The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-28 00:00:00

THE KING.

•
"Slice the period when Divine Providence,
in consequence of the spontaneous and solemn re-
siguation•ot my august father, placed me on the
throne of inv. ancestors; of which the kingdom
took the-:oaths to. me as heir by its procurators
assembled in •Cortes,--aecording to the law and
custom of -the Spanish nation, practised in the
most rimote periods ;' and since that happy day
on which I entered the capital amidst time most
sincere demonstrationS' Of affection anti loyalty
.with whieh time people of Ma.fi'd came out to re-
ceive me, this display.of love towards my Royal
Person making a deep impression .on the French
hosts; who., under. the cloak of friendship, had
advanced as far as that city, being a presage of
;What that heroic
,population would.one day per-,
form for. their King, and for their honour, and
giving that example 'which the other parts, of the
kingdom have nobly followed : tiner,that.day,
determined in mv royal mind to 'reply to senti-
ments so loyal, and to satisfy the great obliga-
tions which a Bing is iindem towards his subjects;
to tl:dicate my whole time to the discharge...of
such august functions, and to repair the evils
the pernicious influence of a favourite bad caused
in the preceding reign. My first labours were
directed to the testoration of various Magistrates
and otkr persons, who had been arbiti:arty :;e-
-moved from their functions ;- but the difficult
state of `affairs, and' the perfidy, of Buonaparte,
film the cruel effect of which I wished, by pro-'
ceeding to Bayonne, to preserve my people, s.careely
allowed time for moire. . The Royal Family being
.ussernhied- there, an atrocious attack was perpe-
trated_ on the whole of it, and particularly on my
pei-son, unetinalled in the hiStory of eiviliSed nit
tions, both in its circumstances and in the series
of events which took place there ; hntl the sacred
law of nations In lug there violated in the high-
est degree. I was deprived of my liberty, stripped
of the government of my kingdoms, and conveyed
to a palace with mysvery dear brother and uncle,
which strved as a sort of honourable prison for
about the space of six years. Amidst this afflic-
tion, I had always present to my mind time love
and loyalty of my people ; and the consideratiQn
of the endless calamities to which they were ex-
posed, formed• a great part of my griefs ; inna-
'dated as they were with eiteniies, neatly destitute
of ail menns.of resistance, without King, and
without a Government previously. established,
which _ might put in motion and unite at its voice
.the force of the nation, &reef its impTilse, and
avail itself of the resources of the State, to com-
bat the forces which simultaneouSly invaded the
Peninsula, and had treacherously ' ot possession
of its principal fortresses. In this lamentable si-
tuation, as the only remedy that remained, I is-
sued, as , well as could, while surrounded by
force,
.the Decree of the sth of May, I SOS, ad-
,dressed to the Council of Castile, and in defect
of it, to any other Board or Audience that might
be at liberty, 'in order that time Cortes might be
cOnvoked,.who had only to employ themselves on
_be spur of the monacht,in raising the taxes and
supplies necessary for the defence of the king-
dom, remaining permanent for other events which
might occur but thiS My Royal Decree unfortu-
nately, was not know there ; and althOugh it was
afterwards known, the -Provinces provided for the
same olieet, as soon as time accounts reached them
cf the cruel •tragedy perpetrated in Madrid on the
.memorable 2d of May, by the Chief of the French.
troops, through the instrumentality of the Junta's
. which they.created. Next took place the glorious
,battle of Biyien : the French fled as far as Vit.,
toria, and all the Province's, with time Capital,
proclaimed me anew, King of Castile and Leon,
u, the metropnlis, with the same
.formalities as
the Kings, ny august predecessors. This is a re-
cent tact, • of which the medals struck in all parts
afford tiemonative proof, and which the peo-
ple through whom I have pa.sed-sittee my return
!rum France have confirmed by the effusion of
tints which moved the sensibility of my heart,
where they are engraved never to be effaced.—
From time deputies nominated by tbs Juntas, the
Ce.,:r4ral Junta was formed ;,. who exercised in my-
lioyal name ail the Bowers of Sovereignty, from
September If3oB, till January 1810 ; in which
month was established time first Council of Re-
gency, in whom the exereite of• that power con-
. tinued till time '24th of. September of the saute
year : en which day were installed, in the Isle of
Leon, the .Cortes, .called General and Extraordi-
nary, when 104 Deputies took the oaths, in which
they engaged to preserve for me my dominions as
their Sot ereign ; all which appears from the act
certified' by. the Secretary of State, Don Nicolas
Maria de Sierra.
But these Cortes, asseinhled in a mann& never used in
Spain; even•in the most arduous eases, and in the most tor-
• buieut times of.the minorities of Kings, in which the .Assetn-
bly, of Procurators wont to be more numerous than n
Vie 'common and ordinary Cortes, were nut called the States
cif-the 2V it and. Clergy, although the Cent-rat Junta had
so ordered, this Decree having- been akfully concealed front
-the Council of Regency, and also the fact that the".lunta had
assigned to it the Presidency of time Cortes, a prerogative of
the Crown 'which the ltygelicy would not have left to the de-
eiSion of the Congress, if it had been acquainted there-
with. In conseveuce of this, every thing remained at the
dispoial-of the Cortes: who, on the very day m*their installs-
Con, and by way of commencement fa:their acts, despoiled
ins of my Sovereignty,: which the same Deputies had only
a little befire acknowledged, ascribing- it nominally to
the nation, in under to appropriate it to themselves„ and
then, npon such usurpation; to dictate to. the nation
such laws as they pleased, imposite; upon. it the yoke by
which it sho.uld recei):c''them catnin;lsotaly a new •Con-
slitutioa, which the DePuties established without authority
attic provimies; Pv"Pte; or juntas, and vi:ithout the know-
ledge,uf those provinces, which were said tote represented
by substitutes froaa Spain and the Indies. This Constitution
..they sanctioned and piihrished in 1812. This first attack up-
.on the prerogatilres of the Throne, abusing. the mime of the
Nation, became., as it were, the basis of Inauy other' attacks
which folioelIfit;• and, In spite of .the repugnauee of many
optio, reiips of the inaority, thee were adolltell, aiol
raised to the raoI: of laws, which they called firodern.entat,by
means of thesliouts, threats, and violence of those who at-
, teirded_ ju the 4:a of the Corior, which 'they 'ul.frated
amid .terrified; and that which was iu froth the -work of a
fat ivu, v...as clothed with the specious mask of, the .q-eneral
will and for such Will, that of few sediCrous pel:Sons,Twho in
Cadiz, and afterwards ill ;Madrid, (,cetLt.ioued alliiction to all
1,;••pod_ citizens, node their own to pass. These facts are so no-
torious, 'that there is scarcely' ;ivy one who, is ignorant of
-then: ; and the very (if theCurte.efurnish an.tpleproof
. t f thym.

A wode of making laws so forekn to the Spanish nation,
ga.vt. occ,sion .an ferati6ri of the good laws under which,
iat olLer theses, it war> respected and la truth, aluttot

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all the feint., of The ancient Cenititutient of the Monarchy
were innovated even; and, copying the revolutionary and
democratic principles of the French Constitution of 1791,
they sanctioned, nut the fri7zdamentu'l laws •of a moderate
Mon veley, but those of a popular Government, with a Chief,
or Nlitistrate, their mere delegated executor, and not. a King,
although they gave him that name, to deceive and seduce the
unwary and the nation. Under the-same want of liberty,
this new Constitution was signed and sworn to oand it is
known to all, not only what passed With regard to the respect-
able Bishop sif Orense, but also the punishment with which
those Were threatened who refused to sign and swear to it.
" To prepare the public mind to receive such novelties,
especially those regardlog my ROyal Person and - the peeroga-
tires of the Crown, the public ilrernspapets were resorted to
as a means, some of which the Deputies of the Cortes con-
' ducted, and alinsed the Liberty of the Press, established by
them, to render .the Royal Power odious; giving to all the
rights of Majesty the name of despOtisni—making'King mid
Despot•synontmous terms, and &Bing Kings-?grunts; while
:it the same tithe they cruelly persecuted every one who had
the firmness-to contradict them, or to dissent from this.revas
hationary and seditious mode of thinking; and in every thing
democracy was affected, the Army and Navy, and . all other
establishments, which, from time immemorial, had been
Called-rope!, being stripped of that name, and national sub-
stituted, with which they flattered the people; who, however,
in spite of these perverse arts, retained, by their natural
loyalty, the good feelings which always formed .their
racter. Of all this, since I have happily entered the king-
dom, I have seen acquiring. faithful information and know-
ledge, partly frenn my own observations, and partly - from
the public Papers, in which, np to, this very day, representa-
tions of my arrival. and my character are impudently chym-
e laced, so gross and infambus in themselves, that even with
regard to any other kodiviiinal they would constitnte very
heavy offences,: worthy of severe notice and punishment.--
Circumstances sn unexpected leave filled inyeheart with bitter-.
!less, which could only be alleviated by the demonstrations
of alleetien fret all those who hoped for my arrival, iu order
•that by my presence' an end might he pnt to these calamities,
-And to the oppression in which those were who retained in
their minds the remembrance of my person, and sighed for
the true happiness of their country:
" I swear and promise to you, true and loyal Spaniards,
at the same time, that' ssyn-pathiee with the evi s.witich you •
have euffereel, you shall stet be disappointed of your neble,esi-
pectatihns. Your sovereign wishes to ire so on your account,
and this he places hie glory, that he is the Sovereign of an
heroic nation; whet by their immortal deeds have gained the
eldinirathin of the world, and_ preserved their liberty and 110-
nol.le.'• I abhor UTIA detest despotism; neither the intelligence
eieurcultitation of the nations of Europe could now.hudure
it ; nor Zias:Spain were its Kings ever despots. Neither'hs
good laws, noheuttstitutionomthorieetl despotism; although,
unfortunately, front time to time, as happens everywhere
'else, and in every thing !human, there may have been aieusee
of posher -irhich no possible cetettieuthht can wholly guava.
against ; nor were they the faults of the Con itution which--
the nation had, but of individuals, and the tifeete of 'unpleae,
sant , but very rare Circumstances,- which gave occasion to
them. HoWever, in order to avert them, as elfectually ILS.IIII=
manforesight will allow, namely, by preserviag the hen.air
of the Royal Dignity, and its rights, -since those appertaieing
to it-and to the people are equally inviolable, A will treat ,
with the Procurators of 'Spain and of the Indies ; and order
beinss restored, together' with the good usages under
_which
the nation has lived, and'which the Kings uty predecessors
established with its consent, every thing that relates to the
goed ofouy kiitedoms shalt be solidly and legitimately euhet-
ed, iu Guises legitimatelyeassemblede aS SOUR as it :spy be pos-
sible to do so, in order that my subjects may live prosperous
and happy, in one- religion, awl' under one government,
strictly waited by indissoluble ties. In this, and iu this alooe,
-consists the temporal felicity of a King and a hingdom,,Which
enjoy the title of Catholic, by way of eminence.; said itutue-'
diateiv preparations shall be Made tor what may appear best
towards the assembling of such a Cortes; in which, I trust,:
• the bases of the prosperity of my subjects, in both hemis-
pheres, May he confirmed.
The litterty and security of persons and property shall be
firmly secured by means of laws, which, guaraateeing public
liberty and order' shall leave to all that .salutary liberty
whose undisturbed enjoyment distingnishes a moderate frism
an arbitrary and despotic GS,verthoeut, and in which the chi-
. -zees sahjeet- to the Minter ought to live. Thin just liberty
all likewise,shall enjoy, in order to communicate through the
, Press their ideas and thoughts, within those limits, however,
which sound reaeon iniperiously prescribes to all, that it mase
elk degenerate into licuatiousues4 ; for the respect which is
due to Religion and the Goverumerit, and that which men
mutually owe towards each other, can; under no civilised Go-
vernment, be reasonably permitted to be violated and triune
pled upon with -impunity.
"WI suspicion, likewise, of any dissipation of the revenues
of the State shall cease; those which are assigned for the
ex-
pences required by the -honour of my Royal Person and Family-,
and that of the Nhtion whore I have the glory to govern, be—
Mg separated from the revenues which, by the cOnsent of the
Kingdom, may, be imposed and assigued for the maintenance
of the State in all branches of the adutiuistration. . The lawS,-
which shall in filet:se serve as a rule of action to my suajetts,,
shall also be enacted in concert with the Corte's, inasmuch as
theee bases may serve as,ati authentic declaration of my lituyal
intentions iii the Civerintient with which Lain about to' be
-vested,T4il will reoreseneto all neither a.deepot nor a tyrant,
but a King, andA father of his subjects. Having, in like mane •
net, heard freest the 1,1114.34113L1S declaration of persons re-
spectable far their zeal and knowledge, and froth representa-
, tione wade to ine from various parts of the kingdom, in which
are expressed the repugnance and disgus't with which both
the Constitution formed- by the: General anti- Extraordinary
Cortes, as well as the other political establishments recently
introduced, are regarded in the 'provinces ;.considering also
the mischiefs which have sprung therefrom, and would in-
creaseeothould I itssent to and swear•te the said Conetitutiou;
aatingin conformity tusuch general and decideddemonstrations
of the wishes of nay people, and also because they are justand
well founded; •
" I declare, thatlny Royal- intention is, not only not he ,
swear nor accede to the said Constitution, nor to any decree

of the Gcnerd/ and Erti'aotdinary'Cortes, and of the Ordi-
nary at present sitting, those, to wit, which derogate from the
rights and prerogatives of tay sovereignty, established by the
cons:itution and the lawS under which the nation has lived
in times past, but to pronounce that constitution and such
decrees null and of no effect, now, or at any other time, as
if such acts had never passed, awl that they are entirely abro-
gated, and without any obligation on my people and subjects,
of whatever class and cOndition, to fulfil or observe "them.
And as he who should attempt to support them, and shall
thus contradict iny Beyal Proclamation, adopted
.with the
above agreement and assent, will attack the prerogatives of
my sovereignty, and tire happiness of the nation, and will
cause discontent and disturbance in my kingdom. Ltleclare,
whoever shall dare to attempt the same will he guilty of
high treason, and, as such, subject to capital punishment,
whether he perform the same by deed, by writing, or by
Words, moving and exciting, or in any other- way_exhorting-
and persuading that the said Catstitutiorzaud Decrees be kept
and observed.

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" And in order that, until public order be restored, to-
gether with the system observed in the kingdom prior to the
introduction of these novelties, for the attainment of which
suitable measures shall be taken without delay, the adraiiii-
nistration of justice may not be interrupted, it is my will that
in the mean time the ordinary Magistracies of towns shall be
continued as now established, the Courts of Law where there'
are such, and the ,dudiencias, Iktendents, and other Judicial
Tribunals; and in the political and administrative branches,
the Common Councils . of Toivns, according to their present
constitution, until the Cortes, who shall he summdued, being
beard, the stable order of this part of the Government of the
kingdom be assented to: And from the day.on which this soy
Decree sha II be published and communicated to the Presi-
dent, for the time being, of the .Cortes at present met, the
said Cortes shall cease their-Sittings ; and. their Acts, with
those of the preceding Cortes, together with whatever Do-
cuments or Dispatches shall be in their Office of Archives and
Secretaryship, or in the pwsession of 'any other individual
whatever, shall be collected b the per Sou charged with the~
execution of this my Royal Decree, and shall bedeposited
Our the present in the Guildhall of the,city of Madrid, the
room in which they are placed being locked and sealed up :
the books •of their library shill be conveyed to the royal
library; and whosoever stall endeavour to obstruct the exe-
cution of this part of my Royal Decree,-in any way whatever;
I also declare him guilty of Hit h Treason, and that as such
the punishment ait, death shall he indicted upon .him. And
frinis this day shall cease in every tribunal of the kingdom all
proceedings in any cause, now pending for any infraction qf
Me Constitution, and those who, fur such:causes, have, been
imps ironed or arrested, shall be immediately .set at liberty.
Such then is my will, because the welfare and happibess of
the nation require it. . ' •
"Given at Valencia, the 4th of May, 14314. , •
" 1, THY, KING.

"Pedro de Macanaz, Secietary o"iteerees.
" As'apfain General of New Castile, Political-and Mill-
.,

tary Governor of the whole Province, and by order of his Ma-
jesty Don Ferdinand VII. whonkGod preserve, I cause it to
be published. •
" FRANCISCO ItAMON IA; IGUIA Y LUTONA:
" Madtid, May il, 1814."

COAINIOIq HALL

CORN LAWS=BLOCKADE OF NdRIVAY

Yesterday a very numerous
,Meeting of the Li-
very of London was held 16 Gnil uirail, pursuant
to requisition, to take into consideration the gobs-
tions of the proposed alteration in the Corn Im-
portation Laws, and the 13lockadt,4 of Norway.—
The Crier having read the requisition,
The LORD MAYOR said, he had received two re..;.
quisitions, numerously signed, for two distinct
purposes ; he therefore hoped that they would af-
ford every Gentleman a patient hearing, as no-
thing could give such dignity and effect to any
public proceeding as temper and modera,tibo.
Mr. WAITHmAN said, this Hall was called on A
case of great emergency—the Bill in Parliament
respecting certain alterations of a Most mataial
nature in the present Corn Laws. Ile was aware
that lhe subject afforded opportunity for courting
popularity, by an appeal to the passions, rather
than the judgement of the people ; but that lie
should avoid as far as he was able. It had been
said in Parliament, that this alteration was not
intended to raise the price of bread ; but although
that might not be the intention of the promoters
of' the measure, it was evident it would have the
effect of raising the price of Corn, and come,
trendy of every thing else ; by• which means
we should be deprived of the benefits of peaces
and suffer all time distresses of a state of war, by
keeping tip thz"..present exorbitant rents of lands.
No man had more respect for the landed interest
than, he had ; but the evils of the late war had
fallen on the manufacturiog and mercantile class;
while the 'landholder Was obtAning exorbitant
reins; and he therefore contended, that there
was no such extraordinary Measure necessary to
secure the inierest,4 of time Landed Proprietors.
Were we"to congratulate time Itegen on the corn--
elusion of 'a calamitous war, without heing able
to enjoy any of the blessings 'of peace ? Were
we to destroy the social Connection bet Ween peace
and plenty ? , Were we to.look tan. no 'diminution
of public expenditure, nor for any repeal of the
Property- Tax, the most nefarious, and degrading
of all that had been laid on time nation ? Ile was
aware that all . these things could not lie done at
once ; bat,' as they were to be alone, would not
the into est of the landholder be placed on a fair.
tooting ? It was not to he eximeeted that 'the
House of -Peers, being entirety composed .of the
landed interest, would he very eager to resist this
measure, which would tend so touch to their in-
terest.: their only hope would be from the Lower I
House of Parliament. This- measure -would en-
hance time price of labour, and would therefore
deprive us of the power of a soceessful-competi.-
/ion with foreign markets. To protect their trade
and commerce, the,foundaf-ions of their national
greatness, hecalied upon them to agree to cer-
tain Resolutions, which he then react, and on
Which lie-proposed to found the Petition to-Par-
liament. It was but justice to the landed Gen-
tlemen to say, that 'the exorbitant rents were
given them by speculators ; hediad heard. of many
that- ;had not raised • their rents at all, and of
others that had taken measures to lower theirs,
so that their tenants might be enabled to live on
their farms.
Mr. WniirE seconded the motion. This was-. 11
Measure so obnoxious to the interest of the trail-
ing and manufacturing bodies; that it only required
to be seen to be most hateful and disgusting.—
' The promoters of this Meastire called it a Bill to
Encourage Agriculture ; and, by a singular per-
version of the powers of reasoning, they said,
it was to lower the price% of Bred, by raising the
price of Corn. It tvas-ter starve its now, in order
that we should be better fed hereafter. This -put
hint in -mind of the-map who wished to teach his
horse-to live without food, tiTit the aniival died
before the experitnent'was completed._ so'would
it be with us if this.ineatire were to pass.' 'lie
denied that this would assist the farmer ; for his
interest could not be worse served, than by de-
stroying the trading interest. This measure
Would keep the quartern loaf at fifteen-pence ;
the spechlatOrs would come in; and raise it,
greatly higher. He could not alp ee 'to. the eu-
logium of his worthy friend oh the landed interest;
for when any Charitable subscription teas on foot,
for the poor of our own, or the distresses of,other
countries, it was from the trading and manufac-
turing bodies that they must look for the Money.
He wished Niel:lon. Baronet, the reputed father
of theißill, had confined its benefits, as he origi-
nally intended, to Ireland, and left us poor silly
Englishmen to go on in our old way. The. Bill
itself cartied a lie.on the face of it; for, instead of
its being called " A Bill to-Encourage Agrict&
tune," it should have been entitled '' A Bill to
Destroy Trade and Manufactines." lie .would not
fatigue them by going into any dry calculations
-
on the subject ; their own understandings would
be sufficient to spew that this Measure-would be
ruinous to `trade and commerce, and only raise the
landed interest on the destruction of the other
branches of the community.
Mr. doer,-late Caudidate for Bristol, spoke at
great length on the same side.

The Resolutions were then read and agreed to,
Mr. Alderman.Wooo came forward to propose
a PetitiOn to Parliauie►it founded on them. The
measure now before. Parliament, he said, could
have nu other effect than that of raising the prices
a bread, and that at a time when France was
able to meet us with manufa,:tures in the foreign
market at a rate much lower than a•e•conld. He
concluded by moving that the Petition' be read. •

Mr. FAVELL seconded the Petition.—He had
felt most reluctant to making this a subject of
discussion in a popular assembly ; blit be had, 4n
reflection, felt convinced, that an appeal to the
public opinion on this measure was become ne-
cessary. He was ready to agree in all the com-
pliments paid by the. worthy Mover of thiS
don to the landed interest. He was ready to
acknoWlylge the. obligation which the country at
large was under to thc Russells and the Ca-
vendish es of former dap; and he should most sin-
cerely regret any idea going abroad that time was
a wish to-separate their interest from, and to, sa-
crifice it to, the manufacturing. interests--no such
wish existed ; -theonly feeling Naieh actuated, the
opposers of the measure 1.7. as a desire to promote,
as `far as possible, the genehd interest of the
public.
Ptition was then rend, agreed to unanini-

,
iltatotilettil to 13-e pi'dc-i!eci_ td th‘e House
of CommOus by the City rtepresentatives.
W. Cnati; Came. forward, atnid4 gi•eat ap-
Pthuse• He. agreethhat this was a•most report-,
atit and idelitate question; He had regi'aited
hear the distoSgion of it in the last Sessltiu, ;tire
donett!l in their-pOwer, When first it was Ig't"',e
nevi din this himself abitet",i.litistiect::=sicelllgEs'il:: 11
to preteiit the measure being carried. `Ti" 'Y "'0;
done so now. He wag coni,inted this ivgs
tire time td prOpose such measure. w.he,"
mantilacturefs and labourerg were
and expected peace and elenty.=.---(AppLlus,e,/ii
had always regretted the high price.wureder„,,
poor had to pay for their bead : be C"sl{* ct
is
the proposed measure would hate the ed;
keeping op the price ; therefOrb he bzi'd
and would continue to oppose it in every 11`115
;••
(Loud applause). ; say:
Mr. Alderman Cokti: expressed' ,116
merits. He had opposed the measure, hee°','s-,d
considered it as an injurious one.• vv" 'l4;al
his ideas had met those of his cOnstitnents,
look
would still continue the same line of conduct
(Applause). . •
Sir J. SHAW said. Ito should with plensdre
his support to the Petition. He had felt
duty, during the late..discussions, oPPTet' )()a-
. the Import and Export Bills. He sl''it7L acecl,
tinue to do so in all future stage's of theu.oo-
- his present share of information, shy
tinue to vote against it—(Applause).
Mr. Alderman A-raitw..l had also the trit's-
of stating, that he had felt it his duty to . („i
this measure. He congratolated the idcetl4lol
the very liberal manner in which this Petiti°;llioa
been brought ft)rward, and expressed.his the
'
that it could not fail to have weight he oe-
House of Commons. It would, perhaps' ije no-
ceSsary for him to explain why he had
tice of a motion when the subject' shout"
conic before the,House ; he had done '010:
a -wish to have any Measure at all aclopted.°l,, if
subject, but,. if any were adopted, to rendere„j•er,
possible, less mischievous. He hoped, 10`17,ioti.
the present strong expressions of public 01)'-olil
would convince the,House that theaneasure'.°L,ev.
be abandoned, and no prOpOsition at all he l'e"
sary from hint on the subject.
The Petition was then put and agreed to' go,
Mr. Warrn MAN then moved, as was cast(4-0:r.
though he believed, on this occasion, it wki',
necessary, " That the, City RePresentatia't,''
instructed to supportahis Petitiou in Parlig"'el;,:ce
In doing this he could not but condole wit') t,-.of
of
tbeliit a iC
s into they
in their
havingthewiviseir°e";:ll-8-v:er[l:
being
S)sco oe, girdehl7ilcuthr'°c—'7elng theai uis
minority.i
haps iadacc them a little .to compasSioua-, sv
ane
situation of their Worthy Collea, who fajta
many years had invariably been so.—(L'a°l"i
and applause.) Itz
Sir W. CURTIS said, his Worthy fyv
would allow 11111) the pleasure of
t once in his life-(laughter), had started a ~~'
-~itrrt.
Which be knew would,always bring him far
lie (Sir W.) was. always most happy ";111:)'';
could act according to the wishes of i1f;,..-ealsril
citizens*(applause) :'butt he never wooloi',-;cca'''
to take instructions, from them—(hisses)• t rtr-
,idered it 'unconstitutional for a Member co'fo''
'lament to do so.—(Loud disapprobation.)" ,
rin
see, Gentlemen,"' Said Sir " tie!' •
minority now.—L(Loud applause).—But 't
far you—well for !':!;rope--,-auct well fur tilcv so
that myself 'and my Worthy Colleagur",til',
Often joined in the glorious majorities, "``',,bleal";
their perseverance imthe good cause, hocs;,,t als"
edi tesults so' beneficial for inankind."---o'-
continired applause.) ,4 tat
A similar Petition was then read and 0re.1,1,01'
and ordered tole presented to the House 01
• s STATE or NOItIVAY. , . ) ;rir
Mr. Alderman IWOOD then came forwa"l t()-f
pose 'a'number of Resolatinns, expressicei; 391 v
approbation at the conduct adOpted hv.r:ari"
'tient towards Nor=way. The -eri,es, of "-:(1,),/s
adjourn!" were so loud, however, that be
:length obliged to content
_himself witli., tltl se
11
moving the Resolutions, which were reac"i
• conded by Mr. Face). tijsr
Mr. VAUGHAN moved,
the consideration of them should be ati:/°`'r
Friday next. t vrbicilf
Mr.IVAITHMAN opposed the adjouriuneu"vii of-
was negatived ; and the Resolutions Were Icier
agreed to, and "ordered ,to be published
•
iTusual Papers. as an. Amendniell
d to
The !hanks of the Meeting were c"t,efoac!"'c
derman Scholey, the .'late Mayor, for iils,oas L•ti
whilst in the Ciric Chair, and for his exer-
keep d9wn the price of bread. ts for i"e
Alderman ScliaLEY returned tha"-
honour dOne hint.for bis
Thanks were voted to the Lord IS.laY'Lli.':ol,;;;Ca'
'conduct in the Chair, and the Meeting a")

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