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r Lirely new to them. He considered that a most
important service would be done to the cduntry,
the Court would, upon the present occasion, boldly
express its sentiments.
After a few observations in favour of the Resolu.
tions from Mr. Alderman PRINCLP, the first Resolu-
tj3n was passed unanimously.
The second Resolution which was then read was,
for thanks being returned to Colonel Wardle.
Mr. DucoN objected to the words " unawed by mi.
nisterial threats," as also to the description to the
charges as " fully substantiated." He believed the
Duke ®f York was not guilty of corruption or con-
civance ; but he thought his conduct highly censura.
ble on the ground of morality.
Mr. Deputy KEmace thought the Resolution would
be worth nothing without these words, and said that
I he had been impanelled on a jury, and had taken
Ithe oath, well and truly to try the matter in issue,
and true deliverance make between our Sovereign
Lord the King and the prisoner at the bar," he would
have conceived himself bound by his oath to find,
,pin the evidence adduced, that the Duke of York
was guilty of what he had been charged with.
After a few words from Mr. MAwMAN, chiefly in
defence of the conduct of Mr. Alderman Combo, this
Resolution was also put and carried. [There were
only five or six hands held up against it.]
The Resolution for giving the freedom and thanks
of the City to Colonel WARDLE in a gold box, of the
value of 100 guineas, was also put and carried una-
niously. [Mr. Deputy Kemble at first objected,
on account of the low state of the funds of the City.
lie did not, however, hold up his hand against it.]
The next Resolution, (for the whole of which lee the
Akertitement in a fireceding cola cnn,) was, that the thanks
of the City should be given to tir FRANCIS BuRDETT (the
seconder of Colonel Wardle's motion), Lord For..x.
STONE, SAMUEL WHITBREAD, Esq. Sir SAMUEL Ro-
MILLY, Knight, General FERGUSSON, and the rest of
the 125 independent Members who voted for the mo-
on of Colonel Wardle.
On the motion of Mr. GRIFFITHS, the name of Mr.
Alderman COMBE was also inserted, and the Resolu-

Lon passed with only three or four dissentients.
The next Resolution stated that the Majority of
those who voted for the Duke of York, being possessed
of lucrative places from the favour of the Crown, their
decision, directly contrary to the evidence, gave ground
to fear that they acted under undue influence."
Mr. DIXON thought that this Resolution could do
co good, but that it might be productive of a great
deal of evil, and would appear like an attempt to
noetawe the Legislature by the opinions of people out
of doors.

Mr. Alderman BIRCH conjured the Meeting not to
;ass such a Resolution, which might rouse the most
dangerous spirit in the public mind.
Mr. Sroxes moved the previous question.
Mr. Deputy KEMBLE thought they had gone quite
far enough in their preceding Resolutions.
Mr.WAITHMAN cited different passages from Black-
stone, to prove not only the undoubted right of ex-
pressing their opinions in public meetings, but also the
absolute necessity of returning virtuous men to Par-
liament, without which the Constitution was a mere
shadow. Mr. Justice Bailey had lately, upon the
trial of Sir C. Hawkins, for bribery at an election,
expressed a similar opinion. He thought, that if
elections were suffered to be carried on by bribes, it
was idle to talk of a Constitution or of freedom. Now
it was most notorious, that in all England there were
kindly ten boroughs where the voters were not influ-
enced by the consideration of bribes. The celebrated
Montesquieu, in his Treatise on Government, pre-
dicted that England would be despoyed as soon as
its legislative should grow more corrupt than its exe.
wive. It had been a sentiment often repeated by
the first lawyers of the country, and the best writers
en the Constitution, that England could never be
ruined but by its Parliament. Now if the time be come
when, as Montesquieu predicted, 46 the legislative
a growing more corrupt than the executive"—if,
instead of men being returned to Parliament for their
probity and talents, they are returned from the bate
and sordid consideration of bribes and other motives
equally corrupt—if the prediction of all our old
lawyers, " that England can only be mined by her
Parhament," together with all the other predictions
of the great authorities he had quoted, were now
fulfilling—if England did appear on the brink of)
being ruined " by its Parliament," it was time for
the people to rouse themselves, and prevent the
ruin of their country. As to the Resolution itself,
much stronger resolutions had been entered into at
the time of the India Bill. It had been stated at
the bar of the House of Commons, that 97 indivi-
duals returned 316 of its Members. There was no-
thing in the present situation of affairs which should
prevent them from speaking with the same boldness
that had been displayed in times less critical. He
thought the great grievance of which the people had
to complain, was the misconduct of the House of
Commons, and it was in vain to say they had the un-
doubted right of expressing their opinion on public
grievances, if that which was generally felt as the
greatest grievance cf all should not be allowed to be
mentioned.
Mr. Alderman ATKYNS thought they had already
gone far enough in their Resolutions, and recom-
mended the withdrawing this Resolution.
Mr. Alderman Woon spoke in favour of it.
After a long conversation, the Court divided upon
theprevious question, which wasmoved by Mr. Stokes.
Strangers were then excluded, and the numbers we
zderstood to be—
Per it 4 Aldermen Against it $ Mermen
5$ Commoners SO Commoners
1 Teller 2 Tellers
—3l
An adjornment was then proposed, and negatived,
without a division.
Mr. Alderman ATKYWS moved an amendment, on
41,,ich the Court again divided
*Se it 5 Aldermen Against it 7 Aldermen
21 Commoners SS Comnioners
1 Teller 2 Teller 3
—32 . .

The original Resolution was then put and carried,
Li was the sixth or final Resolution.
There was also another of the original Resolutions,
in substance, that his Royal Hishaess the late Corn-
rn2nder in Chief, by his resignation, had admitted the
truth of the charges against him ; but it was with-
win.—The Court adjourned at half-past six o'clock.
such was the eagerness and solicitude of the people
hear the discrission, and co intolerable the pres-

sure below the Bar, is addition to the heat ofaa enor-
mous fire, which was constantly replenished, for their
accommodation no doubt, that several persons were al-
most crushed to death, and many fainted, in their en-
deavours to get out.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Cmisols, for money, 67H—for April 67i 68-omnium 1 pre.
Exchequer Bills, 6s. 3s. prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Musk Stock 243 242} ex. div. Long Ann. 181 6-16
3 per Can. Red. 61 el. div. India Bonds, its. 13s. prem.
S per Cent. Cons. 67}i Excheq. Bills, I Is. Bs. 105 pre.
4 per Cent. 112 i Consols for acc. 67-} 68
5 per Cont. Navy 98}}1

For the information of our commercial Readers,
we copy a Hand-bill, just received from Holland,
which points out the recent changes in their commer-
cial policy, adopted by the Dutch Government.

List of Goods which, from the Ist of April, 1809, are permitted
to be exported and bnported to and from Allied or Neutral
States, in Dutch Vessels, or those of Allied or Neutral Powers,
to and from the Harbours of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Derd,
Groningen, Embden, Harlingen, Veers, Zeirikes, Delfzyl, and

Browershayen
Ezroars.—Books, Beans, Butter, Brandy, Bricks, Cheese,
Cambricks, Copper (manufactured), Clack% Clover and Garden
Seeds, Eels, Flower Rents, Fruits, Geneva, Gauzes, clue,
Hoops, Hides (dried), Iron (manufactured), Leather, Linen,
Linseed, Madders, Mill Stones, Oak Bark (ground), Oats, Oils
of Seed, Pottery, Powder Blue, Peas, Paper, Perfumery,
Plants, Pipes, Playing Cards, Quills, Rushes, Silk (manufacta.
red), Sacchr. Saturni, Starch, Tiles, Thread and Thread Tape,
Tobacoo, Tams, Turf, Vinegar, Watches, White Lead, Wine,
Wood (manufactured).
Istrox-rs.—Ashes (Pot), Candles, Copper, Corn, Fish Oil
lsinglau, Hare Skies, Hemp and Hemp Seed, Hides (Rough
Iron, Leather (unntanufactured), Lead, Linseed, Mercury, Mats,

Pitch, Russia Skins, Rape Seed, Stock Fish, Soda, Tar, Tallow,
Tobacco, Timber, Wax, Wool, and Wine.

This change in the mercantile system of Holland
cannot fail materially to affect the intercourse which
has for some time subsisted between us and that coun-
try. At the very moment, however, that this new
regulation opens the door to a further connection, our
Government has applied measures of great strictness
to impede that connection. We are assured that Mi.
nisters have refused a continuance of the licences, till
lately granted so liberally to all who maintained any
intercourse with the Continent.

Mr. WARDLE means, after the recess, to move for
an inquiry into abuses consequent upon every change
of Administration, arising out of the courtesy :hewn,
according to the present system, by the new Ministers
to their predecessors in office. There is nothing per-
sonal in the intended motion, and it is to be directed
generally against the system.
His MAJESTY has been pleased to grant a liberal
pension, in addition to the usual allowance in those
cases, to the Widow of the late gallant Lieutenant
LAWRENCE, who fell whilst nobly defending his small
.vessel against a superior French force in the West
Indies. She resides at Plymouth.

Mr. Stnnows has returned from Edinburgh, where
he has left Mrs. SIDDONS, whose efforts, when the Thea-
tre opens there, will be seconded by a most respec-
table list of performers. Mr. KENT, who appeared
to so much advantage on the boards of Old Drury,
will be of the number.

An extraordinary rumour was current in the City
yesterday, that BONAPARTE had stabbed MASSENA, in
consequence of some severe remonstrances which he
made to him in a private audience.

Swansea was thrown into considerable consterna-
tion and terror on Thursday s'ennight, by a fire burst-
ing forth about twelve o'clock from the premises, in
Castle-lane, for candle-making. The flamer; fed by
the tallow, &c. raged for a short time with great fury.
By a letter from Jersey, dated the 30th ult. we are
informed that a paragraph respecting a fracas said to
have taken place between a Lieutenant H— and
a Mr. N—, had no foundation in truth. The pa-
ragraph was copied from a Morning Paper and quoted
by it as from a Jersey News-paper.

A few days since tit o French Officers, prisoners
of war on parole at Bishops Waltham, having had a
dispute, they agreed to decide the affair in an honour-
able way. A meeting was appointed in a field near
the town, but a difficulty occurred in procuring wea-
pons. It appears that the combatants were only in
possession of one sword, and a case-knife. French
ingenuity made a pike of the knife, by confinitl it to
the end of a stick ; but the sword being considered
tie best weapon, they resolved to cast lots who should
have it. After the sword. and knife had been fairly
placed in their hands, the duel commenced, and the
swordsman gave his antagonist three wounds, one on
the face, another on the arm, and a third across the
body. The pikeman gave several dangerous thrusts,
and both fell on the ground ; they remained bleeding
and disabled, until they were discovered by several
passengers who conveyed them to a public-house in
the vicinity. The Officer who received the cuts from
the sabre was not expected to recover. His antagonist
is fortunately out of danger.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, APRIL 7.-The

Market this day has a tolerable supply of Wheat
fine in request, and keeps its price, other qualities
heavy sale, and somewhat cheaper—Barley in consi-
derable supply ; second and inferior are again lower—
White and Grey Peas and the two sorts of Beans, are
at little variation—Of Oats there are middling sup-
plies,•fine samples support last prices, other qualities
are named rather cheaper—The terms of Flour as
our last currency.

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