The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-22 00:00:00

CoMIT or, CpslivioN COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court -of Common Council was
ht!d, pursuant to a requisition presented to the
Lo!w -AIAYort, signed by several Members of the
Court, for agreeing to an Address of
,Congratula,
tion, to be presented to his Majesty'Lourii the
Eighteenth.

Previous to the business 'tor \which the' Court
was called commencing—
Mr. OLDnAm gave nbtice, that he would on the
next Court-day mova that a Sivord, value 100
guineas, should be.presented. to his Excellency'
'Prinqe SchWartzetiburgh, Commander-in-Chief' of
the Allied Forc6, and a Sword of Similar value to
Awl Blucher, Commander of the Prussian
Forces, as proOfs of the high sense which the
Corporation of London entertained of their recent
great and splendid services in the great cause of
Europe. .
ADDR.F;SS TO LOUIS EIGHTEENTI-f!

Mr. QUIN the!) rose -to.prpose an Address of
Congratilluition to the Freirch King, on his re-
storation to the 'Throne of France. In doing
-this it would be unnecessary for him to detain the.
Court. The causes 'which induced hint to bring,
forward thiS Motion were well known, and that
they were generally aproved by the people was
apparent in the enthusiastic joy expressed by the
Multitudes assembled to witness and hail the en-
trance of the French Monarch into London. in
presenting the proposed Address, the Court NVOlIld
give a pledge of 'amity to France, upon the occur-
rence of events, which, he trusted, would prove
the gnarantee of the peace and tranquillity of
Europe. lie Arad asked the °dicer for a prece-
dent on which to found this'Addre'ss ,to a Foreign
Prince. There were, indeed, two, but n,‘„ither of
them equal in glory to the present. One was on
the marriage of the late King of Denmark with
• his Majesty's Sister, the other was on the mar-
tinge of.the Duke Of Wirtemberg with the Prin
cess Royal. These were the Congratulatory Ad-,
dresses of .the Court on the union of two indi-
,viduals;, here, however, the Court was called ••
on to congratulate on the union of two great
people. had heard it whispered that some ob-
jections were to be made to this Address, founded
on the grounds, that till his Majesty had accepted
the Constitution he was not the King of France.
If the Constitution was looked at, it would soon.'
appear there were no grounds for ,these objections.
41'1,e 2d Article called him King of France, and the
29th Article said, on its being preSented in form
to the people, the King should then accept it, and
`be proclaimed. He was King, therefore, though
not proclaimed. He was called King by Lord'
Cathcart and Lord Burghersh, Lord Castlereagh,
and Sir C. Stewart, in their dispatches. 'Marshal
Jourdan called him so in his Order of the Day,
and so did the voice of the whole; French People.
For such an objection,,therefore, he thought there •
could be no foundation. He concluded by mov-
ing the following Resolution :—" That an Address
he presented to his Majesty Louis 18th, congratu-
lating him on the late happy and glorious events
which bad released the people of France from an
unparalleled despotisni, and restored him to the
possession of his ancient rights."
Mr. JACKS seconded the motion, and congra-
tulated the Court on the prospect now. held out of
a permanent and glorious Peace with France, on
the overthrow of the most degrading and grievous
tyranny that history recorded, and in the .downfal
-of those dangerous and false doctrines, springing.
up with the Revolution, which had done so much
to overthroW all the revarlar establishments of
Europe, doctrines which, whilst like Solomon's
apples, were of the fairest appearance outward-
ly, contained concealed within them the deadliest
poison.;.

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Mr. Alderman Brncll trusted, after the expre!-'
sion of general congratulation ,on the part of the
people yesterday, the Court would not withhold
theirs also. There was one circumstance he had to
state, which had been communicated to him by the
Sheriff; that was, that it being well known the'
French King intended to quit London on 'Satur-
day, it would. be necessary no, time should he
lost ; and should the Court now agree to the
Address, without further delay, the Sheriff had
made such arrangements that it might k pre-
sented to his Majesty this afternoon. '
Mr. IVAITnmAts; said, if tl•is Address was to be
confined to congratulating the French king on
his restoration, he• certainly bad no objection io
it ; he had heard none, or did he anticipate any
in any other quarter. He understood it was to
be merely an Address of Congratulation, and
therefore it should have his support.
The motion was then agreed to, and a Com-
mittee appointed, 'who withdrew and prepared the
Address, which, on their return, was adopted. .
The Sheriffs, attended by the usual City Offi-
cers, were directed forthwith ,to trait on his Ca-
tholic
,Majesty at. Grillon's Hotel, where he at
present resides, to know when it would he his
pleasure to receive the Address of the Corporation
of the City of London. This part of theii- duty
they immediately executed, proceeding direct irom
Guildhall in their state carriages, to the residence
of the French King, who, it is understood, has
fixed to-morrow for receiving the Address.