The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-10 00:00:00

BERKSHIRE.

" n the present agitated state of the public
mind on the sobject of the late occurrences, We,
whose names are hereunder wtitten, Freeholders
of the County of Berfrs, feel it our bounden duty
to declare our sentiments.

" In the first place, we declare our firm and un-
alterable attachment to the King and the Consti-
tution of our Country, as by haw established, and
all those invaluable rights and privileges which
that Constitution has been &Anted to secure to us
and our posterity.
'' We most sincerely deplore the unhappy events
which have recently taken place at Manchester.
At the same time, we observe with satisfaction,
that the whole circumstances attending them are
already in course of legal, investigation, and that a
Jut y of the Country, (that great bulwark of Eng-7
lish Liberty) will shortly decide, whether those,
who are now so loudly accused, by a portion of
the community, of being the authors of those ca.
latnitous events, have, or have not, violated the
Laws of their Country.
lo the mean time, we deem it unjust, and
contrary to the spirit of those La‘vs, to givejudg-
meta against the accused, until the allegations
shall have been folly and caluily inquired into be-
fore the proper tribunals especially when we hear
in mind, that the persons implicated are the Ma-
gistracy and Yeomanry of the Country—the Con-
stitutional Preservers and Supporters of the Pub-
lic Peace. Yet we see with great regret, that
partial and exaggerated, and, in some instances,
false statements of circumstances connected *with
the unfortunate events alluded to, have been .cir-
ciliated with much avidity, calculated to influence
the public mind.
" Let us pause with the liberal spirit of Eng-
lishmen, and give them their birth-right—the
right of being heard in their defence before the
Justice-seat of their country--anti, if found
let them have the punibutent due to their mis-
deeds—but let us not judge them unheard.
" Impressed with these sentim-ents, we disap-
prove County Meetings for the purpose of discus-
sing the question, as premature and improper,
and as tending to prejudice the minds of tho;e,
before whodi a candid anti intpartial investigation
is to take place.
" We look formarl„wi:b confidence to the wis-
dom of Parliament (which is shortly to assemble)
for the adoption of salutary Constitutional mea-
sores, to prevent the further horrid int oads of se-
dition and blasphemy amongst us, and to restore'
the public tranquillity, which has been so greatly
disturbed by the artful machinations of evil-mind-
..ed men, deluding multitudes of the people.
" We finally pledge ourselves to our Country,
that we will, to the utmost of our power, defend
the Altars of our God—the Throne of our King—
and. that free and glorions Constitution which
secures to ail classes of society their itr3l rights."

LOYAL DECLARATION

OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF

ER ADI NG.

.‘ 'We, the undersigned, Inhabitants of the
Borough of Reading, cannot allow the Resolu-
tions adopted by the Meeting held 'on the 19th
instant to go forth to the public as expressing the
unanimous sentiments of this town ; and it we
dissent from those Resolutions, su much the more
are we anxious to deflate our strong disapproba-
tion of the Petition to his Royal Hightie,,s the
Prince Regent, agreed to at the same Meeting,
and which we scarcely think that,any of his Ma-
jetty's siibiects will have the hardihood to preseiit
to his Royal highness.
" We cannot take upon ourselves the-awful re.
sponsibility of condemning on vagne•and contra-
dictory evidence a part of the British Magistracy,
as having violently infringed the laws, anti invad-
ed the right§ of the, people.; and the proofs must
be
.above till suspicion which will persuade its
that a part of the British Yeomanry have perpe-
trated acts of bloodshed, wanton, inhuman, and
unprovoked.
However sincerely we lament the effusion Of
human blood, till we have full information of all
the circumstances whirl) led to the transactions of
the 16:h ot August, and which induced his Ma-
jesty's Minister's to declare their approbation of
the Magistrates' conduct, we must suspend our
judgment, upon the great principle 'of English
justice, which does not presume to condemn, till.
the accused as well as the accuser have been-legal-
ly and impartially heard.
"'Upon this principle, and in such a case, we
consider the premature decisions of Public Meet-
ings to be dangerous and unconstitutional, as
tending manifestly to overawe the Courts of Jus-
tice and the Juries, before whom the great ques-
tion is to be-tried ; -and who -should be alike su-
perior to the influence of the Clown, and the ter.
rors of popular clamour.
" At the saute time we must express our de-
testation of that evident league existing among
profligate men, to assail at once the Constitution
and the Religion of the Country.—When we see
the boldest and Most obtrusive advocates of poli-
tical 'anarchy in. intimate union, and avowedly
making common 'Cense with the -open and now
convicted 'Disseminator of Blasphemy ; when
those who assume to themselves the title ot
" Friends of (he People" are at the same time
labouring to deprive that people of their real
source of equality with the highest and most
wealthy—their conitnrin belief and common hopes
of Salvation ; We'thitilt that it would be a derelic-
tion of our duty to (Mr' King and Country, and to
our GOD, if we did not declare our determination
to support, to the utmost of our power, the con-
stituted authorities in the maintenance of law and
order." •