The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-18 00:00:00

CITY BUSINESS.

- Yesterday a Court of Commocs Council was held
at Guildhall, which was nittnerously attended.
The Lo4l)+l}ihYOß acquainted the Court, that
on Wednesday the 2tt ot October instant, the
Court bad waited upon the, prince Regent, at
Carlton•house, with their Addeess on the Victory
obtained by his Majesty's fleets at .Algiers, and
that his Royal Flightless had received them very
graciously, and made a most gracious i;tiswer,
thereto, which was read, and ordered to be enter-
ed on the Journals •of this Court.
The Loan AlAyou stated his acquiescence to
the le-election of him to the .otlice ot Lord Mayor.
The Court ordered she stun. of 2101. to be p-mid
towards the relief of the Associated Catholic
Charities.
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The Loan illsvon reported on the present state
of the Watch, as a tz?atter of great importance,
and sag...tested 'sundry plans for remedying the
evik, which were referred to a Conuoittet to con.
sitter and report.
It was reterred to a Special ComMittee to con
sider of the extended petiothyof. the Sessions .at
tlte Bailey, and to report.their qpipion ott the
best Ineaps to uth)Ettc4 thereon.

Hittites' then read a ltztter from .Watkin
11""$) the. High Bailiff, apologizing for ois
ausence, tool requesting that the Meeting would
f!li,.we,,a Chairman. Mr. Holmes, the Deputy,
was ill consequence appointed to the Chair,
Mr. LAO/r.u/ *foully niter appeered;l.a
siti.m to hiss was evinced, but it was eventually
eve come I,Y applause.
Hot.stis came forward, and informed the
Meeting he had :just reci iVett. a letter, from So
Mokin Lewis, inclosing the Reqoisition, which
letter, should the Meeting think fit, he wont,
read to them.—(The Letter was here read)—lt
merely requested that the discussioni might be
conducted with temperunce ; that every person
shoeld be patiently heard, whether his opinions ,
went ivith thoSe who had called the Meeting oil
son, *nil regretted his inability to attend in per.
*on. Mr. Holmes then reqtiested any Lieutletnan
wim might think fit to_cotne forwisrd.
Mr. HART said, that if uo other Gentleman,
more capable than him Self came forward, lie
would briefly addfiss the Meeting. It Was not
from our stelalen transition from war to peace
that touted the peseta distress of the imintry; it
tvits that sytem whisk Ministers had pursued for
2.5 years past. We had been told ut the commence.
of the last Session of Parliament, that the
country was in a flourishing state., but look to the
eeitience of the facts, end it would prove that it
was mere delusion.- lie asserted, that. nothing
bun retrenchment and retrial could save the coon•
tr irom ruin, it was not reducing a few Police
Officers oat the Thames that would remedy it ; but
the aboiltionof Sinecnres. lie asserten that the
,system of Mr, Pitt had been pursued for no
tither purpose than to rephce the 'lowlier's on
Throne of France. He could Hof -help no-
tiring the mockery, of giving 100/. to at late sub-
scription, when those very persons were receiv-
ing, from tett to.twenty :thousand ton nuts annually
frow tile pockets of the people. lie enforced the
necessity of the Resolutions being couched iu
A.44outt'zetots, sv‘hiets Ise then proposed, and.erhieh
were carried arcordingly,
Mr. H ALI. regretted the absence of Mr. Barcley
and Sir Watkie Lewis, us be wits-sure-their eon.
duet would have beets such, M neither party could
find fault with. Whet, he asked, if this country'
were to he ruined, would become of those entity- ,
trieawhi.eh looked up to tie for support r The
Bourbon carried their superstition to the
greatest length ; they had restored tire - Pope,
with a host of Jesuits at his heels. Saving Baruks
had tieen established for the poor to put their
money in, but he thought it would be more ad-
viseable to teach them how to:get the money first.
The only remedy, in his opinion, was, that the
Hoop: of Commons should be returoeit by ballot.
He asserted that frequently a man left his house
,whit the determination to rote for one :person,
but when he cense op to poll, and, sew the_ tax-
gatherer staring him in the face, fear took
pos-
session of him, anti' he gave iris vote' cite the rem
verse of what; he otherwise would have (10E4.
. Mr. CAIN tcr proposed an Atlkloti9n.jr the first
Resolution, which was carried ttaninumsly.
Mr. ktmxtsit observed, that' some Gentlemen
wished to have the Siiieteres done itvolty,
his•oPluion, the country. would. not be a. jot bet-
ter.—(Hear, hear —'l'o do any
_good fp the
country, Ministers should wipe" off 'the NatiOnel
Debt, or makettlie lrotirbons pay iL—(Applause.)
It WWI nonsense to think of addressinghis Royal
Highness the Priopeßegent ; the Meeting might
as well expect their petition to *be presented to
the Grand 'Sidrin. 'Otte artily, he asserted, cads
not the army of England, but the army ofJyrao..
try. fled not the .people been told, that the ye•
venue of frelaltd could not be col ket cd WithOin
their 816istatieerilitizzai:).--1-Ic, for hii-part,ditl
nut like the eetitions of the people to betaken.
up by Ministers otya Leyte tiny, lie did not like
to see the Livery of London denied the r4l4't of
presenting their Addresses to the Prince Regent
on his throne. He wished the Petition to be pre-
muted ti thus Ilrince-,Regent , in his mt.:Edge, and
not by one or two persons, who might soli it into
the hands of his ROval IliglineSs, or, perhaps,
" slip it down a privy 1" Our geographical situ.
Atkin releired that we: shouldhd ,ptot ex* by sea
this he wished : butt let us contest-with our do-
mestic enemies ourselves, and he had no`ilimbt.
we shouhltiefeet
Mr. Scnnt./z thought, that.on an occasion like
the preseet, it was the thtty of every pet,son to
come forwerd and deliver Isis opinion. - lie felt
great r satisfaction at the'eonduct Of the lleeting,
In following the pattern set 'them by the cities of
London stud Westminster. The. Mecling hind
strong proof ot the boasted state of the country
--farmers emigrating, 3111'41 their servants going
into ,poor-honsea. 17i'lltet, the ooly eooverentioo
now %%Pot Amu ,iext cot s a 04 -pirretvlm to prison.
There were four persons, he said, cute spiritual
auti three temporal, who took yearly' 160,000/.
ref fit Ph4div oloney, R.Srint I‘;itick would support
in-bread-25,000 persons. This-country, t he mis-
tress of the avenger of the Wrongs of
oppressed oit.iaos—the 41reoll of o,iipots, wiry ob
Nett to bow to efreneh'Prinee tat rellee out
tressed,,oranufeeturerc; ,a. •Prittee who, with
were obliged, like,grossitelivers, to escape
from their uw o cotiortly thitivva.4,4 tat tills to our

Waterloo lautelsovith I )411
toiil .12 Atuist,rs lte 'would -ever pr,ler. the grind
ut ilk people
.to .a my. prig tte ei-est ostli
and those who advised Ison tn.tne .cootrify %veils
no *Rel.,. than vipers, pests, and enrtnies to the
commoirwahlt. He Was Sore that nothing shoit
of a retoetn in the House of Onntmons would ob.
slate the impending evil. He, witliedthe Meet-
ing to present the Address with lifirgnir .Charld iii
:heir battik, and firmness in their hearts, and-he
telt no doubt of the success of their cause. He I
hoped he should hereafter see a meeting bailed
gether in that Hall for the sole purpose of Reform
in Parliament.--(Applause.)
Mr. KEk•tMtati again came forward. He said
,that many attempts had bean Mask to undermine.
the established
religion of thecottotry. For him.
self, ,he was a strong adherent to it ; it kept in
check that species called Dissenters---(Hisses) ;
there wa!‘,o sort of intolerance amongst drat class
which tiiteatened as ;lola evil as the Homan Ca-
simile had done in formy. times.—(ifere the fosses
became general.)---After adverting to the Subject
of tithes, anti asserting That the large hindholders
(isti been time support of the Chinch, he retired
amidst the unanimous disapprobation of the as. •
Sembly.
Mr. WELLS, adverting to the distresked state of
the country, said, that the Agricultural Report,
which it had vainly been auempted to stop, spoke
volumes. It was useless to think of presenting it
Petition to the Prince Regent, surrounded as he
was, unless they went in a body.
CALviAtT was afraid, that if they went
in a body, their 'career tWght•be stopped by some
of those Janissaries of which his friend had spoken,.
and observed, Whether lime Deputation was late
or small which might be appointed to present the
Address,. be trusted he should not be excluded.
Mr. •Housses informed the Meeting that a Pe..
titian had been .pot into his hands, which, if it
met their approbation, he would read. The Pea-
lion was accordingly read..
Mr. HAnT moved, that the Petition he present.
ere by the Two' Menthers of the Borough, Mr.
Calvert and Mr. Barclay (at the mention of the
last Cientlenian's name touch confo,,ion enstretl.)

Mr. CALVEST proposed, that the Pet it itln
tie or the Town Mill for signature, instead of be-
ing signed by twelve Wdvelors ; and;expluh that
pviiitu, to the House of COMMOIII Will con-,
sidered only to come from those parstins whose-
names n pearel Oil
Mr. HART again cams forward to propon, that.
Meatirs.•Calvert, and Rarelay should present the
Atidress.—tlivre lomt cries of tdrike Hut out, tin it
" a vote Of censure" took place ; the latter Getidt•
tletnen's name was accordingly struck otit.)
Ali. II,IRT
,moved, that the Thanks ul the Meet.
ing be given to Mr Calvert..
Mr. CALVERT returned thanks. He said it was
his dut y. to obey his..Canstituents, and he hoped.
that no act of his hot given them cause to refire;
their choice of hint. He IA been hissed -%ihett
he came into the room, bnt it was created by Alt
individual with whom he had had a private. taw.
greement, ,and he thought it unnecessary to take
any notice of it in his public capacity. 'He said,
that in the late Gloucester .Election he had fe..
tinested two frieotis of kis to vote fur Mr. Vtrebb,
who,; he had heard, very upright Man, thit
they told him that they must have a post-chaise
and four, and their wives' and children must also
go down with thenil--,-(Mech litughter.)-44After
observing, that wOnld nit Electors chooloe !title
Representatives as they had cho•ien him, there
would he no occasion to petition Parliament. 'Hi
retired amidst applanse. • ,
Mr liztklisitsu came frirward to propose a cot',
of censnre. on Mr. Barclay, which, utter some
m 41111110.011 between Mr alvert and others, was
carried with three eheeri.

The usual Votes of Thanks were then sive') to
the rerpective Dersons, and the AsseLubtagf
broke up.

'3VVITZERLAND.

tictitANllß, OCT. 4.—The Government of Fri.
burg has, puldisiteti 'a collection Of the organic
laws of its new Constitution in Getman and
French. The tiling important part ofits contents
is that whicli relates• In the Tribonal Censor-
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ship.', This tribunal is composed of seven Members,-
.who have the singi.lar title of Secrets. 'lltry must
be of ditfercnt lathilies„ anti each must have co in-
plet ed 40 years of age. The tribunal is to assem-
ble as ofteo as business may require, bitt regularly
each year on the.anniversary of the Bottle of Mo-
roi. clinics of the. Secrets are performed gra-.
•:trit onsly. Tlicir persons are inviolable, anti those
who tiff d
criminally . sg4, tfirstt ur themet ',.of 1.111 e bepuPt:l7:elent.*:tceed.
Their functions embrace to. o principal objects,
the b-mime wince of the laws; and the .sttperin.
tendence of morals. Whit t!espect to the first,
the Tribunal watches, the atiministration of the
Goveroment, lt. taf.eseare that the Officers who
compose the Government do not ovei..tep the.
btititids Of ,their authority, that neither public nor
individual liberty be coutprouth et!, awl that no.
Ordinittice in oppolition with the. lir.V be lout ia
eic,ecotion. For this Pittpil!e the Trihttont pos-
sesses the right of veto, `ttat the eteteise of which
evevy.authurity is obliged to yitthl,---kl'ith regurti
to morals, the Ttibitiod macho the ptiblic Ailti
v.il C conduct of the Nreinhers ot Ooverti went.
It k also competent tO cult upon the Meittbvrs tit
the Grand Council to give an Heettoot of theit con*
duct, to address sititabl . tft tlirtFt, ti)
stiN)elid titetn, ;nut even,to them, accord-
ing it' the inottr6 ot the offence. Fittaily, this
Trilmit4l txamines anti determines whether the
Niembervf fit- the Omni Couocil, newly
.opeted,
have fulfilled the conditions requ;;vd
of them by I.«e.