had been made with much mildness and modera-
tion, which, in fa& had imposed on the feelings of
the Court, and the Address was voted. He was sorry
to find that the same moderation had not been poe-
tised in framing the Address; on which account he
thought it but right,as the greater part of theMensbers
were not pre,ent, when the Address, as framed by
the Committee, was agreed to, that the Court should
now proceed to take it into consideration. He then
concluded by moving, as an amendment, that all the
words of the motion, after the word " that," be left
out, and that there be inserted in their place, '6 that
the Address be now read, for the purpose of being
re-consfirered."
Mw S Dixon supported the amendment, add, in
a very long and able speech, reprobated the idea of
imposing on the Court by apparent moderation in
the first instance, and then framing an Address in
the Committee, which undoubtedly contained most
exceptionable passages.
Mr. GRIFFITH was of opinion, that, as the Ad-
dress was framed and agreed to by the Court, it
would be now the height of impropriety to enter into
a discussion with respe,sl to its mer its.
Mr. WA ITHMAN called upon the Gentlemen not
to sullarsuch an underhand pradice as the present,to
be of any avail 'l\ith theni:lshe motion for an Address
had been made, at the last Court. A tier a notice of
more than ten days, the measure had been fairly
Aral openly discu.,sed. The result of that discussion
was, that the majority of the members at that
time present, were convinced of the propriety of
addressir.g His Majesty ; and a Committee wits
therefore appointed to frame the Address, which
was afterwards agreed to by the Court. Some op•
positioncertainly had been made by those who had.all
along, elishSed the measure ; but the majority of the
Court, 4-7 to 17, were of opinion, that the Address,
as drawn up by the Committee, should be presented
to His Majesty. The worthy gentleman then took
occasion to observe on the impropriety of endea-
vouring, by a side-wind, to overturn a measure
which, in a fair and open attack, had withstood all
their efforts. If the Court would agree to enter into
a discussion of this Address, it might be tben pro-
posed, by the Gentlemen who were so anxious to
have this Meeting called, that the measure should
be entirely laid aside. There was no security that
this proposition would not be made ; and, when he
looked round and saw so full an attendance, though,
to his certain knowledge, all the Member. had not
received summonses, he thought it very probaltle,
that something of that kind was intended. The
worthy Gentleman concluded, by hoping, that. for
the future, when such underhand practices were put
into execution, the officers of the City should not be
made the bearers of party notices.
Mr. Qeta declared himself in favour of the
Amendment. He said, that when the Address, as
drawn up by the Committee, was taken into consi-
deration by the Court, some parts of it were consi-
dered exceptionable by several Gentle.nen. It was
therefore moved, that the Address should be read,
paragraph by paragraph, but the Motion was ne-
gatived, on the grounds of its being contrary to
pradice. A Motion was then made, that one para-
graph should be omitted, bet that was also ne-
gatived ; so that, in fa& the Address was cut con-
sidered, even in the slightest degree, by the Court ;
he therefore thought, that they should now deli-
berate on it.

Mr. Su: ru expressed himself of the same opinion.
Alderman NEWNHAN conceived, that as the Ad-
dress had been agreed to, and given inlet the hands
of one of His Majesty's Secretaries, it should not
be altered, or undergo bother deliberation.
Alderman HANKY, though apvinted on the
Committee. was not able to attend it. He conceived
that the Address should have been as moderate as
the :Notion for it had been ; and, as he understood
that was not the case, he thought it should now be
taken into consideration.

Mr. JACKS declared himself in favour of the
Amendment.
Mr. Gouoar sits was an advocate for the ori-
ginal Motion, as the Address had been duly con-
sidered in the Committee, and afterwards agreed to
by the Court. It was no argument, in Lis opinion,
that many members had gene away from the Court,
at the time the Address was agreed to, as there were
sufficient remaining to constitute a Court. The
Sheriffs were now in waiting on His Majesty, and
the business ought to remain as it was.
The worthy Cientlernan, in the course of his speech,
was often inclined to refer to the words of the Ad-
dress, but was as often called to order ; and was at
length informed by the Loan MA v on. that if the
Address were referred to, he would be obliged to
request the strangers to withdraw.
liessete delivered his sentiments a second
time.
Mr. St Ant thought the quiestiou of adjournment
should undoubtedly be carried; as perhaps His Ma_
jesty was, at that moment, on his way to town, to
receive the Address. If they again took it into
corsideration, them was a question, whether it
would not be thrown out entirel► ; and, at all
events, it might not be ready at the time appointed
by the Sort-feign to receive it.
Sir R C. Gtva supported the amendment. He
wished to infotm the Court, that the Address was
not in the hands of any of His Majesty's officers ;
and would not, until the Sheriffs returned from
Windsor. On that gronnd he conceived, therefore,
there could be no objedion.
Mr. S. 1.)!tos spoke a second time on the subject.
Alderman kuw.soe r said, he had voted tor the
A 'III wfr udder the idle. that it wiauld he at:lbn ig

more than an amplification of the words of the Mo-
tion, the moderation of whkh struck him. fie was
on the Coniznittee ; and, not liking the mode in
which the Address was framed, he endeavoured to
have some alterations made ; but bis endeavours
being °rioted. he was obliged, whoa the Address
was brought tip and submitted for the approbation
of the Court, to divide against its being carried.
fie still thought that it should undt rgo several alte-
rations, and therefore would give his hearty assent
to the Amendment.
Mr. WAITHMAN spoke ngain in favour of the
original Motion, and took an extensive review of the
different arguments which had been made use of in
the debate.
After a few other Members had expressed their
sentiments, the question was put on the Amend-
ment, by the Recorder, and a division having taken
place, there appeared
For the Amendment, Aping it,
Aldermen, - - 10 Aldermen, - - 3
Commons, • - 107 Commons, . - 59
117 62
Majority, • 55
The bar wag then cleared, and the Court entered
on the re-consideration of the Address.
After the strangers were desired to withdraw, we
understand the Address agreed to at the former
Court was read, paragraph by paragraph ; a few
verbal alterations proposed ; and, at the suggestion
of Mr. Jacks and Mr. Waithman, one paragraph,
of nearly the same irm ott, substituted for another.
The Mover and Seconder of the former Address.
readily acquiesced in these alterations.
Atter a few observations from Mr. WAlTablAll,
merely appealing to the Court whether the repre-
sentations which had gone abroad were net tut:illy
unfounded, as the alterations propoied and adopted
were such as would have been readily acceded to
had they been proposed at the last Court, and did
not at all alter the import, the Address was agreed
to unanimously.
uneitenemeosinme

BOROUGH A:ELTING. .
Yesterday, a meeting of the inhabitants of the
Borough of Southwark, convened by the High
Bailiff (Sir Watkin Lewis), was held at the Union
Hall, in the Borough.
Mr. 'Fowese LND (Deputy Bailiff), in the Chair.
ADDRESS TO HIS NIA,34STY. '
The usual formalities being complied with, she
business of the day was opened by
Major Fem..r., who observed, that he had for
twenty years been in the habit of Meeting his fellow
Eli-eters, at that Hall, arid called upon {hem
to witness, that he never shrank from ditties
of this kind, popular, or unpopular; whether
it were to congratulate His Majesty. or to im-
peach any of his confidential servants for breach
of trust. That lie never rose with more satisfaCtion
to himself than at present, because he verily be-
lieved His Majesty had aged in conformity with the
wishes of his people, by calling into power mee of
different parties, able to serve their country at
a difficult crisis. That it was not an Administration
of party, but an Administration for the country. He
slightly alluded to the late Minister, by observing,
that he warred not with the ashes of the dead ; but
that it mutt be acknowledged, with all his great
talents, he bore not his faculties meekly. lie afied
with few rivals. Ara Cote► eat mails, was bail
motto. Thus the members of his late Administra-
tion were like' satellites mbving round him, and
shining (if they shined at all) by his borrowed lus-
tre ; ant he corwnitted his memory to the historic
page, in which, i.e hoped, many monuments would
be reared, to warn future atatesmen of his errors.
With respell to the present Men in power, they
would never be flattered by hien ; their charaZters
were superior to adulation, and they were to be
judged of by their eevoliqed itfuertre; but he could
no: help saying, that when on the Continent, at the
same time with the illustrious Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, he observed him to be held, by foreigners/
in the highest esteem. What they could do, if
angels, it was difficult to say. The map of Europe,
from the Dardanelles to the Baltic, presented' a
dreary aspeCt, as to the number of ports for Bri-
tish Commerce; and it was peculiarly lamentable,
that while speculative men had been longing and
expefting that reason would prevail over force, every
thing tended to military power ;—the small inde-
pendent States were fast emerging into the great-
et ;—at home, public debt, taxes, and pauperege,
stared us in the face ; and it seemed as if, like
the Jews of old, we must soon build houses
and carry on manufaftures, with a tool in one
hand, and a sword in the other. But, he
trusted, this Administration would so unite the
Country, that every man would prepare hims:ll
for those personal sacrifices of time or property,
which the Country called for. Men were often say-
ing, " individually, what can I do P' Ile would al.
ways reply in the elegant sentiment cf a friend—
" Human life would have for ever remained unor-
namented and unimi.rneed, if men had nicely com-
pared a etroke of the chissel with the pyramid they
were to raise ; or the single imptestieirwf-ebrepede
with the mountain they were to level ;" the whole
was made up of parts, and he trusted, according to
the old story they heard from children, that how-
ever British buil dogs might quarrel, when they
saw the common enemy. the bull, even if his horns
were tipped with Imperial purple, they wo.ild smite
in pinning him to the ground. The City of Lon-
don had set a proper example, as he hoped the me-
tropolis of the Country would be upon cordial terms
with the Government ; hut, he trusted, that cor-
diality would not be maintained by job, or corrupt
influence. He read a precedent far their Address
to the king, in that of 1782, on the change of Minis-
ters. Some wise men in the city wished for a sullen
silence; he asked, for what end? was that likely
to rouse the Country to exert themselves in repell-
ing the enemy ? was it respeCtful to the king to ob-
serve a sullen silence ? was it not most civil to the
common enemy, who might wish to divide and
conquer ? He concluded, by hoping that this Ad-
ministration, whatever their success, might be
marked as giving the death blow to imposture, spe-
culation, and corruption, and be the resurreCtrun of
honest men, and honest measures..
This speech was received with long and continued
bursts ef applause.
He then moved the first resolution, for an hum-
ble Address to His hltijoity, the effeA of which