The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-30 00:00:00

THE STATF-.

Mr. Charles Pearsott, Mr. Wooler and Mr. Tipper
stoud at each side of tiallow y.---Nlr. Pearson de-
sired tint to CO On t I.e n•as perfectly in ()tier. and

should not be interrupted.
The Cost sox Sr RJ i:ANT Inc lined to speak,
but the uproar continued, and indeed iliercased.
A 6K:srl.csitx. whose name we e•-old iu learn.,
said—You mar vivid to 31r. Williams as a matter uf
courtesy, not as a matter t-1 right.
Mr. liaLLoii v (as well as we I mild ontlerstand him)
said--1 will yield nothing to e•inrtesy these are not
times to surrender ri I will persevere.
The confusion waS now at its height. A nnivber of
ricotta stood at the front of the hustings. a few
against 11 r. Galloway's motiou, the great majority in
his favour, and all of then:. hr their gestures, seethed
anxious to speak, but " the stormy Walr of the mul-
titude- set in with such force as to drown all sounds
but that of its own violence. 31r. Galloway stood
firm, apparently enjoyiti the scene, as l declaring that
he would not quit his post. A person next him made
some effort to remove him, 11.1( Ir. Smith, one of the
Under-Sheriffs, soon cal:si'd 111111 to desist. Its this
state was the assembly, when the t'ittnnion Nerjrant,
by the motion of Lis lips (to II r him vas impossible),
indicated that the Lord 31 .ear had dissolved the Hall.
His Lordship, followed by the .I,larrnlen, &r. itr. int-
' me &melt- commenced a retreat. Roused to the great-
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est possible height of indignation, the fury of the
Liven• seemed to have nu limit. hisses, groans, con-
temptuous sneering., and all the artillery of annoy-
ance were directel against his Lortlehip. As he re-
tired, greet was the uproar,

Dreadfal was the ein
•• Of hissing thru. the Ilan.-
3lr. fiaLt.oway begged for a moment's silence. Ile
said the Civic King had abdicated his 'lltrune (ap-
plause); he would therefore neove that Alderman
Thorpe should take the Chair (applause).
It was accordingly put and carried that Alderman
Thorpe should take the Chair, and some Cientlemen
retired to inform the worthy Magistrate of the wishes
of the Livery. They remained array fur a consider-

able time.
Mr. OALLOWAT sail that the interruption which had
taken place was intended to try their patience. It
:hewed them, too, that the Lord :Alayor could call in
soldiers, but was yet very to stand fire
(a laugh).
)Ir. UALLOW.%T shortly after azain rams forward.
He said, that the resitic-t of the Livety bal been cos-,
mnnicated to Alderman Thorp. 'I he Worthy Alder-
man, however, considered, that to take the Chair
would be, under present circumstances, rather an invi-
dious step on his part ; trusting to tie generosity of
the Livery he had therefore declined to do so.—lt
would, perhaps, be dilEcillt to tart another Gentleman
to preside at the Meeting tl.at slay. From what had
just passed they saw rite t.ecossity of having a Chief
Magistrate n hip %%unlit perform his duty—oswho would
bear both sides of a simstion. If he (31r. 0.) had a
vote of thanks to propose to the Lord 3layor. lie might
dilate on that empty topic as lung as his lungs wonW
permit, and as long as their patience would tolerate
they saw that there was a striking difference between
la vote of thanks and a vote of censure (a laugh). 'MI
friends of freedom 'tumid be ever the frieuds of order
it were better, therefore, to adjourn for the present.
He would pledge hiniselfto the )letting that he would
take an early opportunity of having a Requisition
sent to the Lord :Mayor for the ensuing year, to hold
a Common Hall, fur the purpose not merely of taking
into consideration the conduct of the present Lord
Mayor in applying fur a military force on the 30th
of June last, but also to consider his conduct on that
day, in abruptly and improperly dissolving the Hall
(applause).
The following Requisition was immediately drawn
up, and signed by a considerable number of the
Liverymen :•—•