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to the public voice. According to the premises
eesotained in. the Kiug's speech, that yoke tepre.
seated innate loyaly and truth, and thus in the form
. f a syllogism they had the proof of the Queen hoe-
tog beets saved by the loyalty and love of truth in
tae people. lie concluded an able speech by pro.
rests% • seri*s ad* itv*Glfillion% erstammot with the
Ljeets of the meeting—(for which see Advertise-
:l:eat.)
It. Woutuasroole seconded the Resolutions.
They were put and carried unanimously.
Mr. CuATES then proposed en Address to the
Queen, Impeded on the Resolutious.
Mr. WOYIIIIIRSPOWI said, it was with great oleo.
.ttre that he met ins fellow liverymen that day, tto
second the Address- to their virtuous snd move..
a•irons Queen. The last time they met the Bill
was pending, it had since been abandoued, and
1:::e cease of intiocetace was triumpliatit.—(Ap-
pArase.j—The tidings of this victory had every
ohere been received its a manlier the most exult-
iog ; joy, new life, and happiness beamed on every
create-mince at the sound. But the triumph said
torialtstion which this victory inspired ought not to;
absorb all their feeling* at this time. some room
'sight Ow to be found fur feelings of another kind;
(Mingo of abhorrence and reprobation of the cons
slue' of Ministers.—lApplerese.)—Their proceed..
itigs hod aroused the indignation of the whole.
country they had acted in open defiance of the
_ declared oposnons of the peoplez—(Appitarraed—
Oa they had procured a majority of toe Peers to
adopt their proceedings. by voting for the Bill of
reins and ['smithies; But of what did that majo-
rity consist ? They hod two Royal Dukes, a ma.
jisrity of the Bishops, a majority of the Represen-
t:alive Peers of Scotland and of Ireland. ull owing
their elections to ministerial influence. and they
lead nine Cabinet htinivters, themselves parties to
the Bell; said yet withal, such had been their ma-
jusity, that fearing to act npon their decision, the
parent of the Bill himself had. Brous-like, twisted
off i:s titad. and then demanded the applause and
thanks of posterity mid the country, for heroically
sacrificing his own offspring to the will of the cows.
try.—(//ppfuese.)-I'he worthy Gentleman coins
eluded with seconding the Address.
Mr. Sheriff WAITIIMAN then prevented himself,
and was received with great applause. He begged
to owure the Livery .that he had Lot beard a single
line, tither of the Revolutions or of the Addrese,
until be heard them read in that Hall, nor had lie
been made •ucquaiuted with the tomes of the per.
sons who intended to bring them forward. Ile
should not attempt to go into the question of her
Majesty's guilt or intsocence, or into a discussion of
the proceeding* before Poilianseot ; indeed he could
out hope Fora hearing if he 40, because they hod
been to amply disco-sed both at public meetings
and by the public press, that there was no man
who had not already made up his opinion upon
hem. The Queen's innocence lead been decided,
t had beets declared by the st hole nition.--
(ApplaNse.)—But be thooglit it might be proper
to. call their attention to those schemes that were
now on foot to divert the 'Mods of the people
font the conduct of Ministers, and to bolster
theta up in their place-.—( Great applause.)—
These practices were not new—(Latighter)—lse.
teinenibered to hive seen them always resorted to
whenever the tide of public opinion rope high
nointit filmisters. A part of the Court of Alder-
▪ went up lately with an Address to the King.
to which they that attempts were making
1-? spread disoffection throughout the kingdom;
but the King its its answer *aid, as Mr. Coates
itts(l truly told them, " that the whole kindoin was
otilinisteti by the some spirit as thetuselves ;" so
Alit. in the opinion of the King, or feller of his
Ministers, fur it was they who advised him to narks
that answer. all those persons who had addiesved
the Queen were loyal persons.— (Greta applause.)
one particular persons might he at
some loss to kilo* their real meaning. They
Bever said whom they meant by the disaffect.
id—Altry never ventured to say that they
laded to the numerous meetings which kid been
held to vote Addresses of Congratulation to the
Quecit, or which had censured the conduct
of Ministers. Ile had heard it said that the loyal
Addresser wiliciihnal lately been creeping about were
• unobjectionable,.lsot he wished to caution Istis
I.llow-citizesso against being too easily induced to
sigy them upon the mere luspection of their ems-
trots. For he was sure that by the ettempts to ex-
.-Ise diettectiou. which they alluded its, they meant
shoot public meetings which, as he had before said,
tli-y did not dare tweeds to megaton. In a meet.
tog sitar that place Ithe Ward of Cheap) •
to Ht extraordinary course of proceeding had been
inloieted. to prevent any discussion of the subject
which had brought then, together : a vote had been
p used that there should be um discussion.—/ Laugh.
fer.ille hid never before [word of such a use.
Shod of getting rid of a (limbos', as the majority
voting that the. minority stionlil not be heard.—
I Laughter.)—They. had been told of their meeting
fr.& secret. and they .tittattnaled to meet its public ;
•'. but theit.'' say they. •a we sill here no discus-
Woo 4" sot *Mr warn Ilas wastes .riViertlit4 to -for
slleociog *laic opponents, by those very perroos
wham be often beard complmining that they, could
viewer get a. livociog in dust 11.11 said at other
‘—t/itrogitter owl 'oppfeausesf—llut wits•there to be
Conseil a mail an besotted as. to.tulte such Astritewes
ni thedeciaruttosi of the public opium,' of this um-.
tropolis, preference to that sublime. that um.
relic unastifes!atio oef public feeling exhibited in the
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The Address was then put sad carried :opus&
mously.
VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE LATE LORD MAYOR.
Mr. GALLOWAY thee; addressed the Livery.
When last he had the honour to address them, oar
Micheelmas day, it was for the purpose of calling
their attention to the conduct of the late Lord Mayor,
Alderman Bridges, in having culled in the assistance
of the military fur the purpose of overawing the Li-
. very in their deliberations on an Address of Congra•
Walton to her Majesty. Ilia Lordship at first affect-
ed not to understood the nature of the motion which
he (Mr. G.) was shout to make ; hut being told by
louse persons near him that it was a vote of thanks,
he then thought it quite regular, and said he might
go on ; but tin sooner did his Lordship discover
that he wits ahIWIS to propose a vote of censure, than
he decided it to be allogellser irregular, end would
not alloW of his proceediug.—(Load laughter )
lie saii upon that occasion that he felt, and lie
always must feel, much regret at being compelled
to speak in censure of the conduct of any indivi-
dual, anal most particularly so of the Chief Magis-
trate of the City. At first sight it might appear,
that to surround the City with tro.ips was no great
offence ; but be begged them to reflect, that Willey
suffered that to pros unnoticed, if it were found
that they did not object to the connexion, they
would soon see that 11411 surrounded in like math-
ner. The best way to withstand despotism was to
resist its first attempts.—(Applause)—lf one
aggression were suffered to pass unnoticed, another
would soon follow; one established abuse would
inure the way for a train of future-encroachments,
and might Iruil to the ultimate destruction of the
whole fabric of their civil liberties.—(4ppluese.)—
On that occasion he hail been prevented from go-
i mg fully into the bu,inese, and lie had promised
that lie would do so on a future occasion, wheneser
lii opportunity should ;.resent itself for discussing
the question. The ',resent was the earliest oppor-
twill which had been afforded him, and the best
srgument on the subject sea furnished by the event*
which had passed in the interim, and by the
praiseworthy conduct of their present excellent
Chief Megistrate. —t Applause. I—The conduct of
the people of the metropolis on the 29th of No-
vemb •r, when the Queen went to St. Paul's,
proved that there was no necessity whatever fur
the iriterfereoce or attendance of the military
on public occasions, however numerous the us-
stinblage of the 'people.—(loud applause).—Al.
&man Bridges, end his sic essoetates on that
occasion, who had been very appropriately called
" the seven wise men, the. insolvent loyalty of the
City," on that occa,ion had thought it proper to
issue their piuclamation, asincorriciug the dangers
which they feared, and protesting against the con-
sequences.—(Laughter.)—He could not Consist-
ently with his feelings on the subject of Aldermen
Bridges's conduct, pass unnoticed that of their
present Chief Magistrate ou the occasion to which
be had just alluded. Load applause.)--
Ile should therefore conclude by moving the
thanks of the Livery to the present Lord Mayor,
fur his refusal of the proffered a”isiouce of the
military on that occasion; and their censure of the
conduct rof Alderman Bridges, the late Lord
Mayor, in calling Ito their assistance during the
meeting of the Common (Nil in June Lis!. A
course ssliiels he should iueariably feel it is duty to
adopt on all future occasions of an unconstitutional
craving of the aid of military power, unless the
business were undertaken b' some abler end more
experienced hand than himself. —(Applause.)
Mr. TIPPER said, he had much pleasure in se-
conding these Resolutions. lie was aware of his
own incompetency to enforce by any remarks of
his own, being wholly unpractised in public speak-
ing ; and it was only on urgent occasions, such as
the present, that he could prevail upon himself to
intrude upon their attention. The act of the la'e
Lord Mayor, in calling lb the military, was only a
part or . syment of encroachment. Let them look
at the conduct of the Court of Aldermen; they
would fiud that many of thew had refused to con-
vene Common Ilene when formally required; where_
had refused to allow of the discussion of any mailer .
not expressly mentioned in the requisition ; and
the late Lord Mayor had, owe) his own sole uu-
tliority, teken upon himself to dissolve the liall
while a Liverywaii MIS speaking. It was therefore
necessary for them to stand forth sod raise their
voices egatiist every instance of such conduct. Ne.
thing could be more honourable than the conduct
the present Lurd Mayor.—(Applquse.)—.Under the
trying circumstances in which he wary placed, if he
hod cAled in the military on the 29th of Norton-
(Mr, T.) was not peppered to say. that he
would have beta altogether blameable ; hut having
undertstiew without arch assistance to preserve the
pence's( the City. and having so completely suc-
cetdeil;if be should never do another act to merit
bother (Wive, he would by sheet conduct alone
remain for ever entitled to their grateful reinews
brance.
Mr, VtI,D supported the Resolutions, which
were us* and Carried.
The L9lto MAvote then came forward amidst
ruirris!!noua shoots
.0( applause, and said, he felt
higlsiy gratified that in the performonce.of the duty
they loot leen pleased to impose on him, he lied, in
fly web been enabled to give them satisfaeouti.
le was at a teens to imagine Ito* nary paw; could
apprehend denser from any meetings of the people.
For bit own pert hip was utterly devoid of all such
apprebeueirsos. and he could only attribute it to
some feehugs vibrating between Whitehall and the
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was•received aith rapturous applause. It was, he
said, very gratifying to him to Bud that any act of
his was satisfactory to his constitheistl. He had
received mail votes of thanks ream Various meet-
ings of perishes in town and country, some of
which he had attended, but the vote of this day,
wwidiag In= thews • with whom fie watt se Mitch
connected. was that which carried the
:11441efail feelings to his heart, and of which
ivettaifitresswer lose the sense aa long as life should
lasts - was highly gratifying in him to find the
*pink. which he laid first formed of her Majerty's
innocence au folly confirmed, so firmly impressed,
and so nisi Hy concurred in by the people of
England. When her Majesty arrived in France.
after the death of the late King. information came
into his hands, which convinced him tlnit nothing
bat the voice of the people of England in lo r
favour could save her; and lie saw time necessity
that some person who could acqueiat her with
the feelings of the people of this country
should go to her, and advise her to throw her-
self upon them ; he therefore went to her and
gave liar that advice, upon which she acted.—
(Applouse.)—He had un that account been assailed
by every invective that disappointed malignity could
suggest ; odium had its every way been attempted
to be cart on hiM; but the conduct,aud *Minim ex-
pressed by the people of England had amply repaid
him for all.—(4pniostre.)— l'he worthy Alderman
concluded by thanking the Livery for their kind-
ness, and expressing his readiness to attend their
call On all OCCM•101111. lie then retired amidst re-
peated cheers.
Mr. Woottte, in a speech of considerable
length, moved the thanks of the Livery to Mr.
Charles Pearsoo, for his exertions in bringing to
light the placard conspiracy. The motion was
seco.itted by Mr. Tipper, and carried unanimously.
Mr. CHARLES PEARSON then came' forward and
returned thanks, amidst repeated cheers and loud
applause. He stated among oilier things, that he
lied prepared for the press a full account of the
whole affair of the placard conspiracy, with copies
of the placards, and the comments of the ministe-
rial papers upon them as they appeared. A former
Lord Mayor, nitwit celebrated in his dry, he meant
Alderman Atkins, had chinned great merit to him-
self as the discoverer and announcer of conapiracies.
—(Laughter.)-41e had announced the discovery
of a coaspiracy to burn 'the City, and cut the throat&
of the inhabitants—(losighter)—and lie had declared
that he had traced that plot to the same hands as
had issued the placard before the Smithfield meet.
ing. Now lie (Mr. Pearsoit) had proved by rate
deuce, to the satisfaction of two different Grand
Jones, that Fletcher was the man who issued that
placard, and Fletcher had been traced to Lord Casa
11.•reagli's office, with a copy of that placard, the
night before the meeting.-- Shame ! shame!
and expressions of horror./—The papers which
had been torn duwu from the walls, and laid
before Mr. Alderman Atkins, were now become
necessary as evidence ; but he had carried them
sway from the office where they ought to have
been lodged, and refused to give any. occultist
of the in.— (" Shame! shame !")—Mr. Alderman
Atkins was not slow here, but he (Mr. P.) pub-
hely proclaimed this circumstance. by way of chid-
, leuging the worthy Alderman to produce those
papers.—He had been in the habit, during his
mayoralty, of sallying out to hold mysterious meet.
lugs with a mysterious man, muffled up at Mehl,
with a brace of pistols in his pocket and a dill: an
his belt, fur mysterious purposes; and, at his re-
treat from office he mysteriously carried off those
papers, which lse no doubt had or intended to dis-
pose of in a most mysterious manner.—(leughter)--
He should only trouble them with one more fort
ciimectid' with this moat nefarious bustueut,..—t
Fletcher had camel five hundred cards, with
some 'seditious motto. to be worked off the
day before the meeting, which were to he
distributed among the people et the nieeting, for
them to put into their hats; sod if it were lound
necessary to introduce the military, imaructioua
were to be given to theta to emit at the heads of
those who wore the cards.—[Syrnistoms of horror
were manifested throughout the Hall ut this
recital.)
Mr. WOTHERSPOON announced that the Lord
Mayor had consented that the Address should lie
in au adjoining room to-morrow (this day), for sig-
natures.
The Hall was then dissolved.

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