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London, England, 1819-09-03 00:00:00

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As soon as Sir FRANCIS BURDETT made his ap-
pearance, be was hailed with the most enthusiastic
plaudits. Similar mark; of popular favour were also
bestowed upon Mr HOSHOLSE, Major CARTWRIOHT,
--itlcleMr. CLARKE. After waiting for a few moments,
tuail the tumult of applause had subsided, Sir FRAN..
ors-Busbarr addressed the Meeting to this effect :
Gentlemen, the High Bailiff of Westminster not
having thought fit to comply with a Requisition to
convene this Meeting, which was presented to him,
signed by a large number of respectable house-
holders of Westminster ; not having, I sky, thought
Et, and without assigning any reason to do that
which, in my opinion, it was his duty to do—namely,
to call, and to preside at, this Meeting ; I have, at
the Requisition of a number of Electors, come for-
ward on this most important, as well as sorrowful
and melancholy occasion, to fill that situation, which,
as I think, it was the duty of the High Bailiff to have
filled ; and I trust and hope that I shall perform this:
duty, so imponant to the country at this moment, in
a manner which will entitle it to consideration, and
induce it to be followed, as I hope it will be followed,.
in every part of the United Kingdom, so as to shew
those, practically, who wish to suppress, by violence,
the voice of Englishmen, what are the real feelings of
the country on the cause for which they have so mete
as well as their leelings of indignation and abhorrence
at the proceedings which have recently occur red at
Manchester. Tile difficulty that I feel on this im-
portant occasion is, how, with regard to the public
peace of this immense assemblage, and with my own
feelings, so to express myself here, and so far miti-
gate and subdue my own sentiments, as to keep
within due bounds, when I deliver my judgment upon
those transactions on which we have this day met to
express our feelings."—(Grcat applause)—CHere the
Honourable Baronet was interrupted for some mi-
nutes, by the cries of Ulf, ; down, down, which
issued from some hundreds close to the railing of
Westminster Hall. The cause of the interruption
was sore, perceived to arise from the hackney-coaches
which had remained on the stand, in the centre of
tle Yard, and which, were thronged, inside and out,
by an apparently very respectable audience, male
aid female. This temporary interruption was soon
removed. The coaches were drawn off to the out-
skirts of the crowd, to the no small mortification of
their occupants. This noise had scarcely subsided,
and Sir FRANCIS Bunerrr was about to continue,
when the attention of the crowd was again called off,
by the sounds of a musical band, if such theyecould
be called, which precede(' a small body of men bear-
leg white wands, who entered the Yard Most Par-
liament-street. These were soot recognized as part
of the self-constituted Committee of MI They-
bore along with them the old red flag, with the in-
scription " Universal Suffrage," and the white 'One
with the motto " Peace and Good-wnl." This 'pro-
cession moved as rapidly ascireumstances world ad-1
ink towards,the centre of the Meeting, in front of the
Hustings. As-soon as they had taken their stations,
amidst partial cheers from the crowd, to most of
whom they seemed as unwelcome, as unexpected,]
Sir F. BURDETT resumed.—The question is not
now whether this or that measure—this or that prin-
ciple—be proper for consideration or adoption? the
queetior. is not now, whether this or that party be in
pewer ? it is scarcely (at least in one point of view)
a political question; it is, on the contrary, the great
paramount basis on which all political questions must
rest; the question from which no honest man of any
political party can dissent, and which indeed, must
unite all, whatever be their particular political bias;
for it relates to no other than this—namely, the great,
paramount, and imprescriptible light of the people
of England to meet and express their opinions upon
the:political state of their country? ((:re,rt app!ause.)
This, I trust and hope. is a question in their view of
which Whigs and To: ies, as well as Reformers, must
all unite and supeort by one common consent. Every
true Englishman must now take his stand, and as-
sert his undoubted right. We are not now met to
consider under what political modification the liber-
ties of the country are to be secured, nor on what
fundamental laws they are to be best secured and
protected ; but it is whether that great essential prin-
ciple of all liberty is to be any longer suffered to
exist ? whether the people are any longer to have the '
right of discussing, as their ancestors have done,
public questions? This is the great principle we have
met to assert, and I trust it is one on which English-
men of every party will be ready to go hand in hand
even to death--(Continued cheers.) I hold that to be
a right not only of Englishmen, but one inherent in
man—one antecedent to all political institutions, and
of which no political institution can justly deprive
mankind. It is to be discussed by us here to-day,
whether Englishmen are any longer to meet accord-
ing to law? whether the law shall protect them in
the exercise of this undoubted right, against the mad-
ness and violence of their enemies ? whether we are
to submit lightly or arbitrarily to a military system?
or whether ours is in future to be a government of
law, as it ought, or a government of discretionary
and arbitrary military violence?—(Cries of " Never!")
I trust your feelings this day will spew that abhor-
rence of the late proceedings at Manchester which
will set a proper example to the country—which will
ensure the support and co-operation of every man—
of every honest Englishman, who prefers a govern•
nient of law to a government of the sword—of every'
men who abhors a cruel and unnecessary shedding
of blood, and who prefers a rational law that enures
his liberty, to one which, by the application of vio-
lence and bloodshed, can only end in anarchy and'
despotism.—(Laud shouts.) Every man who thus pre-
fers the dominion of English law, must express his
detestation of the late proceedings at Manchester—
every man who regards his own interest and honour,
reest shrink from approving measures of such a
nature as these lately resorted to by the Magistrates
of Manchester, and must step forward, and vindicate
iged liberties of his country from the act
been committed against them. If these
done with impunity, wily, we shall hare,
our masters, whether we are allowedee
common air, or have the common use of
imbs? whether we are to consider the noses
to be our own? and whether we, the
igland, are to be allowed to shew them
l-releee, without the preetOui permission

of his Majesty's Government? (Loud laughter, and
immense applaus.) 1 know there are men who think
douenrcMe eeteboiongopremyet abtuefore—re-
whthee think
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us—(Cries of " They arel—the scandalous, the
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shameful, the undeniable facts, undenied even by the
party Administration, which is at the bottom of
all these proceedings, and which has, since their oc-
currence, had the folly as well as the wickedness to
take the odium on their own shoulders? (Loud ap-
plause.) I say. after that (I who was never in my
life before an advocate for a particular change of
Administration), that the time has now come when,
from one end of the country to the other, the people
should come forward, and with one voice call for a
change of Ministers, against the men who have thus
:countenanced the hedding of blood—(Applause.)
If this should succeed, it would have this effect—it
would shew the great precedent and example to the
people of England of a disgraced and turned-out
'Administration—disgraced and turned out for a
daring violation of the liberties of their countrymen.
(Tumultuous applause.) Can any man read the de-
fence of these Ministers—the defence set alp by their
own venal scribes—can any man read this, and not
have, if there were nothing else before him, ample
evidence to justify his condemnation of their pro-
ceedings ? These writers have stupidly and wickedly
tried to eke out grounds to justify the indefensible
arrest of Mr. Hunt. I say that the arrest was ille-
gal; that the warrant itself was illegal; and it is to
tin hoped, in the end, these Magistrates—these pre..
eminently dicinguished Manchester Magistrates—
(loud and continued lanaghter)will at length be taught
the law. This arrest is justified on oath too. These
very wise defenders of Government have found out
that an oath—what oath ?—an oath to a fact, to
something that a man can swear to ? No: but what
think you? To an oath of a man's opinion ! Did
any body before ever hear of such ari oath? At this
very moment, for any thing I know, some wiseacre
may be making the same oath regarding us before a
personage just as wise as the Manchester Magistrates.
I mean Lord Sidmouth, the third Secretary of State,
as he is falsely called ; but in fact, the Lieutenant of
Police, according to the old Fienchtegme—a Noble
Lord, I believe, quite on a par in point of wisdom
with the Manchester Magistrates —(Laughf er and ap-
plause). Sor,riebody, for attglit I know, may be now
swearing on his opinion, that our Meeting will, he
thinks, end its the conflagration of Westminster—
(Linker). By possibility, a most respectable wit-
;ass may be swearing
.a similar oath before another
Sapient authority, a nmen, elevated no doubt for hi.
wisdom, toll' the Ci4ic Chair of London. He may
be sw:taring that he think or fears, that our Mectiv,
Imay end in the conflagration of this City, and the
murder of its peaceable inhabitants--(Laughter).
Such events may now be passing befori those wise
men, and we may be the victims. If -arrests are to
follow opinions which find a place in Other mens
heads, there is an end to liberty; but there can be no
end to the commission of infamous and illegal pro-
ceedings. Some wicked and foolish scribe in The
Courier ha; insinuated as much as that it was the in-
tention of the Military to assassinate Mr. Hunt at the
Meeting is Manchester—(Cries "shame!") I
trust and hope, that even the Manchester Yeomanry
will wipe off such an imputation from their character;
above all, let Englishmen bear in mind, that no real
English soldier is implicated in these transactions--
these base and cowardly proceedings—(Continued
shouts of applause). Let them have the honour who
won it by their gallant attack uron 'a defenceless
throng (I unoffenclirg men and women! I hope this
foul libstl, this calumny on the Yeomanry of Man-
chester, will be wied away. There is something so
shocking in the very idea of contemplating the assas-
sination of an unarmed man, that the heart of man
shrinks from it. I even hope and trust, that these
Manchester Yeomanry will throw the foul libel back
in the teeth of The Couriers scribe; that they, for
their own sakes, will prosecute those foul libelers,
who have dared so to asperse'their characters at men,
as Englishmen, as men armed only for their coun-
try's defence. Whatever be the glory of the day, let
the Yeomanry have it; it does not, thank GOD, be-
long to the English soldier, who maintained his coun-
try's honour throughout the world—who raised it on
the steep ascent of military renown to the highest
pitch to which it could be carried—whose name all
over Europe is synonimous with an unconquerable,.
an un'ubduable spirit of valour; and whO is hot more
spoken of in his own country than he i;, as I know,
in foreign climes, for his valour—than he is for his
humanity, generosity, and forbearance, when the foe;
no longer resists—(Lottri shouts of applause). • Let us
not to the English soldier, who is us much known for
his valour and renown as for his humanity and for-
bearance, assign any part of the affair of Manches-
ter ; let the Yeomanry alone have the merit and lory
of the test—" let those who have plucked this bloody
honour by the locks wear their dignity without envy r
—(Great appfnuse). Let those modern Hotslntrs of
the North enjoy their triumph without co-rival—
(Applause). ( Applause). The conduct of one individual on that
occasion was, in my opinion, most praise. worthy. I
think Mr. Hunt on that trying occasion, conducted
himself with great propriety. I shall neither look
backward nor forward, to the right nor to the left ;
but I shall be ever found to praise the Englishman
that does his duty--I think Mr. Hunt baffled, and
defeated, and exposed, the Manchester Magistrates.
I think he conducted himself with wisdom and pro-
priety, and I am glad to give him the tribute of my
applause for the conduct he pursued on the occasion
to which I allude—(Loud applause). But there is
another circumstance which I am sorry I cannot
equally express pleasure at—l mean the verdict of
the Inquests at Manchester. I mean not to impute to
those Jurors a wilful predilection of their duty on
their oaths k but they discharged a public duty, and
as such their conduct is open to public obiervation;
and looking to the verdicts they gave, I can in no
other way account for them, unless I dm to Suppose,
that they were at once endued with the spirit of wis-
dom of the Manchester Magistrates, and the spirit of
valour of the Yeomanry Cavalry. What l a verdict
of " Accidental Death" for men killed as the peo-
ple were in that crowd ? Surely, any 'verdiet than
that would accord with common seas stud 'Ostia—
(Loud applause). Gentlemen, leek 'stet inippMed
that I would be content with no verdict one of
a:Orlowski,. Not suppose the Jury had brought

it in homicide justifiable homicide if you will;
coulti-comprshend that! But, in this caw, keennot
comprehend a verdict of accidental death. I.confess I
donot understand a man'slosinghisnose, acadenta.lly,
by the cut of a sabre, wilfully made !--ACheerseg).
I can comprehend that there are circumstances where
individuals might deem a resort to military violence
necessary. I can conceive a plea being offered, that'
antis to cutresnistancew down those who wereasmade,whichobl opposediged
to
persons
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nder;
but I cannot comprehend how such a proceeding
could be denominated accidental 1— (Cheers, and
shouts of .4 Nor any one else.")—But, Gentlemen,
while we feel and expless the necessity of vindicating
the grossly violated laws of England—while we are
anxious that measures should be adopted to protect
our persons—while, I say, we consider these point;
I propose, at the same time, that means should be
taken to enable individuals to apply to those violated
laws for justice and redress, and that something
should also he done to afford consolation to those
women, and others, who have suffered by the infa-
mous" conduct of the Yeomanry at Manchester—
(Long continued cheering.) —Gentlemen, it is no
longer a question whether their's was or was not an
Illegal act? for, on their own statement, on their own
&hewing, on their own defence, the act was illegal.
An attempt has been made to defend it, grounded on
pm Riot Act; but that Act itself, I say, is at vari-
ance with the old Law of the Land: yet even under
this new law, I say, the proceedings were illegal.-7
That Act, I believe, was not read ; cr, if it were, h
Was promulgated in a manner which rendered it as
inoperative as if it had not been proclaimed. It was
read in a corner, and the circumstance was wholly
unknown—( Shame )—"Fhat Act, however, gives no
power or sanction, in any sense whatever, to military
execution—(Cheering.)—A soldier, as my venerable
friend near me (Major Cartwright) says, is not men-
,tione.l nor alluded to in the Act. A. soldier was un-
known to the Constitution of I,nglaed at the passing,
of that Act—( Cheering.)—He is not recognized, he
is not spoken of; but, if he were•nientioned, no ne-
tessity exists to make use of him in the the sa-
pient Manchester Magistrates seemed to contemplate.
The Riot Act says, after an Lour's notice has been
given, and a tuiruilsuous (not an orderly) Meeting
continues. then the Magistrate is t 3 read the Act, to,
warn them of the penalties to which they render
themselves liable by remaining together afterwards.,
But even the new laws of England, not to speak or
the old—( Laughter )—do hot travel quite so fast as
the Yeomen Cavalry of Manchester-*--( Cheering and
laughter.)—Even if the people do not disperse, they
arc not to have their throats cut immediately—
(Cheering.).—No ; but if a Meeting be riotous and
tumultuous, it is directed that the ringleaders shall
be—what ?—knocked on the head ?....uo such thingi
they shall be apprehended and punished according
to due course of law-,-( Loud plaudits.)—Why;
then, Gentlemen, under this very Act, all the Magik;
trates could have legally done, supposing the Meet-
ing to have been disorderly and tumultuous, was to
have taken the ringleaders into custody, after an
hour's warning —to have brought them to trial ; and,
if convicted, they would have been subject to punish-
ment for a capital felony. But who ever before heard
of such a circumstance, as that of peaceable unof-
fending individuals being cut and trodden down by
their feilow-countrymen ?—( Losuitheering.) Itherit•
fore say, on their own chewing, without straining any
point, that the whole of these proceedings were *as
unconstitutional, as strictly illegal, as they were ebwe
ardly and cruel—(Loud ch.:ering.)-1 beg leave to
say, then, that in the same manner as I am eh:ions
to separate the hrave English soldier from the hcoes
who compose the Manchester Yeomanry, so am
desirous to shew, as far as I can, my reverence foi
the Law and the Constitution ; and actuated by that
feeling, I ardently wish to screen the name of the
First Magistrate of the country froth the oiium which
cannot fail to cover every individual implicated in
this infamous transactione-(Cheers.)—l bring it as
a charge, amongst many others (for we cannot for-
get that great one, of intercepting the Petitions of the
People to the Soveeeign), against the present Ministers
that they have, in a most wicked and cowardly man;
ner, to answer their own base purposes, made tisi
the name of the Prince Regent on this occasion—.
Cheers.)—They have done so, Gentlemen, evidently
to cover and screen their own responsibility for so bass
an outrage on humanity, for so dreadful a violation
the Laws and Constitution of the Country—(Cheerag
—Gentlemen, I am persuaded that the Price Ree
gent bears too noble, too generous, too manly a mi
to return thanks for such an act, if a moment ha.
been allowed him for consideration—( Cheering ; si
cry 10)71 one of the crated, That's true; he's not
bad fillotr, bid he's hunibegged).—lf, Gentlemin,
you recollect where he was when the tragical event',
took place ; if you'consider by whom the represen- 1
tat'on of the business was made ; and, finally, the
time at which the answer was returned; you will
agree with me, that the Prince Regent was not al-
lowed a moment for consideration, when his Mini.
sters thought fit to make hie: a party to this act of
blood—an act which they well knew would not bear
the test of examination. So strong is my conviction
of the impropriety of their conduct in' this respect,
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_... we , proceed
discussion, to which I would most willingly
invite the sons and daughters of corruption. Let
them convince me or you, if they can, that we are
long ; but as I am not convinced by any thing they
ye said, I cannot allow that as Englishmen we
tit tv. we oar throats cut, when we assemble
to pray for a redress of grievances—
S.—Gentlemen, the evils of which we

(loud ckgers,

have had td cornplaln are r.ct of teen,. dote .
are of long standing ; but I trust the t:tle :-
length arrived when we may expect their
tion. I trust there :Ve not wanting in England,
who will dare to speak the truth, and to defer/
liberty, even at the peril of their heads--;
tat tem J.—lt is said, that there are per,ons
country who hold forth opinions to the Pali,
they do not entertain, not ttith a view of Kt
but of captivating popularity. Nothing eat 41
wicked, or more flagitious, in my opinion,
,excite an ill-will ;Awards the conoituo:d
of the State, if it be intended to turn :lint ill
the ad ...antage of private individuals. 'at,
would practise such a scheme, uith the vier
ing it to }is ovoi advantage, is a villain;
who przctises it for the mere sake of obtai7.::';
larity, is a fool, even if '::e does nut de:too/ali:,
name. Indeed, if popularity is to be clazirei
such a manner, it is nothing better than a !,
jingle in the cap of folly—( zipplotae).--.r
when it is properly acquired, there is not:
flower in the laurel wreath of
,patriotie
(Applause).--4 have no lie,itation in coafeee.r.,
though I was as sure of incurring year disafE
tion by my
.present sentiments, as I tlialc thti
likely of gaining your approbation, I am ate;,
explaining my opinion on such a subject %shill::
most frankness, even thousll it.shogld be ir.oo
to your own—(Cheers).— fhat it is not hostilet
opinion—that it is in the most perfect acs,?.
with it, is one of the highe t gratifications ah
can possibly enjoy—(Meer4--.1. 1.111 say, that tt
taro (for I will not use that word, as popular
plause may be obtained by dellie:on)-1 Bali s
that to deserve the character of an honest
man, and a sincere lover of liberty and justice,
gain a higher title than toiy w hick can be bc,:c
by the most potent Monarch in the Uriverse-q4
and load am)lause).—All that I have FM to ray
that to meet with the general and concur:en:,
man 'if my fellow-countr, Glen, is not only a
but an ust:tul object, and is only to be e taxied
the cousciousness, which ics:s with ni)seli
having ntc:ited and deer ved it!--(Long and load(
plause!.—The worthy Rarnnet then conclueni
saying, that he gave his L_ll concurrence to
solutions which wore to ha proposed for their .
bation, and which wore to be read to thew by
,friend Mr. Itichzer—(Long and Icvd ci:eers).
MT. ItICHTEA then read the following Resell
" Resolved, That by law and cauom the people -'
try have a right publicly to assemble, to tl
either Horse of i'atilament, or to discuss a: .; nu lie our.
complain of any grievance, and to propose sUali Lwitx
a: to them Ma/ Warn necessary.
" 2. That the late bier:big of the People at
milled to consider the propriety of adopting the mast
effectual means of attaining a Tleforra In the COMOMOS
Parliament,' was a law:sd Meeting.
" a. That it appears to us, time when the Pe.
lawfully usembkd, and peaceably performirg a pt.:A
they were wantonly, wickedly, and cruelly atteek,l
Cavalry, under the direction of local klisfistratea, an'
of them were killed. Othtra mutilated, and a faro
misembly wounded and trampled upon.
" 4. That the atrocious outrage on the di.fen,
able people, against all law, and In rh.f.ance of justice,
tenor to destroy by the 'Word all the yet resadoinr
Englishmen.
" 5. That this new mode (the only one of late resort:
answering the well-grounded complaints and petition; c'
people, W one of the many lasnentable consequences of •
a Commons being every thing but what it w.ght to
Representation of the People.
" 6. That the liberties We sdll posses* can
awe we have lost restored, the Pesch, the comlurts
411/10 of the people be promoted, and their proper'
by Making the distaste franchise to equal, so exterim%
secure, that It shall be impossible to corrupt the flies:
the duration at Parliament so short, that it shall b.: •
of the Representative to art faithfully ton artls his Cc
Major CARL WRIGHT held up his hand, bat L.,
offer any verbal objection against this Resolv*o.
These Resolutions were then put by the'
and carried unanianously in the affirmati.:e.
On the seventh Resolution being put to:'
ret,o" That an Address to his Royal Highness, faun&
Resolution, be now read ,•
Kfr. -RICHTER said, that at Was the irtoo:on
Mr. Hobhoute to have the botteur of addres.i.
pretposing it to ahem
r , Mr. HOBHOUSR Mlle forward to read I.
'and spoke to the following effect:—" Gentlemen,
have been desired by a very respectable portion
lour fellow-citizens to address you upon tins
lion, and to express not only their t•enti!nents,
yours, on the unfortunate and cruel transackion•
has been so much the subject of public
I feel it necessary to state this much as .an
for my appearance, in a place which inigl
been better filled by persons of greater sip
and importance; and as it affords me
of asking, in favour of those by whom I
brought forward, what I am aware that I
right to demand for myself. But, Gentlemen,
not the persons who appear before you in
sion that are in need of apology. Those'
sent are most in need of excuse—(Appleare.)
persons who present themselves boldly, in the'
power, to record their abhorrence of the ::_
which we are assembled to deprecate, may fak)
on the manly feeling by which they are -
but those who are absent cannot appeal to the
ground of justification. At the same time, I.
from insinuating, nor would it be fair t,
the friends of freedom, who have supported
cause upon other occasions, are purposely
now ; ott the contrary, we are bound to
credit for good intention, and to suppose
are only waiting for the moment when they,
themselves to the best effect, if not here, in
places, and before other auditors. It veld •
grace to them to follow, where you have g,
Westminster has always been the foremost
hold and generous act, and is only in her
place when she takes the lead in liberalitY•
Sleeting, Gentlemen, is not intended to disco'
lic opinion; that is well known—(A than')
if it was not distinctly declared, as it inn pee',
would be no difficult matter to foresee wh-
men must think, and what they would dart ,
respecting the outrages at Manchester. Tilani_c
'we are not yet reduced to such an abject sta,te.l;"'
witness those atrocious proceedings,n`
of our fellow-subjects,
only the liberties and properties, but even
in silent despair. The free part of the lieu
or,
country has done its duty: the conductorsvor_
Ipowerful engine are entitled to our thanks r n):
ahva, s'' •
-ecasion, having employed it, as they .
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its duty! the cm:lectors of this branch !
;se hare adhered with perfect consistency
trtment; they have taken their usual place
atellites of corruption, and we may thank
• r, set the last seal to the cause of the
di never can be more clearly pointed out
anzer and hostility with which they are
to encounter it. The people of this coun-
t be received by the miserable sophistries
me.l Press, neither were they surprised
-taking. You all know perfectly well,
horn your intercourse with life, that if
a scottadrel to commit a base action,
hid a knave to defend it—(Applause.)--.
red Press does not deny the sh:tmeful,
atrair at Manchester; they acknowledge
?T' ir!rl its details— they dwell upon it
the deaths and the mangling of their
/men have no horror for them ;—they
teir shattered limbs with exultation—
the !week that has been committed—
exclaim, with e::ultation, Look at our
a we have done, and what we will dare
applause).—Their remarks arc
:led to the name of sophistrw. They re-
i,ereole casuistry of the Jesuits, who,
be the defenders of Kings, adopted
ich mu:ermined their power, and threat-
thr•ritv throughout Europe. It is rather
,•:Tve how light they make of the cala-
rhich the feelings of the people revolt
horror. It reminds me, it it be adtnirs..
their 'evity for a moment on so pain-
it remands me of the language of Sir
on the stage. Sir John says, with great
Slender, I have broke your head,- •
to say a,;:iinst me F So they observe to
It is trne—the
1 thing is done—but what
;mouse).—'llut, Gentlemen, it I
tr P,,n?le should spew them that it is
ion, importance. lam sure they will
(io so. lam sure the Nation at large
he a dots- incornbeat on them to ex'.
it nna'ts sironitly and'inanfidly on this •
ct cf oppression. lam sure they will
;.:tbric of English Liberty, the par-
;:y struggles, dig fruit of the toil of so
be overthrown without one effort to de-
ntist, all the youngest of us mist feel,
has been taken away from the liberties
within our Own experience. Coitsult-
ecollectians, and comparing them with
p:esent, is it ant natural for us to ex-
:rut a Where is that free Eng- I
I was born?' At my age I feel the
senti:rient. Every year has added
our grievances, and taken something
,hts. Meetings are now prevented ,
once considered legal and eonstitu-
such has been the march of encroach-
en the village Reading-moat, is sub-
:6Al inspection--(Shouts efappleme).—.
teen left. untried to break down the free
i,lnnen, and reduce them to the coot&
! clod ; to degrade them from tbedig-
luzule to the state of liv m stock urn the
ler them as it wert strimgers• in their
1p arse).—All this has been done un-
o with the sanction•of the House o
has been done in that place over the
tere arc no less than 658 Gentlemen
to take care of our interests, but of
were found to oppose the measures I
alluding to—(Applause):--One thing,
tined, aftr all that has been done, and
net by a single blow the right of meet-
which never can be surrendered but
if liberty itself. It appears from his-
,uhtle Roman Tyrant, Tiberius, felt he
;ale until he had abolished the assem-
orle. These assemblies he accordingly
i the historian observes drat the act was
by a few murmurs. But the people
iii not submit to such an innovation.—
allow their feelings to escape in empty
ha loss. If they have not Nobles among
: such an attempt, I hope they will do
what England has done before, and
i Liberty gill give the victory, not to
,tit to the just--(.4p sue).—'Tiberius,
the model selected by our Ministers ,
Prince. Overlooking the Henrys of '
the Henrys and Edwards of England,
i7tc.l name which was not only a dis-
imperial poi pie, but also to humanity.
r, we may hope for better things. We
it truth will reach the Royal car, and
tot be last upOn it. We may hope that
?sat will come to know and feel, that
all which we approach him comes from
tie People ;—frorti those who have
uctraying him—who have every inch-
ct who will riot be insulted,
marable to express their opinions on public
dr.iwn sabres, muskets, and cannon!
rne,ii.its described as fond of bloodshed.
)be Of En ;land, fond of bloodshed ! Are
to iye utterance to our indignation
a:ai:ist those who were first the au-
now the defenders of such atrocities ?I
:..tllsse who perpetrated the act thought
.el''ir'li.lifeelin., as themselves—and
tr.e Lon-rquence? They have per-
c! k of de Arm: t ion ; and v bile every
1!1) L. the State for mercy, without even
tZs to Alford the least appear-
:a, they obtain an approbation of
•••,% as if that was not enough, they
gr.:cious Prince, the descendant
7.!", ^ilia were never disgraced by any
il'.e t ) a Throne derived from the People,
ot_ .
1‘4:112 ;in instrument from which even
al despotism would turn away
• tiniei, as history informs us,
y told a Prince of the House
, •-• • I!- the Bastard had not
hir himself. So we may say in
.•.• t. = tof Settlement was not made
tr.lswick alone—(Andartse.) Our
iiiey expelled King James, and
:a_:-1a to the Throne, did not do so, as
1..v.1.,5,.ei1vd, like children at play. They
ti•cy t..i3 so to obtain a free Parlia-
;l, 11.!a, tolo thew in reply that they should
• 4rhaatent. If the subjects of this coon-
m'
115 t James to obtain a free I'ar-

I! liament, mad not we be permitted to ask for the same
advantage ? Our Rulers seem to think not. We as-
semble peaceably to ask for Reform in the Commons
House of Parliament, and the answer charge of
Dragoons.—(Laughter and applause.)—A rt of the
Press has stated, that the excesses of the Reformers'
afford an excuse for abridging the liberty of the sub-
ject : but what arc those excesses ? I know of none
which the Reformers have committed, though I know
of many that have been committed against them.—
But the liberty that can be abridged upon any ex-
cuse is not deserving of the name; it is a wretched
and precarious state of society, and he who can feel
himself satisfied under it may be compared to the
foolish Grecians, who supposed that they seer: free,
inerc•ly because the Romans thought fit to say so,,and
by saying so, to add the grossest insult to the most
unfeeling oppres.siou. Of one thing, Gentlemen, you
may rest assured, that if the enemies of liberty hare
the power to abridge it, they will never want an ex-
cuse for following their own inclination, It is your
businesi to prevent them. If they succeed in the at-
tempt to suppress the Meeting of the People, their
object is • accotnplished, and your ruin complete.
„heir hostility to .your rights has been manifested in
many instances. Major Cartwright brought, more
than a million of signatures before the House of Com-
mons, all praying for Parliamentary Reform. Those
signatures were obtained raceably and in small num•
hers, each paper containing about twenty names.
But to this there was an .objection—the number in
each was too .small. What was then to be done?.
Recoutse was had to Public Meetings—hqt they were
too numerous, and the Military was called in.—
All this is a proof of the necessity of Reform; in
fact, it was never more required than at the present
moment, I have examined, with great attention, the
Acts of Parliament passed over the way, and I find
that ont of ICS public Acts, there is.not one that has
any tendency to ameliorate the concfition• or protect
the liberties of the people. I find the same remark
is applicable to another class of measures, called
private public Acts. There remains after this but 97
real private Acts, and they are so very private, that
I am sure the Public will never receive the smallest
benefit from them—(Applause, and la7,hter).—The
only Act which had even an appegranee of taking
the public welfare into consideration was that by
which a sum of E 50,000 was voted to enable British
subjects to transport themselves to Africa, under a
burning sun, for the purpose of fighting the jackalls
and tigers, of that couutry—tioughter); or where they
would have en opportunity of sharing with the
Cafftes the remnants of food left by the tigers along
the coasts pi different xivera. I feel it my duty
—I feel it to be the dtity of this Meeting, to address
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent for the purpose
of stating our determination not to allow our rights
and liberties ro be ir.fringed upon by Ministers, and
to assure his Royal Highness that the people are de•
termined to be fully, fairly, and freely represented in
Parliament—(Cheers).—Having said so much, I shall
now proceed to read to you the proposed Address.
Mr. Hoerrocsr then read the following Address :

To ilia rtoy4t. Itiewpasi MS PRINCE air.GIN7.,
6' The humble and dutiful Address of the Electors of 'West-
minster, assembled in New Palace-yard, on Thurniay, the
2d day of September. 1819.
We, the Electors of Westminster, assembled in Palace-yard,
in pursuance of public advertisement for that purpose duly made,
beg leave to address your Royal Highness in language, such as.
we hope it mey become the Citizens of a free State to spa*,
and the Chief Magistrate of a powerful though oppressed People
to dear.
" We luimbly represent to your Royal Highness, that the ac-
crients which we have received of the recent outrage at Man-
chester, have impressed us, in common, we believe, with the
great majority of our fellow-countrymin, with feelings of shaine,
grief, and indignation ; and that we esteem it the more our duty
to express thoee feelings on this momentous occasion, because
the approbation which the Ministers of your Royal Highness
have bestowed on the same events, which have caused our regret
and alarm, has affinded us an additional proof of a settled de-
sign and constant effort, not only to reject the Petitions, but to
silence the complaints of the People ; and either by secret art
or open violence, to contrive that the voice of truth eliall.never,
reach the Throne.
" To defeat this unlawful project we inform your Royal }fish-
!
nese, that in the open day, iu the face and by the command of
those appointed to preserve the peace, blood has been spilt—
that the innocent have been condemned to solitary confinement,
and the laws of England thus notoriously infringed by a Magis-
tracy either ignorant of those laws, or agitated by false aLums,
and inflamed by :ocal jealousies to a wilful violation of their on
duty, and the rights uT their fellow-subjects.
" We humbly represent to your Royal highness, that so long
as the Commons Ilouee of Parliament shall not speak the lan-
guage of the Commons, the wishes and wants of the People of
these Realms can 81,1 y be expressed in their Petitions and Re.
monstraeces adopted at their l'ublic Meetings.
" That mai Assemblies of the People for the representation
of public grievances, and for the discussion of subjects connected
with the good governnient and well-In.:big .or the State, have at
aft times been a part of the practice of the English Nation, and
have been esteemed not 'only legal and constitutional, but abso-
lutely essential to the preservation of public liberty, and, to that
due intercourse between the Crown and the People upon which
the security of the one, and the protection of the other, must
equally depend. •
" 'That upon such right of assemblage and interference on the
part of the people, was formed and (minded the title of your
Royal Highness's Illustrious llouee to the Throne of these
Realms, and upon such right only.
" That, notwithstanding the progress ót corruption and the
increase of Ministerial power, this right of assembling has been,
up to this time, respected, and, together with Trial by Jury, has
hitherto prevented the total extinction of liberty.
" That the pretext of Wreath y which has been charged against
the late Meeting at Manchester, inasmuch as the said Meeting
was aseembkd to discuss the most legal and effectual means of
obtaining a Reform in the Conning/8 House of Parliament, is
utterly without four.datfem, either in reason or practice; and
that kleetings of the People for the above purpose, have been
recommended and publicly approved by more than one Minister
of England,witen at the head of his present Majesty's Councils.
" That we, therefore, can look upon the late military diaper-
eion of, and military execution done upon, an assembly of the
People at Manchester, called and met together wider the safe-
guard of known law, end established usage, in no other light
than es a direct violation of the rights and liberties of a free Pei,-
plc, which we submit to .hour Royal Highness it would have
better become your Royal tlighness's Ministers to censure than
to approver and we moreover state our sincere belief, that If
such vielation of lave be suffered to pass into a precedent, the
bruited Monarchy, which is the' Constitutional Government fo
these Realms, will be hereafter converted into a despotism, found-
ed on the power, aed maintained only by the terror, of the sword.
" net we, therefore, esteem it our imperious duty, and that
of all Englishmen, to remonstrate solemnly against the establish-
ment of such a precedent ; and we are willing to hope, that this,
our Remonstrance, backed, as we trust it ss ill be, by the ex.
pressed sentiments of our countrenties in other parts of Great
Britain, will be a sufficient resistance to, aid prevent the repo.
union of, the said wicked attempt to destroy the free Constittoe
'don of Calle Kingdoms. And we do also humbly recoromailt
*and coussat, your Royal Highness to direct ids elajeayie
Law Oflieers to prosecute the authors, actors, and abettors, of
the late murders and cruel aesaults committed at Manchester,
that his Majesty's subjects may, to their great satisfaction and
the alleyiug of discontents, find they are governed bra Prince
who sympathises with the feelings of his people, and considers
their i. juries his own.
',Va venture ba.;.:51,1 to assure your Royal 'Lemon that al-

HMO evil counsellor, and false Mends may propose to year
Royal Highness to confide, not in the affections of the people,
but in that large army, now, as we think, unco.:stitutionally
arrayed in time of peace; yet vrc his Majesty's affectionate but
ftee-born subjects, feel that we 'have no reason to apprehend,
taa any
u ztha morefumytdihteted,npor to theshou Eldthiags
elichp;!tnvienocneet7
and we
accessiontheeareconfident
that your Royal Highness would prefer the lawful and secure,
h
dominion over freemen, to the usurped and pre-
carious, though absolute, controul of slaves.
" We seize the occasion of the present dutiful Address, to
convey to your Royal Hit:Mess our sincere conviction, that nn
military force will, finally, prevail over the people, or stifle their
incessant entreaties for that due sh::re in the coutroul over their
own affairs, of which the,: I:ave been gradually robbed by the
Borough-holden; and that a continued refusal on the part pf
these shameless usurpers to grant any Reform whatever, can end
only In anarchy and blondileid, and in a total destruction of all
the present authorities of these realms.
" We pr,nuine, thed, being no less attached to your Royal
Highness's illustrious House and Person, that to the preserva-
tion of internal penes, and the recovery of our just rights and
liberties, humbly and dutifully to idtreat your Royal Highness
to tithe into your consideration the best means by which the
Commons House may be so radically and effectually reformed,
as to speak the true sense of the People in Parliaments's' a short
duration, and thereby to seenre let this Nation, in perpetuity,
that comented tranquißity at home, and that importance abreact,
which can be obtained in no other way than by the full, free, and
fair exercise of the acknowlee:zed right of Englishmen to frame,
either in their own persbn, or by their Repritisentativits, those Laws
which are to dispose of their properties and regulate their lives."
—(Lord and repeated cheer;g.)
The 3th Resolution was, That this Address be signed by the
Chairman, on behalf of the Meeting, and presented to his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent by Sir Francis Burdett, Major
Cartwright, aced Mr. Hobhouse—(Lead applause). ,
This Resolution was carried unanimously.
. Mr. THELIVALL next came forward. He expressed
his satisfaction at seeing so numerous and respectable
a Meeting assembled on this occasien ' • indeed, he
was prepared to expect a more, rather than a less nu-
merous Meeting than fOrmerly,iaconsequence of the
late proceedings at Manchester—(Appieuse).—No
man acquainted with English history, could suppose
that the English spirit was to be put down by the
sword or by niassacre—Oppluerso..—Such conduct
would only encourage theth to,rise and assert their
lights. They were deter Mined to shew that they
possessed the firmness of resolution, and the calmness
,of decision--they were neither actuated by the panic
of terror, or the frenzy of despair—(Loud applause).
The voice of the People was heard, and must be
obeyed—(ipplause.) Mr. Thel..rall, after observing
that all men in the country, save Placemen and Pen-
sioners and Bcirougnmongers, were Reformers, con-
cluded by recommending unanimity to the Meeting ;
the cause on which they had met was one upon
which they could not, or ought not, to have a diffe-
rence of opinion, hoWever otherwise divided; it may
be a questkm of subsequent consideration, what spe-
cific Reform was necessary? at present that Was nor
intended as a subject of discussion.--Elluring this
speech, Csa;.it JONES, who had taken his station at
the ,bacit,part of the hustings, made several unavail-
ing efforts to get in front, and when Mr. Thelwall
had concluded, he (Mr. Jones) insisted on his tight to
be heard; hnt the Mitetio4zot seeming to acknow-
ledge hisrigbt.he was to retire.]
The following Resolutions were then also put and
carried:-
9. That it Is the duty of every friend to his country to assist
in procuring redress for those persons who have been illegally
maimed, wounded, and Inipsisoncd, in consequence of the Meet-
ing hi Id on the IGth of last month at Manchester; to afford sues
relief as may be necessary to the sufferers and their families, and
to bring to punishment the perpetrators of the outrage.
' 10. That a subscription be opened fur the above purposes,ind
:that a Committee be appointed, with power to add to their
numbers, to carry the intentions of this !fleeting into effect. '
11. That Mr. Henry Brooks be the Treasurer.
After the 12th Resolution had been put, " That
the conduct of Henry Hunt, Esq. in the recent stand
'he has. made against the violation of the law in. his
own Pelson, and on the behalf of his fellow sufferers,'
is such as commands the respect, and ought to re=
ceivethe support of his countrymen,"
' Mr. Pratt WALitEII rose to addreis the Nfeeting.
He said; that he should confine himself,tO die reci al
of a few facts, with which, though they woe not en-
tirely new, it would be proper to refresh the minds
of those whom he saw assembled before him. He
.should say a few Words with regard to the right of
the people to meet in public to discuss public ques.;
lions or public grievances: he fully coincided with'
the doctrine, which had been just laid down to them
.by, then of unquestionable talent, that the right• of
meeting for such purposes was an indisputable, an'
incontestable;'and an impreScriptible• right—(Hear,
*stir.) A number of statutes must be cut into pieces
before this tight could be annihilated; nay, be might
say, that it depended upon no statutes whatsoever,
as it hacl been acknowledged by the Kings of Eng-
land from times immemorial. With respect to'
what had been done at Manchester, it remained
to be told' to 'theln, that these was 'great inter-
'ruption given by the. 'Magistrates to Mr. Hunt
during his examination of the witnesses, on whose
evidence he was afterwards committed. For his
own part, he could not help saying, that Mr. Hunt'
and the other prisoners would now go unfairly to
their trial, because the answers of the witnesses
against them were not given on the spin, but were
now to be studied and given in such a manner as
would turn out to the disadvantage of those who were
to be arraigned. The worthy Gentleman concluded
his speeds by paying a very high compliment to the
exertions which the venerable Major had made, in his
opinion, in the cause of Reform—(fakeers.)
• The CllMittiAll then put the Resolution, which
was carried amid the loudest acclamations of the
People. It was not merely with three times three,
but almost with nine times nine, that this Resolution
was hailed. As soon as the name of HENRY HUNT
stru'

itk on the ears of the multitude, every head was
uncovered, and every bat was raked in the air ; and
it sorsti some time before sufficient silence could be
obtained to read the remainder of the Vote of Thanks,
which was thus publicly proposed.
' The nett Resoluant was—
u That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to John Cam
4fobliouse, Esq. for his able exertions in bAinlf of the People,
410 for his prompt attendance to their wishes on the present
occasion."
• It is almost superfluous to say that it was carried
amid the loudest acclamations.
-
Mr. licusitooss again presented himself to the
Meeting. Ile had only to return them thanks for the
approbation which they had belt kind enough to ex-
press for the humble efforts which he had made in
what he considered to be the cause of freedom. In-
deed, so persuaded was he that it was the cause of
freedom, that neither danger -nor difficulty . could
have deterred him from coming forward in defence
of it ; so certain was he of the goodness of it, that had

he been the only person who had thought it defen-
sible, still, humble individual as he was, he would
have stood up for it alone —(Cheers).—He tag happy
to say, that the People had now obtaineTa'sure gua-
rantee, that thtir yrievances would be retire•sed ; for,
thank GOD, we ha.' not 'et an ived at th:tt state of
abject degradation described by the Roman-historian,
in which we could neither bear the evils of our system,
nor the remedies for tbem—(Cireerl.—The People,
fortunately, could bear the remedy, and still more,
fortunately for them, were determined to 31)14
The worthy Gentleman then proceeded to argue, that
it was necessary for them, as men and as Si itons, to
check the career of injustice which had lately been
commenced; they all knew that i.:jus:ice might be
committed under the forms of law, and they all like-
wise knew that no injustice was so horrid as that
which was thus exhibited in the garb of jos-dee: it
was like drowning a man after he had reiithed the
plank on which he had placed his only hopes of safety
--(Cheers).--He trusted that the same unanimity
would always prevail among them as he saw pre-
vailing among them at the present moment; and that
the same resolution which he saw among them would
become prevalent among the other people of Eng-
land. He then took his leave of the audience as-
sembled before him.

Mir. T. I'. Ctwaxe would not have intruded him-
self on the present Nleeting, if he had not had such a
Resolution as he held in his hand to propose to them.
In the present As•embly he wits but a passing stran-
ger: at another place, and at another time, he should
be able, as also more entitled, to express his senti-
„l/lents on the subjects now under discussion. Stran-
ger as be was, he could not refuse submitting the
simple proposition, which had been placed in his
hands, to their consideration, as he had no doubt that,.
on its being read, it would excite such applause and
approbation as had never yet been excited i t thit of
any .other Assembly. lie then put the following
Resolution c--
" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Chatnpion
of the People's tiigiets and Liberti,:s, 'cur excellent Representa-
tive, Sir Francis Borders, for his public conduct on this, as on
every other occasion, when those and liberties Live been
assailed?'

It was carried amid the loudest acclamations of
the multitude. , ,
[The attention of the Meeting was here attracted
by the appearance of an open chariot driving in
among the crowd. It was so ni discoirered that it
contained his Excellency the Persian Ambassador.
The carriage drove up untiiit came directly opposite
'the hustings. ,The moment it. stopped his Excellency
directed his attention towards the platform, and
twice bowed with great complacency mid good hu- .
mour to Sir Frincis Burdett. The Honourable Ba-
ronet, taking off his hat, returned the compliment
by au equally courteous salutation. The bthiness of
the Meeting proceeded, and for some time his Excel-
lency looked around him with mingled wonder and
approbation. The applause—the cheering—the wa-
;ring of hats—and the clapping of hands, seemed to
strike him as singularly novel. After having rc.
mained for some time an attentive observer of what
passed, his carriage turned round, and as he left the
assembly, he was loudly and repeatedly cheered by
that part of the Meeting by which he was surround-
el. The people seemed anxious to express to his Et.
cellency the sense they entertained of this friendly
though unexpected visit. His- Excellency' was alone
in the, carriage, and was attended by a footman cnl.-.]
Sir FRANCIS BIIIIDETT, in retaining, theor his
thanks, hoped that be should never be wanting in
the duty which he owed his country. He also trusted
that the example which the Electors of Westminster
were that day setting to their countrymen, wouldbe
productive. of a salutary effect; that the People of
England Might once more-be enabled to lay their
heads with confidence on their pine** and that tlier
might be enabled to meet once rrinte; soon gritict
public questions, without fearing death by military!
•execution—( Loud cheers).—The indignation which
the country at large telt was now sufficient, if pro-
perly expressed, to force from the Councils of 'his
Majesty those Ministers who were daily endangering
that respect to the Throne which ought to he man-
kaiecd and honoured—(Loud deers, and cries of
(‘` That's right, give it them, they are undermining it r
Before he concluded the few remarks which be had
yet to offer them, he could not help expressing his
gratification at.seeing the intellect of his countrymen
exercised on such le.4bjects as those which they had
that day ,met to discuss ; and he firmly anticipated
that the firmness with which they had that day come.
forward in discharge of their duty, would tend most
effectually to the restoration of their rights,' and the
re-establishment of such laws as would in future proa
test them from all military violence erhatspever—
(Loud cheers).
The Hon. Baronet concluded with bidding the
Meeting farewell, and he retired from the Hustings
amidst the ardent and universal plaudits of the
crowd.

The business of the Meeting being thus over, Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT and M;. Honitousa mounted their
horses and rude off. Nothing but the rapidity of
their speed prevented them from being carried on the
shoulders of the multitude, who pressed them On'alt
sides, and pursued them as far as the Horse,Gtkardat
filling the air
.with their acclamations. After Sir
FnaNcts disappeared, the people departed; and wt
are happy to state that the Meeting dispersed With:
ont the slightest disorder, or even the symptom of a
disposition to disorder.

Yesterday, a Deputation of seven Gentlemen of the
Common Council, waited upon the LORD MAYOR, at
the Mansion-house, with a Requisition to his Lord-
ship to call a Court upon the subject of the late pro-
ceedings at Manchester. The following is a copy of
the Requisition:— •
" To Ins RICIIT 110 n. rite LOAD MAYOR 07 Lonooss.
" We, the undersigned Meiab rs of thr Court of Common
Council, request your Lordship to convene. a Court at an early
day, to take into consideration the late extraordinary and alarm-
ing proceeding 3 at Manchester, when, in consequence of the
interference of an armed military force, the Ines of several of
his Majesty's subjects were destroyed, and others endangered,
whilst exercising, In a peaceable manner, an undoubted ccnsti-
tutional right, and to adopt such measures, either by Pedtiort

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