The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-06 00:00:00

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seas. Soma Gentlansts appeared to be startled at
the ides a Ally afm.houses, but the expellee
would oat by any means be so great as they ap.:
prehended. It was not long since his predecessor
bad erected eight et his own espenee, and it was
animithissi at how small a rate su great a charity
was mooted. Sego& 'smithy Conipaitiva would
lie ready to aid in any great plan of this Ward, and
they were now is sublimer, waiting the decision
'this Court, whether they would follow their ex.
ample in dining together, or apply part of their
funds to a charitable purpose. ristratomars'
Company were in consultation at dis moment.—
tbe farther detail of this plan,- liwited to state,

that it eras his intention to refer .the eeltect to a
Ward Clantitittee' end to give every
.IV.trok
turn, and every Subscribing CultipktfjC*e right
of amresentatioe.
' Mr. [(EA FIN E observed, time tb had at.
ready agreed to celebrate the 26th. ofber as
It Jubilee, awl sow, both is and tent of Mot
Castle It was understood that the Jelelkutooli
would be a dinner. It was • Alfollat saw
thrall eeitising, and ought to bob
ltli vk
salines, A, stigma had been throws- go, tbs
poratiun, by proposing that they should subscribe.:
'individually with their guineas, like dab. ,If
they Were to be together as a Corporatios, it meet.
at their corporate espence, aad if subeeriptiests
or any othcr perpose were necessary, let themits'
ropotied at the dinner, and they would be liberal-
and abundant.
Mr. MAWM said, that when he proposed
a dinner,- he did it under a conception that it was
the best way to celebrate the Jubilee, which ter..
tainly 'humid be a day of rejoicing. He did not
mean to misuse the City purse, but he thought
ought to be recollected, that he was not the ed.
ginal proposer of a diuner, for it orisinated with
the Merchants mad the Hankers of the snetropop
lis—.they had determined that they woolddine on
that occasion, sad therefore Ito thong* that the.
Corporation of London could do act less. Ile
'nest again say, he felt a perfect conviction that
the Corporation ought to do something more.
than barely going to Church ; for that, show,
would have no appearance of a Jubilee, it weak(
be little ?teller than g solemn fast. That was
nut the true object of a Jubilee, which was,
properly, d day of refo4cing.— And why' not re.
juice at the mot of hia isiais.:sty having arrival
to the 50th year of his reign? ‘lt was Kell 'omit
that bit Majesty had, fur sunk, 141411. CtAteetilitil4
hopes he should lice to see, the commencement
of the 50th year of his reign ; this hope was
now about to be realised, and why should nut the
day of its arrival be distinguished by deinoestra.
Lions of joy of his loyal subjects? If the Court
should call the day a day of Jubilee without re.
joking, they would call it by a wrong same; and
therefore it was that he hod proposed that the
Court should dine together ea that day, and
had proposed it is the iced expensive way, by IR.
treating the Lord Mayer to groat the nee of the
Egyptian flail on that occasion, mid with which
his Lordship bad obligingly emoted ; otherwise
they must have dined at Guildhall, whleis would
have occasioned soulde the eapeoco. lle had no
doubt Meet If the dinner twit-pima tithe
Lien Hell, as tic had propttta aed the CoutEZ
once resolved, the expense would net stoma
t3QI. ; whereas a dinner in Goildhall ersehi.
automat to ?50 seismal& It .had bees asked, wits
did set the Members of the Court dine at tiseirown
expence?...he had assigned his resion for that,
which awn, than Jse thought it mould wat he so nig.
astroutii attendee, if that were to be the OW! 3 be.
Mot, it would out then be a thing done by lb
Gorpscosion as a doily, but :Daly by the individesils
who should attend, and it was a desirable thing
that it should he the act of the Corporation ,-
foi Shea there would appear nothing iavklioes,
or a party satire in it ; foe he was Mtn/mill
of tduism, that no polities should appeal sn
this matter. As to the Illumination, it was
quite nidienloas for the Court to ecoleavour to
avoid it, because the thing could not be avoided.
If he were to he asked, what loyalty had to do with
ditties for iilaminatioa,...he should answer no-
thing : but if they had slabilee, there wart* alter-
! satire—there must bus rcioleing,or the t hing would
be absurd. Then as to the expesee of it, he really
thought that too much had been told nn that sub-
ject. • ionic expenee would be uitatoidisble, unless
the feast was to he of a piece with the second
course of Tinton of Athens, which, when the dishes
were uncovered, nothing appeared but smoke and
hot water. [l'ho Members shook their heads
and laughed.] As to the proposition of the Wor-
thy Alderman, he apprehended it to be intended to
be withdrawn ; and as to the proposition of libe-
rating the prisoners, he hail no doubt M batever
ii never would hare been made, if it had not been
for the purpose of preventing the dingei• but
the Gentlemen also had, hi their Report, told tins
Court it was neither ernealient, nor moroaestry,
that there should be a dinner, wuhld grant ang
thing rather than a dinner ; but he stilt 111.104.
taineil, that the dignity of the Court required it
should abide by its detureslnativa to have a
dinner.
Mr. WAITII3I.IN desired that the reference
which had been made to the Conuniuw, whose re.
port was under cunsidcration, should be raid,
which being done by the clerk, Mr. %V. observed
that he had listened with great attention to all that
he laid brand to-day, and particularly from the
last Speaker (Air. Mammas), who had delivered
the most extraordinary speech he had ever heard
is that Court, although he had been in the habit
of hearing very extraordinary speeches there.
Mr. W. maintained that the reference to the coin-
, mittee by au means Included say thing concerning
either a dinner of an illannination, but was merely
a reference to consider of the most proper mode of
Carrying into execution the purposes expressed in
a resolution of the Court for celebrating the misu.
ingAnniversaryof Hi, Majesty's Accession in a par.
ticular manner. On the subject of a Jubilee there
was a great divcrsityof opinion; but valet% the Court
resolved upon the celebration of the ensuing Au- '
nireetery, and referred the debsii to a Cummithle,
neither a dinner or an illtemlnktion formed any
part of their instructions—u • proof of which
lossertion, the Court had appointed on that Com.