The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-13 00:00:00

CITY ADDRESSES.

71-"cfcrdav !he .PNINICF, RFGENT held a Court,
for the purpose Of iereising the Addles's of the
C9rlior4tio6'of flondon-, on the Marriage of the
Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. About three
O'cbi% k die Lord Mavr‘r,_ in the usual state, ac-
conip,,nied by Sir 'William Curtis; Sir William
Mr. .Alderman 'Birch, the Recorder,,
Desairges, and Sir George Alderson, She-
ritrs, the Chamberlain, Town Clerk, City Officers,
.1,41 ahont 40 Members of the Court of Common
C9iincil, with their attendantsorrived at Carlton-
and were introduced to the Regent, seated
on the Throne,' when' the following Address was
read to, him by the Recorder :

.Tu his R tyal highness the Prince of Wales, Regent of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
May it please your Royal Highness, _
We, his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in
Common Council assembled, -humbly approach your Royal
Highness to offer one sincere congratulations on the ausdpi-
cious event of the recent nuptials of your Royal Brother, the
Duke of Cambridge, with the Princess of Hesse, youngest
daughter of the Landgrave Frederick, and niece of the Elec-
tor of Hesse.
We feel duly sensible of the'inestimable blessings we en-
joy undei,the auspiCions House of Brunswick, and cannot.
but rejoice in every event which strengthens our hopes fur
their preservation and continuance.
That this union may be productive of permanenent feli-
city to your Royal Highness, that it may strengthen the firm
attat•hment of the people of these realms to his Majesty's,
Crown and Government, and that your Royal. Highness may
lung enjoy every earthly blessing, is our most ardent wish
and fervent prayer.

By Order of the Court,
• (Signed) HENRY WOODTHORPE.
They'wcre all•gracionsly received; and his Royal
Highness was pleased to return the folloviring most
gracious answer •

I thank yoy for this dutiful and affectionate address. ,
It gratifies me highly to' receive this proof of your partici-
pation in the joy which is felt by myself and every member of
my family, en the occasion of the marriage of my brother,
„the Duke of Cambridge, with a Princess of the Illustrious
House of Hessen I have the most confident reliance on your
firm attachment to his Majesty's Crown and Government;
and I sincerely rejoice in every circtimstance which calls forth
the expression of your loyal sentiments.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Members of
the Court, then proceeded to Cambridge-house,
and were shortly introduced to the. Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge ; when the following com-
pliments of congratulations were presented;--,
To his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
May it please your Royal Highness,
We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City
of London, ire Common Council assembled, ,feel the most,
lively satisfaction in approaching your Royal Highness with
our sincere congratulations on your marriage with the Priu
cuss of Hesse, youngest daughter of the LandgraveFrederick,
and neive of the Elector of Hesse.

ELECTION ME:ETINGS.

14`2,'ETING. 1F ;SM. WILSON'S FRIEND A.

A Meeting"of the friends of ToomAs
Esq. convened by, circular letters, assenibled.yes-
terday, *t 12 o'clock,, at the City of LirndOn Ta-
vern. There were ab,rtt 150 Y persons present.
Sortie difficulty occurred at first' in fixing on a
Chairman, but aftur sutue delay, I_l-..11. POWELL
tva3 plae.ed in the Chair. •Lie then stated the ob-
ect of the Meeting to be, to take into their con-

s;deration, as ptivateJriends of Mr. WILSON, the
probability of success that was likely to attend
his becoming a Ca;n for the' City of London,
and whether they could ventore to recommend or
to solicit his coining for-a
-arch:- •
Mr. Ga ANT addressed the Meeting at some
length-in fa%our of Mr. Wilson's claims.
Mr. 1..= EMBIE -follelwed on the satire side, and
entered into a full cousideration of the objections,
likely to he urged against his offering himself. He
did not believe that the late petiod at which the,
idea had been suggested mould prove of any mate-
rial disadvantage to Mr. WilSon ; the notion
had become genet ally prevalent throughout the
city that some person to be selected as the pecu-
liar guardian of the commercial interest Would
offer himself, and a large portion of the Li-
vely had in consequence refrained from engaging
their votes. The commercial men like himself,
and-the greater part of the company present,-.though
not themselves possessed of votes, were enabled
generally by their connexions with the Livery to
exert a'very great and beneficial influence. He
thought one objection that had been urged against
Mr. Nilson, his not being a, member of the Cor-
poration, was an 'advantage to him, rather than
otherwise, as a Legislator,as it left him at liberty
to bestow on his country his undivided attention,
according to the well'known line

Excursus propiiisalicna negotia curo!'
Mr. iCemble concluded by expressing his -decided
conviction. and which. he believed woold fully
coincide with that of the..c.:o4rfpany present, that
the commercial interests of .the City were Made-
qoately represented, and that 'they could not fix
on any perstin more competent to protect them
than the Gentlenian whose conduct they were
now to regulate by their advice.
A set of, Resolutions were then read by Mr.
Burmestre, and put from the,chair, expressive of
the unaninious wish of the company that Mr.
Wilson should stand for-the city. On, the- read-
ing of the t bird Resolution, which merely-ex-
pressed that Mr. Wilson, from his extensive con-
cerns and long experience in the affairs of- corn-
tneKce, was peculiarly qualified, a Gentleman
(we believe Mr. Hunt, of Hackney) proposed as
an 'amemitnent, that the words ". and his attach-
ment to our venerable constitution" should bi in-
troduced; which was agreed to, and immediatelY
adopted. A Deputation then waited on Mr. Wil-
son,and that Gentleman having expressed his com-
pliance. with the wishes of his friends, a select
Committee was fornied, . which immediately' as-i
sembled in one of the rooms below-stairs, to
enter without delay on the most active-measures
for securing his election._