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and drdroy my indepeodence, I theft& might be of same ad-
vant• ge fa as.imitig the cease; sod wasebitffdedt I should bring
with me that zeal and ia.reeidity which iteuld prevent it has
susmiubig any wilful prejudice while uoder My charges 1 have
already stated, that to case of toy beiug returned to Pliability-at.
'horrid endeavour to regulate soy conduct by the whiles a
lay Cornelius-loss or is case of any difference of opiable oa
great and important questions, that 'should think it toy slaty!,
resifts that situation which twould Dever relinquish white 1
could maintain it with honour, but would immediately give up
if I found 1 could not support it without *violation of my duty
and a breach of good faith 1 know that we Reformer's br
every degree, are called Revolationists:' If ft be the charier
teristic of a Revulatiouist to see the Regal Power in,thefull
exercise of its functions; the. Nobility. in the uwdilittoted
ses ion of their privileas; .but, above all, the People in pos.
session of their constitutional intilien ible rights, Ikea I am sure
you are. Revolutionists, and Ima registered is the sold list.—
, But are they nut rather Revelutioniste abuse 'measures hare.
alienated the affections of the great body of tile People from
the Constitution of the Century ? Ate tint th use Revolutionitas
ho adopt measures which prevent the People from having any
confi)deuce in the Part einem; who employ spies. with the ex-
perience of all bistors. that thuse—nien 1 is tll not call them—
bat -mercenary chow ds, will. themselves make the crimes, for
the discovery of which they are to have the reward ; who. on
the information of weir caterers for irsapoe, arr. st. load
wish irons Briii-b Citizens azaitot whom they have omelette,.
nod on accuser Is confronted i who a; leowli released those an-
fortunate men, after a long and severe imprison:mese
and 'confrere to th• it wishes and their int... est, without
trial nr ;stabile enquiry; ohs formed ComMitte s of Minis-
ters, to judge of the conduct of Meister, r who' passed
B Its of lodemuitv for themselves and their as,ents ; eta at the
same time refused to those who had suffered under their op-
pression the only means of lofemoity kft to the injured ? Are
ant these the real Revolouonirts? Are not, these she pro-
evading, watch Lord Coke calls the damned ned damnable
proceedings of justice? With regard to our conduct during the
I contest, 1 trust we shalt deport ourselves consistently with wh
is due to the dignity of our cause. As to Mr, Calvert, he is
a friend to the some winder, we • profess- lie is entitles'
to your -seppore and 1 least my notninatine will .at o e-
judice his interest. With respect to Mr..l3litclay. lie is a
reapicthblegentloweis, and a man who i am ales seamed sums
corcientiously [a laugh); but. unfortnnntely, hAenerally eters',
his support to Ministers. and in so doing *ritualises the vote of
hi. colleague, and renders his emotion:Ns parties to the very
system they are depretating. 1 knowit may be said that on
some occasions he has opposed his Majesty's Ministers. 1 still
not arraign the motives of any man; 1 will not ascribs his et is-
duct to the inlinente of an apprunching dissolution of Parlia-
ment, ur the knots ledge of a cootested election; but
.if Is had
Nbowse himself as jealous of the public expenditure op farmer
occasions as he has done on a recent one. hr *lever would base
seen me present myself to you. 1 make no doubt that from Mr.
""relay we shall experience fair and liberal !refitment ; but
nettle r Mr. Barclay or his Friends can COntrottl she Ministerial
hirelings, from whom 1 expert all that hirelings can ec‘ress.
1 have Leen called an impostor by the press. The Gallant
(Miter then proceeded to explain the 'flotation is which be
stood. lie professed inwards I'M Royal Ilighosess the Prince
Regent his personal obligaiimi for acts of kindurts done to his
family. The same gratitude was doe from him to the Doke
, of York, for that conduct by which his tinsel Highness had
gamed the esteem of of the arms. Wit., reg..rd its rats Majrat).,l.
Minister-, vie:, owed to him, as well asa to the coition, s corn-
medity iu which the s were bankrupts—poi e. (loud alt.
plaute.) For twenty-four years lie had moved him country it;
all parts of the world, with a zeal upon which it was oat Nil
him to espaciate : but this he might affirm. nod h.e citadel:rot
any Genesis' to deny, that Isis services had coot Petted to the
success of sante of the most iospostaut operations of sae war. It
was because he would not refrain ham uttering the thoughts of
a freeman. that he !fail been she ithject el their resen meld. and
not ;Mowed to there in any of the honours nr advantage. or his
profe:',i.m. (Cries of •4 Shame." and " Lord Ciodierengh re-
fused a vole of Mocks to y nu.") lie asked fast no favour al
their hatch; he demanded o olv his right. Ile had wet them,
and they never could Ise withheld from a public servant, vc it to-
ma an outrage nu tiatiutt•il jmtire. He Colijurrd the Nleeti
to hear its it Intl sMa the 'see of all wen w.'nld l.e en them :
for himself. a hotelier isi bt he the lune of the contest. it would
he to him honourable for it would be told with pi ide by his
t hilrheti's childsen, toot he had been placed in a situatiun to
contend fur victory. Ile recommended them to adopt the cele-
brated a "ids of a naval hero, " England expects every mum to
do his duty." They would thus secure the ib taks of their
frieude and the reward of an approving conscience. (Loud
and reiterated chef's.
The Thatiks of slieMeeting having been metitininuslv voted se
the Bor. hienov C....liteatelt. Mr. Laustiton, and We other Gen-

ilerrien v. inn attended t'ieMeeting.
Mr. fleenela rose to return thanks. Ile was rfaleflii, he
said. fur the honour wnich bad been conferred sopa him. I 1 1
was doubly valuable ohon coining front an assembly such at
that, consisting of men of independeut character and liberal I
principles. It was ever his ambition, and it should ever be the
study of his life, to merit, both in priva e and public, the
approbation of stch men. The occasion upon which
he was called upon to aleod the Meeting added much to the
Pleasure he felt upon the event. lie bad known Sir Hubert
Wilson for many years. He knew him to be a man of talents
(applause). of a character spotless, and independent in the
highest degree. and of unimpeachtd integrity. Ile had
fought the battles of his country in many parts of the
world. He did nut, it was true, upon his return home. re-
ceive those rewards always most petered to the heart of aso!dier.
Ile did not, however, go unrewarded by those Sovereigns
who had witnessed his gallant services. They had Conferred
upon him the distinction of their approbation and their ho-
' none.; though his country, or those who guided her councils.
I mught proper to refuse them. He and attained to the eminence
ne arrived at, not by servility to his superiors, but by gallantry,
by talent, and independence. (Chem.) They might trust.without
fear of disappointment. th.t he who had shown himself s-wine
upon no occasion, would not become so in the event of his being
returned to;.. result the Borough of Southwark. If they were
desirous to transmit to their children that liberty wisich they so
much valued, line best way foe securing it would be to reintu to
Parliament such men as were enemies to corruption—as were
inimical to hose men who by their destructive mensal .es had re-
duced a e enuittry to its present state of misery—ss ho had brought
a gr at People, after so many years of war and taxation. to such
carol:at:tilers as to he obliged event n ow to ask for a loan of
14,000,11031. miter, after till that had been wantonly stud uselessly
espended before The effects of their system w. re to be been
clearly hroughoistahe country. There was nothing to observed
but misery and depopolation. The only places where plenty
and numbers could he seen was in the jails.—( a pplause )
Mr. LAMIETaIc said he felt some surprise at hearing his name
in the Resolutions. There were no reasons to entitle him to the
thanks of the Meeting. He merely attended as the friend of Sir
Robert Wilson. lking wholly anconateled with the liortorgh,
he was surprised. lit at the same time highly groaned, at the
honour which hail been conferred span him by the thanks of the
Meeting. lie was himself returned to Parliament in a most in-
depen rut manner by the freeholde b of Durham. He (amid
not, therefore, but feel an interest in such Meetings as assem-
bled with a view to the same ohject.—(Applause.)—With one
of their Representatives at least (Mr. Calvert) they bad no right
to be displeased. He was never absent from his post when he
could be of any service. It was as the friend of Mr. Calvert
that he w hilted -Sir It. Wilson every success. The conduct of
the other Representative for Southwark had been, upon a late
occasion, highly ipraisewortby ; and had it beets so upon every
other occasion. Sir R. Wilson would not have appeared before
them (,applause) as a candidate to represent them in Parliament
This bentleman told them of his services. lie said, and with
truth, that they were tut rewarded. Por that reason, he ( fir.
Litinbton) hoped that they would confer on them the hightail re.
*a Aid, by placing him in the honourable situation of their tie-
preventative. l hey had seen and heard much of use conduct of
the present tioYerinnent.—(Cries of Yes.)—They saw theConsi i-
tut ion suspeeded by them upon the most trifling grounds, merely
upon the asserted plots of Spies and Informers. He himself of-
fered to prove its l'urliainent, that the principal Spy was the
cause of the disturbance in the metropolis as well as in the coun-
try ; hut they would not hear witnesses. Why ? Because they
did not w isb that the truth should be known.—( A pplause. )—lbe
result of all w as, au indemnity t o the only pergola who were real-
ly guilty; while others, who had been arrested, confined, nod
itijored in chrrecier.weredischarged without the smallest reeom.
pence for their sufferings. All such evils arose from the waist of
tads pendent Membeis tit Parliament. Ile knew Sir Robert
Wilson to be a Mill of firmness mid inappetalestre ; he had
drawn law sword. and employed it with limier, against the
e em. is witty p.m. of the *aid. He gave proof that day In
the speech they thid beard of his power to entplii) his insigne
' against corruption with equal elect. Being honoured with the
' thanks of freemen, he could hot avoid sat l.g thus iiiiiCh. It de-
pended twins themselves, by electing his friend, to make an-
.istier vote effectual. They had not ; but it ats iteintriiiitsed.
by returning Sir Robert Wilson thee *AN then have two.
Mr. W AIrIIMA IV. on Tawas being moved to him, addres.e.l
the birch pi, thutigh he felt he knit nu right to asfdruss them
frosts fharpihre. He eurdinlly tipploced of all said in favour
of Mr. Culvert and Sir R. Wilson, and he (rated _ Mtn
Who'll he 14 tressed *atoll use his best efforts in a cause weir-
aato wilt so such public advantage. and that they vital not
irlrot nee aseteent isendeavosking to restore the Ceastetarea to
it. original purity.
Mr. SOWMON °Arra was a friend In Fir R. Wilson, bat was
afraid this Meeting would injure the came of Mr. Calvert.
Mr. ii 4LL denied tbat, awl alluded to thee:4%e of Weettelgetee,
and to the state af_ the Common Council of Landsatl cavity('
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bass ilr. Calvert. hettit.e.4 Ids owe Wrests wartowleel so
his. He would bilk ;sells mirk. .
Thilessrefe vested foWl. _ rtaWnte Charrismo. who sevo.
rallytexpemsoil their triltituthia after wbleh the lieeduk broke
up. We, wirer: 'totem/ A moue. respectable klestlag, • sot
*nod .
..tiut.gettaeretl wil, so much eloquence.
1,44 W INTL LIGENCR.
'COV RT OF KING'S hENCH, Arum 20.
Asuiotto V. MOUTON.
Thb Court Was crowded at an early hoer this
morning to Mar the filial sentence of their Lordships
in this appeal.
• Mr. Gunset.--,Yoir.Lordsbips hating on Thurs.
day delivered it as your opinions that this is a case in
which, ender the law as it now stands, the Defendant
is entitled to his' plea of wager of battle, it now
becomes my duty' on the part of.tbe Appellant to
state, this having drily considered that judgment, be
has no further prayer to niske: .
Mr. READER.-141 that case 1 hpprehediliet the
Appellant ought to be colled.OPon either to accept
site wager of battle,' or consent dust the Defendant
' be permitted trt go flee without day.
Grommr.--The Appellant is In Coort, my
lords. I have alleady stated that he has no further
1,, aye' in soak.: and 'I May add, that he has no oh-
jrct tr. t. off. r against the Defendant being discharged
gird Il ed i.. o free'stithout day;
Mr. I' ICIIARDSOM —'The Court Matted us to this
, day to a...e. wbeilsttle!' ye submitted to the jodg-
-1 mint given on lust/idol, at had any further prayer
to tn.ke, We have cosislfleted the judgment given,
and; without saying we give up the appeal, ire have
only to state that we have no further prayer to
make.
Mr. Justice .BAYLT.T.-- I rather think, Mr. Rich-
! ar.s.on, you did not distinctly hear what fey from
Mr. Gorney. I understood Mr. Gurney to say, that
he colitented to the Defendant beiug discharged and
allowed to go free without day.
Mr. IlEttna.—Mr. Gurney, do you consent, on
f the part of the Appellant, that' the Defendant be die-
charged, and allowed to go free without day ?
Mr. GuENST.-1 do, on the part of the Appellant,
give such ronsent.
Mr. READER.—Then 'I have only to pray the
Court that he be so discharged.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.— According to the ordinary
practice, he ought first to be arraigned on the writ
of appeal at the'suit of the Crown, and he can then
plead his former trial and acquittal in bar thereof,
and be discharged.
Lord ELLENBOROUGIL—That is the proper course.
If the Attorney-General can be sent for, and *ill
consent that the Defendant be now so arraigned, he
may be immediately discharged.
Ilere Mr. Gurney offered to call the Attorney-
General, who was in the adjoining coffee.house) and
went out for that purpose.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.7—Mr. Reader, have
.you
the former verdict of acquittal in Court?
Mr. HEADER (after some enquiry)-1117 my
Lnrd, we have no: ; but it shall be immediately
sent for.
The ktorney.General then entered the Court.
lesrd ELLENBORoUG IL—Mr. Attorney-General,
do you consent that the Defendant be now arraigned
on this appeals at the suit of the Crown ?
Mr. ATTORNEY•GENERAL.—I do, my Lords.
The Del, ndant was then arraigned accordingly by
Mr. Bailors reading the indictment : at the conclu-
sion of which, Mr. READER, on the part of the De-
fendant, pleaded the former trial and acquittal.
Lord ELLENBOttOUGH.—UnIess the Attorney• Ge-
net's! is pleased to admit that such trial and acquittal
did take place, it becomes necessary that we award a
rerliorr:ri to the Sheriff of Warwickshire, to have
that verdict returned into Court.
Mr. ATTORNEY•GENERAL.—I do admit the Ter-
dirt.
Lord ELLENEOROUGH. The judgment of the
Court then is, that the Defendant be discharged from
this appeal, and do go free thereof without day.
Mr. READER then desired that the tipstaves, in
conducting Thornton from Court, would be pro-
vided with a sufficient force to protect him from in-
sult and injury.
Thornton then left the bar, retiring from Court
by the back passages, through Cotton-garden.