The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-05 00:00:00

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.

Yesterday being County Day, the usual meeting of the
Middlesex Magistrates took place at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell, B. ROTCH, Esq. in the Chair.
Sir. J. SCOTT LILLIE rose to bring forward a motion, of
which he had given notice, " nit the Act of the 25th Geo.
11., by which the lower orders of society in the cities of Lon-
don and Westminster, and within 20 miles thereof, are more
restrained from the enjoyment of the recreations of music
and dancing in places of public entertainment than any other
class in any other part of the kingdom, is an Act that ought
to be either repealed or amended in such a manner as to re-
move the just causes of complaint which (more particularly
on recent cccasions) it has given rise to, it being the opinion
of this Court that the evils intended to have been pro-
vided against by that Act have been rather augmented than
diminished, by the inducement it holds out to the increased
consumption of spirituous liquors, and the consequent increase
of every species of crime and immorality. It is accordingly
resolved that a Bill be introduced in the next Session of Par-
liament, containing such alterations in the existing law as it
may appear to this Court most advisable to submit for the
consideration of the Legislature, and that the Bill, when so
prepared, be forwarded to the county members, for the pur-
pose of its being brought in as a public Act."
Mr. STUTFIELD seconded the motion.
Sir P. LAURIE was sorry the subject had been brought
forward.

Sir C. FORBF.S would support the motion.
Mr. M‘WirwAra, Mr. Powls, and Dr. ROBINSON, severally
opposed the motion.
Sir J. S. LILLIE replied, amid loud cries of " question."
'The CIIAIRMAN then put the question, when the numbers
were •
For the motion... 6
Against it

Majority against the motion
After the disposal of some other county business of no
public interest, the meeting adjourned.

LEWES CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK SHOW.

(From the Brighton Guardian.)
This show took place yesterday (Tuesday, Dec. 2), and at
three o'clock a party of more than 100 sat down to dinner at
the Star Inn.

The cloth being removed, the CHAIRMAN proposed the
health of his Majesty, which was drunk in comparative silence,
while the next toast, " the Queen," was received with cheers.
" The Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex," and " The Members for
the County," succeeded.
Mr. H. B. CURTRIS returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN then announced the decision of the judges
respecting the different prizes.

Mr. W. C. MABBOTT then begged to give a toast, and in
doing so thought it due to Mr. Curteis to announce that it
was the intention of a gentleman of the greatest respectability
to offer himself as a candidate for their suffrages at the next
election for the eastern division of the county.—(Cheers and
hisses.) This warm reception of the bare announcement of a
gentleman's intention to offer himself seemed highly gratify-
ing.—( Cheers, hisses, and laughter.) Mr. Mabbott then went
on to say he was sure the Hon. Gentleman would admit there
was not a spice of radicalism in him (Mr. Mabbott) ; whether
there was in the Hon. Gentleman he left the meeting to deter-
mine, for that Hon. Gentleman had stated to Mr. Shelley it
would be gratifying to him (Mr, Curteis) to hear that Lord
Durham should be at the head of this country.
Mr. CURTEIS here rose amidst great confusion, and said,
" Mr. Mabbott, that's false; so help me God, that's false."—
( Cheers.)
Mr. MABBOTT (who had whispered to Mr. Shelley, we be-
lieve) then said he believed he was not correct, but he meant
to say what was right.—( Hear, and cheers.) He believed
Mr. Curteis said he would rather have Lord Durham than the
Duke of Wellington in power.

Mr. CURTEISIOW repeated, in.the face of the whole county,
that he should prefer Lord Durham to the Duke of Welling-
ton.74.cheers.)

Mr. 'MABBOTT concluded by stating that the gentleman who
intended to solicit their suffrages was Sir Thomas Maryon
Wilson, Bart.—( Cheers and hisses)—an independent gentle-
man, a man of business, and he begged to propose his health.
—( Cheers. )

The CHAIRMAN-I give the Duke of Wellington as he is_
one of the greatest men of the day. —( Cheers and hisses.)
The toast was drunk with three times three.

Mr. J. V. SHELLEY said, he was joking with Mr. Curteis,
and asked him whether he was prepared to support Lord Dur-
ham ? Mr. Curteis said, " I will support Lord Durham in
preference to the Duke of
,Wellington."—( Hear.) He then
asked Mr. Curteis if he would support him, meaning Lord
Durham, in preference to Sir Robert Peel, and though he
plied him very hard, he got no answer.
Mr. BLACKMAN proposed the health of the Hon. Henry
Fitzroy

Mr.FiTzßov said it was at the request of a number of the
electors that he had come forward to aspire to the representa-
tion of this borough, with which he was not unconnected,
being related to a nobleman (Lord Gage) who was very
popular here. At this crisis no man should be quiet. The
question must not be blinked, it was one of government or
anarchy—( Cheers)—it was, should they have law or anarchy,
monarchy or republicanism ?—( Cheers.) He then proposed
the health of Mr. Blackman.
Mr. BLACKMAN returned thanks.
Mr. emu's thought a greater curse could not fall upon
this country than to have the Duke of Wellington its Prime
Minister—( Cheers.) The Duke was the person who would
stop all reform ; he (Mr. Curteis) believed the Duke would,
if he had the power, repeal the Reform Bill—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. Curteis then alluded to the case of the Brighton Guardian,
and said that on his joining the members for Lewes and other
gentlemen against a portion of the magistracy to save an indi-
vidual from six months' imprisonment, Mr. Mabbott withdrew
his support from him.* It had been stated by Mr. Mabbott
that he once said he would support the Duke of Wellington.
He never recollected saying so.
Mr. WAGNER said he heard Mr. Curteis say so.
Mr. CURTEIS-1 deny it.
The confusion was so great we could not hear what more
passed.
Mr. MABBOTT thou said he did not consider the Reform Bill
an innov4tiop on, but a perfect renovation of, the Cmstitution,
and that was why he voted for it. As for public opinion, he
despised and scorned it.
The meeting soon after separated.

The penalty for the using any unstamped weights
or measures AfAet t4llO at of January next is 201.