The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-24 00:00:00

COMMON COUNCIL, GUILDHALL.

IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, the Court met, and
the Lori') NIAYOR informe►l them, that he had
labt niOit rec ei•ed an important communication
from Lord Sinmotrrtr, which, with their leave,
he +..0.r1d rtail.—(Cries of " Read ills
Lord;hil► then react the following Letter from
Lord Simstou.rn
" WHITEHALL, JULY 2'2.

"My Loan—l have the honour to communicate to your
Lordship the Prince Regent's gracious approbation of the
nit asures adopted yesterday by your Lordship, for preserving
the pohlic pm-ace in the City of London ; and likewise of the
support aid co-operation afforded to your Lordship by the
several Civil Authorities of the Metropolis.

" His Royal Highness has derived.the greatest satisfaction
from the fresh proof which has been afforded to his Majes-
ty's faithful sulijects, the Citizens of London, of their deter-
mination to uphold the authority of the laws, and to dis-
countenance every attempt to alienate their minds from that
Constitution to which they have ever manifested the firmest
attachment, and which it is the first duly of every loyal sub-
ject to maintain and protect.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's most obediont nimble Servant,
" SIDMOUTH.

4, The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, &c."
The LORD MAYOR then detailed at some length
the extensive arrangements made by the Civil
Power to preserve order tin the day alluded to,
and expressed his cordial thanks to persons of
every political party, for the aid they afforded
him. He described the assistance he had received
nom Public Bothers : the East India Company, in
addition to placing their- own department in a
state of strength. had placed al his disposal 590
men. His Lordship then alluded to -a printed
bill, of a most inflammatory kind, that .Was post-
ed about the town on Wedoesday, inviting the
people to action on that day; he made every in-
quiry respecting the .authors of that seditious bill,
and trusted his information would lead to their
detection and punishment. He had received in-
formation upon oath, that the ,disaffected had
made every effort to call into action their means
of outrage on that day, and had hoped in this
great city to have found (that which was fortu-
nately and properly not the tact) abettors. to have
assisted in their
-project, which was of the most
diabolical kind, for it comprised a plot to an ex-
tent no less monstrous than that of firing this great
City and murdering the inhabitants.— ( Hear! )—This
was their object, he repeated—he had iuform?.iton
of it upon oath ; but .the firmness and energy of
his fellow-citizens defeated the diabolical attempts
of the seditious.—(Hear, hear !)
On the motion of Mr. S. DIXON, Lord Sid:
month's truer was ordered to be entered on the
Journals..
Mr. Alderman Wool). M. P. then came for-
d, and begged to ask his Lordship, whether
he had directly or indirectly any information of-
the author of the printed bill, or any possible means
of diseovetiog hint ?
Mr. SANIU6L DIXON, rote to address the Lord
Mayor, but the Wo; thy Alderman interrupted him,
and insisted upon his right to an answer, saying,
" Surely the Worthy -Gentleman is not going to
answer fa; the Lord Mayor."
The Loan MAYOR raid, the inquiry was perfect-
ly Rgular, and he would give an answer. He had
some idea that the information which he received
would lead to the detection of the author, at least
lie hoped so; the bill was of the most flagrant kind,
and its contents concurred with the information
Avhich he had received upon oath, that the object
of the disaffected was. on that day, to FIRE THIS
GRHAT CITY, Had MURDER all its peaceable inhabit-
ants; but the loyalty of the people of London, with
their feelings naturally averse to scenes of murder
and rapine, presented a combination which ap-
palled the conspirators. The Court would also
learn with surprise, that within a very few yards
of the place in which they sat, a seditious meeting.'
had been held, where proceedings took place of
the most serious nature against the public peace.
All he should•now say of that meeting was, that a
man ought to be very cautious how he allowed
persons to frequent his house who could use sedi-
tious expressions of such a nature.
Mr. Alderman Wool), M. l'. rose and said, that
he must trespass still Jut titer upon his Lordship's
patience for a moie satisfactory answer. His Lord-
ship had stated that he had the best information
to belie‘e an attempt was meditated to fire the
city and MOrder its inhabitants. Surely, then, it
\s as of the film importance to know who these
conspiraturs were, anti to bring. [bent to justice.