ent of the applicant, that the servants
attending the carriages of peers, to the House of Lords, have a
waiting room, which they call their Club room, and that they have
formed themselves into a society, governed by one of their body, whom
they call their "Constable." They have a set of rules, dated as far
back as 1759, obedience to which is strictly enforced under pain of
certain fines.

On Friday evening, the coachman of the Earl of Galloway set his
lordship down at the House of Lords, with orders to wait. The
footman, who was, it appears, a new comer, was, on entering the club
room, called upon to pay a fine, or "footing" of two shillings, to be
spent in beer, but he replied that he had no money about him; and, on
their insisting on its being paid, he left the room, and got on the
carriage box, with the coachman, but the "members," headed by their
Constable, with his staff of office, pursued him, insisted upon his
coming down, and were about to pull him off the box, when the
coachman told them that his fellow servant had no money with him,
but, if they would go, he would be answerable that it should be paid.
They, however, insisted that it should be spent in their Club, and
that the new servant should be present.

Mr. Burrell: How many were there of them?

Applicant said there were, he understood, 10 or 12, but it was only
intended to proceed against the four ringleaders. The coachman,
finding that they were determined to have his fellow servant off the
box, drove on a little way, and, on returning to his place, Lord
Normanby's carriage ran against his, and seriously damaged it. The
footman was, at length, dragged from the box, and very roughly
handled: his foot was hurt. The coachman was also struck with the
long "staff" carried by the "constable."

Samuel Linturn, the footman, corroborated this statement.

The summonses were granted.

It was stated that Lord Normanby, at once, offered to make good the
damage done, but this the Earl of Galloway declined, having
determined that the whole matter should be publicly investigated by a
magistrate.

Two days afterwards, four footmen in the employ of Lords Melbourne,
Lansdowne, Normanby and Tankerville appeared to answer the summonses.

The complainant, in the course of his evidence, said that he had been
to th