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London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

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entrap appears lo lows bee• coot•illed on a Isms body of
people, assembled in the exercise of • tight (which the law
incited is eumpetcnt to mobile, but which power nanot
abrogate) to petitior lb. throve for she redress of • sup-
pustd public grirwance. How far such assembly may have
hero indiscreetly brought together, or how far the redress it
sought was in itself rcasonable, are serious goestions; but
net such as we es. atop to esantinc, while it yet rentable
asespinised,lo the ssinfactiou of the nation, why the blood
of iler people so assembled was shed; no overt acts of riot
or illegal vtuletiee on their pails, have hitherto been made
nissifrst, our earn if such act. bad been committed, dues it
apirear that the people• were bona fiefr allowed the knelt of
that "antis! which the tenderness of British law provides
WI such Oreeeiollo.

"f he bare statement of as oceumMee so deplorahle. we
doabied out would have rpostastoesty called forth from
your Royal Ilighoess's psternal fearer a prompt expres-
s," of 'cern,. and • pledge to your people of a satisfactory
inquiry ; but, to the astonishment allot country, nu rooster
bad the sad tidimm reached the Ministers of the Crown,
sham, with a steatite precipitattou, they at once prejudged
the cowlurt of the parties concerned, by thanking, in your
Royal Highness's name, the military force so employed;
slots Swinging in question your Royal Highness's wen-
t/noon regard fur the Imes and liberties of yunr people, and
riseutsraging a strong suspicion, that what hail hint done
was not without their privity, o► even dime . Fur if the
Magistrates and yeomanry cavalry hail done so more than
their duty, a step so I was altogether uncalled for;
if they had doom any thing rather than their ditty, it was •
palpable interference with the course of justice.
" UrrPropitious as this appeared to any real Inquiry, we
were lied led to hope that the expression of the public sen-
timent would at length produce its slue effect; wises again,
in attester to an Address of Site Corporation of the City of
London, your Royal HithoestN advisers, declining all ex-
ploitation, were 'dewed to rebuke those who desired infor-
mafiosi with being uninformed; awl, lastly, the. have coun-
selled your Ito al Highness to remove from the Lieutenancy
of the We►t Riding of Ywk, a Nobleman, venerable for his
virtues, of approved public integrity, and of long-triad
I.malty and fidelity to hie King, costly bet-muse he had con-
curred with the Ferri...Wm of the great and opulent county
iu which he resides, in deeming inquiry into proceeding. so
novel mid equivocal, to be hot ionic, to the people, and
essential to the security of the Slate.
t• Whether in these, their measures, the Ministers of the
crown have promoted ur have compromised it■ honour and
its interests, and the permanent tranquillity of the king-
dom, the Parliament now couvened will have to decide.
' With Parliament it rests to approve, to censure, or im-
peach; within its walls alone, therefore, we conceive, can
questions of the ►ighest import, touching the constitutional
Administration of the Government, be practically deter-
mined. To the Courts of lAw, we are aware, exclusively
/Aunts the cognisance of all •Ileged offeuees against the
Swot,. or Common l.aw; and God forbid that we should
desire of your Royal Highness • departure from this grand
principle! In the system of Trial by Jury, and is the in-
tegrity of the Jokes of the load, our confidence Is unlimit-
ed ; but it is tiresome we prise so highly the pure admi-
'Ostrow's' justice, that we Cllllllot dissemble from your
R. 1,11 Highness ow astonishment at scenes that have re-
cently palmed to some of the inferior traumata of the
country.

" humbly thank your Royal Highness fur having, in
this most critical conjuncture. called together the great
Council of the Nation. To their deliberations the attention
of she public will he directed with an awful anxiety, and it
remains fur we only most tly to supplicate your Royal
Highness to recommend to their adoption suck healing uses.
sorer as may reunite the Crowu and the people in the bonds
of concord and of peace."

Mr. J. J. GURNEY congratulated the assembly
on the result of the present meeting, and on the
whole of the proceedings, and he especially exult-
ed in the proofs that had barn given, that the Re-
quisitionists •were unconnected with the enemies of
religion. Ile eulogised the manly manner in which
his friend (Mr. 11'orlehonse) had come forward to
state his sentiments before his constituents, though
he differed from those sentiments. He moved
the thanks of the Meeting to both the county
Members.

The Resolution was then agreed to.
ft was then resolved that the High Sheriff should
sign the Address on behalf of the Meeting. Thanks
were the') voted to the Requisitionists. The Earl of
Albemarle was requested to demand an audience of
the Prince Regent, to acquaint him with the pro-
ceedings of that day, and to present the Address.
The Earl of A I.IIEMARIA said he accepted the
office with pride and gratification.
The usual votes of thanks were then moved and
agreed to, as was a vote to Earl Fitsaillium, after
which the Meeting w■s dissolved.

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