%i>e thus publicly given, were those df that Livery of London ; be cause, if there was any considerable num- : ber of a ditFerent opinion, the Hall, the re gular place for giving their decision, was j open-to receive them. But it wasalledged that a ballot in the refpsCti've Wards had generally contradicted the opinions expres sed in the meeting of the Common Hall. How were these ballots conducted ? Under the inspection of persons in authority from j the Treasury, the Ctiftoms, the Bank, the India Houfe—ln fine, under such controul, that the Liverymen, without ruin to them selves, were not at liberty to vote in favour of their real sentiments. Upon those grounds he was warranted to maintain, that the Common-Hall alone pronounced the real sense of the Liverymen of London. Before he fat down, there was one subjeCt more, which, though not connected with the present one, he would nevertheless in cidentally mention—This was the plan now nowgoingforwardsfor building Wet Docks at Wapping. The success of such a mea sure would irretrievably ruin some thou sands of the families of worthy citizens. He spared ho paiirs or endeavours to oppose it, and any of them who should call upon him at any time, should find him a fleady afliflant, ready to devote his time and his labour—every exertion within his means to defeat the scheme of the merchants. This speech was received with the loudefl applause. Mr. Alderman Newnham fpokc In so low a tone of voice, that we could colled but very little of a speech which he read from a Iheet of paper. He said, however, that he had been one of that Livery about 50 years, and always observed that progressively, from time to time, one or othsr of our privileges had been occasionally frittered away. But the strides made towards dtfporifm in the last few years exceeded all that had been in tho many preeeeding ones ; -and it was only by some vigorous exertions, to which the busi ness of the present day might be a prelode, that the liberties of the people could be re llored, and the country preserved from de- ItruCtion. He enumerated, under five dif ferent heads, the progrelfive invasions made by Government on the rights and intereftsof the subjeCt, and concluded by recommend ing the adoption of the present motion. The opinions of the worthy Alderman corresponding with those of the meeting, and his venerable age produced a refpeCtful silence in the Hall during his Speech, which was fcarcdy audible. Thequeltion was then put, and carried, with the fame acclimation as the former one. Mr. Waddington moved, That the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheiiffs, and City mem bers be rcquefted to present this Petition to his Majelty on the throne. Mr. Hanfon,faid, as the City of London had of late so little access orintercourfe with the Throne, he was happy in the opportu nity of seconding the present motion—which was carried as before. Mr. Taddy moved, that it be signed by the Town Clerk ; which being seconded, was also carried in the fame manner. Mr. Hanfon, after some farcaflical remarks on the conduit of those who endeavoured to prevent the present meeting, and palling an eulogium on those whose honorable perse verance produced it, moved the thanks of the Hell to the forty-three independeat Li verymen, who have so honorable defended the rights and privileges of the City of Lon dwn, which vvafi fecorided and cjtuea as the formei. Mr. Har.fon next said, that he had another motion to propose, which he doubted not they would cheartully assent to. It could not so soon have escaped their remembrance, that for the advantages which might relult from their prefeut meeting, they were ii debted to the conllitutional conduit of the Common Council, who refilled every allure ment and every influence ihat could be used, in order to secure them in their undoubted privileges. They had lately been aflembled for a purpose of a molt extraordinary nature. When petfons met for objeCts of advantage to their country, they might propeily be called a Council ; but when they aflembled for purposes averse to their liberties and in* terefts, they might with equal propriety be denominated a Cabal. In this fort of def ciiption, the gentlemen alluded to, refufed to be included, and he therefore moved the thanks of the meeting to the Common Coun cil of the City of London, for declining to give «ny opinion on the propriety or expe diency of calling a Commou Hall. Mr. Wm. Smith, M. P. molt cordially se conded the motion of thanks to a set of gen tlemen, through whose means he had an op portunity of addrefling them ; for if he had been precluded from addrefling them then as a Liveryman, as-he law now Hood, he should not have in his power of addrefling them, or any other meeting, so numerously attended, at all. The conduit of the Com mon Council on that oc«afion was tlrongly contralied with that of their worthy chief magillrate (for whatever he might think of this strange proceeding, he must call him worthy while fitting in that chair.) Speak ing, however, as a citizen of London, he could not forbear to fay that the conduit of the Lord Mayor, in endeavoring to (hield his refufal to aflemble a common hall, under the fan&ion of an opinion of the court of com mon council, did meet, and should ever meet with his highelt disapprobation. He had known his lordlhip for many years, and must do him the juitice to fay, that as a private gentleman hi* life was iireproachable ; and as a merchant he had always displayed the diligence, punctuality, and integrity which beeame that character. Some-time after wards he went into another cotirfe of life, and became a servant of the executive gov ernment. In tnat capacity also he conduct ed himfelf very meiitorioufly ; and by his ceconomy and honesty saved several thoufaad pounds to the public purse, which, it was well known, had been plundered by his pre decefiors.. But, unfortunately, it seemed that, in his present situation, he aould not entirely divest himfelf of the other chara&er of a servant of the executive government. The voice, however, of the common coun cil recalled him to a better recollection. He congratulated the meeting on the una nimity which, with the exception of five or fix gentlemen, sow prevailed amongst them. He honoured those few gentlemen, for the firmnefs they displayed in support of their opinions, though in truth he mult fay there was nothing besides their firmnefs, for which be could honor them. When only so few persons amongst 9000 of the Liverymen of London could be prevailed upon by any in. fluence to come forward in the face of their fellow citizens, and oppose the business of the day, it was fair to infer, that amoogft the whole 9000, there were no naore than those five or fix individuals, who sincerely entertain ed sentiments averse to the present proposi tions. Whatever may afterwards be effected by influence, compulsion, or corruption, more powerful than the other two, it could never be supposed to express the sense of the Liv erymenof London. He expeited the happielt effeCts to flow from the refolutioni of this day, which would evince to the whole kingdom that the metro polis was sincere and ardeut.in its wishes for peace, and would not cntruft the conclusion of it with a set of men who had conducted the war with as much inconfideration and folly as they had originally engaged it. It was well known that there generally prevail ed through allthe nation, a desire for peace; but this was the firft time that it had been publicly and explicitly avowed by any great public body, and he hoped that the example o»se given would fpeediiy be followed by all the great towns in the kiggdom. The lord mayor next presented himfelf, but was, at firft, exceedingly ill received. He did not mean, he said, that day to have troubled them with any iddrefs, but he ho ped his fellow-citizens would refleCt, that if their firlt magillrate would not attempt to defend himfelf when attacked, he was un worthy the situation to which they had cleCtcd him. He thanked not the honorable gentle men for the compliments he paid him—the honor and integrity of his character needed no tellimony from him. He had been forty years a member for the city of London ; and the propriety of his conduit in that capacity, as well as in private life, he believed, no man would gainsay, for no man did he ever do an injury. What opinion his fellow-citizens en tertained of him, was proved by their eleCting him into three fucccflive Parliaments; and their sense of the manner in which he dif chrfrged his duty as their representative, was (hewn by the thanks which he had the honor to receive from them. He had been employ ed in the service of the executive government, and was entrufled with an important part of the public purse. Did he difeharge that trull honettly ? Witness, after the length of his important employments, the feantinefs of his fortune—and what temptation for mal-ad miniftration was there in a man, who covet ed neither honors nor emoluments. How dared the honorable gentleman to then aflert, that he was a man incapable of diftinguilhing between his gratitude to the executive government, and his duty as chief magillrate of the city of Louden ? He was no longer a servant of the executive govern ment, and he would not fay at the fame time that he was unthankful for the confidence they reposed in him. But his fortune was not mended by that confidence—he owed every thing to hi* fellow*citizens, and his liljjtieft ambition was to difcTiarge the c'»tin.d a half miles from the City. Apply to JOSEPH SHOEMAKER, No. 120 North Second jlreet. May 18 4 Landing, From the schooner Swallow, Donne, majler, from Gonaives, at Clifford's wharf, 340 Bags COFFEE, 24 Bales COTTON. For Sale b) 'John Clark. No- 55 north Water-street. May 18 § Caution. THE Public are hereby forewarned against trufhng the ftep-daughterof the Sublcrib er, and her mother, his second wife. Repeated mifconduA compels him to forbid any person to give them credit on his account, as lie will pay no debts of their contracting after this date. LUNO BROWN. Philadelphia, May r6, 1797 iS—th3t Lailson's Circus, South Fifth-Street. The Performances at the NEW CIRCUS This Evening, May 18, Y\ ill begin by a Gi and Parade of Equeftriai* Performers of both sexes. A Grand Display of Horfemanlhip. Mr. Lailfon will pick up several Handker* chiefs in a single tour round the Circus. The DUEL ON HORSEBACK, In a forcible manner. A Pantomime on Horfrback, c _.d .The DEA I H OF BUCEPHAi.tiS. After which, the laughable scene of the Tay lor and his Horse. » By desire of a refpe£lable number of perfonl, (for th < last time) the evening's entertainment to conclude by a grand hiflorical pantomime* called The American Heroine. Box, one dc? ar. Pit, half a dollar. ; The doors will be opened at half pad five o clock, and the performances begin preciftly at seven. N. B. No person can be admitted in the centrt of the Circus, which is exclulivcly appropriated to the Equcflrian Exercises. No person can be admitted without a ticket, which will fcrve for the day only. Days of performance, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.