The National Register. — London, England, 1819-11-07 00:00:00

NOV. 7. i t ,. I , a t ta avii ii (anti tams), au 1 he had thus given to their oppouents o•ie which VOW 1601 •• • answered t fur had hr lint h, h is ass. as.. 'titres shown tile iece:sny —the undelitatite nee, -say a hies eta-led for iliftilintaa a full mid tree lier ry lathe I'•tliamrnt of the nation? such tin bawls, wont not matte. was II likely that this Coroner would ever :wet with Ilits pnaislimeist a Inch seemed hen? Ile thitueht it W.O unt o ro, they could hardly suppose hal, if the iaquiry was left to they would direct the Atioreey tie.ierol to prosecute tine of Clete awn creotures. (Cli-ers.) Ilia then 11 r. Hunt was under trial. Ibis, however, dui out affect the case of the magistr aria fur whether he was guilty, or %%briber he nut not, was 3 ear instance ..at at a ll eitimactial with the present question. It anglit be possible that he might be esaivictsd ? yet would that justify t h e sabring of helpless women and unarmed children P To him it appeared Out a and f every view alai hhe butt been able to take of the mares. it seemed as if lii line of conduct ',armed on that memorial c °maim' hod been the remit of previous deliberatiun. Ile would tell them his I commit for ~,haaa g so. Mr. Hunt had got wind of the 'mended meg wro, avid had odared to surrender hativlf to the magistrates —but what was their contact ? a it arrant against lain, 'and they refused to exit ute it ? The reason anis, it did tint suit their purposes. The intention was tip britste the people by arrestma ham before their faces; stud perhaps. I no, Me) had been ordered to do so by the higher powers. This ought particularly to he imposed into (Applause.) The uoble Lord then proceeded nice more to continent on the 011 prejudgiag," and asked from what (iaster the ex pression had emanated. Why, with a very modest grace nen itaurauce, it came from the supporters of that Minis try oho hod prejudged the Meeting with a vengeance.— who, thought it took place on the 16th, did not hesitate to give their approbation t s the Magistrates on the 21st. It. OAS wilt til while 10 look at the relative sitiantiuns of the parties. The proceedings tool: place, at ,:tliinchester, the Ministers were ill Lomita, ; hnJ the Prince Regent was at sea. It was just possible that, with flaa horses, active vers, and favouriog wind and tide, the use of the sacred name of Majesty had been authorized by the Prince Regent him self. lie, however, did not believe that sueh wits the case, and this affair, ought, in his opinion, to he sifted to the hot tom. If it should turn out to be true that his Royal High ness had authorized his name to be used, it wan hit opinion that it had been in: nropei ly placid in the hands of Ministers, and ha them fatally turned against the Jibe/tics of the peo ple. * All those he was then untiressitig.were aware. that io the course of the last Summer many meetings had been held on the subject of Parliumentary 'afore', at .most of which Mr. Hunt had presided. The quessiun of reform was not us %itch he thought of great important e, which ought to he discussed at a proper (lint . read such ilitrrosion he would hold himself ready to attend : but be thought that it ought to he kept distinct front the buoiciess of this day. Where it was met, it °gala to he met with moderation, by conciliation, and by good guver iiiii rut, and ant to be put down by the sword and the bayonet. He begged pardon for this iligi es sion, and was again proceeding to cuttinie••t on the 1111T11111$ inert hugs held oil the subject ut reform ilitriiie the test Sum mer, a hen he again, asked leave of the meetieg to make alms digression, lie thought it requisite, that those ..who enter tained sentiments similar to hia own ought to stand upon the strength of their owe character, and ought to declare that their cause was not the cause of Mr. Hunt. Their cause was the cause of the people—was the cause of the constitution; they, the requisitionists, were oat the supporters of revolu tionary principles who approved the attempt to dverade and level the aucieut hereditary. nobility of the land; those acre the supporters of revolutionary pH's( ittiesas who a ere for put ting (loan all opinion by the force of arms. Ilui to come mice more t othe point; at one of the various meetings fir reform, he alluded to that in Smithfield, where Hunt was in the sham /garrison bad been arrested by his side. This was a circumstance necessary to be recollected, as it was the contour *cement of the prrsent systian. liarrisou, he wished to impress it oat their minds, was arrested and take', by the .police from the side of Heat, in the presence of tie people, at a time when their passions mint naturally be in a coral derable state of ferment. Why, he would ask, was he arrested there? Why aid he not arrested before? Why was he not arrested after ? Was he arrested then order to dare the meeting to tumult, in older to furnish Government with grounds for introducing new gagging bills, and again suspending the Habeas Corpus Am In thireinstance he could not thick that the Lord Mayor of London acted from himself? his tan mace-hearer would give him better advice. Nu; the act proceeded from the collective wickedness of his Alajesty*ii Ministers; he said so, because. it bore the stamp of their iiiefficacy. Well, as Honiara, watt-arrested without any riot, or tumult, nn opportunity was carefully souahlafter, in which they might be entitled to act with greater vigour; and this opportunity was not lone wanted. In a very short interval after the Smithfield meeting, a meeting was called at Manchester, to consider of electieg a Legislatorial Amalie'', or some such nonsense. This meeting was prohibited by the Magistrates; and. in consiquence, it wars given up.— Another meetitig wits called for a different object, and this not being prohibited by the Maistrates. Wafts to be assumed that they tacitly sanctioned it. Great ;timbers of persons met, to exercise the Englishman'.- inalienable right of peti tioning for a redress of grievances. Mr. Hunt appear• ed among them, and hait eso sooner rec iiiii weaned them to be orderly sod quiet, than the Yearn:airy were let loose against them, and fill on them with their minis, and ith Such mistaken zeal, t bat their first victim was a con stable, who *as kil'ed. in the discharge of Ids duty. Hut here he cautiously stopped, for lie would not go into the de tail of the dreadful proceedings of that tinfortusiate day.— When the nand of man is d twisted by tiny act of dark and dais • g crueller, it naturally turns fantod in quest of some circumstance, of alleviation or justification. The minds of the people of England had looked around for such alleeia. ion Biel such justifit mien; but alleviation and justification (icy found noise, Nothing hos been e%en said in pollutant' of it. Ten weeks had passed. and yet no pretext had been got up ,sore of illegality and tanstet. It had, indeed, been said, tout the people came in military array, herniae they marched two and two. This the drum-boys of Norfolk hud doneas hen • they Went lit rian the Wald declaration. It was mid, the petitioners had marched witis a military step: so he 11 ith SUM the tiruinsboy* did. (A laugh.) 'lsm litany melt were how, as might tie expected, aceustomea. to a military App, after a 26 yea's' oar, and 1110 Many miiiatry witious were sinful tunati•ly preeateat its the cou.ary. But the Riot Art was read t line pelatiti , 4 , t,19 at is as read, Lind 150,Cre '. t it wail not mai at MI) rate the hoot ahit•lt the lan humanity i elapse it meeting ti he d • perwa by violeoce, had toil clopsi u w hill ills d.,, was made up llte mullitti o. rat CN ell b. there r%.is a tumult, that 'lie !tint .Irt waol hour hail chime.' etti r it, reading by a clock lu ft:tact:Mater, and that the ottel'iv; ttel VI 0 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. hag" ritiWu rmtuioly. find ttimuituou ivcbalc.,l ail) mui Ul.t) tritirs or an) other ; (I H maws. ails ; Ihz civil n , al oar 'illiquid. Mid: hi 1 puler, briore they haul a , .•• J tki411 ., 4. Yei lb.s i6d* t.l. I. 3' ...1 of 'la: :11.1.;1,1rolesol the 1..• h, which Mluislrrs 11, , 01 breutole,,, br'inoot any Heston:, oo the '2 kt of Au.,11-t Cordes,' of the livry ut the.r fetio%t coolltr3 tiotraous to appl..tl.l lois, Ilk. 4.'1.1 earl. to 14 , 14 estata n di a 1 4...1ter) oespotion. (t'it.•ers ) b.,' i.0.v.•%.1„ a, these prover.l.44o is re, these e 111. II 1111 d 1,41 C, 11 I..ace i lie . Inc lath of August at • i1111:1101144, /6114 . 41411 111 inn 0, Ii 0111. dill ker comp.-shod. He stain-t must hi.," ii , ,iiiiiril iii i imparhuljustice mid Out been administeied oiler: tee ii..t ifir ft•itrou.es of L. nra hire. Let toils practit•• on e prevail —lel political feeling once he inhumed to ad ei sae mimeos tiatioil of justice—let the principle mice be "doe' .1 that a M 4: istr.ta may say " Shis 4' roe the WWI, illl.l 1 a ill 511.... sun the iii st" —and thew si ould he at Duce MI rod t.. ali se curity for our lib , rts, our payers), amid our ho es. Ftwiii !hall 11111113V111 Idle 41/141 " I ty " ougiLt lu be blotted fi 0.0 our language, and the peat suinitleig name of fret.born Lie:fish must he hi and 1111 more to this i outitry. Addine to the auuses he had alluded to, tut. It ceut els:Hiss:4lot' Lund Fifzwilliam, the podium. of 111,000 Melt 10 tosr.id inding army. the deterniimition of Ministers to put 1111 1 / 1 1 pubis. opinion by force; awl under these circuludan• t•s, in wow,' repeat it, iothii.g but the union of respectable men through out the couetry, like tease he 'unheeded, acting on sound Whig principles, could *aye I he tuition from that !erotism*" anatclsy, and bloodshed, w Mcli, he feared, was impeuthog. Ile had 4Vili4ltd 411 much as p ssibleininkteg any comic tits upon the proceeilitvs, partly because such coo:melds would only tend to indame the public mud ; and partly bc, twee lie wna sure that ilw.r own minds wined suite!) them with more forensic-conduct/Is Om any winch he could make.-- To his brother requisitionists he Lad to apologise for the imperfect mauner in 11 11iCh he had executed the task allotted him; and to the rest of the meet lug, for the leiutti of time during wild h he had occupied their ea.-idiom His (Head Trafford Southwell would supply sonny of the deflyenties of which he had becu guilty ; and he would, therefore, give way for hint to address them, as soon us he had himself read the resolutions n Inch he inteuded to propose. The Noble Lord tbeu rend the I,4toiritig resolutions, amid the must tumultuous applausei :- 1. That the people of this country have a clear constitutional right to assemble for the purpnae of discussing any political question, and of petitioning for the redress of any political griev • Nice, which, in the.r judgmen:, is or may prove to be injurious to the life, liberty, or property of the subject. 4. That every attempt to disperse Ly force such an assembly (as long as the persona met together eunduct theineelve; peace ably, and no overt act of riot is omunitualy Caollat be too stiortgly reprobated. 3. That is appears to us, that the magistrates of Manchester did, on the 16th of August last,autliorixe the milisasy to disperse by force a mestine not proved to be illegal, without oddment • ground to justify at harsh a measure, and even without having, given due notice of their Laconia' ; and that, moieuver, this military appear to have carried their orders into elect without displaying that moderation and lenity which shotikl always be I exercised on the most kacitimate of such occasions. 4. That. although every friend to real lib sty might cordially deprccase the danger of licentious tumult, yet it ought never to be forgotten, that an attack upon our tionstitutiorial rights,. under the mask of attachment to order and government, is, to say the least of it, equally dangerous. 5. That we observe with deep concern, that his Majesty's Mi nisters have so precipitately given the weighty suction of his Royal Highness the Prim:. Regent's approbation to nice-sures , el so dubious a character; and we deeply deplore the advice recently given to his Royal Itighnes, to dismiss from the Lieutenancy of the West Riding of York a Nobleman standing ju toy high in the estimation of his fellow-countrymen, eminent for his virtues, his loyalty, and patriotism, solely upon the ground of his having concurred with the county of York in petitioning tiie Throne Mr inquiry into matters so deeply interesting both to the people and the Prince. :S. It is, therefore, resolved, that a petition be.presenbA to his Royal Highness the Prince Regret, most earnestiy requesting him to reconiinend to the immediate consideration ins Parliament the necessity of instituting an accurate and solemn inquiry into the real state of those untortunate transactions winch have excited for some weeks past, and still continue to excite, an alarming de gree of ferment in the public mind. S T. Sestersiwebk, Esq. ruse, amidst loud cheers, to se -301111 the resultitioes mused by the noble Lord, 'and felt happy in having his name associated with such a man, and in so honourable a elms,. The cuestllntion of England, f orme d nn the p r inciples of Irree.h.o, and on the recipro cal duty of protection and obedience, had been grossly violated. .History was full of instances of the patient AI b mission and obedience of the people, whin under the protection of the 14411, but at 110 period was it greater than in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who, although stir "'untitled with difficulties, and by no means her trout fauna, evinced a vinstabt wish to protect, and an eternal love for, the people; while they, iii retiirn,ra ere obedient, and there was tint aminstance of Montt into/pin her long and glurions reign. When the smarts, who siteceeded, . attempted to govern by a model of their own, the peuple ruse and expelled them. 'this revolio inn did out create, but re-estaniislied the constitution of the could ry. Flom this time to the 16th of August last, a period ut ltd years, protection had been newer eo abu aptly denied as it had been in the present instance; and it we did not 11114 , C 4 strict inquiry to he Instituted, our liberties would be Deer turned by the events of a single day. His noble ft tend who had preceded him wished this county to be time 11.14 to express its optnion on the foul deeds at Nlantlies ter ; hilt it WAS gratitying, from its proximity to the. spot whets Arse ontreges bad beets committed, that the girat, opt' lent, and Wile peudent county of York Manila have taken the Iced. (Heat, bear.) 'the meeting at York sees mote numerous—not more respectable tlian this, and the usem- . bets for the comity at:ended both. At Yells, Mr. Stuart Wortley had asserted that Pailiament Clllllll du 110111/lug but eider the matter in a court of j441,111'P. 11111 .aid la. CAI it nothing to have Pa rlimuedi assembled, and sitelioi Anil by Limit- constituents, do-minding a legal ilivestigatiiin f Was ti nolltiog to ;err rent tumult, ili•oi iler.mill presirtdioi, of es iiil.lll.l. ? II was, in fart, 'mote iii Alf half the Plitt st. Was it Uu4111111: 10 present justive 41141 Cl/111 Is of 1/VI 1 . 11411 I 4 log t a is.l• , into t iigineetif up pi C` , lO4S. lint Parliament timid ile more. T111:I r %V../ 1/401 it ilitag as a Mull Cowl of p.,1 li.sillelll ; and (11.1 Nlr.. Wortlcy await I n sisy,,ther l'itsitameni was so far intientlated as not to tiesiiistle II? (('111•1 Of YCI, Illty are.) He thouglit that it was not )e. • 0 con opt ; that Ministers thrills, Isis might yet fill,l, 11141 li. eigh their emideet 11 1 . 111i.i, va , los tt•tigit 11'11 4110 . 11/ II 111 .!.. e ...rt ot . !ao . ii soit: , • l .., fi`ll rued to a Conti of I'u Ia ,iote,t ; ;111,1 to that Paeienieet he trust• ti that, IA e 1011.4. it would be tiansferied liy meals at au haven( buteat. 'ti t. 4 ~~.~. Standing by himself, be was but an humble individual, so were they all; but milted, they ssere omnipotent: and they must, therefore, inxiat un titeir members call and pos.ible, for impeaching r . The elide, , e, :he Sovereign la* nit. property i.l livery j and titey ott4lit to pruttrt h againAt Ilse t , t,ed .queibtets au, Still intinettsly anti treailtp:alily '• •se •• Prince itegt•lit .I.• ! •• • •sati • . be name cr 41. - .1•111C3 n , noL 111% 1,0111 1;11181 11011• . ,1 .0 1 11,111f.i1 tole, It. 40%e 111111 •1110111. , 111, , . , . - 11, ao.t `t the StilPer . •."' 1. move ale i 1 . 1 4.1.01011,1111, 1 /C11601141 C11,1,•,1 I ilgst 144.1 L.. a 141,1 e 10,l 1t had ru re,s. d . • vrideZtiois of the rights 111 Ilia •• • j (Applause.) 11 'lei. the Earl of Aliteinnrle, t h e granola. •Mel ot the .0. , 1 ropre.ililislive of.hal 1101de 11. use, w•w Afflo.t.suLlur in Ft as.re, br found kill oppressed Enzli.h• 'win ❑1 ilia. Bostile, Shot i•eresakiry ap.lrll.laie ut 41111414,y qu.e•ru.s.rnl. Tire ssui II) I PIO esel.l..l,Ve of hi► Si. sign knew hr ed4l:l do oodons 111 W r giotel.6l to iii► Ifoval was ter, an.t he did nut iliot Pall. Milli he had olitadr,sl tits Oleos. , of Isis comm.% wan. 'flow. limes weir better !Into Uu• •ht sit. 'lre Ji.tu.trrs stele good tom, a•id not lilso Clause uor day, *hose talents star eteo ueluo their elisraeier. If Howl. a. he 1114 k, 111.! Nllllltlllol yield to *tor 111411 In Itll4lllllletil to his ruitotry, and nuov cipihi llii ttttt re Sears.% 111411 he did at It.o• urersioo of lull Merlins. ri r ,theirlorr, limit bras lily secuistlt it the resolutions 00000 veil by-the ookle Load. . Mr. I. WOULHoU'ir came tura itil amidst plandits and lbs►es, and spul:e to the ninon lug 'dice. :—•• Gentlemen, 1 have attended this meeting to-day, OW 441 I r•pret tit the authority limier which it is CONVelwal, and mil of respeCt to the county, though node sine that I .11,114,4 have to pre. seut myself before a busy of men, wdb a large put tiou at whom wt this, as un stow• t evely other question, it is my mi•tortane nut to coincide: Dome the favour to allow sloe your att rodeo fur u lit unsent ; and if the loth unity of Maitre dues out overpower me against Inv - Vial, I sholl nut press on you too severely. Notwithstanding all that L have heal d, I must still ol•yect to the proceedings of this day, because, though they ore apperrint, Justified ay the extraordinary circumstances to which they icier, they do appear to me, in sonic degree, to anticipate the verdict .•f a COW tut Justice, and to iwpty a doubt of the cum- Itetency• of trial by jury—that muss pi coliar—that grand est feature of British jut irprutlysice." (Vries of •' Nutt and lou.l opposition.) The noise here became so great, that the High Sheriff was obliged to threaten to adjourn the meeting if sileisce was nut obtained during the speech at Mr. Wodelionse, Mr. WODElloUse then ptoceeded— " 1 cannot doubt of the competency of the trial by jut'', to winch— pbe fr. niainder of sectence was lost iu the uproar by w Mich it was received.j Whatever my view of •this subject is, whether it lit "tight ur wtorig,you ought at least iu cantina,' to hear it." 'flee noise still hereasing, the Earl of Alsemaile again cause forward and said, -that after the kind indnlecuru with which the uu•eling had beasd him. he had to hope that eluu at tile commencement of his speech lie 113.1 asked for himself, a fair hearing and fair play," would nut he cellist.] to another. lie was must inixioiss that Mr. Whitehouse should be heard, as be Was ulnae sure be voilld he anew ired. (Applause.) This appeal of his Lordship was successful, and Mr. Wodelintor concluded by stating, that he cou•ui. real the rea.alar course of the laws quite tunicirtil, and perk, able loan extra tudieial inlet feu eller. T. W, t.OltH , £4lr). buppot tett the Resolutions itt a speech of great ability, and was tutluoeu by the Hula. I:d n. ItilbOrti,(l,ol4.l Suffield's to tithe r,) Who shat to op position to his family and private tries.ds be had come so the Meeting to ilielere his ai dent tit,or for a close &livid, ligation into the outrages of the Itith of Angled. Atte, several other gentlemen had addresNed the Meet ing the Utah Sheriff read the Address, %loch u as exactly twined on the itrAolotionc—it was passed %tilt only Mee distentients, arid on the motion of T. W Coke, Esq., the Earl of.ibentarle stirs rego-.10.41 to almond an antlienee of the Prince Regent fur the purpose of• preatuting-tfie Address. •• Luuu•,it.oex.tntl said he should obey the request with pleasure, duel alter the usual yawl, of tliuukp, the High Sheriff dissoleeil *Le Meeting, . , • THE LEITH SstAcxs —We have just learnt from c gentleman, who was a pa,senger no board the Lord smack, from Loudon to Leith.' thst,• fier expel tencing .several scvei . e gales, and bring tw ire driven bark ou the pa.s.ige, she Al last made Huntington .bay, a;I safe. Set vial others of the smacks there (for there are. it it supposed. 13) lie tells us, %vete not so tortintate; one, during the eel crest of the 11‘4111, has ing b een o bli g ed In slip ho:Is her anchors, Ina happily suc ceeded in making the hathour without tort her liamage ; another hat lost her howsmit and gaff; and, the third, butt for the fortunate circimistance of part of-the pas st.itgers being seafaring men, it is ft.:teed, would have bean Lit to the turrcy of the vi;iVcs, as the crew were completely exhausted,. lies Idling tle..y could C.O Ills more. rlicy were, on Saturday. the 231 silt.. together whin above 200 sail, of cartons descriptions, in safety, in 11,1:•- litigtott-bay, front w Inch place it is not expected they will yet have sailed. The Lund IleliiagOns, and uw:i tuners in company, were nine days betwven and Burlington-bay—.- An Irishman, having been long in the indecent pr. , . lice of fishing on the Sal)Will clay. iu trio rive et and I)ee, a 9111(11:11L in del inity al St. itlary's C0%.2e, St. Aneltew's,.(tlistingeli,twel ler. hi,' religious real), a feW dais went and calmly remonstrated with Inset upon his profane when the Iri,hitian. sifter alving hien the 00000 st impeolokeel abuse, t..reatencel Into, threw several stones after hien, and et en rite - stied him ; intim winch the yotiti4 Divine turned u e uu hint cave turn u twiny thrasletieg with a stick he had ies his hand, a hen the Ireshneen showed hitt,,sclf as tiutch A coward as a sabbath-breaker. Toe le islimait, huwevir, called urn hon the next slay, aid after licinbly begging hit pardon, renitence! the Mini:net of the parish to ett ,eas our in ilistettide him from complaining to the civil olagistratt , which the vllClelit at 11.11211 i agreed to. sport 'AS prOillig:11L; to conduct himself in a mote orderly manner fer the time to come.