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thority the peace of his house was thus iiivaded . The serjeant pleaded his warrant , but Sir Fran ft is ordered them in the kirig's name to depart , and enquired for the peace officers : but lie ~ was
soon surrounded and hurried down stairs into a hackney-coach , in which he was conveyed , an immense body of troops goin ^ j before and following after , to the Tower . There he was delivered
to the custody of the constable , Earl Moira , who received him with great politeness , and they walked together to tlie apartments designed for him . A very different scene passed without the wafls . The soldiers Were irritated at the footing's © f the populace , occasionally accompanied with the throwing of what came to hand , and on their
wayback used their swords and pistols very freely . Th . e degree of irritation is not yet known , but an inquiry is set on foot in the city , and probably on the meet Ing again of the parliament , the whole matter will be completely detailed . One inquest has , however > brought a verdict of wilful murder against an
unknown person of the life-guards , and the place in which the act was committee } will render it not easy to be accounted for . At the same time , every allowance , should undoubtedl y be made for the state in which all parties were placed , and it is to be hoped that care will be taken to avoid in future such horrid
proceedings . The House was occupied in the evening in . the examination of the serjeant on , the events of this and the preceding daya , V and his examination , together with that of the Speaker and the
Attorney-general , and the opinion of the latter were ordered to be printed A letter also of Sir F . Burdett * s was read * but left for consideration to the next day , when after some discussion , and the House having had some time for
reflectoon , it was resoved that it should not be noticed ; ancj soon after another letter from Sir F . Burdett to the Speaker , informi ng him that an action would be brought against him for the warran : thus illegally issued and illegally executed , was ordered to lie on the tab t t and after the holidays the house will
come to a resolution on the subject of their future proceedings . These extraordinary transactions naturally excited a considerable ferment » n the city of Westminster . On the first dav of the warrant ' s being signed , a
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considerable number signed a requisition to call a meeting of the city , to consider the steps to be taken in consequence of this act against their representative * and in a very short time the number of
signatures amounted to two thousand . The High BaiifFiii consequence called a meeting , which assembled in the palace-yard , and there were supposed to be not less than twenty thousand , who attended the summons . The business
was brought forward by two very respectable citizens , and the whole was conducted with the utmost order and propriety , the resolutions , petition to the House of Commons , and letter to Sir
Francis Burdett , being unanimously agreed to . The resolutions and letter contained , in the strongest terms , their approbation of the conduct of their representative , and the letter in particular was filled with marks of the most
affectionate attachment . The petition , which was also termed a remonstrance , was presented in the evening of the day in which it was drawn up , to the House df Commons , by l-. ord Cochrane . threat disapprobation -was manifested at the term remonstrance , and also at the language of the petition ,
which expressed the feelings of the city at the indignity offered to it in the person of their beloved representative , their approbation of his letter * , their convio * tion of the necessity of a reform in the House of Commons , their call upon ths House to release their member , and to cooperate with him in producing the desired change in the representation .
After considerable debate , the petition was suffered to lie 1 ip 6 n the tabte , and it is not unlikely that similar petitions will be presented from various parts of the kingdom . Notices have been given of meetings or requisitions for meetings , and the question is undoubtedly of such . high importance , tha * - we trust the House will meet it with calmness and
prudence , and act in ouch a manner a * may be for the general interests of the country . Tiie greac object having beetf thii 9 se * cured , the army , assembled upon this
o < casio ; iv gradually separated and re * lui icd u > ' ¦ heir former positions . Every thing wh ^ quiet in the metropolis ; and at a large me ting in the city , on a convivial o . caf » ion , at which several memberg of parliament were present , the health of air Francis Burdett was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm . Different
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State of Pultic Affairs . 2 ii
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1810, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2403/page/51/
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