The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-24 00:00:00

Charles X. lately King of France, and of his Go-
vernment ; at the same time that they recollected
with gratitude and applause the noble resistance to
illegal authority which those acts of tyranny called
forth. Secondly, the patriotic conduct displayed
by the inhahitants of Paris in the energetic and
successfulliaistince,4ich they made to the armed
force engaged in the cause of despotism, and for the
noble forbearance and discretion exercised by then;
in the hour of victory and of triumph, by which
they had received the admiration and the gratitude
of every friend of peace and social order. Thirdly,
that the Government of Great Britain have pursued
a wise and liberal policy in recognising Louis-
Philippe I. as King of the French ; and they re-
joiced in the good understanding subsisting between
the Governments of France and of this country,
and hoped that the peace and good-will which that
was calculated to produce would be perpetuated.
Mr, W. WESTERN seconded the Resolutions.
The Resolutions, as described above, were then
put to the Court, when

Mr. TICKNEU rose to move an amendment,
which be prefaced at some length, and, amongst
other observations, he denied that the Lord Mayor
had displeased the great majority of his fellow-citi-
zens by declining to call .a Special Court on the
subject of the French Revolution, as had been
stated by Mr. Stevens on presenting the petition
then under consideration ; nor did he believe that
the petition would have been eagerly signed by all
'the respectable citizens, as Mr. Stevens had asserted.
On the contrary, the Lord Mayor's conduct in re-
fusing to identify his office with the revolutionary
movements on the Continent, was spoken of both
in and out of London, and all over the country, in
terms of admiration, as being marked with good
sense and sound discretion.--(Cheers.)--He (Mr.
Tickner) declared, that great exertions had been
used to obtain signatures to the petition, and with
very little success; and that so far from its being
certain that all the respectable citizens would have
signed it, as had been asserted, he believed that, ge-
nerally speaking, none of the respectable inhabitants
in London would have done so.—(Laughter, and
cries of hear.)—For, although there was a very
great feeling of satisfaction at what had taken place
in France, there, was no desire that the Corporation
should intermeddle -with it, and that, said Mr. Tick-
tier, was the good sense of the case.—(Hear, hear.)
—His Amendment would, he trusted, meet with
the concurrence of a great majority of that assem-
bly; it would declare, that although the members
of that Court might feel the greatest satisfaction at
the late events, yet, that it would be highly im-
proper for this CorporOte Body of the British Me-
tropolis to do anything which might appear to sanc-
tion the principle of intermeddling with the domestic
concerns of foreign nations.—(Hear, hear, hear.)—
The whole of Europe was evidently in a great fer-
ment. Indeed there upplitred to be scarcely a part
that was not in a state of actual or incipient revolu-
tion. To what extent it might go, or what might
be the ultimate consequences, it was impossible to
foretell. It, therefore, behoved the Court to pause
lest it -should do-any thing which might be the first
of a series of events to " unslip the dogs of war,"
and precipitate our native country in the vortex.—
( Loud cheers.)—Combustible matter abounded;
beneath, and on every side, it was ready to explode,
and-surely the Court would not seize the torch of

the incendiary,. and twist in setting fire to the
train. Every thing would prosper if parties would
but be quiet ; the course of rational and just reform
would move forward with a favourable gale, And
the only evil to be apprehended was, that te in-
judicious zeal -of indiscreet friends would blow the
gentle breeze into a storm that would drive the gal-
lant bark upon the rocks, and thereby make ship-
wreck of the good cause.—(Cheers.)
After a few more observations, •
Mr. TICKNER moved the amendment, " That al-

though the Members of this Court may, in their
individual character, view with satisfaction the pa-
triotic resistance of the people of .Paris to the
attempt by the late King of France and his Mini-
sters to subvert the chartered rights and liberties of
the French people, yet this Court, disapproving the
principle.of foreign interference in the domestic con-
ceins of nations, deems it improper to adopt any
measures with reference to the recent important
proceedings in France."

Mr. ihmisPIELD contended that the popular feel-
ing called forth in this country, by recent events in
France, did not demand any further excitement than
had been already applied to it ; that mneh ferment
was already going on in this country ; that theie
was to be next Monday a meeting of the middle and
working classes on Kennington Common; that an
individual, who had been recently defeated at a con•
tested election, was soon to preside at a meeting of
similar characters at another place in the metropolis;
what did all that mean but a systematic attempt to
excite popular commotion ? \Vhar, he would ask,
did all that portend ? What lesson did it teach
them ? Just this—that they ought not to do any
act which looked like interference with the affairs of
another country.

Mr. ItteletnusoN auk!, viewing the subject as a
friend to reform in this country, be must say that
some short time since, his hopes and expectations
with respect to reform were exceedingly languid--
he had almost given up all expectation of seeing it
accomplished in this country. But the late events
in Franco had regenerated his spirit---a fine and
noble feeling had been excited in a sister country,
which •he hoped would not be allowed to decay
without producing beneficial results; and he enter-
mined no doubt, that the consequences which in
time would follow upon these events could not fail
to produce commercial advantages such as would
place England upon a higher point of elevation than
she had hitherto attained. Nuw he would put the
case to them in this point of view—they objected
to the resolutions on the ground of their amounting
to interference with the Woks of a Foreipn State—
would it be,inter ference with the domestic concerns of
a private friend if he were to congratulate him upon
the marriage of a son or a daughter, or upon any
other happy event that might have occurred to him?
Ile certainly had walked a good many miles in er•
deavouring to procure signatures to the requisition;
but that did not result (torn any reluctance on the
part of
.those to whom he applied, but from the
number who at that season of the year were out of
town.

Mr. ilt„tcxraT concurred in the views taken of
recent events Vrance, sympathised with those
who suitet•ed, rejoiced with those who had achieved
the most glorious triumph that ever full to the lot of
men so circumstanced, but could not bring himself
to think that the Court should take the part which
the adoption of the resolutions would lead to. He
Wished well to the cause of liberty in .Fiance, but it
was not the business of the Common Council of
London to Welfare in the wanner pointed out by
the mover of the resolutions.

Mr. SLADE supported the resolutions.
Mr, Iit.EAHEN tupported the resolutions.
Mr. Wont also supported the resolutions.
Mr. PiiTtiitoto was for the resolutions.
GALLowAy returned only last night from a
visit to Paris (with greet inconvenience to his per-
sonal concerns) expressly for the purpose of giving

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his support and vote in favour or those resolUtiorii
which would record the opinion of the Court in be-
haltof the noble and admirable conduct of the citi-
geoa ; end he "0°1" ho wits much surprised that
there should be found a Member of this Court un»
willing to discharge this debt of common and indis-
pensable justice to the french nation. fie lamented
that his colleague (Mr. Tickner) should consider the
resolutions under consideration could any how be
construed or perverted imp an interference with the
internal affairs of prance. lb would, as hc had al-
ways done, deprecate such censurable conduct on
the part of one (Government towards another. The
resolutions did no such thing, but, on the contrary,
they bimply recognised the right of every people to
choose a Government for themselves; and only
congratulated the Rune!) nation on the able, just,
sad generous manner in which they had exercised
that invaluable right.
A division then took place, when the amendment