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

No. 217—VOL. 'XII.]

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1819.

Volitiral llettozpect.
Tae great mass of evidence, furnished by a Bost
of witnesses, on the Coroner's Inquest still sitting
on the body of John Lees, we sincerely hope has.

made upon yourselves. Nay, have you not brought
even to your own doors already the influence of such
an example ?
The important facttlready recorded cannot, we
trust fail to sheti- to the people what is prepay.
ite, .g.•
for them, if their own firmness, and such an

been attentively read. by every man in England ;
mid if there be any man who has read it, and cau,
Mill approve the foul deeds bf blood with which it iEr
connected, that man deserves no Poore, the name
either of Briton or of Christian, but ought to be
doomed to wear the chains he loves, oustif he mur-
mur at the ignominy or weight of suet a iurden, to
be instantly c'tastised by the sabre some Loyal
Yeoman. -The Foreman .of the Jury has already

appeal to the Throne and the Legislature, wt -
:.tiot be resiated, 'ch. not speedily stop its career,
wad rescue us from a sxstvm of Councils, which
arc rapidly marrhing• t towards our complete
ruin. But a' few ytirti more of..such policy as
has been lately acted turf and the fume of what
Old. Englandonee was?, will be all that will remain
to her of her .grentnes-
a,i
P •
vEFkNCE Or TIM TrilIGS."

expressly declared his satisfaction„..stp,d that of his
brethren, unless the evidence ifiendy brought for- Some, time,since Lord Erskine published a very
ward shall be refitted, that " the Riot Act had not able pamphlet, under the abwc title, in answer to
been publicly read, and that the Meeting was quiet, whirl: a publication appeared under the title of "A
and. petteeable•until the Cavalry charged." Day by Defence of the People." Slt was from one of the
day thus goei on confirming their enormity, avif
all those Who are. anti mad enough to carry their
oillsnicALs., frOmone of tbbse men who anathematize
also does adding fresh details of liorror aisd crucify
• 7 •t 7
and anion , ideas 1? ,form as f4r,
.Revolutiol, from one of
to these transacqtt, tell piy
those, who,oa.,h.k, sys4' litst ng to lose, are eternally
i‘arcely find, ttujr #6m4i: in the breast.iirevery re-
-2 sittgt.hnp.e whoie "stu Qs are not s,r desperate,"—
*tin and impartial person. Yes truth TIQa ju•
new editim of his Lo ip's pamphlet has just ap-
art tpAty: in;strength, and we hope west. -
-hich he expresses himself
veil. nt Whilst we thus go on more and more Peared' in the Pref''
encouraged by that sense of wrong, wrong of the as fullowsi—
" I y object, from beginning of pnblic He,"
blackest andmookattlecious chimeter, having bee&
say. s Lord Erskine, " tiairos r strirird; it lima been, and
committed, becoming every hofir stronger and more alwos must k 10
lipt a FUnise of COlOOOl as I
0
universal, we turn round with a melancholy have nail only describe& y change uf opinion, repea.-
pang of reflection to see part of rheCounty, not edly avowed, and, unfortunately, too strongly confirmed
by every thing pa...sing around u+, Ws% only a' to the hest
we trust careless and indifferent upon such a sub-'
and most probably succetsfat 121Y1104 of ii,flecting, en un-
jtict, but yet sliming none of those open and avowed
changeable perpo.e under.' riteumstaticec that have
manifestations of abhorrence which are so loudly.
changed. who look only to the popularity of
called for. No question has arisen of so much illt• the hour, when the smiltiturle are in a state of irritation,

portance since the days of the Revolution, no attack
sa shameless and daring upon the most sacred rights of
a free people has been made for more than 100 years

hart only to glance and Militate them; but they, who Ito-
neatly contemplate the prosperity and happitictot of their
country, t, though they continue t•teilt.ectt in the pitr•
,41111. mignrat (Object, assimilate their exertions to

past, and yet, on a point, and at a moment,

the 1111(1111% i6at are safely iu their The scenes, in-

which threatens to level at once the proudest barrier
of the Constitution, and to place the life of every
man at the disposal of a relentless military despo-
tism, we sit as if all were peace and harmony and
joy. The battle is not yet at our doors, blanches=
ter is two or three hundred miles from us, and
the whirlwind and the storm we SCUM *044 gin
"tier reach Atii. But beware, we yet implore you,

det J, which have No lately etnibulsed snore of the most
populous and industrious parts of the• kingdom (a repeti•
tion nearly of thusexchich followed and dis-
appointed the original excet,iters of the Whigs, when the
society °Hite Friends ort he Prifirple was instituted), render
any other answer to thin author stye; flaunt and useless.
Those annuli's' the Whigs, is ho at any tune supported a
Kaioria iu Pdrliatrient, have not, that I know or, departed
Irons their Jcrl.ttud opinion+. that an extension of the re-
proehration is MOM desirahle, and is a just expectation

bow you leave others to suffer unpitied and unre.
*caged. The Amuse :we plead is yours. Can
ranks see cruelty and iniquity stalking with gigantic

on the part of the people; but in my opinion, and speak
log for m;.self, they meet can rationaily met with those
who defame them.—Tisty ought for ever to stand aloof
from all such Ramillies.; not from resentment, nor even

stritts, their laws, trampled under foot, • and .the
very semblance of their Constitution no longer left
them, and .yet lift up no voice against these mon-

from a decent pride, bowever naleiriii and jusiiliable, but
because the defamation proves time. vir As to he (Wei ent,
and that their •drfuiuers are seeking nothing like an im•
prarrinent of the House of Commons;by it wisely adjusted

strous doings! ! If so, then farewell freedom and
fatewell hope, farewell every blessing wbieli sweet.
ens the cup of life. The lethargy 41f death is indeed

balance of representation, hut, um the contrary, c 444444 ter-
acting eery prover, of it by claiming rights in defiance
of the estaliii,lied laws; and, instead of promoting
Ptai-
tions, encouraging their follmgriss w revile the Leglilature

upon• us, and we hasten on the crisis by (Air own
supineness. Is anarchy and revolution your dread
If the perpetrators of foul murders are to go un-
punished, if a. lawless banditti are to attatei<

°libels- country.
" Nothing errteinly ;mild be nsore unfortunate, if this
system were rounteliancril by,antinhers in general tstiena-
des, but happily three soon* to be but oue prcvatliug
uutimeut against it.

peaceable and unoffendin,?; people, anarchy and re-

qte frpressinn of any Nlettings of

volution are begun already,, and the call on you not
to join in but to _s!Qiiita msness. If a spirit or
delicacy towards jour Rulers, and a blind confidence
in their integrity be your feelings, -remember they
have shown no delicacy towards you. Itemember
with, what breathless haste they run to approve the
sl:ktightct of your' fellow4ubjects, and to sanction
by sueli,,ipinvia any similar attack which may be

!be people tor any object ut Helms', wise or insist-Retie*.
.ble, their rights have been infringed, or any %% rungs to
bribe ideals have been eonsmiticil,. I p.ltuttiti be ainuis;,,,t she
Bent to vindicate every vedress wlf.ela the la v‘ • call %disc-
lion, and "hall be found at all limes ready to repist the
"Heftiest encroachment upon public fret.to o; but
holding 'serest, so I do, the Hever to be surrendered privi-
lege of British subjects to assemble peaceably, to express
to rail; °lber•and to the Government of the country their