The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

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BOROUGH OF MANCHESTER, IN THE
COUNTY OF LANCASTER.
At a MEETING oUhe Inhabitants of the borough of Manchester,
convened by the May'Rr, in compliance with a requisition numerously
signed by Merchants, Manufacturers, and others, inhabitants of the
said borough, and holden at the Free Trade Hall, in Peter-street,
within the said borough, on THURSDAY the 29th day of February,
1844, at seven o'clock in the evening;
ALEXANDER KAY, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair ; •

It 1V:1i moved by Alderman Sir TRoMAs POTTER, Kut. ; seconded by
JAMES HEYWOOD, Esq. ; and unanimously resolved
jateeting deeply sympathises with the wide-spread misery
of the Irish people, ai.:11,,,,Kes that their sufferings and grievances.
and consequent discontent, can only be removed by the adoption of
strong and decisive measures, based upon the principle of extending
full, complete, and equal justice to all classes and sects of her Ma-
jesiy's subjects.

Moved by Professor NEWMAN, seconded by G. HADFIELD, Esq.:—
That Ireland is entitled to demand and ought to possess the same,
political and municipal rights, the same religious and civil liberty de-,
manded by England and Scotland ; and that the sufferings of Ireland
cannot be removed without entirely destroying two great iniquities—
first, the dominance of a Church which has no hold, upon the affec-'
tions of the great body of the people, and which is the memento of
conquest and oppression; and, secondly, the unjust power posSessetis
by the Irish landlords, to drive the.peasantry off the soil of a country
almost exclusively agricultural.

Moved by JAMES EAGER, Esq., M.D. ; seconded by RICHARD GARD

NEE, Esq., 8.A., Barrister-at-law :
That this meeting believes, that the desire for a repeal of the union
will not cease in Ireland, so long as the Interests and wishes of that
country are sacrificed to the short-sighted views of party ; and that,
to render the union of the two countries just and beneficial, a much
larger number of representatives of the Irish people, under a widely-
extended franchise, must be admitted to the Imperial Parliament.
Moved by the Rev. Dr. NoLsx ; seconded by the Rev. Dr.

DAVIDSON :-

That this meeting maintaining free and public discussion to be the
inalienable right of British subjects, and believing also that trial by jury,
when fairly conducted, is a main bulwark of liberty ; but, when tam-
pered with, loses all moral weight, and may become an instrument of
great oppression under legal forms ; regards with alarm and apprehen-
sion the late Government prosecutions In Ireland, wherein the constitu-
tional libert Ica of the subject have been serionslyklidangered, not only by
the. omission—whether by accident or design—of many Catholics from
the panel, and the intentional exclusion of all Catholics from the
jury ; but also by the doctrine of conspiracy, judicially promulgated,
and the threat, from a responsible law-officer of the Crown, of coer-
cive Legislation, in the presence of a large armed force occupying the
country, in case a verdict of guilty were not returned.
Moved by the Rev. J. W. MASSIF ; seconded by Mr. Alderman