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11 i t : ivive liappencain ofircr places, cliey, at ;east, 5 1 .!oidti be Qlfe. Mr. the' n bragn in proceed in his -speech, hilt was•lnterruptexl ny rations marks o' idisafininbation from !he Meeting. The flan. L. D'oirlas and Mr. W. Irawices successively request.; 1...1 that he might be heard with attention. Mr. S. Wortley again attempted to speak, but was Egain interrupted The Duke of Nortrooz entreated silence, and 'begged that Mr. S. Wortley might be hear; will) •patience A contrary lire of eomlnet coold have elo other effzet !hilt) to injure iheir cause. The appeal of kis Grace being unsuccessful, I‘,..it C. A N again presented him-elf . , and said, 4 , Brother It( formists, if you si , toy any person, Nvho may offer himself to your notice, a hearing, you wiA sacs ;flee your character and claim to ills! ice. Hear him, hear all, hear every thing. By acting otherwise you will only sacrifice your cause, and give the enemies of Reform an adrans (age titer you.'' Mr. S. WoRTLev thanked the Gentleman who thus came Inrward a second 'true to endeavour to procure him a hearing. That person said the trnit in stating that the'cause of Reform would be more injured than served by interruption of this hind ; but on that subject lie would not say a word. Reim ni was not now the qee•tion before them, and if it were, he would neither be S ashamed nor afraid to avow his sentiments on it. It was however, at present unnecessary. When inletinpted, lie was con tt-nditig, that to call Paqiament together for the ptopose of investigation, would not be so good course 85 to litho: the matter before a Court of . - i‘ts' ice. Got !whiti that the events at Manches ter should pass without inquiry in some place. By them a great and sital principle of the Constitu tion was put at Hue. But let those events he in qttired into before the grave and Learned Judges of the land, and let an hottest Jury of twelve men say on their oaths, whether the transactions at Manchester were illegal, or, whether, ou the other hand, ti,e Magistrates were justified in the course they adopted ? Was it his wish to pieclode investigation ? No such thing. He called for it ; he was anxious for it, but in a way rbffercut from his Hon. Friends.—(Cries of ratliament, Pailiament !)—He would now shortly alinde to the approbation given by his Royal Highness the Pt ioce Regent, with the advice of lily Ministers, to the 11.1agistrates. Upon that point, be would say this, that a -time most come, and shortly too, .when Ministers would be called opou to account for those things in the House of Commons. They most then lay before the peo ple their reasons for such approbation as was given. This also, he would admit, was a fit and fair subject for inquiry There were not wanting Gentlemen a hie and willing to ask and endeavour to (vail' a full account of the grounds on which such approbation was given. On the legality or illegality 'of the proceedings adopted by the rviaj4trates, he declared to God, after all the at ent,oo he could give it, he was not yet able to wake up his mind.--(Off, off !)—He would say, and cootend„ as forcibly as any man, that it was the inalienable right of the people to meet for the pogo-Ise of petitioning awl discussing their griev ancts ; -but they were tiler' to meet peaceably.— The question now was, whether the Meeting at I\lvchester, on the Itith of August, was peace ably, or not peaceably a , sembled. Was it, or was it not ?—(lt was.)—That w as th e question at issue ; — (Disapprobation)—that, he would re- peat, was the question. The, answer to it de- Fended ott the attendant circumstatiCel; and they could not judge impartially on the subject unless after having heard evidence upon oath. [lien Mi. S. Wortley was again interrupted,— tie endeavoured for some moments to obtain a bearing, but in vain Mr. WILLA:4, who seemed to have more influ ence on a great part of the assemble.d crowd than any of the Noblemen or Geuilemen present, pre sented himself again, and asked, whether there was any man among them vrho wo,dil not wish to be heard, when inclined to deliver his sentiments ? lie believed there was not , and be once more re quested, that they would give the Gentleman their attention.—His appeal, for this time was inef fectual. Some order being now restored, Mr. S. Woen i ee repeated, that the question was; whether the Meeting had been peaceably assrmbled.or not. The second Resolio ion stated, that to disperse by violence, and still inure by the employment of military (wee, n Meeting, law fully assembled, and peaceiably held, was a direct -violation of law. Tee point at issue was, there fore, s hether the 11.1ecting was so assetnbled and so held. On the determination of that would stand the jwiification or non justification of the proce,dings. How were inquiries of such a kind made in this country ? Were not the accused breught in , o those hall- before them (pointing to the Court-house opposite), where grave anti I arced twit sate to administer justice, to ex plait! !lie laws, and to pronoeece judgineet upon the oaths of witnesses ? He would not take as evidence the mere assertions on either side on this, subject. Examination on oath should be made and the testimony rifted when given in the usual form. lit spite of numbers, this, he would say, was the only way for coming at the truth ; the only way, at least, to his mind. He had no doubt it would be better than if Parliament was assembled ten times over. He would not trouble them at any greater length, but would give his decided nega tive to the concluding Resolutions. Mr. C. WILSON said, that be heard the Reso lutions proposed, the arguments offered in sup port of them, 'an: the successful refutation of those arguments by his Worthy Friend.—(Disap probation.) --As they did not bear one of the Re presentatives of the County, it was not likely that they would hear him. It was not his object to. justify the Magistrates of Manchester ; his oppo sition to the Resolutions was fOundtpl on the sante reasons as those stated by his Honoureble Friend, whom be applaerled for his worthy conduct upon - the present occasion, as much as be 'approved of the able address he had-just delieteed.—(The-dit. app4iation of the crowd was then exhibited in *'manner that . Mr. W. was obliged to desist ) FAWKRS declared, that when _he con great county of .York under she slit. iswi that alight be taken of it, its extez,t, , . • • • • • 4 " 4 " , -41:4Z4 ~,,,.. ~. _.,. npnlc ece, its populatinet, tts inanstry, its nri. c „h„,. e. ,„,1,11 i ts vat ions*Of mereial and polit cal t'elattirt, , it did not appear surprisin g that so notch inwor , anee wa% always attached to a Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentry, Clergy, and Freeholders. Mr. Fawkes then went into a long discussiou of what had happened at Manchester, but in no re spect differing from what had heti) repeatedly heard at former M , etings, and which have been amply de tailed to file Public. He concluded with saying,that he al wayN professed a sincere and ardent attach went to t he Constitution, consisting of King, Lords, and Commons, but never thought this at the same time more than a contract, and when the contract was broken, there must be some person answerable. Mr. F. then quoted the beautiful passage from the 4th Book of The Task, by Cowin r, relative to the duties of King and Subject, and concluded by referring to the celebrat ed answer of the English Barons, " We will that the Las of England he not changed."— el And in the burl wind of your voices let ns hear the echo of these words," said Mr. F., upon which the Meeting gave three general cheers: MITCHELL, one of the itinerant ()rotors, then preseuted himsof, but was soon hissed doWn.— Woneen attempted to viedicate himself, but met the same fate. The other Resolutions were then put and agreed to by all present, with the exception of Mr. S. iirotrri-Ey and Mr. WILSON. Pdr. NV., FAWICRS iheo cane forward and pro posed die following Address to his Royal High ness the Prince Regent : TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS GEoRGE PRINCE REGENT OP THE UNITED Kt NG.I:OM. ,4 We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Noblemen, Clergy, and Freeholders of tlae County of Volk, humbly entreat permission to approach the Throne of nor Gracious Sovereign, with that reverence and affection which it becomes ns as a loyal and fice people to entertain to wards our lawful and afflicted King; we deeply lament the malady which has so long and unavoidably withdiawn his Ma jesty (tom that public intercourse with his faithful subjects, which tended so much to strengthen their attachment to his sacred person, arid to increase his Royal confidence in their loyalty and affection. At the same time we humbly keg to assure your Royal Highness, as the Representative of our Sovereign, that our fidelity tea your Royal Highness's illus trious Family, and our devotion to the laws of this Realm, are unafteraide. We feel most strongly that the preroga tives attached to the dig nity of the King, that poli!ically he can do no wrong, that he is the distributer of justice and the fountain of merry, are as undoubted, and as beneficial to his people as that the Laws of England are their birth-right; and we entreat your Royal Highness to believe that we, and the great bulk. of his Majesty's subjects seek only oar Con stitutional rights, that the Law may rule in peace and quiet ness, and to administered with equal justice and mercy to all ranks of the King's people. 1 " We beg to assure your Royal Highness, that we heard with gratitude your Royal Highness's Declaration from the Throne at the close of the last Session of Parliament, that no ,object can be nearer your heart than to promote the welfare and prosperity of all classes of his Majesty's subjects, which cannot be effected without the maintenance of public order and tranquillity, and your Royal Highness's firm treterrunia- Lion to employ for that purpose the powers entrusted to your Royal Highness by law: in accordance with your Royal High ness's gracious wishes to preserve public order and tranquil lity, to prevent the subversion of our happy Constitution, and with feelings of ardent veneration for the laws and privi leges of our native land, and our anxious desire to hand them down unimpaired to our children, and their latest posterity, we tunably entreat permission to remind your Royal High ness," &e. &c. &c.—The rest of the Address is, as usual, the echo of the Resolutions. RAmsneN seconded the Address in an ap propt late speech. Lord MILTON said, as they had almost with on -animity determined to petition his Royal Highness to convene Parliament, with a view to investigate the late unhappy events, he felt it his duty, as one of their Representatives iu Parliament, to de liver his opinion upon the present occasion. If there was one more anxious titan another to enter into this inquiry, he was the person. His Hon. Col league and Friend (Mr. S. Wortley), for whose opinions be entertained the highest respect, and for whose manliness in avowing them, they ought to have respect— (applause)—said that a Court of w was the proper place for iostituting the desired in quiry. He (Lord after the best atten tion he could give the subject, was not now pre pared to say which was the best mode of inquiry. A Court of -Law might be the best, but then it was the business of Parliament to take care that it should be there inquired into, and it was their business to see that Parliament took measures for instituting such investigation. It was not now necessary to discuss the legality or illegality of the'igeeting at Manchester. Such a discussion was quite uncalled for, because in the Resolutions pro posed, no judgment was offered on that poiut,— It was merely stated that a prima facie case was made out to call for investigation. It was not presumed to decide what the result ,of inquiry mi;:ht be. lie was prepared to insist upon a lull and solemn investieation into this most important and melancholy affair. It was perfectly unneces sary for hint to detain them longer. He would assure them that when Parliament met he shoal be at his post, and the foremost to demand that inquiry which, if denied, they were determined to insist upon. His Lordship closed hit speech amidst great applause. Mr. IVILLADI, the Radical Reformer; then ad dressed the Meeting, and' expressed a wish that . a revolution of men and measures would soon talte place. If happiness could be established in the room of misery, it would be the best revolution that could he effected. The Address was carried vvith the approbation of all, except the two former dissentient gentle- cited. Mr, STRICKLAND then rose to propose that the Sheriff should sign the Resolutions as the act of the ?fleeting, and that the Nobletnen and Gentle- men wbosenames were signed to the Requisition, should be appointed a Committee, for the ptop.,se of having the Address presented to his Royal High ness. He concluded by advising them to continue obedient to the laws, and said, that in the end they could not fail by perseverance to obtain the sought for inquiry. Even though this should not happen, they would at least have the consolation, that they had dune their best endeavour to trans mit to their children the British Law and Consti- Haim' unaltered and unimpaired. Mr. S. WotrLev , said, lie had a great objection to have it stated that lie had conic thither for the purpose of deluding tllem. '!'bey who signed the declaration were charged with using subterfuge to elude signing. Air. STRICKLAND explained. He Was misun derstood by the Hon. Cicui!man. When he used the Words alluded to, be held the declaration in bis baud, and all he n►eant to insinuate was, digit tb• Gentlemen who signed it did not conic roh - tetiqt, bot Atlst-4(rd tie resolutions by a licit wind. The Hon. Gentli'inan's ❑.(lue was not wrached to the declaration, how then could be take to himseit what had been said ? After some further speaking on miners of mi nor importance, thanks were voted to the Noble men and Gentlemen who had signed the Re quisition. , Earl FITZWILLIAM, as one of those who had signed the Requisition, returned thanks on their behalf, and expressed his gratitude for the honour conferred on him. His Lordship proposed the thanks of the Meeting to the Chairman, which was unanimously agreed to. The Meeting then dispersed quietly. COURT OF KING'S BENCI-f. This morning being appointed for the third Trial of Cathie, on an Information filed by the ATTORNEY GENERAL, for printing and pnbli,hing a Pamphlet, called " Sheurin's Register," con- aialag a Scelitiotis POlitiCtil Libel, he this morn- ing appeared in Court, accbmpanied by Hunt an►d others. .011 the CHIEF JUSTICE taking his seat, HUNT addressed his Lordship, and stated that he had been various times in attendance, and the tri.d in which he was concerned, of the King v. Stoddalt, Quin, and another, bad been put out of irne ; lie hail, however, received notice that it had been prerentptorily fixed for the first to be taken Ibis morning; r he trusted, therefore, Ow it would be proceeded in ; if it was no!, it would not be merely a delay, but a denial of justice. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, the arrangements had been made tvliich lvere most suitable to the convenience of• all the patties having business there, and he should not alter it on the applica- ti) of ally bohi wan. Carhie then applied to the Court to have his tr;al put off for a short time. Not having had notice that it would come on this morning, he was not at present reparrd. The ATTOBNIEY-GENERAL Said, he had no wish to press the defendant, but had understood that notice of trial had been given yesterday; he had no objection, however, to postpone it tilt the Sittings after next Term, to which the defend ant, after same deliberation, consented. Hunt then wished his trial to be called on, but the Chief Justice said, as it was not expected so early, there should be a short delay, to give the defendant t hue to come into Court. liunt was proceeding, but the Chief Justice retired: After a short interval s his Lordship returned, and the cau!re being called on, the Chief Justice said, " Mr. Hunt you cannot address the Jury 1.1 this is a case in which the King is Rosecutor, and none are allowed to address the Jury but Gentlemen at the Bar. • I tell you this before hand ; it ;s the established practice of the Court, and of all Courts in this Country, and I will not deviate from the regular practice." Mr. Hurrr then addressed his Lordship ;41 a strain of coarseness and insolence, that was,per. haps never before equalled. The Chief Justice refused to go on with the Trial, and Hunt left the Court threatening vengeance. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Lost Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DPW rtY-LANE.—No Performance. Mc/v.ll ROYAL, COYLNT-GA Rin,N.--Love for Love: Sir Sam: son Legend, Nlr. Terry; Angelica, Mrs. areison. After which, The Gnose-King. TO COItItE`:;POSDENTS. lie are obliged to postpone sereral Favours till Monday. PRICE OF sTocks Tim OAY AT TWELVE, O'CIMCK. • Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 63f fib India Bonds .... 12s. 104. pr. 3 per Cent. C0n5...691 613 i 69 Old Annuities • 671, r6Si Exch. Bills, 2d ... 2s. as. dis. 3 per Cent. - 7P Ditto Commercial .. 17s. dis. 4 per Cents.... B6+A Cons. for Account .. 694 ii 4 kfi 5 per Ct. Navy ..«:r... 104 i/ NI AILS. AmmtvED-1 Dublin, 2 Waterford, t Framce, 1 Braails, i America. DUE-1 Guernsey and Jersey. HIGH WA'T'ER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 42 minutes after 0. I Evening, 40 minutes after T 1 E SUN. •OL.Er guts DILERE FALSUM AVM:AT ? LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER IG, 1819. ‘Ve received this morning the Paris Papers of Wednesday last. The following are extracts : "PARIS, Ocr. Is.—Yesterday there were some grand manmuvres of the Artillery in the Park of Vincennes, io the presence of the King, Mon sieur, Madame, the Duke d'Angouleme, &c. Hl9 Nlaiesty proceeded to the chateau, when the troops defiled helot e him. The King expressed much satisfaction at the precision of their ma noeuvres. • ". A private Letter from 'Cadit states the ra. vages of the contagion to be ilreacito! both in that clty and the 141 a de Leon. The deaths in both quarters were as follow ; Sept. 14. 99 15.79 16. 63 17. 87 The Senator Tatischeff, Envoy Extraordinary Sept. IS. 106 19. 125 20, 130 21. 135 ctri Ministcr Nenipottntiary from tLe tower° of Russia arrived at Paris yererdav morning. Au old Man, named Jacques h utlin, died a ro f days since in the Commune of St. Etienne du Bois, Canton of Palluan, Arrondissement of Sables, ill the Depertment of Vendee, aged 114. He coo' stantly enjoyed good health; he was until big death the letter-carrier of the Commune, and be sang every holiday at the Parish Church. " From Frankfort, the Sth inst. it is stated, M. de Boulgahow, Russian Councillor of States attached' to the department of Foreign Affairs , has passed through here on his way from Carls bad to Paris.' " FIVE PER CENT,. Tuesday • (i 9 f. 93a. DgFEIRRIID STOCK Of the 22d March, 1817, 92 f. 65c. 92d Sept. 1817, iii/ March, 1818, BB f. 63 c. 92d Sept. 0811, 22d March, 1819, B4 1. Coe. 4-2(1 Srpt. 1819, B2 f. 70g. We may congratulate the Friends of Order, ci d of ration A l Liberty, and all good Christiana, 011 tlta termination of the Trial of Carlile, as well as OP its result, The Public will not be again shocked with the horrible impieties which the poor de" hided man brought forth in his defence, and the pltoisittoent which awaits him, will, no be administered in mercy, as IA is an ;gnu' . tant, bewildered Fanatic, whose faculdes .Arc .of a very inferior order, and who but for the mis' chief which he has diffused, by the works which lie has publis6ed, ‘vpuitl be fitter for Bedlam aw l ' any other vhsce of confinement. It may at legit be hoped that (he result of these Trials will kW other irreligious Reformers from being guilty 01 the saute offence. The Yuan COUNTY MesTING, of Which opt Readers will find an ample account in other Co! litmus, was certainly one of the most respectable ' that has been convened on the subject of 1!;e Manchester Riots, but, like other public Meetingf for the same purpose, there was a strong Radical impregnation, otherwise the Speakers on both sides of the question would have been fairly heard. The treatment, however, which Mr' WoaTLEY experienced, in obtaining a betiriffg with great difficulty, is a prr7of that the more tc' spectable pact of the persiwis - assembled had not due influence over those who formed the mass 9 / the concourse. But if the higher order of the persons present were advocates for prejudicatioOl the Case of the Manchester transact ions, their - .;43pinionS were as little entitled to tebpect as dog , of the wildest of the Radicals. The troth is, that all these Meeings are grossly improper in tie present state of !Affairs. The Manchester Magis° ► Crates are carrying on legal iuvestigatio'ns, for the purpose of bringing on the fullest enquiry befor e the legal Ti ibunals of the Country, that the whole of the proceedings may be submitted to the Peopl e at large, and the ends of justice be fully accoal a pliahed. These Magistrates cannot Vindicate thell l . ° Selves from the odium and obloquy which have bee° so profusely heaped upon them, without makitrf; s uc h discoveries as would• tend to impede t" course of justice and enable the guilty to escile* The duty of the People at large, therefore, if 4(1 wait patiently for the issue of legal enuiry, 3 4 not to suffer their judgments to be, pervetted 3 . 4 their passions to be inflamed by the intbile" g harangues of Party, whether that Party may co . v . sist .of mere Rabble Reformers, itinerant Orators? and Radical Rebels, or. of Men of Rank and perty, if the latter are mi,led by popular tirW sinus, andlorget the stake which they have in th e Country, by exposing its most essenti a l a ucl cred Institutions to the fury of a mob, or th e ruinous experiment of theories, specious in the sttact, but wholly impracticable, leading to Anarchy and concluding in Despotism. Our Portsmouth Correspondent authorises 11° to contradict a statement made in a Morning per recently, relative to the fi:ting t of 04 Regent yacht, new pieparing for the use of W I lloyal Highness. That vessel is the plaint ° in its decorations of any yacht that `v as ever built for the use of the Sovereign, ° P, tiers having been received - here last year (b 1 command of his Royal Highness) to dispen 9c with all the superfluous orseantents of carving ft na gilding. lt 11 7 1411'3T, OCT. 14.—During the fog in the flig of the 12th inst. the Thetis of N or th Shi e lds, coAls,got on shore near Ilohin Hood'A Bay, and i 516 complete wreck,. not ;1 .- vestige of her rent ainifir/ by which she could he known, only by Port 01 the : boat mat ked " Thetis of North Shields, 00 ; t gar HALL."—The crew are supposed to be ° , l lost. The Earl of PLT MOUT H presided, an We d : ef ,„; day last, at th e Ann ua l M eet i ng of the J -1- r Club, held in the flute) of th,t town, Aft r e' e dinner, the wind! toasts on the occasion given front the Chair, and dr an k m a t thi tomary marks of grivificatiuti. /