The Sun.
London, England, 1813-11-19 00:00:00

LONDON LITIA.

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The LORD MA.TOR ilifonned the Conrt that he
bail received a letter front Lord Sidiouth, which
was 'dated Whitehall, N0v..17, 1813, and repre-
sented that his bordship•felt it his 'ditty to call the
attention of the LOrd Mayor to a.eotninuniCation
from his predecessor, dated the 15th of February,
cOnceruing the London Militia. It 'stated that
tlte two regiments of Militia; from their constitu-
tion and limitation of service, Were inellivient,
anil•rccounuendeil to rendtr them valuable in the
public service, by a Bill enabling. his' Majesty to
employ thenvia any part of the United Kingdom,
it being always understood tsat one regit»ent
should remain within five miles of Loudon, for
the preservation of' thc.public peitce. Ilis Lord-
,ship concluded by stating, that he entertained an
opinion of the propriety of transferring the ger-
vices of one retyinient or both, to any part of his
I\l4,ittsty's dominions.
his letto., after some conversation between

'Alderman Wood, :sir \Vin, Curtis and Mr,. Samuel
Dixon, was, on the motion of the former, refer-
' red to,the consideration of the Militia Committee.
SUAW 1110Ved, that, the framing o a
Bill to enable the City Militia to volunteer their
s'lrvices abroad, should, be immediately referred
to, the Militia Committee, which was carried una-
nimonsly•
ik letter received by the Loith MAYOR frinu
Car, Uttoxr. was read. it expressed the writer':
for the honour conferred on him and his
LreW, by the Vote of the Common Council, in
consequence of the capture of the- Chesapeake,
rrontising.,,to pursue the line ot. conduct which
wa held to deserve such tiktinguislied approba-
tion ;.and pledging hitaself to employ in that pur-
suit the sword with which the Council 'mad fa-
vOured letter vvi.ts highly applauded:
Ainntsis-ro THE PRINCE REGENT.

'rile Loa') iNhYoit informed the Court, that he
had 'received a requisition, 'signed brsix-and-thirty
Common tnuncilineo, desiring him to call a Court
for the purpose of congratulating the Prince Re.
gent on the late •brilliant achievements in' Spain
and Saxony • •

littowt; sPid, he was glad that the tort('
I%layiir had commenced his presidency in the Court
On an 'oceasion SO joyous us that of the triumph! of
'Britain and her Allies over the unprincipled ag-
gressions of tho. Rolcr of Vran.....c. This 'ww; lini-
ment when all poly feeling ;old party. spirit should
ceo:.e, and minds hitherto .diseordatit ong,lit to
onite in laying their congratulations at the foot of
the roue. After a long and :calamitous period,
in which tyttrpation had triumphed over the Bier
ties of men, how glorious was the prospect which
had opened at once, On every siole they beheld
the lc,i.ions of France., proudly deemed invincible,
flying in route and consternation, and their own
territory ahout to stiller from an invasion Similar
to that which they had so frerincutli inflicted On
ottn icingdows.. These were the etlects, and be
attributed them, under the Providence of God-,
solely to the noble stand which our native country
had made, single handed, .agai;ist the aggressions'
of Vratire2 This fortitude in the hour of peril be-
-I°llgc'fi peculiarly to LogliSbuten, and we bad beeu.
elt.0)1co to take the cornmantling situation, which
%Tv how 9(:clipy- among contending nations by the
genius of that accupplidied statesman William:
ia, who was no less the admiration of the pre-
sent 1044. t, thajt an.eXiintid tO the filttlyo, lle would
therefore conclude ntovngi- that a dutiful and
'loyal Address- Shoulji he pfesented to his Royal
Highness the. Prince Regent , congraulating iiiin
on the briiiiaht Flier is, with which Providtmee
bad crowned il“t atlas of Britain and her Allies in

lachntelit of the Coat to his iliustrions
anti their approbation' of his speech on the open-
ing of Parliament, and praying. that. a safe and
honourable Peace might be .the consequence (4f
the exertions which Britain had made for the de-
liverance of Europe, -
Mr. Dots secomied‘thestnotion, tend concurred
in observing, that Britain was .contending for the
gnjoyment.of notional liberty, with truth, honour,
jttsti!'e, and religion on her side.
Mr. FAVELL applauded -the dignity of sentiment
and excellence of feeling manifested by the Gen-
tleman who had introduced this.subject, but he
did not concur .in those eneomituna which he
Marl passed on Mr. Pitt, which were; calculated
to-mar the unanimity o 4 tht.)Court on the motion
for an Address, He rejoiced •in the success. of
Britain and her Allies -he admired their modera-
tion in prosperhy, and bad the same ritional feel-
.itigs been always manilL.sted.-the country would
have saved live hundred millions Of money, and
the lives of five hundred thousand men.
Mr. C. SMITH Colletlrred with the Address, and.
in allusion to: the notice which had been taken of.
Mr. Pitt, lie declared his gratitude to a deceased
Statesman, though he had not been so' fortunate
as the present Ministers.
Mr. WAITHMAN said, he was more eager to ex-
press his sentiments now, as he was afraid he
would he unable to express the warmth of his feel- .
ings by personal attendance at the presentation of
the Address. lie was glad that the war had an
object—that of procuring au honourable peace,
which would be a blessing- to all nations, and
.he hoped it would soon visit us. This lengthened
contest had displayed that the stay of nations was
in the people, for, without their influence, the.
efforts of Britain would not have prevailed. in the
Peninsula, or elsetriiere-L-the prosperity of nations
in war or in peace wai to he traced in the "people.
Mr„Waitlimati then entered into a long recapitu-
lation, in justification of his 'conduct for the last
twenty years, and concluded by supporting the
motion.

Mr. S DIXON reprobated the conduct of Mr.
W:tithran in occupying thelime of the Court
with irrelevant matter.—lle congratulated hint
on having expressed his approbation of
.proceed-
ings, which, on. all former-occasions he had dis-
sented from. ••

-111 r. Alderman riwiro.vrn 'concurred with the
dress, and congratulated the Court, that Britain
litid out to Europe the prospect of the establish-
ment of liberty on a civil and religious basis, and
a limitation of the exorbitant power of Franco.
The motion of Address was then put, and car-
ried unanimously ; and a Coinnirtee, consisting
of all the Aldermen present, and a Commoner
from each Ward, were ordered to prepare and
bring in she, same, when the day of presentation
Would be fixed.

LAW INTFILLIGENCE.

coma 01' CHANCERY, Nov. 18.
POWER, &C. V. WALKER.

An injunction hall been ohNined in this case,
by.the plaintiff, cl►►iming under Mr. Moore, the
celebrated Lyric Port, reitraining the defend►►nt
from selling or publishing a song claimed to be
thd property of the aS'ASsignee of Mr.
Thomas Moore, entitled " Fly not yet ;- or Eve-
lyn's Bawer." A motion was this day made for
diSsolving the injunction, when it appearing that
the air. was an old Irish air, in which neither
party had any property; . and that the words wera
not the saine with the words written to that air
by Mr.lll(iore, but, with The exccptin►t of
.the.
burden of the song, were materially different ;
while, at the saint: time, the defendant declared
that he had hitherto been. a losers instead of a
gainer by the publication in question, and offered,
should the pla►ntifT chuse to hi'ing his action for
damages, and establish 'Lis claim to the capy-right
in question, which he had mit even protected by
entering the same in St?tioucrs'. Hall, to ac-
count to the plaintitf.—The injunction was dis.;
solved.

COURT OF

QUO WARRANTO.---.CITY OP CHZSTER.

Scrjeant Tatqs moved for a Rule to shew
cause why an' information, in the nature of a',Quo
Warranto, should not be directed to a gentleman
of the name. of Sellars, calling On hini to spew on
what authority he exercised the office of Mayor.--
and to two other gentlemen, calling on then) to
shew on what authority they exercised the office
of Sheriffs of the City of Cheger, Sir W. \V.
Wynne having been elected to the office of Mayor,
and two other gentlemen, different from those
now complained against, having been elected to,
the office of Sheriffs, agreeably to the regulation
of the Act of Parliament, and to the usage'of the
City ;- and certain persons havinwatterWards pro-
ceeded to the election of the \[ayor and Sheriffs
now complained against, notwithstanding the re-
monstrances of the Recorder, who warned them
that their proceeding was irregular.
tart, exactly a counter-application to
that:Which we alreatly.,noticed, there being nt pre-
rent two Muytui and toter Sheriffs,: nil' claiming
the right .of acting as ~Mayor and us Sheriffs of the
City ofChester.,-Rule IJisi granted.
This being judgment- day, a another of persons
were called ou to receive the judgment of the
Court: