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Sir Francis Burdett appeared in the scene of his "old glory," the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Monday; but not with his ancient éclat. Ile had engaged to preside at a meeting to petition against the postponement of the Coronation and the curtailment of its splendour. The hour appointed for the commencement of business was half-past twelve, but for some time previously the large room was crowded by persons resolved not to encourage wasteful expenditure. As the time for taking the chair approached, there were cries for " Old Glory," "the Turncoat," " Judas," and other complimentary names which Sir Francis has acquired. When Burdett did arrive, he was accompanied by Lord Lowther, the Marquis of Waterford, and about a dozen other Tory gentlemen. In the midst of hissing, hooting, and groaning, Sir Francis got upon the table on the platform, and endeavoured to address the assembly. Apparently, however, be filtered. His constitutional intrepidity seemed to have kit him. He made but a slight and vain attempt to speak, and then retreated.
Dumennbe, the Member for Finsbury, moved that Sir Francis should take the chair- " I came Isere," said Mr. Duncombe, "having received an invitation to attend for a purpose unconnected with pasty politics: of that we shall judge. I came, gentlemen, I own, to gratify my curiosity at seeing the old Member for Westminster meeting his etch constituents wIthin those walls which nave resounded to the accents of high-spirited patriotism. I wished to Pee how the honest Hammers of Westminster would remind him of former times, when he came forward to lend himseif to a paltry Tory trick, tinder the pretence of postponing the Coronation; but in reality it is a party stratagem of the T odes —the Tories, gentlemen, who, though with the !tame of Vi as i.1 on their lips, have engraver' on their hearts the /kik and despotic minidisks of Orongeism. (Immense mooao) I, however, entreat of you to let Sir Francis Ilnrdett take the chair and supposing trims who have got up this meeting to move a reso. lutioo, I pledge myself to move an amendment to it."
It was decided that Sir Francis shettld not take the chair ; and Mr. Hetherington was voted into it by an immense majority.
Vincent, of the Working Men's Association, moved the fol- lowing resolution-
-. That in a country where thilliens or our fellow.conntrymen arc known to be in a ntheTatio nail mimi SoLo emoumn, it nonid to OP Get moment, and de. rogatory to the dignity of this great. nation, to muck the until y of the people, and ;tug. went their Indalens, by an extravagant expctoliture of the public money upon at cere- mony conferring no athlithnial honoll or i:ower upon 0111 youthful Queen. This meet- ing. tiei efore, emphatically Ilene:nice the attenna tow making by it plundering Tory faction to pod;i1 lie her Majest;,'s Corountioti, foe the it of surrounding with tawdry splendour ii ceremony which it would be esioir it. dippense slit it altogether, lather titan ti ettlullit a single shilliog upoit tilisi•Iled mot spangled embroidery, to ,olut vanity of MO vette mi•tverals, idle millions of the creators of wealth are badly housekt and &KU ate of proper Mud nut chdhing." .
The men, said Mr. Vincent, who wiehed to live by labour and fair trade in Leedom would never sanction an attempt to plitudem their brethren in Yorkshire and Lancashire. A new rem was about to com- mence in this country, when the People would rise above the Aristo- cracy. What did the People care whether Marshal Smut liked the Coronation or not ? or what the Russian murderer, or that swindler of nations, Louis Philip, might think ?
Mr. Cleave seconded the resolution; which was carried almost una- nimously ; and the meeting broke up with thtee groans for " the Tory Judas, Burdett," and three cheers for " the Sovereign People." Sir Francis, with a body gourd of friends and constables, was glad to get -out of the room betene the proceedings were concluded.
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