The Virginia Gazette

June 27. At the Court of Aldermen, at Guildhall, on Saturday last, when the petition had been read a second time, with some alterations, and unanimously approved of, Sir Robert Ladbroke came forward, and told the Gentlemen of the Livery, "That he not only assented to presenting it, but thought it his duty." Alderman Beckford being next, addressed them, by assuring them, "That he was ever at the service of the Livery of London; that in regard to giving the petition, it was a request that made him happy, as it agreed entirely with his own opinion; and that with respect to the particulars of the petition now read (as far as he could judge from twice hearing it) he knew most, if not all of them, to be facts, and concluded, by referring to his conscience, for the uprightness of his intentions."

Mr. Alderman Trecothick next spoke to the same effect, and said "He was happy in attending his brother members on this occasion."

A motion was then made, and universally approved of, to return thanks to the Lord Mayor, for his great candour and impartiality on this occasion; which his Lordship afterwards very politely thanked them for, by assuring them that he would, to the best of his power, finish, as he had begun his office, with justice and impartiality.

As the Aldermen came into the Council Chamber, such of them as had voted against Sir Matthew Blackiston's resignation, were hissed as they passed through, and likewise when they went to the Hustings.

A correspondent informs us that the petition will be attended by a select number of the Livery, in their Livery gowns, who will be styled the Grand Inquest of the city of London; and not improperly (continues he) as the subject of their present complaints is the bad measures of the Ministry, whose weight has been on the decrease for some time.