The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-11 00:00:00

i • euu ft LONDON, PRIDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1820. j a Mgr. " The Onto. for 'Aiello HAMPDAW fell i% TO Tit fi, LIVERY OF LONDON. OW South Ses-noase, Feb. 10, 1110. TRIBUTE or REXPICCT TO run MEMORY or wu norm. Humanise rue DUKE or KENT. Altdoe-Ifousa, Aidorsirate-si Wednesday. Feb. ft MI AT a PRIVATE MEETING o f th e OOV NORS and FR [ENDS of tho monstrous ell Aarr* INSTITUTIONS patronized by Ms isto Revd Mgt tbo Dona of lever, it was fiersirs.. t iLLED upon by so numerous and so highly opetable a S' 1y of the Livery, it would bwincossist t .1.0 of ay public life if I refused to eldt *fir request. spin to gond forward as s Cas hew tbe bosour of representing this great City is Par- Resolved unanimously. That an ea►ly Pub it Sleeting be culled to take into coo- Mention the best mode of perpetuating those general senti ments of esteems and veneration shish all ranks entertain for the assay virtu" and universal plaUsethro of his late Royal Highness. (glinted) JAIIIII 4, Ilunerary neeestary. osymienee 17 yearn of my seremitted, zealots i bps, noels! sitontion to the trust reposed in me. nod p flpreiatiell so nobly sad o, unequivocally bestowed on It. room er rent ree.lrded Whoop! of so many of my fel sesinses. render soy prefessioss of my Principles wholly is ;:ei m WS teal of the Meeting of this day has inducted my le samsamend to She Livery that thg.agdamma amhvn esisasi on my part should be dispensed wlth—a • of ompect to thet enlighteued and independent tautly I hive at all times considered dee from a Candidate; igheagh I ins !btu be relieved from Lids mark of alien •sysstf, the members of my family will most cordially with my friend,' In this service; aad I hale only sa thst shoald their united exertions be crowned with wo g, mr best epergith will constantly be directed to the Agthldisthulte of move high duties which the vast and i d eal* interests of this great Coneuercial Community 'le wdest Mods of its Representative. i I have the honour to be. Gentlemen. Your faithfel and devuteul servant, W. CI: ITN. Tl PUBLIC and most numerous MEETING ♦ LP/ERYM KN. 111ERCHeiTS, BANKERS, 111r4WWERIS. TR IDERS. aaJ others. convesed by Iloollslbessa. held at the London Tavern, Blebopsitte lied.ibls 10th day of Febrear). WILLI %It MINN IND. Esq. 11. P. in the Chair. I I. A by Sir C. S. Hester. dart.--Seconded by Mr. AgitAtkias.—itesoised unanimously, That this by with the highest sense of the long and faith- IMMO of Sir Wis. Curtis, Hart. as one of the Repro- Mika of the City of Loudon, for its successive Perlis rwhich period he has been moat assiduous sad promoting t o Commercial Prosperity of the Me issiving a tutest and stiremittwl attention to the isteretts tif uis Coestiteents. ;ad in facilitating the in *Nurse and good understaadlss which should ever subsist knees die trot City of the Empire ands British House of ileasess. illpie L limed by George Blackman, I.:m.—Seco . rthtlity Sir never, dart.—Resolved unsnimously., at it le • this Meetieg, Oat the diesiti and best ie . Uill iui City of London require that alb Itopreventa- Amid ss be Citizens of high Commercial V'iond . by •ri4l to offer Aimee4l' as else of toe Csodidates to re the of !misdate le Parllsment it the muting 11:'geti ut. sad pledges Itself to use its indi•idual In nl exertion to secure the rotura of the lloooorable L Mowed by Sir Charles Flower. Bart.—Seconded by Mir Nile Bas agra.—ltesnited amanimouslv. That this Meet * snakes to testify is a particular manner its respect fur SW.. Curtis, earnestly aad respectfully recommend to art Livery that the arduous duties of a personal canvass oa spat should lie dispensed with. I. Moved by Wm. Ward. Req.—Seconded by Sir M./nov a—Resell ed aaamimouslc, That ■ deputation, consisting die Chairman aisia Sir CI S. Hunter. Sir Charles Flower. lit Alderman %tipsy. Mr. Aldern:nn Atkins. and J. Hall. wait upon sir Inrtha ills, and commuai r#MUa tee foregoing liesolutiidis. The Deputation hawing conspii,l therewith, the Chairman *limited to the Meeting tnat Sir Wm. Curtis had espressad *Sdf to the following effect:— Old Soak Sea-Hesse, Thursday, Feb. 10. MVO. This distinguished and unprece•lented mark of the favour {se (Aloe -citizens, evinced this day, cannot but he moat httering and gratifying to me ; It is indeed a proud whimsy that my humble evertions have wet with their ap rsiwticia. If I were to consult coy own feelings alone, I will frukly confess that I siwotiii not again offer myself as Candidate for the arduous situation of a itepreseutative f the City of Loudon in Pei situation which, truin the serious and complicated interests it involves, and which 'in constant attention and care, becomes one of the sresuisi responsibility. I Lin sensible, however. that I have t hitter and more imports nt tints to perform. superior to any pirseaal considerations of my own, and I cannot hesitate to wee forward at the call of so numerous aml so highly re- IPethhir a budy of the Livery of London, as are this day T. am. fientlen3en. is that of the City of London—in hl elate I have laboured thirty-five years as an Alderman. ell twenty-seven years as your Representative. and I will , ela Inn shrink from ht!'illlng my duty to the utmost of my Alight maintaining it.-8, your Rey°lotions, I observe ,_ .llwr seal and kind attachment hay* indueed you to ne w,* the arduous duty of canvassing for me, thereby „_ ll / 1 1 1 se this (under any other eircumytance4) necessary rT"ilii duty I have ever considered due from a Can e: an/although I mac be thus personal!) relieved from t a Slitely respeets to tar Livery individually. the mambos fg ay homily will eor.iitil% co-oiierete urns your Committee gier:oviag this respectful attention to that independent ..!'• Moved by Sir Charles Price, Bart.-11nrouried by Sir wnnsia Imishioa.—Resolved tinaalmousiv.Tiott the Thanks , t. ,. . Meeting are heret,% Kirin to Sir 'William Curtis, for se expression of his sentiments, as reported by Ens Chair . god the readiness with which he has complied with its Miles. et:Moved by Mr. Alaertnan %'l.llm—Seconded by Sir ' 4l Prier' Bart.—Resolted unanimously. That this les: MI do form itself into a ( crunitter for conducting the torsion of Sir William Cnrtis. a nil meet daily at the Loudon ? but That William Monolog. Hay. M.P. ba Chairman. re Jolts Hall. Esq. Deputy Lhairman`of the same. That i i _ e ftilmithre be an upon one. and all friends of the lion. roaet cle•iroug of promoting his return. are invited to join sot to - opetatauith the same. [nye,' by Mir l';•arle s Price. Bart —Seconded by sir nai d l , • Bunter, Bart.—Resolved unanimoush. That the C alm of this Meeting are due. and are hereby given to t he e it b ait . nu m. fur his able and judicious cutult.ct in the Moved by Thomas Pitvnder. Emi.— Seconded by John I .7. l iter. reg.—Resolved 'unanimously. That the proceed 's " this Niertiug b hi' bed ill the Morning aid ts nlatt Papers. Pu B. The Committee a iil sit daily et the London Tatters). " 41 II esioneannications relating to the Election are re- L issli t 4 t o be made to the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of ••• Mae. AIM arDNEY died me she arifete II" fur Cori eel ieformathou ttttr ass sllpd riot, in dis h% Illeetioe of tie Lord Mayor, at the Guild 'ha *don, en Mith••lin•Fdlly last. This was the general complaint. On the part of his aegis. he was Mo ladmilt, that they were exercising the right possessed by that le common with all the Livery's's!' of the City of London int the occasion, when the Livery were sum- Nosed on that day. It would be necessary for hint to submit, that whatever opinion might be tossed as to the , ;banner in which they ezen•inad that right, yet if their eenduct was in pursuance of the right, the Court would pease liefore they called upon theni by criminal infor mation to answer fur their condact ; fur, indeed. if they wee, to lie held criminally liable for the part they acted onlhritith equal propriety might it be said that ithetiona l the other party was alike reprehensible. ieseasi7mTetta.9l violent* and vociferatioa marked asell4mnour, sad th e same illegality might he im puted to ‘sn, as that for which th o se gentlensee were now called epee to answer. Not supposing there were a doubt as to the legality of the defendant's conduct, still if he (Mr. D.) could chew that they were boars fide in the exercise of what they honestly and conacieutiouly believed to be their right, and doing nothing, in the general, bat what they thought to be a proper assertion of theft privileges, the Court would not very narrowly scan what was done in an assembly of 4,000 people met togethrir is a very small plan, and composed of per sons lawfully assembled, although such conduct might he considered extremely violent and improper in a Court of Justice, or place of deliberate and temperate discus sion. world be the general course he should have to pursue in relieving these Gentlemen from the pressure of this application. If It became necessary, he should enter into an examination of the affidavits, on both sides, so far as they affected his clients, but also in some degree as they affected all the defendants, with respect to the charge of concert in this transaction. stn to the right claimed of discussing other matters than what related to the election of the Lord Mayor on Mi chaelmas-day, the affidavit of Mr. Henry Wooolthorpe was one upon which the defendants mainly relied. I.'pon this part of the subject the Recorder wade no affidavit, nor did the Common Serjeaut. It was true the latter was a deponent on this occasion, but his affidavit was perfectly silent as to the proceed:Jigs which took place generally at the e'er:ion of a Lord Mayor. The Town Clerk,•in his affidavit, stated a variety of instances in which,'on similar oc c asions, the Common Hall had pro ended not merely to tile election of the parties isefure thew, hue brought under consideration public affairs, not immediately connected with any corporation affairs. Tliistienileman had been in the office of roan Clerk fur :le years, and the instances Ise referred to were to be Maud is the Records and Charters of the City. The first in stance to •which lee referred was on the 24th of June, 1774, the. occasiou of the election of Sheriffs and other (ltlicers, when a question was solemnly propounded to Mr. Iterueder Given, *limber in soicis an occasion the Livery had a right to enter into tlee consideration of public. • aces, though the 4,lonesnon Dail was dot eve Cor strerp i ttse ? To this question t:ie reed 11reoroler answe , after most 1041 sate deli berating, that that Livery had an undoubted right to take public grievances into their consideration on and. occa sion.. Certainly he (Mr. I).) approached, with great diffidence, the consideration of so interesting a question, because it involved the right of the subjects of this eonn try to petition t lie 'throne or either House of Parliameut for a redress of their grievances: but he ventured to state it. as a notorious truth, which could not be contro verted, that the Livery of London in Common Hall assein- Med, being the legal and constitutional organ for declar ing theopi Mous which might be formed by the inhabitants of the first city in the empire, hail an undoubted right, at all times, to discuss public grivances—it was a right whirl they hail at all times claimed and exercised, mud It was a privilege known and recognized by the laws and Constitution of the realm. The usual mode of ex ercising this right, undoubtedly hail berm, for a certain number of eitizeiis to present an address or requisition to the Lord Mayor, stating their virus of public affairs, and calling. upon 11411 to soon a Hall for the parpose of slisenitaion—a tall with whirl, every Lord Mayor, also has had a due regard for the welfare and peace of his fellow-citizens, has never failed to comply. In the roil sideratien of the present rase, it was necessary to remind tier Comet, under what eircnusstances this supposed breach d the decorum of the I ttttt mon Hall its question had oecegretL It was positively swore tie it Mr. Aid. At kins, titillate Lord Al ayttr, had been repeatedly !Ailed npon by lois ftilow-citizens, in the most respectful manner, to convenes Common Hall, for the perm- of taking into consideration the then recent transactions of 31ancliester, in which the public feeling of the whole empire was deeply interested; but that the Worthy Alderman misititelv refused to r ply with the reasonable request of Lie fellow-citizens./ Anpposing the Lord Al trot to have a right to exereisli the power of refusal in /ouch it CAW, he would ask, in what eon Wiwi were the citizens of Lon don ? Where were their boasted privileges —their rights as citizens of a great and imperial city ? They were hut a pause, and it wall a 'mockery to call then free citizens, if a Lord Mayor, of his own mere will -and pleasure, could stifle the voice of his fel:ow-citisens. the subject proposed fore discussion 011 that invasion was a fit and proper une for the deliberation' of the I'oo ttttt on Hall. Supposing, them **loud praciice to be that which he stated, and whirls N coufirmed by the affidavit of the Town Clerk, be tetvold ref-r the (*wort to a current of antborities awl instances in which it 0.4% manifest. that such transactions as were the sosiojert of the present pheetniing Itml never been 'llene-lit it ground fior criminal prosecteion , where it appeared *at the suppooted of ha acted improper le noel irregularly in the o xercise of their norms, awl plop assertion of tGeir privile f ro. The la-arm-if enamel then referred to the ease of t rionvis Jenks, 7 Statelriels, by Hargrave, 468. 'flint person, a liurn-tiraper tot lame don, had' en, in the year 1616, sent to Newgate ('sr a W %ent d .u.sion at Common Hall, as to the propriety suotiussoing a new Parliament. After malting various attempts Habeas Corpus to procure his lilwration in vain, he was at length discharged by the Judges at the (lid Hailefeno attempt haring ever been made to call him to legal account for his conduct. At this very lime Lord Chief J slice Jeffries was the Common Serjeent, arts, it was a curious fact, that that Jisolge•s name was more or Ins intimately connected in every transaction at that rr when the citisetis of London claimed and asserted their privileges arainst the attempts to a b ri Ige their rights. hop the same purpose, of showing :hat a liberal ininlrenee had been always allowed to - roe c Inset of priweedings in Common 11;11 and Corporate Meeting-. he referred to Pilkington r. Shute, '3 Sr. Tr. Gm, en and to the King e. Cleverell, at the same period, whets, in the latter ease, Jeffries, C bief Justice, said to a Mr. Fairwell, one of the Counsel who argued the rase, Yon are so full yon could not be quiet until you were mot. Snrele von •hink you are at rions.:ton Halt, At PI %UM M OM. THE► BURIAL SERVICE, CHANT_ EVEN-1 DMIOII, Mod PC'FIVRAI. AM. THEIIII4, as may be perforated ea the Das. of the Pinwale/ his most arsenals Majesty George the Third, at the Cathe drals and Churches bathe Unhed Kis/does; seleMed from the emeposittees of Dr. Croft. 11. Parcel, Dr. Uremee. T. AM wood, antl U. F, Hamlet ; prier Published by Unfolding and Co., No. vli, Mho•agnre where ma} be bad, the Funeral Anthem in Were. competed b?• G. F. Handel. ANI/Ef. INS. fir. CMflE\T . i. $ • GENERAL OFFICE FOR TRAVELI.I^43. THE following MAILS and other COACHES Bo from the shove Inn : Paris Ro) at Mail, ria Dover, Tues..la) and Friday Nights, at twelve. Portsmouth and Gosport Mail. throne+ flodalmlng. Pe tersfield. and Porlse*. et ery F.vening et a quarter past 7. and Sunday et half past O. On its arrival a packet sails to the Isle of Wight. to convey passengers and parcels; and • Mail Coach *et4 off to Chiclmster, thrlu i rli Drayton. Havant. Bosworth. de. Gloucester and Alilford Mail. through Iletviet, Oxford, aid Cheltenham. @ter) Eye'dog a quarter past and eilla• dal at halt pest (I. Dover and Canterbury Mail. through Gravesend. Chat ham, and Pet ershem. ever) evening at a qvarter past 7. and Sunda) at half past d. Frousl7anterMin. passengers and par eels are coat eyed to Deal. klarsate. ilaumeate. Sandwich. de.; and front Doter, parcels are conveyed to Folkstooe, dantigate. Ilythe. Dinichurch. Romney. and Ltdd. Arundel and Bognor Post-coach. through Rillinghurst, Monday. Wednesdny. and Friday, a qvarter before 7. Bath and Bristol F.e.t-ceaeh. to carry only four inside, through Readlug. Marlborough. Caine. and Chlppenhals, et cry Morning at O. Rath and Bristol Light Post-coach, every .Ifternoes at MN past 2. Batt. I.ight Post-roach. In two days. to carry fear insher, thgaugh Maidenhead. Reading. Marlborough. 17ettizea„ sad Meadow. Monday, 11'OW:WM.10N. and Friday Mornings, at 8. This coach is ihietty intemit:d fur the areontuondation of families, intalids. de. who cannot undergo Us" fatigue of inch a distance in oar day. Wight°. Light Post-euach, through Reigate anti Cad light ovary 111sraiaq at S. _ -.. 41 . , Pied - Mack. le eerry oak Oise Wide. titiongit —ay wit linftwri. etery Morning at a quarter before 6. (;hichester. Bognor. and Peiworth Pusd-euseh, Niondas, Wednesday, and Frids) Mornings. al a •inartrr before 7. " Doter and Canterbury Light Post-ensteh. Monday. Tut4t inny. Thursday, Fridas. and Attalla) Mornings. at 7. Dodalusing and Guildford Telegraph rosett. through Ash stead. Is•atherhead, &r. Tuesday, Tistirsda, and Saturd nil 9. ',Miriam lstorllt ntett, Tuesday, Thursday. • 1, 1. / j e tarter inure 7. except 81111.11 V. Hridgenorh And Sat ' e r i s o tztt 0114 V Evening. Caslisle, Pent ills. a Post l'oadt. on with Four Horses and a limed 'ail thitsaay. Passe4 through Brougls. Appleh‘. firetabritlist. itinitmenti, Cntteriek. Ho r3ughbridge. Wetherh‘, therfittal, Unennser.ian.l (irate r? t ant (the neart,t a ; by 11l miles). ifitto ler) mom**. •Id performs the jourtte) with the grentri D. 12:men g •rs deft-hied on the road. 1” hmtint,4 (At sure. hate the p. culler arivant•ge of their seats twine seehreal in the nest. Margate, kantsgate. Deal. 9audaich. and Hroad.tairs Light Post-eolith. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Frida y . and Sunda% Mornings. at 7. tilculalining anti Guildford Telegraph Coach. through Kingston. Ditton. Coblutus. and Ripley. un Monday, %Veil nesday. and Friday Alurnings. at 9, and esery Sunda) Morning at 7 preelsely, and returns to London the same day. lienlel Coach. through :Maidenhead, every Afternoon at one, !Sunda% est-tt:ed. Osford Light Pod-roar-It, through llenley, &e. etery Morning at half past 7. Godaltning and Liuodfurd new Coach. through Merrow, Clatition. llorsele% . F.9111E11.1.. Leatherhend. and F:psom, every Aftermo•o a t t. rxe .p r t , Mad. ) . Kendal. [Am-aster. Preston, Kirby. Lansdale, Holton, (porter, Orm .4, i ri. „ mid litir.!nng. Pu.t rosettes, ewer) after noun at Fi%4 . 0.C11.0..---tillitrliol. NORTHERN CO 11 . 11F,5. York. Newe3.01... and Eitinborgh l'oaelteg. and to al; part 4 of the North, e‘ et.% NI. rotor. at n gnlrter pmt '. Nlanchr4ter. Imernoer. Kendal. Horll.lslr. Row Matt. Leeds, Ilanit'as. Rotherham, and coaches, daily. ('AnittEßm. To Twiekroham, Rye'afford. and Islewerth. etrrr Mon day, N ednestli). Friday. and Smartt'). 1-:1111.1. 4 4 ant Co.. Proprietor'. Parcels and Fsckatfes are safely .and elpetlitioesly eon. toyed from tills Inn to rver) City, Town, Village, mod Conntry Seat in following Counties. v iz. :—llerks. Cornwall, Deven, Dorset. Hoots. Hereford, (iiourester. Kent, Oxford, Nosnerset. sJrrey, Musses. Nits. Worcester. South Wales, mil parts of tor Isle of World. Jersey. ti aero sol-. and all parts of Frasier : aura to all Parts ot the North •.• Take notice. that on I a .I,oge, containing gin", rhion. watches, s-s-ft: or Bank soars, however small the value. will hr aeentosted for. if lost or damaged : nor nnc other parcel .'r parteneres leorlOr. of mare thou AL volute. aoless speciiircl as ,such when delivered at the o:lier and paid for accordingly r Neat Port-Csaises. &or. at the aborted notice. ELECrio.v OF LORD MAWR. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The cue of the King e. Parkins, h:sq. and others, having been peresupiprily fixed for yesterday, at the sitting of a full Court, Mr. Dan MAN, as t.vunsel for Mr. Alderman Wait hman, Mr. Fioreoto.. An_ Mr. _ dll4o MS e:11_, roar to chew caner against the role which had bu. n ob tained last Miciaulitias Turin by the Solicitor-tiriteral. la doing so he premised that there had been affidavits filed un both aides quite contradictory to each other lit all the most material ireamstances of the traosaction which gave rise to the present proceeding. Without, however, entering into any inquiry into the particulars of the transaction, he should state generally what was the substantive charge alleged against the n lant. by the prosecutors on the one hand, and ?tiro crate the nature of the detente which his clients propose 4 to sub mit to the Court on the other. This was an application 41411 - 1 ._.~ • N. „el :11•,7 • a • A -- - moot iftmitMore." He aim referred to tiotallrimad • ease 11 the i Qum v. 30 4:„.10 4 : Joaraahr - 111state lli rtamoos, 148 C He if the paseeaters of this information disposed the t till chlipea Isi tr :r tar defendenta, the. pooppr ir toth owe: oligilde mode of the. inertia* was to Pig en maims of magas.; bat eras never heard of that a criminal Leformodoo was resorted to for the purpose of determine pea a chi*. The Learned Counsel referred 'with his natal insenultv to the ease of the Kiag r. Quist and others, published to the late posthumoas Reports of Lord Kenyon, Iftel. Dion which this mistime was founded, and 'contended that that case did not at all support the application, because there Mr. Justice Foster was dissentient, and it appeared that the oily act of violence imputed to the defendant was, shame, at a City aieetiat ei thlfstrd. There tut rlal tit woo set apt here there was; had therefore, on gonersl grounds, since the statute of William, this was Dot a a case in which - the Court would interfere be criiitietal information, unless it could be shown that the oonJuet of the defendants endangered the public peace. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the imputation of con cert between the defendants in the transaction alluded to, and contended that there was nothing in the protects tor's affidavits to show that that part of the case coald Fee supported. Whatever of concert appeared, was only to be collected from the defendants' own admission, which they candidly avowed, in so far as respected what they considered to he a couscieutious assertion of their rights and privileges. Upon the general question of the right of free discussion in assemblies regaled' , convened, lie urged, with great eloquence, the necess(ty of preservine it inviolable, as the safety valve by which the agitatru feelings and sentitnents of the people were allowed in dulgence. At the utmost, this was a question as 14, de gree of supposed criminality, for, supposing it to be ad mitted, as it must, that the defendants could not be cri minally answerable fur what passed in the kose fide ex ercise of their rights in Common flail, where was the Court to draw the line? When could it be said that a man was criminal and when innocent? As to the pre sent course of proceeding, it appeared to h ave b een re solved upon Without the concurrence of the Court of Common Council: for it was sworn, that by an unani• we us resulntlun of that body, this application was di:. claimed on their part, austuus, nu doubt, to preserve what they knew td be the privileges of the Livervmen, and, ealous of the righ ts upon which they felt that the dignity and rank of t City of London depended. Hy an unanimous resolution of the l'utmaton Council, the City Solicitor was forbidden to have any thing farther to do with the prosecution, and it was now car ried on by an attorney, with whom the Corporation had nothing to do. Looking, therefore, to the present tem per of the times, the Court could Not but view with jea• lousy soil distrust a course of proceeding which trtoled to keep alive waystem of crimioatiou an 4 recrimination, and engeider the worst feelings of which human carer. was saseeptilde. If a reed 'tweet trigstgilphpoonotkitg.' rm. gi7 - -yrnremv Immo-lusty, nossiang manna afford a inure ready device than a Compliance with this extraordinary application. The Learned Counsel then addressed liiisiself to the nuuserons affidavits on both sides, there being thirteen in support of the mottos, and twice that number for the defendants- With respect to that of Mr. Alderman Atkins, he contended that that gentleman had sworn to farts which it was utterly im possible fur him to know of his own knowledge. He had sworn that the alleged disturbance of the elertion had prowedeil from a pre-conceived plan on the pa., ut she defendants. This was a pretty strung oath, cote sidering that the IVortliy Magistrate had no means: of lsnowledgr neon the sit hjrct but that of hearsay and run jerture. 1 his affidavit, and that of the Marshalnian named Nevil Brown, Here positively contradicted its all their material particulars, and showed how fall:trims. the stateusenes of the deponents were upon what they nn dertook to swear with so much apparent solemnity. The Learned Usininiel proceeded to point out in detail the particulars of these affidavits, and contrasted them with what was sworn in the affidavits on the rut of the defendants, showing that the former were ese titled to no reedit o hate%er. lie stated that the Livery men were extremely anxious that the Livery slinuld give ass opinionn un the transactions at Matich....trr, and wished the Lord Mayor (Atkins) to convene a. 1..' Hall for that purr"... ; that he declined to do so ; Ili it among thew here Messrs. Hurt bes, Fe a r,s t s, Stevens, k'., a n d that he verily lielirveil• the delay and obstruet,oi on the 29.1 s September, pm ereile.l ir a pre-csoiceirell union aou.ng the peOptr whit had signed the te.ittisi:ion, and When*, to attain ;hat whiels hail been formerly refused. This was his v i e w oh the probability At the uircuiustsue.es, and Ibis was Cyr:4lllly a pretty strong oath.-3lessrs. Brown. R o ll i n ell, Turner anal Ifibiss, swore that they _verily lw lievell Jl4llll had been laid by alessrs. Thump son, Fearon and Stevens, nr sonic of them. Three them did not mention the name of itiotristead. Brown snore !hat on the isiornieg of the 29th September, Mr. ; ikramitille delivered certain printed paps rs or hanslhili to one I Pea tie, to he distributed. litircouilie swore, that he went into Cour:, in company with Mr. Coates, and that be ilia not give any papers to Deane. Coates and Deane rotifirmed this stafroonst On oath ; ilki the three positively declared, in their atiilavits, no ands thing lied happened. Mr. Coiiingridge deposed, that during some part of the slum alien the obstrartion took place, Mr. Aire stoo 1 a-r.--s the pit where the election boart were kept, and *lama person of , he name of Hill asked him os VII away, that he might get at them, he (Mr. Hnr turnossi to orpiment, and asked him, Isavl been any oilier to that purimee C when he -cud not. flit, also swore that he had received sin order; so that with respect to Mr. Htireoteth.-, he had du slodhe but that the ride most be olisrhareed. The ;ant:wit of 31r. Brow*, one of the Marshal,. env wised so muds irrerafent matter, tha . it was elifbotit s•lect from it what bore upon the rase. After staling a nitioher of usionte p..rtienlars, if pro ceeded to say, that when the lord 31avor and the whet Aldermen retired, Alderman IVaithiti.iii came forward in front of the hustings: whereas, it was - sworn by himself and many other per-ums, that hr had Kune behind, ant! dial nut some forward till he saw Brown offer violence to Mr. Tho:opson. Brown al.o vwore that be Thompson lay his h-ind on the Colo it:m Srrie:srot ; 41 which he interfered but the COI kkkkk on r-erjeatit oid twat tt all initifirui this , ta:emen: 3laitv of the aliidsvi.s showed that not a blow was . strnek t t r.ina beginnin g end. Sheri ff Parkins swore posi•ively that hr - ha • no (.11e1 rt whatev..r with the other pries; that be ,wareely knew any of them ' , crept Mr. Hoot, wh had once addresses.' him in language little tabulate to coneiliate, conveying a threat if hr did sot appoio. a certain person his Under Sheritf.—(a lac ti.)— Mr . 1 Drown then described the contents of the Comm B:•rjeant's affidavit, in which he stated his baths eharred Mr. Thompson. on his en , h as a Lieee•-msn. 1 -