The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1819-09-10 00:00:00

r • —Might not those in power, acting on the Manches ter principle, have sent their dragoons into the City of London, during the late election, swept me :mil my flags away, and placed your Lordship • the situation I now hold I—( Loud cheering.) —Why were not these flags pulled down in Smith field ?—why were they tint removed I My Lord Mayor.. I need not state why. But, if the Smith tit was thought legal by the Magistrates —ti the first law authorities in the country—and even by the Secretary of State himself—then I conteini. 'lilt, by a parity of reasoning, the Man clo.ster Meeting was no less legal. Is our City the • one where the people are to he suffered to inert to express their grievances. and are the p- the or Manchester alone to be refused thi► pri vib-ge, to which they have an undoubted right, in onornon the rest of his Majesty's subjects Are they ulotie to be slain and slaughtered for doing dint which elsewhere can he done in peace and Some of us can remember the .ion which prevailed, and the importance that was attached to the circumstance of a single man being killed is a riot in St. George's-fields ; we can '.ll remember the serious inquiry set afloat by this great City when a life was lost at the time Sir Francis Bartlett was committeri to the Tower. In deed ire all occasions it was well uttd properly con aideved that the constitution could be as seriously wounded throtigh the oppression or injury of a sinette individual, as by the loss of numbers however considerable their extent.-1 should as much wish as any men that the people could meet under the .geiserel Magi.trevy of the country— erittfmteitauthorities hest calculated to give dig eiry and importance to their deltberatirioe The people of London, for instance, can meet, or 'ether I should say, cent/ meet in Common Ilan, under their own Corperation, to ex press their setissions.—f elpplintte, and some laughter nr the allusion to the Lord Mayor's refusal to cud! a C'elvwqn is it ant ton much to •cluirge the people, aho have not the aid of those -who are considered their superiors, with being tumottious and rash in meeting its public, alter they have in vain spoiled to the Magistrates to cue erne assemblies in the usual manner, and have al most as often as they so:birthed met with nothing brut abrupt refusals heur.)—Whereser the people hare met, they have conducted them atdvea peaceably, though—( Hear, (rear, hear). — in general without the attendance and support of these who formerly attended their meetings. So delicate were some persons of allowing the people to judge fur themselves, that on a subject upon which they ought to be peculiarly able to judge, namely. the mode in which a new tax would affect them, they were not thought by their Chief Magi sorer to have sense or discretion enough to consider -such a subject, or even competent to give Monte. lions to their own Repreeentatives. If even mischief out city occasion did unite from popular meetings, on goons. may I ask, ought the responsibility of such tri.chief fall ? Ou whom else but those who threw the people on their own resources for the expression of their grievances? On the Magistrates, who will notees they ought, legally to convene the people together, and on the Government, who seem to encourage those Magistrates to throw every difficulty in the way of the people in the expression of their vstevances.—(fletir, hear, hear.)--lit the Re sr Iniinits which I have prepared foe this eremites. 1 have taken the mast studious pails, the ut. rivet care, to avoid every thing extreueoss to the precise question, every thing which could, in the ehglatet degree, teud to create a violent or infiem seetery feeliag in the breast of any honest elan, whatever may be the bias of his particular political opeerns.—(Heer, hear.)—lf grievances do exist ainortg the people, and if the people, in their anode of seeking redress, mistake the proper do submit to the sense sod candour cr *tee honest man. whether it would not be much better to allay thew grievances by the operation of time, cud the intervention of conciliatory c o nduct, by the aid and good feeling towards the people ef the country, so far as it can and ought to by given by the Government, the Magiotracy, and the persons of rank and property who with well to the country, until who have it in their power to lend adistatice in it period of general distress. Even if t he opinion of this class of society was that many of those grievances were imaginary, and that for such as were real the people had mis. taken the remedy, nevertheless I thiuk it would better become those in power to be kind to people whom they thought were deluded, to alter their opinions by mildness and considerate forbearance, titan to exasperate their passions and outrage their feelings, by meeting them with open avowed bowie lily. and dispersing them by violence and blood ' shill. That can never have the effect of bringing about the work of peace—it must create evil—it meet r can effect good."—(llear, hear.) The worthy Alderman concluded his speech by moving the Resolutions—(far ?Arch see Advertise ment laps: page.) After the worthy Alderman lied read his Resole. (inns. he added, that he had neglected to allude to the period when the Riot Act had been read at Mettchester; lie thought that of very little coin entratise importance at this moment ; for the Meet ire, so fat us it had gone. appeared by every ac collet to have bete conducted peaceably, so that there appeared no justification at all fur reading tent Act. If, however, the Riot Act was read at all, it must have been read by the Magistrate at or mew his own dour ; so that, according to every eircount, a man stenctieg by could not hear what the Magistrate was reading from his paper. But even if it had been tend as it ought, so as to have made the meeting sensible of what was going on, will there could be Ito justification for the inl et:try execution dint was subsequently done upon at• unarmed and defenceless multitude. If the Rica Act had been read in the most open ninn ies. these atrocities would not change their chit. r toter, they would be still illegal, and revolting to humanity and justice.—(Cheers.) Nlr. lIVICOMBE said, he ruse to second the Re.. eulutions. At this moment Mr. EMI' rose, we presume sup posies that Mr. Hurcoinbe had finished, but on tti.doug his mistake, he immediately gave way to the seconder. Mr. Hunt:wine said, that he had little to add to the energetic and elective 111111111er in which the worthy Alderman (Waittiman) bad proposed the Resolutions, and had dune his duty this day, as he 16 bad on all former occasions, with honour to himself and fidelity to Ins constituents. Though he could add nothing to the able manner in whirls the Re solutions had been propmed, yet he could not satisfy his feelings by giving a silent vote.—( Hear, hear.)_Fle lamented to see a smile oil the f►ces i Gentlemen opposite (Messrs. Dixon, Jacks, soil Browne). He was shocked at observing on the face of any Gentleman any expression which indicated levity on an occasion so serious and important to humanity and law.—/ Hear, Lear, hear.) — (Mr. Dixox —" I am oot sinilisig.")—lf ever one question could he more serious than another, it was that where im unotlending people had fallen under military execution by the order of a Miigistracy who were sworn to have protected them.—(!leas.) He hoped that all who heard Min won!" morns in expressing abhorrence at the commission of unne cessary violence upon a mingled multitude p u blicly assembled, as was usual on occasions of this kind. Ile hoped that all would concur in the nectos.ty of inquiring into the tramaciions of the Ibtli of August, of which Manchester was the bloody scene. He hoped that the majiirity of that Court would as strongly express then abhorrence at this oetrai4e, as they would their readiness to support law, learun, and humanity. The worthy Gent:email then adverted to Mr. Pearson', letter, which described the evt deuce given before the Gram! Jory at NI cheater, and said, that, unless it were true, he did not think any respectable professional min would have affixed his signature to it. With such nt fonnation then before the Grand Jury, he was iii- lerly at a lova to know hoar they could have ignored the hills against the yromatiry—he may be wrong in his opinion, out lie thought, so placed, he should have pursued n different course of condoct.—(4 voice said. " They acted so, because they did nut believe the iVormation.") Mr. Huscumnst, on hearing this, seemed to ad dress himself to Mr. Dixosi, and said, "What! do you call Otis information not to be believed ?" (Mr. DIXON, " I did not say any such thing.") Mr. IItiaCOMBE concluded by expressing Ids cor dial support of the Resolutions lie seconded, svai his hope that they would meet the approbation of the great majority of the Court.—(!fear.) Mr. Bt.:awns]) st u d, that in rising to MN , liiS impression in favour of the Resolutions which had been proposed, he was aware he could add nothing to what had been already said, to induce the Court to adopt them. Ile merely rose to reconcile his duty to his feelings, and to express his oi.inion without actually giving a silent vote on so im portant and extraordinary an occasion. The Court would do him the justice to recollect, that it was not his practice to intrude himself upon their attention—(Hear}—and on this occasion, when he felt himself called upon to do so, he should com press what he had to say in a very narrow compayi. Ile thought this busieess was of the most vial im portsisce to the community—it awfully effecter: the rights and privileges of every man iu the empire— it was a question before which every other sunk in attentioa and interest, and before which every erec tion that had previously occupied that Court ap peared like " trifles light as air."—( I fear, hear.) — The outrage was of the most bitter nature—it was inflicted upon a defenceless people, by those to whom that people were entitled to look for protec. Lion from outrage, come from what quarter it in ty. It was an outrage not only affecting the Magistracy of the country, but the system of its jurisprudence, and that noble and independelit incorruptibility of its judgments which had so long ensured for the administration of justice in this country the grati tude of the people, and made it the ohject of eitel one comparison among the other nations of Ettrotse. —(hear, hear.)—lie lamented that any occur twice should have taken place to tarnish so fair a system—(hear, hear,)—and lie could not help thinking, that the confidence of the people in the integrity of the law had not improved since the in troduction of Stipendiary or Police Magistrates, a name not known to the constitution, not Em;ligh, it was borrowed from the French, and was, in his opinion, one of those mischiesous innovations upon the constitutional administration or the law witch had tended to shake the confidence of the people in its purity and equal protection.--(Hear.)—He feared that the introduction of the practice to which he had alluded had impaired that confidence uidm which the people ought always be inspired for the judicature that governed them, and he still mote apprehended the effect of the late proceeding. sit Manchester. If the meetings of the people, puhy tidy and legally convened, exposed the persons attending them to military execution, he would exclaim, " Good God ! what security had they for the preservation of their right's, or the en joyment of their liberties ?" If the people could, while peaceably assembled, be dispersed in this I Manner, what private club could inert without running the hazard of being dispersed at the point of the sword ? What masonic lodge could escape the same penalty—what set of journeymen could have what they called their bean-feast, except at the same risk ? At such places he had often seen more cotsfusion, and perhaps riot, than, from every account, was manifested tit the Manchester Meet. ing. On the ultimate fate of this question he thought the preservation of the liberties of the peo ple mainly hinged ; on it must depend whether the people were to consider they still enjoyed the right of petition or the Bill of Rights. The one and the other might still live on parchment on the re cords in the Tower—bat they would, if the Man chester proceedings were justified under forms of law, for ever remain a dead letter to the people.— (Bear, hear.) Mr. Alderman ROTHWILL said, he would follow the example of the Gentleman who last spoke, and be as brief as possible in the delivery of his senti ments. Ile admitted wills him that the question was one of the gravest importance, and he there. fore thought it ought to be weighed maturely and cautiously. The Gentlemen who preceded him had expressed their hopes that the Resolutions would meet general concurrence—he, on the contrary, hoped they would meet with quite a different re ception.—(Hear, hear.)—Ou what were the Reso lutions grounded ?--on what intelligence was the Court called to act ? He knew of no intelligence which could justify the Court to proceed, but that disclosed in the judicial proceedings which had oc curred, and how the Magistrates could be exposed to censure upon the information that had in this manner transpired, lie was totally at a loss to guess. —(1-lear.)—Thr Newspapers, so far from afford- • 111 -.4 .6 3 fig authentic facts on • At neither side would he any Itesolgnorer. The be drawee were not at all agreed among themselves , consent to the adoption o f . Which right conclusions could lions of the conntrt ? as to the occurrences they detailed them in differ- ! laws. notwithstanding the rrijectionof particular bill. Pitt forms 41111 shapes, flow, then, lie would ask. I by the Grand Jury, were 14'11 open to complainants; was that Court, upon such vague and contra. what had been already done was 410 bar to future dictory information, to found a vote of censure l prnces...hogs ; if even a vote, reflecting upon the upon Magistrates, and that. too, couveyed in conduct of a man who soinetirnes figured sway in termi so strong. 54 the Resolutions contain- i their Hall, nod who was the Chairman of the Man ed—, length of invective which , he thought. i cheater Nleeting, were pro esed, lie should object might on this occasion hove toren spared by the to it, es lie now did to the vote of re!mare upon worthy Mover.—(Cries of " No, no Pl—lf he - the 31agistrates, on the ground that it was telcu. were called upon to d e cide on the evidence before I lilted to prejudge a case which remained !or ailjudi him, lie certainly could by no means bring Ins caber.* before the regular tribunal' of the country. mind to a sentence of condemnation on the Magi. Ile concluded by confidently hoping that, on stru , ea ;as un honest mail, he could not, nod he grounds of public expediency and justice. the pro should rather, were he empenitelled tt, decide, with- 1 .iseorell Resolutions would meet the or gstive of the Muer from the Jury box. than prnitoutice a hasty C o urt. opioiop slrecting.the=cluiracters of men upon ime Mr. PATTON thought that the Court find suffi perfect information. Situated in this. rammer, he cient evidence before it to jointly its forming ill thought the better einem would be to get rid of opinion on the subject. 11-1 they not letelligetice the Ileseletions altogether, wehutit entering upon I which had not been contenbeted, that the Meeting a subject °melded by clear rind satisfactory itifor.. at Mancheeter wee publicly convened and peaceably InanDl i t • Whibh tile) would 1w justified id coming conehreterl, send that it was v irri e r,cy ihrrpe.sed by to proper sad right r ioncliiirious; lie hoped moose .military force ?—(lfear.)—lle differed entirely Member's( the Court would adopt a course caters- from the epistle's expressed by the worth? Gentle. lased to get rid of the Resi , :ntions in this manner, wow who had spoken befoie loin, as to the ristirna without wejttelgirto or promote:log upon the gees- lion in which the Newspeper act ounis shoo ld be held tion.—(he tr. / —lli, wish was thot the Resolutions on the pnerent occesioto. !at from th . 0. 1 / 4 ing ti lt i v should he do•le aw*v with altogether. trio dines is tlw ateounis et the Nk e iiog sward Mr. linowsz Irerittilreerncurred in el bbb ion with to their accuracy, he thought them qui'? con the last speaker, that the beet 'llse would be to get elusive of the credit to which they were en rid of the Resolutions rdtogither. It.. the ore titled; for the differences of deter:titian clearly really were es mwnse represented by the worthy 'hewed drat the tremolos (all of !hem corroborative mover of Ito gerooliiiisew-sef it really were a wall. of mein rites) canoe throo4h a voreqy of 61-ionels tow cartage of men, womeo, awl childres, peace• mime:erred welt 0!:111:111 other, Ar,d hot from role rr ably mei ',really convened. lie looped eielrved porter comment to all, awl v. hose e: , nnfounientoms that there woo not one man in th e C.p drat rosy be supposed Rohde to particular o'ijections, there was Dot one man with a spark of hurnalaity in I The Meetisie at Mint le.oter had been reguliirly and hie bosom, who would net condemn eo uojeMtfia. i publicly convened. If the Mugietrates deemed it ble a procoedierg.—(llear, hettr.i—lt war * ON i illegal, they 'horrid have pnithdy and timely de deed, insinuated, that some Gentlemen neareltins i not:need it, a n d prevented it frein being held, tit hed betrayed a levity on the peewit% occasion—stied I wad of firet suffering it to inert, and then sending they had smiled while Gentlemen opposite were di- Ist yeomanry to trample upon it when so assembled. scribing iu glow/nog colours the nature of the aliege I Ile bad indeed condemned the proceedings of the oil oetruge. Such a smile was, however, not one oft Manchester Alsgistrates from the beginning, but inhumanity—it was, on the tenantry, elicited by the the senietion of astonishment he had at first exile. ii.genory of Centimetre opposite, whose humanity rienced was trifling. compared with that which he appeared of so equivocal a kind, and whose oyes- I felt on learning that his Majesty's Meister* had pathy ores only excited on I rsrOculur ocrssions. It surictioned these extraordinary traiosactious by their was now excited for meet who may be said to have approbation. When he found that they,hsd ad voluntarily brought oil their heed* the comietpiesice wised the Prince Regent to bestow thanks on the of their attendee , blemerible meetings like dirt at authors of them. he was indeed astonished. Why Manchester.—.((.'rigs of " No? ho P')—There should they act on hearing one side of the quer was no sympathy it appeared fur mei. who oullereel i lion only ? Why should they think proper to the greater: violence from merely going to observe praise a set of merciless tigers, for cruelly setting anned drillings mail illegal •iseeniblieo—there was on a body of innocetit teen? It became them to nu. sympathy far those who were wounded or i take a leudieg part on such a momentous occasion. killed by tee violence of a mob—there was no The ',hide country looked to the City of London ; eyinpathy fur the curietable (Birch. we tiresome) it was their duty not merely to protect the rights who was at the time imergesed to have hero Min• of the citizens of LOOKInn, but to watch over those teliy wounded in the discharge of his duty—for of the country. They were inverted with great pre suet. men there was to be no erupsetlay. it was to be I litieal power, end what more awful crisis could arise preserved for those who hied brought upon them. fee putting it into exercise than tile present, when selves the evils they unfortunately eielortil in this they saw a peaceable and unoffending multitude transaction.—(ilear.)—fie hoped the: Court would trampled down and destroyed by yeomanry ca. not lend itself to Mow trim wished to pronounce a valry ! It behoved those whom he addressed to party opinion upon serious acts on the loose and 1 rouse themselves, and sheer that they were not in vague rumours of the hoer, and coming Irvin qusr- t sensible to the smogs of their countrymen. lie ter* not free from ruspicion. , He hoped they would I was well aware. however. that it was not by yielding not lend themselves to that party out of doors who to the force of violent prejudice that proper mea. laboured so hard tq foment thocontent among the sure, could be adopted ; but, oil •the other head, people, who were color 'narly suffering, by the the demands of justice were not to be 'fleeced by temporary distreeeep of the times. said who were i quibbling on words. It was well fat those who without diecerrimesit enough to appreciate the real acre iti possession of sinecures to talk of coolness eatt.e,of their grievance. It wive both unjort and end caution; but for all Britons who were tree and inexpedient to pronounce defiiiitivrly on the [leo*. i independent, and wished well to their country, who lotions proposed respectiog the late occurrences at I pew, as they most have wen, that it was neceseary Manchester. lie knew, itideed, it was loudly pro- t toils character and salvation to rescue it from the claimed that the people hail been wantonly muse disgrace inflicted on it—these, he hoped, nay, he sacred, and if he could bring himself to think that expected., would phew a bold and generous spirit, the occurrence hurl taken place. as it was described and make it tnauffest to the world that English. by the Geutlemen opposite, he would be ire ready men would never stare' by in calmness, and be as they were to come to the *ante ea:elusion, and to i witnesses of the mnesacre of their fellow-country. call for the fullest investigation Imo the whole trate.- j men.— (Applause.) am time. He would confidently ink, what evidence was 1 Mr. SOUTHGATE observed, that the Magistrates 'before the Court to justify its adoption of the of Manchester had condescended to oblige the Resolutions now submitted to it ? The newspapers I public with a statement of the reasons of their un which, as had been mid, were ut so much variance aecmintable conduct—a measure which lie could one 'with the other in their statements of the hue attribute to nothing but a sense of misconduct and nurse, afforded the Court but little light. AVould of, shame. Were he disposed in draw a contrast it not be safer then in such wstate of things, to IWtwerti the behaviour of the Nlagistretee of Man lieve that the Government which'hed on due : eh:miter, and that of other Magistrates on a former quiry approved of the conduct of the yeomanry, acasien, lie should instance the conduct of the would not have so expressed its approbation, if t, Magistracy of London in the year 176 S—the celee they had wantonly trampled upon the people, and brand year of Wilke' and liberty. At that time committed every species of excess a n al cruelty ? If there was an immenoe assemblage of people, with the Governitteut bad trot had the best reason to dis-limetery circumstance of riot and tumult, in St. believe the loose ktatementa that were so induetri- i George's-fields. A Magistrate went into the crowd, ously cireinated. it would not have implicated it- i reasoned, expostulated, and made every exertion to self in the transactimi, and neproved of the con- persuade them to retire iii peace. It wits in duct of the yeomanry and Magistrates of 51411. vain. Ile went away, retnained some time at clinger; -- reesider, lied not the Court rvideuive to the house of the Marshal of the King's jetirtify keel(' in rejecting the proposed Resolutions? Bench. relented and made similar efforts to no —had not indictments bee:, preferred against indivi- I purpose. A third time lie appeared among the dual. of the yeomanly. who were charged with 1 multitude, and the return made to his patience wantonly trampling on the people ?—were riot those and nittelners was force and violence—(Hear) — indictments rejected by the Grand Jury who brill twice lie received serious personal injuries, and it the evidence before them, nod who had of course was only in recovering from the second, be was at the best opportunity of knowing the real facts of beet obliged to cry out, " Yon must defend your the charge ? Ile attached no credit to the letter selves and lire." lie 11110Uld not waste the time of that had been altudvd to (Mr. Peal suer.), nor did the Court by making a comparitiou .between the he think the writing of it reflected any credit upon i circumstances of tilt,/ order and that at Manchester. any one. %Vim was it but the repreiseittation I —(Hear.)—All would agree that equal forbear made to an individual of the evidence which wit- i anee hind not been exhibited on the last melancholy nesses said they gave before the Grand Jury ? It I °velvteen. Ile bad the voice of the country with was well known that a Grand Jury examin ed i hiur when he neclareel. that the Manchester Ma. witnesses apart, end him! no auditors present In I gierrates hurl grossly violated the powers intrusted report elsewhere what really occurred ; w lie s there- 1 to then,—that they had altogether forgotten or ne fore, should it be said that witnesses iteritritted by glected the duties of their place—neid that they such a tribunal were guilty ?—was this fair or juei ? deserved to be brought to punishment. But When men were acquitted on charges of high tree. should they even escape the just indignation of their sou, then, indeed, some gentlemen knew net where fellow-wee, never could they overcome or evade to stop in praising the integrity of Juries, but when I the stings of their own mind. Evil conscience and the Jury did cot decide as they wished, then the remorse would never cease to inflict their scourge whole proceedings must be reviewed sue the Jury on them. 'the cries of she defenceless and the censured. If even the witnesses examined before 1 butchered, the wettings of the widow and the or. the Grand Jury were now ready to come and re- I phan, would ring in their guilty ears to the lest peat their testimony at the leer of List Court, lie hour of existence.—( /.ear, hear./—=They had be could not suffer them to be heard—their evi- 1 fully achieved our object—they hurl oneceeded iu deuce hod already been given before the proper ginning the detestation of air immense majority tribunal, which had disposed of it on oath. and of their countrymen. rind their merrory would be ought nut to be questioned or arraigned ue light execrated till the end of time.—/ Hear, hear.) — and trivial grounds. He had no moan' to doubt Ile should not tiredly-silly take up their time in that the Greed Jury had done their duty, our could proving that the Meeting of the 16th August was a lie suffer their decisiou to he recativusted us a I legal nue—he should meetly for this purpose quote matter of course. %Vas it tight, in the repent the opinions of two moot eminent lawyers—Mr. temper of the public mind, to add to the warm- Dunning and Sir W. Blackstone. The first had motion, by arraigning ut the call of every dimwits- laid it dowel, that if the people hail a right to lied emu the integrity of the judicial Meringue petition, they lied also a right to assemble together and Ili ,t i n l ong for the purpose of ; ouch assemblage remained quiet and orderly, it h pe is rf o e i c )i t t l i y io l n eg i a n l. t hSeirfollyo..Binlagrkteirtmone ::_ha„d;lxiepTsviiiii remains a fourth subordinate right api , ertaining to every individual, namely, the right of p e t i ti on i ng the king, or either House of Parliament, for tin e redress of grievances." He added-1‘ care on:, must be taken. lest, under the prrtr•nce of pe t ; tiouiug, the subject he guilty of any riot tumult." Nostr.from all he had heard and read, a ,.. 4 he had endeavoured to inform himself as fey :,, he could on both sides of the question, tit ! %h. gistiates had discovered no act of riot or disonl.., before commanding the yeomanry to ch„,.. Though his opinions on the conduct- of the gistracy had been such as he had eiprewed, a , d though a decided friend to Parliamentary ft e r,, l. yet lie could not sit down without &Hiring. thy.; he looked with some degree of jealously e n nt.l sleetings as the one in question. - Mr. JACK* said, that if the worthy Aldermr. had examined both sides, he would not re r r,„„, have judged so hastily and decidedly. F or self, he had been out of town Are turn had Leen very recent, and he had not had a. opportuniv of conversing touch or: the subject a, gentlemen here. But he had read all the pep", which had given intelligence on the 11thieer, had endeavoured to inform himself of whatever ern be said on either side. and he would eabdidlysay th his mind was not yet convinced on which side ht.,. tke lay. that he was yet incapable of farming satisfactory judgment 4 , i1 the fact.. Now was it de corous of the City of London to come forward ate; prefer a most grave mid wellity charge agai,.• Magistrates as respectable as themselves? Frei,:. dices seemed to he felt, and of seriatinns had made against Stipendiary Magistrates, hut were 1,.e the Judgts of the land stipendiary ? Wes net tea ;• Recor.ltr atipencti ire, and their C9mmon Setjtale What woull the people at large say to their pr, judging we question, while it aßg yet sub judir,P They 511111/111 bear in mind that it eas t u p ,„, diary soldiers, but yeomen, citizens of :he htilrt: character and respectability, that they stem e b ou: to accuse of alieddiu,g innocent biol.!. One of the Resolutions of the worthy Alilt.inan par. ed his Royal Highness to bring to eoaa :10 puoishment the perpetrators of the deeds 'Redd to—not if they should he found guilty, sad de. serving of punishment. but assuming Ow d r . were an. Was not the Meeting ill atm. Weil for the porpotle el•fctito; a to Parliotnent ?—f" ."'J—.l'.ll %%.I. tura 4 _ _ meeting leal? He would inert that i! w as ed. not to ei!'ret Parliamentary llitforcl, but a scan' subversion of the HOWe of enninvni , .—'".Vo,ner) —He knew that the lower classes withuot looped!• in this, 31i:i in every country, were to tl)e rest of thr community na six to 011 e. If then tVf y member rif the community was to have a vote ii) the eiectia! Repres.-ntatives, ,hit would become or protierty . ? —(Cries of" Question !")—He would coaten that the flags were illeg:.l : could it be ctestiones. when one of them was iiiscribed " Elite! fieirr• sentation or Death?" It was asserted, that was no precedent iu our history for the emplayno • t wf the military; but that wanted proof. Ha shoos) reciil to the recollection of Gentlemen the trans. actions of the year 1780. and ask them what wm,rl have become of this metropolis at that time but 1 . ..1* the military ? It was wrong to say there rim net precedent. Let than recollect the riots at Sas fields in December, 1816. The worthy Ald-rir could scarcely have forgotten what the cousetuirr:.• • of that day would have been had not the soldier...f Waterloo been called in to the assistance of Ow civil power; and he verily believed there was trot Gentleman present but was delighted to se. :•)t Waterloo heroes parading the streets on that co sion, feeling the protection they afforded to ti:Ar families and properties. At Manchester 60,C.) persons appeared in battle array, walking, or ru b 's marching, armed with bludgeons—!A favy.h)—a.d all for redress of grievances—and were reorie of intelligence and respectability to be called ' T on to assist persons whose object was to obtain univer sal suffrage and vote by ballot ? Ile himself had had experience of the bad consequences cf that mode of voting...(" Qweeriwar).-With respect to the reading of the Riot Act, he had looked at the Art last night himself. It certainly slid provide. tht the Magistrates in reading it should go close toil. , crowd ; but the question was, could they do ? If the Newspapers were to be believed, no penny could approach near them. Next it was required that it should be read with a loud voice ; but Le should ask his Lordship, who could read the Art in such a voice that all who attended there cool! have heard it ? The Journals differed in their accounts on this head—some declaring it was real. others that it was not. One circumstance was we-- thy of their attention : there were 'several affidavits as to the conduct of the persons on one side ; quests had been held on five different individual.. and a verdict returned in every case of w deciders& Death"—(A lough)—besides, the Grand Jury na their oaths found true bills against the c midoet..)4 of the Meeting. Mr. Pearson could not tell what reason they threw oat the bills sonatina-. accused of assaulting the poor woman—but Le might have discovered that a regard to consistent . ) required it. Ile did not mean to justify the inea sures of the Magistrates, but he took it for grantea that his Majesty's Ministers, before advising th. Prince Regent to confer thanks on the Magistrate. had all the evidence before them ; and he was sun, from their known attachment to the priocipl.s )4 the Constitution, they had also consulted the La" Officers of the Crown. He should no take up die time of the Court further. The honour and crtitz of . the City of London were at stake, and hot:, 1:. spired that they should be aware of adopting a m— aitre which would operate as an encourrigenient men who styled themselves Radical nefarious...-. (" No, No r) Mr. CROOK could not help his 4,91.151 iii•• that when he had complied with the I.) call the present Meeting, lie had expressed. a inv.! decided opinion on the merits of the question to I discussed at it, which was a most impioper arid in decorous act.—(Cries of " Order !" was in - poosible but any man, judging candidly, alion! , l conclude that the Magistrates of Matichester 11:01 acted most improperly std illegally. The peopk• it was undeniable, were labouring tinder griersaict*: and was it not right that they should meet to dew.- the means of removing or alleviating them ? 7;' 7 %e .