The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-24 00:00:00

BREAD-STREET WARD, LONDON.

AT a COl.Tq f of IVAROMOTE held at Cord-
waine:'s' Hall, within the said Ward, on Monday, the
Slat day of December, 'BlB, aid continued by allournment
on the 22d and cm], before the Right Worshiprrl JOHN AN-
SLEY, Esq. Alderman of the said Ward, for the choice of
Ward ()dicers for the year ensuing;

Resolved Lln,inimously,
That the THANKS of this WARDMOTE be given to
ZACHARY LANGTON, Esq. one of our late Representa-
tives in the Common Council, for his eminent SERVICES to
this WARD, duriii; a period of eighteen years, and for his
polite attention to every inhabitant thereof on all occasions.
Resolved,

That we renew, with much pleasure and satisfaction, our
sincere 'rheas to Mr. Deputy Samuel Hayward, Mr. John
Elliott, Mr. XVilliam Mathie, Mr. lames Bate, Mr. Henry
Dibbin, Mr Thomas Coleman, Mr. Matthew Topham Gib-
son, Mr. Thomas Moore, Mr. Willhun Sowerhy, Mr. Wil-
liam Gillman, and Mr. John Blackmore (who at this Ward-
mote were re-elected Common Councilmen Of this Ward for
the year ensuing), for the atteation and activity whicirt hey
have uniformly displayed, as Common Councilmen of 'this
ard.
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Resolved Unanimously

That the especial Thani,s of this Wardnutte be presented
to the Right Worshipful John Ansley, Esq. Alderman of this
Ward, for the ability and integrity evinced hyiltim in the per-
formance of the difficult arsti momentous duties of a Magis-
trate of this great City; for his constant and unremitting at-
tention to the interests of this Ward ; for his uniform po-
liteness to its inhabitants ; and for his upright and impartial
conduct in the Chair during the prescnt Election.

That the foregoing Resolutions be inserted in three of the
Morning and in three of the Evening Papers, and signed by
the Ward Clerk.

JOHN MILLARD, Clerk of the said Ward.

PUBLICATIONS.

In the Press, and speedily will be published,

By Messrs. F. C. and J. Rivingtun, St. Paul's Church-yard,
London, and J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge,

AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL IN-
QUIRY into the INTERPRETATION of the HE-
BREW SCRIPTURE`;. with Remarks on Mr. BELLAMY'S
NEW TRANSLATION of GENESIS.

By JOHN WILLIAM WHITTAKER. M.A.
Felluw of St. Jobn's College, Cambridge.

FC. and J. RIVINGTON respectfully ftC.•
• quaint the Public, that they purpose, on the Ist of
January, to OPEN a SHOP in WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-
MALL, for the sale of their Publications in the Western
Part of the Metropolis, where a general Assortment of Mo-
dern Books and Standard Works will be constantly on sale,
either unbound or in neat and elegant bindings.
They beg leave to state that their Business in St. Paul's
Church-yard will be carried on as formerly, and embrace this
opportunity of expressing their grateful Acknowledgments
fur the Patronage they and their Family have experienced for
upwards of a Century.
The Depository for the Books and Tracts of the Society
for promoting Christian Knowledge will remain in St. Paul's
Church-yard, but Specimens of both may be seen at No. A,
Waterloo-place, and Applications fur them from the Mem-
bers will he received and forwarded to the Society's Office.
St. Paul's Church-yard, December 18, 18113.

NATIONAL UNION FIRE-OFFICE,
38, Bridge-street, Black friars.

MEMBERS of the LONDON DE-
A PARTNIENT in the NORWICH UNION are in-
formed, that POLICIES will he GRAN-fED at. the ABOVE
OFFICE, tinder the snocrintendance of an nnexceptionable
-Board of Directors, and that the London Insurers in the
NORWICH UNION FIRE-OFFICE are considered by thL.
Board at Norwich, as insnred lot tl:t: usual :5 days al:ci the.
expiration of their present Policies.

MO COUNTERACT the many attempts that
A. arc daily made to impose on the unwary a spurious
ce!,,,,,,';;.,0 instead of the Genuine Blacking, prepared by
and MARTIN, they have adopted a slew label, in which
address, 97, High Holborn, is so conspicuously placed
in the centre, that they trust an attention to this, and the
difference sf the type, which is unlike all letter-press, will
enable purchasers at (tnce to detect the imposition.
The Real Japan BLACKING, made and sold Wholesale by
DAY and MARTIN, 97, High Holborn, and retailed by the
principal Grocers, Prnexists, Booksellers, Ironmongers, Per-
tuners, Boot-makers, &c. iu the United Kingdom, in Bottles
t 6d. Is. and is. 6d. each.

CHESTER, DECEMBER 22.

PUBLIC MEETING.

ADDRESS OF CONDOLENCE TO THE PRINCE REGENT.

On Thursday _last, pursuant to a Re4nisition,
numerously and respectably signed, and in com-
pliance with the appointment of the Right Wor-
shipful the Mayor, a Public Meeting of the Gen-
try, Clergy, and Tradesmen of this City, was held
in the Council-Room of the Exchange, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the propriety
of addressing his Royal Highness the PRINCE Ric-
Getrr on the lamented demise of pur late exem-
plary QUEEN.
About twelve o'clock, the Chief Magistrate
took the Chair, and steed the ottject of the
meeting.

WILLIAM HARIVOO6 FOLLIOTT, Esq. then
rose, and addressed the Chairman in the follow-
ing words :

MR. MAYOR,

I very much regret that some other Gentleman
than myself wns not deputed to make the motion
that I shall have the honour to submit to your
consideration before I sit down,—that of propos-
ing a dutiful and loyal Address of Condolence
from the inhabitants of this City, to his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent, on the decease of
her Majesty, the Queen of England. I have en-
deavoured to get other persons, who would have
addressed you on the present occasion much more
eloquently than is in my power ; however, I do
not shrink from the task, feeling -it incumbent
upon me, from being the principal means of call-
ing this Meeting, and procuring so many respect-
able signatures to the Requisition to the Mayor,
on the occasion ; at the same time, I am free to
.confess, that I will succumb to no one in loyalty
and attachment to the Sovereign of these realms.
Providence has so constructed the human mind,
that no one can pass through this life without
considerable error, and those who attain a late
period of it, whiCh was the case of her late Ma-
jesty, are subject to much ;—however, I have the
pleasure to observe, that the principal charge
made against the Queen, which was that of ava-
rice, is totally done away, from the circumstance
of her dying not leaving greater assets than 40001.
exclusive of her diamonds, that are certainly con-
siderable, and I believe estimated at about a mil-
lion sterling, and her wardrobe, which was con-
siderably the greatest in Europe. With respect to
her virtues, they shone eminently conspicuous
throughout a very long reign ; and the manner
in which she was introduced to this country, slid
infinite honour to his Majesty and herself. What;
influenced the King's mind first to approve of the
Princess of Mecklemburgh Strelitz, was a letter,
which was highly creditable to her bead and heart,
written at a very early petiod of her life, to

Frederick the Greif, 'fling of." Prussia, vvhich
made so great an impression on his Majesty, that he
gave that Princess the preference, as a wife, to any
of the beautiful and accomplished Princesses of
the Protestant Courts of Europe. Her late Ma-
jesty's greatness of mind and amiableness of dis-
position have been more apparent since her arrival
in this country (at the early age of 17 y?-ars),
from her attention to the purity of the Coort of
St. James, at a time when many other Courts cf
Europe were plunged in great licentiousness, par-
ticularly that of France, which materially led to
the late awful Revolution. I shall repeat an anec-
dote, which is generally knowa. but possibly some
here are not aware of it. When a holy of the
Court solicited her Majesty to re-instate in her
good graces a female of superihr rank, who had
trausgiessed the bounds that chastity prescribe, on
being asked what answer she was to return her,
emphatically replied, " tell her you dare not
mention it to the Queen of England." -Greatly
have been gratified by the loyalty displayed
throughout the country on the intelligtece of her
Majesty's decease, and I believe no place has ex-
ceeded the loyal and onment city of Chester, in
this respect. Llsr M.njesty's charit.es were exten-
sive. A most loving and dutiful wile she has bet n
to her Royal Consort, for upwards of 56 years,
contributing to his happintess and enjoyment abets
in health, and soothing, by her kiwi attehriows
his sick conch. Her affectionate and tender care
of a numerous and fine
_family, the Princes and
Princesses of these scalars, is beyond all praise.—
I congratulate the country on our being in pos-
session of the great• blessings of peace and plenty ;
the former I believe and trust will, by the blessing
of Divine Providence, be lasting,—but I cautions
it against. the jacobinical principles, which are too
prevalent, Greatly am I pleased with the disap-
pohltment Sir Francis Burriert met with, in his,
reception at the neighbouring towel of Liverpool,
a few days since, where, I understand, a company
of three hundred gentlemen were expected to sit'
down to dinner, and not more than one hundred
arrived, otherwise than those that were sought,
out for amongst inferior classes, to fill up the
tables. The Baronet's. appearing in e blue coat,
when I believe every other person in the room
was in decent mourning for her late Majesty, not
excepting even the waiters, was highly indecorous.•
I have heard of no Captain iVlacheath who took
off the portmanteau, in which this black coat was
deposited. I believe the circumstance of Lord
Derby and Lord Sefton's non-attendance at the
dinner, which did them great credit, precluded the
Baronet remaining even that night at Liverpool,
to repose his weary limbs. I avail' myself of this-
opportunity of expressing my ideas on Parliamen-
tary Returns, which are decidedly against the
absurd notion of Annual Parliaments and Univer-
sal Suffrage. Be assured, Sir, teat if once the
Legislature of this Country SAnct ion this Measure,
the Monarchical part of the Constitution will uct
last six nroaths. For agradual and temperate reforms
in Parliament, I arms an advocate. Mr. Pitt, at 1111
early period of his life, advocated a reform in
Parliament, but afterwards deprecated it, it cons
sequence of tire kingdom h. ing involved in the
late horrible war, on the issue of which our ex.
istenae •as a nation depended, alledging for such
a measure that it was not a proper time ; but
now that the contest is decided, I assert that this
is the proper time for a gradual reform in the
Commons [louse of Parliament ; for is it reason-
able or right, that the County Palatine of Ches-
ter, including this city, should send only four
Members to Parliament, and the County of Corn-
stall, forty-tour ! The great towns of Manches-
ter, Birmingham, and others, should have sepa-
rate Representatives, and many of the Boroughs
done away with at the same time.; Mark me well,
Sir ; 1 would have it done with great caution,
and very deliberately ; for with all the present
errors • in our Constitution, we are at the present
day, the greatest and most honourable nation
that exists on the face of the earth.

• With regard to Sinecure Places, I would have
them done away with, as far as is consistent with
the honour and safety of the country. I approve
of the present Administration, which has conduct-
ed the State through an arduous contest, and se-
cured for it an honourable peace. They h:tve al-
ready made, and are still making, great retrench-
ments.

I particularly recommend all Gentlemen of con.
sequence, ahilities, and property, in the Unite►[
Kingdom, to unite,. for the purpose of suppres-
sing, by every means in their power, the spirit of
Jacobinism, now too much prevailing, the sup-
porters of which arc ever on the alert ; and not
to buoy up themselves with the idea of there be.
ing no danger ; their Constitution and prope'rty
are worth their exertions to protect ; and now
that we ate at peace with all Europe, and near-
ly so with all the test of the world, let not our
internal enemies disturb our domestic peace.

I shall conclude, Sir, with retnrning von, and
the Gentlemen present, my•sincere thanks for the
attention with which! have been heard ; and do-
ing myself the honour of moving, that a dutiful
and loyal Address of Condolence be presented to
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, from the
inhabitants or this City, on the death of her late
Majesty the Queen of England, and that the
same be signed by the Mayor, on behalf u the
Meeting, and transmitted to Lord Viscount Sid-
mouth by this night's mail.
Mr. PREBENDARY MADDOCK seconded the Ad..
dress.

Atter some few remark's by SOON HILL, Esq.
on its tinustoil length, it was unanimously adopt.
ed, and ordered to be transmitted to the Secre-
tary of State, for presentation.
Thanks were then voted to the Mayor for call-
ing the Meeting, and it immediately dissolved.