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word in it that was disrespectful to the King or the noose of
Consassas, liteehalleaged any man to prove. that it contained
one point to which he had not, by endeavouring to enforce it,
called their atteltiott. If a General led his army a three days
march We acosatry without having provisions for the men, and
at length oppose. them to any enemy three or four times their
strength, before whom they were obliged to fly, he would say,
that there was *fair presumption that that General hod been
guilty er iniseontlisd. N. did not think those who had ne-
giected their duty ought to have it in their power to reverse the
ads of thins who were Medfast in the discharge of theirs. The
°upsides had all tended to one point, which went to do away
the right of petitioning. That as inquiry was bight!, expedient
Nobody pretended terdeny, but then seVerat 'Gentlemen hah sild
that Parliament would of itself investigate thesuhject, and taut
it it did not, they Asoulti be the first to cove forward ,ia die
facie. Bat after the experience he had had, after seeing twenty
Expeditions sent out, all of which had'failed, having never ob-
served those Gentlemen, whatever they might have .promised,
coming forward to promote such an inquiry. he could not place
touch reliance on such promises. Ile tben proceeded, .ta
that the right of petitioning was theirs, as also how. chat riAll‘p
bad been exercised prior to the vevolutioa, aud proved that ,theta
right had not been considered to tending to overthrow the cwt•'
atitution, but that it was on the contrary approved of by the
Parliament. He did not thank the worthy Alderman for his,.
support, as he only gave it with a view of disgracing him. Was
it for that there was such a shew of Aldermen ? He thought
there was something in it, when be saw so many at the last
Court, souse of whom were su old and so infirm that they could
hardly get there. [Here Mr.. W. was called to order.) The
Hon. Bart. bad insinuated that he belonged to a party whose ac-
tions had rendered them infamous, be had been accused of ma.k-•
1114 round and bold assertions, he owned that he did make Such,
but they were true ones. He never attacked Gsentlenseri pri-
vately ; but he thought when he could :xi bold of any thing in
their public conduct, that he bad A right to attack them. If the
lion. Baronet bad a contract, let him have it; but do not let
bias attack with impunity every one, as unprincipled and dis-
loyal, whose political sentiments might differ from his own.
When he saw.tbe ass in the lion's skin, he would pull it off. Did
they think that all character as well as all understanding, was
confined to themselves? He knew, if he might.kty it, that his
own private and public character was not, inferior to either of
,theirs. He then again adverted to what had been the language
I.3stressed to the Throne in former times, and read some pas-
sages out of a book to prove his assertions. The book, he said,
'vas out of print, and could not he now procured. He thought
At ought to be reprinted at the expenceof the Corporation, to
shew them how they ought to act. They ought to go loyally
and respectfully, but yet boldly, to the Throne with their com-
plaints. It was due to the army and to the country ; a braver
army newer existed ; but no. to notice events like those which
bad so recently taken place, would be the way to destroy
that bravery, fur bow should they be able to lead men to oppose
their Impost° the boyonets, while they saw British blood was
wasted in so improvideat and useless a manner. If he were cer-
tain that Parliament would take up the subject, still would his
conduct be the sante, and if the Parliament felt as they ought to
fed, they would rejoice to end they were supported by the city
df London.
Mr. S. DIXON inquired who bad sent persons all over the
town to instruct their partisans how to act ? and was proceeding
to make some satirical remark 4 on the principal points in the
last speaker's speech, when the goeption was I,lwily called for.
lie then asked why the question was got called for w hen those
remarks were made which gave rise to his observations. W hy,
be asked, as the Address would dollops,* much ho':our, cc by
'were the supportoehof it so unwilling to have it read ? if it was
proper to read it, he would consent tact. Stedfast to his for-
mer opinion, he thought they ought not to address the Throne
till they saw vilat Hoe otconduet Parliament would pursue. lie
'did 001 think the Address was couched in proper terms ; indeed
be had ant sefEcient comprehension to understand it,
Oil a division upon Alderman Wood's amendment, it was lost
bii niskjority of 17.
Mt. %serif Mt 111 II then proposed an amended address, w hich
predated much rescission. and after an animated debate of four
boom the address,-as amended, was carried, the umbers being
4...f0r the amendment 114... against It 101... majority 13.

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DEC. 11.

veral Liverymen, convened a Conrt of COMIDOEI Council, fur the
purpose of reconsidering the proceedings of thelast Conrt.
Mr. Sheriff AT KINs rose, and expressed bis surprise that his ,
lordshipshould have acceded to the request for assembling amp!
therCourt, •w ithout their assigning any reason: for having made
it. The subject had undergone a discussion of eight hours. tf
there was to be meeting after meeting, he saw no end of the.
discussion. The business bad, in his opinion, been finally set-
tled, at least 117 members bore him out in that opinion. Ho.
would ask how the business could go on ? It wonid be his duty
to draw up to his Lordship a remonstrance against calling this
Court. The worthy blieriffdeclared that he meant no disrespect
40 his Lordship, but if his Lordship had consulted his (Mrs
'Sheriff tv) judgmetii, he should have dissuaded him from giving
his consent to ; he requisition for calling the present Court.
Alter a debate of considerable length, in which.several Mena.
bersspoko; Mr; Jacks inoved the previous question, which on
a.,sitow:of beads, wsupdeelared by the Lord Mayor as carried
disiail*n4Washoweverdemsoded) when there appeared a Ma-
t)ibiri tM aiseuded-Address of lii.

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TIIUBSDAY, DECEMBER. 14. •
1nte.1.4041 Mayor came. forward,. received by the loudest ap.
as!pases; and stated, diet having called the Hall, pOrsuant to re-
quisition addressed to lie had now only to request of the
Livery- present, in the course of the day's discussion, to allow
every Gentleman who should offer himself to their notice, a fair
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land patient hearing.
Mr. Fav EIL took up the subject, not as a question of petty:
be know of no party in this cast, but the party of his country,
against the corrupt and Inconiiketeit Ministers, who,. Enostun-
fortunately for her 10°6141.1y sod happiness, hadstoolonghad
the direction of her affairs;., and-who notwithstanding theylind
held so long at their disposal the Whole strength anti resources
of the country, with an expenditare of -seventy millions a year.
had, by their mismanagement, involved the nation in disasters
and disgraces unparalleled at any former period of ear history.
He did not wish to barrow up the feelings of his fellem cilia
zerts by going,' into the distressed detail of- those disasters which
the country Intd of late sustained. ale was convinced there.
was no man in that Hall who wonid not have felt greater plead.:
sure on meeting t,) vote an Address of Coneratulatieu te.his Ma-,
'sty, for those signal successes of his arms which the Country
had a right to expect, than to complain of grievances and disas--
ters.) In coming forward, then, to implore of his Majesty a
rigid inqury it:to the misconduct of such men. he felt that he was
urging the cause, not only of the citizens of London, and all
the people of Englaed, but of the army and navy, who were
embarked in the same common cause of their country, and
whose honour and fame were implicated in those disasters, and-
who he was convinced would join with one voice their country
on this occasion, in the 'striver/mai demand of enquiry. The op-
posers of enquiry in another place had urgcd that it wait unne.
cesstry to address his Majesty on this subject as Parliament
would soon meet, and enquiry would follow as a spatter of
course. In that tpiartcr, however, he placed no reliance. En,
quiries had already been proposed and adopted there, but what
was the result? The foulest imputations bad been cast upon
those who proposed them, and even where they were followed
up to the detection of delinquency, no punishment every fol-
lowed. He was unwilling to trespass longer on the attention of
the Livery ; he had only to rejoice that the peOple of this coun-
try were roused to a sense of their misfortunes, and that ttspirit
of enquiry was excited in the citizens of London, which. he
.trusted, %%wild, from their example extend throughout the king-
dom, and prove the source of our salvation. It was to the spi-
rit of the City of London that the country owed the seppressioss
of General Warrants, and the resistance of many other en-
croachtecnls of fortner ministers subversive of the rights of the
people. 'He conjured the Livery of this day to recollect the
days of the veaerable IJeckfurd, and other chief Magistrates of
former times, and to be guided by that manly Britisb spirit
which actuated the Corp oration in those days ; and be was con-
vinced, that could the shade of the venerable Ileckford, whose
statue formed one of the proudest monuments of that ancient
Hall, speak at this moment, it would either reqaest that his sta.
toe might be pulled down, or his example imitated. He con-
cluded by moving a series of Resolutions.
MR. .iYA ITH ?lAN in n. speech of considerable lerigtb, support.
ed the Motion of Mr. Fa%ell. Ile professed that he had little
or no reliance on any disposition of the present majority in rat.

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