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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 of.
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 decide 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 Court.
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
InanDlit •Whibh tile) would 1w justified id coming conehreterl, send that it was virrier,cy ihrrpe.sed by
to proper sad right rioncliiirious; 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.0.1/4ing tilt iv
should he do•le aw*v with altogether. trio dines is tlw ateounis et the Nkeiiog 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 the 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, and 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 IrsrOculur 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 anal 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 examined 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 lies 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