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London, England, 1819-09-10 00:00:00

Court could not sir, so after 24 days had e:aiisj•
Be hoped the Resolution, would be carried.
Mr. TAYLOR thought it neeesia-sey that "they
should call tor an inquiry, and doing this
,he dui_
flOt see .that they would prejudice the question :Cr'
be decided hereafter. He thought that they hod.
every reason to pass the'Resoltations. •
Mr. Alderman SCEOLEY thought no facts: were
ascertained on which they could safely touu4 an
opinion. Some were convinced that the MagiSa
traces had done too much—others maintained that
they had done too link. Under these eiretint-
stances it appeared to him, that -further inform*"
tiou was necessary to "enable client to protiounco
on the proceedingS which had taken place.
Mr. Alderman ROTFINTRLL, in explanation, said:
the Cavalry had not made an attack till it Wols
found that the Civil Power could not bred
through to the hustings. •
Mr. DAYIS doubted the correctness of many-to'
the statements whieh'had been received. He WI
heard that the attack was not made wholly by the
Yeomanry, but by some regiment of Dragoons• •
Mr. WILLIAMS thought it would be almost pO4
'jury in him to give a silent vote on .this occasinn•
Ele, did not think they could fairly be accused,of
prejudging the question by agreei4 to the Rest)"
lotions betore them. He did not see that the
Meeting was proved to be illegal. It was lament"
able and terrific to see sixty thousand persons as'
sembled in such a manner, but to this they were
almost driven by the Magistrates, who refused- to '
allow the people to assemble in their ancient Halis..
He thought it clear that the persons who attend-
ed the Meeting had come unarmed. This thOf
might take for granted, as they had offered'uo re-
sistance. The Magistrates' he blamed, not out!
for what they had done, but for what they had
not done. It the Riot Act was read (and he did
not Mean to say that it was net) they ought to.
have made this generally known. A great placard .'
might.have been displayed, stating the Riot Ac'
to have been reed at twelve Wclock, kind warning
the crowd of the peril to which they would be er
posed if they did not disperse. Upon the wholes ,
he thought the Court would disgrace itself if, O",
der all the circumstances, it did not call for 40
inquiry ;• and with these feelings he should sue'
port the Resolutions.
• Mr. WAITH HAN replied, and contended that the.
statements which had appeared in the Ministerial
Papers were sufficient to justify his Resolutions,
and to prove the necessity of calling for inquiry'
He described the distress which had existed? "nu
demanded if men and women, suffering front hug-
ger and nakedness, and surrounded by starving
children, when driven to assemble with a view ",
petitioning for the redress of grievances, wercl°
be run down and sabred, as they had been by die
Yeomanry at Manchester, acting under the order.
of the Magistrates. He alluded to the staterde°
made by the Lord Mayor of a deposition that ;
conspiracy had been formed to fire the city ar
murder the inbaJaitants, and wished to know 5/4
attempts were not made to bring.the conspiracy!!
to justice. He gave it as his opinion, that Pr
the monied and the landed interests and the G 0
vernment came forward, and endeavoured by CO
ciliatory means to diminish the fitisery complaioe
of, that doing this, all disaffection would be P°
down at once. He abstained front going into
old and hackneyed arguments on Reform on tO 0
occasion, as lie was ready at any otter time,it
come forward and express his sentiments on th*
subject. He concluded by again advocatiugl
adoption of conciliating measures, in place

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those of coercion. . '
The Question being put, the Lord Mayor dalcl•
ed, front the show of hands, that it was earried.i°
the affirmative. A diviSiou was then called W.°
when the numbers were as follow :
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For the Resointionc—Aldermen 2, Cr.comoneri 6.a 7...-•,A
Against them—Aldermen 6, Commoners 39 ......... '-1"25
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Majority
An Address to the Prince Regent, tounded°:
the Resolutions, was thea agreed to, send 141
Court adjourned. . .

THE RESOLUTIONS ALLUDED TO.
rite
"'That, tinder the free principles of the British Cods•vs
tion, it is the undoubted Right of Englishmen to a55,,c11%..
together for the purpose of deliberating upon Public W.' -
antes, as well as on the Legal and Coustitutioaal Means -
obtaining Redress. • bell"
" That, for the exercise of this Right, a Meeting sea‘,,...
at Manchester on the 16th of August last, and, withdrlto--,
tering into the policy or prudence of convening such -Msag,s.
bly, it appears to us, from ,the information which has tr it,
hired, that thesaid Meeting was legally assembled--thatee
proceedings were conducted in an orderly and peaCeable,l9o4
ner—and that the people composing it were therefoie
runlet the sanction of the Laws, and entitled .to the Po'..
tion of the Magistrates. A ste
" That we liave,-nevertheless, learnt witla grief an ala
nishment, that while the Meeting was .so assemble",
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when no act of riot or tumult bad taken place, the
st rates issued their warrants for the apprehension of certthrA
persons then present, for the execution of Which, altho
0,
n
no resistance was made on the partlthe People,•ordlfy
against whom the warrants were issued, they incurew"
resorted to the aid of the Military, when, Without an/ Poi.
vions warning Esf their intention, the Manchester Ye'ou'lei.
Cavalry, suddenly rushing forward, opened a passage lino
the multitude, furiously attacking, by force of artrtS4' P° of
aide and unoffending Citizens, whereby grZat numberSie
-men, women, and children, and even•PeaceAEMlCers, werettia
discriminately and wantonly rode over, and many iuhulli
sabred and killed. tor
" That' sve feel ouiselVes called' upon to express. to
strongest indignation at these unprovoked'andlittetoPeleol
proceedings, which we cainut but view as• Itiglily•di+gtoo
to the character of Englishmen, and a daring violation
British Constitution. ,S 10
" That from the known and declared attaebrueo- e'.o3
Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the Constitution, al
the Laws, we feel the most decided conviction that his
Highness never could have been. induced to expCess'lll§.:l,'og
'O-oval at the conduct of the abettors and perpetratn!le
these atrocities, had not his Royal confidence beeniabnratol
interested misrepresented statements of these 40 • ►
tr;insactions. •
NA " That et a time when the- great body of his NA tor
Subjects are suffering under the severest privotioio,,,r,„§ft
ever erroneous may be their ideas as to the means of 1:N, i 5
a kind and conciliating attention to their conPlai
equally called for by policy, and justice, and that (Kr 4-01tf
them of the means of expressing their grievancesubilcorte
and despotism, can only tend to incrdase the-present, *let
tents, destroy public confidence int he pure and Wl' ote
nistration of justice, excite disaffection, and lead. to, -
open violence or secret revenge. , • .:toe
" That, in order to avertthese calamities—tornio.,Tertiel
authority of the Law—and to protect the Lives kind L,1...„-ryrev_,
of the Subject—a humble and, dutiful Address be 111-.7i,er,
by this Court to his Royal Highness the Prince.Regrltite
ing his Royal Highness will be graciously pleased to 1° tiolio
an immediate and effectual Inquiry into the Outrage:to)
have been committed, and to -cause the guilty pee Pent.
thereof to be brought to signal and condign punishnle„,pso
" wooDT.OOP
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