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tie parties named, by itiformation, indictment, or otherwise. Sir C. S. HUNTER, in a short speech, seconded the motion. Mr. Alderman WOOD deprecated the hastiness of such a proceeding, and called upon the Court, by every consideration of justice and fairness, not to determine upon the prosecution of a Member of that Court without any previous notice or in timation to him of such a business being to be brought forward, especially as the Honourable INlember had appealed to their candour not to pro ceed against him in his absence, and at a time when illness alone prevented his appearance in Iris place to defend himself. No Member was more regular in his attendance than that Worthy Alderman, nor mote ready on all occasions to justify his conduct nor could he perceive any reason whatever for precipitation in a business of so serious and important a nature. He confessed he was himself taken somewhat by surprise, and had no expectation till within the last hour that this business would come under the consideration of the Court that clay ; no notice whatever of that fact was inserted in the sommons, nor did he know, though he was one of the Committee of Privileges, that the Committee were prepared to make their Report. He had received no sum mons to attend the Committee for that purpose, but happening to be at the Guildhall that intim ing, he learnt ,by accident that the Committee were sitting ; he went instantly to the Committee Room, and found there not indeed all the Gentle men whose names we,re to the Report, though lie took it for granted they had been in attendance, but only the Lord Mayor, Sir William Curtis, and Mr. Alderman Cox, from whom he learnt that the business was , already concluded, that a Re pot t hall been agreed to, and would be presented to the Court that day. It was here explained to the Worthy Alderman that a summons to attend the Committee that had been sent to him, and the shortness of the notice was accounted for from the circum stance that the opinions of the Learned Comisel had not been procured till late on the evening previous, and that the instrue:ious of the Lord N for stmanooing tie Cotm»ittee were not delivered to the proper Officer till eleven o'clock on [Friday night. Mr. Alderman Wolin said, he moth! not under take to deny that a summons had been sent to him ; he must, however, declare, that he had-been at his counting-house, and had neither seen or heard of any such summons. lie contend e d, neverthe less, that the COMMittee were not in a sUua tiou to make their Report, and that he had a right to conclude that such Report wools/ not he made, and could not with propriety be made, triltil certain Papers, for which lie had moved, and which he considered of great importance, as to the proper decision on the case, were baffle them— [The Wort by Aldermau, w e understood, had moved in the Committee for the production of Prece dents, to move the right of the Cour t of Aldermen to interfere with the privileges of the Livery, and t o F o, to spew the right of that Court to direct pro. secotions to lie iostitnted at the expense of the City j.—These l'apets, the IVorthy Alderman said, for reasons unknown to him, had not been laid before the Committee ; and he insisted, that, with out a doe consideration on those particular points, they ought not to have adopted the recommenda tion for instituting criminal prosecutions. Oue of the officers said, the papers moved for and ordered by the Committee were in preparation, bat there bad not been sufficient time to make the necessary search, and get the documents completed. Mr. Alderman WOOD urged that this Was a good and sufficient reason why the Court ought not to proceed further on the business at present, it might turn out that they were inter feting where they lead no right, and incurring an expense which they were not authorised to defray out of the funds of the City. At all events, in his jodgment, the Report had been prematurely agreed to with out the proper documents before them, and as there could he no occasion whatever for precipi tation, even if the I ecommendation of the Cont. mirtee was ultimately adopted, as there had been no notice of this business on (he summons, and above all, as the Hon. Member accused had thrown himself on !heir justice not to be condemned un heird, and in his absence, he should move as an amendment, that the consideration of the report be arfjon►rted to the next Court. Mr. Alderma►► 'lunar seconded the motion for the adjournment of the proceedings, and dwelt with much force upon the want of candour and feeling in thus directing a prosecution against one of their own Members, who AVOS absent through unavoidable and nntoresecn illness, and who ap p ar ed to rely that they would not resume pro ceedings against him, intieb less come to art olti inate decision in his absence, and without bear- jug %chat he might have to urge in his defence. There was one point respecting Ibis business, hid) did not appear to have occupied the atten tion of the Committee, but which lie considered as of much importance in the curse. It was well known, and had been publicly intimated previously to Michadmai Day, that an attempt would he made at the Common Hall to go into the consi- rl,•ritini of other business previonoly to proceeel• in : : to the Election of 14 Lord Mayor. if, there tto e Illy Lordship knew of such an intention—if Ise thought ottci► a proceeding riotous, and an Ole gll obstruction of the Election—if, as had been a,serted, the mover ou that occasion had informed his Lordship what he was about to do, and tett. tier e d to him the motion he was about to propose, hetore be quitted the liestings, it was his duty, if be apprehended riot, to have stopped to prevent it, and not, by retiring from the Hall, to leave it in doubt, at least, whether he considered such pro- ceetting improper or otherwise. Lie coneeiyed, therefore, that it was of importance that the fact st,,,nid be ascertained, to the satisfaction of the Comtnittee and the Court, whether Lis Lordship ..vas aware of the proceedings about to be adopt ed, as should it appear that his Lordship was hilly intornied upon that subject, his quitting the Hill without interfering to prevent it, might have: been construed by many to sanction the opinion, that lueb oceediugs were neither irregular, anuual, ur iliegAl. smut, of the Law Offwers here intimated to Mr. Altiei , lll3ll 11011 , , that CYCIt if that fact were ascertained and allowed, it could make no dif ference whatever in the law of the question. Air. Alderman Tuoap was not enabled to de cide what difference it would make in the taw of the case, hut he conceived it ought, and w(,)tild have great weight in the decision of the Court upon the question. Even admitting the correct ness of the facts stated in the Report, he had great doubt as to the right of that Court to interfere with the privileges and conduct of the Livery in Common Hall, for %flitch reason, and also ;moo the former grounds he had urged, he should feel it his duty to vote for the adjournment of the con sideration of the Report. Alderman liittou rose, with some warmth, and insisted upon the propriety of the Court's pro ' eyeding immediately. lie disclaimed all party feeling, nor was he actuated by the slightest sentiment of hostility or animosity towards Any one of the individuals implicated in these trans actions ; bat the right of that Court to in terfere on such it business had been publicly questioned, and even denied,—it was, there tote, of the utmost importance to the dignity of that Court, and to the Citizens at large, that that question should be determined as speedily as possible ; that it should be ascertained what were the rights and privileges of the Court of Alder men, or whether they had any rights or privileges at all, lie considered, that on the legal issue of this case depended that decision, and lie could see nu reason whatever for delay. He should there fore support the motion for approving the lie- port. and for proceeding npnwit forthwith. One or two of the Aldermen made a few obser vations, but more in the nature ut desultory con versation tl►an open discussion, and, on the ques tion being put, the Amendment was negatived, and the orignai m►►tion, for referring the Report sack to he carried into execution, was agreed to. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE, IN PUBLISHING THE PRO CEEDINGS OF THE COURT. The Loap MAYOR called the attention of the Court to the circumstance of Ihe recent publica• clop of the Proceedings of that Court in two or three late instances; his Lordship did not pie sent any formal terilten Report on the subject, but contented himself with a verbal statement of the facts as they occurred. Ile considered the publication as a breach of the privileges of that Court, and thought it of importance that inquiry should be made by what means, anti by o horn, such communications had been made. Pis this infringement on the Privileges of the Court had commenced during his Mayoralty, he should have wished that some decision on the subject could have been come to before he left the Chair ; nnti, with that view, had tett it his duty to make the statement he had done to the Court. Mr. Alderman Cox concurred in the import tarrce and necessity of ascertainingtthrough whom, and in what manner, their proceedings had got before the public. That Court was not an open Court, and their proceedings must therefore have gone through some improper channel; he thought every Alderninn ought to be called upon to de clare upon his honour whether or no he bad any participation in causing the said proceedings to be made public. This proposition of Mr. Alderman Cox's occa sioned several remarks, and one or two of the Members declared their innocence as to havitsg made any communiektiou on the subject ; the question, however, eras not formally pat to each Alderman present, mod, after some conversation, the ;natter dropped Without any precise motion. The oilier regnl;ir business bei»g gone Ali ()ugh the Court adjoornetl. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performrd on Sot urtlazi Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DEW IZY-LINE.—Wild Oats : Rover, Mr. Elliston ; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. W. Wc,t. After which, I ligh Notions. Tne.vtitt: ROYAL, CovENT-GARDEN.—Lowe makes a Man Carlos, Mr. C. Keruble ; Angelina, Miss Foote. After which, Rosina. TO COIMESPONDENTS. "A FRITNII TO TUE CossmuTioN," has been unavoidably delayed, but shall be inserted to-morrow. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY AT T 3 per Cent. Red. 67 6i2i 3 per Cent. Cons. ci7 ial 4 ti7i 4 per Cents. 6 per Ct. Navy Ann...1(40i 104 ELVE o'CLOCK. lndta Bonds . 7s. N. pr. Exch. Bills, Qd .. 21. dis. par Ditto Commercial ....22s.dis. °annum Cons. for Account 67i 68if 67i 6, Bank Long Ann.;l7i 9-16ths i MAILS. Ainivan.—t Dublin, 2 Waterfore, 1 Holland, 1 France, Flanders. Dux-1 Holland, 1 Gottenburgh, I Lisboa, 1 Hamburgh. lIICH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.moluto W. Morning. 13 minutes alter 7. Evening, 37 minutes alter 7. THE SUN. 1101.,F,N1 DICENZ FA 1.31.1 M AUDI:AT ? LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER S. 1819. We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were clue this morning, have not arrived. The limo, it is apprehended, will be prevented by indisposition from opening in person the Session of the Chambers. His MAJESTY, however, trans acts business as usual with his Ministers, and on Wednesday held a Privy Council, which was at tended, in addition to the Ministers, by the Mar quess GARNIER, M. ROYER COLLARD, the Marquess de ,7AUCOURT, and the Baron PASQUIRR, each of whom bears the title of Minister of State. The Council continued sitting for four hours. The KING also on Wednesday gave an audience to the Count BARGE MARBOIS. The accounts from Vienna state, that the Sup plementary Congress, as it is called, is to assemble at Vienna, for the purpose of being formally open ed on the I Gtb mist., and the first Conference is to take place on the 20th, Ti is Congress, we are told, has for its object to concert the means of carrying into effect all such measures as may be necessary to repress " the last remains of that demagogical effervescence which menaces the tran quillity of nations." It appears, however, that in these Conferences only eight Ministers are to have deliberate votes, namely those of Baden, Cassel, Hanover, WurteMbeji, Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia, end Aurfite. All the other Sovereigns of der many are to have Plenipotentiaries there, who are to assist at the deliberations, and to have the right of delivering their opinions, but whose votes are not to he taken, except its case of a division amongst the first mentioned eight. It is added, that under certain circumstances there will be formed in the hotly of the Congress a high Cotn- mission, consisting of five Members,. taken from amongst the first mentiored eight, which Commis sion is to decide in the last resort. The Congress is to assemble in the Grand Saloon of the States of Austria ; its first measures will, it is said, have for their object the means of surveillance over the students at the Universities, It becomes a clues- on of some moment, if some of the States of Germany refuse to accede in its full extent to the system established by the Diet, what means ‘vill be resorted to by the rest, or whether the system will be modified to meet the qualified assent of Bavaria and Wurtemberg ? This question becomes the more curious, if we are to place any reliance upon an article from Frankfort in the Consiirtutionnel, according to which, the Court of Vienna had pressed upon the King of WORTS:4IIBIZG the expe diency of postponing the giving a Constitution to his people, until after the Congress should have decided upon the interpretation to be given to the thirteenth article of the Federal Act, vela live to Representative Constitutions. The King of WUKTEMBERG, however, it is said, in some degree offended at the dictatorial style of the applica tion, paid no attention to it, and completed the Constitution without further delay. Austria, dis contented with this step sent a Minister to War saw to complain to the Emperor of RUWA, but the King of WURTEZIDSEG going thither in person, satisfied the Emperor of the expe diency of the measure be had adopted ; and the re sult was the complete approbation by the Emperor of Russta of the conduct of the King of WUR." TEMBERG, and of the Wurtemberg Constitution. Sever al Swiss Tutors, employed in the first fa milies at Vienna, have been arrested on political charges, and their papers seized. FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday . ..... 71 f. ....—g. DEFERRED STOCK Of the 22ct March, 1817, 92 f. 90c. 22d Sept. 1817,. 424 March, 1818, BBl. 90c. 21(1 Sept. tglß, 22t1 ?larch, 1819, B4 f. 90 c. Srpt. 1819, B4 1. 95 C. Boston Papers arrived this morning to the 2d October. (From Me Boston Paper of Me Ist Oct.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 28.—Our Readers will learn with inexpressible pleasure, that no case of ma lignant fever was reported to the Board of Health yesterday. Mr. CORBETT did not go out io the ship Hector, for Liverpool, as reported yesterday. A Gentleman from Bermuda informs, that the fever was very bad at St. Georges and Hamilton ; nearly one fifth of the Garrison and Inhabitants have fallen victims. A Bermuda Paper of the sth says, the fever which has been raging at St. Georges, has sub sided in a considerable degree, although there are still several bad cases. A severe earthquake was experienced at Port Spain, Trinidad, on the 12th August, 2 A. M. HALIFAX, SEPT. 20 —We are much alarmed at the progress of the fever at Bermuda, already have the principal Medical officers and chief En gineer fallen victims with other officers, and about 100 out of the garrison of 4 or 500 soldiers ; the inhabitants have suffered in proportion, and all is dismay and confusion here. There is a paragraph in The (01d) Times of this day, which - says there is " a report that, for some time past, certain persons have been running about the City of London, and endeavouring to procure a Petition, or other paper, having for its object to defeat the Act of Parliament, which was passed in the course of last Session, for compelling the Bank of England to pay its Notes in gold." The folly of this paragraph is exactly upon a par with its malevolence ; and we arc persuaded that the report in question has only been running about the rancorous imagination of the writer, who has published it for the sake of delusion, and in order to embarrass Government. As to ►he Act of Parliament alluded to, it will, of course, be acted upon, according to the state of circumstances. Parliamentary enactments are adopted for the benefit of ttie Public, and are properly suspended when they arc injurious rather Lan beneficial. The Bank will bare no reitic -1 tence to pay in gold when it cart do so con sistently with the public welfare. and Govern" went/mould be absurd, indeed, to Corce into exe cation an enactment that might be dangerous JI) ita consequences. Tile 4.b.01e of t : rumour A would e too contemptible forfiNtic •he Pa " ke 1r in 'eh it appeaod (lid ‘ 4 ,oKll4lbotrent'iy)i re " sutne to stile itself i'ihe Leading Journal of El" rope," and afterwards, as iMplldellay in she fac e of positive evidence, denied that it ever asso4ll-0 that title. Now, we are on the subject of TM' (Old) Times, we cannot deny ourselves the pie a " sure that we shall always feel in exposing 1 " malignity and falsehood of that Paper, by insert ing the following paragraphs., which spews thus its politeness and urbanity are upttn a level with its political rectitude and disinterested morality :--- ~ The Courier of last night says—The Leading J014111(11 Of Europe is offended with us fur remembering' that unluclil phrase—Oh, no, we arc not: only The Courier lies, in at- tibuting the phrase to us : and he knows he lies, in so (Wig' But then The Courier is hired to lie. However, as to /OP ing we shall continue to lead, as we have done, while tha poor Courier, instead of leading, is obliged to be led ; and when he does not lead well, then he is driven; and when he'll neither lead nor drive, as sometimes happens, not fro o want of obedience, but from dulness, then Mr. Vansittart, or whoever else his driver may be, turns about upon him, and seats him upon the head, calling him fool, and dolt, 3' 36 knave, and telling all the world that the beast he is beating is not his ass; that he scorns to hare such a brute for his use: but still the ass, though despised a►ed beaten, sticks t ° the man; and the man, who contemns the ass, keeps tl ►e burden on his back. DA let not Mr. Vansittart despi o asses ; it they cannot discourse, they can bray, and so silence' more rational animals. Hence are there asses out of &lice' We have been almost stunned by them."—(Tisnes, 411 x Not'eenber, 1 8 ta.) Will The Courier condescend to take any for , ther notice of so low and despicable an assault? except to express its abhorrence or contempt ? THE KING'S 1-IsAcrtf.—Yesterday the follow" log Bulletin was exhibited at St. James's Palacc to the Public at large : WIND-5011 CASTLE", Nor. 6; 1819. " His MaiesTY has passed the last month in great Val!" quillity, hut withotA any thruimition of his disorder. f!' s hll.s.wsrv's bodily health continues to be good, under the cl" cut.ustances of his advanced age. (Signed) "H. HALFORD, W. lIEBERREr' r, " M. BAIELIE. R. WILLIS.'" DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN PLYMOUTH DOCK-TAII There is no duty more unpleasant to a public Journalist, than that of recording the contintssi' ly occurring instances of human calamity, parw cularly when they involve not simply a f a t a l es' tastrophe to one individual, but the untimely de' ceases of more than one, with disa.trous arci• dents to many others. A temporary (Inn had beep • constructed at the stern of the Smith d•,ck, in our dock -yard, for the purpose of protect o r;; Ind workmen, who were preparing for putting it s new gates ; about halt -past two o'clock on Wed' nesday aftetnoon, it then being pearl.) , half-lid" the enormous pressure of the water, estimated least 5(10 tons, suddenly broke through the de" , and, coming in contact with the shores supporting a bridge or brow across, on which wve forty or fifty persons passing and repassing to their dal , it instantly engulphed the whole in the rushinC flood, which continued in a state of the most 'jog' lent fermentation for several minutes. Marl boats being near the boson, by dint of onsoo 2 ‘ mon exertions the spectators succeeded in rese' ing and bringing ashore all who were visible. some with broken limbs, and others with sever e contusions, arising from the furious precipitatin h of the water, and the timbers with which the de° was constructed. As some were missing, M rs Smith, Surveyor of the Works immediately re moved the diving vessel from flamoaze (b e baton, where, notwithstanding the turbid c ondi"' tion of the water, and the contusion of the s cene , he promptly descended. After searching at (b e bottom some littte time, he brought op the bndi of Joseph Crocker, a caulker, one of the missing? but too late, we regret to say, to save his life' Shortly afterwards it was ascertained that a se‘' min belonging to the ordinary, called Libby, "%l e missing. Mr. Smith descended again in the be"' but without success—on the tide receding► b e was found in a spot beyond the reach of diving bell. Thus by a circumstance, in which blame seems imputable to no one, two lives W e i been lost—two had their limbs fractured, ant five have received contusions. A Coroner's li ve quest has been held on the bodies of the unfore tonate deceased, which returned a verdict of"'" " Accidental Death." Crocker, we hear, has }eft a wife and four children to lament his loss.--V i r mouth and Dock Telegraph, Nov, G ) CRITICAL CANDOUR.—A morning Paper of tb ig Clay, in its report of the play of Love makes a l Man, represented on Saturday, takes notice of a s the performers but Mr. C. KEMBLS, who oct e the chief character ! ! Can this omission be t hc effect of accident, or of some unworthy 1 15 ° Eir 2 which ought never to pollute the public pre" " 'Tis true 'tis Titifid, and pity 't is too t rue: . I\la. BIRD, THE A RTIST.—We are sorry to ' ll . ° flounce the loss of Mr. BIRD, the Royal Acaden l :: cian, an excellent Artist, who died on Tues°64 last at Bristol. Swiss COLONISTS AT RAMSGATE,--A late 17 1 rill Paper contains a paragraph eulogizing the m gt` ; bitants of Ramsgate, for their noble anti gene r° lie reception of these poor people landed from Netherlands ship Camillus, after she had i ) , f ee ris driven bn shore, near Deal, in a thick fog• hut justice the Public should know, that t r })- 0 , Colonists have riot as yet received any thing l i r r il h the Inhabitants of that place to justily th e bU t flown complimews in the Paper anode() 1 0 to the l'aittioee Government are they i" (l° : ) ,he for their subsistence, and to the liberality' "1. Trustees of R;tinsgaie Hathonr, ito the " C ‘ ;l l. e l e fliodation of their convenient Storz-house s) of any charge whatever. H a *llich ei,t ed could trig i ti i ierp c * elfar lady, a of No Lehr .►te Le ask ~. q t3(l 0 of 4ns, 11 lilt 8 „ li on, 14 : h e l l Y ta gs, q ti tre or 41 0 wi t toll?, feet t am Pet roe' , ilift e the Yes to 0 tilp s lion I 6 nXi anfl Lave l inUt he re. 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