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lleforni, and until that was done they implored the Iforae of
Commons to withhold•the supplies."
The petition was an echo of these resolutions.
" That the petition read should he adopted, signed
Town Clerk, and the corporate seal affixed to it."
The LORD MAYOR,thought the'Air.,ing of the Seal of thi
Corporation to the petition, w uuhl he establishing a new pre-
cedent.

Mr. GALLOWAY had suggested it in the resolution to
prevent trouble. The resolution went further to request that the
Sheriff should present the petition attended by the whole Court.
—;Cheers.)—That the representatives of the City in Parlia-
ment, together with the other members of the Court who were
in the House of Commons should be requested to support the
prayer of the petition,- and to decline voting supplies until the Re-
form Bill should be satisfactorily secured. That the Court had the
greatest regard for Earl Grey, and the rest of his Majesty's
Mifisters for the services which they had rendered this country
in bringing forward the Reform Bill, and admired their integ.
pity in refusing to lend themselves to a delusive and abandoned
office. That the Court viewed the present state of the coun.
try with alarm, and that it should sit from day to day to adopt
such measures as might seem necessary.
Mr. PRITCHARD, in seconding the motion, asked whether
the present crisis was not the most serious which the country
had seen since the time of the abdication of James the Second,
and did not fully justify the resolutions which were pro_
posed ? When he looked at the purity of character,
and the integrity which the Ministry had displayed since
they had been in office up to the present moment, he
considered that they well deserved the gratitude of all classes
of their countrymen. Their last Ministerial act had been a
most proper one under the circumstances, and it justified the
count] y in placing confidence in then', but he hoped that
it was only their last for a short season, he sin-
cerely trusted that they would be forced back
to those offices they had so ably filled upon the shoulders of the
people, whose sincere friends they were, and had proved them_
selves.—(Cheers.) If any Ministry should attempt to govern
the country on Anti-Reform principles, he hoped that the peo-
ple would be quiet, and act only in a constitutional manner,
when their wishes must be complied with. He in conclusion
hoped that the resolutions would be passed unanimously, for
they were, though strong, completely justified by the events
of these few days.

The first resolution having been read,
Mr. Alderman WA ITHMAN said, that the proper course
pursued under these circumstances was to propose the resolutions
singly, in order to give an opportunity to any Member to deliver
his sentiments upon it. After being so often placed in a high
situation by the favour ofhis fellow citizens, he felt that nothing
could have justified his absence upon that occasion. On the
best consideration he could give to the present state of affairs,
he considered that this meeting was the most important that had
ever been held within the Hall they then sat in. The example
of the corporation of London was looked up to throughout the
country, and upon this occasion, it would be more so than
ever; in fact, lie thought that upon the resolutions, which
would be passed thas day would depend whether we would have
the Bill or not. That was not the time to discuss the Question
of Reform, that question had been discussed by the most
eminent men for the last seventy years, and all the evils which
had befallen the country for many years had been blamed
upon the system which at present existed of corrupt jobbing in
that House, which ought to be the House of the people.
After the Ministry had come in, on a pledge of
granting Reform, and after his Majesty had given his
sanction to it, had appealed to the people, who
had most nobly answered that appeal, it became now the ques-
tion, were we to be governed by a portion of the aristocracy—
were a few men to be allowed to dictate to the King and the Ilouse
of Commons ? The question had been answered by the country.
With respect to the conduct of the King which had led to the
sure they were now deploring, he would say little, but he had
been grossly imposed upon by advisers who were unknown to
the Constitution, and who were irresponsible.--tCheers.)—
If any one part of the Bill pleased him more than another, it
was schedule A, and he thought the Government had acted
wisely and honourably in insisting on ascertaining how shedule
A was disposed of first. One would suppose the House of
Lords were ignorant of the state of country, or of the Revolu-
tion in France, and the causes which gave rise to it. They
might have known that it was caused by an obstinate resist-
ance to the will and the wants of the people.—(Cheers) II
this couutry did not suffer from a state of convulsion it was not
owing to the conduct of the House of Lords, but to the good
sense of the people themselves. Whatever Ministry came into
office, the country must have the Reform Bill, for the people
would never be satisfied with any thipg elsc.—(Cheers.) The
Hon. Alderman suggested sy hailer, instead of petitioning the
House of Commons, it should not be referred to the Committee
to prepare a respectful address to his Majesty, and a firm but
respectful remonstrance to the House of Lords.
Mr. THORNHILL rose, and was left speaking.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 9, —Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the
Stately, Edgar from Jamaica; the Charles Brooke, Bell, from
St. Vincent.

STANDGATE-CREEK, MAY J.—Arrived the Lady Myle-
field, Grey, from Mogadore.
FALMOUTH, MAY B.—Wind N, to N.E., moderate.—Ar.
rived the Plover packet, from Tampico, sailed March 11, fi om
Vera Cruz on the 18th, and from Havanna the Ist ult. Passed
by the Belle Alliance, Arkall, from Bengal, Madras, and Cape
of Good Hope ; the Commerce, Cooper, from Pernambuco ;
the Jardens, King, from Boston ; the India, Graves, from
Madeira.

LIVERPOOL, MAY B.—Arrivel the James and Thomas,
Ashbridge, from Bahia; the Coquette, from Demerara; the
Bahia packet, Guy, from Jamaica ; the Othello, Leggett, from
Savannah ; the William, Larmour, and Tiber, Eldridge, from
Charleston. Of port, the Beatrice, Smith, from Mauritius ;
the Elizabeth, Tobin, from Demerara ; the Abeona, Steele,
from Barbados ; the Plato, Dominick, from Savannah,
BRISTOL, MAY 9.—Arrived the Harriet, Allen, from Ja-
maica ; Mary, Pigeon, from the Canaries.

GREENOCK, MAY 7.—Arrived the Warrior, Miner, and
Wilhelmina, Spence, from Marseilles.

CORK, MAY 7,—Arrived the Thomas, Richardson, from
Trinidad.

WATERFORD, MAY 7.—Arrived the Rosalie, Agrel,
from Memel.

Arrived at New Orleans, the Nimrod, Barrett, Niagara,
Sidney, and Agnes and Ann, Roebuck, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Charleston, the Lady Ilowena, Pace, and Prosser,
Howie, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Barbados the Montreal, from London.
The Fanny, De Vries, from St. Übe's to Embden, was lost
on Borkum Reef the 24th ult. ; crow saved.
The Carmoc Almas, Soares, from Lisbon, was taken on the
21st ult. by the blockading squadron off Madeira; and on the
:4th they took a Portuguese schooner, from St. Übe's to Madeira.

The Sabote, Jaccardino, from Liverpool to Beyrout .nd
Alexandria, was stranded in Beyrout Bay during a strong gale
the 2:2d February, and was full of water. The Zephero, Heu-
reuse, Matilda, and two other vessels were stranded.