The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-30 00:00:00

P r r I CO.l/. VO.Y HAIL L. I'e•tenlar a Common Hall tilS held f..r the porpo%e ,f electitty a Lora Mayor for the ensiling year. The nail %err a►gcb crowded. The Lady who claim' the tier of Primes" of enotherland, attended I , y one i•i Kir Gerard Noel, and other Gentlemen, with a ?lumber of ladies, appeared in the side Kallery . sty- n.ss weleoneed by the cheers of the Liverymen. At WAr oVerk the Lord Mayor, attended by several Al t, r?een, the City Officers, Ike. appeared on the 1111%- I:has, 111% Lordship was by no means well received ).::t A!derruen Wood, Thorpe, and Waithiu.ql, 3lr. !Areslf Williams, and other Gentlemen were received with every nark of popular esteem. Alderman Atkins was mt., With a storm of hisink, and criesof . 4 , fire, fir-." Sir William Curtis was . treated little better. When orJer was somewhat restored. The I ttttt won Crier read the u•nal proclamation, which was scarcely concluded when the Hall rtsottuded with vehement cries of " the Queen —the Queen fur e‘ et..! After silence was somewhat restored, the CONIMON- SiVIAN i addressed the livery.—lle said that they Wrre " 1111 Untleti tnerlila or the important purpose of seleriinir two Gentlemen to be returned to the Court of Aldermen. one of whom would be •elected to serve the INfire of Chief 'Mairistrate. lie then read over the names of the Aldermen who had served the thrice of Sheiilf and who now••towl Candi•lates for the thliee of 1 l sv•I Mayor; the 'mums of the Candidates. be said, be put to the Liven•. and it would be for them to itsde.! , lie names of the two wllivlt they would is!, tes 'Ate returned to the Court of Aldermen. The L'irorr urre then informed. that a, many as were aralons to return :he respective Candidates should ;:p their liatts:s in the order that the names would be pr. • The name% of the Candidates were then put in the f,l • ose'enq orAer Si:. Na•thew Blexham—his.rs : and a few hands orly 110. i up. Alderman blagnay—about half-doses bands. Ablertuan Heygatr—hisses: about thirty hands. APerman Cox—hisses ; about half.dosen hands. Alderman Thorpe—great cheering followed the an• enurefreen• of 0;14 name, and almu•t all the hands in ti e Hat were held up. Alderman. Rothue'l—h;t.eg: a few hant!s._ Here a general cry of" Wood, IVemel," took place. 'IL. COMMON SINNJEANT said. that he had just re ceived a cummunieation from two Liverymen, C. l'eanon,•of ere Company of Halierdasimers, and Mr. Webim, of thr Company of Joiners, to put in notimina t'utt.flet!iew Wood, Esq., Alderman and Fishmonger. —(Velmentent ;IN.:mese throughout the Hall.)-1 be ladies is the gallery waved their handkerchiefs in token of ardanse. The corthy.Alderman's name was then put, and vc,tremnbers of hands appeared in his favour. ''be Corcou SERJEANT then came forward and sai', tat it wits the opinion of the Sheriffs that the choice of the Livery had fallen on Aldermen Wood and Thorpe.---(Great appiause.) Tire Lord Mayor al.d Sheriffs then retired to the Court of Aldermen, cell having returned in about half at: Lour, the Common Serjeant ileclared the proceed. iris of the ILtii hail been reported to the Hoard, who, alter a scrutiny, re•terned the name of John Thomas 'LLorpe, Aide. 11/ el and Draper, as duly elected to .erne the alio? tit Lord Mayor for the ensuin g year.— (threat and contir..!-1 applause). The Civic Chain sv..s then put round time neck of ti e worthy Alderman, amid the continued greetings of ths , Hall. Net an:e forward to address the Livery, awed spoke to the following effect flentlemen of the Livery—l cannot sufficiently ex perts the deep sense of gratitude 1 feel fur the distin guished hot:our which you have conferred upon me, If raising me to tlie high office of Chief Magistrate agile City of London. IneliVidually, Oentlemen, I have no pretensions, I have no claim to so high a disdoction, and I can only attribute my election to }oak approbation of those principles of civil and re ligious liberty which I have always professed ; on "'kith iu my public life I have always acted, and *Sikh I sisal!' always continue to support.—(Cheers.) —(Gentlemen, I feel the high responsibility of the situation in which you have placed me. I shall do all in my power to Jisclearre its duties to your satis faction —(Applause.)--I hope I shall succeed.— (ripplansr.)—My efforts at all events shall be yore mittieg.; they shall be directed to promote the good of my ceuntry. If I fail, Gentlemen, the failure will proceed: from an error in judgment, and not from an error of the heart (applause). Taken, as I have been, unawares this day, surprised by this mark of your Madness, I cannot address you as I would wish; but my•langionge, tienthensen, however unadorned, is the language of feeling--of sincerity, I assure you I Mill aver entertain a Jeep sense of the many acts of kiesdnem which have reessfvsel at your hatult,• and feethis the last, and not the loset.--(Applause.) , — will not detain you, Urntiatnee: at prtseet, but I assure that I shall dos!! inmy power _ltt.,PTitQl9a the peace and welfare. of this.eityrto iperease the happi ress.au4 uphold the liberty ant). coutstry.—(A pplause.) trust that what I shall resign into your hands the elite which you have thus hoaourahly conferred upon use, that I 'shall continue to possess your good will: itt Atoll be my study to deserve it.--(Lund applause.) thank you. Gentlemen, very . gratefully, for the besemur yen have conferred AO me. The Worthy Alderman retired amid the cheers of the Hall. • A•Mr. GALLOWAY next stepped forwitd, itut• ad dress ti die Hall. He said it was a painful circum stance to him to censure an individual so eminent as the Chief Magistrate.—(Applause.)--But still they amid am hat rteelloet that a l'emesoa /101 l bad been assembled as the 30th of Jam last---peamably sod coas titutlesally assembled—that dm bud . 3layor thought it. he would say, eurreptitiliely.. Rawer warily, eel uarsostitutionally to apply es the Secretary of State for a military force--(Orias of bear; bear ! mad semeusurs.)-14.• Sallemay.—Osatieiseo, • Pere he was leteompliall b y Ow Cowles ani sons. . ._ sad ,4eei red eenfusiee was-tereived iedigsset Mew.] Mr. I'. J. 1V1141411 1 1 liegtolldehle sititedealbee, I 004 he 484 a Reasiffitiaa-t,:maine, *100 . .6 . 41 Jece i l the protested, ef the Leed Mayee.—(Oreet antes -detta Wises ) - THE STATF-. Mr. Charles Pearsott, Mr. Wooler and Mr. Tipper stoud at each side of tiallow y.---Nlr. Pearson de sired tint to CO On t I.e n•as perfectly in ()tier. and should not be interrupted. The Cost sox Sr RJ i:ANT Inc lined to speak, but the uproar continued, and indeed iliercased. A 6K:srl.csitx. whose name we e•-old i u learn., said—You mar vivid to 31r. Williams as a matter uf courtesy, not as a matter t-1 right. Mr. liaLLoii v (as well as we I mild ontlerstand him) said--1 will yield nothing to e•inrtesy these are not times to surrender ri I will persevere. The confusion waS now at its height. A nnivber of ricotta s tood at the front of the hustings. a few against 11 r. Galloway's motiou, the great majority in his favour, and all of then:. hr their gestures, seethed anxious to speak, but " the stormy Walr of the mul titude- set in with such force as to drown all sounds but that of its own violence. 31r. Galloway stood firm, apparently enjoyiti the scene, as l declaring that he would not quit his post. A person next him made some effort to remove him, 11.1( Ir. Smith, one of the Under-Sheriffs, soon cal:si'd 111111 to desist. Its this state was the assembly, when the t'ittnnion Nerjrant, by the motion of Lis lips (to II r him vas impossible), indicated that the Lord 31 .ear had dissolved the Hall. His Lordship, followed by the .I,larrnlen, &r. itr. int ' me &melt - commenced a retreat. Roused to the great . est possible height of indignation, the fury of the Liven• seemed to have nu limit. hisses, groans, con temptuous sneering . , and all the artillery of annoy ance were directel against his Lortlehip. As he re tired, greet was the uproar, Dreadfal was the ein •• Of hissing thru . the Ilan. - 3lr. fiaLt.oway begged for a moment's silence. Ile said the Civic King had abdicated his 'lltrune (ap plause); he would therefore neove that Alderman Thorpe should take the Chair (applause). It was accordingly put and carried that Alderman Thorpe should take the Chair, and some Cientlemen retired to inform the worthy Magistrate of the wishes of the Livery. They remained array fur a consider- able time. Mr. OALLOWAT sail that the interruption which had taken place was intended to try their patience. It :hewed them, too, that the Lord :Alayor could call in soldiers, but was yet very to stand fire (a laugh). )Ir. UALLOW.%T shortly after azain rams forward. He said, that the resitic-t of the Livety bal been cos- , mnnicated to Alderman Thorp. 'I he Worthy Alder man, however, considered, that to take the Chair would be, under present circumstances, rather an invi dious step on his part ; trusting to tie generosity of the Livery he had therefore declined to do so.—lt would, perhaps, be dilEcillt to tart another Gentleman to preside at the Meeting tl.at slay. From what had just passed they saw rite t.ecossity of having a Chief Magistrate n hip %%unlit perform his duty—oswho would bear both sides of a simstion. If he (31r. 0.) had a vote of thanks to propose to the Lord 3layor. lie might dilate on that empty topic as lung as his lungs wonW permit, and as long as their patience would tolerate they saw that there was a striking difference between la vote of thanks and a vote of censure (a laugh). 'MI friends of freedom 'tumid be ever the frieuds of order it were better, therefore, to adjourn for the present. He would pledge hiniselfto the )letting that he would take an early opportunity of having a Requisition sent to the Lord :Mayor for the ensuing year, to hold a Common Hall, fur the purpose not merely of taking into consideration the conduct of the present Lord Mayor in applying fur a military force on the 30th of June last, but also to consider his conduct on that day, in abruptly and improperly dissolving the Hall (applause). The following Requisition was immediately drawn up, and signed by a considerable number of the Liverymen :•—• "TO TRR MONT DON. TR! LORD RIATOR. a' We, the uadersigned Liverymen of London, do hereby require you to convene upon au early Jay a Common flail to take into consideration the conduct of the Chief Magistrate in introducing into the imme diate •icinity of the City of London an armed force calculated to over-awe their proceedings, and to inter rupt their deliberations, and further to enable the Livery of London to express their opinion upon the sudden dissolution of the flail Olt the 29th September, 1820, when one of the undersigned Liverymen was in the act of addressing the assembly upon a subject deeply involving the rights and privileges of the City of London." DEPUTATION OF THE LIVERY. A deputation of the Livery was appointed to present the Requisition immediately to the Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor, about fire o'clock, received the deputation, consisting of about thirty Gentlemen, in the Council Chamber, when he was attended by the officers, and l of the Aldermen. Mr. OALLOWAT stated, that the purpose of their I visit was to request his Lordship to grant the object of the Requisionists. The LOAD alston, at some length, defended his conduct in introducing the military, saying, that it was his duty to preserve the peace of the metropolis, and that he should do it by such means as his judg ment dictated. Mr. Theta remarked, that the object of the depu tation was nut to discuss the question, but merely to know his Lonlship's determination ; and that, how ever, be might individually consider the procedure unconstitutional and improper, he fbuoild leave its con sideration to the Common Hall. The Loco Marna repeated his opinion epos that subject, and further added, tint had he known the purport of Mr. Holloway's motion, he should certainly have permitted it to be dismissed by the Livery. Mr. thavems thereupon congratulated his Lord ship and the Deputation upon the ananimity of their sentiments, as seeing his Lordship had remarked, that be had dissolved the Hall merely because he did not keen the tenor of the Resolution, and that bad he brown it, he should have permitted its discussion ; his -Lordship would, now that that ohjectiots ao haler existed, gladly retrieve the mar by granting the Hall epos a 'very early day. His Lordship hesitiapil,„ 'sad air that se'rerat of his brother Aidenaea Mere ex. 'oriented than Maisel& had agreed with him I. his right to examine the motion, and exercise Minidrama apse it beton be permitted say dfiseesekee. _ - •••• _... NiAN.... Mr. Prausost denied the existence of such a right. and contended, that in the Court in which they were then speaking, in the Meese of Commons, and every other assembly, any 31ember was entitled to intro dare a Resolution by a syrech. and that it was quite saddens for'him to justify ent•h speech by assuring the presiding officer th.tt he intended to conclude with a Resolution; if this were out the ease, the Lord Mayor . alight, by exercisitio• an incipient judgment, put a eat, upon any question, and prevent all discus sion. Mr. Pearson further observed, that he lad him self at lite time stated to the Lord Mayor, that the question related to bitnsell personally. The ',onto 31svite admitted this, hut said, that from 31r. Pearson's jocular manner be considered that it was merely a jest. Mr. PEARSON replied, that all the jortdorit . o was on the part of his Lordship, who, as lung as hr understood from him (Mr. P.) that the proposed measnre was a rt,ge tf Madre to Isis Lordship, with that humour which always characterised his conduct when he was pleased permitted the speaker to proceed ; but that as soon as some person had whispered in his ear that it was a et,te of eeoxisro, the Lord Mayor's sense of the istaprnpri,ty of slide a discussion for the first tissue oc curred to him, and induced him instantly to dissolve the Hall. Mr. COATI'A fully corrurred with Mr. Pearson in his remarks, and felt that the subject ought to undergo the consideration of the Livery. Alderman Walrus' sx also supported his opinion, ; and stated that ultra Brook Watson was Lord Mayor, ; he Mr. IV. ha•l maintained the same doctrine, and that be stas supported in it by Mr. Conley, one of his .11e riestor's 'opnx.l at this Mayor loci o L r dissolved the Hall, his conduct was censured at a subsequent Hall, convened for the pur pose, when that resolution was put by the Lord Mayor himself. The Lotto 31.troe said, that his time was much oc cupied, and asked whether they could not unite this with some tither lousiness ? Mr. TIPPER replied, that if his Lordship pleased he might incorporate the qursti n of Parliatuentary Re form—or an Address to the Queen--or any other cub iect that might be equally palatable to his Lordship, would be always agreealtle to the Livery. Mr. PeansuN observed, that as be did not see the analogy between these subjects and the one contained in the RequiOlon, they would tax his Lordship's inset gimatire farolt.o. which, as it had once found that his iittrodortiom co/soldiers into the city had something to du with the Alien Kill, he might probably be able to supply them with Same other qnestion equally as ap plicable. The Lord Ilayor was pleased to give all the credit of this invention to Mr. Hume, who, he said, sng,gested the connexion of the two quest:one, and the prospect of Introducing his exp:anation ir. t to House of Cotunsons at the moment he slid. His Lordship finally appointed Monday, at twelve o'clot k, to answer whether he would call the Hall ; and a Deputation agreed to wait upoit him to know Ids pleasure. SE.VTIMENTS OF IRISH C.I77IOLICS AIN THE raoczzaixo. AGAINST TOG GUEEN. The surprise which we, in common with rotem por.try journalists, have expressed respecting the apparent apathy of the Irish Catholics upon a question that has roused to an unprecedented degree the feel ings of all the rest of the nation, has called forth the animadversions of defenders of the Irish character.— Among others, it has given birth to a communication, from which we extract the following, as illnstrative of the sentiment we expressed on that subject on Wed nesday : " I cannot pretend to fathom the private sentiments, or use. rtain the secret motives whi h impress or actuate a distant people. But acquainted as lam with the character of ray countrymen, if I were obliged to assign the causes of their neutrality during the present pro ceedings, I could distinctly, and I belies e properly, trees it to the jealousy with which they regard the purity of the female character. My countrymen are not blessed with the gift of stewed sigAi, nor could they bear testimony to the Queen's innocence amid scenes of which they could not in the order of nature I be witnesses. However addicted to hulls and blunders, they could not cunrgatu'ate her Majesty on the paip shie proofs of her innocence, until it had been proved most satisfactorily by the witnesses brought against her. Nor would they impress on the minds of their female relatives the fashionable or factions doctrines of the day, that the age of an aggrieved party supersedes all his claims to redress, or that the transgressions el a husband ran justify a female under an imputation of guilt. " Let me not be inisnntlerstood.--I argue on the sup. I position assumed by certain journalists, that the Irish are persuaded of her Majesty's guilt. Concerning the sentiments of a very bumble and °benne individual, t tyre yawld may well be indifferent. hat whilst I ets deavour to vindicate my country from the calumnies u. newspapers, 1 trust I shall escape the suspicion a *sky whilst I rescue myself from any similar Mating. Conscious as lam of the errui eassaess leff osy own judgment, perhaps I should hesitate in oNieding my indiridual opinion, if that opinion were NM supported by the approbation and coneernient with the constitotiorral principles of one whose eminent !Meats yield only to the virtues and accomplishments with which be adorns and endears his domestic society. The inference, then, which I hare deduced from the whole met ne-pwrie evidence. is. that her Majesty bas reason to be proud of those proceedings, which have proved to the , world, that her fortitude is not to be subdued by isallgnity, however powerful, nor her purity to be contaminated, by the most remorseless perjuries. Her boar of fearful trial is past, already we can discern the I angel of her innocence guiding her footsteps unharmed through the furnace, and leadiag her forth more re splendent from the tires mbjeb had been kindled fur her d"truetion." ...afiffenossa. itles-Joaraal frau which we yesterday tech the pa ragraph noportiag Me wpdpowat of as ihtelish ore *obi is vaitioas this worming to ague the impression Tbs snick is odd to have been owesered fro* air grooss Paper, sad so how hem lareoled isr adverwatly. now is so it is alhowd. is* itch a report. Kw a tail. st the liae is .littiog vet, ow Is soy other expand°a is cootooplatioo. I t t i • C THE QUEEN --.410- The following is her Majesty's gracious Answer to the Address presented to her by a depueati c e, Ladies and Gentlemen, from the 1,430 Inhabitants o f the Parish of St. Puttslpls-without, Aldgate, 31idti•s sex, who eigntil the said Address I thank most unfeignedly the Inhabitants of St. Ik. tolph-Without, Alilgate• fur the loyalty an d , i r es . tion which they have manifested in this Adair's,. When the hierarchy combined with my adversaries : n omitting my name in the prayers of the Chnreh • a: little thought that that omission would long stain of disgrace npon those who thin; made themseltrs instrumental in sacrificing the charitableness o f establishment to motives of secular interests or 15 1 .,. 4 % malevolence. Nothing could furnish a pions or reasonal•le for the exclusion of my name from the Littirgy ; a 1 . flier I was a sinner or a saint, it was not lit that 11, name of the queen should be expelled from that service which ought to be the communism of charity and th a bond of peace. The act itself was a strong indication of no Christian feeling in those individuals by whose male volence it was instigated, and in obedience to chose trill it was aceoniplished. No public event ever excited a more general sentiment of indignation than this Hill of Pains and Penalties: the protnitlgation of it has sonncled the tocsin of alarm in every ear. He who is an enemy to slavery cannot be a friend to this Bill. Ile who loves liberty mast detest such an unconstitutional mode of depth frig the highest subject in the realm of her rights and immuni ties. Though my adversaries omitted no means, and neglect ed no opportunity, of crippling - sue as much as possi'ole in my means of defence, yet integrity is so strong, that truth and nothing but truth, has already, in a great degree, defeated the machinations of my enemies. It is said liars ought to have long memories. The witnesses produced against me had long memories and short rue movies, and memories of all extents and dimensions, as seems best suited to the views of my adversaries: but. notwithstanding the accommodating potency of their memories which could contract into a nutshell, or dilate into a hemisphere, they are found to have cantered no further service to my enemies than to prove that there is no solidity in falsehood, and no stability in treachery; that there can be no consistency without truth, and no • I security without uprightness. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Pee in your paper a letter from the Rev. J. W. Clinninaliatu to 31r. S. C. Whitbread : you would du favour to a Constant Header by the imertion of the following:— TO THF. REV. J. W. CUNNINGHAM.. Sin,—Tliongls Mr. Whitbread has answered your letter for himself, I cannot refrain from taking upon ntrelf a more circumstantial answer than he has con descended to bestow on it. I begin with your first in terrogatory. Is his object, in presiding over the meeting at Paddingtoto, " to alarm the Peers into a decision favourablelto her Majesty ?" No, hut to chew the Peers that there are people who think the present substitution of their High Court for a Court of Com mon Law, unconstitutional and unnecessary. " Is it to get rid of the present Ministry ?" Whatever Mr. Whit bread's wishes may be on this subject, I may venture to say, he did not think the Paddington Meeting as a means, nor is he induced to think with you, that is no alternative between " the sense and honour" of the present Ministers, and a Government by " a mob." " Is his design to gratify party ?" Certainly not. " Is it seating himself permanently as Member for Middl.- sex ?" This question is equally coptetoptible w;th the idea that prompted it. Having answered your questions, I now proceed to answer your charges. You tell Mr. Whithreed that be encourages others to insult his Sawmill's, as a suborner of perjured witnesses. If this would be the effect of his conduct, it ought not to prevent his doing an act which he thinks in defence of the constitution of his country. Dear as the character of his Sovereign ought to be to an Englishman, the welfare of the community ought to be dearer. You say, that he is bringing trim highest Court of Judicature in the country into con tempt. When such a Court exceeds its duties and assumes unnecessary and unconstitutional powers, it brings itself into contempt. You say, that by giving light names to gross offences he sap the foundation of morals. Who is most likely to sap the foundation of morals,—he that defends the weak victims of immorality against its pow erful promoter, or he who assists the powerful pro motes of immorality against his weak victim? Yon say lir. Whitbread " treats the witnesses against the Queen as perjured liars." Be the witnesses true or false, we know not whence they come, weilkse go, how far they have been taught to feel the obligatiett of as oath. nor what hope of reward operates upon them. Thus, differing in circumstances, character. and responsibility from witnesses in this country, their evidence cannot be entitled to the same credit. Yon say that Mr. Whitbread bolds oat the Queen as a model. 'Mr. Whitbread holds not the Queen as an oppressed wommaihrongi whim the Constitution and sowww/ity, (mart this Rev. Sir) are receiving deadly wounds. That "he cherishes in the mind st the mul titude radicalism." It is useless so grapple with a term that means virtue with one portion of the com enmity, 'and vice with another. '1 he vice which Gorr encourage, Reverend Sir, may be expressed by a I. Is vague term. Mr. Whitbread knows what is due to " religious morals and deeency," which you charge him with dims garding, and if the prosecators of the Quests knew it as well. IT husband *he had pet away his wife, ortiMovi gi4iag any reason, would not have prostrated her, sad published a disgusting demoralising lissom of evidence from strange witnesses, over the whole country; floret, to port, that f/'the wife Amid been erivinel i the Aribend Aimeell; according to Me Holy &elegem hid kelt the evens -*her elime. ..1k No* Reverend Sir, sralt to tbe solvisers of &fee whoa the &triennia Me conikossied, as well 044 the impale' defied-is of tiro irgsred wife t tbea no eiroqi eJnfess yes to be wirot yes alt yoorsolf, " tM fa"' di.tu of the pbiio morals." and not rehat yos so* Prom to be, the abettor of the vise% at Ow rick se4 jorotrerfnl. . . . A Saseripasewtell emmegairsimeemt " • tbs. last situ . ilLtbe . Spanish Collet, t llOll% efeicileoesee4 of thil elbeliakise .Skjeresil:"n 4 on on thirsarlijoot looted threw Atom • .Aoltitet ttlttle old MAK pespomy desieetlet .47 , xlsw• care ; tbo preset* see errs tin prone opt 31111. ....•I