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demand that he be committed. I have seen 0,
men committed for contempt in this Court,
for':
fences trivial in their nature compared with this
loiv's.—LAHere loud applause followed in the Corm,
The CHAIRMAN still hesitating—
COMMISSIONER—I demand hi committal; I a
peal to my brother Commissioners whether it is pi
per that any individual shall be allowed
so to
e
duct himself? lam one of the oldest Commissicr
on the Bench ; I assisted Mr. Keay, the attcrrer, •
procuring the Act which constitutes this C.
accompanied him to Lyndon to obtain it, and I del
ion. man to say that my conduct hi been partat.
The business of this Court shall not proceed 11;4
that, fellow is committed who dares to insult it ir.
person of one of its Members.
The CHAIRMAN, who appears a most gent!ernarlv
man, wishing to avoid this dispute, here put the Tit,
Lion to the Commissioners present, whether it was
their opinion that the demand of £l. 45. on t'ie ?art
of Mr. Milne, was legal ? when a division took
place,
and it appeared there was six for and foe!. r.-ialnst
the plaintiff. A verdict of course was pen f)r &e
atnotnt If the feet.
. Mt. ChArtmtax to Mr. Milne.—Hare you azy
thing to say in explanation of your condi.:ct
the Commissioners?

Mr. MILE -I beg to observe, that no man eater.
tains a higher respect for a Court of Justice than rm.
self; but Mr. - is a party man, and beneai
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my notice.

COMMISSIONER—Here Sir, you sce th!s rnan, '3
his attempt at extenuation offers an additional insul:.
I demand again, yon will commit the fellot., and :lot
allow him to depart a Court he has dared to insult.
Mr. MILNE, accompanied by Nadin and Messy,
Barrow and Daniels, in the mean time escaped out
of Court:

MtET'ING OF COLLIERS AT TOLLCROSS,
NEAR GLASGOW.

Agreeably to advertisement, a Meeting of the
Operative Colliers was held at Tollcross, on Sates.
day, to express their sentiments on the late proceed.
ing! at Manchester; and also to consider the best
means of obtaining Parliamentary Reform. Pe
number present was supposed to be 2,000. After the
appointing of a Chairman, various persons harangued
the assembly. The first spoke with great warmth
against those in Manchester who had " cruelly Lt.:.
sheared man, woman, and child." He said thaitEe
efforts to put down Public Meetings would not sac.
ceed. " The Romans, under the 'ancient tyrant Ti.
berius, lost their right to assemble on public ques.
tions; but we will never cease to assemble together,
and the God of Liberty will give the victory not to
the strong, hilt to the just. Let us therefore heartily
unite in demanding our long-lost liberties; and may
that flame light us which blazed at Marathon, and now
barns so brightly on the plains of South America.'
Another Orator was equally aniniated on the same
topic. He said—" It was easy to attack unarmed
men, women, and children ; but 20 of Napolecai
Imperial Guard would have made them fly like c'uff
before the wind. He would far rather see his bleed
stain the heath .than allow such deeds to pass in
silence. They may grasp the lightning as it A'
through the air, but never shall Britons endure the
galling chain ofslavery. The Jews of old sat down
by Babel's streams and wept; and hung their harps
upon the willosittees. Shall we calmly sit dm
under the shade of our national thistle. and weep!ng,
hang up our harp ?—(Cries v No, no).—We must
bestir ourselves in the cause of Freedom. When your
aid was wanteil on the Continent, you were II brave
and liberal people., arkt‘every.thing that was good;
but now, when you demand Justice end Freedom,
you are an.' abandoned, lawless, sanguinary rabble."
He concluded with requesting the people to establish
Union Societies, to bring themselves to an unanimity
of sentiment, and corruption would fall, like Lucifer,
never to rise again •
Another Orator said, his soul was harrowed I
when he saw the pale faces and ragged coats of cle
Meeting. A Radical Reform is the only thing that
can renovate this vale of human misery. By graced
steps, it will bring back that quantity of human
happiness which the Statute Book of Hearer: ordarls
to man, but which the Borough-mongers have Stcie
from him. While contemplating the bloody scene at
Manchester, he said his blood ran cold in his vein,;
and he would rather have his bones hung up in the
sun, than see such deeds pass by in silence. S)or.er
should the waves cease to roll, than he would c,Ni:e
to advocate Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliame!,:s,
and Election by Balker.
Anedie4- Person observed, that when the Reformers
Were peaceably assembled, the Yeomanry Cara'r,
like the forked lightning, darted upon then, and be-
gan an indiscriminate slaughter. He conclud td, by
reflecting upon the Yeomanry Cavalry of Clydesdale.
The next Speaker congratulated the Colliers upon
having at last come forward as the friends of Free-
dom, and the determined enemies of Corruption.—
" Much has lately been said about laying aside lusn-
ries, and we must now begin to lay restrictions upon
our noses. Tea, as well as snuff, must be laid aside;
but tell me, 0 tell me, how we shall be able to sub-
vert the social order of cups and saucers?' Ile said,
" before he would meet an old woman with her hair
upon end, and her talons ready in defence of her tea,
he would rather meet six of the Manchester Yeomanry
Cavalry ready harnessed for the destruction of the
Reformers. Dram-drinking is another odious practice,
and must be immediately laid aside, and then we
knock another leg off the banding of corruption.
The Orator, B/LAYSHAWI from Leeds, addressed the
Meeting in a long lecture. The most prominent part
of his speech was the abuse of " a party Paper, The
Glasgow Chronicle, and us servile Editor." He said.
he did not wish to go to the Innkeeper, who had fur-
nished the offensive paragraph, for fear he should be
assassinated by the way. While he was going on
with his speech, there fell a heavy rain, which made
the great bulk of his hearers scamper off.
Mr. WILSON said, that the Colliers were airlifted
from 50 to 100 fathoins below ground, and they were
generally considered to be unable even for the pro-
per management of their own affairs ; but ouch an
absurd opinion had been completely set at vest by
`pies
and proceedings of that day. He said, that • pies
and Informers were abroad, and that they ue'%'....