The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-10 00:00:00

CITY-ADDRESS.

TO THE K.ING's MOST EXCELLENT MA j Est Y-.
The humble and, dutiful Address and Petition of the Lord
. •
' Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, in
..conunon poupcif assembled. -
• 44, MOST GRAeidws SO.V:EREIGN,
'‘‘ Vv'e, your, iNijajesty's,most dutiful and loyal sub-
- jeas, the Lord May,q, Aldermen, and Livery-1A flit-
, City ot.lonkn, in Common Hail a-ssembled, most
hnint.ty aoprOaCh your
.„Majest y at. this awf4i,crisis,.
,xefdse a duty Jill liss painful than imperious.• Ii
i to i-eprestln humility 'to yonr...Majesty the
depligraNe situation Of public affairs; that, we have
• apd)roaohect.) cur Royal rerson. •
" Attached to vOur Alaje•dy's illustrious. house
- from atfeetion-and Rona thry, we should ill deffion-
strate‘the sincerity of our lOyalty,
iwere We to 'Con-
. certli from your Majesty that it 'is 'not amongst
'the twat considerable -of our grievances, that at-
tempts ,shonid have. been rfracle .0 brand your Ma-
' jest y's faithfui sutiects 'with riisatie ion to your per-
s,in 'and governinent,- hcnever they have exer--
eised their i,;oubitab;e right to coo lain of gross
' abuses in. the St-te.,', or' th attribute the disgraeful
fadure of expensiye and calaio,t,,us en:erprizes to the
-iin r :nee assn inc pony ru tho,e-who either planned.
•or execu ed. them;, a•if weie . the ap
peridage of ngs of right to those.w ho
may be carted int.!) your-Maj,sty's Councils.
"'V h. etttral 'grief and:indignation
.we• have seen
the dis.,:strnus ofNairiUnseXreilit.ions in which
'your Majesty's armes have been unhapp.ily engaged,
anol which most forcibly the disgraceful ittbe-
- e&ty of ,those councils, Winch have so
scandalously. lavished the b106.1' and treasure of a
•_ patient, loyal; arid,burtlienecl people.. - •
," Towards the c,0,..; of the preceding year, your
faitlifoi Cittens
,humblys expressed to your 'Majesty
' their :deep-concern disappointment at the dis-
graceful Convention of Pntra-;' b.a't we have yet 10
cleplbre that ttlte and etlicient inquiry has not; been
made, into that disgraceful transabion.
ii s equaliy..paiutul to call toyour 141ajesty's re;-
inelalcholy tate of a second army,
sembed withiiphe Pennsula under the gallant corn-
ywiftiyr S r John Moore; .ignoritnt alike of the state
and !ion of the Spaniards, 'arid the force and
designs 01 the enmity,' this artny being sent into the
interior '.ot. ;Spain, was in, imminent dat2ger of being
. captured ; in this- Critical emergency, and state of
ag,mizing- per.plexity, abandoned to his own resources,
.this hapless but rneritOtions Officer. at length disco-,
-vered that he had no safety 61.1( in fight ; with the
• loss of his ammunition, horses, spe.cie; and baggage,
and:harassed-arid -a's-sa'lled on all sides,' he secured the
retreat of his gillhint followers by the Sacrifice of. his
cm 0 invaluable life. .
" Merit, ing pc benefit from experience, third well-
ail:Pi:lt-A artily; under the,command ,of 'Sir Arthur,
Wellesky,‘ was hurried into ...the interior of Spain,
alike ignorant of the force and, movements of the
enemy; where, after an-,unprofitable display of Bri7s
fish valour,. and a deeadful:slaughter; this artily like
the former, was compelled to seek its safety by a,
precipitate-retreat before (what'we were- led to be-
lieve) a vanquished foe,- leafing. thousands of our'
s:crc and countrymen in the, hands of the
emit y. ioss, ;lice others, has' passed Withent
inqt_urv, and, as -it impunity had 'placed the Servants
• CroV...n above .the, reach of justice, yOur Ma-
flas been advised to confer titles of honourable
..di,truc:tion on ti:e General olio had .thus exhibit, d a
rash and--q.stentations .display et uniirolitable bra-.
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‘;‘Akr tlicse multiplied errors, aryl in defiance of
reiterated experience, wejrive seen another Expedi-
tion, yet more- expensive,. more disgraceful,' and
Jmore coJairirtons tharythe former.. This armament,
defAyednntil the fate of Austria *as
.ciecid'ed,,landed
•on unit holt some-shores of the Scheidt, v., here,
,aft,-r an ur,laccutiatable state of inaction, thou-
of our brave solyiers have niiserably and in-:
droric,usly perished by: pestilltnce,- privation,. and
istas without havin& accomplished one 'national
nbjeo. On, such an Expedition, planned and con-
duaecl by.a. Siinister, who it is now known had been
pronOunced unfit fOr his office by. Iris colleagues; an
Expcditiuo ,t hat , touches all minds with s,lianik, and
-filis air hearts', with agony,' it is too painful to
dilate. . .
",We cannot !drain fr:,mrepresenting tO your Ma-
je Sty, th3r, wb le the ai.Ta: rs of the nation have been
so shainrcully rnis,.:onducted abroad, the most scan-
ciA, -Waste, prolusi,n, and .inisinanagenient has'
prevailed. atlfume,- and your Majesty's confidential
advisers,. destitute •ot,all. those .quillities essential; o
good•governlneiir, and regardless alike of the sutler-
,
• ings of •the Peot le, and of the honour of their Sove,-,
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4e7gri ; and inSensible or indifferent tOthe surround-
ing da-.lgers'and the impend.ng: fate of the Country,
have been engagedin,the nuist.disgraceful squabbles,
• intrigues,
,and cabals, that ever degraded. the Coup:
• cils'or ,n Na ion; 'and which cannot but be as disre-
-- • putable to ,:,r,•tir :Majesty's Government, as 'they arc
ruiimus.and dishonourable to the Country.
While we disclairn
.all, interest ir. the, views,of
oonten•iing• pazt.p.2s, from a firm conviCtion that we
cannot look. for a reformation in the abuses of-the
St,te„ -fiont any perons or parties, interested in the
pres:..rviltion of them, we canndt.but express our
dent. hope, that your, Majesty will be More fortunate
in the choice of the. mento cwhom you may hereaf
ter confide the conduet of affairs arid that your
C)ancils be no lOnger einlmrrassed, nor the
country insulted and dishonoured, by those disgrace-
ful occurrences they have exposed us
to the rjdicute ofsuriounding nations, may embolden
the cuerUy to• look fat-Ward with confidence to••the
g.,•:biligation of a nation so distraded• in her Coqh-
i,ils, and so improvidently governed.' •
" That white we' forbear '.enumerating a long
train of internal grievances; we 61)tiot bum attribute
such a series Of failures and' disasters tbe'abnses
and Corruptions' of the, State,' and the' consequent'
wa nOf a co; stitut lona' , cont rani-over t public ex-.
-penditure, and the Servants of the- Crown, Whereby
the responsibility of,Ministers -appears to exist only
iu name,. •

We therefore hi ably i;ray Majesty
Lo graciously *used to assure your loyal andeffec-
t ou to pco, r.,that the objeerto.which their wishes.
pie direcJed, is neither to be.a6an4oned or eluded,