The Sun. — London, England, 1823-06-11 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was yesterday held at Guildhall to 'pike into consideration ct the propriety of contributing out of the city cash such a sum as may be expe dient, in behalf of the brave and .auffering people of the Pen insula of Europe; and which may assist them tolriumph ef fectually over the unprincipled invasion of.their country by the ambitious Bourbon Government of France, which.invasion not only militates against the principles of the British Constitution, hot the 'very. existence of civil society."' The Lott". MAYou took-the Chair at a few-minutes after LI o'clock. Mr. Altierniarf Woop. said, that he understood that certain distinguished l*Memen and Members of Parliament were that day coming to the Court to present to it a petition, He there fore moved . that they should be al:Jolted to take seats-on the Bench of Aldermen. Sir B. C. Gtxx seconded the motion. Itwas then put and .carried Unanimously. Lord 'Erskine, Lord Milton, Mr c .Tohn:Smitli, Mr. W.. Evan?, 314.0. Tennyson, and Mr. Hobliouse, then took their seats,pn the Bench of the Ahlernreit. . .. Mist,. GREEK CAUSE. Mr. Aldertnari.Wo64,preB&itedtO the Court a.petition from. several Noblemen and Gentlemen, who had formed themselves into ; a Committoe, for the purpose of assisting the Greeks in; tbeit_Present struggle for independence, praying that the Court would please to give them its assistance in torwarding : the great and holy etsuae which they had undertaken. to promote, Ile should first of all ask the Court to receive the petition, and after it was received, he should move that it he referred to the Committee of General Purposes. He trusted that, us soori,as the Committe„e agreed upon their report, they woul d communi cate the fact to his Lordship ; and if they did, so, he had no doubt but his Lordship would fix an early day fer its being taken into. consideration by, that Court. He then moved that the petition should be brought up and read. After "'he reading of the petition was concluded, The Lono.MAYou. aisVd the Committee, whether they wished . to make any observations in addition to those which were contained in their petition ?, Lord ER/MINE replied, that after the statement made by ins Hon. Friend, the Worthy Alderman who presented the petition, he felt it to be perfectly unnecessary to offer any ob. servations to the Court. He should leave the subject to speak for itself, well knowing that every man who was possessed of feeling must feel deeply interested upon it. He then read the circular letter issued by the Greek Coninehtee, and atter concluding it, expressett.the Satisfaction he experienced as a eitizen of London, in addressing so res p ectable a body of his fellow citizens. . _ Mr. Alderman Woori then moved, that the petition be re ferral tothe Committee of' General Purposes. Mr. Iluncomuts. seconded the motion, anti expressed a hope that the Committee would give as much relief to the Greeks as the finances of the c'.ty could possibly allow. Mr. DODSFOILID was of opinion that the Court then assem bled was competent to take the petition into inimediate con. sideration. As the subject was mentioned , in the summons that each Menthes had received, he thought that there was no need of submitting it in the first instanse to the consideration of a Committee. lie therefore moved as an amendment, that the Court immediately, proceed to consider the petition presented to it. The LORD Mayon was understood, to suggest that it was not consistent with the standing orders of the Coutt to proceed instautcr to the consideration of any petition that called for a grant of money. Mr. GaLtotrair said, that as the discussion of the Spanish question was likely to occupy 'the greater part of the day, it - would be defeated, or at any rate would be much injured, it' the Court went into any previous discussion into any other sub ject- Ile trusted that the Court would not depart from its standing Order upon this occasion, especially as there was no pressing necessity for the immediate consideration of the merits Of the petition from the Greek Committee. Mr. Jury thought that nobody could complain of being taken by surprise on this subject, as there wag notice oh the paper that this petition would be presented. He saw by the public papers that it was the intention of the Greek Coin. mittee to. call another public Meeting : now, it would give to that Meeting great effect if the persons who convened it should be able to state to it the sum subscribed by the Corpo ration orLondon. Besides, they ought to recollect" Ills, fiat, girl (101 cito." Mr. Alderman WAIT tni AN agsreed that there would be no impropriety in suspending the standing order of the Court, if' there were no other business before it. But the present was a special Coart held for a specific purpose ' and be therefore .thought it unwise to discuss at it another question of great im portance. The object of his lion. Friend, who hail moved to refer , this petition to the Committee of General Purposes, was to avoid all discussion upon it at present. Mr. Alderman Woon said, that if the sentiments of the Court were unanimous on the subject, he could have no ob. jection to withdraw his first motion, and to move in lieu of ' 'it that 600/. be given to the. Greeks.—(Cries of " No, no—a Committee.") Mr. DoussronD then withdrew his amendment, and The ItzfonnEn. was on the point of putting the question on ,the original proposition, when Mr. OLDIIA;41 wished to know whether the Court intended to enter into the consideration of the Report of the Bridge. house Committee that day. After a short discussion, in which the LORD MAYOR stated Ws willingness to call a Court on Friday next, to consider the report in question, which he conceived could not be discussed .that day, until after the discussion of the subject on which the Court ,was specially convened, the original motion was put and carried without a division. Lord Erskine, Lord Milton, and the other Members of the ,Dreek Committee, then quitted the Court. LNDEPENDENCE OF SPA,IN. The Requisition, on which the Lord Mayor had convened .the Court of Common Council was then read s after which - Mr. (lALLow,“ rose and addressed the Court. After some , refatory remarlsa, he said he trusted that th e Cor p oration of 1 i ..ntion would set a patriotic, eicample to the whole of Ehgland, y subscribing a portion of its fends in aid of' the suffering in, habitants of Spain ; and sure he wag, that if it didso, its example ,would not long remain without many imitators. It had been said that the trifling donations of the people of England could' ive but little aid to the people of Spain ; btu that p o i nt h e begged leave tha one to dispute. He knew that the aid, which ,was rendered in time of peril was of tenfold value, because it was rendered in season; and he likewise knew, that eager as the, people of Spain were to perform, their duty in this time , of peril and necessity, nothing could encourage them, more in well. doing than to see that the people of England not only sympae 'iltized in their cause, but were even ready to lend a helping hand to their glorious endeavours to maintain their liberties. Besides, he was of opinion that when France saw the moral Spree of the people of England arrayed against her, she would be discouraged in her atrocious projects ; and if so, an object would be achieved greater than any which they could , at that moment contemplate with certainty lie knew that great hopes bad once been entertained thet the French army would not dia., grace itself by perpetrating such outrages as they had- recently seen perpetrated ' in Spain i but, unfortunately, experience taught Liven that when men ofice took up the trade of soldiers, they generally laid aside the adections of citizens. The French army, contrary to, the hopes both of the people. of France and ,of Spain, had advanced into the Peninsula even to its very me tropolie ; but notwithatanding that circumstance he did not yield ' for one moment to despair. lie thought the policy of allow.l ing the French army to entangle itself in the interior of that country to be wise ttna prudent; because in the same degree that French army advanced from its rooftrees ' did the Spanish army retreitt ninon tbetra.-,-4 Hear t ).•:-By suclia system of war, fare, the Spanierds had formerly defeated Napoleon when he was at • die auturnit of his veneer ; and he thought that 'they could not.fail to meet'with similar success now that they were .struggling against, those who, without a particle of his talents, possessed all his athisition and desire of aggvandizement. The ' Invasion of Spaitt by , Napoleon lion. Gentlemen had always deprecated as unjust, thou 'h its object bad been to forcogood laws down the - throats of the Spaniards. lie rmiat be wilfully blind who did not see that the present invasion of Spain by 'the Bourbons was at least eqnally unwarrantable, the object of it being to force institutions upon the Spaniards that were incom patible with liberty, and were calculated to plunge them irre vocably into that abyss of superstition an ignorance from which they had recently, and with so much success, endea- Youred to extricate themselves. Ile therefore called upon the people of' England, as they valued the blessings they enjoyed, to come forward, and secure a portion of them to the breive and heroic people of Spain. The Hon. Member then said, that upon looking at the Journals of the Court he found, that in 'lBl4 R had voted LOW/. to the sufferers in Portugal ; that in PIO i`t, had voted 2,0004 to the suffering Ruisians ; and in .)81 , 1, .5251. to the sufferers in G erma ny . If at p eriods when they were engaged in an extensive war,?and therefore could not afford to he so liberal as they could be at the present moment, they had shown such liberality towards nations which had been outraged by the unjust aggressions of France, lie thought that ,they would not be Justified in showing less liberality to Spain 'at the present moment, when she, too, was suffering from the unprovoked attack Of the same ambitious and unpto rincipled power. Under these circ umstances, he begged leave submit to their consideration the following Resolutions.-4 Vide "'dyes • - Mr . HANSARD said, he felt great pleasure in seconding the motion. He was glad of any measure which could assist the true,gles of that brave people, the Sp aniards. They had ditr- J ,ing several centuries beer remarkatie for-the ardour with which ' they persevered in their struggles for liberty ; and though on _many occasions their efforts bad not been crowned with the de ',sired success, he hoped the case wcailli be alarm t maw, and that they might soon be in a condition to shew to the nations of Europe what they could do in their struggle for liberty. In :referring to the history of Spain, for several centuries down to ;;the close of the 1 4 5th, it wiulei be found that theiSpanish people had hven constantly, occupied in struggles against the usurpa tion of the Moors. When the bravery with which they fought :i for and recovered their country from the liantls of those infidels was recollected, no person could despair of the state of Spanish :.affairs in the present day. They were at this moment making 4a most heroic stand against their tyrannical invaders , and they onlyiwanted the countenance of a great and free people I.like those of England to prove themselves as brave as they had hithorto been. Independently of the hopes to be founded on the personal bravery of the Spaniards, great reliance might also be placed on the very little which the French had yet been able to achieve against them. It should be recollected that they still possessed Andalusia on the south, Murcia and Grenada on the east, Estremadura„ Leon, anti alicia on the west. These were places of great importance, and into these the French arms had not yet penetrated. When, lie repeated, the Court recollected the brave stand made in their country's defence on so many occasions, it would be admitted, thaenothing was wanted by the Spaniards but the materiel of war, to enable them to bring their present struggle to a glorious termination. ,This, he trusted, Would be in a great measure supplied by . the generous sympathies of the British nation. It was a conic'. dence striking enough, that at the period when our forefathers were struggling against the pride and hypocrisy of the Catholic e Priests, and the Pope, and the tyranny of the King, the an cestors of the present race in Spain were engaged in a struggle with their oppressors, which ended in the liberation of one of their kingdoms. Ile would maintain; that in assisting Spain on the present occasion, we were fighting by anticipation the battles of this country.; for if France should succeed in her present attempt, could it be thought that she would spare that corner of the Peninsula which was occupied by our oldest ally ? and if that were the case, we should be called upon to interfere the moment; the first French soldier set his foot in Portugal. But in endeavouring to render the present efforts of the SPa niartis successful, we should prevent the unpleasant necessity of our future interference to protect Portugal. At the same tune that he was anxious that every possible assistance should be given to Spain, he did not wish that it should be by remittances of money, or that the sums to be raised , 'should be sent out of the country as a kind of job, to enrich some foreigners. It was his wish, as he was sure it would be the ivi'sh of many , others, that the money to be granted by the Court, and the great national subscription, of which he had no doubt it would be the nucleus, should beexpended in British manufacture e —( Hear !)—Let it be employed in supplying the materiel of war. Give to the Spa niards muskets, powder, artillery, and those other munitions of war which they required. That would be assisting them in the most effectual manner; and he trusted it would be attended to in the ultimate appropriation of the sums to be subscribed. He would not now trouble the Court further on the question, as he felt it would be only weakening the statement of the Hon. Member who submitted the motion. He would conclude, there fore, by again expressing the great pleasure he felt in seconding the motion.—(Hear, hear !) The resolutions were now read by the RECORDER, and put to the Meeting.. Mr. Wiest( moved as an amendment, that the sum of 2,0001. be inserted in the resolutions, instead of 1,000/. Mr. PAT TEN said, he felt himself bound to second the amendment. When the Ministers of the, country expressed their abhorrence of the conduct of the French; could they, as loyal subjects and respectable citizens, do less than join in the feeling, and let 'their wishes not be ie only thing which they gave to the cause of freedom and of Spain ? The conduct of the E'rench was not to bodeprecated merely as an invasion of Spain, but as an attack upon those principles common to every free people—the right to be governed by a constitution of their own choice.--(Hear I)—A resistance to such a dangerous precedent ought to be supported by . every means in the power of the Court ; and as the Corporation of the Metropolis of England, he thought they should not give a less sum than that proposed in the amendment. Ile would, therefore, support it. The amendment was now read and put by the REconner Mr. F.evEat. congratulated the Court on the feeling which seemed to prevail on this important subject—a feeling of as yet apparent unanimity, which he owned lie had not altogether looked for ; for he did expect that before the present time some lion. Member would have stood up to oppose the motion. He also congratulated the Court on the circumstance of several gen tlemen having come forward to take a lead on this occasion, who bad not been In the habit heretofore of taking a very ac tive part in their proceedings. It was KOMI 811LISfitet1011 to think, that when the old members were wearing out in the ser vice of the city, there were others coming forward to supply their places. N.Vitli respect to the amendment, he could only express his regret that the funds of the corporation were not at present in that condition which would enable them to put their hands in their pocket and affbrd aid to the extent of their wishes. Their feelings were, however, not to be measured by the amount of the sum to be voted ; and he thought those feelings on be half of Spain would lie as well expressed by a vote of 1,000/. as by that of 2,001t1. Whatever sum they might vote, he trusted it would not create any division in the Court. Adverting again to the amendment, lie trusted his Hon. Friend would withdraw it, to prevent division. One sum would, as well as the other, express their detestation of the principles of that Government, to support which on the throne of France a British army had been so recently kept up in that country. The Loan Mayon here observed, that it was not his inten tion to have taken tiny part in the discussion, nor would he now pronounce an opinion upon the motion one way or the other, but there were some words in the resolutions which lie could not sanction. Ile did not think that to a power with which our Government was in amity, and whose ambassador was now re. sident in London it would become the Corporation to use such words, as " the ambitious and wicked Bourbon Government of France." Such language was dangerous, as likely to lead to unpleasant feelings between the two powers, and he believed it would he the first instance of such a precedent on the part of a corporate body. lie would therefore suggest to the lion. Mover the alteration of those words. Mr. Get.r.owav said, he had no objection to:concur in the Lord Mayor's suggestion, and remove the words, and let the acts of the Bourbon. Glokernment speak for themselves.— (Hear, hear!) Mr. Jury said, if, he were to vote for either sum, it would be for the first ; .for the Court should recollect, that the cause of the Greeks was yet tp come before them e anti if they voted 1,0001. to the Spaniards, it would be expected that they should vote the like sum to the Greeks. lie thought, in the' present state of their finances, half the mini proposed would be enough to each. And when the present amendment was disposed of, be would take the sense of the Court upon another amend ment, of letting the sum be 5001. to the Spaniards, with the understanding that a similar sum would he voted to the Greeks. Mr. S. Dexore should like, before he wept farther, to know from the officer of the court what sum had been voted to assist the Spaniards when Spain was invaded by Napoleon ? [The officer Applied to, answered that there was none.] So he (Mr. Dixon) thought; but he could not sec what difference there was between an invasion by Buonaparte and that by the Hour. bona, which called Upon the court to interfere. They bad assisted Russia also; but Russia lied the claim of having driven the enemy from her territory by an immense sacrifice on the part of her people. Under till the circumstances, he did not think this was a case in which the court were called upon to tnterfeee...He would therefore oppose the motion. Mr. Sealer said, it was not merely the violation of the Spa nigh territory they should consider, but the in principles upon which it had been made t, for they . perceived, the speech of the King of France that the Spaniards ought to have no Con stitution but such as they might receive at the will of their des potic Monarch. Were dime principles which Ve'nglishinen could approve ? What would our ancestors have said, it', at, the time a Monarch of this country fled front it, France, or any other power, had insisted that they were to have no Cone etitutioe but such as the banished Monarch might have pleased to grant—that they were all to subscribe to the doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience? Would our ancestors have brooked such dictation on the part of any foreign power ? --or, if they had, in what state would civil liberty be in Europe at the present time? The object of those who wished success to the cause of Spain was to rescue it from the grasp of France, which nought to make it a province for the purpose of uniting its resources with her own against this country. He was rather surprised at the objection* nettle to the motion on the score of economy. He heerd of no similar objections when large sums were yoted for civic: feasts. Thousands and thousands bad been expended in that manner, without a murmur, and he thought it would not he to the credit or the Corporation of London if they Showed themselves less anxious in the cause of civil liberty than in matters doting and drinking. Sir It. C. GLYN could not help wishing that the Constitu. tionalists of Spain might succeed in repelling the armies which had been so unjustly sent into that country by the Bourbons of France. At the same time he was of opinion, that the clues thin then before the Court ought to be considered merely es it related to British interests, and to British interests alone. Now it had been decided that this country should observe a strict neutrality in the pending conflict :between Fiance and Spain, He should like to know what would become of its neutrality, supposinthat Court, representing its it did the metropolis of the British empire, should determine to place a large sum of money at the disposal of one of the belligerent parties ? The two Houses of Parliament, and along with them the majority of the'country, had approved the policy which had l Mini sters to pursue a neutral course; but that Court voted in fa. your of the resolutions which lied been submitted to it, there was • an• end at once to our neutrality; and Gentlemen should . be prepared to come forward and declare, that they wished not for neutrality, but for war. In that case, he hoped they would make up their minds to bear an additional load . of taxes with out murmuring, and that they would also teach the labouring classes of the. community to bear without complaining the dif ferent privations and inconveniences which inevitably fell upon theM when the country was involved in war. Mr. Alderman WAITIDIAL said, that lie had entered the court unacquainted with the requisition on which it had been convened, and also with the resolutions which had since been - submitted to its consideration. It was, however, quite im possible for him, after the part he had taken in politics for many years past in that court, to remain a silent observer of the debate, without-, rendering. himself liable to many ill natured thotigh unfounded insinuations. Besides, certain doc trines had been advanced on the other side, which naturally attracted and merited discussion. He had that morning, be fore he came to Guildhall, ran over, as was frequently his custom, the proceedings of the court on former occasions, and he could almoat believe from what he had then read, and what he had since heard, that the Hon. Gentlemen on the other side had been repeating the speeches which he himself had formerly delivered. The Honourable Gentlemen had that day talked very largely about the propriety of one state not interfering in the concerns of another ; but he recollected well the time when the language which they held was of a very different tendency. After the disastrous campaign of 1794, he proposed a petition containing the very same doctrines for which the Hon. Gentle men now contended, and had been almost hooted for it by them out of the Hall as a rebel.and a jacobin. In that petition, which had nearly' ruined him--for by proposing it he lost one half of his business at one fell swoop—were to be found the following sentences Your petitioners, from their view of public mea sures, presame humbly, but firmly, to express to this Honourable House, their decided conviction that the principle upon which the war is now carried on, neither is nor can be essential to the prosperity, the liberty, or the glory of the British empire. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray, that this Honourable House, disclaiming all right of interfering in the internal cbncerns of France, will be pleased to take such - measures as they in their wisdom shall think proper, for the purpose of promoting a speedy peace between Great Britain and the Powers with whom we are now at war." The Court would hardly believe that fdr that opinion, which was now defended as resting on the most just and undeniable principles, lie was nearly hunted out of society by those who then, as now, called themselves the advocates of religion and of social order. The worthy Alderman then pro, ceeded to state, that one of the Hon. Gentlemen who had that day addressed them, had stated that the Court ought not to ac cede to the grant which bad been proposed, because it was con siderably in debt. In the year 1790 he had himself urged the same topic. The Hon. Member in question had applied to the Chamberlain, and had ascertained that there was only 7,0001. in the city.'s coffers: but in 1790, whenit was proposed that the Court should give 10,0001. to the Government as a voluntary contribu tion, he had stated not merely that the Chamber was overdrawn, but that there were urgent claims to the amount of 5,0001. upon it. At that time the Chamber had borrowed 15,000/. of the Bank, 10,0001. of the late Chamberlain, 50,0001. from the Bridgehouse esuites, and had subscribed to the Loyalty Loan, by which it had lost from 10,000/. to 20,000/. Notwithstand ing this, the Court voted a contribution of 10,0001., because the Chamberlain, in his smooth way, declared that he thought it probable that things might come round. Upon that statement the Hon. Gentleman on the floor (Mr. S. Dixon) had triumph antly, asserted that lie should agree to the proposed vote. Mr. S. Dixors thought the worthy Alderman must be mis taken : he had never stated any such thing. • Mr. Alderman W AITH MAN be g ged the Hon. Gentleman's pardon ; he was not mistaken. He hail looked at the debate of that day, thinking that it was very likely that the course of ar gument which he (Mr. S. Dixon) had formerly adopted would be a perfect contrast to his argument on the , present occasion ; and so he thought it had proved.—(Hear, hear , s)—He would likewise ask.the Court, whether any objection had been made by the other side on the score of economy, when it was propos ed to borrow 20,000/. Or the purpose of giving a feast to the Allied Sovereigns, and to expend 10,000/. on a coronation ban quet ? If such, an objection had been made, he had never heard of it, and he therefore thought. that the objection_ to the pre scot grant, on the score of frugality, came with a very bad grace from the quarter in which 'it origm a ted.—( Hear !)--,-The lion. Bert. ,who had preceded him, had expressed in strong terms his dislike to the invasion of Spain, and had condemned in the most unqualified manner the atrocity of invading it "for the purpose of giving its people a constitution which was to emanate from the tyrant who so long had iniscredited their energies. " But," said time lion. Baronet, "though this is the case, you ought to recollect that our Government has d e termined on observing a strict neutrality, and, that the tw.o Houses of Pasliarnent have sanctioned that policy by larg e ma j o rities ; will yosi'therefore fly at once in. the face of the Government andSthe Legisla tore ?" Ile would answer that question by putting another.— Did they think., that if the G o ve r nment had determined on war, the two Houses of Parliament would not have sanc tioned it by the seine large majorities ?—(Hearl)-•--The wor thy Alderman then went on to contend that the British Govern. Merit had been deluded in the late negociations, and to express the full success of the French, people of En g l an d on that accoisnt his opioion th a t a p art o f t h e B ritish Ca bi ne t wou ld re j oice i n arms hi "Spain. But were the most vitatintere s t s of lib ert y. an d to stand Idle and uncon cerned spectators i n a s t rugg l e of so much imPortapce to the they had not yet so degenerated from the high spirit of their na tion in Europe. ancestors as to sit tamely by when a deadly blow' was aimed at. He recollected a time when the Right Hon. Secretory for Foreign Affairs Spanish Patriots, our worthy associates in a h ß be a rt Spain, but of every' civilized With those associates we had suici7e:fuivl le; terminated y toe t ig-- I : rm ‘ The s. diet in which we were then erigage4. The result to them had, d the eon ' s ' in one point of view, been most unfortunate ; for no sooner had, they restored their imprisoned Monarch to. his throne, than he consigned them in hundreds to the dungeon and the scaffold, and that, too, without our making any efibrt to prevent it. The Spaniards had, however, liberated themselves from the thral s don under which they had 30 ln ng groaned, and lie trusted that though the Right Hon. mi g h t Secretary forget that these men had been " our Associates in lilierty and arms," the people of England would always rem sAli es —el it.. _(Hear, hear i—ska to whether the vote should be I , O QPiI, or 2,000/., thought it was a matter of little moment. display of public opinion was more important than a large subspripuon, and he should there fore vote " a less grant, as he thought that would be Noisily de cisive of the opinion of the Corporation of London, and would not be so gr ea t as to deter o ler ebiporations from following their exampl e . Mr. WALSII now. begged leave to withdraw his amend ment, which was withdraivn accordingly. Mr. JA3IES said, the real question before the Court was, not whether they should give 1,0004 or 2,0001., but whether it would be politic to vote any sum at' all. He was of opinion that the resolutions of the Court would evince their feelings for the Spaniards as well as any sum of money which they might be able to grant. In fact, if they went upon the principle of giving to Spain some effieientpecuniary assistance, they should vote as many millions as they were now votipg hundreds. The Worthy Member then went on to state, that the Spanish affairs were not in the fiouriShing state which was represented, and that no money which the . Court could vote would be of any material assistance. It would be as well, therefore, to keep their money, and to express their feelings by, their resolu tions. • ; Mr. C aocitErtopposed the motinn on the ground that it would be violation of the neutrality which this country professed. He then went into a long financial calculation of the resources, of Spain,and contended that Spain was not in a situation to carry on the contest; and to grant the sum inoved for would be only throwing their .money away. He added, that if the Ambassa dor of France did nit call tipois the Attorney-General to file an information against the Court, if It pessed resolution& couched in such improper language as wasp used in the requisition, he would deserve to be turned out of his Ake As betraying the duty he owed to his country.--4 " Hear. " and a laugh.) Alderman Tstoairsois said, therewas only , one opinion throughout the country on this subject, and that was--that the attack of Spain by France was an act of the most atrocious in justice. not, however, was not now the question, neither was it whether they should give 1,000/. or 500/. to aid the SpAniards, hut whether the country was to embark in the Spanish cause? for the Resolutions propsed called on all corporate bedies to imitate their example, and if they did so, would they, not put the Government of th e country into such a situation as to be forced Into a war ? On these grounds, he should give his most decided opposition to the Resolutions. Mr. GAT,T,OWAY briefly replied, and defended the justice and neceasity of passingthe Resolutions. They were then put, and on a show of hands the Louts MaYon declared them to be carried in the affirmative. A division was, however, called for, and took place, when there appeared.. For the resolutions. Aldermen Commoners Tellers Against them. 1 4 Aldermen - - (• fit C om moners - - - 2 Tellers - - 7 ;, 16 2 Total ,' 74 1 Total -25 Majority . for the resolutions and the grant of 1,000.4--49. A Committee, consisting of the following Members, was then appointed to carry the resolutions into effect 1-- Aldermen Watthtnan, Venables, Crowder, and Thompson ; Mr. Deputy Routh, Messrs. flureombe Slade, Drinkald, Faye], and the mover and secon der, Mr. dallov7ay and Mr. T. C. Hansard. The Court then adjourned. Minority who voted against the grant of 1,0001. from the funds of the Corporation to assist the Spaniards:--Alder men—Sir C. Hunter, Sir .T. Perring, Sir C. Flower, Sir B. C. Glyn, Barts., Bridges, Atkins, and Thompson; Commoners—. 3lessrs. Dixon, James, Crocker, Hurcmt, Colebatch, Bladen, R. Smith, Garratt, Aderley,, Cowie, Cape, Hurlock, Itichic. DOrrave, and Blakesley. 9: EAST I NI) I A HOUSE. A Special General. Court of Proprietors of East ,India Stock was held yesterday at the Company's House, in Leadenhall-street, for the purpose of laying before the Proprie tors, for their approbation, a Resolution of the Court of Direc , tors of the 27th May, for establishing a Supreme Court of Ju '-dicature at Bombay, in the room of the Recorder's Court at that Presidency ; and also, for making sundry alterations in the existing provisions as to the Pensions to the Judges of the In dian Courts of Judicature on retirement; and as to granting a Pension to the Recorder of Prance of \Vales' island on retire ment ; and further, for the purpose of laying before the Pro prietors, for their approbation, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 27th May, for making sundry alterations in the existing law with respect to Allowances to the Bishop. of Cal cutta, and as to Pensions on retirement to the Bishop, and the several Archdeacons in his Diocese. The CHAIR2.IAN (Wm. Wigram, Esq.) opened the pros ceedings of the day by pointing out the necessity for establish-' ing a Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay, on account of the great increase of the territory and population of that Pre sidency. He then stated, that as the law how stood, the Judges were not entitled to a pension on retirement unless they had served 15 years. In equity it was-deemed advisable to reduce the term to It years, and therefore he moved, "'t'hat the Resolution be approved of." Mr. It. Jaciact.4 expressed his concurrence with the mo. tion. He called the attention of the Directors to tht power which was exercised by the Supreme Court at Calcutta, where individuals were admitted to practise as Attornies, who had no claim whatever to that character—men of colour, for instance, who had never set their feet on the shores of Europe. The CHAIRMAN said, the Court of Direc-ors would give the suggestion of the Learned Gentleman the fullest coqirler ation. _ _ _ -..-... Mr. OAIIAGAN thought the Recorder's Court at Prince of Wales Island ought to be removed to Sumatra. The Resolution was carried unanimously. The Cuainsiaar next moved the approbation of the Reso lution respecting the Bishop of Calcutta. The Resolution also provided, that the Archdeacons should receive their retiring pension after ten years' service, in which period should be counted, as part of the 10 years, three years fbr every five years they had acted as Chaplains to the Company. Mr. R. JACKSON approved of the Resolution, but suggested that the junior Chaplains of the Company should not be placed over the heads of those who had been long in the service. Mr. TRANT regretted that the Directors had not gone a little further, and made a more liberal provision for the Bishop. After some further conversation, the motion was carried unanimously. The CHArRIVAN then stated that the Court would be sum, moned for Friday, .to confirm these Resolutions. EAST INDIA TRADE BILL, Mr. FORBES called the attention of the Court to, a. Bill now before Parliament, which would admit ships of every size to proceed to and from India, and also throw open the coasting trade, than which nothing could be more improvidentakatfect ing the interests of the natives of India. The CHAIRMAN said, the Court which would be held on Friday would be made Special, to lay before the Proprietors the Bill in question, .and also another Bill for punishing mutiny and desertion amongst the. Company's troops.— Adjournect. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT—(Tilts DAY.) E ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. THE CORPORATION OF BRISTOL. were ln i t i l e ie art a i b i o n v a e rg c u as m e e a nr. demurrer had bc.en filed, and Counsel The VicE-Citarici,r,on said this was an information against the Corporation of Bristol, respecting the payment of the jailor's fees. Those feel. had for some time been deducted out of the left upon trust for particular purposes—to this a demurrer is filed by the Corporation, saying, " of whatever Lands, we hold upon trust, we are not to give any account." rr tie VicE-CliAwcELLon. said, if they even repair bridges out of- the proceeds of the land i a„ they are bpuntl to wate the purposes for which they were left; . Ins opinion was, th a t suc h a discovery should be made, and that it would be essential to. the public. In the Coun s .r of Kr)ln's BENCH, this day, the SoLiCs ron-GEfirnat. obtained a rule for a criminal information against a person named Colley, residing in the town of Deptford, for circulating i# libellous hand-bill against Lord George Seymour, a Commissioner of the Board. of Excise, stating that he was in the habit of associating with an inferior officer, And borrowing money of him. Mr. C. Prru.r.u.s. also applied to the Court on the bch4f of Mr. O'Meara, to spew cause why the rule obtained by sir Hudson Lowe, last !Mary Term, should not be set aside tvith costs, on the ground that due notice had not been given by which his client was put to considerable expence. The cmurt granted tbe rule without costs.—Mr. C. rAtir t iars sni,%l he would mention the case again to-morrow. IJAYLEY'S MEMOIRS. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S 4 n,---The Ilinso of Saturday last having given publicit,y to a most disgraceful attack on the me. mory of the late Mr. HAY LEY, as a friend of that distinguished man, I thought it right that some notice should be taken of it, and accord ingly addressed the following letter to the Edi tor, which I requested hint to insert in his Paper of Monday,, As, howexer, he has not thought proper to do this, anti I do not intend that his shutting his columns against a true representa, tion of this matter should prevent the exposure of so unprincipled an aggression, I request you will do me the favour to insert the following copy in your Paper : TO THE EDITO.II OF THE TIMES. Sru,—l am no enemy to fair criticism, even though the 'judgment pronounced should differ from my own but mere malignity. I detest, especially when directed against the me, mory of the departed. Looking into your Paper of this day, I was astonished to find a most inveterate attack on the memory of Hayley, fraught with a virulence which appears to Rip to be utterly unaccount, able. 'With what appearance of truth, sir, can it be asserted that the literary reputation of Hayley has been long since dead, whilst his Lift of Curcper and his Trirtniplis of Temper are to be found in every library , and have been eulogised by every critic ?—not to tuenticxn his' Epistles on Epic Poetry, the ad nitration of his elegan't friend Gibbon, and which would alone be sufficient to prove that Hayley possessed quite enough of genius and learning to place him far above the scale in history which the article in, your Paper has assigned to him. But suppose it were granted that Hayley had lived and died a blockhead; is the writer of this article (for I cannot believe It to bp your own) would have us think, still lie was a man placed by birth and fortune in a superior Station in Society, and was upon terms of the closest intimacy with many of the most emi nent men of his time; and therefore, though it were, as I have Said, granted that his writingswere not worth a rush, the his tory of his life and of his connections might nevertheless prove Moly interesting. But this the writer in your Paper takes no pains whatever to, ascertain"; it is enottzli for him that lie dislikes IlaYley ; for what cause, of course, I cannot know ; and therefore, without examining one page of his hook, or saying one word of its 'contents, he tells the public it is worthless. Now, Sir, i4s all injurious assertions should be allowed a re ply, and asl do not think you are in the habit of fearing the rejoinder, I expect it from your candour and justice that you will Insert this letter in your Paper of Alanday, in order that it may atleast be shewh that a different opinion from that which the writer in your Paper maintains, does exist ; that the reputation of Bayley is not dead ; and that l until these lifer moirs shall have been examined : , it will be asking no more than what is right to expect that judgment on them should be suspended. A FRIEND TQ Tuts 111BMOItir or HAYLEY. * What will the public think of this malicious slanderer, who, with a stroke of his pen, wishes to annihilate the fame, past and future, of the estimable Bayley, when they are told iwhich I am enabled to state from the best authority, having ascertained the fact) that the Memoirs were not sent to The Times Office until late on Friday evening, and that consequently his preme ditated attack on them (for so it appears it must have been) was written on the instant of their arrival ; as the paper in which It was inserted was then printing, and published at six o'clock on the following morning ! ! I PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Maras, 10° ale Junii, 1823. The House met, and Forty Members not being present at four o'clock, Mr. Speaker adjourned the House. NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Western-Resumption of Cash Payments. 2. Lord Viscount Folkestone-Select Committee, to consider the effects produced on all Contracts by the measures adopt ed for the resumption of Cash Payments, and by , the Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 49 ; and also, the expediency of providing some remedy for the said effects, and, amongst other things, the practicability of ettablishing an equitable ad-. justment of Contracts. ORDE,RS of the DAY for THIS DAY. I. Hides and Skins Bill-Committee. 2. Confirmations (Scotland) Bill-. Further consideration of Report. 3. Commissaries (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration of Report. 4. Customs Duties Bill-Further consideration of Report. 5. Customs Duties (Ireland) Bill-Further consideration of Report. 6: Slave Trade*Coasolidation 7. Elections (Ireland) Bill-Third Reading. 8. Transference of Securities (Scotland) Bill-Third Reading. 9. Silk Manufacture Bill-Third Reading. 10. Supply-Committee. • 11. Occasional Freeholders Bill-Committee. 12. Felo de Se Bill-Second Reading. • 13. Labour of Convict; Bill-Report. 14. Larcenies (Benefit of Clergy) Bill-Report. 15. Capital Punishments Repeal Bill-Further consideration of Report. 16. Fe:onies (Benefit of Clergy) Bill-Further consideration of Report. • 17. Sentence of Death Bill-Report. 18. Capital Crimes Defence Bill-Second Reading. 19. Ways and Means-Committee. - Dropped Notices of Motions q[ Yesterday. 1. Mr. Lenard-Committee on the Middlesex County Court. 2. Mr. Western-The manner in which Juries are selected in England ; and to allow Leaseholders and Copyholders to be summoned. 3. Sir Henry Parnell-Roman Catholic Endowments of Schools and other Charities. 4. Mr. Goulburn-Bill to regulate Vessels carrying Passengers betleen Great Britain and Ireland. s. 5. Mr. Hurries-Bill to amend the several Acts for the rogula don of Vessels carrying Passengers. 6. Mr. Spring Rice-Bill- to' consoiidate and amend th e L aws respecting Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland). Dropped Orders of the I)ay qf Yesterday. 1. band Tax Commissioners Name Bill-Committee. • 2. County Courts Bill-Further consideration of Report. . 3. Waste Lands Improvement ( help d),Bill-Secon d Reading.. 4. Combination of Workmen Bill-Second Reading. 5 . . Lancaster County Court Bill-Further Consideration of Report, 6. Tests Regulation Bill-Second Reading. 7. Tidies Composition (Ireland) Bill-Committee.. 8. East India Mutiny Bill-,Second Reading.. 9. East India Trade 1311-Second Reading. 10. London Bridge Bill,--tominittee. 11. Commutation of Tithes (Ireland) Bill-Committee. 12. Bankrupt Laws Bill-Second Reading. 13. Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Bill-Report. 14. Distilleries (Scotland and Ireland) Acts-Report thereupon.. 15. Sheriff: Courts (Scotland) Bill -Third Reading. 16. bas Light Establishments - Bill-Second Reading. 17. Reciprocity of Duties-Report thereupon. 18. Beer Retail Trade Bill-Second Reading. 19. Juries (Scotla,nd) Bill-Second Reading. °O. Beer Duties Bill--Report. "1. Irish Law Courts Compensation Bill-Report. "2. Commercial Credit (Ireland) Bill-Third Reading. 23. Barilla Duties Act-Committee thereupon. _ .24. Unlawful , Oaths (Irelandl Bill-Further consideration of port. 25. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill-Committee. 26. Court of. Chancery (Ireland) Bill-Second Reading. ' 27. Menai Bridge Acts-Committee thereupon. 1. East's Estate 2. Romilly's Estate ! Dropeed Second Re i a 3 d . i s n ,i g .d s ne o y f s l u l u ri e. va col te leg eE Bil l s. ;tate. --- ----- ST. B ARN A A S.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India t k ral South Sea Ilouses. piticE or foig,AtiN STINKS 1,11 LONDON, JUNE 11, AT ONE O'CI.O.CIg, 1 r.topNerecenw French . Five per Cents. 80. . : Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per. Cents. (Metal li c ) 00. 1711 2 . 80nd5, 00. Scrip, QO. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00.. Five per Cent. Bonds, up. New Ditto,. 35j. Scrip, 01) disc. S A N :::::::: ( 2 : i a l :l t i a II c Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Prussian I Ditto New, 11-1,4. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 893. Chili 69. Colombian Six per Cent. Botuls, 61. A Peru raeri vi c a a n il , N s i B a e x n w p k e l h r i c i a a n e rLs 00. J.. 9 2 0 1 — A t ► ) 8 8. .. - Five per Cent. tq —fa. Three per Cent. 70. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning, 35 minutes after 4. I Evening, 56 minutes after 4 THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1823. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received at a late hour this morning the Paris Papers of Monday. We have only time to extract the following Bulletins from the Duke d'AscouLEstE and Marshal MONCEY ; and in deed these papers do 'not contain any thing else of importance. Our Readers will see that de cisive results from the military operations in the Peninsula are as distant as ever. The corps of Mor,vron appears to have been in a very critical situation. MONCEY, and DONA. , DIEU, UM! d 7 EItOLES, &c. &c. are still in par-, suit of MINA, who still keeps them engaged , in the pursuit, and who, although he can only escape by a miracle, always contrives by same means or other to obtain the miraculous means of eluding the grasp of his enemies ! ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. ItEFQRT OF THE MAJOR-GENERAL TO THE sEcgE- TARY OF WAR. MADRID, JUNE 1. Mir Loan—His Royal Highness having judged it necessary to march some troops to An.T. dalusia and Estretnadura, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that two columns, one of 7000, and the other of 8000 men, have been formed for the said project. The first, corn: manded by Lieut.-G enera l B o rdesoult, will prat teed by the rout e o f A ran j ue z, la Manche, and. Cordone, fo r S ev ill e ; w hil e an other corps, und4r the orders of Lieut.-Gen. Count de Bourmonty #.