The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-10 00:00:00

-COURT es cemmoN cuMvviL.

A Civil et Common Connell it as yottorday bold
at G 8114611, to consider of the propriety of petition..
log Parliament against the Foreign Enlistment Bill.
Shortly attar the Lord Mayor had taken big nest
In rho C•ert.

Mr. A. rest, sod Wore procerkaing to the
Immediate bylines. for width the Court teas envo-
i)lerl. made some observations on the circumstances

which had occurred doting its last sitting. He said,
.11. at it was the Gist time Within his nun recollection
-that the Covet bed la" 'deserted by the Aldermen
ow any pressing emergency, and also the first time
that any (lowlier of it had taboo advantage of their
'shavers in Order to prorogue. Indeed, the Hiss.
Ceistkresso who had noticed she circenistance had
acted lacondlstently with his (Own principles. If a
-Court could not still wittiest the pretence Of two
Aldermen, 'City bad the tlonootable Gentleman so
'far deviated Item his own doctrine, es to present a
petition when the proper number of Aldettnen were
net to be found in the Caere ? try presenting that
petition he bed recognized the existence of the Court,
and had—s.i.

Mr. T. N.lVlLataras bent rose t. order. n.
Tloneeteble Menthe' ►ed et, tight, In his opinion,
in anode 1., whet ►ed taken pltee at a former Meet.
ink of the C..ort.
. . .

-Mr. FAIFCLIL was continuing is the some strain of
argument, and was maintai ' g his right to torso-
•ere in the nhservarians which he had been making,
when Mr. T. N. Williams attempted to rise again,
upon which
Alderman WAITIIIIIAV rose, and espnessed his MM.
prise at the dliorderly rondeet rabic% tbe Honourable
-Gentlemen had been and still was purloin,.
This observation called op Mr. T. N. WALLIA3II,
lobe spoke with so mach wanu in defence of his
mordent, that the Lnrd Mayo► thought it requisite'
to interfere. That Gentleman, however, in spire of
the rebuke which he had received, groin attempted
to obtain a hearing from the Caen, bet was !peeked
with sack an uproar and turrult as scarcely ever oc.
cursed even within the walls of the Guildhall itself.
In the midst of it, end whilst Alderman WAITIIMAO
was melting some remarks on the impropriety of Mr.
Williamk's behaviour, Mr. S. Drum entered the
Court, and having been Informed of the t
Mr. Felell's remarks, sold, that the attack which
hed beep made span him in his absence eight to
bees been deferred till Ye bed been present to defeed,
himself.

Mr. !Nem., in conseqwente of this indigestion,
repeated the assertions which he had before made In
opening t►e !majorss of the Meeting. A few angry
words were engendered by Usk prectedlog, and did
not terroloatenalil M. !raven moved a vote of coo.
sere against the Aldermen who tall left their posts
daring the time t►at the last Court ass assembled,
cod of holding t►em op to patine •elke as totally
unwort►y of the confidence of their fellow•citi=ens.
When this declaration was made icemen to t►e Coen.
mon Cosaeil, another tamalt, not a whit inferior to
Oat which se have before mentiooed, disturbed t►e
tranquillity of the Coast, end was not at all ap.
peased unlit the Honourable Gentleman, acting on
the advice of Alderman Waldman, annormeed that
to *veld not peewee,. in the motion which be bad
sobinitted to their consideration.

When peace and harmouy wee again restored,
?sir. nen'. opened the business of the afield-
tiepin aspeech of same length. Ile observed, that
thoegh he was loth to take up the time of the Court
in 'nog quotations from Gristles, Peffendorlf, or
Mattel, there was a passage in the latter author which
felttsionelf justified in bringing before their notice.
4t weithier--tbst so Power had s right to complain
of the subjects ea neutral Passer joiniegtheir 'lrene
to those of a third and hostile Power, unless those
subjects either invaded its territories, or engaged in
a cassethet was manifestly and notoriously unjust.
—(►fear! from Mr. S. Disuse.)—lf this principle
was correct, and be maintained that it was, Spain
could have no xenon to complain of the interference
of British subjects in her quarrels with her colonies,
and there was, therefore, no necessity for introducing
each a Bill as was at present pending in Parliament.
Indeed, if it were passed, it would tints!, the very
%mobility which it was profened that It intended to
protect. Ile should be sorry to think that it owed
its origin to foreign dictation, sad should be still more
sorry, if it did proceed from such B quarter, to see
the People of Englend acquiesce in such a proposal.
He could not perceive airy rational objection to the
first Resolution which he intended to goose; and, as
so much argumentation had taken place upon the nb-
ject in another place, did not think drat he should
benefit the nose which he edrocated, by entering
into any farther observations upon it. Ile then
moved the first Resolution (for which see the Adver-
tisement)
After the Resolution had beet seconded by Mr.
SLADE,
Mr. S. Thiox rose to appose it. With regard to
the quotation from Batten—(lord leorkfer, sod cries
of " Yon mean Valle;,") be world neither admit
nor dispute its setbority, as he did not so much look
to the opinions of old mesly records as to those which
were warranted by the blowy of man. lle ceold
tot discern any validity in the arguments which were
tied anion the eentreents of this Bill, especially
whenhe recollected, that we bad stated during the
American war the interference of France end Spain
in that quarrel as the meson of ear commencing hos-
tilities against these rations. Even if he stood alone
his view of the subject, be shortie oppose the pass-
ing of such a Resolution as had been proposed by the
worthy Gentleman opposite.
Mr. Grilli,hs, Alderman Wood, Mr. Jernev, and
other Members of the Court, opposed the view of
the question taken by Mr. Diego, and supported the
linatetion of Mr. Alen.
Alderman WAITUBIAII said, that he had !loosened
with the utmost attention to the speech of the Ilea.
Gentleman (Mr. Bison), bet etch was dm pity and
companion which be felt for him en acceant of the
store ignorance which be (Mr. Dizon) had that
eyelike displayed, that be almost though' it wane-
cenotry to comment open it. He hen not merely
misname(' one of the mast valuable, and yet ono of
the most common work, on the laws of war, but had
even gone so far as to call one of the hest knows of
modern publications on the 'object an old and musty
mold. lot bit own part; be (Altkrann Waltham)

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