Star.
London, England, 1819-10-23 00:00:00

HULL REFORM AfErTING ocr

has been held in flu cald by puyit•
tisement, to which was attacireci
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declined to call it, on application ba'a
It united the two objects of passing...tog m?so'i
Manchester Magistr;:tes and Yeoman? f
of the 16. th August, and on the Xuisters for
ovalop'upPrn:atrbllaiaelment. On the evenirg previous ,
of meeting, Mr. JACKSON, whose name
head of the Requisition,
and a few other persons, waited upon the
by whom they were received with polite-
assured them of his conviction of their
right
and of his determination not to interfere
if the Meeting was peaceable. He had not ,
any Special Constables, as he fully relied on
peaceful disposition.—The morning s f the ••
extremely- unfavourable, the rain falling hem
eleven o'clock, and this circumstance probabl
vented many persons coming from the nei,,
hood, who would otherwise have attended. At
o'clock, the weather was promising, and
began to form themselves into a procession,
accompanied by flags, paraded the streets
town, and arrived at the Hustings about '
one. The Meeting was far from being nun
more than 5000 or 6000 persons being pr
one time. The inscriptions on the flags 'Kt
in a great measure, to those displayed at the:
in the West Riding ; scarcely any of them u I
tionable, except one, on which was painted
of a woman, almost in a state of nudity, and
mighty ugly both in form and feature, te,
bandage from John, Bull's eyes, and setting
liberty from his chains. A Cap of Liberty
brought forward by some Female Reformers,
was to have been presented to the Chairm:
the rain, which cut short the proceedings,
that part of the ceremony. A band of music
the tunes of Rule Britannia and God save the

Mr. WALKER, the Artist, proposed that Mr,
SON, a Hull merchant, should take the Chair.
motion being seconded, it was carried by act
The CHAIRMAN thanked the Meeting for
nour they had conferred upon him ; and
his fears, lest he should unworthily cccup}
tion to which they had called him. They
gaged, he observed, in the glorious cause
justice, and injured humanity. It was qui:
sessary to dissuade them from tumult and
he might as well warn them not to run
Humber: and, indeed, inw no part of the
Kingdom, had any disturbances arisen from
Meetings of the Reformers, where the M.
had not interfered. Many foolish people had
into their heads, that the Reformers wanted
but plunder ; if it had been so, he would h;
the last to join their ranks. They wanted
obtain their rights—and those they would
Some had observed, that at that Meeting, the ,
ought to have been confined to the Manchester
sacre, and have had nothing to do with Reform:
he believed, that it would be made as clear tc
as mathematical demonstration, that had they
proper House of Commons, one which really
Isented the People, no Minister would have
sanction such bloody deeds as those of the
August, and no Magistrate would dare to act ,
Some persons had compared the ..
Manchester to the assassins of the south cf E
but this comparison was too high a compli
the former. He had lived in those countries
assassination was common—and there, no
would attempt the life of a man when a woman
present : but these had killed men, helpless .
and children, without distinction. He would
trouble the Meeting further at present, but •
read the Requisition by which the Meeting
called. The Requisition was then read ; any
Chairman concluded, by mentioning his vita to
Maysor, on the evening Previous, and the very fr
answer and assurance which had been given
by that Gentleman.
The Rev. THOMAS GRISWOOD then addressed
Meeting to the following effect :—lmpre!seJ,
was, with a deep sense of the importat:t occnsion
that Meeting, it was with some difficulty th
tempted to address them. But, in those eve:
times, with the stimuli which they had to e 7
who could refuse to come forward, and :ludo•
mite of intellect into the common stock, to adv:
the cause of suffering humanity, to stem the to:
of corruption and distress, to preserve the small
tion of liberty still left to them, and to recover
gThreeayt er
werer artthwenhiinchthheadezerbszsirs to
tional beings—in England ; granted to them bY
Ccit.stitution, of which no just law on earth COL
ever deprive them—the Tight of public discussion Os
all public subjects. But how was it that niany
aloof, when every man ought to be at his post,
the discharge of his duty ; and many even of t 1,7
to declare their sentiments with ability, and to n.lailts
who had been accustomed to stand in the fit,: • ltik:
taken tram
of their r
tain them with fortitude ? Was it that. their ti.,
hdric
had not been invaded' Impossible—Vi,9l4"stV
—re tee
The events by which they had been itivadt‘• "'

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he new . ers:
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relied en
of the slay • ha
ling he:oil.; the
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the neigh„ se (
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and the tl
'cession, it', th
e streets of ' (I
about half, tc
g numerous, .1
g present It er
igs were ti • f
I at the Nleef
hero were .; s,
sinted the 6.
city, and wi.s tnt
ature, nt
setting him Ir.
Liberty Iva;- ort
Refortnets, w
aairman, had
dings, prere. al
of music nix 1
i save the K:7:
d that Nlr h
he Chair, an.; c
by acclaim ' c
rting for the
; and ears.
cccupy the si
They were a
cause off •
was qui:e
alt and riot
to run into
t of the 1."••.
arisen from •
the lagi>tr
ieople had
wanted
would hare
wanted enly
y would eh':
:eting, the obj•
Manchester 31
rith Reform;
as clear to th-
t had they had
ich really 11
Id have dared
se of the 16th
ice to act
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outh cf Euro,
t compliment
countries N.
!ere, no assass
en a woman v.
helpless wore;
He would n.
csent, but we:*
he Meeting w •
read ; and •
g his visit to '
d the very prn.,:
en giver. to I.
en addressed the
impre!sed, as he
•taut occasion tt
ic ultv th it he :a.
is those event:al
had to evertion,
1, and throw F.:3
:ock, to advocv
stem the tottelt
cc the small rot-
id to recover tit
from them
;Is '2'
.1 to them by :Ile
r- on earth Yoll.l
)lic discussion Oa
that many stroi
at his post. is
ay even s-4. thel