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A LIBRARY OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

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jN COMPLETE COLLECTION of VOYAGES
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the year 1492, to the Commencement of the, Present Century ;
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PORTSMOUTH.
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that hem, and after the 28th Say of February nest, be in-
lords carrying on the Br.inss of Ship-chandler oo his own so:e
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SMITH, MA TOR.

IN a MEETING or ASSEMBLY of the MAYOR,
ALDERMEN, and LIVERYMEN, of the several Companies
of the City of London, in Common Hall assembled, at the Guild-

ban of the salt' City, on Tuesday, the 9th day of January, 1810,
1. Respb:ed unanimously, That it is the undoubted right of the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, to
p rest •It their Petition to the King sitting upon his Throne-; that oitt
of personal feeling.: towards their Sovereign, they did, at the last
Common Hall, wave the exercise of this right.
S. Resolved unanimously, That it appears that the Secretary
of State Informed the Sheriffs, that the Petition of the Livery
ould be received only through his office ; that they have been de-
nied not cr.ly the usual access to his Majesty, by a personal au-
dience, but the undoubted right of presenting the same when
they had ague access to his Majesty at the Levee, where they
attended to present, and did present a Petition from the Court
of Common Council.

3. Re-solved unanimously, That such a denial is not only sub-
versive of the Rights of the :verv, but a flagrant violation of the
It-eht of Petitioning, claimed, demanded, and insisted upon, and
confirmed to them by the Bill of Rights. _ _ _

4. Resolved unanimously. That all complaints of the miscon-
duct and incapacity of his Majesty's Servants are most likely to
be nugatory, if such complaints must pass through the hands of
those wry servants, and the Pro; le can have no security that their
complaints are heard.
5. Resolved, That whoever advised his Majesty not to receive
the Petition of the Livery in the accustomed and established
*ode, have committed a scandaluuS breach of their duty, violated
one of the first principles of the Constitution, and abused the con-
fidence of &els Sovereigs.
6. Resolved unanimously, That this Common Hall, disregarding
all attempts and designs of interested and corrupt hirelings, who
dative emoluments from the national burthens, to impure u i wor-
t,ty and disloyal motives to those who resist unprincipled and
dangerous encroachments uponstheir established rights, are deter-
roiled, to the utmost of their power, to maintain them against
those evil Counsellors, who have thus raised a barrier between
the King and the People, and thereby prevented their just com-
plaints front reaching the royal car.
7. Resolved, That the followirz instructions be given to our
Re iresentatives in Parliament :
G ENT LEM ZN-N ou are hereby instructed to move in the House
of Commons 'or support such motion, if moved), for an humble
Address to his Majesty, praying for an immediate and rigid in-
quirr into the c tu.;cof the unexampled failures and disasters which
have attended our late Expeditions to Spain, Portugal, and Hol-
l.thd, whereby the blood and treasure of the country save been
s:iarnefully sacrificed, without rendering any effectual assistance
to our Allies, checking the progress of the enemy, or tending to
the glory or security of his Majesty's Crown and Dominions. You
are also instructed to support all motions which have for their
object inquiry into the violation of the rights of petitioning—into
the wasteful expenditure of the public money—the correction of
public abuses—the abolition of all unnecessary places and pensions
--the shortening of the duration of Parliaments, and restoring
taem tv their constitutional purity and independence, as the oily
means of retrieving our public affairs, and enabling this country
successfully to contend against surrounding nations.
8. Resolved unanimously, That the Sheriffs, attended by Mr.
Remembraneer, do forthwith wait upon his Majesty, and deliver'
in, o his Majesty's hand, in the name of the Lord Mayor. Alder-
mien; and Livery of London, a fair copy of the foregoing Resolu-
tions, signed by the Town Clerk.
9. Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting be
given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for his independent
*—haviour upon all occasions, and particularly for his conduct this
4aT.

lin Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of this Meeting be
given to Sheriff Wood,for his general conduct, and for his having
re mented an audience of his Majesty, agreeable to the instructions
of this Halt.
Resolved unanimously, That the Reselutions of this day, toge-
ther
with the Petition agreed upon on the 14th day of December
las', be signed by the Town Clerk, and published in the usual
Morning and Evening Papers. WOODTHORI'E.
To the KING's Most Excellent MAJESTY in COUNCIL.
The humble and dutiful Address and Petition of the LORD
Ma volt, ALDERMEN, and LIVER! of the City of Lon-
don, in Common Hall assembled.
" MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, •
4' We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of the City of London, in
Common Hall assembled, must humbly approach yoer Majesty
at this awful crisis, to exercise a duty no less painful than im-
perious.
" It is to represent with humility to your Majesty the present
deplorable situation of public affairs, that we have again ap-
proached your Royal Person.
" Attached to your Majesty's illustrious House from affection I
and from duty, vie should in demonstrate the sincerity) of our
loyalty, were we to conceal fn—, your ATajcsty that it is not
amongst the least coneineeable ef eilir grievances that attempts
should have been made to breed your Majesty': faithful subjects
with disaffection to your person and Government, wherever they
have exercised their indubitable right to complain of gross ahutes
in the State, or to attribute the disgraceful failure of expennve
and calamitous enterprises to the lgnot awn- and incapacity of those
who either planned or executed them, a; if infallibility were the
appendage of office, and belonged of right ton those who may be
"Ailed into your Majesty's Councils.
" With equal grief and indignation we have seen the disastrous
result of various Expeditions, in which your Majesty's armies
have beer. unhappily engaged, and which most forcibly mark the
disgraceful imbecility of those distracted Councils, which have so
scandalously lavished the blood and treasure of a patient, loyal,
and burthened people.
Towards the close of the preceding year yeur falderal Citi-
sons humbly expressed to your nlajesty their deep concern and
disappointment at the disgraceful Convention of Cintra; but we
have yet to deplore that due and efficient inquiry has not been made
Into that disgraceful transaction.
" It le equally painful to call to your Majesty's recollection the
melancholy fate of a second army assemblen within the Peninsula,
under the gallant Commander Sir John Moore. lenorant alike
of toe state and disposition of the Spaniards, and the force and
designs of the enemy, this army heieg sent into the interior of
Spain, was in imminent danger of being captured ; in this critical
emergency, and state of agonizing perplexity, abandoned to his
own resources, this hapless, hut meritorious Officer at length dis-
covered that he had no safety but in flight ; with the loss of his
ammunition, horses, specie, and baggage, and harassed al as-
sailed on all sides, he scarred the retreat ef the remains of his
gallant followers, by the sacrifice of his own invaluable life.
" Deriving no benefit from experience, a third well appointed
army, under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, was hurried
into the interior of :Spain, :nine inrorant of the finite and move-
ments of the enemy, where, after an unprofitable display of Bri-
tish valour and a dreadful slaughter, this army, like the former,
was compelled to seek its safety by h precipitate retreat, before
(what we were led to believe) a vanquished foe, leaving thousands
of our sick and wounded countrymen in the hands of the enemy.
This loss, like others, has passed without inquiry ; and, as if im-
punity had placed the servants of the Crown above the reach of
justice, your Majesty Inn been advised to confer titles of honour-
able distinction on the 'General who had thus exhibited a rash
and ostentatious display of unprofitable bravery.
" After these multiplier' errors, and in defiance of reiterated
experience, we have seen another expedition, yet more expensive,
more disgraceful, and mere calamitous than the former. Tbis ar-
mament, delayed until the fate of Austria was decided, landed on
the unwholesome shores of the Scheldt ; where, after an unac-
countable state of inaction, thousands of our brave soldiers have
miserably and ingloriously perished by pestilence, privation, and
disease, without having eccumplished one national object. On
such an Expedition, planned and conducted by a Miiiister, who
it is now known had been pronounced unfit for his office by his
c .11engues—a5 rept•clition that touches all minds with shame, and
fills all hearts with .nony, it is too painful to dilate.
" We cannot I efraio from representing to your Majesty, that
while the affairs of the Nation have been so shamefully miscon-
dacted abroad, the most scandalous waste, profusion, and mis-
management, have pr ailed at home; and your Majesty's confi-
dential Advisers, denim! e of all those nualities essential to good
gonernment, and regardless alike of the sufferings of the People
and of the honour of their Sovereign, and insensible or indifferent
to the surrounding &inure .r.d impending fate of the Country,
have been engaged in the most dograceful squabbles, intrigues,

and cal'al3, that aver degraded the rontxth of any nail; api
which cannot but be as disreputable to peat Majesty's Gowen-
meat, as they are ruinous and dishonourable to the Country.
pd
While we disclaim all interest in the views of contending OW
ties, from a firmsoninction that we cannot look for a reformation
in the abases of the State, from any persons or parties, interested
in the preservation of them ; we cannot but express our ardent
hope, that your Majesty will be more fortunate hi the choice of
the men to whom you may hereafter confide the conduct of af-
fairs ; and that your Councils will be no longer embarrassed, nori
the Country insulted and dishonoured, by those disgraceful oc-
currences, which, while they have exposed us to the ridicule of
surrounding nations, may embolden the enemy to look forward
with confidence to the subjugation of a nation so distracted in her
Councils, and so im;rovidently governed.
That, while we forbear enumerating a long train of internal
grievances, we cannot but attribute such a series of failures and
disasters to the abuses and corruptions of the State, and the con
quent want of constitutional controut over the public expendit
and the servants of the Crown, whereby the responsibility of
nisters ..ppcars to exist only in name.
We, therefore, humbly pray your Majesty will be graciously
!leased to assure your loyal and affectionate people, that the object
to which their wishes are directed, is neither to be abandoned nor
eluded; and that your Majesty will be pleased to institute a rigid,
impartial, and general Inquiry, into these great national misfor-
tunes; into the plans upon which these Expeditions were under-
taken, and into the conduct of the Commanders to whom they
were entrusted. Signed, by order,

41117pCIICIanC V. ••••••Aci was. •
Caned into your Majesty's Councils.
" With equal grief and indignation Is
result of various Zxpeditions, in whist
have beer. unhappily engaged, and whic
disgraceful imbecility of those distract ec
scandalously lavished the blood and tre
and burtbened people.
`.` Towanda the close of the precedin
MIS humbly expressed to your Majest
disappointment at the disgraceful Cony
have yet to deplore that due and efficient
Into that disgraceful transaction.
" It iv equally painful to call to your
melancholy fate of a second army assail
under the gallant Commander Sir loin
of ice state and disposition of the Spa
designs of the enemy, this army being
Spain, was in imminent danger of being
emergency, and state of agonizing per
own resources, this hapless, but metier):
covered that he had no safety but in ft
ammunition, horses, specie, and baggl
sailed on all sides, he seztireld the rctr
gallant followers, by the sacrifice of his
" Deriving no benefit front experien
• army, under the command of Sir A rth
into the interior of Spain, alike innorai
relents of the enemy, where, after an ui
• tish valour and a dreadful slaughter, tl
.
was compelled to seek its safety by a
(what we were led to believe) a vatiquis
of our sick and wounded countrymen ia
This loss, like others, has passed withal
punity had placed the servants of the 1
justice, your Majesty hs been advised
' able distinction on the 'General who
is and ostentatious display of unprofitable
" After these multiplies' ernes, an
experience, we have seen another cape,
more disgraceful, and more calamitous
liniment, delayed until the fate of Aust
the unwholesome shores of the Schell
countable state of inaction, thousands
miserably and ingloriously perished by
• disease, without having accomplished
such an Expedition, planned and cant
it is now known had been pronounced
.e Alcagues--asa Expedition that touches
fills all heart's with aeony, it is too pat
"We cannot f re_ra.n _ram represent
while the affairs of the Nation have hi
&acted abroad, the must scandalous
management, have prevailed at home:
dentist Advisers, destitute of all Thom
government, and regardless alike of t
and of the honour at their Sovereign, i
to the surrouudieg d angers and impen
have been engaged in the most dill-4