The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-28 00:00:00

rious re-action all over the country.--( Great cheering.) He
did not stand there as the advocate of the late Ministry, but
this he would assert, that the country would never be satisfied
with a milk-and-water government.
Mr. STACEY said it was truly absurd to expect any thing
from a man, every act of whose life was an act of aggression
against the people. They were told that the present
address was an interference with the Royal prerogative, but
the addresses that had already been forwarded were equally
an interference. They had been told to " Honour the
King," but he would ask who honoured him most,
those who blindly submitted to whatever he might
choose to do, or those who came forward and told
him fearlessly and honestly not to take into his Councils
those who would injure and oppress the country ?—( Cheers. )
He was confident that this question would be carried by such a
majority as would convince the public that that Court was
fully alive to the.interests of its fellow-citizens. It had been
used as an argument in favour of the Duke of Wellington,
that there was no alarm, for that the funds had kept up ; but
the real reason why there was no alarm was because all Eng-
land knew that " every man would do his duty."
Mr. JCPP had reserved his opinion until he came into that
Court ; but when he found that the Resolutions were so re-
spectably worded, and came at once so closely to the point, he
should give them his entire support. He contended that it
was their right and prerogative to go before his Majesty and
tender their opinion relative to the past and present Mitlistry.
It was impossible to deny the many obligations they owed to
the Whig Government, and if there was no other, the country
was deeply indebted to them for the abolition of the Slave
Trade.—( Cries of " Question.")
Mr. TICKNER said he had been at the large public meeting, at
the London Tavern, at which the Duke of Wellington and his
measures were abused, and in that same room, a short time
since, the very same speakers, including Mr. O'Connell him-
self, met to raise a subscription for a monument to the
Duke of Wellington, for having emancipated the Irish Ro-
man Catholics, and repealed the Test and Corporation Acts.
He mentioned this because it had been asserted that a bad
tree could not bring forth good fruit. He would only refer to
the exertions of the Noble Duke in detaining the funds for
making the approaches to London-bridge. to show that he was
anxious to promote the prosperity of the citizens of London.
Mr. HEPPER begged to ask whether the speaker was not
out of order ?

The Loan MAYOR conceived that he was quite in order.
M. TICKNRR continued—He pledged himself that the Duke
of Wellington would bring forward measures of general
utility. He did not know how the Administration would
yet be formed—would it not be better for them to wait until it
was formed, instead of spreading agitation all over the coun-
try ?—( Laughter, and cries of " No, no.") There was evi-
dently an attempt to intimidate his Majesty, in the present in-
stance—( No, no, no)—he trusted that that Court would not
lend itself to agitating for party purposes. He concluded by
moving, as an amendment, " That while this Court abstains
from any proceedings which may tend to interfere with the
King's unquestionable and constitutional prerogative to dis-
miss and appoint his responsible advisers, this Court cannot
but express its firm conviction that whatever individuals the
new Cabinet may be composed of, they will not deserve, nor
can they, in the opinion of this Court, continue in power unless
they proceed in good faith, and continue to reform all real
abuses of Church and State."

Mr. STACEY explained.
Mr. GALLOWAY, after a few general observations, observed,
that had his Majesty appointed a liberal ministry, he would
pledge himself that there would not have been such an extra-
ordinary Court there that day. It was because he had called to
his councils the unflinching foe of that excellent measure the Re-
form Bill—that was the reason why the people felt disappointed
—that they had determined to come forward and exercise that
moral power which, thanks to the Reform Bill and the
Ministry which carried it—( Cheers)—they now possessed, in
order to oust the Noble Duke from the false position which he
had assumed, so that he could not add the weight of official
character to defeat Reform and good measures. He at one
time thought the Lord Mayor had acted unadvisedly in not
calling the Common Council together at an earlier period ;
he now did not blame him so much, because one of the effects
of the delay had been to show the people of the metropolis
the feeling which the country generally felt upon the occasion,
and he congratulated his Lordship upon the foresight he had
shown in being so tardy, for he would now be convinced that,
if there were not alarm in the country, there was at least a
determination not to let the fruits of Reform be eat up by the
Noble Duke. When he ( Mr. Galloway) recollected the conduct
of the Duke of Wellington—when he remembered that he had
opposed all the good measures of the late Government—
( Cheers)--and supported all he had—when he remembered
that he was a straight-forward, determined man—when he re-
collected all that, he asked, how was it possible but that the people
generally must distrust those declarations which were now
put forward for him ?—( Loud cheers.) He regretted that his
worthy colleague (Mr. Tickner) had taken the part he bad
done upon that occasion. By so doing he had offered his
support to a man who would support anything that would be
proposed to him, except a measure that bore reform on the
face of it—to a man whose object was to prevent the people from
acquiring any further power, if it was not to take from them
that which they already possessed. He concluded by most
heartily supporting the resolutions, which were dexterously, be-
cause cautiously, drawn up, which sheaved that while men were
ardent in the cause of their country, they could act with caution
and prudence in the assertion of their rights.—( Cheers. )
Mr. PEWTRESS congratulated the Lord Mayor and Court
on the fact—the most gratifying fact—that no one who had
addressed the Court that day had attempted or endeavoured
to deny that there was a great necessity for reform. He anti-
cipated great future prosperity to the cause which he advocated
from the fact, that all those who in former times had been
called Tories and enemies of Reform, had that day declared
that it was impossible to go on without a thorough reform of
abuses.—( Cheers.) Every individual in these days, who
supported the Duke, spoke of the necessity of reform—he
hoped there was no delusion being practiced on them
with reference to that matter,—( Hear, hear,)—and that
every man would act on high moral principles and ac-
cording to the character that he professed to bear. He
contended, that if the Duke, who had opposed Reform in all
its branches, and in all its stages—who had expressed himself
as the implacable foe of Reform upon conscientious grounds,
should now come forward and attempt to carry Reform mea-
sures—he would blast all belief in consistency, and no man
could put confidence in one who so sacrificed principle for the
sake of office.
Mr. TICKNER rose to order, and complained of any person-
ality being indulged in.
Mr. PEWTRESS expressed his satisfaction that his observations
had told on the honourable mover of the amendment and hoped
it would be beneficial. He denied any wish to dictate to his
Majesty, and concluded by giving his most most hearty support
to the resolutions.
After a few observations from Mr. Cawthorne which did not
reach us—
Mr. ASHURST rose to reply. In doing so he would confine
himself to those observations which had fallen from the oppo-
nents of the resolutions that had not been answered by former
speakers. From the age and standing of Mr. Dixon, his observa-
tions were entitled to the preference. It appeared from all that
he had gathered, that he sided with the Duke, because, as—
" He won the battle of Waterloo,
Therefore he's fit to govern you I"
Loud laughter.) In reply to the mover of the amend-
ment, he had merely to say that it appeared to him
that Mr. Tickner supported the present Government, because
the Duke had assisted in making a bridge for the City of
London, and, therefore, he would make a good Minister. He
( Mr. Ashurst) concurred in all the praise lavished on the No-
ble Duke for that particular act, because he was really anxious
to give the Devil his due.--( Roars of laughter.) The worthy
Alderman who had addressed the Court had spoken in flatter
ing terms of the press, and called on the Members to
benefit by the good and sound advice it gave, in which the
Lord Mayor seemed most heartily to concur. He ( Mr. A.)
had not the slightest objection to those compliments, and he
was sure the Lord Mayor would be glad to ascertain what
were the feelings of the press at that moment.—( Hear,
hear.) He then read a paragraph from the Times, in which
his Lordship was called a short-sighted simpleton for refusing
to call a Common Hall.—(Laughter.)
A division was called for, whereupon the farce of excluding
strangers was enforced, but by no means to the entertainment
of the crowd who had been wedged in below the bar. The
numbers of the division were—
For the Amendment—
Aldermen
Commoners
Tellers
For the Original Motion—
Aldermen ..
Commoners
Tellers

. 52
2- 60

..105
2-109

Majority in favour of the Original Motion 49
Mr. Goss, and Mr. DAVISON, moved the omission of cer-
tain parts, but the feeling of the Court being against them,
they were withdrawn.
An address, founded on the resolutions was then moved by
Mr. Ashurst, on the reading of which the Court was cleared
after much confusion.
[During our absence, we understood, after some discussion,
an address, an echo of the resolution, was agreed to without a
division. The address to be presented by the whole Court,
the Sheriff being ordered to wait on his Majesty to know when
it would be his Royal pleasure to receive the address.]
On the motion that the resolutions should be published in
all the morning, evening, and weekly papers, several voices
called out, " Not in the Times."
Mr. DEPUTY PRICE moved a vote of thanks to the late Lord
Mayor for his able conduct while in the Mayoralty.
Mr. JUPP seconded the motion.
Mr. PRITCIIARD opposed the motion on the ground that the
late Lord Mayor had usurped the power of that Court, which
he was not warranted in doing, and had conducted himself un-
worthy of his high office, when requisitions calling public
meetings had been sent to him. The hon. member, in con-
clusion, proposed an amendment—a vote of censure upon the
conduct of the late Lord Mayor.
Mr. WIRE said, in rising to second the motion of his Hon.
Friend, he had feelings of a most painful nature, because he did
not like to condemn the conduct of any man ; but in the discharge
of his public duty, his private feelings gave way. If the vote of
thanks were to be considered as a matter of high honour, were to
be valued as proofs of a deserved approbation, were to be trans-
mitted to a man's posterity for the encouragement of his children,
and as a stimulus to all public men to pursue with undeviating in-
tegrity the path of honour, then the Court ought to pause and
examine carefully what were the grounds upon which they were
sought and given—(cheers)—but if they were to be considered as
mere matters of form, as little better than empty adulation, they
became valueless in the eyes of public men, and only degraded
those who passed them, and operated as a censure on those by