The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-10-26 00:00:00

DI,RMAM COUNTY MEETING.

(Frees the Dierkaat Corot, Aderrtisera

• •• rionwsw, SATURDAY.
The emionly meetimg,'ealled M Ili" High Sheriff I. rota se.
iswanie, of the Requisition which appeared in our last, was
held pramerisy al the Cowley Court..
The High filwriff,. who preside.' epos the anntsiee, in
*proles the honour., of the day, seed, a Requisitions had beta
pirwided to hens. Molest with she nano • of a neember of
mom respectahle freeholders of this moonily, to call • Merl-
log moif the iiiability.fimmiry, eke. for the prirperee of- express-
iwg their conviction of the neermii y of • fail Mimic, tattoos
plate ism the late hmasactioes at Ilanchister. He woothi
reslest the Vorter•Stieriff to mad aloud the Rempoisitian.
Thos was the aria time inure his appuietieesit to the olSee of
High Sheriff that he had hail an opourteasty of appearisie
before them at a public meeting, isn.l he tra.ted, if he should
err in the discharge ..f his ditty, that they wduW altsilwle is
to inexperience Nod not le she %Taal of nitration to die
•ffi es ciil defies wiirb were imposed upon Lilo. He begird
proictilarly this she horinera might be conducted in an
en& rly and resemble manlier, and that .hey would hear
wish palitner any Erni lemma .ho had his seatintroti to offer
ea ihe prevent occaanio.
FssatiCi roar, amidst considerable applause, sod
address. 4 the ouseeting at grist length in ail able,. eloquent,
and trnipirr.fir appeal to she ter huge. Ile said, that Ire Ind
beep desired by mammy of the higliirreenerisble twollenien
whose names wile stayed 111 ilk. R.4).641414444, to open the
finnnr.su(ihe Jay, sod hr Lad compiled wale stoat if:quest,
although, from his prrOrni ,t..te of health, lie was very
Unfit fur .with a. enemy,. Dorms the 36 y. aril he hid lived
antoftest Mom he did Not hurts, of our subject of a public
nature which hail taken place dune( that time, which as
of so march imporsaiire, or coiled snore loudly for, or de-
served, a Mann. calm, temperate, and somparsial invessisotiou
'this the late lementahle proceed...Es st M.ouriorster. 'rhos
was a questiois which bad esothiseg to de with party;
it !ran the hominess of every maw. It would be on-
necessary for him (from the inassUar in which she soh-
. join had been discussed is she public riots) so do
Mere Ilona timely aisle to then. the Catlin., from which
the preseut mellows originated. In dojos this be would,
es
meth us lay lot his power, avoid any expremions
whirii might lead to rause amid irritate the &plisses of the
alerting. Ile Ilaril weal cot to moue the cireumesamices of
the Lie tweeting at Msechester. He said that a mettles
hod Imes. •ippuisitid lo be held there on the ttth of Aurora
Ind, fur the purport', as the notice elated, to rote se Ad-
dress. ke. to lbe Prince Regent, to represent to him the
.'istsess of the coustry, which, as they said, was for want
of • radical reform in Parliament—um* • reform as would
give every inns a right to vote in the choice of represents.
lien: sod also to elect a rrpreseutative to ait in Perlis.
*lttrest in the steal fiessiona, for the earepresented stem
of blasichi-sler. The Magistrates, however, refused to
stiffer such meeting, as it wa• nalawful sad every
man who regarded the laws of his enamel" would admit,
they had slow what was right.—/Sass mark, of di.-
apywohatios from a. individual, mid food cries of
Toro kin our from the freeholders.)—Duerffr ftemirk
reniaikerl, that those who ohjected to what be had mated,
could only answer by clamour; he then proceeded. An-
other aseming was, however, called to be held ims the
fire the purpose roily, as the anlite expressed, of eating
jomblic grit smite; sad petitioning fur Parliamentary Re.
ft;tot, she parties barrio' abaimiloneJ their intention of
peimeresling to elect • person unlawfully as their rem,.
seals, i ye. That ibis meeting was a legal one. no man would
deny : inched, the Magistrates admitted it to be so, or why
did they not prevent it in the way they had prevented the
meeting which was •ppoiattd for the 9th' A rearrest, how-
ever, it was slated, had bees issued fur the apprelteosioe of
Hunt, who, us. hearing of it, waited spun the Magistrates ow
the Saturday precerhug the 16th, at their petty Sessions,
who told him they knew Nothing about such marmot: it
nilght therefore be presumed that no warrast had been
grantA till the 16th, the day on which the eneelitig took
place. He Mies alluded to the reading of the Riot Act,
v.hich, he slid, if reed at all, was in sorb a 'Monition as
nut to be heard by the people assembled. That if it
was read, the time allowed by law fur the multitude to
disperse had Sot hems suffered to elapse till force was re-
mimed to, sad the colmemseacs was what they all knew.
He would sot attempt to recite feelings of horror in the
minds of his bearers, and would therefore pass over this
appalling scene. We have been told, he mustioNed, that it
was impossiqe should mum the facts of the affair. It
was true that au official statement had bees made, sad the
public had ou other o.esues by which to come at the 'mow.
1-ilge of what took place but by the public prints; from
which he had collected the ieforniallue he had Now stated to
Mom, and which be believed to be pretty correct. Dud as
top statenieut had been published by authority, to put the
public in possession of the real facts, it was the Jetty of
sorry owe, mid the wish rif all who felt ss Eaglishasess to
rectivemead, nay. &mead inquiry. They had been told that
arose slimier to call for the iumstigatims of • /rem which
is already before a Court of Justice He was Not aware
Nat this case was. It was tree that it bad been slated, awl,
he believed, by those papers which were thought must fa-
vourable to Govenswersit, yet be mould out tell how to be-
lieve such a account, that the Greed Jury of Lancaster
bad aver allallilll4ll those willow/es who were brought
foewsril is support of the charge contained in the bills egotist
s...tne of the cavalry. We were also told, that affidavits were
•fterwards made to fads Mated in the bills refused by the
Greed. Jury of Lancashire, aud also to other fame wh:ch
had sabeetjaently come to light ; but these charges were
refused to he beard, se the plea that they had bees al
ready before a proper tribunal, sod that higher authority
had tletermisied to raj ct them. This was certainly very
doahtful evidaoce; but whew eatrontradicted, it was earsegh
to justify a call for strict Morley into a case ie which the
library of the subject was so deeply ieveleod. It had bees
said, that we might to rely with perfect confidence is the
wisdom of the Executive Geverenseat in all affairs like this,
sad that we ouzlo sot to prejudge the ease. Now' his Ma-
jesty's Idialsors were the persons who bed prejudged the
CV* by prematurely advising the Priam Retest in give his
approbation to a measure, the merits of which, et slat time,
be most hare bete in a great degree ;gamest of. Ard what
were his Majesty's Mightier,, thee we should rely so impli-
r :11y ye their wisdom? Had their coodom been such as to
jemify our reposing coalidesice in them, or to place their
Moire mapiriou?
It bad been runshiered daegerees by some to call the peo-
ple togetlor at the Ferret Wee, whew the public moieJ was
as mach agitated. Rot who these timid loyalists had all
moat to catty, they were most active is briogieg the people
immtser. Was it ireorigii that we should sly rural publicly
to repress sat sambas al serh emote es Royal bird's and
Royal marriages? He approi wed of addressing the Sovereign
tai sash ommisma, for we moat all anterally slates interest
in ohaloirer is cosareled with tie happier., of Om Royal
Family ; hot there were other meets which also called for
tire earn-mum of paLlie seetimesitii. Whenever the Ho-
smusesot Mau in dampr so saga would be same reedy than
liroseelf to aid it sr 'motile( it. It might tea danger if such
promisees. as they had met to deliberate wpm bad bent
atiffeeed to go without exploaation. Rot Dever email our
shortens coissilletioe he lo danger from the free and iode.
'maul eapersaion of a geemiteg of tkiial (nob...usu. soda
steelier wiesild lewd to give stability to oar tioverowient
sod Camtitistioa. The esample of this sod either losetings
would soMitimitly -rove, that it was ostemary to make
axidtanwa rouse oars the people; it was the hafted of
Ilse lowest as well as of the higher classes .f seciely,
to wails sad form • wreath to triad sod support our
giartsme Cosistitetion, whit* hod bees seemed to u. by
ter homely sod blood of our anetelarli•—• Cowatitatios
at ware she emy and admiratioa of the world. He call.
sit epos them to prearrire it pore sod mmansishori at
the risk of every this,. la maledies to the mesons call-
ed Radical arforowers, be said, alatawugh be was • Aims sup.
porter of the just right of the people to meet sod discuss
these grievanees, yet he retold mot view without suspicion
toe late wieellege which had takes place in differmat ports
of the kiagolosa, ttf per priocipally wedgies mew,
11.11umleed by mew of Mop chemise, who had eallsst-
trl thowaaaris from groat, disease.% peemieg Maude
those iiistriete whit* eisotaised the meet Mere porde.
tied. Their views were owl to pis redress to • legal way.
Ste room otosiversd sutra" esd weal Parilusselo wee

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t.•aai to ban Ilse nod f...nowere ill nose districts where
there wee at present a west of work; aid the deluded ypea
nrelwatied by leaden wli• dad on scruple to vilify all fled
wee cued sail honourable in chancier. The real intention
of thew wicked person could not be Misunderstood. 1 hey
evidently wished to overture the constentiors. and they hail
led IMO their infatuated followers by pretending no serve
them is. a lawful way. Yet, theist% t►is might be justly
camairkered alarming, it was not fur us in sin ink Gino our
dotty by signing addresaes its chandlers and hiding place.. It
was oar duty to stand 6.mly by the evertitutsuo of our
eustutry and protect it; to declare opessly, that we will
✓apport the nadewity of the Isom, and the real mine of the
People, almost the wischiustimis of the ordinals. He bad
101'1.11 the view which he brit taken of the snabjecia ewenetied
wish the verelium, and it only reinalried for him to submit
the Resultitioas to the conrideratiow of the mei tine; and is.
Si. duitir, it prehaps would be well to read nen all totally
end audibly best, mid nes, if secretary, put each Resolution
%jingly. AI the rail of his speech, the beet Inc or the mission
Or Mr. Milburn, of Sterkiusi, gave De. Feuwirk three flitter
three cheers. In returning thanks, Dr. Fenwirk complained
of beilag exhanated, in cosisesieeasee of ill health.
The Resolei wile were thew read by the Under-Sberiff.
Tlwy were seconded by Ceui,ge Baker, Esq. and carried
ananintously.
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1 Mr. I.IIIIIIIIMOII, as one of the Representatives of the
county. now ruse to address the firelsoldem Ii would be
idle in him, be said, to detain them tong. as they had heard
the himitose of the meeting so ably sod so napes natty ex-
plained by his friend I):. Fe',wick. He 111 err hail iu Idea
that the county of Durham would have to be called together
an so worel an occasion as that which had brought them so
that dad this day. lie never anticipated a necessity of their
mertiug In assert their rights to doteuss mailers of public
interest. The Magistrates of Mauch. seer, it was motto ions,
had attempted to deprive the people of diet right which it
was their deity to protect. lie knew of no except they could
fiud which could be of weight *wiriest to palliate the root.
laity of their offence, cosnialite4 en the d t rights of
Eitglishnen on the 16th Angu.t. The 14.11.Gretlenias this
repressed his abhorrence of the attack of the yeumaary ro-
yalty wpm belplem mood...tiding women and chilireu. The
fact, he said, could not be denied. that Ensitsb blood had'
been shed ; sod it was the ditty el Englishmen to see that nut
one drop should be illegally or wantonly woofed. The meet.
ing advertised for the 91b Aug. was declared illegal ; that on
the 16th was admitted to be legal, as no inteereption was of-
fered to the people Imfore they bed asseinleled Ou their bay.
log. flowerer, assembled,warraula were granted fur the tipper-
bensiuti orator leaders, on the application alter* (that very
Owen against whom a tree bill hail been found for wilful
end corrupt petjuiy), and the yeomanry cavalry were tm.
ployed to execute those warrants. No resistaece was offered.
No Riot Art had been read, for there was HO riot; sod it
was nut till the swords of the yeomanry had drunk deep in
the blood of their countrymen, that any violence was cum.
mined un the part of the people. If the Riot Act was read
at all, it was read in a corner, and +hest no riot existed. Mr.
Landaus trusted that the traimactious of that day would be
handed down to posterity, recorded in letters of blued.
Amongst the crowd 'amends,. il was a fill bearing the Mier'''.
lion, 0 liberty or deathrand this was 'intently denounced as
an emblem of rebellion. What Fmglialiman, he asked, would
not join in the noble sentiment, . Win will be a trailer
Item?" fee. (from'' Brace's Address to his Army ;") yet if
the words -• liberty or death" be decried rebellious, so are the
sentiment, of the Scottish sung; yet the spirit which dictated
them was the same which bad &coward the Stuarts from die •
throne, and established the House of Brunswick in these
realms If we were deprived of liberty be (Mr. Lanibtems)
would be one of the first to rencossee his country. He he-
natured the throne, sod be respected the Prim* Regent. The
letter which Ministers bad addressed to the Manchester
Magistrates, in •pproaal of their conduct, was nut the
letter of the Prlller, but of his Ministers. Nu permits
who was ammaiuted with the goodness of heart of that
Royal Personage would believe bias copulas of &wow.
ing the transactions which were the subject of the pre-
sent discussion. It bebeved every Englishman to express
his abhorrence of such invasion of his emwitsiititial sights,
ur the next outrage might be committed at his own alum and
on his own peewit lie cuejored the English towed). gee. •
dense. to come forward as the leaders of their cuoutryesee ; '
it was owing to their supineness that the people bad fallen •
into the heads of others. The Hemourable Gentleman then
proceeded to express his opiuion of the Radical Reformers,
whom he observed should be watched with suspicion.
Their object was evidently to sow the seeds of dimention
Ibruaghost the esetuiry, sad finally to overture the Condi-
Milo*. Their great leader at Hodeltesfirld sad other places
had presented hiiseselfal the Yoe kshire county meeting, *lmre
be was publicly charged as a Government spy, the cutups-
sloe of Oliver; hi. name is Mitchell. Mr. Lambkin, in at,
to the Newcastle referee meeting, said, he but Never
wit/teased so many Bamboo& included in so short a space
as wets refueled (Oa a Newcastle Paper •liich be held
in his hard) as the speeches delivered at that meeting, and
which had probably bees supplied by the speakers them-
selves. The Hun. Gentleman particularised souse of the
falsehoods of which be rueaplairell, and, after intiesadvi d-
ing ue the . Declarstioe," which had hero drawn op by
a party of Geollemat at the Walcott/es-foe, In cone. Twin*
of a emaciate, proceeding, without doubt, from acme of the
gentlemen who usually occupied that Beach at the Quarter
ffirmions, be cosieleded by calling epos the meetiug to join
in asserting the rights of themselves and their follow-subj. cos.
[This speech, as oleo that of Dr. freowiet, were fresibilelly in.
tempted with cries for an adjeturnmeat to the Greet., the
hall not being found sellicieuily spacious to admit the whole
of the persona assembled. Mr. Lasebtem was loudly cheered
at the close of his speech ]

Mr. Pommel? now preereted himself. He deemed it me-
(emery es ate of their Mepreiteetativee, to stair to them the
raison why his name did nut ■pprar to the Requisition (or
collie; the present mettieg. He was, in fact, is Loudon
when the metier was egitakd. He declared him approval of
the Resolutions which led been peopused end seconded,
&Weigh be had wet felt deuirwes that there Await bra county
meeting us the subject. Parlintuesit, be was convieeed,
ovoid institute sa inquiry into s►e transactions at Mooches.
ter; fur the Represematives were always fumed to revel be.
rate the sentinveets of the people. He deprecated the nicet-
ies at Newberger. He lamest; the absence am semi, of
the country gentlemen on the p►eent uecasiow„ who, it
woield seem, had ntimitiderstood the object of the meeting.
They had eat met to sometime the conduce of the Medical
lasineers, Mil to iestiteht inquiry.
The Resolutiom were thee pot from the Chair, awl car-
ried neenionously, se wee also the Address SO the Prism
Regent.
Mr. Lustros sleeved that the High SWAB' be requested
to sips the Address is blo capacity so Cbsirsosa sf
that Meeting, it beteg wedersetiod that he was nut pkdgell
to give it his private sanction, if it did out correspoad with
his antismog.
Mr. Vinson winded the audios.

Mr. Mewls ats awed that Earl Grey be requested to pre.
seat the Adslrese to hie Royal Hishiteas she Priem Repot.
Mr. Sillift[tbiON weeded she siltation.
Mr. ilium's, of liceektoo. said. after the very able sod
eminent Neassorr la wlslels the bestrews had berm swoduried,
it would be pressmptsoes is him to wirer soy remarks; yet
be could sot last magratelear the meaning epee she probable
geed width weight arise tress their pinseirodieurs. The loon.
wer Corruptitia bad lasi boas iremblieg le his des. and it
resnsined for the essuasste ed Turk eis4 Darlame so brio(
his forth. He trusted their example mould be followed by
other mantles. The Gesticulate, after a few other °begirt.
fleas, haled it paper to the High asrif (which is under-
stood to have meteleed a wietios of shostits su lir F. Bar.
diet for he emetiere of the uses. of Rehm). which he
obleid So Mee reed mid peopemd to the siestirg. lie was
mid it wee betimes& so the boatman albs dew. sod be with-
drew his sedioss ass the recossaseadedee of his Meads.
Mr. Lmlitteelt roureteed shot the Comm woo nut
mull Serge to seeemesedete she whets of the freebie/Idays.
mall lemeelled busbelp had sot best provided as sa
ormelbermer eemeimes. He thee moired she shooks of dee
media( to tillable/4A for hie able sod impartial me-
doet is thy . That etstiesnas hod said this was the
Mat slam he appestat ea such sr Oceildiee is his pueblos
asliseily. Laseleses) thrsobt. that if they Were is
receive as am earweet trf be foam rudest, she ability mod.
iespertiaiity be bed *hews that day, they would base se

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=awl to regret Lis appoistment Mt the ihdisiguisisoi sati-
ation he one All..
The motion of thanks was seionded by lite. SILVSII. amid
loud aid continued cheering.
Mr. Home, in noise to move the peblicetlna of the Reso-
lutions situ Address, was greeted by dissident of applaese,
sad was requested by hie friers& I. mourn the table. He
maid it affsided Ma much plenisre to be tbos handsomely
waived by his friends, after a meidenee of furly years
amongst than. He would, bowfin, decline soaltiog 'my
aPetvlt after the eloquence which bait ►eels beard, as by
rnevkise be sharishl only slaw his owe inferiiirity. He
°with,, therefore, content himself by merely &closing, last
the extraordinary sort ever-memorable letter of thanks which
Minima's had thought proper to and to the Manchester
Magistrates w.... attempt to imbetitiste the goverment* ddf
the sword for the goveromeat of the law.
The mating then quietly dispersed; the cries for an ad-
joarnmeut to the green banal brae the oily iisterruptio•
offered to the procitediega of the day.