1809.] 
On Thursday, the ist of August, a Court 
of Common Councit was held at Guildhall, 
at which the following resolutions were 
passed :— 
‘¢ That this Court did, on the 6th of April 
last, express its thanks and gratitude to Gwyl- 
lym Lloyd Wardle, esq. for his conduct in_ 
bringing forward and substantiating serious 
charges against the late Commander in Chief, 
which, notwithstanding the majority in his 
favour in the House of Commons, compelled 
his resignation. That no circumstance has 
Since transpired, which can, in any manner, 
lessen the importance of that investigation, 
impeach his motives, or affect the. merits of 
the case. On the contrary, his unwearied 
exertions, perseverance, and fortitude, under 
unexampled threats and difficulties, have de- 
veloped a scene of scandalous abuse and -cor- 
ruption, not only in the army, but in various 
departments of the state. 
‘¢ That it has been discovered by the said 
investigation, that these abuses have ex- 
tended, not only to the disposal of church 
and East India patronage, but also to the dis- 
posal of seats in the legislature, and charges 
have been brought forward, and proofs offered, 
implicating in such corrupt and illegal trac, 
Lord Viscount Castlereagh, the Hon. Spencer 
Perceval, and the Hon. Henry Wellesley, 
all members of the House, and then and now 
holding ostensible situations in his Majesty’s 
government, a traffic, which, in the language 
af the Speaker of the House of Commons, 
** WoULD BRING A GREATER SCANDAL 
UPON THE PARLIAMENT AND THE NA- 
TION THAN THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER 
RENOWN SINCE ee HAS HAD 
AN EXISTENCE.’ 
‘© That the said investigation has also led 
to the discovery, that the said Lord Castle- 
reagh, one of his Majesty’s Secretaries of 
Seve: and late President of the Board of Cun- 
troul, did, in fagrant breach of his duty as a 
minister, abuse of his patronage, and gross 
violation of the constitution, place a writer- 
ship in the hands of Lord Clancarty, a mem- 
ber of the same Board, for the purpose of ‘ob- 
taining for hima seat in parliament; which 
_ fact, the said Lord Castlereagh has himself 
admitted, and, notwithstanding there appeared 
asmaller majority in his favour, than ap- 
peared in favour of the Duke of York, in 
manifest injustice to his Royal Highness, and 
gross insult tothe nation, the said Lord Castlee 
reach still retains his official situation. 
“¢ That these attacks upon the vital prin- 
Ciples of the constitution have been made 
without punishment or censure; and motions: 
for inquiry into such practices have been 
rejected, upon the alledged frequency and 
motoriety of chem; and parliament ha: there- 
by,.as well as by passing a Bill to prevent the 
sale of seats in that house, recognized and 
acknowledged ‘the corrupt influence under 
which it has been called together, and exer- 
cised its functions. 
Montary Mac, Ng. 189. 
Incidents and Rete es in and near London. 22) 
‘¢ That it was stated by Mr. Wardle, that 
there was an office publicly kept open for 
the sale of places under government, end ale 
though such statement, when made, only ex- 
cited the derision of ministers, and the house, 
it has since appeared that the above statement 
was correct 3,and his Majesty’s ministers have 
indicted and convicted several persons con- 
cerned therein, and such practices were de-.. 
clared in the said indictment, to have a ten- 
dency to degrade, vilily, and traduce, and bring 
into contempt, the administration of the 
country.. ; 
‘¢ That by various statements which Mr. 
Wardle has lately submitted to parliament, it 
appears, that, by acorrection of the frauds, 
abuses, corruption, and peculation, which 
have been found to exist in every branch of 
the public expenditure, to which inquiry has 
extended, and a wise and honest application 
of our resources, the people might be relieved . 
from heavy and oppressive burthens, if not 
whoily from that inquisitorial, and. most 
grievous of ail imposts, the tax upon income. | 
That his conduct on this occasion seems to 
have drawn upon him, in a high degree, the 
malice and rancour of those who are inter<-. 
ested in the continuance ofthese abuses. 
‘¢ That in the opinion of this court, indi= 
viduals who devote their exertions towards 
exposing and correcting public abuses, are at 
all times’ entitled to the support and protec 
tion of the country, particularly at the present 
moment, when there appears an unabating 
effort onthe part of those notoriously under 
the influence of government, or who parti- 
‘cipate in the existing frauds, corruptions, and 
peculations, to cry down, vilify, and traduce 
every man who has courage and iategrity to 
expose such practices, in order to mislead the 
public, and divert their attention from these 
great evils.” 
MARRIED. 
At Mrs. Talbot’s, Wimpole-street, Lord 
Boringdon, to Miss Talbot, of Wymondham, 
Norfolk. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-square, P. H. 
Earle, esq. eldest son of Sir James Earle, to 
Miss Kempe, eldest daughter of the Sate 
Mr. Serjeant K.—G. Powney, esq. to Mrs 
Masters, of Lower Grosvenor street. —Frane 
cis Cholmeley, esq. of Brandsby, Yorkshire, 
to Barbara, fourth daughter of H. Darell, esq. 
of Cale Hill, Kent, 
At Mary-le-bonne, Sir Henry St. John 
Mildmay, bart. to Charlotte, eldest daughter 
of the Hon. B. Bouverie. 
~ At the Countess de Wandreate s, in Parke 
Jane, Amand de Froyer, son of the Count de 
Froyer de Leguille, to Miss Holamby, of 
Battersea. 
At St. Giles’s, C. Johnson, esq. of Comp. 
ton-street, Clerkenwell, to Miss Mary 
White. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-square, lam-<s 
Bickford Heard, esq. to Miss Georgianna’ 
Wevill, youngest aausheer of the late Thomas 
eg N. esq: 
