The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-07 00:00:00

THE roLLownio IS THE PETITION.

"To the Right Honourable the Lords, Spiritual and
Temporal, of Great Britain and Ireland in Parlia-
ment assembled.
The humble petition of the inhabitants of the
borough of Boston, in the county of Lincoln,
and its vicinity, in Guildhall assembled,

" Humbly show-eth,—That your petitioners hold
the rights of conscience and use of private judgment
in matters of religious faith to be the birthright of
all ; and that these rights are most forcibly incul•
cated in the doctrines and precepts of Christianity ;
and actuated by these principles, your petitioners
have addressed your Right Honourable House on
behalf of a class of her Majesty's subjects, the British
born Jews.

" That the wise and judicious policy which has
been pursued by the Legislature in removing the
civil disabilities affecting Catholics and Dissenters,
but which has not been wholly extended to the Jews,
is not only unjust to the latter, but adverse to the
spirit of the age.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your
Right Honourable House will be pleased to take into
consideration the case of the British Jews, and to
confer on them the right of holding seats in Parlia-
ment, together with every other privilege enjoyed by
her Majesty's faithful subjects.
" And as in duty bound your petitioners will ever
humbly pray."
It was then moved by Mr. R. Stevenson, and se-
conded by Mr. T. Slator, " That a vote of thanks be
presented to Sir J. Duke for his vote upon this ques-
tion, that the petition be forwarded to him for pre-
sentation to the Commons, and to Earl Yarborough
to the Lords ; and that Mr. B. B. Cabbell be re-
quested to support the prayer of the petitioners in the
Commons.

D. Wire, Esq., moved, and Mr. Thompson se-
conded, a vote of thanks to the Mayor for the use ol
the hall, and also for his impartiality in the chair,
After which the meeting broke up.

PUBLIC SOIREE AND PRESENTATION OF
PLATE TO DANIEL WILLIAM WIRE, ESQ.
A public soirée was held at the Assembly Rooms,
Boston, on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of
presenting to D. W. Wire, Esq., the talented and
highly popular candidate at the last election, a testi-
monial from the Reformers of Boston, in admiration
of his long and faithful advocacy of civil, religious,
and commercial freedom.
The Rooms.----Tables for tea were set out in the
ball and breakfast rooms, which had been previously
tastefully decorated by ladies and the committee for
conducting the interesting proceedings. The tables
extended the whole length in each room, making
eight in all. A temporary platform, trimmed with
blue, and decorated with a profusion of evergreens,
was erected in the centre of the ball-room. The
balcony opposite was set apart for the Boston Quad•
rille Band, and during tea they played several airs
On the right and left side of the balcony were sus-
pended four elegant flags—two Union Jacks, and two
others inscribed in gold letters with the words " Wire,
Liberty, Education, the People," and " Wire, Peace,
Order, and Happiness." The public were admitted by
1 tickets at one shilling each ; about 550 ladies and
gentlemen sat down to partake of tea ; on the tables
being cleared,.John Noble, Esq., Mayor of Boston,
and D. W. Wire, Esq., took their places on the plat-
form, accompanied by George Thompson, Esq., M.P.
for the Tower Hamlets, London; Mr. F. Bennoch,
ElB.ci' from
; Mr. Stevenson, the Rev. T. W.
Matthews, tLohendßanpntist Minister, and other gentlemen.
Amongst the ladies we noticed the Mayoress, Mrs.
Wire, Mrs. Bennoch, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Snaith,
Misses Noble, Miss Wright, and several others.
On the motion of Mr. Thomas Slator, sseconded
by Mr. H. Bontoft, J. Noble, Esq., was called upon
to take the chair.—Having done so, he rose and said
—Ladies and gentlemen, this meeting differs from
many public meetings, inasmuch as you are doubt-
out the resolutions of a prior public meeting
ofthe I
less aware that it is called together for the purpose of
carryingleformers and- friends of Mr. D. W. Wire,
h
eld in the month of August last, when it was agreed
to present to their esteemed friend a testimony of
their regard. He begged to call upon the secretary
of the committee then appointed to read the resolu-
tions. The then passed resolutions having been read,
the Chairman said,--You are aware that in conse-
quence of these resolutions an immediate subscription
was at once entered into. Perhaps few, if any, sub-
scriptions,
even persons had since complained that they
aware of the circumstance until it was
Iscriptions, have ever,. been raised with so little pub-
licity.
were
not
too late for them to be added to the list of subscribers,
or they would have been happy to have added their
names. The committee appointed to carry out the
wishes of the subscribers had purchased a silver
salver, and the principal business of the present
is, that we may have the pleasure of pre-
The plate, resting on a blue silk cushion, was then
brought in and placed on the platform, the band play-
ing, amid the loud acclamations of the whole com-
pany. It consisted f' an elegantly chased silver
salver. Four embossed shields stood out in bold re-
semneettininggthis testimony.
re-
lief from a chastely executed border (containing the
rose, shamrock, and thistle), forming the Boston
coat of arms—Mr. Wire's arms—D. W. Wire, and
4th -Justice holding the balance and inscribed "Fiat
Justitia." In the centre was the following inscrip
tion "Testimonial subscribed for by the Reformers of
Boston and its neighbourhood, F resented to David
• Williams Wire, Esq., in pursuance of a resolution
passed at a public meeting, held at the London
, 'Tavern, Boston, August 2, 1847; a token of admira-
tion of his long, faithful, and consistent advocacy of
the great principles of civil, religious, and coin-