The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-12 00:00:00

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COURT'OF CO3IMON COU \CIL
(CONTINUED ;hoist TUTRRDAT'S PAPER.)
RIOTINN OP THANKS To Tit* I.ITE LORD MAYOR,
Mr. Deputy W MIT rose to submit a motion of thanks to
Wne. Hell/ate. Esq. Alderman, the late Lord 11 sySir. Ile
had been ready at all sinks to convene the Concil when a
requisition was directed to him. His talent, his urbanity,
• -.reta4 .4111001011, WIT. well 'awn and *marl we consesseir.
"Ft"=-Millftbistnanlities. in his niseisterial capacity, as well '
• Mt emoluet.in the Court nf Common Council. His magi-
inetitntiona, tied his liberality of
twittisninit to persons of all Wiles political and commercial,
needed no calmest;--and ate his indefatigable cordons
It /peewee slid promote the dignity and franchise of the
• • it—(hood applausw.)
•** The motion was then read lay the Clerk, and. belay
• Ws winded by Mr Walter. was carried uninimously.
The motion contained the weed.-- Peculiar Charaete-
• ristitli of the British Metropolis." on which expression,
21/I.t. S. DIXON raised an nbjection, wham some clamour
Pose fur the moment. anal a voice exclaimed---“So they are
peculiar."
. howl then moved, seconded, and carried onaninsously,
• minim the motionof thanks lie published in all the morn-
lair and evening Passers." {For the vote of thanks, see
. "fflolver•isternent in the first column.]
• "'rinse Lilo Melton arose, and informed the Conrt that he
Wsel had several application* made to h' relative to the
• i'palTrade; *hot he begged that the Members would torn
their attention to the subject. anal inquire into the cause of
' the high' price of that commodity, and the nature of the
' onro;slaani made on the subject, anal pay particular anew
1-Alis to the Meters. inasmuch as it had been alleged that
-I•raern was a necessity for some important regulations, both
• kin to their number and empinyment.
A Mesnber ruse, and entered into an arithmetical argue
'agent. and attempted to point out the way in which the
"(present number of meters might perform th.ir duty. At
• present there avas shoot HO meters, and they were nut
-shoond to deliver more than 42 chaldrons a slay.
Tie
• o•as• b. would INl‘orat was, that from December to Fes
. • breary.inalusite, they shoals' be. ordered to deliver more,
• Isis [real malty of them Were very effective men.
Starers. S DINON and Deputy WEST took aconversational
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part in the discussion.
A Member, who belonged to the Corn and Coal Coo-
iniptee. listed that they shonl4 hold a waling to-morrow,
• w'sen sulsject would be investigated, and the meters
- - exassibi-d. Indeed, he coold lawns the Court; Mad the
I'oomitree had Already turned their attention to this bias
.1 portent satire,.
•• 'After a taw more ob-ervations, Mr. S. Diesso said, as far
• as he wolf see, he coati not slimover Any ere among
she cual-dealers.—(Lood laughter).
• Sant* other routine business was then transacted. and
• several repair's from different Committees Dna read red
adopte I.
fIRSF,R RIEGO:
Th• LORD NI %Toll directed the Officer of the Court to
read the Requisition, in pu:snance of which the Court had
:..been solnuismed.
• The reqiiisitinn haring been read.
Mr. Swig then presented •a Petition from a person of
_•••;*_ Ate name of John Turner. which was read. It stated that
s the Petitioner had been for some time engaged in binding
,• in the Crescent at Finsbury. and was possessed of cnnsi-
.. • elerable property in honsesthere ; that the property would
• be notch improied is Taloa., if the Corporation would allow
I • to erect a statue in the Cirrus now erecting. aid ,he
therelore prayed for such permission.
s • Mr. SLAIN/ then proseeded to address the Court. The
circumstance of Isis name standing first at the foot of the
respisition cent to his Lordship had thrown upon him
the hurthen of opening its tolled matter to the Court; anal
• aide sash he could sot but regret the• elms task had not
fallen into the ashler bands of his Worthy Friend near him
• (Mr. Favell), he would endeavour to Ass:huge his duty as
• well as possible.—Tbe petition proposed the erection of a
• statue to the memory of an unfortunate General of great
firs e and merit. To sties, that the exertion, of that ex-
cellent nom had nut been directed in favour of any cause,
oat allowed by your own Government, it world be sulfi•
eient to remind the Court that some time since, the
Spanish Regency had applied to our Conrt for an embassy
•• which should recognize them in their political character of
a Regency ; and that Mr. Canning had declined the ap.
Ovation. observing that this country had already a
• minister at the Spanish Court; alluding to the minister
Inersettensling on the King. It was scarcely necessary for
Pion* to go on to show the national feeling which had been
displayed by the people of this country in favour of Spat)
• . Liberty, but he *mild jest recur to the proceedings
. which took place in 1808. on occasion of the resistance
Of the Spanish p•ople to the invasion of Bonaparte.
Tice people of that eonntry desired a Representative Csinsti•
Cation similar to our own ; and in pursuance of that desire,
• hid elected Deputies, two of whom were entertained at
use City of London Tavern, by a ntainernus and respectable
Company of Merchants. A sum of 1,350 f. was then col-
• hosed in aid of their funds. Recently also a similar dinner
bad been given to the Doke of Sao Lorenzo, the Spanish
Minister, and a libetal subscription was c Alerted un that
artesian. This national feeling bad been still further
displayed in the oeurseof the debates in Parliament on the
important questions arising out of the Fretsob invasion of
Bowe. on which occasion even sonic of the Ministry had
expressed their wishes for the success of the Spanish_
calm. which was the cause of resistance by representative
• Covernsnent against the insidious designs as well A 3 the
open attacks of the Alliance calling itself Holy.
public press bad-also laudably & etergetically given every
acpport it could to this righteou • came. lis want of
• success, and the fate of the gallaet General Whose name
appeared in the requisition. were well known to all who
1. earl 11im, Having thus geoerally stated the mature of the
a Nett Which was before the Court, and of the natation with
• which he should conclude, Ise thought it might be as well
• to anticipate some of theohjectione which he had no doubt
would be made to the motion. .1t might be said that such
a =Mimi was without precedent. This he denied. A mo.
• aemeat had been erected in Westminster Abbey to the me.
s• sley of O'Neal ffaoli ; and what merits load he to com-
pare with those of the late General Moo ? A inonnotant
sfa she been erected. and 4 ally so, to the memory
of Model. the composer. Lie had therefore clearly sheen
that the erection of udogemeats to the memory of (O-
rel/sera Was not without Precedent. Another objection
ts.-iiht be. that a, sum of money had been voted by the
Cgiet for the assistance of the Spaniards ; and that no sc-
coitist of its appropriation had been furnished to the Court.
Aa one of the Spanish Committee. he could state of his own
Ireo•ledge, that all the looney voted by the Court had been
liroperly :applied ; and that an account of its .expenditare
irweld be given is due time. A quantity of arms had been
Porchased with a part of the money. Thole arms were still in
'"iggistenceilbough it might not be prudent to state where they
were. Hut they would be saki ; and the produce of the sale
would be 'sodad bark to the I:operation. There
woof& no doubt be another objection raised, en the ground ,
that any mosey •to he voted •by the Court had better
be applied to the assistance of the Spanish sufferers who
halt WeirettUthe • recent rendirt, -awl had taco refuge
iaelkh country. The practicability of this was. however,
. Ire*, questionable ; for they were high-spirited people, and
the appeared not to sokcit or to place any value on pe-
mammy suppbrt. The Canoe Viego. in a letter addressed
midis (Mr. Slade), had spoken with confidence to the
Corporation, abowiag some mark of respect to the methory
ofdffs unformed* brother. This Gentleman, the Canon,
treizeit been a cpasiderable sufferer by theism's of the ,
as the Court might-believe, on recollecting that
• hojind been a Cason. awl referting to one own cathedrals.
Me tees coda* tbat there was not one English heart
Mikis broad sot reepood to the lettings expressed is this.l