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have i)eeo made it the life of
supplied the - which
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manifested by the Ministers of Gartimmit is
those trenieetiess. to displace the istitb4ritx
end substitute that of the military; ',Li lion
Parliament to institute inquiry lute tbe
i.o*question ; and Bloom grant some furtheemettei
for the due execution of the office of Sherif; so as

to prevent soy later. outrages by tee NW
hie person and authority. He moved, " That the""
Court do agree with the Report of the Committee."
Mr. From rose to second the motion: He err-
pressed gnat regret and indignation at the ottleol44
which had been committed on the civic autarttil
in the person of their Sheriff, with utter defiance
and impunity on the part of the military se offend-
ing. He referred to the minutes, unit quoted the
words of one of our fellow-journalists (as taken be-
fore the Committer), whose politics made it impro-
bable that lie would treat the late Sheriff with any
partiality, to shew that the behaviour of the military
at Knightsbridge was highly outrageous, and that
the conduct of the Sheriff was that of exemplary
forbear nice and moderation—that it was, in short,
above all praise. He commented with severity on
the conduct of the King'. Government, tending as
it did, from neglect in the first instance, and the
mode of interference which they afterwards adopted,
to excite confulion uud tumuli. He thought that
there was a rlispoiition manifested in that quarter,
not only to supersede the civil power, bat on the
occasion ill question there seemed also to be
anxiety to entrap the worthy Ex-Sheriff in the fair
discharge of. his duty. He proceeded to shew that
the conduct of the military was not Daly so afloat
to the evil authority, hot was expressly forbidden"
mod punishable by the articles of war. There
were many mptoms in the conduct of the Go-
remount which clearly went to sheer that 41 the
Cooetitution was gone to sleep." The Man-
theater massacre went off without any inquiry
effectual to the enforcement of justice. The pro-
ceedings nu the Queen's funeral—the lawless
conduct of the military—the effusion of civil blood'
—ell were passed over without remedy, without
inquiry, except that ex-parte examiaation referred
to in E art Bathorst's correspondence wee to be con-
sidered an adequate inquiry. The Parliament, that
great inquest of the nation, had nut resembled
11100‘ the last-mentioned transactions, aast .4..svos
4 parrs not for him to say what skstim.emedd
[. there be taken in reference to them.- K Liras
to be hoped that they at least would Mr give
their sanction to contiuued outrages •4 the
liberties of the City and affiouts toi the
ad authority, endangering the very life of
their officer. Bat still there seemed to be some-
' thing likes settled contempt for the Constitution,
Shich became more prevalent and offensively oh.
*ietall in some quarter.. How else were they to
sonmest for some of the proceedings reported of a
haft loyal dinner, whereat the Father of the City,
the long-professed advocate and defender of loyalty
and the Constitution, having given as a toast,
" The Constitution—it has kuig steed by la, la
us nom stand by it"—this very loyal and patriotic
toast was followed by a song (not God *are the
Kin, nor Britons strike home) styled in the news-
papers/es alley eye sued Betty Moran ?—(Letulli
concluded by expressing his cordial erne
curreoce with the resolution for addremiog Paeliser
meet for effective inquiry, and oleo to take roes-
sores for securing the office of Sheriff from ell fur.
!vre attempts of military interference.
Jove proposed to treat the subject lodh
and spurt from any consideration of-thrt
gOnmi ehareetee of the late Sheriff. He was sled
tile proceedings had before the Committee *,4
iptefils4l itce from any suspicion of bias. A great
Away persons had come forward and offered their
estedeseee. which. so far as it went, might be looked
bipeds no Wiring an ez-parse character. Bac**
eirmosittee had taken punts to get u much NO
ird and involuntary evidence as they couldlisfr
re them. They had strictly examined the peice
aeon oft dirty on that day. Those officers under
SW iota Sheriff were subject to hie authority, end
Volgtit be supposed while he was in office to have a
*Ding towards him. But they had not been subj.
jected to examination till some time after he KO
quitted the office of Sheriff; and when they ewe
examined they were milled up and questioned-1
many instances by those who were not genentqlb
accordance with the opinions of the late SNAIL
He considered the evidence give's by the Geutleo
man connected with Tfie Morning Pia as being of
that kited which must carry most conviction, there
being very little probability that the late Sheriff
could benefit by favour of his partiality. That
Gentleman had *hewn himself very reluctant to
appear before the Committee ; but they were
determined on that very account to have the
advantage of his evidence if possible. He
they proceeded to remark upon different parts
of the evidence taken before the Committee, and
contended, that the testimony of every witness ex-
amined bore out the assertion, that the endeavours
of the Sheriff were entirely directed to the object of
preveutiog the effusion of human blood ; end that
he did his duty manfully, courageously, and be.
ely. arid, in a moon which entitled him to the
thanks of As City aod the country's 'Targe, 'and-
coacleded by giving his assent to the motion.
The questiou was then put, " That thebitrt be
agreed to," and carried without a single toeing
held up against it.
Mr. Sunlit. Dixon then rose to upesk amidst
a tumult of laughter and cries of " Carried, car-
ried I"—" Order, order !" which, after some time.
subsiding—
The Loan MAYOR, who had been appealed In.
decided, that the motion was carried, and that
there was then no motion before the Court,—
whereupon Mr. Dixon sat down. _ _

Mr. *alma. said, u the Court had adopted the
Report, it could -sot, consistently with its duty to
those :how it reptebrated, stop there. It was its
duty out to suttee the matter to drop without pm.-
jag for the fullest inquiry. and. pursuing it fa that
purpose before the House of Commun. in order,
therefore. to prepare the way foe that object. he
moved a Resolution to that effect—(for which see
edrertisemena J.
Mr. SAMUIL DIZOU said he wished that this
helliONS .166111.1 go before the British Hour of
Osamu% sod that, because in that place both sides
of the question would be heard ; wh it did cer-
tainly appear to be the wish of many in slut Court
that ouly one side aboold be heard.—(" No,so !l—
am would repeat that such did appear to be their
wiek.and- khey took the best measures in their power

charge t.._ Sheriff
with encouraging it, or with any participation in
its design ; but he must say, that whoever did en-
courage it, whoever the pervon was that conducted
it, could not have done so from any good motive.
What purpose could have been intended by con-
ducting the funerals pf those two unfortunate men
in procession to Hammersmith ? If hie recollection
served him, neither of them bad resided at that
place, nor even in its vicinity. And what day had
been selected fur the purpose? Why had Sunday
been fixed on, but because the absence of all per-
sons from their employment on that day rendered it
probable that the crowd in attendance would be
tenfold greater than on any other occasion ? He
concluded by declaring himself decidedly opposed
to the Resolution that bad been moved.

Mr. Juer said he could not approve of the Re-
solution in its present form, because it spoke para.
lively of an attempt having iwen made to assassi-
nate the Sheriff, which did not appear to him to be
made out by the evidence, although he had given
the fullest attention to *II the questisess and au-
ewers on that point.
Mr. Eters said, if the Gentleman would read
the evidence of the Under-Sheriff, he would there
tied it clearly stated that such an attempt had
been made.
Mr. Caoeres, contended that there was
nothing its the evidence to warraut that conclu-
sion. In order to show that it was not borne out,
he would direct their attention to all the questions
and answers on that point. If, indeed, there were
any evidence to support the assertion of the Sheriff,
that a soldier was twee loading a carbine, and level-
hug hat him, bet was prevented from firing it only
by being knocked down, he should heated anzious
as he believed every member of that Court usssiti
also, that nothing should be left undoureswiriag
that man to justiee. He then proceeded to read
several of the questions and answers from the mi-
nutes of the evidence before the Committee, some
of which described the carbine as raised in the sir,
and not directed towards the Sheriff, others as being
levelled in the direction of the Sheriff, bet with
other people between him and the soldier who held
the piece. Having read a part of °waif the an-
tigen of the latter description, several members
allied out, "Go on, go on; read the whole." He
then said, " What follows is only wetter of opi-
nion;" and read from the minutes, " It is my opi-
nion, that if he could have fired at Mr. Weidman
without bitting some of his comrades, be woold."—
(Shouts of laughter, and cries of " Hear! hear
He did not know what was meant by those cheers.
He was there; notes the advocate of any party, his
only object was twit the whole business should be
properly uodesetsed. He then resumed, and con-
tinued vs teed mitmets from the evidence relative to
she supposed levelling of a carbine at the Sheriff.
The mostdirect awl questions, he said, had
bein prit to the witnesses oti that point, and yet
could they not draw from them any fact of the
lied. Every one was user enough to sea the
man with the earlairse, mid to speak positively to the
feet.. said decidedly that there was no levelling at
the Sheriff. On that ground alone, he thought the
qibluben an pis/roper one for that Court to adopt.
But be further was of opioion, that a great deaf toe
mush was assumed in the language of the resole.
lien respecting the conduct of Government on the
occasion. He wen himself must sowloas that the
affair .should go to the House of Commons fur in.
motivation, and that the fullest inquiry should be
made, but he could net agree to the Resolution
now before the Court.
Mr. Neuroses contended that the evidence
clearly 'hewed that a violent attack was made upon
the Sheriff, and he read extracts to prove his state..
sent. He commended in the warmest terms the
conduct of Mr. Waithoun in his exertions to re-
press the disposition of the people to use provoking
language or gestures, and to persuade the soldiers
to retire peaceably to their barracks in the first in.
*niece, and strongly censured the Commanding
01fieer fur refusing et his request is interfere fur
the purpose of keeping the men in the barracks;
sod said, if murder bad been committed as the
smeosiors, that Officer ought to have been reudered
amettable to the laws fur not having prevented it.—
Leehing at the whole of that day's proceedings as
tltel eppear in the evideuce before them, he felt
ossoisced lbw but for tbe exertions of the Sheriff,
they would that day have had a second " Manches-
ter massacre."
ati.GALLO*AT said, he had hoped that it would
net be necessary foe hint to say any thing on the
present occesioe, but when he heard attempts made
to show that the evideuce before the Coronsittee din.
proved any attempt ow titer life of the -Sheriff. he
should deem it it breath-of his duty to sit silent.
The whole of the evidence, he would contend,
proved a deliberate attempt to assassinate the
Sheriff, which had only been prevented by . the
fears of the individual, lest he should kill some of his
own compauions. Is his conduct on that occasion
the Sheriff had displayed as much litintaisity es
bravery, sod when be read the account of the sol.
diem rushing out of the barracks with swords and
cerbines to the attack of an unarmed multitude, he
could not but feel that the exertions of the Sheriff
had prevented the transactions of that day from be.
ing stained with blood, and leading to as black a
catalogue of slaughter. es that which had been pro.
ducal by the outrage at Manchester. He thought
the Committee were entitled to the highest praise
for the manner in which they had pursued their in.
vestigation of this *abject, and for the able Report
they had made upon it ; but he thought it no dia.
paragement to their labours to say. that a more en-
larged inquiry was necessary, in order. if the public
had been deceived us to the nature of the tramec.
action. the error alight be removed. For such an
inquiry the resolution before the Court prepared
the way ; and he felt much satisfaction in support.
ing it, as sit honest and fair declaration of the muse
of the' Court upon the proceedings to which it
referred.
Mr. Piece maintained, that the evidence clearly

VWI TAMS.

.*. °DMA.

JANUARY 5.

(PRIIIATS 'Arraß.)
We are without any fresh news from Constanti-
nople. As to the uegociatiou of the Austrian ■nd
English Ministers, we now learn that the Porte has
declared a sort of acceptance of the Obi:farm of our
Court, by a note dated the 4d of December, ■rail
delivered on the 4th to Count Latzow by the Reis
Effendi. It is said, however, that in thi* note the
Porte insists on the punishment of the Chiefs of the
insurrection who have escaped, and refuses to evacuate
the principalities, or to accede to the nomination of
new Hospodars, until tranquillity he re-esta-
blished. Thus it appears that the Divan is en.
deavonring to postpone any decision ; but it
remits' to be seen whether our COWL will be
satisfied with this conditional or rather evasive ac-
ceptance of the whintatlllN. It is Ward enough
that the friends of peace should hs►ve proclaimed
this answer as a complete acceptance, and that the
partisans of war should have represented it as a re-
jection. Both are wrong; but still the truth of the
pacific sentiments of the Porte is very problems.
tical.

The Lessberg Gazelle of the gth of January
states, that the Ottoman troops in the two principa-
lities are daily receiving reinforcements. 'flie
bodies of many of the unfortunate inhabitants, who
have been massacred by the Turks, are exposed on
the public roads. Nobody dare attempt to bury
them, and they are devoured by the birds of prey.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON.
FRIDAY. FsaaaaaT I. IBM
At a late hour last night we received Spanish
Papers, from which the following are extracts:—.
CADIZ. VAST 6.
lIMOINIS were mu Wm ht, i, smog
• demi ill 61614 _

MADRID, /AMU- 14.
On Tuesday, the Bth of this month, Olavar-
rieta, the disturber of the public tranquillity and
apostle of rebellion, was conveyed to the public
prison at Cadiz.
The Government has received to-day en express
from Cadiz, dispatched on the 10th by Brigadier.
General D. Jacinto Roms►ote, stating, that at two
in the afternoon of that day he had taken the oath,
and assumed the general command of that province
and the military gove►nment of Cadiz, which had
berii given up to him by D. Manuel F. Jauregi,
in which act the commanders of the troops of the
garrison and their officers bad concurred, and per-
fect tranquillity bad been maintained in the city.
Don Jsuregi gives the same information to the
.Go.
vernmeot.
Yesterday the Goverment received an express
from 'Valencia, met by the Political Chief, giving
ea account of what paned there from the nth, in the
evening, to the 11th, whit* is the date of the di..
"Itches. Several individuals of all the corps of the
Sairhaving obtained the permission of the
c:1 Chief sad the Military Goveroo► to eel..
byte the olio% which ell the corps of the garrison

r . lie hopes, bower, that the care proveJ m ms an attempt to have he made !be life of
would s' • - .4inquired into Where all sides could the Sheriff.
obtain Seising, and be had no don* the result
Mr. PATTRIN sopmiled the litewhatiom which
would
a wry different (speaks of "the proceed- was thee put cud carried, with ealtgrant 'twelve
Inge Troia abut which was now entertained. At all dissentient voices.
events, it would theu be seen aft which side the After disposing amuse further routine business,
those proceedings bryi snafu= whom the the Court adjourned. -: ...r. —.7.—... '
r *rot, cocatOot ophichgave The to Ahem Drat proceeded. .
The procession 'Gill wai, to say the least of it, one - FOREIGN INTELLIGINCE.- .
-of the most unwise things that mmid byre been • • - . _ . _ -
designed. Ile did not mean to charge the Sheriff .. —rww-- •
A La . PANS. PAPIIIL • !Pi,