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PALAC&YARD.

A vast number of the Freeholders of Tl'estmin-
ster met in Palace-yard, yesterday, for the pur-
pose of determining how to act, in consequence
of being deprived of the services of their Represen-
tative, Sir Francis Burdett. At one o'clock, vivre
being at that time about fourteen thousand prr4un.,
es.enhled, the High Bailiff, attended by Lord
Cochrane, Mr. Wardle, Mr. Jennings and a nu•"-
ber of otbrr firtitleineis, appeared upon ti e
Tb.-y were hailed respective, c tiic Sin '
eat applunser, by the numeruns and -

tog.
The lItoH BAILIFF having rend the Rt.,
6011, iofentott;dl thrm. that emote of the (;e,.1.,
who Kid signed ir, would irate more at •
object f.ir whieh they were called together.
Mr. STUMM then teams Zoe
chuuntionn of the multitude. Ile ',aid, te
Regoe•itintt which bed islet been revel t
the High r
in almost eh
occasion upoi

was known
House of C,
services of
Applouses.

was tleCtliSat
ble effects at
itivestiga:a al

the •uxit.o
preened Ihrl
by nearly to,
of one diy.
taken tie in,
it expedient
the mertini
shnishl prey.

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the 'High Itaillif, and which had liven
in almost all the newspapers iii tow,,, hail -1
occasion upon which the meeting less r:n;e t. It
was known to them all, that, by a Resalu;inii tt.e
House of Commons, they had been delis lied el the
services of owe of their worthy It epresert
Applamses.) Into the causes of thi, p•isatie: ,
It
was necessary that they should ingnir, ; the pn.'ia-
tale effects of it, it was flee y ;hat they 511 ,1 1
investigate and provide agana.t. It was a proA
the isiiximis feeling with which the subject 114,1 i, •
pressed them, that the had urea pi tia .1
by nearly two thousand people, almost in the
of one d'iy. I.4pplawsts.) These who had tunk,
taken tl•e management of the bupire+•s, lutol
it expedient not to am ' too e.illy a nerwilt
the meeting, I,st the ferment 181 ti.e t:,,;
slnuhl Pr"rot that coolness of i•
it oas 11,e, scary th•,t they al lit ext.!, re• 'lli, 1,, -
*,at inninent was sclrcte.l as ptnp•r omit jitOtton.
for the ferment had now subsided, and the tcel,,t,

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Lis

though not subdued, was tempered and controultd,
under the guidance of the understandii,g. lie,
found that many of the Cent!einem pito hew
signed the Requisition, had considered enm.h
npoo the subject, and had prepared some male
ter, which was to he submitted to them; and :apt
of
which he should have the honour of reedit*
It was such as he untamed would meet with their
approbation, being, in its tendency and expression,
mild, correct, and umilijectionuble.—(Appianses./
11 was not necessary fur him, he was touvinced, to
make many preliminary observations upon this tic.
elision, lie hid no doubt that they were masters
of the subject themselves. and had come down
prepared to exercise their judgments upon the
whole case. The simple fact wus, that they were
deprived of their Representative, who was taken
fratu has family and front them, without legal &in-
it.-way, by unlawful military force, and commit-
ted for an indefinite period to imprisonment in the
Tower. They were deprived of a Representative
. h„,l aloqns manneincil their rights a d fiber.
the machinations •.1' their eneni es, who
1.:,1 ipoll all orcasioes manifested 11 Lela 111 their
and than whom one more able, upright. and
and, had never stood forth us the defence
„r h.,. coitiatry.--( Loud applauses.)—This Repro.-
eentative the} had in effect lost for the present ; be
, I Fern token and conveyed to prison, there to re-
wain, during the pleasure of shoe persons who had
„.1 •hat he eetitled agamet theies.--mppiaases,/
presehtative asserted, and asserted truly,
he was guilty of no crime, that lie had under-
.,„,. trial. and consequently tied he should
; miehment. His imprinment was unjoist.
11.ir for which the Home of Commons had
it proper to visit hint with such rigour, was
t,.• esideavouring to protect a helpless it;dlV.l.
6-4 i :icor set undue exercise of power upon their
~..I—(ilnelmeses sod cries of success to hiss, sare-
cr; to hue.) In the course which he had taken.
a gratification I. know that he was supported
1„ or the first law an horities in thy kingdom.
ft- !qr. ?Porch) was persuaded, that, even if Sir
re.icis Burdett stoud alone, in-a just cause, his
lir pees. of mind would never forsake hint ; and he
soil stand alone •gaiiist the host of oppression
• peebecolion, lby which he was assailed.—(4p-
)—But he was certain they would Al agree
• him, that now. when their Representative was
uttackeel upon every side, because he was their
Metal, and the friend of the Constiteitione—when he ,
was deprived of his personal freedom for their sake.
they should express their affection suit gratitude
towards him ; and acknowledge with what since-
rity they felt the faithful and manly conduct
adopt-il lit him under all circearnstances.—(Ap-
pieveet..P—There was one observation which he
Sic blestrons of making, and for which he knew
the, e mild hot be• offended with he was in.
dome 1 to make it. not from my suspicion of them,
hot ',realise the importance of the subject required
cantioth—Whet he wishel to say was,
that a hen the arm of power was stretched out with
icootbal vinlence,'theiv was the time for them to
themselves with moderation ; the!, was the
t a- for th"m to sties: that 'het, were ialuenced In
anti seeking for im objects, but such es
sir, legal, constitutional, and hotionrable.—l
was sere that the Electors of Weet-
tempter tumid not give any person room to say.
that their conduct was reprehensible; but thet
they would conduct themselves upon this. sad
anon every occasion, as thy friends of legal motto.
tity soul socivl order--that they would pursue. by
legitieuvre 'miens that legitimate object--a fair.
tell, and fn a representation of the people, in Per.
Imam t. Th.. they desired upon two aerounts :
time, !Jerso,r they thought it was their right ; mid
secondly. h. cause it was their only security, that
the law should he duly administered, sod the mo-
ney id' the pennlr constitutionelly token and
wietar seolied.—( Loot( oppiouses.)—He then read
the Reeoltil tem,. wh•els were as follow :

At a Wr,.ting of the Inhabitant Hutmelsolders, Electors of
the t'ity and I.llwrties of Westminster, assembled in New
Palan...lard, the 17th day of April, Isle.
ARt NUR MORRIS, Esq. High Bailiff, in the (lair.
It sa. Resolved, That we most highly approve of Sir
Roolett's I.etter to us Ills Constituents, the subject
&Oat otlitit.bt isuportamee, and the argument iocoutro-
- • "-

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I Sat 44.1. Fraoeis llardeles condect is calling ulnae the
(' • . putt,' far the pinatertbn of his house against a military
I -tr, en dictated by prudence, knowledge of, sod coati-
d.rre in the tams of Lis Country.
1 hat tbe Rouse of ('ominous Le called upon, to ',store
lu as un, lorlme.! R r present nilfr and in co-operate itn cued i-
atrly with him, in muleavenna to prorare a fair 'treetop-
tali. of the prank in Parliament.
That the Prt,h,m iti.w read, he adopted ; that it be signed
t:oe Ilith ftaillß,lllll4l.lllrtity five Liect"ra, and delivered
is our remaining ilepersentatier, the Right 110"
(*., I•ratir, to he by bin preheated to the Ileum of Com-

11t..1 a letter be ahlreased 1,1 rit rrancts Boyd. tt, ea-
f'n woe 1411 r fell and 'Aire approttatiou ,tf the whole awl
' pvt et Its routlnet ar a M ashes of Paillinte"l
11'1 lbe trifle nom read. tr.lopted :—.hat it lOC eigartl
I:ltriots it, the oaute of Hos Meetine ; sad that the
11'2, Q toltA be requested to pretest the same to Sir
r, aws. Bartlett.
11,4 Ow Thanks of thi. Mertlisx be given our worlltY
I."Kruelative„ the Rizht llou Lord Cuelortne, fur hi. nap•
pv of 3.r frauds Llunktt, devil the 'Met:A.la autttiou.

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111a1 the Thaske of this M: chug lw peen to those Ind.. -
re Slcoslmis of ihr Home of C 6111111601111, 16114 h;ne
the It izlett of 11w People.
1 hu the 1 hank.. of this Hirt tag be given to As thm.
11.411 fur his rtsrly compliant. it,
1,•14,1,%.i,..,81 of the Electors, and fur his stele sod oni):4t.al
tottori Ifi the Chair. •
Nll. 11.1.tectict 'wean:lett thrt motion. rl.
I"incl ur.lto4to the Cotstottin ti.c
'oleo hod their lii.:C.tege*, and 14•
l'"lctivEl•; throw privilrge• rights
to ihe perfection of ctn. foriu of CI, , •. •c•
'lt- utmost rare elioul:: be t..keut.

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wail ml.ir
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'n• If the Lie prove :1.. ;r iu tai
I'"inmonii k"" were unit attioik thi.,o rej.••ls.
w hothingof the Conitstutioa.—,

1-.

Tins was not the first time that they had assumed
privileges iticoosistrut with justice. In the begin•
inns of the last century. they had claimedcertain
privdeges in the Critirts, Which were happily de-
nied them. Lord Chief *Noire Holt, in reply to
the demand of the Speaker, had said, that he sat
there to udiftitrister justice, and that if the Speaker
had the whole HousailCounnohs in his belly, be
would still adhere'to that justice, in contradiction
to his demands. It became the Electors to adoirt
similar sentiments, us the only means of proteribug
their liberties. The Wine of Commons, he al-
lowed, possessed great privileges, mid it was right
that it should—they formed a security against
power. It had a right to commit for offeuces
against itself, and he was sure that no one regretted
the late iustance, ,in which it wss exercised upon a
Couuty Member, for outrages committed within
the walls.—(Applowses aid laughter.)—Such were
the occasions upon which it might commit, without
infringing the Constitution of she country. In the
case of Mr. Reeve, they did not proceed to commit
upon their own authority, hot addressed His Ma-
jesty to direct the King's Attorney-General to pro-
secute him urcording to luw. Why then should
they deviate from that course iii the present case?
Why should they constitute themselves accusers,
judges, and jurors, by committing their Represent-
ative, not for the letter he had written, but for
the upright conduct he had pursued.—(.4mdeases.)
It was for this conduct, and for the possession of
those talents, which must have succeeded in expos-
ing their corruptions, and, perhaps, finally, in bring-
ing over a large number of converts to his senti-
ments, that they had sent Sir Francis Bardett to
the Tower.—(Loud applauses.)—Nothiog could
prove, more strongly, the necessity of Parliament-
ary Reform, than two instances, which they must
recollect ; one was that of a person who had at-
tempted to purchase a seat in Parham...it, fee
which he wile prosecuted and imprisoned the
other was thatfof two Members of the House, who
had trafficked in sests(Cries of Portend and
Castlereagh!/—upon which occasion the. House re-
solved that it would not inquire, and defended
the practice epon the grrtod of notoriety.(Ap.
/aria.)—It was a cireuiusttnce, he said, much to
be wished, that the health of their Sovereign would
permit the people to present ti.i:ir petitions to him
in person, instead of being ob ig. d to trust them
into the hands of those against whoa' their com-
plaints were di -ected.— (Load app/awes.)
The Resolutions were then severally put by the
High Bailiff, and agreed to unanimously, omelet
'loud acclamations.

Mr. Put.t.ga then read a petition to the House of
Commons (for which see the Commons). which w,s
agreed to unauituously. He then read the follow.
1r letter :
bitt•We nominated you to be our Representative with-
out 1/1/0t knowledge, and we elected you without your inter-
fernier We were confident, that you would perform the
duties of a Represeeitatote in Parliament, with ability mid
fidelity; in every rimier', you have not only fulfilled, but
racer... dour expeClA lOU , we derive satisfaction, front haring
wooed out to the Nation; the way to be fairly r. preeenteol,had
it been possible, that our example would have been followed,
sod a proper mores: station of the people thee. by produced,
the scribes we lease lately witneverd would not have dis-
graced our coyote!. We undiastood the nobleness of your
stied, and were cooldent that you would not descend to
barter your trust for a place under Government, nor be the
partisan or kader of those who support or reject measures,
just as they happen to be propined, oa this or on that side
uf tbe House lxe feel the indignity that has been offered
to you, but we are not surprised to 61111, that when every encase
is amide for peddle delintmei Is, the, the utmost rigour is
Caere ,tied agaiim hint who pleads for the ancient nod con-
stituttonal lights of the people. You nobly stept forward in
defence of a 11 40w-subject unjustly imprisoned, and you
gundi 111 l ed, with great ability trod knowledge of the laws, the
warrant issued upon that occasion—the House of Com-
mons have an.aeeed your argnovent, by breaking iuto
your lions., with a military force, searing your person, sad
conveying you, by a large body of troops, to the Tower. Your
distinction between pritltc.e and power remains unaltered ;
the privileges of the House of Couinerti, Are for the protec-
tion, not fur the destruction of the people. We have resolved
to remonstrate with the Emilie of Commons on the outrages
committed soder their order, and to call upon them 1-0 mutat
you to your seat in Parliament, which the present state of
the country renders more than ever necessary, fur the further-
mice of your a,aol bur objeelii a Reform afire Representation
in that House. While so many Members are collected toms-
the., by means which it is not necessary for us to describe,"
we cannot but entertains the greatest spprehensions for the
remainder attar liberties; and the employment of • military
force against one of their own body, is hit a sad presage of
what may hr expected by those who night, like you, have
the courage to stand fur ward in defence of the rights of the
people. When we retied your generous exertioas to de-
an.), the his curs of secret and mlitmy confinement; to mitigate
the rerrady of puniehowent in the army. to prevent the cashier-
tug of its tuber`, without (nose assigned; to restore, fur the
enellor of the scorn sat • r, the public property conveyed
13y a Jul. to a private iuolivido o; ; to prevent the extension of
the km-ark systems. ilti• oils-mos ofect of which is to separate
11. c fi um the eititen, to prevent the introduction of fo-
orig.. urn 141144 Ito 114 bi iu atrocious act of tyranny,
!ly *hick • Hi .vt.r tsar kit to perish on a barren rock ;
mod, &Woe all, ymoo ,0,.. no-t to .1 exertions to obtain • fall,
fair, ic.l frog pre.rnt.uuu of the people in Parliament ;
when we rarer on the 111111,1e11,1, tke unshaken constancy
shit aiiatily statwit " in evil re tort mad good
et-1.0 we ...et .41 r to expre-oi the so “timettla of gratitude
•1.11 111111'1d 1.1 ) with who hwe arc Find, we
air run, Wired, i 1,411 1111.10 .1,11 -.lsere awl wily felt by the
11:1.A1/.1.if11, .4 this city, hot by curry person tin oughout the
taut interested is the continitauce of public

ut the mita. it, and lie name tbe Meeting,
A M B.

It aa. loudly applauded, and unFi.i.;,n uot ly
to, aad I liv.h Bohai ordered, to present

r Fruuis .lits.slett.

Ir. N 1 . 11411. r ifitp.t.eri the thanks of the mret-
, t., Coe•sr44le, their worthy Iteineseuta-

utslnimoisql‘

k l':►utrctwl thew came fortear,l to return
tt..d lees ived With thelltrollgest
.11.;...d.tt0w. Ile declared that hr viewed iu
, .m,• I. th d the) did the iron hand of power.

•
• • te'llth .1 It 11114 i be. 1.11 to trar front Isis home Ilk..
yr. a 111;101 N h.. h d flared to be loolegt
so L., times. (.4 pplatsseg.) He hope.l that this
precedent, so unjustly et t, would oot be followed up

by any fitture Parliament. It ?Pad always been his
opinion, and be h,wl allays stated .t to the House,
that they re• old hest consult them .i'gnity by merit-
ing the good opinion of those who had right to
judge of their col duct. (Applote,ri.) Wit:t re.pect
to the right of c'imsnitnieet its the those. cf Com-
mons, lie acktiowledgett it; Iptic icd lip to the extent
for which they now co..tendt d, and to which they
had pushed it ; they had not, in his opinion. a
right to comma fur any e.ifesice putikhable by the
laws of the land; they were not a tribunal adapted
to the trial of causes and the itiffiction of punish-
ment; independent of the party spirit which formed
of itself so great an obstacle to tlie proper exercise of
the judicial funtitions. there were other defects,
which meet dimptaiily them ft.r the office ; they
could not examine witnesses upon oath ; they did
not confront the accused with the accuser ; nor had
the accused, according to their forms,* right to reply
to the charges and the aigninents urged agaiiist
him. To commit a man under such circuen.tances,
and by the sentence of such a Court, was con-
trary to the fundamental 'principles of justi• e.
Those principles, which no forms could change.
and which no decision of theirs could alter
or depreciate.—(Load app/eases./—There was
another point fur their cousiderotion. which was,
the means by which the warrant was carried into
execution; it was executed by a military force.—
(dpplatises.) —Some lemons had represented the
conduct of those assembled round Sir Frauris Bur-
dett's Immo, as riotous and disorderly; such repre-
sentations were not correct ; he was present himself
the most part of the time, and there was no im-
propriety of conduct, generally speaking—(Ap-
plameessi—Those who had respected the laws, even
for two days, were better than those who had never
respected them at ell. Ile deprecated the attempt
to excite alarm, as if the people of Westminster
and London were .mot the best judges of their own
rights—as if they were to be dictated to upon all
occasions by their Representatives, instead of in-
steueting those Repreirentaiives what couduct they
'mould pursue, and what principles they should
mait.taiii. If Reform 111 Parliament did not take
place— .1 the war expenses were not alleviated by
moderation iu the demand, and economy in the ap-
plicatiou, sooner or later they must fall under that
power which had already subjugated the Conti-
nent—(Applauses.)-11e might be told that they
were secure from such an event; he often was
told so; but he declared before God.that he did not
believe they had any such security. The conduct
of the present Government was calculated to shake
such security, and to expose whet it ought to pro-
tect. He could armee them, from his own know-
ledge, that, in the dock-yards, in Plymouth, they
had not six weeks consumption of naval stores, not
enough to build one-half of a seventy-four. The
licensing system was also productive or the worst
consequences. It had destroyed all legitimate
trade with the Continent, and cotifined it to those
who were the favourites, or favourites of the fa-
vourites of the G.tv-riptuent. Among all the yes.
sets employed i,t • its trade, there were only sixteen
thousand F... t.-ti seamen, while there were no les,
than tivet• • 5 -t%.,ir thousand foreign seamen em-
ployed. '1 I • number of British vessels was hut
thu .i.d, while the foreign amounted to four
thoiewir and no This country derived its
timber principally from Canada and Nova Scotia,
but his depended upon the precarious wisdom
of ..dr Counsellors. (Applsoses.) Such were the
effects of the present. .:•tem. He felt convinced
hit the only means of remedying -thaw evil. was
Pirtiamentary Reform. at.d advised them to re-
commend to tl th,iir friends in the counties to
petition Parliament or that porpo,e. They had at
all times shewn than a noble example. He was sure
that tile present Meeting would be followed by no
outrage; they would persevere in their object ; but
it was by legal meant they would seek to accom-
plish it; and they might depend, that Parliament-
ary Reform sial.l come. if the people of England
were unanimous, and said, with one voice, that it
ought to lean.--1 Laid itippleasses.i—fie concluded
with recommendingtotheas to retire to their homes.
and to give no handle to any persons to represent
them as 'whew illegally, and violating the peace and
tranquillity which they were bosnd to support.
The vote of Thaiiks to the independent Mem-
bers of the Howie of Commons having been carried

Colonel IVsertts addressed the meeting as fel-
lows:—" The Noble Baronet on whose account
the meeting has been called,. I am happy to call
my friend, and I trust that the conduct of my life
will make him mine; that is, that his ',minims
and mine may always act in unison— ( Lona dip-
plarse).—l bold the letter directed to his consti-
turas to be perfectly lawful ; it was only a fair
copy of his indisputable arguments in the Home of
Commons ; it was a mere discussion of th►t. and
could not be considered as a libel. It must ha re-
membered that it was on individnals being com-
mitted to prison. I say then• was but one para-
graph in that letter which the House of Commons,
with all their minuteness, could find fault with,
and that was where the Hon. Baronet called the
Speaker's warrant a thing, sui genesis. I will call
upon you, Gentlemen, to watch the progress of this
thing—l mean the Speaker's warrantwliich the
Hon. Baronet has been committed ro the Tower, for
der:anting on.—(Load applanses.)—The Seek:trot.
at-Anne could wake nothing of it. He returned
to the Speaker of the House of Commons. and
*hewed this thing to him, which he looked Over,
and seemed as moi' puzzled as the Serjeaut-at•
Arum—amid applause./—The Speaker then dis
r.-cted the S-tjeant to go to the Magistrates of
Bow-street, who knew of no other warrants than
they tlieto,c!ves issued, which were according to
the law of she land ; which made them 'Nearly as
neh puzzled as the Speaker.—(Lord applanses.)
—This unfortunate piece of paper, or thing, as pro-
perly called by time Honourable Baronet, was then
laid bt fine II:s Majesty's Council, an assemblage
of all the wise men of the country, with the Lord
Chaiicellor at their head ; still they were ea
mush puzzled ■s the Speaker; although they
had the advice of oil the Law Office's, they
were slot able to ►tamp its validity. (Loud ap-
plau.e. ) The Fir•t Lord of the Triesu ry, the Chan-
cellor of the EXClierpser, arid a lawyer too, was pus-
sl,•.l. (toad applamses.) He Kleist d the S:rj..a t
to make out * ca.e, and present it to the Attu: Hey- .
Geociol, which the Serjeent accordingly did ; but
the Learned Gentleman appeared to be more psis-

ilea thin even the Speak Weisel,: uy, there is
hart one more tribunal to be puzzled a
Fri nit Jury. (Load applcouses.) It appears to he 1
a thing which nobody coo understood. When the
t'* *N of Mr. Gale Junes, cause before the, House..
the great arguineut was, that the privileges of the
Hone were so high, that the 'Judges tithe. Lend
dare uot look atthern; but when the saute authority ••
was brought in question, as to the coma:mat
of Sir Francis Burdett, they had to apply to ine
• Migistratts of Bow-street for their advice how they
should support those great privileges.---/Loed asf-
• pientses.)—l say, Gentlemen, and I will contend
for it, that no subject has a right to be sent to
prison for a libel, before he has bun tried byre, nu-
,p
partial Jury. I wilt contend that this is the law of ••
the land, mid those that attempt to act otherwise •
usurp its power.—(Loud applauses.)—N it any
thing that I could say in support of this grand part
of our Constitution, could basso forcible as the
words of the great Lord Lyttleton—That so long as
privileges were consistent with the law, they were
an advantage to the subject, but the moment they
went beyond that, by whatever power they were.
claimed, they were nothing else but despotism.—
Loud applarses.) Ido uot wish to allude to what
Is called party, in the House of Commons, for
never have hero a party man ; but I must allude to
those who were called the Whigs, the Talents, and
the Outs ; call them which you please; but when
the business of Sir Frauds Burdett came before the
House, they said they would rally round the Go-
?eminent. which they had so much vihfie 1, and
declared nicer able of conducting His Majesty's
Government; yes, they would overlook every thidg
to get rid of that kind of nuisance. I mean the
Hon. Baronet, who, by his virtues and talents was
in himself a hest, and able to support and staud up
against the whole of them.—(Load applause*. and
cries of Burden far erer .1I— The day is our own; if
you will only be true to yourselves, and you must
have a reform in the House of Parlitiment.--er'Lmod
applorsts, wed the, we will, we reill.)—They
brought the Hou. Baronet to the Tower, they
thought to have drie•ged him from your hearts,
but he will overcome turn all ; he has a initid that
soars so muds ebove the littlsierss of theirs, that •
makes him regardless of his fate, if he cao only
serve his country and fellow-subjects."—(Lmil
lisszzas. and Burdett for nee !)
Mr. Srvitcu then moved the Thanks of the
Meeting to the High Bailiff, which were carried •
u. • ly.
The luau BAILIFF returned his acknowledge
ments for the honour conferred on him ; after which,
the I ligh Bailiff; attended by Lord Cochrane. Col.
Wardle, Mr. Starch, and Mr. WiJiart. retired
limn the hustings.
After which, a loud cry took place for N1...11.4.•
SINGS to come forward, who, with souse reluctance.
obeyed the order.
Mr. Jere stsee assured the meeting it was not
his Intention to have addressed them that day, nor
would he have come forward, if he hail not been
called fur in such flattering terms. Ile would,
therefore, occupy their attention but fur a few
moments. Whew he had the honour to appear
h core them as one of the Committee at the last

*i•• ,iminster Election. he did not see sly thing
is t. conduct of the Electors on that uccassou,
which could have entitled the caHiag out fit a
military force, on the late occasion.—/ Lund ap-
plinises.)—Sit Francis Burdett bad a right to co.n-
mit to paper the arguments he made use if is
the House Of Commons, to give his ccriiitituesits
knowledge of his conchict. He was confident thut
the Electors of Westminster would never allow tat
unwarranted step, which had been takes against
their Repreientative. to be made a precedent.--
( Loud cries ej; we will not, we will net; attessilri by
loud applause,. I
. . .

The meeting then dispersed io the most peace.
able manner.
The entrances to both Houses of Parli meat
were closed during the day ; not even a 111.-mi.er
was allowed to pass, or the Select Commit 'es per-
mitted to sit. The Speaker's Garden wls filled
with m litary and constables. At one o'clock tae
corps of Westmmster Volunteers, commanded by
Major Jones, were called out, and made a strong
muster; the; were stationed in Cotton-Garden,
where they were entertained by Mr. Leigh, the
Master of the Works to the House. of Consinotia.-s.

We are happy to state we did not bear of any SC.
cideut having taken place.

FOREIGN 1i rELLIWINCE.

NZW 7NK4TRE-R0Y.41., COVX.VT-4ARDRh7.

On MONDAY NEXT, April ILI, vim, will be acted
KING RICHARD THE THIRD.

R Omni, Duke of Gin'atrr, Mr. Cooke; Henry, Earl of
Rol on ~,,, I, Mr. C. limbic. Queen Eltzabetb, Mra.
Levi.; Lady Angie, Mira Norte*.
To *bolt will be nailed, tim Pawtornime of
HARLEM( IN PEDLAR r.
OR, THE HAVNI ED WELL.

Harlequin Pedlar, Mr. Poitoqiia, js'.; Elmira, Mr. Gri-
maldi Columbine, Mats Adam.
Uu E. ter Tue.day, Macb..th : Lady Macbeth, Mrs. Sid-
Ono; her wearer' maim 'ranee this mama.