The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-16 00:00:00

. position had been made till after tho Address had
been adopted. The next objection was, that it
was ssansual to propose a secorie Address after
the first had been acceded to by a majority of the
• Court. In answer to this he had fairly put it to
the law officer, if there was a precedent in exist_
once, who informed the Court that there was such
u precedent for such a proceeding in 1806. Here,
therefore, was an end to that question. He then
went on to deprecate the condemuation of Minis_
tern without inqiiiry,s and disapproved generally
of .the language of the first Address. He also ex.
. pressed a hope that the Court would not be influ-
enced by the abuse and clamour of the Court of
Common Hall. (Ile was here called to order by
Mr. GriWths.) He said he wax not out of order,
and would not be intimidated by threats. It was
impossible to listen with any degree of patience, to
a charge !notlet aphis( him, and other Geutlemen
of the Court, before the %hole Livery of London,
of corruption.— [Hear, hear —lle concluded by
expressing hit decided, opinion ist favour of the.
last Andress—and expressed a conviction that
there was not 110 individual in Great Britain who
"would not say, it was mores. dignified, and more
commsisteht with the character of Ilse City of Lon-
don, than that 6r41 adopted.
Mr. Sheriff WOOD wasianzions to call is the
recollecti-on of the Comet the proceedings of
'Wednesday last, on the subject of the new Ad-
dress, on which Jib said the question wis• hey*
put.
. Mr. JUMBLE called the worthy Sheriff to or_
der, and moved, that the minutes of the C.n.. t
bight be read, in order to see whether the asset.
times was correct. The mettles were then tend,
from which it appeared, that the new Address
bad been carried in the affirmative.
Mr. Sheriff WOOD, however, persisted in the
truth Of his observation. He also said, that he
had *sever heard of an Address being sent up to
his Majesty, without having been previously sub.
mitted to a Committee. With respect to the pre-
cedent alluded to by an lion. Gentleman (Mr.
Mawman), he begged' leave to inform him, that
the Address to which he alluded had been before
a Committee, and was only amended by the
General Court. He also dwelt on the necessity
of the 'rk.consideration of the Address, and in
enter to effect that purpose, declared hi's senti.
meats in favour of the Motion.
• Mr. BEtiCKWOOD expressed hisastonishment
that any well.wleher of the country shwa cen-
sure time conduct of Lord Wellington ; he should
as soon expect to hear the bravery of Lord Col.
Dogwood, or any of our Naval Commanders,
called in question. He. was not surprized. how.
ever, at any thing he heard from some Members
of the Court. Some insinuations had been thrown
out respecting the tools of Administration ; he
could only say, he was no tool, and that his vote
Would come freely from the dictates of his heart.
After seven hours dismission, he thought the opi.
mion of the Court had been sufficiently collected,
and conceived a majority of seventeen in favour
of the Address was a plain proof of the sentiments
of the Court.
Mr. HEARN supported the motion, and ab-
aci ved,
There are duee who nre wise for their own selfish
o ends.,
Th.th they ruin their country and plunder their friends. '
Mr. WAITIIMAN, in a speech of great
length, supported the Mwion. lie entered into
all elaborate defence of the sentiments he had ut.
Jeredf and commented on the character and con.
duct of the various individuals who supported time.
new Address.
- Mr. S. DIXON opposed the Motion, and de-
.tended himself against the charge of being biassed
in his vote by Ministerial influence.
. Mr. Sheriff ATKINS, in a speech of much
strength and energy, defended his principles, awl
adduced numerous arguments in support of the
conduct he had pursued respecting the late Hequi_
sition, and the consequent proposition of a new
-Address. lie also accused the Lord Mayor of.
not interfering with the Livery at the Common.
Ball in his behalf. If the Lord. Mayor had.
done su, lee said, he would have obtained a hear-

ing.
He was here called to order, and the
LORD MAYOR. arose and asked, whether
there was a Gentleman present, who could say he
had not done Iris duty in the strictest sense of the
word.--[Grief of Yes, yes, resounded through;
She Gourt.] Ills Lordship then called oti the
Common Council to support him.
Mr. Sheriff ATKINS apologised for his ()beer.
vation, and said nothing could be further from
bi 3 wishes than to give offence.
. Mr. JACKS defended his own political princi.
,plus, and moved the previous question.
• Mr. WALTERS declared himself divested of
every political prejudice, and said, every Petition
or Address to his Majesty should be referred to a
Committee previous to its being presented.
Mr. Sheriff WOOD said, lie was extremely
sorry that the previous question had been moved,
as there was a grammatical error in the Address,
,which, if it had gone to the Committee, would
isave been corrected.
Mr. TADDY replied.
And the question being loudly called for,
strangers wcru ordered to withdraw. The Conrt
divided, and the numbers were declared as fol-
lows:
lot the previous Question—Aldermen 8
Commoners 96
3 • ii • Tellers
• --106
Against the previous Question—Lord Nlnvur 1
Aldermen 5
l'ommenen 80
Tellers 2
111alarity in &vont tit the previmo Question -- 18.
The new Address therefore remains unaltered,
and will be:presented to his Majesty on Wednes.
day next. •
A man of the name of Boluses, a provincial
boxer, met with instantaneous death on Monday
last, in a bositt% Match at Sollowlield, Hants,
with a man of the name of Haynes. It was in a
pitched battle for 100 guineas that the pugilists
,contended, and it was by a blow under the right
oar that Holmes received his death. De never
spoke after he had received the blow.