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were tt a in number. Did Bast Weedy catalogue 'ethic') he held in his hand gave an secomit of some handreds.—(ffear, Asa.)—Thev might despise it • as they - pleated, but it had been collected on evi. deuce which he would defy the Ministers opposite, 'with the aid of all their myrmidons, to chsprove.— lie applied the term not to those by whom they were surrounded iss that House, but to those instruments whom they were so ready to employ ou the other side of the door. A Noble Duke also stated, that " There were 100,000 men in arms between the Tyne and the Wear," when the whole. number of men to be found in that district did tint amount to so many ; and being asked where they were to be found, he replied that " they were not all above Krems& it was true bat many were in the collieries." Under the influence of such etatements as these it wits that this question went a!irough the debate, and that the six Acts were car. eed through both Houses of Parliament, and the veto , correct information on the subject was that sthich was from time to time brought to light through the medium of the public Journals. That House was told by the Noble Lord oppo site. 'that the Ministers had a strong cam in reserve ; in the other Howse also it was stated, that there was a strong rase in reserve, but they had *ewer yet been able to get at it, and if the inquiry moved fur by his Hon. Friend and Collealtpe were productive of no other good. it would at 'seat drag to light that case in reserve which had been so carefully and mysteriously veiled. His Hon. Col league had preferred a grime charge against his Majesty's Ministers, as to the authority on which they gave the thanks of the Prince Regent to the Magistrates and the yeomanry. The Learned Gentleman opposite had fallen into another mis s take on this subject. He stated that it rested oulely on the letter from Mr. Hay ; but it was not so. for it appeared that, not venturing to trust to the lettet only, they sent for the writer to ark him how far his own statements might be relied on. It ap peared, therefore. that the Magistrates and yeo silvery. fur shedding the blood of the people, had been rewarded with the highest and moo honourable testimony of approbation which any man in this country could receive, next to the applause of the people, the approbation of the Sovereign—(Hear, hear, and lawgisier)—and that approbation had been given on the statements con tained in the letter, and on the testimony of Mr. Bay and of the man who was sent op with him to give a confirmatiou to their own statements. The Learned Gentlemen said that Mr. Hay's letter hail been contradicted in nothing; but that letter har ing suited that Mr. Nadia, sit the head of the con stable', went before the yeomanry, the evidence on the trial proved that he followed them, which was as plain a contradiction as any terms couldconvey. But the Hon. and Learned Gentleman !teemed to have thoroughly studied the documents furnished by the Magistrates, withput bestowing the smallest intention to the evidence which opposed them oa the trial. Referring to the debates of that period (for as he was not-in the House at that time the re ports of the debates were the only anthnrity to which he could refer for information of what bed occurred), he there feencl that. the ilikaalmr..for. Dover (Mr. B. Wilbraham) made some state ments, on authority, which were not et all borne out by the subsequent evidence. That Ho nourable Member asserted that the yeomanry were assailed with blows from sticks, and with stones, which the Noble Lord said they brought in their pockets. and that the yeomanry displayed a greeter degree of forbearance then could have been expected under the circumstances of their situation, !or that they never struck • blow until they were assailed. But was there a man in that House who remembered to have beard of more unpile/eked, more wanton, wild more unreleutiog fury than that by which the yeomanry were actuated ? He hoped the Learned Gentleman who had before mistaken him would not fall into the same nem as he did yesterday. when another Hon. Member was speakiug of these yeomanry, of supposing that he meant to include in his censure the whole of the yeomanry throughout the country ; for it was his thin conviction that its ncsphice in England but 'Kam:better itself could such a scene have occurred. The Hon. Member bad further stated, thet many persona who saw the transaction had expressed their Porprise that so large an astemblege could possibly have been ,dispersed in we short a period with so much ease. and so trifling a degree of injury to the penmen, present. tile (Mr. II.) had,. however, been informed by a Almost respectable person, one of the speciel col in Atenclance, whosie . eies were filled with Oslayeets lie ilescribeil it, that he saw at least 4.900 Per e"ns down orr the ground at once.--.-(f.aeghier.)—fle Wm pot aware of any thing in the circumstance to, excite merriment; if be had stated any thing ridi culous he was very sorry, but was it not likely that so great a number would fall in the havoc occasioned dry such an occurrence ? The sc . counts of the number of persons wounded bad been much coutroverted, and it boil been at tempted to reduce them by a statement of the iiumlser *Omitted into theiolirroary and the work house. But he could, were it necessary, state marry reasons why the nniuber received into the hospitals shoidd sot equal the number actuelly wounded. It would, perhaps, .office for the present to state, that his Hon. Colleague had presented in the s'ourt of Ring'. Bench tfts affidavits from persons h e were wounded by the sabres of the yeomanry that sky. Sonie struggle it appeared was yet to be made concereing the atones. It seemed that some which were afterwards picked up had the appearance of being polished, so if they had been cerriud in the pocket- That was a new species of argument. lie had heard of the days when pebbles were in use fur time purposes of hostility, but ems it probable that a large body of people iu these times would carry stones in their pockets for use in an moult against an armed cavalry ? Gibbon, it was true. biateJ that the Roman soldiers weut into the field " 1 battle with eighty pounds weight on their backs; but he would contend that, with their pockets lull of stones, it would 1-e impossible for any body of people to the situation of the meeting at Mutates let, to piston's the necessity evolutions in such • "n teet• lie might therefore safely dismiss that *wry as an idle fable. The Honourable Gentle then read to passage from the narrative of the Reverend Mr. Stmiley, descriptive of the "'it kis the confusion of the flight, and the subse quent visible effects of the attack of the yeomanry. That, li t t it he,44weihtt.4. was the " justice an au extended scale," winch the Hon. Member for Newcastle-onder•Lyme (Mr. Wilmot) had said that Ministers ought to encourage the Magistracy of the country in exercising. The Solicitor-Ge neral had talked of giving the question in a small compass; but he had distended it still wider than it had before been stated. fie took in a series of what he called overt acts of violence; he enu merated • succession of meetings in various parts; he reckoned up eighteeu flags which had been dis played ;an to crown his climax of anarchy, vio leuce, and alarm; would they believe it, uo lees than five caps of liberty I Why, had that Learned Gentleman never seen an old halfpenny ? Had he never heard or read 'of the old pageants, in which a cap of liberty was always borne before the So vertigo I—(l.aagkev, wed loud cheering.)--The emblem might, perhaps, be abolished on the forth coming occasion, because from being in some de gree associated with the memory of the French Revolution, it would perhaps be considered as unfit to be borne before the Monarch of a free people. The Learned Gentleman bad dwelt on the Smith field meeting, and asserted what had never been proved, that it was intended to propose the same reputations for adoption at Manchester, from which he argued that the latter was as be state d the former, an illegal, treasonable, rind dangerous meetiog. But the meeting in Smithfield had aot 'been dis persed, nor had it been attended with any violence, mischief, or outrage ; why. there fore, was the meeting at 11clairchester, if its cha racter was the seine, dispersed by force, rather than treated in the same way with that which had pre ceded it ? He thought he had heard something from the Learned Gentleman of his Hon. Col league's (Sir F. Bordett'ir) imbecility. fie was not sure of the word, but lie hoped his Hon. Friend was not to be brought into any scrape on that account—for, as Dryden said— " To lit for treason was a serious evil— To be Ismael for asneeose was the very devil." (Laughter.)—fle then instanced the clumsy fram ing of the six Acts, Its proofs of the not over-ex pertness or capacity of the Learned Geutlenien ap point.. His Hon. Colleague had been reproached fur aiot bringing on his motion before ; it was • maxim of law, me/lath temples occurrit regi," and he saw no reason why the lapse of eighteen months or two years should be a bar to the attain ment of justice or inquiry for the people of Eng land. in the former Parliament the subject was evaded by the pretext of a pending inquiry ill the Law Courts ; io the last Session a variety of other business prevented it being brought on at the com mencement ; it was then decided to bring it for ward after the motion of the Hon. Member for Durham on the subject of Reform, which was fixed for the 6:11 June. At that period the Queen came over, sod there was no longer a fit time fur the cLs eussion-of this subject. If his Hon. Colleague had brought it on early in the present Session, before he went up for judgment in the King's Bench, the other side would have charged him with an attempt to bully them by a display of his adhereuce to the *Mons for which he was about to be sentenced.; , and the-gentle/um opposite would hardly ask what bad prevented him for the last three month.. The Solicitor-General had denied all participation of Ministers in the transaction; that was unfair to the Magistrates. after having thanked them. It had been said that the speech of his Hen. Colleague was an ample proof of liberty. Ile duly valued the liberty that was still left him, and while lie was able he would enjoy it. But was he to be told that the people, after enduring every grievance, every outrage, and baying their blood scattered about the land, were to think themselves lucky that their tongues were lc ft them to cornefain ? Every effort for years past had been made to put dowp reform ; nothing but military execution remained to be tried, and that had come at list. Bat let them skew that they had not lost their memories; let them slits, that they had hot forgotten that their couvtry once was free.; let them chew that they had not forgotten the tuna when despotic.) and military execution was ttairio....— - t h em ; let them ...s among she, that some among them at least were deter mined to persevere to the last in the. course which their duty marked oat. The Hou. Gentleman summed up a long and powerful speech with the following quotation from Cicero to Atticus. 20th Letter, 4d Hook :—.l • I 1 " None (inkiest novo quoin= moilso civil's moritur; at cam Dames ea quo stint acts, improbent,tiormatur, dolmas, warietsa in re mina fit, apertegite lognaatbr et jam dare gement, lawn medicine nails afferatur, Reqwe 'slim multi Mei internecione posse arhitramur ; nee, videnius qui fiais eedeod, preter exitiem fotnros sit." Loud cheering followed the cbnclasion of the Hon. Gentlemats's speech. ' The. Marquis of Lou no ti DERRY rose and said v i ' he would but abuse the patience of the Houstrilyi going into more argument on this question thani. was absolutely necessary to the performance of WI duty . ; but he was sure, after the many personal( allusions that had been made to hint in the coursed of the debate, they would feel that he owed it to , hi ms elf and the situation he had- the honour to fill, to justify himself from the attack that had been made. The speech of the Hon. Baronet had shewn. that the object of the motion Was nut so much the discussion of the. Manchester question as a combined attack on his Majesty's Government. He slid not COMpillil of the mode of attack. hat felt quite satisfied that the conduct of Ministers should be argued io connesion with that question, and be hoped to be favoured with the attention of the House while he opened to them a general view of their conduct in the trasioaction. The Hon. Baronet was quite unfounded in his statement, in which he had been followed by a Learned Gen , demon opposite, that this transaction had taken place under the sanction of his Majesty's Govern. • meat ; and he hoped the House would give him full credit far sincerity when be assured them, that G overnmen t ors wholly and entirely distinct from the tranciatiou, and that it was siot till after it was accomplished, and come reported to them in the documents from Mr. Hay, that they (the Ministers) had any kuowledgeof it. The Flon.Baronet had repre sented his Majesty's Goverutnent as travelling out of their course to thank the Magistrates without having any documents before thein• whereon to found their opinion of the transaction. But the Hon. Baronet ought its know that it was not the practice of any Government, nor would it accord With the cones-- silence of the public service, to institute an inquiry iii the first instance into every act of those employed by the txecutite is the discharge of what they deemed their duty, and not rather to give them the benefit of that to which they were entitled, namely, approbation for their activity and diligence. war ranted by the opinion to which they h a d a j est claim, that they had acted with a view to the pub lic good, and a desire to perform their duty, how ever they might have erred iu theirj m utm s e w l ic i h n the exercise of their discretion as the they employed. Why had not the Hon. Bart. noticed the conduct of the Government towards the Magis trates as to the riots of Cambridge ? He would ven ture to say, that no other hue of conduct had ever been observed by the Government upon cases of riot ; not that they expressed their satisfaction at the effusion of blood which had taken piece —no one having British feelings but must lament that, ' bet their satisfaction was expressed at having Ma. glandes and yeomanry (the constitutional bulwarks or the country), who were prompt to act iii the hour of public danger, and were willing to leave their conduct to the subsequent judgment of their coun try. Had their conduct subjected them to the re buke of Parliament, or if any of them were now to undergo trial, there might be some ground for the present motion. But it was unjust simply to turn the whole of the transactions into unjust and injurious aspersions against the Government, as if they were gratified with the shedding of blood. Now. as to the case or the Hon. Baronet, he wished the House to recollect the circumstances under which Ministers were a second time arraigned to answer for these transaction,. Although it was not the same Parliament which lie was then addressing, yet their conduct hail been arraigped, and so far was it acquitted, that the proposition for inquiry into it was defeated by a majority of 381 to 150. He wished to know what reason the Hon. Baronet could hare for reserving the question for this Parliament ? Why was he silent on this sub ject in the Session of 1820, there were at least 4 days towards the close in which lie might have agitated it ? Because the Hon. Baronet thought that he could succeed in reviving feelings which had happily subsided for ever. He would not argue it on the same grounds as the Hon. Baronet. It was not the meeting at Manchester, but the general situation of the country which was to be considered. It was an organised system of sedition and treason, which was growing up in the manufac turing districts of England and Scotland. of which Manchester was bat a compartment. The same system afterwards exploded in rebellion, and 100 lives became rorfeit, which were only preserved by the merciful interference of the Crown. But for the Magistrates, the blond that was shed on that day must have been robatiluted by torrents. As to the statements which be had made at the time, he did not entirely vouch fur them ; but he had ofiered the best iuforrnation he could procure, and nothing , which had subsequently occurred, had led him to believe that he was much imposed on at the time. He had contended, however. as he did now, that it would be useless to prove facts at the bar of the House, which, if there was injury, should be examined into in the Courts. He proceeded to ecribing the circumstances and feelings under which they acted. The verdicts of the Juries subse quently confirmed the propriety of that conduct. If the meeting was not illegal before, it must have become so the instant that the execution of the wariant for its dispersion was resisted by the multitude. The question then became nar rowed to the inquiry, if the Magistrates had exceed ed the just limits of their duty, sod if they had acted in that spirit of cruelty and oppressiou ascribed to them, which was forbidden by the laws of This free and happy country ? He contended that the military were not employed until it was found impracticable to execute the warrant without them. lie admitted that injuries had been sustained, both by the multitude and the constables—bruises and wounds must have been suffered, and pains endured which it made the heart sick to contemplate. But it was upon those who first caused the commotion ' under the mask of reform, urging the people for ward to rebellion, that the blood should fall, and inSt on the Magistrates and yeomen. He con *tided against the assumption that Parliament could do justice in this (mile which was not engin able in the Courts. He considered the measure to hive been brought forward for the purpose of creating effect in and not of Parliament. Had a single action been brought by any of those suf ferers, the whole questiou they were now called to try would have been set at rest. He ridiculed the idea of calling up hundreds of Manchester reformers, to depose upon their honour at the bar of the House to the facts which had come to their knowledge respecting the Manchester meet ing. There was pregnant proof of their having not a foot of ground for their case, in their neglect of pursuing it in a Court of law ; but this was placed beyond the reach of doubt by the appro priation of the sobacription which had been subse quently collected. Their whole course had-been to avoid trial awl judgment, and make their case i an instrurneht for arousing the indiglistion of ,the deluded people. Ile maintained that the Home was not fitted far examining and sifting such a case; and to whet would it lead ? Was the design to impeach Ministers or the Magistrates? He did not apprehend that the Home would entertain so loose a proposition. He believed that it would be disposed of moot unceventonioaslys if he knew any thing of the temper of a British House of Com tnoris —(Hear) —they would look at it with that manliness and courage winch they had treated all former attempts to excite sod stir up the feelings of the country upon subjects which ought net to be agitated. Parliament had set at rest former tu mults ; it had delivered the country from the de lusions of another great question. The voice of Parliament would be very magical also in its in fluence on this last vain and weak attempt : before its thunders the dangers' of treason end disturbance would, as they always had done, disappear. Mr. SCA BLITT said, that the voice of Parliament was to be magical, according to the Noble Lord, which was es touch as to say (he supposed) that it was not the voice of reason, but of somethiog be yond reason, and for ought that he knew the No. bk Lord might be the greatest conjuror in the world. Considering that the Noble Lord's speech affected the character of a defence, it was not deli vered with the candour and modesty which belong ed to the undertaking. Narita had been suffered l which wade the Noble Lord's heart almost to bleed, am) yet he ascribes) the least worthy motives to those who brought forward the ineettorr. Might there not be others ite well et the Noble Lord, who, if their hearts did not bleed, felt it least so south commiseration as would induce them to attempt to obtain redress for those injuries ? Leaving the legality or illegality of the meeting entirely out of the question, it was new to be told that in the ease of a meeting. dispersed "under circumstances which made the Noble Lord's heart bleed, each sufferer was to be referred to his separate action for dm. maget. He owned that, in his anxiety to pre serve his respect for the character of a British House of Commons, he hell been of opinion that such • subject was well worthy of their con sideration, and that there wits no reason to attri bate base and unworthy motives to any one Who should propose it. He was very unwilling to trouble the House. Though he had been fre quently alluded to with respect to the proceedings at York, and the question there tried, and It though he could not object to the inferences made un either sick, he must upon that subject re melts silent. Why Nadin was not called, or, being called, why he did not appear, he'critild not then unfold. He had sought the fulfilineut of his duty on that occasion, in a fair and legal way, as he had always done before. He wished to notice one allusion which had been made, respecting a very worthy Magistrate of Manchester; he had known Mr. Hutton long, and he was firmly of opinion, that Mr. Halton and the Magistrates had never contemplated the dispersion of the meeting by the military. It was not until they had received 30 or 40 deposition., setting forth the terror felt by the inhabitants, that they resolved on arresting the ring leaden. Mr. Hutton had desired the bodies of yeo manry to approach the meeting while the warrant was executing. Ile did not ask the yeomanry to go in with the constables. He did not know why or by whose order the yeomanry did go in ; but Mr. Hutton was not conscious of their being there until he thought be saw theist mingled pell-mell with the multitude. The yeomanry certainly rode i• with alacrity, for they overturned and injured a consta ble who stood in their way. While Mr. !Jul ton was thus anxiously gazing on the yeomanry, Colonel L'Estrange, with his corps, took their place under the window where the Magistrates were assembled. L'Estrsuge asked Mr. 1-ful - if he had any orders for them ? To which the reply was, di Good God ! bow can you ask such a question when you see the situation of the yeomanry." There were two Reporters, men of education and talent, who appeared on the trials—Tyas belonging to the Times, celled by Mr. limit, and Mr. Horton of the i'Vetv Times, called for the prosecution. Mr. Tyas confirmed in evidence the account which he first published in the times, from which it appeared that the yeo manry advanced, and required Mr. Hunt to sur render, which be refused to do till he saw tbe warrant for apprehending him. Nsdin produced it, and Mr. Hunt surrendered. One Saxton, • reporter of the Manchester Observer, .. hustinp. One. of the yeomanry recognizes lid, in very abominable terms. bade his comps'. uion run him through. This was attempted, and the• thrust went through Saxton's coat. Saxton jumped flown and escaped, and Tyas followed him. So far the evidence of Mr. Tyas, and there was nothing- in the evidence of Mr. Horton to disprove this. The yeomanry then made a capture the flags; and it was at this period that Mr. Hutton observed them, and judged from what lie saw that the yeomanry were already engaged. The assault certainly commenced at that moment, ac companied with those horrors which had been per haps exaggerated on one side, thoogh they had bees, •as much diminished on the other. In this lie saw nothing to condemn in the conduct of the Magi strates, whom it would be harsh to judge accord ing to the mere circumstance', without oonsidering the appearance which the danger wore to them, and the feelings under which they were obliged to act. But of all parties who could have been chosen to assist the civil force in this juncture, he considered the Manchester yeomanry (not a body of farmers, but of tovviismeri) the most un fitted for the service. The politicol enmity in which they held the labouring people at all times, made it impossible for theta to execute this duty with a due regard to feeling. He did not know what right they had to disperse the multitude at all, to whom they had given no intimation, as far as the evidence went, that they had even a warrant to execute. They bast represented the multitude as having set up • cry of defiance. Perhaps it tnight have been so. Was there any law to prevent the sdultitude from shouting at the spproach of the military, wlwm they supposed to be acting without a warrant ? or was it to be contended that the troops had a right to ride in among the people for their amusement ? The public* had a right to complain, that until Hunt asked for the warrant, Nadin was the only man in the crowd who knew that there was such a thing. He blamed the unqualified praise which Ministers ' had bestowed on the Magistrates and military, without even an expression of regret for those dreadful injuries which were enough to make the Noble Lord's heart bleed. What hope could any of the parties have in • Court of Justice, after Go vermueot had taken au decided a put against them ? Murray, the confectioner, who bed expressed his will ingness to wade up to the auldesin their Wood rather than see the Reformers triumph, 'had aka declared upon oath, that ha would not believe a Reforater upon oath. This might have been the case with the Lancashire Grand Jury, or some of them, and that would account for the bills which had been preferred against the yeomanry being throw, nut. Certaiu it was that they were preferred, notwith standing the assertions of the Noble Lord that no step had been taken to pursue justice in the Courts. He concluded by supportiog the motion for inquiry, which he thought the House best fitted to conduct. The Marquis of LONDONDRARY explained. The AproanltY-Glintiltet said, that there were two portico relieved from the censure of the motion by the speech of his Hon. and Learned Friend— his Majesty's Ministers and the Manchester Ma. gistrates. He thought that there was no case worth inquiry left ; and he was Still more convinced that the Inquiry should be conducted, if any, in a 'Court of Law. 'Mr. SCARLITT explained. ' 1 Mr. B. WILBRAHAM rose to explain, but sat anon without doing so. i on Mr. S. Wttattit opposed the motions Lord MtLTini exploitied. The cries, of " Question !" becoming 10ud... Sir F. Botha-TT, mae to reply. The Noble Lord opposite, and till wig? took his tide of the aigu ment, had wilftiltrahnt their eyes to the rest question, which was out lietwiress.,.the injuied parties and the Magistrates or yeomanry, but between the Administration awl the peopin The Noble Lord had put the derroce of the transac tions at Manchester on the general state of , the country. He wished to harpy if Msnistaarifia really stand clear of participation in the iiistimstieu of these outrages T He quoted various nistrices in which they had referred to their knowledl;e of circumstances anterior to the . meeting., to Ossify the treatment sti•titined by the multitude. They had long before been iu correspondence with the Magistracy, but they had siev..r laid theie own aoswets before the Hons-. The Noble Lord had stated over again, that which had been refuted'to the satisfartion ofJustice Bayley, that the wament Cbuld not have been served without the - aid of the iniliiary. He hardly knew of any 'whin! meeting Which wet for the parpose of expresspig their opuLion rof the. corroption of that Hance, that was not denomi nated disaffected. Hr therefore could not see the guilt of Mr. Hunt. It only oppeared to him that the jury who found him guilty thought that 'Mr. fjord and others who were indicted with him, at tended the meeting with au evil intention. He agreed with the Noble Lord, the Member tor. Yorkshire, that the meeting *as tint illegal, as some persons who attended it, and were in- dieted with Mr. Hunt, were acquitted ; the Manchester Mag istrates themselves doubted its illegality. The Hon. and Learned Gentlennin, the , ,o tt . sroucor-sseneral, told them that natty persons whii were supposed to he killed by the attack of the yeomanry had died from other causes, and to prove it he had informed them that a child died of convul tinny, and a man from eating mutton.—(A laugh.) —The Hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme went further then the Noble Marquis, for he said, if any blame was to be attributed it was to be at tacked to the yeeramory ; but they only acted in self-defence. , Mr. WILMOT explained, hut was inaudible in the gallery. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT,. in continuation, °beery ed, that the Noble Marquis had said he should rely on the integrity of the House for the conclusion they, would come to out this question, and he would tell him he might rely on it as long as he kept his seat where he did, for no person could dispute his knowledge of the materials the House or Commons was made up or, its there wee no man could dissect an English 'House of Commons better, and it could not be disputed that no person ewer dissected an Irish House of Commons better—/ Hear, hear)—But differing in opinion as he did from the Noble Marquis, and thinking the House of Commons as formed highly corrupt— (Ceres of " (alder, order !”--s• Chafe, chair !") .-ILe__Setacat said, tie was an re sho Hon. ' Baronet would see the impropriety of his expres sion, which must be attributed as fulling from him in the warmth of debate. Sir FRANCIS BURDRTT sold, he was at all times ready to obey any suggestion from the Chair ; what he meant by the expression was, that the people would sot be mingled without they had to meet to address the Parliament, calling on them to reform themselves. The war which had been so much spoken of, in his opinion, was ■ war agaiiist the people, to oblige them to suffer for the cur. ruption of that House. The people only wanted a free and uncorrupted Parliament, winch be con tended they were entitled to, and it tens for that purpose the Manchester meeting took place,, 11 there was not an inquiry entered into in that House, there could be no redress for those who suffered at the Manchester meeting; they tried to get bills found by the Grand Jury but without effect. Quo young woman he knew that had received a sabre wound, and if it had not beeit' for her long 'hilt it must have been her death blow ; she !trained é bill to the Grand Jury, and she being 'towns. woman knew the person who inflicted . wooed, but the Grand Jury threw out the . It tea)a not his wish to cast any aspersion the Grand Jury or their motives for acting as th'ey did, for they might have taken strange notions of the na ture of the meeting from this letter •of LAW 'Sid.' mouth to the Magistrates, thanking them for acting as they did. The Magistrates in a neigh bouring district were applied to to take in formations, and they refused ; an applicatioo was made to the Court of King's Bench to com pel them, sod the Learned Judges were of opinion that the Magistrates were not Wagged to take cog nizance of any thing that happened oat of their district. The last resource was to a Crumpet's le quest on the body of a person that had been killed by the yeomanry, and unaccountable to relate, when she Jury had made up their itionsts, and be fore they delivered their verdict, the Inquest we. dissolved. He would ask, was not this sufEciesit ground for en inquiry ? lie was con vinced the public mind would never be satisfied without - inquiry intro the horrible transactions of the 16th of August. If his Majesty's Ministers would undertake the inquiry he would be satisfied. and if they did, it could not he said that it would irritate the minds of the public. The Hon. Baro net sat down amidst loud cheers. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The another* were-- I■ favour of Air F. Bortlett's Motion 111 Against ii. Majority 124 The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at THUGS o'CLoCa this morning. _ . At the tweeting af the Gouty of Lanark, out Monday se'saight, • letter was read from the Lord Adana se, re questing the opinion of the Ceurity rseawesisur Ille-doe norly's Bill for extending to Soottish eremites& trials the ling hob wieder of challeagiag • certain luevalmer of the Joey, which has already ham intralweed into the Civil Jury Cows. A motive was wswiethal lisoCeientty nhoelil petition *gaited the Bill, sad tastewel the Caeaty Members to op pose it. Os this, the perriousiptirelion was Mood. After considerable diactieslass, it was niaislaril sei retains a Astay ia the Bill, which had emu* as sturnpreted., swan tlor swet. ins., and at Consiwistee was aprsianavi M cansarler 11.• awl.- ' jar.a and report to 11w County: As alte Annual *netts, of the Causessissieuers of Supply of the 0011111 f of Stirling,. un Monday last, it are. resolved, t ritlidiela eh* S Legistabute against tbe priming of Mr. lituardy's - ; 1 1 ..; I