Star.
London, England, 1821-10-27 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held,
to consider the propriety of voting the Thanks of the
Corporation, and Freedom of the City, to JOSEPH
Huse; Esq. M.P. for his Parliamentary conduct, and
for the dispatch of other business.
AEPRAT AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE.

Mr. Alderman WAITUMAN begged to offer a few
observations. He was aware that this Court was
summoned for a special purpose, and be should be
the last man in it to introduce any irrelevant subject
which was likely to give rise to a discussion. But
the subject upon which he was now about to speak,
involved a question of Privilege, and was; therefore,
entitled to their most serious attention. He had pro.-
viously proposed to lay before the Court the corre-
spondence which had passed between bim and Earl
Bathurst, and he would have done so at an earlier
period, were it not that he was out of town when the
last Court was held, and the Court before had been
. so suddenly convened that he did not hear of it until
late in the evening of the day on which it was held.
He wished now to lay before the Court the Papers on
this subject, leaving it to them to act as they thought
fit with respect to them. When he (Alderman yeah-
man) complained of the proceedings of the 26th of
August, his complaint was passed over. A charge
of neglect of duty was, however, made against him
by the Noble Lord. It was said that the mob were
in a state of riot, and that he did not exert himself
to preserve the peace, but that a Police Magistrate
was obliged to interfere. All this was broadly stated,
and yet no inquiry had been instituted. One of the
letters which he held in his hand, had been sent to him
in order to pin him down to dates, for the purpose of
substantiating the charges alleged against him. The
letter, and his answer to it, were short, and he would
therefore read them :

• Whitehall,. August 30, 1821.
Sta--At a late hour last night, I received your• letter of
yesterday, in which you fix si: o'clock on Sunday afternoon as
the time when the outrage took place, which you represented in
your former letter to have been committed on the Civil Power
by the Life Guards.
" I have only to desire that you will state the precise time,
when you withdrew from Kuightsbildge, after tranquillity had
been perfectly restored ; unless you should have any objection
to make such a statement. I am, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
a Sheriff Waithman. " BATHURST."
Ts this letter, though he perceived its tendency,
he immediately returned the following answer:
(cow).
"MY Loan—l can have no objection to give your Lordship
*very information in my power, but it Is difficult to speak with
exact precision as to time. I have already stated that it was six
o'clock when the affray at Knightsbridge took place ; it might
have been a quarter of an hour after. 1 left Hyde Park-corner,
as nearly as I can state, about a quarter before eight o'clock.
a I have the honour to be.

" Your Lordship's most obedient humble serpnt.
(Signed) " ROST. WAITHM AN.
" Bridge-street, Aug. 30, 1821.
" To the Right Hon. Earl Bathurst, &c."
The worthy Alderman then complained, that though
a secret inquiry had been set on toot into that busi-
ness, he had not been called upon to substantiate his
statement. Instead of which, he had good reason to
know that the Object of that inquiry was principally
to criminate him ; and he had equally good reason
to know that that had totally failed. He had no
doubt of being able fully to identify the person who
had presented the carbine against him ; and he had
also the ramrod Rung at the head of a woman, marked
and numbered. Here was a gross denial of justice,
and it would be for the Court to say whether it would ,
not take some steps, for its own credit and honour,
to bring the matter before the Court.
Mr. FAVELL proposed that these Papers be referred
to the Committee of General Purposes, to examine and
report, after they had been entered on the Journals.
Mr. S. Dixori was glad that the Papers on both
sides would be laid before the Committee ; but he
feared they would not easily get Lord Bathurst be-
fore the Committee.
Mr. J. Gilligan supported the proposition of
Mr. Pavel'.
The documents were then ordered to be entered on
the Journals, and then referred to the Committee of
General Purposes.

FREEDOM OP THE CITY TO JOSEPH HUMR, 'ESQ. M.P.
The Requisition for calling the Special Court
was then read.

Mr. FAvaLL, prior to making his intended motion,
begged that the Minutes of the Court for granting the
Freedom of the City to Earl Camden, should be read.
The Minutes were read. They stated, that on the
3J November, 1819, the Freedom of the City, &c.
bad been granted to Earl Camden, for having so
liberally resigned a large portion of his income as a
Teller of the Exchequer, in consideration of the
public distresses.
Mr. FAVELL said he had requested the Minutes of
this grant should be read, not because the case was
exactly parallel with that which he was about to
bring forward, but because he wished to remind the
Court how anxiously they had been upon the watch
to reward every individual who had exerted himself
to decrease the public expenditure, or increase the
public revenue. He felt that in bringing forward
this motion he was fulfilling the dying request of a
,friend, by whom it was first introduced, and who
with his latest breath entreated him to persevere in it.
He need not remind the Court that Mr. Hurde, the
%object of this motion, had been, and still was, the
Champion of economy and retrenchment, when the
nation was in all quarters groaning under ks heavy
burdens, and calling for relief. He then was the
foremost to point out where-velief could be applied,
where the burden could be lightened. He (Mr. Fa-
well) could appeal to the Records of their Court in
proof of the many-petitions which they had from
year to year presented to Parliament, praying for
Retrenchment and Reform. How, then, could they
refuse to reward that man who had unceasingly
exerted himself to realise the prayer of their petitions?
There was no want of precedents to sanction the pro-
ceeding which be was about to recommend. Among
the records of the Court, it appeared that in the year
1776 the thanks of the Court were voted to the Rev.
Dr. Birch, for a pamphlet which be had wring: in,
favour of Civil Liberty. He bad the mere plassore
in bringing forward this motion, because it would
convince the Public that this Court did not delight,
as was falsely imputed to it, in the habit of passing
votes of censure and disapprobation, but that they
were glad of an pport ty of conferring its honours'
upon an Hooowble Gentleman who had faithfully

discharged the duty which he owed to the country.
The motion he was about to submit was one in which
the community at large was interested ; for at a time
when an Officer of high rank in the Army, and a
Magistrate at the head of the Police, had been de-
graded by his Majesty's Government, because they
had not shewn themselves sufficiently subservient to
the measures of the Court, it was more peculiarly
incumbent upon them to mark their gratitude for
eminent public services. He spoke of a Gentleman,
this day, of no ordinary character, in regard to his
assiduity, firmness, and unwearied exertions in inves-
tigating all those points which were connected with
the Revenue and Finances of the country, and which
had enabled hilt), in the course of a short Parliamen-
tary career, to effect -as much as would have done
honour to a long life of public service. He trusted
that no objection would.be made to the motion, on
the ground that other Gentlemen had supported the
measures proposed by Mr. flume, and were there-
fore equally entitled to their thanks. He was ready
to give every praise to the band of illustrious and ex-
cellent men who had supported him; but it could not
be denied that Mr. Hume's wonderful labours and
indefatigable exertions peculiarly entitled him to the
thanks of that Court. When a similar honour was
conferred upon the three eminent lawyers who had
distinguished themselves in defending her late Ma-
jesty, it was observed, that three other lawyers had
' also been retained in her cause; but the propriety of
confining the honour conferred by the Court to those
who had most distinguished themselves was then ad-
mitted, and he hoped therefore be should not now be
met by a similar objection. He felt that he should
not do justice to the motion which he had under-
taken, if-be did not enter for a few minutes into the
history of Mr. Home's Parliamentary conduct. Such
was the effect produced by the labours of this extra-
ordinary and excellent Gentleman, that Ministers had
been checked in their profligate career, and it was a
common answer to the applications of their partizans
to say, We would willingly accede to your request,
but if we were to grant it we should infallibly bring.
Mr. Hume upon us r—(A laugh.)—The worthy Mern-
ber then proceeded to read to the Court a Paper de-
tailing the Parliamentary services of Mr. Hume:
" He opposed the Three Millions of Taxes, in 1819, and then
recommended by retrenchment to make a real Sinking Fund.
" He has advocated, on every occasion, the removal of the re-
strictions on foreign Commerce, which at present so Much cramp
the prosperity of the country.
4' He has submitted, for three successive years, motions to re-
duce the expense of Collection of the Revenue in the Excise and
Customs, and general Revenues.
" He has shewn that in Scotland and Ireland the expenses of
collection have been doubled, and that there are between four
and five millions paid for the collection of the Revenues, of
which one-third at the least might be saved, by returning to rea-
sonable salaries and reduced establishments.
" As an example of what might be done, he pointed out, the
sixty-five sinecure offices of Receivers-General, and ninety-five
Distributors of Stamps, for three successive years, and only suc-
ceeded by perseverance in the last Session to get a Committee
appointed, which recommended their abolition, saving A::5,650
out of £117,900.
" By this means 160 sinecure offices will be abolished, and,
exclusive of the corrupt patronage, as many thousand pounds be
saved annually. A Commission is now sitting in Scotland to
inquire into the Stamps.
" In 1819, 1820, and 1821, be proposed to the House the
reduction of salaries and establishments. in proportion to the
reduction of the price of provisions, &c. and although rejected
in the House of Commons, has been adopted by the Treasury
since then.
" Ile opposed the Civil List on the present enormous male,
and proposed its reduction : be moved for returns to prove its
extravagance, but his motions were rejected.
" He brought the expenses of the Colonies before the House
each year to induce the Government to economy ; and the Re-
turns to his motions first brought the Gibraltar. the Ceylon, St.
Helena, and other accounts, before the Public. The expenses of
the Cof6nles of Great Britain amount to upwards of three mil-
lions sterling, and have been brought to view by 'Mr. Ilume.
" Heligoland establishment, of £lO,OOO a-year, has been abo-
lished, and half a million might be as easily saved immediately
in the other Colonies. _ _

-
He has for successive years tried to reduce the expense of
the lonian Islands of £140,000, which is continued contrary to
Treaties, and solely for patronage.
" Until last Session, the Debates on the Army and Navy Es.
dilates seldom took up two or three nights in all. Mr. Hume,
by his statements and exposures for three months, rendered the
country fully aware of the useless expenditure, and drew from
the country at large a call for retrenchment.
" He attacked the large Standing Army, and by his exposures
has shewed the unnecessary number and the extravagance of
every department ; and although Lords Palmerston and Castle-
reagh declared that a single man could not be reduced, 12,000
have been ordered to be disbanded, whilst he has shewn chat
25,000 Regulars might be disbanded.
" In the number of the Staff, in the number of the Half-pay
Officers, the extravagant expenses of the Military College, /cc.
although out-voted on every motion, his statements stood uncon-
tradicted, and be mainly compelled the Ministers to join in an
Address to the Crown to reduce the Army.
" He exposed the extravagance of that department in a manner
never before done; -hewed the application of public money and
ipatronage to the Voters of Quecaborough in an extraordinary
degree.
" His statements have been all confirmed by the Returns he
moved for, and great reductions have been ordered in the
branches he pointed out, although all were stated to be impossi-
ble, and he was out-voted in the Houle of Commons.
" He pointed out the useless and extravagant expenditure in
the large establishments of Officers in the Dock-yards, in build-
ing ships, when we have already twice as many as all the world.
" He summed up all the practicable reductions in the Public
Expenditure that could be made immediately, to the amount of
nearly £5,000,000, having previously pointed out all the items in
I detail, with the proofs °this proposal
" If the country bad not been rowed bi Mr. Hume 's exer-
tions, the Ministers would not, In all probability, have lidded
this small tax. _ _

" It was equally novel to see on. Member, by his Individual
exertions, supported by but a few in the Howe, effect sush a
changv, as it was to see the manner be eared the Ministers,
and obliged *MN at the close of the 8 -ftt to adopt his ream-
' mendation ; and at the same time state, that Mr. Hume had
never lest his temper, although Mr. Ward, Lord Palmerston,
and others, bad often attempted, by rudeness and ridicule, to
draw him from his plans."

There was one more Paper which he would trouble
the Court by reading, front which it appeared that
Mr. Hume was prepared to propose a measure for
making a reduction in our establishments to the
amount of £4,288,000. He had minutely specified
all the items in this oakulation, and the result was,
that the whole of the taxes upon candles, soap, salt,
and leather, might be taken off. The worthy Mem-
ber next adverted to the remarkable coincidence be-
' tartar the motion for an Address to his Majesty,
which was proposed by Mr. Hume, and that which
was subsequently adopted by his Majesty's Ministers.
The object of this proceeding was evidently to take
away all the merit from Mr.-Hume, and to place it
to the account of his Majesty's Ministers. At the
same time, it was not his (Mr. Payees) wish to de-1
preciate the Government, if they were willing to go
hand-in-hand, and work in co-partnership with Mr.
Hume. Whether measures of retrenchment ema-
nated from Ministers, or from an individual opposed
-to them, was of little consequence, provided the great

object of a reduction of the ptstlie expenditure were'
effected. The worthy Member concluded by moving
the Thanks of the Court to J. Hume, Esq. M.P. for
Aberdeen, for his indefatigable exertions in promoting
every object which might tend to the diminution of
the public expenditure.
Mr. Elms seconded the motion.
Mr. S. Throw said, that though he was labouring
under severe indisposition, he felt that he had an im-
perious duty to perform, and had attended, therefore,
in his place, to oppose the motion of the worthy Gen-
tleman mho had just sat down. In so doing, be could
assure the Court that he was actuated by motives as
pure as those to which the worthy Member laid claim.
He was ready to admit the persevering industry of
Mr. HuMe, and that a great deal of good might aritie
from what he had recommended in the way of re-
trenchment. It was equally certain, however, that
his excessive zeal had carried him beyond the bounds
which men of sound and sober judgment could ap-
prove. Every one was aware that, in consequence
of the wars in which we had been so long engaged,
the country was necessarily burthened with very
heavy expenses. The Officers on half-pay, both in
the Army and Navy, were entitled to remuneration
for their services, and, had an honourable and legal
claim upon the country. He could not help thinking
that the object of Mr. Hume's persevering exertions
in Parliament, was rather to embarrass the Govern-
ment than to promote the public interests. He had
called for more papers in one Session than all the
Members of the House of Commons had done for
many years—(Hear, hear).—He had, in fact, lost
sight of all discriminaticn, and in his (Mr. Dixon's)
opinion, he would have done himself greater credit
if he had called for fewer papers. He believed Mr.
Hume had called for more papers than would serve
the particular purpsfs of all the Members of that
Court for many years—(Loud disapprobation).—Mr.
Hume was not the only person who was desirous of
reducing the expenditure of the country ; and the
worthy Gentleman (Mr. Favell) had been forced to
admit that there WAS a disposition on the part of Mi-
nisters to second his example. It would be impossi-
ble to reduce the salaries of Public Officers to the
scale of the year 1797, at a very early period, be-
cause no person could now live upon the same annual
income as in 1797. Peculation would be the inevi-
table consequence of premature reduction, and he
hoped, therefore, that there was no intention of carry-
ing retrenchment to any extravagant length. It
would be better if some worthy Members, instead of
troubling themselves with the public expenditure,
would look to that of their own Corporation. As to
the merits of Mr. Hume, they were greatly over-
rated, and much had been ascribed to him which, in
point of fact, he had borrowed from Mr. Creevey.
Mr. Creevey had collected all the information in an
excellent pamphlet, of which Mr. Hume had subse-
lquently availed himself. He intreated Gentlemen
not to make the votes of thanks conferred by that
Court too cheap. The worthy Gentleman had called
upon the clerk to read the vote of thanks passed by
that Court to Lord Camden; but he had not ventured
to make a comparison between the two individuals.
Lord Camden had made a great personal pecuniary
sacrifice, and had conferred a real, substantial benefit
upon his country. Though he expected to be in a
minority, he still felt it his duty to oppose the motion;
for he conceived that- Mr. Hume had neither been
long enough a public character, nor done such emi-
nent service to his country, as could entitle him to the
thanks of that Court, and the freedom of the City.
Mr. GRIFFITHS supported the motion.
_ _

Mr. T. N. WILLIA.IIS asked, whether it was the in-
tention of the worthy Member to follow up his motion
for a vote of thanks by a motion for conferring the
freedom of the City ?
Mr. FAVPLL replied, that it was certainly his in-
tention, if his first motion were carried, to move
that the freedom of the City be conferred upon Mr.
Hume ; but in what particular manner, whether in a
box of gold, or of heart of oak, he should leave to
the Court.

Mr. T. N. Wi Lt.t us said that, as this was the case, I
he should certainly oppose the motion. He admitted '
that a considerable degree of praise was due to Mr. '
Hume, but he could not go the whole length of the
measure. It was extremely easy to find fault with
Administration, and to call upon them for a reduc-
tion of the public expenditure; but if they went into
sweeping retrenchment, where, he would ask, could
the sovereign place his finger to reward his merito-
rious servants ? He knew nothing of Mr. Hume,
and had no wish to disparage him, but it appeared
to him extremely probable that he did not go to very
1 pure sources for his information. How, indeed, could
he obtain it, but from discharged clerks and servants
'of the different public offices? The worthy Member
was proceeding to arraign the conduct of a Member
of the Council, whom he accused of wasting the
money of the Corporation, and assembling a junta
for the purpose of carrying a particular object, when
he *as interrupted by loud cries of " Order !"
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN rose to order. It was
the paramount duty of every Member to uphold the
honour and dignity of the Court. He had seen with
sorrow, for he was not present at the last Court, the
account of the disgusting proceedings which had
taken place on that occasion, and he thought even
the 'worthy Gentleman must have felt some shame
at reading the Report of his own language in the
Newspapers.
Mr. T. N. WlLLimis said, he should be wanting
in the duty which he owed to civilized society, if he
did not do his duty like a man ; nor would be be
,deterred from that line of conduct by any statements
in the Newspapers. lie repeated, that the worthy
Member to whom he alluded seemed to have a pre-
dilection for voting away the money of the Corpora-
tion ; and that, in defiance of a standing order, and
contrary to all practice, he had called upon the
Council to vote away a sum of money, and at the
same time emblazon the thanks of the Court to Mr.
Waithman. He should oppose the motion, because,
he conceived the object of Mr. Hume's parliamentary
conduct was more to hamper the wheels of Govern-
ment than to de good to his fellow-citizens.
Mr. Alderman WAITEIMAN said it was his inten-
tion to have remained silent on the present occasion,
and he now rose merely for the purpose of replying
to some observations which had been made in the
course of the debate; for nothing in the shape of an
argument had been urged against the motion. He
confessed that he telt somewhat awkward in attempt-
ing to pauegyrise any Gentleman ; and this task was

the less necessary, as It had already been pe f r, ,
in so clear, concise, and able a r..!anner by h. t-2' IS W0:6:
Friend, that it was impossible for any man, wha, •
his political sentiments might be, to any
4, Leve,
the shape of opposition. It had been sa;,2
public servants of those emoluments to "
object of Mr. Hume's measures was to t 6";
labours had justly entitled theomb.ligelcdoitti,f.hiiih:lol.t't!le:
he gave Mr. Hume credit for just and hor's PIT;
ht
motives ; but it was enough for him to knonirt
had acted beneficially for the Public; and
his motives were good or bad, be (Mr. Waith
as an individual, was equally
observations had been male upon Lord Canni
linquishment of the emoluments of his officen'ste'
whatever might be the merit of that relinvi
it should be recollected that it was preceded l:;
Petitions of that Corporation, cotnplaininm
.nlO
wasteful expenditure of the public mon the
el, and b
complaints of distress from all parts of the king
A public benefit, however, was derived from
Camden's resignation of the emoluments of his
lership, and a public acknowledgment was his With regard to the political conduct of NIL lla-rte.
he was not a mere pal tisan, upholding the ant •U
of a particular party ; but he had taken that
laborious course, which no man that entered the sras'
of Parliament had ever taken before. Re had lie'
self been an eye-witness of some of his exertions, r.;
he had seen the base attempts which had been rs,;,
in the House of Commons to ridicule and phtSti.
down. It was not by the impression which hen,
within the walls of the House that his labni.rc,;:i
succeeded; no, it was his rigid examia.,z:;rl,.
the finances of the country, and his capsule 44'
extravagant expenditure of the public money thatf.
made an impression upon the public mind, rs:.
length compelled the House to give him a teluct•
I hearing. It was nut in great debate,,, in whit„..l:
splendid but useless display of talent vvas
made, that Mr. Hume had signalized Itim•eif;t
had taken an humbler walk, but one which nasi
finitely more beneficial to his counti y, by siniz
night after night, and investigating with patier,:z
unwearied perseverance every item of the public r,
penditure, until the eyes:of the Public were
and Parliament was at length induced to Lac:,
subject into serious consideration. Let the P 4
then stand up for this man, for unless they shot
that they approved of the conduct of able and
interested public men, and were determined toiT
hold them, there would be no chance of effects.
a reduction of our expenditure, or of remetirC:
the grievances under which the country laboured:
Notwithstanding all the opposition which Mr.llun
had met with, after all the attacks which krilben
made upon his private character, and his biter sF
tuation in life, he still continued to perseven in lK;
useful labours, Until he compelled a reluctantAdmi.
nistration to come forward and adopt the sew
position which he had submitted to Parliaments 6
.out success. Could any man be so credulonsasreL
to believe, that if he had not persevered in calf;
for papers and. Committees of Inquiry, his Majes-;
Ministers, or Mr. Bankes, would have brcughta•
ward a proposition for retrenchment, as an am!.
ment of Mr. Hume's motion? or that, if Mr. flumes
motion had been shaped in precisely the same terms
as that of Ministers, it would hare been adopted by
them? As to great political debates in the Rouse (1
Commons, they were worth nothing to the Veople;
the object of them was merely to ascertain the rels•
tive strength of the two parties, and the teapot
them was not of the slightest importance toughs.
ple. It was only from such useful labours as Mt,
Hume's that the People could derive real andens
tial benefit. The Honourable Alderman, Anse
further observations, concluded by expressing al;it
not only that the vote would pass, but that it rx4
pass in a triumphant manner.
Mr. OLDHAM was perfectly satisfied that thee
of thanks should be passed, but he could not kra
to granting the freedom of the City in a plata
If the conduct of Mr. Hume (which he admitteiu
highly meritorious) was to be thus rewarded, wbilal
they not noticed a Fox, a Whitbread, a Romillyiv
the Abolitionists of the Slave Trade? He must-

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that though he concurred in the vote of thanks,!
was opposed to granting the freedom of the DT
this occasion.

Mr. Alderman BROWNE said, that this vote,
many others, had been proposed with a view toop
pose the Administration of the country—CVo! N.
—The Hon. Mover had spoken of the vote in '
of Earl Camden, as if a case in point, but
the ground fail under him, he gave up the ;
The one was the case of a Noble Persona,

had made a great personal sacrifice to the
of his country ; the other, that of a G.
great recommendation was his universal
every measure of Government; a hostility
nised, perhaps, than that of any others of
What Mr. Hutne had done it was the duty

man to do—he had watched over the _
and expenditure. He had advocated remnant%
but Ministers had always wished to retrench*
Mr. Hume was fortunate, insomuch as the psi
of his opposition was one when Ministers woo
bled to carry their measures of economy boar.
But whatever good had been done by Mr.
this way, had been more than undone by
matory language at Public Meetings. Wit
passed at the Public Meeting the day before,
he ventured to prejudge the conduct of
wards Sir Robert Wilson.—[Mr. FAYELL
the Honourable Member was present,
language of which he complained ?j--1
Browne was happy to say that he was not
He should have been ashamed to be seen'

at such a Meeting—(Hear, hear).—He
the Gentleman opposite (Mr. Favell) had cut,
spicuous figure at the Meeting. What be
the Meeting had reached him through the
Papers, and if he (Alderman Browne) -
in quoting what was thee stated to have
(Mr. Favell) would set him right. Mr..
made to say, that the act of depriving Sir
Wilson of his commission was despotic and
cal. He (Mr. Browne) maintained that Mr.
bad no right to use such language. It
sending to inflame the public mind, and to
seeds of discontent: it was language which
to be used before Ministers had an
fending their conduct in Parliament. --
Alderman proceeded to point out several other
of Mr. Ilume's speech, which, he contender;

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calculated to fan the flame of discontent ; to with-
dro the confidence of the people from the Govern.
went, and which deserved the execration of society.
upon these grounds, he should therefore move the
previous question.
After a few words from Mr. Dsxos against, and
Mr. FAvEut, and Mr. PATTEN in favour of the ori-
ginal
Mr. Caoco:n, in opposing the motion, attempted
to shew that Mr. Hume was materially incorrect in
all his financial calculations. To prove this, he men-
tioneJ, among other things, the fact of Mr. Hume
saving, in one instance, calculated a per centage to
be E 3 0%. 9d. when, in point of fact, it was found to
be 1.5 0,. 9L1.--(Loted laughing).
Mr. CLARKE supported the Amendment.
After a fen- words from some other Members, the
Voze of Thanks was. carried by a large shew of hands ;
as wag also the grant of the Freedom of the City, in
a !rid box, value One Hundred Guineas.—Sec
Ad-
rc,f in Me first
it was also ordered, that the Freedom of the City
should be presented to Mr. Hume in that Court.—
Adjourned.
_

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

17 !PAT TUESDAY LOTTERY REGINS.--ALL
—TIIREE czo,oco !! ! NOT TWO BLANKS
TO A PRIZE.—.C.io,OOO FOR TUE FIRST-DRAWN
PRIZE.

SA TU DA Y, OCTOBER 27: IS2I.
TIM FUNDS.

About half-past two o'clock, ye,terdny afternoon,
a sudden panic took place ill the Consols Market.—
Theprice was then 788 br time—it in a moment,
however, fell to 777, and left off at that sum. Very
lirge sales were made by Brokers connected with the
west end of the toss n. The panic is said to have
been owing to the preparations making at Carlton-
h: use for the immediate reception of his MAJEsTyI
and various idle reports as to the cause of his sudden
return. Consols opened this morning at 77%, and
much business was transacted.—At One o'Clock the
prices were-
-3 per Ct.lLdu. 7611 3/4-3 per Cr. Cons. 771/2 54 1,4
4 per Cent. 9'.31/s YA-5 per Cent. 1111/2 110 N 111
Long Anns.l9% 3/4 7-16—India Bonds 6S pre.
Old Annuities 761/ —Exch. Bills ss. 4s. pr.
Etch. Bills (Small) 56. 7s. pre.
Cous.for Account 7774 Sit 78 77