The Sun.
London, England, 1809-04-07 00:00:00

NAVAL aEWS.

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Yesterday there was a very numerous meeting of
the Common Council of the City of London, for the
purpose of taking,into eonsideration certain R.,,01u
tions relative to the late Inquiry into the Condua of ,
his Rottol.Higliness the Duke of Yerk. -
The Loren MAYOR took the Chair at half ppst
tWely6 o'clock,' aricrafier-ii-giibd deal of rote ine 311-.'
siness had been gone through, the itequisialonAo ...•
the Lord Mayor, for galling a Special Court On thii
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sebjea, v ai read.
Mr.' GooDak HERB then rase; He said ;c was un—
neeeisary for 1-4:,rn to dwell mui-th Upon the stibjcet
neat had Called.thern,tegether this 'day, He did .net -,
believe that the attention t f the Hon*: of Conirnons,
since the peried of the Revolution, had been -oecupied!
by a more important Inquiry.than Oat into the Con
duet of his.Reyal Highness the Duke Of York. The
Court of CorninoriCouncil had oaten met, from year .
to year, for the purpose of votirg' their thapks, and
paying a triaute of praise to those persons who had
distinguished themselves by their valour ,and intre-
pidity in the. field; acid for their stleceastb,,latcPieVe-
tnents both by'. Sea and land; ,but when at l'asc,,,we
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had come to strike the balsnce of. a ivantsge prisieg
60'111'11H these successes, we had ilea often tinnot
it nothing but a fruille,,s•waste of blooj, :add i1:1
aecualula..ion of debt ou the coUntry...e,This tv:ls
the ea-e in the il.rnerican ..war, sod it
. as meets so in.- the war ' which has b ess been
been wage<!,
1 tot t l!ee:: fifteen- yeafg‘ , 'relit w !iiili W;a4 first enteretf
' into i..r the eorpose ot fer,Ciog:i gtiv,l. `,..-ut s,
r,,,-,:..0,
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the `Frenell oetion, century to th e It" ":'' -'''; • `"
alter rue tlitnercan war, a society was forle.t.a, los tine
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purpose of obtaining:et' reform of emit Ilon',t., 1t,•; cu -
k_:_.;
ruptions witch eAtst...d'in..)l2o Govern !.les,l i big: ti..:
society was destroyed by the current ,If 1:-. !!!I''',"Li'l
the trends of 1114-01111,Wtfte-sc,ttiereti, aim dr;V,.., "It°
the .back ground. It it not peace and n asieudity,
not war and rapine, which are .11..;- sources of tyrrop-
. tibia, and those thing' ott which it feeds. But it ke.:
had been accustomed to vote our thanks for brilli.ibt
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deeds in.the 'army or trtvy, we were hd+- cr.v.ed t,,on
for ou acknowledgoleitts to a man who had been
bold enough to attack corruption even in the highest
individual.° When we found smell a rrtan as sr.Wa!"...
die, who, unaupporte I n: :t; ;.:oree had denounced the-
greatest abuses, we cunid not appreciate his. cOndut.
too highly, and he hoped that this Court would reitivt
him an unanimous vote of thanks.: He. then went
on to say that the existence of undue itifluelice was
proved by.ttie late decisions of the House of Com-
mons on the subjea of the Duke of York; and in-
. deed this did not appear to hint very,surprisitig when
he considered the prodigious influence created by •
our large establishineuts both of the army and navy,
and by the inunerise-teveame which was raised irunt
„the country. This undue influence was so greats
:that unless the libertiesof the people were supported,
they Would be lost. But it was the langhtige At ,otnet
men, " let him that dues not like the 'eotitury leave
it." Now this appeared' so hini the language of
madmen, for every I.nglishinan, he beiiceed, loved
.'his country and his Cci.s..autiois ';
ise only, kit. in'
dignant at its abus+.s ; ,i,id it Was the dilly of eve/
man to exert:himself tor the correc-,eors of, !host'
abuses, in order twit toe CditStitution Lingle 'be crl"
Joycd is as lust purity. Icwors incutiooot et. then:: .
isle to recollect (hat Mi. Vinidle cd"'" it)r!')/1!1 fc,4, .
.attuck abOses, nut Aii h . tne r.ssistace iii :""11 , a
~ nor with the assistiss,. cot the 1-3\`' u"D'els a
NbWMARKET' CRAVEN MEETING,. sB9. I the CrOwty, whose dill' it was to follow tit) lti '
. I 1 ',l)d
ritu!,3o,,,y.' . , l' prowcme ,iLoitiV Of every kiud;•.tor the rxt,“-•'- ". ~,
Gen. p,i,veni.,,,:; Akalia, ban . Lord jeriety!s , Lauretta i . 1 • b ' iid►i or illt:ilt)11 7
$ p‘op e, 011 w use :14:C01111f they• lo I 1,-, it
tat. 71b. each. !),I. suogs.,-.2, to t '2gsr -A alto. ..'" ,
Geo: GrQ4yerior's WoodWelLettead, lsst.3lb. teat Sir C.
Turner"s Cltlor4, Siot. Ilii, It.'lki, toop,-,.-5 to 4on Wood. `, their. aid and influenc?. - hot Wispii a-0 ul' l'll L d
Uft.ll.li:A. ' . ' . , i $
Olt (tie cOntrargy,' tile'v .gaise' trve. 4c.e' used pcydn, a 4,..
„ , k torts, the exertions.: ot 'Mr.. Wardle, were croWit
Mr. Croft's Bacchanal, 4 yrs old, Bst. 61b. I),:at Mr.
,LoOtla.. ; ~ , . .•,...
old, Bsr. ilb.l.Acrqss .tne .Flat, toogs. burn's Cirini.ildi,' 6 yrs
. ...
-;:y tO 2 blt titceiiiiitill. , • . : rosiortry of thelpowie ot Ciiitionoits; 'At ivait r •
Gen. Grosvenor's tVoodwell-bead, 2 yrs old, list, te4.4 Sir .
, u 11.11 sucti.sut.cesx, that he was con v iricti, il ndr i.i.::
ma:jt,rity of the ped • • were t 1 tioe I:re et''' (.11.
ph., to op. t , i
. hunbury'a bl. 0. Oereer, 3•Yrs old, 9st. tolo. `l wv-yr . .i„ , „ , 1, ~., , , ~, 1,.,,,.;Ved
, . tilt 1114 !List r.r,.ori.4csunt t.,r int! ....,rovi ti .... ..,,,
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old Courscosgs.— 6 to 4 apt WoOtIVOC11:110.1d. :
• Mr, Thornhill's RJlpiiins, heat Sir C. Turner's Bramble; , at, anci pt!rtiul;ca the. bressest ~t,,1,.i... ivir.‘ N', ," "
*sr. ). each. Ab ill, 20420.-5 to 4 011 Rsilphiria. w..-.s-oracet.i in the 111+151 Oenc.iteaud %lit:it:tut , i.,, t.:•ii lOU ;
A Subscription Plate ot SA. for 2.yr ulils, cistrying 6st. yeb. :,„ .. Brat . i ,n, ~ d .•• 1 • .r• , 0 cos, Of
3yr of/hr-, list. clo. 4.yr oldit, Bst. 1316• s-yeolils, ptAit... 6- A "at -1 ' ''l .v4)111t)13(1.1 l'1•• t '''''' I.". '
6-yr olds and aged, 951.'8111. -O.A. : Viiiiiol.l, kirols wer4-solperooel ov,ll- !!,,,,,nt .. L,11:. .;,,,,,. so-
Mr. ...
Ladbrokc's br, c. by Tnitnitator, out of I)oubtful, tkitituattal ail tfiuse cluticulitei -by 1.1,, C0‘4,40,,, ~,,41 i„er.
a yrs old ' - . - -' - - I SCS'dfailLC ; and tits hrtinit..".s .110
~Coulee :-,.- .......n: not
Mr, "Goodisson's hr. c. Chance 2 yrs old - 2 ' ,s(i:-pasied by arty i).avc.ry of ..I 13,1:10.,.I, ) 0; t;,,,,, :i k'.ll.f s
Mr.•Kellerinan's bi. h. Monk Lewis. s yrs via - 3 !-.
Mr. ei,prowno's ch. h, brother to Maitistonc, s yrs 014 . 4 unroll I lii,,i Lout t half Nes) i,, tit; ..,01.,,ii of 1;11 „,.. /!win
by Softerer, 2 yrs old -.-- ,s, thanit to., iinnt,..,l, tie ii),;tio...;4t tionl'l 'Ti!,..t.„41::.:y0 Liiv.
DSLidi: lot:t.i'lsTi.jitinicik:;,:eni,lb,.,,iici ch.CitY swir:cd,illit'y r17,1:;r, Da t'Y '
_a. yrs old, 4 . olayed by ttith te,o,, nodes. .111 Ci;Ctii;,..1,...{...;., li,il;9‘it
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Gen. Grosvehtirts b. C.' Woodwell-ur'ad,' 2 yrtiOld '... tir unparalleled in Liti:...11..).,..ity .;; t , ‘,..;,,,,,,,,,;.y. iie
Lai lerS'cy's br. h. 1 psvviiii„ 4 yrs oid . - ~ dr hoped that it w,uld tiot be ;,. ;'
l
.•-,1 te.,01: L.i: .;tiI.,,IPIY)
S to rigst:lrutnpstor. . .
arid
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good_ c0p4,114013t.:
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t,,,
ticitt it,
joj
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Geri. Grosvenor'li 1,(14Y0.W0', bc.oVLil Liwther'tiPellsse' that the people, When they wary tams.;; ,' t:, it Xl'
120. T. trit M..:19..)gti it, ti.-.. 7,449 4 Ott May.
Mr. liar; 's Wren, ssr.iec". yes train Mr. Stephenson's other eleatoo, wouldchoose.such Represe c. ~;;;:0... 5 '
'6.l.itii•l)oubtral, 8:4. lib' Two,yr OW C. wogs. ii- tt.- . . would follow in 11;5 b;eivii and unite in ext ;1., ,!; 114.
tor. Croft's Lige,. banal, 4 yrs Old, Bst. izib rec.sags from that eorruptiOn, frou.t wilco ihil enf;fary. ht.hi Illuid.
old Course, itiogs. . . .
t4l..;(lEiLteoPw4etl:esr7ll;;e7isi3s3e,l):(ni.bt:ll:l.' rjecY.r;lo. ifdial'illBslVlt'r. 'Prawy:cY'Sr:
,intoytlearlt'lilL,i..l."'S',''').-11.111)1;11i \
::'CS'''.:l''.-ir.t)eri:l.'fr),:' suli:t.lin;,‘ictiii'2.!;:tirtse;eirileJ;.
.rrc.14,1...ti ;11.Id irpti)01:11,1f: 0,•hif..11 ILla ' . it the flood of i t
Fehltnana,llst. Ob. Across,,the flat,' tags spio ft, ,
. , • . been 'discovered in the ;course or I teo he, toetalli,
The Royal 4cadernicions,
we and, have not absoa.
were not stoppeti;- it wetild be the , ~,:, ~; , .1.„ , owe.
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lutely deterinihed.upen the abolition of "their grand try, and he reprobated ilieitlea the su It ;;roit 01"
appeal dinner. They .Will, no doubt; duly coos der eiwan-ce:,..4h0.0.,,d 04.,
ralities of Princes. mElidi(,):!firort:ii:,ll I.s'.til,;'lei:ai'slijirt.iti)lol:*;):l
;the citiestiori, and' form' their decision open the prin-
. !better- things • tt. ' • 'I
• I • I°"ii Y'
,cipies. of liberality, and it proper regard to the sub-
- 0 ti, :,tell si re t .toti ;JD( ''• ,i
.6'41)16/L. kar.,Settib,;(ll. the-loinitution. 'Wo'cOiieeive, wei.e.de -dby , 5, „ei nor titt.
tense r.eso, '..oe, eeoolipie e:AJL :„.. , ".,
hoWever,'-ihat the great talentivof th& Meetitsrts in
general, and •dt. those 'ho contribute tn..the7Exlsibi- • , s ;
to be of the ,wortt totluerso•, ,spo, tdtiliorlY 6,,h;
toe country into the v -ry got, .' „34,,t0ti.j,). :too
Lion, have.:;raised-the I:itio 'Atfrit.l6; this-Courtiry.'4e. a c • ' '''
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','t ',*-- a ' •s'ist ne- •
. omerion Council ot hilt:. E.:l yo, i.,oti.ori 01 ' A
eight'ti that. plates. them far above the.neoessity of . . i I . , . '1'1! :Inu
courting;oatronage by this anneal hospitality. ' cessari y elite Wt.llisit.l.4, Ito the-coutitry at ii... - , ~0
he hopedahe kies.iietio.:s they woooi coast! 10 ti'.
A •. . ~. • • •
NeryHerteordearr FttPort.was ••in cireplation 'jty, 'e uuld give a' .Arid, tis other public ignet'"gst
yesterday ii, it'i`eity,, ,; litose4pAterx is Said tOinwe . 4+ IkICI‘ iotgot be the Means of vest ri ii. the liberaii
]tilled, ''with' ids own hand, Geheral ItlAlsctia t." ti,:s of toe kingdom. ~.-Mr. G,,,,do,here Jinn' I' •
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lew is saidto have been given, at: the end tel a the Itesoluoeos (for which see the,fi(st page). ,rc
•Tvileetit altercation, ill' which MASIUSA refrOiletied ..:rir. NI!
-LL44''ectnij4.l the i,toioillliilli,i !Il sa!Sii°ll4
BUONAPARTV With thiowing away, fer tile rnere , Specti. He saki he 'trusted ,tie u.. tiie cilecti ell Ito
chance of aggrandizing his tinnily, the bele:tits of late ftitithrylll the fit.nlle tit' 0.)taxi11011', •tifitu.a Pt',
all the vieloties obtained by their stsurual. e xC,e*- -1
10114, 111 Ike uti lir.oh; IMO Out i<t, i, )111dh.,1 , tut tuc c 0
..,o“:rri
and by the. bloOd of so many thousands of French:- our liti,re..scio :ARTS S.C.CIi 0....,rtf1y - ::1 -.1. lode', otioiei
men. " Had f.knoWn," said MASSISNA, 4' 11.13. t V4it'.. -lIWII :IS We coul,l re.y Llironi. 'LAS \V•ih WLi3 I'''' "'''',l,,,
shOuldhavetci tight ill these battles over again viral' , ucLe,s..ry, sit Idt.a.
a -- --....., canctii.Ad,..l,lot4, ~:,..,j.),, ;01i/tall!.
,'• ,
~,J or
Austria, and otikeis with Spain, in'
order to make . th,t 9:.: 1..:,.:11 ..oners' duel I ; Vt.Cts VA. i + i ti,“-'''' Ili,
your brothers Kings, I would rather have fought such lento:lit:V.4lS 10 betod .`.ioS` ,li,•;..;A),'ls' "" I''',„to
against you than with, you."' When we:state; that . rheiii, W.ot‘ll %vas ilea. I. ,i mai:tit,: ,+i ti 4,, ‘V"7
the preceding
,rurnonr .is in cirCulation., it is, or f lihttia: i'a,Cotiose. it,:
hi i
course', fully understebd - 11011 we do hot, 'in the i 'The fo'si ILsototion wai !Rat ilr, t;o011""'--c„,rioll
slightest degree, vouch tor it. , Mi.. 3. DIXON ro.Ake.-..-fle tirh.cl Vi ,;, ii "t 1311- „. ..
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'Chree (Vipers sat in 'the carriage with-the King - the hot rid pio:dre,4 +4 Inch L,..,ritit,,,,: I. 1,:4:i toll VW'. d
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of Sweden, :on his way ao : the catatieleridocfdl.)byroatnniteigi. tlth(„l,2to c
et,.;;_v:, ,
_of,
.Ri . 1.,. coefairr.it
~..,.!.,,,,,ii,o.t.,
,i,:,;‘, ~...,,:,..,_;,,,-,t,i:l,l:).E'il,„;if,,t_ub'a,
holm, in which he iS confined,
„ ~.. wow
cost of 80 met). - ' this cou.t,
~, wn, th., ~: -;.. •,' ;::li.leusi ne .e'7 ,
,ili, .
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'The Queen, who has. been indisposed all the win- 1 wores. ft be kite.' !,..-t 0e0ei,... ot tiosco../,,,,i,, o
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ter, is at Raga, with the Crown .Prince, who is ! there„ never was a .1„,- ri wore. vlrtui,os, Hl,'''. 40
abouenine years sari a halt:old, and her two &nigh- : what:a, or. one. I
'term. . • I to do 'good to init:. another. kbe hetieeed the. 01."' .
• cool-, ~,,,,• people weir 111010 dliNI.
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COURT OF commoN COUNCIL.

PvnuouTtr, Amt b.--Sailcd the Heider Frigate-
fOr Cork.; and the Sylvia Cutter with Dispatches foe
the East Indies.• .
Cagle down the harbour and anchored itt the
Sound the A/ert Sloop of War:

Arrived the Eliza, HODGE, from Dartmouth ;
lkillianz and Nary, FAR It AN Ti from Lyme ; Ceres,
Eir Am,. from Arundel; Henrietta, DARTON, from
Bridgewater; Po, MASON, from Exeter ; Friends,
Cu mINGE, frolic: Llanelly ; atid the ArgO, TAYLOR,
from Southampton:

It was the Valiant, which sailed yesterday, and
not the Tliunip4—the•latter remains in Cawsand
Bay.

DEAL, APRIL (I.—Arrived His Majesty's Ships
Osprey 'and ,front a crulie.
Sailed the Ca e 1 for 'the River, wattle Furious
with a eptivpy fur Hull,.

Came n from' the River the Dover. Castlr
Indiathan and the 4tentor,,Qi.i4si, tar Ma
„dein)) and 'remain in the Dowhs; with his Nlajdsty's
Ships as per last. •

PoatsMontur, Aryar. ed ibe Nargaret
and Isabella, WILSON, from Sunderland; and
.the

Beagle, --,• frwii Cue rilsey ; also the Elgin Cut-
ter,
With the Samrl curd Jane, &dui?, Cicero,
Lurk,. Juno, and tile Tranopqrts; trunk the
Downs. . ; ,
Sailed his Majesty's Ships Vulture,. for Guernsey,
with a Fleet of Transports .under. Convoy, and the
D4per'on a cruize; also several.,Vessels tor Stand-
gate Creek.
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• FA.l.biouvr, Ann, 4.—SJiled.his Majesty's Ship
Sparrowhauth on a ••
The Transports with the 16th Dragoons on board,
Ore cxpeaed to sail to-rnorroW !potting, under con-
voy of his Majesty's Ship Magmata..

SIIBURNESS, APRIL s—Sailed the Aggressor Gun-

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brig. • •
APRI L 6.—!Sailqd the Thunder Bomb, for •pirts-
mouth heti Elvin., with aconvoy, for Gottentiurgil;
and Centinel, with a convoy, for lieligoland. •

Sailed his Majesty's Ship" Constant lot,the North

Sea:

Arrived,hie. Majesty's Ships Standpril and Africa
from Chatham, and anchored at the Great Nore ;
al+o his Majeityrs Ship resuviqls, from the River, for

Deal.

Sailcti his Majesty's SLiti Nemesis fov thti North

SPORTMG I.IIIrELLIGENCE.

ter of the country never stood bigher than at thia
present moment aand the very privilege which they
Were now eXercia‘Mg; went to show that they poti'a
seised the ;erne liberty of frely expressing their
HiniOns, which they had done •at. former pttiods.
ence they had an opportunity of delivering their
opinions free from all danger anti Ostruation, and
also without those tumults of party spirit which had
appeared in another place, and which were hostile to
the very spirit of liberty and free discussion. He
would contend, that he was no true friend-to the
people; whO attempted to sow discord and dissatis-
fattion among them at the present peried,.. With
'regard to the proposed 'Resolutions, as far ale they
toted thanks to Mr. Wardle, they met with his ap-
paobation, and he trusted that the Court would be
Unanimous on that poieta but in other parts he saw
reat deal of mere party spirit, and. an attempt to
• briag'the Opposition into popularity, by bringing
them in on the shoulders of Mr. Wardle. At the
beginning of the Inquiry, that Gentleman received
nc support from them whatever ; and at one time,
when they thought hen likely to fail in. his charges,.
When .they thought him sinking, they deserted him,
and. teok to their •boats. Even- Sir Francis Burdett
said, that he only seconded the motioo fur Inquiry
, ru Arnie; and the worthy. Alilerinan (Combe),
who was also one of their. Represent ativesa at first
Seemed to take a decided part against Mr. Wardle.
`the country, therefore, were not indebted to these
Gentleinen, and he bad, do :idea of votieg them
thanks, though that tribute was certainly dae to Mr.
SVarale. ,
r, h.k.b131.13 said, he was afraid there was too
feendatten..lor the charge of corruption being
piesalent. He said, lie was- ashamed- to -seas men
who were rolling in wealth and affluence grasping
at places and pension;,' and the niOrZI they get,' the,
snore eager they were for some further addition.--e
He Waa ouvineed that the people of this country
Were firmly attached to their King and Constitution,
and it could only be prevalence of corruption
that would alienate their' minds. He was sorry to
• seti,s- lieweVer, a diSpOaltion in some Gentlemen to
inane; the present a party question. All the Aalmi-
eistraticns he had seen of_late years were pretty much
the same, and if • the present Administration. were
turned out, he believed they would only be succeed-
ed by others with empty pockets and.ernpty. bellies,
Who would be eager to enjoy all the good 'things of
place andpower, and soon forget the promises they
had made. But if there was one Man who had de-
served Well of the country, that man wale M.
Wardle'. - That Gentleman was' entitled to their,
hearty thanks; though he had oven left at first una
Atttapotted by his.te.vn party ; and he would have
*lurid it difficult to support his charges, had -it Pet'
been for the aid Which he derived from those who
defended the Duke of'York. But when Mi. Wardle
seemed at last to linVe established himselt upon a
Ytlck, then all his fernier party flocked around hit:, ,
Si if , desirous of partaking in his triumph. The
avartliv Member then • alluded to the language, in
Which it had been usual in ,Parleireent to-speak of
the moral conduct of the Duke.of York. it had
been the fashion to say, that Mri. Clarke was under
his proration. SiMple people at a distance might
be apt to say, "what a
.good Prince this is,, who
takes unprotetaed females under his protection."--
He thought, however, it was much more decent
and becoming to confine such language to wives and
YlOallisss alone ; and he hoped his Royal Highness,
from the severe lesson which healed received, would
teideavonr •to anienti his life, and after this make
Ills poor little Duchess happy and comfortable at
home.
Mr. Alderman Costae said, that as his condua
• bad been alluded to, he felt hinaielf bound solemnly
to declare, that at the commencement of the En-
, uiry, he was tuitions that the charges.,against his
Royal Highness should be disproved, butts from
publid .contsideratioh, and froth • feelings of .private.
a'egard.. But in the course of the Enquiry it was
solpossible for'him to shut his ears against ahe, evi-
-0.1,9ec, and be felt himself bound to. give that vote
Which he did, howeVer painful it was to Ns ptivate
feelings.. .
Sir ellAilLl3s PIVICS obierved, that at the meeting
of the Livery, on Saturday last, there was not, a
possibility for either him or hit 'colleagues . Omitting
an hearibg,-in order to vindicate- their condua on
•thelate Enquiry ; he was glad therefore that he had
bow an opportunity of being heard in his osiers vindi;
'cation, from. the fool aspersiOns that had been cast
upon bite. A Member of that Court had codes-
iOured to degrade him arid his colleagues by a well
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' known comparissah; but he thought that facetious
Gentlemen himself resembled the ass in the, fable to
Which he had alluded. 'At the meeting of the
Lively that'Gentlenian had brought forward his nr-
deilings and myrmidons; who, ,by their kicking and
braying against him and his colleagues, created such
an uproar, that it was disgraceful to the City of
London. •
Mr. GRIEFETILS spoke to. order—He was hi the
himself,, and did riot like ro hcat'either
.Self or the Livery of London called rairmidons,bi
the Worthy Alderman. He was no myrmidon.
Sir C. Paten said, no man more respedecl the
Livery of London than be did; but he believed there
were many present 'oh that occasion who bad no
title to that appellation. He wishbd now, however;
to explain his motives for voting as he did on the
Enquiry,, When the charges *ere first brought
foriverd; he had .felt it his bounden duty to
,give
them ell the attention which he was capabl&of pay-
" jog. He had attended most carefully to the evi-
dence, he had been present during the whole seven
days of discussion, and he felt it his duty to give
that vote, and to come to that conclusion which his
Inind'enabled him ro form upon the subject. Under
this impression he did not consider himself as a mere
organ of _ the sentiments of the Livery of London,
• as their representative merely, but as a grand juror,
bound togas/win his.verdia according to' the best .of
his judgrrient. It surely was not to be metaled of
:Mtn, that when chosen .a .Fepvesentative; he should
totally isubmit his judgment to the Livery of London.
He would', now say, upon his conscience, that he
• voted to the hest of his judgment ; and though-: he
did, not think that his iloyal Highness bad '.been
guilty
Of criminal participation or contaivance, Yet
•he thought his conduit deserving of a severe =-
lure, which ought to have been recorded on the.
Journals of the House. •
Mr. WAITTIMASI then - rose, and spoke at consi
_derable length ou the dangers to be apprehended
.from the progress of corruption in the State. ' ItAvas
•

fo this that Mast of the other Goveinmentein Europe I
owed their fall, and in our own country it had mado
the moat alarming strides,' which were neither hid, '•
den
.nor concealed, but open and barefaced. He
was not one or those who. expected much from any
party coming -into power, but be thought, that the
country was under the highest obligations to Mr.
Wardle for the manly intrepidity with which he had
Currie forward. He thought also that a great deal
would be done by the City of London paling for-
ward for. the purpoie of demanding a thorough re,.
form, and instanced the great effects st.ilich were.!
produced before the Revolution, in the reign of
Charlei the Second, by the manful stand which was
made by the Common Council in support of the psi-
vilegee of the City, and of the other Corporations of
the kingdom. Nothing could be mere .unfounded
than to say, that, by exposing the Conde& of the
Duke of York, Mr. Wardle was attacking the
House of Brunswick. It was surprising at present
that the country knew nothing of the Prince of
Wales. We dO not know that he, ho has the
greatest interest in the preservation of the Constitu-
tion, takes any concern in public atfaira; and there
was reason taeuppose that the Councils of the na-
tion would still centinne to be directed ,by the same
secret party, the influence of which, he feared, was •
not destroyed. The Worthy Alderman had attertipt-
ed to exercised bia wit upon him, but his wit wets .
so heavy and ktnentable, that it only served to-sheW
how much, he 'felt sore under the' Resolutipni that
•
had been passed upon his condual.. He did not mean
to say that the Worthy Alderman, in giving his vote,
was' influenced by undue moth es .; but he knew him
to'be a good family matt, and that he -did all he.
could for his family. He believed. also, that the
worthy Alderman was a contraelor O.Vo ! nu! said
Sir C. Price.) Well, then, there is such a thing as
several persons being in company. But believing
the worthy illderman to have given a conscientious
vote, still he must say that his vote discovered so lit-
tle capacity for discovering and comprehending.evi-
(fence, that the worthy Alderman was not the man
whom he should choose tor one of his Representa-
tives. But the worthy Alderman, said that he (Mr.
Waithrnan) bad come to the meeting of the Livery -
with. his myrmidons. New he did not know what
•wai meant by this expressiop'; for unquestionably
be had done every thing in, his power to procure a
fair hearing for the worthy Alderman and .his Col-
leagues. It was certainly one of the incouveniencies
of public meetings of that sort, that you could not
coutroul' the feelings of those who were assembled;
not so much for the purposes of discussion and deli-.
beration, but rather to express those opinions which
►hey had,formed beforehand. The grand objeCt
.of
st:,ch Meetings was to collect the impressions and
-Hiniona of the people, and though these opinions
-vere loudly expressed, yet nothing that was inde-
. coroits took place. The whole of the present Reso-.
lutions'shOuld meet With his decided support.
Mr. Alderman PatiNsur said, he entirely agreed
with such Gentlemen as had asserted it to be the.
undoubted right of British subjects to deliberate upon,
and agree: to resolutions on any public grievance,. as
Well as on the
.eondutt. of public
.persons. He. re-
' gretted that they should be called upon .to vote on, •
the present Resolution, which was one which may
• atfected the feelings Of our Sovereign ; but he trusted
• that that illustrious Pereenago would derive ample
'. consolation from the attachment and esteem of his
people. Public abuses had been made manifest, and
it was the duty of every honest man. to take the
most efficacious means ro suppress them. 'The re-
sult of .the.lato investigation, he trusted,, would
prow& extremely tidonrable to the best interests of
the -country ; on thataccpunt, he should most hear-.
trly concur in the Vote of Thanks which had been
proposed to Colonel -Wardle, as well as to the other
Metnisers who bad supported him in the arduous
task which he, had undertaken. , Its propriety and
necessity were so evident, that he could not see any
grounds whereon to oppose it.
The' first Resolution was 'thea put and' carried
unanimously. •
On•the second Resolution being put, •'
Mr. DiSON said, he trusted that the Hon. Mover
-would not press it in the shape in which' it then wag:
He particularly disapproved of introducing the word
" unworthy," and trusted that it would be expung-
ed, as unoecesaary.; The words " Ministerial
threats" he thought 'improper, as it was well known
that no threats fled been made when the charges
were exhibited ; on the contrary, Ministers Offer-
ed every facility to promote:Abe investigation: He
adm%tted;that the Duke of York's conduct had been
Improper ,as a man,„ and that, therefore, he was
highly culpable; but he could attach no-ether blame
to. him. He was perfeCtly ready to allow that cases
of very gross corruption had taken place in different
departtnents of the State, but he saw no reason why
they should all. be fastened upon the Duke of. York ;
they, had not been proved against him—he' had not
admitted them.

Mr. KIMBLE saidl •that if the Court should con-
sent to the alterations which had been Proposed by
the !At ii&4ll(q, the' Resolution would amount • to
nothing. A common Jury were sworn upon oath to
try .a prisoner upon, the evidence before them, , and
he thought t he Public, in the present instance; ought
to do the same. The evidence he thought- 4uatient
to convince the mind of every honest man there was
not even room for hesitation. The nature of the
establishment in . Gloucester:plade was known .to
every body, and only ioool. a year was allowed by
the Duke of York to support its extravagance.--
Every man man knew who Mrs. Clarke vas--•a person
utterly indigent and friendless; and must not every
reasonable man have suspetled that she had recourse
to other modes of raising money than receiving her
paltry stipend from the Royal Duke ?
vlr. MAWMAN spoke a . few worth in aupphrt of
the Resolution, and Vindicated Mr.' Alde►man
Comte from the blame Members had attached to
that Gentleman for not taking a more atitive part in
promoting the inve.stigatihn than
.he had done. The
substance of the charges had always been kept se-
cret, and it would have beep unbecoMing in any
Member of the House of Commons to be very ac+
tive in promoting them till they should have ascer-
tained their. foundation. . • •
The iredond Reselution Was then put, and carried.
, On the third Resolution being put,
Mr. KESIIII.II said, he approved of that part of the
Resolution which conferred the Freedom of the City
on Mr.• Wardle, but he could Rot conscientiously
vote that' it should be presented in a gold box, it bo
Qtue the people who were entrusteo situ the frolic

Money, in any deparittioni'or the State, to he parti,.,
cularly sparing of it, and it equally became dip Mem-
bers of the Court of Common Council to. be 'sparing
of the funds of the city. The. Freedom of the City
alone he considered to be a great honour,,and as ac-
ceptable to jr.A, Wardle as if accompanied with a
gold. box. Jt ought to be also recolleeled, that at
present the Committee of City Funds had not money.
in their hands to discharge it. .
Mr. Dtxow said, he should support, the original
Resolution, and after, a short discussion it was
carried.

On the Fotfrth liesoludon being pin, •
Mr. GRITPUTIii proposed that the name of Mr.
Alderman. Combo should be inserted .amongst the
names of the Minority, who voted on Mr. Wardle's
motion, as had been done by the meeting of the
Livery on Saturday. •
Mr. Alderman Cowin said he saw no reason why
his name should be introduced at all, as the Gentle-
men whose names had been, mentioned had exerted
themselves in promoting the investigation, and ex-
plaining the IaWS of evidetiee in their speeches de..
livered upon the minutes.
, .

Mr. MAwstAN seconded the motion of -Mr: Grif-
fiths, and Mr. Alderman COmbe's name was insert-
ed, and the Resolution carried in the affirmative.

On the titth Resolution being put,
Mr. DIXON rose te'Opposeir. He conceive d That
the greatest;dangers would result to.the Constitution
if the motives of the Mem th:-1.3. of any branch of the
Legislature were to be cal ed. in question, It was ek.
tremely- invidious to remark., that .'a titan
held a oomrnitaion in the-Army or Navy;, that there,
tore he wis influenced in his VOIO Every LldetnGer
of the House of Commons had an undotslnecl right
to vote according to his best judgment, and ft
came not any man, or body of men, to arraign their
motives, The motion which the Court was called to'
decide upon might do great injury, and could pos-
silly do no good. The Resolutions which had-al-
ready passed, he thought, ought to satisfy every
man; but if they attempted to intimidate the
Members of Parliament in. the discharge of their.
duty in Parliament, no man could tell the result of
such a mode of'condual.

Mr. Alderman Elect' conjured the Court not to
come to the Resolution. which hid been then pro-
posed, as it tended to destroy the very vitals of the
Constitution. They stood upon a precipice unhurt ;
but if they advanced 'a step, they would set 'a roost
dangerous and ruinous example to the Country, the
consequences of which might • prove the destrOction
of the State. :The Legislature rested entirely by
self, and if any other power interfered with any
branch of it, the whole machine would be discom-
posed, and the injury was incalculable.
Mr.- SiOICES opposed the Resolution, as tending
to excite disorder, and produce anotherßevolution.•
Mr. lisaintat also opposed it, and thought the
court had already proceeded as far as they.constitu
tionally could. -
Mr. NV A ITHMAN said, that he was ready. to Main-
tain the propriety and necessity of the Resolutions
upon principlo perfedly constitutional against any
man in the world. itidgell3lackstone, in his Com-
mentaries on The Law of England, had avowed the
principles in such a manner as no man e ()Uhl eontra-
vert. The case of the five Ayleibery men was in the
recollection of every Member of the House. When
those 'men 'had been committed by the House of
Commons, the Lords fortunately made a stand with
the people, and came off triumphant. When . th©
India Bill was under discuision, the worthy' Alder.'
man who opposed the present Resonation, if. he re-
colleded right, was one of the deputation who went
up with an Address to the Sovereign, expressing
their disapprobation of the measures pursued by the
House of Commons; and also expressing their want
of confidence in the then Ministry, and desiring'.
thaba new 'Parliament: should be" immediately con-
vened.' Their objed was then to complain of a
grievance, and they prayed to have it -redressed,
which, if. Well feunded, was undoubtedly. coasti,
tutiolial. The greatest Lawyers had 'stated it to be'
their opinion, t bat we never: could be rained hitt
by a Parliament ; and yet we were to he .precluded
from correcting it, %Olen we saw itatimble to pieces.,
(Here he read a passage from Blackstone in sup-
port of his doctrine,' that the people' had- the right.
of examining the conduct of their Representatives in
Parliament, and the shorepassage in Monteageieu's
Spirit of the Laws, wherein hesays, 4' that, as other
countries have lost their liberties, England will lose
her liberties,' When the Legislative becOmes -more
corrupt than the E'Xecutive Government."). It had
been said that Parliament 'was 'om'nipotent, as it
meld do any thing but make a woman 'a man, .9r
a man a woman ; and he throught they might now
attempt that, as they :had 'made a black a white.--;-.
What else could be impeded, when they were con-
stituted, as at present, when such immense kilns 41'
money were annually expended-on men who never
'appeared in their planes but what' they were dragged
to vote against the interest of tiie'Ci,untry nod 00,
cause of the People ? (He here read no extract from
Mr. Justice Bailey's Charge. to th&Jtlry on the trial
of Sir C. Hawkins for Corwin :low at an Elea*,
where that Learned, Judge. inveighed in the most
severe terms against:the Corruption. Of Medulla, and
said, that if such practices weresuffered, no mail's.
property would be secure, and the Constitution Must
ahereby inevitably perish.) Whettave.ste all these
. things, when no man . could deny their existence,
'when the 'consequences of such a• 'system were ob.
vious, yet we` are told that it , was not our business
to complain of them. • He denied that the Revolts-
aloft was a. consequence of - the interference of the
Corporation .of ' complaining of former
grievances, but it-was in cortaegitence of their Char-
ter 'being seized 'when they.lwent up to state their
grievances. The vital blood of the Constitution,- as
the Worthy Alderman exprissed it, and which he
was afraid world be destroyed, was no other than
corruption, and which, some people were hardy
enough .to' maintain, must remain, to preserve the
Coninitution. It was that which Mr. Pitt wished
to destroy when he was the Champion of Parlia-
mentary Reform, and which, he laid, he was afraid
the people would pot destroy, from their attachment
to the Constitution. .
Mr. Aldetman ATKINS said, he did nothelieve that
the Resolution would lead to any impreper conse-
quence which hash been apprehended from it. It Was
perfectly consonant to- the feeliegs of the .people,'
witielt had beets expressed from door to door through-
out the Country, and compebed the Duke of York,
notwithstanding his majority, to reliteraish his situ-

ation, and %which wat recently so unequivocally
pressed by the. Liy erym en.
Mr. GOODRRII Ella agreed
.to leave out the l‘st
words of the Tleselution, which stared, that «f 1.14
doubt could be entertained of. :the motives whiclt
induced the majority to acquit his Royal lijghnese;
Ald..rinan BIRCH said, that although some of
the words bad been suppressed, yet stilt the,spiritof
the resolution -remained, The House,of Comtnerus
must. be left. entirelyto themselves, and the. only
remedy which, was left the people, Was to withstand
corruption, and return honest and independent Mem-
bers, on whose integrity they could depend. ~
Mr.. Dotort said it was easy to talk of corruption
at eleEtions, and unfair representation-, butc,he should
not wiih to tee
.any alteration in the system- of
eleiaion ; if it were resorted, to, the greatest curse
Would fall.upon the working,-people of Manchester,
Leeds, and q.iasgow, who, would thereby leave their.
err)ployment, and betake themselves to politks.
Mr. Alderman Wotan supported the resolution.

WiITfIMAN agreed ilint the last words of th 6.
resolntion•should . left. out, and proposed
othrrs in. theirstead.
After a .short discussion, the Court divided on Mr.