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ea,Sse themselves to the objects of the retyaisition; by
thou asearis every gentleman wool/ be enabled to sign the
Petition, fee the purpose of presentleg which they had all
tes•at►led on that oeeasion. There was oat great cease
of distress to which be could nut help advertimp-be meant
one present heavy debt. That debt was iscorred in the
pretecetioa of a war which was considered necessary to
thilltdMiji of iltrit crieratry C' Ne, nom having been so
locirred, it now behoved therm to devise the best and
roost equal meats of payieg ibe interest of it. He for
0-re was anxious to wee corn Isreed•breed cheap, if pos-
. b:e, but he hoped Ant the Gentlemen who etaintaieted that
loa priers were necessary to the safety of the country, would
at lea* paint ant bow the interest of our debt was to be paid
irkthe mean time. For hie own pert be imagined that it
wittlil be best so ►eep corn at a fair rice; to do away with
the present Corn Laws, but to prevent the importation of
foreign earn estil oar own produce rose to a price spores-
..ire to the labourer end otaeufactnrer, and to allow the jet-
ordttatins of Corsica grain, ceder a ntodilied duty, not fur
three "soothe, fo the utter rein of the farmer, hut until grain
maim felt to what was considered s fair reranneratieg price.
He bast no favour In ask—no interest to reeve; ids only ott-
jtrtin Awning forward was Alf the purpose of advueatieg the
Mica rights of the people.—{Applause.)
( For conclusion gm last page.
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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

GUILDHALL.
••Yesterday a Special Court was held. for Ike pur.
pose of receiving the Report of the Committee op.
paintid to examine into the causes of the disturb.
ithCflk ■t Knightsbridge on the 26th August last,
and fir discussion thereon.
Mr. W. Knox Child woe elected • Gomm, a
St. Thowinies Hospital, in the place of John Ad..
4.tielt, Esq. Deputy, oo longer a member of this
Court.
S'eserail matters of routine business were divan!
of.

QVIOFFION OF PRIVILSOL
The Report of the Commute, on the conduct of
a Deputy in taking money for securing the appoint-
Mott of a deputy sea-coal meter, was brought up.
The discussion upon it, which lasted better than an
hour, sirs conducted with closed doors.
It Deems that an amendment was moved for
printing and distributing the Report. The num-
bers wen.—
nr the emeadmeat 6l
Far the origiaal swiss 39
llsjority 22
The Lewd 11.,. declared a vacancy of deputy
virodelliliMehili 'shod the Court referred it to the
'46lllriArpv Committee, to consider what rep-
.
rdidwi-ped ristricriorris should he observed in the
sikulitos of Mime officers.
, The Chaplain to the Lord Mayor was requested
NOW Ids stetson preached at St. Lawrence Jewry
On tot 6rh ult.. and to send • copy to each member.
Several Alegre of the Court were re-elected, ac-
cordists.Msounistsustsgs.

. . KNIGHTSBRIDGE RIOTS.
Mr. fe.111.4 moved the order of the day for re-
heiories the.liteport of the Committee.
Mb* Report was then reed.
• FA•eu, then rose. Often es he had ad.
drebed the Court on a special summons he had
nevermore Fenn for taking the steps he had taken
t causiog • Special Court to be summoned. He
coognitstated himself on the ready and eoloutary
support govers•hisa by thine who signed the Rego&
fano. He commended the industrious hilomnint
the Committee, and eulogised the Report fin its
pr!paration sod the need infmences drawn from
Vie evidence taken before the CoMmittee.—
There, were them points arbiais out of the Report
fa coosideraties Arm, theireassecions conssiard
in the Report. .es they reflected em the matinee of
the Fate excellent Sheriff; second, what might to
toktitlbeen the conduct of Government on the secs;
"iny finely, wit/it was the duty to be effected .by
the Corporation. calmly and respeambiy;:sser-
ens( their deliberative fonctiotte. cdvirat sr was
the conduct of their late Sheriff, and'. well
*noon for the jsistice and integrity ,lk
rr;l occasion, he ambit dispense with soy pupae
of It for the present ; ba mold afford us pees
be that highly seintoriess character, sod .Ileest
him as a stranger. The whole question cen-
tred iu the outrage done to the bherties of the
City. in the outrage and neameopt offered to its
officer ; the conduct of the stiliteey, acting almost
flawlessly and with impanity—snultiog the civil
authority of the Sheriff, which he was prepared to
'aloe*, on the authority of la* hooks. was not only
more aocirnt sod constitutional then that of the
military, . but was so absolute in its nature. that an
indiscriminate order of the Sheriff night to be
. commit to have cleared the ground eu the day
• • •
yeestion, of the presence of any troops. He
expedited for a little on the vigorous and jit-
Slims condom of the Sheriff in preventing cosi-
oilelieo on the 26th August. He referred to page
▪ orthe Minetes to she" that the Assistant-Soh-
:titer to the Treasury expected that a disturbance
wo•
uld take place,' and Promised that measures
=rlei: taken to prevent it. Bet where were the
taker', et who bed heard of them ? He
11111.01 the origin of the monk to that ankiud and
:tiedihnly treatment of the Queen's iqpidus.ot
a hich it was sought to withdraw them from the
tient, and regretful respect of her subjects. Were
the immortal spirit of that suffering mod &gime
• woman hovering over that scene of unseemly
• tumilt excited by her enemies-i.bad she seen
the scatcheous and funeral trappings torn and
covered with mud end dirt, like Comm, on the
'stabbing of Brutes, she woold have exclaimed—
" This it the unkindliest cut of all." She bons
the permeation of 40 year", and preyed forgive.
ness on her enemies. but if, like the recording
she blotted out those offences against her
We and helium, she must hove shed freak tears to
ilblitersta that bosh dome to her =hop Howes
pecireediog to comment on the cireastalaoces of the
..Weeen's funeral. het was called to order by
Mr. CLastx. who could coot find one syllable of
this matter in tbs Report.-4 Cries of " Order !
Chair l") . p. E .
'Mr. Faveteidefilmied the memo be had takes.
preoeeifedis flow that the chturnstances is
qeestiou origiated in the spirit which was excited
b the conduct of Government in regard to the
(boseeit's remain. After arguing for a Mott time
no the transaction, which are Abolly hilly before
• she public. he concluded by moving. **That the
Court do agree with the Report of the CoMotitroo"
-w-epea carrying which modem be seer
• reselation expressive of the trZigretett. with
&which the Court beheld the isiedlien se iibetettaly