The Sun.
London, England, 1810-05-16 00:00:00

SMITH, MAYOR,

At a Court of Lord Mayor and Aldermen, holden
in the• Council Chainbar, at Guildhall, London, on
Tuesday, the 15th day of May, 1810, and in the
50th year of the reign of Ge•.rge the Third, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
King, &c.

Resolved, That this Court, after a very long and
careful examination to " discover by what causes
and under what circumstances some persons were
killed or wounded by the military on Monday, the
gth of April last," have duly weighed and compared
the great body of evidence which has come belore
them, and find that no shot was fired by the soldiery
on their way with Sir Francis Burdett to the Tower,
although much provocation on the part. of the po-
pulace had dicovered itself, by assailing them with
stones, bricks, and other dangerous substances, as
they approached it, and during their stay there ;
and that from the -general testimony given, the
military endured this treatment with the greatest
patience and forbearance. That on their return
from the Tower, through a part of this City, the
violence of the assailants on the rear-guard became
excessive, so that their lives appeared to be in dan-
ger, and that in consequence some of them fired ;
and this Court have most seriously to lament that
such firing of the rear-guard has been in two cases
fatal, by the deaths of -- Bryant, and Thomas
Ebrall.

That it appears frorn'the concurrent testimony of
Many respeaable witnesses, that the soldiers took no
particular aim, but for the most part fired over the
heads of their assailants; and that, had they been
so inclined, it was within their power to have de-
stroyed many of the individuals who attacked them.
That the firing is represented to have been indis-
criminate, more to keep the mob back thin to de-
stroy. That this Court, much.as they regret that a
single life should have been lost on the occasion,
cannot but declare it as their opinion, from an im-
partial review of the whole of the testimony taken
together,' that the firing was occasioned by the
powerful and natural impulse of self-defence, in
men whose lives were in the most imminent peril
from a formidable and furious populace, who fol-
lowed them up, hulling stones of great magnitude
upon them, and other substances, calculated to maim
or destroy.

WOODTHOR PE.
We understand that a motion was made to offer a ,
reward for the discovery of the person•who fired the
pistol by which Thomas Ebrall was killed, which
was negatived.
The Thanks of the Court were voted to the Rev.
Mr. WooD, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his
sermon at St. Paul's. •

The following Gentlemen were ordered"to be put
in nomination to the Livery on Mithutnmer-day
next, for their choice of two of them to serve the
offices of Sheriffs of the City of London and County
of Middlesex for the ensuing year :

John Fish, Esq Citizen and Wheelwright.
ohn Blades, Esq. . . • Citizen and Ironmonger.
John Reay, Esq Citizen and Vintner.
Michael Hoy, Esq. . .
Thomas Foster, Esq. .
Andrew lordaine, Esq. .
John Gardner, Esq. . .
Benjamin Severn, Esq. .
Josiah Banger, Esq. . .

A ship arrived yesterday from Ostend. in 26 hours.
The Captain states, that at the time he came away
Buonaparte and Maria Louisa were expefted g that
place. He saw part of the body guard arrive ; the
whole consisted of about 1500 horse. Scaffolding
•was ere&ed in various parts of the town, to enable
the inhabitants to obtain a lull view of their Ma-
jesties. They proposed to take an aquatic excur-
sion and a boat was elegantly fitted up for that
purpose, to be rowed by twenty Captains, who had
offered their services on the occasion. A large scaf-.
folding, superbly decorated, had also been raised,
commanding a full view of the river, froni whence
Buonaparte and his wife were to view the shipping
splendid fees were likewise to be given on, the
water, if the weather proved favourable. •

In the afternoon of Saturday seinnight, as a wag.-
gon loaded with camp equipage was passing the
Star Tap, in St. George's.place, Canterbury, a man
who had the appearance of a pedlar in a state of
intoxicazion, imprudently attempted to stop the
carriage 'by catching hold of the spokes of a hind
-wheel, when, after being carried round on it seve-
ral times, he was thrown down, and the wheel
passed over his breast. He was immediately taken
up and carried away into the public-house, where
he vomited a good deal, and on the recommendation
of a surgeon he WAS placed in a chair tor the pur-
pose of being conveyed to the hospital, when hay-
ing reached about half way, he suddenly started up,
inquired whither he was going, and jumping- out
of the chair, walked back to the Star Tap, where
he remained about an hour, and then proceeded on
his journey, seemingly without having sustained any
injury from his accident.

The amount of the interest of the Loan to be
raided for the service of the present year will be
about 700,0001. It is expected to be provided for
without any new taxes, except a trifling increase in
the postage of letters. Some new regulations will be
made in the Stamp duties, which will have the ef-
feet of increasing the receipt of that branch of the
Revenue. The duties on timber imported from any
parts but, from our colonies gf Nova Scotia, New,
Brunswick, and Canada, will be increased.
A letter from Heligoland, dated 28th April, re.
ceived by way of Leith, says " By the last accounts,
it appears Chit a body of French and Dutch troops
has entered Einbden, and more were expected.
Until it is known what course they mean to pursue,
it is not likely that much busines will be done here.
Our gun-boats returned yesterday, with the loss of
one of their officer's and 30 men who were captured
in an unsuccessful attempt to land."