11 FEBRUARY 1860, Page 12

At the Mansion-house yesterday was held a meeting of Masters

and Wardens of the Livery Companies, preliminary to a meeting of the Livery convened this day. The resolutions against the Government bill were calmly worded, but direct and positive ; they pledged the meeting to use all their influence in giving the bill an unqualified oppo- sition ; and the Corporation seems to be more active and united than it has yet been in the determination to resist the abolition of its ancient privileges. It is not impossible that the opposition may take a shape which would engage the sympathies of the Metropolis at large.