The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

tree NORFOLK COUVTY .11EETING. A rtrpti , i lion has log been waled to the High Shea' . of tile county of Nor tuck, %ivied some of its most OVIIIMAI &/1141 itaeieciabld inhabitants, desiring Min to calla public stetting to take into coueideration the Idle unfurtutiate tweet relict's at at anelicsi er, Sir W iliiillllll/)ntlham Dalling, the High Slier iff, appoilited Fe itlsy lust for that purpose, and made suitable preperations at the Shire-hall, lie the :, Castle of Norte icli,fity the accointnottatlon of the ditlerent gentle men oho were likely to attend as orators or specta tors on that iinportant oceasiou. 'I he ineelieg, AS was before stated, was appointed bit be held In the Shire.hail, in the C ode; and a Wale befere 41 o'clock the High Sheriff suede his appearance there, attended by the Earl of Albemarle, Led Bury, Sir T. Dreamt, Bart., Sir T. Baker, Bart., sir R. P. Jodrell, fit., 'l'. W. Cake, Esq., E. Wndelauttse, Esq. inembria fur the .county ; Hon. L. Ilarburtl, Hon. T. Primitive, 51.1 3 ., J. APDtniald, M.P., J. W. D. 31eresi, Esti. 51. P., net al Kepeel, C uplain Beauchamp, N. Bolingbroke, Esq. Mny oe of Nora ich, E. Lambe, S. T. Soisilawell, N. Nliekleiliwaite, A. Berea', M. Elwyn, P. Hammitt, E Rolfe, J. T. Mott, E.R.Postle, W.Foster, J.J.Kedingtield,Esqts, Archdeacon. 1i ithiirst, Rev o.Glover, Rev. it. F. Elwyn, Rev. J. P Cullyer, Rev. fe. Saiulby, Rev. H. Wilson, Rev. W. New combe, Rev. D. Ila,te, and many other respectable gen rleilien and freeholders of tee county. At the same time, hundreds surrounded the doors, and the cry far an ad join inneut to St. Andrew's-hall became so vele mem, that ' a vacate mutton was made to that effect by the Earl of Albemarle. It was immediately after carried by aerie. station, awl at 11 4 /011( II) uniuntes past 12 o'clock can' w luule party, parceded by the crowd who lead attended at tile Nitire hall, et rived at St. Andrew's-hall, whieh the Mayor had obligingly lent them for the day. The hustings .(winch were tee same erected a short time since for the ateommodation of the Bible Suck t)) were crowded in a ir e ))))) ait It. %stela a degree, that a part of Ilitan gave way, and mane apprehensimat wet e excited for the remainder, and the Ball, w hich a %eiy spacious , and will contain be tweet, 5 and IS,' 00 persons, was immediately above three parts titled. The High Sherd!, who was among the last Ito entered, was received, on mounting the 'instance, avatii the most tumultuous applause. A, $11)(1I1 is this had subsided, he came fin ward to open the !menses,* of the slay, and in doing so ole.erveil, that he had thought it his duty to convene the present laureling, in coi.r q of 4 eetpiivition, to take into cousiderat ion the proceedings at Menehester, having been presented, worded in the must -temperate and constitutional language, and signed by a numerous body of the nobility and gentlemen of the coml. ty. 11'liatever doubts might arise regarding the expe diency cat necessity of the measiii e which he had adopted, no doubts twilit arise in any gentleman's mind regardisig the right possessed by every individual, whatever were his political sentiments, to be heard salt It silence and at ten. tom This was all lie had to gay to the hearses at the meetings but to the speaker. he would suggest the to o priety of confitiiiig themselves to tlue subject of the iregnisition, and of absttinittat from mixing 111/ wills it any irrelevant or intlammetory topics. Vl'llatever irregularities use his partroiglit occur in the proceedings of the meeting, as this was the first over which he had ever had tier humor of puesidisig, would, he trusted., he attriblited to leis want of experience, and not to Ms want of good iuteution.— Cheers.) Tlir Under-Sheriff then came forward and read the requisition, and the names of those who had suir•ci Wed it; atter which Mr. Coke incised, and the Earl of Albemarle s.ecooded the preposition, that the High Sheriff should take the chair. The motion having been put and carried in the affirma tive, and the High Shetilf having taken the elixir in consequence of it, The EARL of ALBEMARLE came forward, and address. ing himself to the High Sheriff, said, 11441 it was allotted to lime to open to the inteting the business for which it WAS then assembled. In doing an, he could assure them, that .it rejoiced his heart to stand before a meeting so numerous and respectable, to open the business on which the county of Not folk was that day publicly nut to deliberate. He lilt—ye s, be feat folly fell, how arduous was the task im posed upon hint; hut irt the present momentous etibit of the (opium - y, as a fine state, when so much danger sur rounded it oii every side, when the aspect of its affairs presented an trick set iota rause for alai m inn every quar ter, it would indeed be unpardonable in him if he sin auk from what he believed to he his ditty. La uttler to per .orin the duty which had lieen assigned him, he throw himself on the general indulgence of them all. To his friends iu the wet tug lie should appeal for that kind ness which lie had before experienced at their bands, and for 44 lurli lie could nssure them that he was must grateful; Mid to his enemies in that 11411—Unt he enlist withdraw that word, and rather say his political opponents, because lie 'netted that lie had not a 'nominal enmity it pelt earth, ssu'l he was once that he himself bore enmity to HO 1444. (Che,l-.) TO his poli ti cal o pp nnt nls, then, lie would ap peal for %slim lit himself was always ready to grant, and what every Eu4:fishiest' I n tl a ugh to thostatill —a Mit hearing Slid fur play. boot applaut‘e.) lEtatittragril 115 their approbation to proceed, the first use which he sl 1.1 rake of the litierty which he had outaisied of addre,stim them, would he to ray a a„bt of gi itit t , .cle to the Malt Sheriff. Ile Wolilti twit that gentleman, that lie was coo. toissioncil by the individu.ils who signed the requisition— s holy of men ni •4 r equalled in potato of ie•peetallility and sititithers by the sunset 'bets to ally previous requisi tion in that county—lie would tell Mtn, lie rcl'o'dlelis that he was eutioni•sioned by Cit. in to con vty to hint, the flight SM-ritT, fin 4 . 'mammon. thank• for the reatu.ess as oh hick hr had avel-'l,l I,' their request, and had enabled them t o mutt flues tai. Is. 4111 COSIstIIII. in ',ohne a•sembly, tit ile.l4ae Zhu ..114111101 of the county of Nto folk. (ulli ei 4.) 'lite Ne 11111111•11111 of Vial great vannty could hot tie collected from airy decimation agrrid to in 4 col nue, how ever eesptchibly and 1111.1i1 , yemsly Ih , it ilerlitr;oiiiii might he signed; tutu - ever -11 those OlitllbtlS riled th:11 t ,e.prrtabiliiy might be as lu this city they 9vll . the is hiolt 'Mitt 1/t 1111 . Not t - 4111, -(sitioe fusses, tivermlit lined lit lottil ;.-lii• the iltlitts major. fife malni, and 41111 11111 l it,, envy , all initr•liallesl lit 111111 i-f orthr, nt dile older of promotion and nigh; of sitsice, and matt lied np iss a military , iltithera it e. lie it 'i.e.-ileum budv, lo sd:l their 1144i1.5 to this notable ,croll, the Nor- vArt, dc4l.lM ion ( ,nu!! r,u d continued cheer , ..) Iti going hvo the detail. of the 11.'18)1)1e pow...came,. itt Maui h. si, 1, (for he could •Al them I, no other Hahn 1, 1.11.1 111 I . olll* pi. ming on them, he should attend mo.:t to the THE NATIONAL REGISTER. reCommentlation ut this High Sherill, and should abstain Ruin ohering any thing that appeased to mai irreleVatit. or calculated to tuliatue the public mind its the lightest degree. suer) iiideed should he. ale to touch upon any littrig that %Imola haat a tendency to billin'. the points* thithl j but earn if he wets so towropes ly disposed, lir istiew all nothing th t coold he said ut done 311111.11 could • dhow the public mitatl into a greater fei mein than that into a Inch it hail been throw ii by this simple statenit tit 01 the question whit!: had led to the present mu t ling. Thal question wassomply this—witellier the people of England one to cunt:lloe to enjoy their Wrestles, nutter the salt guard and secant' , of Ilse a ritten law of Ilse land: or whether, when la' fully absent tiled, sithuul riot Or I iiiiii to eaetti.e their acknowledged sad inalieliable right of pent butting, or of re motistrattog oh their grievances , real er supposed, they were It use subject 10 the will and ca. price of magistrates, a Ito , acnug under the iflluenee of their own misguided judgme ail, or in base subser iency to the 31inisters of the e.avisem, snail put aside the tot ins of law, mid at Ikea tile/note ostler the militasy to sable, cut, and ride through a mead of unarmed a tid Jrltueelels urtil, wumeu , and children. (Applause, and tries of shame.) He couldassure them, that a hat lie was saying was nothing nurse than a fair statement of !acts, cud that he confil ptuae the With of every syliable which be hail •laSt lied. Indeed, he Nits toil sensibly 4141 tiltil AI the' state of the country to wish to indasue or it Illate. the public mind. Dining the .ti yeah of his political life, and no one would den) out they odd hero litb of great and important events) he utter bald seen tueir rights :dal !inertia: eXpOsed lor trow's those a loco menaced them at the present tuometit ; nr• ver had he seen lowering Over the nation a stutin so dark and so emit:ins to 001st; ewer dad he We (for lit must fa) lee word,) 'lever did he we. revotution so mail berme.. hen o. rutrae.l around him, out Doke outbius, but gratin, brute atid tilt, iiiidutt oil toe part of toe Gown iiiii reit I (applause and loss, s;) «heti Ile it,aW such a man as Lola e sta.% tlliam, a WWI VesiefoOle for Ai, age and tor It.. vii Cues raslihsseti from tic I.l,lllethiliC) of obr Si est If idwa of ork sitar, , tor Inl other reason s,tburd, or pretended to he as signets, but that twined I gilt *mote" lo eesSairy loot rio oppureiat bies.ch of toe cmistitutioti; alien he saw ito at tempt made to tieguale such a wait as Lord Finns Wolin—int itteissiot, I%llirll at Ike soine lime 111..1 It II non, re coiled 011 !he treads in hi, eileulirs from %limn it prOCeedeil ; aiieu he valr% 11116 1110113.0113 UW131130413 the ettliill)U.tatee sat allow a lime hie had been one cotillion it proof of loyolty mid nanny to ha Kale, degraded, (loud cries of •• No; no noureti•); he be,ged paef oil, attempted to be degraded, for pl ttistotiog utvesu cltau; a lieu, more than toils lit sins an ad dit too ut 10,000 oleo about to tie made to the standing army, for tat 4111110er upetity LLVIIN ed lie unglit set), len the mipudrut iy .svoa ed pia tifise of keeping ill/1111M. people; when he Ma a determination oil the psi I alt Miaisterii to combat puhlic opal lion, not by at gunicut, not by moderatiou, nut by conci liatiou rind good p u rernhirul. but to put it down with toe sword mid bay tract; alien be soot all Ibis, (and he could us. Sure them that all &WS air, fact), it required but little pent :ration on his part to say, that such a state of tlitilgti could Out lasi long, und that it soca a course were persever e s d in, revolunou must be 113 Dela& (Hear, hear, usiti4left with loud cries of "shame, - is Inch occasioned a louder burst of applause from the wulliinile tu the hail.) He had said thinning of which he either a:IS or ou r ht to be ashamed. (Loud Cheers.) KeVulatroti„ he repeated it, was near at hued ; but a hether it was to proceed fr the encroach merits of is despotic tioverilinetit, or from the onnity &spivs ▪ of the people., he knew not. Both If ere to he equally d precated ; laud sure he airs, that if the tics shone! conti nue, the Second sou d assuredly fullow—that &sputum' the part Of the MI-hives would nut foil to produce to- Ina tense uo the part of the people. (Cheers.) 'I his, it aas true, Nab that the uptown of a single individual, ia ahieh tht•re was no mere value than there aas rt MOM 111 wont he said: sot h, binteYer, 115 It not,, 11 was most soieerely and he on* WNW tot n and UUXIOU.S In 'merest' It ou the public d, as it a is Joes tam conviction, toot tiolliaig could a and ud' In • litlitriolitis; Clanger, trialintiA could 'Jove I Ilr count. flow resolutunt, aoarcits, anti bloud,ll.ii , bat lii • WHOM ofrespritohuhtyandrh.ratler IlerouAlitsut Inc errata try • of men, such as had sighted the present men, who were read) to put illeiliselses oefor, time lietrile, and to say to them, •' Ilene we are, your !moots, ready to bland 10 the gap iielVieell the lOW lite of (ioveroilleilt on the out aide, uud tbt I,lllut run rot of popular liceittioussiess on the other"—of men, alto ss ere deter iiiii ted to o:esettt, by sill the coustittnimial weans its their .pu el*, au) oriusgenn•nl UU the rights and pi integre of the subject—and of men, eas,er at all times la atteod to Inc distresses rind earn too wishes of the poor, as far us teat could be done comartentl., with the well-bring at the slate. (Loud hems.) lee liter he was or seas 1103 4111113 under a is-Waken opilliou, the 1131X1 . 111i; would be best ab e to judge; oat: loin_ at heats ne kites% —that tie was acting a tit' a stores ity much moo living could impeach. (Cheers.) Actin.; th al, wits lota room rig' , a hit h he 1131/3,1M.11, lie mite came fora aid rip Oil loose trot tt+nig proseiptes, aaieit of late years hod be -u out of favour a ill tile Crown, .lei Illisunderst tool 11. the people, but 11'41111 WWI neither the Iruau 01 the COllll r the orglei t of the country torii!d ever induce him mot Isis ft tends to swerve. Standing forward tin those prin. iples, he should Marty* be 113 ready to observe as Out a due to list just prer.t.tatrae of the Croon as he si iiiii la he to defend a lust was cur to tile tair rights of lite ite.,ple, sitter it oafs t the duty of every lione,t Logl N 11110.131 to the Call Crown from I lie iii,titless Of the pe.•ple, a. it "1., the oe.•ttle from the eiteroaCiluicia, of the Unto it, or uny other poi% er wool soever. (Cheers j lit Moog Ilia dat, which nod Bert Mt posed tin 1/1111, he aid a uunpl i•iii W ineke u. a onto I sire ordinary nature: it nuts, II•:t that he hart tint sufficient to ;nuke owl II ease, bait ta.rt his case wits too sl3iill4 for him. He should allonym wish, if to avoid tistlmiting the mods of the petrol.. ; hot here the bare recital alt the faels I 011;(1 ohs ri iiiii nem or - thy of their shou t ers that, star toe ease as ite Migoll, molting could eq -41 taf• impression ti hicti the naked Mess cl ew ~I,o1::teu to ricon .1„: Amt. then, e l this %%MAUI of rillllll4 fot Inquiry, In- could out taut ao) t••to.: Illso role Fatlon; iu thi. completely at 11v1111 , •, 14! li it Inn,.ed :1111113t1 lii vd Bert count 100 f ii tolo•r iii ni iii tln• notadk decialai iiiii of I oat Ifs tof ;., , ,kt•J ni th r•uait , arc imu for do.cumeot au u••• V. ,1 titer he 6111:11 an .LIll.lll l ol al drf , ore. NI/ to, meeting u . ..s tilcAul; uu ,at mry Imo ,it niot committel h, I 1' V .011'1110 %%:is t.o.rt• sti.tdc I • , .letitett to .t . ‘, 17 I. No, n wilt forth Uu• declarntimi -co;t1:1 .••t It 11 sure a -11/ry ; neither attleuipt lit tt.i Of log UI justify or eXCitgo lire eittitluel bale, nil Ibr 1 euttlatilty. Sttrei, thee, Illat mull btu tmil cause i it dd . ...ace or whit h oat r aiaele syllable could be advanced. NOY V (Cheers.) Then however, tip if 1.) help it,out, clime fur. aid some person n.th a most lisch boas Matt ~, a most ha i .py ingenuity, and bit spoil the aura I. prejudgistg." It %as a good sword : it was a ciao-le-1p olden ell hair might tale; if it did nut, they ha.. se, other, and thi ii f. i they %cir obliged to the 11, and t.ork it in the ii.bl hay they posssbly could : uud wurktd it tor y had to the very bast of it posser and ability. Pruiteediugs like the pr. sent were stigmatised as piejta !gist; a questiou sON/tO to be Inci. : They acre harsh, they acre premature,tbty were how Plc to the trial Oy Jury, ..ml saw an ind. corers oil the 111111.6111a1 attillthoUltltho sir jtllet. " if they Lod beco MI, he could assure theta that he a mild have oven as ready' to disapprove of them a. tail of the declarationists, and am, as ready to sign a deel.tratioo to that elect at the drain-major sit the Norfolk could l a or as the young. est althorn, r aho ever put his mark to the rime serf of in. sit nutria; b.ithhough the deelaruilutt of such is wino nts at itbsurac truths a ere g I, a here in this case was the appli cation or th, m 1 In the name of email:oil sense, or, if you will, to the mute of dmible•retined soplhstry, how could a mere proisosiii• n tor inquiry be tortured into. prejudgin. of the chile to he itiquired into • (Loud cheers.) The tulle Lord then proceeded to say, that having made these obser. 'rations on the Norwich ties land ion, it became his duty irs introduce to the notie r ot the alerting a paper a hich huh hero stinsequesills published, and %illicit Has eotilled •• Ob servations oil the Norwich Declarutimi nod so perfect nn ansarr, SO complt to a refulaiien did it contain of that pr... ductiou, that lie mould riot lessen the strtn;lh of the ergo picots by ally oh erratum of his own. The noble Ea, I then read the Anion inn document to the meeting : " It is not a little extraordinary that the Norwich Declaration, on the subject of the proceedings at Manchester, should have been so largely signed; and signed by men of judgment, sense, and reduction. One pan of it is, indeed, unexceptionable; for every thinking person must agree in the opinion, that vast a,- eemblies of uneducated people are very ill adapted fist deliberation on questions connected with law, morals, or poli tics ; that such assemblies are, in other respetas, greatly to be deprecated; and that the attempts which certain individual, appear to be making, to instil into the minds of the lower orders seditious and blasphemous notions, are, in the highest degree, worthy of reprobation. " But let me inquire of my fellow-citizens, whether these troths afford any real justilicattan of the violence which, on the 16th of August, took place at liinchester, under the sanction the magistrates.; or of the manner in which that violence has entice been countenanced by still higher authority. " It is acknowledged, that some of the facts. connected with that mournful day, are not, at present certainly known. The statements contained in the public prints have varied (according to the political bias of the jourrutlastro as to some of the minor particulars of the case. But, alas! how nitwit is ascertained ' „ It is ascertained that an armed body of (.'asalry attacked the assembled multitude. It is ascertained that these merciless citizen soldiers made a free use of their sabres. It is ascertained that men and women were alike the victuals of their indiscrimi nate cruelty. It is ascertained that several inaisi,Mals lust their lives, and that a large number of persons were severely wounded. It is ascertained that Englishmen imbrued their hands in the blood of Englishmen. It is ascertained that the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the name and on behalf of the Pri,.ce Regent, intelres,ed a public letter of hanks to the officers and privates of the Manchester Yeomanry, by whom this slaughter had been so ably etiectesl! •• It is in dispute, whether the Riot Act had or had no , been read. It is in dispute, whether some of the multitude were or were not tinned with sunk, and others with stones. It is in dispute, whether any provocation had or had not been remise by the Yeomanry. belore they commenced their butchery. ilia will any on: be bold enough to assert that the reading of the Riot Act (s reading wholly Mandible to the people, and no: called for by the circumstances of the easel—that insulting lan guage—that even sticks and stones--alliweled a reasonable ex cuse for bloodshed and massacre ? " It is possible that taere may have existed some circumstan ces of a palliating nature. It is right that these &con-eat:mi.: should be known ; it is light also to withhold the language of !Mal condemn:pion. until they have been inquired into. *lle demand of the people ought undoubtedly be tor -nquiry—for iavestigation—tor trial. Notwith.tiaiding the many dreadful Ltets wide!) had been ascertained; I ant of opinion that this should have liven the leading, perhaps the only object of the meeting lately held in St. Andre w's.hall. But the ch age of prejudg ment. witien forms the principal point in the Declination, is nevertheless extremely ab,taid ; and tor a plain reason, namely, that tinge is no trial tit tile Case pending. " An outrage. which appears to be of the most atrocious kind, has been committed. Notaitly denies the tact. inisters have not only a.pruved but apilatoled that outrage. 'lie people cont. plain of it. Tits/ do Lot totally condemn, but th e y arraign. nEd loudly arraign, tie :11,qpstrates of Manchester, and the Mini, tens of the Crown. Ihe declaration wisely intornis us, dr.: 6. Thecase, which involves the characters and conduct of thee gentlemen. may be cm.si. crest MI in a course of trial." This entirely false. The ease, 1 repeat, is nut in a course of trial. The question, whe het Bunt and his associates be guilty or nt ! guilty of sedition, hats aosolutely no connection with the II:4: question. The conduct ut the liti,,istrates, and or the 31iiiister--. is under no tribunal whatever, but the nat.:nal of puolic npini.e.. Let view gentlemen, then, be arraigned ; they ought to Lc anal : oval—undisputed facts require it • let them, by some meal , otaer, be otottgat to a trial be.ore their country. 1..• " inquiry" and " investigation" be the dennuid tit every lii! ; , - - lishiatan, until inquiry and investigation shall have taken place ; anal tinetititat great object igiit'sl have been etfectest, it will then be the time for both %%lo ft s and for 'fortes to acquit, if they are hut compelled to cubtitnin. The Aston, Lord turn I•lli• d.—Notbing t mad more complete thou lona taco. er. Not a itr,uwei.t fop it lbe oploom•ti I:: 11, for the bet-I II pits,il)le lE. - soils-111e ato'llloll4 • 1,0.11. 0..1 he i•ootrovel led. .1 he ih..l there us no rouse peminc : jU014 . 1 . had b. ell justice bad been deist, st ? Isis Is s ad beets appealed to, but Or It ilitthals had Iwo. shut 4, 4""" ins mimed. It Might he :aid of itOtiCe its this cam., to the orda of tbs. port " Fite Pet thou rast.t not lee, " 'lns nut el its ai,,Ai !” ( !mild Ina 4ltter). lint then, sa% some of the advocate• on the other -hie. b* There is a ease of a t.'iorotierN Isique- 1 :•c ()Miami." Ile Itegxed pardon of Hinge peotlentee I:".re was ‘ach :I , •ti•e ; hat tle person presidina over Iliad sl had. sonic Ito* route 11110 COlllart . he ni --. 1%- 111t11 . 6 al and therefore wished to h , • , little 4iiii ; ; 1.114 111 . 111- oWil $ for after a 1..1E4 what had is , thon,Jit lit fit do 1 11 hi , Ite ndjoiirneii toque:4 for c week,. Hi• aas atit nolla of a lan er; out he knew that adjonronu•nt wa., if not ~00tritry to thu 1:1 tit least t e p.iteturt• of it t r.., if lift• toio..er had tne pa r 111 st eek. he 1 , 111 11 11 ' 1 , "" 10 adjourn la , elt l hilh. 1111111 . M ever ; 311. d 111/1% 11.1 . 41 1 1 ill lime de eat the i in, w ottedieoee tie :hos.• of ein he cal% d his superiors. 'tut even in 411.iilg, Oh , he hatl he• ti unto nate : whe•a there was bat one ar4ument nit w hick the olio putters °l am Manchester intl bolt s rotell their debase)