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as front natural feeling, be indeed with this sentiment ; be may
be momentarily misled ; the eye of the basilisk may be upon
him, or for the moment he may be under the spell of the serpent;
but I shall never believe that cruelty could find a place in his
humane and gracious breast. In the words of an eminent, but
now neglected writer, I am convinced that the moment he shall
have heard the language of what he believes to be of truth, he
will at once redress the grievances of his People, and give them
' indemnity for the past, and security for the future.' There
are those who surround me of illustrious birth, but who yet
sympathise with the sufferings of their countrymen, who will
never consent to hear,
--.—... s With a disdainful smile,
The short and simple annals of the poor e
and who, like the Barons of old, will exclaim for the people,
'We will not that the laws of Ragland be changed.' In the
loud winds of Heaven let us echo this patriotic exclamation.
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this appeal the Meeting rent the air with their shouts.] l'he
clouds are now heavy and obscuring [the day at this period be-
came Bondy]—let us hope they are not so in our moral atmo-
sphere. Come again, and raise your loud voice, and let the wind
of truth scatter and dispel them, if they shall have collected—
EAnother shout.] If our sun will not shine in a meridian blaze,
let us hope it shall set in unclouded majesty, and unfold that
prospect which it shaU have cleared and removed"—{ Loud AC-
CWII3[IO6II
Mr. Farm= was about to move an Address to the Prince
Regent, whanit was intimated to him that the Resolutions had
not been yet put.
The Sheriff was proceeding to put the Resolutions, when,
A person named Mitonatt., who is known as an itinerant ora-
tor, stood forward. lie would not have obtruded himself on
the Meeting, were it not that he had been an eye-witness of the
• atrocities which had taken place at Manchester. He then pre-'
Corded to detail what he had seen, and described the conduct of
tie Yeomanry Cavalry in strong term* of reprobation. Men,
woman, and children, were knocked down. and wounded by
them without mercy. The constables also, he observed, acted in
the Most violent manner. Mr. Mitchell was proceeding to point
t_ the Motility of petitioning Parliament on the subject of the
Manchester outrages, when he was interrupted by loud cries of
''Question:' " You (said the orator) are about to petition the
Prince, praying that Parliament may be speedily conven d,
for the purpose of instituting an inquiry. Let me ask you it
you have a full and implicit confidence in Parliament as it is
now constituted? and if not, what were they to do r—(Qoes-
t ion.) He heard cries of " question ;" he would ask If the question
was not what were the measures to' be adopted to secute a fail
investigation into what had taken place, and to prevent similar
iPnovations in future ? The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fawkes) who
had so eloquently that day enforced the necessity of convening
Parliament, had on former occasions loudly declaimed against
the corruption of that Parliament. Ile—
Mr. Eases, row to order. The Gentleman was wandering
from the question. The object of the Meeting was to consider
the propriety of petitioning the Prince Regent, praying his Royal
Highness to convene Pa.iiament, for the purpoie of instituting
a solemn investigation of what had occurred at Manchester on
the 16th August. For himself, he had on 'maims occasions bad
the honour of advocating the cause of Reform, and he hoped he
would again: but then it must not be upon an occasion like the
'present, with which Reform had no connection, and where its
introduction would only create disunion—(Cheers.)
Mitchell was again about to speak, but he was interrupted by
Mr. DICKENSON, who observed, that though a zealous friend
of Reform, he deprecated the introduction of that where it could
only serve to injure, instead of serving, the cause which brought
them together. He hoped that nothing would take place which
would tend to separate from the People those Noble and respect-
able Gentlemen who had so praiseworthily come forward to ad-
vocate the Peoples' rights. He recommended unanimity. He
knew there were persons among them whose object were divi-
sion and disunion, but he hoped they would fail in their attempts.
Mr. Orrtwacz Woos (of Liverpool) said, he was a friend to
the cause of freedom, and would advocate Reform if the terms
of the Requisitiop admitted of its introduction, but the object
of that Meeting was of a different nature. They were assem-
bled to deplore one of the greatest grievances which had ever
afflicted the beans of Englishmen. On such an occasion, the
question of Reform was irrelevant. That, indeed, was a ques-
tion of such vital importance in itself, that it ought not to be
mixed up with any other. lie hoped the Meeting would be
unanimous, as, by such a line of conduct only, could they obtain-
what they sought for—(Applause).
Mr. Masora:. again stood forward to address the Meeting,
but was interrupted by loud cries of " Off, off :" This distur-
bance lasted a few moments, amidst which
Mr. BALMS, who bad repeatedly begged Mr. Mitchell to de-
list and not to persist in introducing a subject that might prove
fatal to the harmony of the Meeting, cam/ forward, and said—
" Gentlemen, do suffer me to endeavour to all this tempest. I
have a fact to communicate, which will serve as a clue to this
pertinacious attempt to disturb the harmony of the. Meeting. " It
is, that Mr. Mitchell was the friend and associate of Mr. Oliver,
the spy ; and I have the authority of a Member of Parliament,
zit
ors who took more than any other man in the House of Com-
mons, to e * and expose the spy.systena, for saying, that
when Mr. chell was confined in the Coldsbath-fitilds Prisons
on a charge of High telson, he was the only individual that was,
suffered to visit and to hold interwar,* with him. Are you now,
Gentlemen, at a loos to account for the pertinacity with which
this man, the coinpanfte of the wretch Oliver, whom it was my
good fortune to bring tolight, and to expose to the teprobatioa of
an indignant country, persists la Ms endeavours to east the torch of
discord amongst you? It is with extreme reluctance, and after
every means of persuasion had been exhausted in vain, that I tame
forward to make this ungracious disclosure,whicb rests on no lower
authority than that I have mentioned, and was communicated toe
Gentleman on these hustings by that honourable Member himself.
It is, I repeat it, with extreme reluctance that I have brought
myself to discharge this imperious duty. But your cause, the
cause of unaulatity, and, I will add, the cause of our common
country, demands this sacrifice of Melbas. Do you not see, that
by producing divisions, you would have separated from your
cause those Honourable and Right Honourable Men, by whom
we are surrounded, and who have stood forward so nobly on the
present occasion to tOpport the rights and liberties of their fellow-
eountryment Is it your pleasure to give audience to a man who
comes here wit 4 proposals (I suspect 1 me from what quarter
they emanate)—with proposals which he so steadily presses, and
which can-Itavo ao other design or tendency than to separate for
ever those who ought for ever to be united? If you suffer your-
selves to be eajdled and misled by such an agency, I shall weep
over your infatuations, and almost despair of the liberties of my
country, If you will suffer the torch of discord to be thrown
amongst you, I cannot help it ; but, I beseech you, first consider
the consequenda. If you spurn away your friends by detaching
them from your cause, who is to obtain redress for your wrongs ?
or to what quarter will you look fur that inquiry, which we all
demand, into the horrors of the 18th of August? If you do
not discountenance a man thus exposed to suspicion, you will be
traitors to your own cause."
It is difficult to describe the emotions by which the Assembly
seemed to be agitated, preceding, during, and subsequent to the
delivery of this speech : applauae, execrations, and astonishment,
by turns prevailed; and those persons Who before seemed in-
clined to hear Mr. Mitchell's remedy for the state maladies, met
Ms renewed attempts to addicts the Meeting with groans and
',Mom He still persisted--and they as steadily
of " Off, off !—Question, question !" As "
Mr. Woozza, who was on the hue
declined to second the long series e'
chell held In his hand, on the -
tier—.a delicacy which Mr. Mt
done forward and said—" Gentlemen--
duced me to addrfu the present As
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'that a great and important o
ito those who hare infringed tit..
fgdoh, or tainted by disunion—(Hes..
'has been advanced against Mr. Mitebeil
;nature; and though I should have prof'
sive proof had been slyest of Mr. Mitch
think Mr. Mitchell owes it to Mike
, from taking any Author girt in the be
rilloilother, until he has completely
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a letter which he might publish. II- hoped Mr. Mitchell would
be able to justify himself, or raiser, that the person who bail
brought forward the charge had been deceived, for he knew
3litche'.l t.) be an honest man, and that he would -assert no-

thing which he did not con icientlously believe.
In the propriety of this recommendation Mr. Baum con-
curred, and Mr. Mitchell immediately retired from the busehrits.
The Beast &muss then put the first and second Resolution,
which were carried unanimously. The other Resolutions were
then put and carded, with the exception of the hands of Mesas..
S. Nl'ortley add F. Wilson, who voted against them.
Mr. FAWKES then read the following Address:
" To ors Karst HIGHNESS Guter, l'itinct or Weit4l, Illgetzsr
Or THE UNITED KINCDOII OP GREAT BRITAIN AND TRYLGRID.
" We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, 141. No-
bility, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County of Yorks, been-
bly entreat permission to approach the Throne of our aseillous
Sovereign, with that reverence and affection, which it becomes
us, as a loyal and free People, to entertain towards one lawful
and emoted King..
" Willeeply lament the malady which has so long and vas-
avoidably withdrawn his Majesty from that public intercourse
with his faithful subjects, which tensed an much to strengthen
their attachment to his sacred person, and to increase his Royal
confidence in their loyalty and affection.
At the same time, we busnbly beg to assure your &ilia(
Highness, as the Representative of our Sovereign, that our
fidelity to your Royal Highness's Illustrious Family, and our
devotion to the laws of this realm are unalterable.
" We feel most strongly, that the Prerogatives attached to
the dignity of the King, that, politically he can do no wrong,
that he is the, distributor of justice, and the fountain of mercy ;
are as undoubted and as beneficial to his People, as that the law:
of England are their birthright; and we entreat your Royal
Highness to believe that we,. and the great balk of his Majesty's
subjects, seek only our Constitutional Rights, that the law's May
rule in peace and quietness, and be administered with equal
justhe and mercy to all ranks of the King's People.
" We beg to assure your Royal Highness, that we heard with
gratitude, your Royal Highness's declaration from the Throw,
at the close of the last Session of Parliament, ' that no object
can be IS arer your heart than to promoti, the welfare and pros-
perity of all classes of his Majesty's subjects, which cannot be
effected without the ' maintenance of public order and tran-
quillity,' and your Royal Highness's ' firm determination to em-
ploy, for that purpose, the powers entrusted to your Royal
Highness by law.' In accordance with your Royal Highness'.
gracioue wish to preserve public order and tranquillity, and to
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present the subversion of our happy Constitution, and with feel-
ings of ardent veneration for the laws and privileges of our na-
tive land, and an anxious desire to hand them down unimpaired
to our children and their latest posterity ; we humbly intreat '
permission td remind your Royal Highness--s—
-[The remainder of the Address was an echo of the Resolutions.]
Mr. ILssasere seconded the motion, and expressed, in a for-
cible manner, his abhorrence of what took place at Manches-
ter. He conscientiously believed that there never was a greater
outrage on the lives and liberties of his fellow-countrymen. In
seeking for redress, however, he cautioned them to adhere
strictly to the laws of their country : to those laws which were
made equally for the protection of the rich and the poor, which
were an ornament to this country, and the envy and admiration
of every nation in Europe—(Cheers). lie hoped, from what
passed, that the authors and actors in this melancholy scene,
would receive a lesson which they would not get rid of to their
dying day, and that weak and wicked Ministers would also be
taught, that they were not to trample on the laws with impu-
nity—(Cheers).
Lord MILTON, on coming forward, was received with loud
and repeated cheers. Ills Lordship said, that as it was almost
unanimously agreed to, that a Petition should be presented
to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, praying an inves-
tigation into what had recently occurred at Manchester, he felt
it his duty to state his opinions on the subject. Ile could-as-
sure them, that if there was one man more anxious for such in-
quity another, It was the individual who then addressed
them (Cheers). His Honourable Friend and Colleague (Mr. S.
Wortley), for whose opinions he had always a great respect, and
whose manliness in avowing those opinions entitled him to the
respect of the Meeting, had argued that there was no necessity
for the interference of Parliament ; that this inquiry ought to be
left to our Law Cohrts. For his Lordship's part, he would not
presume to say what, on a more mature consideration, tie might
&receive the best mode of inquiry. A Court of Law might be
the best; but even there be contended that It was l'arliament
who ought to agitate the question. It was also the ditty of the
People to call on Parliament to interfere. That radiomen%
would do its duty—that it would reverberate the opinions of
the People, there could be no doubt, if they exerted themselves
with firmness and determination. It was not by a Meeting of
the County of York only that this was to be done. He hoped
that the Counties of Westmoreland, Cumberland, Kent, and all
the other Counties, would follow in their wake. If that were
to be the case—if this was to be the day-spring of action—no
doubt but the sentiments of the l'eople would be heard, and
that the Representatives would obey the call of their Constite-
, ants (Applause.) Was it to be left to the Courts of Law to enter
Mlle this investigation without the interference of Parliament?
'Were they to leave it to A, B, and C, to decide what Ives
act be done, as suited to their personal interests or caprice ?
Were they, because the injured were not incliqed, or had not the
means or the patience to enter into this investigation, therefore
to give it up altogether? For himseff, he felt confident that there
was no security that this question would be fairly tried, unless
it was agitated by Parliament. 'He would go further. Even if
those s succeeded in obtaining justice, still that would not
be su6dent. Law Courts were Courts of Form, and many
trials were lost upon points, without ever coming to a ionsidersp
thou of the substantial part of the case. This, however, would
not decide the issue between the People' and Ministers. This
was a point which ought to be provided azainst but which
could be only provided against by Parliament. He thought it
unnecessary, on that occasion, to enter into a discussion as to the
legality or illegality of the Meeting of the 16th of August, and
for this season—bemuse, in no one of the Resolutions was judg-
ment given on the case. They only said that a prima facts case
was made out, which made it incumbent on them to require an in-
vestigation what the result would be an one presumed to decide.
They did nut wish to imitate the conduct of those persons who
had scarcely heard what reached them of the proceedings, ere
they dared to prejudge the case—ere they dared to pollute the
lips of their Sovereign, by inducing him to express his satisfac-
tion at conduct which may hereafter turn out to be criminal—
(4, Shame.") ,He meant no insinuation. They (Ministers) it
was who had prejudged the question. Let the Meeting demand
inquiry—let them quietly, but firmly, demand it. This term,
'demand, perhaps founded harshly, and seemed uncourteoua to
certain ears; but our ancestors, in their 'Petition of Righis to
Charles I. nee only demanded, but insisted on their tights. The
Noble Lord remarked, in conclusion, that be would be at his
.pest in Parliament when the question came to be discussed, and
that be would be onesof the foremost to I.I:MAND inquiry! (Loud
cheering).
The Address was ',ten put and carried:--the only opposition
being from Mr. Woatter and the other Gentleman—(Cheers).
Mr. G. Sratcataxa (son of Sir WILLIAM tispacetasso) moved
that the Requisitionista be appointed, as a Committee, to devise
the most effectual means of laying the Address before his Royal
Highness the Pr' The '- then
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dress the Meeting with groans and the most etiectual means of saying toe naaress uelore ass 'soya&
sad they as steadily kept up the cry Highness the Prince Regent. The Honourable Gentleman then ,
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cation !" At length he gave way, and commented, in a forcible manner; on the late Manchester riots.
in the hustings, and who had before No man had hitherto the hardihood to defend the Magistrates.
serks of Resolutions which Mr. lilit- No attempt at it bad been made ; on the contrary the loyalists I
be ground that ho was not a freehol_ contented themselves with a side-wind.; but he would put it to - ' I •
Mitchell did not seem to feel, now themselves to say, whether they honestly did this, or whether •
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Gentlemim--Nething would have in- they were driven to it, in order to get out of the difficulty in - ) •
esent Assembly, in which I appeal which they were placed ?—(Cheers) .
as a spectator, but the earnest desire Mr. S. WORTLEY stood forward torequest a hearing—(liisses).
Manion to con* an oteful lesson At length he was allowed to go on. lie did not wish to sit aid ,
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i the law, should not be lost by con, hear hirsute - llel taunted with having acted unfairly.
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ois—(Heat,hear).—The char gc that After some conversation between Mr. Stasccutitii and Mr.
Mr. Mitchell is of the most serious WORTLEY, the former explained—he meant nothing to Mr. W. i,..1
ld have preferred that a more deci-, personally. I.
if Mr. Mitchell's tergiversation, yet I. . • Mr, Bairts read a note from Mitchell, stating he (Mltellelt)
It to Mattel?, and to .you, to abstain was ready to disprove the charge brought against him. • Mr.
rt in the business of this Pdeeting, or Baines concluded by moving a vote 'of thanks to the Requisi-
completely disproved, and clearly ex- tionists who called the Meeting.—Carried unanimously.
Mem on which these suspicions rest. Mr. Twin supported the Resolutions. In the course of his
itrymen, to consider these allegatious speech ,he expressed an opinion that the Inqueit on Lets had
knows that we ought all to be very been postponed to the lit of December, in order to give lifini-
Gordon, for ince% when one of the stets an opportunity of protecting certain individuals by a- MI of
that ever was held, bas but lately . ladeamity. .
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,diticius and turbulent. I have pro- On the melon of Thanks to the•Rechisitionists,.
d a letter which he hats received from the Fritsittuax renamed thinhs line himself and the other : ,
r fulfil that proentse." Nobleiten and Gentlemen Who had signed the Requisition _ 1
the letter, which merely related to Oh the motion of the. Date of Homan, thanks were victim to
Hunt had had with Mr. Cleary and the High Sheriff, for his able and efficient conduct in the Chair.
t which Mr. Mitchell requested he The HIGH Sewer, in returning thanks, said that bin calling
d;hat Mr: Mitchell would write hint the present Meeting was in unison with everyaceof his life- He
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