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anee; mid herein we are sanctioned hy the authority of the
Dill of Rights, which enacts, "That it is the right of the
subject to petition the'Kieg,and MI comiteltments and pro-
preution• fur such petitioning are illegal." •
S. That, without 'commencing as to the expediency or fit-
ness of the late Meeting ot Manchester, called "To consider
the propriety of adopting the most legal and constit titans's,'
meat'. of obtaining a Reform in the CONIMUIIe Howse of Par-
liatueut,". we firmly. owned, that sorb Meeting was shied,.
and essentially legal, and consequently under the safeguard'
and protection of the law.
3. Thu we also think, and assert, that she dispersion of
the people lbws law(uily assembled, and peacefully carrels.
log an established right, by an armed fare.. acting tarok, the
slier-robin of local Magistrates, in comsequeoce of whirls
some per•ons were killed, massy snangleil,•nd a still renter
-number trodden sutra and miserably wounded, Ca, an
istroeisies outrage us the defenceless and peaceable people,
again.' ail law aril in defiance of jostler, and is an attempt
to fie...troy by the sword what yet remains to us of the liber-
ties Of England.
4. That several isdividissis so assembled, after satTering
aolitavy imprisonment for twelve days., were discharged upon
boil . and one woman, who in Sti.leilkill 10 111111 insprowniorist
was severely wounded and beaten, was discharged without
nn lerimlitin or imputation of tiny kind.
5 That she justification pleaded by the Magistrates in
behalf of their c tact, was the deposition of a nom qt4ilMt
• whom the Grand Jury fur Lancashire hive found a hill for
ivilfol and minim perjury.
• ti. 'I lot it is tinpossalle fur us as Englishmen, to contras-
plate this disgraceful seem. •cishout feeling for its author'
soil rieliirs the strot.gest emotions of shame and iniligisation;
1 and vice lug it as a tlireet and deliberate violation of the
• chartered light• end privileges of a free-born ;colds., we de.
nuance it at once to the execration of our coutewporarirs
0111 posterity.
7. That the Prince Rrizent's Ministers, by their amoeba.
limo's '4 the conduct of the 3lantiliestre Magistrates, bare
I piii,,i th,mselves wholly sin KM" hy the Colifilichee of the
Prince ai.d the people, and that it becomes tow ditty to ad-
-1 dies. li a Royal 11111sor.:3 for their removal Irons Isis pre-
! moire nail coimeils for ever.
11r. ST..lottN !lien staled himself to have been a
nary oiiirer, sod avowed himself the solitary up.
I iiiii colt if the Resolutions. He called on the
. M”rtiiia tint to pr: judge the question, hut to wait
lii r% itletwe of the facts shimlil he laid before the
p.thlic. lie ciiiieluded by tuoviug, " That the
Meet:lig do orliourn;" but no person appearing to
second him, tl,e Ite.ol MIMI WUr slut put.
Air. Ilit!ctrtwy.t.t. moved the following Address,
after come ad tot:able remarks 00 tic right of pr.

Calamine, :
To his Royal Ilighnese the PRINCE REGENT,
' The humble and dutiful Address of the Citizens and halm-
Milos; of Norwich in Common Hall assembled,
Tlotosilay, she Ithh day of September, 1819.
, We I<c Citizetis and Inhabit:gists of the City of Norwich,
'holy am:entitled smiler the aniliwity wed in the presence of
our Chief Magistrate, beg base anal dolefully to solders*
your Royal Ilighnetts coot a subject whirls we deem of equal
nod vital imvortnisce in the iniereets of Peewee mod People.
We humbly represent to your Royal Hiehness, that it is
imp utes:hie for us, as Eitelishown nool the free.borte subjects
of that lonised Monarchy which is the constitutinaal and
righifeil Govertinii tit of three realms, to avoid feeling nod
&showily exioreesitig our shame, and grief and issilignaeton,
at the cruel oulmeee which have lately been commuted itt
llanclseater; where ass armed force, acting under Ilse direc-
tion of the local Magivtrecy, in defiance of all law, has skew
military execution nu a defenceless *multitude of woe country.
men, assembled for a lawful purpose, mid peacefully eaer.
rising an important pebbc right. And itoolepessdently of the
regent motives fur this our humble representation and re.
ettoestratece, arising from the harsh Stature and destructive
tendency of the iritroasetiuns to which we refer, we are so
much the more earaest to express our feelings on this occa-
sion, 11411111 Se we have long observed, Pa tier part of the
King's 3liiiistets, a settled and systematic purpose to deny,
tiaras, nod eupprtss, the petitioning of Ilse people; and by
Ilsos iuterceptiieg the current of their complaints or its
lawful need direct channel to the Throne, to prevent Abe
voice of a euffering natiou from reaching tlw ears of •
generous Prince.
In language, therefore, the most respectful sod at the
same time must farm, we earnestly entreat from your Royal
Highness ass indulgent attention to our Address. The sub-
ject pride to none in Meyers' sad importance.. One of the
alealcst of our rights—rights expressly recognised when the
throne of these reelms was nettled 1111 the present august
family—tlw right to petition the King, has liPell violated,
and loy means the most °dimea. Blood hiss been shed,
dies hare been mangled, lives have been destroyed! The'
very principle tin vehicle is formed and founded the title of
yaw Royal Highness'. Ilbistrioue {lustre to the free
crowo or the kimploin, is beitiVIIII to gilieSt. and ends..
eered by the outrage. ne Manchester. The Bill of Rights
declares, that it is the right of the soilijs et to petit the
King;" end it is indispulable that wens she people's right
to assemble publicly, inn' by petition to interlere ui the ad.
suinistratnni of their affair., is mainly depending ail the
Ps, of tow roustit 01 aaaaaa 1 liberties.
We belies e 11.1111 right of popular assemblage and petition.
Mg, to be ismongst the earliese, SR it certainly is the most im-
portant of our privileges. The preserystemo of it, in 311 the
fullness of perfection, ieerateutial to iser existence as a pinion
of freemen. It has descended to us fruits our forefathers, it
rectogni.l d its the Great Charter of our litweties, and we
hold it In be arming.* she now' sacred of our duties to flans-
met it to posterity imiojortil bud tome.
Confiding in the natural nodal:co:6 and eenerrowity of your
Royal flightless's disposition; relying aim too the.. these, of
roose ;i iem! and beneficcul pt iliciples of Government which,
imbibed in early life, cameo* fail to be deepiy rooted iw the
!wait of your Royal Hgbnras, we persuade ourselves that
measures will at twee be tabs so for holding a solrmis itiquest
into 11w causes an-leis cninstanct ; of 11w cruel conduct of the
blagitilrates at Manchester ois the I MI6 day of August;
that so this grass and wanton viol:dims of the rialtos nud
liberties ref die 14,1111 e may mot he allowed to pass muu lea
retell!raf ; and the several anthois, actors, moil
abetting of this sanguinary military imitate tool execotion,
may be !nought to condign punishment. Aad we dram this
measure to hare been rendered absolutely necessary, iweause
we have *deserved wish SalUDlAlnleal and regset,• shat—ob-
t ailet al, no dmibt, by false and wicked niisrepresentstions mf
Hie runt nature and character of these preesillelige—the dia.
honour of sour Royal 11i:fon-set •pproleatiso•
has been bestowed Stu sets which this Cove of truth (I.Mial.
as ii/ dr/Critic as illegal anti Disproval:eel, diagrareful to the
rational character, sod repuguant to all the feelings of
humanity.
'ridding to none of his Majesty's subjects in dutiful RNA
affectineate attachment to your Royal Highness's illustrwas
Haar and Person, and sincerely and equally il.euted to the
pereartifilllion of the Consistoitional R ghla and !Aherne of
the People, t e 'volute humbly sod dutifully to petition your
Royal Highness to displeee, for ever.fi son your Royal Per-
son steel Councils, thou equally weak and violent
furs who lore presumed on this occasion to 'Vallee' your
Royal Highness'. noble Isomer with Ilea massacre at Man-
chester ; nail in srlimiegeurral maxims and oteetoures of Go-
vertu:mot we have long ceased to perceive the faintest traces
of the mild qualities and attributes of English Law.
The Sheriff-elect (Air. ED% MED TAYLOR) se-
cluded the Address. Ile exsuiiiied st.roisie length
the proceedings at Alanetiester. wid contended Hutt
the Wein% of the 16:11 Asignist was as legally
ussetuli!ed as that lie was aililressiug. Ile then
called on the people. it they venerated the laws nod
Cusistitutiiiii of their countiy. to express their de-
coded dosapprolmtion and ntonirreuerr or ilm will tall
tither attempts to violate suml infringe
The Adder** wax oil carri.d, anal or.
tiered to he presented by the Mayor mid the Aleut-
hers for the City.
H. H. Gbartmr. Esq. said, that it gave him
sincere pleasosere In obey t hoe request of lees comet.
lentos, lie felt most keei,ty this atrocious attack
oil the lieople's rigtvis. atul.he reprobated so