Star.
London, England, 1819-09-18 00:00:00

safeguard and
cifut;nt that
ustnde he Meeting
h was strictly the r trrAldeYostan:
eniotrythbooe proceedings ebeudtingass 7tbfethceititzeirisveiwer:egisteredaware
mei
3. That we also hi k, and th
people thus lawfully assentblrd, and"pesactefttliche e
active period of Wrists's connexion with the City,
circumstance, it is ;We improbable, that, duriag‘the
tablialied right, by an armed force active um] tel,
this was accomplished.
fenceless and peaceable against all'lv"r';
local Magistrates, in consequence of which ,a
killed, many mangled, and a stillgreater
That the Petition presented at that time was re-
justice, and an attempt to people,
esifoy by the ;v:4.-
and miserably wounded, was an atrocious"
to us of thea Libertiesk F.ogland.
.stitilarortka.ebtltyrascttrownegshinziitsitilseanrgt t;taagned,
owuirllßaeappdeersar fcraonnuroat
ehveelpntres. mo.yratralsv so assembled, ahrr s.
m a.rrhkei nit
lhoowwi
ug strikingly
are cha apposite
gp
ep os
tart' imprtisonment e days, were cl!teli• r-
nisters of that day:—
saigteaiint sits tltoiehZr.• nliwas:l*
and one woman, who in ad•ntion to th's impsi
• 'I They have brought into disrepute the Civil Magistracy, by verei--
y wounded and beaten, was di.ch;
- rgec
the appointment of persons who are in many respects unqualified tion or imputat:m of any hind.
for that important trust, and have thereby purposely furnished S. That the justification i.leadeo by the lir eLtn,„,
a pretence for calling in the aid of a Military Power. of their conduct, was the deposition cf a rnan-%:-
" They avow, and endeavour to establish a maxim, absolutely Grand Jury
For Lancashire have found a SU tai
inconsistent withlior Constitution, that an occasion for-"affec- rapt Perjury.
fanny employing a 'Military force always presents itself when the 6. That it is impossible for
us,
2% runeisim
Civil Power is trifled with or i saatest and, by a fatal application this dirgraceful scent, without feeling fur
of this maxim, they have wantonly and wickedly sacred tin the sir pages: emotions of shame and it
lives of many of your Majesty's innocent subjects, and have pro- it as a direct and deliberate violation of the class,
atituted your Majesty's sacred name and authority to justify, privileges of a free-born people, we denotincr..':
it ...
applaud, and recommend their own illegal and bloody actions. Lim-at/on of our contemporaries and posterity
They have screened more than one murderer from punish- 7. That the Prince Regent's Minigesse- by Y.th
ment, and in its place have unnaturally substituted reward." of the cmduct of tile Manchester Medstrates,beee‘ pi
selves wLully unworthy the conhdeloe of the pr.,
People, and that it becomes our duty to address:it
ness for their removal from his presence and
The 3d and 7th Resolutions were :in
degree of ardour and approbation not
tally expressed than they appeared to be
felt. The whole of tlfem were *-- • rece;,_ si
mense applause, and carried success', e:7 veld
one dissentient voice.
The MAYOR then came forward an!.
proposed Resolutions had been approved of,
carried (after being carefully read over a
time), he mi6iit almost say unanimously—,o
" Yes, yes ; they are stil very good.") He hi
ever, heard one voice against them, and he
it came from some one near him. They ive
as he had already said, to respect the
while they asserted their own ; and upo„
ciple, if there was but ona individual
dissented from them, yet he was as much
be heard as if there were one thoLaar,i
his opinions. If, therefore, they made a n...
any way disturbed that individual in L'olc
of his sentiments, they would be forgetti
due to themselves; they were bound to hear
had so say.
Mr. Sr. JOHN (a Gentleman who stated
to be a Naval Officer) next addressed hitthei
Meeting, who testified some degree of irr./
He felt that it must appear very se ,
should be the only being among them wk.
" No," when all around him said "
He was indeed this solitary person. But
to themselves whether he had not grounds
dissent?—(l o, no; Off, e). H 3 felt that
among them, were he put before his Tal.u,
country, would wish to be condemned
much less, then, should they pass census
heard what these persons had to say for t
(Here the expressions from all parts of the .
came very unequivocal.) He say- that their
meats were different from his (a la,fgh), oral
sorry for it ; but he would continue to s.-.rve t
he had his country, for which he h id fott;:
these 20 years—(Hear). fle saw the) tad
with him, but he would face every man,
faced his country's foes, boldly—(. pp/aloe).
claimed was, that they would rut pm a
while trials were still pending; when they
tided, they might be better and more fully i
on the subject, by persons capable of gitii
authentic information, and from which CI
form a fair judgment. If the parties price
he would put forward against them heart a..
if not, what were they doing bet prematurely
iag them ? (Cries V" Sit down ; of'') He
them fairly, as Englishmen ; he aas re t "
to them as on a party question. He spoke on
looked at it, like a perfect sailor—( Yes,
But though he was not actually a citizen
he was so connected with it, that he felt the
anxiety and regard for a City which had s.. le:.
held an example of peace and good order;
thanked the Austourr for the quiet and
state it had long enjoyed, which was nrt ex.
by that of any City an the Empire—(Thrr).
been said, whether justly or unjustly he waal
now take upon himself to declare, that the 7
Regent had identified himself, by a son ei
judging of the question, with the Nanchci.er
gistrates, and with the Ministers. " Are •
continued he, " to follow his example ?'".
plied a voice from the crowd somewhat
" Ah r rejoined this Gentleman, with an
tone of the most impassioned vehemence,
me, my dear, fellow, I hope we noel-
(Great laughter, aM murmurs f disappruiia!:.
Now, what would they say, vtben he tort! Car,
among the names of the persons who had !id
Requisition to their Mayor, was one, who, tit
occasion, when, from soma momentary dial
the peace of their city was threatened with an
rupuon, had been heard to exclaim, in the'
with which he would now contend the )1;
Yeomanry had been actuated, "Cut them
away 1"---(Grow-a, hisses, and cries y'" Sam
Were it not an invidious task, but he mean
sonalities, he could name the party—(Naell7,n"
.--[At this period of his speech, a most evident
luctance was betrayed by his audience to caw'
ur.necessary fatigue, by its further prolongation.
proportion as the majority of the Meeting era
multuous in the expression of their disapprob'
this Gentleman manifested a zeal and warmth
often equalled, in maintaining his qinione
was proceeding to assure the Meeting that
confident, should the result of the proper joy.
determine Idol, that the Prince Regent would j
the guilty with as much alacrity as :hey then
could possibly exhibit in the same clace. It 0:
'this feeling that he had opposed, altauugh
each of the Resolutions, 'lli it had been seeara:
'read, and proposed, and carried.—Ellere a_
tt
Contest ensued between the persons who
the hustings, and the " dissentient" aator.
ever conceived that objections taken to the
duns, after they bad been carried, were nut of V.,
and the latter endeavoured to oppose the fur) elf I
storm which now burst upon his enarai"il,
.1
suence, by a Stentorian exertion of lungs, iblvd
may, energy, and vigour of sticulation, \h, •
1
'rated to excite some irritability, where tax
tstatioa of less angry emotions might eaTc

NORWICH MEETING.

A Requisition, addressed to the Right Worshipful
the MAYOR of this ancient and flourishing City, signed
by Fifty-one Gentlemen, Citizens, and Inhabitants.
calling upon him to convene a Meeting for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration " the late disastrous
transaction which occurred at Manchester, and of
adopting such measures as might be then thought
proper,* was acceded to by the Mayor, and the As-
sembly met accordingly on Thursday, in St. An-
drew's Hall. It was most numerous and respectable,
and appears, indeed, to have excited no small sensa-
tion throughout this and the neighbouring Counties,
in consequence of the quiet, industrious, and prospe-
rous community, fot which this City has long been
happily remarkable. Less affected than, a ps,
almost any other Manufacturing town in the :erriiiipire,
by the fatal shocks which the l'sfanufacturing Interest
generally has of late years experienced, it was to be
expected that the opinions of a body, so distinguished
for their successful industry and enterprise, as the in-
habitants of this commercial Capital of the eastern part
of England are, should create considerable interest.
At about a quarter past twelve, Mr.GuemaY, M.P.
made his appearance on the hustings, which were
erected in the middle of the Hall, and was warmly
greeted by his constituents; and shortly afterwards
the Mayor (N. BoLinnanoxe, Esq.) accompanied. b 7
Captain MONEY, S. T. SOUTHWELL, A. HUDSON, .
DALRYMPLE, W. FOSTER, and J. B. TOOK, ES(lne
MT. G. TAYLOR, Mr. Sheriff SHAW, Mr. E. TaYi.oa,i
(the Sheriff. Elect), and many other Gentlemen of,
the first respectability, ascended them amidst very
loud and reiterated plaudits, which resounded from
all parts of this beautiful edifice. Order having
been at length obtained, the MAYOR observed. that
although Gentlemen for the most part might be
aware of the object of the present Meeting, yet as it
was so numerous, and that they might be perfectly
informed upon the whole business, he would read toy
them the Requisition, (which was accordingly read).l
The MAYOR then observed, that before they pro-'
ceeded to the immediate business of the Meeting, be•
should only request that all present would conduct
themselves with that order and decorum which he
was bound to maintain, and which he war sure they
would maintain—( Hear, Arai-).—He need not re-
mind them, that all of them, as men and as Eng-
lishmen, claimed certain rights for themselves ; but
he exhorted them to remember, at the same time,
that other men had equal rights also : so that if any
Gentleman, as it might happen, should come before
them with sentiments that should prove, in some re-'
spects, almost opposite to their own, it would be-
come them—it was their duty, to hear him with
calmness, and answer with reason and with argu-
ment, not with clamour—(Hear, hear).—This was
a duty which he should claim at their hands, and
one he entreated them to perform; and he should
consider every man acting in opposition to his re-
quest, as an enemy to the peace and welfare of a
City which had long been distinguished by their pre-
servation—_( Loud cheering).
Mr. W. Fosrait then moved, that the Mayor do
take the Chair, which was carried by acclamation.
The MAYOR acknowledged, in handsome terms,
the great honour conferred upon him. It came, ac-
companied with only one regret—that he was not more
adequate to the performance of the duties which it
imposed upon him.
Mr. P. Momey next addressed the Meeting.--
They had this day met for the purpose of expressing
their sentiments, in the face of the country, upon, g
recent and most painful transaction ; and he hoped
that Gentlemen would come forward upon this oc.
casion, and freely deliver their opinions upon that
flagrant violation of the rights of Englishmen which
had been committed in August, 1819, upon an as-
sembled body of the inhabitants of Manchester,
peaceably met for the purpose of Petitioning the
Throne for a restoration of those precious and un-
doubted rights, handed down to them through ages
from their forefathers, and which they ought, and,
were determined, to bequeath unimpaired to their
posterity. He should now submit to them a series of
Resolutions, which would afterwards be proposed
for their consideration, separately.
Here the Resolutions were read by. Mr. MONEY,
and seconded by Mr. TAYLOR, jun. when, notwith-
standing the emphatic response of " Not one," which
succeeded to the MAYOR'S demand, whether there
was any one present who in any way dissented from,
or objected to, the Resolutions as they were read
over i' the MAYOR Stlfiugaested that possibly those at
the upper end of the might not have distinctly
heard them.
Mr. TAYLOR/ 1W at present rose, merely for the
purpose (as it seamed to be the wish of their worthy
Magistrate) of reading each Resolution to them se..
parately and distinctly; :and, accordingly, he pro.
seeded to repeat them in a loud and distinct voice.
I. That the right to Petition the Throne, its well as either
House of Parliament, is no less founded in reavni than
nixed by the Constitution of this Country. and that it is ear
bounden duty, es we venerate th,!. Laves, to gnara this our RNA
sacred privilege with the utmost Scala-Any and vigilance,' and
herein we are sanctioned by the authority of the Dill of Rights,
which enacts,." That lE is the right of the Subj.cts to Petition
the King, and all commitments and prosecutions for such red-
within peesseuncing as to the expediency or fltns.*
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