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not Soliciter-General„ mi 4 levers) ethers, to eon-
duet these proceedings. They pot him in mind of
is the farce, who went to Bath, sad
engaged a whole troop of physicians, 'because he
bad been persuaded that his health would recover
ma proportionate yoicknemof time wish the num-
ber be engaged.—(l4tegAter anti oppionss.)-.
le the City, however, there was n whole family of
Blttotderheuds. lie was unwilling to say ally thing
in the absence of the Aldermen, because lie %wished
them always to hive an opportunity of defence :
they had not treated him so, however; they had in.
'enrol the Christian role. nod returned evil Tor
Real• lie complained not for himself, hot certain
he was, that if he hail been allowed lair opportio-
bity.of defence, hr should have upset she silly pi .t
which had been set me foot, 'sod the trash which
Mil been published in Hie newspapers would neser
here appeared. It was odd that the persons who
had thus undertaken to charge him e.iut promoting
disorder, were among the most torbiolent in the
proceedings of that day. He re-ul,l, Ito.erer,
ask any mato then present to say, if ever a Com-
mon Hull e•mt Neer, in which the rubject of
debate was contested, where there was less tint
and tumult. Fur himself, no man ever heard him
tiles or groan ; it W 3.1 his pride to come forward
and declare his opinions, nod if he could not meet
his opponents in the 6,141 of augur:leis,. he win.
always 'early to giro tip the contest. He should
not notice their silly conduct. if the object of it had
s.ot been to subvert the roghis of the Livery. It
was the duty ef that great body. nut only to pro-
tect their privilooges, but to rescue their funds from
being applied to so wicked and worthless it pm-
rose ; they ought also to I ler their Law Officers
from heiog retained by • part of the Corporation to
dr, atviy the rights attic rest.—/Load ape/Gov./
Ile insisted nt some !rngih on the right or corporate
bodies, evecielly, to inert. The Livery had been
denied this right three different times. Where,
then, were they to meet ? They hitch on the last
taken the advantage of a .1-lall convened
foe r.ortirv• boisiness to express their opinions, the
Chief ‘higistrair withdrew, and he (11r. Wsith-
m to,,k the Chair. This had I gilt a proa.
net hit hind, although there was a
pre,:edent inuger ago than the Mayoralty Of
'•,. .Liiiu Fortelle, when Alderman Comb, did
the Frew- ,hilig. The question now bCCOnle,
tee rite Livery the r;ght uf meeting and petttiou-
rnl can the Corr agistrorte hinder them
1* r 1 U•ill4 that right ? Is the rivlot worth any
throx. I! C.lll he set refused ? Au enemy to the
tnit.oht get into the Colter Alis4notracy,
oi•.d in oleo ca,e wo old refuse to convene a Hall, if
is so I Ot.M.eil hint, even in carry an Address of
I oyol.y. After sonic further remar k• hr recom-
mended the Livery to b- 6rru nod temperate
in noplont of their liherti.-1, nod proinc•ed his
I ample co-operation in endeavouring to support
*Sem.

Sir. MONITION next addrPused the Livery. He
that, 164 (we of the persons against whom
its "Implication was tilsde for a criminal information,
merely for defending the rights of the Livery, hr
tight be allowed to say a few words, lie would
congratulate the Livery on meeting once more in
their Common Hall. if they had already dried up
the tears they shed for the loss of their late Lord
Maror.—f A tough f—He 01.1 W before him a too..
imilaient. sacred to the memory of a Minister
(Lord Chatham), who raised the country to a high
pitch
.of greatness and of glory ; on the opposite
he saw a monument of another Minister (Ur.
It!, *huge pernicious council. reduced the coon-
r•; to poverty and disgrace, /1441 who marked the
imasm:e of Mr history with crnolty and blood.—
Ir also east on tine side the monument of a worthy
Lord Mavor, and as there was a vacant space at the
prnsite aisle, perils" by way of contrast, it would
ft. well to fill it with a bust of ,lolio Atkins, Esq. He
woo happy to see his fellow-citizens meet in their
oan Hstt, under their Chief • Mgistrate—he always
!?It gree.t respect for the niagisterial station—it
mei painful to treat the Magistrate with disrespect,
hot when they violate their duty, and seek only to
fl-oitroy those rights which they were Wend to pi-e-
-t-rye, they deserved nothing but the public execra-
rtaa—(tipplursee.)—tle was quite convinced that
l'.e present Lord Mayor would not walk in the
f-atsteps of his predecessor. During the lute
,me„,iumm, that worthy Magistrate declared to him,
i'mat he felt liinierif bound Imy the virtue of his
oath, to imrotect the rights of the Livery, and to
c-. 1 a Common Hall, when legally called on, and that
conbl scarcely contemplate the occasion where
could be justified in refusing all application of
Livery to call a Common 11sill.—/dpplanse. f
ile (Yip, Thompue!) mentioned this declaration to
roomy of those oho were opposed to the Lord
Mayer. It tended g-eatly to decrease the opposi-
toot, and he hail no doubt but it was one great
4:4114e of the triiiinuhant majority by which the
worthy Magistrate was elected.—(Applawse.)—At
to tbe proseention lately institnted. it bore a strong
•••rolarity to the last prosecution, that had been in.
-,Voted for a riot in that Hall. That prosecution.
like the present. originated in had times. It
seem ccronstnerd in 16e3, against Pilkington.
Jem•ks, and others. for a riot in that Hall. it was
t, ern up by other hands than the otiginator% of
present WO CUIIOII. It wes brought on by the
tansy Connell. time Attorney-General. the Recur-
and C•onenou Serjeeot. J.-fieriest was at
t ti:ve Recorder. The Court of Aldermen
u ere opt so co/runt as to forget their duties to the
I. eery. or to ntte,,ll't to Mt/ them of their undouht-
e., rig;tta and ptivileger. At that times it wag
1• r object of Charles • 11. to introduce a- despotic
(lmseetininect, but the attempt failed, and led the
to the expulsiou of the family of the Stuarts,
a;o1 the glorious Revoltition.-01pplause.)—The
f • .41 men who acre at that day the vile amid
Nile tools ofeorrtiption deserted their Monarch in
his misfortunes awl joined the new dynasty. Ile
tren alluded us strong terms to the conduct of the
late Lord Mayor. At a monies,' obeli every town
cod every borough had met to mark the foreword.
Le proceedings of the 16+ of August with their
timuipprobstion, the Livery of London, the first re-
pr.veraiative body in the kingdom called upon their
Chief Magistrate to assemble them in Common
Had. bat to this legal and reanutable request they
met with a refusal. The Lord Mayor. to be sore.
tuotessed to God that he acted from his conscience !
It put Li in mind of. Loudon tredesess, *be in
tbr conitneacemesit of the war entered into • corps
of staumems; whets asked ohy Ile did so. ho aids