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and Ili ,t in long for the purpose of ;
ouch assemblage remained quiet and orderly, it
hpeisrfoeic)ittliyiolnegianl. t
hSeirfollyo..Binlagrkteirtmone
::_ha„d;lxiepTsviiiii
remains a fourth subordinate right api,ertaining to
every individual, namely, the right of petitioning
the king, or either House of Parliament, for tine
redress of grievances." He added-1‘ care on:,
must be taken. lest, under the prrtr•nce of pet;
tiouiug, the subject he guilty of any riot
tumult." Nostr.from all he had heard and read, a,..4
he had endeavoured to inform himself as fey :,,
he could on both sides of the question, tit! %h.

gistiates had discovered no act of riot or disonl..,
before commanding the yeomanry to ch„,..
Though his opinions on the conduct- of the
gistracy had been such as he had eiprewed, a, d
though a decided friend to Parliamentary fter,,l.
yet lie could not sit down without &Hiring. thy.;
he looked with some degree of jealously en nt.l

sleetings as the one in question. -
Mr. JACK* said, that if the worthy Aldermr.
had examined both sides, he would not rerr,„„,
have judged so hastily and decidedly. For
self, he had been out of town Are
turn had Leen very recent, and he had not had a.
opportuniv of conversing touch or: the subject a,
gentlemen here. But he had read all the pep",
which had given intelligence on the 11thieer,
had endeavoured to inform himself of whatever ern

be said on either side. and he would eabdidlysay th
his mind was not yet convinced on which side ht.,.
tke lay. that he was yet incapable of farming
satisfactory judgment 4,i1 the fact.. Now was it de-
corous of the City of London to come forward ate;
prefer a most grave mid wellity charge agai,.•
Magistrates as respectable as themselves? Frei,:.
dices seemed to he felt, and of seriatinns had

made against Stipendiary Magistrates, hut were 1,.e
the Judgts of the land stipendiary ? Wes net tea ;•
Recor.ltr atipencti ire, and their C9mmon Setjtale
What woull the people at large say to their pr,
judging we question, while it aßg yet sub judir,P
They 511111/111 bear in mind that it eas tup,„,
diary soldiers, but yeomen, citizens of :he htilrt:
character and respectability, that they stem ebou:
to accuse of alieddiu,g innocent biol.!. One of
the Resolutions of the worthy Alilt.inan par.
ed his Royal Highness to bring to eoaa:10
puoishment the perpetrators of the deeds 'Redd
to—not if they should he found guilty, sad de.
serving of punishment. but assuming Ow dr.
were an. Was not the Meeting ill atm.

Weil for the porpotle el•fctito; a
to Parliotnent ?—f" ."'J—.l'.ll %%.I. tura 4
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meeting leal? He would inert that i! was
ed. not to ei!'ret Parliamentary llitforcl, but a scan'

subversion of the HOWe of enninvni,.—'".Vo,ner)
—He knew that the lower classes withuot looped!•
in this, 31i:i in every country, were to tl)e rest of thr
community na six to 011 e. If then tVf y member rif
the community was to have a vote ii) the eiectia!
Repres.-ntatives, ,hit would become or protierty.?
—(Cries of" Question !")—He would coaten
that the flags were illeg:.l : could it be ctestiones.
when one of them was iiiscribed " Elite! fieirr•
sentation or Death?" It was asserted, that
was no precedent iu our history for the emplayno • t
wf the military; but that wanted proof. Ha shoos)
reciil to the recollection of Gentlemen the trans.
actions of the year 1780. and ask them what wm,rl
have become of this metropolis at that time but 1...1*
the military ? It was wrong to say there rim net
precedent. Let than recollect the riots at Sas-
fields in December, 1816. The worthy Ald-rir
could scarcely have forgotten what the cousetuirr:.••
of that day would have been had not the soldier...f
Waterloo been called in to the assistance of Ow
civil power; and he verily believed there was trot
Gentleman present but was delighted to se. :•)t
Waterloo heroes parading the streets on that co
sion, feeling the protection they afforded to ti:Ar
families and properties. At Manchester 60,C.)
persons appeared in battle array, walking, or rub's
marching, armed with bludgeons—!A favy.h)—a.d
all for redress of grievances—and were reorie
of intelligence and respectability to be called 'Ton
to assist persons whose object was to obtain univer-
sal suffrage and vote by ballot ? Ile himself had
had experience of the bad consequences cf that
mode of voting...(" Qweeriwar).-With respect to the
reading of the Riot Act, he had looked at the Art
last night himself. It certainly slid provide. tht
the Magistrates in reading it should go close toil.,
crowd ; but the question was, could they do ?
If the Newspapers were to be believed, no penny
could approach near them. Next it was required
that it should be read with a loud voice ; but Le
should ask his Lordship, who could read the Art
in such a voice that all who attended there cool!
have heard it ? The Journals differed in their
accounts on this head—some declaring it was real.
others that it was not. One circumstance was we--
thy of their attention : there were 'several affidavits
as to the conduct of the persons on one side ;
quests had been held on five different individual..
and a verdict returned in every case of w deciders&
Death"—(A lough)—besides, the Grand Jury na
their oaths found true bills against the cmidoet..)4
of the Meeting. Mr. Pearson could not tell
what reason they threw oat the bills sonatina-.
accused of assaulting the poor woman—but Le
might have discovered that a regard to consistent.)
required it. Ile did not mean to justify the inea
sures of the Magistrates, but he took it for grantea
that his Majesty's Ministers, before advising th.
Prince Regent to confer thanks on the Magistrate.
had all the evidence before them ; and he was sun,
from their known attachment to the priocipl.s )4
the Constitution, they had also consulted the La"
Officers of the Crown. He should no take up die
time of the Court further. The honour and crtitz
of. the City of London were at stake, and hot:, 1:.
spired that they should be aware of adopting a m—
aitre which would operate as an encourrigenient
men who styled themselves Radical nefarious...-.
(" No, No r)
Mr. CROOK could not help his 4,91.151 iii••
that when he had complied with the I.)
call the present Meeting, lie had expressed. a inv.!
decided opinion on the merits of the question to I
discussed at it, which was a most impioper arid in-
decorous act.—(Cries of " Order !" was in -
poosible but any man, judging candidly, alion!,l
conclude that the Magistrates of Matichester 11:01
acted most improperly std illegally. The peopk•
it was undeniable, were labouring tinder griersaict*:
and was it not right that they should meet to dew.-
the means of removing or alleviating them ?