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.......N.,.. 1 . 4 ( f44 . V , 4.• , :,- . .1 •,t . • •N ...., ,44, , ,, , - A 1 . N *K7V , IA _t .,, -s . • . 14* i ff :L r 0 /treet„, _ 12 , A -- a fr . /--,, q,-fodotv g 4' .' .. • .5,1,, - ; - r t, 3 cip: 012 C, NUMBER 9101 .1 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1821. PRICE SEVENPENCt CITY OF LONDON TAVERN. DISMISSAL OF SIR ROBERT WILSON FROM THE ARMY. Yesterday a meeting was held at the above Tavern, to consider the propriety of a subscrip tion to indemnify Sir R. Wit.soN for his losses, occasioned by his dismissal from the Army.— The great room - was crowded before the appoint ed hourarrived.' At one o'clock, Mr. Lambton, M.P., the lion. H. G. Bennet; 14 -P., the lion. W. J. F. V. Powlett, M.P., Mr. Ellice, 11,1. P., Mr. Hume, M.P. and Dr. Lushington M.P., Mr. Whitbread, ik l•P., General L ' ong, Mr. Barnet, Mr. Abraham Robarts, Mr. Monk tended b (Readingi Mr. Martineau, entered the room, at y Mr. Fayeif, Mr. Rowcroft, Mr. Weatherstone, &c. Mr. FAVELL proposed that Mr.. LAMWrON should t a k e the Chair.--This motion was carried with loud applause. Mr. LAMBTON said he felt it a most sacred tuct imperious ,dnty- to' attend that meeting on the invitation of the respectable gentlemen who composed the Committee ; and he assured The Meeting, that no feeling of personal inconveni ence should ever weigh with him when called u pon to support the cause of justice, and to at tend to the wishes of such an enlightened portion of the 'inhabitants of this great metropolis. = (A PPlause.)—Before he entered more particu larly into the business which brought them to gether, h e f e l t i t necessary to explain the line of Conduct pursued by him in promoting the present su s ubscriptio n . H e h a d , when he f i rst sent in his bscription, concealed his name—not from any dis inclination i to have it made' known to the peo- Pie of England in the usual plain and open way, but beCause, as the intimate private friend of Sir It. 'Wilson, he did not wish to put himself for ward, b e i ng anxious that the whole proceeding should originate with his (Sir R. Wilson's) con stituents. He was certainly. most anxious to ex press his abhorrence of an act of such atrocious base ness, yet he did not feel himself warranted inc alling up on t h e people of England to follow the exampl e l aid down by him. Those, and those alo ne , wer e the feelings by which he was ac tuated in concealing his name in the first in , st auce, and he felt it the more indispensably ne es.sarY that he should attend that meeting, in girde r t o explain to his countrymen the motives hawhich h e h ad been influenced in ,acting as he t , don e . 11 - -- Lie begged to state, that this was not Icause of a n i n di v id ua l—i t was no t t h e cause l Str R obert Wilson—but a great national cause.. : 4 if once the precedent was laid down—if it 'was es t a bli s h e d t h at an arme d so ldi ery t ere to b e employed to over-awe the people, and c ; act blindly and implicitly at the nod of Mini liie,„rs!, then there was an en d a t once our t o -r " -- 7 -- (Loud cheers.)---If Englishmen were Y Bar that the only .qualifications' neces still z 9 told "ter a profession formerly, and he hoped _erv.cence orop osee (3 _ Gentlemen, were a blind sub :ur to render of the will of Ministers, and a total hell h e all political f ee lings and opinions, boasted la w °old say th a t this was no longer the But rid of lib erty a n d, o f l aw —(A pp l ause .) h e h ..oped that even amongst the blindest ,'' , PPort ers of Ministers, even among the most l u v lptt e d '':°ries, there would, still be found . men an n° would Prevent their.sons from wearing such av °wed .badg e of servitude--from wearing, in if et, the livery of Ministers.—(llear, hear !) , r e h ad bee n at some pains to discover the °nuds upon which Mi n i sters h a d dis m i sse d Si r. atso.-Nirilson. Ile had sou g ht ,t o fi n d ou t th e rea ,, Why they did so.—(A person from the crowd, 1 , " can assign no r e ason f or it.")—M r . arnY. bt on continued—H e agree d w i t h t h e Gen tietuan who spoke from the body of the room, c at ° 0 good reason c ou ld b e assigned for such It n ,nduct. H e was the intimate friend of Sir R. llson he kn ew hi s every action ; nay, he would t v . ature to say, that he knew almost his every pi e nou ght on th at day and he (Mr. Lambton) ;IL d 'get! his honour and character to the country, the allegations against his Hon. Friend a tissue of false and unfounded calum tha es.---- (Cheers.)—H e pledged himself that on acre a wful - loth of A ugus t, hi s G a ll ant F r i en d save d e not only as a man o f h uman i ty, anx i ous to i na the blood o f hi s f e ll ow - c i t i zens, b ut i n a h. ''ner Worthy of that brave army of which he trn so , formed so conspicuOus a part.—(Hear !) li e r m • L.) knew that there were even among the he wl.trates who attended on that occasion, (and to th i e sil f ed he could summon and examine them as Isi i ; a ct3) some who would admit that to Sir 'w as , ; s°/1 it was owing that so Much order ow . l'l'eserved on that day—that to him it was nw in g that more lives had not been lost, and h re hh aod shed on that fatal and disgraceful day, u , t wo innocent men were f ou ll y mur d ere d ot , t„ue face of their country.--(Cheers, and cries "° sh ame, sha me !")—l n t h e a b sence of all good r e , lll lds . for th e di smissal of Sir Robert Wilson, 3," th em look to the . real motives by which Mini ers ere actuated. Sir Robert Wilson ; though a t soldie r of distinction, had been long known to Su pport th e principles of wa r , not for the aggran e.,""nent of Mona.rchs, but in a s m u c h a s it defend tactandprotected the civil rights of the people ; ad b een ever ready to stand forward to pro , the i n j ured from the arm of oppression; e.refore it 'was_ that h e b ecame o b nox i o u s to Misters. Ile espoused th e cau s e o f an i n j ure d u m helpless woman, who had been persecuted disgrace in a manner w hi c h wou ld b r i ng ......2 .ac e . 4on them down to the latest posterity. 01 ( heers.)--He begg e d the Meeting to observe Iv ! slow arid gradual, but certain progress which s * e ' 7e makiog towards a military despotism. tia ur soldiers. were shut' up in inland fortresses ; their Were excluded from all intercourse with ten r 'fellow-citizens ; they were taught to believe th ey their 'duties and interests were different; "eY were taught to neglect, not only all con- - stitutional,-but, he would add, all moral feeling. In support of this he had only to refer to what occurred at the Westminster Sessions a few days since. On that occasion the Chairman observed, that one half of the persons tried before him were soldiers, and expressed his regret at finding that those who were supported in idleness and profu sion by the public, should be the first to turn upon the people and disturb the public peace.— (Hear, hear!)—When the soldierS acted with -vigour they were praised. When they attacked and cut down an unarmed multitude (as in the case of the, Manchester massacre), they were thanked.—(Cheers, and cries of" shame !")—But wilen an.oflicer of high rank, and still higher character, interfered to allay irritation—to pre vent bloodshed—to save the lives of his fellow citizens, he .was instantly removed, and that,, too, in the most summary manner, because he was supposed to be at the mercy of Mini sters.—(Applause.)—Where was there, even in the Spanish Inquisition, such an instance of the exercise of such arbitrary power ? Was there to be found, even among the petty despots of the German States, such a confiscation of the property of a private individual ?—(applause)-- Was it not monstrous to find that such acts as this should be advised by the COuncillors of a Sove reign ? It would be surprisinc , to find such things done, were it not recollected that they were the acts of men who had employed an Edwards, a Castles, and an Oliver—that they were the acts of men who had dismissed Earl Fitzwilliam-•.-who had praised and thanked the Manchester Magis trates for cutting down the people, with as little cause as they now dismissed Sir Robert Wilson 'for conduct the very reverse—(cheers).--He had before said that it was the cause, not of an indivi dual, but of the nation ; yet it might not be im material to inquire, who the person was through whose breast an attempt was made to inflict a wound on the Constitution. Sir Robert Wilson was an officer who had served in the army during 29 years. He had purchased every commis sion except the first—(Hear, hear !)—He had served in the north, the south, the east and the west. He had signali7.ed himself in Europe, in Africa, in Asia--in Portugal, in Spain, in Flan ders, in Holland, in Germany, in Russia, in Egypt, in Italy, in short, in almost every part of Europe. He it was who raised and disciplined the Lusitanian Legion ; a force which was the origin of that Power by which the French were driven beyond the Pyrenees. He (Mi. Lamb ton) had seen letters from the Commander-in- Chief in Spain, and from other high authorities, in which it was acknowledged the native forces had been the means of doing all which had been done. From that command Sir Robert Wilson had been removed by the basest and meanest jea lousy—(Hear, hear!)--His Gallant Friend, how ever, did 'not allow this to interf ere with hi s pub lic duty, but instantly offered to serve at a greater distance, where he supposed those pas sions would no't reach him. In every in stance where he served he was to be found in 'front, except on a retreat—(Cheers•)—llis courage was great, but his humanity was equal to it. So great were the services which he rendered on the Continent, that the Emperor of Russia, at the head of his army, honoured him with the Order of St. George. He had re ceived many honours for his services, but among the profttsion of stars which glittered on his breast, not one had been conferred by the hand of Great Britain.—(Cheers, and cries of " shame!")—Were they not to look round for the cause of this neglect—a neglect the more ob vious, from the Order Of the Bath having been so liberally distributed on all sides. That cause might be found in the declaration made by the Emperor of Russia to Sir R. Wilson at Frank fort, where he said, " You have told me the real truth."—(Cheers.)—lt appeared that the real truth was no cause of disapprobation with this Monarch, falsely called baibarian, though it was language unfitted for the ears of our Ministers.— (Rear, hear!)—lt was well known that his Gal lant Friend had too often told Ministers the truth, both in the camp and the Senate, to be on a friendly footing with them. On the contrary, he (Sir R. Wilson) had lung been marked out as a victim to be immolated at the shrine of Minis terial oppression.—(Loud cheers.)—le need not refer to the gallant and generous conduct of his Hon. Friend towards Lavalette—(Cheers)—a transaction which he was sure was at this mo ment as much a source of pleasure to the King of France, as it was at the time a matter of praise and exultation to the whole world, to whom it was known. It was the gallant action of a brave and generous soldier, and, combined with the other services which he had enumerated, rendered his Hon. Friend a man not to he tie serted by the people.—(Loud cheering.)—A blow had been struck—the hand of power was still uplifted ; but if he (Mr. Lambton) knew the people of England aright, he was sure that they would not desert one of their best and bravest sons—one of the most sincere and zealous de fenders of their rights and liberties.—(Loud ap plause.)—He had stated thus much before the moving of the Resolutions ; he did not wish to enter more into detail on the circumstances of that fatal day— A PERSON from the crowd—They speak for .hemselves.—(Hisses.) Mr. LAMBTON said, that as this was a public Meeting, every man had a right to express his feelings, even'thoneh it was against the usual order. Tie agreed with the gentleman who spoke from the middle of the room, that those acts did speak for themselves, and he trusted the day was not far distant when a ParliaMentary in quiry would be initituted, and that even though , justice should not be done (of which he despaired very much,) still that such a record of the cir cumstances would be entered as would be an eternal disgrace to the Ministers of the present day.—(Loud cheers.)—He had now to request that the gentlemen who were to move the Reso lutions, would address the assembly, and he• hoped the meeting would be as remarkable for its order, as it appeared to be for its respectability. —[The Honourable Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering.] Mr. FAVELL rose to prop3se the Resolutions. The excellent and constitutional address of their Hon. Chairman had rendered his (Mr. Favell's) task a very easy one. He was obliged in can dour to observe, that it was only two hours since he had been asked to d• himself the honour of secondins , the Resolutions. He felt, however, as an olScitizen, that this meeting was worthy of the honour and character of the first city in the world.—(Hear, hear !)—He felt also, as an Elector of Southwark, much interested i❑ what concerned its representative. He felt much pleasure at finding this cause in such great and honourable hands as those of the house of Bed ford, and those gentlemen whom he saw present on that occasion. - They supported the cause of the people, and were worthy of the people's sup port. He had much pride in recedlecting that when their Hon. Chairman, then a very young, man, had given promise of such zeal in sup port of the Constitution, he (Mr. Favell) had the honour of co-operating with his father in pro moting and supporting the people's rights. Their Worthy Chairman had so exhausted the subject, that , little was left for him to say. Much as he respected Sir R. Wilson, he must say that this was not so much his cause as the cause of the people ; or, in other words, the cause -of the British Army ; for where could they -expect to find honourable and independent Officers, where could they look for such high and generous characters as those who performed such feats on the Continent, if it was - found that they must become tools and sycophants on ,their return home ?—(Applause.)—This would be equivalent to saying to every officer who held a seat in Parliament, " Yon must vote with, and support Ministers, or we will do our utmost to disgrace and destroy you." The people ought to be alive to this great question, as nothing was of more importance to their rights and liberties. Should it go forth to the Sovereigns of Europe that the man whom they had honoured and re marded, had been degraded by Government, and , deserted by the people of this country ? No ;if it did, they would no longer call us Great Bri- tail, but Little Britain. We, should no longer be considered as the magnanimous descendants of those heroes who obtained Magna Charta, and who brought about the glorious Revolution of 1688—(Hear, hear!)—He would not now enter more largely into this subject, as their Hon. Chai rman had pledged himself to a Parliamentary In quiry into the subject. But he could not help expressing his regret at the attempts made to de grade the British soldier into a police officer.— This was one of those sad symptoms which shewed that unless the people were feelingly alive to their interests, the spirit of the Constitu tion would be endangered. The sad results of the proceedings ou the 14th of August were ow ing to some petty advice given to prevent the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of Lon don from paying those last honours which they conceived due to the remains of an hijured Queen. He need not say more upon this subject, as the Meeting would be addressed by the Hon. Gen tleman who ought to have moved the Resolu tions, which honour was conferred on him as an old citizen. It would - be sufficient for him to inform the Meeting, that the Gentleman to whom he alluded was the Hon. H.G. Bennet—(Cheers.) He concluded by reading the following Resolu- tons L° That the Dismissal'of Sir Robert Wilson from the: army, without inquiry, trial, or even the statement of any charge against him, is a wanton act of arbitrary power, under the plea of prerogative ; a daring inroad on the.principles of the Consti tution ; and a cruel injustice to a brave, humane, and merito rious officer ; whose distinguished services to this country and her allies have been repeatedly and solemnly recognized by every power in Europe. • " That this Meeting,. as friends of public liberty and the Constitution of their country, as .established at the •Revolu tion, Willingly embrace this opportunity of avowing their dis approbation of any Administration.maintaining a large stand ing army in time of peace, and endeavouring . to make 'its Officers the mere creatures of the Mini s t er 'f o r the time being. " That this Meeting views, with great satisfaction, the manly and liberal mariner in which so niany of the best and truest supporters Of the liberties of the country have come forward to unite with their fellow-citizens, in marking their indignation at such an attempt, as equally dangerous to the Constitution, and degrading to toe Army, threatening the one with subversion, by a military force, and depriving the other •of the noblest birthright of Englishmen-that of freely discussing the mea sures of the Government under which they live." " That the Subscription sat on font by Sir Robert Wilson's constituents shall have the • best support of this Meeting, it having for its object to protect Sir Robert 'Wilson against the effects of Ministerial vengeance, and to slim to the world, that as often as the advisers of the Crown shall contrive the means of oPpressing those public men who support the cause of the people, the people will stand forward to frustrate alt such un worthy attempts." " That the whole of the subscription, already raised and to be raised, shall be vested in five Trustees, to be by them dis posed of in the way most beneficial to .Sir Robert Wilson and his family." . The Hon. H. G. BENNET then rose to Second the Resolutions, and - was received with the warmest gratulations by the whole assembly.— He said he was conscious that he had little claim to the attention, andd - itideed had very little right to be there at all, as the meeting was one com posed of the inhabitants of a city of which he was not a resident ; but he came upon the invitation of the Committee'to meet his fellow-countrymen, and however small the claims he might have to be heard on his own account, yet having known for a long period of his life the Gallant Officer, who had just met with such treatment from the Ministers of the crown, as that which had been the ground of their assembling on The present oc casion, he was anxious to support, by his limited means, by his opinion and his purse, the prin ciple which had been violated in the, person of that Gentleman, and to shew his sense of the robbery and injustice which had deprived him of his property, and attempted to ruin his character. —(loud cheers.)—lt was now about 27 years silica, being himself in the army, he had the hap piness of becoming acquainted with that excel lent Officer. He was an eye-witness of that early triumph of his which did him so much credit, when he rescued, or rather prevented the Emperor of Germany from being taken by the enemy, on which occasion he received at his hands . the first honour and first medal that he .hestowed on an English 0 fficer.—(Applause.)— He could state this with pleasure and pride, but he regretted to be obliged to say, that his feiend's merits and successes had obtained for him honours and rewards in every country but his own.—(llear, hear! and cries of" Shame !") —He had, indeed, met with some honours in England, but they were not from the Govern ment, but from the people.—(Cheers.) = The people of Southwark had elected him as their Representative. They had looked to civilians and to the army, and they found him to be one whom They must admire as a distin guished leader, renowned for talent and cha racter, and covered with honours, and whom they knew to possess the principles and the heart of an Englishman.—(Loud applause.)— He (Mr. Bennet) had sat night after night beside him in his place in Par.liament, and, with the exception of a single vote, had agreed with him in every instance, and received the uniform impression from his conduct that he was a friend to the people.--(Applause.)—He took that de cisive and honourable part which was worthy of the cause and the advocate of the people, but had not found in his adversaries the sense of jus tice and honour upon which he acted. He (Mr. Bennet) told him, when he stood forward to in terpose between the injured Queen and her op pressors, that he was heaping coals of fire on his own head, that he was exciting a spirit of ma lignity which would never cool, and raising a storm which was not to be laid. But lie knew that there was but one line for an honest man to take, and he took it—(cheers); the conse quences were such as he (Mr. B.) need not far ther explain. He was not to be dissuaded from paying the last honours to the remains of an in jured and insulted woman ; he had stood by her in her misfortunes with the honesty of a patriot, and the chivalry of a soldier, and in the same spirit he followed her to the grave.—(Loud ap probation.)—He (Mr. B.) joined him in that mournful procession, and though he was not him self as active in his humanity as his Honourable Friend, who put himself in the front of the battle to stay the effusion of blood, he could say, from his own knowledge, that he did no more than his duty.—(Applause).—Government had not put forth their case, although one of their agents had promised. it ; but the fact eras, they had no case to spew. They might, indeed, have some such tale as that which had been deposed to before a Police Magistrate—they might haVe affidavits, such as had been made before Sir R. Bernie, and which all knew to -be false, but which went near depriving an honest man of his bread and his license.—(Cries of " Shame !"). No doubt the police offices were crowded with such affidavits, but it was evident that Ministers themselves did not believe them, as they struck the blow before they heard the evidence.—(Cheers.)—They had punished Sir R. Wilson, he would not say on anonymous evidence, bnt certainly on evidence the next to anonymous, as they dared not bring t before the public, which step they were bound :o take on every principle of justice. The vic- tim of their oppression was a soldier, covered with honours, of character untouched and unsul lied--one shorn Providence, in its wisdom, had not made rich, who had little but the profession in which he • ted his property, and who was by this act turned out of his profession, and robbed of his property.—(Loud cheering.)—And in whose cause did that happen ? Was it in Ids own ? No, it was in that of the people :—(Acclamation) it was the cause of the hundreds and thousands who might have perished like the unfortunate men Honey and Francis,—(Hear, hear,)—w hen the military, losing all control, tired on the people, and he interfered to check the soldiers, to shew them the duty which they owed to their commanders and their country, with the honest and glorious object of preventing the wanton waste of innocent blood. If any one doubted that his punishment arose from his _having checked the abuse of military power, let him couple it with another act that would give it a complete explanation ; he meant the dismissal of Sir R. Baker, that Magistrate, who, it might be fairly stated, had been deprived of oflice, because he would not carry the funeral of the Queen over the dead bodies of his countrymen.—(Repeated cheering.)—Now, there was but one part for Englishmen to act—let every person,' according to his means, lend his aid and support to keep Government and the. Court in subordination to the wisdom of the country, and the honest and just feeling of the people, and then they would not deprive a man of his property who did not deserve to lose it. The people should, on this occasion, in the first instance, open their purses, to make up the property unjustly taken away; and in the next, they should unite to resist, by every lawful means, the encroach ment of Ministerial oppression. A subscription such as the present carried nothing discreditable with it to him who received it, and they should be the last to call it discreditable, who always . had theji hands in the public purSe—(Cheers and laughtef !)—He • did think that great = meeting would shew to the . disingenuous and grovelling persons in power, for however. high their stations, they were of low minds; they- would shew that • • they had a spirit which would not brook miliary , tyranny, or allow one of their best friends to be oppressed, without giving their aid to Succour, and defend him—(Cries of " bravo,".and' " we will - !")—Having said so much on the immediate object of the Meeting, he would beg leave to add one word, as an appeal to their benevolence, on another subject.—They all kneW that there were three or four persons, the relics and family of the men •who were slaughtered on the 14th of August—(Cheers.)And the same might have been the lot of the person who was then speaking, or of any one -who heard him. Those unhappy persons- of whom he now spoke had lost, under Providence, their best, and perhaps only support, and Were left in - a state of beggary and destitu tion. A subscription had been entered into by a few persons for their support, which amounted bu t to a small sum, and it was not too much to ask them to combine this object with their great work ; and while. they gave their honourable aid to an injured countryman of theirs, - -as great as his Hon. Friend, they' would not forget the poor and humble, whom the public calatnity, which they all deplored, had brought to that — condition. —(Applause.)—Had they witnessed what he (Mr. B.) saw on that day, they would not think it required any apology for bringing this sub ject under their notice. He had now •to thank them for the attention with which they had heard him, and would conclude, by requeithig them to bear steadily in mind that they lived in an order of things in which Government was ever ready to pounce on its prey ; he requested them to be temperate, vigilant, and disciplined, but zealous, and never to lose sight of the main ob ject, which was. to do justice to themsrelves,. to force Government_to do substantial justice,- and to defend the freedom of their country with the last drop of their blood.—The Honourable Gentleman then sat down amid loudehee ring. The CHAIRMAN then read the first Resolution; and was proceeding to collect the sense of the Meeting upon it, when 'Mr. Gale Jones sprung upon the Table, and endeavoured to obtain a hearing, but the hissing, and cries of " Off, olf,!' were so strong and persevering, that after a good deal of dunib shew, and vehement gesticulation, he was *obliged to return to the bosom of the crowd, whom he aspired to enlighten, without having succeeded in uttering an intelligible expression. On his extinction, a Quaker . pushed forward to the other _end of ale Table, and with tire in his eye, and papers in his hand," endeavoured to become the oracle of the tribune, which Mr. Jones had just vacated, but the good sense and piopriqy of this respectable Meeting would not allow the proceedings to be mixed up with any thing which could take from their decorum. and importance, and accordingly the,Quuker was p'yetailed up on to adjourn the consideration of his papers, sine ilje, and the Chairman was allowed to put the Resolution with the becoming formality. On the shew of hands, it appeared, that the Reso lution was carried unanimously, as were the next four in suc cession. The following Resolution having been moved and tarried :_ " That the Marquess of 'Tavistack,- M.P. ; Sir Jirancis Bur dett,- Burt. ; John George Larshton, Esq. M.P.; Edw. Ellice, Esq. .11.P.1; and George Weatherstone, Esq. be quested to to act as such trustees ;" The CHAIRMAN rose and said, that his name being men tioned in the Resolution, and being one of the few trustees who were present, he begged leave to thank them for the done him, and to state that he would undertake the office wit:i the greatest possible'pleasure ; .and he would take that oppor tunity of stating that it was intended to,appropriate the suni raised to the procuring an honourable provision for Sir W. Wilson, and after him for his children ; and he fonsidered it not the least part of the honour of this.donation that it. was not given by Kings or Ministers, but by his grateful clotintrynien —(Loud cheers.) The following Resolution Wai; then put by Mr..FAVELL, and carried by acclamation : • " That the thanks of this Meeting are eminently. due to George- Lanibton,„lisq. M. P. for having Originated:this Sub scription, and for his unwearied zeal in this cause ; partieuErly for having attended the Meeting of this day.'.' The CHAIRMAN again rose and said, he felt -itiecessary to present himself once more to the Meeting, to thank them tor this additional _proof of their kindness, and to a s a ii re t h e p s that he was amyl) , repaid by the honour which 'thty did hiui, for any tilling inconvenience . which his attendance there that clay might have occasioned him. He would be always glad to meet his fellow-citizens on subjects of such public interest, and to express his attachment to that cause, of which.he could only claim . the. merit of being an ardent and zealous • ,supporter_ (Great applause). The followini Resolutions were then put and car r ied mousiy. `.` That the Thanks of this Meeting be - given to -the Marquess of Tayistock, 15 , 1:1). to Sir Francis Burdett, Bart, 31. P. to John George Lambton, Esq. 31. P. to Edward Ellice, Esq. M.P. and to George Weatherstone, Esq. for having accepted the office of Trustees to the subscription fund for indemnifying Sir Robert Wilson. " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to James Bar nett, Esq. for having kindly accepted the office of Treasurer io the said fund. • " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to the Ho nouable Urey Bennet, M.P. to Edward Ellice, Esq. M.P. Joseph flume, Esq M.P. Dr. Lushington, M.P. the Hon. Powlett, M.P.. T. S. Duncombe, Esq. J. B. Monck, Esq. M.P. James Barnett, Esq. and T. B. Beaumont, Esq. for their very liberal support of this subscription, acid for Their attendance this day." On the last of those Resolutions being carried, there was a general call for - • Mr: HOME, who rose amid great cheering, and commenced by observing, that he was in hopes the business of that day, which had gone on .so well, might have terminated without his being obliged to obtrude himself on their attention ; but after the thanks which they had been pleased to offer him .in so Particular a manner, he could not avoid presenting himself to make his acknow ledgments for the manner in which they had been voted. He could say, in reference to the objeCt which had called them together, that there was no man in that.room more anxious to support the liberties and rights of Englishmen.—(Ap plause.)No man in a public situation was more desirous of discharging his duty to the • people with fidelity, for he must consider himself an ex ception. to Scotch returns.—(Cheering, and a laugh.)—He would feel it - a disgrace, if on such an occasion he was wanting ip zeal to give the object in view his humble support. He fully concurred in .what had - been stated by their worthy Chairman, and by those who moved and seconded the Resolutions; but he hoped the time was not far distant when the conntry would, front one end to the other, testify its abhorrence of an act, which was.not -merely an act of • injustice to