Star.
London, England, 1809-10-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

COURT COMM?N COUNCIL. ';

Yesterday, after the usual routine of business of the
Court had been gone through, and a petition having
been presented from the Inhabitants of Wallbrook for
clearing away some houses in Lombard-street, and
to facilitate the passage of wagons, Bce. and it hav-
ing been referred to the Committee of City Lands,.
Mr. Alderman Woon said, that no time in his life
had he ever experienced more sincere pleasure in-
rising to address that Honourable Court than on- the
present occasion, since he felt assured, that in the
sympathising feelings of every individual presents he
might look for unanimous support, that in his wish
of appropriating the sum which would be expended
by giving a dinner to another purpose, he had not
only consulted the honour and dignity of the Corpo-
ration, but also that mode which would be most i
grateful to the feelings of our beloved Sovereign, but
before he would proceed, he said he felt himself called
upon to censure the assertion of a Gentleman who at
a former meeting had said that were the charge of
the dinner to be defrayed at the expence of each indi,
vidnal, the attendance would be reduced to nothing ;
this he considered as little less than a libel against the
loyalty of the Corporation, to suppose that any mem- 4
ber of that Corporation would refuse his attendance
ate dinner avowedly gives for the purpose of cele-
brating the reign- of a, good and gracious King, on
laccount of ehe paltry expenditure-his attendance might',
occasion him. The worthy-Alderman then proceeded
to state that he had revolved in, his mind various
methods of expending this money in a manner which-.
'wottld be at once worthy the dignity of the, Court,'
and congenial with the keliegs of, the-SO'vereign
that amongst others the liberation of -prisoners had
suggested. itself to his -mind, and had dcCuried ivith '
some force, from, the irec-ollection that two persons,
who sad' been Mernhers".of flit -Court, were now
pining in a prison (on* of them had been very Ludy
a Member) ; that he had also thought of erecting'
public schools, and' to that purpose had consulted
with several of the Court of Assistants; but after
maturely considering every circumstance, he said he
was led to prefer that mode which would extend its•
blessings from the present to the future, and by its
continuance hand down the memory of this anniversary
to posterity, and serve as an happy illustration of the
character of our. Sovereign • he therefore moved, that
so much of the resolution Of the 26th of December,
which was contrary to the 32d standing order, be
rescinded, viz. that part which referred to a dinner
being given at the expence of the Corporation, and
that the sum to have been so expended be-appro-
priated to the building of Alms-houses, by which the
fiftieth and every succeeding year of his Majesty's
reign would be marked by the joy and delight, and
comfort and happiness of many of his subjects, and
this he moved from the conviction that; it would be
gratifying to his Majesty's feelings, and a happy re-
flection to every Member of that Court, that-he had
thus conduced to render the latter days of his fellow-
'citizens happy.
Mr. But. mid, that every objection which the
mover of the resolution had made to the carrying
into effect the former resolution for a dinner, applied
with equal strength to the resolution he now moved
higuelL
•
IVIr...SAsitrEL Dixox requested that•the Court mighty
not suffer itself to be led aside by any ingenuity from,
the plain straight forward course they had before re-
solved on. The worthy Sheriff (Alderman' Wood),
might, indeed, gain popularity in that Court by ap-
pealing to the feelings which were the dearest to good
men, and recommend them to do good to the distress.
sod. Whatever act of private charity and beneficence
he should point out individually to the Members of
the Court, he was sure he would be supported in ;
and he would say, that for himself, he should be
happy to follow a good exaenple. He should, how-
ever, be free to say, that he wished the day to be
passed in festivity, without abusing the good things
which, were set before them. He thought that any
thing for the relief of prisoners, or any similar object,
might as well be proposed on the day of festivity and
even at the dinner, when men's mind's were cheered.
He could not help noticing the thin attendance of the
Bench of Aldermen upon this and a former occasion.
Although they knew the object of meeting was in )
compliment to their Sovereign, not one of the City
Members was present. He could indeed account for
the absence of one of them (Sir Charles Price.) He,
it appears, had been lately occupied, altogether, in
calculating the profits and losses of a play-house.
Alderman GOODISLIIEftz thought the standing order
must be suspended, whichever of the resolutions were
to be adopted. As an idea had
.goile abroad, that
the 'dinner could not be ca'tried, if th/uMembers were
to pay for it themselves, he thought that it would be
Ibr the honour and djgnity of the Court, that this
im-
pression should be done.away, which would be best
effected, by applying the money intended to be spent .
Welding and' drinking, to, some better purpose.--
.
. dr fie hoped. there would be ncilittempt to impute dis
'neiper. loyalty to those whd thought-die dinner unnecessary.
vaior, cit. This did appear to be the effect of intrOdueing the
h. name of the King so often in the discussion. •
illies.ast. Ls
amt. JACKS said, that he agreed in what was the
unanimous opinion of the Committee, that the dinner
2 -was not necessary ; and.as for dining at the expellee
of the City, he was sure there were many of the Cor-
,dr3` poration, who, like himself, could not nor would not
;1,. accept of an invitation on these terms. He thought,
that as the Jubilee was an institution of which we had
t first heard in Holy Writ, .the best mode of keeping it
was that which was pointed out in the LeviticalLaw,
of 66 letting the prisoners and captives go free." He
thought the very best application of the £lOOO, or
Corte et
,imeerr, Kisot-eaNs, 'OCTOBER 6.—The whatever was to be voted for the dinner, would be to
of.Wheat,this day is very inconsiderable, but ive it for the relief of persons confined for small.
!vaitmg the expected arrivals, sales are very heavil
razi‘le and again at rather lower prices ; good Red,
sebts in the City of London. With such a sum
2bOU'' 100 s granted by the Corporation, and with the aid of pri-
lower per quaular—Barley and Malt are each vete subscriptions and donations from the different
w. ite Peas, and Beans, of the two kinds, like
p,' New Grey as onder--.oats are in tolerable sup-
- Guilds, he made no doubt but that a most substan-
_l);:uranJ sales thereof are named rather eh till relief might be given to several thousand persons.
cheaper-- He concluded by reading a Resolution to that effect,
hardlyAsupports its price, and expected lower— which he would propose as an Amendment, if it met.
iae inencan 58s- to 625. per bawl. the sense of the Court.
COVIIIIRT AO VonOZA •
isms. Mr. Box said, the funds in the possession of theBeens, &is. 684.
Rye,
le ditto, flog 111$.
vs Tick ditto, 545. !Oat Chamberlain only amounted to 25001. and this money
.5 . dos.
°rim 5f.. 31, Oen, 28*. sees.might, in his opinion, he better employed, than for
01
ilt, Ns. 1111,. POlalidditto, 384. 410. od. the purposes of sensuality.. He did not desire a din-
Palace ditto, 425.
P"S rboilers) 80*. 9 nor at the public expence, and now declared he would-
-61. nape Seed, 501. to 541.
' Y ditto, 565. 625. not accept it,
race Vein-, 954, 410114.—: Woods She 958. • • • Alderman WOOD rose for the purpose of 'explain-

;;even transprrts. with sick from Flushing, arrived
resterdAy at Harwich. The men wet, immediately
Lordei, and conveyed to the Barracks‘
The XING Groitaz packet arrived yesterday at
garwich, with mails from Flushing, and several_
officers as passengers, some of whom are sick.
On the 26th ult. the return of the sick in Walcheren
was es follows ;—Sick. in the. Island, 184 Officers,
375 Serjeants, .148 Drummers,. 8872 rank and file.
A letter froth Flushing of the Ist instant states the
zategiinenctotiave been so much reduced by disease,
that it is now struck off duty and ordered home. The
embarkation was. to ceimmence last Sunday.
The 81st regiment, at flushing, has also been
struck off duty', and will be ordered home.
Tke 10th, or Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons,
to theregretof the inhabitants of Brighton, are about
to quit that plate. They have received their route
fa Rumford.
The Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia has marched
flan Berry-head Barracks for Plymouth.

• !VAL INTELLIGENC.E.

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PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 4.

cow in the NAROISSIIS, of 32 guns, from Plymouth;
Rodarh4aptain INIRWPORT, from Dublin, for London;
,Aith provisions;' RAINBOW, of 18 guns, from Wool.
vichaieficeas, of 18 guns, from the Westward,
from xefoandlandl—Sai led the General Wellington
letter ofmarque, to the Westward ;.• DICID, of 32
pan, to the Westward..7Passed up Channel, the'
yhdtrie4tain HANNA, from Saint.a.Cruz.—Came
thiAiritz; of 36 guns, from flushing ; °REST=
and pnrArdrir, sloops of. wart from a cruize.—The
HuSSAK frigate and Tams sloop have come up
moue, to repair the daarage they sustained in the
Scheldt: a
•
t+e)rifSaioerH; .00TOBER 4.
Nothing tritte4 tq;day.-7--Sitiied the REINDEBRI
VAIN a small convoy te; Plymouth; and the HARDY
gun-brig, on a cruite..t..Paated by z Beet of trans.
ports to the westward..:./The ALPHLA takes convoy
to the eastward.' • '

,

piRMOVTH, OCTOBER 3.

Sailed the Burrow FAIR cutter, with the Mary
Ann, SuKroita master, with sundries for Flushing
and the Havoc gun.brig, on a cruize. Arrived the
Srousurrr cutter,. and will sail with the neat convoy
for Flushing ; the BRITOSART, for the. harbour to
teSt.—Remain in the Roads, the Rouccot and CA.
ims‘r.Wind E. N. E.

SHEERNESS, OCTOBER 5.
Sailed his Majesty's Ship Woont.nasc, with a con-
voy for Gottenbursh.„ The next convoy is expected
to sad its.f inerlqtrjic,
• 7-DEAL, OCTOBER 5.
morning the Harriet, BLACK, under
convoy of lita34ajesty's ship KANGAROO, for Cadiz.
Remain 'in the Downs his Istojesty's ships Princess
ofOrange, San Domingo, Diana, Rinaldo, and Ze-
nobia, with a•fleet of transports.

.y•

P.S. The iiant.EQutm armed ship has a signal
fyiug to take convoy to the westward.--Wind E.

FROM I.LOYD'S UST.

Osteresnia, Ocrosta La.—No vessels arrived to-day. Sailed
the Rote,Dent, for codas sfidernislandit, Stare, for Gotte4urs,
trd the and Clarion*, Huby, tor Middleburgh.

IPORTNg. JNTELLIGBNcE.

NIWMARICET FIRST OCTOBER. MUTING-4 SO;
THURSDAY, OCTOBER S.
Sir C. Bombay's Fair Star, ass. 71b. heat Mr. bakespeies Non-'
dncript, tit. Last half M. of B. C. 100 gs. b. ft.--2 to lon Fair
Sot

Dyke of Rutland's Volucris, Sit. beat Mr: Lake's Brown Bess„
l'st. Itib. Across the Flat, 50gs.-5 to 2on Volucris.
Nit. Lloyd's Puck, Sst. I sib. beat Mr Lake's Miss Alanager,
In. Two-yr-old Course, 50g4.---:, to 4 on Pock.
Gm. Grosvenor's Trump, 7st. 41b. beat Ld Q. H. Cavendish's
Brass, sit. 51b. O. M. tOogs.—t t to-fl apt Trump.
Dukt of Grafton's Doleful, Itst. best Ld Foley's Osprey, ast. 61b,
R. M. 1(41-4 to 1 on Doleful.
Ths::ites Plate of 100 gs. for 4-yr-olsis carrying lost. 411; 5-yr
atli Illt. Sib. 6-yr•olds 12st. and aged 1211.111). B. C.
Brie if Grafton's br. e. Vandyke, 4 *ra oil -
Sir H. Williamson's ek. c. Pan, 4 yrs aid 'i, •
Mr. Shakespear's b: e. Distotil% CIO ela '
Majtr Wihon's ch. c. Juniper, 4 yea bid -
}t
Mr. Gillian's h. tn. Primrose, by TACT, out of Macarks by ' dr' end, ag,a
Mr. Lake's b. tn. Nymphins, 5 yrs old ..
6t0.; on Vandyke-2 to I agst Pan-6 to 1 art Juniper,:
Gen Garter's Mirth, sat. beat Day of Rutland a Salvator, pat.
Gib. Audier End Course, 2ooss. h. ft.-5 to 4 apt Mirth.
The Town Plate of R5O for 3-yr-old colts ist;ll6. aiiii. Unapt.
Slb. D. I. •
Mr. Sbakespear's bl. e.. Nuncio, by Gohanna - ' 1
Sir C. Banbury's br. c. Fair Star - • 2
Sir C. Turner's bl. c. Merry Andre* - 3
Mr. Hsworth's b. f. Anktiolina - - clr
take of Graf rou's bl. c. Jam ~ - dr
Ms. %Ikon's b. f. Spindle . • - - dr
4 to 1 on Fair Star.
Major Wibon's Juniper, to be rode by Major Wilton, against
Iff. Andrew's Thorn, to be rode by a Gs:adman, 12st. 41b. taxis.
C. "44 b. ft. Off by consent.


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' •
•-dot stiggestedori fiaa lots the-It bora-
.. .
ptipanieur* ..gertaipty..lviottiid, that, of :it
possibly could be dime, all the ceps es in the !Ong-
doit ottylit brut foam ktn drought Rich an act
ihouli/ rather. dtisitutte.witlx the with.any
otber.pergct. What, however,: couldibi r ,toore
noble celebration of such a -dxr, -than-tbo.boilding of,
hi would suppose,,fifty almsays, to be called the
King's alms-houses; and wlinight remain to pos.
terity, a permanent monument of the joyful occasion
on which-they were erected.—The expence of this'
would not be so great as many seemed to anticipate;
and at.,A4. events, he was sure. that mine other crw--
poratio4l would Co-operate with the City of London
on the occasion. Indeed, he had himself commanti-'
cation with the heads of some. very respectable
Guilds, who only waited for the decision of the City'
of London to follow their example.
Mr. HErtNE said, that when a celebration of the
day was agreed upon, he was convinced it was the
opinion of every one, in and out of doors, that it
would be by a dinner—(a lakes). Indeed, that was
the way in which all Jubilees were cdebrated--Chrisr-
mas-day for instance; surely there was scarcely a per-
son -on that day who did not either invite others to
dine or dine out himself.
0, •

Mr. MAWNTAN had no idea, when he proposed the
dinner, of. squandering away the funds of the Corpo-
ration—very far from it. The idea of a dinner at
all did. not originate .in that Court, but proceeded
from the bankers and others who had ,o-determined.
Indeed, he did not think merely going in procession.
to churl*, and then to St. James's, co►rid be called
the celebration -of a Jubile: it-might rathene called
a last. He *as particulirly' k'ntlbus, that the day.,
should be observed withivery clein4striiiiciii.of testi, ,
vity ; because he fl'id understood, that it was ever
'the Kin eahiest pFa-yer that he might be perfnitted
to enter into the 50th year of his reign. 11' a►iy better
way of rejoicing than the hearty English aay of
'feasting could.be pointed out, he would be'llappy to
accede to it. He:had hoped that the expence would
be moderate, if the Lord Mayor could be prevailed'
upon to lend the-Egyptian Hall, and calculated that
it might; be; provided for three guineas per head,
which, supposing 250 to dine, would only amount to'
7501: Perhaps the expence might be something more
if they -were to dine in Guildhall. It was an occa-1
Sion on which he thought politics ought to be entirely
excluded. He could not. think the Committee could
consider themselves ill used, beciuse they knew at t►e
time they were making t►eir report that a dinner was
the wish of the Cow t.

Mr. WAITHNIAN desired that the instructions given
to the Committee might be read : they were read
accordingly, and he 'proceeded to declare, that of all
the extraordinary speeches which he had heard, and
he had heard many, the speech of the Member who
had just sat down, was the most extraordinary. Hi
had said, that the Committee knew it was the wish of
the Court that a dinner should be provided—but how
did this appear? • Certainly not in the instructions ;
for not a single syllable about a dinner was said at'
all, and it could not be inferred that the Court Wish-
ettfora dinner, from. the nomination of a.,. Commit..
tee, every Member of which was notoriously averse
to Stich' a meastre. He' was ready. to confess that' kik
believed many Members of that Colin anxiously
4d fair 41.diu.ner, and he was now confirmed • tititt
belief,. froth seeing manrirdent. in debate that day,:
who feldom attended, except when there was a di-
ner ; 'who, wheh they did attend, never staid beyond
dinner hour ; and who made it a point never to open
their mouths except at dinner—(a laugh). He was
still more surprised at the worthy Member's recom-
mending the celebration of the jubilee to be kept
aparOrom politics: why, it was manifestly a political
juggle altogether, and little sagacity indeed could
that politician have who did not see through it. He
did not wish to impute bad motives to any man or set
of men, but when he found a measure marked in its
very front *with politics, and emanating in the first
instance from those who had always been connected
with Administration, or the very creatures of Admi-
nistration, he could have little doubt in his own mine' 1
as to the appellation which he ought to give to such
a measure.' He had the very same opinion on the
INo Popery question ; and he knew at that time that
math Members of the Government had connection
"with the Members of that Court, for the purpose of
iiiinlating them to raise the cry. From the same
'some,: he hid heard, that many Members of that
Court 'applied for places, and that on this very ques.
tidn some Members had applied long ago to distant
corpurate bodies, endeavouring to induce those bo.
dies to originate the jubilee, in order that, originating
at a distance, it might seem the more disinterested.;—
(Laid cries. from Mr. Dixon of " Name, Name!) The
Worthy Member must excuse me, said Mr. W. if. I
pay him po attention, my .mind is now occupied with
a saki-L.4'ot importance ; but I will now ask you, my,
Lordidayor, if you did not yourself write a letter to
the Corporati9n of the City of Gloucester ,to induct
theist to irtiminate on this occasion, in order to con--
ciliateAclministration ? • . • .
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The !Limo Ma you solemnly declared he never had
given such an intimation.
Mr. :WAthimAN was well pleased he had asked the
question, and he was sure the Lord. Mayor ought to
be pleised also, because his plain answer in the nega-
tive would go to exculpate him from the charge.—
He had good reason to know, however, that such a
communication had been made to the Corporation of
Glasgow, from persons connected with the City of!
London. He thought this an highly political ques-
tion, and one of all others on which it would be least
possible to separate the King from the Ministry. The!
object for its agitation was manifest ; Ministers knew
that the voice of the public was about loudly to ap-
peal to the Throne, on account of the various cala-
mities they had entailed upon the country : and this
measure was artfully introduced to stifle such peti-
tions. In this Council, indeed, politics seemed to be
excluded, and the leading principle of alltheir debates I
appeared, to be a dinner! Even if this dinner was to
be given at the individual expence, it was stated, there
would Ix no attendance ; so far did their loyalty
carry them. He was inclined, if money was to be
expended on such an occasion, to follow the principle
*of eithEr of the two last motions • he did not care
`which. The adoption of one of them could alone
rescue the Common Council from the odium. which
had publicly fallen on it. Expenee, he never could I,
think a criterion sf loyalty, but if it was to .be.in-
cUrred, let it be in a humane way ; let it be is render-

m
ssed, And
"..-f.'-' ..... .ak.:...r.. ?".. ....r...: 7.7,
;ng benittslo. the distressed, int,ennie of
our fellow-citizens useful to thuinselves, ilitir chit'
dren, and the State.-(Heitr, Imsr !) In Edward
the Third's time he read of no-dinner, bqt hey Oa.
of ma better things : he read s>f• many.goodavis •
and.,Rnblic institutions, and of the confirmation of. ".
:.,MagtiFehatta : such was the celebration of that,k_.
bilee. This was not a Lupe for that Court to set
an example of sensuality, or endeavour by a selfish ~
1 prodigality. to raise stab higher ou the poor, the, al-...i.
ready-enorraotts price:Of bread. They had fallen
under the hean.displeastu-e of their , constituents and •
,
be Itafl eieti•beatxl,. that a Meet* was to be held
fir the.pOrPok: taking their copdaclintp censide7
....;,:
fitioth " _(,rl/4 1 ' Gentlemen Anight langb,.but he
I 4 them the ir,-..-and he 'could not wonder at it, ' -
4,*.n ifift-Cciart, .*/*-liiide the engine of every •
iii.teil4l„iiiarignstre, and ,when the East India Com-
paq) e.ilkl itsaif the -first Corporation in the king-
dom ; anti even the Bank- or):4Eirgland begiti to. set •
them an exiiirkle.:, No siOder their constituents
should be.p.4ed at th9seCOrporations, associating
merely. for -their-own ..priviteeinolument, assuming a,
precedence over them; the public corporate body of ••
the first'city in the world. He did not wish to spa*. '
disrespectfully-of the Bank ; buthe" thought.it little- ...- :
. competent in set an example on political points.. It. ...
increased:.-by •:she calamities of the country-br tia. • -
calamity •it had its funds *Witte zilOtibled ;- and me ,
obniiiibiis iffaiStins i?Ptiii...ltitabe..Tax was Isitelie
e-
.e
. 33ank .1)
by s9P,9l.,choSit. l' geCtoTh even at 'the-
Matoralty house,.' (tire Dixon hope eritd oat 44 Irk;
;Ili-ream, that-tine P") ~ .1.• I will tell)stc(Said Mr.'W.)
it was:Li:lid Grenville—A4'..iante'lerd" Cirepy..ille, ,
..
who gave your son a place ; and I was raising my • * •• '
.I•nice against it when you' and your brothers were
soliciting at the Treasury. steps."' ...Nte.7,W; said he
had now given his sentiments on the subject, and
should conclude. Ho was.sovsy,to.be.convelled to
result topersonalities, but those who chose to.catechise, ...
hirn,must abide by the consequence, • .., • .
•• Mr. Dixon deprecated the attempts.which had been' •
made to degrade him in the estimation. of the public.
He had now entereel into his 50th year4having paved
his way through lite.bY,barci labour; and never. in one
instance, itayingeaten the bread of the.public. He. had
never.asked for, or calculated upon receiving, a place.
He had been nearly 4Q years in the employ opt one
~ . •
house; and,..after having
.tseen so with the most irro-. . •
proachable character, it was natural for him to wish • . .
to procure his son to bg his assistant, and ultimate
successor : but,. notwithstanding the equally irre- •
proa•chable,cqncluct of his son, he was given. to under- ....'
stand that this. would not be the case. His son was -
toafar advancedin life, to submit to indignities ;And . •
he (Mr. Dixon), turned in his mind how ne could put -: ..•
him forward in the world, . I\lr. Dixon then confessed • - .
.that he ,had written to- I.Ja.rd Grenville himself, and -.
I not through' any other channel, stating that line of
conduct he had pursued in bis public life, and his de-
termination, never to depart from it. He would pro-
dneethis lettet, bad he it now in his pocket. He never
saw I.or4lOrenyille in his life, and had never danced
attendance upon him.. He never applied to any Ad- .
Miiiiltra.tion. - . !si--•
Mt. Youso said a few words in favour of a dinner - . • ••
'at the Corporation's private expence.
*..,.lgr,•hlarituetz. spoke against building alms-houses. .• .1- . .
I/ ‘4llii:o DelitlVtntL'.lrall • dgainst "ihe atnit.hduse , *:1,
schOneiinAs oldie finance of the city, he was one of . ._ .
..the Cbmmittse, and thought that, with economy, it .. •
might come round. At present, however, it had no
~,
monei•to spare.; but.if the 'Court were determined to -
afford a...dinner:out of it, he could shew thenialetter* *
way in' which the money might be spent, and 'that -' ' -
was -ia -thit:release Of small debtors. He complimen-
ted
the Report of the Committee to whom the cele- '
bration of the Jubilee had been referred. When it''''-- ' •
was found that they did not recommend a dinner, no
Report ever created so great satisfaction out oftloors.... '..-
,
Mr. Gart•Furris said, thot gentlemen-wanted to rant '....1-.c.
their hands into a purse already emptied. The trades-- •,.,m.,-
men of the city had not been paid (Question, question-4 -. ..,4t.'•
[The worthy Member was here corrected in this as •.. •, ~
sertion]. He was glad to find he was mistaken-; •
but it could be only lately that they had: -
1
Mr. WAITIIMAN in explanation; said, that he did . •
not mean, the consumption of bread would be mate-
rially
increased by the City's dining together, but that •
it was an impolitic act to create a feasting in propor-
tion as our distresses increased. . .
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Wool) rose to answer - :
the objections which had been made to his scheme.
As to.the expence of alms-houses, he calculated that
•50 might be raised for 30001. awl endowed adequately • ..•
for 5061. a-year. It had been suggested, that the
' City Companies would not be alive to this ;. but he • .. •
, would low state, that two,cif Are Court of Assistants
of the 'sneer's Company dicl.him the honour :to say - - -
they. shgald be gbia to Meet the Corporation in' this •
sclrensei He very much approved the releasing poor . -
debtorsi of whose miseries, his situgtioa Rs Sheriff, now •
led hire to be so immediate a witness. He should like,
.incit;ed,ito.eitend it to the-relief ofother prisoners, par- .-
tieularlv those-confined for their political writings. All -.%
he asked was, that the-busines•should be referred to. a • •
Committee tif they- prefertetl the other scheme, he - .
was-ready to withdraw his.. ;ti ' . -
After along and destliory conversation, Mr.Jacks's
Arnenctrnent was pet and carried nem. con; viz.
"'That' this Court is of opinion, that it would be more acceptgble '
to ALt4lGwr sr Con,'and more congenial to -the paternal feelings .
of our hetolialSoviereign, to:promote the release of fhe prisoner
and captive4tirthejoyful7iebilee about to be telebtited, than'in
expending m&ney in fea.ting and iihminatioa : 'it is therefore re-
solved;that the suns of £icoo be subscribed to fife- Roc.rier for the
relief and discharge of persons imprisoht.4 for small debts, pro-
vided the same be applied to the purposes of the institution, oia Cr • •
about the 25th instant; and` esktially for the dischalle of free•
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men of this City!? ' . .
The Loan MAYOR expressed himself extremely
proud of the Resolution of the Court,, and siu4ld tie •
ha• -- to see all the Members at the M: liousi''-'

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after ChurCh, on the 2,5 th instant, to eat a bit of cold.-1.. '''':
roast beef, and that only. • ' . :!';' r':'..:. x•
It was afterwards resolvid, that the 32d Statidihg .
Order of the , Court should be, upon that_ occasion, .
dispensed With ; and that the Resolution of the Court
of the.26th September, as to-illuminating the Guild.
hall and Mansion House, should not be actei upon. ,
,it 'the:breaking up of the Court, the Lotto MAron ..
tolci them. that as hot beef was better than cold, they
should hAT it hot and nothing else.

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ON THE PROPHECIES.—NO. XXXL
THE FIFTH TRUMPET
111. Of the Locusts, and the power given if them.
a And there came out of the smoke locusts agetitut the
earth, and unto them was given power as the storpiotu of
Me earth have power.
?Ise fallen. Star, as we have seen, is that
king of whom it was predicted, that her= deal in
dark sentences and mysteries, and not only blind men,
in a moral sense, but war against the host of heave!:
[the kings of the earth] and put their power in the
shade. Here we are informed by what instruments
be established his dominion. A king without attend-
ants, officers and agents to enforce his authority, would
be a nullity. This was not the case with the King of
the _Abyss :he had an army of locusts—out of the smoke
tame locusts against the earth.
I have already hod occasion to notice that many
eommentatcrs (a) consider the Arabians as intended
by the locusts. Among other arguments in support
of this opinion they tell us that " their having on their
heads as it were crowns like gold, is an allusion to the
head-dress of the Arabians, who have constantly worn
turbans or mitres." Do they mean to insinuate, that
the Saracens are the only men in the world who wear
MITRES This, which is one of the distinguishing
marks of the locusts, may perhaps be found mare cha-
racteristic of a very different description of men.—
Having, as I think, made it evident in the twoformer
sections that the locusts have no relation whatever to
the Mahometans, I shall now endeavour to ascertain'
who. are intended by this hieroglyphic.
Here I must once more remark that the Prqphet in
this place employs not a thetaphor but a symbol : it
was not merely armies numerous as locusts, but locusts
that came out of the smoke. We must ascertain then the
signification of this hieroglyphic ; and as its meaning
in that quality cannot be found in the sacred writings
we must have recourse toothers.—HonA rou,o (b) says
that to represent a man attached to sacred things, the Egyp-
tian: painteel a locust [or grasshopper] ; and PIERIUS (c)
informs us that by kiwi: the Egyptian priests denot-
ed men received into the fellowship of sacred things, and
practised in the discipline of holy mysteries. In other
words the locust is the proper and legitimate symbol
for a pirst or minister of religion. They held that the
mystical doctrine resembled the locust, and more es-
pecially the writings of this doctrine, which, not com-
prehending any syllables, nor being constructed like
oral language, or common writing, but composed
wholly of symbols, discoursed with an absolute sig.
nificancy that is, their discourses and writings,
though as unintelligible th the profane as the noise of
the locust, had A MEANING, known to the initiated! It
might have been thought, as this knowledge was
too sublime for common men, that these priests,
cemented with the exclusive enjoyment of such
satisfying food, would, in pity to those who
were doomed not to be partakers, have feasted on it
secretly and in silence : but the old Greek proverb,
44 Scratch not the belly of the locust," employed
when they were fearful of setting a loquacious man's
tongue in motion, seems to ascribe to these men a
different character. "It is allowed to locusts," says
DEMETRIUS the Philosopher, " to cry with impunity,
and such is their noise that. we dare not even open
our mouths" (d).
It appears, then, that the men symbolized by he-
tests are those of TEE SACRED ORDERS, men attached
by profession and trade to what they call sacred things.
They are the same of whom the churches were fore-
warned from the beginning : 46 I know," says PAUL,
( Acts xx. 29,30), " that after my departing shall GRIE-
VOUS WOLVES enter in among you, NOT SPARING THE
FLOC/C. Also of your ownselves [he is addressing bi-
shops] shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw
away the disciples after them." 64 In the last days peril-
ous times shall come; for men shall be lover: of their own-
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, revilers, disobedient to pa-
rads, unthankful, unholy, without natural diction, pet:fidi-
ous, false accusers, intemperate, fern., enemies to the good,
TRAITORS, headstrong, high minded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of GOD ; HAVING A FORM OF GODLI-
NESS, but DENYING TIIE POWER THEREOF" (2 Tim. iii.
1-5). 44 There were false prophets among the profile
(says Peter, 2d Epistle, chap. ii), as there will be like-
wise FALSE TEACHERS among you, who privily shal I bring
in damnalle seas [aipferte; arx?..siOc, sects of perdition]
even denying the Master that bought them, bringing upon
ehemselver swift destruction—hut the LORD knoweth hew
to deliver the godly out of trials, and to reserve these unjust
men to the day of judgment to be punished: but ehiflly them
that walk after the fresh, in the lust of uncleanness, and
DEspisE GoVERNMExT—boId, self-willed, THEY ARE NOT
AFRAID TO SPEAK EVIL OF DIGNITIES" No, the
hierarchy has never scrupled to maintain that the
higher powers, which Con himself hath ordained, are
inferior in dignity, and entitled to less reverence than
the ecclesiastical. Of this innumerable instances might
be given ; but,Al must speak particularly, of the arro-
gance and presumption of the locust: as a body, when
I come to treat of the beast to which the dragon gave his
power (ch.xiii 1, I shall here only remark, that, in the
fifth century, the period in which the pit of the abyss was
opened, the office a presbyter was held to be of such a
1110 and dignified nature, that the Emperor was con.
sidered as inferior in dignity to one of that order.
blaam,bishop of Tours (ands great miracleworker)
was absolutely se audacious as to maintain this posi-
tion at a public entertainment (e). Let it be recol.
lected too, that, long befbre this period, bishops and
presbyters had become twekijistinet orders : if such
was the veneration due to she latter, what worship
would MARTIN have demanded for his own order, had
his modesty allowed him to speak out ?
Having quoted the scripture account of the charac-
ter which belongs to the locusts, I shall not detain the
Reader with a particular description of the vices that
(a) Brightman, Male, Waples Whitton, Lowman, Newton,
Ken, Faber, &c.
(A) HORAPOLLINIS HIER•GLYPIL w It, sat. 55.
(c) IW..fih. xivi, eat. 42.
(d) According to AK T cminna us (lib. r —Acme also sivay
and this holds true of the men here intended.. Gr
v Ali (lis.taire de Steger, tom. i, p. 23) inform% us, that inpthrfe
century, in different plates, acclamations of praise were
od by singeri, who succeeded each other, both night
and day, an tka;
the service might suffer no interruption. Thus turbulent
big and the not.e of instrume, is were substituted for the simple
sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving—a proof of the demi/Ikm of
Babylon, in which " the voice of harp aa./ and musiei •
and erawinters shall soon be beard no more atalls.,nand(Reeiv.
aviiib2)„
(e) Severn, De obit Margin:, cap. IX. p. 33g, Eon_
pared with neat g- It. co vi. p. 447.