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after paid the forfeit of his life also, oh a ..C7
Whitehall.—(,Aitt/eere.) Cromwell f.,11-sse,l4 aosl
had his son Richard who succeeded him, posessed
one spark of his father's spirit, . Charles II w ,uld •
never have been restored to the Throne. The. reign
of lathes U. followed that of Charles, and it would
now be anticipated that noticing the horrors of this
reign he had Judge JeEeries in his mind. He also
fill under the blows of :in incensed people, and. James
himself was !freed to abdicate. Judge Jefferies", he
thoaght it right to remark, was the first who had
ever peen called to an acc ,unt for obstructing the
tight of Petitioning. In consequence of his acting
this part when lie was only Recorder of London and
Chief 'Justice of Chester, an Adtheis had been voted,
thotLah a ithont effect, by the House of Contmons to
the King fir his removal. The sentence passed on
Sir Thomas 1.1:1t by the House of Commons, Octo.
ber 29, I WO, %Oren he was compelled to receive their
censure on his knees, and was besides expelled the
tfous: itr exi;ressing airrorrence tre.ir Petitions;
was neat recited; as also t!'e proCreel;ngs
ately-aftir the Revniuti.in ag.iinst Sir Robert ‘Vreight;
Chief Justice of the Coott of King's Bends: Sir
Richard Holloway and justice Powell, for having
overruled the Earl of plea of privilege
in the preceding feign, on an action brought by Mr..
Culpepper, and imprisoned his person while Parlia,
ment was sitting, or dur;Og the time of privilege, be-
sides imposing a fine of £:',o,ooa. The tine was
voted excessive and exorbitant, contrary to Magna
Cbarta, the cononen rights r.O tlee people, and the
law of the land ; and the lionse of Lords resolved,
that during the sitting of Parisi meet, at:2 during the
;hue of privilege, no t'cer of Pels:iatnerv. could be im.-
lit koned for nonpayment of a fine to the King, with-
out a manifest preach of the privileges 0( I'arlia.
ment. He read the answers of the Judges to certain,
interrogatories pelt to there on t::e selsect of toe fine
they lea sertenced Mei to pay, as Also en the imprim-
sonment of his person. They severally expressed an
opinion that a sm .11er fire have been sufficient,
and endeavoured to remove from themselves ail re-
proach other than that of concurring in it. They
said they had consulted hooks which they had consi-
dered as authorities, and had thus been misled. Mr.
Justice Powell had said, he tor himself had thought a
tine of se ;(XlO would have been sufficient. Asked if
they had consulted on this subject. two of them re-
plied that they only done so in Court. JUstice Powell
said, they had conversed on it a week before at the
Lord Chancellor's. This they said they did not re-
member ; but after they had withdrawn, Powell
stated the subject to have been brought up at the•
time and place he had mentioned, when a fine of
A`2oyt/00 was first named, bet the Loid Chancellor
afterwards said £30,004) would he better, and then
the King could remit £lll,OOO of it: From the pro.
ceedings to which he had referred, it would be seen.
that it was decided by the laws, that to imprison.;
Peer of Patliaincnt for a mere misdemeanor, or *ix
any cause, except " ritasor, felony, or a refusing to
give security for the peace," was contrary to law',
and a breach of the privileges of Parliament. ?his
errs the decision of the Lords.; it would he seen whits-
they the Commons were equally tenacions of their
privileges. He took notice of the progress which the.
cause of Reform was making, and read over a list of
untepresented.places which had petitioned on the sub-
ject. A petition had even been sent up from the
rotten borough of Wigan. The weavers there had
acted a great part. They had nut tasted animal food.
for months, yet they had reMsed proffered aid tvr
subscription, and demanded to be restored to their
rights as Englishmen. In speaking of the contri'-
butions for toe release of bird Cochrane, he stated
360 pence w have been sent up from Lewes. An
Elector had wished that when they presented the ear-
-1 per subccribedto Lord Cochrane, it could be carried up
on a bundle of sticks. In expectation of a Palace::
yard Meeting, they had in preparatiob their farces of
oak. They had to boast of having in aid of their
undertaking the names of all the counties in England;
Se:gland, and Ireland The Gentleman who sag.
bested the presenting the subscrip•ions on a huodli
of sticks, had it 'unquestionably in contemplation to
give an idea that with tininititity ttieTcould octet he .
broken. He strongly fat this, and he felt that tWe
whole 'legitimate power of the country Could only be
fairly exerted by the universal will—by tat spirit,
whichy like the sap of our native oak ascending front
the root, should pervade and invigorate all the .
branches of the State. 1-le concluded by moving a
series of Regulations declaratory of the innocence isf
Lord Cochran! of the Stock Exchange Fraud-=elf
the illegality of the Lite proceedings against hilianf
the breach of privilege of Parliament •involved there=
in—of the Consequent invasion of the rights of the
Electors of Westminster—of the conviction of -the
Meeting that the vengeance with which Lord tocto.
care has been pursued was entirely ()Wit* to his pub-
lic and of the Propriety of expressing these
sentiments t his Lordship in an Adthess, to be car.
tied up by the Conimittee.
Mr J. W. PAKkINS seconded 'the Resolutions. He
Strongly enforced the necessity of a Reform in Par-
liament. He 'had been absent from this country /..r)
',ears, bq he h4a been taught to kid warmly on this
subject befwe he left it,.tliough those who were Ora
its advocites 'did the cause more harm than it had
ever sustained trom its, avowed enemies. He en-
I larged on the corruption of the present sys'tem, and
described the pohlic.burdens to be oppressive:
He himself felt the effect of. this d—d taxation inl.
Mediately on hit return. He recounted a scene
which had passed between him and a tai-gatherer, in
which he had infertned the latter that he would pay
all hi had a tight to pay, but no inote than he could
help for the support of Sinecurists and corruption.—=
He concluded by admonishing the Meeting to plasm
their Object in a 'constitutional Way, and to abstain
froth rioting. _

The Resolutions. were then severally read, and
after a few rerriayks on some of them' from Major
CA it TWRiGHip they *etc agreed to unanimously.
Ao Address, embodying the sentithents.of the Re-
lolUtions, vias. read', and adopted by the Meeting.
The follbaing ResolutiOn, moved by bfr.WAuttit,
ivtis also *carried by acclamation :
That the 'warniest•Thias of ;this Meeting ors
doe arid hereby. cordially gives, to those onmercnis
public spirited. individuals who so promptly same
foriraird lab their,pittkaitstaites.of One Penny each, •
to 'Mihail, fh. sa d fidi
"Thanks *ere itioitioo be moved to Major CARIN