The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-11-20 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

"Pr. Ile vroollel now rind the Remlutiono. which note of all this hone stud injustice: the promos
world he seconder, by a Gentleman of the legal pro. lion against himself end others, was commenced on
feesior.—ln individual who wool,' not allow any the tith day of elnember ; be said against others,
thing to he sincsioned by his name, 'wept it was but, in fact, it was minion all of them; they wen*
worthy of his esuarecter„ and it for the Hell to adopt. all implicated.—(Uric' of " Tee. we ore ell in it
Th. Worthy (:en;lemen then proceeded to read the all, ell.")—H• was, as he before said, Minot ;I
Resoletiont (for which ice ifilvertimnenl).—Whon 1 user it wet so late on Friday, before the inal opi.
Mr. Forell came to the Resolution for Ilse appoint. j Mons could be procured for that purpose. that Mel
go", of a Committee, he 0b„,,„,i. it oat almost i summoning officer was knocked up out of his bed,
seedless for him to see. that those Gentlemen who .at eleven o'clock at night, tm receive instrectioes
were now mend, and who had go long awl a., ably for calling the Committee at 10 the neat morning,
defended the cause of librcv, der.rrattil to he step. ; they hewing to make their Report by one o'clock the
potted with she musts of she Livery. Ile would; nest day. The reason for it was this: Alderman
lint. however, wale a sprier protomition on the, Atkins brought the charge—(Groons)—Alderman
'object, which he left minds to the discretion of Mt ; Curtis seconded it—(Greenr endhisses)—and Alder.
lA.', I man Cos sopporred ii—(Gruens and hisses again)—
Mr. PERIN° advsncrol. listing, on the 20th of. If they had waited till the oth of November, At.
September lest, cap d his worm ond cordial op. 1 kiss, according I. custom, must have been urea
protartion of the Resoletions from which the preeent of the Committee, and the senior A:tlermen moss
pier...lingo had miser.. it was not serprislog that be 1 bon wade way for others. Theo how wield the
should feel great plessure in seconding those before! plot have gone off ? They bad no less thee eine
tl.sin ; they went, in opirit, the same, bogie* alike for 1 leel elms of their non, whose salaries were
it .i. object the support of the rights and liberties of doable the amount which had been .tore tr
the I,,vistr. lie offered his opinions thee merely *so I their ablest predecessors i sod yet they thew& by
ferevytnais—lie bad been an long absent from the to go out of the null road to engage the Attorney
t:ractire of his former profession, that he could and Solicitor•Generel, and several others, to coated
not offer any opinion worthy their reception or these proceedirogs. They pet him in mind of Dion-
'lntim They bad reached esestfel times; per. derheadv in the farce. who went to Bath, end smogs
ant of property and respectability were thmt• ed a • hel• tw) of phy nista, lumeae he had been 'ser-
ene:l with stoners sopeolly from two mischl seeded that his health would recover in a proportions
ri•ntere ; they ought cerefelly to watch. They air qeickners of time with the number he engaged
hid beefs told from one quarter. a very high (Loughteroodapploose.)—ln thoCity,hogrever.tbrio
one, that the country was full of disaffection ; this was. whole family of Illoaderheods. Ile less unwilling
he could not believe. He could easily allow that a lo say any thing in theabsence of iheAblermen,beesuse
fed/ designing end cruel men had taken advantage he wished them always to hove an opportunity of des
of the general distress, and tacked the minds of fence; they heti not treated him so, however ;thee had
Horny among the denim' to &apron discontent.— 'netted the Christian role, and retained evil for
Ile was a greet enemy to those very large Meetings good. He complained not for himself, but certain he
*hick our politicsl calamities enabled evil.diepend was, that if he had been allowed fair opportunity of
individuals to congregate; such Meetings must be defence, he should have *lint the silly plot which had
injurious to public right., as they furnished pre. been set on foot, and the trash which haul been pub.
teats for iefringieg them. He could not, however, inked in the newspapers would never have 'proofed.
forget that they had always borne a legal chem. It was odd that the persons who had thee under.
tor, which should nese the people to resist soy taken to charge him with iirontotiong disorder. ware
placat interference ~,,,,;,,,,i towards them; be. among the most turbulent in the proceedings of that
raise if nee instance of humid were to be day. He would ask any man then present to say,
admitted, there could be no prevention for any if ever a Common Hell was seen, in which the sub•
whirls would follow. The di"4•liies of the times int of debate wet contested, *hero there was less riot
indeed were not in the disaffection which prevailed, and tumult. For himself, no man ever bend him
but in the edvantsges taken of it by the higher bin or groan ; it was his pride to come fennel 1
bodips of the state, to impose restraints on the end declare his opinions, and if be could not meet
liberties of the moo. Wish this impression, he his opponents in the field of argument, he was
could not hut condemn the Magistrates, for the too always ready to give rep she contest. Ile should
I•niertot it, of violence and provocation, which not notice their silly conduct, if the object of it haul
no., mistook for vigour and firmness, ft muttered not been to subvert the rights of the Livery. It
little from what quitter their liberties were attacked, wee the defy of that great body, net only to pro.
they should be equally cooties. in protecting them. sect their privileges, bet to tense their feeds from
On the right of meeting all their other sights de- being applied to so wicked and worthless a pure
',ended ; and if it coots to any instance, on milky pre. pose; they ought also In hinder their Iwo Officer"
l-nce, be denied them, it was without value.— from being retained by a part of the Corporation to
Ile would waste no more of their valuable time, bet do away the rights of the rest.—(Loud opp(arse.)—
content himself with the honour of seconding the lie insisted at some length on the right of corporate
Resolutions. bodies, especially, to meet. The Livery hod been
Mr. Werth's", stood (offend as the first Rens denied this right three different times. Where,
lotion was about to be pet, end teat received with then, were they to meet? They Itsd on the last
very loud applause. Ile stood, he 'rid, in a pm. occasion taken the advantage of • 11.11 convener,
liar rendition, :.s the question before them was in a for routine bushiest to express their opinion', the
great measure Minna to him. He felt more dili• Chief %lagistrate withdrew, and he (Mr. Widths
rally than easel is addressing them, not from the I man) took the Chair. This had brought a prose-
srtniiness. but the too greet abundance of topics.— I motion over his head, although there was • precedent
He might, however, very truly my, that he was not no lcnger ego thin the Moyorally of Sir John E 4.
more interested Ikon the other Liverymen. However dine, when Alderman Conthe did the same thing.
harassed and oppressed he might be by the proceed. The question now was become, have the Livery the
logs which had been instituted against him, be could right of renting and petitioning? Then, can the
nut hot be gratified at the proud end elevated polities Chief Magistrate binder them from using that eight ?
in which those proceedings haul plead him, en to Is the right worth any thing if it can be so refused ?
defused his own sights bat those of the Livery.— An enemy to the Govereumt might get into the
They (the Livery) had plead him high IN the en. Chief Magistracy, and its that case would refuse to
inyroent of civic honours; if he could feel fur a • Ilall, if it so pleased him, even to carry on
moms that he had forfeited their confidnoce and Addles of loyalty. After some timber remarks he
former good opining. he meld immediately ley those recommended the Livery to he Sr. and temperate in
honours again et their feet.—( Applense.)— Bet as support of their liberties, and promised his humble
roe bad still the same estimation with them, he was co-operation in endeavouring to sopped them.
determined to devote ell his time and owners, Mr. Turneries nett addressed the Livery. Ho
end all those advantage* which their f had said, that, at one of the persons evilest whom
placed within his reach, far their use and service.— an application was mole for a criminal information,
They ought to allow something for the irritated feel. merely for defending the eights of the Livery. he
Inge of their opponent.. when the Livery chose him might be allowed to ay a few words. Ile would
as the instrument for destroying the ahem of the convening' the Livery on meeting once more in
Corporation. it swat not to be supposed hit that the their Common 11011, if they haul already dried up
defeat would rankle in the he its of their enemies.— I the tears they abed fur the loss of their late Lord
Hence, as be supposed, the present prosecutions. Mayor.—(d burgh )—He saw before him a so.
which were directed equally egeinst hies, and in (leash moment. saved to the memory of a Minister
she rights of the City together. They (the Livery) (Lord Chatham), whit raised the countly to • high
ought to estend pity to the not to sty humble, bet pitch of pentane and of glory ; on the appetite
degraded situation of their adversaries. As %isle he saw a merriment of another Missietsr (Mr.
those ;omens were not present. he would fur. I Pitt), whose p-rsticioris councils reduced the coon.
bear. es much as possible, to comment on their try to poverty and disgrace, and who marked the
conduct. He bad differed from most of the Cars page of her history with crus4ty and blood.—
position us to the duties of the Magistracy ; be bail Ile also sew on one aide the Mullnlnfnl of a worthy
parented in Aldermen Comb**. case against any Lord Mayor, and se there was a vacant space at the
political *gelation from the Civic Chair • he had opposite side, perhaps, by way of contrast, it would
from the same motive of opposition to ;hat prin. be well to fill it with a bast of John Atkins Req. He
ciple, dose all le his power to secure the election was happy to see his felloo•cititetts meet le their
of that excellent man. Ile had always, es far as i own 1141, ender their Chief Magistrate—he always
be could, assisted in maintaining the dignity of the felt great respect for the filsgisterial steitorsit
Chief Msgistrste, end bad for that purpose made • • was painful to treat the Magistrates with disrespect;
point of not noticing any errors or differ...nes of ! but when they violate their duly ant seek only to
opinions as to politics; bet whets he saw an attempt I destroy those rights which they were bound to pre.
'priming eel from political feeling, to crush the! WPM, they d d nothing bet the public mere.
liberties of the City, be felt himself booed to stand 1 lien.—(Appeorree.)-11e was quite coovinced that
forward in their defence.—(Applarese.)—By some I the present lord Mayor would not walk is the
.atraerdinary means, semi superintend agency, footsteps of his predecessor. During the lass
she secret proceedings of a Court of Aldermen had election, that wrothy Magistrate declared to Ms,
twee divulged. lie would leave it with the Mesas that he felt himself hound by the virtue of his oath,
bets to settle whether the facts were rightly staled , to protect the sights of the Livery, and to call •
or no, and if truly stated, whether their proceed., Common Hell, when legally called on, and that he
ings were or were sot proper. He hod no opinion to i could scarcely contemplate the occasion where he
give ; but throughout the whole of them be bad not . could be justified in refusing an application of the
loves allowed any opportunity of defence. He : Livery to call • Common 11411.—(44nderse.)—Be
came to the Court, and bad to smote to charges (Mr. Thompson) mentioned this declaration to may
which he could not previously know ; the Alder. iof those who were opposed to the Lord Mayor. I 1
men themselves were *stonily in the dark ; and in : tended greatly to decree** the appositius, and he
the ell:eosin proceedings which hod beefs Innis ' bad no doubt lost it was one great cause of the Ki-
nard, they actually did not know ow what charge enephent majority by which the worthy Magistrate
their cm should be foooded. In the one of the was elected.—(Applause.)—As to the promotion
rummest officer of the Court, even if they bad I lately instituted, it bore a strong similarity to the
complaint against their Marshal, they could ; list prosecution that had been instituted for •
' proceed without calling on him for his defence, I riot in that Hall. That prosecution, like the pre.
hearing every thing which he could ergo for .tent, originated in had time.. It was commenced in
mood'. Hat it was not to with him; he was els I IGS3, against Ptlkineton, Jenks, and others, for a
oni es dehisce, nor eves an intimation of trial; I riot its that 1141. It was taken up by other bands
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the proceedings were conducted I. the dark, and than the origina•ors of the present prosecution. It
d e they knew that he was lying is a sick bed nag brnO.thi on by t Privy Cusouril, te Att.•
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