Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON

RESIGNATION OF BARON ROTHSCHILD.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the electors of the
City of London was held at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of considering the rejection by the House of
Lords of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill.
The meeting, although convened by advertisement and

placard, was not very numerously attended. The room
vas scarcely half full. Baron Rothschild on entering was
r eceived with cheers; he was accompanied by Mr. Craw•
fe •rd, M.P., Mr. White, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. S.
rorley, Bennoch, Mr. W. J. Prescott, Mr. Alderman
Si domons, and several well-known City reformers.

On the tuntion of Mr. W. J. Crawford, seconded by
W. Bennoch; Mr. W. J. Prescott was called to the

chi Lir.

'he Chairman briefly opened the business of the
met tine, remarking that it was for them to decide what
shot ild be done now that the Lords had rejected the Oath*
Bill. There Gould be no douht as to the right of the
elect ors to return whom they thought proper to represent
them in Parliament, but although the vast majority of the
representatives of the people were favourable to the
admission of 4WS, the upper branch of the legislature-
obstin ately refnsed to amend the law, so as to admit of
that b slug done. (Cheers.)
Bart et Rothoehild was then formally introduced to the
meeting T. He mid he pie aged himself at the last election:
to plan his seat at the disposal of the electors if the
House tbf LorJa•rejected the relief bill.. He now preeentett
himself to inform •them that his seat was at their disposal
and that he intesull4cl to resign to-night and ask for theissue
of a new writ. :Hear.) Having now fuifilled his pledge it
was for the electors to decide what course should be
followed. (Hear,- hear.) He did not resign immediately
on the re, jectioa or the 0 sths•Bill, because he was advised
by the lei !dors of their party in the House of Commons to-
wait anti see if another attempt would not be made to
induce the npper house to give way. Tne Attorney..
General still retained the opinion that he expressed some
years ago as to the legality of seating a Jewish member
by resolution ; but since then the circumstances were-
somewhat altered by the decision of a court of law in the
Salomons case, and the Attorney-General did not like to
put the House of Commons in collision with the legal-
tribuuals of the country. (Hear, hear.) Bet that was a
question for the House of Commons; it was for the House
to decide whether it- should remain secondary to the
courts of law. (Cheers.) The Henze of Lords,
or rather a section or their lordships, had set
themselves in opposition to the opinion of the House
of Commons and the people ; but the country
would not allow the cause of civil awl religious
liberty to be sacrificed to the prejudices of a set of men
who attended very little to anything else but their own
pleasure and amusement. (Cheers.) If, however, he were
re-elected, and the House of Lords still refused to pass a.
bill, he was sure the House of Commons would seat him
by resolution, and therefore he now appeared before them
as a candidate for the suffrages of the citizens of London.
(Cheers.) As for the personal insinuations of my Lord
Derby, he treated them with contempt; if he had the
esteem of the citizens of London, amongst whom he lived,
he should be content, for he valued their good opinion far
beyond the praise of any peer of England. (Cheering.).
He therefore appealed to the citizens. of London to sup--
port him again, and-he made that appeal in the confident
conviction that he should be again returned one of the-
members for the City. (Cheers.) The opponents to his,
admission said there was no excitement out of doors.
upon the question. What ? Did they wish it to-
be understood that they ought not to yield until:
the streets were lined with soldiery, as on some
former struggles between the peers and the people r-
The ground they took was a dangerous one, par-
ticularly; at this moment, and in the critical state or
affairs jn India. Suppose it were telegraphed to the East.'
that the upper branch of the legislature were ready toe
give way to violence, but not to reason, what effect woulcif
it have upon our interests in India ? Their lordships anti
right hon. gentlemen should hesitate before they moat
speeches calculated to encourage such a dangerous it
pression in the public mind. (Hear.). With regard to
the course of the government on the Oaths Bill, it was to
be regretted that they did not put the screw on rrioef
the House of Lords. (Hear.), There were ten ta
sprout• ateacaect to the consulate, and they shoul(.l. have
beers brought over to vote for the Bill, but up to v dada
two days of the second reading Lord Palmerston 7
lad no
idea of defeat, his Lordship, strong in the force of his
House of Commons' majority, made too sure of suer ess, and
perhaps on that account he was not to blame for the
result, but the next time the question came before the peers
he was sure his lordship would strain every nerve to
avert the alternative of seating a Jewish ri
,ember by
resolution. (Hear, hear.) Thanking them fe r the indul.
gence they had shown him, he had now only to urge the
electors to give him another opportunity of as serting their
rights in parliament.

A resolution was then adopted to the effe 3t, " That this
meeting:having heard of Baron RothschiWE , d3termination
to resign his seat, pledges itself to use it s most earnest
endeavours to secure his re-election, as
a proof of the
unalterable attachment of the citizens of London to that
cause which first recommended him. to,rd Leir suffrages."
Committees were appointed for cart yin out the reso-
lution, and thanks having- been vote(
1 to the chairman,
three cheers were given for the .13,-,r( pn, and the meeting
broke up.

As the proceedings advanced tlbi attendance was con-
siderably increased ; and when 0:4 resolutions were being
moved, the room became quite• f all. On the platform
there was scarcely standing roc

EXECUTION OF MICE EL CRAWLEY, AT
CHELIL`R !ORD.

The unhappy culprit, Allelvi el Crawley, sufLrod death
yesterday morning, outsides ' the Essex County Gaol, at
Springfield, near Chelmsfori 1. Our readers will remember
that Crawley was an old, man, aged 62 years, and was
convicted before Mr: X7l stice Williams, at the Central
Criminal Court, on the-at hof the present month, for the
wilful murder of bis wit* eat Stratford. On Saturday last
the convict was visited" by one of his sons. The interview
was very affecting,. and, Crawley, before parting, strongly
impressed upon the :mind of his son the importance of
devoting proper-Attention to religion. Another son, who
is at present confined in the same gaol, undergoing a
sentence of 12 months' imprisonment for robbery, had
also a farewell interview with his aged parent. At art
early hour yesterday morning, the Rev. Mr. Last
visited the prisoner, and in answer to the reverend
gentleman's inquiry whether he had any request
to'make, ho said " None," but at the same time expressed
a hope that Mr. Last had made his wishes known with
regard to the prayer from all those who sympathised
with him in his unfortunate situation. The rev. gentle-
man assured him tb at he had, and then engaged in prayer
with the convict. Shortly before nine o'clock, the under
sheriff, Mr. Wan (the governor of the gaol), the several
officials, and. Calcraft, the hangman, entered the press
room. The wider sheriff having formally demanded the
body of the 'convict, he was handed aver to Calcraft, who
immediately commenced the operation of pinioning him.
This having been done, the solemn procession was formed,
and pror,eededi to the drop. Upon arriving on the scaffold.
Mr. loot ocritinKed: to :pray to the convict ; whilst Cal-
craft at once fis-ed the wretched man under the fatal beam,
and having aejusted the cords, the drop fell, and all that
w'as marts". of Michael Crawley ceased to exist. The
number r,f persons present was not considerable.