The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-12 00:00:00

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A meeting of the electors and other inhabitants of London took place this day at the Guildhall, for the purpose of peti tioning- the House of Lords to pass the Corporation Reform Bill with as little delay as possible. The Hall was crowded by respectable citizens, who seemed to take deep interest in the proceedings. On the platform we observed Mr. Alder man Wood, M.P., W. Williams, Esq., M. P., James Pattison, E sq. , M P., W. Crawford Esq., M. P., Messrs. Raphael and Midge, the sheriffs, (with their chain of office, but without their gown,) Alderman Scales, Messrs. Wooler, Stevens, Wire, Dilon, Fearon, Pearson, Ashurst, Wilson, Law rence, &c., &c. From the crowded-state of our columns we find it impossible to give the speeches of the several gentlemen who addressed the meeting at full length. At one o'clock Mr. STEVENS came forward and said— Gentlemen, all of you present arc aware that we ought to have the Lord Mayor in the chair at our meeting to-day, but such a Lord Mayor as we have is a complete antidote to the progress of all improvement, whether it regards the interests of our City or the institutions of the country. But it is fortunate that although we have such a Lord Mayor, " whose like we ne'er shall see again"—(Laughter)—yet we have a Worthy Alder man present to-day who has been always in front of the battle, when times were not so favourable to Reform as at present.— (Cheers.) The Worthy Alderman will take the Chair, and will prove to you that although the Lord Mayor may do all in his power to put an end to your exertions, he never can do it so long as we possess in our own body men who are the decided advocates of Reform, and who are ready to take the post of danger at all times, when called upon by their fellow-citizens.—( Loud cheers.) He begged _to pro pose that Ald erman M att h ew Wood do take the Chair.— (Renewed cheering. ) Mr. W IRE seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried. Alderman Wools then came forward, and was received with enthusiastic cheering. Although he felt unequal to the task of presidingover almost one of the largest meetings he bad ever witnessed within the walls of that Hall, he was quite willing to obey the call of his constituents.—( Cheers.) He regretted that the Chief Magistrate of the City had failed in his duty in complying with the request of' his constituents.—( Groans and hisses.) He regretted that there should be any interfer ence between the citizens and those sentiments which they had always advocated, and that an attempt was made to stifle them, by ereventing tne holding of this meeting. He trusted the meeting would support him in his endeavours to maintain Order as their Chairman, and as it was possible that there !eight be some present who differed from the majority, he hoped they would receive a patient hearing. He asked this ?.s a particular favour. He now called upon the gentlemen who had charge of the resolutions to put them to the meeting. Mr. DILLON said they were met that day in consequence of delay in passing the Bill for the Reform of Municipal o rporations. He hoped that delay would be only temporary, a nd that the measures adopted by the meeting that day would expedite its prol e ss and hasten its triumph.—( Cheers.) The Bill before the e HOuse of Lords was denounced as de laocratie, destructive, and revolutionary—and Sir C. Wetherell had come forth from his obscurity to abuse it. - t -4(C heerS.) There had been a determination of town clerks o the head of the country to bear witness against it.— (Laughter.) Mr. Dillon then proceeded to point out the I li el a t o e t iPies of the Bill, and the advantages which the country • Would derive f rom it s salutary operation. There was nothing " fright the isle from its propriety." He (Mr. Dillon) e ta not afraid of it—were they ?—( Loud cries of " No. Aue Lords, however, were afraid of it, and with good reason. (Cheers.) Mr. Dillon here proceeded to point out the Z i g i n of Corpo ra ti ons , w hich he contended had been originally s tituted for the benefit of the inhabitants at large. But the corporators had allowed themselves to be superseded, and their i wers to b e usurpe d , b y se lf e l ec t e d b o dies appointed by them. Various most important consequences had resulted from these boroughs, the respectable inhabitants of the boroughs, being i4w b e o d i th s e privilege of electing their own officers, the govern bad ususped the power of selling the freedom of the to wn o • and so making a profit of themselves. The property given to them as trustees for the benefit of the public was now ? av erted into p r i va t e property, and it had been gravely ar g u ed by Mr. Knight at the bar of the House, that the ommission was illegal, because it was for enquiring into pri 'ate Prope r t y which Lord Lyndhurst spoke of it, as robbing Private persons of that property which belonged to them, as m uch as the estates of their Lordships. These Corporations ll e "' appealed to th e i r Charters, but from whom did they re eneri v g e o f them but from the Tudors and the Stewarts, and that Merely for th e p urpose o f i n fl uenc ing the elections of Mem- Parliament for their own ends. At first Cor porationswere instituted for the benefit of the people, t . O be a d m i nistered by the peop l e, an d to ren d er th e ir accounts to the people—(lmmense c h eer i ng )—but now they were tarred t o b e t h e i nstrumen ts of the most foul corruption. - "eV they had the benefits of the " Reform Bill—( Loud cheering for some time) —which had taken from their Corpo tate i°as the means of returning a majority to the House of re -e ' ranl oils ; and now it was that the people and the Govern --pent lotted out that these Corporations were of no use. The I t 'i s °lll t missiosiers had been calumniated, but he was glad to bear have td the gentlemanly conduct which he had always -een them exhibit, a,ed he fully believed that from what he had , and from what he had heard, that no body of men could ,?..7 acted collectively in a more gentlemanly manner.— (Great cheering.) cheering.) They reported that there were in this 250 Corporations of a most anomalous and complicated , that in all of them the most respectable inhabitants W ere without any power or influence in the town—that the freem en Rene were a most corrupt body, and that the revenues without any controul or investigation, and had often b een, as in the case of Leicester, applied to the most corrupt 113 cses—that t ra d e was i n terfered with, and that in many Instances the ma g i s t rates were most incompetent to the duty th ey c had t o p er f orm. I n L on d on they were exposed to some of these evils—they were excluded from the p resent Bill, but b e v tru ste d that ver early in the next Ses sion the y woul d t a e a Bill o f their own.—(The conclus ion of the sen °ace was lost in the loud cheering.) They had ma gistrates who were incompetent—( Cheers) —they had to get rid of the Aldermen for life—(Renewed cheers)— her the de c. present system they had a Mayor wh o was totall y for for his duty—a man who had not the wit to q ualif y him r the office of Lord Mayor's fool—( Laughter and cheers)— m ra aa who had not the manners to qualify him for the Lord lasted footman.—_(lmmense cheering and laughter, which th e for some time.) These were the things which d l ees Co mmissioners reported of those Corporations, an t . for them was it that they had an honest Administra sel°ll,-; (Immense cheering)—and a reformed House of Com si°'--(Cheers. ) They had done their duty upon this occa dpn most nobly, for even Sir Robert Peel had been afraid to it might the House upon the principle of the Bill, and therefore se s m e e i g ht be said to have passed unanimously. It was under snlduedncroethat the Lords would have done the same, but they had departed from an implied pledge and called for evi e----for evidence of the most ridiculous nature—they might " well have esven ave called all the criminals confined in Newgateto • erks was evidence against the Central Criminal Courts Bill. the nature of that evidence ? Why, the Town serefo,rrep at me of • said their Corporations were the purest in the world ruche t t i h on . and bribery they never heard of—abuse never th at their ear ; but what was most extraordinary was, them stated.they never heard any complaints g e es , -- (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) It had been sug tht-", hY‘ some, and by the Lord Mayor among others, v g e t the electors of London need not interfere with respect to ' 1 Bill that was now before the House, because it did not that it them. He would answer that in two ways. First, t it was to do good to their fellow countrymen, and for tutilat reason they should interfere—( Cheers) ; and secondly, tv : t , it was not true—it did not concern them. He wind call on them, therefore, to do the utmost in their t he Lords to raise their voices and sign the petition, in order that Lords might see the people were determined upon the Passing of the Bill, without delay, and without mutilation, re membering t h e o ld watc h wor d un d er w hi c h t h e people of E ngland formerly so gloriously triumphed, " The Bill, the whole Bill, an d no thi ng b u t the Bill." Mr. Dillon concluded Y moving the following resolutions " I• That the right of Municipal Government in cities and bo roughs within this kingdom, by means of magistrates and other c orporate officers freely chosen by the inhabitant householders, was Ong of the most ancient and valuable privileges of the people. hat this right of free election has been in many boroughs limited by the r es t r i c ti on of the numb. r of freemen to a small minority of t ue inhabitants, and has been further abused by the admission of " I 'n-residents • and finally, that by the establishment of self-elected Prerning bodies, principally under the authority of Royal Charters l' s ‘led during the reign of the Stuarts (under the pretext of grant additional privileges to corporate towns), their ancient free Its titutions have been subverted, and the rights of the people Ust ,TPed." 2. That in consequence of such substitution of self-elected 41,4stglatrates and other corporate officers for functionaries freely 11 - "°sen by the inhabitants, local imposts have been partially and ejustly levied by the governing body—the corporate revenues have o r secretly squandered and grossly misapplied—the magistrates' th _." has been perverted to objects of oppression and injustice—so at, throughout the country, the corporate instruments of local LT,ernment hare failed to protect the interests or secure the respect co nfidence of the peole, for whose benefit their functions oug to ht have be en exercised." p . 3 . That the inhabitants of these ill governed cities and be 10s, long weary of the evils of such a vicious system, have W re peatedly by petition to Parliament and otherwise, protested against ' ss continuance ; but the self-elected corporators, who had unjustly P essed them se l ves o f t h e l oca l g o vernment of the towns, had like se usurped their re p res entation in the Commons' House; and bring in the h a bi t o f trafficking the seats of Peers and rich Com moners. m . ners. both Houses of Parliament were filled with the creatures N i Z r _ r ulat Corp ora ti ons , an d a ll applications for the redress of cor ..'e grieva nces were systemat i ca ll y re f use d." 11i alr• ADA M SMITH begged to second the resolutions which _s worthy friend h a d just moved. He wished it had fallen to upon a person of more weight than himself, and better known the Meeting to have had the honour of seconding these resolutions but his excuse in undertaking that important task 'Ton the present occasion must be that he felt warmly in the arid that he thought it behoved every individual, how everee humble hi s s it uat i on m i g h t b e, to stand forward on such an i'r.easion as the pr esen t. Th ey were me t to consider whether y should support the Government in their honest endea th7.!3 carry through both Houses of Parliament the Bill for feeetieform of Municipal Corporations, They could not re js. to do that, if they were agreed upon the general prin 7e. that there should be no :elf-election, no nomination, and ...:(t;xhation without representatioes in their corporate bodies. it was the And in order to be consistent with themselves, rue _ .s.the duty of those who had assisted hie Majesty's Govern tio:t .. 111 carryine through Parliament the Bill tot the destrue 4tt boroujh corruption, now to come forward to as • in destroying municipal corruption.—(Cheers.) Th-J arguments used against them were that they should first examine into the delinquency of these corporations, and into the vested interests and privileges, which it was said they were about to attack. There had been a report made by the mu nicipal commissioners, gentlemen appointed during the last session of Parliament, without any primary or personal interest, whatever their views at large might be, and in that report they stated there were most enormous abuses, and that it behoved Parliament to amend them. In order to meet that, the House of Lords said they did not believe the Commissioners—that they would net trust their report— they would have nothing to do with it, but for the sake of getting at the truth, they would appoint certain Town- Clerks, who might think they had vested rights in the abuses of these Corporations, to make an impartial en quiry, and to give impartial evidence.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Roebuck in the House of Commons called such a process a farce—was, or was not, Mr. Roebuck right in so denominat ing such an examination before 400 gentlemen at the bar of the House ?—( Cheers.) He would now confine himself to a very short extract from the evidence of Mr. Burbidge, town clerk of Leicester. Ele was cross-examined, and on that cross-examination he acknowledged that the Corporation of Leicester had paid 7,0004, not to public charities, not to pub lic institutions, not for the benefit of the town at large, but for the purpose of supporting the election of Sir Charles Hastings against Mr. Evans, a Liberal Member.—( Great and long continued cheering.) The Town-clerk of this immacu late borough acknowledged this. He was asked what, in his ol,inion, were the Corporate rights and privileges? He re plied that he considered the people of Leicester had no more interest in the Corporate property than they had in their Lordship's estates.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh, oh.") He would not give much for their estates if such were the case.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the Corporation might divide 'the corporate property among themselves.— ( Cheers and cries of " Oh, oh !") What did the Meeting think of this ?—and yet it was part of the evidence brought by Sir Charles Wetherell and Mr. Knight. Sir Charles Wetherell must surely have been demented in bringing for ward such evidence, and Lord Brougham, with his usual ability, extracted these little facts from him. They had been told that it would be a disgrace, and indecent to do anything like coercion to the third estate ; now he would ask whether, in the history of the last four or five years, the House of Lords had not allowed coercion to be put upon them, not by the people, but by the Duke of Wellington himself.—( Great cheering.) Upon the Catholic Bill that Noble Duke undoubtedly coerced the House of Lords. He made the House of Lords pass that Bill very much against their will, and without their consent.—( Hear.) Was not that coercion. —(Cheers.) What was the second instance of coercion ? Why, the King and the People, in the case of the Reform Bill made the House of Lords succumb and pass that Bill. Was not that coercion ?—( Cheers.) The present was the third instance in which they would be coerced.—( Great cheering.) He would not say that in the present instance they had the Duke of Wellington on their side, but he had gone out of town heartily ashamed of his company. He could not say much for the support which they would receive from the courtiers about the Throne.—The fact was, the peo ple must look to themselves. They had no support from either branch of the realm, with the exception of the House of Commons. They must look, therefore, to their own support ; and that support, if properly carried on—if the people acted vigorously yet temperately—he had no hesita tion in saying they would bring the Bill to an ultimate triumph.--( Great cheering.) Let the people support Lord Melbourne. He was the man who had taken this Bill under his care, and if he was only supported by the people of England he would carry it through triumphantly. He, personally, would not derive anything like the benefit from it that the people of England would. It would give him, it was true, re putation and honour, but to the people of England it would give substantial and everlasting advantages.—( Cheers.) Who were the persons opposed to the measure? One was an Illustrious Person near the Throne, the Grand Master of the Orange Lodge, who had issued his warrants to soldiers—(Tremendous hisses)--making them Orangemen, and by that means creating the army into a vehicle for politi cal passions.—( Hisses.) They were opposed also by the Duke of Newcastle, who it wds well known had repeatedly declared " he would do what he liked with his own."—( Disapproba tion. ) Notwithstanding all this, he sincerely believed, by united and honest efforts, they would succeed in perfecting this great measure, which was only second to the Reform Bill. The Hon. Gentleman concluded his speech by second ing the Resolution. The CHAIRMAN—I believe it is not necessary to detain you by reading the resolutions, as you have heard them read ; but if you will it, I will do so.—(" . No, no.") Does any gentleman wish to make any observations before the resolutions are put ? No reply was made, and the resolutions were put and car ried unanimously, amidst much cheering. Mr. PRITCIIARD—It had fallen to his lot to introduce the next resolution. To say that he did not approach them for that purpose under feelings of deep and powerful interest, would be doing injustice to the feelings which he really did entertain. If anything was calculated to cheer and encourage him in the discharge of this sacred duty, it was the glorious opportunity it gave him of contemplating a scene to which they had of late been little used, but which was the proudest distinction of that hall in times gone by, he meant the whole assembled citizens collected together in their Common Hall, for the purpose of assisting the great principles of the administration of public property, upon the due maintenance of which de pended the future prosperity of the empire. He trusted that the time was come when there should be no longer meetings of particular portions of the constituency, but that, as now, they would meet altogether in furtherance of their common interests, standing by each other in the assertion of their com mon rights, and prepared to maintain them to their full ex tent. It was true that there was a great principle involved in the Bill which was now in progress through the House of Lords but that principle was not now to be advocated on the me:•e ground of expediency_ it involved the restoration of those ancient rights which originally belonged to them, on which depended the interests and prosperity of the empire. He trusted they would be una nimous in asserting this great principle. The resolution stated that the people of the country having obtained the right of electing their Parliamentary Re?resentatives, were determined not to rest till the principle was carried, to its full extent, in corporate institutions. If anything were wanted to encourage them let them look at the measure of corporate reform in the Scotch boroughs—they had got rid of oligarchical misrule, and why should not England, Ireland, Wales and London do the same ?—( Loud cheers ) The bo rough of London was for the present postponed—but it was postponed for a time only—it would shortly participate in the advantages that were proposed to be extended to the rest of the country.— ( Cheers.) He did not mean to assert that the Corporation of this City had in it less evils than other boroughs, and he was sure that if anybody had any doubts upon the subject, the experience of the past year would force the conclusion irresistibly on their minds.—( Hear, hear.) He would read the Resolution which he had to propose : " 4. That by the operation of the Reform Bill, the nominees of Peers and other Representatives of the self-elected corporate juntas were expelled from the Commons' House, and the Parliamentary Representation within cities and boroughs was for the most part restored to the inhabitant householders. As a part of the early fruits of that salutary measure, a Bill has passed the Commons like wise restoring to the people of England and Wales their ancient right of Municipal government and local taxation ; another Bill is in progress assuring to the people of Ireland the free exercise of the same right ; and we have learnt with the highest satisfaction that a further Bill will shortly be introduced into Parliament restoring the same invaluable privileges of self-government to the corporate in stitutions of this city." That bill had been delayed only by some little difficulty in the details of it, but he believed it would soon make its ap. pcarance ; and he was sure they desired that it would come quickly, and advance, and perpetuate the happiness of this city.—( Cheers.) Mr. STEVENS in seconding the motion, said the time was when it was necessary to say a great deal from those hustings to persuade them to come to a vote for their own advantage, but such was the progress of knowledge—thanks to Lord Brougham—(Cheers)—and such the progress of information, that the greater portion of the gentlemen present were quite as capable of expressing their feelings in defence of their rights as those who addressed them.—( Hear.) But there was one advantage of this meeting--the gentlemen of the press ( The Sun) attended and reported their sentiments faithfully, and con•eyed information to those who in distant parts of the country were not yet so enlightened as the citizens of London. —( Applause.) The Reform Bill was but a means to an end. Some of the first fruits of that great measure was a Reform in the Municipal Corporations of the country, which were corrupt, and sent corrupt men to tho House of Commons to impede the progress of Reform. He was almost surprised that the other House should dare to stand in the way of the people.—( Loud cheers.) Was it possible that the people could consider themselves represented in the House of Commons, while another House exercised a veto upon whatever was done there. There could be no pro gress of Reform in that House until Lord Brougham, or some other Noble Lord, enlightened the House of Lords, and made them see their own interests as clearly as the people saw their rights. He stood forward as an elector of London, but it was well he was a member of the Corporation, and 10 years ago, in his address to his constituents, he told them he should support Muni cipal Corporations as far as was consistent with the general good. Acting upon that principle, he now came forward, together with several of his friends belonging . to the Corpo ration, not to retain ancient and corrupt practices, but to as sist his Majesty's Ministers in reforming and removing them. They did not come forward as members of the City Corpo ration to defend its corruptions, but to assist in the refor mation of other Corporations, in the hope that it would soon be applied to their own. In a Corporation in the North of England, it was discovered that when it was said that 1001. was lent to young tradesmen, without interest, the fact was that the members of the Corporation took the 1001. to themselvcs,and gave two or three to their porters or gardeners.—(" Shame.") When the legal document was referred to, it was found that the endowment was to the poor, and in answer to the question, who are the poor, the members of the Corporation replied, We are.—( Laughter.) He called upon them to sign the petition with all speed, and show Lord Melbourne that at the shortest possible notice, 4,000 or 5,000 of the most respectable of the electors of the City of London had come forward to pray his Lordship not to give way in carrying this !great measure.— ( Loud cheeea.) The resolution wrs unanimour i ly gdopted. Mr. BENJAMIN Wool), on moving the next resolution, would not occupy much of their time, as it was important that their petition should be presented at the sitting of the Houses of Parliament that evening. They had been told that they had nothing to do with the subject, and had been recom mended to leave it to the House of Lords to deal with it. But they would recollect that many of these Nobli Lords had obtained their properties and rank by the rotten :. ~+' •T THE SUN, LO.IDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 183& boroughs they were now defending. - They bad first obtained seats in Parliament, and then had obtained Peerages through the influences of corrupt Ministers. That might account for the'r adherence to some of those corrupt boroughs.--(Cheers.) They could not be surprised therefore if the Duke of New castle advocated the interests of East Retford—if Lord Fal mouth defended Truro—if Lord Harrowby vindicated Tiver ton—and they should not be astonished if Lord A;aburton de fended the interests of Callington.—(Cheers and laughter.) The people were daily encreasing in knowledge, but the Peers wished still to keep them in ignorance, and make them slaves.—( Hear.) Every thing rested with the people themselves—if they supported Lord Melbourne, who was a man of determination, but who had been coerced into the late delay, all would be well. They had also the support of Lord Grey, who, on leaving the House, had given his blessing to the Bill, and he need not tell them that the blessing of the Noble and Venerable Lord was of more value than that of the whole Bench of Bishops.—(Cheers.) Mr. Wood here read the resolution as follows : _ . . "5. That this Meeting have witnessed with surprise and sorrow the conduct of the House of Lords, in tolerating at its Bar, two paid Advocates who, under the pretext of representing various cor rupt Boroughs, have taken occasion to scandalize and vilify the Representatives of the People ; and by flippant and frivolous harangues, and by the tedious examination of witnesses (directly implicated in the corruptions which the Bill was intended to re move) have endeavoured to destroy the English Bill of Corporate Reform, although its principles were recognized, and its necessity admitted, by the unanimous vote of the Members of the Commons House of every shade and variety of political opinion." Mr. STACEY, in seconding the Resolution, observed that the demand of the friends of the Corporation to allow the Lords to have their own way, came with a very ill grace from those who wished to usurp the privileges of the people, and who had designated a Bill for the protection of the rights of the people as "infamous and atrocious."—( Cheers.) Among all the witnesses summoned to gite evidence relative to the Corporations, not one had urged a word in favour of them, than that they were their own property—all was selfish ness—there was nothing of generosity or justice in their tes timony. He was satisfied that they were all anxious for the benefits which this Bill would confirm, and the best way to evince that was by signing the petition. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. AsnURST said the next resolution was for the purpose of introducing to their notice their especial friends, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal.—( A laugh.) Some of the wisest among them had said, " Might they not do what they liked with their own ?" He (Mr. A.) said certainly—but he hoped they would allow the people also a similar privilege. The Peers had had a fair share in the way of thinking for them selves; the people would now shew them that they were re solved to think for themselves.—( Loud cheering.) If the Peers inquired into the right of the people to have this Bill, the people would begin to examine into their title to question the right of the people to have it.—( Tremendous cheering.) The Peers seemed to have forgotten that the end of all government -was the good of the people. The representatives of the people had given them a Bill en titling them to self government, the power of taxing them selves, and all the regulations of a local government, and they were the parties entitled to think for the people. In every instance where liberty was to be restricted, they had been ready to assist in effecting that restriction, and the Meeting knew that when green- bag conspiracies and septennial bills were in vogue, they were ready to support them.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Ashurst concluded by moving the following Resolution: "6. That in the opinion of this Mcesing, a Bill for regulating the municipal Government and local taxation of the Commonalty, is peculiarly an affair between themselves and their Representa tives, in their own House ; and that if the Peers were arbitrarily to reject or mutilate in its important features, a measure whose princi ple had been recognized by the unanimous vote of the House of Commons, such a proceeding would be as indefensible as if the Representatives of the nation were factiously to invade the privi leges, or to threaten the existence, of the House of Lords, as an independent branch of the legislature of the country." Mr. SAUL seconded it. Mr. WIRE said he came forward to move a resolution em bodying the sentiments of those which had previously been passed, to the purport that they should present a petition that was then lying for signature at the bottom of the Hall, and outside the door, which was to be presented to the House of Lords this evening, preVious to the grand debate that was to decide whether the Lords would be mad enough again to invade the rights and privileges, and to reject the prayer of the people of England. The Duke of Newcastle, that type of everything that was intolerant, illiberal and op posed to the people, had last night given Lord Melbourne notice that he should move that the Bill be read this day six months. If this were a Bill which the House of Commons had introduced for the purpose of destroying an hereditary Legislature, they might admit the Lords were doing that which was justifiable ; if this were a Bill, as it had been called, of spoliation and robbery, they might be justified in pursuing such a course ; bit when the character of the Bill was that which was good, honest, and true, and when it proposed to return to the ancient privileges of the Constitution the people would feel surprised and indignant, at the factious opposition that w;.s made to it in the Upper House of Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) Wha tsas the object of the Bill? Let them look at it, and see if it deserved the character which the paid and hired advocates of corruption had given to it. What was its principle, but to give to every Englishman what he ought to possess, the absolute control over his own affairs? —( Cheers.) What was the second principle, but to destroy those strong holds of corruption, those dens of Toryism, which had in former times returned a corrupt House of Commons, and crushed the people by fiscal regulations and unjust laws. What was the next object of the Bill ? It was to secure the im partial administration of justice, as between man and man— that was a right which every member of society was justified in claiming, and who denied it to any man but the T o ri e s— (Great cheering) but the men who were on one side of justice, and who were anxious to perpetuate abuse, corruption, and Toryism, in order that they might crush the people, and restrict their liberties? What was the object of the Bill, but to give to the people the right of choosing their own magistrates ; and if they professed that right, did the meeting think the people of England would be insulted by the exhibition of such insane folly as the City of London had witnessed?—(Cheers.) Did they think what the Commis sioners had told them had taken place would be continued— viz., that of the magistrate of a borough fighting with the criminal at the bar and struggling with him ? —( Hear, hear.) Did they think, that if this Bill were to pass, there would be any complaints, any bicker ings, or that the people would be indifferent when flames were raging about them as at Bristol, and when the indifference of the people rose from the flagrant abuse and corruption which existed in the Corporations ?—( Hear.) The Bill would give to the people the power of taxing themselves, and he would ask whether, if their repre sentatives in the House of Commons had not had the power of stopping the supplies, where would have been the Reform Bill ?—( Great cheering.) Lord Brougham to his immortal honour, twenty-five years ago, had wrung from a reluctant House of Commons a Committee of Inquiry into the charities of the country ; and any body who read the Report of those Commissioners, would see that while there were funds enough in the country to give to every child of every man a sound, liberal, and good education, those funds had been diverted from their original purpose, and had been appropriated to the sons of the rich and the noble.—( Hear.) One of the objects of this Bill was to prevent that mismanagement, and to compel any Corpora tion to give a true account of their funds, and faithfully and honestly to administer them for the benefit of the people. There were a great many other things of vital impor tance embraced by this Bill, and this was the measure which for interested and unholy purposes had been denounced as a violation of the rights of the people.—( Hear, hear.) Yes —that was the pretence of some of the Lords, to protect the rights of thepeople, they with unhallowed hands seized upon the Bill which was to restore to the people their rights, and to give to them a just control of their own affairs.—(Hear, hear.) His object was, having detailed to the meeting the principles of the Bill to excite them to action. Then was the time and then was the hour. At six the debate would be gin ; at five it was necessary that their petition should ho presented to the House of Lords.—(Hear, hear.) Let it be shown to the House of Commons, and Lords and Commons, that the citizens of London met to-day at ten o'clock, and that at five o'clock they appeared at the bar of . the House with a petition signed in that short space of time, by upwards of 3,000 persons. " 7. That this Meeting do forthwith petition the House of Lords, to pass the Bill for the Reform of Municipal Corporations ; and that this meeting do likewise present an Address to the house of Commons, congratulating them upon the passing of the measure for English Corporation Reform ; and thrt they do pray the House speedily to pass the Bill now in progress for giving the people of Ireland an equal measure of justice. And much as this meeting hope that the House of Lords will be endued with wisdom and justice to avoid a collision with tll4 , Commons of England and Ireland upon a question which peculiarly and almost exclusively affects the commonalty of the empire, this meeting do confidently trust that the House of Commons (should such an event arise), will manifest becominc , firmness in the important crisis. This meeting , assuring them that' their best exertions, collectively and indivi dually, shall not be wanting to give to their Representatives their ardent and enthusiastic support in the discharge of a duty of such vast importance to the inhabitants of the British empire." The reading of the Resolution was received with loud cheers. Mr. DttION - rose to move a vote - of - thanks to Lord Mel bourne and his Majesty's Ministers—( Loud cheering),—par ticularly to Lord Melbourne, for the manly firmness and de termined resolution with which he resisted an overbearing op position to those measures, which, in the discharge of his duty, he hut submitted to the House of Lards.—(Loud cheering.) The following is a copy of ..the Address:— TO Ti-ID RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD — VISCOUNT MELBOURNE, Lc., &c.,'&e. The Address of the Electors of the City of London, assembled on Wednesday, August 12, 1335, in the Guildhall of the said City. Matthew Wood,- Esq., Alderman, and M.P., in the Chair. My Lord,—The Electors of the City of London beg to express to your Lordship their high sense and warm admiration of t he manner in which your Lordship has fulfilled the duties of the distinguished office which your Lordship has been called upon to hold; and respect fully, but most earnestly to request and entreat that your Lordship and the Administration over which you preside, will persevere in the prosecution of that temperate, needful, and valuable measure of Municipal Reform in England and Wales, which has already passed the House of Commons, as well as the similar measure for the reform of the Municipal Corporations in Ireland. Assuring your Lordship, that, however much those measures may be op posed by parties ignorant of their value, or interested in the per petuation of the abuses which they are intended to remedy, the passing of them is anxiously desired, and will be regarded as of in estimable advantage by the great mass of the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Signed by direction of the meeting, and on their behalf. Mr. \VANDSEY seconded the Resolution, which was car ried unanimously amidst loud acclamations. Mr. GALLOWAY rose toy move a vote of thanks to their excellent and patriotic Representatives. The City had never had four men in the House of Commons more devoted to the public interests and the welfare of the people.—( Cheers.) Mr. HEBBLE seconded the Resolution. Mr. WIRE put the motion, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. PATTISON felt it very gratifying that they had approved of his conduct as their representative. He had endeavoured to conduct himself conscientiously, and with a view to meet the honest and honourable wishes of his constituents, whom ho congratulated upon the magnitude and unanimity of this meet ing, whiCh he believed would tell most forcibly upon ttiat House which in vain endeavoured to oppose the the Reform Bill, for that Bill would be passed in spite of them because the people willed it.—( Cheers.) He should quote the words of Lord Melbourne, in reference to a passage r.md by Sir Charles Wetherell. His Lordship said every one knew very well that the passage alluded to self-immolation, self sacrifice, even suicide itself, and if their Lordships op posed this Bill they would certainly make that passage appli cable to themselves.—( Cheers.) What had been told by his Lordship, and at this meeting, would certainly be fulfilled if they did not listen to the voice of the people.—' Cheers. ) Mr. CaawFoan -returned thanks. He should be at all times ready to respond to the call of his constituents, and when he did not give them satisfaction he should be ready to resign the trust they had confided to him. Mr. Alderman SCALES then came forward and was loudly cheered. He had on many occasions stood forward to propose a vote of thanks to the public men of the city, which was in fact the only reward they should receive.—( Cheers.) But they had a chief magistrate—( Loud groans and hisses) — and although they had met contrary to his wishes, and to the insults he had bestowed on the gentlemen who waited on him, what riot, or disorder, or impropriety of conduct or sentiment had been inculcated ?—( Loud cheers.) Was not the Lord Mayor the most severe , satire that could be brought forward with respect to annual elections ? How ever ignorant, embecile, prejudiced, or insignificant a man might be, yet, in rotation, according to custom, the contemptible, disgusting rotation had placed over them such a man as Winchester, and made him Lord Mayor of London ! ( Hear, hear, and roars of laughter.) He should propose a resolution, embodying his own sentiments in the first place, and he was satisfied it would also embody theirs. He should take the opinion of the Lord Mayor as a public man, from his fellow-citizens publicly assembled--if he de served thanks let him receive them ; but if he deserved execration and condemnation at the hands of that meeting-, as Englishmen he asked of them, honestly and inde pendently, to state that opinion. There was no man among them so pusillanimous as to be afraid to express his sentiments openly. Let them give their opinions upon the man whom their voices had blown into power, and let this autocrat— this satire on the citizens of London have his deserts. He would move that the present Lord Mayor, by the con duct he had pursued, had brought eternal disgrace upon him self, for which he richly deserved the severest reprobation of the meeting. The present Resolution he thought it his duty to bring forward, and he hoped that it would have the effect of bringing the Lord Mayor to his proper level. In his opi nion he was a man that ought never to have been placed in the high situation he at present filled—in fact he was intoxi cated with the situation. He hoped that the Liverymen of London, as a new Lord Mayor's Day was now approaching, would look round and see if they could not find one person among the whole Corporation of London—(Looking signifi cantly at the Chairman, Alderman Wood)—who would repre sent their voice, and do honour to the City of London.— (Considerable cheering.) He trusted they would not again be cozened by custom, and that they would elect the man of their choice whatever difficulties might he thrown in their way. They had got business to do—let them perform it. He trusted that nothing would prevent any of them from signing the pe tition.—( Cries of " Time.") He would not detain them any longer, but would conclude by seconding the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. HARMER came forward to propose a vote of thanks to their Chairman.—(Great cheering.) They all knew his merits so well, that he was sure they would unanimously sup port the resolution. Mr. SELLSON seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried amidst the loudest acclamations. The Worthy Alderman then came forward to return thanks, and was received with tremendous cheering. Mr. Grote at this moment entered, and was received with loud cheering. The Alderman gave way and— Mr. GROTE sincerely regretted, that having been de tained at a Committee of the House of Commons i u , i r t e t s il ent thatve-ry instant, himself to their he had been notice atan qui e t a c rli tnale to earlier period. IL could not help expressing his great gratification at seeing so numerous and respectable a meeting con cerned in such an admirable cause.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the expressions which had been made, both there and elsewhere, as to the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill would have the effect of satisfying the house of Lords that that Bill must pass, substantial and entire. He trusted that their Lordships would see that they could not, with safety and with honour to themselves throw out the Bill altogether, or strip it of any of its essential principles.—( Cheers.) But he would say if the Lords intended to adopt either of those two courses, he would prefer the open and more honourable method of throwing the Bill out altogether.—( Loud cheers.) The House of .Commons had done its duty in passing the Bill, and he trusted the Lords would not be mad enough to reject it. This Bill was one of the fruits of that Reform Bill for which they had all struggled, and struggled successfully. If there was one thing more than another which recom mended the Bill to his notice, it was that it made the representation of Municipal Corporations co-extensive with taxation, and brought things back to the old principle of giving to all rate-payers an effective control over the funds that emanated from them. He congratulated them on their demonstration of opinion in favour of the Bill, and upon the conviction he felt that that demonstration would be attended with the result they all desired, he would not trouble them further.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. Alderman Noon (the Chairman), then came forward to return thanks. lie could assure the meeting that he carried along with him that sentiment to which an honourable speaker had alluded, viz. the approbation of his fellow citizens, which was all the reward that a public man ought to look for.— (Hear, hear, hear.) That was all the reward he ever looked for; he wished for nothing but to live in the estimation and approbation of his fellow-citizens, considering as he did that that was the greatest reward he could receive at their hands. It gave him great pleasure to see the meeting of to-day so orderly and regular, that it was impossible for their enemies even to say they had not conducted themselves like free citizens. (Loud cheers.) He believed that the feeling which they had expressed was very general throughout the country. He (lid not think they could reject a measure which had re ceived the general approbation of the country, and he hoped the House of Commons would not separate until they had in sisted upon the Lords passing this Bill.—(Cheers.) After again thanking them the worthy Alderman retired amid loud and continued cheers. Mr. WIRE proposed a vote of thanks to the Sheriffs, which was seconded by Mr. SCALES, and carried unanimously. Mr. Sheriff RAPIIAEL returned thanks. He was proud to say that the first vote be had given in the House of Commons was in favor of the third reading of this Bill, and he should be always found in the minority or majority on every liberal question.—( Cheers.) He knew not how long he might be in the House of Commons, but as long as he remained in it he would do his duty.—( Applause.) On the motion of Mr. SCALES, a vote of thanks was passed to the Common Council of London, for their spirited conduct in opposition to the Lord Mayor, and after three groans had been given to the I ord Mayor, the meeting separated. Mr. WIRE then read a petition to the House of Lords, and also one to the House of Commons. The latter of which expressed an earnest hope that the House of Peers would be endued with wisdom and justice to avoid a collision with the House of Commons. The worthy Gentleman read these pe titions amid much cheering. Mr. Wit.soN, on seconding the resolution, expressed his great satisfaction at the manner in which Ireland had been taken notice of in the petitions.—( Loud cheering.) The Corporation Bill was now in danger, and they were met for the purpose of expressing their o pi n i on that this Bill should pass, their Representatives having expressed their opinion that it ought to pass. Ile would not detain them longer in those dog-days, but would content himself with seconding the Resolution. " 8. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to his Ma jesty's Ministers, but most particularly to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, for the manly firmness and determined resolution felt and expressed by him \Alien resisting the arbitrary and overbearing opposition to this measure, to which he was ex posed when in the discharge of his duty as First Minister of the , Crown, he submitted it t o th e cons id erat i on o f t h e H ouse o f Lords. The Resolution was carried unanimously. Alderman Wool) knew that some gentlemen had an ob jection to sign a petition to the Lords. He trusted that this would not influence their feelings ; he knew some thought that no redress was to be had from the House of Lords. He believed it would be found otherwise, end as they were very much limited as to time, he hoped that those gentle men would see the necessity of controlling those feelings.— (Loud cheers.) O 56 tt, " I : 7 .: 8 I 2 tO I = I I Whitehall, Treasur: .y Chambers, July 15, 1835 SIIIPPING`,.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUGUST 11.—Wind E., fine weather.—Arrived from the river and proceeded—the Derwent, Riddell, for Hobart Town ; Montrose, Alexander, for Barbad oes ; -S ea - w i tc h , B a k er, f rom S t. Helena ; Emilia do Liviromento, Da Sylva, for Terceira ; Amelia, Kinniment, for Quebec; and the Lord Sidmouth, —, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrived and proceeded for the river— the Herald (S.), Pile, from Cork ; his Majesty's ship Athol, from Quebec ; and the Maria, James, from Newcastle. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 11.—Wind S.E. to W., fine. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 10. —Wind S. S. E. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 10.—Wind E., fresh breezes and fine.— Arrived the Renard packet, from the West Indies—sailed from St. Thomas on the Bth ult. PENZANCE, AUGUST 11.—Arrived off port, the Columbine, Brown, from Rio Janeiro. BRISTOL, AUCUST 11.—Arrived the Caroline, Smith, from Ja maica; and the Eliza, Foster, from Trinidad. MA itYPORT, Aucimr 11:—Arrived the Sarah and Marianne, —, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Auc. Io.—Arrived the Ceres, Bahlruy, from Me mel. Off port, the Rival, —, from Maranham ; Argentia, —, from Buenos Ayres ; Dampier, —, from Jamaica ; Hylans, —, and Carruthers, —, from New Orleans ; British Tar, —, from Halifax ; and Samuel, --, and Malay, --, f r o m Quebec. ABERDEEN, A uc. 9.—Arrived the Mercury, Davidson, from Archangel. LYNN, AUG. 9.—Arrived the Dorothy, Paul, from Quebec. HULL, Ann. 10.—Arrived the Minstrel, J e nkins on , an d Eller gill, Ward, from Quebec ; Din Rumney, Mosey, from Miramichi ; and George IV., Burton, Memel. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There is a good arrival of Wheat and Oats this week ; bid, not much other Grain. The Wheat trade is still influenced by the fine weather, and is very dull, at lower prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease, remain as on Monday. Oats meet a slow demand at last quotations. Flour remains at Monday's decline. ARRIVALS. 1 Barley. Oats. 590 qrs. 1,210 qrs. !0,71 , 1 3,300 Wheat English I 3,14.)qrs Irish Foreign 1,470 sack• THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Demerara Papers to the 13th of June have beer► received at the North and South American Coffee House. (From the above Paper!..) " GOVERNMENT 'HOUSE, BARBADOE;, Mar 21, 1835.—The Government having learnt with great concern that the complaints against the apprenticed labourers, for neglect of work and for thefts and injury to crops, are so frequent and numerous, that special magistrates in some districts can hardly get through their business—l am commanded, previously to his Excellency's departure, to express his reliance on your firmness and diligence in preserving order, discipline, and obedience to all lust commands of proprietors ; and, as many of the apprenticed abourers can read, his Excellency desires that the printed paper which accompanies this Circular, may be dispersed among them. " C. H. DARLING, Private Secretary. " To the Special Magistrates." Arrivals this morning :—One French mail, anda Leeward Island mail, which, contrary to the expectations of the merchants, has not brought a Jamaica mail—the steamer which was to convey it having been damaged, 4. k ~.. ._ ~.,-~-~s~-- ST. PANCRAS PARISH. A very numerous meeting was held this day of the inhabi tants of this populous and wealthy parish, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Municipal Corporation Reform Bill and the Irish Church Bill, At one,o'clock Mr. WILD, the Churchwarden Elect, took the chair, by which time the vestry-hall was crowded, and nr.tly who could not gain admittance stood in the ad joining rooms, and had the doors wide opened, so that they h ear d very well, especially as the meeting was ono of the most orderly and respectable we have ever seen. The Members for the Borough, Sir S. Whalley and H. Bulwer, Esq., appeared along with the Committee, and were most warmly received. The Meeting was addressed by Messrs. Douglass, Routledge, Dr. Carpue, Dr. O'Neale, whose speeches we are sorry that the state of our columns precludes us from giving even a sketch. Some strong resolutions upon the sub ject of the present state of things were passed unanimously, not one of the Tory tribe daring to show his face in support of the conduct either of the Corporations, or of their friends, the House of Lords. PARLIAMENtARY PAPER. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Year ciuled sth April, 1835, after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Revenue Departments, and of the actual Issues or Payments within the same period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded, or paying off Unfunded Debt. X 3 g gcl , t;'l g? o. 0 pol .3 o, E X o W . ; Gt ra co e ; 4 ; E.. Pr .4 V • g E p A I .5.- i i 6 E--; G, ... w: x 8 § to `-.2 . g p ... o t 7. 9 c Co 1::. 4. 0 lc a ~.., a . . 1 . v. ,::: "Fl " 8 t Ei to . co .../ 1.... 1.... 0 0) 1.-. 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E.. ,, gg w . 0. , ',. `•• • ' ?.• . :.4 ; t F-2 0 . a zaisiiiB-, • g Of -1 IC ,:. = ts, 0 O IND V^ tir , Sik c c :11 . t. tiU I.S ;:, = 5 5 -A-07 THE FUNDS. Late yesterday afternoon another stock-jobbing hoax was put into circulation, and generally credited, that a Pigeon, or telegraphic dispatch had arrived from Calais, with an account of ! some further disturbances having taken place in Paris, and in consequence of which the French Funds had receded 3 per cent. John Bull im mediately swallowed the bait, a panic ensued in the Market, and they were all sellers and no purchasers to be found. Consols receded 3 per cent., from 894 to 893 for Account ; omnium also from 23 to 21 prem., but by the arrival of the Express from Paris this morning the fraud has been detected. Instead of the French Funds coming 3 per cent. lower, they only come a per cent. lower ; Three per Cents. 78f. 65c. ; Five per Cents., 109 f. sc. This information has had the effect of improving Consols, which left off yesterday at 893, and opened at 89a ; at present they are 893 4 ; omnium 23 4 prem. . The Foreign Funds also experienced a great depression, owing to the hoax, and there was a decline in all of them, but Spanish Bonds felt it most severely. In the morning they were 48 1 / 2 , and receded to 46, opened this morning at 473 3 ; Spanish Scrip left off 12 1 / 2 13 1 / 2 discount—at present 123 3 discount ; Portuguese left off 873 —now 88 to 89 ; Three per cents. Portuguese left off 55 1 / 2 --may be quoted 56 57 ; Dutch 2 1 / 2 per Cents, 543 ; Columbian, 33 34 ; Mexican, 34 35. The panic which took place yesterday afternoon is now attributed to the Cabinet Connell, held yesterday, as well as the opposition expected this evening in the House of Lords to the Corporation Reform Bill. HALF-PAST ONE. In the early part of the morning both the British and Foreign Funds were improving, since which the Markets have again become very heavy. Consols, which reached 89, E for the Account, have re ceded. Omnium likewise was done at a , at present may be quoted at 2a prem. Exchequer Bills, 21 23 ; India Bonds, 68 ; Bank Stock, 214 215 ; India Stock, 254 255. The Foreign Market is in a sickly State, but more particularly in the Spanish Securities ; Spanish Bonds, 45/ 461 ; Spanish Scrip, 14 131 discount ; Portuguese, ssi 4 ; Mexican, 344 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54A THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89/). THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRIT'S! FUNDS. Omniam oi6 pm India Stock Ditto Bonds 7 pm South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, In ditto 5110/ 22 pm. Ditto 504 . 1 22 pm. Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Act Consols for Act. rank Stock ~ 3 per Cent Red B9ll 3 per Cent Cons 89% 1y, 2 per Cent. too, 354 pee Cent Red 93 Ng New 34 per Cent e 97,4 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jet* 1860 l6 7-16 Oct 1850 lB 5- 6 Jan. 1860 l6 3-16 • - 1 , °REIGN FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian. 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. 7 — Ditto, Metallic - Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, Ii 3-1 43 French, 5 per cent Exchange G —c French, 3 per cent —t, —c Dutch, *2 t per cent 54 Ditto, 5 per cent ... 101% Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent 1.0% 13::..zilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Columbian, 6 per cent Ditto, 18.:1 33 Danish 77 Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent , 1623 — Ditto, 1823, 6 per '•eut reroc.ta, i prr cent The sale at Mortlock, in Oxford, is continuing daily, with the exception of Sundays, and the extraordinary sacrifi( which is the natural consequence of so much of elegance and utility being sold at this late period of the season, should in cline all those who prefer splendour and essentials at half price, to be on the alert. ,The trade arc replenishing their magazines from this vast depot, at fearfully reduced prices. COURT CIRCULA-li. Their Majesties honoured the Marquis of Ailsa ith their company to an early dinner yesterday afternoon, at his resi dence at Islcworth. A select party w ere invited to meet the Kilig and Queen. Mince Ernest of Hesse - Philipstbal arrived at the Queen's House, St. James's, at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. flis Highness visited the Princess Sophia at Kensington Palace, and called at the residence of the Duke of Sussex and the Princess Sophia Matilda. In the evening the Prince was present at the performance of Anna Bolena and La Sonnambula, at the King's Theatre. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, which was attended by all the Ministers, The Council sat an hour and a half. A deputation, including Mr. Young, M. P., Otpt. Beset*, R. N. F. It S., and Mr. Wood, had art intervi ew y ester d ay with the Right Hon. Poulett Thamson, at the office of the Board of Trade, respecting the admeasurement of the tonnage of vessels. Sir R. Inglis, Mr. Richards, M.P., and Mr. Cooper, M. P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester.. day in Downing-street. Mr. Hodges and a deputation attended at the Home-ofgee yesterday. The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Man chester, the Attorney-General, M r . In g leby, and a deputa tion, had an interview yesfrerday with Mr. Poulett Thomson. The Lord Chaneellr.'r of Ireland and the Solicitor-General for Ireland visited Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Lord Jam rcussell arrived in town yesterday afternoon front Wubu7, Abbey, Bedfordshire. 'Lord Seaford, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Stephenson, visited the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. WINDSOR.-TUESDA Y. Yesterday their Majesties took their usual airing in the Park. The King rode in an open carriage, with the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Queen on horseback, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Phillipsthal, the Duke and Duchess and Prince George of Cambridge, and Miss Bagot. Yesterday the following personages left the Castle :—Lord and Lady Jersey, Sir H. Wheatley, Lord and Lady Brown low, the Archbishop of Canterbury ; Colonels Jones and Keate ; Dr. Kuper and Baron Knesebeck. This day their Majesties, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, Baron Ahlefeldt, Prince Ernest of Phillipsthal, Sir Horace Seymour, Lady Clinton, Lord and Lady Frederick Fitaclarence, Lady de Lisle, and Baron Guarsdorft, left the Castle for Isleworth, and honoured the fete given by Lord Ailsa with their com pany. Lord Denbigh left the Castle this morning. To-morrow the King goes to St. James's, and will return in the evening. Thursday next, her Majesty's birth-day, a grand fete will be given at Virginia Water, at which much company is ex pected. APPOINTED MEETING OF THE CITY OF LONDON CONSTITUENCY. A number of men haying on Monday, by order of some of the most enlightened members of the Parliamentary constitu ency of the city of London, paraded the principal streets with placards, announcing that a meeting would take place on Wednesday (this day) in the Guildhall, to consider the pro priety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Munici pal Reform Bill, the Lord Mayor issued orders that such a mode of announcing such intelligence should not be perse vered in. The police accordingly interfered, and the placards quickly disappeared, and were yesterday morning brought up to the Mansion-house, in the presence of the Lord Mayor, before whom the men who had carried them also appeared. There was a great crowd in attendance, the fact of the inter ference of the police having excited no small degree of con fusion and embarrassment in Cornhill, immediately opposite to the Mansion-house. Mr. David Wire, the solicitor applied to the Lord Mayer in the name of his client, Mr. Lake, for the boards, and re quested to know by whose authority they had been seized. The Lord Mayor said they had been seized by his direc tion, but they should be restored upon the promise that they should no longer be exhibited in the public streets. Mr. Wire would not make any pledge of the kind. He as serted that the placard contained no offensive matter, • and that the Lord Mayor had no right to issue such directions; and he gave notice to the officers, that if, after the restora tion of the boards, they seized them, be should certainly prosecute. _ The Lord Mayor—l don't want to have anything to say to you, Sir. You only come here to excite a riot and confusion. The boards shall be restored. Mr. Wire —My object is to preserve the peace. Your con duct, my Lord Mayor, is the most likely to cause the riot and confusion of which you speak; and I believe it to be your in tention to excite, if possible, to a breach of the peace. The Lord Mayor—l believe, Sir, that you and your party only want to effect agitation and to kick up a riot and disturb ance in the City of London, and I am determined to prevent anything of the kind. Depend upon it, nothing of the kind shall take place while I have the power to prevent it. Mr. Wire expressed his astonishment that the Lord Mayor should dare to libel gentlemen who were more respectable in their several spheres than his Lordship himself. Mr. Lake here requested that his boards should be given up to him. The Lord Mayor—l shall have nothing to say to you, Sir, for you live by agitation —you get your bread by it. Mr. Dillon, who, with Mr. fieppel and Mr. Edward Wilson, attended to see the result of the application of Mr. Wire, said, " My Lord Mayor, will you restore the stolen property ?" The Lord Mayor—Such a course as that adopted cannot be' jtxstified. Those_plaeards state what is false. One of -them says " The Lord Mayor has again refused to call a Common Hall." Now that means that I have refused upon this -occa.: sion more than once to call a Common Hall, and it is ealcu. lated to excite the public feeling against me, to point me out to the crowd as an obnoxious person, and to bring the chief magistrate into contempt. Mr. Wire—Will your Lordship say what is untrue about the placard ? The Lord Mayor—Why, the assertion that I refused more than once is false. Mr. Wire—=The placard states nothing but the fact, and as to the idea that it is calculated to bring you into contempt, your own actions have done that for you already. The Lord Mayor—l'll turn you out of the room, Sir. Of ficers, turn that man out. Mr. Wire—l am satisfied that the officers will do nothing of the kind. If they dare to lay hands upon me I have a re medy in my power, and I shall exercise it. Mr. Heppell—My Lord, we want these boards. Mr: Edward Wilson—The men have committed no offence; why should they be detained in custody ? The Lord Mayor—They are not in custody. They were not taken into custody. Mr. Wire—lt is just the same thing, for they were obliged to promise to come to the Mansion-house. Here Mr Wire asked the men, five or six of whom were present, whether they could recognise the policeman who took away the placards ? They pointed out policeman No 1, as the person. The policeman said that he had acted by the Lord Mayor's direction, but he did not take away any placards. He ordered the men who held them to take them to the station-house, and that was accordingly done. Mr. Wire—Was there any disturbance before you interfered? The policeman said there was not, but there was some afterwards. Mr. Lake : Will your Lordship give orders that the boards be restored? The Lord Mayor : I have already gien directions to that effect, but I will not allow them to be exhibited, particularly that which points at the chief magistrate in any way likely to detract from his dignity and to cast odium upon him. Take notice, that if any man exhibit a board with such a placard upon it, he shall be taken into custody. Mr. Wire—l give notice, that if any man seize upon the placards after they are restored by the Lord Mayor, I shall immediately commence proceedings against him. Mr. Edward Wilson said that the placard-bearers ought not, if any attempt wow made to deprive them of their boards, to give them up willingly, and if they were deprived of them e a prosecution for the robbery should be immediately commenced. The Lord Mayor recommended to those who thus came forward, to go home as soon as possible, and mind their busi ness, instead of coming mit to kick up rows and disturbances. For his part all he wanted was peace and quietness, and to support the dignity of the office of the Lord Mayor; neith'er of which objects he could accomplish if he were to allow men to carry about obnoxious placards reflecting upon himself. Mr. Wire and his clients, and all the others interested then withdrew, and the boards were taken away by them. The following is a copy of the placard most generally exhi bited throughout the city : " CORPORATION REFORNl.—Liverymen and Householders, at tend the meeting at Guildhall on Wednesday next, at twelve for one o'clock, precisely.—Alderman Wood, in the chair." The probable sum required for the embankment at Westminster-bridge for the new houses of Parliament is 43,000/. Mr. Montague Levyson, gold and silver.sinith, of No. 5, New Broad -street, has requested us to, state that he has no connection with the individuals of the name of Jacob Myer Levison, or Benjaman Levison, who was examined be fore Mr. Alderman Harmer, at Guildhall, on Friday last, and the Mansion-house on Saturday last. THE EXTRAORDINARY FIRE ON WANRTEALP FLATS.—At an early hour yesterday morning, the Captain's Company of Sappers and Miners, consisting of seventy men, who had been sent from Woolwich, in consequence of an order issued to the Admiralty by the Home Office, recommenced their work of digging a trench of five feet in width, and from six to eight inches in depth around the burning surface, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, had accomplished their work. This precaution, which, if adopted in the early part of last week, would have prevented much of the mischief done, it is hoped, prevent the fire from spreading further, and allay the fears of the inhabitants of the surrounding neighbourhood.. Should the present weather last, and not a very heavy fall or rain come on, it is supposed by those who pretend to be conveau. sant with the nature of the soil, that it will be some weV.,:s before it exhausts itself. The extent of the damage, tbo.agh sated in our paper of yesterday. to be thirty acres, is Sound not to exceed twenty; but this, for some time. to come, gill be rondered wholly useless. and will, as has been before stated, be a great loss to the inhabitants of t'zo neighbourhood •v ho had the right of pasturage. t 9- Cr' E8.,7 • ti o'v 'n .a ~~c