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THE QUEEN.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a Court of Common Council waWheld
for the eft-patch of • great deal of important
ii.'.. It was numerously attended.
Mr. OLDHAM said, he bad observed in the Dew,-
pawl, that notes hstanding the maser taken in that
Court of the delay of the course of justice in the
Jitatiee.toom, Guildhall. Marrows Aunt.-Ivy was re.
presented as having neglected his public duties fora
whole week, and that Alderman Heygate, who was
unwanted to attend, as the deputy of Sir C.
!looter, had not attesided the Justice Room until
nearly halt:Twit two o'clock. The Sheriff bad,
o a.,n a former occasion, stated, in contradiction to
him (Mr. Oldham), that no neglect existed on the
p•rt of the Aldermen. He wished to ask the Lord
Mayor whether the-Court or Aldermen hail taken
ail steps to render the administration of justice
more punctual and regular than it now was ? He
wished an answer to this question before he adopted
am- proceedings upon this subject.
The LORD MAYOR said, he was not aware that
Aldermen liejgate had absented hissiself, and as to
Alderman Amitotic's-, the Sheriff ens present, and
prob ally explain. I-lie Lordship observed,
that the dailies of Aldermen had 'wreathed so much
as to resider it very difficult to prociire Magistrates
to perfortn them with the required effect.
Sherd!' RoTifwELL said, he was not aware that
Alderman Annesley had neglected his duties.
Alderman IiFYOATE came in in the of the
day, and-stated, that the delay ascribed to him arose
tom a defect in his memory. lle generally per-
bamed more than he was bound to do, and he
wished these who had complained would take into
consideration the very hard antis.e which the Alder-
men had to perform. Delays of this kind were erre
t•linly„prefertible in the opinion the City to the
employment of Police Nlagistr.ites.
Mr. OLDHAM said the City could not afford to
have their Aldermen about the country in militias.
11 Gentlemen could not do their duty, they ought
to resign their gowns, and not lie the means of
cailong confusion and inconvenience amotigat those
of° had to apply to them in their official capacity.
Alderman Sir W. Colons said there was no
in which justice was Lotter adinimatered than
in the City. He did his duty, and lie despised
the opinion of the Crowd.
• Mr. PEARSON sail it was the observation of a
lady, that a man who began by despising the ma-
nioc) of she Public, elided by deserving their con-
tempt.
COMMUNICATION FROM TilE QUEEN.
Alderman IVAITIIMAN said, he Mad a conummi-
ceion to tnske to the Court from her Majesty. He
had received a letter from a Magistrate; a Member
of that Court, who was now absent, enclosing a
paper, signed •• Matthew Wood." Ile then read
the letter, which was to the following effect :
" I ant cionmaaited by her Muje,tr the,Qaera, to request
/1.11 the Corporation of the City of Lontloa will accept her
l'ot trill, as a testiutuoy orate praiiiu•:e she feels towards the
hr- t Ely in the world, for llo• sorrvre and zealous loyally
ib. a eft, have 1111046:aled iu the cause of the Queets."—
" Ilene hear.")
Alderman ‘,.•II'IIMAN said, that lie had waited
nil the Lord Aluyer to make the commulite•tiuti,
loot his Lordship nut being at home, he left a note
enclosing it, and rerpie.tisig that his Lordship
would disclose the eircumataiwe to the Court. In
au-swer to this he ri ceived a letter born the Lind
ililaysic, which he should now teed. It was as

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*. ?hr Lurd Mayor prevent* his iromplimento lo Allerniaw
Waishoosti, am! returns the paper, signed " Mathew Wood."
he Lund Mayor Artistes preaestioe tla ptprr to the Court,
lwra,sae, eiciatioy cirrtimut h.• thinks it ifteonaiat.
!rig with his duty to iuterowdale Huth atiaiis of 11111111
pw!IVICe."

NJw. et-holier the Lord :11syor was right or wrong
to retiring to maker the comunistiention, was nut fur
loin; to say, but his lanal.hip havittg given the re.
foul, lie (Alderman W'aithielait) should move, that
rue otter of the roar:ail of la-r Majesty be most
gratefully accrOrd, and that the thanks of the
Curl be returned to h-r Majesty, fur an cande-
scriniihg and gracious • mark of regard to the Co.l
va at ion.
Mt. Ot.bitax recorded tl.e merlon. The offer
mr .'portrait inu4 at once be rec.irril. The Coott
'nu.% however, feel, at this perm I of the itiverligi-
t•era .;onie difficulty in acting. Ile hoped that her
M.jr.ty would coins out pure and aistilloil. The
Court would rejuace ut that event ; but it was then
re•slotione that they otiiild not now go AO fur as they
ro•v:11 midi. lie was glad the motion of the worthy
A'.termau bad slopped *ho•Ye it thal stop. He err-
s' ly %toad be vile of the first to 'jct.' it, if at had
ptu..reibil further.
Mr. Fa•itior. gild not wish to promote a debate,
Ix t far the character of the Corporation he wished
tir%t the offir should he rece.ted with the greatest
rev-J. The ihrK2.3 motion' was chi:sit.troot with
toi.,,t hail been forinrrly dent hr the Court, oho
lord trier expressed their .ferlings to her Ilarajr.ty,
•:4 had beets twice receive! he die bandsmen
yawner. The Lord Mayor, io Lis • Joist situa-
tion., should have constnuoicated the paper to thk
Coat. It could cot have degraded Inui; neither'
ssuuld it have pledged inn to the support of soy
particular opinions.
Mr. 1)1ION hoped her !Majesty would appear
after the investigation pore and unsu'lled. No
row would be more ready than hitusrlf to testily
leis pleasure upon rucb an Itee‘6loll. lie Oat one
114 tease who lurk/ the opiaiots that the Court had
formerly acted unwrely in meddling with the soli.
and he thought they ought hot to tutrrfete
/1 she came pule ftons the inquiry, it would
hr the dotty 4.1 the 114,t00t to r. quest her purtrait.
should not Itch! up his hand aitaisist the pros
pos:J:an„ but lie should inn sulyort it.
IV:. F. N. WiLs.lmas wiahra to rty every lii.
tror of respect-to In r Majerty, but he thought it
two :zilch, pending the is.vestigation, to risk the
Cor•zuratatin top accept her portrei.. The nation
sionbi say :be Court hail acrepte,l the present with
;;I:otiu.le and sttistrctiori; that they had accepted
they had hear.! the charge acd the evidence
I,s support of that clutrge„ without hewing the I vi.
4irtre on throaty]. side, so convinced were they of
he, mow:corr. Would they wish such an imprer
roc.' to go forth ? If the Queen should be degraded
ufteritee pudrsit was accepted, what a Immutable
;I..ititu I would the Coots be iu !
Mr. G 1111171711, said he should be glad to know
ri;:rrn snit grounds the !mired noted be refused ?
Al!erinto W' A [TOM a !I grad, the Corpioatian La!

supportvd her Majesty against seta of as great op.
prevision as ever existed. She now made au offer of
a mark of gratitude and affection. The Corportpio
so far from being degraded. would be honoured by
it. If the prosecution ended by *hot would be
called an estsblishment of the charges spinet the
Quern, the situation of the Court would be one of
dignity and honour. and those who attempted to
degrade her would be themselves degraded.
The motion was then curried without a division.
Alderman Minnows then moved, that the
Lord Mayor should convey the thanks of the Cuu t
to her Majesty.
The LORD MAYOR roar, in much agitation, and
requested shut the Court would excuse,hins from
performing that duty.
Alderman WAITIIIIA/I did not wi►h to put any
unnecessary trouble upon his Lordship, but it was
throogh his Lordship that all communication. of
this kind must be made. If he had proposed any
other way, he would be highly crusurabl•. Had
his Lordship been called upon to go tip with thanks
upon the Walcheren Expedition. be, no doubt,
would do so, because it was his duty. Ilia Lord-
ship could then have no objection to act upon this
occasion.
Tlw LORD MAYOR mid, he was as much against
a spirit of diaaffection toward her Majesty se any
man could lw. No man more approved of what had
been done in favour of the Qiieeu more than he did,
but still he trusted the Court would excuse biin.
The motion was carried. _ .

Alderman WALVIS/ AM then moverl,lll.l it be re-
ferred to the Committee rf City L•ud4 to deride
upon the most proper place in the Chamber of the
Common Council to hang up her Majesiy's por-
trait iii.

Mr. WILLIAMS (of Smithfield) seconded the
motion. . .

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Mr. OLDHAM Mold tint agree to the proporition
periding the proceeditigs in the Lords, to place she
p cure of she Queen in the Council Chamber. The
better plan would be to leave it to a Committee to
decide upon the most appropriate place. Although
he believed there was a vast deal of c.m.piracy
against the Qu-ese, and that she bad been most
cruelly treated, he was not prepared to say that
there was not a prima Ade case. winch required an
answer from her Majesty. He moved an amend-
ment. that in the former motion she word., Cham-
ber of the Common Council," he omitted.
Mr. FAYEEL said, that a Committee ivied put
the portrait in the most degradsitg situation in
Guildhall, and thus degrade the Court that had
accepted the honour.
Mr. PArrsx said, he hoped the Court would not
d;sgrace themselves by asking the opinion of a
Committee, after having accepted the portrait of
the Qaten.
Mr. CLARKE disapproved of the mode of prose-
cuting the Queen, but what had been done required
an answer. %Vould it not be most lamentable to be
obliged to pull down the picture sit a future period.
It ought to be remembered that the Report of she
Committee was to come before the Court, and that
the Conn could obj•ct to it.
Mr. l'esesos denied that s prima brie C 2.0
had been made out against the Queen, and con-
t-iirled that verdict of the tribunal who were
now trying her could be of no consequence, that
tribunal bring unconatitutiosial.
The LORD MAYOR said, he never would sit in
that Conn to hear the highest tribunal in the king-
dom called unconsoitutiostal.

Mr. Pigattsow said. the C.•urt had already de.
elated it so, and culled to the Clerk to read the
procerdin.,,m of the last Court. Ile declared that,
when any Court took upon itself to exercise func-
tions that were not rec. guiserl by the Constitestion,
that Court was acting unconstitutionally.—(Heur.)
The LORD MAYria-r-"That is dlNfrtllt lento
vont fist sta'rment."
A ['lemma W A IT'D' x said, that the order of that
Comt could not be maintained, nor the bitaiint.s of
it carried on, if the Lord Mayor took upon himself
perpetually the character of arbitrator and commett.
tutor. He' would declare diet the tribunal by
which bee Majesty's case was to be decided was
usu-
known to else Coustitution.
Mr. DIXON rend, the Lord Mayor would Mere
been a mere nullity if he had not noticed the words.
After >oiue further cooventation, a divi.ion took
place, when them appeared-
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Several Reports and Petitioos foe Leages were presented
and .grad to.
The Bridge-horse Lands Committee made, report of the
proceedings of the Committee of the noose of Commons in
the last Sessions relative to London ender, which •ea Of
der. cl to he ',rioted for trio info►mation of the Members.
The Navigation Cooriiiiitee pc...rated a Report relative to
:She City-end she Wain Wstermen, which wee read,
sod the consideration adjourned.
The sons of 1001. was urdertil to be paid fur the expenses
or the Auditors.
The Rill for regulating the Company of Poulterers was
• Nail a third time, and plumed, as an Art of she Court.
• Go a Report from the General Purposes Committee re-
lative to the Court of Rritintsts, a lung di...cession reared
as to the proprirtr uf a rr terrace to Ike Committee, retailer
to the eligibility and onalibration of caudidates fur the
office of Assistant Clerks of that Coors.

MEETING Ts) ADDRASS TILE QUEEN.

ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday evenstvg a numerous meeting wit held
in the westr).romn, pursuant to a requiaision pre-
►ruted to the churchwardens, to cusisder the pro-
lately of p.re.rtttir•g ass Ads[res. to bet Majesty.
At half-pest ►ia o'clock Ilse Crisir was token by
the senior churclia toilets, Mho ►taped the object of
the mer•iue. A letter was then read front the
lire. it'. Nlansi, strongly protesting against the
legality of Ilse meeting lirriog held in the eliusrli us
clisoreli-3 ant, as contrary to the 88,11 Casio r, and
de trying that the chuschwerslerso h.,d u•sy authority
to call such interior without the sanction of the
clergyman.
Mr. II awKIK then proposed • yet ire of resolationo„
of which the language, as be observed, was meld
and tempe►ate wider all the circumstances of the
case. If ever there wat a period *lieu the people
of England ought to speak their sentiments baldly
it was the present. Tire Quest of England, is de.
fenceless woman, was persecuted, and every anttript

made to cry her down p such !wing tilt case, he
was not worthy of the slime of • Brno', who would
soot come forward and give her his support. He ,
would riot soy mere. as they would be addressed
with much more ability by sits Hots. Friend who
would scowl the Resolutions. He concluded by
reading the Resolutions.
Ur, Denim rose with mach pleasure to give
his sentiments on the present otcsaion. Ile
cheerfully seconded the revilutit.o.. The reflec-
tive nand It the present era naturally tinned to
the Queens and when the public taw tie tilsoort
1.1 which she was treated, it was impossible not to
be astoniabed that sash should be the ease in this
hospitable land—a laud where the welcome sound
of liberty, and emancipation from his bonds. glad-
Jetted the heart of she hardy son of Africa.—
How difrerent. however, was the Queen? When
she landed on our shores she was traduced, and her
character vilified by the infamous Countess of Jer-
tory, Fourteen mouths after marriage site was ahem.
domed by hetihusfhind. Who lead solemnly vowed at
the altar of nevem to be her defender and keeper.
No clime led to this event, but it was solely owing
to the hisslitteid not bruit @We to coukrol Isis inclia
nations. The dangles plot wits well Lowe., us
was also the cruel winner her datteliter wait torn
from her—that daughter Polls indeed, the star of
Brunswick. and diffused the pleasing itistre on the
British nation. which unhappily was clouded
by her death.. In going abrold, her Majesty
hoped for peace and repose, but on the con-
trary she wale surrounded by Illfillnotti rpi..s. from
Berm Oeopteds, the famous pick-lock, down to
the meatiest ocollivi. Despising their threat; need
rejecting their bribes, the Queen came to Englinel,
lied had roused the British lion, *hide would not
be appeased till substantial justice was done her.
To use the words of Mr. deaths's. 00 it we's as ins-.
possible to believe her guilty. as to plod': the stars
from the firmament." Rejoicing in the firm tone
of the public feeling iu her faviAir, which most put
some drops of comfort in her cup of alibi:6 )))) , he
trusted that this parish would tastefully come for-
ward with true British courage in her favour.
Several speeches were then delivered, after which
the Resolutions, and an Address founded me theta,
were pat and unanimously agreed to.
Tue meeting. which was very numerous. dispersed
at half-pain eight o'clock, after voting thooks to the
Churchwardens:

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

GERMAN PAPERS.

VILNIIA, liii.TEDISER 6.

Several Councils have been held at Schoenbrunn,
and an official note dated the Ist of September. has
been dispatched to the Cabinet of Naples: to this
note. winch may perhaps be considered as ukind
of manifesto. our Court explains the motives which
have induced it to assemble a considerable corps of
troop., and it announces that the presence of those
troops has at present no other object than to lasi's-
tent tranquillity in the Austrian province's, and
peace su the Peninsula.
CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 10
This Government still preserves the most pro-
fouud silence respecting the operations against Ali
nacho of Joannime. No news have been received
from the Paellas sent against him. The day before
yesterday a Tartar arrived. said to have been sent as
courier from Podia Dry. who is 110 M appointed
Rieke of Joannina ; this courier is said to have
come for the orders of the Porte respecting the
army of the Rajas (inhabitants not ibroleming the
Maliosuetan religiosi). in the province hitherto sub-
ject to Ali Paths. According to his *moon's, the
class of people far frorti wentt ear to the seducing
promises of their former oppresior are. the the con-
trary, ready to join these who ink laboining at his
destruction. Orders have Wen sent to the two
Commanders Peldrar Paeloi Sled Alostapha Pucka,
to make a grottol attack at all Voiotia in the course
of this month.
The reports lately circulated of the bad lieulsh of
the Sovereign of. Parana. appear to be ill-f bd,
as they are not confirmed by the late,t accounts
front Teheran.—(Allgeoreiste. %eating, Sept. 12.)

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, SEPTEMBER 19.
A personage of high eli-tinction had an apoplectic
attack at the Taillairs on Sunday last ; Ire would
infallibly have perished. if two professional men,
who were near, had not administered relielf. lie re.
epithets that these Gentlemen will make themselves
known, and afford lain au °resort writ v of express-
ing to them hie gratiturle.—(Gozetie de France.)
The Journal of the Deparieneut of the Aube an-
noeuce+, that en Englishman of high distinction
plus-erl through Troyes on the 16th hibtlllll, WI his
way to Naples, with all speed.
Ore the 10th instant two couriers of the Queen of
Esigland l.iudesl. MSI. Gorier, and Focti Carlo : it
iss the latter, report soya. who is charged to bring
Ber,goani to Essglantl.—(Jornal de Paris.)
APLES, SEPTEMBER 6.
Our elrc.ious in the provinces, from thence to
Pharos, have terminated they are all excellent.
They have generalty returned the lost-informed
persons, nod particularly those or the literary clews.
Noose of those have been forgotten who have pub-
lished writings iu favour of the country and of the
public gaol
One fact is ccrlain; it is, that at no epoch did
the kingdom of Naples noisy greater tranquillity,
and that it lass not been des urbed even by the ex-
treme activity of the preisaratiorw for defence which
are making every where. Independent of our army
of the line, which amounts tourer 60,000 men, we
have a in-ovine al militia of out Its. than 100.000
melt ; each provitice fursii.lws, besides, corps of
voluireer tirailleurs chosen Enna %until the ablest
cho.ieurs.
Ace° ding to a Hopei Order all the troops not
iucluded in Ilse active many apparel their own of-
ficer.. and their as .g is dose at the expense of
the Coarresurres. lu a word, every citizen lit to
carry e.ms hastens to augment Ilse ranks of the
militia,lo reply. if it be necessary, with arms in
their hands to those who pretend that the ireulu.
time of Naples is nut the work of the nation, and
to repel aggressions un our independence, from
whatever quartet they may proceed.

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