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gekllsi G d •.d're4riiile, the *Wm
' . tsr - - - biasenntry, were likewise pn
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#4loexciegit
,02-tAto 'Abe 'wale Addle:abort of their libertiei
mob ratfibit day taken-place. Mr. Reeves might
0, ris his employers-end inform them that 'nip.
..oihmea had began to assert their rights. ' Solite per.
oohed described the late Common Hall to be an
asit,Dbry of ragganurffins; but dide • understand
imp the Lnid Mayor who bad the best means of,
;il,l, that a more respectable meeting of the Li.
,T7.bad never taken place. The. present question
0, of infinite importance. When their petitions
were presented to the Sovereign on the Throne, an
int was obtained, and they had the satisfaction
.ii bowing that their complaints had reached the
item ear. In the ordinary mode of transmitting
,them, they in all probability proceeded no further
;titan the`bureau •of the Secretary of State. What
'could be more absurd than to place an accusation in
the bands of the thief against Whom it was directed •
and was it not the same thing to complain of a bad
isfinister to his master, through the medium of the
delinquent himsAt ?—..(4iridaere.) Even if their right .
Mile more questionable than he conceived it to be, it
..was natural to suppose thit•the Father of his people
would be disposed to relax the strictness of a positive
roe, is order to listen to the representation of their
twets—these complaints never before had such
...curae
et foundation, and 'those who dotibteel of this
jad only to turn to the suppressed work of the Board
• a Agticulture. After some further remarks, he con-
.tiedeePby moving several resolutions, which were*
eltimately*dered to be published in the London
Mor* essfEvening Papers; the purport of which
was, that to abandon the right of presenting the peti.'
;ions of the Common Hall to the Sovereign, seated
es the Throne, would be a dereliction of their most
'valuable rights, and a gross violation of their duty to
• the country. The final resolution purported, that a
copy of these resolutions should be transcribed, and
resented to the Prince Regent at the next Levee.
Mr. aostrza seconded the amended motion, and
remonstrated vehemently against the uncourteous
-conduct of M. Hunt. He insisted also, that the
amended resolutions went quite as far, and had much
more spirit than those of Mr. Hunt. The right
which they had now met to assert had' never before
been questioned, not even under the reign of the ac-
cursed Marts, who had been justly cashiered, and
expelled from the country, for their misconduct.e—
(The conclusion of this address was entirely lost in
. the general uproar and confusion that prevailed.)
, Mr. HUNT appealed to the Livery, whether Mr.
Thompson or Mr. Flower had dune airy thing more
than repeat do explanation as to what had pasced
which he himself bad previously given ? He could
not remain silent under so weak and pitiful an attack.
lie admitted that he had been told that Mr. Flower
was to move some resolutions, and could not, at the
• time, abstain horn observing that lie certainly was not
s lit person to be appointed for this task, who could
neither be, heard himself, nor , hear the hooting; and
=rations ef his auditors—(Lamer wed anuretere of
kapprebatiem).
W.-STEVE%S professed his anxiety that the Livery
• thould let disgrace their proceedings by any irregu-
hrilyur ladecco um. They had sufficiently Inutile ted
, their dispssition no longer to suffer tamely whatever
indignities might be heaped upon them. Tai the
• resent reign the right which they now claimed had
i never been disputed. Unfortunately the whole system
;. of the G isteritnient bad arrived at that point, that
. tastead of the representatives checking the Govern-
ion, the Government checked and controlled the
seementziees, corrupting them to the base purpose-.
1 Mapeertilig the enemies of the people. He lamented
the tnistatulerAAnding that had taken place in sub-
alining two deferent series of Resolutions to their
confide' ation. it was certain that the Members of
the Committee we're most respectable persons, who
• had come forward entirely on public grounds, and
from a conviction Cut the country stood in need of
their assistance. Mr. Hunt, from his situation, did
sot maintain. that intercourse which was essential to
onion of effort, without which no public ohjtct could'
possibly he effected. i
Mr. W AITHNIAN said he knew nothing of the per-
'tonal differences to which allusion had been made,
but be was anxious for the consistency and dignity
of their proceedings. It was but an ordinary point
of civility to allow the persons appointed by those
who signed the requisition for the Meeting, to take
the priority in commencing the business of the day.
Why this coursehad been departed from on the present 1
ioccasion, he could not determine ; but he guessed,
as the phrase was in Hamlet, that it was " Miehia:
Ina4c4o,' or that it meant mischief. It certainly ap-
peared to him to be strong evidence of a disingenuous
motive, to take a sly peep into the intentions of others,
for the purpose of unexpectedly frustrating them.
• ' The question was then put, and the LORD MAYOR
declared the shew of hands to be in favour of the
amended Resolutions, and those of Mr. Hunt were
tonsequendy rejected by the majority of the Hall.
'flanks were unanimously voted to the late Sheriffs.

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Whilst so many of the foreign Papers circulate such
Itossiid erroneous notions with respect to the com-
.74llllef des country,. it giyes us pleasure to find in
"e Ahem, the ifiernanaia, the following just and lit
kW remarks against the prohibition' of English mer-
chandise: Of what advantage is It to force the esta-
blishment of manufactories in a country in which the
arms devoted to agriculture, to the mines, and fisheries,
ate not over abundant ? Why provoke an employment
of our capital wl,ich is not indicated by the natural state
of our degree of civilization ? Should we even place
all our funds in manufactures of silk and cotton, we
e old be still unable to support a free competition.
wr most *have
.prohibitory laws—that is, force the
onsumer to buy at a dearer prict merchandise less
M'd or lets c( mmodious. What do we gain by fa..
vi.uringlhe class of speculators, small in number, at
Ike expense of the great mass of the public ? It is
laid that our money goes to England ; but is not our
!rioney the produce of our mines or the price of out
grain! Thui, by paying for foreign stuffs, we do
but exchange the produce of our simple industry for
that of an industry more complicated, and which it
ti impossible fer ns to imitate with advantage. The.
Continental System had tint for its objot the prove-
tity of nations—it had an object of political ambition.
exists no longer. We must therefore abandon
that qslent, as we relinquished Abe precious plan 01
Ittak:ng sugar from beet-rbott.

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THE EVENING STAR.

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'• . . • LONDON.
• WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 0. 1816.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK t.
Reduced shut—Cons. mo. 64—Com for on, est
. 4 per. Cent. shut-5 per Cala. Navy 9211
India Sands ss. prs.—Eschequer Belli, cs. di% is. pre.

A Mail from Hamburgh arrived this morning.
An article from Constantinople states, that Egypt is
about to become an interesiing country t SAVARY•
LALLILMAND) and several other worthies, whose skill
in military operations has deluged Europe with blood
for the 'last quarter of a century, have been received
with favour by the Governors of some of the Tutkish
Provinces. They will, of course, resume their mis-
r chievous occupation, unless repressed, by the high
hamd of authority; emanatirg from the Cabinets of
Europe. If the KING of Figs does not think worth
while to demand the "elivery of the traitors, the
prosim:ty of our Indian psissessions o ght to inspire
the British Government with comet ing like a vie-
lam :pith over their motions.
The German Papers are filled with details of the
tour of the Emperor ALIIXANDIIR through his cl,)ml-
nions t we need scarcely add, that his Majesty was
every where greeted by his own subjects with as much
enthusiasm as he was. two years ago by the subjects
,of his brother. Sovereign, GEORGE 111. '

HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER SO.

There is now lying in our port, to take in a cargo,
the remarkable vessel which was destined to convey
Bonaparte to North America, in his flight from
France. Every thing was arranged according to his
own plan, and quite concealed. The Ex•Emperer
would have happily escaped that time also in a very
large cask, expressly ordered for the purpose; but
the English surrounded him too closely. If he had
escaped discovery on one examination of the vessel,
twenty or thirty others wsre to be expected, so that
at the end he thought it best to surrender voluntarily.
The view of tl. I 'essel may perhaps excite interest :
it is commanded by Captain Glay, and belongs to
shipowners of Lubeck