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was not in the power of Ministers to degrade such a man as Earl F►tswilltam ; but when he saw such a wan dismissed from his Lord Lieutenancy —and more than that, when he saw ■n addition of 10.000 men about to be made to the standing army, for the almost openly avowed—he might pay, for the impudently avowed purpose of keeping down the people; when he saw a detrraninatiOn on the pert of Ministers to combat public opinion, not by ar gument, not by moderatiMs, not by conciliation and giool government, hut with the sword and bayonet ; when he saw all this, it required hut little penetration on his part to say, that such a state of things could not last lung, and that if such a course were peter erred in, revolution must be at hand.—(Applause.) INuthing could present it but that men of rank and property, in and out of Parliament, should throw themselves in the gap between impending tyranny mid the rising flood of popular indignation—that • they ationlit thew themselves ready to check the abuses of power, and to obtain for the people a re dress of grievances, and even, usher as was consistent with the srculity of the Slate, pay attrniniti to the wishes of the people. He hail done his best to snake himself master of the real state of the melan choly trettsactions of the 16th of August last; but in vain hail he sought for one single fact or argu ment %Inch could justify or extenuate the 'engin . nary character by which they were distinguished. vain did he look to the notable declaration of the City of Norwich. He did nut therein find any iiSermeut as to the illegality of the meeting at Man cheater; ass assertion that the people were tumul- Nona; any justification or excuse for the conduct of the magistrates. Surely it must be a very bad ciluse in whose defence nothing could be said! But theu, some gentlemen of lively imagination had hit on the word prejudge. - Prejudge! In the mime of common sense, or of double-retined sophistry, how could inquiry be tortured into prejudgment ? The het was, that there was no case pending—justice had been asked fur, hut had been denied—the t o .. /molds tool been appealed to, hot they had been shut against the injured. We might say of justice in this case, in the words of the poet— " The Spanish fleet thou most not see, For 'tis 1101 yet ifiairht!" The inquest at Oldham had been postponed to so remote a period, that it might as well have been put 441 altogether. The prostcntion of Hunt and others, for a couspiracy, had nothing to do with the pies- Their being found guilty would not make the persons who were killed and wounded guilty. The roily men who had prejudged the question were his Majesty's Ministers. who had prostituted tile mime of the Sovereign to express approbation of Measure which were a disgrace to humanity. It was barely possible, with fleet horses and active riders, with the wind and tide favouring (fur the Prince, he it remembered, was at sea), to have ob tained his approval on the 41st, of what happened many hunched miles distant on the 16 , h. It was possible, but his Lordship could not believe it. The Noble Lord Alien entered into a detailed review of the coed uW of Ministers with respect to the recent public meetings in the country, from which be deduced the conclusion, 'list they were proceeding on a systematic plan of putting down all opposition to their measures by the power of the sword, and that the massacre at Manchester was only a part of that system. " When," lie con tinued. " the hums', mind is shocked and disgust ed, it naturally turns round in quest of some cir cumstances of alleviations or justi fi cation. The • minds of Englishmen have door on this occasion, mod qipsolation they have found none. The course of ptice has been interrupted—aid it is inquiry Into the cause that we demand. Let political red oings once mingle themselves with the administra tion of the laws, and there will be an end of all se curity to our lives and properties—the word liberty mu,' be blotted out of our language, and no more shell we boat of the proud-sounding name of free born Englishmen." no Noble Lod concluded with reading a series of six . Resolutions, the teliour of which may be inferred from the Address founded yiereon, which is given in the sequel. The first Re stillitiou was then put. Mr. SIODINUND TRAFFORD SOUTHWELL se conded the Resolutions. He considered it a very I honour that his name should be in any way connected with that of • Nobleman so eminently distinguished by his public and private virtues. He knew his own abilities to be very inferior to those of the Noble Lord, and therefore it would he bad taste in him to detain the meeting long. He contended that where protection was nut idTorded by a Govern sneut, obedience was no longer a duty, but merely a matter of cold calculation. He extolled the hap piness enjoyed in the !ago of Elizabeth, and main sailed, that if en inquiry were not demanded and obtained on the present occasion, the liberties of Englishmen might be said to have been destroyed in one day. The country Members must be urged en call , not only for ['alimentary inquiry, but for impeachment. The character of the Sovereign must he protected against the wicked Ministers who had impiously and treasonably dared to use his *lime in the approbation of measures which his soul mono amid does abhor. Since the Revolution, the personal character of the Sovercigoi had been little i.optired into, but it had often been exercised far t4.e protection of the rights of the subject. When the Einl of Albrunitle, the grandfather of the pre sent representative of that noble house, was Arnhem gator in France, he found sit oppressed English m4ll in the Bastile, that necessary appendage of a militaiy. government. The worthy representative of his Sovereign knew he could do nothing more grateful to his Royal Master, and lie would not quit Parts until he bad obtained the release of his coontrynnaii. Those times were better then the preirot. The Ministers were good men, and not lAce those of our day, whose talents were even be low their character. Mr. E. Wouenouse, M.P. then came forward, and, amid repeated interruptions, expressed his objections to the proceedings of the day, as ap pearing to hint, in some degree, to anticipate the verdict of a Court of Justice, and to imply a doubt of the competency of Trial Elly Jury—that most pe culiar, that grandest feature of British jurispru dence-1' Believe me," he said, " I sin not that wretch so infatuated by prejudice, as to charge any of the Grutlemen opposed to me (honouring ahem as l do iu private life) with' favouring may project which they do not sincerely believe to be t,r the benedt -of the people; nor am I that fbol to be or inesasiale to the blessings of civil liberty, at to view the interference of the larger and better half of my Tellow-creaturet, svlso.tpore in the hunt. bier walks of life, as mity calculated to favour atom* mud iivetigion. gut still, disdaining u I do, an appeal to the passions, I will lame it to be the settled and solemn convict of my soul, that a faction, of which Satan himself is the leader, has rioesi among us to destroy our happiness, anxious that Justice should be bearded in her seat, ■nd that her most sacred forms Woodd be brought into hatred and contempi. When I vee a syote matie effort to revile and calumniate all that is good. I 11111Prillife my voice in support of th e e x. tiding institutions of my country, to reacise enjself from hatred in private, and to escape the cliaNe et insanity in public life."—Having idices,. in terms of strong reprobition, the advocates fur protaile lien, and the demagogues of the day, he declared, that. for himself, he preferred adhering calmly to the law% of his country, to ernharking aids Muse who differed from Inns on is ►re of peril end ab surdity, which he thought moot rod its the rubs of the country. Mr. Coax addressed the meeting at considerable length. He condemned the conduct of Dlini•ters in strong terms, sod imputed to them the dosrttris. once, which load taken place at different period., and in various pails of the kingdom. Ile repro bated the proceedings at Mauchestrr—sp•.ke with much respect of Mr. Wodeliouse—complaniell of the dismissal of Earl Fitzwilham, amid most ►u. Wooly declared that he desired to live no longer than he could be firee; and r►sured the ineelitig that he would never cease to exert himself to the utmost in defence of the rights of the people. Mr. E. HARBORD declared himself of no party. but gave it as his opinion, that the pending Iliad of Mr. Hunt had nothing to do with the question be. fore that meeting. If that person were to be con victed of high treason, that, in his opittiois, would not appear to any Judge on the Bench to affect the case of the Magistrates of Manchester. oii the subject of prejudging, he would say, that it up. peered to Mtn that Ministers ■lone were guilty of prejudging the merits of the case, by the thanks they had given. Ile then gave ■ history of the meeting of the 16th of August. and of the seems which immediately preceded it; ■nd from the course paroued by Mr. Hunt and the Magistrates, between the 9th and the tlith, hence inferred,' that the Meeting was taut illegol,or surely the Magistrates would have preferred prevent' to punioliment. lie disapproved of the arrest of Harrison in Smith field ; but' if ►he arrest of Hunt were necessary, why was not the civil power resorted to in hio case, as in the cote of Harrison? He then commented on the conduct of the Magistrates, its proceeding to disperse the meeting on such affidavits us had been made on that occasion. lie censured the foilowing placard, which was thrown on the hustings : " NO ('ORN 811.1.!—NO WOOL. TAX" " Who wanted a Corn Bill!" " Mr. C— and his Tenants." " Who wanted a Woo ITax, Jo;ar;esheCTosvors of Noitolk •nd Yorkithire?" " Mr. C— anti bh F►iend.." " Who voted against a PROPERTY TAX, that fall upon Ihr RlCH—who could pay ?—That Taloa might be put upon Tea, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, Tobacco, Beer, and other Necessaries used by the POOR—who could nut ?" " Mr. C— and his Friends!" Called upon to read it by the crowd, he answer• ed the call by tearing the paper, and trampling on it. The Hon. F. W. PRIMROSE disclaimed all party feeling, whilst he stood forward to condemn the proceedings at Manchester, and to insist on the necessity of calling for inquiry. The Manchester meeting having produced the death, es lie be lieved, of many, and the wounding of hundred., his Majesty's Ministers had, without inquiry, de cided for one 'only against the other. Au inquiry ought to *mice place, and, if it did, he hoped that the 51agi.trates would be able to prove that they had acted right; but lost, indeed, would England be, if they did not stand up for law—for the admi, Migrating' of iuiparti•ul justice. Mr. N. B. PALMER appealed to an Hon. Gen tleman near him (Mr. Worlehouse) if the country were not at present in a most alarming state—and assuming this to he the fact, he contended that meetings to petition bad in consequence become necessary. The question was then nut on the first Resolu tion, which was carried by a very great majority. The bet-tont, third, fourth. fifth, and sixth Reso , were then severally put and agreed to.— Those alio held their hands up against them were vehemently ht•aed by the crowd. Mr. E. LOMBE then moved an Address, which he introduced with is hew remarks, on the netessity of itiquirv. Mr. Newcomsx seconded the Address, in a speech in which he declared that those who had signed the Requisition were in no way connected with the advocates of irreligion. If he could once support the cause of Atheism he hoped his voice would thenceforward for ever he mute. He mita. tattled that all that was wanted was inquiry and dn. partial justice. The UNDER-SHERIFF then read the Address, which was in the following terms, and nu being put to the vote it was adopted unanimously : wive, the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free holders of the wanly of Norfolk, firmly attached to the Government of Law under which we hire, and to the Family called by the People to the Throne, fur the preservatisa of their liberties, presume to submit to your Royal Highness this their Petition, with the humility becomiag dutiful subjects, yet with all the confidence of freemen. " Painful as it mast ever be to us to approach your Royal Highness with soy other language than that of congratu lation, we Seel that we should neglect a paramount ditty to your Royal Highness, ourselves, sod our posterity, if we lberitated lugger to represent to you the ferment which re cent domestic events have created iu the public mind, and which, we are conicientionaly persuaded, that counsel. the most conciliatory, just, and patriotic, are alone calculated to allay. Under three impressions, we vesture to slate to 'one }loyal Hichlters, that the transactions at blaschrster, of the ISA of Aoguit hat, mid nut are the various extra. •. ordinary proceedings that have meows out of them, call ■loud for investigation the most relents end effectual; for, Sir, to whatever spprehrsisibus the Aimee its• which we live mat have gives trim in Site b►rasts of men, however they may differ as to the 1111 V character and Menses of the existing ittocontents, in this, at twat, the great masa,of tie nation is agreed, that the reality of politic dear► must sagrwrot, rather Sham diminish the recensity.pf adhering rigidly its the spirit of site Coostilolia, owl of oroptelote serupielonsly the People's rights. The abarpnied edge of not worst of sminhavity, arbitrarily," wilsilloisly raised apical the colosel, cad sever be the mesas of yalvdomiagthe Constitution, which, WA, eery set, it violates, peessrvieg the legal Mai. /scions el a fess • eridtkit. serenest's. Ikey•aa gar. ea this fns hitherto iaibeasaips pabt .• ?. • - • ..:~ • I . 7 ... . ‘.. . . N \ • entrap appears lo lows bee• coot•illed on a Isms body of people, assembled in the exercise of • tight (which the law incited is eumpetcnt to mobile, but which power nanot abrogate) to petitior lb. throve for she redress of • sup pustd public grirwance. How far such assembly may have hero indiscreetly brought together, or how far the redress it sought was in itself rcasonable, are serious goestions; but net such as we es. atop to esantinc, while it yet rentable asespinised,lo the ssinfactiou of the nation, why the blood of iler people so assembled was shed; no overt acts of riot or illegal vtuletiee on their pails, have hitherto been made nissifrst, our earn if such act. bad been committed, dues it apirear that the people• were bona fiefr allowed the knelt of that "antis! which the tenderness of British law provides WI such Oreeeiollo. "f he bare statement of as oceumMee so deplorahle. we doabied out would have rpostastoesty called forth from your Royal Ilighoess's psternal fearer a prompt expres s," of 'cern , . and • pledge to your people of a satisfactory inquiry ; but, to the astonishment allot country, nu rooster bad the sad tidimm reached the Ministers of the Crown, sham, with a steatite precipitattou, they at once prejudged the cowlurt of the parties concerned, by thanking, in your Royal Highness's name, the military force so employed; slots Swinging in question your Royal Highness's wen t/noon regard fur the Imes and liberties of yunr people, and riseutsraging a strong suspicion, that what hail hint done was not without their privity, o► even dime . Fur if the Magistrates and yeomanry cavalry hail done so more than their duty, a step so I was altogether uncalled for; if they had doom any thing rather than their ditty, it was • palpable interference with the course of justice. " UrrPropitious as this appeared to any real Inquiry, we were lied led to hope that the expression of the public sen timent would at length produce its slue effect; wises again, in attester to an Address of Site Corporation of the City of London, your Royal HithoestN advisers, declining all ex ploitation, were 'dewed to rebuke those who desired infor mafiosi with being uninformed; awl, lastly, the. have coun selled your Ito al Highness to remove from the Lieutenancy of the We►t Riding of Ywk, a Nobleman, venerable for his virtues, of approved public integrity, and of long-triad I.malty and fidelity to hie King, costly bet-muse he had con curred with the Ferri...Wm of the great and opulent county iu which he resides, in deeming inquiry into proceeding. so novel mid equivocal, to be hot ionic, to the people, and essential to the security of the Slate. t• Whether in these, their measures, the Ministers of the crown have promoted ur have compromised it■ honour and its interests, and the permanent tranquillity of the king dom, the Parliament now couvened will have to decide. ' With Parliament it rests to approve, to censure, or im peach; within its walls alone, therefore, we conceive, can questions of the ►ighest import, touching the constitutional Administration of the Government, be practically deter mined. To the Courts of lAw, we are aware, exclusively /Aunts the cognisance of all •Ileged offeuees against the Swot,. or Common l.aw; and God forbid that we should desire of your Royal Highness • departure from this grand principle! In the system of Trial by Jury, and is the in tegrity of the Jokes of the load, our confidence Is unlimit ed ; but it is tiresome we prise so highly the pure admi 'Ostrow's' justice, that we Cllllllot dissemble from your R. 1,11 Highness ow astonishment at scenes that have re cently palmed to some of the inferior traumata of the country. " humbly thank your Royal Highness fur having, in this most critical conjuncture. called together the great Council of the Nation. To their deliberations the attention of she public will he directed with an awful anxiety, and it remains fur we only most tly to supplicate your Royal Highness to recommend to their adoption suck healing uses. sorer as may reunite the Crowu and the people in the bonds of concord and of peace." Mr. J. J. GURNEY congratulated the assembly on the result of the present meeting, and on the whole of the proceedings, and he especially exult ed in the proofs that had barn given, that the Re quisitionists •were unconnected with the enemies of religion. Ile eulogised the manly manner in which his friend (Mr. 11'orlehonse) had come forward to state his sentiments before his constituents, though he differed from those sentiments. He moved the thanks of the Meeting to both the county Members. The Resolution was then agreed to. ft was then resolved that the High Sheriff should sign the Address on behalf of the Meeting. Thanks were the') voted to the Requisitionists. The Earl of Albemarle was requested to demand an audience of the Prince Regent, to acquaint him with the pro ceedings of that day, and to present the Address. The Earl of A I.IIEMARIA said he accepted the office with pride and gratification. The usual votes of thanks were then moved and agreed to, as was a vote to Earl Fitsaillium, after which the Meeting w■s dissolved. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, OCTOBER 27. 114 Majesty's sealed letters, which, in pursu ance of the law of regulstion, are to announce to each Deputy individually the opening of the next Sesvicn, are expedited to the members of the new series as they n►ive in Peril. ',Ye are assured, that the Abbe Gregoire has not as yet received his. The Minister of the Interior has distributed among the severs, dioceses of France the sum of 146000 fr. to be given by the Bishops to the old female professed religions, who have no other re sources thsn their situation. This second distribu tion, united to one of 2110,000 fr. which took place in August last, amounts altogether to 426,0005 r. granted by the King this year to these aged and infirm females of the departments, without com prising the religious of Paris, to the consolation of whom special funds have been appropriated. The Minister of IVar has issued orders for all the regiments of cavalry, and the corps of artillery and engineers, to be completed to their full effective. To accomplish this, voluntary eurolmetits are au thorised until further orders. The accounts front Cadiz are very afflicting. The following is the last bulletin published there:— Oa the 8111 of Oct• the sick were 9,15 k deaths 60 6th 7th A letter from Cadiz mentions the following cir cumstance The dead-out which every evening conveys to the graves the victims of the malady, met in its way a porter, stretched at length. and seemingly dead, at the extremity of a street. No doubt was entertained that this was a new victim to thettomito negro, and he was thrown into the cart among the dead bodies. In the men time the fel low was only drunk, and the =otiose of the cart re storing his seines at the very moment when it arrived . . et its destination, tetti6etl at the horrible company in which he lowed Itimemett o , Ire thew ksuf.ant .l Vbe taut; add aid attar with "'IMO* spied.. ' . \-* Several days have since Oland, sod no change has tAken place in the porter's health ; it is therefore concluded, that strong liquors are • preventive against the yellow fever. A physician proposes to publish a dtssertatiou ou this subject, which will shortly appear." - lIAMBUNGH AND fIIANDF.RB MAILS. HANOVER, bcToSEA 43. In consequence of the resolutions of the German Diet, in the Sitting of September 30, on ordinance has been issued by couirnand of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent. enforcing anew the edict respecting the censorship of the press, issued on the 6'h of Slay, 1705, by the Elector George Lewis Duke of Brunswick (afterwards King George the First), and removed by a decree of King George the Stcoud, doted May 31, 1731. By this edict no Hanoverian subject shall print any thing either ill or out of the country, and no bookseller, either native or foreigner, shall take upon himself to print ally thing in the Hanoverian dominions, unless it has been previously submitted to the censorship; and it is ordered that no writing shall be printed, nor if printed in any other part of Germany, shall be put into circulation, which is not provided with the name of the publisher, and if it is of the class of newspapers or periodical journals, also with that of the Editor (neductear), under a penalty of fifty rix dollars. Publicatious in which this regulation is not observed, are to be seized, as' soon as they appear, and the distributors of them to be punished according to circumstances, by fine or imprisonment. BERLIN. OCTOBER 23. His Majesty the Emperor of Russia is expected to be bark at St. Petersburgh on the , 25th of Oc tober, whence it appears that lie does not go to Vienna to the Congress, respecting which so many other false reports have been spread. LEIPZIG. OCTOBER 20. His Majesty the King of IVirteluor►g arrived here yesterday afternoon, on his return from War saw, and continued his journey this morning. FROM THE MAINE, OCTOBER 20. It is remarked that the vignette which u•ed to be at the top of the Mentz Gazette, with the motto " Fiat Luz," has disappeared since the 7th of October. Mr. S. Canning, lac British Minister in Switzer: land, is going in the same quality to the United States of North America. The Duke of Saxe-Goths, by an edict of the lit of October, has abolished the Lindsturm in his 414)- 1111111011 N In the rescript published on this occasion lie sass that the danger which called for a general arming of the people are past, and the peace of Europe seems to promise a long duration from the harmony prevailing between all the powers, and thus oue of the chief causes of the Landsturet is removed. One of the objects proposed, namely, to excite a national feeling, and to prepare the way for making the numerous standing armies un necessary, has since been the subject of the most serious consideration of the united members of the German Confederation, and we may hope that the result will nearly accomplish the intended object. There deliberations have led to the establish ment of principles of a military constitution, which neither suppose the existence of a general arming of the people, nor even compatible with it. CHRISTIANIA. OCTOBER 16. It being stipulated in the 7th Article of the Con tention with Denmark, that a more particular and final adjustment of several points between Norway and Denmark, shall hike place in Copenhagen, his Majesty has ordered that M. Mahn, Secretary of State, shall go for that purpose to Copen hagen. TULEZIN (HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE RUSSIAN ♦RMIY), I AUGUST 129, O.S. !Jere, in the south of Russia, the inhabitants were astonished by a frost setting in so severe, that the sides of the streams were covered with ice. —(Hum burgh Papers. October 2(. ) MADRID, OCTOBER 13.• A vessel from the Havana!) has just arrived at Bilboa, with official reports addressed to the Go verument, from various parts of South America. These dispatches arrived here the day before yes terday, by express ; it is presumed that they were not favourable. because they caused •a Counsel of Ministers to be held, at which the King presided, and because no part of their contents has transpir ed. It would be useless to shut our eyes to the state of affairs in the New World; and unhappily it has become its 'erosible to send sufficient forces to support the Royal cause. If we may depend on the reports in circulation, Peru is threatened with general invasion by the army of Chili, and the situation of General Morillo has become so critical. that it may be considered as desperate. Mexico is the only one of our rich possessions, where order and tranquillity are consolidated ; but if we should have war with the United States, as we fear, this calm cannot be of long duration. W VRIEIIIIEIIO, OCTOBER 19. The Prince Royal of Bavaria, who was residing at the Cattle of N'irchburg, and Prince Eugene . Beauharnois, who was at Augsburg, sod Marshal %Vrede, who was at hie estate, have repaired in great haste to Munich, having been summoned by the orders of his Majesty, which were transaiitted to thew by expresses. They are to attend a grand Council, in which the King will proide, and in which the omen of the inatructions will be dia. classed that are to be given to the Bavarian Minis. temi utettd•tbe Oesseees es Viebua. It is ' . . 411 r-Thi.e•APNll‘.*? k .., \ , : , observed that Count Montegras has been upon to make part of this Council ; he possess opinions contrary to the spirit of decisions of the Diet. Accounts from Vienna say. " .tltN±oitaist dispatches are said to have arrived from ['vim our Court, relative to the measures allopttd be th e Diet, some of which, it is said, will lrie-ii-To4t. dered." BRUSSBI.II, oCloaki The discussions of our States General , .1 the present Session, will be highly interestin g to all the inhabitants of the kitigtions, and there isrirrery appearance that they will he very anion:feel. T hit grand objects which will chi.-fly occupy tiertatire— the decennial buili;rt, the new codes, and the form organization of the armed citizens, 1-4, States General will also fix upon the city wlwre th e High National Court of Justite is to be establish. ed. Notwithstanding what some Jouroals tig northern provinces say, we hope that 11.11,nels w Malines, which have so many claims, will he pre. fereed to Bred.. lITUTGARD, ocronrit la. Our King has been received ia a tery Ltalf ner by the Emperor Alexander. We expect lava with impatience. AVe must riot th e he is considered as the guardian angel of the rune of the independence of Germany, which pl.fre• an its hopes on him. Fetes are preparing to celebrate his return. The addresses to the 11'irtemberg Mire Council, for the purpose of ohNining parantets against the resolutions of the Diet, and the even. tual projects of the Vienna Congress, In-come more mid more numerous in this kingdom.—( Brussels Pape rs , Oct. ig.) M the Bank, E‘cheauer, Els: India, and South Sem f100..5. THE BitITISH LONDON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER I, IEI9, This is the important day suggested by some of the leading Radicals of the North as the most con. veuient for holding simultaneous meetings of ti lt , people in the various parts of the country wiiera those who call themselves Reformers are thought to be most numerous. The purpose originally con templated was, we believe, to follow the exempts of Birmingham, and to choose " Legislatorial At. torneys" to form a Radical Parliament; but the Reformers, notwithstanding the extent of their own legal soil historical research into the principles of the Constitution, having condescended to take the opiniou of a Barrister at Liverpool upon the lega lity of this project, are now probably rouriw•ed that such a proceeding would nut be altogether consistent with the doctrines entertained in West minster Hall, and have abandoned it as a dan gerous and unfeasible experiment. In confor mity, however, with the original seggestion of .holding the several meetings, the self-cousti. toted Committee of Two Hundred, acting, as they are pleased to declare, on behalf of the me tropolis, have invited the rabble to assemble dm morning in Fitisbory-market. Such un assemblage can have no possible object in view but mischief, disturbance, and plunder ; and an invitation of such a nature bring always obeyed with pleasure by the idle and dissolute who infest our streets, the crowd preseut will probably be considerable. %%re have never ceased warmly to advocate the right of the people to meet in public for the di,. custion of their grievances, and for the interchange of their opinions upon the most effectual mode of redressing them ; but in proportion as this great constitutional privilege is inestimably valuable, do we lament that it should be abused for the worst and most infamous purposes. If discussion were really the object of WATSON, THISTLEWOOD, and their associates, could .no other scene be chosen for their deliberations than a market place, upon a tnarket day, where they must be aware that their. intrusion will interfere with public Wallies., and interrupt the exercise of private industry ? Such an abuse of the tight of public meetings is the more to be lamented ut the present moment, as in the existing temper of the Ministers and their immediate supporters, it will furnish them with a specious release« for enacting laws restrictive of one of our best and noblest privileges. It seeno4 fated that these inconsiderate nosi. who talk su • Snitch about liberty, and know so little how to enjoy it, should inflict the greatest injury opus, the cause they effect to espouse, and upon their country which they profess to love. They have already af forded a pretext for the suspension of the Consti tution, and a repel& of the same calamity only once more be apprehended from their rash and violent proceediugs ; they have given an ex. cute for maintaining in tithe of general • peace a large military establishment, with all its sequent weight of expenditure, and have so far served the Ministers in thcir great object of •►holding their extensive *yams of patronage; and now their intriguing restlessness has called forth to active *mice more than 10,000 additional muskets, aggravating the calamities of the nation, ■nd pre venting the possible diminution of our heavy burdens. Foe themselves, they we reckless of misfortune. We 'should not; leased, expect ihat 4. •••••• A.l ALL