Star. — London, England, 1819-10-16 00:00:00

; that the lion. analcman h.; sentence.) Offvros- , - Gentldnicr,, only entreat _your . o ,,id e rstion for one Witmer* and for a:single „ e: have the fairness to hear my lionotriable, ion conclude the *item, *frith-he-was intnra in the act of finishing."—(cries of 4 Hear r . • STUART 11'OETELY " . I alti , tabOtlt to'say,'that i. t rost assembled ten times creel-, they could , in my opinion, half 'so satisfactory at'to •:aselor inquiry into a Court of Justice. I (;entlemen;perfortned the duty I imposed ri voice:froothe crowd, For Minis --Is.ty, r.o ! ezclai Me& Mr.Wortley with.great I am not here'the advocate of Ministers, of other individuals:-.-they muse defend these I venture to say, that I ttelcr.to no man hi It desire to procure the liberties of you all; tt, then, that I have cli4harged . the 'duty . A* l came, and which was . to deliver m y own ;iettiollS and unbiassed sentiments. I have now ' this, belicienie; nrdncius duty. I knoll anions on this paint are opposed to those of a tajority of the persons whom I now address ; s I told you 'when I•lisliiited your Suffrages the spot on which I now stand, _I ;shall never be to blink my opinions befbie you ; I told you Jc last election.—(' Yes,' exclainscd Somebody :rrerl, 'when you &mai there was no opposition.') luite sure that you would prefer your hlember lament—( Cry (f , You are not !')—to deliver his sentiments, when he differed from yeu, than silently stand by and feel a dissent which I not the candour and manliness to express"... hear). FonrarxE Witson came forward and said, :knew it was not likely they would hear him s entiments similar to those of their Honour !ember, whom they professed such an unwil ato hear.—( Cries of No, and Hear.,)—l am :attuned Mr: Wilson, come here to justify the •ates of Manchester—(Dirapprooation). The Aces of the case are tot all before us, to us to come to a fair conclusion. I applaud Lily conduct of your Hon. Member, as much Trove of his address to you. • WALTER FAWKES then came forward, and :Lived with the most enthusiastic expressions 'talent. He spoke as follows:—" Gentlemen, ce consider the County of York in all its dif bearings—its great territorial extent, the uni- Ability and importance of its character, _ and hive-like population, its great opu its various and extended commercial relations, _industry, and its acknowledged ingenuity. not surprising that the country at large, and the seat of Government (the Metropolis) kok with so much anxiety, and attach so interest to your proceedings this day. Let the York once stir, was the old and common in times of peril, and all other and smaller watch and follow the motions of the Le- the North, and give a tone and consistency voice of the country—(Hear, hear.):— Jea, your interference has always made such nession upon the country, I do think that the • now arrived when it becomes necessary to 'le country your °pinto= upon the events lately occurred . ..so near you—to express • upon the most bloOdy and most znyste-. ~ons at Manchester—transactions which frightened the whole island from her pro anti from which the People of England will without receiving a distinct, effective, and inquiry—(Hear, hear, hear.) Never were assembled upon a more extraordinary occasion; you meet to discuss so awful and so serious ice. You have often assembled on great occasions ; your meetings often have been to Cr. turn out a corrupt Minister—to divine means of embodying and vivifying the ener possess, in defence of your country—to de liberties—to end a war,• and put a stop to , -you Lave often met to oppose anci pre injust and unequal system of taxation ; but occasions sink into' nothing, they vanish 'e shadows in the 'air; • when compared With :sous question which the late affair at Man is so terribly provoked—(Cheering:), The which you are ca ll e d u p on this day to pto ce Is no le ss th an thi s , w h et h er E ng li s h men ar e 1 0:pr to retain that great privilege which alone vce makes the broad distinction between the a , and the s l ave ?—(G rea t avplaase.) That in ib.z right which we derive from our ancestors, at 411 times to discuss the measures of our azarient. to state in discussion what we think, to :.nee cur opinions upon them, and in manly and ;An2uage to seek and demand such repara azd redress, as, in our judgment, the state of the .try ihall render necessary. That this great right l'eople has been invaded by the Magistrates at .der, I do solemnly believe, notwithstanding are heard to the contrary ; and neither the law '"essitY, in justification of their conduct, will made evident to me, without some or all of Ight followin g Propositions can be satisfactorily I •Thit the Nleetiog 1.44 the Paitio cOnvciling it had due notice of such fl4. .thf• Rica Act had been read in due time and place, :I ''' ,ll l Law. 1 .- 3 .! c Le thZ time re qu i re d b y l aw b a d b een a llowed to in- V 7 .l' . "letl the readin g o f i t an d t h e violent dispersion of 1 Z. r • had bee n rea d at a ll . "' 'IA Yr. Hunt could not have been talcen, as Mr. liar -201,. Sl:dthiitid, by th e Ci v il P ower* • th^ Civil Power.dl4 make any serious attempt to *441; a.d,- biliv had been struck until the Military com . disNr Asn of the People. I ! 'F+ all these Propositions must be established "° Le Justification of the Magistracy can be ren 10n'Pletc. But what has happened since the 7 +lecting ? Mr. Hunt and others were on a charge of High Treason; among " "IC a pour infirm woman. They wero kept fit'separately confined in sol ry ita cells, and 'lie of them were bailed for a misdemea ''thers discharged from their dungeons char ge a t all—(a Shame!) Look at L. liom beginning to end. What are, to the constant interruptions of Mr. Hunt, oi his examinations ?—.(Herr, to the Magistrates refusing to issue '4l itiortuation npOsoattr, 'merely because 1 , , rD iderati have ue cone ttY . ? d, in t he at , gr.STORT' p 4r ,;,.llDelit a in r otti •:asefo Gent ra y,ell.--1 say, r I am r , r.v other ii I ventu a rdent desire r epeat, then, 'aid , I came, , s ,:ientictus at ' ar med this, opinions on majority of as I told I • the spot a • to blink a: the last e ' and, 'to a m quite sure Parliament — y his sentii • a than suet had not the !leer, hear). Nr. Foetal.: he knew it Ness teatime e Member, gaess to hear continued agistates of mstances It US to CC • manly condi I approve of )17. WALTto received w "a:uchment. tat we consid bearings- respectabil immense and • e, its variou uniform indu is not sutpri: ulatly the d look wi - .interest tc y . of York in times will watt 'an of the N 'egener3l v es, then, yot zpression u Ea; now o z'ttothec have late :r feelings al traasactioi trightei .r.!. and frc :tarn withoi date inqu assembled a did you occurrence. occasit . ten or tut best means ..you posses your Tiber ''Lhed an unjust ese occa ' the shad momentoui ..• has so In which zee is no le lo . 6 . 0 " .6 • at once m and ti table righ zzet at Al lemnient, -71.zice Out ;1:12u1 ' al..d redre shall People 'f-leiter, I I hare hea l 'tcessity, ' . ! 7 Se made " t qht folk ''''....hed:— : I •That the l' at the nut th. fl*Al 3 . t h 'nix ' it t ' •hlt Yt Sin 'Pout tlp 41 ; and • q . 3 IS4t ',al 4 -. l t , ter pi. , . 1 thy, , 1 .." that, arid It: iii '1 to ' C.lll tAi the Grand Jury had already thrown out bills in the same cases ? Were these Magistrates so ignorant as aot to know that Judges often recommended the re jection of bills upon insufficient evidence, in the hope t_hat.the mysterious -and miraculou s d ere l o p e m ent o f future facts in the same cases may lead to the detec tion and punishment of the guilty ?—(Hear.) . What thoroefancetess In q uest? whichha Wh y, dtrin spired in that extra ordinaryb. be ewe should be the . .vilest worms that creep, if we did not"raise our loudest protest against such a barefaced and deliberate sys tern of ;Magisterial oppressiou—(Applause.) One of the principal objections to Our course is, that we are prejudging the accused. In the name of HEAVEN, who are we iSrejudging?—Not Mr. Hunt and the People, for they are already prejudged—(Appterrse.) They are prejudged by those memorable and irrevo cable letters of approbation, which Ministers dis patched from town, fresh upon ihe sad event. How can we be said to prejudge the Magistrates, when what we ask is, not condemnation, but inquiry ? Why, then, ought we not to wait for the slow progress of judicial inquiry? .--I answer, for two reasons :—first, because it would shew how basely we had degenerated from the spirit of our fore. fathers, to wait six months for an inquiry, when we know that the brightest and most inestimable of our rights has been most grossly invaded and secondly, because the trial of Mr. Hunt and the others, be they ever so guilty, cannot affect this case. Suppose, for instance, Mr. Hunt had been convicted of the foulest conspiracy, what defence would that be for the Magistrates ?—the Meeting Might have still been innocent and legal. There are two cases and two defendants at issue. At Lancaster it is the King versus Hunt—here and elsewhere, it is the People of England against the Magistracy of Manchester, who, as Earl Grosvenor well expressed it, with breathless) haste had violated the laws they were as much bound to obey as those over whom they were to administer them'—(Applause). Nothing, in short, but the fullest conviction that the whole tale is an exaggeration, practised upon our credulity, and for the delusion of mankind, a weak invention of the enemy,' can or ought to shield the perpetrators of this foul act from the loud censure and just indignation of the Nation —(Applause). I have heard it said that there is no foundation for any apprehension that the real rights of the people will be invaded—that Meetings such as this, for instance, may always be held with perfect security. This was idle talk—as well may I be asked, whether the acorn of to-day will at once swell into the mighty oak ?—vegetation, like despotism, though slow, is progressive in its growth ; and this violation of law, if now passed with Impunity, may soon grow into a fixed and permanent evil—( Hear, hear). If we do not now come forward and proclaim this out rage, it will, at no distant period, become too strong to grapple with, and despotism will at length usurp the seat of freedom. The answer put into the mouth of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, by his Ministers, in reply to the Address of the Common Council, shewed how far they were inclined to press power. No expression of regret for what had occurred—no feeling of dissatisfaction at the event. Was that answer satisfactory ? (Cries of "No r] It said we knew little about the matter. That was the very etzeogiet rem. son why there should be an inquiry to let the counter feta the whole particulars of the.case. This was the more mMearl, such a step would have the effect of tranquillizing the whole country. If the public have been irritated without cause *Oise the Yeomanry and Magistrates, is not that a reason., in jades* those bodies, that inquiry should not be delayed [Hem, istieffil Why should they be held up to general execration, upon a charge that was untenable, and which at once admitted of refu tation? Why not wipe off this foul stain from their character? It did not follow, that bemuse inquiry took place, guilt would be the result—on the contrary, I believe that if the accusation were proved to be groundless, there is not a good man in the country who would not most cordially rejoice to final the Ma gistracy really virtuous, and the Yeomanry truly brave—. (Loud applause). liy the Constitution, the Ministers woo' the responsible advisers of the King ; and, therefore, the' Royal replies must be considered as the acts of the King's. advisers. There was an air of coldness and harshness in the whole reply to the Address of the Common Council which I did not expect, even from the present Ministers; and I cannot help saying, that the reference to the legal tribunals of the land for the wretched sufferers in this affair, might have been spared. What means had these poor sufferers to obtain legal redress, in places, the very expenses of which terrify the opulent, and shake the pockets of the rich, so as almost to bar their gates against them? What means had these poor people to overcome these obstacles? It was harsh enough to omit even one single word of pity or re gret for the blood that bad been shed : remember the omission to do so was the act of Ministers, not of the Prince Regent. mho has nothing harsh or cruel in his dlspo. sitioo.' They (the Ministers) it now seemed had net the words regret or pity' in their whole vocabulary. They did right, therefore, in not attempting to insert them in it now, for in their case to have pitied others would have been to condemn. themselves (Applause). An Hon. Friend of vitae (Mr. Western), had expressed his disapprobation of large Public Meetings, on the ground that they bad a tendency to throw additional power into the hands of Ministers, and urge them to acts of greater se verity. Of greater severity ! What, 141 th August? severity than was inflicted at Manchester on the can they be urged to greater (Cries of " No, no.")— What then was meant by such an allti idon by his Honourable Friend ? Are we to be told that we s n ot s o h understand that Ministers treat us tenderly, if they do not sharpen swords to cut us down, when we meet to comider efgrievances ? If this is to-be the tenure of the right to meet, It of w Li as be ig rt deed y, that sacred sacredlyedifiandclitryedpbrer.i."..if ths,etoirrideldpie us from the attacks of oppitisioo on the one side, and the storms of anaray en the other. is no longer to afford the Arm shelter for which it was ensued. I should rather see it Mumble Into dust than be converted into Barracks, to exist but as a mo nument of our degradation and oppressiom—(Applasse).—l can have no desire but to live among My felloireoustrymen quietly, and honestly; but if I live, I must live a freeman. I morn bondage, and so do you—(Shouts of applause). Whatever si tuation lam destined to fill, public or private, civil or sanitary, I s h all ever exhibit an ardent and unshakep attachment to our Constitution, as composed of King, Lords, and Com mons. I shall always hold, that the great frame of our Government rests on a compact between the governors and the governed, and that ' no part of that compact can be broken without a su having his legal remedy, and having some person upon os be can call to repair or answer for the violating—( th G dwo rest rdy ap plause). It was too much the practice to brand wi th finely ex any man who expressed an abhorrence to arbitrary pow such an insinuation he would reply in the of the religious, the moral, the amiable, and the tender ptsui er v . e la ta gnat , Cowper : We, too, are friends to Royalty. We love The King who loves the law—who keeps his hounds, And fine mount within them. Him we love Freely, and with delight, who leaves us free ; But recollecting still that he is info, We trust him not too far. King tho' he be, And King in England too, he may be salt And weak enough to be ambitious still Ma exercise amiss his proper pow'rs, And covet more than freemen nhonW to V, NM Beyond that mirk is treason. tie js 1" administer, to guard; t' adore the SW*, Bet not to warp or change it :we are his, . To serve him nobly in the common cause. • • Keen to death—but not to be his 'lamer (Great applawle). — The King is bound by law toaailW en t ie r with mercy . Our gracious Prince must , to duty, as w as front natural feeling, be indeed with this sentiment ; be may be momentarily misled ; the eye of the basilisk may be upon him, or for the moment he may be under the spell of the serpent; but I shall never believe that cruelty could find a place in his humane and gracious breast. In the words of an eminent, but now neglected writer, I am convinced that the moment he shall have heard the language of what he believes to be of truth, he will at once redress the grievances of his People, and give them ' indemnity for the past, and security for the future.' There are those who surround me of illustrious birth, but who yet sympathise with the sufferings of their countrymen, who will never consent to hear, --.—... s With a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor e and who, like the Barons of old, will exclaim for the people, 'We will not that the laws of Ragland be changed.' In the loud winds of Heaven let us echo this patriotic exclamation. , lAt this appeal the Meeting rent the air with their shouts.] l'he clouds are now heavy and obscuring [the day at this period be came Bondy]—let us hope they are not so in our moral atmo sphere. Come again, and raise your loud voice, and let the wind of truth scatter and dispel them, if they shall have collected— EAnother shout.] If our sun will not shine in a meridian blaze, let us hope it shall set in unclouded majesty, and unfold that prospect which it shaU have cleared and removed"—{ Loud AC CWII3[IO6II Mr. Farm= was about to move an Address to the Prince Regent, whanit was intimated to him that the Resolutions had not been yet put. The Sheriff was proceeding to put the Resolutions, when, A person named Mitonatt., who is known as an itinerant ora tor, stood forward. lie would not have obtruded himself on the Meeting, were it not that he had been an eye-witness of the • atrocities which had taken place at Manchester. He then pre-' Corded to detail what he had seen, and described the conduct of tie Yeomanry Cavalry in strong term* of reprobation. Men, woman, and children, were knocked down. and wounded by them without mercy. The constables also, he observed, acted in the Most violent manner. Mr. Mitchell was proceeding to point t_ the Motility of petitioning Parliament on the subject of the Manchester outrages, when he was interrupted by loud cries of ''Question:' " You (said the orator) are about to petition the Prince, praying that Parliament may be speedily conven d, for the purpose of instituting an inquiry. Let me ask you it you have a full and implicit confidence in Parliament as it is now constituted? and if not, what were they to do r—(Qoes t ion.) He heard cries of " question ;" he would ask If the question was not what were the measures to' be adopted to secute a fail investigation into what had taken place, and to prevent similar iPnovations in future ? The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fawkes) who had so eloquently that day enforced the necessity of convening Parliament, had on former occasions loudly declaimed against the corruption of that Parliament. Ile— Mr. Eases, row to order. The Gentleman was wandering from the question. The object of the Meeting was to consider the propriety of petitioning the Prince Regent, praying his Royal Highness to convene Pa.iiament, for the purpoie of instituting a solemn investigation of what had occurred at Manchester on the 16th August. For himself, he had on 'maims occasions bad the honour of advocating the cause of Reform, and he hoped he would again: but then it must not be upon an occasion like the 'present, with which Reform had no connection, and where its introduction would only create disunion—(Cheers.) Mitchell was again about to speak, but he was interrupted by Mr. DICKENSON, who observed, that though a zealous friend of Reform, he deprecated the introduction of that where it could only serve to injure, instead of serving, the cause which brought them together. He hoped that nothing would take place which would tend to separate from the People those Noble and respect able Gentlemen who had so praiseworthily come forward to ad vocate the Peoples' rights. He recommended unanimity. He knew there were persons among them whose object were divi sion and disunion, but he hoped they would fail in their attempts. Mr. Orrtwacz Woos (of Liverpool) said, he was a friend to the cause of freedom, and would advocate Reform if the terms of the Requisitiop admitted of its introduction, but the object of that Meeting was of a different nature. They were assem bled to deplore one of the greatest grievances which had ever afflicted the beans of Englishmen. On such an occasion, the question of Reform was irrelevant. That, indeed, was a ques tion of such vital importance in itself, that it ought not to be mixed up with any other. lie hoped the Meeting would be unanimous, as, by such a line of conduct only, could they obtain what they sought for—(Applause). Mr. Masora:. again stood forward to address the Meeting, but was interrupted by loud cries of " Off, off :" This distur bance lasted a few moments, amidst which Mr. BALMS, who bad repeatedly begged Mr. Mitchell to de list and not to persist in introducing a subject that might prove fatal to the harmony of the Meeting, cam/ forward, and said— " Gentlemen, do suffer me to endeavour to all this tempest. I have a fact to communicate, which will serve as a clue to this pertinacious attempt to disturb the harmony of the. Meeting. " It is, that Mr. Mitchell was the friend and associate of Mr. Oliver, the spy ; and I have the authority of a Member of Parliament, zit o rs who took more than any other man in the House of Com mons, to e * and expose the spy.systena, for saying, that when Mr. chell was confined in the Coldsbath-fitilds Prisons on a charge of High telson, he was the only individual that was, suffered to visit and to hold interwar,* with him. Are you now, Gentlemen, at a loos to account for the pertinacity with which this man, the coinpanfte of the wretch Oliver, whom it was my good fortune to bring tolight, and to expose to the teprobatioa of an indignant country, persists la Ms endeavours to east the torch of discord amongst you? It is with extreme reluctance, and after every means of persuasion had been exhausted in vain, that I tame forward to make this ungracious disclosure,whicb rests on no lower authority than that I have mentioned, and was communicated toe Gentleman on these hustings by that honourable Member himself. It is, I repeat it, with extreme reluctance that I have brought myself to discharge this imperious duty. But your cause, the cause of unaulatity, and, I will add, the cause of our common country, demands this sacrifice of Melbas. Do you not see, that by producing divisions, you would have separated from your cause those Honourable and Right Honourable Men, by whom we are surrounded, and who have stood forward so nobly on the present occasion to tOpport the rights and liberties of their fellow eountryment Is it your pleasure to give audience to a man who comes here wit 4 proposals (I suspect 1 me from what quarter they emanate)—with proposals which he so steadily presses, and which can-Itavo ao other design or tendency than to separate for ever those who ought for ever to be united? If you suffer your selves to be eajdled and misled by such an agency, I shall weep over your infatuations, and almost despair of the liberties of my country, If you will suffer the torch of discord to be thrown amongst you, I cannot help it ; but, I beseech you, first consider the consequenda. If you spurn away your friends by detaching them from your cause, who is to obtain redress for your wrongs ? or to what quarter will you look fur that inquiry, which we all demand, into the horrors of the 18th of August? If you do not discountenance a man thus exposed to suspicion, you will be traitors to your own cause." It is difficult to describe the emotions by which the Assembly seemed to be agitated, preceding, during, and subsequent to the delivery of this speech : applauae, execrations, and astonishment, by turns prevailed; and those persons Who before seemed in clined to hear Mr. Mitchell's remedy for the state maladies, met Ms renewed attempts to addicts the Meeting with groans and ',Mom He still persisted--and they as steadily of " Off, off !—Question, question !" As " Mr. Woozza, who was on the hue declined to sec ond the long series e' chell held In his hand, on the - t ier—.a delicacy which Mr. Mt done forward and said—" Gentlemen-- duced me to addrfu the present As !in no other character than as 'that a great and important o ito those who hare infringed tit.. fgdoh, or tainted by disunion—(Hes.. 'has been advanced against Mr. Mitebeil ;nature; and though I should have prof' sive proof had been slyest of Mr. Mitch think Mr. Mitchell owes it to Mike , from taking any Author girt in the be r ill oilother, until he has completely away the eirenasstalacea on s . entreat of you, my ocentrymen, t a wily a dare i Tor Ma knows tot --sett lin.meitiviog amnions ... keiceab s that je jr nthig Awn charged being sedithius tedaniMr. Mitchell to read a lets Mr. Hunt s ;n4 I oral now fulfil Mr. Wooita then read the le scene disputes which Mr. Hunt others, and in the postscript, wh weal kead, he desired that • .' a letter which he might publish. II- hoped Mr. Mitchell would be able to justify himself, or raiser, that the person who bail brought forward the c ha rge h a d be en deceived, for he knew 3litche'.l t.) be an honest man, and that he would -assert no- thing which he did not con icientlously believe. In the propriety of this recommendation Mr. Baum con curred, and Mr. Mitchell immediately retired from the busehrits. The Beast &muss then put the first and second Resolution, which were carried unanimously. The other Resolutions were then put and carded, with the exception of the hands of Mesas.. S. Nl'ortley add F. Wilson, who voted against them. Mr. FAWKES then read the following Address: " To ors Karst HIGHNESS Guter, l'itinct or Weit4l, Illgetzsr Or THE UNITED KINCDOII OP GREAT BRITAIN AND TRYLGRID. " We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, 141. No bility, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Yorks, been bly entreat permission to approach the Throne of our aseillous Sovereign, with that reverence and affection, which it becomes us, as a loyal and free People, to entertain towards one lawful and emoted King.. " Willeeply lament the malady which has so long and vas avoidably withdrawn his Majesty from that public intercourse with his faithful subjects, which tensed an much to strengthen their attachment to his sacred person, and to increase his Royal confidence in their loyalty and affection. At the same time, we busnbly beg to assure your &ilia( Highness, as the Representative of our Sovereign, that our fidelity to your Royal Highness's Illustrious Family, and our devotion to the laws of this realm are unalterable. " We feel most strongly, that the Prerogatives attached to the dignity of the King, that, politically he can do no wrong, that he is the , distributor of justice, and the fountain of mercy ; are as undoubted and as beneficial to his People, as that the law: of England are their birthright; and we entreat your Royal Highness to believe that we,. and the great balk of his Majesty's subjects, seek only our Constitutional Rights, that the law's May rule in peace and quietness, and be administered with equal justhe and mercy to all ranks of the King's People. " We beg to assure your Royal Highness, that we heard with gratitude, your Royal Highness's declaration from the Throw, at the close of the last Session of Parliament, ' that no object can be IS arer your heart than to promoti, the welfare and pros perity of all classes of his Majesty's subjects, which cannot be effected without the ' maintenance of public order and tran quillity,' and your Royal Highness's ' firm determination to em ploy, for that purpose, the powers entrusted to your Royal Highness by law.' In accordance with your Royal Highness '. gracioue wish to preserve public order and tranquillity, and to . . • • ' ' present the subversion of our happy Constitution, and with feel ings of ardent veneration for the laws and privileges of our na tive land, and an anxious desire to hand them down unimpaired to our children and their latest posterity ; we humbly intreat ' permission td remind your Royal Highness--s— -[The remainder of the Address was an echo of the Resolutions.] Mr. ILssasere seconded the motion, and expressed, in a for cible manner, his abhorrence of what took place at Manches ter. He conscientiously believed that there never was a greater outrage on the lives and liberties of his fellow-countrymen. In seeking for redress, however, he cautioned them to adhere strictly to the laws of their country : to those laws which were made equally for the protection of the rich and the poor, which were an ornament to this country, and the envy and admiration of every nation in Europe—(Cheers). lie hoped, from what passed, that the authors and actors in this melancholy scene, would receive a lesson which they would not get rid of to their dying day, and that weak and wicked Ministers would also be taught, that they were not to trample on the laws with impu nity—(Cheers). Lord MILTON, on coming forward, was received with loud and repeated cheers. Ills Lordship said, that as it was almost unanimously agreed to, that a Petition should be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying an inves tigation into what had recently occurred at Manchester, he felt it his duty to state his opinions on the subject. Ile could-as sure them, that if there was one man more anxious for such in quity another, It was the individual who then addressed them (Cheers). His Honourable Friend and Colleague (Mr. S. Wortley), for whose opinions he had always a great respect, and whose manliness in avowing those opinions entitled him to the respect of the Meeting, had argued that there was no necessity for the interference of Parliament ; that this inquiry ought to be left to our Law Cohrts. For his Lordship's part, he would not presume to say what, on a more mature consideration, tie might &receive the best mode of inquiry. A Court of Law might be the best; but even there be contended that It was l'arliament who ought to agitate the question. It was also the ditty of the People to call on Parliament to interfere. That radiomen% would do its duty—that it would reverberate the opinions of the People, there could be no doubt, if they exerted themselves with firmness and determination. It was not by a Meeting of the County of York only that this was to be done. He hoped that the Counties of Westmoreland, Cumberland, Kent, and all the other Counties, would follow in their wake. If that were to be the case—if this was to be the day-spring of action—no doubt but the sentiments of the l'eople would be heard, and that the Representatives would obey the call of their Constite , ants (Applause.) Was it to be left to the Courts of Law to enter Mlle this investigation without the interference of Parliament? 'Were they to leave it to A, B, and C, to decide what Ives act be done, as suited to their personal interests or caprice ? Were they, because the injured were not incliqed, or had not the means or the patience to enter into this investigation, therefore to give it up altogether? For himseff, he felt confident that there was no security that this question would be fairly tried, unless it was agitated by Parliament. 'He would go further. Even if those s succeeded in obtaining justice, still that would not be su6dent. Law Courts were Courts of Form, and many trials were lost upon points, without ever coming to a ionsidersp thou of the substantial part of the case. This, however, would not decide the issue between the People' and Ministers. This was a point which ought to be provided azainst but which could be only provided against by Parliament. He thought it unnecessary, on that occasion, to enter into a discussion as to the legality or illegality of the Meeting of the 16th of August, and for this season—bemuse, in no one of the Resolutions was judg ment given on the case. They only said that a prima facts case was made out, which made it incumbent on them to require an in vestigation what the result would be an one presumed to decide. They did nut wish to imitate the conduct of those persons who had scarcely heard what reached them of the proceedings, ere they dared to prejudge the case—ere they dared to pollute the lips of their Sovereign, by inducing him to express his satisfac tion at conduct which may hereafter turn out to be criminal— (4, Shame.") ,He meant no insinuation. They (Ministers) it was who had prejudged the question. Let the Meeting demand inquiry—let them quietly, but firmly, demand it. This term, 'demand, perhaps founded harshly, and seemed uncourteoua to certain ears; but our ancestors, in their ' Petition of Righis to Charles I. nee only demanded, b ut insisted on their tights. The Noble Lord remarked, in conclusion, that be would be at his .pest in Parliament when the question came to be discussed, and that be would be onesof the foremost to I.I:MAND inquiry! (Loud cheering). The Address was ',ten put and carried:--the only opposition being from Mr. Woatter and the other Gentleman—(Cheers). Mr. G. Sratcataxa (son of Sir WILLIAM tispacetasso) moved that the Requisitionista be appointed, as a Committee, to devise the most effectual means of laying the Address before his Royal Highness the Pr' The '- then commented, P riots. fl 1 i )6, .s 1 - ii: i 1 1 • i r . , , . . ~ F I ll' V I I'l °, i , 1 1 - ','• 1 I ' i 1 1 dress the Meeting with groans and the most etiectual means of saying toe naaress uelore ass 'soya& sad they as steadily kept up the cry Highness the Prince Regent. The Honourable Gentleman then , .1: 1 , 11, ,, 1 cation !" At length he gave way, and commented , i n a forcible manner; on the late Manchester riots. in the hustings, and who had before No man ha d hitherto the hardihood to defend the Magistrates. serks of Resolutions which Mr. lilit- No attempt at it bad been made ; on the contrary the loyalists I b e groun d that ho was not a freehol_ contented themselves with a side-wind.; but he would put it to - ' I • Mitchell did not seem to feel, now themselves to say, whether they honestly did this, or whether • • .. 1 1 • i , Gentlemim--Nething would have in- they were driven to it, in order to get out of the difficulty in - ) • esent Assembly, in which I appeal which they were placed ?— (C h e ers ) . as a spectator, but the earnest desire Mr. S. WORTLEY stood forward torequest a hearing—(liisses). Manion to con* an oteful lesson At length he was allowed to go on. lie did not wish to sit aid , i • i the law, should not be lost by con, hear hirsute - llel taunted with having acted unfairly. I ois—(Heat,hear).—The char gc t h at After some conversation between Mr. Stasccutitii and Mr. Mr. Mitchell is of the most serious WORTLEY, the former explained—he meant nothing to Mr. W. i,..1 ld have preferred that a more deci-, personally. I. if Mr. Mitchell's tergiversation, yet I. . • Mr, Bairts read a note from Mitchell, stating he (Mltellelt) It to Mattel?, and to .you, to abstain was ready to disprove the charge brought against him. • Mr. rt in the business of this Pdeeting, or Baines concluded by moving a vote 'of thanks to the Requisi- completely disproved, and clearly ex- tionists who called the Meeting.—Carried unanimously. Mem on which these suspicions rest. Mr. Twin supported the Resolutions. In the course of his itrymen, to consider these allegatious speech ,he expressed an opinion that the Inqueit on Lets had knows that we ought all to be very been postponed to the lit of December, in order to give lifini- Go rdon, f or i n ce % wh e n one of the stets an opportunity of protecting certain individuals by a- MI of that ever was held, bas but lately . ladeamity. . .. .. .. , , diticius and turbulent. I have pro - On the melon of Thanks to the•Rechisitionists,. d a letter which he hats received from the Fritsittuax renamed thinhs line himself and the other : , r fulfil that proentse." Nobleiten and Gentlemen Who had signed the Requisition _ 1 the letter , which merely related to Oh the motion of the. Date of Homan, thanks were victim to Hunt had had with Mr. Cleary and the High Sheriff, for his able and efficient conduct in the Chair. t which Mr. Mitchell requested he The HIGH Sewer, in returning thanks, said that bin calling d;hat Mr: Mitchell would write hint the present Meeting was in unison with everyaceof his life- He .. •• - . , . . • • ... . . s , • 11.