The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-08 00:00:00

COURT OF C-ONIiVION COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was
held for the dispatth of a variety of important
business, which was-numerously 'attended.
!Ail' rut FRONT THE QUEEN.
The L 0121) MAYOR stated, that he had received a Letter
from h r Majesty, which was read to the Cuurt.—The Letter
was as follows:--, _ _

Brantlerilmrgtt Iloiuse, Nfonilay, Dee. 4:

•
" MV Lord-4 Arit- commanded by the Queen to say, that
her Majesty would feel herself deficient in gratitude a she
t•esitted to testify her obligations "to yourself and the Corpo
ration of the City of Londan, fur the extraordinary attention
which you paid to her Majesty on her late attendance at Di
tine Service, at Si.. Paul's Cathedral. .. ,
" The Queen was in the highest degree ~ratified by the
good order which was every where obierted, although
amort4st a greater -collection of persons thin: her Majesty
ever before beheld, 'or than any other City in Europe can
exhibit. ' • _

" Her Majesty is. more patticularly obliged to your 1.61`.1-
ship fur your refusal to comply with the suggestions of. the.
timid, or to yield to the alarms of the weak, as she is con,.
vinced that the people 'are too sober in their conduct, and
too enlightened in their sentiments, to need the aid of'mili-
tary interfetence'tn enforce that obedience . which is due to
constituted authority and lawful power."
• " I remain, your Luitiship!s omit obedient Servant,-
R. K, CRAVEN."
It seas moved and carded imanimously,, that the Letter
should In entered on the Juitrnals.
ADDRESS TO Tt-IF: KING.
Mr. FAVELL ruse and said, he was now ready to bring up‘'
the Report of the Address and Petition to,his Majesty to dis-
miss his Ministers.

. Itbeing.tbe standing order of the Court that strangers are
.to retire during the reading, of an Address to the Sovereign,
we are unable to lay before the Public Or +liscussion.upon
jhis sullied. An amend►oent was proposed, we understand,
upon the. AddreSs and Petition, when a long debate took
place. The original -motion was-carried hy,a,,majority of-46,
and the Sheriffs were directed to wait upon his Majesty forth-
with,.to know hi§ Maii:sty's plea Sure Wheti he would bne pleas-
ed
to receive it. ' "

VOTE 'OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE
• QI,TEEN'iI COiJNSEL. •
Mr. OLDHAM rose, fOr the purpose of 'fiinving that the
Freedom of the City shotild be presented to Mr. BroUghamo-
Mr. Denman,. and Dr. Lushington, fort he integrity, the firm
and unshaken talents, which. they had displayed in defending
the Queen; The Court had, in such cases, the alternatiVe of
a Vote of Thanks, or the present of the Freed no of the City.
He.was quite aware of the delapidated state of the. City Funds,
but be was at the same time aware that the sense of ibe
Court was' with the last mode of - honouring met it. ',The
Court would recollect that during the last war a number of
costly swords had .been voted to Officers of the army and
navy, when any conspicuous acts . of heroism had-been per-
formed by them. The COurt Arad since good reason to be-
,fie-ve that many of those swords bad been sadly misplaced.
for- many to whom they had been presented had been base
enough, or poor enough, make money of then, by their
sale, as many of these swords, presented by the City, had
been hawked about for sale at auctions. But the Court had
not for many years bestowed any marks of their admiration,
in any ciCil ;cask, except in the cases of Dr. definer and Col.
Wardle. The speaker regretted that the Court had, iii km-
pouring individuals, confined itself to those. of the naval and
military professions, add that they had not enrolled amongst
their Citizens the names of an Erskine, a Vox, or a Itoniilly
I,lsaar, bear, hear!). They would have graced their records
lough more than by the names of military met;, who had al-
, ready fallen into obscurity. It was true that the FreedoM of
the'City ha 4 been' euted some years since to Dr: I'f-ice, fur his
Pamphlet on Civil Liberty; to a Dunning, for his Defence
of the Rights of the Citizens -in the Hutise of Commons; to
a Pratt. for his resistance of General SVarraots ; and to a
Chatham, for his exertions in favour of the Liberty of the
Subject. Unfortunately the !thuds ()foga bat! been fur many

• years so much absorbed in war, that they bad scarcely paid •
any attention to any thing else. It was true that the pure
administration of justice, and the security of. the liberty
_if
the subject depended mainly on„-Trial by Jury and a free
Press; but next to these they depended, on the boldness wit!
integrity, with which Counsel perbirmed their duty as Advo-
cates. it was true that, between indiridniil and individual,
there was often no lack of firmness, but when Government,
arrayed _itself against an individual, and when a severe
Judge -presided., it was to be lamented that there was
a fearful want of firMness at the Bar, and to this was
to be attributed the cause why defendants, in eases of li-
bels, had so frequently preferred depending upon themselves
to entrusting their defence into the hands of Counsel. But
it was to be hoped that now they had mild and imputial
Judges on the Bench, and such Advocates as he now brought
before the notice of the Court, at the Bar, that their Courts
of Justice would return to the state in which they were when
graced by an Erskine.and a Dunning. The Speaker proceed-
, ed to eulogise ,the conduct of her Majer y's Counsel in con-
ducting her defence, and said that they had acted with all
the fir ss, zeal, and courage which could be wished for in
Advocates The Speaker proceeded to comment om the
ez-
• traordinary courage displayed by the Atkocates in questiw,
when it. was considered how much there was to appal them
in appearing before a dew Court of Justice,- with new forms,
where they had to plead -before those who were at once the
Judges, Jury, and accusers; and how much more appalling it
was to these Advocates, when they considered that their client
was their Queen, who had all at stake that was dear to her,
anti almost her very existence. The talenr that had been dis;
played on that occasion was so well known, that he would not
waste the time of the Court -by describing it. After they re-
collected that these gentlemen had had to oppose not only
the Attorney and Solicitor-General, but arsio the Duke of
Clarence, Lord Lauderdale, and other Noble Lords, they
might think it extraordinary that,the case bad been so well
rebutted as it had been notwithstanding the time, labour,
talent, and money, which bad been employed in getting it up.
The Speaker next adverted to the exertions of Mr. Brougham
in favour of the poor, and upon the subject of public chari-
ties. he had the -honour of benne, personally ac-
quainted with Mr. Denman, and knew that his public talents
were only exceeded by the purity of his private character ;
and that with regard to Dr. Lushington, he knew that a
sounder-hearted man did not exist. It might be'expected that
he should say something of Mr Williams lino! Mr. Tindal,
whose great talents needed no comment; but the Court
would, no doubt, feel that it was impossible to go to the same
extent with theta as with the Senior Co-uirset.i After some
further observations,•he • concluded by moving, "That the
Freedom of the City be presented, in a box of heart of oak, to
Messrs. Brougham and Denman, and Dr. Lushington, her
"Majesty's Counsel."
The motion was seconded by Mr. BROWN, in a neat
speech. Mr. J.-Griffiths, Mr. Southgate, and Mr• JOpp, also
supported the motion, which was carried, three or four hands
only being held up against it.
The Committee for General Purposes-laid before the Court
a Report respecting the othce of 2d Clerk of the Court of
Requests, and the necessity of the Clerks- advising the Com-
missioners, upon legal points, in cases. coming befote them ;
upon-whicho long debate ensued, and a motions was made to
agree with the Committee in their Reports-and an amendment
fur excepting the part which related-to the advising the Com-
missioners on legal points ; on the amendrueoit being put, it
was carried by a shew of hands. Al, division was then_dernand-
ed and gianted,-and there appeared
Fur the Amendment—Alderman .
Commoners 64
'fellers , 2
—67

Fur agreeing with the Report—Commoners 49
'Fellers .

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Alajority for the Amendinent

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THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS F-ILSUX AUDE2.IT?

LONDON,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1520.

PARTICULARS OF THE INSURRECTION A,T HAYI'I,
AND DEATH OF CHRISTOPHE.

The following is: an Extract of a Letter from
the Agent to LLOYD'S, dated Cape Henry, 13th

October :--

" On Friday- the .6th, about ten o'clock at
'night, the 'inhabitants of the Cape. were alarMed
by the drumS`heating to arms, and were.soon in-
formed thal, the troops: had revolted, and that
they were determined no longer, to have a King.,
On the following day the troops were -marched
out of the town With the, Governor of the Cape at
their head, joined by- a great number of the in-
habitants, who were furnished with arms ; they
took up a position On the high road to the King's
residence...
,On Sunday,_ they were met by the
King's.troops,mho. made little. or no resistance
for, after exchanging t\vo orithree shots, they
joined the-Cape party. The result Was commu-
nicated to, the.King,.who exclaimed, " Then all
is finished with mel", He soon after retired, and
shot liiMSelf through the heart.

'" On Monday the Prince Royal was taken,
and conveyed to his Palace, where he remains
under arrest, with- the --other- branohes-of--
. . .
Royal Family. Perhaps a greater tyrant never
existed than king HENRY. •

" From the 6th to the 10th all business was at
a stand, but property of all descriptions, both
public and private, was respected. They appear
unanimous in the choice of a new Ruler, but under
what title is not known, nor is his name yet men-
tioned, but he is said to be of a mild dispo-
sition.

" Not one drop of blood has been shed in this
gevolution, from either private or public re-
venge, and £t would (really appear that they had
but one enemy, and he was so .great an one to
their happiness, that lilts destructiom has swept
away all animosity."

We have_had no arrivat of Paris Papers this

ruornin.

The Opposition Writers who so invidiously
attempt to keep alive the subject of those pro-
ceedings which spread alarm over the country,
seem not to, be aware, that by prolonging .a discus-
sioa which has been a source of general disgust;

as well as of apprehension; they leave the peoPle
at large to infer, that with all their avow'
ed hostility to Government, they really vont

solid grounds of censure on its measures!
The opinions of mankind on the conduct of TO
CitiEL.( are settled 'tm one side or the other and
are not likely to be chanied by the reasoning
Public Journals; therefore the subject ought
be dropped, and the attention of the Legislature'
as well as of the People, be directed toward°
those abuses which time has produced, and ivi,t°
admit of a safe practical Reform, according to the
opinion of those sound Politicians, who are realli
attached to the interest of the Country, and 101
justly conceive that the best means of promotJ
it is to support the Constitution in its origin°

purity.
The Letter from Sir HARCOURT LEES, W
blt
appears in our Paper of this day, and which Ile
took from a respectable Journal of the sister Me'
tropolis, is written with all the spirit which GO'
racterizes the country of the Hon. Baronet, as well
as with the zeal of genuine loyalty. It also taU°
so clear and just a view of the subject which Of
lately drawn forth all the virulence and fury °1
Faction, that our Readers, we are sure, will re
gret that we had not the first two letters will
we understand, appeared in the same Dublin
Newspaper, from the same animated and Ye
rous writer.

' CAAIBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.
The following is the substance of the Addle'
presented yestetday to HIS MAJESTY from. 1)

University of Cambridge
The University temlers their homage of loyalty apv
tachwCnt. They expresstheir concern at the prevalence °I
spirit, and temper of bitter hostility against the blesoo
which are held most dear, and which are.enjoyed under°

•
paternal sway of his Majesty.
Convinced of the existence anal growth of Faction, Seelitlo°
and Treason, and of Profaneness, Infidelity, and Blaspheif
they,observe with more pain than surprise, the system l'urd-,
sued with unabated perseverance of reviling, and instil°
against all amongst them that is honourable and venera?ti
in Person, Rank, Office, and Institution, against Constitul
Authorities, motives of Pultlic Men, both Houses of P311.4'
meta, the Administration of the Laws, the Officers ofJusti'llf'
the Ordinances and Ministers of our Christian Faith, lc'''.

against his Majesty's Sacred Personand Government.
The tendency of such proceedings cannot be contemplol
without dismay, being trothing less than the disgrace, al'
ruin, and downfall of the Country. They devoutly tru464
calamitous an issue' may be averted, through the rising 4idiV
gust and abhorrence of good men, through the vigour-'
Government, and the protecting arm of the Altni%bifi'
Sensible that his MAJESTY has claims upon them, to be
surcd that he possesses the affectionate sympathy and attbt''
rent of his People, 'they look to the wisdom of his IP'l
ik:sTY's Councils for rescue, under Providence, from the it'l
pending dangers.,
te
They assure his Majesty that there are no lessons so gil
ful to thonto convey to the youth utrusted to their care, !
thOse which-inettlente a reverence for his .Majesty's Pet 40.6'
an attachment to the Institutions of the Country, and t°
free and glorious-Constitution; and above all, a_devout 01.7
profottnd veneration for our Holy Religion.
To W'''hich.His MAJESTY returned the followl4
gracious Answer

" I thank you for this loyal and dutiful Address:
"'Whilst the most wicked and daring efforts have been LTP:t
.reusittingly used to spread infidelity and sedition througtO
my Kingdom, I have felt a perfect cons:iction that in our Ac';
demical Establishments such efforts would not only' TO
abortive, but would be regayded with the strongest sentiarel°
of disgust and reprobation.
6' The manner in which the University of Cambridge 1)45
justified' this confidence has afforded use the highest 53t'''
faction..
"I alll well assured that you will pi esevure with tstrab3l
teal, in cherishing and inculcnting a pions reverence for ".°,
Holy Religion, and a just: sense of the inestimable t.)iPin%
which are• derived from the Laws and Constitution of °-

Country. . .
. • • "
You.may rely 'on my firm determination to protectni
-
uphold your venerable—lnstitutions, in the stability of 04,1';
are deeply involved the preservation and security of all I,Y
is dear andvaluabie to us as a Nation." • .

ST. MARGARiT'S, WESTMINSTER.L-The stag
of the poll 'fer the- Lectureship of thii.Chufc
stood, at its .close..ye.sterday afternoon--
For :rile Her. -.Sandilands
The Rev. Isaac Sanders ' 169,
and at three ,o'clock to-day it will finally close'

Naples papers to the, i ultt have arri ct•
One portion, of that division of the army desthn
for the Abruzzi had' marched, and a review
troops, amounting to 30,000 men, was appoint`,
for the t Oth; the whole of whom, it was 60r
pOsed, would immediately ,proceed also to 'oa;
py a station on the frontiers. The messeng
dispatched to Madrid, to announce the opetlol'
of the Neapolitan Parliament and.the oath takel.4l
by the King to the new Constitution, returne.
on the 12th ; and on the following day the ``l'°o
nish Ambassador demanded a special aticlient
of the King, in which he offered his eongrataP;
tions on the happy event, which h a bound th
two nations with inditsbioble ties.
From CuragOti Papers to the 15th October,
appears that General MottiLLo had arrived °
Carracca for the purpose of raising supP,lirfti
Three thousand men had been granted him, ane
also 100,000 dollars. He was to receive the
sum monthly from Cuba. The Ind ependeta .arniP
under General VAI,oz, had been defeated. /II
CALZADA in four engagements. .BouvAn ha t
gone to the assistance of VALOtz with 500 men;
The whole Independent army at Cucuta did 0°
exceed*Boo men! Bottvla complains of the
thargy of the people of Santa f
There,is no truth in the report that the 9,1-;
is going on a visit to the Duke of I4LisiV;R;
Ireland.

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