The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-07 00:00:00

T E SUN,

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COMMON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

At eleven o'clock this morninv, a very large number
of the members of the Court of Common Council met at
the Guildhall. _ .

I3efore any business (excepting the reading of the
minutes) had been transacted,

JOHN WOOD, E,q., gave notice of the following mo-
tion:—" That this Court take into consideration the
propriety of presenting an address to her Majesty on
the recent proceedings of the Pope of Rome with regard
to this country, and expressive of the loyalty and at-
tachmerA of the Corporation to her Maj,sty's authority
and goverurre,nt."—(The notice was received with re-
iterated cheers )
Mr. BLAKE then called the attention of the Court to
a letter which this morning appeared in the 7 inics from
the Premier, Lord John Rues 11, to the Right Rev. the
Bishop of Dui ham. lie (MO. Blake) thought
that the country was indebted to his Lord-
ship for that letter, rendered incalculably valuable
from its ernana:ing from such a quarter at
such an opportune period.—(Loud cheers.) lie consi-
der«l its tone to he both cohle diguitied, while the
assurance, it held out would tend in no small degree to
ratisty the public mind and to allay apprehensions which
some parties had of late taken so much pains to excite
throughout the kingdom. lie proposed a vote of thanks
from the Court to Lord John Russell for the stand
he had made at the present crisit„
Mr. F. BENNOCH seconded the motion, and in doing
so he thought it right to add that he considered the ad-
dress shout' be prepared forthwith. He would suggest,
for the purpose, thnt the standing orders be suspended.
Agreed to by acclatna!ion.
Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR supported the motion. He
remembered that the archives of the City contained do•
cements which showed that on former occasions the
Corporation of the city of Landon had acted in a aim Par
way to that now proposed. In the reign of George 11.
the Corporation had resisted the attempted innovations
of the Catholics with signal success.—(Cheers.) He
(Mr. Taylor) also approved of the conduct of Sir Peter
Laurie, who had always warned the Court of Puseyite
errors and Roman Catholic encroachments.
Mr. BLAKE having moved that a committee be ap-
pointed to draw up a motion, conveying the thanks of
Court to the Noble Premier for this timely expression
of his feelings on the subject of the Pope of Rome's au-
thority, which was curried, when the gentlemen com-
posing it retired into the Alderman's ante-room to con-
sider the same.

Upon their return,
Mr. BLAKE proposed, and Sir P. LAURIE seconded
the address to Lord John Russell, which was couched in
terms of gratitude to his Lordship for the noble stand he
has made in the matter.
The reading of the address was accompanied by
loud cheering.
Sir PETER LAURIE, on seconding the motion as to
the presentation of the address, said, that he never was
more delighted than he was upon that occasion, in rising
to second the proposition. He rejoiced in Lord John
Russell's letter, and to the following paragraph he would
cull the especial attention of the Court:—
" There is a danger, however, which alarms me much
more than any aggro scion of a foreign Sovereign.
" Clergymen of our own Church, who have subscribed
the Thirty-nine Articles, and acknowledge in explicit
terms the Queen's supremacy, have been the most
forward in leading their flicks step by step to the
very verge of the precipice.' The honour paid to the
saints, the claim of infallibility for the Church,
the superstitious use of the sign of the cross, the
muttering of the Liturgy, so as to disguise the language
in which it is written, the recommendation of auricular
confession, and the administration of penance and abso-
lution,—alli these things are pointed out by clergymen
of the Church of England as worthy of adoption, and
are now openly reprehended by the Bishop of London in
his charge to the clergy or his diocese.
Tnese were noble sentiments, worthy of the Premier
of this country at this critical period, and of one of the
representatives of that great nod important city.
The motion was then put and carried nem. (Its.
It was then ordered that the address should be im-
mediately presented to his Lordship, and that a copy
of it should be advertised in all the public journals.
The Court adjourned shortly after two o'clock.