The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-11 00:00:00

WEEKLY IaratOSPECT.

" KNOWLEDGE is Pozcer!" say the sapient,,
sages who lead the Common Council at the Guild-
hall, and the Uncorormin Council in Covent-gar-
den, and so it is—but then it must have Igno-
rance to work upon ! Even Mechanical Sdence-
would-be of no avail, if it.had hot matter for its
ThiN..part of" the, truth also. seems.
-pretty well-known-to the patrioticAlaberdaslaers,-,
Slop-selleis, and Oilmell; .*lio .wotildn,measure'
out and ,rake up a nets. ConStitntion : then by
pickling preserve' it, pouring out their oil to en-
;lighten and .edding a -quantum Sufficit of
-tho- British Spirit, so" 'patriotically served oat at
'the"bottom of Snow-hill;to the LADIES and Gem
men of Chick-lane and the purlieus of Smitlifieltk'
:Irtshort, they know also. that IGNORANCE iS
)36they can only succeed inputting it. into
motion',' and therefore have we -had tl* FXacrs
of the past week performed at Covent-garden,
.urdq the management of a convicted Baronet
*.n.cl.'at;•anothe-r. place, of a convicted Smuggler!'
-We•iliive railed it a farce. at Covent-garden,
-but in- that we were wrong :.'for from the appear.
,ance,q(..the. gang, it.looked more, like the Beg--

gar's OPERA 1* ,
.....4Fhe description- of People assembled there,
,every body "knows—but that these .were 'not,
LA, P.E.O,P I. a. fact, which ought to be. kept_
.itr--dtre-.consideration._ Such "as they .were, how-
.e.v.er,..the Leicestershire Baronet Stated himself,
urtt onky.-to be,one.ot them, but to be prouder of
that tliait of any honour which the most elevated
Fersoa GOU !,H! ow lin ! That may well be !
bat what does-it prove ? If the Orator's pride is
ra Jnerely'frofil a tiative of Britain,
. anetgoraore one of. that GRE -1T PEOPLE which
includes in itself all ranks froth_ the Monarch to
Iffitte'ity. frr tatrersitfiere, is nothing'so':specific in
that as to make it matter of exclu,:itie boast,.as it.
.sePtnetl. twbe, .amoneithop 'who shared the ho-
-nciur..eq,natly "hitrkself but if he, meant to
deiscribe-..birnself as . on a footing with all the
,blackgaaills..witith surrounded his popular tri-
bufie--mliy knoWSbest=and we shall
not presume to contradict him 1. .
Next we're we told, and the true slangof
-the. French -Revolution, that " for 'a People to be
free, it is s.utlicient fOr them fo will it," andethat
Ministers cannot see it. Now, this reminds us
of Dr. JOHNSON'S parody on -the well known
" Who rules o'er'Freelnen. should- himself be free!"
c,‘ True," said the Doctor; ." and upon the
same principle, -
Who drives 'fat oxen, should hinisrlf be fat "
to which we shall add in plain prOse, that he is'
fittest for leading, fools, who- is something of a
fool himself ! When once he has led them, some-
body will be found perfectly qualified to drive
them ; as even those unhappy tattered politicians
would soon be sensible of, if the rule of the So-
VEREIGN PEOPLE were lb commence.

But iViinjsters cannot see this, we are told—
perhaps not ; but this we are assured of, that
Ministers can, see that there never was, in the
history of the world, a people so, free, even to
.licentiousuess, as the people of.l3fitain are at this
moment.

The daring conduct of the convicted Baronet,
'and of his follOWers, is. in itself a proof of the
'fact ;" and enables us, at the- same -time, to see
the-true ttiaraCter:of _those Demagogues, notwith-
standing their, insidious :.flattery-,-to • the So V
REIGN 811 t, Were they ;once to --deprive him of
his present honest advisers., then 'indeed should_
we see the -reabobject of that flattery:, .
• The Baronet, who seems advancing in that line
himself,, is ofopinion that Ministers ought to be
hanged—.JOHNNY CAM is of. opinion that they
'ought -fo be impeac_hett ,For this latter mode of
:punishment the mob naturally thought the 'Mei
• Orators we-re rno*Oit. The worthy Baronet,
hdweter.,', was not of that opinion—did he think
'.that the,mob
,were the,. fitt6t operators for the
,firmer Itnpeachment..indeed, as he observed,
would be cbildish,inexpedient„- ineffectual, and.
liable to ridicule ; but nobody, 'except perhaps,
,hiMself -and a few others, would laugh at the
Ge.n. t: of, the:Meeting:putting the other • in.
force in a radical way,.;should OPEN RIOT effect
-that -whi6 Secret'. Carrsiiffith,y could not acc,Orn-.
As'-fdr the :Country. Neetitigs:-of the same.
•stathp,•they•will Soon be :thrown iptp' the baCk
.ground by the' LovAt,. Ai DLIVESSES crowding in
from all 'quariers';. and, the
..LiackneN 21-4 air. ss'
was so hackneyed, that We- shall. It it 'to'
Messrs. Moore, 111ills,_ifume,-Waitlitpap, By'og;
'arrd the 'Barciriet., to •settle,s‘ihether it is• or is not
_J iti ,TilEazciv, perhaps. With little. legal as-
sist4.-tre. 'from Majesty's-•A ttoriie sv 'and Solid.-
tol.'-qehet4ls, which ma
Generals, sonig'folks in the
.proper, line, and fully .arrange,that knotty point in
Modern politics.

I. O. N.

Rev, I3r, w A-L.:Gil, a worthy
Preibilerian minister; was :etdare-jug. the ,-*other
4 a pibhic Sunday. School meeting, on the
,blessings-of e.dtivatiloi..; and turning -to his native
country:Scotland, :for,. proof, .told his auditors
the folloyini'in.e.cante a Board.-day-at the
Tenitentiarrat Atill•ank.the.fooci,of the prisoners
wai• 'ctis,:ussed.,,irand it. wa's
,prOpoled
_Sc.otOTl;rotti, •of the -Qo-
vernors were not aware -.what, sort- of soup the
byre3r::nitde,;l!ckdesirectio taste: .4
iaucl,,i;Otic4,the rneaSure. One.of the
officers wars accoidingirditeeted to go to the wards
and bring a SootchWontan,.i:omPetetil to the culi-
•nary. taSk, to perform it in the kitchen. After
ung-A141,51,71;:the Boa rd' fancy Ing - the ..brOth ',was
.64,41.0tiadf:Lati)the-whitel-- the- .feltow- -returned
"oht-ad AtAd•theit4.-I.lolibtirs" that iheke vas no Scofeh.

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COMMON COUNCIL ADDRESS TO TII E

THRONE,

• „
On Seturday, the LORD MAYOR proceeoeu
from Guildhall, at two o'clock, accompanied by
the RECORDER, Mesrs. Aldei.man W0.0.n .and_,
•
WAtTtotAx r Sheriff NV4ELIA,Ms, and• abbut.
sixty Members of the Common Council, to pre:-
sent the Address to his MAJESTY, agreed to at
the last Court.
TO THE WING'S M'OST EXCELLET MAJESTY..
The dutiful and Loyal Addreis and Petition of the Lord
Mayisr, Aldermen, 'and Commons- of the' City of Landau,
in..Conunott-Couticil assenttiledi •
Most- GuAroirs SoveuctoN,
" We, yotvr,Majesty's..tintifUl acid Vsyal subjects, the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen; anti Coalitions df the City of Loudon, it'
, Common :Council sasseintilesd, feeli oarst Ives-called :ilium
Jo
the exigencies- of .the ,tioies. and country, be leave omit
.humbly and telseetfolly.to.approachybur Majesty, to express
to yotir Majesty our prfifrould regret itt the measures pcusn-
ed
by-your Alajesty's Ministers, so.cont rat!: to the spirit of
the, British Constitution, and .to: the principles of
ttteircrsal
justice, while they are stilrversive of the liberties and true in-
tetests. of the nation, and ,of the bonsrur and security of yottr
ales,; y's,Throne.
Ihe war, which.exhausted the wealth and resources of the
country, has long since terminated, yet dining a verioil of
profound peaCe, we lav'e•seeit no effectual retresteliment
in
Itiepirbl_ic expenditure, hut loan after loan again resorted to
for the :support. pfstiselescand, preposterous establishments,
tru"i"'g tlie-ittiatrt tif .lbe..su'ji•ction of Parliament by the •
influence of iniiti"sterial tertronage,_aq th overawing of the.
people in the exercise of jiiat rights; by unconstitiqtional
tnilliary force. - • t.
'Flue discontent, thus created, -we lament to -state, has' not
beep counteracted :.by: your: Nistjesty'. -:Ministers. caller by •
just concessions, or by such a liberal policy as is due to a free
people front their govt 'lows, but, 011 the einitt•ary, the laws
have beets etsitsived with antoateedented severity, to' the' dis-
gust and alarm of your Afaj.i•sry's faithfuLsobjects, ntril in-
stead of obtaining- redress, coercive laws Itave.tteell.hill'odueed
into the LegislatOre 'by those very Ministers to uphold their
(Swot maladministrai ion at the sante • t rme.that thetailtduct
of 'Ministers has tended to excite the dissatisfactioir.of your
peoples and to exasperate' that dissatisfaction into, acts .of
treason, those :Ministers have so neglected the vonniterCial
and agricultural interests of 'the nation,- that it is at • length
beemne diflitult to determine which of these sources'
tional prosperity is most impoverished, and althungh.tunue-
rous petitions of your Majesty's distressed ;subjects front al.
most every class of indirstry hate. been presented in succes-
strr to the several branches of the Legislature, yet the
prOple remain without relief, or evert- the prospect of relief, ,
and your IsLijesty's_Nlinisters seem as. unwell n;; from indrt
ferener as-froin want of political skill, to apply the necessary
remcflif s to:such complicated evils.
It is with Tani arid relitetancethatwe allude to a subject,
which ought never to have been forced upon public attention,
but the tinjlist and demoralizing priTeeettings adopted by •
yOur Mtjt•Sty's-Miniters relative to
...your Royal Consort
having drawn falls the reprobation of the great body of the
people,' we should be giiilty of at derelictibu of our fluty to.
your Royal Persist', and the interests of,the canary; if we
restrained our eXiires!iirsti of ibdignation at this flagrant out.
upon' the 'moral and religious feelings' of the nation,
and forbore to represent to -your Majesty this proniinent in •
stance of their litter disregard: of _public justices an& of the
honour, of your Royal • . •
The corrupt -itulueetnent offered-to her, Majesty to .rernain .
abroad in the state.of alleged crittiriality falselyasuribed to
ber=the submitting to the House of Peers, after the House
of Commoos had proaininced the measure " disappointing to
the hopes of Parlianient'„dersigatory from, the dignity of Vie
Crown, and injurious to.the best interests of the Empire,'''
the_ reSttlts" of the disgraceful subornatiotis procured under an
Odious CAsnniiissioil—t he attempt to degrade her Majesty, and
in her the Whole House of BrtinsWick, by an expo.rt,fiteto
law, 'unconstitutional in its nature' and operation—the
mockery of justice, in unitiiig, on tlie one band; the'futic-
thins of accusers, judges, and jury, in the same persons, and
withholding on the other, the means of defence—and all the
prelimitiary,steps leading to these disgraceful proceedings—
the ernploy went Of .foreign Ministers and, agentss7-the hiring
-of spies 'and corrupting of menials, and the rrejudging her
Majesty 'the omission of her name in the Liturgy; and the
withdrawing her from the Public Prayers of the people;- and
lastly, satyr the defeat of their malignant efforts, the orbi-
ts:try assumption of the right of continuing to her Miijesty,
. on their, own authority, an allowance out of the public money
dot lug the sitting, of Parliament, and the advising the atrtopt
prorogation of t hat Faillarnent, to prevent inquiry into these
inirluiNins proceedings, and to obstruct her Nia)esty's appeal
to the Repasentatives of the People, are severally acts of
perfidious and mischievous pirljev' which we feel persuaded
never could receive your Majesty's'coonteoance but throtigh„,
the abuse of your Royal confidence, and which 'demand tie
'immediate &missal_ of those unworthy Ministers, the con-
trivers anti conductors of
.so foul a conspiracy.-
We beg leave humbly to assure your Majesty, that these
representations are dictated by oiir sincere attachment to that
Constitution which, seated your Majesty's august-Family ,on
the Throne of' these 'realms, by a sincere devotion to your
Majestyri Person ; and by an anxious desire to 'prom•de
the future glories of your And. yin this spirit we
conjure your Majesty, by au auspicious chapge of Councils
and measures, to re-unite the' great' Family of the British
People, who have long been divided, insulted, and oppressed,
and which would continue your Majesty on a Throne secured-
by their just atfection, and rendered tur less glorious by the
boundless resource's of their industry.
We therefore humbly pray your Majesty to dismiss from
your presence and Councils for ever, those Ministers,
• -' Whnse-pernictotts measures have so long endangered
the Thisatre, undermined the Constitution, and blighted
the prosperity fif;t he. nation.
• Signed by Order of Court,
-H-ENRY WOODTHORPE.
~1
To which his MAJESTY was pleased to return
the following AnsWer • •
IC
has been with the most painful feelings thati have heard
-the sentiments contained in the Address and Petition now"
presented to nos by tbe Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common
Oilfired of the City of London.
.. Whatever may be the motives of those by whom it isbronght
forward, its evident tendency is to inflame the passions. and
,ntislead the judgment of the unwary and less enlightened part
of my subjects, and thus to aggravate all the difficulties with
,which we have to contend. .

IMORE LOYAL MEETINGS.----A meeting of the
•No.bility, Gentry, clergy, and. principal -tuba-
-bitants of the neighbourhood of -Egham, 'Staines,
'arid .Chertsey,- took, Oace•on 'Friday- last at the
'Assenibly ItOonis;- Eigliam, Sir '.lOll-N
Bart. in the Chair, when.a Loyal Address -to his
MA.) ESiY W'as• rinanimOuslY.:- agreed'''to; y The
meeting-was most numerous and highly •-respect-
able. The Address, which was moved in a most
able speech, HENRY FREEMANTLL, Esq.
.M.P., and seconded by Trios. Wool), Esq., re-
ceivea nearly 200 signatures previous to the
dissolution of the.meeting ;, and will remain for.
signatures three days iesPectively at Eghain,
•Stained, and Cherts?y, Lbyal Addresses ' have
arso been. voted 1)1 the Inhabitants of Grantham
and Stamford. ' The Inhabitants of Herefbrd,
and numberless other places, will meet this- and
the following days in the present week; and re-
quisitions for the same purpose have been mime.;
rously signed at COrk and many other towns. in
-Ireland:

e understand that the -celebrated Portuguese
CORAEIRA has arrived at-Liverpool from
the .United ,States, where he-was Portuguese Mi-
nister, and shortly may be e:.;;apected• in London.
This distinguished individual, well known in this
country,'as wall asin the rest of Europe, for. his
extensive knowledge .iti natural sciences, •and
particularly, botany,-was intimately connected
with-',the.late Sir.:Josr.rit 8.3,,xx.5, and no doubt
he his,made some• valiLable researches on ,the
.othVrAilde Atlantic. lie will. be a valQable
acquiisitittketiyhis own:country at the,present
mo-
OrOnicle.) .

We received yesterday the Paris Papers of
Thursday last - Those of Friday, which were
due this morning,- have not arrived. The KING
held a Council of Ministers on Wednesday.—
The Gazette de France mentions, in a mysterious
wily, that a great quahtify'of arms, consisting of
rutscitiets) sabres, and-pistols, hnd'been seized at
Mulhausen, and that, on a further search, two
field-pieces. were found in wbarn. _
The accounts- respecting thee.discussions at
Troppau are extremely contradictory. AYienna
article of the- 25th ult. says; that. the conferences
had been adjoUrned for three' Weeks., to give time
Lor the receipt.'Of ;an, -ausWer from-the Government
of -Naples to.certaht propositions made on behalf
of the Allied Pol.verS-•' :but there does not
to.be any sufficient eviden,e: of the 'adjournment.
of the Conferences, .at loaSt in any sense of the
term implying-the assembling again of .the same
parties. The KING of PaussiA,•as'alreatly stat-
ed, had returned to Berlin; and the.EmpEtton of
RussiA was, it is said, to leave Trolipau on the 6th.
inStant; but to proceed. to Vienna before return=
ing -to his own'dominionsy The Count tie BELLE-
GARDE, it was said, was to proceed to Naples, to
open a negociation; but other accounts contra-
dict ,
this report, and state that he,is to be appoia4-
ed,CiVil and Military,-,GOvernor of the Lombar-
do-Venetian kingdom. -.A-letter from Troppau,
of the 23(1, states, that for some days previous to
the departure: of the :15.rtis41 Monarch, there
had been a number of conferences, and that seve-
ralcomriers.had 'been sent off,
.who were asserted
to be the , bearers, of copieS of a declaration "of
theSoVereigns;: :which it is said- is to be itumedi-
. .
ately published, -Another article -from'Vienna is
silent as :to any adjournment, but asserts that the
Ministers from Troppau were all to arrive on the
Ist-0r..2d inst. at 'Vienna, where the Conferences
were-to be continued.

It is Mentioned from Naples, that in the Sit-
ting of the Parliament of the, IG-th ult. a M. G A-
LANTI proposed to alter the denomination of the
kingdom, and to call it the Kingdom of Italy.—
This, however was strenuously opposed, and the
subject was dropped. In the same Sitting a pro-
jeGt was• read for the suppression: of convents, &c.

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The dignified reproof of 'His MAJzsT' y to that
. .
portion of the ccirPoration of the city of London,
who have so long disgraced 'the city, has,. aslwas
to be expected., excited the venom and spleen of
theSQ writers who are the QUEE'N'S partisans. Un-
able to 'controvert the sentiments expressed-by His
MAJESTk.; and :apprehensive of the indignant
feelings whiCh they will excite throughout the
countrr, they haVe indulged themselves in
unjustly aspersing the Peers:by -- whom Isis
MAJESTY., was surrounded, and are. endeavouring
to hold them' up 'to the contempt 'of the:: people.
The motives of such conduct are-obvious ; sen-
sible of: the weakness of their cause,and of the
'rising 'indignation of the .couiiti.y againsi them;
they' are compelled to abandon the hope of
succeeding, by the force of truth, sober reason-
ing, and sound argument, and to attempt to gain
their object by " inflaming the passions and inis-
" Jeadind the judgment of the unwary and less
" enlightened part of the nation." Their misre-
presentations of the 'circumstances which took
place 4n the presentation of this factious address,
is of a piece with their whole conduct through-
but this unhappy. affair ; but it is some satisfac-
tion to know,. that the Lord -'Mayor, 'and the
small, part of the Corporation who accompanied
him, felt deeply the dignified rebuke they received
from the -I(.,trio,.and.retired froth. the Royal Pre-
sence mortified' and disgraced.at the humiliated
situation they..were placed by the firm-
ness, good sense, and patriofism of the, Sove-
reign.

BUONAPARTE.74t is not generally known that
BpoNAPARTEhad been wounded. It appears that
he has two eschars) from a wound by a,musket or
pistol ball on the' right sides .in the region of the
liver.