The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS,

AMALGAMATION of the CITY POLICE
with the MRTROPOLTTAIIf, POLICE.
At a PUBLIC MUTING of a ilaiSS of London, held In
pursuance of • requisition ..rs Marty gekfi tortitha
citizens in the Guildhall, on Tt: DAT. May a. MN:
The Right Hon. the 1.0 MAYOR In the Chair:
It was moved by Ramesh Monet. esecoket 1. N.
lowtsr.. Esq. ; and mailed uesenousty
That municipal institutions are dawning of the highest vene-
ration and respect. They are founded on remote antiquity, they
ore the beais upon which everything that is good In free institu.
Mom is built up and perfected. They give to NM the privilege
of local sellgoverument They educate locally the people of a
comae,. /101 e afterwards to take a part in the large concerns of
the nation, all to he able to form a correct Judgment of the con-
duct of those by whom the notional 14f 14. are guided. They
instruct and enlighten the mind, they practise the human in•
tellect in all those exercises which render it manly and energetic,
end they are therefore des,* nig of the highest possible com-
mendation and encouragement.

)fore.) by Kiltella!iik lioleaSON, Esq., M.P.. Governor of the
Bank of England; seconded by 0100 ROZ Muoite., Kiq., and
carried unanimously:
That the police force of this City Is as able and efficient as, if
not superior to, any force in i hese realms for the protection of
life end property, for the detection of crime, and for the regula-
tion of the Immens• traffic which throngs the streets of this City,
and that it Is unwise and Inexpedient to Interfere with its man.
yiemeut and control long so its duties continue to be so effi-
ciently performed.
Moved by & W. Ellegaan, Esq., M.P. ; seconded by Alderman
and Sheriff LAWRVICS. Chairman of the Committee ,f Livery-
men, and carried unanimously :
That the citizens of London obtained from Sovereigns of these
realms the right of electing their own magistrates and of keeping
watch and ward within the City, a right which hits ever been ex-
ercised for the henebt of the people and the protection of their
liberties and that the Bill for the amalgamation of the City of
London Police with the )letropditan Police is an invasion of this
right, and subversive of the old English constitnelOnal principle
of local sell-government, which has fostered the love for freedom
in this country, has drawn closer the ties which connect the
people with the Crown and Parliament, and under which this City
and the nation at large have so long prospered : that this meeting
calls upon the representatives of this City in Parliament, and
also upon the representatives of the citizens in the corporation
to Mier, by evrry means in their power, the most determined op-
position to the passing of the BM for the Amalgamation of the
City and Metropolitan Police, and that a petition from this
meeting, embodying the previous rteolutione, be presented to
the House of Commons by one of this City's representatives.
Moved by P. G DObl,, Esq. , seconded by ReCHD.

Eq.. and carried .
That the foregoing resolutions be published in all the morning
Lonet:l7Laperin the City Preu, and other local organa of the
. .

Moved by J. T. Nollin. Esq., seconded by Jilt=
Azheliteg, and carried unanimously :
That the beet thanks of this meeting and of the citizens of
London are due and are hereby given to the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, M.P., for his readiness in convening this meeting, for
the ability with which he has presided over it, and for the able
and energetic manner In which, in his place in Parliament, he
has defended the ancient rights of the City of London.
ORORGE LEDOIIIt, Secretary to the Committee of
May 6, UM Requisitionists,