Volume 3

A topographical and historical description of London and Middlesex. Containing an account of the towns, cathedral, castles, antiquities, churches, monuments, public edifices, picturesque scenary, the residences of the nobility and gentry, etc.; accompanied with biographical notices of eminent and learned men / by Messrs. Brayley, Brewer, and Nightingale.

  • Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854.
Date:
[1810-1815]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A topographical and historical description of London and Middlesex. Containing an account of the towns, cathedral, castles, antiquities, churches, monuments, public edifices, picturesque scenary, the residences of the nobility and gentry, etc.; accompanied with biographical notices of eminent and learned men / by Messrs. Brayley, Brewer, and Nightingale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the 30th of January 1810, Colonel Wardle attended at Guildhall to receive the thanks and the freedom of the city, in consequence of the part which he took in prosecuting the inquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York, and his unfortunate con- nection with Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke. In the following month a resolution, proposed by Mr. Waith- man, for establishing a standing order to prevent for the future any petition or address, voted by the Common Council, and once agreed on, from being reconsidered, or any other substituted in place thereof, was, after a debate of considerable length, agreed to. It would appear that much valuable time was lost in the almost useless attendance to a requisition from the Livery for a Common Hall, for taking into consideration the conduct of the House of Commons in the imprisonment*of Mr. Gale Jones and Sir Francis Burdett; the result of this was a great deal of bitter altercation among the different parties, and the passing of a number of re- solutions, which had no other apparent effect than to excite a counter meeting of the Livery at the London Tavern in Bishops- gate Street, with other resolutions, and a declaration in direct opposition to the former I In fact, almost the whole busi- ness of Common Halls and Common Councils during the summer of 1810, was confined to the subject of Parliamentary reform, which the parties themselves seemed to forget, the moment a new subject of discussion was introduced: and when the new Lord Mayor went in state to Guildhall to hold the first Court of Com- mon Council in his mayoralty, the late Chief Magistrate, received a vote of thanks for his excellent and patriotic conduct, which was put and carried unanimously. The last business of importance which occupied the attention of the Common Council at the close of the year 1810, was the re- gulations proposed for the City Militia, or rather the abuses con- nected with this establishment. The report of a Committee ap- pointed to examine the subject, being brought forward, it ap- peared they had agreed that it was expedient to petition Parlia- ment to enable them to do away the militia acts altogether. The militia