The Sun.
London, England, 1811-01-10 00:00:00

C9.IIIMON HALL,

Yesterday the Leon D MAYOR held a Common-
Hall, which was the first at which be presided.
The Loan MAyon presented filmset& to the
• Livery, and addressed theni as follows Gentle-
men of the Livery--4 have the honour of meet-
ing you here to-day, for the first time an my pre-
sent situation, in' consequence of a Reqnisition hav-
ing been presented to tate, signed by set eral most
retpeaable Members of The Livery, desiring me to
ermiene yon at an early day: I will place that Re-
(ridden in the hands of the proper Officer, ,who
will read it to von."
The Requisition having been read by the Crier,
Mr. WebrliMAN then came furward, and addreee.
ed the Lit ery. He observed, that after the various
discussions which the subjeet of the ir present Mect,
in; had undergone in both Muses, riatnely, the.
aepu:ming, by a Bill, a person as Regent,, it would
not, lie conceived, be 'recess try Eta him to use many
ergoments to convince them lite there ought 16 be
no restrictions laid on the (levet, it had been :d-
-lowed, both in and out of Pei hement, that in the
hi4ory of the country there was 'to exeet preie
&mit; it was also agreed, that the pow!ers and
pterogatives vet .ed in the !executive Government,
were vested in it for the bendit
at
tire:
people ; arid
they hail now only to consider, whether, in the
halals of an indivehlal who was to exercise the few.
titers of the Crown, those powers arid prerogatives
ought to tie dmiloished or restrieted, 'He; ant those
with whom lie acted, had been accused
sistency, because they now called lot the tree exer7
cite of the Royal prerogatives ; they were, however,:
guilty of no ioconsisteney—t hey had inviniably con-
tended for the just,exereise of the prerogative of the,
Crown, as warmly as they bad dune for a just re.
presentation of The people le Parliament. The pre.
roe-okm had I}l-actilnes been ibuseri, and tire peoele
ba'tl complained.of abuse.; but the Ministers of
the Crown were respoitsible to Parliament fur th 'ir
sellout ; and if the house of Commons were the
jail Representatives of the people, they would act
as a check upon Ministers, sod the prerogatives
could- not be abused, without being punished by
Pailiameet, It Wag tUtt the people Wilt" Wed so
inconsistently, but those who opposed them ; and if
any thing were wanting to, convince. them what
were the views of those men, the argumeuta used
in the CoMMoO Council on Tuesday—such argee.
monis as had net.er been beard since tire Revolotion
—were convincing enough. It was clear the laeople
respeCled the prerogatives of the Crown ;..but it
was equally clear that those persons, by Their pre-
,• tens.° rs to. loyalty, wished to overturn the. Mu.
nattily. It vat plain Iris Majesty bad been tirade
an unconstitutional use of by these uteri, ,who, as
one of the Royal Dukes said, in hiS speech in the
Haase of Peers (the Duke of Sussex), instead of
making themselves a shield for his Maje;ry, had
made his Majesty a shield for Them, The question,
however, had been so fay discussed already, that
no person, who had the faintest idea of our Coma- .
tution, could mistake it (or a minute. The present
Ministers had for three months carried ou the, Go-
vernment without the assistance of the Royal Au-
thority, and in doing ro, had verified all that Tom
Paine had written or preached ; and they still wish-
ed to perivade us that the Great Seal could do all
the aets of the King, and that its assent, although it
bad not a negative, could make an Ad of Parlia-
ment. These men were, indeed, the Jacobins they
bud descriped whets !t.) be—these woe the melt
who evele 10;iving ro Owe, how lung the Go. ern-
meat could be carried on witnout the Executive.
Now they said, we want to place with the Re-
gent that power which we contended the King
ought not to have. if, however, said Mr. %lith-
ium), this power is unnecessary, wiry not do it
sway altogether ? but let us . trot deprive the
Crown of it to place it in the iratels of these
rarer, and thereby enable them to impede and cur-
barrass the Executive Goternmete. It they were
necessaryi how could it beexpeeled that Thu Regent
should be able tO carry op toe Government without
them ? How could he make a Lord Chancellor, or
Chancellorrof the EXCllegtlet,i The latter offke,
Ire had understood it was extremely difficult to fill
up ; SO much so, .that the Sovereign was-driven to
the Bar for the present Chancellor or the Exchequer;
who, although, be had the reversion of places held
by his brother, a Noble i.ourounounting to 40,0001.
per annum, was Clerk of the Meltings; and Chan-
cellor of the Amity of Line:loer ; yet before he ac-
cented the 'Chancellorship of The Exchequer, he
wanted to bargain for the last office for life. And
now did this man dare to cone fort.' Arc!and say the
Prince Regent could carry oirthe Government with
sil this patronage against him. Mr. ViL continued--;,.
lie should have the honour of submitting certain
Resolutions for their consideration, which, if agreed
to, be should then pt upon: a Petition to each Hotise
of Ptirliament, founded on those Resolutions: after
Which-he should propose to the Livery to' do what
they had, sometimes done before, though with-
out aired, namely, to instruct those. Gentlemen
who ought to represent the City of London (a laugh)
how they ought to na. EutertAining, 08 he did,
the highest regpeet for thosteGentlemen 10' private
life, it was peintul for him thus repeatetby to Onl-
ine:Pt upon their' piablie condat ; sacs be would have
torborne to dolt now, but the p?rilOos 'Sore of the
times 0000 it neeestetry for hum to call upon them
to explAu their conduct, arid hoW they intended ter
M& iniore; oni he bbpo the Livery would, for
tireir'oedi titgriity,Abstainfroneinterruptiog'or'pre-
yetatiog their being heard, that they might net go
sway arid say they were bet lairly dealt with.
Mr, W. then read certant Resolutions, in effeti
the Hatno et itfuase Come to on the picceiling clay in
the Couietif Cointnen Cooed. /Vier which, ire

obscp‘ed, as it, oval ti“.: first time he bad aldreAsed
the Livery Hi oce eertainifesolutiohd had been ttgretfd
to by them, at,d upon itioption w hid' they
had been groisty A ititiekt and t.candalously traduced,
116 imisr ttti permitted to say a word or two on the
lubjem. ()a ttr t occasion, he, was sorry to see some
.1)&1 5i 41,, ntgpitrates, of the City, who did not dire
'to inc e', the, 1.,,ce of Ow Livcry in the Hall, with.

rEtfif.NDON t Printed bytItICILAJ
at the t•tr,o:-Out,

Must look to the fundamenial,prineiple; of the Con-
stitution: 'Thus far, however, lie could say, that
never had man lei 4 thir,t for power,' or more affec-
tion for his father. and- his hunily, than the Prince,
of Wales. The worthy Alderman said, the Crown
must have power—it wa. 1,1. the benefit of the peo-
ple ; and, w his opinion, loyalty and liberty went
hand in Hu concluded by supporting the
Resolot

Sir C. P►rct3 then cline forward, and when he had
obtained silence; lie he fully concurred in what'
had been said of the Prince of Wales. 'He had al.'
ways at9ed Ike -a Man., and they had no reason to
suppose he would nor. ao as' a Ite,;eni ought to art ;
and he trusted it would not be long before he would
be waited on in a manner the Regent of this king.
dom ought Lc) be (" worship the rising Sun, Sir
Charles !" was exclaimed in the body of the Hall'.
—He had supported ' the proceeding by Bill, be-
cause because he limn& it was was the only con.
stitutional nn,do of proceeding ; and he hoped it
would not be long before our venerable Monarch
would be again s' ated on the Throne, and again
acting, as he ever bad acted, for the good of his
people.
Sir braes SHAW said, it in a constitutional point
of view he could steer any consideration for an tadi-
v:dnal to have weight with him, he should feel in-
clined, from the known and acknowledged virtues
of the. Prince of Wales, to let it carry him as far as
it,would any ohe ; bin on this eueStion they must be
guided by the fundamental principles of the Consti- -
Union ; and 00 uo occasion of our history hada Re.
gent, withonta permanent Council, been appointed
-
without te.trioions. 7

Mr. Alderman Wow) could not refrain from con-
gratulating the Lively on the result of t debase in
the Common Council on Tuesday. • Fie terolleoed
the time when, upon popular que,tinns iti that
Court, himself, and hid worthy .Friend, 11Ir.. Winch-
man, were usually kit in a minority, with not more
hurl four or live suppotters. He had to congratu-
late the Livery on the 'downfall of thit
The questton of the Regency was not a que.tion be-
wt;en the King and the Prince, but it wai a nk•stion
whether. the present Mi-nister4, Who. had addvd
200,06°,0061. to the N alum! Debt, given a vital
stab to the Con.otution, and insulted the Corpora-
tion and Livery of bolon, should possess such
trona4e as would eni'ihle thew' to continue their pre-
sent sytem. It the Prince were appointed Regent,
he would concede ti) the wishes os the People; he
knows they wish for Rerorm ; that it is necessary
110 the preservation nit. he VrL:roga tit e ot' the Crown,'
and for she Liberty of. the People, and he would
griint it to them.

7 The remainder of the Resolutions were then read
and agreed to.
Mr. WAITILITAN moved, that. a Petitionttwhich
was read, wended on tie Reimlotions, should be
presented to the House of Lords, by a Peer of Par-
!lament ; and that the Petition, signed iu a similar
manner, should be presented to the tiouse of Cony,
MOM, by H. C. Combe, Esq.. one of their. Repre-
sentatives; which motions were agreed to unani-
mously..

On the motion of Mr. WALITIIIVIADI, it was re!.
solved that the other Representatives of the City be
luso-titled to support the Petition, and to oppose any
restrictions being enforced on the Regent.
The Thanks of the Livery were then voted to H.
C. Combe, En. for his condnA in Parliament, and
more especially for his .votes on tlutreceut discussion
in the House of Commons.:

Mr. AlilernLat Co.ttea returned his thanks to the
Litery for the honour they had done him it would
his pride to support the liberty of the subject and
the rights of the Crown.

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_..._ ......
The thanks or the Livery were then voted 10 T.
Smith, Eq. :the lateiord .Mayor ) to ft.. Woith-
man and S. Favell; Esqr3. and, to the Lord Mayor,
for convening the Meeting, and for 1,14 conduct in
the Chair. . After which the Meeting adjourned.

OLD B4ILEY.

FIRST DAY...-.W.P.DNESDAY, JAN. 9.

Yesterday the Old Bailey Sessions cornn3enced
before Baron MACDONALD, Mr. Justice CH4Alillt6,
and Mr. Justice Lai Bt. c.

UTTERING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
Anne Neshitt was indiaed on the oaths of John
Cobham and others, for unlawfully uttering a piece
of false and counterfeit money, made to the like-
ness of a shilling, as, and for a goad one, she Well
knowing the same to be false and counterfeit ; and
having been previously, at the General Sessions of
the Peace, held at the Sessions House, Clerken well-
green,. in September, 1809, convicted of a similar
offence, and sentenced to a year's inaprieentnent,
and ordered-to find suretieci,for her good behaviour
tin* two years.

The charge Wag clearly substantiated. and the
primmer was Leland guilty—Death.

FORGERY.
Gustavus Lowe, a young man of most respeet-
nble appearance, was indicted for uttering a email'
order for money, purporting to be the draft of Co-
looel Ramsay, of the Queen's Itegnnenr, tier the
sum of :101. on Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, array
agents, well knowing the :wine to be forged and
counterfeit.

From the testimony in Support of the prdscitl-
Con, it appeared that the prisoner formerly belonged
to the Queen's Regiment, in which he WWI an En-
sign. On the day when the offence chargo was coin-
mitted, hp was
,at the Circus Cdffee-hoUse, 'Black-
friars-load, from whence he sent a man, named
Parker, with the draft in question, , to Messrs.-Cox
awk Grtienwocxl, for p‘ayment. On its being 'pre-
ben cud, a clerk,, named Downes, tliscoveted it -to be
a forgery, and on consulting with some 'of the other
clerks in the ofpce, they agreed to.setid for some
Police Otti, errs, who accompanied Parker back to
the Circus boffee-howte, where they sass', !Jim
two 101.'notes to the prisoner, with winch he itto
been provided tor that purpose. They immediate!)
adfiifted 'arid accused the prisoner 4,1 the forgery,
1 Admitted having gisen the -draft to Parker, but

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D 11,1 akIS. of No- 4. Martigit.court, Low-stret.? ; and Wished by WI LI. IA M A ItMIGER Seuth'Mol tot:
c,r, I Strand, wLare deivertisrments, (Ado.: for.the Paper. Lattrs lot. thy ggeitor ac. (past.paia),.

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said It Wit; a genuine one, and that he had --
-it from Colonel Ramsay on the preceding
Oxford-'street. He was: then taken into toil
and condu6ted to Bow-street, wilL.l.e•-it war
finally proved that the draft was a forgery.
Colonel Ramsay did not appear on the trial..,,-
Iris
the Connie' for the prisoner urgedin is
co
urt,l
the legal objeOtion, that he had uttered the-.dolt
Surrey, and was,indiited for having committed'
offence in the count.), of Middlesex.
This was over-ruled; hOwever,'by ,he
the ground that the prisouer, although
the county of Surrey, had procured the utter°.
the draft through the medium of an innocent?
son in the county of Middlesex.
The prisoner, in his defence,'
stillperstgol
►
rite bill which he bad given to Parker wasps,
nuine one; whether it had been changer/04,4'1
was out of his custsidy or trot be could not;
G
He had written, he said, to (' Ilonel garlloo.
could trot attend from his being under orders lot
reign sert ice.
Sir SIMON Le BLANC ObserVed, that the
had ample trwe to obtain the necessary evidePos
subsiatiti:ite his innocence, if inkocent he 44/'I
With resped to the absence of Colonel 111110.5'11;0
that gentleman was unable to attend hint ei4
communication from him; Might' hav
made to the Court that fact, therefore, COe
operate in the prisoner's favour. 1p
The Learned Judge then summed lip to-
(knee, and the Jury returned a verdict of•—(iii°,
Death; but recommended the prisoner to inerctk
The prisoner was considerably affe-ted at
Iltt
graeftll situation, and shed tears duruig 111°'
of his trial. -
BORGLASY.
1 Ha
Mary IPhite was indicted for felonious): Hai
ing and entering into the dwelling-house
. piney Tarriall in the day-time, p,rsons be u► 6 ilia
in; and stealing, two coats, a pair. of hreeci'-::
watch, gold chain,Jlnd seals, and other artic433o'
profferry of the said liumphry V.iri.ail.
Tile:prosecutor deposed, that his Lowe,
itr• Vere•street, Clare,market, was robbed onite
7114 of December, before four o'clock to ,4
noon, ot the articles specified, in the inchjl'r
On discovering the circumstance he gave intc4o
lion at Bow-street, and, by the ats.tivity,of tae°,
part of the goods were'foun'd in the pi loner a'
session, (roma pawn-broker's in Dr or)
These facts were corrobora eel by the p,ovi'l",i'io
and the Bir.v-street Otficets whoa pptehode
prisoner, \Viten, the priso4ler was taken sine
0.1
. totlyN the•wateh belonging to the pro/o;3°l'4lle
found in her possession, together with 50314.,(,011,0
caters for the other artieles.which been
and .a hey which 6i ted the lock of the r°`)ll3
whence the proper,ty had been taken.
.1 f'
The prisoner, in r civfence, said she to'
ceived the goods from a' young
, 11/011 WO- b:3
sounded.
Baron MACDONALD 81.1121M4 up the eviue„.•14
ce,
the Jury returned a verdict of--Guilty ; ~,-ii i
to the amount Of 395.
June Holliday wds next indicted for
and
li
edakstienagang t
arious articles ut' wearing ;il'V"rr"
considerable amount.
The prosecutor stated that he'liVed in St:'l,:ift
in the East, anti was a slopsellei, ,s 0
robbed seyeral:tirnes, he dett4alined nip wslcf 101
Citristrnas Eve, if poSsible, detect tine III"'
on ettrktmas mortimg, about. four () cloe!, '''.ll„,;i
alarmed by a noise in the kitCheti; h.tvro ,tJ
a light, he followed the sound of itreiili"g
the back7yard, and from tlsenCOC')"iiit.
old house, where he found the priSolicr
iII
Otte a txtudle containing the articles specir'''
indictment. He innn7diately took •11,.r 1:U1,
and sent for an officer. She hod fiirtuqrY
servant, and.hati obtained oda] Thion'to
getting over a wall Iwo the yard, and OLIO) I'l'*
through the paritiur Window. • Ok
Janrr.'s \Mindy, dery officer, Corroborared 11/e:
moos U~~tb 'e last witness as de id
ti i
iitt'.,lsPl
other aticer, who produced tli
possession of the prisoner. Guilty-21),'qib"oy,
No other trial of importance occurred
, t
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• The King's College pr Abrileeil hove • Ito
the degree of LL. D, on the Rev. H. 13.
Chancellor of the CathedrAl cat "Fern::,
,and Author of several intoresthw ''.'races
'Economy. .

, 111'
On the zsth ult. at Walnier, near Doi.
81R1 11S.
ham Harvey, Esq. was safely delivered of s vogtota 0,
On Monday last, in Ful I
•the lion. M ' ,
ey. p ac.e,
ilip nick; ot a Son.
1.0) 4
On Tuesday last, at Woybritlge, Sutray,•the
13. Mainwaring, hsq. of a Son.
.....,
the 1,24.°:

• ,
IMAkItI&IA
,hel ir"
At St. rames's Church, Mr. Anthony We4',"
PallAl4ll, to Nli.s M. A. Spdrrow, or P,c,
Mr. Leondrd, of the Bristol Theatre., to Mrs.
of the York Theatre.

er• ,
At his house at Leigh, inret
Kent, the , , quo!!
,44 rn tny years V of that
On Thurbtlty evening Lit, at 77, Long•ttace,
eandrr.l, lig,tr(r; trnesg,oi Irf
ofnes the
ahtlirAs
r,
pl.o ha IV •typal, wila °I pl. til
1.0- call ler ys," NiirgdetYrtt ,C:featirgaelf .FN.rieoodentlicick.recii°.ckleY' sanfr
eldest daughter of wiliattl
Ott tvonday, Miss Snell, •i
Aftte
Esq. of Salishury.Hall, it r
On Tue d'y • N e`t4' • • hlo'
) ,in ew.street, Spring-get en), :‘,
don, the Lady of John Proaor Anderdon, Esq. 1 09 Ott the t 7th of Oetoixr lot, at Antigua, ?"r'pri
itos.l)ur and on the turbot Nov.:(; r, At'y tOllc 10'4
• QW )Otti 111
huth,nn, stnis of the hoe Mr. It I
Theatre.

COAL MARKET IANI/ARY
Ships at Matket, • • etwv: ea.
bilips sold , agar
Newc.litic . 2.4 431. 6d. to od;
3 . ."0 ..d. I° 44"
Yorkblitte 0 od
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PRICE OF STOCKS
VioaTilltDAY.
, India Stock, et.
I India Bonds, Bbs.
Ser stock. 71,0, p.t'
k:xchrq
4I 61:
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Hulk Stock, 241 140 it
Nivy per ecru 7410i*
4ipct Cent.
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