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amid not but cougestulate them and the public or
the Meeting being so unmemus. It mold IWO,
however, be otherwise, unless Englishmen were
dead to all those generoas feelings by which they
ought to be actuated. He would now merely beg
their atteistais to whatever might be offered by any
gentleman who was disposed to offer his sentiments.
The Resolutions were prepared, end would be sub-
mitted immediately to their consideration.
Lord COCHIANS said, that, upon coining into
the Crown and Anchor, various Revolutions had
beet' put nom his band, iodic:Ming the object of
the Meeting. It wrs a pleasure to him to see that
the spirit of the people was thus awake to the con.
duct of Govern emit, and that a Meeting so uumer-
ow and so reap ectible had been assembled. Had
the same spirit prevailed in France under its ancient
Goverument, the despotism which oppressed the
people would not have continued so long. It was
lamentable to see, that now, after a war of twelity
years' duration, slier expending the treasures of the
country, and loading the people with an intoleralde
bookie of taxes, under pretence of maintaining the
liberties of Europe. they were at lam reduced to
live under a tyranny, while Frenchmen were vitu-
peratively free—(Load cheering/—even though
living under a military Governmeut. That Go-
wer 00000 ent was iinpmed upon them and summoned
by England. Oppressive, however, as it might
be, even a military despotism was not more ruinous
to the liberties of the people than the Suapension
of the. Habeas Corpus Act.-4Ciiseriag.)—France,
bribe aid of British troop*. joined to those of the
ober despots
girding sal,'
for this ?
sir. wI ydid non
it )—(elpplarese.!
tyranny prevailed is.
walk through s single street without meeting sol-
diers in every direetsou. What was the use of those
janisaries that were now to be islet with every where
—at the Owens. at exhibitions, at every place of
public business or public amusement ? Was this
the state in which Englishmen should be placed?
How different was the situation of America. as re-
presented in the last speech of the President ! There
tier people were completely free from taxes; they
lied no military establishment, or at least a very
• small one. Justice was impartially and readily ad-
ininistered in their Courts of Law. They were al-
lowed to be their own !protectors, and in place of
oppressing them with a large standing army, 100,000
muskets were ',laced the hoods of the people.—
No power was exercised in that country but by the
;molar themselves. There a person was ill no dan-
ger of being oppressed under the forms of law and
justice. The iniquities practised in our Courts
were not to lie met with. Here there was no justice
to be had outler any circumstances in which the
Guyer iiiii esti was euncented.—(Lord cheering.)—
Formerly Juries were packed, but until lately this
packing was not openly avowed—even the Judges
on the bench attempted to justify it. While the
list in the Crown Office continued upon the former
luau, the names of such !Nervous were selected to
serve upon Juries as were known to be disposed to
a compliance with Government. This was done
tinder ass appearance of fainters and indifference.
Until lately, it did nut become necessary to avow
it : 'Woke, however, to Mr. M'ooler.• Mr. Hone,
and Mr. Pearson. the system was abolished, and
mutt draw down the indignation of the country
wools any person who should attempt to revive it.
lie 41141 not wish to delay the Meeting long; but lie
coul.l not, under such circ iiiii stances, avoid snaking
some allusion to tins subject. The partiality of
the Courts to the packing of Juries was notorious.
lie had 'Monti; in bi, own case, made various ef-
forts to have justice tioue him, but all to no pur-
poite.—(Applaare.)—lt was this which 'nitwits in-
duced Imo to exprem himself with so much warmth
upon a matter of this nature. lie hoped the Re-
solutions adopted that day, by an iiiiiii rrous and so
resist ctable a 'Meeting, would prove that the people
of bigleitil would not be put down by tyranny, hat
that their spirit would rise proport to tin de-
rpotic • Mulls that went tootle tog:omit it. The Noble
Loid hawing concluded, amidst toed applause. pro-
ceeded to seed the follownig Revolt)! ions. each of
whits was received with loud and lung-coistinued
eXprewriott+ of approbation :-
1. 'Mist experience has lamentably peeved that the fre-
quent auspensione, during the last 44 years, of Ike 31,t of
Clunks lie Simocid, r.nwnuoly ileitotwouttrit the '' Habra*
Cos pow sirs ," Inst slot only &prised lien people of the we-
lts:dile ternrlits of that statute, hot under the colour tool pee-
WWI of sisercly sulecuitling that law, power, hare hero
treated in his Majesty's Ministers, by these Acts of Suspen-
sions, wholly incompatible with a free country, placing
every usages permit at theme disposal; whack is a total &Mo-
wers iiiii of the COMPIMOIS law of sloe lead, mid first principli•
of society; ilierehy creating a 11.1+41.8,40t *sear than that
of Aloft*, because its *jams, are inflicted under the auk
of law.
I'HIM this Meeting views with inolignalion the indecent
sail tlanecrous precipitation with which laws tart-cling the
dearest ode/este of the country beer Items Earned Ihrulalth
Parliaoitul ; taeaue such preeirdeney bus deprived the

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keeps , end communication wklli wheat
relatives far.
9. That there le every mason to believe their persorators
hum lien to be innocent, while they were subjected to
these indignities, from their recent liberalise without trial,
some oneoaditiosally, sad others 'lwo* their own rumps-
sautes, which have been since cancelled by their weavers.
S. That this Media/ sincerely sympathises With all these
victimiser arbitrary power, and hired scessatiou; and deems
them eminuitly entitled to public support.
9. That in the oplaion of this Nettie', the subjecting
Mr. Evans sad Ron, and other Englishmen, to the shameful
deputation of being ironed, was a gross violation of the
laws of the lad; a se.audalons outrage span bumaaity,
and in their venous an unpardonable insult offered to the
whole Penile of Esteem% evireaug a salmons barbarity de-
rogatory to the natioual character, and revoking to the mild
principles of the English Constitution.
10. That the mealy finances of Mr. Evans, seg. Mr.
Evans, jun aad 111 r. Ilenhow, in refosiag any but omega-
ditioaal liberation, signally entitles them to the warmest
approbation, for having afforded another soble rumple that
even in this age, Ismail needs wily to be resisted to be
subdued.
11. That a Subscription he now opened for the assistance
of the Messrs. Evans, Mr. Benhow, sod suds other Sufferers
under the mend Suspessioo of the Habeas Corpus' Act, as
may seem entitled to public assistance and support by a

The following Resolutions were subsequently
put mid carried :
It. That the following Gentlemen he requented to act as
a Committee, with power to add to their tatitstreri—that live
be a quorum :—Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Cochrane Major
Cartwright, Jeers Burdett Alderman Wood, Alderman
Gouaches', Alderman Tharp, Robert Slade, Robert Width-
sams,llllll4lel ravel I, Robert Kirby, Wm. Sturch, T. J. Weider,
Charles Pearson, Alexander Galloway, 811411111,1 Brooks, Was.
Revd., John Pickard, James 'Melds., James Harmer,
Richard WildrThomas Cleary, Clement Poole, Jobe Kidley,
Peter Kier, Thomas Bard, Wm.

'reeks be Treesseer i sud Mr.
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• spirit iu taking the Chair an
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me of Europe, was kept in • state of de. 4.,k1uu1l WildvTliolool, Cleary,
ibjugation. What meemity was there sr Jsme• NM. Pi
if the French Gwaimmarrat .as a goad U. flat rdr. liamael
did mot Forrbeha4lll hihOle,elll9 stopper, lle.m Mary. Secretary of
thasse.)—The lame kyltern of military ' It That Oho TYatdad U
availed itt this country. They could not Burdett, Ball. for his public
a. gm..l ... nipidinar the Prime" uccs'imh and fur