The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

WEEKLY RETROSPECT.

cc Write me down an ass !" says Dogberu in
e play—" I move that the Answer to.,the Com,
_ _

mon Council Address shall be entered," says
one of the Vise Men of the East, "' with a cen-
sure on Ministers for giving such advice to the
KING!" Indeed ! and so said Glendower-•--cc I
can call spirits from•the vEsty deep"—" But will
they come," asks Hotspur, " when you do call ;
them ?"—Aye 1 there's the rub ! Lay it op thick,
Gentlemen—lay it on thick, before St. Thomas's
Day, or the 21 st day of December will be as bad
as the Ist of April, should men of sound loyalty
and high respectability stand forth to rescue the
City of London from the • domination of a fac-
tion !--7-But the 21st is past, and behold you have
gained a radical victory !
The Censure of
,the City. Well !—and in
City phrase, what does the stun total amount to
Foreigners -and people at home who know
nothing of the Metropolis,of Britain, and of the
world, eXcept,that it extends from Hyde Park
Corner to Blackwall, and' from Islington to
Newington Butts, may indeed suppose that' au
Address, carried up from the Mayor and Cor-
poration,speaks the 'opinion of the million and
a half, the eighth part of the population of Eng-
land, living within those limitS. But what is
the fact ? Look at a modern map of LONDON,
generally so called, and •coMpare the extent of
the City with the surrounding space ! Why, tis
but a drop in the ocean, Highgate-hill to the
Peak of Teneriffe, Primrose-hill to Highgate, or
a Chine orange to Lombard-street!
When the city, indeed, occupied three fourths,
or sally one half of the metropolis, then its opi-
nioii, fairly taken, must have been allowed great
weight in the political scale ; but now,. when it
contains only eighty thousand of the immense
mass of congregated life spreading into three
counties, nay almost into four, and when that
eighty thousand, from local causes, is known to
be diminishing, we 'Mist not let ourselves be de-
ceived by' high sounding Words, nor take the
decrees of Guildhall for the voice of a mighty
people
Besides, were the whole of the Liverymen of
LONDON to meet in the Civic Forum, their num=
ber would not exceed twelve thousand ; and of
that number, with the exception of a few of
high mercantile consequence who enjoy the Free-
dom by birth-right, or who have procured it
personally by apr benticeship, or by purchase for
the sake of ,Corporation humours, Corporation
dinners, and political purposes,' of what does
the body of Freemen, Liverymen, and Common
Council consist, but of retail dealers, tradesmen,
and mechanics—men, no doubt; highly respec-
table in their proper sphere, but who .derive
more consequence from their connexion with the
Charter than 'they can impart to it !
The simple.fact is, that to sell a yard of tape,
between Aldgate and Temple-bar, a man must
be free of the City ; but he may sell the piece of
tape uncut, as a wholesale dealer, without leave
or license. Let us look then among the most re-
spectable -dealers in London, and count how few
are obliged to join the Corporation. Nay, even'.
of those. who enjoy Civic honours, there are
some who appear ashamed of City locality as a
residence. I' the olden time, wise men came
from the East ; and now we see absolute wisdom
himself start from the vicinage of Labour in vain
hill or Addle-street to wanton iii the zephyrs of
South Andley-street ?
.Shall we then now be told of the weight of
City Addresses carried by packed Courts or by
a. factious few,—where noise, clamour, ribaldry,
and even bodily assault are• put' in practice, to
diSgust the well,judging, to silence the Moderate,
and to terrify the timid ? Shall we consider
their dicta as the fair opinion even of the resi-
dent population within the walls, adding thereto
Farringdon and Cripplegate Without ? Shall
we at once submit the fate of this mighty Empire
to the opinions of Civic Assemblies thus consti-
tuted, 'and at once permit Goo and MA.GoG to
tumble Minister's from their seats, :and insult the
Throne with impunity If not'.--then so much
for- City Censurel ! !
I. G. N.

The sum of 231. 4s. was collected at .the Wes-
leyan Chapel, Leicestershire, on Sunday s'eu-
night, after two sermons. which were preached for
the benefit of the Methodist Benevolent Society.
In. consequence of the very depressed state of
agriculture, the Rev. Dr. MADAN, with a consi-
deration and feeling worthy of commendation, re-
turned to his tenants ten per cent.- upon their
half-years rent due at Michaelmas last.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
THE QUERIES, addressed to the Chairman of the Quarter
Sessions for the County of Middlesek, however well-intended
by the Writer, we suppress, because we know that theY
are founded in mistake. The Mr CoNsT, who has been so
prominent in the several proceedings respecting TO
QUEEN in St. James's. Cie' kenwell. is Mr. John CoNsT, a
Turner, and an Inhabitant of that Parish, and not FitANcts
CoNsT, Esq., who holds fs.distinguished Public Office, and
whose character is so well known and so highly respected,
that we should not have conceived it possible for any hod,'
to have identified hint with the other individual of the
same name.
We shall insert to-morrow an original Poem of the late IWO{
PiNtma, never before published, from his own JI. S. -

PARTY AMISREPRESxNTAiIaN, also To-morrow.

lor THE C,,LON I ES, sue the Fourth Page.

CHRISTMAS DA Y.—A Holiday at all the Public Offices,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
15. tumults alter ti. I Evening; 35 minutes alter G.

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THE SUN.

auls DICERE F,ll-SU.II AUDE.IT

LONDON,
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 159.0.

We recOved last night and this morning, the
Faris Papers of Thursday and Friday last. We

give some extracts from the former in our pre,
ceding columns. - The following are from t►e
Journals of Friday
" PARIS, Dee. R2'—Yesterday the King gave a private aa'
dienee to the Count de Grabou.

" By a Royal Ordonnance, the Sieor Corhieres,
of the Chamber of Deputies,- is appointed •Plesiient of the.

Royal Council of Education in• the town of the Sicur Lainer
who retires on account of ill health.
" Louts, &c.
" The following are appointed Ministers Secretaries of
State, and Members of our Council of Ministers.

The Sieurs—Lain6, Minister of State, lenaller of the Clartv

ber of Deputies.
Corbieresi President of our Royal Council
Education, Member of the Chamber of DeFir

fieS.

1)e Villele, ',Member of the Chamber of M.11,'

ties.
•' Dated, Dec. el, 18'20.
(Signed) LOUIN•
(Countersigned] RICHN:LIt.IJ.
" The King yesterday gave a private audience to the Prince
de :Mecklenburg•

" The Chad►ber of Deputies were occupied yesterday if,
receiving reports from the Committees on the verificatio❑ of
the powers of the newly elected Deputies.
"Several officets were conveyed on Wednesday to the (o
ciergerie in carriages, from the environs of Paris, guarded
by gendarmerie.

FIVE PEP. CENTS.

Thursday

. 76 f. 30 c.

DEFERRED STOCK.
- Of the 22d March, 1817
Zed Sept. 182,0 94 f. 70 c.
" VIENNA, DEC. 12.—The reports of war are rencwral

with snore confidence.
now, however. th:at the Pr;tlc. Vicar Getiet:J,
Of the Two Sicilies is to be invited to the. confetelia.,s,
he will not conic, two Neapolitan Ministers, true of thew to
be the Minister for Foreigo affairs.
" DIII AN, Uee. ti.—:l report is at this moment circulated
here, that the Austrian army has passed Llic Pu is three
15i0I1S."

The conduct of the Whig Politicians at pre'
sent betrays all that gross inconslstency which
may be expected from men. who have no motive
of action but hatred to airy GOvernment in which
they - are not permitted to hold a share. Fa
some time-past the arguments in the chief Orgalt
of Party, The Morning Chronicle, have been di'
rected against any interference in the Affairs of
Naples. Very lately Ministers were exhorted
to refrain from lending any assistance to .A.u.310
in her alleged intention to beat down the Revolt'.
tiou at Naples, either by arms or subsidy,. ad
Austria herself was cautioned against any such
intention, lest she should import principles that
would lead to similar consequences at
Now our Ministers are reproached -with havins
supinely regarded the fate of Poland, which thel
say-ought to have been restored to a state of it
dependence, and they are advised to embroil
this Country in a dispute with Austria, by givin%
our support to the cause of- the Revolutionists in
Naples. Such are the contradictions and absar'.
dities into which men will plunge themselves?
who are actuated by no impulse but that of self'
interest, and the- malevolence which arises frog.'
disappointed ambition. Ministers have enough
upon their. hands at home, and that, we presume/
will be sufficient to prevent them from a need'
less interposition in the concerns of other States/
except as they may be bound by an inviolable
regard to treaties and a diie' sense of national
honour. Ministers have to oppose the progress
of a revolutionary spirit, which has long been.at
work openly and insidiously, and which has re'
cently availed itself of popular infatuation on
lamentable topic, in- order to bring contempt., e't
the Sovereign, and to overthrow the Throne and
the Altar.

The KING arrived at Brighton on SaturdaP
where he was received With the most warm tests'
monials of loyalty and affection.
• ller MAJESTY has signified to the Right non'
the LORD MAyOR her intention of honouring the,
Mansion-house with her presence on the 23d 01
January ; on which day a Grand Concert is, %ye
understand, to take place, for the benefit of.the
National Schools of the City of Loudon!
(Ledger.)

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