The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-10 00:00:00

'at all went to mitigate honest inApired by those
Orocredings which were the subject ot complaint.
Mr. J.•DrtoN having been this day accused of
levity, as if he had warit.el the common feelings
of a man, would tell the individual from whom
the charge proceeded, that lie had in his bosom
as much of the mi!k of human kindness as any
man in that Court, and he was as-unwilling as
any man to sanction cruelty or bloodshed. Long
before Hunt went to Manchester, and God knew
what he had to do there, for be was -not a native
of the place, nor was be in any way cteenected
with it, he (Mr. Dixon) was well inforthed that
the minds ot the people were well prepared for
the inflammatory harangues which he had to
address to them. Whateverenight have (neared in
that place, he begged to remark, was as open to
he pneished by lee, as any man could wish, but he
strongly insisted that the Gentlemen of Manchester
did not deserve the language which had been
used with respect to them. The reproach of
cowardice and inhumanity did not 'belong to
them. .They merited no such epithets as had
been applied to them. The Grand Jury were
composed of men of some of the most respectable
families in the King's Dominions ; but what base
and villainous characters most they be if they
threw out the Bills which had been preferred, be-
lieving that the -enormities charged .had really
been perpetrated. Was it to be supposed that
they could act such a part as to throw out a Bill
believing that a woman's breast had been wan-
tonly cut off. No. For his pert he did not be-
lieve one word of it. The distress experienced
among the lower classes be showed to
,he the na-
tural consequence of a return to peace after a
war like the last. It is not to be expected but that
among-these 'unfortunate persons much bitterness
and indignation would be felt, when an indi-
vidual Went, like the des't coying angel, and
toll them that all the, distress which they felt,
• s,
grew out of the Boroughmougering system, and
that this removed, thelr.griev.auces would be no
more. Such language mieht,„he expected to make
them desperate ; and it was keen that it made
such an impression on their minds, diat even wo-
men were associated to further the interests of
Parliamentary Re torn. For his part, he wished
(bet any thing that was amiss to be reformed ;-
front the differences that existed even emong Re-
formers themselves, as to what was proper to he
done, he meet confess that he was taught to
shriuk from innervation. lie was determined to
divide against the Resolutions ; and alter animad-
verting on the conduct of certain Prints, he de-
clared that lie would never depart from the duty
he ow td to the Sovereign and the Constituted
Authorities of the Country' and to the last mo-
ments of his life he would never lend his hand to
pull down the pillars of religion, or to place the
professors of it in a ridiculous situation.
'Mr. !Jestes thought the Magistrates .had' been
unfairly dealt with. Though he concurred with
the first Resolution, he could not vote for those
which followed. To him it appeared that the mi-
litary lied not used the sabre but in the way of
retaliation ; and the conduct of the mob bad been
most disgraceful, as they had first assailed the.
Yeomanry, assuming, front their forbearance,
that they might do so with impunity. The Bills
found by the Grand Jury proved the meeting to
he considered an illegal one by them.
.Upon the
wholeedisapproving of the Resolutions as be_did,
in voting against, them, differ .front whom he
might, he should enjoy the. applause, of his own
conscience, by .opposing RestilutionS which he
held to he pregnant with mischief. , . • .
Mr. EICKU thought it a question,
,Whether the
conduct of the Magistrates was not intended to
take away the right of petitioning. He thought
the conduct of the Magistrates had been marked
!by servility, and complained of their.having acted,
mot on an affidavit declating the towttz.to he in
danger, but on one meiely giving art opinion that
it would be endangered. He insisted on the
of the people to meet to petition for,Reform,,and
be contended that the Magistrates, if the Riot Act
had been read, had not waited, (as by law they
were bound to do) an hour after the reading,
before they called in the aid of the military. Their
conduct in incarcerating those who were taken on
.a charge of High' Treason next underwent Iris
censure.

Sir W. Cytms thought that as yet no man.had
a tight to say that the Magistrates of Manchester
had acted improperly. -They had a tight to do
what. they did—they were men of character, bound
ro keep the Peace, and what •they had done he
doubted not was with a' view• to keep the Peace.
He lamented that which had taken place ; he re-
gretted that the Yeomanry should, have been em-
ployed. He was satisfied that they meant well,
but they had not the temper of the regular troops.
They however were liable to be indicted for any
fault they might fall into, .but the bills pre-
ferred against them having been (blown out
by the Grand Jury, he did..not .see any reason
for supposing that any well-founded charge
could be preferred against.them. He did not say
they had not acted wrong ; he saw no reason
for saying they had; .but it they had, as English-'
men they could be made to answer for it. It was
said the mob was peaceable, but the object for
which, they were assembled was unconstitutional,
wicked, rebellious, revolutionary. He .had no
doubt that they were called together for a wicked
and damnable purpose, and not for constitutional
objects. For aught that appeared tor he contrary,
the proceedings of the Magistrates and the Yeo-
meta,/ might be perfectly justified. He hoped
the. Resolutions would be rejected, as under ex-
isting circumstances he'did not think such propo-
sitions ought to be agitated.
Mr. PEARSON, though an enemy to Radical
Reform, though-t the Magistrates had beets too
precipitate in directing a charge to be made on
unarmed men. He would not censure the Grand
Juries for throwing out the Bills which had been
preferred ; but if it should appear that this had
taken place in consequence of an opinion on their
part that the Military.svere not amenable to the
law, -it would then become a question whether
they should not in4roper language call upon the
Prince Regent to order some inquiry into all the
circumstances. It was said that they had not suf.
ficient infortnation before them to decide on the
merits of•the case ; but as the Prince Regent had
been able to decide on them in three days, he
thJught it stiange tha;ithey thonld be t.ld that