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great as their Insi Muse be, they would subtitit to it.
vithout complaint.' ,flUt they understood that the
Orderi were founded on an ()Pinion that tliey,were
calculated to benefit the trade of the country. From
this opiniell trey diSsented, and if tile. prayer of
their Petition were granted, they would prove at the
tar of the House that nothing .could be more prejo-
%cid to the trade of the. Country than those Orders.
A perseverance in them W 33 calculated to disturb
the relations - of peace and amity which at present
existed between Great Britain aud'America, and
thus to *deprive this Country of the only remaining
part of the world to which our manufaeleres Could
De exported, and from which our naval stores could
be procured. The Petitioners could prove, •if they
Were permitted to do so, that, by the neutrality Of
;America, the manufaeliires of Great Britain were
indireetly circulated even among the Countries in
;the possession and under the controul of the Eneniy.
The annual exportation of British manufaalures to
America exceeded, in value, ten millions sterling.
Ile Debts due from the merchants of America to
the merchants. of Great Britain meet:tined to twelve
millions slerlingethe payment of Which would be en-
dabgered by a rupture between the two Countries.
The Petitioners humbly relied on the wisdom and
justice of that Hon. House, that by granting 'the
prayer of the-Petition it. would enable them to prove,
the allegationiWhicleit contained."
• Mr. Alderman COMBh moved, that the Petition
,cl, lie on the table.,
• Sir 16.111. CURTIS did not rise to oppose the
Motion, brit because he thought that the House
0.4.4t;te be.acqueinted with all the circumstances
nnderewhich the Petition bad been framed. For
Arne days an adveraement had appeared in the
Public Prints, signed by many respecitable Gentle-
men, requestiog a meeting on that morning of Mer-
chaaets, MauutaCturers, &c. interested in, the trade
Ivith•Atteriea, Above a thoesaud persons had ac-
cordingly assembled ; a fair discussion took place ;
en Amendment was moved to the original Motion
for presenting a Petition to Parliament ; and on the
division the Chairman, an Hon. Member of that
kloose' (Mr. Baring), candidly declared, that the
Amendment was carried by a maturity. He had not
nhesell been present, but he understood, from the
most respeCia'ele authority, that at least three parts
out of tow of the persons assembled were ageinst
the Petition.
Mr. Alderman SH4O having been present at the
meeting alluded to, felt it his duty to state that the
Petition just presented was not the Petition of the
majority of inc. meeting. On the contrary; a imtio.
City Of at least two to one declared agaiest presenting
any Petition, and in faVeur of the amendment,
which stated, that in the present critical situation of
the country, and the important discussious with
America, it would be inexpedieet to present a Peti-
tion to either House. On the subject oftheOrders
sin Council, well es on the merits of his Majesty's
Sereents eCeeraily, andof the Expedition to cope.-
barn, he was convinced in the population of Eng,
het niurty-nine out of an hundred were decidedly
YA tlteir 12wour.'
Mr. Alderniarecoetze observed, that this feet oh-
•-
stirvetion came with singular grace from the worthy
.Alderman, who, during his Mayoralty, had invited
his MejeSty's late'Ministers to his table, and as the
iirst-Toteitai ter dinner, had drank Suecess to theth
Zi r. Aldernian &slaw observed, that in the peen,
tilariircumstances under evhieh he was then placed,
he tied; on the occasion alluded to by the worthy
Aldermen, thought it bis.duty, as Chief Magistrate,
tp eivite all his Majesty's, Ministers, and also all his
Majesty's Ex-Ministers, who bad been the Ministers
of the Crown when he had been admitted into the
Mayoralty. For many of the 'Members of the late
Adieinistration he felt the highest resped, and in
Particular he should never forget the eminent ser-
of One Noble Lord whose support of the in-
terests of his country, at a most critical period,
Would be ever remembered by hint with gratitude.
Mrellentrio having been alluded to as. the Chair-
e*nan of the Meeting which had dint morning assem-
. "led, felt himself called upon to state, that, in his
tirAtnioti, the majority against the Petition was about
four to three. Tha there was any majority against
it was to be attributed to 'the presence in the.room
?Ie many persons, some of diem •Members of that
1-1 °Lige, ';)timmediately conneCked with the- Ame-
rican trade. With reqreet; to the Orders in
so far from the rejeetion of the Petition. proving
that they met with the approbation of the. majority,
the fact: was, that the very Seconder of the Amend-
ment had called the Orders foolish and impraetica-
,ble.
Mr. Alderman Strew . rose in explanation, but
roceediug to adduce fresh mutter, was called to order
cry Sir Jostle Neeepoler.
Mr. •
~ Meh sit Nee, supposiUg that he was WIC of the
et ;t Inds Merchants not elitedly interested in the
trade with An-writ:l/41, alluded to by the Hon. Chair-
tan of of the IVle.et-ing. stated " a j'h6ficatiun of
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ng attended the 'Vetting and there given his
'opinion on the sebjea-', that !le was connected with
'An'erieff both by couneercial interest and bi
Affiance,
. Mr.
• I, nad attended the Meeting, anddid
mot"
think that the Majority exceeded six torfive.
Mr' Warmer,, Observed upon the statement
of the'llen. 'Bari. that this was net the Petition of
the Meeting, that it did not profess
.to be the Pe-
(Lion of the Meet jaa
.• but tnerely to be the Pei-
eeene 01 units-Owls interested in the trade with
411Betica; the real question fort he House to coeekler
Ivas, what the names were that were Signed to the.
Petition, and what aethority those names carried
Witt) teem.
Mt. Hint' Ett.i, although he had possessions in
eetnaica, Which was intimately connected with Arne,
rife, had not conceived himself entitled to attend
'the tneetieg of that morning.
The Cu. NcELLUR of the• EXCIISQUER thought
,
401iie %cry much, obliged to the Hon,'Barbeet,
• efor the coininunication which he had-made. The
'elitism might be signed very respectably' butun,
etieitionably it ' the' Petition: .of
snit
ority

it 4 •
CiSattDoN 114,attencled the Meeting, *hough
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11 )tit
COilatete-CTVith 4.l\l4Ftgan trade ,• at. 4
ie w•is `ch.L.vidediy: 'npinitin; '111:4 the, Majoiity
agail),.t the i'etition' was at lea:64two to one. lie
if (Volt') 'alithrge of iotro:,i6o, anti
14.ci.:),.41.111:11i1itre were, many persons ii. tilerppin
‘4,1.10 bad mac!) less riOt u) be
.
ateaut citizetis of ...mnerica.