Excerpt from London and Middlesex, or an Historical, Commercial, and Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain, Vol. 3: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above CountyAnother meeting of the Court of common-council to con sider of an Address to his Majesty respecting the Ex pedition to the Island of Walcheren, gave rise to a nu merous Meeting of the Livery in Guildhall, and a Second Meeting of the common-council to reconsider the Address voted before, which, when ultimately presented to his Majesty on the 2oth of December, drew forth a reply from the throne as to the Walcheren business, and other subjects of complaint connected with it in the Address, that his Majesty was the best judge of the propriety or impropriety of the measures adopted by the Executive, and, in fact, that Parliament only had a right to make inquiry. But, notwithstanding the high language used on this occasion, and the strenuous wishes expressed by a mem ber of the Cabinet for the retention of Walcheren, this important Island was evacuated by the British forces on the 23d of Decem ber, 1809, after they had kept possession of it, with Flushing, and several other strong posts, nearly six months.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.