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IRA meeting was held in the Guildhall on Monday, to petition Par- liament for the total repeal of the Newspaper Stamp-duty. The Lord Mayor, who had called the meeting on a requisition signed by a number of the most intelligent and wealthy of the inhabitants of London, took the chair about one o'clock ; but for an hour previously the hall was quite filled by a most respectable assembly ; the galleries being occupied by ladies. On the platform, among other well-known persons, were the four Members for the City, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Hume, Mr. Roe- buck, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Buckingham, Mr. T. Duncombe, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Scholefield, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Humphery, Mr. Wilks, Dr. Bowring, and Mr. Wakley, all Members of Parliament. Most of these gentlemen were received with hearty plaudits ; but the welcome given to Mr. O'Connell was most enthu- siastic. Looking upon the body of the hall from the platform, it seemed as if every arm was raised, and every head uncovered, amidst hurrsing and waving of bats; while the ladies in the galleries appeared to enter warmly into the spirit of the meeting. We have no room for extracts from the speeches delivered by Mr. Grote, Mi. T-aac Solly, Alderman Wood, Mr. Benjamin Wood, Mr. John Travers, Mr. _Hume, and Mr. O'Connell, in moving and seconding the several reso- lutions; but they were all spirited and effective ; and we recommend to those who sneeringly and falsely assert that no considerable body of the people feel the Taxes on Knowledge as a grievance, to ascertain the tone of the meeting on Monday. It is mere affectation to pretend that the Guildhall on this occasion was filled by the mob; we have seldom seen a more respectable and orderly assemblage. Although perhaps nearly 4000 persons were present, there was not any thing like the interruption and ill-behaviour which are ordinarly visible on a field-night in the House of Commons.
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