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MONDAY, JANUARY ??3, 1819.

COCRZ' OF ALDERMEN.

A Court of Aldjumen was held, at Guildhall, on
Tuesday, whim the petition of Musys. 11 Gibbons and
S. Stiaith,.of the Ward of Wa'brook, nnplaining of
the undue return bf the Common Csuncil oftliat Ward
upon the last eluctirn, upon the ground that Mr. G. E.
Shotticworth was not put in tunutostion by the Return-
ing Officer (the Lor.l Mayor) akkough duly proposed
and seconded on that octasioay was taken into consider-
..

The Court migrated that witnesses Amnia be relied
in support of the petition, awl the petitioners only
king first :Omitted, Messrs. Weol, Wuithinan. and
others, submitted that the ipvesti.*ition should he -,t7b-
lie, and that all the of NValbrepAr were
entitle, to admission ; when, after a debate of nearly
two hours, Ow Court was tlirAvii open.
The Lord Mayor ordered the Petition to be read. It
vi as of great length, and the substance of its allegations
was as 1611.AVS:--

" That on the 21st of December last, the annual
election ww: held at Salter's Hall, on which occasion the
names of sixteen persons, among Whom were seven of
the former Common Council, were returned by precinct
to the Wardinote; and that, on a slimy of hands, as to
such precinct, the said seven appeared to be re-elected ;
and that upon the name of Mr. T. N. Williams to new
Candidate), bring duly propmed and sccoreled, and
another with him being merely rettinieal, the Petition
er (Mr. B. Gibbons) proposed that his Lordship, in
consequence of the procee..dings, should adjourn the
Meeting before the retort was deelar:ll; that his Lord.
ship refused two to ski ; whereupon the Petitioner im-
mediately propo.,ed the name of E Shuttleworth,
as one ut the Commou Conned of the Ward ; and that
the said proposition was duly seconded by Mr. S.
Smith, the other Petitioner. That his Lordship en-
quired of Mr. Shuttlewortle, whether, it he were
elected, he would servo the office; and, being answer-
ed that he did not wish to do so, nor had he any de-
sire of roo:ring forward, the I.ord Mlut or refused
to put hint its nomination. That the Petitioner, 11
Gibbons, insisted that he should be put in nomioation,
urging that it was nut for hint to deride whether he
should or shotild not be in the Common Council, and
pledging iiiinsrif that if he was e!ected, he. would
make hint serve. That the Lord Ntayor persisted in
refusing to nut 11r. Shattletructh in nomination, not-
withstanding that hp immediately afterwards empi ired
whether any other persona were to be nominated.
That the Petitioner, Gihbobs, said he had a list of four
other respr,o able persons to nominate, but it was IVie-
leAs to name them if his Lordship Avonitt only nomi-
nate whom :to pleased. That the situ! Petitioner then
ad.ireased himself to the Lord Mayor, saying, Re-
' member I demand a pall fur Mr. Sinittleworth!• and
that neverthele-s the eight persons returned by the
precinct were sworn in before his Lordship. That the
said G. E. Shuttleworth wi:s in every way lualitied
to be one of th,., outman Council of the Ward, and
that he tees in feet a candidate, am? polied, in the year
1817, 37 votes That the Lord Miyor, sitting at the
Wardinote as Retorting Oflicer, bad no right to tie-
tertnine who shot;hl or should not b proposed. for
then it would nut he an election of the freemen and
lautseholders of the %Vont, but of the Alderman him-
self,_cau:rary to the spirit of real franchise, and of
the pre..‘pt for election in:11. The finally, the Peti-
tion mtpared the o ki. aof Common Councilman to
the of Saeritt of 1.-ndon, or the Inonestman of a
‘Var,l, where the party chosen to sery • such offices
arc left without any c,ptiou; and that by the nature
their oath, upon being entailed as freemen, they
Ale bAtltOt to serve, or subject theuv:elves to certain
oun6inuents and penalties. Under all the circum-
stance!, the ptitionerg prayed that the Elation of the
eight Co;.Lto:on Couneilm, ,t, as aticresaid, might be
declared its tool void and a new one appointed."
After the Petit Ou was real, the Court enquired if
the Petitioner had any tl:ing to odd. Mr Oibbans rc-
lOLA in the aißramire. and entered into an illustra-
tion of the lie complained of the unt.-arratuable
nvstis resorted to of calling a Wartimote on Monday to
lisews the merits of hi: Petiiion, and prejuikinig it
the ay be ia.c. it was to ho aJitatod by the proper
He 15'33 proceeding to cite cages where Coln-
man Cona,Arolen hail been eleeted and oboiged to serve
. sophist th.:Or tetil ; !••i he v•as stopped by the Ro-
-1 corder, who said, the Cowl wanted its, nut argu.
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Alderman *Waithman said, they should hear th•
case first, and then the evidence.
Sir J. Shaw was of Ow same oli lion.
(P bons sail, ii, thone,la his case so clear that
he did not einplty Cu,.:asel; ite 1.31, a right would
have been insisted upon to state things more filly. an
it would lint have b:en vial utcd. lic ~neltoled
asserting, that there never was a more illegal anti 1.•.-
justifiable protteedin.4 than that of which he cmnit!;l:,• -
el, nor a more glarLig attetupt to destroy dm frauehi.c
of the City of Loat!on.

Mr. J. Dawes, Mr. N. T. IA illiaros, enl'.• another,
were pro.lueed us witnesses of the facts which took
plaice on the day of electbu. The♦ all underwent a
stet crosF...;:xamioation !)y several of the Aldermen.
and loom panic/I:leg by the Lord Mayor hinoelf.
Their t::stinv,iiy, IDr.vever, strongly bore out all the
allegation) of the Petition, us to dim names of twn
persons fur each pt.:Tina being mid over, from which
one was returnel ; as to thc •,roposition of 'lr. Shut.
tleworth, as a Counnon Ct.uncilinan, before' thc return
of the e'<ht successful t'rintlidates had been declared ;
amt the positive refusal of the Loth Mayor to put Lint
in nomination.

The Court Iva, then orcicred to be cleared ; when
after a very long discussion, it was decided that the.
Petition of Nlcssrs. Gibbons and Smith was folly Sub-
stantiated ; that the election of which they complained
was null %mid ; and that a new election it;ioultl
mcdiately take place.
On Friday the Lord Mayor held another Court
of 'Aldermen, for the general despatch of busi-
ness, at %%hie!' several Aldermen. the Sheriffs, end
City Officers attended --'Twelve bars of gold w;•ig).-
ing 2181 i winces, and 3.5 laws of silver, wei.:;;liinz ur_
wards of '211,4)00 ounces, were produced in Court, and
sworn off for cspoitation.—A petition and mensoria:
from the sworn brokers. relative to sundry recent re.
.;.11ations, and fisr the adoption of measures :o protect
them rights, was pre.ented, and ret'etred to
committee of the whole Court, to consider and repura
upon immediately.—The presentments the ‘Vard.
mote lnques's of the sever4l Wards, as rethr.ted on
Plough Ilotiday, of non-freeto,o, ruinous hoti,ei,
&v. were road, an the oretNsztry st, ps
be taken thereon.—The tf March next was
appointed for 14!citsioe the viet'..alltal:, ..;lid prorepts
dire-led to issue accordingly.

An arousing report has crept into the Barhadoes
pa-
pore, by the way, as it is said, of Martinique, vix,
that. St. !Hera had been attacked, al,nl floonaparte
rescued. We are not informed us to any partictshos
respecting the tinier by which this gland exp:oit Was
accomplished ; whence it had sailed, or how it wcs
composed ; ur whether it betook itself aftetaur.l4. The
Martinique intellipmw.:ays nothing as to the mode of
the attack ; whether it was by sea or or both

_ .
whether the garrii'on was beaten in the open field, o-;
the British Admiral was sunk or cawsureti; or whether
;he Ihmttp.atists came in the ni,ht. and caught Sir
Hudson slapping. For all such interesting and velu.
aide details WC must wait ;Nish as much patience as t:,,2
t admits of, in the hope that sonic otlwr Captain
may, peradventure, arrive from Alartinipie ; or that
a prcclamatiou by the great Napoleon may appe: r
in due thrin, dated " trout our Palace at Lon,,.
wood ;' and promisiny his faithfUl English, that thl!
Imperial Eagle, shall "Hy frmn island to island, un it
Cloy mist upon. the cross at St Paisl-s. The Bar? 3.•
does Editor does, indeed, appear to !!e troubled with a
twinge of incredulity on this subject ; inasmuch as he
es-Emperor was sang in his birth on the 17th of AL.
gust last, althoug:s a band Id worthies from theCharap
d'Asyle had sworn to liblprate their patron. The silly
rnmour.from Martinique, if it prove nothing, seems to
countemince a belief; that some sort of project had
been really its emrsemplation thr the escape of Buena.
parte. That the cons2irators should boast of rirea.'y
succeeding in an enterprise which they had not yet .
tempted, is natural to that consummate arrogant. ,
throw). winch, in order to !zoin a victory, their :cede.-
lets more than once forgotten that it would be ilea': -
fary to %lit a battle.
' Mr. Cullen, a ton-dealer in Dublin who was prosy.
ritd on the charge of sailing spuriuts tea, after
days' invc;tiption, has proved that the sporith.s leaves
found among his stuck svere mei..o trout the India-
and consequently must st:thor Imvc-bcen ado!-
..crated itt Leadeohall.strect, or in Chino.

IMPERIAL PARLIANI ENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THURSDAY, J. 21.

The forte met et 2 o'clock, wbe.l the Lori? Chancellor
lark the li• wed his teat.
Hi. Royal Niemen Cie Prince Regent did 0411 s come down
I. tar l Lot.t., hot five cumnsi.simirell werr aepoosic•l In read
a". K 1;...' die wiS. the !Aril Ctnnrslui, Ike clatoishop
of C. .tra .t‘tay, Nla,ryok Cant-lest, the EAligi of Itts.towlty
lin 1 W itoottut At 4 1111.11frr be we 5 o'clock mir Tht.s.
)1 vt it.ti, Mee Uaker of We n s 141:111 it/ Ike
1"(41iil• ut C0,.1 .1.11,, 11l 111113111(1d 1114
Heine to ti.le IlnuPee of Pt as. Toe (Wino/ . !sp. crls war,
taws re... 1 Jay the Lon.i Clauslurn.:r trots the ,n,,..14.41 6 :

I.OEDS AND GENTLEMEN.
We a:: commanded by his ltoril Highness the rrince Regent to
ecpresi to you the deep regret wuieli he feels in the con:inmates of
Etls Majcity's lamcntell
in aiuuui.teotig U yoo.thc s: sere calamity with whin it has pleased
Minn: l'asvidatv: to visit the Prince Regent, the Royal Eamily.
atrl the nation, by tie death of Iler Majesty the Queen of the United
iiisgdout. uis ►goys! 11'1;011v:es has cominaode.l its to direct your at- .
tntion to Che arIALLIT4I.IO,I of suet msures es this nielaricholy event
has retutazd n:cessary and exliedieut, with respect to the cart of His
,Majesty's seesv l person.
We &centre:tail to iritollll you, that the negotiations which have
talzen plisfa at Atx-la-Chapelle have led •to the evacuation of the
freach territory by the allied armies.
The Prince Regent has given orders, that the convention conclucl•
ad for this }impose, as well as tae other documents connected with
this arranvaient, shall ue laid oiifore you : sad he is persist:led, that
you will view with peculiar satisfaction the intimate union which so
happily subsists anwagst the Powers who were pieties to these trans-
actions, aid tie unvaned disposition which has been manifested in
all their inirandings for the preset ration of the peace and tranquil-
lity of Europe.
The Prince Regent has commanded us Anther to acquaint you,
Tut a treaty has been concluded b:tween his Royal lli.thtiess and
t Government of the United 'States of America, tar the renewal,
for a Fortier term of yoars. of the co:nawrein! conrention 1111 W sub-
duing between the two nations, and for the amicable a 3 list ..ent of
several points ot• mutual importance to the interests of b h ii coun-
tries : and, as woo as the ratifications shall nave been escoanged,
hie Royal Rigliness will give directions that a copy of this treaty
shall bc laid before you.
GENTLEMEN Or TUE HOUSE or COSINOYS,
Ihe Pria:e Urgent has directed that the estimates for the current
year ski all tie hod o:fore you.
Its Rom' Highness feels assured, that you will learn with satis-
faction the „titian of :CALL:J.3I tie present situation of Europe.
and the cire ionunszei of tne Etats) Empire, have eaahled his Royal
Highness to eifect in the naval and nulita:y estaidishisients of the
country.
Ills Royal Ilig'ineu has alb the gratification of ationoneing to
you, a cossidemine and progressive improvement of tile revenue, in
its most lIIIVO taut Oslo ues.
2d Luaus sin tileatirtmucer,

Tli;l"Jti.;;TtlienMnis---uire.:.etiuibe laid before you, such papers
as are oszessdry w 6,1{).% t.te or4tn aad reilLit of the war in Me Post
fits 'Wyo.! Highness commands us to inform you, that the opera-
aeons unlatakeu by rue Governor-Gm:sal in Council, against the
l'intiarrees, ware dictated uy t.te strictest principles of self defence.;
and the, in tut extended hostilities which followed upon those opera-
tions, sae Aid:status Pitiless were, in .very instance, ClP..ggressors.
Under the pioritlent and sinful tupsrantendsoice of the Marquis of
Hosting, tier ca,npaigo was marked. in evcry point, by brilliant
achievemeisui and suce.uses ; and His alajecy's forces, and those of
the Bast-Lulu Company (Native as well as European), rivalled each
other in sustaining the aepctution of the h anus.
The l'ruice Regent has the grestest pleasure in bring able to in-
form you, test VIC trade, commerce, and manuiectures of the coun-
try are in a most flourishing condition.
The favourable change winch has so rapidly taken place in the in-
ternal oueunattanors oi the Cameo Kingdom, Affords t:ae strongest
proof of cote solidity of itali re.ources.
To cultivate an 1 improve the advantagef of our present situation
will be the object of your dclinerations; and his Royal Ill.:in:cis
has commanded us to waive you oi Ins disposition to concur and
ett-oper.ste in whatever may be best cokulated to secure to his Ma-
testy 's std(..ects the full benefits of that state of peace, which, by
the blessiog rit. Providence, has been so happily re-established through.
out liuret.
The Lotto 'CIIANCILLOR having read the royal sprecli,..
•

The East of Wanwice lose to move the addrrss. Hoi
lordship expressed has incompetence to undertake so at &toes
task as that which had been p.tieed in Ins hands. He felt
considerable reluctance detaining their lordships any
length of time, whet' lie knew there were so massy present
souls Inure able thau himself to address thrill upon so norm.
Last ~subject. At the same time, he hoped that it would not
(quire a rely able advocate to induce their lordships to
coucor in the address be was now about to propose. 'flue
(Alt topic which claimed the attention of their lordships was
the:coutinued indisposition of His Majesty. Thisiwas mitred
a *abject of uniseisal regret ; bin the House was at the same
time called upon to condole his Royal Iligliness upon
the uselanchuly death of her late Majesty the Queen. II was
a must mournful duty to perform ; and whale the House was
called upon to ,:press its sense of the pious and filial duty
displayed by his Royal Wetness during a long illness, it
could Out forget the wavy vtrtucs which were combined
.her late most excellent ‘tajesty. Tue House would show
how sensible it was of the many advantages to be derived
. .

irons acanduct su exempoary. By her exa-myle of affection
wear& an aged 510aArch, and by her naoderatien, she had
become the object of love and admitation; and the euunity
.u.ight exult in haviug lis4 such a Queen ou the throne of
t'agiand—autdt a pittleiu to the whole world. He next

Lliuded to the tither points adverted to in the Speech, and
observed, that on winch ver side their lordships might tutu
their attention, whether foreign •,r domestic, the whole acetic
•presegted a most cheerio& prospect. He concluded with
unman; on 'Wares, to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
which was an echo Vt thee erect:h.
Lord tiaitous conga ululated the House upon the prosper-
en state of the manufartmes and tontine-Ice of the country,
and upon the important rednetions which had been tirade in
the tniliury and naval establishuretits, and concluded with
emending the address.
TMe mat gins tit LANtLIQWN did not feel Lionel( called
aro to oder aoj opposition to the addr, ss, which had lieu at
supported with gr.at tuoptiety try biv noble relation who
mooed it, .ais ut.l, b. the it .Ole lord nhu seconded it. It was

with gr..; t YYi,il -1.10'4 his iiittle llu.. dtclat4lsoll. bee:A.ll4r,

paint ksi Aso *a- at all ti •.•• lO o,ipos. au 341, ei • t^ the All, o ,e:
it would Iwve Ure torahs, ,t,ot e p•iiii:oll to have tr•••• t..,4 to
▪ 1.0111%1 Oil "i'4'11,11•11, wbrn part of b • pro-
page laddo CA, C.,11•1.•1111.11.0,1111.11VICIlee f.r an eitut, with res,ieet
to wltieu tliet r eoald Ue Uui our sesitinfrot, and our t "quer
,ion of sentiment, It lii4t 110,8,e. Jo givin a liviseial Cue.
• -tit nee lu atittreit, lie, however• twriled buns, If booed
iut mete litot le Mete otett -IA hit:ll the Coln