The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7.—High water, 28 minutes past
one —Wind S.W.—Arrived the James M'lnroy,
from Demerara ; Barton, Bust, from Barbadoes ; Alan-
tina Hendrika, Breeland, from Ostend ; Ramsay, ----,
from Demerara ; Commodore Preeble, Robinson, from
Savannah ; Inez, Lunt, from Savannah ; Export, Thistle,
from New from Savannah ;
Orleans ; Lion, Chase,
fsraornatecAnl,obHileam;
mSaonradh,
from New Orleans ; Amelia,—, from Barbadoes ;
Union, Gascoyne, from Bilboa ; Comet, Barnes, from
Buenos Ayres ; Agenoria, Best, from Genoa; London,
-, from New Orleans.
Passed Holyhead, inward bound, the London, from
New Orleans ; Cumberland, from Sierra Leone ; Pan-
dora, from Barbadoes ; Robert, from I3arbadoes; and St.
George, from Calcutta.

ROBBERY AT THE EARL OF PLYMOUTH'S.
—On Tuesday evening an extensive robbery was com-
mitted at the residence of the Earl of PLYMOUTH, in
Grosvenor-square. It appears that the plate had been de-
posited as usual in the butler's pantry after dinner, and
the re-gate
the
ii vingbeen left open, it is supposed some
fellow opportunity,sea during the temporary aab-
sence of the servants, of entering the pantry, and carrying
off a considerable quantity of his Lordship's plate. Nume-
ous gangs of thieves, called " sneaks," are constantly in-
festing the principal squares for the purpose of plundering
pantries.
At Queen-square, yesterday, Wm. GREEN, a
Chelsea pensioner, was charged with beating his wife in a
most dreadful manner. It appeared that the prisoner had
beat his wife on the head and stomach with a thick shoe,
and when discovered by the constables she was bleeding
rand almost insensible. She was conveyed to St. George's
Hoppital, and a certificate from the hospital surgeon stated
there were but little hopes of her recovery. The prisoner
was remanded.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF
THE CITY OF LONDON
TO THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT PEEL.

The Common Council of the City of London
having some weeks ago voted the Freedom of the
City to Mr. Peel—to be presented to him in a gold
snuff box, of the value of 100 guineas—yesterday
was the day fixed upon for the Right Hon. Gentle-
man to be introduced to the Common Council, for
the purpose of receiving the civic distinction which
had been voted him. In consequence of the great
anxiety that was exhibited by many to see the cere-
mony of the presentation, arrangements were made
for the purpose of holding the Court of Common
Council in the Guildhall itself, instead of in the
large room usually appropriated to that service.
The effect of the scene which took place in the
great hall in consequence was very striking. At the
east end of the hall, on the platform, a chair of state
was placed for the Lord Mayor, and immediately
before him a table, at which the oath was admi-
nistered : the rest of the platform was occupied by
the Court of Aldermen, the Ministers of State, the
Members of Parliament, &c. who were present on
the occasion, while the great body of the hall was
filled with Ladies, Common Councilmen, and other
spectators, who appeared to take a lively interest in

the scene.
The business of the day was opened by the
minutes of the previous Ccurt being read.
A letter was then read from the Secretary of the
Spitalfields' Committee, requesting the use of the
hall for a benefit concert.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved that the use of the
hall should be granted as requested, and that the
standing order should be set aside, in order that the
Corporation might grant 1001. towards the expence
of fitting up the hall.
Mr. OLDHAM seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
A large portion of the Corporation, together with
all the city functionaries, then ascended to one of
the upper chambers, where Mr. Peel was in attend-
ance for the purpose of introducing him to the as-
sembled Court. On their return, the organ, backed
by a host of trumpets, gave the magnificent march
which closes Handers Occasional Overture; and on
the appearance of the Right Hon. Gentleman in the
Court, he was received with immense cheering.—
Immediately over the Lord Mayor's chair there was
a temporary • gallery, -which was occupied by the
Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Peel, and several other ladies,
who took their seats there immediately before the
entrance of Mr. Peel. . . .

The Right Hon. Gentleman was introduced by
Messrs. Aldermen Wood and Sir C. S. Hunter, be—
tween whom he walked up to the table, where the
necessary oaths were administered to him by the
City Chamberlain. From the emotion the Right
Hon. Gentleman evinced, it was evident that he

felt very deeply the cordial reception he had met
with. When he first made his appearance at the
table amid the vehement applause of the spectators,
mingled with the piercing shouts of the trumpets.
the blood suffused itself over his whole face, and it
was not for a minute or two that he appeared to
have entirely regained his self-possession.
The City Chamberlain having performed his office,
The LORD MAYOR rose from his seat, and shaking
the Right Hon. Gentleman by the hand, compli-
mented him on his having become a Freeman of
the City of London.
Mr. PEEL then addressed the Court nearly as

follows :—My Lord Mayor, I should do very im-
perfect justice to my feelings were I to attempt to
express them in that cold, feeble, and premeditated
manner, which might, perhaps, be well enough
suited to ordinary occasions. At the same time I
assure your Lordship that I am not unmindful of
the intrinsic value of the distinction which you have
this day conferred upon me.—(Hear, hear.).—l am
well aware that the freedom of the city of London
is an honour which is not conferred lavishly or un-
advisedly, and I well know that a public man may
justly feel proud of having his name .inscribed in that
roll—a roll already inscribed with the names of Lord
Chatham, Lord Camden, Mr. Pitt, ,Mr. Dunning,
and my illusti join; friend the Duke of Wellington.—
(Cheering.)—Under any circumstances, my Lord,
and at every time, I should have exulted at the dis-
tinction which I have this day received ; but. I can-
not disguise from myself that you have selected a
time and a combination of circumstance's under which
this display of confidence assumes a peculiar charac-
ter and value—(Loud cries of hear, hear.)—and
awakens in my mind a stronger and deeper feeling
than that of the mere ambition to belong to this
Corporation.—(Applause.)—You were pleased to
give this expression of your feelings without waiting
for any explanation or discussion, and thus showed
your unhesitating confidence in the integrity of those
motives by which my Illustrious Colleague and my-
self were actuated.—(Cheers.)—We have attempted
in concurrence with the other confidential servants
of his Majesty to eradicate the troubles and dis-
tresses of Ireland. Amid the difficulties that beset
us in that attempt, you raised your voice to ani-
mate and encourage us in our arduous career.—
(Hear, hear.)—lt is a matter of trifling concern to
be assailed by vulgar and malignant calumniators.--
(Applause.)—lt could do no injury—it could inflict
no pain, and in this instance the authors have un-
consciously but most successfully helped to promote
the great object which they had thought to counteract,
but it is painful to have been exposed to the dis-
trust of many honourable minds, and to the aliena-
tion of respected and esteemed friends, and I there-
fore feel the more strongly the confidence you placed
in our Council, and the readiness with which you
told England that she might rely upon us by show-
ing that, whatever might be the policy of the :wee,
sure we had to propose, the metropolis of this great
empire was disposed to do justice to our intentions.
—(Applause.)—My Lord, I believe that you had
another, and a higher object in vie* thin. to sooth
the feelings, or to encourlge the ettdeaVotirs of any
particular Minister. You felt that there may be
occasions when men may be called on to sacrifice to
a pure sense of their public duty every consideration
of their private feelings, and even of their personal
friendships, and yet that, by doing so, they need not
necessarily forfeit the confidence of an enlightened,
independent, and honest community.—(Cheering.)
My Lord, since this Resolution was voted in the
Common Council in a generous confidence, that dis-
cussion has taken place in Parliament which has
afforded his Majesty's Ministers an opportunity of
explaining the motives of their conduct, and like-
wise the measure which. they have thought it their
duty to propose.--,(Hear, hear.)-1 have only to
express an earnest hope that nothing that has passed
in this discussion has induced the Court of Common
Council to repent the course which they have. pur-
sued, or to withdraw their confidence—(Cheers)—
that confidence which has entitled me to the distin-
guished honour of ranking myself among,t he freemen
of the city of London, and which will hereafter en.;
title me to feel a deeper and warmer interest in
every thing that affects the honour and peculiar
prosperity of the city of London.—(Cheering.)
The Court then broke up, and the Lord Mayor
conducted the Right Hon. Freeman into the with-
drawing room, amid the loud applause of those
assembled, the baud playing " God save the King."