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LIVERY MEETING.

A meeting of the Liverymen of London in Common
Hall assembled, took place yesterday at the Guildhall, for
the purpose of addressing her Majesty the Queen in behalf
of the imprisoned Sheriff. At one o'clock, the Lord
Mayor, attended by Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, several of the
Aldermen and City authorities, entered the Hall, which
was at this time about one-third filled. Among the gen-
tlemen on the platform we observed Alderman Sir M.
Wood, Alderman Johnson, Alderman White, Alderman
Gibbs, Alderman Lainson, Sir Peter Laurie, David Salo-
mons, Esq., Mr. Laurie, D. W. Harvey, Esq., Mr. An-
derton, Mr. Saul, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Wire, Tolcher,
Esq., Mr. Stevens, tkc., &c.
The requisition h,aving been read,
The Loma MAYOR came forward and said, in conse-

quence of the requisition addressed to him, he had taken
the earliest opportunity of calling the present meeting.
He trusted that as or. a former occasion, when he had the

honour of calling them together, they would exhibit the
same kindness and good feeling towards all who would
address them. Without taking any individual part in
the meeting, be would now call upon the gentlemen who
had resolutions to propose, to address the meeting.
Mr. WILKINSON then came forward to move the first re-
solution. Many of them would perhaps recollect that on
the 7th of that month they had assembled, when several
resolutions were carried almost unanimously. On that

occasion the freemen of London expressed-their indig-
nation that their Sheriffs, for having performed
their duty in accardance with their oaths, should

be incarcerated. On that occasion he had intimated to
some of his brother Liverymen that if they intended
to address the House of Commons, he should cer-
tainly move an amendment,.and leave it to the Hall for a
seconder, in order to show that he had no party feeling,
but was merely influenced by that love of justice which
he hoped and trusted his countrymen would be always
famed for. He bad done so, and although the feeling
of the Hall was in his favour, he had been obliged to
withdraw it, as it was not included in the requisition, and
his Lordship could not well put it to the meeting. The
Lord Mayor had kindly stated that he should have a Hall
whenever he required it, and it was gratifying to them to
find that they had a Lord Mayor who would attend to the
wishes of his constituents.—(Loud cheering.) The
Sheriffs of London were elected by them, and were
their Sheriffs. The Queen had approved of their
choice, and had boued them by oaths to administer
the laws of the country according to these laws.--( Hear,
hear.) He was proud to say that their choice had not
disgraced them.—( Cheers.) They were determined to
adhere to their oaths ; and if they happened to have a
House of Commons who thought nothing of their oaths,

the Sheriffs, he was glad to say, had e—due regard for
them. He feared that whenever they paid little attention to
oaths, that most sacred part of their duty, the liberties of the
country were in danger.—( Oh, and laughter.) He would
remind the meeting of certain parties at one time in
France, who bad always liberty on their lips, but when
they came into power were the greatest tyrants that ever
lived. He had always been a firm and consistent friend of
public liberty, and had ever advocated such principles.
He had been struck with the observations of that excellent
man, General Jackson, the late President of the United
States. He said, " Fellow-citizens, the price of liberty
is watchfulness."—( Cheers.) He was sorry to say,
that those gentlemen who had become Members
of the House of Ccmmons, in consequence of the
Reform Bill required to be watched.—( Cheers, and cries
of " Read the Riot Act.") 'What had the Riot Act to do

there ?—( Cheers.) It might do very well for certain
parties; but they did not want Precursors there.
He was sure there were very few in the Hall
and those that were there had got in surreptitiously.—
( Cheers.) It was said that in this country there was no
wrong without a remedy. Now, how had these proceed-
ings been brought about ? Mr. Stockdale, it appeared,
had published a book, which he bad not seen—
(Cries of " And a very villainous one it is, too.")—it might
tie, for aught he knew, for he had not seen it. This book,
it appeared, in a Committesa of the House of Commons
had been designated by one of the Members as a most in-
famous production. Mr. Stockdale asserted that that
statement was a libel upon his character, as the work
was not of the nature described, but a work of science.
For this be appealed to a Jury of his country,
who gave him a verdict.—(Cheers, and cries of " No,
no.") Well, why did not the House of Commons defend
the action, and if they had there could have been no
doubt the jury would not have given damages.—( Cheers. )
The Sheriffs having the writ put in their hands, were
under the necessity of executing it, in order to obtain the
damages; and while they were doing this, in stepped the
House of Commons, saying we will intercept the
trial by jury—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no")—
and imprison the Sheriffs for acting up to their oaths. If
the people of England allowed these sort of proceedings
to go lon, and suffored their liberties to drop off one by
one, away would go the boasted Constitution of Great Bri-
tain, which at one time was the envy of surrounding na-
tions and the admiration of the world.—(Cheers, and
cries of " Hear, hear.") He hoped there was still enough
of old English feeling at present existing not to allow any
body of men the power, unless it was the law of the
land, to imprison any person at their nwn pleasure.—
( Cheers.) Now what was the resolution passed at the
Common Hall held on the 7th of the present month. (The
Worthy Gentleman having read these resolutions, observed
that, excepting the first, they had been carried unanimously. )
lle therefore begged to move that the following Address
be presented to her Majesty the Queen. He begged they
would pay attention to what he was about to read, as it
was what they would have to pass.--( Loud laughter.) If
any one else had a resolution to propose, and they could
carry it, it was all very well ; but he wished that they
should know what was passed, and if they were base slaves
let them appear so before the world.—( Laughter, cheers,
and uproar.)
Mr. Wilkinson then proceeded to read the Address
(which was subsequently adopted), and that part of it
which prayed for a dissolution was received with mingled
applause and disapprobat ion. After the applause had ceased,
some hissing was heard, and Mr. Wilkinson called out,
" Be quiet, can't ye ?" which created great merriment
throughout' the Hall. He now moved a resolution to the
effect that the Address be adopted. He was a man of no
party—( Applause, and uproar)—but he wished to defend
the rights and liberties of his fellow-subjects,—(Cheers,
and uproar.)
The LORD MATOX asked If any one seconded the motion.
For some time no seconder appeared, and some one in
the body of the Hall called out " It i 3 too absurd to be
seconded.—( Loud laughter.)
Mr. MAITLAND stood forward and said—lf there were no
individual firm enough to second the bold and straightfor
ward address that had been moved by the Honourable
Gentleman, ho would not hesitate to say that he
would take upon himself to second it. —( Loud
cheers, and uproar.) Insinuations had been thrown
out against those who were active in calling meetings of
this description, that they were playing the game of the
Tories.— ( Cheers, and cries of " Yes.") He was proud to
give a distinct denial to that.—(Uproar.) Had not the
Gentleman who had proposed this address, stated that he
was a Radical ; that he was attached to principles, but was
a Radical of no party—(Laughter)—not a Radical of the
school of Robespierre.—( Loud cheers.) If they had
been met here to discuss the right of imprisonment
claimed by the House of Lords, instead of by those who
were now the distributors of Court patronage, and enjoying
the profusion of the House of Commons, would not those
very persons call out to rescue the liberty of the sub-
ject from the House of Lords?—(Cheers, and uproar.)
The question was not as to the ease of Stockdale v.
Hansard, but it was a question between the people of Eng-
land and those who were desirous of getting an unjust
power in the Constitution.....( Laughter.) Every indepen-
dent and manly citizen ought to stand forward and raise
his voice in defence of trial by jury, of the Habeas Corpus
Act, and the liberty of the subject. He did not question
the right of the House of Commons to publish a libel,
but as they had entered into a Court of Law, let not justice
he mocked. To look back was dangerous, to retreat was
death. Let the people show that as the House had em-
barked in a Court of Law, they were determined that
House should submit to the laws of the country.—( Hear.)
Mr. PONTIFEX agreed that this was not merely the case
of Stockdale against Hansard, but that it was the cause of
the people of England they were called on to discuss.
This was the greatest constitutional qnestion that ever
came before a public meeting. lie spipathised with the
Sheriffs as much as any man ; and ho regretted they should
be incarcerated, but believing they had been incarcerated
in consequence of following bad advice-(" No," and
" Yes, yes")—he could not ask, they might be set at li-
berty.—( Uproar, and cries of " Off, off," and cheering. )
What had the House of Commons done to merit censure ?
had they sought their own personal aggrandisement ?
They had only been desirous of making their constituents
acquainted with the reasons that induced them to pass
laws, in order that they might see that they were proper
and correct. The House was, in fact, therefore essen-
tially fighting the battles of the people.—( Cheers and
uproar.) What was desired by those who condemned the
privileges of the House of Commons was to give the House
of Lords the power of prostrating the strength of the
Commons.—( Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes," and
uproar.) If any Court of Law decided on the pt
iviler es
of the House, the question must ultimately be brought
before the House of Lords.—( Hear, hear, and cheers. )
It was said, it was an undefined law, but had not every
court in the kingdom such undefined law ; had not every
petty court the power of committing for contempt then
why should it be denied to the House of Commons, the
people's House? There was no unmixed good, but the
present case the good far prevailed over the evil—(.
bear arguments
Inter-
ruption.)notitwafraidgive him a hearing, if
upon the question. If the House of Commons suffered
this privilege to be torn from them. they would plant h
dagger in the bosom of liberty.—( Cheers and laughter. )
holding
them, he would move an amendment to the effect, that the
uldHsch ohwoptehdattthay wwoeurled
claimed by the House of Commons was just—(No,
power
no)—because they ought to have the power of giving the
These were his sentiments, and in consequence of
fullest and freest information to their constituents—
( Cheers and hissing)—the power claimed was not for their
own aggrandisement, but for the information of the people,
and if the House was not the sole judge of its own privileges
the result would be, that they would he held subject to the
decision and revision of the House of Lords. The amend-
ment embodied his sentiments, and he would be ashamed
of himself if, because of a little opposition, he did not
fearlessly assert them.
Dr. BOWRING seconded the amendment. He said,
Brother Liverymen, you are well aware that it is seldom I
aka ;,ny part in municipal questions, and I would not on

PRICE sd.

this occasion have come forward if I did not believe that
great questions were involved, and that the interests of the
people required the recognition of those rights which in
the name of the people, and for the instruction of the
people, the House of Commons now puts forward.-_
( Hear, hear.) Those lion. Liverymen who moved and
seconded the original resolution, found it necessary to de-
clare themselves the friends of public freedom—certainly
looking at the company with which they are associated it
vas necessary for them to do so.—(Cheers, laughter, and
cries of No.) I reproach them not,-1 blame them not—
their convictions may be as honest and sincere as my own ;

but I confess when I see my warm-hearted friend Mr.
Taylor fighting the cause of the people with Stockdale and
Sir Francis Burdett, the most outrageous and violent of
the Tory party—(Great cheering and uproar)—Gentle-
men, it leads us to inquire whether, looking round him, at
the friends and acquaintances with whom he has hitherto
fought the battles of the people, he does not distrust his
position, and feel that perhaps be is in the wrong.—
( L aughter and cheers.) If I come forward now it is be-
cause I had the honour of being a Member of the Parlia-
mentary Committee, which recommended to the House
of Commons greater publicity, and that greater diffusion
should be given to Parliamentary documents.—( Cheers.)
Why, Gentlemen, I consider that decision one of the most
important triumphs ever gained by the people. It is a new
recognition of their responsibility to the people. It was
a stronger declaration than had ever before been made,
that they wished their laws to be judged of by the people
—that they meant to come before the people, and to give
them the grounds for their legislation.--(Cheers, and
cries of " Question.") What is the question ? Merely
this—whether the House of Commons elected by the
people—the sole body responsible to the people—the sole
body whom the people can influence and dismiss—whether
they shall be allowed to open their doors widely, to invite
you to read and study the motives of their legislation, and
whether they shall not be protected in this great and popular
appeal.—( Uproar.) Those who could check the circula-
tion of these documents will only be consistent in shutting
the doors of Parliament and of every Court of Justice in
the country. For what is Parliament contending ?—for
your right to know the motives of their legislation.—
( Cheers, uproar, and cries of " Off, off.") On the one
side, Gentlemen, you have the Parliament struggling for
publicity, and desiring to make known to you all that
passes within their doors; and, on the other side, what
have you ? the dicta of irresponsible Judges—(Hisses, cries
of " No," and uproar)—and the abominations of the libel
law.—(Renewed uproar.) Yes, Gentlemen, this is what
they want to promulgate—they say it is not constitutional
law, because the Sovereign, and the Lords, and the Com-
mons, have not been consulted ; but do you believe that
the Sovereign, and Lords, and Commons, had anything to
do with the dicta which are from time to time ut-
tered from the Bench ? and it is merely in favour of these
dicta that the Judges are contending.—(Great uproar.)
Those who have arguments need no interruption—if you
have better reasons than ours, let them be put forward.
If you can prove them to be more advantageous to the
interests of the community, and of good government, in the
name of the nation and of liberty, let them be listened to.
But, Gentlemen, as I said before, I know of no triumph
greater than that which has placed the House of Commons
in a situation in which the libel law, evil as it is, cannot
intercept their communications with the people.—( Cheers,
and much confusion.) I know it is very convenient for
gentlemen to forget the origin of this question—l know
they would willingly disassociate it from Stockdale's
name, and put forward, instead of him, trial by Jury; but,
gentlemen, the House of Commons never did anything
more meritorious than—( Tremendous uproar, which was
frequently renewed.) Gentlemen, if you would only ex-
ercise a little forbearance you may, perhaps, agree with
me that the House of Commons did a meritorious thing
when it stated that licentious books had been introduced
into one of the City prisons.—(Cheers uproar, and cries
of " No, no.") Gentleinen, was that the fact or not ?
( Cheers.) Was it not important that the citizens of London
should know that, and was it not important that the House
of Co, should have the means of ascertaining the
ions
facts of Lae case, and of protecting those who gave pub-
licity to these facts ?—( Cheers and uproar.) The ques-
tion is one of great simplicity. Is the House of Commons
responsible to you, and will you, or will you not, know
the reasons why these laws are made?—(Loud cheers.)
If you will protect your representatives, sanction the
amendment which has been brought before you. Dr.
Bowring concluded amid loud cheers, by seconding the
amendment.

The original resolution and the amendment having been
read,

DAVID SALOMONS, Esq., came forward to address the
meeting. The question before the meeting was one pecu-
liarly theirs, and he vvsuld recommend them not to be
carried away from the point they were met that day to
consider. The last speaker had stated that the question
was one of great simplicity.—( Cheers.) If he had not
considered it simple, he should not have attempted to
address the meeting. The question to be submitted to
them really was this : They had elected Sheriffs as public
officers, to execute a public duty, and should not the law
be such that every public officer should understand it?—
(Cheers.) He hoped they would not be driven away
from that point.—( Hear, hear.) They had elected
them to attend to an onerous and expensive duty,
and the Sheriffs, acting, he believed, honestly,
in the execution of that duty had been subjected to pains
and penalties. Who ought to interfere in their favour, if
it were not those who had elected them to the office.—
(Cheers.) It was right that the House of Commons
should possess the power of publication—( Cheers, and cries
of " No") ; but the state of the law should be such, that
all public officers should understand the law, and not be
subjected to prosecution for the execution of his duty. He
was glad they had now an opportunity of discussing this
question, for the meeting of Friday was most disgraceful.
They had heard of the Queen's Bench law and House of
Commons' law, but there was a law imported from
the other side of the Atlantic, to which he certainly
did object; he meant Lynch law.—(Loud cheers.) He
trusted that, whatever course the Livery adopted, they
would with true loyalty express their feelings firmly. Those
whom they had sent bad been obstructed in their duty
—the point of law decided nothing ; for, if these had
yielded, others might oppose it. He entirely disapproved
of the amendment, because, so far from showing them how
they could set their Sheriffs at liberty, it affirmed the pri-
vilege which was the cause of their incarceration. He
would leave others to answer the so-called arguments which
had been brought forward in support of the House of Com-
mons ; but he hoped they would not be drawn away from
the real point at issue.—( Cheers. )
Mr. CLARKSON was right glad that some of those gen-
tlemen who on a former occasion had attended here but
had not bad the courage to propose any amendment had on
this occasion emerged from their hiding places.—( Cheers
and laughter.) They had likewise listened to a Learned
Doctor—he knew not if that Learned Doctor had been

sent there by the Government or the House of Commons,
but he could not give a better account of the results of
his doings abroad, than what he recommended them to do
at home. The sooner he returned into the country the
better.—( Cheers and laughter.) He hoped they would
not suffer themselves to be imposed on by mere moonshine,
mere wretched subterfuges. This was another effort made
in the struggle to deprive them of their rights.—( Cries of
" Why don't you attack Sir R. Peel?") He had not the
honour of Sir R. Peel's acquaintance, and from the com-
pany he had been keeping he was not anxious for
(Cheers and laughter.) But he would ask why had not
Sir R. Peel attacked Lord John Russell ?—( Cheers and
laughter.) The fact was, Sir R. Peel and Lord John
Russell were conspiring together to devise means to sup-
port the tyrannical power of the House of Commons.
The House of Commons had privileges—be it so. They
had the powerof publication—be it so.—(Cheers, and up-
roar.) But the power of publication; was that the question ?
The question was, would they submit to the incarceration
of their own officers, chosen by themselves ?—(Hear.)
The House of Commons was afraid to take the Judges.—
( Hear, hear.) He would ask the Common Hall, what was
the opinion of the conduct of the advocates of privilege at
the last meeting ? Was there ever a body of ruffians from
St. Giles's who would lend themselves to a more cowardly
attack than was there made ?—(Groans and hisses, and
cries of " Off, of and "Go to the Old Bailey.") He
should like to know whether the gentlemen who had come
forward to-day were at Freemasons' Hall ? Were they with
tlie tail ?—(Laughter. ) Were they with the Member for
Kilkenny and the Patriot-Coroner ?—( Laughter. )
A LIVERYMAN—They are as good as an Old Bailey
bully.—( Cheers and laughter.)
Mr. CLAIMNON—Why was a Lord of the Treasury
there ? Nobody who had a good cause would resort to such
feeble means as the advocates of tyranny and oppression had
adopted. The house of Commons wore undoubtedly en-
titled to privileges ; but when they presumed to exercise
those privileges so as to deprive the public of their liberty,
and their officers, it was high time to interfere._( Hear,
hear.) He was glad to see the Commissioner of Police
here, and he would tell him something for his information.
Two days only before the last meeting, a police officer was
seen tearing down the hand-bills from the walls of New_
gate, that were posted up for the purpose of intimating
to the citizens of London that a Common Hall was about
to be held to petition for the liberation of the Sheriff
( Hear, and laughter.) That ought to be inquired into—
( Laughter)—and if the Commissioner knew it, let him
I come forward and justify it. —(ll.aar. ) Mr. Clarkson in
I conclusion called upon the meeting to give three cheers
for the Sheriffs, which was responded to by one half of
those present
I

Mr. LAwanNett thought it was very extraordinary that
the gentlemen of the law should be so sensitive on this
question.—( Laughter.) Were these gentlemen ever
known to be unanimous upon anything, unless it was fur
their own interests and against the people ?—(Cheers, and
laughter.) Why, five hundred lawyers had signed a
petition to thei House of Commons. Were five hundred
lawyers ever known to combine together for any good?
Ilow was it, he would ask, that all the lawyers of any
note in the House of Commons had sunk all party spirit,
and almost unanimously held that the judgment of Lord
Denman was wrong.—(Cries of " No, no," and uproar.)
Yes, the greatest lawyers of the day had come to that con-
clusion. Who would be the sufferers if the privilege were
lost—why, the people. The House was contending for
the privileges of the people, not for those of the lawyers.
The lawyers were all against the House, because it would
interfere with their pickings.—(Laughter and interrup-
tion.) The lawyers very modestly called upon them to
petition the Queen to dissolve the Parliament. Were they
disinterested in this call ? No, they hoped by such a ma-
nmuvre to get their friends into power, that so they might
he made partakers of the loaves and fishes. Nay, would it
be too much to fancy that the mover of the resolution in
making such a call had an eye to electioneering fees.—

(Laughter.) The cry was got up by the Tories.—(CrieS
of " No, no.") He said it was, and they had succeeded
in seducing a few who called themselves
Great laughter.) But it was altogether a Tory
trick, and intended not to benefit the Sheriffs
so much as to embarrass and annoy the Ministry.
The lawyer said he expected fees ; he would tell them
that he was no lawyer.—(Cheers.) He trusted that their
fame for sound discretion, good sense, and intelligence,
would not on the present occasion allow them to depart
from those good ruleslhey had laid down for themselves ;
and they would not he' taken in because the lawyers were
alarmed..._( Cheers. )
Mr. R. TAYLOR then came forward to address the
meeting. It was net his intention at first to have pre-
sented himself to theii notice; but he felt hound to do so
aftes- what had been 'stated by his friend, Dr. Bowring,
who, he was sorry to find, had left the meeting— (Cheers,
and cries of " He has cut his lucky")—because he should
have been most happy to have answered many of his ob
servatiens. The present question was one quite apart
from all political feelings.—( Cheers.) It was a great
national question.—(Cheers.) The very supporters of
the House of Commons had laid claim to public opinion ;
they said it was with them.—( Cheers.) They were con-
stantly asserting that the public were with them.
How was that to be put to the test, but by public meet-
ings being held ? If he diffei ed on this question from
those with whom he was literally associated, why was be
to be blamed ? In the course that he took on this sub-
ject he looked neither to Whig, Tory. or Radical ; die
only thing he looked at was the question itself, and ho
conjured the meeting to divest itself of all party feeling,
and judge for themselves on this great question.—
(Cheers.) This was not a Ministerial question, it was
a House of Commons question.—( Cheers.) It was well
known that the Lord Chancellor, who was the keeper of
the Queen's conscience, had in the Cabinet declared him-
self against the claims of the House of Commons, and it
might be that there was a division in the Cabinet on the s
question.—( Cheers.) They had beard lately a good
deal of open questions ; why was not this to be an open
question also ?—( Cheers.) Why was he not to follow
his own opinions on this subject? Was ho always .
be dragged at the heels of a party on this questioh?—
It was a most shallow pretext to say that the House of
Commons could give information without defamation.
Were the privileges of the House of Commons to have no
limit ?—( Hear.) He thought the Hcuse would best study
its dignity if it desisted from the course it was now taking.
The claim they had set up with regard to publication was
to the extent of publishing defamatory Latter without
giving the individual defamed redress. He would now go
to the case in question. It had been stated that great de-
fects existed in the management of Newgate, aad the only
matter cf importance was to know whether such was the
case ; but it stated that an improper book had been fl unsl
in the prison. The name of the book was not stated, nei-
ther was the name of the author mentioned, but it was
stated that it was an improper book published by John
Joseph Stockdale.—(Cries of " A pretty character.") He
had nothing to do with his private character. Courts of
Justice did not pick out cases, but they judged on the cases
brought before them.—( Hear.) Ithad been represented that
this was a mere corporate matter; but it was one which
affected all the rights of Englishmen. He would ask, had
they ever heard of such cruelties being practised in New-
gate, as had been practised elsewhere--in Warwick, for
instance ?—( Cheers.) Had Lovett and Collins been in
Newgate, they would not have been subjected to such
cruelties, nor have been shuffled off from Sir E. Wilmot
to the Home Secretary, until it was impossible to know to
whom they should apply. He admitted the House of Com-
mons possessed privileges—the question was not of their
privileges—but their privileges, which were great, should
be defined, so as that the Judges might recognise, and
the people observe them—( Cheers)—else they should not
live under the government of law, but of arbitrary power ;
and that was what the House of Commons now claimed.
They claimed the power of coining privileges, and was he
to be told he was a waverer, because be was opposed to
arbitrary power?—(Cheers.) It was misleading the public,
to say that it was only the privilege of publication that was
claimer* it was the power of calling everything privilege
they chase, and subjecting Courts of Justice to the conse-
quences of their displeasure, if they did not observe their
commands. They now claimed the power of increasing
Vie punishment of those whom they had incarcerated, and,
they were not only increasing the severity of the punish.
ment, but the number of the victims ; and if this course
continued they must, in the new Houses of Parliament,
have suites of dungeons built for their victims, who
were to be called upon to criminate themselves.
They had now, in addition to the other victims, got the
attorney's son and the attorney's clerk. He hoped to see
a subscription entered into for Pearce (the lawyer's clerk),
and that young Howard will show spirit and courage
enough to oppose these claims. He hoped to see a sub-
scription for the victims_.( Cries of "Oh yes !")--and.
that others would imitate their example, so that the
House of Commons might see they should not drag on the
public. He wished to see the House of Commons pure
and popular, and therefore he considered it was most unfit-
ted for the exercise of judicial power. The only instance
in which the House of Commons exercised judicial autho-
rity was in the case of contested elections ; and yet in ex-
ercising their judicial functions in these cases the Members
of that House were certainly accusing each other of unfair-
ness, and even of perjury--(Cheers and uproar)—that
showed how unfit the House of Commons were for the ex-
ercise of judicial functions. He was not an enemy to the
privileges or dignity of the Hoase of Commons, but he
lamented the conduct of that party who went to the Mid-
dlesex meeeting on Tuesday last, and anticipated the re-
gular meeting by taking the chair. There was one thing
that very much occasioned the heat and disturbance of
that day. It did not arise until some Gentlemen of the

House of Commons threatened to bring in the metropo-
litan police to overawe the electors of Middlesex, and the*
the violence began.—( Cries of " Who read the
Riot Act.") He (Mr. Taylor) certainly did not
hear the Riot Act read.—(oh.) He was told the She-
riffs had read it.—(Groans and cheers.) But who made
the riot ?—(Loud cries of " i'he Sheriff's," and much
laughter.) It was not decent for Members of the Hone
of Commons to take the Chair at a meeting which was to
judge of the privileges of that House. He was not in fa-
vour of appealing to the Queen for a dissolution of the
House of Commons.—(Cries of " Prorogation.") Now
he, from his early life, had been a friend of Annual Parlia-
ments, and if ever the time was when the necessity would
arise, he thought the time had now come.

The LORD MAYOR then put the amendment in:the first
instance, when about one-third or less of those present
held up their hands in its favour.
The original resolution was about to be put, when
Mr. W. STEPHENS said he had an amendment to pro.
pose, but the uproar, hooting, and hissing with which he
was received rendered him for some time quite inaudible.
He said he should wait the pleasure of the meeting.
The worthy Deputy, having in vain attempted to ad-
dress the meeting, moved as an amendment, and amidst
much uproar and confusion, the adjournment of the
meeting.
This amendment having been seconded,
The LORD MAYOR put the question, and the original
resolution was carried by a considerable majority.
Mr. WILKINSON then moved, and Mr. ANDKRTON se-
conded—That the address which had been carried be
signed by the Town Clerk, and that the Lcrd Mayor
forward it to the Sercetary of State for presentation to her
Majesty.—Carried.
It was then moved and seconded, and carried, that the
Resolutions be advertised in the usual Morning and Even-
ing Newspapers.
On the motion of Mr. DAVID SALOMONS, seoondcd by
Mr. JOLLY, a vote of thanks was given to the Lord Mayor
for his readiness in convening the Hall, and for his polite-
ness and urbanity in presiding at the meeting.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and the meeting
separated after giving three cheers for the Queen.
The following hand-bill was freely distributed to all
persons on entering the meeting :

" THE INFAMOUS DAYS OF CASTLEREAGH
REVIVED BY THE SHERIFFS.
" Britons 1 the Sheriffs are determined to deprive you
of the right of 'Free Discussion 1 Look at their packed
meeting of Friday last, where, because they could not
carry resolutions their own way, in opposition to the free-
holders, they had the audacity to read the Riot Act 11 and
thus make every freeholder that stayed in the room one
hour after subject to transportation for life.
" This was the act of Mr. France, the Under-Sheriff,
aided and encouraged by Mr. Peter Laurie, the nephew
of Alderman Laurie.
" Englishmen I will you allow your liberty of meeting
to be thus trampled upon by such creatures as these ?
Attend the Guildhall this day, at twelve o'clock, punctual
Insist upon your right to discussion 1
" No Riot Acts to be read!
heofldthQe Queen,
.TLoerrdiess, atneddeCsotrmemy ri! nshe whichfirre it is
" No interference of briefless barristers 1
the " Butdesire
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fiNinoctilrairngspiortEatniognlisflion; lei
meeting 1"

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW `FORT;,.The ad-
mirers of this distinguished authoress, having fresh in their re-
collection the admirably amusing work, published some time
since under the title of " The Widow Barnaby," will, we have
no doubt, be extremely gratified at the announcement of the
sequel to it, several specimens of which have already appeared
in the pages of the New Monthly. The title of this sequel is
" The Widow Married," and one circumstance which will ren-
der it doubly attractive is its being illustrated with no less
than twenty-one humourous plates, by that distinguished artist
IL W. I3uss, R. A.
WARNING TO WOULD-RR INSOLVENTS.—At
the Court for the hearing of Insolvent Debtors, at Wakefield,
on Wednesday, before J. B. Bowen, Esq., one of the Commis-
sioners, Elkanah Fearnley, of Swamp, near Queen's Head,
stuff-manufacturer, was opposed by Mr. Wasney on behalf oC•
Mr. Joseph Dobson, manufacturer, of Halifax. It appeared,
on examining the insolvent, and investigating the matter of his
petition, that he had neglected to insert in his schedule 1511. I4s.
received from a house in Leeds. The Court alsw found him
guilty of selling machines and goods at a great sacrifice, but the
sale was found not to be a real one, and in fact IS of his ma-
chines with warps, &e., were proved to be in the hands of his
weavers at the present time. The insolvent was defended by
Mr. Dowes, but after a lengthened hearing, the Court sentenced
him to be imprisoned six months. We hope this will have
some effect of putting a stop to such practices, which have of
late been as numerous as they are disgraceful.—Paltfax Expr.
We regret to learn that the iron-works at Stour-
bridge and Westbrorawich are stopt, from disputes about
wages between the men and their employers. At the former
place the stoppage is a strike of the masters, caused by the
workmen of Messrs. Bagnall, of Bilston, refusing to work at
the late reduced prices, and because they have since been sup-
ported by the workmen of other iron-works.— Worcestershire

GRACE DARLING.—Last week, a new vessel,
the Grace Horsley Darling, of Sunderland, outward bound,
passed the Longstone Light-house with her colours eying.
Miss Darling very promptly returned the compliment by hold-
ing out a flag from the Light-house, which was immediately
observedby those on board the vessel.

We have the authority for stating that Sir Ben-
jamin Brodie was sent for yesterday to Buckingham Palace ky
&sire of Dr. Chambers, to visit her Royal Highness tfW
Ditches; of Kent, who hay been suffering from an attack of
rheumatism in the knee.