The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-23 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL-(THIS DAY).

A very well attended Common Council was held this
day, in consequence of a requisition for that purpose
having been presented to the Lord Mayor, in order
that, under the altered circumstances of the country,
the address to the King agreed to at the last Council
might be withdrawn, and an address of congratulation to
his Majesty be substituted ; also to consider the propriety of
receiving the address and deputation from Birmingham.
The LORD MAYOR took his seat a little before one
k.
Mr. PEARSON rose to move that the address of the last
Common Council should be withdrawn. He said lie did
so with feelings peculiarly gratified. The late Ministry
were now the present Ministry, the intervening Ministry
never having been one, but, as was well said of the " dear
Duke" when formerly in power, he having constituted it
all in his own person ; but, he thanked God, it did not
last for forty-eight hours. He would simply move that
the former address be withdrawn.
Mr. STEVENS seconded the motion. He conceived there
was no one but would agree to it with the greatest satisfac-
tion. They now found that our King, though fur a short
time hid from the sight by an intervening cloud, had now
gloriously burst forth, and teas entitled once more to the
appellation of " Our Patriot King."
The motion was then agreed to without dissent.
Mr. PraitsoN then rose to bring another motion before
the Court, notice of which was in the paper, viz. the re-
ception of the Birmingham deputation, who were beaters
of an Address to the corporation of London, agreed to at
a large arid spontaneous meeting of the inhabi!ants
of that town. Kt had been informed that some
objections were to be offered to the Court, as to the recep.
lion of the address, because it did not come from a Cor-
porate body. He would, as far as was in his power,
answer any objections that in his mind could pos-
sibly be made to such a proceeding.—(Hear, hear.)
This address had been agreed to at a meeting which
had been held at a momem'a notice, he might say almost
without notice at all, for whenever the news were
received in Birmingham of the retirement of Earl
Grey, the meeting was held without an hour's de-
lay. The address th inked the Corporation of London for
their exertions in the cause of Reform. Was it
then to be said th,t because the parchment upon which
it was wrote, had not a bit of wax attached to it, it was
not worthy of reception ? If nothing else should
have weight, was it, he would ask, liberal in that
body to throw luck in the faces of from 70,000
to 100,000 men, an address of thanks which they bad
unanimously passel, and merely because they had not
those rights to which they were entitled? Some said, wait
a short time, but he would say wait a month, and the Bill
will have pas.sed,when Birmingham will not thank you for a
favour. Thomas A ttwood, the father of Political Unions,was
not only great for that, but also for his other virtues. He
was a leveller, but not one in the common acceptation of
the term. He did not attempt to bring down things to
his standard, but he himself came down from his high
station, in order that the lower classes might be benefited.
The lion. Gentleman, after a long and very able speech,
moved that the Deputation be called to the bar.
Mr. DAVIS asked whether they were a Deputation from
the constituted authorities of Birmingham, or from the
Political Union.
Mr. PEARSON said they were neither, but were from a
bod) of 100,000 of their countrymen.
After a short discussion on similar questions, the mo-
tion was agreed to, with only one hand held up against it.
Mr. Attwood, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Parkes, Mr. Had-
ley, Mr. Lewis, and other gentlemen, then appeared at
the Bar, when loud cries of " Within, within," were
rai,ed—the Deputation then came within the bar, when
Mr. Attwood- read the address—which was afterwards
ordered to be framed and glazed.