The Substance of an Address Author:Charles Pearson Subtitle: Delivered by Charles Pearson, at a Public Meeting, on the Llth, 12th, and 18th of Dec. 1843...containing a Brief History of the Corporation of London as the Asylum of English Freedom in Past Ages, With a Statement of Its Public Services in More Modern Times General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1844 Origina... more »l Publisher: P. Richardson Description: Cover title: Pearson's speech on Corporation reform. Subjects: London (England) History / General History / Europe / Great Britain Political Science / Government / Local Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN, On the llth, 12M, andlSth of December, 1843, JOHN TRAVERS, ESQ., IN THE CHAIR, AND THE SUBSTANCE, IN A COMPRESSED FORM, OP AN ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION CHARLES PEARSON, ESQ. Mb. TRAVERS addressed the Meeting- Gentlemen, -- I think I had better proceed to open the business of the meeting, having given our friends a quarter of an hour to assemble; in doing which I will first of all read two letters which have passed between the two gentlemen respectively concerned in the object of this meeting. The first is from Mr. Pearson to Mr. Hickson; it is in print, and I dare say has been seen by many gentlemen present: but it may not have been perused attentively by all. It contains some very important points referring to the whole subject, and I think it is as well, therefore, to trouble you with a second reading; but I should first tell you that Mr. Pearson had before offered to Mr. Hickson and his friends to be present at this meeting, including those gentlemen who had subscribed to the reprint of this article in the Westminster Revi...« less