The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-27 00:00:00

. • . COPELAND, MAYOR.
CPMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chun-
%tor of the duildhall of the City of London, on Thursday,
CT day of November, 1835.
du,lTed—That the Members of this Court, seriously regarding
parti which attaches to them, of expressing, with truth and
their sense of the public conduct of the late Lord Mayor
ethic Cite on his retirement from office, have observed with deep
11,3,era tile course pursued by Alderman Winchester during his
Ce:„,4ltY• He, in violation of his public duty, refused to call
teit "'a and Courts of Common Council on due reqnisition
6,4 raade to him, although previous to his election he had sO-
,tt4Pledged himself so to do. He also refused to place notices
Otto on the paper of business, prevented motions from being
t.olll,talue decision of the Court after discussion, and broke up four
°f Common Council because the Members of that body
kr,Zl he addressed at such times with great arrogance and per-
lo4de, tnness) would not allow him to substitute his individual
Cue; e long-estahlished course of proceeding in the Court of
,Council. The Members of this Court, having seriously
ietito'red these almost unexampled occurrenees, feel themselves
alike by the dictates of justice and the obligations of public
to record the deliberate expression of their opinion, that by
‘tinegoacblet, Alderman Winchester has deprived his fellow-citizens,
14;ataost eventful period, of the legal and constitutional means
tiPsing their opinions on matters of great public importance—.
~Zted seine of the most valuable rights and privileges vested
teikis'lembers of this Court, as the representatives of their fellow-
q;has usurped a power which does not belong to the office
Salayor, and is unwarranted by the law and constitution of
kklkt,urt, and incompatible with the independence and public use-
tlit.9'r • its members—has impeded the despatch of the public
alid Manifested a want of the courtesy and gentlemanly
I,44,°.°oeorning the high station *to which he was raised by his
'4„-tizere, and has thereby -amplymerited the most marked ex-
eftheir censure and reprobation.
WOODTHORPE.
kl ^a
AIEETIigG of the CATHOLIC
itkinCLRIIGY and Laity of the town and neighbourhood of
sham, held in the Town-hall on Monday, Nov. 23, 1835,
EDWARD BLOUNT, Esq.,
it IN Of Bryanstone-square, London, in the Chair.
moved by the Rev. Enw.aan PEACH, seconded by the
1. M. M'DoNNELL, and supported by the Rev. Dr.
°to, and
I,l.tanimously resolved,
44,d`.oat although the theology of Dens has 'been recently pub-
-01,4 la Ireland, and adopted by certain of the Irish Prelates as a
to the ecclesiastical conferences held in their respective die-
lythe said Prelates have never attempted, nor, in fact, have _
Mini eethority, to require the clergy to subscribe to the mere
11;1"' of the writer.
tel it the mere opinions of Dens, or of any other individual theolo-
'ttb,rrra no part of the Catholic faith : and that the sentiments
l'etr:' writer, respecting the punishment of heretics, have been di-
(lis,„elaimed by both Dr. Murray, the present Catholic Arch-
L',d'` e°l Dublin and the late Dr. Doyle. Catholic Bishop of
%tlim i and repeatedly on oath by the clergy and laity of that
'" by the Rev. Dr. TANDY, and supported by the Rev. J.
ABBOTT, and
,) „Resolved unanimously,
'4aat the Catholic Clergy and Laity here present, united in
)1•C„, with the Catholics throughout the whole world, most
adopt the following principles, extensively circulated in
Itk'aYer-books in common use throughout Ireland, and extracted
‘.l dtelaratien of Catholic principles, namely :
It is a fundamental truth in our religion, that no power on
tteii 'aa license men to lie, to forswear or perjure themselves, to
el,:"ere their neighbours, to destroy their native country on pre-
-14;,,1 Promoting the Catholic cause or religion. Furthermore,
tcrimns or dispensations, granted or pretendedto be greeted, in
any such ends or designs could have no other validity or
'r than to add sacrilege and blasphemy to the above-mentioned
e doctrine of equivocation, or mental reservation, however
tp3'4llY imputed to the Catholic religion, was never taught or
14t,.
.e 4 by the Church as any part of her belief; on the eon-
4iVtraplicity and godly sincerity are constantly inculcated byher
I,,et,'Y Christian virtues, necessary to the conservation of justice,
And common security.
74 by theßev. Mr. O'Stmotwe, and seconded by WILLIAM
ACTON, Esq., and
Oso e, Ived unanimously,
ttat. M the year 1793 the Legislature proposed to the Catho-
-4,4°1; Ireland an oath containing the following abjuration, in the
indeed, of a solemn declaration published by them in 1757,
I d swea that I d reject and etest, s unchristian and
bi,l7t," the orinci rple that to is lawful tod murekera, destroy, or any
!tl, telt" any person or persons whatsoever, for, or under pre-
At ft being a heretic." And this meeting confidently asserts
err e sentiment herein expressed will be unanimously and
4111,„,`LY, adopted by the Catholics of the, United Kingdom.
cy the Rev. T. M..M‘Dosleooe, seconded by Sir EDWARD
131.0 U NT, Bart., and
e,llesolved unanimously,
hit as long as the unchristian, inhuman, and, in every way,
hop 114,1 Code of persecuting laws which has disgraced the legisla-
'1111; this country, in respect to 'both Catholics and Dissenters,
Itst;enlain on the page of history, nothing less than unbounded
try can account for the disposition on the part of our accu-
ket'i;° agitate a question, the examination of which is so ill calcio
`0 reflect credit upon themselves.

EDWD. BLOUNT.
.14, Chairman having left the Chair, which was taken by Sir
itw,.
movedBLOUNT, Bart.,
moved by R BERT BEURLEY, Esq., and seconded by the
Rev. T. M. M‘DoN)TELL, and
jlesolved unanimously,
hat the thanks of this meeting are eminently due, and are
te?' Presented to Enwn. BLOUNT, Esq., for his ready consent
Nr, ,e the Chair, for his able, conciliatory, and impartial conduct
411'4, and for his consistent, unwearied, and valuable exertions,
hales, in the cause of Civil and Religious Liberty.
EDWARD BLOUNT.