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On attirday ti Common Hall of the Livery- of
iLnntion was held at Guildhall, pursuant to a.Re-
,quisition, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion certain Abuses lately disclosed to the Public,
and the conduct. of certain, Members of the House of
Commons on that occasion.: -
The LORD Meyort came forward to state the bu-
sineis for which the Livery had been called together.
He waCreceited with snob a torrent•of hisses and
groans, that for swuelime he could not be heard.
At../ast he was permitted just to say, that pursuant
to a requisition, he had called the Livery together
on an important question, which was now before
them, and which they' might dispose alas they
thought proper,

Mr. WA ITU at ear then came forward, and." began
leis address by requesting the Livery w listen atten-
' tiveli to every. person who should address them.
Ise said, he was relieved from great difficulty by' the
plainness of the question now before then). The
propositions brought forward by Mr.. Wardle, in the
House of Cominotts, ss ere so clear, that the people
, had not a second op;nton. But it was necessary to
call the people together,. for the pnrpase of obtain-
ing the expression of their sentiments on account of
the House of Commons. And it was still more ne•
ceSsary to express such opinion, when they saw the
Ministers of the Crown,. and the Crown Lawyers,
labouring to screen puhlic abuses and public delin-
quents; No one -could doubt of the Duke of York's
participating in the abuses in question. It had been
said, that e clamour existed on the part Of the peo,
pie, for the porpose of influencing the Votes of the
House of Commons. That he denied. It was im-
possible that. A. clamour could have been known,
except from public meetings. But be would say, if
,the peciple sat silent, and should never meet to ex-
press their sentiments on airy public question, the
freedom of this, country .was gone for ever. It was
the asst of stach a spirit in other countries which
''was thecnuse of their downfell. It was his intention
'to submit to the Livery certain Reselutions relative
to Mr. Wardle, and other Members of the House
of Cornieutis;- and after that was disposed of, he
should propose some Resolution respecting their
own Representatives, and also a Resoletiou on the
late tondua of their Chief Magistrate. Here
W. entered into many obeeirvaliolla on the qualifi-,
'cations of the persons who should repreient the City.
of Londob, and asked.what must be thought of hith
Who voted, art three of the City. Members had. lately.
done, in direr Opposition to the sense of their con-
stituents and the public at large ? A memorable' •
instance was lately afforded the country- of whet'
single individual *could do. The Spirited' exertions
of Mr. Wardle had not only brought abaSes'to light,
but had caused a disclosure of abuses in the affairs of
the East India Company. Against that Gentleman'
ail placetneu, and the leadere of all parees had
voted ; and for this reason,. it was evident, that
without: a radical reform of all abuies, and of the
Parliament itself, no good coald ever be expected in .
the country. Such reform was itbselutely necessary
fur the preservation of the Constitution itself. His
chief objet would now bt3 to thank the man wha,
had lately attacked public abuses. He then con-
cluded by moving several Resolutions, the substance '
of which was as follows :e-." That it had long been
a'matter' of noteedeey, and'wairdately proved, that
ticaittlalOUS existed in the AdministratiOn of
Public Affairs; that to expos& such abuses to'public
detestation reqrtired IX) small degree of firmneis and'/
virtue Many man; .that such 'ttaeletely been dis-
played by Gwillitn 'Lloyd Wafdle, Esq. and that he
deserved the theaks of the public for the persevering
efforts with-which he had commenced his task, and
pursued the same with an ardour .which nothing
could damp. That the Livery approve also of the
corded of Sir Francis Burdett,. Lord Fontsione, Sa-
muel Whitbread,. ES+ Sir Samuel Romily,
Major-General Ferguson, and tbo test of the
MeMbets of the.Columops, who voted in the mino-
rity of. 125 on Mr. Wardle's motion. That, as a
proof of thecorrupt amid dangerous influence of the
Crown;' the majority et those who voted against the
clearest eiidenee on Mr. Waidle's motion, chiefly
consisted-of Plat-amen, pensioner's, Crown. Lawyers, ,
and Military Commanders ; while not one of these,
except one military_ man; voted for Mr. Wardle....
One of the Resolutions-stated the existence Of such
corruptions 'as were the cause of the downfall of
other countries, and if persevered in, would ruin
this country; and another Resolution proposed, that
during this Session the Livery should lay a full state
of public grievances before, Ilarliatnent.
thew proceeded to move the Resolutions, which were
secohdedby Mr. Miet.r.n, of Sitowitill. •
Sir W,. CURTIS next appeared, but could not ob-
tain a hearing.
Mr, Qum met with a more favourable reception.
He lamented that the worthy. Alderrnan who pre-
ceded him had not been, able to obtain a favourable
hearing. With respett to the motion now before
them, lie should be not only rediamed to face the.
Livery, or to walk Loudon Streets if be did not imp-
port it, although he confessed himself hurt that his
Honourable Friend who brought forward the Reso-
lutions now proposed, bad not consulted him, as
with all his ability, he had passed by many material,
points to Which ,he sliOuld have **erred for. ins-
tance, the charaeter of ' the pen- who brought for-
wind the Inquiry in P,Artianet, .ond whose copkina,
he was convinced liad'no other stimulus 'than the
spirit of truth and the.honest pride of charatltir:e—,
Every man who hearditim,*. thetlooked et the chti
rafters of public, men in this eeontry for sotneyears,
past, must have been convinced there was some:,
thitoeerotten in the ecoaclutt of the'late
er chivf ; and se-et time e: was teat a man-to be !bond*
whodared to propose iticin:ry, until Col. Wardle
appeared ; a men nil thetfonty known to his country
u.k4i gßilaut SOltheT lighting against its foes, and al-
Most enknown :as d. Member'of Parl;ament, until
:rentlerecl poptilar by his courage, perseverance,: and
Ultimate, success in an inquiry, to deter him front
which every system of thelat tied straeigern had been
erte;dip vain, and to fettatrate which every species
of influence. litateeen used-; On one hand, the pro•
miee of patronage; ou the bitter, the dread of Oti-
thwartment of the-State in which "the
influence of office vas nor exerted to proenfe votes
against hintea Age; tottering' on the brink of the
Wove; sieknles,.tinaeged from tietedeath beds e' the
lame, liebblitz .usie their eteectieet and the blind,
in their ie44ling stritiltsi,wete broughi to the Hollme
of Conehteos ::Justur.an- the Trc.or.lry Benebe.,

• •
inipparitf the Minister ana Roysl
defence. . hitt ik4pite of the major-0v !boa eGned,
,thb Corern ander in Chief felt 117..:nseitfo3ted *E.;avx
to the popular sentiment, and Jo retire. °Thus hpa
the people gained a triumph; but still they had much
more to achieve; for though, the Royal Comniafider:
in Chief bad retired, bori'u'ai he succf.!eded
by the IdeotiCal sic n,v,d pamius, whoi zts Presi-.
dent of a Court of Ingviry npon the subjed at the
infattlous.Coniremion of tint ra,gave hi, sivt)acure
to a decision which sealed the•humiliation, and tar-
nished the glory of his country.. rut he *Verily. tie.
lieVed the Duke of York; on ectiring from Ottke,
had left behind him
.his iiicralle, and that his siiCizes.:.
sor was no betrer.than..his mere pro.zy. ' wished
to vindicate Mr. Wardle from-the blame improperly*
thrown on hint 'for th:mking Ministers for .their
assistance in the. Inquiry.. His meaning might be
couched in irony, but the foundation was just, for
be- had, no aid more effeattril in the course of that
Inquiry than the errors and imbecility of Ministers, •
The retirement of the Duke of York was called for
by the principles of the Constitution. He concluded
by congratulating his fellow-citizens en the triumph
they had obtained.

The first, second, and third resolutions having
been put, were-unanimously carried.
The fourth wag then proposed. The auditory'
were clamorous for including the names Of 'Alder!,
man Combe and Gen, Ferguson.
Mr. WA UMIAK came forward and said, he had
in reserve ,a • particular resolution respetting the
worthy Alderman for a more advanced stage of the
proceed; gj.
Mr. Wir.r.mt PAYNE, however, moved, by way
of amendment, ".that the name of Gen. Ferguson
be introduced in the resolution," whiCh wav adopt..
ed, and the resolution passed unanimously..
Mr. Alderman COMAE expreised, shortlY,
warm gratitude for the partiality expressed for in-
serting his name. • But, he. thought it better omitted,
as other Gentremen of 'the minority, mote able in
eloquence and debate, were better entitled to.it.
The remaining resolutions were then severally put,
and agreed to.
Mr. WAITIII4t AN reit proposed a vote of thanks to
Mr. Alderman Combe, for the support he, had given
toColonel Wardle on the late occasion ; and for his
uniforni independence, integrity, and incorruptibility
in Parliament, which passed nuattimoutly, and Al-
derman Combe, in ltaudtotuo terror, expressed his
thanks. • . •

The vote of t ensure.on the conch-it:ft of the other
three City Members (see the resolutions) was then
moved by Mr.Vaitinnan.
Alderman CoaTts, Alderman PRICE and Aldtr.
man SnAwt,,.severally camefurward, and. declared,
that in their. votes 'in vindication of the Doke- of
York, they,had-.voted to the beat of their judgment,
and according to their fall convidiot4 troth the tenor
of the evidence
.aciduced.

The ResolutiOn was put and carried unanimously.
'Mr. WAITHINIAN ;again came forward.. and pro.
ceeded to' notice the conduaot the Chief 11.4tistrate,
in refusing to comply with st,requisition;• duly sign.
ed by a number of .respedahle Lis4rytriet, C.or:con.;
Yening a Common Hall ; and by read to the ag9tlM.;
bly the resolution he propoied to offer in censurerot
the condutt of the Chief Nlagistmte on that occasion:
The LORD Mx.rott it4lediatetv came „forward;
under the influence of much warmth, and said, he
conceived the resolution just read to be_a retleetion
upon his conduct, and a censure upon himself; If
then, eaid his Lordship, I should suffer such a-re-
solution to be pot, I shonid feel that 1 was lost to
every sense of an Englishman. If I any forced to
do any thing which is not corred, you may thank
Yourselves for it. I can solemnly declare, that since
ever I had the office I have the. honour to hold, I
have always acted constitutionally..
Mr. ROWCROPT endeavoured to defend the eon.
dint of . the Lord Mayor, but in vain. •
On the
:Resolution of Censure bring put, the
LORD MAIVOR refused to put the question;
Mr. ,WAtTaitats contended, that it Wasrt viola.
Lion ofiltity, more especially in a Chief Maei.trate,
to refuse to put a question legally and regularly pre-
pus,-d to him by a Liveryman. ,
Alderman Com oprobated the conduct of the
Lord Mayoras outiageotts. When.ireqoisition was
presented to him, signed by a number of that itj.
`spettable body,, for convening a 14:i11,,f0r the imis-
pose of expressing their 4eotunews. resperlitl the ;
Convesntion ref Cintra, be had the audacity to. relves
because, truly, there was. a kind of mock tribunal
appointed to inquire into that subjed, the chief ob-
jed of which was 'to screen his Majesty's. Ministers •
from the shareof blame due to them on that.,oeca.
sion. Another requisition was presented to bitu last
Week, for convening a Common-Hall itpon the sub-
jed discussed this day, but he chose to refuse his
assent, forsooth, because it- did not suit his 'own
ideas ! as if the Lord Mayor, was to be every thing-
in the City of London, and the Livery nothing. It
was true, that as no meeting of the Representatives
of the Country could be constitutionally called a Par.
• Bement, unless convened by the CfOulli, so no meet.,
lug of the Livery could be called a Curnitlyn 111411,,
except convened by the LOrd Mayor: llut ur as the.
meeting of Common \flails to reit, upon the mere
discretion of a Chief Magistrate?, ,or are the rights.
of the Liveryof London to he. trampled on, througal
the mere caprice, of the Magian ate cliosen by,therti.
Selves ? ••
. .

The Lean VIAVoa then carne forward .and saidil
that although rco ttrary. to his own inclioations,P
yet., for the sake of the pene of. the C 4 at Lon.
den, .the lieaohttiou Would be-put.; aye, and. he-
would put it himself. His Lordship'then put the
Resoluti9n, which was cartie4,,in the atlirmative,
with some six or seven hands in the negative.
Cunt then congratulu.ed Mr, Waithman
his success, in a moi ion which he only, to the ,pre,
sent assembly, like Mr. • :Wardle, in the House of,
Common., had the courage to bring forward, and,
he concluded by ,musing te,Mr.‘Weiithrnan a vole
of thrank4, which passed unanimously ; and for
which Mr„Waithnaan in, turn expresse4 the deepest
gratitildc.;As a rn.grk. at the. approbation of fellow/4
citizens.
The ilemo;utions were then ordered to be publitth4c.
ed in all the Morning' and k:vening Papers, and the,
ifectiog ved,

R. i. ,'-3

Monday jast, the As.iize,tot,_Carxicigergus, the
impoftaht cause, I.4e=l*.ev. MA4bareetw, y. Geo.
DOI" 'APO. "10 Cohnies, of Mogsareene, it wilt,
was determined hi favour of the former.

FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

.DAYONNR,* MARCII 15,—The King of Spain has
loft Madrid, and iii.abont to .spend some time at the
Eienritd. •

A decisive engagement is looked fin. on the side
of lladajos, which will make 1.1:4 masters of all Es-
iremadura, and ou this side open at once Portugal
and Andalusia to our arms. •

"VIENNA, MnacH U.

" PROCLAMATION OP THE,AROUDIIRR CHARLM-
" Wei CHAIRLES LEWts, Imperial Prince of'.Ans-
'lria,:lloyal Prince of Hungary: and Bohemia, Arch-
duke. of Austria, and Generalissimo of the whole
Imperial and Royal Army.
," Our beloved Monarch summons all those of I,is
subjects who are not by law Ohliged to repair to the
*liming army, to unite themselves in battalions, in
order 19 serve their cpuntry beyond the boundaries
p(the Iteredilary &Minions, in 'case it should be me-
naced byan enemy.
" When in the year 1800 the country was in deli-

ger,
,1 called out, in the name.of the Monarch, the
Volunteers of Beivinia and Moravia, thousands soon
united .to. iorot a legion,' which bore my name; and
this legion would boon hive grown to an army, if a
sudden peace had not put an end to these exertions,
It i 3 not necessary to appeal to the alts of your am
cetors--,how many' perils they withstood through
Ipaitude and -patriotism.. I appeal to yourselves.
are.sti.l what you were. in the year 1800. The
brim courage and patriotism which inspired you
then,, inspire you now. I reckon now, as then,
Mann your arm.
" Some of you are prohibited from abandoning
.
. . .
yuur dwellurgs obedience to the voice of honour,
by doniestic incidenta and uccurre.nces,
,But these
rvill ,till remain for,the protection of the interior of
the empire, the preservation of property, and the
maintenance of good Order. .
" Bur those
.who are not fixed to their paternal
,hearths by other duties and relations, are to form,
themselves into battalions, and may lay claim to all
those advantages which our beloved Sovereign his
attached to du* patriotic resolution:"

Since the 7th, when the last regiment of foot of
ourgarrison left the city, the militia -tnount guard
And the fine corps ot city greoadiera do duty in the
Mace. Count Seeteutoe, the Imperial Minister at
Munich, we understand, is to be appointed Com-
missary-General of:the army. The' Archdukes are
to set•out immediately to pin the army which they
are to cutumand, agreeably to the dispositions adopt-
' ed,by the last Diet of Hungary. The Hungarians
are now railing et their expence a fifth diVisiOn of each
of the fourteen regiments of Hussars of that tiation.
Some
.Ministeri,of the German Courts in Vienna.
have received orders to remain here for the present,
The exportation of cattle has been prohibited.
Mnaeft 10.—On the 10111 of February
the 27th regiment of Light Infantry had, at the
head of the column of General VILLATT}I'S division
,Which had to take possession of a pass leading from
Whit!. la Casa to Guadeloupe, between Talavera
sintiGundiane), a splendid rencontre, which would
lieve been sanguinary,' but for the courage and in-
trepidity displayed by them. The division of V 4...
LATild proceeded at two'osclock of the afternoon to
Narva,.its the sierra, :after having ascended high
mountains, which, without the presence 'of any%
enemy, were very difficult to ascend. The 'insur-
gents had a guard- at the hospital -of Obispo, and at
a quarter of a league's distance eOO men were placed •
in anibueli between the rocks, :which were, a natural
redoubt oo the tight side of the road. More than a
hundred rods of theeiatie,were impassable from the
fragments of the rocks hoped
.up there ; end 5:00
Men, who were placed, on the heights to the left,
kept up a cross fire with those placed t(i. the tight.
General 'Viet.ATT% ordered the before-mentioned
regirtient to ascend the heights to theeeit, and ilea
three companies of Yoltigeurs to follow the fempatli.
These companies,
.after having imafeined a yery nee=
ly discharge of musketry, seized the entrenchments,
,in spite ot an obstinate resistance from the
gents; for each of them, it was 'said, had sWorn
rather to die that, deliver up 'to the enemy this new
pasteof Therneopylre, But it 'appears they'soon 'for-
got their oaths. The two hundred melt ureic.),
the heightt fled on the approach- of the Frencle.
and 'the 300 others, who saw themselies eurround-
ed, abandoned their poets, leaving two officers and
tt few men in the power of the French. The divi-
sion of Vieteerre took post at the hospital"of Ob-
Ivo, watching they passes which lead to Guadalceipe,
sad spent the night between the 10111 and ioth can
the heights.
Meott to, Me ac if fj . —The Archbishop of Sara-
VMS, CounsellorCoutnsellor= of State and Grand • Inquisitor.
enend, has written a letter to the CeuntellOr of
Stele Feeectsco AstoROS, Governor of SC' Ander
and of the Province, incloting the 'oath of 'allee
gianee , and fidelity id the. King,. which the absence
of the Archbishop from Court did-not allow him to
take before the King' in person. This letter, 'by an
Archbishop of Snrispuia,. eeho formerly, filled tha
peat of hiquistoceGerearal, announcing' an early de-
teVrklitlfttiOn to reeogni 7,0 King) Joseenef. has pro-.
theca a strong °sleet, :and .broughtgreathonour to
Vie Vitiate.
PALM% MARCH IL—lt is COTlfidelltlyitme:4l; that
the Russian Court has otYered its medietion for tare
removal ofthu ditferences bet Weete.France and ekuse
oia. Hr AllaYtfty the Emperor, after his' eemiii
from ItsnihOeillet oft the tette held a chime
Qouncil at The palace of Elysium, The sailld day,
the Senator Reetroir -left towel fur Boulogne, to
. take the command of the army on the mist of the I
Channel.
-According to letters 'from Metz mid Strashurgle,
the Marshal ~Duke .of Dentzic (Leem.uvel) iil ex-
peoled in the former, and the Alershal Puke of Iti-
vctti (Messetee) in the latter city: The Prince of
'eufchatel (Ileivrittun), who has already, at dile
terent times, filled the pastor .Major-General in our
Grand Army, will again undertake the same Situa-
tion with the armietl in Germany.- We -larn That
General DURESAIE has attacked, with 8000 teien,
mid 'got possession of the tee.vp of Matters;- witie"aB
vesseleladen with provisions, which lees "sent tQ irjaK:.
celonae where all of them have 'strived but One,
that has been surritsbrtm-English fftgate,