Star.
London, England, 1819-11-19 00:00:00

EQ IISITION TO THE LORD MAYOR.

i deputation of the Common Council, consistin,g
• mews. WiLLI.I.MS and ILACKETT, of the Ward
i-E„rincdon Without, and Mr. FENTON, of Castle
iii„.o Ward, waited upon the Right Hon. the
Lein 1.‘170:1, at the Mansion House, between
leite 43d one o'clock yesterday, with a Requisition
Chi, bud...kip for a Court of Common Council, of
Ir 2
'ich the fAlowitve is a copy : .
.10 THE Riot-ti' HON. THE LORD MAYOR.
• lining tart that the Court of Aldermen, without the
o.,,kigs or sanction of the Corporation of London, have re-
No• rroceedings, affecting not only the Funds of the
r,,,.. h.! :iiv Rights and Privileges of the Citizens, of whom
it cxr; ,f Common Council are the Representatives, we,
,tu!et-49:11 Members of that Court, do request your Led-
wn cola vre a Court on an early day to consider these pro-
a:A to adopt such measures thereon as may seem ne-

rigv•
r?", requisition was signed by very nearly 100
ot the Court of Common Council, the
rlatest cumber of signatures that was ever known
;11.ive been affixed to a Requisition for a Meeting
tf.: i. Court. - - - -

Low Mayon, at the time of the arrival of
o,4utation, was presiding in the Justice Room,
j :::e Gentlemen were in consequence :hewn into
there : his Lordship received them with
t:..:i-nost politeness and affability.
317. Un.LIANts, presenting the Requisition, said
f:er had the honour to wait upon his Lordship, as a
from several Members of the Common
with ► Requisition to his Lordship to "call a
of Coat Court.
11:r LGII3 MAYOR replied, with a smile, Why,
Ge.::lezlen, you are very quick upon me 1
3LAcK.L.TT observed, this is our first applica-
uar Lordship.
True, said the LORD MAYOR, but you know I have
called a Common Hall for to-morrow upon
tLs s.tale subject. I have no objection, however, to
but most readily accede to it ; the
c,o,:ion is, what day you would wish it for?
:r. 11:twists urged, from the importance of the
in:.css, the necessity of as early a day as would
Lor.i,hip's convenience, and suggested Mon-
nelq.

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!•: LORD Mayors said, there really was such a
pr:,s bii,iness at present, that he feared he
oul grant it for Monday ; there was a Meeting
10.. rt of Aldermen stood for Tuesday, but any
:hat he should be happy to attend to them.
some further conversation, the LORD MAYOR
'te:v2tl, :bat he was most desirous of complying
I::: their v 4 isites, and would therefore take only an
i‘‘.. for ci.isjiteration, and would be ready
them .t conclusive answer at four o'clock, if
w,).ild have the goodness to wait upon him.
Ile deputation then withdrew, and at four o'clock
.:.. V. iLLIA.Nts And Mr. BLACKSTT again waited
Lordship, and, upon being introduced to
hi, privata parlour, his Lordship said-
- cr::,,.131r.5i-1 do assure you I have the most ardent desire
t4acconanoclate myself to your wishes, but as I have already
,f:1-•:•,! you, I have, upon previous application to me for thet
called aCourt of Aldermen for Tuesday next ; and I

would be contrary to etiquette, and indeed be con-
a sort of insult to that Court, were I, upon a subse-
a: Riaisition, to summon a Common Council previously.
ry. ,7tnest wish to maintain peace and unanimity between
,1;11% br.....:hes of the Corporation, and I therefore must de-
-t 7. Common Council before that day."
:%Ir.l;:.,..czerr thanked his Lordship for his can-
[!!!.. and suggested Wednesday next.
The LCRD MAYOR had no objection to Wednesday,
LI as it was the day appointed for the Meeting in
r.ithEeld, and though he •had no apprehension of
y jiiturbance or disorder, it would not be proper
should be particularly engaged on that day.
nrsday was then named, and cheerfully acceded
Eby his Lordship immediately.
Mr. Wr Luis ms, in taking his leave, begged- to
las:k his Lordship for the candid, liberal, and
Itrnanly conduct he had evinced that day; and
zgratulatcd his Lordship and the Citizens at large,
.son that confidence and unanimity which such con
sct would necessarily ensure between his Lordship
every branch of the Corporation during the pre-
a Mayoralty.

Letters were yesterday received from Gibraltar, of
`_7th ult. at which time, we are happy to state,
::e Garrison remained perfectly free from all infec-
:-(1 The united States sloop of war Hornet, Cap-
ra I).r.tn, with dispatches from the American Mt-
;.t Cadiz, arrived at Gibraltar the 22d till. in
day from Malaga, where she had Leen for the
PI caking up Captain RRAD, and sailed
-n the "sth.

IV; ROBERT iiIIIICE.-DVNFERMLINE, Nov. 12.
~re was f.mnd on the 10th instant, among the rub-
areund the grave of KING ROBERT BRUCE, of
,ere.interment of whose body, on the Friday pre-
-IL.:4g, an account was given in the Star of the 11th
"`•• capper-plate four inches wide, and 51 inches
• `;'• saving inscribed on it a crown, the words Ro-
!:'7 Scoturtm Rex, and a cross, embracing within
..e .4ri;:es four raffles, each with five points. This
,:ovety is most important, being all that was want-
!ti completely dissipate the doubts that still lurked
!lie breasts of many, who were not satisfied with
•.e exi,ting historical accounts, that the body, about
ninch has been said, was that of the revered
it-.-sor of Scottish independence.
4NGLviry.—There is at present living in Biggar
"..(11c1 mail of the name of David
,
•:"I.'es, for the food of hounds, who, in 1745,
:Tzd into the service of Prince CHAirza, having
"I'..ipanied Mr. MURRAY, of Broughton, then act-,
A, Secretary to the Prince. He was present at
tot the battles wherein the rebels were engaged,
;it the battle of Prestonpans lost the thumb of
: hand. He received four wounds at the battle
o,ll:th!en' and was left fcr dead by the King's
but found means to get off, and made the
Lis way home, having passed through the
s'"lio '4 the Royal army, concealed in a cart-load
1L has still in his possession an iron pistol
workmanship, which was presented to him
•L- HURRAY, and which he takes great delight
as well as recounting his martial achieve-
t' and-' Is sit !u,,
warmly attached to the STUART.
Although he is now ninety-nine years of
rea.ls the smallest prig without the assist-
: (4 gla,:es, and his memory is so retentive, that
1, often resorted to as a witness in disputes about
,events. About five months ago, be buried his
2, wile, and declares he will not marry again,
should not live to see his children settled in
victi4l

MEETING OF THE LIVERY OF LONDON. .
•

COMMON HALL--THIS DAY.

The Meeting of the Common Hall this day created
as increased interest from the proceedings in the
Court of King's Uench yesterday, when a Criminal
Information was moved against Messrs. WAITIIMAN,
PARKINS, RUNT, and others.
At five minutes past one the LORD MAYOR, Alder-
men NlVAintitzt, Wow, and TUORP, entered the
H.ill amidst loud cheers.

The LORD MAYOR requested that the Meeting
would patiently hear any Gentleman who might ad-
dress them, and that the Gentlemen would confine
themselves to the business of the day
Mr. FAVELL rose, and, in a speech of some length,
in which he contrasted the conduct of the present'
Lord Mayor with that of his predecessor, read a
.series of Resolutions, declaratory of the right of
the Livery to discuss whatever questions- they
pleased, when met, and regretting the attempts to de-
wive them of that right, by the proceedings of
the Court of Aldermen, in instituting criminal pro•
ceedings against some of the best friends of the City.
That the Court of Aldermen had no authority over the
Livery. That the Court of Common Council, as
representing the City, should be called on to pro-
tect those rights. That the Chamberlain should not
pay any of the expenses incurred in this prosecution,
and that a Committee of twenty-six persons be ap-
pointed to guard the City Privileges.
These Resolutions were seconded by Mr. PERRINO
(nephew of Sir JOHN PERRINO), whom we left
speaking at two o'clock.
All the parties against whom a criminal informa-
tion had been moved were in the Hall, and it was
expected most of them would address the Livery,
after the Resolutions had been disposed of.
The number of persons in the Hall was from two
to three thousand.

Sir MA ziAssen Lo:•ez set off last Wednesday night,
per mail, accompanied by a Tipstaff, to Exeter Jail,
in pursuance of his sentence.
We are informed that the Corporation of London,
desirous of commemorating the signal services of
the Duke of WELLINGTON, in addition to the other
testimonies of their approbation, have just named the
new Buildings, now erecting on the lower district of
Moor-fields, " The Wellington Amphitheatre." It
is already graced by that magnificent Building, the
London Institution--the Catholic Chapel is also in a
state of great forwardness, .and will be an additional
ornament to this hitherto neglected spot. When the
intended opening to the Royal Exchange is made, it
will, unquestionably, be thegreatest improvement that
the City has witnessed for twenty years. Three other
streets, in the direction of Bishopsgate, Kingsland,
and Aldersgate-street, are contemplated, in the plan,
but the property to be bought up, in. these neigh-
bourhoods, will reader the completion a work ofti me.
The late Lord CLONMEL, who never thought of
demanding more for an affidavit, used to be well sa-
tisfied with a shilling, provided it was a good one.—
In his time the Birmingham shillings were current,
and lie used the following precautions to avoid being
imposed upon by taking a bad one :—" You shall true
answer make to such questions as shall be demanded
of you, touching this affidavit, so help you Goy ! !I
Is this a good shilling ? Are the contents of this affi-
davit true ? Is this your name and hand-writing ?"
Miss MACAULAY'S Musical and Literary Regalio
was last night honoured with a numerous and genteel ,
audience, who testified their unqualified approbation
of the performance by well-merited plaudits.

COVEN T•G A RDIN Til EA T e new After-piece
of Helpless Animals, having undergone some very
judicious alterations, was last night repeated with in-
creased success.

Wednesday morning, a solemn Requiem was per-
formed in the Chapel of the Sardinian Ambassador,
in Duke•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on account of
the death of his late Sardinian Majesty CHARLES
Em MANUEL IV. who departed this life on the Ith of,
last month, at Rome. The High Mass commenced
at twelve o'clock, and was performed in a most im-
pressive manner. The Chapel on this occasion was
put in deep mourning, and the congregation, which
was of the superior order, was exceedingly numerous.

FROM TIIE MAINE, NOVEMBER 7.
On the 13th day of October, between eight and
nine in the morning, there was a smart shock of an
earthquake at Plauen, at which time an enormous
piece of a hanging rock fell with a dreadful noise
into the river Elster. Preceding the shock, some re-
markable phenomena had been observed at places in
the neighbourhood. Near Gera, at 4. 30. m.
scarcely an hour before the shock was felt at Plauen,
a noise in the air was heard, resembling the discharge
of cannon, and ending like ringing of bells. At Kor-
tritz, some people thought they felt. an earthquake,
and meteoric stones fell at the same time about a
league from Gera.
FRANKFORT, NOVEMI3ER to.
The Gazette of this City publishes a long article,
containing a series of observations, by Professor
Goerres, to the Government of Coblentz, on the
seizure of his work, Germany and the Revolution.--
" Germany," he says, will bewilder itself in con-
jectures, as I do myself, to find out how it happens,
that whilst the Prussian Police prosecutes at Berlin
kose whom it thinks liable to suspicion of desiring
to establish a Republic in Germany, this same Po-
lice seizes works which combat to the utmost this
system of a Republic, and recommends something
more reasonable.
The University of Gottingen, where the number
of Students was diminished, in consequence of the
events that took place there last year, has now nearly.
recovered its losses. During the course of the sum-
mer, the total amount of the Students was 800, and
the numerous list of names since entered, gives rea-
son to suppose, that during the winter it will exceed
900. The Government is extremely satisfied with the
spirit that prevails there, and with the conduct of the
Students. It has expressed its satisfaction to the Pro.
lessors, several of whom have received Titles, Dig-
nities, and Orders.