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at moment !—(Cheerang.)--I4e should now conclude, and he trusted the Meeting would give the same indulgence they had granted to him, to role person who might think proper to address them ..-eitsii to those who might express sentiments it va riance with those which were generally che by the people !—( the cheering which fa. l e wd this speech 1a..-ted for serer's! minutes.) M r . Davin twat persented himself to the att ention of the multitude. Ile said, the cause which occasioned their meeting this day, was one Coat was univerivilly felt and considered through out t h e whole kingdom. It was a business in which . 0 much talent had been displayed, in Wei stsr. in Liiiidmi, hut more especially this day in ow harong.l of S.puthwark—(Cheerino)-L4hat he meant not to dwell on it Wog. and would certainly be as concise in his remarks as poisible. He would v implv submit one question to his countrymen— I sod that was, " Did the Magistrates of Manchester ;;ct ins legal Cud cmutitutional manner, when they rolled in the yeomanry cavalry to disperse and s•moghter persons peaceably asseniblerl together to do that which they had a right to setprform ?"-- (Shauts of " no.")—This was uesti inn of i m portssice to the people of England.— It resolved itself into this p laiu proposition. whether they were to be governed by the wholesome laws e:bich their ancestors had fornsed—or to bow be. corgi the yoke of a military despotism ?--t Cheer. vis. wo uld be a matter of some di ffi culty to touch' on Buy new point connected with this ques tion, after tie 'great talent and universal knowledge that bad been displayed by their excellent repre routative.—(Cheeririg.)—Still, however, there was one poled that had not heeti touched on, and he called the retention of the assembly to it. Th e y all kurw that it was a maxim of the .Constitutiun, and a sound one, that no Clergyman should be a member of the House of Commons. Why, then, ite asked, did the Legislature allow Clergymeu to act as M a girtrates?--("Shome ! Shame !' 1 1 —lt was lamentable to think that the Clergy of the Estes. Wished Church—the preachers of peace and good ad:—should have had any thing to do with the busi ness of that bloody day at Manchester! —(Cheering.) It w:.• shocking to think that they had imbrued their bands in the blood of their fellow-subjects. — /True One .9-11 e would not detain them much longer. but there was another point worthy of ob servation. It related to the conduct of the brave yeomanry cavalry of Manchester.—( Latighter.)-- le hail been stated by their worthy Representative, that they hail acted illegally. He (Mr. B.) knew they bail douse so. It did not appear that those divine Magistrates who set them on knew more about Barn's Justice than they seemed to know of the &centre contained in The Holy Bible.— Laughter.)-11; however, he might be allowed SO state his opinion, he would tell the meeting where those reverend persons found their text on that occasion. They took it from the Lamentations of Jeremiah—and a lamentable business it was ! Jeremiah said, " It is better for a man to be slam by the railed than to be slain by hunger !" It should seem that these worthy and religious Magistrates had been reading this passage, and they were determined to act upon it.—( Laughing, and rues of execration.)—They considered how much isetter it was to kill a man by one blow. than to de stroy him virtually by starvation—and they adopt ed the quicker method.—( Cheering.)—There was mily one other point on which he meant to descant. Those M a ncltester Joinissaries, for they did not de. serve the name of Englishmen, had stained their lands so deeply with blood, that all great Nets. rutie's OCVall could not wash out the horrid evi deoce.—(Cheering.)—They had acted so unjustly. so illegally, that they ought to be scouted and exe crated by alt who boasted true English feelings.— 'Cheering, and cries of " they are detested P !Manchester, that once happy place s had been made a scene of mourning aud rilliction by their deed ! It ails a deed of blood—and what was worse, it was the blood of Englishmen. of neiehbourv, of friends, of *omen, that was shed !--f Cheering.)—Those cowardly ruffians who perpetrated the act, would, he trusted, VI ultimately brought to condign punishment. Those laws, which were the boast of the people in prosperity, ought, and would, he hoped, be their shield in the hour of adversity.— (( &trine.) Mr. Harrow addressed the meeting in a very low tulle. lie appeared, he raid, fur the mere im pose of accounting for the absence of Mr. Calvert, who meld not attend, on account of the great dis tance lie was from England wino the meeting was convened. Ile was in the farther part of Switzer laud ; hut, though absent, he could mature the meeting that Mr. Calvert's beset and feelings were ,rill, them.—(" No, no ! he's gorse with the Prince Itegesse.") —He had also to apologise fur the absence of Mr.Soloinon Davies, who was prevented from at tending in coosequerice of a serious accident. There was at this moment a general call for Mr. Hunt. lie, however, merely bowed to the people, and maiirleated no desire to address them. Mr. HALL then fetid the first Resolution, which, after a few words from Mr. WirroLawrow le, was put in form to the meeti n g by the High Brihff s suit carried unanimously. The first ten Resolutions were carried, by acct.. mist 11111 l without eliciting any remark. Mr. STRIGHT then stood forward, and observed. that. in the mods of honest men, there could be but our feeling on this subject—a feeling of horror and detertatioir. To those who boldly and publicly exprossed their opinion on it, their best thanks were slur, and to none more decidedly than to their worthy Representative, Sir Robert Wilson ((,h eer i n g.)—They must all be 'Mate, that he was at Polito when the outrage occurred; but he did not cause that to be pleaded as au excuse fur his absence—he immediately hastened home to iserforin his ditty.--(Chtering.)—t"ully satisfied. as.be ant. ceived the Locating moat also he, with the conduct of Sir R. Wilson, be should now move-- 'that the cordial .sad warmest flasks of Ws Wellies ere doe and sae hereby gives to Sir Robert %ramie, owe of .oar Itetwranstatires, for the bald, assoly, sad esastisatisaal I. tier he a.Wressed so his emsolittorats from Paris; fee the io mood sacrifice i.e less made is ahead leis duty Ibis day; and for the seat sod ability be bas abewo ors all tieemiseal is toe discharge of his public duty. Mr. A I.t.ieltlGHT, .after abort portegyric.on the conduct of Sir R. Wilson, seconded thatoptiou. which was carried amidst thunder* of antdePor• Sir R. Wltaop, in retturnog batiks, .syseel..the approbation of such $ Mattis% conveys M ofce the oast honourable and the well eyeful pry's. He acknowledged thitt lie coveted it—antl, when he received it for is conscientious discharge of his duty, he fooetl.tiiiieeit t actile proudest reward that could be conferred nit liita.-;-(tireerirte.) The people never Shoobl.find :Liman inattentive or npierritefid servant, but 0 11 1 1 0 ready to perform the duty he owed to them, to I *eV, and to his coon try.....(tilseeeirtg.)lll these stormy times, Public men were !wire likely to riiseipate than treineprove their fionnors.. But the ',triple . might rely op it, that .qii consideration, except that of serving them, shrinkt ever inauente litni. " tome what come may. his great consolation would be, to consider met he hail contributed, as far as he could. to re cover the liberties of Iris country.—lthreriag.) It was unne for him . 1.0 recommend the peo ple to go peaceably and quietly to their home.. But, at the same time, he called on them to recol lect the engagements they had entered into—the Resolutions they had agreed to. He hoped they would keep them before their eyes—that they would bear them constantly in their thoughts—and act up to their spirit »brit called un to do so.—(Cheering.) Mr. ALLWRIGIAT now appeared, fur the purpose of proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Hunt. 'lrhe Flinn BAILIFF objected to this proceeding. The object of the meettog had been completed, and he could not suffer extraneous matter to be introduced. lie was a public officer, and no man was more ready to act liberally in the discharge of his functions—but he must ',rotes' against this new Resolution, of which the requisition said nothing. rod which would, probably, have the effect of calling forth an individual to address them who was not a resident householder. Mr. ALLWRIGHT contended that he was justified in tiropoaisig thanks to any person lie pleased. The HIGH BAILIFF said, that the Resolution about to be proposed would probably elicit a speech from a person who had no right to be there, ac cording to the terms of the Requisition. That wus .she prniciple he proceeded on. He could not con- emit to a measure that would draw forth the senti ments of any man not regularly connected with the meetisig. Mr. AtIi:WRIGHT submitted, that he wus per reedy regular. lie declared that the people would thew that they had nut the lielings which every Englishman ought to possess, if they separated without returning thanks to Mr. Hunt.—(Cheer ing.)—lt bad been objected by the High Bailiff, that Mr. Hunt, not being a resident householder, ought not to be thanked, lest lie should make a speech—hut such an objection he looked upon as wholly unfounded. Mr. Al'weight was proceeding to move the thanks to Mr. Hunt, when the High Bailiff interfered, and was hissed by the meeting. When silence was obtained— The HIGH BAILIFF said, lie would do his duty, and he must protest against this proceeding as im proper.— (Cries of " Withdraw ! withdraw ! Hunt ! Hunt P') Sir ROBERT WtesoN said, he had already. in the course of the speech which he had addressed to the assembly, expressed his sentiments with respect to Mr. Hunt, whose name was inseparably connect ed with the proceedings at Manchester, and who deserved the thanks of his country for his conduct oft that occasion, and fur the part lie took in all the eulorquent transactions in that town.—(" True, true.")—But a considerable difficulty arose, and it war a difficulty which they ought seriously to con sider, because heretofcre they had been remark able for following a course of couduct approved of by themselves, rod approved of by the country.— The Resolution, he was sure, would pass wield mously—but, as Mr. Hunt was not au elector, the High Bailiff felt himself unable to allow him to speak, because the requisition was signed only by electors, and was meant to convene the electors to gether. He, fur one, would hear Mr. Hunt ex press himself with pleasure ; he always heard him with pleasure, fur he delivered hie sentiments with mseiliness and ability. But, if he addressed the meeting on this occasion, it would be placing the High Bailiff, who had conducted himself with great propriety, iu a very awkward situation.—(" True! frste!")—lt would be the means of establishing a precedent, which, in all probability, his titletetb tors would refuse to follow.—(" True! true He thanked Mr. Hunt for his presence on this occa sion—his feelings must be highly gratified. for he was placed in a most gratifying situation—but still he hoped he would sea the propriety of abstaining from an expression of his feelings, under the cit.. cuinstances that had been stated. The HIGH BAILIFF, trusting that Mr. Hunt would not address the meeting, waived his objection. —(Cries of " Haut ! Hunt !" and " It o! Non Mr. A i.i.wittesiT then proposed— That the Thanks of this Meet iug be given to Henry Hunt, Esq. for bill Grasses sad intrepidity during the late pro- ceedings at Manchester—anal for defending, in his owe per son, the sacred rights of his fellow.coulitrymen. This was carried amidst loud acclamations. Sir R. WILSON said he had a Resolution to pro lime, which, lie wait convinced, would meet with getters) approbation. He bad already stated his sentiments of the conduct of the High Bailiff, and lit conceived he was entitled to their thanks, fur his temperate conduct during the day.—( Cheering.) —Sir H. Wilson then moved— That the Thanks of this miming be given to John Prince)), Esq. the High Bailiff, for Ins compliance with dm Requisition of our fellow.citizens, by which he has affanlialk an additional proof of his impartiality sad independence as a Magistrate and of kis respect fur the ronstitational da ilies of his oder. The HIGH BAILIFF shortly expressed the grati. Scanlon he felt at this testimony of approbation. He hoped the people would disperse quietly—and cosicladed by saying, " This meeting is now dis solved." Mr. HUNT How came forward amidst loud cheers. .Geaulenien," said he, " I most entreat your 'Omer for a few minutes—and, in doing so. I re quest Opt e of my friends will call 'silence.' Grotlenten, 1 have eudeavoured, as far as my hum. ble abilities allowed me, to understood something of the laws of pay country—but I find I came Isere *reality tidally ignorant of the laws. GelltlClßea. 111114 of you, 1 am mire, in consequence of the War bility of these who erldressed.yow. have betelklicle•. liable of hearing what has transpired hrre.—(,l.isel4-! ier.)..Gesitlensos, piths ps yew d•sam knees that" tote of thanks ha. hem proposed, ,seceederk earl awned et .thrs. raveling, ow reward fur ter ceredosct se the: erasion of this IMeeehester bushiest", which was ; be cause 44. pir Win astled•togsthey. tfiteethtesw!s , the Wet es, GM of ell ! ,sioit job uteri , VP .14111,100.11 .1f S 1 fir thepkiroad tbod..it you agreed, to it. 44t would be illegal fpr me to thank yow!—(Lorre “ there no such law in t'oe Stetute Book,aisd es it is nut to be'foUnd in the consistent hew of .t h e fend. we will from henceforth deitominatte it. the late the 80. rough 1—( Loughter.)—A gentleman who stands by ate—a very intelligent gentleman—states, that taw the High Bsifilf has left lii•intuation, this is, forsooth, an illegal meeting. hieing illegal, I sup pose the yeomanry cavalry ought to be sent amongst ',you!—(Laughter.)---Now, I have no hesitation in saying—and 1 cull on Sir Robert Wilson to come forward and controvert the faCt—Sahitt this is as legal a meeting as when the hi g h Bailiff was in the .Chair.—(Cheering.)—Those who strife the contrary, do not know that the Gagging Acts —the Illegal Meeting Acts—expired in July In tn—aud uo meeting of Englishmen can be ille gal, unless they proceed to commit some illegal act.—(Cheering.)—There is not one man among you but is as legally entitled to call this meet ing as the High Bailiff himself.—( Loud cheer. ing.)-1 pledge myself that this is the fact— and if it be not the fact, and the law, I never will staud before you again.--(Cheering.)—l thank you for the honour you have dune me—al though I have been told, that a vote of thanks to me was not mentioned in the requisition. Neither, Gentlemen, was it in the requisition, that you should vote thanks to your respectable representa tive—or to the High Bailiff himself.—(Cheering ) can positively state, that I had no knowledge of your intention—but, if I lied been apprised of it, and happened at the time to be in France where Sir R. Wilson lately war, I would have thought it my duty to attend here on this occasion. ... ! ..(Cheering.)-1 have Gentlemen, to the bust of .tisy ability, done my duty. I have, through good report and evil' report, stood up fur the just rights of the people—and I never asked for more.—(Load applinue.)—l saw one of the Resolutions, which stated, that a great object would be gained if una• nimity were secured. It was agreed to—but the very next moment, when thanks were offered to an Englishman, for his exertions, that unanimity was attempted to be destroyed.—(Cheering.)—This is ever the way with those who make, a great parade *about unanimity.—(' 7'rue ! true P)—F palmately • however. they could not disunite the people. The people were all of one mind and spirit.—(Cheering.) —1 ask you. have I ever done one act, before ur since the Manchester business, which tended to ally point but that of obtainin g union amongst the Iwo ple ?—(r No ! uo !')—With respect to the Man chester proceedings I will remain silent, for it would he improper in me to say one word about them. If I came here to state any thing on that subject I should deserve your reprobation—but I came merely as a hearer—l received your thanks--and, when such an opinion is expressed, I trust I never shall be so ungrateful, because ordered by a petty officer to retire, as not to express my grateful feelings." Mr. WIITHERSTONE here interrupted Mr. Hunt. He protested with great warmth against the epithet of a petty officer. Mr. Ruse continued—" Gentlemen. an excep. two has been made to an expression of mine. it is said that l have made an improper allusion. by speaking of a petty officer!—(A person called out, ' Make an apology.')-1 will make my apology. lam always ready to do so, when lam wrong. I am as liable to error as soy other man—(tine of Ike crowd, Are you. indtedn—and when I commit it, lam Featly to acknowledge it. Pray, Gentlemen, give the High Bailiff all the credit due to him. Give him the credit of a cow, who, after having given a good pail of milk, kicks it down !—(Much loughter.)--Gentlennen, if the High Bailiff knew the law. and did not perform his duty, he is worthy of being told, that he acted in a petty way—and, if he did not know the law, he is unworthy of his situation. and is a petty officer !---(Loud cheering.)--I feel no resentment towards the High Bailiff—let him go home mid learn the law, and when he comes again, I will call him a superb officer if you please. —(Laughter.)—Gentlemen (mud Mr. Hoot, ex. Whiting his hat), I can thew the sabre cuts which I received on my hat, when at Manchester—when I was in the custody of the peace-officers.— (' Shunt, shame f) —What I say, Gentlemen, can have no effect on the Resolutions you have passed—they are very good ones—highly creditable to those who proposed and to you who agreed to them. I hope you will act like Englishmen. and never do any thing that can give your enemies an opportunity of resorting to violence."—(" Newer, never.")—At this moment, a waggon with a pole in it, surmounted by a boy's black leather cap, passed through the crowd mill excited much laugh. ter.—" Gentlemen," said Mr. Hunt, " that cap. in Manchester, would be considered an emblem of tevolution.-1 have now to return you my very sin cere thanks for the honour you have done me— and 1 hope and trust I shall always be prepared to stand before my fellow-countrymen with honest conliilence.—lf I do wrong, it arises from the heat of my head, not from the inclination of my heart.-- (' We know it—we know 11.1-1 did not originally mean to say a word about the High Bailiff—but, when I stand before my fellow-countrymen, I always like to place things in their proper light. I retire, conscious that I have done my duty, and deriving the greatest consolation from the reflection that I have received the almost uttanimous thanks of this Meet. ing. I protest to you that it is the height of my am bition, and will encourage one to go on in the work I have begun. But, Gentlemen, if every man here held up his hand against the resolatoost of thanks, 1 would have gone slimy with the same feeling and the same principles.—(' Brat.* MlNtr) -11 have never been deterred from doing my duty by any event. I have always acted for myself, without any cabal or party. 1 have been the coussatesit and conscientious advocate of annual Parliaments. um. yenta suffrage, and election by balleit.-..(Ckeeriag.) I am ready to unite with soy IMollor with all MCI — to serve t h e p e ople—bat:l would rather.this mo ment sink iuM my grave, than gill up an iota of soy priocipm.—(Cheering.)--1 do not way, that 'maid .uot unite with thaw who will sat go so far awl cis. 1 will joia.vith thaw wits wish to solace the .dassiiss or Voiliosseot him seovrn to six t will ensile.` orsh'tho" who wwohttwho doe .1/azoos Sissoliiis 'from Um 'r wt i ew butunghs• .giae it o• besseitheltlets. , /last.l Nom will be a. 411 . 61 , 44.4.5er5cr ia i l i thigc,lost wash awaseetti will nook imee.-Klieetiol.l-417 *Bios jot ..Ikwe. f riot visittgo op.the forehead of any man- r wq,l. until it is leg ibly p.ifittrit theve—r Ann inlitht to he depri.sciiu !i plirtictpututu ih ,those • rights which Work to sill.—(,Lord ,eheeriag.)- 7 1 Will . go on and fallow that Course, for which 1 this day received the highest object 0r so !mimeo am t i pian, toe grateful thanks of my fellow. counirymen. 7 .(Cheerimx.)—,lt .la, Gentlemen. tow.: necisosrf to repeat the words of the Nigh Or of Sir H. WIIIOII, with respect to your peace. • isble depo 1111 l ent. You come here to do your duty, • moil you will, 1 know, depart peaceably. I would not, by guy observation, throw the suspicion on your character, that you meant nut to ll:overte quietly. There never was an instance where the people met that they did not depart peaceably, ex• cept they were interrupted by the tools of pow e r. I retina you my sincere thanks, soil hope, nutwitli. standing the little difference which hiss taken place, that you will depart without harbouring an un pleasant feeling against any Gentleman, and that no individual will cherish any hostility to me."— (Ale. Hunt left ihe hnoings amidst she looniest cheering, ) 9rl r.ll' A DDI NGTON (the acquitted placard bearer) next addressed the meeting. Ile argued that the people had a right to wear swords, since the High .I B•rilitlappeared with one at the meeting. Beside', if the Nlarichester yeomanry were allowed to carry weapons to cut the ptople downs, the people were justified in procuring arena to defend thetnstlvep. The meeting then digitised quietly. At an early hour of the day a division of tile 3d regiment of Guards were stationed in a repository near St. George'. church, and other precautionary measures taken by the Police for the preservation of the peace, which, however, was undisturbed. WARD OF BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT. Yesterday • remarkably numerous and respects hle Ileetitig of the 1111*dbitems of sloe Ward of Bishopes;ate IVitlintit, was held in the parish church of Sr. Botolph, in pursuance of a requisi• bon addresled to Sir Itichurd Carr Glyn, the Al derman of the Ward or Ms Deputseo, for the pur pose of tasking into their consideration the conduct of the Magistrate's and yeomanry of the town of Manchester on the 16th day of August last, and the measures riper to be pursued thereon. To this requisition, its the absence if the worthy Alder man of the ‘V;lrd, the deputies, Sir William Raw. lists and ?Jr. tttttt as Greettawty, consented, and they yesterday presided at the meeting together. The requivittun bring read, the proceedings , were opened by Mr. CoItDELL. who, in a speech of con siderable energy. deocanted upon the proceed ings of the Magistrates and yeomanry at Manches ter. and characterised theta a. a wanton outrage, affecting not merely the beet and limbs of his Ma. jesty's subject., but one of the most valued and in. defeasible rights of the people. The worthy Gen tleman then enlarged upon the nature of the Re solutions *licit it was his intention to submit to the meeting, and concluded by reading them as follows :- 1. That it is the bounden duly of a free people to Board with jealousy and vigilance the rights and liberties for which their ancestors struggled, sad which are recogoited by the Laws and Constitutio• of their (wispy. S. That one of the most valuable and sacred of those pri vileges is the indisputable right of the subject to petition the Throne and either House of Parliament un all subjects of real or supposed grievance; a right inherent in the peo ple, founded on reason, sauctioned by the common law of the land, and establishe.l by the Bill of Rights, which enacts, " That it is the right of the subject to petition the Yin, and all coninsitoccuts and prosecutions for such petitioaing are illegal." 3. That the Meeting emmesed at Manchester on the leih of August, " To consider the propriety of adopting them's,* legal and constitutional mesas of obtaining a Reform in the Commenis House of Parliameat," was a strictly legal mett le& and the deportment of the people them assembled peace. ' able and orderly. 4. That the dispersion of the multitude thee lawfully - enabled, by the yeomanry cavalry, acting under the direct. tion of the local Magistrates, whereby some persons were killed, and many men, women, sad children, wantonly trodden down and inhumanly woonded, wee ass IldratiOell outrage upon as uaarnted and ataresisting people, contrary to law and justice, and a daring attempt to destroy by the swiped the unalienable rights of British subjects, sad to is. traduce io their stead a military despotism. b. That the subequent conduct of the Magistrates al Coroners, in re:hails' to greet warrants apt 'l accused of startler, in abstaining from takiee and from proceeding to hold intimate oft the totl i L s tr::: stair, aerosol, in the opirsiew .1 this Meeting, to as actual dread of justice, and an tivWeet refusal of the truly kind mesas of ohtaisiag redress possesurd by the people. IL That we forbear to espress say opinioa epos the coos duct of the Greed Jury in Himeji,' out bills, which appear Ss have bees supported by the strongest depositions; we IWO and venerate, and would cherish, abode all things, the iWobliabinesit of the Trial by Jury mem grand safeguard in Ruse perilous times, and we contemplate this etioduct in Allot anguish. .•411111es Li :MAITRE seconded the Resolutions, which 1041eciared had his esitile concurrence. He ob served, that lie had lied the honour frequently of addressing a meeting oldie Ward of Bishopsgate, but Dever before presented himself to one so unmet. toes or on respectable.a.(Hear, hear.) The Resolutions were read by the clerk, and adopted by she meeting unanimously and with loud applause. Mr. LEMAITRE then addressed the meetings and after some introductory observations, proposed the following Reaoluti tttt That with sincere atlacieserst to the principles of oat Geettraisseat, with as melees dreamt* elliailllasifeettua for the Peen" , of has Royal Higbee's, use Chief Magistrate, we ; will yet moans that we twee ear evaslry above an Mugs, suit wltl rioted. tow liberties at the Mesa of our lives. We deeply deplore those treertaitrows camels whit\ have induced the Mcleod " highly to apses," of the laserreetimary lesmeaseets of she Maathester yeamaary. We will remind his Royal nig : hens oho is better limes George Prince of Wales &tiered " he hoped his Family would wirer target that ihry held their exalted similes* in trust Ale the bettelit of the people." Auld le the spirit of tree lordly we impluie our Prince to avoid the adoption of desseroets doctrines, arbereesixe ossr rights, lavotiriag else oatural (tenses of reletialtow, and this placing the security of the Throne aim, ilia peace of die weary opera the Isaac of • saagaiaary Metter. This Resolution was unanimously adopted. Mr. Pkriasur then preseuted himself to the meeting, ht loud spittoon,. This Gentleman is the Solicitor who has . ab honourably distinguished I self by the prompt ant elficecias• mcittarre which lie uffomed to times iisilmiduale lobo bed been imprisoned, ernirsteea'awareemary and , lil i sevaity, by the Magistrates of 14erclitclee, rook ,who has by Isis letters to the ptolgie, dere moth t asassit cruice, br.bringisog •°!3 e-- of extreme cruelty or the peel of lion 410- yeomanry, and thereby slimitosti.4 the rleiosion which was attempted loy the Treasury Pritata. ,The details winch we have already publiahed -in this Gentlemait's letters from Mancheater, rod his re. cent letter to his fellow-citizens of the Wiled of 861101)st/1de, render it now unnecessary to give his ',wed: of yesterday, as it was for the most pert coo. Attest to the *tome points. It was received t%t6a great applause. Mr. l'Eaitiox then rose and read the followinz Petition to Ina Kurd Highness the Pt Int ,! Aeon!:— To his Royal 11l iyhaese the Prince of Wales. Regent of !he United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irrlaisil The humble Address and Petition of the noileiczni of the War, of Rishopmeste : MAY IT rt.rass voila ROYAL. HIGIMAS. We. his Majesty's moat dutiful and loyal sulikets, ov •ei humbly approach your Royal Highoess, to lay a stateur.iit of our grievances at the foot of the Throne. We lake leave MIA respectfully in assure your Royal Highness, that we fully concur in the whole of the .roil :needs expressed by the humble Address and Petitions of the bard Mayor, Alderniesi, and Commons of She city if Lawton. ink-aeuted to your Royal Highness upon the mourn. ful subject of calamitous proceedings which took pt.r. at Manchester its the 16th of Augnet last, and it i. i•ls frelioge of the deepest sorrow we hare It *yard that your Royal Highnesi was prevailed upon by evil Couneelliii. 1., rijeet the prayer of the Petition, and to treat your 1:..e Highness's must dutiful Petitiouers will' cordons. iv insult. With "the eiremostances that preceded the late meeting at Manchester," are not only your Petitioners hut the so s• l s of the haywire acusiainted—a grievons national .1. ht so. curred in she prosecution of isnjuat foreign wars—s. n... 1. less hat of sinecure plates and pensions created—a load taxation, which drives the capital and rnsuisfacsurr is of the country to wok protection in foreign Slates—a p. artful sod industrious people reduced to dialer's by the coosserosost want of trade, soil drives. to despair by ilseir tieing unnoticed, and their prayer. for relief ocihrtole t. We humbly sheer to your Royal Highness this tl.s u were " the circumstances that preceded" the meeting in /moo too. We further humbly represent to your Royal Hight...v. that we are correctly informed that the cirenuostances %%krt. At tesded the meeting were peace and order un the pars of the assembled multionde,lnterrupted only by the wanton and outrageous inroads of an armed forte, cutting wills their sabres, and tramplieg ander foot his Majesty's peaceable. an offending, and defenceless subjects, met to exercise a sarsel right enjoyed immemorially by their ancestors, and gstarso teed to them by the same law which recognizes the title of your Royal Family to the Crown of these realms. We take leave respectfully to call your R. 1,1 II ;L -oess's attention to the Petitions of the people—nut as your Royal Highness seems to suppose, to institute au xsis jnolicial inquiry into those dreadful proceedings; hut IhAt, while the Royal Treasury and legal Advisers of the Crown are always ready to inquire ludo and punish pretroultal ire:- son, and constructive breaches of the peace, that your Roy,' Highness will direct a strictly legal inquiry into the conduct of those who have levied war against the people, and com mitted treason against the Laws and Constitution of tips realm. dye do, Therefore, most humbly entreat your Royal tlizh mess to re-consider your decision, and to dismiss from ”titr Counsels those wicked Ministers who can have advisi al their Royal Master to resist inquiry, anal thereby tended is. de stroy the confidence of a loyal people, the best wifegost it of • Monarels's Throne. The Meeting testified their approbation of this Petition by loud and repeated bursts of applause, Mr. Ps:Mason then suggested that this Peitli•iti. instead of being sent, as was custotnary, to Lor , l Sidmouth, to be perhaps thrust behind the lire, or if read, read only for the purposes of ridicule, should be intrusted to some Gentleman of their own Ward, who should be instructed to attend at the 'text levee with Sir Francis Burdett, the Meyrir of Norwich, nod other Gentlemen who were to pre. sent the sentiments of large portions of the pentil7! to the Prince Regent on the sante subject, awl there oiler it to the p irticular attention of his Royal Highnees.--(Great app arse.)-- It may be well to remark, that any person mice iti• troduced at a lever, has a right to introduce nos other, and thus Sir Francis Bartlett may intro 111 , •e, for instasice, Major Cartwright, Mijor Calla riz,lit may introduce another, who in his turn sissy intro. duce a fourth, nod so on ratitstbly. It nook! be well if something like this continuity of i :aro. duction were practised on the occasion of preen?. ing to the Prince Regent the petitions of the people. Let the petitioners pan before Isis nffiight. ed SCOOP, like iiarequo's issue in the mystic glass. and us they succeeded to each other in lengtiwnett order, their 'bombers inight suggest to his Royal Highness that possibly it was he, and lint the Common Council of London, who hid beets misinformed of the dreadful events *loch have given to Manchester so shocking a cel.hrity. --(Loyd apjaarse.)---Some sittireliensiosis for , the moral characters of their fellow-citizens might possibly excite an unwillingness to intrust any of them within the demoralizing influence of a Court, but he doubted not that some tacit of steady integrity might he found among them to venture with impunity within the scope of its blandish ments.—( Lang/tier ) The Petition was adopted unanimously. The following Resolutions were proposed by Mr. Cottner.t., end unanimously adopted :- 8. That we feel it an imperative duty to sympathise with. stud to soften by every means in our power the sit dr. hogs isf our 'rounded and mutilated Countrymen, and to sand con solation and relief, as far as they can be affordid, to Ilse afflicted Widows and Fatherless Children of those who wa re the victinsa of the barbarous proceedings of that mournful day. _ _ _ 9. That • Subscription be entered into for the above par.. pare, and that a Committee of Twenty GeI.iiIMVII he all. pointed to wait upon the Inhabitants of the Ward, to solicit their routributions. And to carry the Resolutions of slum day tato effect, and that the folkway' Galilee's.. Lr the Cum. *Wee :- 91r. Deputy Greenawsy,Sie WOOL Rawlins, Messrs Cortlrli, Lesseitre, Buwerbank. Peacock, Jadkina, Nash, Prarsou, R. WhitiN Burnstrad, Downs, Synalf.4ll, Day, Radford, Stirtia W•wts Reaasett, Stevens, Barker, and Glovrr. Mr. CORDELL proposed • Petition to the Lord Mayor. Aldermen. and Commons of the City of Louden. in Common Council assembled, prin,iiie that, some portion of the City funds unity lir granted to relieve the sufferings of those who experienced the fatal effects of the military outrage conimi.ted at Manchester. The City of L lon had, no many atxa siosta. extended the hand of charity to alleviate the woes of suffering kumaaity. mid Russel Ger. titanoossitl,Portegotrea had alike axper:ei cod she f fycta of vach generosity. But what claim twois their ,upppathies was ever so powerful as oar that !poke et the distresses of their *ea countiy inn Fiom iha voila emialuct ideet panned by the Court uf ised.thy remelt of arch _ 'Sky h. 4 ••••• ...Erma • t 9 d .CapaimoaXameseit einuissiil essol . tile Credal of NC 11 4••ler. °IA • 1/TPropl.; 4MI fylr u d imrisrd y ii», had dame 1460 , beta ily Ihs IMisiogen of UP , crftris. 1 11 •A!•" 1 41 assay owes ...mat wog *meld 'soma* wiry thew ibeiiie dune ispilir,inad wield, at the same lase, gratify • • --