Star.
London, England, 1819-11-09 00:00:00

OITTRAGE AT MANCHESTER.

LEICESTER, NOVEMBER 6.
ieeeably to the puolic notice, a Meeting of the
Wants of this Town took place on Wednesday
into consideration the late transactions at
`....e,ter. Unwilling to afford even a shadow of
-t; I;,r interruption, the Yeeting was not hela in
il;:rherstone Gate, as advertised, but in a close
A: Watt's Causeway, in the occupation of Mr.
..ii:11e11. where hu.tings were erected. Notwith-
•, z every means taken to alarm the timid,
ia a great number of special constables,
,ocing a detachment of Lancers early in the
orders to the Yeomanry Cavalry to
4,(.1i::w and actually placing divisions of the
:1-...iatskirts of the town, ke. &c. more than
poople assembled to express their ab-
;c.-' the recent disgraceful transactions of the
-es and Yeomanry of Manchester. Soon
o'clock, a large body of people arrived
of =cling, preceded by an elegant ban-
ling King John signing Magna Charta,
iorto, This we will support," below.
cr, at the request of some of the Requi-
is furled up ; and shortly after, the hus-
occupied by the folio ,ing Gentlemen :
J Joshua Grundy, Esqrs. Messrs. J. and
Mr. R. Ilrewin, Mr. Leach, Mr. Win.
•verends C. Berry and J. Deacon, Mr. S.
11;r. Cole, Mr. T. Mitchell, Mr. Richards,
nton, Mr. R. Cooke, Mr. Fielding, Mr.
;J nearly .ill the other Requisitionists.
lotion of Mr. \V. DRAYTON, seconded by
n:No, Mr. JouN COLTMAN was called to
uild acci trnationg.
11%. A I !MAN, attcr thanking the Meet-
boilocr conferred upon him, said, he felt
heir ready compliance with his request
not that he had himself any
or thought them illegal, but because
that even the shadow of pretence
iliorded their opponents for disturbing the

Cooxt, alel- stating the circumstances
prevented our worthy Member, Mr. T.
!n attending the Meeting, presented to the
:h following letter, which was received

!.—I laying an engagement which it is out of my
I am prevented from riding over to Leices-
Requiaition in person. I have, therefore,
it fur me. When I had the pleasure of
„It vers made acquainted with the grounds upon
‘• t 1 my name at the head of the signatures.
h... :tic is I.,,nowing, though I did not think it 4e-

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s.c closider the melt: .:holy nature of tke events
i: L.; arisen, or the importance of those groat con-
sylicit it it:vs.:cos, it is impossible for a ques-
t:tilJ•l that which is at present at issue
out band, and his Nl:inlay's Ministers
vibi..d precipitation they have rendered the
t.c.o r slagisu.ttes and Yeomanry their own)
•••:!, • ,f justice towards those who have 50f-
,,1 e, I:ss than ;he constitutional jealousy
• , ~:ways to regard every even apparent in-
. , :„., 1,•;.-ms forcibly to point out the pr 0....
.... i-:•,) ri.a investigation of the whale matter.
: 1:./Lst!gation, I understand an inquiry,
It y, and carried on under the sanction,
! :•/ ,ui:b a proceeding alone (as it appears to
whsle truth, satisfy the reasonable espec-
...a:try, and effectually allay the present irritation
1:i...1. It is this conviction which I shall carry with
to any post on the 23d of the ensuing month;
dhli: to quit it with satisfaction until such an in-
at ~• mentioned *all have been obtained, and until
shall have succeeded- (which I can scarcely ex-
their innocence, or, failing to do so, shall
1 . ;his salutary lesson—That those who are charged
ttution of the laws, are the last persons who are to
,d with impunity to break them ; whilst the People
their part, that the meanest of his Majesty's sub-
;man with the most exalted, is to expect at the hands
a Judicial Tribunal in the Kingdom, the same ready,
td irlp.lrtial redress.
ordially wish you success In your application to our
in Magistrate, and I remain, Gentlemen, your faith.
:d zTrvant, THOMAS PARRS, Jos.
case of my absence from the Meeting, which, when
lersure of seeing you here, I mentioned to you as
shall feel myself obliged by your putting the Gentle-
; in possession of my sentiments on this interesting
ing subject."
:EWIN then said, Sir, I beg leave to express
ty concurrence in the constitutional and
ntiments of the letter which has just been
'abbe meetings of this kind are either law-
constitutional, or they are not so. If not,
. explicitly and clearly told so; if they are,
;ht we not to be threatened or interrupted in
'ful exercise of an acknowledged right. For
I cannot see why even the advocates and
:s of Ministers should entertain such violent
Is to these Meetings. They appear to me not
'portant as a safeguard for the liberties of the
than as a means of information to the Go-
it. I know that the subject of Reform does
into the business of this day, and it is not
aion to digress from the especial object for
;e are met together; but it is a subject which
inch at the bottom of every political question
i 110 W be agitated in this country, that it is
possible to avoid all allusion to it—(C7 ies of
)—and I may observe, that if these assem-
: thought dangerous, the best way of suppress-
em will be to render them needless, by suffer-
Voice of the People to be heard where the
Anion intended it should be beard, in the House
I:nons—( Loud cheers.)—ln the present state
l'arliaments, however, they are the only means
:It that voice can reach the ears of Government.
IS the predictions of those who think with us
subjects have been ridiculed, I appeal to
liether they have not been fearfully accom-
?—whethei the present state and prospects of
nut y are not even more dismal than our most
forebodings? Yet the transactions which we
L": day met to consider stand conspicuous. Of
4eNt, traas,ictions you are now called on to pronounce
s4ti uPI-i'a• If it appears to you that the conduct
the itianchester Magistrates and Yeomanry, 012
u,troot able 16th of August, was legal, just, and
res-'arY, you will say so-- ( Cris.; of No, rho! it was
`le aid cruel !)_but if you think with me, that
4u,vrs r.tost disgraceful both to themselves and to the
seas, it teas 1--you will not fail, in the
" that country, to enter your protest against it.
From 41 that 1 have been able to learn, that Meeting
4r.r, to me to have been convened as lawfully,
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conducted as peaceably as the present one. If it
as justifiable to disperse that Meeting by a military
Ass,A then may we be put down in the same manner;
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