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London, England, 1822-03-22 00:00:00

Yestetday a Court of
its the Conant Chamber.
M AMOR took the Choir
Mr. FAVILL rose and
privilege to submit to his ,
which respected so Honourable
weird add fame. In ~
Amid " nothing ettetmate.
malice." For the last few
Sad ceased to ba merely
ministerial edicis, it hod
by the tools of corruption,
the Ist of March (warn tl
papers were incorrect) for
City of London. ■od use

Coosasons support of al,
onetiosously by that Court
MOUS to the Committee of '
degrading to the character s..
(The lion. Gent. here read
repart of what had fallen
occasion of the presentment
City of London relative to'
on which occasion our
Hon. Baronet ridiculed
meddling with matters in
cern, and denied their competency
inquiry of the subject of -
the petition.)
Mr. FATELL conceived
case, if the report of what
said was correct (and he
were not so), as called upon
Mr. JASIES asked what
Court ?
Mr. FAVELL said, he
mit a motion to the Court .
had thought it fairer to the
him an opportunity of explsioiog
could deny the truth of ti
which case no motion would
Some discussion took •
this course of proceeding, .
S. Dixon. Mr. Alderman
Griffiths took part.
Sir W. CURTIS said,
the greater part of the
Gentleman was true;
words he had made use
sentiments. He iotended
inquiry; not that be held that
sped, but he defied any
the evidence taken before
red Purpose., mud not say that
The Hon. Gentleman talked r
lege, but surely he (Sir W
privileges too, as well as th
the liberty of speech, and
tongue. He did think
read the records of that
years, and particularly tr
it would make them all
of themselves.—(A laogbi
deem their character, at,,
gogues, jesuits, and factious ,
37 years a member of that
could say that lie had not
to uphold its character. I
the Hon. Gentleman would
promised he would sot }—
severe.
Mr. FAVIILL thought
some defendants in cow
defence aggravated his
only denied their right
boldly come forward to
tory of their proceedings
nivell concluded by mom;
tion—(for which see actor
Mr. PATTEN seconded

Mr. Alderman WAITA
it a very grave proceeding
Committee appointed by •
edly if such motives were
the proper place in which
made. He considered the
mittee of the grossest
only a repetition of th.
peered in some of the dull;
mittee was sitting, which
have emanated from the
astonished that any Meer& :orporat
London should dare in th ,ouse . Commons to
assert that which he knew to be substantially un-
true. He thought it most extraordinary that in
the Committee, of which the Hon. Baronet was a
member, together with some Aldermen who had
been most active when he (Mr. Alderman Windt-
man) was prosecuted, that so grove a dereliction of
duty should have been exhibited by their abstaining
from enleringon the proceedings in the Committee,
but reserving themselves to vilify the proceedings
in another place, where the members of the Com-
mittee had no opportunity of defending themselves.
What had the Honourable Bart. now said, but that
one half the Court were knaves, and the other half
fools ; that they had demagogues, factious persons,
jesuits--
Sir W. CURTIS—" I spoke figuratively."—(A
laugh.)
Mr. Alderman WAITIIIIAN. in continuation,
said, it now rested with that Court whether they
would consider themselves persons of the descrip-
tion stated by the Hon. Baronet, sod that the lion.
Baronet had the monopoly of wisdom, knowledge,
and political independence. The Hon. Baronet
had found out that one Sheriff bad no power to
act, vet frequently there was only nne Sheriff at
the Old Bailey, nod within his recollection one
Sheriff had-been confined in prison fur nearly the
whole period of his Shrivealty ; but according to
the disuovery of the Hon. Baronet, if any thing
happened to one Sheriff the other could not act :
this was a proof of the Hon. Baronet's extraordinary
wisdom, and a result of the thirty-seven years ex-
perience of which he had spoken. Tbere was sir

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.00.143000 were equally incompetent, where the in-
quiry affected the character or art individual. de
did not defend the wisdom, prudence, or temper it
.the expressions made use of by the Hon. Baronet.
for after the many kiuthiesses he had received from
the Corporation, tie should have been snort cautious
in his expressions relative to the City of loodipip,„
The question was, what was the dignified and pea:
per course to pursue towarila a Merobtr of Partin: • .
meet (not representing the Corporation), but tailed "
epee as a member of that Court to answer for what
be had spoken in Parliament. It might be cote-
petent for the Coat to do this ; but had not mem-
bers of that Court, who were also Members of Par-
liament, in that chamber charged the House or
Commons with profligacy and corruption t tie bpd
beard such !slippage uttered without bring called
in question ; but what was there to prevent the
House of Commons front noticing such language..
and visiting it with a severer punishment than any
which ibis Court could inflict > He would not,:
therefore, make this a precedent to induce tie
House of Commons to visit with puoistrueut say
individual for expressions used within these wad..
Mr. TAYLOR thought the dervger pointed out by
the worthy Aldermen (1-leyipite) was tin reason why
they should not express their opinion. He ground?
ed his support to the •atessure on the style mud lama
gunge made use of friy the Hoo. Baronet, for which
.be was not aware eppg he had offered any apology.
Sir %V. CORT!3,-" None."
Mr. Troun'a continued. It should rie. recoUecte. d
Silat there we, uo debate, and no heat but that ex.

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MitiMON 4.314 /ft CI L. ether Matti+ which he dallied to emstimeo sad he .v. diiiir
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. Court of Common Council was held tun,. S_,e his Ph"' yet!, _
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el Chamber, at Guildhall. The LOU "mu Ilisne to tne"une tt' at seenelnille.lPsielne i
k the Chair at twelve o'clock{ whets note which lie had sent to that glaßdansa. with t
at, rum mid mid, he had a gamma a *hem be lied acted as Sheriff', and elide that Goo- - IL:
submit to hie Lordship and the Court. deign had since gives to Mt. ffillellelereerthishe4n-
cted ao Honourable Baronet of great ably him to make ere attack en their.
in• -.Su
•is i
fame. In king his statement he the House of Cum uustas* He Ml' W . le-
thing extenuate, or set down aught in ever had say quarrel es altercation with that Me- 1 ,i
or the last few yearn, since that Codrt thy Member, yet he had retired from the Cour%
to be merely a Court for registeriug and sent that letter to Mr. Bulletined,. who hod
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dicer, it had been sufficiently abased made a declaration, which, as far as nearded Me..., ,i '
of corruption, but it was reserved for 111'. was totally false. He had applied to Mr. J
arch (unless the teportsiu all the news. Butterworth for a copy of the letter, bet he bed re- _, l
incorrect) for • Senior Aldermen of the fused to give it him, and he bad since applied iii • li '
don, nod on of its Representatives ht Mr' Willing" threeur four times, but he had Vets
vet seconding a motion he the tiphim ea saner to ma appsicauen.
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I support a it petition /weed* Aka OLDIIA/l aud Mr. Dixon objected. that MI •
•by that Court 4,, to use words Pam- eoett esy the worthy Alderman should hate given ' i'
Committee of corral Purposes and notice to his late colleague of hie nacelles to state I
i the character of that Court. this matter to the Court. •
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,Gelit. here read from a newspaper the Mr. WAITHMAN said he had given,,hias such i •
at had fallen from Sir W. Curtis oo the notice. He should not now go further tato the
he presentment of the petitiou from the matter iu the absence of the worthy Member. who ,I
lon relative to the riot at Knightsbridge, had attributed to him motives which he denied;
eosin our readers will recollect the and, as he had refused to enter into any explaae-
et ridiculed the Common Council for lion. he (Mr. Waithman) would leave the Court to , •
nth matters in which they had no con- draw their own conclusion. With respect to the
enied their competency to inetitate any question then before them, he submitted that it he subject of the disturbances stated to was not decent of the Hon. Baronet to make the ,
/ seconding of the motion e medium to attack the ,
tee conceived he had made out such a Petition, the Committee, and the Court. He (Mr.
report of what the Hen. Baronet had Wsithmsn) for 15 years had had to struggle against
rect (and he might contradict it if it large majorities in that Court, and though he had
,as called upon the Court to interfere. used language sufficiently strong, he never had tee • ,
is asked what the motion was before the Elected on its character.
Sir WILLIAM CURTIS said, he would DOI die-
tee said, he was quite prepared to sub- pute about a legal point, but it was well keens
t -
n to the Court on the subject, but he that one Sheriff could not act in the csuoty of .
tit fairer to the Hon. Baronet to give Middles:. The worthy Alderman was only half a
ortunity of explaining; or perhaps he Sheriff, sod lie was glad of it; if he had been a
the truth of the reports altogether, in whole Sheriff, he would have been either in the
so motion would be necessary. Fleet or Newgate. .
cannon took place on the regularity of fej r.JAMES conceived that that paragraph of the i
1 proceeding, in which Mr. Smith, Mr. • •
Hon. Baronet's speech which spoke of the niceties%
Mr. Alderman Waithinan, end Mr. of evidence, ought not to bear the evil constractioa
I: part.
which had been put upon it.
URTIS arid, he was ready to admit that
Mr.. OLDHAM thought that the Hoc. Baronet , •
poet of the report read by the Hon., i
ought to receive the censure of Court for his coin- • .1
was true; they were not the precise
meet on the conduct of the Committee in a place
id made use of, but they expressed his I
where he could not be replied to. It was his duty to
He intended to expote the folly of the
have attended in the Court and on the Committee ; i ,
t that be held that Court in any dine- ii 4,
but he had suffered the Report to go up to the
ie defied any man to read the whole of 4 ' , , !
House of Commons. and had then selected the
taken before the Committee of Gene-
only vulnerable point is the evidence, which he
I, stud not say that it was disgraceful.•
(Mr. Oldham) was ready to admit the Committee .
ientleman talked of a breech of privi- `it
troy he (sir William Curets) had mime might to have expunged. The Hon. Baronet .
ought to know the Court had a right to make die ' i 4
w, as well as the Hon. Member ; he hod
if speech, and no man should tie up his inquiry. and to report on it to the Legislature if l.
e did think that if gentlemen would they thought fit. For the reasons which he had
ords of that Court within the last two gluon, he shut" vote fur the censure on the Hu'l*
Janice I a rly the address to his Majesty, Baronet.„, • .
air I...LIUDIUS HUNTER regretted that the HON.
lee theni all (not tremble) but ashamedll
,s.—(A laugh)—He wished them to re. Baronet should have spoken so much at large end
+erecter, and not be misled by OM. with so much warmth on the Common Coned.
ele wee free to admit that, generally speaking, Mee
its, and factious persons. He had been
member of that Court, and Do man out of ten speeches had better be let alone, thongts
the words were not so "abominably outrageons."— :, • hat lie had not at all times endeavoured
(A laugh.)—The worthy Alderman then coal.
s character. He wished, therefore, that
mented at some length on the words ; complained
entlemen would make his motion, and .
would not be offended were it ever so that at the last Common Council lie bad been
hissed on retiring ; and concluded with moving the
ILL thought the Hon. Baronet, like previous question.
dents in courts of justice, had by his Mr. Mimeo' said, the hissing spoken of by the
pirated his original offence, for he not worthy Aldermen came from below the bar. .
Mr. Dixon said, the hissing tame from the
their right to inquire, but he had
Court, and he regretted to say. that when Mr.
forward to review aud censure the his-
Home entered (at the time the worthy Alderman
. .
sir proceedings for years past. Mr. - r
laded by moving the following resolu-
and Mr. Brown were retiring) some individuals did. , -;
'Mick see odoestiseiseist).
forget what was due to good manners. •i
Mr. WELCH said. that when the lion. Baronet
ran seconded the motion.
MAO W•ITHMAN said lie considered retired. he was heard to ssy, u I wish your Late.
,
poor com of oy p
jy
ire proceeding to impute motives to any shipany."
appointed by that Court ; hut undoubt-
Sir C. HUNTER admitted that he had said as
motives were imputed, that Court was after he bad been hissed. ti
place in which the accusation should be Mr. Alderman ATKINS palliated the conduct of
considered the imputation on this Co.-
the Hon. Baronet (Sir W. Curtis), as multiuse
lie grossest description. indeed it was
from the warmth of debate, and not m inteirchog )
etttitm
al. the abuse
which had sp. any disrespect to the Common Council.
Mr. S. Dixon took the some liue of argument. .
,me of the daily papers while the Co.
sitting. which laclearly shewed it tune • Mr. Alderman HSTOATR said, the Committee
• .
. eeeld Dot be considered competent to the inquiry.
ted from the same quarter. He was
hat any Member of the Corporation of no they had not the power to administer an oaths
old dare in the House of Commons to and in that respect Committees of the House of