The National Register.
London, England, 1819-10-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

pity, (tufo% I/11e boor, to disperse, but watch salutary pro-
tection appears to Ita•e been altogether disregarded by the
Slitg.str.,tes of itluacht:ster, the) d otgauttly violated that
'coy btu under which they Ii poctoieally pretended to
have acted.

5. That his 51ajest'o Ministers, in todiisin4 the Prince
Regent pr.( cipitate y to pri judge tool justify the iillif.l,;eliU!
Laud c .uel of the alagiotrateo and 1 eomanry Ca-
valry, is a sUI ject of to the a bole country►
and an *Jodi +potable proof that probe Alinioteis ore unworthy
of the c 01,11,1. tact: either of the Pt once It. geld or the people
of the Ur.ush etupirc; it is therefore, the bounden duty of
the people hi all pa is of kingdom, to expre-s 614'1►
1./Iliiiillll on those fatal trauxiet:oni, and steadily to demand
that legal inquiry amid justice which can alone staid) tate
initials by %indicating the supremacy of the law.
6. That a oubscrtptitio be earnestly recommended and
buppthted by this Common Ilan, fur the relief of the mane-
rotas peroars who acme illegally mid cruelly maimed and
wounded on the fatal amid 'icier-to-be-forgotten 16th du) of
August last
7. That this Common Hall cannot too a armly express
their approbation of the thin and juiliciono conduct of
51r. Alderman rillid1111:111, ill the manly and successful rixis
lance which he made to the task :mil auk Ice of the
Lord Nlayor. to iuterropt and dispeise lime public meetings
recently amid coestitatiouady usoembled in Smithfield, and
whicli advice ef the Chief Magistrate, if followed, would
have manifestly disturbed the peace of the cFy, nod pi ithe-
bly have furnished melancholy scenes similar to those which
occurred at Manchester; and that the able and long-trued
exertions of Mr. Alderman Waitlinian, in upholding the
privileges of the Livery, hut too. e especially for his sea-
sonable and usidawited conduct in ta k lig the chair, wilco
call( d lu it by the Livery at the lest Continuo Hall, fug [her
demand our utast unqualified uhwoks.
8. "fliat J. Atkins, L. q. Lind Mayor, by his conduct in
refusing to convene Common-1 1 alb on three several occasi-
olio, a hen icquioitatis were plesesited to ban, xiusly
si~ncd, and ill hosing Jissokcd Ikt 0 0611.110011 Ils, without
;Ohio Mg the Livery to allow their feilow-cilizeno, as a ell
ao by the disregard and contempt he has lit till times shown
for their psivtlegeo and opinions, has acted in gross violation
of their rights anti his duty, and has thereby 'metered hitooelf
unworthy of their confidence or respect.

The Reso!idiot's, which were seconded by Mr. Bum-
stead, were carried by an immense majority.
Aldern.tan Waldman returned thanks for the honour
done him. When every little Borough in the kingdom
was petitioning against malt and other taxes, was the
great body of the citizens of London to be told, you shall
nut meet in discuss and petition the Prince Regent upon
the subject of an atrocious outrage. (No, no.) On a
former occasion, a question was raised, namely, whether
the Lord Mayor coon' .interfere with the will of the
Livery to meet its Common Hall,—and no less a person
than that sapient statesman, Mr. Samuel Dixon decided
that the Lord Mayor had no such power. The Cot 1111 l on
Council had decided that they ought not to interfere with
the rights of the Livery of London. Their law °dicer,
who had declared their proceeding irregular, was no
more in that Hall than a beadle. (Cheering.) He
expressed a hope this proceeding would never be for-
gotten, and that the Livery would act in the same de
ternsined manner whenever the slightest opposition was
oltered to the free and fair exercise of their
(Loud applause.)

Mr. Thompson returned thanks. The present time
was remarkable for hypocrisy, yet the Lord Mayor then
iu otlice was no hypocrite. He too plainly told
than his intention was to deprive the Livery of their
rights. They ought not to trust him. Ile had told
them fortueily, in that Hall, that in case there was
no Reform in Parliament, a bloody revolution would
take place. That revolution had commenced, but not
on the pert of the people. 'lnc people had been for-
bearing to a fault. It was a revolution brought about
by the Government acting against the Laws and Con-
stitution. Whatever matters of difference might arise
upon points of Reform, it was clear there was now but
two parties; one supported the oppressive acts of the
Government and Magistracy, the other supported the
rights and liberties of the people. With a large stand-
ing army, and what teas worse, an unfeeling inquisitous
Yeomanry Cavalry, the Ministerial Revolutionists
might for a time pin upon the rights of the people, but
like the confined fires of a volcano, the just indignation
of the country would at last burst forth, and scatter to
destruction all that stood in the way. He concluded by
moving the thanks of the Common Hall to Sheriff Par-
kins, for the honourable, dignified, and upright man-
ner in which he had conducted himself on present
occasion, and added to that proposition, that the Livery
declared hint to be the Upper or Senior Sheriff

'l'i►e 'resolution was card by a chew of hands.

Sneritl Parkins then returned thanks to the Livery for
the high honour confirm, on him. He did not at the
same time prejudice their former decision. He should
leave it to their consideration whether the last resolution
ought to be their regular determination or nut.
Mr. Stevens moved that the thauks of his fellow citi-
zens be given to H. Hunt, Esq. for his conduct at Man-
chester, on the Itith of August last, and his temperate
behaviour before the 'Magistrates of that district, &c.
The resolution was carried.

Mr. Hoot returned thanks, and concluded by moving,
the Resolutions be published in the usual Morning and
Evening Papers ; also that the thanks of the Common
Hall be given to Messrs. Harmer, Pearson, and Denison,
for their professional and constitutional exertions in
behalf of the M utchester sufferers.
Mr. Stevens seconded the resolutions.
Mr. Pears ,n returned thanks fin the honour con.
(erred on him. lie had been placed under circum.
stances in which no man who called himself an Eng-
lishman could avoid feeling for the miseries and dis-
tresses of the people of Manchester. He drew a very
animated picture of the violence committed upon the
unarmed multitude. Man, the superior order in
crea-
tion, had degraded himself beneath the level of the
brute. He had slaughtered the infant of a lovely woman,
lying at her breast, and smiling in her face. The
wretches had nut been punished. lie might say with
the Poet, his country was [alien.—" Oh, England,