A. meeting was lsela in the l'own - halh Ili Inn ingliairi.
" to etimailer wle.tle.r any and wItat steps shoubl be taken at consequence (X the introlietion of the Government Pt dice ioto Birmingham." 'Fhe alayer had convened the meeting on the retina:160n of Lan.) rate- peyers. The spacious building was quite filled before t welve o'clock, an •1 by working nem. 11-Iten the Mayor, the once popular alr. Pailip Henry 1Inntz, appeared in the organ-galbfry to preside over the use t t tbly, he o-es immetlaitely assaikel Will a storm of yells, groans, amid hisses. Mr. Mentz, who appears to have behaved ith spirit and di ;cream), coolly said as soon as the meeting was over he wonla answer ary question they- might have to propose, :nal give every explanation they desir....1; but so long as he presided as 0:!icer i f that meettng, it was for the inters.st of the meeting that they should not con,hler bins as Philip Henry :Nittiti C., hat at Alayor of Bw- rniugham. Ife teas ;111X1011S fir their own sakes, as well as for his own, that nothing shonld be done to 111illte the cause in which th,.y were engagel. lie would act thirty and impartially as chairman of (lie meeting, and at tee that they might groan ;mil hiss at im I mi f iv it fortnight if they pleased. (C.ihers (Ind hisses.) IIe hoped they would disprove the charge that lettl been brought against them—that the men of Ilirmitaaltain were ma ftt to meet together.
aIr. Shearman said, that the Members fur the borough had been in- vited to arend the meet hale lest front sir. .1.tt wood, who was in Jersey, no answer had lean reecieed; end Mr. St:boleti...ail, who had signified his willifigno,“; to iompose i 1.m...dation whielt 1)cit forwarded to him, subs,..-cient.ly wrote to say that wouhl prevent hint from being present at the itteetilig. This aunotsucement was received witli g. n laughter. The 11....verend T. aritalal•inell theti moved a resolution declaring the .1 et authoei zi ng tlea infaiilitetitet I if mc C overtunant Police into liirmi eate to " It gross vi aims of the saelal told tamstitutional right, of The people of the empire, moil of he ielle'dtauts of this bo- rough it p 1,.ti.•alar ;" and that ‘• the pr,..fenee for tht int aoduetion of the nthtful vislidity of the eletle...1.—ietal,f to have induced the aliaistet's to labia its a bill to emit:rat tha charier, rather than to in-
troduee lire to destroy it." 'Ike res dittiea having been setemded by mr. Redfern, adr. Drown, a Chartist, rose to move an amendment-
" That the people mviii never be com..nt with a polio.. of i tv d her under the c,..otrol of au individual or of It ',oily of individuals, until they have the p.flitical pri‘ ileges, local as well as general, as are now p05- scsset1 by the few." A. long disettssien ensued; whiels etilea in the withdrawal of the ansetelme»t, en etitclition of its 1.cing passed as a substantive resolution.
'Ilse first reetlittion was agree.? to nolointonsly. and tlwn arr. Brown's ansendment Nat; put and carried iwithete oleaesition. aIr. Joseph Starge moved a resolution-
" That the oajeet of a police onala to lie acceeation and detection of theft, burglary, and other criminal :' ' r th,•:e purposo:, there is no occasion for time use of mortal w,.ip ••■- e• ,l opt hut of military organi- zation; and that the cruploymera th,• ,u,•11 pltitical spies i,t contrary to the tht, l's of a pollee. 'llett the Cx.,•rument fore now organized in this
borough is notch more dangerous to the eties of the inhabitants
than a body ef ettlicrs, beca/Is■• 101110 i 'i.• IlIld receive the
appellatien of 'mike, they lava the i•-• It without beitag under the direction mid ,iipetioteml,m..c or th.• \ • and arc responsible to no
one except the Seeratiry if State fn. i l is.,mining, in fact, a second :handing army, more ohjec, hat L'Oc to ;1. • • ••, 11. in till, ordinary military lama Tet tliai it tO I •,;11.1..!1 it owes to the country, to prote-t aglia,t the adoption. of a .1 of centralization and e.Tionage, such imrtditect : 1.•!1 witich, if introduced into the rural districts, it ill prove ,- t!,,, liberties of the people, as being a tyrannods exerch,e of , Lich L I, hitherto been em- ployed only by the tno,t arldtrary and !,' and is calculated to alienate the people front their governors, if not to lona: !!! Government of the country itself alto disrepute." Mr. Sturge spoke ,R length in sutra let of his le-elution, and de- nounced the employment of paysieal fircee on the part of the people and their rulers— Ile felt strongly- upon this stihjeet, for lie lead 110 licsitation in stating to this vast :vseinbly, I hat he bylined the taka,g away of human life, under any possilule circumstances, was thrbidden by Christianity, and that it was contrary to sounil pelicy and true lettional safety. l'or lie woulil far rather Ise sent a pennyttes (-ale fr., it hi- c I dry, thin tlitt a r-iagle human life should be lost in tailgating eitkie 1.1.•-•,,.q.,y or p 'flicy might perhaps be disposed to ask how per,:oli- hal !in•2.- sn,h, s‘aitinedos ,atee,,,,colly hope A committee was appointed "for the purpose of waiting on the Mayor and Magistrates who subscribed towards the fund for the Lon- don Police, in order to obtain a subsaription equal in amount for the sufferers who were injured by the staves and sabres of the said Police."
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