The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-10 00:00:00

C 0 11111101 T IgALL.

Yesterday a Commen Hall 'was held for the pits-
rlse of receiving the Report of the-Lord Mayor old
si3eriffs, on the Address voted by the Livery to his
Lvistesty...--Abosit two o'clock, the Lord. Mayonantl
sheriffs .entered the, Hall, and his Lordship having
t 'ken his seat on the hustings, stated the purPose
for which' they were assembled ; and requested that .
1!1 the subsequent discussion, they would give every;{
Gentleman a fair; candid, and impartial hearings—. S
(tits Lordship was much applauded.) ,
The Clsrk then proceeded to read the Report of
a
(le Sheriffs, which" stated, that the Rernernbrancer
'l4l called at the Secretary a State's Office with the•
'Actress, and an intiriaalion2that it was intended to
uPtesent it on the Levee-clay.' Nextday he was told ;
Qat it must be left at the Secretary of State's Office,
to be presented (as was usual with all Addresses,
'zept those from 'the two, Universities, and the
corporation of London), by him to-his Majesty.—
On the Levee day, the Lord Mayor told the Seem.-
tary of State, that he then had the Address in hisi
Pocket, and wished to present it. The Secretary.
said it was best to. give it to him, and he would save
the Lord Mayor all farther trouble ; to which his
Lordship replied, that he would not consent to pre-
sent it to any one except- to the King in person ; and
that it was botlet he wish of himself, and. the She-
riffs to do it in .shy way which would save his Ma-
14ty most trouble. . Toe Secretary said, the King's
Pleasure had been already 'taken and expressed as, to
the, mode of presenting it. Mr. Sheriff Wood then
detnanded an audience.O, his Majesty, whiCh the'
Secretary replied could not be granted; except upon
some especial and expressecLseasOn, and that no au-
Illence could' be' granted on a subjea• upon which.
his Majesty had already expressed his pleasores-L.
'Snell was the Report to receive which the Hall.had
been calee.
After the Report had been read, Mr, PAVEL'.
Carne. tinward, amidst loud applauses, and said, that
the strongest teature by which despotism was dis;-.
inguislied from a free . Gd•jernitient, •was a free
communication • between the subjed- and the Sove--
feign—in 'Open and easy approach to the Thron.e.—.-.
Such was the right which they were that day assem-
bled to assert ; and without which; their Constitu-
tion could not be dis:lnguished from ade,spotism.—
Every friend to thecountry must tse,ancious to sees
that right estatalied—eaery friend to the King must`
have a similar feeling. And he alone • was the best
friend na the 'country; and the most loyal strbjeEt to
the King, who,
,WtSbeti extricat.e..both from evil
arid 'dangerous councils. Bad men would, of course,
raise a cry against this clostrine ss• and•bad Ministerss
as was natural, 4seeiald deprecate enquiry--they.
would. *shrink behind the Throne, and represent
those who were dissatisfied with their conduct, and
dared to speak out;. as)tostilelo die,,Governments
and enTrietially,in the established ,order of thingsssjs'
ut :was it, he Would ask, hostile and- unfriendly to
sympathise with those
.b-rave Mens who3e blood had
been ,cruelly and • tnineCessurily spilti--naen who
bad ever been forward to 3C.TVO the interests of their
Country ; and. who, in- no -instance, had ever de-
Bested or disgraced its standard. The man who
"could and would offer such sympathy NA' as the best
friend to the Constitution. When he used the
word Constitution, he did not mean to use it
petit maitre sense. ,which men were fund of who
lived by abusing it, and who Were ever ready to ex-
Claim against those who wish to.,restore it to its pri-
----seitive purity. • Were such men real friends to the
C. onstitseion ? Would they have opposed the ship=
Money ? Would they have established King Wits
limn on the Throne of England ? Wobld they ,have
struggled for the - Hanoverian succession ? Would
they halie shed their, blood- upo,n the. scaffold on
VhiCh a Sydney and a Russell stiffered ? He would
now read some of his Resolutions, but before he be-
gan; he wished to save them and himself some
trouble, by asking whether they would wish to have
their Address presented, as usual, to the Sheriffs,
and printed in the daily, newspapers,, or would they
have it sent to the Office of the Secretary of, State ?
To this latter proposition an universal negative• wis.s.
instantly given ; upon which Mr. Favep said be
should then only read the Resolutions' which he.-4,
judged necessary; and was sure they would be sup-.
ported by every man who was favourable to those grin-
ciples which had placed his Majesty's Family upon
the Throne. Mt% Favell then,read .his Re.solutions,
and retired.
Mr. JONES came forward, lo second the Resold,
tiens. The Livery of London had always held the
right of having their Petitions presented to his Ma.
jesty upon -his ,Throne. 'Of late, howeVei, that"'
• right had been foregone, and the Petitions were ge-i
berally presented upon the Levee.days, and even this.
right was -now become a matter of discussion. He
could not -help declaring, that he thought it in the
highest degree dangerous to wave a right under any
circumstaoces.e, If they now consented to do so,
and allowed their Address to be sent to the Secre-
tary of State's Office, for the. purpose of:being by
• bim transmitted to his Majesty, it was very pro
liable his Majesty would never hear a syllable on
. the subject. Ministers ought' not to oppose Ad-
dresses from the People. If they had acted
they had nothing to fear from the expression of pub-
lic sentiment; and. if they had acted in'a contrary'
manner, it was only just that his Maje Sty should be
warned of their incompetency, and -rescued trom
the consequent evils of their management.. They
had :beard that those 'men 'who were most loyal
• were the men who :sought to keep evil Councillora
from the Throne. It was -a 'most judicious obser-
vation, and needed no' comment, as lie -was sure
there was not a man that day in the Hall, who was
not convinced of its Jones then rc,
• tired.) ~it ryt)
On the first Resolution being read, aidaeo
Mr. WAITHMAN presented himself.—He saisl4,9l,
catise forward thus early, principally for the pureose
of.corteding a statement which he made upon a for-
mer occasion with respea to particular individuals,
and which had been represented in , a manner very
different frorn'that which he intended. At that
particular time he had occasion -to. make, some ob-
servations upon the abuse of the public money, in the
-course of which he alluded to some distinguished fa-
milies in this country, who derived very large emo-
.
luments out of the public revenue. He , was ready:
to admit that the misrepresentation might. havOriseti
in some degree from the manner in which fie ex-
- pressed himself. He therefore thought it an aft of
justice due to those individuals., an A of jOstict due

to the pisses.,:ssuo ".. ass.
himself, that be should state in the thost explicit
manner what he intended to have said. He meant
to have stated, that there are great families in this .;
country who derive emoluments from the public
revenue in so*ze way or other, either in official situris
tions, pension3,or sinecures, to the amount of3o,ntol.
40,000 r. or -i0,0001.' per annum, and that the fits
iniliessof the Marquis of Hertford and Lord Castles
,teagh derived /between 30,0001:. and 40,0001. per
. annum from the public taxes:, He •
:said that those
.-stains had been very much extende'd in some of
- the. public papers, and, that the abOve two fa-
milies (which are related to each -other) had been
:spoken of as if each derived the whole of the above
'emoluments. lie said it was his intention to have
stated it correaly, but he did not state it tom any
knowledge of his own. He had seen such state-
ments in some of the public prints for the last twelve
months. It was there stated that the families of
• LordCistlereagh and Lord Hertford derived out of
the public 'revenue, either in the shape of salaries of
ottices pensiOns, or places, the duties of which
were executed by deputy, emoluments to the.
amount of 36,6601. per annum. _This was not his
statement ; it had .betn stated in the ptiblic prints ;
he had seen it stated in Cobbett a year ago, and
other papers, and how far that statement was cons.
rea, he had no more the means of ascertaining than
any other individual. ,He desired also to state, that.
When he mentioned this sum, it must be taken into
consideration that those emoluments arising from
the office of Lord Castlereagh
,have cease'd frein the
tittle of his quitting thatotlice. He thought it due
to those personages that he should make this apo-
logy ; and he did not take any shame to himself in
correding any' error he .might have committed, or
any misconception that might have been the conse-, •
quence'of that' error.
Mr. WAITHMAN then proceeded to insist upon
The necessity of inquiry into every branch of the
public .expenditure at this time, when the whole
host of tax-gatherers were at work ; maintained
that the people had the undoubted right of petition-
ing, and of having those petitions carried up to the
'Throne. .He referred back CO that period when -the
people first had that right assigned to them, and
could not perceive any diflierence between that and
Abe:present time. Having repeated all his usual al)
,herFations upon those subjects, he concluded by , re- .
-COriimending.to the people to be firm and moderate,
anti that they Would obtain what they. desired.
The Resolutions were then read severally by the
Clerk of 'the Court, and thebense of the Court taken
on ach. The first tour were carried unanimously
'amid the greatest bursts of applause. 'On
_the .t,th
• being put in the negative, there appeared one solitary
hand . against it (by a Sons we understand, of Mr. •
'Deputy ketnble), which occasioned a great deal of
murmur and loud,hisses, with cries of " Turn him .
! Turn bite out !No tax gatherers &c.
!;stla order to allay the tumult, the LORD MAYOR
came forward to the (font of the Hustings, and, after-
Obtaiaing silence, stated, that he- trusted, for their
own. sakes, they Would observe some' degree of de-
' contra, as it was iiiieussible, amid such noises to
proceed with the grave and important business for
which they had met.. Every man in that-Court had
a right to express his sentiments, and, of course to
vote as lie pleased, and however singhlar or solitary ,
such indiiiduala as differed from them might he, it
Avas dee from their justice, as well as canclehr and
liberality, to hear 'thew.
His Lordship was heard with much attention ;
but no sooner had he Concluded, than the storm.res
commenced, and the former tries were, if possible,
more loudly and more generally repeated. His
Lordship spoke to the young Gentleman, Who was
also on the Hustings, and, as we supposed, sug-
gested the propriety of. his retiring, which he rest,.
letelys and with some degree of indignation, appear-
ed 'to decline.
The Lotto MAYOR again requested they would
stiffer the business to go on, and repeated the right
that every man had to vote as he pleased. The up-
,
Tote, however, still continuing, amid the reiterated
cries from every
,quarter, of " No Tax-gatherer I
Turn him. out ! Turn hini out !"
Mr. Quits came forward, and converted the
hisses of the Hall into loud applause. He had offers
ed himself,' he said, to their attention, as one of the
most strenuous advocates and asserters of their
rights ; but while it was his highest ambition to ap-
pear in this charafter, he begged they would spew
A regard also to the tights of others. Evety men
certainly had a right to vote as he pleaied; and he
would ask them how they should know their friends
trOm their,enernies, unless they allowed a freedom
of debate, and the right that every man had of vot-
ing for or against. On the present occasion, how-
ever, it was only a solitary individual that appeared
to oppose them; but he coald. tell them, it was not
one man they had to combat, but a whole host of
men. Ttiey 'would have all the forces and influence
of the Treasury against them ; the whole of the
Excise Office, multiplied and ramified every where
as it was. Th'ey must expect also, that all the Tax-
gatherers of every description would oppose them,
and, it possible, the whole Army and Navy ;,'for
such was the constitution of those bodies, and such.
the channel of preferment, that the gallant defen-
ders of .the country, if they wished to be employed,
must go along with the Minister in all his views.—
He congratulated them on the firmness of the Lord.
Mayor and. Sheriffs, in not permitting their Petition
and Address to be sent to the Secretary ,of State's
Office e and, in addition to what had been already
said .on that subje&, would say farther, that if the
Petition and Address bad not been permitted to lie
there unnoticed and forgotten, it would have
been sent to the Clerk. of Council, and the Lords
of.' Council; at their own time, would have
taken it into .consideratiou, and, according to their
own judgment or views, determined whether it
Was of such a nature or not as to be presented to his
Majesty. After direaing the attention of the Court
to the two well known instances of '177.a and 1797,
he adverted to that of the year 1800, when his. M-
ajesty did not refuse the Petition, but said he Would
receive it wherever he pleased. Now, however,
they' weretold that his Majesty would not receive it
at all, unles through the Foreign Office. Ile re
quested them to lonk with a jealous and a cautious
eye et. this progressive encroachment made upon
their lair and admitted rights of personally petition-
itig the Throne. The progress of the encroachment
Ita,{ been almost imperceptible. They had been
stripped tirst of one part.ot their privilege, mid then

be (*rived of the right of petitioning_aitogether. -r" the Hail N.vbom ImWever, he should not noire,
1
wis;it, in fait, but to deprive them of that I -who had represented him as timing acted dia-
right, to desire them to send their Petition to the . respeCtfully towards his Majesty, and intinnated.
SeCretary of States Office, where. it Might either that he Wished to rush into his Majesty's pre-
lie unnoticed, or must be subsequently laid before sence. He bad particularly requested an audience,
the Lords of Council for their approbation The but denied having been guilty of any indecorum,
infirmitieS of his-Majesty had been stated as• an ob- and much less of disrespea towards ,leis Majesty.
jeaion to his receiving their Petition on the Throne, What he hed done before he wonky again repeat;
as his state of *health had been in some former in- to obtain an atd.ierfce, -and„ to carry into effect their
stances ; ,but no satisfaelory objection of this kind wishes of that day. He regretted te say, that there
could be made in The present circumstances, and he were persons, wile, -if we dared-to complain, were
contended, that while his Majesty was able to hold immediately prep firedto iniu,ite to us a desire to
a levee, it certainly could not be too much to hold insult the grey heirs of a King whom they all vene-
out his hand to receive a Petition from 12,0.00- of rated. It was easy to see the ground of thispretext,
his.subjeas, ',,so interested as they were in the safety without looking tor it in, an excess of anitiou
'of the Throne and the prosperity of, the Country.-- or loyalty. No.exertioes shoeld be wanting on his
Of those Miserable acid unhappy men, who were now' part to Carty their wishes to the Royal ear,
in power he would say but little at present. They ' Mr. Sheriff Aextes then came fore ard, but sci
were trying every art to keep: themselves in office, great was the noise and clamour, that he could nut
and assumed a confidence to which they were not 1 be heard,
entitled, either from their talents or success, or The Loan MAYOR begged that they would not
from the voice of the. Public. That public voice, condemn a man unheard. •
which their felt they could not -bribeethey attempted Mr. ATKINS then obtained a. hearing. He assured
to silence, by assuming a highbut false tone of cone . the Livery that it was not' hii* wish to .pre4s himself
fidence, by no means compatible with the critical t upon them, but hat!..),/, been calle,i on by somie ins
and trying situation in which they had pi :wed them- dividuals, conceived bthat they might have sonte
Selves. What could they expeit from such
.men,' question to propose to him, which he was here ready
who, after all that had ,taken place, after all :the . to answer. After some mese he observed, that he
calamities in which they had involved, the Country, was not conscious of having )failed in any part of
had'given it as their opinion, that no inquiry -was his duty since he came into office. Had any reason
necessary. He concluded by recommending a lean- j been assigned, however, for not including him in the
perate, but steady and dignified condtidt, on
.the part vote of thanks, he shculdhave felt less uneasy. Heap-
of the Court. pealed to the Lord Mayor and his Colleague in office,
The 6th Resolution was then put, and, carried if he had not discharged the duties incumbent on
unanimously. • l bide or if he had, in any respea failed in co-ope•
On the question. being. put on the 7th, for in• rating:with them on this occasion.
strucling their Members, &c. ,Mr. Sheriff Wool) bore testimony to the zeal of.
Sir WILLIAM CURTIS came, forward, amid loud his colleague On this occasion, and stated the rea.di-
groans; and many cries of " Hear him ! hear him!" Heys be had always found- on his part to co-operate
and attersobtsiining a degree of silence, said, that he with him on the aubjeCt that bad been before them,
felt it-his duty, as one of their Representatives, not and that he had been of opinion with the Lord Mayor
to allow this. Resolution to pass without some ani- and himselfohat application should be made to theta
madversion. His general political' sentiments and 'by calling a Hail, when every other. measure .had
conduct were Well' known in another place; •He proved' inetredual. The. Court broke 'up at four.
did not now, however, present himself to their notice
as the advocate of Ministers,, nor would he at pre-
sent condemn them. He wished only to assure
there, that if the question of Enquiry ever came be-
iittre the Hottae, he would give it all the support in ,
his power; (Hear ! hear I). nor did he believe that
the Commander in Chief of the Expedition to Wal-
Cheren. would be averse to such a measure. He rather
believed, on the contrary, that he wished an inves-.
ligation of his condua might take place. With resa
peer to theseight of that court to petition the Throne,
no -man could Vs a mere zealoua advocate than him-
self. He recollected that he had experienced the
ereatest- satisfaction in presenting. to his M,ajesty in '
person, their Congratulatory Address on his Ma- .
jesty's happy recovery from his illness, and he wished
to see the Royal eae at all times open to his loyal
subjects. With resp4t to his general conduct in
the House of ,COmmons; he pledged himself to' act
according 'to conscience. He agreed with most of
the Resolutions; but would pledge himself to adhere.
to no instructions, farther than his conscience should
dictate to
Mr. Altlermati Ceoataa assured them, that the
sentiments of patriotism they had heard this day
were so congenial with his own mode of thinking,
and 'so conformable to his past political conduit,
that they might rely, as 'far as practicable, on his
compliance with their instrudions. He had always
been of opinion' that the-short duration of Parlia-
ments was the most likely means of purifying the
country, and putting an end to the many grievances
and abuses of which they had*to complain. As he
still adhered' in opinion to his former principles, he
should endeavour unremittingly to maintain them.
Sir JAMES Snvw then came forward amid !Stud
hisses and murmurs, which having after some time
subsided, he assured the Court, that, on all subjects
connected with the rights or particular interests of
the City, he should ever reckon it his duty to
listen to their instruetions ; but with respect to' all
matters of a general nature, and conueaed with the
interest of thecountry at large, he could not pledge
himself any farther to listen to their instructions,
than as they appeared conformable to his own judg-
ment and conscience. He was himself a freeman,
and while they asserted their
,own right, he trusted
they would not infringe on his, by demanding
what was inconsistent with the duty of - a free-
man, or what' would prove contrary to his
conscience. [Cries of resign ? resign !] In Par-
liament he should feel it his duty to call for,
and support Inquiry. With respect to Pensions and
Sinecures, ads sentiments, he trusted were sufficiently
kqo,wri from his conduit in the Committee of Fi-
nance, of which be had been a Member, and on all
occasions had voted against abuses of this nature.
He was friendly to the right of petitioning, not only
as respeEted the City, but even the meanest indivi-
dual, and on that subjea they should always have
his warmest support.
The Itesolution was then put, and carried unani-
mously, as well as- that directing the Sheriffs to wait
immediately on his Majesty, &sc.
Mr. Fev tee then moved the thanks of the Court
to the Lord Mayor, for his independent and patriotic
conduit on all occasions, which were voted unani-
mously, and with much enthusiasm.
The LORD MAYOR assured the Court, that ft
should be his particular study, on all occasions, to
proteit the rigbts and liberties of the city, while in
the high office to which he had been called.
Mr. FAYELL then moved the thanks of the Court
to the two Sheriffs, for the zeal and attention they
had given to obtain an audience of his Majesty.
(Here there were loud cries of .IVo, No, no thanks to
Atkins I Thanks to Mr. Wood; Mr. Sheriff Woad
Only.)
Mr. FAVELL again came forward, and moved the
thanks to Mr. Wood only, as desired, which was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Sheriff WOOD assured the Court, that nothing
was more gratifying to his feelings than 'the high
mark of theieapproation they had conferred on him.
He had corneent9 office with the sole view of dis-
charging its duties, without looking for any other re-
ward-than their approbation. Now that he was be-
fore them, lie would say a few words on the occa-
sion. He had done every thing in his power, in the
most respectful manner, to obtain an audience,of
his Majesty, and beitig conscious of having done no-
tiling more than his duty, he, felt it the inure
sinful that some pains should been taken a'

POLICE.

HATTON-GARDEN V IIOE.--11. Winnington was
committed for trial, Charged: by Mr. Gray, collect-
ing clerk to a brewery, with addressing bim in the
street, in a familiar way, saying he knew some of

his sons who are at sea, which brought on, a conver-
sation as they walked along. Mr. Gray, so soon as
be got.horne, missed his pocket book, containing
6001. in cheques and bills of besides :12i.
in bank notes. The pocket-book was traced to the
prisoner, wiib all the property but the bank notes;
he' said that he had found the 'book in.the street. '

JUSTICE-ROOM, ,GuiLnitALL.—iresterday a young
man in the employ of Mr: ,Sparrow, grocer in Lud-
gate-hill, was charged with embezzling some mo-
nies belonging to his master. It was stated by Mr.
Sparrow, that having suspicion his servant robbed
him, he marked a one pound note, ,gave it to a
friend, and requested he would purchase some ar-
tides at his shop;
.the request was complied with;
and in the mornincri upon - taxing all his servants
with the robbery (vtr. S. having missed the odte),
be sent for a constable', when the priSonerproduced
the note, which he drew from his waistcoat pocket.
He was remanded for another examination.

FOR THE SVIV:

TO THE PUBLIC.

Now that the Lite unfortunate disputes relative to
Covent-Garden Theatre are haPpily at au end, I oust
that I shall not be accused of presumption in thus

coming forward in my own behalf, and indulging
the hope that I alone shall not be excluded from th
general amnesty. I have been 39 years in the Bolc
O 1 ice of that Ti.-atre, :Ind I humbly appeal to its
Visitors, whether, 'during that long period, I have
not served them' with-the utmost fidelity, zeal, and
impartiality. It was.'Witli"the deepest regret, inde-
pendertly of all perscinal cOnsiderations, that.in my
anxiety to discharge what I conceived to be my duty,
I found I had givenoffdtice. to any individual.
I presume to hope, that the feelings which urged
my dismission from a situation that I had.so lung
held, have subsided, and that the public at la'ige will
accept my hearty contrition. as an atonement for
every thing that has ,been deemed improper in my
conduct. if then, the characteristic ge,nei•csity and ,
clemency of Englishinen will accept this sincere
expression of my regreti,'and penult inc to resume
my station, it s.balt.bomy constant endeavour, by
every exertion, to, evince my gratitude for their
kindness.

I have the honour to subscribe myself, ..
Their most devoted and very bumble Servo.nt,
Bow-street, Covent-Carden, . lAMF3 BRANDON,,,
TucWAyt lan. 9, ISt°.

ROBBERY.—A hackney coachman, known by the
name of Mercury, was robbed of his watch and 3Qs.
on Sunday night, by two men, -who took his coach
in St. Giles's, to go to Kilburn. They stopped him
in•the Kilburn road, presented a pistol at his head,
and c-;,,nmitted the robbery; after which the thieves
cut the traces.

It is stated in a Mitch ,paper, that a FrenChman
named Retny L'Aine, a native -of Metz, and ern-
pioyed in the military hospital of Ntubo:g, lately
at Stutgardt, saved the lives of 4 wounded scldie,is
who were in dattger of perishing in an open boat on
the river, by sw►mming with them succ2ssively cry
his back to the sh‘ote, A subscription has been.
opened at Stutgardt, to reward him.

CO/PS-EXCHANGE, JAN. to.---To-day there are
not many fresh supplies. of Wheat, but considerable
supplies of the late foreign, sales dull, scarcely a!:
last prices—fine Dantzic I i Os. to 1145.• per quar-
ter; Barley, with 'Malt, at the late reduttion ;'
White Pease likewise ; Grey at less; New,
Beans also 335. to 38s. per quarter; the supp Les of
Oats are sornewh:t considerable, and saL!.. Fhtieof
nearly as on Monday ; Eldur hardly at late prce;.

Wheat - 74$ a 84s a Zoos 1 Tick Beans (old) 485,3 53s
Fine ditto - - zozi a 1.,5-.. ! Oats - - 2.2. S a 2,7 s a 3os
Rye - - - 455 a sos I Poland ditto -32 s a ;Ss cci
Barley . - 4us 3 475 Potatoc ditto —s a 3tis 0,1
Malt - - -72 S a kos• Rape Seed - - 4,.4 apl
White Pease -70 s a
.130 s Fine Flour - 9,,s v 9.
Grey ditto - - 425 a 4SS Scconth
beans (old) . 585 a 63s

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